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    SEMI-"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.