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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.