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1 - VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1905. NUMBER 27. of ED. MANASSE LADIES' SHIRTWAISTS ft Style, Quality, Workmanship Each one a tailored creation. To see tbem is to verify our state- i ment. We will not quote prices, but you will find as far as quality ;! is concerned they are all right. JUST IN A sample lot of SHIRT-' " WAIST SUITS at FIRST COST. Come and make your selection. ED. MANASSE i Agent for Butterick's Patterns. THE HARDWARE STORE Rubber Hose and Lawn 13 COX 8, M'EWEN SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA. OREGON You can go a iishin' with a stick, a string and a pin, but if you want to FISH and CATCH FISH Get your . F. a ISlliny Hardware in irrocei THE DELL BROTIEES South Side Main Street, r THAT "DOES THINGS' V. V . ft I. owers INCORPORATED. 1 acme Stock is n i m urocKerv (rents' EurnisMnffs FARM HOUSE BURNED FLAMES FANNED BY A HIGH WIND STORM. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Whiteman Lose Large Portion of House hold Goods. The farm house ou the Whiteman place, northwest of town, was de stroyed by fire Wednesday shortly be fore noon. A high wind was blowing at the time and with great difficulty a portion of the household goods were taken out, some of which, including Mrs. Otis Whiteruan's clothing, was not carried far enough away from the burning building, and was consumed by the flames. Mrs. Whiteman discovered the Are which is suppose to have started from a spark on the roof of the building, and gave the alarm to her husband who was at the barn. The wind in stantly fanned the flames into a seeth ing mass and it was seen that the house was doomed to total destruction. Attention was immediately given to saving the houehold effects. An incident in connection with the fire was the narrow escape of Mrs. Whiteman from being struck with an. ax in the hands of her husband, who was outside the building, and she on the inside. Otis crashed in a window in order that things might be passed through. The moment the ax struck, Mrs. Whiteman stepped to the window with an armful of clothes and the ax struck them, sending broken par ticles of glass into the lady's face. ; Mr. and Mrs. Whiteman lost a con siderable portion of their household goods. The house was insured for $700. !; Wgodm.an Clerk Is Short " George H. Koontz, clerk of Spokane camp, Woodmen of the World, is $821 short m his account. Koontz is a councilman and has been a prominent candidate for some appointment by Governor Mead, the exact position not naving been decided upon. Incredible Brutality. It would have been incredible brutal ity if Chas. F. Lemberger, of Syracuse, N. Y., had not done the best he could for his suffering son. "My boy," he says, "cut a fearful gssn over his eye, bo I applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve. which quickly healed it and saved his eye." Good for burns and ulcers, too. Only 25c at McBride's drug store. Complete. Athena, Oregon BURIED WHITMANS ELIZABETH, AST AGED CAYUSE SQUAW, IS DEAD. The Venerable Indian Scout, A- P. Woodward, Tells of the Daugh ter of Lat-a-chee. Elizabeth, au aged Cayuso squaw, who assisted in the burial of the uir.s sacred Whitman party in 1847, was buried yesterday at the mission, and A. P. Woodward, the pioneer scout, Indian fighter and frontiersman of Athena, writes to Major Lee Moore house, concerning this remarkable woman as follows: , Athena, April 10. Major Lee Moorehouse : Dear Sir Elizabeth, the squaw who was buried at the Mission yester day, was the daughter of Lat-a-chee, a cayuse Indian who buried Dr. Whit man, Mrs. Whitman and the other whites who were massacred at the Whitman station in 1847. Lat-a-chee, with a sou and daughter (Eliz abeth) wrapped the corpses in houso lining and buried the 13 victims of the massacre. At that time a traveling artist was on his way from Fort Colville to Van couver and the Indians intended to kill him as he came to Whitman mis sion, but this Indian, Lat-a-chee, sent his daughter Elizabeth and a son to meet this man and pildt him around the mission to safety, which they did. They met him between Snake river and the Touchet and conducted him to the Hudson Bay fort, afterward Fort Wallula. " In my estimation, Lat-a-chee was the best Indian that ever lived, not excepting Red Jacket, Oceola or any other Indian known to history. He adopted me 53 years ago, took me to his home when I was sick, fed me, clothed me, kept me through the win ter, and gave me a horse and saddle in the spring for me to move with. In 1852 I crossed the plains, with a family named Deford. I was taken sick with the 'cholera and as they thought I was going to die, left me at Ladd's Hill, in Grand Ronde valley, where I lay alone for two or three days, when an Indian "Nez Perce Dick," found me and took me to