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    WHAT YOU NEED-
The other fellow may have; what you
have the other fellow may want. Come
together by advertising in the Press.
BARGAIN DAY
Is every day with the Merchant who
advertises in the Press he has some
thing to soil and says bo.
Buy Your . Groceries From Your Home Grocer
VOLUME XXVIL
ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FKIDAY, JULY 2, 1915.
NUMBER 28.
OLD CITY HALL, PHILADEL
PHIA
BELATED HONOR
PAID TO PATRIOT
Caesar Rodney to Have His
Bravery Recognized by a
V Memorial Tablet.
Caesar Rodney, the hero of the sign
' lng of the Declaration of Independ
enoe, will soon have his long 111-recog
nisei bravery commemorated: by
' tablet In the Declaration chamber at
'Philadelphia. '.
The Independence hall , advlsorj
.committee has announced that the
tablet has been decided upon and will
be placed Boon among other pictures
.and relics of the fathers of the re
public. -..'. ; .
While the probably unfounded storj
of the boy and grandfather, his en
"Ring, grandpa, ring!" Is known to
every schoolchlld, the noble act ol
' Caesar Rodney Is familiar to few
Americans.
: The tentative vote taken by the
delegates July 1, 1776, was Indecisive.
Some of the colonies had sent a ma
jority of,Tory delegates and the votee
of Pennsylvania and South Carolina
iwere against freeing the colonies from
the British yoke. Two delegates from
. Delaware were tied and the third was
Caesar Rodney, who lay very 111 in
'his borne near Dover. He wag suffer
ing from a cancer which had caused
him to wear a veil over his face. '
On the night before the birth ol
independence Thomas McKeen, whose
vote for the Declaration had negatived
that of George Reed, also of Delaware,
dispatched a messenger to Caesar Rod-
',ney. urging him to come at once. II
all the colonies did not sign the docu
ment, he wrote there could be no ef
fective resistance to England. The
.delegates were then engaged in anx
ious and prolonged debate.
Early in the morning the messengei
reached the Rodney farm at Bayfield,
Delaware, and delivered his message
Ceasar Rodney rose from his bed
His nurse and relatives told him he
was going forth to death.
McKeen bad calculated that If Rod
ney came and cast the deciding vote
for Delaware, Pennsylvania and South
Carolina would step into line and
would swing every state for Independ
ence. He had posted relays of horses
on the route. Rodney rode at the
limit of speed, leaving the messenger
who had summoned him far behind.
He had to be lifted from his horse
: and led Into the chamber. With
his strength fast ebbing be cast the
vote on which the fate of America
hinged.
South Carolina and Pennsylvania
voted in the affirmative and then, with
John Hancock at their head, all the
delegates put their pens to the Declara
tion.
- Rodney did not die Just then. He
recovered a little and with enormous
hardihood enlisted and won a com
mission In the Continental army. His
malady, however, soon overtook him
and he died In his forty-sixth year.
The Caesar Rodney chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
wll pay tor the tablet commemorating
bis memory.
mmr
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. July 4.
The United States of America 1b
138 years old. These be ripe years,
yet the moBt captious critic must
grant tbat the nation Is well grown.
even fr its age. ,
It Is well grown in more than mere
'size and material wealth. This anni
versary of its birth finds tbe great
republic tealous for the right at home,
and earnestly "trying to serve man
kind" abroad. It presents the most
unusual spectacle of a giant nation
using its strength, not as a giant, but
as a friend; generously, unselfishly
' helping weak and wrangling neighbors
to better ideals and happier conditions.
The glory of this unselfish service
will last far longer than the glamor
of any war of conquest
Greenland's "Big City."
The largest settlement In Greenland
Is Sydproven, which has a population
of 766, and the smallest Is Skansen,
i in the north of Greenland, with 46
In the drawing room of tbe Spen-;
cers hung the portrait of an exquisite
ly beautiful . girl with powdered -hair
and pannlered skirt She was the
famous ancestress of little Mrs. Spen
cer, and, when Mistress Barbara
Stuart, had saved two continental of
ficers from being captured by her
presence of mind and ready wit. One
was her brother, the other a cousin,
whom General Washington had sent
to Burlington with a message to Gen
eral Wayni.
