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A BIG JOB. BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be a big job to tell one hundred people any thing: that would interest them in your goods, but its dead easy if done the right way. This paper will tell several hundred at once at nominal cost. NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND In the week but that you do not need stationery of some sort or other. We furnish neat, clean printing; at the very lowest rates. Fast presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. ; Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as 8econdClass Mail Matter' VOLUME 50. ATI1ENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 5. 1929 NUMBER 27 GAMP FIRE GIRLS GAMP First Week of Annual Event Has Been Designated "Pioneer Week." Seven members of Wauna Camp Fire Girls are spending the week at Camp Kiwanls above KoonKooskie,' cast of Walla Walla. The girls were taken to the Camp last Sunday in cars driven by Mrs. Campbell, Miss Helen Hansell and Miss Dorothy Ber lin. ; .. , Miss Florence Craven, Camp Fire Girls' executive 'of Walla Walla, and nine staff members prepared 'the camp for reception of the girls who attend the first week of the annual summe camp program. The girls who will attend the camp the first week are as follows: Eliza beth Wells, Phyllis Kendall, Dorothy Williamson, Margery Hines, Rhoda Dickinson, '. Sunny Ebbert, Addie Honn, Esma Hiteman, Mildred Han sell, Myrtle Campbell, Mary Tomp kins, Mary Berlin, Esther Berlin, Elinor Berney, Peggy Allen, Martha Yeomans and Margerie Montague. The first camp week will be known as ''Pioneer Week." The early history of the Walla Walla valley, pertain ing particularly to the part played by pioneer women, will be studied by the girls. Pioneer pageantry will be the subject of the dramatics depart ment while music will consist of the early songs of the pioneers. Work will include the making of garments like those worn by the early pioneer workmen. . To complete the program several old pioneers will be invited to a camp dinner Friday evening at 6 o'clock. Stories of the early days will be told in the evening. The) Camp Fire executives and their families will be the guests of girls at a supper next Monday night and the parents of the girls have been In vited to spend Thursday at camp. A ceremonial at which the girls will re ceive awards for their work will be held Saturday evening. The girls will break camp Sunday in time to make room for those who will attend the second week. Government Men Are Re-Surveying Highway Walla Walla. Government survey ors are at work on the Weston to Elgin road, according to Albert Baker, district , forest ranger. . Al though the Oregon state highway de partment does not approve of the sur-4 vey maoe py tne Bureau oi pudhc roads, the bids were opened for this $60,000 project of the government, at Portland recently, The low bidder was Tertiling & Sons of Moscow, Idaho. It Is belived that the contract ors will sart their work in a week or 10 days, A gPPd huckleberry crop on the forest reserve is assured unless unusually hot weather strikes the crop, the forest ranger said. The ber ries should be ready for gathering about July 25. The official estimates that there were between 30Q and 4Q0 pople at fold Springs,, sjx mijes, wes of Toll gate Sunday, ad. tht if weather continue; there should be a big crowd in the mountains on the Fourth. " JJo fireworks will be allowed in the national forest this, year, Qnly one cigarette fire has been Imported n the Whitman, forest so far this season and gnly a Vpiali $ract. of fgrggfc ws "juVn- The forest service is constructing a nine-mile stretch of mountain road from Bone Spring to Lookout moun tain. The road connects with the Sky line drive and the Eden-Elgin high, way. flilfp mm mm ... Minute Hart. (hnco2x?tfes$. r 1 ) 1 '? U'?UI-3 HRi UPON v' - si ' t r I 11 DTA , -i "IK, " M ,vy - ;v-;;f lexnqton, I1as$. 7 7 ' "" ; 1 " 'w MWffwqi or TJMr"""TM7 T i A' mm IS ' ., i 5 iroTumer? ajitfrid?e over ffic Cbncord 'J&ver m . CONCORD HYMN By th, rud& bridge that arched tht flood. Their flat ta Aoril'i breeze unfurled. Hera once the embattled farmer! atood And fired the ehot heard 'round the worjd. The (oe long ince (n aileace aleptt Alike the conqueror aileftt (leepa; And Time the ruined bridge hai iwept Dowa the dark etream which seaward creeps. Oa this aTeea bank, by this soft (treats), W raise today g votive stonej That memory may their deed redeem When, like eur tires, our sobs are gone. Spirit, that bade those heroes dare To die, and leave thrir children Iree, Bid Time and Nature Rcatly spate The shaft we raise tn them and thee. Emersosj. Family Reunion and Picnic A very enjoyable family reunion and picnic was held at Pine Cone re sort near La Grande on Sunday. A bounteous dinner was spread at noon. Those participating on this pleasant occasion were, Mr. and