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1- This Edition con tains Four Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXIII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1911. NUMBER 36 OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW, Caabier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass't 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 L. We extend to our Depositors every tAccommdation consistent with sound Banking. 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 iree Something entirely new. It will save your temper and last a lifetime. BUNDY & CHRISTIAN THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNI5HES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon I 2v Ti 4-1 11 p2v jo .1 A Peep al the inside of THE IMPROVED VIKING SUIT Patent applied (or Besides double seat knees it has a patent reenforcement through Riveted buttons Extension waist-bands Double seat from seam to seai Double knee from seam to seam All Seams taped, stitched and stayed three times This ticket oai suit it guarantee of Mtvfactioo ! 1 BeckerXayerGfP'bmpany Chicago test iVlade5VMdrensilothing Pwents. Note the extra lining attachment covering parts which are sot made doable, thus relieving a great deal ot the strata attendant upon the seams and otter parts. Seats, knees and arm-pits are points necessitating particular attention. They are made of only reliable materials, perfectly put together and in style, right up to the min ute. The label teller sewed in every coat. It is plainly the duty of every mother before buying to carefully analyze the above. Come in and convince yourselves f its genuineness. CHARGE AGAINST BAILEY Picard, Without Knowing It, Deeds Valuable Farm to the Pendleton Attorney. Attorney "Dong" Bailey of Pendle ton, recently mixed np in tbe St. Den ma oase is tbe target of Julian Fioard, of Adams, who alleges tbat the Pen dleton lawyer by frand and misrep resentation baa swindled him ont of 80 acres of land. H. I. Watts of this city is Pioard's attorney and unless tbe land is tnrned over to tbe rightful owner,.he will institute a suit to sec aside the deed wbioh Buiiey bolds. Aooording to the East Oregonian, Pioaid owned an allottment of eighty aores of valuable wheat land two and a half miles south of Adams, wbiob land is valued at $8000. In Deoem bre 1908, be deolares be was invited to tbe law offices of Bailey & Perry where he was asked to sign a contract giving them permission to sell the laud for $100 an acre, providing they could seoure a patent to it from tbe government Be signed a paper wbioh be deolares, wan represented to bim as the oontraot but being illiterate and nnable to read be says be did not sus pect tbat the paper was otherwise. Tbe Qrst knowledge Pioard bad tbat be had deeded bis farm away came tbe other day wheu be was seeking a property settlement with his wife from whom be recently separated. Lawyers in tbe divoroo oase. Col. J. H. Ealey for Mrs. Pioaid and W. M. Pe tersoo for Pioard, fonna where the deed had been exoouted on December 12. 1908. Then Peterson and bis cli ent began to investigate. Peterson encountered Bailey on tbe street, according to tbe former's state ment, and advised him tbat a suit would be instituted lc the United States court to set aside tbe deed if be refused to transfer the land back to Pioard. This Bailey refused to do nnless Pioard pay bim the sum of $27.50 wbiob amount he alleged tbe allotee owed bim for loan of $20, $6 interest and $1.25 reoordiug fee and I $.50 notary publio fees. When asked l i i I j i a I to tbe deed, be declared he wanted it as security for bis loan of $20, but when reminded tbat it is onstomary to take a mortgage in such transac tions and tbat it was hardly just to aooore a deed to $8000 worth of land for a small loan, be oortlv brought tbe 1 conversation to a close by remarking tbat that was "bis business." Pet erson has turned the oase over to At torney Watts of this city. FARMS AS A REFUGE FOR GAME Owners of Farm Lands Can Have Pre serves Made' of Them. tbat partioular piece of property, sub mitting suoh evidence as be gathers to the proper antborities. There are millions of aores of tim ber land in the state tbat could be withdrawn under contraot with tbe state game warden as well as hundreds and perhaps thousands of other large traots. Under this law, tbe danger from forest