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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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