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VOLUME XVII.,
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 25, 1905.
NUMBER 61.
WORTH $80 PERTOil
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Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
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to you as appetizers. THAT TIME IS II ERE, for the season of
Fruits And, Vegetables 1 7
is at is enjtV Our FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COME DIRECT
FROM Jilp RANCH and therefore are fresh and palatable. .
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SAMPSON WIND MILLS,
BUCKEYE PUMPS,,
ECONOMY FRUIT JARS, ;
HARDWARE and
PLUMBING SUPPLIES.
The Best Ever ! i
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
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CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD TII1NG3 TO EAT;
BROOM COSH RAISED IS
a good CB0P.f:Jpf
There It a Strong remand for it In
; the Willamette YdleAS Sdl'
2 nre In the East Thii Tear, '
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F. O. Lucas has a splendid crop of
broom corn on pieoe of land west 1
of to wn, and because of , the praotioal
failure, of, the ..crop in the, eastern
states, broom corn this .year is con-,
sequeutly a valuable product" Mr.
Lucas planted and "cultivated the
corn with the object of converting tbe
straw into brooms this fall and win
ter. .,.... ...,.....
Tbe yield exceeds has expectations
and demonstrates to a certainty tbat
the broom corn industry : could be
made a profitable one in this vicinity.
The following from the Salem States
man will be of interest to those inter
ested in the matter: ,...1
A new product for the farmers of
Oregon is being developed in a way
and there seems reason to believe :. that
it will in the future prove a valuable
product Since the Salem broom fac
tory has been operated hero in Salem
there has opened up a pretty good
demand for broom corn aud now
there is an offer of $80 a ton for it.
At Derby ,& Wilson's there is being
shown a few samples of what can be
done in the way- of raising broom
corn, and it would seem that the pros
pects are good for those who "would
enter this new agricultural field. . --
A. W. Froglei, who lives on Kaiser
bottom, has. a half acres oi it, and it is
doing remarkably welL . '
The broom corn of the east is large
ly a failure this year on account of
toe dry not winds and there. will be e
heavy demand for'-this material.
Again the acreage . in the east is ro
ported very light this year, fully hall
less than last year V
; Convict No. 1142. ..:--
Joseph Lawrence, convict No. 1142,
of the Idaho penitentiary, who es
caped some days ago has been cap
tured in Pendleton, where he was ar
rested for robbing a tent He gave
his name as Blackburn to the Pen
dleton officers. . Marshal Coffman
identified him as tbe escaped convict
through a description mailed from
Idaho and gets $50 reward for tbe
capture. Yesterday afternoou Law
rence came near escaping from the
county jail by digging a hole in tbe
walL
ALL PRF
PEOPL'ES GROCERS
TIMES
Athena, Oregon,
' Trinidad, Colo., Aug. 24. A cloud
burst in tbe vicinity of Rhode Canyon,
converted the canyon into a raging tor
ent tonight, which swept into the towns
of Berwiud and Tobas, wrecking every
thing in its path and drowning at least
nine , persons. The property losses
which-are estimated at a hundred
BALLIET IB T0N0PAH.
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Promoter 'Wh. W Colri1 of Frnud
is Oregon Avoid Former Mialaki. .
' Letson Balliet, the White Swan pro
moter who created a sensation in the
west a few yeais ago as a result of his
work in and about Baker City, is oper
ating in Tonopab. A recent issue of
the Tonopab Sun gives an outline of
Balliet 's methods adopted in the
Nevada camp, which show that his
two months in prison at Red Rook,
Iowa, did not improve his moral
fiber. He has commenced issuiug cir
culars, in which he . asks eastern peo
ple to let him invest their money.
Hia plan of operation is to form clubs;
those who join the clubs are given -directorates
in new companies to be
organized aud blocks of the stock.. As
an inducement in this reepeet Balliet
la making the same' old claim that
marked his frauds for whioh the gov
ernment prosecuted him, by stating
that he had made - a fortune
mines and has made millions
in
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for
in-
yestors. .;
' It is noted ' that the : term
penitentiary ; of Iowa ' has
in the
- taught
Balliet one thing. He now says em
phatically that he is not selling stock
in any company, and will not do so.
He asks investors to send him money
to place j for them . and, he will aid
them in getting hold of bonanza pro
positions. By this procedure he
avoids the rpek on which he split be
jf ore, as it was for selling stock f raud
ulently that the government convicted
-him..;',': ;'-: ,y,J "'"r;
' ', After Balliet was released from the
Iowa penitentiary his three months'
term having been reduced to two
months and tbe $10,000 fine remitted,
it . was predicted by many that he
would not launch on another career
of deoeiviug the public, as it was
largely through the influence of his
father that a nominal penalty was
affixed for ; misappropriating about
$300,000. The fact that he has
started out .as before, ,;with just
enough of a change to avoid being
caught, is taken by Oregon mining
men who suffered from his work as
another evidence of .the folly of
leniency toward a confirmed criminal.
