Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXV. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1913. NUMBER 47 Foss-MnsMp Hardware Company pill; i 1 i H fa , K- i MW0M Heaters The World's Leader In Satisfaction Barrett Building, Athena, Or SSBESSSHSSSSBa R AL the rur.i-A-Lijr.i lumber co. Lumber,! Mill Work- and all Kinds of BUILDING MATE PAINTS; Oils AND VARNISHES i Posts and Blacksmith, coal A. M. J ohnson; Manager Athena, Oregon - THE ATHENA IV1EAT MARKET r Ei CT so 7 We carry the best That Money Buys " Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. BRYAN & MEYERr Main Street, Athena, Oregon 'BU1 -MM I UIWM . III ft 7S7 Home of QUALITY Groceries Good Groceries go to the Right Spot Every Time This is the Right Spot To go to Every Time for Groceries if r TRY TIIESE-TIIEY'LL PLEASE ! ONE BEST THE M0W0P0LE Monopole Vegetables . Monopole Fruits , Monopole Salmon V" Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING3 TO EAT RE6ISTRATI0!i LfilV IS TERMED INVALID SUPREME COURT FAILS TO UP HOLD THE MEASURE. Glaring Defects In . Act i By Last - Legislative Assembly Defined In Decision. Justice Moore writing tbe- opinion, tbe Sapierue Coart ia tbe case of the City of Portland against John B. Coffey, county clerk Multnomah county, decided tbat tffstjpermaoeot registiation law, passed at FBol reoent session of the legislature, is ibilid. As a result tbe old registration id effeot. Justice Moore bases his opinion upon defects in the permanent registration law, one of whioh might prevent a person otherwise entitled to vote from doing so. Be says if a certificate of tegistration held by a person who bad registered, bat bad moved from ? the preoiuot in wbiob be registered should be destroyed, under tbe aot tbe voter could not thereafter exeroise the right of suffrage. Tbe opinion says, in part: "Any eleotor (under tbe aot) who may complete his residenoe during tbe period in wbiob. the registers are olosed or who may attain the age of 21 years, may register daring the a period of four mouths next preceding tbe clos ing of tbe registration for tbe eleotion in which he desires to vote, (Section 7.) "As long as an eleotor resides in tbe pieoinotfrom wbiob be registers be shall not be required to register again unless be shall fail to vote at any gen eral eleotion, or unless he changes bis political affiliation. (Section 12.) "When an eleotor removes from a preoinot in which he is registered and gains residence in another preoinot, be must register tjy surrendering to tbe county clerk his oertitloate of regis tration to be oanoeled. . "It will be remembered thatseotion 6 of the enaotment deolared tbat no eleotor who is not registered shall be entitled to vote at any state eleotion, provided tbat in case' tbe Supreme Conrt should bold tbe above provisions for compulsory registration invalid, then, and in tbat case only, tbe eleot or may register with the judges of eleotion upon eleotion day. "Examining otber provisions of tbe act it will be kept in mind tbat when an eleotor is registered he shall re ceive from the oonnty clerk a dupli cate oopy of registration as a certifl oate of eleotion. When an eleotor mores from one preoinot in wbiob be is registered and gains a resideooe in another preoinot be is required to reg ister ty surrendering to tbe proper official his certificate of registration and qansing bis former registration to be oaooelled. ;- " 'In case snob certificate of regis tration bas keen lost or has been de stroyed in any natural calamity, snob eleotor shall produoe before tbe offi cial registrar, or tbe county clerk, two witnesses, wbo shall sign an affi davit under oath that snob is the fact ; "From the language thus quoted it is fairly to be implied tbat unless tbe eleotor can substantiate in tbe man ner prescribed tbe faot of the loss of bis oertifloate, or tbat it has been de stroyed in some natural calamity, the voter cannot therefore exeroise bis right of suffrage. Hence if tbe certi ficate were torn up by a child or de stroyed by a pup or any animal, bis right to vote in any eleotion is for ever gone, tbe unreasonableness of whioh provision would seem quite apparent." COLONEL J. B. EDDY DEAD Oregon Editor and Railroad Man of Active Career. READY SAYS 1ST IN SYMPATHY WITH PRESIDENT WILSON'S WAR POLICY. Governor Says State's Fine Fighting Force Could Be Quickly Mustered. Should war be preoipitated betwpen tbe United States and Mexico, Oregon is readv to respond to tbe call of tbe President for troops, is tbe declaration made by Governor West in a message to a New York paper inquiring if be favors intervention by , the , United lavts States in Mexioo, and how many troops yis state could provide. The governor says: . ; "Replying '., to your telegram ; with referenoe to