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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1893)
Bakincr Fowder Absolutely Pure A cream of tartar baking powder ; Highest of all in leavening strength Latest United States Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Company, 108 Wall Street, New York. M. E. Church'Conference. Following is the appointments for the Walla Walla district: Mr. Selleck was returned to the Pendleton charge, where he has labored so successfully the past year. Echo will probably be united with Adams, and this charge has been assigned to Rev. Meiner, formerly of Pomeroy. Rev. W. Bowser, of Athena, was assigned to the Milton charge, and is succeeded at Athena by Rev. W. C. Gray, late of Spokane. . Rev. J. C. Aiken, of Dixie, Wash., goes to Weston. . Rev. J. C. Warren, who was the pastor at Pendleton a year ago, was transferred from Waitsburg to PalouseCity, Wash. Rev. Miller goes to Alba. Pilot Rock is yet to be supplied. Rev. V. C. Evers, pastor at ; Walla Walla, wa3 returned to that " city. The Little Tootsie Comedy Co., played to a fair' sized house last night in the Morris building. "Little Tootsie" is indeed a won derful child; her acting and sing ing being first-class in every re SDect. She brought down the house a number of times. The members are above the average. They play tonight and tomorrow night. For Sale. . A good second hand header for sale, cheap, inquire of J. Bloch & Co. V.' " Take Notice Farmers. The C. A. Barrett Co. will receive C wheat on accounts and allow 40 cts. per bushel for good merchantable wheat. Wheat to be delivered at platform designated by us this will not apply to notes endorsed by . , us and having passed out of our hands before this date. This offer to ' hold kood until further notice ' The C. A. Barrett Co. Do You Want Money? I have lately taKen the agency ,.for the D. S. Baxer estate for loan ing money on real estate in Uma tilla countv. Those contemplating securing loans will do well to call on me. Besides masing loans as cheap or cheaper thar any one else, I can assure you prompter ac . tion and less red tape. , ' ' W. T. GlLlKAN. Taken Up. Notice U hereby given that I have on thl 20tn day of September 1893, taken up the foi Uowing property to wit: Three Bay mares branded KB connected on ""'imV'horse flax mane and tall bald face branded ne connected Therefore I will sell the same at public auction at the city pound on Tuesday, Sept 2t!th, lew at 1 o'clock p m on said day unless redeemed by owner, for cash In hand; James'Stampbb Dated sept; 21 City Marshal. For Ladies Only. $250 In (told will be given to the lady making the le largest list of words from letters contain ed In the word "BEAUTIr uli." 8IIW in goia for the second largest list, $u01n r.oli for each the third and fourth largest hut, diamond ring for the fifth largest list, fine lady's gold watch for sixth largest list, solid gold neck lace for seventh largest list, uandsome Swiss music box for eighth largest list, banquet lamp of elegant design for ninth largest list. lady's toilet case, completeornamented In silver, for tenth largest list. We shall give away more than me hundred other-prizes in order of merit, If there shaU be thatnumber of success ful contestants. If two or more lists tie the one bearing earliest postmark will receive the reward. The competitor la open to ladies only and is given for the purpose of introducing in the United States Madame Le Fontaine's Pari sian Beautiner, endorsed by leading singers, actresses and society belles. It is a standing preparation of exceptional purity and won derful qualities. Every contestant must order the Parisian Beautiner which will be sent pre paid receipt and address at once. Tag Parisian Toilet CO.. MOSTRKAL, QUEBEC. DR. GRANT'S SYRUP OF 1KMPE Scrofttla, Malignant Ulcers, . Tetter, alt Rheum, Erysipelas, Boils. Carbuncles, Sara Eyes, Fever -Sores, Ring Worn, Ertiptiont.Tamors and Syphilitic Affections f the Skfa, Throat and Beats. . FBXPABKD BY fl W: K. H am aenmrnr cnraT. f J PORTLAND, ORECON. For Sal By PM.KIrkind f"nr Vrug Store. Local News. V The Press gives thejaews. - . If you owe us bring in wheat. The C. A. Barrett Co. . For choice House plants of all kinds, go to Mrs. F. J. Beale. All prices. We will take No. 1 wheat on subscription, at 50 cents per bush el. Harry Russell, of Walla Walla, is visiting Geo. M. Froome this