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VOLUME XXIII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 11. 1911.
NUMBER 31
OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President,
H. KOEPKE Vice-President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
E. A. ZERBA. Ass't, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE,
A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS,
F. S. Le GROW.
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fIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ATHENA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $90,000.00
We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
consistent with sound Banking.
SUFFERS SECOND
PARALYTIC STROKE
PROMINENT CITIZEN AFFLICTED
WHILE ON THE STREET.
Present Attack is Slight and
Patient Rallies Nicely To
ward an Early Recovery.
BAKSAVHER
DUST PAN
OLD WAY
NEW WAY
With your next purchase
amounting to $2.50 or
over, we will give vou
one of these Dust Pans
Soniethiug entirely new.
It will save your temper
and last a lifetime.
BUNDY & CHRISTIAN
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO.
Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
e Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
Athena, Oregon
J. H. Hiteman, one of Athena's
most highly respeoted citizens, suffer
ed a slight paralytic stioke Sunday
afternoon, bat the Press is pleased to
state that every indication for his ear
ly recovery is satisfactory.
The stroke came Sunday afternoon,
while Mr. Hiteman was down town,
walking along Main street. While in
front of the Barrett Hardware store,
be was ootioed to reel, and moving on
farther down the street, when oppo
site the Mosgrove store, bis condition
was more apparent and Art Shiok
went to his assistance.
He was taken to Lis home in Fifth
street and Dr. Plamondon was sum
moned. It was fonnd the left side
was partially effected. The patient
had control of the left limb, bnt the
arm and the side of the faoe showed
pronounced effeots of the attack. Dr.
Keeler arrived in the evening from
Walla Walla.
This is the second stroke Mr. Hite
man has had in the last two years, bnt
it is said the present one is no more se
vere than the former one. Mr. Hite
man has rallied nioely, and is now
able to sit np a portion of the time.
BASKET BALL INJURIOUS
TO SCHOOL GIRL PLAYERS
We- Want You!
Panl Pattison of Oolfax, proseou
ling attorney of Whitman oonnty,
Wash., wbose wife is recovering in a
Spokane hospital from an injury sus
tained while playing basketball on
the obampion Colfax team, is author
ity for tbe statement that with a sing
le exoeption every member of the Col
fax team, of whioh he was manager,
has undergone an operation, also that
all tbe players on tbe Cheney giila
team has been nnder thj surgeon's
knife. Dr. A. E. Sbnbt, who attend-
ed Mrs, Pattison, declares that basket
ball is injnroius and should not be
I engaged in by girls or women, adding,
' f'Tha namra nt unman ahnnln baan
them from this dangerous sport." Mrs
Pattison, formerly Miss Mand Smith
was a member of tbe Colfax team
when it won tbe championship of tbe
Inland Empire and has been nnder
two operations within tbe last six
months.
The Morrow-Umatilla
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Mstrlcf Fair
Requests Your Presence one Week
Commencing September Nth.
BIGGEST AND BEST YET
More Exhibits, More Space, More Music, More Attract
ions and more of Everything that's Entertaining.
SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES,.
REMEMBER THE BIG ROUNDUP
PARKER TAKES OVER
THE ATHENA HOTEL
A. J. Parker has leased the Athena
Hotel from Harden & Millen, and tbe
first meals under the new management
pf that hostelry were served Monday.
Mr. Parker has long been a resident
of tbls city and has an extensive acq
uaintance, wbiob pnts him in a posi
tionto build up a lucrative hotel bus
iness. His wife and daughters will
assist him in tbe management of tbe
hotel.
Tbe best tbe market affords will be
served on tbe tables and tbe dining
room wUl be under tbe supervision of
Miss Bessie Parker. First olass ser
vice is assured patrons of tbe hotel
nnder the new management.
. Mr. Pak?ir has tamed his barber
shop over to his son Herbert who ia
assisted by a first class tonsorial artist.
