The Athena press., August 30, 1907, Image 1

"If you see a hand or a
limb 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'
vertisijvgthe 'business not
well advertised is at once
discredited.
Boost Karly and Often, for the r Athena Fair
VOLUME XIX.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1907.
NUMBER 50
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MANASSE'S UP TO DATE STORE
i Agent for Bntterick Patterns.
FALL STYLES 1907
First Showing of Correct Styles
n 11 "j TTT 1
m ran ana
Cloaks Drees
Jackets Skirts ,
Craveuettes . Black and Colors
Automobile Coats All sizes
For At-
Ladies "Reasonable
Misses Prioes
Children Latest Styles ,
Beautiful Novelty Styles - Choice ' '
No two alike . , Furs-Furs
At Money Saving Prices. Ladies ' .
Ladies Children 1 '
Athena's Up To Date Store
Agent for Butterick Patterns.
Put Me Off at Walla Walla
"Something Doing Every Minute"
First Annual -
Grand Harvest Carnival 1
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 fan and gaiety. Grand electrioal queeu's pegeant and
coronation. Bands of mnsio, beautiful and dazzling illnminations; thrill
ing sports. A tented city fnll of wondefnl novelties, amusements and
daring performers. A street of mirth, where gaiety and laughter , will
have fnll swing." - A week cf real life that you cannot afford to miss.
Reduced rates on the railway. See small bills. : ,
OF
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.
Deering binders, moWers and rakes haOe neVer
failed to make good no matter how difficult the
hardest. We Would like to show you some of these
good machines. Call on us and We'll tell you
Why the Deering line deserves your consideration.
It's a question of profit for you as Well as for us.
C. A. BARRETT&COMPANY
PROMPT
deuvery WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT m
The Freshest and
T"i -
e Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
DELL BROTHERS,
winter sza
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GOOD. MACHINES
most Choice the Market affords in
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CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT
BOOTH III TROUBLE
Insurance Man Charged With Em
bezzling $3,000 of Com
pany's Funds. "
II. T. Booth, Oregon manager for
the Paoiflo Mntual Life Insurance
company, and who is well known here
has been charged with embezzling
$5000 of bis company's funds. He
was formerly located at Baker City
and went to1 Portland to take the ptate
management of the Paoiflo Mutual's
business on January 1. He bas been
in Atbena often in the interests of his
company, and was here but a few
weeks ago.
Concerning the cu against Booth,'
the following appeared in the Oregon
Daily Journal
Yesterday afternoon an information
was filed in the state circuit oourt by
the distriot attorney's office charging
Booth with having embezzlod 1979.03
of the company's funds. This morn
ing a suit was filed in the United
States distriot oourt for the recovery
of approximately $40u0, which it is
alleged Booth collected and failed to
aooount for.
Both aotions have been brought on
complaint of W. ' H. Davis, general
manager of the company, with head'
quarters at San Franoieco, but who
is now in the city looking after the
oase.
Captain of Detectives Bruin was
unable to find Booth yesterday after
noon, or this moraiu, but Booth ap
peared at the office of the distriot at
torney and was allowed to go with his
attorney, A. King Wilson, to prooure
bonds for his release. This bond was
fixed by the municipal oourt at $2000.
Booth it is understood will surrender
himself to the authorities immediately
on completing arrangements for his
MORROW-
F A ;-fl .'R
3rd Dist. Agricultural So
ciety Management
PENDLETON
September
23 to 28
3,090.00
Cash Premiums
Buildings and Stock Yards
Increased 50 per ct in Space
.Larger and better than last year.
Bring or send your exhibits of all
kinds. Excursions at reduced
rates. Write for premium list and
otbej information. N ' ' ' f
Address letters to 1
TIIOS. FITZ GERALD, Sec.
3rd District Fair, Pendleton, Ore.
"Meet Me at the fountain!"
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Athena, Oregon
bonds, aooording to the agreement
made with the officers, and will per
haps then be allowed to go until his
case is called for trial.
According to the story told by Da
vis, Booth was general agent for the
company from January last until the
first of the present month and as such
had oonttol of the company's business
in the state. He had offices in the
Fenton building and it is charged by
Mr. Davis and in the complaint a
gainst the defendant that he collected
large sums of money from polioies
and retained the amounts using them
for his own personal expenses.
- Booth on the other hand admits
that he retained money, but states that
bis contract with the company allow
ed him a commission on all renewals
as well as upon new polioies. What
money he retained the defendant states
was dne him from the oompany for
renewals. He denies therefore that he
is guilty of embezzlement or of having
appropriated any funds to his use not
belonging to him by right
"Mr. Booth has lived in Oregon for
20 years," said A. King Wilson, at
torney for Booth, "and has been with
this oompany for seveuyears. In my
opinion this insurance company owes
Mr. Booth more than $5000 . He has
submitted to me his contracts, corres
pondence and facts, . and I have ad
vised him not to pay any more money
to this oompany.
