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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-08-07
Oregon Notes.

An effort is being made to place PEN
dleton and La Grande on the regular BIZ
cycle race circuit A movement to chat
end il now under way, and already purses
are talked Of for meeting at La
Grande.
Eight carloads of wool from Heppner
were received at the Moody warehouse, at
The Dalles, Monday. The wool is being
stored.
Ben Brown, who has been at the helm
OF the Burns Times for the past two
years, has gone to Central America.
San Salvador will be his future home.
Last Thursday night q westbound
freight train ran into band of is cattle
that were hemmed in between bluff
aud fence, near Blalock. All of the cat
tie were either killed by the accident or
30 badly MANNED that they had to be
killed.
George Morris who owned and lived
upon valuable farm near Harrisburg, in
Linn couney, died at his home last Sun
day. He was 78 years OF age, and lett
widow and six children. ldost OF the
children now have families Of their
own.
just now the farmers of the 1rande
Ronde valley are engaged in putting up
hay, but the crop is so heavy that in
some sections much of IL will be left
standing. Huge stacks dot the valley
throughout its length and breadth. It
will but a few days before the farmers
will turn their attention to the grain
harvest.
Sixteen farms in the vicinity of Pendle.
| ton, some in Oregon and some in Wash
| ington, have been harvested, and the re.
turns show the average to have been
81 e bushels of wheat and 60 bushels Of
barley to the acre, with the quality fair.
The heaviest yield 30 far reported is so
bushels. This was by Philip Young.
The Black Butte Mining Company, in
Grant county, is making preparations to
begin work on more extensive scale.
I The company recently bought out all
persons with whom it was involved in
litigation, among them being J. Brown.
Mr.. Browns cleanup, as the result OF
last springs work, amounted to $4,000.
Tampa, feet-footed animal, owned by
Keeney Bros, of Long Greek, Or, was
sold recently at Anaconda, Mont, to w.
F. Matlock, of Pendleton. The consider
alton was 500. Tampa has made quite
reputation in Montana, winning half
mile handicap race against some of the
best animals. She has passed into the
hands Of an experienced racehorse man.
More emigrants than usual are passing
through Fossil this summer, going both
east and west, says the Journal. The
other day the biggest caravan ever seen
passed through 1t consisted of IL
prairie schooners, containing 35 people,
travelling from Grande Ronde valley to
Lane county, near Eugene, where they
purpose locating. Each wagon cover
bore the legend, "All for Oregon" and
an inquiry as to ita meaning ELECTED the
reply that the outfit had travelled to the
Grand Ronde last year from Kansas and
Nebraska, and being dissatisfied with
that portion OF Oregon, pulled stakes and
started for the far famed Willamette
valley
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Bruised All Over.

