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ATHENA. ORE.. JUNE 19.
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Soious of uobility make two appeals
to the American woman. As a rule,
they understand better than the Amer
ican man the outward accomplishments
of social life, for sooial life in Europe,
especially among tbe npper classes is
more like an exclusive profession. But
the stronger force is the sooial pres
tige which attends family and title.
The tremendous difference between
high and low classes, attached to
which is an unquestioning deference
from low to high, as flattering as it is
strange to American experience, is
fascinating to a woman who baa once
been across to see it.
Ibis conntry annexed a lot of un
founded rumors when she gathered in
the Hawaiian Islands.
The man who baa a dimpled dearest
baby to dance upon bis knee seldom
woriies much abont posterity.
SENATE IS AGAINST PEOPLE.
This is the season when the profess
ional crop killera get in their doadiy
work. It ia assuredly an optimistio
outlook when the speculator cannot
conjure up some dire calamity with
which to smite the growing grain of
tbis country. It is notable, however
that the greater the distance from the
manipulative markets the less suscept
ible is the harvest to annihilation.
Possibly tbis is one of the reasons for
unfailing crops in the Paoiflo North
west. Let us be wary bow we extend
the glad band to the grain gamblers.
West Coast Trade.
There is no denying the exoellent
organization of the Democrats in
Union and Wallowa counties. They
did not make much noise prior to elec
tion day, but at that time were at the
polls, shoulder to shoulder, and the
result shows tho effect; of the good
work done. Good generalship is com-
moudable iu any quarter, says tho
Union Eeputliouu.
A Chicago waiter baa become rich
euougb by saving bis "tips" to retire
from business. Representatives of
predatory wealth will refuse however,
to regard him with admiration beoause
he considers a mere hundred thousand
dollars as a competency.
For every warship that Germany
builds Euglaud will build two. Brit
annia has been ruling the waves for
some years, now, and intends to keep
the job nutil the cows oome borne.
The report that cornea from Wash
ington that most of the senators, the
senate as a whole, do not like the Ore
gon way of eleoting senators, is soaroely
in the nature of news. It has long
beeu known that a majority of the
senate was opposed to the election of
senators by direot vote of the people.
Repeatedly tbe bouse has passed a res
olution proposing this as a constitu
tional amendment, but it bas always
been voted down or ignored by tbe
senate.
Tbe reason is plain, and it is one
that should strengthen tbe resolution
of tbe people of Oregon to bold on o
tbis new power and impel tbe people
of other states to follow Oregon's ex
ample. The reason ia simply tbis
Tbe senate is not representative of tbe
people, and knows it. Worse, it does
not intend or desire to be so. It is
representative chiefly of large special
interests railroads, express com
punies, Standard Oil, the steel trust,
tbe sugar and tobacoo trusts, and so on
and so not only cannot represent the
people generally, but on numerous oo
oasions and indeed as a rule, represents
those who seek to impose upon and op
press the people.
ma uregon system would soon
revolutionize tbe senate and tbe mem
bers ot that body well know tbis fact,
Most of tbem would have to go. Their
name would be Iobabod. Some few
youuger members who would really
like to serve tbe whole people and
make some almost apologetio efloils to
do so, like Beveridge, Dolliver, and
Borab would probably be retained, but
with tbe Oregon system in vogue
throughout the country there would be
an overturning, all the wav from
Massachusetts to Oalifornia.
Tbe senate would not unseat Cham
berlain, because it would not bave tbe
slightest foundation upon wbiob to
stand in doing so. He will bave been
duty elected ty the legislature, striotlv
in aooordauoe with the constitution.
To say that he shall be kept out be
cause tbe legislature iu eleoting bim
obeyed tbe wish of the people of the
state, when the right of no one who
baa notoriously seonred bis seat by
bribery ia questioned, would be too
hideous a joke for even tbe senate to
perpetrate. Thiuk of Piatt, Hopkins
and Guggenheim voting against seat
ing (Jnamberlain beoause he was elec
ted by both the people and tbe legis
lature!
