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Zk'SA AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher 1 Enlered-ln the FoMofUce al Athena, Oregon a ecoudt:laeft Mail Matter. Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions 12 Display regular, per inch 12 Local readers, first insertion, per line, 10c subsequent insertions, per line. . . ., Lodge resolutions, per line , Church notices, admission, per line. . A Mulligap Stew Subscription Rates. One cony, one year.... $1.50 AThen paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months. One copy, three months .50 cATHENA. ORE. DEC. 3l 1915 The regular anunal meeting of the stockholders, on Tuesday, January 11 will mark the 24tb anniversary cf the First National Bank of Atbeua Did yon evei stop to consider the voloe of tho be ok to a oommnnity? ' We baven't Angers and toes enough to mark off its good points, not space enough to enumerate tbem. We all have general knowledge of its facili ties for the safe keeping of spare foods, guarded by insurance against lost by burglary, made donbly safe by state supervision and inspsotion, and made profitable to the patron by tb payment of interest. We know it keeps . our cash account straight for ce by the convenient oheok system and re turns receipt fot every deal made no matter bow small or bow large. It (ides os over the dull period, oovers tbe gap between planting end market ing for farmer and morohant, and eas es along finances and expedites bnsi' nesa In genorul. But do we ever etop to consider the sooies (if otber nays tbe tank helps a community? Many line! of business that are a benefit to town and oonutiy owe their existence to the local bank; many an estate is bandied snooessfnlly where leHiei bus iness judgment migbt have resulted in oonfnslon and lore; many an individual receives advice and guidance tbat has nnt fham nn t.tm iiaht mad lo snocess: . a--. --o-- many a good faun bss made a fortune for its ownei with tbe aid of the bank ; all benefit ty tbe barriers established by the bank against over-lndnlgenoe, by enaoursgeuieut, by tbe aonstaul nursing of tbe saving titbit, fay warn ing against financial danger, Tbe tight kiua of a tank will treat yon rlgbt it yon ti eat it right. It is a oom mnnity builder par exoellenoe. Among tbe Important bits of news whiob the republican papers did not play np so that oue oould noUoe it was the statement ofJUb.uUnuinJMurdook of the jtiiftrtffSTva national oommllTto -"that there are at least 3,000,000 bull mooaers who will not swallow auytbing Peuruaiotal may band ont via the lermblioau. national conrention. If compelled to choose between Wilson and a standpatter, be save 00 per cent will vote for Wilson. the best shrapnel wbiob is beiug used in Europe Is warranted to break into not less than one liuudred and twelve pieces. But that is nothing; tbe war scare which the jingoes are trying to work op in tbia country breaks into a great muuy moie pieoes whenever it oomes into oonlaot wltti ootumon senee. 'there are twelve newspapeia pub lished in Umatilla oonuly, two ot them putlisbed dally. la ten as a whole, they averaga well with other papers of the state, The Intent to en ter the rinks is tbe Hudson Bay Mows, newsy little sheet pulllBhed at fteewator. Athena merchants report a Bpleudtd volume of business dniing Christmas week. The trade at home spirit seemed to have broader scope than usual, Tbe etooka were all tbat could have beeu expeoted in a town ot this size and the prices appealed to buyers, Tbe Popular Mechanics magazine estimates tbat the eutlie Ameriaan army could te marched over the Brooklyn bridge in a trills uioie than an boor and a half. The comparison la used to show the sine of tbe bridge. There are times when we feel like oailluj attention to tbe need ot an Rutoinatio warning signal at the O.