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This Edition con tains Six Pages in hi jJafcj Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1911. NUMBER 17 J, OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKB 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. 1 I BANK 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. NewPaintS ON PUBLIC OL James J, Hill, the Railroad Magnate, Believes in Publicity of Affairs of Public Service Corporations, ton Bundy & Christian, Proprietors OILS ES, WALLPAPER We have put in a full stock of Wallpaper, which hi 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, snreads easier, anrl lucre longer than any other prepared paint, or hand-mixed lead and oil. 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 Athenu, Oregon James J. Bill the Great Northern Northern Pacific railroad magnate, sees in pntlioity of corporation mat- tres and intelligent pnblio control of the corporations themselves, a long step towards tbe solution of tbe pres ent era of business stagnation. "And the United States needs a saviour," says Mr. Hill. "The peo ple have demanded not only the best bnt an improvement on the best, nnd they will now have to pay according ly. If tbey don't pay in money, they must pay in prosperity. Tbe bus iness of the country increases 1ft per cent every year: tbe facilities tor handling this new business iuoreuses only 1-0 of that. Tbe difference iu the ratio is too great and a balance ' ust be struck, sometime, else there will be a complete breakdown of ser vice or prosperity. "Why don't the facilities for band ing business increase more rapidlv? Beoause the men behind those facili ties ate afraid to spend their money for extensions and improvements " Mr. Hill has long been an expon ent of publicity of corporations affairs and looks upon that as one of the means of bringing corporation and puhlio together. "Tbe people are entitled to know what toe pnblio servioe corporations are doing and the conditions under which tbey transaot business," he says. "I have believed in and have advocated publioity of corporation re ports for many years. When the pnb lio becomes conversant with corpora tion affairs and is oouvinoed that it is seeing from tbe inside, much of the feeling against tbe great business con cerns will pass away.- That will be one of tbe etfeots of pntlioity." In the matter of pnblio control of quasi-publio concerns, Mr. Hill is a firm advocate, but he wants that con trol to be intelligent; he wants only trained men in tbe plaoes of control. "A corporation is a pieoe of paper bearing the stamp and seal of the state," he says. "Its life is created by the people and naturally tbe people should have some word in making tbe rules under wbiob it transacts busi ness. That proposition is one I have preaobed for years and now I am glad to see it making headway among com mon oarrier corporations. Last week President Mudge of Book Island rul load, declared for publio control of railroads; George M. Reynolds, pres- i ident Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago, did tbe J same thing the week before; T. N. I Vail, president Amerioan Telephone and Telegraph, reoently made an offio ial report to his board of directors in wbiob he took a firm stand for both publicity and publio control. "Bat that oontrol must be gently administered. Public simply beoause it is a control public is not all. It must be gent, as I have always contended. In telligent people will ask and expect nothing more. Vail, Reynolds and tbe others are right in adveoating publioity and publio oontrol. Both are things which eventually will go far towards making a good feeling be tween the coiporations and tbe people, and will assist in settling much of tbe antagonism wbiob now seems to pre vail." v intelli oontrol by the intelli- Farmers' Picaic. Umatilla county tbe strawberries, Union oounty the sugar, Wallowa county tbe cream and Baker oounty the cake. This is tbe way tbe menu will be provided at a big farmers' union meeting that will be held at Wallowa lake on June 7, 8 and 9, says tbe East Oregonian. It will be a joint meeting of tbe unions of tbe four prinoipal oounties of eastern Ore gun and arrangement for the affair PROMPT IMUCDC DDIPCO ADC DIPUT POHNE DELIVERY if II LI IL I IIIULO HIIL IIIUII I MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in VEGETA V$e Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here 1 DELL BROTHERS, "TSS0" Athena, Oregon are now being made. The suggestion tbat Umatilla ooanty famish tbe strawberries and eaob of tbe other counties an appropriate part of tbe "feed." originated with W. W. flar rah. Other members of the union quickly took up with tbe idea and it was adopted. Farm Electricity Made. EJeotrioitv is to play a great part in tbe farm life of the Walla Walla val ley, according to ra no hers of tbat seo tion and engineers who are engaged in tbe work of constructing the plants. More than a dozen farmers of the country are installing snob plants and will develop the eleotrioity fcr their own use. It is cheaper, farmers as sert, who bave tried it, to own a small eleotrio plant and to operate it by a gasoline engine than to buy the po wet. nnd it costs no more than bait what tbe looal publio oompanies are ashing to generate the power at borne. S BRIBED