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VOLUME XIX.
ATIIENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY. JANUARY 22. 1907.
NUMBER 6.
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T. J. KIRK, Vice President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
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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.
REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with quality.
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Date
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DIRECTORS
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of Cut Glass each year and you
will soon have a nice collection.
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CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THING3 TO EAT
OPEN RIVER MEETING
Big Banquet and High Jinks
, at Walla Walla 3
STONE'S RESOLUTION ON JUTE
Presented on Behalf of the Athena
Commercial Association By .
Will M. Peterson.
Walla Walla, Jan. 22. Huudreds
of delegate! are here today for the
purpose of attending the Open River
Convention whiob is being held this
afternoon in the rooms of. the Walla
Walla Commercial Club.
Much interest is being taken in the
disonssion of matters protaiuing to tbe
opening of the Columbia and Snake
rivers to navigation. The trend of
the arguments are that Oregon has
borue the brunt of the open river work
alone long enough, aud that it is high
time tbe states of Washington and
Idaho ehould take hold of the wheel
and give a turn or two.
Tonight the delegates .will partici
pate in a swell banquet.
Will M. Peterson, the Atheua at
torney, on behalf of the Athena Com
mercial Association, and Jerry Stone
of that oity, introduced a resolution
memorializing the legislatures of the
states of Oregon, Washington, Calif
ornia and Idaho, to instruct legisla
tors and congressmen to work for the
repeal of the tariff on jute and grain
bags. The resolution as. introduced
follows:
Whereas, wheat growing is at the
present time and for many years to
come must be classed among the lead ing
industries . of the Paciflo coast
states: and
Whereas, the peculiar market con
ditions which necessitate the exporta
tion of surplus grain to European mar
kets make it necessary to use jute sacks
for the handliug "of said grain upbu
ehipboard: and
Whereas, beoause ot suoh conditions
there has been established a method of
harvesting which makes such sacks
neoessary: and .
Whereas, there are probably used an
uualy in the state of Washington about
fourteen millions thereof, and in tbe
State of Oregon between eight aud ten
millions thereof, and in the state of
California about twenty-five miliious
thereof, and in tbe state of Idaho about
Athena, Oregon.
and Tea
Athena, Oregon, j
3 millions thereof : and
Whereas, it is impracticable under
existing conditions to ship grain in
bulk and, therefore, said sacks are now
aud will be for many years an absolute
necessity: and
Whereas, in additiou to tbe fore
going a vast number of jute bags are
used annually by the great wbolgrowing
interesta of the Paciflo coast, and of
jute cloth by the hop growers thereof:
aud -
Whereas tbe price of jute and jute
produotigUrSecuis contiuually iucreas
iug, and is thrawiug an enormous aud
unnecessary burden upou the three
great industries noted, to-wit, wheat
growing, wool growing aud hop grow
ing: and
Whereas, there" is at this time an
import duty upou such tags of seven
eights of a cent a pound, plus fifteen
per cent advalorem on the foreign
value, wbioh amounts at present prices
to about two cents per bag: nnd
Whereas, that burdeu is wholly
borne by the farmers, flock masters
and bop growers, and is in no particu
lar, distributed among the people in
aocordauoe with the accepted principle
of a protective tariff: and
Whereas, the removal of such duty
would aid aud enoonrage the manu
facture of jute fabrics in state peni
tentiaries; and
Whereas, this duty seems to be solely
for the beuoflt of a few Paoifio coast
bag manufacturers whose industry is
so small that it does not in any respect
affect the market, and who altogether
do not probably manufacture more than
two million bags, the rest being im
ported direct from Calcutta,, India:
and - .
Whereas, there ia now and has been
for years no material inorease in the
output of Amerioan faotoriea of bags
of this character: and
Whereas, this class of production
does not come within tbe object and
purpose of the Amerioan idea of pro
tection : and
Therefore: Be it resolved that it is
the duty of the several legislatures of
the Paciflo coast states to memorialize
congress asking that jute, jutebags,
jute cloth, and all material entering
into the manufacture of bags to be
used in haudling grain, wool, and
hops, be placod upon the free list, and
that it is the seuse of this convention
that the legislatures now in session in
in the states, of Washington, Idaho,
Oregon, and California be requested
to take this matter under considera
tion forthwith in order" that congress
may act upon the matter during the
present session thereof : and further,
that a copy of these resolutions be sont
to the various oommeroial bodies aud
farmers' organizations throughout the
four states above referred to, and to
the governors and presiding offioers of
oach branoh of the legislatures of the
Pacillo coast states.
ORGANIZATIONHRAL LINES
Long Distance Connection With All
Except Line N o. 1.
Line No. 26 is the latest in tbe rural
telephone system to form an organ
ization aud elect offioers. The offio
ers elected at a recent meeting of the
patrons of the line are: J. W. Pioicer-
ton. president: Cass Cannon, treasur
er; Gus Schubert, clerk. Direotors,
Do on Open Your Mouth
Like) a young bird and gulp down what-
evarfood or medicine may bo offered you?
Or, do you want to know something of the
composition and character of that which
you take into your stomach whether as
food or medicine?
