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1901, at the poatofflce at Athena, Oregon,
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he PRESS Athena, Oregon
ATHENA, FEBRUARY 13 1906
Tbe Shaoiko Republican has evi
dently been through the mill, and baa
met the man who "takes" tbe local
paper, but roars like a cyclone when
he is asked to pay for it. The Re
publican puts it this way, and it is
honest truth, every word of it, except
that occasionally a subscriber is found
who "stops it" without paying:
"The fateful time is now at hand
when tbe country editor must onoe
more remind bis delinquent friends
bow badly, how sadly, how madly he
needs the dollar. He fixes up a polite
note, the best be can think of, puts a
two eent stamp on and sends it on its
mission. A subscriber comes in at
the door with a 'don't-you-open-your-mouth-to-me'
expression on his face,
and with a voice like a giant, be
wants to know bow much he owes
on bis paper. Trembling as an aut
umn leaf, the meek and lowly prince
of the sanctum looks through tbe list
and haltingly informs the lordly de
linquent that tbe books show that be
owes $2. With the air of an eastern
potentate, the much aggrieved reader
of the country's family paper bands
over the two plunks, then be squares
bis shoulders, sticks out his chest and
halts at tbe door. 'You may stop it,'
he says, and then walks out with the
air of a man who has just received
such a grievous wrong that he fears
to speak, lest be lose control of him
self. The editor sits meekly down
at his desk and writes for the personal
columns: "Mr. So-aud-So, one of the
leading citizens of such a place, made
this office a pleasant call last week."
Two samples of good roads will be
built in Oregon this summer under the
direotion of government experts.
Through the efforts of Senator Fulton
and Seuator Hill, the good roads en
thusiasts, the agricultural department
has agreed to send experts and ma
chinery to Oregon to build two speci
men roadst eaob one a mile in length.
It is the understanding that the roads
shall be built near Salem and Pen
dleton, the reapoctive counties to bear
the expense ot materials and labor,
and the government to pay its experts
and furnish niaohinery. Similar work
is to be done in other northwestern
states, and it is planned to hereafter
build two sample roads until eaoh
county has had at least one such high
way. The object is to demonstrate to
farmers bow good roads "can be built
and maintained.
There is great need of a revision of
the laws of Oregon relative to publica
tion of legal notioes. Oregon is E0
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WALLA WALLA, WASH.
years behind the times. Tbe idea of
posting election notices, for instance,
when there are newspapers in tbe state
to do such work, is a case in point
Fifty years ago, when there were no
newspapers, or very fcr, iu Oregon,
Tbe methods of the today might have
been exousable; today there is abso
lutely no excuse for such methods.
There are countless other notices of
a public character that tbe laws of
the state should require tbe publica
tion of. If Oregon is ever to emerge
from the frontier it is high time a
beginning were made. The posting
costs'absolutely more than the publishing.
William Jennings Bryan says of tbe
Japanese: "I have never seen a more
quiet, orderly or self -restrained people
than tbe Japanese. I have visited all
of the larger cities and several of the
smaller ones, in all parts of the
islands; have mingled in the crowds
that assembled at Tokio and Yokoha
ma at the time of tbe reception to
Togo, and during tbe naval review;
have ridden through tbe streets in the
daytime and at night, and have walk
ed when the entire street was a mass
of humanity. I have not seen one
drunken native or witnessed a fight
or altercation of any kind. This is
tbe more remarkable when it is re
membered that these have been gala
days, when the entire population
turned out to display its patriotism
and to enjoy a vacation."
CONCERNINO THE NORMAL.
Weston Leader.
Tbe Oregonian says that tbe Leader
is "rabid," in commenting on a re
cent editorial in this paper concern
ing the Weston Normal. We suspect
that the Oregonian itself would scarce
ly be an engaging example of meek
ness and humility bad it seen an in
stitution whose growth it bad fondly
watohed for twenty years strnok
down by a mob of political fanatics.
Tbe Oregonian attempts to disclaim
responsibility for tbe referendum
movement, but it was the Oregonian 's
falsehoods against the normal schools
that led to this mistaken action. Now
tbe Oregonian wants tbe referendum
sustained at tbe polls, on tbe theory
that it has already done all tbe dam
age possible and tbe "rebuke should
be ratified." It has not, however.
To sustain tbe referendum will be to
tie up tbe general appropriation bill
until the legislature meets, thus ad
ding to the state's embarassment and
costing a further large sum in inter
est. If the referendum was right to
begin with it should be ratified, and
not otherwise. It was wrong, bow
ever a deadly, cruel wrong an edu
cational crime with scarce tbe shadow
of justification. If tbe judgment of
tbe people has not been entirely warp
ed by tbe Oregonian 's narrow and
unjust policy of misrepresentation,
the appropriation will be sustained
and Yamhill county very properly
squelched. The Oregonian could not
complete its artiole, of course, with
out refering to the normals again as
"local high schools," and as a source
of political corruption. Will it never
tire of these miserable lies? Will it
never attempt to bolster up its gaunt
and empty assertions with some sem
blance of proof? As to a state board
of trustees, tbe Leader favors the plan
and endorses James Withycombe's
views on the subject.
