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HEAVY ROLLERS ON GIRT ROAD3. Vlicy Give the Form and Consistency That Are Emontial to All Good Boada. Every day it is becoming more firmly established that a good road roller is the iUost valuable piece of machinery em ployed in the roadmaker's art, and in deed without it neithor can the founda Hon or subsoil of the roadway be made uniformly hard and reliable nor , the surface layer be given that uniform cora tiactness and solidity which give excel lence to the road and insure a perpetual economy in. the cost of maintenance and i-epairs. To one who has seen a heavy road roller used in compacting the soil of a new roadway these facts will bo very evident. ; If a length of 1,000 yards in an ordi nary earth road bo cut to an exact and uniform grade one foot below the orig inal surface of the road, it will bo found in most cases that the new surface thus exposed will present an appearance tThich to the ordinary observer is of a uniform material and evon hardness Trom end to end. But the passage of a roller weighing from 10 to 15 tons over '.his new surface will soon disclose de- MACADAM EOADWAT ON ROLLED EARTH FOUNDATION. feots and soft spots located at irregular intervals throughout the length of the work, and as the process of rolling con tinues the uniformity of the grade will disappear, and what at first appeared to be a tolerably satisfactory surface will develop into a succession of humps, holes and undulations. In the using of the roller in actual work these depressions and soft spots are carefully filled and brought to the line" of the required grace, while the succes sive passing of the heavy roller over the filling gives to the entire road that form and consistency which are so essential to every good highway. It is true that heavy rollers are rarely used in the con struction or improvement of dirt roads, but this is owing as much to a luck of knowlodge of the real value of a good roller as to the apparently formidable outlay involved in its first cost. All dirt roads become hard and passa ble by the use of a roller. Every wagon Wheel acts as a roller upon the road sur face, and the value of its rolling quali ties depends upon the width of the wheel tires and the load which the wheel sus tains, but the wagon wheel is generally made bo. narrow as to create ruts in many cases, and its use always tends to develop the weak spots, humps, holes and undulations which are so quickly . revealed in the use of the regular roller. Moreover, the rolling qualities exerted by the wheels of passing traflio aro never bestowed uniformly upon tho entire width of the roadway, but are confined throughout tho length of most country roads to tho two narrow lines of travel which marked the tracks of tho whools of tho first passing vehiclo, and which seem to have been followed with scrupu lous care by all the vehicles which came after. The result is that the roadway on both Bides of these beaten tracks is often loft in a soft, muddy or rutty condition, and when two heavily loaded vehicles are "'compelled to pass each other the necos Bity of turning out results in a break down or in the delay and difficulty which aro familiar to every farmer just in proportion to tho number of times that he has been stuck in the mud by reason of the conditions here described. Century. 1 Influence of Good Itoad on Country Life. The improvement of country roads un dertaken upon a large scale would de centralize labor whilo it was in progress as well as afterward. There would bo a large floating population of laborers in the country while the work was proceed ing. With the improvement of the roads would come a groat improvement in the conditions of country life: greater facili ties for Booial gatherings, church and school attendance; the discussion of pub llo questions; cheaper and easier trans- . nortauon and Improved access to the towns less dependence upon the rail wavs. , One defect of the railway system is its tendency to