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VOLUME XXIX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1917.
NUMBER 17
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Capitalizing Automobile Lic
ense Fund For Immediate
and Practical Results.
OF
ING ISSUE
BARRETT AND THOMPSON TALK
School Notes
Contributed.
W. L. Thompson, State Highway
Commissioner, addressed a meeting at
the High SchoI auditorium 'last night,
on the proposed road bond measure.
Mr. Thompson was accompanied from
Pendleton by Representative Ritner,
Jos. Tallman and H. J. Taylor.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor Watts, who first called on Sen
ator Barrett to address the audience.
The Senator explained the provisions
of his road law, which passed both
branches of the legislature, known as
the Bean-Barrett bill, and which pro
vides f 1,800,000 of state money for
the purpose of matching a like amount
in Federal appropriation in this state
for post roads and roads through Gov
ernment reclamation reserves.
Mr. Thompson followed Mr. Barrett,
and he gave a thorough discussion of
the bond question. From every angle
of the question, the speaker went into
detail, and so lucid, fair and compre
hensive was his argument that when
at the close of his address he called
for a rising vote from those who fav
ored the bonds, only three remained in
their seats.
The speaker showed that Eastern
Oregon gets 00 per cent of the road
funds, and Western Oregon 40 per cent;
that the Pendleton-State Line road is
declared to be a preferred road, and
will be one of the first to receive hard
surface; that the automobile license
fund will pay the interest on the t8,
000,000 bond issue, retire the principal
and leave a surplus, giving the present
road tax over to development of roads
in the country districts; that the pres
ent road tax and the automobile licens
es w.ill have to be paid anyway, whe
ther or not the bonds carry, and that
the proposed bonding measure is sim
ply for the purpose of capitalizing the
automobile license fund for immediate
benefit in lieu of spreading it over a
period of twenty-five years in piece
meal method.
Mr. Thompson said the system pro
posed would cost no one a single cefrtl
except the man paying an automobile
license ; that if more bonds were re-.
quired for other work after the expe;
diture of the 8,000;000, it would he
up to the voters then to say whether
they wanted it or not.
He closed his address with the an
nouncement that the Commission of
which he is the Eastern Oregon mem
ber, proposes to secure a square deal
from the paving concerns and that the
Commission stands before the people
prepared to give them 100 cents in
value for every dollar expended on the
roads.
TEACHERS SELECTED FOR
COMING SCHOOL YEAR
The election of the teachers for the
Athena Public School ,was made at a
recent School Board meeting for that
special purpose.. Thru the request of
three members of the faculty three va
cancies were made for the coming year.
"Mr. H. A. Post, Miss Leota Wagner
and Miss Minnie Fortna have made
other plans for the coming school year.
Miss Fortna. has definitely stated that
she will return to the East and will not
be an applicant for a school. Mr. Post
has joined the band who seek to build a
home for themselves ; Miss Wagner, it
is stated, will likely be a student in the
Bellingham State Normal School during
the summer session.
Mr. Earl C. Flegel of Portland Oreg
on will be the new instructor of History
and General Science and assist in the
work of Athletics. He is at present a
student in Willamette University. He
has won honors in basket ball, football,
tennis, track and baseball. He has al
so had training in dramatic and debate
and will be helpful in these departments
if necessary. Mr Flegel is President
of the Student Body at Willamette
University this year. This signifies
that he is a good leader.
Miss Viola Wolff of The Dalles has
been elected to teach the 5th and 0th
grades. Miss Wolff has had four years
of teaching experience and her record
has been reported as very successful
She was recently elected to be May
Queen for the Normal School Festival
No one has been selected to take
the work of the 7th and 8th grades.
Several applicants were considered but
no definite action has yet been taken
by the Board.
The faculty for the new year will be
as follows; J. O. Russell, Superinten
dent; Jessie Brierley, Assistant; Earl
C. Flegel, History and Science Athle
tics; William D. Allingham, manual
training and Mathematics; Viola
Wolff, 6th and 6th grades; Fay
Barnes, 3rd and 1th grades; Maude
Sherman, 1st and 2nd grades.
Piper Will Probated.
The estate of the late William Piper
valued at about $00,000, was left to
his wife, by his will, which has been
probated. The children are letf with
the nominal sum of one dollar, until
the death or remarriage of the mother,
in which event it is to be divided
equally between the children, subject
to tiie advance of a quarter scetion of
land made to Oscar J. Piper, which is
to be his full share of the real prop
erty. 'The widow is named executrix.
