DON'T FORGET .TO ARRIVE 111
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But
Drop in
And examine
My Machine Oils
I have the Largest and Best Stock
in town and will not be
undersold.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
A specialty. Quality guaranteed
and prices reasonable.
P. M. KIRKLAND, Prop'r
PIONEER DRUG STORE.
O. R. & N. REORGANIZATION.
Proposed Plan for the Formation of a
New Corporation.
The plan and agreement for the
reorganization of the Orepon Rail
way & Navigation Company has
been made public. It proposes the
formation of a new corporation
which will issue $24,000,000 four
per cent 50-year bonds to be a sec
ond mortgage on the property cov
ered by the present first mortgage,
and a first mortgage on all other
property of the new company.
The new bonds will be distributed
as follows: $2,583,000 at par to
take up the existing consolidated
mortgage bonds; $2,591,000 at 5
per cent to retire existing collateral
trust bonds; $5,390,000 reserved to
retire existing first mortgage bonds;
$1,106,000 reserved for betterments
and terminals; and $2,830,000 to
be used for extension of the road at
not more than $3000 per mile.
The new company will issue $11,
000,000 4 per cent non-cumulative
stock and $24,000,000 common
stock. The prefered stock will be
distributed as follows: $5,662,365
to consolidated mortgaged bonds at
the rate of 45 per cent; $3,627,400
to collateral trust bonds at 70 p6r
cent; $1,440,000 to present common
stock for 6 per cent assessment on
$24,000,000 and $270,250 for rebr
ganization expenses. The common
stock of the company will be issued
share for share to the present com
mon stock on the payment ot six
per cent . assessment. Under the
proposed plan the fixed charges of
the new company for the first year
of its operation will approximate
$930,480, as against the present
fixed charges of " $1,305,250. The
fixed charges of the new company
will be reduced annually about
$100,000 through the operations of
the existing first mortgage sinking
.fund.
Coyotes Galore.
''Jinks" Dudley was in town
Tuesday and a Press 'man was
told by him that coyotes are nu
merous out in his neighborhood
and are prone to feast on spring
chickens. The other morning, Mr.
Dudley had a fine shot at one, hut
was affected with "buck ague" so
badly that he never touched the
"varmint." Sunday he concluded
to put out some poison, did so and
succeeded in ending the earthly
career of his valuable dog.
Run Over by a Wagon.
Tuesday Dr. Dell was summoned
hastily to Fletcher's mill
to attend Lloyd Bush, a young son
of Mitt Bush, who had been run
over by a wagon. On arriving, the
Doctor found that the boy was
hurt, but not 'seriously so. The
manner in which he escaped instaut
death was short of a miracle.
The lad was run over by a heavy
log wagon, but the ground on
which he fell was covered with saw
dust, his form being completely
buried in it when he was picked up.
.
Out of Politics.
Quite a flurry has been caused
in political circles in Washington
by the report ; that Governor
McGraw has told some of his irti
mate friends within the last few
days that he will not be a candi-
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School Shoes...
We have a large assortment
1 and Kid School Shoes, in all styles, bought before the rise in
1 leather and will be sold very cheap We give a tablet with every
(cTPair of
(cfSchool Shoes
CLEAVER BROS.,
805 Main Street,
' aT7Vny Sho that rips we fix fr
SUITS.
Bought at about 50 cents on the Dollar. Result flTPrices
go down. JTQuality up. Get our. prices, examine
our goods, be convinced. All goods guaranteed
to be just as they are represented.
First door South
Pendleton, Ore.
date for ie-election nor lor the sen
atorship as Mr. Squire's successor.
It is his intention to devote him
self to the business of the First
National Bank of which he is
president The reasons that impel
the governor to aba ndon politics
are only conjectural.', He has not
expressed them. But nun who
know the political situation pretty
well believe that nece ssity rather
than choice is the cont rolling influ
ence. ;
Found Dead.
VV. A. Miner, a railroad laborer,
was found dead in his bed at Meach
am Friday. The coronor was sum
moned from Pendleton, Tut an in
vestigation revealed the fact that
the deceased h id bled, to death
from hemorrhage. The , attitude of
the body and the presence at the
head of the bed of a bucket into
which the man's life blood had
ebbed away showed plainly the
cause of death. There were no
marks of violence upon the body.
As it was evident that death had
resulted from natural causes, no in
quest was held. The body was
prepared for burial and given in
charge of W. C. Betts.
THE VAUGHN ESTATE.
Money in the Administrator's Hands
Claimed by A, McDaniel.
