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7 - CwS - 1. SEMI-"WEEKL"2" VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 11, 1905. NUMBER 57. ED. MANASSE 9 ITf U J fh a In all Denar to Make Room lor fall Goods. ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. Do Ml 5 1 l Sr ',J Warm the Homes i Bake tlie Bread and Roast the Meats ? ' , . ! that Make the Man. But ONE QUALITY ! l and that THE BEST COX "&r: M'EWEN SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA; OREGON ELT& mm 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 And Vegetables is ur its zenith. Our FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COME DIRECT FROM THE RANCH and thtrefore are fresh and palatable. , LL BROTHERS l1 ai MOTS ,''; ft -ul'iij r- ......... . warn We Sell Them? Before buying call and see our line of SAMPSON WIND MILLS, BUCKEYE PUMPS, A : ECONOMY. FRUIT JARS, ' HARDWARE and; PLUMBING SUPPLIES. The Best Ever! Its the careful buyer of Har vest supplies that we are after at the present. We ask that you call and investigate our stock and get our prices. "First class goods and small profits" our motto . SGOTT ART? CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN . GOOD THING 3 TO EAT HIBERNIAN COLONY AGENT IS NOW LOOKING OYEB - UMATILLA COUSTY Order of Hibernians 'Establishing . . Settlement for Aged and Decrepit Members- ; ' How would yon like a colony of Hibernians in Umatilla county? A settlement of the real ' old fashioned Irish, with their sweet old country ways and their quaint characteristics? This is what is likely to come if B. N. Markham of South Dakota, can find a suitable location for such , a colony, says the E. O. He has beeo looking over Eastern . Oregon and has been in Pendleton for the past three days quietly investigating the condi tions, climatio and otherwise in this vicinity, with a view to purchasing a 1000 acre tract of land, if possible, on which to start a Hibernian colony The order of Hibernians, which has a large membership, is largely made up of Catholics, and being in . a pros perous ; financial condition, is now founding colonies for aged members iu different portions of ; the United States, where climate is mild and other conditions ' pleasant, for the de crepit and aged people, who would be eligible for their splendid charity. The sum of $500,000 has just been spent for land near Aberdeen, South Dakota, for such a colony, and work of developing it and putting it in shape to support the aged people will begin at once. Other like tracts will be purchased in different portions of the west and Che colonies will be made sources of profit to the order as well as homes for the helpless members. It is the intention to have competent managers and laborers iu charge to handle the crops and products of the laud purchased, the aged members to work as much as they are able and to have a home on the common prop erty of the order f long uft they live. It is estimated , that their labor, in raising small crops and poultry, - in dairyiug and other light work, would so far assist in the work that by a small amount of hired help the colony could be highly profitable. Barnum & Bailey's Circus. For the Barnum & Bailey circus in Walla Walla August 14, round trip tickets on the O. & N. will be sold under the following conditions: ' One and one third fare; children of half fare age half fare rate; tickets limited to return ou day following date of sale. . ""'.'. THE PEOPL'ES GROCERS TIIES Athena, Oregon. oJlegon bop industry. Marlon Uonntjr Greatest Producer of . , Hopi la th United State. The Chamber of Commerce Bulletin of Portland, for the month of August, gives the following review of the hop industry in Oregon: . . Oregon is the . first state in the Union for hop production. . In ' west ern and: middle Oregon the exactly proper climatio conditions exist to produce hops a warm and moist at mospfeeQy plenty of sunshine, occas ional, fog, and warm,,' dry weather just before maturity! Oregon; Lops are oJber grade and grown, at less cost than elsewhere. ' 4 j : The hfaximnm yield is 2000 pounds poi 'acre; ' minimum, 1200. j Only eightionnda were grown In 1850. Since then the acreage and yield has steadily increased. In 1900, 15,434 acres produced 14,675,577 pounds nearly five times the ' crop of 1890. Average prices of hop lands, cleared and under cutlivation 'are: ' Overflow ' bottom land, $75 to $100 per; acre; other bottom land,' $50 to $75 ; prair ie and ftilMand, $25 to $40. Benton, Lane, Polk and Washington couuties are great hop producers. '' Thousands Of acres are still available; j 51 ' ' In 1897 the crop in the Willamette valliwas .16,000,000 bounds, i Hop pickwlf "annually earn' $1,850,000. ; Oregon hop crop in 1904 was 82,600 bales, or 18,000,000 pounds, valued at $4,000,000, and equaling one half of thewop of the United States. The annil yield averages from 65,000 to 9tf,0W bales. In the Willamette val ley 17,000 to 18,000 acres are devoted The average price in 1904 "was 25 cents, the maximum price. 