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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1909)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F. B. Boyd, Pcblipheb. Application for entrance a2nd class matter made on July 5, 1007 at the ' postofflce at Athena, Oregon Under an ActoJ Uonjsress of March 8, 1879 - Subsofl tlon Ratal I p r yt;ar. In advance ' Blngle copies In wrappers, 5c, 12.00 Ut HEN A. ORE.. cTVlAY 21 ....... 1909 Tba aotiou ot" the Athena sobool board in securing the services of Pro lessor Klem me, for three years prin cipal of the Walla Walla high sohool, is commendable and shows that the board has barkened to the universal demand for a Rood sobool. Professor Klemme is one of the leading ednoat ors of tbe Northwest, and prior to coming to Walla Walla three years ago, was at the bead of one of the best high sohools in the state of Illinois for ten oonseontive years. The piioe nM fnr f Ha naw rr nntnnl ' ' dprviflAR. fU.U Vl MV MVff J - w " I ftlRfln tioi. vaar ia hnvnnd thn nflnsl T w V w, - U range paid by oities of Athena's popu lation, bnt tbe sobool board took tbe ft.WUUH.. consideration and, the Press believes, exorcised good judgment in "paying the prioe and getting tbe man." With a man of Professor Klemme's ability at tbe bead of tbe sobool, and given tbe able assistance of Professor Mnl ! key and the present corp of grade 'teaobers, tbere is practically nothing to biuder tbe Atbena High sohool from taking rank witb tbe leading schools of the 'state. Prof. Klemme is a splendid organizer, and every pa tron of tbe school should aot as a com mittee of one to see that he bas all assistance availaole in reorganizing tbe school and putting it on as sound a basis as possible nnder tbe circum stances. Atbena now comes to the front with every assurance of having a high sobool worthy of the town, and it is up to tbe patrons of tbe sohool to support it by zealously laboring for the best interests oft be institution. Tbe difference between tbe farmei of today and of thirty years ago is tbe difference between the old A drag and the four horse hanow; betweon tbe old handrake and reaper aud tbo mod ern harvester; between tne stable made of a tew poles and a straw pile and the red barn that takes in all out doors; between a hazel splitter and the four-square bulk of a thoiongbbred porker; between, Oh that's difference enough isn't it? Perhaps we might add tbe difference between a mortgage at 10 per cent and a time deposit at 4 per cent interest and that's only 14 per cent of tbe differenoe. It will be fun to run for tbe legisla ture in Iowa two years from now, aud tbe man who tries it will have tbe time of his life. Tbe suffragettes have announced that they will defeat every candidate who will not commit him self in their favor. The prohibition ists iuteud to defeat all ooudidates who will not commit themselves to state wide prohibition aud tbe liquor men aud their friends are loudly an nouncing tbut uo "crauka" need ex pect to be eleoted. The process of lifting tbe Athena sobool out of its present rut up to a higher plane of eduoatioual efllolency, necessarily called for higher salaries to secure efficient instructors. Any other process of brioging the Atbena sohool to tbe front is out of the ques tion, for tbe simple reason that high class talent demands as iu any vooation or profession, high wages. Therefore in view . of the faol that to attract people to the sobool you must first have tbe sohool, and further, that tbe taxpayers of tbe community recognize this fact, any difference of opinion that may have transpired among tbe members of tbe board tbe other even ing, merely resolved into a question of opinion. Athe'ia now bas what she bas long been iu need of, and is bet tered thereby. THE ONLY VICTIMS. Some interesting news is being ca bled to tbe American press these days. On Cbewsday Mr. Roosevelt shot at a bartebeste and clipped some of the f ui from bis tail and Hermit killed apbil aboo bird witb his Winchester. Mr. Roosevelt's body servant fell over an ant heap and sprained bis neck and a trained elephant that bad been drilled to walk up and be shot at escaped in tbe jungles. Kermit seoured several portraits of native monks hanging by their tails in tbe basswood trees and tne cook got to playing cinch witb a chief and bnrned tbe soup. Several papers got out extra editions we understand. The management of the Walla Walla Bulletin, tbe Garden city's leading evening paper, will hence forth issue a Sunday morning edition. The first issue of tbe new Sunday paper is at band. It is brim full of journal istic features, typographically artistio and ably edited. Those tariff speeches in congress add variety to tbe news of the day. We wonder of some of tbe senators are really iu earnest to give the people what