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Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXIII. ATTTENA. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1911. NUMBER 46 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 f 1911 for all these best things are ready for "the trade" long before Christmas. You'll be immensely entertained by them, and loolc- ' ing around involves not the slightest obligation to purchase. For . the present, just enjoy seeing them we will let the future take care - : lgf itself. . . r ; H. H. Hill, JEWELERj Athena. OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS F.WILSON, H. KOEPKE, . B. M'EWEN, M. L. WATTS, F. S. Le GROW. UK V L fIRST NATIONAL - OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $90,000.00 We extend to bur Depositors every cAccommdation consistent with sound Banking. t BAKSAVHER DUST PAN : OLD WAY NEW WAY" With your next purchase amounting to $2.50 or ver, w e will give you one of these Dust Pans Free Something entirely new. It will save your temper and last a lifetime. BUNDY & CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 'BOARDS III COIIIIIII ALDERMAN WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER County's Educational Board Reports Progress in Country District Schools. 4 Pursuant to the oall of the Chair man, the County Educational Board of Umatilla County, Oregon, met at the court house in Pendleton at. ten a. m., Friday, Deoember 1.. Considerable attention was given to the contemplated holding of local institutes and patrons' meetings throughout the county. When this feature of the work bad been complet ed, the school supervisors, who were present;, wete called upon for a report of their work. They responded as tally as the time at their disposal would permit. They ; spoke ; of the difficulties which they bad encounter ed as a resullt of the newness of tbeii work, and the slight understanding of it possessed by the public , The supervisors called attention to the fuot that the efficacy of their work depends in large measure npon the attitude toward them of the pub, lio generally, but of the sohool boards and school teaobers in particular. They found much evidence of the need ot olose supervision of the rural eohools. As they have gone from dis trict to district tbey have found many bouses with poor light, insufficient means of ventilation and beating, bad ont-houses, no woodsheds, unsanitary drinking water; absence of flags, worn oat ; blackboards libraries without book oases and many other evidences of inattention. These conditions have been called to the attention of the , boards, and a great deal of improvement has been made. , While formerly the county superintendent has called these con ditions to tbe attention of the boards from year to year, his appeals have been only partially complied 'with, and as the multiplicity of bis duties prevented bis return to tbe districts to investigate conditions, there bas been no second reminder. Under the present system, tbe frequent return of I We ' AnnouNCl -oiuir tad- Iness.foi .Chrlstmi Less than three weeks-only 16 shopping days remain, only 16 days in which to do an immense volume of business, and as rapidly as week succeeds week this volume will continue to grow. With buyers coming in greatly increasing numbers, assortments and varities must necessarily decrease. Thousands of articles come from markets too far to permit of re-orderidg. Among these are the unique novelties in which early shoppers find joy in selecting. Therefore we advise all those who shop for Christmas, to Em We will prepare your packages for shipment, and hold them here until you want them here until you want them sent, and attend to sending them for you if youwish. We PEOPLES WAREHOUSE, PENDLETON Save your coupons Where it Pays to Trade . the supervisor enables him to perse vere in bis requests until some re sponse is obtained. The supervisors gave itemized re ports of conditions in tbe various dis tricts. While at the outset some boards wete indifferent and a few bos tile, tbe supervisors have patiently la bored on and were able to report some improvement in every district . County Supt. Welles bas mailed a oopy of the following circular letter to members of sohool boards of -tbe oountyi . - "In acoordanoe with Seotion ?2 of tbe Sohoul Laws of 1811, 1 hereby oall a Sohool Board Convention to meet at the courthouse in Pendleton, on Sat urday, Deoember 16, 1911, at 10 o' olook a. m. ; "Your office is a very important one. Each year yon expend over $200,000 of publio