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VOLUME XXIV.
ATTHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1912.
NUMBER 40
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, OFFICERS
F. WILSON, President.
H. KOEPKB Vice-President.
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
E. A. ZERBA, Ass't Cashier.
531 m'WUl
DIRECTORS
S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE,
W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WA X is,
F. S. Le GROW.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ATHENA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00
ROUNDUP HER
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KEEN LOCAL INTEREST TAKEN
IN. WILD WEST EVENTS.
We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
consistent with sound Banking.
I MR WINS
Cigar Store
POOL, BILLIARDS AND CARDS. SOFT DRINKS &
CONFECTIONS, A GENTLEMEN'S RESORT, QUIET
AND RESPECTABLE.
THE TUH-LUM LUiBER CO.
LuMfetr, Mill Wrk and all Kinds of
UILDING M
Fifty Thousand People Saw
the Exhibition, Fully 30,000
Attending Saturday.
aterial:
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISIIES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
Athena, Oregon
THE ATHENA MEAT J1ARKET
We carry the best
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Our Market is ; .
Clean and Cool
Insuring Wholesome Meats:
D. II. MANSFIELD .
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
navxi mktmo powof r eo., new vow.
I he Pendleton Roundoifis a big
show. t was bigger than ever this
year and that looal interest was keen
is evident from the faot that large
orowds cf Athena people attended the
exhibitions.
The railroads handled the trans
portation problem to the best of tneir
ability. The early train Saturday
morning was equipped with an extra
ooaoh through the conrtesy of Agent
Mathers, who secured it for those go
ing fiom Athena. ,
It is estimated that 60,000 people
saw the Roundup exhibitions, 80,000
attending Saturday. The events were
thrilling and exoiting, particularly eo
to the Eastern people.
Athena was well represented in the
events, interest here centering in the
relay raoes. Fay LeGrow's string,
ridden toy D. Yonng, won the three
days raoe. W. R.. Taylor was in the
thick of the events, all the time push
ing the program along.
L W. Minor of WallowB, was
crowned king of all, bronobo busters
when in his final ride on "Angel," a
terriflo plunger, he kept his eqiulibri.
una with perfeot ease, . and with bis
sharp spuis raking the. animal, fore
and aft,, defled the horse to do its
worst.
It was a great exhibition by a great
buokaroo and the ohoioe of the judges
found popularity wtlb 20,000 speeta-.
tors. Tjomjlarifcy that roioed itself - In-
one mighty obeer when the new made
Champion of the world, seated In - toe
masniBaent 1350 prize saddle be bad
won. dashed round the track at tbe
oonclneion of tbe performance.
Bert Kelly of Pine Creek, Or., obam
pion at the 1910 Roundup, came near
olaimins the title again, qualifying
for the finals and winning second plaoaJ
by riding '.'Long Tom," tbe worst of
tbe bad ones, etraight np. Ait Acnrd
of California, captured third mouey,
his nerfornianoe on tbe back of
"SDeedball"winning the plaoe.
Tillie Baldwin, a comely little girl,
wife of Johnny Baldwin of Texas,
wears tbe crown which attaobes to
tbe title of champion lady bronobo
buster of the world, winning that hon
or for tbe second time in a year from
Bertha Blanobett, tbe pride of Ari
zona cowgirls. '
Blanch MoGaugbey was mado
champion of the noi tbwest , when she
succeeded in staying cn tbe back ot
Sitting Bull," the outlaw wbioh on
Friday eliminated Bertha Duokes by
throwing he in two jumps. Hazel
Walker of California was second in
tbe event.
Ait A'.-ord. though oulv third in the
ranks of bronobo busters, is without
a peer in bulldogging a steer, fie es
tabished his title as beBt in tbe world
when after a fearful tussle be brought
his long horn to earth in just 65 sec
onds. Bertha Banobett and Jason Stanley
eaoh defended a title woo last year
and eaoh retained it for another 12
months. By their feats each won a
beantifnl trophy as a permanent pos
session, the former acquiring a diver
cup and the latter a diamond medal
on a watch fob. The events in wbiob
they are still obampions are cowgirls'
relay raoe and the pony express raoe.
