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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1915)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Entered In the rnstoffice at Athena, Oregon ... as eoondOlats Mail Matter. Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions 1 Display regular, per inch 12 Local readers, first insertion, per line, 10c Subsequent insertions, per line 5c "Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $1.50 A'hen paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months 50 A Mulligan Stew tATHENA. ORE. DEC. 17 1915 Tbe Hie chief of one of tfa larger towns has compiled a number of aensible "don'ta" to be observed dor log tbe Christmas festivities, Among tbem are these: Don't use cotton to represent snow, . If yon must bsve suow, oso asbestos ttbre. Don't permit children to light or relight the dandles while parents are not present. Don't leave the matches in reaob of ohildren at holiday time. Candles are meant to be lighted, and if tbe ohildren oan get matches they will experiment. Don't allow tbe trees to remain in side bnildinga after the holidays. Tbe tree itself ignites readily when tbi needles have teoome dry. Qniokly and safely dispose of boxes, exoelslor and other oombustinle pack ing material that comes with Obiist mss gifts. Keep all Christmas decorations a safe distance from oaadlns and eiec trio bulbs. Make no changes In eleotiio wiring witbont first obtaining tbe approval of tbe electric inspector. Bays the Morrow Connty Free Lance: "Wheoever a fellow in any position of pnblio trnst is pnblioly acoused of doplioity, dishonesty at worse, he bonld be willing to at least deny the oharga and anxions for an investiga tion that he may be vindicated, or ho abonld step down and ont aud oot pre en me that his oontinnation of snob a position of treat will bn taken by any fair-minded intolligenue as a vindica tion. He may encased in oonvinaing bis own little i"iud that the people will not question his motives, bat tbe organization which be represents, wbetber it te religions, political or commercial, will sutler from snob stibferfoge," ' : Every yonog farmer, aud the older oues too for that matter, abonld if possible attend the special abort ooorse in Htiiuulture at O, A. C, These courses are given at a time of the year when work on tbe farm is slack, and the expense is so leasonable as to bs tosroely noticible, when tbe practiaal results are (liken into oousldeiHtion. Vive bandied Jltnoy busses it is said, will go ont nf business in Seattle within a few mouths uuless a new bunding company is formed to write bonds for jitneys. The present com panies will no longer take tbe risk, became of tbe ruauv aooideuts and lawsuits resulting from five-cent bns operations. Believing that the oeteuiouy of natnralization would be more Im pressive It au Ameiloau flag were used in oonnectlou with it, the Bona of the Ameiloau Revolution have arranged to present euoh Oiegon court of gen eral jniUdiotion with a large silk flag. Only one week until Christmas, Bettor attond to that shopping now iustead of leaving It until tbe eveuing of the last day, Millions of dollars lor pnblio Im provement honestly expended, but uot a dollar for political graft, la a good eontlmout, Tbe follow who is always looking for something for nothing, Id himself au overgrown wad of iiotblug. While pFauuiug for a 1 it I U luaiease in other produots, lut us not forget the niluor oue of population. Another week nearer Christmas. Bead the ads. Bay at home. It is advertised in Week. Look for It. the Press Ibia iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiitimiiiiiiiiiiniii FARMERS' AND HOMR-MAKERS' WEEK . and RURAL LIFb' CONFERENCES January 3 to 8, 1916 . tlve lururmalimi, I'mrtlcM lttl hit the Home the KuriB, Ihv Community. Convention erf (hruoif Uit-nlrst ImiuHlrtNi eouttrrructHon Ol tiion'i Mi'sl Vitnt Vtulilvmn tltCTUR US HUM" NSTH