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cATHEN A. ORB. SEPT. 10 1915
Tonight the first public- function
takes place iu tbe auditorium ot Ath
ena's splendid new sobool toilding,
when it will ba dedioated with re
peption to the new oorps ot teaohers.
the toard and tbe general publio, bj
the ladies of the Library Board. It
. is witb no small degree of pleasure
and gratification tbat tbe residents at
Athena and Sobool District No. 29
contemplate with pardonable pride
this beautlfol edifice, whiob, in aroh
Iteotoral design and modem strnatnral
facilities, ia not surpassed by any
' sohool building in Eastern Oregon.
And to eaob and every member of tbe
sohool board is given unstinted appre
ciation for their nntiring efforts in se
curing for tba district values oommen
enrate with tbe funds expended. Tbese
men obeerfnlly shouldered a burden
aad performed a task foi tbe commun
ity wbioh baa required time and at
tention from their bneiness and per
gonal interests, and now that tbeir
work is completed, it remains for tbe
patrons of tbe sobool to make the best
of tbe opportunity within tbeir grasp,
of having one of tbe best tabools in
tbe state a sohool tbat will aid ma
terially in building np tbe town. Tbe
board of directors bave, for tbe most
part, accomplished tbeir work. It is
left for tbe' parents and sohool patrons
to oo-operate witb the teaohers by in
stilling in tbe mind of tbe pupil
tbe proper spirit of school life
and acquirement of eduoatloo. The
possession of a fine, modern building
of itself by no means Insures eoooesi.
Without tbe sedulous Interest of tbe
parent and unremitting zoal and com
petency on the part of tba teacher,
the best results of onr publio school
' system are not obtainable, Nothing
should be tolerated tbat will hamper
tbe progress of tbe school. Neither
' ia it ossential tbat a system
of retrenchment ba inaugurated for
the reason tbat the district is bonded
for tba new building. Ibe taxpayers
of tbe district voted tbe bonds, not
ouly for the purpose of teourlug tbe
building, but also with tbe fixed de
termination of improving tbe stand
ard ot tbe institution, and tbey will
zealous!; support tbe polloy of install
ing ioaaonatle courses in domestic
oience, manual training, or agricul
ture, with the object cf atlraotiug
poplls desirous of attending a pro
gressiva sohool.
What a glorious thing it is to be at
peace witb all tbe world! Bow re
freshing the thought that there are
none who seek our gore. And yet
Wa have been on the briuk ol war witb
Germany. W faoe tbe necessity of
intervention In Moxloo. Oar marines
ore toroibly occupying Haiti. Japan
has bur eye on the Philippines. And
Hades ia too close for oouifort.
Advertising pais tbs buyer just as
muoh aa It pays the advertiser. It
pays both and it pava them handsome
ly, for it creates creator sales fur tbe
dealer aud leads the buvor to puiuts
where ha can trade to brut advantage.
Hltob tight up to ibe merohant who
advertise and grow with bitn.
" The naval board is advocating the
oonatrnotion cf dreadnangbls costing
115,000,000 eaob, regardless cf the
foot that these monsters aia no match
tor a little (1100,000 submarine.
Ibis country ia producing ever a
billion bushels of wheat this jear aud
Wo wouldn't otjeol if we bad' our
ahare, though the prioe is down right
now.
Bnmao nature is muoh Ike same
wherever yon find It. We depreaute
tbe war in Enropi today, aud tumor
tow we may be whooping it op our
selves.
Canadian dimes, quuitors aud four
tit pleoea are being "shaved" ou this
aide of tba line. Iry Mexico. Maybe
tbcj nill go at faue value down there,
Elgin, Illinois, polled olf a big uto
mobile race tbs other day, but It was
so exasperatlugly tame tbat they
couldn't aoare np even a single "kill."
Having tired of their own territory,
Mexicans are now coming over to our
elde of tba Rio Qranda to do their
fighting.
"Tbe United States must feed the
world," aays Washington dlspatob.
Uood eoougb, tut let's oolleot in ad
vance.
The state department Is planning an
invasion of China, but it ia of a com
mercial uutnre and ueed cause no
alarm.
A Mulligan Stew
I have another friend. Ha delights
in fishing and spinning snake yarns.
