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VOLUME 8.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1S95.
NUMBER 43.
HLENA
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TIME SCHEDULE.
Trains arrive every Wednesday at 11 a. m.,
and depart at 11:16 a. in. For time cards,
cards, maps and tickest, call on or write J. A.
Mueirhead, Agent, Athena, Oregon. Or A. 1).
Charlton, Assistant Ueneral Passenger Agent,
255 Morrison St. Oor. Third, Portland, Or
mio
E. MoNEILL, Receiver.
TO THE EAST
; f Gives the choice of
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL
ROUTES
GREAT UNION
NORTHERN
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VIA- . . VIA .
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
DENVER
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ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY
Low Rates to all Eastern
' j V Cities. , i ' :
Ocean Steamers leave Portland
; every 5 days for -; -;
SAN FRANCISCO
For fall details call on 0. R.
& N. Agent, Athena.
Or address: W. H. HUBLBUT, Gen. Pass
Agt-Portland.' Oregon.
Furniture
: "Diet
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Say?
Furniture
Is ,
Just
What
. JOHN S. BAKER,
The 2nd
Man of
' Court Street,
; Pendleton,
Sells so Cheap.
t Tiir irurui DrcTillDlUT
IliL. milkim HLuinwiiniu
MRS. HARDIN, Proprietress.
: : : H. P. MILLEN, Manager;
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Can be recommended to the public as
being first-clam in every
particular.
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Emnloy
White help only.
X MEALS AT ALL HOURS
Dr. Pake's Cream Baking Powder
LOR B1KGCTORT
A i F. & A. M. NO. 80 MEETS THE
1.. First and Third Saturday F.veniugs
jf each month. Visiting bretheren cor
iially invited to visit the lodge.
10. a F. NO. 73, MEETS EVERY
, Friday night. Visiting Odd Fellows
n good standing always welcome.
, O'MJ. W. NO. 104, MEETS THE
Second and Fourth Saturdays of
month. Fred Rozenswieg,
Recorder.''
A THENA CAMP, NO. 171, Woodmen of the
jach month. Visiting Choppers always wel
come. . O. C. OSBURN, Clerk,
PYTHIAN, NO. 29, MEETS EVERY
Thursday Night.
P 8, SHARP,
Physician and Surgeon.
Calls promptly answered. Office on Third
Btreet, Athena, Oregon.
D1
R. I. N. RICHARDSON,
OI'ERATIVE FKOSTIIKTIC WKXTIST.
VTHENA, - - OREGON.
E.DePeatt.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Athena, Ore.
Painter
Jul
C. W. Chapman
. Of Thirty Years Experience,
is Desireous of Locating in
Athena. - -. - - -
Sign and Buggy painting. Charges to suit the hard times.
.A.. J". PAEKEB, Proprietor of
c ,TT1.Tir, , THE ELECTRIC BARBER SHOP.
ILAIRCUTTING
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SHAMPOOING,
HAIRSINGING,
In Latest Styles.
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HOT OR COLD WATER BATHS, 25 CENTS.
FIRST ;NM0Ek
BENE.
0F1THENH,
Pays
L. D.
W. P. LEACH, --
-SUCCESSOR TO
. -N. A. MILLER,
THE ,'
LEADING FURNITURE DEALER
I ig' mm public
HAMIUTON & ROURKE OO.
GRAIN AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Dealers In
Grain, Grain-bags and do a general Warehouse and Commis
sion Businees; pay the highest prices for all kinds
of grain. Handle grain on either road
at the same price.
BE SURE YOU SEE THEM BEFORE
DAVID TAYLOR, AGENT,
SIM MOM 3
REGULATOR
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Keader, did you over take Simhons
Liveb Regulator, the "Kino of
LrvEit Medicines?" Everybody needs
take a liver remedy. It is a sluggish or
diseased liver that Impairs digestion
and causes constipation, when the waste
that should be carried off remains in
the body and poisons the whole system.
That dulL heavy feeling is due to a
torpid liver. Biliousness, Headache,
Malaria and Indigestion are all liver
diseases. Keep the liver active by an
occasional dose of Simmons Liver Reg
ulator and you'll get rid of these trou
bles, and give tone to the whole sys
tem. For a laxative Simmons Liver
Regulator is better than Pills. It
does not gripe, nor weaken, but greatly
refreshes and strengthens. '
Every package has the Red Z
stamp on the wrapper. J. H.
Zeiliu & Co., Philadelphia.
All Jobs . . . .
t Entrusted
to him will be
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uone nouesiiy
and in best of
Style . . . .
Satisfaction is
guaranteed in
all his Work.
Plain and decorative
paper hanging, house
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South side Main Street.
CAPITAL STOCK,
SURPLUS, -
$ 50000
$21,000
Interest on time deposits. Proper attention
given to collections. Deals in foreign and
domestic exchange.