Harvester Record,
One thousand thirty five saoks in 10
1-2 hours is tbe record ran made last
Saturday on theD.B.Ferrel place eight
miles east of Walla Walla, says tbe
Union. A 20-foot oombined harvester
drawn by 31 horses a ad mules was
csad, with an ordinary sized orew.
An average dav,s work with a maoh
ine of this kind wonld be in tbe neigh
borhood of 600 sacks. Tbe variety
of wheat tbresbed was Jenkins olub.
lUALITV-GROCERY ST
pro&ry WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT ""ton
The Freshestj and most Choice the Market affords in
vegeta
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mm. -in fob a poutical ufe.
GOV. WILSON SPEAKING.
The Man In Whom, Many See
a Future President of U. S.
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by (Be people. It touclies toe means
which they are to exercise to put the
sort of men they desire into office.
The question of the equallzatjon of
taxation moans that equality which
is Justice, that fairness which will see
that no man Is taxed more than an
other man or upon a different basis
from other men or other corporations.
The question of corrupt practices tn
elections is a question of the attacks
which have been made upon the vir
tue of the people.
"Every direction you turn you will
see that what we are straining after
is to bring the government back with
in the touch of tbe people and to use
it in behalf of the people. Upon what
sort of occasion, therefore, in what
sort of campaign, should a man who
remembers the long traditions of
American government tak greoter
pleasure and zest than In a campaign
which has such objects?"
I am accused of being a radi
cal. If to seek to go to tbe root
is a radical, a radical I am. Aft
er all, everything that flowers In
beauty in the air of heaven
draws its fairness, Its vigor,
from its roots. Nothing living
can blossom into fruitage unless
through nourishing stalks deep
planted in the common soli. Up
from that soil, up from the silent
bosom of the earth, rise the cur
rents of life and energy. Dp
from the common soil, up from
the quiet heart of the people,
rise Joyously today streams of
hope and determination bound
to renew the face of the earth In
glory. ,
I tell you the so called radical
ism of our times is simply the ef
fort of nature to release the gen
erous energies of our people.
This great American people Is at
bottom just, virtuous and hope
ful. The roots of its being are
in the soil of what is lovely, pure
and of good report, and tbe need
of the hour Is just that radical
ism that will clear a way for
the realization of the .aspirations
of a sturdy race. Governor
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
in a Recent Speech. ,
In an interesting interview with
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey in the May issue of the World's
Work Mr. William Bayard Ilale quotes
the governor as follows:
"How did I happen to enter political
life? Why, I suppose I was born a
political animal. Always, from the
first recollections of my youth up, I
have aimed at political life. The rea
son I studied law was, I suppose, be
cause in the south when I was a boy
the law furnished the shortest path
to. public life. I gave It up because
I found I couldn't be an honest law
yer and a politician; at least I didn't
know how then to do it. So as the
next best thing to living in public life
I tried to satisfy my mind by study
ing it. I took a new start and went
back to school, Johns Hopkins, where
I tried to learn somethiug about the
facts the facts, mind you, of govern
ment From the start my interest has
been in things as they are rather than
in a theoretical analysis of them. In
my thesis I studied the American con
gress ns it Is in fact, an organization
of committees, somewhat as Bagehot
had studied the English constitution
as it was and as it actually worked
rather than as its theory fictitiously
made It So, you see, I wns always a
practical politician."
"So that your occupancy of this com
fortable swivel chair Is really a ful
fillment of your original youthful am
bition?"
"Not of that so much as the fulfill
ment of my whole life, 1 suppose.
When they came to me aud said. 'You
have been talking public questions nnd
urging your young men to go out and
take their part In politics; now It's
time for you to take your own turn,'
what could I say except: 'I'm glad of
the chance. If the people wnnt me to
I will
"Besides, to speak the truth, I was
only asked to do in a bigger field
what I had been doing at Princeton
for ten years. I have been fighting
privilege at Princeton, Just as I am
fighting it here now, only there I had
to fight in the dark. My most trusted
friends told me I mustn't drag the
fight out into the light before the big
Jury, and so I didn't. Here I can
fight tbe same fight before the eyes
of all men. It's fun to be out In the
air and the sunlight"
Discussing the progressive move
ment in politics, Governor Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey said recently:
"If you will look at the proposed re
forms, proioscl by men in both par
ties, meant to serve the country la
some special way, you will see that
each particular reform has a definite
object For example, the question of
(he cost of living l a question which
touches the great body of tbe people.
