"Ifyouseeahandora
linib you know the trunk to
which it belongs is there be
hind." Thus even a small
advertisement reminds us
the store is 'there behind."
The 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
VOLUME XIX.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 23. 1907.
NUMBER 58
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MANASSE'S UP TO DATE STORE
-, Agent for Butterick Patterns.
FALL STYLES 1907
First Showing of Correct Styles
in Fall and Winter
Cloaks
' , Jackets i
Cravenettes
Automobile Goats
For .
Ladies
Misses '
Children
Beautiful Novelty Styles
- No two alike
At Money Saving Prices.
-.Ladies
Athena's Up To Date Store
Agent for Butterick Patterns. i
Put Me Off at Walla Walla
"Something Doing Every, Minute"
- First Annual
Grand Harvest Carnival
Under auspicies of the Walla Walla Commercial Club
SEPTEMBER 16-21 INCLUSIVE
An Opportunity to have the time of your life. One solid week of high
life, uproarious fun and gaiety. Grand eleotrioal queeu's pegeaut and
coronation. Bands of music, beautiful and dazzling illuminations; thrill
ing sports. A tented city full of wondeful novelties, amusements and
daring performers. A street of mirth, where gaiety and laughter will
have full swing. A week of real life that you oannot afford to miss.
Reduoed rates on the railway. See small bills. . .-, ....
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" here in our store. Call on us and We Will gladly
show you the Deering line famous the World
oVer as being the ideal harvesting machines.
Veering binders, mowers and rakes haVe neVer
tailed 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 tieering line deserves your consideration.
It's a question of profit for you as Well as for us.
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CAlsp0 IS
HI GFORA FAIR
Convenes Saturday Evening and At
tendance of All Interested Is
Urgently Requested.
; Now that harvest is well under
way. people begin to find time for their
minds to revert to the prospects in
line for the fair that is proposed to be
held in Athena on September 19-21 in
clusive. The hum of threshing ma
chinery and the flow of golden grain
has diverted the attention of all and
the fair proposition along with every
thing else but wheat, has been side
tracked as secondary and minor items
for consideration. The f aot that the
harvest season, in which is one of the
greatest crops ever growni is drawing
to a close, has put all in a spirit of
elation and a few more pulls at the
wheeljWill start the fair rolling to
suooess.
The committee on finance and the
committee on grounds have perlormed
i their duties and are ready to report
With the object of getting down to
work, Mayor Plamondon, president
of the Athena Agricultural and Live
stock Fair Association has oalled a
meeting for tomorrow evening. He
requests that all members of the asso
ciation and those who subscribed to
the Fair fund be present if possitle.
The faot that Walla Walla has bump
ed into the Athena Fair dates has led
to the suggestion that the dates be
changed.
Stricken With Aunendicitis.
Voile in the oountry Saturday
afternoon, little Merna DePeatt was
taken violently ill with an attack of
appendioitis. As Boon as she was able
the next morning she was brought to
town and has since been under the
oare of Dr. Sharp. - At present she is
very much better and it is believed
that an operation will no'. he neces
sary. Merna has before been afflioted
with the same trouble.
Back From the Sonnd.
Mrs. A. A. Foss arrived home Sat
urday from ' an extended visit -to
friends in Seattle and other Sound
f reewater?s Banner Day
ay
Wednesday, August 28th
Special Program and Exer
cises all Day and Evening
Brilliant speaking at Freewater
Park by Senator Fulton, Ex-Governor
Geer, Congressman Ellis, Judge Low
ell and others, 10:S0 a. m. and 2:30
p. m. Special musioal program by the
College Place band. Speoial hourly
service on interurban line all day,
with open trailers; a delightful tide
through the valley.
Big Display of Fruit. Great
est Basket Picnic ever held in
the "Valley of Many Waters"
Danoingat Badgero's hall in the
evening, 8:00 p. m. -
Wednesday, August 28th. Free
water's Peaoh Day.
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Athena, Oregon
cities. Mrs. Foss was a guest of Mrs.
Ella Metzgar, and arrived there on
the evening of the drowning of the
young man who was in company with
Mrs. Metzgar's daughter. However,
although this was a sad introduction
to the city, Mrs. Foss enjoyed her vis
it there, and took many excursions to
the different places of interest, visiting
Victoria, B. 0., Bremerton and other
places. , i
That "Yakima Buggy."
That "Yakima buggy'arrived over
the Northern Paciflo Monday and is
onoe more securely bound on its aoous
tomed floor space down at the Com
mercial livery stable. This is the
vehicle hired with a team some time
ago and landed in North Yakima after
aterriflo drive. The outfit was recov
ered in that city by Harry MoBride,
one of the owners. The horses were
sold and the buggy ordered shipped
home. ' '
EZRA MEEKER JOGGING ALONG
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Puyallup Pioneer on Old Trail in
' New York.
