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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1904)
t. TWICE-A-WEEK TWIGE-A-WEEK SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME XVI. ED. MAN ASS E CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. EBOABTS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS 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 ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. COX & M'EWEN, SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, ATHENA, OREGON. uieerina hw Siii ALL KINDS OF MACHINE EXTRAS NOW" ON. HAND Hardware ijroceries, urocKery, dents' Mnisbinss EE DELL BEOTB I South Side Main AT REDUCED PRICES SENTENCED To be Hung WHO? Your barn doors with the "Big 4" Hangers and Rails. The evidence is all in at INCORPORATED. ilOW ders (Si Headers Stock:- is Street, c ; ATHENA; UMATILLA COUNTY, THREEHUNDREDMEN A LARGE FORCE EMPLOYED ON ELECTRIC POWER PLANT. A Night Shift Has Seen Pat on and the Construction Work Is Now Being Pushed. There is nothing but active activity on the construction work of the big electric power plant that is being install ed on the Walla Walla river above Mil ton. On the company's payroll there is now 300 men. The work never stops as a night shift goes on when the day men quit. The principal work now being done js on the excavation for the eix-mile pipe line from the point where the dam is located to the power house. Men who are skilled in construction work of this character are employed by the company and progress is being made to the ex tent that in all probability the plant will be iu working ordei by November. Poles in carload lots have been arriv ing in Athena for some time and have been distributed along the line by men and teams. .. Walden-Purdy. . -r Mr. Ernest E. Walden and Miss Nellie A. Purdy were united in marriage Wednesday at high noon. Rev. Arm field of the Methodist Episcopal church, was the officiating clergyman, and re lations and friends of the contracting parties were present at the wedding.A wedding dinner was served, after wmch the bridal couple left on an extended wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs. Walden will reside "on a farm .near Prescott, Wash. The bnde is a daughter of Mr. and Mr. S. P. Purdy of this city, and is one of Athena's most popular young ladies. Mr. Walden, during the time he has been here, has made nuuierous friends who join in wishing for happi ness and prosperity. ...... Adjudged Insane-. All F. Volroth, formerly of Prineville, but for some time an inmate of the county poor farm, has been adjudged in sane and later on will be taken to the asylum. He is 22 years of age, and his insanity is said to be dua to venereal diseases. BANHER 8ALVE tho most healing salve In the world. Complete. Athena, Oregon. .EES OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, WORKMEN Grand Lodge Members Disagree Over Problem of New -Assessment Plan. Portland, July 20 There were vehem ent discussions and a clash of forces at today's session of the twenty-sixth anu ual nieetiDg of the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the jurisdiction of Oregon. " The discus sion took place during the consideration of the proposed amendment to the con stitution, whereby old members shall be assessed larger sums, which occupied the greater part of the day, and the clash developelhis afternoon when two op posing factions began a spirited contest for tho election of officers to serve dur ing the ensuing year. The session was presided over by Grand Master George Durham and was opened by the report of the com mittee on distribution, whL-k had segre gated from the annual report of the grand officers certain portions to be sub mitted to the officers of the grand lodge and the supreme representatives. In the report of Grand Master Durham he al luded to the proposed change from what is termed the classified to the level plan of insurance, The report said: "Our grand lodge, with practical unan imity, declined to adopt the proposed plans, believing that we were strong enough to continue business indefinitely on the classified plan now in force. Strenuous efforts have been required to retain our membership and gain recruits. This work has been prosecuted under much hardship. Many of our members protested against changes, others bolted at once,; and a feeling of uncertainty and apprehension paralyzed the efforts of many more. It must bo admitted that our death rate has been unprece dented and that our conseauent lia- SHE IS OUT The World Famous at Last RardoneH -d-:: Truno, Florence Cornwall,' July SO. Mrs. Maybrick is free. She "left here this morning on her way to France. Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss Florence Elizabeth Chandler, of a well known southern family, was married in 1881 in London to James Maybrick, of Liver pool. She was 18 and her husband was over 40. ,la the spring of 1889 May brick died. Mrs. Maybrick was charged with murder and along trial followed. A number of doctors nwore that the de ceased died of arsenical poisoning. The defense proved that for 20 years May brick had been a confirmed user of The Big Strike is Settled Chicago, July 21. The strike of the packing house employes is at an end and all the houses resumed work today. The settlement was brought about by a conference of the leaders on,, both sio.es at which it was agreed to end the strike, resume operations, put the old employes to work and then submit the entire case to an arbitration board. Both sides un- A Jap Steamer Destroyed Washington, July 21. The Japanese legation has received the following ca blegram from . the foreign office at Tolsio. , ': "At 9:30 a. in. July 2l the Vladivo stok squadron fired on and sunk a Jap anese steamboat of 318 tons off the coast of Ioya, about twenty-five miles from Hakodate. All of the crew were landed safe at Cape Ycsan." 