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This Edition, con tains Four Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXIV. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 1912. NUMBER 12 I OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKB Vice-President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass't, Cashier. DIRECTORS S V. WILSON. H. KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WATTS, F. S. LeGROW. ( FIRST ; OF ATHENA ; CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation y;- rnnRistfnt with jtfiimd Banking 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 Something entirely new. It will save your temper and last a lifetime. II. A. BUND Y. Athena THE TU M-A-LU M LUMBER GO. Lumber, Jlill Work and all Kinds of BU LD NG MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET We carry the best That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. D. II. MANSFIELD Main Street, Athena, Oregon n AW Usyr wmm Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ovi iakino aowoe CO., new vomc. JOB PRIBTINC'SS.'sss. REESFOR a i THE CITY PARK SELECTION EMBRACES SEVERAL POPULAR VARIETIES. Trees Paid For With Funds By Ladies Auxiliary of Com mercial Association. - The ornamental shade trees for the City Park arrived this week , from the Washington Nursery oompany, of which H. H. Hill is the local agent. These trees will be planted in the Park at onoe. The; wore purohased with funds derived from a pastry sale given by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Commeroial . assooiaticn, and were purchased through Mr. Hill. 'Mr. Hill explained to bis oompany the pui pose to whioh the trees were to be pat, and the oompany generously contributed $1.90 worth of trees to the order. The consignment embraces some of the very finest ornamental trees whiob bare proved to be of praotioal valna as shade trees throughout the North west. Inolnded in the list is the Car olina Poplar, Linden, .Sugar and .Nor way Maples, Elm, Chestnut, Lom bards, Mountain Ash, Birob, eto. The trees will be set in the City Park by the Commeroial Association. The soil at the Park is very fertile and the trees are expeoted to grow rapidly and in time afford shade in plaoe of the Cottonwood trees that are now going to deoay, and - which in a few years will be praotioally worthless for this purpose. With the addition of the new shade trees it is boped from time to' 'time to mRke other and permanent improve ments in the Park. In Bis Own Back Yard. Clark Wood, the well known pub lisher of Weston's leading newspaper, was an Athena visitor Saturday. He came over to preside at the meeting of the delegates of the Blue Mountain League of whioh be is president. The distinotion of being President sits lightly on the shoulders of the colonel, as does also the bonor of being secretary-treasurer. He has everything and a passel more this, year, and in oonfidenoe bioted to Marse Watts that Boyd would te delegated to tote water and rustle tats for the players, with out even the privilege of oarrying a pass. All of whiob would indicate that the colonel's tin spangles and medals are to be jingled under the shade of the willows in bis own took yard without giving ns a chance of a look-in. ' Meneley Concert Company. Conoerning the Meneley Concert oompany, whioh oloses the season's lyoeum course in Athena on Saturday evening, April 6, the El Paso, Texas Journal says: "Never before have the El Paso people bad the pleasure of listening to snob, a treat as that giveo by the Meneley Quarter. They simply captivated the people at their first appearance and the remaining sessions of the obautauqan were attended by very large crowds who were delighted with the One singing. The Meneleys have performed here at two previous obautauquae, and eaoh time the tent has resounded with applause until it seemed as tbongb the tent would be rent in twain. This quartet has a national reputation, having traveled all over the country." . Another Good Lecture. A. Mackenzie Meldrom delivered bis famous Iroture, ' The Adventurous Cruise of the La Ventura," at the church Wednesday evening, to a large audienoe. As a leoturer, Mr. Meldrum has no peer in this part of the coon try and bis talents are recognized far and near. Nexs week be is sobedoled to appoar before Pendleton and Wes ton audienoes. Monday be drove to Holaman, wbero.be delivelf 3 two sermons, and administered the ordi nance of baptism l ) two candidates. PROMPT DELIVERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHNE MAIN 83 t3 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in 