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VOLUME XX.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1908.
NUMBER 38
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO.
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Athena, Oregon
ESTABLISHED 1865
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THE ATHENA MEAT
MARKET
STONE & BODDY, Prop's
The place to get the best cTVIeat that
money can .buy, and at the lowest price
Fish and Oysters in season The high
est cash price paid for poultry.
R. J. BODDY
WHOLESALE BUTCHER
Makes a Specialty of furnisliing
Meat in Large Quantities.
First-class stock, Reasonable price
VEGETABLES
Ad Winters Has a. Liking for Other
People's Money, and Finds
Himself in Jail.
Ad Winters, a young man who has
been employed in the harvest fields
iu the Athena neighborhood was be
fore Judge Richards Monday charged
with stealing $22 from a man named
Sutton, employed in . a wheat ware
bouse at Hillsdale and the theft of
$6.60 in cash, 50 cents in stamps and
a pair of suspenders from John Martin,
a farm hand employed by Joseph Ber
gevin. It is alleged that young Winters
while "buoking" wheat with Sutton,
with whom be slept in the wheat
warehouse, took the $22 from Sutton's
pocket while the latter was asleep.
Sutton finally aooused Winters of the
theft, when Winters also said some
one bad taken his money. The fellow
was searobed by the warehousemen,
but no money was found on him, ard
he quit work at the waienonse.
Leaving there, Winters ended up at
the Bergevin place south of town,
where he committed the second offense
so it is obarged. Mis. Martin's evi
dence went to show that young Win
ters was in a tent occupied hy her aDd
her husband for an hour Friday even
ing, and also Saturday morning when
be changed his clothing before coming
to Athena.
She had occasion to go to her trunk
after Winters departed and found
that $6.50 cash and 50 cents in postage
stamps whioh was in the trunk Friday
had disappeared.
Suspecting Wiuters, Mr. Martin
followed him to town and bad a war
rant issued for his arrest. Iu the
meantime, Sutton had come to town
and seeing Winters on the street, told
him to dig up the. $22 he had stolen
from him or be would give him a
threshing. This had the desired effect,
so far as Winters' resources went, for
be forked over bis watob to Sutton and
was trying to borrow money with
wbioh to further settle with him,
when he was arrested on the Martin
complaint.
Winters several times got himself
into the unsavory predicament of con
tradiction during bis bearing in the
justioe court. He wa bound over to
the oirouit court and was taken to jail
b y Constable O'Harra.
Biffed the Autocrat.
Central Illinois Methodist Episcopal
oouferenoe by unanimous vote adopted
resolutions condemning the action of
Speaker Cannon in "refusing to allow
vote ou the Littlefield bill" and sug
gesting that "such representatives as
lack elements of statesmanship should
beretired to private life." The res
ulotion concludes: ".We urge upon
the people the use of all lawful means
in scouring the defeat of J. U. Can
nou, speaker of the bouse of represen
tatives." Family in Dire Distress.
J. B. Shew of Milton died of blood
poisoning Suuday eveuing at the Wal
la-Walla hospital. The deceased is
survived bv a wife and four children,
the wife being bedfast at the hospital
with blood poison in ber band whioh
beoame iufeoted while she was oaring
for ber husband. Mr. Sbew and
family reoently moved from Indiana
to Milton. Mr. Shew was54 years of
age.
Protecting the Quail.
The Walla Walla county game war
den has had printed and placed in
the county auditor's offloe for free
distribution among the farmers a
large number of notices printed on
glazed muslin, prohibiting bunting,
shooting or trespassing on tbe land
whereon these signs are posted. He
is very desirous that the farmers when
they are iu town stop at tbe offioe and
prooure two or three of these signs to
tack up on their premises. By means
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of this prohibitory measuie Mr. Whit
ney bcfJSs kto prevent tbe killing of
many quail until the legislature meets
and laws oan be passed prohibiting
their killing for a number of years.
Failure to heed these notices provides
a fine of $10, half of wbiob goes to
tbe owner of tbe land whereon tbe
trespass is committed. Union.
Gus a Candidate.
Waitsburg Times : Did you notice
bow our fellow townsman, Gus'av
Vollmer, candidate for nomination as
a representative in tbe 13th District.
ran in this city and iu bis home pre
oinot of Washington? Out of a total
of 93 republican ballots cast in tbis
in bis precinct, be received 89 votes,
and then several voters neglected to
vote for representative. In Washing
ton precinct tins reoeived !il votes out
of S3 republican ballots cast. Mr.
