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11 Mopgroye This Edition con tains Four Pages Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXIV. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1912. NUMBER 44' 1ST - OFFICERS S. F. WILSON, President, " H. KOEPKE Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Ass't. Cashier. DIRECTORS " .F.WILSON. H. KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS, F. S. Le GROW. BAN RST NATIONAL . v - OF ATHENA CAITAlAND SURPLUS, $100,000.00 We Extend to'ouf Depositors every cAccommdatiori consistent with sound Banking. . yv " ER WINS 1 Cigar Store POOL, BILLIARDS AND CARDS. SOFT DRINKS & CONFKCTIONS, A GENTLEMEN'S RESORT, QUIET - -,-t.; AN.D "RE5NECjBLE. , I THE rUM-LUM LUMBER CO. Lumber, Mill trwl all Rinds of . BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal ...... A. M. Johnson, Manager , , Athena, Oregon , sTHE ATHENA JIEAT MARKET We carry, the best .ill SEAT'S That Money Buys 'V Out Mfarfcet isfh Ciiean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. D. II. MANSFIELD Main Street, Athena, Oregon TT' WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING SPECIALTY, sBe!l IIIRFCT PIIFUlHAfiF ft WlllbWI I WllWIIIIWfta- ' OF SACK SUPPLY FARMERS PROFIT BY EXPERI ENCE OF PASf SEASON. Farmers of Washington Buy Supply for Next Year When Estimate Is Given In. L. C. Crow, of Pallnian, prosideut of the Farmers' Educational and Co operative union in the state of . Wnsh iutogn, gaya that tbe farmers have profited by the experieuoe of the laBt season, when many locals failed to order their grain sacks through the organization, when they conld have been pnrobased fcr approximately;? cents,' later paying 13 and 12 1-2 cents for them Meetings of the looals throngbont eastern Wasbipgtoa have been .held during the last week to estimate the number of sbobs the members of eaob local will nse and to eleot representa tives to the tri-state convention -in Walla Walla November 7.' At that time an estimate will te reaobed as to the number of sacks that will bo nsed by tbe union farmers in the three states in the organization Oregon, Washington and Idaho and arrange ments will be made for Mr. Nelson who has been iu charge of the organ ization's terminal warehouse on tbe coaBt, to make a trip to Calcutta to arrange for the diieot pnrobase of tbe 6ack supply. Mr, Crow says tbe meetings of the looals held to consider the sack, prop osition have been well attended anr that tbe farmeis are eager to take ad vantage of the opportunity to purobas through their organization. Shoot Quail: Arrested. ; A. J. Luck, Al Gains and J. L. Ed mistpn, three Pendleton hunters, fiav run afoul of the game laws of Oregot and are iiow awaiting the aotion o the' courts, says the Eflst Oregonian They were arrested last Friday b; Deputy Game Warden Ernest Alter for shooting quail on the state hospit al grounds : below Pendletop.L Gain and Edmiston appeared Saturday af ternopn before Jnstive Parkes for preliminary bearing on a charge 0 shooting birds proteoted by law. Luc has not yet appeared for a- hearing. ) is said another charge, that of shoo: ing within tbe boundaries of a gam refuge, will be preferred against tbei and, according to tbe authorities, the:' offense has been further aggravate by tbe offer of a bribe to tbe gan warden to drop tbe oase against tbei Killed in Runaway. Frank Turner, aged 65 years, w billed while driving from Walla Wa to the Kelly tanob where he was e ployed; last Saturday, when bis tee Leoame unmanageable, -ran away aTnd threw him to the ground. In the Sail he sustained' internal" injuries fipm wbiob he died almost instantly. His body was found some timo after by two men who were walking along tbe road toward Walla Walla. The aooi dent happened on the Umatilla county side of tbe state line, and Corotier Folsom was summoned from Pendle ton. An inquest placed the cause of death as accidental. So far as known the man bad np rolatives in this part ot the oonnti-y. Interment was in tbe Wnlla Walla cemetery. : Narrowly Missed bv Bullet. Milton Eagle: A bullet from the title of some thoughtless hunter whiz zed by the bead of Mrs. A. E. Riobard son, tbe aged mother of Amos'Rioh ardeoo, at tbe latter's borne south of Milton, Sunday, and buried itself in tho" porch column of the Richardson home. Tbe person wbo sent tbe tullet flyiDg through., space does not bnuw bow close he .came, to unintentional murder and it should be a lesson for those wbo carry weapons to be careful which way they point them. I TH m i is y Ell! La 3 "very WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT poh&83 I- fj The Freshest and mostChoice the Market affords in m v Ige Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here p 0 . ' if iff 3 DELL BROTHERS, good inixoa to St Athena, Oregon M Wife of the Democratic Presidential