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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Twioe-a-Week Tuesday akd Friday F. B. Boyd, Pcblishib. Entered as secon d.class matter, March 1, 1901, at tbe postofflce at Athena, Oregon, under an Actol Congress of March 8, 1879. Subscription H$s: I' r year, In advanot v $2.00 8lnglecople In wrappers, 5c. Advertising Bates; lAxvti reading notices, first insertion, 10c per ne. KioaiuDseqaent Insertion, 6c. All communications should be addressed to i- PKKSS Athena, Oregon ATHENA, APRIL 17 1906 There is cause for general congratu lation that tbe bill to free denatnrized alcohol from the revenue tax baa been favorably reported by the ways and means committee in the house of representatives. Presumably it will pass the bouse, but tbe question is will it pass the senate? The Stand ard Oil company does not control the manfauctrne of alcohol. It does control kerosene and gasoline and if denatnrized alcohol is freed from tax it will very materially interfere witb.the kerosene and gasoline busi ngs. The Standard Oil company has some very influential and close friends in the senate who are very kind in the matter of taking care of corporations and corporate interests. The bill is in the interest of tbe people. That mnob is certain and perhaps therein it differs from the United States senate. The vote on the measure in that body will be olosely scrutinized to discover tbe men who respond to that influence. Again it is announoed that Edison's Btorage battery has been perfeoted and will be put on tbe market at once. This battery is expeoted to revolution ize tbe automobile business in estab lishing maohines to travel long dis tances by the use of electrical power, whereas now they can run ouly about 85 miles without requiring to be re obarged. That Edison will eventual ly suooeed in developing a battery of bigb power and light weight need not be doubted, but bis success has been so many times reported that the pub lic will prefer to witness its perform ance ere it applauds tbe "wizard's" achievement. No one can pick the winning day of a hall team. There are too many ele ments of ohanoe to be contended with in national sport for any one to oall the turn ou the winuiug team. Sun day's game at Walla Walla is an in stance qf this fact. There was not a person who went from here but was sure that with Butler in tbe box tbe Yellow Kids would have a walkover and win. Butler was not in form, the Kids lost the game they expeoted to wiu and gloom, tbiok and dark, settlod over Athena fandom. ' In a ooal strike are involved tbe operators, the strikers and the con sumers, dragged in against their will. Tbo operators say there, is no reason for a raise in the prioe of coal, but they are mistaken. There are too many who "ueed the money." We Make It Pay You to Trade With Us Pay iu dollars and ceuts. Pay iu satisfaction with the goods them selves. If you are not satisfied with auythiug you have bought hero after you have taken it home, we want you to briug or send it back aud we will make it satisfactory with you. We aim to please and our success so far shows that we are doing it This year we have put forth special effort to make it a pleasure for you to trade with ns. This year our stocks are largor aud comprisod of better assortments thau were everv before carried by auy merchant iu this vioiuity. We buy iu carload loats, ot quautity prices, save freightby shippiug iu carload lots, our reut is low compared with rent paid by smaller firms carrying small socks aud doing a small business, and mark our goods with a small profit so as to make it pay you to trade here. We kuow you would rather buy where you have the largest lino to choose from and get tbe best possible prices, so we want you to give ns a obauoe to show you our ability to please. Whether it be a maohine needle or a complete outfit, your orders will receive our prompt aud careful attention. When goods ordered amount to f 10 or more we pay the freight Use Our Rest Rooms THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home, 12 14-16 18 20-22 Alder Strrwt, WALLA WALLA, -: WASH. Primary day, April 30, has been de clared a legal holiday, go that the1 elector may devote bis entire time to tbe consideration of tbe qualifications of tbe candidate multitude. , JAPANKSK 1MM1UUATIOX. Portland Journal. In tbe interest of Amorioan labor and our social system, should not some restriction be placed on Japan ese immigration?, The Japanese are good people, worthy of great commen dation ; but is it wise to allow hun dreds of thousands and millions of them to flock to this coast, as they will within the next few years under present laws? g Japan is a tremendously over crowded country. It has 45,000,000 people in 145,000 square miles of ter ritory. They are thrifty breeders, and millions of them must get out. Should we let them in? Tbe Japan ese subsist on a very few cents a day have to. Do our people want them in great numbers for aotive, immedi ate competitors? According to tbe report of the Jap anese commissioners to tbe exposition in St Louis, the following are pre vailing wages in Japan, reduced to American money: Farm laborers, average, 16 cents per day. Laborers in silk culture, average, 16 1-2 cents per day. Operatives for reeling silk, average, 