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I- - i .... VOLUME XVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1905. NUMBER 79. ED. MANASSE !' A IT IS Remarkable Tact but ona that admits of ready ex pin nation THAT EVEY MAN to whom we sell a suit of Stalsy Uoderwear - Becomes Possessed of a desire to tell his friends. It is to this enthu- ; siaBDi that we can trace many sales every sea son, and it is a fact that no man who comes to us because of a friend's recommendation leaves without makin a selection from our stock of iTAtcy Underwear FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ED: MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. HEATERS and RANGES ' COX &.MTWEN SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET. ATHENA; OREGON Shoes I Shoes Mince Meat for Pies ts lice and DELL BROTHERS All styles and sizes for all kinds of . fuel ELY & SGOTT Wanted-Every man and boy to examine our Shoes before buying elsewhere ELY & SCOTT Well Yes, and CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TniNG3 TO EAT IRRIGATION TO WAIT SECRETARY REJECTS TIETON AND OKANOGAN PROJECTS- To Reclaim Lands Would Deplete the Reclamation Fund, Leav ing No Reserve- Contrary to all expectations, Sec retary Hitchcock has rejected the Tieton and Okanogan irrigation pro jeota in Washington. Secretary Hitchcock refused to approve the pro jects on the ground that the cost of re clamation would be $1,500,000 which is more than tha reclamation fund could stand at this time. He admits that the sum of $1,500,000 is not 61 per cent of the total amount of money contributed by the Washington re clamation fund, but insists that to be gin work on the Tieton and Okanogan project would leave him without a re serve fund with which to meet emer gency cases in Washington. He believes in always keeping a good sum of money on hand, with which to relieve 'distressed homestead ers, by buying up neighboring canals, thus alleviating the conditions and protecting homesteaders. No other reason is assigned for the defeat of these two projects. . There is now pending before the secretary the Sunnyside canal project, which involves the purchase of Sunny side canal in the Yakima valley which is now in private hands. This project contemplates the re clamation of 40,000 acres of land, and it is estimated will cost about $1,500,000. LARGEST K.0F P. LODGE. Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 1 a With 840 Mem bers, Incortiomtes. The largest lodge of Knights of Pythias in the world was incorporated in Portland when articles were filed for Ivan hoe lodge No. 1. L. B. Crouch, chancellor commander; Fred P. Holm, keeper of the records and seal; J. An nand, F. P. Banmgartner, M. C. Ban field, W. W. Terry, Joseph Supple and George J. Cameron are named as incorporators. All the Knight of Pythias lodges in Portland were re cently united in Ivanhoe lodge, which gave it a membership of 480 persons. The lodge is incorporated for the pur pose of facilitating the erection of the new building, which it is to build on the northeast corner of Eleventh and Alder streets, and empowering it to own the property. This will be mod ern in every respect, to cost $22,000 and will be finished by April 1, 1906. ish Shoes Shoes VonJ COL 0VEEH0LTS STAND. Fieewater Editor . Answers a Query Straight From the Shoulder. , CoL Miles Overholt, editor of the Freewater Times, is evidently a man of few words, but full of ginger and action. One of the Colonel's sub scribers, with a busy, buzzing bee of inquisitivenesa circulating around in his cranium, wrote the Freewater edi tor a lotter the other day, asking for public introduction as to how lie (the editor) stood on the question of better morals. The editor didn't devote his eutire editorial page to a discussion of the moral wave; neither did be give a biographical sketch of his member ship aud life work m the Y. M. C. A. He came back at the inquisitive sub scriber with this: "We take it that you want to know the policy of this great family journal regarding prohibition, local option and such. ; We stand with both feet firmly planted in the middle of the fence. And we are going to stay there. You couldn't coax us off either side. "Freewater is too small aud the Times is too insignificant, compara tively speaking, for ns to indulge in anyone-sided arguments. We knew a fellow once who argued all the time on one side of his subject, and he argned himself in jail. "If The Times were to sing a song on boozeology, the chances would be very favorable for as to diminish our supply of white paper, and that wouldn't be giving the paper house a fair deal. v "This precinct is very much - in separate packages when voting time comes around, and we waut all the subscribers we can get. "Of oourse, we expect to be accused of a lack of nerve and all that rot, but we know better than anybody else how we feel on this subscription and advertising proposition. The editor's personal feelings don't count." JARRED BY EARTHQUAKE- Building of Brick and Stone Crack at Shoshone, Idaho. A slight earthquake tremor was felt at Boise City Saturday afternoon, causiug dishes and windows to rattle. Glenn's Ferry reports such a tremor there ten minutes later. It was also felt at Idaho city and at Baker City. - Hailey reports the earthquake shock rattled bottles on shelves and was felt distinctly. ; . The greatest disturbance reported was at Shoshone, where several brick and stone buildings were somewhat damaged. The walls of the