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ATHENA. ORE.. AUGUST 7 .... 1908
A greut oeuient plant is to be built
in Portland the flrsit instance in
America in which Portland cement baa
been manofactared iu a oity of tbat
name. Portland and Salt Lake capi
talists Lave organized a company with
capital of 1, 200.000. and tbe lime
rock will bo brought fiotn Roseburg,
wbete tbey own a tract of one hundred
acres of choice rook. One thousand
bunels of cement a day will V.e manu
factured at tbe beginning but tbe plant
iri so detiignqd tbat this capaoity can be
doubled at any time with very slight
change. Buildings and grounds will
occupy a pite of fifteen ucres in the
suburbs of Portland, with both rail
and water transportation. 0. W.
Nibley and associates, of Salt Lake
City, bold one-half the stook, with
Portland captialists tbe other half.
M. Nibley has extensive interests iu
Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Cahforuia,
and is president of tbe Union Ceruout
Company at Devil's Slide, Utah, wbiob
has manufactured two thousand bar
rels a day during two years of success
ful and profitable operatiou.
Woodi the crafty, designing scamp,
slyly creeps under the basket of mod
esty by sayiug in tbe Leader, relative
to tbe Wenaba episode:
"The timid, perhaps, might divo off
the platform, but not so the writer,
who essayed a leap from tbe spring
. board. ciioled tbrioe through the air.
took tbo water at a graceful curve
and swam like a porpoise tbe full length
of the pool before emerging to tbe
surface. It was a dariug and pictur
esque stunt, and was greeted with up
roarious applause, but modesty forbids
futber pursuit of this particular
theme. "
This iu face ot tbe current and ap
parent authentic report thut tbe Mea
dorjPurk niiuiagoineut has recouized
his stunt as a good drawing card, uud
has made uu offer of ii barrels of
"near" beer to the colonel if be, will
do bis "tutu" at that resort next Sun
day. V
Iu the scout otuiser Salem ue Uuit
ed States possesses the fastest warship
afloat. In the recent government
standardization trial over the monsured
ruilo course off Rockland, Me., this
handsome vessel was driven at a mux
iuium speed of 20.88 knots nnd nt an
average speed for five runs over the
mile course of 25.95 knots. The
Salem is equipped with Cuitis tur
bines, u typo which has Leon developed
in this country. Tbo Chester, a sister
jpuhip, is oouoodod to Le the soooud fast
, J est warship ufloat. Ropoits from
across the ocean that the Brit in h lu-
i doniittblo reached faster speeds than
these ure said to be lucking iu v (indention.
Aoooiding to Richard Croket, it is
American money wbiob seems to be
keeping Egypt going. "Two-thirds of
tbe visitors," says Mr. Citiker, "I met
all around eiuno from Auioriou, aud
tbey represented ah putts of the states.
They provide the people with u living
not only iu the hotels, but in the
-rrittpots. I never saw such people for
begging. As soon as an Kgyptinu
child is born it soouis to ask for back
sheesh and Egyptiuns are looking for
mouoy all the time."
Three lynobings of negroes witbiu
two days in threo southern states is
quitoun aotivo revival of the lynching
industry down there, which has suller
ed a depression lately. It is difllcult to
feel very indigtiaut over these affairs,
providing the assumed facts ate cor
rect, but in many 'cases there is no
positive proof of the victim's guilt.
When lyuobing mob gets its blood
hot, almost auy negro will do.
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The annual catalogue of tbe Oregon
Agricultural College bus just been is
sued; a perusal of its pages shows that
the institution bus made lapid strides
forward aud that plaua have been
adopted lor tbe extension of various
phasos of industrial work, particularly
those of Agrioulture, Horticulture,
Household Science aud Arts and Com
merce. We rather like this obsei vatiou from
the Washington Tost: "The Smiths,
Joneses and Drowns are tbe butt of
many jokes, but you never find their
liauien in a list of wild eyed, tmmb
tbrowins anarchists. "
A Pennsylvania man died tbe other
day from tbe affects of swallowing a
table knife. This should be a warning
to tbe republican mauagers of Minne
sota o watch Jacobsen, theii candi
date for governor, whose greatest claim
for election is tbat "he eats pie with
a knife."
In spite of the arduous efforts of the
Sunshine Club tbere are, according to
tbe oftioial reports of the American
Railway Association, something Jike
350,000 freight cars still idle. Tbat
means $350,000,000' of interest bear
ing capital tbat is earning nothing and
yet constantly depreciating.
