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C4THENA, ORE.. SEPT. 24.
,1909
The High School boys who oirou
lated a subscription paper to seonre
funds with whioh to pnrohase appar
atus necessary for the equipment of a
gymnasium for the school, experienced
no difficulty in obtaining the amount
desired. They encountered the preva
lent "help-aloDg" spirit that early in
the season aotuated a general move
ment for the organization of a oredit
able school In Athena. Bauked by
the taxpayers of the district, the pa
trons of the school and the citizens
generally, a splendid corps of in
structors has been secured ; every op
pliauoe for uptodate work will be
provided generously, and it has come
to that point where it devolves upon
the pupil to tnuko the moat of his op
portunity to acquire an eduoutiou by
diligent and persistent effort. It is
well to bear in miud that the suooess
of the sohool by no moans hinges al
together on intelligent f aoulty labor.
Without co operation on the part of
pupil and parental supputt, the goal of
success suoh as has beon marked out
for the Athena High sohool would be
impossible of attainment It will re
quire of every pupil class loyalty,
whioh moans oolleotively, a sot pur
pose that the olass to whioh you ore
assigned exoels throughout all the
grades, and to excel there must be no
stinting of the individual effort whioh
is roquired of you. Ou you aloue may
at some time or other depend class
laurols, and failing, the stigma of de
feat would rest entirely with you.
This spirit, self-inoulcatod, will mus
ter any obstacle to be confronted in
sohool work. Without it, the faculty
faces a handicap and success is re
duced to a minimum.
The sanitary conditions of small
towns are at best bad. This as always
omphasized when sioknoss is prevulont
and the attention of the people is
druwu to conditions. Puitioularly at
this time of the year should caution bo
exeruised. After the period of summer
sunshine whon the water is low the
conditions whioh breed disoose are
ou every hand. It is inoumbeut upon
all not alono for thoir wolf tiro but the
goueral and publio health that all
reasonable precautious be oxercised
Whioh toud to improve tho sanitary
conditions of their surroundings, In
this connection may also be mentioned
the wood uuisanoo, which is uoticable
along tho sidewalks, particularly on
the inner side of the walks. A new,
bushy weed bus mado its appoaranoo
of late years and has provod to bo a
dust collector of no moan degree.
Pussiug along the stroot cue's clothing
beoomos liborully smeared with dirt
and in wet weather thoroughly soaked
with wntor. A little attention with a
hoe on tho part of the property owner
and this nuianuoe oould be douo away
with, Thou there is the low-banging
shado tteo limb, that brushes your hat
from your head and peals the skiu off
your noso. A saw or shurp ax dex
terously applied would improve the
appearanoe of the trees and leave n
spruood-up toue to tho surrounding
promises. Why not do it?
Tho pessimists who have loudly
proclaimed that this is a godless and
ohurohless nation got no oonifoit from
the United Staes religious census for
1900 just issued. Nearly aa.OOO.OOO
ohnroh members, beiug 80. 1 per cent
ofMio population, as against a little
over 32,000,000 members representing
U2.7 percent of the population iu 1890
does not look as if the Amerloau peo
ple have lost faith iu Uod or are living
aui'igbteous lives. Of oourso some of
this niemborship is "not working
uiuoh at it," as the boy said of his
father whose praotioe did not square
with his profession, but that has al
ways bnen tho oaso. It is also true
that rn no h of this membership is reg
ularly atteudant at church service.
Yet allowing for all this the fact re
mains that tho religious sentiment of
the people is strong and steadily in
creasing. So long as cluss distinctions based
upon wealth aud accident of tirtu
continue, the ideal relationa between
uiau aud tnau will never Le realised.
For a uiau because ho is wealthy to
look down upou tho poor man who
toils with his bands, or for the poor
man to harbor resentment against the
man who by honest effort and ability
has amassed a fortune, is all wrong.
The ideal sooial relation will come
when false class distinctions are oblit
erated and the one difference between
man and man he personal worth. This
condition today is more nearly ap
proached in rural distriots and small
cities than in great populous centers
where artiQoial dietiuctions ate so
numerous.
What an exohange describes as a
"satisfactory definition" of tbe-mo-tor
car is quoted thus: The automo
bile is a large iron and rubber contri
vance for transforming gasoline to
speedy luxury, exoitement aud obit
uaries. It consists of a handsome
leather upholstered carriage body,
mounted on flat rubber wheels and
containing a gizzard full of maohinery
suffering from various ailments. It
is the speediest and most stylish form
of transportation known. It has run
100 miles an hour and $1000 a minute.
It oan transport seven people from the
porob to the police court, the bank
ruptcy court or tho golden gates in
less time than by any other method.