court house and school house were cracked, and nlaster was shaken from the ceil f niv rtf rnanv n I A i n tra and iallpa Wflpa 1 thrown off shelves. There were two shocks at that place, occurring in rapid succession. . At- Ogdeu a distinct earthquake shock wag felt No damage was done. Many tenants on the upper floors of an office building made a hasty exit, fearing its collapse. - Essay on Whitman. Pupils of the public school of Walla Walla in the seventh and eighth grades are to have a chance to com pete for a magnificent gold watch offered by Congressman Francis W. Cnsbman, offered for the best essay on Marcus Whitman. The watch is valued at $100 aud the contest is offered to pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the public schools in Washington state. Han't Unreasonableness is often as great as woman's. But Thos. S. Austin, Mgr. of the "Re publican," of Leavenworth, Ind., was not unreasonable when he refused to allow the doctors to operate on bis wife for female trouble. "Instead," he says, "we concluded to try Electric Bitters. My wife was then so sick she could hardly leave her bed, and 5 physicians had failed to relieve her. After taking Electric Bitters she was perfectly cured and can now perform all her household duties." Guaran teed by Wm. McBride, druggist, price 50c. ' ' ' The Fair to the Front. The Fair, Jarman's big department store, comes to the front today with the annuoncement of the annual fall closing out Bale. Mr. Jarman make;) a great success of these sales, for the people have come to know that bis goods and prices are just what be rep resents tbem in his advertisements to be. The announcement in today's Press gives Nov. 16th as the date on which the big sale commences. Closing; Oat Hardware. Cox & McEwen, hardware dealers, will close out their entire stock of goods. All the different lines are to be placed on the market at sacrifice pric es. Nothing is to be reserved. Copy for their advertisement came in' too late for today's issue, and the first in stallment will appear in Friday' Press. ; ' ' - For Sale. The desirable piece of real estate on Main street known as tbe Garden propeity is now offered for sale. For price, apply to Charles Norris, Ath ena, Oregon. tf EARTH OPENS; SEA ENTERS Water of Gulf of California Pour Into Salton Basin. Through great underground fissures rent by earthquakes the waters of the Gulf of California are pouring into old Salton basin and forcing New Sal ton sea to the sea level. Doubt no longer exits as to the origin of this vast inlaud sea, which now skirts the main 100 miles and stretches away on either side of the tiack 25 miles to the foolthills. Attempts to stem the tido have erased after ten months of persistent effort by the railway and the expend iture of $100,000- - Fourteen earthquake shocks last May and June, tbe first aud last three of considerable violence, are now ad mitted to have occurred by members of tbe railway engineering department. These shocks are supposed to have opened fissures not far from the divide between Old Salton basin and the shore of the Golf of California. This divide is some 40 miles iu width, of rock of a volcanic nature. Charles Caldwell, a southern Paoifio employe who has . been at Salton for five months, says that a half inoh rise daily for three more months will fill Old Salton basin. That this rise will come is not questioned, even . by tbe most sanguine, and settlers as well as railway people are preparing for the inevitable. : Southern . Pacific engineers have stopped tbe flow : from the Colorado river through Imperial ditch, but the water iu Salton sea continues to rise. . . .. WOMEN IN POTATO FIELD. Eleven Kntbualasts Fill IOO Hack In Four Hour. Garfield, Wash., has 11. women who have made a record for themselves in picking up potatoes. These women are among the prominent sooioty peo ple of Garfield and are proud of their reoord. Eleven members of the ladies' , aid society of the Christian church learned Thursday that T. S. Plummer needed help in his 40 acre potato patch. The society was in need of money for for eign missionary work and they de cided to help Mr. Plummer out and at the same time put money in the trea sury of their society. They went in a body yesterday afternoon, aud the proprietor of tbe potato patch agreed to give them 7 cent a sack for all the potatoes they could piok up. Tbe women started iu to win, and iu four hours had filled 100 sacks with spuds. As the men digging could not dig fast enough for them, the women took hoes and dug enough potatoes to fill the last sacks. When they had finished, Mr. Plummer wrote them out a check on a local bank for $7. ONE OF THE BEST Camllle" Friday Night at Opera House and Saturday Night "Monte Chrlsto" One of tbe best .companies on the road producing two of the world's leading plays, will be at the opera house Friday aud Saturday evenings of this week. The Lansing Rowan Co., have two nights to put iu before they can secure the Pendleton opera house,raud fortunately, Mr. Spencer secured an engagement. Friday night Athena theater -goers will have an op portunity to see tbe powerful play, "Camille," with the famous actress, Lansing Rowan, in tbe title iole, "Queen of tbe Camelias. " Saturday night tbe great play, "Monte Cbristo" will be produced. The company is one of tbe strongest on tbe road and tbe plays among the highest class. Want Divorces. Three more of the unhappy have appealed to Judge Ellis of the circuit court for divorces. They are