The Athena press., July 19, 1895, Image 2

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ATHENA, JULY 19 1895
The Chicago clergy are scandaliz
ed dreadfully because Mrs. Stanford
intends to sell 1,000,000 gallons 'of
brandy to sustain Stanford uni
versity. They think education
provided with money got from such
a source will be tainted fatally
,'Batwhat do they say to the original
derivation of the money with which
the university was founded from a
brazen fraud upon the government?
Between the shameful stockjob
bing of the Southern and Centra
Pacific and the crazy vagaries into
which Senator Stanford wandered
before his death, the souices of ed
.ucation at Stanford university are
about as thoroughly tainted as is
possible. Signs of the taint are
plainly visible in the public utter
ances of the . men it sends out as
teachers. Oregonian. .
It costs 13 cents to transport a
bushel of wheat 'from Milton to
Portland! while the farmer at pre
sent prices of that product receives
nothing for his labor after his ex
penses are paid. Would it not be
fair, asks the Eagle for the railroad
company who does a very little and
receives an enormous profit, to di
vide this with the farmer who does
a great, deal and , receives nothing?
This matter of profits should be
more equally divided and the only
way to do it is by direct legislation.
Allow the common carriers by
' statute a stated rate per mile and
let a small pec cent of the farmer's
earnings remain in his hands to
pay him for the 3G5 days of hard
v toil of each' year.
The editor of The Dalles Times-
Mountaineer is tangled up in an
endeavor to show how it is that the
decline in wages and industry was
due to the democratic administra
tion, and how the revival of ir.dus
try and the voluntary advance in
wages under the same administra-
tion is due to something else. Either
one or the other of the propositions
is wrong, Bays the La Grande
, Chronicle. When things commen
ced to go down hill it was easy to
stand back and cast the blame on
the other fellows, but since the
tido hns turned and everything is
on the ascendency a proper and
suitable explanation , is what is "a
puzzlin' of 'em." -
Would it not be about the right
thing for the city marshal t'o pro
vide a deputy to discharge the
duties of the office when the chief
is absent from the city, as is now
the caEe? Mr. Gillis is one of the
best men that ever filled the
Marshal's office in Athena, but he
nor any other man can not reason
ably expect to give satisfaction,
when he is absent at work in an
other town and his offlco here is
without a representative especial
ly does it look thra way to us when
we take into consideration the fact
that the city pays $50 per month to
tho marshal for his Bervices.
One of the tangible evidences of
he awakening of long- slumbering
industrial and business forces in
this community is the partial re
sumption of work at tho iron fur
naces at Oswego, says the Ore
gonian. This indutry is not, for
obvious reasons, the gauge of pros
perity here that it is in Pittsburg
and other iron- manufacturing cen
ters of the east. The start made at
Oswego with a force of seventy
five men is justly regarded as the
herald of better times.
There's an object lesson for our
. farmers in the orchard of a Ger
man living near Dallas says
the West Side. Twenty acres o
ordinary land is planted in prunes
between each row of trees are or
dinary goosberries andcurrants,and
between those strawberries. This
week there are at least fifty men
women and children at work there
picking the strawberries, and six
wagon loads a day are hauled to
Dallafi for shipment. Later wil
come gooseberries, and they wil
be made into jelly, and still later
will come the ripe prunes. That
man had a business head when he
planted his land, and no wonder he
is making money.
Director of the Mint Preston
reports an unprecedented demand
for small coin. From January 1
to May 31 this year of the 5-cent
coins minted to meet the wants of
the country have exceeded 110,000
the amount minted in the entire
year J894. A surer indication o;
increased activity . in business of
every kind could not be found.
' The John Day valley has large
coal beds cropping out in different
places along the John Day river.
The only place at which any work
has been done on these coal beds is
on Mr. James Small's farm, 23
miles below Canyon City. A 50
foot cresent tunnel has been run
exposing a number of coal veins
varying in thickness from four to
seven feet. The coal is lignite, and
One of the essentials to business
success has' been achieved when the
principles of advertising are mas
tered. All notable successful busi
ness men agree that they owe much
of thoir success to advertising in
some jof many forms most of them
scorning any other mode than the
use of the newspaper. Advertising
should be made a study and the
proper amount of time and thought
given it.
