The Athena press., June 09, 1905, Image 2

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ATHENA, JUNE .. . . . . 9, 1905
NEWSPAPER GAFF.
The newspaper gaff is 011 between
the big "nns" down at Portland and
the things they are saying about each
other are "heavy" and fascinating.
For iustauce :
"Having unmasked hypocrisy in
the newspaper business here, the Ore
goniau at present has nothing more
to say. False pretense, detestable
everywhere, ij especially so in journal
ism. The Oregonian has made known
who the owners and publishers of a
corporation aud baukers' newspaper
that has been conducted here during
three years nnder false pretenses, are.
That will do. Only the Oregonian
once more will say that nothing else is
so reprehensible as publication of a
newspaper under false colors. The
public always has a right to know
who the owners and publishers of a
newspaper are. The public then may
judge what motives control it In this
case there will be no further question
about it. Cowardly hypocrisy and
hypocrisy is always cowardly has
been unmasked. That will do."
Then the Journal becomes quite
chesty and hurls its harpoon into the
tall tower like this:
"That will do,' aud so it will.
Editor Scott has exposed another
mare's nest The 'old man' has not
forgotten, it seems, the 'hypocrisy,
false pretense and cowardice' he prac
ticed on the public a dozen or more
years ago, when he turned over the
Telegram to a man named Motfett
who conducted it in secret for this
hypocrite Scott, in a building on the
corner of Alder and Sixth streets, op
posite the Oregonian building, while
masquerading it as a democratic pap
er. The 'hyprocriay, false pretense
and cowardice,' were so palpable that
the publio refused to bite at the bait
ed hook, aud so the effort was a costly
one to its perpetrators, and it 'died a
bornin'." The Telegram was returned
to the warm maternal embrace,
where it now rests and serves no pur
pose other than a burden to the moth
erly, though uu-Christianliko old Ore
gouiun. THE MAN, NOT PAllTV.
The tinio has come when large cities
us well as small look not on the par
tisan candidate for municipal office,
as one to which 1b due support because
cf party affiliations. The source of
the strength of the caudidate for mu
nicipal office hereafter lies in his
qualifications as a busiueas mail aud
his integrity to conduct the offioe to
which he aspires. Because a city is
overwhelmingly republican or demo
cratic is no reason why a candidate
put before the people by machiue
manipulation of the dominant party
should receive their support simply
because he is the partisan caudidate.
No better evideuoe of this truism was
Expansion Sale
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This bhIo, the biggest effort we have ever put forth iu the line of special
sales, is proving one of the most successful we hvae ever held. We want
none of our patrons from out of town to miss it they're welcome to the
bargain that are to be had. ..
REMEMBER Duriug this sale which is to continue for a few weeks
longer, reduced prices will jwrvail iu practically all of our depart nieuta
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WALLA WALLA, ; WASH.
ever presented than in the city elec
tion at Portland Monday. The slogan
of the Oregonian for weeks has been
"vote for Williamson because be is a
republican." But Dr. Lane, demo
crat, overcame the olhlacle of 6,000
republican majority and was elected
mayor of Portland because the people
believed in his integrity as a man and
voted for him. Another instance of
the right man being in the right
place is Weaver of Philadelphia. He
has shown up the corrupt political
machine of that city and the ring
leaders are whining for mercy. Dunn
of Chicago grasps the situation with
an iron band, and corporations that
have fattened for years on city fran
chises will have to hunt other avenues
for fllchiug. You can read it on the
wall that its the man and not party
prestige that is to hereafter figure
in municipal elections.
Gilliam county will turn out great
crops this year from a largely in
creased acreage, and all classes of
people are feeling the effects of her
great prosperity. Nearly 1,000,000
pounds of wool will be shipped out
within the next 30 days over the
railroad just extended to Condon.
From last year's crop fully 1,000,000
bushels of wheat are in the growers'
hands, part of which will go out when
the market is right and part be used
in a 200-barrel flour mills oon to be
erected. A bunch of 2000 cattle
rounded up there ten days ago, were
sold at good figures aud the ranchers
now have the cash. Small tracts in
the valleys near the town are turning
out a great crop of strawberries, and
peaches, pears and apples promise a
fine yield.
It would be much better for this
portion of the state if it contained
more land owners. The county could
support them and be better for it.
Small farming will pay in Umatilla
county as elsewhere, and then, any
way, a small farm well kept is worth
more than a large one poorly cared
for. If a young man when he starts
out in married life will settle on a
small farm and go to work, exercising
diligence aud judgment and observ
ing Beuj. Frankliu: "Keep thy shop
and thy shop will keep thee," it will
only be a few years until he will have
a good home and will have assisted in
improving the county. This is the
kind of laud owners that the county
needs and there is room for hundreds
of them.
The girl who wears hoopskirts can
never sit iu a parlor and spoon with
her young man. The distance is too
great. Albany Times. And yet
there were marriages thirty-five or
forty years ago.
This proposition to have a "sane
Fourth of July" ought surely to be
approved, if only for the reason that
the other kind drives so many people
crazy. Adams should act according-
ly.
