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VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 1. 1905. NUMBER 49. ED. MANASSE Mm KIM In " Dtepa to Make Room for Fall Goods. ED. MANASSF Agent for Butterick's Patterns. - jAj, ' - The'.' .., "GARLAND" Trade Mark repreaent tho nome of , Quality, Finish, Dura bility, Convenience ,' ;;cpx.&vM'EWEN' SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. AT II EN A s QREGON c. BW9 ffm r Mowers, Rakes, Binders. Deering Binding Twine; Machine Extras of all kinds. . . , , Hardware It rnuT? JUlliJJ JLlXixl When all that is good in Groceries and Staple Provisions fail to appeal to you as appetizers. THAT TIME IS HERE, tor the season of Fruits And Vegetables is at its zenith. Our FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COME DIRECT FROM THE RANCH and thtrefore are fresh and palatable. DELL BROTHERS rr all r f i J '' ; ' ' ' Call and See Our Lawn Mowers Garden Hose Screen Doors Hardware and Plumbing Supplies tllalrl''al y o , INCORPORATED. If In 1 Stock is; CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT ivi AG tjt? ad v WILL HOT BE SHORT NO EVIDENCE j WHATEVER OF DISHONEST PUKPOSE. - Sheriff Taylor Says, "There Will Be " No Shortage. Found In the Ac-" -, counti of My Office- - m "There will be no shortage iu the accounts of my office, for should tbe experts find that any money is due the county treasurer from me I will pay the same to that official as soon as I am notified. Yesterday I was told that the sum of 112,000 was due, and I at once gave my check for that amount As to the alleged irregular ities that 'have been reported in my office, I do not care to say much aside from the above nntil the matter has been fully investigated, for the reason that the real situation cannot be known until then." The above statement was made by Sheriff T. D. Taylor, when asked to say something regarding the wild stories of a "shortage" in the sheriff's office, says the East Oregonian. vr " How the rumor that first began to circulate originated is not known, for the county judge, the commissioner and the district attorney all state that no report has yet been made by the ex port who are examining the books; that the work is not yet completed, and that no ' authoritative statement has been given out. District Attorney Phelps stated that his attention had been called to the matter, but that he would do nothing in the case until thework was entirely completed, "which- would ; probably take two weeks more, and at present he knew of no shortage in tbe office, and that no one had any authority for stating that there is such a shortage. While it is hard to get at the facts in fthe case owing to the unfinished state of the experts' work and the gen eral desire'of the officials to wait until more can be learned, it is apparent that that there has been nothing fraudulent done on the part of Sheriff Taylor, and that t-e only offense, if any, is delay in turning funds over to the treasurer.. Under the law a sher iff is required to turn all ' funds over to the treasurer each Saturday. How ever, it is said that there are few offi cers that follow this out to the letter, and that the same has never been done here. ' According to Sheriff Tay lor, it has been the custom ' in the office to turn the money over to the treasurer when the rolls were bal anced, .md this could ' not be done every Saturday evening. The last j d U uq Complete. Athena, Oregon. l fa fSm T1IES payment, before the one yesterday , was made on June 25. Some wild and exaggerated stories have been told regarding the alleged shortage :. in the sheriff's office,' and some have taken advantage of the op portunity to make political capital out of the matter and have consequently exploited the subject as much as possi ble, notwithstanding the great ; in justice ihey were doing ( the sheriff. However, the sentiment has been al most unanimous that - no intentional wrong has been done by that official, and that when' all is known, his char acter will be without any stain of dis honor. . What is generally regarded as the most serious irregularity which . tho experts have found, is the alleged shortage of $4,000 in the accounts of ex-Sheriff William Blakley, hfl there is no possible excuse why all funds col lected during his administration . were not turned over to the treasurer. How ever, no blame is believed to rest with Mr. Blakley in the matter, and it is said by his friends that should there be any shortage in his accounts they are unknown to him, and also that any amounts- found to be due the county from his tetm will be promptly paid. - .