Mrs. H, Waddingham, Mr. and Mrs, Jas. King and daughter Jaunlta, Mr. and Mrs, $088 King and Marin and Lois King, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ross and Neil Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Greer and Myron Greer-, Mr. and Mra. ' Cecil Greer and Mr. and M"- Seth Hyatt of WestoRj Mr-, and Mrs. Larkin ptaggs, Irene Staggs, Mr. and Mrs. Frak Waddingham and Frank War ren, and Marguerete Waddingham of Enterprise, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lieual Ian, Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson, Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cannon and Valerie, Roberta and Rose Marie Cannon," Athena. Patients Are Moved Patients are being moved into the newly completed infirmary at the Vet erans hospital, at Walla Walla. The infirmary has a capacity of 105 beds but all of these will not be taken at once. The new building will be dedi cated in two wVek. belllous Colonists was at Eexlngtou, the Battle of the North Bridge is re garded generally as the tnnugurntlon of the War of the Revolution, and. to this sacred spot come thousnnds of pilgrims each year. Oddly enough, this was. not always a Mecca. There was a time when It was a neglected bit of twain. The highway had been changed, the old North bridge removed and the thor oughfare from Great Meadows road abandoned, to again become port of the Old Manse estate. Its then occu pant, Rev. Dr. Ripley, took pride la pasturing his cow "in the baltteaelO" as he called it, W'liea the' town of Concord, determined to erect a monu ment M the site of the North brldce. ! e returned the land to the munlclpal I ity upon the occasion of the dedlca- Hon of the shaft In 1830. In the ; spring of 1875, upon the one hun j t'redth anniversary of the Battle of -rth Bridge, Chester French's ; w,numq4 e the Wmute Man was i'cated and upon Its ba.sa ta chls i ' 0B Vs 0? Vmwmto stirring ' a tu recount a bit of history may be !i!;r carrying coals to Newcastle. Hwever, here goes: who was In. British command Ui H.;;!on, learned that in Concord wre a coftsicreraMe quantity of pa t. iof stoiea, and he determined to take of drar-.y them. He sent a detaciv tii-jui of troops to carry out hia or-lif-w Tdo grenadiers met titelr first nMr.r.-c at Lexington, early on the, mw on the RonTli One pf thp jnpHt vencreiv thriKs, (' In the United States lies at tto ; mote end of a cul-de-sac linJ!rii twi j Monument street and perhaps a tofla j more than a mile fr i i tbe center of j the town of Concor . Mas?. j Time was when tnts wus nc' t. j cul-de-sac but a hi:i.vay thav- , tended from what i!er-that tain j 1775 was called Grent .M ,'Klow r4, j nun Ihc CnniTirrl river. VV'ItCrftit :h-rT fnrk rnn;..tine fc -.VK VK. Troop. and the other Intersecting IU, IaU !;tl. Z1Z .!Ut road near Colonel The connecting link netwen shores of the sluggish wrwrn van known as the North t.rid. "uJ .j it' Is today. This nm(-with.i:t un-x;; Is not more than 400 fett io i.usth and shaded from end to em! trees of dignity, size and use. The first onject ns wmii- -" i vUIon Is a simple hnft . ft iiitf marble, lnslynifiennt u ihesc- d.i tt massive things. r.Hnml Is hrU'.e of concrete faslitt''I iliou.jh marte by some primitive bmliltT who o;tit strength, rather than beauty, a Pal pable effort to aiiuest the p?ib!e appearance of Its remote predtt wsor, mnA nn tlin rnn slilti of the briile Stands a monument Ir- bronze, heroic i in size, of a Minute Sinn nnswerlas the call of his fellow patriots. j a , .; Here was tired 'he shot h?r ; round the world." nd despite tip f fact that the lirst pisi-swiSit "t l.l"" i Coi. Erautl. tfu4tii 'sjiuu wi.iu tjit re ar ordered r-- i-t ."rrt.r tfl c.h 1 - . . ti e t"ffi: ' "" ',,su " a ueiacnment was nuim onuge. captain Laurie. a conimfind, stationed bis men advan ogwiKly, he thought. Th nn. u-U is ww. massed on Pimfctiiaf. i 'eu reinforcements. - .1 . t " V'-V! ro fne tighbrbood of it,i!n Layrie,, alarmed at this, ; t.i S;r.ifh t, nelnforjcoments. At H. Colonel, Barrett ordered Butt- ' . -tt ! Ws Wen- t0 the rl Va,fH J Ul"'" t to lire first tVUlA Act0D' 0nder . ' af a Chfu Davhs, was first r.wa Mfovrt-i by otJier com- in t!r.- vlrfw ' ran across "J avuia fir rhsm hairan ' 1-' .J A at IT ireveot ths & Bubtrlck The Brftlsh ' " ndom ; one, - missed film. 1,,jfiliind,UIai. jSavis, th$y Aclbn" company com jmander, stepped aside so as not to be In line of fire of his own soldiers .and prepared to give the necessary ; command, when the British fired a volley. Davis and one of his men fell wounded. Buttrlck then gave the command and the provincial fire raked the British. They retreated, leaving two dead upon the field. '- A moment for these two soldiers. At the right f the shaft, as one walks toward the bridge, is the hum ble tomb of these unknown warriors. They have slept unmolested in this shaded spot where they were buried 154 years ago by Zacharlah Brown and Thomas