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VOLUME XVIII. ATTTENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2. 1906. NUMBER 1. :'.L ! i ED. MAN ASSE Reductions on Dry and '"'.CLOTHING To make room for Spring Stock soon to arrive ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. ATttENA OPERA HOUSE S . Tuesday Evening, January 9 1 Auspices Athena mpn nf th 1k IIIVII Vl IHV I1UIIUV Polmatier Sisters Concert Co., Managementyof Seats - on sale at ill TAKE DOWN ft -a!iei,tis J jMmikmm9ummmmmmMWJ wiwiwnn wwim mm iwwwww mm il mm m - , (f a A Winchester Take-Down Repeating Shotgun, with a strong shooting, full choked barrel, suitable for trap or duck shooting, and an extra interchangeable . modified choke or cylinder bore barrel, for field shoot ing, lists at only $42.00. Dealers sell them for less. This makes a serviceable all round gun within reach of everybody's pocket book. Winchester Shotguns outshoot and outlast the most expensive double barrel guns and are just as reliable besides. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., . NEW HAVEN, CONN. mMmmmix.mmw.nl hi Mm in. J! THE PRESS, ONLY Good Groceries, Coffee In this trinity should the grocer build his business temple. The difficulty is not great, but it s exceedingly difficult to build well without these 3 things. Each Article Our entire stock is REMEMBER Our DELL BROTHERS V; all Seasonable Goods Camp Wood- i IVnrlri J, Cosgrove. 50, 35 and 25c ": REPEATING SHOTGUNS u.Mimu - ... ilium iiii!iiiiumii4Jl--li'i1 iiuiMwm myitis a.1; wwpv $2 PER YEAR We have the highest grade goods in every the Acme of Perfection selected with the same care and discretion. prices are always consistent with quality. CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IX GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT AND IT SNOWED ON TEN INCHES OF THE BEAUTI FUL SATURDAY NIGHT Provided a "White" New Year Day and Afforded Sport for the Young- A "green" Christmas followed by' a "white" New Years Day is the way the weather man threw the dice from Eastern Oregon's climatic dice tox. Early Saturday evening the feathery flakes began tubmling down. And it snowed on. Suuday morning after the battle of the fleecy flakes was over, the yard stick measured exactly ten inches when pierced through the , mantle of white. It was then that the heart of the youngster filled with joy at the thought of a "white" New Year. And a good time they had of it. All of yesterday the welkin rang with the joyous shout of merrimukers, the tingle of the bells and the thud, thud of the horses' feet on the snow-coveied high ways. Every imaginable conveyance capable of sliding on snow was resur rected and put to use, and away into the night the pleasure of sleighriding was indulged in. ', New Years Day on the whole was observed in Athena mncb the same as in the past. The business bonses re mained closed for the greater part of the day, New Year calls were made by many, and good diuners weie serv ed. ' Dispose of Bitters According to a decision made by the commissioner of internal revenue at Washington, dealers handling "bitters" and other aloobolio bever ages, labeled as medicines, and which contain little if anything but aloobol, will be allowed until April 1 to dis pose of their stooks. If they desire to sell them after that they will have to pay a license the same as whiskey dealers. The law was to have gone into effect March 1, but the dealers protested that this early date would iuoonvenience them, as they had large stocks on hand, and could not dispose of them by that time. The commis sioner decided to extend the time one month for the retail dealers. The law requiring the manufacturers of the medicines to pay licenses, which was to have gone into effect on De cember 1, was also extended one month, and the ruling of the commis sioner will go into effect January 1 , 1906. All depnty revenue collectors inttmnnst have been notified of this ruling. Sew Block at Echo. Mayor L. A. Esteb, of Echo, has let the contract for the erection of a two story building, the seoond floor of which will be fitted up for the local aerie . of Eagles. The ground floor and basement has been leased to par ties from Walla Walla, who will put iu a stock of general merchandise. The building is to be a frame struc ture and will cost about $2000. J. E. Elam's Bank WALLA WALLA, WASH. CAPITAL STOCK - $100,000 J. E. EL AM, Pref-lrtent. ' Wra. MTEKN, Vice President H. II. MARSHALL, Cnshlcr