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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. '
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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-
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