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This Edition con tains Six Pages lf Iks 4 WM Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 27, 1911. NUMBER 4 OFFICERS , S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKB Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA, Asa't Cashier. DIRECTORS H. KOEPKE, F. S. Le GROW, S. F. WILSON, A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS. FIRST w OF ATHENA , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $90,000.00 The only real hard thing about a bank account is the starting. When once started it's like a snow ball. Roll it gently and it gets larger and larger, almost without you noticing it. Once you get into the habit of depositing a certain sum each week or month, you 11 see the advantage. - : I "Saving at the Spigot Wasting at the Bung" That's what buying poor paint means. Paint may be low priced by the gallon and be extravagant to use owing to to it's poor covering power and wearing quality. After the paint is applied it's too late to save. Start right and use The Sherwin-Williams Paint MADE TO PAINT BUILDINGS WITH, OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. It covers more surface, spreads easier, and lasts longer than any other prepared paint, or hand-mixed lead and oil. ' - , THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon t Cityllleatrvtiarket WM. JAMIESON, Prop. NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see me. I will treat you right. WM. JAMIESON, ATHENA, OREGON West Denies Charges Made in House That He Is Trying to Dispose of Property for Capitol Grounds. Openly and emphatically obarged on the floor of the House Wednesday morning with trying to dispose of his own land to the state, through the medium of a bill for enlarging the Gapitol grounds, Governor Oswald West was warned that he must either keep his hands off legislation or suffer the ooDsequenoes, says the Telegram. For the committee on Capitol build ing and grounds. Chairman Johnson returned a favorable majority report and Huntington an unfavorable min ority report. "Mr. Speaker," said Huntington, "I move that the minority report be substituted for the majority report and in explanation of tbe unfavorable attitude assumed by me toward this measure, I want to say that the orig inal bill does not provide for what we really want We need some additions to the State House another building, perhaps 1 but I do not think we need any more grounds. , "And I want to say further," he declared, "that there is no reason for spreading these Capitol institutions over the entire oity. Because the Governor and some other people have adjoining lands whioh they want to sell that is no good reason why we should buy them. Thoy seem to be afraid that a building costing $150,000 will hide the State House. We do not want auy more grounds at this partic ular time." Governor West yesterday denied tbe charges made that he had attempted to sell his own property to tbe state under the bill providing for an exten sion to tbe oapitol grounds. Tbe gov ernor says tbe committee called upon him and that be agreed to sell tbe property, valued at about $10,000 at cost, if tbe state deoided it wants it to build on. Dog Begs For Life. A Spitz dog is in the Walla Walla pound. He was scheduled to meet his death the other day. but he "is still alive and if some one will go to his resou he can be easily rescued, for the poundmaster doesn't want to kill him now. In fact, he may' not any way. Tbe dog was led out to . te killed. Will Gains, the poundmaster, leveled his revolver at him. . Tbe dog instantly stood upright on his bind legs, wagged bis tail and held up his paws in front. The , poundmaster slowly lowered bis gun and the exeoo j tion was called otf. Commends Lewlston Normal. A Lewiston dispatch says: During tbe past week Dr. John Smyth, pres ident of tbe Teachers' Training Col lege of Melbourne University, Mel bourne, Australia, visited iu this oity with an old oollege friend, Professor William R Bishop, of . the State Normal faculty. Dr. Smyth is now on a tour of investigation in this coun try and expects later to visit Canada and Great Britain. Ha is especially interested in those institutions whioh are training teaobers for. the public schools. Dr. Smyth spent the entire week in observing the equipment of tbe Lewiston Normal sobool, and its methods , of training teaohers. He was very much impressed indeed by the work that is being done by Pres ident Black and tbe faoulty. Edu cated in Scotland and in Germany, a graduate of toth