The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, May 10, 1907, Image 1

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    WATCHES AND JEWELRY
F. H. COOLIDGE, Athena
When Thirsty
Try our Ice Cream and Soda and you'll
Keep Cool
SPECIAL
17 Jewel Watch, Heavy Dust-proof
Case, only $12.00
PIONEER DRUG STORE
North Side of Ma in Street
BYROPf N. HAWKS, Prop
NUMBER 37.
VOLUME XIX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FIRDAY. MAY 10. 1907.
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MANASSE'S UP TO DATE STORE
Agent forButterick Patterns.
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Reduced Prices on New,
Fashionable Garments
Commencing Saturday, May 11
we will give a rednotion of twenty per cent on every Ladies'
White and Colored Waist in onr store. We hare a superb as
sortment to select from, having bought heavily, and owing to
the baokward season for sale of these garments, we are com
pelled to give
Unheard of Reductions
tight iu the middle of the season. All are ptetty models in the
latest styles. Same rednotion on Ladies' Snmmer Dress Skirts,
all of the celebrated Griffon Brand, which insures you fit, style,
and quality.
Athena's Up To Date Store
Agent for Butterick Patterns.
ALL-STEEL BOX GARS FOR U. P.
Will
Open a New Era in Freight
Transportation.
BRIDGES
OF STEEL
With their own all-steel passenger
and postal cars now on the rails, the
Omaha shops of the Union Pacific
have turned out two sample all-eteel
box cars from designs of the rjotive
power department, ibis is another
step toward the approaching era of
steel rolling stock of all kinds. It
leaves to be produced only the all-steel
dining car. which oalls for no new
structural features soon as are em
bodied iu other types.
With greater oubio capacity, tbe all
steel box car weighs only 37,800
pounds, or two tons less thun the stan
dard wooden oar. Beside tbe element
of greater safety and protection of
soods in transit, the steel car has the
advantage of requiring less repair than
the wooden oar, will 'to out of service
less frequently and will give more
as well as better service to the carrier
and to shippers.
A single 15-iuch "I" beam forms
tbe center sill of tbe oar, below the
double steel flooring. The sides and
ends are of thin steel, riveted every
two feet to angle carlins. Each door
is a single sheet of steel, reinforced,
like tbe sides aDd ends of the car, by
diagonal biacing.
The only difference in dimensions
between the steel and wooden Union
Paciflo box car is that the steel car is
fonr and a balf inches wider and two
inches lower. Tbe length, 10 feet, is
tbe same, bnt tbe steel car has a great
er oapacity by 50 oubio feet.
Hereafter County Bridges Will
Be of This Material.
SIXTY-FEET SPAN, NEAR TOWN
City Bock Crusher Will Be Set to
Work Crushing: Bock for
Piers and Abutments.
Hereafter all bridges constructed by
the oounty Court of Umatilla County,
will be of steel. The spans will rest
on stone and concrete abutments and
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SUCCESSORS TO ELY , SCOTT)
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Caislhi
Store
Big sale on Shoes for one month, All Shoes
now in stock must go at a sacrifice to make
room for new stock. See Bargain Counter.
T. M. FAGGART & COMPANY, & South Side Main Street
piers.
This is the statement made by Coun
ty Commissioner Horace Walker, who
was ia tbe oity Wednesday from Pen
dleton. Mr. Walker was in company
with a member of the oompany having
tbe contraot for putting in the new
bridge across Wild Horse creek in the
southwest part of town.
This bridge is of steel structure.
The span will be sixty feet long, clear
ing tbe creek without piers and will
rest on stone and oonorete abutments.
The absence of piers in the middle of
the stream will obviate all dauger of
damage from floods, for the reason
that the water will have free and un-
obstrnctive passage under the bridge.
it being impossible for drift -wood and
other debris to collect against the
bridge.
While here tbe oounty commissioner
partially made arrangements for crush
ed rock to be furnished by tho city
plant for nse in the abutment work.
The bridge company will require ahont
25 yards of crushed rook, tbe comity
desires to purchase 30 or 40 yards and
the city requires a nuniDer of yards for
repair work on the streets. Chet Mo-
Collough is figuring on the work and
when the big crusher starts in, about
100 yards of rock will be run through
the machine.
The steel and cement has arrived
and so soon as the crnsbed rook can be
obtained the company will be ready to
proceed with the work. Laborers are
scarce at the present time and it may
be several days before tbe rock can be
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A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION
Holders of Allotments Amenaole to
State Laws as to Courtesy
and Dower-
By a decision rendered in tbe United
States circuit court of Portland by
Federal Judge Wolverton, the rights
of courtesy and dower are held to at
tach to reservations upon wbiob lands
hive been alloted by tbe general gov
ernment. The question of dower was
raised in tbe oase of Sarah Wheeler
against the government, while the
right of courtesy was involved iu the
Pair case, pending from this place.
