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FRIDAY. oEPTEMBKR 2. 1904. • ♦ • • ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦ » » f » » : ♦ I » » * » » ► : I » » » ♦ » I » è » » ♦ ♦ *-*-*-*- ♦ Exclusive Perfumes We make specialty of unu- sual perfumes— the rare and imported tuat are not found in most drug stores. Our line of perfumes will appeal especial ly to those fastidious folks who wish to affect a distinctive odor unlike those iu everyday use. The popular and latest crea tions of Fiver. Roger & Gullet, Pinaud. Hudnut, etc. : i ♦ ♦ * : LE TREF1.E. VELDT BLU MES’. YADMA. CYPRESIA, CHYPRE. AIM EE. MONAL ISA. F. W. SCHMIDT ■ RELIARLE 1 R : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ MANY PROPERTY OWNERS A. D. Stillman, attorney for the com pany. “and the stockholders are all residents of Birch creek. There is an old ditch in operation now and this will be utilized by the new company. The principal object of the corpora tion is to clear up old rights and reg ulate the water supply so that all consumers may have an equal show.” BUTTER CREEK ALFALFA. Mayor Esteb Imposes On Stranger's Credulity in a Mild Manner. Echo. Aug 29.—A day or two ago L A Esteb, Elcho s mayor, took out a stranger to show him the sights They stopped al Fred Andrew's place a mile west of Echo Eighty acres of alfalfa just commencing to bloom and knee high Io a tall man, stretched out before them. With the dark, rich green of the leaves and the beauty and fragrance of the bloom it was enough to make a person enthusiastic. When the stranger learned that 41- tons (two crops) had already been harvested to the acre from the field, and that the third cutting would yield at least 21« tons to the acre, beside giving tiue pasturage for the next several months, he expressed his untsiunded admiration "But how does he get it so smooth? It is as smooth as a floor." said the stranger. "Don’t give it away," an swered Esteb. "but Andrews don’t do a thing but look over his field all day to find uneven places, and then after dark he sneaks out with sheep shears and trims it up level ." It certainly is one of the star places on the meadows. It will yield from six to seven and a half tons of alfalfa |ier acre this year, which at $6 a ton means that it will yield a revenue of about $4o an acre. It was formerly saltgrass land and the thorough irrigation has produced an exceedingly heavy stand of alfalfa that has killed out the saltgrass. The alfalfa is constantly improving the texture and quality of the soil in getting humus into it. It would be hard to find a better alfalfa district than The Meadows and Butter creek —Fred Lockley. EQUALIZING ASSESSMENTS. ARE AFFECTED. Townsite of the Village Occupies 100 Acres in Center of a Section—Parts of the Site Are Located in Four | Quarters of the Section—Fences : and Lines Were Out of "True.-- and I Many Disputes Resulted. Geary Kimbrell has filed in the of fice of the county surveyor the plat and description of the result of the special survey made of section 16. town 3 north, range 29. by request of the city of Echo. The townsite of Echo consists of approximately 100 acres of land lying approximately in the center of the section—in fact, parts of the site are found in the four quarters. The sec tion has never been accurately sub divided. and for that reason the lines of the additions have never jibed or been in proper relation to the origin al townsite. the section, or to each other. This condition has been fast lead ing to misunderstandings and argu ments. with the certain prospect in sight of litigation and heavy expense ultimately confronting property own ers unless an early settlement of the discordance was effected—hence the special survey. Mr. Kimbrell -began at the very foundation—which, indeed, was the only legitimate place to begin, and re subdivided the section and resurvey ed the old townsite and the four ad ditions in relation to the subdivision- al points. The three additions are the Brassfield, the Halstead and the Koontz. In addition it was necessary to establish more determinate limits for the railroad yards. The yards are 14 o < jx 325 feet in size, and hitherto no two plats of the yards tallied with each other, while one of the old plats actually credited the company with owning ground 1600 feet in length. In fixing the metes and bounds of the company’s property Mr. Kimbrell used the company's starting points, which corresponded with the outside metes fixed by the government sur vey, and the descriptions, and then let his lines come out arbitrarily. One result of the survey was to find that the cannery grounds were 75 feet out of .