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VOLUME XIX.
ATITENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1907.
NUMBER 13.
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ATHENA'S UP TO DATE STORE
ED. MANASSE. Proprietor.
We will have oar grand display of Ladies' Shirt
Waists on exhibition tomorrow
February 16th
We take orders for Tailor-made Suits. Our new
Samples are just in. Examine them.
Athena's Up To Date Store
Agent for Butterick Patterns.
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National
of Athena
CAPITAL STOCK.., ..
SURPLUS,.. .........
l. PER Ei INTEREST PAID ON TIME M
X.. MODERN BANKING FACILITIES
OFFICERS
H. O. ADAMS, President,
T. J. KIRK, Vice President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
I. M. KEMP, Ass't. Cashier.
Gut Glass - Silverware
C. A. BARRETT &
Good Groceries, Coffee
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 Perfection
Our entire stock is selected with the same care and discretion.
REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with qualitv.
DELL BROTHERS
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Bank
$50,000
20,000
DIRECTORS
H. C. ADAMS. T. J. KIRK, F. S.
Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E.
COLBERN.
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A fine line on display, One piece
of Cut Glass each year and you
will soon have a nice collection,
CO.
CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THING3 TO EAT
YET ANOTHER FLOOD
Sufficient Snow West of Town
For High Waters.
CHINOOK FREAK IN EVIDENCE
Stubble Fields to the Westward hod
Northwest Holding From Two
to Six Inches of Snow-
la the coming of the ohinook wind
several days ago a notifiable freak was
in evidence. .
The balmy wind first struck the
foothills and then swirled over a nar
row strip of territory of which Athena
is the center, extending tiom the Uma
tilla to the Colombia liver. Had the
cbinook been of geueral application as
it usually is, there would undoubtedly
have been the greatest flood in the
country's history. As it was, Wild
Horse creek at Pendleton, was higher
than ever known. , West and north
west of town, extending clear into the
Cold Springs country, there yet re
mains sufficient snow to oause an
other freshet, should weather oondi
tions be favorable. The stubble fields
are holding from two to four inchos of
paoked snow, and either a cbinook
wind or a warm rain wonld again
start water rushing down the hillsides.
Flat Salary Pays the State.
The first meeting of the new board
of trustees for the reform sohool, under
the new administration, took plaoe
Monday afternoon, says the Salem
Journal. There was nothing of un
usual or extraordinary interest in the
report, of Superintendent Looney ex
cept that the payroll for January
amounted to $906.83, or $60 less than
formerly, this amount having formerly
been divided among the board mem
bers as extra perquisites now out off
by the flat salary act.
Binger Hermann Trial Begins.
The trial of Binger j Hermanu,
charged with violation of eeotion
5108 of the federal statutes, in that he
destroyed 35 letter press copy books
while commissioner of the general
land office, began Tuesday in Wash
ington before Justioe Stafford of the
district supreme court. Milton J.
Purdy is conducting the proseoution.
A number of witnesses from the north
west have been subpoenaed.
Athena, Oregon.
and Tea
Athena, Oregon.
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LIGHT FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
Electricity Now Illuminates Athena's
Three Fire (stations
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The Athena fire department now has
an all night electrio light servioo at
the three fire stations.
The Preston-Partou Milling com
pany furnishes power for the service
gratis, the city paying for the wiriug
and installation only. The department
stations of Hose company No. 1, Hore
company No. 2 and the Hook nud
Ladder oompany are eaoh lighted with
a 32 candle power inoandesceut light,
wbioh is sufficient for all purposes.'
"The installation of the lightat
the different stations will make at
least a minute in difference in time
when making a run to" fires," said one
of the firemen. "You can see bow to
hook onto things now. Before, we
had to prowl around in the dark to
find the fire-fighting apparatus. Now
it is different."
AS IN THEJAjS OF OLD
An Athena Conveyance Creates Con
siderable Interest in Walla Walla-
"All aboard for Pendleton" was the
cry heard iu front of the Daores
hotel this morning, says the States
man. It was not the driver of the hotel
bus that was giving it either, but one
of a crowd of traveling men crowding
into a lumber wagon whiob had been
chartered to take the orowd to Pendle
ton. Many years ago, before the days of
railroads, the Stine bouse corner saw
sights like the one it saw this morniug.
Drummers iu twentieth ceutury tog
gery, farmers wno had to get home
and some Umatilla braves with war
paint on their faces to protect them
from suowburn were in the good na
tured buuoh wbioh attracted so muoh
excitement about 10 o'clock this morn
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The scheme was engineered through
by some drummers who were obliged
to get to Pendleton, but were held up
here for several days on account of
tbd washouts on the railroad lines.
The outfit belonged to J. B. Boll
and O. H. Burton, two young citizens
of Athena, aud was brought over from
that plaoe last uight for the purpose
of making the trip to Pendleton today.
The excursionists started away from
the hotel yelling and laughing. Eveu
the Indians smiled a stoical smile.
