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To Advertisers The cAthena Press circulate in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Qreat Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend lie Uthetra 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 Bntered at the Potst Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XXIX, ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 9. 1917. NUMBER 11 )HIIHII1IIIIIHIIIIIHIMIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIWt; Home Draperies Perhaps the most notable development in home furnishings is the great increase in the use of draperies for windows, doors and opnings of all sorts. Draperies appear to be getting more attention than for many yearB and more than other lineso f furnishings. Our enlarged Drabery Department contains all the latest material, dainty Cretonnes, Chintzes and other light hangings, elegantTapestries, Terry Cloths and other heavier materials. Laces, too an elegant line of the famous Quaker Craft Laces by the yard at from 30c to 1.35 Drapery Patterns something new, also here. These enable a ny woman to cut and make her own draperies correctly and artistically. Price each, 26c. . We do drapery work. Our experts will cut and make up any work desired. Estimates free. Visit our. Drapery Department. THE DAVIS-KASER CO., WALLA WALLA Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools -10-20 Alder St. MM! I II I II ' " "" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiinitiiiniH n minium n nm Wesley Wilsey Joins Tractor Club and takes an 8-16 cTWogul Our Bargain Cash Counters open all day wrecking bars, 50c; vices, ISc to 75c; hack saws 60c; dandy butcher knives, 35c; 6 mouse traps, 10c nobby porcelain teapots, 10c. etc. Which do you prefer these bargain prices, for cash or," the good old wayf mis year we are making strenuous efforts to have our goods and the prices be our greatest adver tisement. Come and see. minim MHIHIMt Howdy, Gentlemen! Come and see us "Just Over the Hill" IIIIHIIIMMIIIIIHIMt FIRST I z "I Twenty-five Years II ATIAII i this Bank has striven to 1 1 1 I I tl 1 1 L furnish every facility con- iiilmih HiiiHiiiniMr. sistent with good Bank- H I ing. That it has succeed- KAiiK ed in doing so' is evident UniiH jn tfiC number of patrons. We can please you. Es- ATHENA OREGON tabbed mi. Capital and Surplus, $100,000.00 mmu hiiii mini . ., ESTABLISHED 1865 ..: ' " Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the very best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash. iMiinmnnim i mi i tin mm We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys Our Market Is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. READ & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon .1 SEE ALL PROJECTS ALL PLEAS TO BE CONSIDERED Greatest Good for Greatest Number to Govern State Is Partitioned for Work. The policy of the new State Highway Commission will be to get close to the hearts of the people. This was definitely decided upon at a meeting of the Commission at Salem when all three members S. Benson, Portland; W.L. Thompson, Pendleton, and E. J. Adams, Eugene met official ly for the first time, named Mr. Benson chairman, and in a session of several hours went over the situation generally. The oolicy of the Commission toward the public as adopted by an action was probably the most important move. The closer we get to the people the happier and better satisfied they will be," asserted Commissioner Adams in outlining a program for' dealing with the public. He suggested that when ever any section of the state desires help on highway work, or an allotment of highway funds, the Commission its self should visit the section, examine the project, hold a hearing, and go into the proposals at length with those interested. He suggested that the Commissioners should meet then and pass upon the proposals as to their importance, and outline a definite plan of work, basted upon the amount of money available for expenditures and upon the amount of work to be done, as well as upon the relative importance of such work. After much discussion in which it was asserted that it would be practic ally a physical impossibility for all members of the commission to visit all sections where allotments of the high way fund were requested a second plan was hit upon by Commissioner Thomp son, and was adopted. The plan as adopted is to divide the state into