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V7 JLV VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 7. 1905. NUMBER 25. ED. MANASSE LADIES' SHIRTWAISTS & ft -J t - vy Style, Quality, Workmanship Each one a tailored creation. To see them is to verify our state ment. We will not quote prices, but you will find as faras quality is concerned they are all right. JUST INA sample lot of SHIRT WAIST SUITS at FIRST COST. Come and make your selection. ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. TO BE HEALTHY, WEALTHY and WISE BUY YOUR Hardware and flumbing Supplies OF COX & M'EWEN SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA. OREGON i j i C.-A. BARRETT & COroiP'Y GANG PLOWS Flying Dutchman, Oliver, Cast & Steel Bradley Gangs HardwtLre r 1 1 J J- UUUJLJLUKJ South Side Main Street, VtffW INCORPORATED. VEHICLES Henney Buggies, Hacks and Carriages; The very Best. Stock: is Crockery (rents' Eumishiiiffs DELL BROTHEE! THE POLICY IS PAID FRANK WILLIS' BENEFICI ARIES RECEIVE PAYMENT. Mrs. Etta Willis, His Widow, Gets $750 and His Sister, Sirs- More house, Gets $250. Dr. J. D, Plamondon, a clerk of Camp 171, W. O. W., paid to Mrs. Etta S. Willis, widow of the , late Frank Willis, $750 and Mrs. Ella Moorehouso of Pendleton, sister, $250, being full settlement under policy for $1,000, held by Frank Willis in the Woodmen of the World. ' It will be remembered that the body of Frank Willis was found in the Mil ton cemetery under circumstances that pointed to suioide and the coro ner's jury sent in a verdict of death by suicide. That it was conclusively proven by a post-mortum that Willis died of natural causes, and the whole amount of the claim was paid. Maxon-Barnett. On Wednesday evening last a beauti ful wedding took place at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barnett, on Alvord avenue, The Dalles, when their eldest daughter, Miss Ella Maie Barnett, was married to Richard Davis Maxon. The parlors and dining room were lavishly decorated with bridal wreath, Oregon holly and white ribbon. The wedding ceremony was read by Rev. D. V. Poling. The bride was gowned in white silk organdie and carried a shower boquet of white car nations and lillies of the valley, her bridesmaid, Miss Vesta Bolton, wear ing a white chiffon frock with a bo quet of white and red carnations. F. IL Brainard of Portland, acted as best man. Only intimate friends of the two families were present. Mr. and Mrs. Maxon will be at home to their friends in The Dalles after April 12. Portland Oregonian. The bride is aneice of E.L.,, Barnett and on a former visit to Athena, made many friends here who unite in wish ing her much happiness. Incredible Brutality. It vould have been incredible brutal ity if Chas. F, Lemberger, of Syracuse, N. Y., had not done the best he could for his suffering son. ,!My boy," he says, "cut a fearful gash over his eye, so I applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which quickly healed it and saved his eye." Good for burns and ulcers, too. Only 25c at McBride's drug store. Complete. Athena, Oregon TEDDY DOWN IN TEXAS A City Council Passes an Ordinance to j Stop the President's Train. San Antonia, Tex. , April 6. When the citizens of Temple learned . the president's train was not scheduled to stop ' there, a meeting 6fth"tONvnj council was hurriedly held, and in ordinance passed requiring all trains ! to stop at the station three minutes. When this news was telegrapred to the president, he laughed heartily and immediately ordered a stop to be made. Nearly the whole population of the little city was on hand, and the presi dent 'was greeted heartily. Austin, IS UNDER SUSPICION. A Great Lumber Corporation's Method ' Hre Looked Into. Portland, April 5. The Booth-Kelly Lumber company is undergoing the rigid investigaion of the federal grand jury, which reconvened ihis morning to resume the task of probing into the land frauds. Important indictments are expected to result,, The Booth Kelly company has operated on a huge scale in timber lands in Oregon, and within comparatively few years it has assumed great wealth. The methods by which the company acquire its lands have been the subject of careful investigation by the gov ernment, and evidenoe has been ob tained which is regarded as conclu sive that gross frauds were praotioed. Vast tracts of the most valuable tim ber land in the northwest wrre secur ed by the company, the means employ ed being substantially the same used by the notorious Puter - McKinley ring. State Senator R. A. Booth, the presi dent of the company, and George, John and Abraham Kelly, his part ners, are in Portland in response to subpoenas and are awaiting the action of the grand jury. A small army of witnesses has been gathered by the secret service agent, and the lobby of the postoffice building has been crowd ed today. United States District Attorney Heney is conducting the examination of witnesses before the grand jury. J. T. Bridges, register