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The state herald., 1909-01-29
A Substitute For Matrlmony.

Successful business girls and wom-
en-" says Mrs. Anna Steese Richard
son in Womail's Home Companion for
February, ARE too well off financially
to want to marry.
"The girl who earns twelve, fifteen
or twenty dollars week sets for her
self standard of living, dress and
small luxurics which would require a
husband earning twenty-five, thirty and
fifty dollars respectively. She regards
as necessities what her mother consid-
cred luxuries. If man who is earning
only as much as the girl or few dol
lars more week asks her to marry him
he knows that the girl must either de-
prive herself of some things she has
grown to regard as necessities or she
must continue to work. And there IL
many home-hungry young man to-da,
TOO proud to allow his wife to work.
Through agitation and her own hon
est effort at desk, counter and loom
woman is rapidly nearing the goal oil e
quality in work and wages with men
Her services are worth to-day as muci
as those of the man who might MARI,
her If he services were worth less, "
The state herald., 1909-01-29

II the South would engage in diver
siied manufacturing industries, get
them all down this wny, the whole
South, without dissenting voice, would
be in favor of protection. and thus the
long vaunted tariff robber, or robber
tariff, would disappear like mist before
the morning sun. Strange how patri-
otism takes to the woods when the al
mighty dollar comes rolling down the
hill. yellow Jacket.
The state herald., 1909-01-29

The publisher of the Phillips County
Republican takes exception to the ne
ton of the new board Of county com
missioners In selecting the HERALD ns
the official paper Of the county for the
year after, as he claims, his paper had
been made the official paper by the ae'
ton of the old board. II he wished to
state the matter fairly to his readers
he could very easily have made his
statement more full than he did. lie
might have explained to his readers
that, contrary TO both the general rils
Of law and to prceedents established by
our county board since the organization
Of the county, the old county board,
Just two days before the new board
wns organized went through the form
Of declaring his paper, the Phillips
County Republican, the official paper
Instoad Of commenting us he did on the
fact that the HERALD nt the time that
the old board took this action had hs
vet filed no bid on county printing, he
might have informed his readers that II
has always been the custom OF the now
bonrd to select the official paper and
that II has also been the custom OF tho
board to permit the filing Of bids on
any and ali contract regardless Of amy
The state herald., 1909-01-29
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PHILLIPS COUNTY

Inc edltor OF the Phlll!ps county Re-
publican, in last weeks issue, which
seems to have been quite largely de-
voted to kicking the present board of
county commissioners, makes the kick
that the present board of commission
ers, at their last meeting, ordered a
wsrrant for $2OSO drawn in favor w.
keeler for services as fiscal agent for
the county in the county bond refund
ing matter.
In the first place, if we understand
the matter correctly. there is no ground
for kick. In the next place, he is de-
cidedly late in making his kick and,
lastly. if he must kick anyhow, his kick
is registered against the wrong board
of county commissioners.
As we understand the matter, the
purchasers of the new bonds would not
take the bonds at par as part of them
We're to draw only per cent interest
which is the highest rate under the law
that such bonds can draw, and, in or
der to sell bonds bearing such rate of
interest, it was necessary for the coun-
ty to allow the purchaser discount on
the low rate bonds and that this dis
count was included in the s20S0 refer
red to.
Again it is rather late for the editor
of the Phillips County Republican to
kick about this matter, as the contract
between the county and the purchaser
of the bonds was made on the l3, day
Of October 1908 and was published in
fuil on the l3, day of Nov. 1908 show
lnf in detail the bond purchase agree
L. mt and the agreement of the board
- s;emmissioners to pay Mr. Keeler not
issZp5c but $3.50 which was afterwards
reduced to S20S0. After the publica-
ton of this contract, the editor of the
Phillips County Republican carried for
several weeks in his paper the notice
Tor the bond election and lengthy ed
ltorial by the county commissioners
urging the taxpayers to vote for the
issuing Of the bonds to be sold under
the contract that called for the pay
ment of this money to Mr. keeler as
fiscal agent, After committing himself
to carrying out of the bond contract, as
he thus did, kick from him comes
with decidedly poor grace ut this late
day.
Even, if there was ground for a kick,
no matter how much he may desire to
10 SO, he could not consistently aturib'
ute any blame TO the present board ioi
the action Of drawing the warrant oi
,2JSJ. Ihe Old board made the con
.raet, the voters OF the county rauhc'
IL by vo1ng for III" issue oi The bona'
and all The new b.a.- naa 20 do viii
the matter was 20 carry out what ha'
[ oeon eonlrated for by the old board AM
ratified by the voters and this they di'
4 by ordering warrant Of S2OoO draw
ia favor Of Mr.. keeler.
A newspaper man must be prett.
/ hard pressed for ways of getting eyei
I with public officials when he so far for
! gets the principle OF fair deal. as 4
\ publish only part Of the facts in sue
1 a manner us to lead the reader TO dra'
= falce conclusion in regard TO the act
Z of the officials.
The state herald., 1909-01-29

