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TWICE-A-WEEK TWICE-A-WEEK PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR VOLUME XVI. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON; TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1901. NUMBER 20 CURTIS WILL BUILD DROWNED IN RIVER E D. M A N A S S E CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. ' New and Stylish For Ladies and Gentlemen. been looking for. They your feet. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR In endless variety and latest make up just received ED; :MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. YOUR Eg will go farther here, and will bring you more satisfaction- than at any other store. We mean it, every word of it. Out line has been very much increas ed. ' It now includes a wonderful assortment of the latest designs and colors in all dependable weaves.. Halls, Stairs, Bedroom and Diningroom paterns, and rich Parlor designs with borders, are here in profusion. About 50 pat ems in room-size Rugs, in Brussels, Velvets, Administers and Smyrnas are also here mostly in 9x12 ft. size. You'll be glad you looked. We feel quite sure of it and you're always welcome, as you know. Mail orders and in quiries receive prompt attention, and are solicited when not convenient to call. THE DAVIS-KASER COMPANY, Alder Street, next. to Postoffice, - - - - Walla Walla Washington. THE DELL BROTHERS Groceries, Crockery, (jentsI'misliings All of which we will be pleased to show you- ' " - ; -L TIE BELL BROTHERS South Side Main Just what you have fit and do not hurt Street, SEW LOCATION FOE ATHENA LUMBER COMPANY. Building 50x120 Feet to Be Erected on South Side of Main Street Construction at Once. H. H. Curtis, manager for the Athena Lumber . company, announces that a change is to be made in the location of the lumber yard. With this object in view, tomorrow morning a crew of men will be put to work in the construction of a building on the south side of Main street, west of Second street. The building will be 50x120 -feet in size and will have a capacity for holding 100,000 feet of lumber. The walls will be 17 feet high, and the Main street front twenty-four feet. A driveway 16 feet wide will traverse the center of the entire building, so that lumber and building material may be loaded or unloaded from compartments on each side. These compartments will be double-decked and the building will have the convenience of two large sky lights, placed in suitable locations on the roof. In the front part of the structure a commodious office will be Bituated in one side of the driveway, and on the other a storeroom will be located. The yard and business of the Athena Lum ber Co. will be moved from its present location to its new quarters as soon as the building is completed. Toward Thunder Mountain. It is stated that information has been received in the city from. President Hall of the Pacific k Idaho Northern railroad that work on the extension of the road from Council, the present terminus, to Meadows will begin as soon as the snow is off the ground and will be extended from Meadows to Big Creek, in the Thunder Mountain mining district, as rapidly as possible. A- S.- Thompson Buried. The funeral of Alfred S. Thompson, who died in Pendleton Thursday eve ning, was held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Catholic church, Father Van Der Velden officiating. The funeral was largely attended. Athena, Oregon. MOODY IN CONFIDENCE Counts on Breaking Multnomah Solid Phalanx for Williamson. Portland, April 4. Malcolm Moody came down from Eastern Oregon yester day, fresh from his triumphs, and ever since his arrival he has been working tirelessly to advance his campaign for the nomination. He claims that he will have fully two-thirds of the delegates from the eastern counties, and with this leverage he hopes to break into the Multnomah delegation. Upon his sue cess in doing this his chances of the nomination now depend. If his claims .and expectations are justified, he will come into the conven tion with 70 or more votes from Eastern Oregon. There will be 184 delegates in the convention, and 93 will be required to nominate. "Moody is claiming that every unin- Council "Turned it Down" By a vote of 3 to 2, the city council last night turned ' down the Pacific Homestead 9100 advertising proposition. It was suggested that the matter be re ferred to the finance-committee, but Mr. Kramer, the Homestead's representative who was present, demurred and said if the proposition was to be "turned down" he preferred it to be turned down then and there. A motion was made, after Councilman Barrett had punctured the Homestead contract by substituting one that called for payment of $100 only, and not the additional $30 embodied and tangled up in Mr. Kramer's con