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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-12-27
For some untold reason, says

For some untold reason, says
The American, there is idleness
in mine and mill. Mines and
factories are not producing
wealth to their full capacity and |
labor, though capable of supply |
ing itself with plenty suffers from
want; earnings being reduced
because of numerous days of en-
forced idleness, if not actual cut
in wages. Machinery stands idle
while men suffer for the want of
that which such machinery was
made to make. looms are idle
though many men are not com
fortably clad. And yet men say
we suffer from overproduction of
cotton and overproduction of
clothing while men are unclad.
from overproduction of coal
while the homes of many are not
comfortably warmed and the fires
beneath many boilers are drawn.
In short, mills and mines are idle
while men suffer from the want
of the very products of such
mills and mines and miners and
factory hands suffer from idle
ness, while other men keenly
feel the need of the wealth that
such idle hands could produce.
This is the enigma that con-
fronts us. The bounty of nature
has been such that we should be
prosperous as never before, yet
many who should have plenty
suffer from want. And the cause
of this idleness that brings want
is what Every producer whose
plant is idle will tell the inquir-
er that it is idle because he can
not get remunerative prices for
the products. Coal mines are
idle and the miners idle and in
want because the coal cannot be
sold to yield profit, cotton and
wooden mills are idle and their
employees in want because the
woolens and cottons cannot be
sold at profitable prices.
And yet our great agricultural
population is much in want OF
such goods. II that population
ways buying freely as it was
decade and more ago there would
be a market for manufactured
goods and mills would not be idle
fires would be burning under
many boilers under which thu
fires are now drawn and there
would be demand for coal tina
would make work for the idle
miners and enable them to pro
vide for their wants. But tina
agricultural population is no
buying freely. 1t is because i
has not the means and it has no
Z the means because prices TO
agricultural products have 81
fallen as to leave few dollars il
the farmers and planters peck
cts as the result of their labors
Prices for what they raise have
fallen faster than the costs o
raising and so have their profit
been swept away. And the sam
is true of manufacturing. Price
have fallen faster than costs o
production.
This is the story that we hea
everywhere and the explanatio
is what ? That debts have nc
with prices and so the share o
which is produced and that is re
quired to meet interest charges
taxes, rents, ETC., has grow
greater. And of necessity thi
has reduced the share to be d
vided between employer and lal
orer, which means reduction {
profits, cutting down of wages c
both.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-12-27
HLIRsssuNMoNs.

In the District Court OF the Fourth Judicial
District OF the State of Idaho, county. OF
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
CANYON CITY GOLD.
Nuggets Taken Out Worth Eight Hun"
dred Dollars.


dred Dollars.
The iondyst dreams OF its discoverer
are being realized in the showing madc
in the Great Northern mine ON the
mountain near town, says the Canyon
City Times, and from the 'pay streak"
big nuggets are taking the place once
held exclusively by wire gold.
Every day that the men work In the
cut enormous return reward their labors.
Thursday Of last week two men worked
from $3.50 in the morning until 2:30 in
the afternoon. and the cleanup for the
day was $51S.37.
Friday the men were tusy widening
the cut, but stopped long enough to wash
two pans in order 10 show party OF Wis.
itors how the thing was done. The two
pans yielded $2l978.
MORE NUGGETS FOUND.
Saturdays work consisted OF the find
ing of ore nugget worth $l01.77, speci'
mems aggregating $l09.S0, and the re
moval OF couple OF -four sacks of dirt
that were not washed that day
Monday and Tuesday they were engag-
ed with other duties about the camp,
melting snow for new supply OF water
being one feature of their work.
Yesterday morning thev again COM
menced to rob mother earth OF what was
hers by right of possession. The News
had report from there at noon, Up to
that time the boys had taken out and
weighed nugget worth $792, and fine
gold that had not been weighed amount.
inG to probably 800.
The monster nugget had to be broken
up in order to We weighed in the gold
scales. and wa, divided into the follow
ing sized chunks; $37l.50, $3.50, 1922
1915 and $70.75. The nuggets are grow
ing larger and the seam widening out az
depth Ia attained.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
ON A eREwsoME HUNT.
Attorney LawreY Goes to Milton to
Inquire Into Alleged Child Murder.