Connected with the thrilling events
were several aooidents wbioh injeoted
tbe spice ot exoitement into tbe daring
feats of the exhibitions of Western
range life. Dick Parker had a leg
broken during tbe wild horse race
and James Botchnnson was severely
injured when a wild horse knooked
him down, and kioked him. Minor
aooidents were numerous. Two lady
riders were thrown in the raoes Satur
day and Miss Lazinka, a relay rider,
suffered injuries Thursday that in
capacitated her for participating in
the raoes of the two last days.
OBITUARY.
The funeral service . uf the . late
Charles Welsh Bargai nee held in the
Christian cburoh at 13 noon, Septenf-.
bar 28. A large number of friends
from the surrounding country were in
attendance. The deceased was born
near Adams, Oregon, April 7 tb, 1880.
Gere he reoeived his early, education.
J. B. Saylor of Milton was for a time
bis instiuotor and speaxs highly of tbe
oharaoter of the deceased. ,' On , Jan
uary, 1st, 1913, Mr, Barger was un
ited in wedlock with Miss Clara Staf
ford. Tbe union piovfd a happy oue,
and they bad built a new home with
every modern convenience, preparing
for a long, happy useful life j when
disease, that remorseless tyrant, of
human flesh, laid hold upon his . vi
tals. Then a abort but courageous
battle began. All through tbe long
. . i . ,
summer fie sutrerea irom mieruiu
trouble, hut it was not until the, har
vest was well on that the malady be-
oame aoute; although even then he did
not quit the field but manfully attend
ed tn his duties as eneineer or tbe out
fit, often being forced to rest through
sheer exhaustion. Up to within two
weeks of his death be persisted in
managing tbe affairs of his ranub.
All was done tbat laving hearts and
human skill oould do to prolong bis
life.1 but as the days wore on it was
evident to physicians and friends alike
tbat tbe end was near; and it came
about '6 a. m. September 27tb. After
the funeral servioe the body was tak
en to Walla Walla and on the follow
ing day was . laid to rest beside the
sleeping dust of his father, lamented
by a wife, a mother, a sister, two
brothers and a host of friends. - '
A. Maokenzie Meldrum.
HIS PAST.
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PORTLAND TRANSHIPMENTS IN
; EFFECT AT. PRESENT. :
Seattle Oriental Shipping Ser
vice Places Oregon Metrop
olis at Disadvantage.
PASS UP RHODES OFFER
ofiv One Boy in State Will Take Ad
vantage of , Scholarship. ,fJ-
A obaoce to live tbree years in Eur-
ope, wun fiooo ot veati xvuuupb
money to spend eaoh year, apparently
makes small appeal to the young men
of Oregon. A Rhodes .scholarship at
Oxford Univeislty is to be granted as
the prise. for an examination to be
held October 15 and ,16, and every
thing is iu readiness exoept the rush
of applicants, which tailed ; to mater
ialize. V ; '
Allanv and Dallaa colleges notified
President Campball.of the state Uni
versity, who is obairman of the Ore
con Rhodes scholarship committeei
that tbey wonld sehd no candidates
this year, and tbe students at Eugene
and tbe other university towns seem
in no Lurry to enter the contest.
Tbe deadlock was finally broken by
Henron Stewart. Jr.. a student of Mo
Minnville . oollege, who placed , his
ame at the head of the list.
The faot that Oxford requires some
nowledee of Greek of its students
eeps out many young men who might
otherwise be candidates.
For Railroad Commissioner.
E. P. (Pat) Mahalfev of Portland
a? announced bis oandidaoy for the
offioe of railroad commissioner. Mr.
Mahaffey is an old railroad man,
and bas tbe endorsement of tbe Order
of Railway Conduotors, of wbioh he is
a prominent member.
'' s , -From New York World.
It will be remembered that 1t was In 1004 that Roosevelt wrote the cele
brated "My Dear Mr. IlniTlmnn" letter, saying "you and I are practical men"
and asking the millionaire magnate to the White House,, and after a confer
ence that Mr. Harriman raised $240,000, which was used in the campaign;
and that It was also In this campaign -Perkins contributed toward, Rocreevelt's
campaign Insurance company money belonging to women and children. .
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GOOD TIIIXG3 TO EAT
Athena, Oregon
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" " ' Cauatio't by'Rofiectioh.
