AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F. B. Boyd, Publisher. Application for entrance ah 2nd class matt er made on July 6, llMi" at the poBtofflce at Athena, Oregon Under an Actot Connress of March 8, 1879 Subscription ftetet ! p -r year, In advanct 12.00 Single copies In wrappers, 6c, ATHENA. ORE.. JULY 3. .1908 In the July McClure'B we find ail article by Judge MoKenzie Gleland of Chioago, who believes io fewer prison sentences and a greater effort toward reforming tbe individual tbroogh the means of a suspended maximum sen tence. There may be oases where this would be the proper treatment, says an exchange, but men who have been handling prisoners for years and know every point in connection with euch work, are generally of the opinion that tbe man who proposes to handle priso ners along sympathetic Hues will iu nine oases out of ten, make a mistake. Placing tbe average criminal on his honor too often, offers the very loop nole be is looking for and wbicb he is not slow to take advantage of. Cer tainly, there may be exceptions to this rule, but in the majority of cases, the proper treatment for the man who has ran the gauntlet of the courts and landed in prison, is to allow bim to ojompleto tbe sentence imposed. Tbe absolute knowledgo that there is no parole or pardon and tbat the law means just what it says, will do much to prevent crime, while the possibility of a loop-hole of escape will decide many a man wbo is a criminal at heart to take tbe chance iu carrying out his natural inclination. The seoond step in the oomprebensive plan of redistrioting the National For ests in tbe Western state has just been nubo by the President in signing ex ecutive orders whioh will change tbe names aud boundaries of tbe Forests iu Oregon. The only other state in wbicb these plans have been completed is Idaho, but it is expected tbat the work of redisricting in all the National Forest states will bo finished and the changes aunounoed in tbe next few days. No addition to forest area is in volved iu the plans for redistrioting in any of the states of tbe Northwest. The object of :tba work' Is to equalize tbe areas of administrative units and to arrange tbair boundaries in suob a manner as to prbinote the most effi cient and practical administration of the Forests. Bad tbe people voted dowu the reso lution that members of the legislature vote for the popular ,ohoioe for United States souator tbe oli'uiui would have feepn oartQu Vuut Ma(!eruuiit No. 1 men were released by tbe voioe of the people; but as t!i is resolution curried in nearly every county in tbe state aud rooeived tbe smallest negative vote of any pro position ou the ballot, it would appear as if it was the duty of every member of tbe legislature to vote according to the will of the people aud give Cbara beilaiu a unuuiuious voto ou the Qrst ballot. Why not, asks tbe Portland Journal. A writer iu MoClure's muguziue oeusures tbe boards of health iu tbe majority of states for neglect in eu foroiug regulations relating to vital statistics. Looking upon such statis tics as tbe very basis aud foundation of suooessf ul attempts to hotter publio health, the lack of interest shown by officials and physicians is deolarod to bo little less thau criminal. It is claimed tbat probably not more than CO per cent of the deaths are reported. With a light crop of straw borries, Milton fruit raisers oxpeoted oberries to bring big prices. This however, is not the case, Tbe cherry crop this year is excessively large aud Milton cherries by no menus leads iu quality or quantity tbe fruit grown in the couutry tributary to Athena this sea son. 1 here is enough of this fruit uear Athena to more than supply tbe local demand, and prices will be lower thau for several years past. , With iudicatious tbat tbe sum may be doubled before the year euds, nearly 180,000 is beiug spent by private own ers in building residences in Corvallis, that sum having either been spent or coutraoted to be spent ou structures completed sinoe January 1, now in course of construction, says the Times. Albert Swisher, wbo died at Albany, Tuesduy, was the oldest mail earlier in tbe United States, says tbe Herald, lie graduated from Brown university iu 1S&13. aud was a classmate with Seorataiiea of State Oluey and Hay. One of tbe greatest dangers incurred when traveling lurks iu tbe . innocent looking cup wbicb stands at tbe water cooler at one end of every car. People wbo are overly fastidious in other ways will drink out of this glass and will not give tbe matter a second thought. In every car full of passen gers there are probably one or two, and sometimes moro, people who are suffering cr just sickening with some fearful and contagious disease. There will be no celebration in Athena tbis year but Athena people will celebrate, just tbe same. On the Umatilla river, parties will picnic. At Helix, Pilot Rook and Walla Walla, Eaale pin feathers will be used in stead of confetti. Weston, Athena, Adams and Pendleton, tbe big towns of tbe county have turned tbe festivi ties of tbe National holiday over to tbe small towns and will stand back and look on. James Sobooloraft Sherman, candi date for vice-president on the repub lican ticket, was born in Utioa, New York, where be still resides. He has been a member of tbe National House of representatives sinoe 1886, with tbe exception of one term. He was chair man of tbe Republican National Con gressional committee in tbe campaign of 1906. He is a lawyer, banker and manufaotnrer. Tbe Canadian parliament is dealing radically with . tbe cigarette evil.. ; A government bill not only makes it an offense to sell oigarettes to young per sons, but imposes punishment on young pereons purchasing cigarettes or to bacco in any form, and gives police men power to take tobacoo away from young people when they are smoking on the streets. Governor Hanly of Indiana may live to forget the derision of tbe galleries. Time may wear away tbe memory of those mocking delogates. But be as sured, nothing through the flight' of years will ever make bim forget or forgive Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, wbo, before 10,000 people, asked