According to a statement issued by
the secretary of the interior, almost
65,000,000 acres of land have been
designated subject to entry under the
enlarged homestead act, providing un
der specified conditions for claims of
320 acres instead of 160. Included in
tho lands designated are 1,300,000
acres in Oregon and 3,500,000 in
Washington. The lands are non-mineral,
non-timbered, not susceptible to
irrigation and because of insufficient
rainfall will not produce remunerative
crops unless cultivated by some meth
od auoh as "dry farming."
Tho LeMars Sentinel notices that
the catalogue bouses are flooding Iowa
with thoir prioe lists and says: They
are using the best advertising medium
open to them. The home merobant
can through bis looal paper every week
quote prices and prove to bis trade
the advantage of trading at home. If
he fails to improve bis opportunity,
the oatalogue bouse whioh invites the
business will got an ever increasing
sharo.
It is easy to get an exaggerated idea
of business corruption and moral
wrong doing. If a man defaults in
bnsiuess, acoepts a bribe or is involved
iu u scandal tLe news is published
throughout the laud and everybody
reads it and talks about it. Cut the
quiet, honost, upright, miuding-oue's-business
life of the great majority of
people is not rocorded. Yet it exists
all the same and is the very bedrock
of the nation.
Parents ouu do much to make or
mar the sohool life of their children.
Nothing will spoil a child's future
ouroor so roudily as unfair critioism
of a teaohor, aud nothing will do more
to help muke the teaobor's work a suc
cess than the knowledge that he has
the good will and co-operation of the
parents. Every sonsible father aud
mother kuows this and aota accord
ingly. Tho Umatilla-Morrow County Fair
will be held at Pendleton next week,
begiuuiug Monday. The general pro
gram gives evidence of a larger and
bettor fair than last year, and this is
saying a great deal. The exhibita and
program of eutertainmout are on a
large scale. The attendance from this
vioiuity will bo large and all who vis
it the the fair are insured a pleasant
and profitable timo.
Why bother about the canals on
Mars aud other theories. A North
Carolina preaoher has won a debate
with the argument that if the earth
were round aud maintained a rotating
motion a to moat couldn't stiok to the
baokyard feuoe.
A Chicago pastor told his health
class that it is foolish to be tired. So
much talk about all these subjects
mukoa people tirod. If you are tired,
go to work aud forget it.
When eveu Mr. Arohbold dies, it
may leak out that he has giveu away
a lot of money with bis right hand
without letting his left hand know
anything about it.
The north pole controversy is be
coming interesting. Ordinary people
consider that Peary is bluffing this
time. Looks as though be was not a
good loser.
There is no telling bow many inde
pendence days Cuba may have to cel
ebrate at the end of the next fifty
years.
The United States will not permit
midshipmen to marry, even if they
find wives who oan support them.
The mailed band of the law is hav
ing a lot of trouble in making connec
tion with the Black Hand.
There doesn't seem to be any rush
of politicians for government positions
at the north pole.
DANGER FROM ICE.
No Article of Food U So Carelessly
Handled.
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly
emphasizes one cause of the danger
of infection from Ice. I
Scarcely another article of human
consumption receives so much direct
handling Just before its use as does
this food. Milk aud water, tea and
coffee are poured. Bread, meat and
butter are cut. Bread, probably han
dled more than any other food on the
list, has a hard crust which offers a
rather unfavorable lodging place for
germ life. Ice, on the contrary,
washes the hands of every person who
handles It and affords an ever ready
liquid medium for the Immediate ab
sorption of the hosts of bacteria which
hands may carry. The carelessness of
the handlers of ice, their utter disre
gard of the resting places where it
may receive infection, may be partly
due to their lack of realization that ice
is a food, as real a food as meat.
Whatever tho cause, few substances
which pass through the digestive proc
esses of man receive such treatment.
Its surface contaminated by the pas
sage of men and horses In the cutting,
its sides and base fouled by muddled
platforms and smirched straw, cover
ed with the filth of black ice cars and
dust swept freight stations, your cako
of ice commonly receives Its only
cleaning just before it enters the ice
chest So far as the Iceman is con
cerned, this is generally a hasty brush
with a time worn whist broom wen
filled with the dust of the street and
blackened with constant use. Accord
ing to the personal testimony of vari
ous icemen, riot even the precaution of
a momentary washing beneath the
faucet Is ordinarily taken.
"Marriage is a lottery," quoted the",
wise guy.
"Oh, that's an antiquated idea," obi
Berved the simple mug. "Nowadays,
It's a game of skill." Philadelphia)
Record.
The fellow who doesn't allow an
alarm clock to interfere with his morn
ing nap illustrates the triumph of mind
oter matter. Philadelphia Record.
The Crime of Idleness.
Idleness means trouble for any one.
Its the same with a lazy liver. It
causes constipation, headache, jaun-
dioe, sallow complexion, pimples and
blotohes, loss of appetite, nausea, but
Dr. King's New Life Pills soon banish
liver troubles and builds up your
health. 25o at all druggist.
