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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
OVER LAND LEASE
st. Dennis Holds Fort on Reserva-
tion Over Reinhold Harras
at Last Accounts.

There has been doings on the reser-
vation this week. Reinhold HaIras,
the butcher. claims to have leased $40
acres of land from Jerry st. Dennis.
st. Dennis was drunk when the lease
was made and he included land which
did not belong to him. land that be
had sold to Moses Taylor.
st. Dennis is in possession at last &C.
counts, and be has brought suit in
equity to have the alleged lease an
nuled. He claims that Harras got him
drunk and when be sobered up found
that he had signed his land away.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
A STATE LIBRARY
Splendid Assortment of Books for
Athena-Conditions Under Which
They May Be Read.

The first consignment of books sent
to Athena by the Oregon State Library
Association has been received and
are ready for distribution by Librarian
Byron Hawks. at the Pioneer drug
| store.
This consignment is an excellent as
sortment. The selection is varied to
the extent that old and young have op-
portunity for satisfaction of literary
taste, and especially the young people
now have opportunity to employ spare
time in perusing tho works of the best
authors of the world.
The present assortment of books will
remain in Athena six months, when
they will Ee returned to the state IL
brary commission, and a new assort-
ment will be received in their place.
The conditions under which books may
be taken from the library and read are
that the applicant must deposit with
the librarian the price of the book se-
lected. He has rightful possession of
the book for the period of IA days,
when the book must be returned in
good condition. when this deposit is
returned to him, or at this time, he
may retain the book longer by special
permission of the Librarian. These
conditions are to be rigidly enforced,
and should the book not be returned as
required, the librarian forwards the
deposit to the commission. Following
is the list of books now at the Pioneer
drug store:
Old aud New Classics, The Dear Old
Home, In Mythland, Unbeaten Tracks
in japan, Shandon Bells, Flanders
Widow, Training of Wild Animals,
The Patriots. Wuthering Heights,
Friends and Cousins, Robert E. Lee.
Frank Brown. Sea Apprentice, Story
of Little Konrad, Iron Way, How and
Why of Electricity, Boys of '76, The
Pathfinder, Price of Silence, Oakleigh,
David Copperfield, Down in Porto Rico,
The Indian Primer, Biography of a
Prairie Girl, Young Peoples History
of Holland, Story Of Abraham Lincoln,
Heroic Adventures, Stories of Great
Artists, Ranch on the Oxhide, Astoria,
Holland, Isle of Dreams, Pretty Goldi.
locks, Rhymes and Stories. Hirschvo-
gle, Natures Craftsmen, Book of Bal
lad Stories, To the Credit of the Sea,
Beth Norvell, Giant Sun and His Fam
| lily, Masters Violin, Island Stories,
Conquest of Arid America. the Quartet.
Conqeust of Canaan, Idylls of the
King, Tinkham Brothers. Tide e-mill,
The Robin Reader, American Literary
Masters, Betty Wales. Senior; New
Chronicles of Rebecca.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
Minister Resigned.

V. e. Hoven, pastor Of the Christ
ian church of this city, has rendered
his resignation to the church board,
the same to take effect the last of June.
Mrs. Hoven will go some time next
month for visit to her parents in
Los Angeles. Gal. 1t is not known
just what Mr.. Hoven's intentions are,
but the church in Athena will lose an.
eloquent preacher and an indefatigahla
worker in his removal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
THE SUDDEN DEATH OF v. H. H. SCOTT

A telegram was received by David
Taylor last night, announcing the
death of W. Fl. Fl. Scott. Mr.. Scott
died suddenly of heart failure yester-
day at Long Beach. California, where
be went about six weeks ago to visit
bis brother. james Scott. 1t is proba-
BILE that the body will be brought here
for burial. While for the past two
yeaIs relatives were aware that Mr.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
J. e. L. Gerking Dead.

j. E. l.. Gerking, an old time resi-
dent of this vicinity, died Tuesday at
Weiser. Idaho. after a lingering
illness, aged II years He was the
father of Joel and Quill Gerking
and Mrs. |. N. Richardson. 1t was
the intention of relatives to have had
the remains brought here for inter
ment, but owing to railroad washouts.
burial took place at Weiser.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
A Barber-ous Condition.

