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VOLUME XXIII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1911.
NUMBER 21
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OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President,
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.
NATIONAL
:ANK
OF ATHENA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $90,000.00
A HARD ONE TO LOSE
us
Y ESCAPE
And it Took Walla Walla, Portland and
Three Pitchers. 12 Long Innings
to Win From Athena, 7 to 6.
Standing of Teams.
TeamB Won Lost P. C.
Walla Walla 7 1 .875
Athena 7 2 .777
Weston 5 3 .635
Pendleton 3 6 .333
Milton 3 6 .333
Eoho 1 8 .111
.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 vou A
wish. Start that bank account today with only a small deposit if necessary, fl
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and in-fen years it will make you independent.
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vraiirc store
Bundy & Christian, Proprietors
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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.
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO.
Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
,1 BUILDING MATERIAL
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PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
.Athena, Oregon
It took all Walla Walla bad, in
cluding three pitchers and a pinch
bitter, together with four professional
players from Portland, to bang the
skidoo sign on Littlejohu's Millers
Sunday, in the Garden City, by a mar
gin of one inn after 12 innings of the
best ball ever put np in the town.
Anyway, that's what they think of
the game over there, the Walla Walla
Union saying:
"If any one desires to say that
'Happy' Boewer is not the king of
pinob bitters, that the peerless infield,
Parrot, Houston, Edwards Siegrist and
Waldron are not there with the goods,
that Manager Bade doesn't know when
to resort to the shift, that the old
bnrg is not baseball mad, that Athena
is not some team, or- that yesterday's
game was not the best without any
question that has ever been played on
looal sod let him whisper it gently
among the weeping willows of Clark
Wood's back yard, and forever after
hold his peace."
And through it all, Athena led the
paoe. Knooked Hanson and Shrader
out of the box, showed np the Port
land infield like thirty cents in wood
en ducats, won the game twice and
then, tbrongh bard luck, lost it.
But there are no sore places. The
160 fans who aooompanied the team
on the trip were wafted back in mem
ory to the old "Yellow Kid" days by
the terriflo pace of the game, and ev
ery one of them knows that had luck
broken anywhere near even, the game
would have been onis in the ninth,
i to 3. And so they are satisfied, glee
fully awaiting Weston's slaughter
wbioh is scheduled to take place on
the looal diamond promptly at 2:30
p. m., Sunday, May 28.
Twenty-five hundred people wit
nessed the game, and twenty five hun
dred people rose from their seate in
the last half of the ninth inning, to
leave' the grounds, with the score
standing 4 to 8 in favor of Athena,
two down aud two strikes on "Hap
pious" Boewer. Then twenty-five
bnndred people were suddenly stricken
with palpitation of the beart. for
Happious bnt thatoomes in the story
later on.
The game started at three o'clock.
Pioard, first man np, beat ont an in
field hit. Lieuallen fanned and Frink
hit to Houston at seoond, for a double
play, Houston to Parrot. The Millers
were finding Hanson right along but
the ball was dropping into the field
ers' mitts. In the third, Bundy,
Owens, and Clark were retired on
flies. Up to the fourth, Walla Walla
had done nothing. Frink was groov
ing them over, allowing but one hit,
and striking ont five.
Athena broke the monotony in the
fifth, one run coming over. Pelland
drew a pass and Brown neatly sacri
ficed him to seoond. Smith struck
out. Bandy singled, scoring Pelland.
Owens dropped onto the fast tiring
Hanson for a smash that soared out to
Seaohrist in center.
Clark opened the sixth with a sin
gle, took second on Pioard's infield
hit end negotiated a double steal with
Pioaid, both runners scoring on Lieu
allen's single.
Seaohrist came np for Walla Walla,
grounding out to Clark. Harmon
came through with the seoond bit
Frink had allowed, and stole seoond,
coming home when Nadne'a flygot
Continued on Pago 6.
