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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
this the goth day of April 1907.

]. A. THIGPEN,
Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
Having examined the above and fore
going amendment of the charter of the
Robson, Stewart & McGuirt Company,
Limited, changing the name of said
company to Robson, Stewart & jenkins
Company, Limited. and finding nothing
therein contrary to law, | hereby ap-
prove the same.
This 1st day of May 1907.
J. NJ. FOSTER,
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana
Endorsed: Filed and recorded May 3,
S. @. WILLIAMS.
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appears on
file and of record in my office.
Given under my hand and seal of Of
flee this srd day of May 1907.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Ofhcio Deputy Re-
corder
Nav <, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
WATER FRONT CONDITIONS.
Longshoremen's Strike More Seriou.
on Wednesday Than Ever.

Longshoremer's Strike More Serious
on Wednesday Than Ever.
New York. May s.-Conh itions or
the water front brought about by tbs
strike Of the longshoremen fere more
serious Wednesday than ever. The
strikers number fully 10000. and both
sides are apparently firm in their de
termination to stand firm. Nearly g
score of companies have agreed at a
meeting to stand firmly together and
fight the demands of the men. Thus
far only two companies, the Mallory
line and the Southern Pacific com.
pany, have made terms with the men
Work has been resumed at the freights
piers Of these companies.
In other quarters few hundred
strfkebreakers have been engaged, but
even with the assistance of the crews
of various ships these men have made
but small inroads In the mountains OF
freight that are accommodating at all
the important shipping points. The
big transatlantic companies. however.
are sending out their ships nearly on
schedule time, but the strikers claim
that these vessels are going away
Tight" that Is. with only a small part
Of their usual cargoes
The Cancellation committee of the
Civic Federation. of which Marcus NJ
Marks IL chairman, tried to bring
about some arrangement by which a
conference could be arranged with q
view to settlement, but neither the
representatives of the companies nor
the strikers seemed to want arbitra
tion, and the committee met with dis.
couragement from the strike leaders
The temper of the strikers was
shown Tuesday by an attack on forty
strikebreakers near the Cunard docks
These men were badly mauled before
they could be rescued by the police
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
Police Chiefs.

Fort Worth. May 9.-City Marsha1s
and Chiefs Of Police association met In
thirtieth annaul convention Tuesday.
President Maddox welcomed the visit,
ors. City Marshal Lowe of Tyler sang
the associations song, my Lulu"
Several new members were taken in,
and much business transacted.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
suicided over Mothers Death.

Aledo. ILL.,, May s.-Ralph Taliaferro.
forty-ifve years old, unmarried. killed
himself because OF grief over HIS
mothers death. He lived at Houston.
Ter. and had accompanied the body of
bis mother to Aledo for burial a short
time ago.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
May Prove Fatal.

Waco, May 9-Whiie cleaning
skates at the skating rink Walter
Pruett. the earetaker. was perhaps ia.
tally burned A boy struck match
and pile Of skates wet with the
fluid became ignited The flames
burned Pruett on the face and chest
In a terrible manner
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
NO TWO CENT FARE.

After Lengthy Debate Senate Does Not
Pass the Measure.
Atlanta, May 9.-.After a lengthy
debate the senate refused by a vote
of IL to Ii to take up the 2-nent rail
road passenger fare bill.
The house passed the senate tele
phone bill.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
Youth Suicides.

Philadelphia. May 9.-In his at
tempt to hold up. with the aid OF a
companion, two trolley conductors In
West philadelphia, and fearing that
he had killed policeman In his eff
fort to escape. Harold s. Jones. aged
sixteen years. shot and killed himself.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
FULTON DEAD.

Died at Galveston From Being In
jured on Christmas Day.
Galveston, May 9.-Walter r. Full
ton. deputy state and county tax col
lector. died at his room presumabl,
from the effects of injuries received or
Christmas evening. when he was as
saulted Thomas e. Davis, a wei
known cotton screwman, had beer
charged with assault to murder, but
has never been given a trial, owing tt
the condition of the complainant. He
was rearrested upon charge of muir
der and was released by Justice Foun
tame upon furnishing $500 bond.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
PEACEFUL IN MORNING.

