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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
$40. rs for Porkers.

As forecasted, new record for hogs
was made in the Portland yards Mon
day. when sales we're made up to
$l0.75. Mondays advance of 35c was
made in spite of the fact that over
Sunday 16 loads of hogs were brought
to that market from Nebraska points
for the use Of packers. Outside of
this showing only three loads of hogs
arrived in the yards. These were all
that were offering in the pens Monday
morning. The Nebraska stock was
purchased prior to shipment. Liberal
supplies were shown in the cattle mar
ket. but the former top price holds
well, although no sales were made up
to the high level.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
OR. &N. Surveyors Recalled.

Much interest is aroused in Pen
dieton by the news that the working
crews ON the Coyote-Stanfield cutoff
have been called in and sent to other
places. In response to orders received
from the head 0. R. & N. officials. all
work ON the cutoff has been discontin-
ued and the men and equipment sent
to other railroad camps. The reason
for the order has not been given out.
and 1t is not known whether it is re-
trenchment order. Some believe that
the order was issued because OF the
probability that the Umatilla project
will be extended to the west side Of
the river.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Millinery Opening.

Mrs. Lille Miller announces her
regular fall opening of millinery for
today and tomorrow. Friday and Sat-
urday. Mrs. Miller has ordered $500
worth of the very latest hats, plumes.
yelling, and all the delicate and brill
liant finery that goes to make an up
to.date Millinery store, and, although
this will not all be on display, some
stunning effects will be shown In fall
pattern bats. She invites all the la
dies of Athena and vicinity to call.
whether they are ready to purchase
or not.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
GOES AFFAIRS STRENGTHENED
Wife Puts Up Money for Inland Irri-
CATION Company.

An amioable adjustment of the
controversy between the Inland Irriga-
tion company. controlled by w. J.
Furnish, and the Columbia Land
company, organized by DR.. Henry
Waldo Coe. for the purpose CT hand
ling the lands of the former concern,
I was made by Mrs. Coe meeting the in
terest due,on the bonds held by Mr..
Furnish as we'll as canoelling the in
debtedness incurred by the improve
ment of the property.
The announcement was made that
Mrs. Coe will continue in charge Of
the property Of the Inland Irrigation
company pending the return of DR..
Coe from Japan. whittier he went in
search of health.
The holdings of the Inland Irriga-
tion company located in Umatilla
county constitute the most extensive
private reclamation proposition ip
Oregon. DR.. Coe took over the prop
erty about year ago on selling
basis and has since disposed of land
to the value of $4,000 Settlement
of the differences which recently arose
between Mr.. Furnish and DR.. Coe rel
ative to the management of the prop
erty assure that the development of
the Hermiston irrigation project will
now proceed without further Interrupt
tion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
A Good Position

Can be had by ambitious young men
and ladies in the field Of Wireless"
or Railway telegraphy. Since the
S-hour law became effective, and since
the Wireless companies are establish
ing stations throughout the country
there is great shortage Of telegraph
ers. Positions pay beginners from $40
to $50 per month. with good chance
of advancement The National Tele-
graph Institute Of Portland, Ore, op-
crates six official institutes in America
under supervision of R. r. and Wire
less officials and places all graduates
ineo positions. 1t will pay you to
write them for full details.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
ship 1888 CARLOADS pRuNES
A Phenomenal Record Reached at Mil
ton and Freewater.

The present week will see the last
full car of prunes shipped from the
Milton -Freswater country for the sea-
son of 1901, says the Eagle. AL
| together there have been shipped. ac-
oording to figures given out by Manag-
or H. D. Lamb Of the Fruitgrowers'
union, and S. s. Shields of the Shields
Fruit Co., total of 1873 cars of prunes
! One hundred and torty-eight of these
were shipped by the union. and the
balance by the Shields company.
A conservative estimate of the net
value of each car of prunes to the pro-
ducer is placed at $500. which brings
the total yield of the prune orchards
of the valley, in dollars and cents, to
approximately $94 1000. but $4,000 short
of a tenth of million dollars. The
output has far surpassed the most san
guine expectations of the growers. as
we'll as shippers. The price will av
erage around $50 per ton for the entire
season. straight through, although
this figure WAS considerably augment
ed in number of instances.
The total number of cars of fruit
shipped over the 0. r. & N. and trac
tion lines during the season have been
Ala. Three hundred and forty -four
of these were shipped by the union
and 10 by the Shields Fruit company.
The above figures do not include the
shipments sent by express or the part
carload lots sent out by wholeale ship
pers. the union and private individ-
ual. With the latter figured in the
total to date, would probably reach
500 or 600 cars.
With an estimated shipment Of 400
cars of apples added to the above fig
ures. the entire fruit output Of the
valley for the present season will run
in the neighborhood of 800 carloads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Barrett--McEwen.