Attorney LawreY Goes to Milton to
Inquire Into Alleged Child Murder,
Assistant District Attorney J. H.
Lawrey returned from Milton last even
ing where he was engaged in looking up
the case OF suspected child murder there,
saws the Tribune. Accompanied by
Justice L. j. Mcintyre, OF Milton, he
went to the place where the crime was
committed. Harvey Hodgins stated
that his nephew, either James or Ed.
Hodgins, had found the body of child
and had buried it.
In investigating the matter great
many conflicting stories were heard.
James Smith, of Walla Walla, who was
the first to report the find, claimed that
a number OF boys had found the body,
and had told neighbors Of il, Upon re-
turning it was missing. Ed. Hodgins
buried it. The stories contiioted also in
the dates, some witnesses claiming it
was couple of months ago, and others
that II was during the last few days.
The assistant district attorney and
Justice found bundle of rags and
woman's clothes, blood stained, and
what was most peculiar, the stains on
the rags indicated that they were made
sometime ago, while the stains on the
clothing were seemingly fresh The
find uindicated that possibly someone
interested had attempted to give the
impression that the body was recently
found. After investigating, the officials
decided they would make another in
Quiry in the near future.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

his mind TO pay the bachelors one OF
those friendly social visits that largely
make up the winter history OF the
m ,uBtainous settlements oil Crook
county. Dinner was served in doe
time, the chief dish being mule stew
The neighbor tackled it with an appe'
tiie wheited by brisk ride in the crisp
mountain air But all efforts TO mssti-
cate the stuff We in vain The more
lie chewed the larger the mou'hlul
grew. The effort TO cut it 10 small
pieces was only partially successful /;
but lie finished the - cal somehow and
did not learn till afte- wards that be had
dined (or rather tried to dine) off the
faithful old brute be had known ever
since he was a child
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
Free of CHARGE to Sufferers

Gu: this out and take it to your drug
gist and get sample bottle free OF DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds They do not ask
you to buy before trying. This will show
you the great merits Of this truly won
derful remedy, and show you what can
be accomplished by the regular size bot
tie This is no experiment, and would
be disastrous to the proprietors did they
not know that IL would invariably cure
Many Of the best physicians are nov
using it in their practice with great re
suits, and are relying on 1t in most Sc
we're cases. 1t is guaranteed. Tria
bottles free at the Pioneer Drug Store
Regular size SOC and 81.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
CHAPTER V.
LATEST NEWS FROM DAWSON THE VILLAIN
AppEAp9- -roNrIUSiON


Sailing through the air on box of
fragrant bulbs That was the condition
OF our Kondiker He seemed suspend,
ed in the air, while thousands OF feet
below him the earth whirled past him
in an ever changing panorama.
Seattle and Tacoma, as they passed
beneath, looked like toys on frog pond.
Stretching away to the north were
strips OF snow which marked the noun
tain ranges. To the west was the bound
less Pacific, apparently meeting the sky
in the distance.
Only few minutes had elapsed eince
the explosion but, nevertheless, Mr.,
Jones was master OF the situation. Be-
ing Conversant with the geography OF
the country over which he had to pass.
he had no difficulty in locating familiar
landmarks; thus enabling hlm to navi
gate with O degree OF accuracy that
would have been impossible to one not
go well posted. After taking his obaerv-
atoms and getting his bearings, our
aerial navigator made bee-line for
| Dawson, where he calculated he would
arrive ia time for dinner.
Two hours after he was 80 unceremon-
iously elevated, he was over the Yukon,
which seemed to squirm beneath him
like silvery serpent. He was still re-
clining on the box, which, by the way,
for convenience, had been constructed
like a sled, being provided with runners,
lhe Yukon for thirty miles above
Dawson Is as straight as q string, AT
this point the sawed-off navigator grad
ualy descended and at an obtuse angle
drawn out 10 q feather edge, struck the
ice on the Yukon with his box sled and
coasted at decreasing rate OF speed to
within half mile of Dawson, where he
came to u stand still.
Feeling dizsy and tired, he sat down
on his box OF bulbs to rest his hands and
face. In few minutes he was ready to
resume his journey.
Looking down the river he beheld the
inhabitants of Dawson, headed by the
band, coming toward him.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
Real Estate.
$50 ACRES

