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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1907)
N N!RuEVnT NEWSPAPER wiov Ucre.; 04, at ;.vli. Hi, SHE wm I tlttcg mttlter, March 1, .mn.iiii-f al A I helm. Oregon i oniert-Mtt of March S, 1879 indications the older heads weie not equal to the task of keeping a commer cial association going, so it is op to younger blood to give the town some thing of the sort : ssor-iptlon Ratal 12.00 vl.-SKll' CO lie lu wroiipfcra, 5c, ATHENA, ORE, MARCH 1 1907 It will cost Umatilla oounty $50,000 to put the roads and bridges back in the condition they were before the floods. Much of this expense would have been obviated so far as bridges and culverts are concerned if they bad been constructed In a proper manner. An illustration of this fact is shown in the construction of the bridge wbioh crosses Qreasewood, west of Adams. This bridge, which rests on -tone flbntmRita took care of all the tvatei oouiiug imo that stream from feeders above, while bridges resting on soil for pillars, and not having near the amount of water to handle, went out on all sidos of it. In many instan ces small bridges and onlverts simply settled i-Jto the flood and floated ont, after the soil at both ends had been oudermined by the action of tho water and orumbled away. In bridge con struction, a few dollars more, expend ed on substantial abutments, is money There is moisture sufficient in the ground now to start alfalfa growing on any old hillside. If the weather keeps up its present lick, dry land al falfa will not have to be resorted to any longer in Eastern Oregon. One thing all must admit. The governor bas his ax well sharpened and be knows bow to weild it. If he continues to plant bis blows with pre sent regularity, few legislative mea sures will remain. The gentle spring seems to be head ed this way, bnt like the slow train throngh Arkansas, it is taking its own time. These are the days when you of taxes even dog tax. MUZZLING THE PRESS. The prospects of an early with drawal of American authority from Ouba do not brighten. On the con trary every wees 'a developments seem . to poi it toward the necessity of a long if not a permanent, control of the is land by snob authority. The Liberal - paity, whose revolt against the alleged usurpations of the Pal ma government induced the present intervention, divided into factions ready to spring at one another's throats. With or anocoer or mesa tactions tbe more volatile elements of the former Con servative party appear to have united; and the stronger faction openly threat ens violence to compel the withdrawal of the Magoon provisional government and the immediate surrender of the offices to its leaders. Of course, if witadrawal should oocur, civil between the factions would be the immediate result. ' war The other night, aocording to press dispatches, a prima douna named Miss Alice Neilsen saved a panio in the theater at Chicago by singing the "Star Spangled Banner." Now if Misa Neilsen really did snob a thing she is certainly entitled to great credit for the lives she saved, bnt this sort of a gage may come to be the press agent's main stay. The race horse stunt has worn out and so has the jewelry proposition, observes an ex change. About the only thing left for a poor actress to do is commit mnr- j i uer or eise save tne lives of some pie. v peo- Two or three obtuse State Senators at Olympia are engineering a legisla tive scheme to muzzle the press. They have introduced the bill, familiarly known as the Pennypaoker law, and are urging it upon the Legislature with great vigor. They have also devised another interesting measure by which every newspaper within the State of Washington is to be prohibited from printing criminal news, inoluding aooonnts of publio executions, lynch ing, divoroe prooeediugs, reports of police oonrt trials, and the like. These designing legislators fanoy, perhaps, they are doing the public service in oensorizing the press. But they are tint1 ThflO OPA AnnfKihnfi'nn 4-si security of every criminal or would-ce crimual in the state by suppressing publio information as to his methods and operations; and they are making a seoret machine of the law and of the courts which would be a grave menace to the safety of individuals and the welfare of the public. Of oonrse, if such a law were passed, it would be a dead letter, for no newspapers would regard it, and no prosecution under it could possibly be eSeotive. The ave rage newspaper prints what the publio wants, and the public, being control! ed in the long run by a sound senti ment and healthy opinion, wants and gets, io the main, what is best for it to hav3. A newspaper