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VOLUME XXIV.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUUE 211912.
NUMBER 25
OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President,,
H. KOEPKE Vice-President.
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
. E. A. ZERBA. Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS ''
R W. WIT-SnN--' H. KOEPKE.
W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS,
F. S. Le GROW.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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OF ATHENA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00
We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
consistent with sound Banking. .
Paint Protection
The paints we proffer the
public hereabouts have a
bull dog grip on the situa
tion. That is, they hold fast
han on, endure, last long,
worth while considering,
because some . paints look
pretty for awhile, then fade
blister and fall off.
BUNDY PAINT STORE
Lumber, Mill Werlrand all Kinds of
BUI 1101 IMMATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
- Athena, Oregon
THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET
sj.--- ,. We carry the best
'J- ' That Money Buys -1""
f Our Market is
I fpfp- Clean and Cool
Hit wrrrr Insuring -Wholesome Meats.
3fiX;r ' D. n. MANSFIELD
ecgP Main Street, Athena, Oregon
akery:
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.
READY TO SPRING
PARTY
TEDDY DESPHRATE, MAY WITH
DRAW FROM REPUBLICANS.
"If the People Want a Pro
gressive Party, I Will Bejn
It," He Joyfully Said v
Chicago, June 20, Colonel Roose
velt indicated tonight that under oer
tain conditions he might withdraw
from the republioan party to take the
lead in the formation of a new party.
"If the people want a progressive
party. I'll be in it," he said.
. Some of the colonel's supporters
urged bla assistants to preoipitate the
crisis in the republioan national con
vention at the earliest opportunity to
morrow.' More conservative counsels
finally prevailed and it was decided
there should be no "bolt" from the
regular convention. It was the plan
tonight of the Roosevelt delegates to
make their last stand on the report of
the credentials oonimitt-e. If the 78
delegates, - asserted by them to be
fraudnlent, are seated, the Roosevelt
foroea will remain in the convention
until the end, but will not vote. It is
their plan then to prooeed to the nom
ination of the oolonel in the Coliseum
and claim regularity for bim.
Colonel Roosevelt has not definitely
committed himself to the latter part
of this plan. - He is considering the
advisability of delaying aotion for sev
eral weeks and then to summon an
entirely new convention, This would
not be held nntil after the democrats
have aoted in Baltimore.
The national committee itself mark
ed time today waiting for the commit
tee on credentials to oonolude its oon-
I siderations of the contested delegates.
The committee planned to work
throughout tonight bo es to report to
the convention when it meetsat 11
A BIG WILD WEST SHOW
Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Production
Comes to Athena June 28.
information from Mrs. T. B. Tornbull,
Matron of the Home for Aged Women
at Pasadena,' California: Mrs. Rioh
ards died in February at a hospital in
Los Angeles, to which she bad been
transferred from the home, where she
was established. The cause of death
is given as heart failure, although
her illness had given indications of
paralytio - complications, - The fune
ral services were oonduoted by Rev.
Bowser, a former pastor of the M. E.
ohurob of this oitv, after which the
body was cremated. One relative, a
sister of the deceased, a resident of
Los Angeles, attended the funeral.
Before her death, Mrs Riohards had
grown very feeble, mentally as well as
pbysloally. .
A Strenuous Reception.
Carl Ris, assistant cashier of: the
Pilot Rook back and Miss L. Sharpf
were wedded id - Portland, and on
their return home to Pilot Rook were
greeted with a strenuous reception.
The groom is a praotioal joker . aud
elnoe bis residence at the Rook, . has
made life miserable for not a few of
the oitizens of that burg. So when
news of : Mr. 'Ris' marriage came,
great were the preparations made for
his reception. The greeting commenc
ed on the train out from Pendleton..
The oar was appropriately decorated,
and when about i a mile from Pilot
Mtook station,- the groom was seized by
strong hands, bonnd and thrown from
the traio. He managed to cut the
bonds and caught; op with the train,
which slowed Up for bim, At the
depot, the happy(t) couple were greet
ed by the entire popnlaoe and a traBS
band of 'nondesoript talent They
were pelted withJrioe and old shoes
and every business house in the town
was closed dnriug the reoeption.
Something absolutely new, some
thing never before earned with a wild
west show is bu Cue of the many
features of that nibst noted of all
Amorioan Amusement Enterprises,
Kit Carson's Buffalo - Ranch Wild
West. We refer to the exoellent, and
most complete Menagerie of trained
wild animals in existenoe today. : Car
ried simply as an added featurTjor
your inspeotion and ho extra obalge
for viewing same. During the course
of the perform anoe animal acts of all
description are presented for your ap
proval. This with the fanoy riding,
roping and other traits of expert horse
manship, displayed by the Cowboys,
Cowgirls, Cossacks and Mexioan Va
queros constitutes but part of the two
hours of solid amusement. A dozen
clowns are oontinuallyati play and it
will be a hard matter to stop watch
ing the antios long' enough to view
some of the imported European artists
in novelty acts of every desoription.
