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This Edition con tains Six Pages Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXIII. ATITENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1911. NUMBER 7 tsm .. ,. OFFICERS S. P. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President, F. S, Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA, Aes't Cashier. "1 DIRECTORS H. KOEPKE, F. S. Le GROW, S. P. WILSON, A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS. FBST WATIOWAL , OFj 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. 1 n "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. - I 14 ' V THE TUiVl-A-LUrvl LUtVlBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon CityR3eat Market TITir T A 111 t Ta.T T"a WM. JAMIESON, Prop. NORTH SIDE OP MAIN STREET The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see me. I will treat you right. ' C. L. MAY, ATHENA, OREGON EXCESSIVE CHARGES Preston-Parton Milling Company Not . : Troubled Over Rates Charred By Pacific Power & Light Co. Walla Walla, North Yakima aud other, towns served by the Paciflo Power & Light oompany are offering strenuous opposition to the alleged ex oessive charges exacted by the big cor poration for power and light servioe. The Walla Walla Union is cham pioning the cause of the consumer, has for some time been delving after facts and has bean giving them pub licity. Monday's issue of the Union oontained an article, by way of com parison, which alludes to the fortunate position in whioh the Preston-Parton Milling company of this city finds it self with the power company and the cities of Athena and Weston, by vhtne of contraot made when the mill was established here. The artiole in ques tion follows: "ExoeRsive Charges for eleotrioity for lighting and power purposes are not troubling the proprietors of the Athena Mills, who secure their 'juioe' from the Paciflo Power & Light oom pany, even though resideuts of Walla Walla, North Yakima and perhaps othei cities of this section are up in arms over what they consider unfair prices. By the terms of a oontraot whioh was signed up several years ago, the Northwestern Gas & Eleotrio Light oompany entered into a contraot with the Athena Milling oompany, granting them a flat rate per horse power per month for a long period of yews and this oontraot is still in effeot. "The rats specified in this oontraot were so favorable to the milling oom pany, that it is said Manager Drake, who was at one time local manager for the Northwestern oompany, did everything in bis power in au effort to annul' the oontraot. "The towns of Athena and Weston are supplied with light and power by the the Athena Milling company) whioh doubtless has arranged rates on such a basis that the returns from the two municipalities pay the monthly aooount-of the PaoiSo Power & Light oompany for the eleotrioity supplied, thus leaving the operation of the mill praotloally a net gain to the milling oompany." RESOLUTIONS. ) wnereas: it nas pieasea tne urana Master of the Universe to remove from our midst and labors our beloved and worthy brother, Andrew, J. Wagner, Whereas: The community has lost i one of its most honorable BDd upright citizens; the family a just and loving husband and father, and the Lodge a most worthy and honorable Brother, Resolved: That wer the membors of Dolph Lodge, No. 80, A. P. & A. M., feel most deeply aud sorrowfully the loss of onr departed brother aud in condolence to the bereaved family would oommend them to Him who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb and with fortitude say, "Thy will be done." Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the min utes, a copy be sent to the family, and a copy famished the Athena Press. Fraternally submitted, ; Chas. O. Henry, ; James Henderson. A. M. Johnson, Committee. Hair Liniment Kills. George Moses, the Nez Perce Indian who a few days ago proolaimed him self a Messiah, is dead. The body of the dead tribal leader was found dressed in full Indian regalia sur rounded by bis weeping friends. The wailing cries of the women and the silent tears of the men showed the consideration in which the dead man was held ty bis people. The Indians declined to permit a post mortem ex amination to determine the cause of death, but investigations showed that Moses had been fasting for 10 days, during which time he bad drunken several bottles of hair elixir whioh oontained 50 per oent aloohol with co caine. A liniment intended for exter nal