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lift X4J SEZMII- W iilEEZLX" VOLUME XVI. ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1904. NUMBER 60 ED. MANASSE CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. RE 1 1 AITS IN ALL DEPARTME NTS AT REDUCED PRICES A liberal discount on all Seasonable goods such 08 Clothing for men and boys, Summer Dross Gooda for ladies and children. We must make room for Fall goods soon to arrive ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. 1 mm mm ill t'X-'JOsawni SENTENCED To lie tlung WHO? Your barn doors with the "Big 4" Hangers and Rails. The evidence is all in at ' - COX & M'EWEN, SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, ATIIENA, OREGON LAND IS RESTORED WITHDRAWAL OF 345,000 ACRES IN F0EEST RESERVE. Interior Department Acted Quickly on Receipt of Letter From Gov. Chamberlain. The interior department hag suddenly decided to restore to entry about S45, 000 acres of land in Eastern Oregon, now included within forest reserve with drawals. About 325,000 acres lie around the exterior boundaries of the Blue mountain withdrawal; the remaining 29,000 along the borders of the Wallowa withdrawal. . : This decided change, states a Wash ington special, in the policy of -the de partment is largely ascribed to a very pointed letter from Governor Chamber lain. '"' Immediately upon receipt of Governor Chamberlain's note the forestry bureau, which definitely recommended the cre ation of the Blue mountain forest re serve last May, was called upon to state what lands in the Blue mountain and Wallowa withdrawals had been unfit for reserve purposes. f The bureau promptly replied that about 325,000 in the Blue mountain' withdrawal were deemed unsuitable for permanent reservation, and 20,000 in the Wallowa withdrawal. In other words tho forestry bureau recommended that all public lands in cluded in these two withdrawals which are in any way desirable for settlement or entry except under the timber land laws be restored to the public domain, retaining under withdrawal only such lands that are valuable for their timber and essential in the preservation of the water supply, Asa Le Grow's Will Walla Walla, Aug. 17, The will of the late Asa Le Grow was filed for pro bate in the superior court yesterday afternoon. The property of the deceased is equally divided among his three children. Fay S. Le Grow of Athena, is made executor without bonds. Levi Ankeny, D. McGillivray and A. L. Lorenze are named as appraisers of the estate. ' COAST WHEAT AFFECTED Portland Market Changes From Export : to the Present Chicago Basis. Chicago, Aug. 18. There was a burst of speculative wheat buying at the open ing far in excess of any previous day, which gathered strength with each suc ceeding hour until all previous records for the present crop were shattered. The early reports from the spring wheat territory were no more encourag ing than they had been, and the north western markets were stronger. Cables showed foreign markets to have follow ed late advancrs on this side, and there were indications that foreigners were purchasing in this market. Coast Wheat Affected. Portland, Aug. 18. The extraordi nary advances in the speculative grain markets yesterday have given a new aspect to the wheat situation in the northwest. The market here, instead of being on an export basis, is practically o.i the Chicago basis. The prices offer ed for wheat for shipment east preclude any possibility of buying on European account. Based on Liverpool quota tions and the prevailing freight rates, club wheat would be worth about 76c here. Buyers, however, have paid as high as 78c, and probably more for this grade for shipment to the fust. Of the 2,000,000 bushels of wheat that have changed hands since the Beason opened it is estimated that from 400,000 to 500, 000 bushels are for the east. ( The Local Market. Athena, Aug. 19 Wheat is quoted at 66 cents. Wood for Sale- Five hundred cords of selected 16- inch slab wood at $1.50 per cord; 300 cords of 4-foot wood at $1.75 per cord ,in pill yard at Fletcher's Mill. C. A BARRETT :-& CORJIPY INCORPORATED. f 'as rhan ks-lniiorse as line Engines ALL KINDS OF MACHINE EXTEAS NOW ON HAND Hardware Stock is Complete. Groceries; Crockery, (rents' EumishiMS THE D ELL BROTHERS v. South Side Main Street, Athena, Oregon. TERROR IN THE SOUTH Killing arid Flogging of Negroes Follow the Recent Lynching Outrages. Statesboro, Ga., Aug. 18. One negro found dead by the roadside five miles east of town, his body pierced by two rifle bullets; two negroes, one of the "old-time darkies" and his son, 17 years old, shot in their cabin during the late hours of last night by unknown maraud ers; half a dozen cases of flogging such was the history of the day. ' The seen 3 of excitement has shifted from this city to the j rich agricultural regions sur rounding it. At Riggs Hill several well to do .white planters met today and planned to rid the neighborhood of ob noxious negroes. Individual negroes were marked for lashings and tonight a part of the program is being carried out. It is stated tonight that the Statesboro militia have prepared their resignations for the governor.. The , military mis management was also manifested when the officer in command, it is reported, took charge of the local telegraph office and for an hour censored all messages and some messages were withheld from the wires. Over one half of the members of the Statesboro guards, ono of the two com panies that were guards over the pris oners who were lynched , have asked for their discharges. - Mormon Fight Bitter One The Idaho democratic convention just closed at Lewiston, after a three days' session, including one night session un til 2 a. m., is the most historic ever held in tho state. The party is divided over the" Mormon question and the result was so uncertain on account of the bitter fight and almost equal division of the strong leaders of the state, that once the Mormon forces won and the news was sent out to that effect. A rally of forces was held and another session witnessed the complete overthrow of the Mormon element, the nomination of an anti Mormon ticket and the adoption of Fred Dubois' strong anti-Mormon resolution. The plank which Dubois men forced into the platform and upon which the democracy will wage war on