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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
EDITORS TO BOLT TICKET
Whitman County Newspaper Men
Forming Combination.

That the days of political bossism
are nearing close in Whitman coun-
ty Washington, has been manifested
many times, but never SO forcibly as
by the editors of the county who, at
their convention held last week, en-
tered into secret agreement not to
support straight party tickets in the
future, but to pick candidates and
support only those agreeable to the
editor. No more will the chairman
of the county central committee ar
range with the country editor for sup
port of the straight ticket. y
All OF the. newspapers outside. of
Colfax entered into this agreement,
and the editors have agreed to stand
rigidly by the new rule. A scale Of
prices for political support was ar
ranged on tho basis of advertising
rates, and the candidate is expected
to pay this scale. The tickets of
every political party will be run,
without editorial comment, at adver-
tising rates.
This is radical change from condi-
tions existing in the past. Heretofore
it has been the custom of the chair
man of the county central committee
to send out copy blooming" the can
didates Of the party to the editors of
the papers in the smaller towns of the
county. A small check was usually
sent, with apologies for the smallness
thereof and regrets that the meager-
ness of the campaign funds and the
heavy expense for speakers, etc., left
but little for the papers, which were
expected to work for the Interests
of our great party" That Colfax
papers, the republican Gazette and
the democratic Commoner, usually
got the big end of the campaign funds
is alleged by the editors of the coun-
ty papers, and what little was left
was divided out among the editors of
the smaller towns.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
WOMEN IN HARVEST FIELDS
An Athena Young Lady AS "Rousta-
bout Women Run Engine.

Athena is the home of a practical
and ambitious little maiden who is
makinga "a "hand' in her fathers har-
vest Grew. She is Miss Lula Gross,
and has taken the position of "rousta-
bout for the season.
The young lady makes regular
trips to town for provisions, extras,
supplies, etc., and the other day she
was successful III hiring man to take
the place of one who had quit work,
when farmers in need of men were
looking the town over and returning
home without them.
For her work, which she does in a
most satisfactory and business-like
way, she is receiving two dollars per
day. In addition to being competent
in the transaction of business, Miss
Gross is one of the brightest scholars
of the Athena high school, and COM
mands the esteem of large circle of
friends.
There are dozens of other women
and girls who are doing their part in
the work of harvesting the Umatilla
county wheat crop but for the most
part they are employed in the cook
wagons, where they receive good
wages. A Pendleton paper gives the
following account of women opera
ting machinery.
'sIf men refuse to work in the fields,
before long it will be necessary for
women to do the work. Just to see
what it would be like il this was
the case, Mrs. Mel Shutrum of Fulton,
and Misses Bertha and Ollie Hooper
of st. Louis, run the engine and sewed
sacks on the thresher while they went
twice around quarter section field
at the Shutrum ranch near Fulton.
miss Ollie Hooper handled the
throttle of the engine. while Mrs.
Shutrum and Miss Bertha Hooper
handled and sewed the sasks of
wheat. -
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
THE Y. P. S. C. (. IN EUROPE
The Great Pan-American Convention
in Session at Geneva.

Christian Endeavorers from all
parts of the world are assembled at
Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the
Worlds Christian Endeavor ,onven.
tion and the all European Christian
Endeavor convention. which will be
held in connection with each other.
The all-European convention opened
Saturday and will continue until
August /, when the worlds conven-
tion will be called to order. The num-
ber Of delegates is larger than at any
previous worlds convention. Show
ing healthy growth of the Christiau
Endeavor movement throughout the
world.
During the little more than 25 years
since the founding of the Christian
Endeavor society, many millions OF
young people have enlisted under its
banner in all parts of the world and
its literature has been translated into
scores Of languages. There are now
more than 10000 Christian Endeayor
societies with nearly 100000 mem
bers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
Harvest Notes.

