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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03
chances Of the storm continuing-un-
til 1t let's up.

chances OF the storm continuing-un-
til 1t let's up.
There was a large gathering OF
friends at the depot yesterday morn
ing to say farewell to Father Duffey
who departed for Sheridan, Wyo
There must have been at least seven
ty-five members of the church, mixed
with other well wishers. That Father
Duffy endeared himself to this people
all will testify. and only regret on all
sides is heard because he decided to
go to another field
Mrs. Chilton's work excels that OF
any monodramist l have ever heard
She is a real southern lady. Leading
people of the community put them
selves out TO meet her after the en-.
tainment and complimented her
very highly, Hers was the finest en-
tertainment out of many / have at
tended In this town where the rough
er element has kept SO orderly and
given such perfect attention.. s
Goldwaite, Sedro-Wooley, Wash.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03

Most all OF Europe is undergoing
the coldest and stormiest weather
In many years.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03
BU q BLES.

A thing that is above criticism is
never beneath notice.
When mans single sometimes he
has double the friends.
1t takes push to make success of
wheelbarrow mandatory.
Somehow the fastest burglar seems
willing to take another mans dust"
Those who think they're the whole
thing leave small holes when they are
gone.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03
TRIO OF LITTLE TRAILERs,

How many could be made happy
with the blessings which are reckless
ly thrown away!
Some women will miss heaven be.
cause they sit so long by the wayside
dissecting their guide books.
We do many things because they are
called pleasure, which we should hate
4 they went by any other name.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03
knuckling down to business after
short respite.

knuckllng down to business after a
short respite.
Mrs. Sam Sullenberger and Miss
Morris were returning passengers to
Paso osa Springs New Years morning
after spending few days the guests
Of Mrs. r. p. Sloan.
r. w. Hollis came down from Sill
verton last evening en- route to New
York and Boston. joining his wife In
the latter city. He expects to be alb
sent six weeks or two months.
Josephine Chelton, the noted lec-
turer. arrived Monday evening. go
ing to Aztec and Farmington. return
Ing in time for the engagement Thurs
day evening at Red Men hall.
o.
B. N. Freeman returned from Pa
gosa Springs last evening. being ac-
companied by his daughter, who will
spend few days before returning
to Boston to resume her studies.
-
The Palace catered to large pat
ronage yesterday. serving one OF the
finest dinners the city has known.
Landlord English was Just giving a
sample of what may be expected dur
ing the year.
The eastern train arrived two hours
late last night. reaching Silverton
minutes of II. Conductor McHolland
says there Is less snow at Silverton
than in Durango. Returning, the
passenger arrived from Silverton
right on the dot this morning, leaving
about on schedule time.
The Catholic parsonage was invad.
ed by large number of friends who
took Father Duffy by storm Monday
night and the evening passed rapidly
AS a token of the-esteem in which the
reverend gentleman is held, 1t is only
necessary to state that he was pre-
sented with purse of over 5000
contributed during the closing hours
Of Monday afternoon. And every dol
lar was certainly free Will Offering
goodly number learning of the move
ment and insisting on being repre-
| sented.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03

"Clara's got a tongue like a motor"
Like motor. How's that?"
"She's always running people
down"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03

1t commenced showing about dark
Monday evening. and Tuesday morn.
Ing there were eight to ten inches on
the ground. The storm continued at
intervals during the day and last
night and IL showing In a desultory
way today. with total Of about ten
to twelve inches ON the level. with
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03

All the teachers who went to Den
W u att>nd the annual association
1nslnG havs rstnrnsd and are
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03

Considerable interest was manifest
"a In the 0ans-Hermsr hght, although
tbers wss not much money wagered
oa ~ result. Cans was too much ol
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Two Normals to Get Money.

The Senate ordered the ways and
means committee not to report appro-
priations for more than two normal
schools. The resolution adopted for
this purpose was Senator Wright's.
1t was adopted without an aye and no
vote, but it was apparent that the
Senate strongly favors the idea and it
is practically certain that not more
than two normals will be provided for
by this Legislature, unless some trades
are made OF new arguments produced
TO change the ideas of the Senators.
The resolution does not specify
which of the normals shall he provid-
ed for, but leaves that to the commit
tee. All the normal school bills are
in the hands of the committee on ed
ucation, at present, and it is thought
that this committee will report upon
the question of normal school policy
for the state, and then the ways and
means committee will govern itself
accordingly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
lutte Bags Will Be Higher.

