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TT 11" T "V k TWICE-A-WEEK TWICE-A-WEEK PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR VOLUME XVI. ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1904. NUMBER 45 ED. MANASSE CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. OREGON PIONEERS For the 4th of July Celebration I? 1 Lawns and Summer Dress Goods at Reduced Prices, ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. ASK FOR ECONOMY FRUIT JAR Will pay for itself in the fruit it will save. Self Sealing. Easy to open. No Cutting or burning of fingers or no spoiling of fruit. Fruit preserving a pleasure and not a drudg ery as it is with other Jars. For sale by COX & M'EWEN, SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, ATIIENA, OREGON. IN REUNION THKONO THE CITY OF PORTLAND. -V . More Than a Thousand Join in March to Armory Where Program Is Given. Portland, June 23. Although 10 mem bers of the Oregon Pioneers' Associa tion have passed over the divide duriDg the last year, today's gathering in Port land promises to out number the meet ing held a year ago. At that meeting there were present 1007 members, and when the. roll is counted up tonight it will probably show an increase over that number. - More than 300 arrivals on this morning's train were added to yester day's roll call of 703, and Secretary Himes, at the pioneers' I eadquarters, on the fourth, floor of the city hall, was the busiest man in town. The assist ance of three clerks was necessary to at tend to the registry and badges. , The old settlers spent the forenoon visiting and exchanging reminiscences of their early hardships. A feature of the reunion was the large number of pioneer women in attendance. William Chapman of Sheridan, said: "The women out live us. I think there are more pioneer women than there are men today." The minimum age at which a man can become a member of the association is 45 years, and only those who were born here or came prior to February 29, 1859, are eligible. The 40 members who have died during the last year have not de creased the membership, for many new members have been added during the year." The earliest recorded pioneer is Na poleon B. McGillivary, who resides at 166 Park street. He was with Dr. Mc Laughlin, chief factor of the Hudson Bay company, having enlisted in the service in 1830. Mr. McGillivary had been with his father at Fort Walla Walla in 1832, but was 7 years old at the time. He subsequently served with General Fremont in California. Thomas Hutch ins and Mary Bird Johnson of Hills boro also are survivors of the Hudson Bay Company's "service, their families hiving accompanied Dr. McLaughlin from Canada, at the same time as Mc-Gillivar,-. 11 iWf u u v: INCORPORATED. COSVIP'Y Deeming Sis Mower iciers leatleir ALL KINDS OF MACHINE ' EXTRAS NOW ON HAND Ha rd wti re Stock: is Com plet e. Groceries, Crockery, (rents' rurnishiii gs THE DELL BEOTKEES South Side Main Street, Athena, Oregon. ROOSEVELT-AND FAIRBANKS NAMED New Jersey Delegation Forced the Roll f, ... Call on Roosevelt-Fairbanks ? , - - - - - --- .,v ' By Acclamation. Chicago, June 23. This last and greatest day of the republican national convention was apothesis of the big show, the climax to which the events of the past two days have been in intro duction. Today Theodore Roosevelt was nominated to succeed himself and Charles W. Fairbauks, senator from In diana, was named as vice-president. With the candidates of the party se lected the convention adjourned, the delegations dispersing to spread into every remote section of the country a contagion of enthusiastic fever whish was enthused into them at this great gathering of leaders of, the grand old party of protection. This was a day of oratorical pyro technics. Some of the finest speakers in the ranks of the republican organiz ation were heard in common chorus in praise of the men who are to lead the hosts to battle. . Elated by the events and speeches of the last two days, and eagerly antici pating the intellectual treat in store to day, the delegates began to assemble in convention hall early this morning. Because of the important work in hand the convention was called at 10. Half an hour before the floor presented an animated scene. Many delegates brought flags with them to assist in the demonstration they were prepared to make-when Roosevelt was placed in nomination. Increased interest in the convention was also shown in the gal leries, which began tilling ns soon as the doors opened at 9 o'clock. By the time Chairman Cannon called the assembly to order, nearly every seat was occupie 3, and shortly after standing room was at a premium. There was a larger proportion of ladies present than at either previous session, and their summer costumes lent a touch of color to the otherwise sombre rows of black coats in the galleries. Reeelved Entire Vote. The roll call ended with no name mentioned but that of Roosevelt, who received a total of 994, the entire vote of the convention. ' V (The objection to the nomination of Roosevelt by acclamation came from New Jersey, which demanded the roll call, with the result given.) For Vice-President. , The roll being called on nomination for vice-president, all the states "pass ed" for Iowa, when Senator Dolliver arose to place Fairbanks of Indiana in nomination. At 2:07 p. m. Fairbanks was nomin ated by acclamation. Depew asked for a suspension of the roll call and nomin ation of Fairbanks by acclamation, which was done. Cortelyou Chnlrman. The new republican national commit tee met immediately after adjournment and elected Cortelyou chairman. JAP ARMIES COMBINED Their Investment In Country North of Port Arthur Now Complete. , Tokio, June 23. The advance guards of the armies of Oku Nodsu have effect ed a conjunction near Kai Ping. : It is reported the Japanese made a deter mined land 'attack on Port Arthur Wednesday. Kuropatkin today assumed personal charge of the Russian ' army at Liao Yang. New