The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, July 19, 1907, Image 4

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ATHENA. ORE., JULY 19.
1907
If you can invent some way to get
rid of rats tbe United States Govern
ment stands ready to give yon a for
tune. No other patent will pay you
so welL Many have tried it on a small
scale, but all have failed. "Rough on
Bats" did some good in localities, but
tbe danger was its poisoning other
things besides tbe animals aimed at
Tbe thousand and one ingenious traps
invented from time to time have
caught thousands of the vermin, but
tbey could hardly be missed from tbe
grand aggregation. Tbe terriers, tbe
cats, tbe small boy witb his dog did
something to reduoe tbe supply, but
apparently as many rats as ever remain
to vex humanity. What is needed is
a general exterminator, a wholesale
destruction, and thus far it has not
been forthcoming. The department
of Agriculture is muob concerned on
tbe subject and declares that an infal
lible method of exterminating these
rodents would be worth more to tbe
peoplo of this country in a single deo
ade than tbe department has cost since
its establishment. The farmer has no
worse enemy than tbe common brown
rat. All tbe birds and beasts of prey
put together do not do the damage in
flicted ty this pestilential pest the
long-tailed, sharp-toothed, bewhisker
ed nuisance of tbe barn, tbe granary
and the poultry-yard.
Governor Hughes of New York by
vetoiug the reoently-passed two-cent
fare law, oalls a bait on the mania for
forcibly regulating tbe railroads. He
shows that tbe law was passed hastily,
without investigation of facts in the
case and without understanding of
prevailing conditions. While a two
cent fare law may be all right in a
densely settled section, it would mani
festly bo unjust on a line running for
many miles through mountains and
deserts. . Tbe Governor takes tbe sen
sible position that it is the duty of tbe
State Kuilroad Commission to look up
the prevailing conditions on nil the
roads and report to tbe Legislature, so
that body can act intelligently. What
is needed are laws to abolish unjust
discrimination between comiuuuitios
and individuals.
In six months more the colonistratos
to Orogou will be in elt'eot again, con
tinuing for sixty days. In order to
, get tbe full benefit of them, every
uommoroial orguuizutiou should get
busy with their correspondence witb
prospective settlers. During tbis va
cation period tbe boys and girls have
tbe time to write their friends "back
East" and tell them about the Oregon
country. As an illustration of what
can be accomplished by tbis means,
the school children of a single district
iu one of our ooast counties doubled
the population of that distriot merely
through correspondence, necessitating
tbe oonstruotion of an additional
school building.
Tbey do some things tetter in Wex
ioo. The manager of a bull-light iu
Monterey advertised that a certain
number of bulls would be iu the ring.
For producing one bull less than the
aunouuood number tbe man was fiued
$200 by tbe municipal authorities.
Of tbe Congressmen who have served
since the f ouudatiou of tbis govern
ment, nioro tbau twelve tbousatid in
dividuals, ouly thirty-four have served
twenty years or more. Tbe longest
service was that of John H. Ketcbam
of New York, who served thirty-three
years, and was a member when be died
Mr. Cameron, who comes next, has
served tbirtv-two vears. Since he is
elected to tbe next Congress, be will,
if he lives to tbe end of bia term, take
tbe first place in tbe list of veterans.
It is such fellows as Harriman who
bring discredit upon the railroad busi
ness and cause the irritable feeling
among the people that leads to hostile
legislation. Railroads should be own
ed and controlled only by men trained
in the business and conducted on legi
timate lines as oommon carriers, and
not by speculators who are making for
tunes by kiting their securities. Bank
ers and brokers have no business with
railroads and should not be allowed to
control them.
There is one Orchard which all will
admit should be cultivated. This is
the one that has been testifying at
Boise, Idaho, that for fifteen years he
has been a professional murderer,
drawing a regular salary for killing
people. He confesses to eighteen as
sassinations, including that of ex-Governor
Steuneuberg, all of tbe most
brutal character. It would be diffl
cult to parallel this record of horrors
in all tbe annals of history.
Oklahoma will come into tbe Union
witb tbe most drastio prohibition law
ever embodied in a constitution for the
government of men. It prohibits not
only the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors, but does not allow
them to be brought into the state.
The army officers who have been ap
pointed to dig the Panama Canal will
receive $14,000 a year, in addition to
glory and their usual pay. If tbey get
the ditob dug tbey will earn every dol
lar tbey receive.
Good draft horses now briug from
$200 to $300. It is little wonder,
therefore, that well-advised farmers
pay fancy prices for imported brood
mares when three-year-olds bring snob
prioes.
