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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1917)
To Advertisers The tAthena Press, circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend mm Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $1,50; for six months, 75c; for three months, 50c; payable in advance, and subscrip tions are solicited on no other basis Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter volume xxix; ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY it 1917. NUMBER 3 Davis-Kaser's January 1 . " . The graetest bargain event of the entire-year, to which the entire Walla Walla country has come to look forwrad is here once more. Pres ent market conditions considered, the wisdom of offering our fine big stock at, the usual price reduction is open to question. Over ninety per cent of our present stock is priced under present market values. However, our friends expected a sale in January, so we began plan ning for it months ago. By forehanded buying and vigorous efforts we have succeeded in accumulating a stock of rare bargains in spite of dis couraging conditions. There are thousands of very special bargains. Our regular stock i ; Will o411 Be Reduced except contract goods and such lines as we were caught short on goods on which we will have to advance prices right after this sale. Consid eringconditions this sale will eclipse all former ones in importance to the Customer. Now is a good time to buy, even at regular prices, for prices will advance right along and many goods very hard to get at any price. . " In view of this sale's offerings, sound judgment suggests buying all your needj for months to come, right now. All goods are double tagged as usual, yellow sale tags and the reugular tag, so all can see the exact saving. Come, read the yellowt ags. You'll not be disappointed, for Davis-Kae sr sales always "Make Good. " THE DAVIS-KASER CO,, WALLA WALLA Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-20 Alder St. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ATHENA OREGON For Twenty-five Years , this Bank has striven to furnish every facility con sistent with good Bank ing. That it has succeed ed in doing so, is evident in the number of patrons. We can please you. Es tablished 1891. Capital and Surplus, $100,000.00 Jarm Loans NO BONUS NO DELAY NO-COMMISSION M RED TAPE LOW INTEREST RATES LIBERAL REPAYMENT PRIVILEGES Hartmair Abstract Company" Cornar Main and Court Streets, Pendlelon, Oregon BUY TH! TKAOTOR that uses coal oil or distillate just as well as gasoline and - without special change , " We have finished our inventorya nd Gee Whiz 1 We are happily surprised to find We've Got Too M uchl Happy that we bought right, and that means Half Sold. We have ONE THOUSAND rules to give you that you may take our mea sure soe that you get -yours. Best Electric Washer made wrings at any angle of horizon. Sewing machines 1 18.00 up to the Two Spool machine no winding bob bins. It is great. Dutchman and John Deere plows. Weber and Deere wagons. Watts & Rogers, Weston ; "Just Over the Hill" The Old Goat Has New Life If a good Cigar is becoming to you then you will sure be coming to us Billiards and Pool Fine Cigars, Cigaretts, Tobacco; Confections of best quality. Cleanliness a specialty. Courteous attention. BUSH ca COLEMAN, The New Proprietors THE LEGISLATURE BOTH HOUSES ARE IN HARMONY Umatilla County Delegation Receive Important Assign ments on Committees. 1 In both Senate and House the pre- ' siding officers were elected Monday, desk clerks were chosen and all details for organization completed. More auspicious for a successful session even than this buBiness-like expedition was the fact that there was not so much as a ripple of inharmony. In the senate, Gus C. Moser of Mult nomah was elected president by unan imous vote,. All five of the democrat ic senators voted for him and two of them, Garland and Baldwin, seconded his nomination. In the House, Robert N. Stanfield of i Umatilla was elected Speaker without a dissenting voice after he had been nominated by Louis E. Bean of Lane, his opponent for the position up to Sunday night. Mr. Bean spoke highly of Mr. Stan field in his , nominating address. He praised the legislative record of Mr. Stanfield and spoke warmly of his qualifications for the high office of Speaker. The generous tribute made a pronounced impression on the House. By the time the unanimous vote for Mr. Stanfield was announced it seemed as if all the members of the House were old friends. In the Senate five bills were intro duced before final adjournment for the day at l o'clock. The House adjourned at 4:05. - Before they adjourned the issue of prohibition had been put