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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
Testimony Introduced in the Hall
Mays Land Fraud Case Shows
Conspiracy Plot.

With the testimony that appears
almost conclusive from witnesses in
the so called Hall-Mays conspiracy
case. the government disclosed to the
jury how during the years of 1900 and
1901, the Lumber company had Sc
crred large areas of public land in
manner the prosecution alleges was
fraudulent and illegal.
The prosecution made wonderful
progress this week with the develop
ment of its case.
In brief the testimony is to the effect
that Clarence B. Zachary, foreman Of
the company had served as a sort of
advance agent for the corporation in
its alleged land grabbing. The wit
nesses declared Zachary was the one
who suggested the idea of filing on the
homesteads. They declared he propo-
sed to erect their cabins and look after
the cultivation and to attend to the
other requirements of the homestead
law and he agreed to purchase the
claims for about $500 when the final
proof was completed.
They testified that these applications
were filed with Fl. Fl. Hendricks an
other member of the company, who
was at that time United States com
missioner. None of the entrymen,
they declared knew where the land
was located when they fled their ap-
plications and none of them ever visi-
ted a claim more than two or three
times and then for periods of but 10 or
10 minutes each.
When the proper time arrived, the
witnesses declared. each appeared be-
fore Hendricks. except one who was
the one who went before James Stewart
at The Dalles and signed final proof
papers. When their final receipt ar
rived from the land Office, they testifl-
ed, they transferred their property to
the company and received the stipu-
lated consideration.
Judge Webster for the defense, cross
examined the witnesses severely and
sought to bring out that they knew
they were perjuring themselves at all
times the acts in question were com
mitted. This caused the prosecution
in the redirect examination of one Of
the witnesses to elicit the statement
which had already been fled into th'
blanks hefore they had signed them
and that the extracts from the lane
laws. printed on she blanks WHICH ar
supposed to be read to each entfymar
for his guidance and protection, wer
never read to them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Walla WalIn Bonds at Par.

Sale was mado Of $4,000 worth of
Walla Walla municipal bonds to Rol
lins g. Co., of Chicago at par. The
money is TO be used in completing the
new city hall and fire station. The
bonds bear per cent interest. The
fire station was almost completed
when the panic struck the country
while negotiations we're in progress
with another firm of brokers last fall,
but the city hall building is only
about one fourth completed. When
the brokers refused to take the tonds.
all work was stopped except on the city
hall, which was completed few days
ago. Contractors hope to begin work
soon on the fire station.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Turned Over in His Crave.

When the body of Richard Church
i'll, who was buried al Tillamook after
a sudden illness in 1888. was disiutered
Sunday there was evidence to show
that the man had teen buried alive.
The head lay face downward, one leg
was drawn up almost to the body and
both arms were on the left side, as if
the man had partially turned over be-
fore death came to his relief. Mystery
surrounded the death of Churchill 20
years ago. He had been travelling with
considerable money, and at the time
of his burial there were suspicious the
man had been drugged. Indications
now are that he was robbed and hur-
riedly buried in order TO cover the
crime.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Spokane Printing Trust.

Judge W. A. Huneke in the superior
court at Spokane oyerruled the demur-
rer Of the Spokane Printing and Manu-
featuring association, the local print
ing trust. in the suit brought against
it by Charles E. Miller. a nonassocia-
tion member. who charges the organi-
zation with boycotting nim and pre-
venting him from obtaining supplies
from the paper houses. Miller charges
that the association has seriously ham,
pered his business by its action and he
seeks damages lie alleges in his
complaint that the only reason he is
opposed ty the association is bis refu-
sal to join the Spokane printing trust.
The case will now be heard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
LIKE MARKET DAYS IPOSTOFF|CE RUuNG|
Pendleton's Was Successful and Waits
burg Will Inaugurate
Sale Tomorrow.