Hre oould Le almost en tirely eliminated, so far as its origin is due to careless hunters. This law is not only a protection against forest fire, but oan be made to serve the farmers a useful purpose by making it unlawful for banters to trespass on their land, damaging their grain and killng their stock, besides making tbe game protection laws of the state of some consequence. HER ENGAGEMENT. it at Started Conflicting Emotions Work In Her Mother. Mrs. DeGroff drew a deep sigh when ber daughter told her that she bad be come engaged to Mr. Bobles. "I suppose it's foolish of me to feel so bad about it," she said, wiping her eyes, but I enn't help it. I know it's a woman's destiny to be married, dear, and I have always hoped that you would marry and be happy. But a mother can never lose a daughter without feeling deeply on the subject. She can never help regarding it as an awful loss a tragedy. She cannot give up her little girl, even to the best man that ever lived, without the deep est reluctance." "But, mother, dear, I shall come nnd see you often. And you mustn't cry as if it were going to happen right away. You will have time to get used to it." "Will I? IIow soon are you to be married?" "Xot for nearly a year. Bob thinks that"- "Xot for n year? What on earth does he mean by putting it off that long? I don't believe he Intends to marry you at all, the smirking young snip! If he did he'd Insist on having the wedding right away. And I shall tell him so. You bring him to time, Clara. You tell him that he'll either marry you next month or never. Huh! I'll show him!" MAKING UMBRELLAS. The UNCLE SAMUELS LAND DRAWING Big Lottery Takes Place In South Dakota, October 2 to October 21 Inclusive. unexpectedly arose. By resigning the Weston prinoipalsbip and aooepting tbe Butte church he bas probably chosen the best way ont of tbe mix up both for bis own interests and tbe interest of tbe Weston school. Bow ever good a teaohnr be may be it would have been difficult to subdue tbe spirit of disoord tbat awaited him. Being an able preaoher he should have easy sailing in tbe Butte pulpit at $1500 a year. IKE BIG ROUNDUP PLEASES CROWDS There is a law in tbe state of Ore gon wbiob may be made to serve a wondeifully valuable purpose if its provisions were more widely known. The reoent agitation requesting tbe governor to suspend the hunting season to tbe end that tbe damage from forest fires might be miuimized oalls atten tion to the above mentioned provision. It is one of tbe privileges of tbe state game wardej to make private oon traots with property owiers setting aside their land as game reservations. When once this is done it is unlawful for any one to hnnt game birds and game cnimals on tbe land so set aside. An impression bas prevailed that private owners would suffer some in oonvenisnoe were they to take ad vantage of tbis aot. On the contrary there is no expense involved on the pari of the owner, nor is tbe land withdrawn from any useful purpose. i It is merely oontraoted between the , owner and tbe state game warden tbat the land described shall be tegarded as a private reserve upon wbiiob no hunting either by outsiders or tbe owner himself shall be lawful. Tbe bunting and killing of varmints, bow- ever, oan be carried on by special permit from the warden io charge. The owner merely agrees to act in tbe canaoitv of deDUtv game warden for M j3 3 THE QUA LITYG H WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT ", liiiHtcliiieiSi OEIE I w The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in km Way These Necessary Articles Aro Put Together. In most umbrella factories tbe task f turning out ribs and stems is left to other factories making a specialty of those parts. These nre sent to the manufacturer, nnd the man whose work it is to assemble the parts inserts a bit of wire into the small holes at the end of the ribs, draws them to gether about the main rod and adjusts the ferrule. In cutting the cloth or silk seventy five thicknesses or thereabouts are ar ranged upon a table at which skilled operators work. In one department there are girls who operate hemming machines. A thousand yards of hem med goods is but a day's work for one of these girls. The machines doing this Job attain a speed of some 3,000 revolutions a minute. After the hem ming has been done the cloth or silk is cut into triangular pieces