Antomobilists on the old Albany post
road have been treated in the last few
days to the sight of a genuine prairie
sobooner drawu by a yoke of oxen, says
a New York special. The outfit is
that of Ezra Meeker : of Puyallup,
Wash,, near Tacoma, who started on
January 29, 1006, to retraoe his jour
ney of 54 years before along the old
Oregon trail to its eastern terminus on
the Missouri river, thenoe across Iowa
and Illinois to his Indiana home.
Meeker reaohed Indianapolis on June
5, 1907, a distance of 2630 miles. As
he traveled he interested the people on
the route in preserving the old trail,
and by their help created numerous
stones, posts and monuments as guides
to the trail.
From Indianapolis he was tracked
along by way of Cleveland, Buffalo,
Syracuse and Albany, and tbenoe down
the old post-road, stopping at the var
ious towns' along the river. He is
bound for Oyster Bay to see the presi
dent, and later to Washington to try
to interest the government in trans
forming the old trail into a good road
way. . :
CATTLE THIEVES BUSY AGAIN
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Bunch of 190 Head are Stolen From
',:.. Salmon River Country.
A Lewistou dispatch says cattle
rustlers have again paid their respects
to Idaho and gathered up 190 head of
fine' cattle from the ranges south of
the Salmon river and disappeared with
the entire band.
The report was received in Lewiston
by Sheriff Lydon, who was instructed
by the sheriff's offloe at Weiser to look
out for a stray band of 190 oattlo,
which is supposed to have been driven
into the Lewiston oountry.
Nez Peroe county was the hostess for
the rustlers a few weeks ago when 13S
head of oattle were gathered from the
southwestern seotiou of the county
and rushed aoross the Snake river into
the wilds of the Blue mountains of
Oregon.
Ic is believed here that an organized
band is operating in the oountry and
driving the stolen stock into the re
mote sections of the upper Snake river
valley and adjoining mountain coun
try. Mill Resumes Operations.
After being closed down for two
weeks, during wbioh time new ma
chinery was installed and repairs
made, the big Preston-Parton mill has
started up on another season's run.
Night and day the mill ground wheat
into flour the past year and a record
output was reported in the Press some
days ago. The greater part cf the
mill's product 1s shipped to the Orient
and the prospects for another prosper
ous year in foreign shipments are flat
tering. Freewater's Peach Day. .
' Freewater will have a big Peaoh
Day on Wednesday, August 28, with
a large display of fruits, especially
peaches, together with other vegetable
products. The College Place band
will furnish music, while Senator
Fulton, Congressman Ellis, Judge
Lowell, ex-Governor Geer and a host
of others will be there. Speaking
begins at 10:30 a. m. followed by
lunch. At 2:30 p.m., speaking will
be again taken up. ,
Met "Jesse James."
About 400 citizens of this city at
tended the play of "Jesse James"
given Friday evening in the big tent
near the O. R& N. track. The play
enaoted delighted the hearts of the
younger element, who were greatly
in evidence at the performance. There
was plenty of gun play, several hold
ups, attempted hangings , house burn
ing and train wrecking.
I leave at once. All my household
goods must go at some price.
Ur. . W. Van Haltereu.
Hecuud residence euet of Hiteuiao's.
II HARVEST FIELD
Another 60 Bushel Yield Reported
( This Week Harvest Pro-
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gressing WelL
nother 60-bng.bel yield is reported
to the Press for today's issue. In this
iustance the big yield comes fiom
north of town; It was cropped by M.
L. Watts on the old Zimmerman plaoe,
and 80 acres comprised the field. An
other exceptionally good yield, of
wheat is reported by A. J. Wagner,
who received 841 sacks from 28 acres.
The past week's weather has been
ideal for harvest and a tig hole baa
been out in tbe acreage of this vicin
ity. Another week will see harvest
practioally over hereabouts, weather
permitting
From now on a constant stream of
teams will be moving the crop' from
field to warehouse. A considerable
amount of grain has been sold but tbe
prioe now offered, 69 cents, does not
seem to attract sellers to any great ex
tent Notes From the Field.
. O. A. Barrett harvested 55 bushels
per acre on his plaoe near town. Por
tions of the field averaged over 60
bushels, but Mr. Barrett is well satis
fied with tbe general average of 55.
John Walker wbre a big smile as he
greeted the Press reporter withj "Tell
'cm that my 200-aore field averaged
a fraction over 50 bushels per acre.".
Kellar & Thompson kept their roust
about on the has tie for extra sacks.
They counted on a 40-bnshel yield; the
average went strong 50 bushels.
Fifty bushels per acre was the yield
ou tbe M. M. Johns plaoe west of
town. 1 '
A splendid yield is reported by A. L.
Swaggart. His wheat averaged 55
bushels por aore. On bis Biroh creek
ranou Mr. Swaggart threshed 6,000
sacks of barley.
