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VOLUME XXV.
ATHENA UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 21. 1913.
NUMBER 11
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OFFICERS
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S. F. WILSON, President,
H. KOEPKE Vice-President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
E.?A. ZERBA. Ass't, Cashier.
' : r . DIRECTORS ; 5
S B' WTT.RON. H. KOEPKE,
W. S. FERGUSON M.-L. WATTS,
F. S. Le GROW.
fIRST NATIONAL BANK
D . m o DUD
m.lLU ILIA
PIONEER SURGEON SUCCUMBS
TO PARALYTIC STROKE.
: : OF ATHENA
CAPITAL- AND SURPLUS. $100,000.00
Stimulated Farming in the
We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
consistent with sound Banking.
Northwest-Territory.
THE TUM--LUM LUMBER CO.
Lumber, 'Mill Work-and all Kinds of
BU I LD I N G M ATE R I All
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
Athena, Oregon
THE- ATHENA MEAT. MARKET
- ""ifeCL - 1 We carry the best
P . That Money Buys ;
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Dr. Nelson G. Blalock, tba pioneer
surgeon .of the. Island Empire, died
Friday afternoon of paralysis, follow
lnga stroke the dav previous in bis
office; at Walla Walla. He did not
recover ooasoiousness. The funeral
was held Monday afternoon and was
largely afcieuded.
Seventy-seveB'yenrs of age, Dr. Bla
loob for 55 yt(ars praotioed medicine.
He was born in North Carolina in 1836
on a farm, and was edaoated in the
common schools, exoept one year in
Tnsoalnm college, Tenn., paying by
laboring nights and mornings for bis
tnition. Be entered Jefferson Medioal
college in 1859,' graduating in 1861.
He was commissioned assistant snr
geon of too One Hundred and Fifteenth
Illinois volnnteers in 1863, and ywas
discharged on acconnt of ill health in
1864.
He came to Washington in 1878,
and invested in dry foothill lauds re
puted to be worthless for agriculture,
but which proved most productive. In
1878 be raised on 2200 aores of land
90,000 bushels cf wheat. In 1878 and
1879 he built a flume from the moun
tains down into the valley, 28 miles,
costing $56,000. for the purpose of
conveying lumber, wood and rails.
His improvements greatly stimulated
farming in Walla Walla valley. :
He planted Blalock orchards west of
Walla Walla, was: engaged in the
lumber tusiness on Elalook. mountain,
owned Blalock island in the Colombia
and was a memoer of the constitu
tional convention in 1889.
He served two terms as mayor of
Walla, Walla and for 80 years was a
member and for 13 years president of
the board of trustees of Whitman
oollege.
He was a direotor for the state in
the National Rivers and Harbors con
gress and was a prominent worker in
the open river movement, and was
president of the Inland Empire pio
neers' association.
Dr. Elalook leaves three children
Dr. Yanoey 0. Blalook, Miss May
Blalock and Mrs. P. M. Winona, all
Walla Walla.
ENDEAVORED TO PASS CHECK
? Good Groceries go to the Right
Spot Every Time
Ibis is the Right Spot
To go to Every Time tor Groceries
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TRY THESE THEY'LL PLEASE !
OWE BEST
THE MONOPOLE
Monopole "Vegetables
Monopole Fruits
Monopole Salmon
Monopole Oysters
DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Or egon
CATERERS TO THE PCBUC IN GOOD TH1XG3 TO EAT
Drive Elk Like Cattle. -bers
of the Wenaha Game Pro-
ssooiation have performed a
feat never before recorded in driving
80 head of elk from the stook yards iu
Pomeioy, Wash., to ton Wenaha for
est reserve. The elk were cEptured at
the Yellowstone natiooal park Febru
ary 3, unloaded at the stook yards in
Pomeioy February 8, fed on alfalfa
bay for 34 days, released on March
12,Bcd driven like a band of cattle iu
tc'the forest leserve in the following
two days. Tbe men reported no diffi
culty iu diiviog tbe animals, saying
that if niven plenty of time tbey can
be bRbily cBcdled.ihe roads were
avoided, tbe elk tfjsing brongbt through
Gelds. , Wh8n necessary tbey were
taken along the highest ridges. In
most instances the fenoes were let
down, although at times the elk leaped
the fenoes easily.
Easter Proaram.