Nominee. Honorary President . , of tha Woman's National Democratic Lettfue. i 551 II ; 5 ' - . ' v -' rwy.:..:::.r::::::::v::!:r:v:v:::'x":-:::: ..x. :3m.) . PRO VE IIP UNDER EITHER LAW Circular Out Bearing on the New Three Year Measnre. Ill LYCEUM COURSE he new leader of Democracy and prob ;ise, is perhaps the most Interesting wo- is Is Inevitable not because sbo wishes b a rock in her conviction that being the fitnte nor call for a woman's becoming a stated nil appeals of photographers and nation as Democratic candidate for the is modesty is easily traced to her south- characteristic also, of her distinguished jn, daughter of a Tresbyterlan divine of is he knows, Is the only one of the name rother and one sister living, all In the d herself. Irs. Wilson could hardly be expected to broadminded and charitable, devoted to Ich it stands. 1st, and it la snid that a portrait painter riled the young barrister who had then on to specialize on the subject that hns iIisses Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Jes- Randolph Wilsonpossess the mental ieir mother's artistic temperament, coin- to pwrt mnmpiit nf tlifIr- Hvph nnil nro- d.' They form, Indeed, an ideal family jevcry American household to emulate. A oiroular is out, bearing on the new three year homestead law recent ly enaoted by oongress at tbe instanoe of Senators Borah of Idaho and Jones of Washington. Aocording to tbe amendment an en- tryman, who made enity prior to tbe passage of tbe three-year law, can at bis own discretion eleot to make proof under either law. It was originally required that the entryman who de sired to prove up under the old law notify the office of bis district. It is now held that sooh notice of election is not neoessary. It was originally enaoted that tbe entryman should cultivate one-six teenth of the area of bis entry, be ginning with the aeoond year and one eighth at the beginning of tbe third year. In a majority of oases with homesteaders desiring to make proof under the Jones-Borah law they oould not comply with this requirement In view of this an amendment pro vides that: "Respecting cultivation neoessary to be showu upon such an entry In all oases where, upon considering the wtole record, the good faith of the entryman appears the proof will be aooeptatle if it shows cultivation of at least one-sixteenth for one year, and at least one-eighth for the next year until final proof, without regard to tbe particular year of the home stead period in whioh the cultivation: on the oue sixteenth was performed." Tbe new law also requires that proof shall be made within five years from tbe date of entry, and if tbe entry is to bo administered under that law the department is not authorized to extend the period within whioh proof may be made, but when submitted after that time, in the absenoe of adverse claims, the entry may be submitted to the board of equitable adjudication foi confirmation. . The amendmont will greatly faoil itate compliance with the new law by those who made entry prior to the passage of tbe new three-year law, and will assist many ioolioed to make proof under its provisions to adjust their areas of cultivation. WINONA COOTT- COMPANY IS THE FIRST NUMBER. Guarantee Given By . Com mercial Club, Necessitates the Raising of $285. Keefe Resigns at Pendleton. The East Oregonlan reports that J. E. Keefe, Jr., has resigned his po sition us secretary of tbe Pendleton oommeroia! i association. Mr, Keefe will aooept a more IndraUve position as ', musical director for Miller & Draper, official Elks' minstrel show men. Mr. Keefe will direot and stage minstrel shows for the various Elks lodges of the country, and bis accept ance of tbe offer oarries with it a promise to report at San Antonio, Texas, on November 8. ! - s Message to the American People Oct., 19, 1012. jlunlty ta state very Peeking to be eleot- ' ed President of the united Spates. I feel very deeply that this is not an ambition a man should ' entertain for his own cake. He must aeeK to . serve a cause, 'and must know very clearly what cause it is he is seeking to serve. The cause I am enlisted in, lies very plain to my own views The Government of the United' States, 83 now fecund by Xh policies which have become characteristic of Republican administraA tlon in recent years,, is not f red to serve the whole people impartially, and it ought to be set free. It has been tied up, whether deliberately or merely by unintentional development, with particular interests, which have used their pow- - er, both to oontrol the government and to oon trol the Industrial development of the country. It must bo freed from such entanglements and al liances. Until it is freed, it cannot serve the people as a whole. Until it; is freed, it cannot undertake any programme of social and edonomio betterment, but must