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:; C5 ate SteJ ; AN INDEPENDENt NEWSPAPER ; F. B. Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third nd Jefferson Streets. Entered In the rnitoffloe at Athena, Oregon a. econdClaee Mall Matter. . SubBcriptioxi Ratee. One copy, one year..,. $1.50 Ahen paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months ...... y .75 One copy, three months 50 tATHENA. ORB.. JULY 24, . 1914 NOT DEAD, BUT MERELY SICK Man Made Country Towns) Cod te Be Thanked For Them Ten Men En gaged In Rural Life 8uoeeed Where There Is but One 8ueoeeds In the City." Copyrighted, ISM, by Thomas J. Sullivan. If you would be known and not know, vegetate in a village. If you would know and not be known, live in the city. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder that health and virtue should abound and least be threatened in field and grove! But, while man made the country tores, God is to be thanked for them. They have been aa lamps of life along the pathway of humanity and religion. Within them great men have been bom and great minds conceived and developed. Behind their walls freedom has fought her noblest battles. They have stood on the surface of the earth like great breakwaters, rolling back or turning aside the swelling tide of op pression. Country towns have been the cradles of human liberty. They have been the active sentries of almost all church and state reformation. Towns Not Dead Only Sick. We refer, of course, to live, prosper ous towns, not places that are dead and ready for the last sad rites. Of course there are many towns which are not dead, only sick. They need a tonic to quicken their pulse; they need general treatment by a community specialist, or, better still, they should consult their pride and their conscience and awaken to a full realization of tbelr position and condition. , The wise farmer is looking for the best market possible for his products. He will naturally find it n a live town where there are live, up to date merchants and business men. These men are not only making good mar kets tor the farmer, but are vitally In-' terested in the welfare of the entire town and surrounding community. ' For Universal Good, i They see beyond the results of one day's trade and realize that there Is something more In life than mere money making. Tliey are actively in terested in bettering community con ditions from an educational, social, moral as welt as financial standpoint. Effort in this line Is not confined to the town alone, as; the magnificent benefits extend beyond the corporation limits. The town Ib made a community uud trade center for farmers as well us townspeople, where there is a lively co-operation which makes for univer sal good. . It was a beautiful truth which our forefathers symbolized when In the old market towns they erected a mar ket cross, as if to tench both buyers uud sellers to rule their actions and snuctify tbelr gains by the remem brunce of the cross. 1 - . . Standard Goods Bear Trade Mark, The lire town furnishes a market for all kinds of farm produce. It also becomes a center of exchange which supplies' every human requirement from a needle to a steam thrasher or the luxurious automobile. Modern merchants prldo themselves on their nlilllty to serve the buying public. They fill their stores with merchandise of a standard quality which should innke and keep customers. in previous articles we have shown how a good town contributes to higher farm values and how farm prosperity may be directly and greatly Influenced by the presence of a good town. This being the case, there is a nuturnl rela tion between country and townspeople which many perhaps bavs not thor oughly considered. Same Geeds, Same Prloe. A live town with lire merchants who are broad minded enough to look beyond present day profits Invariably affects land values and the desirability of the countryside as a place to live. Let it be remembered that standard made goods bearing a registered trade mark sell for the same price the world over, and the manufacturer's guaran tee of quality stands behind them in the village store as well as in the large city mercantile emporium. ' Any manufacturing concern which will permit Itself to be tempted Into turning out goods which do not bear its name or trademark is a mighty un reliable Institution. If . its dealings with the mall order house are fulr and honest, why does it try to shield itself from public discovery? i Prlee and Quality, The lower grade goods and "sec onds'" nover carry the maker's name and are sold almost exclusively by the retail catalogue houses or ten cent stores to consumers who have not an opportunity to Inspect the goods or vho consider the price rather than quality. Buying your necessaries at home and selling your produce at home is what makes and keeps the home market and contributes Inrgely to the making of the borne town and community the sort of place in which one generally desires to live and die. Word of Caution. - "Never propose to a girl by letter." ; "Why not?" '1 did it once, and she stuck the let ter in a book she was reading and lent It to my other girl,' Talking Machines. ' Willie Paw, where are ull the talk ing machines made? : Paw They are not made, my mm. They are burn. Maw-Ton pn to lied. Wlllle.