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WESTON AND ADAMS LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PBOM CUE SISTER TOWHS Incidents, Event and Personal Men tion Found In the Leader and Advance. Weston. . (Leader.) Dr. Cashatt waa called Tuesday to Fletcher's mill, -where a fine boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fletcher. Masons began work this week on the brick cottage 'which Mrs. H. B. Nelson is building for rent near her residence on Water street M. G. Monte, a versatile musician well known at Weston, arrived Tues day from Walla Walla, and is again enrolled at Fletcher's mill. Mr. and Mrs. William Pinkerton of Athena were the guests yesterday of Mr. and Mrs. H. - Pinkerton at their home in this city, Mrs. S. Turner remains in a serious condition, no ' change for the better being reported. .; Dr. Nelms was again in attendance Wednesday from Walla , Walla. ' ; , .; t s Mrs. T. A. Snook and children ar rived yesterday from Blackfoot, Ida ho, to join Dr. Snook, who has not y8t definitely decided upon his future location. J. H. Logan has sold his cottage near town and an acre and a half of ground to Henrietta Kinard for $500. Mr. Logan took in part payment a fine team of Percheron horses. Austin Kees came over Wednesday from Walla Walla where he has been stopping since his accident. ; He is rapidly recovering and expects ' his arm before long to be as strong as ever. Fred Winman, brother of J. P. Winman, has arrived from Pennsyl vania to assist the latter at his barber shop in this . city. Both have since been busy, as the shop is rapidly win ning popular favor. jV jiJ f) Twin Bons were born Wednesday evening to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Snellen-1 berger, new arrivals at Weston who reside on Wallace street. One of the babies expired at birth but the other remains to comfort the parents. . Miss Pearl Wills has gone to Hono lulu, where she will teach in the pub lic schools. Miss Wills is an alumnus of the Eastern Oregon State Normal Sohool and a successful teacher. She has been employed of late in the Pen dleton schools. Rev. Homer Gallaher was here this week on a visit to old-time friends. He is now stationed as . United Brethren minister at Durham, Calif. He has been for two years in California, and was formerly pastor i of a new U. B. church at Sacramento. . J. R. Kilgore returned f Wednesday to Los Angeles, "Calif., where he is associated with Messrs. Pierce and Oliver in a successful observation car enterprise.. The trip off ered on their cars for $1 is a beautiful one, and their business , baa largely increased nf Info. Mrs. ICilcrnra will remsin a few weeks longer visiting relatives at Milton. M. Nordean has purchased the band some residence property of J. E. Kil gore on south Walter street This in vestment would indicate that Mr. Nordean and family, . who arrived several months ago from .Missouri, are satisfied with Weston and intend to remain. .. ; Mr. W. L. MoCallum and. Miss Helen O. Schulerud will be married August 24 at the home of the bride s parents in Tekoa. Mr. MoCallum is deputy county treasurer at Spokane, and bis bride has been employed for the past three years in the palace store there. She was formerly in the mil linery business at Weston. . Among former students at the Nor mal, Byroii M. Hall has gone to Stan ford, where he will take the college co n rue in law and economics; Nor bert Langhrige to Willamette Uni vresity and E. M. Ebbert to Whitman college. The boys' dormitoriy is full of trucks belonging to young men students who expected to return to the Normal and are still adrift on the educational sea. Prospecting for water has been con ducted in the bed of Pine creek for several days about 800 feet above the present head of the gravity system. The precious fluid is found in abund anoe, but it cannot be properly con served unless a concrete dam is sunk to bedrock. At a, depth of 11 1-2 feet no bedrock has been struck, and it is feared that the creek channel marks a deep crevasse between the hills, in which event a dam would be very ex pensive. No definite plan of action has as yet been decided upon. Mean while, however, the cheering news is heard that the regular water supply, which has been shorter this year than ever before, is increasing. Adams.. (Advance.) The O. K. & N. Co.'s engineers were engaged Wednesday in locating the grade stakes for the lumber yard side track. - The teams and men will begin to pile up the grade ia a short time. It will not be long until the whole thing ia complete and the peo ple of Adams can get a board to patch a hole in the chicken house without having to go to the neighboring villages on either side of the town. In connection with this enterprise, there is a number of new houses, principally residences, that are billed to go up right away. , Adams is bound to grow whether you watch it or not ' Miss Grendoline Rogers, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rog ers, was a sufferer this week from summer complaint Mr. John Pennick, from Melbourne, Wash., and his mother, Mrs. Mary Freeman, of Mulvane, Kansas, are visiting Mrs. Mary L. Pennick. Mrs. L T. Price is home once mora from a sojourn at Meacham, where she spent a short time to get away from the hot weather. . " C. E. Darr