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This Edition con tains four Pages mm Athena merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXV. ATHENA; UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1913. NUMBER 39 ess 0 Foss-Winship Hardware ,;'..-..-.r.Gompaiiy . Inspect Our Splendid Line of HOWARD HEATERS Bridge:Beach Universal Ranges None Better. cA Complete Stock BARRETT BULIDING, MAIN STREET, ATHENA St THE JUMtLUIMUMBER GO. v . .Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of UILDING MATERIAL - PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES ; Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon in mini ' Ill Ill Ill m I -THE ATHENA RflEAT iARKET We carry the best RflEATR That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. BRYAN & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon Sirv.- Nome f - v ' III Ai ITV I Groceries J Good Groceries go to the Right Spot Every Time IThis: is the R To go to Every Time for Groceries 1 r . TRY TIIESE-TIIEY'LL PLEASE ! ONE BEST THE MONOPOLE Monopole Vegetables . : , Monopole Fruits Monopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IS GOOD THING3 TO EAT noun on com SILOS AND ALFALFA 0-W." DEMONSTRATION TRAIN BROUGHT AGRICULTURISTS. ; Experts Meet With Success and Encouragement Where ever They Speak. A Dumber of farmers and business men congregated at the 0- W. K. & N. station Wednesday afternoon and lis tened to Prof. P. U. Bolden, the fam ous Iowa corn and alfalfa expert, who delivered - a splendid address whinh was devoted principally to the benefit derived from growing alfalfa and corn as a rotation crop in connection witb wheat raisiug. Prof: Bolden illustrated bis lecture by charts, whioh greatly assisted in seonring intelligent oonoeption of all details of bis disconrse by bis and-, ience. .. Spaoe forbids a detailed report of the lectore. Suflioe it to . say that ' 1 , M vVi X i 'A : ' t V 3 the manifold benefits of diversified farming including the raising of corn and alfalfa, bnilding of silos and the keeping of herds of hogs, oattle and dairy oows on the farm, was disoussed in a most able and convincing man ner. - Prof. Bolden is direotor of the Iowa State Agricultural College at Ames, and has devoted a life's work to agri cultural problems. Literature was distributed to those present at the meeting, and the train left at 2:40 for Adams and Pendleton. C. L. Smith, agrionltniist of the 0-W. R. & N. company, who is witb the demonstration train, says: "I have not known in all my resi dence in the Pacific Northwest of greater interest being taken in mat ters pertaining to the farm. Our gos pel of diversified farming is obtaining converts by the soore and by the hun dred. In the great wheat belt of tbe Falonse country wa have boon given assurance that tbe owners of large boldiogs are going to plant alfalfa aud oorn and that tbey favor crop ro tation as advooated by us. "Prof. Bolden and bis oorpa of assist ants, "Farmer" Foster of . the State College. Professors Thorn and Tormey, who have been with us ou the trip, have had interested andienoes every where. It is most gratifying to know that this oendition exists. Men do not follow a speaker as they have followed toe and as tbey have followed others to ask for further information unless they are vitally interested. Men do not plead with us to come again un less tbey believe we know something whioh will help them. "The demonstration train and the teachings of men who are conversant with farm conditions have sounded the keynote of prosperity for tbe Pao iflo Northwest. This is diversified farming. This means alfalfa and oorn. dairying, bog-growing, poultry farming and tbe fattening of beef for tbe markets. ."It is particularly gratifying to note tbe interest whiob is being taken in onr Corn shows at Colfax and at Pen dleton dnriog tbe month of December. Onr work thus far has teen in Wash ington, and tbe show at. Colfax is held for the states of Washington and Ida ho. We are ottering premiums in cah and agrionltural implements to the value cf more tban $3, COO, bnt these are insignificant in comparison with tbe greater premiums that tbe men are giving themselves in growing oorn fur use as a matured crop or for silage. "Out campaign for corn growing is not yet two years old. In its swad dling clothes it has taken on healthy proportions, and as it assumes greater proportion! and larger yields it will be of a vlaoe which cannot at present be estimated. "Tbe coin and alfalfa Demonstra tion train cf tbe 0. W. B. &. N. com pany baa accomplished much good thus far. It is only on tbe first leg of its journey. W ben its mission shall have ended and tbe men along the line of tbe toads on wbiob tbe train is op erated in tbe state of Washington. Oregon and Idaho, have beard tbe When the Big Guns Rbared In War Game Near New York THREE FEDERAL JUDGES DECLARE I 1 AY it1- r-, .-Sy ' Aw - VVN ' 1 : , Photos by American Press Association. - THE war game as recently played at the eastern entrance of Long Island sound showed that New York city was safe from the attacks of the mock enemy. The coast ortlllerymeu stationed at Forts Wright, Terry aud Mlchle succeeded In keepiug the nprth Atlantic fleet from entering the soiiiul In the theoretical war the guns of the forts sank most of the bat tlofililps The.se pictures show how the gunners worked ou tbe big mortars at Fort Wright The Ore of the mortars proved most effectual. " The so-oalled Medford rate bill, whioh was adopted by the people un der the initiative On November 5, 1912, and .wbiob made sweeping changes in freight rates in the state,' has teen declared unconstitutional aud void in a decision by Judges Wolver ton and Bean, of the United States District Court in Portland, and Judge Gilbert, of tbe United States Court of Appoals iu San Franoisoo, before wbom, sitting en baoc, it was argued n little more tban seven months ago. The decision was announced Monday in an opinion written and delivered from the beuch by Jndge Wolverton. All three judges fully concurred in every aspect of the decision. Judge Wolverton said: "Almost immediately after its pas sage tbe measure became a target for traffio men and shippers all over tbe state. It was deolared that if permit tud