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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
2
Public reading notices and notices to correspondents published by the Athena Press in Athena Oregon dated July 28 1893. Details include per year rates in advance for mubabsapeiers and single copies, wrappers, and subsequent insertions. Communications directed to the PRESS Athena Oregon.
Farmers consider using time checks to cover harvest expenses amid bank loan refusals and high interest. Critics warn of sickness, transient workers, and illiquidity. Proposal: harvest early, sell wheat locally or via Allen & Lewis, to obtain cash and avoid usurers. Illustration shows 25 acres at 30 bushels per acre yielding 760 bushels worth 300 at 40 cents. Grand jury indicts Ford Theater disaster figures including Predrick Ainsworth and others.
The article argues the referendum enables direct voter control, warns representative government fails reach, and suggests a gradual shift from self rule to representation. It cites Swiss and New England models, notes risks of party bosses, and proposes harmonizing forms through state experimentation and respected legislative science.
The Philadelphia Record notes a small 1 cent per bushel rise amid a bleak July crop outlook. Federal data cap total U S production near 395 million bushels while European crops fall 80 to 100 million. Despite global dips, India and South America rise, and large U S stocks dampen prices due to money stringency. Milton Hagle quotes an affable Athena Press president.
In Salem a letter from John Sebastian of Rock Island hints at expanding mileage toward a Pacific outlet, while Burlington, Northwestern and Rock Island routes push into western terrain. In Brownsville Linn county monks stake 162 acres amid railroad land disputes. Church services debate Sunday observance and covenants with invitations extended.
George Adams returned from Lehman Springs with two relics from a historic skirmish near Battle Creek. He displayed part of a rifle barrel and an old rusted muzzleloading gun missing its stock, recovered from the streambed indicating a past conflict in the region.
The head of Camas Creek recalls a clash during the 1878 Indian war where Umatillas led by Homi ly surprised Bannocks and Snakes, stamping them into defeat as seventeen hostiles were killed and all Umatillas escaped unharmed. Last Thursday at The Dalles a preacher named Taylor faced a cowhiding by a young woman named Equa after allegedly swindling her of $100, with bystanders witnessing ongoing rough justice.
D H Crouter and family found tin cans in a Baker house cellar containing a loop of fifty twenty dollar gold coins belonging to Judge Schofield now in Grant's Pass Oregon. He previously claimed a four thousand dollar shortage, explaining accounts for one thousand of it. The aged judge has memory issues but has been notified of the discovery. Amy C Tull of near Weston seeks divorce from R D Tull claiming desertion and requests custody of their four minor children after ten years of marriage.
The readable portions report multiple birth notices with names and dates but are garbled. Mentions include Pendleton and Alba with references to twins and a girl, plus several entries tied to wives of named individuals and dates in 1998. The fragment lacks coherent structure to confirm full names or precise details.
A brief death notice records the passing of James Rippy at his home in Alba on July 19, 180d, aged 2 years. A separate notice mentions the Day family with a child aged months, and a third entry cites Carpill-On Cold Spring with a date in 1809.
Local notes report dwindling trout in the Umatillas and widespread ill health among residents, including a sick child of Mr. and Mrs. BR Maloney. A broad petition circles the country asking restitution for settlers who paid two dollars fifty cents per acre for preemption and homestead lands now valued under the 1890 forfeiture act, urging a one dollar twenty five cent per acre rebate from Northern Pacific lands sold at that rate.
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