-W, &!aln atreet crossing; and this Is one of tbe times, More snow, more uiointuie; mote moisture, mors wheat. I.et'ersuowl 0. A. C. flliillliiltilllitiitltliitliilllllilliltilll FARM EHS' AND HOME-MAKERS WEEK and RURAL LIFE CONFERENCES January 3 to 8, 1016 Live luformntUm, Pint-Hen. flclji lor th Horn the l-'tinu, tltt? Com 11m tiity, Coneutlotn of oiegon'a (lTilft Ititutri?i Colli err ticca on Urrun'ki Mull Vita! trublt-uitt 1ECTURKH- I.KMONSTRATIONS HXHlUi 1'IONS-KNTKKTAlNMKNTS Two thouwntl tM-oplf attended Irml yrar. It U a great plait? to iniike fi li'iids - Willi live tlliuk.fP hi id live tlHMigliU, uuu wurkrm, and ftuod wuik, WINTER "SHORT COURSE January 10 to February 4, 1916 A Practical ARiiailtiitul Comc in a Nut Shell. Applirtl Scirmtr til Ai'ttml Work of till' I'lii'Hi mui iluu-elloUt. CouriM In I'KIHT RAISING. HARM CROPS, BOll.H, STUCK KAIMM1. I'AIRV WORK, I'OULTKV KAlSINd. :AK1KNIN(1, COOK JN1!, KKn'INIS. IIIH Slillnt.il AR l, UDMK M'KtNl!. HI'MNKSS M I'TIll HIS. R'lAO lti'ti t'tst; 1'akm u(;tM:i;RiNt;,RtRAi. OKUAMX.VriO.1. MARKCTINll, t'l.llce Ctmrw Without Tuition. Kit lit UINL'. .(ltait i..iH.,.:t! ti.ltl. !:c Mlt;fo Oregon lw lii 10 f l) CuriTMn KM'' Itl'-tnuti for rmMtim u litr li Til 1 , Ajiilcuituul Coll5. lofiyi, I have often thought what a great benefit It would be to tbe telephone service iu Athena and hereabouts if the lines were tbreeded on poles in tbe clear way of tbe alleys, Instead of being strung tbrouab abode trees along tne streets, just where they sbouldn be. But tbe wires ate owned by tb Telephone Company and the shade trees belong to tbe property owners. and seeiug as tbe Telephone Company is running its business, including tbe equipment, yes, even onto tbe wires to suit itself, and to its own interests, whether it suitB me or not so wotinels tbe use of my asking tbem to Improve the service here, jost a wee bit, any way? " "Work In tbe summer time Bnd save np your Hoi, an" ab well I Winter's here anyway. I The ford always did advertise itself in tbe due performance of the duties required of It and In oontinuanoe of i good thing it so happens that its mak er is coming in for bis share too. It appears to ms tbat all you have to do to get yourself in tbe public optiois to get together a fcnnoh of onoongenlal friends and a few newspaper reporters. nerd tbem iu a canal boat and row over to Yurrop, with the express pur pose of stopping the war, Hot only will the belligerents give you tbe haughty, bat neutrals aa well will tell yoo where to bead lo. After tonight, then Shade ot Bao- ohns then wbat? You can't bead off a ford, no-bow. Bat Dean Dudley can bead off a herd of mulee with a ford, and drive them wherever he wants to. Besides Tbat, Dean puts tbe squeeze over in tetter oowtoy form tbao any oue I ever saw emeptin' "Pooch" Henry, "Foooh" an old Bay Bill once did a stunt over on Bunt Ave, tbst eclipses anythlug that Desu or tbe whole fionodnp can ever hope to equal, "Fooab" was rid ing old Hill up tbe Ave. one evening when s-w, let I. John Dobscn tell it. He oen do it better tbao I oao. But you just odda seen Dean herd tbem males, osing bis ford as a brono. I Swat tbe Wiolor fly don't wait fur bis millions of progeny next Snnimer. This sure is a "land of milk and honey," at Times. Just now it's a neighbor hood ot port sausage, back bone and spareribs. To which I migbt indulgently append tbe aoalalm that it beats Kernel Wood s dry mash diet of alfalfa meal aud crashed peanut shells; whiob, ton, Is ditto in its place and tbat for which tbe mesa is intended. I Trill on, thou "Song of Progress." The inntor leaches me that Athena is yet to have soother Billiard Hall. I Juet leave tbe aubjeot of diversified orops alone fur a while, kind reader, n think for a short, time on the dU versiilaalloo 01 thlf present (weather, Rooting ynnr neighbor's Pea-roost is a trade wltbio itself; Swiping Al monds from a peddler is another. I am constrained lo Keep the Knlprit's name ont of print jnst so long as be Keeps sway from town, Nut Bed. It there ere 200,000,000,000 Bull Moosers milling around tbe political arena In these United States, Wot's the otienoo for victory? ' Notice of Sale. In tbe Cruel? Court of the 'Slate of Oregon for Umatilla Count?. In the Matter of the Guardianship of Alexander Kiooesr, fooompetent, In pnreoanoe of a license to sell granted by the above nemed coort oo tbe i!8tn day of December, 1915, I, Margaret Kinoear. guardian of the person and propeity ot Alexander Kioneer, eo incompetent, will proceed to Bell to the highest bidder tbe fol lowing desoribed realty, to wit: Tbe south 'one-half (,) of tbe southwest one-fourth () of station tweuty-two (22) township four(4), north of range thirty-five (86), E. W. M., Umatilla oouuty, Oregon. Tbat bids upon said land