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Boost Early and Often for the Athena Fair
ATIIENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. 1907.
NUMBER 57
VOLUME XIX.
MANASSE'S UP TO DATE STORE
Agent for Butterick Patterns.
Now is the Time to Prepare for
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WALLA VALLA. ALSO
Col. T. C, Burgess Supposed to Have
-Been Quantrell, Famous "
Confederate Raider.
We have full lines of Jumpers,! Shirts, Handker
chiefs, Overalls, Gloves, Hats, Shoes, Sox, Under
wear, Comforts. Blankets and Canvass. U
GET OUR PRICES
Before Buying Goods Elsewhere.
Athena's Up To Date Store
Agent for Butterick Patterns.
Dispatches published throughout the
northwest in the past few days to the
effect that Quantrell. leader of Quau-
trell's famous band of guerillas that
operated during the civil war, is alive
and living on Vancouver island under
tha nnnifl of John Sham, brinesoutthe
interesting story that Quantrell for
years lived in walla waua nnaer me
name of Colonel T. G. Burgess.
Burgess died eight years ago at the
age of 74, and was buried in the city
eemetery there. His widow, who lives
in Walla Walla, baa admitted that
her husband was onoe arrested, tried,
convicted and sentenced to be banged
as Quantrell, but she denied that be
was Quantrell, saying it was a case of
mistaken identity, and that he was
saved from being hanged through the
efforts of his brothers-in-law, who
were summoned from Kentaoky to In
dianapolis, where Burgess, or Quan
trell, was being held as a guerilla
leader. This was soon after the close
of the civil war.
Burgess served in the confederate
' army and members of his regiment in
his native city, say they, still have bis
commissions. After his trial he dis
appeared from view for two or three
yeaia, and Mrs. Burgess says she does
not know where he spent that time, he
never telling her of his movements
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Comes to a Clos7lusl 4th
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in wliich tn hnv vour home fur nish-
ingsvat the extremely low prices, which have never heretofore been equaled in the
Northwest.
It will more than pay you to make a special trip to Walla Walla during this
sale, for you never will again have an opportunity like this sale offers. Everything
in onr big establishment, except about a dozen contract articles, has been reduced bet
ter than 10 per cent and some as high as 50 per cent. -
Stoves, Ranges, Furniture, Crockery, China, Carpets, Rugs
Lace Curtains, Cooking Utensils, etc. ' ,
If you are not ready for your goods, select them now and we will store them for
you, free of charge, until you want them.
Take the next train for Walla Walla and buy now and save money. Remem
ber we pay the freight when bill amounts to $10.00. ,
COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS
4 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 Alder St. Walla Walla, Wash. j
duriDg that period. He evidently re
joined her int870, and they bought a
cotton plantation in Arkansas.
From Arkansas they went back to
Kentucky and then drifted out to Colo
rado and engaged in the hotel business,
loming to Walla Walla along in the
late seventies. In all the places he
lived Burgess was known as Quantrell,
and the name followed him to Walla
Walla, where the story of his life was
known to a few old soldiers who bad
6erved in the war. Burgess would
never allow pictures of himself to be
taken, and any reference to his being
QuantrdU set him in a rage, tie own
ed a saloon in Walla Walla, for several
years, but was finally converted to the
Baptist faith, sold out his saloon and
became a Christian. He was buried
from the Baptist church. " . "- .
Burgess served several years as a
justice of the peace. He was a mau of
powerful physique until old age broke
him down.
Mrs. Burgess gave an interesting ao-
count of her husband's narrow escape
from being hanged as Quantrell
"Colonel Burs-ess." she said, "was
an otnoer or toe civil war ana servea
in Missouri and Kansas and that vicin-
ity. He served through the war with
the confederate troops.
"It is true he was captured as Quan
trell and tried for Quantrell's crimes.
"He was convicted after an imprison
ment of 40 days and nights and sen
tenced to be hanged. His doom seem
ed oertaiu, but : he begged that be
might have a ohanoe to clear himself
and that his brothers-in-law might
be allowed to identify him. They
came and were placed outside the door
and without knowedse that they , were
there the doomed man was put to a
test for bis life.
", "Tim, old boy, is that you?' i
ed one of the men.
." 'Thank God, you are here,' replied
the Suspect. ' S H
" 'You haveoome to save mej you
are the only man who could do it.
" The man is iunooent- saia an
officer who stood near and beaid the
heartfelt cry of the supposed Quan
troll.
"SnbseauentLv he was released on
the evidence of these two relatives.
