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ATHENA, MARCH 8tli 1805.
When the deficiency appropria
tion lill reached the senate, the
California, Nevada and Oregon
senators secured the insertion of
an nmendement appropriating $4,
690,000 to reimburse the Pacific
coast elates for money expended in
aid of the suppression of the rebel
lion. The greater portion of this
sum is duo California, Oregon's
share being but $335,152.88, but it
is a sum the treasurer of Oregon
would heartily welcome. With this
and other amendments, tho bill
weni to the house and into confer
ence the last dav of the session.
The houso conferees insisted upon
the senate conferees receeding from
tho amendment, and, as the time
was short and tho bill in danger of
failing to pass, this was done, and
the effort to secure payment of
these claims at this session met
final defeat.
The effort to secure remunera
tion from the government for the
war expenses of these, states has
been continuous for a number of
years. Bills have been introduced
into each congress and pushed vig
orously, but with no result hither
to beyond favorable reports for the
war claims committee of tho house
and military committee of tho sen
ate. Tho Oregon claims havo been
fully proved, and the exact am
ount due definitely ascertained, so
that very soon after the appropria
tion of the money tho state treas
ury should receive it. That they
are just is admitted by the willing
ness of tho senate to provide for
them by an amendment to the ap
propriation bill, and thus settle
the matter at tho present session,
instead of demanding that it come
in regular way by the special re
lief bill long since introduced and
buried beyond hope of resurrection
during the brief hours of tho pres
ent session that kill remained.
Tho effort will bo renewed when
the next congress meets, and its
final succession is only a question
of time. This in a sort of public
expenditure that always finds op
ponents on the score of the prcrent
necessity for economy, and, were
this economy applied in other di
rections as well, Oregon could have
no just grounds of complaint bo
cause payment of these claims was
postponed until a time when tho
national treasury thould bo in a
better condition for meeting other
than necessary current expenses.
Oregonian.
The Oregonian is a great news
paper, one of tho largest and best
on tho coast, but it shows a deplor
able weakness in resorting to such
language as ''stinkers," and simply
because certain men are not in ac
cord with its senatorial views,
pointedly remarks the Wallowa
Cbieftinn.
One of tho worst blizzards of tho
winter struck Creston, Iowa, Mon
day, when the thermometer fell to
;0 degrees below. Nothing of the
kind in Oregon butter cups, birds
etc., havo full sway "but such is
our climate." '
The Tacoma Morning Union will
turnover its plant to the school
children nnd allow one edition to
be gotten out by them, the proceeds
to go to any object the children
may select.
The experts looking over the
bonks of Raker County havo al
ready found that county to be $?70
000 in debt and there are several
more precincts to hear from.
The extremely low rates offered
by competitive steamship compan
ies from points on tho Bound to
Alaska is attracting the attention
of many persons' throughout the
slate. The pleasure oifered by an
ocean voyage together with favor
able reports of fortunes to be made
in Alaska .have quite turned the
heads of some residing in Athena
and Weston, Who are contemplat
ing a trip up there this spring, and
lose, sight of the prospects of con
siderable suffering in the far north
country of Alaska as a result of the
large number of . people who are
going there in anticipation of am
assing a fortune in the rich gold
fields. The Juneau Mining Rec
ord cautions intending immigrants
that in going to Alaska they will
find it no poor man's country, that
no one should arrive .there with
less than-$500 in cash, and, if to
woo the fickle goddess in the gold
mines is the intention, practical
experience, a robust constitution
and indomitable will are necessary
requisites. The mining regions
are hundreds of miles from supply
points and the season in which op
erations can be carried on is con
fined to a few months in midsum
mer. Not one person in a hundred
makes a strike tho first season and
unless prospectors have sufficient
fundi to carry them through the
long rigorous winter, starvation is
almost inevitable.
D. W. McDanai.d, of Milton
neighborhood, better known as the
"sage of Mud creek,'' and who has
signed "Willis'' to newspaper artic
les on division to the Milton Eagle,
In which he promises tho dear peo
plo an affliction of the division
question two years hence, says
promises an acquisition to the ag
gregation in tho shape of a "three
legged" monster of some sort.