Monthly Market day is an innova-
tion recently established in the west
with the view of attracting people by
inducements offered to come to town to
trade on the particular day specified.
Pendletou recently held one and it is
said to have been success in every
particular.
Market day as regular feature of
business life in Waitsburg will be in
augurated tomorrow, when the ranch
ers from the surrounding towns and
country will take their products there
for sale. The municipality is backing
the enterprise.
A place will be set aside where
horses, cattle, hay and other farm pros
ducts will be auotioned. The time is
thought to be profitious for the sale
of stock, since now ranchers are con-
sidering the purchase of horses for
early spring work. The prices paid
as consequence are likely to be as
high as could be obtained from private
barter.
A special program TO interest visit
ing ranchers will be devised and the
first market day will be made holi-
day affair. Should il piove success
day each month will be set aside as
market day.
Mr.. Max Zimmerman, who has
charge of the Waitsburg Market day
has written the Press regarding the
prospects of putting on series of mar
ket DAYS in Athena. Athena mer-
chants and business men would do
we'll to look into the proposition.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Subscribers to Newspapers and Mag
azines Must Pay Subscription
in Advance.

Subscribers to daily and weekly pa
pers. monthly magazines and all peri
odicals entitled to second class postage
rates must pay their subscription
practically up to date if they wish to
receive the publication, according to
an order issued by the postmaster gen.
eral. The order is drastic one and
does not leave any alternative to the
publisher other than to collect the
subscription price or stop the paper.
The new ruling gives papers ample
time to get right with their subscri-
bers. On daily papers they have three
mouths in which to revise their list
and cut off the dead heads; on tri-
weeklies. six months is given; on semi
weeklies, nine months is the limit,
aud on weeklies, one years grace is
allowed, but after the time limit nam
ed publisher must make affidavit
that his list is paid up and genuine or
else he will lose his second-class pos
tage privilege.
Each publication cannot send sam
pie copies to more than 10 percent as
many as there are paid subscribers on
its lists.
The order came as surprise to the
publishers and it is feared that it may
work hardship on some Of them as
many publishers have been in the
hatit of continuing to send their pub
locations to many who are considerably
more in arrears than the limit set by
the order, their expectancy being, Of
course, that the subscribers were only
neglectiug to pay the bill when due
and would pay the bill before long
anyway.
The early enforcement of the regu-
lation will make it bothersome for
subscribers affected as it will mean
that their papers will have to be stop
ped in case they do not remit before
| this order goes into effect. The pub
fishers cannot continue the paper un-
less this is done as the penalty imposed
by the postoffice department for viola
tion of the regulation is severe, the
maximum being to shut out the entire
circulation Of the paper from second
class privileges.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Giving Orchards Attention.

Milton orchardists are busy pruning
up their orchards and getting them
ready for spraying, which will CON-
mence as soon as spring opens, says
the Eagle. The indications are that
more attention will hereafter be given
to the care Of fruit trees than has been
done in the past, the excellent results
received last season from such efforts
having opened the eyes of our fruit
growers to the undeveloped possibili-
ties of their orchards.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
PEARS At sS A BOX
Medford Pear Orchards Earn as Much
as $1,000 Per Acre for Their
Lucky Owners.

There is good deal of gold be.
meath the surface in southern Oregon.
but | prefer to find mine on top" said
q. A. Hover, Medford orchardist.
II have realized So box net on the
Comic pears I sent to New York the
past year." he says. "'and at this rate
over $1,000 an acre can be netted rails
ing pears. #. w. Hopkins, neigh
Dor of mine, sold his pears off 16 acres
for $4,000. and these pears were Of
the Winter Nellis variety. Ad Helm
of Ashland obtained $4,000 for the
product of eight acres of pears. His
trees are about 10 years old. Il. @.
Lewis sold his Bartlett pears in Tor
onto. Can, for 81 box net.
"Orohard lands are. of course, ad-
vancing in value as a result of the
high prices secured for apples and
pears. and as for bearing orchards
they cannot be bought at all. W. F.
Burrell of Portland bought 140 acres
eight years ago in the Rogue River
valley for $40, 900, and many of our
people thought he had been huncoed.
but this same land would sell today
for $50. were the owner willing to
let it 60.
"Of course. fruit growers of Medford
and vicinity have money to throw at
the br ds. and they would not exchange
places with the owners of the best pay
ing gold mines around there. While
the miners are delving in the ground
for something they do not see. the
fruit growers are producing $40 gold
pieces where they can see them grow
on the trees"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
MRS. W|LLABY SEEKS DIVORCE
After 81 Years of Married Life Athena
Wife Asks for Separation.

