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This Edition con tains Six Pages Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks ! VOLUME XXIII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1911. NUMBER 14 OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass't. Cashier. 9 DIRECTORS H. KOEPKE, F. S. Le GROW, S. F. WILSON, A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS. 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, mm in ten years it win make you independent. WILL PLIT TREES Council Authorizes Park Commission to Prepare for Future Shade Pastry Sale Tomorrow. Bundy & Christian, Proprietors PUTS, 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. IIUIMlMJjriTjk.TWrar1p.j "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. At Monday night's meeting of the oity oouncil, the Park Commission, wbiob is composed of B. B. Richards, H. I. Watts and J. E. Froome, was authorized to purchase and plant shade trees in tbe City Park, wbiob in future are to take tbe plaoe of tbe Cot tonwood trees whioh at present shade tbe park. These old trees have become diseased and infeoted with inseots to tbe extent that it will be only a matter of a few years until bnt few, if any, remain. For tbis reason it was deoided to be gin replanting them with young trees at onoe. Tbe Park Commission will pnrobase twenty North Carolina' poplars and have them set out at onoe. In con junction with tbe Paik Commission, tbe Commercial Association Woman's Auxiliary committee will assist in the work of preparing plans whereby tbe beautifying of tbe Paik will be oar ried out. With tbe object in view of defray ing tbe necessary expense that will be entailed in tbe preliminary work, these ladies have headed a movement to give a pastry sale tomorrow at the newly remodeled Cook building, cn tbe north side of Main street. The women of the oity have readily ac cepted tbe plan and have promised generous donations to the sale, with their personal presence and patronage. The men, of course, are expected to liberally patronize tbe sale, tbe pro ceeds of wbiob will be put into tbe park improvement fund. If any wo man has been unintentionally missed by tbe soliciting committee, let ber consider herself interested and bring along ber donation. While the park improvement will not be on elaborate scale, it has been deoided by those having tbe matter in charge to have tbe gronnds properly laid out, so that symmetry and system will prevail in tbe setting ont ot flow ers, trees and shrubs, tbe laying ont of walks, eto. Bv this method of proceeding with tbe work, any one wishing to donate trees, flowers or shrubs to tbe Park collection, can do so and tbe planting may then be done with systematic cafe and not throngb promiscuous scatter Dg throughout tbe grounds. Thus, the Park Commission will be tbe bead and proper management to intelli gently direot the work. itimii i 1 1 iii Li ii iihuihi fi11"1 1 nfiMHiBUfpagy .,-. , iiiiiiBiiiiiiMiiiiiiniMiiiMiiii i milium m i mi THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OLLS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon Gilt-Edged Chickens. Charles Morris, tbe ohicken fancier, took off a brood of Crystal White Oip ingtons last week. Tbe chicks are of tbe famous Kellerstrass strain. The eggs were purobased at tbe Keller strass farm near Kansas City and qost Mr. Norris $30 for 15, or $2 per egg. In transit one of tbe eggs was cracked, and Mr. Norris oooked and ate it, pro nouncing it th best egg he ever tasted. Charley Barrow intimates that Norris should be given tbe belt for being a good judge of hen fruit, oost consid ered. Mr. Norris will have egRS for hatching purposes next spring, and Athena people will have an opportun ity of seonringtbe best strain of chick ens that money can buy. School Report. Following are tbe names ot pupils in tbe various grades in the Athena High and putlio schools, who are re ported neither absent nor tardy dur ing the month ending M arob 31, 1911: Carl Sheard, Archie Mclntyre, Clyde Brotherton, Luvois McEwen, Areta Kothrock, Clareuoe Brotherton, Wes ley Tompkins, Leslie MoCobbins, Cleo Knowlton, Claude Sanders, Bess Par ker, Merna DePeatt, Hope MoPberren, Vera Gross, Estelle Smith, Vernie Grant, Hazol Parker, Edna MoAlexan der, Lillian Tompkins, Leona May, Angie Pambrun, Fanliue Myriok, Katberine Froome, Bex Payne, Alfred PROMPT DELIVERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT P0HL83 M The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in vegeta Tgie Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here jj Pambrun, Carl