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VOLUME XVII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 7, 1905.
NUMBER 16.
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ED. MANASSE
Athena's Leading Dry Goods
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ARRIVING DAILY
ALL THE LATEST WEAVES ARE NOW ON EXHIBITION
LEWIS & GLARK NECKTIES
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE GENUINE ARTICLE
ED. MANASSE
Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
TO BE HEALTHY, WEALTHY and WISE BUY YOUR
Hardware and Plumbing
Supplies
OF
COX & M'EWEN
SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA. OREGON
GANG PLOWS
Flying Dutchman, Oliver,
Cast fe Steel Bradley Gangs
Hardware
Groceries,
TIE EELL BEOTIEB
South Side Ulain
and Clothing Emporium
INCORPORATED.
VEHICLES
Henney Buggies, Hacks ind
Carriages, The very Best.
Stock is
Crockery,
&ents' Plumbings
Street,
STOCK THE STREAMS
DR. PLAMONDON WILL PLANT
TEOUT THIS FALL.- -
The Umatilla Hirer and Possibly
Pine Creek Will Ee Stocked
' - With Brook Trout. -
Dr. J. D. PlamondoD, of the Athena
Rod and Gun Club, has made applica
tion to the Bureau of Fisheries at
Washington for an assignment "of "trout
for the purpose of replenishing the
Umatilla river and possibly Pine creek.
Should the latter stream be afforded
repedlishment, there are cortain obstruc
tions near the mouth of the creek where
the waters art utilized for irrigation
purpos.es, that will have to be abolished.
With this object in ,view, Dr.. Plamon
don will visit Pine creek and photo
graph the; obstructions in question.
These photographs, together with the
names of property owners where the ob
structions exist, will be . provided to
Frederick Nolf, deputy game and fish
wardpn at Pendleton, r with the request
that he take action in the matter, c , ' ) '
The north and south fork of the Uma
tilla river will be stocked .whether
or no the Pine creek project proves to
be feasible. ' Dr.-Plamondon is in, re
ceipt of the following letter: . . '
, Washington,- Feb". 23, 1905. '
Mr. J. D. Plamondon, .t' , 2 i.,r
Athena, Oregon. . . r ; ,
Dear Sir: Your application , for fish' has
been received, and from your descrip
tion of the waters an assignment of
brook trout has , been made.; , The, dis
tribution of this , species usually occurs
during the fall months."--':' f t
In advance of an attempt to supply
the fish, you will be advised of ; the pro
posed date -of shipment and other es
sential particulars. The government
undertakes to furnish only a sufficient
number of fish to serve as brood stock,
and applicants are expected ' to afford
them proper protection until they have
had time to reproduce. . ' ,
Very respectfully,
Geo. M. Bowers,,'?
. ' Commissioner . '
For Sale. -A
good corn cultivator in first class
condition, will be sold at a bargain.
Call on O. U. Price, Page place south
of Athena. ' ' ' - '
Complete.
Athena, Oregon.
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A MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL WEEC
Petitions Praying for Dismissal of Cases
Filed With the County Clerk.
: Pendleton, March ' 6. District At
torney G.' W. Phelps this afternoon
filed in the office of the county t lerk
four petitions received by himself, all of
them in relation to the physical condi
tion of C. B. Wade, and some of them
praying for the dismissal of the case
against him. ..' ,. ,'
;" The' first affidavit recites' that the
petitioners were acquainted with Wade
in former times, while his health was
good, and that they have seen him since
his return from California, and that in
their view, he is a physical and mental
wreck, and that the purpose of justice
does not require the trial by a criminal
court of any man in-the mental and
A Large Clip
' Pendleton, March 6. Local sheep
men anticipate a record breaking price
for their wool clip this year. . The ex
treme" dry weather which has prevailed
so generally throughout the sheep coun
try, has entirely exhausted the -pasturage
of the lo w lands, and in the' moun
taino the unusually light fall of snow
Family; Member Suspected
:JU. J'; :-ySLL- ",
. Honolulu, March 6. Strychnine was
found in the stomach of Mrs. Stanford.
This is the authoritative announcement
made this morning by High Sheriff Hen
ry, following the report made to him by
the chemists. Supplementing this an
nouncement, the high 'sheriff declared
Press Paragraphs
Jas. Stanfield, the Weston blacksmith,
was in the city last night. ,
John Dupuis, of Weston, traded with
Athena merchants Saturday , ...
