L't'er Than Ever.
: ?.x pa;;e brim foil of crisp, .
: fresh news, is the
Size of the Tress. .
Better TJian Ever,
, : For advertisers, it is a good
medium. That's the
Record of the Tress.
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VOLUME XL
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1898.
NUMBER 2
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10 pounds Arbuckle's Coffee for. ... .... 7; .7.i; .'. 7. ...,.$ 1 00 7 -
10 pounds Lion Coffee for, . ..... ..... . . : .' .-. ... 1 00 .
3 gallon Kits Rock Candy Drips, reduced to. . . . V .'. ;V.- ............. . . .... . 65c, -
40 pounds home-grown Red Beans for. ....... V. ........... . ... i'... ;.V: 1 00
7 bars Armour's Woodchuck Laundry Soap for. 25c
Furnishing Goods
500 Men's Heavy-fleeced Shirts and Drawers, former price $1 30, will be closed out at , 90c Suit
143 Men's Heavy all-wool Shirts and Prawers, former price $1 50, will be closed out at 1 00 Each
-100 dozen Men's Heavy gray all-wool Socks; former price 30c, will be closed out at", ;7 "
120 Men's Cheviot Working Shirts, former price 35c, will be cjosed out at. .7. . ,...;.
SO Men's Heavy Knit Overshlrte.' former price 50c, will be closed out & 1. ,. v
110 Pairs Men's' Mule-skin Gloves, former price 25c, will be closed out at. . . v . ; .....
10 Dozen Men's Teck Scarfs, new patterns, former price, 25c,- will be closed out at. . .
'V. Dry Goods, Etc ,
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120 Pieces Indigo Blue Prints, 25 yards for .... . v -. -.. ; .
c 30 Pieces Medium Dark Tennis Flannels,' 25 varda for .7. .". .'. . . .-. . : . .. ; .
t - GO Pieces Assorted Apron Check Ginghams, 25 yards for. ..; 7.-..... .v.-; . . . . .: ;
25 Pieces Linden Percales, dark colors, 36 inches wide, 10 yards for. ... . . ; . . . . .... . .
50 Pairs 10-4 Colored Cotton Blankets, will be closed out at . , . ... . 7.7 7. .
10 Pairs 11-4 White Wielimmsett Blankets, will be closed but at.. . . '. ....... . . . .
': 10 Pairs Infants All-Wool White Crib Blankets, former price $2.50 Pair, will close at
50 Calico Quilts, size 60x72 inches, former price 90c, will be closed out at;., .v. ; . '
Sundries;.; r ;':-7?n'r:
45 Pairs lories' N"atural Wool Pants, former price 65c. will be closed out at. .7. . . .
120 Pa"' ural Wool Ribbed Vests and P-ants, former price 75c, will close: at'
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FRESH' MEAT ALWAYS Oil HAI13
LIVESTOCK
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Only SUUe Scbool h KacUrn Oregon.-. Located on tlie 0. 14. & Jf. Euilway . midway be-
- . twecn Fentileton and Wjilla Walla. Students admitted at i4ijii?of year. - ; .
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Voul and InslruracBtalMuulo taught by comaM-nt lustrurtffisK -A graduate of Ibe
.... Boston Conservatory htMcbarge of tbe Ingtiumental dofMirtrocut. f
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- The Ladies Boarding Hall. 77 .
- tboni(5i!y efpilpiwd and ollterg excellent accommodations at leasouablc ralea.
f ipcd riJCaiftloe-up. Addresa, M.. Koyal, President of Faculty, or IP. A. Worthing-,
t T.'S, Sccrf' iry It tid of Regvnta, Weftqp, Oregon.
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I ' M .tang. Ofte. tt iUrt.
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up txriore o in uivcxi
' ' ." - ' time and place. Even aa
afternoon (troll with a friend aud a chance
introduction may shape all the course of
one'a after life. To be always at your best
and aot ashamed of your deatiny yon moat
i!rva like a. true 'crrtlrnsn. Thia can -
be 4on by orderin yxrar lai'.a a Ortreaata of
Mi BORN S GO.;
Great Chicago Skrcfcaot Tailors
! ire tir1rtt-l ""fartoraof
eBi-ft 'ft s krf. r rt
f'.-e-.-k. LsteM 8tjtes. Best Vock
. i.lt.av Prices. , . .
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lext Pew
will give our customers ; :
benefit of some very low prices.
fSvels, size 20x40 inches, will be closed out at. .-.
v soiled, your choice for. . ... 7 . . . . . .
