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ATHENA. ORE.. NOV. 20 1908
The Bucoesa of the republican party
in the presidential eleotion leads the
trnat magnates and tbeir benobmen
ont of cover, as is attested by bold
statements made recently. Steel mag
nate Sohwab beld bis special train
over time tbe otber night in San
Francisco, tbat be might make an ad
dress. He made tbe address all right
and in it he said that trusts bad come
to stay; tbat be favored them (of
course every one knows tbat be does)
and be oiled over his allegiance
to competition destroying monopoly
with hit sugar coated pill made palat
able in these words' "I believe in
trusts for they insure high wages; I
believe in high wages, bnt I exact
hard work in retain." Schwab's
avowel bad hardly got cold on tbe
associated press wires, when tbe tole
graph lines pnlsated to the fonr corners
of tbe earth tbe oro'akings of au after
dinuer effort of tbat old fossilized po
litioal parasite, Cbannoy M. DePew,
who went to tbe United States Senate
by vlrtne of tbe plumpness uf bis
money bags. This anoient product of
graft finds fault with Oregon's pri
mary election law and her method of
choosing United States Senators by
popular vote of tbe people. He dubs
it "tbe new idea" and sarcastically
cites tbe choice of Chamberlain as
being "the first illustration we have
of tbe practical workings of the new
idea." Well, DePew is a dead one,
and for that reason the "new idea"
will never have aobanoeto cleanse tbe
politioal pot by mopping him in defeat,
but it has been promulgated by tbe
people of Oregon and tbe promulga
tion will be followed by otber states
for tbe purposn of sending to the poli
tioal scrap heap just such coin-veneered
statesmen as Cbaunoy proved to be.
Also bia messmate, Claik of Montana.
Here, we find a pair of Statesmen to
be proud of, indeed. Tbey are tbe
brand, labeled iu gilt, tbat for years
dominated the Sonate; tbe inner oirole
of tbe aristooratio set, a group of gout
bonnmbed politioal seedlings tbat are
easy game for tbe machinations of the
greedy "captains of iudustry" of the
Schwab ilk. But Roosovolt baa prom
ised tbat Taft will givo tbe country
the same "square deal" that bo gave
it, and it may be tbat Messrs. Schwab
and DePew are just a little previous iu
elating tbrongh the medium of lung
expansion.
road leading from tbe northeastern
boundary line of Umatilla oounty
down to Portland, thence through tbe
Willamette valley to Asbland. Wash
ingtcn, or Walla Walla county, at
least, is evincing mncb interest in the
proposition, aud stands ready to co
operate in tbe work. A state road,
built on proper grade and macada
mized, touching Freewater, Milton,
Weston, Athena, Adams, Pendleton,
Echo, Dermis too, and Irrigon would
look good to every body including tbe
buzz wagon owner who by tbe way
should not be overlooked when tbe
equalization of tbe new toad tax prob
lem confronts tbe legislature at its ap
proaching session.
It is no disparagement of tbe Queen
of Portugal, a woman of sterling
qualities as tbe wearer of a crown, to
suggest that her fearlessness and spirit
of self-sacrifice in tbe face of peril
have almost innumerable parallels in
the unwritten annals of tbe bumble
and obscure. The mother of royal
station who wonld shield her son from
the rifle of tbe assassin commands,
very properly, tbe admiration of men
and women in all walks of life. Tbe
mother who endures grinding poverty
in order tbat she may give ber child
ren tbe advantage of education, wbo
nurses them through tbe most danger
ous forms of disease, putting ber own
life in jeopardy thereby, is eauallv
worthy of reverenoe and praise. It
is gratifying to know tbat the world
abounds in women of tbis type. If
this were not tbe oase, our civiliza
tion would rest upon an unstable
foundation.
Charles M. Sohwab has sbooked '
London by wearing a top bat with a '
short coat, but we are assured tbat be
has never appeared anywhere with
tan shoes and a clawhammer.
tirantland Rice sings: "If ever I
should write a book, I'd make my
heroine a cook." Huston Post.
Graatlaod will of necessity have a
policeman for a hero if tbey are to
marry in tbe last chapter.
In his latest description of tbe war
between tbe United States and Japan,
Captain Hobson generously refrains
from getting us licked.
A congressman who has talked him
self into Conrgess quite naturally feels
tbat he must do a lot of talking after
be gets tbere.
ClhsimlbeosilE
Over 7,000 people committed suicide
in Prussia last year. Evidently tbe
gospel of hope is muoh needed in tbat
oountry.
A Pennsylvania girl recently
oongbed up a safety pin. Tbey are
tbe only kind tbat should be swal
lowed.
Another crisis is feared in Portugal
Tbe young King insists on paying bis
father's debts.
THE DANGER IN PROMOTION.
Q This is the season of tbe year when
the largest volume of trade is oarried
on in merchandising lines. To meet
tbe wants of tbe people of tbis section,
Atbena merchants seem to have vied
eaob with the otber in providing ex
ceptionally large aud well selected
stooks of goods of all lines to satisfy
tbe demands tbat are now being made.
There is a notable briskness of trade iu
all branches of business here. Money
appears to be plentiful, farm produce
of all kinds is brinsing fairly 'cood
prioes in foot every thing seems to
be on the mend exoept tbe hen;
Atbeua is eating Iowa eggs.
Brother Greer advises the boys on
tbe demooratio papers "to be fair."
He wants them to "oalm down" lay
dead, so to speak, while with a real
peppery pen ho covertly thrusts tbe
harpoon hither aud you. "But good
fellows," every blasted, bloomin' one
of 'em, is a favorite phrase tbe sly old
duffer uses as a frill to a partionlalrly
acrid and stinging roast: a roast bot
enough to melt the door knobs of Sat
an's asbestos brown stone front. Boys,
sic Tige right back at bim; is our say.