The performance ends with the superb
speotaoular , historical fantasy, "Bat
tle of Wounded Knee" in which
over two hundred Indians, Soldiers,
Trappers, Cowboys and Soouts take
aotive part. Many of the Indiana
were actually, present at this famous
battle and it is reproduoed exaotly as
tbev describe it.
The two mile parade will pass on
the main thoroughfares and a grand
free exhibition takes place immedi
ately after on the show grounds. On
ly two performances in this oity on
Friday, June 28.
Death of Mrs. M. L. M Richards.
Rumors having reached here of the
death of Mrs. M. L. M. Riohards, in
quiries were sent from here ty inter
ested friends, and yesterday Mrs.
Minnie DePeatt reoeived the following
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DELL BROTHERS, 'TSS0 ,N Athena, Oregon
LYMAN IS FORJPEN RIl'EB
Whitman College Man Gives Facts In
Address at Pendleton.
Prof. W; D. Lyman, of Whitman
College, delivered an address at Pen
dleton on the subieot nf mipnino thn
Columbia river. The East Oregonian
reports Prof. Lyman as saying tbat it
will oost seventeen million b all told to
open the Columbia river - to- the Can
adian line and savings wbiob will oome
about through lower freight rates will
amply justify this expense. People of
the northwest should nnite in nrgiog
that 00 n cress nnss thn nnnrrmrinHnn
for the completion of the Celilo oanal
so tiiat the work may te completed
there by the time the Panama oanal
is ready for nse. Unless the river is
opened the benefits ef the. great work
at Panama will not oome to' the peo
ple of this section.
In bis talk Prof. Lyman told of the
'jost of. a transportation road, -by mac
adam highway, by rail and br boat.
The oost of flervion hv boat ia en mnnh
lower than the oost of rail transporta
tion mat u is impossible for rail,
roads to effectively oomneta with nut.
er routes when conditions are normal.
While at the present time the rail
roads are meetinc water and hnnt.
rates to Pendleton, Profesor Lyman
says they will be unable to do this
after the completion of the Celilo
oanal.
The trouble in the cast resardinir
the improvement of rivers, said the
leotnrer, is tbat the government has
carried on improvements as a projeot
rather than as a polioy. But the old
pork barrel plan of operations has
been done awav with and annronria.
tions are now made in a more consist
ent way.
OBITUARY.
The funeral of Jaoob Blooh of 889,
Harrison street, Poitland, who died
June 13, 1912, was held Thursday,
June 13, from Holman's Chapel. Rab
bi Jaoob Blooh officiating, assisted by
Washington Lodge A; F. and A. M.
Mr. Blooh was born in Floss, Bav.
aria, in 1857, ooming to the United
States at the age of 16. He was un
ited in marriage with Miss Minnie
Levy of Union, Oregon, November 25.
1883, where he resided for three and
a-half years. He then moved to Ath
ena, (then Centerville,) where he was
engaged in the merchandise and groo
ery business for ;16 yews. When he
left Athena he went to Spokane and
lived eight years, then to Portland
where be was engaged in the real es
tate business tbe past four years.
He was a member of tbe Masonio
lodge for 31 years, also telonged to the
W. O. W. and Maooabee orders, all
of Atbena. Mr. Bloch was one of tbe
first oonnoilmen of tbe town of Cen
terville, and helped to draft the first
charter of this city. He was promin
ently identified in politios. having run
for county clerk of Umatilla county.
He is survived by his wife and 5
children: Mrs. Henry Dannbisser of
White Fish, Montana; Mrs. Oscar
Loeb, Samuel, Jesse and Adolpb Blooh
of Portland. He has two sisters in
New York, one in Illinois, ooe brother
in La Grande, besides a host of
friends all over tbe northwest.
He was a kind father and loving
husband, iespoted by all who knew
bim. His disease was oanoer of tbe
stomach. There were several Atbena
friends present to pay their last re
speots. , Helix Will Celebrate.
One town in tbe county, at least,
proposes to unoork sufficient patriot
ism to celebrate the glorious Fourth.
Helix oomes forward with tbe an
nouncement tbat she will be prepared
to entertain tbe people of Umatilla
county on Independence Day in a be
fitting manner and extends a cordial
invitation to tbe entire ooonty. Or.