with a knife, as before, but with a pattern laid upon the cloth. The next operation is the sewing of the triangular pieces togeth er by machinery. The covers and frames nre now ready to be brought together. In all there are twenty-one places where the cover is to be attached to the frame. The handle is next glued on, and the umbrella is ready for pressing nnd inspection. The Mediciro of Generosity. Generosity has wonderful power in curing trouble which by any other means would seem mcurauie. ine story is told of n poor blind woman in Tarls who put 27 francs on the plate at n missionary meeting. A friend remonstrated, "You cannot af ford so much out of your small earn ings." "Oh, yes, I can," she answered: "I've figured it out and know just what I can afford to give." When naked to exDlain she said: "I am blind, and I said to my fellow straw workers, 'How much rut.ney do you spend in a year for oil in your lamps when it is too dark to work at nights?' They replied, 'Twenty-seven francs.' So," said tbe poor woman, "I found that I saved so much in the year be cause I am blind nnd do not need a lamp, and I give it to send light to the dark heathen lands." Christian Herald. The Polar Bear. The polar bear is a pretty formidable brute. A specimen of this species has been killed weighing 1,000 pounds and measuring nearly thirteen feet from nose to tall. The strength of the polar bear 13 beyond belief. One was seen feeding on the body of a white whale fifteen feet long nnd weighing at least three tons. The whale had been drag ged by the bear out of the water on to the lop, Uncle Sam's next tig land lottery will be held in South Dakota from October 2 to Ootober 21 inclusive, when 46,562 aores of land in tbe Rose bud and Pine Ridge reservations will be offered as prizes to land seekers. Gregory, Dallas, Chamberlain and Rapid City will be tbe registration points. On October 24 tbe drawing will oommence at Gregory. The prioe of every 160-aore traot already bas been fixed by government appraisers and tbe homesteaders will pay tbe price so fixed, regardless of whether he tiled first or last. Tbe prices fixed by the appraisers are ffom 25 cents an aore for tbe roughest graz ing land to $6 an aore for tbe finest level agricultural land. Ot tbe total of about a half million aores subjeot to homestead eutry, about one third has beeu classified as agricultural land at ftom $2 to $6 an aore. Briefly the method of securing a homestead at tbis opening will be as follows: Tbe applioaut will personally ap pear at a registatiou point and will swear betore a notary putli" to his qualifications to take a homestead. If the application is made at any regist ration point other than Gregory, the applicant most mail his afl'davit to Judge Witten at Gregory. When Jndge Witten receives one of these envelopes he will examiue it carefully and if there are no distinguishing marks ou it to indicate from whom it oame it will be deposited with oth ers iu a large can. Tbe registration begins Ootober 2 aud ends October 21. On Ootober 24 all tbe metal oans will te opened and tbeir ooutents damped on a large publio platform in Gregory. A obild will go on the platform and piok up an envelope, It will be opened by Jndge Witten and the application therein contained will be numbered one" and tbe person who filed it will have the privilege of making the i leotion. , The second envelope selected will be numbered "two," eto. After tbe drawing those who receive numbers will have ample time in wbioh to iu sneot the lands and seleot tbe traots upon which to make riling. Mule in the Well. A mule on tbe H. M. Cook burn wheat ranch south of Milton fell into one or tbe wens on tne piaoe last Monday and it was only after the na me! bad been in tbe bole several hours tbat be was put ou solid earth again by means of Hook and taokle and the assistance of several men. No serious injury was done the male. Milton Eagle. C Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here THE IDAHO HARVESTER CO The Success of the Moscow Machine Has Been Phenomenal, Carried to Sea By Tide. The many friends in this valley of Miss Georgia Peoples, "slater. of Mrs. Hugh Williams, will read with in terest ber narrow esoape from drown ing in the Atlantic ooean several days ago, says the Eagle. Miss Peoples was taking a dfp in tbe ocean at Wilming ton, N. C, and was oarried out by tbe