money, you employ nearly two hundred teaohers and have direct control of -the education of several thousand children. This is a great responsibility, and you should take advantage of every opportunity to keep yourselves 'nformed regarding yonr dotias. This is the principal ob ject of tbe Sohool Board Convention. At the session lasts only one day. 1 feel that it is the duty of every dis trict offioer to attend. One delegate from each district is allowed two dollars from tbe general fund of the county for bis expenses and I recom mend that you take enough money from tbe funds of the district to meet the neoessary expenses of all tbe dis trict off ioers; piovided that you do not appropriate more than Ave dollars for tbis purpose. , : "An interesting program is being ar ranged. The prinoipal speaker will be State Superintendent L. R. Alder man of Salem. Tbe Pendleton Male Quartet will sing and there will also be other entertaining features.; You are all urged to come and to take part in tbe disoussions. This is your meet ing, and I hope that every one of our four hundred distiiot ofhoera will make an effort to attend." ' HOPE IPHE1NJINS PIANO Total Number of Votes in Her Favor . in Contest 1,475,200. -Miss Hope MoPberrin won the prize piano in the Fix & Radtka voting contest, receiving . 1,475,200 votes. Miss Pearl Uoomaos won second prize, having reoeived 1,213,600 rotes. Ihe contest ended Thanksgiving day, and bad oreated great interest from tbe beginning. The prize wiuners are as follows: Miss Dope McPheirin, first Kranse Grand piano, free. MiBs Pearl Coomans, seoond due bill of 1260 on Krause piano. . ; ' Miss Bertha Ferguson, third due bill of $250 on Krause piano. Miss Gertie Boo her, fourth prize. due bill of $240 on Krause Grand pia no. Miss Bessie Parker, fifth prize, due bill of $230 on Krause Grand piano. Tbe holders of these due bills will reoeive credit on the purobaee ptioe of the same kind of piano as tbe one wbiob was on exhibition at Fix & Radtke's store. Votes oast daring the last week of the contest determined tbe following results Hope MoPberrin - prize, prize, Grand prize, Grand 0 lJ v 3kv fflAUTV ffii r i a w ei ft it !PT l'mcnc DDIPJIQ ARE Rim IT DELIVERY WIILIIL I IIIUL.U liui- mum PQHNE MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in 7"J Vie Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here jft DELL BROTHERS, CATERERS TO TnE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT r,7 IS X. V. V X- S V V i a t t J i i Pearl Coomans Bertha Feigoson Gertie Boober : - Bessie Parker - Mamie Sbeaid ' Mildred'Stanton Katheiine Froome Lula Barnes May Douglas - l,47r,200 1,213,600 543,800 614,350 845.700 - 840 100 251,800 108,400 . 99.300 85,600 BSUIIl ABLE ADDRESSES DELIV ERED BY DELEGATES. Program and Banquet Par ticipated in By 250 Delegates From Over State. Approximately 250 delegates from all portions of the Btate of Orfgon attended tbe seoond annual convention of tbe Farmers' Union at Pendleton wbiob opened Tuesday with President O. O. Conner ably presiding, says tbe Live Wire. Co-operation, unity and greater organized strength was bis theme, taken up by tbe greater num ber of the speakers who followed, while the elimination of the middle men, and good roads, together with agricultural eduoation along improved lines of praotioal Bcieooe also received attention and approval. . Following a song by the audienoe and an eloqnent address of welcome by Mayor Murphy of Pendleton, State President J.W. McAllister of LaGrand delivered an able address in whioh ho Bpoke of many vital features of in terest to tbe delegates. Dan P. Smythe delivered an excellent address, containing a message of importance, and Secretary Jaok K6efe ot tbe Pen dleton Commercial club roused bis bearers to a high pitch of enthusiasm with an earnest and eloquent speeob, in wbiob be told of. the fundamental reasons why every commercial olub is vitally and supremely interested in the welfare and improvement of the farmer. C. S. Barrett, president of the na tional association, who wosexpeote), was enable to be present, but his plaoe on the program as well as that of O. S. Curry of Portland, waa ably filled by Mr. Davis of La Grande, who spoke straight from tbe shoulder regarding many of the problems that confront the farmer as an individual and the Union as an organisation. Roy Raley, by a majority of 71 votes, ont ot a total of 1,073 votes polled. Tbe contest was spirited and close and the defeat of Raley carried with it tbe rejection of the commission form of government by the margin of 