10 cents per day. Farm laborers by the year, male, $16. Farm laborers by the year, female, 18.50 Metal miners, average, 13 1-2 cents per day. Goal miners, average, 12 cents per day. Timbermen, average, 8 1-2 cents per day. Smelters, average, 10 ceuts per day. Factory employes, male, 15 cents per day. Factory employes, female, 10 cents per day. Tobaooo faotory employes, female, 10 ceuts per day; male, 22 1-2 per day. Machine shops, 2 1-2 cents per day. Carpenters and plasterers, 29 cents per day. Stone masons, 33 ceuts per day. Shoemakers, 25 cents per day. Tailors, Japanese olotbes, 22 oents per day. Tailors, foreign clothes, 25 cents per day. Skilled artisans, 50 cents per day. These laborers live on rioe and fish. Whec they come over here they live a little better, but they are still, if coming in great numbers, as they will if not restrained, becoming dangerous competitors of the Ameri can workingman, who cannot live and work on aDy such diet and wages. MUCH OF NAVY ASHOIU5. Cleveland Leader. "Not enough officers" has of late beon tbe constant complaint of the navy department. So muoh is tbe want felt that it had a great influence in the naval academy hazing investi gations. High officials feared the re sult of severity in dealing with the cadets. Congress has been appealed to for relief. But Congressman Loudenslager, of the house naval com mittee, has injeoted a new idea into the discussion. He takes tbe ground that too many commissioned officers are kept on shore duty at tasks which civilians oould perform fully as well as they. He asked for a list ot officers on shore duty, and was shown 14 solidly printed pages of the naval register, containing their names. There are 165 offloers ou duty in the naval department in Washington alone, and 128 in the New York navy yard. This affords some idea of the diverse duties that are performed by offioors on shore. Mr. Louden slager's proposal is that all of these not required for teohnical work be re leased for sea duty aud their places filled by civilians. He already has a bill pendiug to bring about a reorgan ization for this purpose. Tbe sug gestion, to laudsman, seems exceed- Make Your appointments Here ingly sensible andjto promise tbe relief of the department needs. Naval methods, when tbey are of Jong stand ing, seem to acquire . a sanctity. That does not neoessarily mean that tbey are tbe best Tbe officers would not lose dignity or prestige by turning routine work tbey have been doing for years over to civilians. The servioe apparently would be the gainer by the change, and it oould be made quickly. HIGU CHIME. Andrew D. White, ex-president of the Cornell University, ex-ambassador to Germany scholar, publicist, humanitarian said wholesome words to tbe Cornell students a few weeks ago on the problem of "High Crime in tbe United States." Tbe basis of bis address was tbe fact tbat more murders are committed every year in tbe United Statess than in any other country. "It is said society has no right to put murderers to death. In my opinion society must fall back on the law of self-preservation. It should out through and make war, in my opin ion, for its life. Life imprisonment is not possible, because there is no life imprisonment . "In the next year 9,000 people will be murdered. As I stand here today I tell you tbat 9,000 are doomed to death with all the crnelty of the human heart, and with no regard for home and families, and two-thirds will be due to the maudlin sentiment sometimes called mercy. "I have no sympathy for tbe crim inal. My sympathy is for those who will be mnrdered, for their families andjfor their ohildren. "This sham humanitarianism has beome a stenoh. The cry now is for righteousness. Tbe past genera tion has abolished human slavery. It is for tbe present to deal with the problems of the future and among tbem this problem of crime. Young men, like Jerome, like Folk and Hughes, resolve never to be servants of criminals, hut to do your best to punish crime as it should be pun ished." POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS For Representative. To the republicans of Umatilla county: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate before the republi can primaries for nomination as mem ber of tbe legislature from Umatilla county, and I respectfully ask the support of all members of the party. Athena, Ore., Maroh 14, 1906. C. A. Barrett. Candidate for Treasurer. To the voters of Umatilla county : I hereby announce myself as a republi can candidate for tbe office of County Treasurer, subject to decision of the primary election. Respectfully, . W. Bradley, Athena, Oregon. For Representative I hereby annouce myself a candi date for tbe republican nomination for the office of representative from this county, at the primary election to be held April 20tb, subject to tbo will of the party. C. W. Steen, Mil ton, Ore. F. H. Shoemaker for Eecorder. To the voters of Umatilla oounty: I hereby announoe my candidacy for the republican nomination for the office ot recorder, subject to the will of tbe voters in the direot primary election. Fred H. Shoemaker. Pendleton. For Sheriff. To the voters of Umatilla county: I hereby announce myself as a re publican candidate for tbe office of sheriff, subject to the wish of the voters iu the direct primary