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ve are having bad weather for
harvesting, etill farmers are busy
plowing, harrowing, seeding, head
ing and threshing. Most of the
heading is done.
Mr. Gardner has rfimnvr1 In
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wn from C"old Springs to send
boys tohool. j , '
Sheriff; Furnish telephoned to
constable Lea Smith this morning
to arrest Tom Page, that he would
be on the W. & C. R. train Mr.
Smith went to the train but Mr.
Page said them fellows at Pendle
ton were jobbing him and he
would not be arrested without a
. warrant, so the train moved 6n.
Constable Smith went to work on
his new house and all is quiet
now.
There is an immense lot of wheat
coming to this station now.
f JndTiV' McEachern Hamilton &
Rburke's popular agent is "under
- the weather" and Mr. Hill has his
hands full playing it alone.
Richmond Bros, hustle for J. L.
Killian at this place. X
The consequences of the rain are
seen in the condition of three car
loads of grain shipped fr om Mis
sion station to Pendleton and now
at the elevator there, says the East
Oregonian, A self-respecting hog
would refuse to dine on the con
tents of some of the sacks, which
- are filled with hard chunks of
mouldy wheat, and all of it is more
or less damaged. The' bad sacks
are being sorted out, and the re
mainder is being run through the
elevator in the hope that it may
thus be improved.
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Local News.
The Press gives the news.
A. J. Crigler, of. Milton, was in
the city Wednesday.
We will take No. " 1 wheat on
subscription, at 50 cents per bush
el. Bring us in a few sacks of Mmur
phys," and square up for another
years subscription.
M. J. Foster, on the TutuWillow
flat southeast of Pendleton, has
700 acres of grain yet to thresh.
Fifty-three of the La Grande
Chinese mob have given bonds for
their appearance before the grand
jury- A '
Joe Parr accidently shot himself
in the leg while .twirling a revolver
on his thumb the other day, near
the agency. -;
j( County clerk Pierce and bride
nave returned from Chicago and
have taken up their residence in
Pendleton. ;
Some of the Chinese driven out
La Grande are drifting back to
that city, having been -offered the
law's protection. - , '
House to let Four room cottage
near school house for six months
for $50 cash in advance. Inquire
at this office at once.
Justice Gilman has about all the
business he can attend .to. We
have noticed him burning ' ''midnight-oil"
on several occasions.'
All who are in . arrears for sub
scription with the Press, can set
tle the same with wheat at 50c per
bushel. Bring on your wheat
The C. A. Barrett Co., are closing
out their line of superior drills and
seeders, and will sell the same at
greatly reduced prices. Now is
your time to buy a seeder. s - p j ?
For Gang and walking plows,
ret Co.. will give vou special bar-
gins for the next 60 days
At Mrs. W. J. Pound's home in
Pendleton there are apple 'trees
that have bloomed twice this year
and a second crop of apples as
large as walnuts has appeared
thereon.
J. Bloch & Co, have just re
ceived a large stock of ladie's and
Misse's cloaks and jackets, of the
latest designs, and are selling them
very cheap. See them before pur
chasing for the fall and winter.
V The pastures in this . vicinity
fliave taken on a fresh coat of green,
since the numerous rains have fal
len during tho past : month. This
is hard on the, wheat that is not
harvested, but stock are'faring
fine.
lady residing in the north part of
the city, after a short illness, died
Tuesday afternoon -: at 3 o'clock.
The funeral occurred Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
M. E. church., - r v
The "Little Tootsie Comedy Co,"
which was in Athena a Week ago
and showed to poor : houses, stran
ded in Pendleton. The manager
went to Spokane and the other
members scattered for Portland and
FSpund. . ,
LTjiere is considerable grain not
JeVcut on the" reservation, Thos.
Page has some 500 or bOO aqres
yet to cut, Frank Martin about
300 acres; and several other large
farmers have from 300 to 500 acres
yet standing. , . . ,-
Services in Christian church
Sunday Oct. 8th, morning subject,
"The divine image," evening sub
ject ''What kingdom are you living
in?" This subject will be illus
trated by a chart Y. P. S. C. E.
meet ' p'romptiy at 3 p. m. You
are kindly invited to attend.
The Athena Press is decidedly
improved the last few weeks, since
beginning the use of the - boYler"
plate systsm. Inland Republican.
While we do not admire the "boY
ler" plate system, brother, the pre
sent financial stripgency forces us
to "adopt it for the present. But
we will come out in the spring, tra
la tra la. , r
Commencing Wednesday Sept.
