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VOLUME XX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA CX)UNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 24, 1908.
NUMBER 30
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO.
Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
v Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
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ESTABLISHED 1865
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and Grain Buyers
Waitsburg, Wash.
THE ATHENA MEAT
MARKET
STONE & BODDY, Prop's
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.
VECETA
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1 HARVEST FIELD
Thirty-five and Forty Bushel Wheat
Yields Are Reported in This
Neighborhood.
Harvest is far enough advanced in
this vicinity to form estimates of what
tbe yields are to be. Indications go
to show that the yield will te all the
way from SO to 40 bushels per acre.
So far no average has been reported
under 30 bushels and only one field has
reached an aveiage of 40 bushels, that
of T. J. Kirk, just east of town.
Weather has been ideal for harvest
ing grain and many maohines are at
work. The grain is of good quality,
though considerable complaint is heard
about smut.
Joe Scott's combine is at work in
Dale wheat wbioh is making 85 bush
els per acre, and the grain tests A 1 in
quality.
The Watts orew finished threshing
on the Kirk place last evening and after
the sacks were counted it was found
' that the big field had yielded up 40
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E. A. Dudley reports a yield of 85
bushels per acre on his farm west of
town.
The Taylor place, west of tbe city,
turned out 35 tushels of good wheat to
the aore.
The Paoiflo northwest wheat harvest
is ia progress in at least half tbe dis
tricts of tbe three states and reports
are encouraging.-
The general condition of the fall
wheat crop seems to be good in prao
tioally every section where the harvest
has begun and actual returns greatly
increase tbe yield over the pre-harvest
estimates.
Yields of 20 to 25 bushels to tbe aore
are quite common in tbe inland em
pire thus far, no returns being received
to date placing tbe cut at less than 15
bushels to tbe aore. Returns of less
tnan 20 bushels are very uncommon
and thus far are noted only in sections
where the rain supply was short at
least six inches from the ncrmal.
Even in the Condon distriot tbe re
turns are much better than expeoted.
In that section it has been noted that
by far the best returns are being re
ceived from plaoes that were well cul
tivated. In such a dry season tbe
well-cultivated wheat field suffers but
little from drought, butt in sections
where little attention was given culti
vation and where wheat-growers al
lowed nature to take tbe full burden of
the crop, the initial reports of tbe
yield were far from favorable bnt
still not so bad as had been forecasted
in some of tbe early damage reports.
Returns of 25 to 30 bushels to the
ace were lately reoeived from Heppner
section. Around Lexington, Heppner,
Eight Mile, Gooseberry and several
other spots of the Heppner section tbe
yields are seldom ranging below 25
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THE ST. NICHOLS
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commercial travelers
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well ventilated rooms.
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bushels to tbe aore, and never to date
this seasou have they fallen below 20
bushels.
Aronnd Pendleton harvest returns
show yields ranging from 20 to 35
bushels to the aore, the latter being
an exoeption as well as tbe former.
While there is little doubt that con
siderable damage was done the wheat
crop of the light lands around Pendle
ton, tbe actual returns from the bar
vest indicate that, as in other sections.
tbe loss by reason of a defloienoy in
moisture was badly'over estimated in
the earliest reports.
WAITING FOB THE NEW CROP
Local Wheat Market is Practically at
, a Standstill Now. .
Trading in old orop wheat is on a
small scale in the Walla Walla mar
ket, says the Union. On the basis of
foreign prioes exporters are quoting
club at 77o and blnestem at 79c. If
they wanted to buy any wheat, how
ever, it Is not probable tbey oonld get
any at these figures. In fact, a small
sale of club was recently made as high
as 80o.
Interest centers in the market for
tbe new orop, in wbioh very little
business has been done so far. Tbe
pnrobase of a small lot of blnestem in
the country on the basis of 80o was
announced Wednesday.
Advices reoeived from a California
authority are that that state will pro
duce 200,000 tons of wheat this year
and will want 350,000 tons. The
California barley orop is estimated at
450,000 tons, while oats will yield 85,
000 tons and 45,000 tons will be needed.