MoKinney, assisted ty Carl Engdaiil,
and Letober Norvell, have all arrange
ments for tbe celebration in charge.
They Indicate the Aging of Our
Orb of Life and Light.
THE GREAT SOLAR TRAGEDY.
A .rim Play In Which the "Star le
Fighting For Existence, Ha Abso
lutely No Chance to Wirt and" Whose
Death Means the End of the World.
Life is a tragedy,' the earth a stage,
men and women the actors, the "gods"
the audience. Some pessimists believe
that this great pin of life is more
comic than tragic in the opinion of the
spectators. '
However this may be, there is an
other, vastly greater, tragedy of life at
Which man himself Is an onlooker, al
though, unfortunately,, his - own ulti
mate fate is bound up with the denoue
ment of the play.
It is the life drama of the solar sys
tem. Its chief actor Is the sun, and
men are beginning to rub their eyes
and wipe the specks from their glasses
as they perceive more and more plainly
Indications that the "star" of the play
Is aging. ;
The fact is becoming only too clear
that for him this Is no sport, but real,
deadly tragedy. lie is not acting a
part, but fighting for life. He cannot
win; he can only prolong tbe struggle,
and when he falls exhausted the stage,
the theater, actors, spectators, pit and
galleries will go with him in one uni
versal ruin. '
! Until recently we were only troubled
a little In roind by the sun spots. ; It
was evident that they must cut oft
some radiation, but the amount; ap
peared to be trifling, and their maxima
are far apart, ten or eleven years. But
now we are confronted by a much
more disquieting phenomenon. The sun
appears to "fluctuate at Irregular Inter
vals of several days and sometimes of
several months." ,
Here Is tbe crux of the whole mat
ter. What docs the recognition of the
fact that the sun Is a veritable star
meant What may It mean to the earth
and Its inhabitants? These questions
can-best bo answered by considering
other variable stars.
Let us take an extreme example.
There Is In the constellation of the
Whale a famous variable star known
as Mlra the Wonderful. In a period
of about ten months on the average it
changes from the third sometimes the
second magnitude to about the ninth
and then back again. ,
That means, In tbe extreme, a prob
able difference of between two and
three hundred times in the amount of
light and heat which It radiates around
It at maximum nnd at minimum.
..When It Is faintest it cannot be seen
with the naked eye; when It is bright
est it -Is a conspicuous object. As It
fades It turns . reddish In color, and
when It brightens it blazes with bril
liant spectroscopic lines.
It is probably a sun at least ns great
as our sun, and It bns recently been
found that its spectrum resembles in
sorao Btrlklag peculiarities tbe spectra
of sun spots.
Did It ever have any worlds to light
and nourish? If so think of tho condi
tion of those worlds now.
A sun is like a living organism It
wears out As It nges it becomes more
and more variable. It maintains itself
nnd its planets while its radiant power
lasts, but It cannot do so forever. It
contracts, flickers, struggles, fades and
goes out. Its lifetime is millions of
years, but It has an end.
"Let ns account as a mere nothing,"
cried Bossuet, "everything that ends.
for, though we should multiply years
beyond the reach of numbers, yet all
would be nothing when the fntal term
Is reached." Garrett P. Serviss In New
York American.
Ham Exports.
In cortaln watering places of Eu
rope men make fortunes In ham shops.
There Is said to be such a shop In
Carlsbad, where a man in white gar
ments slices the lean Prague bam or
the fatter Westphalian for tbe people
who are at the springs. It Is said that
none thero are really judges of ham
until they an argue every morning
outside the shop for a quarter of an
hour as to what breed of pig gives the
most appetizing slice. At Marlenbad
tbe representatives of the most exclu
sive circles of society In tho world
lunch on lean ham. Argonaut
Tho Sign of Equality.
Robert Recorde Introduced the sign
of equality Into algebra. Recorde was
tbe first English author who wrote on
the subject of algebra. In bis treatise
called "Whetstone of Wltte," published
about 1557. he snys: "To avolde the
tedlouse repetition of these words, is
equalle to, I will sette, as I doe often
in worke use, a paire of parallel lines
of one lengtbe, thus; , because no '2
tbyoges can be more equalle."
Just tho Other Way.
"I suppose," observed tbe envious
person, "that when yon go to Europe
the whole continent tips up."
"Not at all," snld the experienced
traveler. "When I go to Europe I usu
ally have to tip tbe whole continent."
Chicago Tribune.
An Offset
"Did you lend that forgetful friend
of ours tbe book he asked for?"
"Yes. But I took care to borrow his
umbrella the same day." Washington
Star.
