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VOLUME XXVI.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 17. 1914.
NUMBER 30
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LAYS CROPS LOW
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DAM
AGE FOLLOWS STORM.
Cloudbursts Add to Ruin of
Sherman County Fields of
Standing Grain.
Property and orop damage mooing
Into tbe handreda of thousands of
dollars was done in Sherman oonnty
on the east aide of tbe Desobutea val
ley Snnday night when three distinct
storms either as cloudbursts or heavy
bail, left a path of devastation throng b
hundreds of acres of growing grain.
Tbe damage to oropa io tbat oouoty
is estimated as big has a quarter of a
million dollars, individual farmers
losing entire grain orops on traots
ranging from 640 to 9G0 aotes.
The Sherman county -storms were
more severe io tbe Monkland diatriot
east of Moro, where a severe rain fell;
in the Shearer Grade district, where
a oloudburst sect down a deluxe of
water, and in stretch of territory
two miles wide reaching from Kent to
the John Day river, east of Bntledge.
Standing grain, ready for harvest,
was mowed down and rendered entire
ly worthless, although mnoh unrip-
ened grain esoapud without severe
damage.
Threshing was io progress in tbe
Monkland distriot when the storm
broke, bnt the workers ware compelled
to seek shelter, leaving the out grain
at tbe meroy of the elements. Tbe
unout wheat was stripped of the stand
ing beads wherever the etoim'a fnry
was felt.
Reports from the Shearer Grade dis
triot are meager and tbe extent of tbe
damage done there la unavailable.
The hail storm wbiob swept from
Kent, to Rotledge broke abont two
miles from Book Hollow and rufbed
Witb awfnl damage to all orops in Us
patb, in a northeasterly direction.
ONLY 30 BUSHELS AT HELIX
Earlr Estimates Are in Excess
Actual Yield.
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That tbe earlier estimates of the
wheat yield io Umatilla oonnty were
greatly in exoesa of the aotoal yield
is tbe belief of a nnmber of piominent
grain growera of the oonnty, and re
ports of disappointments are coming
witb the harvest, wbiob is now well
under way in various aeotione of tbe
oonnty.
Clarence Conner, one of tbe most
prosperons and prominent wbeat rais
ers in the Helix distriot, is the latest
Brewer to voice his disappointment.
He tells the Pendleton Tribune he was
one of those wbo predicted a heavy
yield, basing bis forecast on inspec
tions of bis orop during the ripening
season.
Mr. Conner tegan bat vesting bis
wheat this week ud be said tbat tbe
yield at bis place is only about SO bu
shels to the acre. This was a great
disappointment as well as a surprise,
and be does not believe tbat any of
bis crop will go Sbova that figure. '
There are many others wbo are dne
for disappointment, said Mr. Conner,
and be added that be believed tbat
tbere are fw pieoes of wheat in the
oonnty tbat wonid yield bnmper har
vests. Several farmers in this oonnty are
of tbe opinion tbat tbe reoent govern
ment foreoast, of a yield of nearly one
billion bushels in the United States,
is entirely too high, if tbe conditions
elsewhere are tbe same aa in Umatilla
oonnty.
LABELED BY CARLYLE. i
The Tag He Plastered Upon a Famous
English Historian.
In the "Letters of Charles Eliot Nor
ton" is this amusing epistle, which was
written by Norton in 1873:
The other day Froude said to me:
"It's a great shame that some one
shouldn't keep a record of Carlyle's
talk. Be never falls to say something
memorable or admirably humorous.
Why, be called somebody the other day
'an Inspired red herring.' " -
"Pray," said I, "who is It that de
serves such a label?" But Fronde had
forgotten. Some days after
ward I asked Carlyle to whom he had
applied the phrase, but he bad forgot
ten and said be trusted he was not to
be made accountable for lill tbe ex
travagant phrases he had ottered in
talk tbere would be "verra many to
rise In Judgment" against him but be
wouldn't disown "the Inspired red her
ring." ' ' .
