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TWICE-A-VEEK
PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOLUME XVI.
ATHENA,, UBLAtILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. JULY 15, 190.
NUMBER 50
A;rT j-J C MA P O p Q Q TWICE-A-WEEK
Fi A I I 1 I . JLvk) kj) 1 SUBSCRIPTION, $200 PER YEAR
E D. MAN A S S E
CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS.
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS AT REDUCED PRICES
A liberal discount ou all Seasonable goods such
as Clothing for men and boys, Summer Dress
Goods for ladies and children. We must make
room for Fall goods soon to arrive
E D. M AN AS S E
- Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
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Groceries.
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Your barn doors with the "Big 4"
Hangers and Rails. The evidence
is all in at
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Crockery.
' PumisMngs
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Street,
MAY BE A FAMINE
WATER SUPPLY IN WALLA
WALLA IS RUNNING LOW. .
Flush Tanks Already Reduced Con
tinued Hot Weather Will
Create Havoc- r
Walla Walla, July U. This city is
confronted with the possibility of ! a
water famine that will exceed anything
in its history. The cool weather of yes
terday and the day before checked the
condition at the water works, but with a
few days of continuous hot weather the
city will be squarely up against it. At
10 o'clock Monday night there wa8K less
than five feet of water in the reservoir,
aud had a fire broken out at that hour
there is do telling what damage might
have been done before lit could have
been gotten under control.
The water situation ia the most serious
it has ever been. . Already City Engin
eer Clark has shut down the flushing
tanks as low as it is possible for them to
be operated with safety. The. next step
will be to cut off street sprinkling, and
after that lawn taps will have to be
closed. . It is absolutely necessary to
have water for flushing tanks and house
hold UBes, but even the supply for these
purposes may become insufficient for the
demands, ;
Asa Le Grow Dangerously 111.
: Asa Le Grow, the Walla Walla sheep
man, father of F. S. Le Grow, cashier
of the First National bank of this city,
is dangerously ill in a Portland hospital
with an attack of heart trouble. He has
not been feeling in the best of health for
some time, and advice from Portland
state that he is in a critical condition,
His daughter, Mrs. R. D. Walsh, and
son, Fay, have been with him for the
past three days, and his other daughter,
Mrs. J. S. Winn went to Portland Sat
urday night. . ,
,
Normal School Catalogue.
, The new catalogues of the Eastern
Oregon State Normal School issued re
cently from the state printing office pre
sent a very attractive appearance. The
cuts, which include views of the town,
school buildings, and interior views, are
remarkably clear and well brought out.
The typographical work is neat and in
every way creditable. Weston Leader.
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Complete.
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Athena, Oregon:
JAPS SUCCESSFULLY
TAKE TWO TOWNS
Fierce Engagement
Two ' Armies
New Chwang,. July' 14 News has
been received here of the taking of
Kinchow and also of the occupati n. nf
Kasbigon. Kinchow is a town on the
Tien Tein railroad, a few "miles west of
here. . '
Chee Foo, July i.A spirited land
engagement is in progress near Kai
Chou, according to private advices re
ceived here today. This battle hud been
long expected. ' A large, number of
forces of both armies are engaged.
Russians Leave Strong Positions
London, Jul 14. The Tokio corre
spondent of the Daily Telegraph sends
official dispatches giving the "progress of
the Takusbaji army up to July 11, on
which date the heights south of Sekisai-
yu were stormed and taken after a stub
born resistance. The Russians, the
Death
iofMCJ.A;Baddeley
i
Mm. J. A. Baddeley, wife . of the
prominent Weston farmer and horse
man, died Wednesday at 5 p. m. at the
farm residence near Weston, after a
brief illness, with blood poisoning.
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luio. uuuueiej, wuubb muiueu uamw
was Mary Morgan, has been a resident
of this county since 1871 and leaves a
Street Grading; m Finished
The work of eradice Third and Fourth
streets for a distance of three blocks,
from Mam to College streets, has been
finished, and crushed rock has been'
used in filling in around the O. R. & N.
DAMAGING
Fire is Extinguished by 1 O'clock This
. Morning-House Is Saved. ,
, Pendleton, July 15. Fire broke out
in the residence of Fred Langever a few
minutes after 12:30 o'clock this morning
and before the department bad arrived
the flames bad gotten a good headway.
It looked as if the house was doomed,
but the hose company responded quickly
and in a few minutes got the fire uoder
control. The kitchen where the fire
Indian Agent Appointed
Pendleton, June 15. News has been
received in this city that Chas. S. Mc
Nicbols, an Indian inspector of Arizona,
has been appointed bonded superintend
ent of the Umatilla agency, to succeed
Agent Wilkins, who handed in his
Caught Two
- Two of the men charged with the
killing of the sheep belonging to Davin
4 Eyraud in the northeast part of the
county last week and with threatening
the life of the herder, J. Rubail, have
been arrested and taken to Pendleton
and are now out under Z 250 bail. Harry
Kelly, one of the alleged cattlemen, was
Between Forces of
at Kai Chou. - '
dispatches say, have retired from Sen
iayu, where they bad strongly fortified
positions. "
artillery tire; ; ' .
St. Petersburg, July 14. A dispatch
today reports that the force of Japanese
which began to march at Tatichi Kiao,
has returned to Kai Chow. . v .
, Rumors of Fall of Port Arthur.
