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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1914)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd. Publisher ' Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third and Iefferson Streets. . .... Entered in the Fostofflce at Athens, Oregon a econdPiaiu Mall Matter. Subscription Ratea. .. One copy, one year ...' $1.50 JVhen paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, si month.... .... -.v One copy, three months.... .30 Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch.,, . ... 25c Subsequent insertions VA Display regular, per inch ........... U4 Local readers, first insertion, per line. 10c Subsequent insertions, per line ..... - 5c Lodge resolutions, per line i . . 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c cATHENA. ORE.. JAN. 23. 1914 The burden Imposed upon the Ore gonlan'a Washington news tureau leemi to oeoter in noting the absenoe of membeii of President Wilson's offloial family from the oapitol. Par tlonlar attention appears to be given Mr., Bryan, by tbe Portland paper'i correspondent Assuming tbat tbia scribe is a Ligb olass product, tbe seo retary of atate oan not help but feel fUttaied in tbe knowledge that he is tbe kingpin to wbiob these attacks are direoted. ' ' Umatilla of Executor's Notice. In the County Gonrt for County, State of Oregon. In the Matter of tbe Estate 'William Pinkerton Deoeaaed. Notioe is berety given tbat tbe un dersigned bave keen appointed execu tors of tbe last will and testatment of William Pinkerton, deoeasdd, and awarder of tbe above entitled ooort and THE SACK QUESTION Asserting that the custom of ship- - ping grain in sacks is a survival from conditions of a day wbiob U rapidly passing, tbe Seattle Post-Intelligenoer, commenting upon tbe decision of tbe Farmers' Union of Grant county, wbiob recently voted in favor of tbe abandonment of tbe present system, eays: v"'""Vv;: '' : s " ' . "In tbe earlier daya of wheat grew- - log on , tbia Coast tbe entire orop, above local Coast needs, wna shipped to Europe in sailing vessels. Snob vessels conld not cany oargoes of grain in bnlk on snob long voyages, involv ing rounding of the Horn and twloe crossing the eqnator. Indeed, tbe In smanoe companies refused to take risk a upon snob a oargo. Iherefore it was tbat the praotioe was foroed of sacking all grain at tbe thresher and ahipping It iu aaoks. - "The ptactloe imposed a severe tax upon the farmers. This tax amounted to abont 6 cents a tushel, although there was some rebate for tbe valon of tbe sacks, but not mnob. As a result of tbe sacking plan there bas been oo development of elevator business, either at shipping points or terminals, as compared with tbe development in other graingiowing distilots. "The necessity for tbe Dtaotioe is gone. Tbe bnJk of tbe grain la now milled at borne, shipments to Europe being only a small fraction of tbe (6 lal crop. Tbe praotioe bas survived loos after tbe necessity for it bas passed. -j It will take time to briug aioond conditions which will save tbe wheat growers of this state tbe an ueoessary tax, tnt tbey should work to exped'te tbe lime as mnob as ia possible." Mnob of the above is tree, but ob vionsly tbe Post Intelligencer bas not taken into consideration the modem method of harvesting grain the nse of tbe combined harvester. Tba in ttodnotion of tbe combine Into the beat flelda of tbe Northwest makes the use of saoki more imperative than evur. it woald appear, for the reason tbat it wonld be impraotioaUe and coatly to handle gtaiu tiom tbe com Line in bnlk, As expeoted, Judge Anderson of Baker, sustained every point raised for Governor West In tbe injunction suit filed by tbe Oopperfleld salpon men. Tbeie was nothing else for Judge Anderson to do in the premises. Hence, Dietilot Attorney Godwin's partner, Lawyer Niobols, - looks