Petition Relating to Crooked Practice Forwarded to Washington, Says Live Wire. The Pendleton Live Wire says: In direct violation of all federal statutes for dealings with Indians, leases have been made and are being made on tbe reservation in wbiob bribes are em ployed. Those pursuing these dealings are in general new renters who desire to take the place of old renters. Valuable presents, suob as Baddies, and large sums of money are known to bave been paid over during tbe last few days to Indiana to bind leasiug agreements. The white man who takes any such action with au Indian lays himself open to a long term iu a fed eral jail. Leases are now being renewed on tbe Umatilla reservation. It is impossible for any would-be renter to bid a high er rental for the rent is fixed by tbe government on tbe basis ct land val ues. , Being unable to bid a higher figure, tbe practice bas obtained sometimes of making offers of side considerations. So rank has this beoome in tbe past two weeks tbat a committee of old ranchers bave drawn up a petitiou and forwarded it to Washington. This petition contains names, dates and the amount of bribes paid to Indians not to renew present leases and to turn out present renters in f avi r of new ones. The traffic does not seem wrong to tbe Indian. He is essentially a bar gainer and piesents of all kiuds appeal to him. Whether it be a quart of wbiskey or a $200 saddle with wbiob tbe agreement is bound, tbere is uow uo doubt but that a great number of trades bave been made through trickery. THE CASEDAY CASE AFFIRMED Unless Sentence Is Commuted He Must Suffer Extreme Penalty of Law. Tbe case of the State of Oregon vs. Joseph H. Caseday bas been affirmed. On Christmas night, 1009, be arrested Ollie Snyder Dear Monument, Grant county. While be had him in custody and was on bis way to Canyon City with bis prisoner, be conspired with Ben Bin ton, Albert Green, Emmett Shields and Earl Shields to lynoh Sny der. Snyder was killed Dear Hamil ton. Hiuton was tried and convicted of murder in the soooud degree. Tbe other defendan's entered a pba of murder in tbe same degree. Caseday stood trial and was found guilty of murder in the first degroe. He was sentenced to be banged on tbe eooud day of last September. 'Ibeoase was appealed and the lower court over wbiob Judge Geo. E. Davis presided, affirmed. Caseday will now have to suffer the extreme penalty of the law unless executive olemenoy is exteuded to bim. It is thought that friends of tbe oondemned man and a number of citizens of tbe northern part of Grant county will intercede with Gov ernor West and attempt to bave the sentence commuted to tbe same degree of murder tbat tbe co-oonspiratois were convicted of. Mav Feature "Rex." "Rex," the diving dog, will prob ably be signed as one of tbe features of amusement in tbe newly arranged Tumalum park, says tbe Walla Walla Union. As a tryout, Rex was put through some of bis stunts yesterday afternoon. He dived off tbe Mill oreek bridge on North Seoond street into the deepest part of the stream, which probably bas a deptb of four feet. This feat was accomplished half a dozen times, and be would stay under water ten seconds. Forty Acres for $16,000. Four hundred dollars an acre was tbe price paid by Sieuwgn Oldenburg of Portland to Charles Marcbacd et dx, for forty acres of land on the Fur Dish ditch ia Umatilla county, accord ing to a deed which bas been filed with County Recorder Bui roughs. THE BIG TRACK MEET Athena Will Entertain the Schools of Umatilla County Tomorrow Ath letics and Oratoricals. Oratorical Contest, Saturday Evening. DIVISION C. Including tbe 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th aud Gth Grades. Piano Solo - - - Zola Keen 1. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - Myrton Moore 2. Baby at Church - Evangeline Fix 3. Our Hired Girl - Irene Rhea Vocal Duet .... Mrs. Smith aud Miss Norma Smith DIVISION B. Including ?tb aud 8tb Grades. The Ride of Jennie MoNeal - - Hope MoPherrin Piauo Solo - Marguerite Forrest DIVISION A. High Schools. 1. Toussaut L'Ouveriure Marjorie Bulfluoh 2 Regains Before tbe Roman Sen ate - - - Clayton Strain Vocal Solo - Mrs. J. D. Plaraoudon 3. Tbe Death of Garfield Clareuoe Brotberton 4. Tbe National Flag - Bloudell Riobey Piano Duet - - Mrs lined oi and Miss Gholson Decision of Judges. Awarding of Medals. New Land Attorney. Attorney Charles H. Carter of Pen dleton has been named by Governor Osweld West as the Umatilla oounty attorney for tbe state laud board. It is a position that was held by Mr. Carter some years ago, but during re cent years tbe post bas been held by Judge James A. Fee, says the East OregoDian. The work of the attorney for the land board has to do principal ly with tbe loans made from tbe state laud funds. Celebrate Golden Wedding. Ben. F. Ogle, one of the oldest pio- noers and one of tbe wealthiest luud owners ia Umatilla comity, aud bis wife Tuesday celebrated their Hftietb weddiDg anniversary and all of their binfolk gathered at tbe family borne in Pendleton to celebrate tbe oooasion, says the East Oregonian. Mr. aud Mrs. Ogle, theu Miss Sarah Groom, wero married iu Anderson county, Missouri, in 1861. Oregon Land Case. Following a meeting of tho execu tive committee of tbe Ilurriman lines it ia announced that uu appeal will be taken from United