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guyKqur Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXV. ATnENA; UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1913. NUMBER 41 M f ilk 1 Hardware Company Heaters The World's Leader In Satisfaction Barrett Building, Athena, Or ON SHOWf H6E THREE FEET OF SNOW UNPRECE DENTED FOR OCTOBER. Wenaha Stockmen Striving Day and Night to Save Their Herds From Perishing. THE TUrH-LUMLUMBER CO. Lumber, Mill ,Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and. Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager V Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA: WIEAT RiARKET We carry the best That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. BRYAN & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon Home of QUALITY Groceries Good Groceries go to the Right Spot Ev.ery Time This is tfie Riflht Spot To go to Every Time for Groceries i 3 c TRY THESE THEY'LL PLEASE ! ONE BEST THE M0N0P0LE Monopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits . Monopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon OATEEERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT Unprecedented Ootobet weather is causing anxiety pa the part of Eastern Oregon etookmen who have ebeep and cattle ranging in the . Wenaba foreet reserve.,3 ""Hundreds of bead cf ebeep and cat tle have been huddled in snow cov- ered ranges for days, despite the efforts of herders to drive them throcgh snow two and a-balf to three feet deep.r Bandjrof sheep belonging on this eideoT the range' in some instanoes have been driven on to the breaks of the Grand Konde,' and Grand Ronde herds have drifted through to this side. The objeot of the herders baa been to take the stook any direotiou to get them below the snow line. Not 10 many years bas there been finch an Ootober fall of enow in the Bine Mountains as this year. Most of last week, every day and nlgbt. enow fell in the mountains and stock men were wholly unprepared for it, A speoial correspondent at Weston writes as follows: A dozen local cattlemen have been in the saddle almost constantly for several days, striving to drive their herds out of the Bine Mountains. Snow bas fallen to an unprecedented depth at this season of the year and is reported to be five feet deep in the vioinity of the Toll Gate, twenty miles east of Weston. The hungry cattle stiok to the timber. They refnse to bndge and often try to fight the cowboys. Ordinarily the mountain range of the Wenaha reserve is available until late in December, and this year the early storms oaugbt the oattlemen and sheepmen unprepared. Tbonsanda of bead of sheep are said to be blockaded in five feet of snow on the Looking Glass range, about 20 miles northeast of the Toll Gate and desperate efforts are being made to drive them toward the breaks of the Grand Ronde river, George Lambden of Wallola bas a band of 2200 head at the Lieoallen & Tucker cattle oamp 16 miles southeast of Weston, where the snow is abont two feet deep. These sheep be is try ing to bring ont down this side of the mountain. About 12,000 head of cattle and 60,000 bead of sheep are said to have been ranging this year in the Wenaba reserve, ine cattlemen expect to oe able to xesone their herds with bnt little tronble, as the weather bas turn ed warmer, tot it is feared tbajt many heep will die of starvation. Anxious shaepowners have been driving up the mountains as far as they can go in automobiles in order to direot their herders. OREGON HEN HAS RECORD "Biddy" Takes Championship by a Large Margin, Mrs. Becker Smiles Hopefully on Way to See Her Slayer Husband - V7 '' i Byron Hawks, ohioken fanoier, will have to look to the laurels of bis prize winning "Snow Princess," if we are to believe the following report from the Oregon Agricultural College: "The Oregon Agrioultnral College hen that broke the world's egg-laying record a week ago by layiog 283 eggs finished her fnll year today witb 291 eggs to ber credit. She is still in ex cellent condition and shows no signs of ending ber wonderfnl performance, "The Oregon ben was not pampbrud or petted during the time she was making ber reoord. She was fed and boused in a way that would be en tirelf praotioable in commercial poul try taiging. " 'The purpose of the Oregon station work was not mainly to seonre bigb records ' said Professor James Dry den, 'but to demonstrate through a series of years, what saleotive breeding will do in the war of inoreasing the egg yield.' . "The champion was only 5 1-2 months old when she commenced ber reoord performance. Ber dam was a cross-bred Barred Flymontb Book and White Leghorn and her sire was a son of ber dam and a White Leg born. "The previous bigb xeooid of 282 eggs was made by a hen at the On tar io Agricultural College in I9ll. Last year tbe Missouri poultry station pro duoed a hen that laid 281 eggs. Re porta from other stations indicate that , . i . . i r L. io e record maae 07 ins megaa " will not be approached this year Tbe average egg yield per ben in tbe Unit-sd States is 70." Death of J. IL Elgin. . Word was received here Monday of the death of James M. Elgin formerly a well known farmer of ibis county tut who bas lately been living in Franklin county Washington. Ha died in Texas and his body was ship ped to Pendleto arriving Tuesday for interment. to SEVEN DEVILS FEEL St w1 i i I I x ! w ' ( -x s V Photo copyright, 191S, by American Press Association. IT'S an old saying that a woman never despairs. Like most bits ot wisdom, it's not strictly true. In the case of Mrs Charles A. Becker, however, tbe adage seems to apply. Mrs. Becker is tbe wife of former Police I.lea x a Ti , . 