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VOLUME XXI.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 9, 1909.
NUMBER 15
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THE TUi-A LUi LUMBER CO.
Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
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A M. JoHnson, Manager
Athena, Oregon
ESTABLISHED 1865
Prestori-Parton Milling Company s
CALEDONIAN PIIIC
Meeting Held Saturday Night and
Plans Laid for Annual Event
In Athena.
Flour is made in Athena, by Athoua labor, in the latest
and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected
Bluestein wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home
industry. Your grooer sella American Beauty for
$11.55
Per
Merchant Millers and Grain Buyers:
Athena, Oregon.
Waitsburg, Wash.
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R. J. BODDY
WHOLESALE BUTCHER
M akes a Specialty of furnishing
Meat in Large Quantities.
First-class stock, Reasonble prices
That Atheua will have her aunual
pionio is fully assured, as preliminaiy
steps have been takeu and arrange
meutsmadeO CAt a meeting of the Caledonian
society held in this city Saturday
night, committees were appointedJas
follows : ,
Finance committee, J. E. Froome,
tames Henderson; program, Ed Potts;
grounds, John Bell; -Sports, Hugh
MoLeas; sub committee on home tal
ent program, Dr. J. D. Plamondon,
James Henderson and H. A. Barrett.
Seoretary H. A. Barrett is in corres
pondence with Portland talent, and
expects to seoure a number of new
performers for the coming pionio,
among them some oauny Sootts who
have reoently arrived at Condon,
Gilliam county, from bonny Scotland.
The committee expects to secure the
'services of jolly Jock Colemen, of
Portland the best of bis olaes ever
I having appeared here, and second only
i to Harry Lauder himself.
There will be some unique changes
in the program for the coming pionio,
from . former entertainments which
have been given during these reunions,
aud the rssouroeful gentlemen having
it in charge will all see that the time
does not drag for any visitor.
The oommittee on finance has al
ready oanvassed part of the town; and
as is usual, the business men have res
ponded liberally, and the two days of
pleasure are fully assured. The date
has not yet been deoided on, but Presi
dent MoEwen has called a meeting for
April 17, when final arrangements
will be made, the date set and a pro
gram formulated, when fnll particu
lars will appear iu the Pices. It will
either be a week before, or a week lat
er than the Pioneer pionio at Weston,
wbioh ooourson the 28 and 29 of May.
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Paints, Oils, Glass
House Sign and Carriage Painting
E. T. Kidder, McArthur Building
City Rfleat Market
J. II. STONE, Prop.
NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET
The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see
me. I will treat you right.
J. H. STONE, ATHENA, OREGON
PIONEER PICNIC LAST OF MAY
Weston Decides to Hold 14th. Annual
on May 28 and 29.
At a meeting of Weston citizens"beld
Saturday evening, it was deoided to
hold the 14th annual reunion of the
Oregon Pioneers' Association of Uma
tilla oounty on Friday and Saturday,
May 28 and 29. Weston will make
elaborate preparations to entertain
the pioneers and tneir fiiends on this
occasion.
This week President S. A. Barnes
will announce his appointment of the
committees. J. D. Lee of Portland,
president of the State Association of
Pioneers, has been invited to give the
memorial address. '
At the meeting Saturday night the
vaoancy iu the assooiation officers
caused by the resignation of J. M.
Hioks as seoretary, was filled by the
appointment of J. M. O'Harra.
The selection of the above date will
make two events of interest to ooonr at
Weston within a week, as the final
annual commencement of the East
ern Oregon State Normal school has
teen set for May 23 to 25.
Big Price for Land.
A deed was reoorded in the office of
F. W. Hendley Tuesday in whiob it is
shown the sum of if 16,500 was paid for
58 aores of land below Freewater.
The sale was made by Mrs. Luoinda
MoMinn to J. L. Sbarpstein, . F.
.Sbarpstein and John Smails. The
place is on the oar line and has long
been known by the MoMinn dryer es
tablished there.
New Cement Walks.