to bnnome effective the law would put many roads out ot business, aud that in order ti live, tbe other roads would have to raise rates- generally on shipments of oatloads or more. "The measure has been generally re ferred to as the 'Medford' rate bill because of ohargns that it was pre pared and plaoed on tbe ballot in tbe selfish interests of Medford merchants. Frank II. MoCune was its author. . ".Appealed to by railroad men and ebippeis for relief against wbat it was declared would oh a disaster to the state if pormitted to go Into effect, the Fedural Court granted a tempo rary injunction against the operation of tbe aot shortly after its ' passage. The court directs that the injunction be made permanent, in yesterday's de cision. " Judgo Wolvortou's opinion isoaustio at times In its reference to tbe aot and its framing. "We think that the aot is not only violative of tbe just rights of the car rier," it says In one plaoe. "to man age his own ulfalis and exercise bis own judgment respeoting the spread between oarloa-d and less tban carload rates, so long as he keeps within the bounds of reasonable maximum rates, and does not discriminate tetweeu persons and localities, but it would compel him in many i&stanoes to ao oept unreasonably low rates, in order to comply witb its provisions and avoid orimiual proseoution." Another passage f reads: "As to classification, the first three sections of the aot are irreoonoilable and wholly incongruous. . . The law can not be enforced without doing injust ice to the carriers, whiob is tanta mount to taking property without due process of law." "Indeed. ' the aot wonld seem to defeat Itself,". is still, another comment by the court, in whioh all three judges conourred. Married in Jail. Charles Albert Wabl aud Mis. Fan nie Florence Smith of Echo, had tbe uniqne experience of being married in the county jail at Walla Wallla Tues day, acoording to a dispatob from tbe garden city. Tbey obtained a lioense after other officer bad closed and there was no one to act as witnesses, though they had seamed Justice Mo Kinney to perform tbe ceremony. Some one tbonght of the county jail', where there is always somebody on duty and there they went. W, D. Paul aud Jailor W. J. Boneyoutt aot-. ed as witnesses. Freewater Wins Prize. In addition to winning the first prize including tbe 0-W. B. & N. oop for the best display of fruit, at tbe Walla Walla fair, a Freewater young ster also took home the "better babies" honors. Hue whs Muriel Robertson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rot-ertson. For Sale. Second hand furniture. Apply toB. W. Drew, after sohool hours. " message wbioh Is trough t to them, and when tbe men who are now en gaged in farming the great areas of land devoted to one crop shall have diversified their 'plantings, then, and not until then, will the real worth of tbe train be known. "I am glad to be a part of this cam paign. I want to congratulate the people of tbe Paoiflo Northwest that sncb a campaign was inaugurated, and to say that tbe methods wbioh are being urged upon them are sure to be productive of results. They mean more people on the land, more homes, more churches, more sobools, better roads and greater prosperity." ' John Soott Mills, who is in charge of tbe train said: "The 0-W. It. & N. corn and alfalfa demonstration train is meetiug witb suooess iu every city visited, and in the surrounding country where speakers are sent by automobile, large andienoes have been present and there are eager question ers for information along the line of diversified farming. This has taken bold of tbe people. "Tbe present train is tbe eleventh one operated by tbe 0-W. and interest grows witb each train sent out. Prof. Bolden, Prof. C. L. Smith, the mem bers of the faculty of the State Col lege and other speakers and demon strators who accompany tbe train are all practical men, and they impress their hearers witb their knowledge of tbe land aud with the crops tbeieon wbiob will render cultivation a profit. "1 am convinced that tbe trip made by our train through the Inland Um pire will result in large areas being planted to corn and alfalfa. Wher ever we go we are plied witb questions oonoeruing our Corn Show. It is tbe contention of onr traffio officials that within ten years the corn crop of Washington will bo as large as tbe wheat crop. Ibis means muob to the people of the Paoiflo Northwest. "Again, corn la conjunction with alfalfa means a balanced ration, and every man who is engaged in dairying, bog-raising or fattening beef for mar ket knows what a balanced ration means. "We are going to continue to oper ate these trains and we are going to endeavor to induce more people to en gage in diversified farming. We fa vor orop rotation for this means soil conservation. We are trving to bo helpful to the man on tbe land. The services of our Agriculturists, tbe services of onr writers, our literature ou different subjects pertaining to the farm are at tbe disposal of tbe publio. "As we proceed on our journey in terest increases, speakers are ruore in demand and questions more frequent. Tbia is pleasing to the management of tbe 0-W. It. & N., gratifying to Pro fessor Bolden, and to every man who has tbe interests of tbe Paoiflo North west at heart, and who realizes that agriculture is tbe greatest present in dustry and will te tbe most lasting of all industries." it Wear ot (0)wreat -That fit Father Awarded Children. Judge Phelps has given D. 0. Baker the custody of his two minor children. When a decree for divorce was grant ed, tbe mother was girea custody of tbe children, bnt it transpires that abe sent them to relative! in Missouri, who shortly returned them to tbe father. Be has them in tbe Stubble field Home at Walla Walla, wbera tbey are having good oare, tut the mother, wbo resides in Wyoming, now wishes them retorted to ber. II T We make 'em that way, from cloth that is guaran teed to give absolute satisfaction. No "hootching" out of shape in these coats, which are made true to your measure. When you wear one of them, you look like you are going somewhere. . Size 'em up on the other fellow, then drop in and select your cloth and style. Main Street. RUSSELL PIERSOL Athena Ores i i in i ii i in "