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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
WORLDS BEST T|MBERBURNED
Missing Rangers Show Up But Loss
of Life in Fires May Reach 100.

The most sensational rumors of Loss
of life in forest fires continue to be
circulated. but it is impossible to ver-
ify them and it seems likely that,
aside from losses among the National
rangers. the number of dead in the
three states will not exceed 100.
! The known victims of the forest
! fires number 53 as follows:
In and near Wallace, Idaho, 3S; IN
! and near st. Joe, Idaho, men. sup
posed to be forest rangers; at Saltese,
Mont, /.
Ranger Kottkey, who with 200 men
was reported missing. is unharmed.
He was never near Wallace as report
ed. but was near Adair, Idaho. on the
Milwaukee. He reached Missoula
and reported his men safe. except two
| packers.
The FIRE is destroying much timber
in the National forests of the great
mountain chain whose crest forms the
northeastern boundary of Idaho--and
which chain is called the Bitter Root,
Cosur d'Alene and Cabinet Ranges-in
it's progress northwesterly from the
continental divide of the Rocky
Mountains.
These mountains and all of the
panhandle of Idaho are thickly cloth
ed with pine, spruce, red FIR and
hemlouk, and most Of the country
burning has never before felt the
breath of FIRE. The timber cannot be
excelled anywhere in North America.
except near the Pacific ocean.
Timber In the Blue mountains is
burning in Looking Glass canyon near
the Toll Gate and on the other side of
the range. at Elgin. Thirty men left
Walla Walla Wednesday afternoon
for Elgin to assist in fighting the fire,
and in response to call from Forester
! Sohmitz, twenty more went in auto
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
". c. FRAZIER PASSES AWAY
Well Known Pioneer Of Umatilla Coun-
ty Called BY Death at Pendleton.

Wiley G. Frazier. aged 81 years ant
resident of Umatilla county for 81
years. died at 2 O'Clock Saturday
morning at bis home in Pendleton Of.
ter an illness of IS months. During
great part of this time his suffering
was intense. A year ago In May be
suffered stroke of paralysis and since
that time he had been an invalid able
only to be about the house. IT.
The deceased was born In Kentucky,
February 28, 1929. When a young
man he moved to Missouri and in that
state be was united in marriage to
Miss Rebeoca Leard. ty whom he is
still survived. Had he lived until
next Monday they would have lived
together as man and wife for exactly
sixty years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frazier and their fam
lily crossed the plains to California
with an OK team in 1854. They took
up their residence in Sonoma county,
where they continued to live until
1879. In that year they came over
land to Umatilla county, settling near
Athena and this county had been their
home continuously ever since that
time.
Following their removal to Pendle-
ton. in 1888 Mr.. Frazier was engaged
for many years in the truck and draw
business. All his life mp until the
time of receiving the stroke Of para.
lysis, he was strong. robust man and
the affiiotion which made him help
less invalid at times was almost more
than he could endure.
In addition to his wife. he is sur
vived by the following children: AL
bert A. Frazier. Humboldt county,
CAL; Thomas Frazier. San Louis
Obispo county. CAL; Charles A. Fra
zier, Colfax. Wash; J. Il. Frazier
Susanville; Mrs. s. F. Sharp, Athena
l.. q. Frazier. j. A. Frazier and
Effie Jean Frazier. all of Pendleton.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Pine Creek Project.

Promoters of the Pine Greek irriga-
tion project haze planned public
meeting for September Is at Weston,
with a view to aoquainting farmers
with the benefits of irrigation. 1t is
proposed under this project to con-
serve the food waters of Pine creek
with an immense dam, to be built
about three miles above Weston, and
to irrigate thousands of acres of rich
land now devoted to wheat raising.
Plans and maps have been prepared
and filed with the secretary of state
and the preliminary work completed.
DR.. N. g. Blalock and E. @. Burling-
anne. of Waila Walla, and Fl. r. Mar,
BILE. OF North Yakima, have promised
to address the meeting.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
MAY EXPLOIT HEPPNER COAL
Walla Walla Capitalists Go to Morrow
County to Inspect Coal Lands.