Fix, Howard Clemons, Ellen Ehrhart, Vernita Watts, Stella Wilson, Voru Dndley, Bulon Smith, Bertie MoCnbbins, Harold Molntyre, Lloyd McPherreo, Donald Weaver, Ethel Bannister, Dollie Wbite, Ellen Pambrun, Vergie Russell, GraaeStan, Lnoile Taylor, Edna Pinkerton, Bell Pambrun Areta Littlejobn, John Law son. Willie Russell, Hazel Sanders, George Lienallen. Glenn MoAlexander, Charles Brotherton, Kendall Smith, George Bannister, Hazel Brotherton, Mildred Stauton, Nina Tbarp, Willard Parker, Dollie Bannister, Clara Henley, Dorothy Mabar, Bernioe Reed, Eve rett Knight, LaMonte Kidder, and Lottie McCubbins. - Working the Track. J. E. Froome and Sam Hutt started work od tbe traok at tbe city park Wednesday. Tbey are using two teams and in a few days tbe track will be in condition for tbe High s boo I athletes to work out. A slight ct huge iu tbe shape of the traok is fnouduec essary but when completed it will be a good one and permanently located. Tbe county sobool track meet takes place in this city Saturday, April 8!. Every indication goes to show that the meet tbis year will be on a muoh broader scale than that of last season, when tbe flrst annual meet was suc cessfully carried out here. Tbe en tries from tbe different schools in tbe county will be greater in number. CAR PLUNGES DOWN GRADE Hot Cigar Ashes Blind E. H. Leonard, Driver. Blinded by ashes from tbe oigar of Willis, Younger, who rode in the seat beside bim, E. H. Leonard, one of tbe best known men of Walla Walla coun ty, drove his antomobile off tbe fam ous Skyrocket bill near Prescott Mon day and be, Mrs. Leonard and Mr. Younger lie seriously injured in a hospital in Walla Walla. In tbe anto mobile were Mr. Younger, Mrs. Younger, Mrs. Leonard and two chil dren. Mrsr Leonard is well known here, before ber marriage being Miss Minnie Lienallen. They were pro ceeding down tbe hill when tbe wind blew hot ashes into the eyes of Mr. Leonard, who wafdriving tbe maobino, just before be name to a dangirous curve. Blinded by the ashes, Mr. Leonard threw on the brake aud re leased tbe clutch, but tbe machine's momentum carried it over tbe edge of the enrve and it ran down tbe etaep deolivity. Reaching the fence half way down the bill, about 50 yards, tbe machine stopped but just as the ooou panta thought themselves, safe it turn ed a somersault and threw tbom ov3r and nnder tbe machine as it fell. Mr. Leonard's wrist was brokan aud ho sustained injuries to his neck and spine. Mrs. Leouard suffered a fracture of tbe pelvio bone aud other injuries. Mr. Younger suffered sev en fraotures of hi right leg. Mrs. YonDgor's skirts were torn from bei, bnt she was not injured. Tbe chil dren escaped without a soratcb. Echo Is Strong. Eobo oomes to Athena Sunday for ber first game with tbe Millers. Sbe bus pot up a good article of ball in the two games sbe has played, losing to Peudletun bv a score of 4 to 2, and winning from Milton 4 to 3. Tbe little town down in the irrigation telt has not been doing muoti crowing over tbe prowess of ber team but evidently has been sawing wood and thrown a strong bunch together. Sunday's game will be called promptly at 1:30. Tbis boor is fouud necessary to start all Pendleton aud Eobo games to bo play ed here, in order that tbe players may have time to prepare for leaving on the 1:10 train. New Fruit Trees. There are many fruit trees being set ont iu this section this spring. Uf tbe many different varieties of fruit, ap ples are leading in tbe number aud the hardier species are invariably se lected. It will be only a matter of a few years until Athena will te an im portant apple shipping poiut, if orders for yonng trees continue in pruportion to this year's planting. Painting at Adams. Bandy & Christian, the painters, have just completed a laige contract at Adams. Ibis firm s;uoe starting in business has bad about all the painting and paper-bauging it cao at tend to. A portion of tbe Ltimo four men bave teen at work. f DELL BROTHERS, ,N Athena, Oregon Antomobile Accidents. Starting from Pendleton early in tbe morning for tbe government dam near Hermiston iu four antomobiles and returning late at nigbt in two af ter leaving one broken down in Her njistou und another upside down iu a ditch near Echo was tbe experience of a merry partyof picnickers Snnday says tbe East Oregonian. Bickers Is Back. Hariy Bickers, until recently super intendent of tbe home for feeble mind ed, has returned to Pendleton, where he has associated himself with Lee leutob in tbe real estate and insurance business. II PIE IS Frank M. Mansfield Passes Earlv Sat