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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
DEMOCRATS HOLD A coNFAs.
County Central Committee Meets to

County Central Committee Meets to
Consider the Question Of Fusion.
At the meeting OF the democratic coun-
ty central committee held at the court
house at Psndleton, 1t was decided to
allow one delegate to the county conven-
ton for every 10 votes or fraction cast
for A. s. Bennett for congress at the last
election, and one at large for each pre-
cinct. This will give the county rep
reeentation OF from 85 to 80 delegates.
Chairman Pierce will name commit-
tee OF five members to confer with the
committee Of tho peoples party already
appointed with regard to fusion.
The following attended the meeting:
T. A, Lieuallen, OF Adams;J J.. W. Malon.
ey, Of North Athena;J M. Bentley, OF
South Pendleton; II. j.. Taylor, of Full.
ton William Lloyd, OF North Milton !;
Chris Simpson, Of Helix; Frank Mans
field, Of South Athena;J. b. Saylor, Of
Echo; $. u. Lightfoot, OF Vinson; III. O.
Branstetter, Of Union; w. n. Pierce, OF
East Pendleton T. w. Tweedy, OF Alta
r. M. Turner, Of Mckay; A. M. Isaac,
OF Gilliland D B. Watson, ot Mission.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
MILTON EAGLE

The home OF j. N. stone vas made
happy Friday evening OF last week by
the arrival OF bouncing son that tipped
the heam ut II pounds
Mrs. Nancy A. Jacobs, who has been
suffering from severe attack Of Ia grip,
ID greatly improved in health and able
to again attend TO her usual household
duties
.Iohn Hood, Who lives In the Cotton
wood neighhorhood, met with serious
loss Wednesday night by fire. als barn
and contents went up in smoke and were
total Ices.
w. p. Leach is over from Athena to.
day to secure suitable building In which
to conduct bowling alley, In all like
lihood he will be successful, aH there are
several places admirably suited to MIR.
Leach'a purpose.
There is talk that Milton viii have a
large number OF improvements during
The coming summer. New machine
shops, woolen mill aud many new
dwellings are in contemplation We
earnestly hope that these ventures will
not ali end in talk,
Congressmen are nov distributing
that portion OF their perquistes made up
OF garden seeds, and the political garden
er is securing full quota, which It is
hoped, may grow and yield votes and
influence, along with the cabbages
and turnlps.
The Mitchell element In the state
republican league have been turned
down. Mitchell ia 'dead goose" Ia
Oregon politics, II the action Of those
delegates be- criterion OF the feeling OF
the republican party. Let him sleep
william Weber's game.cock, "Old
Eledge 7 walked away with the money
at Walla Walla last Saturday night in
a contest With Olary's Spokane Oham-
pion.n The fight was hard one, but
"Sledge was an easy winner, greatly to
the qualification Of his admirers here.
about.
Culyille glolies in the possession OF q
natural born horaethiei, says the Walla
Walla Statesman. That's nothing 10
boast Of. We have some young boys In
this place that have every characteristic
oI embryo highwaymen, but we're not
going TO proclaim Il from the housetops.
Newspapers seem to be made princi.
Kally to cover up the sins OF mankind
and land bis virtues. A case In point
happened In Milton this week, but the
iaess must not be published because oil
! the unhappy vile aud innocent child
hIr. Ward Emieh, proprietor OF the
new Walla Waila butter and cheese fac
tory. will establish a "skimming station
IL or near the city, II sufficient amount
Of milk can he regularly obtained. The
Eagle is informed that the sale Of milk
to creamery is much more profitable
ia owners oi mich COWS than the manu-
facture Of butter or cheese 10 the old
way, and there Is but small amount oi
labor involved simply milking the cows.
Mr. Chas. Mcbride. who has been
engaged Ia the livery business in this
ellg fox the past four years with Dir.
Ehas MeIkenzle. has disposed Of his
interest Id tie business t0 bia partner,
and on Sunday evening departed for
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
The EAST End" as Reflected
by Our Exchanges,
STRANGE BUT IT'S TRUE
Corpse Lies for Two Weeks
Near Railroad Track
wnsroN LEADER.


