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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
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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,-.
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INCORPORATED.
COSVIP'Y
Deeming
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Mower
iciers leatleir
ALL KINDS OF MACHINE
' EXTRAS NOW ON HAND
Ha rd wti re Stock: is Com
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Groceries, Crockery,
(rents' rurnishiii
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THE DELL BEOTKEES
South Side Main Street,
Athena, Oregon.
ROOSEVELT-AND
FAIRBANKS NAMED
New Jersey Delegation Forced the Roll
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Call on Roosevelt-Fairbanks ? ,
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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.