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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher ;. ; Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered tn the Postofflce at Athena, Oregon an ecoDdtlasR Mall Matter. Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $1.50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months .50 lATHENA. ORE.. JUNE 26,. .... 1914 NEVER AGAIN FOR MARTHA. She Brings 8hm and Ridicule Upon Herself Husband a Willing Ac complice They Both Were Taught a Lesson That Will Last Them Their Entire Lifetime. ; Copyrighted, 1914, by Thomas J. Sullivan. Do not Judge from mere appearances, for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depth of sadness, and the serious look may bo the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom may ache beneath diamond brooches, and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. Assuming the above to be true, we will proceed to tear a page from the life diary of Mrs. Weaver and present it to our readers. That New Suit. "What am I going to do about that new suit I must have?" said Martha Weaver to her husband as be came in from work one evening. "Why Is there any question about that? Oo to Hopkins & Co. and get what you need. If you need a suit get it," answered her husband. "I have looked there," replied Martha, "but they haven't anything that I want. I Just need a simple suit, but I want good material, and it must be neatly and well made, one that I could use for almost any occasion. I would prefer a ready made suit, but those that Hopkins & Co. have ap pear to be made of poor, flimsy mate rial, and they are decked out with such cheap, flashy, dowdy trimming that I Just cannot bear to wear them," replied Martha. - The False Step. "Well, what do you want to do run into the city and get you a suit?" asked John. "No. That does not suit me either, for when I have to pay my fare, my hotel bill and other incidental expenses It makes the cost too high and also takes moro time than I can spare for the purchase of one suit," said Martha. "Could you not order one? Didn't see some mall order catalogues around here awhile ago?" asked the interested husband. "Yes; I could do that, but I am al most afraid to risk It. Still, their styles appear to be good, and the prices quoted seem reasonable. I have been thinking about doing (hat I will look them up again and see what 1 can do," answered Martba. Martha's Heart Rank. Martha had little difficulty In "look tug up" the catalogue, as the house seemed full of them, and after critical ly examining the suit pictures a simple blue took her fancy. The description corresponded with her idea of what she wanted; the trimming looked neat and of good quality. The price was satis factory, bo after debating for some lit t'e time she decided to send for It A draft was forwarded, and the long vigil ponding the artivnl of the suit was as depressing upon John as upon Martha. At last It came repress bill and all nnd eagerly the box was opened and the suit laid on the bed for inspection. 1 1 did not quite measure up to the pro portions of the picture in the cata logue. The color was not good. There was too much coat and not enough skirt, and, besides, the skirt was riot draped as the advertisement said. It Just bung, and bung uneven at that The work was not neat; the trimming was of cheap, showy quality, scant and inferior. Martha's heart sank to toro. Bho knew she would be asham ed to wear that suit nt home, much less among her well dressed friends. What was she to do? She needed a suit badly, but she realized that to attempt nn exchange would result as disastrously as in the first place, and she could ill afford another now one. Dsfaett Mora Pronounced. The longer Martha had the suit the moro numerous and pronounced be came Its defects, until at last her prldo rebelled, and she refused longer to wear the miserable parody. She said she would much prefer to wear a "good" old suit than a "poor" new one. For with the poor new one ulio was conscious and ashamed when she felt any one looking at her or her suit Mr. and Mrs. Weaver held a con sultation, after which Mrs. Weaver de clared that never again in ber llfo would she buy anything from a pic ture or from o catalogue house. "Amen," said John. "We have bad our lesson. Had you bought that gar ment from any of our local merchants nnd it proved unsatisfactory he would have Insisted on your exchanging It or refundlug to you your mouey." In a Reeeptive Mood. "So you actually went to church last Bundny?" "I really did." , "Kscubo me if 1 seoin skeptical. What was the text?" "Aha, I have you there! The text was 'He glveth his beloved sleep.' " "Good work. And who wero there?" "All tho beloved, it seemed to me." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Reflsetlen, "Not everything in this world Is ap propriate." "What makes you think of that?" "The fact is that navy widows do not wear sea weeds. Baltimore Ameri can. A Snapshot , "Here's a ruse where tho police caught a photographer they wanted In his dark room." "Ila! A gciiuliKM-iiM) If nr rented de velopment!" -Unltliuoro luiel'ican. . VENUS AMD MARS. , , Th Theory That Life Exists Upon Both of Those Planets. We are bound to hold life to: be a general phenomenon In nature, develop ing wherever the stars are shining on their attendant planets, and thus wher ever a star twinkles In the depths of the firmament Now as for Mars nnd Venus, in our own system. It need hardly be said that they ure surely inhabited by living belugs of some kind. Observations show that Muni bus a mre atmosphere,'. a day thirty-seven minutes longer than our own, seasons of the same type, but longer duration; and snow caps at the poles, and thus water vapor, though the amount Is small. Mars is a desert planet with a very rare air, about like that In tho higher regions of the Him alaya mountains. But as life on the earth extends to the highest plateaus and mountains, except when perpet ually frozen, it may also exist on the plunet Mars, which has a moderate temperature, as shown by the forms tlon of clouds In the twilight belt, after the sun has set for the Mnrtlnns. The probability of Venus being in habited is ranch greater than that of Marx, for Venus rotates iu 23 hours minutes and in ull respects so closely resembles the earth as to be called ber twin sister. Venus has an abundance of. nir, clouds, water nnd also moun tains and therefore sens, lakes and riv ers. The seasons are like ours except they are shorter, the year being 223 days lu length. Why Bhould not such a planet be Inhabited? If n man were transported to Venus and landed there without Injury It seems certain that he could live und flourish physically un der the air nnd temperature of this beautiful planet T. J. J. See in Leslie's. CANING THE CULPRIT. GLOOMY CAR LYLE. His Pessimism and His Wonder at the Optimism of Emeraon. Thomas Cnrlyle'S friendship with Itulph' Waldo ICiuerson is a matter of history, but Charles Kliot Norton tells lu his published letters that Carlyle marveled at the optimism of the Amer ican philosopher. Writing lu 1873, Norton says: "As we were sitting to gether Just after my coming In this afternoon, Carlyle spoke of Emerson. 'Thero's a great contrast between Emerson and myself. He seems vcrra content with life and takes much sat isfaction In the world, especially In your country. One would Biippose to hear blm that ye had no troubles there and no share In tho darkness that bangs over these old lands. It's a verra strlkln' and curious spectacle to behold a man so confidently cheerful as Emerson In these days. " 'I agree with ye In thlnkln' that the times that are comln' will be worse than ours, nnd that by and by men may through long pain and distress learn to obey the luw eternal of order, without which there can be neither Justice nor real happiness In this warld or in any other. The last man In Eng land who had real faith tn It was Oliver Cromwell. . " 'Well, it may be as you say. I'm not such u verra bloody minded old villain after all (here a cordial laugh), not quite so horrid an ogre as some good people imagine. But the wnrld Is verra black to me, nnd I see nothin' to be content with in this brand new, patent society of ours. There's nothin' to hope for from it but confusion.' " A Scoop. John h. Toole, the famous English comedian and practical Joker, and Mr. Justice Hawkins, who was afterward Lord Brampton, wero