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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17
BASKETBALL.
Local High School Team Got a Good
 Drubbinp

The Waterbury High school basket ball team ran up against hot pro- position last night, when they faced the strong West Hartford high school team. The visitors began their work early and played the local boys off their feet in the first few minutes of play. The locals were unable to overcome the advantage gained and lost the first half 25 to II. Some changes were then made in the To- cal lineup and this worked better and both teams played an almost even game in the second half but the visitors carried off the victory by the score of 39 to 24. The lineup and summary:
 Waterbury II. S. West Hartford H. S.
 Position. Camp ............... Johnson
 Left forward iNiiuuh DlSStIl
 Right forward. Maltby, Castle ............Ta Tanner
 Center. Mordo, Hummell ..........S Selden
 Left guard. Castle, Hackett ....... Shirley
 Right guard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17
BOXBALL GAME.

boxball game was played last night with several local experts in the line up and resulted as fol- lows:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17

Score, West Hartford 39, Water bury 24; field goals. Dissell 9. John son ,, Castle 4, Kilduff 3, Selden 2. Camp ?, Maltby 1, Hummell |; foul goals, Johnson 6, Kilduff ?; one point aawrded West Hartford for foul while shooting; referee, o. Stahl; timer, Calender
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17
POLO LAST NIGHT,

At Brockton-Brockton $. Paw tucket 8
 At Fall River-Fall River |. Bridgeport 6.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17

Jem Driscoll of England OutpOint- ed Grover Hayes of Chicago in their six round fight at the National Ath- letic club, Philadelphia, last night. In only one round did Hayes make any kind of a showing, and that was in the fourth. In this session the boy who has adopted Philadelphia as his home landed a left and right flush on his antagonists jaw, and for once the clever little Cardiff fighter was unable to sidestep the ferocious rushes of Hayes. But that was all
 In the fifth Driscoll resumed the clever. shadow like tactics that had worried Grover in the earlier rounds and Hayes could not lay a glove on him. In the sixth and last round, Driscoll, who appeared to be holding back in the first five rounds, cut loose an assortment of hooks, swings and iabs that completely nonplussed Hayes, and at the end of the battle poor little Grover wobbled to his corner tired and bleeding, but still full of fight. Driscoll had only one tiny red blotch over his nose to show that he had just finished a six round fight with Philadelphia lightweight pugilistic idol.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17
SPECIALS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

On and after the 18th each and every purchaser of $2 worth or over will be presented with an Xmas bot
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17

.Jeffries is making every effort to match Jem Driscoll of England ana Abe Attell for the featherwelght championship of the world. Jeff has offered 60 per cent. of the gross re- ceipts if these boys will fight at ms Los Angeles club, and says he will put the bout on some time next month. He stipulates that it must be of twenty-five rounds and sug- gests that the weight be 122 pounds, weigh in six hours before entering the ring. Driscoll would probably agree to the weight condition. but it is doubtful if Attell would con sent. Sporting men all over the country hope that compromise can be made as to this point, for DrlS- coll and Attell will provide a sensa- tional mill, no doubt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17

Lynchburg, Va, Dec 17.--Ed Ad- amson, the Boston middleweight wrestler threw Jack Lewis of Mem phis in two straight falls, catch-as- catch-can here last night.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17

Ketchel announces that he will go after Tommy Burns as soon as the latter reaches America, even though Burns loses to Jack Johnson. Ketchel declares that he intends to go up the heavyweight ladder gradually and that he will first show that he possesses real class by knocking Burns out cleanly. Ketchel got on the scales the other day stripped and weighed 172 pounds. He is taking on flesh rapidly.
 Packey Mcfarland appears to be anxious to have it all his own way when he meets Young Erne at New Orleans next month. At first the men agreed to fight at 133 pounds six hours before entering the ring But Mcfarland declared the match off and insisted then on catch weights, which was acceptable to the Quaker. Now Mcfarland says he will not meet Erne at all unless Malachi Hogan of Chicago is the referee, which means that there will be no mill, as Erne says Mcfarland might as well have his manager. Harry Gilmore, as the third man in the ring.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-17

Sam Langford, who will meet Jim Flynn in a twenty-five round bout at Frisco next Monday, Is 2 to l favorite. Langford, who is training hard for the mill, says he will enter the ring weighing about l6o pounds and expects to win inside of ten rounds. Flynn will scale at about 165 and has shown so much good form at his training camp that some of the California sporting men are inclined to take the short end of the betting. Langford says he will be ready to fight any man in the world, the winner of the Burns-Johnson mill preferred, after he gets through with Flynn.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
ARNOLD WOOD-GERTIE Borden
Well Known Young People Married
at Walla Walla, Tuesday.

