AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
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Entered M neconJ.clani matter, March I,
1004, at tba poatofflce at Athena, Oregon,
anderan Acto! Congress of March S, 1879.
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ATHENA, JUNE 6. 1905
Ou the basis of the government's re
port on acreage and condition, the
winter wheat crop of 1905 will amount
to 460,000,000 bushels. This is far
larger than any crop gathered along
to this time. The winter wheat yield
ofl904 was 832,000,000 bushels and
that of 1903 was 899,000,000. The
lurgest wheat crop ever harvested to
the present day was in 1902, which
was 411,000,000 bushels, or 49,000,000
under that promised for this year.
From the present outlook the aggre
gate wheat yield of 1905 will break
nil records. The condition of spring
wheat, despite the backward weather
throughout much of the producing
states, is fully up to the average of
recent years. The aggregate wheat
harvest of the past few years was 748
000,000 bushels in 1901, 670,000,000
in 1902, 637,000,000 in 1903 and 552,
000,000 in 1904. The winter whoat
outlook is so much better this year
than ever before there is a chance
that 1901's harvest, which was the
highest record, will be beaten in the
present year. All the indications
promise a new "highest" for 1905
in the wheat roundup. Wheat is not
the most valuable of J; he country's
grain crops. Corn has that distinc
tion. The value of the 1904 yiold of
wheat, as estimated on the farm by
the depnrtniont of agriculture for Do
comber 1 of that year, was $510,000,
000, while the corn crop was worth
$l,087,000,000,at that date.
J. Pluvius is uo respoctor of local
ities when he has a chance to drenoh
a crowd of picnickers. Apparently he
takes as ninoh delight in sprinkling the
grey hairs of the hardy plouoer as he
doos in dampening tho locks of the
bonny Scot There was uo Caledonian
pionio in Athena this year, so the rain
muker placed his hand over the sun
aud drenched the pioneers at Weston.
Dospite Jupiter's efforts to keep people
away, tho annual pionio of the Unia
tilla County Pioneers at Weston was a
success. The program which was one
of the most interesting and complete
iu the hintory of the association, was
rondered before lurge and appreciative
audiences, and Saturday afternoon the
town was taxed to its utmost capacity
to aoooinuiodute the visitors.
The "gas grab" in Philadelphia and
the gas grab of Portland what of
thorn? Portland is not as big as Phil
adelphia, but here is a gas grab, too,
Iu Portland the gas grab is even worse
than the gas grab iu Philadelphia,
because the gits grab in Portland has
Expansion Sale-
NOW IN FULL BLAST
This sale, the biggest effort we have ever put forth iu the line of special
salos, is proviuji one of tho most successful we hvae ever held. We want
nonu of our patrons from out of town to miss it they're welcome to the
bargain that are to be hud.
REMEMBER During this sale which is to coutiuue for a few weeks
longer, reduoed prices will pervail iu practically all of our departments
Write, call or telephone us. "
When goods ordered amount to
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WALLA WALLA, :- WASH.
a perpetual franchise. And this
franchise, as you might expect, is in
the hands of the "first families" of
Portland. It tears up the streets
without anybody's leave. It is a
branch of the first-family ownership
of the town. There is no regulation.
It pays not one dime for the use of the
streets. The reigning families deem
the streets of Portland and all they
can make out of them their own prop
er inheritance. Portland Oregonian.
Any self-propelled vehicle is at a
disadvantage compared with a horse
drawn vehicle when it comes to a
muddy road. This was demonstrated
afresh in the run of the Eastern auto
mobilists to St Louis. A motor car
will stick helplessly and hopelessly in
mud through which horses would haul
a wagon with comparative ease.
Horses have a purchase on the ground
beneath the mud ; the driving wheels
of the motor car revolve ineffectually
and the machinery becomes clogged
with mud. This is evidently the weak
spot in the horseless vehicle proposi
tion. Whether the ingenuity and skill
which are now being exerciesd in the
development of automobiles will find
a remedy for the mud evil remains to
be seen If not, the motor car must
remain a fair weather vahicle in
other words, a plaything rather than
a practical utility.
If it is true, as reported, that Presi
dent Roosevelt and- Attorney General
Moody are displeased because Judge
Gilbert, of the ninth circuit of the
United States court designated Judge
De Haven to sit during the trial of
Senator Mitchell and Congressmen
Hermann and Williamson, indicted
for complicity in land frauds in Ore
gon, the a strange tinge of persecution
will be given the case, observes the
Walla Walla Union.
