Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer
VOLUME XXIV.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 29. 1912.
NUMBER 13
OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President.
H. KOEPKE Vice-President,
F. S. Le GBOW, Cashier.
E. A. ZERBA. Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS . ... ,
S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE,
W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS,
F. S. Le GROW.
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FjRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ATIIENA '
CAI'lTAL AND SURPLUS. $100,000.00
We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
consistent with sound Banking.
BAKSAYHER
"I DUST RAN
OLD WAY
NEW WAY
With your risxt 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.
H.A.BUNDY. Athena
THE TUM-LUf1 LUMBER CO.
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Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES "
Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
.-. Athena, Oregon
THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET
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We carry the best
That Money Buys
Our Market is
Clean and Cool
Insuring Wholesome Meats.
D. n. MANSFIELD
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ftOYtl BAKINA POWOCR 00., NEW VOOK.
JOB PRINTINGS
Neat Workmen
Fast. Modern Presses
High Grade Stock
EST TO CHECK
'BLUE SKY' MEN WITH SCHEME
t l TO RECEIVE BANISHMENT.
Law Not Unlike That Kan
sas Promulgated, May Be
Oregon's Weapon.
. Tbe state of Oregon baa doubled its
first aud is menacing tbe vendors of
"Blue Sky, " Bays a Portland dispatob.
Two jolts are proposed for tbe gen
ial men who by sales of stock in wind,
water and paper corporations, bave
been mulcting oredolons investors of
amounts totaliug, according to tbe es
timates of tbe eeoretary of state's
ofiioe, a conservative 11,000,000 a
year. a;.- -
Tbe first blow planned ty Governor
West and Socretary of State Dloott,
and a joint committee from tbe Cham
ber of Commerce, Commercial clab
and Realty board, at a meeting in tbe
Chamber of Commerce involved ee
oaring reports from, investigation of
and wide publicity for all domestio
andvforeign corporations incorporated
under Oregon laws.
The seoond blow ia more serious. It
la to be in tbe form of a "Blue Sky"
law, similar to, but more comprehen
sive than tbe Kansas law, whioh was
framed to expel fake- corporations.
Tbe governor and eeoretary of state
promised to draft snob a measure and
submit it to the joint business com
mittee. Tbe Cham Ler of Commerce,
Commercial blub and Realty board
will pass upon, then oiroulate initia
tive petitions to put "the' till oo tbe
ballot. It will be filed before July
4 and voted on in November by tbe
people of Oregon. -
Snob a measure made into a law.
It is believed, will prevent snob a cor
poration as tbe Columbia Orobard
company ever doing- business in or
from this state. This company sold
million of dollars worth of stock be
fore apprebended by federal author
ities. People who invested small sav
ings of a lifetime to whom : the loss
was irreparatle disaster, . were the
chief sufferers.
Dudlev-Oiilrv.
The Walla Walla Union of yester
day reports as follows: "l'he mar
riage of Miss Charlotte Ogilvy and
Mr. Eugene Earl Dudley of Athena,
was solemnized last evening at the
home of Mr. aud Mrs. H. C. Bryson.
Tbe ting servioe was read by tbe
Rev. E. M. Clingan, pastor of tbe
First Presbyterian ohorob. The
bridal party advanoed to tbe strains
of tbe Lohengrin Wedding marob,
played by Miss Jessie MoRae. Tbe
bride came on the arm of Mr. Bryson,
preceded by Miss Jennie MoRae, as
bridesmaid. Mr. Dudley was attended
br Mr. Ueorge Carmiohael of Athena,
Following the ceremony, whioh was
witnessed by a few intimate friends
and relatives, a wedding supper was
served. Presiding at the daintily ap
pointed table were Mrs. Eugene Lor
ton, wbo served1, and Mrs. MoRae,
who poured. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley
motored to their new home on tbe
farm of the groom, three miles from
Weston, last evening. Mrs. Dudley
ia a well known young lady of this
city, having attended tbe Walla Walla
high aobool of whioh she is a grad
uate. Mr. Dudley is a prominent
yonng ranober of Athena."