Mr.. Arnold Wood and Miss Gertie
Borden, popular young couple we'll
known in Athena were united in mar
riage at the Dacres hotel in Walla
Walla, Tuesday. Rev. M. Il. San
ders, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church. was the officiating minister.
Only relatives and few intimate
friends were present at the wedding.
The bride aud groom returned to this
city on the evening train.
g'he groom is the youngest son of
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Wood, pioneers of
this county and who reside on farm
south of this city. He is young man
of sterling qualities and is we'll liked
by all who know him. He went
through the Athena high school with
splendid record and steps Oh the thresh-
old of manhood with bright prospects.
The bride is daughter of Mrs.
Della Borden, and spent her giilhood
in this city. She was also pupil in
the Athena school for a number of
years, and is young lady whom every
body likes. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood will
reside on farm near Athena.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
LODGE BURIED HIM
No Relatives Could Be Found to Claim
Daniel Avery, the City
Jail Suicide.

2 After holding the body of Dan Avery,
the man who committed suicide in the
Athena city Jail by cutting his throat
with the sharp edge of a broken whis-
key bottle, in the hope that some rela-
tive could be found. the remains were
given decent burial in the Athena
cemetery Friday last.
1t developed that Avery at one time
had been a member of the order of
Redmen. While be was not member
in good standing of any lodge of that
order at the time of his death. the
Pendleton lodge of Redmen, rather
than have the body inferred in a pot
ter's grave at the expense of the coun-
ty, generously gave $50 from its treas
ury, and the suicide was given bur
ial that conformed with the desires of
the lodge.
Coroner Fo lsom and Undertaken
Miller made every effort to locate rel
atives of the dead man, but were un-
successful. The only clue they had to
work on was the report that Avery
had once said that his folks resided in
Wisconsin. kilograms to different
parts of that state failed to elicit any
information.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
NEWSPAPERS T|EDUP IN STRIKE
Union Printers at Walla Walla Quit
Work Sunday Night.

Union printers employed in the
Washington Printing and Book Manu-
featuring company, at Walla Walla,
the concern printing the Union end
Statesman, went on strike Sunday
night and as result both the Union
and Statesman are tied up. Alleged
violations of the local and international
typographical laws are given as the
cause for the strike order which was
following meeting of the local typ
ographical union Sunday afternoon.
One of the principal bones of con-
tention, it is claimed. is the action of
the company, of which p. @. Holland
is manager, in consolidating the three
mechanical departments under one
head, the printers contending that this
is not allowed under their laws.
Following the meeting of the union
Sunday, L. +. Clarke, president Of
the union, was authorized to present
the matter to P. 9. Holland. Nc
agreement could be reached and the
men were ordered out. Notification oi
the action was Immediately sent tC
President Lynch of the international
union, but no further word has beer
received from him and the men will
remain out until he decides the mat
| ter through representative.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER
Without TremOr Orchard Says He
Killed Steunenberg.

Harry Orchard stood up in the die-
triot court at Caldwell, Idaho, Tues
day and plead guilty to the murder of
Ex-Governor Steunenbreg.
He did 80 with the full understand
ing that this act would compel the
court to impose sentence of death
upon him. When the court finished
this explanation he was asked "And
now what is your plea, Mr.. Orchard?"
Guilty, your HONOR" answered
Orchard. without tIemor.
Judge Wood, who presided in place
Of Judge Ryan, because the latter was
disqualified, having at one time acted
as Orchards attorney, set the date for
the passing of sentence as March 18.
Orchard was then returned to the
Boise penitentiary.
Orchard plead guilty to the Steunen-
berg murder within sight of the spot
where the act was committed. The
Steunenberg home is but short dis
tance from the court house.
Two years ago, when Orchard was
first called to answer to the charge of
numbering Steunenberg, he refused to
plead and the court entered plea of
not guilty for him at that time.
The proceedings were purely formal
and when Orchard bad completed the
change in his plea, were complete.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Hartman PAYS Tax.

