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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. JULY 7, 1911. NUMBER 26 I OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass'L Cashier. DIRECTORS S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE, A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS, F. S. Le GROW. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $90,000.00 PENDLETON'S SPIRIT It Crops Out and Grabs Sunday's Game From Athena's Pennant Winners in Ninth Inning: Rallr. L We extend to our Depositors every cccommdation consistent with sound Banking. Standing of Teams. Teams Wod Lost P. C. Athena 12 2 .857 Walla Walla 10 5 .666 Pendleton 8 6 .571 Weston 8 7 .533 Milton ' 4 11 .267 Echo 1 14 .067 ww raint store Bundy & Christian, Proprietors PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES. 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" 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 BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon ' Ob, bnt it was great. When Littlejobn's pennant winners journeyed to Pendleton Sunday, for the last game of the season with the Buokaroos, it was with the under standing that Umpiie Boeistatte woold not held the iodioator and that Roberts woold umpire the game. Mr. Roberts was in town, ' all right, but showed up at the grounds late; in faot, after the game started. So Mr. Buer statte. the home guard of Pendleton's base ball fortunes, offloiated. And since his offioiation has about 500 friends less in Athena, and several in Pendleton where a sprinklag of a dozen or more disinterested traveling men who witnessed the game, swear by the gods of Olympus that he should be stripping daiiy ouws instead of fingering the notches of an indicat or wheel. Every 'Athena man who saw the game says it was stoleu from the Mil lers in the ninth, when with Berger on the blink, the pennant winners were beginning to find him and a rally was framed np for a Garrison finish. The finish oame all right, too, but it came to the Millers in the neck when Soorer Chessman was delegated and clothed with the office and authority of umpire and was permitted to render a decision which banded the game to Pendleton on a platter, which even the fingers of a Biaok man woold dis dain to touch. ' With Berger tiring, and the last obanoe at band, Atbena's batting list rallied. Laokard was safe at first on Diokson's error, and stole second. Berger exhausted more of his strength in fanning Winn and Pioard and lost control, 6latting Beck in the rits. This put two on with two down. To get speed, Mr. Berger has to wind up like a steam lifting crane. Owens, one of the speediest base runners in the league, was running for Beck and the play for a double steal was the triok, but Berger, knowing some base ball, forsook speed for caution and fil tered one to the plate which Harmon met on the nose, Lank aid and Owens oroesing the home diso while the ball was being relayed in by Bliss in left, to Witten at seoond, and ty him to Diokson at tbiid. where a olose de cision retired Harmon. Everybody was satisfied that the game was tied up two-and. when to the surprise ot Atbena. and all disinterested specta tors, it was announoed by somebody that the game was Pendleton's, hv the soore of two to one. Buerstatte claimed be did not see Owens cross the plate and left the decision to Soorer Chessman, who ruled that the rnnner wis not at tbe plate when Harmon was deolared out. Players of both teams surged abont tbe umpire, dissension running ram pant for a quarter of an hour. Ath ena's protests were unheeded and Pen dleton took tbe game. It is said tbe deoision at third base was a olose one, many contending that Diokson dropped the ball when Har mon slid to the bag. Owens easily scored from first before tbe balltonob ed Diokson's mitt and the least thing in fairness that Buerstatte oonld have done after acknowledging that be did not see tbe play, was to have gone according to tbe rules governing the play and allowed tbe soore to stand. Before tbe play oame op hundreds of fans bad been enjoying a good ball game, but when Chessman rendered the deoision for Bnerstatte, keen dis- UALITY GROCERY ST "Em WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHNE MAIN 83 The Freshestl and most Choice the Market affords in $3. VEOETft Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here 3 g DELL BROTHERS, CkT?XlX m Athena, Oregon gust was apparent in grandstand and bleachers. Berger is oredited with 20 