TWICE-A-WEEK Tuesday and Friday FOUR PAGES TODAY Read the Ads volume xvm. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1906. NUMBER 83. Store Tie Up-to-date iSII Iniififflpativ 3 AsIa An in iiiuuyui nil; u ouw uii c- m m -"- a i- a i III, J I ft MEM'S AND BOY'S The Sale will include the entire stock of Men's Suits, , . . ' . , Men's Overcoats Boy's Suits, Boy's Overcoats, Men's Pants of every description. & .. & FnfL fTt n j& 1 JfL V iul mi ""iiu ' ' nui ' " im"''u Mir'"'' ini SALE WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY 28 1906 AND LASTS UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE Just as many fine words can be written about some worthless article as about a good one. We will not say how good our Clothing is, but we want your judgment on them. Ed Manasse invites you to call and examine for yourself. Such an opportunity to buy good, dependable Clothing at these prices will not oc cur soon in Athena. rN Is $17.50 Suit will sell until Xmas for . . . . . . . .$12.00 $15.00 Suit will sell until Xmas for. ... . . . 9.90 $12.50 Suit will sell until Xmas for... . . 8.95 $10.00 Suits will sell until Xmas for , . , , . 6.90 $7.50 Suit will sell until Xmas for 6.10 " $17.50 Overcoat will sell until Xmas for ... 12.50 $15.00 Overcoat until Xmas for . ...... , 10.20 $12.50 Overcoat until Xmas for . . . . .... . 9.90 $10.00 Overcoat until Xmas for .;..'. . 6 85 $10.00 Boys' Suit until Xmas . . 7.35 $7.50 Boys' Suits until Xmas. . . ... ... 4.90. $5.00 Boys' Suits until Xmas. . . . . . . . . . J 3.45 $5.00 Men's Pants will sell until Xmas for 3.10 $3 50 Men's Pants will sell until Xmas for 2.40 $2.75 Men's Pants will sell until Xmas for 1.85 $1.25 Boys' Long Pants will sell until Xmas .85 65c Boys' Short Pants will sell uutil Xmas 40c The prices we are making on this Clothing will warrant yon in buying to supply your wants for the future, as the values are better than ever before offeredln Umatilla oounty, and we are here to prove it. First oome, first served. . '.-' ED. MANASSE ' Agent for Butterick's Patterns. ; THE UP-TO-DATE STORE, cAthena, Oregon Good Groceries, Coffee and Tea 1 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 js selected with the same care and discretion. ' REMEMBfcOyJf prices are always consistent with quality.. 'J.;, -v..' i DELL BROTHERS CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING 3 TO EAT ? Athena, Oregon. ..v ( RIVER RUNS AWAY Puyallup Becomes Independ ent and EJlopes with Chuc! XX. LEAVES NORTHERN PACIFIC DRY The New Highwater Mark Gives Valuable-Pointers to Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Tbe Puyallup river, wbioh at Auburn was utilized by tbe Northern Paoiflo railroad company for supply ing a water tank tbat feeds tbe rail road locomotives , on tbe Portland Seattle rnn, has escaped from --tbe company and is running away into the Chuck river watercourse some miles distanoe from tbe water . tank. Tbe company is digging a large well at tbe tank to supply tbe looomotives, and engineers are figuring on plans for recapturing the runaway Puyallup and bringing it back to its bed. It was during tbe recent' floods in Washington that the gay Puyallup went on a rampage and deoided to elope with the Chuck. It went out over its banks and aftei effeoting a union with its neighbor a deeper channel was cut in the latter stream and tbe man way abandoned its old course entirely, leaving tbe railroad company in the lurch and tbe fine truss bridge at Auburn spanuing a dry ravine. - While Northern PaoiQo people have been put to great expense and trouble by tbe floods, tbe water has taught many valuable lessons in time to the engineers of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway oompauy, now building to tbe sound and Portland. It bag shown them new high water marks and given tbem pointers on where to run their , lines io avoid future floods. II. 8. ' Kowo general agent for tbe Milwaukee in Portland, speaking of the effeot of tbe floods on construction work in Washington, said: '.'The Milwaukee's grades are wash ed in numerous places, but uo serious damage has been done by tbe floods' along our route, for tbe reason tbat our work was not far enough along to be very much hurt. The grades have bee a completed in many plaoes, but there were no ties or iron on tbem, and the washing down of tbe embank ments is easily and quickly remedied. Tbe floods were the greatest ever known in western Washington. They have served a very useful purpose for the engineers of the Milwaukee road. ' At Seattle the flood scenes were almost unbelievoable. Mauy acres of suburban property where people bad bought oheap lots and acreage truots and built little homes were en tirely under water." , ... , , i WISH TO BUY POSTAL SERVICE Syndicate of Capitalisti Will Submit Offer to Run Mail Service. A Washington special says Uncle Sam will be asked to turn over to a syndicate