The Athena press., July 24, 1914, Image 1

Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer,
VOLUME XXVI.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 24. 1914.
NUMBER 31
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NEARLY 2500 ACRES BURNS IN
! WALLA WALLA VALLEY.
David Ferris' Crop Included
In List of Sunday's Grain
Field Conflagrations.
QUALITY
I Almost 2.E00 lores of arain. valued
t approximately $80,000, waa de
stroyed Id tbe Walla Walla valley
tetween nooa Sunday and four o'clock
Monday afternoon, despite tba efforts
of bnndreda of men and horses In
tackflring, plowing and .In weildlng
wit snoka. Tbe total loss for tbat
pariod is aaid to bave broken all pre-'
vious grain flia reoorda in tbe valley.
Tbeie were tbree separate tires, two
Sunday, one near Walla i Walla and
one at Waiteburg, and oue Monday on
tbe Coyle, Ferris and Looey places.
Monday evening tbe acreage of
turned wheat lands was estimated as
follows!
: Ennia estate, 1,020 acres: Ed Mo
Caw 400; Dave Feilis, 850; James
Archer, 800; John Miller, 100; Coyle
Bros., 100; W. Williams, 70; Henry
Znger, (SO; Samuel Loney, 40, and
Henry Lee, 85 acres, totaling 3,475
acres destroyed.
News of tbe Ennia Die first roaohed
Walla Walla Snnday afternoon about
1 o'clock when tbe dense amobe oonld
be plainly seen. Scores of automobiles
rsabed to tbe scene and witnessed tbe
oostly conflagration, wbiob -was an
appalling sight, and of which many
piotorea were taken.
Altogether abont 1020 aorea were re
ported destroyed. Tbe , wheat was
said to be abont 60 bushels yield and
was insured at 46 busbals per aora
and t a prioe averaging atoond 70
oeots. -f-!f ; : ' .! i s ' i
There was a ligbt wind blowing
Sonday afternoon and aa an angina
passed tba Joe Martin plaoe on tbe
oonnty load near tbe state peniten
tiary, it ia olaimed a apark set tbe
straw a Hre and tbat tbia waa the
oauae of tbe Ennia Are, 1 he tire at
times was a mil in widtb.
Starting from a threshing outfit on
tba Bamnel Loney plaoe west ot Walla
Walla, another grain Are ate op about
600 aorea of wheat on tbe Loney,
Cava Ferris Henry Lea and Coyle
Bortbera' plaoes. Most of tbe Ferris
wbeat bad already been threshed by
a comtine and waa burned lying dis
tributed about tba Meld in tbe sack.
Haid work stopped this fire in time to
are several other hig fields. '
Abont tbe same time tbe Ennia
wbeat waa burning Sunday the Ore
above Preaoott waa reported, ; This
was aupposed to bava atarted from a
atraw ataok Die wbioh ooonrred on
Saturday. t: i : ,. v"
JAMES B. P. WOODRUFF DEAD
After Few Days Illness with Pneumo
nia, Dies at Two Rivers Home. ,
James B. Woodruff, aoo-ln-law of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tompkins, of this
city, died at his bnme at Two Rivers, 1
Wash., Monday, after a short illness
from pneumonia. . .
Mr. Woodruff, ordinarily a man of
powerful physique, soma time ago
oontraoted rbenmntism while woikiog
in a well. Ha apparently recovered
from tbe attack, and was then taken
witb a severe cold wbiob rapidly da
veloped into pneumonia and resulted
in bis deatb in a few days. !
Mr. Tompkins and daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Coppook vara present at tbe
end. Tbe deoeasett leaves a wife and
tbree children. He was developing
a fruit rannb, and waa mown aa an
honest, upright, hardworking man. 1
The remains were brought to tbia
oity Wednesday. Funeral aervioes
were oondnoted at the Metbodint Epis
copal oburob at 2:80 p. m., ty Rev.
Uotnall.
James B. P. Woodruff, son of Win.
and Annie Woodruff, waa torn Jnne
13, 1870, in tbe state of New Jersey,
On November 23, 1901. ba waa united
in marriage with Clara J. Tompkins.