There is one man in Athena (no name
mentioned) who has had it forcibly
fetched homo to him how it feels to be
left alone at night. This particular
mans wife has lately developed a
penchant for attending lodge meetings
something that has not happened
for seven long years. Not satisfied
with attending her home lodge. she
persists in attending lodge meetings in
nearby towns, and the poor man in
question is thus brought face to face
with bis lonesomeness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20

Scott was not in the best of health and
that at times the action of his heart
was not what it should be. no appre-
hension was felt, and his sudden death
was terrible shock to them and to tho
community which held him in high
esteem. Mr.. Scott was aged 81 years.
He was pioneer Of the county and
was one Of the first men to take up
a homestead in Gerkiug Flat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
Floods Delayed Trains.

The annual spring freshet arrived
Saturday night and Sunday and as a
result o. r. & N. trains were annuled
Monday. The Walla Walla- Pendle-
ton branch line did not sustain much
damage. but the main line east of PEN
dleton was not in repair until Wednes-
day night.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
James Toss Injured.

Awhile trucking at the Preston Par.
ton Mill Monday James Foss received
considerable of shaking-up by being
too close to huge pile of sacked bar
ley, which tumbled down. The grain
was piled Is sacks high and when it
fell, MIR. Foss was caught underneath
and fiattened to the floor. While not
seriously injured, he was inoapaoitated
for work for several days.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
To the Philippines.

]. H. E. Scott. assistant principal
of the Athena High School. has receiv
ed government appointment TO a po-
sition in the Philippine Islands. and
will sail next month from San Fran
cisco for Manila. He will be connected
with the educational department there
and when he enters the service, will be
under contract for period Of two
wears,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20
PeebIer for Recorder.

John @. Peebler has filed his an
nouncement Of candidacy for the dem
ooratic nomination for the Office of
County Recorder. Mr.. Peebler is well
known throughout the county and bis
democratic friends will be pleased to
learn that he has acquiesed in their
desires that be make the race for the
office. He is the third candidate to
come before the people for the office,
the other two being Fred Hendley and
Charles Macomber, republican oandi-
dates.
TO Cure Constipation Forever.
fake Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c
G. G, c. fail to cure druggists refund money
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-20

Young man-see the new line of
collars and ties at the Cash store be-
fore you buy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
TRANSPORT SIX
DAYS OVERDUE
Alarm Felt for Safety Of
Steamer Dix.
LEFT SEATTLE ON OCT. IS

Had Two Hundred Soldiers on Board
and Was Due to Reach Manila Nov.
21-Washington Officials Fear She
Was Caught in Recent Typhoon
and a Vessel Will Be Sent From
Manila to Search for Her.
Washington, Nov. 28.-Considerable
alarm is felt at the war department
over the fact that the army transport
Dix, en- route from Seattle to Manila
with a cargo of 200 soldiers and $50
mules, is six days overdue.
It is feared here that the Dix was
caught in the same typhoon which
disabled the hospital ship Relief while
proceeding from Manila to the island
of Guam. Adjutant General Aims.
worth has sent a cablegram to Manila
requesting that a vessel be sent out
from that port to locate the Dix. The
Dix is the largest of the army trans.
ports. She sailed from Seattle Oct. Is
and left Honolulu for Manila Oct. 80.
She should have arrived at Manila
about Nov. 81.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
PRESIDENT NORD ALEXIS,

as a result panic prevails. The same
course is being followed by the revo-
lutionists, who have control Of the
southern portion of the republic. Ev-
cry person in that section who SYM
pathizes with the government is
promptly put to death when his SYM
pathies become known to General
Simon, the leader of the insurgents.
Foreigners in Hayti are making
frantic appeals to their governments
for protection and the French repre-
sentative regards the situation so seri-
GUS that he has cabled for ships. The
German minister, it is stated, has ca
bled a similar message to Berlin.
It is the general opinion in st.
Thomas that intervention by the Unit
ed States is necessary to protect life
and property in Hayti
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
GLOW TO PADRONE SYSTEM
Steps Taken by italian ConsuIs and
Business Men.

