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ATHENA PRESS' ". tuctday and Tridoys ., K 6. BOYD.. Publisher ' A. complaining woman and an empty pocketbook make few friend "Everybody nates a successful man," saya Mr. Harrlman. And everybody knocks a failure. So what's the use? Venezuela's latest revolution lasted eight days and is reported to have been almost as serious as scm-iei icvei. "Dreadnought except herself seems to be the fitting title of England's monster battle ship after her dangerous trial trip. A 10-year-old boy Is reported to have made $40,000 speculating In Wall street recently. How he will cry when they get It back. J. G. Phelps Stokes thinks there should be public ownership of the earth. He, too, must have some reason for wanting to make Chancellor Day mad. Even the antl-sulcide bureaus will be unable to do much for the people who are In the habit of taking medi cine in the dark. Ex-President Cleveland has no use for old bachelors. If his wife had al ways felt that way be might still be one of the detested things. , Prince Henry of Holland has turned out to be a hero. Perhaps Queen Wil hehnina knew what she was doing when she selected him, after all. It begins to look as If Mr. Rockefeller bad been converted to the Carnegie theory that it is disgraceful to die rich. His zeal resembles that of the new con vert H. o. Havemeyer, president of the sugar trust, has been sued for $40,000, 000. If the plaintiff gets It we may look for a sharp advance in the price of sugar. ' 1 It Is when we order a porterhouse steak and are served with a slab of sole leather that we realize how Impo tent the pure food law is to ameliorate the sufferings of people who eat The Rev. Dr. Gladden persists in talking about the "tainted wealth" of Rockefeller. He coined the phrase, and he clings to it with greater ten acity than Mr. Rockefeller clings to his wealth. General Booth of the Salvation Army maHftS the announcement that he is filling to receive all the tainted money w)ilch may be offered. He thinks he knows of a way to remove the taints, and he probably does. And still another Russian coachman has been blown up by mistake for his Illustrious employer. Controlling the destinies of a humble hack seems to be Just about as dangerous as driving a 100-borse power motor. , James Bryce, the new British ambas sador to this country, will receive a alary of $50,000 a year, as much as Is received by the President of the United States. Perhaps Mr. Bull has been reading about the prices of grocer ies and things over here. According to some curious lnestlga tlons conducted by English scientists eldest sons tend to be criminals and youngest sons paupers. A great many thousand 6Chool children and many family histories have been examined to yield these results. First-bom children were found to be, as a ruie, vaiier ana heavier, with greater ability ana en durance than the others. This Is In ac cordance with the popular feeling In many countries that the oldest child Is superior' to the others and deserving of special privileges. It Is a well-established fact that among men of genius an uudue proportion are eldest sons. Nature designed men and women to live out of odors the most of the time where the sun can strike their faces, where the pure air can get to their lungs. Just take the rose and see what It will do when kept away from the sunlight It may blossom after a long time, but tho petals will be half grown and the color will be faded. Then take that rose and place It in the sunshine. It will open and bloom in all Its glory. Well, boys and girls and old boys and girls are much more finely organized structures than the rose bush which gives us these wonderful blossoms. They grow pinched and puny when dal ly cooped up In the shade. Even the chickens teach the value of sunlight The hen does not know a single thing, so far as Intelligence goes, except to lay eggs, but she kicks on her Job unless the coop is supplied with windows. age cannot distinguish. He may not bear the Bound of a remote footstep In the forest but be can detect the fine harmonies of a Beethoven sonata which the savage cannot His sense of touch is far more exquisite and so too Is the sense of taste. The extremes of differ ence are doubt elss due not to any nat ural superiority or inferiority Lut to the necessity for cultivation In some partic ular direction. To secure his food the primitive man must