that violates continually sound tenets of decency and propriety will not survive; but a news paper that informs the publio best as to all current phases of. human life and experience may be sure of appre ciative and generous publio support, for it deserves such support. " The Pennypaoker law, enaoted first by a Penusylvaina Legislature at the instance of Governor Pennypaoker, proposed severe penalties for libel, be sides providing specific maximum sums for actual damages and punitive damages. The immediate motive for enactment of the law was the veuom- ous hostility of Governor Pennypaoker towards the Pennsylvaia press for J lampooning and cartooning him. This was a species of lese majeste that the Governor resented and endeavored by law to prevent. He failed. No news paper paid the slightest attention to the law, and there has never been, so far as The Oregonian has heard, a suc cessful prosecution of any kind under its. provisions. Such a law would un doubtedly be innocuous in Washington. Portland Oregonian. WOMEN AS DAIRY INSPECTORS. who have given the subject of pure milk intelligent study will be appoint ed. Being practically equipped for the work they are likely to be more thorough and systematic in their in spection than many men would be The importance of having a pure milk supply appeals to them with a direct ness and force not always influencing the male inspectors, ihongh it is but fair to say of the latter that, as a rule, they probably perform their duties con scientiously. One of the most potent causes of the existing epidemic of disease in Ghioago is said to be an impure milk supply. Boards of health and medioal authori ties everywhere reoognize in tainted or impure milk a most serious menace to the publio health, especially in its effeot upon the young ohldren. It is natural, therefore, that the women, having to do directly with the dietary conditions of the homes, should be aek ed to take a personal part in the in spection of dairies. Spokesman Review. think I Washington Chat. Prospeots in this vicinity are con sidered good for a fruit crop this sea son. The cold weather has kept the sap down and if spring is really here, all is favorable for a good yield. It is now . in order for somebody to "boost" for young a man's club. From In some parts of tne country com mittees of women are being appointed by medical societies to visit the farms of dairymen who fnrnish milk for gen eral consumption and inspect theeaui tary conditions prevailing. The new movement will be watched with inter est. It will at once be apimreut that women ought to be admirably adapted lor a mission of this kind. Presumably, of course, only those And now for a Big SPRING BUSH ss We want yon to be snre and make a trip to Walla Walla this spring and see through our immense store, for we know you will profit by your trip. Our stock is larger than it has ever been and new spring stocks are arriving every day. All we ask is a comparison of qualities and prioes and we will take pleasure in showing yon through our lines. If yon are unable to come to the city, write us for discriptions and prioes. REMEMBER WE PAY THE FREIGHT WHEN BILL AMOUNTS TO $10.00. Use Our Rest Rooms THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Everything to Furnish the Home. 12-14-16-18-30-22 Alder Street, WALLA WALLA, - : WASH Make Your appointments Here Senators and Representatives, irre spective of politics, continue to disouss the resolution recently adopted by the Senate calling upon the heads of the various Government departments to supply the names, number, oompensa" tion, etc. of employees who have been assigned to woik by the President dur ing the past year and whose appoint ments were made outside the oivil ser vice. It is claimed by many that the executive without legal warrant, has appointed college classmates, Bough Riders and other friends of all kinds of special officers, ignoring entirely the civil service regulations. The res olution, when it was brought up in the Senate, was acted upon without a dissenting vote, not a voice being raised in defense of tbe President. Now, the departments called upon are busily engaged in gathering the infor mation in order to have it before the Senate during the present session. It is said that within the last few years, probably during the term of the present administration, the number of special appointments of employees who have no fixed legal statutes, has in creased from 700 to 8000. Many leg islators believe that an appointment in the olerk class, made outside of the civil service, is manifestly unfair and unjust to the hundreds of people in all parts of the country who spend weeks and months