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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1914)
This Edition con tains four Pages 1" " .. - rj Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy. Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVI. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1914. NUMBER 23 Foss-Wmship HARDWARE.Company . ... a" Sell w Superior jaAJT.ATTjV. a B xianges .The . World Leader, Since 1837 In Barrett Building, , Athena, Or, u s CASF GROCERY IN THE CARDEN BUILDING, WHERE YOU DO BETTER ' Groceries and Produce ; ' We Pay Cash for Eggs Main Street. J. H. WARNER. Athena, Oregon. Tuih-a-Lumber is good Lumber Tum-a-Lump is good Coal First, Last and all the Time and here is the reason Why: THERE'S MORE TO THE RETAIL LUMBER BUSINESS THAN SELLING WOOD OUR POLICY IS TO; HELP: YGl) BUY WHAPYOU WANT It is impossible to Hud men who trj harder to please yon than we do, aud no one ii more anxious to Rive yon the very best and most reliable information on lumber and building material tbao we are. ... . - , -: For the benefit of oar onstomeii wbo are nnabJe to secure tbe services of looal architects,' we will help yon plan that new house the. jemodel iug on your present home a new barn your Distriot school house your new Silo, from onr latest ideas on Siloe. Our Engineering Department, with free plans and specifications, is at your service. . ' Now i3 the Time to Get Your Cement Walk Down The Tum-a-Lum: Lumber Company "See A. M. JOHNSON about it." -,. QUALITY j Groceries', Good Groceries go - to the Right Spot Every Time ' This is the Right Spot To go to Every -Time for Groceries 3 c TRY THESE-TBCY'LL PLEASE! ONE BEST THE MONOPOLE Monopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits Monopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THS PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT L LA BRASGH E IN BODY DISCOVERED -LYING FACE UP IN SHALLOW WATER, o - While Demented, Wandered From Camp, Death Resulting From Exhaustion, A searching parly found. the dead body of Loois LaBrasabe oo tbe sight prong of Boston Cinyoo,, about one mile from bis oamp on Meaoham oieek, from where be wandered in a demented oondition, last Saturday morning. The body was found lying on its back in about foor Inches of water initio Jboitom of the oanyon ty John Fierce and W. S. Forgnson, Wednesday forenoon. Word of Mr. LaBrashe' disappear ance was received here Monday fore noon, and Mr. Ferguson and others immediately left-in searob of him. In company with Mr. and Mrs. James Huggins, LaBrasobe left Ath ena to oamp oo Meaoham oreek,. and the oamp was established at Boston oanyon. . , , Last Friday, having long been ad dioted to the use of iotoxioants, to Ibe extent that bis mind was noticably on balanced at times, be refused to take anymore liquor, and bis disappear ance from the oamp oiioorred the fol lowing morning, - - The first trace of tba missiug man was found where a log lay across .tbe oanyon, where he, had evidently en deavored to. build a fire, ahavinga being found there, and also knife marks in the depression on a tree, as tbongh he had tried to ont kindlings. Following this cine, Mr.' Ferguson, and Mr. Pierce, wbo were in advnnoe cf the other members of the party proaeedod down the oanyon, and after going aboot 100 yards. Pierce picked op a hat, and a little further, on, , Mr. Fergnsoo, -who was on borsebaok, saw tbe body in tbe little oreek bed. . . It lay on its baok, the head partial ly ont of tbe water, in a good state of preservation, and with only a few scratches a tout the face, snob as wonld be teoeived by one crawling throngb nnderbrueb. ' - Tbe theory is that tbe dead man was demented and perhaps was laboring under some terrible hallucination and eonght water as a protection, -simply lying down in it in an .exhausted con dition ond ohllllog to death. .This would seem to be borne ont by tbe faot that on every opportunity sines mak ing oamp, be. would walk, about in water; even when going to a little spring for water fo( use at camp be wonld always return with bis feet wet, when there was no neoeeaity for so doing. ; . (. :' . ' .. i i . For several months,!. Mr. LaBrashe baa been drinking hard. Through be ing mentally irresponsible and inoap aoitated for rational transaction of bis affairs, tbe conuty oonrt appointed W. 8. Ferguson to aot as bis guardian and no one here was