strikeouts and Frink 5. In this respeot Buer statte is said to bare boen partial to the Pendleton twirler, in that he al lowed bim tbe corner of tbe plate, while be made Frink split tbe pan for called strikes. Pern brook, borrowed from Walla Walla, made Pendleton's first run in tbe seoond. He was safe on Lankard's error, went to seoond on a passed ball and scored when Sturgis singled. Pen dleton soored again in the seventh, when Shaffer singled, was advaoced to seoond on a saorifioe by Clark, from wnere be soored ou Bliss' bit. Soore by innings: Pendleton 0 J 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 Athena 00000000 22 ! MUTILATED MULES Fiend Cuts Off Ears of Animals While Standing at Rack in Pendleton. Property of Lou Eaton. SALAMANDER SUPEnSTITIGN. Hjw the Reptile May Have Got Its Fireproof Reputation. There Is ti very undent belief licit the reptile known as Hit- ;t.;im:ii.ii-r is proof against tire. It is id kcowii bow this superstition li.-iil its rise, tun It will probably always continue in he held by some people, although i mis been conclusively shown i n ;i ilf "i proof qualities ot Hie cieai.iie anl.v in imagination. Dr. Stejncger. reptilian expert nt tv Smithsonian Institution, tells a si.c which mil)' furuisli a reason loi uie continuance of the belief in i te.i ion. "Once I whs camping mil. lie says, "with a party of friends, huiu.uj. ami fishing. We had lighted a nig tire, using for fuel several old aii's vVtnie we were seated around win h;ng the progress ot si, uie eooker.x in win n we were eugaged H young lain at m side gave a little scream and punned into the (lames. I looked ami tiier was n small stiiamandei crawling right out from among the glowing embers. It walked away uiihtiii and Bade Its escape. "Now, that salamander had neeii pied a bole in one ot the togs mod for fuel. Several species ol Us K::id live In old tree trunks. Motilities uns one found that It was getting tin om fortably hot and crawled out. I'. -mg moist and slimy. Its laxly was protect ed from Injury by tire long enough to enable It to escape through the etn' bers. But the sight of the tizaiti tic Ilberately making Its appearane from the midst of the tire was certainly very surprising. Any Ignorant person might easily have been led to imagine that the creature was tl rep root, it seemed to me quite probable that the superstition took Its origin from lust such occurrences." New York Worta. MENWHO MAKE SAFES. Closely Watched After They Resign or Are Discharged. A number of years ago two prospec tive safe breakers succeeded in obtain ing employment in two different safe factories, worked over a period of years in tbe various departments, gain ed all the information that tbey desired and. subsequently working together, managed to baffle tbe safemakers by their skill in opening complicated safes in different parts of the country. Tbe police Were at loss to understand bow tbe safes bad been opened, and only upon tbe apprehension of tbe two men several years later was It learned that the jobs bad not been "inside" ones, as was originally suspected, but had really been the work of two men who bad been initiated into tbe mys teries of safecraft and bad put their knowledge to criminal use. This put the safemakers on their guard, and an exceedingly complicated system was immediately put into force,' whereby not only was the pedigree of ewy workman looked into closely, but the work among the employees was so separated that no one man or two men could gather enough Information about a safe to put it to dangerous use after ward. Furthermore, when an employee is discharged or when he voluntarily leaves .his position his actions are watched, and, although safe companies refuse to discuss this particular joint, it Is a matter of record that any for mer employee of a safe company who Is possessed of Intimate Information regarding tbe secrets of that com pany's safes is kept under constant surveillance. Harper's Weekly Our Modern Factory Spoon. For our modern factory mude spoon the stock is Bret rolled and cross roll ed to get tha graded thickness that is needed. The spoon outline is then ob tained by means ot cutting out dies. Tbe blanks thus formed are struck up by another set of dies, which orna ment the front and back and even bend the spoon into its proper shape, at tbe same time stamping tbe re quired "sterling" and tbe maker's mark. It a spoon is made by tbls latest ot processes tbe sterling mark can be found raised on tbe surface in stead