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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1898)
Better Than Ever. : For advertisers, it is a gooJ : medium. That's the Record of the Press IENA : Six pges brim full of crisp, :.. fresh news, is the Size of the Press. 'V Bier Than Ever. A Press. ,1 VOLUME XI. D fk C. W. Hollis, & uperior Photographs! Excelling all others in life like, Artistic and permanent results. t QTTTTC! TO TVTin A I ....$6.00 and up Nearly 100 Styles to Select From Finest foieign and domeeiic fabrics, latest effects for thia season. from the beet weavers in Europe and America. Order From Me Save more than one-balf in price, get a more stylish, better made , and better fitting garment than you can get elsewhere. t Garments Cut to Your Exact Measure By expert cutters and made by first-class city tailors. f Genfs Bicycle Suits 10 per cent off for 30 days on all goods. W. A. Saunders, : : -, BLUSTER WON'T Honest businessvmethods is what tells. Your Grocery trade is what I want. We bid for it on square business principles, with a big fresh grocery stock from which to supply all of your wants, and at prices that are reasonable and just and that defy competition. The "BLUE FRONT" Next Door to Postoffice. THE PIONEER HARNESS SHOP Is the place to get the best of Ilarness. ''Good Workmanship and best of material," our motto. W. E. YOUNG, Proprietor, Cement and Concrete Work Plastering and Bricklaying Satisfaction Guaranteed. All Work Promptly Done at Reasonable Prices. J. A. KELLER, Athena, KERSHAW GRAIN COMPANY (Incorporated.) Top Market Price Paid for Grain. Sacks and Twine for Sale. Storage Solicited Dave Taylor, Agent on v . ' . .t. i. WATCH THIS Main Street, OTTOl? ! 1 : : Athena, Ore WIN Athena, Oregon. Athena, Oregon Oregon Office at foot of Main Street, SPACE ATHENA, UMATILLA "1 Athena, Oregon. I MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FINE CARBON WORK q:piokel South side Main Street, Athena, Oregon. THE BIRCH CREEK FIGHT. How Lieutenant Wainwright Saved Colonel Parker. Captain Robert Powell Page Wain wrigbt, who was stationed at Fort Walla Walla so many years, is among those commended for "good conduct" at tbe battle of La Quasina. In the Indian war of '77-8, Captain Wain wright, then a lieutenant, proved bis bravery on several occasions, especially on tbe Umatilla reservation, says tbe Walla Walla Statesman, where his small force of First cavalry soldiers and by his gallant charge routed the Bannocks. At the Birch creek . right he rescued Colonel Parker, of the Statesman, wbo had got right in among the enemy all alone and was engaging the whole band, who were makings it pretty not for him when Capt. Bendire, of K troop, sent Wainwright out to see what was going on and found him on the ground having lots of fun as the Indians were on a hill above him and offering a good mark un til his rifle became bo hot tbat he could no longer insert the shells in the breech. Wainwright made a dash and sent them flying. Jue credit was given him in tbe San Francisco Chronicle, of which paper Colonel Parker was then war correspondent in the field. Wainwright comes from righting stock and is a son of Commander Jonathan Wainwright, killed in the battle of Galveston bay in 1863, a brother of Jonathan Wain, wright, killed in the expedition against tbe piratical steamer Forward, and a brother of tbe well known actress, Marie Wainwright. ' All About Porto Rico. Width, 37 miles. Immensely wealthy. Poverty unknown. Area, 3530 square miles. Trees are always green. Every man owns a horse. Older than the United States. Principal sport is cock fighting. One mountain is 9000 feet high. Every house has a roof garden. Principal pastime ia horse back rid ing. San Jane, tbe capital, has 300,000 in habitants. San Jaun has the finest harbor in the West Indies. People sleep in the day and shop and visit at night. Water supply is one of the principal sources of revenue. An Enemy to health ia impure blood. as it lead to serious disease and great suffering. Hood's Eareaparilla meets and conquers this enemy and averts the danger. Hood's Pil la are the only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Care all liver ills. COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY ARE IN