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H-ys - ' " Tills Edition con tains Six Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1908. NUMBER 39 '7 T" 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 Milling Company Floor is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and beat equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Blnestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home indnstry. Yonr grooei Bella American Beauty for Per 5 Merchant Millers S Athena; Oregon. a rW R. J. BODDY ( f j WHOLESALE BUTCHER rk r Makes a Specialty of furnishing "sr Meat in Large Quantities. 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 Hones, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowl. They are made from the aetivt principle or the condensed essence of the drag. 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 8KIOOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blister, Cathartic, Heave. Fever, Hof Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tabletsor Loose Powder, Spavin Curs or Barb Wire Liniment Distributed by THE BLUE BELL MEDICINE CO., Incorporated; Capital Stock $300,000.09; WateitOWn, South Dakota. U. S. A. Sold in Atbena by A. B. McEwen & Sons. THE DUALITY GB0CEB7 STUB fj "&. WHERE PRICES ARE RICHT The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here gj DELL BROTHERS, BEAUTY Sack and Grain Buyers: Waitsburg, Wash. 2 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". ABLE CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT A SIA1E COIIIIE Threshermen to Organize For Preren tion of Unfair Competition and Other Evils. - PaoiQo coast managers of the leading machine manufacturers of the United States met in Portland Saturday night and after a banquet whioh was largely attended formed tbe Oregon . State ThreBhermen'a association. Tbe ob ject of tbe meeting was to form an organization wbiob will be turned over to tbe tbresbermea of tbe state next May following a ooavention of farmeri. in Portland from all parts of tbe state. ; Tbe new association is similar to those of nearly every other grain growing state in tbe union and baa for its purpose the prevention of no fair competition on the part of uu sornpnlons operators, tbe betterment of tbe roads and bridges of tbe state and tbe regulating of freight rates on threshing machines and supplies. -Phil S. Bate j, editor of tbe Pacific Northwest, is the father of tbe move ment tc lorm tbe threshermen's asso ciation. In explaining what is meant by unfair competition be said: "There has been a tendency on tbe part of oertaiu itinerant harvesters of late years to bny a threshing outfit by tbe payment of a small sum of, money in advance and a note on long time. They then go into the field and cut rates- to seonre business.,.. Tbey can do this to tbe detriment of honest ma chine men because they do not intend to pay for tbe machinery which tbey have obtained on credit. They run tbe season through, clean up 'all the money tbey oan and then skip out after repudiating their notes. -' ."One of tbe main objects 1 of tbe association is to proteot threshermen against such bunko artists as these. "Another object of tbe organization is to secure fair rates from the rail roads. As long as the threshermen are soattered and individuals only they oanuot say to tbe railroads what shall be a fair obarge for tbe transportation of maohihery but with a united effort much oan be accomplished. "We also are able to secure - better roada and bridges from ' tbe'sfate hi making it responsible for loss of life or damage to maobinery by reason of defective bridges or dangerous stretch es of roadway. "We expeot to oall a convention of threshermen some time next spring, probably in May, that will bring at least 8,000 delegates to tbe oity Spec ial rates will be granted by all tbe railroads for those desiring to f attend tbe convention and the maobinery men of Portland will arrange a program of sports and amusements for the .benefit of the visitors. I, "At tbe business meeting tbe or ganization will be transferred to tbe thresnermen themselves and a new set of officers elected by tbem." ' The State Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Pinkerton Jr. and A. L. Swaggart were among those of this oonnty who attended tbe State Fair at Salem last week. Tbe unanimous verdict is that tbe fair just brought to a close was tbe greatest ever held in tbe history of tbe state. Tbe livestook, hortioultnral and agri cultural exhibits were tbe finest ever exhibited in the northwest. Tbe rao ing was superb and some of the fast est horses in tbe west participated in tbe speed ooutests. The attendance was large, as many as 20,000 people attending daily. The Deadly "22." 