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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1893)
i : 1 1 . , ! I!l 01 ; W ''Pa . SI H n to. LJ3 if U V a1.- Get Eeadjr1 for dottier Christmaa! ' There is a time to buy it's NOW. There is a place to buy it's HERE, Even a little money will do wonders in purchasing presents for friends from our FAIR PRICED STOCK OF BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY GOODS. We want you to come, in and see the BEST, we want you to know how CHEAP they are , ' ' PRBSBNTS Z2Z BVBRYBODY. No one so old, no one is so young but what fitting and appropriate gifts can be found, hj our. splendid display of POPULAR and PLEASING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS V WE WILL SAVE YOU SOMETHING ON EVERYTHING PURCHASED FROM OUR SPLENDID AND SATISFYING ASSORTMENT ,3 F J i . JOYS, BOOKS AND NOVELTIES -'Local News. t Remember the Concert at the M. E. Church to-night. J. Bloch & Co.,sell groceries low er than'anyohejor cash. ... R'obt. Jameison of Weston was in the city Wednesday. ' - . R. J. Boddy; was in Pendleton on business Wednesday . Owing to continuous rains Main street is in a very muddy coudi-tiqn-' : .:' " ; . , ... v .' ; Scribbler" beams on our read ers again this week. He's awful funny;. t. i- Ladies1 cloaks, complete assori ment at manufacturers cost, at Bioch&Co. : ;; . ; ;.See the new N. Y. Aristo photoes $3 per dozen for the next. thirty days," at Watt's ' 4f v; " I Those" indebted, to ;P. M. Kirk land' would confer "a great faver by:settling the same. ;t 1 , a' "If you need'elo thing forr yburself fttid boys go tcr J. Bloch & Co- they .JM .... - " ' i . mow t- -- --.w .,--,,e $-n ,?j;f-.-- r r ' T-- S Jrrr """"""" ' r -: Sheep throughout the country are reported in excellent condition for the winter. It never fails to core dyspepsia and liver complaint. Take Sim mons Liver Regulator. , Liluokalani is certainly a re markable woman. She is allow ing the men to do all 'of, her talk ing. . , Forty pieces of a mangled sheep herder were picked up at Rose Fork, Idaho. He was stealing a ride on a freight while drunk. M. B. Hanford, ' better know as ''Major," left this week on visit to Galway, New York, whe he expects to spend the winter. , i Fjpans Jackson left the .first f fe week on a visit to Tennessee. He expeots to return by war" vf San- Francisco, and take in the midwinter fair. J : 1 ': , . VERY pAIR (iuARANTEEti. v San Francisco Cal: ? DRESS J" at PLUSH GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC. COME AIID SEE THAT HOLIDAY BARGAINS DO; EXIST AND WE GIVE THEM. YOU WANT THE BEST. THIS IS; YOUR CHANCE. NICEST OF GOODS CHEAP, AND WE DO. WE ARE ABLE TO SELL THE YOU CAN'T HELP BE- ) ING PLEASED, SO COME IN AT ONCE. HAW SEBiL-SstvQALOWEV, proprietors of THE POST OFFICB STORK. Main Street, Athena, Oregon; Wood! Wood! WoodI 1200 cords 4' foot dry pine and mixed .wood for sale at $4.00 per cord. C. W.IIOLLIS. ; !Miss Leola Young is visiting friends in Walla Walla this week. Mr. Ben McAtee, of The Dalles, is missing. - He was seen by Attor ney EBteb at Union about the first of the month, and he told Esteb at that tim-that he was on his way to the Cover He registered at the Sommer house in La Grande a day or two 'before. He was to have been homo at The . Dalles, on the 5th, and his prolonged absence is a "hrystery that has not yet byn ex plained. Fears" are- enWtained that he has met with Jourplay. i . K" '-fnw Awarded " -heStlldnors-World's Fair. m r ......... V f , ' ' 1 ji&LiLttlf MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream cf Tartar Powder. Fre from Ammonia, A'c.:n cr any other aduttenafc 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. The Deadly Shot pun. Fred Brannin',' the' nineteen year old son of R. 0 Bannm of : Milton w.aj shot and probably i fatally in- ured with a shot gun recently in the hands of another boy named Graham. The boys were in a chariwari party when the accident occurred. The!! gun was loaded with powder, and -wads, the latter