This Edition con tains Four. Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VQLUME XXIII. ATTIENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1911. NUMBER 44 Christmas is ahead of you-' but we're ahead Christmas! We've been industriously searching the market for the best things " that the makers and importers have prepared for this Christmas sf 19U for all these best things are ready for "the trade" long before Christmas. You'll be immensely entertained by them, and look- ing around Involves not the slightest obligation to purchase. For A the present, just enjoy seeing them we will let the future take care , ' T itself. :. - H.H.HU1, JEWELER Athena. OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President. H. KOEPKE 'Vice-President, F. S. LeQROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA, Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE, ' A. B. M'EWEN, M. L. WAITS, F. S. Le GROW. - If SOU WILL EE UIIEffllDITE ATHENA MAN WILL SEEK CON GRESSIONAL NOMINATION. Announces His Candidacy In Portland and Outlines Is sues He Stands For. ' FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $90,000.00 L We extend to our Depositors every clccommdation consistent with sound Banking. : BAKSAVHER DUST PAN OLD WAY ' NEW WAY With your next purchase amounting to $2.50 or over; we will give you one of these Dust Pans tm Something entirely new. It will save your temper and last a lifetime. BUNDY & CHRISTIAN e Pendleton's Cleanest and Best ..'GROCERY' In Our Model, Sanitary Basement ' Every housewife wants and expeots to have ber food GLEAN AND GOOD, and every one of our hundreds of SATISFIED customers knows that we have the CLEANEST. BEST KEPT GROCERY STORE IN 1BE NORTHWEST. , 1. ; -! Lock to os to help prepare your TbankEgiviig dinner. , Our stocks of new paok goods are here on display for yonr choosing. ' Dried fruits, Raisns, Currants, Peels Etc. 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F, Wilson of this oily, annonnoea bis candidacy for Congress from this district. While in Portland last week, Mr. Wilson was interview ed by the Oregon Journal, and is quoted assaying; "I expect to make a vigorona cam paign, and it will be somewhat differ ent from others in this state. I shall arrange for meetings in different parts of the distriot where an educational disonssion , can be bad of politioal topios. Prominent progressives will be incited to speak at these meetings and give informing talks, ' "Among the matters wbioh I expect to make issues In my campaign are the development of irrigation on the Umatilla reservation and adjoining lands and the question of tonnage tolls through the Panama canal. "The Umatilla Indiana have about $300,000 in a fund derived from the sale of tribal lands. - A large part of the reservation can be iirigated from Pine creek and greatly inorensed in value. Adjoining the reservation are other lands that may be irrigated from the same sonroe. I shall advof oste the adoption of a plan to use par of the tribal funds along with an - ap portionment from the government re clamation funds for the irrigation of this land, and will work to that , end if I go to congress. : "The question of tolls through . the Panama oanal is one that calls for early - aotion, The railroads would like to have heavy tolls to prevent effective competition by water, and congress should see to it that the ben efit of the canal is not lost to the people. i ' "I am a progressive in national pol tics. I believe in presidential primar ies and election of United States eenr ators by the people. I believe in up holding the established progressive laws of Oregon. - j "I am inolined to believe the pres. ent administration is making a mistake l in its attacks on 'big business' under ' flin Showman law ' f!ilinn1 DaasahbH more nearly expresses my ideas. The big corporations should be controlled by government regulation, and not made the subleot of constant attack in the courts. It will be too big a task tocttempto regulate all these cor porations by suits in the courts." : Grading on Third Street Third street, between Current and the bridge, at the City Park, hai been graded this week. The improvement will have the effeot of, taking care of the surplus water wbioh is turned from Main street at the intersection of Fifth during spring and summer freshets. ' Heretofore the water thus diverted has submerged residence property in the south part of town. Hereafter the water will find Its way to Wild Horse oreek, along the east side of Third street where the new grading has been completed. y Freewater Ticket Named, The caucus of the citizens at Free water was the biggest in the h'story of the town, and the "dry" foroes controlled the situation. The follow ing candidates were nominated: May or, Dr. J. E. Haynie; reoorder, Meryle Hadley: treasurer Will Hall; council men,, John Crimmins, I. Taylor, and Howard Mansfield, the latter receiv ing every vote. Closing Out His Store. Matt Mosgrove is closing out his meroautile business in Milton, and will probably dnvote his entire atten tion to his store and business interests in this city. His son is attending sobool at Berkeley, California, and Mr. Mosgrove will spend a portion of fail 'time there. . . . i4 a the pml rv gqogei nrsroa '"SB WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT "" a The Freshest' and most Choice the Market affords in 1iBBEM gfe Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here DELL BROTHERS, "SS?" Athena, Oregon f Ps 0 Pi DEATH OFFORRIER ATHENAHIAN ,.'N 1 . 