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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1895
Page
2
Local notice from Athena Oregon outlines mailing classifications, subscription terms, and advertising rates. It specifies first insertion costs ten cents per line and higher charges for subsequent insertions. All communications should be addressed to the Athena Press.
Athena July 19 1895 column surveys national scandals tainting Stanford University funding and pivotal regional issues. It notes Oregonian comments on Oswego iron furnace revival and the John Day coal beds, plus local praise for advertising, currency demand, farmers orchard strategy, and the town’s wage and transportation debates.
The Pendleton Tribune city editor Mise Fay Fuller reached Mount Adams summit after a dawn ascent amid gale conditions. She endured illness but pressed on, mirroring historic ascents and recording summit inscriptions while communicating only intermittently due to smoke and weather.
A well dressed sharp faced woman enters the lawyer’s office and, after a brief exchange, asks for a few moments of his time. He replies he is very busy but will listen to an important communication and invites her to sit. She declines, continuing the exchange at his desk.
A nervous client, described as a woman with history, seeks counsel from a lawyer who warns of confidentiality. She reveals a history involving Napoleon Bonaparte compiled in 18 monthly parts at a nominal fee, prompting the attorney to note her impact on his thoughts as the scene ends with tension.
Washington state penitentiary directors meet as grain bag prices drop to 4.9 cents each. Calcutta sacks are cheaper but lower quality. dealers fear underselling will close the jute mill, raise bag prices, and worsen over supply. Merchants overestimated wheat yield, with an annual 2,000 sack output blasting the market.
The Crop Outlook reports crops in Wasco and Sherman counties making good progress after July showers. Locally grains suffer from dry winds, fruit injuries, and scarce range hay. new potatoes and alfalfa fare better while grain yields remain light. Rain in Morrow Gilliam Umatilla gave only temporary benefits. overall conditions unlikely to improve.
The hop worm has invaded the Puyallup valley and is prevalent in William Voce’s yard. The green worm with a black head feeds inside folded hop leaves, building webs to guard eggs. Andrew Nin warns it could become a serious pest in coming seasons as the Sacramento valley fungus spreads widely.
Yards south of Myevan report root-stinging insect causing wart like growths on vines and eventual fungus decay. Fossil reports Alexander Beard buying cattle to deliver around August 25 at 28 dollars for eight and 25 dollars for calves. Fossil Journal notes stock sellers cannot fetch more than 10 dollars per cow and 12 dollars with calves. Portland buyers contract beef cattle in Crook country at 235 dollars per hundred for steers, up 10 cents from last year, cows unchanged.
H O Worthington advertises bargain buys with Costa Rica coffee No 1 44 lbs for 1 Lackles Savon soap boxes Illinois corn eight cans peaches tomatoes rising sun syrup five gallon bucket pickles plain or mixed gas kegs sugar and other staples sold at small margins kept within a tight price range.
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