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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1914)
This Edition con tains Four Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVI. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 19. 1914. NUMBER 20 19 Foss-Winship HARDWARE Company Sell Superior bars MM n 'ii'ti ; j Ranges The World Leader Since 1837 In Barrett Building, Athena, Or. CASH GROCERY IN THE GARDEN BUILDING, WHERE - YOU DO BETTER Groceries and Produce We Pay Cash for Eggs Main Street. J. H. WARNER. Athena, Oregon. Tum-a-Lumher is good Lumber Tum-a-Lum Tum-a-Lum p 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 YOU BUY WHAT YOU WANT It is impossible to And men who try harder to please yon than we do, Bud no one is more anxious to Rive yon the very best and most reliable information on lumber and building material tban we are. For tbe benefit of oar oostomers wbo are unable to secure tbe servioes of looal arohiteots, we will help yon plan that new hoose the remodel ing on yonr present borne a new barn yonr District school house yonr new Silo, from our latest ideas on Silos. Our Engineering Department, with free plans and specifications, is at yonr seivioe. Now is the Time to Get Your Cement Walk Down The Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company , "See A. M. JOHNSON about it." MM I Nome of QUALITY Groceries Good Groceries go to the Right Spot Every Time This is the Right Spot To go to Every Time for Groceries 40 C TRY THESE--THEYU PLEASE ! ONE BEST THE M0N0P0LE Monopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits Monopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT VOTE ON A $50,000 L SENTIMENT EXPRESSED DAY IN SCHOOL MEETING. School Board Realizing Con ditions, Favor $50,000 For a Building and Equipment. The annual eohool meeting was beld at tbe sobool boose Monday afternoon, with a small number present, but those attending were of the represent ative citizenship of Atbena. Abont as many women as men were present. The time prior to oalling tbe meeting to order was taken in a general survey of the condition of tbe eobool build ing, and enbseqnent developments proved what was tbe opinion of the majority. The meeting was oalled to order by Obairman M, L. Watts, and tbe an nnal report read by Clerk Betts. M. L. Watts was re-eleoted to mem bership on the board and Charles Betts was ie eleoted oleik of the board. Tbe report, showed tbe dis trict to be ont of debt, with a surplus of $1600 on band, After his re-eleation on tbe board, Mr. Watts broaobed the snbjeot of the necessitv tor the ereotion of a new sobool building, and expressed himself as heartily in favor of bonding the distriot for tbe improvement. Mr, Watts stated that although formerly opposed to the proposition, he bad be come thoroughly converted, after hav ing considered the antiquated and de lapidated oondition of tbe sobool boilding, and tbe cost of temporary repairs to make it habitable for an other session of school. Calling for an expression of senti ment aonoernlng the matter, he was enoomaged by warm approvnl in speeches made ty Henry Koepke, Jackson Nelson, B. N. Hawks, Mrs. H. H. Hill. Mrs. W. O. Read, Mrs. Cbas. Betts and others. Not a dis senting voioe was heard. Mr. Watts promised that notices for a special eleotion for bonding tbe dis triot wonld soon be posted, and pros pects now look bright for Atbeua's modern new school bnilding. True to promise, the sobool board met yes terday afternoon, and after oanvaesing tbe sitnation from every standpoint oame to the oonoloeion that tbe dis trust was aadly In seed of a suitable school building and deoided to post notices oalling for a speoial eleotion to vote on bonding the distriot ;for $50, 000 for new aohool bnilding and equipment. Sinoe the meeting the matter of bonding the distriot for a new school toiding and modern equipment, bas been generally discussed and it is found there ia bnt little, if any op position against the proposed new bnilding. All one bas to do to be come convinced that a new bnilding is absolntely neoessary tor the safety of tbe sohool ohildren and advance ment of education in Athena, is to go through tbe old building and make in spection of its oondition. FRANKING MAIL MATTER. At One Timo Soldiers In This Country Enjoyed the Privilege. The postolHce was tirst established for the principal and iu some countries for the exclusive purpose of carrying official correspondence by rniril. Later in France, Great Britain