tide, being saved only by the timely arrival of three expert swimmers who rushed to her resoue and brought her safely .o tbe beaob, but not before they themselves barely escaped a sim ilar fate. Miss Peoples is well known in tbis valley, having spent a year heie tbe guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Williams while tbe latter resided in tbe Hudson Bay distriot. LeGrow's String, Kelley Up, Won Relay Race-Other At tractions Were Superb. SAVING MONEY ON FARM EGGS Antiquated Methods in Handling Re sults in Enormous Loss. Alex. McRae, representing tbe Idaho National Harvester Company, was in tbe oity Tueday and Wednesday of tbis week. He reports that tbe snooess of tbe little Idaho combined harvesters which wbere put in tbe harvest fields tbis year met with phenomenal sno oess throughout the Northwest. Out of 53 maobines put in tbe tltld tbis year, only three did not oome up to tbe expectation of tbo buyer aud these were put to work under conditions most unfavorable for operation aud oouditiens wbiob were more ttau a serious aud destructive obstacle for any maobine to surmount. r be future of this maohiiiR is now assured, and tbe manufacturing com pany at Moscow, ldabo, already strong finaucially, is fnrtber strengthening itself by tbe additional sale of a lim ited blook of stock iu the oonoern. A new faotory building 40x400 feet is to be oonstruoted of concrete this fall, with tbe object, of increasing the cap aoity of tbe plant, to which a large amount of new maobinery is also to be added. Mr. MoRae, who is an inventor of reoognizsd ability, assures the Press that improvements to be added to tbe little combines lor tbe coming season will make them so far superior to all other maobiues now in use, tbat tbe needs of tbe large farmer will require them as well as those of the man who ranobes on a small soule. Two of tbe maobines worked suc cessfully iu tbis and Weston vicini ties tbis season and gave universal satisfaction to the owners. Mr. Mo- Rao returned to Moscow today. Improper aud antiquated methods of handling eggs in tbe United States result iu losses tbat reach an estimat ed total of $4,500,000 annually. Tbis is 17 per oent of the estimated total value of the entire crop. Praotioally all this loss is borne by farmers and other produoers, and a large part of it oan be prevented. How the depart ment of agriculture, tbrough its bu reau of Animal industry is solving this problem is told in Bulletin 141, just issued, entitled, "Tbe Improve ment pf the Farm Egg." In oider to show bow tbis loss might be prevented, the bureau of animal industry latjt year eeut experts into Kansas to oonduot investigations. The results of the first season's work are given in detail in the bulletin, with suggestions for improvement tbat may te applied anywhere. "Although but one season has been spent by tbe bu reau in tbis work," says tbe bulletin, "several mnoh desired ohanges have been brought about. Tbe most im portant of these was tbe adoption by shippers of tbe 'loss-oil' system of buying and selling eggs " Previous to tbe work of the bureau, Kansas eggs were not very popular in tbe markets outside the state. Quan tity rather than quality was a handi cap tbe shippers enoountered. The immediate effect of buying on a "loss off" system prod noed suoh a marked change in tbe quality of tbe eggs reaobiog the market (bat outside buy ers uow maulfost a preference for eggs bought in this manner. Oopios of this bulletin may be pro cured by addressing a request to tbe Seoretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0. The Roundup was attended by large numbers of Athena people, and the verdiot is that it was a gocd show, given in detail as advertised. The management successfully entertained and gave accommodations to the en ormous orowds that attended tbe ex hibition. The train servioe from tbis part of the county was the best that tbe O-W. R. & N. ever afforded to patrons and was doe to tbe individual efforts of Bob" Barns who gave his personal attention in diieoting tbe servioe. It is estimated that $200,000 was spent in Pendleton last week daring tbe fair and Roundup. The Roundup reoeipts amounted to $23,000. Tbe program, carried out strictly to tbe letter, was all tbat oould be desired. Tbe faithful portrayal of Western range life in tbe arena at Roundup Park oalled for the servioes of men of daring