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ATHENA, AUGUST ft , .lim
The Salem Journal, speaking of the
pooling of wheat by farmers in the Will
Hmette valley, says: "The farmer of
the Rocky Pointneighborbood will meet
at their local school house for the pur
pose of forming a pool for their grain
crop of 1903. The movement in this
c junty for pooling crops was started at
that place, and has been kept up for
four years. At the time the movement
was started, it was denounced by the
press of Portland as impractical, and
ridiculed as a farmers' trust. But the
movement has extended to wool, mohair,
hops and other products, and bids fair
to spread and yet become a national
movement of the producers, to get more
equitable results for their labor." The
Journal man is rather wide in .his swath
of prediction. Pools are well enough at
times when applied in a local sense and
under certain- conditions. To national
ize the method is entirely out nf the
o,uestion, To begin with, there would
be more wrangling in the management
; of a national pool, than is witnessed at
ap average session of the Oregon legis
lature. Every farmer in the land would
at once swell up and strut about with
that conscise air that so well becomes
John Rockefeller, Clark yYood, and' Jim
. Hill Rockefeller, proud in hfs owner
ship of the earth; Wood as the owner of
a Franklin county ranch that has the
distinction of having furnished a herd of
fuzzy wuzzics with sustenance over
night; Hill in his possession of a few
plug roads, Roys, don't make a nation
al game of your pool; just localize it.
The Portland Oregonian in a compi
lation of pension statistics, finds that
the payroll of pensioners on account of
the war with Spain, now approximates
$'.1,700,000. The war with Spain cm
ployed fewer than 275,000. The losses
by death fell short of 3000, and yet to
day, whon the war with Spain is not jret
flv yean past, the number of pension
ers created by that war are estimated to
exceed 11,250. The Civil war engaged
the services of more than 2,313,000 men
and of these only 1,727,000 survived the
contest. Fwo years from the close of
of the civil, war the disbursements for
pensions were a little more than $29,
351,000 and this included the pensioners
of the revolution1, the war of 1812, the
Florida war and the war with Mexico.
. The pension roll in I860 contained but
12ti,722 names, and the total number of
pensioners created by all our ware,
down to the outbreak of the Spanish
war, and still on the roll, is estimated at
; 0110,000. If the list chargeable to the
Spanish war grows in like proportion
with the increase of the civil war pen
sion roll in thirty-eight years, we may
expect a pension list in 1937, due to the
Spanish war alone, of 111,007, or about
four pensioners to every ten men engag
ed. As a result of the war' with Spain,
there are now on hand about 45,000 ap
plications; 10,500 have come in within
the last six months. Nearly 8000 claims
"have been rejected in a single year.
The negroes even hi Boston have not
yut all learned to recognize the true
f Honda of their race, soliloquizes the
Oregonian. When Booker T. Washing
ton, the educator, on broad lines of util
ity, of self-respect and of humanity of
his race, is hissed by colored men, and a
meeting planned in his honor is disturb
ed by rioters of Bame cluss, the magni
tude ofthe great work for-wbjeh he
stands the emancipator of the negro
through education looms up as a moun
tain of difficulty that will take genera
tions of the most persistent effort to sur
mount. A very suggestivo text for a
plain sermon, after order was restored
upon this occasion, might have been
found in tho words: "Marvel not that I
say unto jou, you must be born again."
Only through generations of education
is the story of the civilization f a race
unfolded. And after these generations
shall have come anl gone and come
a.;ain, the declaration, "Ye must be born
again," will LoldTigainst the laggards
who Lave fallen bchiod in the march of
evolution This is true io all race of
men, and it is perhaps only more notice
able in the African race because of ill
late start and the sharp comparisons in
stituted by color and racial character
istic.. . - . .....
. The actual mining of coal for commer
cial purposes has been commenced at
the Willow creek coal mines. Thia is
what the people of Morrow county have
been looking for. .The Heppner Gaa
ette truthfully states that there can Le
no better evidence of the existence of
coal in these wines', than the fact that
the coal is now in the bunkers and will
be kept there in sufficient quantities to
meet all demands. The mines are now
opened up and there is plenty of coal
tight now to supply the local demand.
It is only a question of taking it out.
Miss Sophie Hanks, now the happy
bride of Marshall P. Wilder, the humor
ist, says that she didn't feel obliged to
got her father's consent to her marriage,
because her father had remarried about
two years ago without consulting her.
That's reciprocity.
Why does the government go experi
menting around with all kinds of new
fangled guns for the army, when it can
get toy pistols at such low rates?
The world's record for making an el
liptical cloud of dust one mile around is
now 59 3-5 seconds. It was made by an
automobile in Indianapolis. "
Independence Hall is in Philadelphia.
It is about the only sign 'of independ
ence that Pennsylvania has left, with
Matt Quay in the box! '
If Australians had read the Kansas
newspapers. during the lust ten years,
they would not be subscribing money to
the rainmakers.
"John L. Sullivan's diamond belt is
in pawn again," states an exchange.
Then John himself is also once more
"in soak."
When Sir .Thomas' Lipton lunched
with President Roosevelt he lifted a cup.
But as usual,' he had to put it down
again.
Irish members of the British parlia
ment have almost forgotten how to get
themsolves put out of the house.
In Found.
Notice is hereby given that on the
3rd day Aug., 1903, the following stock
was taken up in the city of Athena,
Umatilla county, Oregon, and by me
placed in the city pound at which place
they will be sold to the highest bidder
for cash in bund, at 2 pi m., Tuesday,
Aug. 11, 1903, unless redeemed by
owner: ,
' One cream colored mare with Bucking
colt, blaze face, about 12 yrs. old weighs
about 1100, brand S on left shoulder,
blotch brand on Bame shoulder.
