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This Edition con tains four Pages 44 Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVI. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 191. NUMBER 9 Foss-WirisM I - ! Company ilewara Heaters The World's Leader In Satisfaction Barrett Building, Athena, Or ItHl-A-LUi LUMBER GO. , . Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of UILQINGM - PAINTS OILS iAND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A; M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET - i I i iiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiriinmiiB We carry the best MEAT! That Money Buys - Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring .Wholesome Meats.,. BRYAN & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon Home of QBAUUf Groceries Good Groceries go iio the Right Spot Every Time This is the Right Spot To go to Every Time for Groceries r TRY TIIESE-TIIEY'LL PLEASE ! ONE BEST THE MOIWPOLE Monopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits Monopole Salmon ;-r';:'Mbnopolei' Oysters. DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THIXG3 TO EAT IS AFTER IIiHIOH WILL STAND UPON HIS RECORD AS A LEGISLATOR, Has Not Yet Formulated His Complete Platform on Which He Will Campaign. Hod. C. A. Barrett of this city is a candidate for Joint Senator, A Pen dleton paper says: Charles A. Barrett, inoombent of tbe joint state senatorbip of Umatilla, Union and Morrow oounties. bus an noonoed tbat be is a candidate . for ie eleotioD. Mr. Barrett has not form ola ted bia complete platform yet, but says be will te willing to ttand on bia record as a legislator for tbe last fight years. If Dominated and elected this time, be says be will advocate, among other things, a obaDge in tbe time of the payment of taxes front spring to fall, or at least tbe elimination of tbe pay ment of any penalty opnn tbe unpaid portion of taxes .until fall. He en deavored (o have this made a f eatnre of the present tax law at tbe time of its passage.bot failed to get . any leg islators to see bis point then, though many are thinking atont it now. Another thing be feels is for the good of the state wonld te to eliminate Foiue of tbe things now oharged against a candidate for office in tbe corrupt practice act, two of these things being botel bills and railroad . Jare- while . 4fi r. C. A. Barrott making tbe campaign. Mr. Barrett feels snob things ehonld not be oharg ed for two reasons, tbe botel bills are simply part of a man's liviog, and buying a railroad ticket oonld hardly be classed as money spent for tbe pur pose of baying votes. Mr. Bairett also feels there is room for tbe im provement of the method of circulat ing petitions nnder the initiative ref erendum laws. He thinks if these petitions were plaoed in the county dent's office and with tbe different justices of the peace and notaries pub lic where the registration of voters is being done, this wonld give everyone an opportunity to sign and oonld not be deemed any speoial favor' to can didates or measures faeiog proposed. " LEARNING A LANGUAGE. It It an Easier Task the Younger It la Taken In Hand. ; : Tbe time to lenrn a language is when yeu nre young, the youngec the bet ter. We' learn our own language as children. The older we grow tbe hard er it. is, because it means not merely learning by heart a great many words, not merely training tbe palate and tongue to produce different sounds, but adopting a new attitude of mind. Nothing definite hasjjeon discovered as to tbe localization of faculties in the brain, therefore nothing certain is known, but it has always teemed to me and to, others whom I have con sulted that when you learn a new lan guage you, are exercising and develop ing n, new piece of brain. 1 When you know several languages nnd change from one to another you seem definitely to change the piece of brain which actuates your tongue. You switch off one center and switch on to "another. You will always notice la yourself and others that there Is a definite pause when tbe change of language is made Now it become every year more difficult to awaken an unused part cf tbe brain and bring It Into ac tive use, and to begin at twenty -three is late-Atlantic. No Escape. Crawford If your friends poked fun at yon for having the artistic tempera ment you must imve the langa on thera now that yon are-so successful. renfleldNot at all. They sower at me now for being rtimwefcialiitcL New York Times. If thou art a man. admire those who ntft-inpt proof enterprises, even thong tbey fail -Seneca. ' - Nation Again Pays Honor to Dead of Old Battleship Maine pw j$Lm. h- J, ? Photos by American Press Association. SPANISH-AMERICAN war veterans the country over were Interested In the preparations for the celebration of the slxteeuth anniversary of tn blowing up of the Maine in Havana harbor. It was on Feb. 15, IS'.in that the country was startled