Some men kick because they don't
get Justice and some because they do.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08

east quarter, Section two; Township
fo@l south, range thirty. E. W. M.
South half. Southeast quarter, and
Northwest quarter, Southeast quarter;
and the Southwest quarter, Northeast
quarter. Section one, Township four
South, Range thirty, E. W. NJ. be
sold to satisfy said judgment
and all costs, l will on the 23rd day
of October, 1909; at the hour of two
O'Clock in the afternoon Of said day,
in front of the Court house door, in
the city of Pendleton, Umatilla Coun
ty, Oregon, sell the night, title
and interest the said W. @. Minis
and Alvina Minis, had in and to the
above described real property on the
18th day of September, 1909. or since
then have acquired. at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash in hand,
the proceeds to be applied in salts
faction of said execution and all
costs.
Dated this 2lst day of September,
1909.
T. D. Taylor;
By B. @. Wilson. Deputy. Sheriff.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
SHERIFF'S SALE:

Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an Execution issued
out of the Circuit Court for the state
of Oregon in and for Umatilla county,
and to me directed and delivered upon
a Judgment and decree rendered and
entered in said Court on the 18th day
of July. 1909 in favor of j. S. Mcleod,
plaintiff, and against W. G Minnis
and Alvina Minis, defendants, for
the sum of $42S.3S with interest
thereon at the rate of s per cent
per annum from August 21st 1909;
and for the further sum of 5000
attorneys fees, aud for the further
sum of $24.5 so costs, and whereas by
said Judgment if was further adjudged
and decreed that the hereinafter des-
cribed real property to-wit;
The South half. Southwest quarter.
Section one: The South half, South
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.


In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the Estate of Mar
garet Bonifer, Deceased.
All persons whom it may concern
are hereby notified that Byron Hawks,
executor of the last will and testament
of Margaret Bonifer, deceased, has
filed his final account in the admins
tration of said estate; that the county
judge. by order duly made and enter
ed, has appointed Saturday, the 3Oth
day of October A. D. 1909. at 400
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day
as the time and the county Courthouse
at Pendleton, Oregon, as the place
where any and oil objections and ex-
ceptions to the said final account and
report will be heard and the settlement
thereof made. This notice will appear
in the Athena Press, from Friday the
first day of October A. D. 1909, to
and including the goth day of October
A. D. 1909, once each week for four
successive weeks.
Byron Hawks, Executor.
Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Executor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.

NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon. for Umatilla county.
In the matter of the Estate of John
Fl. James, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
whom it may concern: that Lydia
James, administrators of the estate Of
John II. James, deceased, has filed
her final account and report in the
above entitled court; that the court
has appointed Monday the 18th day Of
October A. d. 1909, at the hour of 2
o'clock in the afternoon, as the time
and the County Court house at Pen
dleton. Oregon, as the place where
any and all objections and exceptions
to the said final account may be heard
and the settlement thereof made. The
court further directed that notice
thereof be published in the Athena
Press once each week for four con-
secutive weeks. the first publication to
te made on Friday the 18th day of
September A. D. 1909, and the last
one on Friday the 18th day of October
A. d. 1909.
Done and dated this the 18th day of
September A. D. 1909.
Lydia James. Administrative.
Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Administrative.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
SUMMONS

