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A CRUSH CF WORLDS.
tATHENA. ORE. JULY 7.
.1916
The railroads aie advertising their
eideoftlm controversy iuvolving the
piopoped etribe of the engine men.
Two of these advertisements era ap
pealing i n the Press of regular rates.
It is bnt fair to bsbdimb that other
newspnpeis of the oonntrj are getting
paid in proportion, in which case it
will be seen that the edooational cam
paign inaugurated by the diBoreut
railway companies will oost a stopen
dooBBom. The engine men are de
Banding en eight bom day and pay
nd a-balf over lime. The railway
nifiiseroetits have proponed that the
Iuteistata Hallway Commission decide
tbeqneetioD, InBimnob bs tbe Com
mission largely fixes tbe rates wblob
the railroads may charge tbe public
The enginemoa have refused tbe pro
posed arbitration by the Oommieeion
nd aie now taking a striae vote.
Commenting ou the Normal Bobuol
question, the Weston Leader says:
"And while La Grande may bavo
done some wistfnl talking and spec
ulating, we'll warrant tbat it bad no
real idea of making a move at this
time, It could not have summoned
the exaltod nerve displayed by Pen
dleton iu sunn arrant abase of tbe in
itiative. And bid La Urandu been
given tbe Eantern Otrgon hospital it
would never even hare tnoagbt of a
normal eobool in addition. Its tred
la not Beikshiie Pendleton has dan
pled (bis La Ginude fogey More.
About tcti jcars ego it was made tbe
excuse for the introduction cf a bill
lu tbe legislature to move tbe tchool
from Weston to Peodletou 'La
Urande will get il if )0U dou't let us
have It,' wss llie urj then es now.
The luhoma failed; it will fail again."
Evervoue has felt the need of a com
prehensive term by wbiuh to designate
lleulrul and tioutli America. A term
mat is taw being used lor this pur
pose is "Down America," and it
teems to fill the till. "Uown Amer
ioa " is all America to tbe south of
How Our Sclar System May End and
New One tie Born.
The whole of tin- pn-scnt solar sys
tem Is iiltlniriloly t fail luto the sun,
cmisliii mi explosion tli.it may result
In ii new snliir system. Such Is the
)iien:y p'.it forward by rriifi'Kxor I'hllip
Fmilli. a well known nst runomer,
wlioi'i' lejiiitittliin has rested priiiripal ly
upn.i liii researches Into the eonditlons
on llie iiiiioh.
The novel fcuture of Dr. I'nuth's the
ory i. Hut II is based upon the suppo
sition flint n i,"reut part of the known
solnr system, including especially the
planets Jupiter, Uranus nud Saturn, aro
not co m posed of mineral mutter at nil,
but are tremendous masses of lee or
balls of Ice surrounding a mineral ker
nel. Furthermore, lie declares, n part
of what Is now known as the Milky
way Is not mlueriil or gaseous, but "a
ring of lee dust," masses of particles
of tee suspended in space, the other
planets receiving a constant addition
to their Ice mass from this source.
Professor Knutli declares that tbe
world already at some remote periods
bus had a similar experience, reuniting
hi the death of ucarly all nulmnte na
ture, and that all species of life as we
know It lime urlsen since then. Even
tually the planets swinging through
their narrow orbits will full luto the
sun, causing a new explosion and per
haps the birth of a new solar system,
but fur thousands of years before that
time, all life, either on earth or else
where, will have disappeared. Kansas
City Journal.
MIGHT MOUNT RAINIER.
A hall game was played at Peudle
I iu July 4th, wblub mulled iu ill
!DUi, A I In tin winning over I'ruowuter
! y Idesoorecf aa to 14. Whether at
irospberio uonditious or liuoudup
npiiit was respouiilUltt for tlio ruu get
tulg, we will not attempt to sny.
As an evaugeliist, come tkoptios
think that 1'ord has Billy Snuduy
hacked off of the dump. They Bay be
bes shaken Ibe devil out of moie souls
thau Suuday ever josbrd out of their
bale. Tbat is their notion, and the J
are entitled to i.
The Fount la over and the oasoalty
Hit ! btiug tallied np. Obioogo leads
with eig tit duaibs and 1 110 wounded. It
v 111 he remembered that the Windy
(Jit; bad a very loug prepaiedufles pa
rade eome weeks ago.
