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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
TO BUILD FROM KENNEwICK
Northern Pacific Management Make
the Town Promises.

Kennewick is to have new rail
road soon. Such is the direct in
formation given to G. A. Lundy,
Kennewick's representative on the
boat landing proposition, by second
Vice President 9. M. Levey, on Mon
day in the latter's office in Tacoma.
"We cannot see our way clear to
give Kennewick a boat landing and
river connection this year, said Mr..
Levey, speaking Of the Northern Paci-
fic management, "but we have some
thing better. People at Kennewick
can depend on the construction in the
immediate future Of road through
the valley to connect with the Sunny
side extension from Mabton. Event
ually the line will be extended down
the Columbia to Portland. Kenne-
wick will be a junction point with q
full complement of yards and switch
es, railway center OF Importance.
"On the Portland route the right Of
way has been already secured for ths
greater part of the distance. Large
markets will then be opened to Kenne-
wick farmers under the present ditch
and those settling on land under the
Ledbetter canal that will be put il
by the government. Kennewick will
be the railroad town between Spokane
and the coast. /"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
Lewis and Clark Rates.

The o. X. & N. Go. announces the
following rates from Athena to Port
land for the Lewis and Clark fair:
Individual tickets will be sold daily
from May 30 to October 10, inclusive,
continuous passage in each direction !;
final return limit 80 days from date
of sale, but in no case later than Oc-
tober 81, 1905, for one and one-third
fare, amounting to $500.
Party tickets--that is ten or more
persons--will be sold from May 29 to
October IS inclusive; passage in each
direction; Today limit from date Of
sale, at one single fare per capita for
round trip, amounting to $7.40.
Children one half fare age at half
fare of the above rates. For further
particulars call on Nj. w. Smith, O.
r. 81 N. agent, Athena.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22

ever, property owned by churches and
rented for profit has always been tax
ed here; but not SO with that belong
ing to lodges. However, Mr.. Strain
says he sees no valid reason why prop
erty owned by lodges and rented to
business houses or otherwise should
not be assessed. Consequently he
will assess such this year the same as
is done with other property, and the
matter may be submitted TO the board
of equalization if objection is made to
his action.
Mr.. Strain says that he will con-
strue the meaning Of the law to be
that lodge is entitled to exemption
for their meeting hall, and also for
the land upon which their property
stands. So the only proposition to
be assessed will be the rooms that
are rented.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
ATHENA HOME TALENT.
"The Widow and The Fool. to Be Pre-
sented Saturday Night.


Nat @. Goodwin's celebrated 4-act
con- edy drama, "The Widow and The
Fool" will be produced at the Athena
opera house, Saturday evening, Aug
ust 26th, by Mr.. and Mrs. Welch and
company of Athena talent, including
Archie Mcintyre, York Dell, Misses
Leila Stamper, Lottie Ogilvy and Mrs.
w. M. McCollum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Welcb have presented
three plays with Weston talent, al
ways giving performance of high
grade and keeping all their promises.
The present production bids fair to
outrival anything yet given here by
them, for the cast is of unusual
strength, while the play is one which
has made great reputation and is
pronounced by critics everywhere to
be capital production. The players
will undoubtedly be greeted by a
crowded house. The price of admis
sion remains the same as for the other
shows which Mr.. and Mrs. Welch
have given here, %, 35, and so cents.
Reserved seats ON sale at Dell Bros.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
sLUGGING At coLFAx.
Bruisers Proceed to Argue with Law
Enforcement Man.

enforcement Man.
Colfax, Wash, Aug. 21.-R. T..
Street, the young man who has been
making war on the saloons for violat-
ing the Sunday closing law, was the
victim of an assault tonight while on
the street in front of the Mazeppa
saloon. He was on his way home
when he was met by couple of men,
one of whom, without warning, struck
him vicious blow in the face, knock
ing him down. The men, or some
others in the crowd that congregated
tried to drag him into the saloon, os-
tensibly to care for the wound on his
face, which was bleeding freely, but
he resisted. Street was assisted to a
DOCTORS Office, where his wounds were
dressed. They are not OF serious
nature. In connection with the as
sault one shot was fired, but by whom
is not known. Mr.. Street was not
armed. He was arrested and fined a
couple of days ago on a charge of car
rying concealed weapons.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
COURT WAS BUSY
CHAs. G. KING, D. c. M'INTYRE
AND GENEvAY FINED.
Roby Committed to the County Jail
Genevay Fined For Selling
Liquor to Minor.