-Ctnclo-nut(, ISutiulrvr. FLINT STONES WERE SCARCE Our War Office Had to Advertise For ' ; ' Them In 1776. ',- . The war office calls upon- all per sons who know where flint stones can be secured to notify congress:" Was there aught of prophecy in this brief appeal printed four duya after the signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence? A copy of the Pennsylvania Packet contains the advertisement. The news paper bears date of July 8. 1770. and in the same column explains that the flints are to be used for rifles. And without the old flintlock there would have been no American independence at least not for many more years after the Boston tea party, if Indeed, the colonials unarmed could have mus tered up courage to dump the lead lined boxes Into the bay. , Further perusal of the old news paper shows Jamaica rum and sugar were offered for sale by the hogshead; a reward of $0 was offered for the re turn of a horse that hud strayed away from the rouge, and a woman who had lost two cows rushed Into print with the statement that the Individual who would lead the bo vines home again would be remunerated to the extent of $4. ,.;...- Sheriff's sales occupy a column and a bnlf and the Packet's publisher takes space to announce "advertisements are thankfully received," adding that "un less subscribers pay their back dues at 10 cents n copy It will be impossible to continue publication after another month." ; . EAST INDIAN MAGIC. The Clever Dry Sand Trick and the Way It Is Performed. A very clever trick often seen In In dia is the following, which Is known as the "dry sand trick." - The fakir brings forward n pall, which be proceeds to fill with water. He then shows some ordinary sand, quite dry. To prove its dryness he takes up a handful and, blowing sharp ly upon It, scatters it In ail directions. He then takes up another handful and drops It Into the water. We can all see It lying In the bottom of the pall under the water. Next, showing his hands empty, be places one In the pall and brings out a handful of the sand. Blowing upon It, It still scatters In all directions, showing It to be as dry aa ever. This Is repeated several times until all the sand is again extracted. This clever trick Is performed in the following manner: Fine, clean sand la selected, washed carefully In hot wa ter several times and dried In the sua Some of this sand Is then placed In a frying pan with a lump of fresh lard and Is cooked until all the lard la burn ed away. The result Is that every par ticle of aund is covered with a thin coating of grease, so that when this sand is dropped into the water it re mains dry. Scientific American. , Four Footed Poultry. A certain old man In the Wynchope settlement named Blcklcy was exceed ingly fond of "big words." He was riding his horse over the country one bright spring day, apparently intent on some Important business Whenever be met anybody be grave ly asked: "Have you seen anything of any stray poultry today? I've lost mine and am hunting it" When they told blm "No" be would proceed on his way. After spending several hours In what seemed to be a vain search he at last rode up to the door of a farmhouse and called. "Hello!" A lady came to the door, and, dotting bis hat very politely, the old man Inquired if she bad "no ticed any stray poultry around?" . After a moment's thought the wom an told htm she had seen no chickens. "Oh," be replied, "It's my hogs that I've lost not my chickens," Youth's Companion. KIDNAPING VOTERS. Onbe Regular Feature of Politieal Warfare In England. In England a generation or two ago kidnaping was a regularly organised feature of political warfare. On the eve of an election especially men of In fluence on either side would mysteri ously vanish to reappear later with strange tales of forcible seizures, mad races across country In post chaises driven by yelling postilions, followed by longer or shorter terms of gilded imprisonment In great mansions, where they were wined and dined In sump tuous style and treated right royally In every way, only their liberty being denied them. ' Quite bumble voters, too, were forci bly abducted, but these did not always fare quite so well. Thus one victim niudo complaint before a magistrate that he bad been decoyed from bis bouse by a ruse nud kept shut up in cool hole for three days.', Wholesale kidnaping of voters In batches, too. wns not unknown, the process beiug rendered easier by the custom of candidates paying the trav eling expenses of