give attention to distant sounds and sights to which the man who has bis food set before him Is indifferent The Boers In the late war were noted for their keenness of vision. Their security had depended on It for generations. ' So long as It Is In the power of an Individual to cultivate any of his senses still further should occa sion demand, it can hardly be said his senses are degenerating, even though the present stage of development Is less than that of an Inferior race. It is not to be expected that one's faculties should always be on the extreme degree of tension, since it would doubtless mean a corresponding loss of power In another and more Important direction. Considering the number and opulence of our American millionaires, it must be deemed strange that the steamship managers have been so slow in pro viding for them exclusive and high priced accommodations on the ocean "flyers." Until very recently the best cabin that money could secure differed very little from the ordinary first-class quarters except perhaps in location. The richest man in the world went to Europe last summer In a suite of two staterooms that were no better than the accommodations enjoyed by 200 or 300 poorer people. The possibilities in the way of excluslveness and corre spondingly high' prices wero not appre ciated by the steamship designers. This omission is in a fair way of being re paired by the constrviction of what might be called "sea flats" on the ships of one trans-Atlantic line. On the steamship Mlnnetonka, which arrived at New York from London the other day, the first of these apartments was exhibited. The "sea flats" are located on "Saloon square," which Is a broad corridor amidships. The "flats' flank either side. No. 1 has a drawing room, sitting room, two bedrooms, smoking room and bath. In No. 2 the drawing room and smoking room are omitted. Of course, they are ground floor flats and there is no elevator, no stairs and no Janitor. The exposure chanees fre-. quently and the air is excellent These "flats are the latest development in ship designing and they are for people who can afford them. They offer every homelike advantage that Is possible on shipboard. The servant girl question Is, of course, eliminated. It costs a pretty penny to occupy one of these "flats," but the landlord does not re quire a lease for a year. People who have plenty of money and a desire to escape the society of their fellow men will be glad to pay whatever the price may be. It Is pretty safe to predict however, that the very richest people will not patronize the "sea flats." Such people are ordinarily satisfied with the same accommodations that ordinary folks enjoy. It Is frequently remarked that the sense of vision is by no means as keen In tbe civilized man as it Is In the sav age. , The same Is claimed to be true of the senses of hearing and of smell. The Indian can distinguish objects at a remote distance, which are invisible to his more highly evolved companion. He can detect sounds which tho scholar recognizes only In slight degree and after closest attention. The difference la not so marked In regard to odors, but It Is said that comparing ourselves with the ancient Romans the sense of mull is also degenerating. On the other hand It may be claimed that clv Uli&l man can see tints which the sv- OIL Am) OAS FOB MEXICO. Denuding of Forests Causes Dla.a to Grant Concessions. Gradually Mexico is becoming Ameri canized, due to the foresight of Presi dent Diaz. For years gas was' not al lowed to be manufactured In the re public. A few years ago a small plant was Installed In Merida, the captal of Yucatan. Because the Mexicans con sidered gas dangerous It was Impossi ble to got a concession to manufacture it Another reason was the great scar city of fuel. It lias caused the govern ment much worry. Wood for domestic purposes Is Bold in the City of Mexico by "stick" and the forests of any extent are hundreds of miles distant from the capital. The universal material for domestic con sumption Is charcoal and tho manufac ture of the product Is rapidly denuding the forests which exist within a rea sonable radius of the City of Mexico. It was to preserve these forests and solve the fuel question that President Diaz granted the concession for the erection of gas plants all over the re public. So high has the price of wood been within late years that a short time ago the railroads found it