Mexioan situation, will say that realizing tbe great responsi bility resting .upon tbe president, we uphold . him in bis efforts - to bring about a peaoeful adjustment, of the matter. However, we are all tbe time getting ready for basinets and are prepared to respond promptly to any call of tbe president, with two regiments of infantry one battery of field aitilllery and one ambulance company. Another regiment of in fantry and several troops of oavalry would be made -available upon shoit notice." Supplemental to this message tbe governor issned for the benefit of the press generally the following state ment: "Should onr troops be called to the front, I would favor onr organisation as it stands, giving due regard to merit in matters of promotion." Colonel J. B. Eddy, once editor of the old Pendleton Tribune and well known in Atbena and Umatilla oonn ty, died at tbe Good Samaritan hos pital in Portland Saturday eight. His family was at his bedside at tbe time of bis death, as it was known several days ago that he would not re cover. ; Colonel Eddy was a native of Eor land He came to America when a boy and founded a newspaper in Nev ada before be reaohed bis majority. Then moved to this county' where be farmed for a time and beoame deputy sheriff, then editor. Later he wm editor of a paper at Rosebnig and then went to tbe legislature as a reading olerk. a post wbiob be held for several terms. Next be beoame a member of tbe Railway Commission, remaining in offioe until the, commission was abolished, when lie beoame associated with the Oregon Railroad & Kevins- tion Company in tbe tax and right, of-way department He was engaged in this work when be was seized with tbe illness from which , be died. On tbe reorganization of tbe Southern Pacific two years ago be was placed at the bead of the . O-W. R. & N. tax and rigbt-of-way department Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a stray Poland China boar, will confer a favor by notifying tbe La BraEcbe ranob, either fay letter or phone. POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE WED Miss Nettie Rovse Is Bride of Young Son of Milton Bank Cashier. Tbe wedding of Miss Annette Royse and Chester R. Davis was solemnized Wednesday evening at 7:30, at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. George R, Ger king, A, Maofcenzie Meldrum perform ing the oeremony. Tbe tride was brought np in tbe Gerking borne and when she had passed through the common sobool, graduated from tbe Taooma High sobool, and later at tended Colombia College in Milton. The tridegroom is tbe eon of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Davis, a highly respected family of Milton. Tbe home was tastefully deoorated for tbe oooasion and over 60 guests found ample room witbin the spaoious parlors. Mendelssohn's wedding marob was played by Mis. Sbeldon Taylor. Tbe bride, who was given away by Mr. Gerking, was attired in a gown of imported oream crepe de meteor, trimmed with shadow laoe and pearls, over wbiob was drBped tbe bridal veil of tulle, and held a bou quet of white carnations. Miss Zelma DePeatt was maid of honor and was dressed in pink crepe de ofcine draped with white chiffon, and carried a bou quet of pink carnations. Blaoobe Gerking and Nelma Saylor were tbe flower girls, and each carried pink and white chrysanthemums. ; Tbe groom and bis best man, C. H. Slover of Milton, were eaoh olotbed in conventional fclaok. Many hand some and useful presents were in evi dence. After the ceremony a wedding lunoh eon was served, and tbe newly married pair in company with' tbe parents of tbe groom, motored to Milton, where they will make their borne. The Raymond-Bell Co. Openiug Tuesday, Deo 2. at tbe opera bouse and continuing all week with a change of play nightly, tbe Raymond Bell Company will present a serifs of dramatio entertainments. The opening play will be "The North erner," a comedy drama in three aota. Bell this season uses all speoial soenery and effects, with a full line of vaude vilile numbers between acts. A full orobestra will be in attendance. Tbis troupe is one of Ibe oldest in tbe west and needs Do introduction to many here. On aooount of having to put in a full week here, prices .have been put at tbe nominal figures, 15o., 25o. and 85o, the latter for reserved seats, now on sale at Dell Bros.' Quits the League. Boise bade farewell to tbe Western Tii 8tate League tbis week wben Pres ident Fred Bossuer forwarded tbe offi cial withdrawal papers to tbe direotors of tbst organization. All tbe pion peots for organized professional bail for Boies for tbe 1914 season depend on tbe aetioo of tbe Union Associa tion in wbicb Boise bas mads appli cation for membership and a fran cbise. Thanksgiving in Athena. Thanksgiving was observed in Athena