The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, March 16, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfitted SEMI-WEEKX VOLUME XVIII. ATJTENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 16. 1906. ED. M ANASSE fsew Arrivals -Shirtwaists lu white ami Mull Sleeve. anil colore f, Jjim-n wilh the IhIi t Cuff Embroideries. 'ImiisMo EmbroiiliTies.-They lik-j silk but wd!ir.-t better. SUITS FOH MEN and BOYS In Square and Round Corners. Up to date Col ors and guaranteed perfect .fit. : D. MAN ASS E i. :xn fur fintterick's Patterns. irst National of Athena CAPITAL STOCK. ..... SURPLUS,.; We do Strictly a Commercial Business. We Solicit the Accounts ot Individuals, Firms and Corporations. OFFICERS H. C. ADAMS, Presideut. T. J. KIRK, Vice Presideut. N F. S. Le OROW, Cashier, I. M. KE&3P. Ass't. Casbier. ! CONTRACTING Hereafter I will engage in Contracting and building in all ita 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. - - . 5 ; A. M. CILLIS, FCCTCl?, I THE CILLIS LUuBER t Good Groceries, Coffee and Tea 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 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 ivery Day Itihbms. Th He y. m r.- i I .tit for the neck anil for b -It-t Washjoods. The lattMt c;in hIwhvs I i ' establishment. i'i WhsIjji'kkIs found t llii-f C . $50,000 17,500 , DIRECTORS H. C. ADAMS. T. J. KIRK, F. S. Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E. COLBERN. AND BUILDING YARD i ' m CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT Bank RESULTS OF STORM ALL PARTS OF THE STATU WAS IN ITS GRASP. . '. illili"--'-.'Vsi;.'. " Damage Confined to Stock and Early Fruit Wheat in Inland , Empire Safe ieports from over the stale show tout the big storm was geueral. It ovebejH;hern liuofCaliforniij iu Boubiuu bue vuiy carnage whl result in loss of stock and the apricot CroD. Wheat is rnnairWnil safe, the teudor shoots and foots being covered with snow when the cold weather came. Zero weather Was re ported in Athena Wednesday tiigbt lor the first lime this winter, and water vines and boose riant iii sever al instances Were frozeriX ... Reports . from MiJTOu say that th apricot crop will be a total failure. but that : the peach crop baa not beea damoged to any great extent- for the reason that the buds had not swollen sufficiently to Le injured by the free iug weather. Iu western Oregon counties the storm-was equally Bevete. Cousider able loss is reported by goat raisers. Shearing had just been completed and the younger animals are iu poor con dition to withstand the rigors of the cold. The peach crop which was further advanced than here, is seriously damaged. Heaviest Snow in History The fiercest snow storm iu the tory of Lake couuty fell the also his past three days. Snow began falling at no 7 o clock Sunday momma and for bouts fell without abatement. Tele phone messages from all parts of the couuty give the depth of snow as fol lows: . r Silver Lake and Summer Lake val leys, 42 inches; Chewaooan valley, 22 inches: Crooked Creek valley. 24 inches; Warner valley,"25- to 38 looby es; Drew's, valley, 80 inches, r an in Goose Lake valley it is 18 to 24 in ches. Unless rain cornea withiu a week, a heavy loss of stock will be inevitable. The weather remains squally. . 8AFEBREAKERS ESCAPE. Thought to be Sttiue Who Blew Open . Ad huh County Bank The Pendleton Tribune says the two meu who escaped from the Wallula jail a few nights ago by prying off the iron windows with a crowbar are Deuevea to oe two or toe toree men who blew open the bank at Cun ningham, in Adams county, early yesterday morning and robbed it after seizing Banker F. W. Parker, who was asleep in the adjoiuing building, and gagging and blindfolding him About 8 o'clock yesterday nrorning Mr. Parker was awakened by two men in his room and before he could escape was captured and bound. A dirty rag was stuffed in his mouth as a gag. The robbers then blew open the bank safe with nitroglycerine, five charges being fired . before the safe door was blown off. The force of the explosion wrecked the building Dacuy and destroyed some of the money in the safe, which contained about $1. 