Both Sides, However, Continued to
Hurl Defiance.
San Francisco, May 9.-The streets
Wednesday morning were practically
free of crowds. but both sides con-
tinued to hurl defiance Police mount
ed and afoot we're stationed at Fill
more and Tenth streets, the source of
the rioting. to prevent people congre-
eating.
Twenty-six men were wounded
Tuesday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
FORT WORTH CHOSEN.

Farmers National Congress Holds lie
Annual Convention Tehere In Fall.
Fort Worth, May Farmers Ma
tional Congress of the United States
will hold its annual convention in this
city next fall. President Stahl of the
association has SO notified E. NJ Riley
of Big Springs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
May 5, 1907.

If your stationery is not just what
you would like it to be, give US
trial with your next order, and we win
FIX If right Phone 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-09
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Reservation Lind.

Lawrence LieuaIien OF Adams, bas
purchased 80 acres of reservation land
from Eli Parr. Consideration, $4S00.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
MILLIONS OF ACRES
The Government Will Throw Open
Indian Reservation Lands
For Entry Soon.

During the year eight Indian reser-
vations will be thrown open to entry.
Practically 5,000,0O acres, now tied
up, will be released, and in this total
are lands of all kinds and descriptions
Agricultural, timber, grazing and miu-
eral lands, not to mention the vast
areas of grazing land aud land that
will become valuable if irrigated. The
largest opening will be on the Yakima
reservation, Washington, aud other
large tracts will be released at Colville,
Wash, Flathead. Mont, Blackfoot
Mont, Lower Burle and Rosebud.
South Dakota, Occur d'Alene and
Lemhi, Idaho. Brief reference is
made to these openings in the report of
the commissioner of the land Office,
who says:
The Colville reservation, Washing
ton, embraces about 1000. 900 acres.
and will be opened by proclamation of
the president, to entity under the
homestead aud mineral laws. after the
lands have been surveyed, appraised
and classified as irregular, grazing,
timber. mineral or arid lands and GER
tain allottments have teen made. 1t
will be more than year before these
lands can be opened. The lands class
ified as valuable for timber are to be
sold under sealed bids.
About 1, 145.000 acres of the Yak ina
reservation. Washington, will be
opened under the homestead and min
eral laws by the proclamation of the
president, except such parts as are
valuable for timber. which is to be sold
under sealed hid plan. Approxima
tely 100000 acres of these lands will
be subject to entry under the reclama
tion act. These lands are to be CLASH
fled into irregular. grazing, timber,
mineral or arid lands and disposed of
at their appraised value. The time of
opening has not yet been fixed. The
lands classified as valuable for timber
are to be sold under sealed bids.
The Occur d'Alene reservation, Ida
no, 100000 acres) is to he opened by
the presidents proclamation, to entry
under the homestead aud mineral laws
after the lauds have been surveyed,
allotted, appraised and classified as
agricultural, grazing and timber lands.
These lands will be ready for opening,
perhaps, in the fall of 1908.
About $4,000 acres of the Lemhi
reservation, Idaho, will be opened to
settlement and entry after the lands
have been appraised and scheduled by
the commissioner of Indian affairs.
The report of the appraisers has not as
yet been received. The lands will not
be opened before next year.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
A CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT
Mansfield Goes to Freewater-
Is In Charge Here.

Two changes, effective at once,
takes place in the management of the
Tum. alum Lumbe company's yards
in Athena and Freewater.
Mr.. H. o. Mansheled, who has been
in charge of the Athena yard, since
the company purchased it from A. M.
Gillis has been transferred to Free
water to manage the yard there, with
his wife, will remove there this week.
The management of the yard here
falls to A. M. Johnson, who for several
years was connected with the Umatilla
Lumber yard in this city. Since the
purchase by the Tum "a -lum. company
of the Umatilla yard, Mr.. johnson has
been in the employ of the company
and his promotion to the management
of the consolidated yards is deserved
recognition of his efficient service.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
DROP IN WOOD PRICES
Big Supply Makes Cut in Price of 81
Per Cord at Lewiston.

