The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, March 29, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSEMI-"W3BEZL VOLUME XIX. ATI! EN A. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 29. 1907. NUMBER 25. MANASSE'S UP TO DATE STORE Agent for Butterick Patterns Watch this Space for Valuable T ; iiiiormation Regarding Dry Goods, Clothing, Underwear, Shoes, Etc. Athena's Up To Date Store Agent for Butterick Patterns. A CRISIS ANDJHE M OUT Panic Junto Comet From Wall Street Clique Only. It is a strange ciraumstanoe that dis aster should be heaid at a time when the prosperity of the country ia tre mendous, when there is no currenoy inflation aud when there are neither wars nor rumors of wars. Assuredly, there is nothing in the indnstrial and commercial situation to create alarm. The warning comes solely from Wall street and the money-changers the nonprodncers and it contains a threat. The threat is aimed at the policies of the President, which are also the polioies of the people. Ask one of the llnanoiers what the trouble is, and bis answer will be "Kooaeveltl He is going to rnin busi ness. " Inquire what has bo done? and the response will be made: "He is threatening the railroads with con fiscation. He wants to rednoe the capitalization of the roads. He is try ing tomnsettle values and to disturb vested interests. " It is that he may be restrained from pursuing this line of action that the presidents of several of the greatest railroads have arranged to meet Mr. Roosevelt in solemn conference. To underrate the power of these rail road managers and financiers would be foolish. If they want a panio, they can oreate one. Let us look squarely at the situation. Men gorged with wealth, even ill-gottea wealth, do . not surrender it without a struggle. There are good reasons for believing that the panio of 1893 was deliberately prepared by these interests. T. Eft. TAdSdART c& CO. (SUCCESSORS TO ELY ca. SCOTT) mw Cash Store Here are a few of our Many Cash Bargains One can Corn....... 10c 1 lb pkg Crackers. .. . . .10c 1 pkg Force..... . ... ..15c llbpkg Macaroni . ..Fc 1 pkg Grapeuuts... ...15c lpkg Shredded Wheat. 15c barS BoraxSoap. ... . . 25 15 lbs Sugar $1 T. ML TAOOART & COMPANY, South Side Main Street g Ca n sell you njl . . ' Moline U bar ?) Jems 25 & 30 T y U W y y W m O and pipe frame The "Dutchman" you know. If not, ask your neighbor about his. fllivpr Pocf Cfaol 0) oiicires to nr. ail ine Cast bottoms of No. 50 P ow Extra Stock Get our Prices c arried 0. A. BARRETT & CO. Athena. Oregon. 2 Good Groceries, Coffee and Tea 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. DELL BROTHERS CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING3 TO EAT Athena, Oregon. Payment of Taxes This Year Has Been Prompt BUT A SMALL PART Penalty of 10 per Cent and 12 per Cent Interest Will Be Added Unless Half Is Paid. All taxes become delinquent after next Mouday, April 1, unless one half has been paid on or before that date. On all taxes on which one half has not been paid, a penalty of ten per cent will be added and after that date interest at the rate of 13 per cent, will also be charged. The payment of taxes this year has been prompt, and bat a small part remains unpaid, either in fall or un der the one-half payment clause. If yon paid your taxes on or before Marob 15 you were allowed a rebate of 3 per cent. It you pay your taxes up to and in cluding the first Monday in April, there will not be any rebate allowed and neither will there be any penalty or interest added. If your taxes are not paid on or be fore the first Monday in April, they willteoome delinquent, when there will be added a penalty of 10 por cent, and the tax will also draw interest at the rate of 13 per cent per aunum in addition to the penalty. It you pay one half of your taxes on or before the first Monday in April, then the remaining half may run up to and inoluding the first Monday in Oo tober following, buf if the last half of the tax due is not paid by the first Monday of October, it becomes delin quent, and theie will be added to such balance a penalty of 10 per cent, and in addition, such balanoe will bear interest at the rate of 13 per cont per annum from the first Monday in April until paid. On all personal property taxes, if one-half is not paid on or before the first Monday of April, the law oom pels the sheriff to levy upon and col lect the same aftei May 1. hence to prevent a levy upon personal property after May 1 it will be neoessary for one-half to be paid as above stated. . ; The law compels the sheriff to sell all lands on which taxes have not been paid, aud that, such sale shall not be held later than March 1 of the year succeeding the year in which the tax levy was made. He Snapped Up a Rich Farm. Persons who have heard tales of the high priced land in Yakima, which sells for 3000 an acre, will be surpris ed to learn that a young man recently filed ou a 