of the Rose burg land office, but now under sus picion, was the first witness called. He was followed by J. F. Wright of Roseburg and by Charles Baker of Oak Creek. The first witness called at the afternoon session was S. C. Bartram, superintendent of the Cascade forest reserve. It was within this reserve that the Booth-Kelly company secured many of the timber tracts which it owns. OIL IN CROOK COUNTY. Remarkably Strong Vent of On in the Karl? Work. The ranch of D. W. "Barnett, near Culver, in Crook county, on which petroleum indications were found last fall, has been bonded to a company of Portand men for $10,000. Mr. Bar nett retains a fourth interest in the property to profit by the work in the event of an oil discovery. Oil was first discovered on the Bar nett ranch six months ago. A well had been sunk to a depth of nearly 800 feet when the odor of gas was noted. As the shaft was drilled deeper the escaping gas became greater in vol ume, until it was almost impossible to work in the vicinity. Later, when Band from the well was brought to the surface, it was found to be impreg nated with petroleum, which burned readily when a flame was applied. . The discovery of petroleum led Bar nett to continue the work of drilling, and as the work progressed the noise of the escaping gas grew louder. A periodical escape of gas has established itself with great regularity. The indisputable petroleum indica tions have been the source of much interest and many inquiries and several offers have been made the owner to induce him to sell or bond his property. Representatives of the Standard Oil company have also look ed over the property. It is the intenion of those who have taken up the bonds on the ranch to push the work of drilling as f ant as possible and arrangement have been made to resume operations next week. Mr. Mason expresses the belief that a flow of petroleum will bo struck before the well has attained a depth of 600 feet. The bond provides that those holding it shall drill not less than 1,000 feet inside of one year from the date of the contract. The machinery on the ground will be used as long as possible, and in case petroleum is not struck at the depth expected special drilling machinery will be bought in Portland and set up over the welL the capital city, was reaohed at 3 o'clock. The party was driven to the E.atehouse, where the president made two speeches. The day was au ideal one, and the throngs were so great it was a hard matter for the militia to keep them under control. , After the president left the capital several stops were made, the same enthusiastic re ceptions meeting the president every where. The long ride was finally brought to an end when San Antonio was reached tonight. PORTLAND REVIVAL GROWS. Thirty Meeting a Day Being Attended By Fully IS, OOO People. Portland's great revival meotiugs are growing in extent and force and Wednesday from 1 1 :'S0 to 2 o'olock all the principal business houses of the city remained closed, to allow em ployes to attoud noon meetings. It is estimated that 30,000 people attended the SO meetings held in 80 different places in the city at noon. The average daily attendance at tho meetings is about 15,000 there being on an average of 80 meetings each week day except Sunday, on which day the entire evangelistic force rests. It is impossible to compute the num ber of conversions since the revival began. ; Some of the leading ministers of the city estimate that 2500 have confessed religion. Others place the number at even a higher figure. Those confessing religion are not re quired to join a stated church at the time but may ally themselves with any church organization they may choose after the meetings are over. MANUFACTURING CANDY. Gharlei Gay Ha Established a Profit able Bunlness. From a small beginning, Charles Gay has established a profitable and growing industry in the manufactur ing of candy. All kinds of taffy and soft candies sold by him in his con fectionery store is home-made. He manuufactures the candy from his own formulas and it is made from pure, wholesome ingredients. In addition to the large amount sold over his counters, Mr. Gay disposes of about 200 pounds weekly, to Athena dealers ; 80 pounds go to Weston, weekly ; to Adams at pounds, and to Helix 40 pounds. He has revolution ized the taffy trade in this section, dealers in Athena and surrounding towns giving'his goods preference over that sold by traveling men for the large concerns. As his business in creases his quarters will , be enlarged and the facilities for manufacturing the product will be increased. MITCHELL WILL BE TRIED. Senator Will Be Aeeomtnodnted In HI Demands for an Early Trial. Senator Mitchell will be accommo dated in his domands for an early trial, his case to be the first of the land fraud cases to be heard in the coming session of the federal court, in June. Francis J. Heney has decided to call the case of Senator Mitchell first, as the