AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Corner - a - Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered In In- I'nMofflceat Athena, Oregon m icorat iass fiiau waller. Subscription Hatea. One copy, one year. $1.50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months.... , .75 One copy, three months .50 tATHENA. ORE..c7WAY 15,.. ....1914 FROWN DOWN THE DISTURBER Ridicule, Paralyzing as Well as Amus ing, Often Gratifies a Little Mind or an Ungenerous Temper The Safe Plan Is Always to Do the Task That Lies Nearest Us. Copyrighted, 1914, by Thomas J. Sullivan. JMdlcule may be au evidence of wit or bitterness and may gratify a little mlud or an ungenerous temper, but Is no test of reason, truth or manhood. JMdlcule, besides being conscious and unconscious, may also be. indirect as well as direct, negative as well as positive, paralyzing as well as amus ing. And myriad in number and kind are the ridiculous suggestions mado and being made by the enemies and victims of the mall order concerns in the hope of stopping their onward march of progress. Do merchants always appreciate their advantage? Would a friend of the merchant or dealer have sent his first order to a stranger who showed pictures instead of goods, who talked on paper Instead of face to face, who demanded pay in advance instead of allowing a more unlimited credit had the merchant Improved his advan tages? .Ought to Emulate Rivals. It would seem that after one expe rience of long delays, quite common and to a great extent unavoidable in trading with mall order houses, afte? one experience of putting things to gether for himself, after one expe rience of waiting for a missing part, tho friend would not havo taken the trouble to order by mall from a stran ger had the local merchant or dealer always improved his opportunities. Everything that happens to us leaves nome trace behind It; everything con tributes Imperceptibly to form us. Yet often it Is dangerous to take a strict recount of that, for either we grow ; rond and negligent or downcast and i'lsplrlted, and both are equally in jurious in their consequences. Always the safe plan is to do the task which lies nearest us and which will augur for our best interests and those of others. if success can bo attained by tho re tail mall order houses, working under ..sadvautages, why cannot the local Kun-chaut, who has none of these dls iiihantages, succeed? Ho can by 1ml tilting their methods and practices, by illowlug undisturbed Inspection of mods mid by polite and courteous treatment of all visitors to his store, t litis creating new customers and con mining io supply oiu ones. in a certain muiana town a young iiinn ordered a heating stove, price ;.M.!)5. When the stovo came ho was very much disappointed. Tho stovo vns small, whllo the picture In the i falogue made It appear large and or liiiiiiental. , Had this young man vlslt nl his local dealer and Inspected tho fS.05 stove ho would not have bought it. but would havo selected one for SI-' or $11 and would have got tho right kind and ono that would have ..UISIIUU JUS JIIH'UB. A Minnesota farmer ordered five lulls of barbed wire. After It came an I ho had paid the freight he discov ered that he could have bought the Kiitne Identical wiro from his local de-ilor and could have saved $1. also much time and trouble. Mail Order Fence In Woodshed. Another man living In a village or dered some wire fencing from a pic ture in a catalogue, and when It came it was so cheap looking that his prldo would not allow him to disfigure his grounds with such a fem e, so ho stor ed it in his woodshed and bought what he wanted from his local dealer. A lady in a little town In Missouri sent to ouo of tho large mall order houses for a pair of shoes. Inclosing $1.07 with her order. After two weeks the shoes caruo by freight; charges wero 23 cents, which she paid. After taking tho shoes home she found they did not fit, so she repacked them and Bent them back by express, and after another two weeks wait another pair of shoes came by freight with more charges attached. To the lady's dis may, these shoes were no nearer n lit than tho first pair. Sho then gave up In despair and visited her local dealer, crediting her investment of $2.50 to cxperleuce. We should Hko to suggest to tho con sumer that ho bo honest with himself; buy at home; help .support his own town; innke his own homo more val uable. Let Mr. Mall Order Man sell bta good things la his own town. In stead of his fooling you, you fool him by trading at home. Let each community become a co operative commonwealth to tho extent that Its citizens shall work together to build up and sustain that community, working with neighbors competitors Included for the home. town, city, county and state; let civic prldo and rmM'lon be fostered; let tho profes sional 'grouch" and disturber of the public peaco be frowned down; let the Incorrigible offender against tho prin ciples of qniirc dealing bo thrown to tho lions of public condemnation. And to the merchant Me say work; don't ridicule. " A "Place of Learning.'' Sydney Smith, once being asked why a certain college was called n place of learning, replied that, although a great many had been there to get learning, lio one had ever taken learning awaj; hence It was quite appropriately named. Eloc'.head. Saplelgh -The barber wanted tosltigo my liair. but I ;ild no. Kmart Your mutton was commendable! He might hare started u wood firo.