Wheat growers are speculating as
to the price the state board of con
troll will fix on grain bags manufac-
tured at the Walla Walla penitentiary
next season. The board will take up
this matter at its February meeting.
AS the state has had to pay $26. 95 a
bale as against $18 last year, for its
supply of jute. this percentage will
have to be added to the price Of 1-2
cents as per last year 8 schedule, which
would amount to at least 2 to 1-2
cents bag. 1t is understood that it
is the intention of the board to fix the
price of grain bags this year very close
to that asked for the Calcutta bags,
and thereby allow the state to realize a
small profit after paying the expenses
and allowing a reasonable amount for
the wear and maintenance of the ma
chineIy. 1t is figured that the output
of the penitentiary jute mills can at
best only supply small portion of
the bags required by the wheat grow
ers of the state, and therefore only a
few, comparatively would be benefit
ed by putting the price down to about
the actual cost of production. 1t is
stated that the price will be 8 | 2
to 9 cents.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
CHURCH DISPLAYS ENTERPRISE
Free Lunch in Colorado -Advertising
in Street Cars.

Occasionally we hear the churches
criticized for lack of ent erprise, but
iunumerable instances of extraordi-
nary endeavor may be quoted in refu
tation of this charge, says a Wash
ington dispatch. The pastor of
church in Cripple Creek, Colo, has
introduced the free lunch feature in
connection with his church work. He
announced in the papers that all who
attend his services would afterward be
given free food in the Sunday school
room.
For the sake of novelty, a New York
divine employed whistler and later
vaudeville artist to enliven the pro-
gr am at his church. Not long ago l
had occasion to make an extensive trip
over the United States, and in eleven
different cities the pastors of various
denominations went to the trouble To
copy my name from the hotel register
and send me invitations to attend their
meetings. In many cities church ad-
vertisements now appear in the street
cars aud other public places, where
they make their appeal to the eye
along with the announcements os liver
pills, brands of whiskey, tailoring es-
Establishments, etc. The conviction
seems to be growing that it pays to
advertise religion as we'll as anything
| else.
A Chicago minister hit upon a
novel plan to encourage housewives
and young mothers to come 10 the
Sunday morning service at his church.
He established day nursery in an ad-
/ joining building, where he installed
a corps Of nurses under the charge of
a competent matron. Mothers of
babies and young children are now in
vited to bring the little people along
and check them free Of charge in the
nursery, while they attend church
next door. Their minds can thus be
free from worry in the thought that
their children are near and are being
we'll cared for.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Heads the City Ticket for a
Second Time
.BARRET'S NAME WITHDRAWN
LeGrow, Tompkins, Gross and Nc
Bride Nominated for Councilmen.-
Watts for Water Commissioner.

DIR. J. D. Plamondon for the second
time heads the city ticket, having
been the unanimous choice for mayor,
of the citizens of Athena in mass meet
ing assembled Tuesday evening, at the
city hall.
For councilmen, f. S. LIE Grow,
VIM. Tompkins. g. w. Gross and
William Mcbride were nominated.
q. A. Barrett was placed in nomina-
tion for councilman, but his name was
withdrawn by his sou, H. A. Barrett.
For city recorder, the present incum-
bent, 0. q. Chambe, lain, had no op-
position, and was nominated unani-
mously, as was also |. Nj. Kemp, for
city treasurer. M. l.. Watts and D. II.
Preston were placed in nomination for
membership on the hoard of water
commissioners. The vote was taken by
ballot, Mr.. Watts receiving a majority
of the votes cast.
DIR. Plamondon has served the city
we'll as mayor and is com petent to
give Athena as good service during a
second term as he administered in the
first.
Two of the candidates nominated
for councilmen, Mr.. Tompkins and
Mr.. Gross, are at present serving in
that official capacity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Widdowson Acquitted.

