i ATHENA PRESS Published Every Prlday Morning F. B. Boyd, Publish Ett. Entered at Athena postofflce ai second-clans (nail matter. Subscription Kates: Her year. In advance. - - - 11.50 Single copies. In wrappers, 8c. Advertising latest Local reading notices, first Insertion, 10c per .1 ne. Each subsequent Insertion, 6c All communications should be addressed to he PRESS, Athena, Oregon ATHENA, MARCH 25, 1898. Fusion was the result of the de liberations of the democrats, popu lists and free silver republicans in convention at Pendleton, Friday last. The harmony which pre vailed, and the declination of many who were placed in nomination for different offices, point strongly to the fact that the offices, generally speaking, sought the man, and not the man the office. "The ticket placed before the people is, there fore, one that has been placed by the people and not by machine pol iticians. The ticket, in our estim ation, could nave been stronger in some individual points; but. where is the ticket that could not have s been made stronger, had it been remodeled a second time? The ' party lash is a thing of the past; and the old way of "voting for a yaller dog, if he's on .my ticket,'1 doesn't go any more with the in " telligent voter in local politics Promises have been held out time and again by the office-seeker to the voter for more economical gov ernment in our county affairs, but no material good has come from them. Democrats and republicans alike have made promises that have never been fulfilled. Prop erty owners of the county, bur dened with taxation, have turned on the extravagant methods in vogue heretofore, and resolutions are ripe to support only men who will strictly practice economy in office. We say it and we sincerely believe it, that the ticket now be fore the people and tho one to be brought into the field by the re publicans, stand on their merits only, and only on their merits will they be supported by the people, irrespective of party affiliations. . A little more than one-half of . , the publio domain of the United States is either reserved or appro priated. A report from the inter ior department shows that the area still remaining vacant amounts to 491,343,953 acres, without includ ing Alaska, which is supposed to embrace nearly 400,000,000 acres more. ' The entire area of the Uni ted States is placed at 1,835,017, G92 acres. OX this 741,702,365 . acres is now'owned by individuals orbfcorporations or by state, or general government. The amount : reserved for schools, Indians, mili tary and naval purposes, railroad grants, parks, forest reservations, etc;, including all territory reserv ed from salo for any purposo what soever, amounts to 132,441,741 acres, so that, taking the reserve land and the vacant land together, only about one-balf of the area of the United States has actually passed out of control of the gov ernment, and, if Alaska is includ ed, the unoccupied area is larger by 300,000,000 acres than that which is occupied. Settled as closely as Belgium this area would accommodate the 15,000,000,000 supposed to constitute the world's population. The breaking of ground for the erection of a new cotton mill at Concord, N. C, the other day was an event of importance in the na tion's history. New cotton mills are not unplentiful in the south, as manufacturers elsewhere can testily to tneir sorrow, out this is the first mill to be erected, owned and operated exclusively by no groes. For two. years a colored merchant named Stoneman has been working for the promotion of this enterprise and has been able to raise all the funds necessary for the enterprise from members of his race. New England, now greatly inter estcd in the depletion of her cotton manufacturing industry through the development of the south, must eventually face a similar problem in the wool trade. The west is destined to encroach upon eastern supremacy in this branch of man ufacture in a steadily increasing degree. As he great source of pro duction with the great cost of trans porting the row wool east in our favor, there promises a rapid growth in the making of woolen goods in the Pacific states. The past year has been productive of considerable progress in this di rection and the future will bring greater developments. The average charge of the rail roads long and short for the transportation of freight is esti mated by experts at one cent a pound. The average charge of the same railroads for carrying mails is more than five cents a pound, even if we include the land-grants roads that get only 80 per cent of the price paid to others. The average freight charge has been reduced by no less than 40 per cent during the last twenty years. The charge for carrying the mails has not been reduced at all. Here is the fraud that causes an annual postal de ficiency. 1 The way to stop the de ficiency is to stop the steal. From the tenor of the Portland dispatches it is gleaned that fusion is not having smooth sailing in the convention. J. P. Young,, chair man of the populir t state central committee, heads a considerable following who are in the middle of the road, and who are doing every thine; in opoosition to fusion. In case th , populist convention in sists on fusion with the democrats and silver republicans, it is prob able that a large number of dele gates will walk out of the conven tion. ' The returns of the adjutant gen eral of the array show that the na tion is not so badly prepared for war, at least as far as the available men are concerned, ns some be lieve. In addition to the small regular army, tho militia of the 45 states Includes 114,365 men, New York loading with a total of 13,894. The total number of men available for military service is placed at 10,301,399, which would insure in an emergency a very formidable army in point of numbers. Nathan. Pierce, who ran for gov ernor on the populist ticket four years ago, is ono of the delegates from Umatilla county now in the city, Milton, hia town, has been fighting for a division of Umatilla county for many years and Mr. Pierce says the struggle is by no means over, ns his neighbors have to go too far to Pendleton, the county scat.--Fortland Telegram- J. W. Maloncy, of this city, was the unanimous choice of the con vention as candidate for the office of Recorder of Conveyances, on the union ticket. Mr. Maloney is ono of the best qualified men that coulJ have been chosen to run for this office. He is a clean, compe tent man, well known and well iked by the people of Umatilla county. ; ' Dogs are destined to play an im portant part iii the affairs of the world from now on. The English foreign office has a bcrious question of dog-muzzling diplomacy to set tle, Kentucky is struggling with tho canine tax business, and it is impossible to reach Klondike with out a spanking ouir of brindle pups. For the important office of Sher iff, Wra. Blakely, who made the race on the democratic ticket dur iug tho last campaign, ia again be fore tho people. . Mr. Blakely's strong popularity throughout the county, coupled with his ability, will make him a hard man to de feat. Planted now on the eastern coast of China are Russia, Japan Germany, England and France. It is now a sort of happy family and beats the concert of Europe for possibilities. C. . 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