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VOLUME XVIII.
ATJIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 9. 1906.
NUMBER 10.
ED. M ANASSE
Reductions on
ry Goods
and
CLO
To make room for Spring Stock
soon to arrive
E D. M A N A S S E
Agent for Butterick's Patterns. .
Firs
National
of-Athena
CAPITAL STOCkTv"".".
SURPLUS,.. ..........
We do Strictly a Commercial Business. We Solicit
the Accounts ot Individuals, Firms
and Corporations.
OFFICERS
H. C. ADA.VS. Piesideut.
T. J. KIRK, Vice President,
. F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
I. M. KEMP, Aes't. Cashier.
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CONTRACTING
Hereafter I will engage in Contracting and building in
all its branches, I am in a position to carry on this line
of business in a thorough and satisfactory manner, in
connection with my Lumber Yard. I will employ the
best workmen money can secure, and before you let your
contract it will pay you to get my figures. " - -
: A. Wl. CILLIS, PROPRIETOR, 5
THE GILLIS LUMBER YARDf
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. We have highest grade goods in every line 1
Each Article the Acme of Perfection
, Our entire stock is selected with the same care and discretion.
REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with quality.
DELL BROTHERS
all Seasonable
Bank
$50,000
17,500
' DIRECTORS
H. C. ADAMS. T. J. KIRK, 'F. S.
Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E.
COLBERN.
AND BUILDIHG 1
CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT
THE "YELLOW KIDS"
ATHENA WILL PUT OUT A
TEAM THIS SEASON.
Baseball Enthusiasts Held a Meeting
and Pledged Funds to Sup
port a Team-
Who said Athena was a dead one,
a::d that the "baseball lid could uot
be lifted?"
The hammer handles have all been
whittled np and the old town will
agaiu be represented on the diamonds
of the Inland Empire, and the old
gold and royal bine pennant will ouotj
more float to the breezes. Athena
will put the "Yellow Kids" on the
road to viotory and the hear of the
fan beats joyonsly
At a largely attended meeting in
the Athena Commercial- Association
rooms Wednesday evening, the base
ball question -was discussed and de
cided to the satisfaction of all con
cerned. ' -
' Dr. J. D. Plamondon was called to
the chair and Fred Boyd was secre
tary of the meeting. The chairman
stated the object of the meeting, and
discussion was at once participated in.
Theunanimous aentiment-of the meet
ing as expressed favored baseball of
the "Yellow Kid" standard and trade
mark. Amoug those who participated
in the discussion were such loyal base
ball supporters as H. A. Barrett, J.
W. Davis, Bert Cartano, J. E.
Froome, D. H. Preston, Brnce Wal
lace. J. D. Palmondon, W. J. King,
Henry Dell, M. h, "Watts, F; B. Boyd,
I. M. Kemp, and others.
, A subscription paper , was laid be
fore the meeting and a sufficient sum
was pledged to insure the success of
the team from a financial standpoint.
D. H. Preston and Anstin Foss
were named - as a 'nbmibittee on
grounds. It was decided to raise a
portion of the f nnds by giving a ball,
and York Dell, D. H. Preston and Lee
Hiteman, are ou the committee that
will have charge of the arrangements..
At a meeting last evening the
amount in the baseball fund was re
ported by the committee, and was de
clared sufficient to put the team in
the field. Henry Barrett, A. J. Park
er, Bruce Wallace, D. H. Preston and
J. . Froome were elected to serve on
the board of directors, and after the
meetiug, Bert Cartano was chosen by
the directors as manager of the team.
In all probability new grounds will be
secured. There will be another meet
ing held at the association rooms Mon
day night.
OFFERS 8500 FOR ROAD.
Big Farmer Wants Government ltoad
Bntli Adjoining Bli Farm.
