The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, October 02, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThis Edition con tains Six Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1908. NUMBER 40 ' ' THE TUIM-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 a warn Floor is made la Atbena, by Atbeua labor, iu the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Bluestem wbeat grown anywhere. .Patronize borne industry. Your grooer sells American Beanty for i$1.30 Merchant Millers Athen. Oregon. rfW& 11 B0DDY ( if j WHOLESALE BUTCHER 'V35ri Makes a Specialty of furnishing i Meat in Large Quantities, jge" , First-lass 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 Horaea, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowls. They are made from the active principle or the condensed essence ot the drag. They don't contain Sawdust, Ashea, Chop Feed or Bran. Are fust aa ood when 10 years old aa when 10 days old. They comply with all pure drug laws. Ask for and try ones SKIDOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blister, Cathartic Heave. Fever, Ho Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tablets or Louse Powder, Spavin Cnre or Barb Wire Liniment. Distributed by THE BLUE BELL MEDICINE CO.. Incorporate Capital Stock $300,000.00; WateitOWn, South Dakota, U. S. A. Sold in Atbena by A. B. McEwen & Sons. fill II li i ti "Rut WHERE PRICES ARE RICHT ml The Freshest and 1 gj Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here gj DELL BROTHERS, Milling Company er Sack. and Grain Buyers Waitsburg, Wash. THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET J. H. STONE, Prop The place to get the best cJMeat that money can buy, and at the lowest price Fish and Oysters in season The high est cash price paid for poultry. i 1 e-pw iyLi i u laity y most Choice the Market affords in vegeta LEFT OVER Walla Walla Farmers' Union Buying Wholesale, Cots Into Sales by the State. The state of Washingtou bag on band at tbe penitentiary tbe largest lot of eaoka ever beld over at tbe close of harvest. A boot half a million bags have been sold and delivered and tbe remainder of tbe ontpnt is on band. Until an inventory is made at tbe olose of tbe season, it is not possible to state jnst bow mnch of tbe jute pro ducts are on band. The prison manrfaotures abont a million bags a year in .addition to other products made from raw jnte, and at the olose of tbe season last year some bags were on band. Early in tbe season tbe price was fixed at $7.20 per bnndred, bnt later tbe figures were changed to $6.90. The trust bag was pot on the market at abont $7.20 laid down at Wnlla Walla and tbe farmers' union made large purchases direct early in tbe summer. In two or there deals tbe farmers bongbt nearly 1,000,000 bags, while the prison product was forgotten. Tbe Calcutta shipments were reoeived early in the season and most farmers found that tbey bad purchased too heavily for the ligit yrop. In this way.it was possible for one farmer to supply bis neighbor with tbe surplus of bis order and the usual late orderajwere entirely lacking. , As a matter oMaot tbe bag supply was fully adequate at all periods of harvest, while usually there is a shortage during tbe rush. - Tbe state has bad no trouble in sell ing all tbe prodnct of the jute mill siqoe the year orders were' taken on the pro rata basis. At tbe time of tbat experiment farmers rebelled against the possibility of not getting tbe bags needed and for a season the prison could not sell all its produor. Sinoe tbat time a flat prioe has been made, and farmers generally prefer the prison sack to tbat of tbe trust. This season the heavy bnying of tbe farmers' puion bad a tendenoy to leave tbe state stook on hand, while no objection was made o tbe prioe oi tbe quality. Whiteman Ranch Sold. For tbe sum of $13,000, Ernest Koepke, son of Henry Koepke, bas pur chased tbe Wbiteroan farm, consisting of 610 acres of wheat land, west of Atbena. Mr. Koepke will take pos session at onoe and - Otis Whiteman, who bas been living on tbe plaoe will come to Athena to reside. Mr. Koepke was formerly "engaged in business at Ellensbnrg Wash., and later went to California. Be prefers leading a f aimer's life; heuoe bis purchase. A REAL WILD WEST SHOW Home Riders Will Perform Daring the Walla Walla Fair. A Wild West Show, originated for the express purpose of giving exhibi tions at tbe Walla Walla county fair, to be beld from October 12 to 17 in clusive, will be the best one of its kind that bas been seen in reoent years. "Tbe directors, realizing that tbe ordi nary wild west shows now traveling over tbe country are wild west in name only, have