87 votes. Will Moore, present Jnoum bent was re-eleoted over James Johns for water commissioner. For council man fiom tbe fourth ward, Charles Cole defeated E. L. Smith by : two votes. ' ." WE5T0 PROJECT WAS PASSED UP New Athena Hotel. The Athena Hotel, under the man sgement of Charles Grant, is daily growing in popularity. The servioe in the dining room is about the best that bas ever catered to tbe wants of tbe publiu in this oity. ' Iu addition to the regular dining room servioe, Mr. Grant bas iuatalled an nptodate lunch counter, wbiob is modern in every particular. He makes a spec ialty of quiok orders in tbis depart ment and is prepared to serve oysters in any style, crabs,, clams and other delicacies ou abort ootioe either day or night. The sleeping apartments are olean, well ventilated and com fortable, and on tbe whole, the Athena Hotel is a good plaoe at wbiob to- pot op., . - .-. ' '- ' '- . : . The Revolver Route, Rendered mentally unbalanced and evidently laboring under a temporary delusion of some kind, M. H. Harris deliberately stood in front of a mirror in bis room in a Pendleton lodging bouse Tuesday afternoon and with S3 Colt blew ont bis brains. He was from Spokane, where bis wife is con ducting bis clothing business. f tit ii Helix Girl Incorrigible.' Esther, tbe 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Donningtoo of Helix, was committed to tbe Boys and Girls' Aid sohool in Portland, after a bearing before County Judge J. W Maiooev. indicating that tbe girl was an iooorrigibie and no longer under tbe control of ber parents. Stumbled on the Will. Wills have often proved a stumbling block to the novelist One flagrant case may, be mentioned. A popular writer causes an old aristocrat to have bis "last will and testament" witness ed, by bin tratlcr and bis housekeeper, yet be makes them both benefit tinder It. By no doing be readers the will bvslid But the author don not know tt AH1GH GLASS ENTERTAINMENT Second Number of Lecture and Enter tainment Coarse Thursday Evening. When the Riokelte Conceit Com pany comes to town next Thursday evening an entertaainment of high standard will be offered tbe people of Atbena. This estimable and high oIbbs tronpe of entertainers will give tbe second number of tbe series sobeduled to be given tbis winter under tbe aua- pioea of too Athena Commercial As sociation, in tbe interest of tbe Athena public sohoDl and citizens generally. Tioketa have been placed on sale at several stores and tbe publio sohool an whole will unite in disposing cf tickets for tbe entertainment. Addi tional advertising matter will be dis tricted eo that tbe entertainment will be given as much publicity as possible from now until the appearance of the company, wbloh will be on Ttioredny evening, Deoember 14. Speaking of these splended musical entertainers, tbe Peoria, 111. Star says, relative to tbe impersonator: "Chester L. Rioketts, tbe imperson ator of the quartet, scored heavily with the aodienoe. bis rendition of a country debate being cleverly done. Taken as a whole, the first night a en tertainment was worth tbe price asked for tbe entire twelve numbers." Annual Fair and Chicken Dinner. The annual Fair and dinner, of the ladies of tbe Christian churob, will take plaoe on Saturday", Deoember 16, in tbe MoEwen building, beneatb the Masonio hall on Main street. ' A splendid dinner will te served from 12 o'olook until 2:30, at 85 cents a plate, and the aale will continue throughout the day. Various booths will te in plaoe for tbe Bale of fancy work, quilts, comforts, and articles of wear, all suitable for Christmas pres ents. In tbe evening, beginning at 6 o'clock, a Conundrum supper will be served. Tbis will te a speoial feature of the day and is expected to create a sensation. Don't forget the big o nick- on dinner from 12 till 2:30, and the Conundrum supper. White Slaver Bound Over. Charged with being a white slaver in that be brought one Lena Holmes to Pendleton from Pasco for immoral purposes, John Sullivan was given a hearing before United States Com missioner Vida Johnson and . bound over to appear before the federal grand jury under a tond of $5000. Tbe womatt was also plaoed under a tond of $2000 to appear before tbe same body. . Broken Leg Caused Lockjaw, Several days ago Harry Leese, a la borer employed iu exoavating a "Sitoh for a watermain in Pendleton had one of bis legs broken by a oavein. He was taken to a hospital where be waa af terward afflioted with lookjaw, whioh in a short time oansed his death. LAND OWNERS TURN IT DOWN AT