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VOLUME XXIII.
ATFIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPtLER 8; 1911.
NUMBER 8fi
OFFICEES .
S. F. WILSON, President,
H. KOEPKE Vice-President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
E. A. ZEBBA. Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS
S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE,
A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS,
F. S. Le GROW.
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OF ATHENA :
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $90,000.00
We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
' consistent with sound Banking.
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. 'I be following from the pen of , A.
Maokenzie Meldiom, depicts an inci
dent whioh tons place daring an ad
venturous cmise taken by him and one
sole companion, in a small boat, the
La Veutuia, off the coast of Australia
The trip was taken for the purpose of
studying the geological formation of
the adjaoent islands:
It was in the summer of 1906-7, on
the eastern coast of Australia while
we were studying the Great Barrier
Reef and the islands adjaoent, that we
turned the prow of the La Ventura to
ward a dim speck on the distant hori
zon. On approaoLiog closer we found
an atoll of wonderful beauty. On
closer examination we found that a
break in the ooral permitted an easy
entrance to the lagoon. We entered
and anchored, pioteoted on all sides
by walls of ooral against whioh the
rolling billows of the ocean spent
their force in vain. The shore of this
atoll was perhaps one of the most
beautiful I have ever seen. The water
that gently laved that coral strand
wmb of a light turquoise color; shells
of iridescent hue lay gleaming like
pearls, while gigantio pelioans and
graoeful white cranes with yellow
crests walked about the water's edge,
feeding upon the small oiustaoea.
Pandanns, mangrove and coooaout
palms fringed the springtide water
line. Thousands of Torres Straits
pigeons fluttered and oiroled in the
air, seemingly half alarmed and half
inquisitive at our presenoe, for it is
almost certain that never before had
the presenoe of oivilized man disturb
ed the felioity of their paradise.
If the shore was beautiful, the la
goon bottom was even more so. Aud
for a time we divided our attention ,
between gazing along the shore line
and examining the sea bottom. Coral
grew in many varieties, tinged with
different colors. The little polyp that
master designer bad wrought some
wondrous designs. I have seen the
pagodas of the East, the temples of
Asia and the castles cf the Rhine but
there they were all in miniature form
surrounded Dy groves or treeB, vines
and shrubbery of exquisite beauty,
Fishes of brilliant hue and curious
i form swam in and out of these fairy-
libe creations of the deep. Gigantio
olams lay half open un the bottom,
revealing the rich beauty of their
green, blaok, orange and purple ori
fices; numerous forms of orustaoea
crawled on the bottom of the lagoon,
attacking and being in turn tbem
selves assailed by the denizens of the
deep.
There were evidently no sharks pres
eot, and I proposed to my companion
that we have a swim a luxury to us,
even though we were upon the water
every day, for so many were the
sharks which kept alongside that we
dared not even take a momentary
plunge in the brine. My oompauion,
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Athena, Oregon
who was a tali, well built, manly
young Australian, suggested that, we
examine the lagoon carefully before
committing ourselves to the waw
We lowered the dingey and takingYrie
nydrnsoope we began an interesting
examination; so muoh did we enjoy
the flora and fauna of the deep tbat
we bad almost forgotten the prime on
jeot of our searoh, when suddenly the
tall seaweed surrounding a deep' hole
began to sway to and fro and we saw a
ponderous creature seemingly without
shape or form striving to conceal it
self within the darkness t( tbat eub
aquatio cavern. .
"A devil-fish 1" gasped ray comrjan-
ion. as he pulled away from the reaob
of its great teotaoular arms. "A devil-fish,"
I repeated, as 1 sat down in
the' stern of the dingey, meditating
its capture.
"You are not thinking of attaoking
tbat octopus, are you?" iuquired my
companion. I admitted that I was
figuring on tbat very thiog, and we
pulled alongside the La Ventura.
Tying the painter to the poop rail,
we sat down under the awning to plan
the destruction of this member of the
ditranobiata. Many were the plans i
we devised, but some of tbem were im-:
practicable, others necessitated too
muoh risk. My - companion, who
was daring to a point of reokleasnees
in adventure, proposed that we cap
ture it as we bad caught a very large
shark a few weeks previous, by the
common method of hook and bait. We
used a large steel obain hook, about
a foot long attached to three feet of
steel obain, a very necessary precau
tion to prevent the shark when hooked
from sawing the line asunder with its
three rows of formidable teetb. When
the shark was hooked we would dis-'
patch him with the rifle as he came to
the surfaoe. But for various reasons
we deemed this method impracticable.
We bad almost given up in despair,
when I thought of the awful methods
employed by these oephalopoda in se-
ouriug and devouring their prey.
Neither Alexander, Caesar nor Nap
oleon ever planned a conquest with
greater zest than we planned the de
struction of tbat sea monster. I un
folded my plans to my companion
and his eyes sparkled as he thought of
their fruition.
