AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Twigb-a-Week Tckbdat ahd Friday
F.B. Boyd, Publisiifh.
Entered a second-clans matter, March 1,
11X11, at the postofflce at Athena, Oregon
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t e PRK8H AtnenaOregon
ATHENA, JULY 16.
,1906
It is a notioable fact that the or
ganization of the Bine Mountain Edi
torial Association was elfocted at Day
ton Saturday without tbe depressiug
and blighting prcsonoe of Wood. It
is also worthy of mention t.o note that
hia name wasu't even mentioned dur
ing tbe session. Fact of the matter
is, tbe Washington boys will have
nothing to do with a "jnugleized" fos
sil, whose milk-shake notoriety origi
nated in an imaginary war with a
Chinese seotioa gang in the sage brnsh
jungles of Franklin county. In legend,
translated from the Chineso, the war
is supposed to have originated over
tbe ownership of a tattered woolen
blanket, a flunk of coffin varnish and
a mulligan ran. A compromise was
made in which the seotion boss re
tained tbe mulligan can, the Chinese
the Blanket and the colonel was
awarded the vamish. Furthermore tbe
Association is not seeking members
outside the pale of the craft; conse
quently roman caudle gardeners, and
bum potato kings, niasquerudiug in tbe
distorted guise of nristooratio oountry
journalists, are not wanted. .
Many praotioes' wbioh teu years
ago, Ave years ago, one year ago,
aud even six months ago were in fa
vor, publio opinion having no condem
nation for thorn, are now held to be
odious and even criminal. This is
perbups tbo most notable develop
ment of tbe day, namely, the creation
of a higher standard for tbe conduct
of American business. The revela
tions of graft in the iusuranoe and
railroad companies are a shook to
national pride and yet there is hardly
au Amorioau who doos not know that
in one form or another gruft has en
tored largely into the corporate life as
into the political life of tbo country.
Tbe saving clause of the situation is
that it seouis a pussiug phase iu our
uutiouwl proxross. Tbe optimist
has rousou to tojoice that the natioual
conscience has been touched and that
publio opiuiou is establishing higher
idouls.
When Kansas was suffering from
tbo visitation of grasshoppers the
whole country united in raising mon
ey aud contributing food and clothing
for the sofferors. Many a mean man
was developed then. The contribu
tions were so generous that oppor
tunity was afforded for graft. Aud
Our Carpet
which is now located ou the second floor of our new building contains
tbo bout showing of Hour fabrics that can befouud iu Eastern Washington
it comprises the latest and best designs in carpet styles, embracing a
buudsotue variety of Oiieutal Mora) unci colorings. Mauy of tbe patterns
present novel elfeots, aud coloring and a goodly portiou of our attractive
display is eutirely exclusive. They are simply works of art. The colors,
patterns and combinations are exquisite aud will ohimo with any colors of
walls or furniture. Come aud select whore you have tbo lurgest selection
aud tbe most reasonable prices.
Use
Our
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Ro om
THE DAVIS-KASER CO.
Everything to Furnish the
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13 14-16-18 20 22 Alder Street,
WALLA WALLA, : WASH
more than ono man now iich laid the
foundations of hia fortune in the cash
or goods which he stole from the re
lief fond. Much the same thing has
been noted in a smaller scale in the
San Francisco case . It is about the
smallest business in the world.
The kickers on tbe farms are not so
hard to get along with as those in the
towns. On the farm there is the
kicking cow and our long eared friend
the mule, while in town there is the
old mossback who wants all the priv
ileges of municipal living without
payng for them and blocks, so far as
he can, every mnuicipal improvement.
The cow may be sold for beef and the
mule traded for a shotgun, but noth
ing but a funeral will get rid of tbe
town kicker.
Hereafter tbe "opened through
mistake" excuse will be a . mistake
that will cost $200. The postofflce de
partment has ruled that mail must be
looked over before leaving the office,
aud that any letter put in yonr box by
mistake must be returned before leav
ing the postofflce under a penalty of
$200 for failure to do so.
Before the scientists get through
with it the question of whether the
eruption of Vesuvius caused tbe earth
quake or tbe earthquake caused the
eruption will get down to the base of
the problem whether tbe hen tnat laid
tbe egg or tbe hen that hatched it, is
the mother of tbe chicken.