It waiB bad to be fought 0. 0. D.,
there wouldn't be any. Tbe senile
raeoals who provoke war get long
credit, leaving the bills fur tutaie
generations.
gome belligerents clniui they are
lighting for demooiHoj, nut in waging
their war tuej are pailkulat to ox
linguist what Utile demooraoy the;
had.
ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
Influence of the "Great Circle" on the
Journey to Manila.
If you wanted to go from the Pana
ma rnnnl to Yokohama which of these
two would he the shorter route? First,
across the ocean to Hawaii and from
there to Yokohama, or, second, up
along the coast to San Francisco and
then directly ncross the Paeilic to Asia?
Nearly everybody would answer In
favor of" the Hawaiian route. But the
navigators tell us the Journey is 200
miles shorter by way of Sau Francisco.
The ""great circle" docs It. Its Influ
ence on distance sends ships from San
Francisco to Manila by way of the
Aleutian Islands. Actually our vessels
would go much farther north than they
do but for the discouragement of the
United States hydrogrnphlc bureau at
Washington, which advises n central
route, more than 200 miles longer than
the great circle, in order to escape the
fogs mid lee of the far north.
The Hawaiian Islands ore frequently
described as "the crossroads of the Pa
eilic." Their people are nuttiriilly look
lug forward to wonderful commercial
development. They will doubtless cn
)oy Mihsfnutlnl progress as a commer
cial center liecnuse many eonditlons In
ocean i iirriMils anil In prevailing winds
and In fuel costs favor Honolulu as a
way station route, lint It Is well to re
member that these Islands were plant
ed a little t"o nenr the equator to be a
crossroads of the north I'nclllc. Bos
ton Herald.
WHISTLER AT WEST POINT.
He l.ovod Truth and Took Punishment
Rather Than Lie.
At West Point was old Joe, the ne
gro cadet hair cutter. He was never
known to smile or to deviate from
"regulations." Once a month cadets
were obliged to hnve their hair cut by
him. Tills was a great worry to Whis
tler, who disliked to part Willi his pret
ty locks, so he would try by cajolery
and flattery to have Joe let up u little
on the length of bis hair. But In this
bo was never successful. Joe would
stop Ills shears Iu the midst of u re
monstrance and say, "Mr. Whistler, do
you want me to cut your hair accord
ing to regulations or notV" Of course
this put an end to the argument, and
Whistler would come back to our
rooms, look In tbe glass and swear
about Joe, ,
lie loved frankness, truth and honor.
Cards were forbidden In cadet bar
racks, but we bad a pack, and one
night long after "taps" (10 o'clock) we
had been playing, and the cards lay
carelessly oslde, when we were sur
prised by the entrance of Ibo Inspect
ing otllccr, who spied the cards. We
knew that the offense wus a serious
one against discipline and considered
whether we could properly nsk that the
report should rend "Cards In posses.
slon," a lesser offense, Instead of
"Playing cards," ns wo were not play
ing when the Inspector saw us. Whis
tler said, "No, we had been playing,"
so we faced the music and as punish-
uient lust our cadet furloughs for a
sumnier.-U. M. Lazclle lu Century.
Beheaded by a Volcanic Explosion, It
Still Towers Up 14,408 Feet.
Mount ltainler, lu Washington, cov
ers I no square miles of territory and
rises H.-lus feet Into the air. In slniie
I: Is nut :i simple nine tapering to a
slender, puiuled summit like Fujiyama
the greal volcano of J.ip It is ruth
er it broadly truncated mass rescinhlin.'!
tin enormous tree stump with spread
lug base and irregularly broken top.
Its life history has been n varied one
Like all volcanoes, ltainler has liuilt up
Its cone wllh the materials ejected by
Its own eruptions--with cinders and
Btcam shredded particles mid lumps of
lava ami v.-"'i m raslonal Hows of liquid
lava tli : l :i.; v solldilied Into layers of
hard lia. allle rock At one time it nt
tallied an al'llmle of not less than Hi.
000 feet, ir i-.ne may Judge by the steep
Inclination or the lava mid cinder layers
visible III Its flanks. T4icn followed a
greal explosion that destroyed the lop
part nf the mountain nud reduced Its.
height by some 2.000 feet. The volcano
was led beheaded, with u capacious
hollow crater surrounded by n lagged
rim.
