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1 - SEMI-WEETTT , ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FIR DAY, OCTOBER 13. 1905. NUMBER 70. VOLUME XVII. ED. M ANASSE Our store has been Completely SUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR MEN AND FOR BOYS NOVELTIES ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. Warm the Homes Bake tbe Bread and Roast tbe Meats that Make the Man. But ONE QUALITY and that THE BEST SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA. OREGON f Shoes 1 Shoes ttj - Z2 aggaagga bus When all that is good in Groceries and to you as appetizers. , THAT TIME is at its zenith. Our FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COME DIRECT FROM THE RANCH and therefore are fresh and palatable. DELL BROTHERS e IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS Do-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 & SCOTT ;::--;.-;-fSSbcs ELY AM TIlll Staple Provisions fail to appeal IS HERE, tor the season of Fruits And Vegetables CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD T1IING3 TO EAT HERE ON THURSDAY PORTLAND EXCURSION STOPS IN ATHENA 40 MINUTES. President Gillis of the Commercial Association Will Arrange to Meet Portland Business Men. Athena business men, through the commercial association, will ' greet the Portland business men, who will arrive in Athena by special train nest Thursday, "October 19, at 10:10 a. , remaining 40 minutes, leaving at exactly 10:50. Tbe party of Portland business men is en route to Xjewiston-UlarKston fair at Lewis tou, and will partioi- te in the Portland day exercises. which takes place October 20. Tbe train is chartered by 75 of Portland's leading business men and consists of six cars, inoluding a baggage, diner, buffet and three Pullman cars. - It is the intention to meet the party at the railway station, when a com mittee of Athena business men will express to the excursionists the good will of tbe city and escort them up town to the commercial association parlors. Tuesday evening is regular meeting night for the association, and at this meeting the reception com mittee will be named by President Gillis, and other steps taken for the entertainment of tbe visitors while here.- For this reason it is desired that as many as possible will attend tbe commercial association meeting Tuesday evening. A Slight Increase. There are 18,088 people in Umatilla county according to tbe state census that was taken here last spring, and which has just been entirely footed up. In taking the census last March the Indians of the reservation were not enumerated for some time, owing to tbe illness of the deputy who did the work there, and when all the re ports were in, the force in tbe . asses sor's office was so busy at other work that the census was not added up un til yesterday, says the East Oregonian. Tbe population of the county accord ing to the present " census is greater than it was in 1900 by just 31 souls, for the federal court made that year, placed tbe number at 18,049. Eealty Transfer. ' P. E. Colbern and wife to Lncetta I looerinuD, iocs iv, 11 ana n, uiocs o, C1I T 1 .A . . . . t o Atbena; consideration $1000. Athena, Oregon. Shoes THE MATTER OF EXCUSES. Rules and Regulation! aa Adopted by the State Board of Education. For the information of parents and guardians of pupils attending the Atheua publio school the following rules and regulations, adopted by tbe State Board of Eduoation, rela tive to excuses in cases of absence or tardiness, is published by order of tbe Jscbool board. These rules will hereafter be rigidly enforced by the school faculty. Rule 40 reads: 'Teachers are authorized to require excuses from the parents or guardians of pupils, either in person or Dy written note, in all oases of absence or tardiness, or dismissal before the close of the school, arrd no excuse shall be deemed valid except that of sickness or necessary employment Tbe teacher shall be the judge of the sufficiency of excuses, subject to an ppeal to the directors: Provided, that the boards of directors may, by formal adoption, . change the charter of the wbion snail be deemed valid in compliance with the powers of direo tors as sot forth in subdivision 9, eeo- tion 48 of the Oregon school laws." Section 41 reads: "Whenever the unexcused absence of any pupil during any term shall amount in the aggregate to seven days, he shall be reported to the di rectors, and the teacher may suspend him until the opinion of the directors can be taken. For this purpose an unexcused absence or tardiness for half a day or less, or for more than one hour at any one time, shall be deemed a half day's absence; and such absence or tardiness for more than half a day at one time shall be reck oned as an absence for a whole day : Provided, that boards of directors may establish a less time of absence or tardiness as cases for suspension or expulsion, which shall be deemed valid in compliance witn tne poweis of directors, as set forth in subdivision 9, section 48 of the laws." Oregon school UMATILLA ONE OF FIVE. Kxhibltof This County Tied With lane, Marlon, Wasco and Com. A special to the East Oregoniau says prize of $1000 was awarded to the best group of five Oregon counties by tbe awards committee of . the Lewis and Clark fair, tbe counties inpludod in this leading group being Marion, Lane, Coos, Umatilla and . Wasco. The prize was for the best general ex hibit and the $1000 will be divided equally among the five counties in tbe