190. HAVE HEATED DEBATE I bilities have been so large that we have been unable to meet them with the promptness which in the past has been our boast. "We were notified that if we declined to adopt the proposed, plan of the su preme lodge .we would have to as sume and carry the deficiency which had accumulated and is constantly accumu lating on the class of members over the age of 55 years. As we have in round numbers about 1,400 in this class, it hill be seen that the additional burden placed upon us in a year is over $80, 000. This constitutes a cloud, if not a lien, upon every certificate, which will rapidly increase as our members gradu ate by time, into the higher ages, when their payments will not pay their cost. Our present plan is not yielding enough to pay our current death losses." , The report caused general excitement. Delegates and members rose, and de manded the floor simultaneously. It is stated that a majority of the members also from Portland are opposed to the change. Before the discussion began the con stitution of the Oregon jurisdiction was amended to conform to that of the su preme lodge in regard to divorced wives of members. The amendment that was adopted is as follows: "In po instance shall a divorced wife of a member be designated as his beneficiary, nor shall a divorced wife of a member remain his beneficiary af ter divorce. "..'-.." "In case a member and his wife who is a beneficiary be divorced, theu the benefit shall be paid as provided thereiu in cases where the designated bene ficiary is dead." OF PRISON Mrs. Maybrick Is brick's parduu. equivocally agreed to abide by the de cision of this board. All old employes are to be taken back and no complaint is to . be made against non-union help until the board of arbitration makes its award. Labor leaders and packers are satisfied with the result and thousands of jubilant employes are rushing their old headquarters to be given back their places. . , London, July 21. The directors of the Peninsular k Oriental company, at a meeting this afternoon, decided to urge strongly on the government the neces sity for action in regard to the reinsure of the Malacca. The government has betn definitely informed that the only ex plosives on the Malacca were stores seipped by the British government to Hong Kong.. NUMBER 52 TO RECOGNIZE US O R- & N. ASKED TO- CONSIDER ATHENA COMMERCIALLY. Letter Signed By Citizens and Busi ness Men Forwarded to Gener al Superintendent. O. G. Chamberlain has organized a move to have Athena recognized by the O. R. & N. as befits the town in a busi ness and commercial sense. The follow ing letter, addressed to Superintendent Campbell and signed by business men and citizens generally, is self explana tory: Athena, July 20, 1904-Mr. D. W. Campbell, Superintendent O. R. & N. Co. Dear.Sir: "We, the undersigned citizens of Athena, would beg to call your attention to the standing of Athena commercially in comparison with other stations which are considered in the light of promotion over and above Athena. , "We consider that Athena is fully as important a point and does as much business as Farmington and Garfield, and therefore do not consider that we are asking anything unreasonable in making the request that you raise tho standing of Athena to the same footing as the above named towns, as regards the rank of agents. "It places the shippers and business men of Athena at a great disadvantage to have so many towns, of no more com mercial importance than Athena, made a promotive rank over this place, inas much as we no sooner get accustomed' to doing business with an agent, and he with us, when he is removed to a town of no more commercial importance than Athena excepting in the line of promotion in your company. "And the neglect of your company to recognize the importance of this place and raise it to the same footing as other towns of fqual or less commercial im portance, places us in a bad light with prospective settlers. "Therefore wo respectfully petition that Athena be raised to at least an equal footing with the above mentioned towns of Farmington and Garfield. FOURTH OF JULY FUND. Finance Committee KeporU Hiirpluit , Amounting to 10. J Ed. Manasse, chairman of the Fourth of July finance committee, reports all bills paid in full and a surplus of $20.10 remaining, which in compliance with instructions, fie has turned over to the treasurer of the Caledonian society After the expenses of its picnic had beeri defrayed, the Caledonian society came through with a surplus, and when the soliciting committee was securing funds for the Fourth of J uly celebration, the Society generously subscribed its sur plus which amounted to 325. The finance comittee reports receipts amounting to $373.50 and disburse ments amounting to 8344.34, leaving u balance of $29.1(1. Mr. Manasse hands in tho following itemized statement of disbursements: Total amount of receipts .... Disbursements. ,...8373.50 ....$ 69 25 125 00 .... 3575 .... 2000 5 75 Sam Booher, fire works.... Alf Johnson, band ,. Plamondon, games, etc J. S. Henry, vocal music ...... Ed Barrett, Liberty car j A. L. Jones, moving piano. . . . 3 00 5 00 100 Willis Bush, evergreens J. E. Froome, guests King Bros., teams 14 00 Speaker 10 00 Athena Mercantile Co., dress ma terial, bunting, etc. , , 47 09 Athena Pbkss, advertising. . 8 50 Caledonian Society, 29 1(5 Total $373 50 Leads the League. toV Ottumwa (Iowa) Courier: Hollo Brown, right fielder, first baseman and catcher of the Ottumwa baseball club, leads the Iowa state league in hitting for the month of June. Brown has the distinction of batting .390, 41 points bel ter than any other player in the Iowa league. In the month of May he batted j313. In June be made two home runs, one three base hit, eight two baggers and 30 singles out of 105 times at bat. Returned From Alberta. Mr. and Mrs. Wni. Thompkins ar rived home yesterday on the Spokane train from about a month's visit to Cal gary, Alberta, where resides a sister of the former. Mr. Thompkins did cot improve in health as he bad hoped, during tho trip. Y A f" ' ..- -j. . "