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G-OOID JOB WOEK -A.T VBET LO"W" PEICBS. Spring Stock .OF. CLOTHING Has Commenced to arrive at the Square Store Pendleton, Oregon. Pln all-wool Suit com mence at and end at $6.50 $18.00 The World-Renowned Feich heimer, Fishel & Co. i u lii 3 HAS ARRIVED Best Lining Best Trimming , Best Fitting Best Made Men's Clothing ever brought to Pendleton. Tha Square Store. Local News. Mud ; Mud everywhere. See Smith about insurance. " Go - oils. ; to " Barrett ' lor paints and Barrett is headquarters for lawn mowers. - '. Max Lewin has choice salt pickles in bulk. . . Smith represents only good in- surance compajniesi.. . Everybody and his friend were -hunting squirrels Sunday. ' The town cow is observed on va cant lots at the end of a rope. Wm. Bernard, of Weston, was in town Tuesday with a phonograph. Julius Levy and wife of Walla Walla, visited relatives in Athena , Sunday. . The largest stock of straw hats in the county, are at J. S. Haye's, Pendleton. . . Another carload of sugar and groceries just arrived at the Post Office store. AThe W. & C. R., this week re : 'moved their stock scales from this point to Dayton. Your case is hopeless if you can't be made handsome at the Umatilla Art Gallery. ' v A wagon load of Milton apples Aras observed on the streets Tues - day. A ready sale was found. i' If you wish to have your house or barn insured, be sure to see J. W. Smith before taking out a '....policy.':'.;:, ,; . ; . ...... ; When in Pendleton stop at the Golden Rule Hotel. The best of rooms and elegant fare. Free bus to and from all trains. 1 :.. ; ; The local columns of the Pendle ton Tribune present a decided im- provement for -the better under the management of the new city editor. R.M. Turner will cause to be filed the petition nominating -him for the office of circuit court judge; on the' independent free coinage platform. Chas. Stansell, Nate Pinkerton and Sam Booher will leave Monday for a mining expedition which the boys and their many friends .hope will prove profitable. Look at the silverware at Max Lc win's. - It is not a present for one, but a present for all. It only takes $15.00 worth of groceries ; to be purchased to procure this valu able prize. Go to Pendleton for big bargains in shoes cost prices on shoe dur ing the sale at the Boston Store, This is no lie. If rou see the dis play you will be convinced. Big line bought cheap, before the rise Alex McRae, is agent for the great Oxydoner "Victory" theinl valuable remedy which cures at form of diseases without medicine or electricity. Price only- $15, Lasts a lifetime. Address. Alex McRae, Milton, Oregon. Marshal Gillis, with the assist tLkre of James feharp, landed a drunk Indian in the cooler Satur day. He was so drunk that he was reliable to a degree bordering on the extreme, and had to be carried Honey, Cabbage and cneese At the Post Office store. Job work at the Press office. Several Adams boys was in town Sunday. . T. D. Taylor was up from Pen dleton Sunday. ysByron Hawks is rusticating the country this week. tn J. W. Smith solicits your insur- ance. (Jail and see him. Base ball between Weston and Walla Walla teams tomorrow. Mrs. Ediugton will visit friends and relatiyes on the Sound, this Bummer. Be sure and buy your Groceries at Max Lewin'8, as he is the leader of low prices. Mrs. J. B. Daisley and daughter Lizzie, of Milton, are visiting at Dr. Dell's this week. Jrs. C. W. Hollis and son Clay- n, will leave tonight to visit re latives in San Francisco. The Athena Broom factory con tinues to turn out a good article fot which a ready sale is found . SBorn In this city, April 27, 1896, to Mr. and Mrs. Angus Gillis, a boy. Mother and child doing well. People get their money's worth and the best of fresh family groceries at Hansell & Maloney'e. They keep the best. Grain looks fine in the Walla Walla valley. Some fields of wheat between Milton and the Garden city is nearly knee-high. Sheepmen feel somewhat encour aged over the price of sheep - this spring. They say so many buyers in the country will force the price upward. C. A. Barrett has been appointed sole agent for the Buffalo Pitta threshers and extras for all terri tory between Walla Walla and Pendleton. People with hair that is con tinually falling out, or those that are bald, can stop the falling, . and get a good growth of hair py using Hall's Hair Renewer. Pjcwm. wells opened his new sa. Moon this morninsr. The salnnn is well fixed up on the interior. Fine furniture, together with paint and paper makes the place attractive. ; The painting contract of the normal boarding hall at Weston, was awarded to LI. Jtiarkness, of Pendleton, for $334. Eight bids were received, dd4 being the lowest. Among the small army of lucky investors in the lively mining camp of Cripple Creek is to be found Baker City young man, who a few days since cleaned up the modest sum of $75,000. . A