the Universities of Edinburgh and Jena, with more tban twenty-five years experience in educa tional work in Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia, Dr. Smyth is recognized as an authority on tbe training of teaohers. In a letter just received by President Blaok of the Lewiston Normal, Dr. Smyth says: "We not only were allowed to enter into your work, but into your home. 1 am, indeed, especially in debted to vonrself for the frank talks PROMPT DELIVERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT Taihss ft The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in Tgjs Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here DELL BROTHERSatgJg,"din Athena, Oregon you had with me, and for your kind ness in enabling me to understand your aims and methods. Yon need not be afraid to let any visitors see your institution.' It rests on too solid a basis to be afraid of any kind of oritioism; its growth will be sound and healthy." Nominating Mass Meeting ' ' Notice: To the legal voters of the City of Atbena : A mass meeting of tbe legal voters of the City of Atbena will be held in the City Hall of said City, on tbe 3rd day of February, 1911, at 7:30, p. m., for the purpose of nominating a Mayor, three conn oilmen, treasurer, recorder and water commissioner, as candidates for the next City eleotion to be held March 7, 1911. A. B. McEwen, Mayor. IS Scalp the La Salle Team of Walla Walla to the Tune of 20 to 12. quintette of Walla of 20 to first half team by The Athena High sohool defeated the La Salle team Walla in a decisive viotory 12 Friday evening. The ended in favor of the home a scorn or 17 to 4. The playiug was of tbe rough order and nothing like it has ever been wit nessed in Atbena. Tbe tactics em ployed by the La Salle contingent were promptly (met by the sohool boys, tbe result being that ' the Walla Wallnns were defeated with their own method of playing. The team has the lepu tation of being rough players, Milton and Dayton (earns particularly com plaining of their gruelling plays. In the last half soienoe was thrown to tbe winds and the ball was on tbe floor a greater part of the time. Fouls were of frequent occurrence and tbe interference was about as rough as is generally employed on the football gridiron. Everybody got bis money's worth and there was a good orowd in attendance. The Atbena team was made up as follows: Lieuallen and Sharp, for wards; Glen Dudley center; MoEwen and Hill, gnards. The team is on a trip and will play a sohednle of three games. Last nigbt they playod at Milton, losing to Mil ton High by a soore of 27 to 9, To night they play Dayton High at Day ton and tomorrow nigbt meet Pear sou's Academy at Walla Walla. NORMAL BILL FILED Senator Oliver Overlooks State's Fine Plant at Weston and Seeks Nor mal School at La Grande. Iron Works Busy. M. L. Akers, manager of the Pen dleton Iron Works, has returned from a business trip through Morrow coun ty. Aooording to Mr. Akers the Iron Works has had the most successful winter's run sinoe it has been estab lisbed iu business. East Oregonian. Echo Man Drops Dead. W. A. Thompson, a prominent young man of Echo, dropped Jdead in a store of that city Saturday evening, of heart failure. He was a brother of Asa Tbompson, formerly an active politician of this oonnty. 5 6- ". . MELON'S NEXT LECTURE Another Interesting Topic Will Be Dis cussed By Traveler Thursday Night. Overlooking tbe state's fine Normal sobool plant at Weston, Senator Oli ver of Union oonnty, has introduced a bill in tbe senate to establish a cen tral Normal sobool at La Grande. A dispatch from Salem says: . When the bill was read a gasp of fsurprice went around tbe senate cham ber, followed by expressions of mirth on the part of some of the members, which would indioate that possibly the bill wonld not proceed far before reaobing an indefinite postponement Many of tbe members hold the opin, ion that Oliver has ''started some thing." They declare that tbe bill will offer a loophole for the introduc tion of further normal sohool bills by those repieseuticg other sections of the state and that a united stand by these foroes might bring on a serious normal school fight whioh oould possi bly equal the stormy proceedings of last session. On tbe other hand, it is contended that tbe sentiment against normals is well developed and that the legislature would soaroely have the temerity to take aotion in face of tbe vote of tbe peuple. In detail Senator Oliver's resolution provides for not only an appropriation of $100,000 but an