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jti money " T ' y- Entered at the Foat Office at Athena, Oregor ; . VOLtJME XL; mm mtmm If this notice is marked RED, niftes that your Subscription expires with this issue. , We wHt greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 per year Second-Class Mail Matter -rii ATHENA.. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1919 I i n i if T " s ' , ,5 . -M- ' NUMBER 50 TEXAS LANDMARK Bosnia js hard hit FAST CRUMBLING 6f ;a;h Once Proud Seat of "Law West of Pecos" Is Now Crum- - Ruins. if Town's Name, Eagle's Nest, Vanishes From Mlp and 0n,y Memefy Re. mains of the Judge ami i " His Rulings. San Antonio, Tex. With Its founda tion posts wobbling like old men's legs, its floors showing ugly, gaping holes, 'i porch roof shorn of the last llnger board, scraggy bits of what wna white paint hanging to the outer lianfi its door banging toio, single ' hinge at lAUgtry, Tex., once n as Eagle's Nest what remains ' Texas' most famous old land uccumbing to wind and rain, nee proud seat of the, the Pecos" the a ' -and throne whr ' Jag Bos' "feme as (e liquor, ere with nt away ge, Per .efcashed .y would ex- ., fejSff- tUv ,s when no" where . . whole of Texas can the traveler find a drop to drink. ' In the "Good Old Days." Many humorous and many seml traglc stories regarding Judge Beftn httte been handed down by ,frfends and relatives, many of whom i are liv- Ittg in or adjacent to San Antonio to day. It was In a day when enforcers of the taw were few, and for bpfwen', and when the men wife the quickest trigger finger and the steadiest nerve were monarchs of a large portion of what they surveyed. Bean waa Justice of the - peace of precinct 6 and theraefcing repre sentative of the law for hundreds of raHee north, south, east and wesf of Mm. Equipped with a copy of the statutes of Ohio of the vintage of 1885, a sense of fair play, and a, strong con viction of what the, law should be even though it were, npt so, written down, In the books, he put up his sign: Judge Boy Bean, '" ifA Justice of the Peace, . ' Law West of the Pecos. " In addition to being chief, magis trate over everything "West of the Pecos," Judge Bean conducted a thirst quenching emporium typical of the day. The saloon was in the Imll of justice, and from behind the bar came vcle of authority backed by a brace of perfectly Rood six-shooters. Judge Bean's "Law.1 Two IMexican men and women walked Mo Judge Bean's court one day and informed him that they want ed a change; that they wanted to swan helpmeet?. The judge made dili gent Inquiries -of each of the four, found all to be of the same mind, charged each of the men $15 and a dozen bottles of beer and called -it done, ;. 1 . i .. - When a state official from Austi m a fljtag visit to "ftjle's Nestf com-! piataeS to Judge Bean that h ; wait I exceeding his authority, explaining j that divorces should he passed up to J tt higher court, Bean Is alleged, tot have retorted : -Wb; say ! BJfse I ever nutted into your affairs? These people wanted i to swap, they paid me for changinf "em around, they're llvlh' together pn'feetiv harjpy, as' nobody 'round j heap has cqjajdalned. Ton go1 on back 1 Justin an' handle your courts like : you want to, but this is out o' yodr jurisdiction." J j Thep rhfte was Judge Bean's fa mous decWoa in the case of a man : being tried for killing a Chinaman. ; T!m IWgev sites' a careful search I -ough thl statutes of Ohio, couldn't , ' a siilrie word against killing j M;lhefjS(p there. ,as uoth- Factories and Railroads Hurt by Up setFood and Clothes Cost ; High. Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia may be a long time recovering from the effects of the war. Factory production la almost at a standstill, railroad transportation Is Irregular and uncertain, stores are bae of stocks, Imports are much re duced, clothing and food are high In price,, and there Is much idleness among the people. The crops this year, however, are abundant and there is sufficient food to met all needs. The German and Hungarian signs which formerly appeared above ' the store windows have given place to olacarda to Serbian, and Sarajevo has tnken- on quite the appearance of a hertmtn town. The Serbian inhabitants nre'of coarse qnlte content with the wigradK government, but the Germans Austrian and Turks are not quite so '.