the Mor mon church, is as follows: "We demand the exteimination of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation within the state of Idaho, and the com plete separation of church and state in political affairs. We pledge the demo cratic party to enact such legislation as will effectually suppress such evils." Pendleton May Lose Plant Pendleton, Aug. 18. J. Clove, of the Rigby-Clove combined harvester factory, has returned from Portland, where he has been for the past 10 days in the in terest of the reorganization of the com pany, and the establishment of a large plant for the manufacture of the ma chines. The matter of reorganization is now in the hands of Judge J. G. Geis ler, of Portland, who is certain of suffi cient capital to start a plant at some point to be decided on later. The sit uation at Pendleton will be thoroughly canvassed by Judgs Geisler, before be decides to locate the factory, and the city will be given every opportunity to keep the institution here, where it will be the leading manufacturing plant for farm machinery in the Northwest, if the plans now under advisement are carried out. ENDED HIS OWN LIFE ' FRANK SMITH, WELL KNOWN PILOT E0CK RANCHER. Had Eepeatedly Threatened Suicide On Account of Continued 111 Healths Pendleton, Aug. 17. Frank Smith, a well known sheepman and farmer of Pilot Rock, suicided yesterday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock at tho home of his parents, Lucien Smith and wife in Pilot Rock, by shooting himself through the head with a 38 calibre pistol, death taking place at 7 o'clock this morning. Some years ago he met with an acci dent and since that time has been in poor health. He was naturally of a de spondent temperament, and the accident and its results terminated in a settled melancholy that became deep despond ency whenever he experienced . periods of unusual suffering, and was heard several times since the accident to ex " press the intention of taking his own life. Such an attack overcame him several days ago, and he renewed his threat of suicide. He said but little, being naturally reticent, but his parents feared he would carry the threat into execution, and kept as close a watch up on him as they could. A few moments before the shooting Frank came into the house and passed through from the front to the rear. He went through a room 'occupied by his mother, and it appears that be stopped on the way, opened a trunk belonging to his mother and took therefrom a re volver of an antiquated pattern, but which was loaded, and passed unnoticed with it out of the rear door. A few moments after he passed through the house his mother heard the report of a pistol in the back yard. She in stinctively knew what was the natter; and ran outside and found Frank sitting on a box which was against the side of the shed. By his side on the ground lay the pistol, and he was bleeding profuse ly from a wound in the head. Ha was immediately taken into the house where be lingered, entirely unconscious, about 16 hours, and died at 7:40 this morning. FIRES BEYOND CONTROL. Wentern Oregon Devastated nnl people Fleeing fur Safety. Portland, Aug. 18. Advices from ull fire sections show that the disaster is in creasing. The McKenzie valley is again beyond control. Flames are now en croaching on one of the finest bodies of timber in the state. Advices from the coast range west of Albany say settlers are fleeing the railway line for safety. Forty square miles have been ttlroady devastated. A new' fire broke out on the middle fork of the Willamette in "Timber King" Hyland's holdings. Victims of the Pickpocket Circus day, with its joys, with its dis appointments and with its grafts, has come and gone once more. A number of Athena people took advantage of tne opportunity to "see the elephant," and boarded the train for Walla Walla. It was in boarding the train where the lit tle spots of trouble broke out. In Athe ua, Chas. Brown, who was never before known to have been robbed was made a victim of a pickpocket's greed; likewise Ir. Hull the painter. Fortunately the amounts taken were small. At Weston station no attempts were made because perhaps the nimble-fingered gentry no ted the absence of Col- Wood but at Milton a pickpocket operated, was cap tured and jailed. Wheat Destroyed by Fire A fire, starting presumably from the embers left by the threshing engine sev eral days previous, destroyed about 300 sacks of wheat in the Kirk field east of town, yesterday coon. The wheat Was piled at the straw stack and a stiff wind fanned the flames across the stubble di rectly to the stack. When discovered, the straw stack was in flames and the surrounding stubble was burning furious ly. A force of men fought the spreading fire with wet sacks, but it was not until the city water sprinkler made a circuit around the burning field that flames were entirely subdued. About 100 sacks of wheat is the amount saved and there was insurance on that which was burned. Sweeps Everything Before it Silverton, Or., Aug. 18. Fire is sweeping southward and will this after noon destroy a big lumber mill from which the men have flod for safety, ' Holding Cattle. On account of the great packing house strike thousands of cattle,' sheep and hogs now ready for market are being held. The strike is being severely felt by the stockmen of the western states, Oregon included. In the Starkey prairie district the range will soon begin to fail, and unless cattle are disposed of soon, they will begin to depreciate in value for want of feed. , Boys Under Bonds. La Grande, Aug. 17. J. N. Youiig, George Ackley and C. G. Stultz, the three boys arrested for attempting to wreck an O. R. fe N. train near Stiel Spur, on the Blue mountains last Sun day, were yesterday afternoon bound over to the circuit court in the sum of 3200 each. Bobbed Employer. The East Oregonian reports that Geo. Latoont, employed for the past five months as a candymaker in the Delta confectionery,; was arrested in Portland Wednesday by Sheriff T. D. Taylor on a charge of obtaining S 700 by false pre tenses from C. W. Irwin, proprietor of the candy store. Mrs. C. II. Jennings, Boston: "Our babies (twins) were sickly. Had several doctors, but no results. Ilollister's Rocky Mountain Tea made them strong and robust." 35 cents. Tea or Tablet. Pioneer drug store.