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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
1
County Court eyes ten miles of permanent macadam road similar to the Athena Weston highway. The Wild Horse road from Pendleton to Adams would be improved, with funding likely from county sources, following agitation by residents and the Commercial Association.
George Sheard testified before the district attorney in Pendleton on Friday leading to a warrant for Moses Taylor. A preliminary hearing bound Taylor over to the grand jury. Taylor claims he fired at a jackrabbit and that Sheard fled after a derrick fork. Sheard's account posits Taylor fired first, then his son Bill and Taylor, in a tense confrontation at a hayrack near the rabbit.
A New York Press summary contrasts Italian trial methods with Anglo American practice noting three judges plus extra jurors, witness depositions, and accused as principal witness. It also reports on how watches vary daily, with a jeweler advising wind twice daily to keep time мягко within two thirds mainspring capacity.
A compact clipping notes jokes about Boston’s climate tilt from winter to summer and a New Yorker’s laugh at an underground railway elevator sign. It also mentions a church cough in London, a Russian army drill, and old fashioned manners, ending with a quip about arguing with a wife and luck.
Oregon officials plan a county and district wide Agricultural Society of School County. Schools split into under 12 and 12 to 20 groups with elected officers. Exhibits at fall fairs earn prizes, winners advance to the State fair in Salem with a special building and $1,000 state support. Local merchants and citizens expected to donate prizes and funds to sustain the program through the next school year.
The Travacontinental Passenger Association in Chicago approved extending the Spring colonist period to April 15 due to heavy Northwest demand. Rates from Chicago to Portland and other Northwest points will be 33 dollars, from St. Louis 31 dollars, and from several Midwest hubs 25 dollars with reductions from eastern origins. In other news, Umatilla County contributed 852 to game protection funds for 1911 along with 237 in fines, with Multnomah leading at 16,070.40 for fines and 40.48 for penalties. The year’s total fines and penalties reached 79,618.25, with 141,882.01 grand total including prior year balances. 55,890.40 expended, leaving 86,501.91 in the state treasury.
An extract from Henry Stevens recounts R Leslie securing a Turner for New York collector Mr Lenox around 1845 1847. Turner initially refuses sale to Americans then yields a small picture. Lenox admires it and later calls his first letter to burn. Also included is an optimistic anecdote about a man awaiting his wife on a street corner.
The Athena public school presents its first entertainment of the season at Lodge Hall next Friday evening February 2 to benefit the High School Athletic Association. Miss Katherine Romig heads the program featuring vocal solos and dramatic readings by students from grades 6 to 11. Baskets will be auctioned to the highest bidder amid a varied program and local participants. Pendleton Poultry Show reports 800 poultry entries and 400 coupons sold, with top Northwest stock judged by Miller Purvis as part of a local entertainment feature. The Spokane Northwestern League baseball team plans spring training in Walla Walla beginning March 17 with 30 players, including four catchers and seven infielders, training at the Garden City for four weeks. Dissolution notice records the end of the partnership H. A. Bandy and Carl Christian, with A. A. Bondy continuing the business and assuming all debts. all accounts due to the firm are payable to Carl Christian.
Walter M. Pierce of Hot Lake announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for United States senator next April. He outlined a platform favoring free tolls for the Panama Canal, tariff revision, direct primary, initiative and referendum, and urged statewide campaigning. Pierce, a prominent eastern Oregon Democrat and Hot Lake owner, is viewed as a strong challenger to Bourne with broad support in eastern and western Oregon.
The piece notes veterans who fought Indians on the western frontier between 1865 and 1890 may receive pension. It cites the Order of National Indian War Veterans based in Denver and urges eligible ex soldiers to contact national secretary C. R. Hauser at 9791 Gilpin Street, Denver, Colorado.
Bob Adams, a Pendiston stock dealer, warns Live Wire that Montana stock conditions are lamentable after spending days in the state. He bought 20 cattle to ship to this county for fattening, but deep snow and severe weather threaten cattle and sheep on the range, with feed scarce as fresh snowfall reaches two feet, preventing stock from digging feed.
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