-.tppy. - ; There Is a disposition, however, to accept conditions as they are and to hope for a resumption of the commer cial activity and advantages which the people enjoyed at the hands of the Austria ns. The friends of the Serbs and Jugo-Slavs hope that with time the Serbian government will be able to match the prosperity and . progress which the Austrlans and Germans brought to the country. Among the population America en joys great prestige and respect. This is largely due to the timely help brought to the country by the Ameri can Red Cross and the United States food administration. Until the arriv al of these relief agencies Americans nad never before appeared in Bosnia in any considerable number. J , The presence of the officer of the Bed Gross and the food administra tion has had a splendid moral and edu cational effect among the Bosnians. Much of the rancor and harsh feeling engendered by the war has been re moved, and through the work of these Americans the larger part of the peo ple now look upon the United States us a frleltd, not as a foe. 0 The End of a Perfect Day u Refuses to Profiteer 1 Ohio Has Landlord Who -A I j America's most remarkable landlord has been discovered at Akron,",OhlG. He is a man who not only will, not profiteer, but f during the, last six years has not I increased the rents on his ten- 1 ants It' all. He Is renting six modern five-room frame dwell- f Ings today at the same price j (Which he charged the first year f his tenants moved in. The I houses rent at $30 a month. i ntitM knnA ' i. ., vtiiti oMutiai uvuwo ucic aic renting at $00 and $75 a month. HOME LOSES ITS LAST PAPER Nearest Source of News This Winter If Will Be 1,000 Miles Away. Nome, Alaska. Trappers, miner end others of this far northwestern Corner of the continent who for years have looked to "Nome for their ys of the outside World, will receive no regular news report this winter, as the Nugget, Norn;? only newspaper, has decided to suspend publication. FsJr- , banks Is the source of newB for Ug ' part of the country. Nome, once one of the " 4 camps of the North, at o I ported -several newspapers. e ' so many people arc leavtaf: steamer that a newspapei j pay. '. i BUY GERMAN MMMBk HAREMS YIELD YOlNGj MOST ELOQUENT SPEECH OF WAR Boys and Girls Sold Into Captiv i ,t. ity Being Rescued. . CIVIC CLUB MARKET DAY TOMORROW IN ATHENA The Civic club met Tuesday after noon in High School auditorium and reports from all committees appoint- ed: to solicit for the market day were made and most encouraging progress WESTON HAS PROSPECT OF FARM BUREAU SCHOOL i For the There is goo'd prospect that farmers' school will be held in Mem- tap; of qrial Hall next February under ais pices of the Extension Service, of 'the Oregon Agricultural College; fJihe ATHENA THIS YEAR HAS m, PUP MS TREE rFc was noted. No other business was granting of such a valuable source transacted, bat plans were discussed j of instruction to Weston will depend relative, to tomorrow's sale and with largely upon the grtwth of farm bu the moderation of the weather, a most reau membership here and on Wes- successful market day is anticipated Roll call was answered with current items and so much interest was de rived from the plan that it was de cided- to- continue this for the next meeting, which will be on the first Tuesday in January. Market day sales will begin prompt ly at 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon in Watts & Rogers' fine new store room, and will continue so long as there remains anything to sell. A goodly supply ef edibles and suitable articles have been donated by the good housewives of Athena and oth ers, so there will be large variety to select from. , Together with this event the open ing of the Watts & Rogers store, one of the finest in te Inland Empire, will take place. With its modern heating plant, splendid architectural appointments and the large stock of new goods on display, the firm is ready to devote its share to the club's market facilities. ., ... ton mountain.- Sim J. Culley is in receipt of a letter from Fred Ben nion, county agent, from which the following excerpts are taken: "I want to arrange with Profes sor Hyslop and his assistant, Mr. Carpenter, to conduct a ' grain pro duction, handling and grading school it this county some time in Febru ary. This will be a two-day school and will take up practically the same work as will be given under this head during Farmers' Week at the college. "What would you think of the suc cess of such a school if it were held in the Weston community hall some time in February? This year these extension schools will be held under the auspices of the Farm Bureau, and the membership in any commun ity will be indicative of the interest in such a school. One day of this school or part of one day could be given