The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, December 13, 1895, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textv PEES 3 has the circulation, its advertising, rates 'are within the reach of all. .THE PRESS touches, the, spot" v $1.50 per yeL, 1 f -i i u i it - 'Ifir'- t 2 i? vi : -w y . - "7 i . " . . 3 ATHENA PRESS Published every Friday Morning By J. V. SMITH, Proprietor. F. B. Boyd, Editor. Entered at Athens pontoffice as tecond-clasa mull matter. . -: - Subscription 'Hates: I'er year, la advance, - ' - ' - " - ILW ', Single copies, In wrappers, 6c. : Advertising Hates: liocai reading notices, first insertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent Insertion, 5c. All communications should be addrewsed to he PRESS, Athena, Oregon. ' ATHENA, DECEMBER 13, 1895 The mail service in many of the rural districts is a positive dip. grace. One or at most two mails a week is the rule in hundreds of country towns, and in many a sin gle mail at intervals of ten days to two weeks is the rule. In such places the post-office may be in a blacksmith shop or cross roads store, where frequently no one is in charge to hand out the mail. And to send a letter, people have to travel for miles to the postoffice. . It is high time this was changed. The Jpostoffice 6hould reduce its rates so as to absorb the whole business of transporting merchan dise in small packages, as .well as books, papers and letters. More frequent mails and free collection . and delivery in all well . settled country districts would make a stupendous increase in the mail service that could not fail to pay its way in a very few years. The government could well afford a de ficit of a 'few millions to inaugu rate this improvement, in view of the benefits it would confer upon , rural population. These people need, and are entitled to every pos sible help a perfect mail service ' can give, for it is the best and cheapest way of dispelling the iso- , lation of farm life and making it so attractive that population will again turn toward the farm. Such a mail service is the least this great government of ours can give the peoplo, and the greatest favor con gress can confer upon the peoplo of the United States today, "at the .present .session of congress, js to . inaugurate a perfect and complete service, as intimated in this article, that will reach out and take in every portion of our country when ever and whatever auy consider able community may demand the service. : . ' "-"Tuts is the way the Fossil Jour nal refers to the charges that are made against Sheriff Combs, of lOur Next... -President . 2eYflYW?vWvW??W?vW E Is hid behind the veil of political g obscurity. The firm of C. W. IIol- 3 V lis, however, is not bothered any 3 ; political drapery, and politics may come, and politics may go, but we 5 ' sell on forever. This week we S put on our counters, ' a splendid 3 line of - - - - gBOY'S CHEVOIT SUITS, NAVY BLUE AND BROWN.! m ' i i i i f ej lAGES 5 TO 12 YEARS Boy's Blue Eton Caps . Boy's Navy Caps, with cover. . . Boy's and Girl's Yacht Caps. . . . Boy's and Girl's TamO'Shanters C. W. MOLLIS' Grant "cotrStv. ffalTwebea against Combs be true, he will pro bably have to answer before the grand jury when it meets here be' fore long: "The dispatches from Salem seem to tell a story of a crime on the part of Sheriff Combs of Grant county greater than that of most of the prisoners be conveyed to the peni tentiary.' One of these prisoners, John Scott, got two years for steal ing a pair of bobbles. Shall Combs go free with several hundreds of dollars of stolen money simply be cause the money was stolen from the state? Sheriff Combs took two deputies some 300 miles, and charg ed mileage both wajs for seven. He probably managed this in the usual way by picking up five "deputies" in or near Salem and paying them a dollar per head to accompany him to the penitentiary as deputies from Grant county but no matter how he worked the deception it is nothing short of barefaceed robbery, and should be dealt with according to the author ities. But the dispatches speak for themselves and if justice be done -Sheriff Combs will soon be with his fellow criminals in state's prison, notwithstanding the forced partial restitution that he has made." A man that stops his paper be cause there is something in it he does not like, should, to be consist ent, get up and leave a hotel table if he happens to find something on the bill of fare that did