1
jeara of tartar baking powder
1 AiiVut-f all in leavening strength
.Latest United States Government
Food Report.
Eoyal Baking Powder Company, 106
Wall Street, New York.
The Pbess giveV firiv'news.' " i
Notice,. . ''v.
.Jfotioe.dr hei-byrgiven" to1 alf
that I ha& adopted the cash .sys
tem and on aadafterNov.'lstl will,
under all circumstances, require
cash on delivery for meat. TEere
will bo no exceptions to this rule.
' : F. J. Beale. ,
. - io rarmers.
I. .wish to state to the farmers of
1 Athena and vicinity that I have a
chokeyroi-eL4iand picked winter
apples which I will sell at one cent
per pound. This notice is good
for this- week only. ILL Halsted.
At the old Wm Moore place three
miles north of Milton on the Turn
, a-lum, .
Agricultural Electricty.
' Of Interest to Farmers and Grain
. , i .Shippers. '
5 Heretofore Tacoma .has been
handicapped by reason of having
no lacumes ior cleaning smutty
wheat or drying that which is" wet,
but within the past' few days two
smut machines and a dryer have
: been put in opperation there and
. will be operated continuously here
after, enabling that port to , main
k " tait her sunremnrtv ns t.ViA hoot.
-- gra7nmarket on the Northwest
Coast, not only for No. 1, but for
. uuiuagcu giaiii ua wen. .
HA VE YOU BACKACHE T
KM
i iV CURES
Pr&) ulbetes
X Briaht'8 Disease.
t . n
Sammation of tlm Clad
Yellow Water,
crJEriiky!:
in Urine,! ''.'. . U
ion, ; Pain XjIXJ
' t Sediment
Mnn Sensation
e Back, and all Dis
of the Kldnsys-
O.V.R. .Mannfactnring Co,,
PORTLAND,
OREGON.
A For Sale "By ".
P M.KIrkland Pioneer Drugstore,
, NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at La Grande, Oregon ,
October 23rd, 1993.
Notioe Is hereby Riven that the following
named net tier has filed notice of his intentiou
to mnke final-proof in -support vof his claim,
and Hint said proof will be mado before the
(Xiunty Clerk of Umatilla county, at . Pendle
ton, Oregon, on Decembor and, 1893, viz t
Krakk Knommh
Id 5177 for the- 8 E Sec 29 Tp 6 N R 35 E W
;-.?- Ho names the following witnesses to
j prove his continuous residence upon and cul
' tlvation of said land, viz. John WalKer, jr.,
j Alexander Walker, Lawrence Hutchison and
B. F. Wilson, Register.
For Sale.
The James" Buzan farm, 4 miles
north of Helix, 2 miles from Stan
ton Station ;
This is one of the best farms in
Umatilla county. It lays between
the head of Vansycle and Helix. It
contains 480 acres, surrounded by
good three wire fence. 7
It has a good house, a, barn 36x
36, good well with plenty of water,
wind mill, smoke house, three cel
lars and granary.
There is also a 1 fine grove of
trees and 174 acres , 6ummer fol-
iiowed. 1 - : ' '. ' '
2S0 acres . adjoining can be rent
ed on reasonable terms. ,
Price $10,000, easy payments.
The above property has , been
placed with me to sell and I shall
take pleasure in showing it to any
person wishing to buy. ;
Call at my office in Athena, Ore.
W. T. GlLMAN.
MOST WMtlLT MADE; .
A ri:re Cr?. C: . v.n ' T. '. Pcwder. Free
f' - n .'.minor.;?, Alum or ether aduUaant.
40 YEAiG THE STANDARD.
Local News.
Mrs. Max Lew in returned home
from Portland Monday.
Prof. Leatherman of the Weston
Public School was in the city Sat
urday.. v. -
Mrs. Eva Campbell left Satur
day morning fof a weeks visit in
La Grande. .
The W. C. T. U. convention will
convene at Weston November 15,
16 and 17 inclusive.
W, C. Gray pastor of the M. E.
church is in Spokane, he- will ; re
turn on Thursday of next week.
The convention of the Grand
Lodge of The Son's of Temperance
convenes at Seattle November 7. ,
Mr. and Mrs. J,, W. Froome re
turned Monday fi om an extended
visit to California, Chicago and
Canada. : '
" The government appropriation for
surveys in Oregon for the current
fiscal yeas is fCCO against $20,
000 last year.
