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Buy Your Grc me Grocer VOLUME XXIV. ATITENA. UMATILLA SEPTEMBER 13. 1912. NUMBER 37 OFFICERS S. F. WIL80N,- Preidnt, ' H. KOEPKB Vice-President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, 1 E. A. ZERBA, Asa't. Cashier. DIRECTORS S. F. WILSON. H. KOEPKE !W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WATTS, F. S. Le GROW. i 6 fIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $100,000.00 L. We extend to our Depositors every tAccommdation J rnnsi'stpnt with sound Banking". . - ERWINS Cigar Store POOL, BILLIARDS AND CARDS. SOFT DRINKS & CONFECTIONS. A GENTLEMEN'S RESORTQUIET AND RESPECTABLE. THE TUM-LUM LUMBER GO, Limber, Mill Wrk aadall Kinds of BUILDlNa-WiATERfAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET We carry the best Ev3 That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. D. II. MANSFIELD Main Street, Athena, Oregon Tenth Annual Walla Walla County Fair September 16-21 Inclusive ATTR ACTIT PREMIUMS FOR FRUITS, VEGE- TABUS, GRAINS, GRASSES & LIVE STOCK Six days of hish class racing;. Tigano's Band in two con certs daily. Big free acts and other special attractions between races. Address W. A. Ritz, Secretary. SUCCESSFULLY ARRANGED BY SEVERAL LADY PROMOTERS Prominent Citizens Address Boys Athletics and Refresh ments Delight Them. One of Ibe most enooossful gather ings ever assembled in Atheua met at the public aohool on Thursday after noon. ;--- - - We bold that a meeting is a suocess when the object is attained for which the meeting is held. The object of this gathering was to get the boys to gether to show them that the citizens are deeply interested in their welfare; and as a spioe to the occasion a fine program of atbletios was exeouted, dainty refreshments were generously served, and sound moral advioe given to the boys. ; .- ' While all the best citizens of the town say, amen I to snch a gathering, the ohief promoters of this novel event were Airs. Betts, Mrs. CoomanB, Mrs. Hunter and Miss Bruce. Mr. Mel drnm conducted the athletics, ably assisted by George Bannister and Mr. Long.'.- .".,-':.'' . When the field contests were over, refreshments were served in the sohool house and 40 flue, healthy boys sat down to the feast and certainly show ed their appreoiatioD of the domestic art of the matrons of Atheua. The ohairman, Mr. Meldrum, opened the program with prayer, and then called on his worship the mayor, Mr. Koontz, who responded with an excellent ad dress. , This the' boys voted - to have printed in the Athena Press, and the addresB will appear in next week's Attorney EUktpttiitmi tbt key, and spoke with joliHi effwi ) hew they might make this sohool year one of great credit to themselves and to the town, by eaoh one having a defin ite goal, studying hard and being present on time. Mr. Helmiok, pastor of the M. E. ohurob, was called upon and made a splendid eneeob, teaohing the boys by oonorete examples the personal rights of property owners. This address might be epitomized by quoting the Eighth Commandment and tueuoiaen Rule. - . "... ' ' The chairman followed with an ad dress on personal purity and the evils of cigarette smoking. Be then dis tribnted the handsome prizes to the successful contestants. A hearty vote of thanks was given to the committee and their assistants. Miss Partridge led the boys in the singing of the National Anthem, and the benediction was pronounced by Mr. Meldrum, and thus olosed a very profitable gather ing. The seed sown will doubtless in due time bring forth fruit to the good of the community. Fine School Exhibit. . What promises to te one of, the most interesting exhibits at the tenth annual Walla Walla oounty fair, wbioh opens next Monday, will be the sohool exhibit in the annex to the pavilion, where all institutions of the oounty will be represented. A model sohool room will be shown, in addi tion to domestic soieuce and manual training departments snob as are be ing installed in the more modern eohools of the country. Mrs. Joseph ine Preston is In charge of the exhibit. Return Engagement. The Via Moore company, wbioh was here three nights last week, will appear at the opera house