1 That one of these little "22" calibre squirrel rifles is a deadly, vicious weapon, baa been proven times galore, bnt an incident of recent date brings tbe fact still more forcibly to mind. Saturday George Mulkey and Jobn Thompson looated three bear near the Thompson ranob on tbe Umatilla. Mr. Thompson equipped with a 30-80 Tiff Athena, Oregon and George with a "22" special went after tbem. Mulkey rode into tbe brush to scare brnin ont Thompson's way. But Mrs. Brnin did not soare. Instead, she stood np and faced George while bet two cubs soampered away. Mnlkey drew bead on tbe big, tbiok neok and pulled tbe trigger. Tbe bear dropped stone dead in her tracks and when skinned, tbe little bullet was found lodged against the hide at the back of the neok, having penetrated and broken the neck. Filed on Timber Land. Aast week Henry Dell made a trip into tbe oountry tributary to tbe north fork of tbe Jobn Day in company with Tom Keller, timber cruiser. Mr. Dell filed on a timber claim. Mncb of tbe timber land in tbat seotion baj beeu taken np, but there yet remains choice olaims, wbiob are isolated from tbe big traots. Trade at Home. Atbena stores are reoeiving tbeir stocks of fall goods and without doubt tbeir patrons will get the best tbe market affords.. Few towns are as fortunate as Atbena in having np to date mercantile firms and there is no reason for going or sending away for ?our goods or giving catalogue bouses any euconragement whatever. Burglar Grant Sentenced. George Grant, tbe burglar wbo robbed a jewelry store and tbe Mc Ewen hardware store in this oity, pleaded guilty to tbe obarge and was sentenced to two years in tbe peniten tiary by Jndge Bean. Grant was cap tured at North Yakima on desoription sent out by local officers. WESTON HAS A CONFLAGRATION j Chance to Fumigate the Colonel Lost Through Sheer Thoughtlessness. Yes, Susie, it again transpires. Away back in tbe beginning: If all tbe buildings tbat have been built in tbe town of Weston were standiug to day, Weston wonld be a dingdad tig place, But. Tbe red-winged fire fiend has vented his destructive wrath there time and again and only for in domitable pluck and enterprise on the part of property owners, there would be no town there. . . "Nonplussed and chagrined seeming ly at its failure to devastate tbe arch itectural works of man iu tbe Normal town, tbe fire dragon must fasteu its tentaoles npon man himself. And here is where tbe Westou fire department, through inactivity or sheer tbougbtlessness, lost its cbauoe to fumigate Wood with' tbe chemical engine; earn tbe gratitude of a pleasant-odor-loving community and smash a world's record to smithereens. Yes, Susie dear. Tbe colonel was accosted by a yonng lady wbo desired to subscribe for "tbe best paper in Weston." Wood was puffing at a toll of tobaooo, tbe smell of wbiob was tbe faosimile odor of a snawstaok burning down deep, next tbe ground wben tbe straw is damp from a seapon's moisture. Bnt, Susie, there was another smell coming. Would you believe it dear? Tbe colonel, (bashful anyway, dad rat bim) was so bnmfoozled at tbe mere incident of being seen talking to a comely maiden that be shoved his vile oigar into his pooket, striving iu tbe meantime to looate penoil and note book. "Name, please," said Wood. "Horrors I" sniffed tbe lady, plung ing htr bandkerohief to ber nose. "Beg pardon," gushed tbe colonel. "Ob! Pot it ont!" "Your name " ; "Jump into tbe fonntain. Oh, that will surely quench it,' exoitedly ex- olaimed the demnre miss. "Ob! Miss Fonutain; six months or a year six months, 75 cents; year, 11.60." "Fire! Fire!!" shrieked tbe girl. At this stage of the amusing dia logue, a soft spot on tbe colonel's anatomy beoame exceedingly warm and be suddenly tumbled to the fact tbat tbe lighted cigar bad ignited bis clothing. A small boy was apprehended in the act of ringing the Ore bell, (the man wbo stopped tbe boy should be shot) while Wood plunged into bim Culley'a store where timely applica tion of water from a garden bose sub dued Weston's latest conflagration. Kodol will, in a very short time. enable tbe stomach to do the work it should do, and tbe work it sbonld do is to digest all tbe food yon eat. I makes tbe stomach sweet and it is pleasant to take. It is sold here by Palace Drug Company. For Sale. Mrs. May Jorgenson offers 80 acres of floe reservation land for sale at 190 per acre. Tbe land description is N of N W M sec. 17, tp. 8. 