Mrs. Davis and daughter, former
residents of Athena who have been
in the country during the summer,
returned to town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Raymond,
of Athena, who were married Sun-
pay last at Dayton, Wash., will go
to Dayton to reside permanently.
A gentleman from Milton while
visiting the .World's Fair went to
see the exhibit marked "Exit,"
and it cost him 50 cents, to get
back into the show again.
For! - Gang and walking plows,
hafrows and seeders the C. A. Bar
ret Co., will give you special bar
gins for the next 60 days.
.'. Geo. W, Proebstel Jr. of Weston,
and Miss Jennie Thompson were
united in marriage last Wednesday
by Rev. T. W. Whittlesay of
Pendleton. : .
WilliamYoung of Athena, went
down to Portland Thursday night.
Mr. Young will go to Albany to
prospect for a location in the har
ness business.-E. O.
The C. A. Barrett Co., are closing
out their line of superior drills and
seeders, and will sell the same at
greatly reduced prices. Now is
your time to buy a seeder.
Choice garden land and fr,uit
tracts for sale, or will exchange for
A 1. wheat land. Call on or ad
dress. Smith -AriAstrong, Milton,'
Oregon, who (ban su t you in place
and price. y V ; 4 r
J. S. Morgan,an old. resident of
Weston who "ha ben ! suffering
with an abcess oh hh side; was
taken to Walla iCJIaA Thursday
tand placed uudertb.0 charge of a
specialist' 5 f .
.' Rev. M G. - Roy president W
the St-ate Normal School', wl
preach, at the M E.; church . oh
Sunday at 11 a, fm. and 7- p. m.
Sunday School at 10 ann.
Epworth Leaguo at 6:30 p. ta. ;:,
La Granda QhroniDle: ( A year'
ling; calf ' entered the Central
school buildirfe Friday and climbed
up the stairssausing more commo
tion than the mythical sheep that
is alleged to have camped on
Mary's trail. ,
An exchange in cutting down
the size of its paper to- corrospond
with the times aayg: The mainj'
mission of this paper is to give tha
local news, and under the , present
circumstance it is Deiievea tnat,
twenty-eight columns will hold it
all without slopping over. ,
Jerry : Simpson's c,onstituents
telegraphed him to stand for free
coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1 till
h 1 fr,oze over, and they would
send him a . pair of skates so he
could itynie home on ice. - The col
ored preacher, ; of whom we have
been told so many times in the
papers as having discovered the lo-
. -in i ... Jk . -I
cation 01 neu can now step aacs '5rVy.
into the shadow. Weiser SighaK f
' .. . . .t1Lr.
La Grande Chronicle: An in
cendiary fire was started in tli&rTbuilding, over the
rear 01 Uhma row;on Adams avenue
Friday , evening. The blaze was
discovered in time to be extinguish-,
ed without calling out the fire de
partment. A pile. of waste and
other substance indicated , clearly
that the fire had been set out.
The question which arises is, How
lon Jfrtps thing going to continue?
&t$kzmi 3. W. Crawford
saysTriat hnnters xn . the reserva
tion must hereafter be more care
ful. Some days ago a charge o
shot was sent through an Indian
tepee by some reckless hunter, and
at another time a rifle bullet was
shot into a tent. In both instan
ces it was due to carelessness. Mr.
Crawford will station policemen to
keep hunters -on unless care is
e people of Milton will be en-
ihed on Sunday by a 100-yard
foot-race.1 It will take place just
outside the corporate limits of the
city and the sum of $50 a side has
been placed in the hands of the
stake-holders to add zest to the oc
casion. The contestants are Mr
C. E. Lewis, of Warren, this c'r" x,
and air, u. A. Uowl, of lliu.
Both gentlemen are noted in their
respective communities .as sprin
ters and the race will doubtless
prove spirited and interesting.
at
the Cracker creek mines.
All miserable sufferers with dys
pepsia can be cured by Simmons
Liver Regulator.
. Thorp Bros, and families return
ed from the exposition- at.Postland
Wednesday morning. "
' Parties desiiing pasture for stock
should call on or address, R. E.
Stewart, Athena. Oregon.
Nothing like Simmons Liver
Regulator for dyspepsia and indi
gestion a safe and sure cure.
J. H. Hiteman ind family re
turned from their Eastern trip Tues
day. Mr. II. reports times as hard
in the east.