By mutual agreement among prop
erty owners, on Main street.. Athena
is to have 150 feet of new cement side
walk. This includes the south side ot
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prqSery WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT P0HLn 83
The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in
VECETA
e Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
f DELL BROTHERS, 'SthitoJ Athena, Oregon
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Main street from the corner of the
grooery department of the Mosgrove
Mercantile Co. 's store, to the east
line of the C. A. Barrett & Co. 'a hard
ware store, aud embraces property
owned by these two firms and David
Taylor and Wm. MoBride. Other
firms doing business in the buildings
are Dell Bios., grocers, Dr. J. D. Pla
mondon, druggist, and T. M. Tag
gart & Co. , grocers. The work is to
oommenoe very soon, negotiations now
pending with gentlemen from Walla
Walla to lay the cement.
HE LOST HIS NERVE
Milton Lad Plans Kidnaping Scheme
but Caves In as Uncle Prepares
to Deposit Money.
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Foiled in his attempt to seoure
$1200 from his uncle on a fake kid
naping scheme which he had worked
up with himself as the alleged viottm,
L. A. Baup. aged 20 years and a mem
ber of one of Milton's most highly re
spected families, is held in the county
jail. The unoln whom be sought to
blaokmail ie S. A. Miller, president of
the Milton nursery and former mayor
of Milton.
Baup failed to get the money as
planned simply beoause he lost his
nerve, as the uuole was about to com
ply with the demands of the myster
ious letter he had reoeived. It is not
believed however, that the young man
would have been able to make his es
cape with the money, even though he
had scoured it.
The letter reoeived by Mr. Miller
was not signed but deolared a mys
terious "We" bad captured his neph
ew and was holding him for a ransom
of $1200. He was commanded to take
this sum of money at 11 o'clock Mon
day eight, out aloDgtbe railroad traok
east from Milton to a point where he j
would find a dim light. Here he was
to deposit the money and after turning
the light around, return home, where
he was commanded to wait until bis
nephew appeared before reporting the
incident. Failure to comply with the
demands of the alleged kidnapers was
to be followed by the burning to death
of the nephew and also the killing
of Mr. Miller's little daughter.
He lost his nerve, however, aud ap
peared at his uncle's house about 8:15
that eveniug, after having spent a
night and a day hidden in a deserted
house, the property of bis grandfather.
To those at the bouse he deolared be
.had been seized by two men and taken
to a straw stack Sunday night and that
be had escaped from bib captors while
they were drinking and playing oards.
His story of the kidnaping was to
the effeot that he had left bis board
ing bouse to go down to purchase some
tobacoo and that he was seized by the
alleged kidnapers while on the road.
He said his o&ptors were Freewater
men.
To an East Oregoaian representa
tive, Baup while not wishing to say
mnob admitted he had planned the
whole thing himself aud that the kid
napers did not exist.
He denies having been inspired to
try the so heme by reading tbe Whitla
or any other kidnaping stories, insist
ing that he had beoome badly involv
ed flnanoially aud becoming desperate
sought this means of squaring bis ao
oonnts. Baup said he had no intention of
oarrying out the threats contained iu
the letter, saying it was his original
intention to skip tbe country, if bis
attempt to get the money was a fail
ure. He deolared that be Bought his
uuole for tbe purpose of making a
olean breast of tbe whole affair and
that he fixed up tbe other story after
be reached the bouse and found hi)
uuole was not at home. He says be
wonld not have told tbe story of tbe
kidnaping, had bis unold been borne,
but be would have told him tbe truth.
When Miller, wbo is a brother of
Baup's mother received tbe Wetter, be
secured an automobile and sent a man
with tbe letter to Sheriff Taylor. The
sheriff and Deputy Bert Wilson im
mediately left in tbe auto, for the
scene of tbe supposed kidnapiug.
Wben tbey arrived at Milton Mr.
Miller had drawn tbe money from the
bank and was preparing to comply
with tbe demands of tbe letter. About
the same time word was brought that
young Baup bad appeared at bis un
cle's bouse. As it bad teen practically
decided by this time that Baup was
at least a party to tbe affair be was
immediately arrested by Constable
Dykes and taken to Peudle'on by tbe
sheriff and his deputy.
Baup is small, not being more tban
five feet , seven inches, but ho looks to
be tbe ago he claims, twenty years.
His father is dead and bis mother
lives in California. With tbe excep
tion of tbe last two years whiob were
spent in Cour 'd Alenes, bis entire life
bas been spent in Milton and vicinity.
He is an inveterate smoker of cigar-'
rttes and wbile denying that he is a
booze fighter admitted he bad "gone
ont for a time" on different occasions.
