Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1914)
Buy-Your.. Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVI. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 31. 1914. NUMBER 32 I'Foss-Winship HARDWARE Company Sell Superior Ranges . The . World Leader Since 1837 Iii Barre&'Bifilding, Athena, Or. m trnm v kh w.i.i.t.rMMi it' rl ' ' "t--1- ,lT- tXj Many Farmers would make Use of Sileage if they were - Not Afraid of the Cost The cost of patented Silos means the wages of special - agents, a special mill, and of the whole list of a special Silo organization : ; Erect a Low Cost Tunt-a-Lum Silo and investigate this matter of Sileage on your own farm - Have you thought anything about your winter fuel? i "See A. M. JOHNSON about it " Jx The Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company Good Groceries go to the Right Spot Every Time This is the Right Spot To go to Every Time for Groceries c iTRYTHESt-THEYU PLEASE! ONE BEST THE M0W0P0LE Monopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits Monopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT UPWARD TENDENCY IN WHEAT PRICE IN LOCAL MARKET TODAY : IS 74 TO 75 CENTS. Farmers Holding off, Market Unsettled By European War Cioud and Preparations. NJI Home of QUALITY s3 3 S , - y .: ; I mSBBi. Groceries j . Theia have ' been no offerings lo speak of in tne local wheat market tbia week.: Farmer! are holding off, nnderstanding the situation abroad, and will hot sell, as a role oo the up ward trend of the market. . ' Baaed on Portland advices, wheat today ia 71 oeats bere, bnt it ie under stood that obcioe lots, free from amnt would bring 75 cents out at tbe mill. ' There was not tnnoh exoitement in Northwestern wheat market, bat the market lost none ol its strength. Bay ing quieted down in a material degree ia tbe ndvioe sent out from Portland. 'Ibis was not only beoauee dealers were more wary in view of tbe recessions in distant markets, bnt the farmers had mnoh to do wilb tbe slackening of trade. All are now familiar with tbe situation abroad, knowlug that sbonld a general war begin in Europe their prodnot will be iu strong demand at bigher prloes than now prevail. . There is of oonrse, mo oh uncertain ty In tbe market; and everything binges on developments of tbe neit few days, and in tbe meantime Port land bnyers are not idle. Until there is assurance of a peaoeful settlement nt tbe 8ervian affair or at least proof it will be localized, the market is ei peoted to maintain all of its present strength. ' ' i IN THE HARVEST FIELD, i Harvest ii now far enough advanced that one may get line on tbia sea son's grain yield in tbe Athene dis trict. From all reports, 40 bnshels per aore is tbe common run of wheat; barley spring sown-1-is not showing op well, bnt that on summer fallow land is producing satisfactory results. Smutty wheat ia reported, bnt this is found apparently in spots. Two stationary thrashing maobinea were burned in this vioinity, tbe oaose arising presumably from tmnt explo sions. Lon Williams" separator bad its innards burned out Wednesday eve ning, shortly before quitting time. Yesterday . morning, sboitly . after starting op, tbe Watts Brothers' ma obine waa totally destroyed, together with a setting of 2.00 sacks of wheat destroyed and damaged. Tbia fire oc curred oo tbe R. K. Siewart plaoe, north of town. Tbe boys immediate ly purchased the Frank Beale ma chine, and in a few hours were at work again. ! . ' f : -f $ ' John Ball's 180 acre field of wheat is averaging 40 bushels per acre. : Henry Koepke baa the banner yield so far; EO bnshels per aore. Henry Wood reports bis or op at 35 bushels per aore. ' i v t From 260 aores Dean Dudley ee onred .40 bushels per aore. W. R. Taylor believes bis 200 aore field will average better than 40' bu shels. . .. - ; Walter Adams has a 900 aore crop o( barley. He says there are stout 100 aores of it that will turn olf 75 bnsbels to the aore. ' Watts Brothers rnaobine made a orack ron Wednesday forenoon, work ing in 10 bushel grain oo the Look wood plaoe, when 825 saoka of wheat were wiggled onto tbe