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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02

the coins that have gone through the
hands of the unknown criminal. but
which the cashiers have not detected.
Apparently the man has lathe in
which he sets the coins that are to be
Shaved. A knife running around
the outside rim of the coin, shaves off
tiny circles of the gold from the
edges outside of the milling. The
machine is so accurate that the work
is done smoothly. The edges of the
coin are made just trifle thinner
than the body of the gold piece, but
not sufficiently so as to attract notice.
The only way the fraud can te dis
covered with certainty is by weighing
the coin.
The system pursued by George w.
Hess was to shave all around the rim
of the coin, destroying the milling
and rendering it necessary to make
new milling. The man now operat-
ing, however, is careful not to so
mutilate the money. and his work is
of far more dangerous character.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02

Total expense 8 months $78, ,498. %
Value Of articles manuf'd 81, 100. IA
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02
Act Planned to Include Them
in Game License Law.
PETITIONS WILL Be SENT OUT
Plan to be Discussed at Next Meeting
Of the Washington Game and Fish
Protective Association.

The Washington State Game and
Fish Protective Association has plan
in view which will be discussed at the
next meeting of that body for the
licensing of fishermen on the same
principle as is now in force in regard
to hunters. During several weeks
past several communications have
been received by Secretary H. Ref.
of Seattle. in regard to the matter, and
the association has become interested
to such an extent that blank applica-
tions or petitions have been prepared
and will be sent out on request, re-
ports the Union. The general prayer
of the petitioners is that the associa-
tion take action to have bill passed
by the next legislature making hunt
ing licenses include the privilege of
fishing as well as making it compul-
sorry for every fisherman to take out
license before he can engage in the
sport.
Since the matter has been brought
to my attention have talked it over
with a number of the members of the
association, said Mr.. Ref, land a
majority of them seem to favor the
plan. It would work no hardship on
the fishermen, for the majority of
them who hunt are also fishermen,
and only one license being necessary
and the sale price being the same,
they would be called upon to pay no
more than they pay st present. As
to the few who fish and do not hunt,
they have no complaint to make that
is reasonable, for the funds secured
from the sale of gun licenses, which
amount to thousands Of dollars each
season, ls, to great extent, applied
to the propagation of fish in the state.
The hunters have never objected to
this manner of expenditure. They
have stood it all the time, and the
fishermen who do no hunting have
received the henefit of these funds
without its costing them one cent.
Personally, / favor the proposition
very much, and mean to do all in my
power to have the measure put
through. A small private hatchery
has just been built In Whatcom
county out of the funds received from
gun licenses, and we are now planning
to build one on the same general plans
in this county"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02
HOT BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS
Sheriff Wounded, Ieputy Killed and
One Highwayman Dead

In bloody battle between brave
officers aud desperate outlaws We'd
nesday noon at Kennewick. two men
were killed, third fatally wounded
and st II another seriously hurt. The
battle was thrilling in the extreme,
the officers, armed with revolvers,
coolly fighting in face of an accurate
fire from rifles in the hands of theIdes-
peradoes. When the firing ceased the
citizens of the town armed themselves
and started for small island in the
Columbia river where the surviving
robber was supposed TO be concealed.
and man hunt began. The dead
are:
Deputy Sheriff Michael Glover,
shot through the heart.
Unknown burglar, killed by Sheriff
McNeil.
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Holzhey,
kidney shattered by rifle bullet
through the stomach, believed to be
fatally wounded.
Sheriff Alexander Mcneil, shot in
the stomach and left thumb injured
by a bullet; chances for recovery fair.
The outlaws were burglars who
broke iuto several stores at Kenne-
wick, stealing different articles of val
ne. including shotguns, rifles, revolv-
ers, ammunition and clothing.
Later. Frank Porry and JOSEPH
Halshey died this morning, making
four deaths as result of the battle
with the bandits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02
COIN MUT|ATORS At WORK
Industrious Criminal Shaves Scores Of
Geld Pieces.

