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This Edition con tains Six Pages s Athena Merchants Carry BigJStocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1908. NUMBER 27 THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Rinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Parton AMERICAN Flour is made iu Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best eeleoted Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells American Beauty for v n ! II 1.25 Per Sack. Merchant Millers Athena, Oregon. At MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING SKIDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS Crush and mix in feed or salt Your Stock Look Mak es For Horse. Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowl. 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 food 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 8KIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blister, Cathartic, Heare. Fever, Ho Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tablets or 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. v:t-:: Sold in Athena by A. B. McEwen & Sons. dtKH M as OlSML TlWry WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT P0Z.N83 g The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in & 3fe Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here 4 Jf 3: .5KJ! E DELL BROTHERS, ,Jt ..J.. ,J iJd Milling Company BEAUTY and Grain Buyers v Waitsburg, Wash. THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET J. n. 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 Proper dose in tablets Like the Top nee n w m mtk. iwi k ptk dm nm m TV E BY S m ..VtUt ABLt .xjg-tild-- Bid :ld . ld .'MM. ilZ li THIN OUT YDUR FRUIT TREES Inspector Savs Unless Apples Are Thinned Variety Will Be Poor. Fruit Inspeotor G. L. Whitney an ooDDoes tbat the time has arrived to give apple trees the third spraying for codlin moth. Along with this announce ment Mr. Whitney gives some good advice along the line of thinning. "Don't raise pairs ou apple trees," be says. Oftiines when the yonng apples are crowded together in clusters two or more will grow together and the re sult is a deformed and worthless com bination. Even where this does not ooonr the apples, if allowed to grow too thick ou the trees, will be small and of inferior qnality. Even in weight, to say nothing ot quality, a well-thinned tree will excel the ne glooted one in its yield. . , Now is the time to thin peaches, also. If the horticulturist wishes a big crop ho must thin now. In thin ning peaches the greatest oare must be exeroised in order to avoid injuring the stems. The Burplus peaches should I never be polled off, put the stems should be severed with soissora. . Bargains in Automobiles. Closing out at greatly reduoed prices entire stock of second band autoa. Here are the cars ; all are great bargaius for the money: Ford 6 cylinder, 1 pas senger, 1907 model, in fine condition, 13,000; fold, 4 cylinder, 5 passeuger, good condition, $1,000; 2 cylinder 5 passenger Reo, tonring oar, just over hauled and painted, $700; 2 oylinder Ford just overhauled and painted $600; 4 oylinder Ford rnnabont, just over hauled and painted, $500; single cyl inder Olds runabout. 8 horse power in good running condition, new tires, $300; another single cylinder Olds runabout 5 horse power, good run ning oondition, $150. Orient buck board, $150. Detailed description on any of the above; mail orders promptly attended to. Don't wait. These suaps will not last long. Walla Walla Mo tor Car Co. Walla Walla. Thinks It Saved His Life. Lester M. Nelson, of Naples, Maine, says in a reoent letter: "I have used Dr. King's New Disoo very many years, for coughs and colds, and I think it saved my life. I have found it a re liable remedy for throat and lung com plaints, and would no more be without a bottle than I would be without food. ' ' For nearly forty years New Discovery has stood at the head of throat and lung remedies. As a preventative of pueumouia, and healer of weak lungs it has no equal. Sold under guarantee at Palace Drug Go's, store. 60o. and $1.00. Trial bottle tree. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are prompt and thorough and will in a very short time strengthen the weak ened kidneys. Bold by Palaop Drug Company. e0e THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop. Only First-class Hotel in the City. : THE ST. NICHOLS : e Is the only one that can accommodate commercial travelers. Can bftiecomended for Us clean and J well ventilated rooms. LOB. MAIH AND 1EIBD, ATHBH A, IT. (2 p Athena, Oregon ill ?11 li mid par HE & ES Parade a Mile Long Draft Classes Were Well Filled and Com petition Was Keen. Sandford Stone and Henry Barrett who bad charge of Athena's Fourth Annual Horse and Colt Show, are elated over the suooess of the exhibi tion madejn this city Saturday.) (The parade, wbioh was a mile long, swung into Alain street at 2 o'olock, headed by Charles Norris.sseated with his wife In a "toppy" rig drawn bv KarJ and Aguiualdo, two of Caution '3 very best. Following the driving horses, rode 25 ladies on borse fcaok and trailing behind, came tha Draft and Coach classes. KA feature of the parade were the Shetland ponies, ridden by little girls, and a paok outfit tigged out from Lo Grow & Taylor's cow camp was rea listic to say the least-iT "Bill" King was on the scene withhis Roosevelt family, and the little ones attraoted their share of attention from the crowds whioh lined the streets, through which the parade made its way. One hundred and seventeen horses and oolts were exhibited in the parade, aud Weston horsemen joined with tboEeof Athena in taking part iu the exhibition. At the ring-side, the draft classes were well tilled. The light harness classes fell below the showing made last season, though the entries made, were classy. Henry Barrett is grateful to Weston exhibitors for the interest taken in the show, and some of the best stook was from that vicinity. The prize wiuuers follow : Roadsters Best team to pole, Cbas. Norris, first; Wm. MoBride, second; Alex Still third. Roadsters Best team to pole, lady driver, Mrs. Stamper of Weston, sec ond only. Roadsters Best single, lady driver, Miss Katie MoEwen, first; Mrs. Elliot, second; Mrs. Price, third. Roadsters Best single, geutlemen drivers, A. L. Swaggart, first; T. L. McBrido, second; Chas. Gerking, third. Standard bred stallion Joe Foun taiue, Gland Estes, first. Light Harness Foals Freuob Crig ler, first; J. H. Coffman, seoond; year lings, French Crigler, first; J. O. Martin, seooud. Two-year-olds, T. L. MoBride, first; Sam Bannister, second. Saddle Horses, lady riders Mrs. Areta Plamondon, first; Ceoile Boyd, second; Edna Taylor, third. Sbetlauds. girl riders Luoile Tay lor, first; Merna DePeatt, seooud. Couch Class Foal at foot, Boise MoEwen, first; H. A. Barrett, seoond and third. Diaft Class Registered stallions Star of Kansas, A. B. MoEwen owner, first; Commissaire, Athena Horse Im provement Go., owner, second; Derby Fashion, Cbas. McLean, owner tnird. Draft Class Foal at foot -E. J. Zerba, first; Moses Taylor, seooud; Sanford Stone, third. Yearlings J. E. Mo Lean, first; Sanford Stone, seoond; J. E. Mo Lean, third. Two-year-olds Neil Lieuallen, first ; A. B. MoEwen, seo ond; Marion Hansell, third. Three-year-olds (J. W. Hansell, first. Best family of colts A. B. McEwen first; Marion Hansell, second. Beet Brood Mare with foal at foot A. B. Mo Ewen, first. Coach Best 3-year-old, Dean (Jerk ing, first. Draft Class Stallions not registered Hugh Bell, first; Robt. Coppock, second; Ed Riugle third. Draft Class Grade colts Floyd Ferris, first; C. S. Wilks, second ; John Ogle, third. Best 3 yeai-stallion bred in Umatilla county, Ed Lafave, first; Cbas. Down ing, second. General purpose class Foals under 4 weeks old J. E. McLean, first; Robt. Ferris, seoond. Best mule colt J. M. Swaggart, first. Best Registered Peroheron A. Phil lips, first. Best Jack C. W. Steen, first. NEW JURY LAW IS A POOR ONE Prisoners Must Lay Long Time In Jail Waiting for Grand Jury. The East Oregonian calls attention to an example of the effeot of the new law leaving the power of indictment entirely witb the grand juries may be seen in the case ot J. C. Ireland, now nnder airest here charged witb steal ing a rig from the McBride stable at Athena. Several days ago District Attorney Pbelpa started to file an information against Ireland but be fonnd tbat Governor Chamberlain bad already proclaimed the new law in foroe. Consequently Ireland must wait until fall when bis vase will be laid before a grand jury. He is now in jail and will have served out a lengthy sen tence before be can be tried. Aa a result of the change in the law the wheels of justice will be