build up largo cities at tho exponso of small towns and villages, Good roads holp to build up thriving market towns and othor small commu nities. Then they cannot be monop olized like railways. There can bo no oppressive tariffs for carriage, nor dis criminating rates, nor disputes about long and short hauls. They are tho peo ple's roads. There is no need of any movement to nationalizo them. They are already nationalized, and all that is needed is for the nation to recognize tho value and tho splendid possibilities of its own proporty. Fair and free, night and day. Fair and froo is the king's highway. Toronto Globe. Broad Tire Improve Roads. The introduction of hroad tires upon all farm wagons and carts adapted for heavy draft purposes alone would do much to improve roads, eiuco half tlio trouble seems to ariao from heavy loads carting over country roads at seasons of the year when the ground is soft. At Tuxedo, where all draft wagons aro pro hibited an entry unloss furnished with broad tired wheels, the tremendous ad vantage over the ordinary tires has beon plainly proved, for thoro, evon when the roads are softest and at their worst, thoy never cut up through the constant cart ing of heavy loads of brick or stone. Ex change, , Road Repairing. Road repairing is a practical rather than a theoretical art. The first roqut site is a kit of tools, consisting of a roller, one road dray, two wheel scrapers, two Blush scrapers, road plow and other para phernalia. The crew should consist of a Buifloient number and an expert road maker. First and most important drainage. W. 8. Chowen. World' Fair Pauea. The number of freo season passes to tho world a fair issued by tho exposi Uon officials is estimated at 200,000. On each of these is the photograph of the noiuer, so as to prevent use by another, iaepassisin the form of a book 2J by j& laches, containing 181 admission cou pona,v V one for each day of tho six months, They aro issued to officials, employees," exhibitors, newspaper men, Soroign commissioners, eto. Pittsburg Vispatoh. . ...... "fen, K " - A ;.r.v.t r.i'i;.'.:ff o! ' -i laur.chel on t!io vrorll Vls graduates of both tes-x. It i . t : x served, too. that annually a L;r.;:r n cent of young uiea r.n:l v.-ori'-a (, v.'lu.:'.i, from the special schools and cnl'.r tLa field of re il life. The fornvr i lea of a col!o,o education has r.Irr.OHt passed away. In place of the cc-llego whit'a turned out (.'aulcnta r.ll put through the ama mill of Lai in, Greek and mathe matics, wo have tiott hundreds of special echoula giving the young ler.rner a par ticular training for bio chose.i vralk iu life. The university vai Baiipoua-l to t t'uo youth for n profession after he had finished the Latin and Greek course. Dut tho university course takes too long in our time. Intelligent young peoplo with' a good common school education as a foundation want a special school that will fit them in two years, or three at most, for earning their living. It ii useless to cry out against the su perficiality of this. It is the trend of the time. Tho special courses of instruction that aro coming into existence every where are meeting the need. The bread and butter want must bo met first. Therefore the youth with his own living to earn should think carefully about tho matter and choose, or have chosen for him, the school that will give him the instruction he will need in his walk of life. Thus armed he will be able to gain for himself leisure in after life to study other things and broaden hia education. In this age of specialization and differ entiation the great need is to select one, or at most two, departments of knowl odge and devote one's chief energies to them. This is what tho student should do, both before and after ho has left col lege. The World's Pair. Tho stato of the exhibits when the fair was opened reminds one of the remark of Infanta Eulalie to Mayor Harrison. "I would like to see Chicago in 80 years from now," says the infanta. "In 80 years more it will be