SOILED POSTAGE STAMPS
If They Are Ink 8plashod Thoy Wont
Do to Put on Letters.
"How dirty can a postage- stamp 'be
come and still retain its usefulness in
the eyes of the government?" was a
question propounded to muddle the al
ready overworked brain of a bUBy man.
Happening to meet a postman who was
collecting mail, the man handed him a
stamped letter.
"That won't go," said the postman.
"8tamp's dirty." ,
As was his wont on special occasions
the busy man resorted to sarcasm.
"Since when," he demanded, "did the
United . States government become so
immaculate that it requires none but
unsullied stamps stuck on its letters?"
"Well, -they've always been pretty
particular, returned the unperturbed
postman, "but there are some kinds of
dirt that count for more than others.
That stamp's got ink on it Inky
stamps don't go because aa Ink spot
could be used to disguise a canceled
stamp."
"Then I suppose every stamp I hap
pen to drop a speck of ink on la wast
ed?" "Oh, no. Turn It in to the' office
where you bought It, and after a cer
tain period you will get your money
back."
"How long will that take?" the man
asked, .. .
"About three months."
"I'm afraid I can't wait," said the
man, and over the discredited stamp he
stuck a spotless stamp. New York
Times. .
D HOMESTEAD
: LAW IS PASSED
SETTLER IS CRANTED 5 MONTHS
LEAVE OF ABSEKCE.
Final Proof for . Patent May
Be Made at Expiration of
Three Years Residence.
SCARS THAT STAY.
Thoy Come From Cuts That Go Down
to tho True Skin.
There are people" who tell you that
everything in the body Is changed ev
ery seven years and that there Is no
part of It which was there seven years
ago. This does not mcon - that we
slough the whole thing off at once, ftji
a snake does Its skin or a dcef 'Its ant
lers, but simply that the Innumerable
and tiny atoms which ore used up by
the dally wear and tear ore replaced
by fresh atoms supplied by our food
and drink, which keeps tho body going.
Just as coal nnd water keep tbe steam
engine at work.
But these changes are so minute and
gradual that the form of the body re
mains the same, although such things
as scars take a long time to disappear,
and sometimes they remain for life, al
though they always lose a great deal of
their prominence.
You have noticed that if you cut your
finger slightly It will soon heal up and
tbe scar will soon disappear, Just as tbe
marks of a superficial burn will grad
nally go away, but if the cut Js deep
the scar remains. . This is because it
went down to what is called the true
skin. Any cuts or burns on the outer
skin are gradually pushed up and worn
or washed off, just as tho hair on the
back of your head wears off without
your cutting it and grows again, but
anything that goes down to the true
skin, like tattoo marks, always re
mains. New York Sun.
Punishing Baoholors,
This punishment of the bachelor has
been common In many ages and coun
tries and extended down to the early
days of our own Jjlstory. In Con
necticut in 1C30 a law was passed
which would not "allow any young
unmarried man to keep house," and
Hartford taxed "lone men 20 shillings
a week" for the "selfish luxury of sol
itary living." In 1082 a special town
order gave permission for two bache
lors to keep house together, "so they
carry themselves soberly and do not
entertain Idle persons to the evil ex
penso of time by day or night," while
as lata as the eighteenth century a
general statute of Connecticut forbade
any householder under penalty of a
fine to "give entertainment or habita
tion to single persons without special
allowance of the selectmen." Forum.
Debt has a small beginning, but a
glanf s growth and strength. Beacons-leld.
. First Come, First 8rved. -
A woman was In a New York ele
vator which also had some men pas
sengers. "Ninth," said one of tbe men aftw
the car was fairly started.
"Sixth," said the woman.
The car sped by tbe sixth floor and
was halted at the ninth.
On tbe way back the woman asked:
"Why didn't you stop at tbe sixth
floor? The sixth floor is lower than
the ninth."
"I know that," said the elevator boy.
"But tbe man sold ninth first" Ladles'
Home Journal.
Five months' leave of absenoe in
stead of six ia one of the principal
features of the new homestead law
recently passed by the senate and
house. Tbe bill as Anally passed is a
oensolidation of the ones submitted
by Senators Borab and Jones. Tbe
new rule makes it possible for home
steaders to prove up on their claims in
three years instead of five, as hereto
fore. -; A synopsis of tbe new law fol
lows: "Sec 2291. No oertifioate how
ever, shall be given or patent issued
therefor until the expiration of three
years from the data of snoh entry: and
if, at the expiration of suoh time,
or at any time, within two years there
after, the person making suoh entry
or li ne is aeaa ois wiaow, or iu uhbo
a widow making each entry her heirs
or devisee, in case of her death proves
by himself and by two oredible wit
nesses that he, she, or they have a
habitable house upon the land and
have aotually resided upon and oultl-,
vated the same for the term of three
years suooeediiug tbe time of filing the
affidavit, and makes tbe affidavit tbat
no pait of snob land has been alienated
except as provided In seotloo twenty-
two hundred and eighty-eight, and
that be, she, or they will bear trne
allegiance to the government of the
United States, then in suoh case he,
she, or they, If at that time oitizens
of the United States, shall be entitled
to a patent, as in other cases provided
by law.