LllfiW IS A BILK
J. N. B. Gerking Has Sunk Thou
sands In Crook County Land
Which Has No Title.
J. N. B. Gerking, who left his fine
Umatilla County home and went into
the orook oonnty desert, seeking in
vestment iu irrigation lands, stands to
lose thousands of dollars, should bis
damage suit for $16,000, wbiob be
reoeotly filed iu Portlaud against
one W. A. Laidlaw, chief mogul of
tbe Columbia Southern Irrigation
company, fail to materialize.
Whispers that tbe company was not
on tbe square have been made from
time to time wafted to tbe public and
now the obarge is made that tbe pro
moters can not give title to tbe lands
they have eold to settlers. Relative to
Uerkiog's suit, tbe Oregon Daily Jour
nal says:
Threatened with the loss of bis
borne and improvements he has made
on a tract of land in Crook county, J.
N. E. Gerking has begun suit in tbe
oirouit conrt against W. A. Laidlaw
for $10,000 damages.
Laidlaw is a principal stockholder
and general manager of tbe Columbia
Southern Irrigation company, from
whom Gerking purchased, tbe land,
bnt be says Laidlaw is nbable to de
liver title without fraud upon tbe
United States government and com
mitting subordination of perjury in
making proof.
Gerking paid $6400 for tbe land and
water right, and he says that with the
improvements he has made the plaoe
is worth $16,000 today. He cleared
100 acres, seeded 50 acres to alfalfa
and planted tbe remainder to trees,
berries and vines. He ran laterals fcr
irrigation and fenoed tbe place, only to
learn, as be says, that tbe defendant is
not able to furnish a good title as it
agreed to as soon as be had finished
paying for tbe plaoe.
The .operations of tbe Columbia
Southern Irrigation company have
been under fire for some time, and
Gerking's suit illustrates the position
of settlers who have iu good laitb set
tled upon tbe land and made improve
ments on it.
THE DEV. MBDFOOND BOOZE
Walla Walla Minister Says Oregon
"Dry" Towns Are Not "Dry."
Rev. Andreas Bard, reotor of St
Paul's Episcopal obnrcb returned this
morning from a trip to Portland and
otber Oregon points says tbe Walla
Walla Bulletin. He will leave to
night for Loon lake to get his family
and will retnrn to Walla Walla later
going to tbe beach where he intends to
erect a cottage.
Rev. Mr. Bard was telling this
morning about some of tbe local option
districts in Oregon.
"Talk about your dry towns all you
like," he said. "Since I have seen
some of tbem in abstinent Oregon I
have formed an idea of my own. Yon
know I have ever tried to be impar
tial and to avoid cant on either side.
I had, therefore, assumed that it pro
hibition had once become a law, that
no liquors would be sold in tbe com
inunity.
"My traveling companion, who was
of a more cynical torn of mind, pcob
poobed this idea aud said that he knew
better. I iubiclti tttut I was from
Missouri. As we came to the city, he
introduced me to tbe host, leaving ont
the "reverend" part, and whispered
in his ear that I desired "to be initi
ated."
"After I had been oarefuly looked
over and deemed acoeptable we were
ushered into a side room and fonnd
whisky in abundanoe, just as before,
only we bad to pay double for tbe pro
hibited juioe. Now I'am not going to
name the town, nor will I give our
host away, beoanse a minister is not
necessarily a deteotive. But you can
take my word for it that this is gospel
truth.
On the glorious Fourth I saw in tbe
self -same town various celebrants foil
of joy water, and am ready to believe
that if you drive tbe devil ont of one
door, he will oome In through an
other.". KILLED BEAR WITH PISTOL
McCumber Goes Fishing and Returns
With Bear as Big as a Horse.
Mart MoCumber killed a large bear
on the North Fork about 16 miles
from Milton Friday, says the Eagle.
In oompany with P. J. Kelley be was
whipping the stream for trout when
be saw Ere'r Bear on a log about 25
feet away. Mr. MoCnmber oarried a
38-oalibre revolver for just snob an
emergency, bnt hesitated just tbe
fraotion of a seoond before he decided
to use it on a bear that, looked to be
as large as tbe side of a mountain.
