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VOLUME XXIII.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRI DAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911.
NUMBER 5
23 :
OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President,
H. KOEPKE Vice-President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
E. A. ZERBA, Asa'L Cashier.
. DIRECTORS
H. KOEPKE, F. S. Le GROW,
S. F. WILSON, A. B. M'EWEN,
M. L. WAITS.
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WATIO
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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'll see the advantage.
TO MEET IH All
Tomorrow Officers of Umatilla County
Athletic and Oratorical Association
Discuss Plans for Next Meet.
"Saving at the Spigot
Wasting at the Bung"
That's what buying poor paint
means.4 Paint may be low
priced by the gallon and be
extravagant to use owing to
to its 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
It covers more surface, spreads easier, and lasts
i ii . --i j . i i
iwugcr uian any omer prepared paiiu, or nana-mixea
lead and oil.
MADE TO PAINT BUILDINGS
WITH, OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
THE TUfM-LUM LUMBER CO.
Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
Principal A. 0. Hampton of the
Pendleton High sobool, who ia presi
dent of tbe Association, has called a
meeting of the officials of tbe Uma
tilla County Athletio and Oratorical
Association, to be held in this city
tomonow, and Prinoipal Pate, secre
tary pro tern., has notified tbe offioiala
to that effeot. . . .
Tbe nature of the meeting has not
been stated, bat presumably election
of offloers for the ensuing year will
take place. '
Also disoussion of details entering
into tbe holding of tbe seoond annual
track and field meet and oratorical
contest in this oity will probably be
entered into.
It is known to be tbe intention of
tbe association to do everything in its
power to enlarge the scope of the meet
and with this objeot in view there will
perhaps be a larger number of entries
this Tear than there was last.
The Athena track will be in better
condition this year, from fact that last
season the oval was new and neoessar
ily the surface of the speedway was
soft. This year the surface will be
smooth and firm and with the talent
that is eligible to entry, fast time is
likely to be made in some of tbe lead
ing events.
With tbe opening of spring, so soon
as weather permits, tbe traok and
grounds will be put ia proper condi
tion and everything put in readiness
for tbe meet, whioh will probably
take plaoe in May. .
Want New Land Law.
W. H. Skinner of Hermiston, has
gone to Washington, D. 0. where be
will represent the desert land settlers
of the Umatilla project before the
department. Mr. Skinner oarries a
bill to the house setting forth propos
ed changes and will ask for an amend
ment to tbe present law. . One-third
of tbe land nnder the projeot is desert
land claims, and the reclamation law
is suoh that patent will not issue for
desert land nntil the water right is
paid in full, even after notice has been
reoeived from tbe United Stales land
offloe that the proof is accepted as to
tbe reclamation law, with tbe excep
tion of the permanent water right.
Umatilla projeot- desert landholders
think that this is an nn just ruling,
because they give tbe Umatilla River
Water Users' association a. mortgage
covering the water right, and tbe as
sociation is nnder oontraot with tbe
I government.
K. M. Johnson, Manager
Athena, Oregon
Cityleatlv3arlket
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
Last of the Gang.
A Pasco dispatoh says: James Law
son, one of tbe last 'survivors of tbe
one time notorious Jesse James gang
of bandits, died at bis ranch near
Pasoo last wees and was buried there,
Lawson oame to Washington SO years
ago after tbe gang whiob terrorized
tbe Mississippi river states for years
had been broken np, and took np a
homestead near Page, and it was on
this plaoe that be died alone. Tbe
body was found by neighbors and
brought to that oity. According to
tbe old timers in that section, Lawson
amused himself in the early days of
this country by shooting up saloons
and making tbe nnitiated tenderfoot
danoe to tbe whistle of tbe bullets.
For years be bad lived the life of a
recluse on the plaoe where he died.
Walla Walla Women Vote.
So far this year 883 voters have
registered at Walla Walla. Of these
71 have been women. Tbe big day
for women was reached Tuesday of
last week, when 13, defying the hoo
doo, oame in at tbe same time and
lined up at tbe registration window of
tbe city clerk's offloe. All of tbe
women to register have oalled them
selves housekeepers, with the follow
ing exceptions: Four stenographers,
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Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
DELL BROTHERS,
CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THING TO EAT
Athena, Oregon
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two sobool teaobers, one nurse and one
real estate dealer. The women usually
come in groups or with their hus
bands, and tbe city olerk says they do
not give as muoh trouble as men.
They do not hesitate about giving
their ages, and as a rule go through
tbe registration formalities in a bus
inesslike and expeditions manner.