The temptation being too great to
brook resistance, they stopped to see
MlstreBB Barbara, and while she was
preparing refreshments a company of
tory foragers came to the house. Mis
tress Barbara cordially invited the
unwelcome callers within the house,
knowing that it was less "risky than
to keep them without. She ushered
the tories into the dining room, then
rushed to the kitchen and gave timely
warning to her brother and cousin,
telling them to remain perfectly quiet
until she came again. Returning to
the dining room with a huge tray
heaped with delicacies, she spread'
them before the tories, talking mer
rily, her quick tongue ever ready with
a witty remark. When they were allj
busily engaged eating the tempting!
yUnds she softly closed the door and
shot the holt In place. Commanding
'her kinsmen to mount and ride away,
Bhe followed them with her eyes until
they were lost to view; then she ran
to the neareBt house and sent the men
to capture the tories, which they did.
John Spencer waB a Btolld, adaman
tine man, who was vice president of a
bank, and when he married dainty
Barbara Stuart everyone speculated
as to the wisdom, of his choice, for
she was . a butterfly creature who
never gave a second glance at the se
rious side of life. One day Barbara as
tonished everyone by Joining the
Sorosis club, much against the will of
John, who believed that a woman's
realm was bounded by the four walls
of her home,
In the meantime Barbara, had de
veloped into an ardent suffragist, of
which John knew nothing until he
read an article in the paper saying:
"Tomorrow being Independence day,
the Sorosis club has arranged an In
teresting program and the mayor will
preside. MrB. John Spencer has con
sented to speak on equal suffrage and
the Constitution, and Judging by the
able manner in which she handled the
child-labor question at the last meet
ing, there promises to be a discourse
on the suffrage question worthy of
many listeners."
This was too much for John. His
wife addressing a motley Fourth of
July crowd and for the cause of equal
suffrage! She was forgetting her dig
nity, and he must call a halt on these
unfeminlne actions or no telling where
they would lead to.
Barbara was not at home when he
called up on the phone, so he had to
nurse his Ire until evening. -,
"What does this mean 7" he de
manded, handing her the paper.
"Exactly what you have read there,"
she calmly answered.
"I forbid you to deliver that ad
dress tomorrow, Barbara, so you had
better phone the mayor that you are
ind'.Bpoaed." '.
"I'll do nothing of the sort, John.'
For a long time I have been waiting
for an opportunity to address a mixed
crowd. There are a few things I think
the men ought to know. I want to in
vite you to accompany me tomorrow;
but of course, if you disapprove, you
must forego that pleasure."
John's face became the hue of a
boiled lobster, and he stormed and
fumed, walking the floor like a caged
beast while Barbara perused the paper
totally oblivious of his presence. Fin
ally he went upstairs with a parting
command that she remain at home the
next day.
John was awakened by the explo
sion of cannon-crackers, for which the
small boy next door spent his weekly
allowance to properly usher in the
glorious Fourth.
He found Barbara at the break
fast table already attired for the
street
I. ,d to have breakfast earlier
rning, dear," she smilingly
OREGON NEWS Of GENERAL INTEREST
Medals Awarded Oregon Schools.
- Exposition Grounds, San Francisco
The Oregon school exhibit in the Pal
ace of Education won the gold medal
on playgrounds as portrayed in the offi
cial pamphlet, a silver medal on indi
vidual club work and the silver medal
on its exhibit as a whole.
This recognition was gained in the
face of the fact that the principal Ore
gon exhibit and all other exhibits of
the Oregon school children are in the
Oregon state building and were not
entered for awards. Two-thirds of the
states have elaborate exhibits, many
spending as much 88,140,000 and none
less than $5000. Oregon's exhibit
cost the state $1000.
Miss Stuart, of the Lux Girls'
School, San Francisco, says:
. "There is- no exhibit of sewing on
the grounds that equals that of the
Oregon school children in the state
building."
Great credit is given E, F. Carlton
for the installation. .
lr for we women resolved to be
sembled and to begin the program on
the second of the time appointed."
"Do you mean to say that you are
going knowing that you are doing
so without my approbation?"
"I am thoroughly cognisant of that
fact, my dear John. Do yon recall
what day this is? Our forefathers de
clared independence 137 years ago,
and Barbara Stuart helped capture the
enemies of liberty. I mean to do all
in my power to help the women rise
above the medieval tyranny of men.
Good-by, John. 80 sorry you will not
come to hear me."
For an hour be sat alone on the
veranda and sulked; then noticing the
entire neighborhood moving toward
the public square, he grabbed his hat
and Joined the motley crowd.
Decision May Bring Suit.