rind the United States because of the great ex pansion and commercialization of the postal system tbe free carriage of mail matter came to be regarded as n privi lege and this privilege was claimed by persons in official position. In England the house of commons claimed the privilege as early as lfiOO, It was abolished in Great Britain, however, by the passage of Rowland's cheap postage measure In 183'J. In the United States the first appearance of the franking privilege is traceable to the action of tbe Continental congress assuming control of the postollice in January, 1776. It is interesting to learn that it was then granted to all private soldiers actually In service for all letters tbey might write or that might be written to them. In the early years of the United States government tbe privilege was granted widely, but it soon became necessary to restrict It. An act of March 3, 1845, limited the privilege to tbe president, the vice president, mem bers and delegates In congress, the third assistant postmaster general and all postmasters. Other offices were di rected to keep quarterly accounts of postage. Argonaut IS , , Foreign Buyers Intimidated and the Effect of Attitude Is Materially Felt. HARBOR VIEW SITE OF THE EXPOSITION, WHERE THE MIDWAY AND CONCESSIONS WILL BE LOCATED. . FAREWELL RECEPTION GIVEN A. Mackenzie Meldrum and Wife Are Honered By Church and Friends, berry festival iu Milton Wednesday for the Bret time, Ihe Loohinvar in vitation was aooepted and tbe pair rode on". They were looated by tbe deputy sheriif in the mouutaius , 20 miles east of Milton and brought t ack. The reoeption held in the Christian oLuroh Monday evening in honor of the departing pastor, A. Maokenzie Meldrum and wife was, although it held an element of regret for the loss of this excellent family, an oooasiou of unusual entertainment. A splendid program of mbaio and readings waB given iu the anditorinm and appre ciated by the large audienoe. Voaal solos were given by Josepb N. Scott, Misses Zelma and Merna De- Pea tt, Mrs. D. T. Stone and Jeanoette Miller, an instrumental solo by Miss Zola Keen, a reoitation by Savannah Smith, and last but not least, an or iginal poem by Mrs. Lizzie Mansfield. Miss Belle Molntyte and Mrs. Stone were aooompanists. Ice oream and aake were served in tbe basement dining room and il was here that several speeches were made in appreciation of Mr: and Mrs. Mel drum, showing tbe deep love arid re spect in wfaiob tbev are held in this oommnnity. Mr. Meldrum responded in a feeling manner, and promised tbat he will occasionally visit Athena in bis Beld labors for Spokane Univer ity, and will address the congregation here. - E. C. SIMMONS ROT BUSy And Lost His Place on the Federal Reserve Board, FLOUR AND FEED WAREHOUSE Alterations To Be Made To Rcceiye Montana Wheat In Bulk. Stage Paint. Painting tbe face on tbe stage is a barbarous custom come down to us from the age of oil lamps and candles. Wltb gas and electric light and opera glasses for the remote seats in tbe house it Is not needed. London Dra matic Journal. Charges. "lour lawyer made some pretty se vere charges against tbe other fellow, didn't her "Y-e-e-s. but you ought to see bow be charged me!" 3 There Is a sufficient recompense In the very consciousness of a noble deed. A Northern Paoiflo crew is engaged in moving the track in the railroad yards west of the Preston-Shaffer milliog plant in this city, to make room on tbe west side of tbe bnilding for a new flour and feed warehouse, tbe dimensions of which will be 80x210 feet. Tbe new addition to tbe big plant will be used exclusively for storage room for Sour and feed. A new departure which the mill bas nnder oontempiation, is certain alterations wbiob will permit of hand ling Montana bald wheat in bulk shipments, The growing of Bluestem in Eastern Washington, from wbiob tbe Atbena mill bas drawn its supply in tbe east, is on tbe wane, hybrid varieties having taken its plaoe to a great extent. Tbe Northern Pa or 11 o crew also has the grading oompleted and ready for tbe ties and rails on tbe new spur at tbe site of the new Standard Oil com pany's warehouse and oil tanks. The Portland contractor baa a foroe of eight men employed on the con struction work on this new property. Concrete is being used prinoipally and tbe work on one of the culldings is now well under way. Covote Cutoff. Grnriinn work on the (Jovote outoff ' and tbe line obangeB made neaesBary by tbe outoff will he entirely Mulshed by August 1 and the outoff should be tracked and ready for use by Novem hnr 1. The orisinal estimate was January 1, report Pendleton papers. Muscular Christianity. Muscular Christianity found an ex ponent In the curate of an English dio cese of whom .lames Bryce tells in Ills "Studies In Contemporary Biography." He "had once, under tire greatest prov ocation, knocked down ir person who had insulted him, and the bishop wrote him a letter of reproof, pointing out. among other things, that, exposed as tire Church of England was to much criticism on ull hands, her ministers ought to be very careful in their de meanor. The offender replied by say ing. 