Vollmer. is justly proud of this show
ing made among bis neighbors, who
know him best.
Bids on Celilo Canal Work.
The contract to exoavate and build
oonorete walls for 14,000 feet of the
Celilo canal will in all probafciilty go
toa Spokane firm, Gaughren, Winters,
Smith & Co., says a Portland item. It
will take some time to asoertain wbioh
with csrtainty is the lowest bid, but
a hurried investigation indicates that
the Spokane firm has the iuside track.
Bid on tbe work were opened in tbo
offioe of Captain James Maolndoe,
United States engineer corps, and be
sides tbe firm mentioned above tbe fol
lowing submitted bids: North Amer
ican Dredger company, Johnson P.
Porter, Celilo Construotiou company,
Robert WakeQeld & Co., and Tuohy
Bros. The contraot provides for tbe
completion of a seotion of tbe canal
and will involve tbe expenditure of
approximately 1700,000.
THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL
One Hundred and Seventy Pupils
Enrolled For Work.
The Athena publio sohools opened
last Monday. Tbe greater patt of tbe
work this Week has been given over
to a very careful organization and
olassifloatio'ii of the entire sonool.
Owing to tbe faot tbat Prof. Lester
Miller of Eugene, to whom tbe school'
board bad offered tbe assistant prin
oipalship, did not aooent. it was nec
essary to begin with ouly live teaoters.
Tbis makes heavy work for those
teaohers present, especially iu tbe
grades below tbe ninth.
The present total enrollment is ap
proximately, 170. The teachers in
obargeare as follows: Prof. T. D.
Miner, Portland, principal, grades 9
and 10; Miss Blanche Orswell, Engene
grades 7 and 8; Miss Edith Orswell,
Engene, grades 5 and 6; Miss Velma
Wilkineon, Atbena, grades 3 and 4;
Mrs. E. Lane Walker, Huntington,
primary, grades 1 aud 2.
It is tbe earnest desire of the school
board, of Professor Miner and of all
the teachers to develop a three yeoi
high school course sufficiently, so (hut
.work done here will be credited iu tbe
higher colleges and nuiversitios, with
the idea tbat when tbat is tbe case,
our students will prefer to attend
sobool at home rather than away, and
tbat a strong, patriotio school spirit
will spring up in wbiob the name,
Athena, will be tbe key note.
Sucked Poison From Bite.
Last week Fay Barton, while out
bunting on tbe Imuaha with two com
panions, Perry aud Earl War nock,
was bitten by a rattlesnake. Tbe
boys bad flushed a covey of grouse and
Fay was walking along, keeping tbe
biida in sight, wheu suddenly be felt
a sharp prick on tbe sbia. He looked
down aud there was a rattler just i-j
tbe act of strikiuK bim. He jumped
back and sbot tbe snake with bis .22
grouse rifle. He immediately buckled
a strap as tightly as possible around
tbe bis leg above tbe plaoe w here tbe
snake bad bitten bim. One of tbe
Warnock boys sucked tbe poison from
tbe wound. Joseph Herald.
Brush Up at Anaconda.
Fay LeGrow's racer, Brush Up, is
showing the way to the fast ones at
the Anaconda race meet. SiDoe leav
ing tho Bote track, which is bard,
for tbe soft track at Anaconda, tbe
little mare ran winner iu two 5-fur-long
races this week. She won out
Tuesday in 1:02 1-2. A peouliar fea
ture of tbe Botte traok is tbat on tbe
borne stretch tbe running is made on
a down grade with a very bad surface,
tbe balance of tbe track being soft
and springy.
Quarreled Over Sheep.
Word bas been received at Burn
tbat Jobn C. Midland sbot and killed
a Spaniard named Lorenzo P. Rames
on Stein mountain. Tbe men quar
reled over tbe mixing of two bands of
sheep. Two davs later Rames whipped
.Midland in a fist fight. Midland rode
to Diamond valley and purchased a re
volver, and, it is alleged announced
be would kill Rames if there was any
more trouble. Returning to camp
Midland sbot Rames three times.
Midland alleges eelfdefense.
OLD MIKE SLASHED
Republicans Carry Yankee State By
the Narrowest Margin in
Many Years.
The republicans carried Maine
Tuesday by about 8,000 plurality as
against 28,816 in tbe last presidential
year and 8,064 in 1906. Returns for
governor from 468 out of 519 cities,
towns and plantations give Bert M.
