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TWICE-A-WEEK TWICE-A-WEEK PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME XVI. ED. MANASSE CORNER MAIN AND TIIIRD STS. A'SprihiiSuit Is what you want. They are Stylish, Nobby and up-to-date. Prices too, are within reach of all. FOKd the ladies . A shipment of Shirtwaists just arrived. Each one a revelation. " You cannot help but admire them. Be first in line and make your selection. E D. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. MILBURN HEADER GEAR TIE del: Groceries, Crockery, (rents' Eurnishinffs All of TIE DELL EEOTIEES I South Side Main v ATHENA, f I with Sarven Pat. Wheels FULLY WARRANTED YOUNG RAGLAN, No 9626 and BLACK JACK PLATTER, No 628 Will make the season of 1904 at their stables in Weston, (Sundays excepted.) Terms, $12 to insure) $8 for the season; $5 for single service. Parties disposing of their mares before foaling time will be held for insurance. A. PHILLIPS, Weston, Oregon. BOTHERS which we will be pleased to show you Street, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, ANOTHER BUILDING WILL BE OF BRICK, 25x70 FEET ONE STOEY. Gross & Worthington Will Eeplace The Blue Front With a , Modern Store Eoom. W. Gross and H. O. Worthington. owners of the Blue front property, on Main street, will in the near future commence the construction of anew brick building which will replace the present wooden structure . The new building, plarls and specifica tions for which are now being drawn by Architect C. E. Troutman, of Pendle ton, will be 25x70 feet in size, one story. It will be built for a store room and will be occupied by Worthington - & Thompson, the popular grocers. It will be one of the best- store rooms in the city, and the firm to occupy it will con duct a retail grocery store on plans that are modern. , The size of the room, together with the fixtures will afford ample scope to display groceries and provisions in an attractive manner. An Extensive Traveler. J, M. Morris is in town for a few days having come in Sunday. Mr. Morris since leaving Athena a year ago has traveled extensively. He was in the far east and is well versed as to the com mercial conditions of the Philippines, Japan and portions of the Chinese em pire. Manchuria, the territory that is now the scene of the Japanese-Russian war, Mr. Morris considers an exception ally resourceful country and a rich zone of commercial wealth when developed. Big Mine Deal. One of the biggest mining deals which has taken place in Pendleton for some time occurred Saturday, says the Trib une, when Wes Matlock sold a one- fourth interest in his famous placer mine on Kason creek, near Nome, to Lester Swaggart. Mr. Swaggart will go to Alaska with Mr. Matlock this spring and assist in working the mine, The consideration was not given for publication but the mine is one of the biggest producers in Alaska. Athena, Oregon. IT IS THE TURK AM BULGARIAN NOW Many Killed on Both Sides In a Savage Conflict-Result Is Doubtful. . Salonica, April 18. Serious fighting has taken place between the Turks and Bulgarians at Lipa, near Demir, Kpu, in the valley of the Vardan, 62 miles from Salonica. Many were killed on both sides. The battlefield is about 60 miles from the Bulgarian frontier, and is as far Gave Liquor Information has been filed with Dis trict Attorney Hailey against ' Hugh Eobie, Mollie Robie and Robert Mont- gomery, on the charge of giving liquor to a minor.. The minor in question is Annie Githens, the 15 -year-old daughter of Postmaster Githens of this city. Mr. Githens, together with the his son-in-law, Jack Craig, and the girl, was in Shot Twice By . Pendleton, April 19. One of the most serious shooting affairs of recent years occurred Saturday afternoon on the sheep ranch of Pat Dougherty, hear Vin son on Butter creek. As a result Dougherty- jiow hovers between life and death with a bullet wound in his breast and both lungs pierced with a revolver ball while William Morton, a sheepherder ALMOST DROWNED. Farmer Milo Came Near Loilng Ills Life in the Illver. Sunday morning a reservation rancher by the name of Milo attempted to cross the Umatilla river at Cayuse and was almost drowned. The main channel of of the river has a substantial bridge across it, but on the north side of the river bottom a small slough runs down which is usually hardly large enough to frighten a hen. Mr. Milo crossed the bridge alright and drove into the slough. His hack was turned over