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This Edition con tains Six Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer yOLUME XX ATltENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1908. NUMBER 36 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 Preston-Parton Flour is made iu Athena, by Atbeua labor, in the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of tiro best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grooei sells American Beauty for ' B !$1.30 Merchant Millers Athena, Oregon. B. J- BODDY V WHOLESALE BUTCHER fykKk?$ Makes a Specialty- of furnishing gT Meat in lrge Quantities, 'i. First-class stock, Reasonable price 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 Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowls. They are made from the sctive principle or the condensed essence of the druf. They don't contain Sawdust, Ashes, Chop Feed or Bran. Are just a 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 Atbena by A. B. McEwen & Sons. PROMPT Shy where prices are richt poh& 3 J The Freshest and most Choice the ft H g?e Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here $ DELL BROTHERS, CATE,S ESTABLISHED 1865 5 Milling Company BEAUTY i Per Sack.; and Grain Buyers Waitsburg, Wash. 5 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. OUALITY 6B0C wmk HILL VS. Hill Chases Ham man In Central Ore gon, and Controls Strategic ' j Deschutes Canyon. j The reason for Harriman 'a long de layed aolivity in Central Oregon rail way matters is now apparent. Dill is chasing him for the Jerritory, and by a bold stroke, the Great Northern man has aoquired the Oregon Trunk, a pro jected line np the Desohutes which is the logical outlet into the Central Oregon country. The Portland Jour nal says : Jam 08 J. Hill's acquisition within the past week of the controlling inter est in the Oreogn Trunk Line up the canyon of tbe Desohntes river, coupled with tbe fact that two crews of engi neers were immediately thrown into tbe field, is stated by those close'to tbe workings of tbe railroad king to te tbe bugle call for one of tbe biggest rail road wars whioh has ever been known, on the coast In oouseqcence of aotivity toward tbe oentral part of tbe state on tbe-jmrt J of tbe two railroads magnates and i Hill's disregard of a taoit agreement vouched for by Barriman attorneys that Hill Mould not invade the terri tory soutn of tbe Colnmbia and Harri man would respoo Hill's rights to the region lying ncrtb, it is apparent a struggle has been preoipitated wbiob will not end nntil one or the other withdraws or two lines are oonstruoted into the interior. Hill's acquirement of tbe surveys and rights of way of tbe Oregon Trunk Line, which have been held by W. F. Nelson, - president of the road, beoame known as a result of his visit into oen tral Oregon in company with two members of tbe firm of Porter Eros. & Welch, tbe contractors who built a large stretoh of the north bank for Hill and who also constructed 20 miles of. a line out of Spokane, afterwards turn ing it over to the Great Northern. Prior to tbe announcement, a few days since, that Nelson had sold the controlling interest in . the Oregon Trunk to the Hill interests o conference between tbe same parties was held in Spokane. Immediately afterward Nelson, aooompanied by two members of the firm of Porter Bros. & Welch, contractors, who built a long stretch of tbe north bank and prior to that time constructed 20 miles of a line ont of Spokane, afterward turniug it over to tbe Great Northern, made an ex tended tour of Crook county and cen tral Oregon in an automobile. While conferring with some of tbe bankers and business men in Prireville lelative to the railroad situation and an extension to the county seat, Mr. Nelson confirmed the report that ; tbe Hill interests had purchased control of the Oregon Trnnk. He . also 1 an nounoed tbat a road would be built in to oeutral Oregon without loss of time, preliminary work to start immediately. Hill's surveyors, less than a week later, established oamp at the" mouth of the Desohutes aud at present are working swiftly up the oanvon of . the river. - In the meautirne Harriman, follow ing ont his definite promise to Gover nor Chamberlain and F. S. Stanley, bead of the Desohutes Irrigation & Power company, tbat he would im mediately begin tbe construction of a line into Crook county, has two cr,ews of surveyors in tbe same fleld invaded last Saturday by Hill. Harriman as yet has not announced what route will be followed to reaob the irrigation, distriot