As the result of fight which started
in the Corner saloon Saturday night,
d. G.. Mcintyre was fined $25 and
costs; Chas. G.. King $50 and costs;
Hugh Robie is i'll Jail at Pendleton
and J. s. Jordan has his case under
advisement in the recorders court.
Mcintyre paid his fine and King gave
verbal notice of appeal.
Jordan, who is a stranger in town,
is camped in tent with his family
in the west part of town. He became
involved in brawl in the Corner
saloon Saturday night Leaving the
saloon he was followed into the street
| by Robbie, King and Mcintyre and
by Robbie and King down the street,
across the fiat to his tent. Here he
stopped the two men with Win
chester.
Robbie represented himself to be an
officer and Jordan handed over the
weapon and proceeded up town with
them. On the way up he claims to
have been assaulted by Robbie, and
his face shows marks of an assault.
1t is alleged that Mcintyre also struck
him at the saloon and also on the
street.
Marshal Gholson was routed out of
bed and placed Jordan under arrest
and put him in the city Jail, but re-
leased him Sunday morning when he
became aware of the particulars in
i the affair. Mcintyre and Robie were
arrested ON the charge of assault and
battery-Robies' being made state
case-and King was charged with dis
orderly conduct. McIntrye swore to
a complaint against Jordan on the
charge of assault.
| The recorders court continued to
grind away, and Robert Genevay,
manager Of the Corner saloon, was
found guilty of selling liquor to Frank
Sanders, a minor, and was fined $50.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
is A MILLION SHORT
WHEAT OUTPUT CURTAILED BY
UNFAv0RABLE WEATHER.
Umatilla County the Only Exception
Lack Of Moisture and Hot
Spell the Cause.

S 3. w. Wright, staff correspondent
of the Oregonian, says in his report
that the river counties of Oregon ex-
cept Umatilla, which does not prop
erly belong in the same tier as Nor
row, Gillian, Sherman and Wasco,
will this year turn off wheat crop
approximately 1000, 900 bushels small
er than that of last year. Unfortun-
ately climatic conditions last winter
and spring, and even this summer,
were the prime factors in this shrink
age, but an unusually large amount of
land in summer fallow contributed to
the result.
.Wasco county perhaps is harder put
than her neighbors. Even the most
conservative men in touch with the
situation are predicting decrease of
30 to 35 per cent, as compared with
last years yield, while others who
are in opposition to the usually in
formed, place the crop at only 30 per
cent of that of last year. There are,
of course, a few good yields, as is al
ways the case, but the average IS not
up to that of year ago, and there
was not enough new acreage to offset
that which was in crop last year, but
was idle or cut for hay this year.
Wasco, Of course, is not q spring
wheat county, but there was consider
able winter wheat frozen ont and the
efforts to get crop BY reseeding
were not very successful. In many
cases the attempt was abandoned and
the field turned over to summer fall
low, and in others the growth was cut
| for hay.
Wasco and her neighboring coun-
| ties suffered over month of wither
ing, hot weather untempered by any
moisture such as usually blows in
from the snow in the mountains. In
| former seasons the wheat has not in
frequently been subjected to weather
as hot as that which prevailed this
year, but it has never lasted more
! than few days and its effect has
been nullified to degree by the
moisture due to the melting Of snow
in the mountains and plenty of water
| in the streams. fsEa
Sherman county fell short of her
best yield last year, and this year on
an increased acreage there will be a
smaller output than there was last
! year. 1t must be remembered, how
ever, that the amount cut for hay
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
wALLULA TO ASTORIA.
Eastern Capital Backs New Road Down
the Columbia.

