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To Advertisers The c..4thena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend Athena 4Mk P Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $1,50; for six months, 75c; for three months, 50c; payable in advarr , and subscrip tions are solicited on no other basis Bntered at the Post Office at Athena. Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XXIX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1917. NUMBER 9 UMMIIIIII Music The Fourth Essential It is said that the first essential in life, is Food; the next, Rai ment; the next, Shelter, and the next, Music. Without Music, the best in life shrivels and shrinks. Music is the universal language and the fourth essential in the full development of life. Davis-Kaser's are splendidly equipped to serve you in providing your needs in this direction. Here are the wonderful New Edison Phonographs and Records. 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With only four dissenting votes, the f 6,000,000 road bonds measure, amend ed to provide for its submission to the people at a special election next June passed the Senate Monday. It went immediately to, the House for concur rence. Twenty-five to four was the vote by which the measure passed the Senate. The four Senators who held out against any bonding measure to the bitter end, even after friends of the bill had made almost every concession asked and its ratification by the people had been accepted as a condition of its passage, were Dimick, La Follett, Pierce and Strayer. Final passage of the bill followed an all-afternoon discussion of amendments as reported out by Senator Conrad P. Olson, chairman of the committee on roads and highways, and others pro posed by various Senators in commit tees of the whole. Except for one flurry, when Senators Dimick, Pierce and La Follett bitterly attacked the bill, this discussion was of the most friendly nature. The bill, as-amended in the roads and highways committee and the com mittee of the whole of the Senate, pro vides for an election on Monday, June of this year; carries an emergency clause as far as the special election is concerned to avoid having the bill re ferred and carried over to November, 18, and provides that out of the 1 8, 000,000 bond issue, (600,000 worth of the bonds shall be issued in denom inations of 1500 or less. Amendments to the prospective routes of designated highways include that the West Side Pacific Highway shall pass through Corvallis and Mon roe, in Benton county; that the road from The Dalles to Redmond, Bend and Klamath Falls shall go from The Dalles to Redmond, via Dufur, Maupm and Shaniko; that an additional road be provided from Bend through Burns and Harney to Vale and that still an other road be added from Albany, via Lebanon, Cascadia and Fish Lake to Bend. Provision also is made that in event 20 or more miles of the post road to Tillamook from Yamhill county be placed in readiness, or the same num ber of miles of the post road into Coos county be placed in readiness, that the State Highway Commission will com plete the hard surfacing of such roads. It also is provided that whenever any specific present highway is designated in the bill, such as the Pacific High way, that the State Highway Commis sion shall be empowered to deviate the route of such highway in a local way only to meet engineering or other prob lems which might arise over the pres ent routing of such highways. Senator Walter M. Pierce of School Notes, Contributed. The Athena girls basket ball team won their fifth victory of the season last Friday evening when they defeat ed the Hermiston team by a score of 11 to 3 on the latter's floor. The boys put up a good fight but lost by a score of 24 to 14, owing to the fact that they were greatly handicapped by the slippery floor and the absence of two players, Elmer Martin, center, and Rex Payne, guard. Both teams have shown improvement over the pre vious games and stand a good chance of ending the season victorious. The Athena lineup was as follows: Kath ren Froom and Evelyn Hurd, forwards ; Hazel Sanders, jumping center; Fran ces Fehr, running centre; Marguerite McLennan and Eloise Bergevin, guards. Lawrence Tharp and Lloyd McPherrin, forwards; Verne Dudley, center; Lawson Booher and Ralph Richmond, guards. Claude King was substituted for Richmond in the last half. Tonight in the High school Bium Athena will meet the teams in a double header which will be the last games season on the home floor. Both games will be fast. The Touchet girls de feated the locals on the Touchet BLOCKADE EFFECT IS SERIOUSLY FELT OAR SHORTAGE A BIG HANDICAP Congestion at Eastern Term inals and Halting Sea Traffic