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This Edition con tains Six Pages 1 Athena Merchants Carry Big stocks V? Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXI. ATITENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 16. 1909. NUMBER 29 THE lUfVl-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISIIES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon a 9 ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Parton Milling Company U&flERICAN BEAUTY Floor is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best solected Blues tern wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. : Yonr grooer sells American Beauty for 0 $1.75 Per Sack Merchant Millers and Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash. R. J. BODDY WHOLESALE BUTCHER Makes a Specialty of furnishing Meat in Large Quantities. First-class stock, Reasonble prices TEETH TO TELL TALE Body May Be Exhumed In Effort to Clear Up the Curt Pless Mur der Mystery. The body of the murdered man found floating in the Columbia river, near Gold Springs, several weeks ago, will probably be removed from its resting place in Olney cemetery in an effort to identify the remaius as those of Curt Fless, the Bellingbam grain broker, who disappeared mysteriously last January. Coroner Folsom receiv ed a letter from J. L. Easton, receiver of the Pless Grain and Hay company, of whioh Plesa was the bead at the time ot bis disappearance, asking that an examination be made of the dead man's teetn. Easton states he is desirous of clear ing up the mystery so far as is pos sible for the sake of Mrs. Pless. In addition to the letter, a chart of the missing man's teeth was enclosed. With this chart a dentist would re quire but a few minutes to establish the identity of the body. Easton did not state whether or not he would bear the expense of the dis interment and examinations and for that reason a few days must elapse before the examination can te made. Coroner Folsom is willing to have the body taken up and examined but he is not willing to do it at his own expense. As soon as Easton can be communicated with, however, it is believed the matter of expense can be arranged. HELD FOR SERIOUS CRIME W. A. Bannister Arrested On Advices From California. lla W. A. Bannister, aged 22 years, was arrested in Athena Tuesday by Sheriff Taylor and taken to Pendleton, where he was plaoed in the county jail, to await the arrival of an officer from Altqras, California. The East Oregonian says that while at present the charge of seduction is the only one hanging over him this may be changed to manslaughter by the time he reaohes the California city, and a long term iu the state prison confronts him. It seems that the young man is aooused of having wronged a girl and then assisting her in the perfor mance of a criminal operation which may resnlt in her death. Aocording to the latest reports received here, the girl might not live more than a few i days. Paper Paints, Oils, Glass House Sign and Carriage Painting E. T. Kidder, Mc Arthur Building . City eat 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. II. STONE, ATHENA, OftEGON Mrs. Josephine Berry. Weston Leader: The many friends of Mrs. Josephine Berry were grieved and shooked Sunday morning to learn of her sudden death at a hospital in Walla Walla. Mrs. Berry was seized Satuiday with convulsions while un dergoing childbirth at her home below Walla Walla. A pbysioian was at onoe summoned and deoided upon her immediate removal by antomobiie to the hospital, where a critical opera tion was performed. The convulsions did not cease, 'and resulted in her death the following day. Mrs. Berry was formerly Miss Josephine Wright, daughter of John Wtigbt, and lived during her girlhood at Weston, where she was graduated from the Eastern Oregon Normal sohool in the class of 1896, Joint Installation. All Odd Fellows and Bebekahs are requested to be present Saturday night at I. O. O. F. Hall, when joint instal lation of offloers will take plaoe, and lunch will be served. M. L. Watts, Noble Grand. A Successful Operation. Weston Leader: W. M. Gerking of this, city sustained an operation at St. Mary's hospital in Walla Walla Sun- mrnr 3 PROMPT 11 DELIVERY PRICES ARE RICHT pohmain sa 3i The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in is, WPnfPTAPH IP1 m XI ILAfJlL U KlLLylLlL' ''.Jfe Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here 2M $ DELL BROTHERS, ea5?lS? " Athena, Oregon day, for the removal of a piece of skull about three inohes long, and an inoh wide. The operation was success fully performed by Dr. Cropp of Walla Walla and Dr. Corpe, of Weston, and is expected to resnlt in the patient's complete reoovery. Mr. Qpikiog met with an aocident 10 years ago by catching a double-bitted axe pa a olothes line, the dangerous tool strik ing his bead. He suffered no ill effeota nntil four years ago, when oo oasional epileptical spasms resulted from the old injury, although in other respects he has always been a strong and healthy man. Four Bound Over. At the preliminary hearing of Clar enoe Morse, his son Harry, Lum Pam burn and Boy Ellsworth, obarged with horse stealing, Justice Richards bound the men over in the sum of $1000 eaob to appear before the Grand Jury. The men are oharged with the laroeuy of a mare and a gelding from the range, and the horses are alleged to be the property of Will Jamiesou and Johu Thompson. Distriot Attorney Phelps appeared for the state and Boy Baley was counsel for defendants. SHOULD BE SEEM. NOT HEARD Maxim Quoted to Epworth Leaguers By Gray Haired Laddies. The national convention held at Seattle was probably the most impor tant ever held by the Epworth League. It brought to the front the issue whether the Leagne should he