VOLUME XL.
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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.
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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-
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Been captureo.
clog.
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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
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reception JM, sleeping poreb. and
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floor contains three bedrooms with
large cloaeta, lavatory and hall. The
house is built from plana furnished by
the Tum-a-Lum Lumber company.
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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.
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