Most intelligent and sensible people
now-a-days Insist on knowing what they
employ whether as food or as medicine.
Dr. Pierce believes they have a perfect
right to iii8lt:t upon such knowledge. So he
publishes,Qadeast and on each bottle-
wrapper, whatnTpnedJcines are made of
an(Tv?c8yrfiKleT-eftlll Thl3 he feels
he can vfri-VtlTord to do because the more,
the lngrecUpn"tsof which his medicines
are "made are studied and unii.-iytmiij Um
more will their superior curative virtues"
g arTTjeeTatey
Tr the cure of woman's peculiar weak
nesses, Irregularities and derangements,
giving rise to frequent headaches, back
ache, 4ragging-down pain or distress In
lower abdominal or pelvic region, accom
panied, ofttlmos, with a debilitating,
pelvic, catarrhal drain and kindred symp
toms of weakness, Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is a most eflicient remedy.
It is equally effective in curing painful
periods, In giving strength to nursing
mothers and in preparing the system of
the expectant mother for bahy's coming,
thus rendering childbirth safe and com
paratively painless. The "Favorite Pre
scription" I a most potent, strengthening
tonic to the general system and to tho
organs distinctly feminine in particular.
It is also a soothing and invigorating
nervine and cures nervous exhaustion,
nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria,
spasms, chorea or St. Vitus g dance, and
other distressing nervous symptoms at
tendant upon functional and organic dis
eases of tbe distinctly feminine organs.
A host of medical authorities of all the
several schools of practice, recommend
each of the several Ingredients of which
"Favorite Prescription" fs made for the
cure of the diseases for which It is claimed
to be a cure. You may read what they
Ray for jinrxclf hy sending a postal card
request for a five booklet of extracts
from the leading tithiritie, to Dr. 11. V.
Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
nltute. Ku;Tlo. N. Y.,and It will come to
yuu by return post.
Cass Cannon, J. W. Piukerton, Wm.
Sohrimpf and David Ferris. A meet
ing of tbe patrons of this Hue will be
held shortly to consider the construc
tion of a high line.
Since amalgauiatiug with the loug
distauoe. service, more interest than
ever has boeu manifested in the rural
system. Tbe different farmer lines
havo boon for the most part reorganiz
ed and officered aud the lines much
improved.
The ouly rural line entering Atiieua
' 'tit baa held out against niakiug cou-
uutious with long distuueo service is
Line No. 1, and it is said that a por
tion of the patrons would like the ser
vice, but there are others who opposo
it. Just why this opposition exists ia
a conuudrum to all who have the con
venieuoe of tho prompt eervioe given
them by tho operators at oeutral office.
A MOTHER'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL
Fighting Way to Neighbor'?,
One
Child Left to Perish.
Forced to leave oue child to porish
in tho snow while she pushed ou with
the other to the nearest house after her
own home had burned to tbe ground.
Mrs. C. E. Jacques, liviug on Lake
Wenatohee, finally reached shelter in
a torriblo condition. She was so bad
ly frozen that one of her feot bad to
be amputated. The ohild she resoued
is also badly frostbitten, but will re
cover.
The mother, who osoaped from her
burning dwelling clothed iu little
more tbau her night apparel, had
wrapped nearly all of the soauty gar
ments that protected her from the bit
ter cold about the child she loft iu
the enow, hoping the little one would
survive nutil aid reached it, but the
rescuing party found the child dead.
Mrs. Jaoques lies ia thchospital iu
Leavenworth, Wash., in terrible pniu.
Both bands and feet were frozen when
she staggered into the house of rescu
ers.
Mr. and Mrs, Jaoques lived iu a
cabin north of Leavenworth. While
Mr. Jacques was making a trip to
Leavenworth for supplies the cabin
caught tire iu the early morning from
an overheated stove, aud mother and
cbildreu, still iu bed, barely escaped
with their lives. Few garments they
hud and tbo meroury stood at 11 de
grees below zero. To save hersolf end
children, Mrs. Jacques started through
the snow, which is six feet in depth,
to the house of the nearest neighbor,
half a mile away. The two children
she waa attempting to carry or drag
proved too heavy a burden aud the
mother was forced either to leave one
of them and push on with tbe other,
or all three must perish. She wrapped
the older child, a girl six years of age,
iu all tho soauty garments she (Mrs.
Jacques) wore, and struggled on her
way with the younger ohild, a boy,
until close enough to her neighbor's
house for her screams to be beard.
Tbe journey ot half a mile had taken
an hour, rendering her well nigh iu
seusible aud terribly frozen. She
managed to tell ot tbe little girl loft
in the snow aud a rescue party made
all possible baste to the place only to
find the child frozen to death.
He ia 40, She 14.
Mabel Spangler, aged 14, daughter
of Alfred Spaugler, was committed to
tbe reform school by Judge Breuta of
Walla Walla, on a charge of incor
rigibility. The girl is a bright, in
telligent, child, having beou graduat
ed from the publio sohool last yoar,
but ou tbe separation of tbe parens
the custody of Mabel and two other
children waa awarded to the father.