Scores on scores of five and ten dol
lar gold pieces are being mudlated in
Seattle by some industrious criminal,
who is apparently trying to follow in
the footsteps of George w. Hess who
recently completed term of i'm
prisonment for similar offense, re-
ports Seattle paper.
1t is estimated by Captain b. w.
Bell Of the United States secret serv-
ice bureau that the coin mutilator ID
making on an average of so cents on
each five dollar gold piece that be
tampers with, and about 81 from the
ten dollar gold pieces. The work il
apparently being done by skilled
machinist. and il 80 well doue that
many banks are now known to have
in their cash drawers specimens OF
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02
paper on War Path.

A North Yakima dispatch says: A
representative of a Pendleton, Oregon,
paper was here obtaining afiidavits
relative to the escapades of Major
Edwards, Umatilla Indian agent, who
was arrested and heavily fined here
last month for threatening to pace q
Yakima county deputy sheriff IN irons.
Among those who made affidavits
were Sheriff Grant, Chief of Police
Cayou and Justice Taggard. The
paper is making fight to have the
agent removed and his actions at
North Yakima, eliminating in his
arrest aud fine will, it is believed by
his opponents, have great weight
when the case is brought before the
Indian department at Washington.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02

Net profit for operating mill
8 months $12, ,602. 50
During the biennial period ending
September 80, 1906, there were ex-
pended from the fund provided for
this purpose $153, 3,515.87, while the
gross receipts were $204, ,55S.S4. This
included the sale of any manufactured
products which were carried over
from the preceding biennial period.
The gross profits for the jute mill
fol the two years were $22, 149.01.
1t is estimated with fair margin
of profit. and sufficient machinery to
utilize the surplus convict labor, TO-
gether with sufficient appropriation
which will insure the continual opera
tion of the jute mill the year around,
that the Washington state peniten-
tiary can be put on self-sustaining
| basis
After luncheon at the penitentiary
the party left Walla Walla by special
train for Weston, where they arrived
at 3 o'clock, and were met by the
citizens of Weston with between 30
and 40 carriages and transported to
the Weston Normal, eastern Oregon s
only state educational institution.
Returning to Pendleton on the even,
ing train, at 8 o'clock the guests as
sembled at the spacious dining hall OF
Hotel Pendleton. where an elegant re
past had been prepared by w. A.
Brown. and after opening prayer by
Rev. Fl. B. Knight, field secretary
of Pendleton academy, I. @. Taylor,
who had charge of the program, in
troduced Governor Albert E. Mead, OF
Washington, who in stirring ad
dress of five minutes pledged the state
of Washington to assist Oregol il
bringing about the opening of tht
Columbia river and development Of
the northwest through cooperation
and frequent Interstate conferences.
Following Governor Mead, Gov
ernor Chamberlain of Oregon, ad
dressed the guests, renewing his en-
thusiastic promises to further in ever.
way the rapid development of east
ern Oregon, aid called upon Goyerno
Mead of Washington to use his bes
efforts to induce the legislature of hi
state to cooperate with Oregon II
opening the Columbia river to com
merce, in protecting the fishery inter
ests along the Columbia river, an
in every effort toward bringing th
two states closer together commercial
ly and fraternally.
After the address by the governor
I. G. Taylor, ex-president of the Ore
gon senate, called the mock session G
the legislature to order. The sessio
was begun by the calling of the ro
of members present by chief Cler
John McCourt. 81 representatives an
ii senators responding to roll call.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02

