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a at AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Co ner Third and Jefferson Streets. , Entered in the fnfrtofflce at Athena, Oregon as econdtnassMall Matter. Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $1.50 AThen paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months .75 One copy, three months.... 50 Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent Insertions ....12 Display regular, per inch .....12H Local readers, first insertion, per line, 10c Subsequent Insertions, per line 5c Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c tlTHENA, ORE., JAN, 8 , . 1015 The proposed PtoMhit'loa bill 'as printed in Stindnv'a Oregonian would, if passed by the Legislature, make tbe llqoor Easiness in), this state a snap for the bootlegger. Tbe Prohibition amendment, wblob carried at the No vember eleotlon by more tban 86,000 majority, took tbe liquor traflio away from tbe lioensed ealoon, bnt tbia pio nnsed bill creates a new obannel for tbe flow of booze through indisarim Inste blind pig manipulations, for tbe bill provides tbat "It (ball be unlaw fnl for any one person or family with in this State to receive from any oom moo oarrier more than five gallon) of spiritnons or vinons liqoors or more than 20 gallons of malt liqnors within the period of fonr gnooessivs weeks" I Tbls is tbe kernel of tbe bill intended to make effeotive tbe prohibition amendment enaoted by tbe people of Oregon, and tbe Oregonian eayi it was drafted by tbe "legal committee" of the Committee of One Hundred, as listed by "representatives" of tbe An ti-Saloon League, tbe Women's Chris tlan Temperanae Union, tbe Prohlbl tion tarty and other "dry" workers throughout the State. Possibly eo, Yet there remains tbe possibility of the Legislature , faoiog - that 86.000 majority for prohibition culling ont tbe joker In tbe bill. Complete tbe Weston-Milton link of the macadam road. Permanent roads was one of tbe main issues entering lata the Oonntv oamnaign dnring tbe eleotlon, Commissioner Cook born was re elected on bis previous reoord as permanent improvement advocate. Likewise Marsb was eleoted over Gil' Island for County Judge mainly on this issue. Benoe, the proposal now advanoed to defer road work nntil a test has been given tbe road , already oomploted, finds bnt few advocates up toll way. It gives this proposal tbe oolor of aeotlonal prejudice, resolved into a aobeme to transfer tbe road woik lor tbls year to another port of the oonnty, leaving tbe Weston-Milton Una uncompleted. 'It takea a largo blaok headline over an extraordinary battle to make some people give more than a passing thought to the world war these days. They've even fallen baok to dlsonssing Barry 'I haw again. Ye gods and little fleh esl inBnitesimally little. We oan see the tlnish of the Weston Colonel if be oan be prevailed upon to take a little joy ride in "Jinks" Tav lot't aO-horse power roadster. Al ways an inveterate orank, be would make a f nil band at tbe front end of the niBohiue. 'I hat the Russian bear is partial to lnikey, is evidenoed by tbe war re ports that two oorps cf Turks have sooonmbed dnring a 14-day battle In the GanaaBus. It ooati ten oenta in federal tax to eeoote a wedding oertlfloate, Bnt don't let little thing like tbat stop yon. - Jnst a little moisture, Mr. J. Plnv lns. We need it in tbe wheat growing business. Eggs wanted. This appeal Is op to the Oregonian and China to supply. Don't get atnng la 1915 leave the mail order houses alone. Ban Diego is now the tonrist'a Meo oa, 'Vrlsoo, next. Negro Melody. A tig feature with Slohaids & Prlogle'e Georgia Minstrels, who come to tbe Athena Opera bonae on Wednes day, January 80, ia tbe band end or chestra; tbe former under the direo tion of tbat wiaard of tbe trombone, Fred Simpson. Justly styled "The Clack Pryor," and the latter nnder tbe leadership of Fraok