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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.