London, July 14. There is published
this morning a rumor that Port Arthur
had fallen; but it 'is discredited, and
lacks confirmation of any sort.
Russian Losses Insignificant-,. .
Ta Tche Kiao, July 14. All accounts
of General Samsonoifs retirement from
Kaichou aggree it was carried ,but with
the most perfect order and that the
Russian losses were, insignificant, while
the Japaneso suffered heavily from the
husband and three unmarried sons. Her
husband, "Charley" Baddeley, was a
former partner of , ex-County Judge
G. A. Ilartman in farming enterprises
and was well known.
The funeral is held today at 2 o'clock
and interment will take place in the
Weston cemetery.
depot. Athena how has three of the
.best streets of any town in the state
outside of Portland. The city is to be
congratulated on having finished the
work before the heavy wheat hauling
begins. : .
FIRE
started was badly burned and other
rooms were charred to a great extent.
All the furniture was destroyed and the
loss is estimated at $2,000, mostly cov
ered by insurance.
Mr. Langever and family are at Leh
man springs. As no member), of the
family had been in the house for over a
week, the fire was undoubtedly of in
cendiary origen. :
resignation to the department some time
ago. Charles Robinson will be retained
as clerk on the reservation. ' It is under
stood that Senator Mitchell has recom
mended the appointment of Allen A.
Cunningham, of Salem, as Indian in
spector to succeed Inspector McNichols.
of the Men
taken Wednesday by Sheriff Taylor and
yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriff J.
A. Blakley arrived with William Wood
who was given an immediate hearing.
While the herder said there were three
men in the party that did the worW only
two have been arrested, it biog im
possible to far to find the third man.
NEGROES EMPLOYED
PACKING TRUST PAYING LOW
ER WAGES THAN INDEPEN
DENT COMPANIES.
Price of Heat in .New York Advanced
Two Cents Per PoundStand- ?
still at Kansas City. V
Chicago, July13.--Peaceful was'the
condition of affairs in the stock yards
territory thii morning. Knots of strik
ers were tobo seen looking over the
situation, but there was no disorder ex
cept a case where a number of Poles up
set a couple of cinder wagons. '
Eighty negroes were taken into the
plants lust night to assist in transferring
beef to coolers. Moat of the work be
ing done is in the nature of a clean-up,
getting tbdpdds and ends together.
Several hundred notice are within
easy reach of the yards should . trouble
appear. ' ' , V , ' V .
president Donelly, of the Butchers'
Unionthis morning said to the Scripp
JNews. tuat an oeinir asuea or tne Back
ers is that 18J cents per hour be main
tained for the laborers, and in view of
the fact that the avArncrA wnrkinu timn
in nearlv nil dnnnrtmnnfn ia loon flinn
40 hours per week, it could readily be
seen ' the. union's demands was reason
able. All the independent companies
l .lt.. : i u -i.ii
xsuuciij bqiui did yniug a iuucu uiguer
rate than the union asks the trust com-
panies to pay.
New York July 13. Thirty-four hun
dred butchers and other employes join
ed the meat strike this morning. The
nankAra nnllAfl nn tlia nrtlina for nrnton.
tion, which was granted. The retailers
lost nc time boosting prices two cents.
ANOTHER FLOOD AT HEPPNER-
Mich , Destruction of PropertyTwo
. Persona Drowned t Mitchell.
Heppner, July 12. A terrific rain
storm occurred here lassight and caus
ed considerable dan&ge along Hinton
and Willow ofeeks. The rain com
menced to fall in torrents about 7
o'clock which caused considerable
alarm among the citizens of Heppner.
The people generally went to higher
ground. The main body of water came
along Willow creek about 10 o'clock, in
some places going out of the banks and
malrinrv an oivfnl iau M unit rlamana
was done by washing away fences and
hay. About 12 o'clock another rush of
water came down Hinton creek, doing
much damage to bottom ranches.
Fossil, July 12. One-third of the
town of Mitchell was utterly destioyed
by a flood 25 feet high, which poured
down the narrow canyons of Bridge and
Mill creeks last night. Martin Smith
and Mis. Bethune, both aged people of
about 90,. were drowned, The remain
ing inhabitants were barely able to get
up the sides of the canyon in time to es
cape the flood. Twenty-eight buildings,
which were located in the canyon bot
tom, were completely wiped out by the
wall of water.
DEED MAY HOLD.
Union County Discovers a New Difficulty
In Moving County Sestt.
La Grande, July 11. A new phase of
the county seat removal question now
confronts the people nf this county.
When the deed was made to Union
county for, the present court house
grounus at union, by Bamuei iianna in
1874, it stipulated that the title to the
property snouia remain wim me county 1
only so long as it should'be used as a
court house site, but when it should
cease to be so used, then it and all ap-
i.... .1,1 nA..K. .. V.n i.:., nf
the Hanna estate. , .
Now that the county seat will come
to La Grande and the building on the
Hanna property will cease to be used as
a court hocne, the' heirs have already
begun actions to recover the property
and prevent the removal of the vaults in
the offices and the steel cells in the
county jail to La Grande, claiming that
by the provisions of the deed, these are
"appurtenances" and belong to the real
estate.
According to the law, notuing but the
books, records and movable effects of
the county can be removed from the
building. ' ' -
,1 Huckleherry Crop.
The huckleberry crop this season will
be very heavy all over the mountains.
The frosts which played havoc with
crops and gardens in the foothill dis
tricts did not injure the berry crop to
any extent.