over to potato work in which the people on the mountain should be interested. Professor Hyslon is (secretary and inspector for the tate I Board of Seed Poatto Certification, jl am extremely anxious to do what 1 ery first time in the his- town, probably, Athena kiddies' will go through the Yuletid- without a public Christmas tree.1 Some will have the Christmas tree ii the home, where Santa will distri! ute his pack, and others will uti me oia-time meaium of the stocking hung by the chimney corner. At. any rate, Santa Claus will not permit the cold weather to deter his annual vh it, and will be on hand as usual, At the churches, Christmas pro grams will be given Sunday morn ing, and gifts dispensed among the children. The Christian program will be at the Sunday school hour, which will be given over to the little folks, the auditorium being the place of meeting. "t,'ii The Baptists will have Sunday morning also, when a splendid pro gram will be ,given by the Bible school and church combined, at the church hour. At the Methodist church a short Christmas service will be held at the Sunday school hour, and a regular Christmas program will be given on the following Sunday, December 28. Under Allied Rule Turks Are on Good Behavior and Kurds Are j Quiet New York. How 00,000 or more Ar menian and Syrian children, stolen by jluirn aim i.unis ana sola into harems or Arab enccmpments, are being ali ened from captivity and worse through, the efforts of the near East relief, now that the near East Is under allied rule. Is told by Bev. K. O. Jngo, who has just returned from western Asia. "It Is no uncommon sight In Aleppo. Syria," says Mr. Jago, "to see scores of children brought in by the search ingpartle8. The children are ail dirty, ragged and starving, and many of them have been tattooed by their Arab master!. ; . '' "Broken hearted mothers and ' sis. ters pace up and down the line of the rescued hoping to see their son or daughter or brother, stolen three or four years ago. Many times there are happy reunions, but often the quest is In vain, and broken-hearted mothers seem to despair of ever seeing their loved ones again." An important feature of Mr. Jago'sM wurH. twice uitj country was reseuen from the fanatical domination of the Turks has been the recovery of these stolen children. From parents and friends all Information possible about the missing ones was obtained and this was sifted down and turned over to the British commandant of the dis trict, who, in every instance where the Information was definite, has succeed ed in recovering the stolen children. Among the rescued are many young girls tyhpse fate in the harems has been too terrible to describe. ' " Under the British regime In Ar menia and.thit of the French in Syria the Turks are on their good behavior O m many cases are co-operating th the-near East relief workers. en the brutal Kurds, long the op. -ressors of the Armenians, are quiet, Dut tnose who know them best be lleve they are only waiting for the withdrawal of the allied forces for an other orgy of murder and pillage upon he unoffending Christians. .' FffEUCfl P6ILUS ASK OFFICE Cry "New Conditions, New Men," as They Stand for Election to Chamber Credited by Baruch to Oonlin, President of the Building . ' -C" Trails, t LITTLE TALK CLEARS THE WAY ATHENA GUN CLUB WILL SPONSOR SHOOTING MATCH Anglo-American Company i 000,000 for Afrlcar K Holdings. On next Sunday, December 21, the Athena Gun Club holds its first big shotting event since its organisation o over a year ago, when it will have as visitors, trap shopters and rifle marksmen from all over the county at the club grounds tp compete in match shootbig for turkeys, beef and pork. The club grounds have been put in tiptop condition for the big event and invitations have been sent to the ftStMSMSSiBMAfHai VJCYP mala wVifii-oliw fl.o 9 .. ...v. Dlr"Glub came into possession of a large number of turkeys. The birds were Paris. "For new conditions! now men," is the rallying cry of the form er soldier element for the forthcoming parliamentary elections. ' Some of the many veteran organiza tions demand that the men who fought the war out should alone be charged with the work of reconstruction. Oth ers demand that SO per cent of the candidates of each party for the cham ber of deputies ba recruited from the soldier organisations-. ',' -. Jm Among the former soldiers whowWl seek election Is the "nee" of French military aviation, Rene Fonck, who, it Is reported, will run on the sninc ticket with Georges Mandel, right-linnd man to Premier Clemenceau. WAR HITS SWISS