Davis. At Concord the British burned the courthouse, chopped down the liberty pole and did some other damage, but the arms and ammunition they could not find, with the exception of a few cannon. And the Minute Men were gutherlng all around them, at first from the fields and villages nearby, then from those a little farther .oft, then from still greater distances. For a time they stood on the hill and watched the troops in the town, wliile every minute their number, grew. When there were about 400 of them, they suddenly charged down on the North brldgej. .There were 200 Brit ish regulars there. Firing and fired upon, the Americans rushed the bridge and drove them Into the town. Ktlll the Minute Men were coming. AH morning, while the troops were busy In the town,' the militia tramped along the roads and trickled from every farm. Realizing his dange at last, Colonel Smith started back to Boston, But there were mLUtfa on both sides of them, .mill tta behind them, militia stationed at places which they must pass en the road, riflemen behind every bush and stone, sharpshooters In every tree. The British literally conld 'do nothing but ran, and run they did, until they met Lord Percy, with 1,200 men and two cannon, just beyond Lexington, and fell exhausted In the holjow square- which, be drew np to protect theia ; An hour" rest, and, the whole force was on the way again, but the whole country waa now swarming with mllltiav and Percy, too, had to fight ma way. seven mries from Boston, a fresh lorce of mlllrJa nearly stopped bint altogether and at sunset be reached Charlestowia and the shelter of the British fleet, on the dead run, while 700 more mlUtla were marching to intercept him. , The British lost 273, the Americans 9a And the British had discovered they had stirred, tH a hprmetjLntst. Adaption of Declaration ; ; by Congress v (From Jefferson's Autobiography.) In Congress, Friday, June 7, 1776. The delegates from Virginia moved, In obedience to instructions from their constituents, that the Congress should declare that these United, Colonies are, and of right ought tbe, free and Independent States, that they are absolved . from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.; that meas ures should be immediately taken for procuring the assistance of foreign powers, and a confederation be formed to bind the Colonies more closely together. The House being obliged to attend at that time to some other business, the proposition was referred to the next day, and the members were or dered to attend punctually at 10 o'clock. , ' Saturday, June 8. They proceeded to take it Into consideration and re ferred it to a committee of the whole, Into which they immediately resolved themselves, and passed that day and Monday, the 10th, In debating on the subject j - . , It was argued by Wilson, Robert R. Livingston, E. Rutledge, Dickin son and others , : r That, Though they were friends to the measure themselves, and saw the Impossibility that ' we should ever again be united with Great Britain, yet they were against adopting them at this time; - That the conduct we had formerly observed was wise and proper now, of deferring to take any capital step till the voice of the people drove us Into-it; ;;i . : . That, they were our power, and without them our declarations could not be carried Into effect; That the people of the Middle Colo nies (Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl vania, "the Jerseys and New fork) were not yet ripe for bidding adieu to British connection, but that they were fast ripening, and, In a short time, would Join in the general voice of America. On the other side, it was urged by J. Adams, Lee, Wythe and others, that no gentleman had argued against the policy or the right of separation from Britain, nor had supposed it possible we should ever renew our connection ; that they had only op posed its being now declared. That the question was not whether, by a Declaration of Independence, we should make onrselves what, we are not, but whether we should de clare a fact which already exists. That, os to the people or Parlla-' ment of England, we had always been Independent of tliem, their restraints on our traide deriving efficacy from our acquiescence only and not from any rights they possessed of impos ing them, and Hint so far our connec i tlou had been P'edorul only and was now dissolved by the commencement of hostilities. That, as to the King, we bad boon bound to him by allegiance, but that this bond was now dissolved by bis assent to the last act of Parliament, by which he declares us out of tils protection, njid by his levying war on us, a fact vfhlch had long ago proved us out of his protection; it being a certain potition In law that allegiance and protection are reciprocal, the one ceasing when the other Is withdrawn. a ! It appearing In the course of these debates that the Colonies of New York, ,New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware. Man-land and South Caro lina were not yet matured for falling iroin the parent stern, but that they were fast advancing to that state, It was thought most prudent to wait a while for them, and to postpone the final dot-lsion to July 1 j but, that this might occasion os little delay as nos- slble, a committee was appointed to prepare a Declaration of Independ ence. The committee were John Adams, Dr. Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert It. Livingston and myself. Committees were also appointed at the same time to prepare a plan of confederation for the Colonies and to state the terms proper to be pro posed for foreign alliance. Thn mm. mittee for drawing the Declaration of Independence desired me to do it It was accordingly done, and betas nn. proved by them, I reported it to the House on l-nday. the 28th of June, 'when Jt wus read and ordered to lie on the table. On Monday, the 1st of July, the House resolved itself Into a committee of the whole and resumed the consideration of the original mo tion made by the delegates of Vir ginia, which, being again debated through the day. was carried in the affirmative by the votes of New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachu setts, Rhode Island and Georgia. South " Carolina tind Pennsylvania yjited nstflost It. Delaware.. Jjjid but two members present, and they wsre divided. The delegates from New New York declared they were for it themselves ami were assured their i-or.ntitupms were for It; but that their Instructions having been drawn near a twelve-month before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object They, therefore, thought themselves not Justifiable in voting on either side, and asked leave to with draw from the question; which was' given them. The committee rose and reported their resolution to the House, Mr. Edward Rutledge of South Caro lina then requested the determination might be put off to the next day, as he believed his colleagues, though they disapproved of the resolution, would then Join in It for the sake of unanimity. The ultimate question, whether the House would agree to the resolution of the committee, was accordingly postponed to the next day, when It was again moved, and South Carolina concurred In voting for it In the mean time, a third member had come post from the Dela ware counties and turned the vote of that Colony In favor of the resolution. Members of a different sentiment at tending that morning from Pennsyl vania also-, her vote was" changed, so that the whole twelve Colonies who were authorized to vote at all gave their voices for it; and, within a few days, the convention of New York approved of it and thus supplied the void occasioned by the withdrawing of her delegates from the vote. . Congress proceeded the same day to consider the Declaration of Inde pendence, which had been reported and Iain on the table the Friday pre ceding and on Monday referred to a committee of the whole. The pusil lanimous Idea that we had friends In England worth keeping terms with still haunted the minds of many. For this reason, those passages which con veyed censures on the people of Eng land were struck out, lest they should give them offense. The-clause, too, reprobating the enslaving the inhab itants of Africa was struck out tn complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the Importation of slaves, and who, on the contrary, still wished, to continue It. Our Northern brethren nlso, I hclleve, felt a little tender un der those censures; for though their people had very few slaves them selves, yet they had been pretty con siderable carriers of them to others. The debates, having taken up the greater parts of the 2d, 3d and 4th days of July, were, on the evening of the Inst, closed; the Declaration was reported by the committee, ngreed to by the' House, and signed by every member present, except Mr. Dickinson. FORMER ATHENA1TES IN ANNUAL REUNION Laurelhurst Park In Port land, Scene of Large Gathering. Mrs. Alma Koontz sends the Press the following account of the annual reunion of former Athenaians, now residents of Portland, which was held , Laurelhurst Park, June 22: Former Athena residents living in near Portland held their fourth annual picnic in Laurelhurst Park the r afternoon and evening of June 22nd. Visiting was the order of the day and surely it appeared to be done thoroughly. After every one had enjoyed a picnic dinner, Mrs. G. C. Osburn, president called the meeting to order held election of officers for the com ing year, disposed of all business and then requested all who would to relate the most amusing incident they could recall which was connected with their life in Athena. Some of us were poor story tellers, some couldn't re call at once anything especially funny but there were a few with memories in working order, and I might add, ' who dared to tell. All were