Fifteen Walla Walla capitalists,
headed by DR.. N. g. Bialock, passed
through Pendleton Monday morning
in automobiles for Heppner. where
they will inspect large tratt Of coal
land which is now under option to
DR.. Blalock, says the East Oregonlan.
If the prospects prove to be all that
they have been represented, the party
of capitalists will form a corporation
and proceed to develop the mines. 1t
is proposed to start development work
immediately. if the result of their in
vestigations is satisfactory.
DIR. Blalock has already made a
personal investigation of the land and
is very we'll satisfied in his own mind
that it is worth developing. When
seen by the reporter he said:
''Five years ago while in Heppner. I
heard of this tract of land which con-
tains 5, 100 acres. and of the coal that
showed on the surface. After an ex,
animation of the land I secured an
option on it and ever since that time
I have been making investigation OF
the natural resources of the property
and the possibility OF developing them
The land is III the Blue mountains
twenty miles from Heppner, at thu
head of Willow creek, and is connect
ed by a good road to the o. r. q N
branch that runs to Heppner. A min
ing expert has been all over the lant
and In his report he says that th'
property overlies coal deposit of from
20 to "a million tons. That means al
output of $50 tons day would not bt
exhausted for 55 years. There are
now five tunnels on the tract and in
every one of them veins running from
l Ia feet to 4 feet in thickness have
been cut.
"We have a $4,000 diamond drill
that has been used in determining TIE
location of the deposits and Ey its use
we know that there are two veins OF
ore one 2 1-2 feet in thickness and the
other z 1-2 feet 10 thickness, less than
500 feet beluw the surface"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
The s.Round.Up."

There is much enthusiasm manifest
over the inauguration of an annual
wild west show in the northwest such
as those held each year in Denver and
Cheyenne and there is no longer any
doubt that the Pendleton exhibition
will be the peer of its two forerunners.
From all sectors are coming most en-
couraging reports and promises of
assistance in making the event suo-
cessful. From the Occur d'Alene
country on the north to klamath Falls
on the south. and from Montana aud
Colorado on the east to the Pacific
ocean on the west. are coming the
best riders and ropers that mountain
and plain have produced and the three
days. celebration at Pendleton will be
veritable carnival of cowboys.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
BULK OF ESTATE TO BRYs0N
Will of Late H. c. Adams Filed for
Probate at Walla Walla.

The will of the late Henry q. Adams
and the petition of Hertert Bryson to
be confirmed as executor of the will,
have been fled with the clerk of the
superior court at Walla Walla. While
the amount OF the estate is not given,
it is known that the monetary value
will reach into large figures. In ad-
dition to Mr.. Adams Umatilla county
property, it is reported that the estate
includes twenty-si sections of land in
the state of Washington. Mr.. Ad-
ANS died on the 18th of August, and
made a will dated September /, 1909.
He was bachelor. The heirs men
toned in the will ale the following:
John r. Adams, nephew. of Adams,
Oregon; Walter Adams. nephew. Of
Walla WaIla; Henry A. Mitchell,
nephew. of Eugene. Oregon; Paul
johnson. nephew, of Pittsburg, Penn. !;
Frank Merritt, nephew, Of Jay, Me. :;
Pauline Adams, niece. Of Walla Walla
and Helen Adams, niece. of the same
place; Charles Al, Jennie e., and
Henry A. Barrett and Areta Plamon-
don, all of Athena, Oregon; j. s. Bar
rett and wife. Parker and Anna Bar
rett of WallaWalla: William A. Whit
lock of Slater; Elmer e. Merritt Of
Adams. Oregon; Susan +. Adams, and
the petitioner, Herbert e. Bryson
both of Walla Walla. Herbert @.
Bryson is named as executor In the
will.
The property is divided as follows:
800 each to Elmer A. Barrett, Paul
johnson. Parker Barrett. Anna Bar
rett, Mrs. J. S. Barrett. Areta Pla-
mondon aud Henry A.. Barrett.
Two thousands dollars to Charles A.
Barrett and Jennie e. Barrett in rec
ognition of services rendered. He
cancels all their Indebtedness to him
and leaves them also the residence
property In Athena. To Henry A.
Mitchell he willsthe sum of $4,000.
To Susan f. Adams, John r. Ad-
AIMS, Pauline Adams, Walter Adams
and Helen Adams he leaves the sum
of $4,000, share and share alike; also
all land he owned in Kliokitat county;
a tract in Walla Walla near the race
track and place known as the Gal
exander" tract in Walla Walla county
and all the cattle.
All the property he owned In Una
tilla county is left to his lawful heirs,
share and share alike. To William
A. Whitlook, an old friend. is be-
queathed $500.
The balance Of the estate Of every
kind and description, by the terms Of
the will is devised to Herbert O. Bry-
son.
The names Of Oscar Cain. Lewis
McMorris and e. e. Shaw are sub
scribed as witnesses.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Lowell viii Not Run,

