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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XVIII. ATIIENA. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 13. 1906. NUMBER 43. tD. MANASSE REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS ' A if A JP y Summer Goods Mast Go A Few Sliirt Waists Left Prices Cut In Two. . A A & & iff & Come Early And Get Your Size ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterfck's Patterns. frvlationa of Athena CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS,.. .... We do Strictly a Commercial Business. We Solicit the Accounts ot Individuals, Firms and Corporations. . OFFICERS.,, v H. C. ADAMS, President, T. J. KIRK, Vice President, " F. S. Lo GROW, Cashier, I. M. KEMP. Ass't. Cashier. Good Groceries, Coffee 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 thi same care and discretion. REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with qualitv. DELL BROTHERS First 1 Bank ! $50,000 ..... ... 17,500 - DIRECTORS - H. C. ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. 8. Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E. COLBERN. CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TniNG3 TO EAT MITCHELNOT GUILTY Jury, Finds For Slayer of "Holy Roller" Crestfield. AUDIENCE CHEERS AT VERDIO Prisoner Thanks the Jurors and Says He Has Ho Regrets For His Actions It took the Seattle jury in the trial of George Mitchell just au hour and 25 minutes to determine that tbo youth was not guilty of murder in killiug "Holy Roller" Crestfleld in Seattle on May 7. The verdict was read at a quarter to nve Tuesday afternoon and was greeted with round of applause . from too exoued audience. - Ecery face assumed a harmv nxnrna. biou ana many, women were bysteroal ly weeping tnrougn their smiles when the verdiot was read. ; ,;; A few minutes later the prisoner was aisciiargea from oustodv. Ha shook hands with the jurors and then was treated to a general ovation. Men and women crowded up- close to the rail to shake hand with the youth who was clearly the hero of the hour. As he went down the stairs to the jail to gatner up a lew of his effects, and as ne told farewell to the jailors and a few of his fellow prisoners of the past few weeks, his way was blocked by people eagerly crowding nvnr th banisters to oatoh a glimpse of the acquitted yontb. , - 5 When asked as to his feelings with regard to the killing and as to the ordeal which has thus suddenly term inated, the young man renlied that when he killed Crestfleld ho hnrdlv knew what he was doing so worked up ue naa oecome by tne wrongs he and his sisters had suffered. He stated that he could not resret he had removed the man from possibility of ' harming nis ranmy. , ., , Mltohell Will leave tomorrow flip Portland where he will piolmhlv m. sume his position in the mill which ne held previous to thn killi Crestflold. ECLIPSE OF MOON. Athena People May See Phenomenon By . , Rising Early August 4. Atbonaites will have a chance to sen the beginning of a total eclipse of the moon next month, provided they are awake about 3 o'clook iu the morning or august 4. According to the World Peering Giant Alfalfa Mowers LIGHT DRAFT - .EASY RUNNING AND NEVER CHOKES C A. BARRETT & C0 Atfl and Tea Athena, Oregon. almanac, there will be a total eclipse or tue moon on August , "invisible in the eastern portion of North Ameri ca, but the beginning is visible on the western coast of tne United States, the moon setting with the eolipse on it The almanac gives 8 :01 a. m. as the time for the eolipse to begin at San Francisco and 8:59 a. m. as the time for. the total eolipse to commence. Athena has tbo same time, na finn Francisco, but the sun time which the almanac gives, is to be changed to stanaara time, enould auyone wish to know just when to look for the begin ning of the shadow of the earth on the moon. ...... A partial eclipse of the sun is to ooour on August 19, visible only in the northwestern portion of North America. .. . A Heppner Hero. "Dug" Ball, that elongated, hand some young man you obseived bob bing in and out of Athena business houses Wednesday afternoon was one of the heroes of the Heppner flood. "Dug" who is something less than 9teettall, heads the list of Blake- McFall Co.s paper salesmen" and makes Athena every 80 days. He was selling paper in Heppner when the disastrous flood wrecked the town and carried away so many lives. In the roar, of the seething ice and wator Ball rescued several persons from drowning at the risk of his life. When ne goes to Heppner these days there is nothing tor good for the tall fellow, and a 11 the bovs alone? the linn hold their orders for him. ANKENY ; MAM IS DEFEATED Wins Over Gilbert Hunt, Present In cumbent. Ey 350 Votes. r George H. Kelloueh was elected Mayor of Walla Walla over Mavor Gilbert Hunt by a majority of 856. Alvin Brown, Chief of Police, was re elected over Jacob Kauffman bv a ma jority of 809. J. B. Wilson reoeived a majority of 148 for City Surveyor over L. W. Leohr. Bert Thom an wim re elected" Health Oflfber by a majority ot i over J. C. Mack and. A. E. Braden. There were no other contests for oitv offices except for the Counoil. Tne other officers eloeted are as fol lows: Conncilmen First Ward, J. G. Bridges ; Second Ward, W.