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advertisement reminds us
the store is "there behind."
TJie people are coming
to "know things" about ad
vertisingthe business not
well advertised is at once
discredited.
Boost Early and' Often for the Athena Fair
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VOLUME XIX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1907.
NUMBER 56
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MANASSE'S UP TO DATE STORE
, Agent for Butterick Patterns. . N
Now is the Time
AKVEST
We have full lines of Jumpers, Shirts, Handker
chiefs Overalls, Gloves, Hats, Shoes, Sox, Under
wear, Comforts. Blankets and Canvass. Jj
GET OUR PRICES
Before Buying Goods Elsewhere '
Athena's Up To Date Store
Agent for Butterick Patterns.
August 6th
Our store will be closed all day Monday, August 5th, Marking down every article in
our immense store, with the possible exception of a few contract snoods. We have
had a great many successful
sale eclipse them all. Never
fore has our stock been so complete in all lines. So no matter what you are in need
of in our lines you will find big
been equaled in the northwest
FURNITURE CARPETS STOVES RANGES CROCKERY
WARE CRAH1TEWARE SILVERWARE CUTLERY ETC
This is a strictly cash sale. If you haven't the, ready cash
borrowing it and buying now for future needs. Remember
bill amounts to $10.00 or over. i Jj
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The Freshest andmost Choice the Market affords in
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to Prepare for
to August 24th 1 nclusivc
sales in the past, but we have laid our plans to have this
before have we made so great reductions and never be-
assortments here all marked
CO M PLETE iHOME FURNISHERS
22 Alder St, Walla
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NOW IT'S UP TO YOU
A Chance to Add to Our Population
Take This as Personal and
Act at Once.
The supreme need of all Oregon and
particularly this community is more
home-makers. Xha opportunity to
seonre them under the most advan
tageous conditions is now at hand.
Several cities, towns and villages in
this State ' will make a material addi
tion to their population as a result of
energetio work done oolleotively
through the commercial bodies and in
dividually by the citizens in advising
thousands of people back East of the
low priced one-way colonist rates
whioh will be put on" sale September
1st and oontinue cntil October 81st,
to Oregon, from all points in the Unit
ed States. , I
These rates are agreed upon by all
the railroads in the United States and
Canada and are controlled by the
Trans-Continental Passenger Associa
tion, and Oregonians must bear in
mind that the home-maker is being in
vited on similar rates to Canada, Cali
fornia, Washington, Texas, Georgia,
Oklahoma and other States, and the
state and community : 7hioh he will
bny his ticket is the one that convinoes
him in advance that their particular
spot on this great earth is the one in
whioh he should live. We have only
one month left before the sale begins.
Bates to Oregon from Kansas City,
Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and all
at prices that never have
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GLASSWARE TIN
you will make money by
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the great Missonri Valley and west of
there, is $25.00, with a i eduction of
$3.50 on eaob ticket east of Umatilla;
from St Louis. $30.00; Chicago,
$33.00; Uew York, $50.00, and a pro
poitionate rate from every other point,
large or small, but this ticket must be
bought to your station, and not to
Portland or some other city, if you ex
pect them to oome to yon, and it de
volves npoo the readers of this paper to
see that every letter that goes out of
the post offloe carries with it correct
information relative to these rates.
Get all the facts from your local agent.
The work of advertising those colo
nist rates is up to eaob community
and eaoh individual. If we oonld add
a hundred thousand to the population
of Oregon in the next year it would
mean many millions of dollars of addi
tional wealth to the State.
The sohool population of one district
in Tillamook County was doubled in
six months through the conespondence
of the pupils. Corvallis caused the
sale of $600,000 worth of land through
advertising in well-known agricultural
papers in the older states. The Oregou
Development League reoeived over
16,000 inquiries from people wanting
to know about Oregon farming lands.
There is an intense desire to come
to the Pacifio Northwest on the part of
'he people of the United States and
this is particularly true of OregoD.
Convicts Build Road.
Thirty convicts from the Walla
VYalla penitentiary in charge of five
guards, will leave the prison some time
this week for Pateros, Okanogan coun
ty, where they will be employed in
constructing one of the new state roads
authorized by the last legislature.
Under the new law the state peniten
tiary is furnishing these conviots at
the request of the state highway board.
The cost of transporting the prisoners,
their food and clothing while employ
ed on the work and generally the cost
of conducting the camp will be paid
out of the appropriation for the road
except that no wages will be figured
for the labor of the convicts.
