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This Edition con tains Six Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XX. A.T1TENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 1. 1908. NUMBER 33 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, ESTABLISHED I8G5 Prestoii-Parton Floor is made in Athena, by Atbena labor, iu the latest and best equipped mill iu the west, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells American Beauty for .30 Per Sack. Merchant Millers Athena, Oregon. . I .V, - J 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 Hone, Cattle, Sbecp, 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 Just " load 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 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. Sold in Athena by A. B. MoEwen & Sons. 3 flJf? mil a i PROMPT 1 MS mmtAU I V h MJbE i delivery WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT mi m fl The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in 'V EC ETA Jrjl Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here DELL BROTHERS, "SS0" Athena, Oregon Oregon Milling Company 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. llfEJlitJlFlf R. J. BODDY WHOLESALE BUTCHER Makes a Specialty of furnishing Meat in Large Quantities. First-class stock, Reasonable price I'w'Vf ft si ran i" em? (fiTOnp AFTER EIGHT YEARS David Taylor Succeeds In Securing O. R. & N. Switch for His Inde pendent Warehouse. After eight long years of effort, David Taylor is in a position to rea lize 'the full benefits to be derived through ownership of an independent warehouse. For eight years Mr. Tay lor endeavored to secure a switch from the O. K. & N. people so that he could ship grain over that road. - A string of red tape that would reaoh from hereto Jericho was encoun tered in the beginning and the com pany was also bound up in agreements with other giain dealers, but David never gave np. Last year he bought and snipped over the Northern PaciQo something like 137,000 bosbeJs of grain. Evi dently this looked good to the fat O. R. & N. and in the light of the stiff competition which Taylor went up against, it is surmised that be "show ed" them he was likaly to remain in I business here. And so au engineer dropped off the other day, surveyed a , line and a bunob of Greeks laid the i track, and David smole a smile. His railroad connections plaoes Mr. Taylor's warehouse in the best possible condition for handling not only grain, but hay and other produots of the farm which receives better prices in having access to both Portland and Sound markets. COUNTY 46TH BIRTHDAY SEP 27 County Treasury Bradley Delves Deep In Musty Records. County Treasurer Bradley discovers that Umatilla county will have a birthday on September- 2?. He finds in the reoords that the county on that date will.be 46 years old. Delving deep into musty reoords Treasurer Bradley finds that the earli est account of a meeting to be held by the county 'court was at Marshal's station sinoe named Swift's station on April 6, 1868. It is found that Umatilla county, with the territory in its domain that now includes Union and Baker conn ties, was created ty the legislature on September 27, 1862, and the aot itself appointed Robert Coombs, judge; H. A. Still, clerk; Thomas McCoy and John R. Courtney, commissioners; and Alfred Marshall, sheriff. This court organized at Marshall's station, but the full list of Umatilla county's first officers was as follows: J. W. Johnson .judge; Thomas MoCoy and S. Hamilton, commissioners; D. A. Riohards, clerk ; Alfred Marshall, sheriff; Welcome Mitchell, treasurer; B. Burk.assessor; Charles W. Shively, surveyor; Dr. John Teel, coroner, and John MoCaine, school superintendent. "Gold Coin" Wheat. A sample of "Gold Coin," a new variety of wheat in this seotion, was brought to town Tuesday from the Weidert place, north of town and test ed 60 pounds to the bnsbel. In tbe same field with Dale wheat which averaged but little " better than SO bushels, Gold Coin yielded 40 bush els per aore. The seed was purobased last fall by Mr. Weidert at Spokane. It is a hard wheat and in localities where it is extensivoly raised, it is graded with Bluestem. Harmony Club. The Harmony club met with Miss Delia Danner at her home on Seoond street A nnmber were present and an enjoyable time spent. Miss Ferrol McBride opened the program with "Vesper Hymn" wbiob was beautiful ly given. Engelmann's "Melody of Love" was exceptionally well given by Miss Bessie Parker in her pleasing manner. Miss Delia Danner pleased B & 1 MAIN 83 '3 tbe club with a selection from Chopin. Little Kathrine Froome gave "Scotch Air" in her pleasing way as did Hazel Parker another olub favorite with Huss's "Mooeau." Gladys Smyth de lighted tbe olub with a well reudered selection "Harvlest Blooms" Miss Ruth Erebbs gave "Hearts and Flow ers" which was much enjoyed as was the "Dying Poet" given by Miss Elli ott. "Love's Old Sweet Song" was sang by Rawl Miller in splendid voice, as was the selection by Maurice Hill. A selection from "Prince of Pilson" opera was given by a double trio: Misses Krebbs and Danner, so prano; Rawl Miller, bass; Maurioe Hill, tenor; Miss Smyth, alto; Miss Elliot, contralto; was very much ap preciated. Tboolnb will meet with Miss Elliott next Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Fobs. WOUNDED BUT GAVE UP Arm Shattered, and Without Food, He Can Fight No Longer. With bis right arm encased in splints and bandages and bis seemingly in domitable spirit broken, W. P. Reed, leader of the outlaw band of cattle rustlers, was brought to Lewiston Fri day and paloed in St. Joseph's hospital, under a heavy guard, where be will begin a fight for life. Withont food or drink for 72 Lours and with his right arm shattered by a suubnosed Lbullet from Dan Carr's Winchester rifle, Reed has spent three weary days and nights alone and unattended in the forest 11 miles from Oroflno. Thursday night Deputy Sheriff A. A. Masters and Andy Shaw arrested A. J. Sloan and C. A. Rice, members of the band, near Shaw's cabin. They were taken to Oroflno and detained under a heavy guard, while Masters sent William Castor to a place near Carr's lake, 14 miles from Oroflno, where Reed was discovered apparently in a dying condition.- Castor prevailed on Reed to sur render and the wounded bandit finally agreed to surrender to Deputy Masters, who reached bimnt 1 o'clock. Reed is terribly weak from loss of blood and laok of food, bnt be has an even chance for reoovery, although he will protakiy lose bis right arm, as the bone is shot away, just below the elbow. No doubt exists as to there being a prioe on Reed's head and it is said to be $40,000. One man kuows tne secret of the desperado's orimes and ho will tell bis story in a few days. Sloan and Rioa oooupy cells in the county jail. Tbey are not oonsiderod bad men, but it is thought tbey have been led away by Reed, who knew be was wanted for other orimes. An Antiquated Stamp. Either the Pacific Express company revels in tbe distinction of antiquity or else its earuings are so measly small that it can not afford modern equip ment. This faot was brought forcibly to a Press reporter's notice at the local office Wednesday, wbeu the agent showed him a stamp, used iu sealing express paokages since tbe office was established here. On the brass face plate of the stamp is insoribod the woid "Centerville." The town was re named in 1890 and it is just possible that the company , is in a Rip Van Winkle snooze. Burglary at Freewater. Thieves broke into Van Slyke's butober shop at Freewater Tuesday night with the intention of burglariz ing tbe till but were disappointed as there was no coin in sight. It is also thought that they gained entranoe to tbe Freewater station of tbe Interar ban line as tbe doors were found wide open in tbe morning when tbe ageut arrived. Nothing bad been disturbed however and as no money is ever left in tbe till tbey got nothing. Coolidge Will Leave. F. C. Coolidge, tbe jeweler, has de cided to dispose of bis stock bere and seek another business location. Mr. Coolidge has been engaged in business here for some time and has enjoyed a good trade. His reason for quitting Athena is that be desires to establish himself in a larger city. H. II. Hill, tbe old reliable watch maker and jew eler, will again resume business at tbe old stand in tbe Pioneer drug store. Walla Walla Personal. J. J. LaCourse, wbo bails from Atbena was plaoed in tbe city jail at 1:30 this morning because be was drunk and inoapaole. "Jack" came over to see the cirous, also, but unless he sobers up enough to have bis hear ing before Justice Huffman this after noon, there will be nothing doing for him. Canvassing for Fair. S. H. Warner of Pendleton, was in Atbena and vicinity Tuesday and Wed nesday, with his advertising wagon, canvassing for Morrow -Umatilla Fair, whiob