entering Bannin's right nip, in flicting a very serious wound. it is related that Graham triedr un successfully to crowd Branninout of his place In the ranks, ' and after one of these attempts the shopiiug becured. Both " young men were armedwith shot guns loaded with powder and wads. It is claimed; by Graham that the shooting was accidental, and'the case has not yet beenr decided. , he Trouble Over a Lap-robe. he other day Joseph Raidville missed a lap-robe from his buggy and found it t at Hick's . stable, where it had been -sold -by Frank Turner. Turner was arrested, and had his examination Friday after noon before Justice Rosenberg, being fined $2536 young maif who has lived nere several years and has never before been accused of wrong doing, explained that he foolishly sold the robe for another man who requested him to do so. This party could not be found, however, and Turner had to suffer. He feels very badly over the case, and the belief is charitably ex pressed that his explanation true. u taita JEHS J 1 -, I J d I THE A. O. U. W. BANQUET, A Highly Social Event, at Which Many Enjoy the Hospitality of the Order. ; On Saturday evening last, the Ancient Order of United Workmen of this city, gave a banquet, . that from -a, social standpoint, is con ceded by those who werepresentr to nave Deen one 01 the hnest ban quets ever given in this city. At 7:30 the stream of ia- vited guests began to flow into the spacious hall, in the center bf which stood a long, m assi Ve table, extending the entire length -of the floor, upon which was ' loaded . the delicacies which went to makeu-jup tne granaest Danquet supper ever given in A"thena. After the httn dred andfebme guests had arrived the , Athena Orchestra " rendered some excellent music. The , speakers : of . the evening, Deputy JJistnct Urand workman Brannin, of Pendleton, owing to to illness in his familywas unable to attend, " and Dr." Ge6W King, of this city delivered the opening address, which was very interest ing as well as instructive. Then G. W,f Proebstel, of the Weston lodge made a few appropriate re marks, and was followed by Frank G. Hull, editor of the Milton Eagle and Master Workman of the lodge of that city. Bro. Hull has a good delivery and held the. close attention of the audience fora half hour, daring which time he gave some interesting statistics as to the amount of in surance that had been paid 'to the widows and 'orphans of: 'deceased members' of the order from time, to time.'C ;;: A After the speeches were over, the guests were seated at the big table and did ample justice' to the good things that had been prepared for the occasion by the wives' and daughters of the workmen. After supper the taMe was removed and a couple of hours was devoted to music and dancing, is $ Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, Furnishing Goods, etc., at the Clearance Sale, at MATT MOSGROYffS? -Have you got in line yet ? If not you have no time to lose Jbefore doing so, if you wish to save ; BIG IRON DOE-LAS Also in stock an assortment of Holiday goods,- Crockery, glass ware, etc., that will he sold at a sacrifice. Groceries at Cost. are selling at sacrifice. i- rWhy suffer from, dyspepsia and ""headache when Simmons Liver Regulator will cgireyou? . . . Parties desiring pasture for stock should call on ' or addres, K. ijtewart,' Athena, Oregon.-. - r.J'rejutotico 5 and ignorance taye given away to commons Liver Regulator ' It has stood the test. .r John Gilli8 dropped, a card from Spokane to friends here that he is getting aloof? all 0. K.' on; his t'rliJhOBfte ""-' ; 4.fc-s - ; . "i L'ii--t 'M. :''- wv,;.;" v'j ' , Parties desiring a good; farm at a low,price and easy; terms, will do well -to call lit the. "Athena ' Press-1 mf.ee for parucuiarsw : he flour mill at- Lone Creek s ground n,p au t,ne wneai in Northern Grant county, and has closed down until next spring 4 ' The persons hunting deer with dogs in the vicinity of Tacoma are having' a little game to escape th) clutches of the officers of the law.; , Some ' one's invoice of blueing was wrecked in the Pendleton-Long Creek inau sack Tuesday. It is unnecessary to .state the. results, says the Eagle. ' ' ''' . . . At no other place in Oregon does wheat sell for a higher price than in' Northern ; . Grant county. Merchantable' " wheat there com mands 90 cents per bushel. The C. A. Barrett Co., ar 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. ; " v Choice garden' land and fruit tracts for, sale, or Will exchange for A 1. wheat land.