The following program will be ren
dered at tbe M. E. oburoh-nest Sun
day evening nt 7:30:
Selection, Prof. Gordon's Orchestra
Scripture lesson, Invocation,
- Eev. Helmiok
Socg - - - Primary class
Address, Easter - Eev. Helmick
Song, - - - Quartet
Eeoitation, - Emery Wortbington
Selection - - - Orchestra
Eeoitation - Bessio Mathers
Solo - - - Miss Buroker
Cbarao'er Sketch,
Liviu-ston - H.W.Drew
Seeosioa - - - Orchestra
Discrihution cf Eggs
Soi Choir.
C. 0. D. Parcels Ordered.
The colleot-on-delivery will be add
ed to tbe paroel post department of
the postal servioe of the country on
Jnly 1 next. Under tba approved reg
ulations ft paicel bearing tba required
amount of paroel post stamps may be
sent anywhere in the county, and the
amount due from the purobasci col
leoted and remitted by tbe PontoSlce
department. The regulations provide
tbat tbe paroel must bear tbe tuiouDt
due from tbe addressee and tbe colleo
tion will be , made, provided tbe
amount is not io exoess of $100. The
fee ia 10 cents, to be affixed by tbe
sender in paroel post stamps. Tbii
will also insure tba parcel to tbe
amount not to exceed (lO.
Neli-Jiicli tuKI Mi'i:ii' flight 'ts DUO
giv?n nte'tiis tin (W!leWetl. It's
damapfd p;ot!s ii lold uie Jast week
1 had broken it ivtston Transcript
H w Out
Tistitwaa Uf'rc r uur wtwrt ue
came t rir'i iiu i.' Kksymartc
No rtut wa tin n left Ulifo
j nla JVUcao
James Barnes Relieved of Forged Pa-.-
- pers in Time.
East Oregonian: James Barnes, a
young man whr says ha oama here
from Athena, enjoyed a very short
oareer as a bad check artist and is now
ooonpjing a cell in the city jail await
ing the. notion of the law. He ap
peared in tbe saloon of Henry Latoor
elle . shortly after 9 o'olook Monday
morning and presented a check for $16
in favor of Jim Boss and signed with
what purported to te the signature of
John Crow. The check was cashed
but Mr. Latonrelle took it to the bank
immediately and upon learning it was
spurious oommeooed a searuh for tha
forger. V
..- He located him in tba Olympla Bar,
in tbe aot of cashing a $60 oheok.
Upon tbe demand of Latonrelle for his
money Barnes handed it to turn and,
snatobiug the oheok from bis hinds,
dashed out of tbe saloon and up the
street. An officer obanoed to be in
the neighborhood. and gave chase, tin
ally overtaking the mau at the Cot
tage lodging house on the corner of
Cottonwood and Webb streets.
Upon being . searohed, tbe oheok
wbiob Latonrelle had cashed and two
more exaotly like it and another for
$00 and bearing the signature of Lewis
La Dow were found upon his person.
He carried only 50 oents in cash.
ARE INTERESTED IN POULTRY
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Pupils of School District No. 4 Adopt
Plans for Exhibits.
. The little d is t riot No. 4, three miles
north of Freewater on the Tnm-a-Lum
river, is the first eobool district in
the oounty to endorse and adopt, the
plan of interesting the pupils in. the
poultry industry, says tbe East Ore
gonian.' According to reports reoeived
in tbe office of Couuty Sohool Super
intendent Young, tbo bead of every
family in tbe'distriot has donated a
setting of standard bred eggs to a
pupil in the sohool and the birds
hatched from these eggs will be ex
hibited at a show to be held in the
distriot next fall. Tbe winneis at tbia
show are to be sent to the anneal fair
in Pendleton.
Prof. W. W. Green, who has oharge
of tbe sohool, is responsible for tbe
i --tr .
lead wbiob Distriot No i. has taken.
Ha aroused interest first in the pupils
and then in the patents and results
soon followed. It bns been decided
that the pupils shall expeunient t b in
year with White Orpingtons. White
Wjandottes and White Plymouth
Rooks.
Prof. Green also tas tbe. distinction
of being the Brat instructor to institute
tbe plan of giving school . credits for
home work. This is a pet plan cf
State Superintendent Alderman and
one wbiob te has been trying to in
troduce in all of tbe schools of Ibe
state. By it, a pupil reoeived limited
credits for attention to household and
home duties, and it is said tbat it has
had great results upon the deportment
of children wherever tried. .