3j Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here 9i DELL BROTHERS, C"31 IS Athena, Oregon TJ - ' NATURE'S LAUNDRY. It It Liable to Play Pranks With the Wash In Yellowstone Park. - Nature's gifts are widely and ra rlously distributed. In one place the elements of things are given, to be made available by labor; elsewhere she provides things ready for man's rise. To gain our bread the seed must be first sown and months afterward the grain harvested, thrashed and ground. . But the native of the Pacific Isles plucks his bread from the bread fruit : tree." I Perhaps nature foresaw the overworked and not overstrong housewife to! whom "washing day" is a dread and burden when she estab lished here and there' natural wash tubs and washing machines and In some places even provided ready made soap. ; ' : . ' In : the Yellowstone National park the family washing la. easily disposed, of. The soiled bedding and clothing are put into a.ttout bag,' which is hung In one of the boiling springs and left there while the . party wanders about sightseeing. -Whep taken' out the clothes are so clean and white that no rinsing Is necessary. On one occasion a party hung their bag of clothes in the basin of the gey ser called "Old Giant" and, wandering off, were absent longer than they in tended, to be." While they were away the "Giant" spouted, and the garments were thrown high in the air, torn into shreds and scattered. Exchange. CHINESE TREASURES. "Rubbings" on PapervFrom Anolent Tablets and Monuments. Chinese men of letters are exceed ingly fond of ancient records in the shape of long scrolls of paper "rub bings" from famous stone tablets and monuments. The Liu LI Chang sta tioners of Peking are extensive traders in these. They send special agents on long trips to shrines or arrange with the local people at the place of a noted monument to take paper rub bings from it The usual rubbing Is a field of black where the face has been Inked, the lettering cut into the mar ble remaining white on the paper rub bing. ' , . To the foreigner in China rubbings from the tablets the one left by the Nestorlan Christians at Sianfu,' In Shensl, about COO A. th and the Mo hammedan tablet are especially inter esting. . ; ; , ,,- Thoso from the tablets at the tem ple of Confucius at his burial place, Chef oo, in Shantung, are among the collections of the Chinese man of edu cation. So many rubbings have been taken from several of the tablets which bear line portraits of Confucius that the lines and the letters on the stone have become so faint that the government has prohibited further rubbings being taken. New York Sun. Man More Liquid Than Solid. Every fiber and every cell that enters into the formation of a living body Is bathed In moisture, by which means alone these ultimate elements ore kept nllve and are enabled to carry out their duties. Even the bones, which appear to be the most solid of all, owe more than half their weight to the presence of fluid. That our bodies coutaln a large amount of fluid is proved In a striking manner by the blisters which rise after tbo infliction 'of a burn. Water, in fact, plays a very important part in the human anatomy, for it Is through its agency that the vital proc esses of digestion, absorption and the excretion of waste products are car ried out. To reduce the whole matter to figures and taking 154 pounds to be the total weight of an average full grown man, it is said that water alone accounts for 109 pounds of the whole. Tortoise Shell. ' The finest of tortoise shell Is said to be that which comes from the Indian archipelago, although much of that obtained on the Florida coast is of the very best quality, says the Scientific American. There are three rows of plates on the back of the animal called "blades" by the fishermen. In the central row are five plates and In each of the others four plates, the latter containing the best material. Besides these, there are twenty-five small plates around the edges of the shell, known as "feet" or "noses." The big gest turtle does not furnish more then sixteen pounds of shell. Formerly the undershell was discarded as worthless, but now it is much esteemed for its delicacy of coloring. Sometimes imi tation of tortoise shell is made of the horns of cows. A Policeman's Duty. Some of the answers given by can didates for the Chicago police force nt a recent examination were: "The duties of a policeman are to guard the peace and limb of the city." "If I found a man on my beat suf fering with a broken leg I would ask him bis name, address, age, occupa tion, married or single, and would then lee if be would rather go home