TWICE-A-WEEK TWICE-A-WEEK SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME XVI. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1904. NUMBER 13 ED. MAN ASS E CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. Latest Novelties In Ladies' Rleclewar Waist Sets, Belts, Auto mobile Bags, Etc. EASTER NUMBER OF THE DELINEATOR JUST RECEIVED. ED. MANASSE . Agent for Buttcrick's Patterns. i TAYLOR IS TRUSTEE A Word ' To the People of Athena and Vicinity t I have just opened a stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, etc., temporarily, in the Fischer building, or until such time as I can secure a more suitable store room. A visit from you is respectfully solicited.. Your . . own judgment will convince you that you can purchase goods of me . 25 per cent cheaper than you have been paying heretofore. The REASON is that I am here to stay, and until I can get a more suitable store room, I expect but little profit on my sales during the next 2 months. NO nUMBUG. NO BLUFF. . FACTS ONLY. " M. ST AM, . ' - Fischer Building, North side Main Street, Athena, Ore. WADE ESTATE WILL PAY 10 CENTS OH THE DOLLAR. Claims Filed and Allowed By the Reteree Amounted to the Sum of $152,414.34. JAP FLEET AGAIN AT PORT ARTHUR. ORDINANCE NO. 94 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Pendleton, March 10. The creditors and the representatives of the creditors of the estate of C. B. Wade met in the office of Thomas Fitz Gerald, the referee in bankruptcy,and elected T. C. Taylor trustee of the estate and fixed his bonds at $30,000. : " " The claims filed and allowed by the referee amounted to the sum of $152, 414.31, while there were three claims amounting to $9000 in round numbers, which were held up for a time, pending examination by the referee. The proven assets of the estate are noted in the Dixie ranch, valued at $8000; the Foster ranch, at $3000; and personal property consisting of Gol conda, Red Boy and South Pole mining stock, and other stoeks not so well fixed in the market, valued, at $30,000. There is other personal property listed at about $10,000. However, the faith of the creditors in the valuation of the assets is shown better by the bond asked of the trustee, which is placed at about what is thought will pass through his hands. It is thought that the property will pay, after all the expenses of administration are settled, about 10 cents on the dollar, though this amount is admitted by those who are supposed to know, to be purely guesswork, and not at all reliable. Some persons are not very hopeful of Betting that amount out of the muddle. The estate is now in the hands of the trustee, who will wind up the affairs with no more meetings unless such things arise in the transaction of the business as will require it. Distribution of Estate- . In the matter of the estate of Margaret A. Still, deceased, Alex. Still has filed a petition for distribution of the estate and hearing of the final account. The estate consists of property to the amount of $5385. The court appointed April 16, as the date for hearing. But Viceroy AlexiefT Make no Mention of Damage nor Movements of v Ttosian Battleships. - St. Petersburg, March 10. The czar has received the following message from Viceroy AlexiefT under date of Mukden, March 10: . "The commandant of fortress at Port Arthur reports that about 1 o'clock this morning the outlines of vessels, appar ently torpedo boats, were seen at sea within the area swept by our search lights. Our batteries opened fire upon these vessels. 'Our torpedo boats put out to sea at 2:30 a. m. and about 4 o'clock met the enemy west of Liao Ti Schin lighthouse. After firing several shots the enemy re tired to the south in the direction of Shandan. Our torpedo boat returned to the harbor scout 6 o'clock. "Later the torpedo boats were again sent to sea to reconnoiter. They re- TIE DELI brothers! Grocer ies.Orocl Gents' ery, Furnishings All of which we will be pleased to show .you TIE DELL BEOTIEES South Side Main Street, Athena, Oregon. Weston Girl Lured turned in half an hour having learned that the enemy's squadron was ap proaching. "At 8 o'clock the Japanese opened fire upon our cruisers and fortress. The enemy haB 14 ships, and fires the entire time from behind Liao Ti Schin." Russia Gives Consent. Washington, March 10. Russia has granted formal permission to tht, officers. General Chaffee named Major Gibson, Captain Jackson, Captain. Gatley