not just suit his taste. A good newspaper is a bill of fare of mental feed for as many tastes as possible, and the reader ought to know that the ar ticle which does not suit him, per haps is just to the taste of nearly every other reader of the paper. The man who insists on having a paper to his individual taste should buy thenaaterial and edit it himself and ask nobody else to read it. Judoe Murphy has denied W. II. T. Durrant, the San Francisco murderer, a new trial. The court held that he had watched the case closely, and was satisfied that there was no error committed in the con duct of the trial. The case ought to be disposed of as soon as possible so that the mystery of the horrible murder of Miss Williams can be cleared up. There is not the slightest doubt but that Durrant killed both girls, and their blood cries out for vengeance. A man' who does not advertise simply because his gradfather did not, ought to wear knee pants and a queue. The man who does not advertise because it costs money should quit paying rent for the same reason. The man who does ' ; ; : 5 AT $2.75 PER SUIT. $ 35c 40c 60c 65c - Athena not advertise because he tried it once and failed, should throw away his cigar because the light went out. The man who does not advertise because he doesit't know how him self, ought to stop eating because he can't cook. TiCE Christmas number of the San Francisco Examiner will be edited by a full corps selected from the public schools of the city. ' The editors and writers have already been chosen by lot, and are now in training for the great task as a matter of course. The old hands will be around within easy reach in case of accident or to see that things go right. The British sealers have made more out of claims againBt the United States in the past two years, for alleged arrests in the Alaskan waters, than they have in catching seals, It is easier work to be caught by "a revenue cutter than chase the fur animals. Twenty years ago Chas. .Wright, a boy, was sent by his step-mother in Fox valley, Wis.,to buy a clothes line. He did not return. His par ents moved to Wilmot, S. D., where Wright found them the other day. He brought the clothesline, a wife and four children. When Utah it fully taken into the Union she will make the forty fifth star to the spangled banner. When the three remaining terri tories are admitted, it will bring the number of stars up to forty- eight, then, probably, divisions of states will commence. OLD CHESTNUT REVIVED. More Talk About the Building of the C. B. & Q. Through this Country. "I am convinced that the Burl ington road will have a terminus at tidewater within the next five years," said a well known business man to a Spokane reporter. "In fact, I should not be surprised to Bee this brought about inside of two years. Three years ago the Burlington sent a trusted agent to this section. He was in Spokane a couple of days, and as I had been acquainted with him in the east, he called on me while here. He spent several weeks in this pection, and went over a large part of the country on horseback, studying the resources of the country and gath ering information as to routes. This genial man, to my knowledge has located several branch lines of the Burlington system. : "It ia my opinion that the Burl ington, when it is extended to the coast, will switch in Boath of Spo kane, but it will throw a branch line in there, the main line going to Portland. This will make Spo kane the interior terminus, and Portland the tidewater end of the road. From a well informed source it is learned that capitalists associat ed with the managers of the Burl ington system are now looking in to the resources of the country west of the present terminus of the road. "I suspect that they have had a tip," said the Review's informant, "and are getting in ahead and se curing extensive mining and lum bering interests." . Death of Thurman. Allen G. Thurman died at 1:15 p. m. yesterday, at his home in Columbus, O. The immediate cause of his death was a fall sustained some weeks ago, from the effects of which it was thought he had parti ally, at least, recovered. He was 82 years old on the 13th of Inst November, and had it not been for the accident a month ago he might have lived a number of years. He has not been able to leave his home for over a year, but he could walk about the house without assistance. He could read and retained much of the power of his onco vigorous mind. The shock of the