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ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1895.
NUMBER 44.
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- Athena, Oregon.
THE WALLA WALLA STYLE.
The Compliments of the Season Ex
changed in the Court Room.
They had a law suit in Walla
Walla the other day, and accord
ing to the Union it was a "hot
number." Attorney Dovell, of the
defense refused to introduce any
testimony, relying upon that of the
prosecution, and the argument was
made. We print a small section of
the same, from each side. The
Union says:
"Turner addressed the jury in
his own behalf. He .said he had
expected to rnake hia speech en
tirely upon the evidence which
would be presented by Cavanaugh
and was therefore unprepared. He
consumed ten minutes, however, in
heaping vituperations upon At
torney Dovell and his client, ap
plying to the latter such epithets
as "liar," "thief," "scoundrel,"
"criminal," and "coward." Cav
anaugh, he said was afraid to go
upon the stand.
"I have always had the highest
regard for Mr. Dovell," he eaid,
"and hoped he might reach the
highest round in the ladder of his
profession, but I am sorry to see
him the boon companion of such a
contemptible cowardly criminal as
P. J. Cavanaugh." He closed with
a diatribe against lawyers in gen
eral saying that it was a well
known fact that they were dishon
est and that their oath would not
be taken upon the witness stand.
Then the attorney got his inning
and handled the bat as follows: .
"I charge J. M: Turner with be
ing a self-confessed perjurer," ciied
the eloquent young attorney, with
a dramatic gesture. "There were
only two facts to which he swore
to positively in his examination.
One that his name was J. M. Turn
er and the other was the one in
which he confessed to having sworn
to a lie in the justice court, during
his preliminary examination for
embezzlement, in order to save
himself from the penitentiary."
In speaking of the motive which
inspired Turner to induce Mrs.
Rogers to bring the suit Mr. Dov
ell said: "
"For the ten minutes of personal
gratification in which he was per
mitted to abuse Mr. Cavanaugh
before you, he has cherished his
hatred for over a year, he has
brought Mrs Rogers into court,
the witnesses and put the taxpay
ers to great expense. In that ten
minutes he purged himself of all
his vindictiveness and all his rot
ten spleen. I warrant you he feels
better since he vomited it up. If
your verdict is against him it will
have the effect of keeping him out
of the courts of the county and the
6tate. Of course that would be as
great a beDeGt to Mr. Turner as it
would be to the courts and the
community."
Mr. Dovell closed with the fol
lowing peroration:
"The records of all the courts of
the county are full of cases in which
Turner has figured. They tell a
story of him lying, or cheating, or
his robbing somebody, and if you,
gentleman of the jury, do not set
the seal of your disaproval upon
him he will go on lying and cheat
ing and robbing until the black
hinges of hell swing in upon his
perjured soul." .
GRAND JURY. REPORTS.
Justice of the Peace Scored Some
Recommendations.
The grand jury presented its
final report to Circuit Judge Low
ell at llo'clock Friday morning,
and was . discharged from further
services.
The grand jury was in session 12
days, and during thai time return
ed 64 true bills and seven not true
bills of indictment. The number
of witnesses examined was 86. The
county poorhouse was visited and
found to be in good order. The
various county offices also was in
spected, and the gran'' jury found
the books to be "neatly kept but
had not time or ability to further
investigate them." Repairs of the
closets and plumbing of the jail
was recommended. It was also
recommended that a copy of the
statutes be provided for the use of
the grand jury.
The grand jury paid some at
tention to the practice of justices
in taking up criminal cases without
the knowledge of the district at
torney, and this ia what the report
Bays of the lower court officers:
' We would call the attention of
the court to the fact that certain
jnstices in Umatilla county seem
more desirous of making fees than
of performing the legitimate duties
of their office. Frivolous cases are
started by these justices and the
parties hound over to the grand
jury, or the parties discharged and
the cost taxod to tho county, with
out previous consultation with the
district attorney, and without that
officer's knowledge of the matter
and without requiring a bond for
cases from private prosecutors.
We indorse the district attorney's
action in fighting this practice,
and recommend that he be upheld
by the court, in opposing the fees
claimed by justices in such cases;
also to the fact that criminal ac
tions were brought by justices in
their courts while the grand jury
was in session,"
All For Oregon.