Harvest time is the period for, run.
aways and smashups. A runaway with
disastrous results hsppened in Kings
8 Valley, Benton county. last Tuesday. A
Mr. Hubbard was hauling hay from his
field to his barn, when his team took
fright and ran away. Hubbard was
caught in the lines and dragged several
hundred yards before he could be released.
When picked up he was unconscious and
terrible sight to see. His ear had been
torn off and about his head were numer-
ous gashes and bruises. The tine OF a
pitchfork had passed through his foot,
and severe internal injuries, the nature
and extent of which are not known,
were sustained, says the Corvallis Times.
He was taken to house and medical
aid summoned, and at last accounts the
patient was resting comfortably. 1t is
believed that he will recover.
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ium that fact is stranger than fiction.
To clinch her claim to the title of head.
quarters for dime meseum freaks and in
tellectual adnormalities, Gaylord recently
elected complete set of municipal off.
GERS of the feminine gender, mayor, police
judge, city clerk and members of the
common council all pretend to be women
but I'd ike to see 'em prove it, Their
plunging into politics is strong circum-
stantial evidence that they are not built
on the plan of Mother Eve. God made
the he things OF Gaylord-hence, we
must preforln, let them pass for men, but
their turning the city over to the man
agement Of sewing circle, indicates a
sad lack OF confidence in themselves---I
have no objection to Gaylord's female
governmental don't have to live in that
topsy turvy town still it occurs to me
that the new eet of municipal officers
would have had more respect for their
husbands had the latter cut short their
candidacy b. laying them across mo.
lasses barrel, blistered their rear eleva.
ton with board and sending them
about theii household duties, where they
properly belong. Woman is the noblest
OF the good Gods creation when in her
place, and her place is not in politics.
When she begins to meddle in such mat
ter che needs master. When she de.
velops an itch for Office it may be taken
for granted either that she's vinegar
faced old vixen whom no man ia willing
to wed or, hiding out somewhere, is a
pitiful little hen.pecked husband. OF
course If the women of Gaylord are legal
masters of the family roosts, 1t were
impossible to contemplate them fran.
ing and enforcing municipal laws, then
returning home and adortiDg st. Paul's
advice by becoming subject unto their
husbands. Gaylord should change it's
name TO Hen-peck or Pettcoatsville
Gay--lo lordP Nit Its men are neither
lorde of creation nor masters Of them
selves. They are meek Titles things
Doubtless they are very handy to have
in the house when pair of stockings is
to be dsrned but men who connot trust
themselves to manage the affairs OF Jim
Grow town are devilish poor stock. -
Brann's Iconoclast Waco, Texas.)
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nIAeARA's NEW BRIDGE.
1t Will Be One of the Wonders of tn
w1rid


World.
The new metal arch-bridge at Niagara
falls will be noteworthy in two respects,
says the Railroad Gazette. The new
bridge is to be built over the old suspen-
sion structure, without interruption to
the traffic onsthe latter. The span from
end pier 70 end pier will be $40 feet,
making it the largest arch span in the
world.
The suspension bridge now in use,
which has been familiar TO all visitors to
the great natural wonder for 40 years,
will be kept in place until the new arch
is ready, as il would be impossible to
construct false works over Niagara gorge
to sustain structure Of this class.
The span will have raise of $50 feet
from the level of the piers at the skew
backs to the center of the ribs at the
crane of the arch, which point is ITO feet
above low water. The depth of the
trusees is rs feet, and they will be 68.7
inches apart. The bridge will carry one
floor, 46 feet wide, divided ngitudinally
into three parts. On the middle portion,
which is % feet inches wide, will be
| two trolley tracks. Each side of these
tracks will be roadway for carriages,
eight feet wide, and outside Of these,
raised six inches from the level OF the
roadway, will be footpaths.
The construction Of this remarkable
span is from plans OF L. L. Buck, engi-
Deer OF the East river bridge between
New York and Brooklyn, and the author
| Of the plans by which the railroad euspen-
sion bridge at Niagara was replaced by
an arched bridge.
The approaching or fsnking spans will
be $50 feet long on the American sids
and 2l0 feet on the Canadian eide. The
total metal in the new structure will bs
about 4. 100000, 900 pounds. Every con-
fidence is expressed in SIR. Bucks ability
10 carry cut bis plans. The replacing ol
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the railroad bridge by another without an
hours interruption OF business was one
Of the engineering feats OF the decade.
Those who have not seen the great
structure at Niagara which it is intended
to replace will hardly realize the stupend-
ous character OF the undertaking
sort of bridge without interrupting traffic,
and then add about 1000 per cent 10 the
difficulty. This will give something OF
an idea OF what confronts engineers and
builders.
In an undertaking Ct this nature the
slightest error might be productive of in
finite disaster. Every measurement must
be accurate to hairs breath. Every
portion of the great arch must perform its
particular share of the great combination
that will be one of the marvels Of the
world.
All that is done must be accomplished
quickly, for in affairs of this nature time
is, indeed, money. Every man who can
be- utilized will join the army of construc.
ton Perhaps no work of recent years
has required, or will yet Iced, more
skilled labor. In fact, in bridge building
it is becoming unsafe TO utilize labor of
any other class. The bridge, when com.
plete, will in truth be work Of genius in
point Of construction, as well as point of
conception.
The work of preparing material for
the great structure has been in progress
for some time, as little can be accom-
plished in an enterprise of this nature
until preliminaries are complete. When
the effort Of placing the different
parts OF the bridge in position is begun
Niagara will be one of the busiest of busy
places.
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Stranger Then Fiction.