During 1906 the jute cost $18. "a at the
mill, the grain bags cost 5.54 cents
each, aud sold for 1-2 rents each,
leaving profit of nearly cent per
bag. The cost Of the bags during this
season was considerably decreased by
the installation of electrical power,
and better grade of jute, which per
mitted much larger daily output.
During the time between January 1,
1906, and September SO, 1905, the
mill turned out 1885, $50 grain bags.
together with quite an amount of
hop cloth, oat bags. hop warp, wool
bags, fleece twine, floor mating and
other products made by jute. all of
which is made with the same ma
chinery with but trifie loss of time
for the re-adjusting of the looms for
the different products. 1t has been
estimated that since the electrical
power has been in successful opera
tion, that the mill can easily make
daily average of 1000 bags, with
monthly average of 175,000 and with
yearly output of say 100000
On this basis there would be a short
time allowed for closing down the mill
for general overhauling of the plant,
which is deemed advisable at least
once year:
Jute at $18. "a por bale $5S,009.42
Salaries 7,O69.6 "a
Fuel 2,79i.04
Electrical Power 5,251.97
Repairs and improvements 3,013.73
Other supplies for manufactur-
ing purposes 1855. AZ
Total expense 9 months $78, 498. %
Value Of articles manuf'd 81, 100 IA
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-02

10 Cure Constipation Forever
Take CascareEs Candy Cathartic. i0c or 2be
II &c. C. G. fail TO cure, druggists refund money!
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
WHY FENCE HRE RUsTs.
Department Of Agriculture says
Farmers Use Cheap Malerial.

Department Of Agriculture says
Farmers Use Cheap Material.
A bulletin setting forth the results Of
an Investigation made by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture into the corrosion
Of Iron and steel wire fencing was y
sued recently to the farmers Of the
country. Many complaints have been
made to the department in the lasl
year regarding the present quality Of
iron an steel wire used 'encing, and
to improve these conditions, wit. tn.
hope I determining some remedy for
the corrosion, Secretary Wilson order.
ed thorough Investigation, IN tn
perts anne to the conclusion that thu
chief trouble Is that the average arm.
Q insists on using the cheapest vir
for fencing. and the cheap wire natural
ly corrodes.
The department claims that some
manufacturers hold that II It were pos
sible to make q better grxoe or wire at
even a slightly higher price. 1t would
be useless to put 1t on the market. q
the American farmer would not buy It.
because he desires cheapneas above
other consideration.
The result Of preliminary expert.
ments made by the Agricultural Do
partment pointed to the manganese In
the wire as undoubtedly being he chief
cause Of the corrosion, and It u stated
that the more manganese there Ii pres
ent in fence wire the quicker It win
rust or deteriorate.
To show the possible causes for the
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

At the recent meeting OF the National
Board Of Trade in Washington the re-
bort adopted from the committee on
agricultural statistics presents many
facts of great interest to the farmers
throughout the country and those de-
pendent upon them for their prosperity,
showing the large scope Of the work
Of the Department of Agriculture and
the enormous actual benefit which Its
Investigations have been to all Of our
producing areas.
After discussing the question OF the
Departments methods Of gathering
statistical information regarding grow.
ing crops, the National Board Of Trade
recommending a modification OF the
present methods, including the cutting
down Of the great army Of farmers and
others who are called upon by the De.
partment for reports on conditions OF
their crops, and the reorganization OF
the Bureau of Statistics upon q basis
Of fewer but more reliable reporters.
carrying greater individual responsible
tiles. and also in the cutting down Of
the free seed appropriations and the
substitution of a practice of distribut-
ing only those seeds and plants which
will be a probable benefit to the various
sections of the country as a nucleus
about which to build up substitution
Of more valuable crops than those now
grown by the farmers. In response to
q request, the committee received a
statement from Secretary Wilson bear.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
BERsEeM.
Value Certain Of Our

tribution of seed by the Department.
and the establishment Of the sugar beet
seed industry, in the United States.
which, from the present indications,
will be a question Of only few years.
will have been due directly to the work
Of the Department. Seeing the i'm
portance of developing our own sugar
beet and seed industry, plans were
formulated three years ago to encour-
age the growing Of this seed. The
amount expended on this work, up to
date. including salaries and the an
nual cost of American grown seed for
distribution, will not exceed $4,000,
while the value Of the sugar beet seed
used in the United States Is at least
half q million dollars annually, be-
sides the much greater value to the
sugar beet raisers Of having seed
adapted to American conditions. A
conservative calculation shows that the
value to American sugar beet growers
Of using higher grade seed than is
usually sent here by German seedsmen
will easily aggregate 100000 an
nually. Our work along this line has
progressed so far that we shall dis
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
OLD WORLD PLANTS.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

