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VOLUME XVI.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 30, 1904.
NUMBER 63
ED. MANASSE
CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS.
EEIIMTS
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS AT REDUCED PRICES
A. liberal discount on 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.
ALWAYS REMEMBER
cox & ivrcvvEN Sell
A written
Guarantee
with every
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.
OPENING OF SCHOOL
POSTPONES UNTIL MONDAY SEP
TEMBEB TWELFTH.
Several Substantial and Needed Im
provement Have Been Made
On the School Property.
i-Owingto the lateness of the season
uuu mo continuance or not weather, tue
school board has decided to defer the
opening of school until Monday, Sep
tember 12, instead of September 5, as
originally intended. " '
Several substantial and much needed
improvements have been made on the
school property. The blackboards have
been newly slated throughout all of the
rooms; breaks in the cement and. plaster
ing repaired; additional plumbing to sup
ply the upper rooms with water; several
now stoves installed, etc., which will add
materially to the comfort of all connect
ed with the schools. :
The Athena schools rank with the best
in the state and will continue so to rank,
with competent instructors such as are
at present engaged. The school build
ing will be in condition in ample time
and a prosperous school year is looked
forward to.
Death of Thos. Ogle-
, Thomas Ogle died yesterday morning
at the home of Ben Ogle, his brother, in
this city. ' His ailment was a complica
tion of kidney and heart trouble and he
had been in declining health for a num
ber of months. At times he would feel
encouraged but again his health would
fail and it was thus until the end. He
was a well keown stockman and farmer
for years in the south part of the county
and had considerable property inter
ests. He was a man well liked and es
teemed by all who knew him. The fun
eral took place this afternoon and was
conducted by the I. O. O. P., of which
order the deceased was a member.
Two Caution colts belonging to J. A.
pTBaddeley were recovered the other day
b Fred Baddeley on the breaks of the
Umatilla river. They had been branded
by a man who claimed them by right of
purchase. He had them newly shod
aud was driving them, but gave them up
upon demandyThese valuable colts
have the characteristics of their sire and
make a handsome team. Weston Lead-
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INCORPORATED.
Fairbahks-EUldrse
lasolineEhqines
ALL KINDS OF MACHINE
EXTRAS NOW ON HAND
Hardware ' Stock is Complete.
Groceries
Crockery,
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South Side Main Street,
Athena, Oregon.
GOLDEN HILL IS NEXT
The Japanese Army United, Is Ready
to Strike the Russian General.
Kobe, Aug. 29. Advices received here
tonight assert that all the outlaying
series of fortifications , at Port Arthur
have, at one swift jump, been cap'ired
by the Japanese, following the capture
of the Etzeshan forts, the seizure of
Poyushan heights and a dash to the
parade grounds on the very borders of
the city.
The Russians tonight hold only the
citadel at Golden hill and the forts at
Tiger's Tail and Taoti promontory on
the outskirts of the city, and it is be
lieved that their fall is imminent.
To seize Golden hill alone means the
end of the Russian reign at Port Arthur
as it commands the Tiger's Tail fortress
under a drooping fire at close range
where every shot would be effective.
London, Aug. 29. A dispatch from
Liao Yang this morning reports that
fighting to the south of Liao Yang con
tinues. It reads: "On Sunday night
und today the Japanese have been press
ing continuously our southern front.
The infantry fought under the most
difficult circumstances. The roads are
almost impassable. Our troops, in fall
ing back, have been hampered by the
number of baggage and commissary
wagons which they have with them.
"The lighting continued all day yes
terday and the Russian losses were very
great. General Routoflsky and Colonel
Voncaben are among the killed."
A later dispatch from the same cor
respondent dated at 8 o'clock this morn
ing, reads: "The Japanese artillery
fire was resumed at 6 o'clock this morn
ing, the points of pressure being again
our front, south of Lio Yang. Our ad
vance scouts fell back. Firing was not
opened with the same vigor as yesterday.
At this moment the Japanese infantry
is advancing for an attack, regiments
deploying and men pushing forward in
open order."
Cloud Burst Does Damage
Pendleton, Aug, 29. -One hundred
and eighty feet of main line track was
yesterday covered to a depth of from
two to four feet with debris, brought
down by a cloudburst a mile and a half
west of Huron, at Allen's siding.
The storm took place between 12 and
1 o'clock, and the area the storm swept
was small. County Surveyor Kimbrell
was half a mile away and states that
only an insignificant sprinkle of rain fell
where he was. He was on the same
Bide of the track the south with a
ridge several hundred feet high between
him and the storm.
From (he beginning of the downpour
until the last gallon of water had run
off, not over 20 minutes intervened.
The heaviest downpour seemed to be
within 100 yards -of the track, or per
haps not that far, and was expended up
on the side of a mountain which had a
tremendous rift washed in its side from
which most of the dirt on the track
seemed to come.
Want 0. R. & N. to Move
Pasco, Wash., Aug. 29. The Frank-
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nu uuuuujr vuuuiuer ui commerce ueiu
two meetings here this week to take
action on the alleged obstruction of the
Palouse-Pasco irrigation project by the
O, R. & N. extension from Kahlotu3 to
Connell. At the last meeting a series of
strong resolutions were adopted, calling
attention to the fact that not only the
people of Adams and Franklin counties,
but the O. R. & N. itself would derive
greater benefit from the proposed canal
than they would from the 14 mile road
through the coulee. The commercial
bodies of Spokane, Walla Walla, Con
nell and Ritzville were asked to take
such steps as they thought best to assist
the government in clearing the way for
the proposed reservoir site, and the O.
R. & N. Co. was asked to move its track
so as to conform with the requirements
of the government.
