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'IV SBMI--W33BKL VOLUME XVIII. ATIIENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1906. NUMBER 71. ED. MANASSE Fall Goods Arriving Daily ' f 0 A' & A' Ladies' and Children's WRAPS" In great variety at prices to suit all P 30 3t 30 30 & BELTS and HAIR ORNAMENTS in profusion ED. MANASSE Agent for Butteriek's Patterns. No Other travel-book tells as much about the Great Northwest as does "WONDEBLAND 1908" 'K - , " Its chapters deal with Puget Sound, the Columbia River, the Queniut Indians, the Bitterroot Range 01 Montana, the t Yellowstone National Park. . . . . . . SEND IT TO YOUR EASTERN FRIENDS There's nothing better as a guide to the splendid country between the Mississippi and the tide waters of the Pacific. Send six cents for a copy, or send the six cents yith the "... address of the friend to whom "Wonderland 1906'' is to be mailed, to ... . : - " " M. CLELAND, Gen. Pass'gr Agent, St. Paul, Minn. 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CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING3 TO EAT 15 000 ACRES II COP, Iowa-Ranch Expected to Prb '. duce 525,000 Bushels HUSKED FROM THE SHOCK Will Require the Help of 200 Men to - Harvest .the Crop Big Farm Near Odebolt, Iowa. Ont here in Oregon we are aoous tomed to the big wheat rauob, with its 35 to 50 bushel yield, the steam plow and combine harvester! Bat there are other large ranches and they do not oome tinder the head of wheat rancdes, either. . When it is considered that there are snob corn fields in Iowa ae Adams' 15,000 care ranch at Odebolt, produc ing 525,000 bushels every season, and employing regularly 105 men, 'it is little wonder that the state of Iowa has a 100,000,000 bushel corn crop for 1906. Before long 200 men will start on the 15,000 acres of corn, which will all be husked from the shook. Then the stalks will be shredded for the fat cattle before - spring. This corn field is the largest in the world. The full 15,000 acres was planted with tested seed and is expected to yield an average of more than 35 bushels per acre. . This is considered a small average for Iowa corn this season. Thirty-seveu double stalk cut ters will be used to bind the corn iu the field this year. Mules are employ ed almost everywhere to do the heavy draft work on the farm, and there are over 200 of these animals kept there constantly. Mr. and Mrs. - Adams aud family are at present at their winter home in Chicago and the farm' ia in the hands of its manager. ' . With the exception of a large num ber of feeders whiob are purchased every fall, no cattle are raised on the big farm except enough milk cows to keep the help supplied with milk. Last winter Mr. Adams bad 6000 sheep brought from his North Dakota ianoh for feeding, and it is annouuced that be will do it again this winter as soon as the present ysrdful of cattle has been marketed. The affairs at the farm are conduct ed with as muob system as in any i large business office. There is a main ! offioe and headquarters where the mauager of the farm has bis desk. It is here that Mr. Adams himself passes a large-part oi nis lime in Hum mer. The farm is divided into sec tious, and each part ia under the di reotion of a sub-foreman and worked bv his foroo of men. All the houses of the emnloves are looated in one place near the center of the farm, making a small town. A school house is aleo ereoted here for the children of the workers. The farm and its methods are a revelation to the visitor. Adams is an enthusiast for good roods, and all throush the ulace he has built handsome driveways. A Bachelor Banquet. ' A number of Athena's bachelors will cive a banquet to tbeir friends Saturdarv. tomorrow, evening. An elaborate supper will be served at o'olock. Tbe banquet will take place in tbe Stabl bnilding, formerly oo- onuied bv Sherman's meat market. A cordial invitation is extended to all including both ladies and geutlemen, No admission whatever will be charg ed. and features of entertainment iu elude music, singing, danoing and speech making. A royal good time is promised to all who attend. Athena, Oregon. 1;M.C-:BI1 MURDERED Reno Hutchinson of Spokane Shot Down in Cold Blood. Reno Hutchinson, secretary of the Young Men's Christiau Association, was shot and killed at 8 o'clock Toes day night by a highwayman, at Seventh aud Howard streets, ia the best residence section of Spokane. He was found dying on the lawn of Post master Hartson, where he had strug gled after the tragedy, and bad hard ly time to gasp, ''I have been shot," before he died. : . . . Mr. Hutobiuson was an athlete, iml it js supposed that wheu the robber made his demand, he resisted, - grap pled with the criminal, and was shot in the struggle. He was on bis way to a meeting of the trustees of the association at the home of R. B. Patersou. The secretary went , to Spokane from Portland, last summer, aud left a widow and child, tie was. vigorously direoting a campaign for (150,000 for a new buildiug, the cornerstone of which was laid a few weeks ago. . . In their efforts to solve the mystery surrounding the murder officers are advancing the theory that the crime was done by a former suitor of Mrs; Hutobinson, one who bad vowed that she should never wed another. i So firmly convinced of tbe ultimate success in running down tbe murder er are those who