Last year while flsblng in Wallowa
oounty, (so he tells me.) be ran across
many rattlers. 'I hey just beoame so
blamed plentiful that be studied 'em
fiom a snakeologioal standpoint (so
be tells me) and one in partioular, be
let orawl aorosa bis brogau and rest
while it lapped a drink of water from
Big Sheep crick. - Ton year ba went
over to Wallowa again and 1. John
Cobsoo relatea bow our friend swathed
his laiga in a pair of robber boots and
kept to tbe middle ot tbe stream,
tineas why.
Alfred Pambrnn ia again handling
theiitbonson tbe twioe-a-day stags
to and from the Pambrnn lanob. His
passengers are tbe same as last year,
tils sobednle will terminate as usual
witb the sohool year.
'
There was a time when a man in
this town spoke well of Ills neighbors,
and bis friends, and the ohorob, and
society, and tba business men, and the
farmers, and tbe whole community in
general. But he died!
I
Gee I If tbat old green benob down
at Fioomo'H could only talk, and re
peat what' Is discussed there day by
dayf Bowsumever, I firmly believe
some '.people's sense of humor was
hatobed in a garbage oan, anyway.
So Jet 'or flicker.
'
"l'wo gentlemen were walking down
the street. One of them was a news
paper man and tbe other one didn't
bave any money, either."
With the attention of Bis Honor,
Mayor Watts, I rise to place in nom
ination for the office of City Marshal,
a man who has made an enviatle rep.
in Umatilla Uounty as political
oampsign manager of Georgia Bob
bins' Pendleton (dead) Live Wire; a
man w bo cleverly carried and deliv
ered tbe great Webfoot commonwealth
of Oregon at the feet of the legislature
aa a prohibition state without frills or
trlmmin's; a man, albeit, wbo has
risen in managerial status until at
present he manages to manage t
movie sbaok in Portland. Mr. May
or, I hava tbe honor of presenting', tbs
illustrious name of Bon. Orton'K.
Goodwin. "
in tbe wheat belt in Whitman connty.
Wash. Prioe $25 per aore, one-third
cash, balaooe on time. Write,
Owner, cara Athena Press, Athena,
Oregon. Adv.
Executrix' Notice to Creditors.
In the Connty Court of the Stale
of Oregon for Umatilla County.
In tbe Matter of tbe Estate - of
William Tompkins, deceased:
Notice is berebv given, that tbe
undersigned has been dnly and regu
larly appointed exeootrix of tbe es
tate of William Tompkins, deoaaseo,
by the Judge of tba above entitled
Conrt, and has qualified as snob.
All persona having claims against
said estate are hereby notified and
requested to pressnt said olaims, with
proper 'ouohers to me at Atbena,
Umatilla County, Oregon, or to my
attorney, 8. A. Newberry, at his office
rooms 12-25 Smltb-Crawford Build
ing in Pendleton, Umatilla County,
Oregon, within six months from tbe
date hereof. ,
Dated this 10th day of Sept., 1910.
Mary Tompkins, Executrix.
Professional
S. F. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calls both night and day.
'alls promptly answered. Offloe on Third
elret, Athena, Oregor
DR. A. B. STONE,
Physician and Sureeon.
For Sale.
Grain and stock farm 70!) acres, 220
under plow, 100 summer-fallow, 10
alfalfa, S orchard, 280 more can bs
cultivated aud 238 pasture, bouse,
baru, ontbonses, good well, windmill,
water piped to bouse and barn lot,
20 horses and oolts, S cows, pigs,
chickens and farm Implenientsinolnd
ad. Soil an ash loam. Railroad sid
ing ou tbe plaoe; 8 miles to town;
rnral delivery ; good oounty road and
Notice of Final Account.
In the County Court of tbe State of
Oregon for Umatilla Oounty.
In tbe Matter of tbe Estate of
W. W. Jaoobs, deosased.
Notice ia bereby giveti to all persons
whom it may oonoern tbat B. B.
Biobards, administrator ot the eatate
of W. W. Jaoots, deoeased, has tiled
bia final acoonnt and report In the ad
ministration of tbe estate; tbat the
County Judge by order duly made and
entered has appointed Saturday, tbe
2nd day of Ootober, A. D. 1915, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon as tbe time,
and tba County Conrt House at Pen
dleton, Oregon, as tbe plaoe, wbere
the said final aoconnt and report will
ba heard and tbe settlement thereof
made.
