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VOLUME XVI.
ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY; OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 19, 1904.
NUMBER 51
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ED. MA NAS.SE
CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS.
WHEAT SHIPMENTS
EEIlilTS
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 fur Fall goods soon to arrive
ED. MAN ASS E
Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
SENTENCED;
To be Hung
WHO?
Your barn doors with the "Big 4"
Hangers and Bails.. The evidence
is all in at
COX & M'EWEN,
SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, ATIIENA, OREGON.
BALFOUR, GUTHEIE & CO. SHIP
TO NEW YORK CITY.
First Umatilla County Wheat Ship
ped to Eastern Metropolis Goes
From Athena.
To Athena probably belongs the honor
of making the first shipment of Uma
tilla county wheat to New York City.
David Taylor has a force of men at work
on a 10,000-bushel shipment to the east
ern metropolis. It is being shipped in
bulk and is forwarded on order of Bal
four, Guthrie Co., to Nye, Jenks t
Co., of New York City, via Chicago
Umatilla county seeking an " eastern
market is certainly a new departure,' in
asmuch as the cereal of thU section has
always bees dumped into the holds of
vessels for export.
Agent Taylor is authority for the
statement that the wheat, now being
shipped cost Balfour, Guthrie & Co. 60
to' 70 cents per bushel. That they could
not make even on, the export market is
evident from the -act of seeking con
nections in the Atlantic mark et.
Other wheat has -recently been Ship
ped to the Chicago and New York mark
ets with favorable results re ported.
A FAMILY REUNION.
Gathering on Occasion of Grandma
Sunday was Grandma Stone's 79th
birthday and her children and grand
children took advantage of the occasion
and held a family reunion. Forty per
sons were present, but three of whom
not being members of the family.' Those
present werefy)
DrVandTMrs. S. C. Stone, of Salem;
E. H. Stone and family, J. N. Stone and
family, of Milton; Mrs. G. W. Titts
worth and family, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Woodward, Mrs. R. L. Maloney and
family, Dr. and Mrs. A, B. Stone, Miss
Eva Woodward, Miss Baughman and
Miss Francis Burnham.'
Grandma was the pleasod recipient of
many beautiful presents, and all that
was lacking to make the enjoyment of
the day full in happiness to her was the
absence of one daughter, Mrs. Wmy
Gerking. She appreciated to the ut
most the gathering of her sons and
daughters, and her vitality ani health
bids fair to make it possible for her to
witness more family reunions.
Mrs. Stone is a pioneer and has wit
nessed the wilderness of the west gradu
ally converted into its present stage of
civilization, growth and prosperity. She
has the distinction of being a cousin of
Abraham Lincoln's wife, and is noted
far and wide as being a refined and
lovable old lady. .
GET TWO MILLIONS
FOR OPEN RIVER
DECISION RENDERED
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A Government Engineer Gives an Esti
i mate of the Aamount Needed.
The Sunday Oregon Journal cn- ,
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tains tho annual report -'of M jr
W. C. Langfitt, of , the port of.
Portland, to the board of government
engineers, -in which he . recommends
$1,3120,000 for the completion of the
jetties at the mouth of the Columbia,
$625,000 for deepening the Columbia
between Portland and the sea, and
8750,000 for removal of obstacles in the
Columbia at Three Mile Rapids, or a
total of $2,695,000. '"",
The report of Major Langfitt includes
the progress of work on the Columbia
bar duringHhe past year,' in which the
jetty has been extended this season 4218
feet beyond the old jetty, an appropria
tion of $1,0000,000 having been avail
able for the work.
It is estimated that about three miles
of jetty, or one and a half miles more
than will be built this full, will deflect
the sand from tho bar into deep water,
and change the entire current of the
Columbia, nt the point of delivery into
the ocean, so as to entirely remove the
bar, give 40 feet of -vater over the pres
ent obstruction, and permit free passage
of all deep water vessels.
With the continuous appropriation for
the building of the ship canal at The
DalleH, and the final accomplishment of
this project, the Columbia river will be
open for traffic for a distance of over
400 miles. , ,
The sum originally estimated for the
ship canal at The Dalls is $4,089,000,
which will be forthcoming as soon as the
right of way is secured for the govern
ment and the progress of the work on
the canal demands the money, congresi
having given this assurance to the war
department.
Williams Has No Fears
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left a Rsrars1
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INCORPORATED.
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'piny CuilovjefS y
indess s Headers ,
ALL KINDS OF MACHINE '
EXTRAS NOW ON HAND
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Hardw&re Stock: is Com plete.
Groceries
Ge
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nts' Furnishings
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South Side Main --Street,
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OTHERS
Athena, Oregon.
The' Dalles, July 18. D. Norman
Williams, the man sentenced to be
hanged on the 22nd of this month, seems
to be perfectly indifferent to his fate,
and since a stay of proceedings has been
decreed by the supreme court, there is
bo apparent change in his actions. He
refuses to be interviewed regarding the
crime of which he has been found guilty
and if he indulges in any conversation
it is about ordinary affairs, and carefully
avoids any reference to' the murder of
the Nesbitt woman. . He has received a
letter from the brother of Alma Nesbitt,
begging him in the most pathetic man
ner to disclose what became of the
bodies of the victims of his diabolical
crime, but this does not. affect him in
the least If he is banged, and it is
very likely he will be, the details of the
terrible crime will go down with him to
the grave.
Death
of Mrs. B. F.
King
Mrs. B. F. King, beloved wife of Rev.
B. F. King, after long suffering from
cancer, passed to rest at 9:30, Sunday
night, July 17th, at the family home in
this city, aged 71 years, surrounded by
her devoted husband and children, f
Mrs. King was a most estimable lady
and had a large acquaintanceship
throughout the county, having come
here in 1870. She was the mother of
10 children, eight of whom with the
husband, survive her. The funeral
took place today at 1:30 from the M. E.
church, Rev. W. E. Ann field officiating.