= Mr.. q. A. Barrett and Miss Kath-
leen V. MoEwen, two we'll known and
highly esteemed young people of this
city. were united in marriage at the
Baptist parsonage in Pendleton. at
eight O'Clock, Tuesday evening. Sep
tember 13. The marriage ceremony
was performed in the presence of a
few friends and relatives, by the Rev.
R. 3. Storey, pastor of the Pendleton
Baptist church. After the wedding
ceremony, the newly married couple
took the train for Portland, where
they will spend their honeymoon. The
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
VICTORY
P0indexter, Progressive Candidate for
Washington Senatorial Endorse
ment Gets 80, 900 Plurality.

By an avalanche of popular votes,
Tuesday, Washington joined the ranks
Of the insurgent states and progressive
republioanism scored one of its most
notable triumphs. The returns show
that Miles Poindexter won sweeping
victory over his nearest rival. Thomas
Burke, and more than fulfilled the
most optimistic predictions Of his
friends. The senatorial endorsement
went to him by majority over hcth
his opponents. King county, the
home of Burke, was carried ty Poin-
dexter by over 5000 votes. while
Pierce county, James M. Ashton q
home, also declared for the insurgent
candidate. Spokane county gave her
representative seven to one vote and
the whole Of eastern Washington went
for Poindextei by vote of four to
one. Jefferson and Thurston counties
are the only ones in doubt.
Congressman William e. Humphrey
of the first or Seattle district, author
of the ship subsidy bill and close
friend of Speaker Cannon, has been
defeated for renomination by plural
ity that promises to run into thous-
ands. his successful opponent being
Thomas r. Revelle, who ran as an
anti-Cannon candidate and in bis cam
paign literature condemned the Payne
tariff law.
The labor unions at the urging of
National President Furuseth of the
Coast Seaman's union waged an effec-
tive fight on Humphrey. who was ac-
cused of sitting legislation for the
benefit of American seamen.
National interest in the Washing
ton primary was whetted by the effort
which President Taft made two weeks
ago through Secretary Ballinger to
concentrate the opposition to Mr..
Poindexter upon the regular candidate.
The president obtained the with
drawal Of former Senator John l..
Wilson Of Seattle, but James M. Ash
ton of Tacoma and Thomas Burke of
Seattle insisted ON remaining in the
race and dividing the regular vote.
The balloting shows that concentra-
tion of the regulars would not have
changed the result.
Practically all the candidates fol
the legislature are pledged to vote fol
the candidate receiving the highest
vote and there can Ee no hitch over
the election of Poindexter.
Democrats Win Maine.
With the returns practically COM
plete. sweeping democratic victory
in Maine is almost certain. Frederick
Plaisted was elected governor and he
is democratic. as ale the congressman
elected in the first. second and third
districts. The result in the fourth
district is doubtful. The democrats
have majority in the state senate
and probably also the house, thereby
assuring the election Of democratic
United States senator to succeed Hale.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Telephone Line Improvement.

Foreman Kimble and his crew of
men are making extensive improve
ments on the telephone lines In Athena
and vicinity. New wires are being
strung between Walla Walla and PEN
dleton and new poles are being put
in place Of old ones. The men have
been working out of Athena for a
couple of weeks and are jolly. whole
souled lot who make friends wherever
they go.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
High Glass Stock.

,IIt is we'll worth a mans while to
drop in at the Milt Swaggart ranch.
He has splendid assortment of blood
ed stock, including Mammoth Jacks,
Shetland stations. Poland China and
Berkshire hogs. Scotch Collie dogs.
Jersey COWS. barred Plymouth Rock
chickens, thoroughbred tIaok cats
and the finest driving and saddle horse
in any old county, Along with all
this and some more, Milt keeps his
place looking as though some one lived
there all the time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Pilot Rock Grain.