IN WICKED CHICAGO.
Spokesman-Review.
Is the world growing worse? Look -ing
at tbe first page ot the Chicago
Tribune of Monday one might be iu-
! olined to auswer in tbe affirmative,
j Of tbe six columns of news matter on
i tbo page three toll directly of crimes,
oue relates to a merger contrary to
to us right now
promptly that you will be on our
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Here
the law, and two gives some measure
of enoouragement to tbe optimist '
: One column is devoted to accounts
ot ruffianly assaults upon women re
ported to tbe police but never fully
investigated and in regard to which
the police sought to keep information
from tbe public Another column
tells of "theatre agents" deceiving
and robbing girls who songbt employ
ment In another there is a detailed
account of one of the most nauseating
divorce scandals in millionaire circles
The cartoon on the same page aptly
illustrates conditions as they are in
Chicago, and doubtless in other cities,
with an alderman holding the center
of tbe stage, while on one side of him
are women beseeching protection and
on the other tbe saloon men also ask
ing protection. The alderman's eye
is rivited on the sign held aloft by
tbe saloonkeepers, "Remember, we
are all voters. "
What little of brightness the page
presents is contained in a column re
port from Washington telling of con
gress being aroused to tbe necessity of
improving the naturalization laws,
and a looal column wherein it is
shown that four aldermen have had
the oourage to resist the appeals and
threats of the liquor element and join
the ranks of tbe high bcense support
ers. There is no definite assnranoe,
however, of successful accomplish
ment of the end sought either as to
naturalization or high license.
There is no pleasure in having at
tention called to the evil conditions of
society, yet it is sometimes necessary
in order that good may result Chica
go gains nothing by the prominence
given to its criminal side, but the
hope is indulged that this notoriety
may arouse popular and official senti
ment to such a degree that an effec
tive remedy will be applied. Fortu
nately tbe country is not to be judged
by Chioago, but there are other places
in which conditions are nearly if not
quite as bad. .
- TO EUROPE IN A DAY.
New York Sun.
Three-day excursions to London and
return are the dream of an inventor
who is now perfecting a motor which,
be believes, will drive steamships at
the rate of 100 and 150 miles an hour.
This new motor is a simple affair.
It consists of a pipe which runs
through the hold of the vessel below
the water line. This pipe is open at
both ends. Attached to this pipe,
about one third from the after end,
is a cylinder which is just the di
ameter of the pipe and in length about
three times its diameter. At the bot
tom of this cylinder the pipe that at
taches it to tbe main pipe curves aft
The rest of the motor is simply an
application of the gas engine. The
cylinder when working is . charged
with gas, wbioh bas been vaporized
from kerosene oil. An electrio spark
explodes this gas and forces it out
through the pipe at the stern of the
boat This gives tbe boat a kick
wbioh drives it ahead, and at the
same time the gas driving through the
pipe at the stern creates a vaouum at
the forward end into whoh the water
rushes so that, as tbe inventor says,
it is drawing the boat ahead at tbe
same time that it is driving it for
ward from the kick in tbe stern.
Herbert E. Rider, who devised the
system of underground trolleys that
is in use in this city, and who bas
invented other things, bas lately been
devoting bis time to the study of
dynamics and hydraulics. Be had a
small model of a boat built last sum
mer and applied tbe motor, with the
result that the small six-foot boat fair
ly flew through the water.
He figured that he had got a con
tinuous oable which would pull his
boat across the north river, or, if the
boat were large enough, across the
Atlantio ocean. Mr. Rider at onoe
had his invention patented.
Mr. Rider has built an 18-foot St.
Laui-enoe skiff in wbioh a small motor
is to be installed, and the boat will
be exibited at the coming sportsmen's
show at Madison Square Garden.
The motor that is working is a long
piece of pipe four inches iu diameter.
IKVINQ'S 8 ELF DENIAL.
Success Magazine.
There was oue special act in Irviug's
young Ufa on the stage that has a les
son for all young artists. When, in
1859, having then had three full years
of experience as a player, he got a
three years' engagement in Loudon
and made his appearance at the Prin
cess', be came to the conclusion that
his work was not yet good enough for
metropolitan favor. So he resolutely
bent himself to the task before him,
and, with the reluctant consent of bis
manager, canoeled his engagement
He went back to the weary routine
and labor and hardship of the prov
inces, till the time should come for a
more worthy effort When we re
member that a London engagement
was, and is, the goal of an ambitions
actor's hopes, and that it means regu
lar work and regular pay and an ever
increasing opportunity for distinguish
ing oneself, we can understand that
his self-denying resolution was little
less than heroic. When, however, he
did come again, even years later, he
bad bis reward. He came ' to stay.