Mrs M. j. Richardson lady sixty
ysafe bi age, and sieter Of Fhos i. Gal
Iaber, Of this place, was burned 10 death
Al Colion, Wash, one day lass week.
Homer Beathe, recent foreman OF the
Leader. has secured employ ment in. q
job oiiicein Seattle and expects to re.
nnitsin that city for some time.
The Kickapoo Specially Go. evidently
thirka Weston god town for suckers
sta tfey billed the town for another Of
their performances this week when II is
presumed the "Nieger" and Irish acts
vii be played over again ad nauseam.
The liierarysand debating society he'll
II the King school house three miles
south OF town hare elected the following
officers: Eaf kirkpatrick, President,
Samuel Bannisier. Vice President; /;
Bertha Hartley Sec; Frank Greer,
Treasurer.
There Is talk OF organizing a ladies'
oornet band IN Weston under the leader
chip OF Prof.. Frank Henry. and II the
rumor be true, and go0d music Is fnr
niahed by it at all In proportion TO good
looks, there will Rocn be no Savage
breasts to soothe" Ia this community.
George Curry WAS given two years in
the pen for using another man's name
on check This was the minimum
penalty for that offsnse, and it appears
that the plea for mercy in his behalf by
some Of the citizens OF Athena, was not
without influence with Judge Lowell.
Fred Campbell ran his head against a
low hanging beam in his grandfather q
woodshed Monday. He was knocked
eenaeIees by the impact and remained
IN that condition for several hours He
is now sufficiently recovered TO be on
the street
Hiwatha Rabeckah Lodge No. 8SI 0
@. +. Installed the following officers
Isabella Logan, T. n. G; Lulu Ray,
N. O.; Lsonora Bryeon, |. g.; Alice
kirkpatrick, Secretary; Cora DeGraw,
Treasurer; Daisy Homer. Con Pearle
Wills, War Mary Surdam, Chap
O. @. Barth, ! g.: %. Turner, r. s
Minnie Greer, i. r.. Dora Simpson, r
y. Carrie Barth, L. s.
Tho strong room or vault OF the
Farmers Bank OF Weston has been un.
dergoing somo repairs and alterations
lately that add very much to it's appear
ance and convenience new lnoleunl
covering for the floor has been added
shelving has been put in aud painted
and all the surroundings indicate the
neatneHs and system with which Wes
toms bank business is conducted,
The oty OF an alleged ghost that Il
said to have nearly frightened some oI
the good people Of Freewater into ner,
vous spasms is treated by editor Hull
OF the Eagle with considerable levity.
How will 1t be Col II you should be
pursued by the starved shadow OF Q
Milton town COW? Wouldn't you feel
remorseiul for all the unkind things you
have said about them?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
The Surprise Of All,

Mr.. James Jones. Of the drug firm of
Jones 4 Son, Oowden, ILL.,, in speaking
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery, says that
last wislier mis- vile was attacked with
La Grippe. and her caae grew 50 serious
that phyeloians at Oowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. Il seemed to
develop Into Hasty Consumption.
Having DR.. Kings New Discovery in
store, and selling lots OF IL, be took a
bottle home. and to the surprise Of all
she began to get better from The flrst
dose, aud = hall dozen dollar bottles
cured her sound and veil. DR.. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds ia guaranteed to do this good
work. Try Il. Free trial bottles at
Pioneer Drug Store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11

other fields. In the future Mr.. McKen
gle will conduct the livery stable and
endeavoT TO meet the wants Of the public
in his liDe with trustworthy teams aud
good vehicles.
Farmers complain that the constant
free ng OF thu ground at night and
tltawing in the daytime 10 very injurious
10 fall aown wheat, and il the weather
clerk don't charge the Pro1ram soon
serious loss to farmers and great short
age 10 the seasons wheat yield may re-
snt Long continued ire. zing at night
with ihawing in the daytime causes the
ground to "heave" and break the. tiny
roots Of the grain, and this II continued
long enough will eventually destroy It's
Hf0
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
COTTON AND TOBACCO
Seed Will be Distributed by ths o
r. & NJ,

Seed will be Distributed by ths o.
r. & NJ.
Five hundred pounds Of cotton seed,
the first installment for the O. r. & N.
Co.'S. industrial department, have ar.
rived In Portland from Texas, says the
Oregonian. The seeds will be sent out
for experimental planting in Umatilla
and other counties OF Oregon and Wash.
ington where the conditions seem favor
able and where there will be assurance
OF careful treatment. The planting
time for this cotton seed Is in April.
Tobacco seed have been cent for and
it will arrive in a few days. This seed
will be planted as soon as it shall be
obtainable, in hotbeds or boxes that can
be protected from possible frost, The
plants will be transp, ,anted in the fields
when all danger Of frost shall have
passed. Experiments 10 tobacco cul'
ture, like those in cottonraising, will be
under the supervision OF agents OF the
o. r. & N. Co., though in few cases
careful and responsible farmers may be
supplied with seed for experiment. The
object is to gain reliable knowledge from
these experiments and not to trust to
miscellaneous guess work.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
Answers 10 Those Who Thirst for
knowledge.


