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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1906)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Twicb-a-Week Tuesday and Friday F.B. Boyi, Publikhfb. Entered 1 u second-class matter, March 1, lWU, at lbs poitofflce at Athena, Oregon Underan Actot Congress of March 3, 1879 . Subscription Rat: i r year, In advanot Blngle copies In wrappcrii, 5c, 12.00 . Advertising ftataal , hum reading notices, firstlnaertlon.lOcper in. ich subsequent Insertion. 6c. VII .mmanlcatloniiboald beaddrenMd lo t vaKSS AthenaOregon ATHENA, ORE., JULY. .24, 1906 When the new water system was pat iu, the question of whether or no Gallaber springs would famish a sufficient supply of water for the city the year through, was taken into con sideration. Tests made at the tidie of developing the springs went to show that there would be sufficient quantity for domestio purposes, and with most favorable conditions, for lawn sprink ling also. However the growth and increase in water consumption for do mestic purposes, and the consequent demaud for more lawn sprinkling to which has been added street sprink ling, weather conditions becoming dry and hot, makei it necessary for the water commissioners to fall back on the reserve supply furnished by the pumping station. However, the pumping plant will not be used more than two months, when the irrigation will be over and water from the springs will again be in use exclus ively It is the purpose of Athena to sooure more water for her gravity sys tem by the acquisition of other springs in the territory of the source of her present supply, but there are certain conditions that must be overcome beforo certain rights can be secured. Until this can be effected, we must remaiu content with a portion of the loaf, or iu other words, spring , water ten months iu the year., Satisfaction- with presuu t conditions should not be so hard of realization when the cost of OTIflrHf.Inn ht tfio nlil ovufain to i into consideration. There is quite a difference in $150 per month for water for twelve months aud iil50 per mouth for a period of two mouths, saying nothing of the pore water for teu mouths of the yoar. Ambition, backed by euergy aud an iudouiituulo courage, is the fire that burns iu the grate of success, uo mutter it) what liue of work t bo inn n may follow. You will Hud these characteristics to he the well ' spriugs of hope fhut rise eternal ' und never falter wheu conditions and obstacles are difficult and at times seo'ui iusurmountable.Tbe Press has in ruiud u man endowed with those characteristics, aud that he has cen tered them with all the force at his commaud iu the upbuilding of tho Normal School at Weston, the people of Eastoru' Oregon should iudoed feel grateful. Koferouoe is made to R. O, Frenoh, prosideut of tho eduoatioual Bucks Steel Eange Series There's a constantly Increasing demaud for somethiug cheaper than a steel rauge whioh will preserve its good qualities. The Buck's people have therefore, constructed a line of Cooks with steel bodies aud cast top, doors, aud base. It is a novelty which is making many friends. It heats up quickly aud will do the work of a flue steel range in a satisfactory ruauuer. The Stool Cook grows popular as it becomes more familiar. What seemed to be a raclioal depurture at first glauce becomes a servicable aud uatural oompiuatiou of rauge aud stove, and has mauy good points. It is made of the same material which is used iu making Book's Steel Banges, which are conceded to be the leadiug ranges of the world. ' Nothing is slighted. The same careful fitting aud mouutiog is employed and evory scientiUo test has bwm ruude to piove that the dimensions of flues and Hre box are iu proper proportion, that the requisite strength is put where ever domauded. We are very muoh pleased with its operation in baking. Ibe coiubiuation is porfeot tbe oveu beats quickly and a surprisingly small quantify of fuel is used. The grate is a combination duplex, coal or wood grate, whioL can be taken out without disturbing the linings or water Use Our Rest Room THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 12-14-16-18 20-22 Alder Street, WALLA WALLA, WASH institution iu question. It wag largely 1 Sue to Mr. French's labors that , the excellent work at this school Was car ried oo prior to its being , closed down though the disgruntled howl from the throats of Yamhill statesmen -and the distorted editorial paragraphs printed along equally disgruntled lines in the Portland Oregonian. At that time the Normal's able president man fully and courageously remained to the last ditch in defense of the school in which be bad labored and loved. Now that the people in no mistaken voice have spoken in favor of keeping open the leading educational institu tion of Eastern Oregon, he is oat in the sun-broiled sands of Gilliam county soliciting scholars for the coming school year. Twenty young' people of that county have given him their names for enrollment - In the organization of the third Eastern Oregon District Agricultural society at Pendleton, the fair commis sioners should not make tne fatal mis take of leaving out the regula tion speedway and providing parses for races. An agricultural fair without the track and race horse, would be as flat as a county conven tion without the delegatiors Walla Walla aud Spokane have brnsbed aside the street fair aud gone back to the old fashioned county fair, with its