Chicago, Nov. 2 The Italian con.
suls at Chicago and Milwaukee and
the bureau of immigration of the Chi
cago Italian chamber of commerce
have undertaken to relieve Italian
railroad laborers of the evils of the
padrone system. Several of the rail.
roads centering here have already
agreed to enter into contracts with
the bureau of immigration, through
its president, John Garibaldi of Carl.
baldi & Cuneo, South Water street
merchants, whereby the bureau, act.
ing under the direction of the con.
sulate, agrees to furnish the railroads
with all the Italian laborers desired.
This service is to be given the rail-
roads free of cost either to them or to
the laborers. 1t is the purpose of the
bureau also to conduct the laborers to
the place where they are to work. In
this connection the bureau also under.
takes to see that the laborers are fed
under conditions which will not per-
nit Of their being robbed by the bunk
car men,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
COMPLETE ANARCHY
PREVAILS IN HAyT|
Private Dispatches Reveal Awful
State Of Affairs.

New Orleans, Nov. 2I.-According
to a cable dispatch received by the
Picayune. from st. Thomas, D. w. L.,
private cable advices received there
from Port au Prince are to the effect
that the censured dispatches sent from
Hayti only give a faint idea. of the
reign of terror now existing On that
island. The dispatch continues:
Anarchy reigns throughout Hayti
and the country is literally running
with blood. Private cables received
here from Port AL Prince state that
wholesale executions are in progress
both by the government forces and
the revolutionists. Persons who are
suspected of sympathy with the in
surgents are being summarily shot by
order of President Nord Alexis and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
;UBSCRIPTION-..s5.OO PER ANNUM
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.

The Grand Rapids Herald-Rev-
lew says of farmers institute, one
of which will be held in Bemidji
Friday, December 4th:
Reports from other communities
in Nor theastern Minnesota indicate
that the farmers intitutes that have
thus far been held under the direc-
ton of Supt. A. J. Mcclure and
other instructors have been attended
with unusual success. The interest
that is being shown by the farmers
is much increased over former years.
There should be no exception to this
rule when the institute is held in
Grand Rapids on December Is.
No matter what the local bust
ness men may do, however, will
bring about the desired results
unless the farmers take an interest
in the meeting and be on hand.
Every farmer within radius of
many miles should make it his bust
ness to be present. There is much
valuable information to be gained at
these meetings. and the progressive
farmer will not fail to take advant-
age of the opportunity thus offered
to improve his knowledge of agri-
culture"
The Bemidji Commercial club is
cooperating with the officials of
the institute to make the forth
coming institute here a successful
gathering. A committee, of which
w. R. Mackenzie is chairman, is
making the arrangements. A dinner
will be served to the farmers, free
of charge; and all that is necessary
is for the farmers to come to town
early in the forenoon and remain
all day. They will all learn much
that will be of great help to them
in their work of tilling the soil and
raising of butter-producing COWS,
ard money-making hogs and beef
cattle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
WON FAME AS A PIANIST
Mrs. Magnussen Lancaster Dead at
Chicaoo

chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Rosalie
Magnussen Lancaster is dead at her
home in this city.
Thirty years ago Mrs. Lancaster,
then Miss Rosalie Magnussen, was
considered Americas greatest pianist
She was the pupil and the favorite of
Rubinstein in Vienna and during her
concert career in the United States
attained high rank among musicians.
The death of her son. DR.. Howard
N. Lancaster, in Chicago May "a
preyed upon her mind and broke her
health.
Mrs. Lancaster was born in Stock
holm, Sweden, Feb. "a, 1849, and
came to Chicago when a baby with
her parents. AS girl she was known
as the most beautiful in the city. She
married A. N. Lancaster and moved
to California. After the death of her
husband in California she returned to
concert work and teaching and won a
wide reputation. She returned to Chi
cago fourteen years ago.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
STOCK SHOW BEGINS TODAY
International Exhibition Now Open in
Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 28.-Beginning today
and lasting two weeks the Interna-
tional Live Stock exposition held here
will be the greatest event of the sort
in the worlds history, according to
competent stoclzmen. From all parts
of the United States and Canada and
from Europe breeders of fine stock
have sent their best specimens here
to compete for valuable prizes. All
the standard breeds of cattle, sheep,
swine and horses are represented and
in addition there are exhibits of
dressed meat, stock feeds, dairy and
wool shearing apparatus, etc.
The list of entries is the largest
ever known in the annual expositions
of the sort. All records have been
broken in the nominations in the
horse and cattle divisions. Nominal
tions in the various divisions are as
follows: Cattle, 1899; sheep, 905;
horses. 765; swine, 25s; total, 3,167.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
ROCKNE FOR SPEAKER.

