I I VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1905 NUMBER 7:4. ed: manasse Our store has been Completely m IB C toE SUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR MEN AND FOR BOYS NOVELTIES ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. HEATERS and RAMES Wmm " . sizes for )fpi fuel cox a mtwen - SOUTH SJDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA. OREGON Shoes I Shoes TIME When all that is good in Groceries and Staple Provisions fail to appeal to you as appetizers. THAT TIME IS HERE, tor the season of Fruits And Vegetables is at its zenith. Our FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COME DIRECT FROM THE RANCH and therefore are fresh and palatable. - DELL BROTHERS IP r L3 LS m3 IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ELY & SCOTT Wanted-Every man and boy to examine our Shoes before buying elsewhere ELY & SCOTT A 131? CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT MAKING A DESERT ABE FAKMEKS KU1KIKG PRO DUCTIVENESS OF SOIL? Professor Withycomb Says Oar Farm Will Become Wholly Barren In Time. Now aud then you hear the other fellow tell the farmer bow to farm, but it is not often that yon hear ad vice given the wheat grower of this great inland wheat belt, for the reason that about the only effort required on his part is to get the seed in the ground when fertility of soil and cli matic conditions insure the crop. However, the wheat grower, accord ing to Professor Withycomb, is ripe for a "hunch" that be needs fixing, and the Prof, gives the "hunch." The professor has a theory ; a theory that for all we know is original. We'll give him credit for breaking the shell of a new bubble of poiuters for the rancher, and allow him to rest peacefully on his laurels, at the same time refraining from, mentioning any thing about 50 bushel wheat that grows year after year on land that has been summer fallowed. Here is the professor's prophesy, made in Portland the other night, and printed in the Journal: "Unless the farmers in the great wheat growing districts of Eastern Oregon adopt scientific methods in farming, that productive country will be reduced to a desert wastejwith in a few generations. - ' ? "Mnay framers have the mistaken idea that summer fallowing the land is a benefit to the soil," he said. . "The farmer who erroneously rests his soil is not only losing the crop of that year, but he also loses strength from his soil. The loss of strength in ... a piece of land in one summer fallow is sufficient to grow four heavy crops of wheat. '. " ". '(' y,' y "Within a few generations, "if the present method of farming is con tinued, Eastern Oregon will become a desert waste. When the organic mat ter in the soil is reduced by the pres ent methods, instead of growing crops with 9 to 12 inches of rain annually, the soil will require from 18 to 20 inches. If they would occasionally alternate their crops of wheat with crops of alfalfa, or vetches the soil would always be productive; if not the soil of this country will become the same as in certain districts of France where large areas once covered with farms and forests are now un productive." I The speaker said that TIIES Athena, Oregon. Shoes Shoes I THE CHANGE OF POLICY President Takes First Step Toward Re vision of Philippine Trade. Washington, Oct. 23. President Roosevelt's reference to the Philippine I question in his speech at Atlanta, it ' is learned, inaicates tne nature or legislation to be proposed by bis friends in congress this winter. A bill is to come through the ways and means committee providing for the free entry into this country of Philip pine products, aud also opening the islands to investment The restric tions at present imposed are to be swept away. Mr. Roosevelt's reference iu his speech to "unfortunate measures which have seriously, in some respects the white lands in Linn, Benton and Lane couuties which are considered worthless could be made very , pro ductive by planting vetches to reuew the organic matter in the soil. PLEASED WITH ATHENA Oregonian Correspondent 0.1 vn Hi Impressions of the Town. With the - Portland business men 's excursion which was in Athena lust Thursday, was a jolly, crew of press boys.' They represented the big papers of Portland.' Each sent his paper an article con fined to-the incidents of the trip, and descriptive mention of the towns and cities included iu the itinerary. . The Portland Oregonian correspondent sent the following con cerning the visit to Athena: From Pendleton a rapid run through Umatilla county brought the. Pil grims to Athena, the first stop. Everybody was surprised to find a crowd at the station. School was dis missed, and the children were there in large numbers. Attorney Peterson made a glowing address of welcome, and Governor Chamberlain and Tom Richardson both made speeches. '' They were good ones, too. ... Every visitor was given a card wherein he was informed that the country tributary to Athena produces 450,000 bushels of wheat aud 1000 tons of barley, that the Fiist National Bank has $300,000 deposits, that there are two $15,000 churches, one $15,000 school .houso and that