27th, the Union Pacific will sell
excursion tickets to Portland for
and one-fifth fare for the round
trip, plus fifty cents for admission
coupon to the Portland Industrial
Exposition. Tickets on sale by
the agent at Athena on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays. Good
foT: seven days.
4
Chas. Levvton, who wasemploy-
fl&'With the Gross machinne during
tL. t 1 t 4 J
very painful accident, Saturda
while threshinn northwest of Ath
ena'. In some manner his arm be
come causrht in a belt on the ma
chine and before he could get it
out, became badly lacerated. Dr.
Sharp put seven stitches in it
E. 0.: the Union Pacific has
made a rate on newspaper in car
load lots from- Oregon City to
Utah common points of ninety
cftnts per hundred, the new rate to
go into effect October 2. This will
enable the Oregon mills lo suc
cessfully compete with the East
ern manufacturers for the trade of
a -section of the country which
ought to be supplied with Oregon
products instead of that from the
far East.
J. B. Saylor came up from his
Butter Creek ranch yesterday.
Born, in Athena Oct. 4, 1893, to
the wife of L. W. Pierce, & son.
Alex McDonald, of Walla Walla,
was on the streets of Athena yes
terday. -
jt Japk Parker has been confined
to his room with illness for the past
week.
XJohnnie Walters is slowly -recovering
from his attack of the
fever.
E. Penland, a prominent Helix
farmer, was in town the first of the
week. .
)(,The rains have again put a stop
to the 'song of the threshing ma
chine. .
Miss Clancy, one of the teachers
of Milton spent Saturday and Sun
day in Athena.
Chas. Dunn left Monday for the
Lapwai country to look after Ber-
gevin tiros, wheat ' interests up
there.'
XThe many friends of Mrs. Willis
Bush will be glad to learn that
she is on the road to a permanent
recovery. ;
Some of our farmers are selling
a portion of their wheat crop and
applying the proceeds on their
debts about town. A good move.
A harvest ball, will be given by
the Athena Orchestra, on Friday
eve, Oct. 13, at Gillis' Hall. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all.
Grandma Stone is .confined to
hef room with illness, at the resi
dence of her son-in-law George
Tittsworth, in the north part of the
city. -. .;
, Mr. Sweet, who held the position
of druggist for Geo. Hewitt, has ac
cepted a like position with P. M.
Kirkland, at the Pioneer Drug
tore.
NLA. R. Brice, Z. P. Fawcett and
uass uannon are the jurymen drwn
from Athena precinct for the com-
ing term of the circuit court, which
convenes Monday.
XMarried, at' Walla Walla
Sept. 30, 1893, Ivison Johnson and
Melissa Depot. The bride is a
daughter of Joe Depot, a wel
known farmer on the reserve.
Rev. Bowser came over, from
Milton on a visit to his family
Wednesday. His family will go
over to Milton next week where
they will take up their residence
Miss Viola Butler, of this city
and Mr. (J. A. Shafer, of Ping Wash
will be united in marriage at the
Christian church Oct. 11 at 3 n
m. All friends cordially invited,
P. E. Col burn, who had the mis
fortune i to lia verbis" leg v broken
several weeks ago, was on the
street the other dav, having recov
ered sufficiently to go around on
crutches. ' . ; I
: The newly appointed pastor o;
tne wetnodist church arrived .1
this city on Thursday' eveninj
He will occupy the pulpit of thaf
church' on Sunday morning and
evening at the usual hour. .
Hogs are good property at pre
sent; stock-hogs being worth 4 cts.
The farmer who has porkers now,
with present out-look of damaged
grain, is indeed lucky, for he can
feed the grain and realize more
than he could by shipping it. : t ;
There are some people here who
go to church seemingly for no other
purpose than to cause disturbance.
We are requested to warn all such
that if they do not, behave ; them
selves in a proper manner while in
church, they will get into trouble.
Antone Murry and A. '. Roily
'were bound over Tuesday in jus
tice Gilman's court in the sum of
$300 each on the charge of steal
ing wheat. They were escorted to
Pendleton Tuesday evening by de
puty sheriffs Stamper and Hailey.
fBorn, near Athena, Monday,
Oct, 2, 1892, to Mr. and Mrs. Jinks
Dudley, a boy. Mother and babe
doing well, but it has been ; noted
bv the neighbors that Jink's fine
black horses have not been groomed
for the past week. That won't ; do,
Jinks, brace up. v. 1 '
Bev. J. B. Daisley struck-up an
acquaintance with a" man on tho
streets the other day who proved
to be a playmate of his boy
hood days! in far off bonny Scotland,
It was amusing to those who heard
them, aa they recalled incidents
that had happened to them in the
jftot&er land.