40-acre tract within one quarter of a mile of the city limits. The land lies in the valley of the Cas cade mill, and is said to be riob bottom land, which has generally been render ed useless by high water. The land is fertile and probably by the time the claimant has established- his residence by five years' actual settlement and secured a title the river will be under control and dagger of high water ob viated. Death Does Not Void Entry. There can bo no contest on default on the part of a deceased entryman in the matter of residence or otherwise, and suoh default shall not work a hardship on his heirs, as alj laches are cured by the death of the entryman, and his heirs may come In and com plete the entry by residence on the land or by cultivation, and they are given a jeasonable time to make the entry, according to a decision of the local land office at Washington. By that decision W. W. Bowman lost bis contest against Harris E. Loom is, de ceased, which contest was defended by Mr. Loomia' heirs. Land For Sale. A. L. Swaggart offers a snap in 800 acres of land, if taken within the next 30 days. The traot of land em braces 800 acre, 660 of which is till able; 400 acre is now in crop, and 360 acres is being summer fallowed. Will sell for $20 per acre. Well improved. New 4-rooni house, good spring, a fine well, land fenced in two fields; located 3 4 of a mile from school house, 1-3 mile from railroad station aud 6 miles from Pendleton. If yoq want land, here is the best bargain you will ever find. La Grande Militia Disbanded. Company L. Thud Regiment, O. N. O., located In La Grande, was dis charged by orders of the governor, on the grounds of inefficiency. National Guard officials from Portland are checking the property books. Ordney Rogers is captain. THE DAKOTA IS A TOTAL LOSS Simoon Completes Destruction of the Famous Hill Liner. The Seattle News says of the fiual and total destruction of the Hill steamer Dakota, on a reef off the coast of Japan : During the terrible simoon Wednes day morning of last week, tho straud rd Bill liner Dakota, whioh went ashore on Osano reef ou the night of Sunday, March 3, was completely broken up and will prove a total loss, according to cable advices which were reoeived at Seattle. Early Wednesday morning the Dakota commenced to yield under the tremendous lashing of the breakers, and the salvage steamers hovering in the vioinity became aware that the stricken steamer was doomed. With her bow 30 feet above water, the giant ship lifted and pouuded as each mountainous sea struck her broadside. With a last luioh tho Dakota listed sharply to the starboaid, her funnel aud oabius disappeared and as she sot tied her main mast and mizzon mast were swallowed in the great storm. Great quantities of wreokage were wasLed ashore which fishermen im mediately seized. Less than 5 per cont of the cargo was saved. The amount of freight taken from the vessel before she broke upin oluded 11,000 saoks of flour, 477 bales of cotton and 473 saoks of wheat It is estimated that London underwriters have lost $3,000,000. Marine engineers aud underwriters at tbe scene of the Dakota's dissolu tion, believe that it will be impossible to raise the maobinery. The Dakota sailed from Seattle on February 17, for the Orient with 64 passengers and a valuable cargo and was due to reach Yokohama on the day she crashed onto Osnuo reef aboot 40 miles south of Yokohama. Gaptaiu Emil Frackne was in command. Tbe passengers were landed safely aud taken to Yokohama. TO REVOKE PAVING DEALS Walla Walla Is Near Limit-Saloon Licenses Are Lost. Becuuso Walla Walla has about reached the legal limit cf indebtedness is tbe reason given by tbe city connoil for voting to revoke all paving con tracts awarded upon whioh work has not been commenced. A communica tion was read from Warren Bros, stat ing that they would not foroe the city to stand by its contraots with them for paving. Gounoilman Tausiok asked postponement, so that something might be done to pave Rose street, offering to pay his share but the mo tion was lost. After a spirited discussion at Lhe last session of the connoil iu which some political animosity from tbe city election cropped out between Counoil men Glassford and Kirkman, tbe liquor lioense of Adolpb Sohvartz, who was convicted of having kept his saloon open on Sunday, February 24, was revoked, the revocation to take effect June 1. M. H. Sobneidisb marlu a piteons appeal to have tho time ex tended for tbe revocation of his li cense, which was canceled at tbe last meeting of tbe connoil. it being al leged that be was an unfit person to conduct a saloon bosiness. The appeal was tabled. Louis Sobmidt askod to have his license, which was recently revoked, restored on tbe grounds that bis bar tender, and not himself, had been ar rested and convicted of keeping tbe place open on Sunday. lie was told that be was responsible for tbe act of bis bartender. Gravity Water