f G-OOID JOB "WOEK AT YBEY LOW PEICES. The Square Store. 7 nap IN GOODS THAT YOU KNOW A Big Line of the Celebrated ALBANY WOOLEN MILLS SUITS OF COAT, PANTS AND VEST, FOR , - $8.50 We throw in a good pair of Suspenders to boot. , 65 STYLES OF ; ' CLOTHING IN STOCK. . IN COMPLETE SIZES. Square Store ' Pendleton, Oregon. Watch Repairing Is My Business and I give careful, painstaking attention to it. I give especial attention to the repairing of fine watches the kind of watches that need extra careful adjustment. I try to have my work give each satisfaction ai will win the confidence of all who leave their watch repairing in my hands. I want yon to feel that when you leave your watch with me for repairs, the work will be done to the best of my ability and in a competent manner. It is my ambition to add to the reputation I think I have in a small measure already established, of doing honest, thorough watch repair . ing. II. H. HILL, Athena, Oregon. Money Loaned. -. First mortgages on improved farm property negotiated, We are prepared to negotiate first mortgages on improved farms in Oregon, Washington and Idaho with eastern parties and foreign capital ists at the usual rate of interest. Mort gages renewed that have been taken by other companies now out of business. Address (with stamp), Mkevin Swohts, Baker City, Or. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA No, 4516. ' ' AT. Athena, in the State of Oregon, ' AT THE- Close of Business : Jul 14, 189(j PBSOUBCES. loans and discounts 189 438 60 ' Overdrafts secured nd unsecured 1 S3 08 U S bonds to secure circulation 12 600 00 Premiums on U 8 bonds 1 600 00 Banking-house furniture fixtures 1967 82 Diia fmm Nn.tinnftl Itanka not re serve agents) 8 475 89 Due from Htate banks and bankers 2 612 76 Due from apr' v'd reserve agents, . .. 4 188 03 Checks and other cash items 914 M Notes of other Matiopal Banks WOOD Fractional Daner currency, nickels and cents, 94 Specie 8 48160 Red'm'n fund with U 8 Treasurer - (5 per cent of circulation) 662 SO ' - Total t 12803944 , :' LIABILITIES. Canital stock raid In I 60 000 00 Surplus fund 1574407 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes ixud ' ' -' . " National bank notes outstanding 1125000 Individual deposits subject to check 29 821 51 Demand certificates of deposit , 1 462 55 Time certificate of denoslt -i . . :" 62t181 Bill? payable ,14 600 00 Total : r 1128 03944 State of Oregon, l Countv of Ifmatillft f . I. E. L. Barnet t, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment la true to the best of my knowledee and Deliei. - jb. u. jjakhbti, pannier Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of July, 1896, . J. W.hmith, Notary public for Oregon. Coebkct Attest H. C. Adams ) T. J. Kirk J-Directors. H.McArthurJ PUBLIC NOTICE. , Notice is hereby liven that I wilt apply to the Mayor and eommoo council of the city of Athena, Oregon, at a meeting inereoi 10 oe held on the 18th. day of August, 1899, lor license to sell spirituous, malt and vinous liq uors In less quantities than one quart, said liq no re to be sold only in a building situated on lot7inblock5.0fgaidcitV. W.J . JR. Habdex. Dated July 24th, 18W9. Applicant Public Notice, Xolice In berebv eiven that I will apply to the mayor and common oounoll of the City of Athena, Oregon, at a meeting inereoi to oe held on the 1st day of August. Ii6. for a license to sell spiritous, malt and vinous Uan - " lu0 .n.nlltiM than An. nnarl - " one-Jojjotjio.S, m woei; No, 6 ot gj city. BAJt Doblk, Dated July 10, 1898. Applicant. Local News. Straw The streets. Grouse trill be ripe tomorrow. ThA town la nniAt And nasi anarAA "Lew Shaw waa in Pendleton Wednes day. Barrett 1b headquarters for lawn mowers. ' J. W. Smith solicits Gall and see him. your insurance. rGeo. Martin has opened a law office in the Morris building. , Geo. Martin and Owen Rusie drove down to Pendleton Wednesday. The largest stock of straw hats in the county, are at J. S. Have's Pendleton. 