profit able to Import their ties from Japan. It is proposed now to build an oil pipe line from the recently discovered wells of the gulf const, near Tamplco, to the City of Mexico, an Immense un dertaking, for the liquid will have to be raised from the sea level to a height of over 7,000 feet, from whore it will be distributed to various towns and cities on the plateau. The men to whom have been granted the concession have lssuod instructions to commence the installation of a gas plant to supply the City of Mexico and the suburban towns of Tacabyua, Mix coac, San Angel, Cherubusco, Tacuba, Atzacapotzalco, Coyoacan and Tlal pam. The contract Is made under the law of "new Industries' between the exec utive of the new republic and. Edward Doheny, Charles A. Canfleld and Nor man Bridge, which grants to these men a concession to erect and operate In any city or town within the republic of Mexico gas plants for the manufac ture and distribution of crude oil gas. v Incredible as It may seem, there Is not In the City of Mexico with nearly 600,000 people a single bit of gas burnt ed, so that the capital has come to be known as the electric city, for It la one of the' most brilliantly lighted munici palities In the world, S. P. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calls, both night and day. Calli promptly answered. Office on Third Street. Athena. Oregor "Mamma, Is Uncle Jake - very wealthy?" "Enormously so, my dear." What Is he guilty of V Life. Elsie What did he do when you told him he must not see yon any more? Ada He turned down the light Ally Sloper. SheThat Mr. Scarey Is the most chicken-hearted fellow I ever met He Possibly he waa an- Incubator baby. Boston Record. . "Do you believe that the good die young?" "i guess they do, If all my wife tells about her first husband is true." Houston Post Madame (to her newly arrived maid servant) What Is that you are bring ing In your hand? Maid Oh, that Is nothing but a little crockery cement Meggendorfer Blaetter. "Are you related to the bride or groom-elect?" inquired the busy usher. No. "Then what Interest have you in the ceremony?" "I'm, the defeated candidate." Courier-Journal "What a well Informed woman that Mrs. Wadlelgh is, Isn't she?" "Why shouldn't she be? Her cook has worked for nearly everybody In the neighbor hood." Philadelphia Inquirer. "Mister!" "Well?" said the drug- gist "Maw wants to know If she tries a porous plaster for a week an' don't like It, will you exchange It fer a tooth brush?" Minneapolis Tribune. Mistress (engaging new servant) And I hope you're not too friendly with the policemen. Servant Lor, no, ma'am. I 'ate 'em. My father was a Hanarchlst, mum. Pick-Me-Up. Mistress (to colored house boy) Don't your new shoes hurt you, Sam? Sam Yaas'm, dey do hurt me consld'- able; sometimes I has ter get up in de middle of de night 'n' tek'm off. Smart Set. Polite Floorwalker What can we show you to-day, lady? Mrs. Finicky For goodness sake, my man, don't call me "lady!" Polite Floorwalker- Excuse me I see now that I was mis taken. Clipped. "Aha!" exclaimed Mr. Jellus. "Been treasuring another man's picture all these years, hey?" "Not exactly,' an swered his better half. "That's a photo taken of you, dear, when you had hair." , Washington Herald. "Speaking of Idle curiosity," said the typewriter boarder, "men have more of It than women." "Naturally," rejoined the scanty-haired' bachelor. "The curi osity of women is anything but idle; it works overtime." Chicago News. Madge I don't know whether to be mad or not Kitty What's the mat ter? Madge I Just met Charlie Brown apd he said this veil was very becom ing. You know It's so thick I can't see through It at all. Detroit Free Press. "Have you any request to make?" asked the sheriff of the erstwhile socie ty man who was to be hanged on the morrow. "Yes, one," replied the con demned man. "Let me tie the noose myself. I never yet wore a ready-made tie." Philadelphia Press. "Wealth has Its disadvantages," said the philosopher. "Yes," answered the man with sporting Inclinations. "It must be very monotonous for a man to be able to bet five or ten thousand dol lars on a horesrace without caring whether he loses It or not" Washing ton Star. "Doctor, I want to thank you for your valuable medicine." "It helped you, did It?" asked the doctor, very much pleased. "It helped me wonder fully." "How many bottles did you find It necessary to take?" "Oh, I