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Newspaper Page TextAthena Merchants Treat you Square Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XIX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1907. NUMBER 74 Come in and see for pimrseiff I invite you to call and inspect my line sf Christmas and Holiday goods, consisting of the very latest and swellest, uptodate Toilet Articles, Perfumes, cTWhisic Rolls, Hand Bags, Stationer, Candies, etc. The Pioneer Drug Store BYRON N. HAWKS, Proprietor ; ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Parton Milling Company : Flour is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. s Patronize home industry. . Your grooer sells American Beanty for Merchant Millers Athena, 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 wbiob is kept in perfect condition. The latest improvements are found in day coaches, in standard . Pullman sleeping oars and in diniug and observation cars. None but the most competent, civil j and obliging employes are in charge. The company tries to make the journey of its patrons pleasant and its efforts are appreciated. INQUIRE OF LOCAL AGENTS The Northern Pacific Railway A. D. CHARLTON, A. G. P. A., Nor. Pao. Ry., Portland, Ore. r a THE -"Kim WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT P0HHLh 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in v j5 Wb Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here DELL BROTHERS, rSS018 tt i; i; ii ii jj v- - BEAUTY or Sack-1 and Grain Buyers : Waitsburg, Wash. 1 J. BODDY WHOLESALE BUTCHER Makes a Specialty of furnishing Meat in Large Quantities. First-class stock, Reasonable price FOR FULL INFORMATION LyiLii hi ji a j ji j it j jtji STATE If L BE PAID Surety Company Will Turn Over Drafts Amounting to $109,388 to Cov er Steel's Deposits. The American Surety company will pay to the state of Oregon 1409,388.88 between this date and December 31, 1909, to cover the amounts entangled by State Treasurer George A. Steel through his deposits in the defunct Title Guarantee and xiast company bank and the suspended Merchants National bank. On $295,910.68 of this sum the Surety .company will pay interest to the state at the rate of 5 per cent from November 6 until Deoember 31, 1909, or sucb time as the debt shall be paid. This, in short, says the Portland Jour nal, is the result of the agreement which was reached by the representa tives of the state in the office of Gov ernor Chamberlain yesterday after noon. In return for this settlement the state assigns to the Surety company all its interest in the securities held by it against the Title Guarantee and Trust j company and toe deposits Held by tne I state in these institutinos. The bonds of $50,000 given by the Surety company in behalf of State Treasurer Steel are cancelled and held of no effect in any future act or omis sion of the state treasurer Lbough they are still held liable for any short coming in the administration of Mr. Steel for a date prior to the signing of the agreement. Incidentally the state treasurer, now being without bond, other than bis personal bond for $50,000 secured by J. Tborburn Ross, Louis B. Glafke, J. H. Peterson, J. W. Cook, M. B. Rank in and Wallace McCamant, has been required by Governor Chamberlain to furnish new bonds in the sum of $600,- QOO within 20 days from this date. The agreoment entered into between the Surety company and the state is a lengthy document and goes into the whole tangle in detail and minutely. In the first place, it sets out the bonds given by State Treasurer Steel upon bis assumption of office and shows that he gave one bond secured by personal friends in the sum of $50,000. This bond was given July 10. 1906, and was signed by J. Tbor burn Ross, Louis B. Glafke, J. B. Pet ersou, J. W. Cook. M. B. Rankin and Wallace MoCamant. On December 8, 1906, Mr. Steel also gave a bond of $250,000, written ty the Amerioan Surety company, while on September 21, 1907, an additional bond with the Surety company for $300,000 was also given. It is then set out that the Title Guar antee & Trast company gave a bond of $50,000 on June 11. 1907, as an active depository for state funds, and on June Holiday Greeting The happy Christmas time is fast approaoniug, and again we take pleasure iu inviting you to inspeot our new and well selected line of Watohes, Clooks, Jewelry, Sojid Silver and plated ware, Cut Glass, Fountain Pens, Etc Do not forget that we pride ourselves on our good goods and low prices. We make our reputation on euoh goodsas Roger 1847 and Community v Silverware the finest in the world. Iu watches, I carry only the best makes, Howard, Hamilton, Wal tham, Hamden movements, With a large line of Gold and Gold filled cases, to select from. F. II. COOLIDGE Jeweler Athena, Oregon j 20 gave an additional bond for $50,000. The Merchants' National bank gave a bond for $40,000 January 14.