great friends. They wero at supper together one evening discussing tho events of the day. The Judge Incidentally mention ed that he Intended on the morrow giving tho mnn he had been trying II f teen years because ho deserved it. As Toole was leaving be blandly in quired: "Oh, would you mind calling at the newspaper offices and telling them ubout that fifteen years? It will be a tip for them exclusive Information, you know and will do me no end of good with the press." Good gracious! No, sir!" exclaimed tho Judge, who took tho precaution of accompanying Toole to his hotel and seeing him safely to bed. Mohammedan Serenity. A Mohammedan people enjoy one great advantngo over all others they never suffer from the anticipation of that which is to come, and, as a nn tu rn I result, they can nlwnyg enjoy the present although only a few hours Briny separate them from disaster or oven from death. Their implicit be lief in an ordained future imparts a dignified repose and outward calm to all their actions. Blackwood's Maga- line. The Feminine Paradox. The uneducated woman has often the quickest perception, the finest tact the most vivid sensibility. She will foci without speaking; sho understands your Inmost thoughts; she knows with out being told. London Black and White. The First Skyscraper. The first skyscraper was planned (but not built) by a Parisian architect In the year 1(501. It was to bo more than 300 feet high and provide rooms for BOO persons. A Good Example. Father-Why did you run away, Frnni? Frans Because mamma was o unkind. Father That la no reason. Do 1 run away? Poor Dora. "Dora must have suffered some ter rible disappointment. One never sees her smile now. What is the matter?" "She's had two front teeth pulled out" London Telegraph. Up In a Balloon. To romntu motionless and watch the earth fail away from you as rapidly aa a baseball falls from you when drop ped from a window is the sensation of going up In balloon. There is only one cure for public dis tress, and that Is public education, di rected to make men thoughtful, merci ful and Just lluskin. The Marks It Leaves Look Worse Than the Whaling Feels. -. in n London police court recently a teacher In a public school was prose cuted for assaulting a pupil by caning him. The magistrate decided that he had not used undue violence nnd there fore discharged the master. In this case the father of the boy who bad been caned took him to a physician on the evening of the day of his custlgation and this doctor found about fifteen wbeuls on the lad's back. This was evidence of severe punish ment but the magistrate considered it was not too severe for the offense which had en used It, and said that parents had formed nn exaggerated opinion of the amount of force that had been sl. Commenting on this the London Lan cet says: "A blow from a carte causes at the time un appreciable amount of pain (which, by the way, is what it is in tended to do),- but it leaves behind a mark quite out of proportion In its formidable character to the amount of suffering which it causes after the first sting has been endured. If nny one doubts this, having perhaps avoided tho opportunity to observe it in the course of un exemplary boyhood, the experiment Is easily made. Any small boy will be willing to do his share by Indicting upon the seeker after truth a sharp cat or two, the results of which will no doubt be distinctly felt for a time, but only for about an hour, while there will be visible on the well protected and tender skin of the back for some days wheals which would harrow the heart of any mother." In other words, a boy's back after a caning looks fuf worse than it feels. HARDY TUSCAN WOMEN. One Vigorous Old Dame Who Acted as a Mountain Guide. Illustrative of the hardiness of wo men in Tuscany, Sir Francis Vane re lates in "Walks and Teople In Tus cany" the experiences of two Eng lishmen who were traveling in Italy and who appealed to a village innkeep er for a trustworthy guide to conduct them over the pass between the moun tains of Rondinajo and Tre Potenze. To their surprise an old woman ap peared and announced that she had come to make arrangements for the Journey. They concluded she must be the mother of