The senate, that is tbe majority as
controlled by its leaders, not only
knows it, aud ia afraid of tbem. It
doea not trust the people, aud knows
that tbe sonate cannot be trusted by
the people. Hence, it wants to keep
as far away from the people, as far re
moved from their power, as possible,
and so of course does not like tbe Ore
gon elections of tbis June and next
January. But it is not likely to go to
the extreme of denying Chamberlain
his seat. Portland Journal.
Ovor at Elleustnrg they are adver
tising an auotion sale of "moss backs"
and "knookers," to tube plaoe at a
Booster club meeting to be held in
that city iu tbe near future.
THE OKLAHOMA WAY.
Soieuoe is resouroef ul if buoktid by
money. Pel haps that is why the
Thaw experts were aLle to discover a
form of insanity just suited to the de
fendant's case.
Mr. Harrimau has givou 180,000 to
assist in the groat work of killing rats
iu Shu Franoisoo. What bave the
San Frauaisao rats ever done to Mr.
Ilatriman?
"We pay dearly for our mistakes,"
observes a contemporary. True, broth
er, aud nouo so dearly us those who
bave the money and mnrry foreign
titles.
An Outario muu named Freeze has
gone crazy. Why not put bim iu the
same coll with Harry Thaw and see
wbut happens.
A lot of New York men w bo former
ly wero lioh thiuk of throwing their
million-dollar yaobts ou tbo market.
Save your pennies and buy a yaoht.
A Cleveland preacher advises people
not to get married until they feel that
they will die if they don't. But nearly
everybody doea feel that way.
A Pittsburg paper says that Count
Boni is game to tho core. Why not
say to the yellow? Bad eggs do uot
bave cores.
Before we start any more legal holi
days iu this country we should leant
to keep safe aud sane those we now
bave.
Our English cousins pronounce St.
John "Sinjio." Is St. James ,;S3in-jims?"
A New York girl who ran away
from home says she ran away to learn
wing. Plain or wild oats?
Tbe following report ou an Oklaho
ma bank failure shows tbe way they
do things iu that new commonwealth:
The International Bank of Colgate
was reported to tbe bank oommis
sioner by one of its examiners a few
duysugo for violatiug the banking law
of the state, particularly iu its man
aging oftloors borrowing from tbe de
positors' money.
Tbe bank commissioner at once visi
ted the bauk iu person aud found that
the total deposits were about $31,000.
of which the president, L. A. Connors.
owed over ftiOOO, aud the cashier, L,
Elzy, owed over $1000 in other words
about 80 per oent of the deposits had
been borrowed by the two niauaeiuo
ornoeis. ine bauk commissioner de
mauded thut they immediately replace
tne money. Tdey failed to do so. He
closed tbe bank at 3:15 Thursday eve-
mug; telephoned tbe state banking
board; received instructions toimmed
lately prooeed to pay all approved de
posits. In 42 miuutes from the closing
of the bauk tbe bauk commissioner
was ready to pay approved deposits.
By Fiiday evening 00 per oent of the
dopositois had appeared, proved their
olaiuis and received their money.
By tbe end of tbe second day 00 per
cent of all deposits had beeu paid. A
few depositors who lived in tbe coun
try don t seem to be in any hurry
aoouc drawing their deposits.
Oue farmer is reported aa answering
over the rural telephone that he is too
busy to oome after his niouey, but will
waut it iu a week or so.
Iu the meautimo both the presideut
aud the cashier bave boou arrested for
tbe violation of tbe state banking law,
uud are hold under heavy boud.
"There will probably be no loss "to
tbe state guaranty fund, aud no assess
ment required on other banks. Liqui
dation will likely reimburse tbe state
fund within 30 days. The loss will
probably not exoeed the capital stook."
A DESERT SANDSTORM.
