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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13
HOLDS TO PROMISE
STRAIN INsTRUCYs DEPUTIES
HOW 10 PROCEED.


y + Strain, the new assessor, has
sent bis deputies into The field with i'll
structions to raise the valuation If all
property. The assessor and bis l6
deputies, the members 81 the county
court and board Of equalization held
meeting few days ago and agreed upon
9 plan Of action. The result promises
to be an assessed valuation of from ss,.
0OO, 600 to $4,000, 900 ID UmatiIla coun.
fys says the PendIeton Tribune.
The field deputies were instructed
when they began work lest Monday
morning to ascertain the marketable
price Of all real estate aud personal
property and assess ii Il one third IL
value. The deputies were not given
any old assessments o. which ID base
their estimates. Each man selected 81
deputy lives i. The nrecincf q wb;cl,
he viii work and Is familiar with uropss
erty values. TO assist him ii sstima tina
real estate the assessor has caused !
blank to be prepared showing the salesE
and prices Of all real estate il eeerv
deputy i precinct in the county during
the last year. Township mans of This
nature can be seen At tie aasessor'a
Office IN the court house. .Entirelv naw
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13
ROD AND Gun CLUB
ORGANIZED IN ATHENA
Object Is TO Have q Membership Of
25 or More.


The Athena Rod and Gun Club was
organized Monday night at the Office Of
Or. j. D.. pIamondon. The meeting
was called to order BY II. A. Citizens,
temporary chairman. Dr.. ]. .. Pla.
mondon was elected president Of the
club; =. 4. Citizens, vice-presihent; f..
s. LeGrow, treasurer; r. q. Simpson,
secretary. and J. NJ. Spence, field cap
tain.
F.B. Boyd, +. A. Citizens and ,. =.
Simpson we're appointed as 4 committee
to revise rules. w. G. Miller and +.
NJ. Kemp we're made committee on
grounds
1.-The club starts out with bright pros
poets and the following membership
which Il expected to increase TO the
number bf Is OF more:
L. A. Gishens, d B. Boyd. w g.
Miller, j. NJ. Spence, I. NJ. Kemp, r.
8. LeGrow. Ohas. barrow, Z. z. simp-
son, j. D. PIamondon, H.A. Barrett,
]. Fl. swart. Dir. II. v. Turley, WI.
Wilkinson, A. A. Foss, G. A. Garrett
and G. 4. Barrett.
Traps and hlnefoeks will bs ordered
at onceand active practice will b. ID
order.
Ii addition to of auszatien for mutual
amusement, the cfuH VIII na dsnbt;sf-
tiliate with The nasionaI and state federas
tions and thus become identified in the
protection q game birds and fsh BY
assisting ii the enforcement of All game
laws.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13
BIG FIRES IN PORTLAND.
Kihdisd BY rirebag and Tanned BY
high winds.

~ SA0UAB AhA sMAou Oy
High winds.
Fire which originated Id the Home
Bakery at Portland Tuesday morning,
destroyed property and did damage to
the extent ofabout s6O,OOO at the corner
Of Russell and Delay streets, Lower
Albina. No lives were lost, although II
families occupying rooms In two lodging
houses were burned out and left home
less. II was one Of the hardest fights
the firemen Of Portland were ever called
upon to make, owing to the low water
pressure and the terrible velocity OF the
wind.
Later, the Victoria Dock was COM
pletely destroyed; loss, $500, 900, fully
covered by insurance.
The fire was kindled by a firebug, who
was attired in long, light oyercoat and
black slouch hat. The whole police
force, patrolmen, detectives and spe-
cials, are engaged in an effort to capture
him.
Open threats of lynching the fiend
were heard at the fire, and, should be be
caught, the police will take every pre-
caution.
Hardly had the firemen returned from
The confagration at Lower Albina, ia
which $4,000 worth OF property was
destroyed, than they were called to bat :
tie with the fiend at Victoria dock.
With the wind blowing at an awful
velocity, tanning the flames fiercely,
the FIRE fighters, under the direction Of
their chief. began to lay lines Of hose.
The dock is SO situated that not a worse
place could be devised. for the firemen
70 work in Being on the riyers and the
wind blowing from the southwest, made
matters worse.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13