may be made tod left with my attorney, Homer I. Watts, at his offioe In Atb ena Oregon, from and after Ibis 80tb day of Dcoeniber, 1910, np to and in elusive it Saturday, tbe S9tb day at January, 19145, at tbe bout of ten o'clock a. m., oo said date, at which time 1 will tben sell to tbe highest bidder, all ths right, title, interest and estate of said Alexander Kinnear, in and to said described malty. Terms of payment $8000.00 to (10, 000.00 io oasb, tbe balance on time at a reasonable rate ot Interest upon Bret class soonrity. Dated this 00th day of December, 1913. Margaret Kinnear, Guardian ot tbe person and property of Alexander Kinnear, Inoompeteot. ME Donizetti and Coffee. Donizetti, composer of "Lucta dl Lnininernioor," sought inspiration In tho coffeepot. It would bo Interest ing to know accurately the total amount of coffee this erratic genius mnnnged to consume during his short career. It wns his habit In shut him self up In his room with wrltlug mn terlnls aud throe or four coffeepots full of ateuinlug lotTce. Wheu these were emptied lie ordered hi three or four more mid, these illsiuned of hi their turn, another threo or four. Ills biographer snya Hint the iimouiit of coffee be tlrituU was "fiiliiilous." and one (tin well believe it. The efl'eet on his once line constitution wns deplor able. Ills I'ltto shriveled und turned yellow, liltt lips became lilnck. mid with the Inevitable breakdown nf his nerv ous system Ills genius fell rapidly Into premature decay. Jaggery Bunar. Though a Tuiull poem enumerates tW wiiys In whirl! Hie rulni.ru ptilui mny be used, one of Its mux! Interest ing uses Is I lie pnuluiilnii or u sugar called JitRKery. This Is the result of boiling down the fresh Juice mid la one of the chief augnra of South Ititlla. l''our or five jitnrtH per tree per duy Is the yield fur four or live months. Once In every three yenrs the sup drawing process Is mull led. as other wl$c tbe tree would tile 'I lie tree be gins to yield at lirtcen yen in and con tinues for nhiitit llfty yemn. The fe male tree yields about twice as much snp as the iniile, Three qtinrts ot this sup unite one pound of suptr or Jag gery, which Is the olilef augur used by the poor classes of Inilln. Argonaut Wisdom, An old Scotchwoman sent her little hoy to tho corner gnu-erg after a quar ter's worth of Corn sirup. She gave blm the money uud two Jugs, either of which would have been ample to enrry thenlrun, "Wliy did you give III iu two Jugs?" asked a visiting nc'lv Illicit'. "Woel.4)'e see. It's tills way. if I gle him twn Jugs to carry lie kltitm dip bis wee Aimers In the sirup eu rouie home," - I'lltstiuruh Press. Diamond School of Healing Iustruction. and Prof. J. U. Uinmond, the Wfll known Haulm and lentuier, treats all manner of ailments, no matter bow long stand lug. Kiduey Unable and Rheumatism a spsoialty. Female trouble sauce fully treated; no medlnine, no knife, Wheu yon aie through with jour doo tut, come to us, Provision made fot oooutty patients. Prof. J. C. Diamoud, Dr. l.oru Diamond. S0O, Broadway, mid Madison, Port land, Orogon. Adv. Notice of Sale. In the County Court of tbe State ot Oregon, for Umatilla County. In tbe Matter of tba Estate of S. M. White, Deceased. In pnrsnanoe of a license to sell, granted by tbe above named Conrt, on tbe 10th day ot Deoember, 1915, Matilda R. White, administratrix of tba estate of S. M. White, deceased, will prooeed to sell to tbe highest bid der, for cash in band, tbe following described realty: The W. of the S. K. Va and tbe S. H of tbe N. E. V, of Sec. 19, T. 6, N. B. 85, E. W. M., Umatilla county, Oregon, containing 1B0 acres more or less. That bids upon said land may he made and left with my attorney, Homer 1. Wetts, at bis office in Ath ena, Oregon, from aud alter this Ivtn day of Deoember, 1015, op to and in clusive of Satuiday, January lfitb, 191 B, nntll tbe hour of 2 o'clnok p. m. on said date, at wblon time I will then sell to tbe highest bidder for cash, all tbe right title, interest, and estate of said S. M. White, deoeased, n and to tbe atovtt described realty. Said realty was appraised at 11400.00, by tbe appraisers in the ostate herein. Dated tbia 17th day of Deoember, 1015. Matilda fi. Wbite, Administratrix of tbe Estate of S. M. Wbite, deoeased. Notice of Final Account. IntheConnty