The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, April 03, 1896, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHE PRESS has the circulation, its advertising rates are -within the reach of all. THE PRESS "touches the spot." $1.50 per year. ATHENA PRESS Published Every lrldy Morning By J. W. SMITH, Proprietor. F. B. Boyd, Editor. Entered at Athena portofflce m econd-clai mail matter. Subscription Rtc: Per year, In advance, " H-50 Single copies. In wrapper, 5c. Advertising Ratea: Local reading notices, first Insertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent Insertion, 6c, All communications should be addressed to he PRESS, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA. APRIL 3rd, 1896. Senator Platt, of Connecticut has done something that will make him popular in business circles, He has introduced a resolution that congress shall adjourn on the second day of Mayl We may look forward with pleasurable anticipa tions to the day when this useless body will adjourn, and its members go back to their homes to com inune with the people whose in terests thev have entirely ne m glected. - Practically, Spain has never paid her way. She has always had to borrow to pay the charge for her debt. She has Again and again defaulted. She has reorganized the debt. She has reduced it in al manner of ways. And since her last settlement with her creditors she has paid the interest out of borrowed money just as before Spain, thereforo, in the truest and most literal sense of the word, is insolvent. But she has somehow or other managed to raise money enough to nay her creditors up to the present. It is said negotia tions are going on with France which will result in another Span Uh loan being brought out in Paris That remains to be seen. A French loan, of coime. would be an im jnense advantage for the time being, 3ut it would be a much greater advantage to Spain than to the French investors. The Weston Leader and the Athena Press advocateplacing on the tickets befor the people in this county at the coming election 'Are you in favor of division? Vote yes or no." And the Milton Eagle is opposed toitAll questions rf this kind should be submitted to (he people most interested in them. V government of the people is best preserved when this is done Questions of this kind when decided otherwise are usually decided in the interest of the few who are to profit from the decisions and are thereforo, in position to spend time and money to bring about a fav orable conclusion. Division of Umatilla county is not actually desired or hoped for by more than one hundred men m this county, and of this hundred ninety are expecting some direct benefit in the shapo of oflice or profit from di vision and the setting up of another county government for the people to support without corresponding benefit. East Oregonian. The Lender is grateful to notice that a little boom has beon started in Weston upon safe grounds. It is not the intention to out up our farming land into lots and sell them to the green and rank out sider. It is not proposed to raise a bonus for a woolen mill or subsidize our congressmen to cecure an ap propriation for a brick and stone postofiice building; nor do we want to harness the waters of Pine Creek for the provision of electric power for local factories, and for trans mission to Athena, Adams, Helix, Cayuse station, and other suburban points. No. What we want to do is to make Weston the prettiest resi dence town east of the Cascades, or west of the Rockies, for that matter Weston Leader. The Press, on the part of Athe na, from a "suburban" standpoint, would suggest that the first im provement our metropolitan neigh bor make would be to pull up out of the canyon and get room to spread itself. OREGON'S NINE GOVEKNORS. "v. a . . . nrea trm ueau ana mo Kelt Still Living In th State. Since its admission to statehood, February 14, 1S59, Oregon has had but uine governors. This record is of long service equaled by but three other states, all of which were admitted to the Union later than Oregon. These states are: Nebraska, admitted in 18C7; Neva da, 1864, and Colorado, 1876. Of the nine governors of Oregon, three are dead and the rest are living in various parts of the state. John Whitaker, who was the executive head of the state on its admission to the Union, in 1859, and served till 1862, is the oldest living ex governor. He was born in" Dear born county, Indiana, May 4, 1820, and at present resides on his farm in Lane county. Addison C. Gibbs and ueoree L. Woods, who were the next governors, and S. F. Chad wick, who succeeded Lafayetti G rover, have passed to their rest, Mr. Gibbs was governor from 1862 until 1866. He was born in Chat taraugus county, New York, July 9. 