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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1907)
GOOD WAGON PAINT SAVES WAGONS If you want your wagon to last the longest possible time, keep it in good condition with THE Sherwm-Wiluams Wagon ahd Implement Paint GOOD SERVICE. GOOD COLORS. EASY TO PUT ON. i SOLD BY Umatilla Lumber AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Twiok-a-Week Tuesday andFridat F. B. Boyd, Publisher. Entered as second-class matter, March 1, . 1904, at the postofflce at Athena, Oregon Under an Act ot Congress of March 3, 1879 Subscription Kate : per year, in advanee 12.00 Single copies in wrappers, 6c, ATHENA, ORE.. JUNE 14, ...... . 1907 Passing resolutions terminating: the relationship of the members of the furniture trust, the Northwest Furni ture exohange has suoum bed before toe attacks of the government. Twen ty firms entered a plea of guilty in the federal oourt at Portland. Fines of $35 each were imposed, it being shown they were comparatively small fry and had been praotioally forced into the trnst. The furniture trust is not the only ootupus with wbioh the gov ernment has to deal, and now that the anti-trust knife is sharpened, it may be that a long suffering publio will dance with joy in a general prun ing bee. It is to be hoped that the knife will be sunk to the hilt in the coal trust Winter will be on apace, aud up to this time but little fuel is being received in the Northwest. Railroad magnates, who control the coal fields, serve notioe on officials to seoure fuel for state institutions at onoe, but the publio is given short notioe that coal is not being mined for the reason that labor is soaroe. Con eidering that the publio is willing to pay any old prioe for coal, (being forced to) the coal barons do not see fit to raise the wage scale or improve mining appliances commensurate with the fuel demand, but continue to hold on to their developed and undeveloped possessions with a greed that is char acteristic The coal trust should be throttled, even though the government be compelled to confiscate and mine the coal fields. A town of Athena's standing and commercial importance is entitled to a good sohool. The wealth of the school distriot is sufficient to afford teachers' salaries - that will come up to the standard paid elsewhere to se cure the experience and talent that insure good schools. A complete di- Extra Special Sale on Wash Goods For the Next Ten Days At Teutch's Rebuilding Sale. Over 200 yards in stock and every yard must so before July 1. Your price goes. , TFUTSCH'S DEPARTMENT STORE Bf KOT THE URCEST, BUT THE FASTEST CROWING BUSINESS III EASIER! OBECON Yard M- VS0N gression from past methods iu the supervision of the Athena publio school is needed, and not nnlil this is accomplished, will the school be placed iii the rank to which it right fully belongs. The number of elegantly dressed show windows of Athena stores may be taken as an index of the splendid stocks of goods the the merchants of this city are carrying this year. Al ways to the fore with the best the wholesale markets afford, it wonld seem that this year onr merchants have gone the limit in the seleotion of goods to please their customers. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. Louisville has been added to the list of applicants for the demdoratio na tional convention next year. Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield is expeoted to attend the re publican state convention in Oklahoma next mon'h. Indiana is preparing to boom Felix T. Whirter of Indianapolis, for the presidential nomination on the prohi bition ticket. Charles F. Holler, also an Indianian, is mentioned for the sec ond plaoe on the ticket. Former Assistant Postmaster General William M. Johnson has withdrawn his name from tise in connection with the republican nomination for gover nor in New Jersey this fall. Theodore E. Burton, who, as alleged, is favored by administration people at Washington for the speakership of the next oongress in preference to Mr. Can non, has reperesented a Cleveland dis trict for several years in the national house of representatives and was ohair man of the rivers and harbors com mittee iu the 69th congress. He is a lawyer by profession and an authority on finance. An interesting featnra in the next republican national convention will be a reunion of the delegates to the na tional convention in Chicago in 1880, who, for 36 ballots, supported General U .S . Giant for the presidential nom ination for a third term. William J. Bryan has grown quite stout within the past few years. His present weight is 234 pounds, while at