The highest bid so far received for
the mile of model road, which the
government is going to build, was
received yesterday in a communica
tion to the oonnty court, says the Pen
dleton Tribune. It was from George
Carmichael of . Weston, and , be agrees
to give 500 and furnish plenty of
good rock free of charge, if the road
be built adjoining his farm. He says
the rock is within a few rods of the
proposed road. ' . ' '
In closing he says that he hopes
that the court will give his proposi
tion due consideration, and if he does
not get the road, that the commission
ers will be able to get more from some
other individual.
Mr. Carmichael is a good roads en
thusiast of the first order, but it is
doubtful if he will succeed in having
the road built at bis farm, since he
lives about five miles north of Weston,
and not close to any railroad. The
cost of getting the maobinery to the
place would therefore be very great
and Tea
Athena, Oregon.
CHECKED THE TYPHOID.
Board of Health Takes Decisive Meas
!? ures to Punfjr Eugene Wnlrr.
'The state board of health which
visited Eugene this week to assist in
checking the terrible epideu io of . ty
phoid which has been raging there for
the ,' past two months, has recom
mended the purification of all drink
ing, water by sterilizing and boiling
and will ' co-operate with the city
authorities in cleaning'np the cify and
improving conditions in every way.
A special from Eugene to a Portland
paper says:
The members of the state board ot
health arrived here this afternoon, and
have been in onsultation with the
mayor, citizens and physicians in re
gard to the recent epidemic of typhoid
and the manner and success ot its
treatment They will also confer
with the officers of the water company
and j a committee of citizens on the
matter of selection of a new source of
water supply for the, system in opera
tion. ,
The board found at once that vigor
ous and intelligent aetion was taken
throughout the city for stamping out
the disease. ' The physicians united in
recommending measures for boiling
and sterilizing all food and drink.
The injunction was acted upon, end.
as a result, the county physician is
able to report that in the shortest
time possible, or ; that acknowledged
as the, period of gestation, the disease
was under controL
For a week now there have been no
new oases, and it is confidently stated
by all physicians that the epidemic is
at an end. Tomorrow - the board will
view all available sources of water
supply in this vicinity, and the offic
ers of the water company have ex
pressed their intention of utilizing
for the water mains that supply which
the state board shall deterumine to
be pure and absolutely safe for do
mes tic: use.
' i Off for Alberta.
A party of four men from the Helix
country have sold out and left for Al
berta, taking a carload of implements
and,twQc.arloads of horses. -Walter
Lindsay, Alex Granby, Dan Richmond
and Arthur Beadham are the men
who will make . their homes . in , the
Canadian province.
NEW STORE BUILDING
Organization of cVIosgrove c7WercantiIeJ
Co. Leads to
The Athena Mercantile Co. has
gone oat of existence, and in its plaoe
has been incorporated the Mo.sgrove
Mercantile Co. The incorporators
are Matt Mosgrove, Charles Betts,
James Henderson and James Mos
grove.' In an interview Mr. Matt
MosRrove said to a Press reporter:
"Yon may state our company has
every confidence in Athena as a busi
ness point and in the resources of
the country tributary to the town.
The organization of - the Mosgrove
Mercantile company embraces men
ot business experience in merchandiz
ing. "They have been engaged in busi
ness in this section of the country
long enough to know the character of
goods that the trade demands and it
will be the sole aim and purpose of
the company to keep the class of
goods that will draw trade to the
town.
"It is our intention to greatly im
prove our store room facilities as soon
as weather settles sufficiently to per
mit of alterations to be made in the
building. The improvements which
we contemplate will be on an exten
Takes up Lease Applications
Pendleton, March 8. According to
O. C. Edwards, agent at the reserva
tion, the application for leases which
were recently filed with the office will
be taken up next Mouday aud disposed
of as fast as possible. Notices are
now being sent ont to the. different
parties who made applications, ask
ing tbem to appear at the agency for
the purpose of making the leases.
Different dates have designated for
them to come, so as not to have all
the business come up at once.