made much slower and there is danger that s 1 the present county jail may not be able to bold all the men who will be wait ing for grand juries. In this oountv, as in other large counties, there are dozens of cases an nually wherein transients are arrested for petty robberies or other crimes. Often the oases are "oinohes" and in the past speedy justice has been se cured through tbedistriot attorney's filing information at once. In the majority of instances the prisoners would then plead guilty and receive their sentenoos. Under the new law thj oouuty will have to feed many prisoners between oo'jrt sessions and there will be diffi culty in seouring convictions through the fact that witnesses will leave the county before oases ate called. "BID" BMNE5J GALLOWS After 46 Minutes, Jury Returns First Degree Murder Verdict. "We, the jury in the case of the state of Washington, plaiutiff , agaiust Hezekiab W. Barnes, defendant, find the defendaut guilty of murder In the first degree, as charged iu the iutor ruation." This was the findings of the jury in the seoond trial df "Bud" Barnes at Walla Walla. . The verdiot was read in oourt at 10 o'oolck p. m., after the jury had deliberated 45 miuutes. The history of the case is as follows: Tuesday, May 5, John R. Gose re ports tbat Mrs. Auua M. Aldriob bad been missing since Friday, and swears out warrant for arrest of three Barnes boys. Two younger Barnes boys takeu into oustoday. Wednesday, May 6, "Bud" Barnes arrested and taken iuto custody. Ex tensive search instituted for body of missing woman. Reward of $1000 ottered for finding of body, dead or alive. Thursday, May 7, body of Mrs. Ald riob fouud iu depression ou mountain sidebyDorsey Bruuton aud Fred Roff. Friday, May 8, Coroner's inquest held over body ot Mrs. Aldriob. Saturday, May 9, Barnes arraigned and pleads "not guilty." Monday, June 8, case called for trial and jury seoured. Saturday, June 13, case submitted to jury. Monday, Juue 15, jury reports un able to reaob agreement and dis charged. Wednesday, June 24, seoond trial begun, and jury seoured. Saturday, June 27, 0:15, case sub mitted to jury. Saturday, June 27, 10 p. m.. jury returns verdiot of murder in first de gree Union County Pioneers, . The eighteenth annual meeting of the Union county pioneer association at Union Saturday was well attended, there being a good representation from all parts of the valley. A most hos pitable reception was tendered the vis itors by the citizens of Union and ev erything possible was done to make the event one of enjoyment. There was a fine program of exercises, wbioh in cluded musio and speech-making. J. H. Rinebart, of Summerville, was elected president of the association for the ensuing year. The other officers of the sooiery wbo were re-elected were Henry Rinebart, secretary, and Mrs. Minerva Eaton, historian. It was voted to bold the next meeting at I m bier. Wheat Needs Rain Badly. Reports from the Palouse, Big Bond and Potlatoh regions, where the great grain fields are looated, show the growing wheat is badly in need of rain in many looalities, while iu others the prospects are excellent. Heavy rain at Sprague was ueeded, but the crop will be light. Coulee City, Douglas county, reports the crop of the entire county damaged 50 per cent in the last 30 days booause of lack of rain. Grasshoppers and squirrel 1 have also hurt the wheat. Dunkard Damsels Balk. The Duukards of Weston have been somewhat exeroised over the bonnet question, some of Ibe younger mem bers having revolted from that one distinguishing mark of their peculiar faith. It is believed by the elders, however, tbat severe discipline will restore the demure headgear to general wear. In all other externals the young women appear like their worldly sis ters, the "love of a bat" being the only vanity denied. Congressman Ellis Home. Congressman Ellis, accompanied ly his wife returned to bis borne in Pen dleton, Sunday, from Washington, D. C. Being a member of the rivers and harbor committee, Mr. Ellis will bave plenty of labor to perform during bis vacation. He returns to Washington at the convening of Congress, in De cember. The Wallowa Road. From estimates given out by General Manager O'Brien of the O. R. & N. company, the new railroad extension from Elgin into Wallowa county, will be completed to the town of Wallowa within forty days' time. A DRY TOWN NOW