display of farm produce, stock, merchandise, farm implements, fruits etc., at which the generous purses and stakes offered, bring the fleetest horses on the coast into competition. The races are featured as the most im portant on 'he program for enter taining visitors to the grounds. With the abrogation of the running and light harness horse from the proposed fair at Pendleton, one of the principal departments is abolished and one of the chief branobes of the stock rais ing industry in Eastern Oregon re mains unrecognized. By all means, Umatilla and Morrow counties, should hold an annual, distriot fair, but all the departments of agriculture, manu factures aud the stock raising industry should be given the right of represen tation, and the opportunity for com petition. The harvest season is hero and with it comes the heavy trade period in the different lines of groceries and pro Visions. This class of trade will : be pressed to the boom limit in Athena for the next 10 days, and the grocery dealers of Athena are amply able to accommodate it in every particular. Large stocks and low prices, with all roads leuding to Athena, stimu late harvesters to come here for their supplies. Down at Portland, a striko by tbe street car operatives has been averted by tho company iu raising the salar ies of its employes. How different would be tbe teimioation of tbe trouble, had tbe mutter came up for settlement iu Pittsburg or St. Louis. The difforeuco is great, the reasou beiug that tbe Portland company is working principally ou the plau of "live and let live." We'll not make meutiou of a certain Weston editor further than to remark that it's an empty honor to be endowed with a vice-presidency iu any old institution, aud fruit fairs iu par ticular, where the would be distin guished official is denied the mere Make Your appointments Here courtesy of a pass, and pays bis ad mission fee the same as any other dago is expected to do. ,' " . . THE DISUBACK OF THB WKST. The Coast The disgraoe of the Paciflo West is the delusive mining company. ' The pet scheme of the most insidious kind of robbery and knaves has tad more to do with retarding the development of the mineral resources of the north west than any one thing else and all other things combined. Thousand sand thousands of dollars have been eqnan dered in useless operations and as many thousand more have been filched from the pockets of the unsuspecting and stowed away in the ever rapacious maw of some no-account and lazy tbiel operating fine offices . and pre tending to be a man while he is only a sneaking cur by day and a cringing dog by night It may startle you, gentle reader, to learn that there are no mines in the state of Wash ington at the present time, but there are hundreds of prospects. In fact, almost every operation which is being conducted at the present time in the state of Washington is in the line of development work. There are nu merous fine prospects, which indica tions show are likely to turn out rich and may turn out rich, but there are no mines in successful operation now, which are known to the writer. If there may be such mines, they are insignifloant and run . upon a small scale. No doubt there is abundance of iron, copper, gold and silver orei in the state of Washington, but there are not now any paying mines in opera tion in producing the ore and turning it into actual wealth. . There are myriads of companies selling stock of mining companies, the returns on which are used to pay salaries and build houses for men who organize the companies and promote them. Men in Washington have grown very wealthy by selling mining company stock, while not one penny has come into their hands through the development aud working of th mines , while indeed, some nave lived by selling stock in mining companies which never owned anything more than a mile of pure rock and non-productive soil. British Columbia has mines; Oregon have mines; Idaho and Montana has mines, which nave paid great divideuds and are now paying. The laws of the state of Washing ton should be. changed so tnat when a mining company is organized it will be for the benefit of the purchas ers of the stock and not merely for the men who organized it. Let there be an end of the slick reptiles in fine olothing and well groomed forms who never hesitate to take money from widow or orphan, old soldiers or guileless youth laughing at the ease in which it is obtained, add it to their bank accounts and then look around for more funds to devour and dissi pate. Deadly Serpent Bites are as common in India as are stom ach and liver disorders with us. For the latter however, there is a sure rem edy: Electrio Bitters; the great restor ative medicine, of which S.A. Brown, of Bennettsville, S. C, says: "They restored my wife to perfect 'health, after years of suffering with despepsia and chronically torpid liver." Elec trio Bitters cure chills and fever, ma laria, biliousuess, lame back, kidney troubles aud bladder disorders. Sold on guarantee by Wm. McBride. drug gist Price 50c. Beward Offered. Bert Warren will tjbv a reward of $15 for information leadiug to the re covery of two 3-year-old and one 2-year-old colt All three colts are branded B W on the right shoulder. Address Bert Warren, Athena. BANNER 8 A LVE ths most hsallna Ml in ths world. .SiioiprLiE so Union Pacific TWO TRAINS EAST DAIY Through Pullman standard and sleenlne can daily to Omaha, Chicago; tourist sleeping oar dully to Kansas City; through Pullman tourist sleeping cars, personally conducted, weekly to Ciiioago, with free reclining chair care, seats free, to the east daily irom rcuuwwu. 