'wBorn In Athena, July 29, 1890, to 'Mr. and Mrs, Harden, a girl, weight 14 pounds. P. M. Kirkland came np from Inde pendence on a business trip. He arrived in town Monday. Rev. Greeuslade and family and Mrs. Fred Rosensweig left the city Wednesday for the mountains. Only good insurance companies are represented by Smith. Remember this when taking out a policy, Florence Jones writes her father, that her and Abie are enjoying their visit. and having a most pleasant time. Thoee who ha7e rode the " Ma v wood" x ana no are competent to judge, say iB all right." We sell them for $35. : Farmers in need of babbit metal should call at the Pbkss office. We have the best metal in the world for babbiting. Lake France has , returned from a mountain recreation trip, Mrs. France will return some time during the week. If we caunot give von better bargains in clothing than any one else in the citv. don't trade with us The Square Store. XJobnnie McKay is ill with . typhoid fever in Pendleton. Nothing serious is apprehended and be will soon be able to be np. . When in Pendleton ston at the Golden Rule Hotel. The best of rooms and ele gant fare. Free bus to and from all trains. You can now get a suit of the cele brated Albany Woolen Mills clothing for is.ou. x on cannot get each a bargain Ipewhere. rSThe editor is nnder obligations to John Duffy, for a fine lot of trout. John is another one who never fails to gets basket full., yr;:os 0. A. Barrett has been appointed sole agent for the Buffalo Pitts threshers and extras for all territory between Walla Walla and Pendleton. ,. J. Parker informs us that his three children, who are with their mother on a visit in the Willamette valley, are ill with whooping cough. ' If yon want good crayon work done go to the Umatilla Art Gallery, Athena. Do not patronize irresponsible people. We guarantee our work. Baldness is either hereditary or caused by sickness, mental exhaustion, wearing tight-fitting hats, and by over wprk and trouble. Hall's Renewer will prevent it. . " ; Frank Mansfield has threshed his cron of wheat. With the exception of about 20 acres, which turned out wheat that is badly shriveled, his grain is of very good amy. ; .. he Pkiss is in receipt of the Eastern regon normal school catalogue lor 1S96 It is from the press of the Weston Leader and like all work turned out by that house, is A . , ,. Irve McQuary, a former editor of the Pbess, has an interesting letter on the political outlook in Idaho, in this issue. Irve has lost none of his old time vim as a newspaper correspondent. yHSam Doble will open up bis new saloon tomorrow in the olrj "Flue Front" build ing.- tie has thoroughly renovated the place, and painting and decorating has been going on the past week. The Pbess has recently added a large amount of printing material to its me chanical department, and better able than ever to give prompt attention to all orders tin the printing and publishing line. pMra. Harvey Whiteman Is now at the home of Tom Mosley on the mountain soutneast 01 weeton, aou though she is very weak, she hopes to be benefitted by the trip. airs, wniteman has been a sufferer for several years. Donald McRae, is agent for the great Oxydoner "Victory" the invaluable remedy which cures all form of diseases without medicine or electricity. Price only f 15. Lasts a lifetime. Address, Donald Mt'Rae, Milton, Oregon. A dose of Ayer's Pills has saved many a fit of sickness ; but when a remedy doeB not happen to be at hand, slight ail ments are liable to be neglected and the result, frequent, is serious illness; there- Eii ways be suppijeq wjth 1 Ayer's nils, gh Kobieand wife have returned a camping trip on the North Fork a TTm.tillo. Plunto rl fioh fr.nn1 their way into the frying pan and Hugh killed a bear, preserving the pelt. Bear are reported plentiful in the mountains this year. and weather baa unexpectedly grown cool, and people are postponing their mountain trips until a heated season again ensues. It is said the night at mosphere is quite frigid at Sailing's Camp, ana recreatois are compelled to thaw out their butter in the morning. Died Little Elnar F. Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, of Adams, died at their home, Saturday at 4 :20 p. m., aged 7 months and 19 days. The little one was buried on Sunday at 4:35 p. m., in the Athena cemetery. A short service was conducted at the grave bv 1 Jiiaer Kusning, J The merry and thrilling whistle of LpBob vV hite" greets the ears of our citi- Fzens every morning from tne Goal iha1 of the grove below town. , TV.;"E email is with us n" ,u , ii " ,he roan and mall bo- ua , ga m not km them .a a short time there will be many of thoee beautiful birds in this section. Lome LaBrash conntwl eleven at his place, one morning recently. ' J. B. Huntington, attorney at law, and ex-register ot the U. S. land office at Burns, Harney county, has been with fus this week and baa decided to make his future home in Athena. Bis profession al card will appear next week. His family, now in Walla Walla will soon follow him. We bespeak for Mr. Hunt ington a good practice. His office is the same as formerly occupied by oar late .townsman, E. DePeatt. Last summer one of our grand children was sick with a severe bowl trouble. Oar doctor's remedies had failed, then we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very speedy relief. We regard it as the best medicine ever pot on the market for bowel complaints. Mrs. . G. Gregory, Federickstown, Mo. This certainly is the best medicine ever put on the market for dysentery, summer complaint, colic and cholera infantum in children. It never fails to give prompt relief when nsed in reasonable time and the plain printed directions are followed. Many mothers have expressed their sincere gratitude for the cures it has effected. For sale by Osburn. W. 8. Frazier, father of County Com missioner H. L. Frazier, died at his home in Milton on Wednesday morning July 29, the immediate cause of hia ill-health being kidney troublo. Mr. Frazier was between 75 and 80 years of age. He was a pioneer of Eastern Oregon and has been a resident and one of the heaviest taxpayers of Umatilla county for many years. " - ' Officer Hulse, of Pendleton, did a little shooting Tuesday, night which indicates that he knows how to handle a gun. He fired five shots at Zibe Morse, who re fused to be arrested, and although shoot ing at long range and in the dark, two of the shoU took effect in the fleshy part of Zibe'S CorDUS about midwav hhtwnan f hn head and the feat. hMSfjn. Russell claims the honorof bring- lino, tn ma-Wf- 1. t! . I 1 V "6 v uiai&c-v lug liigfc IUBU OI IJJIH Be&BOU S crop of wheat. It is graded as No. 1, and is stored with Dave Taylor, agent for the Hamiltc ''finished amiHon-iiourse warehouse system. Chapman, the nainter. has inst. bed painting Joe Rainville'a new residence, south of the city. Mr. Chap man is a first class workman and always gives satisfaction. ; Several of those owning threshing machines are having water for their en gines hauled from the city water system. The tanks aro filled quickly, and they find it pays. W. H. Scott -was in town WarlnARrlav from his Helix farm. Mr. Scott reports harvesting in progress in his section, and that there is mnch trnnrl what. 4Xhe band has dispensed with the ser vices of Frank Henry as instructor. Mr. Henry has accented an engagement with Bingham 8prings orchestra. Miss Elsie Rosenzweie writes her parents from Saling's camp that she is having a splendid time. Hackle berries are ripe and in abundance. J. W. Smith has been busv this week writing insurance policies on grain and threshing machines. Jesse represents only the best companies. John Richie, who lives three milea south of Pendleton, is the father of a two-months-old boy who has 22 well formed fingers and toes. Harvest hands seem to be in great de mand in this section at the present time. Farmers and machine men are constant ly looking for them. . Miss Viola Brandon, of Halaey, Ore gon, arrived in the city yesterday morn ing. She is the guest of her sister, Mrs. G.O. Osburn. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures colds, croup and whooping cough. It is pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale by Osburn. .......... The mountains at the present time are thickly populated, and as a consequence the towns and villages are somewhat de serted. The Pbkss office has been turning out some very fine job work this week. Good work at reasonable rates iB the way we Jo it. Wheat will soon commence to come to market, and our buyers and warehouse men are making preparations to receive it. Robt. Jamieson of Weston, was in town Wednesday. He came over to J purchase sacks for hia crop of wheat. nWinks Taylor, Chas. Henry and Quill UJerking will assist Dave Taylor on the Hamuton-Rourke platforms tbia year. You need not go any further than Athena for your