AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Enured In ths rostofllce at Athena, Oregon as eoondOlaas Mail Matter. (ATHENA. ORE. MARCH 24 .... 1916 The oandidaoy of Hornet I. Watts of tbii oitj for the offloe of District Attorney, brings before tbe voters in the Kepntlioan primaries one of the strongest meo in point of oapatllity and experience in law praotioe, tbat hag made a bid for the offloe ia many yeara. - Not einoe the terms filled by Tom Bailey or Judge Phelps, has a man oome before the pBoplo with the knowledge of law at his command, possessed by Mr. Watte. A graduate of both the Eastern Oregon and Mon mouth State Normal schools, of Thorp oollege In California and the (Joiver stty of Oregon, be completed his law oovrse at Harvard University! since wbiob time he baa praotioed in the oonrts of Oregon and Washington, maintaining an offloe in tbis city. His 'anooeaa in his ohosen profession has been a marked one. He is now ser log the city of atnena for the third time as Mayor, being re-eleoted at the reaent eleotion. If eleoted to the offloe of District-Attorney, the Press is satisfied that this important offloe will be condnoted in striot compliance with the one word whioh comprises his platform as given tn the oonnty papers this week, and that word is "fiats" nothing more, nothing less. "Mezioan Sand Lily." She has plant ed a desert spoonful of roots in a bar rel, and is patiently awaiting results. N. B. Her hnsband got I he roots over at Hardy Mansfield's place. . "Peok" MoBride tells me that his brother Ferd, at Weston, mistook a unvote for a deer tbe other day, and made a eeive oat of it with a Forty! nioobester. He perforated the grinner with five shots and there wasn't enongb of it left to oolleot a bonnty on. Moral: Either oie a "isa", Ferd, or don't shoot so often. I Wben George Hansell was bere last week be gave me an invltatioo to oome down and fish with him on the Desobntes. There a nothing ezalnsive about Q. W. he invited every Feller in town to do likewise, And some of these days he will have hia hoose fall of Athena anglers, with the overflow poshed into tbe botela and a big hotel bill to pay. S A Mulligan Stew I nnderstand tbat French Ciiglur has gone into the olotbing bnnioenB tbat is, at times, be engages in that line. And tils speoialty is newly oreased pantaloone. Properly cultivated, flowers do well in Atbena. Tbe more attention given them, tbe more beautiful tbe bloom, so to speak. Tbe season promises a broader soups than ever before in floral culture bere. For Instanoe. I have a lady friend wbo is devoting bet spate' time to'tbe propagation of a rare School Notes. Work in tbe High school is steadily progressing as the year neara its end. All classes are well along in their al lotted work and tbe prospeots for ao tnally completing tbe oourses outlined by tbe State Board of Kdnoation are brighter than they have hitherto been within tbe lemembranoe of any now attending Higb school, In order to give an idea of tbe work wbich is now being done, tbe three teaobera submit Ibe following: Miss Brierlev's Classes, Latin I Studying indlreot discourse. Latin II Now on Chap. 12, Book IV ot Caesar's Uallio War. English I Studying alternately Grammar and Irving'a Sketch Book. Aoademio Arithmetio Practical Problems, Mensuration. Plane Geometry Areas of Polygons and Original Propositions. Alglebra Multiplication of Frac tions. Mr. Post's Classes. English IV Studying Southern writers aud writing school news. Euglish III Studying Puritan writ ers alternately with descriptive com position; . (will attend to aobool news after May 1.) u English II Studying alternately with Argumentation, the Metropolitan writers. Pbysiool Geography Jnst complet ed Atmosphere, taking up Geography of life. English History On the Reign of tbe Todors, 1185-1603, from Henrj to James I. Ancient History Borne Under the Frinoipate Augustas Caesar and im mediate suaoessora, 81 B. 0.-41 A. D. Mr. Gnerue'a Classes. German I Prinoinal parts of strong verbs, alternating with translations. German II Translating Wiideu bruob's "Daa Edle Blut." Plane Geometry Curvilinear Fig urea. Psyohology Studying Baldwin's "Ibe Story of tbe Mind." Bookkeeping Trial Balanoe of M. D. Wells. A men's oonferenoe of teachers will be held In Walla Walla on Saturday, April 1, at Whitman College. It will be comprised of tbe publio aod high aobool teaobers of Whitman, Garfield, Columbia, Walla Walla and Umatilla oounties. One of the eubjeota to be disoussed is Military Training in High Sohools. Some of tbe men to take active tart in the oonferenoe are : Pres ident Penrose of Whitman College, Supt. Kern of Walla Walla sohoola, Snpt. Paul Johnson ot Walla Walla oounty. Tbe guests will be served lunoh in Beynolds Hall by tba House bold Economics olass of Whitman. Supt. C. A, Guerne and H. A. Poet will represent tbe Atbena sohool at tbe oonferenoe. A looal spelling oontest will be beld April 7 at tbe different sobools In tbe oounty and on April H a divisional oontest will be beld at Atbena to se lect tbe students capable of entering tbe final oounty oontest to be held at Pendleton April 38. Tbe following new rules have been adopted: A list of diffloult words will be sent by County Supt. Young. They will be pronounoed before tbe olass, spelled orally and wtien tbe two wiunere in eaoh olass bave been determined the examiner will take their papers on tbe 25 words and send them to tbe oounty superintendent. Tbe papers will be graded and tbe winniog pupils will be notified to be present at tbe oounty oontest. The districts to enter the oontest are: Nos. !), 16, 17, 29, 00, 52, 85, 01 and 113. Tbe Atbena school base ball team will play tbe first game ot tbe season tomorrow at Helix. Tbe team has bad but one week of praotioe and tbe outcome of the oontest is in doubt, aa the atrengtb of Helix ia not known. Tbe Athena nine has a number of ex perienoed boys who are trying out tbis year. MoPberrin and King form a veteran battery and Dudley, Booher, Tharo. Lieuallen, Banister and Mo- Intyre have all had experience either in the infield or outfield. The new boya who are ahowing op well are Saunders, Biabmond and Payne. ' All of the above men will make tin trip. Tbe Atbena lineup will probably te as follows: MoPberrin, oatober; King, pitober; Tharp, Brat base; Booher, second base; Dudley, third; Lieuallen, shortfltnn: Molntvre. risht field: Payne, oenler; and Biobmond, left neia. oausucuies, oauaaeis auu uaw Ister, rWwil'lfiti'4:kl ii r nmuw mil . iT? " ifil-it 1 9 CHOOSE a friend like you would your smokin' tobacco. 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To Pearl Fenn, defendant herein: In the name of tbe State cf Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against yon in the above entitled suit within six weeks of tbe date of the first publica tion of tbis summons, towit: on or before tbe 29th of April, 1916; and yon will take notioe tbat if yon fail to appear and answer said complaint", or otherwise plead thereto within eaid lime, tbe plaintiff for want thereof, will apply to tbe Court for tbe relief prayed for and demanded in hia aaid ooinplaiut, namely: For a decree of the Court forever dissolving tbe bonds of matrimony now and heretofore ex isting between tbe plaintiff and de fendant, and for auob other aod fur ther relief aa to tbe Court may seem equitable. ' Tbis summons is published pursuant to an order of Hon. uMltiert W. 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