Pendleton, Jan. 23.--After mar
ried life of nearly 81 years Mrs. Bar
baIa A. Willaby of Athena, has start.
ed divorce proceedings against William
P. Willaby. The suit was filed this
morning by Peterson, Peterson & Will
son and the complaint contains some
taltling allegations against the defen-
dant.
The Willabys were married at
Athena on December 8. 1877 and have
three daughters, two of whom are aged
20 and 25 respectively. The property
claims have already been satisfactorily
settled by stipulation and agreement.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Knights Of Pythias InstaIIatiOn.

nat the regular meeting of Pythian
Lodge No. 20 K. of F.. Thursday
night, the following officers were fn-
stalled:
10. c.. Reed Hill; v. g., Byron N.
Hawks; Prelate, Thos. Gilkie; M. of
W.. J. @. Burke; K. Of r. & s., Henry
Keen; NJ. of f.. w. e. Dobson; NJ. of
E., York Dell; NJ. at A., Ad Pinker-
ton; |. g., Ernest Shrimpf; y. g.,
Roy Cannon. Trustee, Cass Cannon. I
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Pioneer Woman Dead.

Mrs B. B. Bishop, pioneer resi-
dent of Pendleton, died Sunday after
noon at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. Thorpe Roberts, in Prosser, Wash
ington. The deceased was rs years of
age and had lived in Pendleton for 35
years.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Burglar in Music Store.

A burglar effected an entrance to
the Thornton music store at Pendleton
Sunday night but was frightened
away without securing any booty or
doing any more serious damage than
to fIighten Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton, SO
they ran out through the back door
aud into the chilly night, with only
a small portion OF their customary
raiffia;f11.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Stricken with Paralysis.

/. S. Bruce. well known citizen of
Milton was suddenly stricken with
paralysis, early Saturday morning.
Though Mr.. Bruce is some letter, he
is still in a most critical condition,
having no use whatever of his left
side.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Grand jury Report.

The grand jury for the present
term Of the circuit court completed its
work Wednesday aud made its report.
The jury was in session nine days. ex-
amined 105 witnesses and returned into
court IA true bills and 10 not true
kills. Among the not true bills was
that Of David Lavender, City mar.
shal Of Weston, who shot young Reid
while making an arrest Ands that OF
Mabel Warner. charged with obtain.
ing search warrant without probable
cause and malicious intent.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
A Captive Eagle.

A magnificent specimen of the
American gray eagle is on exhibition
at the Freewater Times Office. The
bird was caught ID q coyote trap on
Dry creek on Saturday morning by
Gustavus O. Sprague. The bird
meaures from tip to tip seven feet and
ia about 36 inches high.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24
Opens Saloon at Waitsburg.

George Thomas. one of the proprie-
tors Of the "Corner" Saloon in this
city, has opened saloon at Waits
hurg. His paitner in the business ia
M. Gagnon, who recently sold his land
on the reservation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

A mass meeting of the citizens of
Athena will be held at the City Hall
on Friday evening Jan. 31st. 1908. for
the purpose of nominating officers to
be voted for at the annual election,
Tuesday, March, 8, 1908.
J. d. Plamondon, Mayor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills. They promptly relieve back
ache and weak back. Sold by Palace
Drug company.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-24

Lost--a lady chateIaine breastpin.
Finder will please leave at this Office.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-21
continued From saturday.

