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SE3VEI- W JiJEKL
VOLUME XVII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1905.
NUMBER 42.
ED. MANASSE
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Mowers, Bakes, Binders. Deering Binding'
Twine; Machine Extras of all kinds.
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Groceries, Crockery,
dents' Euinisliings
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South Side Main Street,
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INCORPORATED.
Stock is
SHOT HIS BROTHER
ELI PARR, INDIAN, AT
HOSPITAL WOUNDED.
TEE
His Brother, Joe, Emptied Both Bar
rels of a Shotgun Into Eii Legs '
and Lower Fart of Body '
The East Oregoniau gives the fol
lowing account of a shooting scrape
that took place on the reservation
Tuesday afternoon:
As the result of a drunken quarrel
Tuesday afternoon; Eli Parr, a half
breed of the reservation, is now iu the
hospital in Pendleton with the lower
portion of his body filled with shot
from the two barrels of a shotgun, and
his brother,' Joe Parr, who did the
shooting, is a fugitive from the Indian
police. "
The shooting occurred near the
house of Joe Parr Tuesday afternoon
about S o'clock. The two brothers
were then on the way to Eli Parr's
house just across the land, and at the
time of the shooting no one else was
with them. However, the mother, the
the wife of Joe, and Narcisse, an In
dian policeman and his wife were near
by.
According to the account given of
the affair by Narcisse, both men were
under the influence of liquor, which
had been brought out from town by
Joe. However, Eli was apparently
in the .worse condition. In some way
they became engaged in a quarrel,
and Eli is said to have taken a bottle
of whiskey belonging to his brother.
He says Joe told him to give it back,
or he would shoot him, but that he
did not think he would do so. . Both
barrels of the shotgun were emptied
into Eli, and from""lndicatious he was
probably eight or ten feet away at the
time. ','
The wounded man was taken to his
own house and Dr. Henderson was
sent for. v The latter, arrived ' shortly
and dressed the injured maja " as Veil
as possible. ! Wednesday morning he
was brought to the hospital. While
his injuries are not necessarily fatal
being all in his lower limbs, it is said
to be doubtful if he will recover, as
he is badly torn by the shot, both bar
rels being firedat such a range that
he received almost the full charge.
Immediately afterthe shooting Joe
Parr left the place and though seen
again Tuesday evening on the reser-!
vation, Has not been arrested. How
ever, it is thought by the Indians that
he will come back to his mother's
house to get food, and that he will
j give himself up unless his brother
COSfflP'Y
Complete.
Athena, Oregon
should die. Should he try to avoid
arrestit is feared he will be hard to
take, as he is known as a "bad mank"
and liable to put up a fight unless
those taking him have the drop on
him.
Eli Parr, the wounded man, fin
ished a term in the city jail a few
days ago, having been giveu five days
for fighting. His brother, Ike Parr,
was given three days Tuesday morning
by Judge Fitz Gerald for being drunk
on the streets. . .
Wednesday afternoon it was said by
Narcisse Bushman, the Indian police
man, that Parr was last seen at sun
down Tuesday and that Jie was then
headed up the river; Right after J'tho
shooting he is said to have taken two
rifles from his house and SO or 40 car
tridges, telling his mother that he
would not be taken. Under tin re
cent opinions of the supreme court, it
is the duty of the United States mar
shal to haudle the case, and none of
the local offioers have authority to act
in the matter ithont a warraut from
the marshal's office.
ORDERED TO LEAVE.
President Will Not Allow Thein Time to
Make Needed Keialra.
Following the announcement made
at the war department the secretary
of war was in receipt of a cablegram
from Governor Wright announcing
that Secretary Taft's instructions had
been formally transmitted to the Rus
sian admiral and at the same time an
inquiry made as to whether he would
be required to put to soa within twenty-four
hours after taking on coal and
provisions sufficient to take them to
the nearest port That up to this time
only enough coal and sufficient food
supplies for use in the harbor to last
from day to day has been given, as
they arrived in Manila with practic
ally no coal or provisions, Governor
Wright submitted the question as to
whether they were entitled to take on
enough coal and provisions to carry
them to the nearest port. Governor
Wright was advised that the president
was directed that the 24 hour
limit must be strictly enforced, and
that the necessary supplies and coal
must be taken on within that time;
these instructions being consistent
with those of June 5 stating that
as the Russian admiral's ships were
Buffering from damage due to a battle,
the American policy was to resrict all
operations of the belligerents at neu
tral ports. In other words time was
not to be given for the repair of the
damages suffered in battle.
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Ely-Marsh.
