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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1893)
ATHENA PRESS Pubtlhd ewry. Friday Morning By J, W..SMITH, Proprietor. J. W. SMITH AND F. G. BOYD, : : : EDITORS. Entered at At hena postofllce as seconil-elaHH mail matter. . Subscription Bates: Per yenti lii'dTonce, - I .. - -Mingle copies. In wrappem, 5c. 11.50 Advertising 'Rates: Lxai reading notices, first Insertion, I0e ier Kaon subsequent Insertion, 5e. Jne. All communications should be addressed to the PHE8H, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA, SEPTEMBER 29 185)3. THAT APPORTIONMENT, The Athena Press asked some questions, last week, of county Superintendent 'Woodruff, about school fund apportionment. Miss Woodruff answers these questions, in another column, in a highly satisfactory manner. Now if the Press will find out whether Phil Metechan, or some bursted bank, has the state school money, ani proceeds to ask questions of them, it will get started in the right di- rection. Spit on your hands, Mr. Press, and take a fresh "hold." Alliance Herald. - Miss Woodruff's answer to why she has not apportioned the state school fund, is that she has not re ceived any to apportion, This seems to be "highly satisfactory" to our esteemed contemporary, but to us it is not so satisfactory. We wish to know what has be come of Umatilla county's portion of the state school fund this year. The law requires the board of commissioners of the state fund to apportion this monthly among the . several counties of the state on the first day of August each year and oftener if deemed advisable. ' The board doubtless did so this year as other counties of the stato have received their portion. Why has not Umatilla county? We do not consider the superin tendent's reason, "because I have not received it," as satisfactory at all. As for aking questions of "Phil Metschan or some bursted bank," we do not consider that necessary. The fact that other counties have received and appor tioned their part of this fund, is sufficient evidence that the fault does not lie with Phil Metschan. When the apportionment was not made at the time prescribed by (law, this being the superintendent's duty, we ask her why it was not made The reason "because" is not satisfactory. , We " still ask, why? If our esteemed contemporary, the Herald, which is so well known to wage a relentless war on all forms of corruption in office will assist our worthy superintendent, possibly she may bo able to find why she has not received this fund, and tell the poople. THE CHEROKEE STRIP. The scenes on the Oklahoma boom are being repeated in the Cherokee Strip. There is an in sane rush of 80,000 people for the coveted territory which was thrown open to settlement at noon on Saturday, All of these 80.000 poo plo, men and women, hold certifi cates which entitle them to a quarter-section homestead, if thoy can succeed in locating it. As thoro is not land enough to make home steads for ono-half of the boomers, thero will bo a wild race for posses sion and a scramble between con testants that will result in rows and possible blood-shed. The actual area of the Cherokee Strip is 0,333,950 acres, and will constitute a part of the territory of Oklahoma. Of this, 152,100 acres have been reserved for allotments to Indians; 24,000 acres for Indian school reserve, and one-ninth of tho total area, or 709,823 acrec, have been reserved for public schools and buildings. This leaves 5,502,027 acres actually opened to day to the settlers. When allow ances are made for roads, rivers and untillable tracts, it is probable thai there will not be more than 25,000 homes of quarter sections for tho 80,000 persons who are rushing in to-day. No doubt a farm of 1(50 acres in the Cherokee Strip will bo a g;od thing for those who are fortunate enough, to secure the prize. Much of the land is said to bo fertile, and the climate delightful. But there. must .tboiisaixla of cases of disappointment. Of the eager multitude who are racing across the Cherokee plains to-day, more than one-half will be obliged to re turn without finding land on which it is desirable to settle. Walla Walla Statesman. . It is worth noticing as a curious phase of tho tariff question that wealthy manufacturer?, supposed to be deeply interested in keeping up protectiveduties, are bringing influ ence to bear on republican mem bers of the house for the purpose of preventing any serious opposi tion being made to the proposed anti-protection tariff. That is, op position that will delay its final passage. The manufacturers say they are anxious to have tlfe new tariff put into operation at the earliest possible moment, in order that its working may bo fully understood and approved or con demned by the people in 189G. Other people say that the manu facturers are preparing to make a big cut all around in wages and that is the secret of their not wishing the new tariff bill to be delayed. We heartily endorse the Milton Eagle in its opposition to the action of the county court in purchasing ono half of the Lee street bridge in