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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XV. yyy .-.I-.. .J IS:'" A: -mARRETT' SOM'Vl J M OLIVER (Mf& and ) MONITOR DRILLS-Both Disc and Hoer-American i; ; Hog End Field Fencing and General Hardware, i; CITY DRUG STORE r. Adam j, Oregon Th'e best is always cheap est. Our Drugs, Medicines Stationary and Sundries are only the very best.' - I A. B. Adams, STONE, Proprietor. - Oregon 0 once f :.. - , Groceries, Crockery and Cents Furnishing AND NOT SO VERY LONG AGO people were unable to obtain differant grades of Canned Goods; , but times have changed, and with this the quality of many kinds of vegetables, fruits, oysters and bottle goods. : We are the first real grocery establishment in Athena to carry in stock a complete line of Preferred Stock Canned Goods.- These goods are the perfection of canned goods. Send us a trial order for some one of the prefered variety and let us convince you of their superiority over all other canned goods. , - From Field Not by chance that more Walkover Shoes are sold each successive year. The idea of making every purchaser a permanent customer governs. Select successful goods and see how prosperity will lean your way. Snow Drift Flour is always thebest. We are sole agents aas FIRS1 . HEWN fifc H. C. Adams, President. T.J Kirk, Vice-President. CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, . Proper attention given to and domestic F. 8. Lit Grow, Cashier, igoon a Mine and Orchard to Can the - ; - i ATHENA, UMATILLA BUM ; OFHTHENM 0. A Barrett, ) 1 P. E. Colburn, Directors b F. S. LeGrow, I $50,000. 5,000 Deals in foreign collections. exchange. 1. 11. Kemp, Assistant Cashier! . Same Day ahead , of wimp 1 COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY SUNDAY IS THE DAY MONEY TO BE RAISED TOR NEW M E. CHURCH. ' Will be Built of Stone and Brick and Will Have Seating Capacity r " for 350 People.; ' ; Sunday next is the day that has been set aside by Rev.W. E. Armfield and;his co-workers, for the purpose of receiving the first subscriptions for the building of a new Methodist .church in Athena. The people of the Methodist Episco pal church of this city have for some time been laying plans and making ar rangements to construct an edifice that will be a credit to themselves and to the town, and the fact that next Sunday has been chosen as the time when subscrip tions will be taken, foretells that their efforts have been successful and that obstacles have been surmounted where by Athena is to have another new church building, modern in design and equip ment. -; V'. -. :. V". :i .' The proposed building is to be con structed of stone and brick: - It will -be two stories in height, 'the basement or ground story will be constructed of stone, and will be used exclusively for Sunday school and League service. The upper story, which will be the main au ditorium, will be of brick. The struc ture will have a seating capacity for 350 people, the estimated cost being between $5000 and $G000. ' ' " ' . '. a Rev. Armfield is enthusiastic in the result of his canvass so far, and antici pates when the subscriptions are all in Sunday, the greater portion , of the funds will have- been raised, It is yn derstood that members of the chujeh are contributing liberally toward he fund, and with the progressive spirit of the Athena public to assist him the pas tor feels that his efforts are reasonably sure to be rewarded with success. );. . V His 88th Birthday. A pleasant party was given last Satur day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Swaggart, in Ppndleton in hon or "of ; Mr.. SwaggatV 88th birthday.1 Pour , generations were represented -at the party, including two daughters, Mrs. W. F. Matlock, Mrs. Wheeler. Wesley N. Matlock, Mrs. Mims and families were also present. An im promptu program was rendered in cluding recitations from Miss Pauline Mims. The most interesting part of th program was the playing of the violin by Mr. Swaggart, who was once a good violinist but has not operated upen a musicial instrument for many years. There were almost 20 present and the evening was. spent very pleasantly. Pendleton Tribune. - Goes to Cuba. j f. About February 1 W. II. Hawes, of this city, will leave for Havana, Cuba. Mr. Hawes will go to San Francisco and remain there a couple of weeks, thnce on to Cuba. Mrs. Hawes and littl son will go to Sumpter, where Mrs. Ilawes will visit her brother, Wi H. Sanders, for some time before going to Cali fornia. Later she will join her husband in Cuba.,. Mr. Hawes goes to Cuba to investigate the possibilities of the cattle business in that country. If he finds suitable inducements he will return to Mexico where he will purchase stock cattle and take them to Cuban ranges. . i- - .,, ,. .. ... wigmore Coming. 