districts, each commissioner being delegated to the work of a dis trict. Petitions for allotments of funds or for assistance on road work, will be sent into the highway depart ment offices at Salem and the secretary of the board is to notify each Commis sioner as to the requests from his par ticular section. The Commissioner will arrange for a meeting with the people of the district affected, examine the project, hold a hearing and otherwise secure all the information and data available. THE PLAY, "MISS MOLLY" APPRECIATED BY AUDIENCE President Wilson, Whose Armed Neutrality Was Defeated By Twelve Senators, Has the Nation behind Him. That the play, "Miss Molly," given by Mignonette Lodge, Rebekahs, last Saturday evening in the High school auditorium, was an unqualified suc cess, both from a financial and Thes pian standpoint, was attested by the crowded auditorium, and the hearty applause given the performers. At the door, 1 106.70 was taken in, and the Bum will go far t;oward the purchase of a new carpet for the I. 0. O, F.-K of P. Lodge hall, the pur pose for which the play was given Unstinted praise is given Doth oy the performers themselves and the audience, to Mrs. J. 0. Russell, who directed the play, and gave of her time and talents in making of the event the success which it proved to be. No one would have believed that beneath his meek exterior, Lloyd Michener would have concealed the disposition to be the gruff, crabbed old misogynist, Reginald Peters, who so frightened his gentle niece, "Miss Molly, lira personated bv Miss Laura Mclntyre in a most graceful manner, ) that sne involved herself and all the other char acters in a seemingly hopeless tangle, bv pretendingto be 'the Lady fclusia, who appeared on the scene in the last act. thus unraveling the tangle. Miss Belle Mclntvre as "Cissie baunders, the girl from Noo York," carried things with a high hand, in her as sumed character as instructor in de nortment to the long suffering but re bellious twin sister of the crusty old bachelor, "Annie Peters," (Mrs. Bessie Schrimpf , ) The very much injured "Pearly White." the colored girl, (Areta Roth rock, ) brought down the house ; and no less comical and well taken was the part of "Joe Johnson" the colored ser vant, by Arthur Chapman. Gene Schrimpf as the sentimental young artist, "Julian Hewitt," very much in love with "Miss Molly, showed him self well UD to the part, and Mrs Ethel Cannon as the stately "Lady Klusia," was perfect both in presence and lines. In fact, the whole cast did excep tionally well, and as an amateur pro duction, the play ranked well with any that has appeared in Athena in the past. Specialties between acts were given and were highly appreciated. A piano duet was artistically played by Ver nita Watts and Anita Littleiohn; fol lowing this a reading, "Rosa," by MiBB Fortna, who responded to an en core, and a vocal duet by Misses Chest nut and Read, of Adams, whose beau tifully blending voices elicited another enthusiastic encore. Last night the pay was produced in Weston, and was received most cor dially in that city. After all expenses were paid, the sum of 137 was cleared Eiehteen people including the cast, went over and Misses Chestnut and Read, Miss Fortna and the Misses AreU Littlejohn and Vernita Watts, repeated the bet'n-act specialties. "1 t ' . HE From painting by Seymuur Thon.as 23 Years Ago Lrom the Press of March 9 1894 RESULTS OF G1TY School Notes. Contributed. That the Athena High school basket ball teams have made a much better record this year than last, is evident from statistics compiled by Supt. O. Russell concerning the compar ative scores and games won for the past two years. Last year the games won by the boys was 38.7 per cent and the per cent of the score was 89.3, while this year they won ou per cent of the games and 44.6 per cent of the score. The record for the girls last year was 87.6 per cent of the score, while this year it was 88.8 per cent of the games and 49.9 per cent of the score. Although the per cent of games won by the girls was less this year than last, they had a much larger schedule and played better teams than before. At a recent meeting held by last year's members of the Athena High school base ball team, Lloyd McPherrin was elected captain for the 1917 sea son. Preliminary indoor work for baBe ball began this week with the start of hand ball practice, a game which "gets the eye on the ball" as