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Mlaj Carrie Sharp Aag U 12 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. JUNE U, 1912. NUMBER 24 I - OFFICERS ' S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President, F. S. Le GEOW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS S. F. WILSON. H. KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WATTS, F. S. Le GROW. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every? cAccommdation , consistent with sound Banking. v .-..-... Paint Protection The paints we proffer the public hereabouts have a bull dog grip on the situa tion. That is, they hold fast hang on, endure, last long, worth while considering, because some paints look pretty for awhile, then fade blister and fall off. BUNDT PAINT STORE THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATER AL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal !...'.. ft A mHMWHnHDBHmHBHHHBnnnHnn A. M. Johnson, Manager 1 . - Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET ... i We carry the best . That Money Buys IVoj.- p" - -a. Our Market is - - : ! I WiiB : Clean and Cool I iuV WJl Insuring"; Wholesome. Meats. D. H. MANSFIELD Main Street, Athena, Oregon Athena n aRcry A. F. Crusey, Proprietor All Bakery Products are Fresh Daily. , We carry a fine line of Confections, and serve light Lunches. Soft drinks and Ice Cream. Cream iced in quantities for customers. WOULD CREATE IRE INTEREST WANTS BETTER ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETINC. State Superintendent Alders man Sets Forth Importance of Large Attendance. In order to oreate more interest in the annual school meetings a state Wide' movement is underway to in crease attendance at the meetings. In many distriots pionics will be held in oouneotion with whioh appropriate programs will be rendered. Relative to the movement Stats Snperinteudent Alderman sends the following . to- the Press for publication; "To the Patrons of Oregon Sohools: t We do not attaoh Buffioient impor tance to our annual sohool meeting. This year onr annual meeting oouurs June 17. On this day one direotor and the oleik are to be elected in every sohool distriot in Oregon, a matter of much importance to eaoh commun ity. 1 should be very glad indeed to find that many of the Oregon school distriots were making the day of the annual sohool meeting an important occasion, and at the same time taking advantage of being together to talk over the problems of the sohools. ' "The . votes for direotor and clerk will take plaoe at the sohool house. It should be remembered that women already have the privilege of suffrage in sohool elections.' If all the women of the -community will paok their loaoh baskets and assemble at the sobool house on the morning of June 17, 1 am confident that the men will be there also when the bud reaches the meridian. Of course, the membersof the family under voting age will have to have dinner. So all will spread out their lunohes- under some' pleasant shade and enjoy dinner together. "After a good dinner all will ' be in the right frame of mind for select ing officers and disoussing sohool affairs. The patrons will have this opportunity to investigate the condi tions of the sohool house and grounds,' and see what repairs are needed; whether the sobool house is properly heated, lighted and ventilated, and what books and piotures are most needed. Let us make June 17 a red letter day for our distriot. "Yours for better sohools, "LB. Alderman, "Snpt. Publio Instruction. " COTOCM JUS BANKER Town of Pasco Where Principals Are Prominent Is Aroused. That A. R. Garey, a prominent con tractor, after being on friendly terms with Mrs. Henry E. Cbristensen, wife of a Pasoo tanker, deliberately plotted with her to murder her bnsband, and that enough stryohnine was put into a flask of whiskey to kill 30 men, and that Mrs. Cbristensen filled the flask and gave it to her husband just before he left on a late train for Spokane, and that Ghristensen died on the train after taking a drink out of the flask are the charges made by the state against Garey. Garey was arrested Monday on a warrant charging him with the murder of Henry E. Cbristensen, cashier of the Bank of Pasoo, and a member of the Pasoo uity oouuoil, by poison. Cbris tensen died on a Spoknoe & Seattle train June 1, after drmkiug from a flask of whiskey containing stryohnine. Garey was taken to Ritzville where he will be held pending examination. He went to Pasoo from Walla Walla two years ago and has been prominent in business affairs. He bas a wife and obiidron in Walla Walla The information against Gaiy was sworn out by. Prosecuting Attorney O'Brien of Franklin county. Garey is said to have owed Cbrstiansen sev eral thousand dollars and it is charged PROMPT WUEDf: DDinCO ADC DIP LIT POHME DELIVERY if I1LIIL I IIIULIJ iillL IIIUIl I . m MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice-the Market affords in : ;VEG Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here OIBIES CATERERS TO THE PUBLIO IN' GOOD TFI1NG3 TO EAT DUiLL dr) l ilriito, Athena, Oregon that this debt figured in the desire of Garey to get Christiansen, bis former friend, out of the way. Rubber Factory. Stan field is to be a manufacturing city, says the East Oregonian. It is to te the center of