Amateur Minstrels.
Preparations are under way for re
hearsing parts for a looal minstrel
production to be given at tbe opera
house at an early date, for the benefit
of the Athena base ball dub. Tbe
boys are to be fitted out in new uni
forms aud the a uita are to arrive soon.
It is proposed to use tbe proceeds from
the minstrel show to pay for them.
The suits aeleoted for this year are
grey in oolor, and of tine -dotn.
There is some good minstrel talent
that can be developed with proper in
struction and rehearsal,
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The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in
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Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon
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WESTOM CAST PLEASES HERE
Amateur Talent Produced a Good Play
at Opera House Friday Evening.
With Colonel Clark Wood in the
title role, effioient Weston dramatio
talent appeared before the Athena
publfo Friday evening and creditably
prodnoed that sterling drama, "A
Noble Oo toast." Unfortunately the
date aeleoted for their appearance here
conflicted with a party and dance at
the Lodge Ball, with the result that
only a fair sized audience greeted tbe
Westpa players. '
Col. Wood took the part of Jerry
tbe Tramp, with an ease and manner
equal to professionals who have been
Been in tbe oharnoter here in tbe past,
and his aupport was exceptionally good
for amateuis.
Misa , Claudia Kelly essayed the
part of France, and while afflicted
with a severe cold, oarried her part
through with exceptional cleverness,
T. Lk' MoBride was good as Colonel
Lee, and looked tbe part to perfeotiou,
while Zane Lansddle aoted .well the
diffioult part of James Blackburn, tbe
villian. Claude Price baa a voioe
well fitted for Jack Worthington, and
Miss Doris Barnes was a dear old Jady
in the part of Mrs. Lee. Miss Ina
Blamgren as the maid, Sadie, gave
evidenoe of capability of mastering a
muob heavier role. , , ,,.
! . Tennyson's Rhymes. -
As an example of faulty rhyming
the great Alfred Tennyson Is being
held up by an Kng!ln!i critic as in the
very; forefront of offenders. lie is
shown to have taken license as n great
poet that would bave damned any
small rhymer. Tbe critic gives as ex
amples of Tennyson's imperfect rhymes
"river" and "ever," "given" and "heav
en," which are considered too conven
tional to be criticised. He then passes
on to the famous "Charge of the Light
Brigade," where Tennyson, with the
inaccurate ear of the thorough Briton,
rhymes . "onward" and "hundred,"
"said".and "dismayed." "hundred" and
"thundered," "hundred" and "blunder
ed," "hundred" and "wondered." all in
that one short poem. One may look In
vain through the works of Longfellow.
Bryant, Lowell or any American poet
of the first rank for such orfuocplc-nl
blundering, which passes without ques
tion among Britons.
Yucatan's Water Caverns.
Since Yucatan, where the Mayan
built their strange cities. Is of coral
limestone formation, it follows that It
would have been a desert but for its
subterranean rivers and the cenotea,
or water caverns, which give access
to them. The Mayas noted the courses
of the underground streams and built
their towns round the ccnotes. Many
cenotes are now found surrounded by
ruins., and give indications of the
methods employed by the Mayas to
reach. their cool waters. In Uxmal a
cenote about forty feet deep is inhabit
ed by a peculiar species of fish Ai
Bolanchcn there Is n cenote having
five openings In the rocks at the bot
tom of the cavern. Lndders made by
tying three trunks together lend down
a total distance of 1.400 feet, but the
perpendicular dppth from the surface
to the water is not more than 500 feet.
Exchange.
Chinese and Chinaman.
On the subject of surprising modern
words it is notable that the Oxford
dictionary finds no earlier Instance of
"Chinaman," in the sense of a native
of China, than 1854. when Emerson so
used it. The previous word was "Chi
nese," from which the plural "Chi
neses was formed by Milton and bis
contemporaries, and the false fdngnlar
"Chinee" by modern Americans. But
"Chinaman" la -another sense, that of
a dealer in china, was in use long be
fore 1854. The Oxford dictionary give
three instance of it from Loudon di
rectories of 1772. 1801 and 1810. but
does not notice that In 1703 one "John
Crowthcr. Clilnnnwn," was gazetted
bankrupt. "Chinawoman" In u Klnil
lar sese goes back to Ben Jousoa.
