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VOLUME 8.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 3, 1895.
NUMBER 20.
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A P. k A. M. NO. 80 MEETS THE
V. First and Third Saturday Kveninga
3i eaco month. Visiting brethereu cor
nauy inviiea to truit tbe lodge
T 0. 0. F. NO. 73, MEETS EVERY
1. Friday night. Visiting Odd Fellow
n jjooa (landing always welcome.
0. U. W. NO. 104, MEETS THE
Second and Fourth Saturday of
month. Fred Rozenswieg,
. ; Recorder.
a THENA CAMP. NO. 171. Woodmen of the
World, meet lt and 8rd Wednenduy of
eacb raontb. Visiting Chopper alwaya wel
come. u. yi. uhbukb, liierK,
T)YTHtAN, NO. 29, MEETS EVERY
JL Thuraday Night.
p & SHARP,
Physician and Surgeon.
Calif promptly answered. Office on Third
cinni, Ahueuift, ureguu.
J-R. I. N. RICHARDSON,
fEKATIVE rBOSTIIETIC DENTIST.
A.THENA,
OREGON.
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MRS. HARDIN, Proprietress.
: : : H. P. MILLEN, Manager.
Can be recommended to the public as
being first- lass in every
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ST. NICHOLS HOTEL
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Only First-Qass Hotel in
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THE ST. NICHOLS
I the only one that can accommodate
commercial travelers.
Can be recommended for It clean and
well ventelated rooms.
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You can buy the best
-3-ply Carpet for 80c;
good Brussells for 50c
Rugs, Lace and Silk
Curtains and House
Furnishing Goods con
siderably cheaper
than any place in the
State of Oregon, of
Jessee Failing at Pen
dleton? : : : : : :
Sewing Machines
U warrentea iu Tears
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Ifso .
Read the Portland Sun.
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SEWING - MACHINE
Is the Best.
The only Machine that will sew "Back
ward as well as Forward without stop
ping. Q,ulet,'.Ltght Running, adjustable In all
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Union Manufacturing Co.
TOLEDO, OHIO
MAX LEWIN'S
LEADER OF
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Green Plantation Costa Rica Coffee 4 lbs.
Borax Soap, per box ;
Favorite Savon Soap, per box.
Small White Beans 20 lbs.
Red Beans 25 lbs
Dry Granulated Sugar 18 lbs
Celebrated Antelope Tea per lb
Mapel Syrup per gallon can
A fresh line of Candies, Nuts, Dates, Figs, Oranges and Lem
ons constantly on hand. Main Street.
THE
FRANK BE AL, proprietor.
r MEAT ALWAYS OH HAND
-FRESH
Highest Cash Price paid t
for Butcher's Stock.
YOU GET; THE VERY BEST AND LOTS OF. IT,
WBTEN YOU SPEND MONEY WITH
BEALE
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YOU CAN BUY
A Sulky Plow for. ..... . .... $ 45 00
A 16 inch Walking Plow for. . . 17 00.
A 14 inch Chilled Plow for . . . 11 00
A 3 Section Harrow for . 16 00
A Gang Plow for. 65 00
ABuggyforv . 75 00
A 4 Spring Hack for. ......... s 90 00
ARoad Cart for 25 00
Lime Per Barrel. . .... . . .............. . . 1 50
Cement Per Barrel 5 00 ,
A14Bar Seeder for ................ ... . 65 00
We have the goods in stock and will sell them to you at the prices
amed. All first class goods.
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FOR iSPOIOTNG GOODS !
SHOTGUNS, RIFLES,
REVOLVERS
AMMUNITION, SHOT, POWDER,
FISniNG TACKLE.
TaWe and Pocket Cutlery,
Barb Wire, Coal
TAYLOR,
FOR THE BLOOD
The Bast Spring Medleln '
Just now everybody is thinking about
taking something for the blood.