B. F. Mansfield informs a Press
reporter that Frank Ely's health is
very much improved by his trip to
California.
Mrs. B. F. Waterman has been
confined to her room for some time
past with sickness, but at this writ
ing is better.
. The next annual, meeting of the
Eastern Oregon Baptist Association
will be held in La Grande during
the month of June. y
Wm. Young and wife and Mips
Leola returned from Portland Tues
day. They were at Salem two
day visiting friends.
Mrs. Frank Mansfield's mother,
Mrs. Fountain, returned Monday
from a several months' visit to her
old home in the east. :
Charlie Holt came down from
Waitsburg Saturday night on a
business trip. He returned on the
Tuesday morning's passenger.
. The first snow of the season at
Heppner, fell on Saturday night.
On Sunday morning the ground
was quite white, but it soon dis
appered. ,
. When the inhabitants of this re-,
gion rose Wednesday morning the
ground was covered with snow and
the earth frozen, making many a
poor fellow wonder where silver
was at.
A reception was tendered the
teachers of the public 6chool by the
Epworth League at the M. E.
church last Friday night. A large
number of people were present and
a pleasant evening spent.
It appears that Eld. Scoles' work
in Pendleton is being rewarded to
some extent. Last Saturday he
immersed the following persons;
W. W. Roper, Norman Hendryx,
A. T. Doyle, C1 L. Dotsan, Mrs.
Peter West and Mrs. A. Comptqn.
A celestial of La Grande fill
ed up on whiskey which contained
strychnine last Wednesday, with
I what'inent is not known, Bays the
(aazette JLhv Jjacon was summon
edjand succeeded in - bringing
his
ohnshipout aJl right.
.' The Standard Oil company pre
sented the fire department of La
Grande twenty-five dollars cash as
a reward for their services in pre
venting the destruction of the com
pany's oil house and tank on the
night of the elevator fire. V '
In the Cascade mountains, is the
Great Sunken lake, the most deep
ly sunken lake in tne world. It is
fifteen miles long and four and one
half wide. , It is two thousand feet
down to the surface of the water,
hufc4he depth of the water is un-
couple. of young men gave an
eged entertainment" in "Gillis'
hall Saturday -, evening. - It was
about the thinnest get-up for a
show that has visited Athena late
ly. They walked out of town Sun
day morning, leaving their
gage behind. . .
Albany Herald: U. S. Grant is
the postmaster at Dallas. Johu
Brown sells real estate at Scotts
Mills. Bill Nyd has returned to
Pullman from his Eastern trip.
Will C arlton is en gaged in the
ffray business at Corvallis.
Richardson, the , dentist.
. , - 7
bmeved his office into the Barrett
First 'National
Bank, yesterday. The doctor's
brother, David Richardson, who is
now in Portland purchasing office
fixtures and dental instruments,
will be associated with him in the
dental business in the future.
Leader: H. F. Pierce, son of Nath
an nerce, the wheat king of
Umatilla countj , was in the city
Wednesday with a crew of men on
his way to the reservation to begin
plowing and seeding for next year's
crop. ; Mr. Fierce states that theyf
will seed about 2500 acres of wheat
on the reservation.
The Sign: The silk industry
has been introduced at Coquille City
in toouthern Oregon, by J. S. Kaat
matz, who has demonstrated that
Oregon can produce silk equal to
he finest products of Southern
Europe and Japan. Silkworm eggs
and instructions in silk culture will
be supplied free to anyone applying
to Mr. Kanematz.
Hon. S. R. Reeves, of La Grand?,
a few days ago received his com
mission as a member of the Nation
al council of administration of the
G. A. R. Mr. Reeves did not at
tend the meeting of the national
encampment aad knew nothing of
tfcs appointment until after it was
nails. He represents the etate of
Or.""n in tho council.
Two ft:et of snow is reported
v Pres.Worthingtoo was over from
Weston on business Wednesday.
j Facts speak louder , than words '
Simmons Liver Regulator does
cure bowel disorders.
- Miss Leola Young has been suf
fering for several days from a se
vere attack of tonsillitis.
Mrs. J. R. King returned one day
last week from an extended visit to
relatives in Illinois and Iowa.
Fred Knowlton came down from
Newport, Idaho, Wednesday and
will attend school here again his
winter. -
....
W. R. Amon came down from
Harrington, Wash., last Monday.