Later ou ihls great cavity, which
measured nearly three 'niles across
from soiiih in mirth, was tilled by two
small cinder cones. Successive feeble
eruptions added to their height until at
last they formed together n low round
ed donie-the eminence that now con
stitutes the mountain's summit. The.
higher portions of the old crater rim
rise to elevations within n few hundred
feet of the summit and. especially
when viewed from below, stand out
boldly as separate peaks that mask and
seem to overshadow the central dome
LIFE ON SWAN ISLAND.
Probably the World's Most Isolated
Wirolesa Station.
On Swan island, lu the Caribbean
sea, is situated what Is probably the
most Isolated wireless Btatlou In the
world. The station crew Is made np
of three operators, two engineers, a
cook, a machinist and three laborers.
No women are permitted to land on
the island. Men who express a will
ingness to go to Swan Island are oblig
ed to sign a contract whereby they
agree to remain nt least eighteen
months or waive their right to free re
turn transportation. Those remaining
the full period of service are returned
to their homes by way of one of the
Central American ports nud are grant
ed six weeks' vacation with full pay.
Strangely enough, there Is no diffi
culty In obtaining men to man the sta
tion. Applicants. Indeed, exceed the
number of vacancies. Board and lodg
ing, of course, are supplied, a boat
bearing all provisions uecessnry, In
cluding fresh meat, and the mall as
well, arriving regularly every two
weeks. Some men have remained on
the island as long ns two years and n
half and, subsequently, have been glad
to return to the station.-Phlladelphla
Itccoi'd.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure tn all Its stages, and
that fa catarrh. Catarrh being 'greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
reanires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cum Is tnken internally
nnd acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby de
stroying the foundation of the disease,
giving the patient strengtn by nuuuing
up the constitution and assisting na
ture in doing Its work. The proprie
tors have so much fnlih In the curative
powerB of Hull's Catarrh Cure that
they oner one Hunareu uonars lor any
case that it falls to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Drugglita, 76c,
ik'mcuznns MACHINES
MODELS OF PERFECTION.
PERFECTLY
SIMPLE
SIMPLY
PERFECT.
Needl"". Oil. Bolts and all kinds of Sewing
Aiurniuc wppiioti, jtcpainng a specially.
New Home Users are Quality- Choosers
For Sale By
N. A.MILLKR, Athena. Oreg.
We New Home Sewing Machine Comp'y
San Francisco, California.
Did It ever ooour lo jnu that by
some pi ooois of natuia or other, the
crops sis always "saved" iu Umatilla
county?
It li no dtrtloult mutter to pink out
town's sidewalk philosopher.
Why Thsy Wep.
Teacher-For men must work, and
women must weep! What is the men li
bit; of that line, .lolmiiy riiigu? Johnny-It
menus that men has to work to
get money, and then the women has to
cry before the men will divide with
them. Vomnu' Journal.
TOBACCO like fren
ship is better for behV
mellowed by
age.
E Tob
HE flavor, the
mildness, the cool-
natural to Ken
tucky's choicest Burley
ncco is improved
being aged for two
into VELVET.
Notice of Final Account. -
In the (Jonutv Court for Umatilla
Count?, Oregou.
iu the Matter of the Estate of
B. M. White, Deceased.
Notice is hereby clreu that the ou-
dersiRnen administratrix of Ibe estate
of S. ill. White, decerned, has filed her
tlnal aooouut and report In said estate
and Ibe County Court of Umatilla
County, Oregou, has Hied Satuiday,
Jul; 23, lttit), at the hour of 10 o'
clock a. nt., of said day ss the lime
and tbe County Court room iu the
Court House at Pendleton, Oregon, is
the place of heuilug of said final no
oonnt and report and object Ions there
to, if any there be.
Matilda R. White,
Administratiti.
Federal Inquiry or
Railroad Stri.
.UaWI
1
Homer I. Watts
Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
Wood
in Carload Lots
Cascade 4 frot Fir Wood, $5.35
Cascade 4 foot Maole Wood. ... . 5.60
Cascade 4 foot Alder Wood 5.10
F. 0. B.
Athena - Pendleton Branchea North
ern Pacific Railway.
C. O. WILLIAMS,
Postoffice, Edgewater, Washington.
: the :
ST. NICHOLS HOTEL
I J. E. FROOMB, prop.
Only First-class Hotel in i
the City.
Iff
i THE ST. NICHOLS
J ti tbe only one that can acbomuoOfttv
) cotnmerolai traveler,
er
Faced by demands from the conductors, engineer, 1
that would impose on the country an aoo K bc 8ettied by
$100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that tnis wage y
reference to an impartial Federal bu" ' . . acknowicdged, the railroads
bavenSer '
a public body.