. The Pendleton Tribune says:
benator elect McBride has given no
evidence of being influenced by the
bolters." No; neither has senator
elect McBride given any evidence
that ho is being influenced by
"Dolphcholia." Tho case of sena
tor elect McBride seems to bo one
of "I don't know where I am at."
GONE FROM MILTON.
A Prominent Citizen Went to Salem
and Then Disappears.
Several responsible parties from
Milton have told a story to a re
presentative of this paper which
contains some ugly facts for a pro
minent citizen of that city to face,
says the East Oregonian.
Six years ligo, one R. T. Morris
came to Corvallis, in this state,
and one year later to Milton, where
he opened a harness shop. At the
time the electric light plant was
put in, he enguged with the pro
prietor and became an electrician
finally having charge of the ma
chinery in the station. Morris, ac
companied by Mrs. Morris, and oc
cupied a very high position among
the people of the town and vicin
ity, lie was active in church work
and high up as a secret society
man. When the county division
movement was started this last
time, Morris was a leader, and came
down to Pendleton to interview the
business men of thu r.itv nn'thn
subject ond to ask for signatures to
petitions which were to bo presen
ted to the legislature anl-intr Mint
Vernon county be set off frpm Um-
aiuia. Morris joined the throng
which went to Salem to lobby for
the bill introduced by Representa
tive Davis, and was in tho state
capitoI city up to Friday before ad
journment, Sinco that day, he
has not been heard of and an in
vestigation was ordered by a lodge
in Milton, a committee being nam
ed to make tho inquiries. What
they discovered has not been made
public.
Others pursued ioveirt'gations,
however, and it has been found that
Morris' real name is not Morris,
but R. K. Thomas. He cam to
Oregon from Hunifston, Iowa,
whero his wife lives, her name be
ing Mrs. Anna Thomas. A lady
jiving in Walla Walla recognized
Thomas, and when she made known
her discovery, persons in Humes
Jon were communicated with and
Thomas' photograph sent to them
for inspection. All pronounced it
a representation of the R. K. Thom
iis who lived in Humeston, and
Mrs. Thomas also said she recog
nized it as a photograph of her
husband.
It was also stated that Thomas
left Ilumet ton for the west in com.
pany with another woman, leaving
ins who and children in the Iowa
town, though it is not nlleeed thnt
the woman knew that Thomas was
a married man. -
How's This.
We otter Oin Huiidivd dollars Kewnrd lor
any raw of Catarrh that rtiiuiot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
V. J. Cheney A Co., Props, Tuleds, )
V e the mulei-slgni-d have known K. J. Ciien.
tV lor (ho last l.v years, and believes him per
fectly honorable In all business transaction
and tlnaiiclalty able to carry out any obliga
tions mudo by their linn.
West Truax, Wholesale DrtitiKist, Toledo,
t, VValdlnii. Klunan A Marvin, Wholesale
lhiiKKiKt, Toledo, Ohio.
Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken Internallv.act
Idh directly upon the hlixnl and mucous ur
fi.i-i'M tt lit, .vntmii IS-i.u. " "w. ,u. lu.lt I.
HwlttbynlllWiiKista. 'lcstimouUl fret-,
FROM WALLOWA COUNTY.
An Interesting Letter From the Land
of Sheep, Cattle and Hogs.
Arcaua, Ore. March, 4th To
the Editor. Thinking it might
interest 6ome of your readers, who
have never been in Wallowa coun
ty, to read a short description of
the country, I thought I would
write a few Hues. ; , 1.,,;
Wallowa county ia in somewhat
of a diamond shape with an extreme
width of about sixty-five miles and
an estimated extreme length of sev
enty miles. Its boundaries embrace
nearly every variety of country,
lovely valleys, lotty mountains,
rolling hills, treeless ureas, exten
sive forests, and the consequent
varieties of climate, from the deep
valley of the Imnaha, which has
been termed as the "Itily of Wall
owa," to the bleak and lofty tops
of mountains whose peaks are cov
ered with perpetual snow.
The traveler leaving Grande
Ronde valley, takes a northerly di
rection and passing through the
beautiful Indian valley and "Crick
et " Flat" country, a distance of
about fifty miles, finds himself on
the bluffs overlooking the Wallowa
river at a point where it is swollen
by the Minum.
