The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, August 22, 1905, Image 2

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    AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
Twiok-a-Week Tuesday akd Friday
f. b. botd, pcblishbh.
Entered an oecon d-claiw matter, March I,
luui, ai the postofflce at Athena, Oregon,
uuderan Actot Uongreaa of March 3, 1879.
Subscription Rtti!
rer year. In advanot I2.U0
Single ooples In wrappers, 6c.
i i " t ' r ' ' ' '
Advertising Hotoo!
lx)oal reading notices, flrat Insertion, 10c per
l i. Kioh subsequent Insertion, 5.
All commnnlcatlona should be addressed to
te PKK8B Athena, Oregon -""
ATHENA, AUGUST ... . .22, 1905
Governor Gooding hag issued a
quarantine proclamation against horses
cattle and sheep from the states of
Utah, Nevada, , Montana, , Wyoming
and Oregon. The governor soya in his
proclamation that the state veterinary
surgeon has informed him of the ex
istence of mange and scabbies among
tho livestock of those states, and that
on this account animals being driven
or coming into the state in any man
ner should bo subject to an inspection
by either a federal or state inspector.
Tho government allows of a limit of
two miles inside the state boundary
for all livestock, except when they
have been subjocted to the dipping
process, which excludes them from the
quarantine order. Horses or cattle
under hnruess or yoke are also except
ed.. V. ",
The Baker City Democrat is doubt
ful whether Eastern Oregon counties
nre receiving any benefit from the
Lewis and Clurk fair. It says: So
far as people being attraoted hore
seeking a location and others to make
monetary investments we know not
of them only in ; isolated instances.
Other yours have been . more pro
nounced in this regard. - That benefit
will accrue eventually it is reasonable
to suppose. . The great advertising
the state will reoeive by the fair can
not but have its influence fait and
that thousands of people will be at
tracted to Oregon seeking homes is a
certainty. Eustern Oregon, of course,
will roceivo tt per cent of these. But
will that per cent be greater than
other years? It remains to be seen. As
yet thore are no visible benefits.
Hponking of Freewater's prospects,
tho Times says: In looking into the
future for this sootiou it needs no 16
cuudlo powor clectrioul display to
luuke it show up brightly. Every
thing points to the construction of .the
oloctrio cur line, the bridge across
tho Tuin-a-lum is an assured thing
and we now have a chance for an irri
gation scheme that will do away with
water controversies and reclaim hun
dreds of acres of desert, laud: thut can
uo niudo to blossom liko tho rose and
produce wealth enough to supply a
large oity somothing which we are
bound to have.
Tho Puoillo Monthly for August is
tin exceptionally good number. As
the leading nmguzino of the West it is
doing much to build up tho Western
country. The August number is de
e at
You ouu always safely say this when yon come to town,
and wish to make shopping appointments with a friend.
We've got a sort of comfort roooin for your convenience,
and you have a standing invitation to use it wheuever you
liko. It's a good pluce to clean up, if you have had a long
ride. It's a good place to rent, if you feel like resting. It's
' a good plnoo to wait, if you nre waiting. Thore is general
ly somothiug to lend, if you feel like reading. Good place
to leave you buudles, too, if you don't feel like carrying
them around with you. Our store has beeu enlarged and
our stocks are larger and better than ever before and we
waut you to come and look around whether buying or uot
Port of muko the Btoro your headquarters, for you are
Hurely welcome when you come.
Mail
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THE DAVIS-KASER CO.
Everything to Furnish the
Home.
12 14-1G-18 20-22 Alder Street,
WALLA WALLA, : WASH.
voted principally to Seattle. With
the short stories and other features,
including the fine half tone illustra
tions makes the Pacific Monthly one
of the popular ' magazines of the country.
An Iowa minister complains that the
Chatauqua meetings have become too
much marked by levity and giddy
conduct, having departed materially
from the good old standrads of moral
and mental improvemuet Perhaps
the preacher's vision is merely stra-j
bismic
Secretary of the treasury, Leslie
M. Shaw, has let it be known that he
will retire from the cabinet during
the coming winter in order that he
may not be embarrassed in his candi
dacy for the presidency in 1008.
" VAVTS ABOPI OBKGQX, .
(World's Work.)
The old "Oregon Country" includes
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and a
portion of Montana and Wyoming.
The state of Washington alone is
larger than the New England states,
together with the state of Delaware
and the District of Columbia.
Oregon is larger than New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey to
gether. (
The "Oregon Country" is equal in
extent to the thirteen original states
of the Union, which now support a
population of more than 80,000,000
inhabitants.