and timber belt iu Crook county, both of which form tbe objective points for tbe construc tion of a new lailroad. He did state, however, that following a final con fnmnnn with Jnlius Kruttscbnitt at Pelican lodge, decision would be reached relative to the route over wbiob tbe new road would be projected. Tbe conference with Mr. Kruttscbnitt has been beld and tbe presence of Har- Market affords in P5 Athena, Oregon m die i limao's surveyors in tbe Desohntes canyon indicates tbat tbe Wall street king has dooided to utilize tbe same route for wbiob Hill is now contesting. Tbe cbaraoter of tbe Deschutes can yon is such as would praotically pre clude tbe possibility of two lines being oonstruoted through it. Two could be built, although one, owing to tbe rooky,obaraoter of the canyon, would require the expenditure of an enor mous sum of money. NORMAL FACULTY IS NAMED Seventeen Teachers Will Comprise Force at Weston This Year. A complete faoulty of 17 teanbers has been employed for the Weston normal school for the coming year aud tbe sohool will open on September 4, under the most favorable conditions.' Following is the oomplete list of tbe teachers who will comprise tbe normal faoulty: - "y ' Robert C. French, president; teacher of psychology, history of .education and pedagogy. Anna Z. Crayne, dean of tbe women and toaober of methods of English grammer and composition, writitff, spelling, rbetorio and eloontion. Frederick O. Heok, A. B., teaober of methods of history, general history, United States history, physios, civics, sohool law, English literature, Amer ican literature and German language. Clara G. Hall, teacher of arithme tic algebra, plane and solid geometry. Clara G. Frenob, teaober of zoology, chemistry, physical geography, meth ods iu geography, elementary agricul ture and domestio soience. Carrie W. Riddle. M. A., olassioa and rhetorio, literature aud expression, methods iu reading and American lit erature. J. Oscar Russell, physical training, athletics and matbematios. George B. Gbatteily, teacher of bookkeeping, office stenogiapber, li brarian and orchestra. Anna Selkirk Norton, teaober of voice culture, vocal mnsic, chorus and glee clubs. Nettie C. Cbatterly, musio, drawing, training school. John Mather, teaober of manual training. Paul H. Wyman, A. B., principal of tba jrining school, teacher of metb: ods of teaching, pedagogy, principles of education. Harrison H. Shirk, oritioin training school, seventh and eighth grades. Loretta H. Smith, critio in training school, third and fourth grades. Emma Davidson Dorden, oritioin training sohool kindergarten and seo oud grades. Agnes Bnlfinob, critio in training sobool and fifth and sixth grades. Naomi R. Stengel, assistant in grades. Mrs. Retta Powell, iu charge of tbe industrial work of the young women of tbe normal. Drive Out Undesirable. Tbe petition of tbe town of Cornell to clear out tbe undesiratle element has borne frnit, and it remaius to be seen whether the sheriff of tbe county will cairy ont tbe instructions of tbe attorney in an order served on tbe sheriff aud all of bis deputies, says a Council, Wash. item. This move meets with tbe approval of all the better element iu tbe county. Unde sirable citizens have been following construction camps along tbe liue of tbe Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail way, and later wore attraoted by tbe harvest seasou. Home-Grown Huckleberries. J. H. Rood who lives on the Luoe rauob near the McCoy bridge has started a new variety of fruit in his garden wbiob be calls tbe garden huckleberry. The sed says a Free water item, was prooured in tbe east. Mr. Reed basabout 200 bushes of this fruit wbiob tastes exactly like tbe wild huckleberry only very much larger, being about tbe size of a small cherry. The bushes are prolific bearers, each bush averaging about a gallon. Death of Mrs. Beamer. Mrs. Julia A. Beamer, aged 41 years, died at St. Mary's hospital at 7 o'clock Tuesday night, after a long illness. Funeral services were beld in Milton Wednesday afternoon. Tbe deceased was born in North Carolina where she was married to Samuel M. Beamer, February 27, 1900, in wbiob year tbe couple came west. Sbe is survived by four obildreu, two boys and two girls. Pnnnff (rtf Polov T? a rn TTbe Taylor-Le Grow string of horses (bat are to be worked in tbe relay race at tbe Walla Walla fair this year, was taken to tnat city Tuesday where tbe fleet saddlers will at once be' put into training. The owners of tbe horses have secured an expert rider and ex pect to again win tbe race tbis year. For Sale. Mis. May Jorgenson offers 80 acres of fine reservation laud for sale at $90 per acre. The laud description is N of N W H mo. 17, tp. 3. 