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Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXV. AllIENA; UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 24. 1913. NUMBER 4 OFFICEKS . S. F. WILSON, President, H. KOEPKE Vice-President, F. 8. Le GROW, CaBhier, E. A. ZEEBA. Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS s V. WITjSON. H. KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS, F. S. Le GROW. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA . CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation A THE TUH-LUffl LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon THE ATIIEHA MEAT MARKET We carry the best That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. D. H. MANSFIELD Main Street, Athena. Oregon - - - 1 ' tlome of QUALITY Groceries Good Groceries go to the Right Spot Every Time This is the Right Spot To go to Every Time for Groceries r TRY THESETHEY'LL PLEASE ! OWE BEST THE MONQPOLE " Honopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits llonopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon , CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT lOIIiISP LAST YEAR 60,000 CHILDREN COMPETED FOR PRIZES. State Superintendent Says It Is Only Commencement of a Permanent Movement Conoorning the industrial movement for sohoof children, Superintendent of Pnblio Instruction Alderman writes to the Press as follows : LflBt year, . as near as we can get at it, there were about 60.000 ohildren engaged in making or raising some tbing with which to compete for priz es in the industrial contest. That was only a little start in the work, bnt it was a great stimulus to fnture effort. As a result of the inspiration gained last year we hope to have prao tioally every one of tbe 125,000 sobool ohildren of the state engaged in some phase of the work this year. To those who did not get interested last year, and are not familiar with the rules of the contest, we wish to say they are' very simple. The most important one is that the ohildren must do the work themselves and that the parent or guardian will be re quired to sign a statement to that effeot. In raising garden, some one else may plow tbe ground and harrow it, but the obild must do tbe rest the planting, cultivating, harvesting, eto. In raising poultry tbe obild does not have to own the parent flock, but must set the eggs and feed and care for the ohiokens they exhibit. One of the main features of these contests is to get the boys and girls in terested in doing something: To teaob, them to do something praotioal, some thing worth '-- while, something by whioh they.oan earn a living when tbev grow up to manhood and woman hood. And the only way to learn how to do something is to do that thing with your own hands, v If you show something that some one else has raised or made you are obeating your self out of tbe most valuable part of the contest the experienoe gained by doing it yourself. : Not only that, but in showing some thing that is sot the product of bis own effort he is praotioing deoeption, cultivating dishonesty and laying tbe foundation for a life of dishonor and trouble. He may be successful in de ceiving otbeis. No one but himself ind the members of his own. family may ever know that be has cheated, but that is enough. In 'doing what he knows is not right be loses respeot for himself, and that is a long step in tbe wrong direotiou. When a person loses respect for himself be soon loses the oonfidenoe and respeot of others. "To thine own self be true; and it must follow as tbe Light tbe day, thou canst not then be false to any man." Every child should early in' life get this principle firmly fixed in his mind, and through life never depart from it. . - ;- Parents, do not think yon are favor ing your obild by, giving or loaning him something to take to the fair with whioh to win a prize, for you are not. On the other hand, you are doing him an absolute injustice. You are obeating him out of tbe valuable experienoe of learning how to do some thing, and at the same time educating him to be dishonest Charaoter build ing is the most' important part of tbe early education of the child, and the greatest value in these industrial con tests is along that line forming in the child habits of industry, economy, system, honesty, self-reliance and all tbe traits that go to make up the good citizen. . . There will be many valuable prizes for the ohildren at tbe State Fair again next year, but none of them will be worth as muob as a olear con science and tbe experience gained by raising or making something with whioh to win the prizes. Harden, Thomas Kirk, Vernou Miller, Floyd Stamper and Lucia Wiley. Seooud grade: Kobler Betts, Nylene Brown, Edra Cartano, Paul Eoontz and Mildred Stanton. Third grade: Dollie Banister, Ev erett Knight, Henry Enigbt, Jean ne te Miller, Willard