western rubber- in dustry. At least this is the vision which some of her most substantial citizens are now having as a result of the v completion of . negotiations by whioh' it praotioally oertain that the Oregon. Robber oompany will establish a factory in- the thriving little west end city. The City Realty company, the Townsita company and Individual citizens have offered as a bonus $40, 00ft worth of land upon the agreement of the company to expend a like a mount in ; buildings and equipment. Aooording to G. L, Hurd, president cf the Stanfleld Commercial olub, who is here the terms have been met and it will be but a Bborfc time before the building operations are aotually com Absence Noted. Corraoo and ' bis merry go-rbund was one of the attractions in Athena oirons day. Colonel Wood's absence was oonspiouous, for the reason doubt less that the Weston editor was sur feited with the merry dizzes accumu lated at the ' Weston picnic, for Car taoo never was known to pass up the pioneers and their reunion. . r Bids Wanted. SeniedX bids will be received by the Undersigned up to 12 o'olook noon on Saturday, June -15th, 1912 for sup plying 40 cords of 4-foot number one fir wood, to te delivered at the Athena railroad depot on - or before Septem ber 1, 1913. The right is reserved to rejeot any or all kids. - By order of the Board of Dreotors of School .Dis triot, No. 29, of - Umatilla County, Oregon., . .... Ohas. Betts, Clerk. . TALK TO -YOUR. HORSE It Will Make the Animal More Intelli 'l gent and Mere Friendly. , Talk to "your horse and teach htin to obey your voice as well as the reins. This may. prove valuable if, ns some times happens,- the lines- brook or become- unbuckled. -1 Bestdes,-the 'horse likes the sociability of lt:; lie easily learns a dozen or more words, but be careful to use thorn only for exactly what you moan. For instance, "whoa"1 means to stop at once and stand per fectly still, "get up" to go straight ahead and at once, "back"-to step back ward, "easy" or "steady" to slow up! These .words the horso readily learns and takes kindly to. "Walk" means to change at once to a walk, and "all right," spoken in a calm, reassuring tone, means "don't be afraid that won't hurt you," and it is wonderful to see what a calming effect It has. Speak firmly, but not sharply, to the horses, for they ore nervous creatures. Talk ing1 to your horse will make him more intelligent and moro friendly. Spirit of the West. '-CHICAGO IMHTS YOUTH. It Got One Week! Mail, fey Horseback, From the East In 1832. Extracts from the first city directory of Chicago reprinted In the Record Herald show, for the most part, a feel ing of satisfaction in the compiler. The directory appeared in 1844. "Onr com mon schools,'- ho writes, "are worthy of special notice." . Regarding enter tainment for the stranger within the gates, he is able to note definite im provement v Wherens,"In early timet our inns were 'miserable in the ex treme," now we have eighteen hotels and houses 1 of public - entertainment, muny of them large and splendid es tablishments, not inferior to any in the west" He hazards a prophecy which has been more than fulfilled when he says: "We have four large packing houses, and all of them have done a heavy business thus far. The pork packing is. only just commencing, but will, it is thought, be extensive." The progress that had been made in postal facilities is shown by this rec ord: "A weekly mall from, the east was received here on horseback In 1S32. The next year it was received In a one horse wagon weekly. In 1833 a two horse wagon was substituted. In 1834 a four horse stage line was estab lished semi weekly j triweekly la 1833. In 1837 thero was a dally eastern mail. There are now received and made up at this office forty-eight malls weekly, and the receipts of the office amount to about 110,000." In one or two respects the narrator cannot speak so cheerfully. lie is com pelled to - acknowledge a debt of $8,977.25. He adds, however, that "The- credit of the city Is now estab lished upon a permanent foundation and cannot easily be shaken." But for the stage he sees no immediate hope. This is his plaint: "Oar theater a very pretty one has been In operation the past season and met with some encour agement, but it must be confessed that at present the prospects of the drama are not flattering." Heredity Among jvru'tlolans. Heredity was perhaps never better exemplified than In the case of the fa mous .composer Beethoven, the son of a tenor, who was the son of a bass. Bach came of a family of humble mu sicians, beginning, it is said,' with a miller. Haydn's father was an ama teur harpist in humble life. Mozart was the son of an ordinary capellmels ter and teacher of the violin. The father of Rossini was a horn player in a strolling company. A Blado of Grass. As an English writer has written: "Whenever you can find a single blade of grass, however small, there you stand face to face with the mystery of life and nil the responsibilities of ex istence. It is of more Interest than many of the stars, for, if astronomy is right, some stars are .ceaselessly burn ing, and therefore, beautiful ns they are from a distance, life upon them (In the sense in which we understand life) is impossible. The roots of tho hum blest blade of grass go down to tho