the grandest city on earth." Just so. And the visitor who gazed upon the exposition in its opening month might well have been pardoned for wishing ho could see it in about 80 years or so, after the cases had been all.unpacked, the walks graded and tho carpenter work finished. Tho truth is that the backwardness of the exhibits even up to the middle of June is a disgrace to tho American peo ple. This was distinctly not the fault of the Chicago directory. All that man could do to urge tho displays forward was done, Their forces of employees worked night and day. They were in appealing to them to be ready. Worst of all, the foreign exhibits were much more comploto in many cases than those from even states adjoining Illinois. The 1st of June there was still work in shops not 800 miles from Chicago that was to form part of tho exposition display. It ought not to have been allowed to go in at all. In order to give American mer chants and manufacturers time to get their exhibits ready let us begin as soon as this fair is over to prepare for the Columbian exposition of 1003. The faith of ' the little Emperor Wil liam in "I and the Almighty" must have recoived a severe shock when his read ing minions oponed the morning paper and announced to him the result of the German elections. What must have been his feelings when he found that even Borlin had gone against his favor ite army bill candidates to the extent of 00 per cent of her vote? There seems only one thing now that William can do in order to save his credit as the expo nent of the divine will, and that is to turn Socialist himself and head the pub lic sontiment of Germany, which is ap parently marching pellmell in that di rection. Within two days after the destructive firo at Fanro the announcement was made by hor plucky citizens that they would reopen their business operations in tents and continue thus to hold the fort till the brick buildings, of which it was at once resolved to reconstruct the town, wore completed. It is like the plucky and enterprising peoplo of the northwest. Tho spirit the citizens of Fargo manifest is the same that has en- ablod Amoricans in the northwest to capture the wild Molds from nature and in a few years build up a civilization which in older countries would have re quired half a century. GEO. K. BATES, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. GENERAL JOBBER. Estimate furnished on all kinds of wood. work, Header IhhIs and cook houses built on short notice. Prices reasonable. Box 40, Atheiin, Oregon. ST. NICHOLS : : : : SHAVING PARLORS, NEXT TO HOTEI . First'CIass Work Guaranteed. Ladies Klmmpooiiii; A. Specialty. C. L. REEVES, Proprietor 1 tit " "v, i Vr"" rTfl Have constantly on hand a arming implements full J. IE. G-OIRHVr A -THE- COMMERCIAL Livery, Feed & Sale STA BLES, Athena, - - Oregon. The best Turnouts in Umatilla County. Stock boarded by Day, WeeK or Month. Special attention given to Commer cial travelers. Give me a call. G.'M. FROOME. Agents Wanted on Salary and Com mission for The Only Authorized BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES G, BLAINE. By Gall Hamilton, hii literary executor, with .wtnniHttlfiti if hi. fumilV. find fof Mr Blaine's Complete Work h, "twenty Years of Congress," ana nis later nooa, -roniiL-ai uif cusKions." One pronpectua for these three BcHt Moiling books in the market- A. K. P. Jordun of Me., took 112 orders from first 110 r-niio nt.pl. t.'n urnflt ! SO. Mrs. Ballard of O. took 15 orders, 18 Sen! KiiBSla In 1 day; profit 82(1.25. K N. Klce of Mass. took oruers in 2 days; profit (W7.25 J. Partridge of Me. took 43 orders from 86 calls; profit J75.25. E- A, rainier ui imn, ujijk 01 ui un. m "ivj "i nroflt SU8.25. Exclusive Territory eiven. If you wish to make LARUB MONEY, write immediately ror terms to THE NENBY BILL PUB CO,, Norwich, Conn. TAFT TOLBERT & CO., GENERAL Blacksmiths, Fourth Street, Athena, Ore. ALL KINDS OF MACHINE REPAIRING AT LOW RATES. Horse shoeing Wagon Work MONEY. To Loan on Improved