Justice court Wednesday afternoon on a
charge Of criminally assaulting Is year
old Minnie Colby. He was held under
bonds Of $500 and went to Jail. On the
witness stand the alleged victim OF the
assault told her story without tremor.
She stoutly maintained that the soldier
used force, and swoie positively that
Myers was the one who had wronged
her Myers denied the story, and said
he could prove that lie was in his quart
ers at Fort WaiA Walla on the night
the crime Is said to have been commit
ted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13

II you are troubled with impure
blood, indicated by sores, pimplea,
headache, etc. we would recommend
Acker's Blood Elixir, which we sell I'M
der positive guarantee 1t will al
ways cure scrofulous or syphlitic pois-
ons and all blood diseases. Soc and 81
at Mcbride q Co.'s.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13
Wonderful Nerve

Is displayed By many mar enduring
pains Of accidental cuts. .wounda, bruises,
burns, scalds. sore feet Of stir joints.
But there's no need for It. Bucklsns
Arnica Salye will kiln the pain and cure
the trouble. It's the best saIye on earth
for piles, too. 25c at G. G. 0aburn'a.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13

it will retard The growth ana progress Of
their industry Petitions are now in
course 81 preparation to be circulated
for signatures. It viii require over
A 900 names N order to set the referep-
DUN machinery in motion, but mining
men insist that they can secure the
necessary number Of names.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13
VIII Fagl.s k.slsEx lii

Mining men Of Eastern Oregon have
decided TO invoke referendum against
st the Eddy bill. enacted by the last
legislature, which imposes tax ou aIs
corporations doing business in the state
il proportion to the amount 81 their
capital stock. Mining men insist that
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13


justified in believing
perfect
light do work and consequently sell cheaper
called
ersbring produces Weyvl the highest market
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13

The following is the program OF the
Athena local institute, which will be
held In the public school building to-
morrow, commencing promptly at 10
o'clock a. M:
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13
THE TAYLORS AGREE
CASE FOR DIVORCE AND PROP
ERTY DISMISSED.
Big Fires in Portland Kindled BY
Firebug and Famed by
High Winds.

Is Upon notice fled III the circuit
court Tuesday by Ballary 1 McCourt,
and consented to by Will NJ. Peterson
and Garter 3 Raley, the case OF Isabella
Taylor vs.. Moses Taylor Tor divorce and
division Ut property was dismissed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-13
LOCAL INSTITUTE PROGRAM
BEGINS TOMORROW 10 A M.
Allsubjects on Program viii be Open
to Discussion

to Discussion
The following is the program OF the
Athena local institute, which will be
held In the public school building to-
morrow, commencing promptly at 10
o'clock a. M:
Forenoon.
Music ~. Miss Rosenzweig and Pupils
Paper .,.......s Bertha Baker
Reading and Thinking
Addfssa ..,....s.. ...., Roy Beck
Humer ii the School ROOM
Paper .. -, .;.....- Areta Saunders
Language ID the Lower Grades
Song ......s....s..... Oregon
Address ....,...... .s..,J. z, Cherry
Language in the Higher Grades. 4
Afternoon session-1 O'Clock.
ADDRESS ..,...s.....s.. M. Il. Watts
Consolidating the Rural Districts. "
Music ...... . Public School Pupils
Paper 81, l.s........E Elsa Rosenzweig
Busy Work and Sense Training.
Address s. ......s........J p. Hawes
"Arithmetical Harmonies.' =
Paper ........s..M Mrs. III II. Curtis
tDnties Of Teacher Id School Room. =
Duett Edith Mcbride, Eva Rider
All the above subjects will be open to
discussion. The institute will be con-
ducEea By Supt. j. n. Nowiin. Every
body cordially inyiled to attend.
school Report.
Summary Of attendance at Athena
pubsic school for month ending March
6, 1908:
Total No. enrolled, 237 total entered,
10; total dropped, l39; total re-enrolled,
81; total remaining, 20l total days at
tendance, aD4l; absence, 225; cases
tasaiaess, II; days school kept open, 70;
average daily attendance. 1917; average
daily absence, H. We would urge upon
parents and guardians to try, Il possible.
q keep children III school until the end
Iol the torms as they will then have adj
vantage Of all reviews. J. u. Hawes.
Eou wiII never wish to take another
dose IT pills Il you once try Chamber
IaiHss Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
~ easier to take and more pleasant IN
efIecs. They cleanse the stomach and
regulate the liver and bowels. For sale
at Pioneer Drug Store.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20