1 1 nt n. 1 ui .1 .. . 1 u ... -aw. ..,!.. luumii neLhur, wuo is in oing ing prison hwuiihik u-niu mi iuo uiuiuw of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler. Mrs. Becker Is an Interesting figure Just now. Everybody has heard about the Rosenthal case, but not every body knowu that Mrs. Becker visits her condemned husband as often as the rules permit and that she believes Implicitly that he will be freed, OREGON BORDER VIBRATES FOR NEARLY SIXTY SECONDS. m s ME Houses Tremble at Home stead, Ore.. Ballards Landing and Cuprum, Idaho. A severe earthquake shook was felt Tuesday afternoon in the Seven Dev ils' country along the Snake river, that divides Oregon and Idaho. Tbe towns affected were Homestead, Ore., and Ballard's Landing, Landdte and Cuprnm, Idaho. Telephone lines were put out of commission, and the reports are meager. It is reported that at Homestead houses were rooked, upsetting chairs and breaking dishes. At Landore the shook was more severe. Windows were broken, stoves rooked and dishes were sbakeu from the sblves. Some booses there are believed put out of plumb. At Cuprum the inhabitants ran from their homes badly frightened and a panio was imminent, as tbe bonses swayed. The earth quivered and a roar like thnoder oame from the ground, Ballard's Landing felt tbe shook distinctly, but it is believed little damage was done there. No fatalities are reported. All the towns aSeoted are small, tbe largest being Homestead with about 800 population. They are 100 milds southeast of Baker. A sim ilar shook was felt there four years ago, but it was not as severe nor as loug as that of Tuesday. Baker had a sbuok about 20 years Bgo, bnt it was very slight. MEETING INTERRUPTED FOR AN HOUR BY CHEER INC. L. R. Stinson, Peacemaker Among Knights for Period of Over Sixteen Years. Three hundred, delegates to tbe grand lodge of Knights of Pythias of tba domain of Oregon tied up bus- . iness for more than an hour at .Port land at tbe opening session Tuesday, while tbe delegates joined in a contin uous obeering demonstration for L. R. Stinson of Salem, Ore., grand keep er of reoords and seal. Stinson was being pot in nomination as the Oregon delegate to the golden jubilee of the order at Washington, D. C, next Feb ruary. Fifty delegates jumped to their feet to nominate Stinson who for 16 years has been peaoemsker and settler of ' schisms among Oregon knights. Older members of the lodge say tbe soene that followed was unpre cedented in tbe 60 years of Pytbian ism. lbe delegates and speakers of eulo gies of Mr. SUnson wept openly dnring their tribute and tbe recipient of tbe laudation was audibly . sobbing one minute and smiling the next The afternoon session was devoted to the eleotion. There were practic ally no contests. Frank S. Grant, Portland, was eleoted grand chancel lor; A. E. Weigbtman, Silvrton,' vioe grand chancellor; Fred P. Holm, Port land, grand prelate; L. B. Stiosoo, Salem, grand keeper ot reoords and seal and J. W. Malooey, Pendleton, gtaud master of the exobeqaer, were the principal oBioers obosen. JAMES. LEHMAN. A PIONEER Died on Road Near Alhee, While En Route to Pendleton. Tbe Bast Oregonian reports tbe death of James Lehman, tbe pioneer owner of Teel or Lehman Springs. The Pendleton paper says: "While being bronght to Pendleton from his home at Lehman Springs James Lehman, pioneer miner and nmsDBotor. founder of Lehman Springs and who olaimed to have been the discoverer of Crater Lake, passed away Sunday near Albee. He had been ill for some time, bis ailment ; beios incident to old age, and a farmer by tbe name of Bollons, started to hi inn him to the oitv but tbe old man expired before half of the journey was accomplished. " 'Uncle Jimmie' Lehman was one of the best known ot tbe Eastern Ore gon pioneers and he claimed staunch friends all over tbe state. He oame west dnring tbe days of '49 when tbeie was a stampede to tbe gold fields of California. After prospecting there for some time he went north to Caribou, British Columbia, where be continued bis searoh for gold. Later be oame to Eastern Urogon sua in quest of tbe yellow metal. "Deoeased was over 83 years ot age at tbe time of bis death and was with out any known relatives. He had one brother bnt bad not heard from bim io fifty years. He bad never married. In his pooket was found bis will ana it was tnined over to J, B. Peny, who is named as executor, Mr. Perry havina formerly been a partner ot Mr. Lfthman in the ownership of the springs. Tbe estate of the deceased is valned at about 13000. Demi not Ovcroo ats That fit Th Old School Slate. Remember tbe old school slates, bound In red flannel to prevent the noise of slute rattling that used to bo- come unbearable until manufacturer found how to muffle them? btorcs selling school supplies used to carry great stocks of them, for it was a rare day In a room that did not see a since or two broken; but wbore are they all now? Since the boards of health de cided that tbey were Insanitary and decreed against tbem the whole tribe has disappeared.-Columbus Dispatch. On the 6af 8id. She It's a wonder you wouldn't take a notion to use soap and water. He I have though of It. mum, but there's go many kinds of soap and it's so bard to tell which Is and which Is not in jurious to the skin that I didn't Jlke to take any risks. Puck. Quite a Difference. "Let's see. Vou live In a flat, don't you?" "N-not exactly. We occupy a suit of apartments' "What's the difference?" "About 135 a month." Chicago Tribune. - Kmd Busy. 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