4SO ACRES
ten miles north of Athena-320
acres of good wheat land, 160 acres
pasture. Good house, barn, out
buildings, wind mill, etc. A bar
gain at $500.
16O ACRES
splendid wheat land, six and a half
miles north of Athena-well i'm
proved. Yours for 81. .250.
I12O ACRES
900 acres in cultivation, balance
pasture; about 250 acres summer
fallow. Well improved with house
barn, two wells, wind mill cistern
etc. Cheap at $4,000.
24O ACRES
on Pine Creek, About 80 acres in
cultivation. Abundance of water
for irrigation and plenty of wood
for use on the place. Nearly 900
fruit trees now bearing. $2.4OO.
$50 ACRES
good timber land. You can get it
if taken now, for 5000.
400 ACRES
pasture land, one half suitable for
cultivation. Good spring of water
and is only two miles from railroad
station. A snap at $1,000.
1 HOUSE
one Z roomed house and good barn
with 3 lots. in Railway Addition
$3.50.
16O ACRES
5 or 6 miles from Athena, good
wheat land. 5000.
800 ACRES
130 acres in cultivation, balance
pasture, part in summer fallow.
A good place for $3.50.
80 ACRE
fruit farm, between Walla Walla
and Milton. 25 acres of bearing
fruit trees, 4 acres in strawberries,
3 acres in blackberries, 2 acres in
asparagus, balance in alfalfa. A
! good house, barn, ETC., abundance
of water for irrigating purposes, no
rocks. A model home and mon
ey maker. Price, $4,000.
/ FIVE
room house on Jefferson Street.
Athena, for $500.
2 LOTS
on Washington Street, Athena, a
good house and barn, fine location
and cheap at $500.
100 ACRES
on Weston mountain, part sum.
mer falow, good house and barn
growing orchard, all well improved
$500.
32O ACRES
in Sand Hollow, 1876 acret sum.
mer fallow, good house and barn,
plenty of water. An excellent
wheat farm. $500.
J. w. SMITH, ATHENA, OREGON
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

The Dawsonites had smel,ed the odor.
ferrous bulbs, and feeling sure the relief
expedition was coming, they hurriedly
prepared to give them a grand reception.
For the past month they had subsisted
on whisky and beans, everything else In
the way OF food having previously been
consumed, and aa matter OF course
they were sadly disappointed when, in
stead OF a relief expedition with supplies
in abundance, they found single indi.
yidual aud box of onions
However, o Whit ut the fragrant bulbs
put them in good humor and alter
hearing Jones' story-the truth OF which
strange to say, they never douhted--they
escorted him to the city and he, being
the first arrival for six months, was
kept busy few days answering quest
ions on the outside
The day after his arrival q Missourian,
who Ia located oa Hauiscrabble, ten
miles from Dawson. brought In header
box full Of nuggetDl
Another miner up on Longhungry
in cleaning up q potato patch, had pick
dup enough nuggets to enclose the patel
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

notice is sent through Wells, Fargo &
Go Toe relatives, naturally assuming
BY the peculiar y: riding Of the letter and
the fact that We.l- Fargo & Co g agent
calls shortly afe taat ,i.e Transaction
is all right, usually pay over the amount
demanded by the express company and
accept the stock certificate. The dis
patches ssy that large amount OF
money has been collected by the swind.
leis in San francisco.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
Kjondlke's Latest

The latest Klondike swindle is to
watch death notices and immediately
send a letter addressed to the home Of
tho deceased, inclosing o certificate Of
stock in a bogus Klondike company in
forming relatives that the final payment
must be made within certain number
of days. In order to give the notic1 the
appearances OF genuinen ,ss, a collection
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
couRrEousLY DECLINED.
The Offer of a Professional to aid
tho La Grande Firemen.


tho La Grande Firemen.
w. L. Haywood, alias Black Jack--a
professional sprinter from Marys-
Vile, California, to the La Grande fire
men, offering his services for a considera.
tlon to participate in the team work Tor
the tournament Haywood states in his
letter.
"I win Eun with your team providing l
can get very satisfactory offer. AS for
my pulling abilities you all know OF me
pulling the Walla Walla team through as
leader. To save all kicking, II you want
me this year, Is to have me there in time,
say 80 days or so Hoping to hear from
Won soon. 'Yours Truly
"W. l.. HEYwooD,
Alias Black Jack"
The above communication and offer
has bsen read by our fire boys and court.
eously declined.
The spirit manifested by the La Grande
team, carried out, will make the Eastern
Oregon and Washington Firemen's AS.
sociation one OF permanent benefit and
success.
Professionalism II allowed to enter in
these competitions will soon destroy the
organization, and In the future strict
compliance with amateur rules and reg
ulations will be undoubtedly enforced.
La Grande's team has always been
composed OF our own young men and no
attempt has ever bosn made to break
into professionalism by securing the SER
vices Of those who make what they can
by professional methods.
We trust that the visiting teams this
year will be composed of amateur fire.
men, who are active volunteers in SER
vice, and II so we will have q tournament
that will be a success in every way.-La
Gfande Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
Now is the Time