preparing for oivil service examinations, who are placed on the eligible lists bnt who are superseded by those who-a re not required to oome up to any speoial standard of fitness. Just what good will come from the re cent resolution, remains to be seen. Seoretary Taft has begun preparation for his second trip half way around the world and back, upon wbioh he will start the latter part of March. He will go first to tbe isthmus to in speot the canal work and make an elaborate report to the President but whether he will be accompanied by a Congressional party, as was the case on tbe last journey, bas not beon de cided. After Panama and a short rest iu tbe United States he will turn his steps to tho Philippines wbere great things political are expected, His visit will be so timed that by leaving this couutiy the latter part of August, he will arrive iu the Philippines at the opening of the legislative assembly. He will bear to the members of the first parliament of our far East posses sions a message from the President, and it is understood that he will also have a little advioe of his own to sub-, mit. If be outlines to the assembly a polioy by wbioh the islands would be turned over to the Filipino people, it is believed that his supporters for the Presidential nomination will use it as a slogan to win favor with the grow ing number of people who are clamor ing for the relinquishing of the islands to the Filipinos. Washington is about to loss what is probably the most interesting and val uable collection of civil war relics in existence and wbioh is owned by Mrs. John A. Logan, wife of the late major general. These relics have long been on display at the handsome residenoe of Mrs. Logan but within the next few weeks they will be placed in the State Capitol of Illinois, the legislature of that State having acoepted them and made provision for their removal and exhibit Among tho most interesting things in the collection are the battle flags of the Army of the Tennessee, command ed by Gen. Logan. The flags are torn by shot and shell and stained with ex posure. There is a valuable Mexican bat, placed upon Logan's head by tbe first President of Mexico, also the old muzzle-loading Enfield that Logan, then a Congressman, carried into ao tion at Bull Bun, where be fought all day wearing a frock coat and silk hat. Many photographs are in the collec tion, among which is one of tbe grand review of the troops in Washington in 1365, and others of prominent men of the time. A Valuable Lesson. "Six years aero I learned a valuable lesson," writes John Pleasant, of Mag nolia, Ind. "I then beean taking Dr. King's New Life Pills, and the longer I take them the better I find them." hey please eveiybody. Guaranteed by Wm. MoBride's druggist 25a For Sale. A 11-foot O.Tlt Daniel Host rnmhinpH harvester, good as new. cbean on lib eral terms. For further particulars see J. A." Keller or Geo. M. Thompson, ainena, uieg. it Slrlna and the Son. A new estimate of the comparative amount of light received on the earth -from the sun and from the brightest (apparent) fixed star In the heavens. Sltlus, has been made by Mr. Ceraskl ct the Astronomical observatory of Moscow. The sun, according to his estimate, sends us about 17,000,000,000 times as much light as Sltlus does. But this of course Is a matter govern ed by relative distance, so that If the earth were halfway between SIrlus and the sun SIrlus would appear be tween sixteen and seventeen times as bright as the sun. Croquet. Croquet staiu'.s as high In favor to day, as It did when Leech Immortal ized the game In the Punches of the Sixties and seventies of the last cen tury. Croquet Is played In London and the country, at Ranelagh and at Ilur lingham. Several men and women Id smart society have become experts, and much high betting takes place when a match Is In progress. London M. A, P. THE WRIGHT LIVERY AND FEED STABLE COOD HORSES ANO RIGS. REASONABLE 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 TEUTSCH'S DEPIENT PENDLETON, OREGON Is now brim full of new things for Ladies wear. Every thing new and modern is found here. New Coats, Skirts, Jackets, Suits, Waists, Hats, Shoes, Petticoats, Wash Goods and Wool Dress Goods, Gloves, in the nobbiest, latest styles We have never had such Spring offerings before. Ladies, when in Pendleton, call and see them. 4 TEUTSCH'S DEPARTMENT STORE PENDLETON OREDQN PENDLETON WILL SAVE YOU MONEY wax, ;4 -A NX -M&y- 20,000 square feet of floor space filled with the latest and best things the Market Affords in FURNITURE and CARPETS Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Yours to please M. A. 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