He says wheat is not so badly in
jured in that section as it is here.
J. A. Long, one of Athena's ton
sorial artists, moved his shop fix
tures to Walla Walla last Wednes
day. Athena now has but one bar
ber shop.
Baker City Democrat: A Pen
dleton sport by the name of Mc-
Culloch, done up one of the faro
banks here on Thursday night. He
won nearly $1,000 which com
pelled the dealer to turn over the
box. -
ine 1. sr. o. u. wui give an
entertainment at the Christian
church on Thanksging evening. All
members who wish to take part in
tms entertainment 6iiouia De pres
ent at the prayer nieaamg next
Sunday at 3 o'clock. ,
County Clerk W. M, Piefce came
up from Pendleton Wednesday, pn
business. He says that a man try
ing to collect money due him these
times cannot be too "bare-faced."
Possibly that accounts for his ' be
ing so cleanly shaven.
W. II. Kimball, the piano tuner
and repairer, will be in the city on
or about the lOt.h of November
Pianos placed in his charge will
receive prompt attention. Terms,
$3.50 single tuning, or $6.50 by
the year; two tunings. . leave or
ders at this oflioe. : 4t
. Murdered by a Crank.
Carter Harrison, mayor of-' Chi
cago, was shot and killed Saturday
night by a crank who giVes the
name of Eugene Patiick Prender-
gast. Mr. Harrison had been at
the world 8 fair all day, returning
home at t 0 clock. - Reeling some
what tired", he lay down. About 8
o'clock the murderer rang the door
bell, saying to the ' servant he
wished to see the mayor. She ad
mitted him, and Mr. Harmon,
hearing the voices, came forward
into the hall, when the servant re
tired. Without a word Prender-
gast pulled a revolver and began
shooting. He. shot three times,
every bullet .hitting its mark. One
bullet- shattered (Mr. .Harrisoii's
fright arm, another Ertick '.Kim Hn
the abdomen and auj.rdntei'ed
the chest just above the heart Mr
Harrison sank to the floor and died
about20 minutes after the affray,
Meantime the murderer walked out
of the door into the darkness and
was lost to sight. The police were
telephoned and soon the city was
being searched for him.
About twenty-five minutes after
the shooting Prendergast walked
111 10 uie .uespiaines street station
with a revolver in his hand -and,
saying he had murdered Mr. Har
rison, gave himself up to the ser
geant in charge. As soon , as the
news spread about, a crowd of several-thousand
people gathered
about the station and threatened
to lynch him. They were pacified
with great difficulty and " went
away, Sunday ' the police took
Prendergast to a secret hiding
place. - , ,
Mr. Harrison has been mayor
of Chicago five times and was to
hae been married, November 7 to
Miss Annie Howard, of New Or
leans. ' ' t '
: " ' Still Celebrating
Yesterday's East Oregonian his
the following to nay in regard to
"Scottie," who has just been re
leased from the county jailj1
Hugh McDonald was released
from confinement " in , the county
jail Tuesday. He tad served out
a sentence of 100 days in jail for
using too forcible language toward
Elder Scoles, of the Adventists.
He came two years ago from Vic
toria, B. C, and happent most of
his time in ' and around .Athena,
When he was taker out to breathe
the air of freedom Tuesday, he felt
so jubjlant that he proceeded to fill
up on alcoholic drinks and, as he
himself says," reached the borders
0 crazy drunkenness. He was
standing at a bar engaged in be
coming more and more inebriated
when, he claims, some one came up
and struck h:m over the head with
a cracker bowl. Before his assail
ant eot through with his onslaught
McDonald's face and head were cut
and slashed in a terrible manner.
Blood flowed as freely as water and
when his wounds bad been dressed
his head looked as though it were
composed of a half-dozen ' frag
ments. McDonald protested that
no knife had been used and that
he did not know the name of his
assailant, on account of being too
drunk to recognize anyone. He
has several enemies in Athena and
states that when drunk he is "aw
ful cranky,", doing many queer
things which he would riot do when
sobr.
Damaged Wheat. " ,
S. G. Fi field ' agent for Frank
Bros. Co., lit Pendleton, has receiv
ed the following.under date of Oct.