A Spring medicine as we speak of
it. And it's a good tiling to do, but you
want to get the proper medicine. If you
consult your physician he will tell you to
ICIAU 3 pDIOP
and that, because the liver has every
thing to d With the blood. If the liver
is sluggish he system is clogged, the
blood becon is impute, and the whole
body suffers Every medicine recom
mended for the blood is supposed to
work on the liver. Then get at once the
" Kino of liver medicines,"
simroojis liver
HEGUIiflTOa
It does Its work well and tones up the
wholesystem. It is ' Better than Pills,"
and can be had i v.id or cowder.
CASH GROCERY.
LOW PRICES.
$100
125.
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35.
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We buy for Cash and sell for
. . . . Cash strictly
Athena, Oregon
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lime Cement
Tents and Wagon Covers.
'THE HARDWARE MAN,"
: : : : Pendleton, Oregon.
control prices of meat.
How Armour,- Swift and Morris Have
Combined Together.
Three great firms control the
price of live cattle and of beef pro
ducts as absolutely as the Stand
ard Oil company fixes the quota
tions on petroleum.
The agricultural department may
not be able to establish the fact to
the satisfaction of Attorney-General
Olney, and others entrusted
with the duty of enforcing the anti
trust law, but it is a fact. A con
gressional committee tried in vain
to get at the truth, yet every cattle-
raiser in the west feels the heel of
the comdine on his neck, and con
sumers realize its power now.
The three firms are Armor & Co
Swift & Co. and Nelson Morris &
Co. They have a combine active
capital of not less than $75,000,000.
They . have immense packing
houses in Chicago, Kansas City and
Omaha that give employment to
more than 20,000 men.
The firms of the combine control
between 1,100 and 1,200 retail and
wholesale meatmarkets throughout
the country which are supplied
with meats by a transportation
service which embraces fully 2,000
refrigerator car?, built, owned and
run by themselves. They have
$20,000 invested in their
local markets, $1C,000 in refrigera
tor cars and $15,000 to $20,000 in
packing plants.
Nearly $1,000,000 a day is used
in the purchase of cattle. More
than $300,000 a week is required
to meet the pay rolls. , In
the course of a year they slaughter
4,000,000.
This stupendous business is the
growth of twenty years of sagacious
management by three of the great
est merchants of the period. .
P. D. Armour, the head and di
recting spirit of Armour & Co.,
hails from New York state, went to
California in 1850, but returned to
Chicago and has made $50,000,000
in meat and grain since the war.
G. H. Swift, head of Swift & Co.,
is a Boston man, and is worth pos
sibly $25,000,000. He is a typical
Yankee in appearance, manner, in
stinct and speech-long-headed, au
dacious and a close figurer.
"Nels." Morris is not unknown
in Wall street as the chief manipu
lator of the "Whisky Trust." -He
is a genius in money getting. He
is worth more than Swift but not
so much as Armour.
For a long time these three men
were rivals. G. H. Hammond, a
driving millionaire of Detroit, now
dead, was also in- the meat busi
ness, while Libby, McNeill & Libby
were nearly big enough to make a
fifth, and they Hie not even left out
of calculation, but they are not of
fensively aggressive.
Each of the "Big Three" excelled
in certain directions, and each was
quick to borrow ideas from the
other, so they all ran along neck
and neck. Armour was first to
conceive the idea of occupying a
market in 'the 6tate, district or
town by the overpowering force of
superior capital. He would drive
out and kill off competition by un
derselling. Competition disposed of
he could mane up the preliminary
expenses by charging high for his
product.
Swift improved on this by build
ing his own town markets through
out the middle and eastern states.
For years he had over 400 of these
markets and was still building,
Armour followed suit and put up
his own market houses by the hun
dreds. Morris also went into the market-house
construction, but on a
more limited scale. He preferred
making alliances with those already
in business. He also found it prof
itable to deal with European gov
ernments, and for several years
past he has been the greatest con
tractor in the world for the feeding
of the armies in the Old World.