CONTROL Hamilton & Rourke Win the Warehouse Case. THE MILITIA IN TROUBLE Four Oregon Boys May Be Diciplined. On Tuesday, July 10, Judge Godman at Dayton, Wash., sustained the motion to vacate the receivership of tbe Hamilton-Rourke Warehouse System. This makes the third time that a court has discharged a temporary receiver for tbe above ! mentioned corporation, namely: Judge 8. A. Lowell, of Umatilla county, made a eimiliar ruling, as did Judge Brents, of Walla Walla, Wash. This ac tion of thrre judges places tbe ware house of tbe Hamilton-Rourke company in control of Charles Hamilton and T. F. Rourke. A little history of this legal battle, says tbe East Oregoniau, will prove of interest to many who have heretofore been in ignorance of what the trouble was all about. The Hamilton-Rourke company owns 40 warehouses in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. In the spring of 1897 the Hamilton-Rourke Warehouse System (a corporation) was formed, tbe principal members of which are T. B. Wilcox and Sibson & Kerr, of Portland. Mr, Wilcox is manager of the Portland Flouring Mills company and radically controls the elevators n t Portland which would handle the wheat shipped from the Inland Em pire. Shortly, after the organization of this latter corporation the Hamilton-Rourke company mortgaged its warehouses . to the Hamilton-Rourke Warehouse System for something more than $30,000. Tbat mortgage fell due more than six months ago, and it is claimed by tbe Hamilton-Rourke com pany that the mortgage has been paid, but tbat the- Hamilton-Rourke Ware house System still holds control of the property and refuses to satisfy tbe judgment or to foreclose. The Hamil ton-Rourke company claims that if the mortgage had not been paid the proper way for the Hamilton-Rourke Ward house System to have obtained legal possession of the warehouses would have been to foreclose. The attorneys for the Hamilton- Rourke company claim tbat under the Oregon statutes the Hamilton-Rourke Warehouse System, even if it should now attempt to foreclose the mortgage long since due, would be unable to ob tain control of the warehouses within six months. D. W. Bailey and Carter & Raley are attorneys for the Hamilton-Rourke company. MILITIA IN TROUBLE. Four Oregon Boys May be Severely Disciplined. A World special from Manila says tbat July 10 four volunteer officers from Oregon, Captain Heath, Wells and Prescott, and Lieutenant Telfer, obtain ed permission to spend a day within the rebel lines. There was mnch uneasiness when they did not return Sunday or Monday, but they arrived safely Tuesday morn ing. They explained tbat tbey had gotten farther away than they thought and could not return Sunday, eo they de cided to make a tour of investigation along the Pasign river, back of Manila, and get some valuable information. They are now confined to their quar ters, and probably will be court mar tialed. It is thought tbat the action of these officers may result in the promotion of George A. Hartman, first lieutenant of company D, the Pendleton-La Grande company, of which Prescott was cap tain, to tbe captaincy to take Prescott's place. Rich Men's Suns. Among the Oregon boys now at Man. ila is a son of Henry Ankeny, the well known and very wealthy mining man of Oregon, serving cheerfully as an enlisted soldier and doing the hard work of field and camp like a man. A writer on tbe Oregoniau saw him during tbe time the regiment was in camp at the Presidio, in company with Ray Green, of Port land, digging a trench to carry slops from the camp kitchen like any dollar-a-day workman, and both boys seemed entirely satisfied with their detail. A cousin of young Ankeny a son of Levi Ankeny, the Walla Walla banker-is a member of the Washington regiment, serving in the ranks, as is a nephew of the New York Vanderbilt family. Also among the troops from the Northwest now in Manila are two sous of Judge John R. McBride, nephews of Senator MORNING, JULY 22, 1S98. Mc Bride. Many others might be named eauallv well fixed in tbe way of finan cial, political and social relationship, cheerfully doing the doty of tbe hour, be it light or hard, neither asking nor wishing anything through favor. THE WAR BURDEN. On What and Whom the Tax for War Purposes Falls. In