will be beld at Pendleton. Mr. Warnm distributed attractive adver tising matter and solicited grain and stocK exhibits. De Witt's Little Early Risers, safe, easy, pleasant, tare, little liver pills. Sold by Palace Drug Co. SIP Gftl FIRES Walla Walla Thresher men Have Adopt ed a Novel Plan of Fire Defense In Grain. Patent fire extinguishers are now a part of the equipment of threshing machines working in tbe Walla Walla section. The novel idea of protecting grainflelds from fire around threshing crews has been made necessary by tbe reosut burning of a dozen threshers aud large qnantties of grain by smut explosions and from sparks from threshing engines and locomotives. Within tbe last week praotioally every tbresberman bas provided him self with a nnmber of fire extinguish ers whiob are kept bandy to the men feeding the maobines, with instruc tions to throw them into the cylinder in case of an explosion and to nse them quiokly in case fire starts about tbe straw stacks. In this way it is thought damage in the future will be greatly i educed. Since the explosions early iu the season farmers, have kept plows handy to threshing maobines for use in case of fire in runnjug furrows around grain piles and even around fields to stop tbe lavages of tbe flames. Near Waitsburg hundreds of aores of stand ing grain have beeu saved by the prompt use of plows, wbioh bad been carried to tbe fields for fire protection a precaution never before thought of in that seotion, beoause fires have been seldom, if ever, caused by such explosions. In two or three oases already the extinguishers have been used with good results, fires being stopped almost instantly where tbe chemicals were applied iu quautity at the first out burst of flame. RISKS LIFE TOOT "FLY" Boy Won Game, but Fell Into Mine and May Die. Rather than drop the ball, whiob would mean tbe loss of a hard fought twilight game for bis team, Willie Rainey, a Pittsburg boy of 12 years, risked and may lose bis life. He was playiog middle field on Cazzen'a Hill and tbe last half of tbe niutb inning bad oome with two players out, and two men on bases. Tbe batsman hit a long drive, wbiob looked as if It would get over Raineys' bead, bnt he ran baokward far and fast, not heed ing tbe ories of bis younger brother, who called to bim to beware of tbe coal mine. Finally by a remarkable jnmp in tbe air. Rainey got tbe ball in one band, but as he reached tbe earth again he stum blod and lurched into tbe yawn ing month of tbe abandoned miue. It was half an hour before tbe young ster was fished out, with one of bis legs brokeu aud iuterual injuries. Tbe lad was unconscious, too, but iu the grimy little right band be beld that ball tbe ore be had to oatoh to save the game. Big Circus Trains. Five trains, comprising 90 oars of cages, wagons aud coaches of tbe Barnum & Bailey cirous passed through Atbena early Wednesday morning over tbeO. R. & N. to Walla Walla, wbeie two exhibitions were given that day. Tbe big show was iu La Grande Tues day. The circus syndicate to which combination the Barnum & Bailey be long, have blacklisted Peudleton over tbe matter of license, and tbe big cir cuses pass that place up. Seven-Headed Wheat. There is on exbibitiou in tbe ebow window of Grace & Bodiuson a ebeuf of tbe most remarkable wheat ever in troduced in this valley, says a Baker paper. It is known as the seven-headed wheat and is grown on Sunnyslope by tbe Baker Irrigation company. It is probable that this wheat will become very popular on account of its enor mous yielding qualities. Postmistress Goes East. Miss Maud M. Baker, lute assistaut postmistress at the Weston postoffice, has left for berjold borne, New Lon don, Conn., on an extended visit. While away sbe will include many of tbe leading cities of tbe east in ber itinorary and probably will not return for several months and perhaps may never return to tbe west. Mrs. Folsom Dead. Mrs. Folsom, wife of ex-County Re corder Folsom died Saturday at Medi cal Lake, Wash., where she was taken some time ago to be treated for ner vous diseases. Mr. and Mrs. Folsom have lately made their borne at Keone wick, Wash., where Mr. Folsom, aftei leaving Pilot Rock, purchased an irri gated tract. Mail Order Whiskey. Judge Richard B. Russell in tbe Georgia court of appeals, with tbe concurrence of tbe eutiie court, ren dered au opinion to tle effect that tbe solicitation of orders by mail in an other state for whiskey ot