35 E W M Inquire of F. S. Le Grow, Atbena. Kodol will, without doubt, make your stomach strong and will almost instantlv relieve you of all tbe svmo toma 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 sure. Sdld by Palace Drag Co, SON KILLED FATHER Dr. J. H. Irvine, Weil Kuown Here. Accidently Killed By Shot From Rifle in Hands of Boy. Press dispatches announoe the acci dental killing of Dr. J. H. Irvine, a well known physician, wbo for years was engaged in business bere and also in tbe praoUoe of medioine. Tbe aw ful tragedy wbiob ended tbe lite of a mau of sterling obaraoter, was pnrely acoidental and over tbe life of a fav orite son will always baog a blaok olond of gloom. The aooident ocourred at tbe dootot'a borne near Albany, Tuesday morning. Dr. Irvine was shooting squirrels near the bain tbe night previous and wben finished be plaoed bis rifle on a pile of grain sacks, covering it with burlap. Tuesday morning the dootor was standing by tbe grain sacks when bis son, not knowiug of the rifle, started to pull the burlap from tbe saoks. . The gun was discharged, the bullet passing through Dr. Irvine's breast, causing instant deatb. Dr. Irvine was 68 years of age and was a son of Robert A. Irviue, former state senator from Liun county. Thirty years ago. Dr. Irvine came to Athena, then Geuterville, and soon built up a prosperous praotioe, and with W. T. Cook, later formed tbe Pioneer drug firm of Cook & Irvine. He was gifted with every attribute of a gentleman, and among tbe pioneer residents of this part of Umatilla oonnty. who temember his splendid traits of character, bis sad deatb is deplored. He leaves a wife and five children. One, a daughter, is married. Baxter, tbe son, and three other obildren lived with tbe parents. - New Odd Fellows' Building. Tbe work of removing the wooden building oooupied by A. Loon? as a butober shop preparatory to starting work on tbe Odd Fellows' building at Milton, oommenoed Tuesday, says tbe Eagle. Tbe oontraot for tbe construc tion of the new building has beeu let, F. A. Wormington getting tbe oon traot tor tbe woodwork and S. F. Henderson of Walla Walla will . ban die tbe brick work. Tbe work of ex cavating for tbe basement has already oommenoed and tbe iuilding will be completed by March 1.. It will be one of the finest buildings 10 Umatilla oonnty. It will be 90 feet deep with a 60-foot front, tbe wall to be 44 feet high. The ground floor will be divid ed into two, oi possibly three large rooms, tbe room oh the southwest oorner to be ooonpied by tbe First Na tional bank. The seoond story will be fitted op for lodge rooms and no ex pense will be spared to make it eqnal to any fraternal ball in Eastern Ore gon. Tbe building will be steam beated throughout and modern in ev ery other detail. ML GOODMAN PASSES AWAY Pioneer Farmer and Stockman Dies at Walla Walla. William H. Goodman, of Walla Walla, died of heart failure Sunday morning. Mr. Goodman was borii in Illinois, Jnne 2, 1844. Wben be was only six years old bis parents came west aud settled in what is now known as tbe Hudson Bay oountry. Here be was raised and speut tbe greater part of bis life. He owned a ranch in Hud son Bay and engaged iu stock raising ou a large scale, handling the best grades of sheep, cattle and horses. A few years ago bis family moved to Walla Walla, where they have sinoe resided. Mr. Goodman's bealtb has teen failing for several months and be has traveled some, tbinkiu g tbat might help bim. He is survived by a son and daughter. 2 be funeral services were oondooted by Washington Camp, No. 10, I. O. O. F.. at tbe res idence Monday afternoon. The Grand Jury. Tbe men wbo are serving on tbe grand jury at Pendletoa during the present term of court are: F. E. Sher man, Pendleton, foreman; W. C. Bos sell, Atbena; Jobn A. Mastrom, Un ion; W. P. Hastings, Westou; C. J. Ward. Echo; T. J. Tweedy, Eobo; Henry Sobmitt, Atbena. It is said tbe state has evidence tbat may lead to many indictments for illicit liquor selling, tbe work of tbe jary will be watched witb interest. A Sure-enough Knocker. J. C. Goodwin, of Reidsville, N. C, says: "Backlen's Arnica Salve is a sure-enough knooker tor oloers. A bad one came on my leg last summer, bnt tbat wonderful salve knocked it ont in a few rounds. Not even a soar remained." Guaranteed for piles, sores, torus eto. 25o at Palace Drug Co's store. One For Parker. A Milton item says: Tbe ftat of shaving two men at one time in one tarber cbair was performed here by