Fctoald, retublioan, 72,117, Obediah
Gardner, demoorat, 64,993.
Same places in 1904 gave Cobb,
republican, 75,334; Davis, demoorat,
49,416.
The missing (owns, wbioh are small,
four years ago cast 1,630 republican
votes and 730 democratic.
The demooratfo vote increased more
than 13,000 over that of 1904, while
the republican vote fell ott about
2,500. Tbe republican plurality is tbe
smallest recorded in a presidential year
in 25 years.
The two parties split even in tbe 20
cities, each capturing ten. The vot
ing waspattionlary heavy iu tbe rural
districts where the demoorats, largely
through popularity of Mi. Gardner
among tbe farmers, made great gains.
Although the republicans came off
victorious in the election tbe demo
crats had tbe satisfaction of seeing tbe
normal republican plurality out to
less than 10,000 votes for tbe first
time in a presidential year for more
than a quarter of a century.
All four republican candidates for
congress were elected and for stato
auditor, Charles P. Ilatoh of Augusta,
republican, defeated bis opponent.
Tbe republicans were on tbe defens
ive throughout tbe oampaigu, seeking
to hold tbe state by tbe usual plural
ity by answering tbe various demo
cratic arguments wbiob were mainly
for resubmission of tbe prohibition
law, taxation of the wild lands and re
form in administration methods.
Tbe republicans strongly defended
the so-called Stmgis law aDd invited
tbe voters to support its stringent
methods in tho enforcement of the
cause of prohibition. Nearly 140,000
voters went to the polls, a number
wbioh was witbm a few thousand of
tbe record for the state
Tbe democrats gained over four
years ago in nearly every county and
city, altbougb come of tbe municipal
ities which went demooratio two" years
ago returned'to the reputlioau fold.
Congressman Alleu Burleigh, John U.
Swaysey and Frank E. Guernsey, re
publican, are elected.
Dugger Zerba.
Mr. Harvey B. Dngger and Miss
Avis V. Zeiba, both of tbis city, were
united iu marriago at Pendleton Wed
uesday afternoon, at the Golden Rule
hotel, in the presenoe of relatives and
friends. Rev. W. T. Euster was the
officiating clergyman. Tbe wedding
party returned on tbe evening train
and tbe bride and groom, wbo are
receiving congratulations from their
friends, proceeded at ouqo to house
keeping iu ono of tbe Speucer cottages
ou High street. Tbe bride is tbe
youngest daughter of Mr. aud Mrs.
O. W. B. Zerba, and for tbe past two
years has held the positiou of operator
ou'tbe type setting machine in tbe
Press office Mr.. Dngger came to
Atbena from Missouri about two years
ago aud is a young man of industrious
habits.
Ministerial Appointments.
At tbe annual conference of tbe M.
E. oburob held tbis week at Weuat
chee, Wash., Pendleton was taken
from Tbe Dalles District and plaoed
in tbe Walla Walla District. Rev.
Gabriel Sykes will serve as superin
tendent of tbe Walla Walla District.
Iu the appointments made by tbe con
ference, Rev. CV W. Griszler comes to
Atbena; Rev. John Evans goes to
Asotin; Rev. Baker to Clarkstou; Rev.
Israel Putnam to Pataba, and Rev. A.
W. Roberts to Grangeville, Ida bo.
Electric Line Opened.
Capitalists aud officials of tbe Spo
kane & Inland Empire Electric Rail
way System will compose the operat
ing crew of tbe first train to be sent
over tbe newly completed electric line
from Spokane to Moscow, Ida., tbe
morning of September 23, when tbe
150,000 club of Spokane will give its
annual excursion. Tbe crew will be
beaded by Jay P. Graves, president
of tbe oompany, as conductor, and bis
son, Clyde M. Graves, as motorman.
. Milton Wheat Crop.
Acoording (o tbe Eagle tbe whea,
crop in tbe Milton neighborhood tbis
year averaged higher than grain in
other sections of Umatilla county.
Four hundred 'acres ou the foot bill
ranch, owned by Jobn McEwen aver
aged 45 bushels per acre, and tbe
Eagle says many other fields averaged
35 to 40 buahels per acre.
30 Bushels of Alaska.
Authoritative reports have been
received in Spokane tbat the claims
made by Abraham Adams for tbe no
called "Alaska" wheat grown on bis
ranob uear Jnliaetta, Idaho, are not
justified, i Tbe average yield is about
30 bushels tbe acre, instead of from
100 to 222 as be asserted, aid it is not
true tbat the grain can be grown any
where. Tbe flour making qualities
of tbe wheat are unknown for the rea
son no-official test has been made.