Apples with whiskers are tbe latest
discovery iu North Yakima. Some of
the apples have been seut to the state
authorities for inspection, it being
thought tbo fiuit is infected with some
disease.
Owing to the hard times, Helen
Gould is suspending some of ber pet
oharities. The bard times don't seem
to have affeoted Madame Gould. She
is thinking of takiug on a new oue.
"We need women to care for our
souls." deolares Hamilton Wright
Mabie. Which sounds all right, but
as a matter of fact we keep them busy
caiiug tor our sooks and underwear.
Possibly Congress has tbe absurd
idea tbat to tuild two battleships at a
cost of $20,000,000 will be doing fair
ly well for a nntion that is a trifle sby
on revenue just now.
EQUINE INTELLIGENCE.
Chicago papers told the other day in
pioture and story of a policeman's
horse that followed bis master into a
barber shop. A Philadelphia police
borse, not long ago, caused some ex
citement by trudging along behind bis
rider right into tbe city hall. But for
every yam about iuteligent police
mounts iu other oities, tbe average
New York traffio "cop" has one to
match. As a Park Row city cavalry
man remarked, patting the glossy
brown neck of bis aid and companion.
"He knows n heap more'u a whole lot
ot tbe 'routs' tbat we proteot, and if
he didu't he woudn't be fit for bis
job." One day recently, a patrolman
bad dismounted at a oougested spot to
straighten out a tangle of vehicles,
leaving bis burse, untied aud un
guarded, near the ourb. The animal
stayed rigbt tbere, as still as a soldier
at attention, until tbe odor of a fine
basket of peaches, just out ot reach
uoross the sidewalk, struck his nostrils.
The bait was too tempting even for
that well trained horse, aud inch by
inch be edged up toward tbe luscious
meal. -"Just then his' rider, busy 100
A GOOD
$42,000
Takes one of the Best Ranches
In Umatilla county
$20,000
down, balance payment on easy
terms. Call at this office for
particulars.
&4(D tees
and all but six acres of plow
land in cultivation. There is
now 330 acres in summerlallow
ready to sow in fall wheat
lis
will be open only for a short time.
Take advantage of it and get in on
A' Good
feet up the street, saw him and yelled :
"Hey, you. Bob, tarn around there I
And Bob turned around obediently
and put temptation behind bim.
ROUGH ON RUBBERNECKS.'
A new envelope made in Paris ia
proof against tbe tbief or tbe meddler
who opens a letter to extract or read
its contents and then reseala it so
olevorly as to bide any sign of it hav
ing been tampered with.
The new envelope is really two en
velopes. Eaob ia of thin paper, one a
pronounoed blue, tbe other lighter in
color and different iu texture. Eaob
has a gammed flap.
The letter ia first plaoed in tbe blue
envelope, wbicb is slightly smaller
than tbe other. Instead of sealing
this it ia plaoed iu tbe outer envelope
and gummed cn to tbe larger envelope.
Tbe outer flap is still unsealed. It
is much larger than, tbe inner flap and
reaches down to a good-sized star
shaped opening wbiob shows through
to tbe inner envelope, so tbat when
the outer flap is sealed it sticks not
only to tbe outer envelope, bnt also
through this opening to tbe inner one.
The letter is tbns practically looked
and doable locked.
A Lazy Liver
P r bo only a tired liver, or a starved
Ivor. It would be a stupid as well as
s v.'uge thing to beat a weary or starved
r.ji:n because ho lagged In bis work. So
iii treati nv; the lagging, torpid liver ft Is
a great, mistako to lash ft wi.th strong
drastic drugs. A torpid liver Is but an
Indication of an ill-nourishod, enfeebled
body whoso organs are weary with over
work. Start with the stomach and allied
organs of digestion and nutrition. Put
them In working order and see how
quickly your liver will become active.
Dr. Pierco's Golden Medical Discovery
has made many marvelous cures of "liver
trouble " by its wonderful control of the
organs of digestion and nutrition. It re
stores tho normal activity of the stomach,
Increases the secretions of tho blood-making
glands, cloanscs tho system from poi
sonous accumulations, and so relieves the
liver of tho burdens Imposed upon It by
the defection of other organs.