In their renorr. to the county
court, W. P. Lathrop, W. J. Fur
nish and Pat Kine, appraisers of
the estate of the late Henry C.
Vaughn, state that the sum of $600
now' in the hands of the adminis
trator, which was supposed to be
long to deceased, is really the prop
erty of A. McDaniel. From the re
port, it seems that some years be
fore his death, Vaughn purchased
162 acres of government land,
which he subsequently sold to Ed.
L. Smith for $1000. giving the pur
chaser a bond in the sum of $2000
for the payment of moneys which
might accrue by virtue of the terms
of his purchase under the acts of
congress of 1885 and 1888. The
sum mentioned accrued to the lands.
Mr. Smith assigned his interest to
Mr. McDaniel, who has claimed
the ' money. Mr. McDaniel pre
sented the proofs of his ownership
of the money to the appraisers and
adrninistrator? who, in turn, sub;
mitted them to the county court
Tribune.
. Bogus Leather in Shoes.
"For years," said a Main manu
facturer, .''shoes of a cheap grade
have been made out of what is
known as leather board. It is a
compressed paste. There is a fac
tory in my state which turns out
tons of it every month. Many of
these shoes aro sent to Central
America and, as tTmatter of fact,
thousands are sold here.
"As long as the weather is dry
they wear first rate, but when you
strike a rain you are gone almost
surely. Two wettings and you
want to look out. When you in
vest in shoes be sure thev are what
you want. Leather is expensive
and you can't cover your feet with
a trifle. Cleaver Bros., Pendleton
have what you want. ,
Walter M. Pierce, of Pendleton
was in the city Tuesday.
of Calf, Kangaroo-calf, Grain
Practical Boot and Shoe
... Hen ...
PENDLETON, OREGON.
of charge.
A DAY OR TWO,
Men's .
and Boys'
High Grade Clothing.
of Post-Office,
:: J. S. Haye.
A PITIFUL SIGHT.
The Old Shoemaker is Adjudged
Insane.
The old crippled man, Corbett,
who occupied the Carden building
in Athena a shoft time ago and
cobbled shoes, was adjudged insane,
at Walla Walla last week and . ta
ken to the asylum at Medical Lake,
Washington.
The old fellow presented a pitiful
sight. The Walla .Walla States
man says of the case: 'Benj. Cor
bett, the old man whtf was arrested
on Wednesday on a charge of in.
sanity was .aken before Court Com
missioner Attorney T. P. Gose and
examined by Drs. E.,E. Shaw and
Stewart as to his sanity. ' The phy
sicians found Corbett suffering from
melancholy, and Commissioner
Gose ordered him taken to Medical
Lake. Corbett is a cripple and
about 66 years of age. He stated
that he has a wife in La Grande
and also a sister in Buffalo. N. Y.
When asked about his troubles he
stated that he had no friends any
where. That everybody- was
against him. In Walla there were
several working together endeavor
ing to crowd him out of business.
He left his wife in La Grande where
he had lived for nine years, because
she had worked against him there.
After working hard all day, he
would return at night to find his
supper not ready as it had been in
former years. Such was some of
the conversation of this' poor old
man in court.
When Jailor Fohley went to
Corebtt after the examination and
told him to go with him to jail
the old man burst into tears and
implored him not to take him to
jail again, for said he, "I shall be
killed tonight in that jail; I'll be
killed.' Imaginary warnings are
alway bothering the old man and he
Is expecting to be killed every day.
After some persuasion he went with
the jailor."
BURGLARY AT WESTON.
Postoffice Robbed of $370 in Broad
Daylight.
Weston has had its turn with
burglars.
Monday evening about 6 o'clock
while George Reynolds, the clerk,
was at supper, burglars effected an
entrance to the postoffice building
through a back door, which was
not locked, and purloined from the
safe $205 in cash and $165 in post
age stamps.
The safe was of a late pattern, but
as left by the clerk, the combina
tion not being on, it was an easy
matter for the burglar to obtain ac
cess to it. This was done by re
moving two screws, this loosened
the catch lock, and all that was
left to do was to pull the heavy
door open. After this was accom
plished, of course it was an easy
matter to make the haul and a
quick exit out at the rear door.
That the burglar, or burglars,
were thoroughly familiar w'th the
habits of the clerk, is made sure by
their timely action while he was at
home at his supper, and no doubt
they were on the alert and saw him
leave the building. The opinion is
prevalent in Weston that the par
ties who did the looting reside in
or near the town, and the fact that
the parties were cognizant of the
habits of Reynolds, gives much
weight to the theory.