-r price 50c, will be closed out at.
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75c Pair
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45c Pair
50c Pair
10c Each
10c Each
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Athena, Oregon.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
It Is Supported Both by the Northern
and Southern Press. . .
The ChicaRO Tribune relates ' that
Bams of the parties who have been erj
KBged in the construction of the Chicago
drainage canal are now trying to revive
interest in, and raise pioney for, the
building of the Nicaragua canal.
They claim that. with , the improved
machinery nsed in . excavating the
Chicago drainage channel, they can
execute the Nicaragua canal with a cost
of not more than one-half or two-thirds
of wbat was nstimated by the engineers.
The imprr ment in. the mechanical
device lor :ng Bucb work has been
very great.7" . 7.;; " .. , 7
The grant was made in 1887, the Marl
time Canal Company was incorporated
by congress in Febuary, 1889, and work
commenced the earns year by the Nica
raguan Canal Construction Company as
contractors. 'It is claimed that about
$5,000,000 has been expended on the
work, but operations has been suspended
lor some yeare, in coneegrter- of finan
cial difficulties. : Earnest tJ'orta have
been made within the1 last few years to
secure a guarantee of the bonds from the
United States government, bat it has so
far been unsuccessful New Orleans
Picayune. . ' ? v
Whist Signals.
ilPlajing the king before tb qneen I
am married.
Playing the queen before the king I
r6e.jo"u. .
Trumping partner's ace I do v por'
love you. -
Reneging I am not so big a ton! as
look. - ' ;
Forgetting wbat Is trumps I am '
thinking of yon.
Taking n tr!ck with a deuce M
tea you home? 7 "
Establishing a long salt Meet me
moonlight alone, V
Playing second hand high We
observed.- ,-.. ' r' r"-'
' Spilling the cards 'when ahofHingi
that homely looking man your hnsbai
. Making a stobbeting cot There a r
Others. .-. j 5 "
Holding over five trumps I am rich.
Holding , ever 13 trumps 1 am a
gambler. -'. . -
Taking all the tr'tcks--Follow me and
yoa will wesf diinoonds New York
Truth.
. .How to LtiLi Good.
Good looks are really more than akin
deep, dependine entirely cin a healthy
condition of all the vital organs. If the
liver b inactive, yon have a bilions
look ; if yonr stomach be disordered, yoa
have dyspeptic look; if yonr kidneys
be affected, yon have a pinched look.'
becare good health, and yoa will surely
have good looks. "Klectrie Bitters" ia a
good Alterative and Tonic. Acts di
rectly on tbe stomach, liver and kidneys.
Purines tbe blood, cores pimplee, blot
ches and boil, and gives a good com
plexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold
at Pioneer Drag Htore. f-0 cents per bot
tle. O. C. Osborn, Prop.
COTTON -FOR OREGON
New Crop to Be Tried East of
the Cascades. '.' ? -
PLAN OF THE O. R. & N. CO.
Will Develop the Resources,
ot the State. ' 7
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Portland Oregonlan. . (l .
Oregon will raise cotton next season
Its cotton crop a ill probably not "bear"
the market the first year, but tbere is no
telling what effect Oregon cotton will
have on the industrial conditions of tbe
future. The cotton production of this
year till be under tbe fostering care of
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation pum
pany, wnich haB jUBt opened, an indus
trial departmeut that wil. experiment
with Various things to (level p tue Cuun
try reached by its transportation lines.
