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VOLUME XVII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1905.
NUMBER 5.
Id. manasse
'. Athena's Leading Dry Goods
This is your opportunity
must make room for spring
IN ALL LINES
ED. MANASSE
Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
Cox S
Hardware Dealers
SOUTH SIDE MAI$ STREET. ATHENA, OREGON
C A-'BARRETT CORfiP'Y
Hardware
Groceries,
TIE BELL BEOTIEES
South Side Main
and Clothing Emporium
for BARGAINS. We
fabrics soon to arrive.
McEwen
INCORPORATED.
umbing
We do Plumbing at the Proper Prices
Standard Material and Workmanship
Stock is
Crockery,
(rents' Eurniskinffs
Street,
CHARGES ARE MADE
ARRESTED ON COMPLAINT OF
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Former Pendleton Bank Cashier Is
Charged With Forgery and Lar
ceny By Bailee-
C. B. Wade, the defaulting cashier of
the First National bank of Pendleton,
was arrested late Tuesday evening for
forgery and larceny by bailee, both
charges being preferred by District At
torney G. W. Phelpa. He waived pre
liminary examination and was held to
answer to the circuit court. The bond
on the first charge was fixed at $500 and
on the second at $5000.
Wade is charged with forging the
name of Joseph Vey on a note of $10,
000. Vey is an illiterate but wealthy
sheepman, and all his business transac
tions were conducted by Wade while
cashier of the bank. When Wade was
deposed it was discovered that Vey's
note was not genuine.
The charge of larceny by bailee was
brought for misappropriating ' funds
amounting to $14,000 belonging: to the
Craig estate, of which Wade was ad
ministrator. His bondsmen, E. J. Som
merville and H. F. Johnson, made good
the loss and are the prosecuting wit
nesses. ' ' v "
Wade's return was for the purpose
of swearing to affidavits made while he
was administrator of the Despain estate.
Phelps learned of his. coming and, ar
rived from Heppner in time to file an
information before Wade left Pendle
ton. Wade has secured his bondsmen. The
bondsmen for the larceny by bailee
charge are William Slusher, ' stockman ;
J. F. Robinson, laundry man; E. A.
Vaughn, dentist, and Robert Foster,
millman. For the larceny charge the
bondsmen are J. V. Tallman, " drttggist,
and William Caldwell, stockman.
Balmy Weather. :
While the Middle West is in the icy
grasp of the blizzard and tbe mercury
drops are splashing away down below
the zero mark, balmy days are in order
here. The gentle chinook is gamboling
about like a frisky lamb, buds are be
ginning to "swell up," spring fights
have been ushered in and poetry is in
order.
Supplies
Complete.
Athena, Oregon.
ARTISANS ORGANIZE
ATHENA ASSEMBLY INSTITUTED
BY DR. D. C ESCHELMAN.
New Lodge Starts With Bright Pros
pect Memhership Expected to
Double Inside of a Mouth.
Athena Assembly of Artisans was in
stituted at Masonic hall WednesdHy
evening by Dr. D. C. Eschelman, su
preme ipstructor, assisted by R. F.
Gates, district grand master.
Seventeen candidates were obligated
and instructed in the work of the order.
The full membership enrolled by the
organizers were not present, but those
in attendance took great interest in the
work, and it is confidently expected that
the membership will be doubled within
a month's time. Officers elected and
installed are as follows:
Mr. T. P.'Mosley, master Artisan;
Mrs. L. Jones, superintendent; Mrs. A.
B. Stone, inspector; Mr. Bruce Wallace,
secretary; Mrs. E. H. Stone, treasurer;
Mr. Richard Wright, senior conductor;
Mrs. Delia Maloney, mistress of cere
monies; Mr. Fred Ludolph, junior con
ductor; Mr. Clarence Burden, Warden;
Mr. Leonard Bell, instructor.
. 25,000 VOLT SHOCK.
Pendleton Lineman Receives AnEuor
nioua Chaige of Electricity.
The Pendleton East Oregonian re
ports a most, unusual occurence. It
says: ' - " ' 'V ' : "
- Alexander Smith, a lineman employed
by the Northwestern Gas & Electric
company, Wednesday morning received
a shock of 25,000 volts from a high
pressure wire,, and : yet lives. Had be
been standing on damp ground when he
received the shock, it is said, he would
have been instantly killed, but as it is
he did not even lose consciousness, and
walked up town to have his wounds
dressed.
The accident took place at the sub
station on College street . Smith was
tnmming an arc' light when his hands
came in contact with a live wire. There
was a blinding flash and Smith was
knocked to the floor and the sickening
odor erf burning flesh filled the room.
