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ATHENA, JULY 10. ......1906
Tbe Northwestern liue has made a
contract to carry this souson 30,000
head of shoop from tbe ranges of Ore
gon and Montana for grazing in tran
sit iu . northern Wisconsin for tbe
Chicago . market. Tbe movement
will begin as soon as the shearing sea
son is over, about July 1st Tbe plan
was attempted in a small way last
season in tbe same region, and it prov
ed so eminently successful that it has
been decided to carry it on a more
elaborate soale this season. Tbe graz
ing land is located in Barron, Gales,
Sawyer and Washburn counties. It is
in the timber region, which has been
cat over, and is now raising tbe rich
est grasses in the world.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
praising tbe recent republican conven
tion In bis state the other day said:
"Ouly one delegate hinted that he
would like to be corrupted. He came
to me and said, 'See here, Peurose, one
of two things has got to happen, eith
er I get my expenses to Harrisburg
paid or I vote aooordiug to tbe dic
tates of my own conscience. ' " One
cannot help thinking that tbe delegate
weut to the light plaoe to get relief
from such dictation.
It looks dark for tbe boodlers in tbe
Massachusetts legislature. Lawson's
charges against that body seems to
have been fonndod on fact. Tbe trial
also leads directly to tbe offices of
some of tbe lurge corporations. And
the best of it all is tbut District Attor
ney Morau is one of the kind that en
joys tbe obase.
Tho Press is in receipt of the auuual
catalogue of tbe Agricultural College,
at Corvallis. This popular institution
of lcuruirg Las a well tamed nputa
tiou.
Seuutoi Bailey is suid to have de
cided not to co u tent with Mr. Bryau
the democratic) iiominutiou iu 1908.
One of tbe first, things a Tcxnu learus
is not to draw in "weopnu" uuless the
sumo is loadod.
Tbe orator who is to represent the
western democrats at tbe Bryan recep
tion bus not yet been selected. What
is tho matter with Jim Ham Lewis?
asks the Walla Walla Statesman.
The Japanese wbo bavo mudo good
ou nioBt uf thoir reoout predictions,
Our Carpet
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the bout showing of floor fabrics that can be found iu Eastern Washington,
it comprises the latest and best designs in carpet styles, embraciug a
buudsouio variety of Oiieutal floral and colorings. Many of tbe patterns
prosout uovul effects, and colorings and a goodly portion of our attractive
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WALLA WALLA, -:- WASH
declare San Francisco to be safe " fro
earthquakes for 50 yean. As to Rus
sia, tbey are not predicting out loud.
'GETS BID OB TBI KID"
Portland Oregonian.
Dr. A. S. Orne, wbo has made a
tour of tbe Western cities recently in
the interests of children and the Juv
enile Court, is authority for the state
ment that tbe words "get rid of the
kid" represents the spirit of tbe age
in which we live. He does not, as be
might have done, go back into tbe
methods employed for this purpose,
that have come to be known as race
suicide, but deals with facts concern
ing the lives of myriad) of children
born to thriftless, irresponsible par
ents, whose neglected . childhood ap
peals to humanity for rescue, and
who, a little further on, join Ihe ranks
of predatory mischief -making boys and
untaught immodest girls, and wbo,
yet a little later, swell tbe ranks of
youthful criminals.
A tour of personal inspection of the
charities and corrections of this coun
try, covering a period of ten years,
leaves Dr. Orne in lather a discourag
ed mood, since be asserts with great
positiveness that America is raising
a oorp of good -for-notbiugs and gam
blers, most of wbom come from chil
dren who have no home, in the real
sense of tbe word. Our criminals
have increased 75 per cent in tbe last
ten years, he further declares, while
our population has increased only 22
per cent in the same poriod.
This is truly a dark reoord. If it is
a record supported by careful obser
vation, it certainly behooves tbe people
to asoertain tbe cause and provide a
remedy. The cause is indeed plainly
shown in tbe reoords of tbe Juvenile
Court in many cities, including Port
land parental irresponisbility in vary
ing degrees, whether it is manifest is
simple carelessness or stolid inatten
tion, orprooeeds to the all too common
extreme of "getting rid of the kid" by
desertion, with as little care for its
f utrue as for that of the superfluous
dog purposely "lost," is, without
doubt, the basis of tbe inorease in
juvenile criminality so sadly noted.