Enough grain has already been en-
tered at the Pilot Rock warehouses to
form an opinion Of the qualitya of this
years crop, says the Record. Nearly
all the wheat weighs well, some of it
going as high as 62 pounds to the
bushel and rated No. /. A large per
centage of the wheat coming in is
from the southwest of town, known as
the Nye country, some of it being
hauled 10 and 15 miles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
groom is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. q. A.

groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Barrett, and is young man of more
than ordinary business ability, being
memter of the firm of @. A. Barrett
q Co.. hardware dealers. His bride is
the eldest daughter of Mayor and Mrs.
A. B. McEwen. She is an accom-
plished young lady who has grown to
womanhood in this city, and with her
husband went through the public
schools of Athena. A host of friends
wish for them all that is best in life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
A Shooting scrape.

Charles Hubbard, an employe of the
Meacbam sawmill. is wearing band
age over severe scalp wound made
by revolver bullet. while "Slim"
Maxwell, Meaoham woodchopper. is
occupying cell in the county jail, as
the result of shooting scrape which
occurred at Meacham late Monday
afternoon.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16

whole sale men who will in future
use Umatilla as distributing point
for their Eastern Oregon and Wash
ington trade. Two Portland firms
have already established warerooms
there and it makes 1t very convenient
for this section CT Oregon and also
means less cost in transportation to
the market.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Bamfords Here.

j. M. Bamford and wife Of Seattle,
were in the city Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week, visiting relatives
and friends. Mr.. Bamford, who for
merly resided at Weston and Athena,
has heen in the ministry during the
past 10 years. laboring in the field Of
the Free Methodist church.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Minister Arrives,

n Rev. Thomas Lawson and family
arrived this morning from Orofino,
Idaho, aud will take up their resi-
dence in the M. e. parsonage. Rev.
Lawson announces the regular service
in the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing and evening.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16

Mrs. Il. q. Michael. widow Of pio
nesr Eastern Oregon Methodist min
ister. is critically i'll at her home in
Weston.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Ereet Warehouges at UmatilIa.

Portland parties have bonded sew
eral lots Of land In the center Of the
city of Umatilla for the purpose of
erecting warehouses for Portland
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-07
SYNOPSIS.

Dorothy lived in Kansas with Aunt EN-
and Uncle Henry. A cyclone lifted their
home into the air. Dorothy falling asleep
her The house had landed in country
Of marvellous beauty, Groups Of queer
little people greeted her to the Land OF I
enemy. the wicked witch OF East. Dor
othy took the witch's silver shoes She
gtarted for the Emerald City to hnd the
might find a way to send her back to
Kansas. Dorothy released scarecro~.
giving him life. lie was desirous OF &C.
the. wizard to get them. The scareerow
told his history. They met TN wo9o,
man who longed for heart. he .,h,o atso
lion The lion confessed he had no couf-
age. He decided to accompany them 10 10
the Wizard Of Oz TO get some. Ihe scdre tre-
paled upon his pole In the middle OF .he .
river, The scarecrow was rescued by a
friendly friendly stork They entered entered poypiHl XXI
asleep. The scarecrow and tin wo9anlnH,n
rescued her and her dog from the deaa,y eny
flowers The lion fell asleep and being 100 100
the road of yellow brick which led to tns
Emerald City they met wild cat d and
deld mice. The woodman killed the it wild
cat The queen mouse became lrlenuiy.
She sent Thousands of her mice subjects
to draw the lion away from the POPPY
s,ssa aeld; Dorothy ayoke from ne her Emsn. ,ong
painted green. There were farmers OF
green houses of green and people dressed sei
In green. 1t was the Land of Oz. They
.cribed the power Of the Wizard Of oz.
Al put on green spectacles as the I,1and Sright,
them The wizard decided to receive one
OF the party each day. All were put In
Green green rooms. Dorothy went to the throne
aids she beheld an enormous head with
put body. legs or arms; bigger than the
ssd tn. bsna oz the ed
when she killed the wicked witch OF the
East he would send her home. The scare
was promised brains when he killed the
witch. The woodman beheld a terrible
s beast with a head Of a rhinocsros S and
heart II he would slay the witch. The
hon saw ball Of fire and voice from
the object promised him courage II he
es wtSh saw hs nssty when II il,
TO %olSss Sstaek , It, The woodaI Killed the
crow scared and killed. Bees were dis
PATCHED next. but the woodman received
me them stinEs nLsa Finally winged monkeys took
ter on the wicked U'oht Witch. 'eS Destroying
dorothy rescued the lion TouvS wood
charmed golden cup and started back
to o. She became lost She used the
cup to call the winged monkeys who
took them to the Emerald City. The
charmed cups story was told. Dor
othy. discovered the wizard to be n
humbug. He told his life story. The
wizard gave the scarecrow brains, the
woodman a heart and the lion a cour-
age fluid. The Wizard of Ox constructed
= balloon to take Dorothy home. The
air craft broke loose and che wizard was
carried without the girl Dnrpfh
called the winged monkeys. but they
were powerless. She went to Ginda. the
good witch of the south. All iourneyed
were attacked by fighting trees They
entered the china country. all the inhab-
ttants being made Of china
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-07

