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Wat JMheim ttzz. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. TWIOB-A-WSEK TCESDAT AND FRIDAT P. B. BOYD, PUBLISH!. Entered as gecond.clan matter, March 1, MO I, at the postoffice at Athena, Oregon, uuderan Actol Congress of March 8, 1879. Subscription Tlt:' I'er year. In advanet 12.00 Slngleooplet la wrappe-,6. Advertising Kates : Local reading notice, nratlnertlou, Klc per it". "Imb subsequent lnerllon, 5c. All communications should be addreMed to ne PKKHH Athena, Oregon ATHENA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1905 The f urmers of eastern Washington are entitled to every cent they can obtain for their wheat, and if the combine now being organized results in giviDg them 75 cents instead of 65 cents a bushel they may be cougratu ' luted. Complaint has been - n'm'tie, Hays the Spokesman-Review, more than once that the coast millers have organized to keep prices down, and though the millers emphatically deny the charge, the idea has taken deep root in the minds of the farmers and will not be displaced. It is believed, moreover, that the market price of wheat will advance beyond the pres ent figures uud that by withholding the 2,000,000 bushels which it is ex pocted to control under this combine of the farmers the higher price will materialize the sooner. There is no question that agreements-affecting the price of wheat have existed aud do exist among millers and dealers where by the farmers are placed at a disad vantage, aud in this matter, as in other combinations and corporative schemes iuto which they have entered, the farmers are simply adopting measures to protoot themselves aud get a fuir price for their produce. Charles F. Lord's $50,000 damage suit aguinst United States District J Attorney Francis J. Heuey has come to an abrupt conclusion. The demur rer tiled in buhulf of Mr. Heuey by Henry E. MoGiuu was sustained by Judge Frazier, who ruled that a pub lic official could not be sued civilly for acts done in pursuance of bis duty. Lord's suit was based ou the fact tbat the district attorney caused him to be indicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice in connection with the land fraud prosecutioug. - While the Elephantine Oregonian has been engaged in the unmasking business, it certainly looks as though Sam Jackson was doing a few stunts with the veil himself. Eh, "Jack?" While Editor Scott is eternally anx ious to let the peopie of Oregon know who is behind the Journal, why not give a little information pertaining to the Oregonian? There may be people in Oregon who would like to know whether Bros. Scott and Pittack alone furnish the ducats to make the ghost walk in the Oregonian print shop. Wisconsin newspapers are all send ing out 28 page supplements. Under a new statute", the laws enacted at each session of the legislature are published in every paper in the state whose publisher is willing to perform that service for f 100. Few docline, and thus there goes a copy of the ses sion laws into nearly every home. The Wisconsin plan certainly makes ignorance of the law as inexcusable morally as legally. There were 263,233 Indians on re servatious in the United States in 1903. The reservations that year in the aggregate had an area of 117,120 square miles. In 1903 there were according to the'annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs, 3924 Indians in Oregon occupying reserva tious tbat in the aggregate cover 2031 square miles. KIOTING IN JAPAN, (Portland Journal) ThA news of riotine in Japan will carry with it a distinctly new "im pression of the Japanese people, it was believed tbat they were a unit on nvnrvthinir relating to the war. tbat whatever their rulers did was per fnotlv satisfactory to tliein ana suon was their confidence tbat there could not come a set of conditions where t.hfiv would fail to uerfectly agree. During the whole war and while blood nnd trnafiiire were beiue voured forth in an almost unprecedented torreut they never quailea or nesuatea, oui when it came to arranging tne terms of nence and when they realized all the war had oost them and began to set at corresponding figures the recom pense that should come to them, it is evidont that they were grievously ais HOD IS THE EH? No matter how it is; or what the name of it is; or how long you have had it; or where you got it. If it's not pleasing you, come down to the store and we will take it in at a good, fair price and sell you a brand new BUCK. When you buy a BUCK Range from us, it means that you get one of the best Ranges in the world, and that you are guaranteed range satisfaction. Every time a BUCK Range goes into a home it means that several more BUCK ranges are usually sold on recom mendation. We wouldn't let you keep a Buck unless it was satisfying you. Bucks are called the "Peace Mak ers." They make things run smooth in the "kitchen, and that's where a great deal of trouble starts. They've been giving satisfaction for 58 years. Remember we pay the freight where the bill amounts to $10.00, Mail Orders a Specialty THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 12-14-1(1-18 iiO-22 Alder Street, WALLA WALLA, -: WASH. Mail Orders a Specialty ! CONTRACTING AND BUILDING ! Hereafter I will