like 80 oents. , " " HE WAS; A GOOD SOLDIER. And His Loss Was Deplored by Paul I., the Half Mad Ciar. In Waleszewskl's life of Paul 1., tbe luilf mad son of Catherine the Great, occurs tbe following anecdote illustra tive of theforkings of the disorgan ized mlndjflt seems that In a report on mllitafy affairs submitted to tbe Emperor Paul tbe final syllable klj of the Itusslnn word for cornet or ensign wnt carried over from one page to an other. , ; ':. J ' " T he . emperor took It for a prcter name, and, moved by a caprlcvb gave orders that Ensign Klj should be snob tbe above entitled Court made and entered an order in tba above matter appointing ..the under signed exeontors of the estate herein, and tbey bave qualified aatbe law directs; all persons baving claims against said estate are hereby notified to present tbe same to tbe undersigned exeontora at Milton, Umatilla Connty Oregon, or to Homer I. Watts, their attorney at bis office at Athens. Uma tilla Connty Oregon, with proper vouoberg witbia six montbs from Jtbe date hereof. . Dated this Oth day of January, A. D. 1014. Jamea W. Pinkerton, David A. Pinkerton, Exeontors of tbe Estate of William Pinkerton, deceased. Homer I. Watts,' " Attorney. ,: REPORT CONDITION OP THE oy THE ' FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA :fr 'V No. 4516. . ' .- l i AT lSr i Athena, in the State of Oregon, - . at the - yr"'' Close of Business Jani 13, '14 iiroiniifpil tn tha rnnir n.,t.i.t I U o ponds to secure circuiHiion promoted to the rank pi IleuteWtJ Bonds to secure Postnl Having u tun nn Hnma An r .ma.'nui. uiciit nnd disappointment on tjflf faces of tbe staff, who did not dafe to ex plain hla error; so the next day he pro moted the lieutenant of the dtf be fore to the rank of captain and some days Inter to that Of colonel, demand ing that the officer should be present ed to him at once. There WBS con Nternatlon everywhere. . - The offices were turned upside down in search of the Imaginary KU AMUbnltern of the name or some thing tike it was found In one of tho regiments quartered on the Don. lie was sent for, but Paul grew Impa tient, and In the end ho hnd to tie told that Klj bfld Iwen carried off sudden ly by a stroke. - ' . That Is n pity." observed th czar. THE NAME "ARTHUR." Is Tbs Press bas reoeived a copy of tbe Workmen's Compensation Aet, whioh pissed almost unanimously in tbe l int session of tbe legislatore, was in Id op by tbe referendum and ap proved by tbe people on November itb by a vote of mors than two to one. Included witb tbs law is tba report of Ibe commission wbiob framed the bill. The law teoame effective Immediately after tbe election insofar as tbs organ ic! Ion of tbe commission was con cerned, t ot the insuranoe features of tue sot do not beoonie operative until July I, 1914. This law provides for tbe creation of the Indnstilal Aooi- deot Fond, which ia to be made op by contributions from employers, tbs workmen and tba state. The law Is leotive, both In its application to tbe employs' and employe, either of whom mav elect to corns under tbe law of not, bat employers in any of tbe bas- ardoui oooupatious, who elect not to take advantage of tha act, ate de prived of the common law defenses of contiltotory negligenoe, fellow serv ant liability and assumption of risk la any action for damages, by their emnloves. Workmen who rejaot tbe aot lose the benefits provided. Tbe faot tbat tbe Colonel habitually hiharnatfa in after-lnuob siestas, wss nneartbed by tbe Press man duriog a Tlait at Weaton Monday. We went to Ma hnma and nokad him Out of bis lflLharsin dnsis. mnoh tbe same as keeper wonld nie a pike cn tbe sole- leather skin of a iblnooeios. Witb a stifled grunt or two, be aooompaoied na to bis nn town sorap beap. Here's a sentiment to wbiob no doott tbe colonel will unhesitatingly autsoribe: j "1 wish I was a lock a settln' on a hill, a-doio' nothlQ all dv long, tnt ! just a settin still. I wouldn't woik, I jes' would shirk; I woold't eves wash I'd ies' set there a thousand years and teat myself b gosh 1" Eaoh day tbe papere carry tbe stories of death in automobile aooldenta oanied by too fast driving and dan- serous or crowded plaoee. It seems . . 