Pendleton ' for $3500. This was certainly one of the most flagrant acts of injustice to the tax-payers ever perpetrated by any officials of this county, and deserves the con demnation it is receiving. The people of this county demand that these officials explain why,-they try to render void the laws of the etate laws which they have sworn to uphold; and why they treat with contempt a decree of the high est court in our state. While the Press believes the tax-payers of Umatilla county should not be compelled to pay for tho Lee street bridge in Pendleton, it cannot help but admire the manner in which the East Oregon ian, Pierce, Martin & Co., manipu lated tho wires to suit themselves, and Pendleton in particular. But Ood bless 'em, you can't blamo them, for its human nature to "get all you can, and keep all you get" Jackson's double-geared, fire proof reform editorials, to the con trary notwithstanding, About the first thing a fresh, green congressman does when he goes to Washington is to dish out garden-seeds to the "feller's as voted for him." Not long ago tho Portland Oregonian's correspon dent at Washington wrote lot of trash on the way Congressman Ellis of this district had enamored tho house by his "fine personal ap pearance " . That is about all the fellow has "fine appearance," but he can't get anything on his shape, but garden-seeds. The Hyde eulogistic biograph ical article in Sunday's Oregonian knocks out anything of the kind we have ever seen, if we may ex cept P. B. Johnson, of the Walla Walla Union-Journal, who had his photo engraved and put it at the top of his editorial page. ' But Johnson becamo weary from the guying of the press and pulled it out, while in our estimation Hyde is too brassy to "see himself as others see him." Home rule for Ireland has been defeated in tho house of lords, not withstanding the fact . that it pas sed the house of commons by a large majority. Thus Gladstone's efforts on behalf of his people have proven fruitlesss. 100 cities were strong in cheer and hope for the immediate future. The crops are moving satisfactorily, the broken banks are resuming, the craft that out-rode the tempest is again progressing in safety and comfort, and the arrant coward money, is coming out from its hid ing places and once more perform ing its essential functions. Dalles Times-Mountaineer: Work at the locks is prosecuted with the greatest vigor. Since the Colum bia has reached a normal stage the canal has been pumped dry and a force of men employed in excava tion. There is every indication that boats will go through the locks and canal within the time mentioned in the contract. The Day brothers mean business and are not stopping at the locks for the benefit of their health. m m m Operations have been resumed at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines, in the Cceur d'AIenes, un der the terms offered by the com pany. $3 50 per day for the min ers and $3 for car-men and shovel ers. One hundred men are em ployed, and the force will be in creased as rapidly as possible un til a full force of 400 is secured. The Gem, Helena and Frisco mines, at Gem, will resume work work within a few days, employing 300 men at these wages. All the other mines in the Cceur d'AIenes are expecting to resume under tho arrangement, the Knights of Labor and the miners' union having to day sanctioned the action of the men in returning to work. With in a week over 1000 men now idle will-be at work. A jubilee is in progress in several of the mining towns tonight. THIS AND THAT. Judge Arthur, of Spokane beats the record on divorco granting. Last week a red-headed Avoman came into his court and said she wanted a divorce from her husband. In just twenty minutes from the time her lawyer filed the suit the judge handed her the decree, all properly , signed, which released tier from matrimonial bondage. From Indiana to Illinois; from Illinois to Dakota, from Dakota to Washington, the star of easy and speedy divorce has steadily moved westward, until now, one may ex pect, when the train stops at the eastern Washington metropolis to hear the brakeman call out: ''Spo kane! Twenty minutes for di- RESUMING ACTIVITY. Five of the largest mills of the Illinois Shell company's plant at tho Bay View, Wis., will start up this week. Thi3 will give employ ment to 1500 men, most of whom have been idle for the past two months. 