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VOLUME XXIV.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE U, 1912.
NUMBER 24
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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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.
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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.