class 01 twenty-two young people of the fendleton high school, graduated last Friday. The pres entation of diplomas and -exercises If VI v aVJ in the Tuesde were held in Frazier a opera house the evening. Rush came in from Helix day night and played cornet for the band boys. The band fur nished music for Walla Walla by telephone, after which they took supper at the Morris building. ilenry Fields, ot Milton, was taken to the Salem asylum Friday night, after examination. He had been injured some time ago by be ing hit on the head and had form erly been committed to an asylum as a result. - '. ' There will be quarterly confer ence pervices at the M. E. church on Sunday next. Rev. N. Parsons, of Milton, will preach, usual hours 1 he sacrament 01 the Lord s supper will be - administered after the morning service. Miss Gen Booth took her de parture for her home in Jackson ville last Sunday evening, after i pleasant visit in Athena. Her de parture was not sudden, but we are sorry to note she went off and left one Bill unsettled. When fevers and other epidemics are around, safety lies in fortifying the system with Ayer s Sarsapanila A person having thin and impure blood, ia in the most favorable condition jto "catch" whatever disease may be floating in the air. Be wise in time. The eastbound rtrain" Monday morning, suffered from a succession of jolts caused by some rocks hav ing rolled upon the rails about three miles west of Milton. On three, cars no fewer , than thirteen grease boxes were broken, all suf ficiently damaged to require re placing by new ones. A Wallula lady had a scare a few davs afro that Will haunt her some time. While hunting Indian re lics she nearly walked into the mouth of a mammoth Sturgeon be fore noticing what it was. The bead had been left on the bank of the river where a fish caught near that place was butchered. - The largest line, the best assort ment of fishing tackle ever brought to Eastern Oregon, at right pnce3 I at the Post Office store, Hansell & Maloney, props. See those carpet sweepers at Hqllis'. Wm. Rigby is confined to home with illness. Bob Davis opened his new store this morning. Goods are on the move at the Post Office store. s ' - Rusie received a new stock of leather Wednesday. Joseph Morgan, of Weston, was in town Wednesday. X Miss Edith Post id again setting ; a. r cc " . ijrpe 111 mc ttcsa umuo. M. M. Johns and Judge DePeatt were in Pendleton yesterday. If you want any pastry flour, you want any pastry find the same at you will Max Lewins. There is 6ome talk among the boys of organizing a juvenile base bail .nine. Garden making has been tem porarily suspended on account of the rainv weather. . When you want a suit of clothes, go to Hollis'. He will 6uit in Quality, fit and price. 1tm "Jinks" Tayloi is engaged in i in. - v. . rounuing up saaai) norses, wnicn ne ill deliver to a buyer in Pen dleton. The Press force acknowledges an ice cream treat by the ladies who had charge of the Baptist sup per. I hanks. . -. Hansell & Maloney handle the 'Mystic" bicycle. Albert Bales and Either Reeder each purchased one this week. Parties from Milton .have em barked in the meat market business in the building tormeriy occupied by the bakery, i. " hjOIrs. A. J. Parker and Mrs. W. D. Parker ; will leave for a visit with relatives and friends in the Willamette valley, in a short time. JVC. Smith, of Umatilla county, brought into Pendleton the other day a fleece weighing 16 pounds. It was taken from a 250-pound Cotswold. 1 Many of our citizens attended the funeral of W. A. Whitman, Sunday. . The remains were in terred in the .Kees' cemetery, east of town. ;. J. F. Bowman, the owner of one of the finest orchards on the Walla Walla river, reports that he will have plenty of peaches to market this season. Someone in search of "grub" forced an entrance to the Morris building Tuesday night. There was plenty of it there and no doubt the found all they wanted. : ; Amanda Wallace sues for di- vource from w. B. Wallace on ground of cruel treatment. The couple was married at Weston in 1889. Desertion in 1892 is alleged. L. D. Lively, assignee of the estate of - the deceased Solomon Wormley, was authorized by the court to sell for $3600 the si of the nwi of sec 24, and the Bet of the nei of sec 23, and the w of the ne! of sec 23, tp 4 n, r 34 e, to May A. Johns. ' . ; hQS. E.Putrington, John P.McMan js, T. J. Kirk John Adams and B, Eddy have incorporated the Tribune Publishing Company and filed the articles Saturday evening. The amount of the capital stock is $5000, divided into 50 shares" of $100 each. " Hon. A. S. Bennett, democratic nominee for congressman in the second district, addressed the citi zens of Athena on the political issues of the day at the school house last night. Judge Bennett is a man of good, sound sense and made many friends while here. Tribune: L. G. Frazier, chief of the fire department, is satisfied that be