Lively. Cashier,
Athena, Oregon
YOU BUY SACKS OR SELL CRASH.
- Athena, Oregon.
FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
An Interesting Letter From an Oregon
Man Who Went There.
In a letter to E. II. Pagnello,
Lakeview, Mr. Mark E. Cary says
of South Africa: "I am sorry that
I cannot offer you any encourage
ment to come to Africa. While it
may be very bad in the United
States, at the same time it would
probably be worse for you here un
less you had money, then' you
would be all O. IC There . is no
questidn but Africa is at . present
the best place in the world after
once getting a start, but to come
here without money I do think you
would miss it. There are already
here hundreds of men walking the
streets out of employment and
money, men who could go behind
a bank counter and hold any posi
tion but the supply is greater than
the demand. ' f ; t
"The country is a gfanef couutry
and one that is steadily making
itself famous for its wonderful re
sources. Last month the output
of gold from the Watwatesra'nd was
larger than ever before, i2UU,y41
ozs., and the mines in nearly every
case are improving as they go down.
They now have in the course ot er
ectionthe largest stamp mill in the
wprld, and when they begin work
ing on deep levels there will be a
demand for double the number of
men employed. A good miner or
millright, carpenter, stone mason,
brick-mason or mechanic in that
line can demind good wages, but
for clerks, bookkeepers or that sort
there is absolutely nothing. Not.
withstanding that I would like
very much to see you and my
friends, I would never in the world
advise you to come unless you had
at least $500 when you reach here,
then you could bide your time and
watch your chances. Living is
very high. It costs me $75 per
month aside from laundry and sun
dry expenses, and I can't say that
I live in an extravagant way in
the least, but you can see from that
unless you have money or fort
unate enough to drop into some
thing it soon eats a hole in a few
hundred dollars. .'I may be com
pelled to go to America next year
to buy goods in case I do I will go
to Altura?. r$ '
Regarding" fare and Voute, the
best route would be from New Yoi k
to London, $40, from London to
Cape Town $131.50, from Cape
Town here $36.50, then you can
add about one-third for sundry or
Incidental expenses, It is a beau
tiful trip and one you would enjoy
very much."
THE POTLATCH COUNTRY,
A Young Farmer Tel Is of Its Resources
and Advantages. "
Henry James, a young Umatilla
county farmer, passed through Ath
ena Tuesday on his return from the
Potlatch country, Idaho, where he
has decided to locate. Mr. James
goes back to the Potlatch in about
three weeks. His account of this
comparatively new and undevelop
ed region may interest some of our
readers, and is therefore given in
the Peess.
"I have been located in the
neighborhood of Pierce City, a
small but lively town. There they
have had spienid crops this season,
principally of flax and wheat, the
flax proving very . profitably. Of
this product twenty to thirty bush
els per acre were raised, and the
price has ranged from $1 to $1.25
per bushel. The wheat crop was
bigj but the low price of course
lessened the profit to farmers.
"I think the soil in the Potlatch
is richer than any other I have
seen in this western country."
Farmers are in better circumstan
ces, too, for they -raise a diversity
of products. Fruits and vegetab
les are grown with great success.
Climate and conditions are much
different than in the grain raising
regions hereabouts. The falls are
very wet, but farmers are enabled
to harvest their crops by building
sheds over the stacked grain. Im
mediately after harvesting plowing
commences, and it is now in active
progress. A good opportunity ia
offered home-seekers, as the coun
try is not thickly settled as yet.
while nearly all the best agricultu
ral land has been taken, a large
amount of good grazing and timber
land is yet vacant. .
"There are promising mining re
sources, also. Mines in the Pierce
City and Clearwater districts are
being actively developed, and when
the season opens in the spring I
think there will be a good demand
for men, many of whom are em
ployed. Supplies are freighted to
i Pierce City from Julietta, the near
est railroad station, a distance of
forty-five miles. For about two
months, during high water, the
river is navigable."
Will Close Down.
The Grande Ronde Lumber Co.,
which has extensive yards at Perry
and. aho own a large mill there,
will suspend operations sometime
during the coming week by-closing
down their mill. This is only done
for the winter as they have an enor
mous stock of lumber on hand to
fill all orders and they will turn
their attention to getting in logs
for next summer's run. This com
pany has a mill with all modern
equippments. They own and oper
ate an electric light plant which
furnishes lipht for the town of Per
ry as well as the company's mill
and yards. The mill is equipped
with the latest machinery and is
capable of turning out thousands
oT feet ot lumber in a day. '
NEW RACING CIRCUIT,
Will Take In Pendleton and Several
Other Good Towns.