him who be was. Wbiletbe different counties in tbe state are holdiug their rose carnivals, strawbeirv festivals, fruit and borse shows tbe Blue Mountain Eagle pro poses that Grant county fall in line and hold a uugget day. Suob an ex hibition of tbe real substance of all things, would oertaiuly be unique if nothing more. The prime requisite for a national delegate these days is lnng power. He must be able to yell like an in ebriated Comanche every time tbat a oommittee reports and outside of tbe exorcise of his vooal organs be seems to have no other particular funotion. Governor Chamberlain promised to pardon a oouviot with the proviso tbat tbe man come to Albany and spend ten days riding on our street oar, says the Herald. The "con" deolined the offer. Our George thinks the prisoner insane, but we of Albany know better. Senator Aldriub is said to regard Governor Cummins as a Populist, and Senator La Follette as a Sooialist or perhaps au auarohist; but Senator Aldrioh has helped to make a good many people move toward Populism aud Socialism. Lane county oomprises a territory 50 by 150 miles iu extent, has 31,000, 000,000 feet of standing timber, the finest water powers iu tbe state, and room for 500,000 population, says the Register. Tbat 80 tons of thornless cactus for age cau be grown upon eaohiaore of arid land iu Umatilla couuty is tbe statement of a man from Los Augeles aud Spokane wbo claims to know. New berg will probably build more cemeut walks this year than any other oity of its size in the state, and most of them are 12 foot wide, says the Graphic Bend about the heat prostrations aud other discomforts back east and keep thankful that you live in Oregon. It is believed that the Bryan steam roller is quite equal to the task of run ning ovei Tammany also, if need do. Appareutly there won't be any "al lies" at Deu ver ; tbo Bryan steam roller will only have Johusou to run ever, When the Teddv bear goes out of fashion, what sort of a Billy beast will take its place? Not a goat? Clark Wood, Cbas. Williamson and S. J. Culley have appraised tbe mer chandise stock of B. F. Dupuis, bank rupt at Weston at $1,668.43 and ac counts at IS98.44. Liabilities are about fi.000. B. B. Richards of tbis oity baa been appointed trustee. Leaders and bosses. A recent issue of Mr. Bryan's paper, tbe Commoner, disousses the differenoe between a leader and a boss, in part as follows: Tbe leader is not a man wbo thinks for the people, but a man who thinks with the people. Tbe leader is going in tbe same direction that tbe people are going far enough ahead to be in advence but not far enough to be out of sight. Tlie leader is not only in sympathy with tbe people, but be relies upon persuasion to influence them. He pre sents bis arguments to them tut recog nizes the right of the people to reject any proposition submitted by bim. The leader's title to leadership rests upon bis ability to propose the test thing at the right time and, as those wbo follow the leader follow bim vol untarily, be must appeal to tbeir con soienoe and their judgment. Tbe leader is a molder of opinion, and a molder of opinion does not create pub lio opinion he merely expresses it in effective language. Tbe boss has no sympathy with tbe people; be has bis own interests to serve and whatever authority be can seoure be turns to bis private advan tage. Tbe bow is an embezzler of power, and measured by every moral standard, he is in tbe same criminal class with the embezzler of money. The boss has intimidation into politics and be will go out when these are eliminated. "Let the people rule" is as muob a terror to the boss as tbe commandment, "Thou sbalt not steal," is to tbe thief. Tbe spread of tbe pri mary is only a roaotion from boss rule, and like every other plan for the bring ing of the government nearer to tbe people, tbe system increases tbe rela tive influence of tbe real leader and lessens tbe influence of tbe boss. There are those wbo will say that Mr. Bryan shows some symptoms of bossism as well as exhibiting qualities of leadership, but if so he is not a boss in tbe bad sense tbat be has desoribed, only because of a high degree of self esteem, and a complete confidence in himself as the man best fitted for true leadership. And in tbis tbe masses of bis own party seem to agree with bim Wbat be says about bosses and leaders is true, and one reason for tbe some what chaotic oondition of politics in Oregon is that the bosses of tbe domi nant party have passed away or been knocked down and out by tbe people, and leaders bave not risen to take tbeir places. Fulton bad a fine ohanoe to become a real leader, but lost it be cause be could not move forward out of the old ruts and abandon tbe old methods and motives. And none of those who have taken an advanced position and joined in the progressive movement are eminently conspiouous or peculiarly fitted for leadership. But tbe people of Oregon seem to be doing pretty well without especial leader ship. Portland Journal. MARVELOUS INSTINCT OF A CAT Tbe marvelous instinot of an animal is said to sometimes be a sure warning of impending danger. It seems to be the case of tbe pet cat of the steamer City of Kingston. This animal, a large yellow one of no particular rec ommendation except its purring pro clivities, has long been aftaobed to tbat vessel, and not even tbe most per suasive ooaxing oould induce it to leave tbe conflnes of the ship. It has never been known to miss a trip. When the Kingston arrived in Seat tle from Victoria early Sunday morn ing, for some mysterious reason tbe feline weut ashore, and when the time came for tbe departure lor Taooma, wbiob resulted in the disaster of the Kingston, tbo animal refused .to be coaxed aboaid. Finally a saucer of milk proving unavailing one of the ship's crew took tbe oat in bis arms and carried it aboard the vessel, but just as tbe lines were hauled in and the steamer was leaving tbe dock the sagacious puss sprang from tbeKings ton to the wharf and disappeared in a pile of bags. It is now alive and the admiration of all hands at Yesler wharf. Seattle Fost-Intellgencer. 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