and Captain Reichmann to accompany the army on its campaign, Europe Is Quaking. Vienna, March 10. Earthquake shocks were felt this morning at Triest, Carin tha and Glagenfurt. No damage has been reported. Into an Opium Den Portland, March 10. Lured by a woman who posed as her friend into a room where opium was to be smoked, but saved by her own good . sense, Olive Mcintosh, a pretty little 14-year-old country girl, was found by Detective H. H. Hawley this morning at the Es mond hotel annex, where she had spent the night in a room given her by the landlady, Mrs. Fox. ' ' -" r In the municipal court this morning Judge Hogue fined . James Cooley, Walter Smith and May X orris $100 each for frequenting a house where opium was smoked, and then bound them over to the grand jury under bonds of $300 each for taking a minor into a dis reputable bouse. All tnree of tne per sons fined gave their ages as 19 years. Olive Mcintosh, the daughter of W. F. Mcintosh, lives at Blue Mountain station, between Walla Walla and Weston. She left her home yestorday morning to visit a sister who lives at Battle Ground, Wash. PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES. Spectator Venture a Guess at the Per sonnel of the Tickets. A Pendleton man, who claims to be a spectator in politics, but withal an ob server of the trend of political sentiment, ventures the following prediction, as to the personnel of the respective tickets in Umatilla county at the approaching election: Republican. --County judge J. M. Ferguson. Sheriff C. A. Barrett. Clerk-rW. T. Rigby. Recorder William Folsom. ' Treasurer E. J. Sommerville. Assessor B. E. Kennedy. Commissioner Horace Walker. School superintendent Frank Welles. , T Surveyor J. W, Kimbrell. Coroner W. G. Cole. Representatives H. C. Adams Douglas Belts. Joint representative Frank Gilliam, of Heppner. , ' . Democratic. County judge G. A. Hartman. Sheriff T. D. Taylor. Clerk W. D. Chamberlain. -Recorder Harry Fowler.- Treasurer G. A. R. McGrew. Assessor C. P. Strain. Commissioner Julius Hudeman. School superintendent J. E. Cherry. SurveyorCharles Berkeley. Coroner T. M. Henderson. Representatives W. M. Blakely and William Lloyd. Joint representative O. F. Thomson, of Butter Creek. K. and MILTON VS. FREEWATER. An Kar Chewed On and a Preacher Whips a Harnessmaker. Spring fights have arrived on schedule time m Freewater and Milton. In a bar-room fight at Freewater Monday night Arthur Wright chewed off a part of Chas. Ingle's ear, and is now in the Provides for Grading and Rocking 3rd and 4th Streets from Cur rant to College Street. Up Alkali Flat. . Henry Barrett informs the Pkess that the new high line up Alkali flat is as sured. It will connect with the local rural switch board at McBride's drug store and will give telephone conveni ence to fifteen or twenty patrons, It will extend north to A, B. McEwen's ranch. ' - Woodmen of World, Attention! Your presence at the regular meeting of Athena Camp No. 171, Wednesday evening, March 16, is earnestly re quested. Business of vital importance to every member of Camp 171 will come up at this meeting. J. D. Plamokdok, Clerk. county jail on the charge of mayhem, in default of $350 bonds. Freewater is strenuous, if anything, and Milton, just to keep stride with .the little "booze" burg at the north of her city limits, not to be outdone even when it comes to scrapping, essays to set the pace. It is reported that Milton offsets the novelty of Freewater's ear-chewing con test, by furnishing a minister as one of the principals in her first spring fight. Rev. Mr. Cartwrigbt and Otis Ingle, a harnessmaker, became involved and fur nished the Milton diversion. It is said the preacher licked his man and headed off after-trouble by paying two fines, one to the city recorder and one to the justice of the peace, thereby relieving Mr. ingle of the pleasure of having an arrest made by warrant. Tnere is con siderable excitement over the affair, and it is reported that Rev. Cartwrigbt has tendered his resignation as pastor, Wade Tangle Is Deep. A preliminary effort toward unraveling the C . B. Wade $300,000 tangle will be made in Pendleton today, when the numerous and highly interested creditors of the departed First National bank cashier will meet at Judge Thomas FitzGerald's office to choose a trustee to look after the assets and discuss gener ally the affair which has cost most of them so much. Judge FitzGerald is