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    AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
TwiCK-A-WBEg TCESDAT AND FRIDAY
F. B. Boyd, Piblisuer.
Entered as sec md-class matter, March 1,
KXJl.at the postofflce at Athena, Oregon
'Under an Actot Congress of March 3, 1879
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Single copies In wrappers, 5c,
ATHENA, ORE., FEB. 8,.
. 1907
Whilathe members of the Legislat
ure cannot be expected to try to ruu
tho legislature "as Jesus would" if
he were here, they might make au
effort to run it "as the people would"
if they were sitting iu the chairs at the
Capitol saya the Oregonian. And it
ought not to be hard for the members
to imapiue how the people would vote
if they were given an opportunity. It
in only eight mouths since the mem
bers were out on the campaign talking
with the people and telling what an
economical and business-like adminis
tration of legislative affairs they would
give if eleoted to the lawmaking body.
Then it is only three weeks since the
members shook hands with their
neighbors and loft home for the seat of
government. They are surely not this
soon so far out of touch with the
thought and feeling of the pcoplo that
they do not know how the people
would act upon important snbjucts of
legislation if tbov hud the obauoa
And the people may have a chance. J
The people have a legislative power in
reserve whioh they may exorcise as
soon as this sessiou has adjourned.
But such action should not bo neces
sary. Any reasonable eQoit to carry
out the wishes of the peoplo will be
productive of lesults fairly satisfac
tory to the voters of the state.
Oonsideiable interest is being dis
played among the Indiana delegation
in Cougres over the question as to
whose statue of all the distinguished
sous of the Hoosior State shall be pla
ced in the Capitol building alongside
that of Oliver P. Morton, the fumous
war-governor of that State. Some
mombers are of the opinion that form
er Vice-President Heudrioks is enti
tled to the nioho, others claim that no
resident of Indiana conferred more
fume on tuo state than Boujamiu Har
rison, while uot a few hold to the view
tbut General Low Wallace, tun vet
eran of two wars and a noted author
is, by virtue of his reputation, entitled
to oommenioratiou by a statue. Gen.
Wallace's f tiouds are most active and
say that as a soldier, statesman, author
and diplomnt, ho is more represent
ative ot the lloonier State than either
Ilarrisou or Hendricks, and besides,
ho was bnru in Iudiunii. Sevoral
proniiuoutt congressmen from the
State iu question, believe that the
matter should be left to a vote of the
people and suggest that the newspa
pers of that State should tako the uint-
tor up with the idea of seounug
pressloiiH from their renders.
ex-
There was little public inclination
to proseouto thoso who at various
poiucs during tho fuul famine helped
themselves to coal troin railway cars.
The ciroumstanoes went a long way
toward justifying the notioK of the
sufferers, though legally and tcchuioal-
And now
RING
SP
Wo want you to be euro uud make a trip to Walla Walla this spriug
nud soo through ovu immense store, for wo know you will profit by your
trip. Our stock is laigor than it hna ever beou aud now spring stocks
are arriving every day. All we auk is a computisou of qualities aud
prices aud wo will tako pleasure iu showing you through our lines. If
yon are uuable to como to tho city, write us for disoriptious and prioes.
REMEMBER WE 1AY THE FREIGHT WHEN BILL
AMOUNTS TO $10.00.
I
I Use
Our
I Rest
Rooms
THE DAVIS-KASER CO.
Everything to Furnish the
Home.
12-11-10-18 20-22 Alder Street.
WALLA WALLA, -:- WASH
ly they were in the wrong. But there
is no justification for. refusal to pay for
what they took.
- CANTEEN WON'T DOWN.
In a weak momeut a few years ago
Cougress banished the canteen from
the Army. It is known that in this
action it went against its own best
judgment. It is also known that its
iudemeut is still in favor of the can
teen as an agency making toward tem
perance and good discipline. Unfor
tunately, however, it nas never yei
reached a moment when its courage
was great enough to permit it to undo
the evil and restore the canteen.
