The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, June 07, 1895, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text1 1 t . .7- . a' . ATHENA PRESS Published Every Prlday Morning By J. V. SMITH, Proprietor. F. B. Bon, Editor. Entered at Athena poatofHce m lecond-clas mall matter. . ...... Subscription latcs: Per year, In advance, . ' fl-50 , Single copied, In wrapper, 5o. Advertising Kates: Local reading notices, first lniertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent Insertion, 8c All communications should be addressed to he PRESS, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA, JUNE 7 1895. The article in the Press some time ago relating to a creamery as being a 1 paying venture in this city has stirred up farmers in this section. Last week's issue of the Press contained a remarkably well written article on the subject from the pen of "Granger," and this week "Another Granger" contrib utes a communication relating to the establishment of a creamery here. We are mush pleased to see the interest that is manifested in the cause, and feel assured that if our citizens do their part toward the enterprise, it will be only a matter of a short time when our farmers will reap the benefits of this much needed institution, Amos K, Jones is again editor of the Oregon Scout., After two years of rest from the toils of an editor's life he again takes up the pen to express his thoughts through the columns of the paper he establish ed years ago. Duiing his vacation he and his brother have perfected a process of engraving that will be used in making the Scout an illus trated paper, a copy of which.speak ing for itself, is before us. Amos K., is a son of tho late "Squire" Jones of Weston. He is a good writer, and a most pleasant gentle man as we remember meeting him when the writer was editor of the Weston Leader. ' Have you read "Coin's Finan cial School?'' If not, you should, and then read the Tribune man's reply to it, and then see how near it reminds you of a common buzz fly tickling the tail of an elephant. Brother Jackson, too, seems con siderably exercised over the pros pect of silver coinage and a fright ful nightmare dream of inflated values haunts him wofully when be sees 25 cent wheat, 10 cent but ter, 5 cent eggs selling alongside of government bonds that bear a premium of 17 or 18 cents on the dollar."Willis" in Milton Eaglo. Says a California exchange: Coin's financial fools are the mon ey grabbing idiots who feel it nec essary to explain through the newspapers that they never attend ed bis school. Any schoolboy who reads the book will recognize that the imaginary school is a pure fic tion, and that the lessons taught thero are entirely truthful. When a ship is launched in this country, a bottle of wine is broken upon her prow. They have a pret tier as well as a more significant cus tom in Japan, where a cage of dif ferent kinds of birds js provided, and as the ship begins to move, the birds are liberated, flying to all points of the compass, and typify ing the nature of commerce far bet ter than a bottle of wine. As t'si'Ai. in such cases, the Re publican clubs' meeting in Port land resulted in a struggle bet woe a that city and the country, the rural district suffering defeat by being outnumbered by the large Portland dalegations and the aid they were able to secure from the larger towns. Florence West (Rep.) As the Irishman said. 'I have no objection to the bedbug as a bug, what I object to is the way they make their living." That's about the conclusion the country has come to in reference to gold bugs. . Today the silver question rules the politics of the world, and the next election in this country will turn solely on that issue. Allotted Indians arecitizens, and are entitled to all the benefits and subject to the laws of the com monwealth in which thev may re side. This was the conclusion ar rived at by Jadge Bellinger, and commissioner of Indian affairs Smith, in a long answer to the re marks and questions of Chiefs Peo and Young Chief, who recently went to-Washington. gives the same as bis opinion. GOLD STANDARD IS DOOMED. The Majority of the Next Congress Are Against the Yellow Metal. The Sunday World prints the re sult of the telegraphic poll of the next Congress upon the silver, tar iff and income-tax questions. The list i3 not complete, as many are away from home, or declined to re spond. Out of 116 who gave pos itive replies regarding the silver question, 55 favored free coinage, 44 bimetalism, 17 the gold stand ard. Apparently there is going to be vigorous attempts, to change the tariff in some important particu lars. About an even