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ATHENA.
.JUNE 19,1896.
Thank God Congress has ad
joumedl The expenses of the
body are not much less, but the
danger of more vicious legislation
has passed for sometime. This
Republican Congress promised
great things, but when the people
trusted to their promises and elect
ed thein they Beera to have lor
gotten about pledges and did
nnthini? at all in behalf of the
people. The time is coming when
such men will not disgrace our
highest legislative body. The time
in nAiir at hand when the tools of
corporations will not disgrace by
their corrupt presence the seats
once occupied by Buch men as the
fnnnrlfira and conservators of our
Republic. Patriotism is at a dis
count largely in Congress at the
present day. The worms of earth
are now sharpening their teeth for
a feast on the corporation pampered
bodies of useless members of that
body. t
There can be no division on the
proposition that this was one of the
dirtiest campaigns ever witnessed
in Oregon. If there is a single
principle going with a decent re
eard for the obligations assumed
by those bunched on the same tick
et that was not violated, what one
was it? Political campaigns as a
rule are more or less fought out on
this rjlan. but what puzzles honest
men is how men can enter into an
agreement to stand and fall togetb
er, and ten minutes afterward de
liberately begin to trade one anoth
er off. If politics is not dirty bust
ness, will someone kindly show mo
a clean spot? I ask this because
of a desire to keep informed as
to new discoveries, and if one of
my readers does know of any good
points connected with politics and
politicians, a suitable reward will
be paid for the information! Port
land Tomahawk.
among them, and our people
should be thankful that their lot
is. cast in such pleasant places
Iyow prices for what we prodnce is
the worst objection that this sec
tion has, but it is far better to have
low prices and a sure crop than to
live where there is but little cer
tainty of raising anything to sell.
1 I'nfAminonf. railroad ftffif.lftl''
is credited in the Oregonian with
the statement that Mr. Hill, the
railroad magnate, still has his eye
turned in the direction ot securing
control of the "Northern Pacific.
Mr. Hill at one time had arrange
ments at that end well completed!
but a stock-holder went into court
and secured a decision against the
scheme. The road is now to be re
organized, and it is to be stated with
qvery probability of correctness
that the Great Northern magnates
will have a prominent hand m the
reorganization.
The great worth of an individ
ual to any cause is not measured
by what he says, but by what he
does. Were a man to declare he
would perform a certain piece of
work and not- do it would be
evidence of inability to perform
But if another did the work, there
would be no cavil about the ability
to perform the task. So it is with
these great men with their mouths
now seeking office; let them do
something and they will be entitled
to recognition for the performance
of greater things.
was an active member of the A. P
A., and "was at the head of one of
their local orsanizations in the
East End." The E. 0. thinks that
if Mr. McDannald is a member of
the A. P. A. he deserved defeat,
and if not, he is the victim of an
effective lie promulgated by his
political enemies.
The Leader also has no friend
ship for the A. P, A believing
that a secret organization has no
place in politics, and should not be
countenanced. It particularly has
no place in county politics, where
it can possibly serve no beneficial
ends. The Leader doubts, how
ever, that Mr. McDannald ia a
member of the organization.
As to the Eagle's puerile para
graph, it has no weight. The East
Oregonian, the Press and the Lea
der supported Mr. McDannald be
cause none of these papers believed
in four-dollars-a-day for eight
hours' work, or in allowing tifty
five days in a month. Personal
friendship for Dave had something
to do with it also, and it is differ
ent from the friendship displayed
by the Eagle, which seems to be a
commodity for barter and sale,
This support may not have been
of any value, but it was freely
given.
Machine Shop . . .'
Zeiger' Shop, at Helix, can repair Ma
chinery. General Blacksmithing.
W. L. ZEIGER,
- Helix, Or
Painting ... .
When you
Come to Pendleton
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THE RUSSIAN
CORONATION.
Paid
A citizen of Tacoma has found a
new pet, and he is very fond of it.
It is a 250-pound shark, which he
- - r
speared without killing it, and then
secured by a tial to a float in front
of his residence. The shark soon
"showed a disposition to cultivate
his- masters acquaintance and dis
played many signs of amiability
Familarity ripened into friendship-
and' now while sharing his meals
with his new friend the happy
Tacoman declared that sharks are
very much abused and misunder
stood creatures.
