The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, June 21, 1895, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextGREAT CONFIDENCE In our Growing Crop Just received from the East woo Gallons of Machine OH bought cheap and K ill be Bold cheap - If ftncfers want something fine In the Tackle Line even anti-rattlesnake or any other medicine, can get the at the mm DRUG STORE. P. M. KIRKLAND, Prop'r., EASTERN OREGON CROPS. What the Agricultural Bureau has Gleaned the Past Week. While the prospects for crops, fcay, cereal and fruit, were never more promising in the west ern portion of the state, the reverse conditions prevail to the east of the Cascades. The reports from the correspondents indicate a very poor outlook. Fall-sown or summer fallowed wheat is promising, and even under the adverse conditions of a dry cool period it will give an average yield. Spring-sown grain may make hay in some sections, though it, like volunteer wheat, will hardly be worth the cutting for hay; the present outlook is for almost a failure of spring grain and volunteer grain. A correspondent from Umatilla county writes: "It is sure that this county will not have one-half the number of bush els of wheat that she produced last year." A correspondent from Morrow county writes: "With a good rain within two weeks we will have a fair yield of fall-sown sum mer fallowed grain; volunteer and spring sown are gone entirely." Similar reports come from Gilliam, Sherman, Wasco and Baker coun ties; in Union and Wallowa coun ties the conditions are somewhat improved, though , in portions of the Grande Ronde valley the pros pects are not so encouraging as they might be. The correspondent at Cove, Union county, reports: "Upon the whole, rather a discour aging outlook." Plowing has been suspended due to the ground being so dry, and a large amount of stubble ground re mains unplowed. The grasshop pers have done and are yet doing damage to vegetation in Morrow. Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco coun ties; sume farmers are cutting their hay before they othewise would do so, so as to prevent its being eaten by the grasshoppers. So that be tween the dry weather and the grasshoppers some farmers are hav ing a hard time of it, and as one writes: "It begins to look like destitution." In the Columbia river valley, in Union and Wallowa counties, the fruit crop continues promising Strawberries are , about over and cherries are ripe. To the south of Vaughan's Racket Store 807, ASSOCIATION BLOCK. MAIN STREET, PENDLETON, ORE. Because you get more for your money, as our prices will show. i ...::,,.:r.T.i, r 24 Sheets Note Paper. . .. 12 Clothes Pins. ...... . . 1 Paper Needles.... ... . . OnelO-qrtTin Pail..... Men's Shoes, $1 to $2.63.. Men's Kangaroo Shoes. Men's Boots worth $1.80. O. 3VLV "V-TJGKHIINV PROPRIETOR. OXFORDS ' .New Styles ,: New Prices Best Looking Best Wearing Oxfords and Shoes in new Styles, new Goods, ' at prices below'what old stock is being sold for all over the county. We ask your atten tion and a call. : : : : : : v You Will . . Never Regret It. CLEAVER BROS., Slaughter Of Merchandise Having purchased the Stock of the Pendleton Mercantile Co., at our own Figures, "Will "WILL SELL "3TOTT Clothing, Furnishing Goods - Hats and Caps Men's, Ladies and Children's Shoes AT LESS THAN THE MANUFACTURER'S- PRICE. gOr A FEW PRICES Overalls, extra heavy, per pair. ..... Cotton Shirts ........ . ...... 18c. 35c, 38c, and 50c Men's Seamless Socks, per pair . ... ...... ..5c Good Underwear, per suit. . . '. . 75c CLOTHINGur::::::::::;::;::::::::::;:: lW--JP $15 Suits at.... . .$8.00 .W"" . $20 Suits at.. ..$10.00 Stetson Cow-boy Hata for '.',. . . . .$2,50 Ladies' Shoes for . 7 . V-..... 75c and, iip Come and see us at our Store, next door South of Postofflce, Pendleton, Oregon. . : fc the Blue mountains" fruit and ber ries are not so promising; the frost injured them, and the yield will be light. The hay crop will be good in some locations, but will be poor in others. From Grant county , a correspondent writes: "Grain crops are so backward and the land so dry that unless we have copious rains within a short time they will be a failure. The hay meadows ' are not going to turn off anything like the normal crop. Grasshop pers, I fear, are going to clean the country; they have already des-. troyed gardens, and will most like ly harvest our Becond crop of alf alfa, they took my second crop last year." The stock is being driven to the mountains for their summer past urage; the range grass is only fair, not so good as last year. The climatic