'it eeems that all is not as serene
yn some pans 01 ine reserve as 11
should be. For some time there
has been an ill failing between
Mrs. Freeda Parker, and Mrs. A.
A. McDaniel, neighbors living on
adjoining "farms, and. some days
since, the two ladies met at the
house of anotheT neighbor when
Mrs. Parker attempted to empha
size her dislike for Mrs. McDaniel
by giving her a "thrashing" but
was prevented by the gentleman
at whose house they had met. She
was arrested and Monday pleaded
guilty to assault and battery be
fore Justice Oilman, who fined her
$10. Mrs. McDaniel , is well known
in Athena, where she lived for
several years, as a social, pleasant
lady, and has a host of friends who
hold her in highest esteem.
A. Baker, gauger at the Wes-
ton c
distillery,' was in the city,
Tuesday. ; ' '
Five thousand people read the
Press every week, and moie would
if they could.
Born, near Milton, on Friday,
September 22, 1893, to the wife of
John Duncan, a daughter.
WiUe Coyle will embark in the
butcher business in North Milton
in the building formerly occupied
by C. Ireland.
An exchange says whiskey will
remove - an Kinds of if mt stains.
Well maybe it will; but it won't', r
move moral stains.
Four hundred and twenty-eight
feet of advertising was printed in
the recent sixty-page anniversary
edition of the Chicago Ihter-Ocean.
X.T. p. Page, the reservation
mwuci una eiuieu out a Bttt&g
of wheat in Athena. He expects
total harvest of about' 37,750
bushels. ;
This is the time of year when
brutes, some drunk and others un
feeling, begin to leave horses tied
out all night in the chilly air.
For such cases it is pleasant to
contemplate future heaU - -
Never let up in advertising, is
the secret-of success. Advertising
that does let up never pays.- To
stop, and see how it works is like
throwing a double , eagle in the
water to see if it will float: you
solve the- problem but you lose
your gold. ' V
Mr. Killian, of Vansycle hap
been making preparations to han
dle a part of Umatilla county's
crop. He has now twenty men
employed in taking care of wheat
at various points along the w. &
C. R. R., and expects to increase
the force as occasion demands. ;
Conductor Wills, of the Union
Pacific, was recently given a ten
days' rest for carrying a man whose
pass was not correctly signed by
the superintendent. On his first
trip out after his enforced furlough,
a corpse was put on the tram, and
Wills put it on because of a slight
irregularity in the transportation
papers. "
An agent for a California tailor
ing and shirt-making establish
ment was m Athena soliciting or
ders Wednesday. Those of our
citizens who desire ' anything of
that sort should bear in mind that
we have several reliable 1 clothing
dealers who can supply all their
wants. Practice protection by pat
ronizing home industries. ; '.
The exposition at Portland
opened Wednesday evening under
very favorable auspices. ; Liberates
band is in attendance and will be
one of the drawing cards. , Master
Gill, President-Dekura 'grandson
pressed the electric button that
set all the machinery in motion.
The Press is the recipient of a
r We Xvonder if any of our $ub-
'Mcribefl know how it i$ in our
ottjge thefe hard timet I Juift
tliink a moment and $ee if you
have not forgot Something that
would help u$ out. We would
wjv vuiiMtry a liiiiir, uut uui puyyiy
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01 ra lener "s na run oui.
Harrington Leader, - Alle aine
here; $abe? ;
A character ap in ; Hazelton is
'Jack" McCarthy, where he runs a
daily " paper.. ' His advertising
methods are original,! as well as
effectual. He " was anxious to get
business from, a firm that adver
tised in his field, and wrote, solicit-
TV,
reply came, -" Where does youi
paper go?",- AVith -; promptness
"Jack" answered, To JN orth and
South America, Europe, Asia and
Africa; and it is all I can do to
keep it from going to h ." He
got the contract. ?
A scientific writer says that if a
drop of oil from aiaul pipe be
placed in the mouth of a 'snake the
action is instantaneous the rep
tile becomes rigid ad powerless.
This will be a useful item for a
person in the bush, and the knowl
edge . should render1 him secure
from snakes.' If a man sees a
snake all that he has to do is to
'squeeze the animal's jaws until
it opens its mouth, place a drop
of oil from a pipe and while the
snake is rigid, walk out of danger.