is demanded in tariff reductions. Who Is the Wise Giver? Tbere is a growing tendency among riob men to give tbeir money to insti tutions, rather than to leave it to tbeir sous and grandsons. In America, money is seldom banded down from generation to generation in large es tates. Tbe highest type of individ ual is he who can see farthest into tbe future and direct bis actions so that they will be operative for good fifty or one hundred years hence. For this reason wise givers, wise and loving parents, are learning not to leave all of tbeir fortunes to tbeir children. Why? Because there Is a surer way of investing it, so that it will yield in terest to their children and grand children, than by banding -down to them swollen fortunes with tbe accom panying evils. The best inheritance any man can have is an environment that promises health, that gives opportunity to be self-supporting aud to make his own fortune, in whatever way seems to him most worth while. Not tbe man who leaves money for bis graudohildren's education, but be who gives money to make the sobool system provide goud eduoation for all children, is the wise giver. Not the man who builds a modern tenement, but he wbo enables his town to enforoe the tenemont bouselaw that protects all tenements for ail time; uot tbe man wbo gives a home to convalescent mothers and babies, but he wbo gives a fund to teach the pnblio to educate all mo thers to save tbeir babies. Onr Juterest is no louger in tbe maintenance of a particular family, but in a better race of Americans i, e., In a better environment. Tbe money of Americans h their conscience, the use of it, if not tbe getting of it, expresses au idoal -now a health ideal, now beauty, now gov ernment, now social welfare. May it be known today as philanthropist or beuefactor, but who uses bis money, his thought, his time and energy to put his ideal into permanent form on a commercial busis, will be lauded as tbe Charitable Man. The Delineator. era LADIES HIGH CLASS SUITS ALL BEST TAILORED SUITS FOR A $17.50 Tailored Suits reduce to $11.50 84 of the very best 117.60 in pauama Sorges aud Faucy Suiting 30 aud 83 iu. coats fluished plain or witb braid, go ou sale at this phouomeual low prioe. Alternations free. $30 Tailored Suits, reduced to $21,50 7tt of our very best $30 suits strictly all wool mau-tailored garments of tbe highest class, go ou sale at the extreme low prioe $21.50 All suits up to $45 reduced to $37.60. There are 70 of tbesa legaot suitsiu tbe moat popular spring styles and all go on sale at the reduced prioe of $27.50 Mens new spring suit at half pr;ea r'" THE PEOPLES WARFHOUSE Where it pays to trade;. An Adventure In the 8urf on the West Coast of Africa. ' West Africa Is known to all naviga tors for its few harbors and Its heavy eurf, which at certain seasons rages like a battle, defying the white man who would approach its shores. The author of "The Jungle Folk of Africa," Mr. R. H. Milligan, tells of a success ful, nnd to the observers an amusing, effort to reach shore at a point where tbe surf did not seem to be impossible. One day when the beach seemed much better than usual tbe captain and the ship's surgeon ventured ashore. The captain afterward narrated the adventure of their landing to a small but enthusiastic audience. He said that after waiting outside the surf half an hour the headman suddenly gave the order, and in a moment they were in the breakers,' riding on the top of one of them and speeding toward the shore at the rate of "seventy miles an hour." The captain was in the bow of the boat, well braced and cushioned. But when the boat struck the beach with the force of a railway collision the doctor was thrown violently over two thwarts into the captain's bosom, whom he clasped about the neck with a steel-like grip. The next moment another breaker picked the boat up and hurled it upon the beach, throwing both captain and doctor to a perfectly safe distance, where they sprawled upon the sand. The doctor, still hugging tbe captain's neck and very much frightened, ex claimed: "Oh, captain, dear captain, is there anybody killed but you and me?" BRAVE SOLDIERS. Sacrificed Their Lives In an Attempt to Save the Colors. In days gone by the Zulus were the boldest fighters among all the na tives of South Africa, and It was not until they had been defeated in sev eral battles that they would live in peace with white people. In 1878 15,000 of the Zulus attacked and killed a regiment of British sol diers, and a most heroic deed was the attempt made by three British sol diers to save tbe two flags, or colors, belonging to the regiment. When it was seen that the Zulus were so many that there was no hope of keeping them at bay the colonel of the British regiment called to a young officer whose name was Lieutenant MelvllI and