harvest supplies. Athe na merchants will not be undersold. Come to the Umatilla Art Gallery and have your photo work done. All work guaranteed to be first class. M Barley is reported to be of fair yield and good quality by those who have threshed en far tliia flni a An 1jS-Wm. Wilkinson is preparing to receive 1 a goodly portion of this season's crop at the Pacific Coast Elevator. KWood is coming from the mountains Ufttharusb. Now is the time to lay in a supply. Harve McDonald is over from Walla Walla, looking after his crop of wheat. Mr. Thos. Barger's little boy is still very sick with muscular rheumatism. Henry Keleay came np from Pendleton and is visiting his brother, Charles, Judges Powers and Knox, Weston attorneys, were in town Monday. Ohas. Carter, the genial Pendleton lawyer, was in the city yesterday. W. u. Heneck, a Milton rancher, was in town luesday of this week. Blackberries and roasting-eara are on the market. , Will Harden was in Pendleton this week, 0 W. E. Young was in Pendleton Tues day. Rev. J. H. Gtllaher was in town Mon day. James Sharp was in Pendleton Sun day. . . . -. , Dusty Toads. . Awarded Highest Honors-World'a Falr V J. : mm MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fres iom Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. PENDLETON NEWS. Borrowed From the 'Columns of the Tribune. J. Lucas of Walla Wall, was in the city yesterday making arrangements to com mence the erection of a one-story brick building to replace the one burned down some weeks ago. Teams are already at work clearing away the rubbieh, and it is expected that the foundation will be be gun upon by the end of the week. United States Deputy Marshal Bentley brought from Umatilla, on Saturday last. the Chinaman named Tie Yee who, until very recently, lived in Pendleton, having arrested him for failure to comply with the Chinese registration law. Tie Yee was arraigned before United States Com missioner Butler yesterday morning, when he was turned over to the United 8tates officer with instructions that he be taken before J udge Bellinger, in Port land. The commissioner decided that there was sufficient evidence against Tie Yee, but he has not jurisdiction to issue an order of deportation. This mast come out of a court of record. Detectives Sam Simmons and Joe Day left for Poitland win their prisoners, Moore and Betz, last evening. They bad waited over Monday night io order to avoid passing through Walla Walla, fear ing that a further attempt would bs made there to take the men from them They bad expected to leave on yester day morning's freight for Umatilla, where they would board the regular train at night, but, no freight train going out, the railway company placed an en gine at their disposal after the local train pulled out last evening, to take thorn to Umatilla, where they counted on meet ieg the westbound train and proceeding to Portland. New Edition of Mining Laws. ' We have received the ninth edition (just out) of Copp's Mining Code, pub lished by Henry N. Oopp, a lawyer of Washington, D. O., who has given many years to the study of mining laws. It is a book of more tban 200 (pages, and will be found of gieat interest to mine owners and prospectors, as it gives the United States mineral land laws and the official instructions thereunder, the various state and territorial mining laws, miners' liens, rights of way, dec, pumerous froms for use from the location to the patent ing, lease and sale of a mine, and also a large collection of abstracts of court an I land office decisions and rulings. Every enterprising mining man will secure a copy. The San Francisco News Com pany bandies Mr. Copp's publications 01 the Pacific coast. The book is for sale by the principal book stores and by the publisher in Washington, D. Cr The price is 50 cents, Kelic of Ye Olden Time. Walla Walla Gazette: W. O. Painter called at the Gazette office Monday and exhibited a relic of early days. It con sisted ol a section ot a log, which he said was tne snait 01 a water wheel that run the second trist mill that was built in Oregon. The mill was built in 1843 by Joseph Gale, the first provisional gover nor 01 Uregon. The Bite was visited by Mr, Painter and Mrs. Ellen Page of this city, who is a daughter of Joseph Gale, during the re cent