After descending the hill, known
as the Wallowa hill, which is two
miles in length, the traveler crosses
the Wallowa bridge and takes a
course nearly due east. For about
nine miles winds here and there
with the river in what is known as
the Wallowa canyon. The canyon
is very narrow with almost perpen
dicular walls that sometimes rise to
the height of 1,500 feet. But the
canyon suddenly terminates and
tho lower Wallowa valley appears;
certainly a beautiful sight to one
who has tired of the picturesque
scenery of the canyon. From tho
head of the canyon to Joseph, a
distance of about forty miles', the
road passes through the lower, mid
dle and upper valleys. The peo
ple of these valleys are engaged in
farming and stock raising, they al
so raise some fruit but the princi
pal fruit valley is the Imnaha.
The Wallowa, or Silver lake, is
situated about one mile
south of Joseph and is about four
miles long and one mile wide. Sur
rounding the lake are high' moun
tains and above are lofty peaks,
standing silent sentinels to the
beautiful scene below.
The valley is bounded on the
south and southwest by a lofty
range of mountains, but on the
north and northeast lie rolling hills
that reach to Washington and Ida
ho. This vast territory .is unsur
passed as a stock range. Large
herds of cattle, horses and sheep
roam-over it. Horses remaining
on the range the year around,
while cattle and sheep are on the
range from April to November. In
November tlw stockmen have a
general round-up and drive their
cattle down on the Imnaha and
Snake river winter ranges. A few
"cowboys" go along to look after
tho cattle during the winter, taking
with them their pack-horses pack
ed with coffee, flour, bacon and
beans, and some take a little "Oh
during Vne win er 'the Lv' dr
t.hm Lob mr .. . .nm n
he joytui, there they remain
The settlement in the stock part of
tho country is scattering and would
probably remind an old timer of
early days, with the exceptions
I-that there are no Indians only in
the summer time, then the country
is generally visited by a large num
ber of Indians, who come to par
take of tho excellent fishing and
hunting. Bertha Wiixaby.
SO-CALLED NEWSPAPER ' LAWS.
The assistant attorney general,
for the postfhee department, has
made an important ruling in re
gard to what are known as "news
paper laws."
Those so-callod laws provided
that the subscribers to newspapers
are liable for the price thereof, un
less they give express notice to dis
continue, or when they give notice
to discontinue without paying ar
rearages, or refuse to take papers
from tho office, that the publisher
of the newspaper can have any one
arrested for fraud who takes the
paper and refuses to pay for it, and
that it is a dangerous trick to al
low a subscription account to run
on six months or a year and a-halt
and then tell the postmaster to
mark it "refused" or send th-Tedit-or
a notice ta discontinue the pa
per. The department has time and
again informed parties making such
inquiries and the public generally
that there are no such laws. The
ruling as made, however, goes be
yond this; it is to tho effect that a
publisher who mak.es a demand
for payment of the subscription,
price of his paper through the
mails, accompanied by a threat of
enforcing such pretended laws in
caso the demand is not complied
with, may be prosecuted for at
tempting to obtain -money under
false pretenses, provided that he
knows that such so-called laws
has no existence as the laws
decisions of the courts. .
or
The mayor of The Dalles died
yesterday in that city. He occupi
the position of bank cashier and
was well known,
MEW
Ladies Black Cotton Hose Per Pair
Black Figured Satin, New Pattern Per Yard.
42 Inch Cashimers, All Colors........ ... ...
Chattel Mortgage Sale !
Everything below
First Cost. " J
Look ...
at . . .
These Prices:
Wood Beam Plow, 16in . ,
Iron " " 14in ... ....
' 16in
Sulky Plow, 16in
Gang 12in'.......'..'.V.:.
D. S. Plow, ......... .........
Riding Corn Plow,. . . . .
Land Roller 15 foot. . ........
14 Hoe Broadcast Seeder,. . . . . . .
16 Hoe Davis Shoe Drill, . .
12-foot Iron Lever Harrow,. . . .
EVERYTHING ELSE IN
THE HARDWARE LINE
M ADIT WAITED MAMAPrD Main St.,
ULnitix if fiL I Liij mnnnuLii,
THE BOTTLE KILLED HIM.
Drunken Indian Falls From
His Horse and is Killed.