We produced a large bottle from
the cabin which we filled with gun
powder, inserted a rubber fuse, out a
small notch in the oork and oarefully
made - water proof. Then we con
oealed the bottle in the oaroase of s
young, goat. , We hastily lashed a few
planks together, making a small raft
All these things we took over to where
the devil-fish lay. We located him
wuo some oimouity, lorue bad cun
ningly drawnjyitb his long tms all
the seaweed within reaoh and to make
his hiding more secure be bad oovered
his retreat with a great clondof blaok
sepia; intinotively he let his long arms
j i t it i 1 1 ,
move wuu cue motion or me seaweed
and it was with great diffionlty we
were able to tell the one from the
other. We anchored the raft imme
diately over the ootopus and then put
the bait oontaioing the bottle on the
edge of the raft; a line was then fas
tened to the bait and one to the end of
the fuse, a small piece of oily waste
was kindled on the raft and we pulled
away for a short distauoe; then we
brought the end of the fuse into con
tact with the burning waste and with
the other Hoe we rolled the bait
from the raft. Down it sank, and
the great monster immediately en-
oiroled it with its deadly arms. We
pulled still farther away, watching
with intense excitement the result of
our drastio plot.
An awful stillness pervaded the
soece. jbveu the birds on the shore
ceased their feeding and craned their
neoks as if in expectation of the oo til
ing tragedy. A moment later a mass
of bloody water with the mangled re
mains of the octopus was hurled into
the air. We gave a lusty cheer of tri
umph and pulled for the soene of bat
tle. Never was carnage more com
plete. The sea was literally dyed with
blood and sepia. Large pieoes of
bleeding flesh aud shuttered strips of
bone lay floating on the water; while
the large tentaoular arms though sev
ered from the body squirmed like dying
snakes. As the vertical rays of a
tropical sun beat flecrely down upon
this battle field, a heavy, sickening
odor seemed to rise which drove us
from the scene of oarnage.
We boarded the La Ventura, weighed
anchor and steering onr course in a
northeasterly direction, we came to
another island of enchanting beauty
where we anobored for the night, de
termined on the morrow to explore its
domain and replenish our larder from
the flock of white goats we dii oov
ered with the aid of oar glasses, feed
ing on the uplands.
A. Mackenzie Meldrum.
- The Watch Below.
Those Whose privilege It may b to
Inspect u liner or other large passenger
ship will be wise to leave their watches
at lioiiw. says the Sheffield Telegraph.
Tills may sound strange. There is no
fear of losing their watches, but they
may find their watches lose, nil the
same, nnil very considerably too. In
the engine room, where the electric
dynamo Is nt work, the air is so power
fully charged 'with electricity ns to
affect any watch, even when carried
in thopoeket and not actually close to
the dynamo. Engineers invariably
leave their watches in their room, nev
er, extent by accident, enrrvlncr thpm
.'jw.
An engineer wishing to demonstrate
he wondrous power of the dynamo
held an Iron hammer in his hand some
Inches from it. The dynamo drew this
hammer from his hand with n clang
ns n mapK't would a uecdle. Doubt
less luui.v persons who have gone be
low at some time or other have subse
quently wondered how their watches
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Teachers', Will be Taught.
while Itossetti's back was turucu nul
stitutcd the forgery for one of the
genuine cups. At the end of the series
of visits, therefore, Itossctti once more
possessed the copies and the potter the
genuine set. which he cold, I liclievc, to
M. Tlssot."
Morphino end Merslityi
- Morphine stands unequnled ns n pcr
rerter of the moral seti-;e. Whisky
may disturb the lmnxlnntlou nnd judg
ment, rnnslnrc mnuy foolish and un
wise actions to follow i:s me. but mor
phine strikes deeper and creates a per
son whom the fa titer of lies must rec
ognize as kindred to himself. Stories
that are the creation of a disturbed
brain, told In a manner to nppenr so
intrinsically true that the stories be
come works of art, are what you will
obtain frets' the hnWiml user of mor
phine or cocaine. I know of nothing
that will appeal to one of these sunt
clently to enable you to git an honest
reply to any question of moment you
may address to him. If you should re
ceive n truthful reply It will be by ac
cident. North American Journal of
Homeopathy.
The Strength of Infants.
The myth of the Infant nercules
wbo strangled two serpents In his cra
dle may not be n myth nt all, but a
fact. Modern science has proved that
it is a possible feat. The newborn
babe is relatively much stronger than
full grown man, according to the
result of medical tests. The muscles
of the forearm ore surprisingly strong.