engage in Contracting and building in all its branches, I am in a position to carry on this line of business in a thorough and satisfactory manner, in connection with my Lumber Yard. I will employ the best workmen money can secure, and before you let your contract it will pay you to get my figures. ... A. M. GILLIS, PROPRIETOR, 1 THE GILLIS LUMBER YARD I 2 (l Cll19lKS appointed. It is also evident that the divine right of kings when the mat ter is brought to its ultimate show down is of no more powerful influence in the east than it is in - tbe west. There is evidently abroad even in Japan a spirit of democracy that can not be satisfied with mere words. There is this much in its favor, that whatever may bave been said to the contrary, and whatever may have ap peared, public opinion must be as much respected in Japan as it is else where over the civilized world. It is rather amazing that tbe only discordant note from tbe universal downpour of praise showered upon President Boosevelt for his effort to bring about tbe peace treaty is heard from Japan. It is likewise of a good deal of interest that Mr. Harriman, who was so recently with us, should have been one of the objects of tbe bitter display. This attack was un doubtedly due to the fact that be is a conspicuous American, though it may bave been accentuated by any news that has gotten over there con earning his asserted plan to monopol ize the railroad interests of the coun try. The demonstrations and what have followed them are significant as showing tbe Japanese in a new light and in disclosing tbat they are no longer a unit regarding everything ap pertaining to the war. MK. CLEVELAND'S INCOME. (Harper's Weekly.) Mr. Cleveland's income from bis investments is between $8000 and 110,000, to which he adds an average of about $3000 by writing occasional essays for publication. Some years ago Mr. Cleveland had $5000 to spare, and Mr. Benedict ob tained for him tbe right to subscribe for the stock of a projected trust com pany. The knowledge that the ex President was to become one of their shareholders inspired the promoters with a brilliant idea. After consulta tion, they sought Mr. Benedict and though him offered Mr. Clevelaud the presidency of the company, at a salary of $50,000 a year. It was a legiti mate undertaking, backed by reput able men, but Mr. Cleveland some what reluctantly deoliued, on the ground that he was unacquainted with the details of tbe business, and that the condition of his health would not permit of the severe application requisite to effective service. Again he was urged to accept, with the as surance that his duties would be nominal, his mere official connection with the company being considered sufficient recompense for his remuner ation. Mr. Cleveland replied simply that that would seem to him too much like selliug the use of his name, which, of course, he could not do. That closed the incident METROPOLITAN CYNICISM. (Harper's Weekly.) New England, speaking through its recognized mouthpieces, the Spring field Republican and Boston Trans cript, is justly proud of the fact tbat Colonel Jacob L. Greene, for 25 years president of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance company, with 65 millions of assets, died leaving an estate of only $55,000. Such an ex ample, indicative of the highest pro bity, is surely worthy of particular mention at this particular time. We wonder how much environment had to do with it. Suppose their places had been reversed. Would Colonel Greene, in New York, have felt any sense of wroug in participating to a small degree in underwritings?- On the other hand, would Mr. Alex ander, in Hartford, have ever thought of doing such a thing? In our opin ion, neither was ever for an instant oonsoionsly dishonest. The simple fact is that tbe standard is higher in New England than in New York. It is bad form, in Springfield particular ly, to do thiugs that would be regard ed as mere evidences of creditable smartness in this wicked town with apologies to tbe Trausoript in Boa- ton. Tbe bigness of a community, euderiug inconsequential social disap proval, and swelling the dou't-give-a-damn-what-people-tbiuk spirit,' has a most depressing etfeot upou the etbios of human living. A SOUTHWESTERN TYPE, (Boston Herald.) Temple Houston, youngest sou of General Sam Houstou, who may be called the creator of tbe republic of Texas, has recently died in Oklahoma. Temple Houston was . one of the strange, abnormal characters that achieve notoriety on tbe froutier. He did not like to be referred to as the sou of Sam Houstou, preferring to bave a reputation of his own, and he won it He was abnormal in bis physical proportions, iu bis mental traits aud iu his notion of becoming attire. He had talent, a considerable acquaintance with books, a love for liquor and for tabasco sauce, and was compound of , feminine sensitive ness aud brawling habits. By profes sion he was a lawyer, and a successful one in tbe courts of the Southwest He had been a senator in Texas, and was a fervid, imaginative orator. His couiage was unquestioned, aud he had killed bis man in a saloon fight He was oue of those the tine tale of whose lives seems stranger than fio tiou. 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