The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, June 19, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThis Edition con tains Six Pages, Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XX. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 19, 1908. NUMBER 25 THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Parton Milling Company Flour is made in Atheoa, by Athena labor, in the latest and beat equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grooer sells American Beauty for 1.25 Per Merchant Millers Athena, Oregon. 1 r 3p 0 i" 't, ... 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 and 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 jut as good when 10 yean old as when 10 days old. They comply with all pure drug laws. Aak for and try one SKIDOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blister, Cathartic, Heave. Fever, Hog Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tablets or Louse Powder, Spavin Cure or Barb Wire Liniment. Distributed by THE BLUE BELL. MEDIOINE CO., Incorporated! Capital Stock $300,000.00; Watertown, South Dakota, U. S. A. Sold in Athena by A. . McEwen & Sons. id vine" mini i"2nr nrnnrraw tv5ftisE" W im wkiuu Mmhmv immw PROMPT II DELIVERY 'a fi The Freshest and fucnr Ige Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here K r DELL BROTHERS, BEAUTY Ssck and Grain Buyers Waitsburg, Wash. THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET J. II. STONE, PROPRIETOR The place to get the best cTWeat 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 Specialty of furnishing Meat in Large Quantities. First-class stock, Reasonable price PRICES ARE RIGHT most Choice the 'Market affords in 'VtUtlABLt: 0aE3Zg0" PANTER WANTED Is a Skeleton Key Artist and Pulled Off a Smooth Job of Burglary Wednesday Night. One of the smoothest jobs of bur glary ever pulled off in Athena,' took plaoe Wednesday night, and the offioei-q are after an itinerant painter, who is supposed to be the skeleton ar tist, and of whom tbey have each good desoription that bis arrest is only a quetsion of suoh time as he makes his appearanoe at some town. With a skeleton key, filed by him in the hobo "jangle" camp below town, the fellow unlocked the front doors of the Pioneer drug store, MoEwen's Hardware store, and gained entrance to the Corner Saloon, , where he was put to flight by Joe Gay, who was sleeping in the building. At the drug store the burglar took three razors, 80 cents in ohange, and helped himself to about 30 worth of Frank Coolidge's jewelry. At Mo- Rwctiia ha liftari a Inf nt ravnra turn I watches and a "22" Winchester rifle. At the saloon he tried to open tbeoash , drawer, so Joe Gay says, and was i frightened away from the job by mm. The officers have a good description of the fellow, and believe he will be behind tbe bars in a shoit time. Den izens of the hobo camp "peaobed" on the painter when questioned by tbe officers. Acoording to tbe story given the officers, the fellow wanted others in the camp to help him pull off tbe work. They also say that he filed the key in the camp. A sweeping reduction is marked on all bats in the Jones & Jaokson milli nery store. DO YOU KNOW "AUNT SARAH" A New England Mother Get acquainted at once by reading the book Roosevelt said, " One person in this country ranks ahead of the soldier. She is the really good woman and mother who has done her full duty." 12mo, cloth bound, $1.50 Mention this paper and w will fend it postpaid for $1.00 Richard G. Badger Publisher, Boston t THE X : ST. NICHOLS HOTEL : J. E. FROOME, peop. m t Only First-class Hotel in the City. 1?f I THE ST. NICHOLS t Is the only one that can accommodat e commercial travelers. Iff - in X Can b lecomended for lis clean aDd well ventilated rooms. 