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TWICE-A-WEEK Tuesday and Friday FOUR PAGES TODAY Read the Ads volume xvm. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. TUEDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1906. NUMBER 80. f? GOAL FROM ALBERTA flue Ui-to-iflate Store MEM'S AND BOY'S Will Inaugurate a Sale on mm m The Sale will; include the entire stock of Men's Suits, Men's Overcoats, Boy's Suits, Boy's Overcoats, Men's 0. R! & N.. Waits for an Em ergency Rate from Spokane Pants of every description. MM f "its ...light, inj-"m "ir iui 1. "Ij.'1 iiiii" "' Mi'" ""'In""" iin' 'M hkt UUht SALE WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY 1 90S AND LASTS UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE J ust as many fine words can be written about some worthless article as about a good one. We will - not say how good our Clothing is, but we want your judgment on them. Ed Manasse invites you to call and examine for yourself. Such an opportunity to buy good, dependable Clothing at these prices will not oc- ill BE EFFECTIVE 60 DAYS women were arrested and bold for trial bat Inter ordered deported on tbe charge of insauity. A writ of prohibition was issued by tbe su preme oourt aud tbe women were in tbe King county jail when Mrs. Creffield died. Bates from Spokane will Probably Be $2 per Ton for Coal Delivered at Point in This Territory. Devil was Routed. T. H. Gourley, leader of tbe Cliurob of God's Children, or tbe People of tbe A post olio Faitb, at Seattle, in ex plaining why he and bis congregation made so much noise at nigbt that the neighbors could not aleep, said: "We see casting tbe devil ont of a woman aid in ordei to do it we weie foroed to eing aud shout It was a baid tusk, bnt I believe we accomplished tbe desired result." $17.50 Suit will sell until Xmas for-. ......$12.00 $15.00Suit will sell until Xmas for 9.90 $12.50 Suit will sell until Xmas for. .... . 8.95 $10.00 Suits will sell until Xmas for ... .. 6.90 $7.50 Suit will sell until Xmas for . . . ; 6.10 $17.50 Overcoat will sell until Xmas for ... 12.50 $15.00 Overcoat until Xmas for. .... ...... 10.20 $12.50 Overcoat until Xmas for . . , . . , k 9.90- $10.00 Overcoat until Xmas for. . . . . : , .' 6 85 $10.00 Boys' Suit "until Xmas . : ... ... . 7.35 $7.50 Boys Suits until Xmas . . ... 4.90 $5.00 Boys' Suits until Xmas. .... . . . - .'. -3.45 $5.00 Men's Pants will sell until Xmas for 3.10 $3.50 Men's Pants will sail until Xmas for 2.40 $2.75 Men's Pants will sell until Xmas for 1.85 $1.25 Boys' Long Pants will sell until Xmas .85 65c Boys' Short Pants will sell until Xmas 40c Tbe coal situation in this section of the Northwest piomises to be some what relieved by shipments of Albeita coal over the Corbin road into Spok ane and from that point over tbe Northern Paciflo and O. E., & N. lines. ' , The following telegram from Gen eral Freight Agent B. B. Miller, of tLe 0. R. & N., to general Superintendent Bums of Walla Walla, explains tbe action of that company in its efforts to secure f nel : Portland, Nov, 17, 1906. R. Burns, Walla Walla: "We have been waiting to bear from the Northern Paoiflo about emergency raies on coal from Spokane to relieve situation bnt have decided to publish rates on coal from Spokane of f 2 per ton to Pendleton and intermediate points sontb of Snake river including Pomeroy and Dayton branches. Kates will be effective as soon as we cao get permission from commission to waive thirty days notice. Alberta coal is quoted at 15.15 a ton F. O. B. cars at Spokane which would make delivered price at points in your territory $1.15 a tone and while slightly higher than Wyoming an'd Feruie coal, based on through rates to Walla Walla, $3.65 a tou on latter. , "We hope our action in making this extremely low rate will enable your people to seoure some coal they could not otberwise get and afford relief we have so earnestly desired f nrnisbed. Am informed by mines that they can furnish coal and now have up with Oorbin line question of equipment. Have asked Mohler for names of miues and will advise