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VOLUME XL. EW. George W. Gross, pioneer and prom inent Athena citizen, died at College Place sanitarium Wednesday afternoon at 1:H0, and was laid to rest in Athena cemetery this afternoon at II o'clock. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church, and at the grave by the Odd Fellows, of which order the deceased had long been a leading member. Mr. Gross was in very ill health for Several years, and three weeks ago took suddenly worse. He was taken to College Place sanitarium for medical treatment, and last Sunday as a last resort and after careful preparation, surgeons performed an operation. The gall bladder was removed, and up to within a few moments before death, the patient gave every evidence of rallying to recovery. Shortly after l o'clock Wednesday a sudden change developed and in a few moments the end came. Relatives here were not ified and went to College Place at once. George W. Gross was born at Adell, Iowa, March 10, 1897, and at his death was aged ta years, two months and 18 days. He went to California from Iowa in 1868 and came to Oregon the following year, his parents settling near Brownsville. In 1880 he came to Umatilla county, settling on a farm west of Athena. He was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Jane Mor gan in March. 1880 and to them two sons and two daughters were bom, one of the sons dying in infancy. He is survived by his wife, one son. Fred, and two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Douglas and Mrs. Lula Read, all of this vicinity. He has two brothers. Charles Gross of Casaon, Wash., and John Gross of Milwaukie, Oreg.; two sisters. Mrs. Emma Evans of Windlin, Oreg: Mrs Jane Edwards of May villi:, Oregon; also three half sisters and three half brothers survive him. They are Mrs. Ada Hutchenson, Adell, la., Mrs. Lillie Lacdon, Clarkston, Wash.; Mrs. Inez Moore. Walla Walla; Ad Gross, Mohler, Idaho; Claude Gross, Mohler, Idaho and S. R. Gross, Fallon, Nevada. Mr. Gross with his family moved from his farm to Athena nineteen years ago and has since resided here. Aside from looking after his farm holdings, he found time for active as sistance in civic affairs and served the city as Mayor and as city councilman. He wasja prominent Odd Fellow and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Ai V jLUl I .. . i V Vail M. A. A A i A . A " ww, I " mL ' v V predate your renewal $2.00 per year 1919- NUMBER 22 1MIBIII IIIIHIIIII I If h N l UnuN I Jl UUI1U UUIIIIIIII I I ulNbnftifl brnlNuu ni & i i i T0 0er n smn -ih.-0 luNU A dUKulN ,cru, rU I... I I I i "I'JVIUK UI'JIUICO Will UUHI IU lIlS DU U- " l V.if Advertising Th: o4thena 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 Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 30 Former Resident Here. Mrs. Sadie Buel, former resident of Athena, is in the city visiting her sis ter. Mrs John Wright. Mrs. Buel is now living in San Francisco with her daughter Sylvia, who is employed as a bookkeeper in that city. Her other daughter. Willamay, is married and lives at Reno, Nevada. Mrs. Buel came up to see her mother, Grandma Barto, who is in very feeble health, and scarcely able to recognize her daughter. Two Men Break Jail. Charles Burke, charged with passing fo-geti checks, and Marcus Herera, a Mexican, who robbed the postoffice at Palmers Junction recently! filed their way to liberty through the bars of the county jail, Sunday morning. The Mexican was recaptured later in the jlay on the railway track east of Pen- ji A t !.... I:,,,:.-,, haft Been captureo. clog. fir inham Springs Open. I Bingham Springs opened to the pub- Sunday. A large crowd of pleasure Iters tool: advantafee.of'"the amuse Jhts the resort affords, despite the ay weather conditions. Thorn Hol jw grade, owinp to the ifippery con ( tho mad. nroved troublesome tr, niimher uf autoists. one car from Weston Bkidding into the ditch. With the prospects of an early return of Athena soldiers serving in the 148th F. A. from the Army of Occupation in Germany, some sort of reception to be given them and all other men who were in the service from Athena, whether in overseas as signments or not, is to be worked out. So that all soldiers and seamen who were in service from Athena may be entertained in a way that all their relatives and friends which includes the whole community may have op portunity of showing their apprecia tion and at the same time afford en tertainment for the boys, it has been proposed that a soldiers' picnic be held at Bingham Springs on the return of the men of the H8th. With the ar rival of these boys, practically all Athena soldiers will have returned home, and all ahould participate in a rousing good time at the Springs. The suggestion of the picnic was first made by Mrs. A. A. Foss. and since others