Barber Wright. Wben he called "next" to bis waiting customers two men made for tbe chair each olaiming it was bis turn, and both orowded into tbe obair together. Withont showing tbe least hesitation, Wright lathered both faces, and while robbing it in on one man's faoe, started to shave tbe other man with tbe other band. Shaving each man with alternate strokes, be soon was combing one man's hair with his left hand while his light was drvinsr the other's fann. Both men olaimed to be satisfied with the work." Wonderful Fruit. Lee Berry and Nelse Manela sm hauling load after load of ohnion frnit and veeetatlas to be shinned .ta thn Pendleton fair and there is no doubt that Milton's frqit exhibit will be the finest collection of fruit ever shown in Eastern Oregon, says the Eagle. Mon day among other things tbey shipped 16 apples wbiob, laid in a row, one tonobing another, measured six feet with a quarter of an inch to spate. Another exhibit will be eight peaches on a limb loss than a foot Ions which weighs 6e pounds.'' They will have to go some to beat Milton's exhibit Lights for Echo and Hermiston. Tbe East Oregonian announoes that Eoho, Hermiston and Umatilla are all soon to bave eleotrio lights, aooording to an announcement made by Attorney J. T. Hinkle. Mr. Hinkle says tbat O. D. Teal, Col. H. G. Newport, Ross Newport and himself bave form ed company for building ditches, and installing eleotrio power plants on the Umatilla river near Hermiston. Not only has tbe oompany been formed bnt tbe right of way has teen seonred for two power ditobes immediately west of Hermiston and the actual work of ditch construction bas been started. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY Mrs. Walker, Primary Teacher, Has Been Appointed Librarian. As a part of tbe work of organiza tion of tbe publio schools, tbe sohool library is now being given attention. Miss Sharp, who was librarian last year, having left tbe oity, Mrs. E. Lane Walker, teaober in the primary grades, bas consented to act as libra rian this year. She has already start ed tbe work of classifying the books. A few of the books listed bave not yet been looated. Onr sohool library con tains a larger and better oolleotion of books than a great many places larger tban this possess, aud wben the list of new books woioh Misa Sharp thought fully sent in, arrives, they will add tbat mnob to tbe present list. The janitor bas added a row of shelves aoross one side of the room. wbiob gives muob more of a library appearanoo to tbat department. Tbe library is open for reference at all times dnring school hours and after this week, books may be drawn or returned on Thursday or Friday. Mrs. Walker and all tbe teaobera will endeavor to continue tbe interest in good literature tbat bas already been developed in tbe pupils, and in tnis as in all sohool work, tbe parents oan be of great assistance. Clever Actors; Poor Manager. The best attraction at tbe Athena opera bouse for some time was Walters & Christ stock oompany Monday night. Dora Tborne, tbat beantifnl English drama, oap.tivated tbe andienoe to snob a degree that tbe manager evidently thiuking tbe town was easy, pnt on a butobered effigy of "Roanoke.7 giv ing it tbe title of "By tbe Swanee." Tbe pieoe was dull and dragging in aotiou, giving tbe really olever per formers little or northing to do. The result was tbat "Beech Hollow," a splendid bill, was greeted by a small audience Wednesday night. , The Pendleton Fair. X All is ready, spick and span, for tbe Umatilla-Morrow county fair, wbiob opens at Pendleton Monday morning. All exhibit spaoe bas beeu taken and tbe live stock and agrionltnral depart ments are especially well represented. Tbe people of tbe county generally, are taking deep interest in tbe snooess of tbe fair. All Night in Auto. Mr. and Mrs. Moorebead of Pendle ton, were marooned all of Wednesday night in an auto, wben tbe supply ot gasoline gave out. Tbe oonple were on their way from La Grande and wben four miles from Pendleton, like grandfather's clock, tbe machine stop ped short. Back From Europe. Jacob Betz, retired brewer and cap italist, wbo owns property in Atbena, was in tbe oity for a few hours, Wed nesday. Mr. Betz recently returned from a trip through Eorope with his family. Haskell is Hot. Governor Haskell denies the report tbat he bad tendered bis resignation to tbe nationtal committee, saying tbe report was a damn lie. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is tbe best thing to use for piles. Sold by Palace Drug Co. ! A: . J 1- 1 ; it i -r
