The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, October 17, 1905, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textto JMlMW f KM. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. TwiOB-A-WlEK TCBSDAT AMD FbIDAT F. B. BOTD, PCBLISHIB. Entered as necond-clau matter, March 1, im, ai. the poatofflce at AtheDa, Oregon, under an Actot Congress of March S, 1879. Subscription Hate: ler year, In advanei I2.U0 Blngleooplei In wrapptca.f.c. Advertising Kates: Local reading notices, nrtt Insertion, 10c per , i. Qvnhiabteqaent Insertion, Sr. A ll communications should be addressed to i tie PBKH8 Athena, Oregon ATHENA, OCTOBER 17. 1905 The rich have their troubles, never bo mauy as now. The law somehow soems to be seeking them out, just to make them uncomfortable. W. W. Brown, of Crook county, who jumped into prominence during the recent Williamson trial, as the advocate of the downtrodden rich, said something more than the truth when he declared: "The government is going after the rich and letting the poor go." That fenrlesi speech brought forth many a sympathetic throb, in more than one Portland breast. The rich have been getting the worst of it They are to be bold accountable to vulgar laws just like the every-day plebeians Now the state has got at it. , It is going to look into the tax business. It doesn't exactly propose to inquire "Where did you get it?" but "How much have you, and where is it?" If the rich don't answer truthfully, they are to be prosecuted like ordinary perjurers. Good gracious I A girl of New York state faints whenover the band of her village be gins to play. Is this the press agent's way of advertising "the most extreme limit" in conducting? It is only fair to Mr. Morgan to ex plain that the portion of the earth now known as the moon got away before the title to this planet had passed iuto his possession. - The Houston (Tex. ) council has officially doclared that "gob-goo" eyes if made by meu, are a misde meanor. Girls are not . mentioned. They make their own law. Wheu manufacturers got to selling automobiles for $100 apieoe next year, as they are now planuiug to do, the millionaires will give theirs away aud go in for airships. The fumily of our northern sistor is growing. This time it's twins, and Saskatchewan and Alberta are lusty youngsters of which Canada is proud. With Commendable foresight the envoys used several pens in signing the treaty, so that the great demand for souvenirs will be to some extent supplied. NOIirilWKSTKItV lit. SI'IIKMI (New York Sun.) The opinions, political and other wise, of onr learned and preterinde pendent old friend and truepouny the Portland Oregouiau are its own busi ness ordinarily. But wheu it lays its ruthless aud saoieligions huud npou a A fortunate By buying an extra large stock ot Clothes Baskets this fall we were able to get them at an exceedingly low price. But as we were obliged to buy more than was required for our fall trade, we will have to reduce our surplus by having a Clothes Basket Sale for Two Weeks, Beginning October 9th. These Baskets are all made of clean round willow (not split willow) and are all very well made and a good bargain at regular prices. ' No. 1 Basket, size 19x28, 12 in. high, regular $1.00, sale price 9 6? No. 2 " 20x29,13" " " 81.10, " " .. 73 No. 3 " 21x31,13" " 81.25, " " 83 No. 4 22x32,14 " $1.50, ' ..1.00 Remember we pay the freight where bill of goods amounts to 810.00 Mail Orders a Specialty THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 12-14-16-18 20-22 Alder Street, WALLA WALLA, :- WASH. treasured institution of Massachusetts, it violates interstate comity and in vites rebuke. Bead these wild and wicked words: "Senator Lodge's recent speech in favor of ship subsidies is one of those utterances which seem to iudicatethat many of onr politicians take the American people for a nation of idiots. , . . Whatever our nation al disease may be, severe or trivial, fever or anemia, quacks of the Lodge school have one sovereign panacea : 'Bleed thepationt!' " Mr. Lodge holds a full hand of di plomas. He is A. B., LL. B. , Pb. D. , LL. D. He is a member of the Mas sachusetts Historical Society and a Fellow of the American Academy. He is not practicing politics and leo taring on political economy without a license. To call him a "quack," then, is to make an assertion not only regretably inurbane, but technically incorrect It is not merely inurbane, but shock ing, to say of any saying of this ac complished statesman, so loved and trusted in Massachusetts, that it in dicates a belief on his part that the American people are idiots. Mr. Lodge rests always upon the bosom of the people. For him no manipula tion of primaries or conventions, no mean interest in the distribution of the offices, no doctrining of platforms, no suppression or sophistication of the popular will. He lies upon the great heart of Massachusetts, his watch in his band, registering every beat of that young and impetuous organ. There ought to be a painting in the Boston Art Museum or the Fogg Museum at Cambridge of this beauti ful, this almost religious attitude and scene. A subscriptionjfor