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'VOLUME XXV.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 28. 1913.
NUMBER 12
; . - OFFICERS
.8. F. WILSON, President, ,
H. KOEPKE Vice-President,
J?. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
E. A. ZERBA, Ass't, Cashier. '
DIRECTORS ;
S. F. WILSON. H. KOEPKE,
W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS,
; F. S. Le GROW.
IRST NATION At BANK
" ? OF ATHENA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS," $100,000.00
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III FLOOD WATERS
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School Notes.
Death List In Dayton It Is
Believed Will Not Reach
. Over 200 Victims.
Floods almost unprecedented io
area, following the tornado and raiaa
of the first three days of too week
swept font states of the Misisssippi
valley, causing a loss of life that
reaobea into the hnndieds and damage
to property amounting to many mil
lions of dollars.
Ohio and Indiana, and in a lesser
degree, Illinois and Missouri, felt the
brunt of the disaster.
The maps of Ohio, Indiana and parts
of Illinois and Missouri are maps of
desolation. Terre Hants, Indianapolis
and Lafayette, Ind., and Dayton, Del
aware, Colnm bus and Toungstown,
in Ohio present particularly pitiable
speotaoles.
Revised estimates of the loss io Dav
ton, received last night, give ground
for hope that the dead in all seotions
of Ohio and Indiana affeoted by the
flood will not exoeed 2,000 and may
go below that figure.
Daring investigators who penetrated
the flood seotions revealed hundreds of
persons safe who it was feared were
lost. ' "
Unless swelled by the death list in
the foreign settlement of the north
side, as yet unreached, there may not
be more than 200 dead in the whole
city of Dayton.
In other points than Dayton the list
grew rapidly yesterday and last uight.
There - was far; heavier loss of life in
the west side of Columbus than was
thought. ' One estimate places the
number of dead at more than 600.
At Dayton, Otio, three rivers, the
Miami, Stillwater and Mad and an
other stream known as Wolf creek,
join. For the most part of the city lies
on a level flat with the four streams
meeting almost in the heart of the
plain and is proteoted by levees 25 feet
high; The levee protecting the Miami
river broke abont 0 o'clock Tuesday
morning and the flood, augmented by
the rapidly rising waters of the othur
streams finally was made uncontrolla
ble by the breaking of the Laramie
reservoir, 60 miles above Dayton.
Columbus also euffeied enormous
damage from the flood. The west side
levee broke and a large area of the
western part of tbe oity was inundat
ed. Fire in three large faotories raged
for three hours and for a time threat
ened the district.
Conditions at Indianapolis, Fort
Wayne, Kokomo and other planes in
central Indiana were the worst in
many years. At Lafayette two spans
of a bridge went out, uarryng several
persons who where watching tbe
flood. All were rescued however ex
oepttwo. Flood conditions through
out Indiana were the worst in 60 years
it was reported from Indianapolis,
where morn than 1500 families bad
been driven from their homes and
tbe eleotrio light and power plants
were under water. The city is with
out fire protection.
From Indianapolis came reports of
100.000 homeless throughout Indiana
and a property loss reaobing the euor
mous figure of 120,000,000 in cities,
towns and villages alone. This does
not inolnde tbe losses to farmers.
' The loss of life, while not so faigb
as in Ohio, has not teen estimated. ;
Tbe climax in tbe flood io Ohio was
reaobea at Dayton Tuesday night
where it was reported that tbe water
was from 20 to 40 feet deep in many
streets; that bodies were floating past
windows of office buildings and that
the catastrophe assumed the propor
tions of a tidal wave. A telephone
message to Chilliootbe asserted that
80,000 of Dayton's inhabitants were
homeless and that a relief train had
been dispatobed from Xenia.
Tbe pupils of Miss Bruce' room will
soon annoonoe an interesting program
consisting of drills, recitations aud
eatohy little songs. The obildren have
been drilling very faithfully for some
time and are sure to please with their
efforts. The date has not been defin
itely deoided but will be annouooed
the first of tbe ooming week.
