Buy Your Groceries from' Your Fme Grocer
VOLUME XXVI.
; ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 16. 1914.
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V Our Market is
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Main Street, Athena, Oregon
Jy Home of
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THE MORIOPOLE
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Monopole Vegetables
Monopole Fruits v
.Monopole Salmon
Monopole Oysters
DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon
CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING 3 TO EAT
FARMERS DIS
COAST STATES ONLY, UTILIZE
JACKS TO HOLD GRAIN.
Enormous Sum Expended for
Grain 'Bags Annually, Ex
. ? ceeds $5,000,000.
The sack question was given a prom
ioeot place in general discussion dur
log the annoal oonvention of tbe Far
mers' Co-operative and Educational
Union at Pendleton last Friday and
Saturday.
"The Paoifla ooast is tbe only part
of tbe United States where sacks are
need in the harvesting of orops and
the farmers of this section spend $5,
000,000 annually for sacks," declared
Louis Delivuk 'of Cjaiuoy,, Wasb., at
tbe get-togetber meeting of tbe Farm
era' Union. Tbe use of sacks by tbe
farmers of tbe vest be characterized
aB a ; wonderful inconsistency, declar
ing tbey belonged to tbe age of tbe
cradle and tbe flail. "The. farmers
have adopted modern machinery and
modern methods of farming hot they
still cling to tbe sack," he said.
Tte speaker enumerated many rea
sons why the eaok should be relegated
to the sorap heap in favor of the more
modern method of handling grain in
the bulk. - Among these reasons vers
the following: , T
1. None bnt the grain agent who sells
sacks and dishonest farmers who wish
to pass off chaff, dirt and rooks for
wheat, profit by tbe use of sacks.
2. Handling grain in the bulk
results in a saving of three men in
tbe harvesting of the crop.
3. It saves a great deal of hard
work and prevents curvature of tbe
spine. . ' -
4. Handling tbe grain In bulk can
be done at one-third tbe cost of - using
saoks. ' -
5. It permits the towing of stook
into tbe field as soon as harvest is
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6. It permits tbe farmer to do bis
hauling when most convenient. The
farmer who uses saoks wants to get
bis grain under cover as soon as possi
ble an frequently delays his fall work
to aonomplish this. '.'
7. The use of saoks congests the
market beoause most of the farmers
want to ship as bqoo. as possible.
8, Handling tbe grain in bulk per
mits all of tbe wheat to be sold as
No. 1. Now tbe farmer is dooked for
grain weighing less than a oertain
standard weight bnt gets no more than
tbe No. 1 price for the. wheat that
goes over that market in tbe elevator,
tbe extra heavy wheat is mixed with
the light and it all reaches tbe re
quired standard.
9. 'lb farmer sow pays at tbe rate
of 15 cents a pound for saws. He
gives them baok to tbe buyer, yet is
not even allowed a cent or a cent and
a half a pound for them. He is docked
on bis wheat the weight of tbe saok.
Tbe speaker declared this the most
absurd praotioe he ever beard of.
10. Tbe handling of grain in the
bolk permits of better railroad service
beoause tbe grain is handled more ex
peditiously.
In conclusion Mr. Delivufc stated
that in Washington last year sixteen
new elevators were built, bringing
the total number in the state up to 80.
He also stated tbat tbe farmers of
Washington were working for a ter
minal elevator in Seattle.
Army Tel e'pKohe Supplements
Wireles as Warfare Wonder.
Hunt Company Bankrupt.
Judge Frank H. Rndkin of the Fed.
j eral Court has adjudged tbe Gilbert
i Hunt Company of Walla Walla bank
rupt J. 0. Hursnool. refarea in
bankruptcy, is in charge.- Tbe 're
ceivers in equity, J. a Shaipstein
and Gilbert Hunt, will not be dis
placed, it is stated, unless the cred
itors at a meeting in atont two weeks
oboose another trustee. .. "
Portugal's Wonderful Climate.
The climate of Portugal Is the most
wonderful In Europe. A polyglot
crowd of scores of thousands flies an
nually to tbe Riviera from every part
of Europe in order to enjoy the sup
posed maximum of sunshine, but often
to be undeceived by weeping skies and
with tbe crael mistral as a certainty.
At Lisbon, on the other band, cold
weather as understood elsewhere is
literally unknown. Tbe temperature
Is not only higher than tbat of tbe
Riviera, but Is equable to a degree that
almost defies belief. What this means
in practical effect la Illustrated by tbe
fact tbat la March last I met an Eng
lish lady on board :ibip who bad stayed
six weeks at Mont 'Estorll. near Lis
bon, and had bathd In tbe sea every
day In February. Nor was tbe season
exceptionally warm. Scribner's.
A' very distingtjlsbed British man of
science bad tbe foible, says Professor
Brander Matthews In tbe Century
Magazine, of Inventing thrilling epi
sodes and pretending that tbey were
of bis own experience.
On one occasion, after be bad spun
a marvelous yam. with himself in the
center of the cofl, a skeptical friend
looked him lath eye a ad asked stern
ly, "Clifford, do you mean to say that
this really occurred! to you 7" where
upon tbe imaginative man of science
replied, with a twinkle:
"Tea-it just, occurred to me!"
