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ATHENA. ORE.. MAY 8 1908
One of tbe most important eoooomio
movements of tbe day about whiob tbe
getieral pnblio has yet learned little ia
tbe concerted aotioo of owners of tim
ber in different parts of tbe oonntry in
organizing associations to protect tbeir
holdings from fire. In tbe Paciflo
Northwest, the Washington Forest
Fire Association has just elected
officers at Seattle and began work for
tbe year with 3,000,000 aores nnder
its care. Tbe plans include a system
of patrol by rangers resembling tbe
work done by tbe United States Forest
Service in guarding against and ex
tinguishing fires. Organizations of
similar kind and for a like purpose are
at woik in Oregon and Idaho. In tbe
latter State, a portion of the expense
is borne by taxation and paid from the
State treasnry. A western railioad
company which bolds large traots of
timber has taken steps to guard its
property from tiro, and during tbe
short time that its plans have been in
operation, it has met with most en
couraging success.
At tbe Kansas station alfalfa roots
have been traced to a depth of over
nine feet, while at the Colorado exper
iment station Dr. W. P. Ileaddon has
washed out tbe roots of an old alfalfa
plant to tbe depth of nearly 12 feet,
says au alfalfa leaflet. Various re
ports have been made, without good
authority, of finding alfalfa roots at
even greater depths. It is witbout
doubt one of tbe deepest rooting plants
giown on tbe farm. Alfalfa will do
more for western agrioulture in tbe
next 60 years than all tbo other crops
which farmers may he able to grow in
this region. Tbe great value of tbe
crop as a money maker is tbe main
motor wbiob is introducing it into tbo
agrioulture of tbe central west. Where
alfalfa can be successfully marketed
or fed, no otber oropgrowu in tbe west,
will yield so great a net profit per aoro
lu a series of years.
Tbe Commercial Clob of Walla
Walla, Washington, has passed iso
lation! nrgiug tbe railroad eom&anles
-to graut a one-fare rate for tbe round
trip, by continuous passago, between
points iu interior Washington and
Oregou and tbe seaside resorts of these
two states. It is understood that tbe
Club also favors a higher rate when
stop-over privileges are allowed The
Walla Walla Club has requestod tbe
commercial bodies of Eastern Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, as well as the
Commercial Club of Portlaud, to pass
similar resolutions. It is hoped that
favorablo notion may be taken by all,
as the people of the interior should to
given tbe opportunity of visiting the
coast especially during tbe summer
months, at the least possible cost.
Owing to tbe faat that there is an
unusually large amount of mouey ou
baud in tbe state treasury it bas been
dooided to advanoe tbe various coun
ties of tbe state u substantial advanoe
on the sums due the counties from the
common school fund. Tbeir paymeuts
are due ia August and the remainder
of tbe moneys due will be paid at tbat
time. Deputy State Treasurer Perkins
states tbat the lnoome from tbe school
fund will be greater tbis year than at
auy time in the history of tbe state.
Usually tbe total bas been aboqt 250,
000, but tbis year it is expooted to te
considerably more.
What a flue thing it would be for a
obauge if men oould be relieved of the
necessity of scratching like mad to get
the wherewithal to buy grub with, if
women could be relieved of tbe
drudgery of gettiug said grub ready to
put oo the table aud washing dishes,
kettles and pans after it was devoured 1
Really tbis would give us a little time
to get aoquaiuted with our families
and our neighbors and live a trifle.
We read the other day of a farmer
who bad a good idea of the eternal fit
ness of things and was pretty level
beaded. He sent his wife, sou and
daughter to the state agricultural short
oourse, while he bimtelf staid at
buiiio. did tbe chores and concocted
his own coffee and flapjacks. Tbey
undoubtedly appreciated his self eaoii
floe, the exercise of which without
question had a wholesome influence
upon bimtelf.
With a view to freeing themselves
from the diotation of beef prices by
tbe Chicago packing bouses, a group
of central Iowa farmers have lately
shipped a carload of fine beeves direct
to Portland, Me., where tbey will be
loaded for shipment to England. A
prior shipment direct to the Liverpool
market resulted in their reoeiving snob
good prices tbat tbey were led to try
tbe plan again.
If tbe 200,000, more or less, that is
spent anually in tbe farcloal distri
bution of seeds of very indifferent mer
it by the congressmen who bope there
by to better tbeir ohanoes of reeleotion
were divided equally among the seve
ral states and territories for nse in
practioal and helpful experiment sta
tion work, it would bo a far more ser
viceable disposal of the money.
The proper spirit is in evidence up
at Waitsburg and Dayton. Tbe latter
town proposes to close shop and attend
Waitsburg's big pionio, and Waitsburg
will go to Dayton's Fourth of July
celebration. The pull-together spirit
does not end with neighborly felicita
tions, but extends to a united boost
for the upbuilding of tbat part of
Washington.
A two line local in tbe home paper
will in Dine cases out of ten enable one
to find a buyer for the article be wants
to dispose of as well as quickly locate
tbe party who bas tbe thing that he
may be in need of. Try it once if tbe
method is new to you and see if this
statement is not correct.
