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VOLUME XXIX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 19. 1917.
NUMBER 4
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Davis-Kaser's January
Sale
The graetest bargain event of the entire year, to which the entire
Walla Walla country haB 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 '
Will cAll 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
ering conditions 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 Bale's offerings, sound judgment suggests buying all
your needs 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.-
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We have finished our inventorya nd Gee Whiz I We are happily surprised 1
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We have ONE THOUSAND rules to give you that you may take our mea
sure see that you get yours.. , 1 ,
.Best Electric Washer made wrings at any angle of horizon. .
Sewing "m3",,0a!-S up to the Two Spool machine no winding bob-
Dutchman and Joli.jws Weber and Deere wagons.
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Watts Tci Rogers, Weston
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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 cbing so, is evident
in the number of patrons.
We can please you. Es
tablished 1891.
Capital and Surplus, $100,000.00
farm
Loans
NO COMMISSION NO BONUS NO DELAY
NO RED TAPE LOW INTEREST RATES
, f LIBERAL REPAYMENT PRIVILEGES '
Hartman Abstract Company
Corner Main and Court Streets. Pendleton, Oregon
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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 C& "COLEMAN, The New Proprietors
THE BARRETT BILL
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THE MERGING OF STATE OFFICES
Committees to Work. For a
More Economical and Effic
ient State Goverment.
How Bcmbmakers' Home '4
Appeared After Explosion
The House is now taking a whirl of
its own in the "consolidation" pro
gram. At the beginning of the ses
sion, senator Barrett started nis prun
ing bills through- the Senate his object
being to save the state the unnecessary
expense at present incurred in main
taining useless commissions and pro
viding for the abolishment of the use
less ones.
The Barrett bills started the ball
rolling' toward the goal of economy
and now the House, not to be outdone,
is unsheathing its pruning knives. By
unanimous vote the House adopted the r
resolutions committee s resolution pro
viding for the appointment of a com
mittee of five members to "examine
all feasible plans, to receive, prepare
and report bills looking toward the
abolition, consolidation and merging of
various state offices, boards and com
missions in the interest of a more eco
nomical and efficient government."
Speaker Stanfield hag appointed on
the committee Representatives Brown
ell, Thomas, Ritner, Portwood and
Porter.
The resolution under which this ac
tion was taken ' was a substitute for
Representative Brownell's resolution,
debated on the door of the House and
providing for a consolidation program
by the revision of the laws committee.
Chairman Stott and other members
of the revision committee protested
against the Brownell plan because,
they explained, it would throw addi
tional work on a committee that al
ready is one of the hardest worked of
the Legislature.
The resolution seemed to be satis
factory all around and members who
discussed it insisted that the commit
tee should get to work right away.
"I consider that I won my fight,"
commented Brownell. "What I want
is an intelligent consolidation pro
gram." 1 '
City Treasurer's report.
GENERAL FUND.
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Photo by American Press Association.
NCKEASED police activity against anarchists Is now being enforced In
many cities owing to the recent dynamite explosion In New York city
which killed four people. The dynamite was. In possession of Arthur
Caron. Charles Hansen nnd Charles Berg.' tbjiaWnnrcul!ts who were
killed In the explosion. They were making bombs,Vn a'd. The explosion
occurred at 1620 Lexington avenue nnd wrecked the entire building. Tl
photo shows the tenement as It nppeared after the blowup. - The police .'
looking for an accomplice of the trio and allege that these men were beat!,- ui
dynamiting conspiracy. The children shown here are survivors.
INANGE
FOR LICENSE AND REGULATION
Amendment to Close at Six
on Sunday, Loses on Motion
Made to Reconsider. .
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SEVERAL WITNESSES EXAMINED
No Evidence of Bootlegging
Found-One Takes Extracts
Instead of "Shipments."
Receipts.
"Special Tax. Water-
Jan. 324.91
Feb. 60.53 182. lfl
March ' 2,579.98 197.6
April ' 1,894.11 209.20
May 2,698.13 189.60
June 14.40 187.00
July 208.96
Aug. 200. ;o
Sept. 213.90
Oct. 2,288.10 288.66
Nov. ' ' 101.40
Dec. - 61.46 234.26
8,984.91 t2,4fi8.I0
c Fines.. Pound. License.