well as getting the throwing arm into shape, the new suits'which were recently ordered by the school board have arrived and are on display at the Foss-Winship Hard ware Co. s store. The suits are ot gray wool, trimmed and lettered in dark brown, with Athena H. S. writ ten across the breast. All the mem bers of last year's team are back with the exception of Claud King, who re- i cently moved to Idaho. King was Athena's star twirler last year, and his absence will be keenly felt by his former team mates. Banister, second pitcher and second baseman of last year, will probably succeed King on the mound. McPherrin will again work behind the bat. Last year's in field, Tharp, Booher and Dudley, will no doubt be at their old positions, while Lieuallen, Payne, Crabill, who com posed last year's outfield, and Rich mond, Sanders, Uoomans, nopper, anu La"wrence Baker, are men who make strong bids for positions. H. A. Post will coach and manage base ball again, and announces that several games have already been scheduled. The "County Fair" which is to be held in the gymnasium tomorrow night promises much fun for all who attend. Side shows 01 every aescnpuuii been arranged. The Art Gallery con taining the finest collection ojf pictures from all parts of the world;, and the fortune teller with her mysterious readings, "telling you all about the future." will be well worth a visit. The fish pond and moving picture show are well worth the money. The Candy Kitchen, a pretty little ice cream par lor, will furnish every one a chance to be refreshed after they have; seen the sights. At a certain hour sandwiches and coffee will be served tree to an, and later a free vaudeville show will be given in the auditorium. The "Coun ty Fair" will give you all the fun you are looking for, besides boosting base ball in the Athena High school. On Tuesday evening three reels of educational films were shown and ex plained by Supt. Russell in the school auditorium to an appreciative audi ence. The first pictures were along the commercial line, showing type writing, shorthand, English and spell ing classes. The last reel' displayed some Ford car parades in Eastern cit ies. All of the pictures were sent by the United States Government bureau. The third quarterly reception to be given by the classes is being planned by the Sophomores, and is to take place on Friday, March 18, in the high school Domestic Science room. The members of the student body, the fac ulty and alumni will be guests of the Sophomore class, who promise to make this the best reception oi the year. At the County school principals' meeting held in Pendleton March 8, when the rules of the Oratorical and Declamatory contests were discussed, Prof. Russell was appointed head of a committee of five to draw up the rules. The following rules were adopted: The county shall be divided into five sec tions, and a section contest will be held the 3rd of April with four contestants from each section, one of whom will 1 u f lh final nnMriL Pfin- UC CUUOCII tUl l" .it.". v w ww - dletnn. The divisions are: Division A, Orations; High schools. Division B, declamations; High schools. Division C, declamations; 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Division D, declamations; 8rd, 4th 6th and 8th grades. Visitors to Miss Sherman's room during the week were Mrs. George Bear, Mrs. McFarland and Mrs. Stan ton. The latter two ladies also visited Miss Wagner's room. Tn i.nnlla nf trip nrimnrv rnnm fire - r t" ' - - i proud to inform the public that thus Continued on Page 3,J Born Near Athena, Tuesday, March 6, to the wife of D. C. Mclntyre, a boy. Sheriff Furnish will not visit the va rious precincts this year to collect tax es as has been the former custom. (Under the new law taxes due the county are payable at the court house at the county seat. Taxpayers will gov ern themselves accordingly. We learn that H. L. Bowmer'has pur chased an interest in the Weston Lead er and will soon take charge of the paper. " James Ashwurth, an aspirant for the democratic nomination for sheriff, was in town Tuesday shaking hands with many of the faithful. Just as we go to press we learn that the house of Thos. Myers on Geer Spring was consumed by fire last night together vith the contents with the ex ception of an organ and a few books. Weston has a Republican club. M. A. Baker is President. March is again with us and from gen eral appearances has come in the