A move for tbe better appearance of
Main street was made tbis week when
several soale iufeotod shade trees were
out down. This should be followed by
turning signs to tbe walls of buildings
aud lowering gas-pipe hydrants below
tbe snrfaoe of tbe walks.
Xho Pilot Rock News "made good"
with au eight-page speoial edition,
which ooutaius a creditable writeup of
Pilot Rook, her industries and the re
sources of tbe wonderfully productive
oonntry, tributary to tbe town.
Tbe plutooratio press are quite en
thusiastic for tbe nomination of Gov.
Johnson instead of Bryan. Naturally.
Tbey bate Bryan for tbe enemies bo
bas mado and tbey love Johnson for
tbe friouds tbat surround him.
For tbe first time in several years it
was boldly deolared and successfully
maintained in tbe bouse ot representa
tives loll! week that "the president is
not be commander-in-chief of con
gress." What's the matter?
The Beef Trust is stiJl booming the
prioe of its produots, and tbe adminis
tration makos no effort to curb tbe
combine. Presideut Roosevelt evi
dently considers tbe packers' combine
"a good trust."
Secretary Cortelyon is also swinging
around the New York circuit with a
few addresses to business men. Is he
preparing them for the campaign fund
colleotor who will follow later?
President Uompers continues to de
clare that if congress does not pass the
labor legislation asked for, Republican
candidates for re-election will be op
posed at tbe polls.
We shudder to think wbat will hap
pen when tbat Indiana man who has
remained at home for 19,000 successive
eveuings does get a uigbt off I
Congressman Hobson is not witbout a
oortain cheerful optimism. He thinks
that somebody will take the Philip
pines off our hands.
Briefly, then, tbe south seems to be
divided into two classes those who
are fighting driuk aud those who are
fighting drunk.
Tatt adbereuts in Arizona have bolt
ed the Republican convention aud will
seleot a contesting delegation.
HATED TO LEAVE THE MORGUE.
M. Gaud, for SO years tbe superin
tendent of the Paris morgue, said faro
well to the grewsome plaoe with tears
in his eves and words of regret ou bis
lips. Newspaper men asked him for
"experiences" aud "impressions,"
and when he had given them he re
ceived from those who bad heard biin
tbe title "Philosopher of the Morgue."
To the representatives of tbe Matin he
said tbat he had beeu very happy at
tbe morgue aud had learned there the
lessou of life. "When one sees before
him oontiuually," be said, "what it
is for which we work end slave and
commit all sorts of folly, our fears aud
our worries vanish. Or oourse it took
quite a while before I realized tbat a
dead man is no longer a man before I
learned to look upon those who are
brought here from the physical point
only. Until tbat was accomplished i
oould not eat, except with aversion.
Two weeks cuted rue." Ho recalled
some of the grewsome sceues whiob he
bad witnessed, and said : "I became
aooustouied to all these things, but
peter to the police praotic of con
fronting a prisoner with tbe body of
a murdered person. It always disgust
ed me, probably because my experience
told me that these experiments are
senseless. Tbe dramatic breakdown
never follows exoept in books. Only
once did I see a man go to pieces, and
he was tbe giant wrestler, Gamahut,
iu 1885. Now 1 go to tbe country, to
a little house with a garden, where
tbei a are fresh flowers and green fields.
Who knows but wbat I may not find
there in tbe pastoral surrounding dis
appointments and sorrows wbiob I es
caped while I lived with the dead?
Who knows?"
COMMENT OF THE TIMES.
Minneapolis Journal: Kyrle Bellew
says tbat "tbe public tbe great broad
public will never take to Isben's
plays." Well, baseball is more cheer
ful. Kansas City Star: Governor John
son of Minnesota denies being James
J.Hill's "man." Yet the fact re
mains tbat be is permitted to dwell in
Mr. Hill's state. Mr. Bryan regards
tbis as a pretty suspioious circum
stance. Philadelphia Inquirer: Another
Rough Rider in Massaobnsetts has got
a job witb the government Tbis is
singular. How did tbe man esoape so
long?
New Orleans Times-Demoorat: Oys
ter Bay is now looking eagerly for
ward to its annual appearance as a
popular newspaper date line.
Baltimore A merioan: Perhaps tbe
hardest thing in human experience is
to get away from prejudice. In tbe
last few years we have bad extraordi
nary ohanges in America, and it bas
not been easy for some people to read
just their visions. When an honest
president, in doing honest work, dis
turbed established evils he neoessarily
jolted some good people who were per
fectly sincere in believing tbat their
personal integrity was proof against the
iusidious influences of a wrong system.
So, instead of blaming the system or
of seeing the broader moral purpose of
a policy of simple bonesty, tbey took
tbe shorter course of saying Roosevelt
did it.
The World's Best Climate
is not entirely free from disease, on
the high elevations fevers prevail,
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to a greater or less extent,
according to altitude. To overaome
climate affections lassitude, malaria,
jaundice, biliousness, fever and ague,
and general debility, tbe moBt effective
remedy is Eleotrio Bitters, the great
alterative and blood purifier; tbe anti
dote for every form of bodily weak
ness, nervousness, and insomnia. Sold
under guarantee at Palace Drug Go's
store. Prioe 50o.