TERM ISnVERED
Thief Drove Athena Livery Rig to
North Yakima and Tried
to Sell It.
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Harry AlBoride of the MoBride &
Co. Livery stable returned Sunday from
North Yakima, where he recovered
his team and buggy, stolen on Monday
previous by a fellow representing him
self to be a harvest hand and wanting
the team for a drive to the Hoi dm a a
neighborhood.
The thief was accompanied by a boy
when the first trace of the rig was
heard of near North Yakima, Tuesday
evening. At that 'point a farmer
named McDonald notified the North
Yakima offloals that he had been ten
dered the sale of team under suspic
ious circumstances and that he. belie v
ed.tbe outfit was stolen property. This
was Tuesday evening and the officers
investigated at the livery, stables of
the town to find - if they owned any
teams of the disoription given by Mo-
Donald.
Not long after the officers had made
their rounds the team was drove into
the Enterprise livery stables at Yaki
ma, the proprietors of whioh did not
notify the sheriff, the result boiug
that the team was not located until
Friday afternoon, the intervening time
being sufficient to allow the thief to
make his esoape.
MoBride sold the horses for $200 and
shipped the harness and buggy home.
The horses were in bad shape .having
made the trip to North Yakima in two
days. !
Madras Hail Storm.
A terrific storm, accompanied by
bail passed over the Madras seotiou of
Crook oounty Wednesday, resulting in
considerable damage to crops D. B.
Jarman of this city, wbo owns af arm
near Madras has received a letter say
ing that wheat on a portionof bis laud
is totally destroyed, toe remainder
being badly damaged. Other Athena
it es having grain near Madras are
Nate Pinkerton and Ora Rhodes. Mr.
Rhodes' land is near that of Mr. Jar-
man's, and it is presumed that his crop
is destroyed. Mr. Pinkerton is some
miles distant and may be out of the
storm belt
Disappoints Normal Schools.
Acoording to an opinion just render
ed by the attorney general, additions
to the normal sohool plants at Weston
and Asbland can not be classed aa re
pairs, and therefore are not provided
for in the appropriation. The 20-room
addition to the girls' dormitory at
Weston, badly needed, and recommend
ed by the visiting committee of the
board, must be passed up. Inside re
pairs to the building may be made,
however, and everything essential will
be done in this direction to improve
the accommodations for the rush of
students expected there tbi fulL
Died After an Operation.
L. Bott, the 16-year-old son of J. K.
Bott of Helix, died at bis home in that
town Saturday evening from the effect
of an operation for appendicitis He
was buried at Helix Monday.
STRICKEN IN PULPIT
Pioneer Minister Stricken With Para
lysis While Preaching to Mil
ton Congregation.
Rev. M. V. Howard, pastor of the
M. h. oburob, south, at Milton was
suddenly stricken with paralysis while
in DiB pulpit, suuday.
. When about half through with his
sermon be complained of feeling badly
aud called to Rev. Compton, who was
in the congregation, to finish for him.
Before any one could reaob him be
was stricken and fell to the floor. His
condition is considered very serious at
last accounts and his relatives have
been summoned. Among bis relatives
are his son, Professor Howard, presi
dent of Columbia pollega at Miltou,
Mrs. N. E. Desnain of Pendleton, and
a number of others iu the oouutrv
whose names have not been learned.
Rev. Howard is about 60 years of
age, and is well known all over Uma
tilla county, and he was rastor of the
M .E. churob, south, at Pendleton tor
a number of years. Later Rev. How
ard died Tuesday evening.
PUSH OREGOjrra THE FRONT
Easy Way to Advertise the State to
Our Eastern Friends.
On April 29th last the Oregouian
published a special industrial edition
devoted exclusively to the exploitation
of OreKon. It probably contained
more speoial and miscellaneous infor
mation about Orogo.n than any one
publication that has ever been issued.
It is peculiarly useful and valuable to
the homeseekor, beoause it gives the
latest and most reliable information
about so many different subjects that
the homeseekor is naturally interested
in. Almost every department of in
dustry is specialized, and both descrip
tive and statistical ( information of a
highly valuable cbaraoter is given ex
tensively and in entertaining form.