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Louie LaBrache Survives a Thrilling
Accident Without Serious Injury.
f DELL BROTHERS, ToSsr Athena, Oregon
The most hair-raising runaway that
has ooonrred in Athena for many a
day happened to Lonie LaBrache
Monday afternoon, and those who
witnessed it are still marveling that
the man esoaped with bis life, rnuoh
less, only a few soratobes and bruises.
He was driving a single horse to a
buggy, and collided with one of the
wagons used in hauling rock in the
construction work of the Athena
Weston road. The collision took
place near the Dudley home east of
town. The right fore wheel of the
boggy was smashed, and the bcrse
headed for town on a run.
Mr. LaBrache fell over the side of
the buggy, his right foot becoming
caught in the foot rest in the buggy
bed, and bis left knee on the broken
spokes and hub of the smashed wheel.
Clinging to the lines with one hand
and with the other grasping a brace
in the shaft, was Lonie, while horse
and rig Game tearing through Main
street.
The frightened animal swung into
Third street and was brought to a stop
opposite Dr. Sharp's offioe. Fred Pell
and and Jesse Pioard were the first to
reach LaBraohe, and when be was
lifted up, the orowd that bad congre
gated were astonished to find him
praotioally uninjured.
DECORATION DAY EXERCISES
Memorial Services Sunday at M. E.
Church Decoration Day Tuesday,
Deooration Day will be observed in
Athena by members of Gettysburg
Post G. A. R., and citizens generally.
Memorial services will be held at the
M. E. oburoh Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, the Rev. Thomas Lawson
preaching the sermon.
Monday at 2 p. m., has been desig
nated as the time when all will go to
the cemetery for the purpose of put
ting the graves in readiness for the
Deooration Day exeroises, whiob will
be held on Tuesday.
At 3 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, the old
soldiers, their friends and all having
dead buried in the Atbeua oemetery,
will meet at the St. Niobols hotel,
from wbioh place the line of maroh
will be taken to the cemetery.' N. A.
Miller will furnish transportation for
the little ones and the infirm. r
Flowers for deoorating the craven
will be wanted, and those having
them will be expeoted to give freely.
Horse Show Tomorrow.
Milton's strawberry festival has
been in progress since yesterday morn
ing, and will continue until tomorrow
evening. In connection with the fes
tival attractions, tomorrow a bone
show will be beld. Matt Mosgrove
was over from the berry town Tues-
ady, and said that many classy horses
will be entered for the show.
His Bad Break.
"Why on earth do you come to run
to borrow money. Billups?" snid Ilnrk
away peevishly. "Why don't you go
to Jorrocks? He's the prosperous
looking member of our Rot"
"That's just It. Harknwny."-snid
Billups. "Jorrocks looks so very pros
porous that 1 am quite sure he spends
every penny he makes, but yon, old
man why. you dress like n man who
saves his money."
1. S.-Ile didn't get it-Harper's
Weekly.
It Was His Own.
Shirley Brooks, the famous Punch
editor, once met Charles Salaraar. the
composer. On being Introduced to
Shirley the composer said:
"I had often and oftpn seen your
face. Mr. Rro:ka. but 1 never know to
whom It belonged."
"Oh." replied Brooks quickly, "It al
ways belonged to me."
Stronger Than Sympathy.
"I .-mi glad to see. anyhow, that you
s.vniiiiihl7.t! with the under dog In this
ii rl in rons tight."
"Sympathize with '1m? Gosh, mister,
all the money I've got Is up on thru
da wgl" Chicago Record-Herald.
Superlative.
Smith (to member of vested choln
I hear you've got a new tenor In fho
rholr. What kind of a vol"e has he
pood? .Jotiw (Jood? I should say so!
It's so good none of the other tenors
will speak to hlra. Life.
WMt It May Come To.
Customs Officer-Raby born at bunie
or abroad?
Mother Abroad.
"Well, ye'll have to pay duty on It"
-Life.
"Does lie Inherit his" father's genius?"
"No; only his father's eccentricities
of genius. That is why we are giving
a benefit for him." Chicago Record
nerald. What a happy world this would be
if every man spoke as well of his live
neighbors as bo does of bin dead ones!
