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When Thirsty '
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WATCHES AND JEWELRY'
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F H. COOLIDGE. Athena
SPECIAL
17 Jewel Watch, Heavy Dust-proof
Case, only $12.00
PIONEER DRUG STORE
North Side of Main Street
BYRON N. HAWKS, Prop
Boost Early and Often for the Athena Fair
VOLUME XIX.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 12, 1907.
NUMBER 52.
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EXPLAINS TIE DELAY
Better Service Promised Pat
' rons of Telephone Co.
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR MILTON
Last Fall Company'! Representative
Promised New Apparatus for
the Athena Office.
For some time past tbe newspapers
of Walla Walla and otber towus hare
beeu attacking tbe service given its
patrons by tbe Pacific. States- Tele
phone and Telegraph company. , Ag
itation, favoring better service was
piononnced and general, and finally
Cbaa. W. Reynolds, division superin
tendent ior tbe company, answered an
artiole appealing in tbe Milton Eagle,
as follows :
Spokane. Wash., July 2, 1907.
Milton Eagle:
Gentlemen:' I am just in receipt of
a clipping from your valuable paper of
June 27th issue entitled "Telephone
Patrous Agaiu Kicking." fully ap
. preoiate that we wonld be in a posi
tion to give onr patrons, your towns
people, better seivioe bad we greater
switchboard facilities at Milton and
wish to advise you iu this connection
that tbe only reason tbat increased
facilities have not been provided as
promised aud fully expected to be ac
complished by us ere this time is tbat
e bave been absolutely unable to get
necessary equipment from onr eastern
faotories, which provide this nature
of telephone apparatus. The order has
been placed for several months and I
am pleased to be able to inform you at
(his time that, according to our latest
advices, a switchboard will reach Mil
ton and probably will ' be installed
ready for service not later than&he
15th inst. If you happen to have'had
any personal eper&nce in endeavoring
to get material or machinery from
eastern manufaotureia within the past
year yon will probably bave gone
through experiences very similar to
ours, not only as regards to Milton,
but affecting the entire West. From
tbe fact that, as I understand it, de
mauds upon large manufacturers for
some time past have been greater than
they can aooommodate with any de
gree of promptness.
Trusting tbat yourself and other
patrons at Miltou will fully recognize
this feature of tbe situation and for
bear with us for a few days longer, I
am, Yours very truly,
Cbaa, W. Reynolds,
Division Superintendent.
Since Mr. Reynold's letter was re
ceived and. published in the Eagle,
new apparatus has been installed in
tbe Milton office, another operator ad
ded to the force , and tbe company is
now giving tbe fruit town first class
service.
At tbe time of tbe consolidation of
tbe rural lines centering at Athena
with thosoof tbe long dietanoe system,
last fall, tbe company's representative
made the promise that within six
months, or as soon as possible, the
company would install up-to-date
equipment in the Athena office and
otherwise improve the servioe.
Tbe period of six months has passed,
and still Athena is patiently plodding
along with antequated offloe apparat
us ; the servioe rendered the patrons
using recognized by them as resulting
from tbe capable efficiency of the op
erators employed here. However, in
view of tbe fact tbat the Milton equip
ment has arrived from the East and
has been installed, it is supposed that
apparatus for the Athena office has
also been received by the company,
and tbat installation will take place at
once, much to the relief of a long suf
fering public
Promises for better - servioe were
given Milton at tbe time improve
ments were promised Athena.
Milton's New Hotel.
-The agitation for a new hotel iu Mil
ton is still under way. Stock has been
subscribed in tbe enterprise, a number
of tbe leading citizens of tbe town
being among the principle stockhold
ers, and a board of directors bave been
elected, with A. M. Elam chairman.
At a recent meeting of tbe board, the
selection of a site for tbe hotel was
postponed until tbe next meeting of
tbe board, which takes place in two
weeks.
Killed While Sleeping.
Df lory Lameller, a yonng man in
company with a companion, beating
hid way from Portland to Pendleton,
was killed near Hermiston Saturday
night by a train, after be had fallen
asleep on tbe track. Bis companion
was awakened by tbe approaching train
aud had barely time to save himaelf.