Lewiston fuel consumers can expect
big drop in the price of wood within
the next six weeks" said prominent
citizen of the Clearwater country, who
is business visitor in the city today,
says the Lewiston Teller.
"At shipping points along the Clear
water large quantities of wood are
stored and from the asking price of
$6. so per cord of a few weeks ago, the
buyer can now secure all he wants at
from "a to "a. 30 per cord.
cat the Orotlno station there is
cords now piled along the railroad.
and farmers are delivering more every
day. 1t Is safe to say that at least an
other 1000 cords will be added to that
now stored for shipment.
The same condition is true at all
wood shipping points aud men are 60
ing to the timber every day to engage
IN the wood cutting business for the
winter.
The present prices of wood in Lew
iston have been kept up by the persons
holding the wood in tho outside coun.
try, and much of the wood placed on
the market here was bought for So per
cord at the shipping stations.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
line to maintain it.

line to maintain it.
Slides are frequent, owing to the
new earthwork and the condition of
the abutting ground.
The line is completed for a distance
of about 10 miles from the junction
with the Grand Ronde. Beyond that
the grade has been made, and is ready
for the rails. 1t was Mr.. O'Brien g
idea that this grade might be put in
shape and rails laid on it this winter,
and that by compelling about nine
miles more of grade the road could be
completed through the canyon and tap
the valley, at point four or five miles
from Joseph. This would have given
the people of the valley chance to
haul their produce to the end of the
line, for transportation to outside mar
kets, during the winter months.
1t is said the soft condition of the
grade makes it impossible to work
teams on it, and that the construction
of the line from the present terminus
to Joseph will have to te laid over un-
til spring.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
STATE WILL Be PAID
Surety Company Will Turn Over Drafts
Amounting to $4O9, 3SS to Cow
er Steel's Deposits.

The American Surety company will
pay to the state Of Oregon $409, 388. SS
between this date and December 81,
1909, to cover the amounts entangled
by State Treasurer George A. Steel
through his deposits in the defunct
Title Guarantee and TEs1st company
bank and the suspended Merchants
National bank.
On 1895, 91O.6S of this sum the
Surety company will pay interest to
the state at the rate of per cent from
November until December 81, 1909,
or such time as the debt shall be paid.
This, in short, says the Portland Jour
nal, is the result of the agreement
which was reached by the representa-
tives of the state in the office of Gov
ernor Chamberlain yesterday after
noon.
In return for this settlement the
state assigns to the Surety company all
it's interest in the securities held by it
against the Title Guarantee and Trust
company and the deposits held by the
state in these institutinos.
The bonds of $4,000 given by the
Surety company in behalf of State
Treasurer Steel are cancelled and held
of no effect in any future act or omis-
sion of the state treasurer though they
are still held liable for any short
coming in the administration of Mr..
Steel for date prior to the signing of
the agreement.
Incidentally the state treasurer, now
being without bond, other than his
personal bond for $4,000 secured by
j. Thorburn Ross. Louis B. Glafke, j.
H. Peterson, J. w. Cook, M. B. Rank
in and Wallace McCamant, has been
required by Governor Chamberlain to
furnish new bonds in the sum Of $780,
900 within 20 days from this date.
The agreement entered into between
the Surety company and the state is a
lengthy document and goes into the
whole tangle In detail and infinitely.
In the first place, it sets out the
bonds given by State Treasurer Steel
upon his assumption of office and
shows that he gave one bond secured
by personal friends in the sum of
$50, 900. This bond was given July
10. 1906, and was signed by J. Thor
burn Ross, Louis B. Glafke, J. 3. Pet
erson. J. W. Cook. M. B. Rankin and
Wallace McCamant.
On Decem Der s. 1906, Mr.. Steel also
gave bond of $250,000, written Ey
the American Surety company, while
on September 21, 1907, an additional
bond with the Surety company for
$500. 900 was also given.
It is then set out that the Title Guar
antee & Trust company gave bond OF
$50, 900 on June IL. 1907, as an active
depository for state funds, and on June
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
HALF A MILLION IN FRUIT
Wonderful Record Made by Growers
Near Milton and Freewater.