- Punishment For Smoker.
Tobacco was first carried into Turkey
by English snllors. and its use was
quickly prohibited, chiefly on religious
grounds. As in Russia, a tradition
was discovered prohibiting its use by
the fuithful. Mohammed, it was said,
had prophesied that in future ages
some of bis followers would smoke an
herb called tobacco, but these would be
unbelievers. Sultan Amurath IV. strict
ly prohibited its use. Search was made
for smokers, and when they were found
tobacco p!pe3 were driven through their
cheeks and rolls of tobacco bung as
collars round their necks. Thus ar
rayed, tbey were mounted on asses,
facing the tall, arid driven through tbe
streets to be hanged as a warning to
lusters after tobacco.
8om Consolation, i
, Patient (gloomily)-1 don't seem to
be gaining very fast, doctor. Doctor
(cheerfully- Von -en't expect to get
well ut out Jump Vou wilt tinve to
rejjalu your healtti gradually day by
day sort or uu tue instalment plan,
aa tt wr. I'uUi'ut (brightening np
Well. .diirtor. it tliw thing ket'ps on
muili Unvit't 1 in afrnid you'll hare to
collet yoiii t)ili in tbe name wuy.
New York Jourum
Exprested the Wrong Way.
The lecturer arose nod said impres
sively: "Kv(-ry timt; I a young man
coming out or nlonn 1 wunt to go
rifflit up t Hit 'ii!S man and say.
' Turn riiiM ttr.n-i t-unn own; you're
poliic tb "'- Niw TofV
Bint
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HOG GHOLERA ON
VALLEY RANCHES
UNION STOCK YARDS COMPANY
SOUNDS WARNING,
Disease Threatens to Become
a Menace to Livestock Inter
ests of Northwest.
Hog cholera has teen prevalent in
the Willamette valley for some time
and it is feared tbat the swine plague
will extend to other parts of the state.
A warning has been issued by tbe
Union Stock yards company of Port
land and is as follows:
This disease threatens to beoome a
menaoe to the livaBtook interests of
tbe Pacific northwest. It is now
quite common in some sections and if
left nnoheoked will surely demoraltza
an industry that is getting a good
foothold. Tbe first symptoms are us
ually of snob a nature that the inex
perienced will pass up unobserved.
Depending on tbe nature of tbe onset,
tbe bog may be constipated or may
have a profuse dariboea. will appear
sluggish, disinclined tn move About,
appear weak, loss of appetite, inflam
ation of the eyes and a bigh temper
ature, or in rare oases an abnormally
low temperature. Tba temperature
oau easily be determined by the clin
ical . - thermometer. Red or yellow
blotobes over the surface of tbe ab
domen, on tbe inside of tbe legs and
about the ears are quite character
istic The first thing to te doue when
cholera is suspeoted is to take away
to healthy quarters the apparently
healthy bogs. As tbe infective ele
ment is the urine or manure, do not
move the siok bogs. Call in a reput
able veterinarian, preferably tbe state
veterinarian, and have the herd vac
cinated with bog obolera sernm.
This, if done by a careful, skilled
practitioner, will reduae tbe loss to a
minimum. !
All bogs dying from cholera should
be buried at great depth ut turned if
convenient. . -.
Hogs should at all times have clean,
dry sleeping plaoes, feed lota and
troughs be kept olean and fresh, pure
water accessible at all times.
These tew poiuted facts, if borne
in mind, may save many dollars in
outbreaks of this dreaded diaeHse.
Edmund Kean as Richard."
It is Impossible to form a higher con
ception of Riclmrd III. than tbut given
by Kean. Never was character repre
sented by greater distinctness and pre
cision and perfectly articulated in ev
ery part. If Keau did not succeed In
concentrating nil the lines of the char
acter he gave n vigor and'' relief to the
part which we have n.-ver seen sur
paused. He wan more redned thun
Cooke, bolder ntn! more original than
Kemble. The scene with Lady Anne
was an admirable siccIiiumi of bold
nnd smiling duplicity. Wily adulation
was firmly marked by his eye, nnd he
appeared like the first tempter In the
garden. Kean's attitude tn leaning
against the pillar wan one of the most
graceful and striking positions ever
witnessed It would nerve as a model
for Titian. Raphael or Snlvutor Rowi.