Throwing discretion to the winds, he
blazed away and bit tbe side of tbe
mountain with ease. Bre'r Bear,
startled at his noonday meal, gave a
couple of leaps straight forward, whiob
happened to be directly in Mr. Mo
Gumber's direction, and soared that
gentleman out of several years 'growth.
Concluding that he was in for it, Mr.
MoCnmber shot and missed again.
By this time the bear had discovered
tbe fellow who was using him as a tar
get and he didn't like bis looks so be
turned to make his getaway, when
Mr. MoCumber laid him low with a
shot just below tbe forelegs. Tbe
bullet went entirely tbrongh the bear
and he fell dead in bis tracks. Mr.
Kelly, who was an interested specta
tor of tbe fight, said the bear was as
big as a horse.
The Doctor's Badger.
Tbe oaptnre of a poroupiuo was
summarily effected at tbe home of May
or Plamondon Tuesday evening. Tbe
identity of tbe beaut was somewhat in
donbt until after tbe capture bad tak
en plaoe. While sitting on tbe porch,
tbe dootor, who is something of a sport
ing man (?) himself, discovered tbe
quill-clad monster in tbe act of climt
ing a tree. He immediately diagnosed
it to be a badger. Now tbe dootor 's
wife is western-bred, and knowing
that badgers are not tree climbeis, her
opinion of his prowess as a hunter fell
off a few points, and she ran for a
wash-tub. With the assistance of a
couple of friends, she succeeded in
capturing the horrible creature, and
for tbe first time iu his life tbe dootor
viewed a badger wearing an overcoat
of tootb-pioka.
Fifty Teachers Are Wanted.
Sobool teaobers are wanted to fill
plaoes in the sobools of Walla Walla
and Columbia oouuties, Wash., and
Umatilla oounty, Oregon. Abont 50
plaoes are still waiting for the arrival
of teaobers, some of tbem in good
sobools. Local teaobers have generally
contracted for the coming year, aud in
the ordinary promotion of applicants
wbiob takes plaoo every year tbe more
moderate situations are left vacant.
For several years the supply of teaob
ers has not been equal to tbe demaud,
but outside workers usually oome to
tbe relief of the county superintendents
in their efforts to supply every sobool
in time for tbe opening iu tbe autumn.
A Prosperous Bank.
One of tbe best statements of the
condition of tbe Frist National Bank
of Athena, evor given tbe Press for
pnblioation, will be found printed in
today's issue. Tbe steady increase of
business and tbe financial progress of
this institution ranks with tbe leadiug
banking bonses of tbe Northwest.
Tbe statemeut is made the comptroller
of tbe currency at the close of business,
July 15, and shows that deposits were
$354,023.14; loans and discounts ag
gregate $235,611.56. aud cash and
funds due from otber banks and re
serve agents total $176,979.75. Tbe
bank has a cash reserve of 49 per cent.
Flour While You Wait.
Walla Walla Union : Pbillsbury
may have been there with tbe time re
cord for an easterner when it came to
getting standing grain from tbe field
to tbe mill aud tbenoe to the bakery,
with a record of 51 minutes, bnt west
erners have tbe record bioken in a
dozen different ways, and Waitsburg
has tbe honor of carrying off first
prize, for in an attempt made yester
day afternoon to break tbe eastern re
cord, growing grain was harvested,
taken to the Preaton-Patton mill,
gionnd into flour and made into bread
and bisouits in tbe short period of 22
minutes.
Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
pleasant little pills that are easy to
t&k. Sold by Palace Ding Co.
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11 AND AGENT
Umapine of Umatillas Claims Interest
On Deposits is Withheld.
By McFatridge.
A Pendletou despatob to tbe Spokes-.
man-Review says:
That Major A. E. MoFatridge, agent
of the Umatilla reservation, is with
holding Indian interest wbioh it draws
from the banks was the declaration '
made in this ity today by Umapine,
head man of the Umatillar
Umapine came to Pendleton with
the belief that Seoretary of the Interior '
Garfield was still here or was to return
sooufor a conference with the Indians.