their electors to and from the polling places. For Instance, nt a certain Newcastle election a whole shipload of freemen of the borough, dispatched from Lon don by sea, were token by the captain -who bud been heavily bribed to Os tend and there left stranded. During the same coutest too, and tinder similar circumstances a number of Berwick electors who happened to reside in London were dumped down lu Norway, and a group of dirty Ips wich voters found thcmselrea on the day of the poll cooling tbelr beels upon the quay at Itotterdam. Pearson's Weekly. V MARRIAGE FAILURES. Two Crista In Wedded Life That Are Mainly Responsible. That there should be such involved discussion and so many amazingly contradictory theories about the cans of the failure of marriage is surpris ing. . The plain fact la that marriage la al ways the end of romance and the be ginning of history. This Is so true that limner tells us the women of an cieut Greece reckoned tbelr age not from the blrtb dute, but from the wed ding day. A good many husbands In this twentieth century are a good deal more certain uboat the number of yonrs tbelr wlvea bar lived since mar- "ja,)imiUlvn iiimmnruiMlTto ten they bad numbered before they became wives. . Failure to recognize the difference between romance and history causes failure of marriage. Romance is all play; history is a serious business. Courtship Is piei marriage la potatoes. The comedown from pie to potatoes sometimes overstrains matters serious ly. But IT this crisis is safely passed another awaits. Love is the spice of life, but friend ship Is the nourishing food without which life, except to unusual individ uals, becomes a burden. The marriage which Is all spice and no food soon gives one or frequently both of Ibe parties thereto acute indigestion. When the ecstatic emotions of the hon eymoon bare fled, murrlage must And some other subsistence or it cannot thrive. And the only satisfying food Is friendship. Mother's Magazine. , Trivial Causes of Wars. A bucket was once the innocent cause of a terrible war.' Nine centu ries ago some soldiers of Modena stole a bucket as a joke from a public well at Bologna. When they refused to re store It scrimmaging commenced be tween the soldiers of the-rival states. and a war ensued, which spread Until it involved the greater part of Eu rope. In more recent times a debt of a few shillings of which the bey of Algiers demanded payment through the French consul led to a war which lasted twenty years, cost more than 600,000 lives and made Algeria a French possession. Good That He Returned. ' '"Boy, watch my horse till I come back!" called a man to a boy lounging around the station, as be hastened to bid farewell to a departing friend. : "Sural" said the boy, taking, the reins. Just then the locomotive whistled and the horse, rearing suddenly, start ed at full speed up the road. The boy stared after the fleeing animal, and, as tbe owner appeared, exclaimed with relief: "It's a good thing you came now, sir, for I couldn't bave watched blm mnch longer." Ladles' Home Journal .' SUMMONS. I In tbe Circuit Conrt of the State of Oiegon for Umatilla County. Mamie Boyd, Plaintia, . ? vs. '.;' -, Cleveland G. Bold, Defendant. To Cleveland O. Boyd, tbe above- named defendant: In tbe name of tbe State of Oregon, yoo are bereby summoned ana re qairel to appear and answer tbe com plaint of tbe plaintiff filed against yon to tbe above entitled court ana oauae within six weeks from tbe date of tbe first publication of this sum mons, to-wit, on or berate tbe or a day of Jul, A. D.,' 1914; and yon will take notioe that If yon fail to appear test and seoare the cancellation of yocr Homestead Entry No. 08683, made Jnna 86tb, 1909, for NEJi Sea. 28, and 8EJi Beotlon 14, Township 6 North, Bange 82 Bast. Willamette Meridian, and as gtounds tor bis con test be alleges that said Frank Baloom has failed lo leside upon tbe land and improve - tbe land aa required by law, and has wholly abandoned' tbe same. Von are, therefore, further notified tbat tbe said allegations will bs taken as oonfessed, and jour said entry will be cancelled witbont further right to be heard, either before tbis offine or on appealr if yoo fail to file in tbia off ioe with in, twenty dajs after the rUUKTti publication of tbis notioe and knew er or otherwise plead to the ' as shown below, yonr answer, nnder said eomniaint within said time tbe oath, specifically responding to these plaintiff, for want thereof, will apply to tbe oourt for tbe relief prayed for and demanded in said, oomplaint, to wit, for a deorea of said oourt forever dissolving tbe tonds of matrimony now and heretofore existing between plaintiff and defendant and for an ab solute divoioe from the defendant and for otbet equitable1 relief. - Tbia summons ispnbliabed pursuant to an order of Hon, Gilbert W. Pbelps, Circuit Judge of the Sixth Jndloial Distriotot.tbe State of Oregon, daly made and filed on the 16th day of May A. D., 1914, and the first pnblioation of tbis summons will be made in tbe Atbena Press newspaper on Friday, the 22nd day of May, 1914, and the last pnblioatiou will be made on Fri day tbe said 8rd day of July, A. D. 1914. Dated tbis the 16tb day of May, 1914. WILL M. PETERSON,"1 Attorney for Plaintiff. -i - ' .j.