'The second lecture for Athena in the Oregon Lecture Course Beries will be given in the Christian church next Tuesday; evening, January 27. "The Books of the Age," by E. C. Wigmore, is spoken of everywhere as one of the most popular lectures of the series. The attendance will undoubtedly be large. ; DISASTROUS FIRE. White House Saloon in Weston Gut ted and Greatly Damaged.; : Between one and two o'clock Sunday morning an alarm of fire aroused the sleeping citizens of Weston from their beds and speedily plunged a peaceful town into confusion and uproar, (reports the Leader. Dancing flames had been seen through the windows of H. Hessel's White llouse saloon, about a half-hour after the place had been closed ."for the night, and the brazen throat of the fire bell soon gave clamorous warning. Lack of system caused much Aelay in getting water, but a stream was finally played on the flames, and the fire soon succumbed to its inveterate j enemy, water. Before it could be subdued, however, great damage had been wrought to case goods and cigars in the cellar and bar-room, and the , building ! had been practically gutted. The fire , originated in the cellar, where consider--j able packing waste had accumulated. and ita cause is wholly unknown. The sidewalk in an alley above the creek, on the east side of the building, gave way beneath the weight of a party of fire fighters, shunting them into the stream, and several were slightly bruised and injured. Jess Lieuallen and John Taylor were underneath the walk, and bad it gone entirely down would likely have been crushed into an "amorphous mass." Mr. Hessel's stock of goods was in sured in the Hartford, and his loss has been adjusted at $800 by an agent of that company from Portland. The dam age to the building, which belongs to Mrs. Stahl of Walla Walla, has not as yet been estimated.- Pendleton's Contagion Dr. Christie, a veterinary surgeon of Pendleton, attributes the scarlet fever contagion in thai city to diseased m:lk and food supplies. Mr, Christie says: "The contagion in Pendleton is brought about by the milk and food supplies. If the authorities would only investi gate they could take measures to stop it in its infancy. At the present time there is scarlet fever and measles in the hogs, and also scarlet fever in some of the dairies. It is also conveyed by cats; and dogs." ; ?- . . A Weston Man. J. D. Smith, of Weston, has entered as a competitor in the "old Fiddlers' contest," which will be a unique and entertaining feature of the Athena band and orchestra concert, to be given at Athena on Saturday evening, January 24. i he management is also making an effort to secure "Bill" Fletcher, the WeBton mountain sawmill' man,' than whom few fiddlers can render "Arkan saw Traveler" with more gusto. Leader.- " '- "Biffed" the Injuo. Agent 1 red Kershaw is running the W. & C. R. depot. Fred emphasized the fact in a substantial manner Mon day when he unceremoniously "fired" an Indian who started rough house ac tion in-the waiting room. In the forc ible ejectment of the s wash Fred did not hesitate to use the toe of his boot. It had the desired effect on a certain portion of the Indian's anatomy. , . Helix Meeting! Closed. The revival meetings in the Christian church at Helix have closed and Mr. Siasis at home again. The immediate result of the meetings were 11 acces sions to the church, the church placed on a working basis, and provisions made for regular services in the future. Mr. Sias will occupy his home pulpit again next Sunday morning end evening., ; Surveyor Outted. Surveyor General Meldrum. will be suspended from office within a few days, just as soon" as arrangements can be made to send some competent man to Portland temporarily to take charge of the office. George E. Waggoner, Mel drum's chief clerk, is to be dismissed from the service, his previous resigna tion and the acceptance of the same by Commissioner Hermann being totally ignored as having no bearing in the case whatever. THE . BAND CONCERT AT THE OPERA HOUSE Old Fiddlers' Contest Will . Please Everybody. ' Much interest is being taken in the concert to be given by the Athena Band tomorrow evening at the opera house. Seats on sale at Osburn's drug store are going rapidly and a good attendance is assured. : . The principal feature of the concert, perhaps, will be the old fiddlers' con ttst. This number of the program promise! to furnish much fun and amusement for the audience, many of whom will doubtless be carried back to the days of the country dance, when "Hannah and I were young," and the fiddler stood in the corner playing"Irish Washwoman," "Money Musk" and other soul-stirring refrains. The best hat in town is the prize for the winner Prof J. S. Henry will judge the con test which will be participated in by "Abe" Jones, "Bill" King, "Dad" Luna, "Doc" Dell, "Al." Johnson, sr., M. J. t'eterson and others. . Frofessor Walker, - an experienced musician and specialty artist, will be seen in many of the features that has marked his success on the stage. Every act that he will' put before the people will be entirely new and different from anything ever presented here. 