senator has demanded an early hearing. Honey is making ready for the trial as rapidly as possible and al though giving nearly all his time to the grand jury, is said to have his case against Mitchell well under way. Williamson, Hermann and others indicted will also be indicted at the June term. Mr. Heney will not re quest a new grand jury feeling that he can expedite work by convicting some of those now indicted rather than in dicting more. Off for Alberta. " Rev. and Mrs.. G. W. Rigby, Mrs. C. C. Sharp and Mrs. Hauk Fanning left Tuesday morning over the O. R. & N. for Claresholm, Alberta. It will require three days to reach Clares holm. They will go over the Spokane Northern, north from Spokane, to Nelson, B. C. , and from there east ward on the Canadian Pacific. Clares holm is 15 miles north of Macleod junction on the Canadian Pacific and about 60 miles south of Calgary, the provincial capital of Alberta. Judge Dunne Elected. Judge Edward F. Dunne, democrat, was elected mayor of Chicago Tuesday over John Maynard Harlan, republi can, by a pluralty of 24,248, and re ceived a majority of 945 of all votes cast. Judge Dunne also had the dis tinction of receiving the greatest vote ever cast in Chicago for a candidate for the office of mayon Except John F. Smulski, republican candidate for city attorney, the democrats carry all city offices. The new city council is probably republican. KNICHTS OF PYTHIAS LOCAL LODGE SENDS A DEGREE TEAM TO COMPETE. Fifth Annual District Convention Will Be Held In Pendle ton Tomorrow. The Fifth annual district convention of Knights of Pythias, comprising the lodges of that order in Umatilla county, takes place in Pendleton to morrow. Pythian Lodge No. 29, of this city, will attend in a body, and will place a degree team in the contest for prizes to lie awarded for the best drilled team in the degree work. The names of the members of Pyth ian Lodge who compose the team are : C. O. Henry, Henry Keen, Will Mc Collum, W. M. Peterson, T, P. Mosley, J. A. Foss, A. C. Mclntyre, York Dell, M. L. Watts and Charles Gay. The program follows: Calling Convention to Order 7:80 p. m.. Will M. Peterson,D.D.a.C. Reading Minutes of Fourth District Convention, - - Secretary. Address of Welcome, T. G. Montgomery, C. C. Damon, No. 4. Responses - ' -, - . , M. L. Watts, Pythian No. 29. Clark Wood, Stevens, No. 49. A. R. Shumway, Hercules, No. 61. B. B. Riohards, Pleiades, No. 74. - W. O. Read, Lomax, No. 98. . Address, - - - Grand Chancellor. M. Curl, of Albany. Address, -"'. ; . ... Grand Vice Chancellor M. F. Davis, of Union. The Pythian Press," - - - Frank S. Grant, Portland. Address, - - ... L. R. Stiuson, G. K. R. & S. Knights Rank Contest. Damon, No. 4, -Pythian No. 29, Stevens No. 49, Hercules, No. 51, Pleiades No. 74, Lomax No. 93, Awarding of Prizes. Closing Lodge. Banquet. , Pendleton. Athena. Weston. Milton. Helix. Adams. A DAY CIRCUIT. Klectrlo Power for Motors, Vans and Other Purposes. The Prestos-Parton Milling Co. has placed at the disposal of its customers a day electric power circuit This will be of great convenience to those desiring power for eleotrio motors, f ans.and in fact any machinery requir ing a cheap and at the same time a satisfactory power. The big plant on the Walla Walla river from which the company gets its power, is now worked down to a basis where the machinery is perfectly adjusted and more satisfactory results are being obtained. The Preston-Par-ton people are now in a position to dis tribute over their wires a stronger cur rent and Mr. Pason, who has charge of this department announces that patrons having 1 10 volt globes ; can exchange them for 115 volt globes, al lowance being made for 110 voltage globes in proportion to the time used. The 115 volt globes will give a stronger light and will better with stand the iucreased strength of the current. THE M. E. CHURCH. Singing Evangelists Will Hold Series of Meetings In May. Prof. Frank McCarty- and wife, singing evangelists of Iowa, who have Ijeen holding such successful meetings in Tacoma and Seattle, and other Sound cities during the winter and spring, will hold a series of meetings in the Athena Methodist church, be ginning about May 13, Services at the Methodist church next Sabbath: Sabbath school at 10 a, m.; Epworth League at 6:30 p. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 730 p. m. "Shall we have a Revival?" Rev. C. E. Gibson, D. D. , will preach at the evening hour. Yoa are invited to attend. Strikes Hidden ICovks. When your ship of health strikes the hidden rocks of consumption, pneu monio, etc., you are lost il! you don't get help from Dr. King's New Dis covery for consumption. J. W. Mc-' Kinnon of Talladega Springs, Ala., writes: "I had been very ill with pneu monia, under the care of two doctors, but was getting no better when I tried Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief and one bottle cured me." 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