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.4 ' --if -- vrir'- J 1 V"1- - This Edition con tains four Pages A SI 11 -J Jl SIM y Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXIV. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1912. NUMBER 45 far . - 1 .OFFICERS S. F. .WILSON, President, H." KOEPKE Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, E. A. ZERBA. Aea't. Cashier. DIRECTORS S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WATTS, F. S. Le GROW. fIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA t CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every" cAccommdation consistent with sound Banking. I. ERWINS Cigar Store L POOL; BILLIARDS AND CARDS. SOFT DRINKS & CONFECTIONS, A GENTLEMEN'S RESORT, QUIET AND RESPECTABLE. THE IUIVi-A-LUjVl LUMBER CO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon S3S8B THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET -- ' We carry the best jgfjSjf' MEATS jC-f- That Money Buys 1 1 'fT x Clean1 and Cool. I flit UL-Jr Insuring Wholesome Meats.' MmJ D. II. MANSFIELD tMp Main Street, Athena, Oregon r Vlcl via i7tmTT ' AWIEBA, DMiDDK ml TTT M. WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING M SPECIALTY. r President and Vice-President Elect ef the United States. T - ii:Si:SmS. , . iA VI. 'fiMim. . " " ill v it- iiK ( f ... . sift t-Al -cOfT 1 ' lit ' , Ililll From painting by Seymour Thon.as. Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey. Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana. MALONEY 1 THE BRIDGE MATTER LETTER APPEARED FOR USE IN CAMPAIGN RESULTS. Attack On Cdunty Judge Ap peared In a Recent Issue of The Hermiston Herald. On the eve of cleotion, presnmal ly for politioal pmpoaea, the Dermistoa Herald made au attack on the stand taken by County Jcdfie Moloney uu the Umatilla bridge matter. In addi tion to thia newspaper attack, tbe repnblioan conoty chairman oko sent fortb a vicious letter. ' Judge Maloney replied to the Hermiston paper as fol lows; Editor Hermiston Herald:, Permit me space iu yonr paper to reply to your artiole whioh appeared on tbe editorial page in your issue of Nov. 2, in wLioh yon display a gross ignorance of tbe subject of which joa write, or wilfully and maliciously misrepresent the facts in tbe case. : The aitiole wbioh I refer to is the Umatilla biidge detl pulled off during the administartion of former County Judge T. P. Gilleland. : You state that Mr. Gilleland's de feat was brought about by tbe circula tion of false and scandalous rumors that something was wrong in the west end bridge deals. I desire to remind you of tbe fact that tbe wiiter bad no knowledge whatever of tbe Umatilla bridge transactions and tbe game whs not re ferred to in any manner during the campaign of 1910. I did not disoovei this dirty and infamous piece of bus iness by wbioh tbe taxpayers were fleeced out of $6000.00 until May, 1911, some six months after my elec tion. I wish to agaia repeat tbat this deal was not only irregular and unlawful but tbe taxpayers were made to pay $13,000.00 for a structure tbat miAUTY m POHNE MAIN 83 ITH "HI m&m WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT r"0, J! The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in n . . ,f .. -,- v ;s : x (II -t , ;. . ..... ..... t-..5 A NEW COURSE SCHOOL LECTURES ' , m - -: ililll! '.V " r , tr wmmm. 4 ..111 .V. Vtf . . ...v ; .i-: ':W:Si;ii:v:;;ivSSi:J riiv: s i Art- ALDERMAN PROPOSES PLANS FOP CONDUCTING SERIES. Benefit to the General Public With Appropriate Programs By Public Schools, Mrs. WoodrGW Wilson. Best: that Money can Buy Always Found Here m rj DELL BROTHERS, c S'S0'3 Athena, Oregon j could and should have been erected far not to exceed $7000.00. Any fair minded meu, with average intelli gence can be convinced of the truth of these statements if be will tako tbe time to examjue tbe records iu the county clerk's office. You further state iu the article re ferred to, that two grand juries have investigated tbe Umatilla tridga tran saction and fully exonerated tbe old county court. Now you know, Mr. Editor, if you know anything at all about tbe Umatilla bridge trausacticns tbat your statement is false. I will ask you to be fair with me oud pub lish the repoits of the two graud jur ies which you claim exonerated the old court. and censured me aud my associates for making "take state ments" concerning the same. It is tree that the last grand juiy composed as it was of Mr. Oilleland'a friends and pihtioal iH40oiats, at the request of 51r. Gilleland, endeavored to "whitewash" the Umatilla bridge deal by making it appear, for political leasone, that the Umatilla bridge was not built under contract. - I will