If you have bltteror bad taste In the mora
log', poor orAVlable appetite, coated tongue,
toul breath, constipate or Irregular bowelt,
feel weak, easlli tired, Scspondent, frequent
headaches, pain 4r dlstresW "small of back,"
gnawing' or distressed eeno w stomach,
perhaps nauaea,Vuhe'oPNetfT"r!slnt" m
throat after eating, and klnflwl symptom!
of weak stomach and torpid liv& no tnedl
cine will rcllere you more promptly or cure
you a
ml mnri- nt.-IUanenuy man J-nn-tur run t a
ids onii
r,.Vt r ii, a Wire ivmotoms will be present
at one time and yet point to torpid Ureror
biliousness and weak stomach. Avoid all
hot bread and biscuits, griddle cakes and
other indigestible food and tako tho "Golden
Medical Discovery " regularly and stick to Its
use until you aro vigorous and strong,
The "Discovery" Is nonocrot, non-alcoholic,
is a glyceric extracfrof native medici
nal roots with a full list of lis Ingredients
printed on each bottlo-wrapper and attested
nndcr oath. Its Ingredients are endorsed
and extolled by tho most eminent medical
writers of tho ago and aro recommended to
cure the dlseusos for which it Is advised. ,
Don't accept a substitute of unknown
composition for this non-secret medicim
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There is no need of anyone suffering long with this disease, for to
effect a quick cure it is only necessary to take a few doses of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy
In fact, in most cases one dose is sufficient It never fails and can be
relied upon in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is equally
valuable for children and is the means of saving the lives of many
children each year. In the world's history no medicine has ever met
with greater success. Price 26 cents. Large size 60 cents.
THE
fST. NICHOLS HOTELf
J. E. FROOME, pkop. 5
Only First-class Hotel in
J the City.
Iff
THE ST. NICHOLS :
Is the only one that can accommodate
commercial travelers.
It?
Can beieoomended for Its clean and
well ventilated rooms.
Cob. Main and Third, Atbcha.ut.
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RATES
i
Will be Made by the
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, 7, 22. 23
August (j, 7, 21, 22
Good for return in 90 days with, $topovr
privileges at pleasure within limits,
DON'T FORGET The DATES
For any Further Information Call on
E. M. Smith, Local Aent
Or write to
WM. McMURRAY,
General Passenger Agent,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
TROY LAUNDRY
For
GOOD WORK
HENRY KEEN E, Agent.
Foley's Honey and Tar
tor chUdren,safe,sure.No opiates.
Dr. O. F. Heisley Dr. S. Etta Heisley
Graduates Am. School Osteopathy, if
Kirksville, Mo., Dr A. T. Still,
President, Founder.
Drs. HEISLEY & HEISLEY
OSTEOPTHIC PHYSICIANS
Office and Residence Cor. 5th and Ad
umi St. opposite Christian church. Days
ill Athenai Monday, Wednesday, Friday-.
S. F. 8barp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calls, both night and day.
Vails promptly answered. Offloe on Third
dtreat, Athena Oregor
folfUl
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THE PALACE DRUG COMPANY.
"The Old Standby"
THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK
Commercial Banking
Capital, Surplus and Profits,
$250,000.00
4 per cent Interest
Paid on Time Deposits. Safe DeDOsit Boxes for Rent
The Friend of the Farmer,
It's easy to reach North Beach
Take Steamer POTTER From Portland
Passengers are now transfeiied to tbe laiload at MEULER fourteen
miles np theColunibia River from Ilwaoo. This eliminates tbe necessity
of steamers waiting for tbe tide, and insures a prompt and regular Sam
mer Sobedule.
The Steamer T. J. POTTER leaves Portland every morning except Satur
day and Snuday ot 8:30 o'clock. Saturday only at 2 o'clock P. M. Re
member tbe Summer rate ou tbe
o
is 3.9Q from Athena to all North
September 30th,
North Beach is a famous, beautiful place tbe
most perfect beach on tbe whole North Coast.
There are accommodations galore at prices to
suit all tastes; oampiug facilities without equal per
fect bathing conditions; all sorts of amusements and
diversions. Come, have a good rest and a jolly time.
Let us send you our uew summer book, and tell
you all about NORTH BEACH.
E. M. SMITH
Local Ageut,
Win McMurray,
Geueial Passenger Ageut, Portland, Oiegon.
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TIm OrWInal Lasathr Cough Syrup containing Honey and Tar. An Improvement over all Coltn
Luna1 and Bronchial Remedies. Pleasant to tho tasto and good !lke for young and old. All outf
ayrucs rent In tn J opiates oonsftpvto tho bowels. Bee's I.xtlve Honey and Tar moyoa tho botrola
and contain no aetata. Prepared by PINC-VLE MDIC1N COMPANY, CHICAGO. V. . A
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the Stockman, and the Merchant
Beach points and return; good uutil
ATHENA, OREGON.
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