Alex Widdowson, who has been on
trial for the murder of Willard Moody
for the past 10 days, at Baker City,
was acquitted of the charge, after 80
hours deliberation by the jury. Ira
Brown also indicted for the murder
was dismissed by the circuit court
Saturday. The testimony was volum
inous, conflicting in many points and
tried the patience of the court, jury,
witnesses and lawyers The instruc-
tions of the court were lengthy in ac-
cordance with the circumstances and
it is not surprise that the jury took
30 hours to arrive at decision in SO
important matter wherein hung a
mans life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Obligations of Organization to
Be Liquidated.
REORGANIZATION MAY RESULT
An Effort Will Be Made to Arouse In
terest With Social Features
and New Members.

A special meeting of the Athena
Commercial Association was held in
the club rooms Wednesday night.
1t was really the most interesting
meeting held since the one at which
the association was organized, for on
the general discussion which took
place, depended whether the Athena
Commercial Association should live
or die.
This momentous question was not
fully decided, when adjournment was
taken, but during the proceedings of
the meeting motion was made, re-
ceived its second and carried, which
provided for the appointment of a
committee of three members. whose
duty it is to interview delinquent
members and collect unpaid dues
with the object of paying eff the as
sociatiou's Indebtedness.
This committee was instructed to
report at the next regular meeting,
which occurs Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 10.
Dul4h& bdO OOut6O VI OADOdoO4Oh thO
general status of the organization was
discussed from every point OF view !.
Mr.. W. J. King, the first speaker of
the evening, advanced the argument
that the association was of no benefit
to his business or the town. No one
disputed the logic of his statement,
and his name. Sin boxcar letters, as
Mr.. King expressed it was stricken
from the rolls at his request.
he unanimous sentiment as ex-
pressed was that the association had
/ been of no benefit whatever to Athena,
and if it was to continue along the
lines it has pursued in the past, the
quicker it paid up its obligations and
ceased to exist, the better for all con-
cerned.
Those who desire the association to
live. proposed that social and amuse-
ment features, such, in part, that keep
the commercial bodies of other towns
and cities alive, should be introduced.
and this will perhaps be an important
feature for discussion at the next
meeting.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
AND ASHLAND It IS HEREAFTER

P. A. Worthington of Portland, sec
retary of the Eastern Oregon State
Normal school, sent the following tel
egram to NJ. A. Baker, Mayor of Wes-
ton:
Salem, Feb. 7.-Miller bill, No. IL,
reported by committee on education to
Senate, fixing Weston and Ashland
adopted. Credit due Umatilla County
senators. Wire them congratulatious
P. A. Worthington.
From the above it would appear
that Weston ia secure in the possession
Of the Eastern Oregon State Normal
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Immersed In the Flood.

Yesterday afternoon, while return
ing from Wala Walla by team, Henry
Adams of this city was thrown into
the waters of treshet near the Dry
creek crossing. He was lifted back
into the hack by the driver, Henry
Stamper of Weston. Mrs, Ed. Simp-
son and daughter OF Weston jumped
from the rig when they thought it
was about to capsize. Entering the
water, the team and hack nearly went
out of sight. The ladies jumped out
from behind into comparatively shall
low water, but Mr.. Adams alighted
in the deepest portion of it and floated
back against the wheels. when Mr..
Stamper rescued him.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Arrest Under Truant Law.

Z AsWarIant was sworn out at North
Yakima by County Superintendent
Jacobsen for the arrest of William
Jones, of the Selah Valley, to compel
him to send his children to the public
schools. This is the first arrest of the
kind ever made in Yakima under the
new compulsory school law. Jones
will have hearing. He claims that
he did not have money to buy his
children books, but the Board of Ed
ucation of the district offered to fur
nish him with books. He then said
his children had no shoes and the
county authorities offered to buy the
children shoes, and still be refused
to comply with the request of the Su.
perintendent. The result of the suit
will be watched with interest. If the
Superintendent wins, he will have
several other parents in the country
districts arrested on similar charges.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
REPORT OF THE GAME WARDEN
State Official Indorses the Present
Hunters License Law