33 E W M. Inquire of V. 8. Le Grow, Atbeua. De Witt's Carloliz3d Witch Hazel Salve is tbe best thing to nia for piles. Sold by Palace Drog Co. INCENDIARY'S WORK Alta House and Barn Burned In a Disastrous Conflagration at Pen dleton Wednesday Night. The fiend visited Pendleton again Wendesday nigbt with disastrous re sults. Ibis is tbe seventh fire Pendle ton has had, and there appears no doubt of its being of incendiary origin. The Alta House together with tbe big stable in connection, was totally destroyed, entailing a $20,000 loss to the owner, Sam Bittuer. Insurance amounting to $1,500 was carried on the pioperty. Tbe fire was started about 11:30 Wednesday uigbt aud tbe best witness to tbe circumstances surrounding the origin is Peter Sbafer, a young man who was conversing with a lady friend at her borne. Acoording to Sbafer, says the East Oregonian, he and Miss Town saw a man come stealthily down the street from tb side of tbe Alta house just n moment before the fire was seen. Tbe fellow tip-toed nntil almost iu front of the young peorle, whom he did not see, and he tbeu broke into a run. On reaching Webb street be turned to wards the business section, still run ning. In tbe opinicu of young Sbafer, there is no doubt but tbat tbe fellow, who ever be is, started tbe fire. No sootier bad he gotten past tbe Town bouse un til tbe flames broke forth at tbe Alta House and Shafer dashed over to tbe plaoe. Taking a hasty glance at tbe fire he then sped aronnd tbe blook to the looal fire house and rang tbe small belL By that time the flames bad gotten under strong headway. Aooording to Sbafer's description, the man be saw running from the spot was small in stature and he either wore a light oolored ooat or else be had on a light oolored shirt without the coat. When tbe Ore started tbe big stable was completely filled with horses and vehicle?. Nearly 80 bead of horses were tied iu the stalls, every stall be ing taken. Those who arrived on tbe scene early saw the peril of the horses and rushed in to free them. But tbe fire was so strong at tbe oxtreme west end tbat help could not reach the frantio animals and eight of them burned in their stalls. . By hard and pluoky work on tbe part of eager vol unteers the remainder of tbe horses were gotteu loose and tbey ran out of the barn. While the fire made slower head way on tbe hotel it was no less snre in its destruotiveness. Commencing at tbe southwest corner the flames ate their way into tbe hostelry and within a few minntes tbe old farm hotel was doomed. ' PASTOR INVESTS IN AN AUTO Flock Does Not Take Kindly to Gal livanting at 50 Miles an Hour. A Pendleton diapatob to tbe Port land Journal says: Wbeu Rev. W. T. Euster of the First M. E. chorob of tbis oify arrived Saturday evening from Spokaue with ao automobile cost ing $1,000 he met with a mild surprise from bis flock. That a minister should invest iu an automobile aud "galli vant" aronud tbe country at a 60-milo an hour pace is more than some of tbe staid members oan aocept and there are mild protests from many quarters, However, Rev. Euster is equal to tbe oooasiou aud explains tbat be oan now cover bis large fleld and visit his oouutry membership witb a great dal more comfort and less expense than on toot or by team, and tbe sting of tbe innovation is somewhat dulldd. When be bought a $10 panama hat during tbe summer there were gentle inquiries as to tbe propriety of tbe procedure but wbeu be came borne with an auto tbe protest was open and pronounced from a smull proportion of the mem bersuip. Tbe Methodist is the largest con gregation in tbe city, having a $30,000 stone cburob aud Rev. Easter is a very progressive pastor. lie drove bis auto mobile from Spokaue to Pendleton iu 13 boors actual ruuning time and will use it constantly in his cburob work in this oity and surrounding towns. Early Snow Storm. Forest Supervisor J. M. Sobmitz of tbe Wenaba national reserve has re turned to his home iu Walla Walla after a two week's trip through tbe forest, most of bis time being spent fighting fires of more or less magni tude. He stated tbat four or five in ches of snow has fallen in the moun tains south and east of Dayton during tbe past tew days. According to old settlers it is something unusual to have snow at this season as it rarely ever comes before tbe last of September or tbe first of October. The Pendleton Fair. Elsewhere in today's Press