Dr. F. W. Vincent, of the electric
company, who dressed Smith's wounds,
said: "It is impossible to tell just how
serious the 'man's injuries are. The
flesh is burned from his hands and the
soles of his feet, and the wounds are
necessarily ugly. The shock itself does
not seem to have injured him."
SOLID PULLMAN TEAIN.
Will Be Composed of 10 Car and I
Named World' Fair Flyer.
A dispatch from Chicago to the Salt
Lake Tribune states that a solid Pull
man train of 10 cars will be put on the
Harriman lines between Chicago and
Portland, on May 1, for the purpose of
accommodating the' tourist and Lewis
and Clark fair traffic to tbe coast.
This is to be the finest train reaching
the coast on any line, all the cars being
standard Pullmans, equipped for every
convenience of travel, and stopping only
at division points and to take water and
coal on. the engines.
New locomotives are now in readiness
for this train on the Union Pacific, and
preparations aie being made to send new
engines to the Short Line and O. R. k
N., in addition to those already in serv
vice on those lines.
This train will run by way of Ogden,
and will be known as the World's Fair
Flyer. In addition to this train it is the
intention to attach extra coaches to
the present passenger trains on the Har
riman lines into Portland.
Missouri John "Buncoed"
It is reported, says tbe East Oregon
ian, that .fob a Ueathman, Pendleton's
noted ex-marshal, who recently removed
from that city to Portlasd, was the
victim of a bunco game. He negotiated
for a lodging house on his arrival at
Portland, and it is said the owner of the
house hired people to come in and fill
up tbe rooms : on the day Heatbman
looked at the property. By making
Heathman believe the house was doing
a good business, he was able to sell tbe
property to him at an extortionate price.
As aoon as the deal was made the hired
patrons deserted tbe house and the true
condition was made known. It is said
that the loss of his money by this rascal
ity almost prostrated Mr. Ueathman,
who is now critically ill.
IT'S A BUSY COURT
JUSTICE CHAMBERLAIN'S TRIB
UNAL AN ACTIVE ONE.
Lieuallen vs. Carmicheal, Then Came
Moses, Elmer and Hugh Taylor
and John Bannister.
Justice Chamberlain was about tbe
busiest man in town Wednesday. In
fact, he had so much to do that he is
finishing up the job today. As justice
of the peace he heard the evidence in
the Liouallen-Carmichael case, and had
just got through with it when Marshal
Gholson tumbled in a bunch of four on
him, three charged with fighting and
one with disorderly conduct.
The justice of the peace toga was in
stantly changed for that of city recorder.
The arrested parties, Hugh, Elmer and
Moses Taylor, and John Bannister.each
entered a plea of not guilty, and the
overworked dispenser of justice named
10 o'clock today as the time for (rial.
Hugh and Elmer Taylor and John Ban
nister were charged with fighting and
Moses Taylor with disorderly conduct.
The fight started between the two Tay
lor boys and Bannister, in the street on
the east side of Manasse's store and
ended in the Pioneer drugstore, where
Marshal Gholson and the proprietor,
Bruce Wallace, separated the bell
igerents. The trouble originated over
an alleged debt of a small amount, owed
the two Taylor boys by Bannister, As
the paper goes to press it is announced
Taylor was fined $50 and costs, the boys
$25 each and Bannister dismissed.
AWFUL STORMS IN THE EAST
New York. Jan. 25. Not since the
blizzard of 1888, by which all storms are
estimated as great or small, has New
York been so completely snowbound as
it is now. The city itself is lying under
a foot of snow, which in many places
has been banked by the wind to a height
of several feet. Surface travel early in
the day was abandoned, overhead tran
sit was irregular pnd slow, and it re
mained for the underground roads to
carry home, so far as they could reach
within the city limits, the hundreds of
thousands of workers from the down
town districts. The entire coast line
from the Delaware capes north has been
in the grasp of a storm which, because
of the heavy fall of snow, tbe intensity
of cold and the force of the gale, has
exceeded in severity anything experi
enced in years.
From Maryland throughout the mid
dle state" and the middle Atlantic states
all reports indicate a most complete
winter tieup. Far into the west there
is snow and a remarkably low tempera
ture. RAILROADS TRADE PROPERTY
Walla Walla, Jan. 26.-AI1 details
j from the formal transfer of the narrow
guage railway from the O. K. N. to
the W. k C. R. were made in Walla
Walla late this afternoon. Tbe change
in tbe ownership of tbe line was con
summated by J. P. O'Brien, general
superintendent of tbe O. R. & N., and
Joseph McCabe, vice-president and
general manager of the W. k G. R.