refused to contraot witb any of these shows, and have taken upon themselves the responsibility of assembling their own circus. About 25 bead of wild horses will be brought from tbe large Drumbeller ranobon Crab creek in Adams county, and riders will be seonred from Adams county, central Oregon and other places. Oue of these riders, Ben Hutchinson, is claimed to be the champion of tbe world tor roping, throwing, saddling and riding a borse, for wbiob be holds a record of seven minutes. It is a well known fact that this section of tbe r i wn MAIN 83 rj ob- Athena, Oregon IMB-H-iM!!? VV M H II PHIL. twO northwest states contains as ex pert horsemen as is possible to And anywhere, and tbey will all be brought together in oue big meet dur ing tbe fair. A'large corral will be constructed in the center field, and in this plaoe tbe roping and riding contests will be beld. Visitors will see tbe genuine artioleof tbe western manner in hand ling horses, wild as deer. Theie will be no trained-to-bnok horses in this corral simply wild, frightened bron chos that are battling against man for supremacy. Flour to Chicago. Perhaps tbe largest oar ever loaded in Atbena, went out over tbe O. R. & N. Monday. It oontained 98,000 pounds of flour, loaded from tbe Prus-ton-Parton mill, and was oonsigued to a Chioago firm. The freight obargos on this carload of floor from Atbena to Chicago amounted to something over $500. Tbe demand for tbe pro ducts of tbe Atbeua mill steadily in. creases, and in addition to a flourish ing Oriental trade, tbe Preston-Parton company is rushed with domestio orders. SETf IBF TO VALUABLE TIMBER Louis Webb In Toils For Improving Grazing Land For Deer. Louis R. Webb, a bunter and trap per living near Deering in southern Oregon, is to be arrested by tbe United States authorities and proseouted for setting fire to timber belonging to the government, Tbe land on wbiob Webb is alleged to have started the forest tires is in northern California. It is claimed by the authorities that all told during bis operations this sum mer, Webb set fire to and praotioally destroyed timber on lands in four en tire townships. United States Deputy Sheriff Nichol son left Portland tor Deering Saturday. Webb will be taken to Portland by the officer and an older of temoval to the California courts for trial will be asked for by Distriot Attorney John MoCourt. For days at a time it is claimed Webb went about the thiokly timbered lands of tbe government reservations, scattering Are in every direction. As a result one of tbe fleroesf, most disas trous and largest fires tbat tbe gov ernment forest rangers it, northern California have ever had to fight was started. Weeks were required to ex tinguish the fire which is claimed to have been started by Webb almost in a minute. Webb's motives in starting these fires, it seems, so tbe government charges, was for the purpose of making good bunting grounds. Deer and other game invariably seek tbe burned plaoes in tbe forests to get the young grass wbiob usually springs up soon after tbe fire is ont. Tbe federal authorities claim tbat they have a good case a'gaiust Webb and practically certain of a conviction. Webb, it is understood, is to fight the case against bim to tbe last oourt. Weston Peaches. Time after time oonvinoing evidence is addooed of tbe valne of Weston soil for fruit production, says the Leader. If tbe same oare aud skillful attention were given here to the nroduction of fruit as in tbe irrigated districts we would Dave tbe letter's orchards look ing like a oaotus patch. Tbe latest showing comes from Norma Heights, where a small orobard on J. M. Ash worth's property is produoing tbe riuest or peaobes. A half dozen ot them brongbt down town by Mr. Ash worth are flawless in their peachy beauty and each measures nine inobes or more in circumference. A Sure-enough Knocker. J. C. Goodwin, of Reidsville, N. C, says: "Buoklen's Arnioa Salve is a sure-enough knooker tor nloers. A bad one came on my leg last summer, bnt that wonderful salve knocked it ont in a few tonnds. Not even a soar remained." Guaranteed for piles, sores, torus eto. 25o at Palace Drug Co'a store. Mrs. St. Dennis Dead. Mrs. Jerry St. Dennis, who has been oritioally ill for several months finally euooumbed and passed away at tbe hospital in Walla Walla yesterday morning. Tbe remains were brought to this city this morning and interred in tbe Athena cemetery, where a large concourse of friends followed to the last resting place. For Sale. Mrs. May Jorgenson offers 80 acres of fine reservation land for sale at $00 per acre. The land description is N of N W see. 17, tp. 3. 