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jr: . . 1 . f ...... ... AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered in the Postofrlce at Athena, Oregon, as Second Class Mail Mailer. Subscription Rates. One copy, one year. . . , $1.50 One copy, six months ; . . . .75 One copy, three months 50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) ( Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions 2 Display regular, per inch 2 Local readers, first insertion, per line. 10c Subsequent insertions, per line 5c Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notice, admission, per line. . 5c tXT.HENuORE.j SEPT. 29, 1911 ba can articulate it) viz: two eeoonds and "git." Tbera is not a dwelling house for rent in Atheua. Every tenant boose ia full and demands for houses are made every day. This speaks well for tbe town, and tbe faot tbat it is known that Atbena is to have an excellent school tbis year makes tbe demand for tenant bouses all tbe more pressing. There are a few residence properties bere tbat with tbe expenditure of a little money oould be made habitable, and oonld bo a Bouroe of revenue to the owner. In their present condition tbey ore not tit to live in and consequently remain vaoant, when otherwise tbey should be a souroe of benefit to tbe community in accommodating a cam ber of families who ato forced to fore go residenoe bere for want of suitable homes. In tbeir present oonditiou these bouses are an eyesore and a det riment to the town and tbe sohool alike. Generosity ia sometimes overdone, We read of A nifty, courteous young fellow, traveling on one of tbe oceau greyhounds, who dumped himself overboard tbe other day and resoned tbe handbag of a Boston dame, con taining her money and jewels veined at several thousands of dollars. For taking his life in his bands, tbe yonng man was rewarded with a package of cigarettes. As he did not smoke the filthy little lung destroyers, be re turned tbem to tbe lady with as mnoh grace as under tbe circumstanoes he oonld muster, and retired to bis state room to "dry out." "rosin" lils- bow lor a merry Jig. xne stoiy is told of him that once when away from home he received news of the "burning of his father's house. "Did you save any of my hooks?" he asked of the slave who brought him the tidings. "No, massa," answered the negro, "but we saved the fiddle." Maud Wilder Goodwin In "The Colo nial Cavalier." If some of tbe looal monev tbat has been poured down the rat-boles of wireless, wildoat mining schemes, As toria town lots, smelter propositions and way off oil fields bad been paid for Athena building lots, lumber and nails there would not now be a dearth of tenant bouses to aooommodate fam llies who desire to oome to tbe city to take advantage of tbe excellent cobool facilities offered. "Distance lends en chantment" and tbis is true in tbe matter of investment as in all tbiogs elte. Among tbe items of the Northwest news service of tbe past week, was one pertaining to the flour industry. It states tbat Northwest millers already have conl raots for furnishing flour to tbe export trade in sufficient tonnage to keep tbe mills grinding for nearly a year. In addition to this, tbe domes tic) demand will have to be taken care of. From ovory view point the mills of the PaoiUo slope wonld appear to bo iu a prosperous condition indeed. This state of affairs being true, and the fact tbat weeks ago all available ton- nago for Urieutal points bad been oharteted by flour exporters, it is but reasonable to conolude tbat wheat should be worth more than 70 cents per tusbel iu a very short time. With tbe completion of harvest and tbe sale of a portion of the soason's orop, the towns of the Umatilla and I'alouso wheat belt are flooded with scores of agents. Ibis year is no exception in this respect. Several took agents have struck this office during the week, and their tiresome visits wore interspersed with tho obIIh of a miuiug promoter and an ageut for a new fauglod curpot sweeper, tho latter being followed Ly a smooth in dividual who posod as an agent for a new Associated nows servico, but wbo had a sido line, the latest edition of tbe best encyclopedia ever publish ed. We gave respeotful attention to each of these individuals, and time wbioli totaled two hours aud 45 min utes. This time was consumed iu en deavoring to overoomo tho obnoxious persistency with which the follows held on with the argument that we oould not got along without aoceptiug their goueious offers. Hereafter tbeie will be a limo limit placed on all agents visitiug this odioe, aud but one word from tho editor (as soou as Twelve Hundred New Patterns for Winter Suits. Guarantee all wool, with top workman ship, at prices from $15.01) up The best values for the