AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Twicb-a-VVeek Tcesuat akd Friday
F.B.Boyd, Publishfe.
Entered as second-class matter, March 1,
HK)J, at tbe poitofflce at Athena, Oregon
Under an Actot Congress of March 3, 1879
Subscription Katct :
er year, In advanct K.U0
Hlngle copies In wrappers, 5c,
Advertising Kates:
Ijocai reading notices, Orsttnsertlon.lOcper
ne. Kmh subsequent Insertion. 6c.
II communications should be addressed to
I PIIK8S AthenaUregon
ATHENA, ORE., OCTOBER... 9, 1906
Umatilla county wheat raisers will
be interested in tbe following statis
tics relutive to wheat production in
the Argentine republic.
Aside from the production of cattle,
by which Argentina first attracted
attention, the country is known as a
wheat grower and will continue to in
crease in importance in this direction.
The extraordinary gaiu made during
1903 01 in crop raising as against ani
mal production was not due to any
unnatural or pLeuomoual causes. Ex
ports of farm products during tbe first
six mouths of 1904 increased more
than a third over the sume period in
1903, which was considered a very
good year. At tbe same time tbe ex
ports of animal produots fell off 8
per cent. The total wheat export of
Argontiua up to the 1st of October,
1004, was 100,000,000 . bushels, while
the total for tbe year 1903 was only
75,000,000, and for tbe preceding year
only 23,690,070 bushels. The wheat
area is rapidly extending to the west
and southwest. Tbe aoreago esti
mated by tbe Argeutiua department of
agriculture tor tbe past seasou was 9,
275,178, and the estimated production
224,160,608 bushels. This is chiefly
in tbe province of Buenos Ayres,
Santa Fe and Cotdooa, with smaller
amounts in Eutre Bios and in tbe ter
ritory of tbe Pampa.
Tbe Barnes brothers of Elgiu have
purchased 150 head cf goats and will
engage in gcat raising. They made
their purchaso from gout raisors in
Western Oregon aud have a flue herd
to start with. The promoters of the
new scheme have several hundred
aores of timber land north of that city
on which the animals will be kept a
greater part of tho time, On some of
the land the timber has been removed
audit is thought (but tbo gouls will
grmitly UHsint in clearing tbo luud of
undi'igrovvl I) and brush, b'out rais
ing Iiiih fii own to be qui o u Iiiijro uri
prnllliiblu industry in I lie w hIchi u it
ot the Htutu nil (I IhriOH i;o i umiu why
lUHiilis us tiond should not be ohluined
t'ust iif the disomies. Mobnir londily
wells tor 110 lo 00 cents u r pound.
In Eastern and Central Wnshingtou
tho faruiors' telephoue liues are being
connected with the Puuillu States
Tolophono & Telegraph company's long
(Hstauce system, and wherever tho
change has been made, after thorough
deiuonsttatiou, tho set vice is said to
be found much better than under the
old method of buviug your neighbor
to cull up another neighbor before
you am tumbled to talk with omo
other neighbor. The rural lines en
NEXT WEEK-LISTEN!
Next Week is Fair Week tit Walla Walla. It will be good better
than heretofore taces, tine stock, fruits art display aud other attrac
tions, nud you want to son it. So be sure nud come, aud bring peluty of
looso change, for you'll find things at Duvis-Kaset's great store that
you'll bo eure to waut things that vour home dealers do not show
things that you would lather select personally thau to order by mail.
There are endless nmnhprs of then), all over this gieat store and at price
that will save you good money. Thou thre will bo special price redac
tions for tbe benefit of fair visitors on u number of liues. among which
are Vases, Jiadiuiers, Hand Painted China, Cut Glass, Picuties, Crupets,
Manicure sots, etc. You tire snro to find things you waut aud opportuni
ties to stivo money, so come prepared. Whether buying or looking you are
ALWAYS WELCOME AT DAVIS KASERS
Welcome to use our iest rooms, our telephone, to leave your buudles
e'o. Make Davis Kasor's your meeting place aud beadqoratera, while
iu the city.
Use
Our
Rest
Room
THE DAVIS-KASER CO.
Everything to Furnish the
Home.
12 14-16 18 20 22 Alder Street.