1825. Mr. Woods wh& succeeded Mr. Gibbs as chief executive of th state, in 18G6. was born in Boone county, Missouri, in 1831 or 1832, Lafayette Grover, who at present resides in Portland, was the next incumbent to the highest position in the state. He was inducted into office in 1870, and was re-elected but did not serve the full term, be int. elected to the United States senate before its expiration. Mr Grover was born in Bethel, Oxford county, Maine, in 1823. "Note and Comment" in Portland Oregonian OUR AVAILABLE MEN. The United States Has an Army Ready at Call. According to a report on the or ganized militia of the United States which has just been prepared by the war department, the United States, in case of need can put 9, 467,694 men in the field. At the close oi the year 1895 every state aid territory with the exception of the Indian territory and Alaska had organized nation?. guards. The total force of the militia numbers 113,669, of which 102,604 compose the infantry, 5, 267 the artillery, 649 special corps and 1,442 generals and staff officers The total appropriation allowed the militia by the government amounted to $400,000, while the states during that period spent $2, 834,976 on these organizations. It is estimated that the mobilization of the militia could be effected in the different states and territories in Iron, three hours in the Uis trict of Columbia, to 72 hours in Oregon, other stato organizations assembling between these two period. New York is far ahead in regard to the number enlisted, its strength amounting to J 2,901 of ficers and men. Pennsylvania ia second with 8,482; Ohio third with 6,226; California seventh with 4, 364; Texas thirteenth with 3,000; Ioiva &erenteeth with 2,398; Mis souri eighteenth, z.lUY; Kansas twenty-second, 1,815; Oregon twenty-fourth, 1,530; Washington thirty-first, 1,184; Nebraska thirty soconu 1,10; Utah miriy-iourtn, . j nM v. . . i 1,035; Colorado thirty-eight, 833 Idaho, forty-first, 535: Montana forty-third, 510; Arizona forty fourth, 500; New Mexico forty-fifth, 470; Wyoming forty-sixth, 450; Nevada forty-seventh, 439. Okla homa winds up tho list with 153. It is estimated that in case of necessity Illinois could place 852, 625 in tho field; Pennsylvania como9 next with 771,874 and Ohio third with 650.000; New York, 560, 000; Indiana 481,192; Kentucky, 361,130; Missouri, 360,000; Mas sachusetis, 339,391; Wisconsin, 306,343; Texas, 300,000; Virginia, 295,410; New Jersey, 283,887, Georgia, 254,071; Michigan, 260,- 000; Iowa, 245,899; North Carolina 240,000; Mississippi, 228,700; Mary and, 205,816; Arkansas, 205,000; and tho remainder of the states be- ow 200,000 each. In about thirty-two of the states the publication says the militia is armed with the Springfield rifles and carbine of various patterns. A number ot the artillery militia regiments are provided with Catl ing guns and 3.3 inch breech.load- ing rifles, but a large proportion of the artillery armament consists of 2 pounder Napoleons, three inch muzzle loading rifles, Parrot rifles and other obsolete ordance. The aggregate of small arms ammuni tion held in reserve in addition to that in the hands of the troops is not far from 3,000,000 rounds. States having Catling gun batteries keep on hand a limited supply of ammunition for these euns. The i supply of field guns is very limited and the quality by no means the best. ' POLITICAL TALK. Colonel Eddy After the Umatilla Coun ty Congressional Delegation. James B. Eddy is after the Uma tilla county republican congres sional delegation. He came up this morning and will remain here long enough to do all in his power to capture the .nine votes which this county will cast in the con gressional convention in Portland on April 8. There has been several after the Umatilla delegation, and all guesses as to who will capture it are based on opinion merely. It looks now, to men who are keep ing watch of the - situation, as though the state delegation and its selection