700. The men left after gathering up the scattered money, leaving Parker still tied and gagged. After an hour's hard work the banker wag able to work himself loose and give the alarm. The sheriff of Adams county is now nunting the robbers with a txihrb. The two men arrested at Wallnla were. well supplied with nitro-glycerine and appliance lor wrecking bank safes. After their escape from Deoutv Bvrnea it is believed they headed north. Athena, Oregon. I PPVnT VTfllT n 1 VHTnn I ' I ' - Wholeanle ArreaU Were Blade by Pen flleton Police Tuesday Night. As the result of the gambling raid made Tuesday . night by the eutiie police force UDdnr thn rlirrntinn nt Chief Gurdane, thirteen of the tbirty- Hve persons whose names bad beeu taken appeared in court yesterday afteruoon says, tbo Tribune. Four of these pleaded not guilty uud uiue guilty. Two of those pleading guilty John Stanton and C. Isuer being deal ers weie fined $75, while the others who were assessed a fine of $25 weie: J. E. Johns, Ed. Bard, J. Bearbaum, Steve Noble, H. Aldricb, William Wambaugb and S. P. Tate. Ihree rf those were unable to liqnjdate and to wereremauded to jail for twe lve day. Ten o'clock was the lime set for the arrested gamblers to appear iu court, and wheu that time arrived, not a single knight ot the greeu cloth bad pot in an appearance. A capper by the uame of Morrisou appeared, however, and arranged to hove the men who were arrested in the Idle Hour in court by 2 o'clock. Annnrd. ingly the cases against the wIioIa V, !""'BUWM w KO ovtr uutu wYo . . i . Jtu when 2 o'clock arrived they seemed no more anxious to appear tnm they did iu . the morning and it reqnired ; the combined efforts of all the noliofl 1 iu service to bring in as mauv of them as did BTJDear. Ah nmnv nf tho3e arrested were " transients it is doubtful if they are ever seen agaiu. , Those who pleaded not guilty al leged that they were only playing with chips, aud their oases Will como up for trial as soou as the city at torney oau get bis testimony iu shape to produce convictions. WILL PLANT TROUT I ; Another Cnnnlgnnielit will be ltecrlved ( by Dr. Plauiondon. Dr. J. D. Plamondou, of the Atbeua Bod aud Gun club, recently made application to the Bureau of Fishers at Washington, D. C, for a cousigu ment of trout to be planted iu the waters of the Umatilla and has re ceived the following from Geo. M. Boweis, fish commiHsiocer: , Dear Sir: Your application for fish has been received, and from your description of the waters an assign ment of Blaokspotted Trout has been made. The distribution of this species usually occurs from March until November. In advance of an attempt to supply the fisb, you will be advised of the Drooosed date of shipment and other essential tmr ticulars. The government undertakes to furnish only a sufficient nnmhflr of fish to serve as brood stock, aud ap plicants are expected to afford them proper protection until they have had time to reproduce. Very respectfully, Geo. M. Bowers, commissioner. Last season Dr. Plamondon made a requisition for trout, and assisted by F. B. Boyd and I. M. Kemn. on the arrival of the fish iu Athena, they were taken to the Umatilla river and planted there. The Northwest Shoot. Plans for the Northwest tournament to be held in Walla Walla June 20 to 24 are ranidlv beiuir mada and in a short time all the prelimiu. ary arrangements will have been com pleted. From the responses that have been received from the invitations sent out at least 100, and probably 200 of the crack shots of the Northwest will attend. The territory lnnlnflna Utah, Nevada, Cailfornia, Oregon, Washington. Idaho.Montana and Brit- ish Columbia,- and all the large cities will have teams at the meet. Snow at Vansycle. A foot of suow is reported at Van- syole and Jnniper, where the soil is light and winter moisture iusnres bountiful CrODS. Farmnra in that locality are now better tha n Aver satisfied with the prospect. THE ANNUAL MEETING New Officers Sworn $70 Per Last nirtbt the city council held ita annual meeting and a new mayor and other officials took the oath of office. The outgoing mayor, David Taylor. made a short address, in which hn commended the cood work plisbed by the city council during the