See our windows for real merchan
dise values. Golden Rule Adv.
Much interest throughout the school
is being shown in preparations for the
May Day Festival, the first to be held
in Athena. The day will commence
with the parade from the school at
10:30 and end with the base ball game
between Pendleton high and Athena
high. Every portion of the day will
be filled with some interesting event
and of specal interest is the basket
dinner which will be served for all at
the noon hour. The county school sup
erintendent and local speakers have
been asked to address the school and
visitors. The parade will be led by
Eugene Osborne on horseback, and fol
lowing will march the flower girls in
uniform; the Mayor and other city offi
cials will ride in an auto, followed by
the second group of primary pupils;
after these will come an auto bearing
the county school superintendent and
other officials ; the intermediate grades
costumed and with banners: an auto
containing the school officials and the
grammar grades with a banner. These
will be followed by a car containing
the May Queen and attendants, the
High school classes with banners and
an auto with the Alumni. The
parade will end at the school at 11
o'clock and from this time till the
noon hour will be occupied in a pro
gram given in a stand erected on the
school grounds, the material for which
has been kindly furnished by the Tum-a-Lum
Co.
The program will commence with an
address of welcome by Mayor H. I.
Watts, response by County Supt.
Young, an address on "Our Schools,"
by M. L. Watts, chairman of the
school board, and "The May Day Fes
tival," by Rev. Errelt; a piano solo by
Velva Mansfield; recitation by Dorothy
Koepke; May Day Drill by primary
pupils; two recitations; vocal duet by
Max Newsom and Elmo Russell; vocal
solo by Jeannette Miller; nag exercise
and the singing of The Star Spangled
Banner." The day Will be brought to
a climax with the crowning of the
May Queen, Miss Helen Russell, at
1:45 and the winding of the two May
poles. At 2:80 will commence the ball
game.
At the local declamatory and ora-
Continued on Page 3.
CELEBRATION OF THEIR
BOLDEN WEDDING DAY
An event of more than usual interest
this week was the celebration of the
Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
William McCorkell, at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Joseph Sheard
one mile north of Athena, .which v as
attended by their childrertAMr. and
Mrs. James McCorkell of m Idaho;
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Simpson V Gar
field, Wn., Mr. and Mrs. Albert O'
Harra and Mr. and Mrs. Alex. McCor
kell of Weston ; Mrs. Anna Rothrock
and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sheard of
Athena, and the grandchildren and in
timate friends. All the family were
present except one son, W. A. McCor
kell of Weston. Mrs. Isabella laylor
of Pullman, Wash., a sister of the
bride, was also present.
An appropriate color scheme was
carried out in the table decorations,
yellow daffodils being used as center
pieces, except the section designated
as the bride's table, which was cen
tered with a large boquet of bride's
roses. Covers were placed for forty,
but several sent regrets on account of
illness.
It was a happy reunion and pioneer
reminiscenses enivened the rare occa
sion. The bride and groom shared in
the honor of cutting the bride's cake,
having as its decorations, fifty gold
candles. Following the dinner, music
familiar to the pioneers of fifty years
ago was rendered on graphophone and
piano.
Mr. and Mrs. McCorkell are the pa
rents of eleven children, seven of
whom are still living; have 22 grand
children and six great grandchildren.
They were married April 14, 1867, at
Lake Beauport, Quebec, and came to
Oregon thirty years ago, settling on
the farm south of Weston, where they
still reside.
Applications for Roads Filed.
Says Tuesday's East Oregonian:
Applications that the roads leading to
the proposed Mission and Thorn Hol
low bridges be declared county roads
were filed Monday with Supt. Swartz
lander and he forwarded them at once
to the Washington office. He an
ticipates early and favorable action.
It is only necessary to turn over the
road between the railroad tracks and
the river at each point inasmuch as
the roads to the tracks are onlv coun
ty roads. As soon as the county ac
quires jurisdiction, the county court
will turn over to the government a
warrant equal to one-third the total
cost of the two bridges.
Lyceum Course Finished.
The last number of the lyceum course
at the Christian church last Tuesday
evening proved as promised by the
management, unquestionably tbe best
of the series of five, which have been
given during the past winter months.
Ralph Parlette, in hia famous lecture,
"The University of Hard Knocks,"
which he has delivered over two thou
sand times, made an impression upon
his audience which will not soon be
erased.