The announcement that action is
at last to be taken upon the applica
tions will be welcomed by those de
siring to secure land. Considerable
complaint has been made by the
lessees over the delay in the matter, as
during that time there baa been a
general uncertainty as to what would
HEW COMPLICATIONS ARISE.
Sunday Closing Question Agitates Pub
lic Blind at Walla Walla.
The Sunday closiug question has
complications for the ordinary citizen
that the members of the city council
at Walla Walla did not think about
when framing the law. ''
So closely are the saloon men and
cigar dealers watching each other that
it is almost - impossible for a man to
go into a saloon and get a drink with
out carrying the family , bible aud, a
sworn certificate of bis age with him
for the benefit of the bartender.
The ministers have again .been
brought into the controversy . because
of the faot that it was shown . that
they can perform . a marriage cere
mony in which one of the participants
is under age with out suffering from
the law, or losing their articles of
ordination. Therefore, the saloon men
say the ordinance which takes away
a man's saloon licens for selling liqnor
to a minor who states he is of age, ,is
class legislation and therefore uncon
stitutional. ;
It is said that the saloon meu are
going to take aotiou on the qnestion
raised by the privileges granted to the
ministers, but just how they are going
to do it has not been revealed. The
saloon men have been retioent so far
in their moves, as have been the deal
era, but the qnestion has assumed such
a strong position in the publio mind
that it is said their plans will gradu
ally leak out. I
Mange Among Horses. j
Information comes farom Echo that
mange is prevalent among horses graz
ing near the bnttes, seven miles south
west of that plaoe, and it is probable
that the immediate attention of the
state veterinarian will be called to the
fact.
Sheen 8hearinar Serins.
- Sheep shearing has begun on the
ranch of the Cunningham Sheep &
Laud company near Pendleton. Six
teen men have started to work and the
remainder of this month will be re
quired to complete the work. j
Keep the little one .healthy and
happy. Their tender, sensitive bodies
' require gentle, healing remedies,
j Hollisterx's Rocky Mountain Tea will
( keep them healthy and strong. 85o
Tea or Tablets. Pioneer Drug store.
Improvement.
sive soalo and will necessarily t'eqnire
considerable expense. We will tear
away the wooden portion of the build-
iug at the corner of Third and Main
streets, and construct a new briok
building one and one-half stories
high, extending back to the alley.
The present brick building now oc
cupied by the dry goods department
will be carried np a half story to con
form with the new building. . In do
ing this we , will be accommodated
with two . double deck store rooms.
This improvement will give ample
space for carrying a huge volume of
goods."
Mr. Mosgrove was seen at the O.
R. & N. depot yesterday noon and was
on bis way to Pendleton. He reports
crop prospects along the lines of the
O. R. & N. between here and Milton
to be very promising.
It is understood here that Charles
Betts will be the business manager for
the new company. Mr. Betts has
been here since the store was burned
at Helix last fall, of which be was
manager.' With the dissolution of the
Athena Mercantile company William
Mosgrove retires from the business,
and will leave shortly for Alberta.
be done, and intending renters have
been unable to make any plans. Also,
spring work baa been pressing for
some time, and they are anxious to get
their leases perfected so as to com
mence plowing.
Thus far the only leases that have
been made are some that have been
filed since Major McKoin's time and
which for that reason were taken up
before the applications recently made.
Since the applications aie to be
taken up Monday it would seem that
the question of leasing will now soon
be disposed of, and those who are
anxions to secure Indian lands will
learn their fate within the next week
or two. Aocording to Mr. Edwards,
he will place applicants in legal pos
session of the land as soon as the leas
es are perfected here and sent to
Washington for approval.
THE CITY ELECTION
T. J. KIRK RECEIVES HIGHEST
VOTE FOR COUNCILMAN.
Dr. Plamondon. Regular Candidate,
.Elected With 108 Votei-David
. Taylor Gett 21.