Anderson, who rroeived bis musioal ednoatioo in Moo lib. There ia sometblug peoul iarly haunting about Negro melody uud vuloee. Wbo can aouud the depth or fathom tbe strange sweet patboa of their voioes? Or the weird, Indefin able something io tbe baimouy tbey prodnoe with their ioatrumentef One moment it ie like tbe moan of loat tools; tbe next of a lightness end gai ety that wonld aet all the world danc ing. Ear natnraJ unpolished harmony they have never been approaobed by tbe wbita nnilciau. If yon wish to bear tbe song of tbe Sootbland ren dered as only the Negro can render them, von should by all meaue attend the peiformauoe given by tbla com pany. Adv. - Why Pay 8 Per Cent? For farm loana whan yon can obtain obeaper money by applying to Malooejr & Uwino. Enquire or wiite to either J. H. Uwino of the Peudiatoa Ab iraot Company, or J. W. Malonay, of Pendleton, Oregon. Adv. A Risky Jump. ';. John Henderson, ooe of tbe orew working on tbe rook orosber near Adams, did a atnnt tbe other day whiob be is not likely to repeat. Walking' along tbe road toward Ad ams, be was offered a ride io an anto motile driven by W, J. Borne of Pen dleton. He stood on tbe running board, and on nearing bla destination, instead of waitiog for tbe driver to slow down be etepped from the swiftly moving oar. Be turned over severe! times and when picked op was nnoon soious. Tbougb severely hart about tbe faoe, bis injuries were not dan gerous. . FLOATING ISLANDS. Japan Has a Lake of Them, and They ' ' , 8ometimes Capsize. .,'lh'Yamagata, Japan, Is a small lake called the- Lake of the floating Is lands,' discovered about the year 1340, which has from that time attracted the attention of many poets and liter ary men. A report on tbe mysterious movements of these Islands, drawn np by a party under Professor S. Kusa knbe, is published In tbe science re ports of tbe Toboku Imperial univer sity. Tbe floating islands, 'which at times number no fewer than sixty, are found to be continually changing their posi tions, moving first one way and then tbe other. In tbe first series of obser vations wooden floats were placed in tbe lake, showing the distribution of the various currents. Subsequently a model of the lake was constructed, and it was found possible closely to repro duce the various movements of the surface. When both water and 'wind currents were taken Into accouut the actual behavior of tbe Islands was found to be quite In accordance with theory and experiment. Tbe Islands originate from masses of vegetable debris, which are first jiar rled to the surface by bubbles ofgns; then reeds commence to grow from seed on tbem. Sometimes tbe mass becomes topheavy and overturns, and reeds grow on the other side, until the Island has grown sufficiently large in extent to secure stability. NIAGARA FALLS. TEST OF A TOASTMASTER. His Speech, Whether It Be Good or Bad, Should Ba Very Brief. To the average man an invitation to "make a few remarks" after dinner is at once a terror and a secret pride. To be asked to be tbe toastmaster at a big dinner is usually taken aa recognition of wit and knowledge. Tbe toastmaster's speech should be very brief. If he Is a good speaker himself a speeen of any considerable lengtb Imposes unfair competition upon the real speakers, usually visiting guests, whom he Is to introduce. It the toastmaster is a poor speaker be bores the audience and the waiting guests as well. And In any event every minute occupied by the toast master Is a robbery of tbe time of the real speakers of tbe evening, and an after dinner speaker may have a real message that needs delivery, and the long drawn Introduction, With side lights and anecdotes, will reully cheat the audience of something worth while. Tbe toastmaster has a tusk of courte syto prepare the diners for the man wbo Is to speak, to tame nnd train the audience Into a proper frame of mind and to turn It over to the speaker