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VOLUME 6.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 21 1893.
NUMBER 35
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The way to build up Athena
19 to patronize her institutions
and industries. .
The Malln.
Mall clones for Pendleton. Portland, nnd all
potlits eHt, except the Dukotas, Minnesota
and Wisconsin, at 5:30 p. n.
For Walla Walla, Hpokane and Sforth Pact-
nc pomis ni t.uk
Mall-a-rtvea from Pendleton, Portland and
the east 7:45 a. m.
From ntalla Walla, Spokane and North Pa
cific points at u:ia p. m.
Olllce hours (ieneral delivery open from 8
a. m. to 8 p. in, Kundays, 8 to 11 a. in. Money
order window open from 9 a m. to 4 p.m.
Geo. Hanskll, PoHtmaster.
LODUK DIKECTORV
i A F. k A. M. NO. 80 MEETS THE
1 First and Third Saturday Evenings
': . of each month. Visiting bretheren cor-
(. I dially invited to visit the lodge.
T 0. 0. F. NO. 73, MEETS EVERY
t I X. Friday night. Visiting Odd Fellowa
J J in good standing always welcome.
H 0. U. W. NO. 104, MEETS THE
I I J- Second and Fourth Saturdays of
jt i, each month. L. A. Githens,
. itecoraer.
Pythian.no. 29,- meets every
Thursday Night.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
P.
a SHARP,
Physician and Surgeon.
CaUa nrnmntlv Rnswered Ofllce on Third
' Street, Athena, Oregon.
TjR. CARLISLE,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
Calls promptly attended to day or night.
Office : Main Street, Athena, Or.
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R. L N. RICHARDSON,
OPERATIVE PROSTIItTTIO PKXT1ST.
A.THENA,
OREGON.
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LAWYER,
Practices in nil court s of the state of Oregon.
Athena, Oregon.
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BATHROOM IV CONNECTION WITH BHOP.
hena, - Oregon
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II. HILL,
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J WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
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I T A. MOFFITT.
fi Vliyslflau uml Burgeon,
I DISEASES OF WOMEN A SPECIALTY.
I Office with Dr. Sharp, 3rd Street. Athena.
i SHleeps !n office.
i GEO. E. BATES,
l) CONTRACTOR & BUILDER.
f! GENERANOBBER.
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' Estimates furnished on all kinds of wood-
S j work. Header beds and cook houses built on
' thort notice. Trices reasonable. Box 46,
' Athena, Oregon.
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I Wil I be In Athena on Thursday's and Wed
neulays of eacn week hereafter. Leave cuder
1 with F. llozensweig, at C. W. HolUs' Athena.
J. F. FORD, Evangelist.
Of Dos Moines, Iowa, writes under date of
March ', lKtt:
S. B. Med. Mfg. Co.,
Dufur, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
Oo arring home last week, I found
all well and anxiously awaiting.
Our little girl, eight and one-half
years old, who had wasted away to
39 pounds, is now well, strong and
vigorous, and well fleshed up. S.
B. Cough Cure has done its work
well. Both of the children liKe
it. Your S. B. Cough Cure has
cured and kept away all hoarsness
from me. So give it to every one,
with greetings for all 'all. Wish
ing vou prosperity, we are
Yours, Mr.& Mrs. J. F. Ford.
If vou wish to feel fresh and cheerful, and
widv for the KDrine's work, cleanse your
system with the Headache and Liver Cure,
by taking two or three diwes each week.
50 cents per bottle by all druggists.
Sold nnder a positive guarantee by the
Pioneer Drug store. .
Pay op
All parties knowing themselves
indebted to me, are notified to
come forward and settle without
delay.
Jan. 1st tf. N. A. Miller.
riECEi O BAKBETT GO.
Wisp I li;Slp2 Jly B
DEALERS IN
SHELF and HEAVY HARDWARE.
FARM IMPLEMENTS, THRESHERS,
toMOAVERS, RAKES, IIARROWS,
GANG PLOWS, MACHINE REPAIRS.