Tone was n quality which Kean pos
seted over every other actor that ever
nppear?d. Many have attempted his
style, and all have most egreglously
failed -William Hozlitt.
Real Nice Neighbors.
A strange couple hnd moved In the
first floor flat and soon proved them
selves undesirables, thereby marring
what bad been a perfectly respectable
atmosphere. Tbe woman across the
bait reported to the owner of tbo prop
erty tbat she hnd listened at the court
window and heard a very odd conver
sation going on between tbe man and
woman.
Tbe woman's shrill voice accused the
man; "You stole them portieres, you
know you did. and you stole tbat go
cart for the babv. too; you know yon
did."
"Yes. I did." rvplit'd the man's voice
complacently. "I stole the portieres be
cniwe you hnd been winning for some,
and your mother liked them so well
when she saw them that she asked me
to steal a pair for her too."
Tbey moved out the next day by re
quest Kansas City Star.
Thd Story of the Pearls.
Nearly every body In n social set com
posed of elderly people who live in the
upper part of New York bas beard the
story of tbe pcnrl. It is a true sto
ry without a moral. Tho men of tbe
dinner party were smoking and the
women were In the drawing room. "I
have always admired your rearls,"
said Mrs. A., who was seated next to
Mrs. B. "And I think yours are Jast
lovely," retorted Mrs. B. politely. "Tes,
but I would gladly give mine for
A yours, "jou would Do sorry u you
did." "I should be perfectly willing to
take tbe rink." Mrs. B. smiled and,
leaning over, whispered: They are not
real. Tbe only genuine thing about the
piece is tbe clasp. Tbo diamouds are
I real ones." "I tbat mT said Mrs. A.
"Well, even the clasp of mine is a
make believe." . And then tbo men
came lrt-New York Tribune
PRESTON MAKES FINE GIFT
Pioneer Miller Gives $39,000 Building
to Waitsburg.
In order to express to the citizens of
the little city of Waitsburg, with
whom be has lived for 60 years, a
testimonial of bis good will and es
teem W. G. Preston bas just announc
ed bis gift of a "community build
ing," costing $30,000.
Incidentally, Mr. Preston bas offer
ed an excellent example for tbe pros
perous citizens of other cities who wish
to do real service.
The bnildiog is to serve as the reoie
ation and training ground for all tba
citizens, and besides epeoial labora
tories fordomestio soienoe and manual
training classes of tba bigh school
there will be bowling alleys,' swim
ming tanks and gymnasium for any
who care to take advantage of the op
portunities, i
Mr. Preston is president of tbe
Preston'-Sbaffnr Milling company of
Athena and Waitstnrg. 1 He has al
ways been ' public-spirited and bas
made many bountiful donations to his
home city. Tbe building will be fin
ished by tbe coming fall and tbe plans
are being 'drawn ty Walla Walla
architects.
, The building is the climax of a
set lea of tenefaotiocs Mr. Preston has
made to bis community. A short
time ago be provided a soheme for
the improvement of tbe cemetery by
giving as muoh as tbe citizens would
raise by voluntary contribution for
tbat purpose. This uew structure
will probably be called tha Preston
Memorial building.
Tbe building will be devoted to the
advancement of tbe general sooial
spirit and kindly feeliug of tbe whole
community. Tba gymnasium is made
tbe largest single feature . of tbls
building in recognition of 'tbe faot
tbat only in a sound body can there
exist a sound mind. ' Therefore, one
of tbo first otjeots for wbiob tbe
building will be used is tbe creation
of good, sound, bealtby, servioable
bodies iu tbe growing youth. ,
Then, as be says, since man must
live by bread, even though be may not
live by it alone, the building is to do
its part in equipping tbe youth of
tbe oommunity to supply themselves
with tbeir daily bnidd. Tbe splendid
f aoiiltles for manual training and do
mestic soienoe will doubtless be given
a vocational trend, once tbe building
is in operation, and tbo dominant in
terest of a boy for any partionlat
trade can then be festered and devel
oped. : Likewise the girls will be able
to see joBt what is involved in prepar
ing the daily food, and will ba able to
meet tbe ever-iuoreasing requirements
of modern living.