yon so you can put your people in direct touch with them. Rates will be effective iu a period of sixty days. "R. B. Millet" -The Alberta mines have plenty of coal and tbe only obstacle in the way of seonring fuel for, this section at onoe is iu getting permission of tbe interstate, commission to, grant the waiving of tbe usual thirty day notioe for emergency rates. Superiotedennt Burns will notify Agent Dobie, local agent of tbe O. R &N., when tbe rates go into effect, also the names of tbe different Alberta mines so that local fuel dealers may get into correspondence with tbe miue owners. Fuel at Helix Herald: Helix will soon have an abundant supply of fuel as Smith & MoEaoberu have been doing some tall hustling. Tbey have secured 800 cords of wood and have been promised at least two cars more of coal, bnt tbey are not sure about that part. Tbey hope for the best, but they kuow tbey will get tbe wood as fast as it cau be shipped. . $24,000 Land Deal At 2 o'olook Saturday afternoon 480 acres of land belonging to tbe estate of the late Mrs. Figg Thompson was sold at the court bouse by Attorney Carter, administrator of the estate. The land was bid in by Joseph Hans ootnb at 124,600which is a trifle over 51 per acre. The land is located 10 miles northwest of tho city. East Oregonian. '?. fif teen feet from tbe top of tbe ground. Fraux brought home with him one of the boues, which measured four feet in length and over 13 inches in cir cumference. Tbe remainder of the skeleton was found to be very much decayed. Rates Have Taken Effect Robert Bnrna, of tbe O. R. & N. com pany, announces that the new inter state freight rate which has been under consideration by bis company for some time, went into effect Thurs day, Nov. 15. Tbe new tariff is a material decrease ; from the old rate. In regard to rates with reference to distance there is a substantial reduc tion. All points on tbe O. B. & N. in Washington, Oregon and Idaho come under the new tariff. UilLlfiG QUEST Brittan in Mexico Finds Only Another False Clue. ' Dairy Stock Tbe dairy stock of Umatilla county aud other sections of tbe state is being improved, bnt tbe herds need con tinued Improvement for years to come. , Only the best breeds of stock and those especially adapted to the purposes in band, should be kept It costs no more to keep a first class auimal than one that is not worth one third as muoh iu a dairy. Dairy men and farmers are realizing this, and acting acoordiugly. Echo Regis ter. The Brotherhood ot Owls A new fraternal order, the Brother hood of Owls, has been instituted at Walla Walla, with a charter member ship of over 800 members. H. L. Leavitt is the founder and president of the order, whjoh will have its per manent headquarters iu Walla Walla. INFORMATION SENT RY LAVYER Information States that Child Other Than One Lost at Toll , Gate Last Summer. Ii CASTLE ROCK ABOUT DONE FOR WARM INDICATIONS! AT HELIX The prices we are makiug'on this Clothing will warrant yon iu buying to supply your wants for the future, as the values arefcette than ever before offered in Umatilla county, and we are here to prove it. First come, first served. .'" - ; ' ' ' . . ' v ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. THE UP-TO-DATE STORE, cAthena, Oregon Cowlitz River Cuts Channel Through i Heart of Little City. Castle Rook, a little town on tbe Cowlitz river, has just passed through the most terrible experience in its history as a community. Nearly ooe half of tbe town has beeu wiped ont by tbe unprecedented winter freshet of the Cowlitz river. Friday morning practically 50 per cent of tbe town was still under water, altbongh tbe flood bad fallen four feet from midnight. Two thuds of the town was at one time in f nil possession of a raging torrent- wbioh as it reoedod left tbe main street lull of debris of every imaginable charac ter. Great holes have been torn iu many of tbe streets, the underlying strata of qnicksand having been swept, out by the flood. ( The river baa out an entirely new channel through tbe priuoipal resi- deuoe section from tbe Metoalf Sbiugle