- C'all ort- or'ad- i dress, Smith ..(Armstrong, .Milton, Oregon, who can Suit you in place Land price; . , , : h- ; ..-. Bloch ' & Co, have just re vived a large stock of ladie's and Misse's cloaks and jackets, of the latest designs, and are selling them very cheap. See them before pur chasing for the fall and winter. E. : 0.: W. 0.' "iWarren says wheat is : being I rapidly shipped from the station ' of which he is mayor. The Warren . market shows a decided improvement, one man out ihere .receiving as high as ?6 cents tor his crop. , iieppner Uazette:,', When lm paneling the jury ;at Portland fos the: trial of Dunbar,' charged with smuggling' opiums Atty. Sears, according to the Telegram, askeq E. O. Sperry, of this city, if he was a democjat. Mr, Sperry replied that he "used to be." He was at once' excused. Owing to hard times thC. A. Barrett Co., will offer a special in ducement to cash customers. They still have a full line of hardware, stoves and tinware, also 'very low prices in Plows', Harrows, Seeders and Drills. We will not be under sold. Special prices in Wagons and Hacks ; Lor : the poor Indian, t rain or shine, - may . be Been iVpon our Lfittftday streets idly passing the. time away He lives hsppuy, and in ms cas where ignorance is bliss 'tis foil to be wise. . . ; , r John Gillis and John Frasier left 'last Sunday for an 'extended visit to their old homes in r Prince Edward Island, Thft PEss ; will keep them informed as to what goes on in Athena. ; : ''.y ' ; . -.The Portland -Oregonian,!; eays, "the live to wa will have a live pa per." If it has any thing worth. the attention of the , outside world, tind wants it told where it will : do the most good, it will put its trust in the home paper and the home paper-will da the business. Alex McKay moved in to his new residence on Adams street one day this week. Last Monday " Charley ; "Cap" Lewis and Hugh started on a hunting expedition; Bkck-Mountain ' U9r "Mr. Gray-of the Mi E.' Church is " at,' Spokane but . 'fill return in time for .services., next r - Dunn, Robie to The teople of Lamar Gulsh ,,have organized a literary society tha -Stamper', school f house. The subject for discussion at 'the nexti meeting is 'Resolved that the" National banks are a benefit to the United States." . . ' i ' "of a from Under Lock and Key. )r. Joseph Bui is the name of a isfternary surgeon who came to Athena this spring, accompanied by his wife and child, lhey stopped at the Athena Restaurant and last Wednesday Millen,one of the pro- puetors attached their gdods for doard amounting to $106. The Dr. gave Millen orders on different rparties to satisfy the amount du, but out of all or them only small amount was collected, the : majority refusing to recognize the orders on grounds that Bill agreed to cure or no pay would be expect- ed for his service. Mr. Millen stiff holds the goods and ..the Dr., wife and child, are now at the Athena House. It is hoped the Dr. will be able to straighten matters up. The A. (). U. W. nf this f. tv ia Y t f ranidlv increasinsr in membershiDy ""withstanding the misfor- and , no doubt a, number of thosiJnes thit our farmers have exper who were in attendance the other evening, after hearing statistics and other evidence of the good ac complished by the order, will now consider it an obligation they owe to the welfare of their wives and little ones, to take advantage of the beneficiary acquirements that are held out by the A. 0. U. W. ienced during the late harvest they are still hopoful for the coming season and more wheat .will be planted this year than any former one. Eastern Oregon js all . right, and only meet with reverses during unusual seasons. . 