The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, October 10, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSEMI-WEBKLT" VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1905. NUMBER 69. ED. MANASSE Our store has been Completely BE fi n jr. WW sua SUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR MEN AND FOR BOYS NOVELTIES ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. Do Warm the Homes ' ' Bake the Bread and Roast the Meats that Make the Man. But ONE QUALITY . and that THE BEST COX 8u M'EWEN SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA. OREGON Shoes Shoes THERE When all that is good in Groceries and Staple Provisions fail to appeal to you as appetizers. THAT TIME IS IIERE, tor the season of Fruits And Vegetables is at its zenith. Our FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COME DIRECT FROM THE RANCn and therefore are fresh and palatable. DELL BROTHERS f"3i La IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS We Sell Them? Before buying call and see our line of SAMPSON WIND MILLS, BUCKEYE PUMPS. ECONOMY FRUIT JARS, HARDWARE and PLUMBING SUPPLIES. ? The Best Ever ! ELY & SCOTT Wanted-Every man and boy to examine our Shoes before buying elsewhere ELY & SCOTT CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT WILL VISIT ATHENA PORTLAND BUSINESS HEN'S LEWISTON EXCURSION. Stops Will Be Made at Pendleton, Athena and Milton In This County October 19 The Oregon Daily Journal gives the following sohednle of the ; Lewistou excursion train which will rnn from Portland next week: Stops will be made at Peudleton, Athena, Milton, Walla Walla, Pres cott, Waitsburg, Dayton, Mosoow, Pullman and Colfax. The excursiou party will leave Portland October 18, at 8:15 o'clock on a regular train of the O. K. & N. company. At Pendle ton the company will pnt on a special train consisting of a locomotive, baggage car, day coach, diner and three Pullman sleepers, on which the ruu will be made to Mosoow, where the party will take a Northern Pacific traiu to Lewistou. arriving there Fri day morning, October 20, at 7:30 o'clock. To get the special train there must be not less than 75 passengers. The ronnd trip fare will be $25.50, which includes Pullman berths, three meals on a dining car and. a fund for enter tainment tof the excursionists and their friends at points along the route. The cars will be decorated with streamers having the words "An open river to the sea," "40-foot chan nel" and "Portland points the way." The excursionists will wear a badge bearing the single word "Portland." Fleet Dan Patch. At Lexington Dan Patch clipped three-quafters of a second off his own world's reoord, negotiating a mile in 1:55 1-4. A crowd of 10,000 persons were wrought almost to a frenzy. The cheering people swarmed on to the track despite the efforts of polioe men, and the ovation continuing for several minutes. The track was light ening fast and there was no wind. Dan Patch was paced by a runner at a sulky. The pacer's driver did not use his whip or a word, the horse made no supreme effort, finishing the mile as it begun it It had hardly broken into a sweat when led back to receive the plaudits of the crowd. The time by quarters was: 29 1-2, 57 1-2, 1:26 1-4. Marriage License Issued A marriage license was issued Sat urday to Albert Harala and Miss Hilda Hill, both of this county. " TIMES Athena, Oregon. Shoes Shoes I FARMERS SUFFER LOSS. Vnthreshed Grain Injured by Continu ous Downfall of Rain. Deep gloom has settled upon the few farmers of the Palouse 'country who have their grain crop uuthreshed, and they will suffer serious loss. While the amount of unsaved 'grain as com pared to the entire crop of the country is small, the aggregate will rnn into thousands of acres. One farmer liv ing :, between Steptoe butte and St. John declared there are 10,000 acres of untbreshed grain in that section and most of this will be lost In the neighborhood of the "Saint's Home," ten miles south of Colfax, there are said to be eight farmers whose crops are staudiug in the shock and are bad ly damaged, if not entirely lost. More than four iuohes of raiu has fallen since September 8, and the end is not yet. Rain has fallen every day or every night this mouth, and is still falling. Conditions are quite similar to the fall of 1893, when the largest grain crop grown in the county up to that time was destroyed by heavy rains before it was threshed. One notioable difference in conditions now prevailing is that the bulk of the crop was threshed before the rainfall be gun, while iu 1893 harvest had hardly begun when the wet season set in. But for the fact that harvest was fully one mouth earlier this year than in 1893, the conditions would have been almost identical. While there will be several heavy individual losses the percentage of the crop whioh will be lost is quite small and will not materially affect the total yield of the county. Threshing ma chine men declare that fully 95 per cent of the crop has been saved with out loss or damage by wet weather. The rains began about two Or three weeks earlier than usual and the con tinuance and heaviness of the rain fall is almost unprecedented. HISS BRYAN'S EFFORT. Massachusetts Democrats do Not Want Municipal Ownership. General Charles Bartlett of Bos ton, was nominated for governor by Massachusetts democrats. 