company's mill directly to the rock, partially undermining the mill and cutting out under tbe new school- bouse foundation, roiniug tbat costly two-story strnoture beyond hope. Between 80 and 10 houses in tbe di rett path of tbe freshet were swept to the ocean. Some 40 houses are now on the other side of the river. Many bouses are a total wreck. Two Mass Meetings Held at Which ' City Tickets Were Nominated. The Helix oity eleotion takes place Tuesday, December 4. At a mass meeting held last Wednesday after noon tbe following were nominated on tbe people's ticket: Mayor, A. B. Montgomery oounoil- men, a. a. Alonmond, s. x. Isaacs, Ira Julien ; Recorder, M. A. Fergu son; marshal, John T. Griawold; treasurer, C. E. Bott. Thursday a second convention was hold by another lot of the citizens of the town who were not present at the first assembly and they organized by electing J. W. Smith for chairman and D. H. Bayne for seoretary. They nominated the following tioket in op position to the first tioket. Mayor A. B. Montgomery; council- men, M. lu. Morrison, w. a. Aioee, Dr. F. A. Lieuallen; recorder, M. A..-Ferguson; marshal, Charles A. Logan; treasurer, C. K Bott. This tioket will be kuowu as the "Citizen's Ticket." Cook is Removed L. S. Cook, superintendent of the State Portage road at Celilo Falls, has been removed, obarged with grafting by forcing the names on vouohers and paddiug the payrolls. Tbe mystery surrounding the disap pearanoe of little Cecil Brittan from the Toll Gate last Jnly is as far from being oleared , as ever, says tbe Walla Walla Bulletin. Mrs. Irittan receiv ed a message from Robert L. Brittan this morning stating that his quest for bis missing son in New Mexico result ed in no end. The father went to New Mexioo Monday afternoon, lured by the hope that a small saupsbot photograph he had received was tbat of his missing boy, but the word re ceived would tend to show tbat it was only another of the will o' tbe wisps tbat tbe frantic parents have been fol lowing ever since tbe disappearance. The message stated : "It is not Ceou. Will start home tonight." It was sent from Albuquerque and dated at 8:30 iu the inorniug. Mr. Brittan has spent nearly all be owned in tbe fruitless search for some traoe of the missing boy and has gone on numerous journeys in tbe hope of finding the lad. He has made trips to Chicago, St. Louis, Salt Lake, and now to New Mexioo, followiug some clue tbat promised to lead to some thing in tbe end only to find that tbe facts had been! misrepresented. v His last trip was taken with JNew Mexioo as the objective point. From letters received in Walla Walla from Albuquerque, Mr. Brittan was almost sure that be bad found the boy at lust, as the letters were very carefully worded to make sure tbat tbe reward would be paid to tbe person having the child or recovering it. Several of these letters, aooompauied finally cy a photograph, showing a boy greatly ro sembling Ceoil, convinced Mr. Brittan tbat he would find bis missing son in New Mexioo, where be had . been ; taken by a band of kidnappers. Mr. Brittan left Monday, keeping his des tination seoret, as he wished to sur prise tbose having tbe child and to give them no warning of his corning. The clue that he followed seems to have been a false one, as tbe lad in New Mexico proved to be other than his son. Most people now believe the disap pearance is only one or the many mysterious occurrences which nave taken plaoe in tbe Blue Mountains, the majority of which remain unsolved, even thongh years have passed. SPECIAL MUSIC AT CHURCH THEY LOST THE TRAIL WAGON DISCUSS RAVAGES OF DISEASE SEATTLE STEAMBOATS COLLIDE Prof J. B. Henry Is Now Director of Baptist Church Choir Farmer Has Optical Illusion and Mis takes Vehicle for Coyotes. Masses will Receive Benefit of Dis cussion and reductions. Steamer Six binks, Carrying With Her Forty-One People. Good Groceries, Coffee and Tea J Sunday evening at the Baptist churoh a feature of the services was the special music. Prof. J. S. Henry, Prof. Frank Henry and O. A. Cannon rendered ohoioe instrumental selec