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F .B. Boyd, Pcbliriifr.
Entered m aecond-claM matter, March 1,
1904, at the poatofflce at Athena, Oregon
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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I M. A. RADER, - - - PENDLETON, OREGON.
I - Undertaking Parlors in Connection n
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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
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Athena