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s ......... : VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1905. NUMBER 65. Si ED. MANASS mm In 0e y to Make Room for Fall Goods. ED. MAN ASS E Agent for Butterick's Patterns. Warm the Homes . i ; Bake the Bread and Roast the Meats that Make the Mao. But ONE QUALITY and that THE BEST SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET ATHENA. OREGON Shoes 1 Shoes EEE When iill 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 therefore are fresh and palatable. DELL BROTHERS all Do We Sell Them? Before buying call and Bee our line of SAMPSON WIND MILLS, BUCKEYE PUMPS, ECONOMY FRUIT JARS, HARDWARE and PLUMBING SUPPLIES. The Best Ever! rt meets ELY & SCOTT Wanted-Every man and boy to examine our Shoes before buying elsewhere ELY & SCOTT ARE CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING3 TO EAT FARMERS PROTEST DO NOT LIKE CODE OF REGULA TIONS ISSUED. W. H Stine Addresses a Letter to W. H. Reed Asking That Grain Com mission Stand by Growers- W. H. Stine, representing a number of Walla Walla farmers, has address ed a letter to W. E fieed, a men? ber of the state grain commission protest ing against the code of regulations issued by the Washington Flour Millers' association to its niembers'as a guide in buying wheat, says the Statesman. Mr. Stine asks that the state grain oommisison stand between the farmers of the'state and the Wash ington Flour Millers' association. This association, consisting of mill ers, exporters and wheat dealers of the Puget sound region, has issued a code of regulations for the guidance of its members in buying wheat. The pub lication of these regulations has aroused considerable opposition among the wheat growers of the east side country, who particularly object to the regulations regarding smutty wheat. Mr. Reed said that he would bring Mr. Stine's letter before the state commission at its annual -meet iug to be held at Tacoma today. Mr. Stine writes as follows: "Acting as spokesman for various farmers and interested parties, I de sire to call your attention to what soems a very unjust proceeding on the part of the Washington Flour Millers' association. - "We take exceptions particularly to the ruling of the association on smutty wheat Heretofore it has been that smutty wheat should not be docked exceeding three cents per bush el, and often not so ranch as three cents. The association has made the minimum this year not lesa than five cents, and it may be 20 cents. It is also to be the rule that if there is any foreign matter or anything else that discolors the wheat, or the same is slightly smudged! ijt is to be regarded as smutty, and is to ,be sold as suoh. "It seems to us that, this ruling is altogether too drastic, and an at tempt is beiug made to grind us be tween the upper and nether millstones, all of which we most emphatically protest against. "The fact is, we have a large crop of good wheat this year, and the mill ers and exporters think that they can combine and dictate most any terms j that they please, and we want the I state board to stand behind us and TIIES Athena, Oregon. Shoes Shoes protect us in so far as it is in their power so to do. "We understand that the board con venes on the 11th instant, and at that time we would thank you to see if it is not possible to enforce the old rule in regard to dockage on smutty wheat, so that the old time rates for the same will prevail. "The great part of the wheat raised in this county will grade as No. .1 when oompared with the standards as they stood last year. We hope that the board will see its way clear to establish last year's grades, and that you will do what you can for us. " The regulation of the Millers' asso ciation on smutty wheat is as follows : "Smutty wheat Where there is a large quantity of smut balls in the wheat, even if they are not Droken and the wheat has no indication of smut on the ends of the berries, it will be considered smutty wheat, be cause it cannot be handled in any way without smudging. The minimum discount for smutty wheat will be five cents per bushel, and from that up to 20 cents. If the wheat is free from foreigu matter and without smut balls, but smudged on the end of tha berry even slightly, it will be con sidered smutty wheat." RAILROAD FILES SURVEY MAPS. Interests of O. 11. tc N. and N. P. Are NyW Both Represented. Maps of the surveys for a right of way over government land were yes terday filed in the Walla Walla land office by W. S. Lysous for the Colum bia Railway Navigation company, says the Union. The maps are the re sult of the surveys made after entering the western boundary of the Walla Walla district between ranges 19 and 20 east and extend for a distauoe of 27 miles up the north bank of the Columbia river. This is the first lot of maps filed by the company sup posed to represent the Northern Pacific but the Wallula Pacific, supposed to be the O. B. &N. Co., have filed maps locating a right of way for a consid erable distance west of Wallula on the north bank of the river. Late reports from the soene of action indicated that the rival companies are working from the opposite ends of the route to be covered by a railway. Both have in the last few days shipped in men and machinery and have actually began throwing dirt. . The real fight for right of way will come when the surveying parties