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VOLUME XVII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1905.
NUMBER 81.
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THE SCORE WAS PENDLETON 6
AND ATHENA 6-
Athena's Football Team Will Play a
Return Game in Pendleton
Sunday Afternoon-
Saturday was a great day for foot
ball. The Yale tulldogs trouuced
the Princeton Tigers ; Harvard and
Dortmontb quit at six even; Baker
City wou trom Pendleton high school
and Idaho University defeated Whit
man 9 to 0.
Athena was well in the rnnning,
too. The Athletics came up from
Pendleton, and the second team here
wallowed out the two halves with
them on the Athena grounds.
It was a stunning good game, too,
bo it was. The Athena team was com
posed of a tough, wiry article and Pen
dleton had the trial of her life scoring,
and but for the fact that Athena has
not played a game before this season,
and several in the line-up ware picked
up on the streets to fill out the team,
a zero mark wonld have been Pendle
ton's showing. The team from the
court house town struggled in with the
weight of six points at the close of the
first half.
In the second half nothing could be
done against Athena, and the score
was tied after hard line bucking. The
team will play Sunday in Pendleton
with the following line up:
A. Wood, center; J. Gooddel, right
guard; J. Gordon, right tackle; C.
Trask, right end; G. Reynolds, left
guard; 8. Warren, left tackle; D.
Stone, left end; C. Lane, quarter; W.
Fortier, left half; A. Gooddel, fall
back ; H. Lieuallen, right half; sub
stitutes, A. Moore, 0. Stone.
Football By Electric Light
In the , first football game ever
played in the west under electric
lights, the St. Vincent's college eleven
of Los Angeles Saturday night over
whelmed the University of Arizona
team by the score of 54 to 0. The
game was played under 80 electric
lights of 1000 caudle power. The
light was sufficiently bright to allow
the players to proceed without hin
drance, and at the same time the spec
tators were able to see every play.
The ball was painted white.
For Bale. '
The desirable piece of real estate
on Main street known as the Carden
property is now offered for sale. For
price, apply to Charles Norria, Ath
ena, Oregon. tf
South Sid9 Main street
Athena, Oregon
SPENDING $24,000,000-
Unrriinan Building New Lines and Im
proving Old One.
From the innumerable recounoisauce
parties, running levels and following
watercourses that head in the Rocky
ranges, and the network of lines that
are being located by preliminary work
of engineers who appear in the coun
try between the Columbia river and
the Bitter Root mountains, the fact
stands out clearly that the Milwaukee,
the , Northwestern and possibly the
Burlington, are heading for Portland
and that the Harriman people are
not exerting . themselves to obstruct
the Milwaukee, but are opposed to all
other invaders of the territory they
occupy in the Pacific Northwest, soys
the Portland Journal.
It is to entrench their lines in this
territory that the Harriman manage
ment is expending the magnificent
sun) of 121,000,000 in Oregon and close
to its borders in construction of new
lines, betterment of old ones and pro
jecting of new surveys. It is said '
Chief Engineer G. . W. Boscbke has
more miles of active survey and actual
construction now under his direction
than any other railroad eugineer in
the country, and that General Man
ager J. P. O'Brien's official budget for
the 21 months ending with December,
1906, is the largest that hasbeeu given
any previous general manager of the
Oregon lines.
It includes construction of the line
from Riparia to Lewiston, the branch
from Drain to Coos bay,- the Condon
line, completion of the Albiua shops,
equipment of the entire Oregon system
with oil-burning locomotives and erec
tion of a chain of oil tanks from Ash
land to Portland. and Huntington, con
struction of a hundred miles more of
block signal on both sides of the Blue
mountains, preparation for construc
ting of a branch to Klamath Falls, a
new survey through central Oregon,
plauning of a railroad along the water
front in Portland 15 blocks long aud
passing under four drawbridges, pre
paring for an extension of the P. &
I. N. over the divide and down the
Salmon river to a connection with the
joint line of the Northern Pacific aud
O. R. & N-, at Grangevillo, aud in ad
dition to these large tasks the relaying
of the Southern Paciflp to Portland
with heavy steel, reconstruction of all
bridges in Oregon .with steel, con
struction of many new depots aud
short cutoff lines connecting the sys
tem in western Oregon.
It is said the Harriman management
just at this time is watohing the Bur
lington with deep suspicion aud pre
paring to checkmate expected move
ments in Idaho. It is reported that
the Milwaukee's plans on the Pacific
coast have forced the Burlington to
come into this territory. ;
THOUSANDS OF CATTLE FED.
Walla Walla Itlver District Getting to
Be Stock Country.
