Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1912)
-rX 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. JULY 5. 1912. NUMBER 27 OFFICERS S. F. WILSON! President, i H. KOEPKE Vice-President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier. E. A. ZEBBA, Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS .", .' S. F. WILSON. ' H. KOEPKE. W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WATTS, F. S. Le GROW. I FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA : . CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every oAccommdation . ... consistent with sound Banking. , Faint 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. BUND Y PAINT STORE THE TUWH-LURfl LUMBER GO. 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 f-ssj We carry the best P that Money T" p3. Our Market is I I ' M Clean and Cool Hj I ilJlw Insring Wholesome Meats SlllJoff- - D H MANSFIELD. , 'ZS&P -'S--- Main Street, Athena, Oregon I ' A If fl 1 1 fTfi . gf . 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. IE HI M AD W PORTLAND ROAD-HOUSES OVER HAULED BY WEST. Takes Reins From Civil Au thorities and Places Guards at Undesirable Resorts. "I. .Oswald West, as governor and commander in chief of the militia of the state of Oregon, having found it necessary to call ' oot the military force of the state to assist in the en foroement of law, do hereby proclaim and establish martial law in and about the said premises and until farther notioe the said premises and tavern will be nnder the oontrol of the mil itary antborities of the state, and all persons are warned not to freqnent the said tavern or trespass npon the said premises. OSWALD WEST, Governor of Oregon and Commander in Chief Military foroes. Attested: W. E. Fiuzer, adjatant-general. SAVED HERSELF BY LEAPING Mrs. Nina Allen Severely Burned Be fore Escaping; From Burning: Mouse " Governor West has taken it npon himself to enforoe the law and is after brewerymen who ship their prod got unlabeled into "dry" territory of the state. He has been closing notorious road houses in the vicinity of fort land, with the assistance of the mili tia, has deolared martial law at those places and will beep militiamen on guard until the proprietors make cer tain changes in aooordanoe with the law. Stacks of letters are pouring into his o'ttioe oommending him for the cam paign of law enforcement he has start ed. With these are ; appeals from Boseburg, that be take a hand in cleaning tip conditions there. "Legally, what authority has the governor to use the militia in this sort of Jaw enforcemeent?" was the ques tion put to the governor.. "That's a good question," ex claimed the governor. "I'm glad to answer that. The other day men asked me if I really intended to tear down fenoea and buildings if the law were not obeyed. "Have yon ever heard of a governor nailing ont the militia at the request of some oorpotation when some poor workingman was protesting against his oondition? Have yon beard of a governor using the militia to drive men away from places and put them in jail because tbey threw stones at a corporation's pioperty? "What autberity did the governor have in thorn easea? The authority given to him to see that laws are en foroed. "Well, hasn't the governor author ity to use the power plaoed in his hands to protect the God given prop erty of some poor, helpless mother or father? I think so. Anyway, I know one governor who is going to pnt the question to the test mighty soon." J Governor West has also been looking up the law in regard to the saloon men's lioenses and bonds. He said each was required to put up a f 1000 bond and that oonoty olerks were oharged with the duty of bringing action agianet the bondsmen for. any violation of the law. He said he iu tended to make further investigations along this line and that he would have some reports to make to distriot attorneys, and give them a chance to do their part in seeing these laws were enforoesd. National guardsmen led by Governor West oooupied Milwaukie roadbouse Monday morning, olosed the doors of the resort, plaoed a proclamation pro claiming martial law on the wall, and gave A". J. Burns, ex-prize fighter and keeper of the place until afternoon to tear down the high board "peep" wall whioh enoompasses it. The proclam ation posted on the wall of the road house reads; "Whereas, It appears that a oertain roadhouse, inn or tavern looated near Milwaukie, Clackamas oonnty, Oieg on, and known as the Milwaukie tav ern, has for some time and is now be ing maintained, conducted and op erated withont due regard for the laws of decenoy or the laws of tbis state, much to the disoomfort and embarass ment of good people living in the vi cinity, and to tbe detriment of the whole state and ' ''Whereas, it appears that looal officials charged, with tbe enforce ment of tbe laws of tbe state are either unable or unwilling to perform that duty, and Whereas, the governor is oharged by tbe constitution with tbe duty of seeing that tbe laws of tbis state are duly enforoed and is authorized to call oot tbe militia to assist him in the performance of that duty; now, therefore,' aim a PBOaERr WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT "IB ill MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in M Best that Money can Buy Always Foun(THere DELL BROTHERS, Mrs. Nina Allen owes her life to leaping from an upstairs window Wednesday night