I told all this to Forster, abusing
Froude at tbe same time, much to Car
lyle's amusement which waa Increased
when Forster broke out: "By heavens,
my dear Norton, I beard tbat previous
utterance, but I, too, bavs forgotten to
whom it was fitted. Mrs. Forster wilt
remember." But when we went to the
drawing room Mrs. Forster could not
remember, and Forster called down
wrath on ber and himself. Tbe next
morning tbe post brought me a note
from him at breakfast time, which con
tained only tbe name Henry Thomas
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Hospital Trains In Mexico Not
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MANY federals and rebels were killed or injured during the early light
ing at OJinaga, in Mexico, near ihe United States border. Before the
government soldiers fled from the city across the Rio Grande to
Presidio, Tex., tbe Sgbtlng was vicious, and many fell. The picture
hows how tbe rebel wounded were removed from the field and taken back to
Chihuahua, where Villa made bis headquarters. Flat freight cars were turned
into hospital trains. After the federals had crossed tbe border they were dis
armed by tbe United States troops and taken to El Paso.
FRIENDS OF NORMAL UNITE
Aggressive. Campaign Made for Its
Re-establishment,
Friends of tbe Eastern Oregon State
Normal Sohool are uniting in tbe
effort to bring tbe matter of its re
establishment before the people of tbe
state.
In the November eleotlon tbe ques
tion of reopening the sohool will be
voted on. A oampaign of education
to apprize tbe people of Oregon of tbe
need of adding . this institution of
learning to tbe educational facilities
cf tbe state ia being oarrled on in an
intelligent and systematic manner,
Tbe following facts are set forth in an
attractive oiroular before ne:
"One fortieth of a mill will main
tain tbe Eastern Oregon State Normal
Sohool on a substantial basis and keep
the sohool out of politics. This meanB
but two and one-half cents annually
on every thousand dollars assessed
valnation in the State of Oregon.
"It means tbe cost of a niokle olgar
each year to the man wbo paya taxes
un two thousand dollars. It means
the utilization of a state sohool plant
valued at 75,000, looated at Weston,
Oregon, whose main building, dormi
tories and campus are deploted on tue
circular. When tbe sohool waa in a
most flourishing condltioa this plant
was abandoned in 1909 through ad
verse action of tbe state senate al
though tbe lower house by large
majority favored its oontinnanoe.
Vote to restore this institution.
"Vote 816 x Yes, next November on
the miilage tax till initiated by, the
Legislature, and align yourself with
tbe cause of eduoation. . Oregon needs
more than one normal sohool. Thirty-
seven other states bive from two to
nineteen. Eastern Oregon needs this
sohool as its prospective teaobeia must
uow go to neighboring states for their
training.
"Although embracing atout two
thirds of tbe state's area, it now baa
no state educational institution of any
obaraoter. The buildings are ready
for use, conveniently looated in a pret
ty and healthful town.
"Io 1907-8 thia sohool bad an en
rollment of 275 normal atndents, only
19 per oeut of whom were from Uma
tilla oonnty. Ibe remainder came
from 17 other counties, It waa never
a 'looal sohool.''
Dr. F. A. Clise will he at tbe St.
Nichols Hotel, Athens, July 81,. 23
and 23. Eves carefully examined and
glasses gronnd to tit. adv.
. Booze, Indians, Jail.
Jaok Joyoe, well known tronobo
buster wbo took part in tbe Ronndnp
last year, and wbo came to arrange for
tbe next program, waa obarged witb
supplying Indians wilb llqodr and
sent to jell in default of fine on two
aooonnta, reports a Pendleton paper.
The alleged offense ia said to bave oo
onrred at Cay use where tbe nuokaroo
went to take part in tba raoes.
Cheek Artist Captured.
A fellow giving tbe name of H. E.