This is a far-sighted scheme of Pied tent
Mobler. H. O. J udson.who has ha i con
siderable experience in such tri alters in
the Kast has been pat at tbe bead of the
department. He will bo guided to a
great extent in hie operations by the ag
ricultural colleges of Oregon and Wash
ington. '
Cotton is successfully grown in tbe
panhandle of Texas, at altitudes ranging
from 1000 to 1500 feet above the sea,
where frosts occur from tbe last of Octo
ber to tbe middle of April. In some
parts of Eastern Oregon frost has boon
absent through the entire year. Portions
of Umatilla county are especially favored
in thia respect. The experiments with
cotton will he made in thearid and sa mi
arid sections of Eastern Oregon an J
Eastern Washington in Wasco, Sher
man, Morrow and Umatilla connlies, if
Oregon, and Whitman and Adams coun
ties, of Washington. While tbe cotton
plant will Stand a great deal of moisture,
it can also endure drought. It sends
roots deep into the ground. In many
places where wheat is not a reliable Jrop,
or cannot be grown at all on account of
tbe lack of moisture, it is believed ;cot
ton will flourish. If so, it will solvs the
irrigation problem for those section e' A
thorough test will be made the coming
season. ' , 7 7 '
Among the other things in view by the
Oregon Railroad Navigation Company's
industrial departmeut is tbe introduction
of tobacco raising, i considerable col
ony of Cubans in Finrida are negotiating
to come out to the Pacific Northwest to
raise and manufacture fobweo, and the
parts of Oregon and Washington lyiug
east of the Cascade mountains are ,ba
lieved to nossecs the conditions suited to
the business. The,-destruction tf ittie
trade in Cuba has turned the attention of
these people to other fields of Operation,
and they have snt agents here to look
the matter tip. Marlines, the great cigar
man of Key West, examined the country
east of the mountains recently, and! he
did not doubt that tobacco ot a superior
quality could be produced in tbe vicinity
of Blalock in Gilliam county. ' i
The production of forage plants in the
Inland Empire will also engage the at
tention of this move for industtiai devel
opment. Incidental to this will come a
thorough Investigation of the possibilities
of dairying and raising livestock under
different conditions than now prevail -conditions
. that will admit of a 'uller de
velopment of the country. A number of
new trees will also be experimented
with, to see if they will not have the ef
fect of precipitating moisture, so s to
make arable areas now arid.,, iong
the exotica is a tree that is said to have
redeemed a portion of France from desert
conditions ages agt a gum tree that is a
native of Assyria. ' It is reasonable to ;
suppose that the tree would bo valuable
in the dry sections of the Inland Empire,
and it will be given a a'M there.
Tbe mechanical device of a Bo'iBe man a
for raising water from streams for irriy
gating purpose Till also be thoiougbty
listed. It consists of a cylinder, on tte
0 teide of which are buckets that fold ,
au omatically, and the contrivance.' is
said to work well in a enrreat so slow
even two miles aa h6u?v. ; '
' Th ' . R. & peopjtfpw ijive to the
oppo-
west " - K .
Alasi- -v
and.' v ' T
first
ag '
now presented to the North-
excitement over gold in
'ng 'honsandft and tboua
any of whom will for the
e oat natural advant
Si ' 'ng ihtry- and no go
t all, stopping to plant
14 . od fig ' 3es, under which
in comfort and happi'
" goldbunters suffer 'he
i certainties of the' .ase
CO.- - - ' J
ha proposed eo'erpriee
8S man raid .venter-
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"Mila'ika coast and
fsbington to
'theri will go
ji. ret to to en'i
iVOMtllM " Practi-.
r ass tbr' ; tbe
tbw ny vill
. era is openina for
It- r seeing and: ener
geu. . ,og to meet the new
conditio-. f t'tif and progress are
not ia the die. V -.ance. bat. are et the
door. nd it s common sense as ! ; ' si
cess sagacity to take these step f : r ep
ening and developing tbe yeaoa": i of
tbe country.". . . ... .
-The Irrepressible Hugh 7
Hugh Medlock, well knoVn ia' this
particular- portion of Umatilla county,
has, by force of .circumstance? over
which be bad no control been leading
a retired life for the past three rears or
more. . Since the time when the mind
of man of this generation runneth not lo
tbe contrary Hogh has been over
whe'me l : h an insatiable desire to
steal bor (, gays the Eagle. If hs had
the entire product of the U. f. mint at
comma:. 1 aod hors were selling at
three for a nkkie. Hugh would steal his
broncos rather than become possessed
of tbetn honestly. The greater portion
ol his life since reaching nun's estate
has b"en spent behind rison bars and
hut Saturday be was released from tbe
Salem ptnitentiary, his incarceration
being for appropriating a horse- belong
ing to a man near Pilot Rock. For that
offense be was sent up fir three end a
half year
When the doors ol the prieon wre
opened he stepped forth, not lo freedom,
but Into the arms of an officer of Union
county, who had a warrant for hie ar
rest for stealing a team and buggy, and
he was conveyed to Union, the county
seat, and lodged in jail,
7 IT.,- WAS .DELIBERATE.
Story of Peter French's Murder Told
by His Brother. -The
body of Pater French, the cattle
king who was killed by Edward Oliver on
December 23, was embalmed at Baker
City, and shipped to Red Bluff, Cal
ifornia, for burial. , . - t . .
