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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1895)
ATHENA PRESS Published Every Prldey Morning By J. W. SMITH, Pbopbietob. F. B. Boyd, Editor. Entered at Athena pootoffice ai second-elai mall matter. Subscription 'Rates: Per year, la advance, f -50 Blngle copies. In wrappers, 6c Advertising 'Rates; .Local reading notices, 11 ret Insertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent Insertion, 5c. All communications should be addressed to he PBEBS, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA, JUNE 21 1805. The Portland Sun is of the op inion that the unexpected will hap pen if the United Stites continue on the good basis as decreed by the Belmont-Morgan-Rothschild-Carl. isle-Cleveland syndicate. The story of what happened onco be fore will be found on page 553 of Ridpath's "History of the United States." It is the story of a."Black Friday," of a "Gold-Basis Friday." It follows: "In the autumn of 1869 occured the most extraordinary momentary excitement ever known in the Unit , ed States, or perhaps in the world. A company of unscrupulous specu lators in New York city, headed by Jay Gould and Jamea Fiiik, jr., succeeded in producing what is known as a 'corner' in the gold market and brought the business interest of the metropolis to 'the verge of ruin. During the civil war the credit of the government had declined to such an extent that at one time a dollar in gold was worth 286 cents in paper cur rency, But after the restoration of national authority the value of pa per money appreciated and in the fall of 1869 the ratio of gold to the greenback dollar had fallen to about 130 to 100. There wer at this time in the banks of New York $15,000,000 in gold coin and in the subtreasury of the United States $100,000,000 more. The plan of Gould and Fisk was to get control by purchase of the greater part of the $15,000,000 to prevent the sec retary of the treasurer from selling any part of the $100,000,000 under his authority. Then, haying con trol of the market, to advance the price of gold to a fabulous figure, Bell out all they had themselves and retire from the field of slaught ered fortunes with their accumulat ed millions of spoils. Having care fully arranged all preliminaries, the conspirators, on the 13th of September, began their work of purchasing gold, at the same time constantly advancing the price. By the 22 of the month they had succeeded in putting up the ratio to 140. On the next day the price rose to 144. The members of the conspiracy now boldly avowed their determination to advanco the rate to 200, and it seems that on the morrow they would put their threat into execution. On the morning of the 24th, known as Black Friday, the bidding in the goldroom began , with intense excitement. The brokers of Fisk and Gould ad vanced the price to 150, 155 and finally to 160, at which figure they were obliged to purchase several millions by a company of merch ants, who had banded themselves together with the determination to fight the gold gamblers to the last. Just at this moment came a dis patch that Secretary Boutwell had ordered a sale "of $4,C00,000 from the subtreasury. There was an in stantaneous panic. The price of - gold went down 20 -per cent in less than as many minutes. The spec ulators were blown away in an up roar, but they managed, by accum ulated frauds and corruptions, to carry off with them more than $11, 000,000 as the fruits of their nefar ious scheme. Several months elapsod before the business of the country recovered from the effects of the shock." There is a young man in Ath ena, who, if reports are true and we have heard none to the contra ryshould be taken in hand properly and given a good whole Bome lesson in the manner in which he should treat his mother. The family, of which he is 6 member, resides in the north part of the city. The father is dead, and the wife and children are in most des titute circumstances. The county contributed to their support until the commissioners became aware that the son was amply able to support the family, but was simp ly too lazy to do so, and that source of support was withdrawn. Thus the mother and younger ones are compelled to suffer for the most bommon necessaries of life, by the worthless ways of the son. It is said by those living in . the neighborhood that the mother cuts the fire-wood for the household while the dutiful (?) and able bodied son answers roll call in a blue coat with brass buttons at the armory at Weston, or attends reg ularly the meetings of the Epworth League. The death of Hon. A. J. Dufur say the Portland Tomahawk, brings back to memory the recollection of an anecdote as told by himself. Some years ago the old pioneer took an extensive visit to the East ern states and among the places he drifted into happened to be Phila delphia. It turned out that one day a street car conductor in making change for a dollar gave Mr. Dufur the entire amount in pennies, large, copper pennies at