Like "Jinks''D Dudley, Tom Defreece,
after thoroughly testing the Campbell
method Of cultivation unhesitatingly
denounces its praoticability when
applied to the wheat raising soil found
hereabouts. The whole OF last season
Tom virtually lived on his summer
fallow land and diligently cultivated.
The result il that his grain "nearly
all went to sap" He says that the yield
will be light.
Harvest hands ere still scarce, but
it is thought the condition will be
somewhat relieved in week or ten
days, when the machines now at work
in the Walla Walla valley, will have
finished and moved over in this Sec
tion.
M. L. Watts steam outfit pulled
over from the home place Sunday,
where it had finished harvesting a
crop of wheat that averaged better
than 10 bushels per acre.
Wheat is shattering and falling 80
badly that farmers in some localities
are said to be Offering bonus for
threshers who will enter their fields
at once aud thresh the grain.
Bill Booher's l60-acre crop Of
wheat on the reservation went bo-
tween 40 and 40 bushels per acre.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31

Stick" which be used TO ward off
blows.
Duncan's side of the story will be
told, If it is ever told, in open court.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
COURT WAS BUSY
Water Fight Ends in Disor-
derly Conduct.
JOHN VANSLYCK GETS SHOVEL
Nineteen -Year-Cld Orville Duncan
Charged With Assault With
Dangerous Weapon.

After long period of inactivity,
Judge Chamberlain oiled up his court
machinery Friday evening and got
busy. He disposed of Dave Stone and
Chester Post who were brought be-
fore him on charge of disorderly
conduct by giving the boys fatherly
talk and seven dollar ard half
fine.
From the evidence given to the
court the boys were indulging in a
water fight with the hose at the
Christian church, and when they
squirted water on little Jimmie Howe,
blind boy, J. M. Hays, the janitor,
admonisbed them to desist. The
matter would perhaps have dropped
there, but the boys called on Hays
the next day. and told him to do
something or quit bawling them
out" Hays, who has reputation
for "doing things" in this instance
went to court with it, with the above
result.
The judicial attention of the court
was next given to John vanslyck,
big Weston brickyarder, who came
before his honor with cash on his
wrist and another on his head. He
preferred charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon, and wanted the
arrest of Orville Duncan, a 19-year-
old Weston lad, quick at once. He
was accommodated. Constable Smith
drove over to Weston and brought the
boy to Athena. Judge Chamberlain
placed Duncan under 5000 bonds to
appear before him for trial, the date
of which has not yet been set
The man and boy are both employed
at the Weston brick yard. vanslyck' g
tale of it was that Duncan and an
other boy were bandying words, when
be, Vanslyck, volunteered the sug-
gestion that if Duncan came through
the other boy could even up matters
with club. Duncan "came through"
all right, all right, and laid shovel
in not too gentle manner against big
Vanslyck's head, and followed it up
with the Irish trick of throwing brick
bats. The only weapon Vanslyck
had for protection, was little
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
WOULD ASK FEW CONCESSIONS
Predicted Outcome of the Demands
Made by Association.

Saturday was the day scheduled for
a conference between the local wheat
buyers and the executive committee
OF the WheatraiseIs' association upon
the subject OF sales day and rules and
warehouse charges. However, up
to 8 O'Clock the mem bers of the
farmers committee had failed to meet
and SO no conference had been held.
During the afternoon Dan P.Smythe,
secretary of the wheat raisers, was
given a copy of changes in the sales
day rules desired by the buyers. Some
Of these are regarded as reasonable
and will doubtless be granted. The
complete rules will be published after
adoption.
Regarding the matter of warehouse
charges the buyers hsye intimated
that no concession will be made by the
companies having warehouses over the
country. At present the warehouse
charge is 30 cents per ton for storage
Of wheat and 10 cents extra if the
wheat be left until afser January /.
The farmers object to the additional
10 cents and also insist that when they
sell their wheat in the field and the
same is delivered directly to the ware
house, no charge should be made.
Should the warehouse companies
continue to refuse concessions it is
very probable that independent ware
houses will be erected over the county
by the farmers. Under state law they
may do SO, and railroad companies
are required to lay sidetracks for the
same If enough wheat is guaranteed.
1t is held that independent ware
houses would be of benefit to the
farmers in numerous ways. At
present they declare the buyers decline
to purchase wheat when stored in an
other company's Warehouse, thus
leaving the farmer at the mercy of
the company having bis wheat. BY
having wheat in independent ware
houses it is held that farmer would
be in better position to sell to any of
the local buyers, and would also be
free to sell to independent buyers
should such enter the field. EAST
Oregonian.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
Wind Whips Forty Fold
Wheat to the Ground.
DRY AND SKATERS OUT BADLY
Only Seven Sacks Per Acre From
Field That Gave Promise Of
Forty Bushels.

