VOLUME XVIII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22. 1906.
NUMBER 37.
ED. MANASSE
New- Arrivals
Shirtwaists
In white and colored, Linen
and Mull with the latest Cuff
Sleeves.
Embroideries.
Monsliu Embroideries. They
lok like silk but wears better.
SUITS FOR MEN and BOYS
In Square and Round Corners. Up to date Col
ors and guaranteed perfect fit.
ED. MANASSE
Agent for Butterick's Patterns.
Firs
National
of Athena
CAPITAL STOCK .....$50,000
SURPLUS,: ... 17,500
We do Strictly a Commercial Business. We Solicit !
. the Accounts of Individuals, Firms
and Corporations.
OFFICERS
H. C. ADAMS, President.
T. J. KIRK, Vice President, '
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
I. M. KEMP, Ass't, Cashier.
Good Groceries, Goffiee
In this trinity should the grocer build his business temple. The
difficulty is not great, but it Is 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.
REMESIBER-Our prices are always consistent with quality.
DELL BROTHERS
Ribbons.
Those you read about for the
neck and for belts.
Washgoods.
The latest in Washgoods
can always bo found at this
establishment.
DIRECTORS
H. C. ADAMS. T. J. KIRK,- F.
Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E.
COLBERN.
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Bank
APPLE CROP SHORT
No Sales From Wild Horse
Orchards This Year.
FAIR PROSPECT FOR PRUNES
Walla Walla Produce Company Finds
Fruit Shipment Will Be Liht
From Athena.
There are no apples in the orchards
ou Wild Horse Creek farms this year,
generally speaking and instead of big
red apples being shipped in oar load
lots, as has been done for several years
past, the farmer's wile will have to
rake and scrape to find apples enough
for pies, and sweet cider will simply be
ont of the question altogether. This
is the situation at every apple orchard
on the creek.
The or op this year reads failure in
the most prononnoed type. When the
late freeze came, the sap was well up
in the tree branches and tender buds
had commenced to swell and form.
The few branches that escaped the
first freeze bloomed just in time for
the blossoms to catch the withering
blight of later frosts, and thus, what
may have been a "short crop," was
tnrned into fiat failure. This is the
situation as far as concerns the apple
crop hereabouts. Trees appear to be
thrifty, foliage is healthy enough and
no report of dead trees is made.
A representative of the Walla Wal
la Produce company was in town yes
terday, and on Investigation he found
the prospects for fruit shipment from
this point not very flattering, to say
the least .
There will be a fair crop of prunes,
aud so long as the supply lasts, ship
ments will be made over both the O.
R. & N. and the W. & C. R. roads.
The Wild Horse orchards produoe an
excellent quality of prunes, and eaoh
year there is quite a rivalry between
the different buyers in securing the
crop for shipment to outside points.
Stone It Sentenced.
Oscar 0. Stone, The Weston check
forger, was given an indeterminate
sentence in the penitentiary by Judge
Ellis Wednesday morning, says the
East Oregonian. By the terms of the
sentence, Stone's stay in prison will
depend largely upon his conduct while
there. The minimum term for his
offense is one year, and should he be
fortunate, he may be released after
that time.
Peering Giant
Alfalfa Mowers
LIGHT DRAFT
EASY RUNNING
AND NEVER CHOKES
...
C A. BARRETT
& CO Athena
and Tea
Athena, Oregon.
WATER SOAKED BASEMENTS
Concrete Finish No Safeguard
in Keeping Water Out
Owners of the Main street houses
under which are basements, are still
confronted with the difficulty of water
rising in the cellars. In some instan
ces goods stored in the basements have
had to be moved several times and ns
yet no damage has been reported as a
result of dampness. . The basements
of every saloon building in town con
tains from ten inobos to a foot and a
half of water, and tbe basemeut un
der Miller's furniture store building
has been pumped free from water only
to have it ooze back again.