BIQ NUGGET FOUND.
lllch Baker County placer Mine Ylulda
to Owner 185 Nugget.
One of the biggest nuggets ever
taken from an Oregon mine was tak
en from tbe placer mine on Pine creek
yesterday aftecnoon.. by Paterson,
Eppinger, Emmott and McDaniels of
Baker City,' says the Herald. The
nugget is almost solid gold about the
size of the palm of a lady's haud and
contains a fraction over $185 in gold.
Outside of ; tbe $300 nugget picked
up several years ago this is tbe largest
taken out of the Baker mining dis
trict : . ! , I..
This placer mine on Pine creek has
been operated for a number of years
and is one of the richest in tbe dis
trict. ' :
( Year before last the present owner
worked it and took out $10,750 in
gold at a cost of $2200. The past year
it has been idle on account ; of scar
city of water and only as:essment has
been done. , It was while doing assess
ment work on the ground yesterday
that the mammoth nugget was picked
up. Mr. Patterson baa tbe gem this
morning and is going to send it to the
Lewis and Clrk fair to be placed in
the Baker county mining exhibit
-. The owners of this mine . have 30
acres of patented placer ground aud
680 acres located in addition to 160
acres of patented timber land. , .
Last year from this same mine Mr.
Patterson picked up a nngget worth
$65 and with a $46 bunch of gold,
which he secured some time ago, he
has three of the finest nuggets ever
picked out of the Baker district
The Hew Train-
: The Walla Walla-Pendleton special
will commence its regular daily traiu
tomorrow morning. ,The time card
has not been issued, but it is known
that tbe train will arrive west bound,
in the morning, returning in tbe eve
ning. , ' ., . , .
Mills Again Bun. '.
After several months' idleness the
Pendleton Woolen Mills are once more
running, work waving been com
menced yeaetrday.
thonsand dollars, were suffered mostly
by the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
and the Colorado Southern . Railway
company. Miues'and coke ovens scat
tered, between the two towns of Ber
wind and Tobasco were praotioaly all
wreoked The Railroad bed is com
pletely washed out ,
BEAK HAY NOT GET It.
Judge MeBrldo Raid to Have Good
Chnncn l llecomo Judge.
President Roosevelt's delay in an
nouncing the appointment of United
States district judge for Oregon has
given rise to reports that notwith
standing tbe preference of the at
torney general for Justice - Bean some
other candidate may eventually draw
tho prize, so the word comes . from
Portland.
Nine days have elapsed since tbe
attorney general forwarded to the
president all the papers relating to
the matter, together with ' a recom
mendation that Bean be given the
appointment. It was expected that
the president would act at once and
the general supposition was that the
attorney general's recommendation
would be controlling. As the days
have slipped by, however, without an
intimation of the president's decision,
the rumor has gained currency that
Senator Fulton has at last suooeeded
in re-establishing his right to a voice
in the disposition of tbe federal pat
ronage of Oregon, and tbat his earn
est advocacy of the appointment of
Judge Tbomas A. McBride has made
strong impression on the president's
mind. 1 ' , ;
; . Justice Bean's friends are still c6n-'
fldent that he will receive the office.
They attribute the delay to tbe fact
that Roosevelt has been so deeply ab
sorbed in his efforts to bring about
peace between Russia and Japan, and
they say that it would have been im
possible for him to give earlier atten
tion to a mere local appointment, even
though it be to the federal bench.
They are strongly of .the opiuion
tbat the numerous indorsements given
to Justice Bean by the bench and
bar will prove an overwhelming argu
ment in bis favor.
MITCHELL NOT HUREYIHQ.
Final Decision May He Delayed Until
Term of Senate I Near End.
Oregonian News Bureau, Washing
ton, Aug. 23. Senator John H.
Mitcbll evidently intends to hold oh to
his seat in the senate just as long as
he can, even though he is unable to
occupy that seat or perform any of the
active duties of a sonator. This Is
evidenced by tbe fact tbat he will not
seek to have his case brought to early
trial before the United States Supreme
Court, but will allow it to be taken
up in the regular order, which proba
bly means that it cannot be argued
and disposed of at .the coming term of
court, beginning in October and end
ing early in May. It is within Sen
ator Mitchell s province, II he so
elects, to ask tbat his case be advanced
on tbe docket, in which event it might
be argued as early as January. Such
a motion was made in the case of Sen
ator Burton, of Kansas, and compar
atively prompt action was taken on his
appeal. But Mitchell does not want
quick action ; he is willing to wait,
aud, as previously stated in these dis
patches, it is the belief of supreme
court officials that to wait means to
postpone the decision until tbe winter
of 1906-7, which is near tbe close of
Mitchell's term. ,
Lewie and Clark Bates.