other intox icating beverages in the state of Georgia, as well as in tbe state by any individual or corporation, is a viola tion of the laws of the state of Georgia, and any person making any such so licitation is guilty of orime against tbe state. Good Hay Crop. With the gloom of a few weeks ago hovering over them as to poor orops ranohers in Powder valley who have finished their hay harvest, and those wbo bave beoome well along in tbe work, have been sobjeot to a most pleasant surprise, for from every hand comes tbe report that tbe hay crop of that seotion is to be a bit? one. sava the Baker City Herald. WALLA WALLAJTABLES BURN Serious Loss to the Umatilla County Fair Association. Loss estimated at between $10,000 and 112,000, partially covered by in surance, was suffered by tbe Walla Walla County Fair association shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday morning, when fire started iu tbe dry grass just west of tbe raoe track fenoe by sparks from an O. R. & N. locomotive, caused tbe destruction of praotioally all of the stables and stock pens of the associa tion. Before it was known that tbe fiie had been started, sparks fiom the burning grass were carried into the obaff aud straw in the cattle pens along the western fenoe and within a few seconds the structures were in flames wbioh spread as though the pens were tilled with gunpowoar. Immediately tbe 25 men employed at tbe traok took np tbe work of releasing tbe horses in the four large stables, and before tbe flames had spread to those buildings all of the animals, among them a number of promising prize-wiuuers just being developed, bad been liberated, and much of tbe para phernalia taken out. An alarm was turned in to tbe fire department, and in a comparatively short time tbe appar atus was on the soene. Owing to the fact that the fair gronnds ore located beyond the oity limits where water for fire protection is not available in large quantities, tbe firemen were handioapped in their work because they were forced to lay about 1,800 feet of hose before water could be secured. Nevertheless, mem bers of tbe department accomplished excellent work preventing tbe flames from spreading to tbe pavilion aud tbe grandstand, some distance to the east, bnt in danger of being destroyed. Father and Children Drown. George E. Evans and bis two child ren, age 14 and 16 respectively were drowned in Snake river, near Hunting ton Saturday evening. The boy was teaobing bis sister to swim, when they were drawn iuto a treauberous current. Their ories brongbt tbe latder to tbe river bauk and be plunged in to save tbe children. He, too, was caught by the ourreut, and all three drowned. Tbe bodies were recovered. Tbe fam ily formerly resided at Buker City. Out After Students. Robt. C. Frenob, President of tbe Eastern Oregon State Normal Sohool has made a canvass of Union aud Wallowa counties iu tbe interests of tbe Normal. On tbe sobool's roll of mem bership qre tbe names of several Wal lowa and Union oouuty students, and Presidont Frenob expeots to secure others. Wisconsin Man Disappeared. Epbriam Iledborg, a retired farmer of Wisconsin, stepped from an O. R. & N. train at Umatilla August 5, to procure n sandwioh and a oup of oodeo, and has not been seen sinoe. Mr. Hedberg and daughter were bound lor Asbland. Tbe farmer bad drafts for $1030 in bis pooket and foul play is suspected. Married in Port Angeles. Last Sunday, in Port Angeles, Wash., the wedding of Mr. Felix O. Ridenour, formerly of Weston, was solemnized, tbe brido bieng Alioe Raatz. of Seattle. Tbe young couple will make their home iu Port Angeles, where tbe groom is engaged in busi ness. Prime Beef Cattle. Tbe Pendleton East Oregonian esti mates there are 5000 bead of prime beef cattle now ready for market in tbe ranges of Southern Umatilla and Northern Grant coonties. Fifty-nine carloads were shipped from Peudleton this week to Portland and Sound buy ers. Looking Glass Picnic. One thousand exoursionists enjoyed tbe hospitality of tbe O. R. & N. con doctors in their annual pionio, which took plaoe Sunday at tbe mouth of tbe Look log Glass on tbe new Wallowa branch line. Two big exonrsion trains were run from La Grande. The Wheat Market. There is nothing doing in tbe local wheat market. Tbe price 75o, does not appeal to farmers Laving wheat to sell, and tbe dealeig do nut soem anx ious to buy. . The market at present is swamped iu a slump. a , ; - V Y Y .v. ....