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1 '": V-oiw - r-t " 4 This Edition con tains Six Pages 4 Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 29, 1910. NUMBER 30 row e sure you are rient is anotncr way Baying "Be sure you Have a . Stetson Every.. Stetson bears the Stetson Name . MAIN STREET FIRE Flames Devour Athena Cafe With Con tents and Leave tha Cox Build ing a Charred Shell. am We Lave trie Stetson Soft and Derby Hata in all the latest styles. Remember You get 4 per cent Discount for Cash. $25.00 in cash register checks and get $1 cash or trade free. T.MTAGGART General Merchandise Athena, Oregon - The i t 1 en go ahead. H, Return Front Cash Grocery Hill Bros. HI GRADE STEEL CUT COFFEE Blue Label Can, 35c Red Label Can, 45c , Ask your neighbor it lie has ever tried that High Grade Steel Cut Coffee, which Worthington carries, and it he has not, Don't Mon ey with Inferior Goods 'PHONE UN 113 Men's Working Clothes and . Shoes, No Shelf-worn Goods: Quick sales and small profits is the motto of the Old Reliable I BLUE FRONT STORE, SOUTH SIDE MAIN, ATHENA, ORE. S89S9 THE TUflfi-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal The clang of the'flre bells, brought out the Ore department and ; Athena's popnlaoe shortly after 1 o'clock Toes day morning, .The department was quick to respond, but by the time the hose was connected and three Etreama of water were flowing, the Worthing ton bnilding on Main street, where the tire originated, was a seething mass of flames and the west , side of the Cox house was scotobing hot. too Atnana uaio, owuea uy unas. Grant, and so rapid was the progress of the flames that not one artiole was saved, and in leea than an hour aftor the fire was disooveredr the Worthing ton bnilding in which the cafe was located, was bnt a smouldering heap of ashes. The firemen began work with d stiff prossure of water in the mains, which was kept stationary by direct pres sure from the pumping station. The regular firemen were materially as sisted by old time members of the de paitmont, and the fact that no wind was blowing made it possible to con tine the tire to the two buildings. As at was, sparks and firebrands in dan gerous quantities were hurled pro miscuously ttrougbout the neighbor hood contiguous to the fire. For a time the McBride livery stable and the Athena hotel property were in grave danger and the grass near tbe Kuighta of Pythias-Odd Fellows bnilding, over a block away, ignited froui sparks. The firo in the Cox building was confined to the rear roo s, though the nppei rocms and the roof are so badly damaged that it is a question whether the building will ever be re paired. In this building, B. . Riob ards city recorder and justice of the peaoe, W. J. Gholson, marshal, and J. C. Burke, expressman, had their offices. Those who, were first on the scene forced entranoe to the. building aud carried the city reoords and, the iustioe oourt papers, including the docket, into the street at a safe dis tanoe from the lire. Fortunately, the flames did not reach to the front of room, which contained most ot the effeots, and but little loss there will be suffered. . :: Vi... y ; The tire was ' discovered by "night watohman fiawortb and Will Jamie son, who were going to tne mgnt train. Hawortb had passed tbe bnild ing on bis way to awakeu Mr. Jamie son, and when on tbe way to tbe de pot, looked back and saw the Ore. Henry Pioard, who was one of the first to disoover the fire, ran to where Mr. Grant resides in the south part of town and awakened bim. . Tbe cook and dishwasher at tbe cafe, were just retiring for the night in a tent be tween the Worthington building and Miller's furniture store when the glare of the flames startled 'them. So fast did tbe wooden structure burn that they had no time to enter from tbe front and attempt to save any thing whatever Mr.WorbingUn's loss is total, as he carried no insurance. Mr. Grant had $1000 insurance on tbe contents of the cafe. The Cox building, wbloh was formerly a dwelling, was (insured for $100. The heavy iron shutters protected the Masonic lodge ball, and MoEweo & Sons' hardware store. bis trousers missing, with $30 in cash. A hasty searob resnlted in finding the trousers in the woodsbed with tbe pookets titled. Officers were soon notified and tbe young man, Bryan, was looated at Tnui-a Lnm park. He denied tatting tbe money, but told Small if he would go with bim to Walla Walla, be would get the money for him lather than have Small think be took