-itos.tou LIKED BIG BANKNOTES. . An English Lord' Who Had a Curious Mania For Hoarding; A curious' story of hoarding Is told In Halph Neville's book of gossip: A former Lord Dysart who lived more or less au invalid's life in a bouse on the outskirts of Loudou, care fully watched over by a lady who act ed as a sort of compauion-nurse, one clay asked her to go to. town and get a check cashed for him at the Bank of England. When she was ready to start the old peer sat down at his writing table and, having written out a check" for 100,000, told her to be sure ami see that she got one note for the whole nmoiiut. When she reached the bauk the cashier commu nicated with the manager, who asked the nurse to step Into his private of fice. Having satisfied himself as to her authority for making such a re quest, he said that If she did not ob ject he would much rather send a clerk to accompany her with the note. She gladly assented to this arrange ment, and hi due course the clerk in person handed the f 100,000 banknote to Lord Dysart. After having done so he told the peer that there were only three such notes In existence. "One," he said, "we have at the bank, another I have Just handed to your lordship and the third, which some time ago disappeared from circulation, we have never been able to trace." "Perhaps I can help you." said Lord Dysart. and, hobbling over to a bu reau, be unlocked a drawer and took out the missing 100,000 banknote, which had been lying there for many years. WATER IN COAL MINES. Pumping It Out Costs a Big Pile of Money Every Year. It costs quite a bit of money to pump 1,000,000,000 tons of water out of the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania every year, but it must be done or there could be no mines. In times past, col lieries were abandoned because of in ability to cope with the water flowing Into them, but more and more pumps, some of them costing $30,000 and $40,- 000 each, have been Installed, and the enormous amount of work they do is all that enables the operators to keep open the mines. The calculation as to the amount of water handled In this way is simple. The output of the mines is a little less than 70,000.000 tons a year. The av erage amount of water pumped is about fifteen tons for every ton of coal pro duced. The cost of tills Is one of the most important elements In the In creased cost of mining. As the richer and more accessible veins have been exhausted, shafts have been sunk deeper and the volume of water to be pumped has Increased rapidly. The pipes, of which there are thou sands of miles In the mines, wear out quickly because the sulphur In the mine water cats Into the Iron like an add. This destructive quality prohib its the use of the water in the boilers that generate steaui at the collieries, and the result is that, when there Is a drought, tho companies often are oblig ed to haul water to the mines In tank cars from many miles away. New York Post. Call For City Warrants. Notice is hereby given that tbe City of Athena will redeem all outstanding warrants aftBinit both tbe general food and the water fuud. Interest fcill cease on tbece warrants "on and after tbe date. of diet publication of this notice. Dated tbia 8tb day of May, 1914. ; V. C. Bark", Treasurer. Odd Contrasts In Climats. New York is usually thought of as being directly west from London. It is. however, despite Its far more rigor ous climate. IKK) miles nearer the equn tor than Is the British capital. Tbe bleak const of Labrador Is directly west of London. The saino line pnssea the southern part of Hudson bay and Lake Winnipeg. On the other side of the continent it touches tho southern extremity of Alaska and continues through the center of the Isthmus of Kamchatka and Siberia and Russia to Hoinburg. Another Illustration of the unexpect ed In contrasts Is found In a compari son of St. John's, Newfoundland, with Paris. Paris has a winter of compara tive mildness, while St John's Is a re gion of bitter cold and fogs, with drift ing Icebergs along Its coast. Yet St John's Is 100 miles nearer the equator. Anatols France on Journalism, M. Auatole Frauce, In reply to a toast of his health, said: "I have been a journalist and am one still. I owe to Journalism some of the qualities that you have exaggerated. Journal Ism taught me n great part of tbe art of writing. Tho two things most use ful la writing are ease and simplicity. Journalism tenches those things so well that the stylo even of great writers like Chateaubriand gained from Jour nalistic expcrlence."