Notwithstanding the faot that bnt
one tioket was in the field, a total of
129 votes were cast in , the city elec
tion. For councilman Hon. T. J.
Kirk received the highest number of
votes being elected to serve the long
term. The vote cast for the four
counoilmen was: T. J. Kirkj' 187; A.
B. McEwen, 124; M. L. Watts, 117;
C. A. Barrett, 117. Wm. Tompkins
reoeived 7 votes ; , D. B. Jar man, 8 ;
Ed Knight 1. and Ed Manasse 1. The
latter four were not candidate and
the votes they reoeived are to be
Classen as being of a complimentary
nature.
For mayor, Dr. J. D Plamondon.
the regular nominee, received 108
votes, and David Tavlor. the mna-
ent mayor, who says that he was not
b candidate, reoeived 21 votes, and Ed
Eoontz 1 vote. Mayor Taylor says
that be was not apprised of (the fact
that he was being votod for nntil late
tu tue aicernoon and took noe interest
in the matter.
ForReoorder, O. G. Chamberlain
received 128 votes and "Slim" Miller
one vote. i
For treasurer, I. M. Kemp, 125
votes. j.
For Water ' commissioner,1 U. W.
Gross 125 votes, Chas. Gay 1 and
Dr. Dell 1 vote.
NAME STATE TICKET.
Democrats lu Mass Meallug el Portland
' Adopt Resolutions.
The leading democrats of the state
gathered in masl Meeting at Portland
Wednesday adopted a platform and
extended an invitation to the following
persons to become candidates for state
offloes:
Governor, George E. Chamberlain,
incumbent ,
Supreme Justice, Thomas G. Haileyf(i.
incumbent '
United States Senator, John M.
Gearin, incumbent.
Secretary of State, Paul Sroat, ot
Marion.
State Treasurer, J. D, Matlock, of
Lane. . ,,t
Attorney-General, Robert A. Miller,
of Multnomah. """,:'.
- State Printer, J. . Soott Taylor, of -Klamath.
'
Superintendent of Pnblio Instruc
tion, E. E. Bragg, of. Union; W. A.
waun, oi ljinn.
Labor Commissioner. Sam Veatch.
of Lane.
Representative in Congress First
District: C. V. Galloway, of Yam
bill: P. A. Cochran, of Marion' - Kaa.
ond District: Harvey Graham, of
Bauer; w. x. Vaughn, of Multnomah.
The following resolution was offered
by Walter M. Pierce, ot Umatilla
county :
Resolved : That nothiun w. hava
done today should be considered by
any candidate for Demooratio nom
ination as a bar to , his candidacy.
Moved by Walter M. Pierce, of
Umatilla, and adopted unanimously.
Resolutions touching,' on and per
taining to the best interests of the
State were introduced and adopted.
ORGANIZE MARCH 10.
Representatives From Each Commercial
Association Will Participate.
The committee consisting of H. C.
Willis, Dr. C. J. Smith and James
Johns, appointed by the Pendleton
commercial association to have charge
of the organization of a Umatilla
oounty development league, has called
a meeting of the representatives of the
vaiions commercial bodies in tbe
county, to be held at the rooms of tbe
commercial association in Pendleton
on Saturday evening, March 10, at
7:30 p. m., for tbe purpose of complet
ing tbe organization, says tbe East
Oregonian.
Forms of by-laws and constitntioni
have been sent to all the commercial
bodies in the oounty and favorable
replies have been received from a ma
jority of the bodies in tbe oounty and
tbe final organization is now assured.
It is hoped to . have representatives
from every commercial association
in tbe connty present on Saturday
evening, at which time a form of by
laws will be adopted and the league
finally launched.
Tbe committee in charge has com
municated with all the various bodies
and so far the answers received have
been highly entbusiastio and the spirit
of co-operation is strong everywhere.
Foley's Kidney Care
make kidneys mad bUdder right.