beginning of life in the world, and its tip points to the sky. If you should chance to find a blade of grass with ering in a rocky place carry it a little I water for the sake of the thoughts that spring from it." Their Relationship. Grandma Well, Charley, you're an uncle now, and I suppose you are proud of It Small Charley You are mistaken, grandma. I'm not an uncle. Grand ma (In surprise) Why not? Small Char ley 'Cause sister's baby is a girl. ' So I must be an aunt Chicago News. " Competent. Garsldo Women ought not to be al lowed to vote. Could a woman sit on a jury? Illllslde-Could she! A wo man liko ray wife could sit on the jury and tho judgo and tho lawyers and tho wholo department of Justice If sho took the notion. Newark News. He Knew a Thing or Two, Mrs. Exe It isn't right to charge Willie with taking that money out of your pocket. Why don't you accuse me? Mr. Exe Because it wasn't all taken. Boston Transcript Getting tho Particulars. Nellie Hasn't Mr. Felewailey pro posed yet? Nora No, but hohas gone as far as to ask what time we lave breakfast and whether mother Is a good cook. Exchange. . I!. .J r Prof. W. A. Bacon, in Violin Recital at Christian Church, Saturday Evening. Admission Free. AM ENGINE OF TORTURE The Pillory Was Not Abolished In En land Until 1837. The pillory was done away with by act of parliament in the year 1837, and it is amazing that it should have en dured until that date, for it was a mode of punishment which could be made so extremely barbarous as to ba a crying scandal to any nation. This engine of torture seems to have been known before the conquest nnder the name of "stretch neck,? which is pleas antly suggestive of its functions. Edward I; enacted that all stretch necks should be made of a proper size so that the life of the occupant should not be endangered, and a print of the reign of Henry III. shows very clearly, what the pillory was like in those days. The culprit was mounted upon a stool, at one side of which was fixed a pole, supporting a pair of boards hinged to gether and with holes cut in them large enough to admit the wrists and neck. The hands and arms were- thus held on a level with the face," and the ap palling stiffness- which this must hare caused can - well be ' imagined. ' Thus confined and powerless, the 'offender was placed in some public spot, where the riffraff employed themselves hurl ing dirt sticks and stones at him until they were tired or until the object of their sport succumbed, ns not infre quently came to pass. It would seem that primarily the pil lory was intended' for cheats' of all kinds,- such as mountebanks,' fraudu lent dealers in horses, coal, corn, etc., and we read in Fabian that the mayor of London in 1287 "did sharp correc tion upon bakers for making bread of light weight He caused divers of them to be put in the pillory, as also one Agnes Dalntle for selling of min gled butter." Soothsaying and other magic arts were also punished with the pillory. . It would appear that famous men did not appear in the pillory until after 1637, when a star chamber decree for bade the printing of any book' or pam phlet without permission; from the archbishop of Canterbury," 'the; bishop of London of the university authori ties and also mndo an order that any printer who did not conform to this and set up a printing press should not only be pilloried, but' also whipped through the city of London. -Stafford is told by Garrard the way in which three men underwent their plllorylngs. "They stood two hours In the pillory. The place was full of peo ple, who cried and howled jterribly, especially wnen canon was croppeu, Dr. Bastwick was very njerry. .His wife, Dr. Toe's daughter, g(ti oh a stool and kissed 11m." London Globe. " ' AH OREIJ RIVER OREGON UNIONS ' BACK' UKIOMS OF WASHINGTON STATE. Will Ask Government to Use Panama Machinery on Co lumbia and the Snake. Gave Him a Wartrr Tip. "Yes, it's a lot of trouble to raise hens till you know how," said a poul try dealer. "I'll tell you a story about that very point A man who looked as if he hadn't had anything to eat for a week or so leaned over the back fence of my park some time ago. I had my eye on him, and ho saw I had my eye on him, so he started up a conversa tion. " 'Must be a lot of expense to keep up such a lot of fowls,' be said. " 'Not such a much,' says I. " 'What's the principal Items?' be wants to know. " Towder an' shot,' I tells him. "An', do you know, he never come back to ask no more questions? Diplo macy is a good thing to raise hens with too." