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VOLUME XVII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 13, 1905.
NUMBER 3.
ED. MANASSE
Athena's Leading Dry Goods and Clothing Emporium
This i3 your opportunity for BARGAINS. We
must make room for spring fabrics soon to arrive.
ED. MANASSE
Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
I. E. SALING IS DEAD
WESTON PIONEER MERCHANT
PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY.
Expired Suddenly as the Result of
Heart Failure-Identified With
Weston's Early Progress.
Cox & McEwcn
hardware Oea
SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, ATHENA, OREGON
iers
I. . Sal jn tbo well known pioneer
merchant of Weston, died yesterday at
his home in that city as the resyjt of
heart failure.
During the morning hours he was up
town as usual, and returned home
shortly before noon. Sitting in a chair
be complained of a severe pain in the
region of the heart, and a physician was
immediately sent for." Despite medical
assistance the old gentleman continued
to grow worse, and in a tew minutes
after the doctor's arrival the thread of
life had snapped.
Mr. Saling was Weston's .pioneer
merchant. In an early day with I. T.
Reese, he engaged in the general mer
chandise business. He was identified
with the early progress of Weston and
was one of the town's principal property
owners. He accumulated a considerable
fortune and retired from business about
15 years ago, his son, Frank, now . coun
ty clerk, and son-in-law P. A. Worthing
ton, now deputy U. 3. marshal at Port-
,( land, continuing the business for a
time.
He was a warm, personal friend of the
writer, and the advice given us in youth
by this good, old gentleman, if heeded,
would have been solid rounds in the
ladder of success. ...',.. , , .
Mr. Sahng leaves a wife, four sons
and four daughters.
The funeral will be held in Weston
tomorrow forenoon at ip o'clock.r f
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Campbell-Ogle.
Yesterday at high noon at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, B.
F. Ogle, Mr. William Campbell and
Miss Susie Ogle were united in mar
riage by J. W. Jenkins, pastor of the
Christian church. The young couple
are well known in Athena, where many
friends wish them success in life. A
charivari made merry time for the young
couple in the evening following the
wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell after
visiting relatives in the country, will
leave for Sprague, Wash., where they
will reside. , '
INCORPORATED.
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yinbiny Supplis
We do Plumbing at the Proper Prices
Standard Material and Workmanship
Hardware Stock is Complete.
Groceries, Cr
(rents
ockery ,
Furnishing
TK
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BROTHERS
South Side Main Street,
Athena, Oregon.
BANK MEETING HELD
PROSPEROUS CONDITION OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANE.
Ten Per Cent Dividend Declared-
Surplus Fund Goes
to $12,500.
Tuesday afternoon the regular annual
meeting of the stockholders ot the First
National Bank ot Athena took place.
The officers and board of directors which
have been instrumental in the splendid
success of the bank during the past year
were reelected. They are: v
H. C. Adams, president; T. J. Kirk,
vice-president; F. S. Le Grow, cashier;
I. M. Kemp, assistant cashier; F. S. Le
Grow, C. A. Barrett and P. E. Colbern,
directors.
Cashier Le Grow reviewed the bank's
prosperous condition and a 20 per cent
dividend was declared 10 per cent de
clared for stockholders and 10 percent
goes to the surplus fund, making the
surplus $12,o00.
The steady and continuous progress
which has been made under the able
management of the present officials, and
which from time to time has been noted
in the Press, has been noted and com
mented upon", by different papers and in
business circles over the Northwest. .
Haines Wants a New Name. '
The people of Haines have signed a
petition which will come before the
legislature asking that the name of the
town of Haines be changed to Hot
Springs, owing to the fact that a large
sanitarium will be erected there scon by
capitalists, near the springs, for the
sick, alleging that this name will be of
more advantage; to the town and com
munity. Haines is situated on the line
of the O. R. & N , 80 miles east of La
Grande.