tions, and with Mrs. J. D. Plamon don at the organ, aooompauied an ex. cellent choir. Those who assisted in the oboir were: Mrs. Edward Bar rett, Mrs. Edward Payne, Mrs. Howe, and Miss Lula Gross, sopranos; Mrs. M. L. Watts. Mrs.1 O. G. Chamber lain. Miss Mae Gross, altos; Mr. J. W. Wilkinson of Walla Walla, aud Mr. Walter Judy, tenors; Geo. Bannister, Mr. G. B. Kidder, Mr. Charles BetU and Mr. Fred Eoontz, bass. Special music is hereafter to be riven iu all Snuday services at tbe Baptist obuich. Prof. J. S. Henry has been engaged to rebearso and di rect tbe choir. On next Sunday night union services will . be held at the Baptist church, and on this ocoasiou the choir of tbat church and tbe ohoirs of tbe Christian and Methodist EDisconal churches will be heard in chorus. On next Thursday evening tbe three choirs will meet together for rehearsal of church songs. In this trinity should the grocer build his business temple. The " difficulty is not great but it is exceedingly difficult to build well without these 3 things. We have highest grade goods in every line Each Article ?the Acme of ?erfe Our entire stock is selected with the same care and discretion. REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with quality. rr DELL BROTHERS CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT Mjthena, Oregon. Here's one on D. C. Baker, M. L. Watts' cenial and capable ranoh foreman. Sunday Mr. Watts aud his foreman, Baker, went to tbe Marion Jack plaoe with a four horse team, and started home with a threshing machine feed er. As a part of the equipment there was a two-wheeled cart wbicb was made fast behind ou tbe principle ot a trail wagon. The day was cold and tbe men took turns walking and driving. Just whose turn to walk is not positively known, but anyway Mr. Watts was ou tbe seat when he looked back and saw Baker trudt'u along behind but the trail wagoi was missing. "Where's the owt?'; inquired Watts. "Well I'll be dadblamed," exolamed Baker. "I'll be blamofetcbed if I seen it as I passed by. Tbe only thing I noticed was a band ot coyotes back there som'ers." . Tbe cart was found on a hill about a auarter of a mile back, and as Baker was tbe man who went atter it, the boys in town do not believe Watts was trailing behind tbe . vehicle when it was lost. At tbe Hotel Astor in New York Whitman Trounced Idaho Slow playing, fumbles and an abnndanoe of punting characterized the Whitman-Idaho football contest Saturday afternoon, in which Whit man players defeated the visitors by tbe close margin of 6 to 5. Tbe features of the game were the success ful forward passes by tbe Mosoow team, Robertson, the quarter, ac ouratelv making a difflonlt throw to George Armstrong at right end, Whitman attempted the forward pass once early in tbe rgame, but made a ' : Thanksgiving Masquerade Ball Owine to tbe announcement of tbe Weston Thanksigving ball for Wed uesday evening, Nov. 28, the Thanks eiviuK masquerade ball iu Athena will iie given at tbe opera bouse on Friday evenine. Nov. 80. Ibis date is seleoted so as not to conflict with tbe Westou balL signal tailure play. and abandoned the new Holy Roller Woman Dead. Maud Hurt Creffield accomplice of Esther Mitchell, who shot and killed George Mitchell, died Saturday in tbe Seattle jaiL After Mitchell shot and killed Joshua Creffield, tbe notorious Holy Roller leader, tbe two women concocted a plan to murder Mitchell ard Esther shot her brother in the union depot, after be had- been cleared Soldier was Remorseful Beoause be took to heart a severe reprimand given by an officer for in temperance, Private J. C ijtepneos or Fort Walla Walla attempted to com mit suicide . by slashing his throat with a razor. The soldier was ts moved to the post hospital and it is believed that be will live. of tbe charge of murdier. The scores of eminent medical men, public health offloials, legislators, clergymen and representatives of foreign govern inents, with others interested, in the general welfare of humanity, as sstntled for tbe point session of tbe American International congress on Tuberculosis and