urday Morning After Few Min utes Illness of Heart Failure. Unole Frank Mansfield, one of the bi st known pioneers in tbe North west, died at his home in this oity a few minutes after midnight Saturday morning, as the result of a sudden attack of heart failure. He was ill but a few minutes, aud p issed away in tbe manner that he had always desired, often having ex pressed tbe wish that when his time came be might not linger on a bed of siokness. Friday he was down town as usual, aud returning home, com plained of a slight pain iu his side. Howover, tbis soon disappeared and after a Hearty supper he retired for the nigbt. Shortly before 12 o'olook he awoke and again complained of tbe pain, and Mrs. Mansfield summoned Dr. Sharp. Hastily reaching the bedside of the striken man, the dootor administered a stimulant, bnt the end was near aud iu a few moments Franois Marion Mansfield, tbe last of a family of nine, bad passed away, leaviug a devoted wife, one sou and hundreds of friends to mourn his loss. The time for holding the funeral was first set for Sunday, but tbe son, D. U. Mansfield, wLo resides at Cald well, Idaho, was unable to reaoh here, and tbe fnneral hour was changed to 2 p. m. Mouday. A large number of people attended tbe funeral, wbiob was oondnoted ty Pastor Meldrnm at tbe Christian churob. Interment took plaoe at Weston, where rests the re mains of bis first wife. (Franois Marion Mansfield was born at Galesburg, Illinois, March 13, 18S5, and died in Athena, Oregon, April 1, 19U, aged 76 years and 19 days. Ear ly in life, embued with the pioneer spirit, be crossed tbe plains with an ox team, settling in Linu oounty, Ore gon. Of au adveuturous nature, he was one of tbe first to enlist bis ser vices against the Indian hordos when tbe Rogne River war broke out, and won high distinction for bravery in many battles that followed. At the time of his death be was drawing a pension from tbe government iu roo ognitiou of tbe valuable services be rendered. He was oue of tbe first to mine at Floronce, Idaho, and in 1861-2 controlled r paok traiu wbiob oonveved merchandise from The Dalles aud Umatilla iutc tbe Boise Basin. In I860 be was united in marriage to MiBB Nancy E. Purdy of Linn county. Oue sou, D. ti. Mansfield, now a res ident of Caldwell, Idaho, was born to them. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield came to Umatilla county iu 1873 and in 1874 he settled on tbe home plaoe west ot town where he lived until a few yeais ago when ho retired from farm ing and moved to towu to reside. His first wife died January SO, 1886, and be was married t- Mrs. Lizzie Wbite, who survives bim, on September 25, 1887. He was tbe last of a family of 9 ohildren, 8 brothers and one sister. The last to precede bim to tbe grave was B. F. Mansfield, a twin brother. who in his decliuiug years found a welcome homo with his brother Frauk. Tbe deceased was a devout Christian gentleman, being u member of tbe Cbiistian church. He was kind beart od, genial and considerate in the per formance of all obligations demanded of bim as citizen and neighbor, lie lived well within tbe limits pre scribed for honorable men, and tbe community is better for bis having lived with us. Cantcloupc Farm. J. W. Muir, residing two and one half miles north of Freewater, is tbis week making arrangements to set out a 15-aore tract west of his home plaoe iu cantaloupes, says the Eagle. Water for irrigating this traot will Le secur ed from a well and motor. Mr. Muir has sent for tested seed from tbe Kooky Ford, Colo., gaidens. There will be fonr strains. This it) thn nnlv exclusive oanteloupe furm in tbo val ley. Simon a Benedict. A license to wed was granted Mon day, April il. 1911, to Simon Dear dor If, of this city, and Mrs. Mary Brugger, ot Mount Vernon, Wash. Tbe couple were married iu Pendle ton at 11:30 on the sumo day, and were attended by Mrs. B. D. Clemons, a sinter of tbe groom, Rev. Nathan Evans officiating. They have taken up their residence ou Current street. A Dry March. Tbe past month was ono of tbo dry est in all Marches in tbe memory of tbe oldest inhabitants of this part of Umatilla county. Scarcely any pre cipitation is recorded and cold winds assisted io sapping tte moisture from the soil. However, there is plenty of moisture left and growing grain looks remarkably well. Keep Away From North Fork. The Milton Rod and Gun club will plant black bass in tbe north fork of tbe Walla Walla river tbis spring, and anglers will L forbidden to fish in that stream this year. P. J. Kelly aud other ranohers for eight miles above the