meet a few weeks hence. THE BRADSHAW CASE. Sentenced to Hang and Still In Walla Walla Jail. A man convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hang ed, has been allowed to lie in jail at Walla Walla undisturbed for nearly three years, Oscar Bradshaw was convicted in Franklin county in December, 1002, and was sentenced to be hanged. : He gave notice of appeal and was remand ed to the Walla Walla county jail. Bradshaw never prosecuted his appeal and has been allowed to remain in jail undisturbed ever since. The prosecuting attorney of Franklin county now asks what he can do about it, and the attorney general advises to file the record in the supreme court and move a dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. Bradshaw, with a companion, en tered a box car for the purpose of robbery. They there murdered another man who was in the car. Bradshaw's companion confessed and was sen tenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. Bradshaw claimed self defense. Murderer Hanged- Friday mornisg Frank Pasquale, the Italian who murdered Charles Gray in Tacoma two years ago, was exeouted on the gallows at Walla Waila. His manner when stepping on the drop was cool, though be spent a restless night Just before the execution Pas quale waved to the small crowd of spectators, saying "Goodbye boys, goodbye." Italian friends were pres ent and afterwards 'arranged to take the body to Tacoma for burial A Sunwise Party. A number of young friends feath ered at the Piper home west of town Saturday evening. The occasion was the 16th birthday of Miss Dolly Piper. Games were the principal feature of entertainment, and the evening was enlivened with songs with piano ac companiment Kefresbnieiits were served. Miss Piper will 'leave shortly for Walla Walla where she will at tend school. HE SPENT HIS MONEY- Then Stood on the street Corner and Itlew Out HI Brains. J. M. Stewart, a wood dealer doing business in Walla Walla, committed suicide on the corner of Webb and Main street in Pendleton Sunday morning. Stewart had spent the night in a drunken carousal in which lie rqwiit a considerable sum of money. At Hein's saloon he lost $80 gambling and when searched at the coroner's inquest there was found on the body $7. It is stated that Stewart had f 200 when he arrived in Pendleton. The money was to be expended at Meach am for wood to replenish the Walla Walla stock. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Stewart came to his death by his own hand as the result of. a pistol wound inflicted with a 88-cal-ibre revolver, the time and location also being designated. The deceased was the owner of a wood business in Walla Walla, and also ran an express wagon at that place. He had boon in that business for about a year and a half, and pre vious to that time had worked for the Tausick Wood & Coal company of Walla Walla for a number of years. He was a man of family, and at his death left a wife and tour or five chil dren, the oldest being about 16. AFTER PATENT MEDICINES. Commissioner of Internal Keveuue Hm Rendered a Decision. The commissioner of internal rev enue at Walciugtou. D. C, recently reudered adecision tliat will seriously affect a number of patent medicines composed largely of . distilled liquors. He has reversed a ruling of his depart ment made many years ago, and now decides that the manufacturers of these medicines must take out licens es as rectifiers and liquor dealers, and that' druggists and others handling them will have to pay the usual retail liquor dealers license.' -'. The commissioner in a'letter of in structions to collectors of internal revenue says that there are a number of compounds on the market going un der the names of medioiues that are composed chiefly of distilled spirits, without the addition of drugs or meet icines in sufficient quantities to change materially the character of the whis key. He authorizes collectors to im pose the special tax on manufacturers of every compound composed of dis tilled spirits, even though drugs have been declared to have been added thereto, "when their presence is not discoverable by chemical analysis, or it is found that the quantity of drug in the preparation is so small as to have no appreciable effect on the liquor". FAILINGS OF CORRESPONDENTS Letter Folded Wrong and Otherwise Made Troublesome to Dill- aeu Reclnlenta. "Not one ceraon in ten folds a letter and puts it in the envelope right side up," said the coribiiJondeni.e clerk of a large New Vork publishing house, ac cording to the Times. "This firm re ceives upward of 1,01)0 letteis a day, and It Is my duty to sort them and send them to the various heads of departments. Each letter must be sent opened flat, with the envelope attached by a clip. In almost every iustance the letter is folded and put In the envelope so that I have to turn It around before I can read it. I have talked with friends In sim ilar positions to mine, and they tell me they have t he same experience. It seems pa trifling matter to a person who opens only five or six letters a day, but to me this Iobs of time caused by either the Ignorance or carelessness of letter writ ers is' considerable. "Fully two-thirds of the letters re ceived by a business home are filed. -Cabinets for this purpose are arranged so that one must refer to the beginning of the letter, on the right-hand side, to find the date. One-half