In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatiila County.
BERTHE Rogers, plaintiff, vs. Amos
E. Rogers, Defendant. To Amos f.
Rogers, the above named defendant:
In the name of the state of Oregon,
you are hereby notified and required
to appear and answer the complaint
Of the plaintiff filed against you in
the above entitled court and suit on or
before the goth day of October A.D.
1909, said date being six weeks from
the date of the first publication of this
summons, which said first publication
will be made on Friday the 18th day
of Septem ber A. D. 1909, in the Athe-
ma Press. newspaper published week.
ly at Athena. Umatilla Co., Oregon.
And you will take notice that if you
fail to appear and answer the said
complaint. or otherwise plead thereto,
within said time, the plaintiff, for
want thereof will apply to the court
for the relief prayed for and demand
in her said complaint, to-wit: for
decree of said court dissolving the
bonds of matrimony now and hereto
fore existing between plaintiff and
defendant, granting to plaintiff an
absolute divorce from defendant, and
deoreeing to plaintiff other and fur
ther equitable relief.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of the Hon. Fl. j. Bean,
Judge of the Sixth judicial District
Of the State of Oregon. duly made
and entered on the 14th day of Sep
tember A. D. 1909.
Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
AN AFRICAN RAILWAY.
The Way It Was Described by an
Educated Native.

The Way 1t Was Described by an
Educated Native.
G. ]. Phillips, business agent in
Uganda of tho Church Missionary So
ciety, throws light upon the workings
of the native mind by quoting re-
markable letter in which a native
member Of the katikiro's (prime minis
ter's) party gives a description of the
Uganda railway.
"My friend, can tell you the Euro.
peans have done a marvellous thing tc
make the railway and the trains. They
fasten ten or fifteen houses together
and attach them to fireplace which
is as big as an elephant, and the road
it goes on Is as smooth as the stem OF
a plantain. 1t goes as fast as a swal
low flying, and everything you see out
side fits past you like spark from a
fire. If 1t were to drop off one Of the
bridges not one in it would be saved,
for 1t goes dreadfully quick The hills
1t passes are as high as those of Koki,
and they have bridged over great val
leys which are as deep as that you see
when you look from the top Of Nami-
rembo, so deep that you cannot see the
bottom when you are going over them"
Later there follows a description of
q ship: "It is as deep as our two sto-
ried house and as wide as the kings
road in Mengo, and it is as long as
from the katikiro's fence to the gate
of the kings inclosure. 1t has three
tall poles in 1t and big throat, out Of
which smoke comes, which is as wide
as the new drum in the church at Ma
mirembo. The rooms In it 60 down
three stories, and the boards of these
l cannot describe to you, for such have
not been seen before. There is lot
of metal work about them, too, but
these also | cannot describe, for it Is
so fine. There are children on board
and Gock of sheep and places to
wash in attached to every place where
Il chief sleeps, such rs even our king
has never possessed. London Strand
Nnmnyinp
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
SUMMONS.