T PEOPLE HERE
Caledonian Picnic Was Attended by
Big Crowds and Everybody Had
Money for Amusements.
The Twelfth annual reunion of the
Umatilla Connty Caledonian Sooiety
passed into history Saturday night.
Jjarge crowds of people were in
Athena during the two days of the
piccio, and everybody seamed to have
money to spend for amnsement As
an instance of this faot, it may be
stated that the gross receipts for the
dances given at the lodge hall, where
Johnson's orohestra held forth,
amounted to $187.00. Taking this as
a basis, it will be seen that a consider
able snm of money was spent dnring
the two days.
Friday the oirons claimed the orowd
during the afternoon, and at night
drew coqsiderably from the oonoert
given by the Caledonians.
The piouio was a sucoess, and the
program was np to the standard of
other years. It was supplemented
with carnival and other attractions,
and there was "something doing" all
the time. The performers from Port
land greatly assisted in entertaining
the orowds with their songs and dano
es. It took a considerable sum of money
to oonduot the pionio this year, but
iu addition to entertainment, the Cal
edonian Society has given a permanent
improvement to the City Park by the
construction of a substantial speakers'
stand, and next year it hopes to have
constructed ample seats in front of
the stand.
THE COUNTY SCHOOL HOARD
Superintendent Makes Appointments in
Accordance With New Law.
In speaking of the new supervisory
law, County Superintendent Welles
says:
"The new law makes it the duty of
the county superintendent to appoint
on or hefore the first day of June,
a County Educational Board of four
members who will serve without pay.
"These men will meet from time to
time for consultation with the county
superintendent, and will he allowed
their necessary traveling expenses, not
to exoeed twenty-five dollars a year.
TLey will assist me in forming the
supervisory district, in seleotiog the
supervisor, and in many other ways.
"All of the men whom 1 have ap
pointed in this board ore strong sop
porters of the publio sohools. They
are well known, influential citizens,
and persons m whom I am sum the
people will have entire confidence. I
have selected two republicans and
two demoorats, and have made the ap
pointments in such a manner tbst
eaob seotion.of the county will have
a representative."
The appointees are: Col. H. G.
Newport, of Hermiston; J. B. Saylor,
of Fcrndale; Thomas Jaoqnes, of Pilot
Rook, and Manuel Friedly of North
Cold Spring.
Prosperous at Cambridge.
The Press has advices from Cam
bridge, Idaho, that the former resi
dents of this oounty who settled near
that place, are all in a prosperous con
dition, with prospeots for a bumper
crop before them. Crops are said to
have never looked better in that sec
tion, and they have been blessed with
copious rains. The MoElroys, Titts
worth and Rogors have in big aore
oges and Frank Stanton, formerly of
Helix, is rated as being the wheat king
of the distriot.
Weston Here Sunday.
Littlejnhn's Millers will meet Wes
ton's ex-Cbampions here Sunday after
noon in the seoond game between the
two teams, and a rattling good artiole
of ball is expeoted. The Millers are
iu prime oondition to flay the Monn
taiueers to a frazzle. The team from
Clark Wood's back yard bos been
playing a consistent game throughout
the season, and the Sunday sessiou
promises to be a warm one. Don't
fail to see it.
Chicken Thieves Settle.
During tbe Caledonian pionio,
obioken thioves visited Mrs. A. II.
Luna's flock and made away with a
number ot birds. Officers set to work
cn the case soon found evidence that
parties connected with tbe oarnival
company wero responsible. A general
digup resnlted in payment for the
chickens stolen and no proseoutions followed.
The Pioneer Picnic.
Today and tomorrow tbe ploaeers
are holding their sixteenth annual re
union at Weston. The program is re
plete with amnsement and entertain
ment, and many Athena people are in
attendance. Tomorrow the Atbena
and Weston teams in tbe Blue Moun
tain league will play an exhibition
game of base ball.
DOCTORING A DIAMOND.
Trick That Makes a Yellow Stone Ap
pear Clear Blue White.