1 10 John Gentry, aged' forty years died at Milton Thursday night from quick consumption. Mr. Gentry who was a Heppner farmer, was in Milton neighborhood buy ing fruit trees when seized with the sickness that soon ended in his death. He leaves a triJi; : ly. The remains wefe nhipped Heppner for interment ; Tiroes-Mountaineer: i Eggs are now being shipped fronj 'Jowa to bo sold in Oregon markets in car load lots. The - hens , in Iowa are doing their !duty. in drawing gold dollars away from Oregon to fill Hawkeye hen men's pockets hen men who know how to raise and feed hens so that they will lay when eggsare high. The farmers of 'Oregon should become hen men enough and at once to stop this importa tion of eggss from Iowa. : Yellow fir, such as grows in pro fusion In Oregon, is being tried in Paris for,, street , paving Before being laid, it is treated with a pre paration of creosote, which, is ob tained from the pyroligneoua acid and : tarry matter', distilled - from the sawdust of the wood. The Pomerpy. Independent is moved to say, "If Christ were" to put in an appear ance in this county He would be crucified in twenty-four hours for an impostor in any place He might visit. Think of this statement j those of you who claim to have a monopoly of saving souls." - Heppner Record: J. W. Vaugh an and Dri Carlisle were in the city yesterday from Lexington. The Dr. is a recent arrival from Athena where he carried on a suc cessful practice for a number of years; He has located at Lexing- ton. ": . ;- k-.. Salem Statesman: Superinten dent JE.'B.'-"iMcElroy has been notified by Dr. Lewis,', superinten dentof the Oregon; state commis sion, at the, lato world's fair,,that four prizes, have, been won by the Oregon :state- r school" exhibit for points of superior excellency under the following heads: J btate and county department 01 public in struction: 2 primary and inter mediate public schools, graded and ungraded: . 3 one prize to the Willamette university exhibit. There is no poetry m -"rainy weather, with clouds hanging low on the atmosphere. 1 Not the least enthusiasm mav be expected from these conditions, but only a feeling of despondency. Italian tints on landscapes, clear atmosphere, and Bummer breezes to fan the cheek of the beauty are the great incentives to romance and picture painting. These have not been daily occur ences in The Dalles for'some time, and therefore . the people are dis couraged. Times Mountaineer. Triey tell, this, about a miner in the Greenhorn country: A preach er traveling on the trail encoun tered an old Irishman turning a windlass which hauled up ore out of a shaft. '. His hat was off and the sun poured down on his un protected head. "Don't you know the sun will iniure your brain if you expose it in 'that manner?" said the preacher. The Irishman wiped his forehead and looked at his royal nibs. "Do you think I'd be doin' this all day if I had any brains?" . he returned, and then gave the handles another turn. Mr. Lewis says Oregon has ob tained 75 medals at the world's fair, ranking third among tjj states, beventeen were in hort iculture, being for apples, peaches, cherries, singly and collectively collections of nuts, dried Oregon prunes, German and Hungarian prunes: 23 in agriculture, hereto ' W.: 0. - Gray ' pastor,' ; will preach at the M E.f Church Sun day, - morning and evening. I The evening sermon will be addressed to', vountf ladies. . Subiect: ('The rls of. the 19th dentury.'.' , East Oregoniam , Col. W, F Butcher passed therough Pendleton oh his return to Baker City from a trip below. "Butch" obtained his ti tle by being made the colonel in the Oregon National Guard and placed oh the governor's staff. He Wears his honors with native grace, j . ' A Miserly Father' Crulty, A Btdty .of terrible cruelty flther to his daughter, comes lain, Wash.r It appears that a ian named Stabley, who has the eputatiori of, being a miser,- has a laughter 'named Annie, esrtd 18 vfiftra: Three vears ago .nie was the brightest scholars in her tlas?. v Sudenly the young I lady-' dis- apeared from the midst of her for mer kssociate's andlhe'r, whereabouts were for ,a long-time unkpown. It ' appears tiatrfather,e8iring to prohibit - her.