;
Hyde Again Back at Pen
Spokane, Aug. 29. Edgar Hyde, the
escaped convict from the Walla Walla
penitentiary, who Was arrested in Butte,
Mont., slept in the city jail last night.
He is the man mentioned in the papers
over the country as the companion of
Jessie Morrison, the girl tramp, who
was also arrested in Butte. She was
traveling in male attire with him at the
time. Both are from Tacoma. State
Warden F. A. Dryden of the penitenti
ary at Walla Walla and Jesse T. Mills,
a member of the Washington state board
of control, brought Hyde to Spokane
yesterday from Montana.
Hyde was sent to Walla Walla for
15 years for robbery from Tacoma. He
was released on parole, but still has 11
years more to serve. He was paroled
by Governor McBride on recommenda
tions from Pierce county.
Wheat Climbing Upward
Chicago, Aug. 29. Continued reports
of a shortage from rust and rain in the
Northwest and Canada have added a
spirit to the wheat market. The out
look for further advances is now good.
Conservative dealers say the high point
has not yet been reached. Old Sep
tember opened today at $1.07Js and
closed at $1.09; new September open
ed at $1.05 '4 and closed at $1.07.
Corn 52; oats, 32.
Local Wheat Market'
Athena, Aug. 26 Wheat in Athena
today is quoted at 68c per bushel.
A MOUNTAIN GRIME
CHRIS ELLIS SHOT TO DEATH
SUHDAY M0RHIHG.
Charge From Shotgun In Hand of
Unknown Murderer Strikes
' Victim In the Face-
Secretary at Walla Walla
Walla Walla, Aug. 29. Secretary of
the United States Treasury Leslie M.
Sbaw, and one of the leading republi
cans of the United States, addressed an
audience of about 3000 people on the
political issues of the day at Walla
Walla Saturday night. The meeting
was held on the court house lawn and
was one of the most enthusiastic politi
cal gatherings ever held in the city.
Secretary Shaw left Walla Walla for
Seattle immediately after his address,
the train having been held for him to
finish.
Cold Spring, Weston Mountain, Aug.
29. The dark recesses of the Weston
mountain again sends forth the ghaatly
evidences of the hideous crime of mur
der. The officers are scouring the can
yons and slopes on the scent of tin only
clue left by the murderer foot prints
along the Selby wood road, leading
south of Cold Spring and Fletcher's saw
mill. So far the murderer has not been
apprehended, and the mystery is no
nearer solved than on Sunday morning,
when the body of the murdered boy, yet
warm, was found.
Chris Ellis, 20 years old, son of Mrs.
Malinda Ellis, a widow residing at Cold
Spring mountain resort, 12 miles east
of Weston, was shot and killed Sunday
morning about nine o'clock by an un
known man with whom he had been
walking along a wood road.
Ellis had left his home to go to George
Selby's wood camp, saying that he in
tended to negotiate a harness trade with
Mr. Selby, about an hour before the
shooting. The last seen of bitn alive
was at Wm. Wisdom's wood camp,
where he stopped to chat a few minutes.
Not long after he had gone on his way
the report of a gun was heard- in the
neighborhood, but no attention was paid
to this common ocourrence.
The body of young Ellis was found in
the wood road not far from Selby's
camp and about a mile southeast of
Fletcher's Mill, at a point where tho
road passes through a heavy growth of '
timber and underbrush. The load of
shot the slayer used a shotgun, judg
ing from the size of the wound had
evidently been fired at a distance of a ,
few paces. It entered between the
eyes and came out in front .of the right
eye, scattering brains, blood and broken
pieces of skull over the road. He had
partially drawn off his coat, as though
preparing for a fist fight with some one,
and had tossed his hat a few yards away.
The body lay undisturbed as it had fall
en. There was no indication of any
sort that he had been touched, so that
robbery could not have been tho mo
tive of the crime. The day before be
had given his harvest wages, $100, to
his mother.
The tracks of the two men led in a
leisurely manner along the road for a
distance of three quarters of a mile from
the point where he had been joined by
his companion, who had evidently come
from the breaks. After the crime, the
slayer walked along tbe road for a short
distance, turned to look at his victim,
and then set off at a sharp run. At
least, so the tracks indicated. They
could be followed for about a quarter of
a mile, and then disappeared in a thick
et, being lost sight of entirely.
Ellis was a young man of good habits
and of a very quiet, peaceable nature,
who was well liked by his associates.
He was by no means quarrelsome, and
was without a weapon of any sort, but it
murder was committed it must have been
the result of a sudden quarrel. One
theory is that Ellis's companion may
have been carelessly handling his shot
gun' and fired it accidentally; that he
was a youth, perhaps, and was so badly
frightened and horrified at the awful re
sult of his carelessness that he hurried
from the scene and has not since mus
tered courage to tell of tho accident.
The tracks were those of a fine shoe
with sewed sole and neatly-rounded toe.
That day, nobody had been seen in the
woods with a shotgun.
The coroner's inquest was held by
Justice Miller of Milton. Dr. Casbatt ,
of Weston examined the remains. The
jury found that Ellis came to his death
from a gunshot wound inflicted by a
person unknown.
tl Bagley Sold To Joseph Scott.
KThe interest of M. .f. Bagley of the
fiirrwif Tlnfrlov A Fl v tin hflfln anlil to
Joseph N. Scott and the new firm will
take possession Thursday morning. Ihe
members of the new firm are pbpulur
young men, tbe integrity of both being
recognized by everyone in this common-'
ity wher they both grew to manhood and '
where they command the esteem and
respect of all They will conduct the
merchandiser lousiness in the old stand
for tbe present and the Press bespeaks
for thcra a flourishing trade. Mr. and
Mrs. Bagley will leave shortly for the
Willamette valley.