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Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer ' VOLUME XXIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 24, 1911. ' -fY. NUMBER 12 OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President. H. KOEPKB Vice-President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Asa't Cashier. DIRECTORS H. KOEPKE, F. 8. Le GROW, S. F. WILSON, A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS. Ik OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $90,000.00 Ten years from now will you be slavishly working at a low salary for somebody else or will you be your own master? You can be either if you wish. Start that bank account today with only a small deposit if necessary. ana in ten years it will make you independent. Paint Bundy & Christian, Proprietors tore PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES: WALLPAPER We have put in a full stock of Wallpaper, which in cludes the latest styles and paterns. Let us figure on your painting, paper hanging and decorating. "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. J Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon FIND MAMMAL BONE Important Geological Discovery Made When James Potts Unearths a Fine Specimen.. An important discovery, from a geologioal point of view, was made by James Potts while working on bis ranob the .other day. It consists of part of a very large bone. There is no extant animal with ns today akin to the gigaotio creature of which this bone once formed a part. Mr. Potts brought it to town to be examined by A. Mackenzie Meldrnm, pastor of the Christian onurob, who is well read in geology. Bot it is notan easy task to classify the foesil bones of pre historic animals, unless the head is found, and the difficulty is greatly .augmented when only ono bone of the anatomy is discovered, as in tbis case, and that but a part of the femnr bone. The geologies history of this part of Oiegon goes back several million years. This is very plainly shown by the fossiliferous formations wbioh oairy us baok well into the Paleozoio period. Mr. Meldrnm is of the opinion that the hone belongs to a mammal of the Post Tertiary Era, of the Glaoial per iod, being found in a formation Pleis tooene; and from its structure and size it is more than likely the bone of an elephant. Many thousands of these oieatures roamed abont this part of Oregon at that peroid. SEASON OPENS NEXT SUNDAY ' ' " . , ' s'. Blue Mountain League Team Begins Season's Schedule in Three Towns The opening games of this season's sohedule of the Blue Mountain league begins Sunday afternoon with Walla Walla playing Athena on the home grounds, Weston, at Milton and Pen dleton at Echo. - The new grounds, while not up to the standard condition will be in fair shape and a record-breaking orowd is expected to witness the home team's first game. The Walla Walla team is said to be in good form, having bad the advantage of considerable early praotioe and played several games. Manager Bade is said to be morn than pleased with bis lineup this year, and several players well are known to In i land Empire fans. Littlejohn's Millers will be together in Sunday's game tor tbe first time tbis season and tbe borne fans hope to turn the trick on tbe garden cityites i and tuck away the first game. Any j way, it's in tbe air that a hangup good game will be played and every lover j of tbe sport in town, has made up bis . mind to loyally back tbe home touch and boost for it early and late. Manager Littlejohn announoes bis lineup for Sunday as follows: Brown, catcher; Pioard, pitober; Clark, lb; Pelland 2b: DePeatt 8b: Owens, ss; Lieuallen If; Bundy of; Smith rf ; Bill and Wilson subs, the benefit of tbe Athena leagne team fund, and netted 125.60. I John Dob son, of tbe mill force, was there in bis uniform and no one attempted to take it oS bim, as happened in last year's game. Soattered around in tbe two teams were players who will appear in positions on tee league team, and while not lotting themselves out at any time during tbe game, it was ob served that with praotioe and a-little hardening they will be capable of put ting up a good artiole of ball. Bert Cartano umpired tbe game with satis faotion to both sides. A number cf good stnnts were pulled off. including a couple of double plays. The bat teries were: Clerks, Pioard, Wilson and Hawks; Mill, Smith and Starr. ENGINEERS ARE IN THE FIELD Permanent Survey of Weston Irrisra tlon Project. BLUE ROCK Material