-: associating r a with young people ether. age,) confined ner in a siou wtBcuicuv vii net unu home, '. Where-for'-' the past three years she .ha beeji .kept" a plose prisoner, :Two weeks ago she es caped and "spent. -the eentirS' .night in an adjoining back-yard aimless- y- tolling a' barrer through the rain. When iouna in toe morning she was drenched to the skin and frothing at, the, mouth. .. The brutal treatment she had received .at, the " hands of .the,, father drove her insane, and the citizens of - BLtin rising in" their- indignation"; had the young lady placed m" ..bteujw coora, where strong nopes are en tertained of her ultimate .recoyery. Placer Mining. i beveral months ago a company was formed of St Paul .capitalists to operate a new mining. machine, savs the Kennewick Coltimbian. Thev have - adopted the nama kof the Columbia River Placer "Mtriihg company, and elected J.. M. Anderr son superintendent in -charge Mr. Anderson came out here a few months ago and has completed jail necessary prelnninery , arrange ments and the machinery, was : set in motion last -Tuesday. About $30,000 has been expended in H.he new machinary and barges and theV are now at work on the claim purchased from J. E. Van Gorden. Last Wednesday the company made a day's run, and cleaned up a neat sum. Of course they 'are not working in pay dirt, but they are more than satisfied with the result, and Mr, Anderson and other stockholders; are very . 8a.no;, mime of the result. The company will no doubt add other plants ipd before many moons tfte river bant will be lined with these newi tna' chines. It is claimed that when lheoldrbcker8 wilt -pay a- dolla a day per man, this new machine willclean'un as high as $250 to $400 per day.- ; s . . s Committee of 100. " j The. grand iury today indicted George B. Markle, president of the Oregon National Bank; bid! Sherman, cashier, and Penumbra Kelly, sheriff of Multnomah coun tv. for 'failure to pay into .the county treasury about $148,000 ofcountv tunas, JveJley had the money; on deposit in the Oregon National Bank when it failed last July. The bank only remained closed one ' month, but . the sheptu could not draw out the money jim mediately for fear , of closing tthe bank apain. . :The committee 100 took the matter in hand and the1 indictment are the result their work. The opinion is freely expressed by many that the com mittee has takeu the wrong course to get the money in : the quickest way.. '' . ;.;';- ; fore given, 12 in fisheries, 10 in mining, 2 in forestry, 4 in educa tion, 3 and perhaps 5 in the wc man's department, 2 for herbarinm. Ihis iigares up bl.; ' '-y't' " ; f. Starved to Death in the Mountains A correspondent writes from Lapwai to the Grangeville Free Press that the bodies of a man and women of middle age had been found recently by Indians in the Bitter Root mountains: It is not definitely known who the vic tims were, but it is stated by pros pectors that parties, answering their description left Lo Lo hot springs last sommer to go on foot toBoise City in order toesoape the persecutions of the woman a step mother; ' They evidently did not realize the dangers of this journey and, as they wore poorly provided, had to succumb to the pangs of huneer and starvation and' thus made their pitiable story possible. W.i W. fa. - ,. '.' i . Page Brought Back. ; , , " Tom D; Page, js.under ; arrest on acUarge of larceoyi ' iSirice aclbsing his somewhat icheckered creer at Pendleton: Tom1' has been, located , rt Genessee, Idaho,; whre, ho ,t I . " 1 'l .L.I ..-filll 1 states, ne nas neen prouiwiy eugiig- ed in the practice ;off law .