"Was he the real Quantrell?" Mrs,
Burgess was asked.
"No. he was not He was, as
have 'said, captured, tried, convicted
and sentenced to be hanged as Quan
trell, but he was not Quantrell-
MDid he ever serve under Quantrell ?
"That I do not know. He was in
that country at that time, but whether
he was ever under Quantrell I cannot
say."
"It is true that be was always
known as Quantrell. On the trains out
west he was always pointed out as
Quantrell. He was known all over as
Quantrell, and some people here be
lieve he was the man; but he was
not."
fl. C. COCKBURN PIONEER. DEAD
Wealthy Farmer Succombs to Heart
Failure at Age of 78 Years.
THE HARVEST FIELD
Some Damage to Grain From Rain-
No Sale Days This Year
Notes of the Yield.
While there has been considerable
grain threshed this week, the weather
has by no means been perfect for carry
ing on harvest operations. The raiu
of the last week left the straw tough
ad heavy dew baa greatly interfered
with work,
Some daortfge is reported as resulting
from the rain and wiud. B. F. Ogle
estimates bis loss in bis fields near
Havana at 10 bushels per aote He
says before the raiu be was getting a
50 bushel yield, but the storm caused
grain to shatter aud fall badly
There will be no regular sales day
held this year by the Grain Grower's
Association. This statement comes
diieot from C. A. Bariett, the presi
dent of the Association. In lieu of the
speoial sales days, the holdings of
members of the asaooiatiou will be
pooled and buyers will be invited to
inspect samples aud bid on the pooled
lota of graiu. Iu Atbena samples will
be left at Barrett's hardware store and
in Pendleton at sani jjoihqbw s seeo
store.
7 Harvest Notes.
yi;he best yield repotted to the Press
this week comes from the reservation
From t5 acres, Dr. Plamondon cropped
1083 sacks, an average yield of 58
bnshels ner acre. This big yield is
ontbeUagnou plaoe south of town
Dr. Plamondon sold his wheat to the
Preston Parton Milliuir oompany for
71 cents per buBhely i
Milt Swaggarc reports a splendid
yield. On bis plaoe 60 acres rolled up
0 sacks. .
B. MoEweCjns sold his big crop
or 70 cents per bushel. Andy is op
erating a combine this year.- Ills
average totals au even section and be
conservatively estimates the yield at
46 bushels per acre. ,
Jim Bryan's big Outfits doing excel
lent work this season. The orew has
made several good runs since startiuR
work this season. Flattering reports
come from those operating the McKea
Combines. The little machines are
said to be doing epleudid work in the
heavy' grain. One was started on the
Kobie plaoe Sunday by D. C. . Kirk.
Fourteen bead of horses had no diffi
culty iu drawing the maohine around
the field. - '
1 Chicago Off the Map.
The telegrapher's strike has involved
most of the large cities, and Chicago
is practically off the map. All opera
tors in New York City have walked
out and refuse to work.
bottomside up. Mr. Whitehouse was
pinned beneath the maohine and when
extricated found himself slightly
truised on the hip. The other mem
bers of the party aside from a severe
shaking up esoaped without iu jury. -
The maohine, a Franklin touring
car. Has a recora. u was lormewy
owned by one of the Moores, of Walla
Walla, who made a trip witn It irom
Mexico to Canada. Both the left fore
and rear wheels were smashed to
splinters but otherwise the oar seemed
to be in good ruumng older wnen it
chugged out of Athena Wednesday
morning, bound for Walla Walla.
. Sixty-Eighth Birthday.
Monday ' was the 68th birthday of a
Hon. T. J. Kirk, aud in honor of the;
oucaaion, bis wife invited a number of
guests to dine with bim at the noon
hour. At the table was heated Mrs.
J. H. Kooutz, whose birth anniver
sary falls on the same date,- the two
being the same age. The guests enter
tained at dinner were: Mrs. J. H.
Kooutz, Rev. and Mrs. Geo. T. Ellis,
Mr. aud Mrs. Chas. Betta. Mr. and
Mrs. George Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Koontz, Mr. I. M. Kemp and
Fred Boyd.
For Assault and Battery.
Ollie Reeves, wauttd at Alba upon
a charge of nssault aud battery, was
arrested at Athena Sunday by Sheriff
Taylor and was taken to Pendleton by
George Ferguson, sworn in as deputy
for that purpose. Reeves is aooused
of having assaulted a man in the south
end of the oounty and the complaint
agaiust him was made in the justice's
oourt at Alba. Reeves in company
with four other men came to Athena
from the southern part of the county,
to engage in harvest work.