accident, more than actual physical injuries, seemed to impair his hold on life. 60,000 Bushels. I will pay 40 cents per bushel for wheat, in trade. C. W. Hollis.. . Emesley Ridenour and family of Milton neighborhood, spent a couple of days in the city visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Boyd. The Boston store is enjoying a very good trade. The latest in ducement is our silverware gifts to every customer. Given as you will see by referring to our "ad" in this paper. J. S. Have, next door to the post office, Fendleton, Oregon, has add ed a nice line of ladies fine shoes to his stock. You will save money by consulting him before the pur chase of foot wear. The undersigned having been ap pointed by the court Receiver for the C. A. Barrett Co., all parties owing said firm are requested to call and settle their accounts. C. A. Barrett, . Receiver. ,xou wm; warn, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, Won't you? OF fVilircf you want to buy presents where Vi. Vumac you can fin(j the best assortment and where your "Big Iron Dollar" will buy the the most. QUESTION: WHERE? ANSWER: When to Sup' sure The "Blue Front" If yon don't know the place, any child can tell yon where "they have thorn nice Dolls," for so little money, we have everythlug Buitable for present for children as well as for grown folKs, . a Dolls from 1 cent to Five Dollars. : v! - Albums (good ones) from fifty cents, up. Tea Sets 5, 10,17, 33c to $1.50. 1 Bound Books at 20c or 6 for $1.00. -Nice Doll Buggies for 35c. V; Celluloid Picture frames you used to pay 50 cents for, we sell 2 for 25 ccnls. Picture Books for children from 5 cents, up. Hocking horses, wagons, drums, horns veloci pedes, toilet cases shaving sets, vases, cups and saucers, and other goods too numerous to mention. You must come and see for yourself, if you don't want to buy, come and see, any way. It is a treat and wiU do you good. Be sure and re member the place, . . , THE "BLUE FRONT." .... 715 MAIN STREET, PENDLETON. BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS. The Pneumatic Hub Is the Latest Addi tion to the Popular Wheel. A- pneumatic hub bicycle has been invented which the inventor claim will revolutionize cycle con struction. The invention consists in the insertion of a small pnematic tube in the hub of the front and rear wheels so protected as to give the lateral rigidity of the ordinary hub, and at the same time afford the resilience found in the regular pneumatic tire. The object of the invention is to do away with' the question of punctured tires, and the inventor claims to have solved the problem. The rim tire of the machine is designed-with rubber center an two hollow guages. so as to be practically nonpuncturable and yet give a cushion effect, which, together with that afforded in greater degree by the pneumatic tubing and the hub, it is asserted by the inventor, will equal, if not excel, the resilience of the best cushion tire. The hub construction is of small and light proportion The ma chine, as constructed by the invent or, weighs 22 pounds. The hub tubing is in the form of a life pre server. It is four inches in diam eter and constructed of 5 42 inch rubber. It revolves with the wheel and is protected by a steel thimble from friction with the axle. It is inflakd by means of an ordinary ball joint valve. Even when the tube is deflated, however, the ma chine can be ridden without injury, says the inventor, either to the tube itself or to the metallic parts sur rounding. FREE. "The Northern Pacific Farmer, Published at Portland Oregon, now in its twenty-first year, is the best and in fact the only truly weekly agricultural paper published in the Northwest. It is edited by Frank Lee, the granger editor, asfdsted by scores of correspondents, and con tains from 16 to 32 pages weekly, of agricultural, horticultural, stock, poultry, Western market reports, childrens, household, and other terns of interest that no one who has any interest in the farm or tha Northwest can afford to be with out. At $1 cash in advance per year for this large weekly makes it the best and cheapest paper in the United States. To all new sub scribers who will pay one years subcription to The Press in ad. vance. and all old subscribers who will pay their back subscription and one years subscription in ad vance to The Press will receive this great Northwest journal free for one year. No one can afford to be without it. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Worid'r Fair Hijthest Award. How's This. . We oftbr One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of ttrrh that cannot be cured by Hull'. Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O. We, undersigned have known F. J, Cheuejr for the last la years, and believe him perfectly honorable la all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. W sst.A Tri'ax, Wholesale JPrugglsts, Toledo, WAinmo, KtssAH A Marvix, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's rntHi-rh Cure Is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur face of the system. Testimonials sent free l'rtec73e, per bottle, Bold by all lroggist8. Administrator's Notice. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been appo'mUHt administrator of tlif es tate of Joe. C. Depot deceased, and all persons itavittfc claims against the estate ol said de ceased are hereby notified to prvseut the same, duly verified as by law required, to the under signed at hia place of business in Athena, I'uiaUlla county, Oregon, within six mouths from the date hereof. .Dated this ISth day of November, IS&x Will Mosokove. Administrator. SS, fiPt. Thorn n . at; the "BLUE FRONT'' Pendleton, Oregon, AMERICAN CONSERVATISM. ,. Tha Power and Influence of the Supreme 4. . . . Court of the United State. - The supreme court is not an elective body, and I suppose that might seem to the, English radical a sufficient reason for sweeping it away, says the Nine teenth Century. The judges are ap pointed for life by the president and they arc responsible to no popular tri bunalnot even to public opinion. They sit as a court of pure law, the final authority from which in all Amer ica there is no appeal. Their juradic' tion, strictly defined though it be, is coextensive with the whole union. It is the one instance in history in which popular sovereignty, acknowledged as supreme in the long run for every other purpose and every other authority to which it has delegated power, submits to a master whom it did not appoint and cannot remove and cannot escape. Everybody submits; the states them selves, sovereign as they still are for certain purposes, submit: congress and the president, the army and navy, the people themselves, all submit. In the hands of the supreme court de mocracy itself, if it seeks to pass an un constitutional law, is powerless. A unanimous vote of the people, a unani mous vote of the house and senate and the approval of the president would not make a statute law if this tribunal says it is not a law. But do you ever hear of a proposal to abolish the supreme court? Why not? It is not only that the court has been a great court of great Judges, its honesty and ability and wisdom alike recognized, but be cause the American democracy has the good sense to see that, under a written constitution like that of the United States, such a tribunal is essential to the working" of all its parts, and that. check and all-powerful check though it be tipon democracy, it is also a guar anty to the American people that, in the words of the preamble of their great charter, justice shall be established and the blessings of liberty preserved to themselves and their posterity. A Clerer stratasem. Once during the Iron Duke's cam paign in tne Pyrenees, it happened that Gen. Picton's rUsnoaitinnn for .... ceiving the assault of Marshal Soult J ? 1 1 nn mspiessea nun. xne aanger threat ened from in front, and the difficulty iay m aeiaymg me attack until Well ington could effect the ' change he wished. He was, as usual, equal to the occasion. Waving his hat in the air he galloped to the front of a regi ment as if he meant to order a charge. The whole of Picton's line cheered tre mendously, and as the roar died away Wellington was heard to remark, half to himself: "Soult is a oautious com mander and will not attack in force without ascertaining the meaning of these cheers. That will leave time for the Sixth division to oome up, and we hall beat him." This was exactly what happened, and Soult sustained bloody repulse where he won an easy victory. . Great Swimming Feat. , Martin Sullivan, a white sailor on the cruiser Minneapolis, now at the Norfolk navy yard, was ironed recently for desertion. He escaped from his cell the other night and while hand cuffed leaped overboard and swam across the river to Berkley, half a mile away. He hid under a raft while the cruiser sept the water with her search lights. When they were turned