pila by tbe sank sewers. Ish also has a bandy bunob of header drivers. They xeoentlv out 120 aores of grain in a day and a half. Ait Coppook has no amnt in bia wheat, and be ia counting on bia 230 sores to yield between 40 and 45 bu shels per aorn. ' ; " The lower Watts place yield ia 're ported to be between 43 and 45 Bushels per aore. Joseph Hodgooa and son James have purchased a new Brown-Lewis com bine, equipped with gasoline engine, and the maobine is being tried ootoo tbe Eiik estate, east of town. New City Editor on Tribune. : S. A. Stone, a former Umatilla oounty boy who has teen connected with various newspapers to tbe North west for several years, baa aooepted a position with the Evening Tribune in tbe oapaoity of oity editor. Mr. Stone ia tbe eon of Jerry Stone, a pioneer of Umatilla oonpty and former representative in tbe Oregon legisla ture. Enjoying a wide aoqnaintanoe iu Pendleton and Umatilla oonnty, added to many years' training in tbe newspaper business, makes Mr. Stone a valuable addition to the Evening Tribone staff. Mr. Stone baa arrived in Pendleton from Eugene, where be was oo n nee ted with tbe Register. He formerly did newspaper work in Salem, Walla Walla and North Yakima. Pendleton Tribune, ; Purdr Out for Governor. Will E. Pnrdy, wbo recently made a figbt in tbe eonrta for an estate valued at f 66,000 of the late Henry D. Winters of Portland, baa filed with Secretary of State Oleott bis certificate of nomination as a non-partisan aan didate for Governor. Mr. Pordy for merly lived io Portland but is now potiinhing a paper io Newberg. air. Winters died intestate, and Agues How Bombmakers' Home Appeared After Explosion I b -r? i h mm immm 1 af i JSj 'n ... , Photos by American Press Association. INCREASED police activity against anarchists Is now being enforced in ' many cities owing to the recent dynamite explosion In New York city 1 which killed four people. - The dynamite wus in possession of Arthur Carop, Charles Hansen And Charles Berg, three-anart'lilHts who were killed in the explosion. They were uinklug bombs, it ia said.. The explosion occurred at 1C26 Lexington avenue and wrecked the entire building. Tbe photo shown the tenement as it appeared after the blowup. The police are looking for an accomplice of the trio and allege thnt theae men were heads of a dynamiting conspiracy. The children shown here are survivors. . . . Bntts was appointed administratrix. Pnrdy insisted that the property be turned Over to him, produoiug an al leged deed for it in his favor. A room ing honse on the property rented for $400 a month. I be administratrix sued to have tbe deed declared void, wbiob was done by the courts. I Booher-Grant. ' Mr. Walter Booher and Miss Lights Grant, well known young people of this city, sprung a surprise on their friends and acquaiotanoes by going to UlBrkstoo, Wash., last Saturday and getting married. Tbey left Athena Friday ty automobile, arriving at Ularkston the following morning. Saturday evening at the home of D. E. Boober, nnele of tbe groom, the wedding eeremony was performed by tbe pastor of the Methodist Episcopal obnroh of Clarkston. - Mr. and Mrs. Booher returned to Atbena on Tueeday eveniug's train. Tbey will go to housekeeping in tbe Willis Bush cot tage on Adams street. .. DOES NOT REiViEiVlBER PAST Udell of Hermiston in Pendleton Hos ' pita, Peculiar Case. Perfectly rational but with oo te membranoe of bis paBt life, not know ing bis own name and showing no algn of recognition toward his sweet heart who is in constant attondanoe at his bedside, Joe Udell of Hermiston, who waa brought to tbe Pendleton hospital Tuesday, is proving one of the strangest oases ever coming nnder the observation of looal pbysioians, says the East Oregoniao. He remembers everything perfectly from the lime of his arrival at the hospital but oan recall no inoident of bis life previous to that time. He talks ae rationally as any man, but bis past life is a blank to him. He knowa that bis first name ia Joe be cause the people atout him address him so but be declares be does not know bis last name. Be