Concrete finish iu several of tbe
basements appears to have little or no
effect whatever in keeping the water
out ; in fact tbe cemeut casing seemB
to hold more and deeper water than
do the basements that are not provided
with concrete material on floor and
wall. The excessive moisture during
tbe past few weeks is no donbt respon
sible for. tbe present conditions, al
though it is said tbat each spring the
same trouble exists, though in a lesser
degree.
Injnries May Kill.
Miss Laura Taylor, a popular young
lady of Walla Walla, was seriously
injured in a runaway accident Tues
day afternoon. While driving along,
tbe bridle of the horse suddenly be
came loosened and being unable to
control tbe auimal it started on a brisk
run. Miss Taylor jumped from tbe
buggy, landing on her head. One of
tbe wheels struck her in tbe head,
cuttiug a big gash and otherwise
bruisingjber. Her most serious injury
is concussion of tbe brain, which
may terminate fatally.
. More Warehouse Capacity.
The Preston-Parton Milling Co. is
increasing tbe warehouse capacity at
the mill by the construction of a
building of 40x90 feet in dimensions.
The additional storage room will be
used principally for wheat. Ed.
Barrett has the contract for erecting
tbe building, aud several men are now
employed on the job.
Free Methodist Meeting
Tonight the Free Methodists begin
a campmeeting at the Baptist chnrch
on Weston mountain. The meeting
will continne for several days and will
be oond noted by Elder D. D. Dodge.
LEE KENHAED UNDER ARREST.
Accuaed of Fatalng a Bogn Check at
Walla Walla
Lee Kennard, the well known horse
dealer, baa gotten into difficulty at
Walla Walla and is accused of hav
ing passed a bogus check not long ago.
He was arrested on last Friday even
ing and placed in the city jail at that
place, says the East Oregonian.
Adolph Swartz, proprietor of tbe
Fountain Galoon, picked out Kennard
as the man who passed a bogus $23
check on him nearly a month ago and
be was arrested by tbe polioe. Ken
nard seemed very much surprised at
the charge, and said if he passed a bad
check on Swartz it must have been
w ben he was drunk.
According to Swartz, Kennard cash
ed a check drawn on tbe Farmers'
Savings bank for $22 at tbe Fonntain
saloou tbe day Noma & Rowe's circus
was in town. When the check was
presented to the bank tbe next day tbe
teller failed to find where Kennard had
account with tbe bank. Kennard dis
appeared, but arrived iu town a few
days ago and was spotted ky Mr.
Swartz yesterday, and tbe latter lost
no time in hunting np an officer and
having Kennard arrested.
Later Mrs. Kennard sent tbe mon
ey to tbe Walla Walla officials aud
Kennard was released from coutody.
Prominent Farmer Dead.
P. E. Hedger, oue of tbe best known
farmers in Walla Walla county, died
at his borne, eight miles west of Wal
la Walla, at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon of heait trouble and com
plications brought on by Bright's dis
ease of long standing, says tbe Walla
Walla Statesman. With his family
he came to Walla Walla in 1878 and
took up a homestead west of tbe city.
He purchased additional land and fol
lowed the occupation of a farmer ex
clusively with pronounced success.
Congested Traffic
O. R. & N. officials estimate that
there are now 1000 carloads of freight,
cast bound on tbe system between
Portland and La Grande. Tbe cargoes
consist principally of lumber, and tbe
east bound traffic congestion arises as
tbe result of tbe washouts which tied
np tbe toad, several weeks ago.
Summer School Opens.
Tbe summer school for teachers
will open a six weeks course next Mon
day morning at Pendleton. Tbis school
is intended for teachers who expect
to take tbe examination, and is for
that purpose, ouly.
IS THROUGH VvlTH POLITICS
Pierce Will Devote His Time
. to Making Money.
State Senator Walter Pierce was in
Portland last night long enough to
say that he had quit politics and that
he was going to devote tbe rest of Lis
time to making money, says tbe Port
land Journal. . Senator Pierce is a
large holder of property at Hot Lake,
Oregon, and is planning a $100,000
hotel at the famous Oregon health
resort.
