SBMI-WEEEX
VOLUME XVIII.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1906.
NUMBER 13.
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ED. MAN ASS E
Reductions on
and
Dry
To make room for Spring Stock
soon to arrive
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of Athena
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CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THINGS TO EAT
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CALEDONIAN PICNIC
UMATILLA COUNTY CLANS WILL
GATHER IN ATHENA
Bonny Scots oi the Inland Empire
Will Participate in Snorts
on Picnic Day.
The big anuual picnic of the Uma
tilla Caledonian Society will be held
at Athena this year. A meeting of
the members of this society will be
held Feb. 21, at wbioh time the date
for holding the picnic will be named,
and the necessary arrangements be
made.
There is more interest being mani
fested among Caledoniaus concerning
the annual picnio than ever before.
The Caledonian aooiety of Walla
Walla, and in fact the Scotch of the
whole Inland Empire are looking
forward with much interest to this
annual gathering of the clans.
Last year no picnic was held and
the yearning for one on a large scale
this year is keenly felt. It isjexpected
that a large number of Caledonians
will be on hand for the meeting whiob
has been called. At this meeting
all matters pertainiug to the pionio
will be discussed, committees appoint
ed, etc. :
BOAD DOWN WILD HORSE.
The County Halt Kxnend V3000 Under
" Government Direction.
- That the sample mile of road which
the government has offered to build
in Umatilla county will be construct
ed, now seems assured, for the county
court has accepted the offer and has
agreed to pay the expenses incident
to the same, says a Pendleton paper.
Under the proposition made by the
government all machinery is furnish
ed by them, and also the expert road
makers. However, laborers, teams,
etc, must be supplied by . the county
or community, and it is estimated
that the cost to the oounty of the
work here will be about 13000. This
expense the county court has agreed
to meet.
It is not yet known just when the
roadmakers will arrive here, nor has
it been deoided where the sample road
work will be done. However, the
courts seem to look with most favor
upon the Wildhorse road just north of
the oity. By taking a mile of that
road, beyond the hill leading away
from the river, it is urged that more
good would result than from auy
other looation, as all the travel from
places north of here conies over that
road.
PASSING ON PAPERS.
County Examining Board Complete
Examination of Many Paper.
The county examining board for
eighth grade papers met yesterday and
examined papers at the office of
County Snperintendent of Schools
Frank K. Welles. The board consists
of Mrs. John Hailey, Jr.," Mrs Max.
fiaer, Mrs. Frank K. Welles, Mrs
Charles Colesworthy.
There were 22 successful applicants
who are as follows : Herbert Meens
and Alta Kirk, distriot No. 8, Ukiah ;
Ezlma Peterson, Ella Derrick, Walter
Richards, Maud Bicbards.Iviah Long,
district No. 10, Fieewater; Sylvia
Albin, Daisy Smith, district No. 2,
Frnitvale; Nettie Royse, District No.
3, Athena; Sloan Thompson, District
No. 50, Echo; Vivian Bailey, Mabel
Raley, Jasper Templeton, district No.
61; Nettie Roulston, Lulu Lieuallen,
Tiavolia Swisher, district No. 8,
Adams; Anna Walden, district No. 9,
Milton ; Mollie Slaughter, . Bessie
Slaughter, distriot No. 89, Meacham.
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Athena,- Oregon.
UMATILLA SHEEP-
Senator Falton Will Work to Have Them
Restored to Wenaha Range.
Washington, D. O., Feb. 12. In
the rapid evolution of policy to be
pursued by forestry officials in treat
ing with stockmen desiring range pri
vileges on reserves, an important ques
tion has already arisen in Oregon.
The supervisor of the Wenaba reserve
has given Washington sheepmen
leases on poitious of the reserve in
Oregon, under the announcement that
the Washington sheep were wont to
feed there during the summer. Ore
gon sheepmen, protesting through
the Umatilla County Wool Growers'
association, assert that much of this
range accorded Washingtonians has
been used in the past by them in pre
datory manner, and that the action of
the forestry officials is perpetuating
the wrong.
The effect of the preseut situation
is that Washington men have a total
of 174,260 sheep on thsentire Wenaha
reserve, while the Oregon men have
a total of but 25,710. There is said
to be a total of 37,230 Washington
sheep on ihe Oregon aide, which is
more than the Oregon people them
selves have on their own side of the
reserve. . Sheep owners paying taxes
in Umatilla county insist that they
would use all of the Oregon side of
the range, if not forced out ; i '
Senator Fulton has been working
with the department to change such a
policy, and the case has resolved itself
into a question of fact. The depart
ment, acting under the instructions of
its Wenaha supervisor, proceeds on
an assumption of facts which is con
tradicted by the sheepmen. The re
sult will be formal investigation to
learn the real situation, as the Oregon
senator intends to insist upon fair
play, and will, not , be content with
the more statements of officials that
their policy is adhering to the former
range practioes.
Victim of Typhoid
Milton Eagle: Jack Morris died at
his home on North Fork last Saturday
morning of typhoid fever. Funeral
services were held in the afternoon,
conducted by Kev. Smith of this city
and be was laid to rest in the Bowlus
cemetery. - Deceased was born in
1882 and was thus in his 24th year. !