will have no trouble in raising the necessary amount of money to provide the prizes which are to be competed for in the forth coming firemen's tournament. He expects to make a very satisfactory repoi 'Zhii( port withm a few days. few days ago" John Duffy, hue engaged in butchering a hog, met with the loss of a finger. He was in the act of "sticking" the porker, when he lost his balance and the hog, in the tussel, snapped the third finger of the right hand off near the second joint. John came" to town and Dr. Sharp dressed the hand. , The Pendleton militia company will be appointed the signal com pany of the battalion, and have a signal crops and a heliograph and be able to send messages from the Blue Mountain peaks to the tips of the Cascades. Several expert tel egraph operators belong to the com pany and the heliograph code is just like the Morse telegraphic code used by operators. Tribune: St A, Gross, of Helix, came into town yesterday to trans act a little business. "I have just been up to the reservation," said Mr. Gross when seen yesterday afternoon, "to pay some of those Indian beauties a little money. I find things are looking quite nicely along the road. This little rain has helped matters out a great deal. - -; : ' The Athena band has accepted the proposition made them by Prof. Frank Henry, of La Grande, who will teach and lead the organi zation. Through the untiring efforts of W. E. Young, a monthly payment of $15 13 guaranteed by the . business men and the band members raise the balance of Mr. Henry's salary. V A gang of men has been put to work tearing up the worn out rails on the lines, of the Washington & Columbia River railroad, and put ting down new ones in their places. The supper given by the ladies of the Baptist church was well patronized by. our citizens. The quilt was bid in at auction by Chas. Stansell for $15.00. harley, the Chinaman accused 6?sl stealing a pair of punts at Bloch's store, has skipped and other Celes tials are running his wash bouse. Mrs. R. J. Boddy arrived in the city Sunday night from La Grande. She ' is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ida Gillis. , ( Tho K. of P. boys! had degree work last night. , Members of Wes ton lodge were in attendance and assisted. .- . ' -.' .,-4 - The atmospheric condition of the weather is interfering to some ex tent with the hose team's practice. 11 TOO! C. Stamper's -family have oved into the Bob Tharp proper ty, in the south part if town. Go to the Umatilla Art gallery and get your photos taken. First class work is guaranteed. R. M. O'Brien, a farmer residing near Weston, traded with Athena merchants Saturday. " .. s ' An infant son was b'orn a couple of weeks ago to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pierce in Chicago. J N. A. Miller is repainting and papering the Hardin saloon this week.' .;:: 7 . Try breakfast delight and comb honey. Hansell & Maloney keeps them. . : ; Ed. Zimmerman and wife were in Walla Walla Saturday. Several Athena ladies were Wal la Walla visitors. Saturday. Spring is somewhat backward, but vegetation is booming. B. F. and Frank Mansfield .were in Pendleton yesterday. ,. The Wood-saw was in operation yesterday. -v'. , Elder Rushing was in Pendleton yesterday. : if Baker and His Gold Machine. " Chief ' Deputy Assessor M. A. Baker, who has had Will Robbins experimenting with his gold ma chines at the mouth of the Uma tilla river for some time, is perfectly elated at the success of the same. Having found, however, that virdi gris accumulates too rapidly upon the copper riffles and dischargo plate, he is preparing to send away both his large machines and the model, which can be carried under the arm, to be electro1 plated. Mr. Robbins, who has bought from Mr. Baker a sixteenth interest in the machine, which he will not resell for $5000, calls the patent "the little money maker," which he con siders a much better name than that of "the fine gold saving ma chine," as christened 'by the paten tee. One hour's work of the large machine yielded $1.85 in gold, while the model in the same time saved just $1 worth of the same precious metal. Tribune. Burned By Lamp Explosion. Mrs. N. R. Springer, who is a guest of the Bennifields at Weston, met with a very serious accident on Friday night last. She was ready v to retire when the lamp, which was upon the table by the bedside exploded and set fire to her underclothes badly burning her about the breast and face. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair. San Franc Uco. Mulkey Released From Prison. . Portland, April 28. C. J. Mul key, who was convicted of smug eline opium two years ago, was released from the county jail yes terday, having completed his sentence of one year. He was also fined $5000, but he swore to being without funds and was released under the pauper act. ' Awarded Highest Honors World' Fair, CHEAT.! . DAE1RS MOST PERFECT MADE. A wire Grape Cream of Tartr Powder. Frw from Ammonia, Alum Of any othu aduifcnnt 40 YEARS THE STAKOARD. WlLi. COMPLETE THE LOCKS. A Prominent Citizen of The Dalles Of fers to Perform the Work. The people of the Inland Em pire have despaired of seeing the locks at the Cascades opened for traffi3 this year if the government is depended upon to porform the work, says The Dalles Times Mountaineer, and will be pleased to learn that there is a prominent resident of that city who 6ays he is willing to enter into a contract with the government to riprap those walls that are condemned as being unsafe, and will open the locks for the passage of boats within one month, if the government will give him the use of the canal for one season. He will agree to put the canal and locks in perfect order, pass boats through free of charge during the entire season, and as sume the responsibility of opera ting1 them free of charge, if allowed the use of the canal for a fish trap during the salmon season. What better can the government ask than this? . If the work is done by the government it will cost no less than $20,000, and now it can save that amount by turning the job over to a private citizen. And what better proposition can the citizens of the country ask, since they have abandoned all hopes of the x government doing anything toward opening tne locks this year? It would be well for The Dalles Commercial Club to inquire into this offer, and have it submitted to the war department. ; I OBITUARY. ' After about five weeks of terrible suffering, Mr. W. A. Whitman bids farewell to all on earth. . Mr. Whitman was born in War ren county, 111., September 28, 1844, came to Oregon with his parents in , 1850, was united in marriage with Miss Martha. Pruett, March 20, 1873. . Nearly thirty years ago the deceased took up a claim about a mile from Weston, where he and his family were still living, when on April 24,. 1896, at 9:15 a. m., he was summoned to enter upon the fullness of eternal lie. J our children preceded him to the grave. While the dear, wife, our sons and one daughter remain with us here upon earth. At the age of 16 years Mr. Whitman con fessed Christ as his Saviour, since which he has been an exemplary Christian, bringing up his children (with the hearty co operation of his pious wife) in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.- - - Deceased will long be remem bered by all who knew him, he was an affection ue husband, an mdul gent father and a much honored and respected citizen; a gentleman, who' had known him well for many years, said" to me on the day of his death, Mr. Whitman was ar. honest, pure man. The family feels their loss more severely than all others, but the Christian church at Athe na realizes that it has lost a worthy, useful member, and our county has lost a citizen whose place will be hard to fill. His aged mother, whose home is in Monmouth, Ore gon, was with mm during most or his illness, and at the time of his death. The funeral service was con ducted by Elder Daisley and the writer at the home of tho deceased at 2:30 p. m., April 26. Elder Daisley delivered the address, his text being Phil. 1, 21, "For me to lve in Christ and to die is gain Mr. Whitman was also a member in good standing of the Woodmen of th6 World. The funeral was very largely , attended, eight-six vehicles were in the procession. Faithful toiler thy work all dono, Beautiful houI into glory gone, Beautiful life with Its crown now won,' Ood glveth thee rest. G. Rushing. CROPS, FRUIT AND STOCK. Compiled From the Climate and Crop Bulletin Report. The rains have retarded late spring sowing: wheat sown alter May 1 seldom gives a good crop hence about all the grain that wil be sown this year is in the ground The fall and winter sown grain is stooling finely. Spring sown has good growth. The soil is unusually well soaked and the farmers are pleased over the prospects for the year's crops. Ag a rule but little rain falls over Eastern Oregon after May 1, and the year's crops are dependent upon the moisture in tho soil and the occasiona showers of May and June; should the soil not be moist on May 1 then it requires good rains in May and June for good or average crops but when tho soil is moist, as it is this year, then light or occasiona rains are sufficient to produce good crops, not east winds in June will sometimes dry up the growing cram, and produce such destruc tion that where 40 bushels of wheat to the acre could be counted upon, the yield would be reduced to even 10 bushels per acre. These hot winds especially affect Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam and .Morrow couties.' They are of rare occur rence, but as they do at times occur, the flattering prospects of this week may be entirely removed by next week. These hot winds, when they do occur, prevail from June 10 to 30. Current conditions are extremely favorable to all grain. In the Columbia river valley