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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1895)
IF YOU EXPECT... To take advantage of any of these GREAT BARGAINS in Clothing that are being offered, come soon. Those - . 81.00 to $16.00 Suits are going like hot-cakes BEST VALUES EVER SHOWN IN PEODLETON. ALL GOODS ARE GUARANTEED.7 JQ UAVL" First Door South of Postoffice, . 0. nHlL, . PENDLETON, OREGON. EXAMINATION OF REYNOLDS. Seven Witnesses Examined and Con siderable Testimony Taken. The examination of George N. Reynolds, accused of the robbery of the Weston postoffice, was begun before United States Commissioner Bean, sitting in the state circuit court room, yesterday morning. During the day seven witnesses were examined, and the case was then continued until today. The government was represented by District Attorney Lawrey and M. A TVil 1 11- 1 . f 1 1 HI--- Dutier, ana me ueieuuanu uy iu.es srs. Stillman and Pierce, of Pend leton, and Mr. Powers, of Weston. The first witness called was L. R. Van Winkle, postmaster of Wes ton. He testified principally in relation to the construction of the safe which was plundered and the interior fixings of the office. He was away when the robbery occur ed, and when he returned he spoke to Reynolds about it. The latter should have taxen place wnue ne was in charge of the office. Mr. Van Winkle stated that prior to the deed he loaned Reynolds $50 and indorsed his note- for $40. Reynolds received $20 per month as water commissioner and $3C as maishal. Thomas Purcell, the next wit ness, stated that he was in the postoffice shortly before the rob bery and saw about $10 in change in the drawer of the safe. . He would not say how much more money might have been in the drawer, as he did not see it all. For all he knew, there might have been a $1000 in the drawer. G. W. Blair was in the postoffice when Reynolds discovered that the that the safe had been plundered. Striking a dramatic attitude, Mr. Blair told how the defendant acted when he saw the screws and clasp of the safe scattered around the floor. On cross-examination, Mr. Blair said he had noticed footprints Jn the dust in the rear rooms, in dicating that the robber had pass ed through these rooms in entering the postofficef Joe Morgan was sitting in front of the saloon on the night of the robbery and saw Reynolds leave the postoffice on his way to dinner. He did not see" anybody enter or leave the building afterwards, but he did not sit in such a position as to command a view of the whole structure. Dr. Osburn and Ed. Saling saw Reynolds shortly after the robbery, with about $40 in gold and $5 in change. On cross-examination . . . . ...1 they said they had frequently seen Reynolds with money. - William Blair, a groceryman of Weston, testified that on Septem ber 3 Reynolds paid his grocery Dill OI $10.40. iBtl) is a name very appropriately given to shoes that lack fit and style. ."-'. .... YOU DONT WANT. THEM. When you buy a shoe you may as well have what is neat, new and comfortable. You cant mips it with us; we have the styles, the variety, and the prices that will suit you. Oar men's fine dress shoes at $2.50 are giving general satisfaction. Our Women's Dongola, cloth top, pat. tip, $2.50 can't be matched in the county for the price. CLEAVER BROS., 805 Main Street, - - I lyAny Sho that rips w fix fre After the examination of Blair, the case was continued until 10 o'clock, a. m., today in order to al low the government time to sub poena more witnesses. These wit nesses are William Watkine, F. J. Van Winkle and H. A. Worthing ton. Tribune. The Cylinder Exloded. Joseph Elliot, a well known far--nw living on the Coppei, about 18 miles east of Walla Walla, was in Btantly killed on ; Tuesday after noon while engaged in feeding a threshing machine, says the States man. The machine was running at a high rate of speed and Elliot was feeding the bundles into the thresher, when suddenly the cylin der broke into a thousand peices, tearing out the top and sides of the machine, and scattering pieces of iron and steel all over the field. Elliot was struck by several of the flying missiles and knocked off the platform upon which he was stand ing. As soon .as possible the ma chine was shut down and tb-other farm hands hastened to the place where Mr. Elliot fell; He 'was found lying on the, ground, face downward, buried beneath the" bro ken woodwork of; the machine. One large piece of the broken cyl inder struck a team of horses that were used on the horse power and felled them to the ground but not injuring them to any extent. Took an. Airing. " This morning's Tribune has thf following to say in regard to t.wd prominent Athena business men: Some gentleman of Humorous tendencies perpetrated a huge joke upon L. D. Lively add P. M. Kirk land, two prominent citizens , of Atnena, yesterday. Messrs Lively and Kirkland had boarded the freight train bound, for Pendleton, and were complacently vilawing the scenery when thb 'aforesaid indi vidual slammed and, locked tha door of the freight car in which they were sitting. At Adams the door was opened, and