The -umor that marriage in the royal
family of England depended upon the
passage of the bill authorizing marriage
with deceased wife's sister cannot now
be supported by facts. But when the
Prince of Wales and his brother first es-
poused the cause it was desired that
Princess Beatrice marry Prince Ludwig,
of Hesse, whose deceased wife, Princess
Alice, who died in 1878, was the sister of
Beatrice. There was strong attach
ment between Prince Ludwig and Prin-
cess Beatrice. But the bill was yearly re-
fused and after a time the Princess mar
iied Prince Henry, of Battenberg. now
that the bill is at last passed the widowei
Beatrice has no widowed brother.in-law
Prince Ludwig having died in 1892 And
life once more proves sadder than tragedy,
queerer than comedy and stranger than
fiction.
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headed and threehed their grain The
general result shows that the damage
from bot winds was not as great as was
believed few weeks ago Alcng the
foothills and around the city fall grain is
yielding heavily, while spring grain is
fair. On Eurek~ fiat the grain il fair,
and the farmers will come ont much
better financially than they expected.
Around the foothills wheat il averaging
80 bushels to the acre, and barley 80
bushels. On the fiat wheat viii average
20 bushels.
In the Waitsburg section the showing
grows better, and the average yield will
be about 40 bushels to the acre. Taking
the entire county, fall wheat will be a
fair crop, and spring wheat has been
damaged about 20 per cent.
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A Kansas Curiosity.

Gaylord, KaGsas, is the most remark
able spot on earth. There everything goes
by contraries The COWS lay eggs and
the hens give milk. Apples are dug out
Of the earth and potatoes grow on trees.
Dogs wear feathers and geese wear hair.
The males wear petticoats while the fe-
males strut abroad in "pants." The sun
rises in the west and Gets at noon, while
the Fourth OF July comes in the middle
of January. Travellers come from all
parts OF the world to gaze at the wonders
Of Gaylord. 1t knocks out the romances
of Morco Jolo and reduces Lemeul Guilt
yer to the level of common, every day
liar. Its living illustration Of the AK
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1t May Have Been Durham,

1t is believed that Dunham, the
brutal murderer of bis wife, father-in-laW
and four other persons near Los Angeles,
CAL, about two months ago, and for
whose capture reward of $50, 600 has
been offered, was in the vicinity of Baker
City few days ago, says the Democrat.
The stranger first appeared at the
Rachael mine, worked half shift and
ate two meals there, leaving without
saying word about his going to any
one. From the Rachael mine he went
to the Cyclone mine and inquired for
the Bradbury brothers. He was inform
ed where their claim was, and he vent
there. He worked for the Bradburys for
few days, and again left az uncermoni-
ously ss from the Rachel. few days
otter the stranger left the Bradburys re-
ceived description Of the California
murderer, and at once they recognized in
the stranger the man for whom the
mammoth reward was offered. They,
Of course, we're more than cory that
they had not got their information SOON
er. The bird had flown, and they had
not the least idea where to look for
him.
The Bradbury brothers and others who
saw the stranger and compared his iden.
| tily With the description Of the California
murderer, say that they tally exactly.
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BRYAN LloNlzED.
A Constant Stream of Visitors to His
Lincoln Home.

