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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-07-18

City Business Solicited.
Complete set of Safety Deposit
Boxes. The $50 stockholders are all
Mahaska county farmers.
Farmers: Make this your head
quarters. levitt
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-07-18
AROUND The CIRCUIT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Oskaloosa
seems to nave peculiar arrangement
with regard to her fire department
Technically she is without depart
ment, because the terms of office oil
the firemen have expired and the may
or has not made new appointments
But the old men are remaining on duty
until appointments shall have been
made. To the average citizen, it APP
pears that a city fire department ought
to be run like a railroad. Engineers
and firemen and conductors and brake
men and switchmen and the hundreds
and thousands of other employees are
not put on for six months or a year
but they hold their places as long as
there is no fault to be found with
their work. And that is the way in
which beyond all other departments
in city a fire department ought to
be conducted. 1t is not a matter OF
custom or of politics, or it ought not
TO be- 1t is entirely a matter of bust
ness and of common sense. What
does the citizen care, whether the
man who saves his home and rescues
his family votes republican, democrat
ic, socialist or prohibition tickets
whether he be catholic, protestant, Jew
or none of the three, whether he be-
longs to the Sons of the American
Revolution or whether he came from
Germany, Hibernia or Bohemia. 1t is
results and results only. that ought to
be demanded.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-07-18

Charles City Intelligencer: Oska-
loosa mas a rest room. What is rest
room? A rest room is place where
the farmers wives and other ladies
who shop in Oskaloosa go to rest, chat
together, and visit, while their hus-
bands, brothers and men folks gener-
ally, congregate together and swap
yarns, talk boss and exchange expert
ences. Oskaloosa's rest room was in
stituted and provided by the ladies
of the Oskaloosa Woman'S club, who
secured the basement of the court
house, fitted it up, provided it with
toilet rooms, comfortable furnishings,
etc, a1d dedicated it to the tired
mothers and other women folk who
came to Oskaloosa to do their shop
ping. and mad no place to stay while
their brothers talked man talk" the
rest room" is a most worthy idea and
one that we believe might be initiated
in Charles City with good results.
There are several downstairs rooms in
the business section, and Of which
could be secured at a nominal rental
and that could be arranged at little
expense for rest room" purposes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-07-18
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK

r. X. Davis, Cashier.
II. l.. Pike. Asst. Cashier, 80
4, Henry Warner, Book-keeper.
w. l. Beans, President.
w. H. Pike, Vice President.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
IS AN UNJUST RATE.
Milton's Push Club Will Look up Iu-
ter State Commerce Law to Reg
ulate Interurban Fare.

At a recent meeting of Milton g
push club, action was taken which
would lead the general public to be-
lieve that the Walla Walla-F -Freewater-
Milton interurban electric line, is dis
eliminating in favor of the larger
town in the matter Of fare regulations.
At this meeting. the Eagle says the
subject of 10-cent fare on the trolley
line from Suunyside to Milton came
up and there was quite spirit mani
Tested to regard it as unjust discrimi-
nation in the matter of rates. One
reason advanced for this brief was
that the fare from College Place to
Walla Walla is only FIVE cents, al
though the distance is greater than
from Sunnyside to Milton, over which
10-cent fare is charged. Attorney
Peterson was requested to look up the
interstate commerce law covering the
subject and see If the company
couldn't be made to make more eq-
uitable rate.
1t is satated by business men that
Milton enjoys quite trade from resi-
dents of the Sunnyside district. but
that the 10 cent fare has tendency to
drive this trade elsewhere.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Walla Walla City Election.

With the exception of Louis Kan.
who was defeated by John Stack, with
a majority of three votes. the entire
Walla Walla City republican ticket
was elected Monday in one of the most
featureless municipal elections held in
that city in many years. The total
vote cast fell short of the total regis
tration ty large number, the votes
cast agg, egatlng about three-f fourths
of the total registered voters. George
Kellough, for mayor. won in an easy
manner, his total being 1886, while
his opponent, w. M. VanPatten, re-
ceived 547, giving the present mayor a
majority Of 53s votes. 9. H. White
man, we'll known in Athena was elect
ed councilman from the First Ward.
receiving 152 votes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
WILD HORSE FRUIT
A Fairly Good Crop Will Be Sold to
Outside Buyers at High
Prices This Year.