, H. C. Adams and W. A. Whitjock
were up from Wallula Saturday.
Walter Ely who was down on his
Morrow county ranch, returned today.
N. L. McDonald delivered beet cattle
in the garden city Satuaday for II. A.
Barrett. .'':( ' '
Mrs. W. fl. Rjeder arrived in the city
last evening from Tacoma, on a visit to
her sons. ' ' .
Mrs. II. O. Worthington left this
morning for a .visit with her sister, at
OakesdaleV . . -
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Willaby moved
.out to their farm today after the winter's
stay in town; , '
Mrs. Harry Allen arrived home this
morning from an extended visit to Den
ver, Colorado .
Remember the Weatherred lecture
and illustrated songs at the opera house
tomorrow night.
; Li G. Gibson of Walla Walla, was in
Athena Friday and bought several email
bunches of cattle.
The annual meeting of the Mountain
Telephone Co. was held last night at the
Bryson school house.
Otis Jonesj of Western Nebraska, ar
rived in Athena; this morning and, will
have a position with Henry Barrett.
C. M. Brotherton yesterday suffered
the dislocation of the left shoulder,
through a misstep off the flight of steps
at demons' chopmill.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Pierce, of St.
Louis, Mo., are visiting Mrs, Cartwright
and daughter, while en route to Port
land, their future home. ,
W. Johnson, a carpenter, fell from the
new school building in Pendleton Sat
urday and as the result of injuries re
ceived, died Sunday morning.
A Pendleton wheat buyer is responsi
ble for the statement that 80 per cent of
the fall wheat in the northwest portion
of the county will have to be reseeded.
Mies Genevieve Dickson, of Walla
Walla a granddaughter of Mrs. J. Nel
physical condition in which Mr. Wade
now is. This petition is signed by W.
M. Pierce, Robert Forster, G. W.Rugg,
J. H. Ralev, C. K. Cranston, J. T.
Lambreth, W. E. Brock, William Cald
well, John E. Robinson, Leona Thomp
son and H. E. Bickers.
- The second affidavit is signed by Drs.
Cole and Best, who have been the phy
sicians in attendance upon Mr. Wade
since his return from California. It is
wholly in regard to his physical con
dition, and gives as their view that
future prosecution of their patient
would result in the loss of his reason,
and possibly of his life.
Other affidavits bear the signatures of
prominent attorneys and business men.
This Season
has cut down to the minimum, a source
for grazing purposes that can nearly
always be depended upon. A Walla
Walla sheep man remarked that he
thought the price for wool would be
high on "ccount of its scarcity, but that
further than the benefit of good prices
for wool for present delivery, the sheep
men were in for a hard season.
his belief that some member of the
Stanford household now in San Francis
co, is the murderer. The sheriff is
withholding the name, but will give it to
San Francisco detectives immediately
upon arrival here. He refused to say
whether or not the name has been cabled
to the police officials at San Francisco.
son,' has been visiting at the Nelson
home near town since Friday of last
week.
East Oregonian: Dan May, the wall
known contractor, has gone to Condon
to look over the business situation. He
may' locate at Condon in future it the
prospects are right.
Mayor S. A. Barnes and the members
of the Weston city council were in town
yesterday. The officials were here for
the purpose of gaining information rel
ative to street improvement.
J. W. Smith has accepted the position
of agent for the Puget Sound Ware
house Co., at Helix, in place of A. B.
Montgomery, resigned. Mr. Smith left
yesterday to assume his duties at Hehx.
Miss Margaret Leasure, of Portland,
was the guest of Mrs. C. A. Barrett
Saturday and Sunday. Miss Leasure is
an accomplished singer and several Ath
ena friends were favored Sunday with
her solos.
Today the city election is taking place
in Athena. With the exception of May
or, there is no opposition. Only a fair
vote is anticipated, although a strong
effort has been make to get out as many
voters as possible.
G. W. Rigby & Son, Peter Mclntyre,
Louis Audette and others, have char
tered a train to move their families,
stock and farming implements to Al
berta. March 22 is the day on which
the train will start.
II. A. Barrett was out to Pine creek
Monday making delivery of some horses
which he had sold, among them a
matched span of sorrels to Arthur Scott.