have enthusiastically ap proved of the plan. The Springs af fords amusement in the way of swim ming, dancing, fishing, etc. A sump tuous basket dinner could Be spread under the big trees in true picnic fashion. No doubt a sufficient number of au tomobiles for the transportation of all who would like to participate in the picnic would be easily available, through generous donation by their o vneis, and the basket dinner would be provided by the good housewives of the community. FREEWATER FARMER. BE SPONDENTJANGS SELF A Freewater special to the East Oregonian says: Overcome with mel ancholy over bis poor health and the poor health of his wife, George W. Smiley, well known and prosperous farmer, committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree in his- orchard Mon day night. Mr. Smiley left his house at mid night and though search for him . was taken up as soon as he was missed, his body waB not found until fl o'clock the next morning. He suffered from the influenza last winter, as did Mrs. Smiley, and neither fully recovered. The dead man was OS years of age and had lived at Freewater for SO years. He is survived by his widow and two sons, Charles Smiley and George W. Smiley Jr. Coroner Brown was sum moned but no inquest was held as it was considered unnecessary. Base Ball Suits. The Athena ball team did not go to Reith Sunday to play the game sched uled, for the reason that no suits were available. The team has been using the; high school suits this season not having as yet raised funds for purchas ing uniforms. The team is capable of putting up good ball and with a little boost in the wav of subscription, or a benefit dance or two, they should ac quire the suits and other parapher nalia. Not So Promising, Lou Hodgen, former Umapine stock man who is now located at Athena where he is farming the Weidert place which he purchased last fall, thinks that grain prospects are not so bright as they have been forecasted. He says that the frost some time ago held back the grain and gave the weeds a chance. He is now figuring on 40 bushels where when he farmed that place some years ago, he cot 50 and better. Tribune. Cherries and apricots in the Walla Walla valley orchards were seriously damaged by frosts, but peaches prom ise to yield a bumper 'crop. Other hardier varietiesjoffruit are"expected tojyieldjgood crops. Very Stunning Indeed Morrisette'5 New Home The above is a modem, V-bome tw; g for EH. orrisetta. It cos' 'eight m8' wit1 "inB u djfsing -roou, kitchen, bedroom, reception JM, sleeping poreb. and on fell r I athroom on first floor. The aecond floor contains three bedrooms with large cloaeta, lavatory and hall. The house is built from plana furnished by the Tum-a-Lum Lumber company. HERE. IS ONE OUR. LATEST PATTERN? I WOULP LIKE TO GET" A SUIT, SOMETHING STYLISH I M0 I MORNING WHAT 15 THETT PRICE OF THIS ICopyrllM) ' RIGHT THIS" ,vvaV J NINETY FIVE P0tLABSJ NEW STANDARD THEATRE OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY The new Standard Theatre, showing; moving pictures wul open to the pub lic next Wednesday evening, June 4th, with Henry Walthall in "A Still. Small Voice." as the feature on the program, supplemented with Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink," as the" laugh provoking vehicle. A special attraction has been secured for Friday evening, June 8. The reg ular Standard program will be for Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday eve nings, only, but special attractions will be interspersed on other nights from time to time. In this instance, the selection is William S. Hart in 'Shark Monroe," featured, in all large cities as being one of Artcraft's best productions. This special includes, also. Fatty Arbuckle in his walloping antics as "The Butcher Boy." Douglas Fairbanks will be seen in his mirthful production of "In Again. Out Again." on Saturday night, June 7. Fairbanks is one of the topliners in picturedom everywhere and is a big drawing card for any theatre. Satur day night's program also includes one of the famous Mack Sennett two-reel comedies Sunday. June 8. Pauline Frederick will be starred by Paramount in "Her Final Awakening." a super-luxe so ciety drama, supported by an all-star cast and elaborate stage settings. A Black Diamond comedy and Pathe Weekly, rounds out a most entertain ing program. The new spring styles in men's suits are "stunning." News Item. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Pendleton's Chautauqua week has been set for July 6 to 11. Several new cases of Influenza have made their appearance in Salem. - The state grange, in session at Hllls boro, voted to hold Its 1920 annual eession at Bend. ... Ranchers of northern Curry county report that coyotes are on the In crease in that section. The Christian Endeavor societies of Linn and Benton counties held their fourth annual convention in Corvallis on Saturday and Sunday. George T. Gerllnger of Dallas was appointed a member of the state board of forestry by Governor Olcott. He succeeds L. R. Hill of Cottage Grove. In a fit of despondency resulting from' prolonged Illness, Robert Splck erman, 62 years old, shot himself through the head with a shotgun at The DalleB. Of a total of 1985 preventable fireB during 1918, 42 were suspected of In cendiary origin, according to the an nual report of Harvey AVells, state fire marshal. Textbooks for use In the public schools of Oregon during the next six years will be selected by the Oregon state textbook commission at a meet ing to be held in Salem June 2. Unemployment is completely wiped out in Oregon, both In the industrial centers and throughout the farming and lumbering districts, according to a report of the department of labor. . Efforts to procure a material reduc tion In the cost of transporting fish which the state distributes to the various streams of Oregqn will be made by the public service commis sion. Pish propagation In the several state hatcheries Is showing splendid results this spring, according to the report of R. E. Clanton, state fish war den, received by the fish and game commission. Douglas county's ninth annual straw berry carnival and sportsmen's tour nament was held In Roseburg under most favorable auspices. Thousands of people were present to enjoy the opening day's festivities. , Complete exoneration of the state industrial accident commission is giv en by Governor Olcott in connection with the charges of Lee Roy E. Kee- i ley, Portland attorney, over the A. G. j D' .n compensation case. i.ist Oregon men who are In service overseas will have returned by August atftl practically all of them will be : homy, by September, according to in- I formation that has reached the Oregon j welcome committee In New York. j The proposal to maintain a repre sentative In Washington to further the projeft for the ettabilshment of a first class naval base near the mouth of the Columbia river Is being dis cussed by the Astoria chamber of commerce. Three fatalities are Included In the 588 accidents reported to the state industrial accident commission for the past week. These were "Martin Paul of Itelinnce, logger; Joseph Swartz, Knappa, logger; Louis Lambert, Never still, logger. The semi-annual purchase of sup plies for the various spite institutions will be made June 12, when bids cov ering the needs of the institutions will be opened by the state board of con trol. These bids will cover supplies up to December 31. Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin of Portland, Mrs, Charles H. Castner of Hood River and Mrs. W. H. Dane"? of Salem were designated members of the advisory board for the state industrial school for girls, in appointments announced by Governor Olcott. F. C. Knapp, F. H. Murphy and V. H. Haybarker, all of Portland, con gjltute the commission created by the recent legislature to regulate lighting in mills, factories and work shops, according to announcement of C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner. According to advices received from Senator Charles McNary at Washing ton, the United States government is considering sending out experts to Polk county and other places in the state to explore the oil fields which are supposed to be located there. J. F. Buchanan, superintendent of the Homestead Iron Dyke mine, situ ated near Homestead, reports that the labor situation is very discouraging In his section. With a capacity of about 120 men not more than 60 are it present employed by the company because of the scarcity. A resolution condemning Oregon as one of the worst states in the union with regard to the divorce evil and providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate conditions and instigate legislation to mitigate the growing tendency of divorce, was adopted at Portland by the 31st dio cesan convention of the Episcopal church. Borortties and rraternities at the University of Oregon must pay a 50 per cent penalty because they have not paid their war revenue tax, as sessed against all social organizations, says Dr. George Hewitt of the inter nal revenue collector's office, Port land. From November 1, 1917, to April 1, 1918, all persons initiated into a fraternity or sorority are supposed to have paid to the government 10 per cent of their initiation dues and monthly dues not later than one month after initiation. General revision of telephone ex. change rates, which means all local telephone rates, was denied by an order issued by the public service commission in the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company case, which was the biggest telephone rate case ever heard by the commission. Increases in rates, however, were