the purpose is now in circulation in the Essex Club. What word or deed of Mr. Lodge's has stirred this squall in Oregon? Mr. Lodge saw that some 61,000 Massa chusetts republicans were dissatisfied with the Dingly tarifif or pining for reciprocity. Naturally he was sud dened. Could he not make a diver sion? Could he not at least drive the bedeviled tariff reforming Gadarene swine in to the drink? So he shouted for ship subsidies. He defended, en couraged and patronized the Atlantic Ocean. Much has been lost to Mas sachusetts, mainly by the unfeeling and wicked conduct of her tariff re vising republicans. Muob more may yet be lost. Mount Tom may be leveled to the ground. The cranber ry interest may fail for want of irriga tion or the decline of Turkey. " Three members of the Anoient and Honor able Artillery Company have become moderated teetotalers, temporarily at least Nelson Appleton Miles and uniform reform may be rejected by the democratic bosses. Medford rum has gone from Medford. The Sacred Codfish may be shredded into break fast bulls, but all is not lost Stand ing on the narrow neck of land which is Nahant. Mr. Lodge gazes seaward and cries: : "The ocean on which we found our prosperity, is still there. The coast is ours, a natural monopoly that can not be taken from us." , The tariff reformers can't steal the ocean, the coast or the senator. The ocean hugs the coast The coast hugs the ocean. The senator gathers both in his all-enfolding arms. Mas sachusetts hugs herself for pride and joy in such a piece of water, such land, a little rooky, and such a sou. Even uttermost Oregon should veu erate Mr. Lodge. He protects the ooean. Nobody knows what a con founded tariff tearer like Governor Douglas would do to the ooean if Mr. Lodge were not on guard. NO PATENT ON FLOWERS. ( Washington Star. ) Luther Burbauk wasted f 500 worth of time talking to us about his work und his theories and showing us his gardens. . Wbeu we left he filled our arms with flowers of the rarest kind thut were worth thousands of dollars. Like other men of genius be is ab solutely indifferent about money. He said he was uot in the business for gain, although every flower in his Purchase Mail Orders a ' Specialty garden was of great value for seed. He showed us a bed of dahlias sever al hundred plants tor which a Chicago man had offered him 100 each. He picked up a leaf of spineless cactus as big as bis hand and said it was worth $500 'for seed. " , A lout a bushel of similar leaves were lying on the ground. " He took us to a bed of "star flowers" some thing entirely new a hybrid which be has produced from an Australian plant sent him by a friend. It is ever lasting, pink, crimson and white, and never loses its color or luster. He told us that a French millinery company had offered to buy all of these flowers that be could raise, de siring to use them for trimming hats, but insisted upon having - million blossoms to start with, so as to sup ply any demand. He said the contract was worth hundreds of dollars, but he was compelled to decline it, because it would keep him from other work that was of greater importance. ' In stead of accepting the fortune the Frenchman offered him he gave them some seed and told them to raise their own flowers. Half in complaint, half in congrat ulation, he explained that it was im possible to patent a flower or veget able or a tree or any kind of plant He considered this injustice. Authors can' copyright books, manufacturers can protect their inventions, but bot anists have no way of securing the re sults of their labor and study but must share them with the world. But he said he did not care. The fame and satisfaction he enjoyed were all he wanted. DEMOCRATS AND ROOSEVELT. (New York Sun) There was one happening at the democratic city convention which was not on the program outlined by the leaders. The platform, of course, had been prepared in advance, and when the oommittee on resolutions retired, according to custom, it was supposed they were going out? for a perfunctory duty. While the committee was away from the convention a recess of 15 minutes was taken, but it was nearly three-quarters of an hour before the oommittee returned, and their long absence led to some speculation. The explanation came when Senator Thomas F. Grady, chairman of the committee, mounted the platform and stated that he had been asked to read this resolution, which had been adopt ed by the committee: . Resolved, That the successful la bor of President Roosevelt in the in itiative, conduct and settlement of the peace negotiations between the govern ments of Russia and Japan present such a preeminently patriotio and hu manejservioe as to merit grateful rec ognition for every element of our cit izenship, and we, who have been and are now his determined political op ponents, unhesitatingly aooord to him onr hearty praise for the surprising courage, remarkable tact, distinguish ed ability and commanding influence displayed by him as the central figure in the great peace triumph of the age. When this resolution was read the convention for a few moments sat in silence. It didn't seem