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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
IN GRIP OF THE STORM king
is Inches of Snow and Zero Weather
-Stockmen After Feed.

The Inland Empire has been held in
the grasp of the Storm King for the
past week. A blanket Of snow from
10 inches to three feet in depth covers
the inter mountain country, the Col
umbia river is frozen ever at The
Dalles 80 that people are safe in walk
ing across on the ice. Portland pub
lie schools were closed several days
on account of the cold. From six
above zero at Portland, to 40 below
at Newport. WASH, is the crazy frosty
tale of the thermometers.
Saturday night, the coldest period
Of the snap in Athena, mercury
fell to Is degrees below zero. while
spirit indicators of the advertising
kind. registered as low as 23 degrees
below.
AS result of the storm. IL inches
OF snow fell here. and since 1t has
packed down, would now measure 10
inuhes. The snow here is light, aud
fortunately there was absolutely nc
wind, consequently no drifts are en-.
countered and wheat fields are vel
covered. Trains are more or less late
during the week.
1t is estimated that the ground IL
frozen about three inches and hope'
are expressed that the frost will b.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
No Feed for Cayuses

According to Ed. Kidder, who came
in yesterday from well up on the res
ervation, says the East Oregonian. the
conditions are even worse than 1t was
thought. He say he counted three
dead calves along the road and that
one Indian woman has 100 head of
horses without a particle of hay or
grain for any of them. Nate Raines
is authority for the statement that
many cattle belonging to IndiaDsare
starving to death on the reser walton.
Indians seldom or never lay in sup
ply Of hay for the winter, allowing
the animals to pick up what feed they
can around strawstacks and rustic for
their keep the best way they can. In
ordinary winter conditions they can
do this and the most of them pull
through, but the present weather is
unusual and unless the snow goes off
and goes off soon. the Indians will be
heavy losers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
AFTER CHAMBERLAIN
Willy Politicians Would Have Mem
bers Break Oath and Be
trav Constituents.

New developments in the Oregon
senatorial situation reveal deep-laid
plan to defeat the peoples choice and
deadlock the legislature and thus pre-
vent the election of senaor. throwing
the matter of choice back upon the
next legislature.
Two lines are pursued by those who
want to defeat Governor Cham lain.
as fully revealed. A systematic plan
of inducements is held out to members
who pledged themselves to vote for the
popular choice to get them to go back
on those pledges by remaining away
from the joint convention next Tues
day on account of sickness or for other
reasons.
The argument is brought to bear
that what they really were pledged to
by Statement No. was to support an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States and not to direct cleo
tion by the people of the state.
The other line of approach is to per-
suade members that it is their duty
not to vote for Chamberlain unless be
will agree in advance to appoint
Republican successor to Secretary Of
State Benson, who is published as
being in dying condition from can
Ger.
The Republican organization at
Portland, headed by the Oregonian
and Senator Fulton. seems to have
worked out this plan of Withholding
support from the peoples choice.
Governor Cham berlain refuses to make
any pledges and the tension is becom-
ing high.
The house members have decided to
take up the governors veto messages,
held over from last session, next Mon
day. two days in advance of the veto
on senator, and will try to weaken the
statement men by carrying some of the
bills held mp two years ago over the
governors veto.
One member, Applegate, of Douglas
county, who subscribed to the state
mcnt to insure his election. now says
he meant by it only to indorse the
principle of amending the federal con
stitution. He was not counted as one
of the So who signed the sworn state
ment to support tho peoples choice,
tut bis alleged accession is claimed
as great victory for the anti.state-
ment members.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Circuit Court

The January term of the circuit
court convened at Pendleton Monday.
In accordance with the law enacted by
the people of the state ef Oregon last
June. which provides for the calling
Of grand jury at each term of the
circuit court, the name Of seven men
were drawn from the jury box who
are engaged in the task Of investigat-
ing alleged violations Of the law in
this county. Every one Of the. seven
men is farmer. They are Frank
Snyder, foreman; William Mckenzie.
Arthur Scott, George Cock burn. Ii. J.
Bell, @. A. Perkins. ]. w. Muir.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Deputy Kills His Quarry