AN ARTISANS LODGE
II. J. NEELY, D. D. G. M-, OR
GANIZING IN ATHENA.
Lodge Will Start With Membership
of Twenty-Five Members on
Thursday, Jan. 19.
M. J. Neely, Deputy District Grand
Master for the United Artisans, has
been in the city several .days and is
meeting with success in organizing
membership for a local lodge of that
order. Mr. Neely is assisted in his
work here by R. F. Gates.
The new lodge is to be instituted
Thursday evening, January 19, with an
enrollment of twenty-five charier mem
bers. After the organization has been
perfected, Mr. Neely will remain in the
field a couple of weeks to assist in
further augmentation to the member
ship. The United Artisan order is purely a
western organization. It covers Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana,
with an approximate membership of
12,000. It was organized in Portland
eleven years ago, many of the most sub
stantial and brainiest men of Oregon's
metropolis being identifi. d with its in
ception. Iu this county, Pendleton has two
lodges of large membership, and Wes
ton, Milton and Helix each have pros
perous lodges. The order of United
Artisans embraces fraternalism and has
beneficiary advantages.
Wolverton Is Advanced.
Judge Charles E. Wolverton has be
come chief justice of the supreme court,
by virtue of his term of service, he be
ing the next retiring judge. Justice F.
A. Moore became the junior judge and
Justice Beam will become chief justice
two years hence.
RUSSIANS EXPECT
A NAVAL FIGHT
Commander of the Baltic Fleet Looks
; For Battle In Indian Ocean.
London, Jan. 12. The Port Louis,
Madagascar, correspondent of the Daily
Mail wires that the commander of the
second division of the Baltic fleet has
informed the commander of the steam
ship Orus that he expected the fleet
would be attacked by the Japanese in
the Indian ocean. He accordingly applied
to the captain for a map of the harbor
of Diego Suarez, so as to have a port to
which he might steam if a haven became
necessary.
A telegram received in London today
from the island of Mauritius states that
the Russian Baltic fleet, according to
the last reports received there, is still
off the island of St. Marie, which is sep
arated from the island of Madagascar by
a small, smooth body of water. This
water affords an excellent place of an
chorage for the vessels, as this is a hav
en of protection from the cyclones
which are constantly sweeping the In
dian ocean at this time of the year.
This harbor, it is further stated, is
not within the French zone, and hence
the presence of the vessels will subject
the French colonial authorities to no
inconvenience from a possible breach of
neutrality laws. The message goes on
to state tbat the fleet will hardly attempt
to move from tbe present place of an
chorage for some time at least. Just
now the Indian ocean is a place of dan
ger from frequent and terrific cyclones
and it would be little short of foolbardi
ness for the Russian vessels to attempt
to weather such a storm.
Shot By Angry Rancher
; Pendleton, January , 13. Refused
shelter . on ' a , bitter cold night,
driven from the premises at tbe point of
a shotgun, then shot in the leg for dis
turbing an enraged farmer's peaceful
f ul slumbers is .the story told by Everett
Owen, who was brought to tbe city last
evening from Barnhart, and placed un
der the care of the county authorities.
According to the wounded man's story
DEADLOCK IS BROKEN
SENATE PRESIDENT CHOSEN ON
THE 65th BALLOT.
Carter Quits and Forces Go Into Cau
cus and Compromise on Kuy
kendall of Lane.
The deadlock in the senate has been
broken by the election of Senator Wil
liam Kuykendall, of Lane county, aa
president.
; When in the higher branch balloting
was commenced Tuesday the deadlock
remained unbroken until the 64th bal
lot was taken.
At this point signs of dissatisfaction
were apparent in both the ranks of
Kukendall and his opponent, Senator
Carter, of Jackson, and a recess was
taken until 5 o'clock.
Carter immediately made overtures to
Kuykendall which was accepted. After
several hours devoted to the effort of
induciug the Carter followers to endorse
the compromise, it was announced a
caucus would be held.