per cent interest paid on De mand Certificates of Deposit per cent interest paid on Time , Certificates of Deposit . , and Tea Athena, Oregon. BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE. Kx-Uovcrnor of Idaho Victim of Flt-lld-lh Act. Frank Steuuenberg, former govern or of Idaho, was killed at 6:40 o'clock Saturday evening at bis home iu the suburbs of Caldwell. A dynamite bomb was placed at bis front gate with some contrivance by which it exploded when be entered. Both his legs were blown off and he lived but twenty minutes. There is no known reason for the outrage", but if is charged to some member of the famous inner circle of the Coeur d'Alene dynamiters, whom be prosecuted so relentlessly in 1890 when governor. Steuneuberg became known through out the nation through bis connection with the Coeur d'Alene strike in 1399. The Miners' Union made certain de mauds which were refused by the mine owners. Most of the mines closed down, but an attempt was made to operate the mill of the Bunker Hill aud Sullivan with nou-uniou help. .Iu April a crowd of strike sympathizers took possession of a train and went to the mill. The buildiug was blown up by dynamite and at least one man killed. The mine owners appealed to the governor for protection, alleging that the strikers were resorting to every form of violeuce aud intimidation to prevent action iu the miues by non union men. The state militia being considered insufficient to cope with the situation, Governor Steuneuberg proclaimed a state of insurrection and called upon President McKinley for federal troops. General Merriam oc cupied the district , and proclaimed martial law. A stockade, known gen erally as the "bull pen," was erected. Strikers and strike sympathizers were imprisoned in great numbers. A per mit system was ajso established by the military and no miner was permitted to work who did not make affidavit that be was either not a member of the uuion, or had severed bis connec tion and would not again join. This drastic treatment resulted iu the extermination of the miner's or ganization in the Coeur d'Alenes, it has never beeu reestablished. The mattre aroused suoh a widespread in terest that a congressional inquiry was ordered. The republicau members of the commission made a report uphold ing Steuuenberg, although be was a democrat, and also the action of Mc Kinley. The democrats, under the leadership of Congressman Salzer, made a minority report, censuring the State and National administra tion. The bitterness against Steun enbreg was accentuated by the fact that he, at the time of his incumben cy, was a member of the typographic al union. The shock of the explosion that killed the ex-governor, was felt all over town and broke all the glass on that side of his bouse. Every exit from the town is guarded in the hope of capturing every suspect. Two men are under suspiciou, who have been Vji.e around Nampa for several days aud left for Cai&weA VzrJ. iy. They livd in the Coeur d'Alenes in 1899TTA the time of the riots. Descriptions of them have been Tvired iu every diree uon. v ,; . , r . - Pendleton Saloons Open. A Pendleton dispatch to the Port land Daily Journal Bays for the first time sinoe last summer Pendleton sa loons were open for business Snnday and Christmas, though it has . been known that "some saloons have been doing business on Sunday for some time. When the last grand jury was in session here it recommended that the city government deal with the situation. The newly elected city officers wil soon assume their offices and if complaints are entered they will be turned over to a grand jury for the January term of court "Only Live Fish." For weeks we have been "keeping our eye on the Promoter" of Pendle ton. We have almost injured onr optics trying to "watch the Promoter grow," but 'tis iu vain. From a seven-column quarto, it has been re duced to a five-column, with plenty of tilling. We are greatly disappointed in the Promoter, Willis, Gray aud the whole bunch of them. As Willis says, "only live fish swim up stream. Freewater Times. Cholera Killing Hozi. A large number of bogs belonging to Joseph Davis, residing north of Eugene, have died in a mysterious manner within the last week and the owner was at a loss to account for it all until yesterday, when County Stock Inspector Mathews, accompanied by a veterinary surgeon, made an in vestigation and found that the hogs bad died from swine plague or cholera. Davis thought