ATIONS- KXI1IIIII10NS -liNVHKTAlNMKNTB Two thonwinl iKti)tr atl-n-t-l lt yrr. It in a steal lUur tu innWc Mieinlawuh live tlilitk' ; Hfirt live IhouvhlH. RituU lki'iit. Hinl itootl woik. WINTb'K SHORT COURSE January 10 to February 4, 1916 A Fritctt.'Rl AKrk'iifliiuil t'oiiise hi a Nut Hlicll. Avolivd fvu-m-tf in Ai-tiial Work wf the htni mill lluiiM-liuul. Counmla FKl'IT K .MSI SO, l'AKM CROPS, SOILS STUCK HAISINO, HAIKY WOKK, 1'OliI.TKV KAIKIN'O. I! AK IlliN INT., COOK NO,Mltt'INl. IIIIUSKIMM.It AKI'S, IIDMIt NrtisiNO husini-n Muriums, koau kcii niN-: HNi;iNKnmNU,KiiK.i, UKl'.A W.Al'IO-V!, MARK K tINti, Comslmn I. bit Coiiiiie Wilhinil Tuition. V.t.pti( Iikim.h-.ii In Muic. ililti'.l i.ii.m.ul l':'ll"l. I'm-r.'pva.r v ite I t TtiMVI ' AliriculiirJ Call iji'. Utuliil. a Emiiij,'"! llw l.' l Orficn 10 I I) 0 a, tiiuiuguil WWW aaatsasaaasas ' "Cheek to oheek and jaw to jaw, enokin' older tbrn a straw I" is abont what Is expeoted to take plaoe hence forth after 12 o'olook midnight, Dec ember 81st, 1915. But not if Oregon biewera can he'p it. Are ve "hep" t' that' Ibey appear to be oonsoioni of the fact that of tbe Oregon legis latme oan play eochre with Frobi'a 80,000 majority, why. by tbe boons' poons, tbey have a play oomin', too, And they're going to go into the game (so I read) with a baud abont like tbla: "It the legislature makes it possible for onteide breweri to sell and ship booze into tbe state, why oan't we ship and sell booze ootside tbe state?" Fur Instance: Io tbe face of tbat 30,000 majority for prohibition, tbe game ie too deep lor me Any member of the legislature oan elooi date for yon. Ax him. Tien knock on wood, Pilot Book baa been beard from She Still Favors BnrgeBi. As a feeler, Geo. Chamberlain, U, S. senator from this state, is agitHting compulsory military training. Of course, this is jnst a feeler. - George says so, himself. If tbe b-h-oys want it well an' good ; if not, tbey can leave it alone. If it's only a feeler, trnst George to handle it 0. k. . As a feeler for votes, George has beaten all com petitors in Oregon for tbe peat IS years tbat I know of. . ' White Christmas, or blaok Christ mas? Gness end poll straws. Later. Looks like a white one now, but poll straws anyway. Kernel Wood smothered me with Thistledown last week. Be read some where tbat "clean minds and beanty resolt from eating green peas" and passed tbe dint up to me. Naw, (banks, Kernel. . After obseiving tbe effect alfalfa meal has on yonr per sonal appearance and general disposi tion, I yomped the vegetable trim min's altogether. I am bf tbe opin ion that while alfalfa is tbe greatest forage plant grown on eaitb, its nse is incapable of bringing the kinka ont of yon. Prenoh is jost a wee kit uneasy about it, illyn is cutting ont a miniature dove of peaoe down at bis shop. Don't know wbetber be will send it to Ford as a figurehead for his Peaoe ship, or whether he will pot it on the Christ ines tree, with his compliments, for me. I Io abont 'steen duys more, it'll uot be are you n judge of good whiskey, but nbat brand of grape jnioe is Billy Bryan diiubing now? I On the face of things, Merl Chess man, of onr est. content., tbe Weakly Bnlldogaer, either has it In for Connty Judge Marsh, or else Charlie stands ace hi with tbe Bolldogger obieftain. I don't know which. It appeaia to be a case of "stand in together against eaob other." I dnnno. Charlie al ways was popular, though even with me, when twenty-six years ago be need to te my roller boy on the Weston Leader, SUMMONS. In the Cironit Court of tbe State of Oregon for Umatilla Connty. Flora M. Severson, Plaintiff, vs. William M. Severscn, Defendant. To William M. Se'erson, Defendant above named: In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint of tbe plaintiff Bled against yon in tbe above entitled otherwise plead within said time, tbe plaintiff, for want tbeieof, will apply to the Couit for the