Learning that the big man was not
here and would not be again Umapine
declared that he would probably leave
for Washington in a few days to again
present the grievanoes of his tribes
men to tbe white father at Washing
ton. This will no ie tbe first trip for
tbe old Indian, fb le went there a few
years ago on a similar mission.
Umapine refuses to believe the agent
is acting nnder orders from tbe depart
ment to the effect that tbe Indians are
only to be paid a oertain sum each
month in order to prevent their spend
ing all their money at one time and
then being reduoed to beeearv the re-
mainder of tbe year. He says the
edooated Indians who know just how
muob is coming to tbem have no trou
ble in getting their money, but that
tbe old aud ignorant ones are given
abont oue-tbird of tbe monev naid into
tbe agenoy for them by tbe wbitex
renters.
This is tbe first open charge that has
ueuu maus aKBinsi ivjor atrinca sin on . ,
he superseded Major Edwards, who
left tbe service about a year ago. It
has been cenerallv believed that his
administration has been satisfactory to
toe Indians.
It was rumored a few aavs a en that
MoFatridge hud asked to be relieved
rrom duty, alter J. Li. Garfield, seo
retary of the interior, had made a
ruling directly opposed to his recom
mendation, as woll as those of Com
missioner of Indian Affairs Francis
E. Lenpp aud Special Ageut Tinker,
who was here for several months in
vestigating the couditions on the res
ervation. Lenpp persuaded him to
withdraw bis resignation.
It is believed by many who are ao
qnainted with tbe status of 'Indian
land leasing, that there is nothing to
tbe charges. So far as renters in this
section of tbe reservation is concerned,
MoFatridge has used tbem fairly, and
it is the universal opinion here tbattne
Umapine charges is a lot of trumped
up rot, given out for publication with s
a purpose, aud that if investiagted,
tbe sonroe of the Spouaue papers' in
formation would lead to parties who
are interested in farming more than
640 acres of laud on the reservation
men who wouldn't hesitate at grafting
the Indian burial ground into a lease,
were it possible to do so, and thon
scrap for tbe agenoy garden.
Eveiy indication points to MoFat
ridge being a man with murrow enough
iu his taok-boue to oonduot reserva
tion land matters on the square, some
thing that bus not teou done for years,
if you are to take tbe word of men of
smull means who have triod iu vain to
lease a piece of reservation land.
The man with a pull could get what
he desired, aud tbe sidewalk rancher
was amoug the big "it's." With'Mo
Fatridge oume tbe order of land ham
limitation of 640 acres, with the pro
viso that tbe losseo mnst establish tog-
idenoe tbereou. Then tbe fur begun to
fly, and it's been fulling ever since.
The big 'una ure uftur the aeut, uud
well, an injuu will say anything,
with proper ooaobiug.
Churches Split Over Japs.
Beoanse a oortain faction in the First
Christiau ohurch at Bollingharu,
Wash, objects to having their children
put in tbe same'Sunduy sohool clusnes
with Japanese aud becauso tbe pustor
tbe Rev. II. N. Brooks, is said to de-
vote too muob time to cbrintiaulziug
Japanese, the congregation is badly
split. Tbe climax camo Sunday when
a vote wus taken on whether to keep
tbe puhtor another yeur or not. Tbe
minister boldly declared from tbe pul
pit that he intends to continue his
missionary work. A vote was takou,
but tbe majority favored keopiug the
minister another year. Now Mr.
Brooks says he is not sure whether ho
will stey.
Murder and Suicide.
Yesterday forenoon at Echo, B. It.
Stoffel, a jealous lover, walked up to
bis sweetheart, ElsiuKeuison, aud shot
her. The bullet entered tbo girl's
month coming out at tbe back of tbe
neuk, death resulting instantly. Stoffel
fled to tbe hills, and after a posse had
started after him, he doubled back,
went into a barn near where the shoot
ing took place and hanged himself.
1 be couple had been going together
since July 4tb, but receutly Miss Keu
lson had rejected the fellow's snit.
A number of Atbeaa neonle nm m.
paring to while away a few weeks iu
me mountain camps, soeklng tbe auu
oulent buckleberTV. iu whieh thi
sou L eaid to bo a plentiful ciop.
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