'Henry M. Whitney for lieutenant governor ; Henry B. Little for secretary of state, and John T. Leahy for attorney gener al. Only a ripple of disoord came upon the nomination of eighteen members at large of the state committee. Dan iel Y. Toomey of Springfield, made an unsuccessful attempt to have the convention decree that hereafter the state committee shall be chosen di rectly by the people at senatorial and congressional conventions. Toomey charged that at present the state com mittee was a close corporation and did not represent the democratic voters, j Among other things the platform endorsed President Roosevelt for aid ing to end the war in the Far '. East, calls for state supervision ' of insur ance companies and recommends that the municipal ownership sub-platform offered by Delegate Jeremiah Watson of toston, be voted down. While reading the substitute Watson was constantly interrupted by hisses. In answer to a question from the gal lery as to the author of the substitute Watson replied that it was written by W. J. Bryan. PUSH RAILROAD WORK. Surveying Is in Progress to Vuuoouver . Right of Way Secured. Preparations are being made for the commencement of construction work on the new railway system to be built by the Hill interests down the north bank of the Columbia river. The contract for the grading has been let to Sims & Shields, who will establish a camp at once and commence work with a large crew opposite Ainsworth next Monday morning. Teams and supplies are being sent forward with all possible dispatch. The contractors will establish headquarters at the new camp, and nnder their personal di rection the grading of the roadbed down the river will be pushed to a speedy completion. Good progress is also being made by the large crew now at work opposite Wallula, where additional men are being put on as fast as they can be obtained from the various railroad employment agencies. The right of way has all been secured and is being surveyed between Wallula and Keu ni wick, and the company's en gineers are engaged in surveying along the river between Wallula and Van couver. - Sues for Divorce. Mary Watrus has started proceed ings for divorce against Charles D. Watrus, cruel and inhuman treat ment being the grounds. The priuci puls were married in "Walla Walla April 2, 1892. Tbey have three minor children. The plaintiff is represented by Hailey & Lowell. Umatilla U Third. Polk and Linn counties alone ex ceeded Umatilla county in the number of agricultural rewards given at the Lewis and Clark fair. Umatilla re ceived 82, while Polk received 88 and Linn 81. Marion county was fourth with 80 awards. ' STRAIN'S POSITION. County Alienor Holds, JThat Ho Uai Done All Duty and Power Require. County Assessor Strain, in a letter published in the East Oregonian, says: Kindly permit me space in your paper to state my position in regard to the proposed railroad compromise. I maintain now, as I have always done, that the $12,000 assessment is just and reasonable, and I would like to see it upheld. Any statement to the effect that I personally favor a compromise is untrue. , However, the proposition now before the county commissioners is oue in whioh I have absolutely nothing to do, as I am not a member of the court. The question before them is not whether the assess ment is just, for they have already passed on that; but whether or not it would be expedient to accept the com promise. On this it is their duty to pass, and they alone are responsible. I have steadily refused to take any part in the present controversy, as it is none of my business. However, whatever aotiou they see fit to take will be aocepted by me as an expres sion of their candid judgment as to what is best. Whatever their decision may be, it will not affeot the" equity of future assessments, for it is understood that I reserve the right to adjust other val uations so as to make them correspond with future railroad assessments. Yours truly, C. P. STRAIN. POINTS TO MORROW. Kelllher Says ex-State Agent Dot Land on llutter Creek. That J. W. Morrow bought 4500 acres of state school land in the Butter creek irrigation district while be was state land agent, such' purchases being made on a private tip, is the charge A. T. Kelliher makes in a letter to Governor Chamberlain. Kelliher cites this transaction in answer to Gover nor Chamberlain's declaration that he has no friends to proteot in the land fraud investigation. Morrow was an appointee of Chamberlain, but held the office ouly A short time, resigning soon after he made the purchase re ferred to and has since been laud and tax agent of the O. H. & N. Co. Kelliher's letter is in answer to one written a few days ago by the gover nor denouncing the operations of Kell iher iu state lands. . He asserts bis be lief in the honesty of Morrow, but thiuks his own transactions are no worse than those of the ex-state land agent, who was not summoned before the grand jury at the time when other large laud dealers were under investi gation. " Montague-Gerking. A. very pretty wedding took place yesterday, the Oth, at the home of Mrs. Susan Gorkiug, iu the south part of town, when Mr. Asher Montague and Miss Nellie B. Gerkingwere joiued in happy wedlock. The bride, tastful ly dressed iu white, and the groom at his best, stood beneath the festoon ing of evergreens and flowers, attend ed by Joseph N. Scott and Miss Lucy Jenkins, iu the presence of a number of the relatives, of the contracting parties, and were pronounced hus band and wife by J. W. Jenkins, pas tor of the Christian church. After congratulations, the compuny sat down to a table laden with the good things of the laud. ' The numerous presents indicated the high esteem iu which the young couple are held by their many friends. They departed ou the evening train for Portland