Owing to his jovial and sunny nature
he was a favorite In the community
and his death is sincerely mourned.
ATKENA WON FIRST
GAME OF THE SEASON
Athena cuffed the Pendleton Bus
iness college gauntlet all over the
diamond Saturday and won the first
game of baseball to be played in the
Inland Empire this year. The score
was Athena 0, Pendleton 8.
Despite the cold, raw day both
teams put up good, clean, snappy ball,
and a fair sized crowd rooted With
old time vim. The teams were evenly
matched. For a time it looked easy
for Athena. Stone had let up a little
and two students were froze to the
bases, when Swaggart, a former
Athena player, but now playing short
for the collegians, rapped out a home
run, clearing the bases and also even
ing matters up a little. La Brache
duplicated the swat for Athena in the
next half. Stone settlod down and
there wasn't much doing thereafter.
The collegians are a husky lot and
play good ball. Athena has an excel
lent infield, and the team as a whole
will in a short time be hard to beat
by anything in the light weight class.
Dr. Stone umpired in his usual im
partial manner, his decisions being
satisfactory to all. The following is
the lineup of the teams:
Athena Dave Stone, pitcher; Hugh
Lieuallen, catcher; Dean Dudley, lb;
Henry La Brache, 2b; Robt McKinzie
8b; Al Bell, ss.,; Boss Maloney, If;
Jesse Smith, cf ; Dean Willaby, rf.
Pendleton White, pitcher; Miller,
2b; Wilson lb; MoGlure. 8b; Swag
gart, ss; Clark, rf ; Woodell, cf ; Pen
land, catcher; Parks, If.
Advice to Women.
Wives, don't mistreat your hus
bands. Remember you took him
away from his happy home, so try to
be as kind and loving as you were
before you married him. Don't leave
him with two children to go down
town and stay until twelve o'clock.
you know that he u afraid to stay
alone at night so try to get there for
supper and remain till morning. Don't
eat and drink anything that makes
your breath smell like fitchew. If
you've got to go down town after sup
per take him with you and let bim
look at the pretty show windows
while you go inside and transact yonr
business. And above all, give bim a
quarter once in a while to spend for
himself and don't ask him what be
bought with it. Love bim and pet him
a little now and then and make love
to him whether you do or not, and
we guarantee he will make yon a good
husband. And for heavens sake if
you must flirt with every silly man
you meet, don't let your poor trosting
husband find it out Ex.
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION.
Pendleton Association Would Combine
all Commercial Clubs.
A movement to organize a Umatilla
oounty commercial olub or develop
ment league to be composed of all the
commercial , organizations in the
oounty is now being promoted, says a
Pendleton paper.
Owing to the fact that many east
ern people are now looking toward
Oregon and that the cheap excursion
and tourist rates will soon go into
effect, it is deemed advisable by the
commercial bodies of the different
towns in the oounty to make some
united, concerted and systematio
effort to attract settlers " to this
county. With a oounty organization
working to this eud it is thought that
muoh more can be accomplished than
by each commercial body working
alone in the matter. Each part of
'the connty has various attractions and .
advantages to udvortise and by com
bining in the work of circulating
literature and inviting capital to
come to the .county muoh more can be
gained titan for each town to worry
along in its own way.
So far as oanvassed the commercial
bodies of Adams, Weston, Athena,
Echo, Milton and Helix are willing to
co-operate with the Pendleton com
mercial association in the formation of
a Umatilla county development
league, which may ultimately develop
into a Columbia River Basin Develop
ment league, comprising all the com
mercial bodies in Eastern Oregon and
Washington, with Pendleton the cen
tral body in the organization.
The matter will be formally brought
before the board of managers of the
Pendleton commercial association
soon, and every effort will be made to
accomplish this result
The year 1900, it is thought, will be
a banner year for immigration into
Oregon and every part of the county
is anxious to secure capital to develop
the various resources and engage in
new enterprises, and the sentiment in
favor of a county organization of this
kind, is growing rapidly. j
Off to the Penitentiary
Saturday Sheriff T. D. Taylor left
for Salem with Grover Martin and
Judd Teeters, the former being under
a 10 years' seuteuce for manslaughter,
and the latter 18 mouths for horse
stealing.
FARMERS ORCANIZETO
BUY BELGIAN HORSE.
Chas. A. Hill, agent for A. G. Bnby
Co., importers of registered draft
horses, has been in the oity for some
time exhibiting a fine 3 year old Bel
gian stallion.
The horse is considered to be one
of the finest ever brought to this part
of the connty. He is of massive pro
portions, weighing 2000 pounds, has
fine action and is of magnificent ap
pearance. The horse is for sale. The
price asked for him is $3,600, and
Mr. Hill has a sufficient number of
farmers interested to the extent that
he is reasonably assured that the horse
will be disposed of here.
A company of twelve farmers is
being organized each contributing
1300 toward the purchase price. Nine
names have been secured by Hill and
the remaining three are expected to
join the company shortly if they have
not done so already.