A few hours after birth a baby sus
pended by its finger to a stick or to
the finger of a person can hold Itself
in the air for ten seconds and In the
case of particularly strong Infants for
as long as half a minute. At four
days old the child's strength has in
creased, and the time is two aud a
half minutes for OS per cent of ba
bies. The maximum is attained at a
fortnight. Few infants can hang on
for more than one and a half minutes,
though one exceptionally young Her
cules remained suspended fcr two
minutes and thirty-eight seconds by
bis right hand. After that he hung
his leftfor fifteen seconds
on with
loncer.
A Tale of Two Hairs.
Of the dandy D'Oisny's not very
brilliant "wit" this is from Fein
mouttfs biography : "The company
were lounging about the fireplace when
a singularly tactless gentleman of the
name of Powell crept up behind the
count and. twitching suddenly n hair
out of the back of his head, ex
claimed: 'Excuse me, count; one soli
tary white hair!' D'Orsay contrived to
conceal his annoyance, but bided his
time. Very soon he found his chance
and, approaching Mr. Powell, he de
liberately plucked a hair' from his
head, exclaiming, 'Parrdon, Pow-nil;
one solitary black 'air!' "
Not His Air.
It was a very fashionable concert,
and the artists were very well known
ones, but the two young things wore
too busy with picking out their pecul
iarities to hear the music.
In the midst of a beautiful selection
the pianist suddenly lifted his hands
from the keys, and one of the young
things was heard to say clearly:
"I wonder If that hair Is his own?"
The old man who sat besldo her was
slightly deaf, but he turned with a be
nevolent smile.
"Xo, miss," ho imparted pleasantly;
"that is Schubert's." - Philadelphia
Times.
The Athena publio sohools will open
ior cue year s worfc, Monday, Septem
ber 11th. Professor W.W.Wiley, prin
oipal, and part of the faculty have ar
rived in the oityand all prepartionsfor
opening the sobool next Monday mor
ning are under way.
The members of the board consider
themselves fnrtnnntn in ocntirlnn th.
; servioes of Pnnoipal Wiley, and the
li seieotion of bis assistants has been left
- ' j nun uim,
I This year a new department has been
J added to the course, tbat of Vooal
, Mnsio and Oral Expression. A full
l commercial oourse hag been added to
the work in the Commercial depart-
I UIBUl.
Thefaoulty of the Athena Pullio
schools for the year 1911-13 follows:
W. W. Wiley (Monmouth State Nor
mal, Paoiflo University), Superintend,
ent and teacher of history. Former
superintendent of Newburg publio
sohools and ex-County Superintendent
of Tillamook county sohools.
Frank L. Turner (Nebraska State
University), assistant Superintendent
and teaoher of Matheuaatios and Soi
enoe. Former principal Cove High
sobool.
Miss Minnie Everett (Southern Ken
tricky Normal, Bowling Green Uni
versity.) teaoher of English and Com
mercial branohes.
Miss KalherineRomig. (PaoiOo Col
lege), teaoher of Vooal Music and
Oral expiession.
Miss Louise Hoefer (Minnesota State
Normal), teaoher of German and
Eighth Grade subjects. For nine years
past a grade teaoher in the putlio
sohools of St. Peter, Minn.
Miss Evelvn Welland (Wisconsin
Normal) teaoher of Sixth and Seventh
Grades.
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Miss Helen Breen (North Dakota
State Normal School), teaoher of Fifth
Urade.
Miss Velma M. Wilkinson, teaoher
of Third and Fourth Grades.
Miss Alice D. Pratt (South Dakota
state Normal and Chicago Kindergar
ten Institute), teaoher of First and
Second Grades.
The following courses have been out
lined by Professor Wiley end given the
n ess for publication:
College Preparatory Course.
First Semester Latin, English, Al
gebra, Bookkeeping. . .
faeoond SemesterLatin, English,
Aigetra, Botany.
Third Semester Latin. English Al
gebra, Physiography.
Fourth Semestor Latin. Enclisb.
Geometry, Physiography.
l if th Semester English. Geometrv
Physios.
Seveuth Semester German. Foolish.
History, Chemistry.
Eighth Semester German. English.
History, Chemistry,
Commercial Course.
First Semester Bookkeeping, Com
mercial Law, English, Algebra.
Moooud Semester Bookkeeping, Com.
Geography, English. Algebra.
'JLbird Semester Book keeping. Sten
ography, English, Correspondence.
fourth Semester Bookkeeping, Ste
nography, English, Geometry.
Dirth Semester Com. Artb., Sten
ography, English, Geometry.
Sixth Semester Com. Arith., Sten
ography, English. Orthography.
Seventh Semester Eoouomios, Of
fice Methods, English, History.
Eighth Semester Sooiology, Office
Methods, English. History.
Teacher's Course.
First Semester English, Latin, Al-
gebia, Bookkeeping.
Second Semester English, Latin,
Algebra, Botany.
Third Semester English, Latin.
Physiography, Correspondence.