money ever ottered in Athena. Tun KutKCtURRiS flONT.SllODUMS 3ivtUu TV L'XiJThisisnot r--H .!):,. ,.: , IS if; : : It Ladies' Suits made to measure or made from your own material. Come id and look at tbo material aud get prices, before goiug elsewhere. Cleaning, Pressing. Reimiring All Work First Class- J. CONLEY, The Tailor Main Street, - - Athena, Oicgou When President Tuft said that he was no politician, but that be was try ing to do what be thought best, be made a statement in direct: connection with that made recently by one of bis cabinet members, wbioh was in elfeol tbat the President's obief ambition ia life was to be made Chief Justioe. Come to think of it, Taft has been mere of a snooess in tbe role of jurist than he has as the Nation's obief executive. The Walla Walla fair was well at tended, but oh, you lionndup. The feature of tbe Walla Walla attraction last week was tbe raoes, wbioh may be seen any old time at any old pluce, bnt tbe .Roundup, permanently located at Pendleton will continue to be the magnet in attracting trains from all points of the Northwest with tbeir human cargoes of excitement hunters. Ten Out of Five. It was in an Ideal scaeoast town of Maine, to which they had fled for a lazy two weeks, that they found him, one of those "natives" with a largo stock of undeveloped wit. They were out gunning with the na tive as their guide. A flock of five birds flew over. Raising his gun, ho took aim and fired. All five fell to tho earth, and they were loud in their praises of his skill. "That ain't nothln'!" said he con temptuously. "If I'd hod my other gun along I'd 'a' done better than that." Metropolitan Magazine. TRAGIC IN ITS BREVITY. The Story of the Duel Between Hamil ton and Burr. The story of tho Hamilton-Burr duel Is tragic in its brevity. The llttlo party of five the principals, their seconds and the surgeon was on the ground not long after sunrise. The prelimi naries were soon arranged. As Ten dleton, Hamilton's second, gave him bis pistol he asked, "Will you have the hairspring set?" "Not this time," was the significant reply, and then the men faced each other. According to tho best authorities upon n disputed subject. Burr fired at the word. At the report Hamilton started forward with a convulsive movement, reeled, Involuntarily dis charging bis pistol into tbo foliage above lilm, and fell headlong. Burr, with an expression of pain upon his face, sprang toward bim, but Van Ness, his second, seized bim by the arm and hurried him down the bank and into tbeir boat. Hamilton, being lifted up, revived fof a moment and gasped, "This is a mortal wound, doctor." Relapsing again Into unconsciousness, he was again revived by the fresh air of the river. "Pendleton knows, he said, trying to turn toward his friends, "that I did not Intend to fire at him," At 2 the afternoon following he had breat bod bin Inst. , .... A - --.-.rx PHYSICIA ,nEON Special attention given to all calib, both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Athena Oregor G. S. NEWSOM, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Calls answered promptly night or day. DR. VV. G. HUGHES, Dentist Office in Postoffice Building, Athena Ore. Hours, 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 PETERSON & WILSON Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. The third cutting of alfalfa in tbis vioinity is said to be bettor than for many years. As a forage orop, there is nothing that equals alfalfa, either in quality or quantity. Grow more of it and prosper. PERFECT STEEL BALLS. They Have Never Yet Beon Made, Even In the Laboratory. Ono of tho needs, of tbo day is n perfectly spherical steel ball, and yet It has never been made even In tho laboratory, much less in tho shop for commercial uses. When we consider the Importance of ball bcnrlngs for nu tomobllos, motorcycles and other ma chinery the imperfections in steel bails must appeal to all as of the greatest moment. Of course wo make pretty good steel balls, which could net-have been manufactured n few years ago. So far as tho eye can discern, they aro perfectly spherical, too, and ordinary measuring Instruments will not be able to detect any difference in them, but nevertheless they are not perfectly spherical. A Mod ball for automobile bearings must bo perfect within .0001 Inch, and they are made even more perfect than this, but mathematical perfection In this respect seems to be almost as Il lusive as squaring tho circle or discov ering the perpetual motion machine. When the steel ball was first used In the bearings of bicycles it was a very Imperfect sphere. It was not called upon to bear any great load, and the velocity was not great. At the best the load on it was not more than 200 pounds, and at tho rate of sixty