-. . . During "Mr. Blakley 's tenure of office, as well asjthat of Mr. Taylor, Chief Deputy C. P. Davis" has been iu charge of the office end of the work. However, there have been no charges made against that official, thus far, at least, and if there is anything connect ing him with fraudulent work it has not yet been made public. ; SELECTED HIS CLAIM. ' . TV. J. Crane Say Willlamaon Chose Land to Be Filed Upon. f Crook county ranchers and sheep breeders are still occupying the ' wit ness stand iu the federal court, in the trial of Congressman Williamsou and his co-defendants at Portland. In. the main their testimony is similar, and though rigidly " cross-examined by counsel for the defense, their stories have not been seriously shaken. - All testify that they took up timber clainrs at the instance of Biggs or Dr. Gesner, that the money with, whioh to prove up the- claims was advanced , by Ges ner, that they expected to convey the land to Williamson and Gesner as soon as patents were issued. : Testimony was given that , William son himself selected the land on which one of the witnesses was to file and wrote the description of it. A feature of the evidence was a letter writteu by Dr. Gesner to another of the-entrymen, Christian Feuerhelm, in which Gesner advised him to relinquish his claim, and said: .". . "That claim of yours and all of the balance I have got to throw up. I am sure we would get into trouble , over them before we got through with them and be .turned down on them. " , Judge Bennett, in cross-examining the witnesses, has sought to obtain ad missions that they were coached, be fore taking the stand, by the govern-; meut officials as to the testimony they should give. They were closely ques tioned as to the conversations they have had with T.1 B. Neuhausen, the special agent, who gathered the evi dence at : Prineville for the govern ment, and with J. W. Burnj of the sesret service. Judge Bennett has also endeavored to show that the tim ber claims were taken by the witness es with a view of selling to the high est bidder and , not neoessarily to Williamson and Gesner. - Wilfred J. Crane, the first' Witness called, " was asked by Mr. Heney whether he selected himself the land on which he filed. He replied that he did not. "Who did select.it?" asked tha district attorney. ; "Mr. Williamson," was the answer, and . in response to further questions Crane stated that Williamson wrote down the description of the land that Crane was to file on, and told him that was the claim he was to take. He Helped Tracy - The Salem jury " in the . case of Charles Monte, jointly indicted with Harry Wright for murder in the first degree, under the charge of having furnished the outlaws Tracy and Mer rill with the gnus with which they effected their escape from tbe peniten tiary June 9 1901, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Monte and Wright are accused of having sealed tbe prison walls and having placed tbe guns in the prison shops where found by the convicts. As tho result of their act three guards lost their lives. Wright is being tried today. ' ' ASOTHEE IRBIGAT1QN SCHEME People of Froeser and Vicinity Delight ed Over Government Hove. The people of "Prosser, Wash.are feeling jubilant over the prospect of the federal government undertaking a great irrigation project in tbat vicin ity, known as tbe Leadbetter scheme. It will reclaim 150,000 acres, begin ning a few miles east of Prossar and extending to the Colon! bia river. Every acre of tbe land lies in the uew county of Benton. It includes most of the 67,000 acres of state lauds se lected under the Carey act Until the conference-at North Yakima on Wed nesday of last week the selection of the state lands was standing iu ' the way of this great project Now, how ever, State Land Commissioner EL, W. Ross and Governor Mead have agreed, with representatives of all the com mercial clubs in the valley, to advise Ihe secretary of the interior to with hold his approval of thestatfe selection until he receives a report from the re clamation service. ..., ., --w. It is confidently expected that . that reportjwill be to the effect that the proposed watering of these state lands under the tenative contract between the state and the Washington Irriga tion company will prevent the govern ment from undertaking the Leadbetter scheme. The way will be open, there fore for the gove hment to proceed. , ' Like Oil Paving, n ( ) The citizens in a number of differ ten sections of the city aire discussing the proposition of forming local im provement ; districts for the purposo of having their streets paved with oil, says the Walla Walla Union.! J They have seen the success, of oiling the streets us exemplified in the experi ments conducted by the council a short time ago, and as there ) is threatened shortage of water during August they are anxious to get the work started as soon as possible, tbat the dust may be eliminated before the water is gone, i Wagon Went Over Him- E. A. Dudley met with a serious accident .yesterday afternoon while engaged in hauling hay. He fell from the load onto the horses, and then to the ground. The wagon, which was a low one, passed over him, the run niug-gear pushing and tumbling ' him along the ground. He is injured ' to a considerable extent iu the back . and a couple of ribs on the left side are fractured. . J; , ":" ' s i iti vif Washington'! Pen. ; There are 744 prisoners in the state penitentiary, according to the month ly report , of the : warden, says " the Walla Walla Statesman. This is an increase of .17 over . the previous month. The expenditures of the insti tution were $6232.66. The jute mill manufactured 151,450 sacks and 171, 900 yards of burlap. The brick mill turned out 295,800 brick- i . . . , For Sale.. : A Niagara Buffalo ' Pitts separator, 28-iuch cylinder, 48 inch Bhoe fitted for horse-power or steam attachments, 1400 sacks daily capacity with steam power, used only four seasons ; a Rich -ardson patent stacker; a 14-horse Pitts powers everything complete and in good order throughout, a bargain for some one; a Hodge header and 8 head er boxes thrown into the bargain. ; O. Ii. Chamberlain, AtheuB. No Action Taken. " East Oregonian: No aotion was taken in the