During the state fair at Salem,
the horseman held a meeting to
discuss the racing outlook for an
other season. Many prominent
horsemen were present and took a
lively interest in the proceedings,
It was finally decided that a cir
cuit, comprising Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho should be organized
and to be called the North Pacific
Racing Association, and a commit
tee of five was elected as central
committee, with headquarters at
Portland. Those elected were Van
B. DeLashmutt, M. D. Wisdom,
Charles Woods, A. G. Ryan and
bam Jones, lhis committee will
meet shortly and will formulate a
set of rules under which the dif
ferent race meetings will work.
The place spoken of as most like
ly to give meetings are The Dalles,
Pendleton, La Grande, Baker City,
Walla Walla, Dayton, Colfax, Lew
iston, Moscow, Spokane, Yakima.
Tacoma and Victoria for the upper
country, and Hillsboro, McMinn
ville, Independence Albany, Eu
gene, Salem, Portland and Van
couver for the lower and southern
circuit.
A committeeman will be appoint
ed at eash of these places by the
central committee, whose duty it
will be to organize local clubs in
their respective towns, who will
then place themselves in communi
cation with headquarters. ; ,
Uncle Sam Rich in Land
There are some people who be
lieve that the United States, once
the greatest land dealer and land
owner in the world, is gradually
retiring from business. This is a
mistake. Uncle Sam still owns of
land, surveyed and unsurveyed,
nearly 60,000,000 acres, and in'dis
p03ing of this will no doubt be do
ing business at the old stand for a
great many years to come. The
transaction of general land offices
have, perhaps, fallen off during the
past few years, but there is still
enough public land not taken up to
require the attention of a depart
ment of the government for a long
time to come.
A Peculiar Proof.
Mrs. Emily A. Beard of Elgin
made final proof in support of the
claim of her late husband. Mr.
Francis Beard gave notice some
time ago that he intended to make
final proof, but about October 1st
he died. Now comes the widow
and is completing the title to the
land. This is the first case of this
kind that has ever come before the
local land office. Of course she
will have no difficulty in getting a
patent, yet a certificate of the death
ot her husband, and proof that she
is the wife, are absolutely neces
sary. -
Fruit Going East.
The fruit that was on exhibition
at the Spokane fruit fair, and which
is in condition to ship, will be tak
en charge of by the Northern Pa
cific, Great Northern, and 0. R. &
N. railway companies. . They will
take the fruit' east and exhibit it
at different places. - ,-
The Northern Pacific is equipp
ing a traveling exhibit car with
Walla Walla and Potlatch fruits, a
large quantity of which will be un
der glass. "
Editor J. L. Montgomery, of Mar
shall, III. Democrat, states that for
many years, he suffered untold ag
ony from ; Dyspepsia. t last he
began to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
and by the time he had used six
bottles, he was as well as ever.
Cures others, will euro you.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
mm
DOILaiEH.rJ PUCE
PERHAPS SHE PERISHED.
It is Now Thought the Mil ler Child was
Not Abducted.
All the people of Eaf tern Oregon
will remember how Mr. Miller, liv
ing then at Summerville, made such
diligant search to find his little
daughter, Alma Gladys Miller, who
disappeared three years ago.
At the time of the child's disap
pearance hundreds of people turned
out and scoured the mountain fast
ness, but no clue, however Bniall or
insignificant was brought to light.
The father, who at the time had a
goodly portion of the world's goods,
has spent a fortune in searching for
his lost child, and the mother, it is
said, 6howsthe marks of sorrow and
grief, in the lines ou her face and
her hair has turned to whiteness
since that evening three long years
ago, when her daughter left her,
never to return again.
The Miller family have held to
the belief that the child was abduct
ed by a band of gypsies, who were
camped in the neighborhood of their
home about the time the little girl
disappeared. In consequence of
this belief, officers all ever the coun
try have kept an eye on every band
of gypsies who have appeared, but
little Alma Gladys Miller has never
been found in their company,
though on two occasions the father
has made long journeys and had
his hopes blasted by false reports.
It is now thought, and in all
probabilty it is so, that the little
child became lost and perished in
the mountains surrounding her
home.
Lately, a skull and some bones
were found at the baso of Mt. Em
ily, four miles from where the little
girl disappeared three years ago.
The place where the skull was
found is about four miles from
where the child dissappeared, and
the condition of the bones and all
other circumstance sems to give
color to the theory that the child
was not stolen, bat wandered from
home and perisned. A. further
investigation is to be made in the
vicinity whore the skull was found
to seo if some other evidence can
be discovered that will throw furth
er light upon the mystery.
HE WAS "FLY.'
A Walla Walla Paper Talks of John P.
Pickerel.