"Mr. Booth received part of the
money they are suing him for about a
year ago. He also received part last
January, and long after that they
were delighted with his servioe and
work. He resigned the agency of this
company July 1, and shortly after
went to Los Angeles, wnere he (re
ported to the head offioers of the oom
pany. "It is expected that Mr. Booth will
work for another company, and that
probably bas something to do with
the present suit At no time has Mr.
Booth been in hiding. He had an in
terview with MrvDavis since the lat
er arrived in the city."
Athena's Caricaturist.
in the
the person of Byron HawKs, the
genial proprietor of the Pioneer drug
store, Athena swells with pardonable
pride in the possession of a second
Homer Davenport. As a caricaturist,
MrV Hawks already treads on the heels
of Silver ton's most distinguisbd citi
zen and in pen and ink portrait work,
he gives Charles Dana Gibson a olose
rub.Gith's" postoffloe lobby has
beep turned into an interesting art
gallery, where is displayed the por
traits of snob distinguished personages
as S. F. Sharp. M. D., Editor Boyd,
Postmaster Git bene, "Hashslinger
Charley" and another Zulu chieftain
or two. The collection, however, is
incomplete without a pen picture of
Hon. Jim Hays and Lord Charles Bar
row. ; ' : :
Mrs. Howe Entertains.
Tuesday evening at her home on
Third street, Mrs. Margaret Howe
entertained the young ladies and gen
tlemen of ber acquaintance in a very
pleasing manner. Some unique and
original features of entertainment
were introduced, chief of which was
a trolley ride through different plaoes
of interest. Particularly were the
"hunting" and "fishing" scenes ap
preciated by the guests. The spirit of
fun seemed to awake at the touch of
the hostess, who was assisted during
the evening by Mrs. Charles Betts.
About thirty guests were present and
were regaled with cake and coffee and
dainty ices.
Albert C. Staggs.
Albert C. Staggs, a prominent resi
dent of Weston and member of a pio
neer family, died Wednesday after
noon, August 21, 1907, after four
weeks of sickness with "Hodgson's
disease." Everything possible was
done for his relief without avail. Be
fore the end came the rare ailment
with whioh he was afflicted resulted
iiriijuob suffering. Mr. Staggs was a
native of Oregon, having been born
December 20, 1860, near McMinnville,
Yamhill county. He moved with bis
parents to the vicinity of Weston, in
1875, and in 1884 was married to Miss
Delia Parsons, who survives bim.
New Millinery Store.
mi
rs. Lizzie Jones has arrived in
the city from Pendleton and announces
that her millinery store will be open
ed to patrons by September I.XMib.
Jones has secured the service of an
experienced trimmer, a lady who bas
been in the employ of the Gage millin
ery establishment of Chicago, and who
is at present trimming for her in
Portland. Mrs. Jones herself leave
this week for a trip to Spokane, Seat
tle and Portland, where all the latest
in millinery will t seen. Her ready
to wear hats will be on display at the
former LaHue store, on September 1.
Costs Tw Fingers.
Asa result of an accident which
occurred at the Still Brothers' thresh,
ing maobine west of Milton, James
MoGinni lost the first two ffcngers of
his right hand.- Mr. MoGinuois was
engaged in putting dirt on the clutch
attached to tb hoedown, when in
some manner bis finger was caught la
the ulutch, tearing the middl finger
of the right hand entirely off sod in
juring the forefinger to much tint it
was afterward amputated. '
A TERRIBLE STORM
Cloudburst Deluges This Vicinity
and Hailstones Cause Con
siderable Damage.
ne of the worst storms ever exper
ienced in this section came in the na
ture of a oloudtnrat and broke over
Atbena at. 1 :30 Saturday afternoon.
The rain fell in sheets aud good sized,
hailstones pelted down in torrents.
The storm struck southeast of town,
the center being at the Henry MoBain
plaoe and on a line north as far as the
Gallaher farm. In that vioinity hail
stones were found as large as hens'
eggs. The storm did not last longer
than 15 minutes, but in that time con
siderable damage resulted. Much
fruit was destroyed on the , Braoe,
Harris and other ranohes on Wild
Horse creek. v
Dr Plamondou's orop of wheat on
the MoBain plaoe is a total loss, the
standing grain being literally driven
into the ground. Harvesters had just
oommenoed outting and all that was
saved was what saoks contained. The
doocor estimates his loss at $2500.
Twenty aores of wheat on the St.
Dennis plaoe is reported destroyed and
wheat owned by Mr. Anderson near
the . Plamondon field is praotioally
ruined. ;
Other grain losses are reported by
Wm. Sherburn, Joe Bergevin, D. C.
