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Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 11, 1910. NUMBER 10 WW fc.-,f,'.fcto Be aure you arc right is another way of saying- ."Be eure you Have a Stetson Every Stetson bears the Stetson Name and tnen go ahead.' We nave the Stetson Soft and Derby Hats tin all the latest styles. Remember You get 4 per cent Discount for Cash. Return $25.00 in cash register checks and get $1 cash or trade free. T. M. TAGGART General Merchandise Athena, Oregon Til flue Cash Grocery out Don't Monkey with Inferior Goods! Hill Bros. GRADE STEEL GUT COFFEE Blue Label Can, 35c Red Label Can, 45c Ask your neighbor if he has ever tried that Hitch Grade Steel Cut Coffee, which Worthington carries, and it he has not, 'PHONE UN 115 Men's Working Clothes and Shoes, No Shelf-worn Goods. Quick sales and small profits is the motto of the Old Reliable BLUE FRONT STORE, the rur,H-Luri 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 BLAST IflDEEP WELL Bis Blast of Giant Powder Shoots Volume of Artesian Water Heavenward. A long, galvanized iron tube con taining 258 sticks of giant powder, was lowered into tbe artesian well of tbe Athena Land & Trust company Sunday afternoon and was dUoharged by switohing on an eleotno ourrent. Tbe tube containing the explosive was lowered to tbe depth of 890 feet, tbe distance at wbiob the vein of ar tesian water was enoonnterod, in the hope that tbe blast would opeu tbe orevioe and that an increased volume of water would gush forth. When the eleotrio ourrent set the blast off water shot into thd air above the derriok, and an instant later a second geiser shot heavenward, this being tbe result of tbe downward concussion. Tbe blast evidently wrought havoc in the deep hole, for tbe water reoeded and not until long afterward when the excavation was pierced by' the'drill tbe morning fol lowing, did the water come to tbe surfaoe again. It is now flowing about tbe same quantity that has issued all along. It is tbe firm belief of Messrs. Miller & West, tbe drillers, tha ar tesian water in vast quantities may be had in this vicinity at the depth of the present flow obtained, and that it is only a question of drilling in the right, place to strike tbe mother vein. They believe that the present flow is from a small fissure leading from the main subterranean water course. The venture has cost tbe company quite a sum of money, and while not meeting with all the suooess tbe men in it merited from tbe enterprise, they bave demonstrated that. Athena is looated in an artesian water belt. These men have set an example that may well be emulated, and already there is talk of taking advantage of the new law that gives distriots the privilege of bonding for tbe purpose of developing artesian projeots. LAND COMPANY SELLS TRACTS Twenty Acres Disposed of This Week New County Road. Considerable activity is noted in tbe dealing of the Athena Land and Trust company this week. Tuesday tbe company sold a teti-aore tract to Mr. -Vic Harris This acreage lies south of the creek, on tbe west side of ! tbe road which is to be extended south from. Third street Mr. Harris will I commepoe to improve this land at i once. The day followiug Mr. Harris' pur ohase tbe company closed a deal by wbioh Miller & West beoame tbe owners of ten aores in tbe southeast corner of the company's holdings, and it is understood that this traot will be improved without delay by Mr. S. F. Wilson, who in turn purchased, in dividually, tbe land from Miller & West.. Tbe company has men and teams at work olearing off ground and breaking soil preparatory to putting its aoreage in cultivation. Surveyor Eimbrell is engaged in laying out the county road wbiob will iuo tbe entire length of the property on the south side. Cass Cannon, who purchased a traot last year has bis ground nearly oleared off, and will soon be ready to make improvements. A Stag Party. Clarenoe Broth erton entertained a number of his x friends at a "Stag party" last Friday evening, from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Bpeoial musio was fur nished by Messrs. Pinkerton, W. Mo Donald, Achilles and Goff. ' A sump tuous feast was served by the host's mother. The affair was a reception to Mr. Clarenoe Goff and a farewell to Mr. "Chio" Hastings. Those pres- ill ?f?f! i H - lis W- if!)