Lameller was evidently lying across
tbe rails for tbe body was horribly
mutilated, tbe bead and feet being en
tirely severed from tbe body.
SAWiONEY Gf (jEAII BAGS
FLOODS KILL Till!
Rain Torrent of a Year Ago Practic
ally Annihilated Trout In the
Blue Mountain Streams.
He who goes fishing these days re
turns home with an empty basket and
a promise made to himself that he will
not go angling for speckled beauties
again. This decision is not generally
arrived at until after the fisherman has
explored both tbe Umatilla and Walla
Walla rivers and tbe tributaries of the
two streams then the resolution is
made.
He will angle iu these streams, and
meeting with no sucoess, he climbs
over trails and river bed to the forks.
Ascending one of these and meeting
with no better sucoess, he investigates
for tbe cause.
In tbe pools tbe very few now left
he is fortunate indeed, if he hooks
one trout, where two years ago he
could safely count on a half dozen or
more. He finds but few, very few
tiny trout this years hatch along
tbe edges of the stream, where form
erly they swarmed in schools.
Investigation leads bim on, and re
membering tbat for several miles back
be had climbed over huge boulders,
gravel and rook piles, together with
logs and drift wood, where formerly
simmering riffles and deep pools had
been, be stops, aud looking ahead ob
serves a changed landscape on either
Bide of the stream ; the result of tbe
terrible ravages of the floods of over a
year ago.
The storm came in May 1906. This
is tbe first trip of the fishermen to the
headwaters of the stream since then,
and he soon realizes that it is from the
effect of this storm tbat there is a
dearth of fish. As he looks down
stream be is quick to the conviction
that in the foroe aud grind of tbe de
structive flood, tbe spawning grounds
with their thousands of eggs, together
with the season's run of fish to a great
degree, were ground out of existence
in the maelstrom of crushing force and
debris.
Thus the reason is explained why
there are but tew fish in tbe Umatilla
and Walla Walla livers, and before
the sport of angling in these streams
can again be enjoyed tbe government
batoheries must neoessarily restock
them.
So far this season but 18,000 trout
have been turned loose in this county.
This consignment arrived at Pendleton
last week from the Clackamas hatch
ery and were evenly divided in tbe
waters of Birch and McKay creeks,
although 9,000 of them were originally
intended for Meacbam oreek.
DEHTH OF MRS J, I M'BBOOIHi
A Resident of This County For a
Quarter of a Century.
Mrs. J, H. McBroom, one of tbe well
known and respected pioneers of Uma
tilla county died Monday morning at
the borne of her daughter in Pendleton
at tbe age of 63 years, seven months
and 27 days. Death was due to heart
disease with which she bad been suffer
ing for some time, her death being
expected for weeks.
The maiden name of the diseased was
Emily Crawford, and she was born and
raised in Shelby county Mo., where
she was married to Jaoob H. MoBroom
at tbe age of 17, in 1861. - They cross
ed the plains to Umatilla county in a
train of 44 wagons in 1883 and located
in Pendleton that year.
She afterward resided in Weston,
and at the time of death had been a
resident of Umatilla county for a
quarter of a century.
Mr. and MrsQMcBroom raised a
family of 12 children, six girls and six
boys. Those living at present are as
follows: Mrs. L. K. Curttigbt of
Pendleton; Mrs. J. L. Hall of Gor
dane; Mrs. James I. Maroum of Gnr
dane; Mrs. D. P. Hicks of Gnrdane;
Mrs. Monroe Hicks of Weston;
Mrs. H. D. Newell of Hermiston;
Robert L , a miner of Globe City,
Arizona and E., proprietor of the
Golden Rule hotel in Pendleton. With
the exception of Mrs. Hicks, who is
ill ,and tbe son in Arizona, tbe child
ren were present at the funeral Tues
day. Lost In Pasco Fire.
Fire destroyed nearly a block of
business buildings in .Pasco, Sunday
night. Among be heavy losers is
tbe firm of Biggs & White born, gen
eral merchandise. Mr. White born
was until reoently engaged in business
at Helix. '
High Priced Shorthorns.
W. O. Minor of Morrow county, has
paid $5,500 cash for a yearling heifer
and a 2-year-old bull, both Shorthorns.