A MEETING. A Feasible Irrigation Enter prise Given Over to the , Or- igiaal Promoters. WESTON VS. ATHENA TONIGHT Hitch School Teams of Two Towns Will Battle Here This Evening. The Brat basket ball game of the season in Atbena will be played this evening, beginning at 7:30 o'olook in the High sohool gymnasium on Third street, south of Main, when the Wes ton High sohool team will play tbe Athena team. Athena will line op this evening with Glen Dudley at oenter; Sharp and H. Lienallen, forwards; Max Dud ley and MoEwen, guards; Baike and Wortbington, substitutes. Westoo bas played a couple of games with the Echo team, winning one and losing one. so that a line ou its work . oan be determined to some extent. Tbe Ath ena team has been in regular practice for Borne time, but bas played no games thus far. tut those who have seen tbe boys in aotion say tbe Wes ton bunob will have to go fast if tbey win tonight. Tbe Mosgrove implement building, where tbe gymnasium is located for tbis year, bas teen altered lo the in terior to Borne extent and the result is that fairly good accommodations will be offered tbe publio as regards seat ng facilities, warmth and ventilation. Ateaob end of the building where tbe baskets are located the oelling baa been raised to permit of proper height. CREEPING CACTUS. - GEO. CUflRY DEAD IN MONTANA Officers Here Asked for Information as to-Whereabouts of Relatives. Word from the polioe department of Valier, Montana, was reoeived by offioers iu this oitv Monday, aonouoo ing tbe death of George Curry in that city on Friday Deoember 1. No details as to cause of death were given, only information regarding tbe whereabouts of relatives was desired. Carry formerly worked in this city as a 'butober. and at one time wag en gaged in tbe saloon business. " When working he was frugal and in dustrious and made money, but be would go on periodical drinking sprees wben be would spend bis last dollar, lose bis position or saoritloe bis busi dobs, with the result that be would mote on to tome other place and begin anew, only to again fall a violiin ot bis weakness. He is said to have a brother, wbo was one time an attorney at Baker, but whether be resides there siSH is not known. Basket Social at Lamar. Tbe Lamar Farmers' Union will bold a basket social at tbe Lamar sobool boose, next Wednesday evening Deoember 13, to wbiob tbe publio is cordially invited. Tbe proceeds will be used to defray expenses of having a Christmas tree, and it is desired to have a good crowd ont to tbe sooial Come and enjoy the hospitality of tba ladies of tbe Union. Matlock Elected Mayor. W. F. Matlock, wbo baa before filled the office of mayor of Pendleton in years gone by, was elected to tbat offioe la Monday'a election over J Curious Plants That Will Travel Aoross a Desert. ' "Tho Isolation of the desert lowlands of Lower California, combined with alternations of long continued droughts and heavy rains, has resulted in tbe development of the richest and most extraordinary desert flora in the world," says E. W. Nelson in the Na tional Geographic. Magazine. "Cactuses of many kinds abound, varying from giants standing with massive fluted trunks fifty to sixty feet tall to little straggling etemmed species too weak to hold themselves upright The fruit of many of those cactuses Is edible and much sought for bv birds and mammals. They were. once one of the main crops of tbe In dians who lived In this arid region. The cactus forests often form thorny jungles through which it is impossible to passv ' I "After months among these thorny plants we supposed we had seen them in all their eccentric variations of forms. One morning, however, while crossing the Llano de Yrals, in front of Magdalena bay, 1 rode out from a dense growth of bushes into an open area and pulled up my horse in amaze ment at sight of the most extraordl- dlnary of them all Before me was a great bed of tbe creeping devil cactus, which appeared like a swarm of gigan tic caterpillars creeping in all airee tlons. Those plants actually travel away from the common center of tbe croup, and I saw many single sections twenty or thirty yards awny from the others. Tho part of tbo stem resting on the ground sends down rootlets, end tbe older stems die in the rear at about tho same rate ns they grow in front, so they slowly move away from the colony across the flats where they live." Apparently all the hard work of the original promoters of the Pine Creek irrigation project has gone for naught so far as watering land in the Weston neighborhood is oonoerned. The