York, June 23. The World has received a Shan Haikwan cablegram that its far east correspondent, Edward Emerson, was shot by the Russians. St. Petersburg, June 23. Rumor is current this evening that the advance guard of the Russian army under Count Heller, defeated the Japanese' right flank in the direction of Feng Huang Cheng. Tokio, June 23. Marquis Oyama has been appointed to supreme command of the armies in the field. Pasco Girl Sadly Burned Walla Walla, June 22. As she cooked the family dinner, the clothing of Miss Lillian Rosencranz of Pasco caught fire. She ran terrified through the house and before the flames died out she was so horribly burned that recovery will be difficult. Miss Rosencranz is 16 years old. -Her back, hands, arms and hips were scorched, all her clothes being burned off except her shoes and stock ings and apron strings. Her younger sister, 'aged 14, was painfully burned while trying to smother the flames with a blanket. Her apron touched the fire in the stove and the flames got a good start before she noticed them. Killed By a Kicking Horse Pendleton, June 24. Bob Richardson of Helix, was kicked in the stomach by ahorse at Pomeroy, Wash., yesterday morning and died at 6 o'clock last eve ning from the effects of the kick. His brother, D. B. Richardson, was notified at Helix and will drive over to Adams this morning where, in company with another brother he will take the train for Pomeroy. The funeral arrange ments have not yet been made but it is probable that the body will be buried here. . 883 Found From Slocum New York, June 23. The great bulk of the Slocum dead have been found, and the discovery of bodies proceeds more slowly. Up to 9 this morning the total was 883, of which 770 have been identified. One hundred policemen to day began to canvass the stricken dis trict in an endeavor to compile a more accurate lut of the missing. Twelve funerals are arranged for today. MALHEUR IS FIRST GOVERNMENT EEADY TO WOEK NEXT YEAR. The Umatilla Irrigation Project Has Proved a Disappointment to Surveyors. . Pendleton, June 23. "If the people of Malheur county, or that part of it included in the proposed irrigation re serve, come to the government's terms we expect to commence work on the en terprise next year," said John T. Whist ler, engineer in charge of the reclama tion service in Oregon, yesterday in dis cussing the irrigation situation in Ore gon. As to the proposed Echo or But ter creek scheme all that Mr. Whistler would give out for publication at pres ent was that the scheme had not turned out as expected and he was greatly dis appointed in it. The failure lies in the lack of stable foundation for the reser voir site. While Mr. Whistler did not say that hope had been entirely abandoned con cerning the Umatilla county project, yet bis general conversation would lead one to believe that the prospects were very gloomy for a government project to be undertaken in this county at present. Work in the field has been abandoned and the . men have been transferred to other parts of the state. But there may be other propositions in Umatilla county which the government will find feasible. In fact Mr. Whistler said: "The Echo plan has not turned out as we expected and we have had to look elsewhere." This may mean that he has been con sidering some other scheme in Umatilla county and is strengthened by the fact that he said he would retain his resi dence and office in Pendleton for the year. As to the Malheur project it all de pends on the poople who own lands in the irrigation reservation. If they are willing to cut down their holdings to 160 acres and give up their water rightB the government will go ahead and put in the irrigation ditch, tut if the homesteaders hold out for what they now claim the project will be given up. Most all the lend in the reservation is held through patents issued by the United States government. The sum of $2,000,000 has been set aside for reclamation work in Oregon, is now available, and part of it will be used in Malheur county if terms are made with the present set tlers, Of course, it was the hope of every man in Umatilla county that the Echo scheme would prove feasible, but the government employes have made careful investigations and discovered that the reservoir site would not be practicable. HARVEST IS ON. Heading Grain Bi I'onimenced In Cold ei Spring DUtrlct. yUmatilla county's harvest has com menced, and the early grain is now be ing headed and put in stack for the ma chines which will soon be running in the Cold Springs country says the East Oregonian. Tom Kerr, William Parrish and Robt. Beaver have commenced heading their grain near Cold Springs, and will con tinue to cut from this time until all the crop is in the stack. The Cold Springs grain ripens ahead of the greater part of the country owing to the fact that it is low and warm. The harvest there is usually well under way and towards completion by the time the majority of the grainfields elsewhere are ready for the machines. As yet it is not known what the yield will be in the fields that are now being cut, for none of the grain has been threshed; but from the stand and the fullness and plumpness of the heads it is evident that it will be well up with the best of the past years in quality, and ahead of many in quantity.' Heirs Were Generous. The heirs at law of the late William T. Hill, deceased, have filed voluntary deeds giving to their mother all the property of the estate which they might claim as heirs during her life time. The report to this effect was filed by the widow, Delilah Hill, yesterday in the probate court. The cash on hand now belonging to the estate amounts to $2,912, and there is considerable real property of which she will have the use during her lifetime. Tho Vntinv f!nnfer ' X The votingcontest for Athena's Fourth I of July Goddess of Liberty, has resulted up to last evening, Miss Gertie Luna, 219; Miss Velma Wilkinson, 108, and other scattering votes.