' Burt French, a brother of the murder
ed man was in charge ot the . remains,
and while in Portland, gave tbe . Ore
gonian an account of tUs silling , as fol
lows: . ... . . :
It wai not a matter of land dispute,
as stated in the" papers,"' said : liurt
French. "Oliver lives on a ranch below
what is known as the 'Sodhouse' ranch,
and he had been repeatedly warned to
keep off tbe company land. My brother
had just returned from Chicago, after do
liverlng 33 carload of beef cattle, and
he, with myself and several others, were
on the way from the Diamond to tbe V
or home ranch, . ben the shooting oc
curred. While on our way on horse
back, we met Oliver, also mounted, and
Pete said to bim, 'I have cautioner you
to keep off my lau ..' ' VI y brother then
stepped toward me, remarking to Oliver,
I'll drive you oil.' t : .
' "Oliver immediately went for hia sun
and pulled it out. . He pulled the trigger
but it was a misfire, and the sound of tbe
hammer. Striking tbe cartridge caused
Pete to turn around In bis saddle. As
he did so Oliver fired,, and the bullet
from his sun struck my. brother in the
left temple and came out at the back of
his bead. Not one of us was armed.
Pele had only ., been back a couple of
days, and was on his way to the home
ranch to arrange for the foreman to
take a lay off. When Oliver saw the
effect of hie shot he rode rapidly away.
Those who witnessed ' the murder were
entirely helplees, and when my brother
fell our first attention was to him. '
:"H was shot down i in cold blood.
Oliver had no ressou to - be-on land he
was He could have Uson. the raad,
but it seems ab though be wai there for
a purpose. After the sheriff had taken
him in custody he said : 'I would do tbe
same thing over again, if I had a chance '
1 do not know what the result will be.
I am in hopes that Oliver will be tried
outside of iJarney county, in tmjer or
Grant, as in such esse there iJetter
chance for the law to take its jIpuree.
There is no question as to the wAirder,
My brother was shot down in the pre
sence of myself, James Otage, Dan
Ciark and others. The body will be
taken to Red Bluff, Cal., and buried
alongside of bis father and mother. We
have a sister living there, and she and
I ere all that arejleft of the family." r
The death of Peter French will in no
wise interfere with the business of the
corporatiou of which he was president
and manager. Some time ago he trans
ferred all his personal ' interests in tho
same to the company. Tbe company i9
now in a very flourishing condition,
having about 8000 head of cattle dn
hand, Tbe property is covered with a
mortgage of 120,000, but with the land
possessions and personal property on
hand, this will in no wise interfere with
(he regular conduct of ; its business,
that never bas been more prospectively
prosperous than now.
. ' Tbe body of Peter French, on its ar
rival in Baker City, was embalmed, and
many of the friends of the dead cattle
king took the opportunity to look upon
his face for the last time.
MANSLAUGHTER ONLY.
Vtrdict of the dury In th 3 Case Against
Alfred J. Symes r
The Jury in the case of A I ford J,
Symes brought in a verdict, in Cdfax,
Friday finding him guilty of man
slaoehter. '
There was a painful silenco in the
c room as the foreman stood up to
; .unce the Verdict v All right the
t 7, had been out, debiting whe'hir
a if rd Symes should be bangod for t he
claying of Lou Ooolee or should go free
' As tbe ju-y filed in ttie prisoner leaned
forward an bis - face grew tense with
anxiety. As tbe Words.'Guilty of Man
B,aghter'' .were spoken, Symes sank
back into his chair, and a murmur that
sounded like -Tbank, beavenl'' came
from his lips. ' ',; .:.
' A little buzz of comment died out
quickly as the judge spoke sgain : . ; '
"Is this your verdict,- gentlemen of
the jury?"
"it is," was the response of- the 12
weary men ; and they were thanked and
sent home to sleep.
Tbe defence had made the' usual pre
parations for an appeal, but it is believed
tbe verdict is satisfactory, and Byrnes
will accept it and go to the penitentiary
to serve his term. There is tome dis
satisfaction among tbe people wbo think
8ymes deserved hanging, tbe witnesses
from Adams and Lincoln counties being
especially 'vigorous in their remarks.
But it is agreed thai all danger of mob
violence is now at an end. lie wai sen
tenced to 19 years at hard labor in the
penitentiary. (
' " Beauty. Utill y and Value '
Are happily combined in Hood's Bar
saparills Coupon Calendar for 1893. The
lovely child's head in an embossed gold
frame, surrounded by sprays of flowers
in mosaic, the harmonins pad in bine
with clear figures, snd the Coupons by
means of which many valutbla b'joks
and 'Vthsr article may be obtained,
make up tbe most desirable calendar we
bave ever seen. The first coupon article
is Hood's Practical Cook's Book, a
handsome, naeful volume of 350 pages.