For tbe last seven years be has made
bis borne at Two Rivers." Wash. He
died at tba age of 41 years, 1 month
and 7 days. Ha waa olean in bis
habits, attraotive in temperament and
beld bigb moral ideals, and waa a lov
ing fauatand and father. He Is sur
vived by bis wife and three obildren,
a mother, four brothers and four sis
ters. . 1
Knifes Drinking Spouse.
Mrs. Carl Davis is in tba woman's
ward at tba oity jail in Walla Walla,
and George Wet bar ia beld as a wit
nasal aa tba result of aa attack witb a
kuife on Davia ty Mrs. Davis on Main
street in tbat oity Saturday night.
Soorea of people aaw tbe attaok. From
tbe story told tba polios Mrs. Davis
entered a saloon on Main street where
ber buaband was drinking and asked
bim to oome ontside -and a erowd
gathered. Evidently Davia would
not go home for suddenly tba woman
attacked bim witb a pooket knife,
gashing bio in tba neck and sbonldera
and also wounding another. Webber,
tbe witness, grabbed ber bauds to pro
tect tbe other and ha aaya aha eta t bed
at bim twice.
The "Big Three" Who Will
1 Try to Lift America's Cup
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Photo by American Press Association.
HERE tbey are, tbe "big tbre" wbo will endeavor to taae.tue America's
cup away from Uncle Sum. Left to right the men are: Sir Thorns
' Llpton, owner of the challenger, Shaairoek IV.; Designer Nicholson
and W. P. Burton, skipper of the challenger. Burton la said to be
the best amateur sailor in Great Britain. Tbe Shamrock IV. baa proved sen
sationally fast in her trial beats, ami a thrilling series of contests off Sandy
Book to September IS prorutwil
JOCK COLEMAN IN NEW STUNT
Takes Up Harvest Job on r arm Near
Pilot Rock,
' Jook Coleman oan dc other tbinga
besides dance and slug gongs abont tbe
bonnie lassies Is evident from hia pres
ent employment, says tbe Pilot Rock
Record.' When be came np to tbe
Sootob pionio at Athena some time
ago he was invited to tbe MoOonald
ranch below town.
Tbere the clans gathered and many
a song was snug while feet kept time
to tba instruments. In a bantering
manner Jock aaked Dan McDonald for
a job in harvest, and Dan, thinking
be wea i joking, promised bim be
might shovel smoke on the hoe down.
The banter was kept up and Jook
tnck around nnlil harvest oommeno
sd. Jook finally oonvinoed Dan he
was in earnost tbat be really wanted
to get out in the field and baiaen bis
mnsoles again. He said be did sat
want en easy bertb, bnt desired to be
placed witb tbe rest of tba men and
not be treated ts a guest, Wben Dan
finally lealizad his gnest waa in ear
nest be informed bim his wish nonld
be complied witb to tbe letter. So if
yon wander out to the McDonald rancb
and find a man oo the combine with
a tnrr in bis tongue who looks like a
peeled onion witb red stripes down
tba obeeks, you may know that ia tbs
Scotch comedian, Jook Coleman.
If yon ennnot qnite locate bim, ask
wbotheobap is running the beader
part of tbe maobide and yon will find'
tbe lost comedian. Mr. Coleman baa
an engagement on a vaudeville circuit
tbia fall and telieves there is nothing
like a little bot snn and manual labor
to put one iu condition. ' i
TENNIS CLUB TOURNAMENT
Agency Team Wins Over Locals, Two
Out of Three.
Major E. T. Swartzlander, Super,
intendent of the Umatilla Agenoy, and
S. H. Elliott of Washington, D. C,
wbo la temporarily stationed at the
agenoy, constitute a team of oraok
tennis players that tried conclusions
witb F. S. LeGrow and Dr. J. D. Pla
mondon on, the Athens court last Sat
urday evening and were snocessfui In
winning two sets out of tbree bysooies
of 6-1, 6-8, 6-4.
MRiotSwartzlander and Mr. Elliott
were aocompanied by Mrs. Swaitz-
lander and obildren, and Miss Palmer
of North Dukota, sister of Mrs, Swartz-
lander. .
During tbe evening Innoh waa served
by tbe ladies of the tennis olub, on the
Plamondon lawn, Ibose present
were: Major and Mrs. Swartzlander.