surprised to bear of tbe tragin end. - Tbe body was brought lo Athena Wednesday evening, and taken to tbe Miller undertaking rooms from-wbere the funeral will take plaoe tbia after noon at 3 o'olook. Mr. LaBrashe was a pioneer, . and in the early days of the Northwest, waa in tbe mines, going to Walla Walla in an eaily day.. After bis mar riage be oame to Umatilla county and made a fine ranob on Wild Horse oreek above Athena, where he resided until about a year ago when ha be oame separated from bis wife. Be is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Joseph N. Baddeley, of Walla Walla. , Walla Walla Celebration. The oity of Walla Walla will oel etrate tbe Fourth of Jnlr this year in good pld fashioned style; tbe oelebra Uou will be of the safe and sane order and will be held under tbe auspices of tbe Merobanta' Association and the Walla Walla Commercial Clnb. Fea tures of the day's program will be a tig parade and a street pageant, atb letio sports, tri-state leagne baseball and plenty of mnsio by a half dozen bands. As customary, due consider ation is to be given to tbe patriotio exercises. In oharge of tbe celebra tion are tbe following executives: Chairman, J. J. Kanfiman; viae obairman, C. E. Hammond; treasurer, W. F. Carper; secretary, H. W. Stein berg ; general manager, O. C. boots. ,., A Good Band. ' Right now. the Athena band is tbe best tba oity has aver bad. Under tba protloieet direction and tuition of Prof. Gordon, one of tbe best known bandmasters on the Paoific coast tba organisation is tbe equal of anv mus ical organisation, namber of members considered, ia tbe Inland Empire Tba members abow a willingness to givetheit time to tba band and in doing so. have aocomulited obliga tions which it ia now necessary to liquidate, and with tbia purpose in view, it is understood that financial aid will he asked throngb oiroola tion of a subscription paper, Remember that yoa ceo get .high grade baooa at tba City Meat Market for 18 cants per pound. Lard ia sriling in 5 pound bnoketa for 66 cents, 10 pound taeketa tor $1.35. Adv. She w"ins thejvote on Her , Golden Wedding Anniversary mm oi j -. (PI r, : : :&& jyTt ., ' . ' IT was a great dny for Chicago suffrnBlsts, young and old, when they went to the ixills 150.000 stroiiB and registered ns voters. Many ardent work : ers wiped tours of Joy from their cheeks when they registered their names; others took the mrttter in more Joyous mood.. But there was no more luterestlnir sight thmi . when-Mr. and Mrs. D. E. It. Abbott of 842 Cres cent place, Chlcngo, swore to tlu fuels of their registration, ns pictured here. The day happened to be their golden wedding annlvcnwry. Their registration was a prelude to the celebration which followed nt their home. Mr. Abbott is seventy-sevtfn yenrn pld and Mrs. 'Abbott seventy yearn The basilicas of the polling place was suspended to congratulate the couple..., , , , FESTIVAL OF FUN OLD AND YOUNG ENJOY SATUR DAY NIGHT MARDI CRAS. Caledonian Program, Games and Sports Witnessed By In - terested Throngs. COSMOPOLITAN , DAMASCUS..: The Oldest City en Earth, It Shew -All the Werld'a Pseples. , At last we are set down iu the midst of Damascus,, n city that run claim life without a break from Its fonnillns; back in the dim dawn of the world's history. When Abrnm crossed the des-, ert from Haran 4,000 years ago this city was standing (Genesis xiv, 15, nud xv, 2). She dates back to the time of the Tharaohs lu Egypt In fact, she was old when Greece and rtouits were striplings In years. Home may be termed the Eternal City, hut Damas cus is twice as old. and though her streets hare fun red with blood of battle mid rapine ' many tlmea. she has not been overthrown. ' ' "Babylon Is an heap In the desert, and Tyre a ruin on the shore," but Damascus remains. 