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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, FRIDAY. MAY 13. 190. NUMBER 33 ED. MANASSE CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. LOCATE POLE LINE Is what you want. -They are Stylish, Nobby and up-to-date. Prices too, are within reach of all; FORj) THE LADIES '" ' - - ;- A shipment of Shirtwaists just arrived. Each one a revelation. You cannot help but admire them. Be firsf in line and make your selection. ED IMANASSE i '-, Agent for Butterick's Patterns. ; MILBURN HEADER GEAR with Sarven Pat. Wheels ' FULLY WARRANTED YOUNG RAGLAN, No 9626 and BLACK JACK PLATTER, No 628 Will make the season of 1901 at their stables in Weston, :C 7r"W -Vit (Sundays excepted.) Terras, $12 to insure; 88 for the V 1 n- ? 'r season; $5 fnr Bingle service. Parties disposing of their ' mares before toaline time wm be Held lor insurance. A. rHIttlPS, Wentoti, Oregon. ENGINEER BADGES AND FORCE OF MEN IN ATHENA. A $250,000 BLAZE IN . POmAND'm The Work of Constructing the Big Electric Power Plant Hai Commenced in Earnest- Engineer Badger and a force of men in the pmploy of the Oregon and Wash ington Power Cot were in Athene, Wednesday i night The men are en- gaged in locating the pole line on which will be hung the electric wires to be" strung' from the power house on the south fork of the-, Walla Walla river through the towns of Milton, Weston, Athena and Adams to Pendleton. The distance is being surveyed in order to secure an accurate estimate of the num ber of poles,required. The construction force is being in creased as fast as development of work will permit, there being at present two gangs of men employed. One is exca vating and grading along the six-mile flume line and the other is employed at the reservoir site where a concrete dam is being constructed. A county road is to be constructed at once up the river. Approximately the cost of this road will be 03000, which la to be borne jointly by the county and the company. The new road will cot nnlv fanilitntA Ihfl tmnRtwrtatlon of heavy loads of company building ma- terial, machinery, etc., but will be of remanent benefit to river farmers and gardeners. . '- , : Mitchell in Charge. . 1 " Frank 1. Mitchell of the firm of Brock ' & Mitchellis at "present in chares of the " Pioneer drug store, al though it is stated that the actual trans fer of the stock has not yet been made, the transfer being subject to certain conditions. Mr. Mitchell is reputed to be a practical druggist and a man of ex cellent r business qualifications. -JJr Stone will practice medicine in Athena, his office being in the Post building, f Register Now. 0 Remember that the registration books close tomorrow pight (Paturday May 14) and if you have not registered you should do so at once. j. r - f 4 f . Explosion of Sawdust Cause Three Big Mills to fiurn to the Ground. Portland, May 12. An explosion of sawdust in the furnace of the Day Lum ber company's mill started a fire, just b fore midnight, which destroyed that mill and also those of the Multnomah Trunk and Box factors and the Ira F. Powers manufacturing company The loss will probably exceed $250,000. The mills are located in a cluster on the river front at the extreme southern end of the city. The nightwatchman was the only person about tb mill at the time, and was so scorched by flames at tending the explosion that it was only with difficulty that he wai able to turn in the fire alarm. Owing to this delay, r r THE DEIjIj EE OTHERS! Groceries, Crockery, Gents' Ihirnisiiings IS NO EXEMPTION PERSONAL PROPERTY MUST BE . ASSESSED TEIS TEAR. All of which we will be pleased to show you TIE BELL MOTRJ VDQ South Side Main Street, Athena, Oregon and the distance from the nearest fire apparatus, the Day mill was almost de stroyed before the department arrived on the scene. From the Day mill the flames jumped to the Powers mill and the trunk factory, and despite the efforts of the firemen these mills were also rapidly enveloped in flames. Although the fire department fought the fire with desperation, the highly inflammable character of the buildings and their con tents rendered their efforts futile, and all three buildings burned to the ground. All the mills carried insurance, but at this hour it is impossible to state the Bmount. NUETY THOUSAND General Chaffee Approves Large Allot- . ment to Fort Walla Walla. Special Session of Legislature Failed to Attach Emergency Clause to Bepeal. Walla Walla, May 13.-The first fruits of Senator Ankeny'i successful fight to retain the fort are soon to ;be seen in tangible form. The war department is about to begin the expenditure of a large sum of money in rebuilding the post, as was contemplated in the order secured by the senator retaining the old garrison "on the list of permanent posts, .y ' ' The information is contained in a dis patch from Washington, sent out by the Associated Prossr and is definite and pertain.. '.The dispatch follows: ... ; Washington, May 12. General Chaf fee yesterday approved the following allotments for the improvement; of the United States military posts in the de partment of the Columbia for the com ing fiscal year as made by Quartermas ter General Humphrey: .' Walla Walla post, $90,000. Fort Wright, $14,000. : Vancouver barracks, $39,000. Fort La wton, $18,500. Fort Casey, $53,000. Fort Worden, $130,000. Fort Worden's improvement will be the most material, and requires the larger appropriation, as the poBt at that point is nearer in cmbryc than any of the others mentioned in the depart Protests Street Pavement Walla" Walla," May 12. A "vigorous" protest against the proposed method of paving is being put up by J.1 M. Turner, who controls a frontage of over 200 feet on Fourth and Alder streets, and who savs he will resort to - litigation if - ores- I ent paving plans are carried out. Mr. Turner objects to the proposed use1 of vitrified