for This End of the Athena Weston Macademized Road Will Be Taken From City Quarry. The permanent survey of the Wes ton and Pine Cieek irrigation project was begun last Saturday under tbe direction of F. C. Heuoke, C. E., of Lewiston. Idaho, formerly of Wiscon sin, says tbe Leader. With him are two assistant engineers. Mr. Eenke was reommended to the board of di rectors as a capable man who has had much praotioal experience in tbis clues of work. This survey will determine thesoope of tbe projeot, and tbe actual cost per aoie to the 'armors who are co-operating in the enterprise. Until it is oompleted, no details will be availa ble for publication concerning tbe height of tbe dam or tbe magnitude of the mountain lake to be formed be tween the oanyon walls of Piue creek three miles above Weston. It is re ported however that tbe engineeis are finding tbe projeot entiiely feasible, and that its cost will by no means be prohibitive. A force of men is employed in dig ging test pits at the reservoir site to determine the nature of the formation, and to make sure that the reservoir will be enclosed in solid bedrook walls. Tbis work is progressing favorably and bedrock has already been uncov ered in four or five places. Getting rid of the water enoountered oqoasions some difficulty. ' Tbe dam will be so oonstruuted as to admit of the largest possible use nf the materiel available at tbe leservoir site rook, earth and gravel, lenta live plans submitted by tbe engineers meet with muob favor from tbe di rectors, and oall for a dam as solid and enduring as the eternal bills, yet entailing no excessive cost in its con struction. The presence of plenty of timbei near tbe dam site is an advan tageous feature. David Lavender, who has oharge of the work of constructing the Athena Weston maoademized road, started a foroe of men at work in tbe qnarry below town today. Huge blasts will be driven into tbe face of the quarry and tbe material put into shape for handling before the arrival of the road working machinery recently pur chased by tbe county, and wbiob is to arrive in Athena shortly. ' The rook for tbis end of the road improvement will be taken from the city quarry. County Commissioner Cook burn, in oompany with others went to the Lieuallen place near town Monday, and inspeoted the rook orop pings there. While the material proved to be of good quality, it wa found that it would coat considerable to remove the soil and lay the faoe of tbe quarry open for operation. So the consent of tbe city officials was obtained to use tbe rook from the home quany. The county pays for orusbing tbe rook, preparing tbe roadway and spreading tbe rook on the snrfaoe of the road, the hauling of the orushed rook from the quarry to tbe road being donated by farmers.. As muob of the work as possible is to be accomplish ed before tbe harvest season arrives, so there will be no obstacles to overcome regarding labor. Common labor is to be paid $2.25 per day, drillers $2.60 and tampers $3.00 per day. it was contended by tbe saloonmeo that tbey did not know the men were on the list. The city oounoil will pro bably be asked to pass a law requiring the buttons to be worn. RICH GOLD LEDGE IS F Report of New El Dorado in Nevada ' Stirs Mining Men. A Benefit Ball. . A benefit ball will be given in the K. of P. -I. O. O. P. ball next Friday evening March 81, the proceeds to go to tbe base ball fund, it is tamng quite a sum of money to put tbe baae tall organization on its reel tnis sea- 1 1 J A- - I . t son. A new ground uaa ue esiau- lisbed and constant work in getting it into sLape for the games has Oeeu expensive, and money for general ex penses is needed in tbe treasury. Hence tbe deoision to give a benefit ball for tbe team. Good music will be fur nished. You'll be expeoted to buy a tioket whether yon expect to dance of not. Tiokets will be sold at $1.00 each. The Clerks Won. In an interesting ball game between tbe mill men and the olerks Sunday afternoon, tbe latter won by tbe soore of 13 to 9. The game was played for General Manager Here. R. E. Glass, general manager of tbe Silver & Lead Mine was in tbe city Sunday from Wallace. Idaho. Con siderable stook in this mine is held in this oity and Weston, a big blook 3f it being controlled by Weston par ties. Tbe Silver & Lead Mine is tbe first mining proposition that has paid dividend to iuvestors in tbis vioinity afcd there are stook investors here wbo hold certificates in about everything that baa been offered, from wireless to a