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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER TwiOB-A-WK TCKSDAT AUD FbIDAT F .B. Boyd, Pcbliriifr. Entered m aecond-claM matter, March 1, 1904, at the poatofflce at Athena, Oregon Under an Actot Congress of March 8, 1879 Subscription Kataat er year, In adranot 12.00 Single copies In wrappers, 5c, Advertising Kataal i.o(vi reading notices, first Insertion, 10c per n i. Baob subsequent lnaertlon.fo. All eommanleatlons shoald be addressed to t is PRESS AthenaOregon ATHENA, JUNE 19 1906 With only $877.68 standing between the Athena eohool district and free dom 'from debt, it surely bespeaks much for the wise policy of a high tax levy daring a period of prosperous times. For several years the school levy of this district has stood a' 16 mills. Now that the indebtedness has been nearly wiped out, it is safe to re duce the levy and still maintain a good school. The polioy of taking in and combining with this district, surround ing rural distriots, should now be agi tated. With no indebtedness on this distriot, a lower levy for school pur poses, better facilities for acquiring and centralizing the combined effort of a proficient corps of teaohers, wonld seem to us to serve as an in ducement if properly taken to the right sources, whereby the adjacent tnral school districts could be induoed to see where all is gain and nothing lost by combining with District No. 29. In other localities where the oouutry school distriots have given up the bur den of trying to keep the little school bouse open for a few months during the year, and combined with the town and oity school distriots, it is found that the result is wholly satisfactory. Taxes for school purposes in the terri tory once embraoing the country school is mnoh less, to whiob is added, the great material advantage to the farm er's children of having equal oppor tunity with the oity and town pupil of doing educational work iu a graded and high school. With dobt hanging over this distriot, in truth, there was little inducement to offer in combining with the country districts, except (he advantages of the graded school and the high school department; but now it is different, and the matter should be investigated atouce, so that if such a combination oan be consummated, it may 0o accomplished iu time for the ootniug school year. I Free alcohol of the rluuulurizud bind will work to the benefit ot the turuier in more ways tbun one. Fiist, iu triv ing a cheuy power uud illuiniuaut. Out io udditiou to this, the mukiug of it will afford an increased niarkit for his products. Many things uusuluble will do to make alcohol out of, The production of the enormous quantities of alcohol that would be used if the tax were removed would create a new market for the surplus crops of coin, potatoes or the waste products of tho boot and oauo sugar industries, etc Tux-lreo aloohol would give the furm- Special Announcement. Begiuuiug on Monday morning, Juue 11th, we will place ou sale a Hue of lace ourtaius never before equaled in our history. It is entirely differ ent from the usual sale, in that it involves the richest, baudsoniest, as well as the cheaper styles. The collection inolndes Reuaissanoe, Real Arabian ou Frenob net, Cluuy, Duchess, Poiut de Lux, Milans, Swiss Points, Nottingham aud Scotch nets. These can be bad iu either white, ivory or beige, The most importaut feature of this sale will be the prioo teductiou, which will rauge from 25 per cent to 10 per oent less thuu regular. Use Our Rest Rooms THE DAVIS - Everything to Home. 13-14-16-18-90-22 Alder Street, WALLA WALLA, -:- WASU en a sort of balance wheel by provid ing a market for crops not otherwise marketable, since a crop partly spoiled conld be made the source of cheap alcohol for industrial purposes. "A country that naed up its trees." The article under the above title, in the April magazine number of the Out look, is one whiob, if the enemies of the forestry were amenable to argu ment, might well be commended to their consideration. In all their thousands of years of history, the suc cessive races which have dominated the soil of China seem never to have grasped the idea that the preserva tion of the forests were neoessary to the permanent welfare of the country. As a result, witL all its population and with all the intensity of applica tion shown by its people in their in dustrial pursuits, the whole country shows an appearance of decay. Thous ands of years ago the forests were swept from the face of the earth ex cept on the mountains. Then the mountains were denuded, first of the forests, then of sod, then of soil. With the disappearance of these came rushing floods in the place of slowly distributed rainfalL The wateitable of mnoh of the country was so lower ed that irrigation by pumping became the only dependence for saving the crops. From denuded hills and from bottoms strewn with sand by the floods now blow dust-storms which impart a deathly hue to the landscape of the whole provinces. That's the sort of fate to which the shortsightedness and greed of Americans who oppose fores try would consign our now beautiful land. There should be no "faction"in this little oity of ours. Every improve ment made