The Dreamland Picture Show.
Bawl Miller's Dreamland picture
show was ushered in Monday evening
with a house oapaoity packed audi
ence, and a picture series yet uuequal
ed in Athena. Tbe new' machine
worked perfectly and tbe Athena band
rendeied several selections. The reels
were run through twioe and tbe pat
ronage of the show was all that oould
be expeoted. Rawl will iustall a
small eleotrio motor for motive power
and this will serve to do away with
all vibrations when tbe piotures are
tbsown upon tbe screen. An eutire
ohange of piotures will be made three
times eaob week, the changes taking
place on Sunday, Wednesday and
Friday.
FARMERS' UNION OFFICIALS
LaMor Has Social Session Ladies to
Be Initiated. .
A special meeting of tbe Farmers'
Union looal was held here last Friday
and offioen elected as follows:
John Walter, president; J. L. Kel
ler, vioe president; B. B. Richards,
secretary ; George Hansell, correspon
dent, ; George, (Jerking chaplain ; Obas.
Gerking, conduotor; Henry Sobmitt,
doorkeeper. President Walter and
Seoretary Riobards were appointed a
oommttee to act on tbe warehouse
question and Vice President Keller
was appointed a special committee of
one to solioit for the Farmers' Union
Fire insurance oommittee.
A speoial meeting will te held tbe
seoond Saturday in February to init
iate the wives and daughters of mem
bers of the local.
LaMar Union Social.
At a reoent social meeting of LaMar
Union No. 6, tbe following program
was rendered:
Song, 'Amerioa," by the Union.
Recitations by Giant Key, Shirley
Barnes and Helen Johnson.
Violin solo by Frank MoDonald.
' Recitations by Vergie Key and Lula
Barnes. j
Soor, "He Never Came Baok," by
Milt Swaggart and bis foreman.
Reoitation, Elmer Oorporan.
Dialogue, "Taking tbe Census," by
Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Barnes.
; Song, "Queen Mab," by four girls.
Reoitation, "Pa's Six Dollar Hat,"
Floyd Corporan.
Reoitation, Charles Henley. -
Reading of the LaMar Searchlight,
by tbe editor, Mrs. Carmiohael.
Violin solo by Mr. MoDonald. with
organ aooompaoiment by Miss Agnes
Cannon.
A splendid lnnob was serv-d, . pre
pared by tbe sisters of the union, and
a more jolly and soaia tie crowd wonld
have been bard to find.
The Sunshine Club.
Mrs. Charles Gerking was hostess to
the Sunsbiue Clnb on tbe afternoon
of January 26. Among tbe proceed
ings of tbe club for tbe afternoon, a
postal shower for Mrs. C. L. Wood
ward, who was ill in Walla Walla,
was planned, and subsequently carried
out. Mrs. Woodward is president of
tbe Sunshine Club. Tbe , announce
ment of tbe Woodward-Lieualleo wed
ding was read, and regrets were ex
pressed that tbe club must lose tbe
newly made bride, who was one of
their most effioient members. Mrs.
George Piper was reoeived as a new
member by tbe club. Delicious fruit
salad with wafers and chocolate were
served by the hostess,
Death Calls Faithful Nurse.
Mrs. L. Nolte, a well known nurse
who made ber borne at Weston, died
at Pendleton, Thursday of last week..
Tbe funeral was bald at Weston where
the remains were interred. Mrs. Nolte
was known in this vioinity as one
of tbe most efficient and faithful
nurses in tbe profession, and ber death
is deeply deplored by all who knew
her.
New Roundup Stadium.
Work was started this week on tbe
new Roundup stadium at Pendleton.
J. P. Heine, one of tbe construction
foremen for a railroad contracting
firm, will bave supervision of tbe
work. A qnarter mile track will be
built and then work on tbe grand
stand will begin.
Final Account,
On another page of this issue will
te found notice that final aooount in
tbe estate of John Tbarp, is to be
made before tbe Connty Court, by
D. B. Tbarp, tbe administrator.
Peterson & Wilson are tbe attorneys
for tbe administrator.
: Holdman Land Sale.
By a deed filed in tbe recorder's
office last Saturday afternoon. Mary
M. Jaoksoo has sold to Anna B. Purdy
and Thomas A. Poroy ber farm laud
in tbe Holdman vioinity for a consid
eration of 18, 720.
GOOD ROADS FIGHT
Indications Point to Deadlock in the
House, With Mann and Peterson
, ; in Thick of the Fray.