or to a hospitaL" "Burglary Is a crime where you crawl in a man's bouse with the inten tion of intimidating to steaL"-CbIca-go Tribune. Anonins FDR IT JUDGE MAY OPPOSE PHELPS FOR RE PUBLICAN . NOMINATION. Friends Prevail Upon! Athena Lawyer to Enter Race. With -Present Incumbent. The friends of Attorney Homer I. Watts of this city are prevailing upon him to enter the oampaign on the re publican ticket as oandidate for cir ouit judge of this district. Mr. Watts enoouragement oomes from toth republicans and democrats in this and Morrow counties. At tbe present time there is but oni avowed candidate in tbe field for the judge ship Judge Phelps, the present in oumbent. In all likelihood there will be no demoorat out f"r tbe otfioe so if Mr. Watts oonoludes to make the raoe the result of .'jomination will lay between Mr. Phelps and himself. Mr. Watts is making a short can vass of Morrow oouuty to size op the situation there. A great deal of sup port has been offered bim over there if he oonsents to run, and for several weeks Umatilla county men have bees trying to gain his consent to enter the oampaign. In addition to bis law praotioe, Mr. Watts is identified ' with exteusire farming interests bere, and for this reason be naturally hesitates to strive for judioial offioe at this time. Tbe cenob, so he realizes, would require praotioally all of his time and would require bis residence at the oouuty seat. However, sntlioient persuasion and influence having been brought to bear through unsolicited interest ex- eroised oh the part of bis f riends, Mr. Watts is seriously considering , the mattr and may cqnolude to enter the raoe. BID CONCERT IflflRROVJ EVE Second Appearance of Athena Band in -Public Cotreert This Season. - For tbe second time this season, the Athena Band will, appear before ' an Athena audience in tublio ooncert at tbe opera house tomorrow evening The band will be assisted in tbe oon oert by a number of vooaliste, and ape Oial selections on tbe piano and violin' are prominent features of tbe program Under tbe direotion of Prof. Edgar Smitb, the Band has made commend able advancement and tbe selections for tomorrow night's entertainment comprise classical productions as well as the lighter and popnlar composi tions of the day. As annonnced, tbe program for to morrow night will be: , Marob, Iron King St. Clair, Band. Piano duet, - Thos. H. Nortbup, Katberine Froom aud Hazel Parker. Solo, Kerry Danoe. - J. L. Molloy, Mrs. Newsom. Napoleon's Last Charge, E. T. Paul Miss Ethel Johnson. Soldiers Lite, Keller Liela, - Band. Song, King of tbe Desert Owen Bnsie. Violin solo, Ziguenerweisen, Sarasate John Braden. Piano duet, Waltz, - Moszkoroski, Misses McCaugby and Tharp. Recitation, - Evangeline Fix. Sei Nicht bas, Zeller, ' Band. Piano solo, - - Moszkoroski. Miss Flora MoCaugby Song, "My Dear Jeroshy," Gaynor, Luoila Taylo. Piano, Rhapsody 12, Lizt, Cbaa. 0. Blakeslee. Selection "Head Light," - DeWitt, Band. Song, Alexander's Ragtime Band Koontz and Hawks. Medley, All Hits, - Holzmao, Band His System. "Do you count your chickens before they are batched V asked the visitor. "You bet I do!" says the dealer in mining stocks and promoter of town sites. "I not only count 'em before they are hatched, but sell 'em before tbe eggs arc laid."-Judge's Library. A want of sympathy leads to the greatest ignorance In tba intellect as well as in the heart Deed Over Allotted Lands. Ralnb MoLJuin. who was bound over in tbe sum of $1600 to appear in tbe federal eourt on the oharge of stealing Indian horses, has furnished bonds in that sum and was io the oity this week, interviewing bis attorney, Homer I. Watts. William H. MoDain and Maggie Wilson deeded tbeir allot ments in trust to Major Lee Moore honse of Pendleton, to insure tbe BDnearance of accused before tbe grand jmy in Jane. Milliken, Tailor. B. U. Milliken, Athena's well known tailor, clothes cleaner and ureaser. is better prepared than ever to attend to tbe wants of bis oustom ers. He bas tbe exclusive agency bere for tbe oelebrated Mark (J. Harris clothing made to order. Be gives special attention to cleaning and press iua. and manes a specialty of tbe dry cleaning prooees. His charges are al ways reasonable and be guarantees satisfaction. rail far rltv Warrants. Notice is hereby given that tbe City nf AthHtia will redeem ouutanaing City Warrants bearing serial numbers 431. 432, 433, 434, inclusive. Interest mi acid wirranta Will ceBSO 00 ana after tbls date. Dated st Athens, Oretran. this tbe I9tb day of March. 