. "I am here with an architect study
iug the construction of Portland ho
tels," be said, "and I am going to
embody all the improvements coutain
ed in them iu tbe one I am going to
bmld at Hot Lake this summer.
Everything will be modern and the
structure will be brick. No more ho
tels where the wind finds its way
through tbe cracks and crannies.
No, I have nothing to say about pol
itics. Wbeu a man gets a majority
of 2,300 agnins-t him in bis own dis
trict be bad better get out aud let
some of the other men rub up against
tbe game. I have had all I want"
Baby Badly Burned.
Tbe new farm residence of Martin
Maiteson, near Pendleton, was de
stroyed by fire Monday, with the en
tire contents. Tbe origin of tbe blaze
is unknown. An infant which was
asleep iu a oiadle in tbe bedroom had
a narrow escape from death, the cra
dle having been burned. .The baby's
face was Dadly burned befoie it was
rescued.
Rural Route For Milton- .
Miltou Rural Route No. 1, running
out of Milton, will be established by
tbe postoffice department July 16.
Tbis route will run from Miltou to the
powr plant of tbe Northwestern Gas
& Eleotrio company on tbe Walla
Walla river, tbeuoe to Cottonwood
precinot aud to Tum-a-lum, making a
distance of 22 7-8 miles aud supply
ing 86 patrons.
It Came. All Bight,
Tbe runaway came all right aud tbe
monotony is broken. However, it
wasn't Brotberton's horse this time,
but auotber man's, aud as tbe horse
disappeared down Main street, every in
dication went to show that no more
damage would be done the vehicle
than if Charlie's nag was pulling it.
MOTHER DIED SUDDENLY. .
Found lly Children Saturday Evening,
Sitting In Her Chair, Cold In Death.
Mrs. Lillian Clarke, wife of E. E.
Clarke, justice of the peace for Col
lege Plaoe precinct, died suddenly of
heart failure at her home in College
Place some time Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Clarke was found dead, sitting in
a chair, by her two ohilrden when
they returned homo from school.
They could not rouse their mother
and went to the neighbors for assis
tance. A physiciau was summoned and
efforts were made to resuscitate Mrs.
Clarke but they were unavailing.
When Mr. Clarke left home Friday
morning his wife appeared to be iu
the best of health and spirits. She
had not been a sufferer from heart
trouble and enjoyed health that was
excellent. It is supposed that Mrs.
Clarke slightly overexerted herself
which brought ou a sudden heart fail
ure, resulting in her death as she sat
resting in a chair.
Woolen Mills Resume.
The Pendleton woolen mills, which
have been leased by Sheuerman & Son
late of Portlund, and which has been
undergoing a thorough overhauling,
have started up. Tbe elder Mr. Sheu
erman will have charge of tbe mills,
and the son will be kept on tbe road
constantly. It is the intention of Mr.
Sheuerman to keep tbe mills in opera
tion constantly during the term of bis
lease. At the end of one year he has
tbe privilege of purchasing tbe mill.
Since tbe announcement that these
mills were to resume operations, sev
eral orders have been received for Ind
ian robes to be shipped at once.
Regents Meet Today.
For tbe first time since the suspen
sion of tbe Weston Normal school, tbe
board of Regents will meet in Weston,
tbis afternoon. Robert French, pres
ident of tho normal has arrived from
Salt Lake aud the following members
of tbe board of regents will probably
attend the meeting: R. Alexander, Ci.
W. Proebstel, J. H. Raley, W. M.
Blakeleya nd 1L A. Saxton.
Died Id Jail-
Jas. Bennett, serving sentence in the
county jail for taking liquor on the
reservation was fonnd dead in his cell
Wednesday evening. Tbe Indian
bad been ill for several days, and not
feeling well, started to bis bunk to lie
down, when be fell heavily to the ce
ment floor, be went to bed however,
and later was fonnd dead.
HBS.WA1S0HJHLED
Land Fraud Operator Surren
dered By Bondsmen.