The value of Forty-fol wheat does
not appeal very forciply to A. J. Wag-
ner aud VIM. Tompkins, farmers who
are engaged in wheat raising north of
town.
While there are many instances
where this variety of wheat has been
known to yield well in this vicinity,
the instances are not to be found this
season, which for the past month has
been marked with excessive heat and
draught. With these conditions,
which began when the stalk Of the
grain was rank with sap, wheat ri
pened SO rapidly that the head shat
ters out badly when struck by wind,
and the straw necessarily weak, breaks
to the ground easily. This year the
above is true with all varieties of
wheat, but the condition of the
Forty fold variety is decidedly worse
than any of the others.
On the Wagner place field gave
every indication of yielding 40 bushels
or better to the acre three weeks ago,
only netted seven sacks to the acre.
The grain was there but the most
part OF 1t lay shattered ont on the
ground, and the only way it can be
picked up is by turning hogs iuto the
field, and there is enough wind-shat-
tered wheat there to fatten several
car loads of hogs.
Mr.. Tompkins' experience with
Forty-fold is much the same as that OF
Mr.. Wagner, and be will not raise any
more of it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
A Fine Present.

Frank Swaggart has been con-
Quoting harvest operations for his
father on the Birch Greek ranch. and
80 we'll did the boy I'LL the position
Of manager, the father made known
his appreciation for services rendered
by making him present of fine gold
watch. Frank was not 'swelledn up
TO any great extent over the presenta-
tion speech made by bis dad, and
yesterday morning assembled himself
to the high seat OF a combined har-
vester, where he will handle the reins
over l8 head Of horses during har-
vest.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
NO TRACE OF LOST BOY.
Story From Portland is Unfounded as Nc
Gypsies Have Been Seen.

~tOiy ElOAA OklaHu 10 olilOuliuCu 30 ANO
Gypsies Have Been Seen.
The story of a Portland woman hav-
ing seen Cecil BrittSin in the custody
of Gypsy outfit in Portland is Who'll
ly unfounded. The parents Of the
child have run the story down through
the Portland police ana find that there
is no grounds for 1t whatever.
Absolutely no trace of the child has
been found and while the belief that
he has been kidnapped is growing
stronger, yet the mystery is as deep
as ever.
Owing to the pubhSity given the
disappearance of the child the parents
feel that every community in the en-
tire northwest is aware of it and it
would be impossible for any travelling
outfit to exhibit the child anywhere
without immediate detection.
Small searching parties will continue
in the mountains, in hopes of locating
the remains by means of odor should
the child be dead on the mountain.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
Donald Victor Raley Peterson.

Will M. Peterson, all round good
fellow, our we'll known attorney, OF
to Clark Woods coinage, !" Athena's
legal luminary," never does things in
halves. He has the sweetest baby
boy in all Oregon, and be knows it.
He has christened the little fellow
Donald Victor Raley- Peterson. and
Colonel J. H. Raley of Pendleton, in
appreciation of his name being select
ed in connection with the christening,
has sent $50 check which is to be
used in the purchase of fine baby
buggy, wearing apparel, etc.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
SALT LAKE ELKs WON.
Silver Elk Valued at $1,000 Taken by the
Mormons.