Tbey were shipped from Missouri iu a
palace horse oar.
387,300 SACKS BOUGHT
The Inland Grain Growers' Association
Saves Its Members $3,873 In a
Contract Purchase. '
The Inland Grain Grower's Associa
tion with a membership embracing
tbe names of farmers of this and Mor
row counties, of which C A. Barrett
of this city is president, has reaped
material benefit ty contracting for
grain sacks this season direct from
dealers otber than those from whom
purchases bave heretofore beeu made,
This association, which was formed
some months ago in Pendleton, has
steadily increased in growth until it
has reached tbe stage of influence
whereby its members are protected to
a degree in the purobase of material
for the farm and also will perhaps
stand in a position, collectively, to
reap the very highest prioes for grain
aud other farm produots.
Tbe prinoiple, "iu union there is
strength" is illustrated in tbe method
and result of purchasing grain saoks
iu large quantities, this season, and
the prompt distribution among tbe in
dividual members of tbe Association
at a cost of 9 1-2 cents per sack. Mr.
Barrett informs the Press tbat twice
as many sacks could have been deliver
ed through purchase by the Associa
tion at the above price, had proper
solicitation been made or any effort
put forth to secure buyers.
Tbe weight of this statement in its
self is significant when tbe total num
ber of sacks purchased, on voluntary
orders alone from farmers, is known
to be 887,300.
Eighty farmers in Umatilla county,
and others in Morrow, where 70,000
sacks were purchased for distribution,
received the benefit of the purchase
prioe of 9 1-2 cents which netted a
saving of 3,873.00; or one cent on
each sack purchased. Mr. Barrett
also reports quite a saving in sack
twine, which was purchased for 5 cents
per pound by tbe association. , . '
A total of 61,500 sacks was sold to
Athena farmers. The sacks were dis
tributed as follows:
O A Barrett, 1500; J N Stone, 2500;
Henry Schmitt, 3000; H Koepkc, 1500;
John Bell, 4000; Frank Jackson, 1000;
Iley Winn, 8000; L W Estes, 2500;
Kellar & Thompson, 7000; J S Bell,
IS All UNJUST DATE
Milton's Push Club Will Look up Iu.
ter State Commerce Law to Reg
ulate Interurban Fare. ' .
At a recent meeting of Milton's
push club, action was taken whioh
would lead the general publio to be
lieve that the Walla Walla-Freewater-Milton
interurban electric line, is dis
criminating in favor of the larger
town in tbe matter of fare regulations.
At this meeting, tbe Eagle says tbe
subjeot of a 10-cent fare on tbe trolley
line from Sunnyside to Milton came
up and there was quite a spirit mani
fested to regard it as unjust discrimi
nation in the matter of rates. One
reason advanced for this brief was
tbat the fare from College Place to
Walla Walla is only five cents, al
though tbe distance is greater than
from Sunnyside to Milton, over which
a 10-cent fare is charged. Attorney
Peterson was requested to look up the
interstate commerce law covering the
subject and see if tbe company
couldn't be made to make a more eq
uitable rate. -
It is saUted by business men that
Mitlon enjoys quite a trade from resi
dents of tbe Sunnyside district, but
tbat tbe 10 cent fare has a tendency to
drive this trade elsewhere.
Jag Causes Arrest. '.
"Big Jim" Narciase, a well known
Umatilla Indian went to Adams early
Tuesday morning and secured a supply
of firewater and returned to his place
on the reservation, where he was
afterward arrested by tbe agency po
lice. He made a strong resistance and
it required tbe assistance of three men
to make tbe arrest. He will be taken
to Portland for trial before tbe federal
judge. This is tbe Indian who twioe
made an attempt to commit suicide
during tbe past few months, tbe last
time shooting himself in tbe stomach,
wbich came near resulting in his death.
10,000; J M Bannister 2500; U W Hau
sell, 6500; Oliver Dickenson, 5000;
Chas. Brotherton, 5000; S S Parris,
2000; Anson Wood, 6000; J G Bryau,
2000.
