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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
Press Paragraphs

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The Gagnom families leave today
for camping trip on the north fork
of the Umatilla.
Miss Edyth Mcbride and Miss Eva
Rider returned home Sunday mernlng
from visit to Sea Side and Portland.
Mrs. Fred Knowlton and son Cleo,
will leave tomorrow for months visit
with friends and relatives at Newport,
Wash.
John King made trip to the Una
tilla Saturday. His family Is camp
ing there and all are having an enjoy
able time
The mercury is still playing hide
and seek with the top of the glass,
and its mostly seek, with the mercury
doing all the seeking.
A marriage license was issued to
Ulysses s. Montgomery of Umatilla
county and Miss Luella Griffith OF
Walla Walla county.
The harvesting of Umatilla coun-
ty's big grain crop is now thoroughly
under way. A number of machines
are at work i'll this vicinity.
-. Several blocks have been strawed
lin Athena this week, and in these dis
tricts it is noticeable that there is no
annoyance from dust.
Mrs. De Peatt has returned from
Walla Walla where she went some
: time ago for medical treatment She
is greatly improved in health.
Attorney Peterson has purchased
the De Peatt law library. This in
-vestment makes the Peterson library
one OF the most valuable in the state.
e->At the special. election held in this
Scity yesterday for the purpose of voting
ON the sale of water bonds, 5l votes
were cast for the proposition and none
against.
Send the Press to your friends in
tho East and elsewhere. Suhscrlp
tion reduced to one dollar per yeal
if taken between now and August
ss. Subscribe now.
j. ". Combs preached his last SER
mon asspastor of the Christian church
OF MiltoA Sunday night. MIR. Combs
goes to fiji the pastorate of the Christ
ian church at San jose, California.
The shipping record was broken al
the Weston brick yard Wednesday
III, 500 brick being shipped that day,
says the Leader. The highest ship
ment for any previous day was 1900
Wildly Turner is in town today from
his ranch near Helix. MIR. Turne
says all the resown grain in the Heli'
district is uninjured by the hot wealth
or for the reason that the wheat hat
matured before the heat came. H
says the grain win average from 80 +
SO bushels per acre.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
Hunt Avenue.

A laborer who arrived in town the
other day from Mercede county, Cali
fornia, reports the grain crop there as
next to total failure. But two to
three sacks Of grain per acre is being
harvested.
Mr.. P. H. Tiedemann spent last
night in the city. Mr.. Tiedemann,
who was formerly engaged in bust
ness here is now proprietor OFT picture
arcade. He has been located in PEN.
dleton for some time, but expects soon
to go to Spokane.
A wreck occurred about o'clock
Saturday morning on the line OF the
/ w. & G. r. near the apex, where the
spur leaves to run to Athena. At that
time a train of stock cars were COM
ing this way, and through the spread
ing of rail Car became derailed
aud pulledtseveraI others with it.
NY esterday a telegram was received
from B. f. Gerking of Hood River,
stating that his son Walter had been
found dead in the mountains, hut no
further particulars were given. The
young man was aged about 22 years
and was nephew of Mrs. David Tay-
lor of this city.
The Glove combine harvester, man
ufactured at the Arnold 81 Jack ma
chine shop in Pendieton, is being
started today in the Dudley wheat
field, west of town. The machine is
built after the Rigby- Glove plan with
the exception that marine gasoline
engine furnishes power for the separa-
tor.
Fk>The farm house on the Neil MoDon
Mid place west of town was totally de-
stroyed by fire Saturday night together
with all household goods. A portion
of the household effects were taken
from the building and placed in the
yard. Soon after the grass caught fire
and the things that had been removed
were also burned. There is some insur,
ance but the amount is not stated.
Milton Eagle: disastrous nre was
narrowly averted yesterday at the
home of Lee Berry. Mrs. Berry was
preparing the midday meal, using a
gasoline stove, when something went
wrong with the apparatus and the fire
hlazed up nearly to the ceiling. The
stove was thrown out into the yarS
where the flames could do no damage
The dinner was total loss.
Adams Advances; This is Fail
year, aud SO Il. q. Marquis has been
trying his hand at furnishing sample
of what Adams can do. He brought
into the Advance Office Monday after
noon stalk Of his rhnbarb with tn,
following dimensions: Stalk l6 inch
es long aud five inches in circumfer
euee, the leaf measured 80 inches
across one way and 3s inches til
other, measures being taken at righ
angles to each other. He says he vii
have larger one in a short time, $
oonstestants want to figure on beating
this by large majority if they expec
to win.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25