their guide. "What was our amazement to learn that this elderly dume was our destin ed leader, and Indeed she was got up for the fray In long boots and short skirts. "On wo tramped, she always ahead, walking with a fine military swing which a lifegunrdsman nilgbt have en vied. The path was difficult nnd could not be used by vehicles. Our guide led us up the steep way which follows a small and rushing stream issuing from out the side of Rondinajo, and up It we ascended for an hour or more until the pass was reached. "We here had the merciful Intention of sending tho old woman back, an intention, howovcr, she very strongly opposed. It wns only by nllowlng her to come some fow miles farther on that wo could induce her to leave us before she had seen us safely to tho end of the Journey." Father and Hia Daughters. The habits of a lifetime which began a generation or more ago, the habit of being a source of maintenance and tho need of keeping In hand the means of ninlntcnnnco, the habit of power and of keeping hold of the source of power, may make a man less than fair per haps In dividing his acquisitions with his wife, but when It comes to the daughters whom he Is going to leave In the world when he quits It he is all for securing to them ns far as he can a full shnre of all that Is worth hav ing. Hardly can sex selfishness squeeze in between him and his girls. As be tween them and nil males, he Is for them. He wants them to lose no good thing that may lawfully be coming to them. lie wants no mnn to bully them, no mnn to Impose upon their generosi ty, no mnn to bring them to want, to sorrow or a hungry heart Edward S. Martin in Atlantic. A Maker of Cripples. Dr. Charlton Wallace once Investi gated with greut caro 400 cases of hip Joint disease tuberculosis of the 4ilp. He found that of this number 70 per cent came of tuberculous families or bad lived In houses where there had been known cases of active tubercu losis within a year. In both cases the explanation was tho same exposure to Infection. Wheu the tubercle germ cannot murder a victim it does its best to cripple him. The only safeguard is to make sure personally that your house does not harbor this greatest of human enemies. Chicago Journal. Inappreciative Man. "You say you occasionally smoke one of your wife's birthday cigars?" "Yes; I dug 'em up the other day, and they nro a great help In my pres ent situation," "What Is that?" "I am trying to quit smoking for good." Albany Knickerbocker Tress. can Courtesy at the Pawnshop. "You go first Frnu Meier. I wait." "Thanks. I'd have yon know I'm in no moro hurry for my money than you." Fllegende Blntter. Real Ability. "What Is the secret of success?" ask ed the fool. "The ability to concoal your lack ol ability." replied tho sage. Cincinnati Enquirer. SUMMONS. Id the Oironit Court of the Stat of Otegoo for Umatilla County. , Mamie Boyd, Plaintiff, ' . ' vs. Cleveland G. Boyd, Defendant. To Cleveland U. Boyd, tbe above named defendant ; In the name of tbe Stats of Oregon, yon are hereby sommoned and re quire 1 to appear and anawsr tbe com plaint of the plaintiff filed against yon in tbe above entitled oonrt and oanse within six weeks from the date of tbe first publication of tbis sum mons, to-wit, on or befoie tbe 3rd day of July, A. D. , 1911; and yon will lake notioe that if yon fall to appear and answer or otherwise plead to the said complaint within said time the plaintiff, foi want thereof, will apply to tbe court for tbe relief prayed for and demanded in said oomplaint, to wit, for a deoree of said court forever dissolving tbe tonds of matrimony now and heretofore existing between plaintiff and defendant and for an ab solute divoioe from tbe defendant and for other equitable relief. This summons is published pursuant to an order of Bon. Gilbert W. Phelps, Gironit Judge of the Sixth Judioiai Distiiot of the State ot Oregon, dnly made and Bled oo tbe 16th dav of May A. D.. 1914, and the first pnblioation of this summons will be made In tbe Athena Press newspaper on Friday, tbe 32nd day of May, 1914, and the last pnblioatiou will be made on Fri day the SBid 8rd day of July, A. D, 1914. Dated this tbe 18th day of May, 1914. WILL M. PETERSON, Attorney