An hour passed and the MaharaJah
did not move. Apparently no slept,
and q peaceful smile rested on MS
features. He might rave been taken
for a figure cast in bronze, he was SO
very still. The moon sunk out of sight
and the pale pink flush Of dawn began
to spread softly over the horizon. De-
Iicious puffs OF fragrance arose from
the thousands Of flowers and
shrubs that grow in the fairy-Hke gar
den surrounding the palace. and pres
entity. as the morning advanced, the
Maharaiah's confidential servant APP
peared. according to his usual CUSTOM,
to bring his masters breakfast and re-
ceive his orders for the day. He APP
preached noiselessly, and, with n look
of wonder which quickly doepened into
fear. surveyed his lord. He touched
his robe. There was no responsive
movement OF that still figure, majestic
in it's attitude of proud repose; he
called. first softly. then loudly-there
no answer. Failing on his knees, he
caught up the inert right hand n
saw the ruby ring with its secret cav
ity open-the ring whieh he alone OF
all the household knew had contained
the swiftest and deadliest of Eastern
poisons. With a cry Of horror he
sprung up and looked wildly about
him. then. realizing that all help was
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-21

u%navailing. he fell down again at his
masters feet. and there c%rouching,
covered his face and wept despair
ingly. a..
Not a hundred miles away a certain
"officer and gentleman was playing
off coarse witticisms among his fell
lows at tho expense of "a petty native
prince" h had presumed to fall in
love with his wife-"an English mar
ried woman BY Jove! like his con-
founded ~impudence." the petty native
prince himself being far beyond sven
the ~wide-reaching influence of that SUI
preme British scorn which is leveled
against everything not of its own cult
and country. A bright gold point like
a lifted spear flashed above the East
ern hills-the sun was rising the
faint murmuring of insect and the
fluttering of birds wings stirred tho
warm and odorous foliage; the light
swiftly b~roadened upward and fell In {
ardent waves of heat and splendor
over the palace roof and it's twisted
garlands of flowers, touching with ten
der warmth the rigid figure seated ms
grave kingliness beside the great tele-
scope pointed ~heavenward; all he
gentle and familiar noises of waking
life beginning a new day filed the air
with their customary sweet m~onotony.
But the silence of the Maharjah was
complete, and lever to be broken.
CThs End.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-21
A Question of Carfare.

Miss Doom:
Will you kindly give your advice In
the following argument: :" thinks
1t is very improper for a young man
to pay Il girls carfare il h" - 2ot her
escort, and "B" thinks It is proper for
a young man to pay her fare If he
meets her on the car. Thanking you
in advance, / am, ANXIOUS.
If a girl meets "A young man on the
car she should have her fare ready for
the conductor, and give IT TO him if
possible. But If the young man insists
on paying it, she should let him do so
in order TO avoid a little scene. When
a young man offers to pay a girls fare
it em~barrasses him very much to have
her insist on paying her own, while
the other occupants look on and smile.
A girls intuition generally tells her
what course to take. 1t is not exact
~ a question of propriety.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-21

Hoqu TO Make
the Home More
AttractlUe

To RID the House of vcrmln.

To Rid the House of NcrInin.
Often when a woman moves into a
house she is annoyed by finding pests
OF different kinds, especially bedbugs.
These bugs viii get back Of wallpaper
and no matter HON much one may
clean a room they will get into the fur
niture. It takes heroic measures to get
rid of them. Often the paper around the
doors and windows will be the haunts
of these pests. The best way to do is
to a the house, first washing
the walls with a solution Of crude ear
bolic acid in water. Carbolic acid
mixed with ~turpentine and sprayed
through an atomlZer will destroy the
bugs. Corrosive sublinlate. n deadly
poison, car DO poured into an old tin
cup and the springs and bed ratings
scrubbed with n small paint brush
dipped into the fluid. Wear heavy kid
gloves or rubber ones when working
with this deadly poison, and do not
leave II where the children can reach
1t. Iron beds can be scalded and so can
the springs. A lighted taper or candle
will kill the eggs in small crevices and
drive out h bugs, where 1t is impos.
sible to reach them. The hardest beds
to clean are folding beds and couches
The latter should be taken into the
yard and saturated with gasoline. II
soon evaporates. All bed clothine
should be thoroughly washed, for 1t IS
often the means of keeping pests in the
house, as eggs are Matched in some of
the folds and cannot be seen. Old husk
mattresses are certain to be filed with
eggs and bugs. so a bonfire for the fill
ing is h only sure means of killing
them In the mattress. Wash the cover
and fill with new husks or clean straw
All the above means are good, but
there is a positive remedy. Take a
strawberry box, break it in pieces and
build the pieces in the shape of a pyra
mid on a tin or dish that will not catch
fire; now scatter a good quantity Of
Persian insect powder over and through
the wood and set fire to the wood. Go
out of the room, leaving everything
tightly closed for four or five hours, and
If the bed has been stripped and things
left loosely so the fumes can permeate
through them, you will find you have
successfully ridden the room of vermin
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-21
Eg,ifb tie Needle and Thread.