A special from Lewistown Mont.
says that desperate duel has been
fought in the snow of the mountains
south of that city between deputy
sheriff and a suspected horse thief. in
which the latter was killed. The
names of the participants are Deputy
Sheriff AL Morgan and John Pflager.
respectively. The deputy had been en-
gagged in the search several days, COM
ing upon his man in secluded dis
trict. The battle then began. termi-
mating in the death of the hunted
man. The deputy notified the coroner
of the affair and the latter is now en-
route to hold an inquest.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
The FRUIT men ARE UNEASY
Orchard Men Differ as to General Con-
ditiOns

IN discussing the recent severe cold
weather the Walla Walla Union says:
ut is now the turn of the fruit grow
ers to pull long face and make var
ious remarks concerning the great
amount of damage being wrought upon
the various fruit crcps Of the country
by the excessive cold snap.
while the farmers were on the anx-
ious seat for only few days, their
fears being SET at rest as soon as the
snow fell, the fruit grower has no such
source Of comfort. Their predictions
are various and sundry, but all seem
to agree upon one point, namely. that
the peach crop is damaged, and the
cherry crop to certain extent. Some
say these respective crops will stand
only below zero weather, while
others insist no damage will result
should the mercury drop as low as 10
below. Nothing definite can be dis
covered, however until a general thaw
sets in but with the snow protecting
the trees to certain extent it 10 not
thought that great amount of dam
age will result from this spell of un-
usually cold weather.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
CITY ELECTION DOPE
Opening of Current Street Agitation
May Inject Ginger Into
Coming Campaign.

Ante-city election gossip is begin
ming to filter through the rifles OF
public interest and from several SQUIRE
es comes the information that there is
to be no corner on slate making
this year, and that issues for good,
lively scrap will not be found wanting
in the campaign aud have Eeen framed
up by knowing ones.
For instance.
~ favor the opening of Current
Street. through Dave Taylor's calf
pasture, to intersect the road leading
south from town." says one who is
some pumpkins in local politics. and
who is apparently desirous of pre-
senting his issue as live one, and in
Producing il into the contest.
''It's only matter of time until
the city will have the rock quarried
back to the road, when the thorough
fare will be lowered to level with
the o. r. & N. track. So why not
begin to make preparations for it now
by opening Current, the natural and
logical inlet and outlet that viii! con.
meet the city with the road. ] favor
the council taking action that will
lead to the opening Of this street.
''The railroad people would welcome
the opening of the street for it would
greatly reduce the travel over lower
Main street across which there are a
number of tracks on which oonsid-
erable amount Of switching is carried
on at certain seasons Of the year. Be-
sides. farmers living south of town
would find the change one Of conven-
ience."
And there is a starter. Here is an
other.
~ would like to see every tree on
main street cut down, those shin
cracking hydrants replaced by modern
ones and all signs removed from across
sidewalks. Turn 'em to the wall.
where they belong. The Mayor and
councilmen who favor these improve
ments get my vote, and it counts one. !"
said another who still believes there
is room in Athena for Improvement.
Suppose hut one ticket is in the
field, as has been the case at past cleo
tions-- ats the use," yawned an
other. 1.-TWO candidates for Mayor,
double row of names on the ticket
for councilmen, and live ssues-thats
ginger. and the fuller the 5sn, the bet
ter, says I. Fill il plumb full. then
frisk the lid off. 7"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15

drawn out by the snow and that the
full quota of moisture will find its
way into the soil.
Stockmen in the southern part of
the county are confronted with the
serious problem Of securing feed for
stock. It is reported that those best
supplied with feed have only sufficient
quantity to last three weeks. Other
parts of the county are being drawn
on for feed supplies. Hay is rapidly
advancing in price and alfalfa stacks
are melting rapidly. A bunch of 1900
sheep from Pilot Rock, passed through
Athena Tuesday on the way 10 Free
water feeding pens.
Later-A chinook wind blew in
from the southeast this morning and
knocked the above weather article
galley west. So warm was the wind
that in 20 minutes the mercury went
up 10 degrees. Fifteen inches Of snow
on the watershed covered ky the chin
ook will be the cause of big floods
should the wind last.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Moscow Fights Near Beer