: The New England states, together
with New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Deleware, had a Jopula
tion of 21,231,450 in 1900, while
Washington and Oregon together had
but 931,630.
The combined ntea of England,
Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Denmark,
Holland and Belgium is 400 sqnare
miles less than the area of Washing
ton and Oregon, and these countries
have a population of more than 50,
000,000. France and Germany have
each an area just about two-thirds as
great as the old "Oregon Country,"
and they support populations of 40,
000,000 and 50,000,000 respectively.
WHAT WILL THE PKIMABY DO?
(Oregonian. ) .
We find several things in the letter
of ex-Governor Geer, printed - today,
that merit particular attention. He
has strong belief in party regularity.
He didn't especially like the nomina
tion of Mr. Ellis for congress in 1896,
but Ellis "was the nominee of the
convention and entitled to support."
No matter what his views on the
great questions of the day-questions
vital to the very existence of the re
public he was the republioan nomi
nee, and Mr. Geer sallied valiantly
forth and broke a lance or two with
the sound money champions who
were trying to persuade the people of
the second Oregon district that ' free
silver was all wrong and ; the gold
standard all right. This was in 1896,
when Mr. Geer had opulent dreams of
ease and comfort in the office of col
lector of customs for the distriot
of the Willamette. In 1897, he de
clined to be a "miscellaneous candi
date" and in 1898 a grateful and de
lighted constituency, finding voice in
a state convention, nominated him for
governor. Thus we see that virtue
is its own reward if yon happen to
be around when payday comes.
We are gratified to observe, too,
that the ex-Governor dispels the haze
of doubt that has enveloped one other
important incident in the ' history of
state poiltics. "Speaking as one
citizen of Oregon," he says,
"who through a voting experience of
thirty years, has never yet exercised
the privilege, so often enjoyed by
probably better men, of scratching a
name from a republican tioket, I de
sire to express my perfect willing
ness to permit the direct primary law
Davis-Kasers
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to proceed along its way' etc. This
will ' likewise be gratifying. Intelli
gence to Mr. Furnish, who has here
tofore been a trifle dubious about the
strenuous regularity of Mr. . Geer'a
party affiliations. But let that pass.
The ex-Goveruor is on the band wagon
and has always" been there, though
perhaps not always on the front seat
He has simply sought a little occasion
al diversion by slippiing down i under
neath it , . ,..,.,.,: ...,.,
The point Mr. Geer makes, then, as
we understand it, is that the bolter
will always bolt under any system;
and that he himself is no bolter. The
direct primary is here to stay, at
least for the present, and we shall
have to get along with it as beet we
can. The party boss don't like it,
but so far as anybody has observed,
there is no great occasion for them to
get excited. It wag tried onoe in
Oregon, and strange thin gs happened.
One swallow (of whisky) doesn't
make a summer, bnt it may : be con
sidered sometimes a very satisfactory
sign of approaching summer weather.
Neither' the professional politicians,
who have the offices and want to keep
them, nor the professional tribunes of
the people, who have had the offices
and want them again, know what the
next direct primary will do to or for
them. We shall all have to wait and
see. '
GRAFTING AND PUBLICITY.
(New York Financier, )
In view of the developments of the
year to date, the average clean-minded
American has some reason for his
belief that the body politic is satur
ated with a spirit of grafting, which
word is a mere modern interpretation
of the plalu English word stealing.
Yet we cannot see that there isoo
cason for the foreboding that appears
to prevail In most gatherings where
the subject is discussed. The United
States is cot going to the dogs be.
cause a few thieves ' have been dls
covered in high places. On the con
trary, the revelation and accompany
ing execration of wrongdoing that are
a part and parcel of our recent his
tory afford the strongest evidence that
to the national spirit the thief is still
as obnoxious and repugnant as at any
time in our career as a nation. If
public conscience had been hardened
to a toleration or cynical indifference
of knavery, and betrayal of trust,
there might be reason for despair, bnt
who among those who read the papers
can say that the position of the ex
posed or confessed wrongdoers is com
fortable? The denunciation and con
tempt which such men have encount
ered, irrespective of their standing in
society, make It plain that' the aver
age citizen is honest, that he still
hates knavery, and when occasion or
opportunity offers will crash it out
as he would a physical pestilence that
threatened his , , or his neighbor's
home.- .
Corruption, financial and ' political
is not a new disease. History does
not record a nation that escaped it
entirely, but it doe? rpyeaj that those
who fought it survived longest, And
the United States today - is fighting
corrnption in high places as no nation
has ever done. To the extremist the
difficulty of branding the evildoer
with the mark of conviction and sub
sequent punishment may afford
ground for despair, but court convic
tion is uot always the heaviest penalty.