It Is found that in concave spherical
mirrors the reflected rays only come to
a definite focus in the point when the
angular aperture ot the mirror does
not exceed 8 or 10 degrees. With a
larger aperture tbe rays reflected near
the edge cut the axis of the mirror at
a point nearer its surface than those
from points immediately around the
center. This . being so and the curve
of the mirror being continuous, a cor
responding curve of successive focal
points is formed in space and can be
rendered visible by the rays falling on
a reflecting surface, such as a sheet of
white paper or a tablecloth. The nap
kin ring is a cylinder and possesses tbe
properties of the spherical mirror along
one diameter. The rays falling upon
portions more remote from the center
line are brought to a different focus
from those falling nearer the center,
and this produces the peculiar heart
shaped reflection. . These figures are
known as "caustics by reflection" and
can bo well observed by allowing the
light of a candle to fall on the inside
of a cup or tumbler partly filled with
milk. --
: Welohlna the Atmosphere,
If we are to believe both legend and
history the first attempt to weigh air
was tbat made by Aristotle, tbo great
Greek philosopher of the fifth century.
He first weighed an empty goatskin
bag and then inflated it and again put
it in the balances and because be
found no difference in weight under
tbe two conditions announced to the
world tbat air was a substance wholly
without weight With modern labora-
tory apparatus. most any high school
scholar can demonstrate the fact that
a flask of ten cubic inches capacity
weighs fully three grains more when
filled with air than it does after be
ing placed under tbe exhaust of nij air
pump. Tbe numerous experiments
that have been made on tbe weight of
air warrant the scientists ia announc
ing tbat the weight of tbe whole ter
restrial atmosphere is about equal .to
that of a solid copper ball sixty-two
miles in diameter.
The Power of a Voice.
Stories abound to Illustrate tbe pow
er Dossessed by great speakers and
actors to stir the emotions by the
tones of the voice. - It Is said of the
elder Booth that he brought tears: t
the eyes of a company upon one occa-
slon by tbe way In which he ottered!
the opening words, "Our 'Father," of
the Lord's 'Prayer, - ': -
A story -is told of the great Irish j
orator,' O'Connell. An attack, bad been i
made upon- him in tbe house .of : com- j
mons. When O'Connell arose to reply j
bis lofty brow was black with thun-j
der and bis arm uplifted as if to strike.!
Then, checking himself, he sald."But(
the gentleman says he loves Ireland,";
Lowerlna his tone to the rippling mur-s
mur of a summer brook, he continued,)
T "have' no -words , of bitterness) or .re-i
broach for any man who -loves Ire-I
land." The pathos in the fragmentary,
utterance of the Inst word brought
tears to tbe eyes of many veterans of;
the house. , 1
A 8cotch Test. j
Auchtermuchty Is the hnpny town
which every Scot, proud of his nnpro?
nounceable tongue, uses ns a shibboj
leth to test tbe linguistic skill of the
southron. If you ennnot say "Aucnter-
muchty" you are still an uneducated
barbarian. The meaning of the word
happens to be as monstrous ns its
sound. "The high ground of the wild
sow" Is not a name one would choose
for a garden city. People, however.
are found to flock to It ns a summer re-
sort, and as It has n lover's pool the
town has probnbly attractions more
real than Its name. In the early part
of the last century Auchtermuchty
went bankrupt and was deprived of nl
Its property except the Jail and one or
two other assets of an equally neces
sary character. It Is now rich, peace
ful and radical.
Fate ef AloJWades. .
The brilliant, witty and dissolute
Alcibiades had one ot the most exten
sive experiences in exile that ever fell
to the lot of man. i While in. com
mand ot the Sicilian army be was .re
called to stand trial for the destruc.
tlon of the busts of Hermes an out
rage that had taken place Just before
jils departure. Knowing that his
death had been determined on, he es
caned to Soarta, where, by adopting
the manners of tne people, in bwuuBw i
contrast to his former style, or luxury,
ho hnrnma Immensely popular, we eu-
o-nirnrt . tn military operations ngalnsti
thft Athenians and succeeded so well j
as to excite, the envy : of the Spartan)
leaders, who expelled btav.w Hereupon
, Hdw Portland wonld profit by tbe ,
operation of an oriental, steamship,
line, bow Portland is losing from ;
laok of the service, are shown ty the
movement of the great Inland ' Empire
wheat crop to the coast says tbe Portr.
land Journal. . r .