The attack upon the Army canteen
was made from the best of possible
motives by women and men who have
the welfare of the soldiers at Heart,
and the welfare of all other people
who are tempted to do themselves in
jury by drink. Unfortunately toe
method adopted toward this good end,
namely the banishment of the canteen,
was the wiong method to get the de
sired results. .
It has been conclusively shown by
facts piled upon facts that the canteen
makes against drinking and the evils
of drinking, while the abolishment of
thejoanteen makes for drinking and
f or an increase in the evils of drinking.
Instead of canteens selling only the
milder alcoholic drinks, managed un
der strict discipline, and applying
their profits to the welfare of the sol
diers, our Army posts now have back
yards of drunkenness, disorder and
vice, in which the soldiers waste their
money and get into more trouble in a
day than they would get into in a can
teen in a month.
Admit that abstractly a canteen
would be a disgrace to Fort Sheridan,
and yot how can it be denied that
Higbwood as it now exists is a hund
red times the disgraoe that the worst
possible canteen would bo?
The choice is one between evils.
Unfortunately it is the worst
of the
evils whioh Congress has chosen.
There is now a movement for the
restoration of the canteen, whioh, liko
the movement for its abolishment, is
iu charge of women who wish the wel
fare of the soldiers and of the Army.
It is to be hopod that this session of
Cougross will not expire without a re
peal of the anti-canteen act and a re
storation of the older and better con
ditions. Chicago JReoord-Herald.
AMENDING PRIMARY LAW.
Has it occurred to the present legis
lature that there is no provision in
the primary law for the nomination of
presidential electors? This omission
was. no doubt, an oversight and one
that should be remedied.
It has been generally conceded, also,
that the law should be so amended as
to provide for the eleotion of delegates
to a state conveution,. a provision
whioh is iu tho primary laws of most
other states. Conventions lor tne pur
pose of formulating platforms and the
transaction of other business are as
state convention, and while the people
nouiiuute tickets, as in uregon, lr
four fifths of the convention, which
meets, of course, after the nomina
tions are made, unite on any other
man than the nominee for any posi
tinn. the mnn so united upon is the
regular candidate.
This suggestion is made that the leg
islature muv thiuk of the mutter and
cousider if any amendment to the pri
mary luw of a miuor nature, is deemed
necessary. Tho mattor of the omission
of n provision for the nomination of
presidential electois, however, seems
to bo one that should be remedied
Pendleton Tribune.
THEY SLEEP IN PEACE.
Tako a walk through a cemetery in
a large city, pathetically remarks an
exchange, and you will pass the last
resting place of a man who blew down
the muzzlo of a gun to see if it was
loaded. A little further down tho
slopo is n buried man who tried to
jump ou a moving train. The hand
somo marble shaft of a man who blew
out the ens casts a shadow across the
bosom of tho hired girl who lit the Are
with keroseuo. while in close proxim-
itv lies all that is mortal of the old
for a Big
BUSINESS
Make
Your
appointments
Here
lady who kept strychnine and baking
powder on the same shelf in the pan
try. Tho dude who wore a plug hat
in Texas is quiet now, and no rests oy
the side of the gambler who turned
the trump from the bottom of the
deck. The fair damsel who pinched
her corset to the last hole and danced
evety nnmberof the fireman's ball,
slumbers close to her lover, the intel
ligent idiot who rode a bicycle ten
miiea in nine minutes. The stylish
young man who smoked his cigar while
cleaning his clothes with gasoline,
sleeps peacefully and the branches of
the rosebush whioh adorn the last
resting plaoe of the old maid who con
tracted the morphine habit and took
too much, wave o'er her grave. But,
also, beneath a grassy mound moulders
a suspender button, all that can be
found of the printer's devil who lit a
cigarette over the benzine can while
washing the rollers. The trouble of
the farmer who stood in front of the
sickle to oil his mowing machine is
now over and so are those of the bat
tle-scarred veteran who fought in the
Mexioan War, won laurels in the last
ereat rebellion, but failed to success
fully draw his musket through a barb
wire fence while out hunting wood
nhncks. Yes. the fools are slowly float
(no rlnwn t.ha river and through the
backyard of the cast. Pretty soon
they will all be gone. Then some one
will invent a way to make a living
without work, and then life will fce
come one round of hilarious enjoy
ment.