it. At last reports tbe man bad not returned, so it was impossible to ascertain whether begot tbe money or not Sheep vs. Streets. . Two big bauda of sheep were driven through Athena Tuesday evening to tlio Northern Pacific yards for ship ment to the ' Sound markets. Tbe sheep were drivou through Main street and out Third. Tbo macadamized sor- laoe on tbe latter street was badly torn up by tha tieading of sharp hoofs. Tbe surface of Main street waa cot damaged, for the reason tbat it re ceives regular servioe from tbe sprink ler. " . SE .vV''-' Face Lacerated and Side and Leg In jured in Accident Monday. THE HARVEST FIELD Forty to Fifty Bushel Yield Around Athena Good Priced Expected, ; ' 75c. Now Being Offered. cm ilayorA. B. McEwen was kioked by a horse and seriously injured Mon day noon at his farm north of Athena) Mr. McEwen was engage! ia water ing horses at the well when one of the animals in fighting for a place at tbe trough, whirled and kicked, (he boof blows striking Mr. Mo E wen iu tbe faoe, on the side and leg.Dv. New soui was called and was tuslied to tbe McEwen place by Fay Le Grow in an automobile. ; - Mr. McEwen's faoe was found to be laoerated, and it was necessary to take several stitches in a out on tbe nose, His side was badly bruisedjone leg was injured and a thumb knocked out of place. Reports from the farm are to tbe effeot that the mayor is getting along as well as could be expected, though be is thoroughly sore from tbe effeots of tbe rough experience. He has been at the farm for some time, and baB been getting harvest operations under way. - '' ; v ,'-'" Lost an Arm. Par. P. Smytbe the well known Peu- dleton lawyer and sheepman, is in tbe snnUaninm at HnK Kntinffs. Wnnb.. as the result of a railway acoideut." Mr. Smytbe loaded a train with sheep in Atbena Wednesday morning for ship ment to tbe Sonnd. He accompanied tbe shipment and tbe startliuR news tbat he had been seriously injured in an aooident was received in Pendleton yesterday. : An operation was per formed and the Jeft arm was ampu tatedyThe information is meager, andft is believed tbat the young man was badly injured ana tne ioes or ma arm is but a part of his injuries. Smytbe is tbe law partner of Cbarles Carter at Pendleton and is heavily interested in the sheep business. A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon " Lisle Bryan in Trouble. The Milton correspondent ' of the East Oregonian has the following to say: Fred Small, proprietor of the cleaning and dyeing works at Milton was robbed of $30 in cash last night by a bed fellow whom be bad befriended. Small retired about 12 o'clock taking with- bim Lyle Bryan, whom he had met some time ago at Weston. When be awoke in tbe morning be found his room mae gone, but supposing be had gotten ap early and was out on tbe street, Small pro oeeded to dress, when he discovered m m I IIU (it iniifni nninrA snr nimiT DELIVERY WHtKt nilUtd Ant KIUHI POHHE MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in VEGET Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here fj DELL BROTHERS, CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD Till NO 3 TO EAT Athena, Oregon ji t Ji it. vi. Jt. -J 1 VI' 4' VL' V ' Vt' "Vi" The Walters Combine. ' John Walters' new oombine, wbion be has constructed at his fatm west of the city, Js being put through pre liminary tests before putting it into tbe' regular harvest run. This ma chine differs materially from the reg ular make of combines now in use iu this section of Umatilla county's faro ous wheat bait. A forty-horse power gasoline engine is used for power on the machine. The engine runs tne separator and also the header attach ment leaving only tbe weight ot tbe machine to be drawn by horses. Mr. Walters oombine ia made with the view to having even power and light draft. ' - Harvest operations beoame general in the wheat fields near Atbena this week, and the general report ia around forty bushels per acre, and upward to fifty. One field on tbe Sam Pamtrnn place sontb of town will scale 55 bu abeli. per aore. ' But few fields close ii- to Athena will fall below the forty iushel - average Tbe weather has been ideal foc harvesting, and tbe orews are making the most of it, and with continuanco of present conditions tbo 1910 harvest will be one of short shift. There is ample machinery equipment to handle the crop of this sootion iu short order, with proper weather conditions. That good prices will be obtained is tbe universal opinion of the wbeat