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This Edition con tains Four Pages if. i Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXV. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 18. 1913. NUMBER 28 Foss-Winsliip Hardware Company Inspect Our Splendid Line of MODERN MACHINE OILS and Axle Grease None Better. W Complete Stock BARRETT BULIDING. MAIN STREET, ATHENA THE TUM-A-LUSlfl LUSKiBER CO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of buildingImaterial PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. Mr Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA K1EAT MARKET We carry the best That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. D. H. MANSFIELD Main Street, Athena, Oregon jj I duAi.lt feftpCE Hits I " Home of OUALITY Groceries y Good Groceries go to the .Right Spot Every Time This Is the Right Spot To go to' Every Time for Groceries TRY THESETHEY'LL PLEASE ! ONE BEST THE M0N0P0LE Monopole Vegetables y Monopoly Fruits Monopole Salmon " " Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING 3 TO EAT YIELD LESS 111 THAT OF LAST YEAR DRESSING FOR ROYALTY. COHEN ESTIMATES COUNTY AT ' 5,000,000 BUSHELS. Ten Per Cent. Less Around Athena, and Increase on the Lighter Soil Lands. flyman H. Coboo, crop statistician fot tbe Portland Journal, baa complet ed a tour of instpectiou in tbia oonnty and places tba wheat yield for tbia orop at 5,000,000 bnsbela. Hia 8e dnotions giro tbe Helix eeotion the big gest orop in its history. He plaoes the Athena yield 10 per oent lower than last year. Bis report- to tbe Jonrnal follows: ; 'The wheat orop of Umatilla oonn ty will be approximately 6,000,000 bnsbela this season. The ontpnt waa only fractionally better a year ago. i "The disttiot that usually has the best ontpnt will not this season, ow ing to weeds. While there will te Uelda on the Umatilla reservation that will produce 40 bushels of wheat to tbe aore, the average will rnn prob ably 30 bushels. Naturally this ia a disappointment to the reservatiou wheat men, but their ill fortune is but a repetition of that of almost every other good distiiot of the Pa oiHo northwest. The season was un usually prodootive of weeds and seem ingly there was no way to get lid of them with regular treatment. "On the other band, the country north of Pendleton, aronnd Helix, will this year probably harvest tbe best orop per aore in the oonnty. Many fields in that seotion will prodnoe 40 bnsbela per aore; in faot, some farmers have insured their crops . for., that ontpnt. . Tbia is better - than a year ago. :- 1 """ . "In tbe Pilot Rook seotion there is a very good indication for barley. Almost all tbe fall sown barley was frozen dnring tbe winter and r eased -log waa necessary. The spring grain responded better than bad been expect ed. In the Pilot Rook country, how ever, there will bo poorer wheat thin a year ago, but the output last season was a reoord breaker. ' "Aronnd Eoho and in the Hold man ooo n try tbe prospeots for wheat are not very favorable, but tbe west end of tbe county is seldom counted npon to swell Umatilla's total production to any great extent. Barley and oats are somewhat better than wheat in both distriots. : "Up Athena way the outlook for wheat at present ia perhaps 10 per oent pooler than a year ago, with excep tions. - "Taking all in all tbe grain orop situation in tbe oonnty ia satisfactory., Suob a big orop as was produoed a year ago could soaroely be expeoted. Ibe hay crop is temarkaCly good. This applies to all varieties. There is a large aoraage of alfalfa and tba yield promises better than average, first and second crop considered. . "Muoh grain will be fed to livestock in Umatilla this season. The extreme piioes that have rnled for atook of all kinds have led produoers not to over look this important money niakiug branch. Everywhere porkers are to be seen in great numbers and tbe in dustry has been given an exceedingly good start. "More and better dairy cows has been tho agitation in this seotion dur ing the year and there ia a notioable sign that tbe business ia expanding at a very lively rate. ' This is especially trna in tbe alfalfa prodnoing seotions. The greater number of oows, together with the very heavy orop of alfalfa speaks prosperity for these eeotions. This, with tbe exoeedingly. good out look for tbe wheat price, will prob ably make 1913-14 as prosperous as the county has seen for many a year." Violated Postal Law. R. 11. Beer e, a young man from Pendleton, appeared before Judge R. S. Bean in tbe United States district oonrt and admitted plaoing writing and notations on papers wbiob he later mailed at the ordinary fourth class rate. When tbe writing wasv dis covered by tbe federal authorities and it became apparent that be had made tbe matter first class mail, informa tion waa filed by Assistant United States Attorney Johnson and Beeru volunteered to appear without . formal arrest. Ihe offense is