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ATHENA, ORE., AUGUST .... 21, 1906
With 15,000,000 grain sacks needed
for tbia year's crop on the Pacific coast
this is the estimate which is qnoted
from the American Elevator and
Grain Trade of Chioago the problem
of procuring enongh sacks to supply
the demand and of obtaining them
at a reasonable price baa become
aoute. The organ of the grain trade
named said that the supply of sacks
insight did not exceed 88,100,000.
That leaves a shortage of nearly 7,
000,000 bags. Doubtless these will be
procured in some way or another, bnt
the fact that the supply is so greatly
below the need means vast delay and
inoonvouiouce to the wheat grower
in some localities, and it also means
in future that they may be compelled
to pay eveu higher prieos than 11
cents per bag, which is now the pre
vailing figure for foreign made bags.
Even at this price tbe'farmeis are
justified in deeming an intolerable
bnrden on the agrioulture of the state.
The only esoape seems, for the present,
to lie in the direotion of increasing the
facilities for manufacturing grain
sacks at the state prisons. Of course,
there is the plan of shipping wheat to
iide water In bulk bnt even this plan,
even if practicable, can only be pat
into effect gradually, and would re
quire many years to install it complete
ly. At present the Walla Walla
peuitentiary is turniug out so mo 8000
bugs a day, whloh it is selling to the
farmers for 6 1-2 cents apiece. The
season's run will ptodnoe approxi
mately 1,800,000 bags. This output,
. while of great advantage to the grow
ers, is not large enough to have any
considerable effeot iu fixing the price
iu the state of Washington. Warden
Kees, has appealed to the farmers to
elect members of the logislal uce this
fall who will' see that the machinery
at the state prisou is sufficiently in
creased to enable that institution to
tarn out 4,000,000 bags auuuulJy. The
wheat growers will doubtless support
him iu this demand. It bus bceu a
difficult question in Walla Walla
prisou, us iu every otlior state peui
tuutiury, to Hud occupation for the
iu m a tea ut work that does not oou
lliot with free labor. One of the
urgunients for bng-muking iu prisons
is that it is not opposod by the labor
unions.
The labor question in this country,
espeoiully during harvest, . is becom
ing somettiiug serious, remarks the
Dayton Chronicle. A farmer will
start up with a crew and within a day
or so some oue or more of the help will
quit, with no provocation or warning.
The farmer is then forced to come to
town and look for more meu. Per
haps tie Cuds some one, but it is ouly
a short time, when he bus to go
through tnu fame troublo again and
thus be worries all through hurvest,
ut tho mercy of tho trausieut meu who
have uo interest iu the farmer's wel
fare. All they waut is a few dollars
to feed ou uutil they get auother good-and-ready
ou to go to work again aud
repeat the same maneuver with the
uext man they hire to.
Other towns cau learu something
from Walla Walla on the question of
Ore iusurauoe. Wheu companies no
tilled the policy holders of that city
of the 35 per cent rakeoff recontly
put in effect the Walla Walla Chamber
of Commerce promptly took steps to
orgauiae a home company to combat
the arbitrary iucrease intended. They
contended that the rates were already
high enough, a proposition that will
not be deuied by tbe persona paying
them.
The Portland Telegram says: Ore
gon baa lost as muoh from tbe forest
tires as Sau Francisco lost iu earth
quake and fire last April Uiogou's
loss ts anuuul, by decrees, and ua a
role inflicts nothing upon the Individ
ual, hence it creates no sense of state
calamity. U'his year the regular
destruction is resumed, despite the
majesty of the state law and tbe
serene assurance Federal control of
forest reserves gave when making tbe
big withdrawals. At the time of es
timating tbe burned area oftbe state's
timber regions in 1903, Federal
officials found that a mininum of 5000
square miles of timber land bad been
devastated. Private estimates places
the total muoh higher.
For the first time in 13 years the
United States government is in the
market for silver for subsidiary
coinage. Wonder if this is on account
of Bryan's London speech.
TIMBKH, FAST OlSAFPKAKING.
Leslie's Weekly.