for Plaintiff. Notice of Final Account. In tbe County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of John L. Duffy, Deceased, Notioe is heieby given that tbe ad ministrator of the above entitled estate has filed his final repoit with tbe Clerk of tbe above entitled oonrt and tbat the Judge thereof has desig nated Monday, the 13tb day of July, 1914, at 10 o.olook iu the forenoon and tbe office of the County Jndge in tbe County Court House at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, aa the time and place when and where bearing shall be bad thereon. All persons In tnrested are direoted to then and there appear and show uanse, if any they have, wby tbe final leport should not be approved, the administrator dis charged and bis bondsmen exonerated. Dated this 3 day of June, 1914, ' STEPHEN A. LOWELL, Administrator. Notice to Creditors ' Io tbe Connty Conrt of tbe State of Oregon for Umatilla Connty. In tbe Matter of tbe Estate of Louis LaBrasohe, Deoeased. Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern, tbat W. 8 Ferguson baa qualifid as tbe executor of tbe last will and testament of Lonis LaBrasohe, deoeased. All persona having olaims against the estate are required to preseat them with proper vouoheis as required by law, to said executor at bis otfioe in Athena. Ore., or to bis attorney, Homer I. Watts, at bis law otfioe in Athena, Ore., within six months from the first pnb lioation of tbis notios. Dated tbis the Etb day nf Jane, 1914. Homer I. Watts, W. S. Ferguson, Attorney. Exeontor. NOTICE OF CONTEST. (For publioalion.) Department of Tbe Interior. United States Land Otlioe. La Grande 06404, Contest No. 744. La Grande, Oregon Jnne 16tb, 1914, lo Briee O. MoKinley, of Walla Wal la, Wash., Contestee: You ere hereby notified that Emery M. Achilles, who gives Athena, Ora tion, aa bis postotfloe address, did on Jnne 6th, 1914, file in this offioe his duly corroborated application to con test and seonte tbe cancellation of yonr Homestead Entry No. 06404, made May 3rd, 1909, for NWJi Seo tion 24, Township 6 Noitb, Range 32 East Willamette Meridian, and aa grounds for his oontest he alleges that said Brioe O. MoKinley, tbe entry- man, has never established residenee on said land and has never cultivated or improved it and has abandoned said land. Yon are therefore further notified that tbe said alienations will be taken as oonfessed, and your said entry will ca canceled withont farther light to be heatd, either before this otfios or on appeal, if you fail to file in tbis offioe within twenty days after tbe FOURTH publication of this notioe, as shown fcelo your answer, under oath, apeoilioally responding to these allegations of oontest, together wltb doe proof that you have served a oopy ot your answer on the said oootsatant either in person of by registered mail. Yon should state in your answer tbe Dame of tbe postotfioe to whiob yon desiie future nottoes lo be seut to yon. . (Signed) F. C. BRAMWELL, Register. Date of first pnblioation Jnna 26, 1914 Date of aeoond pnblio'tion July 8, 1914 Date ot third publication July 10, 1914 Date of fourth publio'tion July 17, 1914 NOTICE OF CONTEST. (For publioalion.) Department ot The Interior, United Slates Land Offioe. La Grande 06683, Oontest No. 747. La Grande, Oregon, Jane 16th, 1914. To Frank Baloom, of Juniper, Oreg on, Contestee: Yon art hereby notified that Emery M. Aobilles, wbo gives Athena, Ore gon, aa hia nostotliae address, did on June 161b, 1914. tile in tbis offioe his ) duly oorioborated application to oon- ,7 A. D. French Optical Co. Refracting and Manufacturing OPTOMETRISTS IS East Mai n, - Walla Walla Wash. Phone No. 633 Should you break your glasses mail them to us. We will duplicate them and mail them same day received. If your eyea are troubling you call at our office, we will fit you correctly with a-lasses if vtu need them. Our work The Toric Lens is the Best, Notice the is fully guamnteed. Angle of Vision. DR. FRENCH 0. D. in charge Flat Lens Toric Lens test and seoure tbe oanoellation of your Hompstad Entry No. 06683, made Jnne 26tn, 1909, for NEJi Sea. 23, and 8E Section 14, Township 6 North. Bangs 32 Eist. Willamette Meridian, and as gronnds for bis con test he