To purify your blood with Hoods Sarsa.
psrilla At this season your blood is
loaded with impurities which have &C
cumulated during the winter and which
should be expelled. Hood's Saresparilla
he's accomplished thousands OF remark
able cures of blood diseases 1t is what
the millions take in the spring TO build
up health and ward of sickness
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
What DR. A. e. Salter sa,s

BUFFALO, N. Y.-Gents: From my
personal knowledge. gained in observing
the effect Of your Shiloh's Cure in cases
Of advanced Consumption, | am pre-.
pared to say it is the most remarkable
Remedy that has ever been brought to
my attention. 1t has certainly saved
many from Consumption. Sold by g..
G. Osburn, the prescription druggist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
A MULE STEW.
TWO Crook County Residents Eat the
Carcass Of a pead Mule.

Carcass OF Dead Mule.
On the banks OF one OF the mountain
streams that flows into the Deschutes
there live couple Of bachelor brothers
who up to few weeks ago we're the
proud possessors Of mule that was old
enough those who know 1t will say
TO have crossed the plains with the first
emigrant train that reached the Pacific
coast, says the Blue Mountain Eagle.
BE that as il may. ii was old enough TO
die Of old age, aud the bachelor brothers,
being too lazy to hunt OF fish. and being
Of thrifty turn, withal, determined to
eke out their winter supplies with the
carcass Of the dead mule. About this
time neighbor, unwittingly, made up
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

We Insert this cut just 10 maze IL
come out even. We are not going to
say who it is.
Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure
of the trip from Dawson to Skagway till
they reached Chilkoot Pass, when during
o binding blizzard, M. Jones who was
carrying bag of nuggets in oach hand
became bewildered, missed the trail, and
wondering away fell over precipice,
which was seventeen hundred feet,
thirteen and half inches from top to
bottom.
AS he descended he caught on a slight
projection, just wide enough for toe
holds, about fifty feet from the top, and
there we leave him, still Clinging to his
gold and holding on to the perpendicular
precipice with his eyebrows, Ere this,
no donbt, bis homes have been picked
by ravenous wild geese and dux.
Ye glacial filters
And artic wind spltters
Deluded chilkoot critters
Victims OF scheming oultitters
ALPS not gold that glitters
Just any old thing glitters
In the great Northwest.
(The end,l
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

T o.o.F. NO. 10, MEETS EVERY
L. Friday night. Visiting Odd Fellows
good standing always welcome.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
LODGE DIRECTORY

A F.&A. NJ. NO. so MEETS THE
n. First and Third Saturday Evenings
of each month. Visiting bretheren cor
lially invited to visit the lodge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
To cure ! cold N one paY,

Take Laxative Bromo Quiuine Tablets.
All Druggists refund the money II it
fails to cure. 25c.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

A Q. U. W. NO. lO4, MEETS THr
N Second and Fourth Saturdays oi
each month. Lake France,
Recorder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
KhoNDJCyTIS; or dP-To-D DATE.
BY SCRIBBLER.
>~>Nu~~~~~ NNAn~~~~NN~/

with pigtight fence.
Ne v discoveries were Of daily occur.
rance.
Our sawed off Klondiker had no diff
ficulty in exchanging his bulbs for mug
gets OF the same size. After making the
exchange he decided to join party of
half dozen who were going out to Skag.
way for supplies
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
uMATILLA COUNTY.
Interesting Statistics that are Soon
II be Published.

rhe Psnileton Tribune ia its forth
coming special edition, soon to be issnea,
will sum no Umatilla county as follows:
aid
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

The average elevation is 1900 feet {;
average annual rainfall, Is inches mean
annual temperature, So deg. mean an
nual highest daily temperature, SO deg I;
mean annual lowest daily temperature,
40 deg.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11
OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY
FOUR DAYS FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
Steamers Monthly from Portland
to YokohOma and Hong Kong; via
The Northern Pacific Steamship
Co, in connection with o. R. & N.

