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VOLUME XIX.
ATFIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. AJPRIL 5. 1907.
NUMBER 27.
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Regarding Dry Goods, Clothing,
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I 0ne can Corn - 10c 1 lb pkg Crackers. . . .;iOc
1 lb pkg Macaroni Vc 1 pkg Grapeuuts 15c
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2 Oliver, Cast and Steel, Steel
Shares to fit all the
Cast bottoms of No. 50
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..inthistrinity 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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(SUCCESSORS TO ELY & SCOTT)
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WALLA WALLA MliRDER TRIAL
Bert Mcintyre
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Alleges Self Defense
the Case.
Bert Mo In tyre was plaoed on tiial
in the superior court at Walla Walla,
Tuesday, charged with tbe murder ct
B. B. Moorehead at Wallula about
two mouths ago. Twenty-seven names
were drawn before the jury was seleo
ted, only lour men objecting to capital
punishment. Mcintyre alleges self
defense as justification. Moorehead
was killed by being struck in the bead
with a slungshot made from a rock
tied in a handkerchief. The testimony
showed that Moorehead and Molntyre
had trouble before. Some of the state's
evidence is good for the defense, as it
was shown that Moorehead had threat
ened the life of Mcintyre. Practioally
no interest is taken in tbe case, not
over 80 or 40 spectators being present.
After ten minutes' deliberation tbe
jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
The trial of Ed Sinclair for the kill
ins of Gust Kotsovos was set for vea-
terday. This murder also ooourred in
wallula.
, Bitten by a Spider,
Through blood poisoning caused by
a spider bite, John Washington, of
Bosque ville, Tex., would have lost his
leg, which became a mass of runniug
sores, had he not been persuaded to
try Buoklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes: "The first application reliev
ed, and four boxes healed all the sores. "
Heals every sore. 25o. at Wm. Mo
Bride's druggist.
Cash Bargains
1 pkg Force. . . . 15c
1 pkg Shredded Wheat. 15c
Moline TJ bar
and nine frame
"Dutchman" you
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neighbor about his.
Athena. Oregon.
and Tea
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THE SCHOOL TO CLOSE
Perryman's Incompetency Disrupts the
High School
It ia understood that tbe board of
directors has deoided to close the
Athena publio sohool on Friday, April
26, or one month earlier than usual.
' This aotioa U doubtless the result
of taking into consideration the deplor
able condition in which the high sohool
department is fonnd.
The higher grades of tbe sohool have
diminished until there are bat six
pupils left in the 9th grade. The 10th
and 11th grades have melted entirely
away, the last foot pupils iu those
grades leaving school in a body, Mon
day of this week.
No criticism is heard regarding tbe
work iu the lower grades, but it has
been known for months that conditions,
iu the higher departments were snob
that it would have been better for all
concerned, bad they been olosed long
ago.
The patrons of tbe sohool who have
ohildren attending this department are
praotioally unamnious in declaring
that the head of the sohool. Prof.
Perryman is incompetent; is inoapable
of enforcing discipline and that the
cbaotio method in which be conducts
his department, has extended to and
more-orless affects the work in the
lower grades. "
It is reoognized , f hat the directors
have erred to some extent, iu not rais
ins tbe salary of urinoipal to corres
pond with wages paid in other towns
of Athena's size and prominence,
which would have attracted competent
talent in applying for the prinoipal
ship of the sohool here.
The salary paid here this year un
der a 15-mili tax, is $85 per month.
As against $100 to $150 per month
paid to prinoipals in other schools of
like imbortanoe. it is easy to see where
Athena is getting the worst of it, in
SALTPETER IM CURED MEATS
Commission Will Shut Up Men in
Club Boom and Feed Them.
A dispatob from Urban 111., says:
"It is tbe plan of tbe commission to
make the most elaborate tests ever
made in the country to determine tbe
effect of the saltpeter contents of cur
ed meat upon tbe health," said Presi
dent James of the University of Illi
nois an disoussing the work of tbe na
tional food commission.
"Tbe work," be added, "is under
taken at the solicitation of tbe packers
themselves, who bave long wanted to
know whether or not saltpeter when
consumed iu small quantities is injur
ious. "Tbe investigation will be carried
on at the University of Illinois under
tbe direot supervision of Professor
Grandley of tbe University. A squad
of 20 men will be boused at a club un
der tbe most favorable conditions.