easily made by the amateur are those
Of allover heavy lace, shaped high at
the sides and back, but slightly dipping
in front. The tops are finished with a
frilI of fine tulle. thickly
plated, and at the bottom edge there is
a similar one. but of twice the width of
that at the top. This stock fastens at
the back with a triple set Of jewelco
pins.
Another on the same order is made
of Joined bands of lace or fine muslin
embroidery, and has a matching ruche
at the top, while the bottom edge Is
concealed under the band Of a long tie
of muslin and lace which has first a
pleated, la~ce-edged butterfly bow edge.
This Is attached to a stock made of
strands of wide black velvet ribbon fin
ished at the top with a narrow lace
frill and closing at the back with long
loops and ends of black velvet ribbon.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-21
OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER
A BEAN BAG PARTY.

49, on can't tell how much fun thia
is. but when Dolly and Gertrude
planned to give one, the girls III
school laughed inc turned up their
noses. The idea of girls as old as they
were. twelve and fourteen years OLD
being so silly and babyish!
you can laugh and jeer," retorted
Gertrude, who wa the older, and
you'll be sorry IL you don't come,
that's ALL and not another word
would either say on the subject OF
their party. -
They sent out about ad Oxen invita-
tions. and with each invitation a sailor
suit pattern and several yards OF COL
pred cheesecloth: pink, lilac, green
yellow and red. two girls receiving the
same color, the invitations requesting
that the costumes be made according
TO the Enclosed pattern. The party
was to be on a Saturday afternoon ana
the nursery was given mp to the girls
It was an immense room on the Top
floor. and with the aid of two or three
handy boy cousins, they succeeded in
decorating It most beautifully. They
bought rolls Of crepe paper in all the
various shades with which to cover the
ceiling and walls, and the girls clever
fingers produced really artistic effects.
The bean bags were made OF colored
linen to match the paper, and Gertruae
and Dolly had suits Of white with
bands Of the different colors, and gay
little caps made of the paper.
when all the girls had assembled a
paper cap to match her costume was
presented to each one, and the colors
were paired off and presented with a
bag to play with. Then the fun began.
THE crunching of the beans made a
pleasant sound in the room. for the
.irIs threw well and evenly. Ihere
was a prize offered for the most STEADY
throwing, and II was a pretty sight 10
watch the graceful, active young fle-
ures In their gay dresses. The rall Oh
a bean bag on the floor put those two
n,avers out of the race, and as the
girls grew excited, those accidents &C.
Cured frequently. Every one was IN
a state of breathless suspense. The
slightest slip of one meant victory TOT
the other. and when at last the blues
were left on the floor there We're cheers
that nearly raised the roof as the WIN
ners received dainty little work basket
which Dolly and Gertrude had lined ana
lifted up themselves.
There was another match played
with the two little hostesses
each to a half-dozen girls. This was
very exciting, ard Gertrude's side won
after a hard tussle. The prizes were
plump little apple pincushions, with
green ribbons attached. so the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-21
NEWS FOR SHOPPERS

Felt hats in all the new shapes and
shades are among the attractive dis
plays at Hahne 6 Co.'S.
At l.. Bamberger & Co.'S there Is a
sale of women's sample stockings in
Isle thread and cotton, in colors as we'll
as black.
-
Fine net waists, prettily trimmed
with heavy lace and made ove Innings
Of thin silk, are shown In q number of
styles at L.. s. Plaut e Co.'S.
Jackets OF covert cloth and cheviot.
in tan, brown, blue and garnet, splen-
did for school wear for the young girl,
are shown at w. V. Snyder & Co.'S.
Chiffon veilings, all silk, twenty
wide, Is displayed in all desir-
able coloys at the David Straus store.
The economical housewife Is taking
of the big sale of all kinds
of house furnishings at the Goerke