Moscow, Idaho. went dry in August,
when the last saloons were forced out
of business by the city ordinance.
1t went dry in November and Decem-
ber. when the temperance league EN-
ployed detectives GU whose evidence
several were convicted for violation of
the ordinance. 1t ID now to be made
driest by the passage OF an ordinance
prohibiting the sale of "Near beer"
and "beerine" and ell mild beverages
known by similar terms.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Athena Ball Player Married.

Willie Fortier is the first Seattle
ballplayer to report. He and his
yorng bride fed the snow and ice OF
Idaho to the alleged salubrious eli
mate OF Puget Sound. Willie said
that he would not have believed Mr..
Puget capable of such conduct il he
had not seen the white cobwebs on
the trees and bad bis ears pinched by
Jack Frost. Itdid not take the frisky
young catcher long to hunt up a
steam heated fat where he and his
bride wi take life easy until the uri-
pire calls "play. "-Exohange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
PIPES EXPLODE, WOMAN BADLY Burned

Mrs. Frank jackson was severely
burned about the eyes. neck and arms
Wednesday morning by the explosion
of the kitchen range. caused by the
freezing OF tie water pipes.
Mr. and Mrs. jackson reside on their
farm west of town. and Wednesday
morning after starting the fire Mr..
jackson left the house to go TO the
barn. Hearing the explosion be
hastensd back aud found the kitchen
a wreck aud bis wife lying on the floor.
When the explosion occurred she
had lighted lamp in her band aud
this vas blown into fragments.
Dir. SHARP was hastily ssEnmeDed
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Taft Elected

William Howard Taft was elected
President OF the United States by the
electors who gathered Monday 10 the
capital cities Of the various states TO
cast their votes fer President and Vice
President. Although the returns will
not be caLvassed by Congress until
next mouth. 10 confidently anticipated
that Taft and Sherman have been snc-
csssfui In the election.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15

from town and found the lady's arms
badly burned, burns on the neck and
the eye ba,is Stistercd ty the hot ashes.
The greatest injuries were to the
eyes. although the sight was ap-
parently not injured.
The kitchen range was blown into
atoms, windows blown out and
doors torn from their hinges. The
family was immediately moved into
another house near by.
This Il the first serious accident
to result from frozen pipes during the
cold spell. people as rule being care
fnl to drain the pipe coils Ia the stoves
before retiring at night.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15

Harry Brannen, wanted 10 this
county on the charge Of horse stealing
was arrested in Union county and
brought back 10 Pendleton by Sheriff
Taylor. Brannen is charged with
having stolen horse. saddle aud pair
of chaps from the Goodman ranch.
and as be was found with the goods
in his possession. the case against him
is considered strong one. says the
East Oregonian.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
North Yakima q Division.

North Yakima will be a division
point Of the North Coast railroad.
Definite announcement TO that effect
has been made. The yards will be at
least mile in length and will contain
fifteen tracks. round houses, repair
sbons. etc. At that point the road
will brake its grade and the heavy en-.
gines for the mountain division will
be quartered here.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Hermiston Again.

That the little town Of Hermiston
is still on the map and that it's citizens
are scrapping with their usual vim is
attested by an attempt to force Will
lam Fl. Skinner and Fred A. Yates
from the directorate Of the Umatilla
River Water Users association at
Hermiston Saturday. Two rival tick
cts are claiming election to the direct
crate of that corporation and the
question will probably be threshed
out in the courts.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Raise Salary Of Judge.