!! A 1 II III H A i H PROMPT DEUYERY W HERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHHE MAIN 83 3 11 n is! 7l rm i ti . mm . : nt n" . i ine juresnest ana most unoice me marker anoras in b - .... . - ... ymum fge Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here fj DELL BROTHERS, cTrST,s Athena, Oregon ft f9iA L entwere: Messrs. Floyd Pinkerton, Leon Miller, Herbert Parker, Hugb Lieuallen, Emery Achilles, W. Mo Donald. Charles Hastings, Luvois Mo Ewen, Harry Coomans, Clarenoe Goff, Carl Christian, Boy Burke, W. Dav idson and Clyde Brotherton. Winter Oyer at Gurdane. Gurdane correspondence in East Oregonian: The ever weloome obi nooa wind is here and tbe baokbone of the winter is broken. Nearly all the. hay is gone and there is some live ly rustling for feed. Audy Bust is running three teams daily from Pilot Book. Chas. Ely and J. L. Hall are hauling hay'and grain from tbe same place. D. R. Cate has driven bis cat tle to Pine city where be purchased hay. French and Brosman bave their stock near Ecbo, where they scoured feed. A number of Camas Pi iaiie stockmen have driven their stock to Pilot Rook -where they can get bay by fbe carload. Tbe warm wind is melting the snow so that every gaily is a raging torrent and tbe roads are almost Impassable. Bridges are wash ed out daily and tbe grades are out in many ditobes from two to seven feet deep. Marion Smith, road boss of tbe Pilot Rook and Camas district, has a crew of 2ien on tbe road every day. SEND LETTERS BY WIRE Telegraph Company Would Keep Wires Busy at Night. . Tbe telegram letter service of tbe Western Union is now in effect and available for use by residents of Pen dleton, aooording to instructions just received by . looal Manager George Gillette, says tbe East Oregonian. Aoocrding to this Innovation, a fifty word letter will be bandied at nigbt under the same rates and conditions that a ten word rues age is now hand led by day rates. The purpose of this plan ia to secure business for the idle wires of tbe com pany at nigbt. At present the wires are praotioally unused after midnight and it is neoessary for the company to keep its men on duty without having enough to keep them busy. Tbe new plan provides that tbe letter may be filed any time during tbe day or eveu ing but they will not be sent until the day work is all off the files. Then they will be delivered tbe next morn ing by messenger or mail. The rules specify that tbe "nigbt letters" must be written on forms pro vided for that purpose, that tbey must be written in plain English and not in code or any foreign language. Tbe rate charged will be tbe same for a 50-word or less letter as for a ten word message by day rate and for eaoh additional ten words after tbe fifty is reaobed, a obarge of one-fifth this rate will be made. For instanoe between points where tbe rate is 25 oents for ten words, the rate for tbe 60-word "night letter" will be 25 oents and for 60 words, it would be 80 cents. Both Parties to Suit Die. Not only have the defendant and plaintiff died in tbe oase of Richard Clinton vs. Dan Healy, sinoe the oase was appealed to the supreme court from Mcltnomab county, but the su preme court lias been notified that a third substitution of the parties has become neoessary by tbe death of tbe wife of the deceased plaintiff. Tbe wife had 'beea previously substituted for tbe husband. All tbe parties in volved in tbe suit have died since tbe case was appealed to the supreme court and tbe peculiar coincidence might be taken as an example of tbe slow-pace at wbioh the wheels of jus tice move in Oregon were it not for tbe fact that tbe oase was filnd only slightly more than a year ago, during February of 1900. . Saved From Drowning, Mis. Henri Match natrowly esoaped drowning at ber home on Dry creek Tuesday afternoon, and bad a danger ous and eoitiog experience, says tbe Weston Leadur. She attempted to cross the stream on a footboard which slipped precipitating her into tbe swol len and angry flood. She wasiustant ly swept away and carried ' some dis tance down stream. Mr. March and Sidney McLean were near and botb essayed her' resoue, but were swept from tbeir feet. Finally tbey man aged to reach Mrs. March and bring her ashore, just as she was about to be oarried into deep water under a drift. She was nnconsoious for some time after her resoue, but the passing spark of life was restored and she is now well on her way to reoovery. Farmers' Sale Day. Tbe members of tbe Pendleton farmers' onion took an importaut step at tbeir meeting Saturday afternoon when tbey deoided to revive the gen eral sales day plan wbiob proved so popular there two years ago. They are going to held the first sale to morrow afternoon at tbe fair pavil'on in Pendleton, and if it proves to be a suooess tbe sales will be held regularly in tbe future. Tbe success or failure of tbiB first sale will