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration
The formal proposal of the railroads to the employe, for the settlement of
the controversy is as follows: , ,
"Our confers. h. d,mon.,r.d th.l w. -Ai1
matter, in controv.ny must be paned upon bi - othe ' and d , ,he lo,iowing method.:
propc.l. and the propo.ition ot the railway, be d..pod o by one tiie o,
1. Preferably by .ubmi.sion lo the In.ema.e Commerce tomm,..,on ttan u()n,1 J Ivi.y.. b in a po,i
accumul.ted'information bearing on ra.lnay condition, and it. con tro of he " " .j .dditionait revenue
lion to con.ider and protect the right, and equine, ot all et,, " ,'CU'!JD, the Commiwion to be ju.t and
necemry to meet the added co.t oT operation in case your r.P"!f Tda Si ', ' Ine P'mi.e..
re..onabl ; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce "'JAS ""'W" J
that we jointly requot Congre.. to take .uch action a. may be necoary to enable tne uommi. o
promptly di.poie of the queuion. involved ; or
I. By arbiiration in accordance with the provi.ion. of the Federal law" (The Newl.nd. Act).
Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote
Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in New
York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration
or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question wnetnet
authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the
public body to which tnis issue ougtu io uc itit.tu "..w ....
&1 .L-. !fl. u,ih n intimate knon'ildffC
of railroad condition, hi. .uch an unquestioned peti
tion in the public confidence.
The rate, the railroad, may charge the public lot
transportation are now largely fixed by this Govern
ment board.
Out of every dollar received by the railroad. Irom
the public nearly one.nau i. paia oirecuy iu -
ployesa.wige.; and the money lo pay increaied wage.
ran come trom no oiner source man ure f
by the public.
T't- i. rnmrnifM fAmmiuinn. with it. COO
a us ... ,
trol over rate., i. in a position to make a comp.ete
investigation and render such decision a. would pro
tect the intere.t. of the railroad employe., the owner,
of the railroad., and the public.
A finPRtinn For the Public to Decide
The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment ol
$100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only
one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that
shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts.
The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an
impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare.
National Conference Committee of the Railways
9 i.'kq be teomnenned lor tin iilean and
well ventilated room. J
ECOU. MAIS AHD THIBD, ATHKBA.Or. 4 I
ELISHA LEE, Chairman
P. ft. ALBRIGHT, Gm l Mantltr,
Atlantic Coast Lins Railroad.
L. W. BALDWIN. Gn'l Mf.
Ccotral of Gcor.ih Railivav.
C. L. BARDO, Gim'l Mtnaiir,
Nik York, Ncn Haveo A Hartlora Railroti
B. H. COAPM AN. Vln-FmlJnt.
Soothcm Railway,
g. B. COTTBR. C7 Maawtr.
Wabash Railwar.
f. B. dROWLFY, Ant. Vla FmUnl
Naw V.rk Caatral Railway.
G. H. KMERSON, Cn'l Mmrnr. .
Grent Norths Railway.
C. H. r!WING.C.7Mrr,
Phil.deir.his A Keadinl Railway.
B. W.GIIICH. Gn'l Sun. Tni..
Chesapeake A Ohio Railway.
A. S. GREIG. Attl. I Ritttvm.
St. Louis A San Francisco Railroaa.
C W. KOUNS. Gin'l Manafr,
Atehitnn. Topcka A Santa Pa Railway.
H. W. McM ASTI' lt. atm'l Mumtln.
WbeeliaS A Lake tiris Railroad.
N. D. MAHBR. Vltt-tmUM.
Norlolk A Waitcro Railway.
JAMES RUSSKLL, Gn'l Aaaatw. ,
Denvar A Rio Grande Railroad.
A. M. SCHOYF.R,..lrfl fit.-Pres.,
Pcoasylvsaia Linss Waal.
W. L. SEDDON, Pto-Pra..
Seabosrd Air Lina Railway.
A. J. STONB. ria PrnUinl
Erie Railroad
O. 8. WAtn, Via-Pm. 0 C'f aft
Saosot Caalral Lioea.
Administrator' Notice to Creditors,
in tbe uonnty Conrt ot Umatilla
County Oiegon.