Judge Lowell will not run as the
anti-assembly candidate for governor.
He advises the anti-assembly forces to
concentrate their support to Grant B.
Dimick. While at Portland last week
the Judge said Of the assembly candi-
date: "Bowerman was raised in Ma
rion county. He plays the game as he
was taught to play it in Marion conn
ty 10 the old days. He is a machine
man, and to elect him would be to
fasten the assembly on the state for
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
D. C, Baker Hurt.

While engaged in hauling wheat
for George Gross. d. G. Baker was
seriously injured Saturday. Baker
was driving four horse team when
be dropped a line. The leaders "jack
knitted" and the wheelers followed.
When the horses swung around Baker
jumped to catch them and fell in such
a way that he came out of the scrim-
mage badly bruised in the side and
abdomen. He was pretty badly shak-
en- up. tut DR.. Newsom apprehends
no serious results.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Stricken with PeIagra.

Mrs. Maria Potts, sister of Lee
Kirk, is i'll in hospital at Walla
Walla with disease that has been
diagnosed by DIR. Suttner. the attend
ing physician. as pelagra, the disease
which has been prevalent in the south
ern states. with fatal results. Mrs.
Potts was at the Hodgson place. where
she was attended for a time by Dr.
Sharp OF this city, who had never
before encountered the strange disord-
er. This is the second case to make
its appearance on the Pacific coast.
The other was at Portland and proved
fatal,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Wheat Teams Galore.

Wheat hauling to Athena ware
houses is at the highes. flow this week.
The warehouse forces are having all
they can attend to in keeping the
runways from becoming congested,
though by diilgent work aud system
ATTIC maneuvers teams are not kept
waiting very long before unloading.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Water Mains Give Trouble.

The wafer mains are giving con
siderable trouble to Water Superin-
tendent Gholsou. The pipe lines are
LEAKING in several places 10th 10 the
iron and wooden pipe sections of the
system. Between repairing leaks and
attending to the pumping of the water
the superintendent is kept on the hike.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Milton Peaches.

A. J. Parker and Elmer Booher
went to Milton Wednesday and secured
some excellent peaches for canning
purposes. ]. e. Froome went over
yesterday after load. There is a big
crop of peaches this year at Milton
and it is reported that tons OF the
fruit will rot for want of sale. The
retail price in Athena is go cents per
crate. This price Is regulated by the
fruit growers union, while the fruit
can be purchased at orchards for
/ 1-2 cents per pound.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Chamberlain Registers.

George e. Chamberlain, United
States Senator and Ex-Governor of
Oregon. registered at the court house
iu Portland Tuesday. He said his
profession was that of lawyer, that
be was Sc years old. was born 10 Mis-
sissippi. had been-in Oregon "a years,
and was a democrat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
schmi.t for Representative.

