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VOLUME XX.
ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 1908.
NUMBER 34
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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
Floor is made in Atheua, by Atbeua labor, iu tbe latest
and best equipped miU in the west, of tbe best selected
Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home
industry.. Your grooer sells American Beauty for
i$1.30 Per Sack, j
: Merchant Millers and Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. ..."
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MAKE YOUR OWW 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 Horns, 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 just
as good 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. McEwen & Sons. , : '
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PR0DL1YERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT
The Freshest and most Choice the
Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
&J nrn'r tt-i AiriTTrm n caterers to the PtiRLTn tn m r
fj UtlhU UttUl tlfillO, GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Milling Company
BEAUTY
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.
. B. J. BODDY
WHOLESALE BOTCHER
Makes a Specialty of furnishing
Meat in Large Quantities.
First-class stock, Reasonable price
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FOR
Convention of Road Makers at Port-
land Decide to Make Active
Campaign at Once.
Antioipation fell short of tbe aotaal
attendance and suooess of tbe Oregon
Good Roads Conference held at
Portland last week. From every oor
uer of tbe State went men bavins tbe
vital interests of Oregou at heart. It
was decided to immediately undertake
tbe raising of 1 10,000 for an intensely
active campaign. Judge Lionel R
Webster, of Multnomah county, and
Judge John H. Scott, of Marion coun
ty, will lead in this work, devoting
tbeir entire time to it.
Eastern Oregon counties were well
represented at the oonfereuoe. C. A.
Barrett of this oity, County Judge
Gilliland and Commissioner Walker
attended from Umatilla county.
Committees were appointed to carry
on tee work of further organization
thioughout tbe state and for tbe pur
poso of conferring with members of
tbe legislature with tbe view of having
a bill drafted and passed at the coming
session.
ONLY TWMMRS PASS
Legal Question Involved, Which Caus
ed Three Failures.
As a reward for two days faithful
application to tbe problems propounded
to them by tbe board of examiners, 20,
or exactly two-thirds of the entire 30
taking the examination for couuty
certificates, held at tbe county court
house last week, passed and were re
warded with diplomas, says tbe Pen
dleton Tribune.
Iu discussing the results of the exam
inations yesterday afteruoon, Super
intendent Frank K. Welles said:
"There was a legal question involved
which, being misunderstood, resulted
in three of the leachers failing who
might otherwise have passed success
fully There is a law wbioh provides
that teachers passing two or more ex
aminations with a grade of 85 per cent,
or above, shall be exempt from further
examinations in that subject or sub
jects. Now this law applies only to
applicants for first grade certificates.
But eevetal of the teachers who were,
trying for second and third grade pa
pers misunderstood this law and took
the exemptions until it was too late to
reotify it.
"We wired to Salem last night con
cerning the law and tbe answer con
firmed the interpretation wbioh we
placed upon it. It may be that those
teachers, failing beoause of tbe misin
terpretation of the law, which seems
to be quite generally misundersood,
may be granted temporary permits,
provided they have not previouly held
two permits in this county.
"Another new law whiob caused tbe
failure of some of the applicants for
first grade papers was the requirement
that they be examined in two addi
tional subjeots, English literature and
pbysioal geography. I have conduct
ed two examinations since that law
went into effect and it has caused a
number of failures eaoh time."
Mrs. Hugh Young Dies.
Walla Walla Bulletin: Word was
received today that Mrs. Hugh S.
Young, a former resident of Walla
Walla, died in Portland this morning.
Mrs. Young lived fifteen years in Walla
Walla, removing to Portland about
three years ago. She is eurvived by
her husband, two sons and one
daughter.
Harmony Club.
The club met with MisS Elliot Tues
day evening. Katbrine Froorue opened
tbe program with tbe charming little
solo "Dance of the Rose Buds" next
was Gladys Smith a "Rondo." Hazel
Parker gave "Under the Willows."
POHNE
MAIN 83
Market affords in
4111611 UrGgOIl $
"Song of tbe Sea Shell" was well ren
dered by Ferol MoBride, several seleo
ioos were given by Miss Elliott. The
rest of the evening was spent in chorus
singing. Misses Jarman, (Gross and
Mr. Kidder have returned fiom tbeir
summer outing and were welcomed
back to tbe club. The club will meet
next Tuesday evening with Miss Dan-ner.
War on Sick Cows.
Plans for ridding tbe state of Min
nesota of tuberoular cattle are under
discussion- at a oonfereuoe of oattle
treeders, dairymen and health officials.