“true.” being to one side that much. All the company im provements were found to be within the holdings of the company, so the difference will not entail loss, as there are no fences to be moved. The addition most out of “jibe” is the Halstead, where several fences are from five to six feet out of line, and several houses are from a few inches to several feet oft the legal boundaries. The most extensive one discrepancy was found in relation to the property of F. W. Hendley. His lots ail lie on one side of the addition, and the ad dition as a whole, was found to be 12 feet out of “plumb.” However, as Mr. Hendley's property lies next to an outside street, it is not likely that he will be allowed to lo6e the ground; he certainly will not be if the general custom is followed of vacating the street or just enough of it to recom pense him in the amount of space which he unwittingly has invaded the city’s property. Mr. Kimbrell also established the grades for Main, Dupont, Bridge and Kennedy streets, and left the city with enough authoritative data to go ahead and found public improvements upon. NEW DITCH COMPANY. Birch Creek Farmers Revive Old Ditch to Reclaim More Land. That all consumers in the locality may have an equal share of the water, the farmers of lower Birch Creek have organized the Birch Creek Irrigation Company. R. C. Hinton is the prime mover in the company, and the capital stock is $5000. It is the intention of the corpora tion to build new ditches and to main tain and operate them. Water will be taken from Birch creek. “The project is not extensive,” said groom house and one lot, 1800. or will take In exchange, horses, wag ons, poultry or anything of value. Two business propositions on Main street. We have anything you want in real estate and It will cost you noth ing to investigate. E. T. WADE & SON, Office E. O. Building. Joseph Vey Asks That $5000 in Notes and Accounts Be Taken From Rolla. The county board of equalization, composed of County Judge H. J Bean. Assessor C. P Strain and Clerk Saling. went into session this morn ing. So far today but one protest against an assessment has been made. Joseph Vey appeared and asked the board to strike out the assess ment of $5000 against certain notes and accounts. * _e request was taken under advisement. It is confidently expected that sev eral strong protests will be made, but there is no indication today of any more objections being filed. The board will be in session daily during the week. CONNERLY FARM SOLD. Three Quarter Section of Wheat Land Bring $10.000. G. Neuman this afternoon purchas ed from William Connerly 4S0 acres of wheat land lying eight mil ¿ mi south east of Pendleton, for $10.000, spot cash. The farm is one of the best in that locality. The sale was made through E. T. Wade & Son. Bought Yearling Muttons. Herbert Boylen. representing the First National Bank, has sold to Frye- Bruhn. represented by L. D Hoy. 650 head of fine yearling muttons. ECHO’S BIG WELL ENORMOUS FLOW OF WATER AT 22 FEET. they can be found at their new home I:’ the eastern part of town. AI kiui !1 ► eight months ago Mr Vinson went io O o Aberdeen. Wash., and from there down into lower California in search nt health and a better location The foinur lie did not find, and the lat ter lie concluded to swap even for a 11 belter half. He then returned to Millon to erect a house, which wax completed a week or 10 days ago. FROOME BARN WAS FOREHEAD SHATTERED— when he wrote for Mrs. Vinson to BODY WARM WHEN FOUND. ERECTED IN 1869 come on. as “all things were ready ’’ Mr. Vinson owns three acres of hoi Unknown Assassin Thought to Have tom land set to berries and peaches Was Erected on Present Site by Wal which will liear their first crop next Ambushed the