17 c w UHT1 TIM ICEIOOLH IKPAT Dally. ATHENA, ORE. Walla Walla, Day- ton, Pomeroy, Lew ' Iston, Colfax, Pull- . . l-Ua. m. mn. Moscow, th ,n Coaer d'Alene dis triot, Spokane and Ul point north. : Mixed, Walla Wai 12-.3Q p to to Pendleton. ' ( - Past Mall for Pen r. , dleton, LaUrande. 5 Baker City, and a) pomtset viaHm tington. Ore.. Aim . ' torVmtllla.Henp l:SS p m ner, Tha llfes 4.33 p m Portland, Astoria v Willamette Vallej Point, !ifornla. Taconia. Seattle, all Bound Point. lxed, Pendh-toi 7:QSpm tu Walla Walla ' St. W. Sialth Afant, Athena Do Yon' Want to Know What You Swallow ? Thorn Is a growing srtitimcnt In this country In favor of mktmcises -f kxowm composition. It is but natural that ono should have somo intercut In the comio Kitlmi of that which ho or isho is oxiincted to swallow, whether it be food, think or medicine. " . llocopnltlng this, growing disposition on tho part ot the public, and satisfied ttiat tho fullest publicity can only add to tho wcll-oarned reputation of his medi cines. Dr. K. V. I'ioreo, of Buffalo. N. Y.. has "token time by the forelock," as it were, and is publishing broadcast a list of all the Ingredients entering into his lending medicines, tho "Uoldon .Medical Discovery the popular liver Invigorator, stomach tonie, blood purifier ana heart regulator; nbo of his "Favorite Prescrip tion" for weak, over -worked, broken down, nervous and invalid women. This bold and out-spoken movement on the part of Dr. Fierce, has, by showing exactly what his well-known medicines are composed of, completely disarmed all harping critics who have heretofore un- iustly attacked them. A little pamphlet as been compiled, from the standard medical authorities of all the several schools of practice, showing the strongest endorsements by leading medical writers of the several Ingredients which enter into Dr. Plcrco's medicines. A copy of this little book is mailed free to any one de siring to learn moro concerning the valu able, native, medicinal plants which enter Into the composition of Dr. Pierce's med icines. Address Dr. Pierce as above. t Dr. Pierce' Pleasant Pellets are tiny, sugar-coated antl-blllous granules. They reg elate and invigorate Stomach. Liver and Bowels. Do not beget the " pill habit," but cure constipation. One or two each day for a laxative and regulator, three or four for an active cathartic. Onco tried always in favor. c?rn nnn oiven away, in copies of 2jUUaUUU Tho People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a lxk that sold to tho ex tent or 6W.WU copies a icw years ago, at tl.50 per copy. Last year wo gave away 130,000 worth of these Invalua ble books. This year we shall rive away JM.000 worth of them. Will ou share In this benefit? If so, (end only 21 one-cent stamps to cover eost of mailing only for book In stiff paper covers, or 31 stamps for cloth-bound. Address Dr. B. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y. At The Pendleton Steam Laundry. CHARLES GAY AGENT THE PALACE DRUGSTORE WM. M'BRIUE, Proprietor. South Side Main Street, Athena, Ore. You' know your doctor is all right, but how about the tilling of prescripone? Our Prescriptions are precisely as the ubotor ordered nothing more, nothing lew and always exactly right. Foley's Honey and Tar for chiJdrtn.safe,sure. No opiates. THE WRIGHT LIVERY AND FEET STABLE - cii I' 1 , COOS HORSES ADD RIGS. RLA30HABLE PRICES DHIYEI FURNISHES WHEN DESIRED-. Horses boarded by the day, week or mouth Stables on 2nd street, South of Main street 4, W. Wright, Proprietor - Try The ;a TRCIY LAUNDRY ; For -GOOD WORK II ENRYKEENE, Agent, ATHENA, OREGON 01i I Washing 1::PEgl Done imm Riaht :; MKW r ' . .y Cut flowers and Floral Decorations RUSH ORDERS WILL RE CEIVE PROMPT AT. TENTION. James Wait, Walla Walla Washington No. 9 South 2nd St. Phone, 327. BLACKSMITH AND REPAIRING SHOP A. II. LUNA, Proprietor. Shop West of King's Barn, Athena. YOUR MONEY BACK , , If you are not satisfied with FURNITURE AND CARPETS WE SELL. Largest stockeastern Oregon. Make- onr store yonr headquarters ; when in Pendleton i . Yonrs to please H M. A. RADER,. - - - PENDLETON. OREGON. I m Undertaking Parlors in Connection 3 I mam jrfiu1 umip h , ibSiTi-i - Peebler & Successors to the Umatilla Implement Co, Agricultural Implements WAGONS, CARRIAGES, ENGINES, .;,-;,;4;:';;;MACINERY- THRESHERS ETC. ATHENA, 66 Saying at the Spigot Wasting It covers more surface, spreads easier, and lasts longer than any other prepared paint, or hand-mixed lead and oil. CALL I COLOR Umatilla Lumber Yard THE 1ST. NICHOLS HOTEL 5 I J. E. FROOME, prop. ' Only First-class Hotel in IX the City. THE ST. NICHOLS la the only one that can accommodate commercial travelers. : ITT ' fan beieoomended for Ha clean and well Ventilated rooms. i Cor. Mm AMDTHIUD, ATlJKf A,or. 4 PETERSON & PETERSON. Attorneys-at-Law All! EN A, -1 ,- OREGON CITY MEAT MARKE1 C. II. Sherman Prop. Nothing too good for our pat rons. We cut the best meat money can buy. Fish and oysters in season. Give us a trial. PARKER r & LANE'S 1RIP Everything Flri-I Clan - Mo it em and 1'ii-tu- l h t SOUTH SITE MAIN STREET ATHEN tMnigiii Chamberlain OREGON at the Bung" I 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 SHERWiitiViujAm Paint MADE TO PAINT BUILDINGS WITH, OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. FOR CARDS'