FORTUNES MM tondon. A dispatch to t do I f TOleaY tre party" woe j change Telegraph company . i rt- jiannesourg rerts tne pure, story ef the judge1: an Anglo-American con.pi.ny i losing of fM (50 lo 000,000 of all Germany's prlvc the pockets of a dead state irterests. In the dlamont ihoeter also had of jvfcr wag formerly German '. so the Judge fined j wt A rice.' r carrying a deaflly Some protests are eipresset ! what Is celled the, "secrp-y " : j deiS nnd allegations are mac the purchase waa effected thror dne iuSsence in political qua BENEFIT DANCE GIVEN BY THF ITUCUI.WCCTfl DflCT t0 build P th Weston Mountain InL ninLnR Hull UN I UDI country as a seed potato section and I believe that Professor Hyslop would Adwsrtrshw .matter wmmiiiiliiB- De of material help on this subject. Benefit ball to be given at the Athena! "l suKK-'st that you talk this mat ouera house on Christmas eve T)rc- tor over witn the other members of ember 21, by Athena-Weston Post,!he Weston Farm Bureau committee American Legion, is -nit jffnd see wbBt they think about the The proceeds derived from the ballTdvisability of holding such a con will eo into the treasury of th Post I fe"ice. K you can secure 30 or 40 to be used lor the expenditures of the . vicin-. mettlbers of the different gun clubs to organization, which is starting out of Weston there is no doubt that ( be present for the occasion and a big with a membership that includes prac- we could swm8 this Proposition j time is wtid ted ically all servce men who went to w,lthout .f k expense, and the school ; BegideB beef 8nd ' k to be shot for -ar irom Ainena ana weston. '. "m mwi Admission tickets at $1.25 each membership fee to the Farm e beinar sold bv Post members and I reau- ey are meeting with the hearty sup- ae We( at 0S secured from flocks in different parts n. ra-ine paonc. une oi tne larg- --" - 0f the county. Forty will come from ' crowds of the season iB espteted, Tne fiercest winter weather man Echo breeder dressed, ready for Athena on the evening of this bene- yearg in this sectipn 80me uy the j the bake oven. There will be lots of 1eU- I coldest ever known broke Tuesday Pries to furnish great sport for all Committees on invitation, music, : with a warm and wccoroe chinook. ! who maV attend Athena's first bi? oration, etc., have made necessary It firat vi5ited the mountainS) 8nd ! shooting match, -angemente and assurance is given then jnu . ti,. ,. j I w.nij.;j rt a pleaaant time will be enjoyed dissipating , cold snap. ! daughter of Robert Coppock, died TLZ VmTX all who attend the dance. Th. iw.f f..w, . I T-..io ; .. xt.u x,.,. ' u' ,., I ,he ann gwe,lln8 ("lce lts nor- ayaitts jazz orchestra wiU furn-, Friday nignt whe the j,, recordlafter an iUnesB of Beveral week)) Depreciation of Foreign Securities Amounts to Huge Sum Hotels Suffer, Bernej Switzorlnnd.-SIx billion francs la the sum representing the loss suffered by Switzerland, as o result of the war, according to an estimate by M. Sarnsln, president of the Swlst Bankers' union of this city. Of this 2,400,000,000 francs are accounted tot by depreciation of German securltle and 1,500,000,000 francs by deprecia tion of Austro-Hungorlan securities held by Swiss' citizens. : ' The losses suffered by the hotel world are put down as amounting to 400,000,000 francs. The majority of Swiss private fortunes are invested In foreign government and foreign Indus trial undertakings, the value of .which has declined 40 to Ik) per cent "!' Keptue pontons woman. Ventura, Cel. While walking through Forest Park, Cat, near the river bank, Mrs. A. T. TJioinas of Santa Paula was struck on th band by an unknown species of reptile, The ng his 'ay.I.by. era in -Olane, a Isltteg.Wf Jnst wentetl -efore retur: , :tulwhilo'i;i r of .4 n i " ucgicco ueiuw ero. uKian, i ne iunerai occurrea yesterday m best of conditio.i for dancing. . - . Maybe while the Germans ar Ing about who started the O-b- u-war they wffl come to some agree ,t as fo-who stopped It i degrees below, the bulb of mereurv ,Thee are the few weeks In 'Jie year j having frozen at 48 below. wnen me president oi me insniTincri is almost as Important as the football coach. . .. - : .. in the south end of the county, re-' Walla Walla, her home, and was at ported an estimated minimum of 52 j tended by many friends of the de ceased. She leaves a son and daugh ter, Robert Raymond and Miss Mar- 1 guerite Raymond, besides her father, i hands, with demands for hot bisculS 1 "- Mattie Coppocfc ! dally, time aufn half for walklnc the i ft Llnn Red and three Tispi iei,', the fellow who weald pre- j Tlie chief dimcplty In doing Ixntiness baby night. 