In formed as to his Identity, prejudiced In his favor a little perhaps, but cer tainly not In tbe reaction following a laugh raised by the toastmaster. Bos ton Globe. Are Foxes Vegetarians? Foxes are not generally accredited with vegetmion Instincts. Vou never see their tracks, as yon see those of rabbits, around a young oak tree shoot which has been nibbled down to tbe tough stem. But Aesop evidently thought otherwise when he wrote bis fable of tbe sour grapes, end there is plenty of testimony tbat Aesop was right Foxes do eat wild grapes, as many observers have testified, climb ing a considerable wuy to get tbem, and probably at times they eat berries and perhaps apples. J have found their tracks, nt any rate, beneath apple trees. I have also been confidently as sured that tbey eat the persimmons in Virginia, that the "or houn' dawga" know how good this fruit Is, too. and if yon wish to find the very best bee tree take n "dnwg with you. - Walter Prlcbard En ton in Harper's Magazine. A Famous Warhorse. The following inscription marks the grave nt Stratbtlcldsayo of Wellington's famous charger, Copenhagen, which died In 1S35 at the ripe old age of twen. ty-seven. This charger waB buried with military honors; Clod's humble Instrument, though meaner clay. Should ahara the (lories of that glorious day. Copenbugeu, It might be mentioned, was the grandson of the mighty Eclipse, and Wellington paid 400 for him. His powers of endurance were marvelous I rode tilui," said Wellington, "at the bnttlo of Waterloo from 4 In the morn ing until midnight If be fed It was in the stnndlng corn and as I ant In tbe suddlo."-London Globe. A Speolous Plea. Your honor. If we run show that serious errors were made In the choos ing of the jury would you grant us a new trial?" "That depends. What serious errors were made?" "There were twelve of tbein. We thought we were selecting men wbo would acquit our cllenf-Lonlavllle Courier-Journal His Mistake. "liefore we were married you told uie thnt 1 should never want for any thing." "Tbat shows how little I knew vrtu then."-l)ctrolt Free Press. said In the School of Politics. "Dunne Miireatlgiitlnn.' James." the teucber. , ij "Huntln' op a lot of bin me. inn'nm. end placln' It on eometmdj, lw "- I'hll adelphla Motor. ' Touching. . . 4 Kas.vmark- I've Innnml au moth mon ey to my frli'ml Hint I nm almost timke iiwhiis Let me make the fin billing tonrh.-Hiokiiiie KimkeemHU Ite rlow. ' At One Time the Mecca of American ' Brides and Grooms, Niagara Is tbe spectacular center of tbe whole great system of fresh waters flowing toward the Gulf of St Law rence. It was for a centuiythe coon try's one great sight No rlsitlog for eigner dreamed of missing It; no Amer ican In foreign parts would have dared call himself an American onleas he could tell bow be bad seen his land's greatest wonder toss Its Iridescent spray on high. . "See Niagara first" was tbe unforma ated maxim of those earlier days tbe writer himself, aa a boy, beard a briskly patriotic lady refuse trip abroad solely on tbe plea that she bad never seen Niagara Falls. There was sometblug almost sacra mental In the trip. Marriage, indeed, was scarcely legal or binding unless the visit to the altar was immediately supplemented by a trip to Niagara. Those were the days when tbe honeymoon was "what it nsed to be." Over Niagara's gorge and rushing wa ters It bung benignantly, alwaya at Its fulL And in tbe corridors of the falls hotels the miserable unmarried forever bruised their feet upon hymeneal rice. The "funnv columns" of tho nxwa. pifpers could not have existed without the Niagara wedding trip. GRITTING THE TEETH. Pressure the Operation Exerts and the Damage It May Do. "Probably you don't know that there Is a pressure of 250 pounds to the squa,etncb on the teeth when the average citizen grits bis molars to gether at a ball game or becaose rent day comes so often," said a dentist "Tbe pressure may be less or it may be greater, nut 260 pounds la tbe average. "And think of tbe damage that may De done. One of my customers cracked off a porcelain tooth in bis sleep one night wben be crunched his teetb to gether, probably dreaming about a business deal. What did he, do? He came around the next day and told me I was an all around no good dentist and that the tooth wblcb I bad pot in a short time before was a fake. 