1 '-' v .' C A, Fischer Pas ed Away November 6 at Buena Park, Calif. C. A. Fisoher, father of Mrs. W. 0. Miller, of this city, and formerly en gaged in the tailoring business here, died November 6th at his home at Buena Park, California, and was bur ied at Anaheim, that state. ' Mr. Fisoher had been ill for several weeks, but not thought seriously, un til the last few days when he failed so rapidly that be died without hav ing summoned any of his ohildren to his bedside. His two sons, Charles and Fred, attended the funeral, how ever.' Death was due to the effects of rheumatism. Mr. .Fisoher was aged 71 years. He was born iu Berlin, Germany. At one time Mr. Fischer owned con siderable property In tbia city, and sold the iota to the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. lodges, on which their lodge hall now stands. He . and bis wife have made their home in California most of the time sinoe leaving Athena, having made several visits here in the meantime, , v . Besides his wife, he leaves two sons Charles, of Oakland, and Fred, of Stockton, Cal. and Bve daughters, as follows: Mis. W. B. Butterfleld, of Union. Oregon, Mrs. Mae Wbitlook, Mrs. Winnie Walter and Mrs. Gussie Tyler all of Seattle, and Mrs. W. O Miller of this city. , HEART FAILURE TAKES STRANGER FRANK MARIAN EXPIRES AT PAUL BUSHMAN HOME. Was French Canadian and was Known to Travel Under Name of Frank Burke. HE FINDS ANEW DEFINITION Walla Walla Means "Pastures," or "Leaf of the Sunflower," A new, and it is thought to be a true definition of the Indian name "Walla Walla" has been discovered by Major Lee Moorbouse, former In: dianagontfor the, Umatilla Indians and a man perhaps more familiar with the early history of the states of the northwest than any other living agent. Major Moorhouse, in his present duties as claim agent for the Indian nation ' in tbeir effortB to substantiate certaiu . claims against the United States government and ruuning baok to the year 1856, discovered in cer tain Indian records the meaning of the word Walla Walla. Later inter views held with certain chiefs of the Umatilla nation leads him to believe that the word should have been orig in a.lly interpreted "pastures" and fur ther investigations he find that in tbe looal sense tbe word pastures means "land of the sunflower." Further proof of this meaning is found in tbe faot that the Walla Wal la valley was especially prolific of tbe sunflower, in its wild state and that the red men took tbe name for that faot. The name Walla Walla has for many years been interpreted to mean "tbe meeting of waters," but the new discovery of Major Moorbouse lends truth to tbe belief that tbe real word has been wrongly interpreted for many years. Further disonssion of tbe meaning of Indian words on the part of Major Moorbouse brought up tbe question of "Wallula" whioh has been gener ally understood to mean either "the land of the blowing wind" or "near tbe waters." In the opinion of Major Moorhouse. basing bis find on-tbe new knowledge already gained, this defini tion is entirely wrong, and he has promised to use bis best efforts among tbe older Indians of tbe Umatilla tribe to And out tbe original meaning of tbe word.' , Snow in Mountains. Tbe mountains of Eastern Oregon are covered with a depth of snow un precedented at snob an early date. Several feet cover tbe mountains sur rounding tbe Baker valley, and trans portation to mining camps is already badly hindered by tbe conditions. Tbe snow fall Inst week put an end to work on tbe new city pipe line and along tbe line of tbe Sompter Valley heavy falls have already set in. Sinoe tbe heavy norm several days ago it has thawed somewhat and tbe irrigation and other reservoirs are fuller tLau usual at this season of tbe year. K, of P. Convention. I J. T. Hinkle, tbe Hermiston attor ney.spent yesterday and last nigbt in tbe city. Mr. Hinkle is distriot dep uty for tbe Knights of Pythias from this district, and be met with tbe looal lodge last evening. He is inter esting tbe lodges of tbe county in the coming distriot convention to be Leld at Pendlefon. December, lltb, wben teams from tbe different lodges of the oouoty will contest in Second