A- Tuesday Night Saloons Quit Business Many Lay In Supply of Wet Goods. At 12 o'clook Tuesday night, June 30, 1908, Athena went on the list as a dry town in compliance with the local option law. Bert Cartano ceased business at bis Eagle bar and dosed the doors at 5 o'clook p. ni., having disposed of his stock of liquors. The "Corner" Saloon oontinued business into the night, and the proprietor cleaned up his liquor stock, also. While Athena is dry as a bone, there are spots that will bo wet for some days to oome for the reason tbat many laid iu a supply of wet goods and cel lars have been stocked with liquid re freshments. Of course, the liquor oaobed away iu this manner is to be nsed for medicinal purposes only, and not for traffic. The Baloons going out of business here closes up two buildings, making a total of six built for tbat purpose, whioh are now empty. The optimis tically inoliued assert that these build lugs will be filled with other lines of business, better adapted to the welfare of the community than were the sa loons. Athena's revenue is out down $1200 per year, and she will of neces sity meet the deorease in some way. Pendletou is called on to make up about $31,000 per year as the result of outtiug off liquor licenses aud she is casting about for a way to do it. ' By a provision in the city charter, Pen dletou property owners will refuse to pay county road tax, and will insti tute suit agaiust the county tq recover $50,000 collected from city property owners during the past six years. That's goiug some, and will help Borne, too. Athena, Weston and other towns, are not so fortunate. A PRETTY HOME Luke H. Read of Weston and Miss . Lula Gross Married Wednesday. A pretty borne wedding took plaoe at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gross, in this city Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, when Rev. W. S. Payne, pastor of the Wos ton United Brotbern ohurob, in a sim ple but beautiful ceremony, prououno ed Luke H. Read aud Miss Lula Gross husband and wife. The marriage oeremouy was per formed in the presenoe of a number of t relatives and friends of the oontraot- ing parties, about 80 being present. After the wedding, refreshments were served. The bride was handsomely dressed iu white silk aud oarried a splendid boquet of white carnations. The parlors were beautifully decorated iu roses, carnatioua and vines. Many beautiful aud useful presents were on display. The groom is a prominent youug mau of Weston and the bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gross! of this citv. The vonni? couple are well known iu this part of tue county, wnere tney bave scores of friends who exteud congratulations and well wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Read will reside on the Gross farm, west of town. After the wedding the newly mar ried couple left for Walla W alia, re turning ou yesterday's train. They will spend the 4th with the bride's family at Weuaba Springs. St. Dennis Wins Suit. Jerry St. Dennis evidently proved to the satisfaction of the jury that he was drunk and iuoompeteut to transact business wheu be made bis famous deal witb Rein bold Harms, for the jury returued a verdict in bis favor. The suit was over a note for $5,000 wbioh St. Dennis alleged Harras ob tained from bini through fraud. Harras sold the note to C. J. Ferguson of Pendlotou, who sued for collection. Harvest Begins Monday. Cora bio es will start working iu tbo harvest fields of the Pilot Rock aud Cold Springs districts Monday. Out Pilot Rook way grain is short aud the crop will fall bblow average. Iu Cold Springs the yield is placed at 20 to 80 bushels per acre. Several good sam ples of grain bave been shown by farmers in Athena during the past few days, and the yield promises to be bet ter than predicted. To Lewiston By Rail. Robert Burns, district freight and passenger agent for the U. R. & N. company yesterday received announce ment tbat the long looked for passeu ger service ou the reoeutly completed Lewiston-Kiparia branch will be in stalled July 7. This will nava pafuwn. gers from Riparia a long and tiresome boat ride, which baa heretofore been uecessary in reaching Lewiston from all points in the Inland Empire. A Ripe Peach. A Freewater man, Seigle Eatou, ex ibits the first ripe peach of the seuson. The Freawater-Miltou friut bolt has 4 big ptach crop this) year. J 4 r 1