1 . ....... I, An a It AaU W I very cumuiuuiij uiu u bought leeon befoie earetul driving becomes tbe ink1. It Has a Wider Significance Than Generally Supposed. The New Life, tho London organ oi "the most ancient faith," gives Its renders the following recondite notes on the name "Arthur." Tho name la not pronounced Artbu-r. but Ar-Tau r. The "A" Is added for pronouncing In ml nccentuntcd mnnncr. The "It" should be by Itself and ft pronounced lllie "are." "II" signifies the bead, aud the sec ond part of tho nnniels "Tu".or "Tau" or "Tor." Art an or Arthor Is h tetragramma ton nnd Is slrown ns R-Th-O-R. It meniiH the bend of Thor or Tor-1. e., the hend of the highest Intelligence. The Tlinnis or Thnrsus of the enst Ih similar to tho Taurls or Tories of Ireland nnd Scotlund. They were the religious mendicants of the past who led the people rightly In tho way of the most nncleut faith. With the uprooting of the ancient Idealism these mendicants gradually assumed n political mission because of their social power among tbe Celtic peoplea. The word Tory associated with mod ern politics bas come from this. The word Tory, therefore, has a similar meaning to Arthur and Implies "the party or peoplo of divine Intelligence." VjV'' RESOURCES,"; Loans and discounts OverdraOs secured and unsecured- U 8 bonds to secure circulation His Own Medicine. 'If you. marry him," said ber papa. who was exhibiting symptoms of vio lent dlHpleasure, "I will not only have to support li I tn. but I will have to pay his dt'lilM too." Hut the pretty girl nnd petulant young thing who was bunging to his coat lapels wim not moved by the argument. "Now, pupn." she said, "you know well enough that Fred bus to live Just the mime ns other men, nnd ns to his debt. I've heard you say hundreds of times (hat a man's debt ought to be puld.M-Plttsburgh Dispatch. All Alik. Miss Agnes Reppller tells tn the At lantic n story nb.nit a New York social worker, u woman of earnest character and Intelligent methods, who bad worked hard to establish reseetable dunce halls for poor girls. Tbe woman hnd delivered nn nddrexs at n meeting. A young married woman of a wealthy and fiishloiinble mt lniilred whether the girl for whom welfare the work was hflng romlurttil never stayed at home. "Never," replied the enker, "and you will pardon me tor sn,vlug It, neither do yon." Easy Bravery, Jinks-From what you told your mother in law I should you'd have heard enough from person, without baring cared me of think her In to In duce her to talk Into your phonograph. Filklnx Oh. you i n n't Imagine the pleaHtire It gives nie to start the ma chine going and then shut it off right In the uildat of a sentence) - Puck, A Human Habit. 'ThT 1m on puradoxtenl whli h we all do" What Is thatr 'We bmg for things when we short " llHltlnmre American. thing are While we ue oontsrviog tbe art of tbe red man, why not give just a little thooBbt to the cocservation of the piodu'ein of tils same art. London's Owners. LkiiiI-'ii'i i i: Miiiaiv mill's are owned by .'tH'.ini IiiiIIvIiIiiiiIh Only 7 XI ieiile own rhe sirrtu ur more, and H.'W own on (lie house in which they liVH ltn'i-i v iipplles the want of parts; piitlfii-t siul iH'tpenoe, lUe faith, r oiotu rt u tin iiUim IVnn. HnndH. securities, etc. Banking-house furniture fixtures bae from Mat. Bsnka, not reserve agent - -Due from aprVd reserve agents, Cliechs and other l asb items Notes of other National Banks Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, Specie Ked'tn'n fund with U 8 Treasurer . (6 per cent of circulation) : Total LIABILITIES. 