Wednesday afternoon, at the home
of the bride's mother in Pendleton,
Miss Ioua Marsh and Mr. Walter Ely,
of this city," were united in marriage,
Rev. Brooks of the Christian church,
officiatingIn addition to relatives of
both the'bride and groom, the follow
ing guests were present : Cleo Beeler,
of Dayton, Misses Beatrice Bradshaw
and Stella Lnland, of Weston, Joe
N. Scott and Wilbur Woods, of this
city, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pinkerton,
of Weston, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Thompson, of Pendleton. Mr. and
Mrs. Ely immediately after the wed
ding took the evening train for Athe
na and arriving here went to their
home in the south part of town,
where later in the evening the couple
were given a strenuous old-time chari
vari. Odd Fellows Elect Officers
The grand encampment of Odd
Fellows of Oregon elected the follow
ing: Claude Gatch, grand chief pat
riarch, Salem ; W. I. Vawter, grand
high priest, Medford; H. M. Beck
with, grand senior warden, Portland;
W. W. Francis, grand treasurer, Port
laud ; E. J. Seely, grand juuior war
den, Albany, W. M. Green, grand
representative, Eugene ; Lu H. Hazard,
grand marshal, Coquille; R. Robert
son, grand sentinel, Roseburg; W. O.
Gregg, grand outside sentinel, Canyon
City.
Frank Baker Dead.
'ord came to Athena this morning
o
that Frank Baker, a prominent and
well known citizen of Adams, died
last night at bis home in that city, of
appendicitis. Mr. Baker was attacked
with the ailment some time ago, ap
parently recovered, but was stricken
againile was prominent iu affairs
in Adams and has served on the city
council. '
First Official Whipping.. -
Charles McGinty, of Portland, was
convicted Wednesday morning of beat
ing his wife to secure her, earnings,
and was'sentenced to 20 lashes, the
first conviction under the new whipping-post
law. The punishment was
administered by a deputy sheriff.using
a cat-o'-nine tails on the bare back.
Each stroke brought blood.
Umatilla and Morrow Day.
Tuesday bops, hay and dairy pro
ducts held full sway at the exposi
tion, saysthe Oregonian, but Wednes
day wheat and wool occupied the
throne together as the people of Uma
tilla and Morrow counties were at the
fair in full force. On that day visit
ors at the Exposition grounds wore
Umatilla and Morrow county badges
with heads of wheat and clips of wool
pinned to them. It was hard to find
a visitor that did not have pinned to
the waist or coat a head of green
wheat or a piece of wool for the East
ern Oregon people came prepared and
insisted that all those whom they met
do them honor by wearing samples of
Umatilla and Morrow county pro
ducts. It was all the rage and there
were many who sought out the Eastern
Oregou visitors with the request that
(hey also be allowed to wear and ad
vertise Oregon products. Early in the
afternoon the requests at the Oregon
building for these samples became so
numerous that the supply gave out and
the fortunate ones divided what they
had with others.
Selling Cutting Machinery.
Athena implement dealers are look
ing forward to numerous sales in cut
ting macbiuery this year and have on
hand large stocks of headers, bindere
and mowers of the standard sizes and
makes.
GOOD ROADS MEETING.
Pendleton Unite 30i for Defraying
the Incidental Eipeiiwi,
Next Monday, June 12, a national
good roads convention will be held in
Pendleton aud arrangements are now
being made for it on an elaborate
scale, the Pendleton commercial asso
ciation having raised $200 to defray
the incidental expenses.
It is the desire to make the coming
affair a noteworthy one in the history
of good roads agitation in Eastern Or
egon. Every effort will be made to
make the session of popular interest
Three sessions will be held during
the day Monday at 10 a. m., 3 p. m.
and 8 p. m. Besides the addresses, a
number of musioai numbers will be
placed on the program, to lend a var
iety to the meeting.
Wnnrlmen TSvnnr-qlrtri
C Woodmen from all over the county
are going to Waha W alia Sunday
when Athena Camp, No. 171, wih
conduct the ceremonies of the order at
the unveiling of the monuments at the
graves of Neighbors Ed. Bronghtou
and Frank Willis The O. R. & N.
will give excursion rates. Passengers
going over will take the regular morn
ing train aud. returning will leave
Walla Walla at 7 :30 in the evening.
There will also be a great baseball
game on this day in Walla Walla be
tween the Pendlotou team and the
Walla Walla team.
Prisoners Escape.
While at work with other convicts
on the Slough road about a mile aud
half south of Salem Wednesday Rafter
noon Edmund Louisgnot and Fred
Collins, trusties at the state peniten
tiary made their escape from the
guards who were in charge of one of
the road constructing gangs f rom the
penitentiary. The escape was effected
by the two convicts jumping into the
heavy undergrowth of brush growing
alongside the road.
A Window Cutter.
"Jack the Window Cutter," seems
to be at work in Pendleton, says the
East Oregouian and if he continues
to operate here he is liable to be taken
by a vigilance committee of wrathy
merchants and treated to something
very severe. Within the last night
or two some party has scratched the
plate glass windows in front of several
of the local drygoods stores, causing
considerable damage.
Cutting: Weeds.
A number of Athena residents are
having the weeds and grass in front
of their premises cut and the result in
certain localities is the streets are
made to look better and more attrac
tive. Now is the time1 to mow weeds
and grafis growing in the streets along
side the walks. A little later this
vegetation will be dead and hard to
cut.