Boy and Fired at year. lace Goodwin, a Son of Mrs. A. M. Close Range—Was Not Known to Raley, One of Pendleton's Earliest BREVITIES. Have Had an Enemy—Young El Pioneers—Has Been Occupied by lis Lived Alone With His Mother, Many Successive Liverymen—Geo. Mrs. Georgia Rudia, of Ritter, is Near Fletcher’s Mill on Weston Froome Has Occupied it Continu a guest of Hotel Bickers today. Mountain—Sheriff Taylor Making ously Since 1897. Miss Stella Barker, of Meacham, Is an Investigation. a guest at Hotel St. George today. OF PENDLETON ♦ Lying iu the dust where he fell, the lifeless body of Christopher Col mu bus Ellis, 20 years of age, the victim of an unknown assassin, was found on a lonely mountain road Sunday morn ing. The corpse was still warm when discovered, but no trace of the one who committed the deed has so far beeu discovered. The scene of the tragedy is on Weston mountain, about 16 miles southeast of Milton. The coroner’s jury yesterday after noon failed to establish any facts further than that Ellis came to bis death from the effects of a wound in the head, inflicted evidently with a shotgun Sheriff T D. Taylor left Pendleton this morning to make a personal investigation of the affair Ellis lived with his mother in a small cabin, halt a mile from Fletch er’s sawmill. Shortly before 10 o’clock yesterday morning he started to walk to a neighbor s, three miles away. Fifteen minutes later bis dead body was discovered by G. G. Shelby, a mountaineer. The wound in the forehead showed that the boy had been shot by someone in front el him. The body was unmolested. Ellis was unarmed when he left home and no trace of a weapon was found near the corpse. Footprints May Give Clew. Footprints of a second person were found entering the road half a mile back of the place where Ellis was murdered. The tracks passed the body and disappeared into the deep woods. 50 yards further on. The foot prints were found further back, where they again emerged into the road. Young Ellis is not known to have had an enemy in the world. He was of a retiring disposition and little was known of him His mother de dares that her son did not kee; company with any girl and the offic era scout the idea of a love affair having any bearing on the case. The fact that the corpse was not touched indicates that robbery was not the motive of the assassin I am at a loss to know just where the murderer was when the shot was fired,” said Justice of the Peace J. L. Miller, of Milton, who acted as deputy coroner. “The footprints that passed the body show that the second person did not pause, and in firing one gen erally stops for a moment. Then, too, Ellis was shot through the front of the bead. This would leave one to believe that the person who fired the shot was hidden in the brush by the side of the road." The people of the neighborhood are I wrought up over the killirg. and a thorough search is be.ng made in the hope of establishing a clue that ’/ill serve to enlighten the mystery. The Weston mountain country has been the scene in the past of sev eral mysterious murders Several years ago Jack Keith, a mixed-blood, who worked at Fletcher's sawmill, disappeared. Months afterward a skull pierced with a bullet, was found in a lonely ravine by Frank Saling. the present county clerk. The skull is believed to have been Kieth's. For the murder of Petrie, in a cabin a tew miles distant from the scene of the Ellis tragedy. Frank Fletcher and Peter Gaskill served terms tn the state penitentiary. J. P. Nelson Explains How the Under NEWS OF MILTON. ground Currents From the Umatilla River Supply Echo's Well, When Horse Died of Typhoid Fever—The Sick Are All Convalescing—Sale of the River is Dry—City Will Soon Seven Hundred-Acre Farm—Selling Be in Condition to Supply All Res Out to Move to California—Second idents With Excellent Water. Crop Strawberries—Birth of Sons to Four Families—Arrival of Presi Echo, August 29.—The well which dent Parry. is to provide Echo with its public wa Milton. Aug. 28.