The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-01-12

ground in this vicinity and Sunday
night the Thermometers registered
from two to eight below zero. Trains
on the Washington division of the
O-W. r. and N. were not delayed to
any great extent on account OF the
snow but the trains on the main line
were delayed from six to thirty hours.
Today the snow is going off with
warm rain.
The county court has flxed the gen.
eral state and county tax levy at eight
mills. divided as follows: For state,
three mills. or $137. .966.75; for the
genelaI county expenses, one and one
sixth mills or 500, 90; for school
pur poses one and twenty y-nine sixtieths
mills or $67. $50. 90 (this amount is
ixed on the basis OF ten dollars per
capita for school children j for roads.
two aud one third mills OF sos, 600:
for library purposes. one sixtieth OF a
mill or $500.
The Pendieton High School basket
ball team took the local boys into
camp Saturday night by score Of "a
to l6. Pendleton work was effective
enough to win the game in the first
halt. Athena not permitting the
county seaters to have look in in the
second half. Pendieton opened in
whirlwind fashion and for awhile it
looked like shutout. In the second
half the home hoys got their bearings
and at the close of the session were in
winning form.
Joe Craig, the we'll known Indian,
who was given the place of secretary
of the Brotherhood Of North Ameri-
can Indians. at the organization in
Washington City some weeks ago. has
returned to his home on the reserva-
tion for temporary visit. A meet
ing was held at the Agency yesterday
which was attended by nearly every
Indian on the reserve, for the purpose
OF hearing Craig and other delegates of
the convention explain the objects Of
the Brotherhood.
The First National Bank Of this city
has finished year Of unprecedented
prosperity. The surplus fund now
equals the capital stock of $50. 600.
making the working capital of the
institution 100000. At the annual
meeting Of the stockholders Tuesday
afternoon. W. S. Ferguson was added
to the board Of directors. Mr.. Fer
guson sometime ago purchased the
bank shares held by the Kirk estate,
shares that were taken when the bank
was organized in the early '90s. S.
F. Wilson, president; Henry Koepke,
vice president; F. s. LeGrow cashier;
b. A. Zerba asst cashier were re-
elected and S. f. Wilson, henry Keep
he, M. L. Watts. w. s. Ferguson and
+. s. LeGrow were named to serve as
directors for the ensuing year.
The Rev. James Henry Zambos
Swaokhanner, reformed cannibal, ex-
plorer. lecturer. preacher and traveller.
has been turned down by the Athena
school board, who denied him the
privilege OF taking up the time Of pu
pills in hearing his proposed lecture.
And the Rev. Swack hammer is wrathy
and more SO. whereat. This Swack-
hammer fellow is big burly Haytian
negro, who roams over the country.
accompanied by the graft of leoturing
anywhere and to whoever will listen
to his disconnected, ignorant haraDg-
ue. Ae has been turned down in other
towns but he persists in annoying the
public. His latest appearance on the
scone Of action was at Pendleton. to
whiuh place be went from here. He
left couple of letters in Athena, one
for publication. in which be serves up
lot of rubbish which be terms to be
his grievance against the members OF
the school board, which found the
proper receptacle--the waste basket.