-London Times. New York's Sewage. Kvery day there Is poured Into the Harlem river fm.000,000 gallons of sew age; into tho North liver, 132,000,000 galliuis; Into tho Knst river, 204,000.000 gallnus. So In the course of a year New York city pollutes Its harbor with about 403.000,000 gallons of refuse niatter.-New York 'World, Judicious Charity, "I don't believe he Is so miserly as they say, I hear he Invites his poor relations to visit him each year." i es. They all live at a conslderabli distance and nro too poor to come," The Reason' Hs Jokes. When a man Jokes about his wife being Jealous you may depend upon It hW wife has not n Jealous bone In her body. Men with Jealous wives do not Joke almut it. Atchison Globe. Orlef can take care of Itself, but tt get the full value of a Joy you must have somebody to divide It with. Mark Twain. In Pound. Tbe following deeoribed horse was takeu aud Impounded on the 18th day of May, 1911, aud unless redeemed by owner will be sold to the highest bid der for cetih in hand on Tuesday, May 19, at 3 o'clock p. in. s Una bay 8 yusr olditod colt, star in forehead, two white biod feet, wt. about 600 lbs, Indian brand ou tight shoulder. Dated May 15, 1911. W. J. Uoolson, City Marshal. Laid In 5 pound' locket 65o, 10 pouud Locket 11.35, bacon IS cents pet pouud at tbo Cilj Meat Market. Adr. Cambridge, Idaho, Lands. " 800 acres farm land, $40 per aore. Will consider part trade for email stock Isrm near mountains. 480 acres to rent now or uext Fall, over 350 in cultivation. , Good hotel proposition"' for party with sorop or.Bh, No hotel or eating plaoe ikca tire. For particulars, ad dress Frank MoElroy, Cambridge, Ida. An Ideal Home. Au ideal home and diversified farm, reduoed price. 40 acres; good bouse and outbuildings; mooing water. Close to oarline. Fine ornamental and fruit Irees; 20 acres of alfalfa; plenty of commercial fruit. Every foot is good land. Prioe is $12,000.00. Close to Walla Walla. Freewater Laod Co., Freewater, Oregon, Adv. Notice to Creditors. Io tbe Count; Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. , In tbo Matter of the Estate of Charles Carpenter, Deoeased. Motlce is hereby given to all persons wbom it may concern that Wal'er V. Hriswold has beeo appointed ad mioistrator of tbe estate of Cbailea Carpeuter, deceased. All persons having claims against bis estate are hereby required to present them with proper vouchers as required by law to the said Walter V, (jriewold at tbe office of Will M. Peterson, attorney at law, Pendleton, Oregon, within six moatbs from tba data of tbe first tint lioation of this notice, wbioh is made on tbia 8th day of May, A. D. 1914. Walter V. tiriawold, Administrator. Will M. Peterson, Atty. Notice to Creditors. Ia tba County Court" of tbe Stale of Oregon, for Umatilla County. Io tbe matter of the Estate of Peter LaCoorse, deoeased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons wbom it may concern that F. , S. LeUrow has qualified as tbe exeontor of tbe last will and testament of Peter LaCourae, deoeased. All persons hav ing claims against tbe estate are re qoirea to present toem with proper vonobers as reqoired ty law, to said executor at bis office in Atbena, Ore gon, or to big attorney, Homer I. Watts, at bis law office in Atbena, Oregon, witbin fix months from the U ret publication of tbis notice. Dated tbis the 1st day of May, 1914. Homer I. Watts. F. S. LeGrow, Attorney. Kxeontor. Notice to Creditors. In tbe County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In tbe matter of the Estate of Owen Busie, deceased. Notioe is hereby given tbat the nn dersigued bas been duly appointed ad ministrator of tbe above estate by or- r der of the above entitled Court and bas qualified as the law directs. All persona having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same at my offioe, or at the office of my attorney, Homer I. Watts, in Atbena, Oregon, with proper vouchers, witbin six months from tbe date here of. Dated tbia' let day of May, A. D. 1914. Homer I. Watts, B. D. Riobards, Attorney. Administrator. Notice to Creditors. Iu tba Ccnnty Court of tbe State ot Oregon, for Umatilla County. In tbe matter of tbe Estate of T. J. Watts, deoeased. Notice is hereby given tbat tbe undersigned has teeu doly appointed administrator of the above estate, by order of tbe above entitled court and bas qualified as the law directs; all persona having claims against said es tate are berety notified to present the same at my offloe in Atbena, Oregon or at tbe office of my attorney in Ath ena. Oregon, with proper vonobers. witbiu eix months from tbe date hereof. Dated tbis 1st day of May. A. D. 1914. Homer I. Watts, M. L. Watta, Attorney. Administrator. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. In Foreclosure of Tax Lien, Iu tbe Cirouit Court of the State ot Oregon for the County of Umatilla. Lexington Realty Company, a corpor ation Plaint itr, vs. William Sobulta and also all persona or parties un known claiming any right, title, es tate, lieu or interest in the real es tate desoribed herein, Defendants. To William Snhulti, the above named defendant and all persons or parties unknown olalmlug any right, title, estate, lieu or interest iu tbe real es tate described herein: In the Name of the State of Oregon: You are h treby notified that Lex ington Realty Company, corpora tion, la tbe holder of Certificate ot De linquency 893 issued on tbe 3rd day of February. 1913 by the Tax Collect or of the County of Umatilla, State of Oregon, for the amount ot one and 90-100 (f 1.00) Dollars, tbe name being tbe amonut then due and delinquent for taxea for the year 1907 together with penalty, interest and oosta there on upon the real property assessed to you, of wbioh ton are the owner aa appears ot record, situated io sid County and State, and paitionlarly bounded and desoribed aa follows, to-wit: West half ot West halt cf tba Southeast quartet of the Northwest quarter (W, SEJf. NWtf) of Section 10. Township 3 North, Range 36 East W. M., containing ten acres. Yon are further noticed that , said Lexiogtou Realty Company, a corpor ation, has paid taxes on eaid premises for prior and subsequent years witb tbe rate of interest on aaid amounts as follows: Years,,',.,. Date . Tax Receipt Rata of Tax 1'aid Number Am'f Intentl l!K ; Keb 3, 1013 , 7011 tOJS 16 per ct K109 ' 7oi8 ' - .30 " 1!)10 , 7012 " " mi ' " """ 85W .83 UH2- . Aprl, " . 5708 '. . . .36 ' , " Said Wililam Sobultz, as tbe owner of the legal title of tbe above desoribed property as tbe same appears of reoord and eaob of tbe other persons above named are hereby notified tbat. Lex ington Realty Company, a corporation, will apply to tbe Cironit Coort of tbe Connty and State aforesaid for a decree foreclosing tba '.ien against tba prop erty above desoribed and mentioned in said certificate. And you are hereby summoned to appear witbin sixty days after tbe first putlioation of the summons exclusive of tbe day of first putlioaion, and defend tbia action or pay the amonnt due as above shown together witb costs and aooroed in terest and in case of your failure to do so, a decree will be rendered fore closing tba lien of said taxes and costs against tbe land and premises above named. . ' This summons is published by order of tbe Honorable Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge of the Cironit Court of the State of Oregon, for tbe Connty of Umatilla, and said order waa mads and dated this lOtb day of January, 1914, and the date of tbe first publi cation of tbis summons is tbe 1st day of May, 1914, ' All process and papers in tbia pro ceeding may te served npoo tbe under signed, residing within tbe Slate of Oregon, at the address hereafter men tioned. FREDERICK STEIWER, Dist. Atty. and Attorney for tbe Plaintiff, Address: Pendleton, Oregon. Professional T. D. Taylor For Sheriff. I hereby aononnoe to the voters of Umatilla oounty, tbat I will be a can didate for re-election to the offioe of Sheriff, ant ject to the will of tbe Democratic primaries. ; My reoord as an officer dnring tbe preceding terms I have held tbe offloe, speaks for it self, and if again elected, 1 will con tinue tu give ray beat aer vices. T. D. TAYLOR. Paid Advertisement. L. L. Mann For Sheriff If elected Sheriff of Umatilla Conn ty, I promise the people that I will give my personal attention to tbe work of my offioe, and ibat I will endeavor by every fair means to enforoe all tba laws of tbe State cf Oregon, including tbelawg against bootlegging, gambling and prostitotion and other orimes ot like nature. Aa a taxpayer, I am iu favor of economy in all of tbe business of tbe County, and will, if elected, conduct the Sheriff's offioe atriotly upon business principles. L. L. MANN. Paid Advertisement. Douglas Belts Republican Candidate For County Judge "A public office 'is a publio trust." If nominated and elected I will en deavor to administer tba affairs of the County so aa to oompel by rigid eoon- omy a lowering of County taxes, and will favor Buob expenditure of the road funds so as to play no favor itea but to give every Beotion of tba County jts fair share of the toad funds with due recognition of the needs of the dis trict. DOUOLAS BELTS. Paid Advertisement. J. A. Yeager For COUNTY CLERK Candidate ia the Republican pri maries. I promise faithful, effioient and oourteoua servioe. Paid Advertisement. George Buzan Republican Candidate for COUNTY TREASURER. If eleoted to tbe offioe of Treasurer I will be faithful and honest in my work aud atop all interest against tbe County aa fast as tba County funds are available. Paid Advertisement. H. M. Cockburn