—Seventeen car er system has been dug to a depth of 22 feet. It has a diameter of 12 feet loads of fruit, consisting of apples, and there is about eight teet of water peacnes, pears and plums, were ship- 'ped from this place last week. now in the well. At about 15 feet an abundant One of Polo Beaumont's fine horses stream of water was encountered in died last Thursday morning from ty the gravel and a five norse power phoid fever. There are several cases gasoline engine was employed to around here this fall, but this is the keep the water pumped out, so the first case that has proven fatal. well could be dug to a depth of 22 Nora Kelley and Mrs. George Fox feet. Planking will be driven to of inflammatory rheumatism, W J. keep the tides from gradually cav Chastain and Mrs. Fred Evans of ap ing in. pendicitis, Joe Hoskins of typhoid J. P. Nelson, who is digging the fever, are all convalescing. well, explaining the fact of the great J. Fortier of California, and J Col amount of water, said: "About a mile ter of Coin, Iowa, are here with a above here the river loses a consider view of locating. able amount of its volume. It flows Robert T. Vancil, who has been in underground through the gravel the real estate business with A. E which underlies this section and en Troyer, has accepted a position at ters the river about half a mile below the Fletcher lumber yard in Freewa town. ter. "When the river bed Is dry as it is Fred Freudig is disposing of his now- under the bridge, you will find household goods, at private sale. He, water flowing in the river bed below with his family, will leave in a short here. The meadows and this vicinity time for the southern part of Califor are as a sponge, which gradually re nia. leases the water. Three crates of fine, large straw "When the gravel underlying Echo berries were In the market here last is saturated, more flows down the Thursday; second-crop berries. regular river channel, but there is Dan Kirk and family, Frank Pen always and underflow irrigation go nock and family, and Mrs. Mayberry ing on here. and family have returned from the “We will put in a 10 or 12 horse mountains. power engine to supply the city with Steve Tumbridge and W. S. May water.” berry nailed the covers on 1100 prune crates last Wednesday, or a carload. STOOD THIN. Visitors: Will Burk and Sam Sto- fer of Waitsburg. Mrs. Kate Rhine Wheat Was Also Smutty, But Yield hart, Carl Dlttebrant, Grace Clark, ed Over Forty Bushels. John Smith, J. C. Curry and wife, A field of wheat that is almost a and Offner, the fruit man, of Walla iecord breaker, when the conditions Walla. A coyote got into Christian Rogers’ are all weighed, was 75 acres belong ing to French Crlegler, near Athena chi'ken park last Tuesday morning This wheat stood thin on the ground, just at daybreak, while Mr. Rogers and the most liberal estimates were ■'■a.i at breakfast, and killed 23 of his that it would yield 25 bushels per fine, large Wyandotte chickens. It came again last Friday morning and acre. As soon as operations were fairly killed five more. A peculiarity about under way, however, the men “began it was that it just killed them for to have their suspicions” from the the fun of it, as not a chicken was » extreme development of the heads, eaten or carried oil. Arthur Ferguson sold 700 acres of and the field threshed out a few pounds over 40 bushels to the acre. land, about nine miles alxive town, to Further, this wheat was slight!' John McEwen last week for $13,800. The Bank of Milton, owing to the smutty, with the usual result that increase in business, has to have i he grain was a little shrunken. more room, hence is putting In a new- counter and other fixtures. Thirteen Additions to Church. To Mr. and Mrs. A. Ferguson, the There were 13 additions to the Methodist Episcopal church at Echo 24th, a boy; to Mr. and Mrs. J. Ad yesterday. The ceremony of taking kins. the 21th, a boy; to Mr. and Mrs these people into the church was Collin McEwen, the 18th, a lioy; to conducted by Rev. Jennette, assisted Mr and Mrs. Peter Harmon, the by Rev. G. W. Rigby. There were 24th, a boy. The newly elected president of several other candidates for baptism who were kept away by various un Columbia college, Rev. Ixiuls Perry, avoidable causes, and still more are arrived here iast week, and ctaere I probationers who will qualify later upon hit» duties. He comes highly