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the VKF-SM, Atbenu, Oregon.
Athena,' Oregon, June 23rd, 1893.
ADVERTISE THE STOCK.
During the past two months
.large amount of stock has been
impounded by the city marsha
Some wore identified by . the own
crs, paid for and taken away, i
juiu majority or wnicri live in
'"Athena, and the stock consisted
of mili'li rr.wa Tint l .J
ajuu vim iiiojur
portion of the stock that has been
taken up came, from a distance,
and after being advertised (?) sold
to the highest bidder.
This ia as it should be, but is it
done in a proper way?
v c answer no, tor the manner
in which stock that is impounded
and Hold by the city of Athena is
not advertised as it should be,
and r,s most of the incorporated
cities of iho utate advertise stock
that is taken up.
IeIow we publish section 3, of
Ordinance No. 48, "an Ordinance
to prevent horses or horse kind,
mulos, bulls, cows, steers, etc.,
from running at large in the cor
porate limits of the city of
Athena."
. ' Sec. 3. The marshal shall give
immediate notico of the taking
up of such horse or horse kind,
uiuii., uuii, oreci, i;uv ur can, vy
jjosting a notice thereof in three
public and conspicious places
within the corporate ' limits 'of the
city of Athena, which notices shall
contain a full description of the
animal or animals so taKen up,
and impounded, and he shall also
state in such notices that the
animal or animals so taken up
and impounded, will be sold at
the city pound within six days
, from tho dato of posting of such
notices if not redoemed bv the
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owner thereof before the expir
ation of 'said six days. 1
Tin; above is all the citv mar-
slml U authorized to do in the way
of advertising tho stock. Anyone
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living m jikiiuiin losing StOCK
naturally goes to the pound to
look for it, and in most cases re-
uuunirt uuiuru niti marsnai aaver
tisos (?) by posting notices, but
not so with the owner who lives
at a, distance. A discription of
bis i'fonlt i( "nowfrrl in trirnn nnWin
""""""'conspicuous places," around
town, and ho goes on with his
'work. In the course of time he
misses liis stock, which is gener
ally on tho range, hunts for them
and finds out in the end that they
have been advertised (?) and sold
by tho city of Athena. His stock
is gone, Bold without his having
ono iota of a chance of knowing
that it was impounded (barring
an accident) in tho city pound of
Athena,
Jnjutitico to tho poople living
outside of tho corporated limits
of tho city of Athena, we ask that
Ordinance No. 48 bo repealed, or
Section 3 bo stricken out and be
substituted by ono whereby stock
will bo advertised in tho newspaper,
v.Thi's is" important as there is great
satisfaction among soma who
ha
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. wliv bum uy me city in
this i xadKsed manner
Til H MYSTlcfToKi)EN
CASE.
This week dosed the trial of the
Borden murder; case, one of the
most extraordinary in the annals
of crime. Iho juryf r listen-
in rl,' Id argu
mcWM,HlNM weeks,
agreed on a verdict of not guilty in
less time than ono hour and
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A few particulars as given by the
press from day to day may be of
norvice'to help readers understand
iho cate. Tho Bordens were
wealthy pcoplo living in Fall
River, jMass. Tho. family consis
ted of Mr. and -Mrs. Borden, and
two daughters "who were children
of a former wife of Mr. Bor-"
den iiii.t a btej daughter of Mrs. j
Borden. About Antf. Hit 4th,
Wt, Mr. arid jrs. Borden were
'murdered in broad day light and
in their own house. Their- skulls
were dashed in and their heads
pounded almost beyond human re
semblance. Lizzie Borden, one of the daugh
ters, was accused of the crime.
She was of excellent social stand
ing and prominent in church and
charitable work; but was known
not to be on very good terms with
her stepmother, and it is supposed
she knew of her father's intention
to make a will leaving half of his
property to his wife. This was
supposed to have supplied the
motive for the killing. Mrs. Bor
den was killed, it is believed, about
an hour before her husband.
The time at which Mr. Borden was
killed was established within a few
minutes; and the only persons
known to be about the house at
tho time were Mr. and Mrs. Bor
den, Lizzie and a servant girl
The possibility of the servant's
guilt was not admitted.
Lizzie Borden's movements from
10:30 to 10:55 were known. Dur
ing this time, her lather came
home from down town.. From
10:55 to 11:10, or perhaps a few
moments later, her movements
were known only to herself. Dur
ing that, her father was killed and
his head beaten in such a way that
the blood must have been snatterod
all over the murderer; yet Lizzie
had not a trace of blood upon her
pei son when she called tho servant
and told her of her fathers death
As incredtable as it seems that
the girl, in a period not to exceed
twenty minutes, could have killed
her father, havo removed all traces
of the crime from her person, se
creted the weapon with which the
deed Was done, and exposed her
self to face the world, she was sent
to jail and kept there for eight
months without trial, or attempt
to try her, though the constitution
of Massachussets provides that no
person accused of crime can be con
fined longer than six months, be
fore trial.
The excuses given for the out
rageous detention were simply
puerile. The state's attorney and
police professed to have certain
"clues" leading to confirmation of
the charges that the accused young
woman murdered her father and
stepmother. These they said
would require time for their work
ing out, to definite and convincing
proof. This was the pretense.