Entails Serious Loss. On top of the car shortage that has crippled Oregon industries, prevented the shipment of a big part of last year's wheat crop to market and in cidentally, says the Oregonian, played its part in forcing up prices of goods brought here for consum ption, looms now added grief for the producer and shipper of the Pacific Nirthwst be cause of the virtual freight blocl'ade that has come as the result of the vexed international situation. It is true, say those in close touch with industrial affairs, that conditions as regards the shipment and export of Oregon products could not be much worse than they are now ; nevertheless. floor tnev are apprehensive that the prom gymna Touchet contest of this some time ago, but the local girls have been practicing hard and expect to win this game. The Athena boys won from Touchet on their floor and good things are expected of them tonight. Tomorrow night the girls' first team and boys' second will journey to Wes ton to play a double-header game in return for the one played here on Feb ruary Itrd. A "County Fair" will be held in the school gymnasium on the evening of March 10. The money received from the booths will be used for purchasing base ball suits for the High school team. A committee has been appoint ed to arrange the booths and "stunts" and an interesting time is guaranteed. This is the first entertainment of this kind to be held by the Athena school Bince 1913. Sandwiches and coffee will be served. On April 7th will be staged the sec ond high school play, "Mr. Bob;" a comedy drama under the direction of Mrs. j. 0. Russell. The cast, which will be announced later, will consist of students from each class, except those of the graduating class who took part in the first play, "Oak Farm." Last Wednesday morning Rev. W. S. Gleiser and Mr. Stockton, the evan gelist singer, visited the grade rooms, announcing the organization of the "booster band, " in connection with the revival meetings of the Methodist church. At the assembly Tuesday morning, Mr. Stockton, the evangelist singer at the Methodist church gave a short talk. His purpose was to interest the students in the meetings which are be ing held this week. His talk, which in volved many amusing illustrations, was enjoyed by the entire student body. He arranged with the basket ball squads to boost for their games with Touchet tonight, providing they would attend the revival meetings and postpone the games until 8:15. The Union teams reaony agreed 23 Years Ago, from the Press of Feb. 23 1894 county, launched an attack on theThe spelling contest which has been whole bill and especially its submuF held tor the past three weeks between sion at a special election. He was warmly answered by President Moser, Senator Olson, Senator Huston and others. He wanted the bill held until the general elcetion in November and said that to be saved it must until then. I wish to remind the good Senator from Union, and all the Senators here," replied President Moser, who had left the chair to take part in the debate, "that the people of Oregon last November voted $18,000,000 of bonds for rural credits. 'I believe the people will rally juat patriotically for these bondB to make good roads possible. They will help the farmers more than any body else." He pointed out that the bond issue is not to come out of the pockets of the taxpayers, but the doubling of the au tomobile license tax will pay off the interest and principal in 28 years, a capitalization of waste tires and gas oline under present bad-road condi tions. Following are eight propositions to be voted upon by the people of Oregon at a special election Monday, June 4 : State issue of $6,000,000 in bonds to begin construction of a comprehensive system of roads and highways embrac ing the entire state. Direct expenditure of $100,000 i year for four years to build a new pen itentiary at Salem. To raise pay of legislators from $3 a day to $6 a day, extend legislative ses sion to 50 days and limit number of bills that can be introduced by each member and each committee. To authorize assessors of Western Oregon counties to restore Oregon & California grant lands to tax rolls. Requiring municipalities to hold their primary and general elections"on same day state primaries and general elections are held. To provide for classified assessments of property with graduated rate of taxation on property of different classes. To enable Port of Portland to build or to subsidize steamships and operate line of steamers to foreign and domes tic ports. To prevent repeal of any parts of state constitution by implication. All acts of the Legislature against which the referendum is invoked also will be on the ballot. City election