Thursday evening, Bays the
Union Republican, a long lire of
covered migrant wagons, a la the
times before the advent of the rail
road, came slowly wending its way
into the city from the south. There
were eleven wagons in the train
and each one seemed to be literal
ly filled with people, ranging in age
from the little dimpled baby on
its mother's breast to the hoary
haired grandfather, approaching the
sunset of his earthly day. How
many of them we do not know but
we venture an estimate at no less
than sixty. They were from the
southwest i part of Nebraska and
had come all the way to Oregon in
the wagons now occupied. On one of
the wagon tops were the words:
"All for Oregon." When asked
whither they were going, a Repub
lican reporter was informed that
they intended to stop here in
Grand Ronde that was their des
tination. The Potato's Genesis Unsolved,
The early naturalists differed
greatly as to the origin of the pota
to, writes John Gilmer Speed in
in November Ladies' Home Jour
nal. In England it was held to be
a native of Virginia, ond in Spain
it was said to have originated in
Peru. Modern opinion holds that
it is indigenous to the elevated
tablelands of Chili, Puru, Bolivia,
Costa Rica, Mexico and southwest
ern United States. It probably got
to Virginia by the hands of some
early Spanish explorers. It is
certain, however, that it was not
cultivated in Virginia till far into
the eighteenth century, and then
it was introduced in the American
Colonies on account of the esteem
in which it was held in Europe.
The wife of Mr. Leonard Wells,
of East Brimfield, Mass., had been
suffering from neuralgia for two
days, not being able to sleep or
hardly keep still, when Mr. Hol
der!, the merchant there sent her a
bottlo of Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
and asked that she give it a
thorough trial. On meeting Mr.
Wells the next day he was told
that she was all right, the pain
had left her within two hours, and
that the bottle of Pain Balm was
worth $5.00 if it could not be had
for less. For sale at 50 cents per
bottle by P. M. Kirkland, Pioneer
Drug Store.
The City Ticket.
Notwithstanding Baker City's
charter fails to provide for the hold
ing of an election, a mass meeting
has nominated a ticket to be voted
for at an election to be held the first
Monday on November. The ticket
is: For mayor, S. A. Hellner;
treasurer, D." C. Moomaw; alder
men, B. W. Levens, sr., Walter
Mills, G. W. Borman and Dr. II. E.
Curry.
Horace Greeley once eaid: "The
way to resume is to resume," speak
ing of again putting gold into cir
culation after the war. But you
may say "resume" any numbor of
times to that torpid liver of yours
and it won't budge until you take
Simmons Liver Regulator. Many
people seem to forget that Consti
pation, Billiousnes8 and Sick head
ache are all caused by a sluggish
liver. Keep the liver active.
Nipped In the Bud.
Some Walla Walla sports arrang
ed to have a prize fight last Satur
day night in the cellar of a saloon,
but their scheme was nipped in the
bud by the police. Tho names of
the prospective principals were
Dempeey and Gallagher, both pret
ty good sluggers. .
Pardon for Turner,
Governor Lord issued a pardon,
in favor of Elmer Turner. Turner
is a young man who was sentenced
to 18 months for larceny in Union
county. He had served his time,
lacking one day, and a pardon was
recommended by his prosecuting
attorney, and a long list of citizens.
Highest of all ia Leavening Power. -Latest U. S. Gov't Report
IX kc
GRAND RONDE PLACER CLAIMS.
Formal Transfer of the Mines to the
French Syndicate.
The sale of the Grand Ronde
placer claims concerning which a
great deal has been said during the
past summer, is , now an accomp
lished fact, and. the company has
taken formal possession of the prop
erty, in pursuance of orders cabled
from France. The property in
cludes 27 claims, or 540 acres of
placer ground, lying contaguously
and extending a distance of between
five and six miles along the Grand
Ronde river. The property has
been purchased by a syndicate of
Paris capitalists, know as the
Grand Ronde Placer Mining Com
pany. The amount of the purchase
price is not stated but it is known
the claims were held by their form
er owners at about $1500 each.
Thomas Markum, . the mining
man who promoted the sale, has
been appointed superintendent of
the property, and extensive im
provements will be commenced at
once. A contract has been award
ed to Hunter & Fox to put in a saw
mill of 25 horsepower. The mill
will be in operation at an early
date, the engine and boiler already
having been purchased. There is
also on the way a large quantity of
pipe, giants and other mining
material, Among the other im
provements will be an electric light
plant. There will be Bix arc lights
placed along the river, and during
the spring months the mines will
be operated night and day. Ma
chinery and improvements are to
be put in condition for operation at
the earliest possible date.
A large force of men will be em
ployed during the fall and winter
months, cleaning out the repairing
ditches and in the constitution of
several miles of flumes. ThreQ or
four giants will be put to work on
the start at the upper part of the
claims. During the spring months
there will be a sufficiency of water
to operate night and day, and the
superintendent expects to establish
a system of reservoirs at Grand
Ronde and North Powder lakes, by
which the property can be worked
at all seasons, except during the
freezing weather.
Survival of the Fittest.
