The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, November 22, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text; I&yI ' ii TY Athena Merchants Treat you Square Athena Merchants Carry Bio Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XIX. V ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1907. NUMBER 71 H i - ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Parton Milling Company Floor is made in Atheua, by Atbena labor, iu the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Bloestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells American Beauty for 5 Merchant Millers S Athena, Oregon. '4, . .. THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO. H. O. Mansfield, Manager Athena, Oregon BUILDING AND Yards at Walla Walla, Toubhet and Lowden, Wash. Athena, Adams and Freewater, Oregon. What Makes it the Popular Route Fast? The Northern Pacific Railway ever has in mind the comfort of its patrons. Its through trans continental trains are composed of new and modern equipment which is kept in perfect oondition. The latest improvements are found in day ooaobes, in standard Pullman sleeping oars and in dining and observation cars. None but the moskoornpetent, civil and obliging employes are in charge. ' The company tries to make the journey of its patrons pleasant and its efforts are appreciated. m0 INQUIRE OF LOCAL AGENTS The Northern Pacific Railway a A. u. UHARLION, A. U. Ps A., Nor i nafl'IE3i . Fill n 1. 11 AC Eair fcK?iqEfePi fl i i t m u in h c i If I! I! fl If if Si H 1 H N H I H S3 I It 11 H H II W W V U II 1 1 M H pmdelWry where prices ARE RIGHT m The Freshest and id 4 Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here 0 n DELL BROTHERS, mm Sack and Grain Buyers Waitsburg, Wash. ' R. J. BODDY WHOLESALE BUTCHER Makes a Specialty of furnishing Meat in Large Quantities. First-class stock, Reasonable price MATERIAL FUEL FOR FULL INFORMATION Pao. By., Portland, Ore, Ki ii i ii r most Choice the Market affords in veceta CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT WOULD PROSECUTE Governor Chamberlain Demands! Res ignation aud May Bring Criminal Action. Governor Chamberlain has threat ened to bring criminal action against State Treasurer Steel unless the latter offioer takes immediate and active steps to secure better protection for the deposits of state school funds' that were made by Steel in the now de funct Title Guarantee & Trust Co. The threat of Governor Chamber lain was made directly to Steel at the end of a series of conferences between the state's executive and the treasurer. There was no quibbling about Cham berlain's language or his meaning. His avowal was direct. "When I am fully informed in the premises," he said to Steel, "And am satisfied that the laws have been vio lated in plaoing the money in that bank without sufficient security in the name of the state, I shall be compelled to brine criminal action n trains t von. ' I will do it reluctantly and not from I any political reason, but it is my sworn duty to enforoe the laws of the S state. " " Treasurer Steel's surety bond for $600,000 reads as payable to "bis suc cessor in offioe or to any person au thorized by law to receive same, all moneys, records and effects belonging tohisoffioe." Steel wili not resign and no action oan be brought against the surety company while he remains in oflioe. "It is your duty to resign," said the governor to Steel 'earlier in the con versation. The governor has the as surance from the district attorney of this diatriot that criminal proceedings will be brought if the laws have been violated. Gas Well at Payette. The gas well which the Oregon Gas & Oil oompany has bored at Payette is now down 785 feet and has experi enced several "blow outs" from pock ets of gas enoountered and it is believ ed by the experts in charge that a steady flow will soon be found. An other well 14 inches in diameter will be started at onoe for the purpose of tapping oil which lies below the gas deposit and work will be rushed on this well as rapidly as possible. A GOOD TIE AT PANIC PARTY Gorgeous Costumes Worn Fines Im posed for Numerous Offenses. The members of the Friday Night Skating Club and invited guests bad a most enjoyable time Friday evening participating in the panio party, For the most part the costumes were gorgeous and elicited applause and comment. Miss Maud Gholsou was awarded the prize for wearing the most appropriate costume and tne gen tlemen's honors went to Mr. Fred Kershaw Mnsiarwas an enjoyable feature of the evening's entertainment and coffee and sandwiches were served for re freshments. Fines for various misdemeanors were assessed as follows by Mr. S. F. Wilson: Col. Boyd for chewing gum, lOo : Ira Kemp for having hair parted in the middle, lOo: Henry Dell for going home from rink and ohanging clothes, 15o: M. L.