Republican Candidate tor re-election aa COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Sobjeot to the will ot the voters at the Primariea I am iu favor of good roads, good bridges and strlot eoonomy particular ly iu road money, wbere I want to see every dollar of the ioad taxea expend ed so aa to yield a full dollar's value to tbe people. ' Paid Advertisement. " Willard Bradley - Civil Engineer and Surveyor CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY SUR VEYOR Solioita your support la tbe Repub lican Primaries Paid Advertisement. V - (ft C1 ' -'VpiJ ; Flat Lens Toric Lena A. D. French Optical f o. Refracting and Manufacturing OPTOAIETRISTS ; IS East Main, Walla Walla Wash ; Phone No. 653 Should you brtak your glasses mail them to us. We will duplicate them and mail them saras day received. If your eyes are troubling you call at o.r office, we will tit you correctly with classes if rou need them. Our work The Toric Lens ia the Best. Notice the is fully guaranteed. Angle of Vision. DR. FRENCH O. D. in charge - . :S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all . calib both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Offloe on Third Street. Athena Oregor . DR. J. W. WELCH : - Dentist ..... . Athena, Oregon ; Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. m. PETERSON & lUSIlOP Attorney t-at-Law Freewater, Oregon - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts v Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. DR. E. B. OSBORN Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist ... Graduate McKllllp.Vetiuary college Offices: Commer'.cil Stable aud Halts Drug Store. Pboue Main 43s, or 3 REINEMAN- ft BRADLEY Engineers and Surveyers Pbone 381 Freewater, Oregon '1 R. :: OFFICERS B. SHAFFER President, . S. FERGUSON, Vice-President. S. Le GROW, Cashier. F. CANNON, Ass't Cashier i DIRECTORS W R. RHAFFKR. H. KOEPKE. W. & FERGUSON M. L. WA11S, F. S. Le GROW. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation consistent with sound Banking. b "IT CANT ILmmovJ SE CHCAftNEO" Brick Is Tool-Proof When you decide to use brick in your building you are sure of one thing the contractor cannot tamper with the material. ' With both lumber and cement you are blindly trusting to the dealer and contractor. The chance is again you, for you have no way of knowing whether they are treating you honest ly. You may find out afterwards when it is to late. Don't trust that material man; don't tempt the contractor's honesty. . Build with brick the one material that is actually fool-proof. . . Best grade Common Building Brick always on hand. Correspondence is solicited. WESTON BRICKYARD P. T. Harbour, Mg'r. Weston, Oregon C. E. RUDE, LIVESTOCK and Genera AUCTIONEER Satisfaction Guaranteed Reference First National Bank of Athena Office, Dutch Henry Auclion, Feed and Sale Stable, Pendleton, Oreg. Phone, 133. . THE , . ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. fi. FEOOME, rnopi . It? ' Only First-class Hotel in the City. ffl III - . THE ST. NICHOLS Is tba only one that can accommodate oommarolat travelers. . - ffl ..:; Can beieoomended tor lis clean and well ventilated rooms t k Con. main ard Third, ATHA,Or. mm J Vi t i - tJ vMM4f OVER 63 f LU tXPCR V 9 ht i r 1 I YEARS' EXPERIENCE mm T I KDI MAMS ri. . .V DcaioNS 'MHv CoPVRMNTtAe. An Ton tending a k-tch and dmeriptlna may ntcltlv unrMui pur opinion fr whb ui liiTcmion M pmbablr r-iuentnv'. Comnmmf. tliMrtMlrcodmtlal. HANillSOtJK oa Patent nl InM. OMM aicenrr for oeeurmf patanta. latentj lakaa through Munn A Co. racvirt ajNVMl aMM, tt hoM bara. IB lea Scientific flmcricatt A haJKtanmatf fltntTt4 !. Tjinrcst rtjs rotation of any anwUSa Vxtmal. Term. f3 a Tun fiiar aaonllia, U &A4 lij all nawado.!. t,'UNUCo.",BN8wYQr:( ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. mmm beauty mm Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the very" best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour for Si. 3 5 Per Sack Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. . i Waitsburg,' Wash. PAINT IT 111 I he longer you wait the greater will be the damages and and consequently, the greater the cost. Sun, rain and wind are busv opening up the p6res and cracks, and ev ery day's delay adds extra expense.. That our work gives satisfaction, our growing list of permanent and satisfied customers testify, Phone 416. BENNETT'S PAINT STORE We make, use and guarantee "Imperishable" Paint. BUTTER WRAPS 100 for $1-25. 250 for $1.50. 500 for $2.25. Paper furnished fcre is (Die ot the very Latest Styles for Spring andSinnmer You should see all of 'em for they are beauties. We give you a choice of more than 600 fabrics. Main St. RUSSEL PIERSOL Athena $11 the LmiiinroftAe - NO MAMMOCKING NO HUM MOCKING NO SAGGING lb. ,,-t. - W vrr.- . -y.' .. iV NO BAGGING NO DRAGGING NO PITCHING See theDeJigz'BedSprmgTat t MILLER'S FURNITURE STORE.