Martin case today, owing to the failure of Judge Fee to reoeivo a reply from Chief Justice Wolvertou, who was found to be absent from Salera when the message reached him yesterday. Consequently the matter will now have to rest ttntil the return of Judge Ellis. . ? . Policy Paid. j I. M. Kemp, guardian of tbe persons and estates of Dora E., Jesse J. and Henry F. Bennett through his attor neys Peterson & Peterson, has at last succeeded in collecting the 2000 pol icy of which they were made beneflo iaries by contract of . the Modern Woodmen with Geo, W. Bennett, late of Stockton, Cal. ", father of the chil dren. Portland Demands Hogs. W. T. Cross, who has just returned from Portland with a train of 10 cars of hogs for the Union Packing com pany, left this afternoon for Kearney, Neb., for another trainload of 10 cars. He states that hogs are in great de mand in Portland. La Grande Ob server, " ; A liadScare. r Some day you will get a bad scare, when you feel a pain in your bowels, and fear appendicitis. Safety- lies in Dr King's New Life Pills, a sure cure tor all bowel and stomach diseases, such as headache, biliousness, costive ness, etc. Guaranteed at McBride's drug store, only 25a Try them. Big Fire at Walla Walla, July 14. Special, 2 p. n.- At 12 o'clock, noon, fire broke out in, the Dacres Hotel, Walla Walla's leading hostelry. The hotel is doomed to destruction aud slight hop, is entertained that tho remainder of the line buriiufH block can be JOSEPH KEEN EY DEAD CAME TO THE . COUNTY IN 1871 : AS STAGE AGENT. Was Elected Clerk of.Umatilla Coun- .., ty as a Democrat in 1878, Serving Two Years. '! ' Joseph Keeney, ' former clerk of Umatilla county, and a widely known pioneer of Eastern Oregon, died at Walla .Walla Tuesday. Death came as the result of old age and chronio troubles with which tbe deceased had been suffering for some time, says the East Oregonian. j Joseph Keeney was clerk of Umatilla County in 1878 at t tie same time that the late J. L. Sparry' was in the sheriff's offioe. Both men were democrats and each served two terms in, office, and have died within a few days of eaoh other. Before coming to Eastern Oregon, Mr. Keeney was the division agent for the Hailey & LoCkwood stage company at Boise, ' the line . running from Boise to Kelton, Utah. In '71 he came here and took charge of this division of the stage line, the Hailoy & Lockwood line having been pur chased by the Northwestern Stage company. He then remained with the company until '78, when he was elect ed county clerk. At that time the stage line passed into the hands of Salisbury. , i ; l ; " .- . At the end of his second , term as county clerk Mr. Keeney bought tho old Commercial livery stable opposite the Hotel Pendleton and ran that bus iness for a number-of , years.,. During that time aud previously he lived iu the house at the corner of Garden and Court streets, now oooupied by Thom as Milarkey. It was there that tho first wife of Mr. Keeney died. ' Some eight or ten years' ago he left Pendioton for some time was in charge of the Elgin-Joseph stage line aud later moved to Walla Walla, where he was again married and has since made his home. At the time of his death ho was about 73 years of age. ' ' The deceased was a member of Da mott lodge No 4; Knights of Pythias, of this city," having become a member in the eany days. ' At the meeting of the lodge held last uight a letter written by Mr. Keeney a few days be fore his death was read and also tele gram announcing his death. M. A. Rader, chancellor commander elect of the lodge, was delegated to go to Walla Walla to represent the lodge at the funeral. ' ' Aside from the widow and one child at Walla Waihi Me other , surviving relatives are " Mrs. Ben Morgan a daughter, of this city; Mrs. Farrow, another daughter, who is in the east ; Joe Keeney, a sou living at Elgin and Ed Keeney, another son. i Lewis and Clark Rates. The O. R. & N. Co. announces tho following rates from ' Athena to Port laud for the Lewis and Clark fair : Individual tickets will be sold daily from May 29 to October 15, inclusive, continuous passage in each direction ; final return limit 80 days from date of sale, but in no case later than Oc tober 31, 1905, for one and one-third fare, ' amounting to $9.90. Party tickets that is ten or more persons will be sold from May 29 to October 15 inclusive; passage in each direction; 10-day limit from date of sale, at one single fare per capita for round trip, amounting to $7.40. Children one half fare age at half fare of the above rates. For further particulars call on M. W. Smith, O. R. & N. agent, Athena. ' Secret Ahont It. It is no seoret, that for outs, burns, ulcers, fever sores, ' sore eyes, Ijoils, etc., nothing is so effective as Back len's Arnica Salve. "It didn't take long to cure a bad ore I had and it is all O .K. for sore eyes," writes D. L. Gregory, Hope, Tex. 25c at Mc Bride's drug store. , .. Special Election. ; The special election to vote on the sale of water bonds will be held on Monday, July 24. The former elec tion was invalid for tho : reason that it was authorized by resolution instead of ordinance. Walla Walla saved. The fire department is hand icapped by lack of water. At this hour it i not known how the fire ori ginated. Tho property loss will do heavy. The hotel is situated in one of the most costly busiuoss blocks of the city, aud was one of the leading hotels of Eastern Washington.