group. Umatilla county has received the greatest number of gold medals of any county exhibited . at the fair. Tbe total number received to date by Umatilla county is 45 gold, 83 silver and eight bronze medals. Other awards are yet to be made, which will swell the total number of medals received by Umatilla county to perhaps 100. The exhibit of Uma tilla county covered more points in the geueral oontest than any other county haviug an exhibit at the fair. Tbe excellent showing made ty Umatilla county at the fair is largely dne to the painstaking and tireless work of Superintendent Dan Bowman who has bad charge of the exhibit and who has used excellent judgment in decorating the booth, preparing the exhibit, and replenishing them as was necessary. The people of the different parts of the county have responded well to tbe requests for exhibits and credit is due to every one who has contributed to the exhibit v Will Botate Cross. Fall plowing is well nnder way in Nez Perce prairie. The heavy rains of tbe past week have put tbe ground in excellent condition for tbe work and farmers are making the most of it. Nez Perce prairie farmers have learned tbe lesson tnat spring giam does not pay, and as fast as each farmer can arrange it be will give up spring seeding altogether. Most of the farmers are dividing their farms into three parts, and by ' rota tion each field will produce crops two out of three years. Fall grain is al most invariably a big success on tbe prairie, while spring wheat is often subject to tbe hot weather. A Farmers' Warehouse. For the past five years tbe farmers of the Milton country have been talk ing about building a warehouse, but never took any definite action until this summer. A meeting was called and a farmers' union for storing tbeir own grain was organized. A commit tee was appointed to look after the probable, amount that would be stored, and build accordingly. The result of this is that they have a building 80x 110x14 feet full to the top. Valuable Horse Dies. Edgar Boy, Walter, L, Cadman'g fast pacer, poisoned a week ago last Saturday while Iwing shipped from Walla Walla to North Yakima, died at Yakima Tuesday morning. Tbe horse was taken ill at Pasco, while on tbe train en route to Yakima Oct ober 1. KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. Elective System la Working Very Well Since Inception. "The elective system seems to be working very satisfactorily at the Uni versity of Oregon," says President P. L. Campbell, of that institution. "We have but fairly started on this year's work, and it is too early to say finally whether the newly adopted plan will be all that we expect of it, but our experience thus far is gratffy- iig. We find that studeuts who come to the nniversity have a pretty well defined idea of the studies they should pursue and they exercise good judg ment in their selections. "Of course, the choice of studies is not left entirely to the student. The student has the absolute choice of major study, suoh aa economics, his tory, mathematics, etc. There is no effort to influence the student in this regard unless be seeks advice, which the members of the faculty are always ready to give. When a student has chosen his major study he is assigned to a member of the faculty who will be his advisor in the selection of tbe other studies he will pursue. "The student has the right to seleot tbe remainder of bis studies with the aid of bis advisor, but if they cannot agree, the advisor has the power to designate not to exceed 40 per cent of tbe work. This gives us an elastic system which is yet rigid enough to prevent a student from making un wise selections of studies. Thus far there have been no disagreements over tbe studies to be pursued and the members of tbe faonlty have not been compelled to exercise arbitrary power. "The students, when they enter the freshman class at the University of Oregon, average about 20 years of age. If a child starts ill tbe common schools at 6 he should complete the grammar school at 14 and the high school at n but we find that many lose two years or more before they enter the university. Some must stay out of school to work and others lost a year from school from other causes, so that in theory they should enter tbe college at 18, the average age at entrance is about 20. At this age young men and young women have generally learned what lines of study they are best fitted to pursue, aud thoy seldom make mistakes m choice of studies." OLD SUIT TAKEN UP. Q. W. Hunt Seek to recover Damage! From C. B. Upton. The civil suit Btartod by G. W. Hunt against C. B. and W. H. Upton to collect a sum approximating $4500 alleged to be due on a contract to pay for a subsidy for building a railway line from Hunt's junction to Walla Walla," was taken np in the ' superior court this morning, says the r States man. Tbe suit is one of several started by Mr. Hunt at tbe time he contract ed the Hunt system from Hunt's juno tiou to Dayton nearly 20 years ago. ' The contract given by the Uons dates back into 1889J and originally was for $2000. Interest since that time amounts to more than the prin cipal, the aggregate 'sum being sued for, amounting to nearly $4500. IDe case is being heard by Judge Mitchell Gilliam of Seattle. Judge Brents was disqualified from sitting on tbe case owing to having been employed as an attorney for Mr. Hunt in similar cases started years ago. Mr. Hunt is being represented by Col. C E. S. Wood aud William Muir of Portland aud Garrechat & Duupby