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t t Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks This Edition con tains Eight Pages Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1908. NUMBER 18 VOLUME XX. r".r'v..v-. . 1 ...A THE TUFM-LUM LUMBER GO. .Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHKS Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon ESTABLISHED 1865 A SOCIALIST IICE A it Party Names Full Corps of Candidates for the Various County Offices Have Been Named. I Experts Will Address Fanners In Athe na, At O. R. & N. Station Thurs day Afternoon, May 14. RATES ARE LOIR Railroad Commission Announces Re duction to Take Effect Sunday May 3, On 0. R. & N. Freston-Parton Milling Company jj i AMERICAN BEAUTY 1 Flour ia made iu Athena, by Atheua labor, iu the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grooer sells Amerioau Beauty for er Sack. I Merchant Millers and Grain Buyers : Atheua, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash. The activity of the socialist workers in Umatilla county was brought into relief yesterday when they filed their list of candidates on the socialist tick et tor the approaching election. A full Mokot for county offices was registered, many ot the candidates be ing residents of this city. Virgil Moore of Pendleton, will enter the race for representative as the bearer of the socialist banner. The ticket in full reads? B. K. Hoyt, Hold man, couuty coro ner. Perry Haner, Pendleton, county recorder. H. A. Anderson, Peudleton, justice ot the peace. J. A. Hamblin, Pendletoa, oonnty surveyor. H. M. Culter, Holdman," justice of the peace. George Harshman, Milton, represen tative. A. J. Harp, Holdman, constable. F. A. Sikes, Milton, school superintendent. A. D. Siebert Pendleton, county commissioner. W. H. Rioe, Freewater, county clerk. G. A. Jsckamas, Pendleton, con stable. Virgil Moore, Peudleton, represen tative. Man Zan Pile Remedy comes ready to use, in a collapsible tube, with noz zle. One application soothes and heals, reduces inflammation and relieves soreness and itohing. Price 50o. Sold by Pioneer Drug Store. Slater a Candidate. R. J. Slater of Pendleton, has an nounced bis candidacy for district attorney on the demooratio ticket. THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET J. II. STONE, PROPRIETOR The place to get the best eTWeat that money can buy, and at the lowest price Fish and Oysters in season The high est cash price paid for poultry. " ) R. J. BODDY - WHOLESALE BUTCHER Makes a Specials of furnishing Meat in Large Quantities. First-class stock, Reasonable price On Sayings We Pay On the Quarterly Balance or - 3 r On the c7Wonthly Balance MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING SKIDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS Crush and mix in feed or salt Proper dose in tablets Makes Your Stock Look Like the Top Price For Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine rod Fowls. They are made from the active principle or the condensed essence of the drug. They don't contain Sawdust, Ashes, Chop Feed or Bran. Are just as good when 10 years old as when 10 days old. They comply with all pure drug laws. Ask for ' and try once SKIDOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm. Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blister, Cathartic, Heave. Fever, Hog Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tabletsor Louse Powder, Spavin Cure or Barb Wire Liniment. Distributed by THE BLUE BELL MEDICINE CO., Incorporated; Capital Stock $300,000.00; Watertown, South Dakota, U. S. A. ' Sold in Athena by A. B. McEwen & Sons. ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop. W Only First-class Hotel in the City. w THE ST. NICHOLS In tbe ouly one that can accommodate commercial travelers. Can ttfiecomended for Ha cleau and well ventilated room. The long talked of farming train will come to Athena Tuesday, May 11. On that date, from 1:15 to 2:15 Dr. James Witbyoombe, direotor of the Oiegon experimental station of Cor vallis. Prof. O. I. Lewis. Prof. C. E. Bradley and Prof. H. D. Scudder, will address Athena farmers at tbe O. K. & N. depot. All farmers are cordially invited and urged to be present, iu order that they may bear the disoussions of ex perts on