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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. TWICE-A-WIK TUESDAY AMD FbIDAT F. B. BOTD, PUBLISHES. Entered a second-clas matter, March 1, 1901, at the poitofflc at Athena, Oregon, under an Aotol Congresi of March 8, 1878. Subscription Katasi ,'ur year, In advanot 12.00 81ngl.eoplet In wrapptn,6e. Advertising Hates t lcai reading notices, nrit Insertion, 10c per tne. Eacbinbaeqnentlniertlon.Se. All eommnnloaUoni tbould be addreased to i h e PRESS Atbena, Oregon ATHENA, APRIL 7, 1905 . Oregon grazing land for Oregon eheep, was evidently what the Oregon golous meant when they passed the law compelling outside herds to pay graz ing tax. A meeting of Washington sheep men was held the other day in Walla Walla, and the Union says: "The object of the meeting was to consider ways and means for contest ing the validity of the law enacted by the Oregon legislature, making a graz ing tax of twenty cents per head on sheep and goats, and fifty cents per head on cattle, horses and mules, effective. The law provides an addi tional charge of five cents per head for sheep and goats and ten cents per head for horses, cattle and males for each additional county passed through, in addition to the first The offeot on sheepmen of this section is a twenty-five cent per head tax, their sheep going into Union and Umatilla counties. A committee composed of W. P. Reser, H. 0. Bryson, and S. V. Davin was empowered to pursue what ever course their judgment directed, tending to contest the legality of the enactment Many esheepmen express opinion that if the law is upheld they will have to retire from the business. An additional item of expense of 25 cents per head makes sheep grazing prohibitive. It is probable that the sheepmen who met today own 250,000 head of sheep, and the tax is enor mous under the new law. The com mittee appointed were invested with absolute authority to direct a defense to the collection and it is believed a federal case will result if any juris diction fact can be had." The name of Charles Cunningham, of Pilot Bock, is of national renown wherever interest centers in the sheep and wool industry. He has perhaps done as much or more to bring Uma tilla county to the notioe of stockmen of the Uuited States aud Canada, than any other man in it His thor oughbred and standard bred sheep head the vast Lords that food over the ranges of the middle and western states, and the flue flocks of the New England states owe much" of their fine breeding qualities to his excellent s tock. Not long ago Commissioner Garfield, of the department of commerce and labor, made a report on the beef trust which, as published, showed that the protlts of that big combine of deal ers in moat made a very Bmall profit on their purchases and sales. It is now asserted that the report will make lierwin-Williams Point MADE TO PAINT BUILDINGS WITH, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE We have secured the ageucy for this territory for "The Shewin-Williams Paint" the best known and most widely sold house paint made. We have decided to sell S. W. P. because we wanted to offer the trades of this community the best paint value obtainable. We selected S. W. P. because we are convinced that it's the best, safest and most economical house paint in the market We do not hesitate to back it with our repu tation.' It covers most ; spreads easiest ; looks best; wears longest ; saves money j and is always full measure. Color cards show forty haudsome shades. Write for oue, stating whavt you intend to paint S. W. P. is made by Sherwin-Williams Co., the largest paint and varnish makers in the world. They operate four big factories aud have offices and ware houses iu twelve cities. They make paiuts and varnishes for all pur poseseach one as good as it is possiblse to make. Mail Orders a Specialty THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 13 14-16 18 20 32 Alder Street. WALLA WALLA, :- WASH. a different showing, and it is partic ularly stated that in the trials of the beef trust, for which hundreds of wit nesses have been summoned, a very different showing will be made. Meanwhile Cuthbcrt IV.nll, com mercial editor of the Kansas City Journal, has published a statement showing the profits of the beef trust in detail. His investigations show that the average net profit of the packers.instead of two per cent on the price of the cattle, is 17.41 per head, or fifteen per cent on the price of cat tle, and that this profit is turned over every two to four weeks twelv e to twenty-four times a year. In an opinion rendered Superinten dent J. H. Ackerman holds that a board of school dlrctors has authority to compel a school teacher to take leave of absence, in case of unsatisfac tory services, or