82 cents; oosfc'of production per pound, 8 ceats to 10 cents. The total profit on the hop crop for 1904 was $3,500,000, and an acre averages Marion county is the largest hop producing county in i the" United States. n . CZAR HOPEFUL OF PEACE Witte Telegraphs Emperor That He , Knows Japanese Terms. St Petersburg, Aug. 10. The gov ernment officials now take a more optimistic view of the outcome of peace negotiations. It is reported that Witte telegraphed the czar that he already knew the Japanese terms and that they are acceptable with a few amendments. He believes that the Japanese will agree to the Changes he will propose. ! , - Portsmouth, Aug. 10. The Russian Japanese envoys assembled promptly this ' morning for the second day's session. A formal exchange of cre dentials was made in making presen tation.' Honiara again expressed his regret at the misunderstanding of the To Close Weston Also Committee Confered With Deputy Dis trict Attorney Yesterday. Pendleton, Aug. 11. Rev. A. L. Tboroughmau, pastor of the First Methodist church of Weston, and A. Phillips, a pioneer resident of Weston, were in the city yestrday morning and appeara berore Deputy District At troney John McCourt for the nnrnosB of discussing the matter of enforcing tue ounaay ciosmg law in vveston. They stated that tbey were rperosent ing a large number of Weston citizens who desired that the town be closed ou Sundays, especially the saloons. It is undrestood that complaints will Gives Strikers Ten Days Seattle, Aug". "10 General Man ager Horn of the Northern Pacific has wired Superintendent Weymouth of the Seattle division that be will give the striking operators ten days in which to return to work under cer tain conditions as to rating after being reinstated. The rating allowed fol DECISION IN SEPTEMBER. On The Motion for a New Trial for Motet Taylor. Motiou for a new trial made by the defense in the case of Moses Taylor, convioted of attempted arson,was sub mitted to Judge Ellis without argu ment but it is not thought a decision will be given in the matter until Sep tember, the question being held under advisement during the meantime, says a Pendleton paper. t Accompanying the motion for a new trial affidavits were filed by the de fense for the purpose of showing cause why a wem trial should be granted. I In these afikdvits it is maintained that witnesses have beeu found who will testify that they heard John Ban ister say he would give $1000 if Tay lor could be caught in the : act of at tempting to burn his barn or field. No sentence has yet been passed on Taylor, nor can such be done until the present motion is disposed of. . ; 1 Wallowa Is Booming. The prospect of a railroad is re ported to be causing a . regular boom in. the Wallowa country. People are buying and selling real estate, land values are increasing rapidly and sales are enormous, the same piece of land changing hands as many as three or four times in one day. . Everybody is trying to get in on the ground floor for the big rush of business which will oome with' the oontsrnctiou of the road. .. ; . ; , lone Farmer Killed. Thomas Davidson, a wealthy farmer living near lone, was-run over by the eastbound passenger train No. 2 Monday afternoon and received in juries from wbih he- flied. He,1 had been in Portland, and when attempt ing to step from the moving train he fell under the wheels, one of his logs being ground off close to the hip. purposes of yesterday's meeting, whore by he. neglected to , bring papers. Again cordial assurance that no in convenience resulted were given , by Rosen and Witte. Conditions ou whioh Japan desired to make peace were presented in writing this morn ing. The conference decided that the Russians shall study the question and will as soon as possible , give an answer in writing. Until then the meetings of the conference are ad journed. The question of the powers of the envoys was also regulated, so that ilttle difficulty will be experienc ed on that subject hereafter. The above announcements were officially made after the morning meeting. be filed at once with the district at torney against the alleged violators of the Sunday closing law and when this action is taken, the sheriff will be seut to Weston to officially notify the business men of that place. Deputy District Attorney McCourt stated yes terday that if one