' With good weather will come the
preparation for the contest to be held
here on April 29. The looal team will
be weak io A division beoause several
of the High sohool men lack tbe back
bone to do consistent training. Our
team Lowever will be strong in tbe
grades and in tbe long - distanoe run-ing.
Weather improving, tbe prospeot for
work on tbe tennis oonrt brightens.
The girls are especially interested
sinoe they have at present no form of
athletio exeroise. 0. A. Barrett & Co.
have kindly oonsented to furnish the
material at wholesale ptioes to the
sohool.
The fourth grade is making a study
of birds this week. If you have any
good material on birds or their habits,
please let some of the interested ones
know about it. .
Several children have teen siok from
etomaoh trouble and biliousness dur
ing tbe past week. In ye clden days
sassafras tea was indulged in with
good results. "Thins tbe thick win
ter blood and takes away that tired
feeling."
The latest news from Prof. W. W.
Wiley is that he is improving rapidly
at Phoenix. We trust that be will be
able to take the Friedman cure later
in tbe year. -
Providing that examinations are
suooessfully passed and graduating
speeches submitted and approved,
there are five candidates for gradua
tion this year: Miss Ruth Stewart,
MisB Ruth Krebs, Mr. George Win
ship, Mr. Floyd Payne and Mr. Emery
Wortbington.
" Pioneers Reunion.
The ' next annual reunion of the
Pioneers' Association of Umatilla
County will be beld at Weston, Fri
day and Saturday, June 6 and 7, this
year. ' These dates were fixed says tbe
Leader, at a community meeting held
last Satuiday. It was largely attend
ed and great interest taken. A. W.
Nye. president of the association, was
up from Pendleton and oonduoted tbe
meeting. Commutes were - appointed
to direot the various details of tbe pio-
nio. The Sons and Uaugtbers or
Umatilla Countv Pioneers will hold
their first annual reunion jointly witb
the gathering of tbe parent sooiety. :
' Inns In the Old Days."
Inns In Europe in ancient times ware
sometimes dangerous places, and a
great Innkeepers' convention was held.
In Germany enrly In 1000 at which
plans were inndo for apprehending
murderous bonlfm es. However, tlie
congress broke up In b fight nliout the
relative merits of English and French
bostelrles, nnd nothing was done about.'
the matter. .
During the meeting several hosts told
of the continued complaints received
from guests who had been kept awnke
by fleas In the beds. It was reeom
mended that guests be compelled to
furnish their Own bedding, that they
might have only themselves to blame.
The proposition of chnngtng the bed
and table linen, where any was used,
once every two weeks wns discussed
and rejected. Tlie Germun Innkeepers
boasted that they changed theirs every
"Lord's day." but nobody believed
them. .
-One enterprising delegate suggested
that men be stationed in a belfry tow
er in every city to spy out approach
ing' travelers, so that the Innkeepers
might prepare for their arrival
The Beggar Prince.
The amusement lovers of this city
will bave aohanoe to enjoy one of tbe
best comio opera, ever beard bere,
"Tbe Beggar Prince" has long teen a
favorite in tbe Eastern states, playing
tbe same territory year after year.
This is tbeir first visit west of tbe Da
kotas. AmoDg tbe principals are to
be found tbe best in comic opera, not
ably Miss Ruth Farrar, youngest pri
ma donna on,' the - American stage;
Miss Jean Agoew, mezzo, Mr. L. Bar
ton Evans, baritone, and Mr. Dale,
tbe tenor. Harry Moseley and Ray
Southard are foe two comedians who
produce the fun. - Tbe chores is made
op of lovely femininity.: "fbe Beggar
Priaoe at 'tbe Athena opera . bouse,
Monday, March 31.
. Trouble Over Land Lease.
John Banister baa brought charges
agmnst Mis. Laura Alexander, alleg
ing fraudulent execution and delivery
of a land lease. lie avers that be has
advaaeed Mrs. Alexander 11750, hold
ing ber notes for this amount. Homer
I. Watta U attorney for Mrs. Alexan
der. Tbe preliminary bearing was
waived by the defendant aud unless
tbe matter is compromised it will
come before tbt grand jury.
