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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
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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.
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and save not only
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CONSOLIDATED
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COLLECTION
b, from tha-fripd zones of the poles to the
Iff THE ENTIRE WORLD
it.t ri a -i at.
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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
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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.,
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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, ' - '
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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
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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
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