Notice.
All members of the Alumni Associa
tion of the E. O. S. N. S. are reques
ted to Ij present at the anuual busi
ness meeting to be held at the Normal
chapel in Weston at 3 p. m, June 14,
1905.
Mrs. Minerva Haley, Cor. Sec
Spokane Won.
Monday at Reardou, Washington,
a ball game took place between the
"Bwingsifters" aud the Spokane league
team, in which the league won 12 to
0. Willard, the old "Yellow Kid,"
aud Jimmie Cox played with the
Reardon team.
In Memory of Balleray.
Members of the Umatilla county
bar met iu the court room at the
county court house and with Circuit
Judge Ellis in the chair conducted
services to the memory of the late J.
J. Balleray.
.Ko-'lo-Oac for Ulir Cut.
Guai iiiurl la.lKtcco lial.tt cure, rnulien wl
lieu Mtuur -uud pure. UK. All druKiabl
GRAND JURY MEETS
WRESTLING WITH EVIDENCE
IN CASES BEFORE IT.
Moses Taylor Indicted on Charge of
Arson-Other Trno Bills That
Have Been Reported.
Circuit court is iu session in Pen
dleton this week, with Judge Ellis on
the bench and for the first time in
years a grand jury of seven men has
been empanneled. The grand jurors
chosen are: James Terry, W. N.
Claypool, Samuel Warner, William
Connerly, John McEwon, A. W. Nor
ton and Charles Riemnn.
The grand jury held their session in
the supreme court room aud after be
ing instructed by District Attorney
Phelps, proceeded to their work aud
passed upon five cases during their
first day's work, returning two true
bills and finding three not true bils.
A true bill was found against Jesse
Hurst, of Freewater. who wan chariTofl
with larceny from a cigar store, and
upon his entering a plea of guilty,
Judge Ellis sentenced him to one year
penal servitude, but under the new
law gave the lad parole upon provision
that he would report to the court onoo
every month, stating how many days
he had worked during that time and
what his occupation had been, and
also accounting or his time in nvmv
particular.
A true bill was found against J. J.
and Nellie Gueuette. tun connln whn
are aocused of stealing towels, linen
and other property from a local lodg
ing house. Also at the close nf th
session yesterday an indictment was re-
mrnea uy tne grand jury against II.
B. Kershaw for shipping grain from
a warehouse without authority.
One of the most important trials to '
be heard at this session of circuit
court is the Hnutinetoii trinl frnm
Baker county, which was brought
ueiore Judge Jillis on a change of
venue. Ex-Sheriff Huntington, of
Baker county, will be given a trial for
defalcation aud a large number of
witnesses and attorneys from Baker
City will attend. The case was set
for next Tuesday, June 13, when the
docket was arranged aud no other
arrangemeut has beeu mado chang
ing the date.
Moses Taylor was iudicted on the
charge of attempted arson. Tho in
dictment charges Taylor with having
hired two men, Richard McGrath,
who is now in the county jail, aud
Monroe Palmer, to set fire to the barn
of his neighbor, John Banister, and
with having furnished the men with
cloths aud material with which to
commit the arson. Mr. Taylor was
arraigued before Judge Ellis Wednes
day afternoon and giveu until Satur
day to file a motion. He has retained
Will M. Peterson and Carter & Raloy
as his attorneys.
WORK IS PROGRESSING.
large Force of Hen la Now Kmplojred on
Water Sjrfteiu.
Work at the head of Athena's new
gravity water system is neariug com
pletion. The main intake pipes and
the laterals have all been laid and a
good portion of the ditches filled in.
The large force of men now em
ployed will be put to work excavating
the reservoir and digging the line of
ditch into town. The rock crusher
has been crushing rock for several
days, and there is now enough crushed
rock on hand for the construction of
the reservoir lining.
The pipe shipments will begin to
arrive on or before June 15, and by
the time July 1 is here there will be
little remaining pipe to be laid in the
ditch.
Burning Car-
hen the local freight train pulled
in to the yards at Athena Wednesday
evening, a freight car back of the en
gine was found to be on fire. The
flames were gaining considerable head
way and a stream of water was turned
on from the hydrant near the depot
The car was loaded with potatoes so
the dumage from water was nothing.
The fire was probably started from
the engine'' ' .
Marriage Licenses Issued.
Marriage licenses were issued by
the county clerk Wednesday as fol
lows: R. E. Ringo and Blanche
Gulliford; Walter E. Ely audi. Oua
Marsh; Ah Goon an Ah Kay, and
Charles Dunn and Amy Bowman.
In the last case the groom is a resi,
dent of Lincoln county, Washington.
lid Not Invest.
"Big" Dan Kirk has returned to
Milton from Twin Falls, Idaho, where
he went some time ago to invest in ir
rigated laud. Mr. Kirk came back
without investing, having found all
the desirable land bought up.