Then wo were given to under
stand that the judge who presided
at the committing trial was con
vinced that tho slate could prove
the guilt of the accused; but for
some reasons unexplained, and
that admit no explanation, the
state demanded her commitment
without hearing this proof, and
this was granted.
Then it was said, as coming
from the prosecuting attorney of
fice, that if Miss Borden were held
in jail long enough she would
surely confess her guilt.
finally we wcro told she was
detained nearly a year, she and
her counsel being kept in ignorance
of the proof by which it was pro
posed to show her a murderess, be
cause the benevolent authorities
"more than suspected tho woman's
sanity" and were holding up for
developments in that direction,
If the officers had really any
testimony of a convicting charac
ter, thoy should have been told to
produce it before tho committing
magistrate, in order that the ac
oused might then and there meet
it or prepare to meet it on her
trial. That they were not thus
ordered shows the magistrate either
a fool or a scoundrel.
The proposal to terrify the wo
rtnintn confession, by holding
over her an implied threat of per
petual immurement in jail, was
an infamous proceeding. The ex
cuse that she was "thought insane"
was ridiculous, for the way to de
velope that fact was to prove it on
her trial for murder. :
The withholding of the alleged
convicting proof and her commit
ment simply on the asnmntinn
hat she was believed to bo euiltv
by the neighbors, was such an
outrage as wo believe would be im
possible in any western state.
CREDIT AND CURRENCY.
If is asserted bv persons well
versed in mercantile business, that
the mercantile business is carried
on as to ninety per cent on what
is failed credit, and as to t,en per
cent on actual cash. Now we aie
having a severe contraction )n
credit, and cash is called on to do
more"6rk; There is plenty of
money with a string to it, but
there is not enough available for
mercantile credits. This may be
generalized as a statement of what
always happens in times of what
is called stringency. It is not con
traction of credit that hurts.
People who have been giving credit
become more or less alarmed, with
or without good reasons. The
tendency among them is to collect
what is due them aud exercise
caution in granting new credits.
They pcrutinize securities in and
the business standing of applicants
for credit more closely, and there
is contraction of credits in every
direction more or less severe and
prolonged, and many failures oc
cur among those whose business is
conducted mostly on credit.
Cash is called upon to do more
work. It is called upon to supply
the place of credit to a great extent
and it is unequal to the task.
More money is needed at such
times. But more money would
afford no relief, especially in time
of panic, if the public entertained
a doubt as to the soundness of that
money. The greater the confi
dence of the public in the curren
cy at such a time the less acute
will the crisis be and the sooner
will it be over.
The opponents of repeal of the
tax on State bank circulation
claim that the advocates of such
repeal do not seem to have given
due weight to this consideration.
They say such circulation un
certainly secured, would fall un
der suspicion at once in time of
stringency or panic, and curren
cy contraction would conspire
with credit contraction. But in
many of the states, State bank
currency is based on State bonds
in the same manner that Nation
al bank currency is based on
United States bonds. We do not
believe that such circulation could
be classed as "uncertainly secur
ed."
The Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette thinks "congress should ap
peal the silver purchasing act,
which now it seems probable it
will do. It should go further
than this, and authorize the Bale
of the accumulated silver bullion.
This would be an eve-mmnpr in
Europe, and it would not cost us
more than it has cost Austria in
buy our gold," ' , .
Correct; and 'till we do some-
thins of the kind Wf Will trot
no help in the old world, in find
ing some proper, safe, steady use
for silver as a money mental. The
sale of a few hundred tons of our
silver in London, for the purchase
of gold, would bring Great Britain,
and the rest of them over there, to
a realizing senso of tho fact that
their Yankee cousins know how to
take care of themselves.
Would it not have been a good
idea, for our legislature when they
were making such strict laws gov
erning the killing of game, fish,
etc., to have forbidden any one to
destroy tho email fish of tho
streams? Some of tho eastern
states have such laws. The young
trout, if not destroyed, would soon
become large enough to furnish,
not only excellent "sport, but also
something of value for the fisher
man's larder.
, Some idiots are trying to ascribe
the crisis to the democratic ad
ministration. These dunderheads
know or ought to that we are
now simply carrying out the pol
icies inaugurated and accomplish
ed during the Harrison adminis
tration. The democratic admin
istration doesn't beginf business
until congress meets.
COUNCIL MEETING.
The city council met in call ses
sion last Saturday night, Council
men Spencer, Barrett. Maloney, and
Bloch being present. Mayor" IIol
lis being absent, councilman Bar
vet occupied tho chair.
t L. Shaw was granted a saloon
license for three months. 1
The marshal, wo s instructed to
give written notices to all persons
selling intoxicating liquor not to
give such liquors to Samuel Ward.
Win, Post was appointed deputy
marshal, and a salary of ten dol
lars per month was triven him to
supplement an amount subscribed,
by the citizens for sight watchman
Lecture npain foniirht nt. TlnnfUt
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rhnrfli hv l)r Unhurt rnllvnr nf
Brooklyn N. V. Subject "Smoke.''