and after uttenditig the fair will return to their future home near Arlington, where Mr. Montague has extensive laud holdings. K.. of P. Grand Lodge. About 20 delegates are expected to attend the annual convention of the Oregon Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, to be held in Portland today and tomorrow. i The sessions will be iu the hall iu the Marquam building. Reports from the different lodges will be received the first day and the Grand Lodge rank will be confened upon about 25 past chancellors. A celebration of the Knights of Kborus san will occur in the evening. Officers will be elected and installed tomor row, and in the evening teams from Salem, Astcria, Forest Grove, Pendle ton and Cottage Grove will compete for the Jaeger trophy. Thirty Cents Saved Him. "Bill" Williams, a well known Pilot Rock character, the other day threat ened to commit suicide, reports the Record. Bill took several intimate friends into his confidence and told tbem all about it where bis perfor ated corpse would be found and all. "While King Alcohol may be proper ly credited with responsibility for a long list of the dead and dying", says the Record, "he must be given credit for having saved the life of Mr. Wil liams. It took about 'three straight,' but no one should regret the expendi ture of 80 cents to save a human lite." ' ' -- Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys end bladder right REPLIES COMING IN THE OREGON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FAVORED. Proposal of Right to Call Special Election to Discharge Public Of ficials Creates Discussion. Replies are beiug received'by W. S. U'Reu of Oregon City, to the circular letter addressed to more than 100 promiueut voters of the state, asking for opinion on tho proposed amend ments to the Oregon constitution and as to the advisability of submitting thorn by initiative petition to the voters next June. The proposed con stitution amendments are; Giving the people power to call referendum on single items of appro priation bills without affecting other items and extending the initiative and the referendum powers to citios and towns and all electoral districts as to local, special and municipal acts of the legislature. Giving the people power to demaud resignation of a delinquent officer or to remove him at a special eleotiou (imperative mandate). Giving municipalities power to make and amend their own churters, inde pendently of the legislature, subject ouly to the state constitution and the general laws. Allowing enactments of laws and ordinances by proportioual or minority parties representation ; i. e., giving miuority parties representation in leg islatures aud city councils in propor tion to their voting members. Allowing the duties aud the salary of the state printer to be regulatod by law. . ; Giving the people exclusive power to create state institutions at other places thau at the capital. (The leg islature has set up institutions at other places in violation of the constitution. ) : Giving one legislature power to pro pose constitutional amendments and requiring the referendum on legis lative acts that call for a constitution al convention. (Two successive legis latures must now . propose amend ments. ) Iu the replies thus far reoeivod the lonst popular of the proposed amend ment! are those giving the people tho power to discharge any public officer by vote at a epecal election, and an other for allowing the enactment of laws for tho election of officers by proportional or miuority representa tion. Of the 65 who have expressod opinions ou these two amendments 35 oudorso the proposed discharge of u public officer, while ouly 82 approve of legislation in the election of officers. The proposed amendments granting to the people the right to call a special election as a meuus of discharging a public official has raised the greatest discussion and 'severe criticism. Op position to this proposed amondmeut has beeu resented by men of such prominence iu the affairs of the state that the friends of the amendment may decide to revise it, to the end that a greater percentage of the voters must ctgu a petition beforo a special eleo tiou can be called for ousting a public officer thau is required iu the amend ment as is now drafted. These ad verse opinions are from men who, iu the main, approve of the proposed legislation but find it impracticable to endorse! the amendments as it is now presented. Harmonious Wedding. The announcement of the murringo of Edgar Fisher and Miss Alice Rey nolds, Whitman college, whioh took place ou Walla Walla day at the Lewis and Clark fuir, was a surprise to their many friends. Professor Fisher is the leader of the collego or chestra aud Miss Reynolds is one of the music teachers at tho conservato ry of music. Palouse Is Flooded. Tho entiie Palouse country has beeu soaked to bedrock by a heavy rain which fell for 48 hours. All outside farm work is at a standstill. Owing to scarcity of hands and ma chines much of the wheat around Reardan is untbreshed, and the recent heavy rains have done grout damage thereto. For Sale. O. G. Chamberlain, the real estate dealer, offers for sale: One dwelling and tbreo lota, $1100. One house, barn und three lots, $800. A good cottage, ontbuildiugH und one lot. $1000. Oue dwelling, barn aud three lots and other choice city and farm prop erty. , . - .. Local Wheat Market. Wheat is quoted today by Athena buyers nt 61 ceuts. Kttui'Hte Vour ltnwels With C'uacarets. Cimrty ratliunH, euro cmiHlipallon forever. Kw. !Se. If C C. C. fall, dri(iui refund uioucy.