Main Street, - - - - - Athena, Oregon
LLER ' THE RUSTEER
THE
LEADING FURNITURE DEALER
CALLS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HIS
Li ne of Wall Paper
I am the only dealer in Athena that buys direct
from the manufacturer, and that manufacturer, Wm.
Campbell, of New York, is independent of the Nation
al wall Paper Combination. I buy my paper to the
. best advantage to myself and I sell to the best ad-,
vantage of my customers, I have the largest line of
wall paper in the county and it ranges in price all J'l
the way from 15c double roll, to 65c for1 the best gilt
paper made. A fine line of undertaking goods con
stantly on hand, and I am
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HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL
FARM MACHINERY.
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re too well kuown to need t'oonnrat. ThounsnUa of them ar la
ue to-ly, niut tit nulvenml aatiraetioa jrlven by them
lroves them to be the most popular in market.
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FIRE CARRIAGES, PKAETOKS, TOP BUG
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prepared to do embalming.
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"SONNY'S " LETTER.
In the Gold Fields of Baker
County, He Thinks
THAT HE HAS STRUCK IT RICH.
Mysteries of the Heavens A New
Congregational Cnurch.
Editor Press: This week still
finds the writer in the "Denver of
Oregdn,"or round about -in some
mountain gulch, or mountain top
with pick or shovelin hand, search
ing for hidden treasures. And
like any other crazy "prospector."
I think I've struck it rich! I am
now interested in three very prom
ising ledges, one of which was re
cently discovered, about one and
a half miles from the celebrated
Mable mine, the Baisley Bros.,
which ?s turning out the best of
any mine so far discovered in the
Northwest. Last Saturday prop
erly attired as a typical miner, or
prospector, I went from our pros
pect which we have named the
"Grey Eagle" to the Mable
mine, taking along with me sam
ples of our ore to make comparisons,
arriving at the mines where some
20 men were at work, which num
ber is being increased as fast
as room can be made under
the ground for more men, and met
these enterprising mine owners.
Owing to rush of business and
their well known policy of "keep
ing sealed lips" concerning their
finds which have been numerous
and " well paying in the past but
none of which was informed any
where equaled the Mable mines, I
did not learn as much as I had ex
pected. The Baisley .Bros., are
considered extremely "lucky," but
the fact of it is there is no such
thing as luck making a success
ful mine owner. It takes hard
work, lots of it and considerable
chance. Gold is where you find
it and you find it where you dig
for it in this country, which I con
sider not only as my opinion, but
of mining men whom I meet every
day in considerable number, from
other places, as the richest min
eral section in the world today.
This is a gold district. But very
little metals are to be found, ex
cepting iron". The closing down
of nearly every silver producing
mine in Idaho, "Utah, Colorado,
New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona,
Wyoming and Montana ia causing
a rush of mines and. mining men
to this section with the result of
new discoveries being made daily.
Millions of placer gold has been
taken out of the hills and moun
tains gulches of Baker and adjoin
ing counties in years past, but
quartz mining is comparatively a
new business here. The district
in, which I have interests is in the
lone irregular hills east of Baker
City, which were new though un
til a year ago to contain gold, is
now considered in the lead. The
White Swan mine which every
week sends in $5000 and
more of the glittering, the "Mable"
which is many times richer still,
is "proof of the pudding."
What is needed here to bring
this section to the front as the
greatest gold producers in the
world today, is lack of capital of
the discovering of these ledges to
properly work them, if to work
them at all. The Baisley boys
deserve much credit, as well as the
riches which they are taking out
daily for the work they have done,
Thursday they started their stamp
mill and are "running through"
their best quartz taken out of the
new discovery which assayed over
f 20U0 to the ton. Of course such
ore is not abundant, but as they
go down the vein widens. The
other ore taken out while not ap
proaching this, is very rich.