ruled fay the bishops and the offloes held by the old people, the young to be qniet and pay dues. The convention meetings were largely attended but oontained only a sprinkling of young people, altbongh the latter were in a vast majority among the delegates who registered at local headquarters. Row after row of gray haired men and women stretched before the speakers in the great armory hall with only here and there a bright bonnet and young face. Some ot the perils of worldliness, iuoluding under this caption danoing, cards and the theatre. The old people said "amen" to this bnt the young were silent. Other speakers told the gray haiis that they had no business in the oonven tion or in the leagne. While no vote was taken there was a general con sensus of opinion that the league mnst be reorganized at onoe if it is to oarry ort the purpose of the founders that of a yonng people's sooiety. The two ohief officers of the leagne of the M. E. church in the United States Pres ident William A. Qnayle and General Secretary Edwin M. Bandays have promised to bring the league baok to the starting point. BUCK PINE MAKES G000 PULP X2 I? Supposedly Worthless Forest Mokes Fine Paper Pulp. WANT BETTER STOCK Portland Buyers Willing to Offer a Premium Price for Choice ' Grades. Portland advices say a better class of livestook is being demanded by buyers but tbey are reoeiving no en couragement from raisers and shippers. So anxious are killers to secure finer qaality than they have during recent weeks that they are spreading the premium paid for good stuff over what is being offered for ordinary arrivals. Hogs oau be and are probably good enough to bring $8.15 but none of this class of stook is coming forward. In fact the arrivals in the yaids con tinue very disoouraging to buyers wno are compelled to depend upon the supply here for their blook stook. Showing of sales in the yards during recent days proves conclusively that steers can be good euoogh at this time to bring $1.75, altbongh nothing that has come of late has brought abovu $4.65 and this was only fur one lot of exceptionally good quality. Killers say they are getting extremely tired of the class of stuff ottering in the cattle market and it is likely therefore that some steps will be taken by the larger operators to improve general arrivals during the coming season. WEED DRIVES COWS MAO Also Causes High Death Rate to Horses. . Discovery has been made that the wood of the black pine of central Oregon oan be manufactured into a paper pulp of an exceedingly fine and valuable grade. J. N. Hunter and J. E. Sawhill of Bend, Ore., reoently sent specimens of the wood to the Lebanon pulp mills and as a result of experiments tried there it is reported that the quality of the pulp produced from the black pine surpasses iu whiteness, ease ot manufacture and probable commeroial value for paper making purposes any wood hitherto handled in the state. The results of the discovery of mar ketable value in timber heretofore Considered almost worthless will be of vast importance to the entire Ore gon country drained by the Deschutes where the stand is remarkably proline. In the past the paper mills have secured their pnlp from the white pine balm and Cottonwood. The end of the available supply within the state fiom these sources is a matter of compara tively few yuars. But before the existing supply is exhausted, if the claims .made for the blaoK p'.ne pulp are solidly based, the eyes and oapitul of the paper makers will undoubtedly turn to the enormous forests of this newly available wood to be found in the central portions of the state. Indian School Prosperous. The Chemawa Indian sohool just closed the most prosperous fiscal year in its history of 10 years. The total enrollment for the year 1909 was 775 pupils. The average enrollment for the year ending June SO was 615. The total enrollment for the last quarter of the year wag 648383 boys and 266 girls while the average attendance for the quarter was 614. Potato Acreage. In both eastern Oregon and eastern Washington the acreage of potatoes is fully double that of a year ago and the planting has at least 25 per cent better prospeoti per aore than during 1908. A large per cent of the sum mer fallowed wheat lands have been planted with potatoes this season be cause of the high prices during ttje past year. Johu A. Todd of Portland, vioe president of the National Livestook Insuranoe association, made tne state ment at Dayton that the death late ot livestock in Walla Walla and Columbia counties is higher than in any similar area in the northwest. Mr. Todd is at Dayton to adjust a number of iusuranoe claims of Col umbia county farmers. Mr. Todd said: "An investigation into the cause of so many deaths, particularly among horses has revealed the faot that most of the fatalities are due to some poisonous weed that is prevalent iu southeastern Washington. This opin ion is shared by local veterinarians, but tbe nature of the weed has not been determined. In fact it would be worth thousands of dollars to Col umbia and Walla Walla county farm ers if this partionlar variety of weed could be discovered so that an effort could te mado to exterminate it. "It is a peculiar faot that fully 75 per cent of the insured horses that die in this locality aro of the best breeds. Tbe number of tine draft horses that have died here in the last two years is surprising. County com missioner C. B. Bowman reoently lost four. Others who have lately lost valuable animals are Brown brothers and J. 11. MoCauley." Stockmen of Columbia oouuty are also in a quandary over tbe cause of so many cows going mad this eummer. At first it was thought to be due to tbe beat, but it is now though to be due in a number of iostauoes at least to