1 Gov. Turnev has nimroved tho agreement between ncmtentiarv commissioners and the East Ten nessee Land Co. for the nurchaso by the stale of 9000 acres of coal land in Morgan county for $80,000, and upon the expiration of the present penitentiary lease the elate will go into tho coal mining busi ness. m m m .. . . A New York daily paper recent ly telegraphed to its correspondents in all parts of the United States. "What do your leading bankers and president of commercial bodies think of the trade outlook?" With out exception the answers that were flashed back from more than I It is a noteworthy fact that as w are celebrating the beginning of the fourth century of America's discovery, the United States gov ernment is arranging for the set tlement of the last piece of the pub lic domain, the Cherokee Strip, of sufficient size to attract public at tention. The conquest in three centuries by the plowshare of more than 3,000,000 square miles of territory is an achievement that puts to blush all victories of the sword and torch. A prominent business man. who has just returned from the East, says that it is astonishing what ignorance some congressmen show on the silver question. They do not even known what the ratio means, and you ask them for a de finition of "16 to 1" and they can not explain it. "I know," said he, "two congressmen who voted for that, when asked by the clerks in the Arlington house to show them what 16 to 1 meant, were actually unable to do so, and said they sup posed it meant that it took 16 sil ver dollars to equal one gold one! That is a fact." Whilst the moneyed men of New York will tell you they have not the slightest fear of danger to per son or property from the alleged great army of hungry men now in slums of New York, they will ad mit they have taken precautions. Collis P. Huntington, the railroad magnate, and Cornelius Vander bilt were notified quite recently by an alleged anarchist that their new places on Fifth avenue would soon be blown skyward by dynamite. Ono of the workmen on the yet un finished Vanderbilt residence also discovered a card tacked upon the covered entrance to the building. The cards was covered with a scrawl which declared that the time had come for the rich men to sutler for their so-called wrongs upon the poor. It was incendiary in tone, but Vanderbilt believed it was the work of some crank who became agitated over a recent news paper discussion about anarchists and their threats. However, an other card was tacked upon the boxed-fence of C, P. Huntington's mansion on Fifth avenue. Both cards were undoubtedly of the same origin, and if the writer is really an anarchist, he is one of the most pronounced type of the disciples of Hcrr Most. Now four imes as many watchmen and de tectives are along Fifth avenue in the vicinitv of the residences of the money king as there was a few months ago. We understand that a change in the time of the arrival and depart ure: of trains on the Spokane branch will go into eilect next Sunday. 0 W y LMLS LyiiilLU I BEG to announce to the people of Athena and surrounding coun country that I still carry a full stock of Drugs and Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Jewelry, Toilet articles and Perfumery, Glass, Oils and Pain. Also a Choice Line of Fresh Liquors and pure Wines for Medical purposes, only. THE PIONEER DRUG STORE. P. M. KIRKLAND, PROPRIETOR, - - - Athena, Oregon. 50c For Wheat. The proprietor of the Ath ena PRESS will give Fifty Cents per bushel for No. 1 Wheat on Subscription ac'ts. ARE YOU A HUNTER ? Send Postal Card for illustrated Catalogue of w inchester Rifles .44 MM WINCHESTER WW MODEL 1873 Repeating Repeating Shot Guns Ammunition ." TO , WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. Farmers and "Wheat Men, Attention! We are now ready to do a general warehouse business, and by placing your grain In our house you get the advantage of all the wheat competition of PORTLAND, TACOMA & SEATTLE We positively guarantee to load your grain on either line of railway at one cost. Farmers look to your own Interests and see our manager, J. N. B. Gerklng, at the office, or J. It. Arm strong, assistant manager. . OlDcc nnrt Warehouse, West Main Street, Between V. P. and W. A V. U. Knllwuy Tracks. FARMERS WAREHOUSE COMPANY, Athena, Oregon. HAMILTON & ROURKE, Grain Dealers, ARE STILL HERE GRAIN BAGS FOR SALE. DAVE TAYLOR AGENT. Athena, - - Oregon. If You Don't Take THE PRESS, You Don't GET THE NEWS IT-ITU L ! ri A T5 A TR rV, h- '!"! LJLJ J I I I I W - - DEALERS IN - SHELF and HEAVY HARDWARE. - ..,. FARM IMPLEMENTS, TIIRESIIERS, MOWERS, RAKES, TiAWwnws. GANG PLOWS, MACHINE REPAIRS Main Street, Athena, Oregon MILLER ' THE RUSTLER, THE LEADING FURNITURE DEALER Wants Some Cash! ND TO GET IT, he will for the next 60 days, sell FURNI- TURE at the bottom notch. Bed Room Sets - Extention Tables Rocking Chairs - Sofas Bed-Lounges Parlor Suits - Springs Mattresses AT .: YOUR .: OWN .: PRICE :. FOR :. CASH. Wall Paper from 15 cents (double roll) to'65 cents. Border to match all paper, from 10 to 20 cents per yard. N. A. MILLER, STORE ON MAIN STREET, ATHETOTIC F'ljTpj! U JLUfi Is now in its- NEW BUILDING, On Corner Main and 3rd Sts., Where we will b'e pleased to meet all of our old customers and as many new ones as we can accommodate, and we can accommo date a great many by giving them !?f!?n??1?nif!!f!?n?nir!!nifl!rllf!!?!!F To all Cash - - E Purchases 1A 10 Per Cent I 1 DISCOUNT . 1 gOf $1.00 and : : Upwards. We JHJiUUiUJMIJiUU JUiUJUiUillMlK - have the largest stock of Dress Goods f IN THE CITY. 1 We have the freshest Groceries! IN THE CITY. I We have the largest stock of shoes ini EASTERN OREGON. 1 PON T FORGET! The fact that we give youf a 10 per cent rebate for every cash purchase of One Dollar and upward. BERGEVIN BROTHERS, ATIIENA, OREGON.-