When your food seems to nauseate
take Kodol. Take Kodol now and
until you know you are right again.
There isn't any doubt about what it
will do and you will find tbe trntb of
bis statement verified after you have
used Kodol for a few weeks. It is
sold here by tbe Palace Drug Co.
Valued Same as Gold.
B. G. Stewart, a merobaut of Cedar
View, Miss., says: "I tell my cus
tomers when tbey buy a box of Dr.
King's New Life Pills tbey get the
worth of tbat much gold in weight, if
afflioted with constipation, malaria or
biliousness." Sold under guarantee
at Palaoe Drug Go's store. 25o.
.
' ' Stop Grumbling
if you suffer from Rheumatism or
pains, for Ballard's Snow Liniment
will bring quick relief.; It is a sure
oure for Sprains, Rheumatism, Con
tracted Muscles and all pains and
within (be reaoh of all.1 Prioe 25o,
50o, fl.OO. C. R. Smith, Tenaha. Tex.
writes: I have used Ballard's Snow
Linimeut in my family for years and
have found it a fine remedy for all
pains and aches. I reoommend it for
pains in the chest." Sold by Palaoe
Drug Co.
Don't cough your bead off when you
oan get a guaranteed remedy in Bees
Laxative Cough Syrup. It is especial
ly recommended for children as it is
pleasant to take, ia a gentle laxative
thus expelling tbe pblegm from tbe
system. For coughs, colds, croup,
whooping cough, hoarseness and all
bronchial trouble. Guaranteed. Sold
by Pioneer Drug Store.
POLITICAL INFORMATION.
Registration reopens, April 21.
Close for election, May 15.
General election, Joue 1.
Registration reopens. September 20.
Close for election, Ootober 20.
Piesideutial election November 3.
Man Zan Pile Remedy. Price 50o is
guaranteed. Put up ready to use.
One application prompt relief to any
form of piles. Soothes and heals.
Sold by Pioneer Drug Store.
30 Days' Trial 11.00 is tbe offer on
Pinnies. Relieves Back aobe, Weak
Back, Lame, Baok, Rbeumatio pains.
Best on sale for Kidneys, Bladder and
Blood. Good for young and old, Sat
isfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Sold by Pioneer Drug Store.
Croup
When a child wakes op In thn middle of the
nlftlit with a scrvre attack of croup as fre
quently happens, no tlmo should bo tost In
experlmcmliiK with rvniodtes of a doubtful
value. 1'rompt action U often necessary to
ave life.
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
has never bovu known to fall in any case and
It lias IxH'n in use forovoroue-tliiw of a cen
tury. Tlier 1 noiio bettor. Itcau be do
peiuiedupou. Whjrexuvrliuontf Itispleasant
to take and contain u harmful drug. I'rlca,
K coins; large le, A) cunts.
Sold Bt Palace Drug Co.
"E. 0. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, 111.
Gentlemen In 1897 I had a disease
of tbe stomach and bowels. In tbe
spring of 1902 I bought a bottle of
KodoJ and the benefit I received all
the gold in Georgia could not buy.
May you live long and prosper. Tours
very truly. N. Cornell, Boding, Ga.,
Aug., 27, 1906. Sold by Palace Drug
Company.
Tbe old remedies are the best Hick
ory Bark Cough Remedy bas been in
use for over one hundred years by tbe
old Dutch Dunkards of Pennsylvania,
and is still in use by all tbe old families
of Western Pennsylvania. Is abso
lutely pure; made from tbe bark of the
white or shell bark hickory tree. Tbe
bark is shipped from the east, and
manufactured in Walla Walla, Wash.
For sale by Palace Drug Store.
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
are prompt and thorough and will in a
short time strengthen weakened kid
neys and allay troubles arising from
inflammation of tbe bladder. Sold by
Palaoe Drug Co.
PORTLAND
ROSE
FESTIVAL
To be held in
PORTLAND, OREGON,
El TO 6
Will be the most Brilliant
Ever held in the Pacific Northwest
Portland. "Tbe Rose City," will be a
scene of splendor and tbe oenter ot
world-wide interest for one week.
Several important conventions to be
bled in Portland on tbat occasion.
June 1st and 3rd, the
Will Sell Special Tickets
On This Occasion From
ATHENA
to Portland and Return for $9.90
For any Further Information Call on
E. M. Smith, Loci Abent
Or write to
WM. McMURRAY,
General Passenger Agent,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
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For
GOOD WORK
HENRY KEENE, Agent.
Foley's Honey and Tar
forchildren.safe.sure. No opiates.
S. F. Sharp -PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calls, both night and day.
Calls promptly answered. Office ouTblrd
Street, Athena Oresor
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Graduates Am. School gf Osteopathy,
Kirksville, Mo., Dr A. T. Still,
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High class Uniformed Band
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Free Band Concert Each Day
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Wednesday Night
May 13th ,