Tbe effect of the decision just ren
dered says the East Oregonian is that
the same laws regarding dower aud
courtesy rights that exist also apply to
those holding allotments on reserva
tins. Under the laws of Oregon a
husband, by reason of his right of
courtesy, has a life interest iu all of
the real property left by his wife. A
wife, through her dowor right, has a
life interest in one-half of the real
property left by her husband.
The question decided by Judge Wol
verton is one that has long been in
donbt and has been of great impor
tance here by reason of the fact that
tbe right to much laud upon the
Umatilla reservation has been in doubt
pending the decision.
Aside from the two cases upon wnion
decisions were given, there are a num
ber of other similar cases pending
while numerous others could be
brought from the Umatilla reserva
tion. As a result of the deoisiOn,
white men having deoeased Indian
wives will obtain life interest iu the
allotments held by the latter dnring
their lifetimes, while Indian widows,
through the dower rlgnt, will nave a
life interest in one-half the real pro
perty left by their deoeased allottee
husbands.
The question of whether or not the
rights of dower and courtesy obtain
upon reservations was raised through
tbe fact that iu the federal law re
garding allotments the lands of a de
ceased allottee snail descend iu ac-
t oordance with the laws of tbe state
iu wbicn the reservation is located.
As nothing is stated regarding dower
and courtesy rights it has been held
by attorneys opposing those rights that
they did not exist here and that lands
left by dead Indians fall to the heirs
of the departed. However, Judge
Wolver ton's decision has been adverse
to that contention.
AFTER MORE POVER
Walla Walla Comoany After
Umatilla River Site.
GIVES LIFE PRISONER A HOME
Moses Taylor Intercedes With Gover
nor For Freedom of Old Man.
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Pitts 25 & 30 T
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TOW:
Moline IT bar
and pipe frame
Oliver, Cast and Steel, Steel
Shares to fit all the
Cast bottoms of No. 50
The "Dutchman" you
know. If not, ask your
neighbor about his.
Plow Ext
rs Stock
Get our Prices
Carried
C. A. BARRETT & CO.
Athena, Oregon.
Good Groceries, Coffee and Tea
A little story of deep human interest
in which Moses laylor, tbe pioneer
citizen of Weston, plays a prominent
part, has just come to light says tbe
Oregonian.
While serving a sentence in the pen
itentiary Mr. Taylor met and became
friend of Henry Witzingerode, of
Washington county, who was serving
a life sentence for killing a man in
1880. "Dutch Henry," as Witzinge
rode was called, had served 27 years
of his sentence and was growing old
aud feeble and was suffering from an
enormous goitre on his neck.
Mr. Taylor took compassion upon
his fellow prisoner and upon Mr. Tay
lor's release from the penitentiary a
few days ago, he at once interceded for
"Dutch Henry," promising to bring
tbe old German to his Weston home
for tbe remainder of his life if Gover
nor Chamberlain would pardon him.
When Taylor returned to his home
north of this city Tuesday he bad
"Dutoh Henry" with him, and for the
balanoe of his life tbe old fellow will
have a good borne.
The safe, certain, reliable little pills
that do not gripe or sicken are Dade's
Little Liver Pills. Bost for sick bead
aches, billionsness and lazy livers.
Pioneer Drng Store.
ANOTHER BLUE LEOGEOEPOSI
Huge Gold and Copper Lode on Eidge
Between Bogue andlUmpqua.
The uncovering of a hugh body of
ore carryiug high values in copper
and gold iu a district hitherto unex
plored, is receiving rnuoh attention
from mining men in tbe Grants Pass
section. The new copper lode, or belt
is on Elk creek and on the divide be
tweeu tbe Rogue and Umpqua rivers
at au'elevation of from 8,500 to 4,000
feet. Tbe diatriot is 40 miles from the
Southern Paciflo railroad and 12 miles
from the Medford & Grater Lake rail
road, now under construction. At
present tbe distriot is reached by
wagon road from Biddies, Douglas
oounty.
Several strikes have been made on
tbe big lode and some 80 or 40 claims
have been located. The general direo
tion of tbe belt is north and south
Tbe main ore body has a width at all
exposed points of from 15 to 20 feet.
The ore gives test values of from 8 to
8 per cent copper and from $2 to $12
a ton in gold.
Tbe claims are in the hands of com
petent mining men, among them being
Dr. J. F. Reddy of Medford, who will
seonre ample oapital to fully develop
tbe properties. It is believed that
another "Clue Ledge"will be opened
up, as tbe showing on the Elk creek
claims is said to be better than was
tbe original showing of the Blue Ledge.
The two districts are quite similar and
tbe obar cater of the ore iudentical.
MEAN EXTENSION OF LINE'
ower Site Owned By Weston Hen
is Valuable But Has Never
Yet Been Utilized.