Farms. Property at Low Rates. Can get Money In less time than anyone Else can get it. I HAVE For sale a number of Choice Farms, including One of the best farms in Uma tilla County, Two miles from Athena. , ANUMBER-V Of choice Residence Lots In Athena, on easy terms. V I WRITE Insurance in the following Leading Companies: London and Lancashire, Lion, Imperial, Caledonian, Liverpool, London & Globe, and the Continental, the ' f Great farm Company. T .D. HARPER, Athena, Oregon. Pay up. All parties knowing themselves indebted to roe, are notified to come forward and settle without delay. Jan. 1st tf. N. A. Miller. BALD yoursymptomsbe line of - iSkookuniRootHair Grower! ts whst TOO nrad. Its production Is a spoMent but the mlt ef seteatMe rewarch. KaowMn ot Uu ai.o'nw. U..!r mkI Klp 1 ' ry of how to treat tkni. "sk",:! ecl ,ri in-Ukor mloerclSBovoil. IS Is aot a Dr. but a dellghtMly eUui: J1 rirnbing Tonio. By MimaUtiBC the fuUldos, tt tuft ali.n j iu.r. i . imuirvjT ami ?roM kaur am ir Step be eealn clean. hea. and t fmn Irrtiatms eropaooe. T the us o( So0kMM ski ip. It u-Jtivj a jkuiuum wumui, ws an jfrititf'dntRirUt'caBnt flupW i entt diirct tp ea, and we will forward TWO CLTkAtTM 5 TllinitVttE k a...tv carts, Monitor Seeder and Drills. JET, Manager, - R. J. Boddy, Proprietor of the w w w MEAT MARKET; Corner of Main & Fourth. A Large variety of Meats al- ways on hand. See us. Are. you going to insure your Grain? J J? you are, see Gilman. lie represents some of the best Companies on the coast, ne writes polices for fun. See him before placing your Insurance. Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat- n k..inaoa mnditrtH far UrinriiTI Frrt. ana wo unit fvui imu. u it mots from Washington. , Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip tion. We dise, if patentable or not, free of entree. Our fee not due till patent ii secured. A pamphlct. "How to Obtain Patents." with cost of same in the U. S. end foreign countries sent free. Address, C.A.SfJOW&CO. Ori. Patent Ornct, Washinoton, D. C. ATHENA RESTAURANT . Mrs Hardin, Proprietress. H. P. Milken, Manager. Main Street bet. Second and Third. Can be recommended to the pub lic as first-class in every particular. None but White Help Employed, MEALS AT ALL HOURS. DAY OR NIGHT. Suppers for Special Occasions MELS 85 C. THE- . ' i. ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL J.W. Froomii Son, Props- The Only First-Class Hotel in the City. Indthe only one that can accommodate commercial men and traveler. THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL. Can be reioommended for its clean and well ventelated rooms, in wmcu win be found everythluft congenial rhe'dining roomi ate under the supervision of Mrs. Froome and the table it sup plied with the best the market affords. ATUKNA, OREGON. and vehicles, WMWWVWVWWNWWVWsW HEADS What is the condition of yours? Is your half dry, i harsh, brittle? Does it split at the ends? Mas it a; lifeless appearance? Does it fall out when combed or trashed ? Is it full of dan Jruff ? Does your scalp Itch ? , Is It dry or in a heated condition ? If these are some of i warned is: time oryou will become bald. t PAAT HAH? riS?ftVEU CQ- m" vjfti. Avcsnft. Kew Terk. N. T. Oliver "Newdeparture" G&ngplow. Columbus Buggy Co'a - -A-ijlxeixa, Oregon. r. Joseph J. Graduate, M. e. e. V. S-, London, eng. Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. v CHRONIC DISEASES a SPECIALTY I am prepared to do all kinds of Veterinary Hunrery, Emasculating horses and Regllngs a Specialty. (This Is the only true method of operating on horses.) Bpertng of cattle ana hogs on short notice. I will treat all animals In the most approved procedure of Veterinary Surgery. If you have any sick animals It will be to your interest to call on DR. JOS. J. BILL, Commercial Stables. Athena Oregon. Chas. H. Dopd & Co. . IMPORTERS OF HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, FRONT, FIRST AND VINE STS !E!E' rvrREAPERS MOWERS To the many superior points that hT