He will probably be held in jail
pending tbe action of tbe grand juiy
whiob will be called Moodoy.
Mr. Ogle Refuses to Consider Sale of
Plot and Condemnation Pro
ceedings May Result.
Agitation for a oity park to be lo
cated on the Oglo property at the foot
of Third street, continues without
abatement.
Attorney Watts interviewed Mr.
Ogle regarding the purchase of land
for park purposes, but the owner em
phatically refused to consider an offer
fcr the plot wanted. He will not
consent to dispose of the acreage de
sired, and gives as tbe reason for his
refusal, that it outs into tbe very
heart of his land, and he believes that
it would cotsaqueotly spoil the pros
pective sale of his land as a whole.
Sinoe Mr. Watts' report those in
terested in seouring a city park have
advanced the proposition of bringing
about condemnation prooeediogs to ac
quire the property wanted. This pro
cedure would entail the circulation
of petitions for a speoial eleotion that
the proposition could be voted on.
At a meeting of business men held
in the Masonio ball Tuesday eveniug
tbe park question amoug other matters
of interest to the town, was touobed
upon, and suggestions of condemnation
proceedings were also inserted into tbe
discussions whioh took plaoe there.
FIRST TERM OF FEDERAL COURT
Convened in Pendleton Tuesday, Call
ed to Order by U. S. Marshal.
Pendleton's first term of federal
oourt was convened in that oity
Tuesday morning though tbe judge to
sit on tbe benoh is yet to be appointed.
The court was called to order by Unit
ed States Marshal Bead, who came np
from Portland for tbe purpose, aud
who read the proclamation creating
the term of court for Pendleton. He
then adjourned oourt until June, by
wbioh time it is expected the judge
will have beeu appointed.
George H. Marsh, olerk of tbeoourt,
was also up from Portland to make a
reoord of its oonveuing and adjourn
ment. If the judge is not appointed
by this time tbe court is soheduled to
continue its sessions, tbe same officers
will meet there attain and will again
postpone tbe session.
As tbe bill wbioh provided for ses
sions of tbe federal oourt in Pendleton
in April of each year and at Medfprd
iu Ootober of eaob year, and provided
for a jndge to sit at those places and
times, did not oieate a separate dis
trict, tbe officers of tbe Portland oourt
will be tbe officers of tbe Pendleton
and Medford courts. It is probable
however, aooording to Mr. Bead that
a deputy clerk wil be apppointed and
that this man will be a resident of
Pendleton. A deputy United States
marshal will also probably attend
tbe sessions there.
THE QUEEN OF THE FLOAT
Preparations Now on Foot for Selecting
Queen of Umatilla County.
Secretary J. M. Kyle of tbe float
committee is now iu correspondence
with representatives in tbo several
towns of Umatilla county seeking can
didates for queen of tbe Umatilla
county float, to be seen in tbe great
rose pageant of beauty in Portland in
June, says tbe Tribnne.
Tbe float which is now being built
to advertise Umatilla in the parade
will cost about $900. Tbe work will
be done in Portland by tbe firm wbioh
does tbe deoorative work for tbe
mardigras in New Orleanp and also
for be Veiled Pbobptes in St. Louis.
It will be a work of art.
Tbe float will have a throne sur
mounting it to be occupied by tbe
queen of Umatilla county. Tbe oom
mittee of whiob Mr. Kyle is chairman
is desirous of baviug the contest so
arrnged that eaou part of Umatilla
county will have an interest in the
contest and any young ladywho de
sires tbe honor will have an oppor
tunity of getting ber friends to vote
for her. The successful candidate
for queen will bave an opportunity of
attending tbe rose festival free of oost
and will also attend tbe Seattle exposi
tion at tbe expense of tbe committee.
TREE DAY AT
Forty Thousand Shade Trees Set Out
The Occasion a Gala Event.
Tuesday was tree planting day at
Hermiston. Tbe day opened warm
and sunshiny. A load of 40,000 trees
arrived Saturday and were Immediate
ly unloaded and'soattered among tbe
property owners wbo wished to join
in tbe planting. Trees of every kind
and description were4 reoeivedbnt,
perhaps, tbe poplar and locust varie
ties were tbe most transplanted.