tract, by private subscription. The mo A Boy Falls Freewater, April 4. A frightful acci dent occurred at this place at about 10 o'clock this forenoon, resulting in the instant death of John R. Reynolds, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. Reynolds of the Freewater hotel. The lad, who was in the 12th year, in com pany with two other boys, was in the CHURCH DEDICATION MAY ! Ad vance Program Are Being Circulated Telling of the Event. The advance programs, announcing the dedication of the new Mfi,jchufch in this city,' on Sunday, May 1, have arrived from Walla Walla, and are being circulated throughout the northwest. Among' the pleasing announcements made is that Mr. Joseph Powell, of Buffalo, New York, the eminent church man, known from ocean to- ocean as "the most remarkable layman in Metho dism," a leader in Epworth League and Sunday school work, national organizer of the Brotherhood of St. Paul, and as a man with special gifts for work among men, will have general charge of the exercises of the day, and will' speak at all the services. Program for Dedication. MOKNINO. 9:00 Informal Greeting. 930 Organ Voluntary. Hymn. Prayer. ; Anthem by Choir. Scripture Lesson. Male Quartette'. , Sermon: Rev. Wilmot Whit field, D. D. Address: J. W, Powell. Hymn. " ' . ' '-"''' Benediction. AFTBBiroON. 2:45 Meeting of Teachers and Scholars. 3:00 Sunday school rally and young people's meeting, addresses by Mr. Powell and others. ' EVE5IK0. 6 .-00 Epworth League Rally. 7:00 Anthem by Choir. Hymn. , Prayer. Male Quartette. Sermon: Rev. Wilmot Whit field, D. D. Address: J. W. Powell. Dedicatory Service: Rev. C, E. Gibson, D. D., presiding elder Walla Walla district. - Benediction. Crashing Bock for Streets. W. J. Wilkinson and a force of men commenced crushing rock for street grading purposes, Friday last. Yester day morning teams commenced hauling rock on the streets, and the work will be pushed to completion. structed delegation from Eastern Oregon is for him," said Frank Baker, chairman of the republican state central commit top. "There is no foundation for such claims, as we know that in Borne in stances uninstructed delegates are for Williamson. Moody is beaten, and I do not believe that his name will be pre sented to the convention." Judge Carey and Frank Baker have made a careful canvass of the delegation from this county and have talked with every delegate who is suspected of a de sire to vote for Moody. They feel con fident that they have averted the danger of a break in the ranks and say that Multnomah's 71 votes will be cast solidly in accordance with the instruc tions of the county convention. tion to accept the proposition was n sooner made and put to a vote, than it met with defeat. Mr. Kramer's propo sition had been "turned down," and he left the room and today is doubtless in Weston, where he reported that the town council is to give $100 and the citizens $117 more in private subscrip tion. Briefly stated, the Pacific Homestead, published in Salem, is to get out a spec ial edition of 15,000 copies to be distrib uted in the eastern states for advertising purposes. The rates are $2 per inch, or $100 per page. In addition to the 45, 000 eastern circulation the town was to receive 100 extra copies of the paper. to His Death top room of the old Pacific Coast eleva tor which stands opposite the depot of the O. R. & N. railroad engaged in an effort to catch some pigeons which his brother had raised, when he ran over the side and fell down in one of the bins; a sheer fall of over forty feet and was instantly killed. - BACK TO FORMER GLORY. An old Mail and Stage Line li to lie Revived. Advertisements are posted asking for bids on the new mail and stage route from Pomeroy to Lewiston, which is to be officially opened May 9. The route takes in the following way points: Pa taha City, Valentine, Alpowa, Silcott and Clarkston and is 35 miles in length. The new service will be six times a week, leaving Pomeroy daily except Sunday at 5S0 a. m., arriving at Lewiston at 1 p. m., and leaving Lewiston at 9:30 a. m., arriving at Pomeroy by 6 p. m. At present mail and stage goes no further than Silcott's landing, a point on the Snake river nine miles this side of Lew iston. Fortune has played strange freaks with this route. In the palmy days of the pioneers this stretch of road was part of the historic Wells-Fargo line,, which carried thousands of dollars of golden treasure from Florence and nearby dig gings to Walla Walla in the 60's. As late as 20 years ago the line sported roll ing, high-topped Concord coaches and four, but the expense of keeping up such turnouts was more than the govern ment cared to pay merely to get mail carried 30 miles, so mail and passengers went around by train to Riparia and up river on steamboat to Lewiston, while a horse and cart carried mail to Alpowa, the half-way point, but a shadow of for mer glory. But with the rapid growth in late years of Clarkston, Valentown and way towns and the growing demand for closer mail connections with Lewiston, a call , has come for the restoration of the old route, the government has finally con sented, and if hungry competitors do not cut the price below living figures, some thing approaching the old-time equip ment and service may again be seen. Want Keduccd Rates. 