VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1905. NUMBER 50. I ! 1 I ED. MANAS SE .rl In all Departinents to Make Room for Fall Goods. ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. The "GARLAND" Trade Mark represents the acme of Quality, Finish, Dura. bility, Convenience cs-VGOXrlVI'pERJ;;;;; SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA. OREGON A. E 0 Q Mowers, Rakes, Binders. Deering Binding Twine; Machine Extras of all kinds. . . , , H&rdwtire TIEKE M I, II, '"MMWMWWI I II IIIMMV When all that is good in Groceries and Staple Provisions fail to appeal to you as appetizers. THAT TIME IS HERE, tor the season of Fruits Md Vegetables is at its zenith. Our FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COME DIRECT FROM THE RANCH and thtrefore are fresh and palatable. DELL BROTHERS pop 9 Call and See Our f Lawn Mowers Garden Hose Screen Doors Hardware f and Plumbing Supplies V INCORPORATED. Stock is CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT I BMK- I I WAS KILLED BY GAS EANCHEELO WEKED INTO WELL HEAE MILTON. ' ' J. Lower Is Asphyxiated By Fumes While He Was Kinty Feet ' Below the Surface. r J. Lower, a rancher who lived about twelve miles northeast of Milton, was killed by gases from a well shortly be fore noon Saturday. JLOwer, who was a mtin about 65 years of age, was watching well dig gers who were at work upon the home stead of George S. Stephens. The men had dug about ninety feet and when they came up to go to dinner the old man wanted them to lot him go down into the well. The well diggers re moustrated with him . but when ho insisted they allowed him to descend; After staying at the bottom of the well for a short time Lower called to the men to pull him up. This the men started to do and raised him about six feet from the bottom of the well, when suddenly without a cry he dropped from the bucket, and when brought to the top by one of the ' men who went down after him was found to be dead. " It is supposed that he was overcome by gases in the well and was unable to hold on to the rope by which the bucket was suspended. " Coroner Henderson was notified by telephone shortly after noon, but when the facts in tbe'ease were explained to him he decided that it would be un necessary to hold an inquest. -Lower leaves a wife and several grown children, most of whom are re siding on the ranoh northeast of Mil ton. Little is known of him there, as he had lived in that vicinity but a short time. . . ; . ,., ' ' .; A BadScare. " ' J1'.-' Some day you will aret a bad scare; when you feel a pain in your bowels, and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in Dr King's New Life Pills, a sure cure tor all bowel and stomach diseases, such as headache, biliousness, costive- ness, etc Guaranteed at McBride's drug store, only 25c. Try them. Mo Secret About It. It is no secret, that for cuts, burns, ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes, boils, etc, nothing is so effective as Buck lea's Arnica Salve, "ft didn't tnk long to cure a bad sore I had and it is au u iJ&.: lor sore eyes, ' writes JJ. L. Gregory, Hope, Tex. 25c at Mc Bride's drug store Complete. TIIES Athena, Oregon. NORMAL mB'SSfm In Accordance With Order to Be Issued By Board of Regents Tonight. ' Pendleton, July 18. At a meeting of the regents of Weston Normal school which will be held in this city tomorrow night, an. order will be issued to close the school and a cus todian will then be appointed to have charge of the property. This has boeu decided upon in advance of the meet ing by the members of the board of re gents as it became evident that the people who have given notes for the support of the school did so under a misuudertanding, and it will be im possible for the regents to secure funds with which to keep, the sohool open. The notes given were signed as a mere matter of collateral or backing for the regents, in securing funds, with the understanding that they were RATES OF THE PORTAGE Commission is Soon to Meet to Adjust and Fix Freight Charges. Salem, July 17. Since the harvest of the fall grain is on in Eastern Or egon and Idaho it will soon be neces sary for the state portage board to hold a meeting and decide upon a schedule' of freight rates to be iu effect upon the road affecting the va rious points along the line from Lew iston to Portlnad. ' y1 Hitherto . it has been1 unnecessary to establish a schedule, because, no freight was moved or was likely to move for several weeks, but now the time is approaching when the grain will begin to move and the board will find it encumbent to take action in the matter. ; It is questionable if a meeting will be held until Governor Chamberlain returns from the east, which will : not be until the 23rd of this month. The O. R. & N. Company's tariff rate now in effect between Lewiston and Port land is 19 1-2 cents per 100 pounds, Smith May Be the Deputy C. P. Davis, chief deputy iu the sheriff's office has been remove d by Sheriff Taylor. Sheriff Taylor was in Athena yesterday. He refused to make any statement further than that Davis had been removed and that the experts would not be prepared to report for some days yet It is an ad mitted fact that Davis has retained The Senator Washington, July 17. The inquiry of Mr. Richards, commissioner of the general land office, sent out recently to Mormon church authorities in Utah as to what they meant by advertising that through "land office connections," they would be in a position to greatly assist their brethren in securing choice selections of land in the Uintah reser Peebles Elected at Salem Salem, July 17. At the meeting pf the school board last night, Prof. G. A. Peebles of tbe Weston Normal School, was elected principal of the North school, Mr. Goode having re signed to accept a school at Mt Tabor. Prof. Peebles years ago taught the North school and was afterward city Bluejackets Tacoma, July 17. A spacial dis patch to the Ledger from Port An geles says : " " . ' At 10:30 tonight, word was received here that United States Lightship No. 67 is being towed up tbe straits in a helpless condition with several scald never to be paid. It now becomes necessary for the regents to place th ese notes in the bank,,, and draw upon them immediately; thus making them payable to the banks, should the refer endum vote eut out the appropriation for the normals and a number of the signers of the notes have objected to this, so the only thing to do is to close the sohool according to the regents' best judgment , ' It is to be regretted that the school is to be closed as it is now at the be ginning of the most promising year, A class of over 30 would have been graduated next year and applications from students iu every county in east ern Oregon -have been received by President French, who is working very zealously for the school. practically $4 per ton. It has been estimated that, if the portage road should establish a rate of $3 per tou upon freight between these two points there would be a considerable amount of profit in it and would still be much more reasonable rate for the farmers, and shippers of grain. On the other hand there is a likeli hood of the O. R.