1 Cor. maim akdThibd, atbena, Or. Athena, Oregon T David Taylor Tells of the Winter of 1852, When Provisions Were Hard to Secure. One of tbe most interesting obarao ters among the pioneers who are in Portland for tbe annual reunion is Dave Taylor, of Athena, who came to Oregon 56 years ago, arriving iu Port land in 1852. says the Portland Jour nal. Mr. Taylor was at that time a boy of 13 years of age and now at nearly three score and 10 be retains bis youthful appearance and bis earjy vigor. Perhaps no man in the northwest is better qualified, to tell of its growth. Mr. Taylor has been over most of tbe trails from California to Montana, and his life has been rilled with exciting experiences. He was iu reminiscent mood this norning and told of bis first sight of Portland after tbe long trip across tbe plains. He said: "It will be just 56 years ago Octo ber 15, sinoe I first saw Portland. At that time tbe city consisted of two or three log cabins on Water street. Ox teams were tbe streetcars tbe?, and tbe streets weie rude trails out by tbe first comer to tbe Columbia river. "We had a mighty hard light to get enough to eat that winter. Freight was paoked 'to The Dalles on the prairie sobooners and pack trains and shipped down tbe river on flat boats, and these boats were few and far between. There was no flour and potatoes were $5 a bushel. Bacon was almost out of reach, and bay was $40 a ton. "I saw on the streets the wagon in which Ezra Meeker says he orossed tbe plains in 1852. It's all a fake. We didn't use snob style of vebiole at all in those days. The wagon we did use was much tbe same as those in use now. A square 20-inoh bed was cov ered with a false bottom of boards aud on top of tbis was carried the bedding. Between tbe two bottoms we stored meat, flour, and other supplies and when we wished to get at tbe store we simply removed a board and reached for what we wanted. When the sup plies were exhausted we used tbe boards in making graves for the dead. That year of '52 fraught with ill luck for tbe wagon trains. Cholera was the soourge whiob decimated the ranks of tbe home-seekers. We bad an easy trail to follow, foi it was marked by graves. Day after day we would pass newly made graves at every step of tbe journey. I lost my father, a brother and a sister belore we reaobed the Snake river." BARNES JURYCDULDN'T AGREE Insane Relatives of Jurors Sentimen tal Course for Non-Conviction. After censuring the jurors for taking into consideration tbe punishment to be given "Bud" Barnes, aoonsed of tbe murder of Mis. Anna Aldriob, at Walla Walla, tbe presiding judge dis charged them when tbey declared they could not agree on a verdict. Tbe vote stood nine to three for conviotion of murder in tbe first degee. While tbe jurors agreed not to tell bow they voted, it is understood the three men who voted for acquittal did so simply because tbey had insane rel atives, and that further, one of tbem had been acquitted on the charge of murder, the defense being insanity. The trial will oome up again June Tbe oharge against Barnes is that of killing Mrs. Aldricb in a lonely gulch near Dixie, Wash., crushing ber skull with a piok handle. An Exciting Runaway. While driving to Weston from tbe reservation near Athena tbe team of D. C. Kirk frightened and ran away, upsetting the hack throwing tbe oo cupants to tbe ground. Fortunately no one was dangerously hurt though all were badly bruised and clothes ruined while tbe hack was broken, though in snch a way Mr. Kirk was able to patch it up for tbe rost of tbe trip. Besides Mr. Kirk Mrs. Kirk and Miss Vera were in ibe back. Alfalfa Hay Crop. Henry Barrett has seven 'nun em ployed in putting up the first outting of alfalfa on bis Pine Creek ranch. He estimates bis crop better than tbe gen eral average tbis year and will have close to 75 tons of bay. Tbe second outting will probably add 50 tons more. ON For president of tbe United States, William H. Taf t of Obio. Taft on the first ballot, Taft by 702 votes, Taft by (be unanimous choice of tbe con vention. Such is tbe record of tbe culminating day of tbe republican na tional convention of 1908, eflected amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm HUNGR -PORTLAND TAFT Al SGHOOLMEETING Barrett Elected School Director for Three Year Term Richards Elec ted Clerk for District. At the annual sobool meeting, held Monday afternoon at 2 o'olook, C. A. Barrett was eleoted director