Jan. - 88.60
Feb. 83.00
March 68.16
April 8.50
May 9.60 1.00
Aug. 4.20
Sept. 80.00 17.00 4.00
Oct.' 6.00
Dec. 7.00 H.25
I9K.15 .1128.70 198.26
Miscellaneous.
Jan. Freight overcharge refunded 1.20
Mar. sale of old motor coils, 9.80
May Kirk Estate sidewalk, 8.00,
Froome street grading, 8.76, 11.76
Aug. Hay, 6.00
Oct. Collins, dam'ge to fire hose, 2li,76
Dec. Hay, 4.60
$58.00
CITIZENS' MASS MEETING
TO NOMINATE DEFICERS
Disbursements.
Red'mtion . Int. on
of Wa'r'nts. War'nts.
Jan. 919.64
Feb. 86.67 ' "
Mar. 3,95.60 103.72
April 278.10 6.62
May 8,661.46 . 44.00
June 62.92 .0.1
July 775.66
Aug. 67.00
Sept. 7.06
Oct 1,669.46 19.35
Nov. 434.95 .84
Dec. 256.60
Transferred
to Sink, fund
1,096.88
876.14
10.24
(10,829.89 $178.98 tl. 480.74
GEN, FUND RECAPITULATION.
Receipts.
Bal. on hand Dec. 81, 1915
Special tax
Water
Fines
Pound,
License
Miscellaneous
8,984.94
3,468.10
98.16
128.70
98.26
68.00
tl, 855.58
11,781.14
The citizens' mass meeting for the
iurpose of nominating city officers to
te elected at the annual city election
March 2, will be held in the office of
City Recorder B. B. Richards, on Fri
day evening, February 2, at 7:80
o'clock.
At this meeting nominations will be
made for the office of mayor, three
councilmen, city treasurer and city re
corder. . The outgoing officials whose
terms expire with the closing of the
fiscal year are: Mayor Homer I, Watts.
Councilmen H. A. Barrett, M. L.
Watts and N. A. Miller; Treasurer
Zerba and Recorder Richards.
It is definitely understood that May
or Watts. Treasurer Zerba and Recor
der Richards will be candidates to sue- j number of local
WOODMEN ENTERTAIN WITH
BIG BANQUET TO VISITORS
Athena Camp- No. 171, W. 0. W,
held a very enjoyable meeting Wednes
day night, at which time four new
applications for membership were pre
sented and one candidate initiated into
the mysteries of the P roteetion De
gree. After' the meeting the Camp was en
tertained by Messrs. Jock Coleman
and Sandy Anderson with Scotch songs
and recitations, following which a ban
quet was served by Athena Camp.
Past Head Sentry J. P. Walker and
eight other members of Pendleton
Camp, and Dint. Manager J. F. Hoyt
of Walla Walla, as well as a large
members were pres-
ceed themselves. Friends of the out-1 ent.
going councilmen will doubtless make February 7, Athena Camp will in
an effort to have their consent to re- , itiate other members, followed by the
election, inasmuch as the council has usual refreshments, and on January
An ordinance providing for the lic
ensing and regulation' of pool rooms
and billiard halls has been passed by
the City Council and having an emer
gency clause, will become effective
when signed by the Mayor.
Section one of the ordinance stipu
lates the proceedure for obtaining a
license to conduct a pool room or bil
liard hall in the City of Athena.
Section two provides that the license
fee shall be the sum of one dollar per
year or fractional part of the 'year for
each and every table of whatsoever
kind, which is used in any pool room
or billiard hall, where pool, billiards or
cards are played. '
Section three requires pool rooms
and billiard halls to close at 1 1 o'clock
p. m. each and every day of the week,
and to remain closed until six o'clock
the following morning. The term
"closed" as used in this section, is
construed to mean that all lights shall
be turned off, playing and gaming
shall cease, and all persons shall absent
themselves from the building.