conditions are such, at present, that no general or cop ious rain's may be expected during the next week, but warmer weather will most likely prevail. Moder ate temperature, with good rains, would yet materially improve con ditions throughout Eastern Ore gon; ; v.' i Killed by a Snake. The ' Shoshone Journal "brings news of the death of John C. Smal ley, eleven years of age, the re sult of being bitten by a rattle snake. The boy met his death June 5, near the residence of John N. Hopkins at Briggs.. "The boy was riding from school on Tuesday evening," say the Jour nal, "when a rattlesnake crawled into the road. He dismounted and endeavored to kill the ser pant,, but he himself was bitten. Before reaching home he lost his reason and died the following morning at 11 a. m. His father was in bhos none Tuesday, and started early reached home just in time to see Ms boy die." : w f : lorn. in Atnena, J une l , loyo, to the wife of Doc Stamper a girl. You should buy your goods at .01 Children's Hose.' ... . . . . . $ .09 .02 Ladies' Fine Shoes ...... 1.18 .01 Ladies' Oil Grain Shoes.. 1.20 .17 IX Tin Wash-boiler..... 1.15 Ladies' Trimmed Hats ... 1.50 2.95 Straw Hats, a fine line of 1.50 Crockery, Trunks, etc. it? . SHOES si v: Practical Boot and Shoe ... Men ... PENDLETON, OREGON. NICK.'- The Death of Bicyclist Lenz Probably Explained, ! A strange story that may explain the fate of F. J. Lentz, the bicyclist, who started on a tour of the worl on a bicycle, and who disappear in April last year, when he 1 Tabriz, in Persia, to go to Erz oum, in siatic Turkey, comes ; way of Constantinople, and wa related by a Turkish sentry. Whjile he was in his sentry box one day a little English boy came riding through the street on his bicycle, This machine was a source of wdn der to the Turk, who hailed tho lad and made a thorough examination of the big wheel. H" While thus engaged he aaia it was the second time he had seen such a thing, his first experience having occured when he was on guard on the frontiei between Per sia and Turkey. While attending to duty with a comrade, there came tearing down the road on big wheels something that appeared to the as tonished Turks like the very old Nick himself. At any rate both soldiers concluded it was Satan; and-they agreed to fire at him . and see what he would do. This idea was promptly carried into effect, ; ; The soldiers fired at the ; ap proaching object simultaneously. To their amazement their shots took effect, " and the rider of , the wheel tumbled off and made no ef fort to rise again. An investigation of this stor re sulted in ascertaining that the route which Lenz intended to travel would carry him in a northwester ly direction from Tabriz to Erzer- oum, and in so doing he w&dld have to cross the frontier about the locality described by the Turkish soldier. Nothing could be learned as to what disposition was made of the body, and u it -was Lenz who perished in. this manner it was no likely his remains will ever found. Cram's Atlas Received. This office is in receipt of a copy of Crams' Standard Railway ; and Business Atlas of the United Stat es, tor the current year, it ,19 boun? in full Russia, handsomely gilt, and is a necessity to .the ' edi tor, author, lawyer, business man or teacher who wants an Atlas com plete in details and up to date. - It contains tne largest ana nnest col lection of business mans ever mac ed between two covers; all ofUhe United States and Canada maps, showing the different railway " sys terns in different colors, artistically executed in continuous lines of col or, so that a single glance will tihow each entire railroad system seper ate and distinct from all others. It has special charts of Islands and principal cities. Cram's Atlas also contains every county, town, village and postofflce in the United States, and gives the number of banks each contains as well as whether it is a telegraph station, and what company reaches it, and gives the population of e place according to the last cen that of 1890. This informat makes it a perfect snipper s cm and important to every business man. the Atlas is bound to fill i want in households fortunate en ough to possess it, as it will be of interest to the entire family. This work ia sent out by the Eu reka Chemical & Mfg. Co., of La Crosse. Wis., manufacturers of "baco-curo," the only remedy which permits the use of tobacco while taking a cure for the habit, being 4he only scientific and reliable care for tne habit on the market. 