appropriation of one-twenty-flftb of a mill annually as well, this being the same appropria tion, less the $100,000 whioh tbe peo ple voted for Monmouth Normal. The $100,000 is for the construction of a main oollege building and various other buildings Inoloding dormitories, students' hall and training sobool. In addition it is provided that another board of Normal regents be created, to be known as the Eastern Oregon Board of Normal Regents. Should this bill suooeed in getting by the oommittee with a favorable re port, it is certain to develop a struggle on tbe floor of tbe Senate and even an unfavorable report will no doubt bring forth strong disoussion from tbe members who are favorable to the bill. ! "My reason for introducing the bill is because Eastern Oregon needs and deserves a normal sohool," said Sen ator Oliver. We have a laok of train ed teaohers in Eastern Oregon and there is a great demand for them. Monmouth will be unable to prodqoe tbem. LaBt eleotion tbe two schools voted on aside from Monmouth are remotely located ana tbe oiy is for a oentral Eastern Oregon normal sohool. I traveled all over tbe state during tbe last campaign and there seemed to be a strong sentiment in that direotion. but tbe voters protested against cast ing their ballots in favor of schools situated so as to be hard of acoess." Those who heard A. Mackenzie Meldrum, pastor of the Christian ohcroh in his brilliant lecture on "Tbe World's Wonderland," will be more tban gratified to learn that on next Thursday evening, at tbe Chris tian church, be will deliver another wbioh from various press notices, we are assured will be one of intense in terest. '" " . From bis travels and wonderful ex periences Mr. Meldrum has woven tbe fabrio of a thrilling narrative around a little oil schooner of only six and one-half tons burden, in whioh he and one companion voyaged to tbe coasts of many countries and islands. He takes for his subjoot next Thurs day night, "Explorers at Work Under Difficulties and Dangers of Uncharted Waters, Cannibals and Monsters of tbe Deep." In this leoture Mr. Meldrum describes the sensation of riding astride a hnge turtle in tropical waters, tbo habits and life of tbe monsters of tbe deep and tbe flora and fauna of Northern Australia, tbe Can nibal Islands and tbe Coral Sea. As in bis recent leotnie. he will be as listed by Chester Johnson, lanternist. Tiokets are now on sale at Dell Bros, SJore. John Smails Dead. ' John F. Smails. a highly respected business man of Walla Walla.j died Monday nigbt in a San Francisco bos pital. Mr. Smails, aocompanied by bis wife and daughter, left Walla Walal some time ago for California where it was hoped be would be ben efitted in health. Shooting Affray at Lostine. Lostine, Wallowa, oonnty, was the soene of a serious shooting sorape last Saturday. W. W. Winning was knocked down in a fist fight by A. Willett. Winning came up working on a utomatio revolver. He fired two bullets into Willett'a head and a third shot wounded a bystander. Then Willett's father seized a crowbar and smashed Winning's head. It is thought the wounds of the three men will prove fatal. Drove to a Record. To win a wager of $20, John Momm, a young man residing six miles north of Pendleton, covered that distanoe Saturday behind bis driving team in juet 17 minutes. IJomm wagered that be oould make tbe trip in 20 minutes and pulled up in Pen dleton three minutes to the good. He claims this to be a road teoord for tbe state. ' . Pendleton Citizen Dead. fl. H. Hicks, a former resident of Pendleton, died at his borne in Port land Saturday nigbt Mr. Hicks suff ered a stroke of paralysis abont a year ago, from which he never reoovered, Hs has been praotioally helpless since tbat time. - , keeping. Physios, Civil Government. Friday Algebra, Geography, Com position, Physiology, English 'Liter ature, Sobool Law. Saturday Botany, Plane Geometry, , General History. For County Papers. Commenoing Wednesday February 8, 1911. at nine o'olook a. in., and continuing until Friday, February 10, 1911, at four o'olook p. m. - Wednesday Penmanship, History, Orthography, Beading, Physioal Geog raphy. Thursday Written Arithmetio.The ory of Teaohing, Grammar, Physiol ogy. ; Friday Geography, Sohool Law, English Literature. ' Frank K. Welles, ' Supt Umatilla County. tkippebIeTlsITrd tale Finds Human Bones and Gold in Mys erious Wallowa County Cave. - Wallowa oonnty is in a high state of exoitement, aooording to a dispatoh from Joseph. When Trapper Moore, a veteran prospector of tbat oounty, was reoently