Experience of a Wo- Traveler
While Crossing,- .ura. '
What it means to encounter a sand
storm In tbe desert of Sahara is de
scribed by Mrs. Palmer Thomas: "Few
things bring such a sense of utter
powerlessness as a desert sandstorm,
and I shall never forget my experience
of one. Our dragoman one day sudden
ly called our attention to a darkening
horizon line. 'See,' be said; 'sandstorm
comes. No man will ride in such. We
had barely time to dismount and make
the camels kneel In a circle on the
sand before tbe storm was upon us.
Each man threw his kaftan over tbe
peaks of his saddle and crouched with
in tbe shelter it afforded and that
formed by tbe .animal's body behind
him, while I nestled in tbe hollow
formed by my camel's neck and shoul
der, drawing tbe folds of tbe blanket
like stuff tightly over me. Tbe wise
beast, knowing what was coming,
turned her long neck right round and
laid ber head on my knees, seeking tbe
protection of my cloak for her eyes
against the sand, whicb, driven by tbe
fury of tbe wind, struck tbe face like
powdered glass.
"But I looked out upou the scene na
long as I could, watching what appear
ed to be a mass of brown gauze veils
streaming up across the sky, darkening
the sunlight and gradually blotting out
everything from our sight An icy
wind preceded the cloud, increasing In
intensity every minute until tbe sound
of its roaring made one's own voice
inaudible, while the darkness became
that of densest night. And so we sat
silent in tbe noise and the blackness
until the hurricane abated. Then, look
lng out again, I saw the brownish
mass of cloud flying before the wind
away toward the Nile, some forty
miles distant, and the cloudless blue of
a March sky in Egypt once more over
spread above ns.
"But tbe legs of our beasts were ah
covered with the sand that had fallen,
and notwithstanding my sheltered po
sition the sand was lying on my dress
and hat and was thick upon us. For
some time we watched the brown
cloud losing itself in the immensity of
the desert, where the whitening bones
of animals tell with sad frequency of
the overwhelming fury of these sud
den tempests; then we mounted and
rode away." Chicago News.
Backlen's Arnica Salve Wins.
Tom Moore, of Rnral Route 1, Cooh
ran, Ga.. writes: "I bad a bad sore
oome 09 tbe instep of my toot and
could find nothing that wonld heal it
until I applied Bncklen's Arnica SalveJ
Less than half of a 25 oent box won
tbe day for me by affecting a perfeot
cure." Sold nnder guarantee at Pal
aoe Drug Go's, store.
Kennedy's Laxative Congb Syrnp is
tbe one that obildren like so well to
take as it tastes nearly as good as ma
ple sugar. It acts gently yet freely
on the bowels and thereby it drives
tbe cold ont of tbe system. It is sold
by Palace Drug Co.
The Best Pills Ever Sold.
"After dootoring 15 years for cbronio
indigestion, acd spending over two
bnndred dollars, nothing bas done me
as much good as Dr. King's New Life
Pills. I consider them tbe teat pills
ever sold:" writes B. F. Ayscne, of
Ingleside, N. C Soldjunder guarantee
at Palace Drug Co's. store. 25o.
WHALES AS RAMS.
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
During the past 35 years no rem
edy has proven more prompt or
more effectual in its cures of
Coughs Colds and Croup
than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. In
many homes it ia relied upon as Im
plicitly aa the family physician. It con
tains no opium or other narcotic, and
may be riven as confidently to a baby
as to an adult. Price 85c; Urge BlzeGOo
.. Sold By Palace Drug Co.
Cases Where These Marine Monsters
Have Attacked Vessels.
While cruising in the south seas the
whaler Essex on Nov. 20, 1S20, was fu
riously attacked by a cow sperm whale
supposed to have been the mother of a
calf which had Just been harpooned.
The whale had not been wounded her
self, and her attack was very deter
mined. At her first rush sha passed
under the Essex and carried away a
great length of her false keel. Then,
coming to the surface a considerable
distance away, she appeared to take
bearings and deliberately charged the
vessel again, ramming her with such
violence that she stove in the bows,
while tbe ship rolled so heavily that
the captain thought she must be dis
mantled. The case is memorable be
cause the crew had to abandon the
vessel, and oue boat was never heard
of again.