After this she drove home to don
her simplest gown while the man was
putting up the high-swung trap and
the big English horse, and making
ready the pony and the phaeton.
She made long round in the
phaeton, driving herself. It began
on the manufacturing side of town.
and ended there, and was a house-to-
house visitation in the quarter occu-
pied by the cottages of the iron
| works men. She saw few of the men;
but she did better. She saw and
talked with the wives of the men.
What she said to the women, and
what her saying of it was like to &C
complish was set forth in a brief con-
ference with Edward Raymer at the
iron works office-a conference with
which the morning of conferences
ended.
office, and was glad enough for that.
81 don't know what you will think
of me for meddling in this she said
| when she had told him what she had
been doing.
"You may say very Justly that it
| wasn't any of my business, but I saw,
| or thought I saw, a chance for a
woman to do what all You men could
MT seem to do. So I did my part. and
now if you'll do yours. I believe the
trouble will stop right where it is
Raymer evaded the business part of
it. and gave praise where praise was
due, taking her hand and letting his
eyes say more than his words.
II think you are the bravest little
woman 1 ever heard Of" he said,
warmly. 81 haven't the least doubt
in the world as to the success of
your appeal, and no one but wom-
an-no one but yourself-could have
made it. You may be sure that Girls
void and I will do our part"
''If you, will, / think we may con-
slider the strike settled" She rose
and made as if she would go, but that
was only because her courage threat
ened to fail her while yet the major
half of her errand was undone. She
fought a brave little fight, and then
went back to sit down beside him.
There is something else" she be-
gan, nervously, land I don't know
just how to say it. May 1 say any
thing please?"
Certainly. The privilege would be
yours in any case, but You have just
earned it thousand times over
'You-you have had some dealings
with the bank, haven't you?"
with your fathers bank, you
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20

that the Bayou bank was his bank.
Griswold listened respectfully, said
'sAh? it must nave been a thrilling
experience and said no more. And
if he had been from his earliest child
hood the closest student of the va
rious methods of averting crisis he
could not. have done better.
A little interval of smokers silence
intervened, and Griswold was the
first to break it. The thing he had
come to say admitted no preface, SO
he began in the midst.
what came here this morning to
tell you, Mr.. Galbraith, may strike
gin an acquaintance. but as we have
justice is, or should be, more far
reaching than mere acquaintance, I
felt it my duty to come. I happened
to hear the other day that you were
likely to become interested with Mr..
Grierson in the Red Lake pine lands.
Was my Information correct?"
Andrew Gaibraith's eyes looked
their shrewdest at this, but he an
swered in the affirmative, and Girls
void went on.
Pardon me II seem impertinent,
but is the transaction concluded?"
The banker said it was, in effect;
that It wanted but the passing OF a
check to its conclusion.
'It involves a good bit of money,
doesn't it?"
sit does that, but it's q fine chance
to make money"
"May I ask upon what you base
that statement?''
"Why. my dear siri upon the stand
ing pine. to be sure. At the present
rate of consumption, fve-year held
ing of a good-sized bit of virgin pine
land will treble it's value"
9 "Of virgin forest-exactly. But
this particular tract you are buying
has been culled and re-culled for ten
years or more"
"Wha-what's that you're saying? ?"
Andrew Galbraith staggered up out
of his chair heavily, and Griswold
saw again the terrified president OF
the Bayou bank as he had. seen him
on that momentouso morning in the
private office in New Orleans. But
this time the start was only momen-
tary. Mr.. Galbraith sat down again.
and picked up the cigar he had
dropped in the shock of it; picked it
up and wiped it carefully with true
Scottish canniness.
Q II think you must be mistaken, Mr..
Griswold," he went on. 81 have a file
of expert reports thick enough to
make book!"
Griswold rose and held out his
hand.
81 have done what I conceived to
be nay duty, ME-. Galhraith-a rather
disagreeab1e duty at that-and
hope you'll pardon me if 1 have
seemed unwarrantably meddlesome.
But l also hope you will send an ex-
perieneed land locker whom you can
trust absolutely before you let that
check pass. Good morning"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20