Experts say that if Adams' claims
were true tbe wheat farming industry
would be revolutionized, bnt since be
has failed to make good his assertions,
the disoovery of an agricultural mar
vel is exploded, aud is, in faot, with
out foundation.
A Swell Company.
The Dalles Chronicler says of the
Walters & Christ oompany, whioh
appears at the Opera house Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday sight of next
week: "From start to finish, tbe
drama 'Dora Thome' was well por
trayed -at the Vogt last night to an
appreciative audience. Every obarao
ter was so well taken tbat it ia not
possible to say whioh was best. The
play is full of heart interest and thrill
ing situations that were carried put
with a vim and rush, so there were no
dull moments. Every actor bad bis
lines letter-perfeot and each one seem
ed specially fitted for the part taken.
The play was well given in every de
tail."
Bard Leaves Walla Walla.
After being reotor of St. Paul's
Episcopal church of Walla Walla
for 10 years, the Rev. Andreas Bard is
sooq to sever bis oouueotion with tbe
praish there and will leave with bis
family within the uext few weeks for
Heidelberg, Germany to tace a oonrse
of lectures for six months.
"Blind Pig" Cases.
The oases of the twelve men arrested
at Pendleton Saturday night on the
charge of selling . intoxioating liquor
have been deferred until tomorrow at
10 o'olook, when each of the ment
wbo are under $250 bonds will have
their hearing before Justioe Parks.
HERM1ST0N PLAEE SELECTED
In All Probability Experimental Sta:
tion Will Be Established There
C. A. Barrett attended the meeting
held at Pendleton Saturday night for
tbe purpose of disouesing the proposi
tion to establish a government ex
perimental station in tbis county.
President W. J. Kerr, ot "tbe Oregon
Agricultural College, aud several ex
perts were present at the meeting
which was attendod by a nnmber of
Umatilla county men. Hermistou,
wbore tbe government bas reserved
40 acres of laud under the reclamation
projeot, appealed to President Korr
and others present as the most desir
able looatiou for tbe station, inasmuob
as tbat section of tbe county is arid
and tbe class of production expected
from tbe soil will require expert at
tention in order that settlers wbo are
r.jakiug bomes there will be started
into the work of reclamation iu tbe
proper way.
To secure the station, tbe county
must provide (be equipment, includ
ing buildings. It is estimated tbat
from 3000 to 15000 will be required
for tbe purpose.
With tbe station equipped by tbe
county, tbe state and federal govern
ment will furnish experts to oarry on
tbe work. ,
Lightning Strikes at Weston.
During the severe eleotrio storm
Mouday night, lightning struck tbe I.
E. Saiing residence at Weston and
caused considerable damage bnt for
tuuately no fire resulted. A couple of
obimueys and tbe cupola were demol
ished, and tbe effect of tbe shook was
felt iu all parts of the dwelling. Mrs.
Saliug, who was alone at the time, es
caped injuiy.
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Editor Turns Rancher. -Bert
Huffman, editor of tbe East
Oregonian, has purchased a section of
wheat laud near Calgary, Alberta, aud
will plant 400 acres to spring wbeat.
Mr. Huffman but recently mado bis
laud purchase, whiub was from tbe
Canadian Puciflo Co.
Wet For Utah.
A plank favoring the passage of a
looal option law was defeated in the
committee on resolutions of tbe repub
lican state convention wbioh met at
Salt Lake Tuesday, and tbe matter did'
not come Dp on the floor of tbe convention.
Kodol will, iu a very short time,
enable tbe stomach to do tbe work it
should do, and tbe work it should do is
to digest all the food you eat. I makes
tbe stomaob sweet and it is pleasant to
take. It is sold here by Palace Drug
Company.
For Sale.
Mrs. May Jorgenson offers 80 acres
of fine reservation land for sale at $90
per acre. Tbe land description is N
of N W eeo. 17, tp. 3, 35 E W M.
Iuquiie of F. S. Le Grow, Atbena.
Kodol will, without doubt, make
your stomaob strong and will almost
instantly relieve yon of all tbe symp
toms of indigestion. Get a bottle of it
today. It is sold bere by Palace Drug
Company. .
DeWitt's Little Early: Risers-are
small pills, easy to take, gentle and
eore Sold by Palace Drug Co.
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