next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, opening a return engagement in "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelley." The company baa been doing a suooess ful business in Walla Walla, the Union of Monday morning saying: "As the closing, bill of an engage ment of four nigbts, tie Via Moore company presented 'A Vagabond's Donor' last evening at the Keylor : ' -Kmmurm-: ai h n h n tram B: tfh r fn tf na C""V r-s sun r fin f a reGaERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT mm , , , I The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in Ml! m m m UlDL it rr n rron n-fCb m Pi Grand. The : p.,- , . the standard set by the other "bills, and was enjoyed by a good house. So suooessful has been the engagement that Manager Gregg has made arrange ments for the company to appear at the Grand again next Sunday, prob ably for one performance only. De tails will be annonooed later." ' Washington Primaries. A light vote was oast in the Wash ington primaries Tuesday. Roose velt's visit kept the progressives away from the polls at Seattle. Governor Hay was renominated by the republic ans. He had praotioally no contest. Congressman William E. Humphrey was also renominated. E. C. Millon, considered a standpat democrat is nominated apparently ' for governor. Senator H. Q. FiBhback seems to lead J. H. Sbiveiy ou the republican ticket for iusuranoe commissioner. The dem ocrats nominated Charles G. Heifuer, ohairman of the state central commit tee, as a candidate for congress fruin the first district. William LaFollette is apparently renominated for congress from the Spokane distriot "n the re publican ticket. Albert Johnson of Hoquiam, is nominated in the second district. J. E. Frost of Ellensburg and Frank Hammond of Seattle lead the congressmen at large fight ia King oounty ou the republican ticket. Senator H. W. White, Robert Mo Mnrohine and E. O.Connor lead the democrats! ; Y. P. S. Elects Officers.. 'At a meeting of the Young Peoples Soolety at the Methodist ohurob Sun day 'evening, the following officers were elected: President, Miss Laura Bruoe; first vioe president, Louis Ste wart; seoond vioe president, Miss Ruth Diokenson, ; third vioe president Miss Ruth Stewart: secretary, Clar- enoe Zerba; treasurer, Miss Lillian Tompkins. BUSY BEES AT THE Fl A Novel as Well as One of the Most Instructive Exhibits. NOW FOR THE SIDESHOW: : One of the most novel as well as cue of the most instructive exhibits at the annual Umatilla-Morrow ooun ty fair will ce the demonstration of soleotifio bee culture wbioh is grad ually assuming an Importanoe in . the Ifliottrlal life of Eastern Oregon. All preparations have been made for a thorough exemplification of the best methods of making bee culture profit able and the exfcibit will be supple mented by two leotures daily. ' The exhibit will be in charge of T. F. Barringer of StanfleloX an apiarist of forty years experience. Twioe eaoh day, once in the afternoon and onoe in the evening, he will deliver a leoture, treating of the culture of the honeybee from the elementary prin ciples to the most intricate problems so that there will be beneficial infor mation to the experienced as well as to the novioe. The bees will be kept within soreens so that they cannot beoome too friend ly with the audience and will be fed on candy, sugar and sweetened water during the week. Should anyone in terested wish to inspect the hives, he will be provided with a bee veil wbioh will enable him to enter the soreened area in perfect eafety. In order to be of praotioal assistance to the bee raisers as well as to demon strate better the proper way of hiving the busy little insects Mr. Barringer will examine any bive brought to him to determine whether or not, tbey are aSeoted with foul broud or other bee diseases, and will transfer the bees into soientifio hives if desired. r Best that Honey can Buy Always Found Here iA J DELL BROTHERS, CiTSSIN !, Horses for Roundup. The East Oregonian reports that eighty young horses that since their earliest ooltbood have roamed the wild ranges of eastern Oregon and Washington, and have never bowed before the supremaoy of man, are to know for the first