of capitalists the conduct of the postal business. Tbe joint com mittee of congress investigating postal abuses and intrusted with recom mending reforms, which has been in session in New York, has resumed its meetings and W. D. Boyce, of Chica go, will go before the committee witn a bona fide offer made by substantial capitalists to take over from tbe gov ernment the postal business and re lieve it of all the great expense at tached. The offer baa several objects. It is trne tbat capitalists have been found who believe that money can be made by a monopoly of the postal business. Whereas tbe government has failed to make tbe postoffice a paying institu tion, the capitalists believe that by tbe introduction of business methods tbey can put tbe department upon a divi dend paying basis. Wells-Fargo Ex press company saw enough money in tbe monopoly to offer the government a bonns of $1,000,000 a year if per mitted to run . the poetofllce. The proposition is presented in good faith and will serve tbe donble purpose of emphasizing with tbe publio tbe fact tbat there are capable business men in the country who believe that tbey can Get Your ERESE BREAD give tbe people penny postage aud an excellent service, as good as that per formed by the government. Tbe offer will have tbe effeot of showing to tbe people tbat these business men, who will give satisfactory bond, will guarantee to give tbe patrons of the postoffice reduoed postage rates, which tbe department officials nnite in reporting tbe government cannot afford to do. Tbe proposition broadly stated, is that the government shall withdraw from the field of controlling a public utility and shall place tbe bnsiuess of transporting end delivering the mail i i private bands, as the express busi ness is today conducted. Tbe capital ists wbo are willing to assume tbe burden will pay tbe government rental for tbe postoffice buildings all over the country aud will charge the government regular rates of postage upon its mail, which is now carried free under frank and penalty stamps. It is roughly estimated that tbe gov ernment would offset in money re ceived from rentals of tbe buildings the charge it would annually be re quired to pay for the transportation of its mail. - NEW PHASE OF COAL FAMINE Citizens' of Winona, Whitman County, Confiscate 0. B. & NfcCoal. P. T. Abbot, ). R. & N. agent at Colfax hag made ft demand for the ar rest of six citizeus of Winona, a small town in the' western part of Whitman oonnty, demanding tbat they be offi cially acoused of larceny and arrested on that charge. The alleged oifeuse is the theft of company coal from a car at that plaoe. Tbe demand was made by order of Division Superintendent Tbomaa Walsh of tbe O. R. & N. at Tekoa. Last Wednesday a oar of coal was received at Winona, consigned to tbe agent at that place. Many families in the town were entirely ont ot coal and suffering extremely beoause of tbe cold weather. In many instances chil dren were sent to neighbors wbo bad some f nel to keep tbem from suffering extremely from tbe cold. Leading merchants and business men offered to buy the coal to prevent further suffering but were met by a refusal whereupon the oitizens . colled enough money to pay for theire. car of 20 tons at the rate of $8 a ton and deposited tbe money with Stewart Small, a merchant. Tbey then ap pointed a weighing master and pro ceeded to help themselves to tbe ooal. Tbe entire car was appropriated and distributed to tbe people who were out, each getting abont half a ton. - Tbe proseouting attorney ref used to file an information, giving as bis rea son that no jury in Whitman county could be found who would convict these men. 10 SILL BOYS KIDNAPPED Police of Sandusky, Ohio, Try to lelzi . the Children. In an effort to looate two boys who were kidnapped or mysteriously dis appeared in Sandusky, Ohio, July I? 1809, the chief of polioe of that city is sending circulars throughout tbe land seeking informaton as to tbe whereabouts of tbe children, iu hopes tbat tbe parents of the boys may learn something to their advantage. On tbe nigbt of July 13, 1899, two boys, Joseph Wirth aud Willie Missig, aged 10 and 11 years respectively were playing on the streets of Sandusky, O. Tbat was tbe last seen or heard of tbem. Tbe boys weie either kidnap. ped or strayed away. All efforts to looate tbe missing children have been in vain and for seven years tbe pareuts ot both boys have been searching the wide world over. Tbe circular which tells tbe story gives tbe boys pnotograpns, taken wben each child was small and per haps tbey have greatly changed in looks by this time. Tbo circulars are being sent to every police offloe in tbe world, and every effort is being made to find tbe children wbo are no?? almost grown to manhood. ' Ely Of V & .Sddtt No Poor at Baker Tbat there is not a poor family in Baker City which is in need has been proven as