y Some wonderful fruit growing re-
cords are shown in reports from the
Milton Freewater section, in Walla
Walla valley just across the state line.
Practically half million dollars
worth of fruit was shipped out of that
locality this season. says the WalIa
Walla Bulletin.
There are four produce houses in
Milton aud Freewater, the Blalock
Company, the Walla Walla Produce
Company, the Shields Fruit Company
and the Milton Fruit Growers Union.
These houses shipped out 40 full
carloads to other localities in addition
to forty carloads of local stuff and
fifty carloads of goods from the can
merry.
Apples netted the farmers from 81
to $1.25 box. One hundred carloads
of prunes netted the farmers 80 ton
or $500 car; fifty cars of peaches
averaged $500 car and fifteen car
loads of pears averaged $700 car.
Fifteen thousand crates of straw
berries were shipped. averaging 1915
a crate, and ten thousand crates of
other berries averaged 50 a crate.
All the produce houses but the
Shields have closed and it has about a
carload of apples to send out.
Fruit-growing is receiving an i'm
petus in the Walla Walla valley anG
farmers and owners of small tracts
especially in the irrigated district
have found it pays better than any
other crop.
One man living near Freewater ha
supported himself and wife and wild
owed daughter and child for five year
off one acre of land, though they haC
to be very frugal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Pursue Fleeing Bandits.

Half hundred armed men, led by
Ben Dyer, have left Coulee City on
the trail of three robbers, who dyna-
mited the safe of J. NJ. Mcdonald 81
company in that town. about O'Clock
this morning. Mcdonald, who lives
near by. heard the explosion and rush
ed out but was told to go back or have
his brains blown out. Two bullets
coming his way, he retreated to an up
stairs room and shouted an alarm
from the window. The robbers left
hastily, securing no booty. AT day
break the citizens found where three
horses had been tethered and big
posse has started ON the trail toward
Wilson Greek. The Office of Nc
Donald's store was shattered by the
explosion. Arrangements are being
made to put Harry Draper's blood
hounds on the trail.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
THE GRADE IS TOO SOFT NOW
O. r. & N. Extension From Elgin to
Joseph Will Be Delayed.

Construction work on the o. r. & N.
company's extension from Elgin to
Joseph will be resumed as early next
spring as the weather will permit. It
was the intention of the management
to complete the line this winter to a
point where the Wallowa river valley
connects with the canyon, and thereby
furnish a rail transportation outlet
for the valley. On investigation of
conditions it has been decided that an
effort to continue work on the grade
this winter would be futile.
General Manager J. P. O'Brien has
made an inspection Of the extension
thus far completed and the grade that
has been thrown mp for distance OF
20 miles beyond the present rails laid.
There has been rain aud snow in the
mountains and about 100 men are re-
quired constantly along the completed
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13

