The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, August 28, 1903, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextATHENA PRESS F. B. BOTD, PUBLISH!. Entered at Athena postofflee as second-class nail matter. Subscription Kate: Per year, in aidranc i"' ' M.W Bingls copies la wrappers, 6c Advertising fUt: tocaireadlng notice, flrstlnsertlon.lOeper me. Eswh subsequent Insertion, 5e. All communication! should be addressed to the PRESS Athena, Oregon ATHENA, AUGUST 28,,. An Eastern man who haa never been on terms of familiarity with any great amount of money, has visited the fash ionable stores where wealth assembles, witnessed both buying and paying, and declares that the country is going to the dogs; that the people are spend thrift and that home life in New York is on such a scale of magnificence that ruin must come some day. J A fur coat was sold for 84000. A man, paid $500 for a basket of roses. A set of undergarments for a woman ffere eagerly purchased for $2500, and baby's bib was marked $50. Those are scatter ed samples. The complete list of costly things to eat, wear and admire is almost endless. It is possible to stand in more than one American store and spend a million dollars for things that are on the shelves and in the cases awaiting pur chasers. Where is the harm or the danger? The people buy things more ex pensive than their means warrant. They did the same in the rag -carpet and log-cabin days. -It is natural to enjoy luxury. It is the common lot to enjoy comfort. Because ail of us cannot wear silk "shall all of us wear cotton ? The rich goods in the stores are a sign of prosperity. They are there in in increasing amounts because more and more people ca afford ,s to buy them. There-is hardly a man, no matter bow humble his position; who would be sat isfied with , the luxuries that were the privilege of his ancestors a century ago. Another thing, good goods means good wages.. You may see a priceless dia-. mond in a store window, or a $2,000 lace dress, or cunningly-wrought gold orna ments, worth a king's ransom. Those were not formed in a sweatshop. They are thd product of skilled labor, of ar tists in the various lines. They are ex pensive, because only those who are quick with their brains aud fingers win do the work that makes up a. largo por tion of the cost of every article. Don't rage at the people who are spending heir money. They are only passing it on. It isn't idle. It reachos the plain people. It turns over and over, The rich who spend their money are, uncon sciously, perhaps, public benefuctorB, and the more costly things they buy the greater thu prosperity among the high order of skilled toilers. The country is gradually experi encing the economic , and , fin ancial change which has been anticipat ed, a tapering of of the flush and spec ulative conditions of the past three years. The work of the promoter is ended nothing doing in that line, and that is a good thing. Interest rates are advancing and money brings 6 and 7 per cent as readily as it did four or five years ago in the east. Water enough to run a lot of big mills has been squeezed out of corporation securities, and there is more to be wrung out of them yet. Ilardpan is in sight. The land boom was the last of the speculative fireworks always is. The next strikes will be to prevent a cut in wages and not to com pel an increuse, and the time is not far off when the man will be hunting the job instead of the job hunting the man. It has been a pretty good time, however, and all have had a share io it. The wise man has paid up his debts and in a largo measure made himself independent of more adverse conditions. The foolish man has run his credit to the limit and may well dread pay day. The American people are never content with moderate profits and healthful prosperity in a small way. They are always either ' "lickering" Up or sobering off,' raising the devil or being converted, ready to sacrifice a reasonable competence for a fortune or the poorhouse, and in doing thus they manage to get a plenty of variety and excitement. A large amount of food stufis of vari ous sorts is imported into this country from foreign nations each year. The agricultural department at Washington now proposes to have samples of these imports analyzed and tested as to their purity. Much of this stuff comes from Germany, which country has been and is unfairly technical and fussy as to the purity of American products. There has long been a well founded suspicion that the ragtag and bobtail apple refuse of