Salem Foreign corporations which
paid to the state about $100,000 under
a graduated tax law passed in 1903
and pronounced by the Supreme court
to be unconstitutional cannot recover
the money, according to an opinion of
Attorney General Brown in reply to a
query of Corporation Commissioner
Schulderman. The attorney general
held that the payments were voluntar
ily made in contemplation of the laws
and decisions of Oregon, and conse
quently the companies cannot be reim
bursed. '
Prior to the decision of the Supreme
court the 1913 legislature, being ad
vised that the law probably was un
constitutional, passed an act providing
for a flat annual license. Corporations
asking for a return of their money say
the law was void from the start, and
it is believed that suit will be brought.
Re-assessment Is Legal. 5
Salem Holding that re-assessment
of property for the construction of
sewers in Riverside sewer district,
Portland, was valid, the Supreme
court, in an opinion by Justice Harris,
affirmed the 'decree of Circuit Judge
Davis in the suit of Portland against
H. R. Blue and numerous ..other prop
erty Holders.
The validity of an ordinance passed
in 1911 providing f or the re-assesBment
was attacked by the defendants, who
alleged that re-assessment was made
under the old charter. It was contended
that the charter under the commission
form of government repealed the old
charter. The Supreme court, however.
held that provisions relating to the re
assessment were re-enacted in the new
charter, and hence the re-assessment
was legal.
Woman On Eugene Board.
Eugene C. E. Shumway, a plumber,
was elected member of the city council
from the Second ward. The election
was made by the council to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
George Bogue. For three weeks the
councilmen have sidestepped this
issuer -and the mayor finally forced a
vote when another effort was made to
postpone. "
Mrs. K. McMurphey was elected a
member of the Eugene school board for
live years.
She defeated L. E. Bean, ex-state
senator from Lane county, two to one.
Her husband was a former member of
the board.
Water Plan Formulated.
Medford The present plan of the
Water Users' League, recently ap
pointed at an emergency irrigation
mass meeting, is to obtain water from
Big Butte instead of from the Rogue
River Canal company, to adopt the
modified district plan and have an irri
gation system owned by the ranchers
themselves. According to present fig
ures if 40,000 acres are signed, water
can be had for $35 an acre, whereas
the present price is $50 an acre. Dry
weather following the dry season of
1914 has aroused public interest.
113,672 Acres May Go.
The Dalles Representative N. J.
Sinnott was advised by Chief Forester
Graves that the secretary of agricul
ture has recommended for elimination
approximately 113,672 acres from the
Paulina National forest. The general
land office is now engaged in the prep
aration of the necessary proclamation
to be submitted to President Wilson.
If the President approves of the rec
ommendation it is anticipated that the
elimination will be made effective by
July 1, 1915.
First Wool Sale at Redmond. '
Redmond! The first wool sale ever
held in Redmond occurred Friday, and
about 172,000 pounds were offiered.
The top price offered by the buyers
was 20Jc a pound.
There were 10 buyers here, but the
bulk of the wool was bought by Alex
Livingston, of the American Woolen
Mill, of Boston, and Charles H. Green,
of Portland. '
Gaston Votes $8000 Bond Issue.
Gaston The voters of the Gaston
district have voted a bond issue of
$8000 for tbe erection of a new school
house in Gaston, tbe result of the vote
being 42 for and 8 against The pur
pose .of the school board is to have a
one-story schoolhouse with basement
four classrooms and a large assembly
hall. A four-year high school course
also was voted on.
Wool Prices are High. :
Baker More than half a million
pounds of wool from Baker and Grant
counties were put up at the annual
wool sales here and 418,197 pounds
were Bold at prices panging from 15
cents to 191 cents, which are among
the best prices paid in this vicinity for
some time.
Most of the wool sold was from the
John Day country, several Baker wool
men holding their clips for still higher
prices. ; Alexander Livingstone, of the
American Woolen mills, got the bulk
of the wool. There were 27 woolmen
and 10 buyers here. The sellers, resi
dence, buyers, quantity, and prices are
as fwlows: ; i
Laycdck and Bailey, Mt Vernon,
Koshland, 10,164 pounds, 18 cents;
John McDonald, Mt. Vernon, The
Dalles Scouring mills, 18,654 pounds,
17 cents; Charles Lee, Baker, Living
stone, 12,620 pounds, 16 cents; A. M.