The crowd whiob gathered iu front of
the hotel gave three oheers as the start
was made which so frightened a
butober's horse left standing iu front
of the Main street market that he tore
down the street at a 2:10 lope and
was not captured until he had gone a
block.
Bell and Burton expected to cover
the 50 miles between Walla Walla
and Pouuleluu before dark, as the
roads are in fair condition.
To Foreclose Mortgage.
Will M. Peterson of this city and D.
VV. Bailey of Pendleton, attorneys for
the. First National Bank of Athena,
have brought suit for the foreclosure
of a mortgage held by the bank on a
quarter section of land owned by W.
J. Wilkinson. In addition to Wil
kinson, McCourt & Phelps, W. B.
Mitten and Louisa Horneflus are
made defendants in the suit. The
bank brings suit to foreclose by virtue
of a prior lion to that of defendants,
acquired by virtue of attachment exe
cuted ou April 21, 1906. It is alleged
the defendants were aware of the ex
istence of the mortgage and the bank's
equity iu the land in question, the de
fendants taking undue advantage of
error in description of laud cuutaiued
in the mortgage papers. The amount
for which the mortgage was given is
$500, and there is interest from 1903.
Geese Hunting Feed.
Wild geese, or Canadian brant, as
the fowls are better known, are com
ing south from their Columbia river
haunts in search of feed in the reserv
ation wheat fields. Their usual feed
ing grounds in the Horse Heaven
country and in the Cold Springs dis
trict are under snow, thus driving the
bonkers to seek new feeding grounds.
Wednesday Ira Kemp endeavored to
get within gunshot of a band by lead
ing a horse, but the birds were too
wary for him.
BUI 10 HlitAL S
The Smith Norma bill passed tbe
bouse yesterday afternoon. Tbe bill
provides for two normal schools in tbe
state with an appropriation of $75,
000 for maintenance. Tbe state board
of education aud two members of tbe
legislature are empowered to select
two schools out of tbe four now exist
NANUS SILENT ABOUT CUE
Attorneys Instruct the Pilot Bock
Editor Not to Talk.
John P. MoManus, editor of the
Pilot Book Record, who shot Bob Es
tes Saturday night in Pendleton has
been instruoted by his attorneys,
Judge Fee and J. H. Haley, not to
oouveise with anyone ou the subject of
! ha crime committed by him. As a
result, newspaper reporters have been
unable to secure an interview with
McManus, ' who sinue the shooting
has been a prisouer iu the county jail.
The Pilot Bock Becord, wbioh is
considered a good business property,
f jr the reason of its extensive ooutrol
of land office patronage, will be in
charge of G. L. Judson, au old time
newspaper man and friend of Mo
Manus, pending the trial
Court is now in session und if it
could be satisfactorily arrauged, Mo
Manus trial could be beard at once,
but it is probable that tbe case will
be carried over to the next term of
court.
TAXPAYIHG VVILLBEG1N MONDAY
The Statutory Requirements Including
Dates and Other Conditions.
The county tax rolls are ovt prac
tically complete aud Monday the col
lection of taxes will begin at the Sher
iff 's office.
The following are tbe rules regard
ing the paymeuts of taxes under tbe
present laws:
1. If you pay your taxes ou or be
fore Maroh 15, you will bo allowed a
rebate of 3 per ceut.
2. If ydu pay your taxes between
March 15 aud up to and including the
first Monday in April, there will uot
be any rebate allowed, and neither
will there be any penalty or interest
added.
3. If your taxes are uot paid ou or
before the first Monday in April, they
will become deliuqueut, whou there
will be added a penalty of 10 per ceut
and the tax will also draw interest at
the rate of 12 per cent per annum in
addition to tho peualty.
4. If you pay one half of your tax
es ou or before tbe first Monday in
April, then the remaining half may
run up to and including the first Mon
day of October following, but if tbe
last half of tax due is not paid by tho
first Monday of October, it beoomes
delinquent , nd there will be added to
such balance a penalty of 10 por cent,
and in additiou, such balance will bear
interest at the rate of 12 per cent per
annum from tbe first Monday iu April
uutil paid.
5. On all personal property taxes,
if one-half is not paid on or before tbe
first Monday in April, the Jaw compels
the sheriff to levy upon aud collect the
same after May 1 ; benoe, to preveut a
levy upon personal property after May
1 it will be necessary for one-half to
be paid as above stated.
C. The law compels tho sheriff to
sell all lands on which taxes have not
been paid, aud that such sale not be
held later than March 1 of the year
suooeeding the year iu which the tax
levy was msde.
7. The property will be soid to the
person bidding tbe lowest rate of in
terest, and certificates will 'e issued
therefor, and deeds given to suob prop
erty sold, unless redeemed within
three years from the date of euoh sale.
Branch Still Tied Up.
The Walla Walla-Pendleton branch
of the Washington division of the O.