enhances the value of all property in and surrounding the town. We should live as one big family, and we believe few towns oan show up a more progressive and intellectual family. We have as few"blaok sheep" in our plaoe as any flock! in the state. When there is disoord In the family there is little progress. When there is united pull there is little we cannot aooomplisb. Envy, ' jealousy and hatred pulls us all down. Envy is the canker and gnaws at the heart and makes one soui, disgruntled aud un happy. Jealousy makes one unfair in passing judgment; hatred does not pay even from a sordid point of view. Let us all be friends and pull together and show oar neighbors what a large harmonious family can accomplish. Jamea J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, is attempt-j lug to promote soiontinc larming in Minnesota and the Dakotas by offering prizes aggregating nearly $7,000. The only condition iu connection with the competition for prizei is that the taruieis wait keep two kiuds of live stock in connection with tbeir crop fanning. The first prize is ?!'.00, the second $150 uud the third $75. Judg- os will visit the farms aud make their awards upou the system of rotation of crops, the character of cultivation, oleanliuess, crop yield aud the num ber and character of live stook. The head of the great financial in stitution, discussing the proposal to give national banks the privilege of loaning on farms, presents the follow ing considerations of tne probable re sults following such a polioy: If the . i .Stl KASER CO. Make Your Furnish the appointments Here recommendations become a law it will turn a great stream of money to farm loan investments. Some of the great Insurance companies in the past have been buyers of farm loans. - Should national banks and the large insur ance companies enter the field it will have a tendency to lower rates on farm mortgages, at least temporarily, and, owing to this, the sale of farm loans is apt to conoentrate into the bands of institutions able to make it profit able, owing to their ability to place farm loans in large quantities. Dr. Wiley, chief chemist of the Ag ricultural Departments a sharp thorn in the side of the adulterators of food and drink. The other day he went before the committee of Congress bav ing the matter in charge and showed them bow to make "whiskey" without the aid of corn, rye or other grain; without a still or washtub or other agenoy supposed to be indispensible in the manufacture of this drink, Dr. Wiley nsed only certain chemi cals, coloring matter and ingredients to influence the taste, yet he was able to turn out a complete duplicate of the "blended whiskey" which id sold in vast quantities all over the country, The committee was amazed, but it was noticed that nobody asked the doctor for a drink. Dr. Wiley, having knocked out so many frauds in his capacity as chem ist of the Agricultural Department, is now sighing for other worlds to con quer. Ac present he is training his guns on what was supposed to be the innoouous cranberry, but in wbiob the dootor's sharp eyes have detected ben zoio acid, whose continued use is ex tremely injurious to health. Now, if benzoic acid is added to embalmed tur key, the kind that the cold storage people are handing out. It is easy to see that danger lurks in the popular Thanksgiving and Christmas dish, and it begins to look as if nothing is safe from the inquisitive iconoclasts." If the editor of the Milton Eagle thinks "jealous vaporiugs" gets him out of the "squeeze," he is welcome to the think. There may be some things we are envions of, bufcertainly not the position the Eagle occupies. The German and Austrian emperors recently met and hugged aud kissed each other. This may mean trouble. A king kissing bee is ominous of evil. The czar is damning the douma and douma is denouncing the bureaucrats in language equally sulphurous. Rus sia is having the time of her life. The talk is that the democrats will renominate Bryan and tho republicans will name Roosevelt ns their presi dential candidate iu 1003. The peckers must give the people good meat or down goes (heir tneut house. For Sale. The O. C. Beck place near the school house is ofiered for sale. 'kGood house, two aud one-half lots for sale cheap. A span of good work horses will bo taken in trade. O. C. Beck, Athena. BANNER SALVE the moat healina hIi in tho world. Oregon Suorp line m Union Pacific TWO TRAINS EAST DAIY rhroaKU Pullman standard and steeping car daily to Omaha, Uhtrago; tourist sleeping oar dally to Kaunas City; through Pullman louriHi sleeping can, personalty conducted, weekly to Chicago, with free reclining chair can, aenta free, to tb east daily irom reuaietuu. ARBIVB Dally. timb acHsiut.xa DEPART Dally. VTHENA. ORE. Walla Walla. Day ton, Pomeroy, Lew iston. Colfax. Pull 9:Ua m. man, Moscow, thr :! a.m. Couer d'Alena dis trict, Spokane and au points north. Mixed, Walla Wal- 12:30 p n to renaieton Fut Mall for Pen Idleton. LaUrande. Baker City, and al points esv via ti av. tington. Ore,, Also for V mat 1 1 la, H epp- 4:53 p m ner. Tua Dalles 4:58 p. m Portland. Antftrt Willamette Valla' Point. California Tacoraa. Seat lie, all ctouna roiiiM. Mixed, Pendleton T:0Spm to Walla Walla M. W. Smith