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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.