-. P. Mc Kean; Third Ward, J. A. Dunham; Fourth Ward, Eugene Tausiok. City Treasurer. Robert G.5 Parks: Justice of the Peace, James K. Huffman; Street Commissioner, H. H. Cramp ton: City Attornev.i Henrv S.Bland. ford; City Clerk, T. D. S. Hart; City Assessor, Walter L. Cadmau; City Sexton, Pardon Bently. r There were no political tickets, caoh man announcing himself as an inrln- pendent candidate, and no party lines were drawn nor political - names giveu to any tickets, but the "Box- ers" take much comfort in the defeat of Hunt, who is an Ankeuy man, as is also Kauffman. , . i . Kellough had tho support of the church , element, Nevertheless, his election was followed by a carousal in celebration of viotory in down-town saloons. Berries Take a Fall. ' There was a fall in berries at Elv & Scott's Krooorv store Wednesday afternoon. The fall did not affect the prioe, however. Ely: while doino- a juggling stunt with a box of luscious raspberries, let the orate drop, which broke, scattering the hjrries over the ground. Wnile in a way, the accident may have Berved as an ad, momentari ly, it was also a good drawing card for flies. Walla Walla Is Growing The school census comnloted shwoa 8636 school children and 1690 chil dren under 21 in Walla Walla. On a baai.s'of one to four and a half g ives Walla Walla a , population of 21,. 105. a substantial inoreaso over lasj year. ' RAISE PORTLAND LICENSES. Plans to Place Saloon Licenses at $1200 Per Year. If the nlatis Tironofled hv t he Initiu. tive One Hundred are carrietTont rad ical reforms in the liquor traffic in this city will be mado in the near future, says the Protland Telegram. at tue meeting last nigbt, of that body Francis I. McKenna tiroHented a resolution providing for submitting to the people at the next election the proposition to increase the liquor li cense to 11200 a vear. clotiinir all sa loons on Sunday and from midnight to 5:iu a. m. every night, and prohibiting the gale or delivery of Honors in any other rooms excepting the barroom. Seats will also be excluded from places where liquors are dispensed. Licenses on merchandise slot ma chines will bo levied at the rate of t25 a quarter, payable in advance. This is said to be the opening of a crusade for reforms in the liqnor traffic caused by the refusal of the city council to increase the liquor li- ueuse irom SDUU to 1000 n venr na proposed in an ordinance by Council man Wills, and indefinitely postponed. It is said that the citizens demand some obange, and that the plan of the Initiative One Hundred will meet with popular favor, and especially with people residing in the residence dis tricts who do not like saloons lo cated in their neighborhood. TO REMOVE FORT. Report Comes From Washington But It : la Probably False. Again cfmes the rumor that Walla Walla's army post, Fort Walla Walla, niay be in danger. A Washington D. C, speoial to the Oregouiau, dated last Tuesday, states: "Secretary Taft today declared it to be the intention of the general staff of the army ultimately to buy the Ameri can lake camp near Tacoma, when they can procure the ueoessary appro priation, and establish a brigade post at that Point. Army nfflners nnniiiiW this an ideal location for a permanent post of this size. Nothing can be dnn. however, until congress appropriates the money to buy the grouuds, which may be in the remoto future. Iho establishment ot a briendn post at American lake will not aifect Vancouver Barracks in any way, but may lead to the abandonment of Fort Wright and Walla Walla. However, the whole matter is yet in advance stage, nothiug defluito having yet been decided upon." ,L STABLE SOLD McBridefc Stamper of Weston, Fur- cnaseot Jung Bros. The negotiations for the purchase of the Commercial Livery Stahln. wbioh have been in progress for some time, ended WednnHrinv. in Hi a aula of the property to McBride & Stamnor. of Weston. ' The new firm will take tiosHRSHinn Saturday night. The business will be conducted by Harry McBride, personally. His pnituer, ;. Houry Stamper, will have charge of the Weston Livory stable. Mr. McBride is known to be one of the most suc cessful wen in the livery business in this locality. New eoquipment tnrouKnout. ol a Manor standard than has been given the publio at the Com mercial will be put in for the accom modation and convenience of the pa trons of the stable. John and William Kinir have con ducted the Commercial Livery Stable in Athena for four years, during which time tbev muuo muuv friends by their upright, honest and courteous busiuoss methods. They will eiiGrntrn iu farming, having leased wheat land on the Umatilla Indian rosorvationn. SWALLOWED A PIN. Girl Horse Thiei at Penitentiary Can Hardly Take Food. Myrtle Tipton, a conviot. is soilons- ly ill at the prison on account of a pin being lodged in her aespohagus, and wbioh will probaoly necessitate a ser ious operation to be removed, savs the Bulletin. ' i. ,. . The girl has been in the habit of carrying a number of pins in her mouth, in spite of admonitions that it was dangerous, while engaged in sew ing at the prison, Sunday afternoon, she