It docs not touch tbono exceptional
persons whow Income Is abundant.
It touches the whole body of the ro.
pie. The question of direct primaries
, rM lies ilif accessibility of the otlU-ea
COINS UNDER WEIGHT..
In England It's the Duty of Those Who
Get Them to Break Them.
It Is the duty of e.u h loyal British
subject not merely to refuse gold coin
that Is under a certain weight but to
break It.
"Every person." the art reads, "shall,
by himself or others, cut break or de
face such coin tendered to hhn In pay
ment and the person tendering the
same shall bear the loss."
But in spite of this act It Is a risky
business Interfering' with coins which
you may suspect to be under weight
or spurious. Some months ago n (Irluis
by woman offered n half sovereign In
payment of goods to a local shopkeep
er. The latter put tho coin in a test
ing mncblne and, ns It broke in two,
refused to take It
The coin, however, was pronounced
by experts to be perfectly genuine,
and when the case wns taken Into a
court of law the shopkeeper was order
ed to refund 10 shillings to the cus
tomer.
Money, both gold and silver, wears
out nt a startling rate. It is reckoned
that there Is usually 100,000.000 in
gold coin in England, a very large pro
portion of which Is locked In tbe strong
rooms of bauks. Yet of that which Is
la active circulation tho., wastage Is so
great that during every twelve months
70,000 worth of gold and silver is
rubbed off Into fine dust Pearson's
Weekly. . .'.,,
' ; vPUNCTUAT10Nr" '
The Modern System Was Introduced
by Aldus Manutius.
Punctuatlou (by means of stops or
points, so as to Indicate the meaning
of sentences and assist the reader to a
proper enunciation, is ascribed orlgl
nally to Aristophanes, an Alexandrian
grammarian, who lived in the third
century B. C. Whatever his system
may have been, it was subsequently
neglected and forgotten, bnt was rein
troduced by Charlemagne, tho various
stops and symbols being designed by
wnrnefrled and Alculn.
Tho present system of punctuation
was Introduced in tho latter part of the
fifteenth century by Aldus Mauutlus, a
Venetian printer, who was responsible
for our period, colon, sem'colon, com
ma, marks of Interrogation nnd oxcla
mntion, parenthesis and dash, hyphen,
apostrophe and quotation marks. Theve
were subsequently copied by other
printers until their use became univer
sal. Most ancient languages were Inno
cent of any system of punctuation. We
find lu many early mauscrlpts that
the letters are placed at equal distances
apart, with no connecting link between,
even in the matter of spacing, an nr
raugemcut which must have rendered
reading at sight somewhat difficult
Too Much Toothbrush.
It Is possible to err In the direction
of a too free use of the toothbrush.
"Once a day for three minutes is suf
ficient" writes a dentist in tbe Fam
ily Doctor of London. "Even In using
a toothbrush once a day It Is better
not to rub It directly across the sur-
race or tne teetn, out to sianc it, noiu
lug the point down so that it cleans
the spaces between the teeth as well
as tbe front of the teeth and removes
tbe full force of tbe contract from the
teeth. 1 have had many patients who
have literally rubbed tbe enamel from
their teeth by the excessive use of a
brush. The average person uses a
brush too much and not too little. In
addition to being careful with the
brush, It la also Important to see that
the bristles are soft and not bard.
Tooth powder should be used only
once a day."
Many Kinds of Knives.
An extraordinary thing about the
cutlery trade Is tbe variety of knives
made. At the Suffolk works in Shef
field, for Instance, they have 10,000 dif
ferent patterns on tho books. They
make sometimes 3,000 patterns to or
der at one time. Tbe same thing is
true of the largo cutlery works at So
Ungen, in Germany. One firm has 0,000
patterns for Germany alone. New ones
are constantly coming out Tbe Suf
folk works have averaged ten new pat
terns a week for two years. This la a
trade that will not be standardized,
which Is one reason why America has
failed hitherto to competeCassler'j
Magazine.