farm ers over there who have tbe land hold ings under the projeot and many of them ardent boosters at tbe inoeption of tbe undertaking turned the proposi tion down oold and flat at a meeting held in Weston last Wednesday. The aotion taken is deplored here as well as in Weston for Atbena recog nized tbe benefits to be derived from Irrigation and the hope is held forth tbat the promoters, two of Weston's most worthy, and highly progressive oitizens, will yet see their ambition realized tbe water bringing addi- tinal productive wealth to .home acres instead ot enriobiug the Borlingame projeot or some other company across the line in Washington. Speaking of the situation an Athena man said it was his lelief that the Pine Creek project could be used to irrigate reservation land and that it was not out of tbe question to event ually seoure government aid to pro mote it. The Leader gives the fol lowing report ot the meeting at Wes ton: "The irrigation meeting Wednesday resulted in tbe passage of a motion to return tbe rights connected with the looal project to the original pro moters, William MaoKenzie and J. M. Asbwortb. 'Tbe sentiment of tbe meotiag was plainly against the oontinuanoe of the projeot and tbe motion was carried witbont preliminary debate or dlsous- Sion of any sort. Tbe absence of a number of farmers who were regarded as favorably disposed toward tbe Irri gation movement, waa noted. An entire reversal of sentiment amng the farmers oonnected with the local projeot bas been noted in the past few months. Tbey took bold of it with enthusiasm, and subscribed a fund of about $6000 for thavtmiTnii- nent survey. Tbis showed that tbe pro jeot is feasible aod tbat the coBt would not be exoessive. However, , wben it oame to tbe point of bonding -their land for about $75 an acre, the farmers began to shiver in their pedal extremities. The bond loomed large in their vision, and tbe benefits that irrigation would entail seemed nebu lous and hazy. "What will be done with their rights by tbe promoters is unknown, as tbey are giving ont no Information. Tbey have taken a great interest in tbe en terprise and are personally out of pocket a considerable Sum of money. Ihe cost of the permanent aurvey was not as much . as anticipated, and the snbsoritiug farmers will get off with tbe payment of about 25 per cent of thoir subscription." "Roll of Honor. ' , The Roll , of Honor io the Atbena sohool for tbe month of November la reported as follows: ' First grade. Kohler Betts, Lnolor da Dell, Edra Cartano, Herman Crua ey, Verva Gross, Paul Koontz, Vernon Miller, Sadie Pambrun, John Pinker-, ton, Conrad Miller. ' ' Seoond grade. Helen Downlug, Hen ry Knight, uorotny tiawson, veima MoAlexander, Nina Tharp. Third grade, -r Bessie Mathers, Lloyd Mathers, Frank Miller, James Allen, Ruby Hall.Everett Knight. Verna Pen nington. ' Fourth grade. Ida Crabill, Martha Elutt, Gladys Kidder, Robert Kirk. n. u C-1..L. n ri n a ...... iudu auk, vmirKB iioiiiunu, amw Littlejobn, Tbelma MoEwen, Belle Pambmn. Gertrude Van WiukJe, Enid Cartano, John Lawson, ' Helen Russell. ' . Fifth grade. Evangeline Fix, Mae Forrest, Charles Sawyer, Ruth Steen. Sixth Grade. Joseph Brogger, Zola Keene, Verne Dudley, Blaoobe Fortler, Henry Koepke. James Kidder, Lloyd McFberrin, Harold , Molntyre, Ed ward Montgomery, Bertie MoCubblus, Ellen Pambrun, Vergie Russell. Seventh grade. Pearl Coomans, Sidney Crabill. Carl Fix, Katberi.ne Froome, Marvin Kllgore, Leroy Mo Cubbing, Angle Pambrun, Alfred Pamtrun, Delia Russell, Lawrence Tharp, Lester Vaughn. Eighth gride. Ruby Bannister, Vera Gross, Edna ' Harden, Hazel Parker, Claude Sanders. High sobool. Floenoe Zerba, Bath Dickenson, Floyd Payne. luck Hard Luck 8tories. "I don't like to listen to bard stories, do youT "That depends on whether they are reminiscences or the preliminaries to a touch." Washington Herald. Hope Is a flatterer, but the most up right of all parasites, for she frequent! the poor man's flat as well as the pal ace of his superior. tszy. NOTICE,' Tbe regular annual meeting of the stook holders of the' First National Bank of Atbena, Oregon, for tbe el ao tion of direotors for tbe ensuing year aod for tbe transaction of snob otber business as may lawfully come before it will be held in its offioe in Atbena. Oregon on Tuesday the 9tb day of Jan uary, 1913, at tbe hour of 8 o clock p. m. .. F. S. LeGrow,. Deoember 1st, 1911. - - Cashier. For tbe most praotioal, useful and up to date Business Eduoation, attend tbe Pendleton Business College. M. L. Clancy, B. A.,, Frio,