RESULT OF UNITED ACTION.
In the anDronriations for the Pacific
Northwest reported by the house com
mittee on rivers and harbors, we per
ceive the results of united ettort on
the part of the members of congress
and people of this region, and or tne
recent rivers and namors congress,
and the aDDronriation bill will doubt
less show the result or unity on ims
onhinnt nf neorjlfl tiartioularly interest
ed in river and harbor improvement
t.hrnnsrhont the country.
Tho Columbia river is well taken
care of, all things considered, through
nnt. The iettv will be made a contm
iiinu contract, the upper Columbia
and Snake rivers will be looked after,
and the lower Columbia will get a fair
amount: while if the advice of some
Tifiorjle and of a Portland paper had
hfieu followed, no effort would have
been made to get anything except for
the month of the river. This was
persistently advocated by the Oregon
ian, doubtless as a part of its servioe
to Mr. Harriman, but if bat policy
had prevailed we would have received
ri fnr the iettv from Jones of
Wflsbincton and other members from
that state and Idaho. The people are
greatly, to be congratulated that the
railroad organ s advioe was rejected
Bv all pulling together from now on,
nil tlipso improvements will 'go for
ward satisfactorily.
It is to be regretted that no appro
priation for Coos Bay was reported.
hnfc that, to the extent at least or a
snrvev ot the harbor and channel look
inc t.n future improvement, will prob
ably be provided for later. Coos Bay
la anmlv untitled to the favorable con
sideratiou of congress. Portland Jour
nal.
Teachers' Examination:
NTnip.o is hnrebv eiveu that the
sohool suporinteudont of Umatilla
oonuty, Oregon, will hold the regular
examination of applicants for state and
nnnnr.v fiartiBcates at the court house
in Pendleton as follows:
For State Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, February
18. at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing
.,H1 SnfnWlnv Fnlirnarv 16. at 4
n'nlnnlr r. in.
w - t. ...
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, physical geograpny, read
ing nsvnholODV.
Written arithmetic theory
of teaohing, grammar, cooKKeeping,
physiCB, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography, ment
at arithmetic, composition, algebra,
Saturday Botany, plane geometry,
j geueral history, English literature.
school law.
For Countr Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, February
13. At o'clock a. m.. aud continuing
uutil Friday, February 5, at 4 o'clock
m.
First, Second and Third Grade Certi
ficates.
Wednesday Penmanship, hisory,
nrthmrranhv. roadiOK.
Thursday Written arithmetic theory
or tnaohiusr. cramniar. pnysioiogy.
Friday Geography, mental arithme
tio, school law, oivu government.
Primarv Certificates.
Wednesday Penmanship, orthogia
nhv arithmetic, reading.
Thursday Art of questioning, theory
of teaohing, physiology.
FRANK K. WELLES,
Superineudeut Umatilla County
Rising From the Grave.
A tiromiueut manufacturer, W. A.
Fertwell, of Luoama, N. C, relates a
most remarkable experience, tie
says: "After taking less than three
bottles of Eiectrio Bitteis, l leet une
oue rising from the grave. My trouble
ia Briuht's disease, in the Diabetes
stage. I fully believe Eiectrio Bitters
will cure me permanently, for it baa
alreadv stopped the liver and bladder
complications whioh have troubled me j
for Years." Guaranteed at Win. WC-
Bride's druggist, Price only DOo.
Lost A lady's cold watch and pin,
somewhere between the school house
aud Taylor place south of town. The
nnma "Irene" eneraved on case.