Pickerel, mention of whom was
mado in the Pkess last week, as be
ing hld to appear before the U. S.
grand jury, for taking a draft from
another person's letter, seems to be
rather a foxy fellow, generally. It
seems that he had a gay time in
Walla Walla on the money which
he is now held to answer for, and
that he has other scrapes to
hia record" in the past. The Walla
Walla Statesman says of him:
"Pickerel, who is an ex-convict,
having served, it is said, two terms
in the penitentiary, has recently
been having a big time on other
people's money. Early last week
he came to Walla Walla in com
pany with a young lady, whom he
evidently met on the train and had
made himself very agreeable, leav
ing the impression upon the young
lady that he was a very nice man.
A few days ater a brother of the
young lady in question came to tho
city and applied to. tho police for
help to locate his sister, stating that
she was in company with this man
Pickerel, whoso reputation he stat
ed was anything but the best. Sub
sequently, however, Marshal Ames
had been notified to" look out' for
Pickerel, although at tho time the
charge of forgery had not been filed
against him. The officers and the
brother soon located the fair maid
en and her relative took her in
charge. This man Pickerel, it was
found, had so far gained the confi
dence of the girl that he had secur
ed all the money she had, which
amounted to quite a few dollars.
"Next day after the brother and
sister left for their home, a small
town in Oregon,Marshal Bentley ar
rived in the city, having a warrant
for the arrest of Pickerel on a charge
of forgery. Pickerel could not be
found and it was evident that he
had left for other quarters. It was
found that he had gone to Lew
iston and thither the United States
ft
Marshal proceeded, successfully
capturing Pickerel,", x 1
Old Time Prices.
The Delamar Nugget has been
presented with a bill for gooda sold
in Silver City in 1866. It is inter
esting because the items charged
show the prices then prevailing,
and several of the persons running
accounts at the store are well re
membered and some of them Btill
residing in the county.
Here are some of the items charg
ed: ' '
To 2 brooms.'. ... ... . ... . .$ 5 00
To 1 bar soap 1 00
To 1 lb tea..! 2 00
To 9 lb sledge hammer. . . . . 9 90
To 1 boxsoap., 16 00
To 3 lb nails......... 1 50
To 105 lbs sugar.. 52 50
Tol sack salt..... 1 00
To 1 sack flour 16 00
To lean lard 7 50
To doz. glass jellies. ... . . 9 00
Thus we can see when the miners
in 1866 indulged in such luxuries
as soap and sugar they had to pay
well for them.
THE JENNING ESTATE.
Particulars of the Vast Property
Ore-
1 gon Heirs Are Expecting.
Items continue to appear from
time to time concerning a vast es
tate belonging to an English fam
ily of the name of Jennings, heirs
to which are in Oregon and Wash
ington. The most direct and au
thentically established succession
in this part of the country is said
to be that of tho late Berryman
Jennings, of Jennings landing, on
the Willamette river between Port-
land and Oregon City, says the Ore-
gonian. I he estate is supposed to
be worth something like $80,000,
000. Two of the heirs, through
Berryman Jennings, are his daugh
ters, Mra. John W. Miller, of Port
land, and Mrs. Major Frank Hodg
kin, Salem.
Thin Riihior.t h.ia nrfiatorl miiph
sensation and inquiry on both sides
of the Atlantic for more than half
a century. Many conventions have
been held and committees appoint
ed that have led to an extensive
correspondence. . ' '
The case has lately been investi
gated by several leading English
barristers, who have brought facts
to light that will clear up tho pedi
grees of the American families, and
recent developments brought fourth
by several suits now pending in
England, between two noble fami
lies, for the right of administration
to the vast estate, which has reach
ed in value the enormous sum of
$80,000,000, hag proved beyond all
doubt that the heirs are not to be
found in England, and that the de
cendants of John Jennings, who
came to Fredericksburg, Va., from
Whiteheaven, in 1754; Thomas
Jennings who died in Louisa coun
ty, Virginia; a John Jennings, born
in England in 1723, and whose
heirs are in America, and John
Jennings, who is supposed to have
immigrated from England with
William Penn, are the true heirs,
and to whom this estate will final
ly bp distributed.
4 ' - .
. A Boy Bear Hunter.
'Arthur Evers, an 18-year-old
hunter, brought to Walla Walla
lately tho choise3t meat from ft big,
brown bear, thought to weigh in
tho neighborhood of 400 pounds.
Arthur had gone to tho Salmon
river mountains, about forty miles
from Walla Walla, with two other
young hunters, Miles Kyger and
Fay LcGrow, but the glory of kill
ing a bear happened to fall to him
self alone.
No people suffer so much from
physcial disabilities as those whose
business requires little or no mus
cular exertion. The lack of exer
tion causes the liver to. become
sluggish and the result is constant
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
ness and Sick Headache. To pre
vent this take SimmoiiB Liver Reg
ulator; it keeps the- liver active
and make one's condition as com
fortable as those who have much
exercise.
When your watch needs cleaning
or repairing take it to Hill, the
jeweler.