It is encouraging to read in a head
line iu the financial column that the
supply of money is steadily increasing,
even though your lower right hand
vest pocket doesn't look that way.
Valloy papers are giving couutry
readers the good advice to buy of home
merchuuts instead of peddlers, who
sell inferior artioles for three or four
prices.
$10.00 or more we pay the freight.
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WHAT MOltK CAN ItCMtA LOIE
( Portland Oregonian. )
The influence of sea power on the
course of history is illustrated anew
by the tremendous naval victory of
Japan over Russia, It was literally
true that the national existence of
Jap n at least her place among the
nations was at stake. Had Russia
destroyed the fleet of Japan, as Japan
baa destroyed that of Russia, the little
island empire would have been unable
to continue the war, but would have
been obliged to seek such terms as
Russia might have chosen to give her.
Japan has gained the greatest mari
time victory the world has known
since Trafalgar. Had England lost
that battle she would ' have been in
nearly such straits as Japan would be
had Russia succeeded the other day in
destroying the Japanese naval arma
ment The great emperor would have
found means of invading England,
and the course of the world's history
wonld have taken a direction very
different from that which it has pur
sued these hundred yean.
The actual problems of maritime
warfare have not been greatly chang
ed by the introduction of ships armor
clad; for power of attack and power
of resistance have kept close pace with
each other, as formally. Introduction
of steam has, however, profoundly
changed all conditions, since Nelson's
time. A nation cannot without vast
expense and enormous risk, send her
ships far from her own ports to fight
Coal supply is the first indispensable
thing. Russia s embarrassment in ber
present war with Japan, arising from
this condition, has been extreme. The
strength of the British navy lies not
wholly in the number of ships and
guns, but largely in the fact that
Great Britain has ports of supply in
nearly every part of the globe.
The sea is not Russia's element
She is not adapted to it Efficiency at
sea requires qualities which she has
not yet developed. Quickness of in
telligence and rapidity of aotion are
not characteristics of her people. On
land she has long been formidable,
through the courage and tenacity of
her soldiery qualities better suited to
land than sea.
Japan never can strike at the vitals
of Russia, but probably can expel her
from her position on the shores of the
Pacific. There is something in the
assertion of Russia that she need be
in no haste to make peace, for Japan
at present can do ber little more
barm. Even if Russia should lose
Vladivostok, the loss would not be
great; for the port is of small use to
her. She wnnted Manchuria, played
for it, and for the advantages it would
have brought ber, and lost it Hav
ing also lost her fleet she cannot lose
much more to Japan save the lives
of some hundreds of thousands of sol
diers, and these she holds extremely
cheap.
aASOtlftB HlIXOLIMBEB.
(Portland Journal.)
For the first time since its construc
tion, the Southern Pacific new gaso
line motor car No. 1 has encountered
a grade of 197 feet to the mile. The
test was on the first official trial trip
made over the rails of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company's
line, a distance of six miles out on the
main road, and then a run of two
miles up the grade of the Forest Grove
line, from the Union station to the top
of the hill. The result was satisfac
tory to Harriman officials on the car.
The car was operated by the man
who brought it on the long journey
from Omaha to Portland. A run
was made over the Sullivan gulch
grade and the car easily made a speed
of 80 miles an hour without using
morejthan half its power. A trip was
then made " over the Fourth street
grade of the Southern Pacific, and the
entire population along the route laid
aside work and business aud viewed
the progress of the car through the
city. The Fourth street grade ranges
from 118 to 197 feet rise to the mile,
practically a 3 1-3 per cent grade. The
steepest part is on the few blocks near
the city hall. Two or three locomo
tives are often required to pull an
ordinary train up this hill.
The design of the car present some
new features; it is modeled after the
lines of the racing yacht Reliauce, in
verted. " The rear of the car is round
ed to avoid the formation of the vacnm
present with square ended cars. The
frpjit tarers to a sharp point. The
roof is given a taper from the middle
to produce a splitting effect in the
atmosphere and minimize resistance.
It is entirely smooth except for the
Cottier ventilators, which exhaust by
suction the air from the interior. The
trucks are of original and unique de
sign, with many new features, intend
ed to embody the best points of both
the Pullmau aud street car trucks.
The most important is the spring, so
constructed as to avoid the teetering
action ordinarily experienced in the
trolley car. The designers say there
is practically no limit to the speed the
car will attain, but it is not expected
that it will be operated at more than
40 miles an hour. It it driven by a
six-cylinder gasoline engine that de
velops 125 horse power when running
at full speed, the engine shaft mak
ing 600 revolutions a minute, turning
the wheels at a speed of 400 revolu
tions. The engine is designed after the
style of those used iu the Standard
autoboats that made a wonderful rec
ord iu autoboat racing on the Hudson
river last Jnue. Large air reservoirs
are carried under the car, supplying
an air device by which the car is
started without jar, aud stopped ab
ruptly in an emergency by airbrakes.
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repairing. I do accurate work,
get it out quick and guaran
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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, novelties and silverware.
ROYAL M. SAWTELL
Jeweler : Athena
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