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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1905)
3 Xi She ihrna fte. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Twicb-a-Week Tuesdai and Fbidat r. B. Boyd, Publisher. Entered necon d-class matter, March 1, 11KH, at the postofflce at Athena, Oregon, under an Act ot Congress of March 8, 1879. Subscription Hti, r year, In ad'vanot t2-"" Blngleooples In wrappers, 6e. Advertising ftatas: IKiai reading notices, flrstlnsertlon.lOcper 4ohsat)sequentlnsertlon,5c. . II communication should be addressed to I'KKHH Athena, Oregon ATHENA, SEPTEMBER 19, 1905 "Thn country editor has come to town. He has left for a time his sano- tum, his devil, his esteemed contem nnrfirv linn the sanid pumpkin contri buted by Uncle Ebeueezor Hayseed upon the celebrated occasion when he called in to pay a year's subscription. Th nnmnkin. clowintr through the dust of the office window like a serone and golden sunsot, was the last thing the editor's eye rested upon as he nlimhBd into the smoker with his pass in his pocket, to dare the tempta tions of the ereat city. But when he returns vanquished and bankrupt from his encounter with metropolitan uin th nn m Tiki ii will srlow no lousier, for 'our wife' will have baked it into a Imtah of those luscious pies. May thov take all the bad taste out of his mouth and reillume his soul with the twmniifiil licht of bucolic innocence Muv thn forms not be pied nor the devil drunk when he gets back, and may all his delinquent subscribers pay nr. forthwith, either in cash or cord- wnnn. for ho will need both. The inva nf thn nitv are expensive, and winter is at hand." Portland Ore- conian. Thn Orncon Press association held its annual session iu Portlaud recent lv. and every "colonel" of the baud hud a, roval cood time. We have failed to hear of any one of them blowing out the gas, mistaking street car for a bath tub, the city jail for a pubilo library or the Madison street bridge for a cow corral. If any of the boys visited tho Oregoniau it was doubtloss through mistake, tor the avorage country editor would as reudily think of taking a slide through Portland's sewer system or lodgiug iu a cold storage plaut as he would of entering the portals 'of the building wiht the tall tower, inhabited by a select set of jackasses who go Imriim o'er the iournalistio field with the self made idea that they and they alone are "It" a liace or two of eminent encyclopedia students and nannV-A- liners .clustered together for r j . of fertilizing the moss- I I' backs who infest the Oregon metrop olis. The Oregonian may be a great newspaper, but there is not a paper in the state that would be guilty of speak thn craft in terms of ridicule ra such as permeates every line of the above exoerpt. Putting on his asbestoes front, Wood prints this in his paper, with the evi dent purpose of deluding his readers into the belief that he is not a frazzled fake, a grotesque freak of tainted man hood, but the coagulated squint essence nf bnantv' form and viiror: the sort that would make J. Ham. Lewis "go 'way back and sit down." Read it 'H. o. OnrrBll. the courteous secre t.iirv nr the Baker City Fair and Speed Assiip.iatiou. has Honored tne ijeaaer with a ticket to the district iair at Rolror nt.v. Snntnmber 19 to 23. The nnaa arlmltfl the BUltOr BI1U BUS There's a vacancy nere, a lougieit want, au aching void, that evidently oucht to be filled, m our frieud Cor rell s opinion. lr n. Tinker, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, aa utviAtirlprl hiH invitation to the fnrRuce" so as to include i' "all republicans who desire to at tend," and has written Committee ,., wiiiiama. nf Polk county, to that effect. He says that he desires the district primary law to have a fair trial, and that the committee expects all republicans to express their choice of candidates at the primaries, and afterwards to stand by the ticket nominated at those primaries. The tnfwtHiicr will lin held in Portland on October 12. PKIMAKV ELECTION LAW. Tinker Citv Maverick. Oroirnii tmlitioiaus. whether they seek merely to pull the wires or land an office, iu the year oi our uora iuvo, will have to organize bureaus on puu Hoifo fh Tmlinv of which will mevi to i.i ha '! v man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. This is oue thiug the primary election law will force, unless the meetiuR of the boss- PnrMnnd nn October 12, results in the iucubatiou of some scheme to de feat the purpose of the law. Look into the complicated situation HOW IS THE RME? Suppose two men are candidates for the same office: Walter Moore and Jesse Snow, for