American cider mills and evaporators, for which there is a steady foreign mar ket, returns later disguised as sparkling champagne under a fancy foreign brand and that the oil products of southern cotton mills after a European tour comes back to flavor American salads as the purest olive oil. This is the beginning of a good. work. The evolution of the Poland-China hog from its Arkansas rooter ancestry has been worth untold millions to the country, and a queer thing is that not withstanding the success attained with the hog, little or nothing until within a year or two has ever been done to im prove the corn upon which he is fed. - II is probably entirely within reason to say that fully as much improvement can be made in the corn as in the hog. - A few are getting on to the truth of this and more will soon.' '. The heavy rains found the farmers with most of their grain cut, but much of it yet in the shock and stack on' thi high foothill farms. The lowland fields have for the most part been threshed and with 10 more days of good weather the entire rain crop will be saved with out material damage from rain storms. While a great deal has been said about building a levy or opening and straight ening the 'channel of 'Willow creek at Heppner, the stupendousness of the task' has not been realized until recent investigation. It is a great task and would cost an immense sum. .! In Tennessee the other day a stepfather had his "skull cleft by his 13-year-old stepdaughter for chastising her brother. What is the moral don't have step children, dpn't chastiise them, or don't litre in Tennessee? The Pendletpn Tribune ia a progress ive paper and with the view of keeping in touch with a progressive community, has placed an order for a Merganthalev typesetting machine. ltlds Wanted. The Board of Regents of the Eastern Oregon State Normal school will receive bids until September 2, for 120 tons of Rock Springs coal and 50 cords Red Fir and Tamarack wood to be delivered at the school buildings at Weston, Oregon, on or before October 10. The Board reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Address, R. Alexander, Pendle ton, Oregon, president executive com rnittee. ! A. Thoughtful Mau. 1 M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind., Knew what to do in the hour of need. His wife had such an unusual cuse of stomach and liver trouble,' physicians could not help her. He thought of and tried Dr. King's New Life Pills and she got relief at once and was finally cured. Only 25c, at G. C. Osburn's drug Btore. Jouriml's Great Bargain Day. The alert and progressive Oregon Daily Journal will have a grand news paper bargain day August 28, on which day the daily Bells for $2.50 a ' year, tho soroi-weokly for 75c, and tho weekly for 50c. This remarkable offer will never be repeated, and those desiring tho Journal should send in their orders on or before August 28. MOTHERHOOD The greatest ambition of Amer ican men nd women U to have I homes bleused with children. The woman afflicted with female dis ease Is constantly menaced with becoming a childless wife. No medicine can rest are dead or gans, but Wine of Cardui does regulate derangements that pre vent conception; does prevent i miscarriage ; docs rostoro weak functious and shattered . nerres and docs bring babies to homos barren . aud desolate for years. j Wlno of Cardui gives women the health and strength to boar heal thy children . You can got a j dollar bottle of Wine of Cardui from your dealer. 7inECAnDtlll US lUrket ttrt. w ."iui . joui, i wok una utiuif ui Wine of fsraul anil An iuukiur of 1 Thedford! Black-DrauKht. I hftdbeea I married flfteoa yeara and bad nerer Kiren Dinn to a child until I toot wina of C ardui. Now I am mother of a fine baby girl which was born March 11, 100J. I Tbe baby weichs fourtwn uowla and I I feci as well as aiy parson could feel. ui, mine in najipy ana 1 never wm be u-!(l.out W tue of Cardui in my house oalu. p Mrs. J. W. C SMITH. I For alTtc in! literature, !im, gfrln sjniin.iu, " TU lAiiise' Aii.wt lnri. f iit", IIki riwiauoogm llcilKiittCoiuBwir. FOR ONE DAY A PJ!R?M A 1 FRIDAY, ; NLY "" 4 12 try lyJ4UdGUST 28 '- ONLY AFTERNOON CMDPBELL BROTHERS A GIGANTIC Remote, barbaric and unpeopled l.-.n hot climes o mountain era their Strang f the kquator, f orcr-t twrv.-s, mpcurxtDle Jungles, .burning deserts, es and the brocd ttoins have contributed profusely and have yielded e Members of t'.ir Aniiaal World in a COMPLETE GIGANTIC COLLECTION that has n-.v-r bwre b.cn seen since the historic deluge, when the Patriarch Noah assemble his jrrand collection in the Ark, to preserve from the pluvian downpour, t!ie LirJs, Beasts and k , ,..1.