there is a Hoar mill with a capacity of 180,000 per year; that land is worth from $100 to $150 per aore, and that the farms pro duce more wealth per year tbau any other farms in the world. These are things which all persons familiar with the growing importance of Athena have doubtless long known. But most of the Portland people did not know them, and they were just as glad to fiud them out as Athena peo ple appeared to be to tell them. MONEY-ORDER DODGE. Singular Scheme Worked by Weston - Brickyarder. ' Says the Weston Leader: J. W. Leech, postoffice inspector, was iu town Wednesday. He is said tc have been summoned to investigate the case of C. F. McGavran, who is ac cused of attempting to "work" the money order department to his own advantage. It appears that McGavran before leaving Weston, where he had been employed at the brickyard, bought two money orders for a total of $16, payable to his own order at Van couver Wash. These he pledged for $11 with Roy Stewart at the White house saloon without endorsement. Upon reaching Vancouver he made affidavit at the postoffice there that he had lost the orders and the Van couver postmaster having received the advices aud supposing that everything was correct sent to Weston for dupli cates. : These Postmaster Baker would have issued without question had not Mr. Stewart called meanwhile to see if the original money orders wore O. K. What action Inspector Leech will take remains to be seen as of course he kept "mum" over the affair as is the habit of inspectors. McGav ran is a well-informed man of middle age whom friends are at a loss to ac count for bis somewhat shady trans action, especially as he is said to bold a good position at Vancouver. ' Sunday School Institute. Rev. W. C. Merritt, Sunday school field worker for Washington, and a man of national reputation in Sunday school work, will hold au institute iu Pendleton, Nov. 4th and 6tb. All Sunday schools in -the county are urged to send delegates to the meeting. The opportunity of hearing a man familiar with all phases of Sunday school work should not be missed. The institute will be held iu the Con gregational church of Pendleton, Sat urday and Sunday, afternoon and ex niug, November 4th and 5th. vitally, hampered the development of t!i3 Philippines," marks his first step away from the policy of "The Philip pines for the Fiipinos. " He serves notice that the policy ex cluding capital has failed. The Phil ippines need capital, au there are two ways of seouriug it One is by alteration of the tariff arrangement which now levies a heavy burden upon Philippine products exported to the United States. Another is by remov ing some of the restrictions which have prevented the investment of cap ital by individuals or corporations from the states. FIRST WHITE CHILD. Mrn.tSarnh O lleimeo Said to Have '. . Been Bom at Meaoham in 1843. ' Another "first white child born iu Umatilla county" has been discover ed. It is Mrs. Sarah O. Henness of Portland, who died Saturday, aged 63 years. Of Mrs. Honuess and her his tory the Portland Oregonian says: The body of Mrs. Sarah dinger Henness was shipped to Gates, pre. , last night by : Dunning, : McEntee & Co., and the buiial took place there. She died at the North Pucific sana torium Saturday of cancer. She was aged 62 years. The husband accom panied the remains , to the family home. Mrs. Henness was the daughter of Abraham Olinger, pioneer of Oregon, and was the first white child born in Umatilla county. Her birth occur red at Meaobam, a station on the Oregon Short Line, in the Blue Moun tains. The date was October 7, 1843. Her parents, accompanied by other pioneers of Oregon, among them Judge Waldo, were just arriving in the "Oregon country," having crossed the plains on their western journey. The birth was a great aud notable event, and was celebrated in camp by a jollification meeting aud general felicitation. During her lifetime of 62 years, Mrs. Henness never saw any but her native state, with the single exception of Washington. She visited ! relatives in various sections there but never went to the homestead of her parents iu the east. . She was mar ried to E. Henness 22 years ago. Prior to that time sho was a school toacher, and by careful, painstaking work, wrought quietly but faithfully aud unceasingly in the upbuilding of the mental and moral welfare of the youth of earlier Oregon. NT Helix Hotel Fire. Fire early Saturday morning com pletely destroyed the Arlington hotel at Holix. The damage amounted to about $1,500, but the amount of in surance is unknown. The conflagra tion started iu the kitchen, presum ably from "a rangeA number of guests were iu the hotel at the time the blaze was discovered. No one was injured, but one girl, Miss Miller, barely escaped and had uo time to secure her clothing, which was all destroyed. " Installs a Sawmill William P. Reser, who lives in Walla Walla, but owns a large ranch iu the northern part of Umatilla county, has just completed a big saw mill plant thirteen miles southeast of Walla Walla, iu a heavy timber section of Umatilla county. Mr. Reset will engage in the lumber business on an extensive