POULTRY FARM BAND CONCERT A SUCCESS
Five 'Varieties of Pure Bred Poultry
for Purchasers to Select From,
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Out at Meadowbrook Poultry Farm
J. M. Swaggart has five varieties of
pure bred poultry from which he is
prepared to supply his oustomers with
eggs for hatching purposes. He has
filled more orders this year than ever
before, and tbe demand is steadily in
creasing, as the exceptional virtues of
bis stooK beoome known.
He has some of the finest Barred
Books to be found in Eastern Oregon.
Ttis breed ia Mr. Swaggait's favotite
and he baa gone to considerable ex
pense in selecting stock for bia Pen
No. I from whioh be sella egga at $3
per petting of 15. Pen No. 2 of thia
breed ia also otooked with prize win
ning birds, eggs selling from this pen
at $1.50 per Betting. ,
A splendid pen of Ancouaa that
would attract tbe attention of any
chicken fanoier baa been added to tbe
farm this season, tbe egga from which
find ready sale at 3 per setting of 15.
A pen of peerless White Orpingtons
bave1 commodious quarters and are
doing; their share to make Meadow
brook a suooess. These produce eggs
that are readily disposed of at $5 per
setting.
White Minoroas and Indian Bonner
ducks are also on tbe farm but oo
egga are being sold from these peua
this season, Mr. Swaggart using them
for tbe purpose of building up his
bnsioess in these varieties. Buff Leg
horns are to be added next season.
It will pay one to visit Meadowbnok
farm if for no other ieason than to see
tbe possibilities of the nonltrv indns.
try when oarried out oo a scientific-
plan.
DEATH OF MRS. L MfiLOHEY
Pioneer Lady of Weston Passes Awav
at Advanced Age.
Mrs. Lnoretia Maloney, a pioneer
woman nf Weston, died at her borne
in that city last Snnday morning, after
a lingering illness. Sbo was born near
Albany, Kentucky, February 16th,
1835, her maiden name being Lnore
tia Catherine Cox. Tbe funeral serv
ices were conducted on Tuesday morn
ing, A. Mackenzie Meldrum of tbis
city conduotiug tbe ceremonies.
Id 1857 deoeased was united in mar
riage with Adam Bennett Hot brook.
They crossed the' plains In 1865 and
after four years in the Willamette
valley, settled on a farm near Adams.
Five ohildrea were bora to them, of
whom John Botbrook of tbis city and
A. B. Botbrook of Walla Walla are
living.
Ball Team in Practice.
The Athena team of the Blue Moun
tain league woe out for praotioe for
the flrat time Tuesday afternoon, aud
the way the boya strung themselves
out was only a few notobea telow
midseason form. Captain Brown un
clung bis throwing arm with old time
precision and Jesse Pioard waa "Biob
ard himself again, " at seooud. Fred
Pelland limbered up at third ataiicn
and big Al NorOean speared tbera at
first. Ernie Blomgren, tbe Weston
speedy in fielder, waa at short and
Harry Alexander waa given a tryout
od tbe infield. Ibe outfielders are
coming into their own and tbe boya
pent some time at batting practice.
Tbe grounds are rounding into good
condition; and from now on it will be
"play ball" all tbe time.
. Call for Citr Warrants.
. Notioe ia hereby given that the City
of Athena will redeem outstanding
City Warrants bearing serial numbers
431, 432, 433, 431, inclusive. Interest
ou said warrants will cease on and
after this date. Dated at Athena,
Oregon, tbis tbe 10th day of March,
1312. Victor C. Burke.
City Treasurer.
Splendid Program Given at the Opera
House Saturday Evening. .
The Band concert in tbe opera bouse
Saturday evening, proved to be en
tirely up to tbe expectations of tbe
Athena publio although the audience
in nnmbeia was not all that could be
desired.