alleges that said Frank Baloom baa failed lo teside npon tbe land and improve tbe land aa required by law, and baa wholly abandoned tbe same. Yon are, therefore, farther notified that tbe said allegations will be taken aa oonfessed, and your said entry will be oanoelled without farther right to be bear), either before tbis offine or oo appeal, if yon fail to file in tbia offioe with in twenty daya after the FOUBTH pnblioation of this notioe. as shown below, yonr answer, under oath, apeoifloally responding to these allegations ot oontest, together with doe proof tbat yoa have served a oopy of yonr answer on the said contestant eilhet in person or by registered mail. Yon should state in your answer the name of tbe postoBioe to whiob yoa desire fatnte notioes to be sent to yoa. (Signed) F. 0. BRAMWELL, Register. Date, first pnblioation, Jnne 26, 1914. Date, aeoond pnblioation Jnly 8, 1914. Date of third publication Jolj 10, 1914. Data fourth publication, Jnly 17, 1914. Professional S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all . uaiie uotn mgui ana u&y. Calls promptly answered. Omoe on Third street. Athena Oregor DR. A. B. STONE, Physician and Surgeon. OFFICERS W B. SHAFFER President, W. 8. FERGUSON, Vioe-President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier. R. F. CANNON, Ass't. Cashier DIRECTORS to B HHAFFEH. a KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WA'1'18, , F. S. LeGBOVY. FIRST NATIONAL BANK I OF ATHENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation consistent with sound Banking. Offioe in Post Building. Phone, E01 DR. J. W. WELCH Dentist - Athena, Oregon Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. m. PETERSON & BISHOP Attorneys-at-Law Freewater, Oregon - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. DR. E. B. OSBORN Veterinarv Surgeon k Dentist Graduate McKlllip Vetlnary College Offices: Commerlcil table aud Haks Drug Stor . Pboue Main Mo, or 3. REINEMAN ft BRADLEY Engineers and Surveyers Pbone 881 Freewater, Oregon C.E. RUDE, LIVESTOCK and Genera AUCTIONEER Satisfaction Guaranteed Reference First National Bank of Athena Leave Orders with F. S. Le Orow, or phone Main 362, Pendleton Ore. Residence, SOI Pine Street. '.WWPPWWPP WW WW t THE X ST. NICHOLS HOTEL j J. . FEOOME, prop. 1 Iff Only First-class Hotel in the City. THE ST. NICHOLS t ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR 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 $1.35 Per Sack Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash. PAINT IT MOW the 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 pores 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 lh only one thai can accommodate oommaroiai travel era. Iff Can be teoomended tor lu elean and well ventilated rooms. Cob. alAiH ann Thibd, Athena, Or. kMaaAaa4A4Aaa4uaAAA.44i '.WWWWWWWWV tfrfcM4 OVER 8 YEARS' wV EXPERIENCE Anyone tending a thetrh and detorlMkm may eolckly aacertatn our opinion free whether an Invention probably patent'. Conimunlrtu Tradc Marks DcaiaNS C OPT RIGHT AC tloneetrtctlycontldeitMa). HANutJOOK on Patent eut rre. uiaeai agency lor eecumii prnivma. Patents taken throufh Munn A Co. receive aerial notice Without chars, in the Scientific Hrccrican. A Vtandeomftly tlhntrated weekly. I ji Treat elf. cu'siuon of any ic lenilOo Journal. Terms. 93 a rear: four month. fJL, Sow by all nawedeeiera, MUNfUCo."'1 '-New Tort Bnuck Wow. a F IU WasBUwtoa. U. U . fourth of July Celebration ' Under tbe Anapioes of Merohants' Association sod Walla Walla Oommeroial Clnb. Walla Walla, Wash. A Program oosting a lot of money. One that will belp yon tn eDjoy onr big National Holiday. : SATURDAY, JULY 4 I DAY BE WITH US THEN NIGHT Street Parades of Mote; Cavalry Girls, representing all states of tbe Union; Sports and Atbletios, Five Bands, Patriotio Exereisea, Til State League Baseball, and other interesting entertainment features and events of a ohaiaoter too numerous to mention. No Watobfnl Waiting; Something Doing Every JJinnte. Eednoed Bates on all railroads. ' All Weloome. llheLttuyojTthe b&o&sprin&at feme cost NOflAMMOCKING NO tlUM MOCKING NO SAGGING NO EAGGING NO DRAGGING NO PITCHING See the DeJy&'Bed Springs at MILLER'S FURNITURE STORE.