Weather Note.
Mistress-Wdl. Cooper, what is the
weather t lx like? Gardener-Well,
mum. I duuiio. but tbe pajer do aay
"forecast."- London l'n?b.
BERRIES ID FUN
AT CAMP M'DOUGAL
GIRLS IN OVERALLS CHASED BY
BAND OF RANGE CATTLE.
Large Attendance at Open
Air Sunday School Service
Held On the Camp Lawn,
MoDougal Gamp, An?. 6. This ever
popular mountain resort is fast inoeas
ing in population, and now presents
lively and festive appearanoe. Within
tbe past week the number of campers
have inroeased from 65 to 104 and still
they corue in baoks, wood-wagons and
automobiles.
Camps are situated in olose proximi
ty, so that evreybody and the oook
(and everybody is oook) can fieely
swap huokleberry yarns as tbe con
tinuous meal is cooked; for it seems
that the Urea are never allowed to go
out.
Huckleberries are plentiful, the har-
esting thereof being the chief pleasure
as well as tbe leading industry of the
camp. . Parties in overalls; both gend
ers, walk as far as four and five miles
aud spend the entire day in gathering
berries, making a general piouicj of
the oooasoin. Many jolly pionio din
ners are enjoyed far in tbe interior of
tbe wcods and tbe far teaching "Who
wbo-o-o I" serves to guide tbe strag
glers to camp.
Some of tbe more Imaginative girls
have hair-raising experinoes and tell
of fresh cougar and bear traoks en
countered, and of sudden-springing
animals beard bounding away through
the traoklesa forest. One really and
palpable oanse f fright to the timid
was a baud of cattle whioh on seeing
a group of overalled girls emerge from
a thioket swingiog well filled palls
mistook them for stoookmen with salt,
took after tbe girls in a mad chase,
needless to say, there was a soatter
ment in that overalled brigade which
ended Only when tail timber was
reaohed.
One doughty guide, the only man
from Portland, led a party of trusting
females across a" labyrinth of wilder
ness and when all' been the guide,
were oertia'i that the limits of Elgia
had been readied, the party came
bnfxpeotedly on a camp snugly nest
led in tbe wilds. Their astonishment
may bo better imagined than descib-
ed when they reosgnized our own be
loved oamp MoDougal, or Aunt Sarah's
as it is known here.
Night brings the full population
around the oommnnity -oampfire of
burning logs, where cheery blaze lights
tbe soene. The oamp is favored with
some of tbe best vocalists of Adams
Athena and Weston, and nightly oou-
oerts are heard. Five members of tbe
Weston Ladies' Band are' here with
their instimenta and the mellow strain
of tbe oornet, olarinet and plooulo are
Heard.
Sunday moruiug at 10 o'olock a ses
sion of Sunday school was held on the
lawn, a cultivated plot of gronnd care
fully tended by tbe hospitable owner
of tbe oamp. Here Beats were provid
ed and tbe school was led by Mr. and
Mrs. Frank: Richmond of Walla Walla
A census of tbe oamp was taken Sun
day morning ty T. A. Leoallen of Ad
ams, and tbe result is given below:
Athena Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Betts
and two ohildren, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Bannister and daughter, Mrs. Ilutt
and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Win
ship aud two ohildren, Mrs. F. B.
Boyd, Miss Cecils Boyd, Miss Velma
Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Will Miller
and two ohildren. Wm. Gbolson, Mr.
and MraOhas. May and child, Mayor
and Mrs. U. W. Gross and daughter,
Mies Lizzie Sbeard. Mrs. Vaughn, Mia.
LaBrasohe and Miss Gladjrs Andre!
Weston Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gould,
and three children, -Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Tucker and two children, Mrs. Mar
garet Lieuallen and three ohildren,
Mrs. Belle Winn, Miss Bessie Winn,
Mr. and Ms. J. K Jones and two child
ren, Mrs. Susan Tuoker, Mr. and Mrr.