other cases, maintain such teachers upon the payroll and give the school to another teacher, says a Salem special of March 24. In such cases he also holds that the ousted teacher has no appeal from the decision of the board under the state school laws. We have a farmer friend who appre ciates a practical joke better than any one we know of. He had one coming on us, and he has duly handed it There is a good laugh in it for you, but to get it all, have link Swaggart tell you about it There is an old saw that tells us never to look into the mouth of a gift horse, and, as the "Lord loveth a cheerful giver," we will not look, bat cherish the antici pation of attending the funeral of the man who wrote the poetry. One of the important features of the Utah display at the Lewis and Clark exposition will be a concentrator in actual operation, located in an annex. The concentrator will cost $10,000 and will be one of the most novel dis plays of the entire fair. Four men will be required to operate it It will show the process of refining gold, sil ver and copper from the time the crude ore is turned in until it conies oat as refined metal. Pendleton's commercial association is after a city park. An option has been taken on a proposed site for $3,000. A city of Pendleton's preten sions can well afford to expend energy and money for a park. Other towns of less consequence and smaller in population have then. Communities that trust to great railways to do everything for them are invariably played with. There mast be independent effort if great objects are to be obtained. . EASTERN OREGON IRRIGATION. (Portland Oregonian.) The Government scheme for utiliz ing the waters of the John Day River for irrigation purposes is fraught with great possibilities. The John Day is one of the few Oregon rivers carrying a considerable volume of water which as yet has been put to but little practi cal use. An occasional power plant of modest dimensions has coaxed some work out of this healthy steam, but the demands of this nature have been inconsequential, and, for practically its entire length, it tumbles along in idle ness on its journey to the Columbia. The Deshutes is another interior river from which the state has never yet seonred any advantages of consequeuoe, and which the irrigatiouists now ex- Mail Orders a Specialty pect to put to practical use. Both of these streams are fed by the eternal snows of the adjacent mountains, and are in such close proximity to those snows that there is seldom, even in the heat of summer, very much dimi nution in the volume of water. In the Deschutes in particular there is at all seasons of the year a steady flow which keeps the stream at practi cally the same height the year round, the extra volume of water occasioned by the quick melting of snow in the springtime disappearing in the sub- teranean caverns which are numerous in many of the canyons through which it sweeps. Navigation in a mild kind of a way is possible over a portion of the Deschutes river, and at a number of places the stream makes terrific drops, creating immense power which will some day be utilized for manu facturing purposes. Neither for navi gation nor for the development of power, however, can this stream ever prove so valuable as for irrigation purposes, and if the day ever comes when all the water it carries can be advantageously used for irrigation purposes, its usefulness in other direc tions can be easily sacrificed. If the plan of Engineer Davis proves feasible, the waters of the John Day can be used to advantage on fully 200,000 acres of land in Umatilla, Morrow, Sherman and Gilliam coun ties. Land of the class that will be reached by this mighty irrigation pro ject has, wherever it has been touched by water, shown phenomenal yields, and the successful carrying out of this one irrigation project would add thou sands to the population of Eastern Oregon and transform what is now a veritable desert into a highly produc tive region. Irrigation has long since passed the experimental stage in the Pacific Northwest The Yakima and Wenatchee districts and the Snake river banks, near Lewiston, have demonstrated in the most effective manner the magical power of water on lands which a few years ago were practically worthless. In neither land nor water is Ore gon at a disadvantage as compared with the localities mentioned, and, as soon as the work of combining these productive forces is complete, the dry distriot east of the mountains will enter on an era of prosperity such as has never been equaled where Nature was unaided in her work of supplying moisture for the soil. A; WHAT OF JAPAN? , (Portland Oregonian. ) " : ' The eyes of the world are upon Ja pan. JNot only are tne problems inci dent to the present' situation and their bearings upon the