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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Twior-a-Week Tuesday and Friday F.B.Boyd, Pubmshkb. Entered as second-clans matter, March 1, l!KM, at tbe poKtofflce at Atheia, Oregon Under an Actol Corner. of March 3, 1879 Subscription Kti : cr iar, In advance 12.00 Hlngle coplei In wrappcrx, 5c, Advertising Kta: Local reading notices, flratlnaertlon.lOcper ne. K inti lubsequent ln.ertlon.5c. VII oommnnloatloni should be addrenaed to I. PKK8H AthenaOregon ATHENA, ORE., SEPT 25, 1906 Tbe East Oregouiun ia really iu c-uruust in esponziug tbe canz of sim plified spelling reform. While tbe change' to tbe fooetio system iz so radical tbat a storm of critioizin iz baing hurled at tbe Pendleton paper, its action iz strongly commended by snob influential newzpapers az tbe Boize Statesman and London Troth. All joking aside, Bert Huffman and his East Oregonian are both iu the right obannel tbe deep water chan nel, where other journalistic craft will finally steer with . their cargo of reformed spelling, though perhaps in not snoh large quantity as at pres ent carried by tbe Pendleton paper. There are words in tbe English lan guage, of common usage, that needed "fixing" from the time of their syl ln bio formation and introduction for artioulatiou words which aie at variance relatively with letter forma tion and pronunciation. Many of these lottor formations will quickly melt away and become absorbed in the new category of fouetio spelling, while others will stand the usage of time as they have Btood in the past. As a condensed nugget of irreconcil able iucousisteucies tbe United States government comes pathetically near wearing tbe bluo ribbon ; not that its incongruous iucousisteucies are to be here enumerated for neither time, space, paper or ink suffice. But juHt to mention one of the many: Our government requires every vessel sail iug uuder tbe Amoiioun Hag to be mauuod by Hocused officers, aud yet its owu vessels are not commaudod hy licensed soamou. Iu many instances subordinate officers are licensed and know much more about scumauship thau "the mail on tbe bridge." If lioeused seamen are best for the mer chaut marine, why uot for the navy, tho revenuo service and the goodelio survey? A Khiihuh editor with the real slnh? in biiu ruiuutks: The editor ot this dinky paper wishes sometimes be were rich. No, we only wish we were rich for about a week just long enough to teach some rich people we know how to act toward loss fortunate people less iortunuto iu the matter of worldly possessions, we mean. As a matter of tact iuordiuutely rich people tho-majority of thorn have uo souse at all. This is especially true of some man who has "struok it rich" or woman who married a buuoh of money. It gives us infinite pain to witness tbe unuseating airs of these toads with the dollar mark sticking all over tbem. Our stock offcfuruiture is now without doubt the best shewing in tbe luluud Empiie. It is also tbe largest, aud our claim is proven by the ciiunty rooords which show our stock to be twice as large as auy house furnishing stock iu Walla Walla. Wheu our Mr. Kasei was east to Chicago and other manufacturing centers iu July he selected our fall itook from the real goods, and uot from drummers' "picture samples" hb most mreohtttits do. Iu this way be was able to choose only the very best aud also get the foatories' lowest prices. Then, too, all goods pur chased were assembled iu Chicago and shipped from thore by tbe car load thereby obtaining the lowest freight rates. The uext time you are iu Walla Walla we want you to eouio in aud let us show you through our store, whother you intend to buy or uot, and should you need anything be fore you cau come, mail us your order aud it will have the same careful atteutiou as though you came iu persou. Use Our Rest Room THE DAV1S-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 12-14-16-18 20-22 Alder Stref t, WALLA WALLA, -:- WAS II Gee wbizl Jt makes ua riled to have some purse-proud monkey without brains enough to carry breakfast to a siok bear put on higbfalutin airs around usl King Edward has been developing a rich "pocket" in our stock exchange, and consequently tbe king feels still more kindly towrad tbe people of tbe United States. An exchauge remarks: "If congress bad voted King Edward, of England, $5,000,000 for bis per sonal use, there would be a political revolution here in consequence. But the papers publicly announce that King Edward made five millions in stock on Wall street tbe other day. Does it make any difference to tbe Amerioan people whether .the King received f 5,000,000 by direot vote of congress or gaiued it by manipulation of industrial stocks did be uot re oeive that much and did not jackass Americans lose tbat mnoh?" The Pilot Kock Becord reports tbat a former business man of Pilot Bock has goue to Montana, accom panied by a young lady of Pendleton, whose parents are well known and highly respected. The Pilot Rock man leaves a wife and two children. The iucident is not seasoned with any attempt at suitcase banking. It is a