soap factory. Manager Glass said another dividend would be declared shortly. Tbe ore is to be treated under new process, maobinery for that purpose being now installed. Samples of ore from this mine may be seen iu tbis oity and at Weston by any one interested in mines.' Mr. Glass was introduced to Athena people by Will Jamieson and Fred Kershaw, both of whom are extensive owners of stock in tbe mine. - fJ U H H baa V Vu m m SdH m m - . mm m mmm m mm -v PROMPT DELIVERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHNE MAIN 83 The Freshest, and most Choice the Market affords in 9 ' 'Ml Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN ' GOOD THING3 TO EAT Athena, Oregon fi Ft Pi DELL BROTHERS, The mining men of Nevada are ox oited over the news of a rioh quartz discovery in Washoe county, Nev, about 18 miles from the California line. Tbe scene of the discovery is about 80 miles from Reno on tbe line of tbe Nevada-California & Oregon Railroad and about 25 miles from Amadee in Lassen county, Califorina. Not since nob finds were made in Tonopab and Goldfield has there been so muob excitement among so many old desert prospectors. Several hun dred have started for Amadee, with outfits ready for prospeoting. . Meager details rooeived by tele phone from the soene of tbe disoovery are to the effect that tix prospectors Friday came to a long ledge of gold on a bigb quartz lidge wbiob they followed over tbe desert for two miles. Tbe average width of tbe oroppings was two feet and tbe rook was so rioh iu gold and silver that it seemed more than half metal. When taken to assayers in Susan villa tbe quartz was said to average over $20,000 in gold to tbe ton with mnob silver. The Southern Paoiflo Railroad manager in Reno has receiv ed full confirmation of tbe richness of the disoovery. Already 150 home steaders are looated on the new min eral range, but they will te dispos sessed unless tbey file new mineral claims. Kills Son and Self. For reason probably never to be known but believed to be sudden in sanity, Mrs. George Wilooxson, of Walla Walla, shot and killed her 23-year-old son in bed and blew out her own brains. Neighbors heard the shots Monday, investigated Tuesday and found the bodv of the woman noar tbe bed with the pistol in her hands. There were no notes and no reason for tbe shooting.. The, husband is a trav eling man and is somewhere in Mon tana. . ' - . COPPER ORE ON AOiS FARM Mineral Picked Up Br Farmer Isaac Christopeer. Ie the country in tbe vioinity of Adams to become famous as a produc er of high grade copper ore, is the question which is now agitating some of the citizens of that seotion, by tbe disoovery reoently of a larga pieoe of almost pure copper ore, several feet in the ground, by Isaao Christopher, the well known farmer of that neigh borhood, says the Live Wire. The ore was found in an old stack bottom by Mr. Christopher and an other man wbo were diggiug in tbe bottom of the stack at tbe time, and although no. further investigation has been made the ore brought to Pendle ton is of such pure quality that many people wbo have seen the sample are of tbe opinion that snob investigation sbonld be made at once. ' One man In discussing tbe Bud is of tho opinion that the ore is of meteorio origin, while others are ot the opin ion that it may be tbe outcropping of an upper ledge of unknown riohness, Slouch Day Frowned Upon. Monday was "slouch day" at the Pendleton high sohool. and the boys' and girls appeared at their classes garbed in overalls and gingham ap rons. Tha change, however, did not meet with approval from their in structors and the students were dis missed early in the afternoon to go home and attire themselves again as befitted "their rank and station," says a Pendleton paper. While tbe teachers are unanimous in deolaricg that tbe amusement caused by the "slouoh" idea was only temporary and did not interfere with tbe work of tbe students, still tbey are not disposed to allow any praotioe wbiob might have a teudfluoy to distraoc attention irom their studies. ! . Umatilla Has Hot Blaze. Fire troke out at Umatilla at 10:30 o'olook Monday afternoon, completely destroying an entire half blook occu pied by F. W. Cline, saloon, D. R. Brownell, grocer and Sam Eee, rest aurant. Tbe fire is supposed to have started in tbe Kee place, yet when first seen tbe flames were issuing from tbe upper story of tbe Cline baloony, wbiob is also a rooming bouse, itie wind was blowing 25 miles en boor and it looked as if the upper part