growers, and the fact that tbe ' market has opened at 75 oents per bushel would indicate a strong demand and, necessarily, higher quotations. Advises Farmers to Sell. Theodore Wilcox, president of the Portland Flooring mills and tbe big gest wheat buyer . on the coast, said today the farmers. who sell. in July and Angust will receivo more tor their grain than those jvho hold. He said the situation was-ijust like last year when people became too excited over high prices, when local and foreign conditions did not justify them. He intimated tbere will be another slump at the season's close like last year. Wiloox would profit by a sharp ad vance iu wbeat as he holds a million bufhels for wbioh he paid a high prioe last year. i ' Ju, . Harvest Nptes.' 7 John Walter is giving bia now com bine, a preliminary workout This maobine is tbe produotof Mr. Walter's inventive ingeuuity and, is equipped with gasoline motor, whioh has Jha f uuotion of operating the header and separator mccbanisnir A fifty acre field On the Sam Pam brun plaoe yields 55 bushels per nore, the balanoe of the farm going about 40 bdsbels per acre. " Wheat bu the John Botbrock plaoe averages between 40 and 45 bushel. On bia borne plaoe Lowell Rogers bad returns of 45 busbela per aore and hopes to have an averagef 40 bushels all around. ppTaooma grain buyers purobased SJU.OUU bnsneis or new crop tuaestem wheat at Walla Walla. Tbe prioe was 90 oents f. o. b. Walla WaUri. 'Ibis fs the first sale of new crop. As usual tbe Kirk piaffe at tbo edge of town, always reliable for a good crop, this year comes to tbe front with a 50 bushel yield. Lowell Rogers' oombine harvester was driven 26 miles ono day this week, and in tbat distance threshed 789 sacks of wbeat. From two-14-foot headers Sam Ban nister's Garr-Saott maobine threshed 1505 saoks of wheat Tuesday. The Bannister crew is a good one and Tuesday's run is tbe best reported so far this season. Big Team Runs Away. The big mule team drawing tbe Dudley combine aud consisting of 32 head took two tarns at running away with tbe machine this week. The first instance transpired when tbe header tender tipped over a box, the nolsa from which frightened tbe team and a short run was made without damage xesnlting. Monday morning tbe team took another whirl, and be fore it could be stopped tbe cylinder was badly damaged, causing the orew to lay off for repairs. Closed Out at, Baker. Mr: and Mrs. O. B. Stewart were in tbe city Tuesday on their way to Spokane from Baker City by auto mobile, Mr. Stewart, wb6 was for merly one of tbe proprietors of tbe Atbena Department store, bag closed out his stock of merchandise at Baker City and will seek a location in tbe Coob Bay country. Barley Hay. . An exceptionally flno field of barley bay is being out helow town on the land of tbe Atbena Land & Trust company. Tbe grain waa sown this spring and baa matured to perfection for first class bay. Ben Martin; Ferndale, J. W. Chas tain; Milton, Scott Riobey; South Peudleton, Theodore Howard; Pilot Rook, Fred Lieuallen; East Weston, J. P. Lieuallen ; Stanfleld, William Reeves Hermiston, J. M. -Scarborough. Will M. Peterson will con tinue os chairman of tbe committee until after tbe primary eleotion while Boone Watson will continue aa aeora tary. ..-'.- " - Wreck at Baker City. A frofgbt train of 22 oars piled up at a ont six miles east of Baker City Tuesday morning, and blooked the mam line of tbe O. R. & N. for 24 hours. The wreck, in wbiob no lives were lost, was caused cy a broken flange on a heavily loaded coal oar. Alleged Swindlers. Two self-styled representatives of tbe Williams Grocery company of Boston, are in bad standing in tbe Echo vioinity, though they tave made their esoape from tbe country, taking with them considerable money. It seems that they have been soliciting amoug tbe farmers, taking orders, offering premiums and collecting in advance for tbe orders. Two ranch ers from near Noliu, one of whom had given tbe men $12 and tbe other one $33, beoame suspicious and went to Echo iu searob of tbe solioitora. Learning that tbe meu were working tbe Butter creek territory, they went on to Stunfield and caught, the men aa tbey were boarding tbe train to leave tbo country. Tbey reoovered their money and the solicitors went on. Blaze at Pendleton At tbe same time fire was raging iu Atbena Tuesday morning, thehome of Mrs. Sberidan at Pendleton was nearly burned up. Tbe origin of the fire is attributed to defective wiring. KERN FOR REPRESENTATIVE Pendleton