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This Edition con tains Six Pages I Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXIII. J ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 2, 1911. NUMBER 22 OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, U. 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. 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. ewPaont Store Bundy & Christian, Proprietors WALLPAPER We have put in a full stock of Wallpaper, which iu cludes the latest styles and paterns. Let us figure on your painting, paper hanging and decorating. "Saving at the Spigot Wasting at the Bung" rS That's what buying poor paint r m33fei means. Paint mav be low- i 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 . t !-. 1 plFpV lo save, oiart ngni ana 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 rUM-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 THE MILLERS LEAD Flog Weston Champions Sunday br the Score of 5 to 2 and Again Go to the Top in Race for Pennant. Standing of Teams. Teams Wod Lost P. C. Atbena 8 2 .800 Walla Walla 7 2 .777 Weston 5 4 .556 Pendleton 4 6 .400 Milton 4 6 .400 Eobo 1 9 .10o By trouncing Jaok Keefe's Weston aggregation in easy fasbion Sunday and boosted by Pendleton winning from Walla Walla, Little jo bn's Mill- era bopped into first place again in tbe race for tbe Bine Mountain league pennant. Weston imported Bod Hollis for tbe twilling stunt and be was found hand ily in tbe pinobes for bits when bing les meant runs. He wasn't assisted any by errors made by A. Nordean and Beyler either. Tbe boys from over tbe bill were cocky as robins un til tbey bad tbe starch taken out of them in the sixth, when a base on balls, a passed ball, two stolen bases, two singles and Bey let's error netted three runs. Keefe was Weston's run-getter, Hoot ing the two tallies for the team. He was first man up and was safe at fJrsL on Gilbert's error, and Cos sacrificed him to second, went to tbitd when W. Nordean singled, and scored on A. Nordean's sacrifice fly to Winn. He scored again in the fifth, getting a single. He stole second, went to third when Cox was safe on a fielder's choice, and scored on a passed ball. Cox also oame in on tbe throw, but was put back on third by tbe umpire, on ground rules. This led to a little ragging, but Umpire Van Winkle held that it was an overthrow and good for one base only, Cox haviug started from second. Smith soored for Atbena and tied it up in the third. He was bit by Hol lis. DePeatt struck nut. Pioard dumped one at Hollis feet and while the piloher was juggling the ball, beat it to first. Smith taking seoond. Then Brown drew a pass. Friuk laid oue down to A. Nordean at first, who, isntead of whipping the ball to the plate, to catob Smith, tried for a doa ble. He got Frink all light, but it cost him Smith's score. Hollis was in trouble in tbe sixth and tefore he oould extrioate himself, tbree bad scored and tbe game was won. ' He passed Brown, first man up. 1 Tbe Atbena oaptain took second on a I wild pitob and Frink soored bim with a single. Pelland struok out, Frink i stole second and oame borne when Beyler let Lienallen's grounder get through him. Lieuallen stole seoond and was sooted by Winn's single; Smith struok out, retiring tbe side. Lieuallen soored in tbe eigbtb. He got a single, weat to seoond on Gil bert's infield hit, and scored on Smith's two-bagger. Brown had his infield turned wroag side out. Gilbert, a new man, was at first, and while be was the only Miller to erroiize, he gives every indication of being a good player. He is remem bered by tbe fans as tbe catcher on tbe Pilot Bock team last year. Old reliable Jesse Pioard, one of tbe best cards in the deck, played like a whirl wind at second, accepting seven oban oes without a skip. Pelland was shift ed over to third and had an easy day of it Owens was out of tbe game on aooount of rheumatism, and DePeatt officiated at short, with two assists. The score: Weston Keefe, o Cox, of W. Nordean If 4 A. Not dean lb 3 Blomgren, es 4 Groves, 2b 4 Barnes, if 3 AB 4 3 R 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 PO 9 0 1 9 0 2 2 A I 0 0 0 2 1 1 - o-v JV .V A PROMPT DELIVERY iimrnr nninrn inr nini IT" PflHNF wnttit rmutd Ant muni main 83 ES I The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in gfe Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here ;j -Wheeler, 1 0 0 0 0 0 Beyler. 