scale. Jerry Simpson Dead. The funeral of ex-Congressniau Jerry Simpson, who died at Wichita, Kansas yesterday, will be held to morrow iu the Scottish Rite temple in that city. The body will lie in state from 1 to 5 o'clock today. The fun eral will db Scottish Rite entirely. Court Convenes Today. The jury session of the state supreme court convened tbi? morning at Pen dleton, Judge W. R. Ellis presiding. Tho new court room, though not as yet completed, will be sufficiently in order to be occupied, an extra force of men being employed all day yester day to get the room as nearly ready as possible, reports the Tribune. To Sheep Owners. ; I wish to correspond with sheep owners with a view of taking from 1800 to 3000 bead of sheep on shares or to purchase. Best of refereuce given. Address, W. Rulan Williamson, Pocatella, Idaho. For Bale. The desirable piece of real estate on Main street known as the Garden propeity is now offered for sale. For price, apply to Charles Norris, Ath ena, Oregon. tf NEEDS THE MONEY HEPPNER WOULD LIKE TO USE THE BELIEF FUND- Construction of a Big Dike lor Pre caution Against Cloud Burst ; Disasters. When the town of Heppuer was nearly destroyed aud wiped out of existence by a cloud burst aud scores of her citizens were swept to a watery grave,.uot only the people of Oregon, but of other states heedod the ory for help, aud generously sent assistance to the stricken towu. Nearby towns were the first to re spond with help aud rnouey, Athena seudiug dowu several workers and something over $500 iu money. Of the enormous fuud raised for Heppncr's relief there remains unexpended iu the hauds of a Portland committee, $17, 000. It is now proposed to take this remainder of the fund and expend it iu the construction of a dike for the purpose of protecting tho towu from a recurrence of a cleud burst disaster. "The people of Heppuer would be glad to receive the $17,000 that re mains iu the hands of the Portland committee from the relief fuud raised here two yearq ago for the assistauce of our town after the terrible flood," said Henry Blackman to the Portlaud Journal. Mr. Blackman has been commis sioner from Morrow county during the exposition and boasts that bis county seoured 41 gold medals, the record for a county iu the state in proportion to population. He is one of the executors - of the estute of the late Henry Heppuer, after whom the town was named. Mr. Hoppuor was living when the flood oocurred and gave $500 toward the relief of his town, although he was a heavy loser. "We people in Heppuer," said Mr. Blackman, "believe that it would bo a graceful act for the custodians of the $17,000 relief fund to devote it to straightening the course of Willow oreek, the stream which, swelled by au almost unprecedented cloud burst, nearly wiped the town from tho map. It is proposed to straighten the creek, build a dike along the banks nnd widen tho channel, so that hereafter if cloud bursts occur tho water will flow away without meeting any of tho obstructions now in the course of tho stream. "When the people of Hoppnor par tially recovered from the awful de vastation caused by the Hood they in dulged in a burst of generosity uud said to the committee of Portland business men iu charge of the relief funds that the residue of tho money should be kept in Portland. They little realized that the people of our town were goicjr to suffer because of the fear that there might bo a repeti tion of the flood ot 11)03. Only ono thing will cure that timidity and that is to straighten the banks of Willow oreek aud build the proposod dike." WILKINS' K0NCERT CO. Good Kentertalnnieut for Athena People at Opera Uoune Nov. 6 and 7. S. L. Spencer announces that he has secured tho well known Erv and Nel lie Wilkins Kinotoscope Koncert Ko. for their excellent entertaiument to take pluce here in tho oporu houso Monday aud Tuesday evenings, Nov. 6 and 7. Their performance consists of music on over 20 different instru ments. Among them the old and well known Swiss bells the aluminum chimes the most beautiful musical instrument known this one alone cost ing $165 and the first one ever brought to tho west. The South American Mirambapheno sleigh bells and many others. Nellie Wilkius and her mam moth troupe of parrots, cockatoos, canaries are positively the fluest troupe of trained birds iu the world. E. J. Wilkins the upsidodown Amer ican Jap juggler with his barrel table and cross are alone worth the price of admission, as are also the dancing marionettes, up to date tricks, modern magic, funny songs and laughable sketches. They come well recom mended by the pulpit, press aud pub lic. Don't forgot the date. For Sale. O. G. Chamberlain, the real estate dealer, offers for sale: One dwelling and three lots, $1100. One house, barn aud three lots, $800. A good cottage, outbuildings and one lot, $1000. One dwelling, barn and tbroo lots and other choice city and farm prop erty. . Local Wheat Market. Wheat is quoted today by Athena buyers at 6 1 cents. KwmjiiK Tour IIowkU T.'lth CacareM. t'unily Catluiril':, euro i-oniilipotlon forever. Hm.'SSc. II U C. C. full, UruuKikUreluuit money. Y '