Dated tbis 3rd day ot September,
A. D., 1015.
Homer I. Watts, B. B. Biobards,
Atty for Admr. Adminislitor.
Notice to Creditors.
In the County Court of tbe Slate of
Oregon for Umatilla County. x '
In the ' Matter of the Estate of
Joseph Emmett Maggert, Deoeased.
Notice Is hereby given to all persons
whom it may concern that Alma Mae
Maggert has been appointed adminis
tratrix ot tba estate ot Joseph Emmett
Maggert, deoeased. All persons hav
log olaims against bis estate are noti
fied to present them as by law required
to the said administratrix at tbe law
oflloe of Will M. Peterson In the
Smith-Crawlnrd Buildiog at Pendleton
Oregon, within six months from tba
date of tbe first publication of tbis
notloe.
Dated this 13th day of August, 1016.
Alma. Mae Maggert,
Administratrix.
Will M. Peterson,
Attorney for Administratrix.
no. 4516. Report of the Condition
of The First National Bank, at Athena, in the State of
Oregon, at the close of business,
Sept. 2, 1915.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounta $523 539 89
Overdraws, Becured,$ ; unsecured,
U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 12 500 oo
Other bonds to Becure postal savings 970 oo
Securities other than U S bonds (not including stocks) owned un
pledged 3 078 44 4 048 44
Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank $6 000 ....
Less amount unpaid 13 000 ... S3 000 . . . , 3 000 oo
Banking house, $9000; .... furniture and fixtures .... $1 000 10 000 oo
Due from Federal Reserve bank 12 000 oo
Due from ap'vd reserve agt's in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, $19 063 44
Due from ap'vd reserve agenta in other reserve cities 91 438 53 110 501 97
Due trom banks and bankers (other than included in 9 or 10) 1 173 34
Checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank
Outside checks and other cash items, $11896
Fractional currency, nlckles and cents 145 50 264 46
Notes of other national banks 1 363 oo
Lawful money reserve in bank; Total coin and' certificates 21259 90
Legal-tender notes
Red'n fund with U. S. Treasurer (not more than S per cent on circulation) 625 oo
Total $700 500 00
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 50 000 oo
Surplus fund '. SO 000 oo
Total Capital and Surplus 100 000 oo
Undivided profits $7 598 73
Reserved for $ $ 7 598 75
Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid $ 1 789 92 5 80s 83
Circulating notes 12 500 oo 12 500 oo
Due to banks and bankers (other than included in 5 or 6) 1 978 27
Dividends unpaid ,
Individual dtposits subject to check $ 450 091 82
Cert's of deposit due in less than 30 days...' $ 129 423 o4
Certified checks $ 428 5o
Cashier'B checks outstanding $ 36 45
United States deposits .,..$
Postal Savings deposits $ 233 09
Total deposits, Items 4, 5, 6,7, and 8 , 582 191 17
Total .$700 500 00
State of Oregon, County of Umatilla, ss :
I, F. S. LeGrow, Cashier of the above-named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief. F. S. Le GROT, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 8th day of September, 1915.
HOMER I. WATTS, Notary Public,
for Oregon. My commission expires Sep
tember, 1916.
Cot rect Attest:
W. B. Shaffer.
M. L. Watts,
H. Koepke, Directors,
$J! the LiiPfofthe
bsst hot spring atY2 the cost
NO MAMMOCKING
NOflUMMOCKING
NO SAGGING
No
NO BAGGING
NO DRAGGING
NO PITCHING
See ise'Pxs'IiedJTxJsat
MILLER'S FURNITURE STORE.
Offloe In Post Building. Phone. 501
DR.J.G. McMATII
Osteopath.
Offiice one block North of the Bank.
DR. J. W. WELCH
Dentist
Athena, Oregon
Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. m.
DR. E. B. OSBORN
Veterinary Surgeon &, Dentist
Graduate McKilupjVetinai College
Offices: Commercial Btable and Hawks Drag
Wore, rhouem.
Homer I. Watts
Attorner-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
THE "BLACK SHELL"
THE SPORTSMAN'S FAVORITE
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Foss-Winship Hardware Co.
MiieiM Opera House
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And His Company
In
"The Price She Paid"
Tomorrow Night
The Comedy Scream, "Lizzie's Punctured Romance"
Tickets on Sale at Dell Bros.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of ATHENA
It
Capital and Surplus
$100,000:22
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SEPT. 23-24-25, 1915
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