A Constant Stream of Visitors to His
Lincoln Home.
The stream Of visitors to the Bryan
home Is increasing. Bryan has received
a number of kilograms containing sug-
geHtions in regard to the action of the
populists convention, and to all of them
be responded in effect that he will act
with deliberation, and that nothing will
be done which can justly be criticised by
any of the elements who are sincerely
interested in the success of the cause oil
bimetallism. In his replies to these OK.
preston he earnestly advises all friends
OF the cause in all parties to refrain from
harsh criticism Of those who, however
widely they may differ otherwise, occupy
common ground in desiring the imme.
diate restoration Of the free coinage oI
silver,
Mr.. Bryan expresses the utmost conf
dence that wise and gratifying solution
of the perplexlng conditions will be pre-.
sented and adopted In due and good time
and satisfactory to all parties. Further
than this Bryan declined to talk in rela-
ton to the situation. Every entreating
inquiry calculated to fathom bis plans or
PAA PObUs hOV VAbA viz IObpuUS6 .
II must decline to be- interviewed con.
corning the st. Louis convention, or its
results" However, his loquacity in other
directions was not 90 circumecribed and
be found plenty Of material for an enter.
tanning discourse.
II received, "he said, another. rabbits
foot. 1t was sent to me by telegraph
operator in Montana. That makes the
sixth rabbits foot besides great many
tour-leaf clovers and horseshoe. l
wrote the donor Of the last rabbits foot,
that while am not of all superstitious,
under the circumstances can but feel
that every condition and necessity TO in
sure my triumphant election has been So
Cured except the votes"
On his return from the popplist CON
vention, Governor Holcomb was sent to
Lincoln, conveying two very pretty birds.
They were sent by the Kansas delega.
ton. They we're chriBtened Kansas and
Nebraska.
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HazIltt Reports Again.

Hazlitt, the pilgrim printer" sort oi
modern Wandering Jew," who is more
extensively known among all branches
of the art preServative and has travelled
farther and been longer about it than
any other man in the United States,
dropped in at The Oregonian Office for a
brief call last evening. He has not
visited this part of bis circuit for several
years, and says he has been in Idaho
and the region round about. He is look
ing remarkably well for man of his
age. His whiskers, through which the
winds of half century have whistled,
are snowy white, but his skin is clear
and ruddy and his eye bright. His
figure has suspicion of embonpoint,
which, with the negligee style of dress he
has always affected, and the distant air
assumed by his vest to his overalls, sug-
gests the Dusty Rhodes type of traveller,
which is now so much more common
than when Mr.. Hazlitt first took the
road. He finds things sadly changed in
many printing offices, the introduction OF
typesetting machines having dispersed
hiS acquaiRtances and friends. He is
now contemplating the purchase of a
bicycle. He is older than he was when
he started on the tramp from Maryland
in 1854. In fact, he thinks he is the
Oldest pioneer printer of this coast. He
feels that his time is getting short; but
the world is still all before him, and he
feels that if he had been travelling 10, 900
years, he would have Just as far to 60 as
when he first begun. Wherefore his de-
sire for bicycle in order to make the
nf m laff
He has been around to all the bicycle
stores, and is still in doubt. He says
there is either some terrible misunder-
standing in regard to the good qualities
of bicycles, or the bicycle dealers are
monumental prevaricators. As soon as
he can decide which is the best cycle, he
will invest and start for The Dalles on
his way back to Idaho.
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they found that soma Of the signatures
were those Of parties who had left and Of
another who WIS dead they got move
on them. A. T. Tiller wanted license.
The name OF the son ui f. g. Hicklan ap-
peared on the petition. The young man
has been dead four months. Mr.. Hick-
lin and James PelIon appeared before
the county court and made such show
ing that the license was not granted.
Some of the names on the list are said
to have been absent from Troutdale for
the past two wears.
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CORONER SAID 1T WAS SUICIDE.
But Foul Play Is Suggested in Con-