Leader: L. C. Proebstel writes
home from Goldfield, Nevada, that
bis chances for making a good stake
are fine. He has one-fourth interest
in several mining claims in that To-
cality which were recently assayed
and showed 1904 to the ton. Louis
had an opportunity to sell his interest
in these claims for fair money, but re-
fused the offer. He is also part owner
in three claims that give good show
ing for copper.
Leader: The Spokesman Review
reports the arrest of Harry Lowell, at
Spokane. He was taken to Colfax to
answer charge of embazzlement.
He is also wanted at Portland, and
Pendleton, Ore, and Castle Rock,
Wash, for alleged crimes. 1t will be
remembered that Lowell had charge of
the Leader, while the editor was doing
the st. Louis fair last fall. After
pocketing all the receipts he could get
his fingers on be forged three checks
and skipped out before the editors re-
turn. He was arrested under the
name of R. Burl Haggard.
kkwill M. Peterson and Samuel Peter
sen drove over to the Umatilla river
Sunday afternoon and enjoyed in
an old fashion swim. Mr.. Peter
son reports the narrow escape
from drowning that happened te
Frank Forrest, young son of JOSEPH
Forrest. The boy, who could not
swim, jumped on the back of a yeunl
man who was in the deepest part O
the swimming pool, and both were car
ried beneath the water. The DO,
grasped the swimmer tightly aroun'
the neck and was choking him. II
was forced to thro the boy off and tn
lad was sinking for the third tim
when two other swimmers rescue'
him.
tSim Gully, the we'll known Westo
grocer, soundly threshed Ralph Lane
who was indebted to Gully fo
groceries and who, it is said, taunt
ingly shook money in the grocery
mans face, with an emphaticc dc
claration that the bill would never +
paid. In the fracus the money fe
to the floor, and was afterward tent
cred to Lane, less the amount of th
bill. Lane refused to take all or an
part Of the money, and a case
court will probably result. From a
reports Gully was more than justifie
in giving the fellow a licking.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
Huge rask.

1t was huge task to undertake the
cure of such bad case of kidney dis
ease as that of G. F. Collier. of Chero-
kee, Ia, but Electric Bitters did it.
He writes: my kidneys were so far
gone could not sit ON chair with
out cushion; and suffered from
dreadful headache, backache and de-
preston. In Electric BitteFs. how
ever, / found cure, and by them was
restored to perfect health. ! recon-
mend this great tonic medicine TO all
with weak kidneys, liver or stomach.
Guaranteed by Mcbride, druggist.
Price SOC.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
Want Free Route.

A petition has been circulated at
Milton for the establishment of a
rural free delivery mail route. Many
prominent ranchers have signed the
petition and it is hoped that it will be
installed by the government in the
near future. The proposed route is up
the river from Milton to the forks OF
the Walla Walla, then to run north
through the heart of the prosperous
farming district. The route will be
about fifteen miles long.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
For Sale.

A Niagara Buffalo Pitts separator,
aS-inch cylinder, IS inch shoe fitted
for horse power or steam attachments.
400 sacks daily capacity with steam
power, used only four seasons; Rich
ardson patent stacker; l4horse Pitts
power, everything complete aud in
good order throughout, bargain for
some one; Hodge header and ) head
er boxes thrown into the bargain.
D. L. Chamberlain, Athena.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
Fine Grain Yields.

Grain in Milton vicinity is certainly
turning out fine this year, says the
Eagle. The best that has been re-
ported to us is that of Charles Spence,
whose barley went 50 bushels to the
acre, j. B. Frazier whose oats went 78
bushels to the acre, and A. Hopson
whose wheat yielded Az bushels.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
Items in Brief.
Nv 3 samson at Cox d McEwen's.