auk your readers to judge for Iteoithes whether or net the Umatilla tridge was tuilt under the contract system. Here is the contract: Pendleton, Ore., Jane 25, 1910 To tbe Honorable County Court, Uma tilla County. Oregon: We propose to famish to your onun ty all tbe necessary steel and wood material for tbe conrtructioa of tbe superstructure of a twelve span girder bridge to be built over the Umatilla river at the lowo of Umiatilla, t-rected iu place, for the sum of Nine Tbouk nd Six Hundred .Dollars, payable as follows: Seven thousand two boa dred dollars scon tbe inspection and acceptance of tbe steel, two thousand four hundred dollars upon the coin pletiou of tbe bridge. We propose to furuf!i to your coca ty all the otcestarj concrtte mateiial for tbe sub structure, in place, for tbo turn of Ten Dollars per cubio yard, payaLle upon completion. ATLAS BRIDGE COMPANY, , Dy A. E. Eberhart, Prop. To tbe Atlas Bridge Company: We hereby aooept your proposition as above quoted at tbe above and ac cording to the above provinions, this 25fb day of June. 1010. Yours truly, COUNTY COURT UMATILLA CO. 'J. P. Gillelund, Co. Judge, Horace Walker, Co. Com. At tbis timo the county oourt exact ed a bond from the Atlas Bridge Com pany for the faithful performance of tbis contract. No bids were culled for for the con struction of this bridge, notwith standing the fact that trie law so re quires. I have the authority of the distriot attorney and tbo leading lawyers of Pendleton tbat this act of the old county court was illegal aud I am sur prined to know. tbat any citizen of oar county will etanrl sponsor for a system tbat is not ouly unlawful bat if prac ticed will permit 'the bounty to;te robbed of thousands of Hollars yearly in the construction of our bridges. Yours truly, : ' J. W. MALONEY. ''," Coouty Judge. ,j r . .; t Killed the Limit. . Dick Adams, who lives oo MoKay crek, is one banter who bus cone forth with bin guu aud returned with scmethiiig 'betide LurJ luck tales, tmys tbe Kast Oregooiat). lie killed tbe limit, five deer, iu the Meadow creek ooootry and Lrought the evi dence of bis prowues to Pendleton. Samuel (I. Lightfoot, a pioneer res ident of the county, died at bis borne at Nye, Monday. Tbe deceased was well known tbrouulsout tbe state. The funeral was held Wednesday, L. Ii. Alderman, state superintend ent of putlio instruction, Bonds tbe Press the following pertaining to the Deportment of Education Lecture ourse as propesed for the publio schools of tbe state. Mr. Alderman says: "The purpose of tbia oourse is to ofler free to tbo general publio u course of lectures by publio spiritod moo and woman of the State. The l oture will be ou topns of state aud natiouul iutereKt, such as modern san itation, iudustriul ednoatiou, tax re form, aud others of kindred nature. Theee will express the new ideas of tbe leading men of Oregon, best qual ified to speak on suau subjects. A complete list of the subjects thus far cboseu is giveu at the close of this article, but tbe list will be constantly enlarged by Eobjtota of the lecturers' own choosing. "It is ouNtomary in many places to secure lecturers from afar for snob work. They are usually interesting speakers, but being unfamiliar with tbe problems which oonfrnnt us here iu OregDU in our daily work, the net result of thei labor is to take from tbe community a large sum of money. "Our plan is to secure from caoh community through the help of tho county superintendent and the city superintendent, a number of our own citizens who will deliver a oourse of lectures under tbe auspioes of the publio schools on ropics of vital inter est to all of our people. "Kach city superintendent, prin cipal or teacher who wishes to plan a course of leotures should write to tbia department, telling us how many leo tures be oau arrange for during tbe school year. He should also choose a number of subjects from tbe list given at the eod of this artiole. Tbe ouly expense will be the traveling ex penses of tbe lecturer and eotertaiu rneut. To co-operate with us io tbe work it will be necessary for tbe principal of the sobool to plan tbe details of tbe vi-jit of the lecturer. Where prac ticable it would be well for two or three districts to join. Tbe time and the plHoe, tbe name of tbe lecturer andblitopio should be well adver ted some weeks la advance tbrongb tbe papers, by preparing' written not ices to te read iu eaob oburob, and hy a epeoial invitation sent to eaob borne represented io tbe publio sobools. Tbet-e could be written by tbe children themselves. The advantages and edu cational possibilities of.suob a cause cannot te over ealimaterJ. Tbe suc cess of tbe undertaking in each Com munity depends