week. " . Dollar collections of very choice planjs, at Mrs. F. J. Beale's green house. Mrs. Beale has some very fine plants which she is selling for 5 cents a piece." Hewitt uses nothing but pure, fresh drugs in filling prescriptions. Take your prescriptions to him. Taft, Tolbert & Co., the black smiths will give 50c per bushel for good wheat, on all standing ac counts. . ' ;"; ' , , Smith & Butrick, the Adams butchers, have failed, and some little legal trouble has resulted thereby. Rev. W, C. Gray, of Spokane,-is assigned to the charge of the M. E. church, of this-city, and preach es first sermon, Sunday, Oct. 1st. A number of A. O. U, W, order Jbrthis city attended the funeral of Elijah Fenton, at Weston, Monday, he being a member of that order f All who are fn arrears for sub scription with the Press, can set tie the same with wheat at 50c per bushel. Bring on your wheat and pay up. ; Mr. and Mrs. Geer, who have been in this city visiting with re latives and friends, departed yes terday, for their home in the Big Bend county. ou Rothrock, the , prosperous oung farmer ot Adams precinct, on last Thursday purchased, of J, M. Ferguson & Son a half section of fine reservation land for the, sum of $10,000. Capt. N. B. Humphrey writes from Salem to W. W. Brannin, that he is getting along nicely and hopes to be among his friends at Pendle ton, in a short time... J Ed. Zimmerman's four-horse team ran off with a load of wood one day last week, and ran against a barb-wjre fence. One or the horses was eo badly cut that he died soon afterwards. Mrs. Hurd will return next week from her visit east. She will again engage in the dress makirig businesa onS will h rAadv to aP.nnmmr.dnt.fll all her old customers and as many new ones as desire anything in that line. She guarantees first-class work. - Commencing Wednesday Sept. 27th, the Union Pacific will sell excursion tickets to Portland for and dnerfifth fare for the round trip, plus fifty cents for admission coupon to the Portland Industrial Exposition. Tickets on sale by the agent at Athena on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Good for seven days. Rev. W. Bowser will preach his rarewell sermon at the M. E. Church, Sunday . morning. . Mr. Boswer goes to Milton for the com ing year and Athena will lose .a good family. To the people of Milton the Press is glad to '. eay that there is no better christian people nor any more zealous in the work of saving souls than Mr. and Mrs. Bowser. E. O.: G. W. Hinkle is here on business from his home near Grangeville, Idaho. While .pass ing through the Dayton and Pomer roy farming ' region Mr. Hinkle found that thousands of acres of grain have not been harvested, and a continuation of the rains means much disaster. Up there harvest has been somewnat . more bacfc ward than in Umatilla county, and while our situation is bad, their situation is worse. Citizens of Union county Ore gon in mass meeting assembled have passed resolutions demand ing "that the Geary act be immed iately enforced and the Chinese of this countv deported bones and all and we herebv tender our personal assistance, if necessary. to aid in enforcing the law." They further declare that thev "believe neglect on the part of the executive department to enforce the Geary act may result in the forcible ex pulsion of the Chinese from this juntry." le public 4 school opened last a very promising prosperous school fbnday with outlook for a year.' There were, enrolled the first day 175 pupil?. The district is in better shape financially than it has been for some years. After waving for the ne buildiuer. it has on band about $1350jwhich to gether with the apportionment of the state fund yet to (be. appor tioned by the county Superinten dent, estimated by what other fnnnt,ipH rinv-A tptpIvpA at !fcfi()0 win ampie to nm the school m 1 1 h tar pan ru prill oetiwl rTt. year. We can see no reason why Athena can not have a very e UC' cessful school year. The newsboys of Portland have organized a protective union; Baker City papers are wagms war against the- tin-norn irateri ity. vBring us in? a few sacks of "mur pftys," and square up for another years subscription. Rev. St. Clair, of Pendleton, con ducted Episcopal services in the Baptist church in this city Sunday afternoon. . Forest fires raged badly before the rain throughout Wallowa coun ty, not much damage being done to valuable timber, however. , Prof. R. E. Story, assistant prin cipal of the Athena schools will de liver a - sermon at the Baptist church, Sunday evening at 7. o' clock p. m. X Prof. M. G. Royal, Prof. Frank Van Winkle and Prof. W. L. Ger man, of the Eastern Oregon State Normal School, were in the city Saturday. Rev. "Daisley, of this city, de livered two sermons to large and appreciative audiences at the Court House, in Pendleton, last Saturday afternoon and evening. The rawhide used by a young lady in The Dalles Or., on Rev.