knowledge.
Every now and then someone jumps
up friend and puts him to shame by
asking him how many legal holidays
there are In Oregon.
In order to answe- this question it is
necessary to understand what is legal
holiday. There is number of days
named in the statutes OF Oregon as holi.
days, but the law does not compel q
man to refrain from work on these days.
Such legal holidays are now judicial
days in the courts; that is, no business
can be lawfully transacted by these
courts on such days, except that a jus
tice can issue a warrant for the arrest oi
criminal Ranks take advantage Of
such holidays to close, but business
houses can remain open and require
their employees to 90 without a holiday.
AS far as known, no legal holiday ie
provided for by the United States stat
utes, and the United States courts trans
act business every day in the year, ex.
cept Sunday, and probably could hold
session on Sunday il necessary.
The days generally recognized as le
gal holidays in this state and defined
by the code as such, are Sundays and
fast daye, New Years day, Washington
birthday, Decoration day, Labor day
Fourth OF July, Thanksgiving day and
Ohristmes; and general election day il
generally recognized as legal holiday
probably because the law says the
saloons ''ahall be closed" and a man
needs day off to find all the back doors
that are or en-.
The proclamation Of the president
designating day of Thanksgiving
makes it legal holiday only in those
states provided by law for it. There ia
no national holiday, not even the
Fourth OF July. It must be understood
that in this state, at least, no one is for
hidden to work on any OF these lega
holidays, and II the employers required
it, their employees would probably hav'
to work on these da's. The whole
question is not only devoid Of interest
but worries newspaper men, who know
OF no holidays - Pendleton Republican
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
Real Estate.
4sO ACRES

$50 ACRES
ten miles north of Athena-320
acres of good wheat land, 100 acres
pasture. Good house, barn, out
buildings, wind mill, etc. A bar
gain at $500.
100 ACRES
splendid wheat land, six and half
miles north of Athena-well i'm
proved. Yours for $3.50.
l12O 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 600
fruit trees now bearing. $2.40O.
1SO 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.
100 ACRES
5 or 6 miles from Athena, good
wheat land. $4,000.
800 ACRES
1870 acres in cultivation, balance
pasture, part in summer fallow.
A good place for $3.50.
so 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
I; 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 we'll improved
$500.
800 ACRES
in Sand Hollow, 135 acret sum
mer fallow, good house and barn
plenty of water. An excellent
wheat farm. $500.
]. w. SMITH, ATHENA, OREGON
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
"Klondike Dfafts I

A form Of fraud which business men
should ba on the lookout for is "Klon.
dixie drafts" A number OF alleged
drafts purporting to he signed by well
known companies operating in the Klon-
dixie have been passed at Sound points.
Generally the name of the company
whose name is forged lie transposed and
misspsled. but all paper OF this charac-
ter will bear careful scrutiny aud In,
vestigation before being accepted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
A RaLtlinc Story.

The beat snake story since that of the
Gerden OF Eden comes from California.
A man once saved the life ot ra tier
that evinced The liveliest kind of a
gratitude and finally took up its abode
In his cabin. One night he heard a
eommotion on the ground floor. He ran
down and found the Tattlssnake holding
a burglar in It's collie, with it's tail out OF
the window rattling for policeman,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
Print shop Language

Printing Office language 10 peculiar.
The editor said to the foreman: BILLY,
put George Washington on the galley
and finish the murder you commenced
yesterday Set up the ruins Of Hercules
and distribute smallpox. Lock up JEFF
Davis; slide Ben Butler into the hell
box and leave the 'pi' alone until after
dinner. Put the ladies' form TO press
and tell the devil to work on Deacon
Fogg's article on eternal punishment, !"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
Suit Compromised.

Litigation over the drowning OF Mrs.
A. Hammond and her daughter In the
Willamette near Portland has been pre-.
vented by the payment OF $4,000 to the
administrator OF their estates, @. r.
Miller. It was one of the company's
boats which ran down the small craft
which contained the two unfortunate
women,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
HAGEN win 20 to Skaguay.

Simon Hagen expects to leave Fsbru.
aty 10 for Sksguay. He has been en-.
gagged hy r. G. Arnold, of Harvey county,
with others. to take band Of 500 horses
TO the gold fields. The party will leave
Pendleton on the l6 instant and will
drive the horses 10. Seattle. They will
be shipped Tgihon1
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11

A check on tha First National Bank Of
Pendlelon. for IS 80 drawn Ia favor ot
John Blake, signed By l. NJ. Watrus,
endorsed On back by John Blake, and
Thos. Kelsay.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11

r @. o. F. NO. 70, MEETS EVERY
L. Friday night. Visiting Odd Fellows
good standing always welcome.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11

A O. U. W. NO. l04. MEETS THr
n Second and Fourth Saturdays oil
each month. Lake France, :
Recorder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
Those Dreadful Sores

