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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1905
Page
1
Typhoid fever sickens 30 inmates in the prison hospital and 16 more in cells at the Walla Walla penitentiary. Decades of unsanitary conditions and polluted drinking water from a mill well prompted state officials to arrange a city water supply for the facility. No deaths reported as Warden Rees tightens precautions.
William A. Davis of Steptoe imported ferrets from Iowa to combat grain-damaging aquir rels. In a field a ferret pursued a squirrel into a hole and died. Davis and two dogs guarded the entrance and retrieved the ferret.
The secretary of agriculture issues a partial revocation of the May quarantine on cattle from western states due to scabies. The action applies to Oregon and Washington, western Colorado, and portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
A Montana plan to inoculate coyotes with mange aims to spread disease among wild canines on the ranges. Dr. M. E. Knowles leads the effort in Teton and Chouteau counties after a legislative appropriation authorized such testing to reduce livestock depredations.
A Portland dock blaze is suspected to be the work of a firebug after a boy saw a man with papers near the origin and heard a threatening command to flee. The incident follows three mysterious fires in ten days and references new Oregon school laws on child labor and compulsory attendance.
The O R & N petitions were rejected again as the county court refused to lower the assessment from 12000 per mile to 5600. J W Morrow, tax agent, argued with County Assessor Strain before the board of equalization, but the board upheld the higher valuation as the week’s sessions closed.
A half mile track laid out near J A Baddeley’s Pine Creek property, one and a half miles below Weston, offers an ideal training ground. The location on bottom land north of the Baddeley residence promises a dimmity-free facility, potentially serving Umatilla county if a district fair arises. Baddeley, a leading breeder with trotting stallion McAlropa and a stable of promising colts, is praised for providing this convenient track for local horsemen and enthusiasts.
Roy Virgil Perringer a Whitman college football captain from 1905, native of Oregon, 21 years old, 6 feet 10 inches, 190 pounds. Also a baseball outfielder and catcher, track scorer, active YMCA member, high academic standing, previously on Whitman Academy teams and Whitman debating squad against Idaho.
The O R N announces special rates on August 24 25 and September 16 17 for round trips to Chicago St Louis St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Kansas City St Joseph Leavenworth Omaha Council Bluffs and Sioux City One limited first class fare plus ten dollars Children half fare Under-10 limit 10 days outbound 90 days return Stopovers allowed within transit area.
A Bennetville resident touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and liver torpor that restored his wife’s strength. The ad cites testimonial from A Brown and promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 46e and Pioneer drug store.
H W Richardson of Dayton Washington builds upright 2x6 tanks to store about 2500 bushels each at convenient points, enabling direct loading into wagons. The system eliminates sack hauling and warehouse charges, saving labor and costs on a 50 000 bushel crop and potentially paying for installation this year.
Definite arrangements have been made by the Open River association for boats to run at both ends of the Celilo portage road. The steamer Jarome will ply above the portage and a fleet will move wheat from the Inland Empire to Portland by water. Navigation on the Snake river is currently too low, delaying service until fall. Farmers near Oakesdale Thornton Banat and St John complain of grain not threshed and expect cheap, quick help as machines and crews prepare to begin operation.
Yesterday afternoon Mone Taylor of Athens paid to the county clerk the sum of 86 088, the amount of alimony due his divorced wife. The property has now been divided after over a year and a half of litigation.
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