ot incised, as was tbe case when tbe marking was done separately. Handicraft The mysterious mntilator of horses who has been operating tbrongh Uma tilla and Walla Walla counties dnring the past two years and upon whose head there has been placed a prioe by infuriated horsemen, h apparently again in Pendleton, says : tbe Live Wire. Lou Eaton, residing about two and a half miles east of Pendleton, is the latest victim of the crazed fiend and two valuable mules owned by bim bave been mutilated for life. The team, valued at over $100, was driven to town Tnesday evening by J. B. Caldwell. Ibey were tied in tbe rear of tbe N eagle blaoksmith shop and when Caldwell went to get thorn to return to tbe ranoh at about 11 o'olock be discovered 'hat some mis oreaut bad cut one ear from eaob mule, olose up to the bead. A motive for snob a dastardly pieoe of work can not be imagined by the owner or the offioers. The only theory advanoed is that it is the work of tbe same insane individual who mutilated the Rbcnimus aud Haw etaUions iu Pendleton and several others in this county and in tbe vioinity of Walla Walla. HEAD BROKEN, ANKLE CRACKED Chas. Leadbettor, a Stranger, Intro duced to Blow From Novel Weapon. ing excellent grades and to Prinoipal H. M. Gunn of Hermiston, belongs the distinction of having made tbe second highest average in the entim state up to this time, be having re ceived a grade of 100 per cent in three subjects. Tbe state boatd of examin ers is making rapid progress with grading the papers, and aoonrding to County Superintendent Welles, who is a member of tbe state board, the results of the examinations will prob ably be known tbe latter part of this week. John Hagen Dead. Another old and honored pioneer of Umatilla oounty has answered the lst call. John Hagen, who for more than thirty years lived on his farm five miles northwest of Pendleton, passed away at bis home in Hemet, California, Saturday at 5 o'olock in the afternoon death being due to a complication of diseases. He bad moved to the southern state two years ago in tbe hopes of benefitting bis health but was disappointed in bis quest and has been slowly sinking for some time. East Oregonian. Weston's Strawberry Day. Weston's Strawberry day, held in that city Saturday, was a success in every particular. Plenty of straw berries were on band for everybody, tbe day was ideal and tbe attendance all that could be expected. Tbe dis play of produots from tbe mountain ranobes was tbe feature of tbe occa sion, and visitors marveled ac the showing made in their exhibit. IT IS AN UNUSUAL AFFLICTION Swollen Tongue Threatens Life of Pendleton Babe, Charles Leadbettor, a stranger who oame to Atbeua to work in the bar vest fields, is nursing a broken head and a fraotured ankle as the result of being introduced to a blow from a novel weapon in tbe bands of Charles Grant, the restaurant man. Tbe weapon used was a potato mash er and tbe blow was a stunner, open ing tbe scalp so that five stitohes wera repaired to olose tbe wound, and it floored Leadbettor to tbe sidewalk before a crowd in tbe street. Grant, who waa serving as special officer, esoorted Leadbettor 'to tbe city jail from whiob he was released a abort time afterward that bis injuries might receive attention. Dr. Newsom dressed the wound and later disovered that a bone iu the right ankle was fraotured. The trouble started at Grant's res taurant, where Let d bettor bad ordered and paid for a meal. He says be didn't Ret tbe meal and demanded his money baok. Grant refused the request and Leadbettor says, made f :r bim with a billy, struok bim with it and went in to the restaurant, returning with tbe weapon that laid him out. Grant says Leadbettor oame ioto his pi a oo of business, ordered and paid for a meal Bod went ont while it was iu process of cooking. Later be returned witbont coat or bat and started to abuse bim. .He was using profane language end Grant says be told b' in to quit as there were ladies passing on the street, with that. he says, Leadbettor tore in to clean bim up. He pulled tbe billy which be says Leadbettor grabbed, wrenched away and swatted bim iu tbe jaw. Realizing that be bad ' a scrapper to deal with and arrest, be went to the kitoben and procured tbe potato ruasber. Grant says be feels justified in taking tbe course be did, other wise be says he would have been in for a lacing, for being some scrapper himself, be intimated that a man who oonld book bim ou tbe jaw with tbe cleverness 1 bat Leadbettor