Adams, 51,000 saoks Isaao Christo
pher, 5000; J O Hales, 5000; J H
Christopher, 8000; JTLieualleu, 6000;
L E Eaton, 3000; B A Marquis, 1500;
John Geiss, 3000; Robt. Morrison,
4500; PT Hales, 2000; Charles Pell,
2000; . Ma't Denning, 2500; Casper
Woodward, 11000; A B Rothrook,
1000; Association order 500; Alex Mo
Donald 1000.
Helix, 78,000 sacks Chas. McLavey,
1500; Wm. Scott, 4000; R Raymond,
5000; Gorgan Seivers, 2500; John
Timmerman, 8000; Frank Richmond,
10000; V A Bott, 3500; Lafe Hamil
ton 2,000; J M Scott, 1000; W H Bond,
1000; J W Tallock, 6000; E E LaHue,
7000; S A Edwards, 8000; Andy Ses
iugor, 2000; R B Cbaney, 8000.
MoCormiok Station, 50,000 saoks
Herman Roeblk, 1000; J N Barb,
7500; J W Myriok 6000; J B Kennedy",
4000! J W MoCormiok sr. 4000; J W
MoCormiok Jr. 5500; W H McCor
mick, 8500; J J Kinney, 4000; C S
Rosenberg, 6500; H J Taylor, 7500;
Sevant Anderson, 500.
-Pendleton, 50000 sacks D A Feeb
ler, 4000; L 8 Bent ley, 5000; Gid
Brown. 2000; Chris Breeding, 8000;
W R Bitney, 8000; W H Harrab,
2000; Grant Earnbart, 2000; Lars
Hanson, 3500; H H Gilbert, 8000;
John PlantiDg, 3000 ; J R Porter, 2500;
F L MoCrea, 2000; J F Temple, 8000.
Mission Station, 5500 sacks D H
Nelson, 2500; J B Mo Dill, 8000.
Fultoo Station, 5300 sacks Thou.
Chandler, 800; J H Peters, 4500.
Barnbart Station, 6000 sacks W G
Planing 6000.
Eobo, 10,000 sacks John W Cop
pinger, 10,000., .
Morrow County 70,000 sacks.
Chas. MoAlovy of Helix, is credited
with the largest individual purchase
of any member of tbe association,
having 15,000 sacks to his credit Cas
per Woodward of Adams is second,
with 11,000.
M HORSE FRUIT
A Fairly Good Crop Will Be Sold to
Outside Buyers at High
Prices This Year.
be Wild Horse fruit crop is fairly
good this year, and will be marketed
at a high prioe to outside buyers.
Cherries and prunes are especially
plentiful in orobards wbich esoaped
the late frosts.' -
Apples promise better returns than
tbe crop of last year, and are said to
be of excellent quality, but it is tbe
prune and plum orobards tbat attract
outside buyers, and in tbe- past many
carloads of these varieties of fruits
have been purchased aud shipped from
here. As a rule Walla Walla produce
men have been buyers of Athena fruit
and tbey will no dou bt be after this
season's crop.
The Wild Horse district by no
means has tbe only fruit in this vicin
ity this year. Otber parts of tbe
neighborhood "Meem to bave beeu
skipped by tbe frost, and as a result
cherries, plums, prunes and apples are
plentiful in many orchards.
At tbe S. S. Parris place northwest
of town are some of the finest cherries
to be fonnd any where in the country,
a sample of which was sent to this
office Wednesday.
Struck By a Train.
Guy Norton, tbe 13 year old sou of
J. H. Norton of Butter oreek, while
on horseback was strnck by a train
near Foster Sunday afternoon. The
horse was killed and tbe boy suffered
a fracture of tbe leg near tbe hip be
sides receiving several other bruises.
The Milton Water Suit.
Circuit Judge Bean is holding court
this week in Freewater, where evi
dence is being taken in tbe now fam
ous Milton water users case. Among
tbe well known attorneys connected
with tbe case are Judge Fee, Judge
Hailey aud Will M. Peterson.
HEW SIKHS
Twelve New Motor Cars Are Ready
for Service On Harriman's Short
Line and O. R. & N.