Lew Van Winkle, the postmaster,
has been absent from town on an
outing. Mr. Van Winkle was at
once sent for, and arrived on the
scene at 1 o'clock Tuesday. Sher
iff Houser and a postoffice inspec
tor from Portland have been at
Weston hunting for some clew to
perpetrators.
Pendleton ' postoffice supplied
stamps until Fome could be pro
cured from headquarters.
When moving into our present
home I found a bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm left by a former
tenant. On the label I found the
statement that it was good for cuts
and bnrns. I can testify to the
truth of this. Nothing in all my
experiences has fouad its equal for
treating blisters or burns. F. E.
Barrett, manager Le Sueur Senti
nel, Le Sueur, Minn. Pain Balm
is also a sure cure for rheumatism
For sale by G. C. Osborn.
Read the Press.
Local News.
Straw .
The roads.
Cut down the thistles."
Melons aro plentiful this ytar.
W. E. Young was in Walla Wal
la Sunday.
Postmaster Maloney is'jist itcn
in" for grouse to get ripe.
J. E. Gorman was "over from
"Walla Walla Wednesday.
Mrs.N. Swaggat visited in Pen
dleton Tuesday of this week.
Barney Keenan and wife, of
Weston, was in the city Tuesday.
(. M. Froome and wife were in
th city from Pendleton Wednesday.
'"Good roads" should be the
watchword. Straw solves the prob
lem. H. Key, of the Weston distillery,
traded with Athena merchants
Tuesday. ,
Improvement is noticed in the
local columns of the Pendloton
Tribune.
, Wanted To buy two or three
young calves. Address R. E. Stew
art, Athena Oregon. 2c
..Mrs. W. T. Gilman and children
returned . home Sunday evening
from a visit to Milton.
Mrs. T. P. Page was in town
Sunday. She brought her baby
boy in for medical treatment.
' The road between this city and
Weston is becoming, badly cut up,
the result of heavily loaded wagons.
Please don't forget that a compe
tent and experienced druggist fills
the prescriptions at Osburn'sDrug
store.
While settling up old scores
about town don't forget the patient
printer. He's hungry for a little
change.
It is said the Touchet bottom
lands are producing fine crops of
fmit and vegetables. They irrigate
down there.
Six hundred loads of manure will
be sold at auction at Fort Walla
Walla on September 2 at 1 o'clock
p, m. of that day.
In a Southern Oregon town a pa
per has started a ballot to decide
who is the handsomest woman.
The prize1 is a gold mine.
With the exception of a very few
cases, harvesting in this section is
over Most of the boys have a lit
tle money now. Hold on to it boys.
Louis Estes has fitted up a bar
ber shop in the Morris building and
is now ready to furnish a clean
shave or a neat hair cut on short
notice. j t
Prof. F. J. Van Winkle, of the
Weston Normal School, has return
ed home from Boston. He' took
a special course at Harvard while
there.
Charles Barrett is again loser of
a valuable horse. Tuesday night's
passenger caught it about the same
place the one last week lost its life
by the same train.
A band of Gypsies were camped
in the grove below town this week.
The girls and boys visited them,
and many had their "fortunes told"
past, present and future. . '
The stable and sheds on the
farm oi Charles Maybee. seven
miles northeast of Pendleton, to
gether with 30 tons of hay, a pony
and two saddles, were entirely de
stroyed by fire at noon Tuesday.
The Long Creek Eagle complains
that sheep from the neighboring
counties have eaten about the last
spear of grass in that region, and
hopes arl now entertained that
they will-soon return to their home
pasture.
Attention all. Be sure and
buy your harvest supplies in tha
line of groceries, at Max Lewins
Cash Grocery, as he sells cheaper
than any one else in Athena. Call
and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere. -
Prof. M. G. Royal will deliver an
address on "Educational Interests"
at the Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. He will
talk fully about the Normal
school at Weston and urgent
ly requests those interested in
schools to attend.
The proprietors of the Pendleton
scouring mills and other parties in
terested in the proposed woolea
mills are receiving a great deal of
encouragement, says the Tribune.
So far 28 of the 75 shares of capi
tal 8tockhave been sold at the par
value of $100 per share, and the
remainder will doubtless soon be
disposed of.
There area great many of the
unfortunate ones in this world,
greater in numbers than tho- who
are blessed with good di;- -tion.
To some people the greate. mis
fortune is not to be able 1 1 eat
everything set before them. "I
suffered years with Dyspepsia, and
everything I ate disagreed wi.! me.
I was induced to try Simmor.j Li
ver Regualtor and was cur-'. I
now eat anything." M. 1; aht,
Madison Parish, La.