WALLA WALLA, -:- WASH
tering Athena are accommodated in
tbe matter of making connections by
Wm. McBride' and O. A. Barrett &
Go. These firms have for the most
part given time and attention to tele
phoue calls free of charge. Tbe rural
telephone business baa assumed snob
proportions that tbe point is reached
where an operator is necessary, and
the question baa been raised whether
it wonld not be mare satisfactory to
merge tbe rural lines with those of tbe
long distance company and Have all
tbe work done through one bffloe and
with one set of operators. Argument
favoring this consolidation is made
strong by tbe claim that charges
would be low and tbe service wonld
be of tbe best.
A neat swindle has been worked on
the state of Washington, whereby
that state is loser by several thousand
dollars. Our sister state has a bounty
of $1 on coyotes and $2.60 on wild
cats, and a genius named Wright has
been raking in the shekels protty fast
during tbe past six months. His rec
ord has been great daring tbe past six
months on coyotes and wildcats in
King county, be having presented 450
coyote and wildcat scalps. This led
to an investigation and it was learned
that tbe scalps were brought on from
tbe east and panned off on tbe easy
couuty officials.
The News Letter published at Hood
River celebrates its first anniversary
by getting out a flue,20-page illustrat
ed edition, setting forth the great
advantages of Hood Biver and that
valley. Tbe edition is tbe best that
has ever reached onr desk. Not only
is it well edited but tbe illustrations
excel those of the ordinary magazine
and tbo press work is perfect The
edition is a credit to tbe publisher and
the town wbiob it advertises.
Tbe democrats nominated W. B.
Hearst for governor of New York,
and endorsed Bryan. Tbe republicans
nominated Hughes for governor and
endorsed President Roosevelt's ad
ministration. Tammany hall helped
Hearst to defeat the Jerome demo
crats, and now tbe latter will bolt
Hearst. Such is politics in the Em
pire state.
William Piukney Whyte, tbe new
senator from Maryland, was 82 years
old in August. He has for colleagues
Edmund W. Pettus, 85 years old, and
John T. Morgau, eighty two, the two
from Alabama. Tbeso three meu
are seuators iudeed, in the original
sense of the word.
Tbe Hermiston Herald is tbe young
est aud latest newspaper swaddling to
make its appearance ou tbe Press ex
change table. It is a healthy infant,
comes to us iu u handsome dress aud
apparently is nursed by pome otic who
i-i well tip in t ho WRys Hiid niuuDcrs of
i newspaper work.
-'iiiniiwmW iiii.i .
I
j Dolliug is t popular fad. 1'nyor
i MeClellau tins bolted Heaist Jri ft y
thousand republicans will holt the
he id ot the ticket in Iowa. Tho
bowses must be defeated, 'ibis is n
bud year for bad meu.
Cuban independence is only an
"irridesceut dream," full of uight
maros. Don't blame Palma for want
ing to skidoo. Tbe Teller resolution
was a stupid and stupendous blunder.
A Kansas statesman suggests a law
making it a criminal oflense to give
uway campaign cigars. Move to
amend by mnkiug it a ctimlnal
Make
Your
appointments:
Here
offense to give away 5 cent cigars for
campaign purposes.
Until President Roosevelt becomes
a grandfather. Emperor William may
claim that be is a better man than tbe
great Amerioan.
THE DIVORCE EVIL.
Spokesman-Review.
Tbe reoen grinding out of a large
number of divorces by tbe courts in
this city. while not aooompanied by
any partionlar sensational featuers has
afforded to all who take an interest in
tbe divorce question as a social prob
lem an interesting subject for study
and reflection. If tbe number of de
crees that have just been granted were
a matter of everyday occurrence there
wonld be a strong sentiment that con
ditions bore were terribly and regret
tably bad. Tbey are bad enough, it
is true, but not qnite so serious as tbe
court records of a week would seem
to indicate. The practioe of reserv
ing for special dates tbe disposition of
divoroe cases must be taken into con
sideration. If conditions are worse here than
conld be desired tbey are still not
nearly so bad as in some other locali
ties. It is predicted tnat the forth
coming report of tbe census burean on
marriage and divorce will not reflect
any credit on the people of the United
States. While the statistics are far
from complete, the work ot gather
ing them has gone far enough lo con
vince the burean that tbe complete
showing will reveal a startling con
dition of affairs. In some cities the
agents of tbe burean aie finding that
for certain periods the courts have
been divorcing men and women about
as rapidly as the preachers unite them
in marriage.
In nearly all tbe northern cities, it
is said, tbe statistics show that the
divorce mills have been working
overtime. In most seotions of tbe
south the marriage vow is still held
sacred. Even in the southern cities
tbe agents are finding that divorce
proceedings are seldom resorted to.