when her borne was a mass of flames. Aroused short ly tefore 11 o'olook from her slum bers, nearly suffooated with smoke, she dropped from an upstairs window over wbioh the flames were bursting, tbe fire igniting her night dress. Her soreams brought to ber aid Mrs. Guy Jonas, who lives next door, and Mrs. Harry Alexander, who .was at I be Jonas home. The two women extin guished tbe burning dress but not un til Mrs. Allen had been seriously turn ed on the baek, limbs and arms. ; Dr. Sharp was summoned and drees ed the burns after whioh Mrs. Allen was removed to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles , Barrow, where she is being oared for. Tbe fire started, so it is said, fiom tbe heating stove in tbe living room directly below tbe room occupied by Mrs. Allen. Before retiring, contem plating leaving for Peodleton on tbe morning train, she had put some rub bish in tbe stove lighted it and tnrned oS the draft before leaving the room. When she was awakened by tbe smoke tbe floor beneath her feet was all but ready to fall. The house is looated on Current street west of Seooud, and was owned by W. S. Buel, who left here several years ago. Two streams ' of water were played on the flames, but so fierce waa the fire that only a charred wreck rem Bins. None of tbe house hold goods were saved, but a fortunate looation of the kitoheo range saved it frdm damage. . K KILLED IN Regina, Saskatchewan, Horror Is Not Overestimated, Sunday night a tornado struok tbe city of Begins. Saskatchewan, wreck ing tbe buildings and killing and in juring nearly 50 people. Forty are known to be dead and a number of bodies remain in the debris. There are fully 100 injured and several will die. Tbe property loss is estimated at $10,000,000 to $11,000,000. Tbe de bris is being moved slowly, for tbe workers seem afraid of their task. Many streets are blockaded and wide detours have to be made to get to oer tain portions of tbe city. The death list probably will xeaob 80, for many persons were boating on Vasoana lake when the storm hit Beg ins and only two or three have een aooonnted for. Some of them were seen struggling in tbe water. Their bodies will net be recovered until the lake dries up in tbe late summer. Wild tumors are being reoeived from outside points of farm bouses having been destroyed and their in mates killed but all rural telephone lines are down. . The Secretary Bird. The long legged South African sec retary birds travel In pairs, male and female. If disturbed or pursued their pace Is about as fast as that of a run ning horse. They seldom use their .wings and if compelled to do so can soar to a considerable height They build bulky nests; and where trees are to be had they select one fifty to a hundred feet. above the ground. Their nests are built of sticks and sods, lined .with grass, and measuro as much as five feet in diameter and three feet in thickness. As n rule only two eggs nro laid. Incubation takes six weeks, which is done by the female. The young have to remain in their nests several , months before they can stand on their long, slender legs, which are very weak and brittle. The young easily break their legs if disturbed. Scientific American. Old Tim Thtp Rowdies. Rowdyism In London theaters was a common occurrence in the old days, as is shown by the following from the London Tost of Oct. 27, 1738: "Two men in the pit at Drury Lano theater last night were so turbulent and riotous during the last act of Henry V.' that the performance was interrupted upward of a quarter of an hour. The audience at last asserted their power and turned them disgrace fully out of the theater. This should always be done to crush the race of disgusting puppies that are a con stant nuisance at the playhouse every night." Friendship. Friendship is a vase which when it is flawed by heat or violence or acci dent may as well be broken at once. It can never be trusted again. Tbe more graceful and ornamental it was the more clearly do we discern the boixjlessnesa of restoring it to its for. aier Btate. .. . Tr We Need You There. IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY. . By Col. ALEXANDER 8. BACON, Former Member of Congress From New York. An Ideal candidate Is one of charm ing personality and force of character, who has convictions and is not asham ed to proclaim them and Is brave enough to change them when con vinced they are wrong; a man of learn ing and experience, acute to compre hend a situation and correctly to ap ply actual, present conditions to the theories of the books which collate the analogic of history; a forceful speak er, impressing an audience with bis lneerlty, hating something to sny drawn frem a storehouse of learning and having the faculty ef sliytng ft concisely and forcefully, with enough flashes of wit to hold the attention of the most thoughtless and Inattontlve. Such is an Ideal candidate. An ideal president Is one who would live up to his party and personal pledges in spite 'of. every influence, even that of personal friendship; who would put country above party, above friends and above personal ambition; one so wise that be could not be cheat ed by friends or bluffed by adversaries and so strong that he could not bo awerved from duty even by his wife; one who is not a tool of others, but Is himself dominant, ruling those about him by sheer force of character; su perior native acumen and tact and ac quired