No minor is to be allowed in any
pool room or billiard hall where bi Il
iads, pool or cards are played; and no
punch boards, slot machine, dice, raffle,
lottery or other gambling device or
games of chance commonly called gam
bling, shall be permitted nor allowed.
Section six excludes from the prem
ises all liquor or liquors intoxicating,
of any kind, including bitters, extracts,
flavorings, spirits of camphor, hard
cider or any liquid substance of what
soever kind, which contains more than
one half of one per cent alcohol.
Billiard halls and pool rooms shall
consist of not more than two roomB;
'.here shall not be more than one par
tition, and there shall be no side room
cr rooms adjacent and adjoining.
. ction nine provides that any person
cc victed before the City Recorder for
vitiation of . any section, sections or
parts of any section, conditions or pro
visions of this ordinance, for the first
offense shall be fined in any sum not
leBs than if 10 nor more than 25, or
the license may be cancelled and for
feit 3d, either or both in the discretion
of ' he Recorder.
. ,le above are the main features in
the ordinance. Two amendments, one
to i-sue licenses for a period of six
months, the other an amendment
for closing at six o'clock p. m. on
Sunday, were defeated the first am
endment by a tie' vote, decided by the
Mayor. The second amendment car
ried when Introduced by Councilman
Barrett, by the following vote: For,
Councilmen Barrett, Watts, McFar
land, andMcLeod; against, Counilmen
Miller and Littlejohn. Upon recon
sideration of the amendment, it lost by
the following Vote: For, Councilmen
Barrett and McFarland ; against, Coun
cilmen Watts, McLeod, Miller and Lit
ilnjohn. '
At the instigationpf Mayor Watts,
District Attorney ; Keator came to
Athena Tuesday, and made an ' mves- ,
tigation of alleged bootlegging of
liquor in this city.
The district attorney was accomr
panied by Sheriff Taylor, Deputy Sher
iff Estes and a stenographer. Some
ten witnesses were examined by Mr.
Keator and Mayor Watts in the latter 's
office, their statements being taken by
the" stenographer and which will be
placed on file in the District Attorney's
office.
The result of the investigation show-
ed that what drinking had taken place,
to the knowledge ' of those examined,
was from private shipments of liquor,
bitters, and extracts, and so far as
they knew, no one had purchased liq
uor of any person in Athena since the
prohibition law went into effect.
One witness, Frank Pambrun.'made
the statement that his booze consisted
of bitters and almond extract almost
exclusively, for the reason that whis
key shipments cost too much money.
He had purchased one pint of alcohol
unlawfully, the purchase being made
in Adams. ' '
The investigation showed that ex
tracts were evidently in great demand,
containing as they do from 60 to 08
per cent alcohol. These extracts of
lemon, vanilla, almond, etc., may be
purchased at any grocery store.
The district attorney called the
mayor's attention to the fact that un
der the prohibition law, any person
coming to him with complaints or al
leging knowledge of illegal traffic in
liquor could be subpoenaed by him to
appear before a magistrate, and on re
fusal to give information would be
liable to a fine of t800. Mayor Watts
saya that hereafter persons coming to
him with complaints of this nature
must be prepared to back them up. -
Railroad Man Feeds Doe.
George Hillman, a railroad engineer
who runs over the Blue Mountains, re-'
cently discovered a doe half way be- -:
tween Meacham and Kamela. The
snow is bo deep that the animal can
make no progress and is making its
home near the track. Mr. Hillman is
taking food to it daily, says the East
Oregonian. The deep snow has driven
many animals out of the mountains.
Several bands of elk have wandered In
to the midst of civilization. Mr. Hill
man reports seeing a lynx last week
three miles from Meacham.
Athena Will Particpate.
At a meeting of Pendleton Camp,
W. 0. W., Monday evening, eighteen
applications for membership were fav-
I orably voted upon and those applicants
will be part of a class to be initiated
' into the camp on January 22. Adams
, and Athena members will be asked to
I participate in the initiation.
been harmonious in governing the city
during the official tenure of its mem
bers. A close perusal of the city treasurer's
annual statement, which appears on
another page of today's PresB, is con
clusive evidence that the city's affairs
have been most economically and capa
bly managed and a conservative ver
dict appears to lie in the desire- to see
the city government executed along
these lines.
