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ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1910.
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Supreme Court Decision HeldUp By
Salem Attorney as Grounds for
Conviction That They Can.
BiG GATHERING OF FARMERS
"The deoision of the supreme ooort
iu the case of the State vs. Sam
Coohran, I am firmly con vinoed, will
result in giving the women of this
state the right of suffrage," declares
a prominent Salem attornoy. "The
court lays down the rule in the Coch
ran case, tbat beoause the constitution
does not expressly prohioit an increase
in the number of supreme court jus
tices from three to five, or some other
number, the legislature has the con
stitutional authority to pass au act
authorizing the increase.
"Now take section two of article
two of the coustitntion of Oregon,
dealing with the qualifications of the
eleotors. It says: 'In all elections
not otherwise piovided for - by the
constitution, every white male oitizen
of the United States of the age of 21
years and upwards who shall have re
sided iu the state during the six
months immediately proceeding suoh
eleotion ; and every white male of
foreign. birth of the age of 21 years
and upwaid, who shall have resided
in this state during the six months
immediately proceeding suob eleotion,
and shall have deolared his intention
to become a citizen of tbe . United
States one year preoeediug suoh eleo
tion, conforming to tbe laws of the
United States on tbe subject of natur
alization, shall be entitled to vote at
all elections authorized by law.'
' "These seotions say who shall vote,
but as they do not specifically set
forth who shall not votev except as
above noted, and it seems "to roe tbat
under tbe construction plaond upon
tbe constitution by the court in tbe
Coohran case, women have a right to
demand the ballot. .
'This appears in a stronger light
jpberi we reiuemberw't hat edges' ex-
ISressIjE'JMJBJb't tpe ' -iRratf.freia
1 aoai'unicg the zi,-,it of c-'lrao upon
certain classes and does not mention
.v urn en as one of those classes. Iu'tbo
light of the Coohran deoision tbe
constitution says certain persons sball
have the right to vote at all elections
and that the legislature ghaiL&ot euu
fer tbe right of suffrage on certain
classes, and consequently it must be
held that the legislature . baa power to
confer that privilege on all except tbe
prohibited classes. "
Addresses Br Union Officials
; Sykes and McLean.
Ried,
A large gathering of farmers atten
ded the Farmers' Cooperative Union
meeting in Athena Tuesday, and
listened to interesting addresses by
Q. L. Reid, state organizer for Wash
ington j F. A. Sykes, State president
of the Oregon Unions, and J. H. Mo
Lean the Union agent at Walla
Walla. "
: Mr. .Reid, who is one of the most
convincing speakers in tbe ranks of
tbe Union, held the attention of bis
listeners by his praotioal speeoh,
whioh was made entirely on tbe
subject of what tbe Union is doing to
benefit the farmer, wherever tbe or
ganization is represented. He told of
how at Rockford snd Latah Wash.,
the union warehouses are handling
75 per cent of tbe grain sinoe tbe
organization in tbat Btate have seour
ed terminal warehouse facilities.
Not only grain, but all kinds of
farm products are now being disposed
of through the Union agents, at diff
erent points in that state. At oue
plaoe a mill is owned by the farmers'
union,-and at another farm machinery
is sold. v
: Sinoe the farmers oontrol the ware
houses, they get better prices for their
grain, stated Mr. Reid. from tbe faot
that they received direct market quo
tations from their terminal agent.
By knooking out the margin of the
middle man, and selling direct to tbe
exporter, tbe handling and selling the
grain is accomplished for 1-4 cent per
bushel. Be gave facte sustaining
his statement thattiie Union in Wash
ington was a 'suooess financially and
every way. '-
' He was followed by Mr. MoLean
of Walla Walla, and Mr. Syks of
Milton. In bis remarks, Mr. lJes
told of the , satisfactory conditions
urevailins vwith the Jooal nniou iii
Milfion.' lla said the Oregon Unions
of which he is state president, have
between 1,500 and 2,000 members
Tbe Union at Helix is among the
strongest in the state, and owns ware
house property valued at 110,000.
STAR INCREASE
Tax Will Be $12,000 More Than Last
Year Umatilla's Share is a Trifle
J Lower, However,
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Bouse; ign and Carriage Painting
E. T. Kidder, McArthur Building "
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J. II. STONE, Prop.
NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET
The Be?t
Meat to be found in Town. Come and see
me. I will treat you right.
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With a bullet within half an inch
of bis heart for a third of his life,
i Joseph St. Dennis was taken to the
Walla Walla hospital last week to
have the leaden pellet removed.: For
12 years he has been carrying the
bullet, the result of an accident, - and
until lately flas shown no bad effects
from so doing. Recently, however,
his breathing beoame difficult and his
heart aotion impaired. Surgeons
throughout two states refused tbe dan
gerous case but Dr. J. ,F. Cropp at
last consented to take the risk, and
tbe operation will be performed in a
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Spuds Go Abroad. ,
A Walla Walla special says: A
new market for Walla Walla potatoes
has been found in Hawaii. Three
carloads were shipped from here for
tbe islands in tbe Pacific, and growers
think them tbe finest tbat ever left
this vaiiey. They were grown at tbe
Blalock fruit ' rauoh and are of tbe
"Perfeoted Peaobblow" variety,
bronght to this section a year ago
from California. 1
5tY; STONE. ATHENA, OREGON
. Sues for Damages.
h. R. Reid, through his attorneys
Peterson & Wilson, has brought suit
in Justice Richards court, to reoover
$200 for damages to crop against Jac
and Walter Farr and Mrs. Stran
borg. Tbe defendants are represented
by Slater & Fee of Pendleton. Tbe
case will be held January 17.
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MOLE COMES HERE TO STAY
Some Facta Regarding the Best Farm
Teams on Earth.
comes from prejudices, ignorance or
false representation," says 13. F,
Swaggart, owner of the Eastern Ore
gon Jack Farnj. wbo is now in tbe
oitv ';with a consignment of fine
animals.
"As a rule a mule has as good dis
position as a horse, and he will pull
a bigger load, walk faster, and do it
on less feed than a horse.
, "Two mules can be raised nearly us
cheap as one steer,' whioh at three
years old is worth $40 to $60. A pair
of mule colts at that age are ready
for work acd is worth from $H00 to
$100. Compared to horse coits it costs
less to raise the mule and the risk of
blemishes are rnuoh less. Tbe mule
will go to work one year younger, and
oan be marketed any age after wean
ing time.
"He will not eat enough grain, or
drink enough water . when warm to
founder; will last twice as long, and
stand up under harder work than tbe
horse. They outwalk tbe horse, and
if one cares to drive faster, be will
find tbe mule will take a good road
Cait, and when tired oan be rested on
a half mile run.
"We are told that foreign nations
cannot go to war without first con
sulting the American mule,' and I be
lieve it will pay Boy oommonity of
farmers to olub together and toy a
good native jack and raise their own
mules. It baa been - practically denn
onstrated in tbe Northwest that pro
perly bred,, native jacks excel the
Eastern jacks in every sense of the
word. They are reasonably produc
tive in old age, and live 30 to 40 years.
These faots should be considered well
by any one who is desirous of raising
good mules.
"Mule raising is a coming industry
in Eastern Oregon. Nothing will
compare with it so far as money re
turns are concerned, capital invested,
considered.
"The bust mules come from stylish,
wide-awake mares, crocsed with a
well bred jack, with at little daylight
under him as possible, with plenty of
bone. Tbe smoother tbe jack, tbe
better. He should stand near 15 hands
and should weigh about 800 pounds."
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Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
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CATEREPvS TO THE PUBLIC IN
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Under the new state apportionment,
Umatilla county's per oentage of tbe
state tax is virtually the same as in
the past. Anent the subject of the
state apportionment, .Assessor O, P.
Straiu gives the following statement :
"For many years the state taxes
wore apportioned among the counties
by a table prepared by the legislature.
Under that arrangement Umatilla
nonuty was required to pay 4.9 per
cent of the amount to be raised by tbe
state, r Our share this year based on
the equalized assessed value of the
county will beslignty less than 4.9 per
cent. It will be 4.889 per cent,
which will make our tax for state
purposes $168.11 less than it would
have been under the old table.