Fouith Semester English, Latin,
Physiography, Geometry.
Fifth Semester English,. Psycholo
gy, Physios, Geometry.
' Sixth Semester Eaglish, Pedagogy,
Physios, Methods of leaching.
Seventh Semester English, . Econ
omics, History. Methods of Teaching.
Eighth Semester English, Sooiolo
gy, History, Praotioe of Teaobiog.
Eaoh semester or term represents
eighteen weeks of study with five reo
itationa per week. Total number of
semester credits required for gradua
tion, 32.
STANDING IN VOTING CONTEST
Two Hundred Votes Given With Every
Dollar Cash Purchase.
Interest is keen in the voting contest
now being held at Fix & Kadtke's
store. The prize is a Krause piano,
200 votes fceing given with eaoh II
cash purobase. Following la the stand
ing of the candidates, up to last even
ing, although there are several names
nominated that do not appear In this
list, which will appear in the list to
be published next Fiiday:
uertle Booher
A Friendly Tip.
"I'm going to keep on climbing until
I reach the top of the ladder," said the
candidate who had just been elected
to a pet ty office.
"That's all right," rejoined the old
politician, "but take my advice end
keep an eye on the men at the bottom.
They are the chaps who can upset the
ladder."-I'lttsburg Post.
Bessie Parker
Pearl Coomans
Bertha Feiguson
Hope MoPherrin
Mamie Sheaid
May Douglas
Enid Cartano
Mildred Stanton
Lights Grant
Mrs. Clara Douglass
Mary Bergevin
Coralyn Meldrum
Ada Defreece
Mrs Ernest Shrimpf
Jeanette Miller
Dorothy Bulflnob
Areta Littlejohn
Hazel Brotherton
Dorothy Proebistel
Ethel Kidder
Lela Lieuallen
Lula Barnes
Georgia Hansell
Gladys Smith
Lloyd MoPherin
Hazel Dowd
Mrs. Marion Hansell
Kittv Gholson
Merna DePeatt
Dorothy Willaby
Katheiine Froome
Mrs. Joseph Clemons
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49,800
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19,300
17.800
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: Miller-Payne.
Mr. Leon Miller and Miss Virda
Pavne were united in marriage Wed-
nesday forenoon, at 1 1 :30 ojoloot at
the home of the Hide's parents Mr,
and Mrs. G. E. Payne, in this city.
Rev. Thomas Lawson of the M. E.
oburob was the officiating clergyman
and the wedding was attended by rel
atives of the contracting parties on
ly. The tride and groom are well
known in this city where they have
numerous friends who wish them
happiness aud suocess in life. Thejr
will reside in Athena.
Red Elk on Warpath,
Red Elk, the well known Umatilla
Indian, reoently interfered with the
Pendleton workmen who are engaged
with development work on the Thorn
Hollow springs, the ooanty seat's
prospective water supply. He delib
erately drove the men from the springs,
which the city of Pendleton had pur
chased from his mother, Wenix.
Wheeler Special Portrait Offer.
From now until October first, with
evrey order of one dozen cabinet pho
tos, we will give a large 8-in.xlOiu.
pioture atsolutelr free of obarge.
Those taking advantage of this offer
will never regret the move as we
guarantee the finest and most up-to-
date photographic work.
WHEELER'S STUDIO,
Pendleton, Oregon.
A Straightforward Answer.
J. B. LIppIiKolt once ventured to ask
Oulda, the novelist, how she came to
know so much about clubs, camp life,
barracks, gambling houses and other
places which are only visited by men.
She placed her hands upon her knees
and, looking straight at her questioner,
raid, "It Is none of your business."
Good Sailing.
Jack Once more, Molly, will yott
marry me? Village Belle For the
thirteenth time this hour I tell you I
will not. Jack-Well, thirteen knots
nn hour ain't bad sailin' for a little
craft like you.-London Tit Bits.
Exhaust the Stock.
Peek-1 tell you it takes a lot of
courage to propose. Heck Yes, bo
much that many of you husbands nev
er have any afterward. Boston Tran
script. . ,
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In politics what begins in feat"'
ly ends in folly.-Colerldge.
Better Results
Less Labor
Walter A. Wood
Walter A.Wood
Disc Harrows
and
Queen
are easy on men
horses. Easy on men
because they do the work
Cultivator '"'?Ti
HVtdWd VVVCIUAV VVJf JMaJl
in draft and lthout
neck-weight. The gangs
are flexible and have ad
justable; 'spring pressure
on the inner ends.
has an I-beam frame that
makes it extra strong,
rigid and light. The
handles stay tight.
Come and see them.
Walter A. Wood Spring-Tooth Harrow
the only one with a relief spring on the adjusting bar.
G. W. PROEBSTEL
Hardware Dealer, Weston, Ore,
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