Murray, Dayville, Burke and Angell,
12,854 pounds, 16 cents; James Cant,
Dayville, Livingstone, 17,053 pounds,
15 cents; Joseph King, Audrey, Liv
ingstone, 6760 pounds, 171 cents;
Moore Brothers, Mt. Vernon, Burke
and Angell, 17,076 pounds, 18g cents;
C. A. Valade, Dayville, Livingstone,
10,897 pounds, 19 cents; E. Stewart,
Dayville, Livingstone, 40,171 pounds;
188 cents; Mrs. K. F. McRae, Day
ville, Livingstone, 90,042 pounds, 19
cents; James Pope, Mt. Vernon, Liv
ingstone, 18,745 pounds, 185 cents;
Gay Brothers, Dayville, Livingstone,
12,000 pounds, 19 cents; R. T. Mc
Haley, Prairie City, Livingstone, 9032
pounds, 18 cents; A, J. Fletcher, Mt.
Vernon, Livingstone, 7709 pounds, 181
cents; Mrs. E. Ashford, Canyon City,
Livingstone, 16,252 pounds, 19 j cents;
J. C. Moore, Mt. Vernon, Livingstone,
14,602 pounds, 17 cents; Boyd Erick-
son, Dayville, Livingstone, 19,232
pounds, 16J cents; H. Rlngsmeyer,
John Pay, Livingstone, 24,206 pounds,
16 cents; W. R. Maschall, Dayville,
Koshland, 45,398 pounds, 181 cents;
Coffey and Gale, Baker, Livingstone,
12,540 pounds, 181 cents. .
Wedding Brings 3 Tribes Together,
Klamath Falls Perhaps the most
important wedding ceremony ever
performed on the Klamath Indian res
ervation took place Friday when Elphie
Pitt was married to William Henry at
the home of the bride's father, "Pitt
River Johnnie,'' on Pitt Spring Creek,
about 86 miles north of this city,
Elphie is a Pitt River bride and Wfl
liam Henry is a Klamath. The wed
ding party numbered more than 200,
and consisted of Klamath, Pitt River
and Modoc Indians.
All the Indians ate at the same wed
ding feast, and smoked the pipe of
peace together in true American abo
rigine style. It is said this was the
first ceremony when all three peoples
were present and seated at the same
banquet. J
John Pitt, father of the bride, being
an Indian of considerable means,
wished to present her with a suitable
gift in remembrance of her marriage,
The selection was an automobile,
bought the day before and paid for in
cold cash.
Mrs. Henry not only now boasts a
swain from one of the best Indian
families on the reservation, but the
distinction of being the only owner,
man or woman, white or Indian, of an
automobile on all the northern portion
of the reservation.
' Mining Options Obtained.
Baker Preparing for extensive
gold-dredging operations between Bak
er and Sumpter within the next seven
months, W. B. Wilioughby announces
that he had secured options on prac
tically all the valley and bench land in
the Sumpter valley, between the loca
tion of the Sumpter dredge and the
mouth of the Sumpter valley canyon,
near this city. Some 4000 acres are
embraced in the tract. While Mr,
Wilioughby refuses to disclose the
exact particulars of the deal, he de
clared that the land ' was being ob
tained for the use of three well-known
mining companies.
WASHINGTON MOVES TO KINDER
ANY NEWREVOLTSIN MEXICO
Washington, D. C. The United
States government has determined
that so far as it can prevent there
shall be no further revolutionary move
ments in Mexico and that American
territory, at any rate, shall not be
used as a base for such expeditions.
Ihis, it became known officially
Tuesday, led to the arrest of General
Victoriano Huerta and General Pascual
Orozco at El Paso, and forms the
ground for strict surveillance now be
ing maintained by agents of the De
partment of Justice on Generals Felix
Diaz, Mondragon, Blanquet and Felipe
Angeles and other Mexicans of promi
nence now living in the United States.
Assistant Attorney General Warren
conferred with Secretary Lansing, af
ter which the intention of the govern
ment to prosecute vigorously all vio
lations of neutrality laws, irrespective
of the prominence of the individuals or
their affiliations, was revealed.
According to information thus far
gathered, there are at least four sep
arate and distinct groups, apart from
the Villa and Carranza supporters, in
the United StateB who are active po
litically in the Mexican situation.
Whenever such activity shall reach the
point of setting on foot a military ex
pedition from the United States, ar
rests will follow, according to Mr.
Warren, who is handling the case.
The information gathered by govern
ment agents discloses tbat the various
groups have a common purpose In op
posing Carranza and Villa but were
working independently of each other.