Over one hundred deaths from
storms occurred in two eastern
states this week and the ruins of
heavy storms is scattered ' over
nearly every state east of the Rock
ies, it does seem that those terror
stricken people would conceive the
idea of going west and growing up
with the country. , .
A dispatch from Chicago to the
associated press under date of July
4 says; . Mrs. Catherine O'Leary,
owner of the fractious cow which,
in a bam in the rear of 137 Ke
Doven street on a memorable
night in October, 1871, kicked over
a lamp and started a blaze which
cost Chicago $190,000,000, died last
evening of acute pneumonia.
It-.., .
Many women in Lewiston and
Auburn are, and have been for some
time, weaiing "rainy day costumes"
with skirts which roach only to the
fop of their shoes. The townfolk
have become accustomed to the in
novation, and the dress does not
now attract any attention, except
in the way of commendation for
the common sense features of the
costom.
Fifteen million dollars has
been offered for a controlling in
terest in the ' Postal Telegraph
Company, that the wires of the
corporation may be used to destroy-
ha Boll Telephone monopoly. The
offer was made by the Standard
lelephone Company, backed by the
Standard Oil and sugar trust in
terests.
Large purchases of silver bars
for export to London froih New
York caused prices to respond
readily to higher denominations
advised from all the foreign mar
kets, the Chinese loan being the
important factor for which arrange
ments have been concluded.
We do not hear anything more
n relation to the creamery enter
prise. The articles in a recent issue
of the Press regarding this matter
by one who signed as "Granger,"
were written by one who knew
what he was writing about, and
we are satisfied that the proposi
tion could be made a success if giv
en proper encouragement.
II. II. Hill, the jeweller, who has
had 18 years experience at the
trade and one year in the horoloei-
cal school in Cincinatti, will do
work cheaper this year than ever
before. All work guaranteed
.I- i i
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
warta'a Fair Might Medal ao OfelecM.
THEMAZAMAS.
Mist Fay Fuller Reaches the Summit
of Mount Adams.
A heavy gale was blowing on the
morning set for the ascent - of
Mount Adams from the last camp,
and it was considered hazardous to
make the attempt. Yet. notwith
standing the difficulties, fifty per
sons started at 4:30 a m., and 24 of
them reached the summit, not all
togather, but scattering along from
10 a, m. to 6 p. m. Miss Fay Full
er, city , editor of the Pendleton
Tribune, was taken sick during the
ffscent, but courageously refused
to give up, and through her re
markable grit and endurance gain
ed the summit. Though the last
one to reach the goal, her painful
experience was in some measure
compensated for by finding a box
left there 31 years ago. It con
teined cards upon which were writ
ten the names of Ih emembers of
two parties which had reached the
summit, one in 1864 and the other
in 1876. She copied the names
and carefully marked the spot and
protected the box with -rocks
The desent was. made by different
Eersons in from one . hour to an
our and a half. Only two other
ladies besides .Miss Fuller -reached
the top. x No answer to their
signals couM be obtained from
Mount Tacoma or from Mount St.
Helena, and only one message pass
ed between them and Mount Hood,
the smoke from the valley prevent
ing futher communication.
f Oregon. .
ine itea uoy mine at uranrte,
with a lU-ton Crawford mill, is
said to be netting $4000 a month
J. Taylor, of .North Yakima,
walked off the board walk on the
Mill creek trestle at The Dalles,
and feu a distance of 25 feet, Sun
day. The only injury he suffered
was a broken ankle.
The Grant's Pass Courier says
that toe mask worn by one of the
Cow Creek canyon robbers has
been found and that it matches a
hole cut in a flour sack' found on
the premises of the Pooles.
Mr. Wiedeman. of Euerene. found
a naif dozen Jananese nheasant'a
eggs near town, broughtthem home
placed them under a hen and everv
one of them was hatched out. He
now has some beautiful half-grown
tame pheasants.
