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ATHENA, ORE., JAN. 25,.
The Atlanta Jonrual rises up in its
wruth and guys: "It is avarice wbiob
is killing and wounding the scores and
hundreds of passengers, freezing aud
starving the citizoua of tbe northwest,
threatening tbe wbole commercial and
industrial system of tbe country with
a collapse. It is avarice wbiob is
pouuding the transportation systems of
tbe country into splinters. Ibey are
trying to grab, today, tbe legitimate
earnings of the future. And if they
can't do it without wreoking tbe sys
tem of today, they are willing to do it
anyhow, and let the system go to ruin.
In other words, tbe profits that should
be put into more mileage, that should
bo put into better equipment into
safety devices, into cars and eugines,
into salaries sufficient to insure that
no employe should have too much work
on his bands these profits are paid out
as dividends on watered securities
It is a saturnalia of money drunkards,
Drunk with the money which tbey ob
tain as interest on bonds which it
was not necessary to issue, on stocks
which are full of water, on fictitious
securities. Drunk on money which
should be put into up-to date machine
ry and appliauces, into safety devies,
into more tracks, into oars and engiues
Drunk on money which represents, in
its analysis, hundreds and thousands
of slain and wounded men, women aud
children."
Of late the Press has received from
the Oregon and Washington Lumber
Manufaoures Association numerous
communications, tbe digest of wbiob
in eaob instance was hot stuff for a
"roast" on the railroad combines,
tbe oar shortage, etc. etc. In these
eoiuinuoieatiiis. citations to the claim
tous damage the car shortage is doing
the lumber "interests" of course, not
left out. The blighting effect of the
present iuadaquate transportation fa
oilities are noticeable in all branches
of shipping, no more to the lumber
"interests" than to any other, dollars
and cents as a matter of investment,
of oourse, considered. The "iuterests"
of this lumber association is nothing
less tha" a syndioate trust that has
placed the price of lumber so high in
the Northwest that home building is
ptactially prohibited. For an octopus
of tbis cbaraoter, the Press has no
space, whatever, to donate. It prefers
the ruilroads and their methods, to tbe
endless chain prooess that boasts he
greedy aggrandizement the avaricious
ambition of a richer money loauor
-thau John D. Rockefeller. .'
Corncobs are to be used for pomething
else tbau tbe manufacture of pipes.
The department of agriculture is devel
oping a new industry in tbe produlion
of alcohol from cornoobs, wbion.'the
department says, promises to be of
much commercial value. Investigations
ate being made at Hoopeson, 111., and
have proved that the large quantities
of cornoobs wbiob every year go to
waste, can be made to produce alcohol
in suflioieat quantities to justify the
erection of a distilling plant in con
nection with a corn cannery.
ONE OTHER NeYdEDREFORM.
In ihj ferule ot Oregon oue persou is
adu,iUt;.1 .o tbe state Iuaane Asylum
at Si:!iu) every wttkday. One-half of
these nnfortuuafe persoua arc women,
so that, iu tba course of a year, aore
than 150 deuientdd wives, mothers,
sisters or daughters of Oregon's citi
zens are turned over to the costody of
the authorities for their detention,
care and possible cure. The reoruits
1907 for this nnharmy little armv come
from every coun'y in the state. The
labor and expense for their conveyance
to our single Insane Asylum at Salem
are not light, though the cost is much
less than it formerly was, when it
constituted a very important item in
what was known as the "Sheriff's
graifc." The effort to introduce in
Oregon a humane aud economical
system of transportaing insane persons
to Salem met for years with organized
resistance from all, or most of the
sheriffs of Oregon. They were finally
defeated two years ago, with results
that fulfilled every promise made by
the advocates of the new method.
Insane men and women on their wav n
Salem are now oared for tenderly by
experienced cuards. male and female
The average cost per oapita for the
year ending July 1, 1906, was $18.05,
wnile the average cost per oapita for
tne transportation or convicts to the
penitentiary for the two years prior to
ueoemuer 30, iy06, was $35.91.
Conveyance of conviots is under tbe
old method. The present convict ex
pense is abont the same asitjisedto
be for the oonvevance of insniin. Tho
I ogures supply an answerable argument
in support or .Governor Chamberlain's
recommendation that tbe law should
be so amended as to require conviots
to be oonveyed to prison by officers of
the penitentiary. There are. Tinr-hnna.
no reasons of humanity, or even of
puono security, that makes one sys
tern preferable to the other. There
are reasons of economv. Thn Jjooialn
ture should heed them. Oregonian.
A MOB'S EXCUSE
The lynching of a man who had kill
ed his wife aud vounc stenson. in Iowa.
was unjustifiable, of course, but the
moD gave an exouse for it that will
find an approving eoho in the minds
of millions of Americans thnr thn
sure and speedy legal punishment of
tne undisputed murder could not be de
pended npon. It appears that his guilt
was dear, at least in the minds ot the
populace, but he was worth $50,000,
aud they foresaw lone, wearisome
series ot technical movements in the
courts to defeat the law's penalty;
they saw an intermiuable succession of
motions, aud appeals, and arguments,
aud judicial larcioalitv: thev had
lately witnessed all this in a similar
case; and so, since they could not de
pend on tne maohinery of the law to
carry out the Drovisions of the Inw.
tbey said they would do it themselves
ano rnaue a snort, sure job of it . So
the man got what the law intended he
should get, aud his heirs instead of the
lawyers perhaps will get his money.