-.. -.. . - ., ' Jolting Him. Bashful Touth Miss Bella, does- does your mother object to my coming here so much? Fair Charmer Ob, I think not I beard her telling papa the other evening that you merely came to pass away tbe time; you didn't mean anything serious. London Tit-Bits.' ORIGIN OF A NOTED PHRASE. "I'd Never Allow the -Constitution to Come Between Friends." Ip one session of tbe legislature tbe New York city Democratic representa tives were split Into two camps, and there were two rivals for leadership. One of these was a thoroughly good hearted, happy-go-lucky person who was afterward for several 'years In. congress. He had been a local magis trate and was called judge. He was always willing to vote for any otber member's bill himself, bnd be regard ed It as narrow minded for any one to oppose one of bis bills, especially If tbe opposition was upon tbe ground that It wns unconstitutional. On one occasion be bad a bill to ap propriate money with .obvious impro priety for the relief of some miscreant whom he styled "one of the bonest yeolnanry of tbe state." Wben 1 ex plained to blm that It was clearly un constitutional he answered, "Me friend, the constitution don't touch little things like that" and tben ajldcd, with an ingratiating smile, "Anyhow, I'd never nllow the constitution to come between friends." . At tbe time I was looking orer the proofs of Mr. Bryce's "American Com monwealth." and 1 told htm tbe inci dent He put It Into the first edition of the "Commonwealth." Whether It Is In the Inst edition or not I cannot say. -From "Theodore RooseveltAn Autobiography." muse wno onject to tne wiaespreaa newspaper may see the apotheosis of their bete noire In tbe museum at Alx-la-Chapelle, tbe only existing copy of tbe Illuminated Quatruple Constella tion, "published In New York in 1850. Happily this monstrosity did not sur vive the first Issue, for its psges meas ure eight and one-half feet by six feet and each contains thirteen columns forty-eight inches long. By way of comparison It may be mentioned that tbe smallest newspaper In the world Is tbe Mexican El Tele grama, with pages four Inches square. London Chronicle. Notice to Creditors. ... , la the County Conit of tbe State, of Oregon for Umatilla County, v . In tbe Matter of tbe Estate of Loo is LaBrasohe, Deceased. , Notioe is hereby given to all persons whom it may oonoern, tbat W. S. Ferguson baa qualified as administra tor of the estate of Lonis LaBrasohe, deceased, and all persons having olaims against the estate are required to present them witb prnpei vonobeis as required by law, to said exeonlor at tits oifioe in Atbena, Ore., or to his attorney, Homer I. Watts, at his law oifioe in Atbeoa, Ore., within six months from tbe first pub lication of tbis notioe. Dated tbia tbe 10th day nf Jnly. 1914. Homer I. Watts, W. S. Feignson, . Attorney. Administrator. NOTICE OF CONTEST. (For pnblioation.) ' Stoats Hunt In Packs. ': In some years stoats appear to be more numerous than in others, and they are seen not in onea and twos, but in dozens, bunting together In small packs. Stoats will hunt together from scent and In full cry like a pack of hounds, one always keeping the line and followed closely by tbe others. This sight bas been recorded by differ ent observers who have also seen wea sels hunting in the same vay. Valuable 8ervloes. "I have indeed done a service," the orator declared. "I bave given tbe people cause to think." . "That wns something at least" "Yes, oh, yes. But I bave done a further service. I have told them Just how to think." rtnffalo Express. 8ilent Service. "Don't yon like silent service in tbe house?" "Sure. That's one reason we pat in dumb waiter'-Baltimore American. Making Connections. Knlcker Life is hard. Booker Yes, By the time your nether stops forbid ding you to ent Jam tbe doctor beelns Depsrtmant of Tbe Interior, United States Land Offioe. La Grande 06404, Contest No. 744. La Grande, Oregon Jnna 16tb, 1914. lo Brice O. MoKinley, of Walla Wal la, Wash., Contestee: Yon are bereby notified tbat Emery M. Aobilles, wbo gives Atbena, Ore gon, as bis postoffioa address, did on June 6th, 1914, file in tbis offioe bis duly corroborated applioation to con test and aeouie the oanoellation of your - Homestead Entry No. 06404, made May 3rd, 1909, for NWJi Seo ticn 34, Township 6 North, Bauge 63 Esst Willamette Meridian, and as grounds for bis oontest he alleges that said Brioe O. MoKinley, tbe entry man, has never established residenoe on said land and bas never cultivated or. improved