CYCLONE CLAIMS
Oil PEOPLE
PORIIOH OF GOT WRECKED
Storm Passes through Iowa
and Spends Its Force at
Terre Haute, Indiana
The latest reports of fatalities Oaosed
by Sunday evening's cyolone at Om
ha, several Iowa oities . and Terre
Haute, Indiana, plaoa the number of
lives lost at 198. The revised list of
dead at Omaha is given at 110. Tbe
injured in tbe path of tbe storm leaoh
es into hundreds, of whom many are
expeoted to die.
The pathway of tbe storm atOmaba
from three to seven blocks in width
cut a swatb 24 blooks long, first
through an exolusive residence ueotion
of tbe oity, then through a graduation
of dwellings until U expended its final
energy in tbe wreoking of a pool ball
and moving piotore show.
Tbe total number of deaths io this
part of tbe city reaobed almost 60.
Within tbe spaoo of this storm center
wbioh, if made reotangular, would
oover a quarter eeotion of land, 1,200
bouses are wrecked, and 160 dead
todies bave been reoovered.
: The property loss is estimated at ten
million dollars. The tornado swept
tbiongh a strip five miles long in tbe
northern part of tbe oity at six o'olock
Sunday evening, carrying death and
destruction in its path. Tbe tornado
entered tbe oity from tbe southwest
after destroying Ralston, and swept
past tbe oounty hospital. It traveled
in a nortbeasterly direotion, sweeping
everything before it and tben changed
its course, traveling east of the Mis
souri river where it disappeared Into
tbe Iowa bluffs. - ;
Buildingi were pioked np, twisted
and burled with ternHo force against
smaller structures. The wind treated
rich and poor alike, razing bnildinga
in tbe most aristocratic section of the
city as well ar the tenement distriots.
Some of tbe most oostly houses in tbe
oity were demolished. The tornado
was followed by torrential rains and
scores of fires were started simultan
eously. Estimates of the value of
property demolished vary between
15,000,000 and 112,000,000. Some of
the more substantial houses can be
partly retuilt but this number is
small and where the buildings have
not been torn asunder they bave been
so twisted that even the material is
nseless for rebuilding. Five publio
eohools and are out of commission in
Omaha and seven oburohes were part
ly wreoked. One private sohool? for
girls is a total wreck, although the
students escaped. . The rest of the loss
is to homes. Tbe destruction began
with tbe millionaires' homes in the
exolusive West Farnum and ' Bemis
Park districts. Few lives were los1:
in this district but farther northwest
tbe badly constructed buildings col
lapsed more .easily and large num bers
of deaths resulted.
Tbe storm was first observed just
before six o'olock ooming from tbe
southwest witb the speed of an express
train. Tbe roar oould be beard long
tefore it struck;' Ahead of the torm
was a huge fan-shaped cloud. It grew
darker and gradually narrowed to a
funnel shape, dipping earthward and
wherever it struok it killed, maimed
and razed.
People in every seotion of the oity
watobed - tbe approach of tbe oyolone.
The streets t brough wbioh it passed
are piled bigb witb debris. ' Uninjured
rushed to the aid of the injured and
wagons were pressed into servioe and
they were rushed to hospitals. Homes
of the . fashionable residents were
thrown open to the two thousand
homeless. Weeping womon and obil
dren were massed at tbe undertaking
rooms seeking missing relatives and.
pathetio scenes were enaoted.
Leaving Omaha, the storm swept
aoross the Missouri river, oarrytog
devastation to Counoil Bluffs and
otber towns in the vicinity. It appears,
to. have lifted and next struok in In
diana,' where 20 are dead at Terra
Haute.
LOBBIED - AT SALEM IN
INTEREST OF IRRIGATION
Laidlow District Lionized
Him as cTVlan of the Hour.
. In Recognition of Services.
Resowing Barley.