his camp until I got better, and then brought me to Lat-a-chee, who lived on Yellow Hawk croek near where Waila Walla now stands. This Indian, Lat-a-ohee, used to be called "Beardy," because he allowed his beard to grow under his chin. He was a preacher and as I have said be fore, one of the best Indians I ever knew. These facts are brought to my mind by the death of his daughter, Elizabeth, who was never rewarded for the part she took in saving that white man's life, but I trust she will be in the great hereafter. : Sincerely yours, A. P. (BILL) WOODWARD. To Teach Summer; Termi. Superintendent Frank K. Welles of the Umatilla county schools says that he is receiving an immense number of applications from eastern teachers for the summer terms of school in this county. All who ask for schools only desire short terms, presumably for the purpose of being on hand to attend the fair at Portland and to be able to make expenses of the trip. The summer schools are nearly all spoken for by the teachers pf the county, who are al ready here, and Mr. Welles is unable to oblige those who ask for terms. Almost every school so far has secured its teacher and will soon be gin to open up for the term. New Implement Dealers John Q. Peebler, of Pendleton, and W. D. Chamberlain of this city, have organized the firm of Peebler & Cham berlain, purchased the stock and bus iness of the Umatilla Implement Com pany here and will hereafter conduct the business on a large scale. It is the purpose of the new firm to carry the leading standard lines of farm . implements, machinery, ve hicles, and in fact all that goes into the makeup of the various lines of that Davison Sells To Taylor David Taylor today purchased the John Davison farm near town. Mr. Taylor paid $13,200 or $110 per acre for the 120 acres, which is in fall sown wheat Mr. Davison, who is in ill health, will leave in a few days for Mexico, where if conditions are favor- PLEADS NOTfCUILTY SENATOR MITCHELL HEADY TO STAND TEIAL. Enters Flea in Abatement to Charge of Unlawfully Kecelv- ing Fees- Senator John H. Mitchell was ar raigned Tuesday at Portland, and en tered a plea of not guilty to two in dictments charging him with conspir acy to defraud the government of publio lands. He pload not guilty to the indictment charging him with un lawfully acceptiug money while a United States Sonator in violation of section 1782, revised statutes. This is known as the Puter case. Mitchell entered a plea in abatement to the in dictment charging him with having unlawfully accepted fees while United States Senator through the firm of Mitchell & Tanner. This is known as the Kribs case. " ' The plea in abatement was based on the allegation that seven members of the grand jury whioh indicted him were disqualified to act as such and that District Attorney Heuey was disqualified in many ways, besides being prejudiced. , j Ex-Special Agent W. Q. Startford plead not guilty to an i indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the govprnment of publio lands. . W. W. Steiwer, H. H. Hendricks, Clarence B. Zachary, and 0. E. Glass, officers of the Butter Creek Land, Livestock & Land i company, entered pleas in abatement similar to that of Mitchell. (' MONTHLY PUBLIC SALES- F. G. Lucaa, Auctioneer, Announces the Flmton May 13. f ' Athena is to have regular monthly sales if F. G. Lucas, auctioneer, has the success he anticipates t in solicit ing goods and chattels if sufficient quantities to justify him ini embarking in the public auction! business. There will be one as a starter, anyway for Mr. Luoaa has akaidjr. listed near ly $1000 worth of horses.milk cows, swine, vehicles, etc., a4 announces the first sale of the monthly series will take place on Satuday, JUa 13. He informs the Press 'thai he is "go ing into the business right,?' and any one listing property with - him for sale will have it advertised) iree'pt oharge, thus acquainting the public cf what is to be disposed of at the sales, Mr. Lucas will charge a reasonable commission for his sorvice and ad vertising purposes. He now has listed ten head of horses, several fresh milch cows, some hogs, vehicles', etc. A complete list of what will lie offered at the sale will be published in the Press and also announced I on hand bills. ' r So read of Glanders; People living south of Elmira, Wash., are considerably alarmed over the outbreak of glanders among the horses of that section. A sick horse was brought to Wilbur and the case was diagnosed by a veterinary, who at once pronounced the disease to be glanders in an advanced stage. The horse died before the owner reached home with it. Eight other horses are afflicted with the disease. Taken to Asylum. Sheriff T. D. Taylor left Tuesday morning with William Swan and Samuel Johnson, insane persons, for Salem where the prisoners were de livered to the