Nothing could be simpler. '
In conversation . with an East
Oregonian reporter, W. L. Gibson,
of Birch Creek, who' has just re
turned from the Cherokee strip
says he saw more people dead and
maimed than he ever aw before or
ever expects to see again. Some
had been hung, some'stabbed, some
shot, some burned ' ' to death in
prairie fires, and the wounded were
those who had suffered in the rush.
It was an exciting time, and the
wonder is that there were not
more fatalities,
trains risked life
ing to tho
shape possible.
Boomers on th
and limbs hang-
cars in every
Water enough to
fill a canteen - was sold for ten
cents, and it cost from fifteen to
twenty-five cents to water a horse.
Provisions were of course scarce
and high. Mr." Gibson, who has
been absent four weeks, is satis
fied with his experience in the
"madding throng" and "is glad to
return to the peace and quite of
Birch creek. !
Died, at Milton, Sept, 30, 1803K!
Mrs. Lewis, aged 84 years,
Irving McQuary was in Pendle
ton Monday, and while there se
cured a position on the East Ore
gonian. It is learned that Dr. King will
remain in Athena and practice
medicine. The doctor enjoys quite
an extensive practice.
Harvest Home exercises were
held at the Baptist church, tn Wes
ton last Sunday night. A pleasing
program was carried out.
yS&thena in a shorttime will have
but one Chinese wash bouse,
Charlie Sing will soon leave for his
native land, the flowery kingdom.
Nathan Pierce finished harvest
ing on the reservation Monday.
He will have between fifty-Beven
and sixty thousand bushels of
wheat.
" Mrs. Gorman, accompanied by
her two children, started on an ex
tended eastern visit Sunday even
ing. Mrs. Gorman' will visit the
great fair, then friends in Iowa and
Michigan.
hsA meteor illuminating the har
dest fields for a Bhort . time,
fell . north of Athena Monday
night. It presented a magnificent
sight to those who were fortunate
enough to see it.
Services at the Baptist church
Sunday 11 ' a. m. Prof. Boyal
president of State Normal School
of Weston will deliver a sermon on
education. All cordially invited,
There will be preaching at 7 p. m.
by the pastor, , :
Prof. Lane has just completed a
magnificent painting of Mt. Hood
for Fred Rosenzsweig. It is a master-piece,
and reflects , great credit
on Mr, Lane as an artist. He
paints pictures very -reasonably,
and they are just the thing for a
fine present.
Twenty-four carloads of cattle
were shipped from Huntington and
about the same from The Dalles,
to South Omaha this week. It is
estimated that 3000 head will be
shipped from Eastern Oregon to
that point before the snow flies.
The Grange Store is in receipt
this week of a mammoth new stock
of fall and winter goods. You
phould bear in mind that they are
giving a rebate of 10 cents on
every dollar's worth of goods that
you purchase for cash; something
neither of the other stores is doing.
A very fine;:; counterfeit dollar
piece is in circulation and can
hardly be detected from the genu
ine.' The counterfeit is covered
with silver, but by close scrutiniz-
ing the imperfect joining at the
edges can be noticed. 1 ou can al
ways detect them by dropping the
com on a table-when you will, no
tice the absence of the true ring.,
Bergevin Bros, have about three
more weeks of threshing yet on the
reservation, and Tom Page has be
tween nve and six hundred acres
that is uncut at present. There is
thousands of bushels of wheat
awaiting the thresher in this vi
cinity, and unless the ram ceases,
the most of it will be ruined.
"7sjGr C
Osborn, who has been the
ts.v i ' .u t:
"'LAT
Drug Store for several months, has
purchased Geo. Hewitt's drug
store and the People s Pharmacy,
of King & Co, and has consoh
dated. ytlt. Osborne will carry on
business at the People's Pharmacy
stand, and the Press and many
friends bespeak for him bundles
success. ;
T Wheat and Flour.
ne retail price ot noui is ou
er barrel, and No. 1 wheat is 36$
to 37 cents a bushel, a fact which
makes the farmer and other people
wonder a trifle, It would seem to
the uniniated that wheat shoul
go up pretty soon or flour should
go down, but there are no doubt
reasons for the difference that the
outsider wots not ofOne explana
tion says the Easx Oregonian is
that flour is being ground from
wheat bought by the miller at a
time before the price had dwindled
to its present proportions, and the
home market must be kept up to
prevent losses. Flour 6ells
home at a price considerably
greater than it commands for ex
port.