They pooled issues ' some years
ago. . They did not go into a pool
on the theory of a division of prof
its or a single management, but
they found many things upon
which they could come to an ami
cable agreement and save money.
The first thing they agreed upon
was to stop bidding against each
other for cattle and combine against
outsiders. They divided up each
day's receipts for cattle and, there
being no other market, the produc
ers were obliged to accept the
"combine's" quotations or take
their cattle home.
Innumerable plans have been
proposed to break up the power of
the "combine" by the immensely
wealthy but scattered cattle-growing
interests, but they discovered
that to "bust the combine" they
would not have only to establish
their own packing houses, but also
to provide for the distribution of
the product, a field the "combine"
had already spent $50,000,000 in
cash and twenty years in time to
occupy. They are now working
on a new plan.
Armour, Swift and Morris also
divided up their territory, thu
avoiding the indiscriminate and
wasteful spending of money for
new market-houses. For merely
oniy the brands of the house whose
sign was on the house could be
had there. Now the consumers
frequently finds it impossible to
buy Armour's stuff in an Armour
market, Swifts's in a Swift market
or Morris' in a Morris market.
That circumstances may not
prove the existence of a "trust,"
but it certainly suggests at least a
"gentleman's agreement."
The "Big Three" do not sell all
the meat that is consumed, but if
the independents "get gay" they
speedally .feel the power of the
"combine," and the ground is cut
from under them. Experience has
taught the independents that they
serve their own interests best by
selling at prices the big fellows
fix.
Foretold in a Remarkable Dream.
We know a great many people
take no stock in dreams, but fre
quently they come true and sur
prise both the dreamer and those
who it may effect. Here is a dis
patch from Laurel, Del., of April
23, which is not only interesting
but also strictly true:
' Charles Fooks, son of Daniel
Fooks, Laurel's wealthiest citizen
died a few .days ago. Three
months ago Edwar Taylor, an aged
citizen, was laughed at for telling
the story of a etrange dream he
had had, foretelling the death of
eight prominent citizens. A few
days later he seriously said that he
he was worried by the return of the
dream, and that the four persons
first yarned to die would be the
most prominent and wealthy citi
zens of tho county. They were
Benjamin Fooks, Governor Narvel,
William Daniels aa,d Daniel Fooks.
The first three are dead and so is
the oldest son of the last named.
Two others seen in Taylor's dream
are ill, and also homeward bound
' Those who never read the adver
tisements in their newspaper miss
more than they presume. Jonath
an Kenison, of Bolan, Worth Co.,
Iowa, who had been troubled with
rheumatism in his back, arms and
shoulder, read an item in his pa
per about how a prominent Ger
man citizen of Ft. MadiBon had
been cured. He procured the same
medicine, and to use his own words:
' "It cured me right up." He also
says: A neighbor and his wife
were both tick in bed with rhou
matigm. Their boy was over to
my bouse and said they were so
bad that he had to do the cooking.
I told him of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and how it had cured me, he
procured a bottle of it and it cured
them up in a week. 50 cent bot
tles for salo by Onburn
Queer Things in Yamhill.
Queer things happen in Old Yam
hill. Harry Guild's boy was re
cently sent to the posture to drive
home a cow and calf, but in the
herd there happened to be a long
legged, white-tailed steer, which,
upon seeing the boy, started at a
ten-mile gait through the woods,
when he turned, jumped the creek,
followed by the calf. The boy
pulled off hia jacket and away he
went, in the vain endeavor to eith
er turn back or separate tie calf.
After running a mile or so, until
ho was tired out and winded, he
stopped short, and shaking his fist
at the calf, he exclaimed. "Now
go it, you gol-darned, dad-gasted
fool, I'll take the cow home and
when your supper time comes you
will see what kind of a son-of-a-gun
of a mother you have got."
Lo, the Poor Indian.
A delegation of braves from Fort
Hall reservation called on Gov.
McConnell, of Idaho, the other day
to get him to write to the presi
dent and state their grievances
against their new agent Teeter,
and ask for the reappointment of
their old agent, A. W. Fisher.