that. This so amused the old gent lemen that, after shaking- them in his hands for a few moments, he scattered them all over the car, and then taking from his pocket a handful of twenty dollar gold pieces he said to the conductor and others in the car, "This is the kind of money we use in Oregon, and if any of you come there I will give you a bucketful of them." The old gentleman was an enthusiastic lover of Oregon, and never failed to speak good on every possible oc casion. After him was named the town of Dufur, located a short dis tanco from The Dalles, where he died highly respected and beloved by all who knew him. " Colleges are going wild over ath lotic sports. That worshiping at the shrine of athletics detracts from legitimate collegiate work no one who has investigated matter can deny. The success of young Crura in a foot-race in the east attracted more attention than the greatest intellectual feat on record. In con tents in oratory of debate among the institutions of the country a pausing notice is given by the press, but when some athlete wins in a contest of muscle and endurance, possibly brute force, the whole country is aroused and column af ter column is written in regard to it. Exercise and recreation is all right but to place these as upper most in a college education is all wrong. A drunken New Yorker was in the act of cutting his wife's throat with a razor when a St. Bernard dog, owned by a neighbor, sprang upon the wretch and would have torn him limb from limb had not the owner come to the rescue. The woman had frequently petted and fed the dog and with a human in telligence he saw her danger and saved her lifu. Here is a spectacle for you. The man who swore to love, cherish and protect the wo man repays her love with murder and the dumb brute rewards her kindness with his life's service Tut; action of the citizens of Wardnor and other mining towns in the Cceur d'Alene in backing up the mine owners to the extent of allowing them to work the mines without being dictated to by the miner's union, will bring the up per country to a greater degree of prosperity than ever before. The Pendloton Tribune calls P II. Winston, of Spokare, a reno gade republican because he is a be liever in the free coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. This is a powerful argument for a singlo gold standard and ought to silence Mr. Winston.1 Union Re publican. A tramp is a tramp. A work man seeking employment h not a tramp. A tramp al ways sneaks up to the back door to frighten women and to beg food. A workman seek ing employment or asking a bite to eat comes to the front door like a man and tells his wants like a man. Now is the Opportunity to buy the best of Goods at Bottom Prices. THESE BRG-IIiSrS Are the kind L. Dusenberry & Co., always delight to give you. It is needless to say more, for the prices in our store are the recognized standard that all others follow. W WWW ' Take your choice at our stock ot one bua- 30 30 area piece 01 canco. A beautiful line of Challlei in nice, desir- aoie Bpnng snauen. The balance of those pretty Crlmpollne, 12 in pink, cream, lavender ana black, Fifty piece of Apron Checked Gingham, to be cloned out at 25 Great Values in Our Grocery Department. Dry Granulated Sugar Extra C Sugar 1-lb package Arbuckle Coffee 1-lb package Yosemite Coffee. Small White Beans . . . Pink Beans w iir w m Grea t Bargains in A tramp carries revolvers and al ways resists arrests and makes in solent answers to a civil question. A workman seeking employment has no use for a gun. The tramp and his supporters are the worst enemies of an honest working man. Those drainage troughs on either side of Main street, as usual, about this time of the year are beginning to smell very badly. In front of Mosgrove's store the water is stand ing with a green scum on the top of it, and a school of merry frogs croak away. Clean the frog pond out. Gold has been discovered in Ok lahoma territory, and the rush to Bagg creek, the section where the discovery was made, eclipses the famous "Boomer" rush for land, when the territory was thrown open for settlement. The Alliance Hearld comes to our exchange table in a new form and greatly improved, -typographically. A Raiing Peanuts. - Tr . ut. u. w. King is expei lmeming with a small peanut crop and has planted a portion of his garden with this seed. The plants are up and growing finely. The soil along the river ia well adapted to peanut cultivation and can bo prepared for sowing as late as the middle of June. The U. S. Farmers' bulle tin suggests the following rotation. Peanuts, followed in the tall by winter rye or oats, and the next summer the land sown to crimson clover, to be followed the next year with peanuts again, bo that every other year peanuts will be the crop. Care in the Belection of seed is urged. Alalyses show that peanut hay and peanut cake have a high feeding valuo. Tribune. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There Is only one way to cure Deafness, and that Is by con stitutional remedleH. Draniess is caused by an Inflamed comllt ton of the mucous lining of t he eustachian Tube, When the tube gets iu. flamed you have a rumbling: Bound or Im perfect hearing, and when It is entirely clos ed Deafness Is the result, and unions toe In flammation can be taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will lie destroyed forever; nine coxes out of ten are caused from catarrh, which is nothing but an lntlnmen condition of the mucous surface. We will give One Hundred dollars Reward for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. V J. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, O. bold by druggists, 75c. Public Notice. Notice U hereby given that I will apply to the Mayor and common council of the city of Allien, Oregon, at a meeting thereof to be held on the lot h day of July, l&tt, for a license to sell spirituous, malt and vinous liquors In letu quantities than one quart, said liquor to be sold only in the Matlock building situated on lot 9, In block &, of said city. 1.KW Shaw. iJated June 20, 1K& Apdlicant. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Olllee at La Grande, Oregon, June 11. ISsCx Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler has filed not lee of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the County Judge of rmatllla county, at IVndle ton, Ore., on July iff, l!tt, vis. A. Lincoln Swaooart, lid No. 4SO, for the N K sec 7, tpi N R S5 E W M. lie names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, said land, vi J. w. stamper, Willis Bush, Oas Cam on and T. M. Bush, all of Ath ena, Oregon. Any person who desires to protest against the allowance of such proof, or who knows of any substantial reason, o inter the law and the regulations of the Interior Department, why Mich proof should not be allowed, will be Riv ed an opportunity at the above mentioned time and place to cross-examine the witnesses of said claimant, and to oilif evidence In re buttal of that submitted by claimant. 11. K Wilson, Register. ;Great Bargain Sale: READ THESE PRICES CAREFULLY . . . YDS $1. YDS $1. One line of Novelty Double Width Dress Suiting, One line Ladies' Black Hoso, war ranted fast blacK, One line Ladies' Kid Button Shoes patent tip. One line Ladles' Low cut Oxford Shoes, patent tip, 24-inch Parasols, fast black Satine nice handles, PER YD YDS $1. w w w w 17 lbs $1.00 18 lbs $1.00 22c . . .22c 25 lbs $1.00 30 lbs $1.00 Dairy bait, 50-lb Tomatoes, 2i-lb Corn, 2-lb cans No. 1 Rice.. Rolled Oates. . . J. PAEKEB, Px'ope-box' of SHAVING, THE ELECTRIC BARBER SHOP. IIAIRCUTTING, SHAMPOOING, IIAIRSINGING, In Latest Styles. W. P. LEACH, -SUCCESSOR TO N. THE LEADING FURNITURE DEALER IF YOU WISH TO borrow money on real estate, Sell or buy farm or city property; have your life in- sured; have your property insured against fire in the best companies in the world; invest money at good interest and have it well secured: have Deeds. Mortgages, Contracts, Leases, etc., drawn correctly, call on W. T. OILMAN, Athena, Ore. He represents the following first-class fire insurance companies: Phoenix, Home, Royal, Ger- man, laieaoman ana jNortnwest. tie writes his own policies and guarantees correctness, and at the lowest rates at which responsible com panies will take risks. He has the agency for the Equitable Life Insurance Co., the best of any Furniture Did You Say? Furniture Is . Just What JOIIN S. BAKER, The 2ndST Man of Court Street, Pendleton, Sells so Cheap. NOTICE TO FARMERS: 2 Sections Scotch Harrow . . . . . ... ...... . .. 10 00 3 Sections Steel Frame lersr Harrow.. . .'. 27 00 13 Foot Acme Harrow 50 00 4 i Foot Mowing Machine 55 00 10 Foot Horse Hay Rake.... ., 25 00 Buggy with top Pole or Shafts :. 75 00 2 Seat Hack ! 115 00 Double Shovel Plow.. 5 50 Steel Armoter Mill, the best in the World, for 37 00 6 Foot Binder...... .150 00 Cement per Barrel... 5 00 Lime per Barrel , v 1 00 Pumps, Pipe and Plumbers goods at lowest passible price. Binding twine I will supply vou at lowest price ever known. Lubricating oil of all Kinds. Fruit cans without num ber. All kinds of Machine extras. THE C. -A.. BAEEETT CO. 14 CENTS PER YARD 5 CENTS PER PAIR $1.45 PER PAIR 93 CENTS PER PAIR 85 CENTS EACH Good quality Costa Rica Coffee. ..... .4 lbs $1.00 sack 60c cans. 11 cans $1.00 . 11 cans $1.00 17 lbs $1.00 27 lbs $1.00 Clothing. A. MILLER, ILO.Worthington Leader of Low Prices. What Cash will Buy Costa Rica Coffee, No. 1, 4 lbs for $1; Luckles' family Savon soap per box, $1; Illinois Corn, 8 cans for $1; Tomatoes, 8 cans, $1; Peach es, Scans, $1; Rising Sun Syrup, 5 gallon bucket, $2.25; Pickles, plain or mixed, 5 gal kegs, $1.40; American Lye, 10 cans, $1; Rolled Oats, 20 lbs for $1. , : : : Sugar and other staple Goods sold on Very small margins. Remember THE WESTOH CORNER GROCERY. II. O. Worthington, Proprietor. The Portland Q-STTs UULil It Shines For All XULJL And Stands Next To flniVft Financial School On The Silver Question It And The Athena Press One Year For $2.00.