The East Oregoniau says: Tbat one
or two of the new gasoliue motors now
being completed by -the Harriman
railroad io tbe Omaha shops will be
placed in service either from Peudle
ton to Walla Walla or through Pen
dleton from Huntington to Portland, is
almost a certainty, according to semi
official reports on the O. K. & N.
Twelve of these fine motor cars are
now about ready for servioe and Harri
man officials have received instructions
to seud them west to the Uniou Pa
cific Oregon Short Line and. O. R. &
N., where tbey oan be used to relieve
exoessively heavy local travel ou the
through trains, aud in places where it
is impossible to put additional trains
into service.
Altogether 24 of these oars are being
constructed iu tbe Omaba shops. The
first 12, now about ready for service,
will be sent west, aud the second lot
of 12 will oe kept in tbe thickly popu
lated districts along tbe Union PuoiHo
through Nebraska and Kansas, it is
said.
The latest type of tbe motor cars
developed at tbe Omaha shops of tbe
Union Pacifio mokes 60 miles an hour
with a 200 horse power eugiue, reach
es high speed within six car lengths,
and can be stopped within 12 feet.
With these advantages the cars can be
put ou a much faster schedule than is
possible with tbe steam locomotive.
Outwardly, tbe newest of the oars,
whioh are built entirely of steol, re
semble a turned over yaobt. Tua for
ward eud tapers sharply, and the roof
aud rear are rounded off to reduce tbe
air resistance aud avoid the vacuum
produced by a square car. Rounded
windows give to the passengers a wide
range of outlook aud increase the nau
tical appearance ot the oar.
Iu cold weather the cars are to be
heated by hot water from the cylinder
jaoket. They are lighted by acetylene
gas shining through opalescent panels.
For sanitary reasons the floors of
tbe oars are built so tbat tbey oan be
thoroughly cleaned by flushing with
hot water. The familiar system of
ventilation has been replaced byjroof
ventilators, wbich exhaust the inside
air by suction, fresh air being taken
in from tbe oar roof in front. Vibra
tion is reduoed to tbe minimum by tbe
way in which tbe motive power is
balanced.
Tbe cost of operating tbe cars varies
from 10 to 20 cents a mile, aocording
to tbe density of tbe tiaflio, but the
reoords kept prove beyond doubt tbat
tbe rail-motor oar will make possible
great improvements in handling branch
line traffic
Lockwood-Mcllride Nuptials.
Mr. Zeph Lockwood, of Helix, and
Miss Edytbe McBride, of this city,
were married in Peudleton Saturday
afternoon at the Presbyterian manse.
Rev. W. L. Van Nuys officiating. The
groom is the son of a well known and
extensive farmer of tbe Helix neigh
borhood, and tbe bride is tbe younger
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mo
Bride of this city. The young people
who were both students at tbe O. A.
C. the past year, aud wbo concluded
to thus happily end their sohool days,
left next day for a weddiug trip to
Portland, and from thence will go to
Ashland, where Mr. Lockwood has
mining interests. It is not kuowu
just at present where tbe newly mar
ried pair will decide to make their
borne.
Set Date for Peach Day."
Fteewater Commercial association
held an important session Wednesday
evening in tbe council chambers. Tbe
association decided to have printed
10,000 copies of a pbamplet advertis
ing Freewater and vicinity, these to
be ready for distribution by Peach day.
Speoial committees were appointed to
make arrangements for tbe festival
and August 28 was decided upon for
Peach day. Invitation cards are to be
sent ont but more complete airange
ments will be made next Tuesday
evening. Letters of acceptance to Le
present at tbe celebration have, beeu
received from Senator Smith, Con
gressman Ellis and others.
The Fourth at Lind.
Fay Le Grow spent tbe Fourth at
Lind Wash., where he was interested
in tbe races, roping contests and horse
breaking. Fay made tbe Washington
town sit up and take notice in tbe
racing events, and De Young, a rider
from bis Crab Creek cattle ranch,
won tbe honors in tbe roping aud
rough riding contests. Mr. Le brow's
horse, "Joe," won a match race and
another of hig string won iu the purse
races. Lind is a lively little town,
supported by a graiu-growiug district.
SWIFTS 01 RANCH
Big Packing Company Raises
Hogs at Echo.