Half of the men will be fed meat oared
in tbe ordinary way and tbe others on
exaotly tbe same diet except that tbe
meats will not contain any saltpeter.
A doctor will examine tJbe men daily,
and their weight and physical condi
tion will be carefully noted. Toe in
vestigations will extend over six months
and the results will be accurate in
every particular.
"Tbe men oomposing tbe commission
are tbe most noted in tbe country.
They will direct the work and their
presence on tbe commission insures
that the results achieved will be final.
Tbe work is of great importance.
Owing to the immense amount of cur
ed meats consumed in tbe country it is
imperative that the people know of tbe
injurious or non-injurious use of salt
peter."
As soon as tbe saltpeter investigation
is finished other work ia connection
with nutritive problems will be under
taken.
Defeat New Water System.
At a speoial city election held Satur
day in Enterprise, tbe $30,000 bond
for tbe new water system was defeated
by a vote of 79 in favor as against 68.
A two-thirds majority was neoessary
to carry the measure, wbicb was de
signated as tbe E. M. and M. fran
chise, it having been refused by the
council last Friday.
Department.
largo doses. True, the bouded indebt
edness has been practically wiped out
by holdiug the salaries dowu. But
which is the more expeusive consid
ering a good sohool to be the principal
asset of a town, in that it attraots de
sirable people to reside iu it the pay
ment at one swoop of the bonded in
debtedness, wbiob draws as low as 5
per oeut interest, and to do so, killing
the sohool, or; leaving a portion of the
indebtedness stead at a low rate of in
terest, pay deoent salaries and bave a
good sohool, thus offering the main
inducement for people to make their
homes here?
Under such men as Jar vis, Reid,
Watts and Marquis, the Athena school
ranked with the best in Eastern Ore
gon. What a coutrast exists under the
present regime. With absolutely no
discipline; no system or order, is it-any
wonder that the reins of sohool gov
ernment in Athena have snapped and
lie dormant to the extent that pations
have taken their children ont, and iu
some instances are sending them to
oountry schools? And not beoause
these ohildren ate less amenable to
school rule or disoipline thau scholars
were in the days of Jarvis, Reid,
Watts or Marqnis, can present condi
tions be attributable, but beoanse it's
a mere matter of fact that they were
left to snift for themselves, despite the
counseling of members of tbe board
with the priLoipal that the rules and
regulations of tbe school be enforced.
Tbe announcement that tbe educa
tional fiasco iu Athena is to be drawn
to an early close is received with uni
versal gratification, and out of tbe
dregs of the dismal failure is drained
tbe impressive, though expensive les
son, that hereafter prinoipals of the
Athena public sohool are to be worthy
of their hire.
REPUBLICANS WIN IN CHICAGO
Fred Basse, Republican, Elected Over
Edward Dunne. Democrat.
The most sensational munioipal
campaign Chicago has cxperieuoed in
many years closed Tuesday night with
tbe election of Fred Busse, tbe repub
lioan candidate for mayor over Edward
F. Dunne, bis demooratio rival for re
election, by a plurality of between
11,000 and 18,000. The issues in the
oanipaign bave been largely based on
improvements of tbe local truotiou sys
tem. Both parties were agreed that
the presont conditions were intolerable
but differed as to tbe best method to
be employed in revising them.
Tbe democrats, headed by Duune,
stood for munioipal ownership through
condemnation of tbe street car proper
ties if result could not be obtained iu
any other way.
The republican party favored the
ordinances which were recently passed
by tbe democratic counoil over Dunne's
veto. These ordinances provide for
twenty year f ranobises, the city retain
ing the right to pnrchase tbe system
for $30,000,000 plus the amount spent
for immediate rehabilitation of tbe
lines, six months notice being neces
sary to aoquire the property.
The fight for and against these or
dinances by a referendum vote bas
been exoeedingly bitter. They were
carried by a majority of about 40,000
votes.
Doing Business Again.
"When uiy friends thought I was
about to take leave of this world, on
account of indigestion, nervousness and
general debility," writes A. A. Cbis
bolm, Treadwell, N. Y., "and when it
looked as if there was no hope left, I
was persuaded to try Electric Bitters,
and I rejoice to say that they are cur
ing me. I am now doing business again
as of old, and am still gaining daily."
Best tonic medioine on earth. Guar
anteed by Wm. MoBrido druggist 50o.
Osteopath Coming.