Parker and Pearl Ramsay. Clara Henley, Frank Winahip and Bessie BLOW IS STRUCK II LOG ROLLING Enid Cartano, Syl Thelma MoEwen and Fourth grade: Millet, Mildred Mathers. Fifth grade: veBter Crabill, Horaoe Payne. Seventh grade: Aonabelle MoLeod, Harold Molotyre, Henry Eoepke and Lloyd MoPherrin. Eighth grade: Sidney Crabill, Pauline Myriok and Lawrenoe Tharp. High Sohool: Gladys MoLeod, Lillian Tompkins, Ruth Stewart, Ruth Diokensoo, Louis Stewart and Floyd Payne. jr ' TRAPPERS ARE MAKING MONEY y SCHOOL NOTES. - mi... n : . i l - 11 i, im luuumog ui wi run ui uuuur in the Athena' schools for tbe first semester, the names of pupils who have been neither tardy nor absent. and whose deportment has been good: First grade: tteulab Banister. Rich ard Cartano, Thelma Crabill, Wilbur A Silver Fox Pelt That Will Bring the Owner $1200. Looal men who are interested in trapping will find the following items of suooessful work in that line of in terest: A dispatoh from Silver Lake, to the Oregonian says that J. W. -Embody, manager of tho Embody Lumbering company, killed a big silver fox a week ago, shooting tbe animal from an open window on the second floor cf hia bouse. Tbe pelt of the fox whioh was uninjured by the shot, is worth from 1200 to 11500, aooording to old trappers. Deoember is a rough month for ooy otes and if a coyote bad as muoh sense as a goose he would go into seoluBioo and retirement in Deoember. Tbe records at the court house show that 853 coyotes have been killed sinoe the first of the month.- Tbe largest num ber are oredited to E. S. Chandler of Day ville, who oolleoted in bounty 1301 for 106 ooyotes and 21 botcats. Don ald MoLenuen oashed the seoond high est number. He drew down $119 for 87 coyote scalps, seven oats and two timber wolves. Canyon City, -Blue Mountain Eagle. "Coyote -Jack's wife'? was in the city a few days ago deoked out in her full suit of coyote fur olothing. It is asid she and her husband and ohildren brought in about $1100 worth of furs as a result of two months work on the prairies. Ihey are residents of Seattle but have killed varmints in this sec tion every winter . for some years Burns, Harney County News. Tom Stephens, the fur buyer, was muob pleased tbe other day to find among his purchases a perfeotly white or albino coyote bide, whioh is not only a curiosity but will bring a fancy prioe. Tbe fur is of superior quality, line and thick and the hide is unus ually large. Harney County News. BENT BACK" THtT RULE7 Where Sauce For the Goose Was Not 8auce Fpr.ihe Gander. In the early days of a certain club of New York, when It was rather harder sledding for the club than It is at the present time, in a meeting of the council tbe question came np as ... - i . - , to tne arrears or memDers- uuen, uuu the treasurer reported that one man. wna nnrtlcularlv recreant in tbls regara It was in the winter, and the club was then malntalnlnir throughout the day and evening beautifully heated , and lighted quarters. At this' time the only person In the club who fre quented ' it every Nday was this de linquent, who. In addition to doing a large portion of his writing there, was accustomed to make considerable in roads upon the stationery of the club for home consumption. At the meetlnar of the council re ferred to there was protest against this state of affairs, and a determine tion was manifest to put an end to it, and after discussion the secretary was Instructed to notify the member in nnoHtion that hia name bad been drooDed from tbe rolls of tbe club. The Question then arose whether there was anybody else who was in ar rearswhereupon the treasurer report' ed that this was true of another mem ber. . '' who can that be? Let us make an example of them both," remarked one numhnr hrimrlni? hlS Est dOWO OO the table for emphasis. The reply van that It was Mr. X.. tbe poet "Oh, heavens!" replied another. "We can't let X. go. He's too important to (ha fnh.n Whereupon the resolution was then amended to read as .follows: e- nivfid. that tbe secretary be Instruct ed to drop the name of Mr. Q. from the rolls of tho club for nonpayment of dues and to retain the name or r. X- foe the same reason."