They claim Teeter says mean
things of the Indians and continu
ally threatens to jail them, gives
them bones for meat and only half
rations, and when he visits their
homes carries a pistol. They fur
ther say he shot himself and wants
to get them into trouble through
his own fault. The Indians are
opposed to the openirg of the res
ervation. The governor wrote ti
the president as requested, who no
doubt will listen also to the other
side of the story.
: Chinese Bicyclists.
Pendleton has several Chinamen
who are enthusiastic wheelmen,
and thpy keep two bicycles busy
all the time. Mr. Eastman, the
Falcon bicycle represent! ve, now in
Pendleton, says the Japanese are
much ahead of the Chinamen in
good riding and invariably buy the
highest priced wheels, says the
EaBt Oregonian.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Litest U. S. Gov't Report
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EASTERN OREGON.
The Benefits to be Derived From Di
. uersified Farming Livestock
Interests.
We make the following extracts
from the -interesting letter to the
Oregonian, from Hon. A. W. Gow
an, which faithfully portrays the
needs qI Eastern Oregon.
"A large portion of Eastern Ore-
gon is adapted to the growing of
broomcorn. It is just as sure a
crop as wheat, and has proven
more profitable to the farmers of
Nebraska and Kansas, and gives a
wider demand for labor. Every
neighborhood where this product
can be raised should have a broom
factory, by which employment
throughout the winter season could
be furnished quite a number of per
sons in broom-making for the mar
ket, ;
"The growing of flax Bhould be
a great industry, as it will thrive
in all localities. It requires only a
short growing season to mature it,
and it is quite possible that two
crops could be raised on the same
piece of ground each year. It is
is not liable to damage by storms
or wet weather.
''This would be a profitable in
dustry, as the seed yield would be
from fifteen to thirty bushels to the
acre, from which oil could be taken
with little expense, and the fibers
made into ropes, cordage or bur
lap, or in the raw state it would
have a profitable commercial val
ue. .
"The stock interests of a large
portion of Eastern Oregon will con
tinue for many years hence to be a
leading industry, by reason of nat
ural adaptation of climate and nat
ural productions; but it seems
senseless to ship hides, horns,
bones and wool, etc., to foieign
markets, when we should have all
the necessary factories, for their
treatment within our own borders.
Why bring a shoe from anywhere,
so long as we furnish the hide for
the shoe; in fact, everything but
the labor to shape and fasten it to
gether? EVery 6ounty in eastern
Oregon should have a wool-scouring
mill, and enough woolen
factories in the state to work up
everv pound of wool purchasea
here:"
A Brand New Thing.
In the upper country they are
killing squirrels now with lice.
They have tried to give them the
smallpox and other contagious dis
eases, but it failed. Finally they
imported a few lousy squirrels and
now where there used to be twenty
there is but one. The lice seem to
eat them up alive. Those caught
in traps are lousy and as lean
as a match and are more dead than
alive. It seems to be a sure cure
and the time will come when they
will sell squirrel lice over the count
er in drug stores as they now sell
bird seed.
Our better halves say they could
not keep house without Chamber
lains Cough Remedy. It is used
in more than half the homes in
Leeds. Sims Bros., Leeds, Iowa.
This phowa the esteem in which
that remedy is held where It has
been sold for years and is well
known. Mothers have learned
that there is nothing so good for
colds, croup and whooping cough,
that it cures these ailments quickly
and permanently, and that it is
pleasant and safe for children to
take. 25 and 50 cent bottles for
sale by Osburn. ,
DISCHARGED CONVICTS.
Have a Hard Row to Hoe In the Ore
gon Penitentiary.