'I told him all about tbe 250 pounds pressure and that probably no artificial tooth would stand sucb a strain. But I don't tblnk be believed a word of It, because he went away angry, snd I have not seen blm since. I had figured out that that particular tooth was a rather artistic piece of work too." New York Sua First Amarlcan Dreadnought. In 1701 the seventy-four gun line of battle ship America was launched at Portsmouth. N. H. If the word bod been In use this battleship wonld have been known as America's nm Dread nought It wns built nnder the direc tion of Paul Jones, the famous naval hero of the Involution. Wben Jones returned from Europe In 17S1 after bis battle on the Bonliomme Richard with tbe Sera pis congress tendered him a vote of thanks and authorized him to go ahead and bulkl the America to drive the British from our waters. Rut it took time then as well as now to build a battleship, and before the America wits finished the war bad end ed. Congress presented the shlD to France to offset tbe loss of the seventy four gun French ship MiignlUque, whlcb bad been destroyed in Hostan harbor. So the first line of buttle ship the United Stales ever built never had a cbnnce to show Its fighting strength onder the American Mag.-Pittsburgh Dispatch. Grabbed His Opportunity. Tbe pavement artist had departed earlier than usual, and apparently In a hurry, for he hud not rubbed out bla glaring efforts. I was speculating as to why he should have decamped so suddenly, when I snw a ragged and very dirty boy stealthily take up the artist's position. After a careful look round be took off his cap and held It out tn the true professional manner. He bad. In fact to the uninitiated, be come tbe pavement artist I never eaw a smarter or more impudent trick. Two pennies (neither was mine) were dropped Into bis cap, and then tbe au thentic artist wns observed to be re turning to his own. Tbe boy was off like a ebot. and as he passed me be winked. London Chronicle. 8paolal Lines, A corps of doctors ongbt to charge well. A corps of dentists should be good at digging in. A corps of gardeners should be able to rake tbe enemy. A corps of stokers should not mind advancing onder a hot fire. A corps of artists should always en joy a brush with the foe. - Boston Transcript Marblaa of Greece. Among other minerals tbe marble of Greece most be placed In the front rnnk. no country being so rich In tbls product as the Hellenic kingdom. Seemingly Inexhaustible beds am to be found In Attica, ttuboea and the t'elo ponnesos, Pluck. Lawson-BJones has been married for n year, now, -and he still looks happy Pawson-RJones always was a good loser.-Somorvtlle Journal. Snapped Him Up. She Yon looked so sheepish when yon promised to me. lie And yon look i'it wotf!h when yon accepted me Huston 'rranwrlpt , 's Occupation Is the aevthe of time Table Manners. Bom folks don't believe (lints were once used as table knlvc hniie they can't see how the stont aye matt -ir got one of tlietu In bis muutb.