'I must regret that, being grossly insulted and forgetting in the heat of the moment the critical position of the Church of England, I did knock tho man down.'" The bishop It was Praser of Manchester retaliated by asking the curate to dinner. BUYER AND JAKER WINNERS The Hndson Six-40 oomes forth for 1015 a World Winner, a World Beat er. What do you tbina of tbe largest fnotory of Sixes in tbe U. S. being un able to supply their dealers for 11)11 cars by over 8000 orders. And now beglnB the climax of all Auto building when Howard E. Cofftu and bis staff of 48 other engineers are now producing this handsome five or six passenger oar of high grade qual ity, 40 to 47 H. P. with a total weight of bdou: 2900 lbs for $1750.00 at your door. Immense capital, maohineiy paid for, immense demand and Im mense output is tbe only possible so lution for one of tbe beBt automobiles made, at this price. Watts aad Staggs, Weston, Ore. Adv, Circular letters sent by him to var iou Arms in the southwest will ooat E. 0. Simmons, bead of the Simmons Hardware company of St. Louis, his place on the federal reserve board. Simmons friends say be resigned, but it was learned tbat copies of a oertifled letter wbiub was reoeived by tbe president caused Simmons' elim ination from consideration as a mem ber ol tbe bank board and the seleo iton of Assistant Secretary nf the Treasury Hamlin. Tbe letters referred to deolare tbe Simmons' company's business is far below normal aa a result of uncertain ty oonoernlng tbe anti-trust legiela tioo, freight rate advances and crops. Correspondents wbo reoeived tbe cir cular letter were asked to write tbe president, leaders of oongress and in fluential democrats requesting them to have congress adjourn immediately "and Jet tbe oountry have a mnob needed rest." A sensation rivaliog that wbiob fol lowed tbe president's obarges of an "insidious lobby" to defeat the tariff bill was launobed by tbe president himself. The chief exeoutive oharged a combination of business interests is behind tbe agitation to compel oon gress to adjourn without enaoting any legislation in regard to the trusts. GOVERMENT REPORT KET DEADLOCK IN NORTHWESTERN WHEAT QUOTATIONS. Echo Bovs Drown. Arthur and Glenn Boggs, aged 12 and 11 years, sons of A. N. Boggs, a well known Koho farmer, were drowned in tbe Umatilla river near tbeir borne last Thursday evening. A third brother, aged 6, was resoued by a neighbor, wbc, because of his in ability to swim, was unable to render assistance to tbe others. One body was renovered near midnight and the otbr.r shortly after daybreak. Tbe Joys were playing in the river when one of them stepped into deep water. Tbe brother wbo could swim went to tbe resoue and both went down to nether. The third, in bis anxiety to help, got beyond his depth. Portland advioea tell of a deadlock in tbe Northwestern market, bo far as new wheat business is concerned. The Government's huge crop estimate and tbe weakness it caused in tbe Eastern markets have intimidated for eign buyers and the effect of this is being felt. Most of the Portlaud buy- ; era have pulled ont o'. the market tem porarily and others have put out low er prices, some of tbem offering 70 oents for club, This does not appeal to farmers who refuse to sell, waiting for a reaotion wbiob they think will oome. Several oargoes were offered abroad tbia week ty exporters, but thxy met with no response. The trade is in a waiting attitude and tbe uuderuurrent of feeling is weak. Taking a broad view of the situa tion of aupply and demand Broomhall believes the possibilities strongly favor a ooming season of large supplies, He says: "TbiB is emphasized by the faot tbat it is expected that the United QtBtna ntjll h.n. snxnlna Oil, CM 000 and some 128,000,000 from Can j ada and therefore soaroity will be next to impossible, no matter what