largely ou tbe so hoc lit. There should be oo admission charged. Io many of our towns the commercial clubs would be glad to take care of the expense. Tbe sobool board would be justified io making a small appro- Continued on Page Two. OREGON FLOPS TO THE DEMOCRATS LANE LEADING SELLING FOR "' UNITED STATES SENATOR. Wilson Sweeps the Country Overwhelmingly Defeating Roosevelt and Taft. With approximately 75 per cant of tbe votes counted the race for candi dacy for tbe United States senators bip in Oregon at midnight stood: Harry Lane, demoorar, 34,168; Bon Selling repnblioan, 32,943; Bourne, incumbent, popular government, 23, 223. Lane's lead over Selling, 1.225. With less than 20 rotes separating tbe leade a, early totfav, both iu Mult nomah county end the slate at large, Lb tie has made a slow tut steady gaiu until bis lead iu Multnomah reached 700, tbe outside counties adding BOO more. At midnight tbe count on preddeut ttood Wilson 40.058; Kocsevelt 81,964; laft 29,629. ' . President eleot Woodrow Wilsou will have at least 439 electoral vote?. Wyoming's three votes probably will be added to tbis total tot an official count will be neotssary to determine whioh candidate has carried tbat state Wilson's eleotcral vote is unprecedent ed in tbe biBtory of the oountry. - Col onel Theodore Roosevelt will be second with Pennsylvania, Sontb Dakota, Minnesota and Washington a total of 77 eleotoral votes. President Taft baa won Idaho, Utab and Vermont, with a slim cbanoe ot winning out in Wy- omiug. Roosevelt has lost Illinois and Kan sas, but has gained Minnesota, through tbe snpport of tbe farmers. Tbe switch to tbo Wilson column of Illi nois and Kansas was nnexpeoted, and both due to the heavy Buppott Wilsou received in the rural districts. Wilson is not believed to have re ceived a majority of tbe popular vote, but his plurality will exceed 2,500.000. Tbe exaot figures will not be available for some time owing to tbe slowness of tbe returns. Although tbe Socialist party lost tbeir only member in congress Vic tor L. Bergerof Wisconsin they gaiued in popular vote and eleoted three mem bers of tbe Illinois legislature. Ow log to tbe peouliar situation in IHooi', tbe Socialists and Progressives hold tbe talanoe of power in tbe state leg islature. The Socialist leaders claim they polled 800,000 votes in tbe na tional election. One effect of tbe Progressive loss in Kansas is that Governor Stubts is defeated for the Senate. Roosevelt apparently ran second In many of tbe important states, giving tbe Progress ives control of tbe election maobinery as tbe second party, which is impor tant in organization work. Wilson has captured 89 states, and mav yet add Wyoming to tbe list. Tbat Illinois was safely in tbe Wil son column was indicated early last evening, but California, which bad been claimed by democrats shortly after closing of tbe polls, wavered for a sbort time toward Progressive racks, ibe Wilson plurality however, early last night again started upward. Equal suffrage has probably carried . in Oregon. Other proposed amend mendments, with one or two exoep tions, porbaps, were snowed nndor. Tbe vote in North and South Athena preoinols, combined, follows; , ' Taft 71; Wilsou 97; Chafln Debs 3; Roosevelt 23. Congressmen Atercombe, soo. Cleaver pro. 26; Graham dem. Sinnott rep. 90. United States Senator Bourne Clark prog. 14; Lane dem. 05: Paget probi. 20; Hemp, soo. 8; Selling rep.' 76. - Secretary of State Kennedy prog. 21; Oloott rep. 88; Rodaway coo. 3; Ryan dem. 88; White probi. 18. Justioe Supreme Court Bright . prnbi. 23;Eakin rrp. 00; Slater dem. 96; Weavei soo. 4. Dairy and Food Com Barzee soo. 6; Duntar probi. 29; Lee dem. 93; Miokle rep. andptog. 79. Railroad Com Aitobison, rep. 79; Anderson dem. 78; Gates probi. 26; Mnbatfey iud. 20; Servioe prog. U. Representative Hinkle rep. 112; Mann rep. 99; Skinner dom. 97; Moore sou. 18;Turley too. 5 Sheriff Propeok probi. 43; Taylor dem and rep. 169; Wolf soo. 5. County Treasurer Bradley, rer. 96; Gceenwald soo. 2; Nye dem. 101; Wells probi. 15. iAsesRSor Allen soo. 2; Hops-ju pro bh 15; Say lor icp. 63; Strain dem. m. t Coroner Cbatwood coo. 6; Garfield rep. 94 ; Henderson dem. 91;Mo(juarry probi, 24. County Commissioner Dunn boo. 8; Filed ley dem. 113; Waterman rep. 90. Tupped the Market. . A. LSwaggart returned Taesduy evening from Portland, where he dis posed of a carload of bogs. Tbat Mr. Swaggart is a soooessful bog-raiser has been demonstrated many times in tbe past and bis reputation as a breed er of good (took was sustained Monday at tbe Union stook yards when bis car load of porkers topped the market price of tbe day, giving bim 17.00 pet hundred pound. 31; 8: 91; .9; 1 i!