t This Edition con tains four Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXV. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. JULY 11. 1913. NUMBER 27 533 Foss-Winship Hardware Company Inspect Our Splendid Line of MODERN MACHINE OILS and Axle Grease None Better. cA Complete Stock BARRETT BULIDING, MAIN STREET, ATHENA THE TUM-A-LUM LUfiBER CO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL : PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET Home of I 3 QUALITY wBBBm Groceries , We carry the best That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. D. H. MANSFIELD Main Street, Athena, Oregon Good Groceries go to the Right Spot Every Time This is the Right Spot To go to Every Time for Groceries I I if C TRY THESE THEY'LL PLEASE ! ONE BEST THE MONOPOLE Monopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits Monopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT AFTER SOUTHERN OCEAN SPECTERS. WHEAT FARMERS UNION MEET WITH RAILROAD OFFICIALS. Inland Empire Affected By Proposed Reductions Made At Walla Walla. A reduotion in freight rates on wheat from the Inland Empire to St. Lonis, Mo., and points in Teunessee that will open op the southern market to northwestern growers was disouesed by representatives of the Farmers' Edaoational and Cooperative nnion and traffio officials of northwestern railroads, at a oonferenoe held at the Coenr d'Alene hotel in Spokane Tues day. After the oonfeienoe President L. 0. Crow of the Washington Farm ers' onion and Secretary A. D. Cross annonnoed themselves as oertain that a favorable rednotion will bd made.' Prospects for a rednotion were ad mitted by railway officials although no definite figure oonld be suggested as it was said southern railways that would participate in tte transporta tion have still to te consulted. This consultation will take plaoe July 23 at Chicago and a basis of division of the rate will then be decided npon if possible. The farmers, lacking data npon whioh to ask a redaction, were re inforoed by John 0. Lawrenoe, for merly ohairman of the state publio aervioe commission of Washington, who is a farmer himself, althongb not a member of the nnion, but no definite rednotion was asked and tLe oonfer enoe finally adjourned without ooming to any conclusion further than to delve into the question at future con ferenoes. Following the Chicago meet ing the northwestern railways will again meet with trie farmers and, equipped with the views of the south ern roads, will then endeavor to fix a i ate. . The project in view is the opening op of a new market to northwestern wheat. The soft wheat supplies of the big milling oenters at Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and other cities is Tennessee have been rapidly dwindling in reoent years, and the hard wheat .raised nearer them is en tirely unsuited to their purpose. The demand is for the soft wheats snob as fortyfold, and the club varieties raisod in Washington, whioh are wanted for flour and also as a component in the materials nsed in bleaohing cotton. Under the joint rates now in force it oosts 75 1-9 cents per 100 pounds, 42 cents a bnsbel to tranport wheat from the Inland Empire points to St. Lonis, pins local rates beyond that point to the mills of Tennessee, where it is said from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 bushels annually could be used. So scarce was suitable wheat last year in the markets hitherto drawn npon by the mills, that it is said tbey paid the almoEt prohibitive freight rates and took wheat from southern Idaho. Slated for Ballot. A copy of a petition to initiate a measure for the abolishment of capital punishment has been submitted to Secretary of State Oloott by the anti oapital punishment crusaders, whose headquarters are with the Universal Auto-metria league In the Selling Hirsch building, Portland. Secretary Olcott will prescribe a. proper form for the petition, whioh, it is under stood, will be put in circulation immediately. CURIOUS ACACIA TREE. It Get Peevish and Ugly and Odorout When Oitturbed. In Idaho there exists a species of the acacia tree which la entitled to be classed as one of the wonders of plant life. "When full grown It closes its leaves together in coils each day at sunset and curls its twigs to the shape of pigtails. When the tree has thus settled itself for the night's sleep it la said that If touched It will flutter as If agitated or Impatient at the disturbance. The oftener, It is averred, the foliage is molested the more violent will become the shaking of the branches. Finally, it Is further alleged. If the shaking Is contlnned the tree will at length emit a nauseating odor quite sufficient to Induce a headache In the case of the person disturbing the tree. In Idaho it is called the "angry tree.' and it Is said that It was discovered by men who on making camp for the nlgbt placed one end of a canvas covering over one of the sensitive bushes, nsing It for a support. Immediately the tree began to jerk Its branches sharply. The motion continued with Increasing "nervousness" until at last came a sickening odor that drove the tired campers to a more friendly location. Carper's Weekly. The time will most surely come when the sun wilt have ceased to throw oU light and heat Long before that hap pens, however, the earth and other planets will have become "dead worlds," like the moon no life of any sort npon them. It has t-een calculat ed that the nn will cease to throw out Its heat somewhere about T.'nWW tears from now-New York American Phantom Craft That Are Said to Haunt the High Seas. A CURIOUS ENGLISH RECORD. The Log of the Warship Bacchante Under Date of July 11, 1831, Bears the Entry, "Flying Dutchman Cross ed Our Bows" The Goblin Ship. There are numerous legends and sto ries of ghostly vessels that roam