division is recorded on the income-tax princi ple. Southern and far Western states are almost unanimous for free coinage. The Central states lean toward silver with internation al bimetalic qualifications, and it is only in New York, New Eng' land and adjacent Eastern states where they are any avowedly gold standard men. It is to be noticed that silver men are open and en thusiastic in their declarations. They speak like men who know what they want and are bound to get it, or know the reason why. Opponents of tree coinage almost all lack this aggressive vigor, and speak with numerous qualifications ... i i . . EASTERN OREGON CROPS. Weekly Bulletin Issued By the Oregon Weather Service. No damage has been done by the recent frosts. Where the. frosts were heavy, the vegetation has not advanced sufficiently for damage to be done; in the Columbia river val ley the frost was to light to do injury. Strawberries are ripening rapidly throughout the Columbia river valley and large shipments are being daily made. The crop is an unusually heavy one. Cherries are ripe at Hood River and at The Dalles. The rain was a great benefit to the grain crop. There is a large acreage of spring and volunteer grain this year, especially in Gill iam and Morrow counties; more than the usual grain of this kind is in Wasco, Sherman and Uma tilla counties; spring and volunteer grain requires frequent and timely rain to make a crop. The present condition is good, but the farmers are nervous over possible hot, dry winds this month. Fall-sown or summer-fallow grain was never more promising; it has stooled well and has a good stand. It is now heading rapidly. Rye has headed and will soon be ready to cut. The hay crop has betn greatly benefited by the rains, and like in the west ern portion of the state, a heavy crop will be secured. Grasshop pers are usually plentiful in por tions of Gilliam and Morrow coun ties. Range grass is good and the cattle present an excellent appear ance. They are tat and in prime condition. That Proposition. Athena, June 6, To the Edit or. A communication in the last issue of your valuable paper, from the pen of "Granger," deserves more than a passing notice. I be lieve that a business proposition of establishing a creamery and - cold storage plant in Athena is a good one. I have talked with several different farmers, who keep cows, during the past week, and they are all heartily in favor of the proposi tion. At all events it don't cost anything to get together and talk tho matter over among ourselves. I am in favor of calling a meet ing in the" near future and invite some man who is familiar with the creamery business, to address the meeting, and let us hear all wo can on this subject. Another Grander. ' ; A Total Loss. Geo. Fitzpatrick, formerly a farmer located near Athena, but now a resident of Walla Walla met with a serious loss last week. He had just constructed a new res idence and was heating tar on the stove with which he intended 'to cover the roof. The tar boiled over on the stove and igniting, the room was soon a roaring mass of flames. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was overcome with the heat and only the prompt action of her husband sav ed the lady's life. Mr.Filzpatrick's loss is $2,500. No insurance. Section Man Killed. A man , working on the section near Hilgard was killed Tuesday morning at 7:30 o'clock on bridge No. 130. 'He tried to remove a handcar from the track, as the pas senger came into sight, and in this attempt fell from the bridge into a gulch 40 feet below, and was kill ed. His name is reported to be Ed Brown, , Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder AnW CoM Mtdtl MWwinM Fair, Su FrMKitrt. "THE ROWERS'. GRADUATE. Commencement Exercises at the East ern Oregon State Normal ' School. "Rowing, not Drifting,"-is the motto, and "The Rowers" the name of the class of '95 that graduated Wednesday from the Eastern Ore gon state normal school located at Weston. A large number of visit ors were present to enjoy the com mencement exerckes. The gradu ates are: Normal course Daisy Wilson, Maggie Ginn, Stella Wells, Frank Rogers, Linna RogerB, Earl E. Kirkpatrick, Celestine Moot house, Frank Kendall, Francelia Duncan, Grace B. Phillips, Chas. H. Marsh; Commercial Loren Otis Symons, Henry Lloyd, Frank Isley, Clyde W. DeGraw, Mable D. Hall, Mar ion A. Kees; Musical Clara B. Richmond, Eva L. Wood, Anna Leach. The class of '96, whose motto is Holmes' line "Out of the low vault ed past," rendered the middle year exercises Tuesday. Tie class is composed of August Bade, presi dent; Lillian Epple, secretary; Alcy Fobs. Inez Hill, "Mary