immediate fu ture of that nation and of the teeming world of Asia attracting attention, but their solution, as touching the fu ture in the trade and commerce of the Western world, is of absorbing inter est From present indications active hostilities in Manchuria may cease before many ' months, perhaps weeks. Will Japan be strong enough in states manship to make this peace, when it comes, a lasting one, and one that will insure her own expansion? If so, what? 1 Dr. T. L. Eliot, of this city, who spent five weeks, alert and observant, in Japan two years ago, in a brief sy nopsis of his "Impressions of Japan," gave it as his opinion that in social and domestio life the Japanese will assimilate very little from the West compared to what they will retain and develop in conformity with their ra cial temperament, of which Shintoism is the religious and moral expression. Continuing in words that seem pro phetic, Dr. Eliot said : "This same temperament and virile ambition, will tend to make the Japa nese, after a while, as great commer cially aud industrially, as they have already proved themselves capable of being, in the world of art aud of mili tary discipline. It is not altogether a wild prophecy, that, iu combination with a regenerated China, Japan may within fifty years dominate Eastern commerce aud manufacture, and drive the West entirely out of its markets, perhaps encroaching upon the Western world. However, the truer and hap pier augury, is to predict an era of good will and international respect, in which these industrial and com mercial strifes shall cease, aud ex change of benefits shall be regulated by the entirely natural laws of soil, and capacity of production ; and through which the terms where hu man nature is universal and asceudaut over brute forms, will be more com mon than the lower forms of war fare and distrust " And when he adds, "The brother hood of man and the love of God are at the heart of both Eastern and Western civilization, and together they will surely 'move upward, work ing out the beast, and let the ape and tiger die,' " he presents as a prophet of humanity and of evolution what may be termed "the hope of unknown years." Invaluable for Rheumatism. I have been suffering for tho past few years with a severe attack of rheums tism and found that Ballard's Snow Liniment was the only thing that gave me satisfaction and tended to alleviate my pain. March 24, 1902, John C, Degnan, Kinsman, 111. 25c, 50c and $1, Sold by McBride, druggist. The B?t Cough Syrup. ; S. L. Apple, ex-Probate Judge, Otta' wa Co., Kansas, writes; "This is to say that I have used Ballard's Horehound Syrup for years, and that I do not heai tate to recommend it as tte beet cough syrup I bave ever used." 25c, 50c and $1. Soid by McBride. Notice of Filing Final Account- In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Thomas Ogle, Deceased. Notice is hereby give that I have filed my final account and report as executor of the last will of Thomas Ogle, deceas ed, with the Clerk of the above .entitled County Court, which Court has fixed upon eleven o clock in the forenoon of April 15th, 1905, as the time, and the County Court room, in the County Court House of Umatilla County, Ore gon, as the place, when and where it will hear any and all objections that may be presented to the said final ac count and report and to any matter or thing done by me, as Executor, since my appointment, and at that time and place the Court will finally settle and dispose of said account and report. This notice is published pursuant to an order of the said Court, made on March 15th, 1905. Benjamin F. Ugle, Executor of the Last Will of Thomas Ogle, Deceased. Notice of Final Account. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has filed his final ac count as administrator of the estate of John McRae, deceased, in the County Court of Umatilla County, State of Ore gon, and the Judge of said Court has fixed Saturday, the 29th day of April, 1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the County Court Room in the County Court House in Pendleton, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing' said ac count, and persons interested in said estate are hereby notified to appear at said time and place and file their object ions, if any, to said account on or before said time. Dated tnis 2Uh day March, 1905. Angus M. Gillis, Administrator of the Estate of John McRae, Deceased. PETERSON & PETERSON, Attorneys-at-Law A1HENA, - - - OREGON. J. D. PLAMONDON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ' Office in Barrett Building, - Athena, Oregon Dr. A. B. Stone, PHYSlCIANjfe SURGEON Calls answered promptly day or night Office in Post Building, Athena, Oregon . '.".' S. F. Sharp . 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