Buy Samson at Cox & McEwen's.
Sterling silver novelties at Manassas.
Fresh bread, cakes, etc., on sale at |
Gays, daily.
Buy Henney buggy and look swell.
G. A. Barrett & Co.
Try a Flor de Corona cigar at the
White House Grocery.
@. A. Barrett & Co. are selling the
Deering binding twine.
That Crescent Cream Coffee is fine.
At Worthington & Thompson's.
Latest novelties in mems ready to
wear suits. Athena Mercantile Co.
You should see the fine line of
buggies and hacks at G. A. Barrett &
Co. g.
Say Ma, Crescent Baking Powder will
raise the dough. Get it at Worthing-
ton & Thompson's.
r.. A. Citizens, agent for Edison pho
nographs and records, is prepared to
furnish all of the different grades Of the
/, Edison make. Mr.. Citizens always has
phonographs on exhibition and is pre-
pared to give information at any time.
| Save yourself money while visiting
the fair by engaging rooms of Mrs.
M. J. Bagley, 265 liz Second street be-
tween Jefferson and Madison, Port
land Ore,
! w. s. Buel offers his residence prop
erty on Current street for sale. House,
practically new, contains six rooms.
For further particulars see Mr.. Buel.
Anyone wishing information con-
cerning young COW between 2 and
years old, brand w and perhaps D
on left hip, can receive information
by calling at the Press Office.
II ii the fit and finish; the artistic
touch that makes the suit. "lnternat-
, ional'' Made to Measure garments have
T all of these virtues, including quality as
we'll. Ask the Athena Mercantile Co
to show you their magnificent line o.
these supplies.
. The o. r. & N. Co. offer rates of {
fare and third for round trip tick
: cts to points within radius of 20t
Q miles from Athena for July 4th. Dat
= of sale of tickets July 2, 3 and 4
q good to return July 6.
: Makes digestion and assimilation
perfect. Makes new red blood ant
bone. That's what HOLSTERS Rock.
Mountain Tea will do. A tonic for tn
+ weak and sick. Soc. Tea or tablets
n Pioneer drug store
! ! If you want pretty face and delight
7 full air,
!. Rosy cheeks and lovely hair,
!, Wedding trip across the sea,
: Put your faith in Rocky Mountai
Tea.
Pioneer drug store.
' If the boxes on your buggy, hac
i or cart have become worn SO there
h end play, take your rig to Buel
|. blacksmith shop and have the axle
! cut bacE SO they fit up snug and tight
4 Mr.. Busl has machine for doin
! the WORK. Price 80 per set of fou
. axles.
! Boys, you had better get busy and Sc
r. Athena Mercantile Co. who have con
j plete "Ibternational" line of samples
. This famous concern, for whom Athen
: Mercaneile Co. taxes orders and mea
I. ures, builds garments that are as nes
% perfection as human hands can max
70 them. Satisfaction guaranteed or n
t. sale.
. Grandfather time has come, whe
~ he can have his day;
!. When he can get one cabinet pho'
- for 25 cents to pay.
: All through the month of July tn
e proposition will last.
= So to banners photo gallery you hs
% better hike pretty fast.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-25
Pioneer drug store.

If the boxes on your buggy, hack
or cart have become worn SO there is
end play, take your rig to Buel's
Blacksmith shop and have the axles
cut bacE SO they fit up snug and tight.
Mr.. Busl has machine for doing
the WORK. Price 80 per set of four
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
AUGUST BELMONT GIVES
ADVICE ON SUBWAYS
Tells Chicago People 1t Is Important to
Get Started Right

CHICAGO. Jan. 19.-August Belmont
f1nancier and promoter of the New
York subway, was the principal speak
er here tonight at the annual banquet
OF the Chicago real estate board.
"Subways, How to Deal With Them
and How to Get Them" was the SUBJ
ject Of Mr.. Belmont. He discussed the
principles involved in the construction
of subways, said the great cost was in
installation rather than in operation
and that no mistake should be made in
establishing works of such permanent
tenure.
Mr.. Belmont suggested that all liti-
cation and controversy over the street
railway franchise in Chicago be sus-
pended and the companies be permitted
to. develop and rehabilitate their prop
critics so as to meet the public needs;
that If the operation was not up to the
prescribed standard, the city has the
right to take the properties at a figure
fixed by arbitration and after the pay
ment of the money be permitted to en-
ter upon the operation itself or to Sc
lect new private occupant. If this
compromise" did not work out favor
able results, Mr.. Belmont said Chicago
would be free to undertake the venture
of municipal ownership with it's finan-
claI and civic responsibilities
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
BLOW is REALLY
AIMED At AK|NS
kerens Missourians Are After
the Power Behind Med
ringhaus