Turned On. Pumping stations are a thing of the past in Walla Walla. Water from tbe new system is now all over tbe city exoept tbe territory south of Al der and west of Park streets. This por tion will be supplied with upper Mill creek "oxybydro" as soon as the prop er connections can be made. It has been estimated tbe saving to tbe city by elimination of tbe pumping stations will be no less tban $20 a day or $600 a month. ' Raid Not Felonious. In tbe case of of tbe Northern Pa cific Railway company against certain of tbe residents of Cunningham, Wash., wherein tbe latter are sued for about $300, tbe value of coal alleged to have been taken by defendants in a raid, defendants moved to strike that part of tbe complaint which alleged tbe taking of tbe coal was felonious This was granted. Woolen Mills Close Down, Tbe car shortage aud congestion of traffic on tbe Oregon Short Line and O. R. & N. caused Pendleton Woolen Mills to be closed down for lack of fuel with which to run. T IS ID IIP W. & C. R, Railway Stations Hold 500,000 Bushels, : A HEAVY ITEM OF EXPENSE Interest and Insurance Charges Pile Up Because Grain Cannot Be Hauled. Pendleton March 29 Nearly a half million bushels of whoat is still stored iu the warehouses along the W. '& C. R aud the people owning tbe same have Ceen foroed to pay insurance and lost interest on the money tiod up for the past four or five months because tbe road has been unable to handle the business. . Last fall great difficulty was had by tbe graiumeu in seouriug cars for the W. & C. R. Muoh grain was gotten out on flat cars and gondolas. Then during the winter the line was out of commission for many weeks and since tbe road was repaired the situation has been but slightly improved because oars have not been available. Of the wheat now stored along the W. & C. R. about 350,000 bushels is owned by the Puget Sound Warehouse company, while tbe remaining half , is owned mostly by the Balfour-Guthrid oompany. Because of their inability to have their grain shipped promptly tbe com panies owning the wheat have lost muoh this year. To add to the difficulty of tbe present situation comes the prospect of a rail road strike that may tie up all tbe transcontinental linos and thereby de lay the roads many weeks longer in catching up with their business. . Grand Jury Strikes. Conspiracy to defraud tbe govern ment was tbe charge in the indictment returned by tbe federal grand jury at Boise, against John I. Wells, Patrick Downs aud L. M. Pritohard of BoIho who were arrested by United States Marshal Hounds. Tbe charges invol ved soouring of timber land for the Barber Lumber company, whose great mills have boon recently completed eight miles above that city. Tbe bonds of the aooused wero placed at $5,000, whioh they are endeavoring to fill, the marshal holding them meanwhile at a hotel. Other indict ments have been rotnrned but no names are 'divulged. It is thought many other Boise men will be caught. Land Board Considers. Tbe state land board has taken under advisement a lot of school land certi ficates, alleged to be forged, that were presented by Jacob Iioltzerman of Minneapolis, who represented the hold ers of somo certificates for whioh be wished to obtain deeds to tbe land therein described. Tho certificates were among thoso issued upou what is commonly termed tbe Kolliber-Turuer applications and whioh ex-State Laud Agent West alloged wero forgod certi ficates, and whioh were so reported, after au investigation by tbe Marion county grand jury in 1005 to the state land board. Tbe certificates held by Attorney Iioltzerman were a purt of those that had been canceled by tbe state land board after the report of tbe Marion oonnty grand jury and covered some 3,800 acres of laud. Most of them are held by residents of Dayton, Ohio. Gamblers Are Fined. In the circuit court Toosday Jack Noble, marshal of Echo, plead guilty to tbe charge of gnmbling and mal feasance iu office. lie was fined $50 and costs ou each charge. M. 11. Gil lette, proprietor of the hotel at Echo, wag also fined $50 and costs on two connts for permitting gambling iu his place ot business. Tbad Barnes was ulso flnod $50 and costs for gambling. Will She? Geo. Wbiteborn, who has been a resident of Helix for tbe past three years, left luosday for Pasco, Wash., wbero he has purchased an intrcest in a general merchandise business. Ills many friends iu tbis vioinity wish him worlds of success iu his uew location, but tbe question is asked, will not a certain lady of Helix now follow more closely the old injunction to "Keep your eye ou Pasco?" Helix Herald. Will Delay Spring Seeding. Tbore ia every indication now that spring seeding in tbe Palouso country will be extremely late this year. The weather has beou such all through the month of Marob as to inuke it impossi ble to do any outdoor work. During tbe past week iaiu or snow has fullmi almost every day aud tbe ground u thoroughly soaked.