The Wild Horse fruit crop is fairly
good this year, and will be marketed
at high price to outside buyers.
Cherries and prunes are especially
plentiful in orchards which escaped
the late frosts.
Apples promise better returns than
the crop of last year, and are said to
be of excellent quality, but it is the
prune and plum orchards that attract
outside buyers, and in the. past many
carloads of these varieties of fruits
have been purchased and shipped from
here. AS a rule Walla Walla produce
men have been buyers of Athena fruit
and they will no dou bt be after this
seasons crop.
The Wild Horse district by no
means has the only fruit in this vicin-
ity this year. Other parts OF the
neighboThood seem to have been
skipped by the frost, and as result
cherries, plums, prunes and apples are
plentiful in many orchards.
At the S. S. Paris place northwest
of town are some of the finest cherries
to be found any where in the country,
a sample of which was sent to this
Office Wednesday.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Big Packing Company Raises
Hogs at Echo.
HUNT FARM OF 5000 ACRES
Stock Will Feed on 200 Acres of AL
falfa, and Middlings From the
Henrietta FIGURING Mills.

The extensive ranch on the Umatilla
river known as the q. w. Hunt place,
consisting of some 5000 acres of rich
farming lands, located near Echo, up
on which are located the Henrietta
FIGURING mills. which were purchased
some time ago by the Swift Packing
company, will be operated under that
company's direction from this time
hence. 1t is the intention to utilize
the Eran and middlings from the mills
to fatten the hogs which will be raised
on the alfalfa land, of which there are
now over 200 acres on the place aud
which will be increased from year 10
year.
This laud is located in the Echo ir-
rigation district. aud with the Hen
rietta mills goes one of the largest and
most valuable water rights in the state
of Oregon.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
$4,000 SACKS BOUGHT
The Inland Grain Growers Association
Saves It's Members S3,873 In a
Contract Purchase.

The Inland Grain Growers Associa-
tion with a membership embracing
the names of farmers of this and Nor
row counties, of which G. A. Ba rrett
of this city is presidents has reaped
material benefit Ey contracting for
grain sacks this season direct from
dealers other than those from whom
purchases have heretofore been made.
This association, which was formed
some months ago in Pendleton, has
steadily increased in growth until it
has reached the stage of influence
whereby its members are protected to
degree in the purchase of material
for the farm and also will perhaps
stand in position, collectively, to
reap the very highest prices for grain
and other farm products.
The principle, Sin union there is
strength" is illustrated in the method
and result of purchasing grain sacks
in large quantities, this season. and
the prompt distribution among the in
dividual members of the Association
at a cost of Ia cents per sack. Mr..
Barrett informs the Press that twice
as many sacks could have been deliver
ed through purchase by the Associa-
tion at the above price, had proper
solicitation been made or any effort
put forth to secure buyers.
The weight of this statement in it's
self is significant when the total num-
ber Of sacks purchased, on voluntary
orders alone from farmers, is known
to be 887, 800.
Eighty farmers in Umatilia county,
and others in Morrow, where 10000
sacks were purchased for distribution,
received the benefit of the purchase
price of 1-2 cents which netted a
saving of $3,873.00; or one cent on
each sack purchased. Mr.. Barrett
also reports quite saving in sack
twine, which was purchased for cents
per pound by the association.
A total of 81, 800 sacks was sold to
Athena farmers. The sacks were dis
tributed as follows:
@ A Barrett, 1900; J N Stone, $500;
Henry Schmitt. 5000; II Koepkc, 1900; /;
John Bell, 1000; Frank Jackson, 1000; /;
Hey Winn, 5000; L W Estes, $500;
Kellar g. Thompson, 7000; J S Bell,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
SAVE MONEY ON GRAIN BAGS
new GASOLINE CARS
Twelve New Motor Cars Are Ready
for Service On Harriman's Short
Line and o. r. & N.