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 49,
The deadlock in the legislature over the
election of a senator continues. The
second joint session was held today
ana after casting one ballot adjourned
until tomorrow noon. This ballot re-
suited:
Thomas K. Niedringhaus, 81; F. M.
Cockrell, 81; R. C. Kerens, s; A. C.
PetuJohn, 3, showing a loss since yes
terday of votes from Niedringhaus,
votes from Cockrell l vote from
john
Representative Richardson went over
70 the boilers by turning from Med
dinghaus to Pettijohn, and Representa-
1--WE Hatzfel, who voted for Kerens
yesterday, voted for Pettijohn today.
representative Brown, an original
herens man. failed to answer when his
name was called, thus reducing the
N1edringhaus vote
AS the result of a conference among
party LADDERS, John H. Boutwell,, vice
chairman of the state executive COM
mlttee, today issued the following call:
Summons Republican Conference
A meeting of the Republican state
committee. is hereby called to- meet in
>
Jan. 70, for the purpose of considering
the present grave affairs in the Re-
publican party of Missoui. To this
meeting l also invite the officers and
members of all the Republican con-
gresslonal, judicial, senatorial and
county executive committees of Mis-
souri,, together with every official in
this state elected by Republican votes,
ana also each candidate for United
states senator whose name was pre-
sented to the recent Republican sena-
torial caucus
Gardner Lathrop, Kansas City, and
Cyrus P. Walbridge, former mayor of
st. Louis, are mentioned as possible
compromise candidates should the
choice Of another nominee be neces-
Sary.
The Kerens men say that the real
hght is on Thomas A. Atkins, national
republican committeeman and former
CHAIRMAN of the Republican state COM
mlttee. The declaration was made that
should Niedringhaus be elected to the
senate on the Endorsement of Atkins, it
would mean that Kerens would be
shorn of political power and prestige
and that therefore Niedringhaus must
either repudiate Atkins or go down to
defeat
Eight members of the legislature who
voted against Niedringhaus today to-
night gave out a signed statement
saying it would be an injustice to the
Republican party of Missouri to elect as
senator one tainted as Niedringhaus is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
SALTWATER

Mayor J. G. Armson's appointment as
surveyor general of logs and lumber was
announced here last evening. and the
mayor has received the congratulation of
friends. The term of Surveyor General
Masterman does not expire until the third
Monday in April, but he has expressed the
intention of resigning as soon as the books
are closed for the. past season. and Mr..
Armson viii probably take charge of the
affairs OF the office next month.
w. w. Gowan. of saltwater. and Miss
Viva NJ Garner of Waverly, Iowa, were
married in the latter city. Mr.. Gowan is
in the lumber business with offices in
Minneapolis. and Mr.. and Mrs. Gowan ex-
pect to make that city their future home.
Harold j. O'Neal, of Saltwater. acted as
best man at the marriage. and Miss Vera
Garner, a sister of the bride, was the maid
of honor.
The Washington County Fair assoeia
Ton mas decided to hold race meeting
IN this city Sept 12-14. A delega ton of
members of the fair association will cali
upon Secretary Randall. of the state fair
association today. TO discuss matters per
tanning TO the meeting to be held here.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
WANT THE CANTEEN
Army and Navy Women Peti.
ton Congress

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 19.-On
behalf of the Woman's Army and NAVY
league, Mrs. Josephine Kelton, widow
OF AdJt, Gen. j. c. Kelton, TODAY pre-
sented a petition to the senate COM
mittee on military affairs in the interest
OF the establishment of so much of
the canteen as permits the sale of beer
at army posts. The petition was signed
by 300 women, most of whom are re-
lated to officers of the army and navy.
including the wives of Gen. Chaffee and
Admiral Schley and the widow of Ad-
m1ral Sampson. Mrs KeIton said the
women spoke from personal expert
ence as to the beneficial effects of the
canteen.
AS women, we admire the Women's
Christian Temperance union" she said.
and we think they are doing won
derful work in the country at large, but
we believe that they do not understand
conditions in the army and are there
fore not as capable of advising in this
matter as they might be in Others
She said that assertions in the army
fell off so per cent after the establish
ment of the canteen. Chairman Hull
remarked that there would be no legis-
lation on that subject at this session.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
Opinion in the PhiIippines