4
Eastern Capital Backs New Road Down
the Columbia.
Articles of Incorporation of rail
road to be built from Wallula to the
mouth of the Columbia river, opposite
to Astoria, working down the stream
on the north bank, have just been
filed at Olympia, Wash, by the Wal.
lula Pacific Railroad company. The
incorporators are l.. Gerling, Of Port
land, and g. M. Lyons and James p.
Stapleton, of Vancouver, Wash. A
capitalization of 81 900, 900 is de-
clared in the papers, with stock al
500 a share.
In regard to the backing ex-
plains Mr.. Gerling, one of the in
corporators, there is ample capital
behind the enterprise, and it comes
from the east. Further than this
am not at liberty to state. l waf
notified by man in New York to
organize the company, and the shares
would be disposed of. The field OF
the road is fertile, and is one in need
of transportation facilities.
In answer TO questions, Mr.. Gerling
declared that the Wallula- Pacific ii
not affiliated with any Hartman,
Great Northern or Northern Pacific
interests, nor has the question Of
operation with the Columbia River
& Northern been considered. 'This
is strictly an independent enterprise, y
concluded Mr.. Gerling, ''and cannot
be considered an agent of any rail
road combination. "
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
Knows Nothing Of It.

Pendleton papers report that com
mencing tomorrow, the 0. r. g. N.
Go. will put in an extra train to ac.
commodate the passenger business be-
tween Walla Walla and Pendleton.
At the o. X. & N. office in this city
the report could not be confirmed this
morning. Agent Smith has not been
notified of the addition of another
train and no time card has been issued
so if the train runs tomorrow it will
be as special.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
Lowest Water for 30 Years.

Fruit growers along the Snake river
are becoming alarmed at the condi-
ton Of the river, which is eight inch
o. lower than it has been for 30 years,
and is still falling, This unprece-
dented fall has utterly demoralized
river traffic, forcing the Q. r. IL N,
Co. to abandone the runs of the steam
era Spokane and Lewiston.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
Sold to New York.

Ropert Keefe, the star pitcher OF
the Tacoma baseball club, has been
sold to the New York American
League club. 1t Is presumed that the
price is an advance over the $4,000
recently offered by the Chicago
Nationals. Keefe will remain with
the Tacoma team until November.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
Wheat Burned.

Fire that started in bunk house
Friday night destroyed about 1900
sacks of wheat, field of stubble and
several thousand acres Of bunchgrass
pasture ON the Muir Brothers place
on the reservation. The grain was
the property of the Muirs and was
covered by insurance, while the pas
ture is said to be open land belonging
to the Indians.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
Yellow Jack Comes North.

A dispatch from Keokuk, Iowa, says
that a Greek laborer, who comes from
Natchez with construction gang.
died at Gregory Mo-, of yellow fever.
The town is quarantined, trains and
boats not stopping there.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
ASSESS LODGE PROPERTY,
Or as Much Of 1t as Brings in Am Jncom,
TO the order.

Or as Much of It a. Brings IN An Jnc0mt
TO the order.
Property owned by fraternal organ
izations and not actually used by them
for lodge purposes. such as rented
buildings and rooms, viii be levied
on this year by Assessor @. P. Strain,
says the East Oregonian. This decis
ion has been arrived at by the as
SCISSOR after considerable study Of the
subject.
Under the law property owned by
churches or benevolent orders and
used for religious or fraterDal pur-
poses is exempt from taxation. How
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22
Local Wheat Market.

Athena, Aug. 22. Wheat today il
quoted at so cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
DEATH NOT NATURAL.
Presence of Strichnine in Stomach of
Mrs. Stanford.