IA Henry Schmitt, the well known
Farmer. is a candidate for the repub-
lican nomination for representative.
At the solicitation Of many republic
ans, Mr.. Schmitt has consented to run
and bis nomination petitions were put
in circulation this morning.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
a generation to come. II is necessary
to beat him, therefore. in my opinion;
and the only way to do it is to con-
centrate on Dimiok. /"
smythe at Seattle.

" Dan Smythe. who was injured in
railway accident some weeks ago from
which he suffered the less of an arm
and received other injuries, has heen
removed from Hot Springs, WASH, to
Seattle, where he is reported to be
getting along as we'll as could be ex-
peoted The hotel and sanitarium at
Hot Springs were destroyed by forest
fires and the patients were removed
barely in time to prevent loss of life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Physician Paralyzed.

DR.. J. 81. Kennedy Of Freewater,
suffered stroke of paralysis early
Tuesday morning, since which time
his life has been despaired of. His
two daughters and one son. residing
at Salem. were notified and are at bis
bedside. DIR. Kennedy is we'll known
in this part of the county, having
practiced medicine for years in Wes-
ton.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
Moving Pictures

Commencing tomorrow night. T. J.
Rose of Walla Walla will operate q
moving picture show at the Athena
opera house. 1t Is Mr.. Roses inten-
tion to give the public good pictures
and the show will continue nightly as
long as patronage justifles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26

,Ralph MoEwen, who is employed
10 the engineering department Of the
government reclamation service is
expected home shortly on a visit to bis
parents in this city.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26
in COUGARS CLAWS
Bedfellow Is Aroused and Rescues
Child as He Is Being Carried
Off BY Big Cat

A Weston dispatch to the Portland
Oregonian says: A large cougar,
described MS seven or eight feet long.
nearly made away with the young son
of j. L. Frankum. of Walla Walla,
last night on Pine creek, three miles
above Weston.
MIR. Frankum is the contractor who
is making the local water works im-
provements. and he and his men ara
encamped in the timber near the head
of the system. The boy was sleeping
with one of the men, who was awak-
ened by the prowling beast and found
that it wa, trying TO drag the 10y
from the tent.
The man grabbed the boy and yelled
at the top of bis voice. Men came
hurrying to the scene from the other
tents in time to see the frightened
cougar sinking into the brush, taff1ed.
The clothing Of the boy was seized
back Of the neck. and the cougars
claws did not enter the flesh so that
he escaped without injury.
The great number of forest fires is
driving wild animals from their lairs
in the high mountains to the brush
and tim ber In the foothills lower down
and in some parts Of the northwest
livestock is suffering to appease their
hunger.
Deer and other wild game from the
path of the forest flames are an easy
prey also to the dog and gun. A num-
ber Of fires are attributed to camp
fires set ty fisherman and hunters, and
in more than one instance, arrests
have been made.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-08-26

mobiles to the Looking Glass blaze.
Another consignment of men from
Walla Walla were equally distribut-
ed between the Elgin and Toll Gate
fires Thursday morning.
The Hartford republican., 1910-04-22
No Longer any Excuse.

There Is no longer any excuse for
insurgency. The party stands upon
its platform, united once mOrre in
principles and firm in the faith that
Republican policies will insure pros
peHty to the country in the future
as they have always done in the
past. There is no more "Cannonism,"
for according to the insurgents Cam
nonism is dead. The sturdy, loyal,
old Republican header from the Dam
Vile district of Ildnods, who has
fought the battles of his party for
more than a third of a century and
newer turned his back to a foe or his
face from friend,is deposed from the
power which his predecessors In the
Speakers chair had exercised for many
years, and there is no longer any rea-
SON or excuse for refusing to support
the cause of uni5ed party. Hence
forth In the coming campaign all true
Republicans can stand on ahe same
platfoum and support sound, progres-
sive Republicanism. = Kansas City
journal.
The Hartford republican., 1910-04-22
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STO a
Reforming the Postoffice.