three years be bad served the city as mayor. The annual reports of the city trea surer and the city marshal were read and ordered placed on file. The city recorder's report was not read and will be presented before the council later. The old council adjourned sine die I v x luu ouicikr. I I A III Bnow ii From One to Tare Feet la Depth on Upper Umatilla River. Stock losses on the upper. Umatilla river promise to be severe if the cold weather continues, says the East Ore gonian. The early spring and beautiful weather which had been enjoyed iu that locality bad induced stockmen to drive their cattle to the mountains and as some of the young cattle were weak and severe weather and deep snow will Cause considerable suffer - i 7 and possibly some loss since it will be impossible to gather in all the cattle that had been turned out. The grass bad started nicely on the foothills and mountains along the Umatilla and stock bad been on the fresh grass long enough to lie weak ened by the change from the dry feed of the winter and were iu bad condi tion for a cold spell. Several hun dred cattle belongiug to small stock men along the river had been turned out to range and the owners are now riding day and night endeavoring to gather in the weakest ones to give toern Teed and shelter. The snow is ! rrom one to two feet in depth on the ! npper Umatilla river above Bingham ' apings. Sends Food to)a?s. The only man iu Walla Walla, so far as is known, to answer the appeal for aid for the starving Japauese is T. C. Elliott, who has donated 150 saoks of wheat weighing ten tons, says the Bulletin. This, when ground, will make 800 saoks of flour, sufficient to keep many famiue strick en families from starvation for a con siderable time. Mr. Elliott has made arrangements to ship the wheat to Seattle, whence it will be carried, together with the contributions of other Washington towus aud cities, ou the steamer Kanagawa Maru, which sails for the Orient Maroh 20. Epworth League May 24-27- The committee of the Epworth League wbioh met in Walla Walla Tuesday selected that city as the meet ing place for the Columbia river and The Dalles districts of the league on May 24-27. Eighty leagues will be represented at the May meeting and an elaborate program will be reudered at that time. To Supplant Japs. It is said to be the plan of the O. R. & N. to displace the Japanese seo tion men ou the road with white men. There are 2000 laborers on the tracks of the system including all its branch es, and in a very few places are white men now employed. Japauese are in the majority on the sections, while a few white meu are worked iu extra gangs doing special track work. Apricots are Killed. The cold snap has killed the fcpricot crop in the Milton and FrM.t fruit district, but peaches are report- ea saie. ine iruit ou the apricot trees had become well set and it is said this fruit will be a total failure. Buds 02 peach trees had not swollen sufficient ly to suffer serious loss. Mormon Elected Mayor. The city election held in L.n (4,, Tuesday resulted in the choice of J. JJ. Stoddard, the Mnrmnn o.anriirinto for mayor, over A. O. Miller, by a vote of almost 5 to 1. The chief con test in the election was over the pro position of securing a new water sup ply for the city water system. Sandbagged at Echo- Alex Fraiier and J. Ryan, laborers ou tne irurnlsb ditoh at Echo, were sandbagged and robbed by holdup meu ai mat place Monday nieht Frazier was robbed of $102 in money. a cnecit and a ticket to Portland. Byan was relieved of $11.50 in money aud a ticket to Spokane. E iiH'ntc Tour ISiiweln TTIIIi Cascareta. Ciindy Cntlmnle, cur.- i-oniillpmlon forcvot. .