Court of tbe State ot Oregon fot Umatilla County. In the Matter ot the Estate of Peter LaConrse, Deceased. Notloe is beroby given tbst the un dersigned, F. S, Le Urow, executor of tha estate of Peter jaUourse, deoeas ed, bus tiled bis Dual aoconnt and re port in the said estate, aod tbat tbe Connty Conrt of Umatilla oonnty, Oregon, has fixed Monday) tbe itrdday of January, 1910 al tbe boor of teo o'clock In tbe forenoon of said date, as tbe time, and tbe connty conrt room in tbe oonnty coort bouse ot Umatilla oonnty, Oregon, iu Pendle ton therein, as tbe place of bearing any and all objections and exceptions to said final account and report, it any there be. Objections to said final re port and account should be filed on or before said date. Date of first publication of tbia not loe, Deoemter 8, 1915; date ot last publication, December 81, 1915. P. 8. Lb Grow, , Exeootor of Estate of Peter LaCootae, deoeased. 1 ifhdss'' Kat""'mf . ! IY NEW YEAR JGAIN the Cycle ot Time records another year past, and instinc tively we turn our faces to the fu ture with a feeling of hope that the New Year may have in store for us all, only" that which may" be good in everything. & & & Reviewing the past year, we feel that we owe to you, our customers and friends, a public acknowledge ment for the liberal share of patronage you have given this store. You have made it our banner year . in business. That we are grateful you may be assured, and to show our appreciation, we promise all that lies within our power toward making the establishment more and more attractive to you. fe:S';;FIX. & RADTKE "MONEY BACK STORE," cTWain Street ATHENA, OREGON day, tbe 10th day of December, 1915, and tba last pntlication will te made nn Friday, tba 21st da? of Jannary, 1918, lo tbe Athena Press newspaper, pnblishod at Athena, in Umatilla County, Oregon, Dated this tbe 10th day ot Decem ber, 1915. Will M. Peterson, Attornsy for Plaintiff. Administratrix' With Will Annexed No tice of Hearing Final Account, etc. In tbe Count? Coort of tbe State of Oregoo, In and for Umatilla Connty. In the Matter of tbe Estate of Jobn Martin, Deoeased. Notioe is hereby given that the Final Account of Margaret Wioship aa administratrix with will annexed of tbe estate of Jobn Martin, deoeased, together with her Petition for Final Distribution of said estate, bas been filed in the Coonty Coort of Umatilla County, State of Oregon, and that Monday, the 8rd da? ot Jannary, A. D, 1910, at the honr of two o'cloak In the afternoon, at the offioe of the Coonty Judge in Pendleton, Oregon, bae been doly appointed ty enoh oonrt na the time aud plaoa for the bearing of objoctioua to snob. Final Aoocnnt and Petition aud tbe settlement ot ssid aoooont, at which time any person iuterested In snob estate may appear aud Ule objections thereto and ooutest the same, Dated December 1st, 1915. MARGARET WINSBIP, Aa aduiioistratilx wlto Will annexed ot the estate of John Martin, deoeased. SUMMONS. Id the Circuit Court of the State of Oregoo for Umatilla Coonty. flora M. Severson, Plaintiff, vs. William M. Seversoo, Defendant, lo William M. Serereon, Defendant above named: Iu the name of the State of Oregon, yon are herety required to appear aod answer tba complaint of tbe plaintiff Hied against yon in the above entitled uli and Court within all weeks ot tha dte of tte first publication cf this summons, namely on or before Friday, tha Slat day of January, 1910; and yon will take notioe that it yoo fail to. appear aud answer or plead wiibiii aaid time the plaintiff, tor want there of, will apply to the oourt for tbe re lief preyed lor and demanded in said oocipUlut, to wit, far decree ot ibe ooort forever dissolving the fcouds of matrimony now aud heretofore exist ing between r.laiulltf aod defendant and for absolute divorce from lliede fttodant; for snob otber and torther qoitable relief aa may appear proper. This snmroooe is published porsoant to an order ot Hororsble Oiltert W, Phelps, Circuit Jodga ot tbe Sixth Judioial District of the State ot Ore gon, dnly made and Bled herein on tbe 7th day ot December, 1915; and tha first publication will le made on Frl- SUMMONS. Io the Ciroolt Coort of tbe State of Oregoo tot Umatilla Coonty. Farmers' Security Bank of Milton, Oregon, (a corporation,) Plaintiff, ve. George