00 jx-r cent Increase In Fothers A. B. and Frank Coppock v .. a i. .lttftwuM h i with a soviet lies In .t ruAid'tv with onendtnr mnnev two i , 1 r.t ,1,,. mi Athena and Alf. t'onnnek nf I'i.m. .attKt ptono pgtteH aofl tn tie meantinie make the i which It U liable afiny RioWnt to w per week and the l.i-edoiu ef JJnan, Wash. All were present at the . -9Ms'jUtJ awh, 'oieoano. , Mfuneral. mnl size within a few moment' time. Jty applying first aid reimsdles, Mni. Thomas was removed'from danger uu tll medical assistance could be secured. Oldest Canadian Dead. Vancouver, B. C Charles Joscoa Leroy, believed the oldest man ih Canada, died here, aged one hundred and four years and two months. Re waa bom at Versailles, France, i Ac sou of one of Napoleon's soldiers. Le rflj fought In the Union army in- tfeo AoK-ricaa Civil war. Waa Made' In the Dark Days of the War Wheh the Cry From France ; Waa "Men, More Men" Never Got Into Print , ' ) i Washington.-rThe most eloquent speech made during the war, according to Bernard M. Baruch, former chair man of the war Industries board; hev er got into print it waatfflade In the dirk days when the cry from France was "Men, more men," a,ttd the supply available In the draft Witts running low. , :-"Geheral Crowder," says Mr. Ba ruch, "served notice on the board that he must have something like 800.000 men,' and the question was where they were to come from. The draft had J taken- out everybody available, nndj' the only way was to take men frMS Industry, Hence the appeal tone war industries board. '"We put men to work on It and tn due time a plan for weedinjgtnen on ' was presented. Among ofliPthings It put the private chauffejpt of busi ness, as well as saletptln and men In the white goodsjtpfeTThis would. not have been JJSh, and the placing of women in 'men's work in the trades had to be considered a real dilution of labor. Labor Called Irk 'The scheme was all right, but when It came to us" for approval we found that everybody except those most im portant had been consulted. I mean the representatives of labor. So they were called In and the scheme, as well as the necessity back of it, ware ex plained to them,'' "As might he expected, there wan a lot of opposition to putting women in the men's trades and the putting of the men thus released into uniform. Daring It all one man sat still, giving not the slightest indication of what he thought of the thing. After about everybody else had had his say he took the door, ' i '"Mr. Chairman,' he aald, 'this thing Is very simple. If S am going home Saturday night with my week's pay In my pocket and a guy steps up and tries to take it away from me, I 4 a-tepl If I keep my left hand on , th? wad and toto beat Wm off with my right If rWthat the chances are that he will geflafcand the wad and get away clean. VJ; " 'If I take my left hand ohfttoe wad and go after him with both 'tods. I'll save the wad and get blm. Vse Both Hands, m 'Now, Mr. Chairman, that's the. ease here. This German guy Is Just around the corner. If we keep one hahd on our wads hell get us and our wads,, too. If we. use both ottr hknds wcll'save tho wads and get him. Un less' ye get him, If he gets us, our ' wads or anything else won't be worth . much. So I say, Mr. Chairman, let us. take both our hands out of our pockets and get after him. So far aa , I'm concerned, you can have every man In the building trades that can pass the" doctors, and the boys, I'm sure, wilt back me up.' "John H. Donlln, president of the buHdlng trades department, waa the chap that did the talking. His little speech settled the question, and all the way was left clear to us to weed all the men out of Industry that might be needed. "Fortunately, as It happened, we did not need to 'dilute' labor, but Donlln's little speech took us over what was one of the nastiest situa tions in the war. It was the most eloquent speech made during the war and one of the most effective,' ' Husband Took Covers, So His Wife Suss New Tork. The argument arose, tho bill states "Over their respective equi ties in the bedclothes Of their conjugal couch, In the course of which he succeeded tn wresting from your oratrlx and retain ing some 00 per cent of said coverings, and struck her In so doing." The fact that It wat bitter cold on that November night in 1015 when the above-mentioned Incident transpired in the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. h. Herman Is not regarded by Mrs. Her man as an extenuating circum stance. Hence she hue entered suit for divorce. ' - (1 I I!