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Farmers' Union of Oregon baoks the aotion of the Farmers' Uoion of Washington and Idaho in asking tr at the maobinery of the . government' whioh is being used to build the Pan ama oanal be brought to the North west to open the Columbia river to the Canadian border, aooording to O. 0. Conner. - a leader of the union at Helix. In disoussing the matter with a Pendleton repoiter, Mr. Conner said: "The aotion of the Farmers Union at the distriot meeting held in Spokane is oertainly to be commended by all residents of the Northwest. "It is also conclusive evidenoe Of the progressive spirit of the Pendleton Commercial Olub that they were the first to endorse the movement that probably means more -to the produc ing class than all the legislation that will te effected in the next 10 years. This move is not only progressive, bnt sacrificing on the part of the olub. as they will be only indireotly benefit ted. . The direot benefits will aoorue to the farmers and stookmen of the Inland Empire and I is to be hoped that every 'man who hopes to call him self a progressive lo either of the above oallings will make it a point to attend the meeting June H when the Commercial club has so generously ar ranged to have present undisputed au thority on the subject of an open river to the Baa. . Of course this is a usv time but then all times are busy to the progressive farmeis, and then, what good is it or use to raise large orops and then spend, as we do now, 54 per cent of its value in getting it onto the consumer's table? We should be just as muoh oonoerned in distribu tion as in production, and until the produoer learns to watob both ends of the business, the art of husbandry will remain far from the coveted goal of perfection and the real profits will in a great measure go into the pockets of the men that do not work; neither do they invest Cheap transportation is one of the cornerstones to soientifio distribution, soientifio distribution means more for the produoer and . less for the oonsumer to pay. So let us all meet in Pendleton on the Utb, wear ing on onr faoes if not on onr coats, the battle smile of 'Open Kiver to the Sea.' " A Penguin Wedding. Dr. Charcot in a lecture on antarctic experiences referred to the amusing antics of the penguins, which be said, were very much like human beings in their behavior. Sometimes a couplo of betrothed penguins could be seen seat ed closo together la loverlike fashion in a recess formed by blocks of ice and observation had shown that subse quently the samo couple attended be fore a third penguin, who might be called tho clergyman or tho registrar, for tho positions of nil three were sim ilar to those occupied by the minister and the bride and the bridegroom at a wedding. London News. First Mail Coaoh In 1784. A theater owner was responsible for the first mail coach in 1784. John Pal mer, Bath, England, saw that it took four days to get his actors from Lon don. He went to the government au thorities and persuaded them to start a number of coaches to carry tho mails and that these coaches should be built for speed and drawn by the fastest an imals in England. In a llttlo while a revolution was worked. , A Qotsioy Mother. "A gossiping woman makes me tired." observed small Donald. "What's a gossiping woman?" asked his younger brother. "One who tells everything she knows." explained Donald. "Mamma Is one. Every time we misbehave she runs and tells papa." Chicago News. A Mean Retort "If you don't stop talking," caution ed the husband, "I'll not be able to catch any fish." "That's funny," an swered the wife. "When a girl angles for a husband she has to talk a great deaL" "I know. But there's a differ ence between fish and lobsters." Why He Eteapod. Agnes Why didn't you arrest the burglar who was found under your bod? Gladys Ho said that If I would not have him arrested he'd never tell how dusty he got Harper's Bar.ar. Tou will never "find" time for any thing. If you want time yon must make it Charles Buxton. VIOLIN RECITAL BY BACON Columbia College Instructor Appears at Christian Church Tomorrow Eve. What promises to be one of the musioal events of the season takes plaoe tomorrow evening at 8 o'olook at the Christian obnioh in this city, when Walter A. Baoon, of Colombia College, appears in a violin reoital, assisted by Mrs. Baumeister Thomp son, soprano, with Miss Lois Sbangle of Milton at the piano. , Professor Baoon is a musician of sterling capabilities -and has taken part in many of the priooipal musical events given of late years in the Northwestern cities. Mrs. Thompson is a singer of note' and those who have beard her praise tier singing veiy highly. No admission will te charged at the door. The proms m for the evening will be as follows: 1. Concerto, first' and second parts - - Vieuxtemps Prof. Bacon. Selected, Mi. Thompson. Dtdla Beethoven Saint Saens -. Lewis VIII Mrs. Thompson. - - Baob . Devorak 2 3. a. Souvenir b. Minuetto o. The Swan d. Air - 4. Scleoted, 5. a. Air . . b. Uumoreske 6. Mazurka de Concert Musiu Ice Cream Fete. An loo cream fete will be given by the W. 0. T. I1, in tb batement of the Christian oburob this eveniup. Everybody is invited and the pro gram is entirely free. There is a pleasant surprise awaiting the people who attend. It is intimated that there are some speoial numbers on the pro gram; come, see and bear, then you will say "the best ever." The base ment will be converted into a Japanese tea garden. Seats for twos and threes will be placed, the wbole toene lighted by charming little fairy lanterns, - wbile speeohes, declama tions, recitations aud musio both vooal and instrumental will rill the hearts of young and old with real joy. The object of the fete is to raise money to equip our publio sohools with by gienio charts snob as the law requires for the proper instruction of the pu pils. All interested in tbe publio schools and especially those ofiioially oonneoted will be at tbe fete to help make it a soooess. A small charge will be mads for ioe oreara and oake.