tbe Medico-Legal Sooiety of New York. Tbe chief object of tbe meeting, which was held under tbe sauction of tbe United States government, is tbe information and urging of legislation to prevent tuberoulosis. Incidentally there was scientific discussion of tbe disease and tbe later discoveries, rela ive to its treatment aud presentation Tbe personnel of the congress was suob'as to give weight to its delibera tions and conclusions. The roll call showed an attendance of many modi cal men and others of national or in ternational reputation. Dr. F. E. nnninl. of Austin. Texas, vresidont of tbe oongress, delivered his presidential address, in tbe course of which he set forth the alarming and ever in creasing spread of the disease aud tbe necessity for the co-operation of all Governments in legislative and other measures for its prevention. Tbe congress disonssed every stage and symptom of tuberculosis. New and powetfol light was turned on muny phases of tbe disease, and it is intended to enlighten tbe masses con cerning it. Preventive legislation was urgrd, also governmental and muni cipal sanitariums throughout tbe world. Boards of health, state and provincial medical societies and medi co-legal organizations throughout America and Enrope was asked to co operate in tbe movement. A feature of tbe congress was re ports regarding a great number of special sanitariums and open air camps in . this county. The model camp, known as Camp Piny Woods, in Sullivan country, New York, was studied; alao Saranao Lake, tbe City of Last Hope, the army sanitarium for cousffmptives at Fort Bayard, N. Y., aud other places where tuberculosis is being scientifically treated. Zeke Matthews, Pendleton's veteran Finds Bones of Mastodon While on Pine creek north of Town Sunday, Frank Swaggart discovered tbe bones of a mastodon. At tbe niaca where the discovery was made, the decayed tones were in a strata of clay iu the creek bank and about I tonsorial aiJtiit, was in town Saturday. In a collision between the steamship Jean nie, belongiug to the Alaska Coast company, Captain P. a. Mason, and the Puget Sound steamer Dix, belonging to the Alki Point Transpor tation company, 41 people were drowned at Seattle Sunday night. There were 79 passengers on board. The cause of tbe accident was a misunderstanding of signals, i Tbe Jeannie struck tbe Dix on her star board side just abait midships, and .. keeled her over. She filled with water, then righted and went ' down . stern first, sinking within five min utes of the time of tbe collision. Tbe Dix was on her way to Pott Blakelcy from Seattle, and tbe Jeannie was going from Smith Cove to Tacoma to uuload ore for tbe smelter. Tbe 1 Jeannie was not in jnred in the least and no member of hor crew was lost. Tbe master of the Dix was saved. The collision oocurred while - the Sonnd was almost as smooth as a mill- pond and after tbe boats had , beeu steaming within eignt of eaob other for a quarter of an hour. Tbe Jeannie was backing when sho collided with tbe Dix and tbe impact was very slight. Tbe Dix was struck aft of amidship on tbe starboard side. She listed heavily to port for a brief period, righted herself, then sank stern first. There was hardly time to launch life rafts or boats before she was almost entirely submerged. ' 'Passengers jumped from the decks iuto the water ; women screamed and . officers and men called orders that could hardly be heard above tbe din. The passengers of the Dix who coul,d swim made their way to the sides of the Jeannie and. wyra, dragged aboard. The Jeannie was not- moved until after all who bad reaobed ber had been ie-:n hauled aboard. Then she orn'sed about, picking up several who had managed to stay above . water. It wa after 10 o'clock when the Jeanuie left tbe scene of tbe catastrophe a;id steamed to the Virginia street dock, Seattle, with her 89 survivors. i ' Settle Up. xnose Knowing tnernseives to te in debted to Wm.'MoBride, the druggist, are expected to call aud settle by Oc tober 16. Otberwise cost of collec tion may be added. . , V " ;: '.--"it ': i I i v. " i. i s i 1 I