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Photo by American Press Association.
HOUGH not as new as the army wireless, the army field telephone la
now so, perfected that it plays an Important part in army Ufa. The
. picture shows an up to date United States army telephone operator in
action In the Held.' He is equipped with the latest and best telephonic
apparatus, and he is able to be or great value In field operations. In case the
United States troops go Into Mexico the telephone and wireless will accom
pany them to add to the wonders of modern warfare
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Owner Pars $100 Reward For Recovery
of Long Hunted Animals.
Gerald Kilgore sleeps as sound as
a lurk these nights, for be has found
his five . valuable horses that have
been missing for several weeks.
Young Kilgore turned his horses in
a pasture and aftet ranging there for
a few days, thev disappeared. Gerald
bunted for them all over tbe Helix
and Vansyole country without getting
trace of tbe missing horses, and fin
ally appealed to the otflners for aid.
Tbe horses were beard of in tbe
vioinity'of Fish Hook ferry 00 tbe
Snake river, and a yoong fellow
named Tuttle was arrested and otter
wards released for want of evidenoe
connecting him with their disappear
ance. Kilgore condoned tbe bunt with
out suooess, and eventually gave up
tbe boises as lost to bim forever, bnt
before be left tbe trail be offered a
reward of $100 for Information lead
ing to their reoovery. Jim Navin
and William Anderson of Helix, have
tbe reward in their pookets and Ger
ald has bis horses in tbe home corral.
Tbe five bead of horses were dis
covered in tbe vioinity of Butler
grade and the Helix men at once not
ified tbe owner. Tbe officers believe
tbat the horses were stolen and driv
en to the Snake, and when tbey got
on a warm trail of tbe thieves, tbe
animals were eased baok this way,
an finally returned to tbe Butler
Grade distriol.
OLD NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD
A, H. Brown Old Soldier and a Well
Known Writer, Passes.
From Brown Bios. Hartland, Minn.,
Herald, tbe Press learns of the death
io that city of A..H. Brown, father
of Geo. D. and . R. T. Brown. Tbe
old gentleman will te remembered hy
Athena citizens, for be spent several
months in. this city, visiting his son
and family, prior to their removal to
Walla Walla.
Known to bia friends familiarly as
"Admiral," Mr. Brown was esteemed
for bis wholesome companionship, bill
lianoy of intellect and looiatJe qual
ities. He wag a veteran of tbe civil
war, in which be served with distinc
tion, and in tbe battle of Atlanta,
July 20, 1864 he lost bis left arm.
Returning to bia Northern borne,
be resumed newspaper work, to wbiob
be devoted bia life. He was a gifted
paragrapber, and his "Neighborly
Notes." bearing tbe stamp of literary
ability aod written io a vein of orig
inality, terse and brilliant, have ap
peared in many papers.
Smallpox Spread Fought.
City Health Officer Montgomery of
Walla Walla issued an order this
week that all obildren attending
Sbarpstein Sohrol be vaooinated. Tbe
reason given was that oibldren from
a family in which there is smallpox,
attended the sobool. Tbe physioians
are rushed with vaooioation pa
tients as a result of tbe spread of tbe
diseas".
PYTHIAN LODGE
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CASTLE HALL FILLEDTO CA
PACITY WITH" GUESTS
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Good Program of Readings
and Music, With Banquet to
Queen's Taste.
The social time given in their castle
hall last evening tv the members of
Pythiaa Lodge, K. of P., to their
friends waji an oooasion long to be re
membeiedj The ball was well filled
to its seating ottpaoitv. with tbe fam
ilies and fviiinda tbe mouibeis, wbo
listened to vVeploudid program, the
opening uumbirof wbfoh was a se
lection by Johnson's orobestra.
Tbe ' presiding ottioer, Chancellor
Commander : Robert , Raymond, then
aunonnoed that tbe committee on
Roast Pig woold , give . their report.
These noted chefs. John Benson, Bert
Davis and Wade Pitman, . advanced to
tbe trout bearing the handsomely deo
orated porker, and depositing it on
the oenter altar, a speeoh of . welcome
was made by . Head Chef Benson. .
Miss Merna DePeatt gave a vooal
solo; followed by : an encore. M. L.
Watta addressed tbe company in "a
few remarks," lo wbiob be extolled
the order, and ( incidentally ; the looal
members thereof, especially in betialf
of the unmarried oouiingeot of which
to ere is a goodly number.
Then followed a piano solo by Mrs.
J. D. Plamondon; vooal solo by Lu
oile . Taylor; , recitation oy, Vernita
Watta; vooal solo by Mrs. David
Stone; vooal solo by Mrs. W. E. Dot
son; piano doet by Mrs. . Plamondon
and ; Zola Keen, and mnsio by the
orohustra. All tbe cambers were
bear tilt encored, : aod generously re
sponded to.