a result of a chance meeting between a conple of old time friends wbo had not seeu each other in 18 years, and tbe attempt of one ot tbem to repay a loan ot $20 made by tbe other at a time of dire need. For three days C. M. Mullen, tbe well known mining man wbo fell into sud den wealth by tbe sale of tbe Ox Bow power site a few months ago, has been trying to donate a fine large tnity with some celery, cranberries and sweet potatoes, to every worthy poor person in tbe city. Bis efforts have beon vain, however, and after pro longed search, Mr. Mullen has been compelled to abandon his task and has disposed of his stock of good things to eat by presenting tbem to his friends. ' estimates. It will require a couple ot days at least to complete this work and it is expected tbat tbe consolidation will then be made. No one oonneoted with either paper seems inclined to discuss tbe proposition but the facta have leaked out and tbe only thing tbat will stand in tbe way of consum mating tbe deal will be a disagree ment at tbe last moment over tbe question of valuation. . Work Resumed Active work is low going on on the East Umatilla project after some delay qn aocouot of the reoent floods. Forty men are now at work on tbe headgate with about a dozen teams, wbioh will be completed in abont a week. Two hundred and fifty men are at work on different parts of the projeot Tbe upper end of tbe ditch will be earth for about a half mile", then cornea a half mile of rock section, and a little below Echo there will be a mile of cemeut gravel, all of which requires different work in different sections along tbe di'ch to tbe Columbia. E New Corporation With Fifty Million Capital to Be Formed Tbe recent advance in the price of the shares of the Paoiflo States Tele phone and Telegraph -company has at tracted considerable attention within tbe last few days, say San Francisco advioes. On November 1 tbe shares of the company were rather slow at $100 per share, while yesterday 110 was t-id, but nothing obtainable at less than f 113. For the last 10 days '.here has been some quiet buying ot tbese shares at prioes in excess of 1105. In explanation in tbe rise of values it is anuounoed that the company will undergo ooniplete reorganization and a new oompauy is to be organized under the laws of California with $50,000,000 capital to take over tha stock of the present concern. It will be divided into 132,000,000 preferred aud 117,000,000 stock. Bonds will be issued to rebuild and extend the lines of tbe company. . The expansion of bnsiuess during tbe last ten years has exceeded the company's expectations, and on tbe showing of reoent years tbe company bas determined to extend its lines to every village and bamlet within the borders of tbe territory. Eighteen million dollars is to be used for this purpose. SALE OF SOME INDIAN LANDS Four Tracts Advertised for Sale Dur ing February. Fonr traotsof inherited lands on tbe Umatilla reservation, tbe total amount being 321 acres, will be sold at auction to tbe highest bidder dur ing tbe month of February, the bids to be opened by O. C. Edwards, super intendent and agent of the Umatilla reservation. The traots and tbe dates of sale are as follows : ' Walla Walla 411 Joseph R. Ren ville, sole heir, 41 acres. Bids to be opeuod at noon on February 23, 1907. Umatilla 106 -Isaiah White, sole heir, 80 aores, bids to be opened at noon, Febrnary 14, 1907. Walla Walla 223. Louise Britten, by James Britten, sole heir, 160 acres, bids to be opened at tioon, February 14, 1907. Walla Walla 408 Emeline Pam- burn, sole heir, 40 aores, bids to be opened at noon, February 14, 1907. Now In Chicago. P. A. Worthington, O. R. & N. Right of way agent, and seoretary of tbe board of regents of tbe Weston Normal, lis now in Chicago on a business trip. He was registeied at the Kaiserhof last Sunday. East Oregonian. LAW POINTS. The authority of a clerk of a district court to take a ball boud was denied In Territory ex rel, Tbacker versus Woodrlng (Okla.) 1 I It. A. (N. S.), 843. Tbe failure of the court In a criminal case to InterpoHO objections to Improp er questions made by a Juryman is held. In State versus Crawford (Minn.), 1 I,. U. A. (X. 8.), Sr1!).. not necessarily to be revernlblo error Iu" the absence of objection or exception by counsel. The right of a bank to apply to- the personal obligations of a commission merchant money Vneeivod for produce sent him for sale anil deposited by him in his general account In the bank is denied In Bajie versus Northwestern National bank (Wis.). 