The good roads measures oaused a
skirmish yesterday morniog in tbe
house and the indications are that a
deadlooa over the measures will result
later. Those favorable to the bills
attempted to bave them considered in
a oommittee of tbe whole Saturday
but lost by four votes.
Ambrose, of Multnomab, opened the
preliminary flgbt by moving that
all bills, inoluding those passed by tbe
senate and others, be considered in
committee of tbe whole. Mann of
Umatilla, chairman of the roade and
highways oommittee said tbe oommit
tee also wonld prefer to have the
house oonsider them, thus relieving
tbe oommiittee of tbe responsibility.
Neuner, Mann and Peterson opposed
tbe proposal and won by a rising vote.
As a result, tbe oommittee will re
port Saturday and the fight wHl be on.
T.; TAR AND FEATHERS.
A Coat of These Means Excruciating
Torture to the Victim.
People wbo read of tarring' and
feathering know that tbe punishment
is a very unpleasant one, but few Im
agine how terribly painful and dan
gerous it is. Hardened tar is very
hard to remove from the skin, and
when feathers are added It forma a
kind of cement that sticks closer than
u brother. As soon as the tar sets the
victim's suffering begins. It contracts
as it cools, and every one of the little
veins on tbe body is pulled, causing the
most exquisite ngony. The perspira
tion is entirely stopped, and unless the
tar is removed death Is certain to en
sue. But the removal is no easy task and
requires several days. The tar cannot
be softened by the application of heat
and must be peeled off bit by bit.
sweet oil being used to make the proc
ess less painful. Tbe Irritation to tbe
skin is very great, as the hairs cannot
be disengaged, but must be pulled out
or cut off. No man can be cleaned of
tar in a single day, as the pain of the
operation wduld be too excruciating
for endurance, and until this is done be
has to suffer from a pain ' like that of
10,000 pin pricks. Numbers of men
have died under the torture, and none
who have gone through it regard tar
and feathering as anything but a most
fearful Infliction.
TOBACCO IN THE ARCTIC.
Resource of Miners Whan They Can
Neither Chew Nor Smokt.
"When the wind is blowing thirty
miles an hour and tbe temperature is
40 below it is Borne cold," said a man
from Alaska. "If a man used tobacco.
in tbe ordinary way out of doors dur
ing such weather and got bis lips wet
through smoking a pipe or chewing be
would be apt to get into trouble. First
thing be knew he'd bave his lips crack
ed, and they would be raw all winter
long.
"The regulars stationed at tbe mili
tary posts up in Alaska found that if
they tied a tobacco leaf in their arm
pit previous to undcslred duty they
would become very sick and could pass
the post surgeon for hospital, getting
rid of detail work they wanted to
avoid.
"The miners up there learned some
thing of this and found that tbe tobac
co craving could be satisfied by bind
ing a quantity of the leaf either In tbe
armpit or against tbe solar plexus.
This avoided broken and bleeding lips
during the winter, and they weren't
prevented from smoking Indoors as
well If they wanted to. It waa tbe out
door smoking or chewing that made all
the trouble." New York Sun.
He Promised.
Sutton No, can't spare the money
very well, but I'll lend It to you If you
promise not to keep It too long. Gay
boy IH undertake to spend every pen
ny of. It before tomorrow -
Trouble wirings from Idleness and
grievous toll from needless ease.
Franklin.
WALLA WALLA WOULD GOME IN
Bade'a Mixtures Would Prefer to Be
' in the Blue Mountain League.
There is little or no agitation for
base ball in Atbena for next season,
but Atbena fans are strong for tbe
game and no doubt a team will be in
tbe field as ntuaL
Weston is planning for a suooessf ul
oampaign and already cherishes a
buddod hope of again oapturing the
pennant in tbe Blue Mountain leagne.
Nothing baa been beard from Pen
dleton, but Milton is in tbe base
ball mire np to ber socks and ia al
ready to tbe front- vvith oodles of en
thusiasm and a newly elected set of
offloers. Ebei Luna, tbe old-time
leader of tbe Yellow Kid rooters, is
tbe Miltcn manager and he will prove
to be "some grcoeries" in assembling
a nifty bunch of players. They have
a ripping good pitober over in tbe
fruit town named Henderson, and
other departments of the game are said
to be well represented there.
Tbe personnel of the Blue Mountain
league promises to be obanged , this
year. Pilot Rook a royal good bnnob
too will probably ti dropped from
tbe roll, on aocouot of the inaoosei
biJity of tbe plaoe. .