exhibited, stood a good show cf putting bim out. Tbe trouble will probably be aired in police court. The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Fletcher of Willow Springs is restiug easily et St. An thony's hospital following a delioate operatiou performed Saturday by Drs. Rtngo, Parker and Lieuallen. says the Live Wire. The child, together with her par ents, waa brought to Pendleton Satur day by Dr. Lieaullen in bis auto. At that ti e a growth in tbe sumavilliary glands bad caused tbe tougue to swell until it tilled tbe mouth, stopped tbe throat and was protruding from tbe moutb. Apparently tbe child was slowly obokiog to death. A hurried consultation was held and an immediate operation deoided upon. An inoisiou was made uuder tbe bbin, tbe growth lemoved and the tongue opened up. Tbe immediate benefloial results were remarkable and the child in now rapidly recovering. Casualties of the Cradle. The burden ot Prussia's military state, not spared even to the babes in their cradles, has proved too much for some or the younger members ot the royal families In "The louse of HoheDzollern" Mr Brnyley Hodgetts mentions that the two sons whom the first "crown princess of Prussia bore ber husband (nt the beginning ot the eighteenth century) both died In their cradles, one from n nervous shock caused by the salute from heavy guns with which his arrival was heralded and the other from the burden of a golden crown which was placed on bis head after baptism. Dissatisfied With Mule Race. W. R. Tavlor attended tbe celebra tion at Pendleton Tuesday and says tbe rauob advertised wild mule race was a. frost, inasmuch as broken mules were entered in tbe race instead of wild on oh. Mr. Taylor further as serts that tbe method of plaoing tbo riders was not fair. Tbere were more riders than mules, aud instead of drawing for tbo cbnnoe to ride, those having tbe race iu ohargo told oertaiu ones to take a mule, leaving others who desired to rida without an oppor tunity. A $50 saddle was tbe prize ottered in the raoe. Bradon Gerking was on the ground to ride, but tbe mule awarded bim was taken and ridden by another rider, leaving tbe boy out of the raoe entirely. Mr. Taylor is of tbe opinion that it would not take more than another kail game and mule race to set this community knocking instead of boosting tbe Roundup. Jinks savs that it was pos sible for Montgomery, who bad tbo race in obarge, to have given a win ning mule to a favorite rider, under tbe method employed. Coin Profiles. Where a face Is used on a piece of money it is always In profile, because tbe cameo is more readily struck with the die in that manner and If a full or three-quarter face were represented tbe nose of tbe gentleman or lady would get damaged In circulation and pro duce a ridiculous effect. Wei Qualified. "Why do you apply for n position as boss of this gang? Have yon ever had any experience''" "I'.osscd my sou after bo fciew up." Buffalo Kinross. Umatilla Teachers Lead. It bas'been reported in a Portland newspaper tbst many of tbe teaobers wbo took the examinations a abort time ago, are failing to pans. This is not true, however, as regards Uma tilla county. Tbe teaobers of Umatilla couuty arc, with few exceptions, uiak- Earning Their Education. A circular baa been issued by tbo Y. W. C. A. of the Lewiston Normal Sobool, which undoubtedly will te of interest to earnest und ambitious youug people wbo desire a higher ed ucation, but wbo lack tbe necessary means. President George li. Black will send a copy upon request. In tbe ciroular am described tbe various opportunities iu Lewistnu to earn ruonoy to pay expenses while attending tbe Normal. At leant twenty-five per cent of tbe Normal students earned a part or all of their expenses during tbe past year. Tbero are available, too, at tbe Normal, three loan funds, I be loan being made with tbe under standing that it is to be paid in small monthly installments when tbe stud ent ottaius a position. A Quiet Fourth. Tbe Fourth of July was observed in Atbena in a qoiot manner. Even llio crackers were not io the local market, and but for a little celebration gotten up by Ed Koontz tor tbe benefit of bis small friends, tbesound of tbe cracker woold not bave teeu beard on our drowsy streets. Tbe small boy wbo was not taken by bis patents to towns where celebratious were held oassfd over a truly saue Fourth. Stores and hoioei8 booses cloned at noon, the "kids" went ewimmiu', and tbe elders lounged io tbo shade. . ,- i f