COUNCIL MEETING.
The city council assembled
m
regular session Monday evening
After minutes of previous meeting
were read, the committee on lettin
the water works bonds reported in
favor of W. T, Gilman's proposi
tion fr the option of purchasing
the bonds, to be issued in accor
dance with the provisions of ordin
ances No. 53 and Gl at 95 perc face
value of said bonds, said bonds to
be sold or contracted for on or be-
fore Januaty 1, 1894. Gilman to
thorougly advertise said bonds
throughout the Eastern states, and
to . furnish all information asked
by parlies desiring to purchase
paid bonds. "
The following bills were allowed:
G. M. Froome. .... . . $ 825
Athena Press.. .....
J. Vr. Froome & Son.
2 85
2 75
5 00
GO 00
20 00
$98 85
A. I). Blue...
James Stamper... . . .
Wes Ward
Total.
COPPER IIYETED
SCRIBBLER'S BREZ2Y LETTER.
He Don't Like Dead Horses He is not
Very Tony, but Quite Modest.
Ed. Press: I am rusticating at
present, enjoying the scenery and
imbibing great chunks of fresh
atmosphere, which are about the
oiily two things that are not corn
ered these days; and it wouldn't
be surprising to hear of Bome one
trving to get a cinch on them.
In order to vary the monotony
of country life, and for the benefit
of my appetite, I occasionally take
a hand at bucking straw, rustling
sacks, or some other equally exhil
erating exercise. 'Tis awfully nice
to rise with the lark, and listen to
the little birds sing their merry
kiyi. . x;
Ihe principal cause of my bo
joum in the country at this time
is the financial stringency, and for
the purpose of wearing out my
summer clothes. The fact of the
matter is my wardrobe is rather
deficient both in quality and quan
tity, and hardly suited to this
salubrious climate, which is very
much the same in temperature as
the "banana belt" of North Da
kota. "
It would be rather trying on me,
being of a sensitive disposition,
aaving been raised a pet, to be
seen around town tnese irosty
1 . m
mornings decorated in a straw hat,
men duster and wearing a pair of
ow necked shoes minus box; so I
have concluded to linger yet a lit
tie longer, waiting, only waiting.
till the clouds roll by.
1 have recently interviewed quite
a number of farmers in regard to
the wheat situation.
Most- of them think prices will
be better later; but verv few are
able to hold any length of time,
and unless the advance comes soon
wlil derive no benefit therefrom
Some intend selling as soon as they
can realize enough on the wheat
to pay for the sacks; and some few
will sell at once, apply the pro
ceeds on sack bill, and give their
note for the balance. The co-oper
ation general merchandise schem
being talked considerably. A
$100,000 stock of goods the first
dash! Jawbone for 365 days. All
accounts to be settled annually not
ater than the 15 of Dec. Goods
to be sold at cost. A ,- .
San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokans and other points
will be invited to compete for the
trade, which will amount to a quar
ter of a million annually. Great
scheme, whether or not it materia
lizes remains to be seen.
The recent heavy rains-did very
little damage, except to delay
harvesting for a short time, while
the benefits to be derived from the
same are innumerable, including
gocd roads, excellent patronage,
fat stock, just the thing for plow
ing and seeding, besides various
other benefits too numerous to men
tion; all of which more than coun
ter-balance the damage done.
Scattered along the road between
Athena and Pendleton may be seen
the remains of a dozen dead horses,
more or less, but judged by the
smell, many more. Some of
them are awfully dead, horribly,
odonferously dead. Persons travel
ing that route are compelled to drive
with one hand and hold their
breath with the other, to escape
being asphyxiated and avoid in
haling millions of microbes, some
of them a half an inch in length,
and visible to the naked eye, a dis
tance of fifty yards, as they wig
gle, wriggle and writhe, in a dis
gusting, squirming mass, about the
festering carcas. Not only that,
but its a difficult and dangerous
feat, especially with a skittish
team to drive and hold on to one's
proboscis at the same time. The
stench is incomparably offensive
A menagerie or a car load of Fourth
of July clams wouldn't be in it at
all. - Persons going to Pendleton
by team should' put a piece of
limburger cheese in their pockets
to neutralize the smell and to take
the taste out of their mouth.