on. The M. E. church at Echo is re 'c<omm< nded. Emmett Vinson’s wife came up garded as one of the strongest coun try churches in the county. from San Francisco last Friday and E. J. MURPHY Indians on the Umatilla reservation are said to I m - protesting because of the use of combined harvesters on their allotments. < barging that they do not secure the straw tor feeding purposes that they would were the stationary threshing machines operat ed. Most of the Indians rent their lands to white men. and it is alleged by the renters who operate combines, that the small threshing machine op erators. are responsible largely for the discontent among the slwashes "I have farmed lands on the reser vation for a number of ygars,” said E L Smith of this city, "and I was one of the first to operate a combine 1 have never had any trouble with my Indians as a result. They get just as much straw as formerly and their land is left in better condition. "The scattering of the straw in half wagon loads over the fields serves to fertilize the soil. When It Is placed in one or more big stacks, it robs the rest of the soil and over-enri-hes the spot where the s'raw is piled. Where the Indians run stock in the fields, the animals can get at fhe straw bet ter where it is scattered about. This is noticeable In stormy weather. The stronger animals crowd the weaker ones away from the stacks and the unfortunates stand huddled in the open weather, unable to secure food. When there are countless small bunches of straw they can all find places to feed "Around Athena and Adams are where the Indians are complaining, if they are complaining at all The man with the small machine circu lates the idea among the Indiars that the combined harvesters leave no feed for the stock, so that he may se cure the privilege of running his thresher. It is not the Indian, it is the unscrupulous white who is caus ing all the trouble.” Springs Country. Thoroughly Drenched in Part. A heavy rainstorm last Saturday about 2:30 p m swept a limited area of the Cold Springs country It drift ed from the general direction of the Juniper country toward the north east The wind was light, being just heavy enough to carry the rain be fore it Th- principal damage *a.« to wash out the roads and lighter crossings Some wheat-so much of the crop as had not yet been harvested, was somewhat damage»! It is estimated that 5 per cent of the entire area sown In the territory covered by the rain will be more or less bleached, but the wind was not heavy enough to.lodge II The path of the storm was not more than three-fourths of a mile across, and apparently six or seven miles long Secretary of the Treasury Addresses About 3000 People at the Garden City. Saturday Night. Secretary of the United States Treasury Leslie M Shaw, and one ot the leading republicans of the United Slates, addressed an audience o’, about 3000 people < n the political Is- rues of the day at Walla Walla. Sat urday night. The meeting was held on the court house lawn and wa« one of the most enthusiastic political gatherings over held In the city. Secretary Shaw left Walla Walla for Seattle Immediately after his ad dress. the train having been held for him to finish. A S Vermillion, the Salt latke lruggist who wax found dead in his room Wednesday, did not commit ani lide. as was supposed, but was mur lered, as disclosed by the autopsy. : BATHE I NOW Has a Cancer. R. G. Clark and wife, of Ukiah, were In town a few days ago en route to Walla Walla, where Mrs. Clark will undergo treatment for a breast cancer. She was In the Walla Walla hospital several weeks last winter lor the same ailment and came home apparently cured, but the cancer has regrown during the summer. • Tailman A- Co.’s window • • xays so. It talks this week. * J Talks about Bath Brushes. Bath J • Mittens, Bath and Toilet Soaps. • • s Sponge Bags, Perfum ? ; ed Waters. Toilet Powders, etc. J • This window Is well posted on J • Lath and Toilet requisites. • a (<>me in and listen. Season • Cured at Hot Lake. J right. Assortment complete. £ Peter Nessler has returned from • Prices correct • Hot I»ake, where he haB been taking treatment for rheumatism. After five weeks spent there