characterised the old reliable Buckeye Mowers hare been added many new features including- a power balance for lifting the outter bar, ate. BUG DODD'S 2 STEEL mftim Emlodyiij oil priiciples and nsw luproTsmsitJ, esjeciaUy aiasteil to Oregon, Wasiiinjtca tnd -Mi. HAND & SELF- SsfSil F0Ll G!ROlE HORSE ftlilfai ALL STEEL HAY RAKES, SHf f HAY PRESSES HAY LOADERS SpS HAY TEDDERS ADRIANCE REAR DISCHARGE BINDER The lightest, best balanced, most economical "Binder . made. BUCKEYE STEEL FRAME BINDER. SCHUTTLER FARM & MARKET WAGONS, SCNO FOR 183 J. H. CLARK, FIRST NEWHSLl BMK OF ETHERS, Fays L. D. Tlh-e .A.tjIbLex3La HVCeat; Market FRANK BEAL, proprietor. AFRESH MEAT solicit the oatronatte of the cnblio and eats at the lowest prices John Gillis. Going to buy any Household Furniture? IF Be assured it pays Do not bo influenced by what our ARE from coming to see our goods. Come and see for yourselves. We car ry a full and complete stock "of Furniture, wall paper and underta ing goods. Do You FEEL SiGK? Disease commonly comes on with slight symptoms, which when neglected increase in extent and gradually grow dangerous. B 7EPSK.K,rK1Eorc.HE'.CYS: takE RIPANS TABULES 2,f' take RIPANS TABULES TSST RIPANS TABULES W RIPANS TABULES RIpans Tab ales RegulaU the System and Present the Health. EASY ONE GIVES RELIEF. RiriTIHP ALL K3KDS Illllyll Buggies; Racine Go's Hacks, the celebrated Wide-tire Bain wagon. Bill, AND PORTLAND, OR. MJLTHAN'S STAR TRACTION ENGINE. THE NEW STAR VIBRATOR An Entirely New Haehlne built on new and successful principles. FINE CARRIAGES, PHAETOflS. TOP BUGGIES, CARTS, ETC., - FARMERS CARRIAGES, MOUNTAIN AND FINE ROAD WAGONS. CATALOGUE FRCK. Mng'r, Athena Or South side Main Street. rtin in Tin i"PT ii" r' yf-j---f-i?--"J'i''-"-- CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, $ 60000 $21,000 Interest on time deposits. Proper attention given to collections. Deals In foreign and domestic exchange. Lively, Cashier, Athena, Oregon ALWAYS ON HANHH in return will eive you the best of fresh FRANK BEAL. Dan Gilll SO Call on us andg et ou Prices before going elsewhere- to call on us rgsy opponents may say to eep you GILLIS BROS. TO TMF ! , -JWICK TO ACT u SAVE MANY A DOCTOR'S BILL. Sold by Druggists Ererywhere. A CF IT DOSE AT THE PRESS ALL FARMERS, Some of them . mmv mmt The Co-Operative Store, -Is In the Interests of ,vryori3 CLARK WALTER, Manager, CHAS. C.SHARP, Successor to N. A. Miller, PAINTER & PAPERHAHGER Estimates on all WorK Furnished. House painting, Decorating, Paper Hanging a specialty, Car riage Painting. P HOTOGRAPHS! PHOTOGRAPHS! Photographs in Every S T -Call on- THE BOSS PHOTOGRAPHER. SneeeHSor to Caminlngs, Main St. Athena. Coppving and Enlarging, Viewing al st- . onable rates, uall and tee him. Cox, McRae & Co., Dealer In HARDWARE And - FARMING IMPLEMENTS . .. t ' RUSHFORD WAGONS, GATE CITY HACKS WOODS HARVESTING MACH INERY, AND EXTRAS OF ALL KINDS.: i Call and Get Prices. HE LI Cox, McRae & Co. Vitenter- THE ' ATHENA LIVERY STABLE J. M. SMETHERMAN, Prop'r. (Seccecsor to J. A. Nelson.) NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS RIGS AND SAFE TEAMS. STOCK BOARDED BY THE DW WEEK OR W10NTH. Give Me a Trial. Corner Fourth & Current, Athena. 033LAJIA, KANSAS CITY, ST PAUL, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, AND ALL POINTS EAST, NORTH AND SOUTH TimeTable of Trains: Passenger.-. No 5, from Athena toSpokaua and internio diat points, leaves - 7:45 am No 6, from Athena to Portland and Intermed ials point, leaves - - fc38 p m Freight: No 41, from Pendleton to Spokane, leavea Athena - -. - i$0 p m No 42, from Spokane to Pendleton, learea Athena - - - 4:45pm PULLMAN SLEEPERS, COLONIST SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS and DINERS . . . Steamers Portland to San Francisco every 4 Days. TICKETS TO 7VNT FROM EUROPE For rates and general information call on A. R. Bradley. Depot Ticket Agent, Athena, Oregon. W. H. HTXRLBDT, Awt 0n. Pas. AgU 25 WaatUcgWo Stt.ForUaad, Oregon,. SfftJ 0N SAlE