-Century. Governor's Plan to Place All District Fairs on a Millage Basis is Typical Act - Bills whioh have been introduced in the present session of the legisla ture, and others that are promised dur ing the next week or two offer an in dication that efforts are being made to take out of politics many of the questions that have caused logrolling and confusion m past legislatures. The sovernor'a clan to slaoe all of the district fairs on a millage basis is considered as typloal ol one or toese moves. This will cover every county in tbe state and make a certain mill- age provision for eaoh county upon which to sustain a fair. It is also ar ranged under the bill that two or more oouuties may unite to bold a dia tilot fair, or in event any county does not desire to maintain a fair tbe mon ey so raised may be diverted into tbe road fund. There baa been no effort so far to introduce any dius oaving fnr thnir ofaieat an BDDrocrlation for a county or district fair, due probably to a desire to await disposition or tne administration measure. Tbe plan also oredited to tbe gover nor, to place all county offioers on uniform salaries, according to class icflation of oounties is indicative of another move to take the question of salaries for county offices out of pol itics. Under this bill snob salaries nnnld nriinst themselves automatic ally and would obviate the introduc tion of bills of this class. Should tbe bill now in preparation to plaoe the University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural college on a mill- age basis be iutrodnoed as planned, it is deolared by supporters that it would take the sobools out ol poimos. It is possible tbat tne present legis lature may establish a new record ninno this line to add to tbe numerous records wbiob it has already estab lished. - ATHEfIA BIRD SCORES HIGHEST IN SHOV ' all Last night's East Oregonian says; Tbe highest scoring White Orpington pullet in the world is now on exhib ition at tbe loeal poultry show aoross tbe street from the pottaffioe. She is "Snow Prinoesa" and is owned by Byron Hawks, tbe welL known Athena druggist Aooording to Judge- Miller Purvis, one of tbe country's best poultry ex perts, the Princess is probably tbe only really white bird of her breed in tbe United States. And Purvis knows. Be bas visited every -poultry farm of any oonseqnence in tVie United States from Petaluma, California, to Mar tha's Vineyard, Mass., and h declares without nesitaocj tbat tb Athena prodoot Is far ahead of any White Orpington be ever saw, not exeeptiog "Peggy" the world renowned $10,000 beo, wbiob brought fame and fortune to Kellerstrass. He says tbe Prinoess is a better obioken than Peggy ever vi am When Judge Purvis pioked np tbe wonderful cullet yesterday to score hr. he realized that be bad in bis hanria hird that was one in a tboo sand. He immediately proceeded to go over ber as oarerouy as it is powi hia fnr iodsa to do in eearob of de feots. But try as he might be ooold find bnt few exonsea to make cots and whnn tbe card was finally made out it was found het score was exaotly 00 or but four points short of petleot UANY CONFUSING ISSUES TO BE TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS. 000. Some towns of the county are exempt from road tax, wble others have to pay as most of the towns wbiob would be benefited by tbe pro posed road are among the ones exempt-) ed, while Helix is among those whioh are due to pay the taxes. The sentiment of tbe meeting was very muob against the construction of snob a highway. c live general opin ion at the meeting seemed to te tbat if the road were put through some oentral part of the wheat belt where there is now no railroad, more good would te derived than to make suoh an outlay of general funds whioh are paid by the county as a whole, to put ting a highway side bv side with a raiload and in a part of tbe county where no heavy hauling for great distances is neoessary. Of course, as a boulevard, the road would be a good thing for the towns with wbiob it came in ooataot, but as the general outlay seems far in ex- oftse of the general benefit, tbe asso 11 IS DRIFTS ATHENA WITHOUT MAIL FACIL ITIES FOR THREE DAYS. Spokane Passenger Train Is Stuck In Snow For Three Days, Near Athena. oiation expressed itself as very muob f One of the worst railroad tie-ups on in disfavor of its construction. CALEDONIANS TO ENTERTAIN Birthday of Bobbie Burns Observed To morrow Evening at Opera House, HELIX OPPOSES THE Commercial Club Sentiment Against Proposed Macadam Thoroughfare. At a meeting of the Helix Commer cial Club last week, tbe matter of county road building was discussed. Reviewing tbe disoussion, tbe Advo cate says: Another thing of interest wnion came up during tbe evening was tbe nnpstioo of tbe BtODOBed macadam toad between Pendleton and Umatilla. Tbia subject was brought up by Man uel Friedley, who was a visitor a. the mnittlno. The road as moposed is to be built parallel with tbb O.