of tbe oity was doomed. The firemen were handicapped by lack of proper flrefiabting appliances. Tbe loss is es timated Bt $13,000. Tbe buildings, all covered hv insurance, were owned by F. W. Cline and W. II. Boyd Echo. A Royal Berkshire. J. M. Swacaart. who bieuds Berk shire bogs, received a tnoroughorea male pig from tbe great breeding farao ot Hubbard & Baldwin, Bennington Miob . by Saturday's express. His pigsbip is of royal lineage and will add great value to Mr. Swaggart'i herd. - Tennis Court. Athena tennis players have deoidnd to looate tbe court for tbis, season' playing at tbe oity park. There are a number of good players in tbe city wbo enjoy tbe game. Cow for Sale. D. A. Pinkerton bas a good, milk cow for sale. Cow is five old and is a proline milker. ' Opening Yakirna Division. On Friday, Maroh 24, tbe O.-W. R. & N. will opeu its new branob from Attalia to North Yakima, and will run a tbroogh train daily between Walla Walla and North Yakima, leaving Walla Walla at 9:15, arriving at North Yakima at 3:00 p. m. Return ing train will leave North Yakima at 8:45 a. m. arriving iu Walla Walla at 2:30 p. m. In addition to tbe above servioe motor cars will run between Kennewiok and North Yakima, and between Grand View and North Yak ima, also between Midvale and Sunny- side. Conneoticns westbound oan be made with Washington Division No. 8 and main line No. 6; Eastbound at Walla Walla with Washington Dlvis ion No. 7 and main line No. 18. For more complete information as to train service on this branob, oall on any Jooal agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Wm. MoMurray, General Passenger Agent Peaches in Plenty. That the peach crop of the valley will be normal if not large, seems to be indicated in many orohards of the valley, discrediting the stories whiob have been circulated since tbe recent oold spell that tbe crop would be a failure tbis season, says tha Ea gle. ' D. G. Ross brongbt to tbis office tbis week a branob out from a late Crawford peach tree, wbiob contained approximately three times the live fruit buds that it should, to produce tbe best fruit. In many otber oroh ards where it was thought the fruit was injured live buds in copious quan tities were found. - To Honor Judge Ellis. Pendleton friends of Congressman W. R. Elllis are urging tbe giving of some sooiaJ f nnotlon iu honor of tbe judge upon bis return fro i Washing ton, says tbe E. O. Tbey point out that be is entitled to such honor be cause of his servioe to Pendleton in securing tbe increased appropriation for tbe federal building. Tbe matter nas been pnt up to tbe Commercial club and President Smytbe states that be will appoint a committee to take oharge of the affair and arrange the details. Stirring at Washtucna. The Wasbtuona Enterprise reports that that town is full of men, most of whom are looking for subcontracts on tbe North Coast railroad. Tbe local hotels have not been able to furnish accommodations, and vaoant bnildings have been leased and converted into rooming bouses, bnt many are unable to get lodging and have bad to sleep in tbe depots and hotel offloes. Work Starts on Water System Wm. Jaeger of St. Louis this week com menoed work on bis oontraot to lay the water system for Freewater, reports tbe Milton Eagle. Tbe mun icipal well is almost oompleted and residents of tbat dty believe tbey will bare domestic water within a abort time. Tbe big well is 40 feet deep and uine feet in diameter and has an excellent flow. tresh years Badge May .Mark Drunks. To proteot the saloonkeepers of Walla Walla against persons on tbe habitual drnnkard list, dealers are said to be preparing an ordinanoe re quiring all probated drunkards to wear buttons or badges showing that tbey are on tbe list. Tbis grows ont cf two oases instituted reoently against saloonmen for furnishing liquor to probate drunkards, when in both oases Milton's New Bank. With a oapital stook of $25,000 tbe Farmers Seourity Bank of Milton bas been incorporated. W. E. Jones is tbe bead of tbe institution. Associa ted with bim are W. W. Wadsser, F. M. Kent, Robert MoEwen. N. I. Ma nela, H. A. Williams and 8. D. Peter son. Tbe new bank expeoti to open for business abont April 15. Special Services. Superintendent George Gerking of the Christian Bible school announces that the school next Sunday morning will be couduoted in a novel and unique manner. An unusually in structive and entertaining hour is promised, and every one not attending other Sunday schools is invited to be present. ;