Kenneth Bazeinore had the good
fortune to receive a small bottle of
Chambelain's Colic Cholera and
Dforhoea Remedy when three mem
bers of his family were sick with
dysentery. This one small bottle
cured them all and he had borne
left which he gave to Geo. W. Ba
ker, a prominent merchant of the
i place, Lewiston, N. C, and it cured
him of the same complaint. hen
troubled with dysentery, diarrhoea,
colic or cholera morbus, give this
remedy a , trial and you will be
more than pleased with the result.
The praise fhat naturally follows
its introduction and use has made
it very, popular. 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by G. C. Osborn's.
The Press acknowledges the re
ceipt of a season ticket to the Ore
gon Industrial Exposition, which
opens October 5 and closes Nov
ember 5. Ten thousand dollars
have been subscribed by the busi
ness men of Portland alone. The
prevailing feeling is one for success
for the exposition, from the fact
that it is not a money making
scheme, but a legitimate institu
tion for the benefit of Oregon and
her people. -
Fred Fischer narrowly escaped a
broken leg last Saturday. While
driving a derrick team at Berge
vin's thrashing machine, a single
tree broke, letting the end of the
double-tree come back with great
force, tstruok'him on the leg nearly
breaking it.
John Duffy, a successful reserva
tion farmer, brought to the Press
office Saturday some very fine spec
imens of Bartlett pears. They
were as fine as we have ever seen,
and were raised without the aid of
irrigation. Such is our climate.
Chas. Bergevin and family' left
Monday last for the Willamette
valley. Atthur, who was a com
positor for nearly two years in the
Press office, is a good boy, and we
wish him success in his new home.
The $20,000 bond issue of the
Pendleton school district has been
accomplished, and Theiss & Bar
roll, Spokane agents for Eastern
money loaners, secured the parch
ments at a premium of $455.
In the matter of the final account
of Hugh Walker, administrator of
John Walker deceased, the county
court made an order accepting the
report and discharging tho admin
istrator. ,
Miss Leola Young , will return
from her Coast trip next week.
She will come by way of Portland
and select millinery goods for Mrs.
Carden.
It is reported that the Lincton
road is impassable between- Elgin
and the summit of the mountain,
on account of forest fires. '
The Press job department this
week tamed out some very neat
programs for the sixth annual con
vention of the W. C. T. U.
J. M. Morris will establish a gen
eral merchandise Btore atRossland,
B. C, the base of supplies for the
Trail Creek mines.
Bill Rose, one of L P. Page's
men, is laid off at present nursing
a pet in the form of a felon on one
of his fingers.
Lew Shaw and Judge Gilman
shot prairie chickens Wednesday.
They returned to town with ten
fine birds.
'Bony" Davidson was down
from his ranch Wednesday inter
viewing merchants about fall sup
plies. Uncle John Ridenour, of Weston
visited his daughter, Mrs. J, A.
Murphy in Baker City this week.
Mrs. G. C. Osburn left on last
night's passenger to visit her par
ents at Halsey, Oregon.
J. W. Chapman, the painter, is
giving H. McArthur's residence a
coat of paint this week.
J. M. Morris wa? in the citv
Wednesday, He had a supply of
fresh (?) jokes.
Considerable threshing remains
yet to be done on tho mountains
eaBt'of town
Miss Kate Carlisle, of Corvallis,
well known in Athena, is visiting
in Weston.
R. K. Brady is again behind the
counter at Hollis' store. He looks
natural.
Wm. Pinkerton. a prominent far
mer of Athena, visited Pendleton
Tuesday.
V
Lee Hiteman and Austin Foss
were in Pendleton Tuesday of - this
week.
Misa Minnie Lieuallen was a
Walla Walla visitor Sunday. .
Sunday in Athena was rather
quiet for this time of the year.
"Gilman (?) and I cleaned up
the justice's office yesterday."
Lee Brown was in town from the
h:.; rest field Sunday.
(" "man paints. See his ad in
an ii i column.
'riool Opens Sept. 16.
Tii j Athena public schools will
open September 16th. The board
met Wednesday evening and elect
ed W. W. Curtis, of Walla Walla,
a3 assistant principal.
All OLD, OLD K SAYS j
"CLOTHES DONT MAKE" THE MAN-" j
This may be true in one sense, but where the eye 3
is the Jury, the apparel is a great part
of the evidence Z3
Have you seen our 2
New Clothing? 5
Men's Suits $ 6.28
111
Men's Suits
mtiii miii.rs
Iff
Men's Suits-
They are good Goods
And we recommend them
, For value. i
' ;
C. W. HOIIvIS,
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FOR BETTER ROADS.