He knew his work then, and knew
that he knew it His record from
that on was an unbroken one of suc
cess and honor. His fight was won.
Publlo Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that I will apply to
the Mayor and common council of tbe city ol
Athena, Oregon, at a meeting tnereof to be
held on the Xth day or Kel. liioti, for
llcenae to sell ttpirltuous, malt and vinous
liquors in less qusuitiUe than one quart, said
liquors to be sold only In a building situated
on the west one-half of lot No. ft, in block a, of
aall ell?. Bert trtano.
itated Jail. Si, 1'JUtf. Applicant.
- COMPLETELY DISCOURAGED "
Is the feeling and plaint of women who
are "run-down" so low that work drags,
head aches, back ackes, hands tremble,
voice quivers, littlo
things annoy and
-everyming goes
wrong."
- Look the other
way just a minute
ana tee vhat Dr.
Pierce' Favorite
Prescription has
done for more than
a half-million
women in the last
thirty years.
What U has done
for others it can
do for you.
Believing that
alcoholic, stimu
lating medicines
were doing much
harm, Doctor R.V.
Pierce turned his
investigating mind
uoon the oroblem
of producing a remedy for the use of
weak and suffering women that should be
free from alcohol and at the same time
EFFECTIVE AND BAFK.
Nature has provided abundantly for
such needs and Dr. Pierce found in
native medicinal plants such as the roots
Of SOLDKN SEAL, LADY'S SUPPER, BLACK
cohosh, rsicoBW and blue cohosh,
the needed medicinal properties which
by peculiar processes strictly his own,
without the use of alcohol, he has ex
tracted, preserved and combined In exact
proportions to secure from each its best
effect Thus compounded his "favorite
prescription" is a remedy for the pains
and drains, weaknesses and inflammation
of tbo uterine system that has won world
wide fame by curing more than nlnety
nlno out of every hundred who have used
It properly.
In taking this you will know what you
take and feuce what you know to be good.
If In any doubt as to what is best for
you, write and ask advice of Dr. R. V.
Pierce, 603 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.,
and reliable medical advice will be sent
you by return mail in securely sealed
envelope. All correspondence free and
strictly confidential.
Doctor Plerco's Pleasant Pellets the
favorite family laxative. One "Pellet" a
laxative, two "Pellets" a cathartic dose.
Do Vonr Eyes Need Attention ?
Do It Now! Don't Delay!
I shall be pleased to have you call
and consult me in regard to your eyes
or glasses. I absolutely guarantee
satisfaction. Eyes tested free. Chil
drens work a specialty.
E. L. IIITEMAN,
Graduate and State Licensed Optician. Of
fice, next door to St. Nichols Sample Rooms.
THE PALACE
DRUGSTORE
WM. M'BRIDE, Proprietor
South Side Main Street, Athena, Ore.
You know your doctor !b 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.
THE WRIGHT LIVERY
AND FEED STABLE
C00O HORSES AND RHS. REASONABLE PRICES
DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED-
Horses boarded ly the day, week or mouth
Stables on 2nd street, South of Main street
4. W. Wright, - - - Proprietor-
If You
WANT CASH
For Your
REAL ESTATE
YOU CAN GET IT.
No matter where your property is
located or what it is, I have the
ability and tbe facilities to sell your
property. That is why I have the
largest Real Estate business in Walla
Walla today. Why not put your
property among the number that will
be listed and sold as a result of my
advertising? I will not only sell it,
sometime, but be able to sell it quick
ly. I am a specialist in quick sales.
If you want to buy any kind of a farm,
home or business in any part of the
country, tell me your requirements.
I guarantee to fill them promptly and
satisfactorily.
Audy T. Cope, Walla WTalla.
LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME.
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Best Turnouts
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Stock Boarded
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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 tbe
best workmen money can secure, and before you let your
contract it will pay you to get my figures.
A. M. CILUS, PROPRIETOR, 5
THE CILUS LUMBER YARD 1
Peebler & Chamberlain
. Successors to the Umatilla Implement Co.
Agricultural Implements
WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES,
MACHINERY, THRESHERS ETC.
ATHENA.
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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. : : : : :
Roslyn Coal, Puget Sound Wood
CONTRACTING. ESTIMATES FURNISED ON ALL
KINDS OF BUILDING ON SHORT NOTIFICATION
HENRY KEEN'S
Barber Shop
Shaving, Haircutting,
Shampooing, Massage
for Face and Scalp.
.HOT BATHS.
Shop North Side Main
Street, Athena, Ore.
BLACKSMITH AND
REPAIRING SHOP
A. II. LUNA, Proprietor.
Shop West of King's Barn, Athena.
AND BUILDING 1
CITY MEAT MARKET
C. II. Sherman Prop.
iumiug too gouu lor our p;n
rons. We cut the best meat money
can buy. Fish and oysters in
season. &ive us a trial.
OREGON.
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Claim - Bin 1 r r 11
and lip-to - rt h I
SOUTH SIDE MAIN
STREET ATHENA.
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