election. E. J. Sommerville. For Sheriff. I hereby aunouuee my candidacy, for tbe democratic nomination for sheriff of Umatilla county subject to the will of tbe voters ta the diiect primary eleotion April 20. T. D. Taylor. For State . Senator. I hereby announce myself a canrli date for state senator from Umatilla oounty, snbjoot to the pleasure of the suffragists. Geo. W. Proebstel. For State Senator. I hereby announoe mv candidacy for the state senate, subject to the votes of republicans under tbe direct primary law. T. J. Kirk. The Skillful Mending of Jewelry YOU have often heard it said that leall'y right repairing was a lost art that the average mending done nowadays was a bungle. Those who briug their jewelry hore to be repaired will find nnusual facilities and un surpassed skill. Nor is that all. When the work is finished we subject it to a rigid inspection to make sure tbat it is right. Your search for faults will be fruitless. Prices as low as the work is good. f. H. C00UB6E, Jeweler Atbeua, Oivgou. 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It contains Ulack Cherry bark, Golden Seal root, liloodroot, Stone root, Mandrake root and Queen's root all of which are highly praised as remedies for til the above mentioned affections by such eminent medical writers and teachers as Prof. Bartholow, of Jefferson Med. Col lege; Prof. Hnro, of the Univ. of Pa.; Prof. Finloy Ellingwood, M. I)., of Ben nett Med. College, Chicago ; Prof. John King. M. IX. late of Cincinnati : Prof. John M. Scudder, M. D.. lata of Cincin nati ; Prof. Edwin M. Hale, M. D., of Hahnemann Med. College,- Chicago, and scores of others equally eminent in their several schools of practice. The "Golden Medical Discovery" Is the only medicine put up for sale through druggists for like purposes, that has any such profesnkmnl endorsement worth moro than any number of ordinary testi monials. Open publicity of its formula on the bottle wrapper is the best possible guaranty of Its merits. A glance at this published formula will show that "Golden Medical Discovery" contains no poison ous or harmful agents and no alcohol chemically pure, triple-refined glycerine being used instead. Glycerine Is entirely unobjectionable and besides is a most useful ingredient in tho cure of all stom ach as well as bronchial, throat and lung affections. There is the highest medical authority for its uso in all such cases. The "Discovery "is a concentrated glyc eric extract of native, medicinal roots and Is safe and reliable. A booklet , of extracts from eminent, medical authorities, endorsing Its ingre dients. mailed free on request. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, If. Y, L. M'LACIILAN PLASTERING AND CEMENT WORK. CISTERN BUILDER Leave orders at Gillis' Lumber Yard. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Boston Dental Parlors ; DOES ALL KINDS " OF GOLD WOKK Walla Walla. Washington. THE PALACE DRUGSTORE WM, M'BRIDE, Proprietor, South Side Main Street, Athena, Ore. You know your doctor is all right, but how about tbe tilling of prescriptions? Our Prescriptions are precisely as the doctor ordered . nothing more, nothfog less and always exactly right. . THE WRICHT LIVERY AND FEED STABLE mm GOOD HORSES AND RiSS. REASONABLE PRICES DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED- Horses boarded ly the day, week or month Stables ou 2nd stri ct, South of Alain street J. K. Wright, . - - Proprietor If You WANT CASH For Your REAL ESTATE YOU CAN GET IT. No matter where yonr property is located or what it is, I have the ability and the facilities to sell your property. That is why I have the largest Real Estate business in Walla Walla ; today. Why not put your property among the number tbat will be listed and sold as a resnlt of my advertising? I will not only sell it, sometime, but be able to sell it quick ly. I am a specialist in quick sales. If you want to buy any kind of a farm, borne or business in any part of the couutry, tell me yonr requirements. I guarantee to fill them promptly and satisfactorily. Andy T. Cope, Walla Walla. mm Cut Flowers and Floral Decorations RUSH ORDERS WILL RE CEIVE PROMPT AT TENTION. James Wait, Walla Walla Washington No. 9 South 2nd St. Phone, 327. BLACKSMITH AND . REPAIRING SHOP A. II. LUNA, Proprietor. Shop West of King's Barn, Athena. -Th- COMMERCIAL LIVERY, FEED and SALE STABLE. Best Turnouts In Eastern Oregon Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month KING BROTHERS Pp Peebler & Chamberlain Successors to tbe Umatilla Implement Co. Agricultural Implements WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES, MACHINERY, THRESHERS ETC. ATHENA. Jih. A PARKER " & LANE'S f inr;ai;Ryli BMBERSHOP '. ,i I . . 7 Everything- Fli f"Tw ..';,. 5 " j ; 'Sj-,. . : ' p" rS,r?- h - jjn-a'" 1 Glass - Modern ,y' I - 7" 1 j 1 ' and Up-tu - d a t e 5gj ftf ' Ar. - SOUTH SIDE MAIN ill s STREET . ATHENA. 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Paint may be low priced by the gallon and be extravagant to use owing to to it's poor covering power and wearing quality. After the paint is applied it's too late to save. Start right and use- The Sherwin-Williams Paint MADE TO PAINT BUILDINGS WITH. OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. TOR CARDS I Umatilla Lumber Yard LIST YOUR TROPERTY WITH ME.