premature announcement tbat Wood is considering making an application for a copyrigbt on tbe English language. The only induce ment to such a transaction on tbe part of tbe colonel would be the special privilege of controlling the arrangement of letters in the word "potatoz." Tbe Willamette Valley Development League is an active organization, and is doing muob good. The fifth quarterly' convention was recently held at Forest Grove. The meeting was a good one and full of business. Such work will help to keep tbe valley on tbe move. Tbe La Grande Observer has issued a vory creditable 24-page iudustnal edition. The Observer exhaustively sets forth the resources of tbe Grand Boude in clear print and halt tone il lustrations. Dr. Erastus Holt of Portland ap proves the Dr. Osier theory minus 15 years of 'he 40-year limit. Thus are we theorized iuto a world of old meu nt 30. THE GHOST OF HONOR. Saturday Evening Post. Naturally, San Francisco is oitter against insurance companies tbat are repudiating claims. She calls thorn "Welohors." Tbe term does not aplply, however, with soientiflo exact ness. One such company has issued an interesting stutemeut. It quotes the clause in its policies that it "shall uot be liable for loss caused directly or in directly by chi thquake;" aud it points out gravely that, if the directors should pay any losses for which the compuuy is uot legally liable, tho stockholders could sue tneni tor mal fensauoo in office aud recover tho amount thus illegally disbursed. There was very little loss in San Fran cisco which was not caused indirectly by tho earthquake. If anybody can discover such a loss aud prove tbat it wonld have occurred bad there been no earthquake, the company will cheer fully pay. Otherwise the directors, under a keou seuse of responsibility to the stockholders, must stand firmly upon tbe letter of tbe contract. Tbey will never be guilty of malfeasance. This brings out very neatly tbe point thut, iu a properly administer- Make Your appointments Here ed corporation, the old fashion motive of commercial honor can have no place. The management must pay only what the law strictly requires. If it pays merely because publio opinion says it should, or in accordance with the dictates of an uncodified serge of cqui'y, or in order to deal generously with misfortune, or for any reason whatsoever save that tbe exaotly inter preted letter of the contract requires it, the stockholders may have a valid claim against it. Honor is purely a personal quality. The first object of tbe corporation is to be im personal WOMAN A CANDIDATE. Spokesman-Review. Tbe nomination of a woman for congress by socialists in Texas will, of course, not be taken seriously ex cept by those who have made tbe nomination, and possibly not by tbem. Tbey certainly can entertain no ex pectation of electing her, and prob ably are only seeking to make a dem onstration of their voting strength. From this point of view tbe candidaoy will be interesting. So remote is tbe probability tbat any woman will oocupy a seat in con gress tbat speculation on tbe situation which would present itself were such a thing likely would be idle. There are doubtless many women, especially in the ranks of the woman suffragists, who honestly consider themselves much better qualified to make the laws of the land than some of the men now engaged in that occupation. And perhaps tbey are. The men are so fond of the job, however, tbat they will not readily yield to any demand on the part of women to be permitted Jto deprive them of its honors and emoluments. The time may come when women, by their ballots, can exercise an influ ence on legislation, but their ambi tion may have to be satisfied witb tbat attainment. Who can tell what obange in puolio sentiment tbe flight of years may produce? It has even been predicted tbat a woman will some time occupy tbe executive chair in tbe White House. Markham's 10 Best Books. Edward Markham, writing for Suc cess, nominates for the given reasons, tbe following list of 10 best books: a Maurice Hewlitt's "Richard Yea and Nay" the adventures and passion of tbe England of the Cru sades. b Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim" a scene of tbe power aud terror of the sea. o -Robert Hitchen's "The Garden of Allah" two souls projected against the color and mystery of the desert. d Mrs. Edytn Whorton's "The House of Mirth" the tragedy and comedy of our hollow fashionable society. e May Sinclair's "The Divine Fire" the apotheosis of tbe poetic spirit. f Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" the awakeuer of tbe conscience of the nation. g Jack London's "Tbe Sea Wolf" adventure of the sea and conflict of I the primative passions. h Stewart Edward White's "The Blazed Trail" the flower of the woods aud lumber camps ot the great northwest. i Dexter's "Tbe Breath of tbe Hods" tho conflict iu Japan betweeu the old traditions aud tbe uew ideas. j Frauk Norris "The Octopus'" n book somewhat older but forever new; tbe struggle of plundered meu witb corporation oppression. 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