Dr. Van Hatteren, Osteopath phy
sician, a graduate of tbe American
School1 of Osteopathy, Kirksville. Mo.,
contemplates locating in Athena to
practice bit profession. Id company
with bis wife, the doctor has boeu at
Garfield Wash.
FEAR BIG FRAUD SCANDALS
Umatilla Cases May Be Brought Tip
at Portland.
A Pendleton dispatch to the Spokesman-Review
says:
In anticipation of the convening of
the federal grand jury ' in Portland
during the present week, because it
is believed that the Umatilla land
fraud cases are to be in the list of in
teresting topics, the atmosphere here
is surcharged with the feeling that this
city is to be made the center of one of
the most startling land fraud scandals
yet unoovered.
Government agonts have been work
ing constantly in this section for many
months. It is known that if the ru
mors of "big deals" having beeu
pulled off in recent years are found to
be correct, the prosecutions which
will follow tbe findings of the grand
jury will involve the highest rated
flnanoiers in the Inland Empire.
Federal Insneotora Dixon and Alex
ander have been at work quietly for
many months in and about Pendleton
gathering facts that have to deal with
the illegal gobbling up of government
lanas.
Has New Vinegar Process.
The new vineear nlanfc established
at tbe farm of the Blalook Fruit com
pany near Walla Walla, last fall, and
tbe only one of the kind west of the
Kockies and the seooud or third in the
United States, is now in operation.
The process of fermentation ia a rad
ical departure fiom any heretofore
employed. Round vats 10 feet high
and fonr feet in diameter are tispd for
this purpoeo, and instead of being left ;
open tor trie air to aot upon tbe con
tents and the fermentaion nrodnoed bv
the ancient process, the vinegar eel is
employed to transform the sweet cider
into vinegar. The principal stock
holders are: J. A. FinaA, A. B. Camp
bell; Spokane; Miles O. Moore. W. W.
Baker and H. MoArthnr of Walla
Walla. The place consists cf 1400
acres. It ia the larsnst fmifc and veo-
etable farm in thestatoof Washington.
Lid Is On In Montana.
The Griffin antigani bling law be
came effective iu Montana Monday,
and as a result all games of chance are
strictly tabooed. It is the first time
since the discovery ot gold in 1863
that nowhere in that state can a publio
game of faro, roulotto, poker, dice,
card games of all kinds, and even slot
maohines be found. All the latter
were removed from oigar stores and
other establishments and hereafter the
transfer of goods and merchandise will
be a strictly commoroial affair. '
FREEWATEB WANTS THE ROAD
Steps Also Taken to Secure a Good
Hotel Buildine;. "
An important session of tbe Free-
water Commercial association was'held
Saturday evening, at which $125 'was
reported subscribed toward the opening
up of Wasbmgton stroot and $25 was
pledged by the clob itself to insure the
immediate furtherance of this move
ment. The opening of the Hudson Bay road
directly into that city was dissoussed,
and h. P. Jenson and Frank Holiuan
offered 20 feet of land 80 rods in length
along tbe Hudson Bay ditch f 6r $200
towards tbe consummation of the
scheme.
The need of a modern hotel in Free-
water was brought up, and a commit
tee was appointed to immediately take
the matter up and select a suitable
site for such a building. Chas. L.
Swain, Mayor Evaus and C. T. Godwin
were named as a committee. A stock
oompany will likely be incorporated
and the building constructed soon. '
Students to Fight Sheep Disease.
Four Oregon Agriculture Colleno
students are leaving college today to
take positions on tbe Government staff
for eradicating sheep diseases in Ore
goo. They are G. A. Dodson, Walter
Foster, Edcar W. Donnelly and Hourv
Rooper. Tbey receive good salaries
and bave their expenses paid. The
work will extend from now to the end
of tbe summer. Their appointments
are reoeived from tbe bureau of Ani
mal Industry at Washington, Dodson,
Donnelly and Foster are to operate in
Eastern Oreeon and Roontr in thn Wil
lamette Valley.
The Price ot Health. , .
'The nrice of health iu a malaiinna
district is just 25 cents; the oost of u
box of Dr. King's New Life Pills,"
writes Ella Slavton. of Nnlnnd. Atk.
New Life Pills cleanse gently and im
part new life and vigor to tho system.
rfiin. eatisiactlon guaranteed at Wm.
McBrida's druggist.
W. A. Rulison bas a few more of
those beautiful art calendars which co
wuu we urown nem tablets, which he
bas eojd with such success for soiuo
time. Seo him about it.
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