relief prayed for and demanded tn plaintiff's aaid com plaint, to-wlt: For tbe sum of 175.10 and for plaintiff's oosts and disburse ments ct this action. This summons is published pursuant to an order of Hon, B. B. Biobaids, Judge of tbe atove entitled Oonit. duly made and filed on the 17th day of November, 1915, and the Bret publio- Tho Battle of Chalons. There lime been no ninny bloody bottles it la perhaps Impossible to say with absolute crrtnliity which of them all "us the Woolliest, Imt II10 balance of the evidence seems to be In favor of the battle of Chalons. France, fought A. D. 4M between the Huns, under Attlln, nml the Itmnnns, Goths mid Franks, tinder the romrnaml of Aetlus, tbe most renowned cnptnln of bis tiny. At the bend of his nOO.OOO simiirea Attlln was having everything his own way. nud it looked as If Aryan clvlllzntlon was desllned to fnll before the Tnrtnr despotism, when suddenly, like 11 bolt out of the blue, Aetlus fell upon the barbaric hordes and Knropt) wna saved. It ,1s estimat ed thnt 400,000 of the barbarians were left dead on tile flelil. The Maid's Reply, As William hent over her fair faee be whispered: "Darling. If I should nsl: you lu Kronen If I nilRht kiss you what would you answer?" She, rnlllnir up her scanty knowledge of the Trench liiiiguago, exelnlmed, "Wllet donxl" Kxchunge. A Continued Story. "What did your wife sny when yon stayed out so Into last night?" "I don't know. Mho hasn't Mulshed telling It nil to uie yot."-Dctrolt Free I'ress. The coward only threatens when he Is safe duel he. Notice of Sale. Iu the County Court of tbe Stale of Oregou, for Umatilla Connty. Iu the Matter nf tbe Estate of S. M. Wllita, Deoeastd. In pursuance of a license to sell, giauted by the above named Court, on the 10th day of Ueoember, 11115, I. Matilda It. White, adiutnUtratirix of the estate of 8. M. White, deceased, will proceed to aell to tbe highest bid der, for cash iu band, the fallowing deaaiibed realty: The W. ' of tbe S. K. 4 aud the 8. of the N. E. V4 of Sao. 1, T. 6, N. B. 35, E. W. M., Umatilla oonoty, Oregon, containing UiO aores mure or less. That bids uj.ou said laud may be made and left with my attorney, Uomei i, Watts, at his oflloe in Ath eus, Oregon, from aud aftei this 17tb day of December, 1915, up to and In clusive of Satmday, January 15th, 11)1(1, oiitll the boor of a o'olnok p. m. on aaid date, at which time I will then sell to tbe highest bidder for cash, all tbe right title, interest, and estate of said 8. M. While, deoeased, in and to the atovn desorlbed realty. Said realty was appiaised at $1100.00, by the appraisals in (be estate herein. Dated this l?tb day of December, Matilda B. White, . AdiniiiiHlratilx of lb KstnU of H. M. While, deceased. sulc and Court within six weeks of ' atlon ot Ibis summons,wlll be made in tbe Atncna Press, a weekly newspaper published lo- Atbena, Umatilla Conn ty, Oregon on Friday, November 19tb, 1916, and tbe last publication will be made on Friday, December 81, 1915. Homer 1, Watts, , Attorney for Plaintiff. tbe date of tte Brat publication of this snmmoos, namely on or before Friday, tbe 21st day of January, 1916: and yon will take notice tbat if yon fail to appear and answer or plead within aaid time tbe plaintiff, for want there of. will apply to tbe oourt for tbe re lief prayed for and demanded in said oomplaiut, to wit, for a decree of tbe court forever dissolving the tonds of matrimony now and heretofore exist ing between plaintiff and defendant and for absolute divorce from tbe de fondant; fat such other and fnitnei equitable relief as may appear proper, a uie sonuuous is paoitsneo pursuan to an order of Honorable Gilteit W Phelps, Circnit Jodge of the Sixth Jndioial District of tbe State of Ore- gon, dnly made and Bled herein on tbe 7th day of December, 1915; and tbe Brat pnblioalion will te made on Fii day, tbe lOtb day of Decern ter, 1915, and tbe last publication