Maxey, Ralph Pruett, William Read, Lulu Ray, Xantippe Reeves, Eva Vest, Ethel Vest, Homer Watts, Pearl Wills. The Horse-Meat Project. The Western Packing Company, which was incorporated a short time since for the purpose of en gaging in the business of slaughter ing horses and selling preserved horse flesh, etc., and which has 5,- 000 horses fattening on the range to experiment with, is building a slaughter-house, ' packing-rooms, etc., at Linnton. The building is 50x160 feet, and will be ready for business early in July, by which time the horses will be in prime order. The company continues to receive letters from persons in all partsofthe country, who are in terested in the horse question'. One party in New York is confident that he can find a market there for a large quantity of fresh horse meat. It would, however, be impractic able to ship the meat fresh, ns it would not stand the expense of re frigerator cars. Oregonian. I have two little girl children who are teething this hot summer weather and are troubled with bowel complaint. I give them Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and it acts like a charm. I earnestly recommend it for children with bowel troubles. 1 was myself taken with a severe attack of bloody flux, with cramps and pains in my stomach, one third of a bottle of this remedy cured me. , Within twenty-four hours I was out of bed and doing my house work. Mrs. W. L. Dun agan, Bon-aqua, Hickman Co., Tenn. For sale by Osburn. The Best for the Family. Macon, Ga. "I have found Sim mons Liver Regulator the best family, medicine. I have used it in Indigestion and Biliousness, and found it to relieve immediately. After eating a hearty supper if on going to bed I take a dose of it, I never feel any bad effects of the supper." Ovid G. Sparks, Ex Mayor. - How's This. We offer 0m Hundred dollars Reward for nny cane of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Cnturrh Cure. K. J. Cheney Co., Props, Toleds, O We the undersigned have known F. J. Chen ey for the lust 15 years, and believes him per fectly honorobleln all business transactions and flnnncially uble to carry uut any obliga tions made by the! r firm. West Truax, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, Ik Walding, Klnnan & Marvin, Wholesale Dm ge I st, Toledo, Oh io. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Price, T5o, per bottle. Bold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. TAKEN UP. One bay gelding, 8 years old, brand, E K on right stiile. One bay gelding, 3 years old, brand, T D on left stifle. - One black mare, Oor 7 years old. brand, " on left stltto, with unbranded yearling colt. One (lark gray mare, 8 years old, branded With an anchor, upsldedown. on left shoulder and dim brand ou right shoulder, supposed to be O T One bay mare, sway-bock, while star In forehead, left hind foot white, 10 years old, brand, circle with bar running through and underneath HD connected, brai ds ou the left shoulder. There Is running with this mare,' a young bay colt and a bluek yearl log colt, un branded. One bay mare, 10 years old, brand, 10 on left Shoulder, V with H inside, on left stifle. One bay horse, 13 years old, brand, K on left shoulder, work horse One sorrel mare, lit years old, brand, 2 on right stifle, both hludfcet white, star lu fore head. One brindls cow, white spot, brand, AK connected on left shoulder, swallow-forks lu each ear and overslope of the left ear. One red and wlilt cow, brand, a blotch brand on the left Jaw, swallow-fork left ear. . The above described animals will be sold by me at public auction, to the highest bid der forcash In hand, In Athena, Oregon, on Tuesday, June 11, 18S5, at 3 o'clock p. m., unless redeemed by owner. A.M. Gill is. City Marshal. CROWS , NOT TO BE TRUSTED. A Coanlng Bird' Stratagem to Gt rood at a Hunters' Camp. "A crow is the slickest bird flying when it wants to be," said Lige Thoro ner s he sat on the edge of a soap box at Williams' store at Long Hill Centre, Rays the New York Sun; "and to prove it I will tell a circumstance that oc curred when a party of us were camp ing at Canaan Mountain pond last full. "There were an almighty lot of crows around the hut we occupied, and one day I brought out my gun and shot into a flock. All escaped my shot except one, which was lying on the ground wounded. I went to the place and picked the wounded bird up and found that its left leg had been broken by the shot. Taking the crow to the hut I amputated the leg, and taking a hot coal from the fire I burned the stump so that it would not bleed. The bird was then allowed to g at liberty, but instead of leaving the vicinity