referee in bankruptcy. VJ WU1 Put On Play. y Mr. Harry DuPuy, who successfully directed tne drama runs oi tne wine cup," is getting up a cast lor the pres entation of the society melo drama, 'The Henrietta." The play is to be produced by local talent, and will be for At a special meeting of the city council Wednesday evening, a petition of a majority ot the property owners residing on 3rd street asking that the street from Currant street to the north side of College street be graded and rocked, was read. Also the petition of ' N. A. Miller and J. F. Wright, that 2nd street, from Main street south to Cur rant street be graded and rocked, was presented. After discussion the council passed Ordinance No. 94, which in part reads as follows: Section 1. Those portions of 3rd and 4th streets in the city of Athena, Oregon, between Currant street and the north side of College street, shall be improved by grading and placing said streets upon the official grade, and having gutters placed upon each side of said streets, said gutters to be constructed of good fir 3x12 in. and 4x6 in. plank, that is to say, tne back side, l. e., tne side next to the sidewalk, and bottom to be made of 3x12 in. plank, and the front side, i. e., the side next to the street, shall be made ot 4x6 in. plank, in form and style the same as the gutters now in use on Main street, said gutters to be placed ten feet from outside of street line to admit of either a ten-foot walk or a six-foot walk and four-foot tree park. The portions of said 3rd and 4th streets, between Currant street and the north side of College street, shall, after being prop erly graded and gutters established, be surfaced with crushed rock for said en tire distance, (except the portions, so graded and covered,) including street intersections, to the depth of six inches. Seg. 3. That all costs and expenses of making any of the improvements mentioned in this ordinance, opposite to any of the real property bordering upon the above mentioned portions of said streets, as far as the center line of the street, shall be charged against the real property so bordering thereon, and shall be collected from the owners of said property adjoining and abutting upon the street where the improvements are made, and in case of non-payment, the recorder shall enter in the record of liens in his office, opposite each lot fronting or bordering upon the part of the streets bo improved, the cost and ex pense of the improvements and work up to.the center line of the street opposite ' to and bordering upon the lots respect fully; but the expense and cost of im proving the space in the intersection of all streets shall be borne by the city of Athena. Seo. 5. In case said improvements are not done by May lotn, ivhji, me stieet commissioner and committee on streets and public improvements may proceed to hSve said portions ot said streets improved as herein provided in accordance with the provisions of Ordi nance No. 94 of the city of Athena, Oregon. SAFECRACKERS. Attempt to Blow Open O. K. N. Safe LAAt an early hour Wednesday morning safecrackers made an unsuccessful at tempt to blow open the safe in the O. R. & N. depot. Nitro-glycenne was used. The charge failed to do its work properly and the intruders were unable to gain access to the safe. They retired without taking anything of value from the office. The ddor of the safe was badly twisted out of shape and local workmen were unable to remove the door. An expert from Walla Walla arrived today and worked several hours before meeting with success. A new door will have to be secured tor the safe. Mountaineer Is Buried. Dr. W. G. Cole, coroner, having re ceived notice of the death of the old mountaineer, French, near Milton, deemed an inquest unnecessary, as it was evident he had died from natural causes, and ordered the body buried at Milton. French left an estate sufficient to pay funeral expenses and county aid will not be necessary. Coming Events, the benefit of the public school libraryyK April 19-Demooratic state . . i m, i r l firm Vnrflunrl- ine date oi prouueuon win ue an nounced later. Postpones Sale of Bonds Adams' city council has decided to delay the sale of bonds for the proposed water system until April 1. conven tion, Portland. April 14 Republican state conven tion, Portland. April 16 Meeting of Oregon Cattle growers' association, Portland. June 15, 16, 17 Oregon encampment G. A. R.t Hood liiver. 1 XS