B. & N. is still tied up and up to last
evening tbe only repair work being
done was by tbe section crews. All
work trains have been employed ou
tbe main line aud at the Juniper
washout between Umatilla and Wal
lnla. Yesterday tbe Spokane passen
ger trains Nos. 7 and 8 trauferred
passengers aud mail at Juniper. There
has been no train through Athena
since last Saturday, when a work
train passed through bound for Pen
dleton. It is marooned near Sax sta
tion, with a bad washout on each side
of it.
Funeral of Robert Estes.
.The funeral of Bobert Estes, who
was killed by Editor McManus, Sat
urday night, in Pendleton, was held
in that city luesday afternoon aud
was attended by relatives and a large
number of friends. Bobert Estes was
80 years of J age. He leaves a wife,
father, four brothers and two sisters.
ing. Beports from Salem are to the
effect that Eastern Oregon is entitled
to one of the echoois sad that reloca
tion of the Weston institution is uot
considered. Tbe fight centers with
Western Oregon and has narrowed
down to the respective merits of tbe
Asblund aud Monmouth schools.
CHDDLS AIID $75,001!
TEHPANYOF THE 9TH
Went to Old Fort Walla Walla
Away Back In '48.
ONLY ONE HOUSE IS THERE
Built an Cpera House Out of Hand
Hewed Timber and Flayed to
Pioneer Audiences.
Among the guests at the St. Nichols
hotel Wednesday waiting for convey
ance to Walla Walla, was John Tern
pany, the veteran veterinary surgeon
of tbe 9th cavalry, U. S. A., wbioh
is at present stationed at Fort Riley,
Kansas.
John Tempany, with snow white
hair and grizzled military mustache,
boars bis weight of long years of sei
vice well, and it will not be long be
fore bis tiame will be enrolled on tbe
retired list.
Sitting in the hotel lobby, the old
gentleman became retrospective and
looking back over the long ohaiu of
years liuked iu memory of the "days
of old, the days of gold," he said that
ho came to Walla Walla in '58. There
was but one house there at tbut time.
It was inhabited by an Irishman and
a Jew.
Mr. Tempauy helped build the old
fort, and from band-sawed olab-boards
taken from timber ou Mill creek, built
and played the first opera bouse Walla
Walla ever had. The stage was eveu
made out of slabs smoothed on one
side by diligeut labor with a "jack"
plane. Mr. Tempany also built tho
first opera houso in Vancouver, Wash,
aud it was constructed after the man
ner of tbe one at Fort Walla Walla.
There are but few men in Walla
Walla at the presont time who wore
there when John Tompany, veteran
soldier and pioneer first looked on ' tbe
"valley of many waters." Senator
Aukeny was there berdiug sheep aud
later laid the fouudatiou of his for
tune by operating a pack train to and
from the mines, and still later, mer
chandising iu a small way iu the up
per country.
His connection with tbe regukr
army service has taken Mr. Tempauy
into almost every fort in tbe United
States, and in the days of Indian
fighting, he passed through many
thrilliug experiences.
The 9th cavalry will goon go to the
Philippine Islands and Mr. Tempany
has toon detailed ou duty at Seattle
where he will inspect and buy borsos
for tbe government. His family reside
in Walla Walla. He is the father of
Heury Tempany, taseball player and
manager of the Walla Walla "Boost
er" team, which played a series of
games in Athena last year.
Drunkard's Wife Raided a Saloon.
A Mrs. Pearson, wife of William
Pearson, Carrie Nationed a saloon at
North Powder Mouduy evening. It
is alleged that sbo hud protested
ngaiust tbe sale of liquor to her hus
band, but without avail, and then
went out with her little hatobet. Tho
furniture was smashed, lights broken
and other damage wrought. She took
her children and came to La Grande,
and it is said, has instituted proceed
ings against tbe suloou proprietor.
La Grande Chronicle.
Stanton Returns to Helix.
Charles Stanton left last Monday
for Helix, Oie., where he will remain
for some time. Charley bus disposod
of all his interests here except his
homestead aud household goods and
bus leased bis plaoe to bis brother
Frank. He has some business inter
ests at Helix which will require hia
personal attention for awhile, hence
tbe change. Charley is a wholosouled
gonial fellow aud we regret to see him
leave Cambridge, (Idaho) News.
i Pipe Line Washed Out.
ATbe ditches holding tbe pipe line at
tao head of the city water works sys
tem have been washed out by high
water. Water Superintendent Gholsou
and men with teams have been mak
ing repairs during tbe past few days.
Tbe ditohes are being refilled with
dirt in as substantial a manner as
possible.
t A Heavy Pull. .
The roads bave become iu such u
condition that travel between thin
place aud Walla Walla is now begin
ning to be handled with hacks and
four-horse teams. Wednesday noon
there were two four-horse toams from
Walla Walla at the livery stable here,
and one Athena four-horse team on tbe
road.
Kiiui ale Your- llowcl V.'ll h Canoirotiu
Candy Cnthnrtl';, cure eoimllpatloit Mrovur.
!.2ile. If (',. C. O, fail, druggists refuti'l ...uuc
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