Murphey is Criticised.
Our ''Butch" severely criticises
Murphy, the U. S. jfoskkL-ais-
tofuey ior Oregon, in the following
letter to the Portland Uregonian:
Bakee City, Or., June It. To
the juitor.j- l noticed in your
issue of the 14 mst. that you men
tioned my name as one of the
persons who was an applicant for
the position of district attorney of
the United btates for the dis
tnct oiuregon. in this you are
mistaken. I never made any ap
plication, formal or informal, for
this or any other position. It is
true that I asked for and received
many strong endorsements for
this position endorsements of
character that Mr. Murphy did
not have, could not and cannot
get but they were never filed
with the president, attornev-gen
eral or the appointing-clerk, nut
remain now in my office in Baker
City. Concerning the appoint
ment of Mr. Murphy, I, as one
who is - not deterred from saying
what I think by reason of the fact
that he is appointed to a promin-
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em posiuon, to which he is
neither entitled nor competent
to nil, tmnk it an outrage upon
decent politics, an insult to the
democracy of this state, a reward
to treachery to party principle and
party ties, and countenance to a
precedent which in the future will
render it unnecessary to go out to
electioneer for votes, if you can
only just get the chairman of the
central committee or tho opposing
party to direct his party to vote
for whatever party he has a mind
to and you wish.
Ilis organ may say it was done to
discipline the party, but I think
I can safely and truthfully say
that the parties are not disciplined
by rewarding their unfaithful or
those who disorganize and disrupt
them, it may say that harmony
prevails, and that Murphy's ap
pointment gives satisfaction, but
my opinion is that to find it would
require more than the natural eye.
I am sure I have not heard any
one so express himself, not even
among those who were misled by
iim last fall. I have yet to
earn that it is approved by the
national cemmitteeman for this
state, the chairman of the last
state convention, any of the
electors, any of. the delegates to
the national convention, by either
of the candidates for congress at
the June election last year, by the
candidate for the supreme bench
last year or by anyone else who
is personally well acquainted with
Wmg
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the lack of brains and bundle of
incompetency at the head of the
jpresent . staio - central committee
of the democratic party in Oregon.
I do not say these things because
of any personal ill-feeling toward
Mr. Cleveland for appointing him,
for I earnestly believe he did what
he believed to be for the best in
terests of tho district and of dem
ocracy in the state, nor because of
disappointment to any personal
ambition, for I am one of the self
supporting institutions of this
country, nor because of any per
sonal feeling towards Mr, Murphy
of harshness, but simply because
I desire to express in as forcible
a way as my limited abilities will
permit my disapproval of the re
warding of any such "damphool
ishness" as wo democrats had to
endure last fall.
Very democratically,
William F. Butcher
Senator Stanford's Funeral.
Arrangements for the funeral
of Senator Stanford are all com
pleted. The services will take
place at the chapel at Palo Alto
University. They will be very
simple. Dr. Stillard, the physic-
ianwho was called to the side of
his death bed, was seen by a rep
resentative of " the Associated
Press. He said the immediate
cause of death was paralysis of the
heart. ;
HELIX ITEMS.
Helix, June 21 News is like
money in "these parts" rather
scarce.
Wheat looks well yet but
are almost afraid to breathe
fear it will start the dreaded
we
for
hot
winds.
Vegitable
peddlers are
numerous on our streets some
days, there was a peddler here to
day offering turnips at the rate of
YJ per bu. with buyers scarce.
W. G. Lynn made a trip to
Adams yesterday evening and
tried to make arrangements for a
ball game between the team of
that place and the Helix nine but
we believe that he was unsuccess
ful.
W. L, Zeiger's little child is still
very low with congestion of the
brain. ..
Our streets are being treated to
a coat of straw, much to the pleas
ure of our citizens who have been
annoyed by the dust beds caused
by working tho streets too late.
Say 1 what will we do if money
matters don't let up a little?
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Bad Eoads
Makes trade slow, but we offer such RARE INDUCEMENTS
to Customers who venture forth, that they come to town in
spite of .
foot
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Whenever they are in town they find just what they want
and are able to make
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Do not neglect the CHANCE,
OFFER.
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Our new stock of DreSS GrOOCLS
arrived from New York, and we will be pleased to
show them Among the dress goods will be the latest
patterns in Pointelles, Grendines, Sateens, Chambrays
Cashmeres, Sublime, Summer Suitings, etc etc.
LATEST NOVELTIES IN
Chiffon and Oriental laces, embroideries, Hamburg
edgings, fancy Ties, Gloves mitts, Handkerchiefs, eto.
Entirely new and complete line of Ribbons, unique
in design and very pretty, Underwear and Hosiery in
all grades, and remember that we
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
of Ladies, Gents, Misses, Boy's and Children's Shoes
ever brought to the city. They comprise the latest
styles and for neatness and elegance cannot be beat,
and will be sold at hard times
We would respectfully ask your inspection of these
goods, knowing you will be pleased, and it will be a
pleasure for us to show them to you.
BERGEVIN BROS.,
Athena
hut take ADVANTAGE of our .
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