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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1893
Page
3
John Whitaker brought a small sheaf of Surprise wheat from 12 miles south of Corvallis. One head held 144 grains, others over 100, with five or six grains per mesh. White land tilled last January yields 40 to 60 bushels per acre, promising high production on Whitaker’s 40 acre wheat field and 20 acres of oats rated at 50 bushels per acre.
An elderly steamboat man remarks on the recent Annie Faxon disaster and the death toll. He notes the Snake River's treacherous eddies and undercurrents make body recovery unlikely, stating that scarcely one body in ten has ever been recovered from the stream. He appears skeptical about recovering victims.
Colfax city council orders all gambling dens closed and Marshal Mackay enforces the measure. Gamblers are urged to leave voluntarily or be driven out. The Palouse area faces seasonal con games as harvest hands are targeted by tin horn gamblers. The effort aims to curb harm to legitimate commerce and society.
Rev. H. Sadlier of Hailey Idaho attended the Methodist conference in Baker City. He went on a drunken spree visiting a bagnio during the night. The next day fellow ministers expelled him from the conference and church amid surprise and comment.
Dr Carlisle was called last Saturn to attend a child on the reservation. He told the parents the child could not live many hours. The father took a coffin to town and said he would return it if the child did not die.
Athena and Pendleton area items cover business notices and local events. Welfare of residents, grain shipments, telephone work, hotel changes, and fires are described, with brief notices of people like J. D. Bowers, Captain Jarvis, G. W. Proobster, and David Taylor. Weather, crops, and shortages affect the town’s daily life.
Dr. Carlisle reports six casey measles and one case of malarial fever at Mrs. Morrison residence. Wm Willaby and family left for Newport Idaho to visit his daughter Mrs Frank Knowlton. E O Elder Daisley of the church at A will o 6 day August 20. Bergevin Bros arrive from Walla Walla to check their reserve crop. A letter from A Aurey Boy questions strichnine use against passengers.
A Wednesday grain fire on the Blaxely place north of Wild Horse Creek, near Adams, destroyed about 42 acres of wheat though machines were saved. Strong winds aided spread, but a large fallow field and intervention by Lepesant halted further loss. Earlier notes mention Northern Pacific receivership and new deer protection law in 1898. crop yields cited across area include Alf Price 40 bushels per acre, H H Walker 25, and Ars Dudley 87, with crickets causing damage on reservation fields.
A morning note requests an order allowing the receiver to loan bank funds on hand to back another loan. The plan aims to aid a wheat farmer with overdue debt by advancing cash for labor and moving crop, hoping to recover the overall indebtedness as crops sell. The order was granted and the directive issued.
Mollie Nichols, long sought after by the community, was found after a horse accident on the John Day river crossing into Gilliam county. She suffered a concussion and temporary unconsciousness, was cared for two weeks, and was transported to Wasco where she is recovering at the Reynolda house with her mother Mrs. Sarah Nichols of Kalama Washington.
Baker City residents give Mannie Howard 24 hours to depart with a hanging illustration on the notice. Howard, linked to alleged horse thefts, says two women authored the threat but refuses to move. Pendleton pound master faces Indian Chief Peo over cattle, a compromise reaches after threats. Martin Finneran’s Club is closed on attachment for $350. he plans assignment to satisfy creditors.
The Dalles Transcript reports Nat Holman taking his hog Jimmy and Harry Belt to a farm to herd sheep using a large grey horse for riding. Two horses race neck and neck as riders whip hard. Harry explains a rival rider challenged them and Jim urged him to knock the man off.
A Chicago boy of twelve ran away, later learned of his father’s death and a $350,000 estate. Henry Hutchings, now in Humboldt logging camps, engaged Attorney A. T. Barbette and plans to travel to Chicago by September 1 to settle the estate. A solicitous ad offers, with life-size portrait rewards, appears from J. J. Crowder in Weston Oregon.
Adams Oregon and Spokane visitors are named along with Walla Walla residents visiting Mrs. T C Reed. A gang of cerpeners repairing a nearby road is reported as sidetracked, while fires destroy brush and a thresher engine. Dust storms disrupt farming as harvest begins with low yields and uncertain prices.
A WWI era column discusses Troop L at Fort Walla Walla and the broader failure of assimilating Native Americans as soldiers, noting desertions and residency desires. It then shifts to a California wheat producer predicting canal completion will boost steamship transport and shorten routes, urging farmers to sell crops promptly and avoid speculation. The piece contrasts military policy with agricultural commerce and economics.
A hazardous late night telephone exchange rearrangement in Haat Oregon leads to Robin Fletcher, about age unknown, receiving a severe electric shock from a 50 candle power lamp connected to an arc circuit. He was knocked unconscious, tangled in wires and cross beams, but regained consciousness. The incident stirred local sentiment about safety and the dangers of electrical work.
Section Four of the Oregon law warns that wilful forest fires on state or federal land or privately owned woodland are a misdemeanor with up to a $1000 fine or a year in jail, or both, unless acts aim to backfire a fire in good faith. The report also mentions Mr. Stanton losing a smoke house on Gear Springs Ranch to a fire likely started by a stove pipe, with no insurance, and notes a summer death of Harney County crickets in the valley as settlers recall.
Mrs Williams claims she has located the devil. Now that the cat is found, who will dare to bell it. The piece jokes that the devil’s headquarters are in Wall Street and that free coinage would drive him out, a quip from the Portland Telegram.
Mr Lake France of Athena Oregon and Miss Minnié Wicker of Tacoma united in marriage at the bride’s parents home in Tacoma on Wednesday morning August 9 1893 at 8 oclock. The couple plans to reside in Athena after a short honeymoon, with many friends wishing them happiness.
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