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I. Buy Your Groceries fromYour Home Grocer VOLUME XXIV, ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1912. NUMBER 8 ;':. OFFICERS J S. F. WILSON, President, V H. KOEPKE Vice-President. F. S. Le GROW Cashier,, -E. A. ZERBA. Au't Cashier. DIRECTORS ' S. F. WILSON. .. . ELKOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WATTS, F. 9. Le GROW. I MUST NATIONAL BANK W-,- OF ATHENA , , . CAPITAL ANto SURPLUS, $100,000.00 T . J We extend to pur Depositors every cAccommdation : t consistent cwith jsound Banking. THE IA LUMBER CO. ,-A -" Jt it Lumber, Mill Work and all: Kinds H Din jyirv J PAINTS. OILS AND VARNISHES Posts jind; Blacksmith coal :- A. MJohnson, Manager 1 -Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA: IViEATi RflARKET ' ' 1) .'V"- Z, That" Money uy8.''J-.w Y. fYTj f ; " Our Market is 1 I 'sV'J Clean and Coplj fjt Insuring -Wholesome Meats. . P31"' IL MANSFIELD A ; cli Main Street, Athena, Oregon.; Willi WWliaMMmsaaMBatMMIilWTOIIiTniW BHIHIPS HIMWBBWWWi""1 8S 'V?. Nri Home of QUALITY I'-', - We sell all the Breakfast Foods, all the Dinner and Supper Foods, also , all the Between Meal Foods. fruits, ; Nuts, Cbotctions All first-quality id? a TRY THESE THEY'LL PLEASE ! Puffed Wheat . Puffed Rice?" ?v Shreaded Wheat Cream Wheat Corn Flakes Columbia Wheat Columbia Oats Bananas Oranges U( Grapes Chestnuts Brazil Nuts Almonds Walnuts DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT V WBMAH WILL RUN I 1MB HUT REFUSES TO 1C0MMIT HERSELF i OM 5AL00H ESTIOM. tioo ot the kiodneas of Principal Drew in tendering the use of bit 08 ice for the aooommodatioo of tbe teachers, Mrs. Newton Would Stop the "Scrapping Among Oregon " City .Councilmen." "Yes its line," sayt Mrs. Kate Now ton, of Oregon City, wbo has en tered the race for mayor of the town. "It was only a ioke at first, bnt after oarefol deliberation I bare Dually de cided to play tbe joke for all it is worlb. My friends bave urgently re quested me to inn. however, since the fuD tegan, and if I am elected I will ran tbe city od a basis of wbRt is tight and what is wiong absolutely. s 'l am. not going to make an aotive oampaign.'-' The matter is entirely, in tbe bands of my friends bere, and they have circulated the petitions. lo not like tbe methods of the Oregon City council. Wbo does? There is too muoh graft bere," she oontinued, '.'and I believe that I bave baokbone enongb to run munioipal affairs in the interests of the whole people," : Mrs. Newton, the first woman in Oregon to ran tot the of floe of mayor, is one of Oregon City's best known oitizens. Left a widow 35 years ago, she was thrown on ber own resonroeg, and raised a family of three obildren T-pbildren wbo bave ''made good" in the world. She is an extensive prop erty holder, and baa proven herself ef floient to manage ber . own .affairs successfully. She is brimf ol of ener gy and exoutive ability, and is a wo man of extreme foroe of obaraoter. Besides. a host of friends and, admir ers in ber borne town, it is thought she will ewing a large part ofjhe wo man's vote at the eleotion ,oext Monr; day. , Bei opponent is Lynn Jones, a well known druggist. -, "I bave always been . an ardent champion of -votes for women'1 . con tinued Mrs. Newton. "Why shouldn't I be? I "have walked into tbe eberibVs of floe every year for over 80 years and bande'd over my.share of the govern ment's 8Dppbrt-rbut tbat was all that I was allowed to say in the . voice of the gavernmenr,' ? 5, '"Will f yon i'eef at home;' in tbe oounoil?" .Mrs. Newton was asked. "Well," I- should : say so. ;. I; have been before the city fatfeera on many oooasions and have, told them what I thought of them, top. , There has been altogether too muoh quibbling among the members the past year. No har mony absolutely. Yon mark my word: If I am elected the. scrapping will stop once aud for all." "And the saloon issue?" was.qoer ied., i,.-; ' ,0 , "No. you don't,'.' said Mrs. Newton, with rare politioal acumen for a wo man.! "I am not telling my attitude on the liquor qaeetion. You wait un til I am elected. There'll te plenty of lime to discuss the saloon issue. " It is conceded in Oregon City that tbe lady has a fair ohance of election. Lynn jQues, Mrs. Newton's only op ponent in the raoe,v wbo threatened to withdraw X from the Beld wbet ao quainted wtib her oandidaoy for tbe mayor 8 of floe, says tbat.be will see it out oowr and believes that be will be elected. He pays tribute to Mrs, Newton, and says she is an exoellent woman, bnt he does not like the idea of having her tor an oppooeuU . A LOCAL EAGHERS' INSTITUTE Interesting meeting of Rural Teachers in Athena Saturday. 