State Game and Forestry Warden J.
w. Baker in his regular annual re-
port recommended several changes in
the game laws. The report shows that
there were only about 100 convictions
for breaches of the game laws during
the year 1906, this being less than for
many years past. Game is on the in
crease and there were more game birds
last year than for years.
Mr.. Baker upholds the license law,
recommends that all fines collected for
violation of the game laws be placed
in the game fund. This would make
the game protection practically self
sustaining. Among other recommenda-
tions are the following:
A reasonable bounty for cougar,
wild cat and timber wolf scalps
A license on trout fishermen, the
funds to be used in providing and
maintaining trout hatchery.
Salmon trout to be taken with the
hook and line at any and all times aud
seasons of the year.
Ten days time to be given 20 all
hunters to dispose of game taken in
open season.
Nonresidents who pay the $40
License for hunting should be permit
ted to take one days hunt out of the
state.
Provide for the sale of all deer hides
that now are,- or may be. in the pos
session of the Game Warden OF his
deputies.
Repeal the law protecting beaver.
The limit of one days catch of trout
is now 125. This should be changed
To NOT over 30.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

school, at last. II is understood that
Miller did not insist on the relocation
clause in his bull, and was satisfied
with cutting the mum ber of the schools
down to two institutions. The school
retained in Western Oregon at Ashland
is the leading normal in the state
having larger membership than any
of the others. The bill abolishes the
normal schools at Monmouth and
Drain which will be a great saving to
the tax payers of the state besides set
tling once Tor all the question OF main
tanning schools of this character.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

Articles of incorporation were filed
with the county auditor for the Walla
Walla Fire Insurance company, with
a capital of$300,000 all of which has
been subscribed and $4,000 paid in.
Officers have been chosen and all but
one are Walla WalIa men, as follows:
President. @. X. Holloway; vice pres
ident, @. H. Spencer of Seattle; treas
urer. o. g. Parker; trustees. @. K.
Holloway, W. S. Barrett, E. L. Small
ey, j. q. Ransom and O. q. Parker.
The officers of the company will be To-
Gated in Walla Walla. In addition
to the capital stock there is surplus
of $4,000 making total assets $780,
900. Mr.. Spencer was formerly con
nected with the Merchants Fire as
sociation, which has been acquired by
the new company.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Arrest Wenatchee Priest.

Father J. H. Colin, priest in charge
Of the Catholic Church at Wenatchee
aud missions in Cashmere. Chelan,
Leavenworth and Wateryille, has been
arrested on complaint OF Charlotte
Norris, a 17-yeaI-old girl of Wenat-
chee. Father Colin was brought be-
fore Judge Palmer today on the charge
of criminal assault. The girl is
motherless. The father Immediately
sent for Colin, and upon the priest 8
arrival the dog was set upon him and
two shots were fired, but failed TO
reach their mark. The priest avows
innocence of the charge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Thompson Insane.

"Not guilty by reason of insanity, !"
was the verdict of the jury in the
Thompson murder case Saturday
night. There was only two ballots
taken, one at o'clock, resulting in a
vote of II to for acquittal, aud the
other at 9:30 O'Clock being unanimous.
The defendant will be kept in Jail
until papers can be made out commit
ting him to some asylum.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Sentenced to Hang March 22.

Fred Miller, convicted of murder
in the first degree, at Kalama, Wash,
was taken to Walla Walla Saturday
by penitentiary official. Miller
killed his chum, Fritz Dierks, in
Castle Rock in October 10, 1906, for
the purpose of robbery. He was con-
victed in the Superior Court about
two weeks ago, and sentenced by
Judge McOredie to be hanged at the
penitentiary at Walla Walla ON March
~, 1907.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
A Valuable Lesson.

Six years ago / learned valuable
lesson" writes John Pleasant. of Mag
nolia, Ind. 81 then began taking DR..
Kings New Life Pills. and the longer
l take them the better flnd them.
They please everybody. Guaranteed
by VIM. McBride's druggist csc.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

The Athena mail was brought up
from Pendleton yesterday by team.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08

"Pineules" -alcoholicj made
from resin from our pine forests, nsed
for hundreds of years for bladder
and kidney diseases. Medicine for 30
days, 81. Guaranteed. Pioneer drug
store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-02-08
Hunting for Trouble.