The Umatilla County Bar Assoeia-
tion has adopted resolution in favor
OF increasing the salary of the Circuit
Judge of Umatilla- Morrow county
district from $1,000 to $4,000 per
year. The resolution will be present-
ed TO the legislature and II 10 believed
that 1t will receive favorable cousid-
GRAFTON.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Fire in Printing Office

McManus' Pilot Rock Record Office
sustained slight loss from FIRE Monday.
The fire was caused by defective
stove pipe and for time threatened
to destroy the Office but prompt work
on the part OF the Office force subdned
the flames.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15

pipes, exploded, shattering window
panes, shaking the contents Of the
pantry to pieces and causing a prema-
ture Chinese New Years celebration.
Mrs. Herriok was standing over the
stove at the time Of the explosion and
although knocked down and bruised
she received no serious mishap. w.
W. Union.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-15
Range Blows Up

An accident which might have
proved fatal, occurred at the resi-
dence of Dwelly Herrick yesterday
morning and it was only by the rarest
stroke of good fortune that Mrs. Her
rick was not seriously injured. The
range. owing to the freezing of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-04
C()'I'lI Famine
IS PROPHES|E[)
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
NARROWLY AvER1ED
John Gaddis, of McLaurin, Rescued
From the Jaws of Death by an
Unknown Negro.

John Gaddis, a citizen of McLaurin,
Miss, was probably saved from an
untimely and horrible death in this
city Friday, by an unknown negro.
The negro was walking down the
tracks of the Mississippi Central
railroad in the vicinity of the Jackson
street crossing, when his attention
was attracted to an unusual looking
object which was lying between the
rails, which, upon examination proved
to be the body of man who was in
an apparent state of insensibility, pre-
sumably from the effects of over-in-
diligence in liquor.
Realizing that locomotive might
pass at any moment, the negro re-
moved the man to a place of safety,
and Immediately notified the officials.
Constable Riley and Police Officer
Sexton investigated the matter, took
the man to the Forrest county Jail,
where physicians visited him and dis
covered that he had on more booze
than he could comfortably carry. The
man was in an unconscious condition
for several hours, but the physicians
finally brought him to consciousness,
when they were able to learn his name
and place of residence.
Gaddis was released on bond Satur-
day night, & charge Of drunkenness
having been preferred against him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-04
Statement FROM
Chief WILLIAMS
Trains Brought $500 Persons, Az
ProximateIy, to City on Friday--Ex-
pressions on Day From Other Ex-
ecutive Committee Members,

One OF the most remarkable things
in connection with the great South
Mississippi Prosperity Celebration
Friday is the fact that not single
arrest was made ON that day for any
cause, and this was not because the
police of the city did not exercise
their usual vigilance nor because there
was any relaxation of discipline.
1T was the most orderly big crowd
| ever saw" said Chief of Police Will
liams this morning Il myself was
through the streets from early in the
morning until late at night, and the
policemen on duty had the assistance
of half dozen special officers, but
none of us saw nor heard of any VIC
lations of the law. The department
of the crowd was a credit to
the people of this state
1t was the best behaved crowd the
police department ever had to deal
with in my recollection" said Deck
Sergeant George at police headquar
ters. Our blotter for the day shows
no arrests except of offenders wnt
had violated the law before Celebra-
tion Day, but who were not apprehend-
ed until then
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-04
Trains Brought $500.

The special and regular trains of
the New Orleans and Northeastern,
Gulf and Ship Island, the Mississippi
Central and the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City railroads brought some,
thing like $500 people into Hattesburg
Friday. The n. o. & N. E. brought in
between $500 and 5000 persons; the
Gulf and Ship Island brought LOO,
the Mississippi Central 1900 and the
NJ, J. & X. c. about 1900. 1t is es-
timated that fully 1000 persons came
to Hattiesburg for the celebration on
Thursday or Thursday night and that
from $500 to 5000 came here Friday
by other methods of conveyance than
the trains. 1t thus will be seen tina,
10000 is a conservative estimate Of
the number of visitors who attended
the big jubilee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-04
Farmers Are Selling.