85 E W M. Inquire of F. S. Le Grow, Atbena. Kodol will, in a very short time, enable tbe stomach to do the work it should do, and tbe work it should 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 Palaoe Drug Company. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are small pills, easy to take, gentle and sore. Sold by I'ulace Drag Co, WOTSOHJP IIP Bryan's Ex-Running Mate Says Wall Street Furnished Funds for Parker Campaign. - Tbe big'ns are swirling abont in a political hornet's nest. The bides of Foraker, Hassell, Dnpont, et. al., are scarcely dry on tbe fence, when tbe fur is fairly beginning to fly. Ex Senator Pettigrew stepped into the I reaoh Saturday witb his $10,000 ex posure, and quicker than chain light ning, Tom Watson, Aryan's ex-running mate, throws down tbe gauntlet, and closes a statement to tbe Associ ated Press, thus: "In my speeches and my letter of aoceptanoe I hammered both old par ties with strenuous impartiality. Tbe speeches are of reoord and speak for themselves. Whether Roosevelt man agers gave financial aid to those who managed tbe populist campaign I neither know or oare. Everybody who knows a thing about it is well aware of the faot tbat tbe campaign funds of both tbe old parties oarae from prao tioally tbe same somen. The hnnnfl. ciariea of class legislation, the national Dangers oitne money centers, tbe Wall street element of both leadinir rartiea those are contributors to campaign iuuuh aim we an snow n. "Bryan knows tbat tbe rmrtv 6am. paign fund of 1901 was raised by thn waa Btreet element of bis party. He said so time and time again in poblio spenobes and wiitten editorials. Yet he himself did not beeitate to use that oampaign fund. It was the money of Ryan and Belmont in bis oampaign for Parker. "Aooordinff to Brvao himtmlf thn source of the oampaign fund of Judge Paiker was certainly not less tainted man was tbat ot tbe oamnaisn fnnd of Roosevelt. Bryan's own brother and brotber-in-law sot $15,000 of thn Paiker funds and violated the law of Nebraska by their failure to render an acoonni ot what went with it. That $15,000 came from Anenst Bel- mont and Thomas F. Ryan, two of the most notorious of corporations crimi nals and corrnptionists and although Bryan said tbat he would refund the money ne nas not done so.' "Before Bryan fires off bis man Pet tigrew at me again, be had better do one of two things either disgorge Ryan and Belmont's $15,000 or explain what became of it. " High Grade Poultry. Miit Swaggart bas deoided to engage in tbe poultry business on an extensive soale. With this otjeot in view, Mr. Swaggart has bnilt modern breeding pens and will raise thoroughbred bar- rea nymotn Jttocks. lie now has some choice oookerals for sale. HASKELL ATJACKS PRESIDENT Uses Unbecoming Language In Mak ing Bitter Statement. Governor C. N. Haskell, who ar rived Sunday at bis borne in Okla homa, and was greeted by a band and a tig crowd of bis followers, used tbe most bitter language in au attaok upon President Roosevelt. "I will have a new chapter dailv ot) Theodore the First, from now until election, showing bim to be the great est crook tbat over sat in tbe presiden tial chair." be said. In reference to bis retirement from tbe position of treasurer of tbe nation al Democratic committee, Haskell said: "My resignation was voluntary, for I could not afford, if Bryan is defeated, to bave tbe Demooraoy say tbat if Haskell bad got out of tbe way Bryan would bave been eleoted. I am catch ing a ward politioian in tbe presideu- ial offloe and I want to look after bis case." In an address to a crowd in front of Democratic headquarters, Haskell re ferred to tho president as "an infa mous liar." He announced tbat be would start law suits this week against a number of Oklabomans aud said tbat be would also start action at onoe against Will iam Randolph Hearst. His Last Sermon. Rev. Geo. T. Ellis will Breach his last sermon in the Baptist oborob next Sunday. Services both morning and evening. Owing to ill health Rev. bins is compelled to resign bis work here. He is beld in high esteem by tbe ceonle of Athena, wbera ever? nnn is bis friend. He leaves tbe Baptist canton of tbis city In splendid condi tion. Through bis untiring effort, tbe church debt has been paid and tbe membership bas increased. Fortune in Fruit Land. A net profit of $21,150 on an invest ment of $3,250 and tbe lator of four and one-half years is not considered discouraging to say the least. Such is tbe result of tbe sale made tbis week by Rev. H. M. Bartlett of bis.33 acres of orobard one-half mile west of Kene wick. says the Reporter. H. C. Meyers of Minnesota is tbe purchaser and be considers tbat he received a bargain at $900 