the two gen tlemen, taint- with heat, were allow ed to take an airing. , i' ; The Wheat Market. The local wheat market dropped another cent yesterday, and wheat is now quoted at 28 cents per bush el. At Portland, Walla Walla again declined a cent and Valley followed. The San Francisco and Chicago markets were firm. Portland, Sept. 12. Wheat, Walla Walla, 43c; Valley, 46c. San Francisco, Sept. 12. .Cash wheat 90c. per cental. .... Chicago, Sept. 12. Wheat Cash, 55 $c. ' Hook and Ladder Co. No. l..had a meeting Monday night. Slim at tendence. '' IBB Practical Boot and Shoe ... Men ... PENDLETON, OKIXiUiX. of charge. Local News. Rain? Well, yes. , Street muddy, too. School opens Monday. The mill is turning out flour again. W. T. Gilman had business in Weston Saturday. Ch is Barrett spent Sunday at the .ranch, east of town. .Eggs are retailing in Athena at three dozen for 25 cents. . Mrs. Max Lewin and children visited in Union this week. : , Mrs. J. Bloch visited in Pendle ton the fore part of the week. Wra, McBride, ex-druggi6t, of Adams," was in town Saturday. Deputy Sheriff Kincaid had of ficial business in Athena Monday. V Horn. Near Weston, to Mr. and 1 - Mrs. Carlson, Sept. 12, 1895, a girl. , John Gillis, of the O. R.& N. Co.'s bridge force, Sundayed in Athena. ... Mr. and Mrs. Morris John have returned from a week's visit in Pendleton. c . . ". v. - .' ' . . ; ; lhe evening's are becoming long in vogue. r jP ivBorn. Near Athena, Sept 9, 1885, to Mr. and Mrs. Alex John- son, a girl. if Wm. Pinkerton visited Pen leton Saturday. He went down to pay taxes. . - ; y Mr. and Mrs. Dr. J. A'. Moffitt left Tacoma Monday by steamer for San Francisco. , Miss Ruby Callender, so Dr. Sharp reports, has been on the sick list the past week. - Kirkland's Drug Store is a credit to the town, he is making improve ments every day, - Hollis will sell at public auction tomorrow at 2 p. m., 14 head of good work horses. . Homer Beathe, a rattling good typo of the Weston Leader force, was in town Saturday. Friday two car-loads of fine hogs were shipped over the W. & C. R. from this point to Tacoma. J. L. Bowman, representing the Salem Woolen Mill was in town Saturday drumming up" business. i Please don't forget that a compe tent and experienced druggist fills the prescriptions at Osburn's Drug store. , J J. Bloch's wheat on the reserva tion was throshed this week. It was spring grain and the quality gqo3-.v. : ' , Phis. Estes has purchased the John Tharp race horse. "Funny," and will race him at the La Grande fair. Miss Daisy Shaw and Miss Rich ards, of Pilot Reck, are attending the JNormal school at Monmouth, regon. JV. P. Leach will remove his family to town next ,week, Mr. Leach raiBed a good crop of oats and barley this year. Albert Bales has accepted the j8nitorship of the Athena public school building, and is scrubbing and cleaning up today. W. H. Harvey the author of Coin's Financial School, will visit this state soon and give a number of talks on the silver question. Geo. Hansell Saturday sold to G. C. Foster a house and four lots on the upper end of 3rd street, considerations not yet learned. The moisture that is now in the ground, will make the pastures soon take on a verdant hue, and stock will again roll in plenty. W. F. Locke, of Denver. Col., representing the Fidelity Building and Loan Association, was in town this week. He endeavored ; to se cure membership here, but failed. Attention all. Be sure and buy your harvest supplies in the line of groceries, at Max Lewins Cash Grocery, as he sells cheaper than any one else in Athena. Call and get prices before purchasing elsewhere. Mrs. C&rden wishes to announce to the ladies of Athena and vicinity that her fall stock of millinery goods haye arrived. The stock comprises the latest styles and novelties, and will be sold very cheap. . C. S. Wheeler, the well known photographer, of Pendleton, will be in Athena at the old photograph gallery, Sunday, Sept. 15. Mr. Wheeler will make regular dates in Athena after that date until further notice. 2t Monday of this week W. E. Young, the enterprising harness dealer, had on display at his shop some very fine specimens of prunes. They were raised at his place in the north part of the city. A small tag attached read: "Raised on the Need-More place." Dr. R. B. Beatie, the Pendleton dentist can be found at the St. Nichols Hotel parlor in Athena tomorrow, by all those who wish first class dental work, at very low prices. The Beale building east of the Pioneer Drug Store is being reno vated to receive Lewin's grocery stock which will be removed there about the fir6t of the coming month. Ed. Taft will n)xt week com mence the construction of a build ing on his lots east of the "Repub-. lican" building. He will use it for a blacksmith shop. -Enough rain has fallen to make . i . . ine . Rrouna in fair condition for sowing fall grain. Wheat should be put under cover as soon as prac ticable. Shiloh's Cure is sold on a guar antee. It cures Incipient Consum ption. It is the best Cough Cure Only one cent a dose 25 cts., and $1.00. - bfotrawing roads in many parts of mo