The O. K. & N. Co. announces the
following rates from Athena to Port
land for tbe Lewis and Clark fair:
Individual tickets will be sold daily
from May 29 to October 15, inclusive,
continuous passage iu each direction ;
fiuul return limit 30 days from date
of sale, but in no case later than Oc
tober 31, 1905, for one aud one-third
fare, amounting to $9.90.
Party tickets that is 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 on M. W. Smith, O.
R. & N. agent, Athena.
' " '. Notice. " '
All knowing themselves indebted to
me will please call and ' settle as I
have closed out and want to settle up
my business. Charles Norris.
Local Wheat Market
Athena , A ng. 2 5. W heat today is
quoted at 58 cent
n a f i ri n n 8 a lve
trie most.hHng aalv in th world.
TEAM BUSHED DOWN MAIN
8TBEET WITH QIBL.
A Bun away That BesuKed In Broken
Vehicle But No Injury to
the Driver.
Tuesday evoning a thrill of excite
ment was sent tingling through tbe
people on Maiu street at the' sight of
a runaway with a girl, who held to
the lines with oue hand and with the
other gripping bet hat. In fact, from
appearances, the hat was claiming
more of the young lady's attention
than was the team which, wearied
from a. run started in front of John
Banister's farm house east of town,
had tired tbe horses until any kind
of a pull on the lines would have
brought them to a stop.
One tug was broken and flapping
along the side of the horse, together
with a broken reach and dilapidated
top and seat, gave the runaway a
realistic appearance to say the least.
John Warren, a young man of Wes
ton, by his act of heroism, relieved
tbe teuso strain on the nerves of the
onlookers. Warren dashed to the
girl's xesoue, grabbed one of tho
horses by tho bits and stopped the
team before it made tbe turn into
King Bros' livery stable;
The girl, who is a niece of Monroe
Palmer of Walla Walla, did not seem
to realize tbe seriousness of her pre
dicament in tbe least, and took mat
ters more coolly than tbe spectators.
Mrs Palmer hired the team of King
Bros, to drive into tbe country. She
got out of tbe buggy at Banister's
leaving tbe girl to hold tbe team.
How the horses started to run could
not be ascertained as the girl either
did not know or would not say. The
rig smashed into a post or some ob
struction and only tbe center spring
held the. gear together.
DATE IS CHANGED.
"The Widow and the Fool" Changed to
t Wertneadajr Night.
The date for the production of the
comedy drama, "Tbe Widow and tbe
Fool," has been changed from Satur
day eveniug to Wednesday evening,
August 80. On account of all the
business bouses remaining open late
Saturday nights this was thought
advisable, anil it also affords more
time to get the ylay in readiness.
"Tbe Widow and the Fool" is a
society drama, telling a strong heart
story and bubbling over . with rich
comedy. Mrs. Welch will have the
part of Fannie. Merriweather, tbe
widow, and Mr. Arciiio Molutyre
tbat of Gussie Chumley, the fool.
Tbe leading emotional part of Bea
trice Fane will be iu'the hands of Mrs.
Will McOollum, while Earl Dudley
will appear as George Fane. Miss
Lottie Ogilvy, of Pendleton, who is
visiting in this city, will have tho
character of Josephine, tho maid.
Miss Lela Stamper will be seen as
Trixy Fane and Mr. Hopkins as Haw
kins, a valet. Th character of Raph
ael di Rivola, an Italian artist, the
villian of the play, will be cared for
by Mr. Welch.
Tbe piece promises to excel anything
ye presented here by amateur talent
and Mr. and Mrs. Welch promise a
good evening's entertainment
Where He Should Be.
Harry Lovell, who robbed Clark
WnnA of t!5 a veAr nan when left ill
charge of tbe Weston Leader, has just
been sentenced to nve years in me
Wnnhino-ton neniteutiarv for stealing
$42 from tbe cash register of a saloon
in which be was working at lOirax,
two months ago. Lovell served a term
in the Oregon penitentiary several
years ago for grand larceny and is
now wanted in Umatilla county for
obtaining mouoy through raised
checks, and at Custle Rock, Wash,
for forgery.
Teachers Selected.
James H. E. Scott has been chosen
assistant principal of tho Adums
schools and will take up his duties
under Principal W. O. Read at the
beginning of tbe sohool year. Teach
ers tot the Helix school have also been
selected by County School Superin
tendent Frank K. Welles; those chos
en being Charles R. Dutro, of Idaho,
principal and Miss Bertha Staohl
ing of Kansas, primary instructor.
Boad Buildinp.
The East Oregonian says tbat if
Pendleton and Umatilla county show
tbe required interest in the matter
the National Good Roads association
will send a special construction train
here about September 15 to construct
a mile of model good roads near tbe
city, wherever the people select a site
for the road
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