"Provided, that upon filing in tbe
looal land offioe notice of the begin
ning of suoh absenoe tbe entryman
shall be entitled to a continuous leave
of absenoe from tbe land for a period
not exoeeding five months in eaoh year
after establishing residence, and upon
the termination of such absenoe tbe
entryman shall file a notice of snob
termination in tbe looal land office but
in cage of commutation the 11 months
aotaal residence as now required by
law must te shown.
"Provided further, tbat the entry-
man shall, in order to comply with
the reqnirements of cultivation here
in provided for. oultivate not less than
one-sixteenth of tbe area of bis entry,
beginning with tbe second year of tbe
entry, and no less than one-eighth,
beginning with tbe third year of tbe
entry, and until anal proof, exoept
that in the oase of entries under seo-
tion six of tbe enlarged homestead law
double the area of onltivation herein
provided shall be required, but tbe
seoretary of the interior may, . upon a
satisfactory showing, under roles and
regulations prescribed by him. rodooe
tbe required area of onltivation.
"Provided, Tbat tbe three years'
period of residenoe herein fixed shall
date from the time of establishing ao-
tual permanent residenoe upon tbe
land; and provided further, tbat
where there may ba olimatio reasons,
sickness or other unavoidable cause,
the commissioner of tbe 'general land
offioe may in bis discretion, allow tbe
Ante 1 nr 1 0 tnAntha 4r m ft-hat A a fa rf
BOlltVi A UIUU VUD 41UUI . VUQ US OT V
riling in wbioh to uommeoce his res
idenoe on said land under snob rules
and regulations as be may presoiibe."
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WESTON DEJF MUTE SUICIDES
Tells Parents in Sign -Language That
He Has Taken Strychnine.
Cure For His Dyspopsy.
Hogan Phwat makes ye swally all
your dinner in two minutes, Crogan?
Are yez a tin' on a bet?
Grogan It's for the good av me dys
pepsy, Molke. Sure tbe docther tould
me to rlst an hour after otlu', and how
else am 01 goln' to git the hour of rlst
In onless 01 ate lolke the mischief.
Exchange.
Brooking a Will.
"So you were successful In your ef
forts to break your uncle's, will In
which he left you only $20,000?"
J,Yes, I won out easily,"
"And how much did your finally
get'"
"After paying the luwyern I took
down $3,500." Detroit Freo Press.
Not So Bod.
"Did you tell tbe landlord, what an
awful leak there was In tbe roof?"
"Yes, I told bim."
"What did he say?"
"He said he'd fix the roof as won as
you pay the rent you
"Did he? I guess it tin t much of a
leak." Cleveland riafn, Dealer.
Their feeble efforts unable to arrest
his band, Mr. and MrsV' Isaao Abra-
bamson, an aged ooopls living on
Weston Mountain, were forced to see
their son, Isaac, 29 years old and a
deaf mute, die a suicide's death, says
tbe East Oregonian. Unable to oope
with bis great strength, when they
saw he was determined upon his rash
aot, they hastened out of the bouse
and soon returned with help, In their
absence, however, the young man had
swallowed tbe poison and when tbey
returned, calmly bade them goodbye
in sign language and direoted them as
to tbe disposition of bis body
Tbe tragedy ooourred last Saturday
afternoon. Tbe reason for the snioide
is a mystery to both family and
friends bnt tbat it was premeditated
is oertain from tbe fact tbat early
last week be was in Weston and bade
goodbye to friends there, tilling tbeni
in bis own way tbat tbey would not
see him again.
Tbe Abrabamson family lives about
twelve miles southeast of Weston aud
about two miles from Bingham
Springs. Saturday afteroooo, accord
ing to reports, yoong Abrahamson,
speaking by bis fingers, annouooed to
bis parents tbat he intended taking
bis own life. They remonstrated with
bim but io vain and attempted to take
tbe stiyobnine from him but were no
ble to cope with bis strength. Fin
ally io desperation tbey ran to a neigh
boring farm and summoned assistance
bnt wbeo tbey returned he bad taken
the poison and was beyond help.