When the senate reconvened at 5
o'clock Carter, after thanking his sup
porters, announced tbat he withdrew in
favor of Kuykendall. The sixty-fifth
ballot was then taken, and the 25 re
publican senators all voting for Kuyken
dall, he was declared elected.
TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE.
A. M. Fleenor, Prominent Wallowa
County rrmr
Mrs. H. II. Hill, of this city, was
called to Joseph, Wallowa county,
Tuesday by the death of her brother, A.
m . -ni ........
m.. rieenor. Mrs. mil was accom
panied by her daughter, Mrs. Otis
Whitemin.
The circumstances surrounding Mr.
Fleenor's death are unusually sad. For
several daya he had been afflicted with
toothache, and to alleviate pain, took re
course in applications ot kudunum on
the side of his face. Near tbe bedside
on a table were bottles containing other
medicines, and Monday night by acci
dent he rook a dose of laudunum in
place of some other remedy. He called
and notified the hotel people of his
awful mistake, and immediately rolapsed
into a comatose state and tbe following
day died from the effects of the drug.
He was unmarried and leaves consider
able property, being one of the wealthy
farmers ot tbat section.
MACARONI WHEAT IS GOOD.
he was treated worae than a dog, and
) after he was shot by tbe infuriated
farmer, whose name he says is Thomp
son, he was ordered off the premises and
to move quickly or he would receive an
other load of shot in his anatomy. In
addition to this treatment Owen was
forced to find shelter in a strawstack
where he remained all night, suffering
intensely from tbe gunshot wound and
the severe cold.
Favors a Whipping Post
Salem, Jan. 12. Both houses got
down to business today. The senate
passed a bill authorizing tbe levy of 5
mills in Clatsop county to construct a
courthouse.
In both houses were numerous bills
introduced. The main business of tbe
day was the reading of the governor's
message. For this purpose tbe branch
es met in joint session at 1 o'clock. Half
of the house was crowded when the
message was read and portions were re
ceived with great applause, esDecially
the clause advocating the institution of
a whipping pout for wife-beaters.
After tbe reading of the governor's
message both houses adjourned until
Monday.
Percontag; of Flonr Mot Large but Other
Food Plenteoua.
Isaacs' Walla Walla mill has received
letters from San Francisco buyers ask
ing for quotations on flour made from
the durum or macaroni wheat grown on
the dry lands near Touchet. Local
bakers have tried it and say that it is
too strong to be used alone for baking,
but that when mixed in proportion ot
about one part of durum flour to nine of
the ordinary kind good bread is tbe re
sult tbe intention oi the government was
to use it for tbe manufacture of maca
roni, consequently the trial made in
Walla Walla county was a success.
In grinding the wheat it was found
tbat tbe percentage of flour was small
to tbe bushel, but tbe bran and shorts
obtained were superior to those of ordi
nary wheat for feeding purposes.
AN OLD SOLDIER DEAD.
Henry Shockey Die of Heart Failure
In Pendleton, Wednesday.
Pendleton, Jan. 13. The funeral of
Henry Shockey will be held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon from Hendricks' hall un
der the auspices of the Redmnn and Kit
Carson Post, Grand Army of the Repub.
lie. The remains will be interred in
Olney cemetery.
Mr. Shockey died at his home in this
city Wednesday night between 10 and 11
o'clock. He had returned home from a
social held in Hendricks' hall but a short
time when he became suddenly ill, and
died in a few minutes from heart
trouble.
Mr. Shockey had resided in Pendleton
twenty years and was well known. He
was prominently connected with the O.
A. R., and served during the civil war
in an Iowa regiment.
Bids Wanted.
Sealed bids will be received at this of
fice up to 2 o'clock p. m., Saturday,
January 11 for the residence property of
P. II. Tiedeman, in Athena, Oregon.
To Care Conatipatton forever.
Take Cuxcareta Canity Cathartic Vic orf
It C C. C. lail to cure, drugvitiU refund awe