While at the mine after the depart
ure of the boys for dinner. I had
quite a chat with the "foreman of
the mine and while not permitted
to handle the ore on the different
dumps I could see the quartz fairly
louzy with gold and notwith
standing the strict orders, I could
not, resist the temptation of pick
ing up two small pieces, which had
tumbled off the pile. As our
mine is located on the same ledge
(or as we have every reason to be
lieve it is) I wanted to make com
parisons. Sufiice it to saythat
the ore from our mine is pronoun
ced by ail "experts" and alleged
experts to be from the Mabel mine,
and I have had some amusing dis
putes over it. What the prospect
will amount to is of course all
speculation until we go down sev
eral feet. If this prospect of ours
turns out to be a pecond Corns tock,
I will join the gold bug throng and
attempt to keep down the present
popular uprising against the yel
low metal as the only "good"
money in the world. However, m
the meantime I will be anxious to
get hold of as many silver dollars
as possible. The white metal will
purchase now anything I want or
that anybody else wants but the
dickens of getting it too. Is that
not true with everybody, except a
few of the "more fortunate '
From my personal knowledge
of the situation and to learn it
from mines, mine owners, and busi
ness men from the silver sountries
who are coming here in swarms,
should congress in the special ses
sion next month repeal the Sher
man law and offer no better sub
stitute then will be wide spread
misery loss and ruin, for at the
present price paid for silver (meas
ured by the gold standard) the
white metal cannot be profitably
mined. There is 40 per cent more
profit in gold than . silver.- That
is a dollar in silver represents
more labor to produce it than a
dollar in gold. This is the fact
and no man who will investigate
the matter, can dispute it. Then
why this clamor "cheap money"
which is yelled by owners of gold,
of course there are exceptions to the
rule where it costs more to mine
a gold dollar than a silver dollar,
but there are only one oi two not
able exceptions. Talk about in
trinsic value. Its "sheerest" folly.
It is natural for me to believe my
mine better than many others.
Why? Because it is mine. I own
it. See? So with any other kind
of property, so with the goldite.
But what it costs to produce the
metal in a dollar of gold or a dol
ar of silver is not the real question
at all. The industrial interests?
The nation are suffering because
of a contraction of the currency
because there is not now enough
money pei capita to transact busi
ness without great losses. What
will it be if President Cleveland,
and Dan Lamont, the agent of
the Rothschild's and the personal
adviser and confident of the presi
dent, succeed in bull dozing con
gress into forever stamping out of
existence our most convenient
money silver? Who doubts in
case the Sherman law is repealed
(and it should be) and no better law
enacted for the coinage of silver
(not the buying, of silver with gold)
that gold will go to. a premium
anyway. That gold will go to a
premium no matter which course
is adopted, is assuredly certain with
the passage of a free coinage of
silver law. Of course its a part
of the schemeto take advantage of
what lingering doubt there is
in the minds of the people of
this nation and temporarily play
havoc in commercial circles, but
that will not last long. With the
Sherman law repealed, gold will
permantly remain at a premium.
That its value would shrink one
half, with the opportunity of the
people to pay their debts would de
crease one half. In any case, look
out for breakers ahead. At least
them's my sentiments. -Cent-i-ments.
Expecting to be in Athena
ere long, with a pocket full of nug
gets etc. I am Yours. I. McQ.
Mysteries of the Heavens.
Professer Wiggens says "that in
two or three weeks a very brilliant
comet will be seen in-the northern
sky. He has been watching for
some weeks for a comet, which he
says is the large variable star seen
by Cornelius Gemma in 1570, in
the constellation of Uassiopea, as
its reappearance is about due. In
1864 he announced that Gemma's
star, usually called the star of
Bethlehem, was only a large comet
at its perihelion, when its halo
surrounded it and gave it the.ap
pearance of a star of the first
magnitude. He considers that
his theory has been proved now,
for the night of the 8th inst. he
saw for a few minutes, between
clouds near the pole of the heavens
a star of the sixth magnitude
moving rapidly sunwards, which
he pronounced a comet and which
is Beeking a nearer perihelion than
in 1570. On its return from the
sun it will be very brilliant. It
is now, he says, probably below
the horizon.
New Congregational Church,
A number of our good citizens
met at the home of Rev. A. R.
