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tATHENA. ORE. NOV. 5
..1915
The New York World saj Senator
Boiah of Idaho haa evolved a system
of political eoouomy wbioh if aooepted
ia bonnd to send whole libraries of his
tory, saienoe and economics to tbe
damp. It may ta described tersely as
tba theory that human efficiency is
promoted fcy death desolation and debt,
"The oonditlon," says tba World, "in
wbiob Europe will find itself at tbe
end of the present war is tbe prospeot
that affrights Mr, Borab. Having
killed or maimed or Invalided tba
best and tbe most of tbe 'young men,
Germany, France and Great Britain
will naturally Bnd labor so plentiful
tbat wages will go to tbe lowest pos
sible level. Having demoralized tbelr
industries by commandeering most of
tbem for war, of ooorse tbey will te
more powerful than ever before in tbe
commercial pursuits of peaoe. Hav
ing piled np colloesal debts that by
taxation will break tbe baoks of gen
erations unborn, they can hardly fail
presently to dictate prioes and credits
in the markets of tbe world.
"It appears that we most meet this
competition of dead men, crippled
men, slok men, poor men and old men
by some new and powerful means. To
proteot onr millions of young and aot
ive workers from tbe competition of
Europe In its grave, Enrope on orutch
es, Enrope diseased, Europe devastat
ed, Europe chained to debt, we must
follow tbe evil example of a seotion of
Europe tbat Ignores the Individual and
deities tbe state, lo.be truly great,
Amerioa must aaoept tbe tutelage of
Germany in its militarism and in its
aggrandizement of government. Onoe
Id tbatstraitjaoket, tariffs, subsidies,
espionage and tyranny will come as a
matter of comas. "'
"Mr. Borab la a candidate for tbe
presidenoy, tut he would be consid
erably more poweiful If he oonld per
ceive one elemontal truth. At ,lbe
oonolosion of this war, Enrope is not
gninn to domluate tbe earth morally,
phvaiually, financially or oommeroial-
Iv. Tbe revolution tbat he foresees
will not sweep tbe United States. It
Is much more likely to sweep Europe.
Amerioans will not find tbeir exam
ples in tbe graveyards, hospitals and
lmhnnspn nf Germany, but io tbe
traditions of Ibeir own freedom and
Independence.
"No mau -who ia afraid of ghosts Is
likely to be elected president of tbe
United States next year."
Eighty oenta per buebel moved quite
a lot of wheat from grower to buyer
In this vicinity tbe fore part of the
week, While it is a good prioe, and
money Is made In raising wbeat at
that figure, conditions would seem to
warrant a bin her piiae at this time.
However, what with exorbitant otaar
tet obargea, Euglish-owned vessels
and, perhaps, manipulation to some
extent, by exporters, the grower is to
be considered luokr iu getting pres
ent prices.
When tbe City Connoil decided on
oil for preserving the surface of Ath
ena's maoadomiaed atiectn, tbey solved
tbe problem most eltculively. Tho
plendid condition of tbe streeta and
Main street In particular is comment
ed on most favorably ty all observers.
Crude Oil, wttb a tbin ipi Inkling of
and makes a surface almost as smooth
I asphalt, and In Athena tbe method
Will donbtlesa be continued.
Tbe ladies of tba Library Board
lave again demonstrated that they
are good eutertalnerB. Thrift second
aunnal ball given las) Saturday even
ing ushered in the sbbsou's soolal
events must successfully, besides net
ting a tidy sum to tbe library foud.
A ballet tiled at a fleeing robber
want wide of Ha mark and flattened it
self against the steel lib ol a corset
worn bra lady lu Chicago, and fell
barmlfssly at her feet. Will It be
cousin for the army unit
Yon feed vour horse Irauaune yun
know it is of nn value (o yon wbeu it
la dead. Why don't jon do as much
tor your home town by trading here?
Without either yon would be iu l bnd
way.
old ditoh is about as reliable aa tbe
average politioian.