1 L. It. A. (N. S.), U10. TALES OF CITIES. Papers to Consolidate Tbe Walla Walla Morning Union aud Evening Statesman are to be con solidated it tbe owners agree upon tbe valuation of tbe plants, says tbe Bulletin. O. R. Ball, manager of tbe American Type Fouudet's', eompanyl of Portland, bas arrived in the city and afcer a conference with A. R. Burford, commenced taking jovoics ot the two plauta, be baviug coma by re quest of both parties to make up the DEATH QfAPRIHGESS Mrs. Amos Underwood Daugh ter Of Chief Chenowith: LIFE OFBOiANCE AND SORROW Belle of Pioneer Days Wedded Promi nent Army Officer But Refused to Follow Him From State. Chicago has put Kh freight traffic In stead of Its passengers below the sur face of the streetH. The population of Brooklyn at the time of consolidation was 838,000. It is now 1,358,000, a gain of 620,000, rel atlvely larger than Manhattan's. Where oiulon consumes 90,000,000 gallons of water a day New York: con tiumes 500,000,000. Where London has Hria area of 118 square aiies, Vw Yflr Tbe death of Mrs. Amos Underwood and her funeral at Hood River, which has just been coudupted aooording to the rites of the remnant of the power ful tribe of Indians that once swarmed along the bauks of the Columbia river, has caused old pioneers to reveal the faot that her life was one of romance and sorrow in her youth, and also that she was a great belle in her time and was tbe wife of a prominent army officer. . As the story goes, aooording to one of the few white settlers who was here in the late sixties, Mrs. Under wood was tbe danghter of Chief flhnrtftunth of fat tnKnm n nmn in . named on tbe Washington side of the river, and who, in company with six other Iudians, was executed at Cas cade Looks for tbe massacre wbioh took plaoe there in which 32 whites were murdered. Chenowith and his companions claimed tbey were innocent, but after an investigation were deemed guilty and shot During their trial aud ex eoution an army officer who was stationed at Fort Dalles saw Mrs. Underwood and became enamored of her and asked her hand in marriage. It is related that she refused to countenance his advances, as she did not care for him, bnt was prevailed on finally to accept him tbiough tbe in fluence of Indiaus of her tribe, who thought that it was a good diplomatic move and would Becnre the favor of the great soldier against further chas tisement. So they were married and " for two years lived together, but not happily, as the Indian maiden is said to have never recovered her repugnance to the - man who was indrectly responsible for. her father's death. At the end of two years the army officer was trans ferred to California and tried to per suade his wife to go with him, but she refused to do so and he went to his post of duty. After a time he re turned and . made another plea to whioh she was also adamant, aud he then went to Alaska, where he was sent by the government, and is said to have returned no more. Atferward she met Amos Undersvood wbo was one of the few white set tlers iu this part of tbe country at tbat time, and an Indian fighter of great renown and wbo came into Ore gon iu 1852. To him she was be trothed and several ohildren . were born to them, the bodies of two of whom were exhumed at tbe time of the funeral and reburied alongside tbat of their mother with the cere monies of tbe Indiaus of her tribe. The ceremony was oonduoted by Indian Jim, who for several years nas ' been engaged in tbe work of remov-, ing the bones of his tribemen from bnryiug grounds near the tiver back to the, spot where Mrs. Underwood' was buried, and wbiob, it is consider ed, will be undisturbed for a great . many years to come. It was Mrs. Underwood's desire that she bo buried according to the custom of her raoe aud the family respected . her wishes. A PLANT FOR STATE PRINTER Willis b. Buniway Will Invest In' Hew Printing Material. ' To Cur Constlpulloit Forever. t jilio Cwmtu Caaay othurtio. lOoorZna C C- C. (ill to cure, Iwiuui rufuiul wodo A new printing plant for the new state printer, Willis S. Duniway, iu the canitol of Salem, will tnkn tha plaoe of the present plant, owned by maun u. JBaner, ex-state printer, and will be operated ou and after Duni way's assumption of the offioe.Jariuary 14, 1907, 'says a " Portlaud paper. Negotiations for the sale of tbo old plant were considered by the two par ties for some time, but it is understood tbat a price conld not be agreed ou. Baker says that should the legislature put Duniway on a salary he will give the old plant to the state. The new presses will arrive -for Duuiway'a plant early next month, and two are already on hand. Typo aud other accessories have been ordered, whioh will bring the total oost up to be tweon $18,000 and $14,000. The new machinery will be installed before. January 14, bo that Duniway will be ready to turn out the legislature's" printing ou the very first day. "A dangerous eurgioal oporationf involving the removing of a malign ant uloer as large as my hand fiorn my daughter' hip, was prevented by . tUa application" of Buokleu'a Arnica Salve," says A. C. Stickel, of Mile tus, W. Va. "PersiBtent use of the salve completely cured it." Cures cuts, burns aud injuries. 25o at JIc-Bride'a. -1 V W,, ILJ V1 - : 7 77