He has a force of men constructing a
new addition to the Ranch barn this
week.
R. L. Davis returned yesterday from
Missouri, where he spent the winter.
"Bob" says the mercury machine froze
up one night at 32 degrees below zero,
lie was interested in the estate of his
grandfather, deceased, being heir to a
portion of the property.
Yesterday D. B. Jarman had ten men
engaged in transferring , merchandise
from the Taylor building into the big
store room in the new lodge building.
Mr. Jarman's stock is nearly all moved
and when arranged on display will com
pletely fill the big room. The location
is ideal and The Fair will be one of the
greatest stores in the country.
FOR OUR SCHOOLS
LECTURE BY MBS. EDTTH
TOZIER WEATHERRED.
Will Be Given for Benefit of School
Exhibit at Lewis and
Clark Fair.
Mrs. Edyth Tozier Weatherred. 1 of
Portland, who is touring the state in the
interest of the public soheol exhibit to
be made by Oregon at the Lewis and
Clark fair, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Weatherred left this morning for
Weston where tonight she delivers her
famous lecture. Before leaving r.
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rangements were made for a lecture in
this city tomorrow(Wednesday) evening.
The subject of the lecture pertains to
education and the educational exhibit
to be made at Oregon's great fair. The
lecture is supplemented by stereopticon
views of the St. Louis exposition and
buildings and grounds at Portland.
A portion of the proceeds derived
from the lecture will be used to defray
the expense incurred in making the
educational exhibit.
The Oregon Dailf Journal, BDeakins
of Mrs. Weatherred, says:
If there is one woman in the state of
Oregon that knows all about expositions
and, what is better still, knows how to
impart that knowledge to other people,
it is Mrs. Edyth Tozier Weatherred.
At Omaha Mrs. Weatherred received
initiation into exposition work, as she
was officially connected with the fair at
that place. Later she was annoihted a
commissioner from Oregon to Buffalo
ana unarleston, and served most ac
ceptably in the bureau of publicity in
both places.
As commissioner at-large from Oregon
to the Louisiana Purchase exnosition
she spent the entire six months at St.
Louis, spending the most of her time in
gathering information beneficial to Ore
gon and advertising the Lewis and
Clark fair. Immediately upon her re
turn a few weeks ago she took up the
work of exploiting the St. Louis fair for
the benefit of Oregon.
Every one who visited the St. Louis
exposition reported the Oregon educa
tional exhibit lamentably poor, and to
correct the impression that prevailed
there is now the work of the educational
committee, appointed by the Lewis and
Clark board, and to supplement this
work and assist in raising the required
fund to make a creditable exhibit Mrs.
Weatherred is giving a series of lectures
over the state on the world's fair, il
lustrated by many magnificent stereop
ticon views specially prepared for this
lecture by Mrs. Keiser, official photo
grapher for the Lewis and Clark cen
tennial.
If anyone can succeed in a work like
this, Mrs. Weatherred can. She has a
retentive memory, a good command of
language and a bright, vivacious de
livery that captivates an audience at
once, and the educational committee is
to be congratulated upon enlisting her
assistance.
REMONSTRANCE NIT.
City of Weiton Will Proceed With Book
Grading on Main Street.
The city council of Weston has de
cided to go ahead with its program of
crushed rock street - improvement at
Weston, and to that end took the neces
sary official action at its meeting last
Wednesday evening, says the Leader.
Water street property owners south of
Main to Wallace streets have petitioned
for crushed rock grading, and an or
dinance was ordered drawn to provido
for the work, which will include the
square at the intersection of Water and
Wallace streets.
The Main street remonstrance was
tabled, as it lacks about 1000 feet of car
rying the two-thirds frontage necessary
to defeat the improvement under the
charter. It carries 1413 feet, while 2504
feet is required. The owners of 1252
feet are in favor of the work, according
to an estimate made by the- street com
mittee. ,
An ordinance was then ordered drawn
by unanimous vote, to provide for grad-,
ing Main street and dressing this
thoroughfare with crushed rock from
Washington street on the west to the
city limits on the east.
Rev, J. B. Lister, who has held a ser
ies of meetings in the Christian church
for the past two weeks, leaves today for
his home at Eugene, accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Faith, who has so
pleased the audiences with her singing.