the fruit shows but little injury . from the frosts. The correspondents as a rule report no material or gen eral injury. The fruit trees have been filled with bloom and the em bryo fruit is now setting. To the south of the mountains the fruit is just coming into bloom, and the weather for the next few weeks will determine the crop. One thing ia certain, there has been less injury to the fruit in Eastern Oregon than in the western portion of the state. ihe rains have caused the grass to grow, and excellent food for cat tle is at hand. The stock wintered well and are now in good condition. Lambing is nearly over. In the section where the snsw was heavy several weeks ago some loss to the lambs resulted, but as a whole the lanibing season was successful, and but little loss resulted fully nine-tenths of all the lambs born were saved. Move to Collect Taxes. Sheriff Houser is sending out notices to all who are delinquent with their taxes for 1894. These will only be given 30 days in which pay without having additional cofts added. The notice reads as follows: This is to notify you that your name appears on the delinquent tax roll for 1894, and against which there is a tax amounting to . unpaid, that I send you this notice in order that it may save you any further costs. This will be the only notice given you before mak ing levy. Very truly yours, Zoetii Houser, Sheriff Umatilla County, Oregon. Waterman Items. Waterman, April 29, 1896. Weather rainy. Death visited the neighborhood recently. Mr. uonrad lost a girl bv scarlet fever. M r. J. F. Zerba is plowing his brother's place. . Mr. II. A. Davis conducted a silver medal contest at Stanton Bchool house in Vansycle last Sat urday night. The contestants were Mrs. Brotherton, Grace Joy, Annie Kingel, Mabel Tompkins, Bessie Raymond and Janie Tompkins. Bessie Raymond bore off the medal with a percentage of 95. The lowest was 86. Miss Woodruff presented the medal with some mostinterest- ng and pleasing remarks. The house was well filled and all seemed well pleased. Mr. II. A. Davis and family .are back having been away on n visit to Wallula for several days. Mr. Clink did not hold meeting last Sunday on account of the dan ger from Scarlet fever in this neigh borhood. Sweep,.. a Carpet with a Broom, then follow it with a "Bissell" Sweeper, and unless tho Carpet is extra clean, the Sweeper will find more real dirt than the broom. Why is it? Wo might just as well ask why a broom will follow a rake and lake up more dirt. The soft brush of a "Bisseli" Sweeper reaches down into the carpet and lifts out all the fine dirt and dust that a broom cannot reach; use it as you will We will sell you one for $2. C. W. Hollis, Athena. , There is some complaint of wheat being too thin on account of the cold and wet weather. Weeds are doing well, mustard' especially making the fields yellow, but is being turned down pretty fast. . What's the political outlook? Everybody asks but nobody seems to know. See Saw. Certificates Filed. All the nominees of regular part ies in Umatilla county have filed their certificates of nomination, and the list is now complete, the democratic, republican and populist tickets being now filled out to the last office. Yesterday was the last one on which nominations could be filed. Independent nominees have 15 days longer. Thecoumy clerk cannot yet prepare the official tickets as the independent candidate will have opportunity to get on the ticket and the list must remain un till May 15. Mr. D.- P. Davis, a prominent liveryman and merchant of Goshen, Va., has this to say on the subject of rheumatism: "I take pleasure in recommending Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, as I know from personal experience that it will do all that is claimed for it. A year ago this spring my brother was laid up in bed with inflammatory rheumatism and suffered intensely. The first- ap plication of Chamberlain's Pain Balm eased the pain and the use of one bottle completely cured him." For sale by Osburn. Clover Sown Every Month. A, A. Crozier reports that at the Michigan station red clover was sown during the latter part of each month in the year. Success result ed only when seeding was made in February, March, April and Dec ember. The July seeding failed to come up until the fall rains began, and the plants from seeding in July, August, September and October fcuccumbed to the winter. . Wanted. A reliable lady or gentleman to distribute samples and make a house-to-house canvass for our Vegetable Toilet Soap3 and 'Pure Flavoring Extracts. $40 to $75 a month easily made. Address, Crofts & Reed, Chicago, 111. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Pair Highest Modal and Diploma. A Present For All. Any one purchasing to the amount of $15.00 at Max Lewin's store, in cash, will be presented with a set of silverware consisting of 1 table fork, 1 table knife, 1 table spoon and 1 teaspoon. ; .