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Wit thtm 2ttM. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. TwiOB-A-WlEit TDE8DAT AMD FRIDAY r. B. Boyd, Publibhib. Entered aa ftecond-cloM matter, March 1, 1901, at the poatofflce at Atheoa, Oregon, a Oder an Actot Congresi of March 3, 1879. Subscription flats l I'er year, In advanot ' 111 Blngleooplei In wrappe'i.Oc. Advertising 'Rates: liOrl reading notices, n reinsertion, 10c per lae. Eachiubseqnent Insertion, 6c. A.ll oommnnlcatloni should be addressed to i he PHKHH Athena, Oregon ATHENA, MAY 9, 1905 The Portage Railway will not ouly open, but assist in the development of a vast area of country in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Hundreds of thousands of acres drained by the Columbia and Snake rivers will dou ble, if not quadruple, in value, and besides, the immense crops of grain, hay and fruit produced in these re gions will return to the producer a value enhanced by the difference be tween the present cost of transporta tion and that insured by the opening up of the Columbia river. Nor is this alL The vast wool clip and live stock of this rich section will find a better and more remunerative market, will be greatly stimulated by reason of a decreased transportation charge to the open market. American superiority over foreign rivals again triumphs in the complete success which crowned the visit of Charles M. Schwab of St. Petersburg. Schwab's negotiations with the Rus sian admiralty resulted in the practic al conclusion of an arrangement for the construction of a number of form idable battleships of a type which will probably startle the world. They will be monster 16,000-ton vessels of enormous horse-power and a peculiar type, combining the projectile resist ing power of battleships with the speed and wider radius of action of cruisers. American built ships and Oregon wheat can prolong a war in difluitely. As a result of concentrated action of leading citizens of Ashland working through the Board of Trade, a fund of approximately $2000 has been pledged for the promotion and publicity of the resources and attractions of that city and vicinity while the big exposition is on at Portland. Fifteen hundred dollars of this sum was subscribed at a big mass meeting of citizens held uudor the auspices of the Board of Trade, at which there was a very large attendance and much enthusiasm for the objects in view. A portion of the sum subscribed will bo expended upon a permanent display at the Southern Pacific depot in the city. The aot of the last legislature which makes one half of the workman's wages liable to garnishment for the payment of dobts incurred for family expenses is a reasonable provision. This act gives a measure of relief to merohants against bad debtors and still leaves the family a sufficient por tion of tho wages to supply immedi cllow Bce-Kcepers Wo aro doing au excellent business on Bee Suppiles, but we are not sat isfied we do not think all of our friend know that we carry Bee Sup plies We want to get better acquainted with you. The manufacture of Boe-keepers's Supplies is reduced to such a kcieuoe that tho large manu facturer can furnish goods of superior quality and workmanship at a price which leaves little or no opportunity to make anything at homo and save by it. Hives und wooden material of all kiuds are cut out in large quantities on special machinery, at a low cost. This material is then shipped at a low rate of freight ' kuocked down." By buying in large qunatities, as we do, we are able to secure a reduction which enables us to offer the most of these goods at manufacturers prices. If you have not leen a customer heretofore, a trial order will convince you that it will be to your interest to become our regular customer. Do not wait until yoa need the goods before you advise lis alout what you expect to need, but let us kuow your probable needs now so that we will be sure to have the goods on hand wheu you ueed them. When goods ordered amount to $10,00 or more we pay the freight. Mail Orders a Specialty THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 12 14-NU8 20 22 Alder Street, WALLA WALLA, -:- WASH. ate needs. The exception that has been made in the law regarding the exemption of the wages from garnish ment applies only to debts for family expenses, which class of debts is en titled to preference. Standard Oil and other things makes politics uncertain in Kansas. HIEE TEACHERS EARLY. County Superintendent of Schools F. K, Welles Urges Directors on Hatter. County Superintendent of Schools Frank K. Welles urges the directors of the county schools to begin at once to arrange for the employment of teachers for the next school year. Circular letters are being issued to the directors of each district by Mr. Welles, calling attention to the im portance of securing teachers at an early date. A copy of the letter is as follows: ' Pendleton, Ore., May 8, 1905. To District School Board. Gentlemen: Perhaps the most im portant duty that you have to per form is the employing of teachers. The