up to both houses, and they had faced the issue squarely. It came through the intro duction in the senate by Eddy, of Douglas, of a joint memorial petition ing Congress to pass a bill pending to make the District of Columbia dry. ThiB memorial was brought to imme diate vote on suspension of the rules after Senator Eddy had explained that he desired its passage that day because the dry bill in quetsion was to be con sidered in the United States Senate the day following. With this explan ation of the reason for rushing it through, not a senator voted against it. There were two absentees, Senat ors Bingham and Olson and 28 voted aye.. . . -,. It had to wait in the House until the organization was completed. The rules were suspended and the question came up promptly on its merits. D. C. Lewis attempted to delay the pro ceedings on the technical ground that the House was not ready for business. Dr, J. E. Anderson, . leader of the "dry" forces insisted on an immediate roll call and was supported by Speaker Stanfield. - ' Mr. Lewis insisted that he was .not opposed to the merits of the measure, and to demonstrate his good faith, moved its adoption. But his position on the issue was brought into question again when he voted against it on roll call. The seven negative votes were: Callan, Corbett, Kubli, Lewis, -Mac-key, Schimpff and Stott. ., Governor's Message. Governor Withy combe's biennnial message embodies these salient fea tures: Governor should be given greater power than now possessed. Governor should have direct control of penitentiary. Suggestion made for 461,000 re duction in budget. Inheritance tax should be made broader, securing more revenue. Insurance tax should be made heav ier. Recommends increase in auto licens es. . . Five thousand wanted to enforce prohibition law. ' State profits 13724 from 'flax rais ing. Would restrict appeals to supreme court. Would abolish office of - labor com missioner, i Advocates $1.60 for fishing license. Committee Appointments. The two Umatilla county Senators took a part in the organization of the upper house, Senator Barrett as a member of the committee on creden tials and Senator Steiwer as a member of the committee on rules. Both mem bers of the Umatilla delegation are well placed. Senator Barrett, one of the veterans of the body and a recog: nized student of roads and taxation measures, is chairman of the assess ment and taxation committee, member of the committees on roads and high ways, ways and means, commerce and navigation, agriculture and forestry. Senator Steiwer, though serving his first term as a member of the Legis lature, has been honored with the chairmanship of the railroad commit tee and membership on the committees of irrigation, judiciary, resolutions and banking, all among the most important committees. Representative Roy Ritner was na-ned chairman of the banking com mittee and Representative Lou Hodgen was chosen to head the committee on public lands in the list of committee appointments for the house of repre sentatives. Hodgen will serve also on the committees on agriculture, edu cation and irrigation and Ritner was made a member of the committee on game, resolutions and roads and highways. VOU SHOULD WORRY. WOODROWI (Portland Eastern Argus) EVANGELIST MEETINGS ARE BEING WELL ATTENDED The evangelistic meetings at the Baptist church are attracting large crowds. Each evening there are those who are coming forward 'to accept Christ as their personal Savior. Edgar L. Mills, the evangelist, is doing good work and interest and attendance is on' the increase. The booster choir rendered a splendid pro gram last Friday evening and every seat in the church was occupied. They are now practicing for another program which will be given soon and announced later from the pulpit. The all day services last Sunday at tracted splendid crowds and the dinner at noon in the basement of the church was one of the enjoyable features of the day. These all day services are being planned again for this Sunday and you are asked to come prepared and stay the entire day. During this campaign the meetings commence each evening at 7:80 prompt with an enT thusiastic song service. - Sundays at 11 a. m., 8:80 and 7:80 p. m, City Council Proceedings. At the regular monthly meeting of the city council Monday evening, Coun cilman Littlejohn acted as Mayor in the absence of Mayor Watts. Councilman Barrett, of the Street Committee, reported that he had made favorable progress in securing releases to closed streets and alleys, with the exception of the alley in Block 10, Railroad Addition, at which point there appeared to be some delay, and on motion, the Marshal was instructed to cause said alley to be opened to