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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1907)
WATCHES AND JEWELRY F. H. COOLIDGE. Athena When Thirsty Try our Ice Cream and Soda and you'll Keep Gool SPECIAL 17 Jewel Watch, Heavy Dust-proof Case, only $12.00 PIONEER DRUG STORE North Side of Main Street BYRON N. HAWKS, Prop VOLUME XIX. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE 4. 1907. NUMBER 44v MANASSE'S UP TO DATE STORE Agent for Butterick Patterns. n mmum of Remnants of all kinds of pieoe goods will be disposed of this week, also a general clean np of all odds and euds, at prices that will net, you a saving of 50 per cent Remnants of Dress Goods, Remnants Waistings, Remnants of Mualius and Sheetings, Remnants of Percales and Calicoes, Remnants of Ribbons and Laces, Rem nants of Table Linens and Crashes. Odds and Ends where sizes ot Lots are broken iu Men's and Boys' Clothing, Ladies', Men's and Children's Shoes, Men's and Boys' Hats, Ladies', Men's and Children's Underwear etc. all of which are offered at a discount of 50 per cent. ' . . - Athena's Up To Date Store Agent for Butterick Patterns. Tie D)(BiOT IVtoweir U'UOUUU-U C. A. BARRETT & Good Groceries, Coffee 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 v 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 ds Buggies and Carriages-Two big Winners We Talk About CO. CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING3 TO EAT FLOOD OF COUNTERFEIT IMEY Spurious Coins Flooding In Eastern Oregon Trade Centers. Press dispatches state that Eastern Oregon is being flooded with counter feit coin. Counterfeits of various de nominations are reported from Wal lowa oounty and nearly every " Eastern Oregon oounty has some complaint to make. Portland papers state that ten thousand dollars in spurious $5 gold pieces and more than 20 counterfeit silver dollars in- the possession of United States Attorney Bristol is con sidered conclusive evidenoe of the op erations of a gang of professional counterfeiters in Eastern Oregon, where the imitation money was seized. The bogus coins of both denomina tions are exceptionally good imitations and so closely do they resemble the genuine that they- had been readily passed. In one Eastern Oregon bank alone Mr. Bristol discovered $780 of the worthless coin whioh bad been in nocently received on deposit by the bank officials. The dollars are espeojally clever imitations of Uncle Sam's product and would pass the inspection of tLe ave rage critical bank olerk. They are almost perfect in design and lettering, the only exoeption being that the letter "M" is stamped at the base of the head of the coin instead of the initials "J. L. C." which appear on the gen uine. From this it is evident tbe gang works with an old stamp. The couut eifeit coin weighs slightly more than a good dollar, but does not contain an ounce of silver, its mineral parts con sisting of aluminum, tin and lead. Athena, Oregon. and Tea Atnena, Oregon. THE GRAND MASTER Masonic Grand Officer Visited Dolph Lodge A. F. & A. M. VISITING MEMBER AT MEETING Banquet Given By the Home Lodge- Speaking and Fraternizing: Order of Evening- Friday evening's special mooting of Dolph Lodge A. F. & A. M. can be said to have been one of tbe most in tereS'.iug that bas been held for a num ber of years by the looal lodge. The oooasion for the meeting was tbe offioial visit of Dr. W. T. William son, Grand Master of the Masonic fra ternity of Oregon. The Grand Master is personally known to many of the mem bers of the Athena lodge and to those of tbe Weston, Milton, Helix and Adams lodges, all of whioh lodges were well represented at tbe meeting. Perhaps it was this fact principally that was responsible for the extraordi nary interest centered in the meeting. Twenty years ago Dr. Williamson was a successful practitioner of modi cine at Weston and his early acquain tance extended throughout, this end of tbe oounty, and be found on bis visit here, that a large number of his old friends yet remained to welcome him. For many years Dr. Williamson was first assistant pbysioian at the asylum for the insane at Salem, but now con ducts a private sanitarium in Port land. The speech making and f raternizing at tbe Masonic meeting was inter spersed with a splendid banquet, which was served in the dining room at the St; Nichols Hotel. WENT THROUGH AWFUL ORDEAL School Teacher and Pupil Are Found After Wandering Helplessly. After having gone through six days of starvation and suffering which wonld have been tbe death of most people, Brent A. Lindsay and 11-year-old Lawrence Mack, the school teacher and pupil who were lost in tbe woods at Fairfax Wash., last Saturday, were found Thursday near Carbonado. Since Saturday evening tbe two bad nothing to eat except one fiog, whioh was eat en raw. Both were reduced to tbe point of collapse, and tbe dog accom panying them shows starvation. On leaving Fairfax for Electron they followed tbe government 'rail to the divide and tbeu got lost tbrongb turn ing on an abandoned trail. Until nightfall they plunged through tbe forest and, then worn out, they ate their luncb aud laid down, but the night