'County Superintendent Welles and Soboil Supervisor White were in town Saturday . eonduoting a looal teaohers'. institute. This is one of a series of similar gatherings that are being beld at various points la the county. They are for the exclusive benefit of the rural teaohers. . .. Tbe 'programs are quite informal and are participated in with consider able freedom by tbe teaohers in at tendance. Both Sopt. Welles and Supervisor White were enthusiastic in their comments conoerning tbe sno eesa of tbe meeting . bere, tbe former stating that be never" witnessed a bet ter meeting of its kind. Tbe following teaohers were present: Isabal Oiay of No. 3, Florenoe Marob of No. 11. Lillian Downs-Dobson of No. SO. Principal Anioe Barnes and Ethel Miller of No. 49, Leota Cannon of No. 52. Martha Lavadour of No. 94 and Grace Farnam of No. 113. At tbe forenoon session Supr. Welles spoke at length giving a comprehen sive review of tbe phases of tbe prob lem common to teaohers of tbe coun try district. In the afternoon various teachers present led in discussions soob as: "Ibe Teacher's Relation to Com pulsory Attendanoe;" "Piotore Stndy Work;" "8tory Telling;" "The First Yai in School;" 'The Eighth Grade Class," etc. While one teacher as sumed . tbe responsibility of opening the discussion on eaob topic, all' felt free to contribute to any theme or even to launob a new one. Tbe re sponse was very gratifying to those having tbe meeting id charge. , Mr. White expressed bis appreoia Progressive School Districts. Sobpol district No. 8 ia one of the progressive country distriots acoording to Supervisor Yeagor, wbo xeoently made a visit to that section. Tbia school is situated near the mouth ct Butter creek about Ave miles south west of Hermistoo. For over a year a reading table baa been in use in this sobool. The direotoia ' appropriate about eight dollars a year for maga zines and children's papers. Amoi R them are: "Tbe Youth's Companion" "St. Nicholas," "Current Events," and several periodicals for tbe smaller obildreu. Otbor magazines are donat ed by the teaoher, Mrs. Minnie Bin kle, who says that the. obildren take a great interest In the periodicals. They make a fine addition to tbe school library. Tbe pupils in ' this sobool are acquiring a taste foT good reading aud it is believed that tfcis plan might be adopted wtib profit ilmany other distriots. , f 7 : A very successful ba.i' sooial was recently held in school: ;i:;?riot No. 66, seven miles north oL Pendleton. Mr. R. 0. Earnb6Vvone, of tbe di rectors, reports thai SSO.OO was made clear of. all expenses, A small part of tbia money is te be used in pur chasing lamps for the jsobool bouse and the balance will be expended for library cooks for the sobool. The snccea of tbe sooial isdue'in no small part to the efforta of tbe teacher, Miss Rae MoCnlley, according to Supt. Welles. Teachers' Examination. Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Umatilla oopnty, Oregon, will bold the regular examination for applicants for state Oertiflcates at Pendleton,'; as follows: Corflmenoing Wednesday, December 18, 1913, at 9 o'olock a. in. and con tinuing until Saturday! December 21, 1912. at I oooot p. to. V i Wedpesday forenoon, Writing, Un ited States History,, Physiology. : 'Wednesday afternoonV Physioal geography, Reading, Composition, Jdetbdds in Reading, Methods Id ; Ar ithmetic , - ' ' ' Thursday forenoon, Aiitbmetio, His tory; olflaliooXPjTo.hAlogy.Metb: 9dainv8pi!i,a.p.b7.', " .tdUf"'-. X Tuesday jatterppop, " Grammar, Ge ography. Amerioan Literature, Phys ios, Methods in Language. Thesis for Primary Certificate. .Friday forenoon. Theory ,and Prac tice. Orthography, English Literature. Friday afternoon, SphooLLaw, Bot pny. Algetra, Civil Ooviibneatr-wn. ; Saturday forenoon, .Geometry, Geol ogy. . ; . ' ; Saturday afternoon General History, Bookkeeping." Frank E. Welles, Superintendent Umatilla County. ' Renewed His Courage. . '' "Jabe Mathls of the Thirteenth Georgia was a good soldier," said Gen eral Longstreet, "but one dny, when the. Confederates, were retrenting from the gory field of Gettysburg. Jabe threw his musket on tbe ground, seat ed himself by tbe roadside aud ex claimed with vehemence: Til be dos goued if 1 walk another step! I'm broke down. I can't do it.' And Jabe was the picture of despair. ".'Git up, man, exclaimed the cap tain. 