The East OIegonian says: That one
or two of the new gasoline motors now
being completed by the Hartman
railroad 10 the Omaha shops will be
placed in service either from Pendle-
ton to Walla Walls or through Pen
dleton from Huntington to Portland, is
almost a certainty, according to semi
official reports on the o. K. & N.
Twelve of these fine motor cars are
now about ready for service and Harri-
man officials have received instructions
to send them west to the Union Pa
cific, Oregon Short Line and 0. r. &
N, where they can be used to relieve
excessively heavy local travel on the
through trains, and in places where it
is impossible to put additional trains
into service.
Altogether "a of these oars are being
constructed in the Omaha shops. The
first IL, now about ready for service,
will Ee sent west, and the second lot
of IL will be kept in the thiokly popu
lated districts along the Union Pacific
through Nebraska and Kansas, it is
said.
The latest type of the motor cars
developed at the Omaha shops of the
Union Pacific makes so miles an hour
with 200 horse power engine, reach
es high speed within six Car lengths,
and can be stopped within IL feet.
With these advantages the cars can be
put on a much faster schedule than is
possible with the steam locomotive.
Outwardly, the newest of the cars,
which are built entirely of steel, re-
semhle turned over yacht. The for
ward end tapers sharply, and the roof
aud rear are rounded off to reduce the
air resistance and avoid the vacuum
produced by square car. Rounded
windows give to the passengers wide
range of outlook and increase the nau-
tical appearance of the car.
In cold weather the cars are to be
heated by hot water from the cylinder
jacket. They are lighted by acetylene
gas shining through opalescent panels.
For sanitary reasons the floors of
the cars are built SO that they can be
thoroughly cleaned by flushing with
hot water. The familiar system of
ventilation has been replaced byIroof
ventilators. which exhaust the inside
air by suction, fresh air being TAX en-
in from the car roof in front. Vibra-
tion is reduced to the minimum by the
way in which the motive power is
balanced.
The cost of operating the cars varies
from 10 to 20 cents mile. according
to the density of the traffic. but the
records kept prove beyond doubt that
the rail-motor Car will make posi- BILE
great improyemeptsin in handling branch
line traffic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Set Date for Peach Day.

Fleewater Commercial association
held an important session Wednesday
evening in the council cham bers. The
association decided to have printed
10000 copies of phamplet advertis-
ing Freewater and vicinity, these to
be ready for distribution by Peach day.
Special committees were appointed to
make arrangements for the festival
aud August rs was decided upon for
Peach day. Invitation cards are to be
sent out but more complete arrange
ments will be made next Tuesday
evening. Letters Of acceptance to be
present at the celebration have. been
received from Senator Smith. Con-
gresham Ellis and Others.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12

10000; J NJ Bannister $500; q w Han
sell, $500; Oliver Dickinson. 5000
Chas. Brotherton, 5000; s s Paris,
1000; Anson Wood, 5000; j g Bryan,
1000.
Adams, 81 900 saoks-Isaao Christie
pher, 5000; j 0 Hales. 5000; ] H
Christopher, 5000; ] 7 Lieuallen, 5000;
L E Eaton, 5000; B A Marquis. 1900;
John Geiss, 5000; Robt. Morrison,
1900; P T Hales, 1000; Charles Pell'
1000; Matt Denning. $500; Casper
Woodward, 1000; A B Rothrook,
1000; Association order 500; Alex Nc
Donald 1000.
Helix, $4,000 sacks-Chas. McLavey,
1900; VIM. Scott, 1000; R Raymond.
5000; Gorgan SEWERS, $500; John
Zimmerman, 5000; Frank Richmond,
10000; V A Bott, $500; Lafe Hamil-
ton 1900; M Scott, 1000; W H Bond,
1000; W Tallock, 5000; E E La Hue,
1000; S A Edwards, 5000; Andy Ses-
niger. 1000; R B CLANCY, 5000.
Mccormick Station, $4,000 sacks
Herman Roehlk, 1000; N Barb,
75O0;J W Myrick 5000; ] B Kennedy,
1000: J w Mccormick sr. 1000; J w
Mccormick Jr. $500; w H McCor-
mick, S500;J ] Kinney. 1000; G
Rosenberg, $500; H J Taylor. 1900;
Sevant Anderson, 500.
Pendleton, 10000 sacks--D A Peeb
Ter. 1000; L S Bentley, 5000; Gid
Brown, 1000; Chris Breeding, 5000
W R Bitney, 5000; w H Harrab
1000; Grant Earnhart, 1000; Lar
Hanson, $500; Fl Fl Gilbert, 5000
John Planting, 5000; J R Porter, $500
F L McOrea, 1000; J F Temple, 5000
Mission Station, $500 sacks-D Fl
Nelson, $500; B McDill, 5000.
Fulton Station, $500 sacks-Thos
Chandler, 500; j H Peters, $500.
Barnhart Station, 5000 sacks-W 6
Planning 5000.
Echo, 10000 sacks-John w Cop
pinger, 10000.
Morrow County 10000 sacks.
Chas. McAlovy of Helix. is credited
with the largest individual purchase
of any member Of the association,
having $4,000 sacks to his credit. Cas-
per Woodward of Adams is second,
with $1,000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Lockwood d--McBride Nuptials.