At a recent meeting of the Bri
tish Association the champions of
science turned aside for a moment
for their old contest with theology
and bodly challenged civilization
itself to combat on the plains of
truth. The challenge came main
ly from the explorers of the world
and took the form of a defense of
the savageries and supersitions
that our culture holds in utter ab
horrance. The leader of the defi
ance was a certain Captain Hinde,
who, in describing the prevalance
of cannibalism in the Congo region,
said; "In the country of the Bale
tela one sees neither gray-haired
persons, halt, maimed nor blind.
Even parents are eaten by their
children on the least sign of old
age. Under such circumstances, the
Beletela are a splendid race." It
was furthermore declared that the
custom of eating the dead saves
savage races from epidemics. An
other traveler who has' been in
Guina argued that the fierce van.
detti which prevail there have an
undoubted influence for good by
thinning out the weaker members
of the race. In the discussion which
followed the papers, there was
shown a marked agreement among
tho scientists that savagery is not
without its compensations, and, in
fact, to the outsider it would almost
seem that science itself is savage.
Mark Twain's Yell.
Mark Twain, who recently start
ed on a tour around the world, told
an interviewer at Winnipeg how he
often felt a desire to "cut loose"
from civilization and to get away
by himself where he could run
and yell to his heart's content. In
this "connection there is a story
about tho humorist and Canon
Kingsley. Walking along tho street
one day, Mark felt tho impulse to
yell coming on him with irresis
tible force, and 6aid to Kingsley, "I
want to yell, I must yell." The
cannon said, "all right yell away: I
t- mum I w
don't mind." "And with that,"
Baid Mark, "I stepped back a few
steps, and, throwing my arms above
my head, let out a war whoop that
could be heard for miles, and in
les3 time than you co.nld count
Cannon Kingsly and myself were
surrounded by a multitude of anx
ious citizens who wanted to know
what was the matter. I told them
nothing was the matter, I just
wanted to yell, and had yelled."
- SHOEING WILD HORSES.
They Do It by Machinery Over af Mil
ton. Charles Armstrong now haa his
horseshoeing machine in working
order and applied it in a practical
way for the first time on. Monday,
says the Milton Eagle. This ma
chine cannot be termed properly a
horseshoeing machine, but rather a
horse-holding machine, for that id
what it does holds the rearing,
plunging cayuse bo tightly and
firmly that it is impossible for him
to hurt either himself or the man
driving the nails.
The animal operated on when
the reporter was present was a bad
one, but he was handled with neat
ness and dispatch. First he was
led to the machine and the haulter
strap tied to a post; then the ad
justable Bides were swung in, the
the wide canvas supports hooked
up, the animal raised clear of the
floor by a wiridless. While in this
position the shoe was, drove by the
smith. Then tho animal was
dropped to the floor again and re
leased and went off apparently well
satisfied with the treatment receiv
ed. All danger to horse and work
man is entirely obiviated by this
simple yet ingenious devise.
Six weeks ago I suffered with a
very severe cold; was almost un
able to speak. My friends all ad
vised me to consult a physician.
Noticing Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy advertised in tho St. Paul
Valds Ziitung I procured a bot
tlo, and aftor taking it a short
while was entirely well. I now
most heartily recommend this
remedy to anyone suffering with a
cold. Win. Keil, 678 Selby Ave.,
St. Paul, Minn. For sale by P. M.
Ktrkland, Pioneer Drugstore.
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He is Fasting.
The rattlesnake on exhibition in
the w'ndow of a Main street saloon,
says the Walla Walla Gazette, con
tinues to be an object of interest.
Many people stop to look at it and
shudder, which is evident that the
ugly as well as the beautiful con
tains an element of fascination.
The snake has eaten nothing for
two months, disdaining to touch
the food that is given it, but shows
no sign of failing health. It has
good habits, drinking nothing but
water. It haa had time to accumu
late a largo stock of venom, and it
is easy to imagine from its glitter
ing eye that it would like an op
portunity to use its poisonous fangs
as a punishment for its imprison
ment. Avoid Pneumonia, diphtheria
and typhoid fever, by keeping the
blood pure, the appetite good and
and the bodily health vigorous by
the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable
and do not purge, pain or gripe.
Sold by all druggists.
The New Woman.
Ilockaby baby, your mamma has
gone; she's out to the caucus and
will be till dawn; she wore papa's
trousers and in them look cueer, so
hushaby baby, your papa is here.
Ilockaby baby, your mamma's a
terror; she a run three conventions,
declared for three fellows; she's
great on a straddle, way up on a
vote, bo hushaby baby, your papa's
the "goat." Ilockaby baby, the
dishes are clean, papa's done scrub
bing and put on tho beans; your
mamma ia late, seems always to
lag, but heaven help papa if she
comes home with a jag.
Good advice: Never leave the
house on a journey without a bot
of Chamberlain's" Colic, Cholera
and Diarrohea Remedy, For sale
by P. M. Kirkland, Pioneer Drug
Store.