1 ; Was thcro ever such a place to see the'nntloiirt of the earth parading to gether? Here In the market place lire motley crowds of Persians. Moors. Af ghans. Indians.. Egyptians. Sudanese. Jews. Iledoiilns. Druses. Turks. Euro poans. The streets so crooked, so nar row, so dirty, so full of life: with llml strange spell of. the desert upon (hem: The resiliences ns seen from the street are ugly and disappointing enough", yet like old hnrns and tumbledown mills at home are fascinating and pie turesqne. -Christian Ilcrold. , Mystery of Bridegroom. The mysterious disappearance pf a bridegroom at a wedding is recalled by T. F. Tblselton Dyer III , his "Strange Tages From Family Tapers." The wedding took place in Lincoln shire about the year 1700. "In this in stance the wedding party" adjourned after the marriage ceremony to the bridegroom's residence and dispersed, some to ramble In the gardeu nnd others to rest in the house till the dinner hour.. But the bridegroom was suddenly summoned away by a do mestic wbo said that a stranger wish ed to speak with him, and hencefor ward he was never seen ngaln. All kinds of Inquiries were made, hut to no purpose, nnd terrible as the dismay, was of tbe poor bride nt this inex plicable disappearance, of the bride groom, no trace could be fonnd of him." . : MRS, E. Re COX PASSES AWAY Prominent, in Early Days of Athena . and Had Lingering Illness. : After a lingiring illness, Mrt. Alios K. Cox. wife of E. B. Cox, died at bei home in tbia city Wednesday, May 27, at tbe age of 67 years. The fun eral was conducted yesterday from the borne, by Rev. Charles Qolnney of tbe Eplsoop&l oburoh, of wbioh Mrs. Cox bad long been a member. Tbe tody was eaoorted to tbe cem etery ty tbe mem hers of Doipb Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and MoKeczie Chap ter, 0. E. S., and many other friends who assembled to pay repeot td tbe memory of tbe departed. v Mr Cox was an honored pioneer of this city, having lived here in tbe old Centerville days with her first bos band, George Mansfield, wbo died many yeara ago. One eon, Norman Mansfield, snrvives her. Besides her husband, E. R. Cox, wbo despite his deolining years, having passed bis eightieth birthday, - was taithfol in attendance during her long and try ing illness, deoeased leaves a mother, two sisters and a brother wbo reside in Portland. In former years Mrs. Cox wss prom inent in tba aooial and business life of Athena, and was an enthusiastic worker and well known in the women's federation of olobs, With the hilarious windun of Ibe Mardl Gras in Athene Saturday night, tbe Fonrteentb Annual Haledonian pionio was anspiaiously trougbt to a close. And it waa the biggest in point of attendance, and perhaps tbe most interesting and entertaining event of like kind ever before witnessed here. . , .. ; A rainstorm Friday afternoon, in terfered sitb and virtually put a atop to tbe sports program wbioh was well nnder Way on Main stnet alter tbe Sootob program of tbe day bad been completed at (he City Hark. Interest in Friday's sports centered iu tbe bose races between tbe Athena and Pendle ton teams. Fay LeHrow, considering the abort lime be had iu wbioh to coaob tbe Athena' team, had tbe toys in good form aod tbey went ont and Won the wet teft handily over their competitors, winning in 40 seconds. Pendleton ' made it in 48 eeobud. Atbena easily won the hub and bub rece in 19 secouds. ' '"; Tbe pacing raoe beBt two in three beBts. was won in a drlviog rain storm' by Aoe Wagner's horse, tbe Franklin horse, from Walla - Walla getting second place. '. '" . Friday was Pendleton ' day and a "large pombet of people from that oitr were here to participate in the picnic. R. A. Booth, candidate on ibe repub lican ticket tor United Statea Senator was here and met many people. He delivered tbe annnal address for the Caledonians, reading it from manu script. Saturday waa ushered in with sou shine and before noon one of the largest orowd ever seen in Atbena, was on band to enioy the ooossion, A splendid program- was listened to by hundreds of people at tbe park while otber hundreds were crowding (he streets. ' In tbe afternoon tbe sports program ' was completed op town.' i .ji. The conoert at tbe opera bouse was greatly enjoyed by all wbo attended. A nnmber of prominent features went to make op tbe snooecs ot tba pionio, among wbioh was tbe splendid mnsio bv tbe Athena Baud, the bagpipes of McDonald and Wilson, tbe singing of Mrs. Hinges, the stunts of Jock Coleman aud the nnmbers given by the Portland danoers, and last bnt not least Ibe Mardl Uibs.