traffic. . The Ordinance Committee was in structed to draft an ordinance regulat ing pool halls and pleasure resorts. Treasurer E. A. Zerba rendered a report for tfie month of December and an annual report for the year 1016. The monthly report shows cash on hand 1853.13; sinking fund, 13,807.08; out standing warrants, $15.60. The an nual report showed receipts for the year of 813,188.73, and disbursements of 13,484.61), leaving a balance on hand of 1853.13. The following bills were read and allowed: W. E. Dobson, salary, - 85.00 City of Athena, interest, - auo.00 E. A. Zerba, Treas. " - 401.00 Mill Co., lights - : 74.00 Tum-a-Lum Co., lumber ; 36.30 Coomans & Carstens, shop work 3.00 J. F. Wright, feed 8.76 Burke & Son, cartage - - 1.60 B. B. Richards, salary - 27.00 Rebekah Installation. Tuesday evening, at I. 0. O. F. K. of P. Hall, at the regular meeting of Mignonette Rebekah Lodge, the fol lowing officers were installed by Mrs. W. W. MePherson, District Deputy: N. G., Mrs. Bessie Schrimpf ; V. G., Miss Belle Mclntyre; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Ethel Cannon; Fin. Sec, Mrs. Anna Littlejohn; , Treas., Mrs. Ida Hutt; Chap., Mrs. Bessie Thompson; Con., Mrs. " Alta Michener; Warden, Miss Maude Mansfield ; R. and L. S. of N. G., Mrs. Virginia Watts and Miss Ma mie Sheard; R. and L. S. of V. G., Mrs. Ethel Zerba; and Miss Ada De-Freece. New Library Books. The following new Rental Eooks are on the shelves at the local library: Cullum The Golden Woman. Curwood The Hunted Woman. Diver-fcDesmo:id's Daughter. Gregory The Short Cut. Nicholson The Proof of the Pudding. The library has been installed in the former quarters, which have been re stored,, since the first of the year. 23 Years Ago l?rom the Press of Jan. 12 1804 A gentle chinook played havoc v the beautiful Wednesday, conseque: ily the roads are in dilapidated condition. Mr. Fred L. Helfrich, the new shoe maker, has arrived and is now at work in Pat Maxwell's old stand. . -... D. W. Jarvis was recently elected secretary of the State Teachers' Read ing circle. Milton Swaggart and Miss Sarah Corporan were married at Vansycle one day last week. It is reported that nine calves were stolen from the reservation a night or two ago and sold in Pendleton. The heads were cut off, it is said, to pre vent detection by the ear marks. Last Sunday through the courtesy of Geo. Froome, the band boys were treated to a sleigh ride. At the meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of this city the old board of directors were elected. President C. A. Barrett declined the re-nomination for president, and Clark Walter was elected -president, H. C. Stratton, vice president ; L. D. Lively cashier, and M. M. Johns assistant cashier. The condition of the bank is flourishing, there being a surplus on Jan. 1st of 188,110.83. W. M. Freeman, formerly editor of the Freewater Herald, and Miss Irene Taylor, primary teacher in the Athena public schools, were united in wedlock Sunday. Miss Lou Smith arrived from Cali fornia last week and will make Athena her future home. Miss Smith is a sten ographer and is employed in E. De Peatt's law office. ' Fred Rosenzweig received a letter Saturday from his old home in Ger many, conveying the sad intelligence of his mother's death, which occurred on December 13 at the advanced ago of 87 years. It has been 1(1 years since he was back on a visit. A late report in Eastern Oregon towns is that ex-Indian Agent Craw ford was offered the superintendency of the branch asylum, the offer being accompanied by the intimution that Pendleton was to be the location. Scribbler's Notes. J. B. Saylor was recently quite seriously hurt by a vic ious cow. It seems he was unaware of the pugilistic tendencies of the pug nacious brute, and while milking, she kicked him on the nose with her "clov en hoof." Mr. Saylor, tho' slightly disfigured, is still in the ring, und ex pects soon to visit his Athena friends. Should any of them meet a stranger with a fresh cow track where his smell er should be, they will know by this paragraph who it is. The foot race between Taylor and Davis was a howling success. The re sult is that Taylor is still the champion sprinter of Eastern Oregon. The race was witnessed by a large crowd com posed principally of church members and others who did not belong to any religious organization. During the day the betting had been even but just before the race, odds were offered on Davis. Taylor appeared nervous. His breath was coming in short pants. The contestants were appropriately arrayed in abbreviated costume, Taylor exhib iting a grand display of soup bones that should have been Been to be ap preciated. Taken in the .altogether, it was a