Mies Palmer, Mr. S. H. Elliott, Mr.
and Mrs. F. S. LeUiow, Mayor and
Mrs. Koontz, Mr. and Mis. W. S. Fer'
anson, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Hawts,
Mr, and Mrs. L. S. Vincent,' Mrs. F.
F. Bovd, Dr. and Mrs. Plamondon,
Miss (Laura Bowles, Mrs. H, I Watts,
Miss Peggy Bovleu of Pendleton, Miss
Etbel Molntrre, Mr. Wm. Konessk,
Mr, Ralph Cannon, Dr. Osborne, and
Mr. Hubert Starr.' ' 11
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RICHARDS AND HAWKS ELECTED
MEMBERS OF BOARD.
Morris. Brothers, Successful
Bidders at 5 Per Cent. Car-
rying Optional Conditions.
B. B. Richards and Byron N.
Hawks Were elected memtlera of tbe
Athena aobool board at a , meeting
beld Monday afternoon. Their elec
tion ia to fill tbe nneipired teims of
E. E, Koontz and Henry Koepke, re
igned. The third member of tbe
boatd IsM, L. Watte. ,,
) Tbe new board at once took np the
matter of providing tbe distriot witb
a new aobool building and equipment,
witb tbe result tbat it baa already ac
oepted a bid for a 150,000 bond Issue,
snbjeot to confirmation by tba tax-
paving voters of tbe district at a ape
oialeltotlon tur which legal notices
will be posted, tbe eleotioo to be beld
30 days after posting of notices, The
notices will probably be posted to
morrow. ',' ' "' ;'" ; ', ' ' i
Morris Brotlieis, of Portland, Ore
gon, were the aeooesstul bidders lor
the1 proposed bond lssne, - bidding
sgainBt four other bending oompaniei.
Their bid, aa aooepted , ty tbe noard,
ia at 6 per cent, with 10 year option
of redemption. ! ' ;
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ies:
ENTER THE MARKET
CHICAGO PRICE SOARS, BUT IS
OFFSET BY FOREIGN TONE.-'
"Europe Holds off," Come the
Usual Wail From Portland
Dealers In Grain.
Murder and Attempted Suicide.
Mrs. Ada Mountain, wife ot Walter
Mountain, a bartender of Pendleton
and former pitoher for the Pendleton
team of theTri State League, waa abot
and instantly killed at Pasco Sunday
morning at 8 o'olock by a disbwasbsr
and sandwich vendor known as Jake
Sentinel, who shot himself in the ab
domen after killing tbe woman. He
is still alive, witb little obanoa of
anrviving. Ilha motive of tba orime
ia believed to bave teen jealousy, as it
is said the man waa madly Infatuated
with bia victim. Tbe tragedy ooonr
red in a tent near tbe depot. : The
alayer left a letter asking tbat "In
oase of his death, " be be bnried next
to bia mother io Walla Walla. He
also asked his brothers and aistera tc
forgive bis rasb deed stating be oonld
not help It. 1 " i
Poisoned Bran Stops Hoppers.
Poisoned bran mash is tba most sat
isfactory remedy under Central Ore
gon conditions for grasshoppers ac
cording to Prof. H. F. Wilson, wbo
has just returned from a snooessfnl
campaign against grasshoppers in
Klamath county. Its materials are
obeap, easily put together, easily ap
plied and the poison ia quite effective.
Tbe only exceptions to tbe sncaess of
tbe treatment is witb tbe hoppers tbat
are in tbe moulting stage and ref nse
to eat ninob of anytbing. As most
sncoessfully used in the reoent raid,
tbe mash was prepared as follows:
Bran, 60 pounds; parli green or white
arseuio.Ja pounds; salt, 1 pound;syrup
1 quart; lemon extract, 1 ounce; water
to make a thoroughly soaked mil
tore.
Two elementa bava been sprung
during the week, tbat will bava a
teodenuy to qreata aotioo in tbe wbeat
maiket.! Black mat and beat, spoiled
tha Chicago ootlook for even an av
erage yield in tba Spriog oiop lelt,
and made tbe market tend to soar.
! Chibago also admits for tba first
time that all prospect for a big orop
ot wheat this year in the Northwest
waa gone, i Experts contend (bat tbe
yield in Minnesota and tha Dakotaa
will prove to be far below normal,.