3b 4 0 2 1 2 1 Hollis, p 3 0 1 0 2 1 33 2 6 21 9 3 Atbena AB K H PO A E Pioard, 2b 4 0 1 2 5 0 Brown, o 2 1 1 13 1 0 Frink, r 3 1 2 0 3 0 Pelland, b 4 0 0 0 0 0 Lieuallen. If 4 2 1 0 0 0 Gilbert, lb 4 0 1 10 0 3 Winn, cf 4 0 110 0 Smith, rf 311200 DePeatt, ss 4 0 0 0 2 0 DROWNED 1 CREEK Little Child Falls into Wild Horse Creek and Loses Life at the Bushman Place. 32 5 8 27 11 3 -Wheeler batted for Barnes in 9th. Score by Inuiugs. rttJOLUU 1UUV1UUU U J Hits 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 (i Atbena 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 x5 Hits 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 i 8 Summary Earned runs. Atbena 2. Two-base bits, Brown and Smith. First on tails, off Bollis 2. Struck out, tjy Frink 9; by Hollis, e. Left on bases. Atbena 7. Weston 6. Wild pitches, Frink 1. Passed' balls, Brown i, iveete l. inrst base on etrors. Athena 2, Weston 2. Hit bv nitoner. Smith ty Hollis. Time of came, 1 hour 85 minutes. Umpire, VanWiu kle. Scorer, Dell. Diamond Dust. Barnes, Weston's right fielder, has a good whip arm. He caught Pieard at third on a long heave that went true. Milton comes here Sunday with a greatly strengthened team. Weston goes to Walla Walla and Pendleton will feast on tbe Lizards at Echo. Athena lost to Walln Walla bv tbe soore cf 7 to 8 hi an exhibition game at the Gardeu City ou Decoration Div. MoBride, of Milton, caught Friue. while Captain Brown played first cu shion. Frink sprained bis ankle, but continued to play in tbe game. Pendleton lias asked Athena for Clark's release. The swift little first- saoker is now iu tbe Willamette val ley, bnt it is whispered tbat be could Be prevailed upon to finish toe season with tbe Buccarooes. Winn and Gilbert, tbe new men. am experienced ball players and will soon nit a winning gait. ODORS AND MOISTURE. A Scheme That Is Said to Improve the Sens of Smell. "The most striking fact connected with my school career," said the prep school graduate, "was n peculiar nbll ity on the part of our commandant to detect the faintest odor of smoke in a room on his daily inspection. The school I attended was of the uili.i'ury variety, and smoking wns n rather se rious offense. No matter how much a room had been aired or fanned with wet towels previous to the Inspection, the offender was always caught. "After I had received my finishing touches and beconfe a citizen 1 made so bold ns 10 Inquire from what pe culiar dispensation of providence the ability wns given to detect one mole cule of smoke In a hundred cubic feet of pure air. The old boy smiled and, binding me to secrecy, imparted the reason of his wonderful ability. Then je took me to n boy's vacated room and told- me to wet my finger and rub my nostrils with it and sniff. I.o and behold, where before there seemed no taint In the atmosphere was now detected that smell of old tobacco smoke! Since then I have taught school myself and have used the trick occasionally, entirely for experimental purposes, however. "I have also sought the scientific ex planation, but with little success. It may, however, be somewhat analogous to the process of tasting. You know, it Is impossible to taste anything that Is not dissolved in water or is not a liquid itself. So the moisture on the nostrils must carry the small particles of smoke in a more or less damp state to the olfactory nerve ends and thus make the smell more apparent. At least this is the only explanation I have ever found for the phenomenon. "The same thing can also be used for detecting other odors, and I have found it useful on a number of occa sions for this purpose, both in analyti cal chemistry, when only a small par ticle of a certain material is available for analysis, and In detecting faint per fume from flowers that are ordinarily quite odorless."