That our lumber supply, one of tbe
largest sources of our national wealth,
is in danger of practical extinguish
ment before many years, seems clear
from a recent report of the Department
of Argiculture. Aocording to this
showing, the lumber - cut in this
oountry up to tbe beginning . of tbe
fiscal year was about 27,738,000,000
feet Tbe vast proportions of this
slaughter of the forests may be appre
ciated by imagining the lumber to
be all of inch thickness, making a
"board walk" 2000 feet wide rum
New York to San Francisco. Maine,
Miohigan, and New York are no longer
great lumber states, ranking respect
ively sixteenth, fifth and twenty-first.
Tbe Paoiflo coast and the Gulf lead,
Washington being the chief lumber
state and Louisiana tbe second
Wisconsin and Minnesota are third
and fourth. Arkansas, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Texas, Alabama,
Georgia and Virginia make, with
Louisiana, eight Southern states,
all of whiob lead Maine in tbe amount
of lumber produced. There is little
more white pine in the country. It
is practically all gone, and one of the
difficulties of building now is that
there is no substitute of quite such
versatile usefulness. Only 8.6 per
cent of the year's out comes from
this noble tree. The once despised
hemlook furnishes almost three times
as muoh. In the scarcity of better
lumber, elm, poplar and basswood,
whioh tbe Amerioan of 1850 did not
consider fit for firewood, furnishes
more than white pine. How this huge
annual out of lumber, and the ravages
of the forest fires as well, shall be
replaood, is one of the most important
problems.
MINNKSOTA AND OKKGON.
Portland Journal.
. Tbe St. Paul Pioneer Press having
criticised tbe farmers of Minnesota
for being content to raise 14 bushels of
wheat less per acre, when by pursuing
certain methods they might raise
more, a farmer responds thus: "We
have so many things to fight against.
Thus, if our laud is too wet in the fail
when we plow it spoils our prospeots
for a crop. If snow and frost lay too
long we can't plant; again our outlook
is spoiled. Then it is blowu out with
wind; insects take it, also blight.
This year grain is lodged; last year
spoiled with beat; year before with
black rust, etc. Won't you please
tell us bow t raise 11 bushels per
uore aud be sure of it?"
Thiuk of tiiutl Kent over tbe list
of obstacles a Minnesota wheat grow
er has to ooutend with, notice bis plea
for advice as to how to raise 11 bush
els an acre surely, tbiuk of the severe
climate, and tbeu if you are au Ore
gon wheat grower don't grumble if
the crop is short in spots some years.
Turn from your doleful picture of
this Minnesota farmer to this item in
the Atbeua Press: "Within a radius
of several miles ou each side of Ath
ena the average yield that falls below
85 bushels is an exception. The bulk
of tbe acreage hereabouts is going 10
bushels and over. ' Iu numerous in
stances the 60 bushel mark is touched
and leaping over that has bounded up
to 60 bushels per acre."
And this happens overy yeai in that
region, notwithstanding auuual pre
dictions of failure. Wo admit that
uot all sections of the wheat produc
ing area of Oregon turn otf suoh
yields, bnt nowhere would auybody
plant wheat here with an expectation
of hurvestiug 11 bushels per acre; and
then tbe difference in climate, aud iu
opportunities for diversified farming
here, ate worth a good deal a year.
The Minnesota farmer would better
sell out aud come to Oregou.
HOW TO CLIP A LAWN.
Fioni Outiug.
Some persons advise raking after
eaoh mowiug. We do not, because
tbe clippings drop down iuto tbe grass
and form a mulch, which we consider
of groat benefit. Tbey also help to
fertilize the soil. The lawn that is
not mowed often enough will uot
look well after you have beeu over
it with tbe mower, because there was
growth enough partially to hide the
sward upon whioh it falls. This
will wither and turn brown in a day
or two, and greatly detraot from the
beauty of tbe lawn. But if you keep
your lawn well mowed and that
means going over it at least three
times a week in ordinary seasons the
amount clipped otf at each mowiug
will be so slight that there will hot
be euough of it to show.