had been to Umatilla tbe day that be suddenly swooned away tot declares to Dr. Henderson that be baa never beard of Umatilla. He owns a number of horses wbiob be bas been working on tbe government projeot but oannot re member of aver baviog had a horse. The lady to whom be bad been paying attentions regularly prior to his defec tion and wbo aooonipenied him to tbe hospital he does not remember, refer ring to bet always as "that lady." "Yoo are a fortunate man," said Dr. Henderson io him. "Few of us are given tbe opportunity to forget our sins and errors and begin life over with a clean slate." "Bnt isn't there a possibility of my old habits asserting themselves?" be qnestioned. "I afked this lady if I bad bad any tad habits and abe tells me I was a good uao." Dr. Henderson is still of tbe opinion that the man Is suffering from a con cussion of the brain desnite tbe faot there ie no abrasion oo bia bead. However, be ia fraokly puzzled at bis loss of memory. Udell will be .kept at tbe hospital for several days or un til be shows himself able to take oaie of himself. LITTLE CHILDPASSES MY Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards' Daugh ter Helen Succumbs to Fatal Illness. After a heartbreaking illness of eleven days, in wbiob all human effort failed to restore her to bealtb, tbe sweet spirit of Helen, the Idol of her parents, Mr. and Mis. B. B. Riobards and of tbe eotire community, took its flight Sunday evening, and tbe little one waa laid awav Tuesday afternoon, amid banks of beautifnl flowers, in tbe Athena cemetery, ; Tbe funeral was held from tbe borne aud a short service oonduoted by Rev, R, E. Hornali. A quartet composed of Misses Zelma and Merna DePeatt and Joseph N. and Dr. Will R. Soott, furnished . appropriate mnslo. Tbe pall bearers were: M. L. Watts, W, S. Ferguson, F. S. LeOtow and W. P. Llttlejohn. Helen was permitted io brighten this cow desolated borne for tbesbortspsoe of two years, three months and twelve days, then was translated beyond tbe reach of pain and sorrow, before sbo had ever reached the age to realize either. She was a wonderfully bright and lovable little tot, and the only ebild of Mr. and Mis. Riohaids, wbo have tbe sympathy of a large circle of friends. BONDING ELECTION TI7 NOTICES POSTED BY CLERK OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. Voting y Ballot, Between the Hours of Two o'Clock and Seven o'Clock, p. m. Notioes have been posted br Chaa. Belts, oleik of the aobool board, an nouncing that tbe school district bonding election will be beld at the school bouse, on Monday, Angust 17. the (lection will he beld between tbe hours of 2 o'olook, p, m. and 7 o'clock p. m. Tbn election is to be beld far tbe purpose ot permitting tbe taxpayers of tbe diatnat to vote their sentiments on the proposed 50,000 bond issue lor tbe aonstruotlon of a sobool building and fnmishing the same with modern boating plant, fniniturp. equipment, etc. . -, Tbn vote will be oast by ballot upon which will be tbe words, "Bonds, Yes." and "Bonds, No." the voter maiking his preference with an X marked between the words Bonds and yes or no. Only taxpayers, wbo are legal voters in the dlstriot, have tbe right it fob on the issue. ' IS NOT President Assures Busmesa Men He . Seeks to End Suspicion. Defending tbe administration's anti trust program, President Wilson told a large delegation ot business men representing large wholesale organisa tions that he was seeking to end an era of "suspicion and recrimination hv puttiug into law what the moral judgment of tbe oommnuity baa said ought to be there. " . , Be assuied tbem that the govern ment waa not "running amuck." The wholesalers laid before tbe president a prepared argument against several features of tbe Clayton anti trust bill end tbe trade commission bill, bnt said tbey approved of tbe general purposes ot the proposed liti gation. Mt. Wilson entered into a detailed discussion of tbe bills and prumised to lay his callers' suggestions before tbe proper ocmmlttees of tbe senate. . -,; i The president alsn talked of business conditions and tuenutl-li'ost