the briny deep, and many hard headed mariners, free from the common su perstition of the ordinary snllorman, stoutly maintain that they have at least once in their maritime career en countered what was undoubtedly a phantom ship. Best known of those mysterious craft that haunt the high seas is, of course, the famous Flying Dutchman, or phantom ship of Vnnderdecken. How the story originated Is doubtful, but it has been ascertained that there was a seaman of repute who many years ago sailed from Holland to the east via the Cape of Good Hope, but was never again heard of. Some authorities say that, meeting with contrary winds off the' cape, he swore a terrible oath, in consequence of which the divlno wrath decreed that he should be occupied till the crack of doom in endeavoring to weather the headland. Others state that this punishment was meted out to him in retribution for a terrible murder he committed before commenc ing his fateful voyage. Whatever the cause of this ancient gentleman's monotonous wandering may be, it Is probably in connection with him that the most authentic and cold blooded record of any phantom ex ists either afloat or ashore, for it is stated that in the log of II. M. S. Bac chante while on a voyage round the world with the little princes in 1881 there appears on July 11 the entry, "Flying Dutchman crossed our bows." The log book of one of the then largest of her majesty's warships is certainly the very last place to expect to find that which is generally associated with the hysterical of either sex. During January, 1047, a vessel left New Haven, Conn., on her maiden voy age, but was never again heard of. In the following. Juue, Just before the hour of sunset and after a severe thunderstorm, the missing ship was seen sailing up the river. The inhabit ants, taking their evening stroll, were overjoyed at her return, but the most observant of them noticed that there was something uncanny about her, es pecially in that she appeared to be sailing up against the wlnaV . Then, to the consternation of all, she gradually faded away before their eyes and entlreley disappeared. We may be assured that thrre were not wanting those who maintained that the vessel In spirit had paid a last visit to her port before resting for good on the ocean bed. In the "Chronicles of the. St Law rence," by Le Maine, It Is recorded that on a certain day in the year a phautorn Bhlp is seen off Cap d'Espolr. in Gospe bay. Lights are seen aboard her, and her decks are crowded with men. By the foot of the bowsprit n man is con spicuously standing and facing townrd the shore, with a lady clinging to his arm. Gradually the lights go out and the vessel sinks. It la snld to be the ghost of the flagship of n fleet which was sent out to reduce the French forts, the vessel- being lost with all hnmlsf. To come to British waters, there are numerous Instances related in local history of the visitations of ghostly vessels, the west of England, as might be , erpected, being most prolific in these records, says a writer in the Lon don Globe, Indeed, Cornwall boasts of a goblin ship probably unique the world over, as she not only sails the water, but proceeds most unconcerned a good distance inland. This is the specter ship of Torthcur. no, and In Robert Hunt's book on "Ro mances of the West of England" are re lated the experiences of a local inhab itant who witnessed one of her esca pades. She is described as n black square rigged single masted vessel, sometimes towing a small boat No crew are ever seen; presumably they are down below. The personal narra tive goes on to say: "On came the craft. It passed stead ily through the breakers, glided up over the sands, steadily pursued its course on the dry land as if it bad been water. On it went to Bodelan, where St Loven formerly dwelt It then steered its course to Cbygwiden and there vanished like smoke." An Awful Blow, "yes," said Slithers, "Mlckley was my dearest friend, and I shall never cease to mourn his death. It was a terrible blow, from which I shall never recover." "Why I thought you married his widow?" said Jimpson. "Wbyer ahem 1 why, yes, I did; bur Here Slithers subsided Into a deep and uncomfortable silence. Harper's Weekly. Poor Comedy. ' "Why did she cut you '(" "She doesn't like my comedy.' "now's tbntr "She made the statement at a party last night that she was twenty yearn of age, and I said, 'Yes, I knew that fifteen years ago.'"--Houston Tost isBioi IS THE REPORT OF WASHINGTON STATE DELEGATION. Fifty Bushels to the Acre of Turkey Red is the Yield on Europe's Finest Soil. The third report of the Washington state delegates of the Auierioao com mission to Governor Ernest Lister, has just been reocived from Stuttgart, says an Olympia, Wash., dispatob. In relating the experienoe of the com mission in taking up the studying of various banking systems, a trip up the Daunba river to the little Austrian town of Krerus is described, when the residents of the town er joyed a bolt day oelebrating the visit of the Amerioans. -It is stated by this commission that Hungary is one of the greatest farm ing ooontries it has visited. It reports that the soil is vory rich and fertile and that the people are land tillers. Ibis nation imports 78.16 per cent of the manufactured products it uses, and its exports aie mora thau half farm products, bting 52.13 per oent. An interesting report Is given of the visit to the government experimental and bleeding farm of 55,000 aoies, where were vast herds of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. There are here 30,000 head of livestock and thousands of acres of grain, sugar beets and other products. Both chem ioal and animal fertilizer is used here to great advantage and with wonder ful results. This land, whioh is con sidered the most fertile in Europe, is the finest agricultural region in the world, the crops being raised in rota tion, sugar beets, barley, wheat, clo ver. Ou 10,000 aores of the best laod a produotiou of 8200 pounds of wheat to the aore is reported, the average for all wheal land being 2000; 15 to 20 tons of beets. 