'Twas a Glorious Victory.
There's rejoioing in Fedora, Tenn.
A man's life has been saved, aud now
Dr. King's New Disoovery is the talk
of the town for curing C. V. Pepper
of deadly lung hemorrhages. "I
oould. not work nor get about," he
writes, "and the doctors did me no
good, but, after using Dr. King's New
Disoovery three weeks, I feel like a
new man, and oan do good work
again." For weak, sore or diseased
lungs, coughs and colds, hemorrhages,
hay fever, lagrippe, asthma or any
Bronobial aQeotion it stands unrival
ed. Prioe 50o and $ 1. TriBl Bottle
free. Sold and guaranteed by all
druggists.
OREGON
5H0IrLlNE
Union Pacific
Through Pullman standard and sleeping
cars dally to Omaha, Chicago; tourist sleeping
car dally to Kansas City; through Pullman
tourist sleeping cars, personally conducted,
weekly to Chicago, with free reclining
chair cars, seats free, to the east dally iroui
Pendleton.
ARRIVE
Pally.
TIME SCHEDULES
ATHENA, ORE,
1:05 p. m.
Jerome calls tho stealing of f 60,000
from a bank n merely "vulgar steal."
Wonder what it would take to make
a nice, aristocratic, high toned, so
ciety steal?
llavo you filed ou a houuwtvad ut
the north pole? Never failing crops
of ioit'lea and snowballs warranted.
Secretary Balliuger says, "Let the
war coutiuue." It isn't war but light
that the publio wants.
7:5$ a ID
Walla Walla. Day
ton, Pomeroy, Lew-
ision. I'ouax, run-
man, Moscow, the
Coeur d'Alene dis
trict, Ppokane and
ail poiuw norm.
Walla Walla Pen
dieton Special
4:15 p in
Vast Mall for Pen
dieton, LaUrande,
Baker City, aud all
pointseMl via Hun
tiugton, lire., aim
for V mat ilia, tlepp
ner, The Itallr.
Portland. Astoria
Willamette Vallei
iPoiuts. California
,'Taroma.Seat I le, all
Suuud Point.
DEPART
Dally.
1:05 p.m.
7:58 a. m,
4:15 p. m
i-
5:50 p ni, Pendleton - Walla
w aiut apwiat
5:50 p id
Big Clothing 'Display
The first store to put in an up-to-date line of Men's
Young Men's Ready-to-wear' tailoring. The Al
fred Benjamin line. This is the same line as handled
Bond Bros, of Pendleton and other leading-Men
Furnishings stores.
T. M. Taggart - is now located in his new store and ex
tends to you an invitation to call and see him.
It is better to look at his fine stock, than to
Wish You Had
Men's Hats
tlARDLEEVIAj
We carry the latest in
mens hats. Newest pattern
in Soft Hats and Derbies.
You'll see 'em if you're pru
dent, you'll . buy 'em if
you're smart.
We are quiet people,
but have noisy bargains
We keep things moving by keeping things that
move. A general line is soon to be added and we will
have everything to be found in an up-to-date store.
Come and see us and we will hitch your dollars to big
ger loads than they ever drew before.
Mens Furnishings
We set the pace and we
head the race in this line.
Orders taken for the Marks
Tailoring Co. of Chicago.
A fit guaranteed. A new
line of mens extra pants
soon to arrive.
T. M. TAGGART Athena Or.
Phoue
77
K. M. Smith Acent,
ihena
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and contains no opiates. Prepared by PINE-VLE MEDICINE COMPANY. CHICAGO. V. S. A.
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KEENE'S ;
. Barber Shop .
Shaving, Haircutting,
Shampooing, Massage
for Face and Scalp.
.HOT BATHS.
Shop North Side Main
Street, Athena, Ore.
THE
I ST. NICHOLS HOTEL
X J. E. FR.OOME, prop.
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Only First-class Hotel in
the City.
THE ST. NICHOLS I
Is the only one that can accommodate 1
X commercial travelers.
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Canbeieoomended for Us clean and
X well ventilated rooms. X
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1 Cos. Maim akd Third, ATHESA.Or.
Foley's Honey and Tar
tor chlldrtn.safe.surc. Ho opiates.
"The Old Standby"
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
0P PENDLETON
Formerly the Pendleton Savings Bank
With which has been Consolidated Tho Commercial National
Bank of Pendleton; Total Resources a Million and a Half-
Capital, Surplus and Profits, Nearly
$300,000.00
4 per cent Interest
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Paid on Time Deposits. Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
T, J. MORRIS, President, A. D. SLOAN, Vice-President,
W. L. THOMPSON, Cashier, T. G. MONTGOMERY, Ass't. Cashier,
W. S. BADLEY, Ass't. Cashier.
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BARBER IP
Everything First
Class M;diti
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SOUTH SIDE MAIN
STREET ATHEMA