was too cold to sleep. Starting at first light Sunday they beat all day through tbe forest, scaling savage ridges and at nightfall finding themselves in a deep canyon. They spent the night there and tbe next day started down the oanyon and caught a frog. Then they tried to get out of tbe oanyon, but found the walls too steep and for three days they groped through it, frequently trying to climb out, but finding themselves, in their weakened condition, unable to do so. To make matters worse the canyon was bare of vegetation aud the lays of tbe sun made their torment almost unendur able. Here young Mack's strength played out and be frequently fell unconscious. Lindsay frequently bathed tbe boy and kept life in him. They finally got out of tbe canyon by following a draw, but all day Wednesday they succeeded in going less than 800 yards, Lindsay baving to carry the boy. Wednesday nigbt they spent on tbe highlands. Completely broken down and starving to death tbe still animating instinct ot self-preservation forced them to keep moving, and, unable to sleep on ac count of tbe cold, they started at 2 o'clock Thursday morning and after wandering 10 hours, with Lindsay constantly assisting the boy, found an old trail. This fed their hope and gave them strength and tbey followed it to tbe abandoned Jogging camp, where tbey were found. When found Lindsay had left tbe boy with the dog guarding bim and was reconnoitering for help. A tissue builder, reconstructor, builds up waste force, and makes strong nerves and muscle. Yon will realize after taking Ilolliater's Rocky Mountain Tea wbat a wonderful len eOt it will be to yon. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Pioneer Ding Store. A LOCAL TIN TO PORTLAND State Bailroad Commission Holds Ses sion In Pendleton Today. The Oregon Railroad Commission meets in Pendleton today for tbe pur pose of hearing the facts in the pro posed looal train service botweeu Pen dleton and Portland. The charges against the company have been made by the commission itself and inasmuch as every phase of the oase suffered by the residents of eastern Oregon are clearly set forth it shows that the commission has made a comprehensive study of the situation. Though tbe members of the commis sion are already very familiar with the situation says the Tribune, tbey desire to bear peisoual testimony con firming the dolay and inoonvenienoe of tbe transportation afforded residents of the territory tributary to this line of railroad. In tbe charges which the commission have filed against tbe oompany it is alleged that tbe line of theO. R. & XT. is the sole railroad outlet along tbe Columbia river between Pendleton and Portland that it connects at The Dalles with the great Southern Railway Com pany, tnat it connects at .Biggs witn the Columbia Southern, at Arlington with tbe Columbia River and the Ore gon Central, at Heppner Juuotion with a branob line of thoO. R. &N.,at Umatilla with the main line of that company between Umatilla and Spo kane aud that tbe above mentioned main line connects with various ranch lines in Washington and Idaho, and that at Pendleton tbe O. R, & N. line connects with a branch to Pilot Rook and with tbe line of the W. & C. R. to Wallula. It states that in addition to tbe two through trains each day, the only other accommodation is a local train from Portland to Biggs, while a large portion of the total population of the state is tributary to tbe lino of the 0. R. & N. aud its brauobes. Particular stress is also plaoed upon the fact that the local travel burdens the through trains, whioh are already nearly always several hours late and that while tbe country east of Biggs has developod wonderfully during tbe past few years, there has been no cor responding increase in the train service except by adding additional cars to the 1 A i exiHuuu iruius. These and other conditions are the reasons assigned for the bearing and are the charges whioh the commission will expect the people of Pendleton, Umatilla county and other seotions of the state to verify by their testimony at tbe hearing, and which the railroad company will be expected to answer, PILOT ROCK ON THE BOOM Advent of New Bailroad Makes Birch Creek Town Lively. ' Pilot Rock is on the boom. Tbe ad- vont of tbe O. R. & N. branch road is making lively times in the Birob Creek town. Surveyor Kimbrell is now engaged in making a survey of about 100 acres of laud belonging to A. J. Sturtevant, sontb of tbo town of Pilot Rock, which is to be laid out iu lots aud placed on tbe market. At present, says tbe Re cord, a large part of tbe land boiug surveyed is sown to wueut and lots therein may not be disposed of until after tbe removal of the crop this fall. The Jaud which is embraced in the addition to be known as the South Addition to tbe town of Pilot Rock, is the most desirable residence property iu tbe city. It is just south of tbe school house; tbe land is fertile and elevated, affording an excellent view of the country surrounding. With water, which will be had, within a year, if present plans materialize, this addition will become rapidly settled as shade and fruit trees can be easily