state asylum. Both were adjudged insane Monday after noon. business. The new firm will carry one of the largest stocks of imple ments in the Inland Empire. Mr. Peebler is an experienced implement man, having for a long time been con nected with the firm of Temple & Wilcox, in Pendleton. He is a son of John Peebler, the well known farmer. Mr. Chamberlain, the other member of the firm, is so well known to the people of Athena and Umatilla county that he needs no introduction. i . able he will remain. He leaves to night for Pendleton to make Crange menta to go on the special car with people who will leave the county in a few days for the Southern republic, although he may go sooner, should his friend Ace McDuniel, be ready to go. HAD SOIL ANALYZED JUNIPER LAND SAME QUALITY AS SICILY. Smithsonian Institute Finds Elements In One Conforms Exactly With the Other. E. L. Smith, one of the wheat kings of Umatilla couty was in the city Wed nesday and yesterday on business con nected with the Holt combined harves ter, of which he is selling agent for Oregon. Mr. Smith has disposed of a largo number of these machines and was here for the purpose of. selling more. He called at the Press office, and in answer to a question as to crop condit ions on the light soil lauds which farms exclusively in the Vansycle and Juni per wheat raising section, said: In common with other farmers in the Juniper country, I had to re-seed this spring. My land is all rented to tenants at present and 2,300 aores was re-soeded by them. There is plenty of moisture in the light soil district and the grain is growing splendidly and gives every indication of a fine pros pect for an average crop. This is the third time I have been compelled to re-seod, but I have noted that we have lost nothing by it To the contrary, it has been my experience that if anything the yield has been just a good as when we harvest a fall sown orop. The conditions with farming the so called light lands are peculiar. With sufficient moisture absorbed in the Soil, we get a crop whether sown in the fall or in the spring. As an instance I may meution that three years ago I re-sowed on account of freezing out, a largo acreage, and from it harvested an average of 80 bushels per acre of wheat that went on the market as first grade, every bushel of it My theory for the wonderful productive qualities of our wheat raising soil is, that we take no thing but the borry ; all else, includ ing straw and vegetation is turned un der, where it decomposes and adds strength. The fact that all moisture is absorbed by this soil and does not run off, carries this strength down with it, in reality adding to and not taking away. I have been informed that land around Athena is selling at prices con sidered excessively high. The price , is not high. In fact we do not know what our land is worth. Sometime ago, Dr. Smith of Peudloton, and I sent a sample of the Juniper soil to the Smithsonian Institute, to be analy zed. We received an exhaustive re port The analysis proved the soil to be volcanio ash, identically the same as the soil of Sicily, where phenomo- ual production of wheat has been going on for 125 years, with no perceptible decrease in yield or quality. The same properties found in one develop ed to be the corresponding elomonts contained in the other. Thus I say no one can place an estimate on the valu ation of Umatiila county land. "Time was when light soil land was far below par, and gray hairs came on my head in making both ends meet farming it. But now it is different. The more you cultivate it, the greater it produces. I guess approximately, I could got $100,000 for my holdings. But they are not for sale. " NO PICNIC THI8 YEAR. Vmatllla County Caledonian Society Will Meet With Walla Walla. There will be no Caledonian picnic in Athena this year. It is understood the Umatilla County Caledonian So ciety will join the Walla Walla society in a picnic at that place, and next year the picnic will e held in Athena by the societies jointly. This is found to be necessary bo cause of the fuet that an enormous expense is entailed in securing attrac tions for these picnics, so much so, in fact, that it has become a burdon ou the societies, separately, but collect ively, with one picnic a year, held al ternately at Athena and Walla Walla, picnics can be held on a much larger scale. Strike Hidden Mock. When your ship of health strikes the hidden rocks of consumption, pneu monio, etc., you are lost if you don't get help from Dr. King's New Dis covery for consumption. J. W. Mc Kinnon of Talladega Springs, Ala., writes: "I bad been very ill with pneu monia, under the care of two doctors, but was getting no better when I tried Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief and one bottle cured me." 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