A Walla Walla special says: Color
given to tbe story that the Walla
Walla Valley Traction oompany has
nnder consideration tbe extension of
its internrban line now iu operation . 1
between Walla Walla, Freewater and
Milton, to Weston, and eventually to
Pendleton, by tbe fact that another
ignifloant move on the part of this
company has just come to light
It is now learned from what is con
sidered reliable sources at Weston that
tbe Walla Walla Valley Traction oom
pany is negotiating for the purohase
of the Umatilla Eieotrio Light s
Power company, of whioh , Robert
Jamieson is the president The point
on tbe Umatilla river where it is pro
posed to locate the plant is about 14
miles south of Weston, where there is
a fall in the river suffloient to develop
several thousand horse power within a
distanoe of about three miles.
Tbe Weston oompany was formed
several years ago with a view of util
izing the power for eieotrio lighting
and power purposes, but since tbe
completion of the Northwestern eieo
trio plant on the Walla Walla river,
the power from whioh is distributed
through practically all the towns
along the line between Walla Walla
aud Pendleton, it is considered oheaper
to lease from the Northwestern than to
own and operate a rival plant And
with tbe extension of its railroad liue
to Wallula and Pendleton tbe North
western, owner of the latter, will need
the additional power available here,
which would serve as a convenient
feeder to its main line.
CANADA PUTS UP HER POSTAGE
American Literature ' Is Bankly Dis
criminated Against.
HEN
II UNDER THE WHEELS
The existing postal treaty between
Canada and tbe Unitod States expired
by limitation at midnight Inesday,
the Dominion government having no
tified the Washington authorities of
its desire to have tbe treaty abrogated.
All efforts on tho part of the United
States to have the treaty renewed have
failed and Canada will put into effeot
the new postal rates already deoided
upon.
Seoond class mail mattor, inoluding
newspapers, magazines and books, is
tbe only matter that will be affected
by tbe change. On tbis class of mat
ter coming from the United States,
Canada will advance tbe rate from 1
to 4 cents a pound. The effeot will
be according to all expectations that
the circulation of American newspapers
and magazines in the Dominion will
be considerably out down. Tbe prin
cipal reason advanced by Canada for
tbe increase iu rates is that tbe old
rates were of far more benefit to the
United States than to Canada as the
circulation of American publications
in Canada was far in exoesa of that of
Canadian publications in tbe United
States.
X'be real cause for the change, how
ever, is probably to be found in tbe
loud and oontinued protest of Canadian
merchants that the advertisements of
American merchants in the magazines
and newspapers so freely ciroulated on
this side of tbe bordor resulted in tak
ing vast sums of money out of tbe
pockets of Canadians and putting it
into the pockets of merohanta in the
United States to the consequent loss of
Canadian merchants.
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
Atnena, Oregon.
Early tbis morning while a special
train on the W. & G. R. was setting
ont cars at Hillsdale, J. E. Johnson,
bnt lecently discharged from tbe
United States regular army at Walla
Walla, and who was making bis seo
ond trip as a brakeman, fell nnder tbe
wheels of a gondola car and had both
legs ground to a pulp. His schooling
in the army served tbe young man well
i in his terrible injury and when tbe
trainmen reached bis side after becom
ing aware of bis absence, he had torn
his suspenders from his back aud used
them to bind his limbs to stay tbe flow
of blood.
Tbe injured man was at once placed
in tbe caboose and hurried to tbis city.
Drs. Sharp and Plaruondou were
called and did all tbey could to stop
tbe flow of blood, Dr. Plamondon ac
companying tbe injured man to Pen
dleton. Johnson was conscious when
tbe train loft here for Pendleton where
he died shortly after reaobing that
plaoe. He has relatives in Walla
Walla and Nebraska. When found
hy his train mates he gave directions
as to bow tbey should lift him and
place him in tbe caboose, Bnd on ar
rival here simply requested tbe doo
tors to give him something to make
bim sleep. Tbe right leg was ground
to a palp up to tbe knee, making am
putation necessary at tbe thigh. Of
the left foot and upward, above tbe
ankle, nothing remained, bnt masbed
flesh and particles of bone.
Times and Prices Compared.
Think of the range horses which
were sold in eastern Oregon 10 years
ago for f 5 to f 7 per head, and then
think of teams soiling in tbis city at
$450. If tbe yonng man of 10 years
ago bad been wise enough to have kept
bis old mares until today, the increase
would have made bim rich. The time
to stay with a business is when every
body else ia trying to got out of it.
Snob was the oase with the borse busi
ness and cattle business. Burns Times
Herald. -
A tissue builder, reconstructs,
builds up waste foroe, and makes
strong nerves and muscle. Yon will
realize after taking Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea what a wondorful ben
efit it will be to yon. 85 cents, Tea or
Tablets. Pioneer Ding Store.