will be the cause for lesB quarreling than the nomination of representative for the legislature, Messrs Gurdane and Davis, who were members at the last session, Are up for renomination and the Dolph men declare they will not support 'them in the convention or in the campaign. In case they are nominated, it means a fight until election time, and It looks very much as though they were going into the convention with enough votes to nominate and a margin of a score or more. At any rate the two candidates appear to have the nomination assured and their friends are not disposed to concede to the Dolph element and pull them off, new men to be substitut ed. W. T. Rigby, a prominent young farmer, is being mentioned as a running mate for Messrs. Gurdane and Davis, with George McClellan, John Bahr and E. J. Sommerville and others being con sidered by the opposition. Mr. Sommerville declared to the East Oregonian that he is not a candi date and would not accept any office in the gift of the republican party of Umatilla county. The Dolph men have adopted the policy, not of opposition to Senator Mitch ell openly and avowedly, but in sisting on a new deal, new men, and the healing of old sores caused by the recent United States sena torial struggle. The locaT republi can paper takes this position, and thus falls in with the Dolph advo cates who have been using this argument ever since the campaign opened for the purpose of defeating Gurdane and Davis. Democrats are looking on and enjoying the republican bitter fight, but thev generally think that Gurdane and Davis will be easily renominated. Jiast Oregonian. COMING POLITICAL EVENTS. State democratic convention at Portland, April 9. ' National populist convention, St. Louis, July 22. Democratic national convention meets in Chicago, July 7. Republican national convention meets in St. Louis, June 16. Umatilla county democratic con vention meets in Pendleton, April 4. State republican convention at Portland, April 9, at 11 a. m., with 257 delegates. JMrst congressional district re publican convention at Albany on 1 uesday, April 7. ' beconci congressional district re- fiublican convention meets at Port and on Wednesday, April 8. MITCHELL IN RUINS. One Half of the Town Destroyed Fire's Swift Work.-.. The lower part of the town of Mitchell was , almost entirely de stroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon, March 25. The first news possible to get is from the Mitchell Monitor, owing to the ex tremely poor mail facilities of that ir.land town. Mitchell is ninety miles from Antelope, and a stage runs from Mitchell through to The Dalles. There is no telegraphic communication, and as the Ante- ope Btage does not wait for the Mitchell mail, it is ofttn four, or five days before a letter can reach the railroad from Mitchell. The buildings burned are as follows: Misener block, the old Mitchell hotel adjoining on the west; three residences owned by t. h. Misener, occupied bv S. "F. Allen, R. E.. .Misener and N. S. Misener, respectively. A. C. Mc- luchern s residence, blacksmith shop, saloon and livery stable, and Misener 8 saloon. Misener s wine cellar, the oid store building forin erly occupied by L. Howard, the Monitor office, basset s store build ing and barns, and George Collins' hop alone remain in the lower town. Household , goods were moved into the street, but most of them were burned. W. L. Palmer and J. F. Magee saved absolutely nothing of their household effects, these others losing almost every thing, much of it burning in the streets after being removed from the houses ELECTED. Primaries Well Attended Convention . , Tomorrow. The democratic primaries in both North and South Athena were well attended, last Saturday. Peace and harmony prevailed. The dele gates who will attend the conven tion tomorrow arernrll kuuO UltJU. ijTwTnTrttnvartiamed for justice Pof the peace and J. W. Stamper for constable. Following is the list of lelegates from those precincts vhich have reported: i South Athena Frank Mansfield, Sam Purdy, JerryStomv (Tfoirth Athena JrW. Maloney, C. W. Hollis, George C. Osbum, W. D. ChamberlainJT. P. Defreece, W; W. Raymond .2s Pendleton Mafic P. John, Harry L. Hexter, B. B. Bishop, Thomas Means, William McBride. North Pendleton C. H. Carter, R. B, Beatie, J. A. Howard, J. E. Lathrop, Burr Johnson, W. J. .Furnish, John