success of the school depends almost wholly upon the choice of the teacher, and as the choosing of the teacher lies with the school board, the responsibility for the success or failure of the school falls indirectly upon you . I have given this matter considerable study, and it seems to me to be so important that I have thought it best at this time to offer a few suggestions which I believe will be holpful. Employ your teachers early in the year. If you expect to begin schoo, about the first Monday in September 1 now is the time to make a written con tract with some good teacher. Then the matter will be disposed of at once. You will not be annoyed with any more applicants, and you will feel sure that your school will begin at the time you wish. If you postpone hiring until late, you will have to take the teachers that are left, if you can get any at all. Last fall teachers were scarce and several districts were unable to get teachers until late in the winter. You do not need to wait for the teachers to apply for your sohool be fore you employ someone; but if you know of a good teacher that you think would suit you, decide upon the salary you will give, and then apply to the teacher. This will be a fine compli meut to her, and she, instead of wait ing in suspense all summer, ond writ ing a dozen applications to directors in this and other counties, and won dering all the time whether she is go ing to be fortunate enough to ge' a school, can enjoy her vacation with the contented feeling that for the next year at least she is provided with work. If you have ever taught school or have done some other work where yon had to seek a new position every few months, you can appreciate the teachor's feelings in the matter. When you employ a teacher you should, if possible, make the contract cover all the time that you expect to have school during the year. If you have used great care in selecting the teacher, you should have confidence enough in her to make such a con tract with her. If you want the school divided into terms, this can be arranged in the contract For the good of the school, you should not change teachers any oftener than is necessary. If the teacher you employ ed last year did pretty good work, and you think she was really trying to do her best, employ her again in prefer ence to someone you have never tried. Most of the city schools employ the same teacher year after year, and usually increase the salary somewhat each year. They have found that it pays to do so. The salary is a very important mat ter to be decided, and should be gov erned largely by the amouut of money which your district receives. The state and county funds now amount to a little over $7. 50 a year for each child enumerated in the district After making an estimate of the prob- Mail Orders a Specialty able amount of money yoa will have, you should pay as large a salary as you can afford, knowing that yoa cannot expect to secure a good teaeher unless you pay a fair salary. My experience has been that a short term, with a good teacher, at a good salary, is far bettor for the children than a longer tern, with a poor teacher at a poor salary. We have many excellent teachers in this county, and as long as we can find good teachers here at home, I think you should employ them in preference to strangers from other counties. The poorest teachers often carry the best recommendations, and for this reason it is unsafe to employ a strang er. If yoa have no teacher in view, and I can be of any assistance to you in selecting one, I shall gladly help yoa at any time. Very truly yours, ' FRANK K. WELLES, Superintendent Umatilla County. WARNING THAT IS TIMELY. (Portland Telegram.) But a few days ago ,the Portland Travelers' Aid Association of this city announced the preparation of a large number of leaflets and plaoards, to be distributed in the various centers of population, warning unskilled and un employed young women against com ing to Portland to seek positions simp ly because it is exposition year. It is the purpose to set forth the fact that suoh field of labor will be greatly overcrowded. Such warning is timely, and the hope is that it will prove efficacious. It is very natural that many young women should be attracted to an expo sition city, in the belief that remuner ative employment is to be had merely for the asking. This is a mistaken notion, nevertheless; dangerously so, in fact, as that young woman may re alize whose ambitious mission results in failure, 'and who finds herself without employment, means, friends or protection in a city like Portland, with a great exposition in full swing. The risks incident to such a step are not to be complacently contemplated by those of the gentle sex who are endowed with plenty of moral stami na and who have some knowledge of the world, while to the inexperienced not so equipped there is positive menace in the situation. It would be well if the Portland Travelers' Aid association called at tention in its warning to the unfortu nate fact that young women of the city who now have employment