If you think taxes are bigb in this
oountry, just think of tbe poor devila
in Enrope for the next generation! to
come. '
It we made munitions of war aa fast
as we make automobiles we soon
woold be able to lick tbe whole world.
COALING WARSHIPS AT SEA.
Sixty Tons of Fuel an Hour Whirled
From Vessel to Vessel.
How tbe. British vessels of war are
coaled while sailing through heavy
seas at a rate of twelve' miles an hour
Mtbout hindering tbeir activities In
any way is told in tbe Manchester
Guardian:
A collier packed to the batches with
coal gets into touch by wireless with
a battleship whose bunkers need to be
replenished. On sighting the vessel
tbe supply ship maneuvers until It Is
within 400 feet 'of tbe battleship. Tbe
collier thgn dispatches a small boat
that carries two cables. One end of
each is attached to .the masthead of
tbe supply vessel. Tbe lines pay out
as tbe boat advances, and when it
reaches the warship tbe sailors fasten
tbe cablesHo the stern of tbe ship on
the port and starboard sides.
The two ships, therefore, travel in a
straight line fastened together, while
from the mast of the collier to tbe
deck of tbe warship stretches a trans
port cable for carrying coal bags.
Sacks of coal tbat weigh a ton are
hoisted from .the foot of tbe collier's
mast to a platform at Us bead, below
which there Is a net to protect deck
bands from falling pieces ofcoal. By
means of wheels tbat run on tbe cable
automatic winches force tbe load along
the sloping transport line at a rate of
3,000 feet a minute. On reaching the
deck of tbe battleship the load is au
tomatically released, and tbe trans
porter starts on its return Journey.
By means of this apparatus sixty
tons of coal can be carried every hour
across the gap of water tuat separates
the supply ship from tbe battleship.
The great advantage Is that both
vessels can move at tbe rate of
twelve knots an hour while tbe coaling
goes on. '
CURIOUS PENALTIES.
Something'! wrong with this war
somewhere. According to "ofllolal re
port," there are nbout six different
vlotorlea to every battl. ,
Not astletlril with the horror of
today, many newspapers are devoflug
considerable spaoe to fighting anew
tba tatlixs uf "a year ago today."
bn iinuM'jnns slides In thk i'auama
ttrual one Vv,h tok thai "e
Soma That Were Inflioted In the Early
Days In New York.
When New York, or ns it was then
called, New Amsterdam, was under
Dutch rule, some peculiar penalties
were enacted. In 1C42 a defendant in
an action (for slander was sentenced
"to throw something In the box for
tbe poor." In 1044 Thomas Cornel, a
soldier, was tried for desertion and
sentenced "to be conveyed to tho place
of execution, and there fastened to a
stake und a ball fired over his bead, as
an example to other evildoer!)."
Iu 104T Jouas Jonusseu, a soldier, for
robbing ben roosts and killing a pig
was or dered "to ride n wooden horse
three days, from 2 p. m. to the con
clusion of the parade, with a fifty
pound weight tied to each foot" In
1018 an Englishman found guilty of a
grirve offense was pardoned on con
dition that be saw firewood for one
year for the West India company.
In tho time of tbe commonwenlth, In
England, drunkards at Nowcflstle-ou-Tyne
were sentenced to carry about a
tub, with boles In the sides for tho
arms to pass through. In 1751. in Scot
land, David 'l.eycs, for striking bis
father, trtis compelled to nppcnr before
the congregation at church, "balr heddlt
and Imlrfuttlt." with n paper above bis
bend Inscribed with large letters, "Be
hold the orinntui'ull son, punished Jot
putting band on his father, and uIb
honoi'lng Uod In him," Exchange.
Backing Him Out.
Sir Herbert Tree's wit Is well known
among bis friends, and they tell some
very good stories aoout his funny re
marks nt rehearsals.
Once during the ichenrxul of a cer
tain play Sir Uerbort asked a very
young and by no means. Iirllllant ac
tor who fancied himself greatly to
'atop hack a little." The actor did ao,
und Tree went on rehearsing. A little
later the famous manugcr repeated hla
request, and the youth obeyed ngniu.