the time he entered the campaign in 1896 he tipped the beam at exactly 165. In 11 years he has gained 69 pounds in weight. AN ABUSE OF LIBERTY. Emma Goldman, anarohist, is zeal ously engaged in the vooation of sow ing the seeds of dissension and disorder broadoast, or as far as her power can reaoh, throughout the land. Born in Germany, she drifted to this country nearly a quarter of a oentury ago. Without an endowment by nature that would lead her to appreciate the bless ings of individual liberty, she has steadily, for many years, abused its privileges and goes np aud down the land proclaiming anarchistic doctrines unchallenged. Blowing with fiery breath the coal between capital and Jabor, and indorsing principles that lead to disorder, with its consequences of violence and murder, this woman exemplifies every time she makes a speech upon a publio platform, the generous tolerance of the Government she coarsely reviles and impudently denes. The weak place in a Republican form of government is disolosed by the freedom that is allowed to anarohists whose boldly proclaimed mission it is to encourage men and women to defy the law under which they live and the protection of which they claim. Boasting what she calls the "philoso phy of anarchism," this woman goes up and down the country sowing broad cast with her breath and hy means of anarohistio pamphlets the doctrine of violence as a panaoea for the ills of poverty, the equalization of property ownership and the necessity for labor. These utteranoes, falling upon the ears of the unthinking, arouse untutored minds to pernicious activity falling upon the ears of the vicious, they them incite to crime; upon the ears of labor, already attuned to the whimperings of self-pity, they take the form of a just protest against conditions that compel men to work for a living. To the ex tent that they find a receptive soil, they germinate as evil seed, take root and bear fruitage of their kind. Perhaps there is no way undei our institutions to prevent the broadoast sowing of this evil seed, though the crop that springs from it is plainly a menaoe to society and a wanton abuse of freedom of speech whioh is guaran teed to its citizens by a magnanimous Government. Oregonian. FRANCHISE NOT IRREVOCABLE. The right to do business is neither a f ranohise nor a contract. Neither is the right to breathe or to eat. Such things are inoluded under the funda mental declaration of the inalienable rights of man. A publio f ranohise is no more necessary to the use of a tele phone than to the manufacture of gas or the running of a department store. Only when a publio power is inoluded, like the use of publio streets or the ex ercise of the right of eminent domain, does a franohise beoome neoessary. All such powers are GovernmentaLand their exercise by private corporations is a terminable grant. A franohise is not and cannot be como an inviolable contract, because the state constitution, article 8, section 1, specifically provides that "all general laws and special acts" by vir tue of whioh corporations are created "may be altered from time to time or repealed." Therefore every oorpora tion takes its franchise powers subject to their alteration or repeal at any time. Whether this is equitable or just expedient, it is the law, and the Legislature under the constitution has tne power. It is as muoh a violation of a lease at will for the landlord to terminate the tenancy as for the Legis lature to terminate or to regulate a franohise. The constitutional limita tion is automatically accepted with the Legislative grant. No business or manufacturing corporation "would olaim that the Legislature must guar antee its profits by refraining from any act that would diminish them. Publio improvements may compel the removal of a factory or a store to a less profitable looation. No court would therefore enjoin a new park or the opening of a Hew street. Ail that could be recovered would be damages for the land and buildings taken for publio use. A franchise is a permit, a xevooable grant, not a contract or pi:?ate pro perty. It is not either "irrevocable" or "inviolable," for the simple reason that the people in making their con stitution prohibited that4very thing. New York World. Following the Flag. When our soldiers went to Cuba and the Philippines, health was the most important considerationn. Willis T. Morgan, retired Commissary Sergeant U. S. A., of Rural Route 1, Conoord, N. H., says: "I was two years in Cuba and two years in the Philippines, and being subject to colds, I took Dr. King's New Diaoovery for Consump tion, which kept me in perfect health. And now, in New