A more singular Instance of a whale
attacking a vessel occurred in 1805.
The singularity lies in the fact that In
the case of the Handa Isle the attack
was entirely unprovoked. This vessel,
a brlgantlue of 2G0 tons, was on her
way to Syduey with a cargo of timber,
On Aug. 24, about noon, a couple of
sperm whales rose very close to the
vessel and, while the crew watched
them "sporting" across her bows, the
pair suddenly slued around and came
straight for her. One thought better
of it and dived below the Uanda Isle.
The other struck her fair and square
on the beam, crushing in ber timbers.
Ilaving rammed the ship in this reso
lute fashion It sheered off, terribly
damaged about the head, and present
ly sank tail first
Fortunately there were some pack
ages of rawhides on board, and the
crew were able to keep the vessel
afloat with the pumps until a rough
and ready collision mat had been fash
ioned out of these and drawn over the
leak. Ballea Magazine.
LOW
RATES
Women of the Kurds.
As to the way the Kurds treat their
women, an Asiatic traveler says:
"They neither veil them nor impose
upon them heavy manual labor. Their
women are well clothed and are free
to ride abroad, bully their husbands
and express their opinion in public af
fairs with as loud a voice as any suf
fragist could desire. To see a woman
of sixty upright as a lance and with a
good figure is not uncommon, and
that; I think, is a sufficiently striking
testimony to any one acquainted with
the east"
A Practical Letter.
There has recently been an outcry
against the deterioration in modern
letter writing, but the following epis
tolary triumph from a tailor has lev
eled things up.
"I have today issued a writ against
you," wrote a tailor whose letter was
produced in the Westminster county
court, "for the amount of your bill.
Trusting for a continuance of your es
teemed favor, I remain." etc. London
Globe.
A Business Matter.
She Here is your engagement ring,
Henri. I cannot marry you; I love an
other. He What Is his name? She
In heaven's name, you won't kill him,
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I might do a denl with him with this
ring. Sour! re.
Send the Press to your Eastern friend.
Will be Made by the
O. R.
This Season as Follows:
ROUND TRIP
TO DIRECT
Chicago $72.50
St Louis 67.50
St Paul 63.15
Omaha 60.00
Kansas City 60.00
Tickets Will be on Sale
May 4, 18
June 5, 6, 19, 20
July 6, J, 22, 23
August 6, 7, 21, 22
Good for return in 90 days with stopover
privileges at pleasure within limits.
DON'T FORGET The DATES
For any Further Information Call on
E. M. Smith, Loci Abent
Or write to
WM. McMURRAY,
General Passenger Agent,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
There cAre Two Elements
WHICH MAKE A BANK STRONG
In judging a Bank, always remember that tbe Capital, Surplus
and Undivided Profits, together with tbe personnel of the Stock
holders of the Institution wbiob give confidence that yonr f nnds
on deposit are in safe bands. . ,
THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK
Is essentially a "Home" Institution. Its Stockholders . are well
known Umatilla oonnty and Oregon citizens. Its enormous
growth is the result of careful and conservative management,
with the most liberal enoonrgement for all deserving enterprises.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - - - - $250,000.00
W. J. Furnish.
R. T. Cox.
Joseph Basler.
E. Boettcher.
L. Dusenberry.
E. W. McComas.
A. C. Koeppen.
J. N. Teal.
Frank S. Curl.
STOCKHOLDERS
T. J. Morris.
Herbert Boyien.
J. A. Devlin.
J. W. Maloney.
A. E. Lambert.
J. H. Raley,
R. Alexander.
T. G. Montgomery.
Estate D. P. Thompson.
Montie B. Gwinn.
F. W. Vincent.
E. L. Smith.
C. E. Roosevelt.
R. N. Stanfield.
Clementine F. Lewis.
Marion Jack.
Al Page.
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