Eliza beth Switzler, who will also establish her right in property valued at $15, 000, Silvia Jane Russell, who alleges desertion on the part of her liege lord and master, Milton Russell, and Flor ence Streever, who makes complaint that her husband, W. J. Streever, gets drunk too often. Walla Walla Pioneer. Mrs. Aurelia Ward died Saturday at her home in Walla Walla of old age. Mrs. Ward was a pioneer of Oregon and Washington. With her husband aud daughter she crossed tbe plains from Illinois to Linn county, Oregon, iu 1858, going to Walla Walla in 1861. Where Is E.PlumT E. Plum, editor, publisher and printer, is somewhere in the' North west and is wanted by Frank Mothers head, 1013 Euclid Ave., Lincoln, Nebraska. Reward is offered. Settle Up. Those knowing themselves to be iu debted to Wm. McBride, of the Pal' ace drug stoie are requested to call at tbe store at once and settle up. Every farmer should have his pri vate stationery, tbe same as business men. We can print yon heat note heads and envelopes at most reason able prices. Send or telephone your orders, or call and examine samples of our work. ACCEPTED BY COURT 0. R. & N. PAY 1903 4 TAXES ON VALUATION OF $10,000- With Interest,, Approximately $78,-779-76, Becomes at Once Due to ; Umatilla County. East Oregoniau : At 4 o'clock Sat urday afternoon the county commis sioners formally accepted the offer of tbe Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., for a settlement of the lattor's taxes. Under the agreement the company's roadbed is assessed at the rate of $10,000 per mile, and the taxes ' for 1003 and 1904 are to be paid up on . that basis with interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Accoiding to Col. J. H. Raley, who appeared at the meeting as the representative of the company, the amount of the com pany's tax will be paid Mouday or Tuesday. Under the terms cf the latest offer from the railroad company they agroe to accept an assessment "of $10,000 per mile on their roadbed aud to pay their back taxes upon that basis, and inter est at the rate of 6 per cent per an num. Under these terms approx imately $78,779.76 becomes at once payable to the county. Of this amount $38,460.33 is for the tax upon the roadbed for 1903; $35,425.80 is for the roadbed tax for 1904, aud $4,893.63 is for the interest on the delinquent tax . at the rate of 6 per cent ; Already $9000 has been paid to the county by . the railroad in settlement of the tax on the company's property other than the roadbed. Consequently the total amount of the tax for the two years, together with the interest, makes the sum of $87, 779.76. The increase iu the company's taxoa since Mr. Strain became assessor is approximately $18,000 per year, which sum is sufficient to pay the annual salaries of all the county offi cials and still leave a remainder of, $6600 a year. - The actiou of the commissioners brings to an end the long, hard fight that has been made by Assessor G. P. Strain, backed by the county court, for the raising of the O. R. & N. assessment. It is a struggle that has . lasted through three years and has brought forth tbe best efforts of the men on both sides. When Assessor Strain went into office the railroad xoadbed was being assessed at $4000 per mile, and he at ouce raised tbe amount to $12,000. However, before doing so he took the mutter of a higher assessment for the railroad property up with the othor assessors of Eastern Oregou, and in 1903 an assessors' meeting was held at Arling ton. There a rte of $5500 per mile was agreed upon, but Assessor Strain refused to aooept the conclusions of his fellow assessors, and made the $12,000 a mill assessment. In 1904 the railroad company began suit in the circuit court to knock out tbe assessment on technical grounds, but lost, both there aud in the su preme court, to which they took tbe case on appeal. A month or more ago a compromise proposition was made to the commis sioners , wherein the company agreed to pay their back taxos upon that basis, but no interest or penalty. This was refused by the commissioners after long consideration, and the next event in tbe case was the filing of a suit to prov6 that the assessment of $12,000 per mile was unjust. This was then followed by tbe making of tbe last offer by this company, which was done with the understanding that if it was accepted their equity suit would be withdrawn. - A Later Report. However, when Colonel J. H. Raley localcouuseloftlieO.il. & N., was officially notified of the action of tbe county court, in accepting the com pany's offer to settle on a basis of $10,000 assessment, he informed the court that tbe company bad concluded that it could not come to terms nolens the penalty tax of $9000 already paid on the assessment, be refunded. Tbe matter was threshed out all day, tbe company losing its contention. At 8:40 Saturday night an agreement was reached finally that tbe assess ment shall be paid on a basis of $10, 000 niilo valuation, with 6 per cent interest on all back taxes, with tbo payment by the company of $1700 on the penalty tax a short time ago. The total amouut now due tbe comity is said to be approximately $77,000. , Rogers Paid $20,000. One of tbe largest real estate tran sactions made in Umatilla county the past month was that of the sale by Charles D. Wat run of 31,934 acres of land to Lowell D. Rogers, the exten sive farmer of Adams. The purchase price was $20,000, being over an average of $63 an acre. The land ia , all under cultivation.