For full information call on o. R. & n. Agent
Athena, Oregon, or address w. II. HURI,
BURT, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland. OREGON.
p0dwell Carlill & Co., Genl Agents North
ern Pacific Steamship Co., Portland. Oregon
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-03-11

J. w. SMITH, ATHENA, OREGON
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-07
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meme Stimmre9t.
Weienbond i4lieBt feline grinnerungeu
nit ben Wprten:
.9ss lit meme grinnerung, cine 5pdr
bernorrere, aber fur5e unb getreue DARRELL
lung Der @el9i4te bes eriten beutihtn parz
Iuments. Sd mar in bemfetben nur Elm ge=
meiner Solbdt unb &dmpe fir telien fret
beitlihe 8eftre6ungen. Mbsr Niemdnb Nib
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Tammlungen aler 3eiten mar uno nur oe5~
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gu nett Ober nt4t peit senug ging."
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Salenten iiberrei9 mar, u6er aus Dem an=
ge9ebenen @runbe ni9ts ausri4tste. Nur
lit es unri9tig, baB @eienbond bdrir MR.
Elm gemeiner Solbat mar. Nein - e. mar
elmer Der gsa4tetlten uno bsreoteiten 5iibser
Der 2infen.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-07

fauenb LANCE Nrme, eingefdaene 8rluit uno
e~ingefunteue @angen, ti~efliegenOe glan3enbs
Nugen nit au9lei9 trOBigem un1 pebmiitbi=
gem Muabrud. Die Spra9e Der Nuitrdlier
lit uni90n nG1elnb unb bebnenb. l1ebrigens
Seigt ii9 bisiel6e t0tperli9e ~umpanoluny
ME Bel Zen engtti9en Nuitraliern audi BEL
ben Na9tpmmen Der ei~ngetpanoerten Seutz
i6au. Bon ben gum @usfterben perurt6s.l=
ten auItraliI9en @inge6orenen iiebt man in
SDbneb felten Elm @remplur, pObl aber
3iemli9 DieIe @bineien, Obglei9 ben SObnen
bes bimmIiI6en &ei9ss felt elmer &eibe bon
sSabren ber auitraGif4e Sentiment 70 gut tpie
berT9lofIen tporben Mt.
Sn gefelteer 8e3iebung finb Die Spbz
nepiten iebr lebsnsluitig unb iie BADEN gum
bittern @9mers ibrer per19ieDenen Nrten
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engliI9e Sonnta9sfeier i4on siemli4 abse=
Itreift, ausfIige ms 5reic, an Die &iitt,
nit @~iienbabn, 9ampfer unb GegslboOt,
Yicnics, S6nae unb Spiele i'm @riinen unb
am Stranbe 9perben an Sonntagen nit
er0Bter @orlisbe beranftaltet; audi 9alerien,
Muisen unb 8ergniiungslotale finb %geDffnst
unb perben fleiBi9 beiu4t. Sir eblere &unit
lit Der Sinn Der Muitralier i'm Nngemeinen
nod nsnig entptdeIt. Nuf benz @e6iete beg
3beaters ftnbet bauptid9li4 nur Die lei9z
tefte 4r! Nntlune; jeOO6 iit Der N~uitralier
fir quite Muit auBerOrbentIi4 beeeiitert.
NO9 bel, bel grDBer freili3 1T feline 8e=
geiiterung fir Sport a[er Dirt, por 4Qem
fir pfsrberennen unb aegattem
Or. 6. 81. ptetf9.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-09-07

ten vpiptpit!", bic 2odrufe unb 3ouldben
Der geipobner Der S9loBtsrruiie gu beoenkn
batten = i'd Ioats NIT Dem Gutter beraus<
riiden. DAB @in.r nur bic 9anbi6aft anz
idauen fomlmt, mar i6nen nicbt eingefoa'n.
SIS io6nt f4 fir isben @srgn;igun3sreiienz
ben, rer na9 Gra3 tommt, bief. ftp unfe9lz
bar p~iebsr6olenbe Scene nit an5uIcbsn. Die
@jsisuI6aft DIR @ogeGfreunOs bat alt9 oasr=
lei S6ubtdften gegen &ou6tbiere unb Trpt
in 6e.t gdumen anbringsn laiien, uno gegsn
bic liebe SSugenb unb ibrc 3eritOrungsluAt
ii6en bic alien Peniiondre bon 9ra3, mttt
b06ere Offiaiere, cine itrenge Poli5ei aus.