from 210.396 acres in 1898. to q total
of 610,700 acres in 1904, raising the
value Of the land from between $1.00
and $1.50 per acre to from $500 to
$4,000 per acre. and the output has been
increased from 179.919,293 pounds Of
rough rice in 1898 to S69, 1896. 800 pounds
in 1904. In the matter Of fruits, 1t will
be remembered that the Department
introduced the Bahia Grange, known
as the Washington navel orange, which
has become the standard orange
throughout California. More recently.
the Department has expended in the
neighborhood of ten thousand dollars
in the introduction Of the date I'm
into Arizona and California and al.
though sufficient time has not yet
elapsed to enable US to state positively
what the outcome will be, there ap.
pears no reason to doubt that an en-.
tirely new industry will be built up
in these sections as a result Of the ef.
forts of the Department. The present
value of date importations is. roughly
speaking, half million dollars. This
consists largely of the cheaper grades
Of dates, the finer varieties from the
Sahara seldom coming to this country
except In very small quantities. These
can undoubtedly be grown in our south
west.
American Sugar Beet Seed. y
1.-THE introduction Of the sugar beet,
while not due primarily to the efforts
of the Department, has unquestion-
ably been greatly assisted by the dis
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
ARIZONA pROpAGATiNG DATE GARDENS
Grown From Suckers introduced BY tho Department Of
YOUNG SAHARA DATE TREES
Being Prepared Tor Shipment TO tho United States

tribute during this year 200 pounds
of American sugar beet seed and the
growers will probably produce in the
neighborhood of 100000 pounds next
year, all Of which has been contracted
for at the present time"
Most Of the Money Wasted.
Although the amount Of money which
the Secretary may use, out of the an.
nual appropriation for the distribution
Of seeds, for the discovery, collection
and distribution Of new seeds and
plants is quite limited, and but q pit.
tance OF the amount authorized by
Congress for the distribution Of com.
mon cabbage. radish, tomato and other
garden and flower seeds, the Depart
meut nevertheless d doing some r.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
Bfies from Evecwhese

0x1ess AIVW 8vSIyWuees
The United States exported last year
I'll, 100000 worth Of oieo oil.
II b estimated that there are 1000
professional beggars In London and
that they collect over 31.600.000 . year.
women.
The United States sells nearly 5000,
100000 worth Of lard. cattle, fresh
beef. bacon, hams and oleo oil annually
TO Europe.
Paderewski says he keeps his hands
oiled nearly all the time and steeps
them in very hot water before givins
o piano recital.
H. has been estimated that the aver
ago man winks about 4,000.000 times .
year. No actual count has ever bean
made. however.
In the Breslau geological garden
there 10 Q spider monkey which was
operated on for cataract Of the eyes,
and which now wears giasseR
Copper prospectors and miners ars
opening up the ruined forts. villages
and canals Of . vanished race Of men
that once peopled the rock.wal1ed
nseA0WD Of southern Utah
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

markable work in searching, through
its special agricultural explorers. the
countries Of the old world where a.
riculture has been carried on for CEN
turtles and tens of centuries and where
its history Of crops fades away into
dim tradition, and from these coun-
tries some Of the most useful and at-
tractive plants have been introduced,
which promise great things for Amer
ican agriculture. It is Q question
among farsighted plant breeders and
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

the distribution Of vegetable sssd each
year the real value to the country Of
such distribution cannot bs compared
With that Of even one good Introduction
like macaroni wheat, Japanese rice. an
improved variety Of cotton or various
other articles which might bs msnr
toned.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

aging the growing Of Holland bulbs In
the Puget Sound region and believe
1t will be only question of time when
this industry will be established. The
Introduction Of the mango into Florida:
the Introduction of new persimmons
and other Chinese and Japanese fruits
which are now being secured by our
explorer in northern China, and the
Introduction Of harder or more pro.
linc strains Of alfalfa all promise In
the aggregate many millions Of dollars
OF increase in the value Of plant prod.
ucts.
Touching on the question Of the an.
nual Congressional SEED distributor.
Secretary Wilson says that while there
10 undoubtedly some benefit attached 10
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