a misdemeanor and fine is the only punishment, pre scribed by statute. Beers pleaded no intent to evade tbe few cents extra postage, declaring be did not realize that what he bad done was a violation of tbe law at all. Judge Bean im posed tbe 1100 floe, wbioh Beera ar ranged to pay. On Mormonism. - Rev. D. M. Helmiok, pastor of tba Methodist Episcopal church in this city, in a communication to the Port land Oregonian, in reply to ao editor ial on Mormonism reveals the faot that by association tod observation while a resident of Utah, ha is thor oughly conversant with Mormon con ditions. Mr. Helmiok was disappoint ed in that the gist of his article, an excerpt from a sermon by Brigbam Young, had bieo left oot. be has been importuned to speak on Mormon ism from hia pulpit, and has promised to do so next Sunday evening. The Proper Caper When One Is Invited to Windsor Castle, Those who are Invited to spend a few days with the king at Windsor are sometimes opt to be rather overcome by tbe grandeur they find, and an ex cess of shyness, something like stage fright, Is In some cases the inevitable accompaniment of the first evening at the castle. In Queen Victoria's time guests were bidden only to "dine and sleep." Therefore all they saw of their royal hostess was comprised In a few mo ments' conversation In the drawing room after dinner unless tbey happen ed to be near tho queen at tbe dinner table. ' This Is all altered now. Guests are bidden to stop two or three days and consequently see much) more of the king and queen than in former times. The question of dress always Is a great problem with the ladies "commanded" to Windsor castle, for, instead of ac quiring only one smart evening toilet and suitable Jewels -for a "dine and sleep" visit of one night, quite on out fit must be laid In for three or four days stay.. No particular dress is re quired on arrival, as guests are shown at once to their rooms, but next morn ing it is necessary to appear rather smartly dressed for breakfast, which Is quite a formal meal at tbe castle. Then another change of toilet Is re quired when tbe time comes to Join tbe shooters at luncheon and yet another on returning to tbe castle for 5 o'clock tea. Every night, too, a different toilet must be worn, suitable. to the royal sur roundings and proportionately expen sive. London Answers. , ; GLEAM OF THE EMERALD. Its Brilliant Green Light Has No Rival on Land or $ea. , "Interesting," said a gem expert, "Is the word that most persons opply to an emerald. There Is only one other Jewel which shares this quality, and that is the opal, which at its best has also green lights, although, of course, they are entirely different from those of an emerald, v The reason that makes an emerald 'interesting apart from its beauty and value is the same that mnkes the woman with green, eyes the most interesting of her sex! It's a light that never was on.land or sea; it's a brilliant gleam that gives the accent to any sort of costume and any sort of complexion. : It isn't like a snd green or a so called 'nrtlsfle green.'. The eineruld is the soul of life, light and beauty." ' The emerald ' has the advantage of being one of the most becoming of gems. Light haired beauties claim.it for their own, for they declare that nothing else, not eren the sapphire, ac centuates their delicate fairness so ef fectively.. Brunettes are adorable in emeralds, especially the brunette with brilliant coloring. ; Strangely enough, blue eyes. Instead of being dimmed by tbe Jewel, gather fire and depth from its close neighborhood. ' They take on a delectable green blue gleam and seem much larger than when the emeralds are not near. As for the au burn haired beauty, It is her stone par excellence. The Servant Problem. There was but one cook In the intelli gence (why do they call it that?) office, and two housewives were bidding for her services, with fire In their eyes. "Come and cook for me," said one, "and yon won't have to work on Thurs days and Sundays." "Cook for me," snld the other, "and you won't have to make your own bed." '. "With me you con entertain your friends In the parlor." "1 always give my servunts my best clothes and wear tbe old ones." "You don't have to wash and wipe the dishes if you take the situation with me." Tbe first housewife was desperate. "Come with me," she exclaimed, "and you won't have to cook." Kansas City Star. ... , Took Tim at His Word. "That cigar of yours," said tbe pas senger with the chin beard, smiling genially, "has burned about half Its length down one side." "SoT frowned tbe man with the curled mustache, turning bis head slowly and looking at blm from bead to foot "Well, that Is tbe way I like my cigars, sir." So when a spark from bis cigar fell on the skirt of his new sixty dollar overcoat and proceeded to burn a hole In it tbe man with tbe chin beard re flected, "Perhaps that's tbe way be likes bis overcoats," and said nothing. -Chicago Tribune. A Distinction. "now do yon pronounce the word p-a-p-a. Miss Jlbley," asked nicken tooper 'pup-paw or popper? I am writing an article oo 'How American Girls Speak " "Why, I say pup-paw, of course," re plied Miss Jlbley. "I want to distin guish my father from my fiance, who Is my popper." Harper's Weekly. A Genius. ; "So you insist that your boy Josh is I genius?" "Yes." replied Farmer Corntoasel. "1 don't know exactly what a genius ts But we've got to give some excuse for bis not doln' sny regular work." Washington Star. ; Not Refined Enough. Jottor Ton need some Iron to your f,Ww ''Paflpnt-Tlt.it w piprwlanl fwi prei(-ni (itnt' nf tbe mors fTtlii metals?