Fully 5,000 head of cattle are being
fed in the Hudson Bay and Walla
Walla river district. Hundreds of
tons of Alfalfa hay are being raised
there since the opening of several irri
gated tracts. ' This hay is being used
principally by stockmen, who pur
chase it in the stack for from 11.50
to $5 a ton. Even at these figures the
farmers make good money.
Those feeding in the Hudson Bay
aud Walla Walla river districts this
winter are : Walla Walla Meat and
Cold Storage company, 100 ; Angustave
Brothers, 150; William Steen, 800;
Frank Lowden, 300; L. J. Reaves,
200; E. Hohn, 150; Blalock Fruit
company, 200 ; Sanders Brothers, 200 ;
C. Combs, 300; Dent Hoon, 100; A. M.
Robinson, 100; Drumheller Brothers,
200; William Reeser, 100; Talbert
Brothers, 100.
John T. Beagle.
John T. Beagle, an Oregon pioneer
of 1813, died Saturday night at the
home of his sister, Mrs. C. A. Turner,
in Pendleton, after a long illness. At
the age of five years he came across
the plains from the Missouri river with
his parents, who settled in the Will
amette valley near Forest Grove. In
1816 the family moved to Eastern Ore
gon, settling in Umatilla county.
Oregon Convict Property.
Salem, Nov. 20 The disappear
ance of a gold watch belonging to a
convict at the Oregon penitentiary and
the finding of a diamond ring, also
the property of a convict, in the vest j
pocket of Roecoe James, son or Prison
Superintendent C. W. James, will
probably form tho foundation for a
demand for anotbei investigation of
that institution by the Marion county
grand jury.
Both articles were taken from their
owners at the time of imprisonment
and were placed in the superinten
dent's safe for keeping until the pris
oners should be discharged. The ring,
by a strange circumstance, was dis
covered by it owner. Tho watch has
not been . found aud Superintendent
UNJUST TAX. SAYS 0- R. & N-
Claim That Portland Property Gelt Oft
Kasjr.
"Not ten per cent of the persoual
property of Multnomah connty is on
the assessment roll.
"The total for notes and aooonnts
on the roll is approximately $9,000,
000, and the statements of the nation
al banks alone in Portland show that
they have more money than that Sub
ject to the checks of individuals.
"The county records show that
there are $11,000,000 of mortgaged
s' curities in Multnomah not taxed at
all."
These were some of the claims made
by J. W. Morrow, tax and right of
way agent of the O. R. & N.. before
the Multnomah county court, sittiug
to pass upon the claims presented to
the board of equalization. "The as
sessed valuation of tho railroads has
been increasing year by year, and in
much greater proportion than that
of anything "else," he told the mem
bers of the court.
"Let us notice how some other
values have increased. In 1891 the
total valuation of notes and accounts
was about $6,000,000. This year it
is only $9,000,000. Do you suppose
for an instant that is a proportional
increase?
"The rolls show that the total assess
ment for merchandise aud stock in
trade is $11,000,000. I am positive
that I can take 20 firms in Port
land whose aggregate of actual stock
will equal that amount "
Jay Sedgwick, tax agent of the
Northern Pacific, addressed the board
on behalf of that road . and showed
how he considered the roads's assess
ment excessive. The rate of $17,000
per mile for track and right of way,
he said, he considered too high.
Led a Merry Chase
Constable Johnny Cummin's of Tou
ch et was led a merry chase Wedues
day . night by several horse thieves
who raided a Touohet pasture and
started with their booty toward the
Oregon line. The men entered a pas
ture belonging to Mr. Donahue and
took two of bis horses and one be
longing to Mr. Nolting. The con-
Stable was notified aud started in the
direction the thieves had taken. He
overtook them near the state line and
the thieves, seeing that they could not
evade capture aud keep their booty,
abandoned the horses and escaped
toward Freewater.
Another Instance- ,
Recently the Press made mention of
church women doing manual labor
for the ohuroh at Garfield, Wash.
Evidently it is becoming a custom for
fourteen members of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Methodist church at
Gresham, Ore., painted the parsonage
fence because thore was no money in
the treasury to pay for the work. The
women worked in kitchen garb and
when the work was done it would
have been a credit to any painter.
The fence was covered with a coat of
white paint and tho women were
justly proud of their work.
Diamonds at Seaside
During the past week there bus been
intense excitement on the Neoanicum
river near the town of Seaside. The
secret of it all lies in the fact that an
ochre mine, which is being developed,
has been yielding precious stones.
Diamonds and rubies are said to be
in evidence and a number of people
have located claims. The oohre is of
flue quality and plenty of the best fire
clay ever discovered is there, but when
precious stones were discqvered the
excitement reached fever beat and
people were going from Portland to be
gnided to the diamond fields.
Settle Up-
Those knowing themselves to be in
debted to Wni. McBride, of J the Pal
ace drug store are requested to call at
the store at once aud settle up.