"The state expenses, however, are
so much greater this year tbat this
oounty will have to pay the state
about $12,000 more than last year.
"It is now apparent that the agcre-
gate taxes of Umatilla, including the
special school levies and oity levies
will be some $40,000 or $50,000 in
exoess of the combined tax of 1908,
Tbe combined tax for 1908 was $386.-
802.83 in this county. v
"The special school levies and the
county eohool levy together this year
will amount to $150,000 to $160,000,
whereas io 1902 the combined levies
for all purposes in tbe county -were
only $195,653. " The speoial city ' jvies
in 1902 were $10,26o, this year they
are $65,843. The speoial sohooU lev
ies in 1903 were $26,684, this year
they will be about $95,000. : The
county levy has not yet been made,
but tbe combined tax will probably be
about $430,000 as against tbe $386,000
last ' year. The combined levies for
.the last seved years ruu about this
way ? 1902$1D5.653; 1903, $318,863
1904, $315,452 j -it)0.' $265,803; 1906
$280,767; 1907,' $351,880; 1908, $388,
802 and for 1909, $430,000.
"The assessed valuation has been
about as follows for the same years:
1902, $5,600,000; 1903, $9,214,000;
1904, $9,457,000; 1905, $10,387,615;
1906, $9,810,677; 1907, 4,000,000;
1908, $25,000,000; 1909. $41. 917.000.
"The assessments have been high
and sometimes low,, but with tbe ex
ception of tbe year 1904 tbe taxes
have risen constantly for the last
seven years and lor tbat matter for
several years before that time.
"A jump from $195,000 to $430,000
in 7 years is a tremendous iuorease
in public expenses. . But Umatilla
oounty is not alone in this regard, the
counties of tbe state generally having
experienced similar increases. Cities,
schools, counties, the state and tbe
nation are piling up the tax levies."
RUN DpONSTRflTIOH TRAIN
Four O. R. & N. Trains Will Make
, Every Point In Oregon. '
Revival Meetings.
The speoial meetings at the Metho-
dist church opened this week with
good interest. The pastor, , A. O.
Hammond, whose picture appears
below, is conducting his own meet
ings. , He is assisted by neighboring
pastors, and by Miss fiinar of Spokane
Profitable Apple Land.
H. Heikea of Freewater, has a
two acre orchard which last season
brought gross returns of $1207.60,
The picking and packing of apples
wag done by Mr. Heikes, his wife and
daughter, and tbe cost of shipping
and boxes was $150, leaving $1050 net.
He bought the plaoe last August for
$680 an acre
"Echo'a Echoes.
L. E. Ward.bas moved his plant to
Echo and will patlisb u paper culled
"Eobo's Echoes." Tbe first issoe
will appear January 14,
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Hammond.
Deaooness Hospital. Next week Rev.
Payne of Weston will assist. Tbe
meetings will only continue one week,
and the publio is urged to take every
advantage of tbe few days left to en
joy tbe servioes
Wins Rhodes Scholarship.
Tbe Rhodes scholarship from Ore
gon for tbe present year has boen
awarded to Mr. Cecil K. Lyaus, a
gradnate of tbe University of Cregnn
in tbe olass of 1909. The award wag
made by tbe State Rhodes scholarship
Committee, which met in Salem last
Saturday, and will enter Oxford next
September, and his scholarship will
be good for three years thereafter,
paying him an annual income of $1,
500. During his course at tbe Univer
sity of Oregon, Lyans wag an excep
tionally strong student and took a
proment part in debate. He earned
his ovn way through University, '
is nrivf teaohing in the Coor'
school. Jibod' '
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Aooording to plans now in course of
formation, the O. E. & N. is to run
a demonstration train through eastern
Oregon this year. Reports from Port
laud say the : two-H&rrituan lines iu
this state are arranging to send out
four demonstrations a,nd'-drieof"aho
other of these will visit practically
every point in Oregon along the liuoav-
ui ine ooutnern raoino, u. li. m
and their branches, where farming . ia :
oarried on to any considerable extent. -This
will ,te the seoond train of
this kind to visit Umatilla couutv.
but this Willi probably be a muoh
more elaborate affair than the first
one. . ' :: -
As heretofore, the trains will be
operated in conjunction with the Ore
gon Agricultural opllege. ' , -
The two trains on the Southern
Pacifio will oover points in the Willa
mette valley ,jand , southern Oregon,
and the O. R. & N trains will visit,
points in northern Oregon and south
eastern Washington.