'Don't you know the Yankees are following 11s? They'll get yon sure.' N "Can't help it,' said Jabe. Tm done for. I'll not march another stepP "The Confederates passed along over the crest of a Jn) and lost sight of poor, dejected Jabe. Inn moment there was a fresh rattle of musketry and a renewed crash of shells. Sud denly Jnbe. appeared on the crest of tbe hill, moving with, hurricane swift ness and followed by n cloud of dust As he dashed by his captain that offi cer said: " 'Hello, Jabe! Thought you wasn't going to march any more?' "Thunderr replied Jabe as be hit the dust with renewed vigor. 'You don't call tbia. marching,, do you?"' Kansas City Star. " Simplicity of Jenny Ltnd. Jenny Llnd must have been tbe most simple, unpretending prima donna that ever lived. Wbcn she first visited Eng land she was bound to sing only at the Royal, Italian Opera House, and when commanded. to alng at the queen's con cert, she was obliged to refuse. Very sorry to be compelled to notify this, she ordered her. carriage nnd drove straight to Buckingham palace. She banded ber card to an official, who, not unnaturally, declined ta take it. , A higher authority, happened to pass and took. It upon himself to present It. As soon as ber majesty saw it she said. "Admit ber by all means." . Jenny Llnd appeared and said simply that she was to very sorry to be unable to sing, at ber majesty's concert that she thought it better to call berselfand explain. Tbe queen was charmed wltb ber nat ural manner, gave ber a cordial recep tion and promised to- be ber friend. ' Battle ef Armageddon. Readers of the Bible know that the battle of Armageddon, which In the re vised Terslon Is Harmsgeddon.'.ls to be the Inst conflict between the boats of the Lord and all the powers of dark ness. It is prophesied in Revelation xvl. IC. "And be gathered tbein to gether in a place called In the Hebrew fongue Armageddon." Tbe name comes from bar mogiddo, the mountain dis trict of Megiddotbe mountain land of Israel. , There : Is where the stars fought against Eisera. as. narrated in tbe book of Judges, and where Joslah. rebellious king of Judnn, wns slain by Pharaoh, klug of Egypt The "battle of Armsiceddon" Is used srrnfooHcnl'y t describe aav creat conflict but tu Its MRS. r C ON E .JOHNSON.' : One of the Vice Presidents of the Wcmsn'3 National Wilson and , Marshall Orgarvrsr.on - ! ii :i'xr-"sr.iAS';' IK 1 0 J v if TEAt IS LETTER T III 0 llStlll TWO PORTLAND ORGANIZATIONS BOOSTING FOR HIM. President-Elect Has Atten-' tion Directed to Qualification of Portland Lawyer. s' 1 Mrs. Cone Johnson of Tyler, Tex., one of the vice presidents of the Woman's National Wilson and Marshall .organization ihI president of the Wilson. and Marshall Worpan's organization In 'IVxna. ' ' original meaning It ' referred to the final struggle which Is to precede the millennium, St. Louis Post -Dispatch. XX ''".Consolatory. A correspondent of nn Kngllsh paper tells bow some one visited a wild lteiist show and saw a countryman come In bearing unmistakable signs of having, had n glass too much. A tiger scratch ed the bock of the hand with which the man grasped a bar of the cno. The laceration was severe, and the. twin, was great. The sufferer danced about nnd twirled his shlllnlah, crying: "Let blm out! Let him out till 1 have me will ov him!" A companion tried to soothe Ihe irate dancer with this neat impromptu: "Never mind, Pat. Sure, he only wanted to scrape acquaintance wld ye." .-' , .-' ' Whittiers Good Wishes. A young woman once sat nt a board ing house table beside a reserved and awkward country boy whom she de lighted to tense. When she loft she asked him to write in her autograph , album. The poem' . which John (J. Wblttler wrote there stands n n warning to, other younjr ladles that she who laughs first at a swrnlnly dumb countryman may be herstlf . luiighi'd at many years Inter. The quaint couclud Ing stanza is: Thy life may nolhlnn vex It. ' Thy years b not a tew. And at thy final cxll ' Way the devil mla hln rliie Children of Today. Modem children are very precocious A Mount Washington man asked his little nephew If he knew who Cinder elln was. "Sure!" snld the urchin. "I've seen her." "You've seen ber?" gasped his nncle, in astonishment. . "Sure I've seen her. She's a charac ter to a musical comedy." Pittsburgh Post ' - Good Amendment Hnsband-Thls cake is very good, my dear, but it seems to me there ought to be a little more Wife (in clear, Icy, incisive tones) That cake came by mall and was made by your mother, nusband Yes, as 1 was say ing, there ought to be a little more of It " ' , Only In a Business Way. ' ' "So Clara rejected the plumber." "Do you know why?" "Somebody, told 'ber to be careful about encouraging him, as he bit tbe pipe." Baltimore American. ';Jt . An Oasis With a History. . In the mountain, range of El Guet tera, writes Captain A. II. Haywood la tbo Wide World, I came across that precious and rare thing in tho desert a clear spring. Of course these springs are very few and far between, and there is a tragic little story attached to this particular one. A man and his wife were making their way across the desert not long ago, and their water supply ran short. They struggled on, weak and parched with thirst One by one their camels died, and at last, overcome with suffering, tbe woman' died too. Tbe man dragged himself painfully onward in the weary search for water. It was oil in vain, how ever, nnd at last be, too, gave up tbe struggle, and, tortured with a burning thirst, death came upon him and mer cifully relieved his suffering. Some one, passing that way soon after, fotmd hie body, lying barely 100 yards from tbe little mountain spring of El Guettera. Little be knew bow close be trai to his goal, poor fellowl . Alligator Hunting. Alligator hunting In Colombia Is an Industry which furnishes the natives with considerable sport It is carried on along the Magdalena river from December to April and .la July and August "During tnese ramiess mourns the streams subside, draining the great alluvial plains which border the mala stream. The alligators, which rushed out on to the inundated flats during the previous swelling of the river, crowd back through the " connecting branches and channels, where the In dian hunters slaughter them la large numbers, spearing them and hauling them out on the banks, where they ero stunned and then beheaded with long handled axes.. Rifles are not used, owinir to the prohibition of the use of firearms, except shotguns. Hun dreds of alligators are also left stuck in the deep slime left by the receding waters,-ever 'whleh their short legs will not drag their heavy bodies. Argonaut Our Swamp. Land. Ten acres of swamp or marshy land in n county can breed enough mos quitoes, malaria and typhoid to seri ously affect the health of the entire county and greatly, lessen tho indus trial efficiency of tho community. 1 In the United States are swamp and marshy lands that aggregate an area almost ns large as all England, Ireland, Scotland nnd Wales combined. There are more than 75,000,000 acres, approx imately 118,000 square miles. The area of Great Britain is 121,300 square miles, Including tho Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, The swamp area of the United States is almost as large as tbe states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio cdnibincd. It Is as largo as Now York, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Jer sey. Tho crops of these 75,000,000 acres are snakes, frogs, mosquitoes, fevers and alligators. Only the frogs and alligators are of any value of any kind. Technical World. . Infant 8nobbery. Too often the Idea of service is asso ciated solely with puld servants, al though seldom so amusingly ns in the case of a little girl of whom a con tributor to the English Illustrated Mag azine tells. She had visited a little friend whoso family did their own housework. She had a very good time and on coming home was telling her mother nil about it "But, mother, dear, they do one very dreadful thing," she concluded. "I sort of hato to tell you about it, for It is kind of cruel, and you mightn't let me go again." "Tell roe," urged ber mother, in some alarm. "They uso their own grandmother for a cook," tho little girl replied in a shocked whisper. Letters calling upon Presldent-eleot Wilson to appoint Joseph N. Teal of PoiMand, as secretary of tbe interior aud setting forth his qnaliSoations havn been forwarded by tbe Greater Portland Flaiis association and tbe Portland Association of Credit Men. Tbe letter from tbe oiedit men calls attention to tbe faot that Mr. Teal li the first to receive an indorsement at their hands. It reads: ' 'The name of Mr. J. N. Teal, ae yon well know, having been suggested as secretary of the interior, it gives me pleasure to say that the Portland Association of Credit Men, represent- ng 80 per cent of the business of Portland has unanimously indorsed Mr, Teal for this important office. We are striotly a oommeroial organ ization, and Mr. Teal has been flat tered to tbe extent of being tbe only aspirant for an of floe who Las ever reoeived tbe endorsement of this body. We feel, however, that tbs action was merited, since we naturally bave the dignity of the State of Oregon at heart, and we earnestly solicit tour consideration In his behalf." 