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1 KM- This Edition con tains Six Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 1911. NUMBER 13 iii'n'i I irM 'um'i'i'ii"-'5' 'C r OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, S H. KOEPKE Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS H. KOEPKE, F. S. Le GROW, S. F. WILSON, A. B. M'EWEN. M. L. WAITS. fi A I; S '' L 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, and in ten years it will make you independent. ' ROYAL ARCH MASONS Kirk Chapter instituted in This City Friday Evening By F. J. Miller, Grand High Priest. 1 ew Paints tore Bundy & Christian, Proprietors PAINTS, OILS. VARNISHES, WALLPAPER We have put in a full stock of Wallpaper, which iu eludes 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. Kirk Chapter, Royal Aroh Masons, was instituted in this city Friday eve ning, by F. J. Miller, Grand High Priest, jurisdiction of the state of Oregon. . The degree team of the Pendleton Chapter put on the work, there being 20 visiting mem bora fron that town. The new chapter starts with a mem bership of twentj-flve. The meeting night has not yet teen selected but will be as soon as the charter and the constitution and by laws have been adopted. The following officers wero elected: A. B. MoEwen, H. P.; W. S. Ft- gneon, King; Jas. Henderson, Scribe; E. E. K6ontz, C. of H. ; D. B. Jarman, P. S. J.;M. W. Hansell, R. A. C; H. Koepke. M. 8rd V. ; E. R. Cox. M. 2nd. V; Geo. Piper, M. 1st V.; N. A. Miller, Treasurer; F. S. LeGrow, Sec retary; Roy Gannon, Sentinel. A splendid banquet was served at the St. Niobols hotel which was par ticipated in by the Masonio brethren. The new Chapter starts out under most auspioious uiroumstanoes. It will hold its meetings in one of the finest lodge balls In the slate, and will draw membership from Masonio lodg es in nearby towns, in addition to members from the local lodge. Kirk Chapter was named in honor of the late f. J. Kirk, a oharter mem ber of Dolph Lodge. No. 80, A. F. & A. M. COMMENCE WORK ON TRACK Preparations Under Way for Annual Schoot Track Meet Here. At a meeting of the Athena Com mercial Association held last evening, action was taken relative to prepara tions for the second annual track meet and oratorical contest of the Umatilla County Athletio and Oratorioal Asso ciation, whiob taxes place in this city Saturday, April 29. The track at the city park will be pnt in condition at once. The oval will not require muoh work to put in good shape, and the straight away conrse will be looated on the edge of ) the park, affording an excellent loca tion. Athena High sobool athletes have been doing the cross country stunt for several weeks and as soon as the track i is in shape will begin regulur training there. Weston, Pendleton, Milton and other sohools of the county which will be entered in the meet are also training hard. Indications are that the meet this year will be on a larger scale than the first annual gathering of the bseo oiation, in this city last year. 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 Weston Pioneers Will Meet. The seventeenth annual reunion of the Oregon pioneers of Umatilla oounty will be held at Weston May 26 and 27. These dates have been set because they immediately follow the close of the Weston high sohools. The dates were set at a meeting held in Weston. The old pioneers are the community's ' honored guests and should be so treated. President J. T. Lieuallen of Adams is in cbaige of the program of speakers and J. E. Keefe Jr. will attend to the general program. A meeting will be held in Weston April 29 for the various com mittees to report progress. Willaby-DeFreece. Last Sunday, March 26, 1911, in the parlors of the Hotel Pendleton in Pendleton, the marriage of two popular young people of Athena was consum mated, when Miss Myrtle DeFreeoe and Dean Willaby were made one. The marriage was performed in the PROMPT DELIVERY PRICES ARE RIGHT P0H& 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in VEGETA Sji.tJe Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here DELL BROTHERS, 0,KSCIS Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD presence of only a few friends of the bride and groom, who 'were attended by Miss Ada' DeFreeoe. a sister of the bride, and Mr. Jess6 Myriok, the cer emony teing performed by Rev. Na than Evans of Pendleton. - The bride was attired in a handsome suit of cream colored olotb. Sne is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeFreece, and the groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Willaby. The young couple will im mediately take up housekeeping on their farm just west of town, known asthe-Frakes place, where II r. Wil laby has been making extensive im provements for the reoeption of his bride. The Press joins their many friends in extending congratulations and best wishes for a happy and prosperous future. CANNOT CREATE ROAD DEBTS Only School and Liqnor Cases Ripe for Special Elections. As intimated at the time by the attorney general to the members of the executive committee of the state grange who visited bim in bis office reoently, Mr. Crawford holds in a written op inion that the several counties have no authority to oall special elections for the purpose of oreating a debt for the building of permanent roads, or for any purpose excepting in certain oases specifically provided for as for the purpose of submitting the question of the creation and maintenance of oounty high schools or for prohibiting the sale of liquor under the local op tion law. Consequently the grange will pro- oeed to formulate legislation pertain ing to good roads whiob they will submit to the eleotors at the general election in 1912. Just the nature of this legislation is not known at this time principally for the reason that it has not