Do not set the knives so low that
thoy shavo tho soil. This practice
will soou spoil a lawu, as it iuterfetes
with the crown of the grass plants.
It clips away tbe blades of grass
which spring to tbe surface and de
stroys all of that part of tbe plant
upon whiob we must depend for color
and soft, ' plusblike effect Let tb e
blades be set bigb enough to leave at
least two inches of the foliage.
KIPLING'S LATEST POEM.
London Standard.
On tbe Government's haste to frame
the new constitutions for tbe South
African colonies, by which Boer as
cendency may again be established in
the Transvaal and the Orange Biver
Colony.
Tbe shame of a Majuba Hill
Lies heavy on our line,
Bnt there is shame completer still,
AndEngland makes no sign,
Unohalleuged, in tbe market-place
Of freedom, chosen land,
Our rulers pass our rules and race
Into the stranger's band.
At a great price you loosed tbe yoke
'Neath which our brethern lay, ,
Your dead that perished ere 'twas broke
Are scarcely dust today.
Think you ye freed them at that price?
Wake, or yon toil in vain
Onr rulers jngglingly devise
To sell them back again.
Baok to tbe anoient bitterness,
' Ye ended once for all
Back to oppression none may guess
Who have borne its thrall
Baok to tbe slough of their despond
Helots anew held fast,
By England's "Seal upon the bond,"
As helots to the last
What is their sin, that tbeyare made
Rebellion's lawful prey
This is their sin, that oft betrayed,
Tbey did not oft betray,
That to their hurt they kept their vowb,
That for their faith they died, '
God help yon, ohildreu of our bouse,
Whom England bath denied.
But we, what God shall turn our doom,
What blessings dare we claim,
Who slay a nation io tbe wood,
; To crown the trickster's game?
Who come before amazed mankind,
j Forsworn in party feud,
And search the forms of law to blind
' Our blood to servitude?
Now, even now, before men learn
How near we broke our trust,
Now, even now, ere we ieturn
Dominion to the dust; -Now,
ere the gates of Mercy close
For ever 'gainst the line
That sells its sons to serve its foes,
Will England make no sign?
Deadly Surpent Bites,
are as common in India as are stom
ach and liver disorders with us. For
the latter bowever.there is a sure rem
edy: Electrio Bitters; tbe great restor
ative medicine, of which S.A. Brown,
of Beunettsville, S. C, says: "Tbey
restored my wife to perfect health,
after years of suffering with despepsia
and chronically torpid liver." Elec
tric Bitters oure chilis and fever, ma
laria, biliousness, lame back, kidney
troubles and bladder disorders. Sold
on guarantee by Wm. MoBride, drug
gist Price 60o.
If you are in the market for pro
vsions and harvest supplies, you can
save money by having Dupuis & Co.,
Weston grooers, figure on your order.
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Lost or Stoleu A bay cayuse mare,
roaobed mane, branded with circle C.
on right thigh, has scar ou uoso, about
5 or 6 years old. $10 reward. Billy
Robinsou, Weston.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, there has been submitted
to the electors of the State at the last
general eleotiou as required by law an
initiative petition for a proposed amend
ment to Section 1 of article XII of tbe
Constitution of the State of Oregon,
to allow tho state printing, binding
and printer's compensation to be -regulated
by law at any time, and
Whereas, on the 25th day of June,
1906, tbe Secretary of State in my
presence as Governor of the State of
Oregon did canvass the voters given
for and against said proposed amend
ment, and .
Whereas, it was ascertained and
determined npnn such canvass that
tbere were 63,719 votes cast for said
proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion, and 9,571 votes oast against tbe
same, and that said proposed amend
ment received au affirmative majority
of the total number of effective votes
oast thereou aud entitled to be counted
under the provision of law,
Now, Therefore, I, George E. Cham
berlain, as Governor of the State of
Oregon, in obedieuoe to and by virtue
of the power and authority vested io
me by law, do hereby make and issue
this proclamation' to the people of the
State of Oregon and do announce and
declare that the whole number of
votes oast in tbe State of Oregon at 1
said election for and against said pro
posed amendment was as hereinbefore
stated, and that said proposed amend
ment received au affirmative majorl
ty of tbe total number of votes oast
thereon and entitled to be counted un
der provision of law, and that said
amendment hereinbefore mentioned
shall and is in full force aud effect as
a part of the Constitution of the State
of Oregon from the date of this proc
lamation. Done at the Capitol this 25th day of
June, A. D. 1906.
