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VOLUME XVI. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1904. NUMBER 62 : ED. MANASSE CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS. EEIMTS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS AT REDUCED PRICES A liberal discount on all Seasonable goods suck aa Clothing for men and boys, Summer Dress Gooda for ladies and children. We must make room for Fall goods soon to arrive ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. ALWAYS REMEMBER COX & M'EWEN Sell A written Guarantee withevery Stove and Range Bake the Bread and roast the Meat that make the man Everything in Hardware and Plumbing Supplies. Sam pson. Wind Mills, Hays Pumps, Tents, Crockery, etc. SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, ATHENA, OREGON. STILL IN THE LEAD UMATILLA COUNTY ALONE MAKES GOOD IN HARVEST. Whitman, Banner County of Wash' ington, Falls Millions Short In Wheat. ' It seems that Umatilla county is the only county in the great Inland Empire wheat belt that is making good on the early estimates of the total yield. Whit man county, the banner county of Washington, is falling several millions short this year. The commercial editor of the Portland Oregonian after investi gating the situation in that county gives the following writeup: Whitman, the county cf magnificent distances, will not harvest" a record breaking wheat crop this year. This banner wheat county of the Evergreen state has a big crop and at.present prices it will sell for more money than any pre vious crop ever harvested in the county, but it- will fall short of early wild esti mates by 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 bushels. The jtrvenile fruit peddlers who flock around the trains on the O. R. k N. line assure their prospective customers that the fruit is "jes' as good in the bottom of the box as it is on tap.", The news papers that have been booming Whit man's crop for a record-breaker appar ently did not get below the top layer of big crops, for while about all the 40 bushel and 50-bushel yields came to light early in the season, the 10, 12 and 15-bushel yields in the eastern part of the county were not mentioned. It is these diminished yields that are pulling down the high average that will be reached in the western part of the county, where 35 bushels to 40 bushels per acre are quite common. Not enough spring grain has been threshed to enable accurate -estimates to be made, but from the best data obtain able the crop of the county does not seem to indicate more than 9,000,000 bushels, and a number ef ,yery well posted grain men are predicting that it will fall to 8,000,000 bushels. The straw, in fact, all through the Falouse indicated a 40 to 50-bushel yield but the heads failed to till. The ber ries, though few in Dumber in a head, are mostly plump and well formed, and the wheat is cleaner than it has been for years. This condition is particularly noticable in the eastern part of the coun ty in the districts which usually turn off the best crops. HUNDREDS OF GUNS ON POET ARTHUR Awful Losses Expected When Final Assault is Made on Fortress. Tokio, Aug. 25.r-10 a. m.-The final assault on Port Arthur is imminent. Hundreds of Japanese guns continue to pour a destructive fire into the city and harbor, along the lines of forts and en trenchments, preparatory for the infant ry assault. It is evident that the Rus sian lines have been weakened and part ly penetrated in the vicinity of Antshan and Itseshan forts. The . entire line of Russian defenses immediately about, the harbor is within range of the Japanese guns. .A number of Russian forts and batteries continue to be vigorous. . The Japanese death roll will be heavily in creased before they are captured. The direction of the attack creates the im pression here that the city's defenses on either side of the harbor entrance will fall first. The firing on the Russian forts by the cruisers Nissbin and Kasuga yesterday is the only disclosure made for several days. ;-?- - . ... . It is believed here that both sides have suffered heavy losses and that the final record will make the siege'the bloodiest since Sedan. The Japanese are supreme ly confident of the ultimate result. The leaders of the government await tuo out come in calm assurance. The people are everywhere decorating streets, and houses and erecting arche and flag staffs in preparation for a national cele bration of the expected victory. Russians Lose Another Warship. Tokio, Aug.- 25.-9 a. nuTwo Rus sian torpedo boat destroyers struck mines at the entrance of Port Arthur last evening. The larger one of the two destroyers, a four ' funneled one, was sunk. The names of the vessels and the number of lives lost are unknown. Big Storm Suspends Traffic San Francisco, Aug. 25. The main line of the Santa Fe is tied up indefinite ly by washouts. The storm is still rag ing today. There are fierce electrical disturbances. Three overlands held at Barstow re turned here by a detour over the South ern Pacific. Balls of fire play along the steel rails for miles. Miles of road is swept away. Santa Fe officials say traffic in Arizona cannot be resumed be- if ' . A B A OraSf GfaEa Mm ' INCORPORATED. Fairb anks-EvJorse soline Ermines ALL KINDS OF MACHINE EXTRAS NOW ON HAND M&rdwtire Stock, is Complete. Groceries, Crockery, Gents' Turnishin gs TIE M. South Side Main Street, BEOTHEES Athena, Oregon. fore Saturday. Many trains are held at Needles. Repairs made Wednesday have all been destroyed. ' v The . Knights Templars are not ex pected now before Sunday. Needles is entirely shut off from the west. All trains arriving since Sunday are still there. A cloudburst yesterday tore up miles of track. The Knights' Templars trains are also tied up by Eastern Ari zona washouts. Girl Sinks in the River Albany, Ore., Aug. 24. Miss Ora E. Simpson, a prominent young society lady, was drowned in Calapooia river, two miles above Albany, this afternoon while bathing in company with several other young women. Miss Simpson was floating on a board over a deep place in the stream when she slipped from the board, and being a poor swimmer, sank before the eyes of her horrified com panions. A young man on a bridge 100 yards away, who witnessed the accident, hastened to the girl's rescue, but before he could reach her she sank. The body was found an hour later. The young lady was 20 years old and a graduate of Albany college. Her father is O. F. Simpson, a prominent resident of this city. She was a sister of P. E. Simpson, formerly with the Athenu Mercantile Co., of