The program was given as announc
ed, with tbe exoeption of one number,
and eaoh particular number waa re
ceived with marked favor. The splen
did progress made by the band is a
oontiuual delight to all Athena musio
lovers, and eaoh seleotion, was
received with enthusiasm. ' -
Tbe soloists and others assisting in
tbe program proved that Athena ia
not behind her neighbors in musioal
talent. lSpeolal thauks are duo Profes
sor Blakeslee, Mr. Bradeu, Mrs. New
som, Misa Johnson, Mr. Raale, Miss
es MoOonongby and Tharp, Luoile
Taylor, Evangeline Fix and Katberine
Froome and Hazel Paiker for con
tributions to the program.
MALICIOUS FRUIT.
Th Stings That Come With Careless
Handling of Prickly Pears.
My first sad experience of the Afri
can prickly pear was gained on a visit
to the market place of Algiers. The
fruit was handed to us, politely peeled
by the Arab dealer, and thus as we
made acquaintance with its delightful
coolness no suspicion of its evil quali
ties entered our minds.
A few days later, adding tho excite
ment of a little trespassing to the more
legitimate pleasures of a country ram
bie, wo came upon n well laden group
of prickly pear bushes nnd could not
resist the temptation to help ourselves
to some of the fruit Tbe result was
woeful
Concentrated esBcuce of stinging net
tlo seemed all at once to be assailing
hands, lips and tongue, and our akin
wherever it had come in contact with
tho ill natured fruit was covered with
a thick crop of minute, bristly hairs,
apparently growing from it nnd veno
mous and irritating to the Inst degree.
Our Bilk gloves, transformed sudden
ly into miniature robes of Nessus, had
to be thrown away, perfectly unwenr
able, and the inadvertent use of our
pocket handkerchiefs before wo had
fully realized the extent of our misfor
tune caused fresh agonies, in which
nose as well as lips participated. For
many a day did tbe retribution of that
theft haunt us In tbo form of myriad
of tiny stings. "Home Life on an Os
trich Farm."
Blonds Getting Scarcer.
Scientists ore taking a gloomy view
of the futuro of the blond. Not only
are fair people becoming fewer, but if
this is not a paradox they aro also bo
coming darker. The future promises
to bring us nothing more interesting
than the "whltey browns" of humanity.
To preserve our blonds Is scientifically
possible, but their conllnunnco would
make an end to the progress of clvlllza.
tlon. All or nearly all tbe conditions
of modern life tend to encourage bru
nettes. Before many decades have
passed there will probably only be
rare examples of women who are di
vinely fair.-London Lady's Pictorial.
Forehanded!
Llttlo Peter bad disobeyed bis moth
er, and when, in a shocked voice, she
called him to her be came running
with the tears streaming over his
flushed face.
"You won't," be sobbed, clinging to
her hand "you won't have to whip
me, mummy, 'cause I'm cryin al
ready!" Woman's Home Companion.
A Bad Cat.
Tbe cynical man was staring through
the window at tho chesty man swing
ing down tho street "Does Chesty
know anything?" asked his compan
ion. "Know anything!" sitid tho cynical
man. "He doesn't even suspect any
thing." New York Time.
OPPOSED TO THE
STATE AIO DEAL
BARRETT SHOWS BY FIGURES
HOW COUNTY WOULD LOSE.
Means Paying Large Sum
for State Supervision of Pub
lic Road Constructioa
The oonuty Good Boads Association
held a meeting in Peudloton Saturday,
whioh was well atteuded. There was
considerable dieonsHiou participated
in by a number of speakers, among
whont was 0. A. Bairott of tbis citv.