It appears that the contest for the
speakership of the next house of
representatives is settled in favor of
Hon. A. J. Rockne of Zumbrota,
endorsements of his candidacy hav.
ing come thick and fast during the
past week.
That Rockne will make a splendid
presiding officer of the lower house"
is certain. He is fearless, and
possessed of much ability.
The Wadena Pioreer-J Journal says
of Mr.. Rockne:
These are days in which public
men, or rather successful public men,
must exercise courage and vlgor,
and under the circumstances it is
perhaps we'll that Mr.. Rcckne has
practically a clear title to the speak
ership chair this early. He has
served in the legislature since 1902,
his first term being at the time Mr..
Johnson was first a candidate for
speaker.
Mr.. Rockne was one of Mr..
Johnson's most hearty supporters at
that time, and he soon demonstrated
that he was destined to become a
leader in that body. He is lawyer,
is clear-headed and courageous, and
wears the collar of no corporation
or no grasping public interest. We
know him we'll, and have great faith
that he will make good in the broader
field now open to him. We desire
to congratulate him heartily over his
victory, and hope the administration
of his predecessor, Mr.. Johnson
equally honest and able, but little
weaker in the spine-will serve as a
guide or a moral throughout his term
as speaker"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
Famous Sloop Ordered Sold.

San Francisco, Nov. 2 Captain
Henry Lund, Norwegian consul at this
port, has received instructions from
Captain Roald Amundsen, the ex'
plorer, to sell at auction the sloor
Gjoa, in which Amundsen made his
famous voyage of discovery through
the Northwest passage. The slooE
has been lying at anchor at Mare ISL
and hayward ever since it entered
this port after that eventful trip.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
PROPOSE AN INVESTIGATION
English Shareholders of Pillsbury-
Washburn Company.

London, Nov. The extraordinary
meeting of the English committee of
shareholders of the Pillsbury-Wash-
burn Flour Mills company of Mime
apolis, which went into the hands of
receiver Aug. 8 last, was adjourned
until Dec. 1 for the purpose of giving
the shareholders time to consider the
scheme of reorganization with which
the committee is to deal. Chairman
Glynn of the committee declared that
the troubles of the company were due
to the manner in which notes of the
company aggregating $1,S00,000 had
been issued. The conduct of a GER
tain Minneapolis bank, with which
this secret account had been kept, the
chairman also declared would be a
subject of investigation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
SEEKS REVISION
OF Of: The RULES R
Congressman Townsend In
tends to Make Fight.
PLANS ACTIVE CAMPAIGN

Would Amend House Rules So That
the Speaker and His Three Party
Colleagues on the Committee Will
Not Be the Whole Thing-Reform
Forces Weakened by Defeat at the
Recent Election.
Jackson, Mich, Nov. M:.-Congress-
man Charles E. Townsend of this city,
who has just returned from a three
ceeks' hunting trip, said, discussing
reports that he is to be an active can
didate for speaker of the next house
of representatives:
Last session and also during the
campaign l was in communication
with a considerable number of mem
bers who were disposed to support
me for speaker However, l have
not written to one of them since elec-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
500 Reward, SIOo

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally: acting directly
system, thereby destroying the found alton
of the disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing it's work. The proprietors
have so much faith in it's curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that. it fails to cure. Send for list OF
Sold by all Druggists 75c. zsss-zsSss.E
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
CAUSTlC COMMENT.
la. G. Rutledge.]
THANKSGIVING TURKEY.