it and baa abandoned said lent?. Yon are therefoie farther notified that tbe said allegations will bs taken ss sonlessed, and yonr said entry will te oanoeled without further tlgbt to be heard, either before tbia offioa or oa appeal, it yon fail to file in tbia office witbin twenty days after the FOURTH pnblioation of tbis notioe, as shown belo your answer, under, oath, apeoitloally lesponding to these allegations of oontest, together witb due proof that you have seived a oopy of yom answer on tbe said contestant either in person oi by registered mail. Yon abould stats in your answer tbe name of tbe postoffioe lo whiob yon desire future notioes to be seut to you. (Signed) F. C. BRAMWELL, i Register. Date of first pnblioation June 28, 1914 Data of seoond publio'tion Jnly S, 1914 Date of third pnblioation Jnly 10, 1914 Date of fourth poblio'tioo July 17, 1914 NOTICE OF CONTEST. (For pnblioation.) Department of Tbe Interior, United Slates Land Oifioe. La Grands 06683. Oooteat No. 747. La Grande, Oregon, June 16th, 1914. To Frank Baloom, of Juniper, Ortg on, Contestee: " Yon are berebv notified tbat Emery M. Achilles,' who gives Athena, Ore goo, aa bis postoffioe address, did on June 16th, 1914. file in this offioe bis duly eorioborated application to con Makes the food more delicious end wholesome ' (nvtt ewme KMroc eo, , wm vom. allegations of contest, together with dne proof tbat yoo bave served a oopy of your answer on tbe said oontestant either in person or by legistered mail, Yon should state in yonr answer tbe name of the postoffioe to wbiob yon desire future notioes to be sent to you. (Signed) F. 0. BRAMWELL, Register. Date, first pnblioatiou, June 36, 1914. Date, second pnblioation Jnly 8, 1914. Dateof third publication Jnly 10, 1914. Date fourth publication, July 17. 1914. Professional S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all ' - calls both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Offloe on Third Blroet, Atbena Qregor . . ... , ' DR. A. B. STONE, Physician and Surgeon. 1 OFFICERS 8. SHAFFER President, '. S. FERGUSON, Vice-President, S. Le GROW, Cashieri , F. CANNON, Ass't Casbier DIRECTORS W. B. 8HAFFER, H. KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. ,WA'1'1S, F. S. Le GROW. fIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATIIENA -CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $100,000.00 , We extend to our Depositorsevery tAccommdation , consistent with sound Banking. Offioe in Post Building.. Phone, 601 DR.' J. W. WELCH , ( Dentist ' Athena, Oregon Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. ra PETERSON & BISHOP Attorneys-at-Law Freewater, Oregon - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorner-at-Law Athena, Oregon. , : . , . DR. E. B. OSBORN Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist Graduate McKllup Vetlnary college Ofltces: Commer'.cil able nud Haks Dm . . or . raoue Alain fitc, or s : i . TO URTELLOTTE ft HUMMEL - ' , Architects ' R. W. HATCH, Manager Despain Building, : Pendleton, 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 363, Pendleton Ore. Residence, 501 Pine Street. WW WWWW WW WW 2 7 THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL . , , J. . FKOOME, pbop. Only First-class Hotel in the City. THE ST. NICHOLS ; t t TH It the only one that otn aooommodate oommarolal travelers. Cm be teoomenaed for its clean and well Tentllated rooms. Cob. Maim lira THisin, ATBsnA.Or. -... ------- - J .CO ee t4j OVER 6S YEARS' V EXPERIENCE , ' 1 V A Tram Mams V.. Designs rMfffT COTYRIOHTSAC Ant)M tending tkttrh and dfwcripttaii muf qntcklv Mctjrutn ctir opinion frM whether ma ItlTtsntmn tm prnntiy pstiviiLr- a. viiiuiuuhkw ttnitiatrtsftlTconflttetUtal. HANubODK ou Patent aent frav Omeat umkit for securtnir DtUmtc Fateutt taken throusrh Mum. ft Co. iwotlr tmtciai swMc. wit boat obarvsa, tatHw Scientific Hacricax A htmttomalr tltettrated weekly. I-arrwrt ft. tfulatiofl of any tfivnUOe Kturtud. Torma. K pv ; roar monutt, ai. bom uj aii itawaueaient. mm ff Pn afiiBMswJwat. now Ynr ' lunii auui "iibf iuiu sPieW VWsWai wms m wnsMiiaiwaasiw ESTABLISHED 1865 I 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. Patronise 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 l 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 pores and cracks, and ev ery day's delay adds extra expense,. 1at 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. Come In The Water's Fine At Worth Beach Queen of all Northwest Summer Resorts. The O.-W. R. & N. 0 .... . sells round-trip tickets at low fares wijth liberal privileges, ; ' , ; . Every Day- V For full particulars ask J. R. Mathers, Agent," O.-W. R. & N., tithena, Oregon. the LzgQiiyofthQ MsficpCsprmg atVsme cost NO MAMMOCKING NO WJMMOCKING NO SAGGING BAGGING NO DRAGGING NO PITCHING 4,' s s-s n i " n b a t yv r, ' - - n i See the VeJi&s'Bed Springs at MILLER'S FURNITURE STORE. V