9 The democratic primaries which take place Inured ay will name a large num ber of delegates to attend the county convention at Pendleton, next Tuesday, and the O. R. k N. Co. will be asked to gie reduced rates. In addition to the delegation there will be a large number who will attend the convention, they will not only go from Athena, but from all stations along the line in the "East End." TIVIS H'BEOOM MET WITH A SAD FATE. Wagon Capsized By Current-Horse in Current Struggled, Striking McBroom on Head. Tivis H. McBroom was drowned in the Umatilla river at Pendleton Friday a few minutes after 12 o'clock, and his body was found half an hour later at a distance of two and a half miles below the city. Mr. McBroom had driven his horse into the river at the Lilleth street ford, intending to cross the stream at the foot of the levee on the opposite side. By some means the wagon cap sized, throwing Mr. McBroom into the river. Being unable to swim he made a desperate attempt to get hold of the vehicle, or to make any effort whatever by which he might save his life. At the same time the horse had gotten tangled up and was also struggling against the swift current, striking and rolling over as it was carried down the stream. Mr. McBroom was struck by the horse, re ceiving an injury on the head which rendered him helpless. He managed, however, to get on the top of the wagon and keep his head out of the water for a few minutes. He was unable to strug gle against fate any longer, dying both from the injuries he had recoived and strangulation. His body was carried down the river to a point opposite the Kidder home, where it lodged against a sand and gravel bar. . EAT "ALKALI EATERS." Nothing to It But Athena In Game at ' Adama Saturday, Athena Public School, 12; Adams "Alkali Eaters," 6. That's the way tho ending reads in the Athena-Adams game played in the latter town, Saturday afternoon, and when the alkali dust bad blown away from the din of battle, Manager Marquis strung one bright particular star to his belt, winning the first game rf the sea son with his public school team. The star is none other than David Stone, the nervy little pitcher who struck out 14 men aud contributed to wjnning his game by making four safe hits, three runs, one put out and three assists. . Other members of the team played a good stiff game and developed the fact that the base ball banner of the Athena public school will be defended by a clever bunch of players. . Ilite.'the Adams pitcher, struck out 8, but the 13 errors of his team mates helped materially to swell Athena's score. Blake, short stop, got 3 hits in four times at bat and scored twice. By Inning. 1234 5 6789 Athena. . . Adams . . , ....1 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 1-12 ....0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1-6 CONFINE THE WALLA WALLA Free Space Under Hallway With Levee Will Be Trovlded. This season will probably see the last high water damage for some time just beyond the junction of the Walla Walla river and the O. R. k N., a mile north of Milton, where the river bed is almost on a level with the fiats on either side. For several years the piers in the O. R. k N. trestle over the river have caught brush, floating logs and debris of all kinds, causing the current to cut into the gravelly low banks on either side end scurry over the land. The piers are only 16 feet apart. , The railroad has material on the ground to build a new span which will be supported by stone piers on either end, 108 feet apart. This will leave an uninterrupted space for the river, and the county commissioners of Walla Walla and Umatilla counties will divide the expense of levees to confine the rushing waters of the fast Rowing Walla Walla past the danger point. Republican Primaries. The republican primaries for North and South Athena precincts were held in this city Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The meetings in both precincts passed off quietly and harmoniously. Delegates named to attend the republi can county convention in Pendleton, Saturday, April 9, are: North Athena T. J. Kirk, E. L. Bar nett, James Mosgrove and W. II. Reeder, South Athena G. W. Bradley and Henry Scb mitt. Plague in India. During the week ending March 19 there were 40,527 deaths from bubonic plague in India.