How dear to my heart is the
Thanksgiving turkey as fond recol-
lection recalls it to view! It lay on
the platter all proudly and perky, as
noble as when DER the rail fence it
flew.
But that was the bird which the
orchard would forage and grow
plump and fat in the glad days Of
yore-it wasn't the one that we get
from cold storage and purchase at
so much a pound at the store
The iron-clad turkey.
The hammered-brass turkey.
The cold storage turkey
We get at the store.
wonder sometimes why they
make them of rubber and rivet their
wings to their chests as they do.
They'd tickle a sailor, but not a
landlubber who hasn't been trained
on a ropes end to chew.
0, would that I might have
place at a table adorned with
turkey like we had of yore, to eat
just as long and much longer than
able-and not on a hardwood one
bought at the store
The copper-lined turkey.
The ages-old turkey,
The muscular turkey
wo GOT at tho stOro .,s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
His MODEST Request,

A man once asked Thackeray to lend
him shillings, which he would con-
vert into 100000. Asked how, he ex-
planned that he knew young woman
with 100000 who he knew would mar
ry him if he asked her, but he had
pawned his teeth and wanted shil-
lings to redeem them in order to pro-
pose effectively.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
Eminent Surgeon Near Death.

New York, Nov. 2 '.-The death of
Dr. w. T. Bull, the eminent New York
surgeon. who is suffering with cancer
and who has been reported as dying
on several occasions, is only matter
of time, according to a statement of
Dr. Daniel w. Wynkoop, one of the
physicians in attendance. DR.. Wynn
koop says that DR.. Bull himself
realizes that his death is near, as
does Mrs. Bull, who has been con-
stantly with him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
IMMENSE DEAL IN LUMBER
Pool to Control Forests of Northern
Minnesota,

Chicago, Nov. PA lumber deal
by which a s2O,OOO,OOo syndicate will
take control Of the pine forests of
Northern Minnesota is near compile
tiOn.
The Weyerhaeuser company, Clio
quiet, Mimi; the Cooke & O'Brien
company, Duluth, and the Edward
Hines Lumber company, Chicago, are
the three big interests involved.
Edward Hines said that nothing but
minor matters remained to be settled.
The interests to be pooled include the
Rainy Lake, Duluth and Winnipeg
railroad, worth $1,000,000.
The companies control 3,000,000,000
feet of lumber in white pine, Norway
pine and hemlock, comprising the big
gest tract of white pine left in the
world.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28

ton day. I am going to Washington
next week."
twill you then begin an active cam
paign for the speapership?"
1.-The only active campaign I have
decided to start on reaching Washing
ton will be for a revision of the house
rules that the speaker and his three
party colleagues on the committee on
rules will not be the whole thing.
Several Of our strongest revisionists
were defeated at the recent election.
Their defeat naturally weakens our
revision forces; still we are going to
make the fght.''
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
Force Cashier to Open Vault,

Pierre, S. D., Nov. 21.-The Hughes
County bank, owned by Waite Bros,
at Blunt, was robbed of about $3.50.
R. G. Greer, cashier, was called to his
door and seized by four men, who
marched him to the bank and threat
ened him with death unless he opened
the vault. The safe was protected
with q time lock and only the cash
outside the safe was secured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Nov. observation-disclosures.
$3.3O@76O; Texans, $3.4O@43O; West.
ern cattle, $3.10@5.e0; stockers and
feeders, $26O@47O; cows and heifers,
s15O14.9o; calves, s5.0o@6.75. Hogs
Light, $490@5.65; mixed, $3.50
$40; heavy, s5.25@5e5; rough, $5.25
@5.40; good to choice heavy, $40
@5.95; pigs, $3.60@490. Sheep, $3.50
OATS; yearlings, s4.10@4.S5; lambs,
S4,00M6.50.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Nov. 27.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.50@65O; fair to good,
s4.50@5.25; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $350@4.00; veals, $500@5.50
Hogs-$5.O5@5.6O. Sheep-Wethers,
$425m4.5O; yearlings, $4.50@4S5;
spring lambs, $525@5.75.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-28
German Army Expenditures.

Berlin, Nov. 2S.-The army budgets
for Prussia, Saxony and Wurtemberg
estimate the expenditures in this d.
rection for 1909 at about $1S0,5OO,OOO,
or $6,500,000 less than in 1905. The
estimates for Bavaria will raise the
grand total to about $192,50O00