HONOLULU, March lathe Advertiser
today prints interview with Dr. Wood
who performed the autopsy on the body Of
Mrs. Stanford He says that the presence
of strychnne in the bottle of bicarbonate
of soda refutes all of the theories of nat
ural death. The strychnine was a foreign
substance and 1t did not belong to the prep
aration of bicarbonate. DIR. Wood declares
that the poison was thoroughly mixed with
the bicarbonare of soda by some one who
was thoroughly familiar with the strength
and effect of Strychnine, but he does not say
that the strychnine was placed in the bottle
with murderouS intent. Regarding the eff
forts to account for symptoms on the theory
of natural death, he said that he can make
the ante-mortem symptoms or poSt-mortem
signs apply to prove that death was due to
many causes.
The detectives have stenogra piers work.
ing the statement that they have taken
in the Stanford case. They say there is
some doubt about their being able to take
the steamer Alameda when she sails for
San Francisco, but if they don't Miss Ber
and the rest of the party will Captain
Callundan said that he is well satisfied with
the work far accomplished, and he prob
ably will be able to make a statement to-
day, as the work has developed some new
features. Detective Reynolds says it is un-
likely that any definite conclusion will be
reached here, as indication are very strong
result entirely different from that arrived
at by the coroner'S inquest.
1t can be stated positively that SO far as
their work has gone the detectives are
strongly inclined to disagree with the con-
illusions reached by the Honolulu police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14

rest they admitted to the manager Of the
compaHE that they had been taking the
money from the cash drawer, us they had
learned bow t9| open it. They had taken
about SfO0. averaging each time between
80 and $40 They had been spending the
money. nhey said. at the theaters and
other PLACES of amusement.
During the past few months the boys
visited a friend near Harper's Ferry, w.
Va. and the detectives learned that they
had presented him with numerous articles
which were believed to have been stolen
from the company The detectives visited
Harper'S Ferry and recovered quantity OF
the goods and then placed the boys in this
city under arrest and sent them to the
house OF detention. When confronted with
the evidence they admitted taking the ar
ticles. IT, is said. and entered plea of
guilty when presented in court this morn
ing. -
Assistant United States Attorney Given
stated that he, had nine charges against
them, but that he could just as easily
have filed fifty, as their operations had
covered a considerable length of time. They
were charged with the larcenJ of six peck
etbookS. one bottle of wine, two watches,
three revolvers. two fishing rods and SIS
In money, the total value of all being
about $780,
The mothers of the boys were in court
and fearful scene was enacted when they
were taken from the room, Jones going to
the reform school and Small back to the
house Of detention to await his hearing in
court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE.
Current Belief in Diplomatic Circles
That Preliminaries Will Soon Begin.

Convinced that Russia and Japan will
both soon succumb to the enormous finan-
cial strain placed upon them by the war a
diplomat representing one of the neutral
powers most Interested in the final issue,
has within the last two days sent a con-
adential message to his government warn
Ing it to be on the lookout for a secret
agreement to be negotiated between Russia
and Japan direct providing the preliminaries
for a settlement of their difficulties. What
IL that prompted the sending of this
message cannot be learned. but its author
Is official at all times exceptionally well
Informed on affairs of state and in the di-
plomatic corps. His belief that peace ne
gotiations when they begin will be conduct
ed between St Petersburg and Tokyo direct.
hnds considerable credence. Indeed. another
diplomat expressed the opinion today that
the field of battle would be the scene of
the first negotiations between the belliger-
ents looking TO peace.
However secret the negotiate 1t is
declared that the United States, Great Brit
ain. Germany and France are keenly on the
alert for just such a development and
would promptly demand the terms of the
agreement for their inspection 1t is learn
ed that the Chinese government is pre-
pared when the hour of peace comes TO call
the attention of the powers to the repeated
assurances, which at the invitation of the
United States each has given of their
that China's administrative entity must
be maintained"
1t is announced that Japan will welcome
peace on reasonable terms and will prompt
iy name her conditions provided she re-
celves trustworthy assurances that they
Will be seriously considered. This the Rus
sian emperor has learned from friendly
chanceiiories in Europe. as well as the gem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
AWAITING AN INTERPRETATION.
Postal Officials Want to Give Mr..
Wynne Loving Cup.