be checked and thwarted at every turn by its patrons and masters. In practically every speech that I make, I put at the front of what I have to say the ques tion of the tariff and the question of the trusts; . but not because of any thought of party strategy, because I believe the solution of these ques- ' tions to lie at the very heart of the bigger - question, whether the government shall be free or not. The government is not free because it h23 granted special favors to particular olaoses' by means of the tariff. The men to wiiom these special favors have been granted have formed great combinations by which to control enter- ' prise and determine the prices of commodities. They could not have done this had it not been for the tariff. Ho party, therefore, which does not propose to tako away these special favors and. prevent monopoly absolutely in tl?e, markets of the country sees even so much as the most elementary ' part of the method by which the government is to be set free. The control to which tariff legislation has led, both in the field of politics and In tho field of business, is what has produoed the most odious feature of our present political situa tion, namely, the absolute domination of power ful bosses. Bosses cannot exist without busi ness alliances. With them politics is hardly distinguishable from business. Eosses maintain their control because they are allied with men who wish their assistance in order to get con tracts, in order to obtain special legislative advantages, in order to prevent reforms which will interfere with monopoly or with their en joyment cf special exemptions. Merely as polit ical leaders, not backed by money, not supported by socurely intrenched epeoial interests bosses would te entirely manageable and comparatively powerless. Ey freeing the government, there fore, we at the same time break the power of the toss. Be trades, he docs not govern. He ar ranges, ho does not lead. He sets the stage for what the people are to do; he does not aot as their agent or servant, but aa their director, Tor him the real business of politics la done r under cover. The same means that will set the government free Jr&a the influences which now constantly oontrol it would set industry free. The enter prise and initiative of all Americans would be substituted for the enterprise and initiative 'of a small eroup of them. Economic democracy would take the place of monopoly and selfish ' management. . American industry would have a new buoyahcy of hope, a new energy, a new variety. With the restoration of freedom would come the restoration of opportunity. . Moreover, an administration would at last be set up in Washington, and a legislative regime, under whioh real programmes of sooial better ment oould be undertaken as they oannot now. The government might be serviceable for many 'things.. It might assist In a hundred ways to safeguard the lives and the health and promote the comfort and the happiness of the people ; but it can do these thing3 only if its aotlons be disinterested, only if they respond to publio opinion, only if those who lead government see the country as a whole, feel a deep thrill of intimate sympathy with every olass and every in- , terest in it, know how to hold an even hand and ' listen to men of every sort and quality end origin, in taking oounsel what is to be dono. Interest must not fight against interest. There must be a oommon understanding and a free ao tion all together. The reason that I feel justified in appeal ing to the voters of this country to support the Democratic party at this oritical Juncture in its affairs is that the leaders of neither of the other parties propose to attpek the problem of a free government at its heart. Neither pro poses to make a fundamental change in the policy of the government with regard to tariff duties. It is with both of them in respect of the tariff merely a question of more or less, merely a ques tion of lopping off a little here and amending a little there; while with the Democrats it is a question of-principlo. Their object is to out every epeoial favor out, and cut it out Just as fast 03 it can be cut out without upsetting the business processes of the country. Neither does . either of the other parties' propose seriously to disturb the supremacy of the trusts. Their only remedy is to aocept the trusts and regulate them, notwithstanding the fact that most cf the trusts are so constructed, as to insure high prioes, because they are not based upon effici ency but upon monopoly. Their suooess lies in control. The competition of more effiolent com petitors, not loaded down by the debts oreated when the combinations were made, would embarrass and conquer them. The Trusts went the protection of the government, and are likely to get it If either the Republican or the