There is a BUgar war coins: on in
the The Dalles and prices are being
cut away down. The profit to the
merchant on a Back of sugar at the
present price is about the same as
the profit on wheat to' the farmer
wno som last Ian.
D. B. Watson's claim to the title
of champion fisherman of Umatilla
county seems undisputed. Last
week near Bingham Springs
he cautured a beautv measuring 22
m ti a
inches and weighing, when dressed
six pounds. feTo prove it he has
the fish preserved in alcohol.
Probably the younjrest mother in
the state of Oregon, says the Mitch
ell Monitor, is Mrs. J. F. Magee,
wife of the marshal of Mitchell, who
gave birth to a well-formed boy
baby last week whose weight was
only five pounds in his stocking
feet. Mrs. Magee is yet in her 15th
year.
. Dr. Martson. of Albanv. has re
ceived instructions to examine all
trainmen and men employed
around stations on the Southern
Pacific Comnanv'3 line between
Oregon Citv and Roseburtr on tho
main line, the Lebanon branch,
Uregon and West side branch to
be done as soon as possible.
The semi-annual report of Stock
Inspector William Waters, of
Grant county, shows that there are
168 bands of sheep in the county,
of which 87 bands, or nearly one
fourth are afflicted with disease.
Mr. Waters found 241,300 sheep in
tho county, of which E. Stewart is
the largest owner, 14,000 being his
share.
At a pionio near Echo, at which
several dozen 'Echo people were
present, . nearly everyone was
poisoned by coming in contact with
poison oak, and there is a very un
happy lot of people down there.
Old, young Rnd iniddle-aged were
stung by the noxious plant and
are now under the doctor's care.
City Treasurer Burget received
Monday the money from the sales
of Dalles City bonds. The money
reached The Dalles Saturday. The
total amount was $33,140,83, while
the expense of sending the bonds,
telegraphing, etc., was. $101 68.
This leaves a net amount of $38,-
039 15 for the payment of claims.
All city warrants, no matter .of
what date, are now payable at
the treasurer's office".
Woman With a History. '.
A .well-dressed and sharp-feat
ured woman passed Into the law
yer's office and very shortly was
standing at his desk.
I beg your pardon." Bhe said ir.
salutation, "but can you spare a
few moments of your valuable
ne?"
"I am very busy, madam," he
replied, "but if you have anything
of importance to communicate I
shall be glad to hear it. Pray be
seated."
"Thank you, no," she said, look
ing around at a clerk or two in a
nervous fashion. : "I am a woman
with a history, and"
"Excuse me," apologized the at
torney, seeing a fee appearing on
the horizon, "possibly you had
better step into my private office
with me, where you will not be in
terrupted." She thanked him and they went
into the adjoining room.
"Now," he said, when they were
seated, "I presume you wish . to
consult me on thin-matter fit your
history?" . r 1 -
"Yes, sir, ' That is why I am
here." X '
"Very well; proceed. Anything
you may say to me will be held in
the strictest confidence. You were
saying you were a woman with a
history?" This very,, sympatheti
cally, as an encourager.
"Yes, sir," she began as she laid
a document refore him. "It is a
history of Xapokan Boneparte, in
18 monthly parts, at 0 cents a
month and"y-. ' ,
He threw tfphjs hands, so she
had him and he conldn t get away
until he had put down his name,
and now when "a woman with a
history," is mentioned in his hear
ing it makes cold chills run .down
his back.
CUT IN GRAIN SACKS.
An Over Supply of Sacks Cause a Re
duction.
' At a meeting of the directors of
the Washington state penitentiary
the price of grain bags was reduced
to.4.9 cents each. This is to com
pete with the reduction made by
sack merchants who have been
gradually cutting under the peni
tentiary-made sacks. Director Nye
and Mclnroe said that, although
Calcutta sacks were not as good
quality as made' by the. peniten
tiary, dealers could not afford to
sell at the price they quote, and
that if the state undersold it would
cause the same result as in Cali
fornia, that is, shutting down the
penitentiary jute mill, thereoy
eventually raising the price of the
bags very , materially. It i3 said
here that grain bag merchants had
greatly overestimated the wheat
yield, and they are burdened with
an over-supply of sacks. The out
put of the penitentiary is about 2,
000,000 sacks annually.