It is probable that the traihs wV,l
carry livestock , poultry, hottioultn ral,.
agricultural acd, ;. a:lry prodoots.
These will ittciude modern maohinery
fpr dairying, dry farming and care of "
orchards, modern poultry hot 'es and
pens, high olass speoimena of Jiiry
and beef cattle, hoes and nure b-ed
poultry, supplied by the agricultural
college. Free 'distribution of seeds re
oommended for oertaiu localities by
the scientists who will aocompany the
train is also a matter under consider
ation. '' ;' . ';. ,, ' . .
The Usual course of lectures on ag
ronomy, stock raising, fruit growin
poultry husbandry and tbe like wT
be delivered by iustruotors from t L'
Agricultural college.
Tbe itineraries, train equipment
and program of lectures will be au
nounoed definitely within a few
weeks. . . .
; v Poisoned "Booze." , j
Eighteen merr were poisonod with
wood aloobol in Pendleton on Christ
mas day; as tbe result of tbe avarl.
oionsness of an unscrupulous boot-leg-"
ger. . It seems .that the dealer liRrV.
shippod in a- barrel of whisky jusw
before tbe holidays and as tbe demand, , . ,
was so great be proceeded to keep 1i'a
barrel roplenisbed by adding water. ,
By Christmas day there had been1 so . t s
many replemshings that tbere was I
hardly enough of the original stuff . ;
remaining to give tbe liquor either ;
oolor or flavor. He deoidod to tone it 7s
up and seoured wood alcohol for tbat '
purpose. Owing to the faot tbat tbe
victims as well as tbe boot-logger j
have tried to keep tbe mattor a secret
details are hard to obtaiu. Eight '
men required the services of pbysi-
oians and one came near losing ''iiia y-v-i-v
life. . ... ... . .,, ..7-';:.'aV.
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Once Oregon Law Maker.
Petor Fordney. a native of Missouri,
farmer, merchant, at one time repre
sentative from Wallowa county in the
state legislature, committed suicide
in the rear of the store at Paradise
Tuesday morning. Ill health is given
as tbe cause and tbe coroner's jury
believes he was in his right mind.
He arose from bis bed in tbe rear of
bis store at an early bonr. seoured his
revolver and, returning to bed, oovor
ed bimself well and plaoed tbe gun to
bis right tomple. Fordney was a
baobelor in tbe mercantile buiineus
at Paradise Wallowa county, whero
be purchased tbe stook about a year'
ago. , . 1
v Rccieves Pythian Jewel.
East Oregonian: At the session of
Dunion lodge No. 4, Knigbts of Pyth
ias of Pendleton held Monday evenings
an nnusual ceremony took plaoe. It
was tbe presentation of a veteran's
ewol to R. Alexander, pastohaunellor
and tbe only member of tbe looal
lodge entitled to tbe honor that was
oouforred upon him. Mr. Alexander
is entitled to tbe jewel by virtue of
tbe faot tbat be has teen an notivo
member of Damou lodge No. 4 for
25 continuous years. V
Brings Missouri Squirrels.
J. D MoKennon has retoruod to
Hilgard'rom Missouri," brlngtug yyjtl"'
cim several pairs or gray squtreufcuoUt
as are well known in tbat mQjtton of,
tbe United States and whioh are un-
known to squirrel hauoU in euntern
Oregon. Mr. MoKennon will endea
vor to care lor tbe sqpiitels and ullow
tbem to propagate, in ' th hope that
Oregon may prove a suitalo pluce for
tte gamy little fellows to make their
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Held 296 Prisoners in 1909.
statistics from tbe county jail at
Walla Walla show tbat 298 prisoners
were confined there in the year JufI ;
closed, an increase of 8 per cent over
1908 and of 81 per cent over 190? J" "
this uumbef 73 were held for
f.ities. Of tbe local prisoners 47
""! ith petty laroeny,;''"
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