appears uu advertisement announcing the Umatilla-Morrow County fair, which taken plaoe at Pendleton, September 'iH, October 3 inclusive. The fair this year promises to exoeed in magnitude of success, those of .previous years. Officials of the association feel highly gratified over tbe promising outlook and are doing everything in their" yuwer iu secure exnioits ana provide means of entertainment. Pendleton's Sixth Blaze. Pendleton's sixth fire in three weeks came Monday night when the depart ment by hard work-put ont a blaze on Maia street, confining tbe flames to tbe Queen chop house and the Ogg saloon. The frequency of fires at Pendleton inspires thought of incen diary origin, K Partnershin Dissolved. Jyllarry MoBride is sole proprietor of ma Aiouriae uvery and feed stable in tbis oity, having purchased Henry Stamper's interest In tbe deal, Mr. Stamper assumes proprietorship of the Weston liverv stable. All nnnnnnf a duo the Atbeua end of the bnsinBsn conducted by the Aim iu the past, are payaoie to Air. juotsride. Walla Walla Through Train. Plans for a tbrou&b Servian in dav. light between Walla Walla and Port land are being formulated in that oitv. and in a few days will be put up to the u. k. jn. railroad officials in Port laud. In brief the plan is to have the traiu now ODeratiuc as a looal to Pen dleton make Walla Walla its termiuus instead of Pendleton, thus doing away with the Pendleton-Walla Walla looal train. Pruitt Has Returned. W. C. E. Pruitt, missing Pendleton lawyer, is now once more at home, says a Pendleton paper. He was brought baok to tbe oity yesterday aud was immediately taken to bis former nome, where he is now being oared tor. He is ill and is said to be threat ened with braiu fever. MILTON DRUGGIST WINS GIRL Van Wert Beats Rival In Business, Also Gets Lady Both Love. An Omaha Dispatch savs: An mi- -nsual "soda water" romanoe found its oulminatiou today at the courthouse, wheu Filson R. Van Wert, of Milton Ore., applied for a license to wed Miss Jessie King of Omaha. The story in volves an unconventional race for a bride between today's benedict and Oosar Holmes. Both are druggists and for years ran a neok-to-ueok race for Miss King's hand. Iu Villisoa. Iowa, whore the bride and groom went to sohool together. Van Wert intrnrinnnri young Holmes to Miss King. Holmes was onier or tbe prescription counter foroe iu one of tbe drug stores and Van Wert was at the soda fountain. One day Holmes determined to go west and make a fortnne. From Mil ton out in Oregon came stories tbat he was "making good." Van Wert a few months lator was running a- cut rate drng store in his rival's town and tbe fight was on in earnest. Meanwhile eaoh was sending tbe yonng woman in Omaha glowing let ters desoriptive of his deeds and pro spects. Holmes was put out of tbe running. He olosed his shop and dis appeared. Van Wert will take tbe girl to tbe Oregou town. "Blind Pig" Artists. Iu tbe "blind pig" cases at Echo Saturday afternoon each of the five mou arrested was required to give $500 bail. Three of tbe men, M. H. Gillette, Normuu Stone and Morrison waived examination and tbeir oases will go before the grand jury. M. B. Gillette aud Fruuk Neacewill be given preliminary hearing iu tbe justioe's court toduy. Fire Destroyed Barn. Fire wbiob is believed to have start ed from tbe stub of n cigarette thrown iu a barnyard covered with straw completely destroyed a fine bam, 20 tons wbout hay, two header wagons, a feed wagon, $100 worth of hogs and several sets of harness belonging to Clay Moss, about five miles south of Milton Mouday afternoon. Brotherton-Strout. Frank Botbertou and Mabel Strout were married Monday at tbe home of tbe trido's parents in Pendleton. The bride is known to many Weston people, aud tbe groom is a former residont of Weston and vicinity. After a brief tour of California, Mr. and Mrs. Brotherton will return and make their home in Walla Walla. . Digging Big Ditch. Xlhe O. R. & N. company has a foroe of men employed in digging a ohanuol across Main street in the yards for tbo purpose of draining water, canned by fresbets coming from above town, Kodol will, without doubt, make your stomach strong aud will almost ' instantly relieve you of all tbe symp toms of indigestion. Get a bottle of it today. It is sold here by Palaoe Drug. Company. , Jorgel "Bootlegging." Jobu Joricul, the well nijjguv is in jail at Pendlutou, charged witb .-elliug liquor to Indians. , DeWitt's tit tin Early Kistrs aru ' small pills, easy to take, gentle and sure, tiold by Paluoe Drog Co. . ." t I - ' 1 i