Dr. a. a. Ward, seoretary of the live
stock board, estimates that it will cost
$1,000,000 a year to rid the Btate of
tuberoular nattle. Proposals have been
made to prevent the evil effects of
tuberculosis in milk by having all
creameries pasteurize milk and cream
which goes into the butter they make.
Ihe skimmed milk fed to hogs is past
eurized if'it passed through a creamery
and it is proposed to take as good care
of tbe babies as of the pigs.
Walla Walla is Sued.
Asking that $25,000 damages be
rendered, and that tbe oity be onjoined
from using the waters of Mill creek,
tbe Blalock Fruit company yesterday
afternoon began suit in tbe superior
court against tbe city of Walla Walla,
says tbe Statesman. The plaintiffs al
lege that tbey have been damaged
$10,000 this year from lack of water
for irrigation purposes, alike amount
last year, and $5000 in other ways.
Further, they ask that the oity
be enjoined from using tbe waters of
the creek through tbe new pipe line or
in any other manner.
The Best of All.
Arthur Davis, chief engineer of tbe
reclamation service, says iu a state
ment authorized for publication :
"The Umatilla projeot is. in my es
timation, the best irrigatiou scheme
iu America. .There is no question of
tbe ultimate result. This little valley
has the conditions of climate, water
supply, sunshine and soil which will
mefte it without peer among tbe irri
gated distriots of Amenoa. We hesi
tate to conTjpare other projects with
it."
A6000 FLOUR ADVERTISEMENT
Record
Flour Making Test Receives
Press Recognition
:
Perhaps the greatest Milling adver
tisement of the year is now coming to
tho Preston-Parton Milling company
of this oity and Waits burg. Mention
of a record-breaking flour making test
at the Waitsburg mill was made in
tbe Press at the time. Since then
nowspapers aud magazines the country
over bave written columns of infor
mation regarding the' extraordinary
milling teat. Under the beading
"Tbe Tragedy of Wheat," one news
paper says:
From waving grain nodding iu tbe
morniug sun, through header aud
thresher, over two miles ot rough
roadway in an automobile, through a
modern flouring mill, made into flour
transformed into biscuit, fully cooked,
and eaten ty no less than a dozen men
in tbe short space of 22 minute, is
tbe worlds' record for the manufactur
ing of flour from wbeat, and it re
mained for tbe little town of Waits-
kburg to perform tbe feat. Tbe story
seems impossible of fulfilment, but
halt a hundred mon witnessed tbe per
formance and tbe camera has told the
story iu no unoertain terms. Here is
tbe record:
Time.
Ripe grain stuL-diug iu tbe field 0:03
Header starts cutting - 9:04
Grain reaches thresher - 9:08
Four saoks grain threshed aud
sewed - - - - 9:11
Automobile reaches mill, 2 miles 9:14
First flour appears-at pflfk"' - iH'1
fJteenJaafiujRplaoed in oven - 9:2 JJ
Two saoks of
out packPd aucraii
livered "
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9:2U
Biscuits oobked aud eaten
Total time consumed in
minutes. , , , , , r rn
process, 22.
liuiuteeperg
R. H. Ormsbee, at
torney; E. L.
Wheeler, editor; Piatt P,
Morrow, merchant. Test witnessed
by Mayor R. M. Breeze and 50 citizens
of Waitsburg, Wash.
New Company Started.
Tbe Wenaba Water and Power com
pany filed articles of incorporation
with tbe county clerk Monday to oper
ate and do business in this couuty,
with headquarters in Pendleton.
Tbe iucorporators were: J. A. Borie,
T. J. Morris and Frank Rogers.
Short on School Teachers.
There is a dearth of teachers in Gil
liam couuty and some of the best school
districts have not as yet been provided
with instructors fot tbe coming school
year. In Condon all tbe teaobers have
been chosen and so far but one resig
nation has been filed.
Now In La Grande.
' Mr. sod Mrs. Hardy Mansfield bave
moved from Joseph, Wallowa county,
to La Grande, where they will make
tbeir home. Mr. Mansfield is one of
Wallowa Couuty 'a leading ttOtkmeu.
SEPERATOR
E! II RUED
Smut Causes Explosion and Hodgens
Machine Goes Up In Flames
No Grain Loss.
The Lando Hodgen's separator . was
destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon in
Donald McDonald's wheat field, as the
result of smut explosion. Iherewere
two distinct explosions, and the sepa
rator tender, a man named Sutton, who
was on top of the maobine had a nar
row escape.