use had also been drunken . His lips and mouth were burned and swollen by the dregs. Mrs. Shelton Dead. At the home of her daughter, Mrs. 0. A. White of Freewater, Mrs. Cbes ley Shelton of Baker City died Mon day. She had oome to Freewater about six weeks ago to visit her daugh ter, was taken ill with la grippe and died. Mrs, Shelton was born in Ten nessee November 5, 1828, was married in 1846 and crossed the plains iu 1862. She leaves a husband and seven children, SP0N6E SEWED UP IN WOUND Surgeon Performing Operation Fails to Remove Piece of Cloth, To operate upon a woman for gall' stones and find that tho trouble was not caused by gall stones at all, bnt by a sponge left iu the body at the time of a previous operation was the exerienoe of Portland dootors Saturday when they made an incision in the side of Mis. Robert Manning of Pilot Rook, says 'be EaBt Oregonian. Mrs. Manning had been brought to Pendleton by Dr. Fred Lieuallen of Pilot Rook, but her case was consider ed so serious that it was deemed ad visable to take her to Portland where the operation with the above result was performed. Mrs. Manning was operated upon a year ago lest January by G. W. Cole of this city and evidently at that time the inoisiou was sewed up without re moving the sponge. For the benefit of the average person, it might be said that such a sponge consists of a pieoe of absorbent cotton cloth about the size of a man's band. Mrs. Man ning has been suffering from this for some time but it was thought by doc tors that she was afflicted with gall stones. 1 FROM OVER WESTON WAY Items of Interest Culled From Columns of the Leader, 1 iwi m m trm mm. mm n mm iw m hkih- ni l ii my hupjhii pbo&ery WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT n OCR 3 .1 M .-. fj The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in q "HI1 Tje Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here A apw M. M. ss. mttm m m m m rt i ITITDFOO rm IPTTP TTTTT tfl TV a . ' I 1 1.1 1 I II I II 1 IU I 111 I 111 oamnniuiuiuoiwuuiv iu A 4-K nvn I liiAVAm f.J If liliLi DLVJ I OEiRD good thinq3 to eat AUIUUSL, VI UJ1 IDE WITH C O House Passes Reciprocity Bill, Amendment, 221 to 92 Demo crats SupDort Taft. No President Taft's reoiprooity agree ment with Canada was indorsed in the bouse of representatives Tuesday night through the support of an almost solid demooratio vote. The MoCall bill oarrylng the agreement into effeot was passed, 221 to 92. The majority of the republicans present voted against the bill, the division being 78 . ayes and 87 noes. The demooratio rote was 14 ayes and only 5 noes. A majority of the repub lican insurgents present voted for the bill. The MoCall bill now goes to the senate. What its fate will be in that body is problematical. : President Taft believes if a filibuster oan be avoided and a vote taken the bill will pass. He is insistont that the senate shall act one way or the other, and has in dicated that he would oall an extra session of congress if it does not do so. The passage of the bill in the bouse came at the end of a long debate whiob at times was as bitter as has been heard on the floor of that chamber in years. The fight was oonfined almost wholly to the republican side. Dem ooratio members joined in from time to time and taunted the "ajority members for their laok of unity. The demooratio leaders also .put in the olaim that the reoiprooity agree ment was good demooratio doctrine and declared they were glad to wel come President Taft and many of the house members into the demooratio fold. . . While crossing the railway trestle below town Friday morning a young stranger narrowly esoaped death. The passenger train was within ten feet of him when be managed to swing eff the track and cling to one of tie barrels used for fire protection. Frank . Waddingham had both bis arms broken in a runaway aooideut re cently while descending the Touohet bill. He was hurried to Walla Walla 18 miles away, where the fraotures were reduced aud is now getting along nioeJy. His left arm was broken just above the wrist and bis right arm jnst below the shoulder. Mr. Joseph Wnrzer, one of Wes ton's leading farmers and most pop ular citizens and a member of its common oounoil has become a happy beuediot. Upon retaining with his bride, they were cordially welcomed and the bridegroom saw that plenty of "smokes" were provided for his well wishers. ,' ,, Relatives of Jasper O'Harra at Wes ton were niob alarmed by the news from Central Point of serious