-Watts for not presenting tioket at door. 25o : J. R. Whitehead for wearing a diamond ring, lOo: A. L. Swaggart for selling a oar load of hogs on legal holiday, 6c: Dale1 Preston for being out of gasoline, 10q: Frank Partoh for not teing at former olub meriting. 10a: Merle Robie for spoiling bis only suit of olothee, 5o Walter JudV for "going out in society when so young," lOo: Joseph Soott for having his shoes sbined, 60: Forest Frve for ska tins all the time wun MAIN 83 Athena, Oregon P3 married women, 5o :. Fred Kersbaw for being only half dressed, 10o:' P. D. Maun because he was no lady, 10o: "Judge" Wilson for monopolizing the fair visitor, 15o: Offioer Gbolson for not preserving order, 60: Dr. Plamon don for being mayor of Athena, lOo : Otbo Reeder for letting bis graud motherfall, lOo: Byron Hawks for smoking a vile pipe in the ptesenoe of ladies, 15o: Austin Foss for wearing some one else a clothes, lOo : G. is. Kidder for attempting to personate a clothing man," lOo: Arthur Doug lass for stealing the "Hello Girl" from the public, lOo: Mr. Russell (new druggist) for being in town, lOo: Henry Barrett who is always noisy for laughing so loud, lOo: Frank Coolidge for letting a mule kick him while on the run from the mule, 10c: Harry MoBride for skating too fast, lOo. Wealthy Cities. The value of Pendleton's taxable property as gleaned from the tax roll by Deputy County Clerk R. T. Brown, is $6,764,286, while the valne school of the taxable property in the district is $7,171,533, says the Tribune. The following is the value of taxable property in other towns of the oonnty: Umatilla, $127,086; Echo, $233,896; Pilot Book, $82,064; Helix, $139,379; Adams, $131,897; Atheua, $691,230; Weston, $37 f. 652; Miltou, $626,686; Freewater, $155,590. Freewater Still Has Fruit. The Traotion oompany brougbt over a refrigerator oar this morning for the Produoe oompany. This makes seven in the last four days which the Trao tion oompany have brought over aud it has relieved the situation a good deal. Most of the apples whiob have been packed have now teen shipped and from now on will be loaded direct from the orohards. There are about 15 or 20 more carloads of apples to be shipped out and then the season's crop will be about all taken oare of. Eastern Oregon Banks Are Solid. The banks of eastern Oregon are de monstrating their staying qualities be yond the shadow of a doubt, and have shown their stability as well as ability to manage theit affairs through a mild panic Confidence on the part of the people will aid materially in carrying our banks through the present financial difficulties, which have placed such a heavy .responsibility upon the bankers of the country. Union Republican. THE LAST BIG RANCH IN 101 It is to be Broken Up and Sold in Quarters at $90 Per Acre. The W. G. Adams ranoh near Ode- bolt, Iowa, the last of the big ranches of northwest Iowa, is to be broken up into quarter section farms and sold. This is the famous place known as the old "Farmer" Wheeler ranoh, its for mer owner being Hiram Wheeler, who was once the republican candidate for governor of Iowa, but who was defeat ed by Boies. Wheeler sold the ranoh for $33 per acre to W. G. Adams and went south to invest in Texas rice lands. Adams has made a great suo cess on the ranoh, raising nothing but grain, and principally corn. He baa a rule to never sell corn for less than certain prioe and will orib and hold his oorn for several years, or until he does get his prioe. Mr. Adams fig uresittbatin the ten years he has owned the ranoh it has paid for itself, so that whatever he now gets out of the plaoe will represent his profit. He savs it will take $700,000 to swing the deal, and that he will divide tho ranoh into 40 quarter seotions and sell it at $90 an acre straight There are 6,400 aores, or ten seotions, in the ranch. On the northeast quarter adjoining Odebolt there are improvements worth upward of $25,000, and several other sections in the ranoh have extensive improvements. The idea is to sell the ranoh for $90 an aore straight and then let all the purchasers draw cuts to see who gets the improvements for nothing. The ranch has been one of the big show plaoeaof northwest Iowa, but the people of the community will be glad to see it broken up, as they feel that forty farms will furnish more business than one big ranoh. An $8000 Hog. Clay Center Kansas, is now the home of an $8000 Poland China hog, the property of C. W. Dingman of Clay Center and Smith Bros, of Alma Voter is the name of this wonderful hog, and not only is he an $8000 bog, but be is the finest specimen of his breed in the world, acoording to hog experts of the United States. Voter won the championship prize over all Poland China bogs of all ages at the Illinois state fair. The Illinois state fair is held late and the winners of all the state fairs held before were there to compete for the prize of championship, which would lndioate that the winner was the best of bis breed of any in the world. Voter is not only valued at $8000, but a half interest in him sold at that rate. He in the highest priced Poland China bog in the world Kansas City Journal. PRIZES 10 POPILS Essays Wanted by the Oregon Society Sons of the. American Revolution. The Oregon Society of the Sons of the Amerioan Revolution offers prizes to the pupils of the public schools of the State of Oregon, for essays on sub jects conueoted with our War for In dependence. Prizes of $20.00, $15.00, $10.00 aud $5.00 will be awarded for the first, second, third aud fourth best essays written ou any of the following sub jects: 1. Washington the Great Leader. 2. The Flag of the United States. 3. The Boston Tea Patty. 4. The Treason of Benedict Arnold. The essays are limited to three thou sand words eaob, must be written in the student's own baud-writing on one side only of the paper, and accom panied by a certificate of the writer's teacher, stating that the writer is a pupil in a designated class, aud that the teacher believes the essay to be the pupil's own unaided work. The essay must be signed by the writer, giving also bis or her postoffioe address. They should be forwarded to Mr. R. I. Eokerson, Chairman of Committee, Room 5, Washington Building, Port land, Oregon, and should reach their destination not later than Marob 1, 1908. In awarding these prizes the com mittee will be governed by considera tions of: 1. Originality. 2. Aoouraoy of Statement. 3. Manner of Treatment 4. Orthography, Syntax and Punc tuation. These prizes are offered to encourage love of our country and the study of its history. Any additional information which may be desired will be cheerfully fur nished on application to the Chairman of the Committee. Mothers With little children need no longer fear oroup, colds or whooping oough. Bees Laxative Cough Syiup tastes good. It works off the oold through the bowels, clears the head. Guaranteed. Sold by Pioneer Drug Store. THERE IS MEY IN BASEBALL Big Pot Divided by Managers of Sue cessful Major League Teams. Baseball is a profitable profession for those who oan get to the top. The Cbioago olnb, winners of the obam pionship game, receive 60 per oent of the money, which amounts to $32, 760.04. The Detroit olub get 40 per cent as a eolaoe for their defeat, and it amounts to $21,973.25. Besides this big rake of President Charles Murphy of the Cbioago club made bis players a ptoseut of $13,000, which increased their sum to $45,960.04, while Piesi dent Yawkey of the Detroit olub gave the players a check for $15,000, which netted them $36,873.25. Twenty-two Cbioago men reaeivod an equal share of the money, eaob man getting $2,089.09. Nineteen players of the Detroit olnb split up their money equally, eaoh member of the team receiving $1,945.96. To Protect Liverymen. For the purpose of establishing a Liveryman's association in Walla Walla, Ed Robbins, of the Bobbins Transfer oompany, of Everett, arrived in the city Saturday, says the Walla Walla Bulletin. From reports bis plan has met with success, as prelimi nary investigation of the looal livery meu shows the majority of them are iu favor of the plan, and Mr. Robbins thinks he will be able to establish a local association without any trouble, The state organization of tbe associa tion was made last Ootober in Everett, and tbe chief purpose is to secure state egislation aud protection to the livery men throughout tbe state. Aooording to the present laws of tbe state of Wasoington, it is possible for a man to hire a turnout from a livery stable and do just about as he pleases with it. Wheat Moves at Walla Walla. Looal grain dealers annonnoe that wheat would be moving from tbe Walla Walla valley to Portland, Ta coma and Honnd points in lalrly good shape within the next two or three days. Local buyers assert that every indication points to an extra good fig ure for grain, and it is expected it will be fullyas high as it was before money became so stringent. While there is a considerable portion of tbe oron sold, there is a large amount left in tbe warehouses waiting to be ship ped. There are also considerable amounts in tbe warehouses adjacent to tbeoity which have teen purchased but have not been paid for. Barlej dealers of Dayton and adja cent receiving stations a snort tbut