-... If a 0.0 mil. lricKlHiM refund money. InGholson Asks cTtfonth. and Dr. Plamondou, the new mayor, took the ebair and the new officials took the oatb of office, with the ex oeption of Couoeilmen Gillia and McEwen, who were not present City Marshal Gholson asked for an increase of salary from $50 per month to $70 per month. A motion was made to allow Mr. Gholson $70 per month. This was amended to allow the mar shal for bis services the balance of the present month at the rate of $70 per month, when definite action will be taken on the salary auestion at th "SWEAR IN" UMI1 VOTERS MAY REGISTER ON DAY OF PRIMARIES. Attorney General Crawford Renders . a Decision to This !i Effect -' ' - : Xo reply to a request from County Clerk Roland, of Marion couuty, At torney Geueral Crawford has reudered a decision as to the meaniug of tho primary luw iu regard to voters who may yot have reigstered before t be primary election. The attorney geueral declares in bis opinion that a voter who may not have registered before the day of the primary eleotiou can vote by secur ing the affidavit of fix frephnlrWo op is usual at regular elections. He therefore instructed Clerk Roland to send out blanks "A" among the eleo tion supplies, for this purpose. It has been doubtful among attorn eys aud couuty clerks whether voters a t tho primary eleotiou could '.'swear iu" their votes on the day of election, i aud this opiniou lrom thei attorney geueral sets the matter at rest aud will be a guide to offloers who conduct the elections. ORGANIZE FOR BALL. Mua Verting Tonight in Pendleton for That Fnrpoie. In the city counoil rooms at Pendle ton tonight a mass meeting is to be beld for the purpose of making ar rangements for a base ball team. The East Oregonian says: For some time tiast th hull nlnvnra of the city have been planning for a meeting ano tne matter has beeu brought to a head by a letter whioh Carl Cooley reoeived this mnrnimr from George D. O'Conuor, manager of the Walla Walla team. Iu the let ter Mr. O'Connor states that some time next week Mr. Burns, city ticket agent, Mr. Tempany, manager, and himself will be in Pendleton, aud ask ing that a consultation be arranged for that time. Also, he states he has received a letter from the manager of the Yellow Kids of Athena, saying be would be glad to come to Pendleton with them. According to Mr. O'Con nor he would like to arrange for games with Peudleton and Athena early iu the season, as such games are the best drawing cards he could get. Iu order to perfect an organization here the meeting tomorrow night will be beld. At that time a manager, a secretary and a treasurer will be chos en, aud ibe T)laUB may hn fnrmnd f rnm among four or five looal enthusiasts so as 10 provide nnauciiU backing with which io start the season. From $25 to $50 eaoh would be advannAd iv each member, and alter the season is opened this would be returned. Under such a vlan the vlavnra wnnlii ha playing for a percentage aud those in 1. 1. ... iue company wouia make no money from the enterprise. According to the players the kind of a team which Peudleton will hnvA thia season will depend noon tho snrmnrr. offered by the town. In order to en gage any outside players they declare it will be necessary in rnina a fn, from among the business men of the city, and following the coming meet ing it is probable this will be done. As it is apparent both Atbeua aud Walla Walla aie to have good teams this season there is a general desire to have a strong team here also. Mule Sells for $425. ' At the auction sale of horses and mules being conducted by T. J. Eunis, in Walla Walla, oue mule brought as high as $125 and several othors sold for $350 to $400. The bidding started low, but ran. up the scale rapidly be cause of the great demand. Horses sold at varying prices, the highest be iug $370, and the lowest $70. Most of them brought a round $200. Bidding has been keen for most of the stock offered at the sale, aud in seveial cases the successful bidder was offered $20 or $25 over the price of his bar gain. On Regular Time. Railroad men believe that regular schedules, which have beeu broken daring tbe past few days on account of tbe sand storm can now lm mnin. tained. Reports from along the lines say that tbe wind has subsided aud no difficulty is beiuir exnerienneri ing the track clear of sand. A Scientific Wonder. The cures that 'stand to ita rriit make Bucklen's Arnica Salve a scieu tiflo wonder. It cured E. R. MnlfnrH lecturer for tbe patrons of husbandry) ajuesuoro, ra., or a distressing case ot Piles. It heala th burns, sores, boils, nlcres, cuts, wounds, chilblains, and salt rheum. next regular meeting. . Only 25o at the Palace drug store.