-. This gala evint took plaoe Saturday night oo Main street, and old as well aa young, vied with each otber iu making tbe welkin ring in grotesque and fantastic antics, in wbiob various nolce-makiDg instruments and confetti played an 'important and most anooess fnl part . In oadence with tbe inspir ing strains from tbe Bingville village band. . ' By everyone it was voted great, and promises to te greater next year. Tbe street lights and deooratlons were by oonrtesy of tbe Roundnp Associa tion nf Pendleton; and were secured tbrcngb ' tbe tboughtfulness of Jaok Vinoent, who was assisted in pntling them np by Geurge Mahar of tbe elec- trioal department of tbe Mill company. FATHER PASSES AWAY, DAUGH TER BADLY INJURED. S. M. White Dead at Van couver, Dolly Terribly Injur ed In Auto Wreck. A double portion of sadness and sorrow came to Mrs. S. M. White of this oity' Saturday moroing. A mes sage, anuonnuiug tae death of her bosband, B. ' M.-White, who passed away at the home of his son. F. M. White, in Vancouver, Wash," Friday night wbs sborllf followed ty u- MnnnAamanf , I. - ha. 1 i 1 1 J,, htnr Dolly. ' lay nnconsoions iu a Walla . Walla ' hospital as the result nf an anlomobile aooident wbiob barpened ' ih. n u . I u i ., ... this side of Walla Walla, early Hutur day morning. ' ' '' v - ' Tbe daogbler baa siooe been in a preoarioua oondition. haviog legaiued oousoiousaess - only partially aud at short interval?. Mrs. White has been at Walla Walla most of tbe week. 1 After attending the danoB iu Ihis city Friday uigbt, Dolly Wbite, Miss Van Hoy aud Miss Woraor, both of Weston, aud Ralph Kniebt, Finis Kirkpatriek add Russell Pailelt, all ot Pendleton, took a ride In the Knight oar. The party went to Wal la Walla, aud it was on the letdrn Irip to Athena that tbe acoideut' ooenrred. Young Kiikpalrick was at tbe wheel, when tbe automobile struok a newly made piece nf road,' skidded and Inrned over, throwing the oocu pants out, Dolly beiog pruned nnder tbe oar. Another car Was closely fal lowing and on ila arilval Miss White was removed at once to Walla Walla and placed in tbe hospital. Evidently tbe car was not going at a high rate ot sped which aeoonota for tbe esoape from injury by otber members of tbe party. At first it was thought Miss White's skull had been fraotnred, bnt npoo examination it was fnnnd that conoossiou of tbe train bad resulted irom being struok in tba side of tbe bead ty some part of tbe -oar. i Tbe father, S. M. Wbite left Atbena several months ago, going to tbe home of hie boo F. M. White, at Vancouver, Wash., in tba bope that his health might be tenefitted. tie declined, however, aud death resnlted from ail ments incident to old age, be beiog 80 yeara old. Tbe funeral waa beld at Vancouver, Sunday, where inter ment also took plaoe. Mr. White was a pioneer settler of this viciuity, and for many years lived on bis farm on Pine Creek, north ot Athena. , The Pioneer Picnic. , . Next Friday and Saturday tbe Pio neers and their friends will gather in Weston in annnal reunion, and every thing possible lookiug to tbeir enter tainment is being pro'ided ty tbe hospitable people ot that towu and vicinity. Athene's splendid band has been engaged for both days of tbe piooio, aud pressing Invitations have been extended Dr. Smith and Dr. Witbyoombe, demooratio and repub lican candidates, ' respeotivelv, for , governor, to be present with addresses prepared for the oooasiob. to A Change of Tune. ."Mamma,- I'm tired of going school " . : ; "What'a the matter. Willie?" ' , "The teacher" "Now, don't you say a word against your teacher, Willie. I've no doubt you annoy her dreadfully, and she seems like a very nice sort of person.'" . .."Well, she said this moniln- that she didn't think I bad much of n bringio' up at home, nn' " . "Walt! Did she say tbatT Well, of all the coarse impudence! Too shan't go back there another day!" Exit Willie, grinning. Cleveland Plain Dealer. L0 You Know the Answer!" A teacher waa giving to her class an exercise in spelling and defining words. "Thomas," she said to a enrly haired tittle boy, "spell 'ibex.'" "I-b-e-x." "Correct Define It." "An ibex." an swered Thomas after a prolonged mental struggle. -Is where you look in the back part of the book when yon want to find anything that's printed in the front part of the book.". " " " Then Consid er quality of goods Here are a few items for Comparison:" 5 lb Pall Lard - - 65c 101b " " - - $1.25 16 lbs Cane Sugar, 1.00 S&BSSG3R&&!Z3mi&GISG&s3SB&!m523& a TT??C"fiTil jTTltaaliOrgasjjniiTTrj JT is a matter, of grave, consideration these days the grocerybills and you owe it to yourself to watch the details and figure the cost as you go and compare the cost of groceries at other stores with ours. ' S?Bt M R ADTKE : , - 1 THE "MONET-BACK STORE" ATHENA, OREGON.