Every one Interested, end Strawingthe
Roads Has Begun.
The newspapers of Umatilla
county have by concerted effort at
last got the people of the county
interested in the better road move
ment. It takes straw aud some muscle,
but as there is aa abundant supply
of both, no doubt the main thor
oughfares ia a short time will be de
void of ruts and dust.
In the vicinity of Helix several
farmers have commenced tho good
work, and as the effect for the bet
ter is instant, others have become
enthused and promise imuledi ate
co-operation. The county judge
was visited. He was told the plan
which has been thought of as the
most feasible to have the Helix
road strawed in sections by the peo
ple living along it, and all work
done in this manner to be credited
on tbe regular road tax. This plan
teceived Judge Martin's hearty ap
proval. In the name of the county
court, he not only gave consent,
but urged that the plan be carried
out. The court will be glad to en
courage it, having made every ef
fort to have straw placed on the
roads.
After the., roads are once thor
oughly strawed, it takes but little
work thereafter to keep them in
splendid condition. The time to
do the Btrawing is at the. present,
so that tho heavily loaded wagons,
hauling wheat, wood, etc., will
press the straw and dirt into the
deep ruts, thereby filling and lev
eling up the roads. The fall rains,
too, which will come eoon.Jwill be
a great promoter ef good roads if
straw is on them.
A systematic effort should be
made to have the roads between
Athena and Pendlenton, Weston,
Milton and Helix strawed at once.
ALBERT TOZIER EXPLAINS.
Rule of the Press Associatisn Make
Eddy Eligible.
Portland, Aug. 24 To the edi
tor Noticing an article in your
paper of Aug. 9, in regard to tho
Oregon Press Association, tho ques
tion was ask, "What paper does
Col. J. B. Eddy wiold tbe faber on?"
In this connection permit m
to quote from Art. 11, Sec. 1, con
stitution of tha Oregon Press Asso
ciation. Sec. 1, This Association
shall be composed of editors and
publishers of periodicals published
in Oregon.
Sec. 2. No one can be admitted
to membership except he be a citi
zen of Oregon and must be connect
ed with some legitimate newspaper
or periodical, published at least
once a month, and recognized as
such by the postal authorities.
Sec. 3. Persons having been act
ively engaged in legitimate journal
ism may become inactive members,
but shall not be eligible to vote or
hold office. Members retiring from
active journalism shall become in
active members.
Thero are three classes of mem
bers, viz: active, inactive and hon
orary. In the case of Mr Eddy, I will say
that the records of the association
show that h wa3 in the printing
Iff 2
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6.75 j
ia 3
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7.65
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Athena, Oregon,
business, either as printer, editor
or publisher 25 years. He is also
a past president of this association,
and the rules of the Oregon Press
Association make a past president
a life member. So while Mr. Eddy
is now a member of a commission
that I personally consider useless ,
and ought to be abolished, he is,
nevertheless a printer, and once a
printer always a printer.
I extend to you, Bro. Smith, a
cordial invitation to be present at
the next annual meeting of the
Oregon Press Association and assist '
in making it a grand success.
( Albert Tozieh
V Sec'y.
t X O: Clark Walter, ot Athena,
is in town. He says that not a
bushel of wheat is being pold in
Athena, though every one is haul
ing and storing. The market open
there with 40 offered, but the later
drop caused farmers to hold their
wheat and this they will do until
improvement takes place in the
market.
None But Ayer'i at the World's Fair. .
Ayer's Sarsparilla enjoys extra
ordinary distinction of having been
the only blood purifier allowed an
exhibit at the World's fair, Chicago.
Manufacturers of other sarsaprillas
sought by every means to obtain a
showing of their goods, but they
were all turned away under tho
application of the rule and forbidd
en the entry of patent medicines and
nostrums. The decision of the
World's fair authorities in favor of
Ayers's Sarsaprilla was in effect as
follows: "Ayer's Sarsaprilla is not
a patent medicine, It does not be
long to the list of nostrums. It is
here on its merits."
Notice.
I will be in Athena about one
month for the purpose of collecting
all notes and accounts due me. All
persons knowing themselves in
debted to me must settle up with
out delay. Those not having cash
to pay I will accomodate them by
taking wheat at 55 cents per bush
el and other grain in proportion, to
be delivered at the Pasific Coast
Elevator in Athena.
Dit. J. A. Moffitt.
For Sale.
One of the best residences in
town. Will sell cheap or trade for
cattle. For particulars apply at
this office. t
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
CREAK!
MOST
'ERFECT MADE.
A purj Crape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free
from 'W.imouia, Alum or any oil-or adulterant,
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
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