- O. D. Taylor, who had swindled a friend of heis, a teacher in Taylor's academy, out of her wages, was re cently sold at auction, bringing $150. ' W. W. Brannin, the county as sessor was in the city Monday. The reverend gentleman came up to officiate at the Myer-Stansell wedding; and in the afternoon was called upon to preach the funeral of liilijah Benton, at Weston. - John Rush was in town yester day, and when asked about the damage done to the wheat in his section by the recent -rains, said he did not consider that there was any serious damage done. That the wheat was dry' enough to thresh wellJWednesday. ; . The Oregon Pacific announces that it will soon remove the moun tain terminus of its line to a point ten miles farther east. Even this is good news. The Oregon Pacific will some day get over the moun tains and cross Eastern Oregon and into Idaho to transcontinental con nections. '. ' -;- There are not fifty full-blooded Indians left on the reservation. The braves, old and young, and their families, are scattered through out the mountains' from Northern Idaho to Southern Oregon, engaged in the pursuit of game, except some 200 of them, , who have gone to Washington hop fields. 1 . ri.il Vitlwy ir."- 'h. -;j:fv f o. . yauuiue u1C,-p.CBiPLT , , . - '1. J- i . clerk "at the Pioneer Drug Store, ett Sunday night for a visit to his home in tho Willamette Valle He forgot to leave the keys td the store, and Monday morning, wheti Mr. Kirkland came down to open up, ne had quite a jod in enecting an entrance, Jiy the use ot a tile be managed to uniocK' tne large iron, door, having a key .for. the in side door. iiU'1-V - i.tsVK .5 E. O.: Sunday evening Stanton & Buzan s traction engine an threshing outfit passed throug Alex Rennick's field near Vansycle working steam, and next morning be found one "setting ' of wheat containing between fifty and sixty acres in ashes. This was his bept wheat and works a hardship on Mr. Rehnick, taking into consider ation the other misfortunes that farmers are compelled to endure this season. ' '', Raley, Gould and Leedy are the names of three enterprising hunt ers who . explored Stewart creek, Sunday, from mouth to head, in search of the elusive prairie chick en.. They saw two and fired eight shots altogether at those lonely birds without success. At night they re turned home, sad, weary and late, and prepared to swear off hunting for the season. East Oregonian. It wasn't Leedy's day out, tor he is one of the crack shots 6f the Athena gun club, and can general ly hit em. ' . ! It is reported that certain Uma tilla county farmers propose es tablishing a grangers co-operative store carrying general merchandise, with the "idea of obtaining 'goods at cost price, with a margin for the expenses of operating the store. The location of the enterprise has not yet been decided upon. Athena enjoying the reputation of being a splendid trading point, and having the favored location of the center of the great wheat growing section. should exert every effort to secure this enterprise. A census of the Indians on ' the reserve has just been completed. There were 1081 last year, and now there are 1125. The in crease is largely made up of In dians who have returned to the re servation from various places to see if they cannot secure allotments The greater portion of the . good land has been taken, -but some can yet be found in small tracts, and this, Indians who have wandered off to Yakima, Idaho or down the Columbia now hope to secure. A few years will probably bring about a great many improvements on the,, reservation, when the In dians come to realize what it is to have land of their own. 'has. Norris went over to Walla lla on business today. i is said Chief Peo, the IJ ma fia reservation brave, is the nap py possessor ot a private distillery and can supply himself with "fire water" without taking the trouble of hunting up a white man who is willing to shoulder the responsibil ity of bartering whiskey to In dians. -.