livestock, fruitgrowing, soil chemistry, crop rotation, conservation of moisture, and general cultural methods. Tbe O. R. & N. Co. is operating a special train in conjunction with tbe Oiegon Agricultural college. The objeot is to further the improve ment of agricultural conditions iu the state, through a series of lectures given by tbe college faculty on subjects of special iuterest to farmers. The following letter has beeu re ceived by the Press from General Freight Agent ft B. Miller wbiob urther explains tbe enterprise: The O. R. & N. special farming train will cover our lines iu Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla coun ties on May 11, 12, 13 and 14 on a sohednle permitting stops at per at tached. Lectures will be given on'tbe train in oars provided for that purpose by the following members of tbe Ore- gen Agricultural college faouUy: Dr. James Witbyoombe, director ex periment station. Professor C. I. Lewis, horticulturist. Professor 0 .E. Bradley, chemist. Professor H. D. Scudder, agronomist. The principal subjects to be discussed are: Summer fallow, horticulture, aui mal husbandry chemistry of the soil, rotation of crops general culture meth ods. Tbe talks to be given by tbe college people will be very instructive and I am sure that much good will result to the farmers, and consequently to the coontry iu general. The leotures are free for all but it is the farmers whom we desire paitiou larly to reach and if they are able to derive any benefit therefrom we will feel repaid for our outlay. Tbe train is the first of its kind that has ever been operated in Oregon, al though it is tbe third of a series of leoture trains, reoently inaugurated by this company. Sports at Whitman. Yesterday and today tbe annual Tri State Intereobolastio track meet is be ing run off at Whitman College. Over 20 of the leading high sobools of tb Northwest are represented there by full i truck teams of six men or more, for tbe college is paying tbe full railroad expenses of six men from eaob school and is providing entertainment iu Walla Walla for all tbe contestants who come. The railroads are granting an open rate of 1 1-3 fare and this means tbe presence of several hundred visitors besides the contestants. Elan orate plans were made by Walla Walla for a gala event. Railroad Commissioner Claud B. Aitohison announoes that tberednotion freight rates affeoting points east The Dalles, on the O. B. & N. will go ino effect Sunday, May 3. This reduction means that the old rule of $1.09 will hereafter be 95c; the 91o rate has been reduoed to 81o; 77o to 67o; 65o to 57c; 52o to 48o; lie to 38o;35oto 29o; 26o to 24o; 20c to 193. The effeot of this reduotiou will to of great benefit to shippers and means saving to them of thousands of dol lars. Tbe reduction will not work a hardship on tbe railroad company for tbe traffio on oertain classes of freight wbiob the old rates practically prohi bited, will be stimulated by tbe new rates to tbe extent that little, if any, loss will be entailed. The announcement of the ohange is made by Bailroad Commissioner Claud B. Aitohison of Portland. Tbe news will be eagerly received by every business man in Umatilla county. The ohange affects all points ou tbe O. B. 8s N. lines east of Tbe Dalles. and Ath MS A CLOSE LEAD Democratic Race in Second District Barrett of Hillsboro Switches to Statement No. 1. - Watts Is Candidate. Perhaps the strangest incident re sulting from tbe. primary eleotion is tbe nomination by tbe demoorats of this oonnty of Professor H. I. Watts, republican, for the offloe of couuty school superintendent. The republi can ballots contained the name of Frank Welles, present inoumbent, and be had no opposition in his party and as a result bad easy sailing in securing the nomination. But a different as pect confronts him, in bis eleotion to office. A sufficient number of demo oratio voters wrote iu the name of Prof. Watts ou the ballots, knowing bim to be a man of pie-eminent quali fications for the offloe, thus tendering him tbe nomination regardless of his politioal affiliations. This unqualified indorsement of Mr. Watts is indeed a high testimonial of regard for bis ed noatioual work. Team Does Highjinks. A team belonging to Frank Jaokson played high jinks with a buggy, Wed nesday