yet taken definite form but it will have for its object to authorize the oounties to oall special elections to issue bunds to create other indebt edness for the purpose of building per manent roads. Iu bis opinion the attorney general finds as follows:' "The effeot of this amendment, con sidered in connection with the original seotion is to remove the limitation of 15000 on the anthority of the oounties to incur indebtedness, for the purpose of building permanent roads within the oounty, but also place the limita tion upon indebtedness inourred for tLis purpose, that it shall be inoorred only on approval of a majority of those voting on the question. The question submitted is whether the oounty oan call a speoial eleotion to submit this question of inourricg snob additional indebtedness. "I find iio provision whether in the constitution or any of the statutes authorizing a county to oall a speoial eleotion for this purpose or for any purpose exoepting in certain esses specifically provided for, as for the purpose of submitting the question of the oreation of and maintenanoe or county high schools oounty high school fund, etc" km. -': r.k r rfat rj. r O Tl TV TV- He Was an Easy Mark. SavH i'jh Pendleton Live Wire: A good looking and well dressed woman alighted from No. 18 yesterday "by mistake." She soon woo the sympatny of a well Known "ladies' man" atout Pendleton and be consented to take her to Walla Walla by automobile. On the way they met her husband, who was very "irate." All three drove back to Pendletou where the "ladies' man" went to his bank and drew out $500 in oold cash and turned it over to the "irate" husband. As the "irate" husband and bis wife started out of town on the Walla Wal la local this morning they tnrned around and gave the "ladies' man" the torse laugh. Pendleton Man Dead. Joseub Liodsey, who has boeu a res ident of Pendleton for over a quarter of a century passed away Monday morning at 8 o clock at bis home iu that oity, death being caused by puen- monia. Cow for Sale, D. A. Piufcerton baB a good, tresh milK cow for sale. Cow is five years old and is a prolific milker. WHEAT CLEANED IIP Recent Export Trade Has Diminished the Visible Supply to An Enor , mous Extent. From the best figures available, it can be said that the farmers of the PaciBo Northwest are now holding not to exoeed 10 per cent of the crop, or between 4,000.000 and 5,000.000 bu shels of wheat, says the Portland Or egonian. In the past month, or sinoe the Japanese demand for wheat first de veloped, there has been a steady sell ing movement At no time has there been any great activity, the lots changing hands generally being small in size, hut the aggregate proves to have been very substantial, and the reserves have melted away in a man ner that has surprised the grain trade, now that the smallness of the availa ble stooks is Known. From 15 to 20 per cent of the oiop remains in all bands farmers, mill ers and dealers in the three states. As for the supply in dealers' and millers' bands it is probable it will all go out in the way of flour or wheat before the season ends. The exact amount of wheat held at tidewater points is not Known, but it is not be lieved to be large. ' The Puget Sound docks and warehouses are not holding mnoh and the supply held by Portland dealers is rather small. As the farmers are not holding over 5,000,000 bushels 'at present, it oan be seen that the statistical position of the northwestern market is a strong one. Not all the wheat that is left will be marketed, no matter what the prevailing prioes may be. The north western farmers, generally oarry over into every new crop from 6.000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels. Allowing that they will take only half of their pres ent holdings into the new season, it will be seen that a very small supnly will be available for regular trades requirements from now on. California will no donbt be the principal buyer during the remainder of the season, and the orders fiom that state should make a large bole in the supply that is left over. Some of the well posted dealers de clare that the demand from Japan for wheat has been satisfied. It is said al so that new ordeis ate being plaoed for export floor. It is known, bow- ever, that certain of the mills which aooepted flour orders sometime ago, are still skirmishing around the coun try trying to buy the necessary wheat. In view of the situation as disclosed, it oertainly looks as if the farmers who are still holding their grain are in the suidle and oan oome near nam ing what prioes tbey please. PUT AN END TO FRUIT PESTS Places Where Scale is Found Must be Cleaned Up at Once. County Fruit Inspector S. J. Camp bell this week started on his annual spring clean-up campaign' of the val ley. He says thnt the Sao Jose scale must go and if it does not go by tba voluntary aotion of the orobardists, he will be compelled to take aotion by law. In an interview with the Milton Eagle Mr. Campbell said; "l'here is not a fruitgrower in tbo county who is ignorant of thesptaying laws of the state of Oregon. "I want to state here for the benefit of your readers, that all must clean out the brash and trees that are inf eot ed with San Jose scale. Spiay your sbade trees. If I find San Jose scale on them something muat be done. If you do not want to do it, you bad better get the oounty court appoint another inspector. We bave played at lighting suale until it is getting the better of us. The law does not re quire impossibilities. But it does re quire yon to get busy." Empire Teachers' Association. Peudleton, Ore., March 25, 1911. To Teaohers: The annual meeting of the Inland Empire Teaohers' Associa tion will be held at Spokaue, Wash. on April 6, 7 and 8, 1911, in oonjuno tion with a meeting of tbo Rnral Life Commission. Ex-President