There is no longer any question
that the Chicago convention will
declare for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1, and there is little doubt but
this issue will win at the Novem
ber election. A majority of voters
in the u nnea btates Deneve inai
free coinage would better their
condition, and they will never
chance their minds until it is
tested.
Any one at all observant of cur
rent politics cannot but see that
the financial question is the issue
this year. The St. Louis Globe-
Democrat says: lhe money
question, therefore, will come up
in the canvass of 1896 with greater
sharpness and clearness than it
ever did before. There will be
some interest, of course, in the
tariff question, but that must be a
subordinate issue if the Chicago
convention adopts a silver platform
and puts up a silver candidate. If
Bilverism comes up in any such
portentious shape as it at present
threatens to take, it will be practi
cally the only issue of the slavery
question did from Texas annexa
tion to the civil war."
Some southern newspapers are
seriously exercised over what they
regard as defects in the law which
bestows upon foreigners the rights
of American citizenship. That
there are flaws in the law may be
admitted, but would it not be better
for these same critics first to see
that all natives in their own sections
are given the rights of citizenship,
no matter what the color of their
skin may be?
If a deadlock in the senatorial
contest must occur in the next
legislature it is to be hoped that it
may result in the hold-up of the
customary appropriation bills. If
it does the people will generally
feel that the lower taxes resulting
therefrom will compensate for their
being represented at Washington
by only one senator.
Peddlers and transient men of
all descriptions should receive but
little encouragement from the peo
ple of the town who are interested
in its welfare. Every dollar they
recoive is taken out of the town or
community, never to be returned,
while that received by the per
manent local business turns is
used to build up the industries of
the place, pay for local govern
ment, the support of schools, etc.
This is a fact that should always
be borne in mind by people who
are disposed to do business with
transient dealers, and besides the
articles handled by the latter are
usually greatly inferior to those
kept by your home dealer.
The militia is called out and
quartered at Astoria. The call for
this necessity came from the sheriff
and county judgeof Clatsopcounty,
Both of these officials presumably
did all in their power to preserve
order but failed.
A. P. A. IN POLITICS.
The destructive freaks of nature
which the people of the Mississippi
valley have been encountering dur
ing the past few weeks should start
the tide of emigration towards the
i Pacific Northwest. Of course this
section lias its disadvantages but
thank fortune it doesn't number
cyclones, waterspouts or tornadoes
From the Weston Leader.
I he Milton Eagle published in
its last week's issue the following
editorial paragraph:
"The Eagle hopes its two in fluen
tial friends, the Athena Press, and
Ve3ton Leader, are satisfied
They succeeded, with the aid of the
East Oregonian, in defeating Dave
McDannald, the best man on the
democratic ticket, It is most un
fortunate that good men should be
afflicted with advocates of this
character, but often they are and i
cannot be helped in any way that
we know of."
The above is made the text ot an
editorial in the 'East Oregonian,
which states that Mr. McDannald's
prospects were ruined by a report
widely circulated shortly before
the election, to the effect that be
Incersoll Shows How It Was
"F w -
for In Oppression ana Misery.
While reading the accounts of
the coronation of the Czar, of the
pageants, processions and feats, of
lhe pomp and parade, of the bar
baric splendor, of cloth of gold and
glittering gems, I could not help
thinking of the poor and melan
choly peasants, of the sad and
ignorant multitudes who belong,
body and soul, to this Czar.
I thought of the hacks that have
been scarred bv the knout, of the
thousands in prison for having
dared to say a whispered word for
freedom, of the great multitudes
who have been driven like cattle
alone the weary roads that lead to
v - -
the hell of Siberia.
The cannon at Moscow were not
loud enough, nor the clang of the
bells, nor the blare of the trumpets,
to drown the groans of the captives,
I thought of the fathers that had
been torn from wives and children
for the crime of speaking like men
And when the priests spoke of
the Czar as the "God-selected man,"
the "God-adorned man," ray blood
grew warm.
When I read of the coronation
of the Czarina I thought of Siberia.
I thought of the girls working in
the mines, hauling ore from the
pits with chains about their waists;
young gins, almost naicea, ai mo
mercy of brutal officials; young
girls weeping and moaning their
lives away because between their
mire lina the word liberty had
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burst into blossom.