they bad beeu poisoned in some way. . WUTClose at 8pTm- . . Atbena, January 1, 1906 We the undersigned hereby agree to close our respective places of business at 6 o clock p. m., except Saturdays, during the- months of January and Febuary. Ely & Scott, D. B. Jarman, Worthington & Thompson, Dell Bros., Athena Mercantile Co. , Ed Manate. UNDER WOODMEN AUSPICES J. Congrove Will rrrni-iit lulniiillt-r Slatrri Concert Co. On Tuesday evening, Jan. 9, under the auspices of Atbena Camp, Wood men of tbo World, J. Cosgrove, the popular manager who has before eu tertained Athena audiences, will pres ent the Polmatier Sisters' Concert Co. at the Atbena Opera bouso. The Fort Scott, Kansas , Daily Re publican, April 15, 1905, in speakiug of the Polmatier Sisters Orchestra company, says: The young ladies composing this company and the man ager, Mr. Harry Woods, is undoubted ly the cleverest band of musicians that has ever visited this city at any time. "The Magician," rendered by the string quintette, composed of the five Polmatier sisters was a beautiful piece of music and the superlative manner in which it was rendered charmed the audience. Mr. Harry Woods, as a mandolinist, is very clever and makes music tbat most people never knew was in a mandolin before. It was beyond all question the finest musical entertainment given in Fort Scott in many years. The Elks sel dom entertain their guests with a foreign company, but they certainly will be well patronized if they ever bring this band of musioiaus to this city again." Dou't miss tbis flue en tertainment at the Atbena Opera house under auspices of Athena ' Camp, Woodmen of the World, Tuesday evening, Jan. 9. COMMUTATION ASKED FOR- Attorney for Bradshaw Will Ask Life Sentence. The motion to dismiss the appeal in the Oscar Bradshaw case was granted by the supreme court at Olympia Sat urday, according to advices received. Bradsbaw's attorney had notified the attorney general that he would not resist the motion to dismiss the ap peal, but that an appeal will be made to the governor asking that bis sent ence be commuted to life imprison ment, on the grounds tbat tbe jury, when they found him guilty of mur der in tbe first degree, recommended him to the mercy of the court, not knowing that hanging was the only possible penalty for such a verdict. Oscar Bradshaw is the man who murdered a Swede in a box car at Pasco over three years ago, and who, after being sentenced, was somehow lpst ii) tbe shuffle aud practically for gotten. Finally a newspaper man dis covered him in the Walla Walla county jail, and unearthod the story. Two Women Burned. Seeking to recover additional effeots from their burning borne at Sand Lake, ten miles south of Tillamook, Mrs. A. Hembree aud her 17-year-old daughter Ora were caught under the falling roof of the burning building and perished. Tbe fire broke out at 3 o'clock Saturday morning, the cause beiug unknown. All in tbe buildiug managed to get out sntely, but later the . mother and daughter ventured again into the house to save some property, which was upstairs. When oot fell the screams of mother aud daughter vejre beartrendiug, but the little group of neighbors gathered around was unable to render wry asist- ance.' Tbe Whole bouse became tk fiery furnace and, it was impossible to tell tbe exact looation of tbe women. Later tbe charred remains of tbe vic tims were recovered from tbo debris. Threshermen Active. Even this early the threshermen of Eastern Washington, says the Uuion, are making preparations for tbe bar vest season of 1908. Protective as sociations have beeu organized among the owners of threshing machines in nearly every county iu Eastern Wash ington the last few years and they are now preparing to hold their semi annual sessions duiing tbe compara tively dull winter season. The first organization to bold a meeting will be that of. the Eastern Washington Threshermen's Association, which will take place on January 13tb at Oakesdale. The members of tbis par ticular organization aie principally residents of Whitman couaty, but nearly every other county bas a simi lar organization that will meet later. Horse's Odd Death. Mrs. William Hart, residing on Weston mountain, lost a valuable workhorse on Christmas day in a pe culiar manner. The animal was in a four horse team. Somebody had dropped a long piece of blacksmith steel in the road, and tbe leading team stepped upon one end of it, caus ing the other end to rise. It pierced tbe horse in the breast, inflicting a wound tbat proved almost instantly fatal la Had Chase. Millions rush in made chase after health, from one extreme " of faddism to another, when, if they would only eat good food and keep their bowels regular with Dr. King's New Life Pills, their troubles would soon all pass away. Prompt relief and quick cure for liver and stomach trouble. 