-Kichnujm Krni& BOURNE WANTS FEDERAL AID FOR PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. Maintenance! System Provi ded For as Devised by Ore gon' s Ex-Senator. That oue of the most earions and most frequent mistakes "iu the good roads movement ia failure to provide for maintenauoe, is asserted by Jon athan Bourne Jr., chairmau'of the joint committee on federal aid to good roads who has made an extensive study of the problem. "The expression 'permanent im provement' is likely to be a delusion," said Mr. Bournh. "Ihe permanenoy of an improvement dopenda largely npon the character of maintenance and repair. The stone or gravtl sur face as well as tbe foundation of a highway needs constant attentiou, similar to tbe oare given tbe steel tails and roadbed of a railroad. Repair ot roads is least expeusive when it is most prompt. It is the repair of the small break tbe filling of the small rot.that prevents more serious dam age. "All highway emboli ties empha size tbe importance of a system of maintenance. Henoe, in my plan for federal aid to good roads, I provided especially for this by providing for an annual payment to tho states of an amount equal t 5) per oent of the cost of construction tbe states to extend an equal amocut lor the same pur pose. This aid to maintenance will not only insure that roads will he kept in repair, bnt is an added induoemeut for the states to acoept the federal aid to construction. Their maintenauoe allowance wonld be in proportion to tbeir participation in tbe aid to con struction. "In France, road patrolmen are em ployed to oare for oertain sections of highway. Tbeir tools consist ohiofly ot a wheelbarrow and shovel, 'with wbioh they repair evety defeot in its iuoipienoy. These men keep tbe roads in repair until the harvest season be gins and then are left free to seek more profitable work dnring tbe harvest period. Tbe highway patrolmen, therefore, afford a constant supply of labor upon wbioh tbe farmers can de pend for part of their harvest help. "I believe a very similar system will be worked out in this country and in order to enoonrage the adoption of some system of maintenauoe in all the states, I inolnded maintenance allow ance in my suggested plan for federal aid. In order to avoid building up a great federal machine, however, I would have these repair men under tbe employ of the states. We aheady have a vast number of highway em ployes, bnt a large proportion of tbera are 'supervisors, who do little actual work, l'be patrolman ot Francs is not a supervisor bnt an uotual workman." will be played for a pnrse of f 1000. Tbe first game will be at Heppner tbe second at Condon and the third on a neutral diamond. Tbe manage ment expeots to seanre Al Carson for the tbree games, and will also prob ably seoure Conroy, also ot Portland, to do the receiving. Two of the sal aried players, Riohardson, oatoher, and Whetstone, pitoher, have beeu released but Aebenfelter is still on the payroll and will probably work in one of the tbree games of tbe aeries. Grass Valley also claims to have a fast team, and will probatly play tbe winner ot the Heppner-Uondon series to deter mine the championship of that seotion of tbe state. . In Charge of Warehouses. W. R. Tompkins has now full obarge of the warehouse business on tbe Athena branch of the Northern Paoiflo, as be reoently closed a deal with tbe Poget Sonnd Warehouse oom panv, in which he seoures a lease on all tbe warehouses at , Hillsdale, Way. land and Waterman, says tbe Helix Advooate. Mr. Tompkins bas secured tbe services ot Fred Groves formerly with tbe Interior Warehouse oompany, who will be foreman of tbe warehouse crews, , The Interior Warehouse oom pany reoently disposed of tbeir ware houses in Umatilla county to H. W. Collins and Mr. Uollina iu turn dis posed of tbe two booses which be had on the Athena branob to tbe Poget Sound Company in exchange for a house at Myriok. Ibis leaves tbe Poget Sonnd oompany owners of all tbe houses at tbe stations mentioned. in IN ANOTHER FIIID O'SHEA OF CANYON MOUNTAIN UNCOVERS A POCKET. Exhibits a Ten Pound Lard Bucket Full of High Grade Ore and Pure Gold. Big Circus Coming. Riae Bros." Colossal Sbows, Menag erie and Hippodrome will be tbo first and only big Show in Athena this