Within the last few days. 8000 , tons
of wheat were taken from the-Noitb
Bank warehouses and transferred, to
the Northern Paoiflo for shipment to
Seattle, rather than Portland, to te
transshipped out of Seattle to the
orient , beoause Seattle has oriental
servioe and Portland bas not.
Sending the wheat to Seattle was
not - beoaoie ' the transportation is
oheaper. It costs twloe as muoq. op
erating expense to send a rreignt train,
out of thai inland empire over the
mountains to Seattle as it does to send,
a freight train down the river to Port-s
Ind. The rate over the mountains is.
ot course, tbe same, but it is based on
tbe watei grade haul to Portland.. ,
It is known that the Harriman lines
are having the same diffloulty as the
North Bank.' Losing the 8000; tons
of business makes a difference of about
2?,000 to tbe railroad. Bnt the 3009
tons is only a drop in the buoHet com
pared to tbe 60.000 or - more tons of
wheat whlob will be snipped .to. seat
tie for transshipment to tbe orient this
year, out of the inland empire, , be-
banse Portland lacks tbe oriental ser
vioe. . '
It ia contended that Portland should
not be so illy equipped to handle the
business out of her tributary: temtoiy
nnd that this citv oanuot afford . to
he went to Persia ia -lived there with j. I lose the business whlob ia constantly
mairnlflceuce that astonisnoa me-, growing greaier,
Hr Role.
De-They say Miss Lulu w very
much In request for dinner parties.
She So have heard. Sue Is a regu
lar dinner belie.
The Earth and Man Compared.
If It were possible for a man to con
struct a globe 800 feet In height much
less than twice the height ot tne
Washington monument and to place
nnon any Dortlon of Us surface an
atom one four thousand three hundred
and eightieth of an inch in diameter
and one one hundred and twentietn or
an inch in height, it would correctly
denote the proportions man bears to
the gigantic globe upon wmcn ne
stands.
- Prehlttorlo Anecdote.
Eve had a new gown made of her
usual fig leaves.
"Why don't yon make a costume oi
those beautiful violets" mquucu
Adam. "
Tnnr , wnsh iroods." repiica ?e.
"You know that violets are shrinking !
flowers."-Pittsburgb Tost .
Bringing the Paradox Home,
"ra, what's a paradox?"
"It is when tho Impossible happens.
"Then we had a paradox here this
evening. Ma saia yoa coumus
bly be expected borne berore miuuiuui,
bad an excuse for stayin
downtown."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Attached.
wTTftw An van like me for a traveling
companlonr asked tbe detective as he
handcuffed his prisoner to himself.
nh rm very mucn auacueu w
yon," replied the prisoner promptly.
The Usual Bssult
Little WUlle-Pa, I'll be awful glad
when I get old enough to do as i
please. Pa-Natura. y, my ,
when you reacn turn obo ju y
ly get married and not do It
Man Is a lirlt and bouiwl by iny?'
b!e bonds to nil men.-Thomas Cnrlyle.
The Human Enigma.
nw im.mtiffr-l'npa. did yw know
in:i!ti ! Itpfore you marrkl br.'
Persians tbeinselye3n wns recalled
to Athens with the same caprlclqus
noo fht marked his ostracism and
was appointed. commander In chief of
all tho Athenian rorces; dui, muiuk
nn imnortant expedition, he was again;
i sent into exllo and was finally assas
sinated In Persia.
A Fashion That FHd.
Charles II. attempted to put down
the mutability of fashion-in mascu?
line costume. On Oct 0, 1000, as
Pepys records, the king declared io
council "his resolution of setting a
fashion in clothes, which he will never
alter. It will be a vest I kuow not
Just how, but it is to teach the nobility
thrift and will do good." Six days
later Pepys sees the Duke of York try
on the new "vest," which is again de
clared to be like the laws of the Medes
and Persians. It was "a long cassock
close to the body, of black cloth and
pinked with white, silk under it, and a
coat over it, and the legs ruffled with
black ribbon like a pigeon's leg. But
Louis XIV. maliciously dressed all b s
footmen in this costume, and so flia
himn. with tbo result that
the English court very soon discarded
the "unalterable" costume.
It is asserted that tbe interests of
Portland directly oonoerned and the
public spirited citizens generally
should bring to bear an influence that
will give this city transportation facil
ities so that bnsiness wbioh sbonid be
Portland's shall be handled by Port
land instead of being lost by Portlaud.