Roosevelt will give an address on Saturday, the 8th, at ten o'olook. Only those who have mem bership badges will be admitted to hear him. The membership fee is fifty - cents aiid is not zestrioted to teaohers. Any one sending fifty cents to tbia office before April 1st will reoelve a oertifioate of membership and will be entitled to railroad .transportation at the rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip, on certificate plan. Please give bb wide publioity as pos sible to this meeting and note that all membership fees must be sent in be fore April 1st, as the books close then, and will be forwarded to the Secre tary of the Association. The programs have not yet been reoeived here, bnt are expected in a few days. While the attendance is not compulsory for teaohers, I believe those who oan at tend will be well repaid. Very truly yonrs, Frank K. Welles, Member Exeoutive Committee. PAYS A HEAVY BAGGAGE RATE Californian Has to Dig up $7.75 Excess Baggage on Oranges. Few more highly indignant men have been seen in Walla Walla than an individual whose name could not be learned who was compelled to pay excees baggage charges to the amount of 17.75, Sunday morning at the O.- W. R. & N. depot, on a crate of or anges whioh he could bave purchased in Walla Walla for $8.75, says the Bulletin. The individual in question just ar rived from Calitorna and' immediate ly sought the baggage room with ohecks for bis trunk and oranges. On being told there was a charge for ex cess taggage, he expostulated with the baggageman. Finding that be was making little headway, he magnani mously told the railroad employes that tbey could keep the oranges, an offer whioh they dedined. at the same time informing bim that his trunk would be held until the ohargea of 17.75 were paid on the oranges. This made bim furious, but finally be oalmed down, pongled up the neces sary amount and left, taking with bim bis trunk and highprioed fruit. Entertainment Sunday Night. A great treat Is in preparation for the people of Athena. For some, time Mis. A. Maokenzie Meldrum, Mis. Robert Walker and Miss Kitty Gbol son bare been training 22 of the brightest ohildren iu the county, in that unique missionary exercise, en titled "Little Lights." The work is being done under tbo auspices of the local auxiliary of the Christian Wo man's Board of Missions. Mrs. Hen ry Koepke is the honored president and it is greatly owing to her mission ary zeal that this little masterpiece will be presented. It will bo given as an Easter program and the prooeeds ' will go to the Christian orphanages in foreign lands, under the direction of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions. The exercises will take plaoe in the Christian oburob, Sunday evening, April 2. All are kindly in vited to attend. A free will collec tion will be taken. WILL BEMIF? IK ATHENA CITY PARK At the Commercial Association meeting last night, Park Commission er Richards brought up the matter of paik improvement. The question was discussed in its different phases with the result that immediate aotion will be taken, and trees and shrubs will adorn the park. Mr. Richards will bring the matter to the attention of the city council at its next regular meeting. That the park may be beautified to the greatest extent possible aud plans completed ey which a systematic planting of tree, shrubs, rose, etc., shall be carried into effect, President Botts of the Commercial Association named the following ladies to aid iu supervising plans for beautifying the park: Mrs. B. B. Riobards, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mis. F. B. Boyd, Mrs. W. P. Littlejobu and Mrs. II. II. Hill. These ladies will wotk with the Park Commission. " the otjeot being that tbey may interest the ladies of the town in Park improvement. For tbe most part, the flowers and shrubs will be donated by citizens. Sbade trees are to be set out to take tbe place in time of those now stand ing. Different varieties will be plaoed throughout the park, many of the trees being planted this spring. Third Attempt to Burn. Three attempts, the first one on No vember 17, 1910, the second last Friday night and the third on Satur day evening, bave been made by an unknown fire bug to burn St. Paul s Epwoopal oburob at Walla Walla; the latest attempt having been frus trated early Saturday evening by an investigation upon seeing a light iu . tbe building, about 8 o'olook. When tbe investigator tried the ohoir room door, whiob was locked as all tbe other doors, the light immediately went out and he hurriedly summoned tbe police who investigated the inter ior of tbe obuicb with no results. They aro wotkingon the case however, with excellent prospoots it is said, of arrestiog tbe guilty party. Two Whitman oollege students are now sleeping in tbe oburob at night to guard it from further attempts. Opening Yakima Division On Fiiday, March 24, the O.-W. R. & N. will open its new branoh from Attulia to North Yakima, and will run I a through' tiaio daily between Walla Walla' and North Yakima, leaving Walla Walla at 9:15, airiviug at North Yakima at 3:00 p. ui. Return ing train will leave North Yakima at 8:45 a. m. arriving in Walla Walla at 2:30 p. m. In addition to the 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. Connections westbound oan be made with Washington Division No. 8 and main line No. 5; Esstbound at Walla Walla with Washington JDivis iou No. 7 and main line No. 18. For more complete information as to train service on this branch, oall on any Jooal agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Wm. MuMurray, Ueoeral Passenger Agent. A sou was Lorn to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Reedy, at their borne in Morton, Wash., on Marob 28. 1911. Mrs. Raedy was formerly Miss Lulu Snider, of this city. t I. 1 t