Ask your druggist for Hood's Coupon
Calendar, or send 6 cents in stamps for
one to O. I Hood & Co., Lowell, Mars.
,
Measles at Pendleton
Two eases of measles bave been re
ported to the city authorities of Pendle
ton, and red flags were hong oat ct the
houses infected. Everything pote.ible
will be dons by the authorities to pre
vent ,tiie disease from becoming f pi
domic.
DURRAI1T IS DEAD
Executed This Morning at
, . San Quentin;
NO AUTOPSY WAS HELD.
Rehearsed the Scene of His
7 Own Death.
l San Francisco, Jan. 7. Durrant was
hangid at 10:33 a. m. in San Quentin
prison. ,
Durraut l.sd rehearsed the scene of
hU own death' . At his own request,
made absolutely : without' emotion, he
had been told every incident that
muked the minutes of his latt hours of
life From the. moment that he
awakened' this morning until Warden
Hale gave tho signal to spring the gal
lows trap, Theodore 'Hirr.int knew what
waa expected of him. The enidemned
man made the following request:
First, that tbe rope us-"! to haog him
should hedestroyed immediately after bis
death, that no person can i ray that he
hulds a piece of it as a memento ; second,,
that nona of the spectators shall be
allowed to gasi npon his features after
he is exsctred j third, that no autopsv
shall be held aftsr d.-ath and that nb
physician be allowed to examine his
body ; fo'irth, that after he is pronounced
dead hia remains shall be deliverod to
his parents ns soon as possible.
PERMANENT CURES.
Th9 Following Card Will Substantiate
the Fact. .. ".".7
To the Editor. Hearing of Dr. Danin
in Pendleton I think it my duty to say
that Dr, Dirria cured mv daughter two
years ago. She had been olllicted for
seven years with a loathsome discharge
from both eats, from the effects f ecarM
fover. Dr. Darrin cured her in one half
the time he claimed it would take. The
cure is permanent. I can bo seen at
Birch creek 10 miles south of Pendleton.
My postotiice address is Pendleton. -B.
M. PAITON
Dr. Darrin will order batteries and
electiie belts for any patient requiring
them, and ff ill give full directions for
their use. -
Dr, Dairln makes a specialty of all
diseases of tho eye, ear, nose and throat,
catarrh, deafness, bronchitis, lagrlppe,
coneumptiou, dyspepsia, constipation,
heart, liver and kidney diseases.
I0IEST
REDTJGTI01
ALL OVER THE
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Boston Store
Monday, December 27
CLOSING
Monday, January 31st. !
Prices Down
The Boston Store,
Pendleton.
Royal wkw th food par,
, whtomw dAelickxu.
$2m
rovDin
Abf oiuteiy Pure
He permaneatly cures all diseases of
the genito urinary organs, ia either
sex, such as syphilis, blood taints, scrof
ula, gleot, gonorrhoea, stricture, semin
al weakness, spermatorrhoea, loss of
manhood.
All peculiar fenale troubles, irreg
ular menstruation, leuchorrhoea, dis
placement, etc , are confidently treated,
as well as all ecuto, chronic, private and
nervous diseas, of whatever nature, if
curable. No cases taten if not.
, According to tbe time honored ous
tome, Dr Darrin will give . fr6 treat
ment to tbe worthy poor from 10 to 11 a.
m. daily. Tne doctor has .reduced his
feeetoonly $5 a week, or in that pro
portion of time as the ctee may require,
to all cases commencing treatment soon.
Those that are ablo and willing to pay
will receive treatment between the hours
of 11 a. m. aod 5 p. in. Evenings, 7 to
8. Sunday 10 a m to 3 p. in. The
stlllcted should not lose the opportunity
to coneult this emineot physician while
here. Dr. Darrin is located at the
Hotel Pendleton, Pendleton Or., until
February 1. All business relations with
Dr. Darrin strictly confidential.
.. Restored to Citizenship,
Governor Lord has restored lb cit
ixenship John U. Hammond, ot Baker
county, an ex-convia, who served 10
years for manslaughter. Numerous clti
sens of Eastern Oregon petitioned for
this clemency. The governor has also
granted a pardon to William Wilcox,
serving three years for rape. He has
served about a year and the pardon Is
granted on an urgent appeal from many
citizens of Jackson county.
To Cure a Cold in One Day,
! Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All Druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c. -
Wheat Market.
Athens, Jan, 7 Wheat
Sales slow.
02 ' cents
40 Per Cent