of the camp it hung around and the boys would feed it wltlt crumbs from the table, and it became quite tame. It would come limping into camp just like, a Veteran after his pension. "At about meal time the crow could be expected at first, but at last its visits became more frequent. One of the boys hinted that the bird we were feeding was not . the victim of my gunshot, and in investigating this theory we found out what a great deceiver the crow is. Up the alley leading to the spot where the bird had" been in the habit of re ceiving its food there hopped one day a fine black crow. There was nothing about the bird to show that it was not the same one that hod been the object of our bounty so long. It had only one leg, "so far as we could see. - . " '111 bet that aint our crow,' said Charley. " 'Yes, itis, too,' I says; 'it has only one leg.' " 'Yon wait and see,' says Charley, and away he hurried, and returned with his gun. Baking it and taking careful aim, he fired, and the bird stretched over on the ground 4ead. We mode an examination, and sure enough the bird had two legs as good and sound as any bird flying. When it had come into our camp it had hitched the other up under its wing so as to deceive us and secure food. It must have watched us feeding the wounded bird and saw an opportunity of securing food by imi tating that one, All crows are so near alike there is no identifying one, and the only way we knew oura was by th one leg. When such a clever imitator attacked us we were badly fooled. I do not Jcnbw what became of the real wounded bird. It never showed up after , the other was killed. I dont know but ,that we had been feeding .A.. J". IP .AJRIEIIEIR, Fo-pe-box of SHAVING, ' THE ELECTR,C BARBER SHOP. HAIRCUTTING, SHAMPOOING, HAIRSINGING, In Latest Styles. W. P. LEACH, 'i (o) ' I. ' fir"'"' . , n ; -SUCCESSOR TO N. THE LEADING FURNITURE DEALER IF YOU WISH TO borrow money on real estate, Sell or buy farm or city property; have your life in BUtQ&i have your property insured against fire ja the best companies in" the world;' invest money at good interest and have it well secured; have Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts, Leases, etc., drawn correctly, call on . W. T. OILMAN, Athena, Ore. He represents the following first-class fire insurance companies: Phoenix, Home, Royal, Ger man, Caledonian and northwest, lie 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 Equitable Life Insurance Co., the best of any Athena Bakery ; And . . . Cash Grocery Will Sell Maple syrup, 1 gal can . . 60c. -Golden Foppy syrup gal. 50c Corn Meal, 10 lbs.., 35c Rice, 14 lbs.... .. :M Every thing else in the Grocery line at bottom Prices. . . . . SCIINAEBELE. Prop'r. NOTICE TO FARMERS: 2 Sections Scotch Harrow . ..$ 1000 3 Sections Steel Frame lever Harrow.. ......... ... ... ..... 27 00 13 J Foot Acme Harrow . , . ; . . . 50 00 4 J Foot Mowing Machine 55 00 10 Foot Horse Hay Rake. 25 00 Buegy with top Pole or Shafts , . . 75 00 2 Seat Hack.. ......... . 115 00 Double Shovel Plow .V. 5 50 Steel Arraoter Mill, the lst in the World, for 37 00 G Foot Binder....... .v .............. ..150 00 Cement per Barrel 5 00 Lime per Barrel 1 00 runuw. Pit nd Plumbers toad at lowest possible prices. Binding twine I will supply von t i7wok pri Tr known. Lubricating oil of all Kind, fruit ran without num ber. All kind at Umehin extra. THE O.A. BAEBETT CO. ADVEttTTsoiLXTSIN- THE ATHENA PRESS ARE READ BY THE PEOPLE. the bogus bird for the real one for weeks before we found out our mistake as it was." T mating Maa. One of the uses of thorns is to pro tect the plant from animals which feed on herbage. Says La Nature: Nearly all plants' that have thorns in their wild state lose them after generations of cultivation. It is as if plants brought under the protection of man gradually lay down their arms and trust them selves entirely to hjs protection. Furniture Did You Say? Furniture Is "V" Just What JOHN S. BAKER, The 2nd25 Man of Court Street, Pendleton, Sells so Cheap. A. MILLER, HO.Worthington "Leader of Low Prices. What esh will Buy Costa Rica Coffee, No. 1, 4 lbs for $1; Luckles' family Savon soap per box, $1; Illinois Corn, 8 cans for $1; Tomatoes, 8 cans, $1; Peach es, 8 cans, $1; Rising Sun Syrup, 5 gallon bucket, $2.25; Pickles, plain or mixed, 5 gal kegs, $1.40; American Lye, 10 cans, $1; Rolled Oats, 20 lbs for $1. : : Sugar and other staple Goods sold on Very small margins. Remember THE WESTON CORNER GROCERY. II. O. Worthington, Proprietor, The Portland Sun It lor All And Stands lext To Coin's Financial School ' s On The Silver Question It And The Athena Press One Year Por $2.00.