per aore, or $29,700 for the orobard. Possession will be given January 1. Four and one-half years ago Mr. Bartlett paid $250 per aore for tbe traot and by bard labor has in creased tbe value of tbe property until be baa reaped a fortune. This is no more than a fair example of what may be done in the Kenuewiok valley. Robert Kirkland Drowns. News bas reaohed Milton of tbe drowning of Robert Kirkland in tbe Clearwater, river near Lewiston, Ida bo. No particulars bave een reoeiv ed. "Lob".Kirkland, as be was gen erally called, was well known in Mil ton, where be lived and attended tbe oity sanools for many years. Heleft there a dozen years ago to engage in farming in Idaho. He was about 40 years of age at the time ot his death. Bear Skin for Rug. Dr. Plamondon bas aoqnired tho pelt from a cub bear, shot by one of tbe Wilson boys and will have a Den ver taxidermist prepare it for a rug. Tbe doctor also possesses a splendid speoimen of Lynx skin, made into a rug, and witb the two will have tbe basis for a superb collection. E IS BADLY NEEDED Unless Showers Come Pretty Soon Fall Seeding Will Be Delayed. Farmers are in need of rain and un less tbe country is visited by oopious showers within tbe next few days fall seeding operations will be delayed uu til hardships may be enoonntered in plaoing the large areas in wbeat tbat are prepared for seeding. Aocording to reports brongbt in re cently by prominent farmers summer fallow lands are in exoellent condition for seeding, with tbe exoeption of a shortage of moisture. An unusually large acreage will likely be put in wbeat tbis year provided the season will permit of late sowing. Unless heavy iains are received within tbe next ten days it will plaoe farmers behind in tbeit work to a marked de gree and it will be difficult to complete operations wbiob are already planned. Moisture is more than three inobes short to date and it is hoped tbis de floieooT will be made dd before tlm first of January. If this is done it is 'likely, as soon as rains set in tbey will continue the greater portion of tbe fall months. The three inob shortage together witb tbe normal amount, falling during this period will make tbe precipitation con siderably heavier for tbe next few months, than under normal conditions. Witb one of tbe largest aoreagea to be seeded tbis fail, in the history of the wbeat growing industry, opera tions will neoessarily be rushed as fast as possible to complete seeding before cold weather is experienced. Despite predictions of early rains and a subse quent early fall and winter tbe usual autumnal showers are holding off longer than tbey generally do, and ad vantages wbioh might baveaoorued to farmers through the advanoed wbeat harvest will be entirely lost unless rains come soon. Farmers bavd been repairing their seeding machines for some time and aying in sufficient quantities of vitriol and other chemicals for preserving tbe wbeat and killing smut. Will Invoke Recall. A petition is beins circulated in thn south end of Lincoln oonntv ta invnkn tbe recall on County CommisHiniier John Forgarty for aooepting a piece of new road near Waldport, to the claim ing tbat tbe'road does not come up to roe contract ana is dangerous to travel on. The road was built bv tmeoial levy It was to bave been on an eight foot solid bed, to drain both ways witb a oolvert on tbe upper side. Foearty accented it on tbe ernnnd that tbe contractor bod earned his mouey. Tbe ceonlo were disDleasefl and got up tbe petition. No papers have yet been filed pending tbe opinion of the attoroey-generaL Grandma Mansfield Stricken. Tuesday morniuff. Grandma Mans. fled, mother of Mrs. A. L. Jones, was strioken witb paralysis, and now lies iu a critical condition, witb bonrly ex pectation of ber passing away. Owing to ber advanoed age, wbioh is nigh nnto 83, her recovery is considered as ont of tbe question. Mrs. Jonna wab at Eoho at tbe time of tbe sudden stroke, and upon receiving intelligence of her aged mother's illness drove to Pendleton where sbe caught the 1:10 train for Athena. Tbe venerable lady is unoonsoious and entirely helpless. The Pendleton Fair. Tbe opening of tbe distriot fair at Pendleton Monday afternoon was in every way auspicious. Bells rang and whistles tooted, and to the inspiring strains of DeCaprio's spleodid band, thousands threaded their way through tbe big pavilion. 9'oday is educa tional day at toe fair and school child ren from all parts of tbe oounty afe being admitted free. Kodol will, without doubt, make your stomach strong and will almost instantly relieve you of all tbe syrup toms of indigestion. Get a bottle of it today. It is sold here by Palaoe Drug Company.