-Chicago Record-IIer-aid. Her Stipulation. The pale young man with sheepish eyes glanced timorously at his fair companion. They had sat together in the conservatory for fully five minutes 'and bad hardly exchanged a word. At last, iu desperation, he dived bis hand into his breast pocket and brought out hl cigarette case. "Do you mind. Miss Smllax, if I smoke?" he asked. "Not in the least," replied the young lady sweetly, "if you don't think it will make you sick!" The little 18 mouths old daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Isaac Pair, residents of the reservation, while playing at the home of Paul Bushman above town Saturday afternoon, fell into Wild Horse creek and was drowned. Mr. and Mrs. Parr were visiting the Bmbniaus at tbe time. Tbe child was playing with other children aud wandered to tbe bauks of tbe oreek unobserved. It was soon missed and search was at onoe insti tuted and within fifteen miautes after it bad left the other children, it was found in the waters of tbeoreek, dead. The creek runs close to the house and tbe little one had not far to go before tbe bank was reaohed. Tbe coroner was notified aud Just ice ot the Peace Riobards went out to Bashmau's plaoe, but after investiga tion of tbe facts, decided tbat no in quest was necessary. The remains were interred in the oemetery at Mission Sunday afternoon. day wbeu she did not awaken, a Walla Walla physioian was called but he found tbe case a perplexing one. She remained in a trance for five days, awakening Sunday in apparent good health, though she did not remember anything transpiring during her long sleep. At regular intervals Mrs. Stod dard was given gruel nourishment. Memorial Day Exercises. Memorial Day was observed iu Atheua with appropriate exeroises. The old soldiers, members of Gettys burg Post. G. A. R. of this oity, and oitizeus. went to the oemetery at 8 o'olook, where tbe graves of the dead were deooraled. The Athena band rendered music for the ocoasion. PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG Another Step Taken in the Enterprise at Weston. An important solioitiog committee was appointed Tuesday afternoon at an irrigation meeting of Weston farmers, by Chairman MoKenzie, says the Leader. This committee will solicit the sign ing of aoreaga to a deliuite aud . bind ing pledge by whioh tbe signets agree to pay for water a sum not to exueed $75 per acre. The project is expected to oost con siderably less than $75 an acre, but it was thought best to fix tbe amount large enough to oover all contingenc ies. All estimates have been based upon the storage of an aore foot per aore, while in the opiniou of George T. Coobian of La Grande, superinten dent of Oregon water division number two, nine inches will be ample. This is because of WeBtou's heavy annual rainfall, rendering irrigation su peril u ous except during the months ot July, August and September. Mr. Coobran made a very compre hensive and instructive address deal ing with the various pnases of tbe Weston project, and bis presence at the meeting was of distiuot value to the enterprise. The commilteo having iu obatge the permanent survey submitted its report, aud tbe report of the eugineets was read by Secretary Barnes. The latter gave in detail tbe cost of a dam 180 feet high, and estimated the total oost of a projeot covering 7600 aorefl at $67 an aore. That this figure is conservatively high is indioated by tbe preliminary estimates of several well kuown contracting firms that have had representatives ou the ground. The acreage committee "got busy" immediately after tbe meeting, and is now making good progress. At the Horse Show. Atbena was represented at tbe Mil ton horse show Saturday, by some good horses. W. R. Taylor, Fay Le Grow and Lnvois MoEweu oame off with prize winners. Taylor won on a three-year-old filly and mules, LeGrow ou two-year old filly and MoEwen on single driver. A Nifty Team. "Jinks" Taylor's nifty span of mules is attraoting muoh attention as draft wheelers with a big span of hors es on tLe lead. The little fellows are being worked on one of the rook wag ons at work on tbe Atbena-Weston road. To Alberta. Mrs. D. C. Molntyre held a publio sale Weduesday afternoon, at which she disposed of her household goods. She will go with her husband to re side in Calgaty, Alberta. farmers' Picnic. Next week the Farmers' annual pionio will be held at Wallowa Lake Many members of tbe Farmers' Co operative Union in tbis county are preparing to attend the pionio. WARNER WILL IS A FORGERY Supreme Court Reverses Decision of Circuit Judge Bean. W riTIT T nTlATITTT.mCI CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN AiL- ' fWr UEiLli DnUiniillO, GOOD THINGS TO EAT iltUOiia, VlOgUJl SHORT BULLOT LEAGUE FORMED Launched for Purpose of Fighting Big Election Evil, The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of Judge Bean iu tbe oirouit court