Mormons.
The Salt Lake lodge of Elks has
been awarded the silver elk, valued
at $1,000, by the committee of awards,
for having the greatest number of la
dies registered at the Elks' reunion
in Denver last week. Kansas City
lodge received the second prize, $500,
in this contest and Davenport, Iowa,
the third prize, $500.
The Colorado awards will not be an
nounced for another week, owing to
the fact that some Of the state lodges
had not properly certified their actual
membership on July /.
The outside awards are:
Lodge having the largest attendance
Kansas City first, prize $500; Pitts
burg second, prize $500; Butte, Mont,
third, prize 500.
Greatest average mileage--Pittsburg
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
Convict Labor Problem.

The competition OF convict labor
with the regular workingman is con-
stantly assuming more serious as
pect. This is the conclusion reached
by the bureau Of labor upon complet-
ing third investigation of the sub
ject after years interval. 1t is evil
dent that reasonable grounds for the
complaint of manufacturers employ
ing free labor that such competition is
ruinous and unfair.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31
Miners Strike Is of.

The strike of 5000 miners, which
has been on in Eastern Ohio since
April, will be officially declared off
today. The miners and opertors have
agreed to accept tho terms drafted by
the scale committee.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-31

first, $4,000 miles, prize $3.50; Brook
lyn second, $4,000 miles, prize $500;
Syracuse, N. Y, third, $40, 900
miles.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-09
TO SAIL DIRECT NEXT MONTH
Contract Requires Steamers to Come
 to Seward First

Confirming the cable news and the statement of Capt. Moore of the Santa Ana that Northwestern Steamship Company boats will come first to Seward after this month Maj. Ballaine writes to the Gateway that the con- tract of the Alaska Central with the Northwestern stipulates that the out side service with Seward as first port of call must begin not later than July l.
 When the contract between the rail- road company and the steamship com pany was made last fall it called for the beginning of the new service March l5 if possible, but that was de- pendent upon obtaining modification of the mail contract of the North western, which required steamers to run first to Valdez. The postal de- partment refused to alter the terms O. the mail contract, which does not eX- pire until June 50. The new contract permits the sailing of steamers to Seward first.
 Mai. Ballaine writes also that he was told the day before the Bertha sailed by E. G. McMicken, general passenger agent of the Northwestern, that officials of the company were working upon new schedule for the outside steamers and that it will probably pro- vide for sailings on the lst, Sth, 16th and 24th of each month. The Santa Clara, Oregon and Saratoga will be the outside boats. The latter is now on her way around the Horn. The Santa Ana and Excelsior will probably continue to run on thei" present schedules.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-09
HEADINGS MEET IN
 BORE OF TUNNEL 8
Good Progress Reported on All Rail road Construction in Placer
 River Valley.

The headings met in tunnel number 3. on mile 52. of the railroad, Sunday. Tunnel No. 3 is the longest of the railroad tunnels, its length be- ing nearly 1000 feet. Saturday night the south cad heading was $50 feet feet long and the north end 4O5 feet. The benches at that time were 46S and 322 feet. At the present rate of pro- gress they should be finished about June 20.
 On tunnel No. 1, where boring is in progress only on the north end, the heading was in 3Sl feet and the bench 342 feet Saturday night. Tunnels , and } were finished last month and No. 6 caved in. The debris is nearly cleared away and boring will probably be resumed within a few days. Bor- ing began last week on the north end of tunnel :, the last of the series, and II feet of the heading was bored Sat urday night.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-09
SANTA CLARA ARRIVES
 AND SAILS S0UTHWARD
Brings Eighty-Five Passengers to Seward, Including Sixty Laborers
 for the Railroad.