Mr. Hill says tho horso he has here
is one of the best in the Ruby stables
this year. He says the Belgians are
bred exclusively for hardiness, are easy
keepers and are in the front rank of
draft horses in European countries.
SUICIDE AT WALLA WALLA.
l. T, Parker, Former Prominent Poli
tician, Shoots Ulmsell.
L. T. Parker, a well known Walla
Walla county farmer, shot and killed
himself Saturday morning near the
western end of Fort Walla Walla re
serve. His body was found leaning against
a post of the fence by a soldier of the
Fourteenth cavalry in the afternoon.
He reported to Colonel Godwin, who
informed the sheriff's office.
The soldier was riding along the
road when he notioed a man leaning
against the fence. Thinking the man
was ill he jumped off his horee, when
he discovered he was dead. There
was a bullet hole in his head, which
had been inflicted by a 88-calibre re
volver, the pistol being tightly grasp
ed in the right hand.
"Tom" Parker, as be was familiar
ly called, was at one time one of the
most prosperous farmers of the Waits
burg neighborhood, where at one time
be owned a large farm. Several years
ago he went to the Sound and resided
at Olympia. He returned to Walla
Walla several weeks ago and was em
ployed in constructing the cold stor
age plant for Keinhold Han as. He
was the democratic candidate for
representative from the thirteenth
district in 1892 and was defeated by
Alexander Cameron, . the republican
candidate by six votes.
BEAN WANTS CHANGE
C0U2JTY JUDGE W0U1D GO ON
THE BENCH.
If He Cannot Be Elected Circuit Judge
He Will Engage In
Law Practice.
County Judge Bean has a big, busy,
buzzing political bee bumping and
banging around in his bonnet. He
wants to be circuit judge, and will
resign the office of oounty judge, said
resignation to take effect June 3, in
the year pf our Lord, 1906, so that
his "suooessor may be elected for tho
next four years at the next June election"--whatever
that may mean. But
anyway, here is Mr. Bean's state
ment: To the people of Umatilla county: I
beg to spy that before the coming
election in June next I will resign as
county judge of Umatilla oounty, to
take effeot June 3, 1906, so that my
successor may be eleoted for the next
fonr years at the next June election,
and that I am candidate for the nomi
nation for circuit judge for this dis
trict, comprising Umatilla and Mor
row counties by the republican voters,
at the primary election to be held on
April 20 next, and if nominated will
be a candidate for that office at.the
next Juue election.
I make this statement after consult
ing many of my friends, iu view of
the fact that I cannot afford to de
vote the time that is necessary for
the business of county judge for jthe
salary now paid, $ 100 per month.
lue fees which I have expected to earn
as county judge iu United States land
matters, have by the ruling of the
United States laud office been reduced
approximately 300 per year, and
that work praotioally all given to
another officer. '
I sincerely thank the people for the
many favors shown me, and if the
republicans of this district see fit to
honor me with the nomination for
circuit judge, and I am eleoted, I
shall be glad to serve to the best of
my ability, otherwise I will resume
the practice of law.
Very respectfully,
H. J. BEAN.
DO MILK COWS PAY?
I. B. Zell Opines That They Do, and
; Gives Figures to Prove It.
. "The other day one of my friends
asked me in a confidential tone, 'Does
it really pay to keep milk cows?' says
L. B. Zell iu the Milton Eagle.
Another one asked what my cows
were worth. ' And whou I told bim
from $40 to $70 he grinned and re
marked, it wsa a pretty good price.
"Now tbeee are problems that can be
readily solved. During November
we milked three cows; our oheck
from the creamory was $15.50, besides
we bad milk and cream for our fami
ly of eifcht, the hired man got one
quart per day of milk and we disposed
of nearly $2 worth of cream to the
neighbors.
"During December we added two
cows to the herd and the milk was
mixed up so I really don't know what
the returns were. I called at the
ceamery the other day and asked
what the returns from the five cows
for January would be, and they said
nearly $40, besides our supply of milk
and cream at home and milk for the
hired man.
"These cows are fed aflalfa hay and
beets, and at the preseut two of them
have a small feed of bran. Now auy
one of these cows will in two years
pay for herself, her feed and ber care.
That is 50 per cent per year on the in
vestment." NO MASS MEETING.
Republicans Will Follow Primary Law
In Detail.
No mass meeting of republican
voters will be held in Umatilla county
preceding the primary election ac
cording to Chairman Frank Curl of
the county central committee, says
the East Oregouian.
Although the democrats have oalled
a mass meeting to be held on Febru
ary 17 for the purpose of elocting a
new central committee and of dis
cussiug candidates who desire nom
inations, the republicans will not
follow this method bnt will observe
the primary nominating law in detail
leaving the voters to select tbeir can
didates as the law intends without
the intervention of mass meeting or
convention.
Members of the republican county
central committee will be elected at
the primary election just ,ag other
candidates wMl be selected and it
seems to be the intention to follow
the primary 'nominating law to the
letter, since it has been adopted by
the state as the method of selecting
cupdiduton.