T FARM OF 3600 ACRES
Stock WUl Feed on 200 Acres of Al
falfa, and Middlings From the
Henrietta Flouring Mills-
The extensive ranch on tbe Umatilla
river known as tbe G. W. Hunt place,
consisting of some 8600 acres of rioh
farming lands, located near Eoho. up
on whioh are looated tbe Henrietta
Flouring mills, wbiob were purchased
some time ago by the Swift Paoking
company, will be operated nuder that
company's direction from this time
hence. It is the intention to utilize
the bran and middlings ftora the mill i
to fatten tbe bogs which will be raised
on tbe alfalfa land, of wbiob there are
nowvover 200 aores ou the place aud
wbiob will bo iuoreased ftotu year to
year. . ,
This laud is looated in tbe Eoho ir
rigation district, and with the Hen
rietta mills goes one of the largest and
most valuable water rights in the stale
of Oregon.
Walla Walla City Election.
With the exoeptioo of Louis Kan,
who was defeated by JobuJStaok, with
a majority of three votes, the entire
Walla Walla City republican ticket
waseleoted Monday in one of tbe most
featureless municipal elections held in
tbat city iu many years. The total
vote oast fell short of the total regis
tration ty a large number, the votes
cast aggiegatiug about three-fourths
of the total registered voters. George
Kellougb, for mayor, won in an easy
manner, his total being 1,085, while
bis opponent, . W. M. VauPatteu, re
ceived 647, giving tbe present mavor a
majority of 538 votes. C. H. Wbite
man, well known in Athena was elect
ed oounoilmau from tbe First Ward,
reoeiving 152 votes.
Horse Dropped Dead. '
Mondoy afternoon th Misses Rioh
ruond, of Weston drove over to tako a
musio lessou of . Prot. Heury,. and
hitched tbeir borse in front of bis
gate. Soon after begiuning the lesson
a peculiar soreain was beard coming
from the horse aud goiug out, tbe pro
fessor found him lying in bis harness,
dead. The parents of the young
ladies were notified and drove over
from tbeir home after tbem. Tbe
girls felt tbe loss keenly, as the borse
was an old and trusted friend, being
about 22 years old. '
MAKE 0. R. ft N. LEGAL TARGET
Portland Concerns, Misled by Com
pany, Prepare to Sue.
From present indications a large
part of tbe next term of tbe circuit
oourtof Multnomah county will be
taken up with tho bearing of suite
against the Oregon Railroad and Nav
igation company ou account of the
oar shortage damnges. Tbe Interior
Warehouse company bus brought suit
to recover about $36,000 because of
tbe failure of this railroad to haul the
wheat crop of 1001. Later greater
damaResuit was filed by Kerr, Gilford
& Co. Tho compauy asks damages
aggregating $60,000 from tbe Oregon
Railroad aud Navigation compauy for
half a dozen reasons. The prayer for
an award states tbat tbe railroad com
pany in 1901 and 1905 solicited grain ,
shipments and promised to bave abun
dant facilities ou hand to transport
grain to tbe east aud elsewhere. Rely
iug on these promises, tbe plaintiffs
state, tbey sold large shipments to
eastern brokers, paokers, elevators and
millers, and tben found it Impossible
to obtain cars for tbe delivery of ship
ments as promised. It is also alleged
tbe price of wheat declined before tbe
Oregon and Washington crop could be
marketed, am it deteriorated by delay.
An effort to seoure lower freight
rates on grain shipments will be made
by tbe Inland GraingrowerH Associa
tion of Umatilla county, wbo have
already taken tbe preliminary steps iu
tbe matter through tbeir attorney.
Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton, wbo
bus notiOod tbe state railroad commis
sion of thoir intention to ask for a
bearing in the matter.
His Skull Fractured.
George Adams a McKav creek
sheepman was seriously if not fatally
injured by being thrown from hw
wagon ou tbe pavement iu Pe idl.ifou
Monday evening. Adam wu tukf-u
to tbe hospital, where nuiiteotw I'o-
nouueed bin injuries precurioun.
George Hurt, a herder was also thrown
out of tbe vehicle, but sustained slicrLt
iu juries.
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