8000 to 4000 ponnds of barley und ten tons of potatoes. Mr. Black of the Washington delegation, being a grower, made an especial study of the grain situation and pronounced the grain field there the finest he had ever seen. They use do machinery for harvesting but out everything by hand with a soytbe, employing on this ex periment farm alone 7000 laborers. Their wheat crop is all on the mar ket by July 15 or 20. and their Tar key red wheat, so proliflo in eastern Washington and Oregon, yields 50 bnsbels to the acre and has a very muob stronger straw than the Wash ington proaoot. Dr. Black seoured 100 pounds of the experiment farm's Turkey red wheat and it will be ship ped to Pomeroy Wash., as soon as har vested and au experiment of raising this in Washington will be made. Hungary is said to have the most eSioient flour mills in the world, us ing only Turkey red, the lowest testing 27 per oent wet glutin and the high est 42 per oent They have a system of dust Alter which is pronounced ty the delegation to be marvelous. Tbey have, however, adopted the American elevator, bnilding of oonoretc. 1 he stock breeding on this exper iment farm was also studied with muob interest and found to be mag nificent, but it is announced that as the nation is essentially inclined to military thijgs that cattle must all be of use for working and that milk and butter is of minor oousequeuoe, and it is of interest to learn that the dairy yield of all Hungary, 'wbioh is more than twice as large as the state of Washington, is only aboat half as great. LMER'S 3011 AN EMBEZZLER M. A. BUTLER, THE FATHER, DE FENDS BOY IN COURT. Family Formerly Resided in This County, at Pendleton ' and at Weston. wueer tnglnh. Tokyo contains some queer speci mens of Eugllsh. Ono would scarce ly be familiar with the uame "How Jlndu Maru" painted on the bow of a Japanese Junk, and yet "UowJIndu" is not n bnd reproduction of "How do you do?" probably the only English phrase that the owner of the boat had ever heard. Having tho courage of his Ig norancc, he treated It ns a single word, combined It with a Japanese surllx ap plied to sailing vessels and gave It with pride to Ills honorable junk. Another Japanese refers to himself as tho "cheerful berber," a laumlrynuin gives notice that be Is n "high wash man," and a sartorial nrtlst describes himself as "the sublime tailor." A shop signboard bears the words "Nour isliing Drugs." Harold B. Butler, a Portland boy and sou of Attorney Marion A. Butler, wbo formerly practiced in this coonty, but who is now a Seattle attorney was found guilty in Portland of emtez zliog 510 from Margaret E. Cam melle, 70 years old. The jury wbiob found him guilty reoommended len iency and a paiole will probably be agreed upon it be makes restitution of the money. Cironit Judge Kavanaogh will pass sentence Thursday. His lather defended him and made an im passioned plea to the jury. He was assisted in the defense by B. H. Lind sey of Seattle and L. B. Beeder, well known attorney, of Portland. Yonog Butler and Mrs. Cammelle started a furniture store with some furnishings of a lodging house wbioh she bad and she gave him $675 in various checks with wbioh to buy goods for the store. She alleged that be failed to tuy the goods and need the money for his own benefit. Butler's defense was that they were partners und the money was lost through bad management. A Mere Bagatelle. Gabe I nee where it waiter in St. Louis has purchased a hotel out of the tips he received hi the years. Steve What did he it., with the rest of the money? Cincinnati Enquirer. No proteins deities are wanted there I prudence. Juvenal. If Necessary Knowledge. "Why are you learning French?" "Why? Because I've Just got a dog from France, and tho silly boast can't understand n word of English." Lon don Tit-Bits. What men want Is not talent, it is purpose; not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.-Bill wer-Lytton. Held For Attempted Assault, Fred Oraden was arrested Monday evening on a warrant issued out of Justioe Richard's oourt charged with attempt to assault Lowell Rogers with a dangerous weapon. . Cardeo secured a butcher knife from a display rack at the Foos-Wlaship hardware store, and with that formidable implement of destruction sought to settle bis grievance agaiust Rogers. Marshal Gholaon and Judge Biobards relieved Carden of the knife before he carried bis threats into effeot. After his ar rest he left town in an automobile and was appiebended by an offlotr at Mil ton. His divorced wife went on his bonds for $500. For Sale Four head of good work horses. Inquire of Wea Zerba, Athena. RemodicJir sue Day IVflore Ends turday Evening This mammoth sale offers you an opportunity to save from 5 to 10 per cent on the season's new and wanted merchandise. Can you possibly afford to miss such savings? No no matter what anyone may tell you to the con trary, vou are the loser if you don't come aud inves tigate, see what prices we are offering and examine our merchandise. Its new and fresh Ours is the new est, best assorted, cleanest stock in Eastern Oregon and the largest, too. It's too large for the room we have; that's the reason why" we are forced to remodel the interior of our store. 13 That's why we are making every effort and cutting nearly every price, to reduce our stock; we must have roomand in order to get it, we will pay you to help us by giving you extremely low prices on needed merchandise. The Peoples Warehouse Where it pays to Trade. PENDLETON, OREGON. Save yourTPW Stamps.