by the news that tbe battleship hod ! : ; shattered while at anchor on a peaceful visit to Cuba, then under Spanish run--? Most of the crew went down with the ship and are now ImrM at to Natlomi cemetery nt Arlington, where the exercises arc hreld each year. The upper pi. ture shows a view of the Maine graves in the cemetery. The lower picture shows a portion of the wrecked battleship which was raised and was towed to sea and sunk on March 1G, 1912. THE "CUREnSFOUND ROOD Cigarette Habit Broken Among Oregon Training School Boys After giving it a thorough trial for six weeks on boys sent to tbe institu tion, W. F. Hale, superintendent of tbe State Training School for Boys, makes tbs annonnoement that nitrate of silver is a positive core for tbe cigarette habit. He said one treat ment put an end to tbe smokiug for tbe time being and treatment for sev eral days ended the craving. "Almost all tbe boys sent here are cigarette smokers," deolared the sup erintendent, "and of course It bns been our practice to break them of tbe babit as soon as possible. In some instances the boys were so addioted to tobaooo that it wonld have been no wine to take it away from them at onoe, so they were allowed to smoke in moderation for two or three days. However, when tbe smoker arrives now we give bim tbe nitrate of silver treatment and tbat ends the babit. Tbey just simply cannot smoke after their months and throats have been swat tied with tbe drug. "One of our pbysiojans beard of tbe treament several months ago and we have been rising it for six weeks. We said nothing abont it for awhile, be o&2ae we thought it best to await re sults, but now tbat we have fonnd it efficacious we do not oare who knows it. Tbe boys who have finished tbe treatment say tbey have not tbe slight est desire for tobaooo. I am certain tbe treatment would te as effloacioas for adults as for boys and tbat the tobaooo babit in all forms wonld yield to it." ous obaraoter was added ty bleaoblng. He held tbat every word of tbe pure food, law probititing in interstate oom meroe a food if it contained "any added poisonous or other added del eterious ingredients wbiob may render suoh article injurious to health," mnst be interpreted by its trne mean ing. - - "If it cannot by any possibility,' when tbe facts are reasonably consid ered,: injure the health of any'oonsum er." said the justice, "suoh Hour, though having a small addition of poisonous or deleterions ingredients, may not be condemned by the aot." , . .. i Hogs Bring Fortune. "Hog-raising and dairying" was the subject disoussed at the regular week ly Innobeou of the Walla Walla Com mercial club, Tuesday. It developed during the disoussion that the valley farmers made 1150.000 from hogs alone, last year and at tbe same time Walla Walla sent $100,000 east for cured meats, which would have beea spent tbere, bad there teeu enough hogs to meet tbe market demands, IN FAVOR OF THE MILLERS The Famous "Bleached Flour" Case Is Decided Millers and food manufacturers generally tbrougbont tbe oonntry won a decisive victory over tbe government this week, when tbe Supreme Conrt held tbat federal inspectors could not condemn tinder tbe pore food law "bleaobed flour" unless tbey proved tbat tbe floor ocntained enough poi sonous ingredients added in bleaching to make tbe floor injurious to bealtb Officials of tbe Department of Agri culture have fongbt tbe case bitterly, contending tbat the adding of any quantity of poisonous ingredients was in violation of tbe law. Tbe case just decided originated in tbe district court of Western Missouri. Tbe government sought to condemn 625 sacks of floor tleached by tbe Lexington Mills oompaoy by tbe so called "Also? process." The govern ment contended tbat In bleaching tbe floor to give it color to bide its infer iority, eertaio nitrates, or poisonous ingredients, were added and tbat this violated tbe law, no matter what tbe quantity. In announcing tbe decision of the cooit, Justice Day pointed out tbat tbe, government - oomplained ooly tbat 1.8 parts to 1,000,000 of a poison- Will Manage Baker Store. , Mr. and Mrs Fred Soil and daugh ters will leave Athena in a few days for Baker City, where Mr. Soil will bave management of a store. MIME WILL QUIT IHLLEGE RESICNS OFFICE TO ENTER CAM PAIGN FOR GOVERNOR. For 16 Years Has Been At Head of the O. A. C. Experi mental Department. T IMPORTANT IMPURE FOOD CHARGE FOUGHT BY DEFENDANT COMPANY. The First Contest in History To Uphold Trade in Decay- led Food Products. . After sixteen years of continual ser vice, Dr. James Withyoombe bas re signed bis position as director of tbe Oregon Agricultural College experi ment station. Tbe resignation is to take effect as soon as acted upon by tbe board of regents. His reason for resigning is his wish to devote bis time to promoting bis campaign for nomination on tbe reputlioan tioket as governor of Oregon. This step baa been contemplated