Yet laws neglects, forgets them,
and crowns the Czarina. The in
justice, the agony and horror in
this Door world are enough to
j-
make mankind insane.
Ignorance and superstition
ii
crown imprudence ana tyranny
Millions of money squandered for
the humiliation of man, to dis
honor the people.
Back of the coronation, back of
all the ceremonies, back of all the
the hvpocrisv there is nothing but
fc -
a lie.
It is not true that God "selected"
this Czar to rule and rob a hundred
millions of human beings.
It is all an ignorant, barbaric,
superstitious lie a he that pomp
and pageant, and flauuting flags,
and robed priests, and swinging
censers, cannot -change the truth.
Those who are not blinded by
the glare and glitter at Moscow see
millions of homes on which the
shadows fall: 6ee millions of weep
ing mothers, whose children have
been stolen by the Czar: see
thousands of villages without
schools, millions of houses without
books, millions and millions
men. women and children in whose
future there is no start and whose
onlv friend is death;
The coronation is an insult to
the nineteenth century. Long live
the people of Russia!
R. G. I.VGERSOLL.
Notice of Final Account.
In the Circuit Court of the state or Oregon
tor Umatilla county. .. ,
In the matter of the estate of Solomon
Wormier, Insolvent- debtor.
,hnhv a-tren Hint the nnderatitnca.
theaxfiRiteeot the above entitled estate, ha
fliml mid nrvsented forwttlement.il) the above
entitled court, his tlnal account of hi admin.
istntl Inn of the sain estate, ana insi mummy
l. Mil. ,luv nf 111 no lXSfi. at 10 o'clock . III.
otsald dav'haa heen appointed for the her
to of objection to ald mial account and for
the etileieit thereof.
Dated, Umatilla county, Oregon, the 'JtHh
lUv f.f Mav. IfcLKliIVKLV,
' Aslguvc of suld tate.
In all Branches
Neatly done by Chapman.
HOUSE PAINTING AND DECORATING.
J. W. CHAPMAN, Athena.
W. D. HANSFORD & CO.,
Dealers I
Hardware....
and Stoves.
TIN AND COPPERWARE.
Pumps, Pipe, etc., - - - - Baker Barbed Wire.
PLUMBING A SPECIALTY. ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
629 Main Street, Pendleton, Oregon.
to make your purchases and have Cash to pay for
them, make sure you go to the
CASH STORE
that carries the largest stock of Dry Goods, Boots,
Shoes, Hats and Caps, Trunks, Valises and
CLOTIIM
that is to be found in Eastern Oregon. Such an
one is the PEOPLE'S WAREHOUSE. They are a
Cash Store for the reason that they pay cash for
all their goods, sell all their goods for cash and
have to do only with cash people. : : :
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TAYLOR'S, the Pendleton Hardware Man. 5
We guarantee that our prices are the lowest, and
if found to the contrary, you can have your money
refunded. : : : : : : f
Heaviest Denim Overalls reduced to 35c a pair.
The Peopled Warehouse.
. 2 Doors South of First National Bank
J W SMITH,
ktwaanaa a .
AlfitNA, UntUUN,
NOTARY PUBLIC
w. p. leach,-1
SUCCESSOR TO
- -N. A. MILLER,
: THE .
LEADING FURNITURE DEALER
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Largest Stock ever brought to Pendleton. Better
Goods and cheaper Prices. Agent for the Standard
and White Sewing Machines. Carpets and machines at
about half former prices. Come and be convinced.
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THE ATHENA MAKKET
FRANK BEAL, proprietor.
AFRESH MEAT ALWAYS ON HAND
Highest Cash Price paid We buy for Cash and sell foi
for Butcher's Stock. Cash strictlv ' -
for Butcher's Stock. Cash strictly
YOU GET THE VERY BEST AND LOTS OF IT,
WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY WITH
Main Street,
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Athena, Oregon
FIRST MTIOML
BMK o o .
OF HTHENH.
South side Main Street.
CAPITAL STOCK,
I SURPLUS,
$ 50000
$21,000
Pays Interest on time deposits. Proper attention
given to collections. Deals in foreign and '
domestic exchange.
E, L. Bakxett Cashier,
Athena, Oregon
At . . .
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On both Harness and Collar,
You can save the dollar;
Wiile the pennies take care of themselves.
North side Main Street,
Athena, Oregon.