They Continued to spre2d in Spite
Of Treatment bur Now they arc
Healed a Wonderful Work.
"For many yecss / haze been great
sufferer with varieosc wins on ono OF my
limbs. My foot Gad limb became dread
fully swollen. When stood up could
feel the blood rushing down the veins OF
this limb. One dag accidentally hit ny
foot against some object and sore brv ,
cut which continued to spread and was
exceedingly painful. 1 concludes 1
needed blood purifier AMI began TAXI :
Hoods Sarsaparilla. in short ti.s:S
those dreadful sores which had caused
me SO much suffering, began to heal.
kept on faithfully with Hoods Sarsapa-
rilIa, and in short time my limb was
completely healed and tho sores gave me
no more pain. cannot be too thankful
for the wonderful work Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, has done for me-" MRS. A. E.
gibson, Hartland, Vermont.
Hoods S sarsar psi'iia
Is :ic best hin fact the One True Blood Purifier.
kaod,s pills cure all liver ills. 25 cents,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
LODGE DIRECreRH

F&A.M. no. so MEETS TIE
A. First and Third Saturday Evenings
of each month. Visiting ,bEetheren cor
iially invited to visit the lodge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11

A THENA CAMP, NO. III, Woodmen OF the
n World. meets LIST and Srd Wednesdays OF
sach month. Visiting Choppers always WEI
come. u u osDoAN
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11

DYTHIAN, NO. %. MEETS EVERY
L Thursday Night.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11

]. w. SMITH, ATHENA, OREGON
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-02-11
HOLIDAY IN OREGON.

Hood's pills cure all liver ills. Is cents.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-15
KATHERINE f.. KELSEY,
Probate Register.

Sometimes it seems to weary woman that
she must certainly give up. The simplest
and easiest work becomes an almost iDsur-
mountable task. Nervousness, sleepless-
ness and pain harass her and life seems
hardly worth the living.
DR.. Pierce's Favorlte Prescription was
made for her. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery was made for her. The for
mer is for ills distinctly feminine, the other
for her general system. Together they sup
ply scientific and successful course of treat
ment The "Favorite Prescription" restores
healthy, regular action to the organs dis.
tinctly feminine. 1t forces out all impuri-
ties, strengthens the tissues, allays imflam-
nation. The Golden Medical Discovery"
makes appetite, helps digestion, promotes
assimilation, fills out the hollows in the
cheeks and neck with good solid flesh and
brings back the gladstone glow of girlhood.
Send 81 cents in one cent stamps to Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo N.
Y, and receive DIR. Pierce's 1908 page Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, illustrated.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-15
Marriage Licenses.
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. Thers is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an infamed condiction of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is lnflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrb,
which is nothng but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars; free.
r.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
G6S Sold by druggists, rs cents.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-15
Y. M. C. A.

The Easter service last Sunday was one
of the pleasantest services ever held by
| by the Association. Rev. w S. Ament
gave an inspiring address on "The Resurl
rection." The Baptist church choir sang
two fine Easter selections. There was 9
large audience present.
Rev. ]. E. Springer, of Fenton, will ad
dress the mems meeting next Sunday at
4 o'clock. Subject, THE war is on" II
will be timely address and the meeting
will be profitable one.
The members of the Association who
are bicyclists ere to meet on Friday even
ing at 7:30 to discuss wheel matters and
to elect officers of the Y. M. G. A. Wheel
men. The meeting should be largely at
tended.
The special membership contest closed
last night, and resulted in victory6or
the Reds, who secured % new members
and 143 points. The Blues had Is new
members and 80 points. In counting, an
application counted five points and each
dollar counted one point. The Woman's
Auxiliary gave little spread to the new
members at the close of the contest which
was greatly enjoyed. The Association
hall was decorated with plants and flow
ers and flags, and here the ladies served
the refreshments.
On the walls of this room were shown
some specimens of the work done by the
members of the class in mechanical
drawing, which under the instruction of
Mr.. j. S. Thompson has been doing some
splendid work the past year. This ex-
hibit, the library, and the other depart
ments of the Association were examined
by the new members and much interest
was shown by all present.
Plans are being perfected that will be
of interest to every young man in Owos-
so, and the intention is to make the AS
ISOLATION the popular place for the young
men of the city. Efforts to increase the
membership will be continued-50O is
the point aimed at. The membership is
now 374.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-15
SURE CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.

The statement that there is a cure for
Rheumatism will be read with incredulity
by the majority Of people. However. It
is a fact which we can prove. Rheuma-
that Is thoroughly cleansed no one once
affected with the disease can hope for
relief. The remedy wo offer is not a new
on The ymari.et IN medic;na, serm pave We
know from personal observation that 1t
has effected a permanent cure whenever
tried and this Is what suggested the idea
of Offering II to sufferers from rheuma-
tism. The Sure Cure Rheumatic Tablets
are a purely vegetable compound. They
are warranted to cure the worst cases of
rheumatism. Price, so cents a box. For
sale by druggists or sent by mail on
receipt of price. Send for free sample.
RHEUMATIC MEDICAL CO.,
Marshall, Mich.