addition to any other sacrifices yon may be called upon to make, this ia uat you must do on account of tbe tax for war purposes. You must: Put a 2 cent revenue a lamp on every check or sight draft. Put a 2 cent titauip on every inland bill ot tOLUtiatige, uuw Utah, promissory note or money order for each $11)0. Pay 1 cent extra on each telegraph message sent. Pay 8 cents per $100 on each life in surance policy, unless taken on tbe in dustrial weekly payment plan, when the charge is 10 per cent of the first v.eek'y payment. fay 25 cents on each 1-year lease, 50 cents on a lease between one and three years, and $1 on a lease exceeding three years. Pay 25 cents on each mortgage be tween $1000 and $1500, and 25 cents on each $500 additional. Pay SI extra for a passage ticket to foreign port costing not more than $30, S3 extra if it costs between $33 and $00, and $5 if it costs more than $bO. Pay 10 cents every time you occupy a seat or berth in a parlor .or sleeping car, .-. -.. Pay a tax ranging from 75 cents to $15 per $100 on legacies above $10,000, ac cording to total alue. Pay 50 cents tax on a surety bond. Pay 1 cent a pint on wines. Pay from 25 cents to $1 an each cus tom house entry, and 25 cents on ware house receipts. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever eoree. tetter, chapped hands chilblains, corns, and alt skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 125 cents per box. Forealo by Pioneer Drug store G, O. Osbnrn, proprietor. Mutual Prosperity. Hugh McArthur, of Portland, form erly of Athena, arrived in the city Tuesday morning, and went to Athena to remain several days looking after his wheat Interests. Mr. McArthur says Portland is doing an excellent business now, particularly in farming machinery aud groceries. Machinery men, he re ports, say they are Belling tbree times as many big combines, threshers, etc., as in any previous year. Much of this machinery is shipped to Eastern Oregon and the Palouse country, but the Wash ington .Clackamas and Multnomah farm ers are also prosperous and are buying extensively. Good prices for wheat, big crops, etc., make times lively for the agriculturalists, resulting in prosperity for merchants and manufacturers. East Oregonian. Your Face Shows the state of your feelings and tbe state of your healtbas well. Impure blood makes itself apparent in a pale and sallow complexion, Pimples and Skin Eruptions. If you are feeling weak and worn ont and do not have a healthy appearance you should try Acker's Biood lixir. It cures all blood diseases where cheap Barsaparillas and so called purifiers fail ; knowing this we sell every bottle on a guarantee. Acker's English Remedy will stop a cough at any time, and will cure the worst cold in twelve hours, or money refunded. 25 cts. and 50 cts. Palace Drug Store, Wm. McBride, prop. Seven Devils Copper. Huntington Herald : The first ship ment of copper bullion from tbe great Seven Devils district arrived in Hunt ington Wednesday evening and ia now stored at tbe O. C. Co .'a warehouse here. It consists of seven and one half tons of almost pure copper from the New York & Idaho Smelting company's plant near Cuprum. Tbe copper was brought to the mouth of Indian creek by tbe steam er Mable, and there it was loaded on teams and hauled to this city. The bul lion will be shipped to an eastern refin ery. .. ' ' Against the Burlington. A report is in circulation in railroad circles to the effect tbat dnring the recent visit of President Mellen's party to Tacoma Eome of them admitted that a deal is about closed with the "Vander bilt linee" the O. B. & N., Short Line, Union Pacific, etc. By this deal the Northern Pacific gives a lease of tracks from Portland to Tacoma, with terminal facilities, enabling the Vanderbilt lines to run trains through to tbe Paget sound city. Tbe Great Northern is said to have consented, and ths purpose is to form s triple alliance l j keep, if possible, the Burlington evetem away from the Sound While the story is generally regarded as merely on attempt by Tacotna to claim another line of railway, it is ad mitted as a possibility, in view of the amicable council of Union Pacific and Northern Pacific officials at Portland two weeks ago, and (he President Moh ler's subsequent