-1907, as surety for an active depository of state funds. The agreement then shows that fol lowing January 14, 1907. State Treas urer Steel deposited with the Title Guarautee & Trust company funds ag gregating $400,000, of which there re mained as balances at the time of the bank's failure the sum of $107,483.81 from the general funds of the state, and a further balanoe of $288,426.81 from the general funds of the state, and a further balanoe of $288,426.87 from the oommon school, the agricul tural school and the uuiversity funds of the state. It is further shown that siuce January 14, 1907, Mr. Steel has deposited with the Meiohauta' Natioual bank the sum of $12,478.20. The agreement then goes into the assignment of securities by the Title Guarantee & Trust oompany to Steel to guard the state deposits, all of wnioh have been set out by the press since the failure of the bank and which includ ed the M. B. Rankin deeds aud notes and the other general securities. The document then braucbes into the agreement proper and states that State Treasurer Steol had transferred all the securities giveu bim by the bank to the state to seoure it against loss, and tbe surety company desired to settle controversy between it and tbe state qoiokly and without tbe trouble, expense or delay of litigation iu spite of the question of tbe oompany's lia bility upon its bonds I bat it would agree to pay a part of the total amouut immediately and the rest on or before December 31, 1909, with interest nt 5 per cent annually. HALF A MILLION IN FRUIT Wonderful Record Made by Growers Near Milton and Freewater. Some wonderful fruit-growing re cords are shown iu reports trom the Milton Freewater seotion, iu Walla Walla valley just across the state line. Praotioally half a million dollars worth of fruit was shipped out of that Iooality this season says the Walla Walla Bulletin. There are four produoe bouses iu Milton aud Freewater, tbe Clalook Company, the Walla Walla Produoe Company, tbe Shields Frnit Company and tbe Milton Fruit Growers' Union. These bouses shipped out 410 full carloads to other localities in addition to forty carloads of local stuff and fifty carloads of goods from the can nery. Apples netted tbe farmers from $1 to $1.25 a box. One hundred carloads of prunes netted the farmers $2 a ton or $500 a car; fifty cars of peaches averaged $400 a car and fifteen car loads of pears averaged $700 a oar. Fifteen thousand orates of straw berries were shipped, averaging $2.75 a orate, and ten thousand crates of other berries averaged $2 a crate. All the prodnce houses but the Shields have olosed and it has about a carload of apples to send out. Fruit-growing is receiving an im petus in the Walla Walla valley and farmers and owners of small tracts, especially in tbe irrigated district, have found it pays better than any other crop. One man living near Freewater has supported himself and wife and wid owed daughter and child for five years off one acre of land, though they had to be very frugal. Milton's Biff Water Suit. Tbe trial of the Peacock mill com pany vs. Milton City, et al was resumed in that city this week. Tbe trial of this case was begun the first Monday in Deoember last, aud the court has been eugaged at different times for more than ft year taking testimony in the case. It is thought that the tak ing of the testimony will be completed by tbe end of this weok, as the plain tiff n as already rested its case, and several days has been consumed iu tbe taking of testimony for the defense. Engines Are Idle. Tbe freight business over tbe O. R. & N. has fallen off to such au extent that 20 locomotives were boused in the round bouse this noon, standing idle. Tbe work which formerly required every available engine is now sucb that there is abundance of power iu the local division all tbe timo. La Grande Observer. Ex-Mayor of Pilot Rock. E. F. Beitle, ex-mayor of Pilot Rock and one of the pioneer residents of tbe county, died at St Anthony's hospital in Pendleton, Sunday morning about 10 o'clock. Tbe remains were taken to mot koce ror burial Monday mor ning. Death followed an operation, which the deceased had undergone several days ago. Operating the Mines. Tbe first day of tbe