Steamer Santa Clara arrived in port yesterday morning with twenty five cabin and stXty-three steerage passengers. Nearly all the latter were laborers for the Alaska Central. The steamer brought eighty-two tons of freight and fifteen days paper mail, from the date of the sailing of the EX- celsior, the evening of May l6, to the departure of the Santa Clara al ID. m. May 3L
 The Santa Clara sailed yesterday afternoon for Seattle, going from here to Orca. She took seven horses to Valdez. It was the intention of the Alaska Central to send twenty to Seat tie. but when seven were disposed of it was decided to keep the others and try to sell them here. Stalls were built for the twenty and this fact held the steamer here several hours.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-09
METHODISTS TO
 BUILD CHURCH Local Society Will Soon Begin Erection of Structure To
 Cost Sl0,OOO.
TWO LOTS GIVEN FOR SITE
Plans Matured for Raising Money by Donations From Various
 Outside Sources.

Within few weeks construction will begin on a Methodist church and pastors residence for Seward which will cost SlO,OOO. The church will cost $SOOO and the remaining 5000 will go into the house. The buildings will be erected on two lots at the north east corner of Third avenue and Jet- ferson street, just north of Lowell creek.
 The pastor of the local Methodist society, Rev. l.. II. Pedersen, return ed on the Bertha from Seattle and Oregon. While in Seattle he secured from Maj. Ballaine the gift of the two lots for church purposes. A commit tee was selected also to solicit funds in Seattle to help build the church. Mai. Ballaine and T. $. Lippy the noted Alaska mining man and a lead- ing Methodist, are members of the committee. The missionary board of the Methodist church has also prom ised to make an appropriation for the church.
 The church will be about 5OX6O feet and of modern architecture. The basement will have a gymnasium with baths. Negotiations are in progress 70 purchase the present equipment of the Seattle Y. M. C. A. gymnasium for che local Methodist church. The Seattle association will move in a few months into a new building with an equipment vastly larger and more expensive than the present one.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-09
MINERS STRANDED TWO
 DAYS ON FIRE ISLAND
Thirteen Men Lose Their Boat and Compelled to Wait Until They
 Get Very Hungry.

Thirteen men belonging Co Frank Watson, force on the ChickoIoon were stranded las, week on Fire island and for forv-two hours uad nothing Co cat. In that time Nrr. Watson and several other men of the Chickaloon barony passed by the island in the steamer Tyonic looking tor the casJaways but failed Co see them although they hoisted all the signal lagS they could make out of white cloth. The steamer could not get close 10 shore where the men were camped. They had gone in- ,o shoal water ar the upper end of the island. At the lower end where the Inlet steamers can approach close, the Tyonic stayed twelve hours expecting to find the men.
 The unlucky crowd came down from Knik to Fire island Saturday evening, May 26. They had enough grub for supper and expected to be taken off that night or early next morning by the Tyoutc. In the evening prospec- tor came along and tied his boat Co their, for anchorage. Both boats were within reach of nigh tide and were not fastened Co anything on shore. The prospector went ro sleep in his boat and woke up next morning of Tyoc- nol. The high eide had carried him away from the island and had lowed The boat of the Watson party with him. He cu, loose from that and went back to the isNnd Go get the boa,Iess and hungry crowd and brought them of.
 After getting their own boat again .he men came around to Sunrise and over yo the railroad. Some of them went to the tunnel to work but three came on Go Seward with the story.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-09
CHARLES D. LANE ARRIVES
Noted Timing Operator Will Spend
 Several Weeks at Seward

On the Santa Clara cams Charles D.. Lane, one of the most noted mining operators of the Pacific coast, who is chief owner of the quartz property on Falls creek, which is being developed under the direction of his son-in-law, Theo. Allen. He was accompanied by Mrs. Allen and her two children and will remain several weeks. Mrs. will remain during the summer ant will stay at Falls creek.
 Mir. Lane has been a mining opera tor in California for many years. He is chief owner of the famous Utica gold mine in that state. He was one of the earliest operators at Nome, where he organized the Wild Goose Company, the heaviest mining com pany in that section.
 Mir. Lane achieved great prominence in the presidential campaign of 1896 by supporting Bryan and free silver, although he had been lifelong Republican and had made his great fortune in gold mining. Last fall he was suddenly stricken with blindness while on a steamboat bound for Nome. Nevertheless he still takes active in. terest in mining enterprises.