The Baker City Herald, under the
management of E. P. Dodd of the Pen
dleton Tribune, is on our exchange
table. Our guess is that the Herald
this time has come to stay. Mr. Dodd,
manager, Mr. Prnitt editor and Mr.
Schuerman advertising solicitor are
well known hustlers in the Umatilla
county newspaper field and are win
ners.
Adams will pull a feather or two
from the tail of the great American
bird and celebrate in grand style on
July 4th. Adams is perhaps the only
town in the county that will celebrate
this year. Good I Let the word go
down the line.
SUNDAY LAWS.
(Porltand Telegram.)
The action of Governor Folk, of
Missouri, in closing the saloons of St,
Louis on Sunday, and the action of
the restaurant keepers in closing their
places of business out of sympathy for
the saloon keepers, opens up once
more the question of Sunday legisla
tion
Strange as it may seem, the strict
observance of Sunday as a day in
which men must be careful not to
enjoy themselves too well is compara
tively modern. Even John Calvin,
stern as he was iu theology, had little
superstition bearing on this day. Mar
tin Luther openly advocated using the
day for a good time, and his sentiment
was one which had been learned
while in the mothor church.
The movemeut to make Sunday a
day of strict observance was born of
the Puritans, though there may have
boeu small sects, or individual men
before their time who advocated such
observances. But we may place the
910.00 or more we pay the freight.
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main responsibility on the Puritans.
The Puritans originally were mem
bers of the Church of England, who
desired to the spirit of religion, as
they understood it, the dominant fac
tor in human life. They did not be
lieve that a man should be religious
one day and irreligious during the rest
of the week. They thought that re
ligion and life went together, or
should go together, hand in hand. It
was a noble idea, and in the early
days of the movement the Puritan
church bad much' to commend it
Men like EdmundSpencer and John
Milton were not bigots. They did not
believe in making this life a vale of
tears. A careful reading of Milton's
prose will reveal that in some respects
at least he was not only ahead of his
time, but that he was ahead of our
time. But Puritanism began to hard
en, and at last it became the narrow,
intolerant thing which people are more
or less familiar with through common
report
Religion and life must now go band
in hand, but people must feel that
pleasure in life is displeasing to God.
And so the theatre and music, the
playing of games, the dance and half
a hundred other things were stamped
as wrong. It was a sin to read novels
even. And poetry, too, came trader
the ban. To make life as disagreeable
as possible, Sunday laws were insti
tuted to make this day the gloomiest
of the week, though the rest of the
days were bad enough. On Sunday
a man was allowed to breathe, and
he was compelled to go to church.
And these two things breathing and
chnrchgoing were about the only
things it was permissible for a man
to do on this day. It was a sin for a
man to take a walk or do anything for
pleasure; sinful even if he did noth
ing more than look on a green field or
kiss his wife on that day. Laws for
the observance of Sunday were made
stringent, and were rigorously en
forced. The people of our time have out
grown much of the intolerance, much
of the fanaticism of these early Puri
tans. Sunday is more rationally re
garded everywhere. Nevertheless,
every Sunday law on the statute book,
and every demand that it made in
favor of closing up saloons and places
of amusement on this day, are echoes
of that oldtime sentiment that Sunday
is too holy a day for man to enjoy
himself in.
No man may bring forward any
logical reason for a strict observance
of Sunday. Snnday is not the Sab'
bath that the Old Testament com:
mands that the Jews shall keep holy,
That day was our Saturday. There is
nothing in advocacy of Sunday laws
or Sunday observance to be found in
the Bible. It was originally a Pagan
day, a day in honor of the sun-god and
the Christians adopted it, as they
adopted a good many other Pagan
things, for the reason , that they
followed the lines of least resistance.
But the time has come for men to
know the truth about Sunday. It is
time to resist the intolerance, the big
otry and often the unscrupulous fenv
city of those who would bring back
once more an atmosphere of dyspep
sia and liver complaint for our day
of rest
A TK1BCTK TO DEMOCRACY.
( Spokesman-Review ).
European royalties are nearly all
large investors in American securities.