After tbe first explosion, be ran
along the top of tbe maobine, and bad
just crossed one of tbe lids when tbe
macbiue burst iuto a sheet of flame
and tbe second explosion sent the lid
skywaid. Sutton was severely burned
about the faoe.
The separator was totally destroyed
together with the derrick table. Mr
Hodgens bad $1000 insurance on the
maobine. By heroio endeavor the
crew prevented fire spreading to tbe
grain field. Only about SO sacks of
wheat bad been (bresbed and these
were saved.
Smut has caused considerable dam
age to machinery in this aud Walla
Walla counties this season, but this is
the fii-st machine to be destroyed iu
this vioinity during this harvest.
GETS RESTRAINING ORDER
Old Fight Between Oregon and Wash
ington Sheepmen Renewed.
A temporary restraining order has
been issued by Judge Gillilaud of Pen
dleton, holding up tbe order to Wash
ington sheep men to dip their shoen.
Attorney H. C. Brysou secured the
order Saturday iu Pendleton, and a
bond of $10,000 was deposited by Mr.
Brysou, says the Walla Walla Bulletin.
bis is another ctep in the fight be
tween tbe sheep meu of Oregou and
Washington. Oregon has been work
ing for years to keep Washington sboep
men from usirg the Wenana reserve
for grazing purposes, aud at lust the
session of the legislature succeeded in
getting through a bill providing con
ditions under which Washington sheep
would be allowed to graze iu Oregon.
'Among these provisions was a olause
regarding tbe dipping of sheep, wbioh,
if complied with, would make it prao
tically impossible for Washington men
to graze tbeir herds in the Weuaba
reserve. The matter has been fought
in several courts, and in praotioally
every instance resulted fu a victory for
the Washington sheep men.
The Into controversy was instigated
when Washington, D. O., oflloiars re
fused to honor au order of Forester J.
M. Sobmitz, prohibiting the dipping
of sheep on tbe reserve. Mr. Sobmitz
claimed that water was low on tbe re
serve, and as tbe dipping of sheep
would neoeesarily pollute a large
quantity of water, be ordered the
sbeep taken off tbe roserve to be dipped.
As it was impossible to do this without
entailing a great expense, tbe Wash
ington ebeop men allowed tbeir Hooka
to roraain without dipping.
But Inspector Lytlo of Pendietougot
wind of the proceeding, and immedi
ately stirred up trouble. As a result
Attorney Brysou has secured the re
straining order, and Washington men
will not bave to din their sbemi nulil
the oase has teen beard upon the re
turn of Judge Aiean to Pendleton.
VOLLMER FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Would Assist In Making Laws Eor
Washington State.
Waitsburg limes: Gustav Vollmer
of Ibis city Monday filed bis declara
tion of candidacy for tbe position of
representative from tbe Thirteenth
Legislative Distriot. Mr. Vollmer
consented to allow bis name to he filed
only after tbe earnest solicitation by a
large circle of his friends, iu both
parties. Mr. Vollmer is eminently
qualified to represent this district in tbe
state legislature.
He has beeri a resident of Umatilla
County, Orogon .-b is just across
the stuto line aud if Walla Walla
couuty, for the past 88 years.
Ho is auioug our most prominent
and successful farmers level-headed
and full ot hard commonsense.
He was a representative to tbe re
cent Republioan State conveution and
be stands squarely upon tbe Republi
can State Platform.
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Will Be Hardware Dealer.
X. M. Sbick and family are down
from Colville, Wash., on a visit to
Atbena friends and relatives. Vick
has prospered in tbe Colville country
and recently sold his farm at an ad
vance of $2,000. He will engage in the
hardware business at Eddy, Wash.
, Great Canvas Hotel.
The strangest and perhaps tbe large
eat hotel in tbe world is built of canvas
and is part of tho equipment of the
Barnum aud Bailey greatest bow on
earth. The 1,500 employes of tbe cir
cus cat three meals a day Intra. At
one breakfast it is not unusual to bake
6,000 pancakes, while 150 gallons of
coffee, 600 pounds of pork obops, 125
pounds of butter, 25 gallons of milk
aud 15 bushels of potatoes are con
sumed at the same meal. The kitchen
is fitted with all tbe appliances of a
modern hotel.
Sheriff Gets Man.
Sheriff Taylor returned to Pendleton
from Nampa, Idaho, Saturday night,
having in custody Asa Van Winkle,
the young man who forged checks
amouuting to $93 in Pilot Rock, that
he might indulge in a game of poker.