as clerks, stenographers and the like have cause to complain of the conditions which the cupidity of the landlord and boarding house proprietor prom ises to impose. These latter, evident ly believing that there is to be but one year in Portland, that the present year of the exposition, and after that the deluge, have signified their inten tion of advancing room rent and the price of board until their working girl patrons have come to regard the fair as a detriment to their welfare. Many of these young women declare that after they pay the advanced price of living, they will have left from a week's wages but a fraction of a dol lar for clothing and incidental ex penses. These facts, if. forcibly brought to the attention of young women who erroneously believe that during the ap proaching summer Portland will be a veritable industrial Meooa should be beneficially discouraging. These are not pleasant facts, even for Portland people to contemplate. It is indeed pitable that any - considerable class of persons should allow the mighty dol lar to tread so closely upon the heel of their conscience or perhaps more ac curately, trample conscience under foot entirely. It is the condition, how ever, and not the ethical desire, that the wage-earning young woman of Portland who does not live at home has to face. The more clearly this condition is understood by her sisters abroad infinitely better will it be for all concerned. THK BRILLIANT SHEEP HERDER. (Freewater Times. ):v;'s The other day two old sheep herders were sittiug in the Louvre saloon con versing abotj different topics, when one of them naked the other: "Who is that feller Lewis Clark the papers are alius talkin about?" "Why, that's a feller that lives down to Portland," answered his com panion. - "D'ye kuow him?" "Yaas.I kuow him well. He's the feller that runs the Log Cabin saloon. He's got a Russian bar tender by the name o' Sacajewea. I think he's the feller that's gettiu up this big circus they're all talkin about'" The above conversation actually took place, and it is priuted to show that some sheep herders are not so brilliant as they are painted, even though there is one making laws for us from Yakima county. GLOOMY FROPHK31EK FOR 1905 Mine, de Thebes, of Paris, enjoys a considerable reputation as a prophet ess and her "Almanac" for 1905, in which she makes some curious pre dictions, is being widely read. Nineteen hundred and five, she says, will be a "red year," and wars both on sea and land will take place before it closes. "Euglaud," she continues. "will suffer nauy io&ics. Some of her most notable persons will die and their deaths will attract the attention of the eutire world. For Germany, too, it will be a gloomy ytttr." France, she says, will be the theatre of some seusutioual events and will win vic tories in the realm of thought through the works of a man of genius, who is as yet unknown. Belgium and Spain, she adds, will also be disturbed and "in Rome a notable change will sud denly take place. " Finally she main tains that "in the domain of Euro pean policies grave crises and irrepar able losses will occur during the months of 1906." Meteorologists smile incredulously at these predictions, all of which are based on the motions and aspects of the planets, but Mme. de Thebes says that they will not be so ready to smile in 1906, for by that time the truth of her predictions will be manifest to everyone. Kotice to Creditor!. In the Matter of the Estate of Elijah Ingle, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned that the undersigned has been duly appointed executor of the last will and testament of said Elijah Ingle, deceased, by the County Court of Uma tilla County, State of Oregon. All per sons having claims against said estate of Elijah Ingle, deceased, are hereby re quired to present the same with the proper vouchers as by law required within six months from the date hereof, to the underssigned at the law office of Hailey k Lowell, in Pendleton, Oregon, or at the residence of the undersigned in Corvallis, Oregon. Dated this 18'h day of April, 1905. John W. Ingle, Executor of the last will and testament of Elijah Ingle, Deceased. PETERSON & PETERSON, Attorneys-at-Law A1IIENA, - - OREGON. J. D. PLAMONDON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office in Barrett Building, - Athena, Oregon Dr. A. B. Stone. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Calls answered promptly day or night Office in Post Building, Athena, Oregon S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to Female Diseases. Calls promptly answsredj Office on Third Street, Athena, Oregor AND All The Cream of all Creams. Clears the complextion, cleans the cuticle, cleanses and cures as no other cream can. It's "face" value is always the same. Dont forget the place THE PfllAGE PROG STORE Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. VrO seasonable J fa reasoiaDfe rnir-1 R. J. BODDY'S MEAT MARKET Fresh Meats. Only the Best is Good. As delicious as II em- if.. t i w -r v . 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