so-called ' 'Progres sive' party prevails. Surely this is a oause. Surely the questions of the pending election, looked at from this point of view, rise into a cause. They are not merely the debates of a oasual party contest. They are the issues of life and death to a na? tlon which must be free in order to be strong. What will patrictio men dot The annual Lyceum movement has been tabeu np with a great deal of in terest by the enthushstlo members of the looal'Oommeroial Club. This sea son's entertainment promises to sur pass that ot any previous year. Up to date, 120 season tickets at $3.00 apiece have been sold. Tbe heavy guarantee given by the Commer cial Club makes neoessary the selling 1385.00 worth, in order to come out even on the oontraot signed and entered into between the Biitt Lyoeum Bureau and the Commercial Club. Besides this amount there are other expenses, snob as ball rent, ad vertising, etc The Commeroial club earnestly solioits tbe patronage of every live citizen of Athena, ana asks the help of all in making a suooess of the winter's entertainment. The attractions offered ate of the very best, and loolude tbe following: Winona Conoert Company, whioh ap pears here on Novemper 12, prioes, 75 cents a ticket; Franoia J. Gatle, in his inimitable , lecture "Laugh ilosophy," Deoember 3, 50 oents; S. Piatt Jonas, Charaoter-Study Man and Entertainer, Deoember 18, 75 cents; Delia Crowder Miller, . Dram - atio Interpreter . and Impersonator, January 15, 50 oents; and The 'Aller Txio, Maroh 5, 75 oents. ' . ', ' From these prioes will be seen the advisability of purchasing , a season ticket, whioh at the same time is not only a great saving to the purchaser, but aids the Club in fnlQUing its guarantee. The Winona Singers, the first en tertainment on the program is a highly oultured quartet of lady vooalists, and their solo and ensemble work has been enthusiastically received wherever they have appeared. The quartette is composed of Miss Pearl Hughes, sop rano; Miss Maude Cree, mezzo-soprano; Miss Esther Canter, alto, and Miss Bernice Clark, oontrlato, Their pro gram is made op of conceit numbers and seleotious in oostume from light operas. They were direoted by Wil bur Starr, tbe noted lyoeum baritone. One soene, in Japanese oostume, is an adaptation from "Mikado." another la a scene from "Babes in Toyland." Tiobets oan be had from Miss Zolma DePeatt,' at tbe Golden Rule Store, and Miss Merna DePeatt, at Fix & Radtke's. The following are tbe names of those who have already bought season tiobets: B. B. Richards, W. W. Wiley, II. C. Starr, U. B. Bishop, Merna De peatt, N. J. Book, Lula Tharp, Zelma Depeatt, Mrs. DePeatt, Earl Barnett, Viotor C. Burke, Fred Soil, Geo. Wall, Bally Piersol, Russell Piersol, Hairy Coomans, Ralph E. DePeatt, D. M. ilelmicb, Georgetta B, Dolezal, Laura Bruoe; A. B. MoEwen, D. B. Bannister, E. W Konasek, E. J. Wal ker, Emery Worthington, Ross Payne. R. T. Biown, E. A. Zerba, W. P. Lit tle job u, J. L. Miobener, Ira Starr, C. B. Kelson, Robt Small, Oia Shigley, 0. R. 2.erba, E. C. Barnes, Owen Rusie, Clara Zerta A. A. Fose, Jack Vincent, B. N. Hawks, Una. Sawyer. L. M. Nelson, Dr. U. J. Bitinar, D. H. Mansfield, Mrs. B. D. Xharp, Oh as. Betts, G. B. Paitridge, Alma Wilkin son, F. B. Radtke, Alta Sharp, Ed. Koontz, Dean- Willauy, 'F. B. ,Boyd, Mrs. II. A. Barrett, Miss Jessie Mo Ewen, J. E. Froome, Jesse Myrlok. Chas. Kirk, Elmer Boober, W. E. Dobson, John Rothroob, F. L. Atkin son, H. D. Wilson, A. H. Chapman, U. Koepke, Gerald Kilgore, Wm. Winsbip, Geo. M. Bannister, Geo. Gerking, Jos. N. Soott, . Hogh Lien alien, Sheldon Taylor, Bert Logston, Ruth Krebs, Orral MoPherrin, Flor ence Zerba, Howard Drew. ' . . ' Buys Montana . Cattle. Pilot Rook Record: Four hundred head of Montana cattle, purchased by Wesley Matlonk of Pendleton, passed through Pilot Rock the last of the week and were diiven to tbe foot hills south of Pilot Rook for pasture. This is tbe third shipment of cattle that has been brought into southern Uma tilla county this fall, Henry Lazinka of Camas piairie having bought two hundred bead and the Colvin interests of John Day tbe same numter. It is understood that several hundred head mere are soon to arrive at Pendleton from Idaho, Montana and other states and will be diBttibnted among cattle men of this county. The Vice President's Funeral. ' The fuDeral of Vioe President Sher man will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clook from the First . Tresby teiian ohuroh in Utlca.'N. Y. Buiial will take plaoe la Forest Hill ceme tery, where others of tbe Sherman family are resting. Mr,, Sherman se lected the pallbearers before he died. A final bulletin intended to be con clusive was issued hy Dr, Peek, that death was doe to Bright' disease com plicated by dineane of the heart and hardening ol the arteries, .