pioneer reunion, and this relic secured. The mill stood five miles west from Forest Grove at the foot of Gale's Peak. -J -.. Mr. Painter eta'ed that he would pre sent the relic to Whitman College. The Scientifia American. The Scientific American, of New York, has signalized its 50th anniversary by the publication of a very handsome 72 cage special number, which consists of a re view of the development of science and the industrial arts in the United States during the past 50 years; It was an am bitious undertaking, and the work baa been well done. The many articles are thoroughly technical, and they are written in a racy and popular style, which makes the whole volume it is nothing less, being equal to a book of 442 ordinary pages thoroughly readable. It is inclosed for preservation in a hand some cover, and is sold at the price of ten cents. '. Suit to Condemn. Papers were filed in the circutt court today by the Washington & Columbia River Railway asking that a strip of land in the northeast quarter of section 1, township 2, belonging to John O. Arnold and now in the possession of John S. Todd, amounting to a fraction over six acres, be condemned for right of way purposes. The cotnppny has been try ing for years to settle with Arnold and have offered him what tbey consider a reasonable price for the damage to his land, but they have never been able to settle the matter. The railroad company state in their complaint that $125 has been offered bv them and refused by Arnold. It Was Suicide. J. W. Lawrence, who was found near Teiocaeet, Union county, with a bullet hole through hia bead last Monday, was taken to Union, where be died early Tuesday morning.- Death was caused by a shot from a bulldog revolver down through the top of the head. It is un doubtedly a case of suicide, and despond ency is assigned as t he cause. The decease-! was 34 years of age and a miner by occupation. Hia father lives three miles north of Union, and he has no other relatives in this country. He was a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, and the funeral was con ducted by that order Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. More Good Reports. -R. M. Powers, of Weston, is in the city today. He says that so far as be has seen and from all that he can hear, the farmers, without exception, are happily disappointed in the results of the harvest as far as it has progressed. The yield is very much better tban they expec and the quality will not fall mii''! below the average. As these k'.dsof reports are con ing in JtJ BU directions, it seems to be to presume that farmers are ffig to find themselves in much twtter circumstances at the end of the harvest than they had expected. This is certainly very good news. Foot Cut Off. - Out near the agency Tuesday morning Billv Craig, an Indian, probably Intoxi cated at the time, laid don op the rail road track and went to sleep. The noiee of the approaching paseenger train failed to arouse bim and he was struck by the engine, his right foot ron over and cut off. That he efcaped being mangled to death is miraculous. Y Saloon Robbed. IJonday niKht some on entered Welh' 'aaloOB and sot away with three revolvers aod some change, which was left in tht each drawer. Entrance to the buildir.g was made by prying open the back door, and bursting the night latch. , Birthday Party. Tuesday was Mable Birnett's 15! h birthday, and many ef ths young Lvdy'4 friends met at her home, and passed the afternoon most pleasantly. Refresh ments were served. Wanted at Once. Active agents for each county. Ex clusive control and no risk. Will clear 12 to.25 hundred dollars a year. Enclose stamp for full particulars or 25c for $1 sample. Big Rapids Mineral Water Co., Big Rapids, Mich. A Lie Nailed. Consumption and bronchitis are by no means the same, although it is hard to distinguish one from , the other. Bron chitis is an inflammation of the lining of the wind tubes or air vessels of the lungs causing soreness of the same, cough, sore throat, horseneBB, difficulty of breathing, spitting of matter aud sometimes blood. Thousands die annually with this dread disease. Wilbur's Cough Cure will cure. Price 50 cents. Sold by Osburn. FIRST CARLOAD OF WHEAT. Recsjved in Portland From Walla Walla and Sold at 47 