for the three year term. Mr. Barrett was tbe unanimous ohoioe of tbe meeting for tbe offloe. Henry Barrett. Cbas. Botts a id B. B. Riobards were placed in nomination for distriot clerk. The names of Mr. Barrett and Mr. Betts were withdrawn, and on motion the olerk was direoted to oast a ballot for Mr. Richards, be being the unanimous choioe of tbe meeting. Tbe board of directors is now com prised of Jerry Stone, chairman; C. A. Barrett aud W. B. Taylor; B. B. Riobards, clerk. The annual report of J. F. Kershaw, the retiring olerk shows Distriot No. 29 to be in splendid condition financially. The distriot has uo outstanding war rants, aud has 11281.58 cash on band. The report in f nil, follows : Receipts. Cash from Clerk Chamberlain $ .15 Cash on hand 07 Anunal report 1007.44 Reoeived from State 353.25 Reoeived from Couuty 1475.00 Reoeived from Speoial 2772.02 Distriot No. 45, Tuition 115.50 $5724.26 Disbursements. Fael expense I 189.20 75.94 20.00 9.00 121.65 16.65 4.00 4.00 1.10 345.00 3606.34 50.00 1281.58 Library Clerk '.s Bond premium Water rent Ino. Expenses Interest paid on warrants M. L. Watts 8th grade Exam S. F. Wilson 8th grade Exam, Refund of Sobool Taxes Janitor's Salary Teaobers' Salary Clerk's Salary Balance cash in bauk $5724.26 CHAMBERLAIN A GOOD "MIXER" The Governor Never Forgets a Face and Remembers a Name. Coupled with individual magnetism Governor Chamberlain is a good "mixer" always remembers a faoe aud never forgets a name. These characteristics in addition to tbe broadness of his political oapabil ities, are undoubtedly bis stook in trade as past master in tbe art of vote getting. He has tbe f aoulty of getting close to tbe people and gives you tbe feeling that you are closer to him than tbe other fellow is. A looal iuoident showing the ease with whiob tbe governor made himself felt in tbe recent campaign transpired during bis speeob at the Athena opera bouse. Mr. Chamberlain was giving his views on Statement No. 1 and had reason to refer to Mr. Mann the repub lican anti-Statement No. 1 candidate. After neatly paying his respects to Mann, be turned to tbe audience and exclaimed: "But wby not support legislators who have subscribed to Statement No. 1; men whom you know will do tbe right thing; men like Charley Barrett andour old friend, 'Bill Blakeley?" Joel Houghton, a farmer residing near State Line is fond of relating a personal experienoe whiob illustrates tbe remarkable power of memory pos sessed by Governor Chamberlain. "I knew Mr. Chamberlain 30 years ago in the Willamette valley when be was county reoorder," said Mr. Hough Ion, "and had a little dealing with him over a bogus mortgage which be prevented a man from passing off on me. I soou after moved to tbis valley and never saw Chamberlain again and did nt have any idea ttat he remem bered me. Bat when he was in Milton about six weeks ago he saw me and spoke, recalling tbe experience of 80 years ago in eastern Oregon. "When Mr. Chamberlain meets a man he remembers bim always and can uall bis name at once. This happy faculty has done mnoh to win for him bis unusual peisonal popularity." Tbo borne of William Burkhardt on the mountain near Briggson was burned Saturday morning. Mr. Bnrkbardt who lives alone had kindled a big' fire in bis cooking stove and gone off in search of bis cattle. When he re turned tbe bouse was in flames and too far gone to rescue anything beyond one suit of olotbes. He bad just gotten in $50 worth of groceries. Tbeloss is es timated to be about $600. II RRST BALLOT and after a nerve-raoking continuous session lasting nearly e.'gbt hours. With tbe president named aud plat form enunciated, there rerLaina only tbe nomination of vice-president to complete tbis momentous wort;, and it is believed Gov. Cummins ot Iowa, will be tbe man. ATHENAHDRSESHOW Horses and Colts Will Be Exhibited In Athena On Saturday After noon June 27. Tbe Fourth Annual Horse and Colt show will be given by Athena horse- meu on Saturday, June 27th. Sanford Stone and Henry Barrett have charge of the arrangements. Mr. Stone being the Big Chief and Henry .having