1012. Victor C. Darke, City Treasurer. KING OF THE ASPS. This of Reptile, the Most Venomous Snakes, le Death Itself. The most venomous of snakes is said to be the Echis carlnata of India. ' It is about eighteen inches long and of a gray color. The creature is death It self and carries in its head the secret of destroying life with the concentrat ed agony of all the poisons. . The Echis carlnata is tolerably com mon in India, being found In nearly every part of the peninsula. Fortunately, however, for man, it Is not, like tbe cobra, a house frequent ing snake, for Its aggressive habits would make it Infinitely more fatal to life than its dreaded relative. ; This king of the asps does not turn to escape from man, as the cobra will, or flash into concealment, like the ko riat, but keeps the path against its human assailant and, pitting its own eighteen inches of length against its enemy's bulk, challenges and provokes conflict. A stroke with a whip will cut it in two or a clod of earth disable it. But such is its malignity that it will in vite attack by every device at Its com mand, staking its own life on the mere chance of its adversary coming within the little circle of its power. At most the radius of this circle is twelve inches. Within it nt any point lies certain death, and on the bare hope of hand or foot trespnsslng with in its reach the Echis carlnata throws its : body into a figure of eight coll. Then it attracts attention by rubbing its loops together, which, from the roughness of the scales, make a rus tling, hissing Bound, erects its head in the center and awaits attack. It is said that no one, having once encountered this terrible reptile, can ever forget its horrifying aspect when thus aroused, Its eagerly aggressive air, its restless colls, which, in con stant motion one over the other and rustling ominously all the while, stealthily but surely bring It nearer and nearer to the object of its fury. Harper's. TWO NEW HATS. n Finn c UUULU r. L III III SESSION IRE ORGANIZATION ; PERFECTED CLUB DELEGATES. BY Pendleton .Clamors Against Proposed Salary Limit Re stricted to Batteries. The 8oheme That Won Them and the Way It Wae Worked. i A man who used to be in politics and was a constant borrower found him self in need of a new hat, but he couldn't find anybody who would lend him a cent j Finally he went to au acquaintance and said: "1 want to borrow $50 for five min ntcs." . , "You can have it if you will put up a couple of fingers for security." . "Nix. Now, I've got a scheme. You lend me "the fifty and you needn't let me get out of your sight If you do It I'll stake you to a new hat" Mystified, but curious, the acquaint ance agreed to this, and the two re paired to a prominent hat store. "Wait a minute," said the adven turer and left his backer doing sentry duty on tho sidewalk. Ticking out the most important look ing personage in tho store, tho politi cian went up to blm and said: "I am So-and-so of the district. I have como to pay for two hats for which I have given orders on you to two of my constituents." With that he flashed n fifty dollar bill. ; There was a scurrying around, a search of books and a reply that no such orders had been presented "Just look out for them, will you?" said the district leader, waving the big bill, which was hypnotic in its way, for the clerk bowed low and said, "Yes." Half an hour later two orders were presented and two lints left the store. Chicago Post. The Hittory of "Stepmother." "Stepmother" is a word with a com monly unsuspected history. Probably most people if called upon to explain it would say that it meant a woman who had stepped into tho place of the true mother. Dr. Johnson, at any rate, believed that this was the suggestion of tho word to most minds. Ucally, "step" Is the Anglo-Saxon "steop," the original meaning of which appears to have been "orphaned." Stepchild, step bairn, stepson and stepdaughter came first, and then by gradual fading of the etymological meaning stepfather and stepmother being. London Chronicle. of "step" came into Japanese Landowners. A landowner In Japan owns tho sur face and products of the land only. All minerals under the surface apper tain not to him, but to the Japanese government Moreover, should the government or its nominee .wish to extract the minerals lying under a landowner's property the latter, though he would, of course, receive compen sation for loss, cannot object on legal ground to the development of these minerals. British Consular Report. Hie Motion. "De meetln had to disband very sud den." , "Did you make the motion to ad Vurn?" "I did." TIow did you do It?" "I made a motion like I was reachln' toh a razor." Pittsburgh Press. Properly Placed. "John," exclaimed the Inebriated printer's wife, "when you come home fti that condition at this unseemly hour I hardly know what to call you!" "At's awrlgbt. m'dcar." cajoled the printer. "Jus put me In the 'too late to classify' department."