The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
Chas. Norris went over to Walla
Walla on business today.

Walla on business today.
{ II is said Chief Peo, the Una
tMa reservation brave, is the hap
by possessor Of a private distillery
and can supply himself with "fire-
water" without taking the trouble
of hunting up a white man who is
to shoulder the responsible
ity of bartering whiskey to In
dians.
The Spokane exposition build
ing was destroyed by fire Sunday
night entailing loss of $4,000.
The fire was discovered at 1890
and spread with almost lightning
rapidity throughout the structure.
The building was 200x300 feet on
the ground and 3 stories high be-
sides the high roof, entirely con-
structed of wood.
An exchange says; A supersti-
tious subscriber who found a spider
on his paper wants to know if it is
bad omen. He was told that it
was nothing Of the kind. The spid-
er was merely looking over the
columns of the paper to see who
was not advertising, so that he
could spin his web across the shop
door and be free from disturbance.
The Nez Perce Indians who are
encamped about one mile west of
Enterprise, and who have been
passing their time in that section
in fishing and hunting during the
past weeks, will have one of their
novel Indian dances next Sunday,
says the Chieftain. The camp CON
tains about 200 Indians, and they
seem we'll behaved.
The contract for furnishing the
huge steel gates for the Cascades
locks was let last week by Messrs.
Day to Mr.. A. Il. Abby, represent
ing the Maryland Steel Company.
There are four gates As feet square
and containing 1900 tons Of steel
They will arrive by February
when the masonry will probably
be ready for them to be put in
| place.
The Portland Telegram congrat.
ulates the new arrival in the
Cleveland family thuswise. "Wt
wish the mother we'll, and as fol
the baby, bless its little soul, il
shall have a new silver dollar tc
cut teeth on, the first silver dollar
to be made under the new free.
coinage law which congress viii
pass before teething time comes
around"
Statesman: A tobacco plant in
full bloom is exhibited at tht
office Of I. G.. Davies. It is abou
/ twelve feet high. TO those WHIT
have never seen tobacco growing
it is an interesting sight. It prove
! that this industry could be profit
ably prosecuted in the Wall
4 Walla valley, whore on severa
tracts, tobacco is successfully cul
| tivated.
Colville reservation in Washing
ton will probably be opened t
4 settlement early next year. Sur
veys are now being made on til
Hand and allotments will be mad
Ito the Indians as soon as the SUI
veys have been examined by th
land commissioner and approve
by the secretary. This reservation
contains about 100000 acres
about half the size of the Cherokee
outlet.
NV About seven o'clock Thursda,
notning party of wood hauler
tfaveling along the county roa
leading out Of Walla Walla to th
eastward, discovered the body of
man hanging from the limb of
chokecherry tree about quartz
of mile east of Mrs. Green
place. The men came on to th
city and informed Officer Ames (
! their discovery. Mr.. Ames notifie
Coroner Stewart, who went out an
odered the body cut down and take
, to Picard's undertaking establish
ment. The body was identified q
, that Of Nelso Bystrain, Swede.
The spetrifed frog sitting on
petri6ed limb" reported as foun
, in Union county 30 feet unde
grond by Prof. NJ. G. Royal, hi
gone the rounds Of the papers, BIT
|, has been coralled by the Heppnt
Gazette, which says regarding i
"ThiS petrification (?) is a produ'
/, Of the Heppner country instead
Union, but the limb, frog and a
were whitfield out of the Bill
mountain sandstone, by a genil
who was with the U. P. coal pro
pectors about two years ago up
e the head Of Butter creek. II
/, Gazette had all the fun it wantt
9 over the curiosity (2), then handt
r it over to Ed. Matlock. who kept
!. till Pro. Royals visit here sho
8 time ago.
A Walla Walla paper stat
disoracefnl SCENE occurred