- The Spokane exposition build ing was destroyed by fire Sunday night entailing a loss of 1130,000. The fire was discovered at 10:30 and spread with almost lightning rapidity throughout tho structure; The building was 200x300 feet on the ground and 3 stories high be sides the high roof, entirely con structed of wood. An exchange says: A supersti tious subscriber who found a spider on his paper wants to know if it ia a bad omen. He was told that it was nothing of the kind. The spid er was merely looking over tho columns of the paper to see who was not advertising, so that he could spin his web across the shop door and be free from disturbance. The Nez Perce Indians who are encamped about one mile west of Enterprise, and who have been passing their time in that section in fishing and hunting during the past-jveeks, will have one of their novel Indian dances next Sunday, pays the Chieftain. The camp con tains about 200 Indians, and they seem well behaved. ; The contract for furnishing the huge steel gates for the Cascades locks was let last week by Messrs. Day to Mr. A. E. Alby, lepresent- ing the Maryland Steel Company. There are four gates 45 feet scjuare and containing 1200 tons f 'steel. They will arrive by February, when the masonry will probably be ready for. ' them to' be put in place. "r I. ."! : ; r The Portland Telegram congrat ulates the new , arrival in the Cleveland family thuswise. "We wish the mother well, and as for the baby, bless its little soul, it shall have a new silver dollar to cut teeth on, the first silver dollar to be made under the new free- coinasre law which congress will pass before 'teething time comes around." r Statesman: A tobacco plant in full bloom is exhibited at the office of T. G. Davies It is about twelve feet high. To those who have never , seen tobacco; growing it is an interesting sight. It proves that this m&ustry -could be proht ably prosecuted in the Walla Walla valley, .where on several tracts, tobacco is successfully cul- i. -'Colville reservation in Washing ton will probably be opened to settlement early next year. Sur veys are now being made on the jand and allotments will be made to the Indians as soon as the sur veys have been examined by the land commissioner and approved by the secretary. This reservation contains ' about 3.000,000 acres, about half the size of the Cherokee outlet. :- , morning a party of wood haulers craveung aiong me county roau leading out of Walla Walla to the eastward, discovered the body of a man hanging from the limb of a chokechcrry tree about a quarter of a mile -east of Mrs. Green's place, t The men came on to the city arid informed Officer Ames of their discovery.' Mr. Ames notified Coroner Stewart, who went out and odered the body cut down and taken to Picard s undertaking establish ment. The body was identified as that of Nelso By strain, a Swede The "petrmed irog sitting on a petrified limb," reported as found in Union county 30 feet under grond by Prof. M. G. Royal, has gone the rounds of the papers, but has been coralled by the Heppner Gazette, which says regarding it "This petrification (?) is a product of the Jleppner country instead of Union; but the limb, frog and all were whittled out of tho Blue mountain sandstone, by a genius who was with the U. P. coal pros pectors about two years ago up at the head of Butter creek. The Gazette had all the fun it wanted over the curiosity (?), then handed it over to Ed. Matlock, who kept it till Pro- Royal's visit here a short time ago. A Walla s Walla paper states a disgraceful scene occurred in that city, on Wednesday last, at the funeral of Geo. Thomas, who was drowned near Spokane a cou pie of weeks ago. The Rev. M Flohr. ofSt. Patricks church, con sidered Thomas' death a case of suicide, and that, as he had not re ceived the sacrament, hio body would not be admitted in a Catho lie cemetery. A heart-rending scene took place when Joseph rhomas, brother of the dead man stepped up to ihe Rev. Father and exclaimed. "I shall die beside th body of my brother, before he shal be removed from trus grave, Father Flohr ordered that the grave be filled and the ceremonies discontinued, when influentia members interfered and expostu lated with the priest who at lapt consented to end the embarassing wene, by allowing tne burial to proceed, Irve McQuary and wife are visit ing in Milton this week. Pendleton has SOOpupih? enroll ed in ner public schools. Milton peddlers are bringing some fine apples to this city. Prof. Henry, the Weston musi cian, was in the city yesterday. Herrickji Erp the piano and or gan people were in the city yester day. LMany wheat stacks were torn uuwu tu uij, uuijr viz icvcjyo a soaking from the second rain, this week. Marshal Stamper is supervising the filling in of the crosswalks on Main street, this week. A- much needed improvement. 