Examples of this kind are common
in every community. Here is a wo
man whose husband is in tbe peniten
tiary; desiring to marry again, she
throws her little girl of 5 years upon
publio charity, because, as she stated
to the Judge of the Juvenile Court,
"the man will not marry me unless I
get rid of the kid." There is a little
boy, woeping in a railway statiou,
with nowhere to go, explaining in sim
ple words: "My papa put me on a
train and went a way ; I got off here
and am lost"
Again there appears before tbe
managing board of the Christian's
Home, a woman with tear-stained face
asking admission for ner two or three
children, because their father has de
serted his family. And yet again come
three children, clad in tags, covered
with vermine, and ill kept, to whom
the authorities of the Boys' and Girls'
Aid Society are prompt to apply the
praotical advice of Mr. Dick, who,
viewing forlorn, travel-soiled little
David Copperfleld, said briefly:" Wash
him. " It is reoorded that tbe parents
of these lust mentioned children did
not purposely nor willfully neglect
their cLildreu, but thought tbey were
giving them all tbe care that was nec
essary; that the little tots were healthy
and happy, sun-browned as well as
dirty; that tbey brought tbe best of
appetites to the plainest fare, and that
there was no desire on tbe part of the
parents to get rid of them. Tho case,
therefore, wns rather one of parental
ignorance than pareutul irresponsibil
ity houoe its criminal features are,
iu a sense, looking.
It is not of this caso that Dr. Orne
speaks, when hesaysthat lOOperoeutof
our inorease in criminals come from
homeless children; that of the 8,000,
000 tramps wbo are a menace to civil
ization, 99 per cent come from the
same class of children.
Lost, somewhere in Athena, a pack
ago containing three yards of ilnen.
Leave at this office.
Department
Make
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Here
NOT this orriCE.
A New York man was talking about
Opie Bead, tbe brilliant author and
journalist
"Read, yon know," he said, "found
ed the Arkansaw Traveler. He edited
that excellent paper for 10 years or
more. He made a great suooesa of it
"They say that in tbe spring of 1885
a reporter of the Traveler died. A
visitor to tbe offloe the day after tbe
funeral found tbe editor and his staff
talking about their loss disconsolately.
" 'It has been a sad loss, friends,'
tbe visitor said. 'A sad loss, indeed.'
He sigded and looked around tbe room.
'And I am pleased to see,' be went
on, 'that you commemorate the mel
ancholy event by hanging up crape.'
"Opie Bead frowned.
" 'Crape?' be said 'Where do you
see any crape?'
" 'Over there,' said the visitor,
pointing.
" 'Crape be durned' said Bead.
'That isn't crape. It's tbe office
towel"
! Beward Offered.
Bert Warren will pay a reward of
$15 for information leading to the re
covery of two 3-year-old and one
2-year-old colt All three colts are
branded B W on tbe right shoulder.
Address Bert Warren, Athena.
Public Notice.
Notice is hereby given that we will apply to
the Mayor and common council of the City ot
Athena, Oregon, at a meeting thereof to bo
held on the 2ith day of July, itutt for a
license to sell spirituous, man ana vinous
liquors in less quantities than one quart, said
liquors to be sold only in a building situated
on the east one-half of lot No. 9. In block No
5, ot said city. H. K. Coston,
G. M. Jonas,
Dated, June at, 1906. Applicant
C. A. Barrett & Co. has just re
ceived a carload of binders, mowers
and rakes that were delayed by tbe
flood and are now in shape to fill
the orders they have on band.
If you are in the market for pro
visions and harvest supplies, you can
save money by having Dnpuis & Co.,
Weston grooers, figure on your order.
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Lock box 9, Helix, Ore gon.
For Sale. One Niagara Pitts Sepa
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derriok wagons, water tanks, cook
house, stove, dishes, in f aot a ' com
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