Interment in the Kees cemetery at 3
o'clock.
TRUST LN LABOR
STRIKER'S HANDS
Union Gain Ground All Along the Line
In an Orderly Strike.
COURT GRANTS MOSES TAYLOR
- HIS DIVORCE. V
The Wife Gets Custody of Two Child
ren and About $24,750 in
Money and Property.
Judge Ellis has handed down his de
cision in the Taylor divorce case. In
rendering his decision the court re
viewed carefully all the evidence ad
duced, and dwelt at length on the most
important incidents. Judge Fee, coun
sel for Mrs. Taylor, gave notice of ap
peal to the supreme court, but it is not
likely that the case will go up.
The exact terms of the decision as un- '
nounced by the court are as follows:
Moses Taylor is given the divorce and
the custody of the two oldest minor
children, both boys. Mrs. Taylor is
given the custody of the two other minor
children, She is also given the farm
known as the home place, consisting of
160 acres, valued at $10,000, also the
Athena brick business block valued at
$7,500 or its equivelant in money. In
addition the plaintiff, Moses Taylor, is
ordered to pay her the sum of $1,500 on
October 1, 1904, in order that she may
settlg with her attorneys and pay what
ever costs she has incurred in the suit.
Then he is to make the following pay
ments to her: On October 1, 1905;
$1000; on October . 1, 1906, $1000; ou
October 1, 1907,' $1000; on October 1,
1908, $500; on October 1, 1909, $500; on
October 1, 1910, $500. Or he may pay
the entire amount at once computing
interest at 5 per cent on the present
worth of the payments which would
amount to about $7,275 actual cash at
present. The court said at the conclus
ion that he considered the amount al
lowed Mrs. Taylor as one third of the
entire property owned by Moses Taylor.
, Some two years ago Mrs. Taylor be
gan action for a divorce but the case Was
settled out of court and the home place
was deeded to her so that she now has
the tHle to that property. As to the
Athena brick store the plaintiff can give
her $7,500 and keep the store if she
doesn't want it.
At the time the case was tried a couple
of weeks ago, five days were required for
the taking of the testimony and one day
for arguments by the attorneys. The
case was of widespread interest through
out the county, as the Taylors have
lived on the farm near Weston for the
past 25 years. The attorneys for Taylor
were Will M. Peterson of Athena, ana
Carter k Raley of Pendleton; for Mrs.
Taylor the attorneys were James A. Fee
and Ballary & McOourt.
A FINE STORE.
Chicago, July 18. The second week
of the great packing house strike opened
this morning with all conditions un
favorable to a peaceful settlement of
differences between employes Bnd em
ployers and with added grimness and
determination openly ' expressed by both
sides. ' ' '
The importation of non-unicn help
was continued today, 150 men arriving
early by train and were escorted by a
heavy guard of police to Armor's plant.
The strikers gathered about the vicinity
in tho yards early, despite tho terrific
heat, but beyond a subdued growling,
exhibited no outward sign of displeasure.
The situation is such, however, that
trouble is 'anticipated at any moment.
The packers claim thus far to have 1000
non-union men within the yards. Tho
union men say that two-thirds of the ar
rivals quit as soon as they learned oi the
strike conditions. . t
One hundred and twenty extra police
went on duty this morning in tho yards
district, making a total of about COO.
Relations Seem Strained
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Portland, July 19 Republican politic
ians are awaiting with interest Jhe home
coming of Senator Mitchell, who is ex
pected to arrive this week from Wash
ington. There is much curiosity as to
the view he takes of the crushing defeat
administered to tha local Republican
machine in the June election, when par
ty candidates for the two most import
ant offices in the county were overwhel
mingly defeated, as well as one of the
most conspicious of the machine candi
dates for the state legislature. It is an
open secret that the relations between
Senator Mitchell and Jack Matthews,
tho local boss, have been far from cor
dial for a long time' past. The senator
probably appreciates the fact that the
defeat of the Republican candidates for
sheriff and district attorney was largely,
if not chiefly, due to their known affilia
tion with the Matthews machine, and
that the machine has been badly crip
pled by the Iohs of these important
offices and the patronage which tbey
control. , '
Worth ineton & Thoinpnon Have Moveil
Into IlMudaoms llullilinK. .
hjiLWorthington & Thompson are at home
in their new brick building and are ar
ranging the stock in what is to be one of
the finest grocery stores to be found in
Umatilla county.
The store room m one of convenience
throughout, and was built after plans
drawn by J. W. Adams of this city. The
store room is 25x70 feet and is fitted
with an upper deck compartment 20x25
feet in size. A basement 20x30 feet, for
the storage of meats and produce, is at
the rear end and is a modern addition
to this splendidly equipped provision
emporium.
The proprietors have an exceptionally
favorable business location, and with
their established reputation of dealing
only in high grade groceries and pro
visions, they are now better situated
than ever to cater to the wants of their
many customers.
Weston in Line-
The Leader desires to congratulate
the mayor and council upon their prompt
pt passage of the franchise ordinance, .
insuring electric light and power for
Weston within a very few months. It
believes that tbey did a good stroke of
business for the city, and that their
prompt seizure of the opportunity of
fered Weston will have the hearty in
dorsement of the people. It believes
that Weston will have a strong ally in
the Preston-Parton company; that the
promise made by this old-establirhed
milling company is not a meaningless
one when it declares that it will do all
in its power to promote Weston's wel
fare, having its own interests in view
for after expending a considerable sum
here it must needs build up patronago
for its Weston plant. Leader.
ram nnn sa ive
th moat haaltna ealva in tha world.
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