visit to President Burt at Omaha. Atths ieaat, it is another straw showing which W3y the wind is blowing along the Northwestern railway tracks. Oregonian. . Wayward Kids. Three boys have been causing trouble in the Keen neighborhood, ea Charles Keen informs the Pkess. Ihe boys are related, being half brothers, and the elder who is 19 is named Cofer and tbe two younger, Owens. They were run out of Milton a short time ago, and are said to be fit subjects for Ihe reform school. A couple of farm houses have been broken into and the blame is now attached to these youngsters. Under an old house near where they camped, a rifle and ehot gun was found and taken possession of by Keen. Tbe boys claim ed the firearms and were told tbey would have to prove ownership, which so far they have not done. They have two horses with them and live principal ly oh potatoes and other vegetables. Keen will call the attention of the pro per authorities to the matter. Scientific Optician. William G. Davidson, tbe scientific optician, will remain at tbe Athena hotel, Athena, Oregon, until July 20, 1898, and will be at Weston, Oregon, the 27tb, 28th and 29th. Spectacles and eyeglasses scientifically adjusted to correct all cases of weak and defective eight. Nervous or sickheadacbe remedied by tbe aid of pro perly fitted glasses. Call and have your eyes tested free of charge. The Sure La Grippe Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get tbe right retmdy. You are having pain all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appetite, no lite or ambi tion, have a bad cold, in 'act are com pletely used up. Electric Bitters is the only remedy tbat will glvj you prompt relief. They act directly on your Liver Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the whole eyetem and make you 'feel like a new being. Tbey are guaranteed to cure or price refunded For Sale at G 0. Oeburn's Drug Store, only 50c per bottle. Good Business. A huge volume of business is being done in Atbena these days. Truck load after truck load is uuloaded daily among tbe stores and business houses. Trade in all branches ot business is good, and the assurance of a .large crop with fair prices, will act as a still greater stimula tion in the already large volume of traffic, Athena merchants hold out in ducements for trade that are equaled by very few points in the Inland Em pire. Tables to bs Taxed. As soon as the rovenue stamps are received from Washington the proprie tors of local billiard and pool tables will be contributing to the expenses of the war. Thus far the keepers of tables have not been called upon. Tables and bowling allies are required to pay a tax of $5 a year for each table and alley, and a separate stamp must be issued for each, these stamps to be posted in a conspicuous place, the same as otber revenue stamps. Fish Not Running Well. The catch of ealinon on tbe upper river has fallen off somewhat during the last week, and at present a light catch is made, says the Dalles Chronicle. On tbe lower river the catch is reported very heavy, and some of the canneries are getting more fish than tbey can handle. With an lnctease in the catch on tbe lower river it means a like in crease in a few days on tbe upper river, so tbat the fishermen around The Dalles are looking for a big run shortly,, A Terrible Accident. A terrible accident happened to Jim ny Wallace, the six year-old stepson of Joe Hodgson. The little fellow step ped in front of a mover wbich was ia operation, and tbe left foot was horribly mangled. The bones were severed at the ankle, only the top part of the foot remaining uninjured. The attending physician is of tbe opinion, however, tbat tbe boy will regain nse of the foot. Have Gone East. Mr. and Mrs. U. W. Rigby left Wed nesday for a visit with relatives and friends in eastern states. They will be absent from home about three months, and their trip will take them to Iowa, Ohio and the Omaha exposition. Tbey go direct to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and then to Mt. Gilead, Ohio, where on August 19 will be held the 34th annual re-union of the OCth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which Mr. Rigby was a member in Co. B. The Pkess wishes for the estimable couple a pleasant journey. For Sale. I have for sale a- good milch cow, which Is giving milk at present. Edwin Woody, Athena, Ore. NUMBER 30 SKAGWAY LETTER i A A . . , ' -v .; Brisk News From the Lively' r , j -; 1 i - j Northern City. BUILDING A RAILROAD Workmen Receive $2 per'" Day and Board. ; Skagway, July O.