Dentist Will Enter the Po litical Race. . -. s - "' 'XT" ; Tbe subject of politics is rapidly taking its plaoe among the chief ones , for disoussion in Pendleton, aays tbe E. O. The latest aspirant for polit ical honors to make known his am bitions is Dr. M. S. Kern of Pendle ton. He stated tbat be would be a candidate for the republican nomina tion for state representative aud that he would subscribe to Statement No. 1. This makes Kern an opponent to Col. H. G. Newport who announced bia candidacy some time ago, bnt wbo is not a Statement No. 1 ma j. Dr. Kern boa been practicing den tistry iu Pendleton for several years. He was the first oaptain of Company L and baa laud and lu aiber interests in tbe west cud of the county.. Aside from Newport aud Kern, the only other republican aspirant for legislative honors thus far is the pres ent indumbent, Representative L. L. Mann. He is also an anti-statement mau. Bear in Camp. A black bear took possession of a oamp tbe other day on Cable oreek, near Lehman springs. The families of C. J. Mitchell and Charles Cole were buckleberrying and when tbe ladies of tbe party returned to camp bre'r boar was sampling tbe goodies in tbe larder. A small dog belonging to Mrs. Cole was put bors de combat, after wbioh tbe bear ambled off into a thicket and disappeared beyond the rauge'of rifle bullets. Back to Athena. reported that Bern Bannister, wbo left for Wallowa county with bis family several weeks ago, is con templating returning to Atbena in tbe near future. A Very Sick Man. : Tbe condition of Dale Prestou, who is afflioted with Blight's disease, re mains praotinally unchanged, tbongti it is reported tbat he is resting some wbut easier than wben first going to Wenaba springs. He sleeps a great deal of tbe time and when aroused complains of weakness and blindness. Attending physicians give no hope for biajeoovery. ' Maimed in Machine. r. aiiam was cauea to Xioweu Kogeis' plaoe near Adams Thursday, where Mr. Rogers foreman was caught in a chain on the combine harvester aud badly injured. Tbe man was severely bruised and one arm was broken aa a result of tne ac cident. Democratic Committeemen' Named. y hi the meeting of tbe county dem n ooratio central committee beld in tbe Pendleton law office of Peterson & Wilson Saturday afternoon, tbe fol lowing committeemen were named to fill tbe existing vacancies: Albee, W. M. Howard; Echo. Louis Soboll Gibbon, R. C. Hagar; Encampment, ijy Smith Ia Agent Again. Atbena people are pleased to wel oome tbe leturn of Mr. and Mrs E.M. Smith and family, who ariived in the oity Sunday evening from Madras. Mr. Smith will again enter tbe employ "of tbe 0. R. & N. company aa agent , at Ibis point. Mr. Smith baa land near Madrasin Gilliam county, and wben he left here a month ago it was bis intention to remain on the farm. ' ., - i 1 1 v Sheepshearers Home, Athena's contingeat of tbe north west army of sheep shearers bavo completed tbe season's work and are at home again. Millard Kelly, Fred Flint and Clayton Luua took in the ion ijds from Oregon to Montana, and bud an exceptionally successful sea- .. .... sou. Weatner conditions were laeai for shearing, and tbe only time lost waa in going from one range to an other. , Washington Apples. Commercial orobardiats in Wash ington estimate tbe apple crop in tbat state this season will be between 8,400,000 and 3,500 OOOjboxoa or about 6,500 oars, tbe bulk of wuion win go to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cbioago, St. Paul and other points in eastern, central and southern states. Export shipments will also be larger than ever before. Hay Sales at Echo. The East Oregonian reports that one ol tno largest sales or nay ever made in Umatilla oounty waa made at Eobo. It took plaoe on Butter oreek and by tbe terms of tbe sale. Loner gan & Mcintosh of Portland secured 2C00 tons of alfalfa hay. Tbe prioe paid was $6 per tou in tbe stack and it is to be fed out. to stook on tbe ground this winter. G. W. Linsner Dies. George W. Linsner, the well known stockman living 15 miles south of Pilct Rock, died at bia borne last Monday. He bad been ill for some time but bis death oame aa a great surprise to bia many friends. Funer al services were held Tuesday after noon and interment took plaoe la the Pilot Rock cemetery. Wf McManus in Town. 3rV. McManus, publisher of tha Pilot Rook Reoord. waa in the oity lsat night. Mr. MoMaoui ia lord and master of "Appleburg." wbioh ia val uable acreage property famous for apple production. i J