Cents. Portland, Ore., July. 30. The first carload of new wheat was received yes terday from Walla Walla, it being No. 2. The lot sold on a basis of 47 cents in this city. , The exporters have compiled estimates from the interior advices and they conclude that the crop of Eastern Oregon and Washington will be within 10 per cent, of last year's crop. This is about 25 per cent, in excess of the esti mates of a few weeks ago. - - The Market. Portland, Joly SO. Wheat, valley 52 to 53; Walla Walla 49 to 50. Chicago, July 30. Wheat, cash, 58: September 58 to 58). Sap. Francisco, July 30. Wheat, cash, 95: to 97. -y 1 Chicago, July30-Hogs-light, $3.25 to $3.35 j heavy, $2.55 to $3.70. Cattle Vihbvpb t3 in to tlAO. m. and heifers, $1.45 to $2 85. Sheep market firm to 10 cents higher, t - f In Pound. ' Ona orav tnnrn. hranrUil fl irith l1o above and bar below on left shoulder. One roan horse, hranrinrl J D nn lnft shoulder. One white horse, hrnndnrl ornan witVi bar above on left shoulder. One roan horse, branded croSB with bar above on left shoulder. Will be Sold on Aumiat 4. 1RQ.R. nnlaaa redeemed by owner. A. M. Gillis, uated July 31, 1896. Marshal. Blood Will Tell. The manv different akin ftlsoanoa tmnh as ringworm' tetter, salt rheum, erysip elas, eczema, itching or an eruption of pimples, pustules, blotches, chaps or cracking open of the skin, scrofula, are direfctjy the cause of impure blood. Wil- hnr'a Hlrvnd M..uvni,uOU w be the best medicine known for any of these unsightly complaints. Price $1.00 per bottle, uaburn sells it. Oil of Gladness, is a pleasant, palatable preparation, en tirely free from all oily tasto, and may be administered internally or applied ex ternally. It will remove all pain that "human flesh is heir to," if properly ap plied, and might be rightly termed "a panacea for all ills." Price 50 . cents. For sale by Osburn. For Sale. The Julius Levy residence, on Fifth street is for sale. There is a bargain in this property for some one. Apply to J. Biocn, Athena, or write Julius Levy, Walla Walla, Wash. '' Lost. ' On July 16, on the road between Adams-and Jno. Banister's place, a bubdle of bedding. Finder will please return to Reed's hotel, Adams, and re ceive suitable reward. Mrs. Rhodie Noah, of this place, was taken in the night with cramping nains and the next day diarrhoea set in. She took a bait a bottle of blackberry cordjal but got no relief. She then sent to me to Bee if I had anything that would help her. I sent her a bottle oi Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and the first dose relieved her. Another of jour neighbors has been sick for about a Week and bad tried different remedies for diarrhoea but kept getting worse. I sent him this same remedy. Only four doses of it were required to cure him. He sayB he owes his recovery to thiB wonderful remedy. Mrs. Mary Sibley, Sidney, Mich. For Bale by Oeburn. In the vicinityof Boquet, Westmoreland Co., Pa., almost any one can tell you how to cure a lame back or stiff neck. Tbey dampen a piece of flannel with Chamber lain's Pain Balm and bind on the affected parts and in one or two days the trouble has disappeared. This same treatment will promptly care a pain in the side or chest. Mr. E. M. Frye, a prominent merchant of Boquet, speaks very highly of Pain Balm, and his recommendations have had much to do with making it pop- ular there. For sale by Osburn. Ginghams.. Shirting Prints Indigo Blue Prints Outing Flannels C. W. HOLLIS, In Trying to Beat the Record . . We Make this Effort By asking you to call and inspect goods and prices on New goods constantly arriving, which we offer you at BED ROCK . PRICES, at the Post y? IIANSELL & MALONEY, Proprietors, South Sido Main Street, - - - - Atheka, Oeeook. IMPERIAL WILL MAKE YOUR HENS LAY Especially adapted for young Chickens and Turkeys . It is estimated that one-half the K hnfnre r our. hi no maturity Whan lmn.,l.l T l j J: . jL . A g Hone, sick and dropping chicks will never be seen. It supplies all seeded ma- ft terial to form healthy fowls. For sale MAX LEWEN'S GROCERY STORE, Leader in Low p. rrices, North side ot Main Street, Athena, Oregon. g BABBIT " Metal at The Office Cheaper Than I Cheap. 20 nee tore EGG FOOD n chicks and tnrknva Annnallv lnafnliA1 Aa Pj at a tor lards One Dollar Atliena, Oregon. siy