Inquiry is being made to learn what
financial interests are supporting the
various factions and there are hints
that citizens of one of the belligerent
countries of Europe are involved in the
plots. ;
The position of the United States is
that the revolutionary elements in
Mexico should not be augmented and
the situation further complicated by
the addition of marauding armies
which could hope to get in any degree
of military supremacy only after pro
longed fighting. . :
t amine conditions and the devasta
tions of the military factions already
in the held are of such a threatening
character that until the American gov
ernment is able to see clearly what itB
own action should be, it is determined
that no new elements be introduced
into the situation.
Mine to Spend 9100,000.
Baker Improvements to cost at
least $100,000 will be made at once on
the Ben Harrison mine, one of the
best-known producers in this part of
the state.- Forty men are preparing
for the improvements to be installed
so that the entire work of turning ore
into bullion can be done there. The
work is expected to be finished this
summer and the new machinery will
greatly increase the output and will
lessen the cost The mine has been
running steadily until a few months
ago. . .... ,
Klamath Horses Bring 660,000.
Klamath Falls Twenty more
horses were shipped this week to San
Francisco. Some time ago 800 horses
left Klamath county in one bunch, and
it is estimated that practically 600
Klamath horses have left here since
the European war began. The aver
age selling price has been somewhat
over $120, which would make a total
left here in exchange for local horses
of more than $60,000. This last ship
ment of 20 averaged $136 per horse in
price.
United States Would Hold Germany
Firmly to Terms of Treaty of 1828
Washington, D. C -By agreement
with the German foreign office, the
State department made public Tuesday
the txet of the note sent on June 24 by
the United States, asking' Germany to
reconsider her refusal to settle by di
rect diplomatic negotiations instead of
by prize court proceedings, the claim
presented on behalf of the captain and
owners of the American ship William
P. Frye, sunk with her cargo of wheat
by the commerce raider Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. Ambassador Gerard cabled
that he had delivered the note.
The American government declares
that, inasmuch as Germany has ad
mitted liability for the sinking of the
Frye, under the treaty of 1828, prize
court proceedinga are unnecessary and
not binding upon the United States.
Italy to Declare War on Turkey
and Aid at Dardanelles, Is Report
ParisAnnouncement was made at
the French ministry, of war that, ac
cording to the Italian press, Italy, has
broken diplomatic relations with Tur
key. . Italy, it is added, will send
troops to the Dardanelles.
Berlin," by wireless to Sayville. N,
Y. The Italian newspapers are jubi
lant, says the Overseas News agency.
over the announcement that Italy is to
participate in the operations against
the Dardanelles by Bending a fleet un
der the Duke of the Abruzzi to release
the larger British warships for im
portant work elsewhere. .
Georgia Urges Reprisals.
Atlanta, Ga. Resolutions urging
President Wilson to use every means in
his power "diplomatic if possible,
retaliatory if necessary" to prevent
interference by Great Britain with
American commerce to neutral nations,
were adopted by both houses of the
Georgia legislature. Among other
things the resolutions set forth that
since March 1 "Great Britain has ille
gally seized" many vessels containing
cargoes lor neutral ports of Europe,
thus depriving cotton producers of a
market lor more than 8,000,000 pales,
Germans Turn to Verdun.
Paris The Germans, in fightlne
lunousiy at Bagatelle and in the
trenches of Catonne, are seeking to
approach tbe strongly fortified town of
Verdun, according to Lieutenant Colo
nel Bouaeet, military critic of the Petit
farieien. He beleives they are seek
ing to gain control of the railroad
from Chalons to Sainte Menehuold.
While they are aiming at Verdun from
two directions, the critic believes the
efforts of their army will prove futile.
Canal Tolls $4,000,000.
Washington, D. C A total of $4.-
000,000 in tolls was collected for tbe
use of the Panama canal in the period
of time between the opening of the
waterway for traffic in May last year
up to June 6 last.
During April the tolls for the first
time were greater than the cost of
operation and maintenance of the
canal. ; i
FISHING TACKLE!
The Trout Season is here, and we are prepared
to give you anything in the Tackle line you may de
sire. We are carrying a dandy line of
Split Bamboo Rods, Reels, Leaders,
Flies, Fly Books, Baskets, Etc.
Call here for your Fishing and Hunting Licenses.
LOOK OUR BIG STOCK OVER.
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Barrett Building, Main Street, Athena, Oregon.
ESTABLISHED 1865
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