combination hard to beat.' A hunting party composed of the following well known sportsmen: Capt. Jinks Taylor, Joel Clerking, Blondie Gerking and Corporal Henry, recently took a two weeks' hunt in the John Day country. Capt. Jinks and Joel were hunting horses most of the time, but Blondie and the corporal went for the express purpose of making a record as deer slayers. CHANGES ODE M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL Mr. W, C. Emmel, superintendent of h i Methodist Sunday school, is lead' n ; in making radical changes in the sc ool, and no doubt through his lead' erehip one of the most modern and efli' cient schools in Eastern Oregon will be the result. The school has a place and a warm welcome fur every one. The motion pictures commence Sun day evening, January 81, with four r :i Is entitled: "Joseph in the Land r" Jgypt." Beautiful pipe organ mus ic will accompany the pictures. The Epworth League room will be opened Into the auditorium to accommodate a large crowd. No seats will be reserved for this service. The new Bluebird five reel feature, "The Right to Be Happy, " will be screened later. This picture attracted immense crowds in Portland throughout Christmas week. No admission will be charged, but a silver offering will be taken at each service. Preaching services will be held next Sunday at 11a. m. and 7:80 p, m. The morning topic is: "What About the Athena Boy and Girl CropV" The evening topic: "The Prayer That Reaches God." Watts and Rogers are overstocked That is the place for bargains. ATHENA LOSES TO TWO VERY SPIRITED CONTESTS Teams on Affirmative Side of the Question, More or Less Placed At Disadvantage. Athena met defeat in debate both at home and in Milton Wednesday eve ning of this week. The reports from all who were witnesses speak well for both affirmative and negative teams. The judges at Milton seemed to have some difficulty in making up their minds as to whom to give their votes. But after some delay the result showed twovotes for Milton and one for Athe na. Evidently, Florence McLennan and Edna McAlexander gave them a rub for their victory. But for a slight misunderstanding on the part of one of ' the judges as to the cost as proposed by the Athena team, he afterward stated that he would have had to cast his vote for Athena. Our team re turned from Milton early in the even ing feeling good over the showing they had made despite the loss of the judg es' vote. Superintendent Paul John son of Walla Walla county, said: "It was one of the best and closest hiirh school debates I ever heard." And ProfesBor Post, who accompanied the team to Milton, avowed that Miss Mc Lennan 's rebuttal was one Of the best ever offered in his hearing, in a debate of like nature. . The debate in the Athena school au- itorium was a contest fromjstart to fin ish, the adversary excelling more in manner of presentation rather than in content of Bubject matter. Henry Koepke, the loader for the local team, made the speech of the evening, by showing his ability in coming back in his final speech with good rebuttal ar gument to show that the negative had not met them on the vital issues of the question of Compulsory Health In surance, i - Ut - The affirmative had the unpopular side of the question as was stated by the judges, and it is this fact, coupled with a winsome way of presentation on1 the part of the visitors, that lost the debate to the local team. Miss Keen did effective work in showing the strong 'preventive characteristics in' the Health bill while the leading de bate for the negative was presented by the second speaker, Miss Steen, of Milton. , ' ... - High praise is due the local teams for the display of individuality in pre paration of material for the contest, which was easily demonstrated by the speakers both at Athena and Milton. While victory has fallen to the Milton High school, there is still the consola tion that the value received from the conflict has been all that it could be for the victors. Superintendents J. D, Harrah of Adams; Gilbert C. Wood, of Ferndale, and G. R. Robinson, of Weston, con stituted the judges for tho Athena de bate. After the contest refreshments were served in a" pleasing manner by Continued on Page 4. 'WWIWIHIW.tllliiM1gW,JWrw'WK r&v$ the- Ainu nr aa II? 1 IIIT o as vitr aiaii tm am, fVf.M INC A I El U Ur Illl Any one who uses or ought to varnishes, should remember that Vv agency for SHERWIH-WlLUAMS Pamts Am Varnishes in this locality. For fifty years tin's line has been the world's leaderthat's why we chose it; and we are leaders in good things here that's why they chose U3. It's a pretty good combination to do business with. Sold In Ware's Pharmacy i :iiixximM'i!Kl.rw J,.. .1 ; j I