enemy and bring peace to all the ami
mails of the forest once more"
What is your trouble?" asked the
Lion, quietly.
I'VE are all threatened" answered
the tiger. "by a fierce enemy which
has lately come into this forest It is
a most tremendous monster, like
great spider, with body as big as an
elephant and legs as long as a tree
trunk. 1t has eight Of these long legs,
and as the monster crawls through the
and drags it to his mouth. where he
eats it as a spider does = fly. Not one
Of us is safe while this fierce creature
is alive, and We had called a meeting
to decide how to take care Of our
selves when you came among us"
Where is this great spider Of yours
now?" asked the Lion.
"Yonder. among the oak trees" said
the tiger, pointing with his forefoot.
The great spider was lying asleep
when the Lion found him. and it
looked SO ugly that its foe turned up
his nose in disgust. Its legs were
quite as long as the tiger had said,
and its body covered with coarse
black hair. 1t had a great mouth,
with row of sharp teeth foot long;
but its head was joined to the pudgy
body by a neck as slender as wasp's
waist. Then. with one blow of
his heavy paw. all armed with
sharp claws. he knocked the spiders
head from its body. Jumping down,
he watched it until the long legs
stopped wiggling, when he knew it
was quite dead.
The Lion went back to the opening
where the beasts Of the forest were
waiting for him and said. proudly:
You need fear your enemy no Ion
ger"
The the beasts bowed down to the
Lion as their king, and he promised to
come back and rule over them as soon
as Dorothy was safely on her way to
Kansas.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-07
TT seems gloomy said the Scare

IT seems gloomy, said the Scare
crow.
Not a bit OF It," answered the Lion; ;
I should like TO live here all my life.
Sec how soft the dried leaves are
under your feet and how rich and
green the moss is that clings 10 these
old trees Surely no wild beast could
wish a pleasanter home"
Perhaps there are wild beasts in
the forest now" said Dorothy.
Il suppose there are" returned the
Lion; but l do not see any of them
about
They walked through the forest un-
til 1t Dcame too dark to go any fur
ther. Dorothy and Toto and the Lion
lay down to sleep while the Woodman
and the Scarecrow kept watch over
them as usual.
When morning came they started
again. Before they had gone far they
heard a low rumble. as Of the growing
of many wild animals. Toto whim-
pered little. but none of the others
was frightened and they kept along
the well-trodden path until they came
to an opening In the wood. in which
were gathered hundreds of beasts Of
every variety. There were tigers and
elephants and bears and wolves and
foxes and all the others in the natural
history. and for a moment Dorothy
was afraid. But the Lion explained
that the animals were holding a meet
ing and he judged by their snarling
and growing that they were in great
trouble.
As he spoke several of the beasts
caught sight of him, and at once the
great assemblage hushed as II by
magic. The biggest Of the tigers came
up to the Lion and bowed. saying:
Welcome. o. King Of Beasts! You
have come in good time to fight our
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-07
"rb,, v,,, b. . hard climb. .,,,