and pronounced tbe will of the uuoleof Mrs. Mabel Warner a forgery. The decision was rendered by Supreme Court Justioe Moore. No proceedings oan bu taken against Mrs. Warner on tbe obarge of forgery, for the statute of limitations iuteivenee. The prop erty concerned is worth $50,000. "We are foroed to the oouolusiou," deolares Supreme Justioe Moore, "that the alleged will is a forgery. It is practioally conceded tbat both al leged wills previously produced, whioh purported to convey tbe bulk of the propei ty to the proponent were bold, impudent forgeries. It s a fair pre sumption that they were made at tbe instigation of the portion who was to profit by them. They were discovered in possession of the proponent, and there is nothing in the evidenoe to show she had friends who would forge wills in her favor." Judge Moore's decision contains 13 typewritten pages. Dr. Dell Takes FirstTrlze. Dr. L. Dell was awarded first prizo in the old fiddlers' contest at tbe Pio neers' reunion at Weston lust Satur day. The doctor, so it is snid, en tered the contest as a datk horse and easily wou the Honors, muoh to the discomfiture of nue "Bill" King, who of late years has had a ciucb ou tbo prizo. Mr. Luna and Mr. Johnson of Atbena were tbe other contestants. Convinced that a short ballot is uecessarv to correct evils and that im p'ovements iu connection with the in itiative and referendum should be adopted to make the Oregon system work perfectly the Short Ballot Leuguo of Oregon bun been formed at Portland. Ben helling was chosen pieeideut and J. M. Ambrose, secretary. Mr. Selling is president of tbe state sen ate aud Mr. Ambrose is a member of the lower house ot -the legislature from Multnomah county. The object of tbe leaguo is to an uouuee propogaudu for a revision of tbe Oregon ballot laws, wbioQ mem- bets of tbe leugue say should be changed and shortened. Another meeting will be held June 14 to be gin a campaign to obtaiu a obauge in the ballot laws either through an in itiative measure or by enuctmeut by the legislature. The society is formed on liues outlined by Colonel Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilsou. Mother Robert, come here to me in stantly. Robert Aw, shut up! Mother Robert, how dare you talk to me like that? Say. "Mamma, be quiet." Puck. They are slaves who dare not te In the right with two or tliree,-LoweU. Graduates at (). A. C. Tbe Press has reoeived tbe an nouncement cf the graduating exercis es at O. A. C. Benny Gross is a mem ber of tbo graduating class. He is a graduate of Athena High, class of '08, and baa finished a fall coarse at Oregon Agricultural College. Tbe ex eroises will be held June 11 to 13 inolosive. Meeting Postponed. The ladies of the local auxiliary of tbe O W. B. M. have been invited by tbe ladies of tbe M. E. church at Woston, to attend a missionary meet ing at the homo of Mrs. Crooks, in that city, next Weduesday. That be -ing tbe regular meeting day of the auxiliary, tbeir meotine has heuu postponed until Weduesday, June 14, when it will be held at tbe home of Mrs. Joseph N. Soott. Indian Woman Dead. Tbe aged wife of Charlie Sobaplish, tbe well known Umatilla Iudiuu, died at her borne near Thorn Hollow last night at 11:15, as the result of an ac cident tbat happened to her in tbis city about a month ago, when she fell down a cellar stairway and broke her hip. Tbe funeral will bo held to morrow forenoon at 10 o'olock, from tbo home. Dentist Locates in Athena. Dr. M. S. Bouualie arrived in the city this morning from Portland, and has taken tbe office rooms formerly oc cupied by Dr. Lilyeu, end will locate in Atbena permanntly for tbe purpose of practicing dentistry. Dr. Bonuulio will return to Portland tomorrow for bis office equipment, returning to Ath ena about the 18th of tbis month. ; . Milton Woman in Trance. Wednesday morniug of last wek, Mrs. Stoddard,. a Milton woman, was found lying on her bed asleep. Efforts to arouse faer were of no avail. Med ical assistance wus resorted to, but still the woman slept ou. Tbe next Ralph B. McEwen to Wed, Cards are out announcing the mar riage of Miss Laura Adele Golf, of Portland, to Mr, Ralph Buell MoEwen v . of this oity, to 'take place Thursday evening, June 22. at it o'clock. The ceremony will be performed at the First Presbyterian Church, Portland. Atbena friends will joiq the Press iu extending congratulations.