The state aid proposition came in for
warm airing, and the Question was
haudled without equivocation or
gloves. . . ; ,
Mr. Barrett seems to have struck
tbe key note of tbe meeting, wbeu
in his speeoh aa reported in the Pen
dleton Live Wire be said:
"The Harmony Committee recom
mends the bonding of tbe state for
$10,000,000 instead of $20,000,000
as at first proposed. One-third of thia
sum la to be reserved to the state, and
in the hands of tbe State HigLway
Commission. One-half of this third
will be expended in one congressional
distriot and the other half in the
other congressional distriot. It is
doubtful if any of tbis will help Uma
tilla oonnty. Tbe other two thirds of
tbe 110,000,000 will be divided
among the 83 oountiea 'Multnomah
being exoluded,' Umatilla reoeiving
approximately 1203,000.
"Umatilla county would pay into
the atate fund one-twentieth of the
110.000.000 or $500,000, and will be
obliged to levy $202,000 additional
and the interest over a period of 10
yeara at 5 per cent would amount to
over $55,000, making a total of atout
$757,000, f whioh atont half, or
$400,000 would be available for the
purposes of road building in tbe coun
ty, and tbis sum under atate super
vision. "Therefoie, thia oonnty would be
paying tbe state a commission of over
$350,000 to supervise tbe road woik.
Not only thia, but the people would
have no voioe aa to where or how
these roads should be bnilt or tbe
money expended. Based on tbe esti
mate of cost of roads under state sup
ervision, tbe lowest, which is $5,000
per mile, this fund would build only
80 miles of road, for whioh tbe oounty
will have paid at tbe expiration of tbe
10 years over $750,000, or at tbe rate
of nearly $9500 per mile.
"Surely tbe taxpayera of tbis ooun
ty cannot afford to and will not will
ingly contribute this bonus over $360
000, to tbo state for state supervision,
and the gratification of tbe various
visionary sobemes of tbe governor's
State Wido Highway Committee.
"Tbe point attempted to be made
that only nnder state aid oau tbe oity
property be taxed ia not well taken, '
aa under tbe county unit plan and
tbe oounty bonding aot all property
Mill bear its prooortioo of tax.
"Now let na consider thia matter of
Umatilla county bonding for $500,000
an equal amount to be sold over a per
iod of 10 years, or $50,000 per year at
6 per cent interest. At the expiration
of 10 yeara we will have issued bonds
aggregating $500,000 in amonnt and
tbe interest upon the aama will bave
been $137,500, making a total of
$637,500. ,
"Now, nnder the supervision ot the
county oourt with a competent super
intendent of toada we should build our
roads at a oost not to exoeed $3500 per '
mile. Ibia $500,000 will oonstroot
HO milea of good maoadam ioivdafrom
tbe state line below Freewater via
Fieewaier-Milton-Weston-Atbena and'
'Adams to Pendleton, with branches
from Havana station to Helix, and
also from Pendleton to Her mis ton via
Koho-Stanfield to Umatilla. Also .
from Pendleton to Ukiab via Pilot
Book and Alba, and we would have
$50,000 to expend on tranoh roads.
"Surely from a business standpoint .
Umatilla couuty oacuot afford to favor
state aid or state supervision. If
Portland and tbe Willamette vallev
wish to tuild automobile roada from '
Portland to tbe California line, then
let them pay for them entirely, but ',
to tax Eastein Oregon to coutitroct
anob roada ia unjust and' will not be -approved
by tbe taxpayers."
Not in Boundup Class.
Pendleton people who have returned
from the floduo at Los Angeles claim
tbe wild west abow there waa not in a
class with the Pendleton Booudup.
although there were several attraotive -events.
A bucking bull waa said to
be the atar performer, and "Cyclone,"
a horse owned by tbe Blanohetts, ex
eonted aome ateliar bucking atunta.
Uain interfered with tbe southern
show, tbe attendance averaging about
5000 daily. ,
Laying of Corner Stone.
A number of people from Athena
and vioiulty attended tbe corner stone
laying oeremoniea of tbe branoh asy
lum at Pendleton Tuesday. Governor
West, with a silver trowel, presented .
him by tbe oity uf Pendleton, spread
tbe mortar and atood by. while tbe big
stone waa pot in place. A number of
distinguished guests were present and
a parade took place from the city to
tbe asylam site.