Kirk, Louis Bergevin, Ed Lafave aud
William Hall. David Ferris before
the storm was getting 17 saoks per
aore on the John Bergevin plaoe, now
he is getting but seven.
The feed ditobes of the Athena
water system were badly washed out,
and muddy water overflowed the res
ervoir. The pipes remained intaot.
The path of the cloudburst in this
section was perhaps a mile wide and
three' miles long. Fortunately but
little wheat in this path remained un
cut, otherwise the loss would have
been much greater,
Passiug Athena the storm continued
northeast and struok Pine creek a cou
ple of miles below Weston. Water
was never known to e higher and
bad the deluge struok above Weston,
it is oertain the town would have
been flooded.
At White's plaoe on Pine creek,
huge bowlders were washeddown the
hillsides and a wall of water surged
down the creek bed. Mr. White es
timates bis loss at $600 ; $100 to crops
and $200 to roadway. The storm har
vested a field of potatoes for Mr. White.
This field was on a hillside and since
the storm be has gathered from the
ground about 40 bushels of potatoes
left in the wake of the waters. His
hack was carried down the stream,
lodged against a tree and was com
pletely wreoked by the torrent
Below, at the Barrett place, the
foroe of the flood and debris was so
great that a conorete dam was torn
out. Here the most serious damage
resulted to a fine field of alfalfa and
the peaob crop for whioh this farm is
noted, was destroyed. ' The bridge at
the Frank Beale ranoh further down
the creek went, as in fact did all
bridges below Watts' to the state line,
exoept one, this being at Rice's doss
ing. At Simmons' the water raised
three feet in the house. The whole
of lower Pine creek ranohes were more
or less damaged.
Irrigon Fruit.
Everybody bas beard the highest
praise given Irrigon fruit, and sam
ples left at this offioe by Mr. R. H.
Whitehead, who is owner of a tract
of land at Irrigon is testimony vol
uminous in confirmation of all that is
svilod
WbatMo we mean by "every day" or moderate priced furniture? We
mean furniture of utility, neat design and substantial oonstruotion at
prioes within the means of those that want the best that medium prioes
van buy. While we handle the very finest grades of furniture, we wish
to be thoroughly understood as dealers in the moderate priced also. We,
however, keep away from the trashy or inferior grades. No low prioes
or other inducement can tempt us to enter such goods on our well bal
anced, always reliable stock. Our reputation would suffer if we did.
We uever fail, when it comes to a comparison, to prove that our values
exoeed!any moderate priced goods. It is as easy to be misled in furniture
as in olotb. There is quite a difference and you cannot be too carefulL
. Phone, write or call on us and yon will receive the same craefnl at
tention. We pay the freight when the bill amounts to, or over $10-00.
Use
Our
Rest
Rooms
THE DAVIS
Everything to Furnish the
Home.
12-14-16-1830 22 Alder Street,
WALLA WALLA, -:- WASH
olaimed for the products of that fa
vored district. Tne collection in
oJudes a bunoh of Flame Tokay grapes
measuring 13 ioobes long and weigh
ing one pound, six one-fourth onnoes
and luseioos peaohes of the Early
Crawford:-variety. Mrs. Whitehead
returped Monday from a visit to Irri
gon and brought the fruit home.
POOB H AT PULLffl
Prices on All Farm Products Have
Shrunken. ',
. The Pullman Tribune gives the
most reliable market report which
gives the cash prioes being paid for
produoe of all kinds in that place:
Blueetem - ' - ... 65
Bed - - - - - 61
Club - - - - - v 63
Oats - - - - - 00
Barley - - - - ;'. 80
Timothy hay, baled, per ton, - $14
Chickens, spring, per pound, " 11
Veal, dressed, per pound, - ' 05
Pork, dressed, per pound, - 07
Bntter fat, per pound, ' 28
' Prioes on farm produoe seem to
have shrunken to an unreasonable
figure. The Spokane markets are
filled to overflowing with veal and
chiokens, causing local prioes to low
er. .There is no market for barley
whatever, aud oats continue on the
decline. Wheat markets remain the
same with but few sales.
' Notice to Contractors.
Sealed proposals will be reoeived by
the Board of Regents of Normal schools
at Salem, Oregon, until 10 o'olook
a. m., August 31, 1007, for construc
tion and repairs at the Eastern Oregon
State Normal School at Weston, ure
gon, including carpentry, plumbing
and oaloimining. Specifications may
be seen at the offioe of President R. C.
Freuoh, Weston, Oregon, or1 at the
offioe of the secretary of the board at
Salem, Oregon. . C. L. Starr,
Secretary of the Board of Regents.
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