time the indignities whioh civilization heaps upon horse flesh when tbey are saddled and foroed to become unwilling participants in the wild horse race of the Roundup this month. By a contract entered into between the Roundup association and three prominent stockmen, tbia number of wild young brnnoboes will be in the corrals when needed for the most exciting raoe ever staged in any land at auy time. A Splendid Statement. When the comptroller of the our renoy oalled for a statement at the close of business of the First National Bank of Atbena, it was found to be in the best condition at any time of its history. The business of this in stitution totaled f584.312.69. Loans and discounts amounted to $387,51 09; deposits swelled to a total of $167, 107.01 aud exchange and cash on baud amounted to $170,666.9:1. Tru ly a splendid showing for a good back ia a good towu. "Chambers-Detroit" in Grief. Looal joy riders ewiped Dr. New som's oar from the garage Sunday night, and when the doctor went to steam up bis old reliable 'Cb ambers Detroit" Monday morning oh. well, there was notLiog doing. The crank shaft bad been twisted off in front of the dobab of tba longitudinal elot elusber angle and the old wagon wouldn't buzz. A little tinker iog by Virgil and the champion unto of tg em Oregon ia herself once more. " p 1 It- )' ,o -ao -30 ttt? i If " wn - S l1 1 ft -v 'm TRfe. Ill te '-S W0 &:: -From New York World. Everything In the sideshow of Roosevelt and Perkins Is visible except Jhe Harvester trust and tho establishment at Auburn, N..Y., where women "and children work uuder conditions that weuld disgrace Russia. W1B WEST IS UPHELD Resolutions of Appreciation Are Pass ed by Christian People of Athena.' TH E! PARTING OF THE WAYS No Turkey Trot, No Texas Tommy for Rural Terpsichoreans. At a onion meeting of the Christian people of this city last Sunday even ing in the Methodist ohurob, the fol lowing resolutions of appreciation for Governor West's efforts in the line of cleaning up vice in the state, were en thusiastically passed: Atbena, Oregon, Sept. 8th, 1913. To His Exoellency, the Governor of Oregon, Oswald West, Dear Sir: Whereas: We, the Christian people met en masse at Atbena, Oregon, do hereby heartily appreciate aud en dorse the heroio endeavors of our governor in bis'crosade against vioe and lawlessness; aud , Whereas: We believe that already his oivio reforms have proved a moral stimulus to the commonwealth at large; Therefore be it Resolved: That we tender bim our ( siuoere thanks. and appreciation fori his political prowess and Christian statesmanship; aud be it further i Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions bn forwarded to Governor West, ami a oopy be published in our looal paper. Signed: A, Mackenzie Meldrum, Tho?. Lawsou, .! Jerry Stone, R, Coppook, Henry Schniitt, Henry linen, " THE GNU IS A PUZZLE. It Seem to Be a Cross Between tho Horse, Cow tind Deer, Did you ever hear of ii horned horse? It is called tho gnu and Is n native of South Africa. The gnu Is a puzzle. We have called It a horse, but it is more like a cow. It renlly seems to bo a cross between the horse, the cow nud the deer. It bus the hend and horns of a cow, the tail, the muno and with ers of the horse and the legs of u deer. Altogether the gnu is one of the most singular creatures on earth. ' The gnu inhabits the billy districts of South Africa, roaming nil over the country In vnst herds. As far as trav elers have yet penetrated It Is found, and it is fortunate that it Is so." for the flesh of the gnu forms excellent food. Gnus are, however, extremely wild and, being very quick in their move ments, are Uiflicult to shoot. Upon the first nlarm the whole herd scampers away in single file, following n leader. When seen from a distance they look like a troop of horses. Their speed is very great, and when first disturbed they do not exert It, but kick out their heels and begin butting at anything that comes in their way, exhibiting tho greatest fury. Unless bard pressed, they seldom show fight, but when brought to bay they will de fend themselves desperately. They dart forward npon their enemy with great fury, and unless be remains (:ool and collected he probably will not es :ape. . An Improvement, "Mrs. Newrlcb has put n beautifully carved sundial in ber Italian garden." "Yesr "And she has arranged to bave It electrically lighted at night so she can tell the time at all hours." Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Harvest Ball. The first of the serins of dances to be given this faU and winter at K. of P.-I. O. O. F. Hall will be inaugurat ed Ibis evening with a Harvest Ball Johnson's orchestra will foruisb tin musio and supper will be served the fining room at the Hall. No turkey trot, no augleworm wig gle, no texas tommy, no bunny hug, in brief none of your fancy, puinful in their vulgar suggestiveness, rag time danoes for the sturdy farmers of the upper Rogue river country, says the Medford Mail Tribune. Suoh was the ultimatum delivered to the belles and beaux of Medford's vounger sool ety set at a reoent house party attend ed by a Ecore or two of the village elite. The gathering was a mixed affair at first, and ranchers and country lass es mingled harmoniously with the towns people in Virginia reels, lanoers and old fashioned round danoes. Then oame the turkey trot and other up-to date terpsioborean contortions un known to our pnritan anoestors. The country folk drew aside and lined the walls of the dance ball, looking on as if at a vaudeville performance. After a few variations first intro duced by the Apaobes-of the slums, the swelling indignation of the farm ers found words'. Declaring that tbey could not permit their families to witness snob exbititioos, they de manded the cakes that tbey bad brought for refreshments, back, and left the city dancers alone in their ragtime glory. v Injured In Runaway.' Monday while returning to bis home from town, Henry Koepke in oompany with J, S. Hunter, experienced an ex citing runaway aooident. Mr. Koepke was driving a four horse team. The tongue of the wagon came down and the horses immediately started to ruu, throwing both men violently to the ground. Both gentlemen were con siderably bruised as a result of the accident. Return From Summer Trip. Mr. and Mis. Wm, Tompkins and daughter Lillian returned Sunday from an extended trip through British Columbia, in whlob tbey Tisitedmany of the principal ci'ies. . Tbey bave come direct from Calgary, near where Mr. Tompkins owns land. His health baa been materially benefitted by the trip. Fell From Building. . Claude, the 11-year-old son cf Mr. aud Mrs. Sims Diokenson, now re elding in Santa Rosa, California, met with an aooident from wbioh he mir aculously esoaped alive. The little fellow fell 40 feet from a new Hobool building. He was unconscious for a time and it required five stitches to sew up a wound in the cbio. She Hit Back. He-Women have no real Judgment In serious matters. She Yes, and men count on that when they nsk women to marry thera.-Baltlmore American. 'Aliens In Old London. Here is a curious report of the aliens In London in the year 150": "There being a great increase of foreigners In the city, her majesty ordered the lord mayor to take the name, quality and profession of all strangers residing within the city of London." The list was headed by the Item, "Scots, 40." Other nations were represented by "French, 428; Spaniards and Portu guese, 45; Italians, HO; Dutch, 2,030; Burgundlans, 41; Danes, 2: IJcgeols, 1." HI TRIBUTE TO THE HEIV PASTOR ROSALIA PAPER MOURNS LOSS OF THE REV. HELMICK. Well Liked as a Pastor and Was Prominent In Civic Af fairs of Home Town. Rev. D. M. Helmiok, the new pas tor of the Methodist Episoopal ohurob accompanied by his wife, ' arrived in ' Atbena Friday evening from Rosalia, Wash. Rev. Helmiok preached his first sermcn to bis Atbena congrega tion Sunday morning. Mr. - Helmiok is bigbly spoken of as a minister and citizen, by the Rosalia Citizen-Journal, as follows: Rev. D. M. Helmiok, for throe years pastor of the M. E. church at this point, will leave this wiek for bis new obarge in Athena, Ore., where he waa sent last week by the M. E. conference held in Ellensturg. Rev. Helmiok is a man of worth and oharaoter and has, by his assi'st anoe and bard work, been of great val- ne to me town ana vicinity, ue nev