miles an hour the revolutions were not moro than 720 per minute. Compare that with the load and velocity of tho mod ern ball bearings of automobiles. Fre quently the load approximates a thou sand pounds and tho velocity is any where from 800 to 1,'JOO revolutions. The small steel balls must take the maximum load of the car and puss It on to others without binding or catch ing. .V slight imperfection in any one ball would cause trouble. In fact, It Is Impossible to use balls with any ap preciable variation in size from ono another, and the more nearly round they are the better the results. Steel balls aro not only made more perfect In shape than ever before, bnt they are harder and tougher. As there Is a tendency to flake, only spo clal stools can be used In their manu facture, and theso tough, bard steels are all the more dltllcult to work with to secure perfect roundness. The chrome steel, of which most balls for bearings are made, Is one of the most dltlicutt of steels to cut or shape, aud tho work of handling it lias developed special tools ami machines made of even harder material. While wo have not yet made the perfectly spherical steel ball and per haps may never succeed, the point of perfection reached is little short of wonderful. Tho approximately per fect steel ball is a matter of vital im portance wherever machines and ma chinery are made aud used. The ap plication of tho Ixill bearing system is extended to new lines of industrial use each year, and builders of all kinds of apparatus are taking advan tage of the perfection reached by the manufacturers of these little spheres of tough ateel.-Uarper's Weekly. Administrator's Sale. In tbe matter of the Estate of B. C. Kidder, deneased. Notice of sale of real estate. Notice is hereby given tbat iu pursu ance of an order of tbe County Court of Umatilla County, State of Oregon, made on tbe 20tb day of August, 1911, in tbe matter of the estate of B. C. Kidder, deceased, I will sell at pri vate sale for cash in baud, at tbe home of Rath (J. Kidder widow of said deceased at tbe oity of Atbena, Umatilla 'county, state of Oregon, on or after the iSOtb day of September, 1911, tho following real property, to wit: The southwest quarter of Seotion 5, township 2 North, Range :S2 E. W. M. Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, tbis 28tb day of August, 1911. George B. Kidder, Administrator of tbe estate of B. C. Kidder, deeeased. C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V. Olllclal Stock Inspector. Graduate McKilllp Vetlnary College, Chicago rhone Main 27, PENDLETON, OREGON Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist TROY LAUNDRY For GOOD WORK HENRY KEENE, Agent, BANNER 8 A LVE the most heallna salva In the world. THE : : ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop. W Only First-class Hotel in the City. THE ST. NICHOLS la the ouly one tbat can accommodate commercial traveler!. Iff J J Can be tecomended tor Its clean and well ventilated rooms. Cor. Main and Third, Atbena, Or. Notice to Creditors. In the Matter of the Estate of A. J. Willaby. deceosed: .Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may oonceru tbat Clydo Willaby has been appointed adminis trator of tbe estato of A. J. Willaby, deceased. All persons having claims against tbe said estate aro requited to present them, with proper vouchers as required bylaw to tbo said admiustra- tor at, the law offices of Peterson & Wilson, bis attorneys, at Atbena, Ore gon, or i'eurilotou, Uregou, within six mouths from tbe date of tbe flist pub lication of this notice. Dated at Atheua. Otegon, on tbis the 1st day of September, A. D. , 1911. Clyde Willaby, Administrator. l'otoisou & Wilson, Attorneys for tbe Administrator. Administratrix Notice. In the County Coutt of the State of Oregon, iu aud for the County of Umatilla. In the matter of tho Estato of Charles Wilson, Deeeased: Notice is hereby given tbat Maggie Wil-on of Atbena, Oregon, was on tbe 1st day of June, 1911, appointed ad ministratrix of the estate of Charles Wilsou, deoeased, by tbe above en titled court, aud that all persons hav ing claims against snid estatn are hereby notified to present said claims with proper vouohera thereto, to said administratrix or to her attorney, Homer I. Watts, at his oftioe iu Atb ena Oregon. Maggie Wilson, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Wilsou, deoeased. KILL the COUCH AND CURE the LUNGS w,th Dr. King's lew Discovery Fnn ouchs mSYSmii wii QLDS Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY! OR MONEY REFUNDED. Southeastern Washington's GREATEST FAIR SEPTEMBER IS TO 23. 1911 Walla Walla, Wash $30,000 IN PREMIUMS AND PURSES GREATEST RACE PROGRAM OF FERED IN TH NORTHWEST. 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