1 : A house on the ranch of Fred Kemper, on the North Fork was burned, together with the contents one day this week. ; Fred Donaldson of Pendleton, is working in "Doc" Osborn's place, at the Pioneer drug store, during "Doc's" visit to the valley. Rev, W. .E. Potwine will hold Episcopal services, Sunday, Sept. 24, at 3 p. m. at the Baptist, church. A cordi al invitation is extended to all. Services . at Christian church Sunday, Sept. 24, subject, morning, "Regeneration-Degeneration," eve ning at 7:30 sharp, subject, . "The Question Settled." Young : people win meet at bp. m. Ail are in vited, i Chas. H. Dodd & Co. will on Oct 1st, close their branch house at this place. Those desiring any thing in the line of implements or vehicles will do well to xsall on them before they ship their im mense stock. ; Tuesday a petition was circula ted in Pendleton, to be signed by voters and taxpayers, praying for a dismissal of Peter Gaskell's case, who it will be remembered was implicated with Frank Feltcher in the Petrie murder. After .Wednesday morning's tram had passed the long Weston trestle, a bridge crew following on a hand-car made a timely discov ery. In the middle of the trestle one rail was broken in two and split at the broken ends. 1 Owing to the hard times the A. U. U. VV. will not give their con templated Harvest Picnic but in the near future will give an enter tainment and supper in their hall in this city. This order is increas ing in membership very fast, and at present is one of the largest in the city. Elij ah Fen ton died .at Weston , Sunday night and was buried by the A. O. U. W, order in that ciy Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.Mr. Fenton was well-known in this city, where he managed a jewelry store for a number of years, and also held the oluce of, city marshal for one time. . ,. ,"imuu ""V . V"e U1 "ur wPl changes says that Henry Pierce, of f Milton Eagle: One of our ex- t.hia p.ir.vj ia fnvnrahlw cnnlren m na a probable candidate for the office of county clerk of Umatilla county at the coming election. This is news to us and to Mr. Pierce also. besides he ia too good a boy to corrupt by dragging him into pol tics. The safe of G. A. Currie A Co., the Weston butchers, was opened Tuesday night and about $35 in cash taken. The robbers ef fected an entrance to the building by cutting the screen and crawling through the back window. The safe was uniniured, the loss not being discovered until late next morning, when Mr. uurne had oc casion to open the safe. Lightning played a merry and peculiar prank at Echo on tho oc casion "of the recent storm, and surprised the inhabitants of that quiet burg, says the E. O. S. I Lisle, who is in the city, states that Jove's bolts struck two tele graph poles standing in front of his house, a short distance away and slivered them to pieces, The wire showed no evidence of dam- age and the insulators were un broken. Members of Mr, Lisle's ; household were stupefied for a time by the shock, but all escaped any ill effects. The School Board Meets. The school board met on the 19th, imt and allowed the follow ing bills. ' A. M. Gil lis,' balance due on con tract... $ 1,150 00 Chas. Sharp, painting. . . 221 75 R. A. Carden, foreman. . 276 50 Bergevin Bros, wood 8 50 Irve McQuary, printing. 4 00 II. L. Thompson building sidewalk. 27 C. A. Barrett hardware. 47 O. Spencer, blacksmith. 30 L. D. Girton, furniture. 215 J. W. Maloney, clerk. . . 37 50 A. M. Gillis extra work. 8 50 Total.. ...Z:Z.';'- 2.027.88 Balance on hand . . .. . 1,300,10 There in but one way of obtaining business publicity; but one way of obtaining public ityadvert lttlng. Black woou. no i COPPER RIVETED .v-.