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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
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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
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AT $2.75 PER SUIT.
$ 35c
40c
60c
65c
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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
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Athena, Oregon
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