-Weali-Ington Post , Naturally. "The critics 'say this prima donna has a voice of velvet ; . "Yes; that's where her pile cornea from," Italtlmort American. When about to commit a ha' deed, rrwpeot thyaelf. though there la no wit ness - Auwintut. Citation, Io tbe County Court o'i the State of , Oregon for TJmstilha Coonty. In tbe Matter of tbe Estate of W, W. Jaoots, Daueased. To Co as. J. O. Jaoots, Pieros Jaooba, Mary E. Jaooba (primes, Walter G. - Monroe, Mrs. Bettie Nichols, J. Har rison Monroe, Mi. Daisy Lacey, Mrs. Henry Santmeyel, Madison Monroe. : Mis. Rash Cbarablin, Mis. T. I. Marshall, Mrs. Katie Newton, Mrs. Meaie.ErwinMiss Jennie Gallaber, Upton Gallaher, Mis. Lillie Inge, Mrs. Fannie Elliott, Mrs. Susan Ja- . oobs-Simson, Mrs. Annie Jaoobs Oostellcr, Eogeoe Dixon Howell, Mrs. Benj. F. Jenkins, Mis. Madison Monroe Howell, Mrs. Annie liene Howell-Massey, Joseph Panl Howell, Dorothy V. Downs, Austin Downs. Minor E. Jaooba, Tampson P. Ja cobs, Samuel A. Jacobs. Hatrv L. Jaoobs, Granville B. Jaoobs, Osoe JT. Jacobs, Bailie A. Biobards, John K. Jaoobs, Lelia H. Sohooley, Mar garet K. Fields, S, Howard Jaoobs, Minnie E. Weaver, Gordon Jaoobs, Oscar E. Hawes, Eva Sendees, Guy JU. Jaoobs, aud Elmer Jaoobs: Yon and eaoh of yon, are hereby oited, directed and required to appeal in tbe County Court room in tbe Oonnty Oouit bonse et Pendleton Umatilla Coonty, Oregon, at tbe hour of ten o'olook a. m. on the 9th day of Jannary, 1915, and to show oause, if any yon bave, wby ' an order shonld not be enteied in tbe above entitled matter, diieoting B. B. Biobaids, ad ministrator of tbe estate of W. W. Jaoobs, deceased, to sell atpiivateeale tbe following desoiibed realty, to-wit : Lot 8, Biook 5, Eailroad Addition to the City of Atbeoa, Umatilla Coonty, Oregon, as prayed fof in the petition on hie herein, wblob said realty be longs to the estate of W. W. Jaoobs, deoeased. Ibis oitation is pnblisbed pursnant to an order of tbe Honorable J. W. Moloney, Jndge of the above entitled Court, made and enteied on tbe 6th day of Deoember, 1911. direotiog that servioe of said citations faeiein te made by pnblioation and that said pnblioation be made onoe eaob week for fonr oonseootive weeks, constitut ing Ave pnblioations, in the Athena Press, a newspaper pnblisbed at Ath ena, Umatilla County, Oregon. The date of tbe Hist pnblioation being De oember 11th 1914. Done and dated this 6th day of De oember, 1914 at Pendleton Oregon.'; J. W. MALONEY, County Jndge of Umatilla Oonnty, ' State of Oregon. Attest: FRANK BALING, Clerk of tbe County Oouit. ; SUMMONS. In tbe Jnstioe Court for theDistriotof Athena, Umatilla Oonnty, Oreg. F. G. Lucas, Plaintiff, vs. Maloolm Stevens, Defendant. To Maloom Stevens, tbe above-named Defendant: In tbe name of the State of Oregon, von are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint Bled against yon In tbe above entitled snit witbin six weeks of tbe date of the first pnblioa tion of tbls Summons, on or befoie the 29th day of Jannary, 1916. And yon will take notice tbat if yon fail to appear and answer or otherwise plead witbin said time, the plaintiff,' for want thereof, will apply to tbe ooort for tbe relief piaved for and demand ed in plaintiff's said oomnlalnt to wit: For 136.00 witb interest thereon at 8 per oent per annum from Jnly 18 1913 nntil paid, and for $16.00 attor neys fees thereon, for plaintilf'a fltst oause of notion; foi 198.18 upon plaintiff's eeoond obobs of aotion and for plaintiff's costs and disbursements of this aotion. This snmmoos is published pursuant to an order of Hon. B. B. Biohaids, Jndge of the above entitled Court, dnly made and filed on tbe lhttb day of Deoember, 1911; and tbe first public ation of this summons will te made in the Athena Press newspaper pnblisbed at Athena, Umatilla Coonty, Oregon on Fiiday, the 18th day of Deoember, lull, and the last pnblioation will te made on Fiiday, Jannary 29th, 1915. HOMES I. WAITS, Attorney for Plaintiff. ,- Notice. Tbe regnlar annual meeting of the etookboldets of Tbe Fiist National Bank of Athena, Oregon, for tbe elec tion of direotors for the ensuing year and for the transection of inoh otbei business as may lawfully come before it, will be held in Its office in Athena, Oregon, Tuesday, January 12th, 1915 at the hour of 2 o'olook p. m. F. S. LeGrow, Cashier. Deoember 11th, 1911. Notice of Sale. Notice is heieby