Mr.. Zeph Lockwood, of Helix, and
Miss Edythe Mcbride, of this city,
were married in Pendleton Saturday
afternoon at the Presbyterian manse.
Rev. w. L. Van Nuys officiating The
groom is the son of we'll known and
extensive farmer of the Helix neigh
borhood, and the bride is the younger
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Nc
Bride of this CITY. The young people
who we're both students at the o. A.
q. the past year. and who concluded
to thus happily end their school days,
left next day for a wedding trip to
Portland, and from thence will 20 to
Ashland, where Mr.. Lockwood has
mining interests. 1t is not known
just at present where the newly mar
ried pair will decide to make their
home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Milton's New Hotel.

The agitation for new hotel in Mil
ton is still under way. Stock has been
subscribed in the enterprise. a number
of the leading citizens of the town
being among the principle stockhold-
ers, and board of directors have been
elected, with A. N. Elam chairman.
At recent meeting of the board, the
selection of site for the hotel was
postponed until the next meeting of
the board, which takes place in two
weeks.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Jag Causes Arrest.

big Jim" Narcisse, a we'll known
Umatilla Indian went to Adams early
Tuesday morning and occurred supply
of firewater and returned to his place
ON the reservation. where he was
afterward arrested by the agency po-
lice. He made strong resistance and
it required the assistance of three men
to make the arrest. He will be taken
TO Portland for trial before the federal
judge. This is the Indian who twice
made an attempt to commit suicide
during the past few months. the last
time shooting himself in the stomach,
which came near resulting in his death.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
DEHTH Of MRS ]. H. M'BROOM
A Resident of This County For a
Quarter of Century.

Mrs. j. H. McBroom, one of the we'll
known and respected pioneers of Una
tiiia county died Monday morning at
the home of her daughter in Pendleton
at the age of SO years, seven months
and % days. Death was due to heart
disease with which she had been suffer
ing for some time. her death being
expected for weeks.
The maiden name of the diseased was
Emily Crawford, and she was born and
raised in Shelby county Mo-. where
she was married to Jacob Fl. McBToom
at the age Of II. in 1851. They cross
ed the plains to Umatilla county in
train of A wagons in 1889 and located
in PendletoB that year.
She afterward resided in Weston,
and at the time of death had been a
resident of Umatilla county for a
quarter of century.
Mr.. and Mrs aMcBroom raised a
family of IL children, six girls and six
boys. Those living at present are as
follows: Mrs. L. K. Outright of
Pendleton; Mrs. J. L. Hall of Cur
dane; Mrs. James I. Marcum of Cur
dane; Mrs D. P. Hicks of Gurdane;
Mrs. Monroe Hicks of Weston; !;
Mrs. b. d. Newell of Hermiston !;
Robert L., miner of Globe City,
Arizona and E., proprietor of the
Golden Rule hotel in Pendleton. With
the exception of Mrs. Hicks. who is
i'll ,and the son in Arizona, the child
zen were present at the funeral Tues
day.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
FLOODS KILL THEM
Rain Torrent of Year Ago Practic-
ally Annihilated Trout In the
Blue Mountain Strea ms.

He who goes fishing these days re-
turns home with an empty basket and
a promise made to himself that he will
not 60 angling for speckled beauties
again. This decision is not generally
arrived at until after the fisherman has
explored both the Umatilla and Walla
Walla rivers and the tributaries of the
two streams-then the resolution is
made.
He will angle in these streams. and
meeting with no success, he climbs
over trails and river bed to the forks.
Ascending one of these and meeting
with no better success, he investigates
for the cause.
In the pools--the very few now left
he is fortunate indeed, if he hooks
one trout. where two years ago he
could safely count on half dozen or
more. He finds but few, very few
tiny trout-this years hatch-along
the edges of the stream, where form
erly they swarmed in schools.
Investigation leads him on, and re-
AAOAOoE@uS thut AOL coFoEd4 u4A06 UdCh
he had climbed over huge boulders,
gravel and rock piles, together with
logs and drift wood, where formerly
simmering rifles and deep pools had
been, he stops, and looking ahead OBJ
serves a changed landscape ON either
side of the stream; the result of the
terrible ravages of the floods Of over a
year ago.
The storm came in May 1906. This
is the first trip of the fishermen to the
headwaters of the stream since then,
and he soon realizes that it is from the
effect Of this storm that there is a
dearth of fish. AS he looks down
stream he is quick to the conviction
that in the force and grind of the de-
structive food, the spawning grounds
with their thousands of eggs. together
with the seasons run of fish to great
degree, were ground out of existence
in the maelstrom ofcrushing force and
debris.
Thus the reason is explained why
there are but few fish in the Umatilla
and Walla Walla rivers, and tefore
the sport of angling in these streams
can again be enjoyed the government
hatcheries must necessarily restock
them.
So far this season but $4,000 trout
have been turned loose in this county.
This consignment arrived at Pendleton
last week from the Clackamas hatch
cry and were evenly divided in the
waters of Birch and Mckay creeks,
although 5000 of them were originally
intended for Meacham creek.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Horse Dropped Dead.