was down - Wedneadav from his ranch on the headwaters of McKay creek. He says the grouse hunting promises to be good. John Whiteley was down from their summer camp on the Walla Walla river Tuesday. He said the folks ex pected to return to Adams shortly. ; Lemery Bros. had considerable trouble with their horse power the first of the week. They got the third power before ; they,, could con tinue operation. ' "Hiz'onner." ' O. L." Baker, citv recorder, had some doings yesterday. The charge was gambling, and the fine placed was $17.60 each, multi plied by four; made the city treasury $70 to the good. ' ; , . August Arp spent Sunday evening in Pendleton and incidentally, of course, visited the picnio at Kine's grove. He says that no one was suffering from thirst there notwith standing the closed condition of the county seat - . Only eight people from Adams at tended the circus at Walla Walla Monday. If a circus expects to catch crowds from this part of the country, they will have to come closer to the people. . Wm, Everhardt, who has been working as oiler for J. McPhil's steam threshing outfit, almost lost an eye Wednesday afternoon. He was en gaged in oiling a box in the rear part of the machine, when the loose end of a belt lacing struck a piece of wire he had in his hand for cleaning out oil holes, and it was driven into the inner part of the left eye far enough to partially rupture the eye ball. Mr. Everhardt was at once placed in a hack and brought to Adams where Dr. . Todd ' dressed the wound. The doctor thinks that unless other com plications come up that the sight can be saved, but it was a. close call. Charles' CV Carpenter while run ning His combined harvester in the barley field of W. IL Sayer, Saturday, picked up a good sized rattle snake and threshed him out The grain was very short and the grain bar of the header was being run right along the ground and when it came; in contact with his snakeship, be was scooped in. The draper carried him into the cyl inder and the machine did the rest. Nothing unusual was noticed until Mr. Carpenter saw him roll out into the cleaner. The team was stopped and a search was made for the mate, who was found immediately under the machine, where bis spirit was quickly sent with its partner to snake heaven. No harm was done to the machine, but the threshed snake was pretty badly torn up. - The snake killed under the machine had seven rattles and a button, so that is supposed to be about the same size of the one run through the machine. ' FORTUNES MADE IN WHEAT. Fifteen Farmers Will Sell Bushel of Wheat. 1,000,000 Umatilla county is not altogether the home of big wheat raisers. Over in Walla Walla county, Wash. , there are "some pumpkins" to be counted. Some idea of the way immense for tunes have been built up by farmers of the Inland Empire within a very few years, may be gained when it is known that in Walla Walla county alone there are fifteen farmers who have harvested and marketed this year nearly 1,000,000 bushels of grain, valned at the present market price at more than $500,000.' These 15 men Lave harvested nearly 20 per cent of the total wheat crop credited . to Walla Walla county. Heading this list is George Drum heller, whose total wheat acreage this year amounts to nearly 8000 acres. The yield from this immense body of land will 'amount to 240,000 bushels. Mr. Drum heller is easily the ; biggest farmer in Walla Walla county, al though he is yet a young man and his operations have not extended over a period of 10 years. Starting out in 1898 by tenting several hundred acres of his father he has by bard work rapidly added to his holdings until today he is farming nearly 15,000 acres of land. He owns several thous and acres jud rents the rest. Second on the list of big fanners of the county are Grote brothers, who will harvest this year about 104,000 bushels of wheat off 4000 acres of land in Eureka fiat Grote brothers are farming the Charles Pickard lands, although they own several thousand acres themselves. Their holdings averaged something more than 25 bushels to the acre. William Jones, president of the Jones-Scott ooixtpasy, will have nearly 100,000 bushels of wheat for sale this fall, the yield off 8,250 acres of land on Eureka fiat John Huffman, another big Eureka flat -farmer, has 2,000 acres that averaged SO bushels. Mr. Hoffman is farming about 6000 acres all told, this being his light year. He owns and operates one of the biggest thresh ing outfits in the state, using a 100 horse power traction engine, and one of the largest sized combined harvest ers. . : What Every Town Has. The Denver Post says every town that is any good has: ... A liar. - . . ; A sponger. A smart alec. A weather profit ; A girl that giggles. A neighborhood fend. A woman who tattles. A man-who-knows-it-alL One Jacksonian democrat. More loafers than it needs. ;', A boy who outs up id church. A few meddlesome old women. ' A "thing" that stares at women. A stock law that is not enforced. ; A widower who is too gay for his age. Goat Team at the Fair. The team of four goats which the Elks of this city have hired to lead the parade tomorrow in Portland, is owned by Mr. V, Edwards, and he has' driven them from La Grande. He drove one team of goats from Hast ings, Neb., 1600 