Olds last Saturday afternoon, says
the Weston Leader, and organized
a Congregational church. The
government of this church is vest
ed in the body of believers who
compose it. It is ammendable to
no other ecclesiastical body. It
acknowledges the Lord Jesus
Chritit as its only head, and the
scriptures as its only infallible
guide in matters of faith, order
and discipline. Arrangements
will Hoon be made for regular
preaching Bervicea in one of the
churches. Rev. A. R. Olds is to
be the pastor of this new church;
also of the Congregational church
at Freewater, where they are ar
ranging to erect a church building
in the near future.
Refrigerators at cost. Call ear
ly at the C. A. Barrett Co.
THE DARK TICER.
Two Hundred Saloons Run
On the Sly In
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Governor of Colorado Talks on
Silver QuestionOther News.
A special to the Tribune from
Charleston, S. C. savs: This citv
is still waiting with expectant awe,
the punishment promised it by
Gov. Tillman for refusing to take
me state cocktail trom a state dis
pensary. The dispensary law has
been in operation for nearly two
weeks. While-a few liquor shops
are closed most of the 200 are still
open. Some of them display signs
with lists of soft drinks, but the
tiger lurks in the rear and shows
himself whenever the pass word is
given. The city is filled with Gov
ernor Tillman's detectives, but
most of them are known and have
not yet done r anything. No infor
mation has been lodged as yet for
the violation of the law: although
it is violated daily. It is said that
the papers have" been prepared,
however, the governor is expected
to swoop down on the city any
moment. Another complication has
arisen as to the supply of alcohol
lor the druggists. One of the larg
est manufacturing drug concerns
in the city wrote to the state dis
penser for a barrel of alcohol and
was told in reply that as Charles
ton repudiated the dispensary law,
no alcohol could bo sold to the
druggists. The latter will probab
ly order their alcohol from the
north as usual and have it shipped
here, depending unon the railwav
to deliver it. The neonle here aro
much elated at the decision of
Judge Hudson declaring the dis
pensary illegal and the local liquor
dealers are again looking at the
courts for relief. One of them to
day took out a United States in
ternal revenue license and will
open a shoo under it tomorrow in
order to make a test case.
The Governor of Colorado Talks.
At the re-assembling of a mass
meeting at Denver Tuesday, Gover
nor Waite was called upon for an
address on the Bilver question. As
the old, gray haired governor start
ed down the, aisle to the platform
the scene presented was beyond
description. Men whose future de
pended on the cause for which
they were fighting, stood in their
6eat3 and yelled until exhausted.
He concluded by saying: "If
money powers shall attempt to
sustain its usurpation by strong
hand, we will meet that issue when
it is forced upon us, for it is better,
infinitely botter, that blood should
flow to horses bridles rather than
have constitutional liberties des
troyed. If it is true that the Unit
ed States is unable to carry out its
governmental policy without dic
tation or consent of foreign pow
ers, if we are a province of .Euro
pean monarchies, then we need
another revolution. Another ap
peal to arras and we will have won
the battle."
At the Cascade Locks.
A few days ago, a reporter con
nected with The Dalles Times
Mountaineer paid a visit to the
Cascade locks, and was shown over
the entire works. Two steam
travelers are now in operation, ono
on the north and the other on the
south side of the canal, and there
are about 80 stone-cutters at work.
Thejlocomotive, which had under
gone repairs in Portland, was re
ceived t nuay, and is now making
two trips daily to the quarry on
Hermann creek.
The large derrick is being trect-
ed at a convenient place, so that
rock can he transferred from the
Hermann Creek railroad, and tak
en by the narrow-gauge cars to
either shed. The water is still
very high, about 35 feet ' above
the lowest mark; but it is expect
ed by the end of the month or the
beginning of August work can be
prosecuted in the canal. A large
quantity of stone has been taken
out, and these will be prepared
for their places in tho wall as rap
idly as possible.
lhe contractors are pushing
work by every possiblo means,
and boat will be able to pass
through the canal inside of two
years. There is perfect system in
the manner in which the worlc is
prosecuted, and it is a matter of
surprise that, every detail in
in such a gigantic undertaking
can bo so carefully mapped out.
Tests of Armor Plate.