In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
John F. Temple. plaintiff. vs.. Wal
ter Cameron, single man. and John
Bergevin, defendants. To Walter
Cameron, above named defendant:
In the name of the state of Oregon
you are hereby summoned and requir
ed to appear and answer the COM
plant filed against you in the above
entitled suit by the plaintiff herein on
or before tho expiration of six weeks
from the date of the first publication
of this summons against you; and you
are further notified that if you fail
to answer or otherwise appear in said
suit within that time plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief pray
ed for in the complaint filed in the
said suit. to-wit: for personal decree
of said Court for the payment against
defendant for $3.50 and interest there
on at the rate of ten per cent per ar
mum from February 8, 1908, until
paid, 500 attorneys fees and the cost
and disbursements of this suit; that
the Court also decree that plaintiffs
lien by virtue of said mortgage in this
complaint mentioned and of that
certain mortgage dated February 8,
1908. executed ty Walter Cameron to
J. B. McDill and assigned to the
plaintiff herein, said mortgage cover
ing Lot ten of section Is in Township
3, North of Range 35, E. w. M. in
Umatilla County, Oregon, shall be
foreolosed and said real property sold
under execution to be issued upon the
decree which the court shall render in
said case by the sheriff Of Jmatilla
County. Oregon and that the proceeds
thereof shall be applied first to the
payment of the costs and expenses and
disbursements Of suit second, to the
sum of money for which plaintiff
prays decree in said suit against de-
PENDANTS; that the balance, if any, Ee
paid to the defendants; that any party
to the suit may purchase any or all of
the said property at such sale. This
summons is published pursuant to an
order made by the Hon. Fl. j. Bean,
Judge of the above entitled court, on
the 31st day of August, 1909 and the
first publication thereof is made on
the 3rd day of September. 1909.
J. B. Perry, attorney for plaintiff.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
THE INDIANS PAID.
What the White Men Charged Them
For Killing One Donkey.

For Killing One Donkey.
In "reminiscences of Old Times In
Tennessee" a story is told of the good
faith and honor Of party Of Chicka-
saw Indians. While hunting one fall
they shot a donkey, mistaking the
creature for q wild animal They sold
the hide, and it finally came to the
hands Of John Barnes in Upton.
When the Chickasaws returned to
the region of Upton for their annual
hunt the next fall Barnes invited them
to a shooting match, the prize to be
I the skin Of very rare animal.
Thirty braves appeared at the con-
test, and one of them won the prize
When he saw the skin he turned it
over and said: "Ha, ha! Me kill him!
Me shoot him! Seew And he pointed
to the fatal bullet hole.
Then BHrnes told them that they had
killed donkey, very useful animal,
but he was sure that they had done 1t
by mistake, believing 1t to be n wild
animal.
The Indians listened attentively to
the white mans words and then con-
suited together a few minutes. Finally
they separated, each brave going to his
pony, unhitching him and leading him
to the spot where gang Of white men
stood, Barnes In the midst Of them.
Then one Of the Indians spoke:
I'VE sorry we kill donkey. We think
he belong to the woods. We find him
in cane. We think him wild. We sor-
ry, Now we pay. We take no white
mans boss, pony, nothing of white
man. We honest We have ponies;
that's all. Take pay" And he mo-
toned to the long line Of ponies, held
by their owners.
"How many?" asked Barnes.
"White man say" returned the In
dian; take plenty"
The honor Of the red men was not
equaled by the white men, for, be it
recorded to their shame, they took
from the Chickasaws thirty4five ponies
to pay for the accidental killing of one
donkey.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
Washington's Plague Spots

lie in the low. marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground of
malaria germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness.
jaundice, lassitude. weakness and gen.
eral debility and brirG suffering or
death to thousands yearly. But Elec-
trio Bitters never fail to destroy them
and cure malaria troubles. "They
are the best all-round tonic and cure
for malaria I ever used," writesR. M.
Jam es, of Louellen. S. 9. They cure
Stomach, ssLiver, Kidney and Blood
Troubles and will prevent Typhoid.
Try them. SOC. Guaranteed by all
druggists.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
DELIGHT of Varied Labor.

None but the fully occupied can APP
preciate the delight Of suspended or,
rather, OF varied labor, It is toll that
creates holidays. There is no royal
road-yes, that is the royal road to
them. Life cannot be made up of
recreatlons. They must be garden spots
in well farmed lands.--Mrs. Gilbert.
Ann Taylor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
Just Suits Him.

Friend-Why do you encourage these
woman's suffrage meetings? Surely
you don't approve of them. Husband
Approve? With all my heart! I can
come home as late as like now with
out finding my wife at home to ask
Fliegende Batter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08

II thing is possible and proper to
man, deem 1t possible TO thee Marcus
Aurellus.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Snake Leaps 1,400 Feet.