bills with Hugh Chalmers, a Detroit manufao tnrxr, who agreed with the president's views aud said that prosperity would come as soon as tbe present onoertoin ty was relieved. IN A CONTROVERSY HILL FAVORS CENTRAL OREGON AS THE BEST ROUTE. Judge Worden' Takes Issue, With the Permanent High way Advocates. Laborer Killed By Train. Milo Rustovicb, a laborer employed by the Swan-Benson Company on the Eobo-Coyote cutoff, was killed bv a trelgbt train Tuesday. Rnstovioh, after dinner at tba camp about a mile below, caught a passing freight to ride back to his work, and in attempt ing to drop off the train, be was drag ged to Lis death. Tbe body was taken to Pendleton by the same train that killed tba laborer.. Rnstovioh was 35 years old. He came from Peudletoo and had only been at work three days when killed. Paoiflo Highway enthusiasts are io ' a wrangle over the looatiou of the trunk road' and 'method of ooostruo tlon. Severe condemnation of Samuel Hill for attempted diotation of the good-road polioy of Oregou end bis alleged effort to iihange tbe route, of the Paoiflo Highway from Willamette Valley 'to Eastern Oregon aud tba . launching of a campaign for tbe states tbemsolves to go iuto tbe road-making business marked . tbe seoond annual convention of the Trl-State Good . Roads Association, wbiob opeued at Medford Monday, with 100 delegates from California, Washington aud Ore gon... .'. v V:- , . .-; In welooming tbe delegates, W. H. Gore of Medford, president ot the Medford National Bank, said he was not snrprieed at the letter from Mr. Hill, as Mr. Hill aereral years ago bad eudeavored to preeuade biro that thai logioal route for tbe Paoiflo Highway waa tbiougb Central Oregon rather . than throngb tbe Roane River, Ump qua and Willamette Valleys. , , "I told Mr. Hill what ( believe . now," said Mr. a Gore, "that, while sectionalism and petty partisanslbip bave oo place iu onr good road polioy and the people of Eastern Oregon, as well aa the people of Northern aud and Southern Oregon, deserve good roads and abould nave1 then,; never theless the immediate need and. the first work to be done Is to anpply tbst portion ot tba state wbiob la most thickly aettled with tbe first aeotion of the PaoMo Highway aud that seo- : tioo runs tbiougb tbe state trooi Ash land tbiougb Grants Psss, Eugene to Poitland." The first speech in favor of all trunk nflnat.nni.ri h that atnltt with toaAnvm built by tbe counties, was mode by Judge Wateoo of Ashlsnd. He waa followed by Frederlok Holienbeig of Corvallis, wbo explained by a printed olrcolar which waa passed through the aodienoe, tbe plsn of Sam U. Moore, also ot that titv.t This plan in general advooates all road work be carried on nnder tbe central authority ot state with aid from tbe Government, i Mr. Hollenterg lead oommendatlons of this plan from James Witbvoombe, 0. J. Smith and W. S. U'Ren, oan didatee for governor. Judge Worden ot Klamath Falls, took issue with tbe permanent high way advooates and said the immedi ate need lo Oregon was not for bard- , eurfaoed roada, desirable aa tbey un doubtedly wsie, bnt foi batter average roads, roada that ware wslli drained and well surfaced, aocommodatug not only tbe automotillst bnt tbe firmer and homesteader, "We oannot afford hard-aorfaoed roada now," said he. Let's get tbe maximum transportation weoanailord aud then, aa we prosper and inoreess In population, we oan pot on these niaoadam and gravel roads, a perma nent hard surfaoe." . Worth i mi v' Jiva.'.xi-r v mn awr - While Savings in Groceries Qffl A few cents, nick ffa les and dimes sav- CQf' ed here and' there make a material 100ClS difference in the week's outlay. iT-n7 I Let us Figure on Your Harvest Order J We will Make it Worth Your While While everybody is figuring on the best way of reducing the cost of living, we are do ing our share to bring about an improved condition, by offering table necessities at less than usual cost. Taking advantage of every trade condition and buying in large quan tities, enables us to give you the benefit of lower prices. . f; - THE "MONEY-BACK STORE" ATHENA, OREGON,