-W. R. & N. and along the Umatilla river. io defrav the exnenses of building It is proposed to bond tbe county for $500,- Tomorrow evening tbe Burns Con cert and entertainment will claim tbe attention of Athens people, and it is oertain that none will be disappoint ed. Tbe main address ns given by A. Mackenzie Meldrum, M. A., him self a native of Bonnie Scotland, will be well worth the prioe of admission. The program will be furnished by tbe beat talent in Athena, and is here with repeated from last week's Press, for the benetlt of any who may have failed to read it. Don't fail to attend the oonoert if you want to see the Caledonian Pionio materialize this year. Prelude - Johnson's Orobestra Chairman's Address Edw. E. Eoonta Tbe National Anthem The Audienoe "The Campbells Are Coming" - . . - Piper MoDonald Vocal solo, "Maokay," ' - . . - - Maloolm MoFadyen Reoitation - Savannah Smith Vocal solo - - - Miss Anna Soli Pianoforte solo Miss Zola Keen Highland Fling - Gavin Dunoao Oration, "Robert Burns," - - sA. Maokenzle Meldrum, M. A. Vocal solo - Miss Zelma DePeatt "The Maokenzie Men" - . - - Piper MoDonald Reoitation - - - Miss Ida Kelly Tribute to Robert Burns A. O. Kirk Vooal solo - ' Mrs. G. S. Newsom Sword danoe - Gavin Duncan Recitation - Miss Zola Keen Vocal solo Miss Velma Wilkinson "Should Anld Acquaintance Be Forgot," Orchestra and Audienoe. Chairman, Edward E, Koonts. Doctoring Neoessary. Editor (handing back manuscrlpt) Tou ought to take this story to a doc tor of literature Author (puzzled) Why? Editor The plot is weak, the construction very bod, the style nerv ous and the sentiment decidedly sick-ly.-Pearson's Weekly. acoount of drifting snow, ' transpiring io lecent years throughout this sec tion, was lifted Wednesday forenoon when two engines broke through from tbe east and a huge oompound freight looomotlve from the main line nosed through the drifts from Adams to the . west. . Satnrday morning, passenger train No. 5, from Spokane, beoame stalled in a out a mile and a half east of town, and despite all efforts of Assist ant Superintendent Growler, four en gines and a orew of sbovelers, tbe train was not relieved until Tuesday afternooon. At that time two engines wallowed through tbe drifts from the east and the train was run back to Walla Walla, around by Wallola, in to Pendleton. Atbena was without. mall laoilities from Saturday night until Wednesday evening One engine was disabled while buck ing snow east of town. It pulled it self loose from the tender, and the en gineer made a flying run to tbe yards in this city, barely in time to save bis engine from going "dead" on the main track. It was an oil burner and one of tbe strongest engines working at the time. With the opening of the Hue, there were six locomotives in the Athena yards at one time giving tbe appear ance of being quite a railroad center for awhile.. , The bianob line would have been opened with heavier equipment, but everything was in use on tho main line to keep it open, hence the delay. Looks That Way. "Pa, why ore a fool and his money soon parted?" "So that a wise guy can live without working, my boy ."-Detroit Free Press. Nothing to Fear. Blobbs-Borrowell says he owes yon a grudge. Slobbs-Oh, that's all right; Borrowell never pays anything u owe8.-Plilladelphla Record. Train Crews lose Out. Bystanders, watobiog tbe locomo tives buok snow in effort to release the passenger train Monday, noticed a peculiar depression in the snow along tbe right of way. Investigation re vealed a series of these depressions io systematic alignment. Speculation was rife as to the oiigin. Beleaguered pas engers with loud breaths wondered and conjectured; trainmen squinted ooriously, and everyone was up against it in quest of information. Finally a Weston tow-headed kid enlightened all. "Them, w'y them's tbe Colonel's traoks, made by 'lm las' night, when be escorted some of youse baok to tbe train from up town. Sabe?" Then, after it was too late, the train crews realized their lost opportunity. One of them explained bow easy it would have been to convert tbe oolonel into a flexible rotary snow plow, altaob bim to the front end of an engine and utilize his anatomy in relieving tbe congested condition of trafUo on, the bianob line. THE BROADEST MOST COMPREHENSIVE am itf A1 F WE'VE HELP-PROVIDING SU : pFRiHR QI1A1 iflFfi AND GREAT VALUES. We open this Great White event Saturday morning January 11th after weeks of careful thought planning and painstaking preparations and with a determina tion to make it a white Sale extraordinary, and no matter for what purpose, no matter for what member of the family you want white goods, you'll find it here; and you'll find it here at prices extremely attractive-prices that afford you an opportunity to affect savings on your white-wear requirements for the next fix months. Better arrange to take advantage of these unusual savings. Remember, Sa e Begins. Saturday Morning, ; January 11th Send Us Your Mail OrtereXT Pendleton by mail at very small cost this law allows you to send packages by mail up to eleven pounds in weight and up to 72 inches in length and girth combined. The rate within fifty miles of Pendletoc is as follows Flat rate of le per ounce up to 4 ounces above 4 ounces rates are paid by the pound 1st pound 5c Each addi tional pound 3c 11 pounds 35 cents. ' - The Peoples Warehouse Where it Pays to Trade. Save Your T. P. W. Trading Stamps.