It was a bad act. but it must be ad
mitted that he provocation in any
such case is great. Courts and criminal
lawyers are in manv cases reanonsihle
for the activity of Judge Lynch. Port
land Journal.
Gn'H(ij'ji
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Of the Stock of the Lee Teutsch Department Store,
Pendleton, Oregon, is Now in the Hands of
NATIONAL BROKERS & SALES COMPANY
;sMM3ffl. & Cochran, Mgrs.
Greatest bargain event these parts have ever seen. This big Sale opens
raav Jaai. 215 at 9
AND CONTINUES J 1ST TEN DAYS
a
in.
Go to the big yellow sign. That's the Place
Don't forget the day and date. The excitement will be intense.
TOO MANY NORMALS
In tbe course of his messace to tho
Oregon Legislature, Governor Cham
berlain has set forth his views on the
normal question as follows:
ibere are too many normal schools
in the state supported bv monev exant.
ed from the. taxpayers. One in Eastern
ana one in western Oregon might
with propriety be rnaintanerL afford
ing every facility for those desiring to
fit themselves for teachers. But
whether the four normals be retain.
or not, I repeat tbe recommendations
maoe to tne last Legislature that all
Our 10th Annual
January Clearance Sale
Begins at 9 a. m. Wednesday, Jan. 2
Everything m our store, with the exception of a few contract goods
has been reduced regardless of cost. Onr desire is to tnrn all of our stock
possible into casb before inventory, Feb. 1, and with this in mind we
not'oome gFeat ieduCti0D9, Write for de8criPtive circular, if you can-
liF 1! Mli! r V,i: PAY THE FREIGHT WHEN BILL
MOILTS TO $10.00.
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be Dlaced under one board nf nnntrnl.
The advantages to accrue from the
adoption of suoh a course are threefold :
First, it nlaoes the mm tmnrri in rnnnh
with all of the institutions, giving
them an insight into their conduct and
enabling them to estnhliqh thosamo
oourse of studies and classes ,for all,
so that students might leave a class iu
oue and enter the same class in another
if desired ; second, it would do away
wnn an army of regents who naturally
beoome partisans of a particular school,
and are insistent at each soHsinn nf tha
legislature for increasing appropratons
iur maintenance, construction of new
ouiidings and for other purposes ;and,
third, it would tend to elevate tbe nor
mal schools to the purpose of their
creation, namely, tne training of tea
chers for the tinhlio salinnln And Avnnf
nally eliminate preparatory and other
work which is with more propriety
done in' tbe public sohools. Whatever
appropriation is made for the support
of the normal sohools ought to be in
one sum for all, to be distributed by
the board of Control in proportion to
the aotual normal school work done
by each recipient.
"It should be provided that no re
gent or other offioer of these or any of
the sohools shall be permitted to sell
to them any supplies of any kind."
The Right Name.
Air. August Sherpe, the popular
overseer of the poor at Fort Madison,
la., says: "Dr. King's New Life Pills
are rightly named; they aot more
agreeably, do morejgood and make one
feel better than any other laxative."
Guaranteed to oure biliousness and
constipation. 25o at McBride's drug
store.
BLACKSMITH AND
REPAIRING SHOP
A. II. LUNA, Proprietor.
Shop West of King's Barn, Athena
PETERSON & PETERSON,
Attorneys-at-Law
ATHENA. - - - OREGON
Wise Counsel From the South.
"I want to give some valuable ad
vice to those who suffer with lame
back and kidney trouble," says J. R.
Blaukenship, of Beck, Tenn. "I have
proved to an absolute certainty that
Eleolrio Bitters will positively cure
this distressing condition. The first
bottle gave me great relief and after
taking a few morn bntflps T vena mm.
pletely cured; so completely that it
becomes a pleasure to recommend this
great remedy." Sold
at McBride's drug store. Price 50o.
For Sale
I offer the hardware ntnok nf tha.
Cox-MoEwen hardware store for sain
at a reasona ble fig ore. For informa
tion call on E. JR. Cox or F. S. Le
Grow. A. B. MoEwnn.
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GOOD LIQUORS A SPECIALTY
THE WRICHT LIVERY
AND FEED STABLE
Honrbound Rock and Rye
HollyjTom Uin ......
Three Star Cognao
Blue Stem Whisky
Famous Pilsuer Beer
BestjBrands of Cigars.
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COOQ HORSES AND RICS. REASONABLE PRICES'
DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED-
Horses boarded. by the day, wuok or month
Stables on 2nd street, South of Main street
J. F. Wright, . ... . . Proprlntor-
To Oire Constipation Torer.
fake Cfim-jireUi Candy Cathartic. 10c orS&
j- C. C. Ail to cj.-;. drugKibts refund mooes
1IENUY KEEN'S
.Barber Shop.
Shaving, Ilaircuttins,
Shampooing, Massage
for Face and Scalp.
.HOT BATHS.
Shop North Side Main
Street, Athena, Ore.
J. D. PL AM ON DON '
PHYSICIAN AND .SURGEON,
Otlico in
Barrett Building, - . Athena, Oregon
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For nearly four years 1 suffered
from ovarian troubles. The doc
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wtrongly objected to an operation.
My Luaband felt disheartened as
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woman is a disconsolate place at
liest. A friendly druggist advised
him to get a bottle of "Wine of
Caxdui for me to try, and he did bo.
I began to improve in a few davs and
my recovery was very rapid. With,
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