Bank work. . - - Blissionery Circle. . The young ladies ot the Missionary Cirole will meet at the Cbriafian nnr- sonage tomorrow at 2:30 o 'dock. xoe sale lor wbioh- tbe Cirole is pre paring will be held in conjunction with that of the Ladies Aid society, wbioh will be on Saturday, December 16th., A separate booth will be main tained by tbe Circle, and tbe proceeds from tbe sale be devoted to miiaion ary work. : . - Pilot Rock Family Here. Cbatles Lobaogb and family have arrived lo tbe city from tbe Pilot Rock country, and have taken up tbeir res idence here. Mr. Lobaogb has been engaged in farming io tbe south part of tbe oouuty for a number of years. He is rememtered here as tbe leading pitcher on tbe Pilot Bock team prior to tbe formation of tbe Blue Mountain League. A stranger who arrived in tbe oity this week from Gssada, died suddenly of heart failure at the Paul Bushman plaoe south of town Wednesday , even ng. The man, who was going under the name of Frank Burke, but whose real name is said to have been Marian, by French Canadians who knew him, left town Wednesday afternoon in oompany with Bushman. Shortly after six. o'olook he beoame ill and stepped out on the porob, reel-, ed and fell over. Dr. Sharp was sum moned frpm town but on arrival at Bushman's, found the man. dead.. The body was brought into town yesterday morning and taken to Miller's under-; takinggparlora, where it will be held pending investigations whether the dead man had relatives who may be communioated with." It is said that Ed Lafave is a friend of tbe deceased and oan give inform ation regarding bim. Marian is said to have onoe been a resident of Col ville, Wash., where Lis wife died, and that he had a daughter, ''Tbe man was penniless. Among bis efteots carried in a common grip, was found a full set of barber topis. A Portland saloou oard was found, containing tbe words: "Let Frank Burke hare room 80 any time he ap plies for it," and signed Ernest Emler. A hospital fee oard was also found, and this too identified him as Frank Burke. He was of Frenoh Canadian extraction, apparently about 65 years old, was poorly dressed, had sandy complexion aud was a-bout 5 feet 11 inohes in height. DIES: IN Sister of Mrs. Joseph N. Scott' Sue cumbs to Fever. Friends of Mrs. Charles Rutherford, formerly Miss (iertrudo Preston, sister of Mm. : JnoAnh M flnntt mill ha rsbooked to hear of her untimely death, wbiob ooourred on Ootober 13, 1911, at the Amerioan Bactist Mission io India, where her husband was sta tioned as missionary pastor. The distressing details were received fcy the Press tbroush a nrivate letter from Mr. J. N. Soott, who with his wife and .little daughter, arrived at Huntington Beaob,Oal. the home of bet parents, on .November I9tb, two days after receipt of tbe sad news. Eleren days titer tbe birth of her child, Mrs. Rutherford was seized with a deadly attack of malarial fever, to whioh she suocumbed after a three days' struBBle. NaUve Christians. at tbeir own request, tore her remains on tbeir shoulders a distance of more than a mile, to their last resting plaoe. Tbe casket was placed nnder ground io a cement receptacle and covered with solid masonry. Tbe lady was last seen by her fam ily and friends in this oonutrv in the summer of 1007, wben she left tbe United. States for a seven years stav in tbe foreign Gold. She was Bearing ber 81st birthday, beins tbe old est of a family of nine children, tbe youngest having died some years ago; Tbe parents, both of whom are io del oate health, are said to be almost pros trated by the sad news. To Restore Leather Bindings. To restore the leather bindings of books wash them first very lightly and carefully with clean warm water in which a tiny piece of soda has been dissolved, in order to free the leather from grease; then wash with clear wa ter to remove the soda and dry. Dis solve a bit of gam arable the size of a small bean in a teaspoon ful of water and. beat it up with a teaspoonful of the white of nn egg. With a bit of sponge go lightly over the leather with this elntr nnd let it dry. Should thff glnlr froth up on the leather, as it Is very likely to do if there is much tool work on tbe book, dab it until it subsides with the pnlm of tho hand or with the sponge squeezed as dry as possible. Her Dear Husband. "Why," exclaimed a newly married woman to a bunch of friends, "for three months after our marriage my dear husband made me bake hot bis cuits for him every meal." "And yet your husband is a strong, healthy looking fellow," answered her friend, in astonishment. "Doctors say that such a diet In terrible, nnd" 'Oh, yes, this husband Is healthy. I was referring to my first husband!" Cleveland Tlain Dealer. She Understood. Mr. Misfit It's no use trying to explain things to a woman. She can't understand scientific terms. No; there Is Mrs. MlRflt Oh, yes, I