1ms guaranteed remedy, purchase mon ey being refunded in case of failure to cure, can be purchased of al leading druggists at a $1.00 a box or 3 boxes (thirty days treatment) $2.50. By sending six two cent stamps to the company a sample box will be sent to any address. llollis sells a 5 gallon keg of Rock Candv Drips for $1.95. or a 4 gallon keg of syrup for TOOK HIM FOR OLD J.I -q IU 3T T1 X Jei CW1R. fori F Local News. 1 CUUlVkUU WJil mi ath- letic club. J. L. Morse was in from Pendle ton yesterday. Everybody is go:ng to the springs the 4th. Warren Raymond was in from the ranch yesterday. Wm. Mosgrove had business at the county seat yesterday. W Flour at Long Creek, Grant county is sold at $4 per barrel. Thos. Barger, of Eugene, is here on a vist to our Tom Barger, his son. Price Sharp has returned to Ath ena on his annual wheat-handling trip. Mrs. Edington and T Mrs. W. R. Taylor drove down to Pendleton Wednesday; Mrs. Boyd and Miss Cecile are visiting Mrs. C. L. Holt, in Waits burg, this week. Rev. Rushing and family relum ed Monday from the camp meet ing at Milton. Dave Lavender and "Poss" Barnes were in the .city from Wes ton yesterday. E. R. Cox and bride were tender- els'&renade by the Athena Band, evening. anister yesterday brought n some very nne specimens arid barlev. ). Mrs. Kate Jack and baby visited at the home of her parents in Ath ena the fore part ot the week. Rev. Paris, of Pilot Rock, was the city Tuesday. He wants to in tute a lodge of Artisans here. . James Stamper lost his watch somewhere between this city and Thorn Hollow Wednesday, Carl Lively is in the city from Port Townsend, Wash,, on a visit to his uncle, cashier L. D. Lively. Mrs. C. W. Hollis, Mrs. F. Ros- enzweig and Mrs. JN. A. Miner, visited at the rage farm yester day, v' ; Chas. Sharp, and J. H. Hiteman Monday had pipe connected be tween the citv main and their premises. John Evans, who has a host of friends here writes for the Press to be sent to his address Little Shas ta, California. M. M. Johns has been confined to his room with illness, something like the gripp. He is up and around now. , E, L. Barnett, cashier of the First National Bank at Colton, Washing ton was in the city Wednesday shaking hands with numerous old time friends. ."'' The Eastern Oregon Baptist As sociation convened in Pendleton yesterday. Mrs. H. McArthur and Minnie Lieuaiien, o: una city, elates. day evening pecured the ng of Frank Curl and Miss icott. The ceremony was per formed in Pendleton, Rev. O. W. Rigby officiating. Walla Walla has no engine team ordriver, depending upon private teams to pull her fire apparatus ores Dy ouering ana giving a ward to the first team that gets! the grounds. Tom Johnson came in from the Starkey Prairie country Wednes day with James Stamper, who has been absent from the city on a pros pecting trip. , Tom has a placer mine up there. . i Fred Rosenzweig, R. O. Hawks, Wm. Wilkinson, Wm. Killgore, J. Brehm. J. M. Hayes and James Mitchell were among Athena Wood men who visited the Weston lodge Tuesday night and assisted in in itiating a candidate. 'Jackson Toles, a half-breed who is married to Spelia's daughter, was in town Wednesday wanting to swear out a warrant for the ar rest of a deaf and dumb Indian who had attempted to assault his y St. Dennis Sr., is a highly elateu man. At his ranch south of tasm the . other day, the cook, in ressing a chicken discovered a nugget of gold in the craw. Jerry is now lying wake o'nights "build ing castles in the air," and wonder ing as to where the fowl feasted on golden nuggets. The Psess man extends thanks to Mrs. Dave Taylor for the mott beautiful boquet we hare seen for many a day. It was composed en tirely of rare tea roses of many different colors, and was gathered from bushes that withstood the blast of winter storms unprotected. California's sunny clime ' cannot produce roses more beautiful. Remember the big three days' celebration at Bingham Springs July 4th, 5th and Gth. Admission 25c per person with privilege of camping three dayst baths 25 cts. except in cases where $1.50 per week is paid by campers. Hotel rates as usual." Games music and f dancing, Daily concerts by the Athena Band. 2t. HTuSditP T i?BerriB of wheat re oe4 weddl tta f m tro oil V Tlasr Judge Fee pronounced a decree yesterday that dissolved the matri monial bonds undr which uena Burden and F. F. Burden have been living as man and wile since 1881. The decree places the care of three children aged 10, 9 and 6 I years, respectively, with the moth er. Judge DePeatt, assisted by T. G. Ilailey, appeared for the plaint iff, and W. T. Dovell, of Walla Walla, for the defense. It is announced that a change in time is