determine whe ther tbe plan will be continued abandoned. WILL DID BOOKS So Mr. Barrett Declares for Treasurer Foss, in Questioning Legal ity of City Election. Questioning tbe legality of the Athena city election, G. A. Barrett, on behalf of Austin Foss, present in cumbent and defeated candidate for ie-eleotion to tbe office of city treasur er, appealed before the city oounoil Monday evening and protested against ltit body canvassing tbe ballots and deolailng the candidates to be elected. In addressing the oounoil, Mr. Barrett based his point of illegality on tbe clerioal erroi wbioh was made in the arrangement of copy for tbe ballot, hb mentioned in last week's Press. He held there were two errors in tbe ballot, tbe first teing that after the No. 15 a blank Hue appeared in stead of a name and tbe second was the instanoe where Mr. Hawks' name appeared above that of Mr. Foss. He contended that either of the errors in validated that portion of the ballot reading from No. 15 down, was not aooording to the Australian ballot law, and therefore illegal. Reoorder Riobarda explained the error in detail, insofar as its conform ity to the Australian ballot system was conoerned, but contended that in no way did it affeot tbe legal status of the ballot. Mr. Barrett replied that Mr. Fobs was willing to leave the matter of de cision with the court, and favored some sort of arrangement whereby the question could be settled with as little cost as possible. Counoilman Wilson said the only way the matter could be brought be fore tbe court was by regular proood ure affeoting all contest oases. He read passages of law on the Australian ballot system, sustaining bis conten tion that the clerioal error did not affeot the le lality of the eleotion. He cited that tbe legislature of 1003 ex tended tbe Australian ballot system to inolude towns and cities of 2,000 inhabitants and oyer, and contended that so far as he was able to find, tbe Australian ballot law had nothing to do with municipal elections in towns having less than 2,000 Inhabitants, by virtue of the fact of exolusion entire ly. He stated that su far as the ques tion of legality was conoerned, be was "from Missouri" until the other side oould show him some more law on tbe issue at stake. He moved that tbe ballots be canvassed. Bis motion brought" Mr.' Barrett again to his feet, and here be made tbe declaration tbat Mr. Foss would not surrender tbe Treasurer's books if tbe counoil prooeeded in what he termed to be an illegal aot. Tbe motion carried and tbe votes were canvassed. Councilman . watts did not vote, having left tbe room. Prior to the election matter two communications, one from A. A. Foss and the other from W. W. Jaoots, were read. Tbey were as follows : . To tbe Hon. Mayor and Connoilweu of tbe City of Athena; Umatilla Coun ty. State of Oregon : I, A. A. Foss, hereby notify tbe above named auth orities that in view of the faot no legal eleotion was held on the last annual eleotion of the City of Athena on Marob 1, 1910, I therefore demand tbat I hold tbe office of treasurer of said city, until my successor is duly eleoted and qualified. Given in open meeting at canvassing of votes for said ctiy, on this 7 day of Marob, .1910. A. A. Foss. To the Hon. Mayor and Counoilmen of tbe City of Atbena, Umatilla Couu ty, State of Oregon: I. W. W. Ja cobs of Atbena, Umatilla County, State of Oregon, hereby make this my formal demand to be declared the next Counoilman to suooeed the out going Counoilman at tbis time: Tbat this demand is made upon said city author ity in view of tbe fact Geo. W. Gross is not able to qualify and tbat l am tbe one having tbe highest number of votes who can qualify; said votes be iog cast the last annual eleotion of said city held on tbe 1st day of Marob 1910. Made this 7 day of March 1910, in open meeting at canvassing votes. W. W. Jaoots. No More Hat Pins. Women's long batpius were deolared to be a "public nuisanoe" in Chicago, and an anti-hatpin ordinanoe was or dered drawn up by the judiciary com mittee of tbe city council. The ac tion followed a week's crusade against tbe long hatpin, whiob culminated in a publio bearing. The ordinanoe wilk stipulate tbat hatpins worn in publio places shall not extend more than one-balf an inob beyond the crown of the hat." , or Locomotive Blows Up, A Walla Walla special says: After having suffered for weeks fro n wash outs on almost every branoh of tbe toad in tbis section tbe O. R. & N. road Monday morning oame in for a new kind of disaster, when a looomo tlve attached to train No. 7 tonnd for Wallula exploded as the train neared