of Walla Walla. Sharpstein & Sharpstein ap pear for tbe defense. Later: The jury in tbe case of George W. Hunt against C. B. and W. H. Upton, being out lens than ten minutes, returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3860. This is the amount of a subsidy subscribed to assist in building tbe Hunt road from Eureka Flat to Walla Walla.' It is a test case and will determine the status of many others. A Splendid Company. Josephine Deffry, supported by an excellent company appeared last even ing at the opera house in tbe powerful society drama, "A Wicked Woman." Miss Deffry is perhaps the greatest actress that ever appeared letore an Atbena audieuce, and not siuce the days of Mattie Cboate, the Lindsays aud Vincents, bag Atbena theatre goers bad the opportunity of seeing a real actress with excellent, well bal anced support, in plays that are the products of the leading playwrights of the world the plays that are tbe standard set for the entertainment of metropolitan audiences. Mr. Thomas B. Loftns is well np in the ranks of the best actors, and has lately been leading man in stock companies in San Francisco and Portland. His face was familiar to all who read tbe theatrical pages of the Sunday papers, his portrait having appeared there from time to time. Tonight will be seen "A Broken Heart," a piece that throbs with heart interest, in which Miss Deffry, Mr. Loftus and the entire company stand out strong aud brill iant in their, respective rolls. FIRE SWEEPING ON BERKELEY UNIVERSITY IS IN PATH OF FLAMES. Faculty and Students Fight Desper ately But Wind Fans Flames Eeyond Control- Berkeley, Cal., Oct 12. A fire is of seweeping over hundreds of acres grass and brush adjacent to the state university grounds, endangering sonio of the college buildings. In the midst of a drill of 1000 university cadets, President Bonjamine Ide Wheeler dis missed the battalions aud personally led the student soldiers to fight the fire. Despite the fuot that hundreds of students, iuoludiug nearly, every col legian at the state university, fought the fire that swept back of the univer sity grounds today, the flames, fanned by the steadily increasing north wind, broke away from their control and swept toward Oakland. Not only tbe students, but professors and instruc tors joined in the fire fighting. Tbe local fire and police departments, as well as many Berkoley citizns, respond ed to tbe many calls and are still fight ing desperately. LAND BOARD IN SESSION. Arguments Heard on Amount of Water Used By Arid Lands. The state land board in session at Salem Tuesday beaid extended argu ments upon the question of the amount of water which fhust be pro vided by the Desohutes Irrigation Company before the state will certify that they have reclaimed the land covered by their reclamation con- , tracts. The'meeting of the board was held behind closed doors, the only por 80D8 present besides tbe members of the board being the representatives of tbe company aud State Engineer Lewis. The various contentions made will not be disolosod.-but it is aunounoed that tbe board fixed one cubio foot per second of time for each 100 acres as the minimum amount of water to be f uruishod during the growing season. This is not the amount of water to bo supplied to settlers, for the board did not pass upon that question. This amount the company must provide for the laud as a whole before tho boaid will report tbo laud as reclaimed and ask tbe department of the iutorior to issue a patent. State Engineer Lewis will now ascertain whether the com pany has provided the quantity speci fied for the tract of 77,000 acres, for which it desires a pateut issued. Be fore arriving at its conclusion tbe board learned that in Klamath oouuty it is estimated that ona foot per second for 150 acres is required; in Yakima one foot for 160 acres, aud in Idaho one foot for 60 to 80 acres is required. Tbe Deschutes company's contraot with settlers oalls lor one foot for each 160 acres. Acid Given By Mistake Mistaking the contents of two bot tles sitting side by side, Mrs, Jenny Winn of Walla Walla, gave ber mother, Mrs. J. A. Taylor, a fatal dose of carbolio acid at 6 o'clock Tuesday uigbt. Mrs. Taylor died in great agony Wednesday morning. Mrs. Winn is prostrated over tbe acci dent Mrs. Taylor was the wife of Judge J. A. Taylor, one of Walla Walla's oldest aiid most respected pioneers. She had buen an invalid for years and Mrs. Winn wus waiting ou her. Mis. Taylor was 80 years of age. The carbolio acid was used for a disinfectant and set beside the bottle of medicine. Tbe funeral was held yesterday afternoon. ' . A " '" 1 " "" Grand Lodge Officers. The officers of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias, who were elected in Portland Tuesday, are us follows : Grand chancellor, Marion F. Davis; vice-grand chancellor, J. M. Wall; grand prolate, G. C. Moser; grand keeper of recoids aud seals, L. 11. Stinson ; grand master of ex chequer, J. W. Malouey; grand mast er at arms, C. J. Howard; grand inner guard, L. Bronough; grand outer guard, Frank Thompson; supreme representative. Judge . H. ' M. Cake; grand trustee, L. M. Curl. - For Sale- . . O. G. Chumberlaiu, the real estate dealer, offers for sule: One dwelling aud three lots,' $1100. One house, barn and three lots, $800. A good cottage, outbuildings aud one lot. $1000. One dwelling, barn and three lots and other choice city and farm prop erty. Local Wheat Market. Wheat is quoted Unlay by Athena buyers at 61 ceuts.