250 at McBride's drug store; guaranteed. THEY WANT SPUDS TUBERS AKE SCARCE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE. Oregon Produce Company of La Giande In Market for 10 Carloads. Irish potatoes, Yankee "spuds" one and tbe same thing aie cn record as beiug in tbe short crop list the country over this year, Umatilla county not excepted. A local grocer and provision firm bas received advices from the Oregon Produoe Co. of La Grande that it is iu the market for Umatilla county pota toes, tbe Weston Mountain product preferrec. and will handle consign ments from Atbena to tbe extent of from one to ten carloads. The firm mentioned can spare but one carload with out depleting its stock beyond the limit of supplying the local demand. The market price for potatoes at tbis time is 75 cents per sack, though in view of tbe short crop, and par ticularly should winter weather con tinue, a rise in price may bo looked for. However, price will not figure to auy greaf. extent in bringing potatoes to market wheu there aro not many to bring. Helix farmers tbis season raised scarcely any potatoes, and several shipments have been made from Athena to that place. The Wes ton mountain crop, which rarely fails, is tbis year listed iu tbe short crop columu in the general summary of the potato yield. PENDLETON FIRM FAILS. Proprietors of the Hee Hive Store Made an Assignment. It is probable that tbe Boe Hive store will be advertised for sale within a short time so as to pay off tbe in debtedness incurred by Messrs. Twist and Milne, says the East Oregonian. When the invoice of tbe stock and fixtures was completed a short time ago it was found to foot up $ 11,000, whild standing against this are ac counts amounting to about the same sum. Before the iuvoice wus taken the proprietors of the store made an assignment in favor of R. L. Sabiu & Co., ol Portlaud, so as to protect ne creditors. Of these tbe heaviest one is Swafford Bros., of Kansas City, who have an aocouut of 3000 against the firm. This firm and others hav ing accounts against the firm are rep resented by McCourt & Phelps, and it is said they will be bidders for tbe stock when it is placed on sale. At present the store is under tbe cburge of a representative of R. L. Sabin & Co. Weston Saloon Man Fined. In the justice court at Westou C. H. Walters, manager of the Lobby saloon, pleaded guilty to a charge of. selling liquor ou Sunday aud paid a fine of $25 and costs. Tho,complaint was signed by S. A. Barnes, mayor of tbe cih.ns privato prosecutor, and was tbe reswlt -xt a locai agy&U'm-Q'se.t leged offenses of the defendant iu permitting gambling in his establish ment, selling liquor to minors and do ing business ou Sunday. Capital Stock Increased. At a meeting of tbe stockholders of the Northwestern Gas & Electric com pany it was voted to increase tho cap ital stock to 11,000,000 by issuing $350,000 preferred stock. Tbe com pany announces tbat 110,000 would be spent in increasing the efficiencies of tbe distributing system in Walla Walla. Another One. Henry A. Salzer, of Lacrosse, Wis., who, until now, believed he was not a loser in the Oregon school land frauds, bas received word that all his certifi cates for which he paid $18,080 are worthless. Notice. Tbe regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Fiist National Bank of Athena. Ore iron, for the elec tion of directors for tbe ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may lawfully come beforo it will be held in its office in Athena, Oregon, on Tuesday the 9th day of January, 1906, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. Dated December 1, 1905 F. 8. Le Grow, Cashier. Athena Circle, Attention. At the meeting of Atbena Circlo No. 10, Women of Woodcraft, ou Tuesday evening, Jan. 2, all members are requested to, be present. The mat ter of increase of insnrance rates will be discussed. Clear thinking, decisive action, vim and vigor of body and mind, the spatkle of life, comes to all who use 1l:.i..., T" . i . a-., rrt n . jiuuimer n Aocay xuouniaiu iea. i).)C, Tea or Tube ts. Pioneer diug store. "1