If you are troubled with indigestion,
constipation, sour stomach, or any
other pain, Hollister's Rocky Moun
tain Tea will make you well and keep
you well. 35c. Tea or Ta blots.
Pioneer drug store.
James has paid the owner its value
out of bis own pocket
The ring was taken from Charles
Walton, the Portland street car rob
ber, when be was brought to the peni
tentiary. Like all other valuables tak
en from prisoners, it was placod in an
envelope, sealed, and with Walton'
name written thereon, placed in the
safe.
The watch mentioned was the
property of C. R. Hilton, a Sbermau
county school teacher, who was serv
ing a term for statutory offense. Hil
ton was discharged from the prison
sometime ago, and when he weut to
the office to get bis property the
watch could not be found, aud Mr.
James paid for the loss.
JOINT USE OF ROAD
RAILWAYS CANNOT BLOCS EACH
OTHER'S PATHWAY.
Specnlation Roused as to .Who Are
the Real Backers of the Seattle '
& Portland.
An Olympia, Wash., spocial says:
Coupled with the statement thut the
building of two railroads down tho
north bank of the Columbia is now
assured, one of the officers of the
Wallula Pacific Company asserts that
it is the present intention of the back
ers of bis road to resort to the pro
visions of what is known as the
canyon" act to secure a right of way
along certain portions of the route.
The canyon aot, which is found not
ouly in the Federal statutes, but also
in the laws of the state of Washington
permits one road to condemn and ao
quire a joint use of another railroad
in any pass, canyon or defile where
there is not room for two right of
ways.
The surveys of the Wallula Paciflo
and the Soattle & Portland Railway
companies aiong the north bank of the
Columbia conflict in many places.
Along some portions of the route the
location stakes are from a mile to two
miles apart, but in other localities the
contour of the country and the moun
tainous character of the shore have
resulted in survey stakes of the two
roads being driven side by side. In
some instances the Soattle & Portland
has apparently obtained the advan
tage in early acquirement of right of
way, and in other instances the rival
road has secured the advantage.
The above assertion, wbioh was
made by an officer of the road who
was seeking state lands for the pur
poses of his company, puts the opera
tions of the Wallula Paciflo and the
Columbia Valley Railroad company
in a different light than that of a
purely "block game"on the partof the
Harriman interests unaccompanied by
bona fide building intentions, and it
again gives rise to speculation as to
whether the real rivals of the Seattle
& Portland is not some railroad system
other than the Union Paciflo or Hur
riman lines which now have entrauoe
to Portland along the south bank of
the river.
FOUND DEAD AT I0NE, .
Oliver Pierson Committed Suicide by
Catting Mil Throat
Oliver Pierson, a pioneer of Morrow
county, was found dead iu a water
closet in lone back of the lone Hotel at
about 5 o'clock Thursday evening.
He had cut his throat from ear to
ear with a small pearl handled pocket
knife aud death must have boen in-'
stantaueous.
The coroner arrived from Hoppnor
about 0 :30 but upon examination of
the body no cause for the deed could
be ascertained. Evidence bore out
the fact that be must have committed
the crime about 1 o'clock and the
body remained there until the cor
oner arrived.
Mr. Pierson was an old time settler
aud favorably known citizen of Mor
row county, having lived here some
25 years. He sold bis ranch in the
Gooseberry couutry several years ago,
and baa been in Sweden, bis native
country, until his return to this coun
try a few weeks ago.
Daughter of a Pioneer.
Mrs. Julia Brennan, daughter ot
Mr. aud Mrs. Patrick Welch of Walla
Walla, died iu Butte, Montana, Friday
evening of pneumonia, says the Union.
Mrs. Brennan was formerly Miss Julia
Welch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Patriok Welch, pioneers of Walla
Walla. She was born in 1875 and
lived here until six years ago, since
when she has resided in Butte with
her husband, Martin Brennau, who
used to be in the livestock business in
Walla Walla. Mr. Brennan aud two
children survive tho deceased.
Man's Unreasonableness
is often as great as woman's. But
Thos. S. Austin, Mgr. of tho "Re
publican," of Leavenworth, Ind., was
not unreasonable when be refused to
allow the doctors to operate on his
wife for female trouble. "Instead,"
be says, "we concluded to try Electrio
Bitters. My wife was then so Bick
she could hardly leave her bed, and
6 physicians had failed to relieve her.
After taking Electric Bitters she was
perfectly cured and can now perform
all ber household duties." Guaran
teed by Wm. McBride, druggist, price
60c.
' . , ; Arctic White Owl-
An arctio white owl was killed by
Henry Pugley near Echo Saturday.
This ia the first owl of this kind seen
in this section for years. Its coming
is said to be tbe'sign of un unusually
bard winter.
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