Tbe popular demand for remedial
legislation 1 is likely to be renewed
when tbe complete report is made
public, and state legislatures meeting
next January may find themselves be
sieged by tbe advocates of reform. It
is understood that whatever is done
will have to be by tbe various states,
congress cot being constitutionally
authorized to pass , a federal law ou
tbe subjeot applicable to all tbe
states. There is unfortunately little
reason to expect that uniformity in
state legislation which is hoped for in
order to give real strength and gener
al effectiveness to ooriection of tbe di
vorce evil. !
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Baker City Herald.
Where the law conflicts nae common
sense. in loiiowmg tnat metnoa
Judge Wm. Smith this morning solv
ed the problem which has been pre-
plexing tbe conrts of Baker county
since Oscar Jacobsou was arrested
charged with moving sheep from the
couuty without a permit from tbe
stonk iuspeotor, Carl Parker.
Tbe circuit court through Judge
Smith this morning held that Jacob
son's defense, that he had a permit
from tin Uuion couuty iuspi'Ctor, was
good. Ht diieoted the jury to return
a veidiet acquitting Jacbsnn.
There seems to be two laws rejrurd
iug stock inspection ou tbe statute.
With one of tbeso Jaeo'uso.i had com
plied. One giro4 the permission to
move stock upon tbe certificate of the
iuspeotor of tbe couuty iu which tbey
are at the time of moving, the other of
the inspector of tbe county into wbicb
they may bo moved.
Judge Smith decided that it was for
the protection of the county into
which the sheep were being taken that
the law was intended, and that the
certificate of the Union county inspec
tor whoso territory was about to be
invaded by Jaoobson's sneep, was
the proper one. He held that as a
matter of commou sense it would uot
protect Baker county stock to have
unhealthy sheep kept in the couuty,
but that it would injure tho 6 took ot
tbe county into whioh they were to be
taken, aud hence the jurisdiotiou
should rest with the Uuion couuty
man.
NEW PUZZLE: HOW OLD IS JANE.
Denver Times.
One of the justices the other day eu
conutered a problem that is still puz
zling him. Among the wituesses in a
case was a woman who bad been call
ed to tell of the quarrel whioh led up
to a hair-pulling botweeu two of her
neighbors in a big tenement bouse.
She took the stand and was sworn,
, aud counsel for the defeudaut asked
' her name.
"Jane Symouds," she auswered.
! "How old are you?" asked the law
yer.
"Well," respouded the witness, "I
am tbe oldest of the family. There
ere fifteen of us, aud there is just a
year and a half exactly between tbe
birthdays. I am just eight times the
age of my little sister Eva, who is the
yonugest of the family. Yon can
figure it out for yourself."
Tbe court aud the Inwyets are still
figuring. See if yon cau make it out.
Settle Up.
Those kuowiug themselves to be in
debted to Wm. lcBride, tbe druggist,
are expected to call and settle by Oc
tober 15. Otherwise cost of collec
tion may be aciJed.
Are You Tired, Nervous
and Sleepless?
Nervousness and gloopli'ssnog are us
ually due o thf fact that the nerves are
not "fed on pnierly nourishing blond;
they lire nffirwl wrves. Dr. Pierce's
(ioii'en Medical Discovery vtike pure,
rU-h ., a ml thereby the nerves am
properly nourished and all the organs of
fie body are run as smoothly as machin
ery which runs In oil. In this way yon
f.el clean, stronpr and strenuous you are
toned up and invigorated, rnd you arc
pooil for a whole lot of physical or mental
v.-or. Best of all. the strength and in
crease in vitality and health are Inxtliui.
The trouble with most tonics and med
icines which have a largo, booming sale
for a short time. Is that they are largely
composed of alcohol holdlng the drugs in
solution. This alcohol shrinks up the red
blood cnrnuselos. and In the long run
greatly Injures the system. One may fool
exhilarated and better for the time being,
yet in thp end weakened and with vitality
decreased. Dr. Pierce's (lolden Medical
Discovery contains no alcohol. Every
bottle of it boars upon its wrapper The
Jiadije iif 1Uhk:x1i. in a full list of all its
several ingredients. For the druggist to
offer you something he claims ia "just as
good " Is to insult your intelligence.
Every ingredient entering into the
world-famed "Golden Medical Discovery"
has tho unanimous approval and endorse
ment of tho loading medical authorities
of all tho several schools of practice. No
other medicine sold through druggists for
like purposes has any such endorsement.