accidentally swallowed one nf them. It lodged in her throat, and so far down 'hat the pbvsiciun has ho fur been uuablo to remove it, although he iius made several attempts. . She can hardly swallow food or water on account of the pin. Dr. Lane, the prison physician, states that unless the pin can be re moved today an operation will have to be porformed. . ' Myrtle Tipton is the girl who creat ed so much notoriety last Fall by stealing a team iu the Palouso count ry, and after stealing it, spending her ill-gotten gains in finery. She was sentenced to a two-year torrn iu pris on. Strong efforts were made to have the girl paroled until it was dis covered that she had not been in tbo penitentiary one year, the required leugtb of time. Prostrated By Heat. ' A few days ago. Frank Holdman who farms across the river from Thorn Hallow, was overcome by heat while working in tho field. He was taken to Pendleton for medical aid and soon recovered. Will Farm Again. W. Planting who has for the past two years been engaged ia business at Spokane, has again returned to Uma tilla county, where be iuteuds to settle once more on a ranch near Helix. Bradley Is Treasurer. " 5 , Tuesday, the bond of Geo. W. Brad ley arrived and was filed. With this act Mr. Sommerville steps out of the office of county treasurer, and Mr. Bradley takes control of the financial sido of the couutv.-Penillttloii Trili. uue. AN HISTORIC RELIG Tree From Which Lewis Clarke Made Canoe- FOUND BY LEWISTON MAN Indian Guided Him Tjp the Clearwater . Where Boat Was Made 101 Years Ago. Mrs. IL H. Hill Lewiston Sunday, after a visit of sev eral weens duration with relatives in the Idaho town. Mr. Frnnt Purkv.. brother-in-law of Mrs. Hill, recently made a trip to the Clearwntfip ri vep and floatod down on a raft the tree from which Lewis & Clnrk'a man hewed a cauoe. wbioh Was nsnil hv the party in descending that etreaiu to the Snake and Columbia rivers. Mr. Parkyn is au old time friend of the members: of the Nez Porces tribe of Indians, and for years has held the confidence of the head men of the tribe. It will be remembered by thoso fa miliar with the Lewis & Clark diary kept by the two pathfinders, of their hazardous journey to and from tho Pacific ooean, mention is mado of leaving their horses with a member of the Pierced Nose tribe Nez Peroes at a point on Clarks Fork of the Lewis river. Years ago, Mr. Parkyn formed the acquaintance, of the grandson of the warrior in whose ohargo the horses were left i From time to timo stories of the ex- istence of this tree have been repeat ed, and with tho inauguration and successful torminutlon ot the Lewis & Clark fair at Portland, growing in terest in these stories has resulted. In the Lewiston region the existence of the historic tree was never doubt ed, but until Mr. Parkyn took the matter up no one could induce tho In dians to divulge the soctet of its loca tion. He finally obtainod the consent of his Indian friend to pilot him to the place. The tree, a huge and stately fir was found where it had beon felled by the ax strokes of the Lewis & Clark party. Out of its capaoious dimeu sions there had . been hewn a canoe time and elomonts having failed to destroy with decay the cavity mado by the workmen of 101 years ago. Mr. Parkyn now has the historic and valuable relio at Lewiston. TO HAVE 'SURVEY Want to Be On Line of Walla Walla & Columbia Traction Co. Following the of the promiuont business men of Mil ton, neaaod by A. M. Elam, a banker of that place, tho directors of the Wal la Walla & Columbia Traction Com pany have decided to run a prelim inary survey to connect Milton with the main line. The line at present runs four miles from that place. Tho Milton people have offered terminal grouuds and a right of WI1V in t ha in. teruban line, and if the route is feasi ble, it is probable the city will be con nected with tho line. Th loft today for Milton to run the pre liminary line. Work on the main linn ha completed between Duy ton and Wal- luia, ana tho onginocrs have a prelim inary line that will sorve the mntm stretch of country with tbo loast ex- pouse and on an easy grade. Tho work of nmkiuc out the profllea of tbo line will bogin immedi ately upon tha completion of tho Mil ton brunch survey. i The Milton dolegation stutod that ' the city wanted au outlet to tho Col umbia River in order to sharo tho benefits of tho reduced rates which would te a certainty, upon the comple tion of the eiectrio line. A New Saloon. Another stock of wet goods for tho thirsty is to bo added to the threo stocks already in Atbeua. Jouaa & Coston advertise that they will mako application for a license to sell liquor. Their place of business will bo in tho building where Sam Booher conduct ed the Star saloon. Columbia River Conference. Tbo annual conference of tbo Col umbia river district of tbo M. E. Church will convene at North Yaki ma, Wash.. September 5. Rev. K VlkllU. pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, will atteud. The Pendleton Commercial Associ ation will endeavor to have tho Umatilla-Morrow County district fair, for which $1500 wus appropriated at the last sewiiou of tho legislature, hold iu Pendleton this fall.