On the other hand, tbere ia bine au
thority for an npinion tbat notwith
standing a big loss in general from
what had been hoped for, tbe Spring
wheat harvest would yet eqnal au av
erage, altbongb some sections would
be bit bard.
Portland buyera ooiaoide witb tbe
Ohioego view but whip their old'
argument over, to the effect that '
wheat la not mm In IS n rope. Tbey
aay tnai a local oargo waa aold at 85s
Rd, wbiob means tbat shippers tbere
oonld pay 78 oeuts lor olub and 80
cents for tortytold, theu tbey relate
tbat furmers, particularly in tba
Umatilla and Walla Walla asutioos,
aia asking St to 8 cents over these
prlbee, with tbe result tbat business
is still on a limited scale. Tbey de
plore tbe fact tbat red wbeat is also
being beld firmly by tbe growers,
"though tbere is no foreign demand
for it.""' . , , -;i
: A part of tbe advance In the East
was dne, apparently, to nofavorabla
orop reporta from Russia which for
several days bava been mora or ieaa a
taolor in tba market. A London cor
respondent of tba Northwestern Miller
sayst i
"Market tendencies for tba balanoe
of tbe oampaign depeud, apart from
orop scares, on tbe actual oonsnmptive
necessities of Europe and tbe present '
downward trend of prices is probably
open to tbe influence of a natural le-
aotion. Tba question of aupply ia
still tbe main faciei iu the aituation
and there is no actual inoraasa in tha
world's reserves. Indeed, tba total
quantity in sight ii tha United King
dom added to tbe Amerioan visible,
only gives a total ot 8,418,000 qoar-
ters, as against 13,473,000 a year ago.
Advioea from Paris state that, owing
to tbe deficiency iu French oropa, it
will ba necessary to purchase large
quantities of North Amerioan wheat."
Soma bnalueea is being worked iu
new or on exnort flour, but tha volume
of trade ao far haa been email and
millers olalm tbey do not look for any
material increase in tbe neat future.
Thresblng Wanted.
Good first olasa maobina, ' Gilbert
Hoot 82 oylinder, Pride of Washing
ton. Prepaied to do Brat olass work,
either from header or ataok. Address,
Gallaber Company, Freewater, Or.
R. F. D. No, 8. Adv.
, Jobbers Will Entertain. " . .if
Oregon mnrobants will be enter,
tained by the jobbers and manufao
turera of Portland August 10 to ,15,
during Buyera' Week, wben the buyers
of merobaodise and supplies fiom all
over the Faoifla Northwest will be
gathered in fortlund to make theii
annual pnrobaaea. Banquets, lunch
eons, reoeptions, a smoker and auto
mobile rides about the oity are on tbe
program. , Tbe nnderlying purpose of
Buyers' Week is to develop tbe buy at
borne spirit, not only aa applies to
Portland, tot to every oonimonity nf
tbe PaoiOo Northwest
"Peck'i Bad Boy."
Dr. Plamondon ' reports an 8 1-2
pound boy out at Harry MoBride'a
rancb. Tba yonngster arrived early
Sunday morning, July 19. ainoa which
time be haa been tbs eeotral attrac
tion of the family, and more especial
ly of "Peck," who has obristaned tba
little fellow Nale Edward MoBride,
and swears be wiil pot s bead en I be
first person wbo attempts to ofck
name tba lad. . .
Tot Lost In Woods.
' After wandering, lost in tba moon
tains for two nights and two days,
but guarded by a taitbful abepberd
dog, tba little two year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Peterson, af
Bnrnr,waa-feBjdiibu ssarqhera. pp to
bei arm pita io a pool of water and
gear death from exhaustion. The lit
tle lot bad wandered 12 miles from tbe
aamp of ber parents, 17 miles nottb
went of Burns. L
Worth
in mutoww ft
- While Savings
8p
in Groceries
A few cents, nick-
sa les and dimes sav-
gjQj(f ,ed here and' there
tot" make a material
OiOOClS difference in the
week's outlay.
Let us Figure on Your Harvest Order
. ' : '.. ; ' We will Make it Worth Your While
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.
mi 2s RADTKE
THE "MONEY-BACK STOKE" ATHENA, OREGON,