"I've lived in California 20 years,
and am still hunting for trouble in
the way of burns, sores, wounds, boils,
cuts, spIains, or case of piles that
Bucklen's Arnica Salye won't quickly
cure" writes Charles Walters, of ALL
eghany, Sierra Go. No use hunting
Mr.. Walters; it cures every case,
Guaranteed Palace drug store. 25c.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-07

some crltter who didn't have time to
sign his name writes us from Santa
re that he viii arrive in this town in
about two weeks and shoot SIX redhot
bullets into our despicable carcass.
Good! Things are going little slow.
and we'd like a change. Kick open the
door -FOUR sanctum and come right in.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-07
SAVED FROM THE Rot
Sailors Barely Escape Beng
hIadsgIhto . slew.
soUP kEITLEs WEE { READY:

And csnnibals Were Cheating Over the si,,e.
Coming Feast When ingenuity Of
the second Mate snasehsd the Crew
Of the Airs Well Away.
Second Mate j. B. Foster of the
British steamship Gymeric, which
sailed for north China ports from
Seattle recently, has had many hair
breadth escapes during a long and
checkered career on the sea, but he
swelIs with pride at the thought that
never has be been in a wreck, d chr
cumstance peculiar to few Sailors adj
dicted to relating their adventures.
But was near wrecked once" said
he when in reminiscent mood as the
boat was taking on cargo In Seattle.
II was on the bark AIS We'll, and we
were out from London delivering sup
plies for missionaries along the west
coast Of Africa. Funny places they
we're that we called at-awfpl names.
regular jaw breakers, like the Aleka-
zulewaugeesie and the like.
at was case Of having to lay on
shore while a bunch Of Kroo boys
padded out from the low lying beach
and carried the supplies ashore in
their queer canoes. Slow lightering 1t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-07
Almost Eaten Up by Mosquitoes.

Bridget Collins; eighty years old,
who wandered from her home In the
Bronx, New York city, was found in
o swamp ten miles away half buried
in the mud and almost eaten alive
by mosquitoes. Mounted Policeman
Flynt was riding past the swamp
when some boys called his attention to
what appeared to be a bundle of rags
which they declared had moved. By
means Of several boards the policeman
got to where the woman was lying and
carried her out. She was taken to the
Lebanon hospital, where 1t is sud she
could not live.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-07
THEY WERE aEr1NagHr KETTLES READY.

THEY WE'RE GETTINGTHE KETTLES READY.
was, and good and sick of the job we
we're, can tell you. Once went
ashore with the niggers, and the sight
Of the mission station, with its bunch
Of pot belliel sinking converts and
the hyena-like dogs round that com.
pound, completely diverted me from
any idea of enllsting in the ranks of
the sky pilots in those latitudes.
81 couldn't make out which was the
more fool, the men who lived there or
the people at home who sent them out
their grub stake; but. as 1t turned out.
it was those selfsame supplies that
kept yours truly and his mates from
being frIcasseed by the cannibal saw
ages of the locality.
AFTER stretch of good weather 1t
darkened over and blew great guns,
and then some more. When the storm
was over we found ourselves drifting
on to shore, with the tide running in
furiously. There wasn't breath Of
air after the hurricane we had just
been through. and the ship was help
less in the calm.
ION the beach, rapidly getting near
er, we could see the savageS lighting
fires and getting the big soup kettles
ready, and there were big Jumps in our
throats as we watched the prepara-
tions for our reception.
"Suddenly was seized with an In
SEPARATION, and It was due to that bless
ed thought that I'm here in Seattle to-
day. z
eve had on board several little stern
paddle wheel steamboats, for the mis-
slonarles. They were built in sections
for transport. Like a fash We got out
two of the sections with the wheels on
and rugged them on the stern Of the
Airs Well. We had a donkey engine
on board for loading cargo, and, with
our usual sailors ingenuity, we rugged
up q gear to turn the paddles and so
steamed away from the dangerous
shore.
ut was close shave, though. We
could hear the man eaters fighting
among themselves as to who would
have the fat one, and us that lndivtd-
ual was myself you can fancy the
sigh of relief heaved when our YES
sell began to make way"