Arent, 13 Whose Say-so Is Best? With nearly all medicines put up for sa'o through druggists, one has to take tiia maker's say-so alone as to their cura tive value. Of course, such testimony Is not that ot a disinterested party and; accordingly is not to lie given the same credit as it written from disinterested motives. Dr. Pierce's medicines, how ever, form a single and therefore striking exception to this rule. Their claims to the conlidence of invalids does not rest solely upon their makers' say-so or praise. Their ingredients (ire matters of public knowledge, being printed on each separate bottle wrapper. Thus invalid sufferers are taken into Dr. Pierce's full conlidence. Scores of leading medical men have written enough to fill volumes In praise of the curative value of the several ingredients entering into these well-known medicines.; Amongst these writer we And such med ical light as Prof. Kinley Elllngwood, M. P.. of Bennet Medical College, Chicago; Prof. Bale, of the same city; Prof. John M. Bcud der, M. I)., late of Cincinnati, Ohio; Prof. John King, M, D.. late of Cincinnati, Ohio; Dr. Grover Coo, of New York; Dr. Bartho low, of Jefferson Medical College, of Pa., and scores of others equally eminent Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures the worst cases of female weakness, prolap sus, an terersion and retroversion and corrects Irregularities, cures painful periods, dries up disagreeable and weakening drains, some times known as pelvic catarrh and a multi tude of other diseases peculiar to women. Bear in mind, it Is not a patent nor even a secret medicine, but the "Favorite Prescrip tion" of a regularly educated physician, ot large experience In the cure of woman's peculiar ailments, who frankly and confid ingly takes his patients Into his full con fidence by telling them just what his "Pre scription " Is composed of. Of no other medi cine put up for woman's special maladies and sold through druggists, can It be said that the maker Is not afraid to deal thus frankly, openly and honorably, by letting every patient using the same know exactly what she is taking. Sick women are Invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond ence .is guarded as sacredly secret and womanly confidences are protected by professional privacy. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. How to preserve health and beauty is told in Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med ical Adviser. It Is free. For a paper covered copy send Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo. N. Y.. 21 one-cent stamps to cover mailing only ; in cloth binding 31 stamps. Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation. -Tha- COMMERCIAL LIVERY. FEED and SALE STABLE. Best Turnouts In Eastern Oregon Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month fi KING BROTHERS Prep THE PALACE DRUGSTORE VVM. M'BRIDIi, Proprietor. South Side Main Street, Atlieim, 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. . THE WRICHT LIVERY AND FEED STABLE GOOD HORSES AHO RIGS. REASONABLE PRICES DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED- Uorscs boarded by the day, week or mouth Stables on 2nd street, South of Main street 4. Wright, ... Proprietor . Try The TROY LAUNDRY For GOOD WORK HENRY KEENE, Agent, ATHENA, .OREGON. Cut Flowers and Floral Decorations RUSH ORDERS WILL RE CEIVE PROMPT AT TENTION. James Wait, Walla Walla Washington No. 9 South 2nd St. Phone, 827. BLACKSMITH AND REPAIRING SHOP A. II." LUNA, Propiietor. Shop West of. King! Barn, Athena. YOUR MONEY BACK If yon are not FURNITURE T WE Largest "stockjrf eastern Oregon. !"vheu T-nrrrir"; J Yours to please I M. A. RADER, - - - PENDLETON, OREGON. I - Undertaking Parlors in Connection n 1 HMMWW i-i anr" r ti iiiiii uti inaaatt. -TW i , ran Peebler & Chamberlain Successors to the Umatilla Implement Co. Agricultural Implements WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES, MACHINERY, THRESHERS ETC. ATHENA. Saving at the Spigot Wasting at the Bung" It covers more surface, longer than any other prepared paint, or hand-mixed lead and oil. CALL FOR I COLOE CARDS I Umatilla Lumber Yard rw THE 1ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop. m Only First-class Hotel in the City. Iff tuc ct uiruni c I nr. oi. muuuLu It the only one that can accommodate commercial travelers. Can be lecomended for IU clean and well ventilated room. . Cob. Mam and Third, atijkna. Or PETERSON & PETERSON, Attorneys-at-Law A1HA, - - - OREGON satisfied with AND CARPETS SELL. Make onr store yonr headquarters in Pendleton CITY MEAT MARKET C, II. Sherman Prop. , Nothing too good' for our pat rons. We cut the best meat money can buy. Fifh and oysters in season. Give us a trial. , , . . i PARKER & LANE'S I BARBER SHOP Everything I"rt Chin - Jin d e f Hill! I p-I.. - i h I s.iuth s:r MAIN STREET J ATHENA OREGON That's what buying poor paint means. Paint may be low priced by the gallon and be extravagant to use owing to to it's poor covering power and wearing quality. After the paint is applied it's too late to save. Start right and use The Sherwin-Wiluams Paint MADE TO PAINT BUILDINGS WITH, OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.. spreads easier, and lasts i Athena