Wbitman station, loo engine was blown to fragments, tbe smokestack landing in a field 400 feet away aud tbe engineer and fireman blown to the ground far from the rails. Neither was injured however, and with the ex ception of Mrs. J. D. Sheets, who was thrown against the seat in front of her and bruised, none of the passen gers were hurt. The oause is unknown. Farmers' Auction Sale, Under the auspioes of the Farmers' Union, Saturday, March 21, 1901, at Fair Pavilion, Pendleton, Oregon. Sale oommenoes at 1 p. m. promptly. Any person having any farm imple ments or horses or other live stock for sale ia requested to bring them in on the above date. They must be listed with James Johns or J. B. Montgom ery, at tbe offioe of the Hartman Ab stract Co. before tbe sale hegins. A obarge of $1 for eaoh animal or artiole will be made for advertising expense and an additioual obarge of l,per cent to pay tbe auctioneer. Au auctioneer of experience will be iu attendance. An Old-Time Ball W. M. Powers' and Joe Lieuallen are planning an old-time ball, to bo given at Weston opera bouse the eve ning of St. Patrick's Day, Marob 17. The event will be conducted after .tbe manner of the danoea ia the pioneer days, 25 years ago, with old-fashioned musio bv old-time fiddleis. Pioneers from different localities will be seleot ed to aot as floor managers. The oc casion will open with a grand marob at 8 p. m. Supper will be served at tbe Hotel Royal. Sell Water Bonds. 1 he Free water city oounoil at its lust meeting instructed Recorder San derson to call for bids for bonds for the oonstruotion of tbe new 'water works system. The bonds are for $16,000 and will run for a term of 16 years bearing inteiest at 5 per cent. The surveys bave been made and the oontraot for tho pumping plant and reservoir will be let as Boon as tho bonds are sold. Grain Growers Elect, At a meeting of the luland Graiu Growers' assooiation at Pendleton Saturday, the following offioera were eleoted: C. A. Barrett, president; John Bahr, vioe president, and Jesse O. Hales, secretary. 'Ihe direotots are: C. A. Barrett, H. J. Taylor, J. N. Bahr, J. O. H les and J. II. Chris topher. . CROP IN GOOD CONDITION Moisture Welcomed by Farmers- But Few Have to Reseed. . Aooording to reports reoelved by tho East Oregonian from'every part of tbe county, Umatilla's 1910 wheat crop is to bo a bis one. Iu only a few. instan ces have farmers noted any discour aging signs and these are bo few that tbey are really insiguiOoant when the oonuty is oonsideted as a whole. Nearly every one reports a splendid stand of fall grain aud plenty of mois ture to bring it to maturity in good shape. Dr. W. R. Campbell, state organ izer for tbe farmers' union, who oame i .Li., i. . 1. 1 . i . .. u uun vwn w "j Alia l.UUU AU IUD Holdman country, says tbe wheat In tbat scotion is looking fine. lie says ' tbe grain oame np well in tbe first plaoe and that it has been fairly leap ing into tbe air einoo tbe snow dis appeared. Jobn Adams of Adams, also reports similar conditions in the vicinity of Adams, while reports from tbe Atbena and Wesfon country are to tbe same general effect. From Helix comes the only pessim istic report. W. H. Morrison writes tbe East Oregonian that "several prominent farmers after examination bave found tbat it will be necessary for them to reseed most all of tbeir fall sown grain, as very little of it oame np and most of what did bas been killed out. That wbiob did not sprout bad rotted." Tbis report, however is not substan tiated by J. E. Montgomery, looal representative of tbo Paget Sound Warehouse Company, who went out to Helix for tbo purpose of making a personal investigation. He found tbat only in a few instances had tbe frost done any damage, that being on tbe points where the wind bad blown the snow off, leaving tbe growing grain exposed. He is of tbe opinion that these areas are too small to be taken into consideration and in the fields ex amined by him there will be no need of reseeding. Them is enpeoinl rejoicing in the Pilot Rock and western section of the country, foi after two dry seasons iu succession they now have moisture enough in the giound to insure good crops. 1 be rainfall bas been heavy iu tbes sections and tbe enow went off in such manner tbat praotioally all of tbe moisture went iuto tbe ground. Soores of farmers bave teen in tbe tity today and tbey all tell praotioally the ssmo story of good stands and plenty of moisture, tbo two things neoessary to good crops. W. D. Chamberlain went over tbo mountains to Hot Lake 'iuesday, for the treatment of uu incipient onseof rheumatism. .