-; : f ie earth. Object lessons in animated nature brought to your very doors. - Ail e. 'j.'s 'treasures, embracing' Animals famed for their ferocity, rarity or beauty, which includes the finest speci mens alive of the huj;e blood-sweating Hippopotami, Stately Giraffe, Monster Ele phants. Ferocious Carnivorous Li'ins, Treacherous Timers from India, Beautiful Striped Zebras, und all of the strange monsters of the sea. jungle and forest. Strange forms of life from relnote lands. . Birds of bright, brilliant plumage from the Islands of the South,- and thousands of other strange and curious animals; too cages-LTens-lairs ARE NECESSARY TO HOUSE THE SI ,000,000 WORTH wild ANIMALS IBIS SEASON FIVE TIMES LARGER THAN EVER. N6 OTHER SHOW EVER ADDED SO MANY ATTRACTIONS IN ONE SEASON, AS THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS HAVE FOR THIS YEAR; ,,, ; MAKING. OUR SHOW KNOW THE LARGEST . ' ' ) ' . , ! YOU-CAN NEVER AFFORD TO MISS THE - GRAND STREET PAGEANT , i In the Forenoon ' Well worth a Journey of 100 Miles to Inspect. TWO SHOWS DAILY t I and 7 P. m. An Hour grlTen to witness the Animal and . Museum Curios before the Commencement ot tuo Circus aud Hippodrome Performance. a -a; If rvivi til u zpy? 'VJ 5) "r and save not only C. A. 1 j AND EYENINO ' GR E AT CONSOLIDATED SHOWS COLLECTION b, from tha-fripd zones of the poles to the Iff THE ENTIRE WORLD it.t ri a -i at. ir b without question one of the greatest IxKat iavtna machines , ui " 3 ever Invented for the farmer. vmiy oy means oi im wm miiuw can farmers successfully handle " in - ? 7 . their corn crops and save the stalks which equal the f rain value of the crop. Buy the McCormick the ears but also the stafc.' We shall be pleased to explain this machine if you will call and see the sample. J Barrett & Co. r T Die BHiUJE Frcnt :i fire Insurance j: , j! ONLY THE BEST COM. ' V J; PANIES TOINSUREIN ;! - . .'V r' I fmUj headquarters For . j! Notary Public and Conveyancer. J - ' '' proper : "' ! THING r:r. -: -;,v,:,,v: - :Tnyf:- 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., Atheta. ' -The- COMMERCIAL LI VERT, FEED and SALE STABLE. t" Best Turnouts in eastern uregon " Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month. ( KING BROTHERS Prop For House Keeping Purposes? ; See our stock before you buy. Baker & Tolsom The Complete House "Furcishers, Main St., next to Postofflce, Pendleton. Going to Build? 5 Save Money ann Tim.e by Hav- ing C. E. TROUTMAN; Archi-; tect, make your Plans and Spci- i rlcations. ' 1 ' 5 ' KOOM 15,"ASSOClATION BC1LDXXO, PENDLETON,- - . . ORE. i FJasal CATARRH In all its stages. Ely's Cream Balm cleanses, soothes tod beats the diseased membrane. It cures catarrh and drives away a cold In tho bead nnlrklv. J Crem Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and ie absorbed. Belief is im mediate and a core follows. It la not drjing-docs not produce sneeslng. Large Size, 60 cents at Drug-, gists or by mail ; Trial Size, 10 ceutr. ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren Street, New York wfD se&son&ble t b . reasonable a5atisflcs If your buggy is'in J - i n 4 vcrything jwmmtmmium w i J 13 1 (. 3ROSS & WORTHINGTON :: Next Door to Post Office. f IE EIILE BAR' is tho place you augut to go for a drink The Bar is always shinning, neat and clean, and a Marble-top , Bartender there can be seen. OPEN DAY North Side Main Street, Morris Bldg., . . c: atR94Rsl ; M. J. BAGLEY !; ; The Best in Groceries ;::: and i; f General Merchant FIRST BSTMHFBENK OF STHENE V?. fi. O. Adams, President. T.J Kirk, Vleo-Presldent. CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, " - Proper attention given . "aud domestic F.S.LEQBOW, Oashler, ' - ' ... R0CE(SPRSMCSSlG011ERLAND! I SPECIAL HATES ON CAR LOTS! A. M, GIIvIvIS, iiiiioiiizaiae)iie)Ee)i tiitiiaisa CEA.ELES GAY : CLUB iiOOM ...ATHENA LUMBER COMPANY... : H. H.CURTIS, Manager. We respectfully solicit a liberal share of your patronage. We will give you entire Satisfaction. WE KEEP OH HAKD A 0Ff1C m WHO, KA!S STREET, V i 0, RAILKCAU. CCSSt?CKKS S?KTFl!Uf SSUCJTU of High-Grade Whiskers- so many kind AND NIGHT P. n. TIEDEMAN, Propritor. Athena, Oregon . i ; C. A. Barrett. 1 P. K. Colburn, V Directors . 8. LeOrow. $ 60,000 . 5,ooq : to eollectious. Deals In foreign exchange. - I I. M.Kbmp, Assistant Cashier 5 ' as Athena, Oregon, g ...Dealers in... J IN CONNECTION LARGE STOCK CF EOSLYH COAL I fi s s R m H w m H