That vill Be Q hard climb. said
the Scarecrow. but We must get over
the hill. nevertheless"
So he led the way and the other
followed. They had nearly reached
tine first rock when they heard 6
rough voice cry out:
Keep back"
Who are YOU" asked the Scare
crow Then head showed itself oye-
the rock ard the same voice said:
This hill belongs to us. End we
don't allow any one to cross It."
But We must cross it, said the
Scarecrow We're going to the coun.
try of the Quadlings."
But you shall not" replied the
voice, and there stepped from benin d
the rock the strangest man the tray
elers had ever seen.
He was quite short and stout and
had big head, which was nat at the
top and supported by thick neck full
Of wrinkles. But he had no arms at
all. and, seeing this, the Scarecrow
did not fear that SO helpless a crea-
ture could prevent them from climbing g
the hill. 60 he said:
I'm sorry not to do as you wish,
but we must pass over your hill
whether you like It or not" and he
walked boldly forward.
As quick as lightning the mans $
head shot forward and his neck
stretched out until the top of the head.
where 1t was fiat. struck the Scare
crow In the middle and sent him tum.
bling. over and over. down the hill. AL
most IS quickly as 1t came the head
went back to the body. and the man
laughed harshly as he said:
1T isn't as easy as you think"
A chorus of boisterous laughter
came from the other rocks. and Doro-
thy saw hundreds of the armless Ham,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-07
TAFT WILL war
On INSURGENTS
~ WITHHOLDING PATRONAGE
FROM THOSE WHO OPPOSE
HIS POLICIES.
BATTLE IS ALREADY ON
COLD sHoULoER FOR SENATORS
WHO OPPOSED pAvNE-AL.
oRIch TARIFF BILL.

Washineton.-War without quarter
Hill be waged between the Taft admin.
istration and such Republican "insur.
gents" in Congress as are now oppos-
ing. and who oppose in the future. the
Taft legislative program. The battle is
not with those tariff insurgents who
quietly sheathed their blades after de.
feat. but with those who have nursed
disappointment and are whetting their
knives publicly In anticipation Of con.
tinued conflict.
The battle broke suddenly Tuesday.
At first 1t was a single shot; then q
scattered firing; swiftly the thing
spread. until by night it had taken on
the aspects Of q general engagement.
the consequences of which cannot be
foretold. The substance of it is that
the senators and congressman who
have taken q stand against the pres.
ent administration and who continue
to align themselves with the opposi-
ton to the Presidents policies are to
receive no consideration In the mat
tsrs of patronage.
Utterances such As that made by
Senator Cummins at a recent dinner
in Des Moines. by Senator Bristow in
previous speeches. anti-Taft articles
In Senator La Follette's magazine, and
a recent interview by Senator Clapp
on the price Of foodstuffs are said to
have stirred the President to action.
1t has been reported further that
some Of the Republican insurgents In
the House have tried to secure the ap-
pointment under the administration Of
men more or less openly out of har-
mony with the Taft regime.
Taft's closest friends advised him
that it would be impolitic for him to
give sinews of war to those who. they
warned him, might even cooperate
with the Democrats in Congress
against the Taft legislative program
and in the country at large by Great
ing anti-Taft sentiment in advance Of
the 1912 convention.
It is stated without reserve that the
President has listened to such advice
and has decided to follow 1t.
In support of the position taken by
certain leaders of the administration,
the battle is not with the tariff insur-
gents. 1t was pointed out that Sena-
tors Nelson, Brown, Burkett and Bo-
rah, all of whom voted against the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, appear to be
persona grata at the White house,
postoffice department, land office and
internal revenue bureau, where fed
eral pie" is served.
No politician who would discuss the
situation at all dared hazard an
opinion as to the political outcome of
the contest. Some insisted that it
would arouse bitter opposition to Pres
ident Taft, while others declared that
the effect would be to make all Re-
publicans line up for or against the
President and smoke out" those who
have carefully kept a neutral position.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-07
Those FraiI 1oats.

In an account Of a wreck on the
Long Island coast that read the
other day." observed the retired
yachtsman. Il was panied to notice
in one paper that the crew left the
schooner in a 'frail boat the said
craft being properly described in the
Press as the ships long boat. know
that is the conventional phrase to de.
scribe = vessels small boat, but as
read it wondered IL the frail boat
writer ever had seen one Of those
ponderous fabrics Of oak called the
ships long boat! Or If he ever had
tried to haul 14-foot yawl OF q
beach after 1t had been left high and
dry by the tide? Such a Job on q
hot July day probably would cure him
forever describing even such \ boat
as frail."