It is only fair to say that tbe tree
plantiog day originated with Mr. E.
P. Dodd, Bays tbe Tribnne, and that
he has worked untiringly and unsel
fishly for success of the projeot.
Most of the stores closed part of the
day and every property owner entered
fully into the oooasion. The city
water department had water running
in the ditches through the streets and
alleys, and Water Superintendent
Crandall was on band to Bee that noth
ing went wrong. City Engineer War
ren had set tree line stakes on all tbe
streets and all trees Bet ont were lined
truly to these stakes. The planting
did not consume the entire day and
when tbe property owner had com
pleted setting ont his trees he return
ed to his regular routine work.
Tbe day finished with a program of
speeches and mnsio at the First Bap
tist Church and a danoe at the hall of
the Hermiston Mercantile Company.
CITY COUNCIL DOES THINGS
License Resorts Contract for Street
Sprinkling Protect Grocers. .
At a meeting of the oounoil Monday
night, the contemplated legislation
relative to iloensing near beer resorts
was carried through, and a lioense of
$100 per year imposed upon eaob
plaoe, two doing business in Athena.
It was also stipulated that proprietors
remove all soreeus aud blinds from .
their places of business.
Tbe mayor was authorized by tbe
council to contract with tbe dray com
pany for street sprinkling during the
summer months, for tbe same rates
as those prevailing' last year.
The ordinance oommittee was iu
struoted to investigate tbe proposition
to draw an ordinauoe prohibiting trav
eling grooers from soliciting trade
within tbe city limits without a li
oense, thus protecting resident grooers.
WAITSBURG "CRTS" WIN OUT
Fight In Monday's Election Centers
On Councilmen.
Victory resulted for the "dry" fao- .
tiou in tbe Waitsburg oity election
held Monday. The fight oentered iu
tbe eleotion of councilmen. Five
counoilmen were elected, among them
E. M. Denton, a former resident of
Weston.
B. M. Breeze was reelected mayor,
reoeiviug 179 votes. W. U. Sbuhan
was reelected treasurer. Tbe vote on
tbe question of whether the town shall
have saloons resulted 144 to 77 in
favor of the "drys."
The eleotion was marked by a dem
onstration at the polls during the af
ternoon by a parade participated iu
by women, ohildreu and men, who
stood in front of tbe voting plaoes aud
sang bymus and urged the voters to
vote "dry."
Little Child Crushed.
The little son of Kyle MoDaniel of
Vincent is in a very bad way, tbe ro
sult of beiug run over by tbe front
wheels of a hay wagon laoded with
bay, The hired man had sent him to
the house and supposed that Le had
gone and started up his team, with
tbe result above mentioned. The .
lad's limbs were paralyzed and wben
be tried to walk his leg gave way be
neath him, it having been oraoked
and broke. He Is now nndor the
dootor's oare.
Wants Home For Children.
Tbe assistance of Judge Oilliland
and tbe jnv6nile oourt bas been called
upon by Mrs. Alioe Ryan of Milton,
wbo has fonr children she cannot take
oare of and desires to bave committed
to tbe Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of
Portland. Tbe petition is signed by a
number of citizens and it is probable
the children will be received.
Burial of Miss Picard.
The body of Miss Ida Ploard, daugh
ter of George Pioard, a resident of
tbe Umatilla reservation, arrived iu
Adams Tuesday morning from Chem
awa, wbere tbe deceased has been a
stndent al tbe Indian sobool. The
remains weie taken to the reservation
and interred iu the Indian cemetery.
Eight Days From Chicago.
C. A. Barrett & Co. bave reoeived
from Cbioago what ii considered tbe
quickest f roigbt shipment made to this
point. A carload of oottiug machin
ery via O, B. & N. arrived in eight
days.
Mosgrove Store Burned.
Wm. Mosgiove's store at Waitsburg
was destroyed by fire last night. No
partioulars have beeu received, but it
is reported that tbe fire started in the
Thomas restaurant.
Notice.
Notioe is hereby given that all rub
bish must be removed at onos from
premises and alleys within tbe corpor
ate limits of tbe city of Athena. This
notioe is given by order of the mayor.
A Bargain.
For sale or rent. 610 acres in Whit
man county, Washington. A bargain.
Investigate at once.
Rfob&rda & Koiiluw.
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