Hampshire, we find it the best medicine in the world for coughs, colds, bronchial troubles and all lung diseases. Guaianteed at Wm. MoBride's, druggist.' Prioe 50o and 11.00. Trial bottle free. An Alarming" Situation frequently results from neglect ot clog ged bowels and torpid liver, until con stipation becomes chronic. This con dition is unknown to thitse who use Dr. King's New Life PilJs; the best and gentlest regulators o. Stomach and Bowels. Guaranteed bj Wm. McBride druggist ; Price 250. , Piles are dangero us but do not sub mit to an operation c.ntil yon have first tried Man Zan the Gfreat Pile Remfldy it is put up in collapsible tubes with a nozzle that allows it to be applied ex actly where it is needed. If yon have itching, bleerjing or protruding piles and Man Zan does not relieve, money refunded. Soothes and cools. Believes at once. Pic .fleer .Drug Store. Don't be fooled and made to believe that rheum; itisin o-an be oured with local appli ances. , Hollister's Rooky Mountain 7 'ea is the only positive cure for rheum atisni. 35 ceuts. Tea or Tablets. Pioneer Drue Store. Carrie Nation certainly smashed a hole in the bar rooms of Kansas, but Ballard's Hore hound Syrup has smashed all records as a oure for coughs, Bronohitis, . In fluenza and all Pulmonary diseases. T. C H , Horton, Kansas, writes: "I have never found a medicine that would cure a cough so qnickly as Ballard's Horehound Syrup. I have used it for years." Sold by W. McBride. It's the highest standard of quality, a natural tonio, cleanses your system, reddens the cheeks, brightens the eyes, gives flavor to all yon eat. Holl ister's Rooky Mountain Tea will do this for you. 85 cents, Tea or Tab lets. Pioneer Drug Store. All the World is a stage, and Ballard's Snow Lini ment plays a most prominent part. It has no superior for Rheumatism, stiff joints, cuts, sprains, and all pains. Buy it, try it and yon will always use it. Anybody who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment is a living proof of what it does. Buy a trial bottle. 25o, 50o and $1.00. ' Sold by W. MoBride. Gently moves the bowels and at the same time stops the cough. Bee's Lax ative Coagh Syrup. Contains Honey and Tar. No opiates. Best for Coughs colds, croup and whooping cough. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Children like it. Mothers indorse it. . Pioneer Drug Store. A few doses of this remedy will in variably cure an ordinary attack of diarrhoea. It can always be depended upon, even in the more severe attacks of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhoea and cholera infantum in children, and is the menns of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. Every man of a family should keep this remedy in his home. Buy it now. Price, 25c. Larob Size, 50c. Sold in Athena by McBride. The Crackers with a flavor INLAND CRACKERS Are not made by the Trust All Grocers Sell Them .. THE WRIGHT LIVERY AND FEED STABLE COODi HORSES AND RICS. REASONABLE PRICES DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED Horses boarded by the day, week or month Stables on 2nd street, Bouth of Main street J. F.- Wright, - Proprietor THE Eagle Bar BERT CARTANO, Prop. GOOD LIQUORS A SPECIALTY Hourbound Bock and Bye Holly Tom Gin Three Star Cognac Bine Stem Whisky Famous Pilsner Beer Best Brands of Cigars. AT THE ELECTRIC .SIGN kAAilAAAAAAAA s 2 AN INTERESTED PARTY ARB' VOU AH INTERESTED PARTY I INTERESTED IN THE NEWEST AND BEST MOWER IN THE WORLD t If SO, :- , CALL ON VS. I r, NOT CALL. I DEAL AND-YOUi WILL BECOME AN INTERESTED PARTY' If you cannot call, send for a catalogue, which is beautifully illustrated and tells all about the Ideal line. Sold in C. A; BARRETT & COMPANY. 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It con tains abHoIutely nothing injurious, does not constipate. Good for children ns well as adults. ... A cough often loads to consumption and should be checked immediately. 1 A Household Necessity. J. C. Bmith, Houston, Texas, writes: "I have used Ballard's Horehound Byrup in my family for the past , few years, and find Jt far superior to any other cough medicine wo have tpod. livery household should be . supplied with this wdrthy remedy." The Delight of Children. (h TURES COUGHS, COLDS, WHOOPING m j COUGH, SORE THROAT, BRONCHI 1 w T1S AND ALL LUNG TROUBLES. PRICE 25c, 50c, and $1.00 AVOID ALL SUBSTITUTES. Ballard Snow Liniment Co, r 500-502 North Second Street, ' ST, LOUIS, MO., n Sc!cl and Recommended by ; W. 3IcBIUDE, PALACE, DRUG STORE ATHENA, OR. ANY WAY AND SEC THE NEW MOWER Athena by 18 EAST MAIN ST. 5 "vf.tM W'M" - & Columbia River Ry. I' t 1 ' (I r .1 . J till.. LI, -'II J M r