something, presumably a weed, that is eaten. mass meeting. Two months ago a petition was presented to tbe mayor and counoil asking their resignation. The petition was ignored, and the re call petition was drawn up and nomi nations made to All the vaoanoies. Tbe present administration is aooused of extravagance. Hearing of the'peti- tion Mayor Law and Counoilman J. A. Calton .exchanged plaoes as a ruso to thwart the petitioners. Farmer's Warehouses. Will Morrison of Arlington, has been engaged to run the Farmers' mutual warehouse this season. Ho is an experienced warehonseman and brings good recommendations from former employers. He will have charge of Helix, Stanton and Van-cyole. Prunes At Milton. Despite tbe faot that early indica tions pointed to practically a failure in the prune crops, on three and tone half acres of prunes owned by Mrs. N. A. Morris, two miles north of Milton, present prospeots point to a large Uuauoial realization on this year's crop. METHODIST PASTOR MARRIED His Bride the Widow of the Late John L. Smith, a Pioneer. Friends and acquaintances of tbe contracting parties were agreeably surprised Tuesday when the announce ment oame from Pendleton, that the Rev. Charles W. Geiszler, pastor of tbe Methodist Episoopal church of this city, and Mrs Nancy Smith, widow of the late John L. Smith, an Athena pioneer, had been united in the holy bonds of wedlook. Only a few intimate friends were aware of the approaching marriage. The couple quietly left tbe city Tues day morning for Pendleton. Arriving at tbe Methodist parsonage in that city, the ceremony was immediately performed by Dr. T. B. Ford, pastor of tbe oburcb. Mr. and Mrs .Geiszler were given a rousing oharivari Tuesday night, in whioh the greater portiou of Athena's young Americans gleefullv partici pated. Tbe happy conple are at home to their friends in the Methodist parson age. Rev. Geiszler is a well known minister of the gcspel and his bride will doubtless te of great assistance to him in his church work. WALLA WALLA LABOR SCARCE Cannot Get Enough Men In City to Do All Work on Hand. Lewiston Bluestem $1. Tbe first of a dozen new combined harvesters purchased this season in tbe Lewiston country drove into a 800 aoie field of barley south of that city Wednesday morning and began tbe season's run of harvesting. Tbe grain on the lowlands is now fully matnred and the harvest will be under full headway by tbe middle of tbe coming week. A week's rain has delayed tbe work, but it did no barm to tne ripen ed grain, while it made the crop on tbe uplands, insnriug more than tbe average yield on the largest acreage ever grown in tbe county. Tbe blue stem wheat now being out has been largely contracted to tbe milling com panies for $1 a bushel and tbe farmers are expeotiDg that tbe main crop of spring sown wheat will bring 85 cents or better. Morrow County Wheat. Tbe rains of last week and tbe con tinued cool weather has bad a whole some effect upon the grain fields of Morrow county. Tbe rains which fell during tbe fore part of tbe week oame in time to furnish a stimulus to tbe filling grain, and tbe cool days following have tidod tbo grain through so that it will take several days ot bot winds to have any telling effeot. The crops on tbe Ueppuer Flat country and further south, near Hardman, will te much better than first expected, but tbe crops in tbe northern part of tbe county will bard ly pay for tbe cutting. Recall Used. ' The municipal storm impending for several months at Union broke when an action invoking the recall on tbe mayor and oounoil was taken at a A dearth of labor seems to bo tbe ory of oontraotors in Walla Walla this summer says the Union. With almost a record wheat crop to pat in tbe warehouses and mills and with tbe vast amount of street work and build ing in the oity, employers of labor are handioapped every day. One or two contractors have not been able to operate beoause they could not seoure men to man their outGte. Tbo Rioh and Harris Construction company whioh has contracts in the oity for 22 JblooKB of asphalt paving figured on getting away from bore in September is not certain now just when it will complete its work. This was tbe statement made Saturday by Mr. Case, seoretary of tbo oompany, Aooording to the seoretary, tbey have not been able to get enough men to work a full foroo. lie says they bad on several ocoassions started iu the morning with 80 or 40 men and by night, tbey would have abont 20 meu at work. Other oontraotors report as experiencing about tbe same trou ble while men for tiiB harvest fields are in demand every day. We expect to have tbe street ready for travel tbe last of this month," said Mr. Case of tbe Rioh and Harris con struction oompany who have tbe cou- traot for paving West Main streut "It all depends he said on the labor maiket. We are experiencing some trouklo in tbe midst of harvest time to get enough labor to operate our oouorete mixing outfit. We work about 40 men with tbe inker and pay 2. 25 to $2.60 for 8 hours." Damages Colfax Wheat. One of tbe heaviest eleotrioal storms in years, aooompaniud by a tremen dous rainfall swept Colfax Saturduy night. Reports from outlaying dis tricts indioate heavy damage to crops Hundreds of acres were beaten down, in Whitman county, tbe banner wboat producing oonuty ot the 1'uol fio northwest. Christian Church Announcements. It is with pleasure that we announce the coming of T. S. Ilandsaker, of Davenport, Wash., to oooupy tbe pul pit Sunday. Mr. Handsaker is a great speaker, uud will have a great mes sage for all. Don't fail to hear him. Other services as usual. Land Restored. It is announced that 85,000 acres of land formorly withdrawn from eutry in oonneotion with tbe Yakima project in Washington is restored.