-S-' EVEftV The Farmer's Meet. Walla Walla Statesman: There was a large attendance at the far mer's meeting in the city hall this afternoon, Hon. Daniel Stewart was elected chairman and Milton Jlivans secretary. Kemarks by a number of prominent farmers were made and tne object of the meeting explained, viz: To raise sufficient funds to prosecute a case against tho Northern Pacific and its branches whereby the legal charge for freight tariff on wheat to tne Sound may be established and en forced. It was moved and carried that a committee of five be appoin ted to interview Supt. Tyler, of the W. & C. R. R. The committee consisted of ;Wra. Reed, Milton Evans, Jesse rumheller, W, P. Reeser and 07, IL Barnett who at the hour of going to press were in close conversation with Mr. Tyler, with the object in view of obtain ing concessions without recourse to law. - About if 250 was subscribed toward the fund. . , Oust a Little Off. Weston Leader: Henry Rich ardson, proprietor of the White House saloon, had a rather pecu liar experience this week. On Monday last a stranger entered the saloon and called for a glass of beer. After slaking his thirst the man went down cellar. Noth ing was thought of his action for some iime, but as the man failed to return after a ' long absence, Henry concluded to investigate. He found the man 'comfortably domiciled in the cellar and invited him to come out, which he positi vely declined to do. Officers were called but they failed to eject the intruder, who valiantly held the fort against all odds. : After being in the cellar for about twelve hours he departed of his own free will. No reason can be assigned for his strange actions. , - One Way Out. If thi farmers who have wheat on platforms or in warehouses and elevators would each sell 1U per cent of what he has and distribute the proceeds in proportion to the amounts owing each, it would go far towards relieving -the prenseot hard times. If something of this kind is not done, it will be only a few days at most when the . farmers will be compelled to sell all their grain The banks and wholesale merchants will soon demand payment, which will compell the farmers to sell all their wheat: whereas, by selling part now they could doubtless be Ma tft hnU ihfl haUn fft noSR: . . . bly 60 days. This seems to us to be the best solution of the present financial problem. rmmA ... i. . ., i . Found Dead In Bed. iVednesday morning a caller up on A. Buckhart, the shoemaker at Milton, found him lying dead in bed. A coroner's jury was im panelled, and a verdict that death resulted from heart trouble re turned. Buckhart was a drinking man and had been more or. less intoxicated since July 4, a fact that no doubt contributed to his sudden demise. He ran a shoe shop several years ago at Weston, and in this city. He was a good workman, but a slave to the liquor habit, often being drunk for weeks at a time. He ivas fifty years old, and so far as known had no rela tives. He left no property behind save his kit of tools. The remains were interred Wednesday night at Milton. , May Happiness Attend Them. ' Charles Myers, a popular! and energetic young citizen of Butter creek, and Miss Dora Stansell, a young lady who merits the general esteem in which she is held, were wedded Monday evening at six o'clock, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. F. J. Beale, in Athena. Rev. W. W. Brannin performine the ceremony. Miss Aretta Barrett was bridesmaid, and Chas. Stansell acted in the cap acity of best man. After the cere mony an elegant supper was served to a number of invited guests. The Athena Orchestra was in atten dance and rendered very excellent music. A Vast Army of Boomers. ednesday at five minutes be fore noon, 75,000 men and women gathered on the north and south boundaries of the Cherokee strip. When exactly at high noon, at a signal from the commanding offi cers the revolters of Uncle Sam's representatives rang- out for the start, pell-mell, belter skelter, hurry skurry. the great specula tive army rushed across the bor der and raced for a home and a fortune. V.' ci V I V tV !