Hailey, jr., with Jerry Barnhart and A. R. Draper tied and given one-half vote each. East Pendleton A. D. Stillman, C. O. White, G. I. LaDow, J. R. McClure, George K. Light, James F. Johnson. South Pendleton J. M. Bentley, C. P. Davis, George O'Daniel, J. O. Sheek,' Harry Morgan. Union James Furnish, Clay Branptetter, Williams. Fulton Henry Taylor, Samuel Rose.. Encampment J. W. Bellew, C. Wl Rambo, . ' Weston R. M. Powers, James P. Lieuallen, J, . M. , Hicks, jr., Marion O'Harra. , East Weston C. B. Leather man, Iven O'Harra, James Price, Win, Prioe. North Milton J. S. Chastain, E. B. Shafer, F. William Lloyd, Burgess. ,'; South Milton-f-J, E. Cherry, Jo Kirkland, Charles Winn, Joshua Howard, P. J, Phelps, Hogue John L. Cox, and . Echo Frank Spike, Cass Rogers, A.J.Dillon. Umatilla II. C. Means, Peter Schwab, C. C. Cunningham. ! School Report. Report of school at Waterman for , the terjn beginning Sept. 16, 1895, aud closing,March 27, 180. Whole number enrolled, 34; total summary of attendance, 3153; number of days absent, 493; cases of tardiness, 341; time taught seven months. Avis Zf.rba, aged 11 years, was neither absent nor tardy during the term. Ten other pupils attended over 120 days out of the 140 days in term. No cases of corporal punishment and very few infrac tions Of rules during the term. The school has been graded and ai attempt, at least, to bring up the classes evenly so that there shall be no pupil far in advance in arithmetic and behind in gram mar or any other branch. . I Did it ever occur to you, that l Niicilva flint (caviivin uuguv vi vrsn ;intn iha vradincr and see that everv subject in a course is begun at the right time so as to avoid a dslike arising from prejudice against a study? Some do not wish to study a subject, because they never have done so, when if they had begun it at the right time.it would have Come in as a matter of course, and no dislike would have grown. Then grading gives all work all the time and allows none to have idle time in which to engage in mischief. The school has been declared to be profitable, and if the grading is continued we shall not hear so much about pupils coming to school and evading the study of grammar and other studies. The school has been very pleas ant and quite satisfactory. Number of visits during the term is eighty-six, but should like to have had it more. H. A. Davis. Favor Mitchell end Lowell. At the recent republican conven tion at Heppner the following resolutions were introduced and accepted without opposition: 'Resolved, That in Hon. John H.Mitchell we recognize a useful servant of the whole people, and we believe Oregon's interests de mand his re-election, and we pledge our candidates for representatives to give their unqualified support. "Resolved, That we endorse Hon. ts. A. Lowell, judge, as a competent, impartial and able jurist. We also pledge him the support of Morrow county." ; It suprised many visitors to th Chicago World's Fair to find that of all -the blood-purifiers, Ayer's Sarsaparilla was the only one on exhibition. The reason is that Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a standard remedy, and not a patent medicine, or secret nostrum. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder WerM'a Pair HlgtiMt MUI aa4 DlplcaM. DELEGATES Umatilla. Art Gallery Athena Portriats m Crayon, Water Colors, in the best finished style of the art. Waterman Notes. v. rman:-Marfh 34 Weather cold since Friday. Ground frozen as much as two inches in places. School closed here last Friday. Quite a number of patrons were in to hear the closing exercises. Mr. W. W. Raymond made a flying trip to Walla Walla Mon day. Spring plowing is now in full blast. Mr. Waterman is obliged to re sow some grain as it has rotted. Mr, O. W. B. Zerba is at work on the McArthur place most of the time. Mr. and Mrs. Clink started for conference at Spokane last Thurs day. Mr. Scott, presiding elder of the Free Methodist church, preached here Wednesday night to a good audience. Quite a number were over from Vansycle to attend the meeting. In regard to the "denial" of Mr. Watts in last week's Press, will say, that the item should have stated, that his piece was only to fill out the program, not supposing any one would think he was a contestant against his own pupils. We hope for warmer weather now. ' X.Y.Z. A Surprise Pariy. On Wednesday, April 