In the last ten years the eXpendi-
lures of the Postoffice Department
have much more than doubled. In
1899 they were $1O1 900, 900; in 1909,
1921, 100000. Forty-odd millions, or
over 20 per cent. wen for railway
mail pay. At the same time the rail
roads will haul a given amount OF ex-
press matters from New York to
San Francisco for one-half or one
third the rates they charge the gov
ernment for transporting the mails.
Why must the government he forev-
er mulc,ed?
During the debate on the postof-
flee appropriation bill in the House
number of absurdities IN the rulings
and practices of the department We're
pointed out by Representative Muir
dock, OF Kansas, and others. Waste,
extravaganza, mismanagement and
confusion characterize every branch
of the service. The absence Of bus
iness-like methods is amazing and the
cost enormous.
II the administration Is really look
ing for opportunities for retrench-
ment, why not overhaul the Postof-
The Hartford republican., 1910-04-22
VICTORY Won
BY Miners
Operators Grant Increase
Of Rates.
Pick Workers Given 5 Cents on a
Ton-All Others Given sos
Per Cent Increase.

LOUISVILLE, n.y., April lf.-NeSOtid-
tions between the Western Ken
tucky coal mine operators and the
United Mine Workers of District No.
23, pending for three weeks, came to
a close at s O'Clock last night when
the operators issued their ultimatum
to The miners, in session at the City
Hall, and an agreement was reached
whereby the wages OF pick miners are
increased five cents per ton, from
S25 to S7.5 cents, and the wages Of
all other mine workers, inside and
outside the mines, are increased COG
per cent
The contract, SIGNED by the Of
ficials of the Western Kentucky Coal
Operators Association and the district
officers of the United Mine Workers
of America, goes into effect at once
and remains effective until March 81,
1912.
The new wage scale, as finally
adop.ed, at first was refused by the
delegates from District No. 90, when
they were in session in the Alder
manic chamber at the City Hail yes
terday afternoon. 1t was not until
s o'clock last night, when the Of
ficers of the Operators Association
notified them through the members
of their sub-Scalee Committee that
the 6.06 per cent wage increase prop
osition was final, that they authorized
the district officers to sign the con-
tract.
The members of the joint sub-scale
committee who went TO Pittsburg TO
confer with T. L. Mitcheell, president
of the. United Mine Workers of AM
erica, returned to Louisville at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning. The memb
ers of this committee were Hywel
Davies, F. p. Wright, NJ. NJ. Bardwell,
E. w. Taylor and c. ID. NJ. Greer. rep
resenting the oeprators, and George
Baker, Robert NJ. Roll and w. o.
Smith, representing the miners.
They wennt to the Louisville Hotel
and reported to d. Stewart Miller,
commissioner and secretary OF the
Western Kentucky Coal Operators AS
sociation, that, after the Pittsburg
conference, it was decided to offer
6.06 wage increase for the new
scale. Mr.. Miller drew up the contrao;
which WIS signed last night.
At 1870 O'Clock in the afternoon the
joint swb7scale Committee met at The
Seelbach. The articles of agreement
were discussed and gone over care
fully by the representative opera ors
and miners. Robert NJ. Roll, Chairman
of the Miners sub-Scale Committee
took the contract to the miners, whO
were in convention at the City Hail.
The proposition was turned down. A
bigger wage increase was waned.
Mr.. Roll returned to The Seelbach
and reported to the operators sub
Scale Committee the refusal of the
proposition. An effort was made to
secure a wage scale even more
favorable to the miners, but The
district officers of the mine workers
were unsuccessful i'm this attemp.
Mr. Roll was instructed 10 report to
the miners that a more favorable Of
fer could not and would not be made
This was done AIT $3.50 O'Clock Mr.
Roll returned to The Seelbach, au-
thorized to sign the agreement on be-
half OF the miners.
The Hartford republican., 1910-04-22

flee Department from top to bottom
1t spends more money than any 9TH
er department., and its expenditures
are growing at the raJoe of from s15,-
100000 to s2O,OOO.OO0 year. Sound
prfnciples of economy will involve a
better, not dearer, postal service.
But one of the first requirements is
10 free the department of politics and
make Il thoroughly organized bus
mess establishment. New York
World.