bar ley for feed and seed will sell for $2 a 100 pounds next spring. Tbey as sert that nearly every taunl of barley raised in Columbia county was brew ing barley, aud for that reason com manded a muoti higher prioe. A con servative estimate of the barley crop in Columbia county places the amount at 800,000 sacks or about 15 per cent more than was raised last year. It is estimated that 75 per cent of the en tire crop is being marketed in the east, most of it going to St. Louis and Om aha. The average prioe reoeived last year was 90 oents a 100. The highest prioe paid this year was 1.52. Cor bett Brothers, probably the largest dealers, are shipping 10,000 tons. Al ready they have shipped 238 carloads. About 80 per cent of tho crop adjacent to Dayton has been shipped and 00 por cent from the Turner exteusiou of the O. R. & N. Indians Get Deeds to Land. It is reported here that about 100 allottees on the Umatilla Indian reser vation have recently reoeived' their patents for their land from the Unit ed States government The Umatilla reservation is nearly all choice wheat land, producing from 40 to 60 bushels to the acre, and is now farmed princi pally by white men who rent the land from the Indians. But as fast as the Indians get deeds for their land tbey sell it. Thrifty white farmers are the buyers. Grow Potatoes in the Air. W. R. Packwood of Wenatohee ex pects to evolve a variety of potatoes that will enable a man to gather in stead of digging them. He is led to believe this by a strange experience he has had on his ranoh in central Washington. He has suooeeded in raising immense potatoes on vines above ground, instead of by ruota. One of the big fellows weighs four and three quarters pounds. ' This pro duot comes from the planting of pota to seed that grew on top of the vines last year. Always Was Sick. . When a man says he always was sick troubled with a oough that lasted all winter what would you think if he should say he never was sick since using Ballard's Horebound Syrup. Snob a man exists. Mr. J. C. Clark, Denver. Colorado, writes, "For years ,1 was troubled with a severe cough that would last all winter. This oough letf me in a miserable oondition. I triad Ballard's Horebound Syrup aud have not had a sick day sinoo. That's what it did for me." Sold by Wm. MoBride. GIVING THE NEW A TRIAL Floyd Huffy First Man Arrested for Selling Liquor to Indians. For tbe first time since tbe new state law against selling liquor to In dians was passed a prosecution is now on for that offense here. Floyd Huffy is the name of tbe man indicted and charges against bini were made by District Attorney Phelps says tbe East Oregonian. Huffy was arrested by Chief of Po lice Guardane ' who suspects him of having been implicated in a robbery that ooourred near the depot several weeks ago. At the time a Yakima In dian was robbed by three Indians of tbe Umatilla reservation. Minthorn, Mltobell and Corbett, all of whom are now iu tbe county jail. Huffy is aooused of having supplied tbe three Indians with tbe whiskey which made them undertake to rob their Yakima brother and it is believed be likewise shared in tbe spoils. Under tbe present law the penalty for soiling liquor to Indians ranges from one month to a year in the county jail, or a flue not exceeding $500 or by both fine and imprisonment S Good Farms Now. i'Land that was abandoned by home- leaders wbooamo to Ecbo iu the, early days is beiug filed on. It has been shown that it is among tbe very best wheat land in tbe west aud of Uma tilla county. It lies from two to 12 miles southwest of Echo and those who are now filing on it in 1C0 acre tracts expoot to make tome of tbe best farms in this section. Early settlers on some of these lands bad planted poplar trees and bad mads all arrangements to lo cate permanently, but abandoned their claims for land tbey thought might be better. Since thou it baa been ly ing idle. History of the Columbia. Professor W. D. Lyman, head of tbe Department of History in Whitman College, is at present eugnged in tbe preparation of a "History of the Co lumbia River." This book is to be oue of a series of twenty volumes ou "Tbe Historio Rivers of America," published by tbe Putnams, and is the tenth ot tbe series. Professor Lyman has a work of considerable importance on His nands, as tne book is to be a magnificont oueof about eight hundred pages and one hundred illustrations. It will probably be over a year before be completes bis investigation, aud will be able to put bis work iu the bands of the publishers It is consid ered that t!ie sHeotion of Profenor Lymau to write tbia history is a most signal recognition of bis authority oa looal Northwest history. V' Hi i ....