When the convicts are discharg
ed from the penitentiary at Salem
the custom has been to give the
man $5 with which to get out of
town. In the case of friendless,
homeless fellows this small amount
of money came as a godsend, en
abling them to put a distance be
tween themselves and the walls of
the prison. ; What becomes of all
these men, and , how they manage
to get out where they are unknown
and secure work, if inclined to be
honest, is not known. Discharged
convicts thrown out upon a town
the size of Salem must have a hard
time of it indeed. If they , have
just left prison everybody knows it
and the sad truth is, as an ex-convict
says, few people care to em
ploy the ex-convict, because they
are afraid to trust him.
The fund from which ex-convicts
were supplied on being discharged
f!Ts
1 ill na I tm. .
a vtou
is now exhausted, and how long
the drawing from the general fund
will continue the governor does
not know. The failure to provide
for the convict fund is likely to re
Bult in a large number of ex-convicts
being left to drift along the
valley towns and almost invariab
ly they will bring up down in
Portland.
"The last legislature did many
things that were wrong and failed
in many instances lo do anything
at all," says the Salem Post.
"One thing in particular which
they failed to do was to provide
means for the 'convicts who are
discharged from the penitentiary
whereby they could leave the city
or state, for now they get nothing.
At Walla Walla we believe they
receive a cheap suit of clothes and
$10 when discharged, bome in
vest their little cash is spirituous
refreshments and go from the pen
to jail while others quietly pull
out and are seen no more.
License Them. .
Th6 county is overrun with ped
dlers, to the damage of everybody
concerned, except themselves. . The
parties who buy of them are gen
erally more or less duped, as the
stock Jof good peddled is gener
ally old-fashioned shop-worn stuff
that is dear at any price, and the
merchants who have good stock
have their trade curtailed. As
none of these pay taxes it is highly
E roper that their business should
e licensed, so that they are placed
more nearly under the burdens
that our merchants have to bear.
A tax of not less than $100 a quar
ter should be levied upon them,
and in the meanwhile those who
have goods to purchase had better
patronize their local merchants,
whether of The Dalles or other
wise. Your home merchants, will
generally do better by you than
any body else, and besides he, and
not the peddler, is the man who
carries you when you need it. The
Dalles Chronicle.
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
How to Cure Yourself While Using It.
The tobacco habit grows on a
man until his nervous system ia
seriously affected, impairing health,
comfort and happiness. To quit
suddenly is too severe a shock to
the system, as tobacco, to an invet
erate user becomes a stimulant
that his system continually craves.
Baco-Curo is a scientific cure for
the tobacco habit, in all its forme,
carefully compounded" after the
formula'of an eminent Berlin phy
sician who has used it in his pri
vate practice since 1872, without a
failure, purely vegetable and guar
anteed perfectly harmless. You
can use all the tobacco you want,
while taking Baco Curo, it will no
tify you when to stop. We give ft
written guarantee to permanently
cure any case with three boxee,or re
fund the money with 10 per cent,
interest. Baco-Curo is not a sub
stitute, but a scientific cure, that
cures without the aid of the will
f ower and with no inconvenience,
t leaves the system as pure, free
from nicotine as the day you took
your first chew or smoke. Sold by
all druggist, with our ironclad guan
tee, at $1.00 per box, three boxes,
thirty days treatment, $2.50, or
sent direct upon receipt of price.
Send six two-cent Btamps for sam
ple box, booklet and proofs free.
Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing
Company, Manufacturing Chemists
La Crosse, Wisconsin.
It will be an agreeable surprise
to persons subject to attacks of bil
ious colic to learn that prompt re
lief may be had by taking Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy. In many instan
ces the attack may be prevented
by taking this remedy as 30on as
the first symptoms of the disease
appear. 25 and 50 cent bottles for
sale by Osburn.
Wheat and Sacks.
Wheat brought 40 cents in Pen
dleton Saturday. It wa a lot of
mixed bluestem and club. It is 5
cents better than any previous
sales reported. It is understood
that the price of sacks this year will
be 6 cents. Last year farmers paid
8 cents for them.
Karl's Clover Root, the great
Blood purifier gives freshness and
clearness to the Complexion and
cures Constipation, 25 cts., 50 cts.,
$1.00.
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