quite to un derstand. But as the meaning of it flashed on the crowd there was an out burst of cheering which was continued for two or three minutes. It was realized that the democrats had taken the wind out of the sails of the repub licans. ELASTIC SKIIfJTED FISH. rlwbla Creator PaOa' Itaalf V Vattl Too Bis B Swriow4( A few days ago a number of specimens of the puffer were taken to the aqua rium. The puffers are caught in the neigh 'oc: ' cod ot this city, says the New York T : : -sie. They are so named be cause t v elasticity of their skin and the facilir; with which they can Inflate thems i fiy doubling theirsize. When In this ( M.clUon they resemble In some espects s ball. The nose and brilliant light grft n eyes protrude from one part and on the other side a tall projects. Ap parently st nwot danger close at hand Is the r-lyi nl for puffing uy and the suc cess of t! ( (fort does not appear to be goreruf c, !:i confinement to the water. Air se::.' :o serve equally well, as was demons' r- d by Mr. Spencer, the su perintend; t of the aquarium, the other day. He lifted one from the tank and Instantly Us pumping apparatus began to work. A very short space of time a second or thereabouts was required to give the fish rotundity. Its skin Is beautifully mottled and when lytng on the gravel bottom It might easily be mistaken- by another fish fwhrmltg above for part of the bed Itself. Al ' oiigh It Is not known posi tively v!ij the puffer hat this power to enlarjt It. it It Is thought by some that this is a m ni of protection. The fish Is not lr. r; being only tlx or eight Inches lovr. Everyone knows how hard It would he to swallow a ball six 6f el?hr ii -h' In diameter, and that the numb r of species of fish which could do this ruccessfully la not large.' The pulTir dps the power, apparently, to ma' t ltr If as uncomfortable as a fish bone while In the process of being swal lowed. A s'ory Is toid shout two New Tor' fish-mien who pullrd In a netful of -prfftrs, a specUa of fish they had nerr nu or heard of befcre. They dutnp'U the fish In o the to;; era of the boat ard were surprised to find In the space ot a second that by tome miracle the boat was full to overflowing with fish. There is bat one laundry in Pendle ton known as the "Peudleton Steam Laundry," aud Charles Gay u its exclusive Atheua agent My Staple Lines of Jewelry are BROOCHES , . , SCARF PINS " CUFF LINKS NECK CHAINS GUARD CflAJNS VEST CHAINS LOCKETS RINGS FOBS . I have many pretty things arriv ing to make up my fall stock. Watch my window displays. ROYAL M. SAWTELL Jeweler : Athena PETERSON & PETERSON. Attorneys-at-Law A1HENA, - OREGON. J. D. PLAMONDON PHYSICIAN 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 . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ; Special attention given to Female i . . ' Diseases. Calls promptly answered. Office od Third Street. Athena. Oregor JOHN T. WOOD, M. D, Graduate Detroit Col lege of Medicine : : : Office Opposite McBride's Drug Store. THE PALACE DRUGSTORE Wli M'BRIDE, Proprietor. South Side Main Street, Athena, Ore. You know your doctor is all right, but how about the tilling of prescriptions? Our Prescriptions are precisely as the doctor ordered nothing more, nothing less and always exactly right. Troy Laundry Walla Walla, ash. Elmer Lane, Agent in Alliens Work Guaranteed Washings are called for each Tues day and are returned Friday morning BLACKSMITH AND REPAIRING SHOP A. H. LUNA, Proprietor. Shop West of King's Barn, Athena. the :; : :. t ST." NICHOLS HOTEL ! J. E. FROOME, prop. t Only First-class Hotel in I , the City. : m I t IKE Si. nlUHULo 1 - . r . is ui ouiy oae ibu vmu KoimnmnH a commercial traveler. Can ecieoomended for 1U clean and well ventilated rooms. Coa. Maih asTbii, ATBXMA.Or. Each lnl3orsiing I When you dress think about the Pendleton Steam Laundry. Ask your self if your linen work is as it should be. A man who wears good clothes cannot afford to wear "fairly good" laundry work. If you find your collars are poorly turned, if you find they have saw edges, if you find them specked, remember that these fanlta have been overcome at the PENDLETON STEAM LAUNDYR, and that only high grade work is allowed to leave onr laundry. Every day brings new custome rs who are highly pleased with our work. May we expect a trial pack age from you? Pendleton Steam Laundry The Up-to-Date v ' LAUNDRY FI8HMAN & PETERS, Proprietors CHARLES GAY, - - ATHENA AGENT 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 buoiness 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. CILLIS, PROPRIETOR, ' THE GILLIS Hll Peebler & Successors to the Agricultural WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES, MACHINERY, THRESHERS ETC. ATHEN A. . ,' . . , j .... , ! ; u CH&RLES GAY ...Dealer in... Candies, Nuts, Fruits, Tobaccos, Cigars FRESH BREAD. PIES. CAKES, ETC. 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 FURNISEB ON ALL KINDS OF BUILDING ON SHORT NOTIFICATION AND BUILDING LUMBER YARD 11 1 Chamberlain Umatilla Implement Co. ' . OREGON. PARKER & LANE'S Everything Fir I CIrsk - Bio d em nil Up-tu l a t SOUTH SID MAIN STREET ATHENA. Implements