Walla Walla ia framing np to join
tbe leagae and is coaobing Bade's
Mixtures for tbe fray. A dispatoh
from that plaoe says: . .
"August Bade of this oity, who has
managed the Walla Walla base ball
teams for several years, has plans
for getting Walla Walla something
like league ball this summer. Last
year the Blue Mountain league, whioh
inoludes Pendleton, Athena Pilot Rook
and Weston, .played a suooessf ul series
of games, tbe pennaut eventually going
to Weston. This year Walla Walla
will ask for a plaoe in the league,
which will probably be enlarged to
six olubB by dropping Pilot Rock and
adding Walla Walla and Dayton. It
is planned to have games on Sunday
and holidays only."
ITEM FROM OVER WESTON WAY
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"Juice" Electrocutes Horse Death of
John Creighton.
Weston Leader: A horse belonging
to J. B. Gross was eleotroouted Tues
day tfternoon while tied to f a tree in
front of Dr. Newsom's office on
Franklin street. A telephone wire
whioh had beeu out by Dr. Lazier
prior to leaving Weston, was tied to
this and a loose end dangled down the
trunk. A chain baiter used by Mr.
Gross oame in oontaot with this wire.
Shortly after the animal bad been tied
tbe eleotrio light wire near by beoame
crossed with tbe telephone wire, and
the horse was iustautly killed by tbe
current. At tbe same time, tbe rural
lines were put out of oommlssion. - It
is considered strange that tbe voltage
on the Weston end of the eleotrio pow
er system was strong enough to elec
trocute the horse, and tbe inoideot
has served as a warning to people here
to beware of dangling wires. While
unbilobing the dead animal, Will
Compton reoeived quite a prononnoed
shook, and attributed his escape from
a more serious "jolt" to the faot , that
he was standing on the sidewalk.
John Creighton, formerly a resident
of Weston, was strioken on tbe streets
of Saoramento Thursday of last week
with paralysis, resulting in bis death.
Mr. Creighton was 70 years old, and
is survived by four grown ohildren.
The remains were Bhipped to Guy,
Wash., for interment.
Another irrigation meeting will be
held tomorrow. It is expeoted that
the farmers with land under the oan
als will raise a fond of $5000 to pro
vide for tbe permanent survey, this
amount being sufficient to oover all
contingencies. It will be neoessary
for tbe engineers to drill and thor
oughly test tbe bills on either side of
tbe proposed dam in order to demon
strate the faot that tbe walls of tbe
dam will oonsist of solid bedrock. It
is said that a numoer of farmers bave
aareed to pay , one dollar Into tbe
fund for every aore of their holdings
wbioh they expeot tc irrigate, and if
all do so tbe fund will be readily
raised.
Tb)t commercial varieties of fruit
are a success on tbe mountain is indi
cated by the experience of Frank Tay
lor. Mr, Taylor has an old apple
tree orchard that bas been on tbe plaoe
20 years and which has never failed
to bear fruit, but tbe trees are not
of tbe oommeroial variety and the
frnit cannot be marketed. He also
bas one aore of young apple trees now
seven years old, of whiob nine trees
are Rome Beauties. These nine trees
averaged seven boxes to tbe tree,
whiob he sold at $2 per box or $14 to
tbe tree. At tbe same ratio, if tbe
entire aore were in Rome Bean ties, it
would bave prodnoed $1400 this year.
School Report.
Following is tbe report for Distriot
No. 59 for month beginning January
3 and ending January 87: Number of
days taught, 20; number of pupils
enrolled, 10. Pupils wbo bave neither
been absent or tardy and are on tbe
roll of honor are as follows: Clay
Jackson, Ralph Richmond, Hoy Rich
mond, Ellis Hopper, Oneita Jaokson.
Visitors for tbe month are: E. II.
Rioumond F. J. Jaokson. E. F. Koep
ke, Ruth Jaokson. and Lowell Rich
mond. Lillian Downs-Dobson,
Teaoher.
Big Auction Sale.
On Wednesday, February 8, 1911,
on tbe Christopher borne plaoe four
miles went of Adams, there will te
sold at publio auction sale, tbe entire
farming outfit of James Christopher,
inoluding horses, mules, oat tie, all
kinds of farm machinery, household
goods, furniture, eto. Sale begins at
10:80 a. m. Free lunob at noon.
For Sale. .
Good bound wheat hay. stored in
barn. Enquire of Geo. R. Diasmore,
one mile south of Weston.