brick instead of asphalt, to a pro rata assessment according to front- age instead of according to appraised valuation and to the adoption of. more than one assessment district. - He claims property "of ' his on 'Fourth and Alder fronts in .such a way as to involve an expenditure of 25 per cent of its value to pave with vitrified brick, and thinks property further 'up town should be male to pay a higher rate than that at the edge 'of the proposed paving dis tricts. Boy Drowns at Wallace Wallace, Idaho, May 11. While play ing on a raft this morning on the lower dam of Placer creek, a short distance from the city limits, Every Brunnell, the 10 year old son of Thomas Brunnell, fell into the water and was drowned. He was on the raft alone at the time of the accident, two playmates being on the shore. While poling about be suddenly lost bis balance and fell into the icy watery which is about 10 feet deep. Ilia companions saw him .rise once. He screamed loudly , for help, but they were unable to render "him any assist ance. They watched the spot wheie he sank and when' be did not rise again they rushed off for help. Alvin Brun nell, an older brother, hastened to the dam and recovered the body. It was necessary for him to dive and bring it up. After sinking once it remained on the bottom of the pond. Considers Wheat; -Injured W. H. Reeder-and Rev. Jenkins re turned last evening from a trip through the wheat producing country north of town. Mr. Reeder, who has large farm ing interests in that section, gave par ticular attention to conditions the plant was left in after the frost. He found the grain damaged to some extent in various fields and in others the damage be con siders to be serious. In some instances the stalk is dead clear to the ground and young shoots are begining to spring through the ground from the root. These gentlemen consider the wheat crop in that section as being consider ably damaged. No property is exempt from taxation this year, and all property of every de scription will be assessed. There is no exemption whatever. Assessor Charles E. McDonell and County Judge Web ster arrived at this conclusion yesterday morning after a brief discussion of the matter, and the assessor will go ahead and assess everything. , At the regular session of the legisla ture in 1903 the clause in the statute exempting personal property to the amount of $300 from assessment and taxation was repealed. When the legis lature met in special session in Decem ber, 1903, it was decided that a mistake had been made in repealing the exemp tion clause so it was reenacted. The bill, however, did not carry an emerg ency clause, and therefore did not take effect until March 21. The assessment is made as of March 1, and consequently the exemption clause does not apply this year, for the reason that the statute . repealing it was in force on March 1. This year, therefore, no property will be exempt. Portland Oregonian. If other county courts, says the Tri bune, should follow the decision of the Multnomah county as above noted there will be a universal howl go up all over Umatilla county this year when the tax statements are made out. People ex pect the usual $300 exemption and the taxes are already high enough to take the wind out of a cyclone cellar. But perhaps if there is to be no personal property exemption the increased amount of property would be sufficient to war rant a reduction in the rate. It is clearly evident that the legisla ture intended to exempt the $300 per sonal property and the county court will probably be prevailed upon to take no notice of the fact that the law did not lake effect until March 21. As yet this question has not been raised in Uma tilla county. . ' Democratic Bailies. Democratic rallies have been arranged (or almost every point in Umatilla coun ty within the next two weeks. Begin ning with a monster mass meeting at Echo, on Friday, May 20, under the auspices of the Echo democratic club, in which Colonel James II. Haley and F. B. Holbrook will be the principal speakers, the following weeks remaining before election will be studded thickly with democratic meetings. At Pilot Rock on the evening of May 23 a dem ocratic mass meeting will be held. At Alba on May 25 at 2 p. m. and Ukiah on May 24 at 7:30 p. ni., rallies will be held in which all the democratic candidates will take part and it is the intention of the campaign managers to have several prominent outside speakers, if possible. The date for the rally in Athena has not been announced. Marry is 111. Pendleton, May 12. J. J. Murry, who was arrested at Ritzville, Wash., a short time ago on the charge of supply ing Annie Githens, a 15-year-old girl of Athena, with whiskey and getting her intoxicated, is said to be quite ill at the county jail. He will not be ar raigned before Judge Ellis until he shows some signs of improvement. He refuses to talk concerning the charge for which he is being held. Cougar in Spokane. Spokane, May 12. A full grown cougar, measuring 6 feet from tip to tip, was killed in Spokane yesterday morn ing by Dr. C. E. North and Martin J. Freeborg. The beast was killed at the place of Freeborg Bros., proprietors of the Liberty dairy, in Minnehaha park, one and one half miles this side of the city pumping station, Call for Warrant. The county treasurer is at work on the call for the warrants for January and February,' 1903. They aggregate $20,298, with interest amounting to $1,617 to be added to that amount, when these warrants are called in tbero will be no outstanding warrants against the county older than 14 months. mi i l a - Ik wireaior .caeuiricity. IV J. E. Froome's new brick builJir.g, f ' 1 t 1 . M .1 wuicu wui lkj vvwyieusuL iu tew uuo, is the first business house in Athena to be wired for electricity. The upper portion contains six fine rooms and as an annex to the St. Nicholas hotel will be fitted up for sleeping apartments.