said, "You will take charge of the colors, MelvllI, and try to get away from here." The lieutenant saluted and took into his hands the two colors of his regi ment. Then, .with another officer and a', soldier, ' air mounted on horses, he Buddenly dashed away with bis pre cious burden. v They were at once seen by the keen sighted Zulus, however, and after a long chase the three gallant English men, fighting to the last, were killed by the enemy, Some time afterward one of the flags was found near a rocky stream, -where the heroes had fought and died, and it -was taken to England nnd presented to Queen Victoria. And in memory of the three brave soldiers who had died while defending it the queeen placed a wreath of im mortelles on the staff which held the flag. London Mail. Paganini's Cab. On awakening one morning at his hotel in Vienna, Taganlnl, the celebrat ed violinist, was informed that the cabman whom the previous evening he had employed to drive him to the con cert hall where he was playing was waiting to see him. On being admit ted to his presence the man, after hav ing advanced poverty and a large fam ily as an excuse for the request that he was about to make, prayed the great musician to make his fortune. "What do you mean?" demanded Pa- ganlni. "Authorize me to write in large letters on the back of my vehicle these two words, 'Paganini's Cab, " was the answer. Consent was given, with al together satisfactory results. Annual Spring Sale It Will Do You Good Matrimonial Repartee. She (in stern and rockbound accents) You married me for better or worse, didn't you, Edgar? He Er um yes, I suppose so, my .love. She Then what are you complaining about? I'm no worse than the aver age married woman, I can assure you! He (meckly)-Well, if that Is the case, all I've got to say la I'm mighty glad She (breaking in) Glad? He-Yes. Glad I'm not a polygamist Er um looks a trifle Bqually over to the northeast, doesn't Jt. Miranda?- Kew York Times. Lincoln on Money. "Lincoln," said a senator at a ban' uct in Washington, "had no great ad miration for mere financial success. '"Financial success.' Lincoln once eald, 'Is purely metallic. The man who attains it has four metallic attributes- gold In bis palm, silver on his tongue. brass in his face and iron In bis heart' " Diplomacy. "Why do you Insist on underrating the kind of golf you rlay?" "Because." answered the wise offl ciaL "there is no use f making whole lot of people Jealous, and antago nistic over a little thing like golf." Exchange. The Decisive Battles. Some married men will contend that "The Fifteen Decisive Patties of the Word" trill never be complete nntil a few domestic scraps are added to the volume. London Telegraph. It will Interest You, for It Touches Your Pocketbook and Contributes to your Savings Now is the time to take advantage of the greatest bargain opportunity of a lifetime. It is conceeded that we are the leaders in low prices, that our newly assorted stock is the best line of goods we have heretofore offered and that our regular price is much lower than the same styles and qualities can be obtained elsewhere, yet we are not satisfied and propose to set apart a special time when the people of this vicinity can buy these choice goods at a still lower competition-defying price. & Sale Open Saturday Morning, May 15 Upon this occasion the goods will be plainly mark ed giving the former and the sale price which will enable you to see just how much you are saving by purchasing the same. When this 10 day sale is finished the prices will go back to their regu lar low price. ... & & Taggart ;& Co.. Mhena. Groceries and Men's furnishings. Men's and Ladies' Shoes and Notions. : : : ' i 1 : : : ; ; : WAWVvVVW) .Barber Shop. Shaving, Haircutting, ; Shampooing, Massage for Face and Scalp. ; .HOT BATHS. Shop South Side Main Street. Athena. Ore. Foley's Honey and Tar (orchildrea.safe.sare. No opiates. THE : I ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop. f 1!! Only First-class Hotel in the City. It? THE ST. NICHOLS It Ibe only one that can aecoinittodat. oomm.Tcial trelert. "The Old Standby THE AMERICAN NATIONAL: BAM OF PENDLETON V: Formerly the Pendleton Savings Bank With which has been Consolidated The Commercial National . Bank of Pendleton; Total Resourses a Million and a Half. Capital, Surplus and Profits, Nearly $300,000.00 4 per cent Interest Paid on Time Deposits, Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent T, J. MORRIS, President, W. L. THOMPSON, Cashier, A. D. SLOAN, Vice-President, T. G. MONTGOMERY, Ass't. Cashier, W. S. BADLEY, Ass't. Cashier. Canb.icom.nded for tU clean and well ventilated rooms. Com. Maim AWDTBian, ATHEWA.Or. ! J - - " ; " ' -' PARKER-STONE I i I" ii , m - ' m - Everything First Clam - Ho.de rn and Cp-to-date SOUTH STREET SIDE MAM ATKEHA