soouting in the hills abont 20 miles from Joseph be stum bled into an opening in the rooks. In a short tunnel near this opening were skeletons of three white men and in a mortar near the pile of bones was1 free gold, where it had beou for years awaiting a nlape in tbe dust saok of its finder. In a bottle alongside of one of tbe skeletons were samples of gold bearing rook and a dozen feet beyond where the trapper discovered the skeletons he found the entranoe to a mammoth cave; N. E. Brown, who, with his trother and tbe trapper, is among the few who have viewed tbe mysterious oave, writes the following: "A short distanoe from the entranoe is a aeries of beautiful waterfalls boil ing springs, miniature mud springs oi different colors and rooms containing variegated crystals, stalactites and stalagmites. Qu either side of the moldy path through the oave are sev eral kinds of mineral with evidenoes of free milling gold tbat baa not been worked for 60 years only 150 feet from tbe entranoe. "The three skulls have been crushed apparently by some blunt instrument, probably in the hands of Indians. A portion of the bones are missing, due to the work of woodrats, hundreds infesting the vicinity. "Tbe vein oarrying tbe gold is abont 16 inches wide. An old fashioned gold working oradle '.was found on the bank of a brook near the tunnel.' The opening to tbe oave has been partially filled by rook slides and oan not be seen until you are within 16 feet of it- .- "Mr. Moore has explored tbe oave about 6000 feet from the portal until intense heat and laok of fresh air drovo him baok. Several other en trances have- teen found by tbe trap per and be has staked mining olalms on tbe mountain." TO CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER Question of Taxes and Water Commis sion to Be Voted on at Election. Opie Spins Yarns. Opie Read was stranded in Walla. Walla Sunday afternoon and evening. He lectured Saturday nigbt, bnt missed bis train at Walla Walla. He remained in a hotel lobby at tbe garden oity and spun yarns to a buoob' of drummers and did not seem to miss the time a bit. Shoot Rabid Coyotes. On aooonnt of rabies existing among coyotes in Wallowa oounty hunters from Elgin have taken up the! propo sition of hunting them in tbat ooun ty for the bounty offered by tbe state, oounty and sheepmen. The combined bounty is $7. Elsewhere in today's Press will be found a notioe given by Mayor Mo Ewen to tbe legal voters of the oity of Atbena, oalling attention to a mass meeting to Da held at tbe oity ball, on Friday evening, February 8, 1911, for tbe purpose of nominating candidates for oity offtoes. . At this meeting so it is understood, afer tbe nomination of candidates have been made, the question of abol ishing tba water commission and plac ing tbe management of tbe water sys tem in tbe bands of tbe oity oounoil, and also the changing of the obarter of tbe oity of Athena, will be brought up for discussion. By aotion of tbe city oounoil, the recorder has been instructed te place upon tbe ballots tbe foregoing proposi tions to be voted upon at tbe next regular eleotion, wbioh will be held on Thursday, Marob 7, 1911. ' The abolishment of tbo .water com-, s ,y , .'- mission would leave the entire mah-J agement of tbe water system, in all its phases, with tbe oounoil, and tbe pro posed obange in the obarter would make it possible to levy a maximum tax of 16 mills. Teachers' Examinations. -Notioe is hereby given that tbe school superintendent of Umatilla oounty, Oregon, will hold tbe reg ular examination of applicants for state and oounty certificates at Pen dleton, as follows: For State Papers. Commencing Wednesday, February 8. 1911. at nine o'clook a. m., and continuing until Saturday, February 11, 1911, at four o'olook p. m. Wednesday Penmanship, History, Spelling, Physical Geography, Read ing, Psychology. Thursday Written Arithmetic, Theory of 'leaching, Grammar, Book Money for Roundup. $11,000 has been subscribed at Pen dleton for tbe Roundop fund. An ad ditional purchase of five aores of land will be made to go with the Matlock traot and a quarter mile raoe traok will be made. A grand stand capable of seating 8500 people will be con structed and tbe stadium will accom modate 10,000 so it is estimated. For, Sale. . 'I $. 'it 3k Sir Good bound heat hay,?stred . in J. j' barn. Enquiry? Geo. R. Dn-'aore; -. one mile south,ofWeston. Xfi'x Mr. and Mrs. 1$E. Sauaeof .Walla Walla, have been guests this week of . Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Rogers near ' Adams.