Railway stocks are the favorites. The
czar has some f 6,000,000 in Pennsyl
vania, New York Central and other
roads. Emperor William, the kaisef-
in and their sous own together about
$8,000,000 of the same gilt edge
shares. Queen Victoria derived $700,
000 annually from railways and in
dustrials. King Edward's American
friends have long been "putting him
next to many good things in toe
stock market King Leopold scans the
American list anxiously eveiy morning
and is a regular student of American
financial journals. He is a big buyer
of 'railway shares and eastern mining
stocks. Queen unrisuan or Spain nas
for years held $3,000,000 worth ' of
United States treasury bonds, which
she was too wise to sacrifice to senti
ment during the Spanish-American
war. The queen of Holland has trans
ferred her father's large investment in
Standard Oil to American railway
stocks.
But the luckiest speculator
in
"Americans" is said to be King George
of Greece. This sovereign, who was
a sailor iu the Danish navy when
elected to the impecunious Greek
throne, began his present immense
fortune by a happy doal in gram on
the Chicago board of trade at the
time of the war between Rnssia and
Turkey 23 years ago. Through his
agents iu this country he then cleaned
up more than a million, which has
since been multiplied many times by
sccuessf ul buying of American rail
way stocks.
The list might be made much long
er. It is a remarkable snowing.
With all the European fear of Repub
licanism, which is constantly throw
iug every court into spasms of terror.
the royalties thus pass a unanimous
vote of confidence in American insti
tnitons, laws and business enterprise.
So uneasy are the majority of these
nionarchs on their thrones that they
do not dare keep their securities in
auy bank or safety vault within their
realms, but in almost every case de
posit them with the bank of England.
This is auother tributo to Anglo-
Saxou regard for law aud order.
Here is pretty good evidence that
the loug eujoyment of free speech and
free government among the English
speaking people has built a bioad and
stable foundation for commercial and
social prosperity.
Repairing
I want to call your attention
to the fact that I do all kinds
of Watch, Clock and Jewelry
repairing. I do accurate work,
get it out quick and guaran
tee every job sent out. - -
Watches and Jewelry
I carry a line of cheap and
medium price watches that
will stand rough use and are
dust proof; also a line of jew
elry, rjovelties and silverware.
ROYAL M. SAWTELL
Jeweler : Athena
ETERSON & PETERSON,
Attorneys-at-Law
A1IIENA, -
- OREGON.
J. D. PLAMONDON
HYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office in
Barrett Building, Athena, Oregon
Dr. A. B. Stone,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Calls answered promptly day or night
Office in Post Building, Athena, Oregon
S. F. Sharp
HYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to Female
Diseases.
Calls promptly answered. Office on Third
Street. Athena. Oregor
Foley's Kidney Cure
makes kidneys and bladder right.
SS A
Carries Pure, Fresh Drugs, up-to-date
Stationery, Toilet articles,
Paints, Oils, Glass; in fact every
thing found in a first class drug store
THE PALACE JUG SINE
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.
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R. J. BODDY'S
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Fresh Meats, Only
the Best is Good.
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ees eoij or vurci
To our Customers :
We are anxious to have you all know
that Vinol is a new f orm of a very old
and valuable remedy." It is a Cod Liver Oil
preparation, beoause it contains all the
medicinal elements actually taken from
fresh Cods1 Liver3. By a new process
we are able to make it without oil or
grease and give you a real Cod Liver Oil
preparation as delicious to the taste as
a fresh orange. Respectfully,
PIONEER DRUG STORE
First
ational
of Athena
CAPITAL STOCK $50,000
SURPLUS, . . .......... . 12,500
&
Propel attention given to collections. Deals in foreign and domestic ex
change. Fire and burglar-proof vaults and safes no charge
for keeping your valuable papers.
H. O. Adams, President. .
T.J Kirk, Vice-President
F. 8. Lb a bow. Casbler.
I GONTRAGTIMC
Hereafter I will engage in Contracting and building in
all its branches, I am in a position to carry on this line
of business in a thorough and satisfactory manner, in
connection with my Lumber Yard. I will employ the
best workmen money can secure, and before you let your
contract it will pay you to get my figures. - - -
A. M. GILLIS, PROPRIETOR, S
I THE GILLIS LUMBER YARD!
Peebler & Chamberlain
Successors to the Umatilla Implement Co.
Agricultural Implements
WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES,
MACHINERY, THRESHERS ETC.
ATHENA.
Umatilla Lumber Yard
Ed Barrett, Manager
Building Material
Lumber, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Wall Paper, Building Paper, Brick, etc.
Special inducements on orders for carload lots.
Fence posts in quantities to suit. : : : : :
Roslyn Coal, Puget Sound Wood
CONTRACTING. ESTIMATES FURNISED ON ALL
KINDS OF BUILDING ON SHORT NOTIFICATION
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