charge of the entries. Mr. W. R. Taylor and F. S. Le Grow will have oharge of the prooession aud not as marshals of the day. The judges have not been seleoted bnt will be disinterested parties and efforts will be made to find thorough horsemen to nil this important posi tion. The prooession will be formed on lower Main street and tbe side streets of 1st and 2nd streets and will proceed east on Main to 4th, tbenoe north to Adams, thence east to 5th, thenoe south to Maiu, thence down Main to 1st and baok on Current to show grounds, east of Tbarpa shop. Tbe parade will form at 1:30 p. m. and will be led by Athena's most fastidi ous horseman Cbas. Noma in his fine road wagon drawn by two fine sons of Caution Karl and Agunaldo. There will also be other well known looal horses as MuAlropa, Joe Fountain, Star of Kansas, Umatilla Chief, Com- missaire, Tamalene, Ruth Caution, and Milt Swaggart'a beautiful black gelding. There well be no enteranoe fees charged atd prizes will consist of beautiful ribbons suitable to tbe occa sion. Tbe list of o lassos made up at tbis wiiting consist of twenty, as follows: Best Draft Stallion, registered, 1st and 2nd prizes; best Draft Stallion, not registered. 1st and 2nd prizes; best Standard Bred Stallion, 1st and 2nd prizes; test Coaoh Stallion, registered, 1st and 2nd prizes; Best Draft Stallion 2 or 3 year old, bred in Umatilla ooun ty, 1st and 2ud prizes; best Draft Stal lion 2 year old, 1st and 2nd prizes; best Draft Stallion 1 year old, 1st and 2nd prizes; best Draft Stallion foal at foot, 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes; best Light Harness team to pole, 1st aud 2nd prizes; best Light Harness Single driver 1st and 2nd prizes; best ap pointed turnout, lady driver, 1st and 2nd prizes; best Saddle horse with lady rider 1st and 2nd prizes; best Brood mare, foal at foot, 1st prize only; best Ligbt Harness, foal at foot. 1st aud 2nd prizes; best 6 mule team owned by one man, 1st piizo only; best Coaoh, foal at foot 1st and 2nd prizes ; best Draft, foal at foot, sired by Grade Stallion, 1st aud 2nd prizes; best Ligbt Harness 2 year old, 1st and 2nd prizes ; best Ligbt Harness 1 year old, 1st and 2nd prizes; best (any age) gets from same stallion and mare, 1st prize only. Book on Wrestling. There has just been issued from tbe press of Riobard K. Fox, Franklin Square, New York, one of tbe most valuable and comprehensive tieatises on wrestling ever published. World's champion wrestler Frank Gotob has written a book about the art, whiob contains everything that is of interest to enthusiasts. A speoial chapter is devoted to training and another to tbe career of the oouqueror of Haoken- so h in id t. It oontains 50 excellent half tone illustrations, showing all bis principal holds, inoludins tbe famous toe bold. Portraits are shown of the best known mat aitisls. Shamrocks Flayed Milton. Earl MoDudlay's Shamrocks and the Milton Berrypickera were tbe chief attraotion at Meador Park Sunday. Tbe Sbanirooka found tbe Berrypiokers easy pinking and came home with a 6 to 1 score. It was a swell clip up to tbe 6th inning, with tbo score one to nothing in favor of the Sbamrooks. Then Milton scored, aftorward going to the bad and breaking ranks on tbe slightest provocation. Tbe Shamrocks are billed for Meador Park again next Sunday, when they go up against the strong La Salle team of Walla Walla. Henry Molstrom Dead. Homy Molstrom, for many years a resident of this vioiuity, tut for tbe past! 4 years living in Stage Guloh Northwest of Pendleton, dropped doad with heart disease at bis homo Satur day afternoon. Mr. Molstrom was a native of Finland and at his deatb wus aged 60 years. It's "Dr." Davis Now. R. L. Davis returned Sunday from Kirksville, Mo., where be recently graduated from Dr. Still's College of Osteopathy. "Bob" is a full fledged doctor now, and will bang out his professional shingle at Kalispell, Mont., a lively town he is greatly tak en up with. Chamberlain's Majority 1193. Tbe official count from all the coun ties except Harney is in. Tbe count opto date gives Chamberlain a major ity of 1493.