In other words, tbe Supreme Courts
divorce deoision places a good many
society people in a position where they
cannot throw rocks at M. Gorky.
Gorky 'hinks America is a hideous
place. The trouble with Gorky is that
he forgot he came here to prepare to
do as Amerioans do.
The American people are gradually
evinoing a disposition to e ritioise Sen
ators who draw their pay, but do
nothing to earn it. They do not seem
to think the honor of being represent
ed by such men counts for anything.
One of tbe newspapers of Boston Jias
a column headed: "A Few Cold Facts
About Boston. " Curiously enough,
it is not the society oolumn.
The New York Mail oalls it the
"Vesuvian palimpsest" It was bad
enough as it was.
A LEGITIMATE INQUIRY.
While the Oregonian cannot agree
with Senator Fulton that Secretary
Ilitobcook is a man in his dotage, yet
we must say we wish the Secretary
had pursued land thieves with as
Oregon. For it is the firm belief of J
many, and there are numerous in
dioations of its truth, that tbe frauds
wbiob have been uneaithed aud pros
ecuted in Oregon are smtll iu number
and trifling in degree, to those cont
inued iu California and Washington.
Aud if the whole truth oould be known
what should we not discover also iu
Idaho, Moutana and Wyoming?
It cannot be said that tbe resources
of tbe United States are not ample tor
investigation and prcseoution of laud
fraud in these states, at the same time.
But, since the secret of the govern
ment cannot be known, the fault may
lie with the office of the -Attorney-General,
as well as that of the Secre
tary of the Interior. It is the busi
ness of the Department of the Interi
or to ferret out the frauds, aud of the
Department of Justice to prosecute
tebm. Much has leaked out, from
time to time, about the operations of
the land thieves iu otherXPaoifio
Department
Make
Your
appointments
Here
States; bnt tbe prosecutions have been
confined almost wholly to Oregon.
Heney has done admirably welL
Could not able prosecutors of tbe
offenders in other states have been
found? In Louisiana, indeed, muon
has been done in bringing land thieves
to justice, and something (in Mississi
ppi and Arkansas; but why has little
or nothing been done in tbe Paciflo
group, except Oregon, where, in all
probability, the offenders have been
fewer and their operation smaller that
in any other Pacific States?
It seems ' certain that the General
Land Office, under Hermann, was, to
say the least, loosely conducted.
Secretary Hitchcock believed that he
had detected fraud in it.and connivance
by Hermann therewith. The impor
tance of Hermann's position naturally
caused tbe Secretary to pursue inquir
ies into all irregularities reported in
Oregon ; for if Hermann could be
connected with any, it naturally was
supposed his collusion would be surer
of discovery with those com mi ted
within his own state. Hitohoock was
"going for" Hermann; Puter and
the other members were oangbt, and
Puter's statements drew Senator
Mitchell into the net. This was a
result not anticipated nor intended,
when the inquiry began ; bnt it added
notoriety to tbe proceedings, which
was heightened greatly by the further
disclosures obtained through Tanner;
by wbicb, also, tbe prosecution was
enabled to dispense with tbe testimony
of Puter and others and plaoe its
work upon a surer basis. Now,
though undoubtedly there are great
frauds in the same line in onr other
Pacific States, that ought to be pros
ecuted, tbe department at Washington
City seems to have satisfied their
sense of what was due to offloial zeal
and duty, by dwelling on those dis
covered in Oregon, while neglecting
the rest, in tbe other states. Ured
itable, therefore, as is tbe activity dis
played iu Oregon, it does not make
np for tbe negligence or delay else
where; and if "big fish" were tbe
ones most desired, who knows what
big fish might have been taken also
in tbe pools and slonghs of corrup
tion in these other states, where the
timber lands have been exploited by
speculators to greater extent than in
Oregon.
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house, stove, dishes, in fact a com
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tion. Will be sold cheap for cash in
part or whole. For particulars en
quire at the First National Bank,
Athena, Oregon.
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Agricultural Implements
WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES,
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That's what buying poor paint
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