Monday afternoon the Misses Rich
mond, of Weston drove over to take a
music lesson of Prot. Henry. and
hitched their horse in front of his
gate. Soon after beginning the lesson
a peculiar scream was heard coming
from the horse and going out. the pro-
fessor found him lying in his harness,
dead. The parents of the young
ladies were notified and drove over
from their home after them. The
girls felt the loss keenly, as the horse
was an old and trusted friend. being
about 22 years old. alfle
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
MAKE 0. R. 8 N. LEGAL TARGET
Portland Concerns, Misled by Com
pany, Prepare to Sue.

From present indications large
part of the next term of the circuit
court of Multnomah county will be
taken up with tho hearing OF suite
against the Oregon Railroad and Nav
igation company on account of the
car shortage damages. The Interior
Warehouse company has brought suit
to recover about $4,000 because of
the failure of this railroad to haul the
wheat crop Of 1904. Later greater
damage suit was flied by Kerr, Clifford
q Co. The company asks damages
aggregating 100000 from the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation company for
half dozen reasons. The prayer for
an award states that the railroad COM
pany in 1904 and 1905 solicited grain
shipments and promised to have abun-
dant facilities on hand to transport
grain to the east and elsewhere. Rely
ing on these promises, the plaintiffs
state, they sold large shipments to
eastern brokers, packers, elevators and
millers. and then found it impossible
to obtain cars for the delivery of ship
ments as promised. 1t is also alleged
the price of wheat declined before the
Oregon and Washington crop could be
marketed, anu it deteriorated by delay.
An effort to secure lower freight
rates on grain shipments will be made
by the Inland Graingrowers Associa-
tion OF Umatilla county. who have
already taken the preliminary steps in
the matter through their attorney,
Stephen A. Lowell Of Pendleton, who
has notified the state railroad commits
Sion Of their intention to ask for
hearing in the mattar
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
The Fourth al Lind

Fay lie Grow spent the Fourth at
Lind WASH, where ne was interested
in the races, ropiDg contests and horse
breaking. Fay made the Washington
town sit up and take notice in the
racing events. and De Young, rider
from bis Crab Greek cattle ranch,
won the honors in the roping and
rough riding contests. Mr.. lie GROWS
horse, "Joe," won a match race and
another Of bis string won in the purse
races. Lind is a lively little town,
supported by grain growing district.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Killed While Sleeping.

DeIory Lameller, a young man in
company With companion, beating
his way from Portland to Pendleton.
was killed near Hermiston Saturday
night by train, after he had fallen
asleep ON the track. his companion
was awakened by the approaching train
and had barely time to save himself.
Lameller was evidently lying across
the rails for the body was horribly
mutilated. the head and feet being Gu
tirely severed from the body.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
His Skull Fractured.

George Adams Mckay creek
sheepman was seriously IL not fatally
injured by being thrown from bis
wagon on the pavement in Pe1dleton
Monday evening. Adams was taken
to the hospital. where surgeons pro-
nounced his injuries precarious.
George Hurt, herder was also thrown
out OF the vehicle, but sustained slight
Injuries.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
Lost In Pasco Fire.

Fire destroyed nearly a block of
business buildings in Pasco, Sunday
night. Among the heavy losers is
the firm of Riggs & Whitehorn, gen.
eTal merchandise. Mr.. Whitehorn
was until recently engaged in business
at Halix.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-12
The Milton Water suit.

Circuit Judge Bean is holding court
this week in Freewater, where evi-
dence is being taken in the now fam
GUS Milton water users case. Among
the well known attorneys connected
with the case are Judge Fee, Judge
HALEY aud Will N. Peterson.