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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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, '
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FRESH BREAD. PIES. CAKES, ETC.
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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. : : : : :
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