to take effect Sunday next on the Spokane branch. The pas senger will arrive at the same time in Pendleton, 8:40 p. m.. but will leave Pendleton later, and arrive here at 7:38 a. ra. No change takes place on the main line and Spokane connections- remain un changed. Pendleton Tribune: United States District attorney Dan Mur phy, accompanied by his wife, spent Sunday in Pendleton. They came from Portland for the special purpose of attending the wedding of Mrs. Alice Mansheld, Mrs. Mur phy's sister, to E. R. Cox, of Ath ena. Elmer Brown was in town a short while Wednesday. Elmer, we are sorry to Btate is in a baa shape, physically. The diphtheria which he suffered with this spring brought on paralysis of the lower limbs. He has no use of them whatever. The steel gang which will lay 70-pound rails between Riparia and Starbuck in three weeks will come down to lay rails between Adams and Blue Mountain. The 70-lbs. jtmi are replacing the 60-pound have been used. VAlPPecial stock train of Idaho cattib went through Athena Mon- dayevening on their way to the ontana ranges. This is the first of a shipment of 146 carloads, to be made thus over the O. R. & N. and Great Northern roads. That big auction sale of the per sonal property of the late R. P. Warren, which is advertised on our 4th page to come off at 10 o'clock a. m. June 27th, will be one of the largest ever held in the county. Stevens No. 49, K. of P. Weston, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: C. C, Marian O'Harra; V. U., Wm. lowers: f Thos. Foster: M. at A., J. B. Cox; M. of W. Wm. Price. W. A. Imes and S. W. Hill, or ganizers of the Maccabees are in the city. We understand they have prospects of instituting a lodge here. The order is fraternal and beneficiary. Tom Quaid, of Heppner, who has for the past ten days endeavor- ed to purchase 5000 head of year ling ewes, says there is not an available market sheep in Grant county. Mr. and Mrs. Alex McKay's ba by is suffering from a severe at tack of brain fever. Dr. Blalock came over from Walla Walla Sun day evening to see the little Buf- ferer. There are 400 head of cattle that will be ready for delivery at Echo on or about July 10 on three day b' notice. The cattle are range steers, fed and in prime condition, lea that have been discarded uleBS, strewn upon the hills eft on the pastures for the two years are now being pick p by collectors. Dr granulated sugar 17 pounds for if 1. Extra C 18 pounds for $1, Arbuckle or Yosemite roast coffee 22 cents, will be sold by L. Dusent bery & Co. 4 Karl's Clover root will purify your blood, clear your complexion, regulate your bowels ' and make your head clear as a bell. 25c, 50c, and $1.00. Go to Osbubns' PxtACE 1 Ditua Store and get a bottle of LIVER- INE for Kidney and Liver troub les, headache and constipation. , "Scribbler" is at war with the finny tribe on the classic Umatilla this week. Brain food, you know, so look out a little later on. All members of the A. O. U. W. are requsted to be present at the regular meeting tomorrow evening. There will be dereeg work. L. J. Davis, formerly principal of the public school at Adams, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Davis is located at Wallula, Wash. There will be preaching at the Christian church next Sunday, morning and evening. Also bap tising services. Fiftv nieces anron check emK- y c u ham in large and email checks will be sold by L. Dusenbery & Co. at 25 yards for $1. 4 Ex-Superintendent of schools of Walla Walla county, Geer, was in the city yesterday, accompanied by his wife. Judge E. DePeatt returned from Portland on Sundays morning's train. Oil and Osburn's. Axle Grease cheap at Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awards GoM Meid Midwinter Fair, Sua Frnd4. LJ l fc ru ta tinn JT aMi TU We Offer Ton a Chance - To get what you need To get what your , family needs To get these things cheap 1U1U !!f1!f 25 yds Gingham ; . 25 yds Best Shirting Calico.. . . 20 yds Turkey Red Calioo.... 20 yds Lignt or Dark Challie . . 20 ydsjrash Toweling. . . 20 yds Heavy Brown Cotton. . . 20 yds Outing Flannel ........ Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests ..... . ... 5c. Ladies' Fast Black Cotton Hose .5o. Men's Outing Flannel Shirts . 20o. Men's Heavy Cotton Sooka. 5c Ladies' pat. tip Oxfords, tan or black. 