27, from rank Bros. Co., rortland:
"We find that large quantities
of the damaged wheat from the
Palouse country is being shipped to
San Francisco and is being sold to
the distilleries for the manufactur
ing of whiskey, and by talking
with the grain men here they
claim it is netting them within two
or three dollars a ton of No. 1
wheat. Possibly you could help
1
a good many tarmers wno nave
damaged wheat by shipping it to
them. We would take only "on
consignment and charge them
nothing for handling it. Of course
when wheat has been sacked and
is badly sprouted so that the sacks
are green, it will not pay to ship it,
but where wheat is Bhghtly damag
ed, eved if is slightly sprouted,' we
think there 13 more money in ship
ping it to San Francisco, to the
farmer, than in trying to -dispose
of it in any other way.
"Kindly talk this matter over
with the larmers and see u you
can do anything for them." ,
Got Three Months.
' Georere Humohrev. deD-
uty United States marshal, came
up from rortland 'his morning,
He brought back Nick Trembley,
the Athena saldon keeper, who was
taken below a few days ago by
Deputy R. B. Beatie. Trembley
set up as defense for selling whis
key to an Indian that the aborigine
threatened his life and compelled
him to furnish the liquor. The
sentence of the court was 4 that
three months imprisonment in the
county jail of Umatilla should be
given Trembley to serve as a gen
tie reminder that Uncle Sam's laws
are not to be meddled with . with
impunity.
- Sat Between Them. ( -
An old lady once on her death
bed sent for two lawyers. One 0
them got there a little before the
other. They were mortal enemies
As the old lady owned considerable
property he was flattering himself
upon what green pastures he was
going to feed when lo! ' the other
came in. He immediately became
impatient and said to her, ''You
sent for me and I came. What is
your business?" - She requested
them to sit on eaoh side of her bed.
She then said she had no business
with them, bnt just wanted to die
like her blessed Savior, between
two thieves.
Somewhat Mixed.
An editor of an exchange is now
a haunted beast, roaming the land
with no place to lay his head, all
on "account of an error made by
hia make up." That person in
some way got a marriage notice
and sa grocer's local mixed, the out
come of i which 'read as follows:
Mr. John Jones and Miss Mollie
Smith were united in the bonds of
molasses at 4U cents a quart or
barrel. The bride was attired, in
codfish and mackerel while the
groom looked splendid in home
made soap, at 20 cents per quart.
Mr. Jones is an esteemed sauer
kraut and he has a new invoice of
ham at 15 cents per pound. , Rev,
Brown officiated.
A Monster,
Uncle John Ridenour this morn
ing brought to the Leader office an
immense owl of the horned species.
It was a monster, weighing three
and three-qnarter pounds and
measuring four feet and seven inches
from the tip of one wing to the tip
of the other. It was discovered
this morning asleep on a tree on
Mr. Ridenour s place by members
of the family and "Johnny got his
gun" and quickly dispatched his
owlship. It Is now on exhibition
atG. A. R. McGrew's drugstore.
Leader.
' k me Kuin or me raiouse wneat.
Y Ringer & Manchester, three
liillUB BUUill Ul VUUilX, UHV UlllBlt-
edjthreshing a piece of land from
which they expected before the re
cent heavy rains to get 20,000
bushels. After throwing away all the
rotted heads they had 3,000 bushels
left. J R Wicks and John Odell, each
having 15,000 bushels in the stack,
started to thresh, but found too
much damage and quit. That is
the way stacked grain is turning
out very near all over Whitman
county, standing grain gives no
promise of being worth much, it is
so swollen. ,
Advertised Letters.
The following list , of letters re
mained in the post office at Ath
ena, Umatilla county Oregon, un
called for Nov 1, 1893. In calling
for the same please say "adver
tised." '
Adams Herman
Bell D K ,
Baker George
Bnrgman Mary
Bird Andrew
Bird A F
Carlton W P
Dixon Walter
Davis David 2
Dark W E..
Dant Henry
Ferguson John
Gaston James
Hudson Willie
Hibbard II L
Jones C C
KesterOW
Leforce Josephine
Leath Rev I) W
Messinger G W 2
Moore V R
Moore M J
Miller Clyde
McKay S M
Nye US
Nelson Andrew
Somers Robt
Thompson P II
Taylor Alice
Wade E M
Hoss W E. J. W. Maxo.vey, p. m.
wr&0 oui iivi riiri
1 1 l7AWPVlJfl?r
&E & V JA I RjQ UA f? A N Tl E D .