er shirks a duty and ia always ready to help in meetings of the chamber of commerce and other gatherings that . have for their object the advancement of olty and good government. . "Dad," as be is often oalled by bis friends, has won a place in the hearts of the Rosalia people wbioh can never be eradicated. He is a great fiiaud to the young people, wbo always at tended hia preaobing services in large numbers. Hia messages to them were of suoh oharaoter as to assist them to better manhood and womanhood. Rev. Helmick is not only held in high es teem by the members of bis ohurob but by members of the other oburcbes and by the non-going ohurob people as well. Since coming to this plaoe, where there was no church organization, co churob, Sunday sohool or Epworth league, he has knilt a $5,000 brick ohuiob, organized a Sunday sohool, with an attendance of neatly 100 obildren, has an Epworth league of 50 or more young people and in gen eral has accomplished much for both ohurob and oommnnity. The Citizen Journal joins in wishing both bim and bis family abundant suooess in their new work. Mr, Helmiok resigned as treasurer of the chamber of commerce and was made a life member of the same by a nnanimous vote of the members at a meeting held Wednesday night. R. P. Tumley, after a few well direoted re marks showing the high esteem 4o wbioh Rev. Helmiok ia held by the business men of this city, said: "It is with tegret that we receive this resignation of Rev. Helmiok but ow ing to the oironmstanoes we acoept the same." Nearly all tbe members expressed regret that "Dad" is to leave, but wished him suooess in bis new field of labor. Resolutions were passed xeoommending him to the Atb ena chamber of oommeroe. Ibe com mittee appointed, to draft tbe regula tions is composed of R. P. Turnley, Dr. D. A. Angus, and E. E. Flood. "I never oan forget Rosalia aud ber. reode." stated Rev. Helmiok. The Umatilla Bridge. ' Wednesday's East Oregonian , says: "Whitewashing the reoord of tbe old oounty court insofar as there being any alleged illegality in the proceed ings which led up to tbe construction of the Umatilla bridge at a cost' cf il.t.O?0 is oonaernnd. thn oronH 4nrv j m 1 j this morning concluded its delibera tions and submitted its final report to the court. The jury finds that tbe old oourt was compelled to cancel its original contract with the Atlas, Bridge company because of an error, in tbe profile submitted by the oounty surveyor which oudorestimated tbe length of the bridge. Tbe grand jury also construes tbe action of the court in having constructed ao entirely . dif ferent style of bridge by tbe same company to bave been in accordance with that provision of tbe law wbioh gives it tbe tight to reject all bids, purchase tbe necessary material, hire labor and seoure a superintendent to assume obarge of operations." Took It Compliment. Magistrate (about to commit for trial You certainly effec ted the robbery in a remarkably Ingenious way In fact, with quite exceptional cunning. Pris oner Now, ycr honor, no flattery, please; no flattery, I begs yer. London Sketch. " Pwn'thment For Whomf Doss Barber What? Von bave cut the gentleman four times? Well, just for punishment you must shave bim nil over again right awayl-FIlegende Blatter The Mothers' Club. ' Tba Mothers' elub SDent a nleammt afternoon September 6, at tbe borne of Mrs. oi. u Desner. where a utilandid Drocr am was oar lied out: Th nn.t of honor on this oocasion was the former president. Mrs. Thomas Law son, In appreciation of her good work and influence shown in the club tbe past year, tbe present president in te half of the Mothers' club, preaeuted to Mis. Laweon a set of sterling silver teaspoons. Dainty refreshments were served by tbe oommittee. Call for Warrants. Notice is hereby given that tbe City of Atbena will redeem outstanding oity warrants numbers 515 to 570 iu olneive, and water commission war rants numbers 487 to ECO inclusive. WarraoU will be paid at tbe office of B. B. Richards on August 18. 1912, after wbioh date interest on said war rants will cease. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this tbe 16tb day of August. 11)13. Victor U. Butke, City Tiea. 1