'The band and orchestra will render selections, there will be a quartett, in strumental solos, - etc. The concert promises to be of the new departure order, the "has been" system to a certain degree being eliminated. The program follows: I. Medley Overture, "A Tickler" ......... ..L. 0. Devitt Athena Band. Male Quartette, "My Old Kentucky Home,".... Messrs. Henry, Botkin, Bales, Rhodes. March, "Illinois Bi ttleship," W.C. Yule, Athena Orchestra. Vocal Solo, "True to the Past," Stephen Adams, Mrs. J. D. Hawe -. Comedy Musical Specialties, ........... ,,.Prof. Walker II. Medley Overture, "A Milk White Flag," 2. 1903. Stahl, Athena Orchestra. Male Quartett, "Noah Built Da. Ark," Messrs. Henry, Botkin, Baler, Rhodes. Violin Soio, "Home Sweet Home, ....Henry Farmer, A. Bales. Baritone Solo, "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," C. L. Barnhouse, A. U. Johnson. Old Fiddlers' Contest "Abe" Jones, "Bill" King, "Doc" Dell, "Al." Johnson, sr., M. J. Peter son and others. Dr. Learn Fined 50. Dr. II. W. Learn was fined $50 in the circuit court, at Pendleton, Tuesday for practicing dentistry without a license. His attorney, Will M. Peterson, made a hard fight for Lira, pleading the in justice and inconsistency of the present dental law, and, also showing to the court that Dr. Learn is a good, moral man, a regular licensed dentist under the law of Nebraska. The court waB very lenient in the case considering the fact that this is the third time it has been up for hearing. The . judge told Dr. Learn 's attorney, Peterson, that if tne oHense was repeated and tue case prosecuted again, the full penalty of the law would be met. SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS. Franto, Mtorrla, the Helix Safe Blower Vai Found Girttty. rran nk Morris, the Helix safe blowerf enced to six years in the peni tentiary. He made a statement to the court before sentence was passed, as serting his innocence and claiming his ability to prove an alibi, if allowed more time in which to prepare his , defense He also stated that he has been a resi dent of Pendleton since 1879, and that this is the first accusation that has ever been lodged against him. The court re minded him that the evidence was plain ly against him in this case, and that a jury of his countrymen had found it sufficiently strong to warrant a verdict of guilty, within a very short time after the case was given into their hands. Mr. Collier, the attorney for Morris, asked for leniency in the sentence. Ira Rose, who rode a hired horse away from Adams and forgot to return until captured by Constable Lieuallen at Thorn Hollow, several days after, has been sentenced to serve 18 months in the penitentiary. ; Wednesday the court beard the case of John Weidert against Umatilla county. This is a case in which Weidert seeks to recover damages for $492, which he claims he sustained by the construction of county road No. 516, through bis farm four utiles north of Athena. This road was granted by the county court, upon petition, two 'years ago. Weidert claimed the damage stated, but the viewers of damages, appointed by the court, fixed the damage at $75, which was paid to the colinty 'clerk for Mr. Weidert, who refused to accept it. R. A. GARDEN DEAD A PIONEER OF 1878 Funeral Took Pladto in Pendleton f It. A. Carden, a well known resident of Athena, died Tuesday evening at his home on' Main street, of paralysis. Three sons, a grand daughter apd a daughter-in-law were present when death came MrTCarden had been ailing for some time and several days ago suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he scarce ly rallied, although a portion of the time he was partially rational. His sons, Alfred and t red, were constantly at his side, and Melven Carden and wife came from Wenatchee, Wash. Death came at 10:15 Tuesday evening, dissolu tion being peaceful and apparently without pain. Mr. Carden had been a resident of Athena since 1880, was a carpenter by trade and many of the houses in Athena today stand as a monument to his me chanical ability. At the time of death Mr. Carden was 78 years of age. He was born in Virginia in 1825, and in 1601 was married to Miss Andulucia Morse, who died in this city May 27, 1895. , - The deceased was a pioneer of 1878, at which time with hip family he came to Pendleton from Iowa county, Wis consin, In addition to a large number of friends and acquaintances there is left to mourn the loss of a just, upright and honorable man, seven children. They are Melvin7 James, Henry, Wil liam, Fred and Alfred Carden, and Mrs. C. R. Henderson. The remains were taken to Pendleton yesterday where interment was made in Olney cemetery, . His Club League. The only thing in sight in a baseball way