Word comes from Bussia that the
government intends to bang 300,000
radicals. We are hardly willing to
believe that tbis is a conservative estimate
Once it is aroused, there is quite a
wholesome sentiment in this country
against printing newspapers that have
to be hidden from tbe boys and girls at
home.
A traveler in tbe country can gener
ally tell pretty accurately what kind
of farmer owns tbe land by tbe ap
pearance of tbe buildings and fences.
LETTING DOWN THE BARS.
Mr. Hairimau has auuouuced bis
iuteutiou of following the example set
by tbe Government iu shipping coal
from the Atlautio to the Pacific Coast.
"Tbe bars are down," said Mr. Harri
man, "and I am going to ship ooal to
tbe Pacific Coast iu foreign vessels."
Lawbreaking is never a commendable
proceeding, but when the Government
takes the initiative and breaks a law,
as was quite plainly tbe case when it
chartered British steamers to briug
coal to the Paoifio Coast, it is hardly
clear bow it can prooeed against Mr.
Harriman, who follows suit. Tbe sit
uation is most interesting, and is
fraught with possibilities of a solution
of tbe merobant marine problem. Tbe
primary cause for charier by the Gov
ernment of foreign steamers was the
prospective iuoiease in tbe naval fleet
on the Pacific Coast. Coal was needed
to replenish stooks at Paoifio Coast
ports, and the soaroity of the fuel on
tbis Coast made it imperative that
supplies bo sent from other quarters.
But, owing to our venerable naviga
tion laws, which prevent Americans
from buying ships where they can be
bought the cheapest, there was no
Amerioan tonnage available for bring
ing the coal around tbe Horn. Tbe
same ancient laws, while preventing
us from owning tonnage ou even terms
House Cleaning
Time
the back-breaking time for
the cle nly house-wife, is mad
easier by the use of
The
Sherwin-Williams
Paints.
Paint saves half the labor of house cleaning. Painted
wood-work is easier to clean than unpainted wood-work. It
doesn't collect as much dirt, and what dirt it does collect comes
off easier. Paint this ear and you'll have less work next year.
Th9 Sherwin-Williams Family Paint in small cans meets the
hundred and one demands for a little paint about the house.
Pries quickly. The girls, can apply it. Can be scrubbed.
Color cards for the asking.
SOLD BY
Umatilla Lumber Yard
M. A. JOHNSON,
Manager
MSrSmjl from Bystoessi
it
My $3,000 Stock of Groceries
Will be Sold Regardless of Cost
This is not a Clearance Sale, nor a Mid-summer Sale; I anr positively
going out sf Business andmy prices will convince you of the fact that
I am going to quit. So now is your opportunity to get Harvest Sup
plies cheaper than you ever did before. Stock is complete now. &
CASH WILL SAVE YOU CASH
WORTHINGTON SPOT CASH GROCERY
with the foreigners, also deprive us of
tbe right to engage cheap ships iu tbe
protected coastwise carrying trade.
There was no question about the exis
tence of an antiquated emergency in
tbis oase, but the antiquated naviga
tion laws make no provision for emer
gencies. Tbe coal shortage ou the
Paoifio Coast has forced Mr. Hairmian
to purchase many thousand tons of
Australian ooal, which will be brought
to tbe Pacific Coast in foreign ships.
On that coal the foreigner not only
gets tbe freight money, but the oost of
the coal. Now that the "bars are
down," tbe money for tbe coal will
remain in this country. An emergency
unquestionably exists. If the Govern
ment had failed to violate its own
laws and ship coal to tbe Pacific Coast,
it would have been obliged on arrival
Lere to sieze tbe scanty stocks of ooal
now available on tbe Coast, and thus
bring shipping to a standstill.
Even with tbe relief that is afforded
by "charter of a few ships for the Gov
ernment there is sitU great necessity
for importaion of all of the coal that
can be brought iu from the Atlantio
seaboard. The letting down of the
bars will not only afford relief to every
ooal consumer on the Paoifio Coast,
but it will bring in plenty of much
needed cheap tonnage with wbioh to
move our rei-ord-breaking grain crop,
as all of the vessels coming here will
be available for outward cargoes A
few more practical illustrations of the
manner in which existing navigation
laws hamper the development of our
merchant marine may have tbe effect
of bringing about long-overdue reform.
There would be no necessity for
shipping either Government coal or
Harriman ooal in foreign ships if we
would adopt the simple business meth
ods of other countries and welcome
these ships under the American flag.
Tbe most severe blow yet dealt the
theorists who are seeking a hothouse
grown, subsidized merobant marine is
tbis transaction of tbe Government,
for the demonstration tbat we can
secure ships without a subsidy is per
fect. All that remains is to repeal
our ancient laws and give these ships
Amerioan registry. Oregonian.
OSLER SAYS SOUP MUST GO.