On Saturday. November 28, a good
roads convention will be beld in
Athena. The geueral movement for
better highways is one iu wb oh almost
every one is, or should be interested.
Every dollar tbat property is taxed to
further a better oonditiou of publia
highways, is mouey well spent Let
all givo the date of tbe meetiug here
as mnob publioity as possible, so that
there will be a large attendance. Tuo
good roads movement is state wide
more than that, it reaobes interstate
proportions. There is talk of a state
A New York paper asserts tbat Mrs.
Hetty Green is known in Hobokeu,
where she oocupies an expensive $10 a
mouth apartment, as "Miss Warring
ton." It is one of Mrs. Hetty's un
doubted rights to live and travel iu
cognito if she obooses and probably
it doesn't oost an extra cent to do it.
Mr. Edison says bis euocess is due to
2 per cent'genius and 98 per cent bard
work. Aud yet some men wbo think
they are endowed with 03 per cent
genius and do 2 per oent hard work
wouder why they get only $3 a day.
Politics not only makes strange bed
fellows, but it generally leads to a
quarrel as to wbo should have the
middle of tbe bed.
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Commences here Monday, November 9th,
'OS, lasting un til November 26th. The Store
ivill be closed all day Thanksgiving day.
The merchandise offered in this Sale is of
the highest possible standard dependable in
every way. The prices quoted are offered as a
special Thanksgiving, expressing the Store's
gratitude for a most successful season's bus
iness, due to the people's continued confidence
and good will a magnificent tribute to the
trend of the times aud the spirit of the firm
in doing well whatever is worth undertaking
for the convenience of its customers.
This store invites merchandise compari
sons, for this gives the true test of quality -without
the goods, price comparison means
nothing quality is paramount at this Store. .
You are invited to partake liberally of these
splendid bargains we are offering in this our
greatest Thanksgiving Sale.
THE PEOPLES WAREIIOUE, PENDLETON.
Mr. Runyan, who studied law iu tbe
night school with Seoretary Cortelyon
and wbo bas a newspaper man's ao
quaintanoe with Washington, says:
'Yon know, as a matter of fact,
neither Hitcboook nor Cortelyou bas
tbe executive ability credited to them.
Roosevelt has been the chairman of
the national republican oomroittee in
tbe last two campaigns. He's the best
politician iu America and bo's got
sense."
If tbe judgment of others wbo know
the men may be taken as corroborative
this view of both Cortelyou and Hitch
cock seems to be amply warranted.
It would be remarkable in a way if
it were not true that both are out
classed by men of tbe president's wide
training. Cortelyon began as steno
grapher to Cleveland, and has been in
the departments ever since. Hitcboook
graduated at Harvard and at once got
a job in the department of agrioulture,
and has been in the government employ
ever since. Both are expert department
men. But tbat sort of training has
never before fitted men for great re
sponsibilities. It is a mistake to enoourage tbe idea
tbat snob men are oapable of assum
ing the larger responsibilities of gov
ernment. For if tbat idea beoomes
once popularized every department of
government will get into the hands of
men whose talent is essentially cleri
cal. The detail work of every depart
ment must be in the civil service. But
the originating mind of tbe men of
wide acquaintance with men and
affairs cau not safely be dispensed
with in laying ont the work.
Tbis danger is suggested in tbe de
partment of agrionlture, where Mr.
Pinobot is said to be slated to succeed
Seoretary Wilson, when tbe latter re
tires. In Secretary Wilson tbe de
partment bas au organizer wbo kuows
American life, a man of experience, a
judge of otber men, au all-around
man. Mr. Pinobot, on the other band,
is a faddist on trees, man of routine,
a man wbo would have almost none of
Secretary Wilson's initiative, because
ho has almost none of Seoretary Wil
son's acquaintance with the people,
with the aims and wants. Des
Moines Register aud Leader.
DROPS THE COMIC SUPPLEMENT
The Boston Herald has abandoned
its oomio supplement on the ground
tbat "oomio supplements have ceased
to be oomio," that they laok any sem
blance of art, tbeir coloring is neces
sarily tawdry, and tbe ideas tbey con
vey are not elevating. The New York
Post and other influential papers ap
plaud the aotion.
As might be expeoted, the art editors
of papers which have exploited tbe
"Sunday oomio" rally to its defense.
It is notioeable, however, that they
hasten to guard their reputation as art
editors by explaining tbeir own dis
taste for the oolored snpplemnet, say
ing it is not for them tbat it is pub
lished bat for children who need
picture stories and for grownups "with
crippled eduoational opportunities."
There is muoh to be said on both
sides of the question, because tbe
supplements are usually uneven in
quality. Tbey mingle good and in
different cartoons with some tbat are
of exceedingly doubtful moral value.
High-class contributors deteriorate
nudor pressure of work, and sometimes
it is bard to find enough really funny
things in a hurry to fill tbe sheets.
Even tbe humorists are subject to
brainfag.
Many peopln throw tho supplements
away without a glance, and iu some
homes of refinement tbe oolored sec
tions are carefully kept from the
children. Tbere is plenty of room
for improvement and the remedy
wonld seem to lie in raising the stau
dard rather than in total elimination
of this feature, for there are many
readers of the daily papers wbo can not
afford to buy the comic weeklies for
their families. Moreover, tbe week
lies are not for obildreo and the news
papers have the chance to furnish
eomethiug really good in the juvenile
line. Hew is an opportunity for the
art editors wbo have acknowledged
tbeir repsonsibility for tbe comics. A
few square feet of epaoe might be
(.aorifioed for the sake of better
quality. -Spofeo8Man-Keview.
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