in Portland on same day. Don't fail to meet "Mis Molly" at the High school auditorium, Saturday evening, March 3rd. the pupils of Miss Wagner's and Miss Fortna's rooms, resulted in a victory for Miss Fortna's pupils, with an ave rage of 66 per cent, Miss Wagner's pupils receiving 48 per cent. I he words, 645 in number, were taken from the Journal of Education for Jan. as. The three highest contestants from Miss Fortna's room: Savannah Smith. HI p. c. : Maebelle Duncan, 90 p. c. ; Mildred Winship, 85 p. c. Miss Wagner s room: Sadie Fambrun, 81 p. c. ; Lucinda Dell, 73 p. c. Lawrence Estes, 71 p. c. y Miss BarneC now has a total enroll ment of 40 pupils, Cecil Maestretti having entered school this week, and Eppa Piersol, who has been away Bince Christmas, returned recently. Winston Taggart, a pupil of Miss Sherman's room, has gone to Spokane. Mrs. Wm. McPherson, a former Athena teacher, visited the school recently. ised relief will be delayed intermina bly and perhaps the situation will grow even worse. "The effect of it all, will likely be to intensify the unfavorable situation that now confronts us in the Pacific Northwest, " said J. N. Teal. "Unless the blockade is broken the effect will certainly be felt here. All that will be required will be a little time for the piling up of the traffic to make it self noticed here. " It is declared that the result of the congestion now so marked at the East ern terminals will be not unlike that of pouring water into a reservoir al ready well filled. Hopes but recently were entertained for removal of the embargo on freight shipments from the West which the railroads had im posed upon all but perishable products. It now seems the raising of the embar go must necessarily be delayed, prob ably for a long period. With ocean tonnage almost a negli gible quantity for carrying Northwest products to market, because of the un precedented,demand made by the v for ships of all classes, with the r..i'. roads refusing eastbound freight, save certain specified kinds, and with the Eastern terminals crammed with goods that cannot now be exported, the Ore gon producer is not altogether in a happy frame of mind today. The added glut of freight put upon the Eastern terminals because of the submarine situation will not have the effect of releasing cars for Western loading, either, because the thousands of freight cars in the Eastern yards are themselves used ' for temporary warehouses to hold the goods that can not be unloaded because there are no ships in which to place the goods and the warehouses are already full. How long this piling up of exports at the Atlantic ports will continue can only be surmised. But until there is again an outlet for shipments, the sit uation here in Oregon, it is said, can not improve materially. Marriage licenses were issued to David F. Lavender and Miss Ella Price, and Henry C.Craig and Miss J ennie Light. Mosgrove Bros, last Saturday made a real estate deal with Geo. A. Hart man, of Pendleton, by which they got a band of horses and some land in Bak er county. Joel Gerking, who has been working in the John Day country, returned to Athena Monday. Judge Gilman and C. A. Barrett at' tended the meeting of the republican county central committee in Pendleton. The Masque ball given last evening in the opera house in Weston, by the Weston band was a decided success. Sixteen persons were ducked under the cold waters of the Umatilla river at Pendleton, last Sunday as converts to the Seventh Day Adventists faith. Tuesday night was coldest of the win ter. The' mercury registered 2 degrees below in Athena, and at Waterman station, on the W. and C. R. road, north of the city it fell to si x below. Pat Maxwell returned on Monday from Dufur, Oregon, where he went in quest of relief for his terrible af fliction. His friends will be grieved to learn that he has not improved, but instead hav gradually grown worse. Coon skins are coming in lively to McMinnville and bring 30 cents each. The Athena Orchestra furnished the music for the Masque Ball at Weston last night. J. T. Hinkle, a former editor of the Alliance Herald, was married at Den ver, Idaho, on Jan. 1st, to Miss Ada Cooper, formerly of La Grande. The democrati c central committee for this county met at the court house yes terday and made arrangements for the coming election. There were about 20 of the 30 members present. Felix Mit chell as chairman presided and T. G. Hailey acted as clerk. Geo. Hartman, of Pendleton.R. M. Powers, of Weston and L. B. Plants, of Milton, were ap pointed as committee on credentials. The next democratic convention will be composed of 1S1 members. The electric lights on the State House ie were lit for the first time last Tj