Vogel, passed forged check at the
Golden Rule atora yesterday, after
banking boors, osiog tbe name of
W. H. Sayer. Tbe amount of tbe
bogus check waa 26.60. Ha scooted
flO.GO io merchandise and waa given
tbe balance io oaah. Manager Koby
beoame suspicions and while Investi
gating, the fellow rode out of town on
tbe down train. He waa apprebenaea
when he got off the train at Pendleton
being described by Mr. Roby to tbe
officials. It transpires that theHuiaa-
shoe Club saloon cashed a check fir
Vogel for $26.60 and the officers at
Pendleton found anotber of like sum
written out, on his person. He posed
as a nuokaroo, and tried to open an
account witb the bank bere by de
positing tlS, likely witb tbeobjeot of
securing a supply of blank obeoks.
WILL HAVE RATES
HAMMOND MAKES STATEMENT
TO THAT EEFECT.
Characterizes Present Dis
crimination Against Astoria
As Being Unfair.
In an address at a reoeption given in
bonor of himself and family at tbe
Weiuhard-Astoria hotel ia Astoria,
A. B. Hammond, bnilder of tbe
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad
(S. P. & S.) said: "I believe Astoria
will win its suit before tbe Interstate
Commerce Commission for non-dts-criminative
freight rates beoause tbe
position of tbe city Is right and that
taken by the transcontinental roads,
wrong. The present discrimination
against Astoria by tbe" transcontinent
al roads ia unfair. To give a concrete
example, I cite tbe following:
1 am interested in the mercantile
business in Missonla, Moot, I am
also president of the Columbia River
Paokera Association of Astoria. Our
store in Missoula cannot bny their
oanned salmon from out company in
Astoria, hut are foroed to buy in
Seattle beoause the freight from Seat
tle tu MisBOula ia t?.00 a Ion leas tban
tbe freight from Astoria to Missoula.
"The chief official of one of tbe
transcontinental roads, I understand,
has stated that they did not wish to
give equal rates from Astoria to points
on the line of their road beoause their
principal interests were in Tsooma
and Seattle in other words, be
olaims a right to say what towns on
the Paolflo coast aball prosper and
what towus shall not prosper."
ELECT 2 DIRECTORS
ON MONDAY NEXT
RICHARDS AND HAWKS CONSENT
TO SERVE' DISTRICT.
Special Election to Supply the
Unexpired Terms of Koontz
and Koepke, Resigned.
The resignations ol E. E. Koonti
and Henry Eoepke from the Athena
sohool board, has made it neoesrary to
bold a apauial eohojl eleotion to eleot
euooeesoia to serve out their nnex-
pired terms.
M. L. Watts Is tba one member left
on tbe board, and it is understood tbat
B. B. Richards and B. N. Hawks
bave consented to oome before tbe
votera for election aa mem here of tbe
board at the meeting, Monday. Mr,
Riohaids has heretofore served tbe
distriot as a direotor. He knows tbe
Deeds of tbe sohool and is emiuently
qualified to give good servioe to the
distriot, Mr, Hawks baa long taien
an aotive interest in the educational
affaire of the oity, strongly favon a
new and adequate aobool building, and
la in a position to devote time and at
tention required from aobool direot
or, to the dutiea of tbe office. Like
Mr. Watts and Mr. Rioharda, he
atands for the best In Athena's
aohoola.
Considerable interest will donbtlesi
be manifested in the epeoial meeting,
Monday afternoon and a large nnmber
of taipaylng votera and patrons of
the school are expected to be preaent.
The meeting will be oalled to order
promptly at S p. m.
' Mustard Sold for Rape.
Rape aeed for sowing a 20-aore Seld
waa Teoently pnrohased by a Lane
county farmer for forage purposes.
When about to begio sowing the seed
tbe farmer beoame suspicious tbat it
was very badly adulterated, it indeed
it was rape seed at all. To determine
the matter, he called noon tbe onunty
farm demonstration agent. Floyd W.