he Is a practically ■ ured man, but mourns the loss of five weeks' time in the busiest and LEADING DRUGGISTS Z most profitable season In the year. ! Mr. Nessler is a Cold Springs farmer. ••••••••••••ssesssessssses : Tallman (Sb Co.: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ This week and next will wind up our clearance sale of summer goods. Prices are cut to bedrock. Don’t % miss the chance to buy cheaper than ever before. THE FAIR. < > < > LET US SUPPLY YOU WITH OREGON STATE FAIR Building I ! Material Dltnensios lumber of all de aeri pttoas. Sash, Doors, Bi Inda. Moulding, Building and Tar Paper 44th Annual Exhibit Salem. Oregon ♦ BRING YOUR BILL TO U8 AND GET OUR FIGURES. September 12 to 17,1904 ♦ ♦ ♦ Grays Harbor Commercial Co. : : < 4 ♦ • : : : I ♦ : : Ì BANO MUSIC. HCUXX) IN PREMIUMS. MAGNIFICENT STOCK ♦ SHOW. A FINE CAMP GROUND WITH GOOD ATTRACTIONS. SPLENDID FRESH WATER PIPED INTO THE RACING. ROOM GROUNO. BEST OF FOR ALU PLENTY OF SHADE. GOOD STREET CAR SERVICE AND LOTS OF EN. TERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY. NO EFFORTS HAVE BEEN SPARED TO MAKE THIS YEAR S r AIR SURPASS ALL PREVIOUS EXHIBITS. TAKE A WEEK OFF AND ENJOY THE EVENT OF THE YEAR. w »aaaaaaa»aaaa»a»>aa»»a»»aaaaaa»aaaaaaaaaa»»» "LIKE THE OLD FRUIT FAIRS" 1 t ELEVENTH ANNUAL Spokane Interstate Fair A. NOLTE Spokane, October 3 to 9 Phone Mala »51. With Large D'«plays in all Department*. $2.000 Offered for Fruit and Fruit Exhibit*. More than $30.000 in Premium« and Prix«. $12.000 in Pura«. Five or More Exciting Races Each Day. Downtown Carnival Each Night. Fifth Regiment British Artillery Band. Free High Clas« Vaudeville Attraction« Daily. Fine Mineral Display. Dog Show. Art Exhibit« Etc^ Etc. Remember—Low Rat« and Special Excursions on all Rilroad«. r list and race ROBERT H COSGROVE. Secretary and Manager. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a MOVING We are moving our xtock into our new room, where we will be in better position to display our splendid line of new goods Our rule hss always been to sell lower than competitors, and we will coni lime the policy. In moving we find we have some odds and ends of various different line* which we will sell at cost and below in order to clean up our stock. In our new store will be found a large, bright, fresh assort- ment of furniture, mattresses, springs, coaches and rockers, chairs. etc. WE WANT YOUR STOVE TRADE, and can furnish you with a lietter and more satisfactory heating or cuok stove than any store in Pendleton Come in and be the judge. 4 A carl.md of new goods just in. V. STROBLE 210 Court Street ••••••ooeoeeoooeeeoooooeee i < ► ¿ Cooc«aloQ privileges for sale Write for premium t Program. SHAW AT WALLA WALLA. 1 > FINAL SALE Cold i 121 Court Street ...................... AGAINST COMBINES Say the Scattered Straw Prevents Them From Getting Full Benefit of Feed—E L. Smith. Who Used First Combined Harvester on the Reser vation, Says the White Men Operat ing Stationary Machines Cause of the Trouble—Combines Are Really Better for the Indians and the Land. ' I PHOENIX PURE PAINT WHY? Mrs Frank llanlen, of Meacham, is registered at the St George today. Mrs E Mclthea. of Milton, is at the Bickers while in the city for a short 1 ■ it E Woody and family expect to nove to Ath na to reside perma nently. J A. Horseman, a prominent stock man of Gunlane. is in the city tor a few days. Clark E. Nelson, manager of the Weston brickyard, spent Sunday in Pendleton. Mrs. J N Bellinger left on her re turn to Ix-banon this morning, after a i islt with her parents, A P. New- quist aud wife, and other relatives. William Scott, the well known Helix farmer, is in the city this even ing. Harvesting in the Helix district Will be practically completed this week A. B. Stephens and wife. Mrs James O'Connell, the Misses Annie and Leite O'Connell and R E Lin sard, all of Umatilla, spent Sunday in the city. Miss Ethel Newqutst will start on her Eastern ttip next M< nday She will visit the Worlds Fair and also the old family home at Cawker City. Mitchell county, Kansas The Sylvester brothers returned from the mountains and from the Wallowa country Saturday. While in the Wallowa they bought sheep, the