instance, are both seeking the office of sheriff. II either succeeds in capturing the party machinery to aid him insecnrin the primary election nnr. from its scabbard will flash the oth er's scalping knife and somebody will loose his top-knot at the regular eiec tion. Human nature is not strong encash to resist the temptation for re venge, nor is party organization sunic iontiv nntnnt to Tirevent it. It is al together different from being defeated in a convention. There one canoi- rintn measures his ability and personal popularity against his opponent, in , a more or less open Held at least, wnore each knows the other will be governed by the conventionalities that govern conduct at a five o'clock tea. In this contest, too, the party organization is supposed not to take a hand, its work being by the rules of the game, connn ed to efforts to elect the convention nominated ticket as a whole. Pnrtv mannsers will be Quick to rec ognize the danger of setting the macn ninnrr in motion to defeat any influen tial member, and therefore it would seem to be quite clear that the individ ual candidates must do their own oust line. This was shown in the last city nlnction in Portland. There the system was adopted oi iinvinor snaon in the TiaDers. running display advertisements as auteprimary- election campaign documents, inis plan will doubtless be followed quite generally in coming state and county elections. In fact, aside from a per sonal canvass, it is the only feasible method, unless one should issue a doc umeut based on the theory of a mining company prospectus. The is onn thine certain : it looks eood to the printer man, especially if he be uuattaohed by tne ue oi strong strings and powerful pulls. Locally there is eoinc to result some excruc- ioHnolv nmliarnsHinc situations. The capital prize in the Baker Uity poiiti ml lottery will be ' the circuit judge ship, and it is going to be a fight to the finish, with bare knuckles, clubs, ahnrnnnnd cntlasfles. chaiued shot, ex plosive bullets all laws of civilized wnrfnrn twins' held null and void. So savatre a contest do circumstances in dinatn. that one would conclude that somebody aspires to own a judge. What is the Democrat going to no when Judge Travillion orders that pa per to support Sam White, and Colon nl Rnrnhnr insists that the Weight of its influence go into the scale witn Jndi?n Clifford? What will the Herald do when Attorney Loniax issues an edict to the business office to w hoop thincs nn for Attorney Drowley, when Hnn. John Rand sncrcests . in his no less forcible but more diplomatio man ner, to the editorial department, tnat nothinsr be said against Democratic Candidate Clifford, and Attorney Hart holds a caucus with both ends of that publishing proposition and demon strates in a practical manner that it will be to the material welfare of the Herald to get in and drill for Attorney Hart? There will have to be some quick side stepping on these memorable occasions. SOUVENIR SPOONS Characteristic of Athena and a nice little gift to send away to your friends. MEEDS RADICAL BEFOHM. Nr matter how it is: or what the name of it is: or how Inner vmi have had it: or where vou cot it. If it's not pleasing vou, come down to the store and we will take it in at a j?ood. fair price and sell you a brand new hnv a RUCK Raniye from us, it j l .. nM A nfttia Pono-ffC in t nf wnrlfl. means uuxi yuu get uuc u- uwi aiv ... " ap and that vou are guaranteed range satisfaction. Every time a BUCK Range eroes into a home it means that CBireral mnrA RTTrK1 rnncrpc are. muallv sold on reCOm- mendation. We wouldn't let you keep a Buck unless it was satisfying you. Bucks are canea tne reacc ni ers." They make things run smooth in the kitchen, and tViat'c Mhr a o-rpsit- Hpal of trouble starts. They've been giving satisfaction for 58 years. Remember we pay the freight where the dm amounts to qiu.uu. WATCH REPAIRING Harvest m over and your watch no doubt full of dirt. Bring it in and have it clean ed and put in shape. It will prolong the life of your time piece and give satisfaction. ROYAL M. SAWTELL Jeweler : Athena PETERSON & PETERSON, Attorneys-at-Law Al HEN A, - OREGON J. D. PLAMONDON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Barrett Building, - - Athena, Oregon CLEVELAND'S SVPERIOR. ;AiaNG;POWDER 'Highest ia Strength and QuaJity" COSTS YOU NO MORE THAN ?S THE. ORDINARY KINDS Endorsed by Leading! Cooking School Teachers and Chef : Sold and Rjecommended by ELY SCOTT 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. caiianrnmntlv utiswered. Office ou Tblrd Street. Athena. Oregor JOHN T. WOOD, M. D, Graduate Detroit Col- .' lege of Medicine : : : Office Opposite McBride'B Drug Store. THE PALACE DRUG STORE VVM. M'BRIDE, Proprietor. South Side Main Street, Athena, Ore. Dealer in Paints, Oils, Drugs and Toilet articles Lubricating and Cotnpoun Mail Orders a Specialty THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 12 14-1(5-18 BO-22 Alder Street, WALLA WALLA, WASH. Mail Orders a Specialty I CONTRACTING AND BUILDING I THE Hereafter I will engage in Contracting and building in all its brunches, I am in a position to carry on this line of business in a thorough and satisfactory wanner, 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. CILLIS, PROPRIETOR, GILLIS LUMBER YARD I ( Spokesman-Review. ) Tho Dresent flurry in the govern ment printing office at Washington has served to remiud the people that thn Keen commission is still at work, or rather that it is renewing its wort after the summer vacation, and its final reDort on the way the business of the nation is transacted in tne vari ous denartments of the government will be awaited with a good deal of interest. It has become a crying scandal, through exposure made with in the past year, tnat mere is iu me government, in spite of the civil service examinations, absolutely . no svstem such as obtains in every good business house of testing employes nutting them at the work for which they are best adapted aud paying them accordingly. Thn Keen commission has discover ed that promotions involving increase of salary do not necessarily mean any chance of work requiting better equipment and greater knowledge, but are made exclusively by reason of leiiKth of service. Clerks in differ ent dimartmeuts who do identically the same work are paid quite flinereut Ralarins. This makes mere machines of the clerks and it is said the hustl er soon realizes that he will get along iust as well by taking things easy. A "Washington correspondent tells na an actnal occurrence of a clerk who. ou beinir aDDointed. started in to work with au activity that disorgauiawd the entire omoe force wnere sne was en gaged. She piled np work for other uWks in so unaccustomed a manner that the chief clerk deliberately speci fied what she was to ao, ana wnen she remonstrated, saving she could finish that in two hours and wanted to know what she was to do the rest of the day, she was told to "string out the work as long as you can and theu road the newspapers." The incident snows a condition which calls for radical reform. When the commission has fully investigated aud reported, it is expected tne presi dent will have some very strenuous times making the desired chauges. Call for Warrants- Notion in hereby civpn that City of Athena warrants Numbers 1 W to 497 W will be redeemed at the office of I David Williams, treasurer of tho City of Atheua, Oregon, and that interest ! ou the aliove warrants ceases after ! this ? Duted Atheua, Oreg, "iUiam, Treasurer OILS Drugs and Drug Sundries. : Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. R. J. BODDY'S; . MEAT MARKET Troy laundry Walla Walla, wash. Elmer Lane, Agent iu Atheua 1 1 Work Guaranteed Washing are called tor each Tues day and are returned Friday morning Each looming j When you dress think about the Pendleton Steam Lauudry. Aak your self if your linen work is . as it should be. A man who wears good clothes cannot afford to wear "fairly good" laundry work. If you find your collars are poorly turned, if you find they have saw edges, if you find them specked, remember that these faults huve been overcome at the PENDLETON STEAM LAUNDYR, and that only high grade work is allowed to leave our laundry. Every day brings new custome rs who are highly pleased with our work. May we expect a trial pack age from you? Pendleton Steam Laundry The Up-to-Date LAUNDRY FISHMAN & PETERS, Proprietors CHARLES GAY, ATHENA AGENT Peebler & Chamberlain Successors to the Umatilla Implement Co. Agricultural Implements WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES, MACHINERY, THRESHERS ETC. ATHENA. OREGON. II i 1: -: ' PARKER & LANE'S BARBER S 1 Kverythlng Flri.1 Clans - Mo d em and Up-tvda SOUTH STREET SID MAIN ATHENA, Fresli M eatB. Only t lie Best iB Good.! BLACKSMITH AND REPAIRING SHOP A. H. LUNA, Proprietor. Shojf West of King's Baro.. Athena. Umatilla Lumber Yard Ed Barrett. Manager Building Material' Lumber. Shingles, Sash. Doors, Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall PaperBuilding Paper, Brick, etc. Special inducements ou orders for carload lots. Fence posts in quantities to suit. : : : : : Roslyn Coal, Puget Sound Wood CONTRACTING. ESTIMATES FURNISED ON ALL KINDS OF BUILDING ON SHORT NOTIFICATION c THE PRESS, pnivj,2 iPER YEAR.j;