Ralph Tucker and three children Mrs.'
Sarah MoDougal, Mrs. Minerva Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Graham, and' son, "
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Barnes, Misses An
ioe and Doris Barnes, Miss Mamie Bar
nes, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stagga, Mr, -Emery
Staggs, Miss Blanobe Staggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert O'Barra, Miss
Alioe MoGoikell, John Barnes, Mrs.
Cora Simpson Misses Lula, Zillah and
Edra Simpson, Miss Ruby Pieroe, Mr.
Harry Simpson, Miss Ma bin Kinnard.
Miss Ida Powell Mr. and Mrs.G. R.
Dnnoan and two ohildren, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Perris, Mr. and Mrs. Alon
zo Gilliam.
Adams Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Lieu
allen and son, Mr. and Mrs. John Geiss
Miss Wianifred Geiss, Mrs. J. A.
Winn, and two ohildren, Misses Mary,
Elinor and Augusta Stcokton.
Freewater Mrs. F. Ellis and three
ohildren, Bob Brinker, Sam Brinker,
Mr and Mrs. Beeler and two children,
Donald MoGausland.
Milton Mr. and Mrs. Ross Maloney
Mrs. Rebeooa Cnlley, Misses Gladys
and Gatberine Hall, Nebraska.
Walla Walla Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Riohmond and son, George Ridenour.
Portland Mrs. Mfnnie Neal and
daughter, John Ridenour, Lorene Gin
grich.
FOLLOWED THE DIAGRAM.
The Motorear Tourists Rewarded the
Man Who Drew It
An amusing practical joke which
Was played by a Canadian farmer on
a party of motorcar tourists is describ
ed in Suburban Life. Tbe farmer bad
drawn a diagram to show the nutomo-
billsts how to proceed through the lit
tle known country.
"For five miles," writes the author
of the article, "we followed the coun
tryman's diagram and then came to
a piece of road which was atrocious.
We climbed over stumps and in and out
of ruts and gulleys. Grass grew In tbe
middle of this 'road,' showing how lit
tle it was used. At last we Baw ahead
a little house just at the edge of tha
woods. We felt sure we were off the
right road and decided to make in
quiries at tbe bouse.
Great was our surprise upon drawing
up In front of the house to find our
countryman, his wife and several chll-
, dren out In the middle of the road to .
meet us. They all looked at tbe car
with wondering eyes, and tho smallest
child hung to her mother's Bkjrtrllnd
howled with fright The other chil
dren fled to the house and peeked out
of the window.
"Our friend the countryman said:
'Well, I most run my horse to death to
got here before you did. I wnnted tho
kids to bo sure and see tbls critter.
They never saw one before. I'm much
obliged to you, nnd now if you want
tho right road you'll have to pull back
two miles to tho road where you turn
ed in and go straight ahead!' .
Progressing.
"I think Arthur would have proposed
to mo last night If you hadn't come in
the room Just when you did."
"What reason have you for believing
that?" .
"He had Just taken both of my" hands
in his. lie had never held more than
one of them at a tlmo before."
Tit For Tat
"Jims thought ho. was going to bag
tho heiress." v' ' ' - .
''Well?"
"She gave him tho sack." Baltimore
American. ,
- t Cruel.
Clara He says ho thlnka I'm the
nicest girl in town. Shall I ask him
to call? Sarah No, dear; let him keep
on thinking so. Town Topics.
WALTER A. WOOD
Mow Century Bmdli
is always ready for more grain no matter how heavy
it may be. Will run through a harvest without
missing a bundle, and will be in service long after
other binders are not worth putting in the barn.
Here are three (of many) exclusive features that
make it the most successful binder:
Perfect Separation
choked or crowded. This
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The Wonderful Knotter "0?!:
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The Relief Roller tTS5""4"SkT
Figure the time you lost last season fussing with the old binder,
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G. W. PKOEBSTEL. IIAKDWARE DEALER, WESTON.
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