sea son. This is the Show that is con quering new fields and making new friends. Tbn menagerie baa been se lected with snob oare aud utter dis regard to expense that it ranks as tbe Menagerie "Da Luxe." This is tbe Show of Features. No aot finds a plaoo in iho performanoe until it bas demonstrated its absolute superiority over all acts . of similar cbaraoter. Grand Free Street Parade of Tab leaux, CageBand Horses wbiob are the finest obtainable. Uou't forget tbe date Athena, Wednesday, July 30, New Wheat Sold. Balfour-Guthrie oompany Saturday bought tbe first new wheat of this season at Walla Walla. Ed Angel sold a lot ot fortyfold and hybrid, tbe prioe reported being 71 oent. Several other sales were said to have been made, but dealers were taokward in reporting. Several Walla Walla farm ers have completed threshing small lotsand tbe local wheat market showed aolivity Saturday for tbe first time in more than a month. Sand Partly Covered Body. The body of Walter Soott Brown, who was drowned while trying to cross the Walla Walla river on horaebaok Maroh 80, war found half buried in tbe sand on tbe James Camming ranoh five miles southwest of Touobet, Saturday afternoon, ty John Van Dal lon. Brown was about 28 years old. Bis parents live lu Presoott, Wash. Purse of $1000. Baseball blood is np between tbe Heppner and Condon teams. Ar rangements aie being completed for another series of games. Three games Files Cross Complaint. In tbe divorce salt of Gustavo H. Sobobert vs. Edith Sobubert, says the' East Oregoniau, the defendant has tiled an answer and cross complaint asking that she. be given tbo divorce, 50 a month alimony for the support rf herself and children and f 35 a month extra while the children are in school, $250 attorney fees and $75 oourt costs. James A. Fee is her attorney. "I don't knew what it will make, but it oertainly has a good start,'! said Dan O'Shea to the Gauvon City Eagle, ' and exhibiting a ten-pound lard buoket of high grade ore. The rock is full of gold, some ot tbn spec-, imens teiug pure gold. He caugtl the prospect just below where be took out tbe $3000 pocket a few weeks ago. Tbia new prospeot dips to the big bull quartz ledge just about the same as the first one be discovered and it seems almost a certainty that tbe gold will bnnoh at tbe point of ooutact betweea the stringer and tbe big quartz lodge, '.there has teen a great deal of tbe quartz from tbe big ledge found that had gold frozen to it, and it would indicate that on a contraot tbe vein wonld ba tlob. ' Mr. O'Shea thinks tbat one of the greatest mines in tbe history cf all gold mining ia yet to be found on Canyon mountain. Tbe indications are tbere. The whole side ot the mountain prospeots aud all of tbe gold that was mined on Canyon creek and. in Marysvile evidently slipped from tbe mountain. Inasmuch as tbe bull quartz ia impregnated with gold aud all of tho gold bearings strlugeis and prospeots leading to it it seems as though it will bnnoh on oonlaot with tbe stringers. At any rate t hid idea led Dan O'Shea to one fUOOO pooket and from indications be is on the cap ping of another blowout or obimney shot out from the boll quartz ledge. ; Mr. O'Shea does not claim to be a mining expert and says tbat he is only a ebeepberder and tbat if be can dig ont tbs rich spots it must be pretty easy mining, und there ought to be hope for a whole lot of people who are down on their look aud np against it. He said there was no use to make a report of a little ten pound lard buoket of gold but to wait and see what it was going to develop into. It might be as big as tbe $10,000- pooket tbat Ike Guker took off tbe mountain a dozen years ago. Two Dead From Rabies. Peter MoDonald - died Tuesday morning at St. Viioent's hospital, Portland,, of rabies. The man was titten June 1 by a stray dog on tbe street when be stopped to pat tbe an-' imal's bead. MoDonald was taken to the hospital Saturday evening and was in convulsions praotloally all that time till his deutb. MoDouald was bitten six weeks ago but the disease did not develop seriously until 10 days ago, when extreme nervousness oame upon him. It moreaued until it was found necessary to take b it to tbe hospital, where he waa placed in restraint with two guards over him. This ia tbe aeoond case of hydrophobia this year, tbe first being tbat ot Frank Griffith, who died Thursday. - CURE FOR fcrfliPs22""' "Wl : ! BAD COLMJPI. UUMSfflMP BIT m&w mm 1 m www x fmnmmvmuns ii in i i i nr s m m m m m m m m mi j- n m- rs. m U 1 : AttWVHVi f JP niUNEQUAUJEDK HI AS A Wts- M UlDDFVFmVF HWHi S3. "frvvn rinnim t '"l.'l.'i"" rrhfi UM JJopCrf (a left! nmmmnm CURES Couglis,Colds CROUP. WHOOPING COUCH, HOARSENESS, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, IsctPtENt Consumption AXDAUDUUUIOf TRS THROAT and LUNGS. Uitlum Mil t ChatfalnlMcM. Dt Moines, lews. U.S.A. roosntehtad to Ctambwltl fc Co. 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