His
Jl0-1 Vh
is known as 4 Two-slips, fell from
his horse, near Pendleton, and was
reported to coron er Kimery a9 be
ing badly injured. The coroner ac
companied by Dr. Vincent immedi
ately started out, and at a point
east of St. Joseph's academy and
opposite the Fisher home they found
the dead (body of Two-slaps He
had started from Pendleton in com
pany with two other Indians to re
turn to the agency, evidently in
toxicated, and he was seen to fall
from his horse. The fall broke a
bottle which ho was carrying in
his breechclout and a fragrant of
the glass pierced his groin, severe
ing the femoral artery. From this
wound he bled to death in a few
minute. As there was no suspic
ion of foul play, Coroner Kimery
did not consider it necessary to
summon ti jury, but will make a
report to the county court cmhody
ing the evidence regarding the case.
The body was turned over to other
Indians, who conveyed it to the
agency. ( -
Thorough Farmers.
Win. Uigby U with his father in
the farm as.Kigby & bon, one of the
heaviest producers of wheat in Ore
gon. A party of gentlemen recent
ly drove past their fields, some 2,
500 acres of summer fallow, and
found evidence of thorough til
ling of the soil Every foot has
been carefully .gone over previous
to seeding and there are few weeds
to be seen. Mr, Rigby, in conversa
tion to an East Oregonian reporter,
said, in response to a question on
the subject: 'Ve do pretty thor
ough Work and find it pays so to
operate. The other day, when wo
sold our 1S94 crop and delivered it
at the platform, an agent of the
wheat company remarked that there
was no grade above No.' 1, or he
would grade our wheat higher than
that. Our entire crop was No. 1
6trong and was sought after by buy
ers, I attribute it entirely to the
faet that the land was well worked
and weeds and wild plants kept
carefully down." -
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World' Fait HigJt WI ma4 Diptem.
5c
12icJ
29cJ
5 Gallon Keg Syrup
18 Lbs Granulated Sugar. . .
50 Lbs Sks Liverpool Salt. .'.
.......$ 14.75
...... 14.50
16.35
........ 40.00
$55 to 60.00
: . ' 4.00
'28.00
45.00
48.00
85.00
ls.oo
BELOW COST PRICE.
ATHENA, OR.
ates
PUBLIC NOTICE.' ' ' '
Notice Is hereby given that I. will Vpplv
the mayor snd common council of the city of
Athena, Orejfon, at meeting thereof to be
held on the AMli dsy of Jliinh, JSfti, nr ft
lkenie to xell nirituou, malt ud vinoux
Hi) uon in loam mini title than one quart, oaiil
liquora to be gold only In the Matlock buildini;
situated on lot 9. In blocks, of saidcitv.
Iteted Feb. a), !. I.gw Shaw, Applicant.
Actual Residence Not Necessary.
Hon. D. J. Cooper, of The Dalles,
has received the following dispatch:
Wasiunv.tox, March 1, 1S95.
Hox. p. C. Cooper, The Dalles, Ore
Ellis' bill which passed tho house
Wednesday, amending law so as
not to require actual residence on
railroad lands, passed the senate to
day with amendment, and goes to
the president for his approval.
Jon. II. Mitchell.
too
Job
Work
Way
Down
$1.60.
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Mens Heavy Wool Cassimere Suits.
Mens Heavy Working Shirts. ... ... . . . .
Mens Heavy Cotton Socks
THIIElsr -
DIVISION OF UMATILLA
. . V WAS NOT PASSED
AND
WE ARE
PREPARED
TO
SELL
Plows, Harrows, Buggies, Hacks, Wagons; Carts,
Windmills, Cultivators, Lime- Cement, Staves
.... and Hardware Cheaper than ever : : , : : :
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try and forget the past and begin the New Year
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at the verge of a period of activity. If you wish
proof of this come to Lively's and see what he has.
His stock of GOODS and PRICES will convince
you that we are entering upon an era of : : :
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fire insurance companies: Phoenix, Home, Royal, Ger
man, Caledonian and Northwest. He writes
- his own policies and guarantees correctness,
and at the lowest rates at which responsible com
panies will take risks. He has the agency for the
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$ 50000
$21,000
interest on time deposits. Proper attention
given to collections. Seals in foreign and
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Athona, Oregon
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