iday night. '. lother populist paper has petered out. The Amity Popgun is dead. It noljngerfillsa "long felt" want. The people are coming to their senses. R. E. Storey, assistant principal in the Athena public school after this week goes to Adams. He will take charge of th : ;chool there. Mr. Storey is a tho rou,'i teacher in every sense of the ter.ii, and has many staunch friends amo lg the patrons of our school. The Ath:na school will continue with four teachers. Quite a number of those who enjoy dancing assembled at the home of Vic tor Shick, Monday night and spent the evening with keeping step to the mu sic. B. F.Marcus the aspirant for assess or on the republican ticket, was in the city Tuesday, shaking hands with every WHITMAN COLLEGE PRESTON CODICIL IS ATTACKED Son is Declared to Have Pre vented Gift of $100,000 for a Scholarship Fund. Whitman College, named as one of the chief beneficiaries under the will of the late W. G. Preston, but elimin ated entirely in the codicil to the will, took steps yesterday in an effort to have the codicil set aside. Undue in fluence on the part of Charles Bliss Preston and his wife, of Portland, son and daughter-in-law of the late Waits burg capitalist, is alleged. Something like $100,000 is involved in the suit. Mr. Preston died at the home of his son in Portland in February, 1916. The will set forth that his interest in a valuable farm was to go to Whitman College, subject to the payment of half the income to CharleB Preston, the money to be used to establish a Preston fund to be used by Whitman to give free scholarships to poor boys and girls. The codicil vacated these provisions, and gave the property to his son. Whitman's trustees, in their suit, charge that Mr. PreBton, at the time he made the codicil, was not of sound mind and memory, and that he was in fluenced by his son. The case was set for hearing March 27. Crawled Mile in Snow. Lou Bulin of Bingham Springs, is in a Pendleton hospital as a result of an experience that almost cost him his life. He went fishing last week and in jumping across a stream slipped and fell, breaking both bones of his leg. He was two miles from camp and there was five feet of snow on the ground. Determined to reach home he broke up his fish pole and made splints for his leg. After crawling a mile and a half over the snow he kept calling, and was heard by Forest Ranger Baker and W. W. Hoch, who rescued him and he was taken to Pendleton for treatment. He is reported to be im proving. Broncho Buster to Quit. Jackson Sundown, the Nez Perce Indian who holds the world's cham pionship as a broncho buster, says he haB about decided not to participate in any more broncho-busting contests that he is stiff in the knee joints and is becoming rheumatic. Although Sundown will be 61 years of age in April, he won at the Pendle ton Round Up and other frontier cel ebrations. Noted sculptors and ar tists, who have come from all parts of the United States to use Sundown for a model, have pronounced him physically perfect, so it is said. The last basket ball game of the season in the home gymnasium, will be played tonight with Touchet. The game is a double header and a large attendance id expected. The Peoples Theatre "The Home of Good Pictures 10-20! Lister Signs "Bone Dry." Governor Lister of Washington signed the bone-dry prohibition bill Monday afternoon in the presence of Representative Elmer Halsey, author of the bill, officers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and other advocates of the bill. The law pro hibits possession of intoxicating liquor by any person except regularly or dained clergymen, priests and rabbis actually in charge of congregations, for sacramental purposes. It allows wholesale and retail druggists and manufacturing chemists to handle al cohol only if granted a license after public hearing and provides radical penalties for violations. Saturday i,,.. ..... . ... ..... i- -J i General Funston Dead. Major-Genera! Frederick Funston, commander of the Southern Depart ment, United States "Army since Feb ruary, 1915, died suddenly at a hotel Monday night in Houston, Texas, a few minutes after he had finished din ner. He collapsed while seated in the lobby of the hotel talking with friends, and was playing with a little child, a guest with her parents at the hotel, when he fell unconscious. Death was instantaneous, due from acute indiges tion. General Funston was 51 years old. Weston Leader: Clarence Wright and family have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Wright's father, M. A. Baker, while on their way from En terpirse to Alberta to Jreside. Their little daughter is ill with the measles. 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