nection With Lawrence's Death.
The coroner's jury, in the case of. w.
Lawrence, brought in verdict of suicide.
Lawrence iB the man found beside a
trail about eight miles from Union. The
two young men who frat discovered him
at O'Clock Monday morning, did not get
off their horses, believing the man to be
dead, but come directly into the town and
informed the sheriff Of their discovery.
The sheriff obtained coffin and, with
two conveyances started for the scene Of
the tragedy, arriving there about /
O'Clock. When about Is feet from the
body one Of the sheriff's party made the
remark that the man was not dead, and
stated he could hear him breathing, and
such was the case. The injured man was
removed to town and died in Uuion at 3
O'Clock Tuesday morning. The autopsy
revealed the fact that the bullet had not
penetrated the brain, but had plowed it's
way between the skull and scalp. The
ekull was fractured to come extent, and
in the opinion of the physicians who ex-
amined the injury, the mans life could
have heen saved If he had received med
ical and surgical attention at an earlier
hour, and the fact OF his having Deen ex-
posed to the hot rays of the sun for a
number Of hours, also greatly operated
against his recovery.
1t is commented upon in Union that 1t
seems very queer that though there are
about 10 houses within radius of mile
and half from where Lawrence was
shot, and that he was discovered in the
morning, that no one visited the scene of
the shooting between the time of the
finding of the body and the arrival Of the
sherif's party, and remarks of foul play
are freely made, az it is known that Law
renee was hot on the trail of some horse
and cattle thieves, and it is thought by
many that he was done away with by
some of the parties he was accumulating
evidence against, as the easiest means Of
avoiding criminal prosecution.
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A Hennner Bank Closed.

The National Bank of Heppner, oi
which E. R. Bishop is cashier, has gone
into liquidation. This step is taken for
the simple reason that the bank can dc
no more business profitably for the
present. 1t has no more money to loan
upon the security offered. and will pro-
ceed to collect outstanding money as fast
as possible.
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Jacob schuman Reported Murdered

VdCOU OCIIUIIIuII NGPUTIVU WUTUGTGUs
News was received 10 Dayton Wednes-
day morning that Jacob Schuman, an
old citizen Of Dayton, had been murdered
at or near Jack loves sheep camp on
the breaks of the Tukannon, says the
Walla Walla Union. The word was
brought by teamsters from Gruep's
mountain, but no particulars had been
obtained by them. David Davis, who
came to Walla Walla Tuesday said a
messenger had arrived on the mountain
where Mrs. Schuman had camped, and
informed her that her husband had been
murdered.
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Some Were Dead and Others Gone.
A number of people OF Troutdale were
aroused the other day by seeing petit
tion published In weekly paper for the
opening Of saloon at that place. They
were not objecting to a saloon, but when
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AR E G ULATO r.

Reader, did you ever take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR, the "KING OF
LIVER MEDICINES 2" Everybody needs
take liver remedy. 1t is a sluggish or
diseased liver that impairs digestion
and causes constipation, when the waste
that should be carried off remains in
the body and poisons the whole system.
That dull, heavy feeling is due to a
torpid liver. Biliousness, Headache,
Malaria and Indigestion are all liver
diseases. Keep the liver active by an
occasional dose of Simmons Liver Reg
ulator and you'll get rid of these trou-
bles, and give tone to the whole sys-
tenn. For laxative Simmons Liver
Regulator is BETTER THAN PILLS. 1t
does not grippe, nor weaken, but greatly
refreshes and strengthens.
Every package has the Red z
stamp on the wrapper. j. H.
Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia.
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Since 1873 there has been nine epidem-
les Of dysentery, in different parts Of the
country in which Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Disrrhoea Remedy was used
with perfect success. Dysentery, when
epidemic, is almost as severe and danger
ous as Asiatic Cholera. Heretofore the
best efforts OF the most skilled physicians
have failed to check its rRvages, this rem
edy, however, has cured the most malig-
nant cases, both OF children and adults,
and under the most trying conditions,
which proves IL to bs the best medicine
in the world for bowel complaints. For
sale by 0sburn.
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WaIIa WaIIa Gfain

Walla Wsila, Aug 7.-Harvest is now
in iull blast, and msny farmers have
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In the vicinityof Boquet, Westmoreland
Co., Pa, almost any one can tell you how
to cure lame back or stiff neck. They
dampen piece of flannel with Cham ber-
lain's Pain Balm and bind on the affected
parts and in one ortwo days the trouble
has disappeared This same treatment
will promptly cure pain in the side or
chest. Mr.. E. M. Frye, prominent
merchant of Boquet. speaks very highly
of Pain Balm, and his recommendations
have had much to do with making it pop
ular there. For sale by Osburn.
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DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
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the railroad bridge by another without an
hours interruption OF business was one
Of the engineering feats OF the decade.