2'J , members of the .local Camp will go
to Pendleton where a class of about
thirty will be initiated.
The Woodmen of the World are mak
ing great gains in membership and
since its organization has paid over
$211,000,000 to its beneficiaries in the
nine western states, where it operates
and has over 18,000,000 in reserve.
Disbursements.
Red'mpt'n of war. 10,829.89
Interest on warr'nts 173.96
Transferred to sink
ing fund 1,480.74 13,484.59
Balance on hand Dec 81, 1916 653.18
At the Methodist Church.
"Joseph in the Land of Egypt," is
the title of a four reel feature which
will ba shown at the Methodist church
next Sunday evening. Admission is
free, the only restriction placed upon
attendance is that the children under
fifteen years be accompanied by a pa
rent or gnardian. The pictures to
gether with the beautiful pipe organ
accompaniment by Mrs. J. O. Russell
will make the Sunday evening service
pleasant and inspiring. No seats will
be reserved. Doors open at seven o'
clock; service begins at 7:80.
Of especial interest to Athena peo
ple will be the moving pictures shown
on February 4. The complete pictures
of the May Day festival at the Uni
versity of Oregon last Spring will be
screened. These pictures include the
long distance race in which Floyd
Payne of Athena, the winner, appears
clearly. Seats will be reserved for I ci0Bjnlr day of this great and glorious
Baptist Revival Meetings.
The revival meetings which have
been in progress for the last three
weeks in the Baptist church and con
ducted by Evangelist Edgar L. Mills
and his helper, will close Sunday night
January 2 1st.
The best meetings of the campaign
have been during the past week with
the largest crowds in attendance, and
with wonderful results by the effective
preaching of the evangelist. The few
meetings yet to be held will be the
most interesting. A Men's Gospel
Team was organized with an extra
large number of men and this promises
to be one of the best teams organized
by Mr. Mills, the evangeliBt. This
team which is composed of laymen,
will have charge of the Friday evening
service and a wonderful meeting is ex
pected from such a large number of
live and enthusiastic men
The usual all" day services will be
held again Sunday at 11 a. m., 2:H0
and 7:0 p. m. As this will be the
t!8, 136.72 all High school students. A special I
sermon, rxiucauon, win oe uenver
ed by the pastor.
The official board of the Methodist
church has adopted the new financial
plan which places the finances of the
church upon sound business basis.
Pledges for weekly contributions are
secured from the church membership
tll,188.73 and a set of 53 envelopes is given to
SINKING FUND. I each contributor. This method will
Bills prove the value of systematic giving
Cash Receivable 1 and will put the church, a thristian
907 04 838.65 i institution, upon a respectable finan
cial basis. The finance committee,
H. O. Worthington and W. C. Emmel,
and their assistants, the board of
stewards, are responsible for the
movement.
3,473.53 The sermon topic for next Sunday
morning is: "The Righteous and the
Wicked. Sunday school meets
promptly at 10 a. m. All are cordially
invited to attend these services.
Bal. Dec. 31, 1915
Transferred to sinking fund
from gen. fund 1,480.74
Rec. one year's int. on
bills receivable 26.68
Rec. int. from bank on Cer
tificates of Deposit. 69.07
t2,807.08
ERNEST A. ZERBA,
Treasurer City of Athena.
campaign, large crowds ana wonaeriui
times together will be expected, 'and
you are invited to join with us. H.
Lyceum Course Number.
Saturday evening, January 37, the
people of Athena will be given a treat
at the Christian church, when the
third number of the winter's Lyceum
course will be given by the Pierce
Players. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Pierce have won their place with the
foremost sketch artists of the plat
form. By their labors they have done
much to establish the particular kind
of entertainment which they give, the
presentation of sketches and character
impersonations, as a distinct field of
the art. Their programs consisting of
two or three short sketches inter
spersed with humorous and dramatic
impersonations, are arranged from an
extensive repertoire.
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Paints and Varnishc .
in this locality. For fifty years this line has been
the world's leader that's why we chose It; and we
are leaders in good things here that's why they
chose us, It's a pretty good combination to do
business with.
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