WHEAT STORIES 1H PORTLAND
Judge Ellis and Jim Kyle Tell of
Umatilla County Yields.
The following interview from prom
inent Umatilla county men, on the
wheat situation appeared in the Ore
gon Daily Journal :
Nextl Anybody with a story about
whoat crops that run any where from
80 to 100 bushels to the aore is eligi
ble to tho Oregon Wheat olub, started
by Judge W. R. Ellis and "Jim"
Kyle at tbe Imperial hotel.
The congressman started off with a
story about the wonderful yield of
more than 69 bnshels to the aore
raised by Thomas J. Kirk on his 80
aore tract near Athena.
'What do you think of that, Jim?"
asked Judge Ellis. "Some of that
wheat ran more than 70 bushels to1 the
acre and part of it warehouse measure
ments." t
"Thatia pretty good," said Mr.
Kyle, who will harvest a ) record
breaking orop of "spuds" on his place
uoar Echo next month. "I haven't a
story that will boat that, bnt Lowoll
Rogers and Louis Rothrock raised 55
bushels to tbe aore on their places near
Eastland last year."
After Jonathan Bourne's former
manager for eastern Oregon finished,
Fred Walters told about the crop of
Hugh Walker near Helix.
"Hugh raised 48 1-2 bushels to the
aore for a whole orop on a half seo
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prices within tbe means of those that want tbe best that medium prices
van buy. While we handle tbe very finest grades of furniture, we wish
to be thoroughly understood as dealers in the moderate priced also. We,
however, keep away from tbe trashy or inferior grades. No low prices
or other inducement can tempt us to enter sncb goods ou our well bal
anced, always reliable stock. Our reputation would suffer if we did.
We never fail, when it comes to a comparison, to prove that our values
exoeedTany moderate priced goods. It is as eusy to be misled in furniture
as in cloth. There is quite a difference and you cannot be too carefull.
! Phone, write or call on us and you will receive tbe sume, oracf ul at
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Judge Ellis proposed tbe election of
Mr. Walters to the wheat club and
he was taken unanimously. .
Then followed stories by the charter
members about wheat crops, potatoes
and other produce.
May Build Warehouses.
Weston farmers are greatly opposed
to the increased cost of warehouse
storage and threaten to build and con
duct warehouses there if the advance
is not rescinded. "We are concerned
so much," said one to the Leader,
"that we will have our own ware
houses in 1908 if this advance is not
resoinded. Most of us will an bruit
this year because we are compelled to.
jbdc we are well aware that the extra
oharge is extortion and, and already
here is ooncerted movement on foot
to handle our own grain next season."
Purchased a Ranch.
F. G. Lucas has nnrohaaed a tnnnn.
tain ranch of W. R. Taylor. ; The
plaoe is on Reed and Hawley moun
tain, contains 160 aores, is unimproved
and sold for $800. v
BANNISTER'S MANY RUNAWAYS
Present Rate Will Soon Boost Him
Ahead of Brother-ton's Record.
Is John' Bannister out after Charley
Brotherton's runaway reoord?
Whether be is or not, he bids fair
to win out, if his runaways continue
at tbe present rate. Last week tbe
string of horses ou bis MoRea combine
cut loose for a playful whirl around
the field, the result being slight
damage to tbe maohine.
During the evening, while in Athe
na for repairs, his driving team broke
loose from tbe hitching raok and
dashed homeward, without a driver.
Sunday bis third and most serious
runaway took place. While hitching
up to tne combine preparatory to a
day's work, the string of horses be
oarue unmanageable and bolted into a
ruu. The combine was whisked along
at a speed which soon demolished
tbe cylinder into fiagments and shook
tbe maohine up considerably.
Tbe MoRea maohine has tbe rep
utation of being the lightest draft of
any oombine on the market This
claim is now sufficiently verified it
would soem, and Mr. Bannister would
do tbe right thing in thinning the
number of horses down, retaining on
ly teams sufficient to pull the machine
without "feeling their oats and get
ting gay.' '
HOUSER STARTS STAMP MILL
Well Known Umatilla Man Interested
in Mining in Grant County.
Zooth Housor, one of the most euer
getio" mining men in this section, baa
oompleted tbo installation of a 10
etamp mill on the Present Need mine,'
wbioh property he has purohased from
P. F. Morey of Portland and organiz
ed a corporation with a capital stock
of 1,000,000 shares at tbe par value of
$1 per share, says the Prairie City
Minor. The stamps will be started
next week on some very rich ore taken
from that property.
This property has many ups and
downs. Mr. Gifford in bis time took
out considerable gold from a small but
very rich vein. Then Mr. Morey ac
quired the property, when traoe of tbo
vein was lost, and it was lying idle for
several years. Mr. Houser, who had
examined the property, took a lease
of it, found tbe vein after muob work,
bought it and is now mining tbe pro
perty with suooess.
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