The price quoted is the lowest
figure sacks have reached for years.
In 1894 ,witbr wheat at 20 , cents,
sacks cost twice as much a? they
do now. 'Should the grain bag
merchants still further reduce
their price the penitentiary will
in all probability meet the cut. .
l, " t The Crop-Oirtlook."
Notwithstanding the dry weather
recently,1 crops in Wasco and Sher
man counties are making good pro
gress. Showers, which occurred
duringthe first week,of July furnish
ed the necessary moisture to bring
them i to maturity. tWithin
the past 10 days there has come
into this section millions of grass
hoppers, but they .came too late,
as crops are too far advanced to be
injured. New potatoes are full
grown and yielding well. Recent
warm weather has benefitted the
corn and bean crops. In the coun
ies of Morrov, Gilliam and Uma
tilla the rain which occured during
the early days of the month pro
duced only temporary benefits.
Dry winds of late have caused the
grain to shrink; fruit also has been
injured on account of the drouths
and is falling. Potatoes will' make
a fair crop in some sections. , Har
vest will be hastened by the dry
weather. On several days the
dense smoke in this section served
to protect the crops from the scorch
ing rays of the sun. Though con
ditions ha.ve been unfavorable, there
will be exceptions, where there will
be good yields and good quality of
grain, bouth and east of the ttlue
mountains crops are suffering for
want of rain, but rain even at this
late date would be beneficial. Hay
ing is going on with vigor. Some
good yields of hay are reported,
but as a rule the yield is below
the average. . The alfalfa crop is
fairly good. Yields of grain will
be very light. Range grass is be
coming scarce, which will necessi
tate feeding or selling. The present
condition of crops wil! not improve.
' ENEMIES OF HOPS.
The Hop Worm Has Appeared in the
Puyallup Valley.
The hop worm, which has been
such a pest to Calfornia, has made
its advent in the Puyallup valley,
and is quite prevalent in William
Vose's yard, says the Puyallup
Citizen. The worm is the same
shade of green as the hop leaf, has
a black head, and is three-quarters
of an inch in .length. The hop
aphis emulsion does not Beem to
destroy it. The leaf upon which it
feeds curls over and enfolds the
worm wUhin it, and affords it an
asylum to -build a web and pro
pagate eggs. Andrew N in, who has
investigated its habits very care
fully, fears that it may become a
very dangeruos pest in a few more
seasons.
The fungus, which has been so
frevalent in the Sacramento val
ey yards, and which made its ap
pearance in Fred S. Meeker's yardN
during the season of las-, has
spread very extensively through
the yards south of Puyallup. It is
caused by an insect which stings
the root at the base of the vine,
and a huge wart is the result.
This contains eggs which hatch in
to worms which feed upon and
honeycomb the fungus. 'During
tbe late fall and winter the fungus
decays. ' No perceptible harm re
sults, unless perhaps the lighter
growth of vine in these old yards
may be in a measure attributable
to this cause.
At Fossil, Alexander Beard is
buying a bunch of cattle to be de
livered about Augut 25 at $23 for
6 and ?z5 for 4-vear-old steer,
prime beef. The Fossil Journal
says a man having stock cattle to
sell could not get more than $10
for cows and $12 for cows with
calves. Portland buyers have con
tracted for beef cattle in Crook
country at $2 35. a hundred for
Bteers, an advance over last year of
10 cents, while cows remain the
same as last year, $1 75.
' For Sale.
One of the best residences in
town. Will sell cheap or trade for
cattle. For particulars apply at
this office. J
Hollis sells a 5 gallon keg of
kock uandy linns lor ?lii5.
or a 4 gallon keg of syrup for
Deafness Cannot be Cured -
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased nnrtfmi nft.hA Mr -ThorA la nnlu
one way to cure Deafness, and that is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by
an inflamed condit ion of the mucous lining of
the Fustachlan Tube. Wh9n the tube get in.
flamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when It Is entirely clos
ed ueamess is me result, ana unless tbe In
flammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused from catarrh, which is nothing but an
infia'men condition of the mucous surface.