The papers transferring the W. k. C. R.
company's interest in the Turner branch
at Dayton are now being prepared and
the formal turning over of that road
will also be made in a few days.
YELLOW FEVER ON WARSHIP
Washington. Jan. 26. -A dispatch
from Consul Gudger, at Panama, re
ports an outbreak of yellow fever on the
cruiser Boston, which arrived there
yesterday morning. The Japanese
messman died yesterday and Pay
master Sackett, Lieutenant Leahy and
Dr. Kohlhas have mild cases. Two
other Japanese and Private Lawforty
have the fever and have been removed
to Ancon. Three new cases are report
ed. The Boston has been ordered to
proceed immediately to San Francisco
or Bremerton, Wash.
Notice.
The Pioneer Drug Store has changed
ownership, and all persons indebted to
Brock k Mitchell will please call at the
law office of Will M. Peterson and set
tle at once. Will M. Peterson,
Atty. for Brock k Mitchell.
IN ALBERTA COUNTRY
REAL ESTATE MEN CAN'T GET
NEXT TO M0SQSOVE.
Winter Wheat Looks Well-Little
Snow With Thermometer 27
Degrees Below Zero.
Claresholm, Jan. 15. To the Editor
We entered the path of a new year,
and my best wish is that my Umatilla
county friends will be as prosperous this
year as last.
On Christmas and the dav before wn
had a little taste of Alberta winter. Al
though we had only about two inches of
snow, the thermometer went 25 below
zero. Through the day it was fine, the
temperature being 40 above. Right
after New Years we disced for three
days, then it froze up again. Last
inursday and Friday nights it went 27
below zero. Last night it was only to
zero. Richt now. at nnnn. ilia aim
shines bright and warm; 41 above zero.
a wenty-seven degrees below zero did
not keep Clarence Wright and Frank
weison from going to the first dance in
the new hall put up by the Adams
boys five miles east.
Winter wheat looks fine. Although
the ground is frozen two feet deep, it
looks green and thrifty as in the month
of May in Umatilla county. Of course
not as tall; it just covers the ground.
They are trying to get an experiment
al farm in Alberta. They have one east
of here, but the soil and climate is so
different in Assiniboia from here that
such a farm would be a great benefit in
this new country where the farmers have
neither time or money to experiment, as
this is an age of rush and get rich quick.
Last Thursday I had the pleasure of
meeting James Mosgrove in Claresholm.
He tells me that Duncan Mclntyre went
to Nanton to see his sister and two
brothers, Dan and Peter. He is the
same old Jim. He will sit around for
hours at a time and will talk on any
subject but Alberta. He missed his
vocation; be should have been a detec
tive. He would have been a good one.
Without fear of contradiction, I can
assert, that James has found out more
about the possibilities of Alberta than
any man I ever saw in such a short
time. His motto is, "silence is wisdom."
As a general rule the real estate men
here stick to a fellow, like those life in
surance agents in the states; they think
that all strangers are their prey, and
accordingly when ever a stranger steps
off the train he is escorted to the hotel,
sometimes with a real estate man on
each bide of him. But James tells me
that none have approached him so far.
Tbey don't know what to make of him.
So far none of them have found out his
business here.
Sometime ago I was in a cowboy
camp. They were telling stories and
giving conundrums. Here is one:
"Why is the Stars and Stripes like a
star?" Answer "Because it never
falls." Isn't that good, coming from -Alberta?
Respectfully Yours,'
Nick Taitinger.
STATE LANDS, TOO.
Now Alleged That Puter llaa Stolen
8000 Acres ofState Landa.
It is now alleged that land steals from
tbe state aggregating at least 8100,000
have been disclosed in the records of
the state land department, where 8000
acres have been found to have been
procured from the state by what At
torney General Crawford pronounces
forged applications.
With most of these the name of S. A.
D. Puter is connected, thus involving
that now notorious character with state
as well as federal land frauds.
The 19 certificates of oal covering the
8000 acres mentioned, were issued, so
the attorney general alleges, to fictitious
persons. Title to this land is now vest
ed in tbe Abiqua Land company, and
the attorney general thinks tbe state
can begin suit to set aside the deeds and
recover the land.
Under Advisement'
The case of Jesse Lieuallen vs. Geo.
Carmichael, brought to Justice Cham
berlain's court on a change of venue
from Weston, was tried Wednesday.
Stillman and Powers appeared for the
plaintiff and Peterson k Peterson for
defendant. After hearing the evidence
Justice Chamberlain announced that
hs would take the case under advise
ment and render bis decision in the
near future.
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