FROM LUXURY TO THE PRISON
Convicted In "04 For Complicity With
Puter; In Famous Township"ll-7"
Land Fraud Cases-
Deprived of tbe luxuries of life for
tbe first time in her speotaoular" ca
reer, immured in a dingy cell, though
accustomed to the most luxuriant
apartments that money oould provide,
Mrs. Emma L. Watson, queen of the
realm of finance of which Mrs. Cbad
wiek aud others have been loyal de
votees, is languishing in tbe woman's
ward ot the Multnomah county jail at
Portland.
Mrs. Wateou who has been more or
less in tbe publio eye since her arrest
and conviction in December, 1004,
for complicity in the famous township
'll-7''laud fraud cases, Weduesday
morning was surrendered in open
court by Benjamine Swoet.the wealthy
La Crosse, Wis., timber operator,
who bad qualified as one of her bonds
man at the timo of her conviction.
Judgo Wolvertou thereupon fixed her
new bonds at $25,000 on tbe indict
ment nnder whioh Mrs. Watson was
oonvioted, and $4300 additional on
untried indiotmeutsohargiug her with
conspiracy nuder section 6440 of tbe
United States revised statutes. In
default of the $29,000 bail, she was
remanded to tbe custody of tbe United
States Marshal, and for tbe first time
in ber ilfo passed a night behind pris
on bLirs. She is separated by steel walls
from S. A. D. Puter. her sllmmd na.
sooiate under tbe oouspiracy charges,
wnom sue is not allowed to see.
Notice
Sealed bids are invited by tbe
County Court of Umatilla County
Oregon, to be filed with the County
Clerk of said county on or before tbe
6th day of July 1906, at. 10 o'clook a,
m. for two bridges to Jbe constructed
across Wild Horse oreek near Athena,
Oregon. Oue is to be constructed at a
point known as theHarve Caton cross
ing, the other to be constructed at a
point known as tbe Frank Mansfield
crosisng. Said bridges to be oon
struoted acoording to plans and speci
fications furnished by the County
Clerk upon application. The County
Court reserves tbe right to rojeot any
and all bids.
Dated this 20th duy of Jnue, 1906.
Frank Salinar, County Clerk.
Death From Lockjaw.
nover follows an injury dressed with
Buoklen's Arnica ShIvo. Its antisep
tic and healing properties prevent
blood poisoning. Cbas. Oswald, mer
chant, of Rensseluersville, N. Y.,
writes: "It cured Seth Burch,' of
tbis place, of the ngliest sore ou his
neck I ever saw." Cures cuts, wounds,
bums and sores. 25o at Wm. Mo
Bride's, druggist. i
C W. Knowlei Is Dead.
Charles Wesley Kuowles, oue of tbe
oldest and best-known hotel men of
the Pucifio const, died at Portland
Wednesduy afternoon, after an illness
of three mouths. He was confined to
his bed for several weeks, aud the end
was not unexpected. Puralysis wus
tbe cause pf bis deatb.
An Epidemio of Measles.
An epidemio of measles has swept
through tbe Weston mountain conutry
leaving no homes unmolested. Many
patients, large and small, have beeu
nnder Dr. Casbatt's care for several
weeks, but tbe disease is now decreas
ing. Mrs. John McAusland and Mrs.
R. C. Beamer were both very danger
ously ill, but have begun to recover.
Eull Gores Owner.
Luther Speelman.a prominent ranch
er, living about six miles from Bak
er, had a narrow escape from being
gored to deatb by a mad hull Wednes
day. As it was, be suffered severe in
ternal injuries aud a dislocated shoul
der. For Sale Seven quarter-sections, six
miles from Helix, half mile from
warehouse; good bouse, big barn, ma
oihine shed, spring water; $37.60 per
acre, two-fifths . cash ; long terms.
Lock box 9, Helix, Oregon.
C. A. Bftrrett fc Cn. ha 4nt re
ceived a carload of binders, mowers
and rakes tnat were delayed by the
flood and are now in shape to fill
tbe orders they bavo ou band.