for Walla Walla and adjoining towns this season is a six club league to be composed of Walla Walla, Pendleton, Dayton, North Yakima, Ellensburg and Ritzville. T. D. 8. t art, secretary - of the existing baseball association at Walla Walla, has written to all the outside towns requesting their views on the pro posed organization. So far a reply has been received from Dayton only, the answer being favorable. NUMBER 4 THE FIRST BALLOT FULTON HAD 29, LEADING GEER BY 9 VOTES. Democrat! Stick to Wood and Did Not Follow His Advice to Vote tor Geer. The first vote for United States sena tor from Oregon was taken Tuesday by the senate and house of representatives of the Oregon assembly in separate ses sion. The vote was as f olio ws: C. W. Fulton, 29, Ex-Governor Geer, 20. C. E. S. Wood, 19. M. C. George, 6. . Williams, 2. Eleven scattering votes. The Multnomah delegation split and vnUJ In. - V. .1 1 1 T tuwu ui uuy uuuy uuu every Dooy. lne democrats voted for Wood and his advice to them to vote for Geer was not followed. The vote did not alter the situation to any extent and it remains as uuueuiuBu as ever. a-."""" - . j,,.. innlttee.- - -f',-- Umatilla county is well represented on committees. Senator G. W. Phelps, of Umatilla and Morrow, was given the chairmanship on the committee of tax ation; Pierce is on judiciary and irriga tion; Smith is on medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, and on public buildings. Jn the house W. M. Blakley of Umatilla is a member of the committee on cities towns and alcohol traffic. H. C. Adams, though not yet in attendance, was made chairman of the . committee on irriga tion and given a place on capitol build ings and grounds. W, M. Blakley has introduced a bill to protect stock growers. It requires that a record of brands and marks be kept by any person killing an animal and that the hides be preserved for 30 davs. . W. M. Pierce haS introduced senate diu jno. 4 to change the law for raising county school fund. At present the county court is required to make a levy of 5 per cent on all taxable property in ine county, if tne valuations should be raised the Bchool fumi would ,ba un... necessarily inx:reasedyAnd since there is a general desire throughout the state to increase the assessed valuation of all kinds of property this law has been in troduced to repeal the 5 per cent pro vision, Senator Pierce's bill provides instead $75 for each school district and $8 per capita per each child in the dis trict between the Bge of four and 20 years. The enumeration shall be made in March and the levy made according iu iuo report oi tne county scnool superintendent by the county court at its September term. . ' The large appor tionment would be made in November or December.1 The bill has been read ' the first time in the senate by title only and has not been brought before tho house. . . - .- .. , . . ' ... . ., B1IU by Umatilla Delegation. Senate bill No. 2, by C. J. Smth, to provide for special tax for building roads, " Senate bill No. 17, by Pierce, to abol ish the office of recorder of conveyance in Union county, Senate bill No. 18, by Pierce, to abol ish the office of recorder of conveyances in Umatilla county. Senate bill No. 19, by C. J. Smith, to relate to liens upon the property of railroad companies. Senate bill No. 22, by Pierce, to amend the law rolating to the election of prosecuting attorney and to fix com pensation. . Senate bill No. 75, by Pierce, assess ment and collection of taxes. Senate bill No. 76, by Smith, to in corporate Adams, i Senate bill No. 77, by Pierce,1 to levy school tax. Senate bill No. 80, by Smith, to amend the code. Senate bill No. 81, by Pierce, to pro vide funds tor the maintenance of the experiment station at Union. . llouse bill No. 107, by Phelps, rela tive to assessment and taxation. CAUGHT BY A CAVEIN. rrank Mnrh, of Wetton, Killed and An other iau Injured. Linus i'lninuj a well known young man of WeBton, was killed in the tunnel of the Oregon-Monarch mine, near Sumpter, at 9 o'clock Wednesday eve ning . . Mr. Marsh and Al, Lake were drifting the development tunnel, when suddenly and without warning the overhanging surface of the tunnel gave way Marsh was instantly killed and Lake was so badly injured that he is not expected to live. Frank Marsh was well known in Athena. He was raised in Weston, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs, George Marsh, of that place. Chas. Marsh and Mrs. S. P, Purdy are his uncleand aunt. The yoang man was popular with a large circle of mends, many of whom grew up to manhood with luw, and who will always remember him by Lis boy hood's nickname, "Slokey." W illis Marsh, of Weston, and Charles,, of Pendleton, went up to Sumpter hist night for the purpose of bringing the body to the Weston home. Interment will take place in tho Weston cemetery, and the funeral will lie conducted by the Knights of Pythias.