year, if present plans materialize, this addition will beoome rapidly settled as grown. The growth of Pilot Rock has been retarded because of tbe scaroity of building lots, but with tbe addition of tbe lands now being surveyed those desiring to build homes in Pilot Rook will have no trouble in finding a loca tion. All tbe streets of Pilot Rock bave alleys, and a convenience whioh many of the larger cities do not enjoy, and tbe same rule will be followed in lay ing out the streets of tbe south addi tion. The Sturtevant grove is included in tbe now addition, wbiob it ii to be hoped will sometime become tbe prop erty of Pilot Rock. Has New Variety of Berry. J. M. Clarke, a well known fruit rancher, living a mile below Free water, is a grower of a new variety of strawberry known as the "Gibson" or "Oregon" berry. Mr. Clarke says this berry is a superior variety, having tbe firmness of tbe Hood River and tbe sweetness of a Magoon, but far larger than either. Nine of these berries plaoed in a row will fill tbe top of a strawberry basket. KICKED 6T A HORSE A. H. Malcolm Has Jaw and Skull Fractured. HIS WIFE FOUND HIM DEAD Accident Happened Sunday Morning at Barrett Banch, of which Mr, Malcolm was Foreman. . , "A. H. Maloolm, foreman ou the - ranches of C. A. aud H. A. Barrett, was kicked by a horse, arly Sunday morning and instantly killed. JC No one witnessed the fatal Occident, but tbe supposition is that Malcolm, went to tbe barn to feed the horses, although it was not his custom to do so, but iu this instance did, so that the men iu the bunk house 1 could enjoy their Sunday morning sleep. Maloolm was kioked tbrougli tbe baru door, lay on bis baok, and was found by bis wife, who bad called him twice, without response, to come to breakfast Life was extinct when Mrs. Maloolm found her husband. She at once called to tbe men employ ed on tbe ranch, and Dr. Plamondou was summoned from town. Tbe doctor in company with Henry Barrett made a fast trip to tbe ranch iu an automobile. On examination, Dr. Plamondou found that the full foroe of the kick struck the lower of the skull. One horse was found loose in the barn by tbe men, and it is supposed that Mr. Malcolm, iu his effort to re plaoe this animal in its stall, struck with a rope, when it kioked bim. A lav nn f ha ornnnil 11AA1 thtt Vindv. The deoeased was a native of Tenn essee, and had resided in Umatilla oounty three years, and had been in the omnlnv nf Mr. Rnrratt fnr two VOHTS. When he first came to tbe oounty he worked for R. E. Stewart. He leaves a wife, and a large number of relatives iu the east. One brother is located at Boise City Idaho. He was the father of two children, both of whioh are dead, the second one a baby, was bur ried here but a little over three weeks ago. The funeral took place at 10 o'olook today from the farm ot C. A. Barrett on Pine Creek. . yWll Import Registered Mares. Amasa Phillips contemplates bring ing a carload shipment of registered mares into Weston and installing them at his barn for sale to farmers in ' that vicinity says the Leader. Mr. Phillips notes tbe fact that Westou farmers are constantly impioving their stook by the use of flue stallions, but that few or none of them thought of buying higb-olasa mares. Indeed theie' bas been but little or no opportuniny to do so, and he already has a sale or two iu prospect when tbo mares arrive. lie will probably import Clvdesdales and Porcberous, and may get them from Sootluud, or perhaps from Canada. As Mr. Phillips has bad mauy years' experience both as a breeder and im porter in Michigan, it may confidently be expeoted that be will bring to Wes ton none but tbe best. Farmers of Sand Hollow Organize. The farmers of Sand Hollow organ ized a branch of tbe Farmers Educa tional Co-operative Institution Wed nesday evning, May 22, with a charter list of 15. John Sobmidt was elected president and G. W. Hansell, secretary. They will bold regular meotinga twioo each month. If tbe association does what it is hoped it will, says the Helix Herald, tbe farmers and producers will soou be getting wbat their produce is worth on tbe world's market, and not wbat some sot of grain buyers feel that they oau attorn" to pay. Ttiey are said to be thoroughly organized now iu 18 states, and are fast getting the farmers of Oregon aud Washington in line. At tbe rate tbey are now going by tbe time this orop is harvested, they will be in a position to tell the millmen of -the ooast a few things about wbat their grain should be worth, even if the grain trust does not care to invest. Went the Limit. The Caledonian pionio at Athena was a greater success this year than ever, so says everyone who attonded from here, and that was a goodly num ber. They all report baving a good time, thongb some seem to bave gone tbe limit One young lady says that she made twelve trips on tho "merry-go-round" without getting off, and that all next day the world still con tinued to have a dizzy feeling to ber. Another young map is reported to have made 31 trips Saturday afternoon and be did not recover from the effect for several bours. Lots of fun but, "oh wbat a difference in tbo morning." Helix Herald.