shape of her British majesty's pet. William Whitman, a prominent farm er of Weston, has made an assignment for the benefit equally of creditors E. E. Sharon, with J. H. Lawrey and William Martin, have incorporated the Umatilla Collection Association, of which E. E. Sharon will be manager. Weston Leader: Among other convin cing proofs that spring is near is the fact that our normal school baseball team has organised for the season. A voune man of Weston took his girl out for a buggy ride. She fell out and he drove a mile before noticing that she was missing. You can bet that such a thing would never happen in Athena. The horse might fall out of the shaft and never be missed.but the girl, never. Lafe Reeves, the barber has again returned to Athena. He was employ ed in a shop in Pendleton during the past month. The Athena Band in connection with the Pendleton Orchestra, furnished the music for the people party ratification in Pendleton Saturday night. The firemen had a meeting Tuesday night at which a great deal of business was transacted. Measures wore taken for uniforms for members of the hook and ladder company. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Price returned from their wedding tour Thursday, the 8th. Mr. Price was in town this week and was heartily congratulated by many friends. Mrs Jarvis Hurd and her sister Mrs. Page, left with their families last Tues day to join their husbands in California. INITIATIVE MEASURE DEFEATED 110; 138; 144; Candidates Nominated at the Citizen's Mass Meeting Have Good Support at Polls. "thena's annual city election, held Tuesday, resulted in the election of the candidates nominated at the cit izen's mass meeting, by the following vote: For Mayor Homer I. Watts, W. R. Scott, 76; scattering, 3. For Councilmen N. A. Miller, M. L. Watts, 186; V. A. Zerba, George Banister, 49; R. A. Thompson, 83; Mrs. Morton, 39; C. T. Smith 13. For Treasurer Ernest A. Zerba, 168. For Recorder B. B. Richards, 168. Initiativa Petition Yes, 60; No, 101. The handicap under which the de feated candidates were placed by not having their names upon the ballot was somewhat lessened by an innova tion introduced by a walking vote so licitor canvassing for votes. Interest taken in the election by the voters was keen, the result being that a goodly number of votes were cast. The Initiative petition, providing for an ordinance authorizing a tax levy of one mill upon all the taxable property within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of paying a band-master or instructor for the Ath ena Band, met defeat. A majority of the voters, tax payers, have since expressed themselves that the band was not of direct benefit to them and hence they opposed the proposition of taxing themselves to maintain the organization. Wine Maker Indicted. The Hillsboro grandjury returned six indictments against Fred Stettler, the Mountaindale wine maker charged with making sales since the state went dry. His stock of more than 6000 gallons of wine, much of it 16 years old, is in the hands of the Sheriff and way be de stroyed. Special Attraction. "tlncle Hiram's Thimble Bee." Saturday night, March 10th, 8 p. m., at Adams City Hall. Leading man, Lawrence Lieuallen. For benefit of Adams the Public Library. Every body come. 86c and 35c. E. I. Getman will preach at both services at tho Baptist church, Sunday March 11th. I Minimi IIIIIIIMHIIMW YOl ARE INVITED to attend the opening of our store SATURDAY, MARCH 10th when there will be a Demonstration of one of the latest Sanitary Slicing Machines and a showing of the variety of sliced Meats we will carry in stock. Come and get samples and receipt book showing 32 ways of preparing Dried Beef. We will have an extra selected lot of fresh vegeta bles such as head and hot-house Lettuce, Radishes, Green Onions, Brussel sprouts, Young Carrots, Beets and Turnips, To matoes, Cucumcers, Parsley and Cabbage. Also Fancy sweet, juicy Oranges, the doz. . . 25c Fresh home-made Saratoga Chips, the package, 10c Extra fancy Hawaiian Pineapple, sliced, the can, 25c Assorted Cakes in bulk, the pound 35c Kippered Salmon, the pound 25c Extra fine, large Florida Grape Fruit, two for 25c Very select Queen Olives, large jar, .... 45c Fleischmann's Compressed Yeast, two for . . 5c Prefered Stock canned goods and Tru Blu crackers S. & H. PURE FOODGROCERY IN MOSGROVES CORNER BUILDING PHONE 61 FOR QUALITY, QUANTITY, SERVICE c Miniiimi HIIIIHIIIH