One brown horse, about 3 years old,
brand U wjth pothook on loft shoulder,
blaze face, weighs about 1000 pouuds.
One sorrel mare, about 0 years old,
weighs about 1050, brand 5 with quarter
oircle above and below on loft shoulder
and H on right stifle.
One bay yearling mare, no brand.
One bay 2 year-old horse, star in fore
head, brand 5 on left jaw and 5 with
quurter circle under on left stifle, one
whito hind foot.
W. J. Gholson, Marshal,
-The greatest ambition of Amer
ican wen and womcu U to have
homes blecj with children'. The
woman afflicted with female dis
easo is constantly menaced with
becoming a childless wife. No
medicine can rostoro dead 6r-
jgans, but Wine of Cardui doe
regulate derangemonts that pre
vent conception j does prevent
I ftilscanlngo ; docs restore weak
I functions and shattered nerves
and does bring babies to homes
barren and dosolato for years.
Wino of Cardut gives women tho
health and strength to bear heal-
, thy children. You can get a
dollar bottle of Wine of Cardui
' from your dealer.
UinEo'CARDUI
143 Market Street,
Memphis, Tenn., April 14, 1M1.
Wine of Caniul aad one packac of
Thedfonrs Blylt-Draught. 1 bad bean
married tUteel year and had DPTer
given birth to a child until I took Wine
of Cant ui. Novr I am mothorcf a fine
hubjr Ctrl which was born March SI, 1901.
Tho taliy woiiiht fourteen noundi and I
feel as well as any person could feel.
Now my home ia bpty and 1 ner will
be without W loeof Cardui in my house
again. lira. J. W, C SMITH.
For ailTtm nisi liirntr. inMrN. rtvtnff
iiioiu , iiw I laMJuwg Si-xUi'irw Company,
fiS&j Jlro Dnmpi tliertedv1 Too ranch meat ' J)
In summer cBie too much heat. Jof
lS&ffr What iH w 'at all summer long ff
I A - That, without meat, shall keep ma etresft II t
I And In the beat of summer trim? I
'taAv why''rorer fcw,,'1-s,l0,r
If If3
H . TaeEeady-toJerre Cereal If
1 . the strength of meat gp'
It without the htit T B
" U Bo!u4 Ch .4 Steed. f V
Jff " Force' is a refrolaf breakfast food la f
if my family to the exclusion of eteaki or chop, jf IJ 1 l
B the old standard. .Gumm." YTjdp' I I II
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A Thoughtful Man.
M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind.,
Knew what to do in the hour of need.
His wife had such, an unusual case of
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her. He thought of and
tried Dr. King's New Life Pills and she
g A relief at once and was finally cured.
Only 25c, at G. C. Osburn's drug store.
Going to Build?
Save Money ann Time by Hay
ing C. E. THOUTMAN, Archi
tect, make your Plans and Spci
fications, '
ROOM 15, ASSOCIATION WILDING,
PENDLETON. - - . ORE.
everything
For
House Keeping
Purposes
See our stock before you buy. '
Baker & Folsoni
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The Complete House Furnishers, Main
St.inest to Postoffice, Pendleton.
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WE CARRY A MOST
Don 't M u
but if you
WLRogr Cars via the
cifi: Coast to Chicago and Cincinnati. Don't fail to wri-e
us about your trip as we are in a position to give you Borne
valuaole information and assistance. 5319 miles of track over
which are operated some of the finest trains in the world. .
For particulars regarding freight or passenger rates and service,
call on or address, , - i : - ' l v ; i " r
J. . LIDSEY, T. P. & P. A. B., H. TETJMBUILi Com'l Agent.
U3 Third St., PORTLAND, ORE ' '
FIRSl MTIOSSL
H. C. AdauiR. President.
g T.J Kirk, Yice-l'reiilileut
CAPITAL STOCK,
SURPLUS,
Proper attention given to
and domestio
F. 3, ht Uuow, Caibier,
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j; Agency . J
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jj: 0. G. CHAMBERLAIN Agent i;
Notary Public and Conveyancer.
' Wo-To-Hao for Fifty Ceata.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wcaV
nen itroar lood pure. &Oc. 1. All drufceisl
THE
PROPER
THING
to do, is to have
Chapman, the dec
orator, do your pa
per . hanging and
painting. Satisfac
tion and first-class
work guaranteed.
If your buggy is in
need of paint, take
it to the painter,
CHAPMAN,
Third St., Athena.
PAWNER 8ALV5
the moat healing aelve in th world.
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COMMERCIAL
LIVERY, FEED
and SALE STABLE.
Best Turnouts
In Eastern Oregon
Stock Boarded
by the Day, Week
or Month. ;
KING BROTHERS Prop
ess - at It
are going east write us for our
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rates and let us tell you about the service
and accomodations offered by the Illif '.&
Central Railroad. Through Totv is
Illinois Central trorr
BMK OF ETHEHS
C. A Barrett, 1
P. E. Colburn, Directors 1
r. b. LeUrow,
$ 60,000
5,000
collections. Deuli in foreign
exchange.
on these Goods
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3ROSS & WORTH1NGTON,
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is the place you augnt to go for a drink of
' . i : The Bar is always shinning, neat and clean, and a Marble-top . J
' Bartender there can be seen. I S
OPEN DAY
North Side Main Street,
I M. J. BAGLEY !: j
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jl -General Merch p
Morris Bldg., Athena, Oregon V!
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Next Door to Post Office.
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High-Grade Whiskey a so many kind ; 1
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