After tbe program tbe gnesis were
invited to the banquet ball, where
was spread tbe sumptuous feast. Here
tbe young men fully justified tbe glow
ing enoomiums heaped upon them oy
tbeir speaker of tbe evening, in tbe
splendid arrangement and serving of
tbe repast. Dancing was tbe order
aftet supper, and continued until
midnight.
Shaffer, Bank President,
Tbe stockholders of the First Na
tional Bank of Atbena, at tbeir . an
noal meeting, beld Tuesday, eleoted
W. B. Sbafier, bead of tbe Proston-
Shaffer Milling oompany, of this city
and WBitsbnrg, Wash,, president of
the board of direotore, S. F, Wilson,
of Portland, retiring. Other officials
eleoted are: W 8. Ferguson, viae
president; F. S. LeGrow, cashier;
R. F. Cannon, assistant cashier; W.
B. Shaffer, W. S. Ferguson, Henry
Koepke, M. L. Watts, F. S. LeGrow,
direotors. Tbe year 1013 was one of
tbe most prosperous in tbe history of
the bank, and it begins this year io
condition not only flattering to tbe
of Qoisls of tbe institution, tint to its
patrons and tbe business interests of
Athena, as well.
Conflagration Averted.
What undoubtedly would resulted
in a aisastrooi Ouuuagiauoo, was
narrowly averted Monday, daring
the wind stnrm. when Jaooti Reno
discovered a pile of sacks in tbe rear
of a Main street building to be on tire.
He appeared on tbe scene in tbe nick
of time and whipped tbe blaze out.
Oo a shed, oonneotiug tbe Dreamland
theatre bnilding with tbe Kidder
paint store was a colleotion of old
grain bags, and sparks from a stove
pipe extending above tbe roof in Cleve
Myers' shoe shop had ignited them.
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TREASURER, UNDER HEW LAW,
COLLECTS THE MONEY.
Under New Procedure Is No
More Rebates for the Prompt
Payment of Taxes.
-: On or before February 1, Assessor
C. P. Strain will turn over his tax
rolls to County Treasurer G.W. Brad
ley and tbe . annual harvest of gold
wilt be on, says tbe East Orcgonlan.
The county treasurer is ready to
to oommeooe bis work at any time
now bnt it will be probably the first
of next month before be seoures tbe
books. This will be the first time .
that the taxes have been paid in di
rectly to the treasurer as tbe law here
tofore has made the sheriff the tax
oolleotor. He is still tbe collector of
delinquent taxes.
There are a numter of changes In '
the regulations for taxpaying tbis
year. For instanoe, there will te nc
more rebates for prompt payment,
the property owner still has the op
tion of paying half of his taxes by
April 1 and tbe other half before Sep-''
tembex 8 but after April 1 be will he
obarged one per omt interest each .
month. - ' H '.. , .,. .... - , . ,
The following la resume of the
new, tax law provisions (Seo. 3883
chapter 181 1913 Session Laws):
Tbe ooucty treasurer is made ool- "'
leotorof all except delinquent taxes
tbe sheriff collecting delinquent taxes '
tbe same as before. . , '
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no reoare-wiu oe paid on any raxes.
(Three per oent was formerly allowed
if paid before Marob 16th) - .
All taxes are due and payable be
fore April 1st. Tbey are not delin
quent until September 1st but a pen-',
alty of one , per cent per month is
obarged on all taxes paid after. April
1st and before September 1st. The
first half may be paid tef ore April .
1st bot a penalty of one per cent per
month is obarged on tbe remaining
half if paid before September 1st,
On all taxes unpaid on tbe 1st of
September a penalty of ten per oent '
is imposed and one pei oent per month
interest is oolleoted from tbat date. .
On Ootober 1st, delinquent certifi
cates, hearing interest at tbe rate of
IS per cent per annum shall be issued, ' '
The particular items to which tbe
attention of taxpayers is called are
these: The treasurer Intead of the .
sheriff oolleots current tajtiara pen
alty of one per oent Tier month Is
obarged on all taxes, unpaid on ApMl
1st, and betoie September 1st, anf
Interest at tbe rate of one per oent
per month is oolieoted from tbat date.
Farmers' Union Officials,
The various looals of the county,
assembled in oonveotlon of the an
nual eeeslou of tbe Farmers' Co-operative
and Educational Union, at Pen-
dleton, Saturday afternoon, eleoted the
following officers to serre for tbe
coming year: H.J. Rosenberg, Pen
dleton, president; E. A. MoColly,
Helix vioe president; Miss Ballon, Mil
ton, secretary and treasurer ; W. R.
Campbell, Pendleton, obaplaln; B. E.
Andvrson, Pendleton, conductor; Haas
Pabl, Pendleton, doorkeeper. Manuel
Friedley is the rearing president of
the county union.
Duck Shooting Over.
Yesterday was tbe last day of tbe
duok season in Oregon. Ordinarily,
under tbe state law, tbe season dons '
not olose until January 81, but tbe
Federal migratmy bird law ooveriog
all states, olosea tbe season on ducks
and geese on January 15.
Automobile and Carriage
Season Has Arrived. Let Bennett have
Your Car or Carriage to paint. See him
and let him quote prices on the work.
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