Waterways Convention at Pendleton.
Tho official call for the fourth an
nual convention of tbe Colombia &
Snake River Waterways association,
to be beld at Pendleton, Monday , and
Tuesday, April 14-15, 1913, bas jo at
been issued by President W. D. Lyman
of Walla Walla, and Secretary Wal
laoe R. Strable, of Lewistoo, Idaho.
Tbe initial session of tbe convention
will be held at 8 p. ai. April Utb,
and tbe deliberations will continue
probably until tbe evening ol tbe
16tb. Tbe annual meetiug of tbe
board of direotnra will be held at a
p. m. of the Utb. Tbo prorgam now
io preparation will cover q number of
; topics related to the wcfoi ways and
' trnoHportation ptoblems of .he Coluui-
bia-Suake basic and several speakers
a.: prominence will give addresses.
Lbe entertainment of the contention
wilt ba in tbe hands of Pendletor.
TO BE COLLECTOR
WOULD NOT: SANCTION CHINESE
r 5 -'Mr HOB MORCAN.
v.
While He is President, This
Govenment Will Not Be An
it Adjustment' Bureau.
The United States government as
long as President Wilson remains as
its aotive bead will not act as a col
lection ageutr in South and Central
Amerioao repntlics foi big business,
or guarantee any .. Wall street loans
to any foreign power.
Although official announcement to
this effeot may not be forthcoming for
several davs, it bas been learned fiom
a private eouroe tbat President Wilson
is determined tbat bis administration
shall adopt this ooursa from tbe out
set. President Wilson and his cabinet
discussed a request by J. P. Morgan
& Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and other
financiers participating in the Six
Power loan proposed ' to be made to
Cbloa.- They wanted tbe state depart
ment to sanotion tbe loan so tha secur
ity may be unquestioned and tbe re
torn of tbe loan guatanteed by Chinese
oustoms collections. ,
President Wilson, however, la de
termined, it is learned from an au
thoritative eouroe, tbat this govern
ment shall not collect private debts or
guarantee any loans and it Is under
stood Secretary of State Bryan strong
ly favors snob an attitude. - Immedi
ately - after Wilson's inauguration,
lepresentatves of - certain fl cinders
tried to secure Bryan's indorsement of
tbe loan plan, saying it was favored
by former Secretary of State Knox.
Bryan gave these emissaries nq sal
isf action. . ' ,v
It is understood tba cabinet discussed
tbe advisability of recognizing tbe
new Chinese republic beaded by Pres
ident Yuan ShlKal.
Gold Enough to Stampede.
Gold from Cauyou mountain la al
most a daily thing for this place, sbjs
tbe Canyon City Eagle. Nearly every
day some one is down from tbe bill
witb a tnnoh of free, virgin gold,
; taken from a pooket or a seam where
It bas touched. During tbe first few
days I. B. Hazeltine took out a potket
tbat bad f 100 in it. Tin story told
last week of Dan O'Sbea taking out
fA'05 bas srowu until tbe amount is
$2000, wbiob is quits a nice. little
sum to ba taken from tbe earth witbiu
a day or two. And so it goes and no
one pays attention to It. Similar con
dition anywhere else won hi be fol
lowed by a stampede. Many thou
sands of dollars bave teen taken trom
tbe mountain and no'biog said about
it. Piospeolors who open up a pocket
and a rich seam where tbe gold has
bunobed want nothing said about it
and keep still. It is only the bard
rock miner who always 'ants to talk.
The prospector ou . Canyon mouutaia
fell bis gold ready for tbe mint, but
bow muob be geLs he keeps to himself.
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"I would rather
sell you a Studehqker"
When your dealer tells you that you know
he's honest. ;,i
He may have cheaper wagons in stock, but he
knows the Studebaker is the best
And so do you. . j
He wants to give such good wagon value
that you will come back and demand a buggy
made by the same people.
Studebakers have been building wagons for sixty
years and they have won the confidence of dealer and
farmer by building not the cheapest but the best
wagons.
Whether you live in city, town or country, there s
a Studebaker to fit your needs. Farm wagons, trucks
business and delivery wagons, surreys, buggies and
runabouts, with harness for each of the same high
quality as Studebaker vehicles.
5m out Dealer or wtlte ui.
STUDEBAKER
South Bend, IndL
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