Penileton Boy Wounded,
Joe Despain, a Umatilla county boy
who is with the Canadian Expedition
ary Force "somewhere in England,"
write his brother in Pendleton, ac
cording to the East Oregonian, that
life on tbe battle front of Europe' is
more exciting than ten thousand Hound
Ups. He has been wounded in the
"left wing."
GO-OPERATION OVER THE STATE
Governor Withycombe Ap
peals to Residents of State for
Immediate Action..
Oregon is going to do its share to
meet President Wilson's appeal for
bigger crops, more food, thrift and
economy.
The Oregon Patriotic Service League
at Portland took official cognizance of
the President's message to the people
of the Nation and will endeavor to
Bpread the doctrine broadcast through
the state.
Orders were issued to have 5000
copies of the special message, together
with the same number of copies of Pre
sident Wilson's classic war message,
.printed and distributed to the farmers.
They will be sent to the head of every
grange in Oregon.
In addition to this people in the cities
and small rural communities will be
asked to turn their backyards and idle
acres into gardens.
The season is late and immediate ac
tion is necessary. Every piece of land
that can be farmed must be farmed
this year, says H. H. Ward, president
of the league, who is pushing the cam
paign with vigor.
Governor Withycombe has issued a '
personal appeal to residents of the state
asking them to join in the movement.
He wants every boy and girl in Ore
gon to do something in the patriotic
cause of increasing the state's food pro
duction. The children should be em
ployed luring vacation season, in cul
tivating backyards and gardens, he says.
The Government reports on ttt Win
ter wheat crop show it to be far below
the norma) only 08 percent. Unless
conditions improve in the next few
weeks this means that the country will
be short millions of bushels this year.
Even if spring wheat is above the nor
mal the price will be distressingly high.
23 Years Ago.
Prom the Press of April 20 1894
ATHENA RED CROSS
AUXILIARY IS GROWING
T. P. Page will till 1500 acres this
year on the reservation.
An attempt was made by two men to
set fire to the stock yard and stables
at the Walla Walla Garrison last week.
Private Coogan of Troop A who was on
guard duty discovered them in the act,
and in attempting to arrest them was
shot through the left hand.
Geo. W Harper, agent at the Uma
tilla Indian reservation stated that the
leasing of the lands belonging to the
Indians on the reserve was going on
finely. There is a good demand for
the lands, and a large portion of that
which is subject to cultivation is bar
gained for. There seems to be a suffi
ciency of money available for the rent
al fees, as judged from the prompt pay
ment by the leasers.
J. Bloch, of Athena, the democratic
nominee for recorder of Umatilla
county, was formerly a resident of La
Grande and Union. At the last named
place he officiated as deputy county
clerk during the term of W. T. Wright
one of the prominent republicans of
this county.
The members of the Athena Lodge
A. O. U .W. No. 104. take this way
of thanking Mrs. Henry Schmidt, Mrs.
J. J. Gross, Mrs. Gus Vollmer and Mrs
Fred Rosenzweig, for their kindness in
preparing the sumptuous lunch last
Saturday night.
Precisely at 7 o'clock, Tuesday
morning, as the men employed at
Doble's saw mill on Wild Horse, were
leaving the engine room to start in the
day work, the hugh boiler exploded,
seriously injuring the engineer, wreck
ing the machinery and scattering brick
and debris in all directions.
See Mosgroves about the Pendleton
steam Laundry. No Chinese work done
there.
William Bell, son of John Bell, who
has been sick for some time, is now
able to be around again.
If you wish to buy a farm and pay
for it in wheat payments, call at this
office. We have some choice land for
sale.
Politics afe so hot over in this end
of the county that unless some would
be county official makes an appropria
tion for irrigation purposes, drouth
threatens to badly injure, if not to
eternally dry up the whole crop of
voters.
OF
ORGANIZATION TO EXTEND HERE
Movement Inaugurated Has
Wide Scope-Committee To
Be Here Tomorrow.
A movement was inaugurated at
Pendleton Wednesday night to place
the entire resources of Umatilla coun
ty at the disposal of the Government,
should they be required.
A committee of 21, including seven
lady members, to represent all parts
of the county, will be selected by
Judge Phelps, County Judge Marsh
and Dan P. Smythe. These gentlemen
will be in Athena tomorrow for the
purpose of laying the matter before the
citizens, acquainting them with the
conditions of preparedness, that they
may do their part in the movement.
It is the intention to organize local
committees in each community to co
operate with the general committee.