didn't take any of It. My uncle took one bot tle, and I am his sole heir." Philadel phia Inquirer. Golfer (who rather fancies himself) I suppose you've been round the links with worse players than me, eh? (The caddie takes no notice.) Golfer (In his loudest voice) I say, I suppose you've been round the links with worse play ers than me, eh? Caddie I heard ver ra weel what ye said the first time. I'm Just thinkin' aboot It The Sketch. Counsel (defending prisoner) I am a follower of Lonibroso and believe that my client was predestined to per form the deed, therefore he should not be punished, but should be acquitted. Judge I also am a follower of Loin broso, and believe that I was predes tined to pronounce Judgment upon the prisoner. I therefore sentence him to two years Imprisonment Lustige Blaetter. THE 1ST. NICHOLS HOTEL! J. E. FROOME, pbop. I v : 4 Only First-class Hotel in the City. l w 1 i , THE ST. NICHOLS X l the only one that can accommodate oommsrclal traveler!. Iff Can beteoomended for Its clean and well ventilated rooms. Cob. Mais and Third, ATBiiA,Or. 4 COMMERCIAL LIVERY STABLE HARRY M BRIDE, MANAGER Best Stock and Rigs in the City. Competent Drivers. Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month at Reasonable Rate. NORTH SIDE STREET, ATHEAN, ORE "Saving at the Spigot Wasting at the Bung" That's what buying poor paint T I 1 means, rainr. may uc iow- priced by the gallon and be extravagant to use owing. to to it's poor covering power and wearing quality. After the paint is applied it's too late to save. Start right , and use It covers more surface, spreads easier, and lasts longer than any other prepared paint, or hand-mixed icau ana on,- CALL FOR I COLOR CARDS I Umatilla Lumber Yard OREGON hot Lime kd Union Pacific Through Pullman standard and Bleeping carts dally to Omaha, Chicago; tourist sleeping I car aauy u nanxas uhj ; mrougn ruiimau tourist sleeping cars, personally conducted, weekly to Chicago, with free reclining cha'.r cars, seats free, to the east dally irom ' Pendleton. ARRIVS TIME SCHEDULES DEPART Dally. ATHENA, ORE. Dally. Walla Walla, Day ton, Pomeroy, Lew Iston, Colfax, Pull- .. 11:55a.m. man, Moscow, the "sooa.m. Couer d'Alene dis trict, Spokane and all points north. , Walla Walia - Pen 12:30 p m dleton Mixed Fast Mall for Pen- dleton, LalJrande, Baker City, and all polntseist via Hun tington, Ore., Also for Umatilla, Hepu 4:58 p m ner, The Dalles, 4:53 p. m Portland, Astoria, Willamette Valley .' Points, California, Taooriia.SeaUle.aU Bound Points. Pendleton - Walla 6:30 pm Walla Mixed . J. 8. boble Agent, Alhena THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. JA.CK WEIR, MANAGER Athena, Oregon Building Material and Fuel Yards at Walla Walla, Touchet and Lowdon, Wash., and Athena, Adams and Freewater, Oregon. BaaiiiaitiiBiO0iiiii tnoac S ESTABLISHED 1865 I Preston-Parton Milling Go. Flour is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown any where. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells American Beauty for per Sack 1 Merchant fillers and Grain Buyers Waitsburg,. Wash. Athena, Oregon J O ) CON. TAIN- ING . . NO POISONS. CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW. The Original Laxative Cough Syrup containing Honey and Tar. An Improvement over all Cough, Lung and Bronchial Remedies. Pleasant to the taste and good alike for young and old. All cough syrup containing opiates constipate the bowels. Bee's Laxative Hon ey and Tar moves the bowels and contains no opiates. Prepared by PINE-VLE MEDICINE COMPANY, CHICAGO, V. S. A. SOLD IN ATHENA AT HAWK'S PIONEER DRUG STORE Veronese's Bis; Painting;. Veronese loved to represent festive gatherings on a colossal scale. Ills "Marriage of Cana" is thirty feet long j aud twenty feet high and contains 130 figures. The most remarkable feature of the patntlng Is tbe group of musl j clans In front around a table. Among I this party Veronese represents Titian, I Tintoretto, himself and other celebrated painters. , Collision Not Collualon. The Judge In this divorce suit there seems to be some collusion between the man and his wife. j The Wife Collusion? No, It's been 'collision ever since the ceremony!-. Pittsburg Gaiette-Tlmes. Twtllffht. In carmine cloak the gypsy day Knocked at eve's monastery bars; Now comes he, novice cowled in gray. To light the candles of the stars, Smart Set. 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