for some time and all of Dr. Witby- oomte's station work is in fine shape to be closed op at any time. In with drawing from this field of agricultural activity, Dr. Withyoombe says: "I desire to express my Rrateful ap rn eolation of tbe loyal support given to my work by yourself, tbe college faculty and tbe experiment station staff. I bespeak for tbe experiment station this continuous support, and trust tbat tbe college will continue in phenomenal development and meet every requirement iu its field of edu cational endeavor to prepare young men and young women fur tbe higher doties of citizenship in tbe great com monwealth of Oregon." Donug his service tbe college bas grown from an enrollment of S38 to 1668. Tbe fioulty and experiment stalf bas lnoreaeed from 13 to 311.1 Tbe Oregon station bas now 87 spe cialists at tbn Corvallis station and 20 in tbe branob station at Astoria, BuruB, Hermiston, Bood River, Moro, Union and 1 elect. The valne of agricultural crops in tbe state bas grown from 188,083,320 to $74,099,828 during bis term of ser vice as director of experimental ag riculture. Demur to Indictment, Attorneys II. I. Watta and Will M. Petersou bave tiled demurrers to the mdiatiueut returned by tbe grand jury against Lama V. Alexander and II. ft. Alexander on a charge of ob taining mouey tinder false pretenses, says the East Oregonian. Ibe prin cipal grounds for tbe demurrer is tbat, if tbe facts oited in tbe indictment are tine, there was legal justification and exouse for tbe crime. John Ban ister, prominent faruirr, is tbe com plaining witness against the Alexan ders. He charges tbat they leased their land, wbiob is an allotment on tbe reservation, to bim and tbat be paid tbem $1800. Thereafter tbey exeouted a government lease to E. A. Dudley who is now farming tbe land. Tbe attorneys for tbe defendants de clare that tbere is a federal law against taking any kind of a lease or mortgage -upon Indian land exoept as authorized by the government and tbat there i also a roliog by tbe de partment of tbe iuterior tbat snob persons as aooept oitizea leases do so at their own peril. . Back to the Farm. Aruod Wood, who bas been operat ing the Riohards obop mill has leased tbe Henry MoDain plaoe southeast of town, and will move tbere next week. Alleged ptomaine poisoning, result ing from tomato oatsop bave lately been reported from different parts of tbe coast states. Wow, at Portland, tbe first attempt to be made by a man ufacturer ot oatsop in tbe entire coon try to resist the seizure ty tbe govern- uinub ui uaiHuy nuegvu iu m impure, is being heard in court. Many seiz ures have been made nnder the pure fond law all nvnv thn tlnitnrl Rtntaa. and this is tbe first time that a shipper of oatsop has contested tbe seizures. . The Sunlit Froit company of Cal ifornia, is tbe claimant of 2100 gal .. Ions of oatsnp shipped by it frorrr San Franoisoo toi Portland last December, and is resisting tbe attempt of Assist ant United States Attorney Johnson to bave tbe oatsop detroyed or sold for some purpose other than tbat of being used for human food. The oatsup, wbiob is valued at about $1000, is one of Are ebipments seized by tbe United States Marshal last December in tbe warehouses of Portland wholesale grooery firms. Three of tbe shipments bave been abandoned by tbe shippers. Tbe pres ent case will be followed by a similar one in wbiob tbe Paoiflo Vinegar & Fickle Works, of San Francisco, will be tbe claimant. Action is brought under tbe pore food and drug aot of June SO, 1908, wbiob forbids interstate ebipments of impure foods and provides a penalty therefore of $500 tine or one year im prisonment, or both, for tbe first oon viotion of a person violating it, and doable tbe tine and tbe same impris onment, or botb, for tbe second oon viotion. . However, tbere will te uo fine or imprisonment if tbe government wins tbe present case. Tbe confiscated goods will be destroyed or sold for fertilizer. Government and state authorities are oo-opeiating in tbe proseootiou of tbe case, and bave tbeir experts on nana 10 tesiirv as to toe onaraocer or the seized goods, . Dr. Albert Schneider, bauteriologirt attached to tbe bureau of obemittry of the department of Bgriooltnre at San Franoisoo, testified yesterday that be fonnd iu one sample ot tbe catsup whiob was sold nnder tbe label "Lux ury Brand" 16,000,000 spores and 36,000,000 baoteiia to tbe oobio cen timeter, or about one-fourth teaspoon fol, with mold abuudanf. Cove to Be Dry. As a result of a visit to Cove, Union ooooty, ty Miss Hobbs, tbe governor's private secretary, that town was found to bave voted dry at tbe general elec tion and because the oonnty oourt failed to interpret the looal option law oorreotly, a saloon bas teen running there. Ibe oonnty oonrt has been notified by tbe governor to declare Cove preoinot dry and will order tbe saloon closed. . 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