' We will drive One Hundred dollars Reward
for any case of Deafness (canned by catarrh)
tun, cuiiuub uo uureu uy rami vatarra uure
BKua iot circulars, iree.
V J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O,
Bold by druggists, 75c.
Taken Up.'
One small brown gelding pony, branded W
with bar over ton, on right shoulder, horse
shoe brand on left shoulder.
One dark bay pony gelding: white feet and
white face, branded T on right stifle.
The above described animals will be sold by
me at public auction, to the highest hfririer far
cash In hand, in Athena, Oregon, on Tuesday,
July 23, lHOf, at 2 o'cloca p. m., unless redeem
ed by owner.
A. M. GlLLIH.
City Marshal;
Notice of Settlement of Final Account.
In the County Court of the Stat of Oregon for
Umatilla County,
In the Matter of the Estat e of 1
.TftTYlAfi M T uloir 1Waaa.f1 f
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign
ed, as administrator of t.h eatni Af .Tumai
uctuik-u, ijhh renuereaanupreseDLea
for Rettlement and filed in the above entitled
Court his final account of his administration
r j i i V " " .
day of September, 1895, at 10 o'clock a. m., of
" . uciu wy Ml ilc L. rill
of said Court subsequent to said filing of said
final account, to-wltt; of the September term
A. D. 1885 thereof, has been duly appointed by
said Court for the hearing of objections to said
final account and for the settlement of the
same. Dated at Umatilla County, State of
iireernn. tniH iKf.ti nn.v nfTniv iaqa
E. DePeatt, Madison P. Ismy.
Attorney Administrator.
Public Notice.
Notloe Is hereby given that I will apply to
the Mayor and common council of the city of
Athena, Oregon, at a meeting thereof to be
held on the 20 day of July, 1895, for a license to
sell spiritoeus, maltand vinous liquors in less
quantities than one quart, said liquor to be
sold only In the old Centerville Hotel build
ing on the east half of lot 8, In block 5, of said
S1' - ijioo, x. mcAuLiFr,
Dated June 21, 1395. : Applicant,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
t' Ind Office at La Grande, Oregon,
June 11.1895.
Nnt.lrtA la hArAhv fflvan Ih.f tka .
uauieu o-ci.(,icr ntui jiiuu uuuee oi ma intention
to make final proof in support of his claim
and that said proof will be made before the
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- - - - j a,..w. vuu. ,u. luiiunmir.
" ' J .wMaivw. v ....... .la. vwuuvj. nv X CilUltt'
ton, Ore., on July 27, 1895, vis.
fld No. 4593, for the N E sec 7, tp 4 N R 36 E W
M. He-names the following witnesses to prove
tion of, said land, viz: J. W. Stamper. Willis
Hush, Cass Cam.on and T. M. Bush, all of Ath
ena, Oregon. .
AnV narum Urhn rluetm. 4n ntwlaai ...l.j
the allowance of such proof, or who knows of
any substantial reason, under the law and the
regulations of the Interior Department, why
mch proof should not be allowed, will be glv
ed an opportunity at the above mentioned
of said claimant, and to offer evidence in re-
uuiiai oi mat suomittea by claimant.
a, r. wiuson. Register.
H.O.Worthington
J-eadr of Low Prices.
What Cash will "Buy
Costa Rica Coffee, No. 1, A lbs
for $1; Luckles' family Savon soap
per box, $1; Illinois Corn, 8 cans
for $1; Tomatoes, 8 cans, $1; Peach
cs, 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 lba for $1. : : :
Sugar and other staple
Goods sold on
, Very small' margins. ;
Remember
THE WESTOH CORNER GROCERY.
II. O. Worthington, Proprietor.
Furniture
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You
Say?
Furniture
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What
JOHN S. BAKER,
The 2ndST
Man of
Court Street,
Pendleton,
lls so Cheap..
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