allowed by the commission for all business telephones operated by this company in the state, and Increases were allowed in rates for residence telephones at Albany, Corvallis, Oregon City and Grants Pass. JEANETTE MANASSE SCHWABZ DIES AT HOME IN CALIFORNIA The following item from the East Oregonian of last Friday, will be of sad interest to many Athena people, and others of our readers who former ly resided here and remember the fine qualities of the lady mentioned, who spent her early girlhood here: Mrs. Max Schwarz. of Napa, Cali fornia, formerly Miss Jeanette Ma nasse of Athena, and a niece of Leon Cohen of Pendleton, died recently at her home in California Mrs. Schwarz, who was supposed to be in good health suddenly sucrumbed to a heart attack. Sh.- was 35 years of age and is sur vived by her husband; her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Manasse; a brother, Herbert Manasse of San Francisco, and three daughters, Henrietta, Minnie and Helen Schwarz. Funeral services were held in San Francisco. Mr. Co hen attended the funeral services. talaris. Payne Goes Portland Oregonian: Floyd "Mose Payne will likely be fie only athletd from Oregon that will get the oppor tunity to compete in the inter-allied games just outside of Paris next month T. Morris Dunne received a telegram from Frederick Rubien. sec retary of the A. A. U., yesterday, raying that Pa" ne had been selected and if he is able to straighten out his business affairs in time, will make the trip. According to the latest report the 50 athletes from this country will sail for France on June 1 instead of June 9. That taxes will be lowered instead" of increased by the state kuafr'i anteeing the interest on irrigation and drainage bonds for five years and solve i one of the states important problem',; at the same time, was the statement of O. C. Leiter, director of the Oregon construction committee, who addressed.!? the members' forum of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. "If the measure is carried M0, 000.000 will be spent in Oregon in tkji. next five years and and each dollar . will earn other dollars," said Mr. Lei-, ter, "new taxable wealth will be era,-' ated and a marked increase in produc tive land -v ill tak6 place, several hun dred thousand acres of farms and proa? perous citizens will be added anl the livestock industry will grow. "To be made effective, the pjan. should have the co-operation of aitejjjjj izens, not merely the iiidorBementVof;' a hoard. .of directors. The measure , proVidi-eg for 15.000.000 bond issue by the state for the purpose-' of rwoite; struction is another of "Vital- infliK ; The money will 'be Under" the stsliij board of control and will be used when-, neccsssary to provide labor lot un employed, especially soldiers recently returned from the battlefields. "The Roosevelt military highway' along the coast is part of a scheme to b lild a road from British Columbia to Mexico to be used in case of emer gency by the armv and at other times will be servicable to farmers living along the coast and rank as one of the grandest scenic highways in the world. "This proposed highway will be the equivalent to another railroad and will cost the state only 12,600,000 as an equal amount will be provided by the government, which will also pay for its upkeep. This road has the Indorse ment of the highest military author ities and is deemed a necessity." Roll of Honor. Mrs. M. L. Leeper, Mrs. Minnie Willaby, Mrs. David Taylor, Mrs. J. E Froome, Mrs. F. S. LeGrow, Mrs. J. A. Kirk. Miss Mattie Coppock, Mrs. W. R. Taylor and Mrs. E. A. Dudley, comprised the roll of honor at the Red Cross working rooms Wednesday after noon. Last week, the following five were present: Mrs. W. K. Wall, Mrs. Minnie Willaby, Mrs. Leeper, Miss Coppock, Mrs. W. R. Taylor and Mrs. Froome. Return From Portland. V. C. Burke, Sam Haworth and Isa ic Davidson returned Sunday from I Portland where they went on matters i pertaining to the transfer of the Burke & Son Garage to the Messrs. Winship, Davidson and Haworth. The new own ers are now in possession of the gar aie, Mr. Davidson having removed his repair shop to the new quarters. His Last Sermoa Next Sundsy night W. A. Pratt, pastor of the Methodist church will preach his last sermon before leaving Athena, on the subject: "Will Israel Be Saved'" Assassination seems to be the popu lar European pastime. Soldiers who bring brides home with them never will forget the war. all fl ED 33 g EXTRA TEST For Frictioniiig "Frictioningf is the process by which rubber and fabric are milled together. Thjs extra test insures, by micrometer meas urement, the exact thickness and precise proportion of ru fabric CINE TIRES HERE we reveal another of the extra tests that make Racine Tires better tires. 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