379 749 99 - XS7I88 12 600 00 :. 970 00 621048 10"V00 00 8 058 80 . 44 321)81 48 6). .woo 12180 20 6(12 15 1- 625 00 9480 658 00 WaHo 4a PpsHitnra. Iu tbe County Conit of tee ajSTe of Oregon.-for Umatilla Oonofj.. In the matter of the tats of w. w. 3uwtAmsir ; v Notice is hereby given tbat tbe nn de.'signed baa been duly appointed ad ministrator of the above estate by baa aasliUed as tbe law directs: all persona baving olaims against said es tate tre hereby notified to presnt tbe sr.me at my office, or at the office of my tttnrney, Homer I. Watts, in Atbeoa, Oregon with proper vooobers, within six months from date beieof. . ' " Dated this 12tb day of December, A. D. 1913. Homer I. Watts, B. B. Bicfaards, Attornev. Administrator No.iceto Creditors. In tbe Connty Court of tbe State of Oregon for Umatilla county. In tbe Matter of the Estate of Madison Jones, Deceased. Notioe is hereby given to all persona whom it may concern that George W. Jones, tbe executor of tbe last will and testament of Madison Jones, de ceased, has resigned and that ria res ignation . has been accepted by tbe above entitled ooort; that John M. Jones was, ou tbo 13th day of Decem ber, 1913 appointed administrator de bonis non oum testamento annexo of tni said estate. All persons having any olaims against tbe estate, or un finished business oonneoted with tbe administration of tbe estate, will pre sent their olaims to, and take np their unfinished bnsiness with, tbe said ad ministrator at the office of Will M. Peterson, his attorney, in tbe Smith Crawford Building at Pendleton, Ore gon. ; V . X Dated this the 86th day of Decem ber, 1913. John M. Jones, Administrator de bonis non of tbe estate of Madison Jones, deceased. Will M. Peterson, ' . .,.-.., His Attorney. ; ;: TK '. Professional Capital stock paid In ' I Surplus fund Undivided profit, less expenses and taxes paid - v National bank notoh outstanding ' Due toother NutloiiiilliHnks ' Pue to State aud Private Banks and Hankers - - Individual deposits subl't to check Demand certlncales of deposit 'Hhler'scheiiks outstanding Bills payablfvincluding certificates , nt deposirfor money borrowed, 80000 00 60000(10 417 03 12 600(10 4 838 17 229 61 nsm 17 23 71 600(000 Total 948065800 Mtnt-M aif flwonn I qounty of ifuittlilla M I, K. H. Le Orow, cash lerot the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that tbe above state ment Is true to the best of my knowledge und belief. K. 8. Le Grow, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20lh day of Jan., 1U11. B. B. Richards, Notary Public. Correct Attest : . W. H. Ferguson, M. L. Watts, H. Kocpke, Director. v Special SATURDAY NJRHT. JANUARY 24 OPERA HOUSE '-; S.' F. Sharp ' ; '"-. PHYSICIAN AND , SURGEON Special attention given to all calib both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Offioe on Third Htreet. Athens Oregor PETERSON & BISHOP Attorneys-at-Law . , , Freewater, Oregon Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law , Athena, Oregon. C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V. Official Stock Inspactor. Graduate McKUllp Vetlnary college, Chicago rhona Main 2T, PENDLETON, OREGON in the great Western Play "ii onr. New Soiujs, Music & Scenery t miss THIS 25c, 35c and 50c SEATS ARE NOW SELLING Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist REINEMAN & BRADLEY Engineers and Surveyers Phone 381 V Freewater, Oregon C. E. RIDE, LIVESTOCK and Genera AUCTIONEER Satisfaction Guaranteed Reference First National Bank of Athena Office, Dutch Henry Audion, Feed and Sale Stable, Pendleton, Oreg. Phone, 133. MONEY TO LOAN 6 1 PER CENT MONEY. I am prepared to loan money in any amount on wheat land in vicinity of cAthena or elsewhere. Rate 6 1-2 per cent 3 to 5 years; with repayment Drivilcsres: no delay. 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