Young Van Winkle turned his horse
loose near Auburn, Baker County, and
this gave tbe officers a clue to tbe di
rection he took in making his escape
from tbe country.
SAFE BLOWERS AT WALLULA
Robbers Got But Six Dollars From
the Postoffice.
Shattering the safe to tiny bits by au
overcharge of nitro-glyoerine at the
Wallula postoffioe Monday" morning,
robbers seonred $6 in cash and over
looked $90 in a saok, whioh was covet
ed up by the debris.
Stamps whioh were in tbe safe were
not taken by the robbers, who were
evidently novices, fioin the way tbey
tore things up.arouud tbe postoffioe.
The safe-blowing is believed to have
occurred between 4 and 7 o'clock Mon
day morniug. Deputy Sheriff Cum
mins was down town till 4 o'clock and
came down again at 7 when the crime
was discovered by tbe postmaster.
The safe was one of the old kind
wbioh has considerable plaster of paris
oeiweeu tue walls. Tbe explosion
piled the debris in little henna nnrl nn-
der one of these was fouud tbe sack
with the $90, undisturbed ty tbe rob
bers. People living several blocks away
beard tbe noise of tbe explosion, but
thought it was a gun or revolver shot.
The bartender iu Sam Ash's saloon
stated that he beard nothing that
souuded like au explosion and the sa
loon building is Dot over 150 feet from
the postoffioe.
The postal inspectors bave been no
tified. Oriental Fruit Market.
There appears fo be a good chance
f3r Oregou exporters of apples and
prunes in tbe orient this vear. induinur.
from a letter which has been reoelved
by the seoretary of tbe Portland cham
ber of commerce from a firm in Shang
hai. This firm savs that it is inter
ested iu tbe handling of fresh apples,
cured prunes, onions in orates, etc.,
during tbo months from Seutembnr to
February, aud wishes to got in touoh
with Oregou growers and exporters of
these? produots. The orient is still
virtually an untouched field in thia
line, but it may turn out to be a pro
fitable ODe for Oregon fruit meu.
A Boone to the Science of Osteopathy.
Mr. L. R. Roed of Briccson suffered
a paralytic stroke lust Friday morning,
bis right side including bis vooal or
gans was affeoted. Friday nicht thnv
oalled Dr. Heisiey who worked with
mm and uy morning he was able to
walk. In order to reuoive trnntmnnt
qoito often as bis oase demanded, be
was tnueu to (be not el at Westen,
where Dr. Heisiey has a branch nfltan.
Tuesday be returned home happy to
ininu tie ooold walk and talk almost
as well as before tbe stroke.
A $50,000 Fire.
Fire wbioh started in tho (jnldmi
Rule Hotel barn at Pendleton, earlv
Thursday morniug, caused ruin to a
nan nioca uuil nroncvty loss exceeding
$50,000. Tbe flno Christian church
was in tbe path of tbo flames aud was
totally destroyed. R. II. WilnnT &
Co., implemeut dealers sustained a Iohh
of $25,000. The Golden Rule hotel
aud surrouuding buildings were dam
aged to some extent.
Joe McCabe Coming Back.
The latest lHSim nf t.hn Turn Ricnra
Tribuno publishes an extended artiole
whiob is so ruinate iu detail that it
seems founded on facts, regarding iiu
pioveraeuts oonteinpKted by tbe North
ern ruouio lu tiiat rwgiou. In view of
LIih fact Hint .It, Mff'ulifl id ulofo.l tn
retuiu uuri take ctrnVo of ihe Northern
l'ucino s branch line as general man
acer. nndnndr thatx will Im nnninthiiiiT
doing before snow llios.
I v. A utviiaacu l ine A at 111. w
f Wm. MoBride, tbe retired druggist,
this week puro based the IGO-acro farm
owned ty Frank Uagnon, on tbe reser
vation, southwest of Atbeua. This is
cue of tho best farms on tbe reserva
tion. Tbe land is iu a high state of
cultivation and much of it is adapted
to growing alfalfa. Mr. MoBride paid
$14,500 a little more tban $90 per
acre.
Fair Program.
Tbe following program has been
formulated for tbe Morrow-Umatilla
county air, wiiob will be held at feu
dal ton September 23 to October 3:
Mouduy will e District day; Tuesday,
Pioneer da,, ; Wednesday, Political
day; Thursday, Oregon day; Friday,
ducatiouul day; Saturday, Children's
day.
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