& N. Co. readjusting its present schedule to compete with the portage road aud a further cut by the latter, it is thought, might oper ate to precipitate a rate war between the competing lines for the busiueas. The two members of the board here, Secretary of State Dunbar and State Treasurer Moore, are undecided as to when the rate schedule mooting will be held, but quite probably the latter part of the mouth. If the $3 per : tou rate is established, ' a proportionate rate will be arranged for tho other stations along the route , . ,,; attorneys to defend him in case action is brought against him. J. W. Smith of this city will probably succeed to the office of chief deputy. Mr. Smith is competent iu every way for the positiou, and it is known that his appointment by Sheriff Taylor would be eminently satisfactory to that official's boudsmeu. i i .. ' Called Down vation opening, was answered iu a let ter received today, signed jointly by Senator Smoot and Senator Suther land pf Utah. The letter is dated Salt Lake City, July 8. The Senators had noticed the advertisement and hasten ed to assure tbe land office that no attempt would be made by anyone to gain advantage iu the distribution of the lapds. superintendent of schools. He has also been county superintendent of schools and was at one time city su perintendent of schools at McMinn ville. During the last five years ho has been with the Eastern Oregon State Normal, occupying the chair of mathematics for two years and of English'literature for three years. Are Mangled ed men aboard as the result of a boiler explosion. " She was taken from anchorage off Flattery Rocksawhere she was turned over to the tng'Pioneer, which is now coming up the straits with the dis- abled vessel as fast as steam can bring her. ; LIGHT IS TURNED ON DISTBICT ATT0BNEY BENE Y MAKES REVELATIONS- Evidence Excluded From Present , Trial, Tends To Foreshadow Bine Mountain Fraud- Like a flash of a searchlight came developments in the trial of William son and his co-defendants in the, federal cdhrt, which indicate the ex- tent of the laud frauds iu Oregon and the intimate connection between the revelations already made and those whioh are to come, says the Portland Journal. . Cross examination of the defendants iu the pending trial by the prosecuting attorney, ' F. J. Honey, gave unmistakable suggestion that the government is in possession of evidence indicating that the Crook county tim ber deals of Congressman Williamson iwd his partner Dr. Van Gesner, were but a small part of their land opera tions and that both of them were inter ested itttbe sohool laud speculations, within the Blue mountain reserve. The first definite knowledge of the definite scope of the frauds by whioh timber and land speculators have stolen immense areas of public land in Oregon was afforded by the inves tigation of the federal grand juries which have held sessions in Portland w.Uhin the past year. This know ledge was supplemented by the grand jury of Marion county whioh conclud ed its work about two mouths ago and whioh brought in several indictments of frauds iu connection with the state school lands. From the evidence that has been made public it appears that in 1902, while Binger Hermann was commis sioner of tho general land offloe, a number of land speculators gained advance information in regard to the withdrawal of lands embraced within tbe proposed Blue mountain reserve. This information was supposed to be a rigidly guarded secret of the land department. The news that the re serve was to be created was not made public until July 28, 1902, but a day or two before that date many thous ands of acres of school lands lying within the boundaries of the proposed reserve were suddenly taken up by speculators 4. under circumstances strongly suggesting that they hud re ceived a secret tip as to the withdraw al of the land. - Evidenoe has been secured i by the Marion county grand jury , that a law yer named Boggs, who was in the offloe of United Statos Commissioner Bfags at Prineville, was instrumental in making many of these purchases of school lauds within tbe reserve and it is the theory of the government offic ials thut he was the socret agent of Williamson and Gesner. ; Questions asked of Dr. Van Gesner and Marion R. Biggs, co-defendants with Congressman Williamson iu tho pending trial iu the federal court, showed plainly that it is tho belief of the prosecution that Boggs was the agent of Williamson and Gesner in se curing school lands. ' Mr. Heney, the prosecuting attorney, was anxious to make inquiries along this line but ob jections by the defense were sustained by the court. Gesner was asked whother Boggs was not taking up sohool lands for the firm of William sou & Gesner, but he denied that such was the case. He admitted, however, that Boggs was interested in school laud operations in the summer of 1902. ..The information which is being gathered by the government as tho land fraud prosooutions progress is likely to be of great importance when other defendants are placed on trial. To Aid Investigation, ' Pendleton, July 18. J. J. McKoin, superintendent of the Indian agoncy, last evening stated that the investi gation, being couducted on the reser vation by the government officials, would not be completed for several days and Until that time nothing 'de finite would be ready for publication. The charges against C M. Robinson are suid to be far reaching and until the matter is finally acted upon by the government officials, Rouinson will be out of office as clerk at the agency. A. Tinker has joined Inspector Val entine in the work of cloariug up the situation. Mr. Tinker was seut here by Secretary of the interior Hitchcock aud has been gathering information with Mr. Valentine for tbe past three days or more. Hew Warehouse ' The Preston-Parton Milling Co. is niakiug preparations to build a large wheat warehouse. The old ware house is being moved to uiuke room for the new oue. , fto-To-Ua for 'Iftjr Cents. Ouarauul tbaet-o bulilt eure. make wp ueii MUuur ""'ooU pure. toe. ii. All UruKSitu. V Pi N