Publicity is quite as effective in bring
ing home to the evildoer the conse
quence of any infraction of the law
given on Mount Sinai. No escape is
offered to him who presumes to trav
erse the old, old Mosalo statutes, and
the brand which is put upon him by
an honest society of freemen is a bar
sinister that will endure not only in
his own lifetime, but will linger to
curse his posterity as physical dis
ease smites the innocent after genera
tions. The men who have lately
lived in the unenviable limelight of
notoriety are beginning to realize
this keenly. What are the few Ill
gained dollars they may have acquir
ed compared to the tarnished reputa
tion they will carry through life?
There is a lesson In this "grafting"
business, sordid and unclean as it
may seem, that the young man only
entering business life will do well to
study thoroughly. The aroused
conscience of a nation cannot be paci
fied by pecuniary restitution, volun
tary or forced. The crime back of
the action is not forgotten or forgiven.
The United States is houest, as offend
ers against moral principals are' be
ginning to appreciate now as never
before, nud it is going to remain
honest, even though it has to go into
high places to rid Itself of those who
have violated the trust given into
their hands.
Notict of Final Account
Iu the County Court of the State of
' Oregon for Umatilla County. . .
In the matter of the ( Notice of Final
estate of Sara Foun- Account
tain, Deceased. '
All persons whom it ' may concern
are hereby notified that the under
signed executor of the estate of Sarah
Fountain, deceased, has filed his
final account and report in the above
entitled Court and that the County
Judge thereof has fixed and appoint
ed Saturday, the 26th day of August,
A. D. 1905, as the time, and Jthe
County Court house in the City of
Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon,
as the place where any and all objec
tions to the said final aeoouut will be
heard and the settlement thereof made.
Done by order of the Connty Judge
duly made ou the 21st day of July, A.
D, 1905.
Peterson & Fetersou, J. S. Harris,
Attorney for Estate. Exectuor.
1
Repairing
; I want to call your attention M
to the fact that I do all kinds
of Watch, Clock and "Jewelry
, repairing. I do accurate work, t
' get it out quick and guaraq-, ,
tee every job sent out. - -
WatchesandJewelry
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
PETERSON & PETERSON,
Attorneys-at-Law
AlHENA,
OREGON.
J.. D. PLAMONDON
PHYSICIAN 1 AND SURGEON,
Office in
Barrett Building, - - Athena, Oregon
Dr. A. B. Stone,
PUVSICIAN Jk SURGEON
Calls answered promptly day or night
Office in Post Building, Athens, Oregon
S. F. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to Female
, Diseases.
Calls promptly answered. Office onTblrd
Street. Athena, Oregor
VM. M'BRIDE, Proprietor.
South Side Main Street, Athena, Ore.
Dealer in Paints, Oils,
DrugB and Toilet articles
Lubricating and Compoun
OILS
Drugs and Drug Sundries,
Prescripfions Carefully Compounded.
:f
reasonable
R. J. BODDY'S '
EAT MARKET
Fresh Meats. Only
the Best is Good.
Fresh . Urea
When we say Fresh Bread we mean Freah
Bread, Strictly. Pies, Cakes and Pastries
Baked to Order. Try our FAMOUS
WASHINGTON PIE. The Best Ever.
PRENDERG AST BAKERY
SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET. ": ATHENA, OREGON.
THE PRESS, OflLY $2 PER YEAR.
First
ational
of
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
v for keeping your valuable papers.
H. C Adams, President.
T.J Kirk, Vice-President.
F. S. Obow, Cashier,
BlRltllKll II
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i CONTRACTING
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. - -
5 A. M. CILLIS, PROPRIETOR,
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
: vi- !' "'"",V .V - --""-."-"-- 1
f ; Lumber, Shingles, Sash,. Doors, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Wall Paper Building Paper, Brick, etc.
Special inducements ou 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
- I PARKER i
i
."1 Everything- First
'",-;"''"' ,. ' Class Mod am
"J " Er and 17 p-to-date
fObC J, " SOUTH SID MAIN
gaKSgg STREET ATHENA.
d Dally
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Bank
Athena
C. A uarrett. 1
V. E. Oolbnrn, Directors
V. H. lieOrow, I
I, M. Kt.nr, Assistant Cashier
AND 3BUILDING
i iiititiin
OREGON.
Everything
For
House Keeping
Purposes
See our stock before you buy.
IMer fi Foiscni
The Complete House Furnishers. Main
St., next to Postoffice. Pendleton,
Foley's Honey aaj Tsr
cares csJJs, prevcats pneumonia.
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