The next man .that lets a horse
die on the road and lets it remain
thereto frighten teams and offend
smellers, will hear from me
for I am going to kick.
v ... '. Scribbler
V " rv. -
farmer drove into town the
other day with a load of 14 cent
wool, and to a crowd of men on
the corner he explained his me
thod of shearing sheep. It was al
ways his custom to begin at the
head and shear backward, but ho
had reversed the operation, begin
ning at tho rear and shearing for
ward. . On being asked the rea
son for the change he replied that
he had made such an all-round fool
of himself by reading that funny
article on the moon that appeared
the Inland Republican last week
that he was ashamed to look a
sheep in the face.
A LOU1SANA HORROR.
During Terrible Storm a Tidal Wave
Submerges an Island.
A special from' New Orleans
savs: The disaster at urana isie
and Cheniere is unparalleled in
this section. The first authentic
news came this morning when sev
eral survivors reached . here. They
tell a heartrending story. A tidal
wave swept over the island, des
troyed lives and property on all
sides. One hundred and forty-five
families are said to have perished.
The death list will run into hun
dreds. Matthew Wertzez and Dominic
Mirgodrich, sailorH, were rescued
by one of the luggers. The story
they tell of the disaster at Grand
Isle is , horrifying in the extreme.
During a recital of the scenes
ot tnac terriDie nigm tney.
wept bitterly. They said the sea
was rising all day, and increased
alarmingly toward night, Abou.
10 p. m. the wind shifted to the
Bouthwest. These men lived on
the west end ot the island. 1 ar
out at sea, as the flashes of light
ning illuminated the darkness,
mammoth waves could be seen
traveling with wonderful rapidity
toward the island, accompanied
with a noise like thunder. On
came the terrible thing, growing
larger momentarily. The island
was wrapped in slumber. Tbi
men were too frightened to go
their homes, and remained in 1 i.
boat during the terrible night.
Horrified, they watched the tidal
wave approach tho island until it
struck. Then all was darkness,
and the island, as far as the eye
could reach, was covered with wa
ter. The next flash of lightning
the two fisherman found themselves
far north of the island, and look
ing about could see nothing but a
sheet of water, the island having
totally disappeared.
On Bird Island about 150 peo
ple lived, all drowned. ' On Grand ;
bank eight persons were killed.
On Cheniere Island there are but
five houses standing out of a total
of about 300. The island is cov
ered with corpses. ; :
Ii is now estimated that the loss
of life on Grand Isle and Chaniore
and in Grand and Adam's bay and
Cook, Chaton and Oyster Bayou
settlements will reach 800 to K 00.
Rather Slippery, v "
Louis Fordney, a cook who has
been employed at the French Res
taurant in this city tor some time
past, struck Joe Lee, the' Chinese
aundryman, a ternho blow 111 the
face Saturday. - The . Chinamen
swore out a warrant for his arrest
and Marshal ; Stamper served the
papers. The trial was set for
Tuesday and Justice Gilman fined
him $25 and costs, which amoun
ted in all to $39, which amount,
owing to hard times he could not
produce. A little while alter the
trial he eluded the officers and
made his escape. Deputy sheriff
Stamper knew he had some horses
out on the St. Dennis ranch and
went out there and laid for his
man, who sure enough in a short
time showed up. James brought
him back to town and took him
down to Pendleton, whore he land
ed him in the jail., u '
Discovered a Ledge.
Jas. Burbank, Wm. and Frank
Palmer, of Fossil, Gilliam county,
are in Long Creek this week, hav
ing just come down from an outing
trip in the Greenhorn country, near
Desolation lake. While in that
country, Mr. Burbank discovered
a gold-bearing ledge near the lake
which from all appearance will
prove to be valuable property.
He had with him several pieces of
ore in which gold was visible to the
naked eye. It is about five feet in
width, and is the most peculiar for
mation in which gold has ever been
found in this country being to all
appearance avolcanic formation.
Mr. Burbauk shortly .after: tie dis
covery of the ledge sent off 010 . to
be assayed;, receiving flattering re
ports, and expects to receive com
plete return in a few days. ; Judg
ing from ore shown to an Eagle re
porter, he, certainly. has an excel
lent piece of property, -Long Creek
Eagle. . ..
'con g rnl 11 1 a t i 0 ns over the advent of
a ton and heir at his home this
morning. The boy is one of prom
ise, and Mr. Furnish is hardly to
he blamed for the emile of happy
pride which adorns" his youthful
countenance. The presumption is
that a box of cigars will soon be
opened at the sheriff's office.
The quarterly meeting of the
Umatilla county Alliance convenes
in Milton todav. .
The Adventists
tho Bruco building
lor the wintor.
have secured
in Pendleton