vuuiikijr is uuvr in prugreaa. This is a laudable enterprise, and one that should receive the support f oil ofall Irving McQuary, formerly editor of the Press has been writing some interesting letters on Mormanism and irrigation.to Umatilla county papers. , ; ' Prof. F. A.'Sikes, who has been teaching in Milton, leaves for Oaks dale to assume the duties of prin cipal of the public schools at that place. : We acknowledge courtesy extend ed by the Spokane Fruit Fair, to be held in that city Sept. 30 to Oct. 9 inclusive. k large number of Populists were in town yesterday afternoon to hear the Vincent lecture. SCHOOL OPENS ..MONDAY and you will need School Supplies HANSELL & MALONEY ...Sell Them TABLETS 1 cent each 2centseiu;h 8 cents each Scenlseach IOcentseach 15 cents each $Fine Fen Tablets 5 cents and ten cents.t F. A. Jackson exhibited some fine wheat in town Monday. It was spring sown and was of fine quality. XLouie Bergovin claims the cham pionship this year for quick work in threshing. More about it next week. . I Judge DePeatt and L. D. Lively were among those who had business at the county seat this week. Athena merchants got a hustle on themselves this . week and put up stoves. Cool weather. Remember that Wheeler will be here to take your picture. He guarantees a good job. r'Main street is muddy to say the least. We have no "kick" coming -the dust is settled. Kirkland keeps his still con stantly running to supply the de mand for purewater. - School commences Monday and the chime of the bell will again be heard in the land. Wm. Fletcher was in town from his saw mill, on Weston mountain, Monday. . Chas. Sharp is in Pendleton to day as a witness in the forgery case. Hansell & Maloney talk school supplies in this issue. Read their ad. Mrs. Lyman Pierce has purchas ed the Ely property in Athena. Chas. Ely and family have re moved to Walla Walla. Dave Taylor had court business in Pendleton this week. Sheriff Houser had business in the city yesterday. Zeke Stone was a Peess office caller yesterday. J. W. Smith was a Milton visitor Wednesday. Ed. Rush was in town from Helix yesterday. . THE CIRCUIT COURT. A Short Session Held and Some Busi ness Disposed Of. Circuit Judge Fee held a. short session of court Tuesday, tad hand ed down decisions in severa :dases. In the suit ot the Or,egon ' Mort gage company against S., A. Scott et al., the plaintiff's petition for the discharge of the receiver, Mr. Aus tin, was granted, it having been Bhown that the crop under attach ment, had been leased to certain parties, and that there was no work for the receiver to perform. Judgment was given the First National bank, of Pendleton, against James L. Hall for $843.70. Neagle Bros. vs. Annie L. Falk insteen etal.; confirmation of sale. S. G. Wingard vs. E. G. Michall; same entry. V1 Judge Fee has decided not to ad journ court until a few days before; the opening of the October termvi He has practically disposed ofall the business on hand, but will keep the team open so that he may be able to act in any matter that is brought before him. A Forger Arrested. C. P. Moody is under arrest for forgery of two checks, one for $14 and one for $16, drawn in the name of George Peringer on the First National Bank of Pendloton. One was cashed at the First National Bank of Athena by Cashier Lively, and the second one was presented at McKay's saloon in Athena, and later to the Athena bank. Both were cashed and got as far as Mr, Peringer before the fraud was de tected. He repudiated Hhe paper as falsely uttered, and John Vert went up Tuesday as deputy sheriff, and, aftei some pretty good detect ive work, singled out Moody as the guilty man. Perinper had been drawing many checks of late paying harvest hands and some one has taken advantage of the fact that this was known to forge the checks and raise a few dollars. Moody will be examined in day or two by Justice Parks. MAY TUNNEL THE BLUES. A Report That the O. R. & N. Co. Contemplates a Great Improvement. It is reported in La Grande that the 0. R. & N. Co., will soon build a tunnel through the Blue moun tains and thus reduce the distance between that city and Portland 30 miles. "The construction of this tunnel has been talked of for sev eral years," says the La Grande Chronicle, "but now it is claimed by leading railroad men that the timber which the company desired to secure is about all gone along the present route, and there is now no more inducement for the com pany to delay building the tunnel. The road now takes a very circuit ous route up and over the moun tain and goes thirty or more miles out of its way jn going from here to . Pendleton. It is the desire of the company to shorten the time as much as possible between Hunt ington and Portland, and these 30 miles would assist in that as well as reduce the expense of the main taining several helpers on the mountain. The O. R. & N. Co. is making many improvements at The Dalles. New ties are being put in, and a new incline to the steamboat land ing is to be constructed. OREGON FRUIT IN THE EAST. Special Trains Carrying Peaches and Pears to Chicago and Other