Tho "Golden Medical Discovery" not
only produces all the good effects- to be
obtained from the use of Golden Seal
root, in all stomach, liver and bowel
troulHos, us In dyspepsia, biliousness, con
stipation, ulceration of stomach and
bowels and kindred ailments, but tho
Gulden Seal root used in its compound
ing Is greatly enhanced In its curative ac
tion 1 y other ingredients such as Stone
root, lilack Chorrybark, Bluodroot, Man
drake root, and chemically pure triple
rclined glycerine.
' The Common Sense Medical Adviser,"
Is ent free. In paper covors on receipt of
21 one-cent stamps to pay the cost of mail
ing oiilii. For 31 stamps the cloth-bound
volume will bo sent. Address Dr. R. V.
Pierce. Buffalo. N, Y.
jr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation, biliousness and headache.
HENRY KEEN'S
.Barber Shop.
Shaving, Haircutting,
Shampooing, Massage
for Face and Scalp.
.HOT BATHS. I
Shop North Side Main
Street, Athena, Ore.
If there Is no Piano in the bonse.
one should be purchased or at least
hired. And it should be one or tne
BEST PIANOS
shown iu onr rooms. These instru
ments are the nerfeotion of mechan
ical workmanship and are unexcelled
eor sweetness aud richness ot tone.
STANLEY PIANO HOUSE,
Main Street, Walla Walla, Wash
"o Cere Const! nation Furevex.
Take Ciisearets Cum!" Guthiirlic. 10c or 25a
J. C. O. fail to cure. clnjFtists refund njones
Foley's Kidney Cure
makes kidneys end bladder right
FOR
COUGHS
THE
FOR
THROAT
j:
uu
CHAS. EBY, SR., of Elizabeth, III writes: "I paid out over $150 to local phy
sicians, who treated me for La Grippe without giving me any relief. I afterward
bought; a $1.00 bottle of DR. KING'S NEW DISCOVERY, and after taking contents
of this one bottle I was entirely cured."
Prici 50c tnd $1.03 ABSOLUTELY CUARAFJ7EEPI Trial Bottles Fres
W. McBRIDE, THE PALACE DRUG STORE, SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET ATHENA
J. D. PLAMONDON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office in '
Barrett Building, - Athena, Oregon
Foley's Honey and Tar
for chiidren.safe.sure. No opiates.
COMMERCIAL
LIVERY STABLE
HARRY M'BRIDE, MANAGER
Best Stock and Rigs in the City.
Competent Drivers.
Stock Boarded by the Day, Week
or Month at Reasonable Rate.
NORTH SIDE STREET, ATHEAN, ORE
National
of Athena
CAPITAL STOCK. $50,000
SURPLUS, 17,500
We do Strictly a Commercial Business. We Solicit
the Accounts ot Individuals, Finns
and Corporations.
OFFICERS
!.ADAMS, President,
'. J. KIRK, Vice President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
I. M. KEMP, Ass't. Cashier.
f.-P'j VT&i - i
' .mm n &- i te
! ji 'ii;-
mkmk
j cry fcs
THE STANDARD PEM3 EVERYWHERE. 1 50 Styles FlnBer'oad Pomts"''
GnM h. Ill Stullnnare
EK33I
WONDER WORKER
1 AND
DR. ICBNC'S LUPJCS
SOLD MO BEGOBISED BY
BLACKSMITH AKD
REPAIRING SHOP
A. II. LUNA, Propiktor.
Shop West of King's Barn, Atbeua.
THE WRICHT LIVERY
AND FEED STABLE
COOD HORSESIANO RICS. REASONABLE PRICE
DRIVER FURNISHEDJUHEN DESIRED-
Horses boarded by the day, week or month
Stables on 2nd street, South of Main slrei l
J. F. Wright, . . - Proprietor-
DIRECTORS
II. C. ADAMS. T. J. KIRK, F. S.
Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E.
COLBERN. . -
CITY MEAT MARKET
C. II. Sherman Prop.
Nothing too good for our pat
rons. We cut the best meat money
can buy. Fish and outers in
season. Give us a trial.
PARKER
& LANE'S
HIP
Kv r iliihu I ioi
( Uni Si t i i it
Htii r i -tu - (i it t
SOUTH SIDE MAIN
SIRtET AIHENA
STEEL PENS
FOR
COLDS
r
C
Bank
I i