learning, but always exercising dominance in the Interest of democra cy, not aristocracy; who would take each man's counsel, but reserve his judgment, and would be shrewd and patriotic enough to surround himself with a cabinet of the strongest and most unselfish minds in tbe country, yet would himself, like Lincoln, tower above them all. Such is an Ideal presi dent Such would be Dr. Woodrow Wilson. TO SWAMP THE LORDS. A Threat That Always Brings Eng land's Upper House to Terms. To override tbe veto of the bouse of lords by a wholesale creation of peers is a plan that has been often threat ened, but hardly ever put into prac tice. It certainly places the king In a very unenviable predicament so much so that in 1710, after a crisis of tbe kind, George I. caused to be intro duced into the lords a bill for limiting the power of the sovereign to creato peers, a sort of royal self denying or dinance. The measure was twice passed iu tbe lords, but twice rejected by tho com mons, which was lucky, for bad It been carried it would have made the house of lords an almost unchangeable body, entirely beyond the control o' king or minister or commons. The nearest approach that was ever made to "swamping tbe lords" was in 1832, when tbe fate of the great re form bill trembled In the balance. Over and over again the measure bad been passed by the commons, only to be re Jected by the lords. The country wa furious. I'ayment of taxes was re fused. Riots broke out everywhere. The prime minister. Lord Grey, went to the king andvbegged him to create new peers to carry tho bill. Ills maj esty refused, and the . ministry re signed. The king, however, presently changed his mind and, fearing a revo lution, agreed to the creation of a hun dred new peers, "or more If necessary." Then, very reluctantly, the upper houso gave way, and the bill became law.- London Family Herald. . Managing the Wathr. It may safely be said that control of the weather by sorcerers was al together disbelieved lu by very few persons in the sixteenth cnttiry. But if the belief was held more Btrongly along one coast Hue than another It was around the Baltic rather than elsewhere. As late as 1070 a traveler tells us how, being becalmed off Fin land, the captain sent ashore to buy a wind from a wlzurd. The fee wns 10 kroner (sny 30 shillings) and a pound of tobacco. The wizard tied a woolen rag with three knots In it to , the mast. Untying the first knot pro- j duces Just the wind they want, south wnnt That slnckenlnir. untvlnff knot I No. 2 revives It for a time, but knot ' No. 3 brings up a fearful northeaster, which nearly sinks them. "Qui nesclt orare, dlscat navlgarc." was a much quoted phrase. True enough of one traveler, It would appear, eeelng be is reported to have prayed during a storm: "O Lord, I am no common beg gar. I do not trouble thee every day, for I never prayed to thee before, and V it please (lice to deliver nio this once I will never prny to theo again as long as I Ilve."-Atlantlc Monthly. Norway's Love For Bjornson. What BJornsoa was to his own people Is best mado clear by an inci dent which occurred at his beloved Aulestad not long before he was forced to start on his final Journey to Paris In search of another lease of health and life. A regiment passed the place In the course of a maneu ver. Its commander Bent word ahead to the poet asking bim to review the oldlers as they marched by. BJorn on stood on the veranda of his house, Burrounded by bis entire family -a man who bad never held any public office, mind you! As tbe troop ap proached on the highroad below offi cers and men gave tbe salute due to a commanding general or a member of the royal house. But this was not all. From the rapidly moving ranks rose one mighty shout after another a spontaneous outburst of devotion and gratitude Buch as It has been granted very few men the fortune to lusplre. -Edward Bjorkmau in American IU ' THE DEATH DICE. A Murder Case In Which Th- Re turned a Just Verdict. The German emperor some time ago presented to the Hohenzollcrn museum the "death dice" with which ono of his ancestors decided a difficult case In the seventeenth century. The his tory of these dice Is generally given as follows: A young girl had been murdered. Suspicion fell upon two young soldiers, Balph and Alfred, who were suitors for her hand. They both denied their guilt, and even torture failed to ex tract a confession from cither. Then Elector Frederick William do cided to cut the knot by means of the dice box. The : two soldiers should throw for their lives and the loser should be executed as the murderer. The event was celebrated with great solemnity. Balph had the first chanco and threw sixes, tbe highest possible number. The dice box was then given to Alfred. He fell on his knees and prayed. Then ho rose to his feet and threw the dice with such force that one of them was broken. Tho whole ono showed six, the broken one also gave six on tho larger portion, and tbe fragment split off showed one. This was a fatal of thirteen, one be yond Ralph's throw. The audience held Its breath In amazement. "God has Bpoken!" cried the prince. Ralph, appalled by what he regarded as a sign from heaven, confessed his guilt and was sentenced to death. Chicago Eecord-IIerald. Broadway and the Strand. Broadway, New York, Is the more or less exact counterpart of the London Strnnd. It is actually broader, but it appears more narrow