forks of the river have serv ed notioe that anglers fishing on their premises will be prosecuted. A Skift of Snow. A skift of snow fell Tuesday morn ing, barely oovering the ground. Tbe temperature felt like real winter for several hours, but it is thought the fruit was not damaged in this vicinity. Peaob trees are in bloom aud other varieties offruit have swollen buds. STRIPPED AND FLOGGED, i Fearful Ordeal of the Ackou Binat In the Sudan. Is the black man more stoical or merely less sensitive than we are? "At a fantasia in the Sudan," says Mr. Edward Fothergil in "Five Years In the Sudan," "I have myself seen the part that a young man plays of his own free will In order to obtain the title of uckou binnt (the brother of the girls). This ceremony would turn a reformer's hair gray. "The men and the women of a vil lage sit round In a circle, leaving a space in the center of some six yards in diameter. I describe it as I saw it myself. Tbe strongest man in the vil lage is then picked out of tho crowd, and, armed with a whip of hippopota mus hide, he and the young man who to strive for the title cuter tho arena. The women beat their drums, and the men clap their hands to tho tunc. ' ' "The candidate for honor is stripped to the waist. He stands with his arms folded in the center of tho ring, and the strong man dances up to bim to the tune which is being played. He brings the whip round with all tho force of which he is possessed and lands it on the bare back of the man in front of him. He dances away; again he advances, and the operation is repeated. This goes on until the num ber of strokes previously agreed upon have been dealt. In the particular case I saw it was twenty-five. If tho man who is being flogged winces, if he so much as moves au eyelid as the whip descends, he Is disqualified and branded as a coward until such tlmo as he may choose to undergo tho op eration a second time. "On this particular occasion he went through with it like a Trojan. Indeed, the man who was delivering the blows got tired first, and the last three cuts of the twenty-five were unsteady and flickered round the ear and neck of the 'brother.' I leave my readers to imagine the state of his back when all was over, but he appeared to be as hnppy as a king, and certainly he was accorded a grcnt ovation by the as sembled crowd of women." ' A Repulsive People The Inhabitants of Dutch New Guinea are not an attractive race. "The na tive womnu," says Dr. Eric Marshall, tho explorer, "drags up the children, cuts the firewood, brings in' the sago, works the canoes, occasionally proving her skill as n warrior in the family and vlllago quarrels, and always com ing off best with her tongue. She Is usually content with n strip of bark cloth. When in mourning she dis penses even with this. The malo sex predominates, and most of tbe men have to be content with one wife. On tho death of a man the widow, clad like Eve, but as ugly as Satan, crawls around the grave, wailing and chant ing, performing weird movements with nrihs and body, which may or may not be meant for dancing." Pall Mall Ga zette. Blue Tita Love the Bees. Bees have enemies of various kinds like the rest of creation. Every ono knows that many birds are insectiv orous, but nil insects do not form the food of any one species. The bird which has formed a taste for bees is the blue tit, and if a pair of these dis cover a suitable nesting place In the neighborhood of an apiary it is sur prising how ninny boos will be carried off to satisfy them and their young. Generally their work Is mostly felt whore queen raising Is extensively in-' dulgod In. for queens aud drones being largest and slowest on tho wing form a desirable and easy prey. Agricul tural Economist. Up to His Standard. A mc'irhnnt in a small town wns about to become bankrupt for the sev enth time. He called in the account ants to go over his books. When they had finished they told him he would be able to pay 3 cents on the dollar. A troubled look came over tbo mer chant's face. "Heretofore." he said, "I have always paid 10 cents on the dollar, and I'll do it now," bo affirmed ns a benevolent smile overspread bis face. "I'll pay the rest out of my own pocket." Everybody's. A Reminder. Mrs. Crlrnsonbenk Did you think of me while I wus away In tbe country, John? Mr. Crlrusonbcak I certainly did. doar. I wore that necktie you bought me for my birthday, and every body asked where on earth 1 got it, and I had to tell them. Yonkers Statesman. In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up. that makes us rlch.-Iieechcr. I