Shortly afterward Tree ouee more
naked hlra to "step a little farther
back."
"But If 1 do," complained tho youth
ful one ruefully, "I shall bo complete
ly off tho stage."
"Yes," answered Tree quietly, "that'a
rlgbtl" London Globe.
Golf In Scotland.
In ancient times, when Scotland al
ways hiul work tor ber soldiers to do,
nil young mcu were required to perfect
themselves In archery. They preferred
to piny golf, and eo serious a rival did
the game become that It was for a
time suppressed and made a capital
offense. That curious law never has
been reionlvil and mny still be found
on the Btntuto book. There seems to
be no record, however, of tho law ever
having becu enforced.
Futils Aspiration,
"When 1 wns n boy I thought I'd
rather be a great basobnll player than
anything olso In tbe world."
"Of course you have chnnged your
nilnd."
"Not oxnctly. I have merely realised
that there la no hopo."-Vasblrrgton
Stur.
Why th Bad Eyt Escapes. .
There Is no alllil for a had eye. Still,
a lot of people never look as high as
tho eyes. They stop nt the diamond In
the arnrfprn.-lrYlu 8. Cobb In Satur
day ICvenlng Post.
Wis Distribution.
"la Jinks n cnroful business man?"
"Very. Ire never asks the same
hank to discount his pniwr more than
twice In the same week."-UU-hmond
Ttmoa-DlMpntch,
Cheerfulness ia like money well ex
Bonded In rhnrity-Hie more we dis
pense of It the grentor our pnweMslon -Victor
llmai
I'or Sale..
1U mud. I.
luauf. Adv.
I
-Kite pnsenger Ford car,
Ir.qolre at Ware's Plisr-
SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING
Notice is hereby given to the legal
voters of School District No. 29, of
Umatilla Connty, State of Oregon that
a speoial School meeting of said Dls
triot will be held at the sobool bouse
on tbe 27tb day of November, 1915,
at 2 o'olook in tbe afternoon, to vote
on the proposition of levying a speoial
district tax.
The purposes for wbiob tbe money
is to be raised by Ibis levy shall be
1 expended, are shown by tbe following
itemized budget wbiob ia hereby made
a part of this notioe:
Teachers' salaries - 16000.00
Furniture - none
Apparatus, snob as maps, f
obalk, erasers, stovea
or curtains, - none
Library tnoks, - - 100.00
Flags - - none -
Repairs of soboolhouses,
outbuildings or feuoes eo.oo
Playground apparatus none
Transportation of pupils none
Tnition of pnpils . none
Janitor ;
Janitor's supplies
Fnel
Light - - -Uleik's
salary
Postage and stationery
Interest on bonds
Sinking fnnd
Dated this 25tb day
1915. Attest:
Ernest A. Zerba, M
Distriot Clerk.
Professional
- ' 600.00
- 100.00
850.00
S00.00
60.00
50.00
. 2250.00
- 1875.00
of Oototer,
. h. Watts,
Chairman
Board of Directors.
SUMMONS.
In tbe Joetloe Court for the 'District
of Athens, Umatilla County, Oieg.
Lillie Miller, Plaintiff,
vs, '
Joe MoClellan, Defendant.
To Joe MoClellan, tbe atove named
Defendant:.
Id the name ef the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer tbe complaint Hied against yon
in tbe above entitled suit wltbin six
weeks of tbe date of tbe drat publica
tion of tbis summons, on or before tbe
)9th day of November, 1915. And
yon will take notioe tbat i( you fail
to appear and answer or otherwise
plead within said time, tbe plaintiff,
tot want thereof will apply to tbe
Conrt for tbe relief prayed for and
demanded in plaintiff's aald complaint
to-wit: For 176.00 with interest there
on at the rate of 6 per oent pel annum
from tbe first day of September, 1915
until paid and for plaintiffs costs and
disbursements of this aotlon.