A LETTER FROM "SCRIBBLER,"
In Which He Grinds His Little Hatchet
, on Different Subjects.
' Athena, Nov.,' 1, 1893.
Editors Press: The other day
while standing in front of the
Ilotel de Froome, picking my teeth
with a real toothpick, after having
attended to the wants of the inner
V 1 1
man, 1 was accosted Dy a stranger
who politely requested the loan of
the price of a meal. Not being
overburdened with the necessary
wherewithal, the root of all evil,
I kindly referred him to Johnnie,
the ramrod, as a pleasant gentle
man to do business with; intima
ting that jawbone would, go all
right with nim. -
. Saving that he would !try, as he
terrible hungry and must eat, hav
ing tasted nothing for thirty-six
hours, he reluctantly went into
the hotel. When I entered the ho
tel office a short time afterward, he
was standing by the table pretend
ing to read the morning paper; but
no, he couldn't be reading; think
ing perhaps; dreading to again ask
for something to eat, after having
been refused, no one but himself
knew, how many times. Standing
there with a hunted, famished- ex
pression of countenance, his lip al
most trailing in the dust, and only
partially concealed by the aid of
the friendless newspaper, Far from
homb and friends starving in " a
land of plenty; somebody's darling
these thoughts flashed through
my big mind instanter.
involuntarily, I thrust my small
hand into my capacious pocket,
and drew forth a shining quarter
and slyly slipped it in his palm.
Thanking me with tears in hia eyes
ho made a , ben-lino for the dining
room. About a minute after, he
left me, I was looking" out of the
window, pondering on the hard row
somo men have to hoe, when who
should I see but his foyal nibs, the
hungry stranger, skipping , across
Main street, seemingly- in ; a very
gleeful mood. No more will that
stick: two-bit piece jingle "in the
deep 6ide pockets of my new blue
spring bottomed pants. He won't
fool me any more, for I, wouldn't
believe he was Hungry if . iCihould
see him eatinc d last veai'lk bird
nest.
If he foofii me some more, M
hope I may never n gain Reds the
back of the neclc of my Mary An n
One day 4ast week during 'the
absence from home of Mr.j and Mrs.
Elmer Brown, someone entered
their residence,' and appiWrifU-ed
or borrowed various articled, , pro
bably the most valuable being, Mr.
Brown's wedding suit. On vMr;
Brown's return a few days - later,
he learned that a certain person
whom he has reasons to suspect,
had been- seen wearing a suit simi
lar in a ppearance to the one that
had bo mysteriously disappeared,
but not being convinced beyond a
reasonable doubt, and wishing to
secure more evidence of guilt, Mr.
Brown delayed making the arrest.
In the meantime the suspect, sus
pecting that Mr. Brown might ob
ject to him wearing, his wedding
suit every day, and no doubt be
lieving that "distance lends en
chantment to the view," skipped
by the light of the moon, not even
leaving Mr. Brown a lock of .his
hair as a momento. However Mr.
Brown inclines to the belief that
the suit was only borrowed, for a
special occasion, wherein wedding
suits are very essential and that it
will bo retnrned when the borrow
er cpmmitus matrimony.
v.
John Foss is teaching on vers
ing Flat; training the , young idea
bow to shoot. The embryo states
men, with the young idea that John
is teaching how to shoot, have an
other young idea, and that is that
they already know how to shoot
paper wads, , but that is neither
here nor there; what I wish to state
is that John boards at home, aud
I rides to and from hi school on a
fcrv, untamed steed, , that has a
eait on him like , a pair of bars.
The front end of the horse will bo
trotting at about a three minute
gait, while the rear end walks a
long very deliberately. 1 The horse
is really a curiosity and should be
nrMi trx V Wnclrl'a full.
... . -."
Jim Stevens always has hia eyes
peeled for bargains. If there U
anything on which he prides him
self more than , his knowledge of
well-digging, it js his ability to
know a godd thing when he sees it.
If there is any snaps iri the way of
bargains roaming around without
any strings on them, Jim usually
captures them.". The fact of the
matter is, Jim is considered quite
fly, not only by himself, but by
others as well. T Recently, Jim,
while on the lookout for bargains,
happened to step into Long's bar
ber shop- VV'hile there, Long, who
by the way, is rather smooth him
self, in the course of general con
A.
vereation, called ' the , attention of
those present to. a handsome oil ,
can, apparently nearly full of coal
oil, remarking that he would take
$1.50 for the can and . contents.