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 19.-Sec-
rotary Taft has forwarded to Repre-
sentative Payne for introduction in the
mouse tomorrow with view to its dis
position by the ways and. means com
mlttee the draft of the bill fixing tariff
rates on goods entering the Philip
pines A feature is a provision in
creasing the duty on crude opium from
So to 81 per kilo and on manufactured
OPIUM from $3.50 to So. The commits
sion or any succeeding Philippine leg
lslature is empowered to totally sup
press the opium traffic Accompanying
the bill is the report of the opium
commission, headed by Bishop Brent
which recommends the creation of a
government monopoly in opium traffic
for three years, the drug being sold for
three years only to confirmed Chinese
opium users in the Philippines as a
measure of humanity After that pc
ROD the traffic is to be suppressed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
Two WOMEN TESTIFY
FOR SENATOR SMOOT
One Was a Member of the
Legislature That Elected
Him

WASHINGTON D. c., Jan. 19.-Two
prominent gentle women of Utah, one
a member of the legislature that elect
ed Mr. Smoot a senator, were wit
nesses today in the Smoot inquiry.
Both women gave Senator Smoot an
excellent reputation, and testified that
they would not vote for a polygamist.
The counsel for Senator Smoot ex-
hausted the list of their witnesses here,
but expressed the hope that several
would arrive in time for the hearing
tomorrow.
Mrs. Mary G.. Coulter, of Ogden, a
gentle, and the wife of a physician, tes-
titled that she was member of the
legislature. that elected Mr. Smoot a
senator. She said that she went I'M
pledged, but was glad to abide by the
result of her party's caucus. Before
voting for Mr.. Smoot she ascertained
that he was not polygamist. Speak
ing of the Mormons in political affairs,
she said they sized up, very well
with the gentiles. Polygamous rela-
tons We're never Haunted by the Nor
mons, and the young Mormons par
ticularly were opposed to the continue
alton of the polygamous relations. As
a member of the legislature, she said
she was asked by as many gentiles as
Mormons to vote for Mr.. Smoot.
: Antasonize One Principle
On cross-examination Chairman
Burrows asked if it would have made
any difference in her vote for senator
If she had known that a majority of
Mr.. Shoots fellow apostles We're po-
lygamists. Mrs. Coulter replied that
possibly she might have voted for Mr..
Smoot because many gentiles welcom-
ed the opportunity of showing that
their antagonism was not directed
against the church, but merely against
the principle of the church known as
polygamy She said that she would
not vote for polygamist.
What do you think of man who
would vote to elect a polygamist as an
apostle?" asked Chairman Burrows.
The witness replied that she could
not sit in judgment in such a case.
Mrs. w. III. Jones, of Salt Lake, who
said she went to Utah at sixteen years
of age as bride and who has been
prominently. connected with the Lib
eral and Republican parties in Utah,
testified that neither She nor Senator
Smoot had joined the silver Repub-
lican party and said that both of them
had too much sense" On cross-ex-
animation, she said she did not be-
-lleye a. polygamiSt could be elected to
office by either gentiles or Mormons.
How about Mr.. Roberts?" asked
Chairman Burrows.
That was SO long ago I don't know.
| was not working for Mr. Roberts and
| am glad you did not permit him to
take his seat" she replied
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-20
To Improve Our Commerce

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 19.-The
president today sent message to the
senate recommending favorable action
upon. suggestion made by Assistant
Secretary LOOMS for cooperation by
the departments of state and COM
merce and labor in collecting informa-
ton concerning trade conditions in for
eign countries. The president recon-
mends that provision be made for the
appointment of six special agents to be
called commercial attaches, who shall
visit the different countries and study
industrial conditions with a view to
suggesting changes in the existing
plans of our foreign commerce
Mr.. LOOMS, in his letter., says that
the apprehension that the proposed ac-
ton may be resented by foreign ma
tions as marking an aggressive Amer
lean campaign for trade, and conse-
quently intensifying the hostility al
ready excited by our so-called com
mercial invasion of Europe, would
scarcely be entitled to much weight in
view OF the fact that the more adj
vanced industrial countries for some
time have. been openly equipping them
selves for precisely such an effort. AS
an initial step toward extension, Mr..
Loomis proposes the creation of a staff
of capable experts. He says the cost
would> be not over $4,000 per annum.