can, Charles! Ilercdlty Is what, a man blames his father and mother for, aud environment is what he blames his wife and children for. Exchange, SPLENDID ATTRACTION COMING Ricketts Concert Co., Second Number of Meneley Lyceum Course. No company of entertainers handled by the Meneley Lyoeum Bureau, wbioh is giving a series of five leoturea and entertainments under the auspioea ot the Athena Commercial Associa tion, has given more general satisfao tou than the Ricketts Concert oom pany, whioh will present the Beoond number of the series in this city on Thursday evening, Deoembei 14. No adverse oriticism ,ia heard rel ative to tbia great family, of enter tainers and wben they appear here it is the purpose of the Commercial As sociation to have one of the largest audienet of the season to greet them. With-this objeot in view, tiokets for tbe entertainment have been placed on sale at several of tbe stores and tbe pupils ot tbe sohool will solioit sales of tiokets. - v This famous company consists of two sisters and three brothers, all art ists, eaoh in bis own line. Miss Marie Rioketta and Miss Mrytle Rioketta are flutist and violinist, respeotively. Both are pianists.. Master Clyde Ri,ok etts, Brat violinist, and George Riokt etts, cellist, never fail to make friends with their audienoe. Both. are fine soloists. Mr. 0. L. Ricketts, impersonator and manager of the oompany, is well and favorably known throughout the ooontry, having traveled with the Me neley Quartette tor eight years. Few readers have been so enthusiastically received by tbe publio as he. , : TURKEYS ARE VERY SCARCE Few Birds Now Raised on Farms in This Vicinity and Prices High. If reports are true, many Thanks giving dinners will be minus turkey this season, for tbe reason that the farms of Eastern Oregon do not raise tbe king of the festal board in numbers produoed iu former years.' The cause is not explained, but the effeot is noticable in market quota tions. The soaroity of turkeys in the Willamette valley has caused the fowls there to soar skyward in prioe, aud at Oakland, tba home of the turkey, the stock has been bargained by Cal ifornia buyers early in the reason. Time was when a band of turkeys anged on Dearly every farm In the Inland Empire, and the big-birds were nearly as common as chickens. - The sly ooyote iu those days was the only pest to be guarded against in bringing the flock to maturity and everybody bad turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. ; Of late years tbe farmer's wife has gone out of tbe turkey business almost entirely, tbe result being that tbe cold storoage firms are relied upen to sup ply tbe demand. . , i Oregon's pnniopal supply this year will come from the product shipped from the Eastern and middle states. : Tbe looal demand will be np to Irs usual staudard and Athena people will be supplied principally through tbe looal meat market, tbe proprietors of whioh will strive to secure the best grade of stook possible. Matter and Force. There la no such thing as a loss ot matter or force. Tho so called "con servation" of matter and its forces was demonstrated years ago by Joule and other scentlsts. When, for In stance, a thing "burns up," as we say, the substances that give out tbe light and heat are changed,' not destroyed. Tho wood or whatever tho substance happens to be becomes ashes and gas, and if we could gather up all the prod ucts of the burning we should find that they had not lost a particle of their weight and that the form of them only was changed. Tho eternity, of matter was a teaching of the old Oroeli philosophers, or of some of them at least, and tbe modern teaching of the conservation or indestructibility of the stuff of the universe would seem to corroborate tho ancient idea. New York American. A Trail of Twisted Trees. ' All manner of devices have been env ployed to mark a line of march, but It Is thought that the most curious method of "blazing the trail" is that still to bo seen in Africa. In the year 1880, after a fierce battle with the Abysslnlans, the dervishes pur sued tbeir foes as fur as tho lake dis trict The mahdl's men had small knowledge of geography and little to pographical Intelligence. So the ad vance party, In order to mark the route for those who came after and also to guide tbe force on (heir return journey, twisted the saplings along tbe way Into living knots. The war end ed, but the tied up trees grew and flourished, although uncouthly twluted and distorted, and are now the only reminders of that uprising of the der vishes. John Bunyan's Indictment.' The .bill of indictment preferred against John Bunyan ran thus: "John Bunyan hath devilishly aud pernicious ly abstained from coming to church to bear divine service and is a common upholder of several unlawful meetings and conventicles, to the disturbance and distraction of the good subjects of tbia kingdom, contrary to the laws of our sovereign lord the king." He was convicted and imprisoned twelve years and six months. . MORE MACADAM R0A11PR0POSED WALLA WALLA OUT FOR ONE HUNDRED MILE STRETCH. Commissioners of Umatilla and Walla Walla Counties .. .....'