AGAINST these spectators are pit
ted a few New Orleans operators and
r. NJ. Patten, of Chicago. These lat
ter, however, at this time have not
even the support of the southern far
mers, as the farmers are selling, it
seems, in most places as fast as the
cotton is ginned.
"The visible supply of cotton on
September /, 1908, was $4,000, while
the crop the past season is estimator
at 13,797,000 bales, making the to-
tai visible supply 14,7S6000. Now, on
September /, 1909, the visible supply
was 1,472,000. Say the maximum crop
is II 800, 900, this leaves total visible
supply this season of 12,972,000.
THE mills of the world during the
past season took 13,314,000 bales and
actually consumed of this 1857 900
bales, thus leaving them with small
supply on hand.
The government report for Septem-
ber places the condition of cotton at
present at 5S5 as against 63.7 for the
past August and as against 69.7 on
September 25, 1908; G7.7 on the same
date in 1907; 71.6 in 1906, and 71.2 in
1905.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-04
NOT C1NFlNED TO
The PUBLIC SCHOOLS
State Superintendent Powers Unable
to Account For Great Increase In
Attendance-CoIleges and Private
Schools Are Included.
Special 10 The Neos

Special 10 The Neus
JACKSON, Miss, Octobr 4.-The
school attendance in Mississippi this
year is phenomenal, says State Superin
tendent of Education ]. N. Powers.
who Is unable to account for the
great increase, and the fact that near
ly every school in the state is over.
crowded with students.
This is not confined to the public
schools of the rural districts, nor to
those in the cities and towns. but in
cludes the colleges as well. At all
the state educational institutions the
attendance amounts to congestion.
and in the industrial Institute and
College at Columbus large number
of girls had to be refused admittance
because there was no room for them.
Here in the Central High School
Superintendent Bailey was forced to
turn away dozen or more The pa-
rents of these appealed to the city
council which is expected to take the
matter up in its meeting tomorrow.
The result can be nothing less than
provision for more room, since ii
will be impossible to accommodate
the pupils by any other means. Near.
ly all the city schools are filled to
their full capacity, and it is expected ,
that increased room will have to be
provided for by next year.
This is, of course, largely due TO
the steady increase in the population
of the city but it is a well-established
fact that there is a greater tendency
than heretofore on the part of parents
to send their children to school, and
many boys who had formerly spens
much of their time on the streets are
now regular attendants in the schools
of their respective wards.
Whether this is due to the general
awakening of sentiment in favor of
more and better educational facilities
and more thorough education of the
youth of the country or not, it is =
fact that cannot be gotten around
that much larger proportion of the
children than ever before are now in
the schools.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-04
GIVES THE FIGURES
TO SUBSTANTIATE
Percentage of Crop, According to U.
S. Governments Report Lowest on
Reoord-Means High Prices If Far
n1ers Hold Staple.

Mr.. f. S. Senton, the well known
cotton buyer of this city, and who is,
perhaps, one of the best posted men
in the cotton belt on the staple, pre-
diets a cotton famine in the early fu-
ture. Should Mr.. Senton's prophecy
prove to be a true one, it will be the
first famine in the fleecy staple since
the civil war.
Under conditions prevailing at
present, it takes no prophet to see
that cotton famine is On the cards.
said Mr.. Senton to a News reporter
this morning. Continuing, Mr.. Sen
ton said:
To September 25, 1909. the number
Df bales of cotton ginned was 2,564.000
as against 2,590,000 on the same date
last year, 1,532,0OO on September 25,
1907, and 2,O57O00 on the same date
in 1906
of course there is a price at which
the consumption of cotton is checked
automatically, but so far there is no
sign that thirteen cents has this eff
feet. At this moment a crowd of New
York speculators are fighting the mar
ket, not because they don't believe
in higher prices eventually, but be-
cause they think the farmer is Obliged
In sell.