Finder ploase report at this office and
receive reward.
follows a cold,
11B
Bimtf&RGFW A mini T?
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It stops the cough and heals the lungs
and prevents a cold from settling on your
lungs and resulting in Pneumonia, Pleurisy,
or Consumption.
You are in no danger of serious results if
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR is taken,
as it soothes and healsthe inflamed air pas
sages and the cough disappears.
Be sure and get FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR, as preparations
containing opiates stop ths cough temporarily by paralyzing the nerves
in the throat and leave the germs of serious lung trouble and you get
one cold on another because the first one was not cured perfectly.
Caved IScr Life Frs::i Pneumonia.
"My wife had a severe attack of Pneumonia whlc!i
followsd a severe attack of La Grippe and I believi
that FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR saved her life,"
writes James Coffee, of Raymond, Missouri.
Dr. C. J. Bishop, Anew, N'icii., writes: "I have
used FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR in three very
severe cases of Pneumonia u itli good results in every
case."
The 50-cent size contains 2 1-2 times as much as the
small size, and the $i.co. size almost 6 .times as much.
BLACKSMITH AND
REPAIRING SHOP
A. H. LUNA, Proprietor.
Shop West of King's Barn, Athena
PETERSON & PETERSON.
Attorneys-at-Law
AlHENA. . - - - OREGON
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Eagle Bar
BERT CARTANO, Prop.
COOD LIQUORS A SPECIALTY
Hourhound Rock and Rye
Holly 4Tom Gin
Three Star Cognao
Blue Stem Whisky
Famous Pilsner Beer
BestBiands of Cigars.
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.Barber Shop.
Shaving, Haircutting,
Shampooing, Massage
for Face and Scalp.
.HOT BATHS.
Shop North Side Main
Street. Athena. Ore.
inure
in nit ni nnr
1$ lilt fLHOt
T
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but never follows
Cured When Very Low With Pneumonia.
J. V. Bryan, of Lowder, 111., writes: "My little
toy was very low with Pneumonia. Unknown to
the doctor we gave him FOLEY'S HONEY AND
TAR. The result was magical and puzzled the
doctor, as it immediately stopped . the racking cough
and he quickly recovered."
Three Sizes, 25c, 50o and $1.00
2
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.fir .
THE WRIGHT LIVERY
AND FEED STABLE
GOOD HORSES AND RICS. REA30NABLE PRICES
DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED-
Horses boarded by the day, week or month
Stables on 2nd street, South of Main street
J. F. Wright, .. . Proprietor
J. D. PLAMONDON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office in
Barrett Building, - - Athena, Oregon
Try The
TROY LAUNDRY
For
GOOD WORK
HENRY KEENE, Agent,
ATHENA, OREGON
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the use of
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Everything; First
Clan Mo d era
and Up-to-date
SOUTH SIDE MAIN
STREET ' ATHENA
MBS. CECELIA STOWE,
Orator, Entre Nous Club.
176 Warren Avenue,
OwiPAnn. Tt.t. . Ot.. 92. 1902.
For nearly four years I suffered
from ovarian troubles. The doc
tor insisted on an operation as the
only way to get well. I, however,
strongly objected to an operation,
My husband felt disheartened as
well 03 I, for home with a sick
woman is a disconsolate place at
best. A friendly druggist advised
him to get a bottle of Wine efi
t araui tor me to try, ana he aid so.
i Degan to improve in a re w days ana
my recovery was very rapid. With
in eighteen weeks I was another
being.
Mrs. Stowe'i letter shows every
woman how a home is saddened by
female weaknes and how completely
Wine of Cardui cures that oick
ness and brings health-and happi
ness again. Do not go on Buffer
ing. Go to your druggist' today
and secure a $1.00 bottle of Wine
of Cardui.
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Foley's Honey and Tar
cures colds, prevents pneumonia.
A A. J. PARKER
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