eveuing, while hitched to tbe raoK at Tnarp Bros.' machine shop. The Tbarp automobile came out of tbe shop and tbe team beoame frightened. The horses turned the vebiole over and then proceeded to kick it to pieces. Another horse near by jumped on the raok and was with difficulty removed. A PROFESSIONAL SALES W. Lewis Will Sell the Taggart Stock at Sacrifice Prices. X rnn. Mitu .no Third. ATBBNA.Or.i ta4S44ttIMvvvvvvvv 3 E lUALiTY GROCERY STOi "'& WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHNE MAIN 83 The Freshest, and most Choice the Market affords in VEGETABLES G? Alberta Farmer Returns. Mr. aud Mis. Thomas Mosley two younger children arrived in ena last evening from Alberta, and will probably spend tbe summer bere. Mr. Mosley has beeu in ill health since going to tbe northern olimate, and hopes to regain bis former good health ou bis old stamping ground. Ee has a fine body of land in Alberta, which will be farmed by bis son, Ol iver, during tbe absence of tbe family. Tbe daughter. Bell, was recently married to a Mr. Gus Gnnderson, and lives on a farm near her parents' home. f Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here &Ji j Athena, Oregon S 1 Yj dell brothers, CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING3 TO EAT Meet tomorrow. The democratio oonnty central committee meets at Pendleton tomor row. Delegates to tbe state conven tion will be elected. Also action will be taken in tbe indorsement of the seveial candidates who will rnn on tbe democratio ticket. H. I. Watts for county school superintendent; R. J. Slater for district attorney and W. F. Sbaw for representative, will receive tbe committee's indorse ment. Slater and shaw have come bofoie tbe people since tbe primaries. Tavlor. Strain and Watts were, nom inated at tbe primary election. Shamrocks vs. Sluggers. Tbe Shamrocks have beeu unable to seoure a game of ball for Sunday. Efforts were unsuccessful to secure same with either Pilot Rock, Weston, Adams or Walla Walla. Tbe teams in those towns all have sobeduled games for that day. Later Curtano's "Slueizers" will give the Sbamiocks a eame. and it promises to be a warm one. Mr. A. W. Lewis, of Lewis Bros. & Co. of Chicago and Spokane arrived in town Monday with a staff of salespeo ple and is preparing to close out tbe stock of T. M. laggart & Co. Mr. Lewis has bad muob expeiieuoe in tbe disposal of s too kg of merchan dise and expects to sell every last dol lar's worth within tbe coming few days. Tbe people of Athena and the sur rounding country will have an oppor tunity to buy at out-prioes, such neces sities as groceries, shoes, eto. Every thing in tbe store must be sold before May 15tb. The sale opeus Saturday, May 2nd, Athena Market Day. Attended Funeral in Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dudley went to Walla Walla Tuesday to attend the f oneral of Mrs. Wm. Elliott, who died in that city. Mrs. Elliott was former ly Miss Auna Ginn, of tbe well known family who resided on tbe farm east ot this city, and was a cousin of Mis. Dndley. ' Did Not Purchase. Mr. and Mrs. William Winship returned Monday evening from Adams county, Wash., wbere they visited friends for several days. Mr. Win- ship says tbe Weir and Gillis families are well contented in their uew homes. He was fairly well pleased with tbe country up there, though he did not purchase land. Tax Meeting Postponed. Owing to tbe illness of Assessor Strain, tbe proposed tax-payers' meot ing at Pendleton, has boon indefinitely postponed- Official returns showing the result of the reoent primaries on tbe state ticket fot the Second district have been received. No ohange in result is made by the official count though tbe lead of John A. Jeffrey over Andrew Jackson Derby is out down to five votes for tbe Demooratio nomination for congressman from tbe Second dis trict. Aooording to the oftloial figures W. R. Ellis, for congress received 11,813 votes, Shepherd 8,476 and Geer 8,275. For railroad commissioner Aitohison received 7,620 votes, Gaston 8,540, Hamilton 3,393, Hurlburt 6,942, Loucks 4,998 aud Wbiting 1,267. - . For the Democratio nomination for congress Derby received 2,524 and Jefferson 2.529 votes. The oompletioh of the returns from tbe Second district supply tbe missing figures iu tbe totals for tbe senatorial fight and show that Cake has a major ity of 2,487 votes. R. S. Bean for justioe of tbe supreme court polled 40,807 votes, while J. W. Bailey de feated Dr. Alexander Reid for the Re publican nomination for state food and dairy commissioner by a majority , of 14,989 votes. W. N.