are advancing tbe theory that Spokane officers are being urged to locate the suspected ' wooer and ask him to give an aocount of his doings on the night of the tragedy. The theory is said to have arisen as a result of an inquiry by Mrs. Hutch inson as to the whereabouts of tbe man at tbe time of tbe murder. Other developments are said by those inter ested to point directly toward hiin and officers are now working with tbe end in view of ascertaining whether oc not he was implicated. . ' Mrs. Hutobinson, widow ot tbe murdered man, positively refuses to throw any light on the inquiry she is said to have made of tbe bpokaue police. She prefers, sbe says, to' have nothing whatever to do with the case, aad will neither affirm nor deny ' bet belief in the complicity of her former admirer. THE NORTHWESTERN ROUTE To Extend From Near Huntington, on ' Short Line, to lewiston. The North-Western Railroad com pany Las filed a certified copy of its articles of incorporation at- isoise, Idaho. They set forth tbat the pur pose of tbe oompany is "to oonstruat, equip, maintain and operate a line of railroad and telegraph, and telepuoue lines on such route as the company may select, arom a point ou tbe Ore rou Short Line railway between tbe towns of Huntington, iu Baker couaty. Or., and tbe first crossing ot Snake river.east of said town of Hunt ington, at oi near a place called JSIagle, and extending tbeuoe in a general northerly direotion along or near the Snake river, to a point at or near the town of Lewiston, in tbe state of Idaho, a distanoe of 150 miles, more or less, extending a portion of said distauce on tbe Oregon side of said river and the remaining portion on tbe Idaho side thereof, and cross ing tbe river at auoh places as shall hereafter be selected ;also to construct, purchase, maintain and operate steam boats and water crafts upon tbe Soake river for tbe carriage of freight, puss engerst eto." i ' Death of Father Flohr. The remains of Rev. Father Flobr, who died at St. Mary's hospital, Walla Walla, Tuesday evening, lay in state at St Mary's church yesterday aed a steady stream cf parishioners and friends of tbe dead priest poured into the bnilding to view the re mains. Father Flobr has been at the bead of tbe church' work in Walla Walla for 25 years .and during that time has done a wonderful work. His friends ate' numbered by hundreds &C3 Mid M (SlWtW IUUUIUVU. , A funeral took place this forenoon. . TOM MYERS IS KILLED III GUI ! : - - Pendleton, Oc. 18.Tom Myers, who formerly lived with his parents oa a raucb on Pine Creek, north of Athena, is dead and old man Hiroui moi is seriously wounded as a result of a deadly fight on Noitb McKay this afternoon. Thus far reports of tbe affair have been vary meagre, but from parties living on the hoad of Mc Kay it is learned tbat the quarrel oc curred over some horses. Hironimus is said to have accused INCREASE WHITMAN VALUES i Assessment Grows in One Tear Over the bum of Six Million Dollari. An error was made in the report of the assessed valuation of Whitman couuty, Washington, property publish ed recently. The statemeut that th3 assessment on farm lauds had in creased 50 per oent over last year should have read "90 per oent" iu crease. Tbe' farms of Whitman oonuty were assessed at $7,515,195 in 1905, and' at 13,688,156 in 1906. " The increase in the valuation of farm leads for taxation purposes is nearly four times as great as the in crease in the valuation ot town prop erty. Twelve towns of Whitman county show an average iucrease over 1905 of 24.5 per cent. Ten of these towns show an iucrease varying fiom 3.6 per cent to 61.2 per cent, tbe former being Rosalia and the latter Palouse. Two towns, Elbertou aud Furmington, show decreases of 6.1 and 4.3 per cent, respectively. Under this assessment farm owners will pay about 25 per oent more taxes tban in 1905. Wblie tbe assessment valuation of farm lands is nearly double, tbe levy is lowered from 21 to 15, mills. The farmer will be re quired to pay about $28 for his 1906 assessment where he paid $21 in 1905. This is an increase of 25 per cent in taxes ou farm lands. DISARRANGED THE HARNESS A Mean Trick That Might Have Led j to a Runaway- l j - For lowdowu maliciousness, there is a fellow out ia tbe Waterman neighborhood tbat is entitled to the championship, belt and all. It all belongs to bim, aud he should have it . Sunday night, while oburoh serv ices were in progress at the Waterman sohoolhouse, be perpetrated as dirty a trick as it were perhaps oapable for bis depraved mind to 'conjure and carry into effoet He released tbe spread straps ou a team from the Commercial livery stable of this city, whiob had beeu driven to Water man by Dick Busb. He then changed the iuside cbeoks and snapped tbein into the bits so tbat the horses would be entirely independent of each other when tbe driver pulled on the reins in other words tbe driver would have no control whatever over the team. Dick discovered something was wrong before the team got uuder headway, aud on investigation discovered that tbe harness had been tampered with as above stated, and- his fortunate dii covery preveuted what would surely have termniated in a serious aud may haps fatal runaway. Smallpox Scare. -tra Francis, suffering from a well defined case ot smallpox, went to Walla Walla 10 days ago and mingled with residents, ignorant