.- May Work Jointly. . Wha OTqIIa tUolla TTninn rtrewsa rtn. Mmistio concerning the good roads movement inaugurated by Athena and Weston with the completion of the maoademized road between the two towns. . -The Union says: . - Preliminary arrangement for tin building of a 12-mile road from Mil ton to Walla Walla have been made, and it ia only a . question of time wbea tbe two plaoe will be connect ed by a flue boulevard. The oouuty authorities of Umatilla oounty have agreed to take oare of the south end of the road, and assuranoes have been granted by tbe oounty commissioners of Walla Walla oounty that tbay will meet it with a like road from this oity to tbe state line. Tbe proposition upon wbiob the Oregon people will work is that ot the Atbena-Weston road. Tbe county will furnish the rook and the orusher, and the farmers living along the line are to haul the rook to. and from the orusher. Petitions are being oiroulated and generally signed in tbe distriot from . Milton-Freewater - to the state line and it is believed there will be no diffioolty in securing pledg es for tbe neossary amount of work. G. W. Miller and E. E. Frazier of the Milton Commercial Club . are in oharge of the preliminary work. , County Commissioners H. M.Cook burn and Boraoe Walker of Umatilla oounty have oonferrei with tbe ooun ty commissioners of this oounty and have, assurance of tbe building of the road. It will of neoessitv be under the new state law but it is more than likely the two miles of macadam al ready oonstruoted between here and College Plaoe will be utilized as a part of the new highway., This would leave but about six or seven miles to build. Tbe building of this road would be a great thing for the country it wopAA serve. It would make . JiiUg of produce muob easier in both direc tions and would furnish an automobile highway that would be muoh used. - With its completion tbe Oregon people are planning tbe building of a road from Milton to oonneot with the Atbeua-Weston highway and later to extend that road to Pendleton. In this state there is a movement on foot in Walla Walla oounty to build a road from . Walla Walla to Waitsburg as soon as tbe Dixie crusher is in opera tong and to extend it to the Columbia oounty line, where it is said that ooun ty will piok it up aud take it to Day ton, i..-, With these roads completed there would be a 100 mile oootinuous mao adam highway through the entire Walla Walla Valley. Another Good Lecture. Wednesday evening's leoture at tbe Christian oburob, given for tbe ben efit of the looal auxiliary of the C. W. B. M., was fully up to tbe standard of those preoeding givea by Mr. Mel drum.and attraoted a large audienoe. Tbesubjeot, China, its religions and customs, was intensely interesting, and told in conjunction with many personal experiences by tbe lecturer, held the close attention of tbe aud ience. The lecture opened with a song by Miss Katberine Romig, who has already won her way into the hearts of Athena mosio lovers by her sweet voice, sad during an intermis sion iu the discourse. Mrs. Q. 8. New eom vas heard in a rendition of "The Holy City," iu ber rioh mezzo sopra no. Tbe subjeot for next week's leo ture will be "Tbe Philippines." ,It will be illustrated with a splendid series of oolored photographs, and will doubtless draw a largo crowd. On bonday night the Illustrated sermons will continue. ' Heppner Dentist Suicides,' Rendered desperate by the faot that he oould not resist his craving for strong drink and thinking at the samo time that his wife bad made good her threat to leave him it be did not re form. Dr. M. B. Metzger, a prominent dentist of Heppner, committed sui cide some time during Tuesday night, his body being found by his wife after she returned from a neighbor's. Tbe dead man, although of brilliant men tal powers, and having built up a good practioe in tbe Morrow oouoty seat, persisted in going off on protract ed drinking bouts whioh lasted for weeks at a time and during which be negleoted bis wife and family. Brakeman Dies. No great thing ts created suddenly any mote than a bunch of grapes cr a fig. Epletetus. Brakeman Thomas Wilklns, of the O. W. R. St N. oompany, who was in jured on Alto bill Monday afternoon, when be fell uuder a freight train, which be was endeavoring to board, died at 2 o'olook Tuesday morning in St. Mary's hospital at Walla , Walla, where be had been taken to receive surgloal attention. Both limbs were frightfully mangled by the four cars wbiob passed over him, and owing to loss of blood, but little hope was held out for his recovery. t