75o. WE GIVE YOU WHAT; WE ADVERTISE C. W. HOIvLIS, : Motoric Rock Bursts, Monday night at 8 o'clock Chim- acum, a small farming center four miles fiom Tacoma, experienced a terrific explosion and jar, the re sult of a falling of a five thousand Dound metor which burst with a Joud noise at the height of a hun dred yards, and after causing a 6mall sized cyclone of several min utes duration, burried itself deep in the muddy bottom of a neigh boring lagoon. The metor strucK the bottom with force enough to break crockery in farm houses three miles away, creating terror among the residents, who believed that the end of the world had come. Ten hours after the accurence the waters of the lagoon were still bub blincf and seething, and were found to be hot enough to readily cook eggs. A systematic dragging of, the lagoon failed to bring ,np any of the t?lestial messenger, which is believed td have buried iteelf deeu in the earth. Serious Results of Frosts. C. O. Fannine's farm and orch ard, situated at the mouth of Mor Kcv creek, about three miles west of Pendleton, says the Tribune, of fers an illustration ot the damag inor results of lato frosts, which caused the ruin of a considerable portion of early ; fruit through out the Walla Walla valley and in several sections of Umatilla county Among his orchard of several hun dred healthy fruit trees only a very small Dronortion will yield an av- eraeo amount of fruit. Nearly an the cherries are killed" by frosts which occurred later than the first week in May. Several varieties of plums were injured, as well as oth er iruits, ana . wnai in emoryo promised in the early season to be i i t i -i: ! an immense yieia una ueen uuum ished to an unusually small crop. Experiment With Flax Ex-Sheriff Furnish is experi mentine in flax culture at different Doints on the reservation. With a Dnce at fl per ousnei, secure . ..... . from insects and animal pests, market in the mills of Oregon and San Francisco. Mr. Furnish is of the opinion that flax culture promises to be one of the profitable industries of Umatilla county. The seed reaped this year will be used for sowing, and next season he will place a large acreage in liax, It is a spring crop that has not been raised in this section for a good many years, in the early days or agricultural development of East ern Oregon experiments were made in this direction, but on account of having no available markets the undertaking could not be made profitable. Unprofitable Potato Shipment. Says the La Grande Chronicle: J. D. McKennon has received returns from a recent potato ship ment, one carload of which, after paying freight charges, and com mission, netted the shipper just 40 cents for the entire carload. ' An other carload netted about $3t. Mr. McKennon paid forty cents per hundred, and consequently is 1 considerable looser on tho deal. : $1.00 Athena, Oregon, Other parties who made shipments about the same time, have received aiiet balance of from $13 to $30 for carload lots. . Notice to Farmers. ( We are acting as agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., in this city, and any repairs for machinery or raplements handled by them - that you want, can be procured by, us. Also riniember that you don't have to phase out of town for repairing, for our machine shop is still at the old stand. Blacksmithing in all its branches is done by us. tf. Thaup Bros. "Miss Millican to Wed. Miss Agnes Millican left for Portland where she will be united in mariiage Tuesday, June 25 to O. N. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Millican have issued cards an nouncing the wedding. Miss Mil lican is a Eugene girl, and was ed ucated at tho state university. She ja a niece of F. J. Beale and has many friends in this city. Portland, June 20 Wheat dull; Wftlln. Walla 5051: vallev. 52 San Fhancisco, June 20. -Cash wheat 2 J. Cmcnao, June 20. -Wheat, cash 71$; July 72. New Yobk, June 20. Silver, C6g; lead $3.12$. Thos. Page says his wheat is not effected to any great extent with smut. Fall wheat looks well with the exception of spots, but much spring wheat, Mr. rage says is past Saving, even if copious rains should corao. '' - ; Some time ago I was troubled with an attack of rheumatism. I used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and was completely cured. I have nince advised many of my friends and customers to try the remedy and all speak highly of it. Simou Goldbaum, San Luis Rey, Cal. For sole by Osburn. II. II. Hill, the jeweller, who has had 18 years experience at the trade and one year in the horologi cfcl school in Cincinatti, will do Work cheaper this year than ever before. All work guaranteed. mi -B5t- Awarded Honors World' Fair, Highest Oil; r i u y 4 CI2EAK1 I Tfn MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder, Frt from Ammonia, Alum or any oUvr adulterant. - 40 YEARS THE STANDARD.