The first object will probably' be to
take a census of the entire county,
which will determine the resources of
men, materials, animals and soil pro
ducts, taking all steps possible to
place the county in readiness for any
call the Nation may make.
Resolutions were adopted at the
Pendleton meeting favoring the imme
diate organization of three distinct
military companies, to include all men
from 18 to 85 years of age. One com
pany is proposed to include men with
out families between 18 and 45, who
shall be the first reserve ; the second
to comprise men of family of military
age who will be the second emergency
reserve ; the third is to comprise men
of 45 to 15, who will be the third reserve.
Loss Is 25 Per Cent.
enry Barrett estimates a loss of 25
per cent securing to his lamb ttn "
m room, oi grasa auunugty me young
ewes raised their lambs on dry feed,
but the old ewes did not hive ths vital
ity to nourish their offspring. We
venture the guess that "Squig" knowi
something about the mutton business,
after all.
Mrs. H. H. Hill, chairman of the
Athena Red Cross auxiliary, has re
ceived material, and will soon appoint
committees and dates for work.
The head officers of Umatilla Chap
ter were up from Pendleton Tuesday,
and going from here, organized in
WeBton with !) 1 members with Mrs.
F. D. Watts chairman, and Miss Doris
Barnes secretary. An auxiliary was
also instituted in Freewater.
The ladies of the Athena chapter
are already planning to devise means
to raise money for the Red Cross, and
the first attempt will be with a pastry
sale wmcn will be held on Saturday I
afternoon, April H8. A liberal patron
age will doubtless be given the cause, j
both in donations and in patronizing I
Al 1 tii r . v
me aie. ine place will tie designat
ed later.
A benefit photoplay at the Peonies
Theater is also promised for the near
future, and other plans, such as after
noon teas, etc.. will be carried out
from time to time. There will be plen
ty of work for all, and in a cause for
the universal good, every one should
be a willing helper. New names are
coming in, and it is hoped that Ath
ena and vicinity's entire population
will soon be enrolled. Names add
ed to the list are:
J. E. Froome, Wm. McBride. Mrs.
Melinda Koepke, Mr. Henry Koepke,
David Taylor, Mrs. Ann Taylor, A. J.
Parker, Henry Myers, Mrs. Ethel Ste
phens, Mrs. Herman Stone, Mrs. Nan
cy J. Osborne, Mrs. Jessie Dudley.
LIBERTY"
American soldiers, Texas Rangers, Mexican Bandits; A Lavish Production
Peoples Theater
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Do you realize that our enormous buying power places us in a position to offer you
shoe values that the one-man-merchant can't possibly meet? Think of giving one
manufacturer a check for $167,000 for one bill of shoes. This is what the J. C.
Penny Comprny did, and this applies to only one manufacturer we buy from.
, - 1.70
- 1.08
Mens English dress ", 3.50 to 5.50
" tennis Shoes, - - .68
" Riding boots, - 7.00 to 0.90
Men's Mule harvest Shoes,
Elk
" work Shoes, - 2.40 to 6.25
" dress Shoes, - 2.08 to 5.60
Ladies' Comfort Shoes, clastic side
and rubber heel, - 1.89-1.118
Ladies' . " " plain toe and rub
ber heel, - - 2.49
Ladies' " " nurse style, just
the thing for house wear 2.09
Ladies' low heel Shoes in kid, gun
metal and patent leather, sizes
'i to 8, - - 1.98 to 3.50
Ladies' high heel Shoes, vici, gun
metal and patent, - 2.25 to a. 98
Ladies blk. kid boot, lace, - 4.50
" white kid lace boot, 5.90 0.90
" blk kid ", white kid top, 6.90
" canvas shoes, low heel,
3.98-3.98
Infants' soft sole Shoes, - .26-.40
Children's Shoes, 1 to 5, .59 to 1.26
. " " 5)j to 8, .79 to 1.98
" 8 '4 to 11, 1.119 to 2.25
Misses' " II to 2, 1.49 to 2.49
Ladies' "Emmy Lou" canvas
pumps, - - - 1.49
Misses' " " " - 1.23
Ladies' tennis Shoes, - .80
Boys - .80
Boys' Mule harvest " 1.26 to 1.69
" Elk " " 1.39 to 1.89
" hoavy work Shoe, - 2.49
" dress Shoes, 1.19 to 8.50
Shinola Shoe polish, - - .08
2 in I Shoe polish - - .08
Shoe laces 2 pair for - - .05
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