Dog Attached for Rent,
For the first time in tffe bintory of
legal proceedings iu Oregon a writ of
attachment - was issued 'from Justice
Reid's court at Portland, on a dog for
unpaid rent '1 be attachment was
made possible by an act passed by the
state legislature last winter making
canines personal property, and the at
tachment feature is a newly discovered
convenience to be taken advantage of
for the first timo.
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DELL BROTHERS, SEX'S -w Athena, Oregon &
At 7 :30 o'clook Monday night oo
ouned the death of A. O. Cock burn,
one of the oldest and wealthiest farm
ers of Umatilla County. He passed
away at his home two miles and a half
from Milton, after a severe illness 'of
many weeks of heart trouble and a
complication of other diseases boiug
the immediate cause of his death.
Mr. Cock burn was born hi Sootland
in 1829, being 78 years old at the time
of his death. He leaves a wife and
four sons and one daughter living, one
son, Jobn.Jhaving died some years ago.
The children are M. C. Cook burn,
Doc, Charlie, Frank, and Mrs. W. H.
Harder, all of whom were at the bed
side of their father.
. The funeral took plaoe at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning at the Presbyter
ian church in Milton, and was con
ducted by Rev. Babbidge. For many
years Mr. Cookburn was an extensive
wheat raiser on tbe reservation and
was well known in Atbena, where for
many years he did his trading.
Murderer Confesses.
Ed Gossen, the murderer of Ernest
Bonomi of Tbe Dalles, who was cap
tured in Pendleton by Sheriff Taylor
has made a complete confession to
Wasco county offloials. Tbe confes
sion of Gossen lifts the veil of mystery
from the cold-blooded murder of tbe
Italian farmer, who was shot to death
while lying in bed at bis home on Mill
creek. Before tbe searobing interro
gations of Sheriff Chrisman and his
chief deputy, the bars of Gossen 's re
serve fell and be confessed to them
how, filled with tbe spirit of revenge,
caused by a letter from his mother, in
which she said Bonomi had uttered
threats against herself and him.
Warehouses at Pilot Rock.
Work, was commenced on the erec
tion of two mammoth warebonses, at
Pilot Rock, for Balfour. Guthrie &
Co., and tbe Pacific Elevator Co. Tbe
warehouses are being built on the
west side of the railroad track, and
about two hundred yards outside tbe
city limits.
Marriage License Issued.
A marriage license has been issued to
Alfred II. Weatberfoid aud Mitm Letba
Will Case Appealed, y ;
Notice of appeal to the supreme
couit aud an undertaking, in tbe. now
becoming - famous Turner will case,
were filed Saturday with County Clerk
Saling. This is the Weston case aud
though the contestants have lost out
in the oounty court and the circuit
court and though the amount at issue
is less thtln $5000 it is proposd to
carry the case up to tbe supreme court.
IN AN AUTOMOBILE SMASHUP
Machine Turns Completely Over But
Hurts No One Seriously.
Clergyman Becomes Miller.
Rev. W. H. Atobeson. who bos act
ed as pastor of tbe first Congresgational
ohuroh of Freewoter, bus left for
Echo, Or., where he changes bis pro
fession to that of miller aud assumes
the general management of tbe new
Echo flour mills.
G. W. Whitehouse, wife, littlo son
and Miss Paul of Walla Walla were
victims of an automobile accident just
outside Athena, Tuesday forenoon.
The party was near the Reeder plaoe
when a team was met. In turning
out of the road, Mr. Whitehouse, who
was driving the maobino, sent ouo of
toe front wheels into a rut. The speed
and weight or the maohine was bo
great that tbe wheel collapsed and the
oar bounded into tbe air, spilling toe
occupants out and turning completely
Jesse Pound Mangled.
Jesse Pound, while engaged in check
ing cars in the yards at Umatilla Sat
urday night, Was run over by a train.
He lived eight hours with tbe Jower
portion of bis body horribly mangled,
dying early Sunday morning.
NOTICE.
Mrs. Geo. Carmiobaol personally ap
peared before me and said tb'ut ber
name was used in tbe Notice of Re
lease published iu laBt week's Press
with out ber knowledge or oonseut.
S. F. Wilson.
OF GOOD MACHINES
;here in our store. Call on us and tfe Will gladly
' show you the Veering line famous the World
oCer as being the ideal harCesting machines.
Veering binders, moWers and rakes haOe 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. B ARRETT & COMPAN Y
Hale, both of this county.