20 gave an additional bond for $50, 900.
The Merchants National bank gave
a bond for $4,000 January IA. 1907.
as surety for an active depository of
state funds.
The agreement then shows that fol-
lowing January IA, 1907. State Treas
urer Steel deposited with the Title
Guarantee & Trust company funds ag-
gregating $500, 900, of which there re-
mained as balances at the time of the
banks failure the sum of $107, ,4S3. 81
from the general funds of the state,
and further balance of $288, ,426. Il
from the general funds of the state,
and further balance of $2SS. .426.87
from the common school, the agricul
tural school and the university funds
of the state. 1t is further shown that
since January IA. 1907, Mr.. Steel has
deposited with the Merchants National
Eank the sum of $12,478.2O.
The agreement then goes into The
assignment of securities by the Title
Guarantee & Trust company to Steel
to guard the state deposits, all of which
have been set out by the press since the
failure of the bank and which includ-
ed the M. B. Rankin deeds and notes
and the other general securities.
The document then branches into
the agreement proper and states that
State Treasurer Steel had transferred
all the securities given him by the
bank to the state to secure it against
loss, and the surety company desired
to settle controversy between it and the
state quickly and without the trouble,
expense or delay of litigation in spite
Of the question of the company's liza
bility upon its bonds that it would
agree 10 pay part of the total amount
Immediately and the rest on or before
Decem ber 81, 1909, with interest Mt 5
per cent annually.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Zaspell's Murderer Caught.

Webb MoCaslin, alias George or
William Webb. alias Webb McLaugh-
lin, who murdered Z. f. Zaspell,
wealthy farmer near Heppner, the
night of September 8, was arrested in
Spokane, Sunday. MoCaslin. who has
recently taken ON the alias of Mccain.
was captured by Captain James Gov
erly, Patrolman George Miles and Dep
uty Sheriff Pough as he dismounted
from lumber wagon which he has
been driving for few days for man
named Whitney. He made a full
confession, but CLAIMS he acted in
self-defense. A reward of $500 was
offered for his capture dead or alive.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Whitman Basketball.

The basketball season is we'll under
way at Whitman College, and the first
game will be played next Friday night
at Pendleton with the Pendleton High
School. Whitman will have a great
team this year being especially
strengthened by the coming of War
len Bolt, freshman, who for several
seasons has been the star forward of
the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club.
Aside from the trip to Pendleton, a
weeks trip to Colfax. Pullman, Mos
COW, and Spokane has been arranged
for, and games will be played in the
home gymnasium with w. S. @. and
Universities of Oregon and Washing
ton. The annual interclass champion
ship series will be played Immediately
after the Christmas holidays.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Milton's Big Water Suit.

The trial of the Peacock mill COM
pany VS.. Milton City, ct al was resumed
in that city this week. The trial of
this case was begun the first Monday
in December last, and the court has
been engaged at different times for
more than a year taking testimony in
the case. 1t is thought that the TAX
ing of the testimony will be completed
by the end of this week, as the plain
tiff has already rested its case, and
several days has been consumed in the
taking of testimony for the defense.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Ex.Mayor of Pilot Rock.

E. f. Beitle, ex-mayor of Pilot Rock
and one of the pioneer residents of the
county, died at st. Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton, Sunday morning about
10 O'Clock. The remains were taken
to Pilot Rock for burial Monday NOR
ming. Death followed an operation,
which the deceased had undergone
several days ago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Engines Are Idle.

The freight business over the o. r.
& N. has fallen off to such au extent
that 20 locomotives we're housed in the
round house this noon, standing idle.
The work which formerly required
every available engine is now such
that there is abundance of power in
the local division all the time.-L
Grande Observer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of the
stock holders of the First National
Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the elec-
ton Of directors for the ensuing year
and for the transaction of such other
business as may lawfully come before
it will be held in its office in Athena.
Oregon on Tuesday, the 14th day of
January, 1908 at the hour of o'clock
p. m. +. s. LeGTow, Cashier. /,
Decemb Der 9th, 1907.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Excursion TO Pilot Rock.

Arrangements have now been COM
pleted for the running of an excursion
train to Pilot Rock from Pendleton,
Monday, in honor of the opening of the
new road to traffic. 1t is expected that
the number of Pendletonians to make
the trip will be between 200 and 300.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-13
Operating the Mines.

The first day of the attempt to re-
open the mines of Gold6eld without
the aid of the Western Federation Of
Miners has passed and there has been
not single instance of attempted vio-
lence or disorder in the camp.