The United States exported last yea,
$16, ,0OO. 900 worth Of oieo oil.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

The Bamboo is the Staple Wood Of Japan and
It's Uses Spell Legion.
growers whether this part Of the work
of the Department Of Agriculture does
not hold out the greatest possibility to
the future of America Of any branch Of
the government Every now and then
a new plant or new variety Is discover
ed and introduced which may revo-
lutionize that particular branch of
crop production. The macaroni wheat
which the Secretary mentions is fair
example. Extensive trials Of this
wheat have been made throughout the
middle belt of the United States, Just
west of the producing area for ordinary
wheat, and 1t is believed that vast
section of possibly a million square
miles heretofore thought unfit for any
agriculture. is capable Of producing
this new grain at the rate Of from Is
to 90 bushels per acre. With such a
to the experimental work Of the De-
partment who shall say when the food
producing limit Of the world may be
reached?
Bringing Asia to Our Doors.
For every section o. the vastly d.
versifled soil and climate Of the United
States, says Secretary Wilson, there Is
corresponding spot in some portion
of the old world where agriculture has
been successfully prosecuted for CEN
turtles. What we need is full and COM
plete Information regarding the old
world agriculture and the intelligent
application Of that knowledge to our
own country.
1t would be possible to extend his
letter almost indefinitely. the Secretary
continues, were we to go into the var
ious agricultural possibilities which are
now being worked up by the Once of
Seed and Plant Introduction and Dis
tribution. We are now at work upon
the Introduction of the japanese mat.
ting rush into the United States. There
are imported annually into the United
States something like nve million dol.
lars worth of mating. The owners Of
newly invented loom guarantee that
the value of the annual consumption
Of raw material to supply their fac
tories will not be less than $4,000, 900.
We are working to establish the cul-
ture Of this mating rush in the aban.
doned rice fields Of the Carolinas and
the w0rk has already progressed far
enough to Justify reasonable assur-
ance of success. We are also working
to introduce q disease resistant strain |
of Bermuda or Easter lily and with fair
prospects Of success. We are encour |
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
SOUTHERN FARMS.
Rapid Increase In Values Makes TIN
Whole South Prosperous.
Aauuf--&ur.-~, D.~c.S
Manufacturer Record.

AA0u1ActQrerS hccoru.
While It is true that the industrial
development Of the South is going for.
ward with amazing rapidity. It 10 never.
theless true that, by virtue of the ex.
tent OF the agricultural interests in
the South, agriculture 10 yet the foun.
dation Of the business of that section
A change from poverty to prosperity
Of the farmer, and q change from land
without selling value to land in do
mand at an advance Of SO to $50 per
cent over the nominal price Of one or
two years ago, Is the most far reaching
development In Southern advancement
Of the last quarter Of . century.
1t 10 far.reaching In many ways. II
means that within the last year or two
ed not less than 81 .000. 900 900 in value,
probably at least 1880. 900. 900. But
more than that, 1t means that under
this improved financial condition the
Southern farmer has gained new cour.
age, new backbone: that he has learned
how to market his cotton crop; that he
has fought to finish the great battle
az to whether the producer or the spec.
ulator II to control the price OF his
staple. Having won this night the en-
tire handling Of cotton from the fleld
TO the factory. whether the factory be
IN this country or in Europe, has en-
tered upon an entirely new stage in It's
history. II also means that land vii,
be more thoroughly cultivated. for the
successful man. whether he be q
farmer, Q merchant, or q manufacturer,
is always better able to work to good
advantage than the one who IL fighting
Q losing battle.
More and more the diversiflcatlon Of
agriculture has gone on and more and
more have fruit growing and truck
raising. "heg and hominy," with the
ut home rather than in the
west, been developed throughout the
South.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

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