In the Matter of (be Estate ot
James S. Myrloi, deceased:
Motioe is bnretiy given that Doia
Myriek and U. W. Myriuk have teen
appoiuted by tbo above entitled conrt
aa administratrix and administrator
of the estate of Jamei S. Myrlok, de
ceased. All peisooi having claims
against said estate are required to pre
seut them to Homer 1.- Watts, attor
ney, at bia oflloe iu Athena, Otegon,
witbiu 8 months fiom the data of tbe
tttat pnblioutlou of this notice.
Dated Jone 1), 1016.
Dora Myriuk, Administratrix,
(I. W. Myriok, Administrator.
Homer I. Watts. Atty.
Notice.
Nolioe is hereby given that I will
sell at publia auction to tbe highest
bidder at tbe old Henry Stamper liv
eiy tarn at Weston, in Umatilla oonn
ty, Oregon, on Saturday, Judo 2U,
1)16, at S o'clock in tbe afternoon, the
followiua desoribed estray animal, to
wlt: One itou gray mare, three years
old, weight ibont 800 lbs; brand on
lelt bip indistinct.
Martha U. Ferguson,
Weston, Otegon
CROUP & LASII
Dentists
In Athena Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, other days of week in Walla Walla,
2nd and Main, over Third National Bank
Dr. K. W. Croup - Dr. C Ii. Lash
S. V. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON
Special attention given to all
oaln. both night and day.
Oalla promptly answered. Oflloe on Thlrtl
rei, Aiueua ureaur
DR. A. B. STONE.
Physician and Surxeon.
i Offioe iu Post building. Flmne, D01
YOUR IDEAL HOME
For tbe purpose of assisting onr onstomera to choose their new home,
our architects have oolleoted over 200 suggestions, any one of wblob can
be remodeled to suit your ideals and yon pookettook.
Yon see the exterior design tbe interior floor plana yon can select
from 200 models yon have yom borne as yon want it to be and yon see
the very material Ibat will go Into that HOME before yon pay ont a oeut.
Yon know cxautly what yon will get. There are no "extras" no tronblea
over breakage or erroia in Oiling. We your own follow townsmen stake
onr repntation on tbe goods we aell and tbe aervioea we render. If we oau
do exactly as we claim, then that is the sort of service tbat yon want.
And il doesn't ooat yon a oeut to prove to yoorseif tbe truth ot onr state
ments. We want yon to oame in and sea as peiaonally and what we
have (or yon. If this is not oonvenient, let na know and we will come to
yon. Remember tbat onr idea of SERVICE la Satisfying Yon AB-SO-IjUTE-LYI
We Have Everything
tA Modern Retail Building Material Yard Should Have
It la onr aim tooarry at all times a etaok ot goods commensnrate
witb the needs of this oommnnity. Above all we keep constantly in touch
with the leading markets eo tbat we are able to get the Best Giadta at
the Lowest Prices. Our stock is naturally very complex, consisting aa it
does of Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Booting, Saab and Doois and io short, of
moat everything that enters into the oonstrnation of a boildiag, It is onr
ambition to make onr business a credit to tbe town, and to help onr town
beoome a oredlt to tbe State. Yet these worda will tell yen less tban we
DO. Come in and visit ns. That's the best proof of ell,
"See Johnson About It."
TUIV1-A-LUIV1 LUMBER COMPANY
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of'ATIiENA
Capital and Surplus
$100,00052
Motor oil made from asphalt-base
crude gives best
lubrication with least car
bon. Such is the testimony of
motorists and experts alike. As
Lieut. Bryan, U. S. N., puts it: "Oils
made from the asphalt-base crudes
haveshownthemselvestobemuch
better adapted to motor cylinders,
as far as their carbon-forming pro
clivities are concerned, than are
paraf fine-base Pennsylvania oils."
Zerolene is scientifically refined
from selected California crude
asphalt-basenot only made from
the right crude but made right. Dealers
everywhere and at service stations and
agencies of the Standard Oil Company.
ihe Standard Oil Ibrtfotcr Cars
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
Watts & Rogers
Weston, Oregon
A few odd Tires, but new, left at
WHOLESALE
Binder Twine is now in season. We are selling and
guaranteeing price. We have both the Standard and the
pure Manila.
The bargain offered last week in a beautiful Cabinet
Graphophone is untaken, so we make the Hundred Dol
lar value at $58.00 this week, for cash or good as cash.
McCormick Binders. Racine Threshers, McCormick
Combine and all sizes of Engines on exhibition now.
Think of a high grade combine handled by 8 or 10
horses and two men. Come, see and believe.
"Just Over the Hill"