portion of the law was to be enforced, no discrimination would be permitted and that both sections relating to Sunday closing would be enforced. According to this phase of the matter, it means that the enitre town of Weston will be closed. lows: Striking operators may be re employed under recommendation of the superintendent, subject to the ap proval of the general manager, later. Men who have been loyal shall rank first. Men who have been employed during the strike to take their sen iority iu accordance with the date of their employment THEVTHREATEH SUIT THOSE WHO FAILED TO PASS ABE INDIGNANT. Complain of Unfair Discrimination Against the Oregon Univers- ity Graduates. . , What promises to be a first class row betweeu the medical department of the Oregon State University and the State Medical Board is now brew ing. It grows out of the recent ex aminations ' held by the board for lioenses to practice medicine within the confines of Oregon. The examinations resulted in the failure of a large proportion of the ap plicants to pass, many of whom were graduates of the State University cedioal school, who held diplomas from that institution. Those who failed feel as though they were not treated fairly by the examiners, and the feeling has grown so intense that a conference of the defeated appli cants has been called to meet in Port land the latter part of this week for the purpose of instituting an action in the courts against the medical board. The grounds of tba complaint are alleged to be unfair discrimination against the Oregon University gradu ates and other Oregon schools. They claim that the examinations were unnecessarily severe that not enough time was given them in which to prepare answers to questions and that in making the papers, the exam iners graded them down on trival er rors of spelling and punctuation. ,; They also assert that practically all those who passed were old practition ers from other states who must neces sarily have been rusty on the very par ticulars for errors in which the young students, fresh from school, were so severely marked down. They argue that a man who has been out of school for years could not possibly bo as accurate in matters of orthography as members of the class of 1905. The. graduates of the medical de partment of Oregon "University who failed are: R. S. Armes, Henry, B. Day, Rosooe Field, Robert Grieve, Albert Chester Hanson, -Harvey O. Hickman, George W. Hill, Fred A. Liouallen, Bortha Taylor Pattou, Fred Peacock and Thos. W. Ross. If suit is brought against the board it will be at their instance. RENDERS DECITI0N. Perygne Cane I 1'lnally Settled Ujr Judge Kill. Judge W. R. Ellis of the circuit court has handed down a decision iu the case of A. S. Pearson, Louis Win ters and Eva Peaison against Joseph Perygne and O. H. Reynolds, guard ian of Perygne's estate. The cuse involved the questions of law, regarding a certain . real estate transaction made Decern ner 26, 1903, when the defendant Perygne trans ferred to Eva Pearson 160 acres lo cated in section 22, township 6 north, range 85 ; it being alleged by the de fendants that Perygne was both a minor and of unsound mind when the deal was made. The court held that neither of these points raised by tho defense were true and further hold that there was no effort on the part of the plaintiffs iu this case to cheat or defraud Perygne in securing the land in question. Iu order to protect them selves, says the East Oregonian, a sec ond deed was secured from Perygne August 13, 1903, and the court held that tbey aoted in good faith in tak ing this action. ' A reasonable price of $3000 was paid for the land, the court held, and also decided that the title to the deed now held by Wintes to whom the land was subsequently transferred was good and sufficient. Both parties to the case are required to pay for their own costs and disbursements resulting from the aotiou. " Lewi and Clark Rates. The O. K. 8c N. Co. announces tho following rates from Athena to Port laud for the Lew in and Clark fair : Individual tickets will be sold daily from May 29 to October 15, inclusive, continuous passage in each direction ; final return limit 30 days from date of sale, but in no case later than Oc tober 81, 1905, for one and one-third fare, amounting to $9.90. Party ticketsthat iH ten or more persons will be sold from May 29 to October 15 inclusive; passage in each direction; 10-day limit from date of sale, at one single fare per capita for round trip, amounting to $7.40. Children one half fare age at half fare of the above rates. For further particulars call oil M. W. Smith, O. R. & N. agent, Athena. nANNHR OA LVH th moat healing salvo in the werld.