Stutes Judge Wolvertou's decision in Portland in tbe case wbiob he decided iu favor of tbe government aud ordered the res toration of $75,000,000 worth of laud to the government which previously had been grauted by congress to the railroad company. Fruit Not Badly Damaged. County Fruit Inspector Campbell states that while the receut cold weather did some damage to cherries aud peaches near tbe stato line, tbe apples are nubort. Notwithstanding the fact that strawberries were hurt to some extent, tbe Milton-Freewater dis trict will furoisb as large a crop as last year. Married at Helix. At the parsonage of R. G. Callisou, pastor of the Christian oburoh at He lix, Mr. Albert E. Ecklund of Port' land and Miss Elizabeth Webber, a sobool teacher, were married, on April 23. Tbe newly wedded couple left immediately for Portland, where tbey will reside. Anglers Claim Injustice. Walla Walla anglers olaim an in justice is t fling done tbem when tbey are required to pay $5 lioense fee to flab in this state. They claim tbey get no returns for the fish tbey plant in Mill oreek and tbe Walla Walla river; tbat the Oregon fishermen get the full benefit of their labors and expense in planting the Bsh. Tbey olaim the license fees to be exoessive under the oiroumstanoes. The Pen for Him. Tbe pen yearns for Claude Franklin, tbe young man from Adams who was reoently paroled after pleading guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. For a minor offense be reoently re ceived a jail setitenoe at Walla Walla, and now Judge Phelps will probably send bim to the penitentiary. Early Fishing, Several parties have tried early fishing in the river and Meaobam oreek, and have returned with few flab, on aooount of high water. It is reported that salmon have made a fair run this year. MORE TEAMS ADDED Money Raised By Commercial Associa tion for Athena's Part of Ex pense in Building Road. Twelve teams are now at work bnuling crushed rook for the Athena Weston maoademized road. Addi tional wagons aud boxes were received this week and the teams furnished by farmers are transporting the rook from crusher to roadway iu large quanti ties. At a special meeting Monday night, the Commercial Association took np Atheua's end of tbe road matter. An estimate calling for $600 to defray Athena's part of the expense of build ing tbe road, was made and President Betts appointed S. F. Wilson. B, B. Richards, M. L. Watts, H. A. Barrett a-id N. A. Miller to serve the Associa tion iu tho capacity of financial com mittee. The committee was author ized to eolioit tbe funds and turn tbem over to James Henderson, treasurer of the Association, who will employ men and bave obargo of the timekeeping, etc For this road improvement tbe ooun ty is crushing tbe rock and spreading it on tho road after proper surfaoiug bas been done, which is also at tbe county's exneuse. Tbe city ol Athena has given free access to hr rook quar ry for material for one half of tbe road's oonstructlou, wbiob will take tbe maoademized road to a point this side ot tbe bridge at tbe Giun plaoe, where the Weston part of the work will meet it. Tbe farmers of tbe com munity are furnishing tenuis to do tbe hauling, but tbesn team? require feed aud drivors, and incidental expense is to be met. Aud it is for this tbat the Association committee bas teen solic iting funds. Gasoline Power. Many farmers who own combine threshing maohines, have called at tho Tbarp Bros.' shop this week to in spect tbe gasoline engine equipment that is being attHO bed to Claude Steen's maobine. Tho engine in ques tion is tnanufantured by the Atlas company of San Franalsoo. It devel ops 85-borse power, has four oylioders and is water cooled. It will drive tbe separator and header, aud bas giv en general satisfaction wherever used for threshing purposes. School Report. Tbe following is tbe report of Union Dittriot No. 52, for tbe mouth begin ning March 27, aud ending April 2: Number of days taught, 20; Dumber of pupils enrolled, 11. Roll of honor: Clay Jackson, Roy Riobmond, Ralph Riobmoud, Louie Berlin, Lowell Riob mond, Elsie Walker, Carolyn Koepke aud Oneita Janksou. Visitors for the month: E. H. Richmond, F. J. Jackson, Mary Riobmond, Ruth Jack son and Mrs. E. H. Richmond. Lilliau Downs-DoUou, Teaoher. Red Bug Pest. A big box elder shade tree was out dowu by Haytou Luna this weok at his home on Jefferson stroet, for tbe reasou thut it had become tbe perma nent home of millions of red bugs. Tbey infested tbe house and walks un til they beoame a nuisance. Th same conditions prevuil iu other parts of tho city wbeie tbe box elder trees grow, and to obtain relief the only method availatle to destroy tbe pest is to make away with the trees. M. A. Ferguson Is Back. M. A. Ferguson, who formerly pub lished the Adams Advance and later tbe Helix Herald, in tbis county, bus severed bis connections witb tbe paper at Conuell, Wash., where he bas been for several years past. Aooompaniod by his family. Mr. Ferguson is now at Pendleton, SBys tbe East Oregonian. He is thinking of locating at Pendle ton. Depot Brightened Up. Painter have given tbe O. -W. R. fc N. depot in tbii city a fresh coat of paiut whiob has brightened op tbe premises greatly. Crossing signs and culvert approaches have also teen giv eu generous toucbes fiom tbe brush with good effect