The third of the series of armor
plate tests, of world-wide interest
and importance, took place last
week at tho naval proving grounds,
on the Potomac river. The tests
were for acceptance and for pre
mium. It was stipulated that if
the plates resisted penetration un
der a certain prescribed velocity
the makers should receive a pre
mium of 30 per ton in additon to
the contract price of $275 per ton.
The first test was of nine-inch
plate, a sample of the side armor
of the moniter Monadnock. It
was nickle-steel, weighed 40 tons,
and was made by the Carriegic
Fricke company. Three Iloltzers
projectiles, weighing 250 pounds
each, were fired against it from
an eight-inch rifle, the muzzle be
ing fifty-eight feet from the face
of the target. The first projectile
had a velocity of 1400 feet per
second at the moment of impact,
and penetrated the plate and oak
backing to the depth of 11.7
inches. The second projectile,
with a striking velocity of 1683
feet, went through the plate and
three feet of oak backing, and lost ;
itself in the earth against which
it was built. , The third project
ile had & velocity of 1536 feet and
penetrated the plate and backing
to a depth of 14$ inches. The
plate well withstood the strain of
attack, no cracks being precep
tible, and it fully met every re
quirement for acceptance, but the
result of tha second shot deprived
the makers of any chance for a
premium.
It Has Not Been Stopped.
The report that the Nicaragua
Canal Construction'Companv had
stopped all work on the Nicaragua
canal on account of a lack of funds
was officially denied by ex-Senator
Warner Miller, president of the
company. "We have not slopped
work entirely, said Miller, "al
though, of course, wo have had a
lessened i amount of work In
times of financial stringency every
one has to cut his coat according
to his cloth. Work is now going
on at the breakwater at the entrance
to Grevtown harbor, and on the
harbor; besides that wehavo a
large number ot men looking alter
our valuable machinery." It is not
true the company's securities are
bought. .'Persons have been buy
ing them all along and are doing
so yet. As" for the report that
there are any internal dissensions
in the company, that is untrue.
We had to Btop work to a consider
able extent at the timo of the rev
olution in Nicaragua. Our boats
were seized. These boats were the
only means of transportation up
the river, ' We expect they will
soon be settled in a satisfactory
manner.: Then, when the money
situation becomes a little " easier ,
we expect to go ahead .with" ' tho
work at full blast. little more
than $5,000,000 has already been
expended by the company."
Killed Them Both.
The express train from Spring
field on the New Haven road
struck and instantly killed : two
men on the .track near Pclham
ville, After passing Pelhamville
the engineer noticed the two, men
standing on the track clone to
gether, apparantly fighting. The
engineer blew a whistle, but neith
er of them paid any heed. When
the engine was within a few yards
of the men the engineer reversed
his engine and did all he could to
stop the; train, but to no effect.
As the locomotive struck tho two
men they wera clinching and en
gaged in a desperate struggle.
The bodies were thrown ahead of
the locomotive, tho entire train
passing over them. Both men
were mangled in a horrible man
ner. Both smelling strongly of
whisky, and evidently while drunk
got into a dispute and were hav
ing it out when the train struck
them. ;
A Son's Letter to His Father.
William Nache. the Endicott
burglar, who was taken to the
penitentiary at Colfax a few days
ago. left a letter with iailer New
comer, in which he requested to
do sent to his lather in - jfcrun,
Germany. The contents, which
he translated to the iailer. show
that Nache's career was blighted bv
an unromantic incident. "You are
the blame for all my misfortune."
writes Nache. "When I desired
to marry and asked you for COO
marks, you threw obstacles in the
way, refused me the money, and
drove me mad. You caused" me to
run away from Germany, and here
I am in prison to spend my life.
I told vou that vou would rue
your act? toward me. You need
not be surprised to hear my death
py my own hands, l don t care
to live." The letter runs on for
several pages in tho game strain,
accusing ma parents of ruining hia
life.
At Last.
How to preserve milk, butter,
eggs and all kinds of fruits in
their natural freshness without
cooking. Ladies inquire at the
Pioneer Drugstore.