Dr. William Osier, who has an
opiniou concerning chloroform and
men who are 60 years old, is bitterly
opposed to the drinking of soup, ac
cording to tbe statements of a New
York merchant.
"My wife was a wreck from nervous
dyspepsia," said the merchant. "Sov
eral prominent physicians in New York
had treated ber without success, and
finally I was advised to take her to
Baltimore to see Dr. Osier. He in
quired carefully about her habits, and
particularly ber diet We described
it without going into details, but this
did not satisfy tbe great pbyiscian.
" 'Tell me what you have for din
ner, describing the natnre of the
courses, their number, and so on,' he
insisted.
" 'Well, usually we start with some
good, nourishing soup,' I began.
" 'Stop right there,' interrupted Dr.
Osier. 'Soup must go. There is a
popular fallacy that soup is nourish
ing. Tbat is a mistake. It is one of
tbe most harmful things one cau eat
It is worse than lobster. Of course,
there are times when a simple beef or
mutton broth is not to be condemned.
But as a rule soup is positively dan
gerous It dilutes the gastrio juices and
it ferments too rapidly to permit it to
be easily digested. It is the greatest
cause of dyspepsia and nervous disor
ders. Vegetable soup fchould be thrown
into the garbage pail, where it be
longs, instead of being poured into a
delicate stomach. Half the nervous
wrecks among society folk who live
well are caused by eating soup.'
"Dr. Osier gave some other advice,
which was followed by my wife in
addition to giving up soup. Soup is
never served at our table, and has not
been for four years. My wife is well
and strong today, and she can eat any
thing on the nitnm except soup."
Dados little Liver Pills keep tbe
system clean, the stomach sweet.
Prompt relief for headache and bil
Housuwsw. Good for all the family.
Fioueer Drug Slot.
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 means 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. Large Size, 50c.
Sold in Athena by McBride.
The Crackers with a
flavor
iiBBBBSMBI
INLAND CRACKERS
Are not made by the Trust
AH Grocers Sell Them
First
National Bank
of Athena
CAPITAL STOCK,. . . ... . . .$50,000
SURPLUS,. . . . . . . 20,000
PER CtHTJNTEMSTPlllD OH TIME MP08ITS
MODERN BANKING FACILITIES
OFFICERS
H. O. ADAMS, President,
T. J. KIRK, Vice President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
I. M. KEMP, Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS ,
H. a ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. S.
Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E.
COLBERN.
IL .. ' 7 ' " 8
THE WRICHT LIVERY
AND FEED STABLE
COOCh HORSES AND RICS. REASONABLE PRICES
DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED-
Horses boarded by tbe day, week or month
Stables on 2nd street, South of Main street
J. F. Wright, - - Proprietor
THE
Eagle Bar
BERT CARTANO, Prop.
GOOD LIQUORS A SPECIALTY
Hourhound Rock and Bye
Holly Tom Gin
Three Star Cognao
Blue Stem Whisky
Famous Pilsner Beer
Best Brands of Cigars.
AT THE ELECTRIC SIGN
To Car Coottlpatloa Forer.r.
fake Casoarots Candy Catb&rtic. 10a or OA
C. C. C. fail to cure, druggist refund noaay
THE TUM-A-LUIVl LUMBER GO.
H. O. Mansfield, Manager
AthenaOregon
BUILDING MATERIAL
AND FUEL
Yards at Walla Walla, Toubhet and Lowden, Wash.
Athena, Adams and Free water, Oregon.
JOB PRINTING-
Neat Workmen
Fast, Modern jPressea
High Grade Stock
Asore throat Ls a
dangerous malady
buffyou donU need to
tie a sock around
your neck to cure it
BALLARD'S
SNOW
LINIMENT
will ClirA fhftt. fhrnah In chrrf f-rA
Ballard's Snow Liniment penetrates the pores, proraot
ing free circulation, giving the muscles more elasticity.
V
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Cures
RHEUMATISM, CUTS, SPRAINS, BRUISES,
WOUNDS, OLD SORES, STIFF JOINTS,
BURNS AND ALL PAINS.
GAVE INSTANT RELIEF.
Henry Stone, Provo, Utah, writes: "I hare usod Ballatil'b I
Snow Liniment lor Neuralgia, Tooth-ache and Sore Throat.,
Which nnnn nnnlii-AHnn mvn -mn nr.i : 1 r
mend It as being the best liniment I have ever used in curtiz
pain caused Irom Neuralgia, etc.' B
PRICE 25C, 50c AND $1.00
Ballard Snow Liniment Co,
500-502 North Second Street,
ST. LOUIS, - - MISSOURI.
Sold and Recommended by
W. McBRIDE, PALACE DRLO STORE ATHENA, OR.
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