Points. Umatilla county orchardists are interested in the effort being made by the Oregon Fruit Union to place the fruits of this state as a perman ent feature of the Eastern markets, says a Pendleton paper. It is com- Elained that Chicago's fruit ex ange is conducted solely in the interest of California fruit raisers, but in spite of alleged discrimina tion, the 0. R. & N. and U. P. have already hauled from Portland dur ing the present season, six train loads of Oregon fruits to Chicago and other population centres in the east. The sixth train has j ust gone through. It is said that especially Oregon's prunes and pears have found a ready market, not only in Chicago and New York, but in other Eastern cities. Denver, Omaha and Kansas City have con sumed several carloads. When brought in competition with Cali fornia fruit the Webfoot product readily holds its own. : California sends an immense quantity of fresh fruit to Eastern markets. During the present season as high as five or six train loads are sent over the Central and Union Pacific system each day. Trains are also sent by the Southern Pacific through route. The trains are run on schedule time, and other freight trains give way for them. Besides the special fruit trains sent from Portland, there have gone every day from one to three cars. Umatilla county has already es tablished a good market in Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago. By reg ular shipment, the market not only will be held, but enlarged by the creation of a demand from other cities. Peaches and pears are an unusually good crop at Milton this year, and a large quantity is being sent out from that place. The Rowe Brothers Settled. Rowe brothers, who has been causing so much excitement by re sisting officers near Oaksdale, and threatening to call out an armed mob to prevent the sale of some of their property on execution, have decided that laws are made to be obeyed. . They came into Oaksdale Saturday last, and settled with the McCormick Harvester Company by letting the agent have sufficient wheat to satisfy the judgment. The execution has been satisfied, and the sale Jbf the property, which was i,o be hold on Monday, will notj oc ur. 'The criminal prosecution for resisting officers and larceny of property under execution has not been diatnissed, and will some on to be hoard at 10 a, m. next Thurs day. The Russian Thistle. The p Russian thistle, which has proved pther destructive to grain, is on exhibition at the office of Bentley! & Ferguson, in Pendleton. This thistle was cut on the farm of E. N. Smith, seven miles south of that toVn. There is a great deal about the place, and also on the farm . of Ed. Ditchenwalter, S. Henderson, Milo Palmer and John Dentop. It was introduced into this country by the carelessness of North Dakota seedmen, who mixed the seed of the thistle with some millet peed which Mr. Ditchenwal ter ordered, and which he sowed, the- thistle being the' result. We are acting as agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., in this city, and any repairs for machinery or implements handled by them that you want, can bo procured by us. Also romembcr that you don't have to chase out of town for repairing, for our machine shop is still at the old stand. Blacksmithing in "all its branches is done by us. tf. J Thaiip Bros. , . A Pendleton gentleman has re ceived a letter from a Portland friend, in which it is stated that Jack Dempsey, ex-champion mid dle weight pugilist of the world, is dying at his home. , County Treasurer Kern yester day issued a call for $9150.30 of county warrants. The warrants are those of July and August, 1891, and clean up the lists to Septem ber 1, 1891. Karl's Clover Root, the great Blood purifier gives freshness and clearness to the Complexion and cures Constipation, 25 cts., 50 cts., $1.00. For Sale. One of the best residences in town. WilJ sell cheap or trade for cattle. For particulars apply at this office: An Ideal Community. Mgr. Capel is going to establish an ideal community In the" Sacramento valley, where he has a big ranch. On one part of the land a space will be set aside iox an agricultural college. This institution will be the monsignor's especial care. It is his earnest purpose to educate those people in California agriculture, of which he has made a close study during his residence in Cal ifornia. It may be necessary to carry these settlers for the first year before they begin to get a return for their crops, but that very important point the monsignor hopes to provide for. The Barber1! Doom. Shaving by machinery has been ren dered easy by the construction of a machine reported to have been made by Ofia Melchoir Farkas, a convict in the lenltcntiary of the city of Szeged in, la Hungary. Farkas was put to labor la the cabinet-making shop of the ' prison, and taking to his work with a will he soon displayed great inventive Ingenuity. With his shaving machine be is said to have shaved all the inmates of the prison, nearly one hundred and fifty in number, within less than an hour's time. 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