- Barrett of Hillsboro has switobed sinoe his nomination as joint senator for tbe counties of Linooln, Tillamook, Washington and Yamhill and has now come out strong on a Statemeut No. 1 platform. Sinoe doing this he has been indorsed as tbe sena torial candidate by tbe mass meeting hold in Washington oounty on Friday last. In order to make his attitude the moro plain to the people Mr. Barrett has written a letter to Tbe Portland Journal telling of his change from Republican voter's pledge to tbat of Statement No. 1 and explaining f reason for the change,. .The letter is as follows: "Hillsboro. Or.. April 27. To tbe Voters of tbe Twenty-fourth Senatorial Distriot ot Oregon Having reoeived the nomination of tbe Republican party for senator of this joint senatorial district, comprising Liuooln.. I ilia -mook, Washington and Yam bill coun ties, and also having reoeived tbe in dorsement of tbe Statement No. 1 convention at MoMinuville last Satur day, I deem it proper foi me to make a statement of my position to the vo ters of this distriot. "I am a personal friend of Senator Fnlton's, and as such, felt tbat if be reoeived tbe nomination at the pri mary eleotion, that I should support bim without regard to the eleotion in June. Mr. Fnlton lost out. Mi. Cake was nominated. Mr. Cake made tbe fight in favor of Statement No. 1, tbat is, in favor of tbe legislature eleoting tbe candidate who reoeived tbe major- ' ity vote iu June. "I bad said I would suppott tbe Republican voters' choice for United States senator. Mr. Cake has, in effect, said tbat he does not want tbe offloe unless be is the people's choice. " As a Republican I submit to tbe will if the majority and will support Mr. Cake for United States senator and the prin ciple upon which he was nominated, in other words, support tbe candidate who is tbe people's choice at the Juno election. "In saying this I have no doubt but what Mr. Cake, with tbe large Re publican majority in Oregon, will be nominated in June, in which event he will not only be tbo Republican choice, but also the peoplo's choice for that position and tbat when tbe legislature meets be will reooive tbe unanimous vote. W. N. Barrett." Recovered Horses Cost $50. "Four big draft horses, owned by Chas. Brotberton absented themselves from tbe pasture several days ago, and Mr. Brotherton offered $50 reward for their reoovery. Wednesday the horses were returned to their owner by George Mulkey, who found them beaded for their old rauge in Wallowa county. Mr. Mulkey rode out of town Almost an Accident. Tribune: An aocideut wbiob might easily have bad serious if not fatal conclusions ooourred at the home of Al Cardeu, Monday evemng. when a shell from a 82 calibre revolver ex ploded in tbe stove over wb cb Mrs. Carden was standing and tbe metal part burled through tbe stove door, grazing ber cheek and imbedding it self in tbe wall behind ber. with tbe $50 check ' pocket, don't yon know. in bis inside n. Assessor Strain Still I1L Assessor C. P. Strain is still very ill at bis borne on tbe south bill. He was taken with appendicitis last Sat urday night and for a time bis condi tion was regaided as critical. He is now recovering, but is still too ill to be out of bed and it will likely be a week or mote before be cau be at work. Fire at Milto Tbe Milton opera bouse and two dwellings belonging to W. H. Bailey were destroyed by fire Monday fore noon wbiob threatened to devastate tbe entire town. The loss is estimated at $6000. The bigb wind endangered tbe adjoining property, wbiob was only saved by tbe elf ootlve work of tbe fire department. Excursion Sunday. Auuouucement is made tbat an ex cursion tiain will ruu from Walla Walla to Pendleton Sunday. Tbe ob ject of tbe exonrsiou will be to accom modate people who whtb to witness tbe ball game between Pendleton and Walla Walla teams. A New Dress. Tbe St. Niobols hotel is receiving a uew dress of paint. When finished, tbe color will not be yellow as the first coat indicates. V