enjoyed but perhaps none more than Mrs. Osburn, who felt en couraged to let friend husbarfd in on all the many pranks hitherto unex plained. We learned for instance who painted the white face of John King's horse green, but unfortunately the owner was not there to enjoy it with . And, believe it or not, Chester Osburn told one. We enjoyed a talk by Edgar Dickey, upon the advantages of life in a small town, also a talk by Mrs. Edith Lumsden who had just returned from trip to Cuba and Florida. We had with us this year Mrs. G. , Kennedy whose husband, the late W. Kennedy was pastor of the Methodist church in Athena for two years, 1888 and 1889. ... . . . Many expressions of regret were heard caused by the absence of Mrs. N. A. Jacobs, who a few months ago suffered a stroke of paralysis, which has so affected her mind that she was unable to be with us. She, as many know is one " of the last survivors of the Whitman mas- sacre. W. Fraunces Tavern Relic of Revolutionary Days Fraunces' tavern. In New York city, was once a meeting place for Revolu tionists, later a warehouse, and still later a saloon, but now stands re stored to Its aspect as a tavern. The Sons of the Revolution In the state of New York bought the old building after It bad descended to the status of a saloon. It has been recon structed, and its interior and exterior conform as nearly as possible to the Fraunces tavern of Revolutionary days. John Adams and the delegates to the second Continental congress stopped overnight there on the way to Philadelphia. The Sons of Liberty and the Vigilance committee met there on April 22, 1774, and planned the attack on the London, New York's "tea party." In August, 1775, a shot fired from the British ship Asia struck the building. The New York provincial congress assembled there from May 18 to June 80, 1776. During the Revolutionary war the tavern contributed its lead window weights to the manufacture of bullets. These bullets were used with effect at Forts Montgomery and Clinton. It nteo was the birthplace of the first cham ber of commerce In America, In 1780. Irreverent Youth A man who was golfing on a Scots course, and playing very badly, too, was at some paint to Impress upon bis caddie that he usually showed very much better form. After taking twelve to one bole, he Raid, defensively, that he bad accom plished It In four the previous daj "What?" exclaimed the caddie. "It's true." said the player; "wftth my third I lay dead on the green." "Aye," said the boy, "with surprise, no doubW i : i B Chary of Judgment A nation is merely a collection of people. Its alms and accomplishments will be merely those of its citizens. Don't be too harsh, therefore, In Judg ing tout government Detter take I acking Official Here Visits Bean Crop Area Mr. Brick, vice-president of the Van Camp Corporation, well known packing concern of Indianaoplis, Ind., in company with H. H. Eickhofr, of the EickhofF Farm Products company, was in Athena Saturday. In company with M. W. Hansell, field superintend ent, the officials went over the bean fields of the Athena-Weston district, Mr. Brick was well pleased with the advanced growth of the bean crop under cultivation at this time. Mr. Brick is a member of the pio neer bean canning firm of Americi. and whereever people are in the hab't of eating Van Camp's pork and beans more or less figure in their menu, so ' by no long stretch of prophesy it may be said that within reasonable pos sibility Athena people will soon be eating Athena beans out of a Van Camp can. The growing bean crop looks re markably well at this time. June rainfall stimulated rapid advance ment, and the soil remains in excel lent condition as the result of thor ough cultivation. Benefit Dance The Legion Post is giving a swim ming pool benefit dance tomorrow night at the Athena dance hall. The proceeds will be used entirely in liqui dating indebtedness resulting from constructing the pool last summer. A number of dance tickets at one dollar each have been sold and the attend ance tomorrow night is expected to be satisfactory. ' 4 Sprayers In Operation The second sprayer owned by the county has been in operation thi week in Weston fields containing morning glory patches. The other sprayer is being operated in the He lix and Juniner sections, where cal cium chloride solution is being used A carload of the solution purchased by the county, has been sold to farm ers by the county agent. Woman Drowns Herself Mrs. Emily Sophia Harris, 57, wab found dead in the Grande Ronde river near La rande. Officials decided the case was suicide. Mrs. Harris had been ill for the past ten years and the loss of her husband is said to have ailded to her despondency. Restaurant Man Dead E,lward Sommerville for 20 ye; r,: a resident of Pendleton, and owner o ihe Roval Cafe and the Tourist Cafe, look at yacrsclf aid your neighbors, J died irt that city Mtfmlay after a pro- -- f- i r-'