Let me show you a little trick that I
would advise you not to put itito prac
tice, said a jewel faucier to a number
of friends the other day.
The conversation had turned to dia
monds during the midday luncheon,
and the expert had been holding forth
on his favorite subject. The little
group of St- Louisuns were interested
Btlll more when the speaker drew a
big solitaire from his finger and beck
oned a waiter across the cafe.
"Bring me a glass of water and an
Indelible pencil," said he when tbe
servitor came over to the table.
"This Is a trick that Is essentially
crooked," said the Jewel fancier, "and
will get by nine times out of ten even
when the examiner is nn expert nt
Judging precious stones and detecting
trickery. It will make a yellow 'off
color' diamond look like n stone of the
very first water. Pawnbrokers In
numerable bave been fooled by this
same trick, as it Is extremely difficult
to detect even with a powerful gluss."
The expert took the pencil and allow
ed the indelible lead to dissolve In
the glass of water. In a couple of
minutes the water was as blue ns Indi
go water.
"Now watch," said the mun who
knew the lore of Jewels.
He took the ring and dropped It Into
tbe glass. Its brilliancy was dimmed
by the hazy, bluish water until it look
ed like a dead stone.
"Now, you noted," said the demon
strator, "that the diamond 1 placed In
there was a bit yellow. It will be a
clear bluish white when It corues out
of its bath."
At tbe end of a minute the stone was
taken out The top of the gem was
dried with a soft handkerchief and
then the ring was waved to and fro
for a few moments. It was held up
for Inspection. Not a gleam of yellow
was to be seen. Tbe stone was ap
parently a magnificent blue white gem
that any one would be proud to own
and loathe to pledge.
"It Is tbe blue pigment deposited on
the back of the stone that has made
the difference," snld the Jewel expert.
"Tbe deposit la so filmy that a strong
glass cannot detect it You cannot see
It from the rear of the mounting and
only a bath of alcohol will remove it
It will stay on the gem for weeks If It
Is not removed in that way. It used
to be a favorite trick of many folks
who now and again bad to put a dia
mond Into the hnnds of a pawnbroker.
"The trick is called 'doctoring a
stone,' but, as I said In the beginning,
I would not advise you to try it. I
don't know what the law on such
matters is in Missouri, but there are
states where a person convicted of
such an offense would serve a long
penitentiary term for his cleverness."
St Louis Republic.
How Artificial Furs Are Made.
The raw pieces of pelt are frozen
and the skin carefully shaved off.
thawed and sent to the tanneries to
be made Into leather. ' The frozen fur
which remains is allowed to thaw
slightly at the bottom, so that a small
part of the hair Is freed from Ice.
This thawed portion Is then covered
with a solution of rubber, which Is
allowed to set
Tbe result Is that large seamless
pieces of fur are obtained much
cheaper than those which come with
the natural skin. These same artifi
cial furs are said to be more lasting
than the real, because tbey are im
mune from the attacks of moths.
Paris Nature.
Values.
We bave just got the market price of
wives doped out. not to a penny, but
close enough. The research work came
to nn end when we put the subject of
marriage up to a prominent bachelor.
"I wouldn't give GO cents for a wife,"
ho asserted.
"But," we asked, "you'd give a
counterfeit half dollar for a better
half, wouldn't you?"
He acknowledged that he would. So.
you see, were getting right down to
cases. New York Journal.
I Many Athena people are at Weston
' attending the Pioneers' picnic.
The Point of View.
"I suppose your clerks are all Re
publicans?" "No." said the merchant "I hire the
best men. Irrespective of their poll
tics." "What a queer way to run a busi
ness!" commented the politician.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Only a Decoy.
"I think she will make a very domes
tic wife. I have been calling on her
for several months now and always
find her darning one of her father's
socks."
"But bave you noticed that It Is al
ways the same old sock T' Louisville
Courier-Journal.
High Finance.
"Why. do you keep asking people for
change for a dollar and then asking
other people to give yon a dollar for
jour change?"
"Well, somebody may make a mis
take In change some time. And, be
lieve me, It won't be me!" New YortGi
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