given that I will on the 2nd day of January, 1916, at the hour of 2 o'olook p. m. in the bag gage roum of the Athena Hotel, Ath ena, Umatilla County, Oregon, sell at public anotion for cash in hand the following described property, or bo mooh thereof aa will pay a board bill of f-24.75, together witb ooets of ad vertising aod oelliog: One ronnd top trnnk witb contents unknown to me; one square top trnnk oontente un known to me. The trnnks and oon tente belong to Mrs. Anna Warren, and are being sold to pay board and lodging. The property may be in spected by piospeotive buyers. Geo. D. Meoke. Adv. 4t. C. E. RUDE, LIVESTOCK and Genera AUCTIONEER Satisfaction Guaranteed Reference , First National Bank of Athena Leave Orders with F. S. La Grow, or phone Maid 362, Pendleton Ore. ' Residence, SOI Pine Street. Professional 8. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all call both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Offloa on Third Btrxt, Athena Orexor DR. A. B. STONE, Physician and Surgeon. Office in Post Building. Phone, 601 DR. J. W.WELCH Dentist Athena, Oregon ' Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. m. Homer I. Watts ' Attorney-at-Law ' - Athena, Oregon. DR. E. B. OSBORN Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist Graduate McKllllf Vetinary college V Offices: Commercial Stable and Bawks Drag feHore. rhone436. PETERSON & BISHOP Attorneys-at-Law Freewater, Oregon - Pendleton, Oregon OFFICERS W B. SHAFFER President, W. 8. FERGUSON, Vice-President, F. 8.. LeGROW, Cashier, R. F. OANNOJS, Ass't Cashier. ' , DIRECTORS . . W. B. SHAFFER. H. KOEPKE, W. a FERGUSON, M, U WAITS, F. S. LeGROW, The Eirst National Bank t of Athena . CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00 MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Traveler's Cheques issued, available in all parts of the word. Four per cent, interest paid on Time Certifi- cates of Deposits. We offer general Banking facilities TOURTELLOTTE & 1HEL Architects UA1V11, uMuxcr Dcspain Building, ; Pendleton, Oregon. THE ' ST. NICHOLS HOTEL ! i. E. FROOME, pbop. ; Only First-class Hotel in the City. I THE ST. NICHOLS lilhe only one tbat cn accommodate 4 oommaroial travelers Iff Can be reeomended for Its elean and well ventilated rooms. t Cob. Maim aud Third, Atbiha, Or. Money to Loan 6 1 per cent, on 2 Wheat Land Call or Write, : F. R. ATKINS, , No. 12, East Court Street, Pendleton. THE TUM ALUM WAY To Our Customers: Oaf Engineering Department at Walla Walla is equipped witb Arobiteot aud Engineers, wbo supply ns witb FREE PLANS ANDS PEO1FI0ATIONS oontaining eomplete working drawings and details. . .if jtoo contemplate ereotng a new borne, our big new $16,000 plan took of over one bnndred cod tains yonr "Ideal Home." This plan book is tbe best ever" published.- All designs therein have been bnilt many times. Onr malarial lists and oost data on them are aoonrate. We oan give Jon an estimate covering the aotnal oost on joor gronnd, "in no time." PLANS for Barns, Silos, Milkbonses, Hog booses, Model Sobools and Cbnrobes, Bank and Offloe Baildings are forniebed witb the lat est ideas. By bnilding right THE TUM A-LUM WAY yon get tbe most for the least oost. ' We help Build what you want "See A. M. JOHNSON about it" at THE HOME OF TUM A-LUMBER Wood in Carload Lots Cascade 4 foot Fir Wood, ....... $5.50 Cascade 4 fool Maple Wood 5.75 Cascade 4 foot Alder Wood, .... 5.25 F. 0..B. Athena - Pendleton Branches North . ern Pacific Railway. C. O. WILLIAMS, Postoffice. Edgewater, Washington. THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys . Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. , BRYAN & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon ViiBSCLUTEEV tUEE DICING Makes the food more delicious and wholesome BOVHl BAKIWO WWDgR CO., NEW VOBK. fk Vy JKv 'ii'jn taritT Convuntot im. 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