- think that is all i had to say,
she said. rising again "All excepting
one other thing, and that is harder
to say than all the rest"
Roymer rose with her and took her
hand again.
/ ''After what you have done, it
mustn't be hard for you to say any
thing to me-. Miss Afargery."
But this thing is hard-for me,
not for you. You say you keep your
account at the Wahaska National.
Keep it somewhere else, Mr.. Ruy-
mer."
He bowed in ready acquiescence.
'l1l transfer it at once-and without
asking why 1 should do it." he agreed.
'But-but it is right that you
should know why" she faltered. 'My
say more?"
holding and smiled down upon her
from his athletic height
You needn't have said that much.
I have good cause to know it. And
that makes your loyalty and good
ness of heart all the more wonderful
to me, Miss Margery. I hope the
time will come when can show you
how much appreciate"
She snatched her hand away and
turned from him. Though he meant
it not. he was slipping into the con-
ventionai attitude and it was more
than she could bear just then. "Good-
by" she said. abruptly. and before he
could offer to help her she ran out.
sprang into the low phaeton and
drove rapidly away.
Raymer stood at the Office door and
watched her out of sight. Then he
went back to his desk and sat down
to fall into musing excursion which
led him far away from the matter in
hand-the matter OF the strike and
it's probable composition in terms of
peace. At the end of the reverie. one
of its conclusions slipped into speech.
''They may say what they please
about her-the mother and Gerty-
and the most of the things they say
are true; but away down deep in her
heart. under nobody knows what a
sandbank Of trouble and hard-living.
there is vein of the purest gold.
I guess / couldn't say that If were
In love with her; and yet"
rTo Pa Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20
SHE RAN OUT.

mean? Yes, we keep our account
there"
Il didn't mean that; I meant-in
the matter ola loan"
ANo, not lately"
She looked the surprise which she
did not put into words.
But you did borrow money. didn't
you?"
Yes
"And you paid it back?''
SCI did; or rather, we did. Mir. Girls
void came into the firm Just then.
and put in enough capital to pay us
out of debt"
She was twisting her handkerchief
around her fingers, and otherwise
displaying a degree of embarrass-
ment which was quite foreign to her,
or to A.aymer's knowledge of her.
'eWould you mind telling me how
much 1t was?'
Not at all; it was s95.0oo."
$50 much. as that? Somehow, I
have never thought of Mr.. Griswold
as IA capitalist. But it was good
investment for him, wasn't it?''
1T would have been if we had not
ha6 this strike
She paused again, and again as
saulted as one who will not be daunt-
ed.
How much has the strike cost you,
Mr.. RaymerF"
"a great deal more than it would
at almost any other time We had n
number of time contracts with for
FIXTURES, and they have lapsed, of
h11nHr.oA fh1r1cor,d do
lars wouldn't more than make US
whole again"
$50 much as that! All of Mr.. Girls
woid's money, and more" So much
she said, and then she was silent IN
iii her nervousness began to be con-
tagious to- Raymer. At length she
said: you know Mr.. Griswold pref
ty we'll, and love him; and I know
him pretty well. too. and-and like
him. Did he ever tell you now he
came to have so much money!"
why, no. In fact, 1 never thought
enough about it to be curious. From
the little he has told me about him
self 1 have gathered that he inherit
ed something from his father, and
that accounted sufficiently for his
means"
Now Grisweid had been more con-
fdential with Margery than he had
ever been with. his business partner,
so she knew the story of the slender
patriniony. and of its spending. But
what has here been written down of
Margery Grierson has been ill-written
if it has not shown her to be far
more discreet than her sex or her
apx. would bespeak And because she
was wiser than her generation, she
went swiftly aside from Griswold's
affair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20
Deadly Illuminating Gas.