That the Hartman system is able to
pay it's taxes in time to secure the 3
per cent rebate for prompt payment in
spite of the financial furry, was shown
at the sheriff's Office this morning
when voucher for $50, ,083. 80 arrived
through the mail, says the East Greg
oman. The amount was in payment
of the company's annual tax for Una
tilla county and by making the pay
ment promptly the railroad people
saved 81 ,858.2 through the rebate.
The payment just made by the rail
road company is the largest tax pay
ment ever received at the sheTitf's
Office for the railroad is now assessed
at higher figure than ever, before,
and there are more school district
leyies than usual.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13

The friends of Lee B. Tuttle, editor
of the Elgin Recorder, are urging him
to accept the nomination for the office
of representative for Union county.
If Mr.. Tuttle accepts it may be set
down as clear case Of the "office
seeking the man." as Mr.. TuttIe would
not for an instant make fight for the
place, and in fact would not counten-
ance such thing as an acceptance of
the nomination unless urged to do so.
From the best information the Star
can secure on the subject this demand
is likely to be made, as Mr.. Tuttle
is considered an ideal man for the
place, and his stand on statement No.
ls open and without equivocation.
LA Grande Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
BUTL|TTLE INTEREST
Jonathan Has Change of Heart in
Support of Senator Full
toms Resolution.

Jonathan Bourne Jr., United States
senator for Oregon. has personal in
terest in the fate of Senator Fulton's
resolution authorizing the department
Of justice to begin suits to determine
the title of lands held by present own
ers under purchase from the Oregon
& CALIFORNIA; land grant, says the
Portland Journal. He is the owner
of $50 acres of land near Holbrook
in Multnomah county purchased from
the Oregon & California Railroad
company May s, 1898, for which land
he paid total of $2.24O or 81 per
acre.
Intlmations that have come from
Washington recently lead to the be-
lief that while Senator Bourne at the
first was supporter of the Fulton
resolution, now he is less than luke
warm in his favorable attitude to-
wards the piece of legislation. The
question is now being asked whether
or not the senator's ownership of $50
acres of grant land in Multnomah
county does not have something to do
with his apparent change of heart.
Senator Fulton's resolution is for the
purpose of giving the department of
justice authority to start suits against
the Hartman interests, especially in
Oregon, to determine whether or no
the titles to land sold by them out of
the grants given by the government
should not be set aside. Opposition
has developed to the resolution by
men who contend that the prosecution
of these suits would work great hard
ship and perhaps loss of title to inno-
cent purchasers of these lands through
out the state and in fact the north
west. Attorney general Boneparte has
assured the committee having the
resolution in charge, however, that it
is not the intention of the department
to attack the titles of those known
or proven to be bona fide homestead
purchasers.
It is further contended by Senator
Fulton g resolution that the railroad
company has violated its agreement
with the government under which il
was to sell the grant land to homestead
| applicants at the uniform rate of 80. &c
an acre; that it has sold some of the
land for sums far in excess of thi'
amount and that it now refuses to sci
to homestead applicants. Because Of
this it is desired that power be giver
the department of justice to begir
suits to adjudicate the titles to thes'
sales that have Eeen made.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Riflemen Entertained.

Henry Barrett was host to party of
riflemen Sunday. He took the shooters
to his Pine Greek ranch and after load
ing them down with cartridges, turn
ed them loose among the squirrel fam
lily, with the injunction to shoot until
p. m. when dinner would be ready
The hunters were ready for dinner at
the appointed time and it is doubtful
if Mrs. Stamper ever wants to cook for
a hungry crowd of squirr el shooters
again. The lady served a splendid
dinner and that it received ample JUS
tice from those present goes without
saying. Fortunately, squirrels only
were killed, no fatalities happening
to Mr.. Barrett's fine herd of cattle
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
September at Spokane.

Twenty We hundred delegates, repre-
senting between $4,000 and 3,000.-
600 mem bers of the Farmers Educa-
tional & Cooperative Union in all
parts of the United States. will meet
10 national convention in Spokane,
Wash, the early part Of September,
1909, if the preliminary plans, ar
ranged by A. A. Elmore, organizer for
Washington, are carried out In this
Mr.. Elmore has the hearty support of
the Spokane chamber of commerce
and the $50, 900 Club, as we'll as that
of commercial organizations all over
the Inland Empire of the Pacific
Northwest.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Weston Has Market Day.

The Weston Commercial Clut has
taken up the Market day proposition,
and Saturday March 81, is the date
selected on which the first salesday in
that town will be inaugurated. The
fact that the market day will be un-
der the auspicies of the Commercial
Association guarantees its success.
Horses, cattle, hogs, farm machinery,
household goods, etc.. will be auction
ed to the highest bidder, and mer-
chants will make special reductions
in prices for goods sold on that day.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
WHEAT LURED THEM
Tide Has Turned From the Touted
Lands of Alberta and
Saskatchewan.