purchases referred to a few days ago E W. Taylor and William Baptist, of Kelso. Wash . are here prospect- mg. Both are farmers and think of investing in this county, but will take a trip into Washington before mak ing up their minds .Mix* Myrtle Squires, of IJ Grande, accompanied by her brother. W C. ■’quires and her sister. Mrs. Chinault. and Mr Chinault. arrived yesterday, and Mrs. Chinault has entered St. An thony’s hospital -s a patient. ^Mrs Aura if. Raley, who was land lady at the old Goodwin hotel, on the present site of the Hotel Pendleton, in 1869, states that her son, Wallace Goodwin. built the original livery barn which stood where the present "Froome barn” stands, and that it was built in 1869. It is |>ossible that Jerry Denpain, Sr , had an Interest in It, according to Mrs Raley, but J B Despain Is very confident that his un dr never had an Internet ta erty. However. Henderson Green, now- of Milton, conducted the first livery bus iness In the new structure. being there something over a year and a half. Mr Green helped lay out the ground for the original building, which he says was 30x80 feet In size. Hid be owned livestock used In the business long after severing bls direct connection with it. In 1871 Mr. Goodwin sold the prop erty to John and as nearly as < an be ascertained the order of »wnership of the business and the length of time each man was there, is as follow« John Bowman till 1877. when he was succeeded by Jake Barn<n. who conducted the business till 1882, when he was succeeded by Henry Bowman, who was proprietor during 1882 83 84. Keeney A Morgan were tn pos sessoln from »-*5 till 1889, and John Clark from 1889 to 1893. Worthington A Barr succeeded John Clark, but for how long cannot be easily ascertained After Worth ington A Barr. John Edicott conduct ed the business fur a few months and wa* succeeded by Fuller A Froome, who were in charge five months. In 1897 George Froome became sole proprietor ot the business and con ducted it continuously for seven years. Not ail the above dates and lengths of time referred to are dead accurate, as the only authorities—old settlers SIX WEEK- THRESHING. here and there—do not altogether agree in their recolle. tk>n*. But in Measured Yield of Wheat of Over 50 the main the accoun*. given can be Bushels Per Acre. relied upon It is certainly ao urate The threshing outfit of which Dave in most essentials, and approximately Ferris owned one header and Cannon so in al). A- Pinkerton another, while Bert PERCY CAHOON WANTED Zerbe owned the thresher, has finish ed the seasqn after a six weeks’ con tinuous run. and pulled in These Young Man Charged With Selling Hi* Foster Mother's Furniture. people were occupied all the time The officer* nr. looking for Fen y within a radius of five or six miles L Cahoon, wanted on a charge of ob of Athena. The lightest yield of grain handled taining money by falx»- pretenses by this firm was that of Mr Ferris, Several days abo Cahoon is said to one of the proprietors He had 16» have enteerd a bouse belonging to acres of wheat which yielded an aver- his foster mother. Mm (Tara Stocker and ot having taken away all the fur ave of but 27 bushels. The heaviest yield encountered nlture This he dls(xrsed of to Joseph was Cas« Cannon's 150 acres which Basler, the furniture and second band wen' - ightly over 5o bushels There dealer for 83" Mrs Stocker who wa* out of the is n - q -stion but that Mr Cs-inon's crop would have threshed out a city, «as informed of the act a^d she greater yield had it not been Ca .aged came to Pendleton Saturday and forced Basler to return the goods by blowing down. Ba»ler then secured a warrant charg ing Cahoon with obtaining money under false pretenses. The man has not been arrested yet and is though: to have left town A charge of larceny from a dwelling may also be brought against him. Young Cahoon was formerly in the INDIANS OBJECT TO MA United States army CHINES ON RESERVATION HEAVY RAINSTORM. < ► PROTECTION : : i J • J ■ ♦ I THE BEST : IS THE CHEAPEST 1 Bear this in tnd when yoa need poultry and stock supplies and ask for the International Poultry and Stock Food. 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