attempt to re open the mines of Gold field without tbe aid of tbe Western Federation of Miners has passed and there has been not a single instance of attempted vio lence or disorder in tbe camp. Foley's Kidney Cure manes Kidneys end bladder right MILLIONS The Government Will Throw Open Indian Reservation Lands For Entry Soon. During the year eight Indian reser vations will be thrown open to entry. Praotioally 5,000,000 acres, now tied up, will be released, and iu this total are lands of all kiudsand descriptions Agrioutural, timber, graziug aud min eral lands, not to mention the vast ureas of graziug land aud land that will beoome valuable if irrigated. The largest opening will be on the Yakima reservation, Washington, aud other large tracts will be released at Colville, Wash., Flathead, Mont., Blaokfoot Mont, Lower Bnrle and Rosebud, South Dakota, Coeur d'Aleue and Lemhi, Idaho. Brief reference is made to these openings ia the report of tbe commissioner of tbe laud office, who says: Tbe Colville reservation, Washing ton, embraces about 1,000,000 acres, aud will be opened by proclamation of the president, to eutiy undor tbe homestead aud mineral laws, after tbe lauds have been surveyed, appraised and classified as irregular, grazing, timber, mineral or arid lands and cer tain allottments liavo been made. It will be more than a year before those lands cau be opeued. The lands class ified as valuable for timber are to be sold under sealed bids. v About 1,145,000 acres of the Yakima reservation, Washington, will be opeued undor tbe homestead and min eral laws by tbe proclamation of tbe president, except such parts as are valuable for timber, which is to be sold under a sealed hid plan. Approxima tely 100,000 acres of these lands will be subjeot to entry under the reclama tion aot. These lands are to be classi fied into irregnlar, grazing, timber, miueral or arid lauds aud disposed of at their appraised value. The time of opening has not yet been fixed. Tbe lauds classified as valuable for timber are to be sold under sealed bids. The Coeur d'Aleue reservation, Ida ho, (310,000 acres) is to be opened by tbe president's proclamation, to entry under the homestead and mineral laws after the lauds have boeu surveyed, Hotted, appraised and classified as agricultural, grazing and timber lands. Tboso lands will be ready for oponiug, perhaps, in tbe fall of 1908. About 64,000 acres of tho Lemhi reservation, Idaho, will be opened to settlement and entry after tbe lands have been appraised nnd soheduled by the commissioner of Indian affairs. The report of tbe appraisers has not as yet been reoeived. Tbe lands will not be opened before next year. A T Mansfield Goes to Freewater Johnson Is In Charge Here. Two ohaugos, effective at once, takes place iu tbe management of the Turn-a-lum Lumber company's yards iu Atbeua and Freewator. Mr. H. O. Manstleled, who has been iu charge of the Athena yard, since tbe company purchased it from A. M. Gillis has been transferred to Free- water to manage the yard there, with his wife, will remove there this week. Tho management of the yard here fulls to A. M. Johnson, who tor several years was connected with the Umatilla Lumber yard in this city. Since tbe purchase by tbe Tum-a-lum.compuny of tbe Umatilla yard, Mr. Johnson has boeu in tbe employ of tbe company aud bis promotion to the management of tho consolidated yards is deserved recognition of bis efficient sorvioe. Excursion to Pilot Rock. Arrangements have now been com pleted for tbe running of an excursion train to Pilot Rock trom Pendleton, Monday, in honor of tbe opening of the uew road to traffic It is expeoted that tbe numbor of Peudletonians to make tbe trip will be between 200 and 800. THE GRADE IS TOO SOFT o. R. & N. Extension From Elgin to Joseph Will Be Delayed. Construction work on tbe O. R. & N. company's extension from Elgin to Joseph will be resumed as early next spring as the weather will permit. It was the intention of the management to complete tbe lino this winter to a point where tbe Wallowa river valley connects with tbe canyon, and thereby furnish a rail transportation outlet for the valley. On investigation of conditions it has been decided that an effort to continue work on the grade tbis winter would be futile. General Manager J. P. O'Brien has made an inspection of tbe extension thus far completed and tbe grade that has been thrown up for a distance of 20 miles beyond tbe present rails laid. There has been rain aud snow in the mountains and about 100 men are re quired constantly along