the consumption may be and notwith standing the ahortage in Argentina and India. "Tbe demand promises to be very large, beoanse no Eoropean crop prom ise indicates an abundant yield. Ger many is no larger than last year and posBioiy is oonsioeraciy less, rranoe will probably fcn an importer on a liberal scale, Italy requires some 18, 000.000 bushels more tban last year, Spain and Portugal perhapn 6,000,000 bushels lesB tban last year, whilo Acs. tria-Hungary promises to import on a large scale: therefore every indication points to the Beanred faot that Europ ean Importation for the ooming season will te on a larger scale tban ever be fore experienced. The European consumption last month was large and 1 expoct that this consumption will continue large. Ihe Continental demand is fairly aotive and Bussia is offering up liuto, owing to email barley stocks. The Danube is offering freely and taeiug emu of tbe Immediate demand to a targe extent, and It is forecasted that i!)auubian offers will continue liberal, and these will meet with a ready sulo to tho Continent." Tbe coast market for npot wheat id qniet. Californiaus are buying only small lots, waiting for the new crop here and expeoting to get e iiiy wheat of their own. Club is worth 8G to 8(1 and bluestem 88 cent n. No business is under wiiy la tbe barley market. The only tnuk passing is in California, whole export barley is selling at tl a oental. The South ern market will hold tbe trade for tbe time being, as Oregon and VVushington growers are not interested in tho pric es being paid there. Mt. Lassen Eruption. Fire, smoke, steam, voloaniu ashes, rooks and deadly gases belnbed Sunday not only from tbe orater wbiob opened op near tbe summit of Mount Lassen May 30, bnt also from two new craters that burst open shortly before dark more tban a mile from the first of tbe new craters, and tbe Bret known tell is one dead, one injured and two de mented. Ihe outbreak of Mount Las sen ia extremely voloanlo in nature and tho peak becomes tbe neweet aot ive volcano in tbe world. Lanoe Graham was killed by falling rooks. His bead was battered aod bis body found half covered by asbes and cin ders. He was married and leaves bis widow and two children who live at Manton, 18 miles from Lassen. Gra ham was a stockman. Books hurtled from the spouting volcano broke the arm and gashed tbe face of George Tipple, a lumberjaok. Young; Lochinvar. Dan Gallagher, a yonng woodobop per, essayed to plar tbe role of Loch invar at Milton Wednesday, and is now ooonpying a berth in jail, Tbe girl, Miss Maud Powell, is being beld by juvenile court on a obargo of incor rigibility. Tbe pair met at the eti aw- Ml 1 al mm I Our Dry Goods Department contributes bargains that no economical, well posted shopper can possibly" afford to let pass at this time. JUNE WHITE SALE OF TOWELS. Best BSBortment we ever had. All go at a big re daction during our Jnne White Sale. 10c band towels, June Wbite Sale - - 8o 12 l-2o band towels, June Wbite Sale - lOo 20o hand towels, June White Sale - lflo 25c band towels, June Wbite Sale - - 19o GOo hand towels, Jnne WbitnjjSale - - 88o ?5o band towels, June Wbite Sale - - B8o $1.00 band towels, JuneWbite Sale - 79a TURKISH TOWELS. Big, full size, double thread, fringed and bammed, 15o Turkish towels, Jnne Wbite Bale 12o 26o Turkish towels, Jnne Wbite Sale 19o 85c Turkish towels, Jnne Wbite Sale - 270 10c Turkish towels, Jnne Wbite Sale - - 01 o 50o Turkish Towels, June While Sale 89o TABLE LINENS. BOo Table Linens, June White Sale 13o , 75o Table Linens, June White Sale - 590 1,25 Table Linens, JuneJWhite Hale - 93a 1(11.75 Table Linens, June While Sale - -$1.80 $2.00 Table Linens, June White Salo - $2.50 Table Linens, June Wbite Sale - - 4U.98 NAPKINS. $1.25 doz. odd napkins, Jona Wbite Sale - 98o $1.85 doz. odd napkins, June Wbite Hale - $1.09 $9.75 doz. linen napkins, June White Salo - $4.50 doz. linen napkins, June White Sale - $3.79 $5.00 doz, linso napkins, June White Halo 1.07 $6.00 doz. linen napkins, June Wbite Sale - $5,111 $7.50 linen napkins, JuneWbite Sale !.87 OKASH TOWELING. 100 orash toweling, Jnne White Sale - - So 12 l-2o orash toweling, June White Sale lOo 15o orasb toweling, June White Sale - - 12o 20o crash toweling, June White Sale - l"o 23o crash toweling, June White Sale - - 18c BEDDING And house linens, a timely UNOEUl'HICLU .-ALE blankets, comfortables and bed ipreuds. The Peoples Warehouse Where it pays to Trade. PENDLETON, OREGON. Save your TPW Stamps