-" V t .J' ill1 .,l oo if y on V GUARANTEED. ATTEMPTED TO BLACKMAIL- George Washington Rosenstock and Son Engaged in that Business at Portland The people of Athena will re member G. W. Rosenstock, as an old fellow who run a chop house on Main street, next to the O K. meat market in this city, last fall and winter. He was father of a voluptuous young prodigy, who was known as "Fatty." . From the Portland Telegram we learn that since the outfit came to Portland they have been play ing for higher game than is to be found in running a 15 cent chop house in a country town. The old man hold the position of cook in the Opera House Restaurant, at Portland, and lived with his kids on a scow on the east side of the river. Rosenstock has a stepson named Boggs, who it will be remembered by many, come to Athena this spring and started a chop house first door west of Lew Shaw's sa loon, where the French Restaurant is now located, in company with "Fatty," but soon fizzled out, and following the old wan to Portland. i nday, at Portland, Rosenstock and his stepson, Boggs attempted to hold a blackmailing schemo on a prominent man of that city. The gentleman in question had some property burned up recen'ly and was on the eve of receivinp '.a insurance money, he received the following letter written by Rosen stock, at the dictation of Boggs: Portland. Went, in. Q. H. Wiser You are about to receive S3o00 insurance money now due you on your destroyed property in aun nyside, at 11.10 on August 80. 189:1. The mutch was put at 8.45 by Frank by your or ders. Now, old man, this SwO dollars you cannot touch without nrs tlvlog me 1000 dollars. I will give you from now until Saturday morn ing at 10 o'elocK to raise the money. I want you to come and give It to me with your own hand. You are to pass the corner of Al der and Btli streets. In front of tho Oregonian building, as theclocK strlKes 10 You must have the 1000 United Rtates gold coin or Uni ted Htates currency, done up in a paoKngo. Understand me I am become a desperate man. I am determined that If I don't get Just one thousand out of your rascality I will swear to all I Know. You are a gentle man in good social and financial standing whom the community regarded as model of virtue and honestly. Let you get the whole, cheese, while I cannot even pay my board bill? No sir, my pound of flesh or to the jute mill you both go, I have you all down fine, and so produce or lose the whole cheese, to say nothing of the scandal and the probability of learning the Jute business. Kespectully, Charles V. liooon Upon receipt of the letter Xr'.: Wiser called at the police station, accompanied by, Charles E. Mor gan, manager of the company car rying the insurance on his burned building, and submitted this to Chief Hunt, who at once detailed detectives to work on the case, with the result that Boggs and Rosen stock were both arrested and lodged in jail on tbe charge of extortion. OYSTER FARMING. They Are Most Palatable In the Months With "R" In Them. September ia the first month with an "r" in it, when lovers of oysters can legally obtain these succulent bivalves. The oyster is almost as old as history. The Romans had oysters at their feasts, and when the oyster , beds of the Mediterranean became exhausted oysters were brought from Britian to Rome. The Komans under stand oyster farming and carry it on in some of the salt cakes of Southern Italy France, Holland, Norway and Spain have also had proline beds of the bivalve, but neglect and over fishing have des troyed them in the two latter countries and have left the first two supply almost, wholly the markets of Europe..1 'A, systematic plan of oyster farming restore the splendid natural oyster beds of France when they were in danger of destruction from over fishing, and today they supply not only the markets of France, but also furnish a supply for export and and seed for the oyster beds of Holland and England. The cul ture of the bivalve has . become one of the important industries of France. In " this country oyster farming is practiced in a rude way. Rhode Island has preserved its bed in a measure, and derives an annual revenue from -their use. The once famous Conneticut beds have been nearly, destroyed by over fishing and " the destructive starfish, while those of New York have been preserved. The beda of New Jersey and Delaware are protected by law, but those of Maryland and Virginia have been the most prolific. South Carolina has some natural beds which can be made to produce profitably if farmed, and the Pacific Coast is supplied from the fisheries of Cali fornia and Washington. 'randpa and Grandma Froom left over the W. C, R. R. for Cardinal, Quebec a.nd Montreal, Canada, .to. visit relatives. Of course, they will visit the big fair, and on their return they will come by California . and visit rolativcw there. . v