tbe completed line to maintain it Slides are frequent, owing to tbe new earthwork and the condition of the abutting ground. . Tbe line is completed for a distance of about 15 miles from the junotion with the Grand Ronde. Beyond that the grade has been made, and is ready for tbe rails. It was Mr. O'Brien's idea that this grade might be put in shape and rails laid on it this winter, and that by compelting about nine miles more of grade the road could bo completed through tbe canyon and tap the valley, at a point four or five miles from Joseph. This would have given the people of tbe valley a chanoe to haul their produoe to toe end of the ' line, for transportation to outside mar kets, during the winter months. It is said tho soft condition of the grade makes it impossible to wotk teams on it, aud that tbe construction of tbe line from tbe present terminus to Joseph will have to te laid over un til spring. Zaspell's Murderer Caught. Webb MoCaslin, alias George or William Webb, alias Webb McLaugh lin, who murdered K. F. Zaspell, a wealthy farmer- near Heppner, tbe uight of September 9, was arrested in Spokane, Sunday. MoCaslin, who nas reoently taken on the alias of MoCain, was captured by Captain James Cov erly, Patrolman George Miles aud Dep uty Sheriff Pough as be dismounted from a lumber wagon wbiob he has beou driving for a few days for a man named Whitney. He mado a full oonfessiou, but claiirs he acted iu self-defense. A reward of $500 was offered for bis capture dead or alive. EXPECT DROP IN WOOD PRICES Big Supply Makes Cut in Price of $2 Per Cord at Lewiston. "Lewiston fuel consumers can expeot a big drop in tho price of wood withiu the next six weoks," said a prominent citizou of the Clearwater country, who is a business visitor iu tho city today, says tho Lowistou Teller. "At shipping points aloug tboClear wat3t largo quantities of wood are stored and from the asking price of $6.50 per cord of a few weeks ago, tbe buyer ouu now seoure all be wants at from $4 to $4.50 per cord. "At the Orollno station there is cords now piled along the railroad, and farmers are delivering more every day. It is safe to say that at least an other 1000 cords will be added to that now stored for shipment." The same condition is true at all wood shipping points aud men are go ing to tbu timber every day to engage in tbe wood cutting business for tbe winter. The present prices of wood in Lew iston have been kept up by tbe persons holding tbe wood in tbo outfide coun try, aud much of the wood placed on the market here was bongbt for $Q per cord at tbo shipping stations. Whitman Basketball. Tbe basketball season is well under way at Whitman College, and tbo first game will be played next Friday night at Pendleton with the Pendleton High School. Whitman will have a great team tbis yeur being especially strengthened by tbe coming of War leu Bolt, a freshman, who for several seasons has been tbe star forward of tbe Spokane Amateur Athlotio Club. Apido from the trip to Pendleton, a week's trip to Colfax, Pullman, Mos cow, and Spokano has been arranged for, and games will bo played in tbe borne gymnasium witb W. S. C. and Universities of Oregon and Washing ton. Tbo annual iutercluss champion ship serios will be played immediately after tbe Christmas holidays. Pursue Fleeing Bandits. Hulf a hundred armed men, led by Bun Dyer, have left Coulee City on tbe trail of three robber's, who dyna mited the safe of J. M. McDonald & oompany in that town, about 8 o'clock this morning. McDonald, who lives near by, heard tbe explosion and rush ed out but was told to go baok or have bis brains blown out. Two bullets coming his way, ho retreated to an up stairs room aud shouted an alarm from tho wiudow. The robbers left bustily, securing no booty. At day break tbe citizens found where three horses had been tethered and a big posse has started on tbe trail toward Wilson Creek. The office of Mo Donald's store was shattered by tbo explosion. Arrangements are being mado to put Harry Draper's blood hounds on tbe truil. Notice. Tbe regular annual meeting of the stockholders of tbe First National Bank of Athena, Oregon, for tbe elec tion of directors for tbe ensuing year and for tbe transaction of such other business as may 'lawfully come before it will be held in its office in Athena. Oregon on Tuesday, tie 14th day of January, 1008 at tbe hour of 2 o'clock p. m. F. S. LeOrow. Cashier. December 6tb, 1007. Reservation Land. Lawrence Lieuaiiou of Adam,., bus purchased 80 acres of reservation land from Eli Parr. Consideration, $1800.