yesterday after tbe neoal cos tora of observance. Stores and busi ness were closed. Reletivee and friends mingled around tbe festal toard and diaoossed tbe good things prepared for satisfaction of tbe inner man. The osual Thanksgiving tor-kev-sboot took place and tbe baud treated tbe public to a conceit on Main street. . Sir Edward Carson, Leader In Ulster's Fight on Home Rule - i! y m tit $) iiV FORMER ATHEfJA AIM IS DEAD ROBERT J. SLATER, MEMBER OF LOCAL WOODMAN CAMP. His Last Case In Court Was In Defense of Columbia Geo rge, Indian Murderer. Photo by American Press Association. SIR EDWARD CARSON, Unionist member of the British parliament from ' Ireland, is one of the most commanding figures in the present political situation in Irelnuil. Largely through his efforts and by his advice the Ulster volunteer army was organized to fight in case the home rule bill was passed. Tbe north end of the Emerald isle is sizzling with intense excite ment, aud the opposition to the setting up of a borne rule government at Dub lin was never more Intense. The Orangemen sny they will form their own parliament If necessary. Sir Edward Carson has spent the entire summer orating against home rule. He is an effective speaker. ' Increased Meat Supply. More ' cattle and sheep are being prepared for market. In tbe feeding yards of tbe Northwest than were be ing fed in tbe same yards at tbis time last year savs Cashier Rio of the First Bank of Pendleton, who bas been aoquiriog information from authentic sources. Mr. Rioe sent for cersooal letters to responsible persons in eaoh of tbe prinoipal Northwest feeding centers and tbe responses indicate that walla Walla and Weiser, Idaho, are theonjy two plaoes where decrease are reported. i Aitchison Is Mentioned, : Tbe death of John D. Marble may mean tbe appointment to a plioe on tbe Interstate Commerce Commission of Clyde B. Aitobisoo, member of tbe state railroad commission. There will be three vaoaoolea soon on tbe com mission, and it is believed that a west' ero mau will be gives one of tbe ap pointments. Mr. Aitobison has made aremarkatle reoord as a memfcer of tbe Oregon State railroad commission and bis friends think be is entitled to tbe appointment. . - Robert J. Slater, well kuown law yer, who formerly practiced law in Athena, died at bis borne in Portland Saturday night after a brief illness. The direct cause of death was hemor rhage of tbe brain. Mr. Slater bad returned to bis borne in Portland af ter'tbe oase of tbe In dian, Columbia George, was concluded at Pendleton, Mr. Slater teing one of tbe attorneys for the defendant. . Ar riving home be was taken suddenly ill.. -. :; ' Robert J. Slater was a native sou of Oregon, his birth baviug ooourred in Corvallis, Benton county, on July 81. 1855. His father. James H. Slat er, beoame a prominent lawyer of tbe state and represented Oregon in, both tbe national boose of representatives and tbe senate, in the early sixties tbe Slater family moved to Auburn, Baker oonnty, where tbe father eu gaged iu mining in addition to the practice of law. In 1806 the family moved to La Graude, wbiob oity is still tbe home of several members. Fin la finrvieail hv Ma n I f A nna ik. and two daughters. Mr. Slater was a member of Athena Camp, Woodmen of the World, and at the time of death carried insurance to tbe amouut of $3,000 in that order. Swaggart Horses Win! Seventeen world championships have teen won by tbe Barney Sherry string of relay horses which have beeu ap pearing in many frontier shows and . fairs daring the past year, says tbe East Orcgouieo. Since last December they have taken a lonr of 4000 miles mid riuua nnntnrarl tuAnhiua i r ttmiiv MUU UUVU VUUIUIUU bl VUUIUJ - LU II IJ I t different municipal celebrations.' Ihe borses made tbeir initial appearance at tbe Pendleton Rouodap and fured so well tbat Sherry has taken them to shows in every direotion from Los An geles, California, to Winnipeg, Can ada. He is cow contemplating taking tbem to Texas to compete in a pony express raoa for a $1500 prize. The Sherry borses were bom and raised In Morrow county by Ben F. Swaggart, tbe pioneer Lexingtod stockman. ihf Then in your planning, do not forget your traveling bag and trunk play an im portant part in the impress ion you'll make on fellow travelers, as well as upon those whom you visit A cheap looking unshapely bag will invaria bly stamp its owner as cheap a poorly con structed trunk will last about as , long as a1 fruit sundae in a crowd of college girls, when the "baggage-smasher" gets in his work. We are offering the biggest kind of values in trunks and bags. And every representa tion we make regarding them will be backed by this store's reputation for square dealing. c . FOC : :RADTK THE "MONEY BACK STORE" ATHENA, OREGON )