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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.
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