It is asserted by writer in an
American medical weekly that cases
of poisoning by illuminating gas are
on the increase, and he attributes this
to the use of the so-called water gas,
which contains a high percentage of
the deadly gas called carbon monox-
ide. In Massachusetts,. a law so limit
ing the proportion OF this substance
as practically to- exclude water gas
from use. was repealed about13 years
ago. Since that time, there have been
45e deaths from inhalation of gas,
while in q period of equal length pre-
ceding the repeal of the law there
were only eight deaths from this
cause. Carbon monoxide Is not only
fatal in large quantities. but it pro-
duces a general condition of ill-health
in very slight proportions. and the
writer believes that many pulling
cases of decline in physical vigor are
to be attributed to almost inapprec;-
able gas-leaks.-Srccess.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20
A BURNING SHAME.
Of a Load OF Coal by an I'm
scrupalous Neighbour.

OF course, she didn't mean to play
upon words (for it is no joking mat
teri, but Mrs. De Brocade thinks it
Is burning shame" the way she
was tricked out of a load of hard
coal by an INSCRIPTIONS neighbor the
other day. She had ''stand-in"
with the coal merchant from whom
she had been getting her fuel supply
for years, and when she received his
promise that the coveted coal would
be promptly delivered she went away
in a jubilant frame of mind, and
"blew herself" for several desired ar
ticles Of wardrobe before she
reached home. But the coal did not
come that day-nor the next. And
as the chilling zephyrs of night crept
over the household and emphasized
the necessity Of an early replenish-
ment of the coal bin. she began to
grow anxious Next morning she
struck a pace down to the office Of
the unhappy coal merchant and i'm
patiently demanded why that coal
had not been delivered a. promised.
The Office force looked surprised.
The coal, they said, had been delis-
cred ali right, for had not the driver
returned with his empty wagon s.1
turned in the price, relates the De-
troit Free Press.
az received no coal. and DAFT
want any foohng in the matter in
dinantly exclaimed the lady, who be-
gan to suspect subterfuge upon the
part of the dealer.
THAT is strange" mused tie mer-
chant. Then he dispatched a mes
senger in search OF the driver.
That functionary soon appeared.
Did you deliver a load Of coal to
No -, street?'' he was asked.
mo. sir" responded the. driver.
-There was nobody at home at that
number, and while I was trying to
arouse the house p Lady appeared at
the door Of the next house and said
the coal was for her. She told me
the people had moved away from thar
number some time ago, and that it
was she that had ordered the coal.
thought there must be a slight mis-
take in the number, so ] let her have
the coal, which she paid for"
sWell, never!" said airs. De Bro
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20
Proof Of the Lore. Kindness.

AS one Of the great Atlantic liners
was nearing the end Of its voyage re-
Gently wealthy passenger on board
gave champagne supper to the other
male passengers. Each one of those
invited was to render payment by
singing a song, dancing a Jig or tell
ing a story. Among those ON board
was one person who had won a repu-
tation for moroseness. for In spite OF
the constant stream Of moss-grovp
tales which one is forced to listen to
on shipboard he had never. tried to
revenge himself by telling one Of his
own. Accordingly when his turn
came to speak everyone listened
eagerly.
Gentlemen" said he as he rose to
his feet. 81 can't sing song or T. =
story and I have never danced jig,
so can only offer a conundrum. N
what way is the Lord kinder to q
turkey than to MANI"
Of course everyone gave it up.
Because" came the answer. '|he
doesn't allow it to be stuffed with
chestnuts till after it is dead.'-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-20
CON- GAO RY.

Coed eomrads mine. do not care
Along what path our feet shall fare.
So be we toss our burdens By,
And wander Tree berealh the sky,
Hale brethren Of the sun and air.
The morn awaits US. and the noon:
Aye even till the peer OF moon.
With fern ard flower, with bird and bee,
With reed and vine, with grass aud tree
Our spirits shall be close in tune.
And well know that we shall bring
BACK from our outlaEd gypsying
a largess captured from the mirth
And lovirgEess of mother-earth
Whose soul is ever like the spring.
She n grip the pilgrim staff. Altar
The hills and hermit noiIows are:
The sun pours round US virgin gold,
And from yon violet height. beho.d.
The unknown beckons like star!
Clinton Scollard. In n. Y. Independent.