-.Sheriff'' Furnish went up to Genessee arni- , ed witlv extradition' papers,; ani returned with Mr. "Page.5 - An at- ' temptw as made to effect the prisoa er's release on" habeas corpus, pro ceedings, put the- tram left ,uen essee with the sheriff and Page ; on boards before service could be had of the writ, '-- ' ' The charge against Page arises . from the Anton Moran and . Ate Rollev caso. ' These men are in jail for the larceny of aomo mort- 1 I lS-t. 4.t. . ). gageu wneat, - wuicii mojr iuuil . fiom Nelson Murry's field, claim ing it to be due them for Work. ' Page is accusod ol advising ' tnc- to take' "the' wheat .thwrf- comiEg .5r-piiooe The. ' pnyate prosoutor- is - w;- Bergevinr. whO'' is interested reason of being one of the mort ; gees-of the grain. ' ''-." ' i-a " " : i ,, , Tha Festive 'Tramp. " Some eighty-five trampsstopped '. off the overland at Grant's Pass one morning last week, and the people thought it - was better to feed them than ' to incur" their en-' mity.' So a number of citizens do nated bread and 1 other provisions. -and the birds of r passage - pitched their camp in the company's wood pile, near the stockyards. They built a number of fires out of the company's wood,: and constructed break-winds after cooking their meal and lay down to toast them-, selves fqr the night, "none of them thaANblanketa.;t!:They ,were . not a bad l4wr.riog : etratd -:were simply a ! lot : of lfnvo;dent'fel' lows' whora: theKarJ7' ttm-etijilrj; thrown put of employment.. They were " organized, had their own ' marshal and judge, and seemed v determined to prevent any depre dation on th& part of their mem bers. One of the party , had sonie trouble with a brakeman, lit which , , the ; member .was . proved to bo. wrong, b- he was tried and sen tenced to thirty", planks with a board, after his hands had been , tied behind him. - - -' . Times-MMuntainser; fa wext'of advantage! prcwfttiA by the midwinter fair in Sin Francisco for such a contest Com jiany 0, First regiment, Oregon National Guard, extends a challenge to any National Guard Company in the United States, especially the Chickasaw Guards of Memphis, Tennessee, to compete under the heads of drill and marksmanship, separately or combined, for the championship of the United States. Captain Farrer of the company G, has deposited a certified check for $1000 with Adjutant General Mitchell,, which any canipany is invited to contest with. J A Moslem Mosque of Maw .Y Oi k. v The firBt call to prayrr bf tin;, muezzin of the first spoHby of Mj-'-hammadans took place this morn ing; from, the'window 6nhe' Union Square hall, : New frk City, Ermin Li Vobokoflv wearing a fez, leaned far out of the second-story windowj which BafficeJ for a min aret, and placing his thumbs be hind the lobes of his cars, with the palm of his hands turned "fore ward, he called ,out the formal summons - to prayer. The words were in Arabic. On the Bidewalk below were ranged a few of the fn'thful, being Mussulmans from the' .1 7 -4 Swamped In McKay Creek ; 1 World's' i,(Jr..'.Th!v;.:3r?w theM-,'i . , V r T1Ls 1 n .. I L. i U( , APbi 1111 111 II NITU. I' li ri'i M FIT; ' T7ttJJ rfcHi'tlontfi out there. It h is tvr- uu -it banks, and is cupeing con siderable damage. Thursday, Al lert Rhodes fried to ford ' it with a six-horso team, and his wagon was swamped Mr. Rhodes and his little son had a harrow escape from drowning The horses floundered down stream and all managed to reach land. The wa gon is still in the creek, and w a complete wreck. It contained Mr. .Rhodes entire winter supply of provisions, which were swept away and lost. . . M'-cca'. Quite ft" -ctrtw'.k;M'ct and abVut AxXy tn'.-i.h )Mu " sulmans ' upstairs ' to thV- hftU? Mohamid Nobokoff then delivero-1 an address, Btating the object of the society and the creed of Ir ian. , Henry Cochran Sntenced. Henry Cochran, former weir the mint, was convicted of roL , ' the government of gold bullion t the amount of $139,000 to-day and sentenced to the United Sta.- district court for seven years': at..'. six months in tha penitentiary.'