It is stated tbat the railroads having
BDent large sums to : build into Port
land beoause of tbe confidence in bns
iness development are ready to fur
nish tbe tonnage for tbe oriental line
when tbe oriental line is organized to
come after tbe business. -
ADS. SHOW TIMBER FRAUDS
Entrymen for Land in Oregon Giyen
Illegal Proposition.
i(.f ! ;islt. r Jimt hHweeo Jw
ti.... iii'. !'-:tr. -I don't know tifr yrt.
jinil
Windows.
Tbe building contractor let loose
Ma mnst emohatlc phrases
sumo v. . - . u .,1
h found that the man -who had
been hired to daub whiting nil over the
windows hod not hair done me J""-
"That mnn doesn't seem to under
find whnt the windows In a half fin
ished building are whitened for." he
-t,i w. firm planter them over
rith rhnik to nrerent the public from
seeing tho unfinished condition of the
Interior, but to Keep uo .... -
battering out the gloss. Transpa...v
glass looks Just nbout as transpureut
ns air to the man who Is moving a
wooden or iron beam In o hurry, and
he is likely to ram the end of it through
an expensive window, but when the
glass Is coated with white It becomes
visible, and the, workmen hand thlr
material in through the door."-New
York Times.
A Dandy In Fiji.
The styles In FIJI may not concern
n deenly. and of course we may not
copy any of them except In n swim
ming tank. Still, tuey nave sryies. a
returning traveler, Interviewed In Lon
don, snys the prevailing mode Is two
yards of blue Jeans combined with n
cbints pnttcrn-thls fr the men. The
real pacemakers among the women
wear silk pinafores "In town" (mean
lug Suva),-whereas In the country
there Is no silk and possibly no plna
fore.
The beach Is tbe promenade In the
Polynesian Island", and there the trav
eler found the Fijian Berry Wall. He
wore trotitwrs and boots, a collar (but
no shirt) and a top hat Naturally, on
account of the topper, the observation
was made late in the day.-Cblcago
Post '
The arrovs of sarcasm are barbed
with contempt It to tho sneer la the
satire or ridicule that galls and wounds.
-W. Gladden.
A Salem dispatoh says: " '"Men
wanted to file on valuable timber
claims olose to coast; exceptional op
portunity, hi Continental blook."
This evidently was piloted in a oait
Lake paper. . . .
What Attorney uenerai wrawiora
designates at a "sure-tbing swindle"
is revealed in a letter received tooay
by the attorney general fiom J. a.
Early ot Salt Lake. Mr, Early eu
olosed the above "want; ad." He
said be learned tbo timber wis sup
posed to be in Benton and Polk coun
ties, Oregon. . . " '-
The proposition, be said, was1 4bat;
be sbonid pay tbe agents, $150 for lo-'
oating bim and securing title to tbe
land, and tbat tben lumber companies
wonld pay him 60 oeuta per thousand
for the standing timber. He asked
tbe attorney general if there was val
uable timber land here to be tiled on,
and if it oould be done, in the proposed
manner legally.
Tbe attorney general, advised him
to cling to bis 160 saying tbe timber
land of valne was praotioally all taken
and tbat even if it were not io, tbe
subnme proposed wonld lay him eriui
ioally liable for taking a timber claim
practically as a dummy lor toe Bene
fit ot a lumber company,
Oregonlan's Tribute to Bryan.
Bryan's manliness is admired, even
by bis politioal enemies. Tbe Oreg-
oninn savs of bim: "How much la
earnest is Bryan in his support of Wil-
son is proved by bis subscription of
$1000 to tbe campaign fond tbe first
cash Eubsortiption be bas ever made
and by bis giving up f 16,00 worth
of lecture oontraots to go on the stump
at bis own expense. The Nebraskan's
oratory will be tbe more effective,
since his bearers know tbat be seeks
no offioe for bimself and is giving bis
time and money to bis party's cause.
By this action as well as bv tbe splen
did and successful fight against tbe
bosses wbiob be made la tbe Balti
more convention Bryan is proving him
self a far bigger man than be ever was
as a candidate. He shines tbe more
in contrast with the man who sacri
ficed the esteem of bis fellow-citizens
to aggrandize bimself and who des
cended from the position of idol of bis
party to become tbe idol of a mere
faction."