Residents of Oregou who know its
advantages as compared with the con
gested and depleted East, and who still
have friends back there whom they
would like to see here enjoying the
good things of this favored state, can
aid in a splendid work now without
cost and very little effort. If you think
your friend would be interested in
knowing more about Oregon and might
eventually become a valuable citizen,
send his name and address to tue gene
ral passeuRer agent of the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Company, and a
copy of, this speoial edition, with u
complete summary of the several sub
jects treated, carefully indexed, will
be mailed t him promptly. In this
manner you may he the moans not only"
of doing your friend a good turn, but
of helping to stimulate the growth and
prosperity of Oregon.
Don't forget that commencing Sep
tember 1st and continuing daily for
two months, tickets will be on sale at
almost every railroad station iu the
East to all points in Oregon and the
Northwest at what has come to be pop
ularly known as "colonist rates."
Those rates are the cheapest general
long distance rates ever established, i
and enables one to renob Oregon from j
any part of the United States at bnt a
trifle more than one cent a mile. They :
are the greatest incentive to coloniza
tion and progressive home buildiug of
any known agency, and if the restless,
dissatisfied resident of the East is made
to know lefore-band the advantages
here in our store. Call on us and tie Will gladly
show you the Veering line famous the World
oCer as being the ideal harvesting machines.
Veering hinders, mowers and rakes haCe neOer
failed to make good no matter how difficult the
harvest. We Would like to show you some of these
good machines. Call on us and We'll tell you
Why the Veering line deserves your consideration.
It's a question of profit for you as Well as for us.
C. A. BARRETT &COMPANY
he can enjoy here, the problem is solv
ed, and the star of empire will con
tinue to move steadily westward.
Now is the time to spread the gospel
of Oregon so that it may be heard and
heeded by the time the rates go into
effect Send one name or two, or a doz
en, and you will be exerting a worthy
influence toward the upbuilding of our
state. Send them to your nearest
Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
agent, or to Wm. MoMurray. GenenU
Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
To Build .Milton Hotel.
The Milton Hotel company is now
fully organized and incorporated, with
a capital stock of $12,000, and the fol
lowing board of directors has been
elected: A. M. Elam, J. E. Davis, W.
E. Putman, S. A. Miller and Mrs. H.
M. Cock burn. The company is formed
for the 'purpose of erecting a modem
hotel, tp si' for vHf'i hxn e
IflDted, beiut? to corner no ' "jcnpifi
by the postofliou. Tl) bmidi ig wi'.
be of biiok, ttir.e rories ad win
cost .exclusive of furuisQiugs approx
imately $15.C0ff. Ovei oue-balf of the
stock lias already been subscribed, and
it is expected work will beoommenoed
on the building within 60 days.
Grain Men Visit Walla Walla.
B. B. Riobards, local agent for the
Puget Sound Warehouse company, ac
companied the general manager, E. ,
Noonen, to Walla Walla, Monday
afternoon. The "JudRe" was foxy
enough to get all thai was dua him out .
of the trip,, baviug a bard time to con
vince Walla Walla reporters that be
was not the "old man" of the com
pany, and that Noonen was a peg or
two higher op in the grain business
than he. Looks as though the judge
has Marse "Marve" on the trailer now.
Heel Badly Lacerated.'
. While engaged in operating , a hay
rake on bisj Pine Creek place reoently,
Sam White ocfortunaiely got his heel
fastened iu the meohanism in such a
mauner that it was badly lacerated.
TIE HlESTflEli)
Wheat Going From 40 to 65 Bushels
Per Acre-Rain Puts a Stop
to Harvest Work.
Ibis week machines were well under
way harvesting the bumper crop of
the Athena wheat district. sNotbing
under a 10-busbel per aore yield has
bo far been reported here. Seveial 60
bushel yields have boen threshed and
on the Kirk plaoe one "40" went bet
ter than 65 busbels per aore. From 45
to 50 busbels pre acre is the average
yield being reported here.
A large number of the machines,
mostly oomtines, being new, were jest
becomiug properly adjusted and got
ting down to work wh?n a slight rain
fell, cuusiug operations to ouse Wed
nesday forenoon, Work was reaumud
in the afternoon, but yesterday and to
day rain again put the maobiues out
of commission.
Over 200.000 bushels of the new
crop bos been sold in Atbeua, tbePrea-ton-Parton
Milling company alone
having purchased 100,000 sacks at
prices ranging from 69 to 71 cents per
bushel. David Taylor of the Indepen
dent Warehouse aud Agent O'Harra,
of the Puoiflo Coast Elevator Company
have also purchased several thousand
busbels.
A band of gypsies, after cleaning
up the town on hor e trades and fortune-telling,
pulled up stakes and de
parted, Monday.
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