-Sxagwayjs still.., booming with business. New business V houses are being erected all over town, and everybody ia busy and doing well. The railroad is being worked by 750 men ' and the company ia advertising for 1000 more. No one need be idle if he is will ing to work, and - the .wages paid is $2 per day and board. As the railroad will make connections with the ocean steam ers here, and the river steamers on Lake Bennett, which are making trif. a to Dawson City, it gives Skagway the only feasabte route to aaJ frocn the interior. The fare charged oii the steamers from Late Bentiitt to Dawson is $50, meals and baggage extra. Alaska is developing into an agricul tural country. About 50 different kinds of Beeds are being tested in the ground, and most of them are developing nicely. It is reported that barley and hay are raised on the Yukon river, while bunch grass covers the hills. This being the case it is only a matter of ime until Alaska will be rich in agriculture as well as in gold. A good many mowing machines and scythes pass through here for the interior. It is delightful here all the time. There is never a time during tbe night that one cannot read a newspaper out of doors. It gets about as dark as it does in Oregon on a cloudy day. Ou the night of June 21, the reflection of the sun could be seen all night on the top of Ml. "Dewey." Mt. Dewey is one of our highest peaks, it being 5248 feet high. Skagway celebrated the Fourth of July in Rrand style. The decorations were beautiful and the parade was a grand Bight, and the grand ball in the -evening was a great eticeees. The whole town is greatly excited over the sensational killing of "Soapy" Smith. Mns H. L. Swaqoaht, The Skagway News. Mrs. H. L Swaggart, the correspond ent for the Athena JPrkss, at Skagway, Alaska, has sent the editor a copy of the Skagway News, the leading newspaper of that thriving young city of the north. The copy received is in the form of en extra edition, and gives all the par ticulars of the tragic endi ng of " Soapy " Smith, tbe notorious bunco and confi dence man, who prior to his death pretty much run things in Skagway, The cause which particularly led to his death was the robbing in broad daylight of a returning Klondike miner. The business men and better element of the town were holding a meeting to devise means of ridding the city of tbe preeenco of Smith and his gang, when "Soapy" appeared on the scene with a Win cheater. There was trouble immediately, resulting in tbe death of Smith and the probable wounding of his slayer, City Engineer Frank Reid. Cable Message. Tbe many cable lines and the result ant competition bave brought the cost of communication between New York and London down to a fairly low fig ure, 25 cents per word, but when one tries to reach more remote parts of the world, where tbe line is controlled by a single government or company, or where there is little business to sup port It, the cost of sending messages amounts to "alarming figures. To eend 10 words from New York to Manila, for Instance, cost $23.50, or $2 10 per word beyond London. This is the commercial rate. Newspaper despatches go for about half this sum, but, even eo, the cost of bringing a column of news from the Philippines amounts up to nearly four figures. Even from a point so near asCuracoa, wbich became for a short time the center of news interest, the commercial rate by tbe cheapest route is $1 93. These two samples will give a fair intimation of the immense stuns t;e ing expended by tbe newspapers in gathering information about the war. Thousands Celebrate . With thankfulness .their restoration to health by the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla. They have tried other medicines and have failed to obtain relief. - They tried Hood's Sarsaparilla and it did them good. They persevered in Ha use and it accomplished permanent cores. Do vou wonder tbat they praise it and recommend it to yon ? . s 'J .A f V ' A As - t ... 1? - f.l V