the vrsons who write on matters of business, partic ularly women, put the date at the end of the latter and on the left-hand side, bo that we have to lift the whole bunch to get at it. These failings of corre spondents are worse than Illegible writ ing and, incorrect spelling." Card of Thanks. We take this method of expressing thanks for the many kindnesses ex teudedjto ua in' rendering assistance and showing sympathy'dntiug onr re cent bereavement, the death of our dear. mother. May your paths be likewise smoothed in time of trouble. Mrs. Minnie Willaby and Family. -. ' For Better Streets. Pendleton is to have macadamized streets. The council has passed reso lutions for the grading of Alta street. Crushed rock will be used similar to the method of Athena street making. Oot OA Cheap. He may well think he has. got oh? cheap, who, after having contracted constipation or indigestion, in still able to perfectly restore his health. Nothing will do this but Dr. King's New Life Pills. A quick, pleasant and certain cure for headache, con stipation, etc. 25c at McBride's drug store, guaranteed. Local Wheat Market. Athena, Sept. 15. Wheat today is quoted at 60 cents. A delicious desert Washington Pit. Get it at the i'rendergast Bukery. WAS FOUND DEAD MRS. FRAKES DIED ALONE OF HEART FAILURE. Found Lying on the Floor By Her Grandson Some Hours After Death. . Mrs. Frakes, a pioneer lady of this citv, died at her home on Jefferson street, sometime during Friday night or early Saturday morning. Heart failure was the cause of death, and the end came with no one near.' A grandson, Clyde Willaby, who daily took lunch with Mrs. Frakes, came to the house at 12 o'clock, noon, Saturday, and found her lying dead on the floor of her bed room. She . lay on her back with her hands clasp ad to her breast, and had been dead for some time. Appearances would indicate that Mrs. Frakes had ap proached the bed and fallen back ward. Mr. Willaby at once sought help, and Dr. Stone was called. He gave it as his opinion that Mrs. Frakes had been dead at least three hours. A neighbor or two are positive that they saw the lady Saturday morning about the house. The kindling in the kitben range was in place but had not been lighted, and whether they were for the morning fire or the noon day lunch is a matter of opinion. There was no evidouoe of much suffering, the good old lady apparently having died suddenly and peacefully. , . The funeral sermon was preuchqd yesterday at 10 a. m. by J. W. Jenk ins in the Christian churoh. Mary Tompkins was born June 5, 1840, in Henderson county, 111. She came to Oregon in 1851 and in 1857 sho was married to J. T. Frakes. To them was born three children, Wil liam and Samuel who have proceeded ber to the better laud, and Minnie, the wife of A. J. Willaby, of Athena. She was one of the pioneers of the state and lived in or near Athena for thirty five years. Mrs. Frakes was a member of the order of Rebekahs and a worthy member of the Christian church. She was 05 years, two months and ten days old at the time of her death. Of her immediate relatives she leaves a sistor who resides at Col fax, Wash., and one, daughter, Mrs. A. J. Willaby, of this city. UNDER THE CAREY ACT. Tract of 10,000 Aerei to He Hedeeuied Over In Harney County. W. E. Burke, manager of the Port land company which has a 10,000 acre Carey selectiou'in the eastern portion of Harney valley, gives the Times Herald a most encouraging report of the work on reclaiming the big tract. Mr. Burk has contracted to recluim this big body ot land by means of pumping statious and bus met with considerable discouragement up to receutly. He has expended a consid erable amount in experiments of var ious kinds and j worked against odds and discouragements. He persisted, however, and at last has solved the water question beyond a doubt. He bad tried various plana to get a sufficient flow. of water for his big pumping plant and more than once he thought he bad the necessary amount, only to find upon testing it that he must have a laigor flow. This he has' found and now states that at a depth of 90 feet he found sufficient water to keep his pump going with a flow of 1000 gallons per minute. Mr. Burke states that it will bo possible for his company to make proof on a portion of their selection this fall and place it on the market, but he will not likely attempt it. Tbis is one of the first selections up proved iu Oregon under the Carey act and consists of some of the finest bod ies of sagebrush land in Harney vul ley. The soil is capable of producing anything that can ue grown in the state and will be one of the most val uable tracts iu Oregon when put un der water. Tbis experiment has proven that the irrigation problem there is a simple and inexpensive one. The flow rises to within 8 feet! of tho surface but will not maintain that depth when the big pumping plant is running, being lowered to a depth between 18 and '20 feet, bnt seems to be perma nent there. This, however is but a sbortdistance to raise the wuter und. makes it cheap and practicable irri gation service that can lie depended on negardless of snowfall or other surface conditions. Are you lacking in strength and vigor? Are you weak? Are you in paiid', Do you fool all run down? The blessing of health and strength come to all who une Holl inter's .Rocky Mountain Tea. Um at Pioneer dung stiM e