A special correspondent writing
from Regina, Saskatchewan province,
Canada, says of the situation in the
Northwest Territory:
A grain famine in Alberta and Sas-
katchewani
Only yesterday the widespread pro-
vinces of the Canadian northwest were
touted as the greatest wheat producing
districts of the world.
Yet the Canadian government is
spending today $4,000, 900 in furnish
ing seed grain to the farmers of Alber-
ia and Saskatchewan, because the
late spring last year froze SO much of
the grain that it is unfit for seeding
purposes.
The two provinces produced about
100, 1000, 900 bushels of wheat and oats,
but the loss has been enormous because
of the frost bitten grain and many
farmers are on the verge of desti.ution
this winter.
Regina is the headquarters for the
disposition of seed grain, which is the
most stupendous governmental dis!ri-
button since the settlers of Kansas ap-
pealed to the eastern states to aid them
in tiding over the grasshopper panic
and drought of 1SS9-90
Forty per cent of the settlers of the
Canadian northwest are Americans
from the states of Iowa, Ohio, Illinois.
Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakotas.
How many they numEer is almost
beyond calculation. Probably $4,000
families in Alberta and Saskatchewan
is low estimate. More than so, 900
Americans emigrated to Canada in
1906 alone, carrying belongings valued
at some $50, 900, 900, and it is believed
that more than 100000 settled there
during the east year. Thousands spent
their last dollar there.
The lure was wheat.
The Canadian government has been
spending $500, 900 yearly in encourag
ing immigration. It advertised its
wheat lands in 1000 newspapers. 1t
told farmers that $4,000, 900 acres
were waiting tor them free.
There were stories and pictures and
advertisements about it. Settlers
wrote home to their friends. Their
friends friends heard about it. Poems
were written about this marvellous
wheat and this marvellous country.
So the hordes poured in.
In 1905 the grain of Alberta anG
Saskatchewan was as fine as any in the
world, and as far north as the very
edge Of the arctic circle the wheat
crop was prodigious.
Then the frost came.
1t was either government aid or {
crash.
If the settlers could not pay theil
bills and replant their lands, it wa,
the end. The tide would have turned
away. The newness of the land ant
the unpreparedness of the settlers made
the government aid imperative.
This money will be considered as {
loan. The farmers who take advan
tage of it will get seed grain at cost
and will pay per cent interest on thu
loan. while the government will hole
the land on which the seed grain il
used as security.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
TRACTION COMPANY COMES UP PINE CREEK

Walla Traction Co. is composed of
WalIa Walla business men, the Drum
hellers being the principal stockhold-
ers. The promoters are reticent in
regard to their intentions, but that
they mean business is evident in the
fact that right of way has been prac-
tioally secured along Pine Greek.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
A MASONIC MEETING
Dolph Lodge No. so Entertains Visit
ors Saturday Night With
Grand Banquet.

Dolph Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A., M.
held an interesting meeting Saturday
night. A number of visiting Masons
were present. including members Of
Weston. Pendleton. Helix and Walla
Walla lodges.
The master Mason degree was con-
ferred on three candidates, after
which banquet supper was served.
Dolph Lodge Is steadily increasing
in mem bership and much interest is
taken by the mem bers in its meetings.
The lodge owns one of the finest fur
nished halls in the state.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Wood Visits Athena,

Colonel Wood of the Leader was in
town for couple of hours Saturday.
His services were required in adjust
ing a press that wickedly pinched the
right hand of the Press man. The col
onel did the work quickly and well,
became swelled up over his mechanic
al ability and said it would have been
better for the community had Boyd's
head landed in the press instead of his
hand.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13

The Walla Walla Traction Company
has engineers aud surveyors at work
running a grade line up Pine Creek as
far as Weston. 1t is said that right
of-way privileges have been obtained
and that ties and rails for the new road
have been purchased. The Walla
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-03-13
Whitman Glee Club Coming.

The pupils Of the Athena high school
are interested in the appearance in
this city of the Whitman Glee Club,
which if sufficient patronage is assur
cd, will appear in concert here on the
evening of March 10. The pupils
have been given tickets to sell, and
If sufficient number are sold the con-
cert will be given.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-02-21
TO THE PUBLIC.

The weekly issue of the : FREIE
PREssE FJER TEXAS has po-
sitively the largest circulation
of all German papers published
in the State of Texas. It is
mailed to $50 post-ofices, and
has an extended circulation in
Mexico in the Indian Territory,
and in Oklahoma.
1t clrculates from Galveston
to Denison. from Marshall to 81
Paso and of course mainly IN
the thickly populated central
and southwestern parts OF the
state, as also in Mexico.
Two tlavei1ng men and our
very active local agents are con-
tinuously adding new sub
scribers to the lists.
In consideration of these facts
the FREE PREssE FUER TEXAS
claims to be the best adver-
Using medium In the State OF
Texas, when it is the object to
reach the German reading POI
pulatlon.
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