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VOLUME XVII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1905
NUMBER 7:4.
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MAKING A DESERT
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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
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Athena, Oregon.
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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.
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