off he made his way to Berkley, where some negroes filed his handcuffs off. He then exchanged his uniform for citi zen's clothes and engaged to work his passage to New York on a barge. When a launch from the yard passed the barge he hid in a boiler, but was sub sequently captured. South African Gold. The6outh African fields have gone ahead of this country in gold produc tion. The yield in Africa this year will reach fifty million dollars and much higher ia 1896. One peculiarity about the African gold is that it is taken from sedimentary rocks, and the processes have been so much improved that only ten per cent, of the metal ia lost, In the African mines forty-two thousand natives and six thousand European workmen are employed. But fifty per cent, of the gold was saved by the processes used nine years ago. This is an instance of what science and in genuity are doing to increase the go)'' supplv. The Peoples. Warehouse Pendleton's CASH Traders. . IMY GOODS'. - 'i pVERYTHING in woolen or cotton that is made , , into Dress Goods can be found on our shelves. Ladie's Cloths fron? 37 to 60 inches wide, Henri 1 ette's from 15c per yard up to 75c, in all the fash- .- ionable shades. Crepons, Soleil, "Bengaline, Whip- ? cord, French Serge, Storm Serge, and in fact any- " - . thing you may want. Trimmings in silkp. Velvets ' ' and PassamenterieB-we have them all, nothing . missiDg. You'll save yourself both time and money by going direct to : : : : : : the Peoples Warehouse. COLE agents Broadhead's Worsted Mills, producers v ' of best wearing Dress Goods, in handsomest variety of samples made in the United States. Samples '.f sent on application. Muslins, Canton Flannels, Calicos and Ginghams in every concievable quality 1 and patterns at prices lower than the lowest. We have no competition; : : : : : : WE LEAD AND OTHERS FOLLOW - - 'T'ABLES Linens from 20c per yard upwards, and Towels from 5cts. a piece upwards.' Flannels in . all colors and grades. 1 Hosiery for men, women and children in wollen or cotton, plain or ribbed, black or gray. Underware for men, women or children in heavy, flat goods or jersey-ribbed, in red, white or ( '! gray and at any price you need. Hoods and fa6cin-' ators galore, Capes and Jackets, all season of 1895, V nothing old, all bright, new stuff. LARGEST As-, ; , , sortment. , LOWEST Prices. : : : : : "POR men, boys, youths and children, from Den im to Broadcloth and clay Worsted, from the v .cheapest to .choicest and in 6tyles to please a dude or . , a clergyman. Immense assortment. Unlimited , '5 , variety prices the" lowest and fit guaranteed. 126 "suits that we've sold at from $12 to $22 will be closed out at $10. : ; : . ; J'.r. ' -: - ----.SHOES & B60re;:.-' CHILDREN'S Shoes J35c up,, women's Shoes from $1 up. men's fine shoes .from $1.50 up, men's good Calf Boots, $2.50 and up. "We sew, free of , , .charge, all shoes bought of us that rip." -: ' i: J : ' The foregoing should , be of interest to you, only if you are a cash buyer; iiot otherwise, as ours is the strictly Cash Store in Pen dleton, that buys goods for Cash and Cash only; that sells goods for Cash, and Cash only, and that has only to do with Cash people Goods marked in plain figures and no deviation in price. ; s - THKs PEOPLES WAREHOUSE) SOLE AGENTS FOR BUTTERICICS PATTERNS Pendleton, Oregon. W. P. LEACH,:-" y f - MA MILLER, the LEADING FURNITURE DEALER THE ATHENA MARKET u : - FRANK BEAL, proprietor. FRESH MEAT ALWAYS o ON HAND ....... r;-'1 ... r;f ' ,r . -. Highest Cash Price paid We buy for Cash and sell! for for Butcher's Stock. " V . . . Cash strictly I j YOlf GET THE VERY BEST AND LOTS OF IT, WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY WITH . BEALE : Main Street, Yes, wheat bought at all Stations on the O. R. & N., and W. &C Co's railway lines. Farmers may see me in Athena every day this winter. C.F. BULFINCII, ......Agent for Dement Bros. CHRISTMAS GOODS AT THE PEOPLES CASH GROCERY TO Y TOYS TOMS Having . received a Consignment of Fancy Goods," and also Toys in the line of Christmas Presents, and as they have been invoiced to me at cost, I will be able to sell them at Hard Time Prices- Way down to Bedrock, and Every Body will be able to Gladen the Hearts of their Children, or friends witn Presents at a very small figure. Yours Respectfully. I """"! MAX LEWm, Proprietor, J W SMITH, ATHEHA, OREGON, r TTTT UT Vi IY1W Till? XT?Y"G rxTi .- tw-t. .1835 -SUCCESSOR TO Athena, Oregon AT? DTARY PU BUG )