because the houses are no much higher, and It is a little Btralgbter because it is a made road, not a road evolved from what was once a path along river mud. The general effect is identical. There are tho same kinds of shops and a crowd of the same type passing to or from the business quarter of the city. But, as I have Bald, ono rubs one's eyes looking out at tbe crowd upon the sidewalk. It is the Strand crowd- cosmopolitan, varied, people touching one another so closely that the tops of their heads appear to form another tier on the Btreet, a tier paved with hats instead of wood blocks or gran Jte sets. There it Is, tho crowd. But it appears to stop still. In one's first astonishment ohe thinks ttiut all these people are waiting for a procession to pass. One cannot believe that they are the procession. . Nevertheless ns the slow trolley passes onward oue realizes that the crowd is actually In motlon-that It Is the thing Itself, not the proecssiotj. ivY""v"" SON FOR PRESIDENT BRYAN'S VICTORY COMES OH FORTY-SIXTH BALLOT. Nomination is Made Unani mous-Governor Marshall of Indiana, Running Mate. Baltimore, July 2. For President Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey. For Vioe President Gover nor Thomas B. Marshall of Indiana. Governor Woodrow Wllsoo of New Jersey was nominated for president of the United States by tbe democrat ic national convention at its after noon : session Tuedsay, when on the 16th ballot he reoeived 090 votes to 84 for Champ dark. The Missouri delegation, whioh had remained faith ful to Olark to the end, thou moved that tbe nomination be made unan imous. Wilson was nominated on tbe 46th ballot. Official : Clark 81; Wilson 900; Harmon 12; absent 2. When tbe convention adjourned Monday night it seemed to be in all bnt a hopeless deadlook. Wilson had , been losing a few in eaoh ballot and - Clark slowly gaining. But tbe Ill inois delegation at an early hour morning conference had deoided to switch from Clark to Wilson. Tbis meant a obange of 53 votes and was as fatal to Clark's obanoes as it was inspiring to tbe Wilson foroes. It was as expected, the vote of Illinois marked the beginning of tbe end. West Virginia joined bands with Illi nois in going over to Wilson on tbe 43rd ballot. Wilson jumped from bis-, final vote ot 491 Monday night to 603 on tbe first ballot Tueaday. Tbe most important obange on the 44th was in tbe Colorado delegation whioh had been votiog 11 for Clark and 1 for Wilson. Tbis time Colorado divided 10 to 3 in favor of Wilson. Altogether tbe ultimate nominee gained 27 votes on tbis ballot. Then oame tbe 45th. It was disappointing in a way for Clark held his own and Wilson made a gain of only four. Tbe 46th ballot had been ordered when Senator Bankhead of Alabama was seen making his way to tbe stage. Word flashed over the great armory that his purpose was to withdraw Mr. underwood. Senator Bankbead uttered only a few words when tbe meaning of bis remarks beoame clear and there were frequent interruptions of applause and noisy demonstrations. , Senator stone of Missouri, who bad been in consultation with Speaker Clark olimbed to tbe stage and re leased in the name of tbe speaker all of tbe delegates who bad been pledged 10 him. Governor Foss was withdrawn and Alabama, whioh had started every other call with 24 votes for Under wood changed to Wilson and state after state followed suit. It was Just 3:15 p. m. when the solid 76 votes of Pennsylvania carried Wilson over the winning Una making bis total at the time 733 votes. Tbe stampede did not end until 000 of tbe 1088 votes iu the convention had been oast for the nom ¬ inee. Missouri, with ber 86 bad been joined on tbe last ballot for . Clark by 24 Cahfornians, 26 votes by delegates from Florida, two from Louisiana, all six from Nevada, four from New Jer eey, tbe borne Btate of Governor Wil son, six fiom the distriot ot Columbia and one from Obio. This little hand ful readily joined in the chorus of acolamatlon when Senator. Stone moved that the nomination be unan imous. . Only four tallots were neoesaai-y to reach a vioe presidential nomination at the night session, Governor Mar shall of Indiana winning, over Gov ernor Burk of North Dakota. 15. W. Hnrst of Ulhnols, Martin J. Wade of Iowa and James II. Preston of Maryland. Plamondon and Temple. While tbe state board plans to make a eeleotlon of a superintendent for tbe new Eastern Oregon Braooh Insane Hospital early in Joly probably tbis week, bo far only two applications have beon reoeived. Tbis 1b a rather peoullar oondition for tho members of tbe board to f aoe inasmuch as gener ally there are all tbe way from 12 to 25 applioants. or sometimes many more, whenever there is a vacancy in a state position, especially a position of snoh importance as this Tbe snper In tendency pays a salary of fiiOOO an nually, tbe same as tbe superintenden ce of tbe main asylum. The two ap plicants who have so far offered their names are Dr. J. D. Plamondon ot Athena and Dr. I. U. Temple of Pen dleton. Harvest Begins, Mordo MoDonald started barvesling on the MoDonnell plaoe south of Wal la Walla Moo day and when operations were stopped shortly after noon it was fennd tbe wheat was rnnning 47 1-2 bushels to the aore, says the Union. Mr. MoDonald says that tbe E. H. Niokson wheat in tbe Hudson Bay con a try is ready to be out and harvest will begin there. Barley is also ready. f i. 5 J i .4 . ) f v..