1t was the intention of the officials who
served under former Postmaster General
Wynne to present to that official loving
cup, the presentation to take place within
a day or But Mr.. Wynne heard of the
intention and promptly nipped it in the
bud by announcing that to accept such
gift from subordinates would be to Vlo-
late the Revised Statutes.
The gentlemen were in a quandary and
sent to the Attorney General of the United
States for a ruling in the case. This has
not yet been received by the intending
donors of the cup. If he should decide
that Mr.. Wynne may accept the gift IL WILL
be presented to him at his home
The difficulty lay in the fact that the
cup was not finished between the time MI
Wynne retired from the office of postmaster
general and the hour when he took the
oath of office as consul general to London.
Had it been finished at that time the pre-
sentation could have been made without
improperly or violation of the statutes.
Some go so far as to say that the sepa-
ration of Mr.. Wynne from the postal serv-
ice removes him from all official connec-
ton with the gentlemen who wish to honor
him with the testimonial of their regard.
The matter is however. now in the hands
of the Department of Justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14

the enemy and many Russian officers ana
men are surrendering 10 our train guards
in the mountainous districts east of the Tie
Pass road.
additional spells taken In the direction
OF the Shakhe river are wagons and carts
captured southeast of Chiulikoutzu. They
exceed one thousand loaded with gun am
munition small ammunition. ertrenching
tools telegraph and tie ephone equipments
pontoon material, supplies and water DOLL
ers. -
They also carried 1900 s-centimer. 14oo
1J-centimer shells and f.200000 small am
munition and various military supplies.
in the direction of Singching the Spots
included 12o.ooD small ammunition. 500
shells and 5000 entrenching tools.
Disheartened Russians.
GENERAL kUROKTS HEADQCAR-
TIERS IN THE FIELD. Via FUSAN. March
1.-THE country is swarming with hungry
disheartened Russians. who are surrender
ing in squads to any pursuing japanese
they meet.
Leading japanese officers have refused to
criticiSe the lack of mobility displayed Whlle
driving the Russians beyond Tie Pass.
Most of the foreign attaches with the
Russian army. including two Americans
and English officers, were captured at Muk-
den.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
RETURN OF BATTLE FLAGS.
Gen. Ainsworth Will Take Action in a
Few Days.

General Ainsworth, the military secre-
tary, has been charged by the Secretary of
War with the execution of the joint reso
luton adopted at the latest session of Con-
gress authorizing the Secretary of War Ito
deliver to the proper authorities of the re-
spective states in which the regiments
which bore these colorS We're organized
certain Union and confederate battle flags
now in the custody OF the War Department.
for such nnai disposition as the aforesaid
proper authorities may determine
1t is expected that General Ainsworth
will act in this matter a few days. He
will send circular letter to the governors
of all the states known to be interested in
the civil war flags now in the custody of
the War Department informing them OF
the action of Congress and asking their
wishes with respect to the disposition of the
flags borne by regiments of their respective
states during the civil war. There are
about o44 of these flags and standards,
about 100 being Union banners which fell
into the hands of the confederates during
the war and were surrendered to the fed
eral government when the confederacy fell.
All of these old flags are stored in the nag
room of the War Department. and are
said to be in a good state of preservation.
They will be carefully sorted out and re-
turned to the various states as soon as GER
tain necessary preliminaries have been COM
piled with. Owing TO the thorough system
of keeping the records of the civil war OBJ
served by the War Department, including
the records of captured flags, guns, etc,
there will be no difficulty in establishing
the history and ownership of most of the
old battle flags While that is true of a ma
jority of the flags there are q number which
bear no marks whatever by which they can
be identified except, of course, as to their
being Union or confederate flags. AS under
stood, only those flags of whose identity
there is no doubt will be restored to the
various states to which they belong.