miles to La Grande, and at that place took - fresh ani mals. He says he can drive the goats about 15 miles a day over any kind of roads, and ' mountainous ones are preferred. He says the goats will graze oil anything, and really will get fat on pine stumps. The distance he has driven goats -is nearly 2600 miles; but he will take the train to Portland. The Dalles, Chronicle. Dying; of Famine Is, in its torments, like dying of con sumption. The progress of consump tion, from the beginning to the very end, is a long torture, both to victim and friends. "When I had con sumption in its first stage," writes William Myers, of . Carrfoss, Md. , "after trying different medicines and a good doctor in vain, I at last took Dr. King's New Discovery, which quickly and perfectly cured me." Prompt relief and sure , cure for coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis, etc. Positively prevents pneumonia. Guaranteed at McBride's drug store, price 50o and $1 a bottle. Trial bot tle free. , . Until August 28th, the Subscription price of the paper is sent to any postoffice outside of mm Now is the time to send your Home paper to Eastern rel atives and friends. This iow price for a year's subscription also includes a copy of the special Harvest Edition. . Will do the Work and Save Mardwure Stock: is Social Donee Athena Opera House The best of music will be furnished. Come one and all and Enjoy Yourselves Foley's Honey and Tar for children, safe, sure. No opiates. BLACKSMITH AN D REPAIRING SHOP A; II. LUNA; Proprietor. Shop1 West of King's' Barn, Athena. . THE ST NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop, X .lit; I Only First-class Hotel in the City. : J : THE ST. NICHOLS I It the only one thai ean accommodate , commercial travelers. J Can beieoomended for 1U clean and veil ventilated room. J a Cob. Maim abb Third, athkna, Oiv 4 . CHA.RLES GAY " . ' ...Dealer in... Candies, Nuts, Fruits, Tobaccos, Cigars PRE8H.BREAD, PIE8, CAKES, ETC. time INCORPORATED. .1 asoime Mffines THE WRIGHT AND FEED STABLE ' mm COOD HORSES ANORICS. REASONABLE PRICES DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED Horses boarded by the day, week or month 8 tables on 2nd street, South of Main street J. F. Wright, . . - Froprletor iruyLdunary Walla Walla, Wash. Elmer Lane, Agent in Athena Work Guaranteed Washings are called for each Tues? day and are returned Friday morning T. L. TERIIUNE, CONTRACTOR & BUILEDR Estimates Furnished and Satisfaction ' Guaranteed. Residence on Hunt Ave. Athena PROMPT & RELIABLE SERVICE A. L. JONES WANTS ALL KINDS OF HAULING Goods taken best care of and carefully hand led. Phone 13 for Express and Baggage. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. the Press, when Umatilla County, You Money Com plete. i tfi III file TTm - a mntn f t M LJk 1 1 111 . n c M 1 1 m ." 1) I . CknK Va.Ii CM11 Main Ik RI'dD w I i uJ 'II Pianos of Worth. We sell the kind of Pianos that those who are critics, buy. . They are Keed & Soni, noted for strength and volume of tone. The HenrT F- Miller, Boston's oldest and sweetest toned make. ' F The Steger, musically equal to the best, and the popular Singer. College purchitsd pianos of us last year valued at $4,000, and all were of the above makes The College buys only the highest grade pianos. We buy direct from factory and can save you money. Pianos delivered on ten days trial free. It will pay you to get our prices and easy terms. Dwelley Herrick Music Co., 51 East Main Street 4 Doors Above Bridge, Walla Walla, Washington ED, BARRETT, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Estimates furnished on all kinds of buildings. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Office at New Lumber Yard, Athena. -Th- COMMERCIAL LIVERY, FEED and SALE STABLE. Best Turnouts In Eastern Oregon Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month xar KING BROTHERS I'r. p Oregon 1 VniQR Pacific TWO TRAINS EAST DAIY I Through I'u 1 1 man utandard and KlecpltiK I curs dally to Omaha, VAilvago; tourist lelnn rar dally to KannaN City; through I'ulltnuii I tourlHt vlmplnir cam, imritoiially corKluctd. weekly to (,hlca(, with tree rmlniliiK ctiu'.r earn, eatn free, to the eaitt dally irom I'rudloton. fg , KING BROTHERS I'r. p I J; PARKER & LANE'S J; u .Barber Shop. !: I ; ! Shaving, Haircutting, ; I ; Shampooing, Massage ; I for Face and Scalp. ; Street, Athena, Ore. t i (f).lf all - II I ZS0i-O O MO OKPART iflM BCHBDUI.E8 ARRIVE Dnly- ATHENA, ORE. Dally. Kant Mall for Pen dleton, LaOrande, Baker City, and all point eawt via Hun tliiKton, Ore,, Km . ... for Umatilla, Ilepp- ' i-M p m. ner xb Dalf, 9:67 a. n. Portland, Aatorla, Wlllaroetl Valley FolnM, 'aliforniH, Taoomu, Heatt le, all Hound Point. Walla, Walla, Day. ton. Foroeroy, Iew- 9-42 a.m. '"ton, Colfax, Full- ... " m man, Moscow, the 4:53 P- m Oouer d'Alene dis trict, Hpokane and all points north. Mixed train walla 7:05 p. m. wall and interme- 12.31 n m dlate points. 1 p' ' Mixed, for PMidle U.'JO p.m. ton and 1 titer medi- 7:05 p- m. ' at points. . Water Koote. BAN fBANCIHCO POKTLAND ROUTE. Steamer sails from fortlard 9 p. 01, every 5 day. Snake River Routs. Rteamers leave Itiparia daily except SHtur day iu-turning at 4:10 a. ni. teav Lewulou dally except Friday, at 7 a. ni M, W. Smith, Agent, Athena