-.! udge's Library. ' With delegates from Walla Walla. Milton-Freewater, Atbena-Weston aud Pendleton, the Blue Monntaiu League was lannohed for the season of 1912, In this oity Saturday. ' Clark Wood, of Weston, was elected president and secretary treasurer of the league and his eleotion ro these offioes meets witb tbe 'unqualified ap proval of all fans in the towns repre sented in tbe league. The-delegates got down to business in the forenoon, tte organization of tbe league was soon accomplished and the details were then ready for disoussion, and when tbe meeting ad journed tbe delegates, without excep tion, were pleased witb tbe conditions of agreement under wbiob tbe teams will play this season. A splendid feature introduced into the schedule for this vear is the dou bling of tbe numoer of games to be played. Saturday and Sunday games will be played in series, tbe same teams participating in tbe two games, dividing tbe gate reoeipta on tbe basis of 60 and 40 per cent, tbe borne team taking 60 per cent and tbe grand stand receipts, the viBiting team 40 per cent of the gate leoeipts. A salary not to exceed 9225 per month for batteries is provided for in tbe artioles of agreement, other play era nn the teams to be paid only from the net gate receipts, to be apportion ed as tbe respective managers may deem best for the interests of the olub he represents. Mr. Estes, wbo represented Fendlo ton at tbe meeting, acqniesoed in this part of tbe agreement but it appears from reports in tbe Pendleton East Oregonian that the county seat fans do not approve of tbe $225 limitation on salaries. Tbe Pendleton paper states that unless tbe other teams in tbe league reoede from this posi tion, Pendleton will refuse to enter tbe league and the fans there will direot tbeir energies toward organiz ing a oity league. The provisions of tbe agreement give empires a salary not to exceed 10 for each game and tbey are on thorized to suspend players or fine them for disorderly oonduot, tbe floes to be cot less than 15 nor more than $25. Managers will not be permitted to borrow players from any olub in tbe league and should a player be released from a team, he Bball te released for tbe entire seasoj and shall be disqual ified from playing in tbe leagne with out tbe written consent of all four managers. Violation of this rule is punishable by a fine of $10 and tbe game in wbiob the player took part, forfeited. Eaoh team In tbe league shall de posit a forfeit of $100 with tbe pres ident of tbe league as a guarantee that it will fluish tbe season as per sol el ule. Tbe season opens with Atbena-Wej- . ton at Walla Walla, and Milton Freewater at Pendleton ou Saturday,' April 6. ' . ' Weston Cast Plav Here. " "A Noble Outcast," tbe well known aud ever popular drama will be pre sented at tbe Athena otiera bouse this evening by Weeton talent under tbe auspices of the Epwortb League of that oity, tbe proceeds from tbe plaf to be devoted to paying for a piano, recently purchased by the League. Tbe play was produced recently at Weston witb gratifying success, tte east being an exceptionally strong one.. It includes Col. Clark Wood, who takes tbe role of Jerry, tbe Tramp; T. L. McBride, as Col. Matthew Lee; Zane Lansdale in tte role of James Blaokburn; Jack Woi thing ton Is im personated by Claud Price; Miss Doris Barnes bas tbe pert of Mrs. Lee, Miss Claudia Kelly bus tbe difficult part of France, and tbe role of Sadie is given to Miss Ina Blomgreu. The admiN tanoe charge will be 25o aud 35o. Tbe piny packe d tbe Weston opera house to its foil capacity and received bearty commendation from all present. A good atlendonoe is assured for tonight. Boy Hurt in Fight, Joe Garrett and Jobu Bannister, two Weston school boys, beoame in volved in a tight on base tall grounds of tbe school Tuesday, and tbe Gar rett boy was struck on tbe bead and was nnoonsoioua for several hours. De finally rallied and regained con soionsnsss and it is now thought no serious results will follow from tbe effects of tbe blow. Y. M. C A. for Pendleton, A mass meeting, presideJ over ry Judge J. W. Maloney, was held at Pendleton Monday evening for the purpose of organizing a branob of the Young Men's Christian Aesooiation io that oity. The itate secretary of the organization was preseut and commit tees were appointed to oarry on the work of outlining plans. T 4 Jl