siokness in his family. They have been as sured by wire and mail that the pa tients are recovering. Mr. . O'Harra's wife, daughter and little granddaugh ter were all three very ill with pneu monia at the same time. They were attended by four physicians and two trained nurses. John Wright died in Chicago last Saturday morning. The remains were shipped to Walla Walla for burial. Mr. Wright was formerly a resident of Weston, and was held in high es teem by many friends in this city, who learn of Lis death with much re gret. Of late years be made bis home at Walla Walla. He was seized with a sudden and fatal illness while visit ing his sister ia Chicago. He is sur vived by one son, Dave Wright, bis wife and daughter having preceded him to the grave. Telegrams Br Phone, To take oare of persons living in towns where the Western Union office is open only daring the day or wbere it closes at midnight, the company has just nut into effeot a system by which Paciflo Telephone & Telegraph subsoribers may seud and reoeive tele grams over their telephone wire. These telegrams may be telephoned to a distant all night office without charge for the phone connection. This facility was originally extended January 1, but certain telephone toll obarges prevailed, while the only obarge now is to be for the telegram itself. - ' Reward Offered. 1 will pay a reasonable reward for tba recovery of a dark bay mare, brand B on left shoulder weighs about 1050 pounds and is about 12 years old; and a black gelding i years old brand U on left iiip. Hugh Taylor, Whips Teacher: Is Freed. - After remaining out for 0 or 10 hours the jury in tbeoase against Mrs. Charles Allen, charged with assault with a weapon liable to do great bod ily barm in beating Miss Mellissa Bonis, a teaober at Weiser, Idaho, brought in a verdiot of simple battery. The evidence showed that Miss Burris bad been beateu with a club, that her body was black and blue from the blows, and that she was oonfined to her bed for several weeks. Mrs. Allen beat her for correcting one of her obildren, a pupil of the school. The case created much excitement in the school distriot wbere it occurred, and the entire neighborhood attended the trial, whiob was stubbornly contested. Wheat Sold at Adams. Frank Martin sold 1295 saoks of Forty Fold wheat, the balance of bis last year's crop, to the Interior Ware house oompany at Adams, for 70 cents a bushel and it is being shipped to Portland. J. A. Winn sold the bal anoe of his last year's orop of wheat to the Interior Warehouse company at Adams for 70 cents a bushel. The lot contained 900 sacks aud was shipped to Portland. (3. M. Morrison sold toe balance of bis last year's orop of wheat to the Interior Warehouse com pany for the same prioe. . Tbe lot contained 167S sacks and ia shipped to the LaGrande Milling oompany at La Grande. Chicken Ate Diamond. When Mrs. Alfred Geddess, wife of the county surveyor of Linn county, out into a obiokeu whiob she was pre paring for cooking, she discovered a $200 diamond ring iu the orop. At first she thought she was ahead jnst that much, but when her husband re turned he reoognized it as the property of A. Holtz, the bntoher from whom the fowl was purobased. It was ie- turned to him. . Mr. Ilnltz has kept chickens in a yard behind his shop and two weeks ago be missed the ring goon after having fed the chickens some grain. He hastened into the yard and failiug to find it gave it up for lost. ' : ; Sunday Schools at Milton. The 16tb annual convention of the Umatiilla County Sunday School con vention will te held at Columbia col lege March 8 and 9. The Rev. Levi Johnson, pastor of the Presbyterian oboroo and president of the associa tion announces that an exoeilent pro gram has been arranged. The Rev. C. A. Pbipps of Portland, the secre tary, is expeoted to address the oon-vttution. conger eyeing him from a nearby rook. The first bullet produoed a flesh wound only and the wounded animal charged furiously. When ten feet away and rushing with great speed at the hunt er a bullet in the brain felled , the monster. At the same time another oougar was approaobing on the jump from behind. The animal was killed. Birthday Party. . A party was given at the Stewart home north of the oity Tuesday even ing, in honor of Miss Ruth Stewart, the oooasion being the eighteenth birthdsy of the young lady. The evening was spent by those present in a pleasant sooial way, and all were royally entertained. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Stewart. Those present from town inoluded the High school pupils, classmates of Miss Stewart, and Prinoipal and Mrs. Pate and Miss Laubenhsim. SIX TEAMS IN BALL LEAGUE Echo, Pendleton, Athena, Weston, Mil ton and Walla Walla Represented. The Bine Mountain base ball league will ooutain six teams this year, the towns of Eoho, Pendleton, Athena, Weston, Milton and Walla Walla ' being given membership at a meeting held by the organization at Weston Sunday. Athena was represented at the meeting by Jesse Smith. Will Littlejohn and H. A. Bundy attempt ed to reaoh Weston Sunday for ton purpose of attending the meeting, but their rig stuok in the snowdrifts east of town and they were foroed to re turn. ' The organization of the enlarged leaguo was perfeoted by the eleotion of L. G. Frazier of Pendleton, pres ident; Asa B. Thomson, of Eoho, vice- president; I. M. Kemp, Weston, treas urer and Carl Cooley, of .Peodleton, aeoretary. . Eoho is the smallest town in the league, and the expense will fall heavier on its team than on any other of the league, but the men on the team are thorough bred sportsmen and they promise that their team will be in the running clear through the sea son. ' v. v . ' The original frame-up was to in olude a four-team league, with Pen dleton, Athena. Weston and Walla Walla in the raoe, but Milton had or ganized strong and put up suon a game fight for place that her oon- teutions could not be overlooked, es-' peoially as she bad the Meador Park pull iu her favor so Eoho was paired with her and the result is a six-team league. It is understood that each team will be required to deposit f 100 before the beginuiog of the season as guaranty of good faith that they will play througn out the season. ; The league schedule will begin Sunday, March 26, and will continue for IS weeks, until July 2. Eaoh team will meet every other one three times and the games will take place on Sun days, iiaon team will take the gate receipts from the games on its home grounds and will defray its own trav eling expenses. A Whistling Well. Robert Johnson, secretary of the Walla Walla Fair association, bas a ranob on Eureka flat on which he as serts there is a "whistling, well." The well has been drilled 800 feet but the drilling operations have been sue-, pended until the drill, wbioh is fast in the bottom of the well, caa be dis lodged. On several occasions people living in that vioinity say that air has issued from the well with such veloc ity as to cause a whistling noise that oan be heard a qoarter of a mile. while on other occasions they say that matters are reversed and the air rushes in with sufficient foroe to draw a hat down through the opening. 2t. A New Stock. Bundy & Christian, the painters and decorators, will put la a new stock of paints, oils and wall paper. They ex pect the goods to arrive about the 25tb. For the present the stock will be displayed in the Boddy building, wbere the firm now has its paint shop, A specialty will be made by Bundy & Christian of house painting, wall paper banging and decorating. Cougars Trapped Him. Hemmed ia by infuriated oougars in a steep oanyon on the summit of the Blue mountains, not far from Eamela, I. M. Morgan, a resident of Kamela experienced a hair-raising experience Saturday, says a La Grande speoial. f He was bunting up Bear creek from Athena. J Gibbon," when be discovered a huge Knights of Pvthias Ball. Advertising matter is out announc ing the Knights of Pythias ball wbioh will be given by Pythian Lodge No. 20, K. of P., of this oity on Thursday eveoing, February 23. The big event will be held in the K. of P.-l. O. O. V. ball. The best of order will prevail and all are promised a most pleasant liniH. A unrmrftl Invitntinn a or. tended by the oommittee having the arrangements in band. Supper will ha BAVtarl In fha Kail Ainltit wstnm n A ' Johnson's orchestra has been engaged to furnlBb the musio. Will Have Sack Dav February 23 is to be sack day for the farmers of Umatilla ooonty and a meeting of the secretaries of all the lnnnl nninna will hn hnlA In PnnAlntnn wbeu reports will be made as to the number of sacks to be (--ought for the coming year and arrangements be made for bids. This action bas been taken at the request of County Pres ident Sbumway. According to Vioe President W. W. Harran, there will be aoout 600,000, saoks purobased ty the Farmers' union this year. For Sale. Good bound wheat hay, barn. Enquire of Geo. R. one mile south of Weston. stored in Diasmore,