and animals of vioious tem perament, and these two elements were not lacking id tbe different events. There were plenty of both, and then some to spare. The riding was superb and equaled if not sur passed tbat of tbe famous Cheyenne frontier show. To John Spain of Union county went the championship of tbe Northwest in this, event, tbongb he was cleverly pushed lor tbe title by tbe negro. Fie to her, whose admiring friends still contended that the prize should have been awarded to tbeir dusky hero. In the raoes, tbe relay event was tbe most popular. Three strings were entered, and Fay LeGrow's bunch with Roy Kelly as rider, won to tbe delight of Athena people. Jink's Tay lor's mule team and stage ooaob at tracted much attention, while tbe mess wagon was liberally patronized ny tbe cow punobers, who were al ways welcome at grub time. Hugh Taylor aud Braden Gerking partici pated in the buoking contests but did not qualify for tbe prizes. Itexroad Good Side-Stepper. By not ooming to Weston, Rev. 0. A. Rexroad bas evidently side-stepped a prospective "obnroh row," wbiob may have spread into tbe sobool and is not compelled to relinquish the ministry, says fbe Leader. He was Letween the horns of a dilemma wbioh Quick Time. Ada Men nre slow! It took him nearly two hours to propose to me last night Floss-And how long did It take you to accept him, dear? Ada- Just two seconds. Consolation. Blnks Confound It! I've gone nnd put down on that chair I varnished this morning. Mrs. P.lnks Well, for once you've stuck to your work. Bos ton Transcript. Stone-Elliott WeddlnKr A pretty wedAvbg was consummated Wednesday evening, at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Woodward, west of town, when Mr. David Taylor Stone and Miss Herman Elliott were made man and wife. Tbe spacious rooms were tastefully decorated in sunflowers, their golden hue lending a rioh and mellow light to the soene. The yellow soheme was oarried throughout aud tbe oeremony was pei formed beneath a golden oanopy. A. M. Meldram of tbe Christian oburoh pronounced tbe words and tbe ring oeremony was need. The bride was attired in a pale ping silk gown, made in simple Empire style, and tbe groom looked handsome in conven tional attire. Tbe young lady is a sister of Mrs. Gcsper Woodward, and has made ber borne there during tbe summer. Her mother resides in Wal la Walla. David is well known to Press readers as a popular Athena boy, tbe son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stoue. After the ceremony a lanobeon was served about 70 guests. Tbe young couple left on tbe morn ing train Thursday for a short stay in Walla Walla, after wbioh they will return and reside on tbe Stone home stead, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stone mov ing to tbeir new house on another farm. RECIPROCITY IS DEFEATED BY CANADIANS DELL BROTHERS, CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT Athena, Oregon g The Laurier government and recip rocity suffered an overwhelming de feat in tbe Canadian eleotions yes terday. By a politioal landslide tbe liberal majority of 43 was swept away and tbe conservative party secured one of tbe heaviest majorities, upward of 50, tbat any Canadian party has ever bad. Seven cabinet ministers wbo have served with Premier Laurier were among tbe defeated candidates. The liberals kt ground iu prao tioally every proviooe of tbe domin ion. Where tbey won, tbeir majori ties were tremendous. Ontario, tbe leading provinoe of Canada, deolaifed almost unanimously against tbe ad miostratiou and reoiprooity. Robert L. Borden, leader of tbe con seivative party, will shortly become tbe prime minister of Canada. He will be supported in parliament by a working majority of members far mote than ample for bis purposes. Better Results Less Labor Walter A. Wood Queen Cultivator has an I-beam frame that makes it extra strong, rigid and light. Tho handles stay tight. Come and see them. Walter A.Wood Disc Harrows are easy on men and horses. Easy on men because they do the work thoroughly, and easy on horses because very light in draft and without neck-weight. The gangs are flexible and have ad justable spring pressure on the inner ends. , Walter A. Wood Sprind-Tooth Harrow the only one with a relief spring on the adjusting bar. HG.W. PROEBSTEL Hardware Dealer, Weston, Ore. - .r J a: f, ': ;i ' i , ; 'i . .. ' ..vw.. 'tie.