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VOLUME XXIV.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1912.
NUMBER 45
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.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.
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Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
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Athena, Oregon
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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
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FOP CONDUCTING SERIES.
Benefit to the General Public
With Appropriate Programs
By Public Schools,
Mrs. WoodrGW Wilson.
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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.
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.; 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.'
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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.
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