Extremely oold spring weather is
playing havoo with tbe barley crops in
the distriot of north of Walla Walla
and on this side of the Touobet river,
aooordiog to several farmers who are
buying barley for re-seeding purposes.
The oold wave has frozen out , many
fields of barley in that neighborhood
and is working a. great hardship on
tbe farmers. Xbere has been no sim
ilar damage to tbe wheat crop, be
cause of the fact that cold weather
does not bave tbe SBtne effeot on stand
ing wheat.
New Hotel.
J. S. Norvel and John Kesbaum
bave completed furnishing tbe new
26 room hotel at Helix, and the hos
telry will soon be opened to tbe public.
Salem, Ore., Maroh 27. (Speoial to
the Press. ) That J. N. & Gerking,
formerly of Umatilla oodnty, where
be farmed near Athena, is held is
high esteem by tbe people of Crook
oounty where be now resides, is in
dicated by reports that have; oome to
the. offioe . of Governor West. At a
oelebration held recently at Laidlaw
by tbe people of that part of tbe state
who are jubilant over the legislative
enaotment appropriating $160,000 for
tbe . construction of tbe . Columbia
Southern project, the praises of Mr.
Gerking were sung because of the great
fight be put up in proouring tbe pass
age of tbe Columbia Southern bill.
Tbe people of Crook oounty have con
ferred upon Mr. Gerking tbe title of
"the grand old man it Laidlaw."
Mr. Gerking represented tbe people
of Crook oounty in tbe. lobby of tbe
state legislature during the entire 40
days of the regular session, not taking
bis. band off tbe legislative pulse for
an instant ' He was frequently in con
ference with Governor West, who fa
vored tbe till and who is now taking
steps for the immedlatle development
of tbe big Crook oonnty projeot. Tbe
passage of the bill meant the realiza
tion of tbe hopes of hundreds of peo
ple who oame from the east to settle
in Crook eoun'vy in response to reports
oonoerning the possibilities of tbe
country through tbe aid of irrigation,
but who oame near .returning east
broken in purse arjd spirit when cer
tain unscrupulous corporations secured
temporary control o( the irrigation pro
jects. No Loafing Allowed.
Lee Atkinson, proprietor of the
livery statle, annoonoe that boys un
der 15 years of age are not allowed to
loaf around. bis establishment. Tbis
is imperative.
: A Unique Ice Fountain.
In the oarks nnd public places in the
colder parts of Germany, a not uncom
mon object in winter is toe so canea
Ice fountain, a nigged pyramid of ice
many feet in height, which glistens in
the winter sun and Is most effective.
It Is constructed as follows:
A fir tree of suitable dimensions and
dense growth is' placed upright In the
ground or In a circular pond where
there is a water fountain, and a water
pipe with a fairly fine row is fixed to
the stem so that the rose is at the top.
The water is then allowed to run
slowly, generally at night when there
Is a frost, and in the morning It Is
turned off again. The water freezes as
It trickles over the branches, nnd after
two or three nights' severe frost the
tree is entirely enveloped in ice. A
well frozen Ice fountain will last some
days even when a thaw has set in, and
it can always be touched op on tbe re
turn of tbe frost by turning on the wa
ter again.
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A Shenti Excuse For Dirtiness.
In "Soldiering and Sport In Uganda"
tbe author noticed the extreme dirti
ness of a Ehensl herdsman, whose hair
was matted with clay and bis face and
arms incrusted with yellow sand:
"When I checked him for bis sloven
ly appearance, poking my stick through
hla entangled curls, be told me be was
a herdsman and went on to explain
that when be tended cattle if be turned
on clean and washed they would have
such a fright at the sight of him that
they would run away, whereas in bis
present messy condition tbey bad no
fear of him whatever. Again, when bo
bad to milk them, tbe more begrimed
be was so much tbe more aid they pro
duce. I asked him if he would
Ilka some elenbant meat but be replied
that if a herdsman ate meat the cattle
would mistrust him, whereas as It was
they treated biin as one of themselves."
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