of tbe nature of the disease. Ho went into the offioe of Dr. Stewart and it was dis covered he was suffering from a inilda form of smallpox, lie was sent to College Place, where his parents re side, aud tbe house is quarantined. There are grave fears tbat many may have contracted tbe disease while Frauds was walking tbe streets dur ing tbe time they were filled with visitors from all parts of tbe oountiy attending the fair. Other Twin Dies. Meail Elizabeth, tbe infaut daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles MoCol lougb, died Wednesday morning, aged 6 mouths and seven days. Tbe baby was a twin to tbe little one tbat died iu tbe spring, and had been ill for some time. The funeral took plaoe yesterday afternoon at 2 o'olock at the Christian church. Ritchen-Githens. ' John Ritcben and Miss Anna Gitb ens, both of this city, were married at Pendleton Tuesday afternoon, cocnty Jndge Gilliland officiating. Tbe con tracting parties are well known id Athena. The gtoom conducts a black smith shop licie, and the bride is the daughter of Postmaster L. A. Gitbens. Myers of having ridden horses belong ing to tho former, and in a quarrel which ensued guns were used by both men. Myers fired twice at tbe old man, while the latter fired- once at Myers with a shotgun, striking bim in tbe neck aud killing him instantly. Tbe condition of Hironimus is seri ous aud he is uow on his way to this city to receive surgical aid. Immedi ately after bearing of tbe fight Deputy Sheriff Blakely, Coroner Folsom and others left for the scene. PORTLAND'S STRIKE Will Force Grain and Ships to the Sound NO ABATEMENT DF STRIKE Order Issned Which Affects Ten Tea sels Aggregating a Tonnage ot 20,432 Register. Tbe listing of the British steamship Stratbflllan for Paget Sound instead of to Portland briugs to light the in terestnig information that the export- ' ers have resolved to send all vessels scheduled to load at Portland and coming in ballast, to the northern port This decision was brought about by the waterfront strike, in which tbe grainbandlers, longshore men aud teamsters are allied in a fight to gaiu an increase in wages for tbe first uamed nnion. W. J. Burns of Balfour, Guthrie & oompany confirmed this feature of tbe story, aud stated tbat tbey sincerely regretted tbe decision, but as it was essentially necessary to guarantee tbeir vessels quick dispatch tbey bad arrived at tbe only solution offered theui by local conditions. Tbe vessels coming iu cargo will receive their outward cargoes at local docks with rs muob dispatch as possible uuder present oouditioos. Tbe order issued means tbat 10 ves sels, aggregating a tonnage of 20,432 tons register, will probably be sent to Puget Sound, loading principally at Tacoma. This list does not include tbe Stratbflllan aud. Netherlands, both of whiob are uow on their way np tbe coast to the northern port. Tbe present situation has caused the appeal to both sides for a meeting to arbitrate tbe questious at issue aud a communication has been issned by Mayor Lane of Portland. W. J. Bnrns, when asked as to what notice would be paid to the mayor's communication by the exporters, stated: "Personally I am in favor of the idea, but I cannot speak for tho association, aud until we meet to de cide ou our action I would rather not be quoted." . School report. Following is the report of C'anuou district No. 45, for tho month begin ning Sept. 17 and ending Oct. 12: No. days tangbt, 20; No. pupils en rolled 1 1. Those pupils who are es pecially noted for good scholarship aud are on the roll of honor for the month are as follows: Agnes Cannon, Zola Ferris, Ruth Stewart, Gladys Ferris, Lawrence Piukerton, Floyd Ferris and Louis Stewart Visitors for month are: Leota Cannon, Sid ney Walker, Floyd Piukerton, Eva Sohrimpt and Pearl Pinkertoo. Lillian Downs-Dobson, Teacher. Temperance Meeting. Tbe first of a series of temperance meetiugs was bold at tbe M. E. church Sunday evening. A large crowd was in attendance. Tbe object is to hold a monthly temperance meeting at some one of tbe churches iu Athena hereafter, and tbe next meeting will be held on tbe second Sunday evening in November at tho Baptist church. At the meeting Sunday night E. V. Hoven of tbe Christian oburob, dis cussed tbe subject "Tbe Cbnroh and Moral Issues." He was followed by Rev. Evans of tbe Methodist Episco pal church, aud F.E. Billington, state evangelist of tbe Christian cbutob. ! The Grange Lecture, A fair audieuce was at the opera house Tueaday night to hear Mrs. Clara II. Waldo lecture on the sub ject of grange. . Tbe lady proved to be an entertaining speaker and those iu attendance were pleased with her address. Mrs. Waldo will return to Atheua at a later date and endeavor to organize a local grange iu this vioinity. Gets Four Years. Four years in tbe penitentiary was the sentence imposed yesterday fore noon by Judge Bean upon Robeit Weddle, tbe young man reoeotly con victed of larceny from tbe person iu connection with tbe holdup -at Echo last March. To Hot Lake. Attorney -Will M. Peterson came down town Tuesday for the first time in twelve days. Mr. Peterson has been a sufferer from rheumatism in a most aggravated form. He left for Hot Lake, Union county, last evening where he will remain for some time. Ki-to Votir lloweli VTIlh CaacrtM. 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