will te made on Friday, tbe 31st day of January 1910, in the Atbena Press newspaper, published at Athena, in Umatilla County, Oregon Datod this the lOtb day of Decern bar, 1915. Will M. Peterson Attorney for Plaintiff, Take yonr clothes to Woithingtou's Pressery to have tbem put io Bist olass shape. Adv. Administratrix' With Will Annexed No tice of Hearing Final Account, etc In tbe Connty Oourt of the State of Oiegon, in and for Umatilla Connty. In the Matter of tbe Estate of John Martin, Deoeased. Notioe is hereby given tbat tbe Final Aooooni of Margaret Winship as administratrix with will annexed of tbe estate of John Martin, deoeased, together with her Petition for Final Distribution of said estate, has been filed in tbe Connty Cooit of Umatilla Connty. State of Oregon, and that Monday, the 3rd day of January, A. D. 1918, at tbe hour of two o'olook in tbe afternoon, at tbe oflloe of the County Judge in Pendleton. Oregon, has been duly appointed ty snob oourt as the time and plaoe for tbe bearing of objections to such Final Aocount and Petition aud tbe settlement of aaid aocount, at which time any person interested in such estate may appear nd file objections thereto and 00 n test tbe same. Dated December 1st, 1915. MARGARET WINSBIP, As administratiix with Will annexed of the estate of John Marllo, deoeased. Notice of Final Account. In tbe County Gomt of the State of Oiegon for Umatilla County. In tbe Matter ot tbe Estate of Peter LaCourae, Deceased. Notioe ia hereby given that tbe un dersigned, F. S. Le Grow, exeontor of tbe estate of Peter LaConise, deoeas ed, has Bled bis final aooonnt and re port io the eald estate, and that tbe Connty Court of Umatilla ooonty, Oregon, has fixed Monday, the 3rd day of January, 1916 at tbe hour of ten o'olook In tbe forenoon of said date, as tbe time, and tbe county oonrt room io the county oourt bouee of Umatilla oountv, Oregon, io Pendle ton therein, as the plaoe of hearing any and all (injections and exceptions to said Bnal aocount and repoit, if any there be. Objeotiona to said final re port and aooonnt should be filed on or before laid date. Date of first publication of tbia not ioe. Deoemter 8. 1916: date of last publication, Deoember 81, 1915. F. 8. Le Grow, Exeontor of Estate of Peter LaCourse, deoeased. m 7 r', . a sfiw J lWWiiri Bw x JUJ a- . fy.:4iiS I'M I ' 1 SOLID COMFORT SLIPPERS ; m lMEN"WOMEN;aifei ft PTw ..THEroEAL: .tflElli OBERT t Zulu I O Notice. Tbe regular annual meeting of the stockholders of tbe First National Bauk of Atbena, Oiegon, for tbe elec tion of direotora for the ensuing year and for the traosaotlon of such olber bnsiness as may lawfully oome before it, will be held in its office in Atbena, Oregon, Tuesday, Jannary 11th, 1916, t the hour of two o'clock, p. in. F. 8. LeOrow, Oasbier.- Deoemter 10th, 1015. , FIX & RADTKE 'MONEY BACK STORE," ATHENA. OREGON SUMMONS. Iu the Cironit Conit of tbe Btate of . Oregon foi Umatilla Connty. Farmers' Security Bank of Milton, Oregon, (a corporation,) Plaintiff," vs. George Webei, Defendant. To George Weber, defendant herein: In tbe name of tbe Stain of Oregon, yon are bereby required to appear and answer the oomplaiut Bled against yon in tbe above entitled aotion within six weeks of tbe date of the first pub lication of tbia summons, to-wlt, on or tefore Friday, tbe 81st day of Decem ber, and you will take notioe that if you fail to appear and anewer said complaint or otherwise plead thereto within said time, tbe plaintiff, for want thereof will take judgment against you for tbe sum of 1435 With interest thereon at 8 per cent per an num fiom Jan. 1,1915, until paid, aud for Plaintiff's costs and disbursements ot this aotion. Ibis summons is published pursuant to au order oi Hon. Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge of the Sixth Jndioial Distiiot ot the State ot Oiegon, duly made and Bled herein on the 17tb day of Nov. 1915, and the first publication here of is mrde on Friday, tbe 19tb day ot Nov,, 1915, and the last publication will be made on Friday, the 81st day ot Deoember, 1915, in the Athena Piess, a newspaper published weekly at Atbena, Umatilla Co., Oregon. ' -Dated this I7tb day of Nov., 1015. Homer I. Watts, Attorney for Plaintiff, the first national bank OF ATHENA Capital and Surplus $100,000:2 SUMMONS. In tbe Justice' Court for the District of Atbeoa, County of Umatilla,, State lit Oregon. Preatoo-Sbalier Milling Co,, Plaintiff, vs. C. Chancy, Defeudant. " To C, Cbauey, tbe above named de feudant: In the name of tbe Btate ot Oregon, yon are hereby requited to appear and Huswer the complaint filed against yon in the above eulitled aotion within six weeks from tbe date of the Bist pnblioalion of tbia summons, on or lofoie tbe 81st day of December, 1915. And yon will take notioe that If yon tail to appear and answer or ME BOCEffi- Fine Xmas Gift . We have them with the new Automobile Seats, upholster ed in real Leather, at from r $5 to $20 Miller furniture store "v "We are advertised by our loving friends!" Watts & Rogers Weston; Ore. f) If making people talk Is soooessful advertising, here ia a sample: One of onr customers while in a neighboring oity had some ot our station ery in bis band and when a resident of tbat city eaw and took notioe of tbe stationery, he remarked: "Watte and Rogers would make a good mail order house they look so Dmned saintly 00 paper." Hal Hal (time to laugh.) v. . .'V . Come and see how tbey look off paper and perhaps we'll tend you away with a saintly look haoling some of that ohoioe bog-wire fence al 28 centa per rod. Tbe beet and most flexible, going over bill or tbiough hollow without wiinkle. Easily pnt up, the most secure look and galvan iaing that will stand i dips wbile most other fences will stand only three dipa ere theaoid eats thiongb. We Handle fencing in carlnad lots. Those Winns are conservative. Geo. took somewire . fence borne thinking we claimed too muoh, tut he came back and got more saying it ia the best be ever pnt op. The most flexible, best look and tbe easiest to pnt up. Weber Wagons, Kentnoky Drills, and ten per oent off on shelf hard ware and nearly everything in tbe store for spot oasb. One Mors Week Until 1CIV.AS For Jewelry, L. 8. Vincent bas a line that oan't be excelled for Quality or Workmanship'and the prices are very moderate. A few of tbe hun dreds of beautiful things in bis Stole: Cnff Links: Gent's Sets; Cigarette Cases: Match Cases; Diamonds; Watobes; Soerf Pins; Waldmar Chains; Bilver Sewing Sets; Thimbles Silver and Gold: Lavalliers; Brooches; Peail and Gold Neoklaoes; Sterling Silver and Cut Glass. Cy4.tb.ena Stores are crowded "with beautiful, useful Gifts Do Your Shopping at Home Sterling Silver and Cut Glass : South Side Main. L. S. VINCENT The Jeweler There's Something Absolutely Wrong With People ' who are not thinking about Christmas at this time of the year. Friends, relatives and those dear to you expect to be remembered at Christmas and should by no means be disappointed. The question then is where to find the best assortment at prices that will most strongly appeal to you. - TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM VISIT OUR STORE We confidently expect that our Christmas display will be pleasantly remembered for years to come. ,Weston fVIercantile Company, Weston, Ore. THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET fe-- We carry the best . 'jref MEATS p-P T That Money Buys ' I Can and Cool Kll ifi B rf Insuring Wholesome Meats. dUjUr&& READ & MEYER - Main Street, Athena, Oregon """aaaBaaaaasBBaiasaMaaMasBBMasMasrBBa A. C. CARPENTER THE UP-TO-DATE JEWELER When you want Jewelry, we can supply you with most anything you want- Any price you want to pay. Any time you want it. We repair watches, jewelry, etc. NORTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA, OH E