1, a num ber of Mrs- Robt. Coppock's many friends'urprised her at her home south of town, it being her birth day. Before partaking of the bounteous dinner which had been prepared, $$fi& Jtiggby present? d her in behalf of those present, a lovely plush photograph . album, with congratulations and best wishes for many happy returns of the dayx Theresent was appreciated very much by Mrs. Coppock. A pleas ant time was spent by all present. One Who was There. Gold Medal Contest. On Friday evening, April 10, at the Frazier opera house, in Pendle ton, there will be held a gold medal contest. This will be a county contest and contestants from different parts of the county will participate. A program, con sisting of vocal and instrumenal music, readings, etc., will be ren dered in connection with the con. te6t, and no doubt a very instruc tive and enjoyable evening's entertainment will be the result. Notice. All accounts due P. M. Kirkland, are now at the First National Bank for collection, and all are re quested to come forward and settle at once. P. M. Kirkland. When people are obliged to take medicine they want that it shall give quick relief and not add dis comfort to their sufferings. Three reasons why people who suffer with Constipation and Biliousness should take Simmons Liver Re gulator: "It is Better than Pills, it does not gripe; it gives quick relief, and does not weaken but strength ens and refreshes the whole sys tem." J. R. Hiland, Monroe, La. Dr. Price's Cream Baking- Powder Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco. There is more catarrh In this section of the country thnn ull other diseases put together, and-lint 1 1 the lout lew years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to euro with local treatment, pronounced it in curable. (Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure manufactured by V, J, Cheney A Co., of Tole do, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on tho market. It is taken Internally in doses from ten drops to a tcaspoonful. It acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the systeiq. They offer one hundred dollars for any ww it tails to pure, (Semi far circulars and testimonials' Address, K. J. Chenky & Co., Toledo, O. toKsTNotice. Jfotlco is hereby given that I will apply to the mayor and common conncil of the city of Athena, Orefron, at a meeting thereof to be held ou the 'Mi h day of April. If5, for a license tomell aplritouk, malt and vinous lienors in less quant It li'x than one quart, said lienors to be sold only in a I ulkllnsr situated on the east one-half of lot No. 8, in block No. a. of said city. Wn.1. Wki.i.s, Uuted March 2Tth, 1896. Applicant. Oregon Fastel, OH, etc. Photographs Nm-nu-out lew i f H. H. HILL V I Jeweler " ' i Athena f SOrefon J PENDLETON'S BIG STOKE. OQQQl is now selling diiring this month, nearly everything- in the house . AT REDUCED PRICES SHOES : CLOTHING has reduced prices and odd suits where we have but one or two of a line left are closed at cost. DRY GOODS. Have all special prices during this Sale, and the lists of which can be seen at the counter. WINTER GOODS especially have felt the sharp cutting of prices. We don't carry over unseasonable goods for an other year, but close them out and buy new. . SCRIP as advertised, is given during this Sale. jfO-Mention this paper when you are trading at IHLB0ST0N STOFtE Co (9 w. P. LEACH, - SUCCESSOR TO LEADING FURNITURE DEALER iu I Carpet HALF PRICE WALL PAPER THE SAME. III II JESSE FAILING, - THE ATHEM MARKET FRANK BEAL, proprietor. AFRESH . MEAT ALWAYS 6 ON HAND Highest Cash Price paid We buy for Cash and sell foi for Butcher's Stock. " Cash strictly YOU GET THE VERY BEST AND LOTS OF IT. WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY WITH BEALE Main Street, FIRST MTiOHlll BfflK . ' o OF (ITHFM. H Pays . U D. At FISCHER'S NEW HARNESS SHOP On both Harness and Collar, Yqu can save the dollar; : WTiile the pennies take care of themselves. North side Main Street. 1 -'' 'f- at cost! -N. A. MILLER, THE Remnants . . . 4u 31! 1!! Main Street, Pendleton. Athena, Okegos South side Main Street. CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, - $ 60000 $21,000 Interest on time deposits. Proper attention given to collections. Deals In foreign and . . .. domestic exchaogn, Livkly. Cashier, . Athena, Oregon . . . ATnESA. Oregon.