Geo. E, Chamberlain,
Governor of Oregon.
By the Governor : ; ' I'.J!!!
F. I. Dunbar, V",
Secretary tf State.
(Seal)
Eiina&t Coctors'Pralsa its Ingredients..
We refer to that boon to weak, nervous,
suffering women known as Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
Dr. John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff
of The Eclectic Mkdical Kkview says
of Unicorn root (Hcloniiw lHotea) which
Is one of the chief ingredients of the "Fa
vorite Prescription" :
"A remedy which InrarUMy act as a uter
ine lnrlgorator makes Mr normal ac
twity of the entire reproductlre system.1'
lie continue In Helonlas we have a medica
ment which more fully answers the above
purpose than any other drug with ichieh I am
acquainted. In the treatment of diseases pe
culiar to women It Is seldom that a case 1
seen which does not present some Indication
for this remedial agent." Dr. Fyfe further
says: "The following are among the leading
Indications for Hclonias (Unicorn root). Pain
or aching In the back, with leucorrhcea;
atonic (weak) conditions of the reproductive
organs of women, mental depression and Ir
ritability, associated with chronic diseases of
the reproductive organs of women, constant
sensation of heat In the region of the kid
neys; menorrhagla (flooding), due to a weak
ened condition of the reproductive system;
amenorrhea (suppressed or absent monthly
periods , arising from or accompanying an
abnormal condition of the digestive organs
and anaemic (thin blood) habit; dragging
sensations in the extreme lower part of the
abdomen." ....
If more or less of the above symptoms
'are present, no invalid woman can do
better than take Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, ono of the leading ingredi
ents of which Is Unicorn root, or Helonlas.
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
ingredient of "Favorite Prescription,"
Prof. Finlcy Elllngwood, M. D., of Ben
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
"It la an important remedy in disorders of
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions
and general enfoebloment, It is useful.
Prof. John M. Scudder, M. D., late of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root :
"In relation to its general effects on the
system, there is no medicine in tut about which
there it mieh qentrat unanimity opinion. It
is univtrmtily regarded as the tonic useful In
all debilitated states."
Prof. Bartholow, M. D.. of Jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal :
"Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, menor
rhagla (flooding) and congestive dysmenor
rhea (painful menstruation)."
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription falth-
E- "' represents all the above named in
ients and cures the diseases for which
are recommended. .
Washing
Done
Right
.' AtThe
Pendleton Steam
Laundry.
CHARLES GAY - AGENT
THE PALACE
DRUGSTORE
WM. M'BRIDE, Proprietor.
South Side Main Street, Atbena, Ore.
You know your doctor is all right, but
how about the tilling of prescriptions T
Our Prescriptions
are precisely as the doctor ordered
nothing more, nothing less and
always exactly right.
Foley's Honey and Tar
for children.safe.sure, Ho opiates.
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DRIVER FURNISHED WHEM DESIBED- , ;
Horse boarded by tbe day, week or month
Stables on Jod street. South of Main street
4, W. Wright, . . - Proprietor
Try The
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HENRY KEENE, Agent,
ATHENA, OREGON
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.Barber Shop.
Shaving, Haircutting,
Shampooing, Massage
for Face and Scalp.
HOT BATHS.
Shop North Side Main
Street, Athena, Ore.
BLACKSMITH AND
REPAIRING SHOP
A. II. LUNA, Proprietor.
Shop West of King's Barn, Athena.
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WE SELL. ',.
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when in Pendleton
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m
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gucpessors to the Umatilla Implement Co. ,
Agricultural Implements
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Attorneys-at-Law
A1HENA, - - - OREGON
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can buy. Fish and oysters in
season. Give us a trial.
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extravagant to use owing to
to it's poor covering power
and wearing quality. After
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