Rader, wbo at oooe pronounced tbe
seed to be inustatd. Samples were
sent to tbe co-operative seed testiug
laboratory of the Agricultural College
for final determination, and were pro
nounced all mustard by tbe expert
tester in obarge. Had tbe seed been
sown tbe loss would have been heavy,
including money, time, labor and an
enormous crop of weed pests for years
to oome. Evidenoes are accumulating
that it paya to bave aeed tested for
purity and germination strength.
At Summer School,
Floyd Payne of Athena, Edith Still
of Milton and Blaine T. Youell of
Hermiston are among tbe Umatilla
oonnty representativea at tbe Univer
sity of Oregon summer aobool. The
present session of tbe summer aobool
baa tbe largest attendanoe in the his
tory of tbe Institution. Standards
bave been raised, six credits now tak
ing aa mnoh work to earn aa was for
merly requited for seven.
McDuflee Goes Home.
Deputy Sheriff MaDuffea baa re
covered from tbe wound received in
tbe battle witb Bandit Manning and
baa gone to his home in Heppner. Be
fore leaving he nailed on the train
robbers in the oouuty jail. The dep
uty Believes Meador is tbe man wbo
shot liim, but tbe latter olaims ba did
not flre a shot.
Troops Play st War.
Seventeen hundred Oregon and Ida
bo National Guardsmen and eight
hundred soldiers of the Twenty-first
United States Infantry began a series
of war maneuvera at Uearhart Tues
day. A company close older drill was
followed by fcattallion close order drill
and leotures to officers. The field ex
eroisss are to oontiune ten days and
tbe soldiers will go tbrougb the man
euvers of war.
Emery Aobilea would lice to know
the whereabouts of a 2-year-old red
heifer, with white spot in faoe and
white spot on back. Adv.
: Fall Grain Ia Maturing. -The
following summary of the
weather and ita results for the week
ending July 18, on the oondition of
tbe principal oropa in Oregon, ia based
upon investigations made by a number
of correspondents repotting to tbe
offioe of the weather bnrean at Port
land: Tbe week waa dry and warm
in the weatern oounties, exoept during
tbe last two daya it was cloudy and
cooler. In tba eastern oounties
tbere were poorly distributed showers,
wbiob iu some iocailtiea were beavy,
accompanied by ball, and consequent
ly destruotive. No damaging tem
peratures ooaurred. Fell grain is ma
turing rapidly and its harvest la being
pushed. In the Atbena distriot sev
eral maohinea will begin work ia tbe
wheat Monday.
Donald McDonald's Will.
The will of tba lata Donald Mo
Donald has been Hied for probate.
The real property amounts to about
V25.000. Other assets inclode an an
nual inoome of about 1,500 a. year.
Tba personal property la not atated in
detail. E. A. Dudley of Atbena is ap
pointed exeoutor. The will leaves all
to the widow, Mra. Ellen MoDooald.
Miss Mabel McDonald, a daughter,
ia bequeathed $200 a year until Ihe es
tate is distributed on tbe death of Ibe
widow. Final distribution of tbe es
tate, at the death of tbe widow, oitea
as beneficiaries: Sarah J. Seeley,
Jessie Dudley, Viotor MoDonald, Eliia
Woods, Eva Peterson and Luelia Pet
erson, tbe latter being a granddaugh
ter. The will waa made in July, 1910.'
Worth
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MiMri&iJsiife in- wocenes
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gy" A few cents, nick-
les and dimes sav-
ed here and there
make a material
difference in the
week's outlay.
Let us Figure on Your Harvest Order
We will Make it Worth Your While V
While everybody is figuring on the best way of reducing the cost of living, we are do
ing our share to bring about an improved condition, by offering table necessities at less
than usual cost. Taking advantage of every trade condition and buying in large quan
tities, enables us to give you the benefit of lower prices.
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