Weber, Defendant. To Oeorge Weber, defendant herein: In tbe name of tbe State of Oregon, yon are hereby reqnired to appear and answer tbe oomplaint filed against, von in tbe above entitled notion within six weeks of tbe date of tbe first pub lication of this summons, to-wlt, on or tefore Friday, tbe 81st day of Decem ber, and yon will take notice tbat if yoo fail to appear Bnd answer said complaint oi otherwise plead thereto within said time, tbe plaintiff, far want thereof will take judgment against yon for the sum ot flS15 with interest tbereon at 8 per cent per an num from Jan. 1, 1015, until paid, and for Plaintiff's oosts and disbnrsemente of this action. Ibis sommoos is published pnrsojnt to an order of Hon. Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge of tba Sixth Jodioial Distriot of tha Slate of Oregon, doly made aod Bled herein on the nth day of Nov. 1015, and the first publication here of le nude on Friday, tbe 19th da? of Nov., 1915, and the last publication will be made on Friday, tha Slst day of Deoember, 1915, in the Athena Press, a newspaper published weekly at Athena, Umatilla Co., Oregon. . Dated this 17tb day of Nov., 1915. - Homer I. Watts, Attorney for Plaintiff. SUMMONS. In the Justioe' Court fur the Dielriot of Atbeoa, County of Umatilla, State ot Oregon. Preston-Shaffer Milling Co., Plaintiff, ' vs. C. Cheney, Defendant. . '. To C. Cheney, the- above named de fendant: ' . . , In the name of tbe State of Oregon, yon are hereby required to appear aod answer tbe oomplaint filed against yoo iu tbo above entitled aoliou witbin six weeks from tbe date of tbe fiist publication of this summons, on or tefore the Slst day of December, 1915. And yoo will take notioe that It yoo fail to appear aod answer or otherwise plead witbin said time, tbe plaintiff, for want thereof, will apply to tbe Court for the lelief prayed for and demanded in plaintiff's aaid com plaint, to-wlt: For the snm of (75.10 and for plaintiff's costs and disburse- meuts oi this antion. This summons is published pnrsoaut to an order of Boo. B. B. Biobaids, Judge of tbe atove entitled Conrt, duly made and filed on the 17th day of November, 1915, end the first poblio atioo of this summons-will be made in tbe Athena Press, a weekly newspaper pobilsbed In Atbeoa, Umatilla Cooo tv, Oregon on Friday, November 19th, 1915, and tbe last publication will be made on Friday, December 81, 1916. , . Homer 1. Watts, Attorney for Plaintiff. the first national bank Of ATHENA t Capital and Surplus $100,000:22 "We are advertised by our loving friends!" Watts & Rogers Weston, Ore. We ara glad to pay for tbia apace for this week in order to express our Good Will and Good Cbeer to tbe people of Athena and vloiuity. We feel that the past year baa broogbt na oloser and better acquainted and we feel tbat it is mutually beoeOoial. Onr "NEW MINISTEu" arrived Tuesday night and he gave ns a favorableimpression and we gave him a warm reoeption. SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE helped na in this re ception and if he makes good oo tbe Base Ball team and takes aot'ive part in Pioneer Pionio week and teaobes ns the Golden Hole all tbe time we shall hope that tbe coming year will oanse na to appreciate onr Neighbor "Over tbe Bill" BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE and that we io torn may prove wortby of tbe oloser association and friendship that we desire. Very Truly and with the Compliments of tbe Season. Watts S Rogers HARDWARE AND FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERS nD.-ffcYAri Bai ' Aasswniy Pike Powder Makes the food more delicious and wholesome BOVAt BAKtWQ fOWPCR CO., NEW YORK. ME ROCKER: For the Home We have them with the new Automobile Seats, upholster ed in real Leather, at from $5 to $20 MILLER FURNITURE STORE Remember That I Meet AH Competition in Prices South Side Main. L. S. VINCENT The Jeweler THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. READ & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon A. C. CARPENTER - THE UP-TO-DATE JEWELER When you want Jewelry, we can supply you with most anything you wanf Any price you want to pay. Any time you want it. We repair watches, jewelry, etc. NORTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA, ORE 7 - - - ' ' - - - ; - J - - -