Jim, ever alert for bargains, and
having a fancy for the can which
13 really worth fifty cents, ana
knowing the oil was worth the
price asked for both, snappnu it up
like a sucker would a grasshopper.
After finding out the contents was
water, which he claimed he knew
all the time, and declining with
thanks Long's offer to rue back, he
departed if not a sadder, , a wiser
man, accompaniedby a , sickly
smile and an empty can. Evident
ly that was one time that a well
digger struck water when he least
expected it.
The city marshal's attention is
respectfully called to the dammed,
filthy, condition that is, the filthy
condition of. the dammed gutters
on Main street. . Suppose a person
while wearing his best clothes
would unthoughtedly get on a jam
boree, become tangled up and land ,
in the gutter, what would be the.
result? Certainly a damaged suit,
if not a suit for damage. The next
hobo that the recorder sentences to
hard labor for life, give him a shov
el, put him to work in the rrutter.
and if he is young and strong, and
should live long 1 enough, he will
rescue at least one gutter from ob
livion before his sentence expires. .
If the supply of hobos are at
present exhausted, run some fellow
in on suspicion of thinking about
getting on a "jag," place him at
one end of the gutter, put a shovel
in his hands, and tell him to dig
to the other end. where " liberty n
waits him not the eiwash Liberty
but freedom, the emblem of which
is the star-spangled-American-eagle,
flapping his wings. But then
do just as you like Jlmroie, I don't
pay all the city taxes. SrBiBHi.UR.
HELIX HERALDINGS.
f -. Helix, Or., Nov. 1, 1893..
Editors Pres3: We had a call
er early this morning wanting - to
know what we had done with our
summer's wages, but he son 'left
after the sun came forth from be
hind the clouctai. and now we are
cheering up. a little. . ; .
n. iu cunipsoii, x .oont'a ami j.
II. Ross are in Pendleton today. v
Mrs,. U,Tfi. Kehm returned
this
morning from an extended visit in
the East. one visited the fair.
' J. A. Ross, ,C. F, Kennedy and
A. D. Leedy took advantage of thei,
excursion, rates to Portland Jbjii"'
week. 'v. ".-VT- "-
They say that three Helixites
have skipped, but we don't know "...
hov true it is. . We hope some -
others will skip soon.
: , C. A. Davis can be seen hustling
early and late closing Mr. Simp-'
son's business. , , 1
J, A. Ross has decided to close "
his butcher shop.
Carl Muller & Co ; have moved
into the masonic building and C.
F. Kennedy has moved into the
building formerlly occupied by
them, where he fines everybody
that comes in and calls for mail. .
Collectors tell us that collections
are , X.
Fruit Land for Sale.
v I have for sale two small fruit
farms, one consisting of six acres
all planted -to , fruitA price $G00;
one containing'
mostly
graded and partly planted to straw
berries one of the most dosirable
tracts in the vicinity, of Milton;
price $1000, part cash, remainder
pn time. The water privileges on .
fyoth are unquestionable and the
supply abundant. ' These prices
ae one-third below what tho land .
would have sold for last Bprinv'.
Circumstances are such that; Wv,
land must be sold, and those" f 1a? 1 '
desire to avail themselves of ' 'k'3- ' '
uniisual opportunity imifit .-all ,
soop. , I will esteem it a favov if '
ray friends will interest themsel yn ,
bo far as to call tho attentioi , of. !t ,
prospective purchasers 1 to those
offers.' - 1 - " V
( J Emeslev RidenoiJk; t -Milton,
Oreg., Oct. 19, 1893. ' .
Idle Men Shipped West., f-,t , ,
From all points in the northern'- V,'
and eastern statos great crowds of
unemployed working men are has
tening to San Francisco, lured , (
hither by the announcement that'
worxmen are wanted in connection
F.llnrt said to- dav: ilThe authnri-"'' t
tiesof tha northern and eastern.''
states ape using San Francisco
a rlnmwtfnor errmind ffir idlfi Ulfin. - .1
and all sorts of schemes are arrang- . .
ea 10 snip iaio men, wesi.
PrftTiniapn hoa mnrA iinfimnlftVfid
, . . . 1 ti ... . . 1 ' ..-: ' v -.
men now than she can care for rnd -
I hope the paper will correct the,
statement that railroad officials in
Montana and elsewhere are- circulating."
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