Tbis summons is published pursuant
to an order of Hon. B. B. Biobards,
Judge of the above entitled Court,
duly made and filed on tbe 27th day
of September, 11115; aod tbe Stat pub
lication of this summons will te made
in tbe Athena Press, a newspaper pub
lished at Athena, in Umatilla County,
Oregon, on Friday the 8th day of Oc
tober, 191 R, and tbe last publication
will be made on Friday, November
19th, 1916. Lillie Miller,
Plaintiff.
SUMMONS.
In I lie Justice Court for tbe Distriot
of Athena, Connty of Umatilla,
Slate of Oregon.
L. G. Sharp, Plaintiff,
vs.
George B. Weber, Defendant,
lo George B. Weter, tbe above named
defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the oomplaiut riled against yon
In tbe above entitled snlt within six
weeks of the date of the first, publica
tion of tbis summons, on or before tbe
26tb day of November, 1916. And
yon will take notice that if yon fail to
appear and answer or otherwise plead
within said lime, tbe plaintiff, for
want thereof, will apply to the conrt
for tbe relief prayed for and demanded
In plaintiff's said complaint to-wit:
For (83.85, with interest thereon st
the rate of 6 per oent per annum from
tbe 20th day o( July, 1915, until paid
and for plalntifi's costs and disbnrse
nisuts of this aotlon.
Ibis summons ia published pursuant
to an order of Hon. B. B. Richards,
Judge of tbe above entitled Court, du
ly made and tiled on the 4th day of
October, 1916, and tbe first publica
tion of tbis summons will be made in
the Athena Press, a weekly newspaper
Duhllshed at Atbeoa, Umatilla Ooon
ty, OrHgon, on tba 15th day of Ooto-
bar, 1915, and tbe last putlioatlon
will be made on Friday, November
ilfltb, 1015. L. G. Sharp,
Plaintiff.
SUMMONS.
Iu tbe Justice Conrt far tbe Distriot
of Athena, Conuty of Umatilla,
State of Oregon.
L, K. Beam, Plaintiff,
vs.
George R. Weter, Defendant.
To tieorge B. Weter, tbe above
named delendant:
In tba name of the State of Oregon,
yon ate bereby required to appear and
answer the complaint filed against yoa
in the above entitled suit within six
weeks from tbe date of the first pobllo
ation nf thla summons, on oi before
the Silth day of Novemter, 1915. And
son will take notioe tbat if yon fail to
appear and auswer oi otherwiae plead
within said time, the plaintiff, for
want thereof, will apply to the Conrt
for the relief prayed tor and demanded
in plaintiff's said complaint to-wit:
For tho sum of 165 with Intereat there
on at tbe late of 6 per cent per aonnm
from ths 2ud day of October, 1916,
until paid and lor tbe further earn of
1 10 to be allowed by the Uourl lor at
torney's tees and for plaintiff's oosla
aud disbursements of this action.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of lion, B. li. , Jiiobards,
Judge of the above settled Conrt, duly
made aud filed on the Sud day ot Oct.
ober, 1915, aod tbe Hist publioatiou ot
Ibis suniuioua will be made'lujhe
Athena Press, a weekly newspaper
published at Athena, Umatilla Conn
tv, Oregon, on Friday, Ootober 15th,
11)15. aud tbe last pnblioation will be
on Friday, the Stub day of November,
1916. U K. Beam, Plaintiff.
S. F. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calls both night and day.
Calls promptly answered. OfflM on Third
street, Athens. Oregor
COL. T. L. BALDWIN
The we 'I Known Auctioneer
will maki" Sales anywhere in Umatilla
County. i Phone. 1457: Koatdence, 1007
West Main Stmt, Walla Walla, Wmh.
or book Pates with J. F. Wright, Athena
DR. A. B. STONE,
Physician and Surgeon.
Offioeln Poet Bnilding. Phone, 501
DR. J. G. McMATH
Osteopath.
Offiice one block North of the Bank.
DR. J. W. WELCH
DentiBt -
Athena, Oregon'
Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. m.
, DR. E. B. OSBORN
Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist
Graduate HcKUUp.Vetlnary College
Offices: Commercial Stable and Hawks Drug
more. rnouea.
fin jl
lity
Homer I. Watts
Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
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