and washed down against the brush below the ford. At this stage of the game some men working for the Lemery Bros, appeared on the scene and helped him to get his horses loose from the vehicle and drag ged to the shore. The rescuers had started after hay which lay across the river, but the sight of Mr. Milo's accident was too much for their nerves and they returned home without it. Snow is Deep in Mountain. Three feet of snow still lies around Fletcher's mill, east of here in the mountains, and, according to William Fletcher, proprietor of the mill, it gets deeper f urther back until at the sum mit there is probably 10 feet. The pres ent high water in the creeks is due prin cipally to foothill snow. While most of the snow visible from the town heie has disappeared, the total amount of moun tain snow is diminished but little. Pine creek, Dry creek and Wildhorse and other streams are running high, though not out of their binks to any extent. Some apprehension is felt as a severe freshet would prove disastrous. Put More Land in Corn. Corn planting will begin around Athe na in about 20 days and much of the ground is already in shape. Previous successes have inspired confidence to such a degree that the acreage promises to be still further increased this year. The corn movement is spreading in every direction from Athena, where the pioneer ventures were made, and chanc es are being taken on lighter soil. 0- R. & N. Ii Open East. The main line of the O. R. & N. is now open for freight and passenger traffic east. Word came yesterday to Agent Smithjhat repairs had been made to the damaged portions of line on Burnt river, east of Baker City and trains will no longer be delayed. 1904. again from Sofia, the capital of Bul garia. The importance of the conflict lies in the fact that on the result de pends the control of the railway from hereto Uekut and Servian points, in cluding the whole of the northern part of the province of Monastir, which is more or less disaffected. - To Girl Minor Pendleton yesterday afternoon and it was then that the matter was laid before the district attorney. It is alleged that the liquor was obtained in Athena and the parties went to Adams where they spent the night. The girl was brought home the next day and the father im mediately proceeded to Investigate with the result that two of the parties are now in custody. Sheepherder I who did the shooting, is confined in the county jail with the charge of assault with intent to kill filed against him, and this charge will be changed to murder u mxr. iougueny uies. The shooting -was the outgrowth of a quarrel over wages, Morton, the herder, bad been working for Mr. Dougherty for several weeks. SCALPED BY WESTON. Captain Walih's Colti Got Sound Drub bing; in Sunday Game. The ball game Sunday afternoon be tween Frank Walsh's Athena colts and Clark Nelson's Weston brickyardera was fierce but strictly amateur. The kinks were ironed out of the Athena laddies to the tune of 26 to 6. There were some clever individual plays on both sides, but a woeful ab sence of team work, Weston took the lead in the second inning and was never headed, winning hands down. Walsh and La Brauhe pitched winning ball but team support was minus. The Weeton team put Clark Nelson in the box and while freely hit, the out field kept the Athena boys from piling up runs. The Athena boys have it up their sleeves to put up a better article of ball and with proper coaching and ample practice should soon be in condition to dust the brickyarders. A large crowd attended the game and enjoyed the fun. Weston's Brickyard. ' There are a number of Athena men dependant on the Weston brickyard for building material, and the following from the Leader will be of interest to them: , "Everything is going smootnly at the Weston brickyard. The bright weather has filled the men with "ginger" and the management with hopefulness. The new wage system affords mutual satis faction and is working without a hitch. The men are paid on a basis of 1000 brick instead of by the day, Some of the moulding crews knock off before 5 o'clock in the evening after finishing a 6000 run whbh is considered a fair day's work. Exactly 40 men are on the payroll, and this force will be increased to 50 when burning begins." Cole and Phelps. Dr. W. G. Cole, of Pendleton, was nominated for joint representative be tween Morrow and Umatilla counties, by the state convention in Portland. G. W. Phelps, of Heppner, has been nominated for the office of district at torney by the republican district con vention, over John McCourt, of Pendle ton, who was also a candidate. Church Dedicated. The new M. E. church at Walla Walla was dedicated yesterday. Ample funds to pay all indebtedness incurred in building and furnishing the church was raised, and a large number of accessions are reported. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR NUMBER 23 FOR THE DEDICATION HEW METHODIST CHURCH AT ATHENA NOW COMPLETES. Programs for Dedication Day Have Have Been Completed Com- -mittees are Named. Programs for dedication day at the new Methodist church have been com pleted. J. W. Powell, of Buffalo, pro fessional dedicator, will give addresses to the congregation morning and even-' ing, and to the Sunday school and Ep worth leagues, Rev. J. S. Anderson will preach morning and evening, and . the evening dedicatory services will be conducted by Presiding Elder C. E. Gibson. A Sunday school rally will be held in the afternoon. The committees follow: Decorating committee Mrs. Clarence Whiteman, Mrs. H. II. Hill, Mrs. Flo- , rence Alloway, Miss Mabel Tompkins and Miss Elsa Rosenzweig. j Entertainment committee Mrs. A. L . Jones, Mrs. Laura Froome, Mrs. H. II. Hill, Mrs. J. M. Booher, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Carrie Schmitt, Mrs. Wm. Tompkins, Mrs. Mary Worthington, Mrs. Mary Robinson, Mrs. Robert Boyd, Mrs. Florence Alloway and Mrs. Jennie McBride. Reception committee Mrs. George Marquis, Mrs. A. Zerba, Mrs. Roda Williams, Mrs. Katie Brookner, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. A. Wagoner, Mrs. Laura Froome, Mrs Carrie Schmitt, Mrs. II. H. Hill, Mrs. Jennie McBride, Mrs. Mattie Read, Mrs. Maiy Shrimpf, Mrs. Mary Worthington, Mrs. William Tompkins, Mrs. Mary L. Stewart, Mrs. Mrs. Jessie Koontz, Miss Mattie Cop pock, Miss Nettie Cannon, Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Burke and Mrs. Wright. The church building committee is as follows: Henry Schmitt, Robert Coppock, Al vin Johnson, A. M. Gillis, A. B. Mc Ewen, William Tompkins, Fred Rosenz weig and T. J. Kirk. WILL HELP BIVEE. Mitchell Plain to Gain Fundi for Col umbia Improvement. A Washington special says: Senator Mitchell is proving resourceful in his efforts to secure appropriations from the river and harbor bill for his own section of the country. , ' In an interview he went into details regarding the amendments introduced by him increasing by $2,000,000 the house river and harbor bill, and increas ing ths amount the secretary of war can allot to any one project to $200,000. Senator Mitchell believes that the bill can be increased in the senate and he also hopes there will be an increase by the senate of the amount which can be assigned to any one project. The senator says that then the claims of Oregon, for Oregon improvements at the mouth of the river, and of the river between Portland and the sea, can present to the secretary of war stronger arguments than any other state in the union and will be able to get sufficient of the lump sum thus appropriated to enable the work to proceed until such time as the next specific river and har bor bill can be enacted, which will be before March i, next. HEILEY WILL NOT BUN. Make Formal Statement to Din trict Delegate! From Umatilla. When the democratic delegates from Umatilla county left for the state and district convention they carried with them the following statement from T. G. Hailey, to be used in case his name was presented to the district conven tion, in connection with the congres sional nomination: "To the Delegates from Umatilla Coun ty to the Second Congressional Dis trict Convention: "Gentlemen: Assuring you of my great appreciation of the courtesy and honor extended me by the recent demo cratic county convention of this county in endorsing me for the nomination for congress in this district, I must respect fully request you not to present my 'name to the convention. "1 do this for the reason that the present state of my professional and private affairs require all my time and energies, and for the further reason that I am also engaged in most important work for the welfare of the state upon the irrigation commission and cannot at present afford to take the time required to make a proper campaign as a candi date for congress. "Again thanking the democracy of Umatilla county for the uniform kind ness to me and honors extended, I am "Yours sincerely, "T. G. Hailey."