Two Wysox men had thrilling
experience on Table Rock Mountain
Monday afternoon, one which they
will not care to repeat.
As they were walking on the
mountain they came upon a large
copperhead snake which was enjoy
| ing a sun bath 100 yards from the
rock which gives the mountain its
name. The men looked around for
stones, but none that they could
handle to good effect could be found,
nor was there a good club at hand.
Taking sticks of good length, they
attacked the snake, which showed
fight and struck at both men. Fail
ing to land and not liking the lashing
of the sticks his snakeship started
for the edge of the mountain over
looking the river which flows at the
base some 1,400 feet below.
Reaching the edge of the table
rock which hangs out from the
mountain-side considerable dis
tance, the snake arranged itself in a
peculiar shape, and then with hiss
half jumped, half squirmed out into
the air. The men rushed upon the
shelving rock and peered over and
watched the fearful descent of the
snake, expecting to see it strike the
trees or protruding rocks down the
mountainside, but it missed all these
obstructions. It was not thought
possible the snake would clear the
Lehigh tracks, but as the distance
was covered the snake seemed to
straighten out, and, as the men VOW,
crawled through the air and succeed
ed in landing in deep water with
hardly a splash.
While they were watching to see
lif the snake came to the surface one
of the men became dizzy from peer
ling over the edge of the rock and
would have followed the snakes aW-
full example had not his companion
caught him just in time.
Some idea of the distance Travelled
by the copperhead can be had when
| it is known that but few boys or
men can throw stone so that it
will strike in the river as the snake
did.-Towanda Review.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Pistol Duel With Sister-in-Law.

Orange, Tex, August 15.-E. H.
Rice and his sister-in-law, Mrs. A.
Smith, engaged in street duel with
revolyers here to-day, following a
dispute over domestic troubles, and
as a. result the former is living at his
home with three bullets in his body
and the latter is in Jail. Mrs. Rice
and her sister, Mrs. Smith, were at
the Rice home when Mrs. Rice an
nounced her intention Of leaving her
husband. He followed the two wo-
men to the street armed with a pis-
tol and the duel followed. Several
shots were exchanged until the two
women took refuge in building.
Rice tainted from loss of blood. One
bullet penetrated the shoulder, an
other the head and a third the neck.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
The Spiritual Line.

A good story is told Of very Sc
date doctor of divinity. When re-
turning by train from church con-
gress a fellow passenger undertook
to draw him into conversation, and
so far succeeded that the reverend
gentleman asked him to what profess
sion he happened to belong.
"Oh," said the layman, cheerfully,
I'm in the cotton line
"Oh, indeed" replied the clergy
man, urbanely, there is good deal
of business going on in that branch
just now, I understand"
"First-class," said the layman,
with a cunning smile. "And may 1
ask what is your line?"
a." said the clergyman, patroniz-
ingly, with the nearest approach to
Joke he was ever known to perpe-
trate, "I am in the spiritual line"
"Blest If 1 didn't think 80" ex-
claimed his companion, knowingly;
and putting one hand on the doctors
knee, he leaned forward eagerly and
added, with an indescribable wink,
"but, 1 say, what price you have got.
gin up Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
MAIL CLERK ARRESTED.
Plunkett Charged With Selling and
Transporting Whiskey.

Washington, August 14.-Arrest-
ed on the charge Of selling liquor
without a United States license and
recommended for suspension from
the government service for carrying
liquor in a railway mail car is the
plight in which E. C. Plunkett, OF
Richmond, Va, for seventeen years
railway mail clerk on the Charlotte
& Richmond Railway mail route,
finds himself to-day.
The announcement of his arrest
and the recommendation was receiV-
ed at the postofice department to-
day. The arrest was made at Char
lotte, N. c., yesterday by Postoft1ce
Inspector w. G.. Calvert.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Saves Negro from Lynching.

Americus, Ca, August 15.-By a
clever ruse Sheriff Feagin outwitted
posse at DeSoto to-day and safely
brought Dean Adams here in an au-
tomobile. The negro was captured
by the officer at an early hour to-day
and confessed his purpose in enter
ing the home of we'll known woman
in DeSoto.
Feeling against the negro was in
tensifed by his confession and moth
ing but the officers speedy care pre-
vented a lynching.