He found shortly afterward that his
daughter was boing visited by Willis
J. Bellows, a divorced man of 40, who
insisted that Mabel must marry hir.j.
The father objocted, orderiug him
away. Bellows is alleged to havo
spirited tbe child to Ibe houso of a
neighbor where she took refuge with
her mother, who aeemed not averse to
the strange allianco" between b6r
young daughter and Bellows.
Cured of Long Trouble..
"It ia now eleven years since I had
a narrow escape from consumption,"
writes C. O. Floyd, a leadiug business
man of Kershaw, S. C. "I bad run
down iu weight to 135 pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day
and by night. Finally I began taking
Dr. King's JJlow Discovery andooi
tinued this for about six mouths,
when my cough and lung trouble were
entirely gone and I was restored to my
normal weight, 170 pounds." Thous
ands of persons are healed every year.
Gnaranteed at McBride's drug store.
COo and f 1.00. Trial bottle free.
How to Cure Chilblains.
"To enjoy freedom from chilblains,"
writes John Kemp, East Otisflcld,
Me., "I apply Bucklen's Arnica SaJve.
Have also used it for salt rheum with
excellent results." Guaranteed to
cure fever gores, indolent ulcers, piles,
burns, woundn, frost bites aud skin
diseases. 25o at McBride's drug store.
CfflAIEDJ JUL
Five Indians Roasted to Death
at Umatilla Agency. ,
WERE DRUNKWHEN LOCKED UP
No Cne Near to Unlock Jail Door
When Flames Beached the
Men in the Cell.
T TV a - it.. - ' . i it.
nra siurteu iu me juu at me Hgeuuy
on the Umatilla reservation early Suu
day morning but was uot discovered
until the building was a mass of flames
aud before assistance could be giveu
live Indians were burued to death
The fire was first seen about 3 o'oloos
by A. Chrisrtiunson, living near the
agency. He gave the alarm aud at t jt...
once there was confusion among tbe '
employes aud Indians, all forgetting
at tbo time there were inmates in tbe
jail. Industrial Agent Gardner, the
oniy person having a key to the jail,
was occupied in getliug the email
children np and out of the rooms and
conveying them to places of safety and
before he could reach tbe jail the
building was consumed. In the mean
time others attempted to chop tbe door
down to liberate tbe unfortunate In
dians, but wore unsuooessf ul.
Thedoudare: Eichard ihomaa, a
Yakima Indian; Abraham Liinau and
Henry Cook, Urnatillaa; Um Taklilipt
and Wet-A-Suook, Lapwai Indians.
Tho bodies of four were found huddl
ed together iu one comer, burned to a
oiisp. The body of Richard Thomas
was found in another corner and ident
ified by bis wife ty the riug be wore.
When it became known that the In
dians bad burued to death, there was
wild excitement among the women
aud children and employes bad great
difiluutly in establishing quiet at the
ageuoy. Indian police aud white men
living ueur were summoned to assist
in restoring order. ' . " -
.The flvo men were arrested Saturday
night and locked up by tbe Indian
police on charges of drunkenness.
Before leaving tbe police searchod tbe
prisoners aud say they found no
matohes on their persons. Aa no fire
was burued iu the stove since Christ
mas, the origen of tbo fire ia a ruys
tery. Tho only plausible solution
ottered is that one of the Indians light
ed a cigarette and carelessly threw a
match upou one of the sleeping prisou
ers, setting fire to his clothing.
At tbe coroner's inquest held Sun
day morning a verdict waa thai the
men burned to death while locked up
in jail by the Indian police under gen
eral instructions not being able to es
cape, beoause of tho poor system in
vogue in oaring for tbe prisoners.
It ia understood that the matter will
be investigated by tbe Indian depart
inout before the responsibility ia fixed.
Has Smallpox and Starves.
Tutoher Ham, aged 15 years, waa
discovered by Dr. E. E. Sbaw in a
cold room at a lodging house In Walla
Walla, suffering from a mild attack of
smallpox. The boy had been eiok for
about four days when the owners of
the house telephoned Dr. Shaw. Ho
had heon without food and smallpox
marks were breaking out on him. It
is thought tbe boy will pull through.
The Right Name.
Mr. August Sherpo, tbo popular
ovorseer of the poor at Fort Madison,
Ia.,says: "Dr. King'a New Lite Pills
are rightly named; tbey act more
agreeably, do more'good and make ouo
feel better than any other laxative."
Guaranteed to oure biliousness and
constipation. 25o at McBride's drug
store.
BANNER 8 A LVE
the most hjiltna salve In tho world.
No Such Thing as Luck
We sometimes say men who have
acquired fortunes are lucky. If you
should inquire closely into the facts,
you would iu all probability find that
it wus uot mere chance that brought
their wealth, but their advancement
came about because tbey put them
selves iu a position to make money and
kept persistently at it, andwitb few
exceptions our wealthiest men began
with small savings.
This bank will belp you to' get a
start. We will allow yoa 4 per cent
on your savings account compounded
somi-anDually and give it our prompt
and careful attention. Meanwhile
your earnings are where they are un
questionably safe.
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