1 That tbe Greater Portland Plans as sociation, by reason of its membership, Is in a position to represent tbe senti ment of Portland in the matter of Mr. Teal's appointment Is pointed out in the following letter: ' "The Greater Pmtland Plans asso ciation, fcy unanimous vote ot the en tire membership, at its annual meet ing on November 80, approved tbe sug gested appointment by yonr honorable self, ot M. Joseph N. Teal as secre tary of tbe ioteilor. The secretary wa& instmated ta . nnmmnnlnnl nlth you advising yon of tbe action of the association, wbiob represents In its membership over 4000 of the most publio spirited and representative of Portland's oitizens, inolnding elected delegates with power to aot, from eaoh of the CO other oi via and business organizations of (bis oity, "It was felt that Mr. Teal's long and honoratle record, bis surpassing publio spirit, bis unusual efficiency for the aooomplisbiug of matters vital to publio welfare and bis nnsmirobed reputation oause him to merit as dees no other man of tbe Paoiflo ooast, or . possibly of the nation, this distin guished appointment. "It is also felt that tbe appoiutment of Mr. Teal will constitute a most gratifying recognition ' of Oregon's support of yourself during tbe reoent oampaign and a most desirable evl denoe of your own sympathy with tbo problems of tbe west, with wbiob Mr. Teal, because of bis fairness and lack of prejudioe, is better fitted to grapple than any one we know. "We earnestly petition yon, there fore, to give this matter yonr most oarefol consideration and if at all pos sible, your favorable action." ' LESTER SWAGRART AT; REST In the Same Boat. The Duke of Leeds before succeed ing to his title was active In politics. Once when canvassing he enrao upon an English shoemaker, whoso vole hn solicited, "gorry," snld the shoemak er, "but I'm not going to vote for any bloomln' aristocrat I can't afford It., I've got four children to bring up." "That's nothing," replied the duke. "I've got five, nnd they are all girls." The shoemaker carno up nnd touched him on the arm. "All right, old chap," he said. "You shall have my vote. It seems to me we ere both In tho same boat, and we'd better stick together." Went Him On Bstttr. "Yes," said the visitor from Pumpln villc; "you have some pretty tall struc tures here, but our town erected a building with more than fl thousand stories last summer, and" "A building of more than a thousand stories!" echoed bis friend "What brand do you smoke?" "It's a fact," rejoined the Pumpln ville native. "I was referring to our new library." London Tit-Bits. ; Boboy Ain t it runny, mammal Mamma What, dear? Bobby-Why, today will be yesterday tomorrow. Exchange. Death Came Sunday as Result of Long Illness With Cancer of Throat. " . After long months ol suffering from oaxooma cancer of tbe thtoat, Lester Swaggart died at his borne lo'. Pendle ton Snnday at 1 o'ulook p. m. - Funer al services were held Tuesday after noon, Interment .taking place in Oloey cemetery, Pendleton. s Mr. Swaggart was first afflloted with tbe disease some two years ago. He was treated fay leadiug specialists of tbe ooast and made two trips to ,New York City for treatment under an ex pert there. Everything that money and loyal friends and relatives could do was done for bim to stay the ravages of his affliotion, hot without avail. Be bore his trying illness with courageous for titude. Mr. Swaggart has lived In this county praotically all bis life. His boyhood was spent In the vicinity of Athena, 00 tbe old Swaggart home stead north of town. Of late years be bas made bis borne ia Pendleton. Horace Lester Swaggart was torn August 1, 1871, and died at the age of 41 years, 3 months and 24 days. He was married to Ida De Witt in En gene, Ore., in 1805, and two obildren were born to tbia onion, Lenore, aged 18, and Lois, 10 years old. Tbe mo ther died in Pendleton In Jnly, 1007. . Mr. Swaggart was married again in November, 1909 to Mrs. Luella Boyle, and one obild who was born to tbem in July, 1911. died in May, 1912. He is survived ty his mother, now living in Pendleton, four brothers and three sisters George Swaggart of Heppoer, Ben Swaggart ot Lexing ton, A. JU Swaggart of Athena.' J, M. Swaggart of Athena; Mrs. W. F. Matlock ef Pendleton; Mrs. Wilbur Keith of Wanoouda, Wash., and Mrs. C. S. Whet Jet of Pendleton.