Athena. Win Piper Seriously Hurt Wm. Piper, the pioneer farmer of Helix neighborhood, is reported to be in a critical condition as the result of the plunging and kicking of a runaway horse. Mr. Piper was seated on a hay rake when the accident that may cost him his life took place. The harness was not equipped with hold-back straps and on going down a hill the hay rake ran forward on to the horse, causing it to become unmanageable. Mr. Piper was thrown to the ground on the heels oi ine norse. The old gentleman was severely kicked in the face and on the left breast. He is reported to be in a precarious condition, is unable to lie down and bleeds internally. ANOTHER FIELD FIRE MACHINE NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING BURNED. , Fire Starts in Straw Stack-Only a Few Sacks of Wheat Destroyed. big The in a Yesterday morning on the Taylor place, noriheaBt of town, fire came near destroying Chas. Baddeley's separator and a setting of wheat. machine had just started up and short time would have finished work in the field. Only a few bushels of grain had been threshed when the straw stack was seen to be on Rrey In a very short time the entire stack was enveloped in flames.' ' ; ' Fortunately but little wind was blow ing at the time, and the breeze coming from the northwest fanned the flames away from the big pile of wheat, giving the crew time to remove all but eight or ten sacks. The straw carrier was ablaze when the separator was pulled away from the stack and the rear portion of the ma chine was badly scorched. The derrick table apparatus was destroyed, but aside from this the crew averted further dam age. A plow was brought into requisi tion and furrows were turned around the stack, preventing the fire from spread ing into the tubble. ! THE FIRST TEST. T.utiitl Option ta Be Taken Into Cuurtl in Portlttnd. The anti-prohibitionists of Portland are going to test the constitutionality of the local option law and the outcome will be awaited with interest by the ma-, jority of people of the state. The prohibitionists of Multnomah county have decided to put the question to a vote in that county at the November election, and for this purpose a petition signed by I. II. Amos-and 527 others, the cream of the prohibition party of that county, has been filed with the county clerk of that county demanding that the clerk shall place on the ballot the question of prohibition to be answer ed by the voters yes or no. This petition will be attacked by a suit brought in the circuit court by those interested in the defeat of tne local option law and an injunction to re strain the county clerk from putting the question on the ballot will be asked. It this injunction is granted by the local NO HUNTING OR FISHING. res Y' Yesterday closed the season's run of the Stone k Potts threshing outfit. The event was celebrated by a hot scrap be tween Montgomery and Tabor, harvest hands, between whom bad blood existed. Two rounds settled the matter, Tabor getting the worst of it The fight start ed at the water trorfgh, the boys were separated and Montgomery's team ran away, one of his horses being severely cut in a wire fence. This didn't heal Montgomery's temper in the least and on his return to the machine, the scrap was renewed and ended so it is said, to the satisfaction of a majority of the crew. A Good Record. Joe and Will Scott have finished har vesting their 300 acres of wheat. Their grain averaged 46 bushels per acre, and was cut with a Holt combine. The last four days of the run the machine aver aged 30 acres per day. Basement Walls Completed. The concrete basement walla for the new fraternity building are completed. Contractor May and his force of brick layers are compelled to lay off for the reason that the lumber for the building has not arrived. With the arrival of lumber, the carpenters will put in the window frames and other wood work, then brick laying will commence. niA . . . a xnty one uusneis oer acre. VTbe Kirk place east of town continues to sustain its reputation as a wheat pro ducer. This year's crop averaged a lit tle over 51 bushels per acrey Local Wheat Market. Athena, Aug. 26 -Wheat in Athena today is quoted at 67c per bushel. Perionnlly Conducted Kxcurolon to St. I.onl. On September 6th the O. It. k N. will run a through tourist sleeper to St. Louis under the personal supervision of Mr. R. A. Smith, city ticket agent at Walla Walla, who will go through to St. Louis with the car. A side trip will be made to Salt Lake City where arrange ments have been made for an organ re cital in the big tabernacle for the ben efit of passengers in this car. Reserva tion can be made with the local agent and should be made as early as possible. Detailed information can be bad by calling on or addressing, M. W.Smith, R. Brass, Agent O. R. A N. Co. General Agent Walla Walla. Wash. Agent MoNlckoU II a Notice Posted on the Reservation. .Whites must keep off the Umatilla eservation when business or necessity does not call them there. Under orders of Acting Superintendent McNichols, Indian police are posting the following notices: "No fishing, hunting or pleas ure camping on this reservation under penalty. Chas. S. JUcNichols,' special agent in charge Mr. Nichols in explanation said: "I have no desire to be severe with persons coming on the reservation, but by the terms of the treaty with the Umatillas, no white person has any right on the reservation without a pass. The regula tion regarding camping, hunting and fishing has been generally disregarded and complaints have been coming to me ever since I took charge of the agency. Tbey declare white men come on their allotments and shoot among the stock." court the prohibition party will probab ly carry it to the supreme court, and if the injunction is denied then those op posed to prohibition will carry the ques tion up. On just what grounds the con stitutionality of the measure will be at tacked is not known at present. If the supreme court says that the law is un constitutional then the question is set tled for the entire state, and other com munities will be saved the expense of fighting it. Tribune. jieaay to nanaie urain. S. B. Calderbead, traveling freight and passenger agent for the W. k C. R., says that wheat movements are very light at present but predicts as soon as the harvest is completed there will be a big rush in this line. The W. k O. R. is making preparations for this immense crop and has plenty of cars on hand to take care of the. shipments. A big Northern Pacific "hog" engine now pulls the local train in and out of Athena.