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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1909)
V fec $itai f AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F. B. Boyd, Pubhhueb. Application for entrance as 2nd class matter 1007 At the, Dostofflce at Athena. Oregon Under an Actot Oongre-g of March 8. 1879 I Subsorl tlon ftatat t . n r!vear. In advanct K-W Single copies in wrappers, 6c, cTHENA. ORE.. DEC. 31, .1909 7; Breweries are prohibited from maintaining warehouses in dry units, for the distribntion of their prodoots, aoooiding to a ruling by attorney gen eral Bell of Washington. This is a reversal of bis former construction of the looal option law. The latest opinion was given on a question sub mitted by Stevens county, Wash., which recently voted to abolish sa loons. As common carriers are for bidden from oarrying liquors into dry - territory, it is further held that a warehouse may deliver what stook it has on hand, but is unable to re plenish its stook. The defeat of the looal option foroes in Walla Walla is the first important reversal they have met. To date, they have won in 35 speoial elections and met defeat in 19, in that state. y f Tr 1 1 The early winter has been some what severe all over the country. Along the western coast storms have been driven by hnrtioane winds and a falling thermometer has followed iu the wake of the storm. The same has been truo in the eastern states, where blizzards and extremely oold weather has prevailed. The cold spell has been general and from its wide spread extent somewhat unusual for this time of the year. The proximity of Ilalley's comet and the presence of Jaok Frost may have some oonneotion and if this is so then . wejinay expect the winter to inoreafio ij severity as theoomet approaches. : T'le railrpjhave enjoyed their lJjjoirDteL'i. holiday season. Large .ntities of merchandise in the form of small packages have been brought to the northwest. There have also been substantial shipments from this paitof the country to the older sec tions. Postoflloe reoeipts show sub stantial inorease over last year. The holiday travel is also above the nor mal. The Great Northern, Northern Paolflo and O. R. & N. have oarried unusual numbers of Christmas travel ers this year, all of wbioh indioate that the Norlhwest is enjoying prosperity. of the four hundredth volume to tbe list the announcement was made that more than 5,000,000 separate copies had been disposed of. An exchange puts it this way: "We live in a land of high mountains and high taxes, low valleys and low wages, tig, orooked statesmen, big lakes, big pumpkins, big men with pumpkin heads, silver streams that gambol in the mountains, and pious politicians that gamble in the night, roaring cataracts and roaring orators, fast trains, fast horses, fast young men, sharp lawyers, sharp flnanoiers and sharp toed shoes, noisy children, fertile plains that lie like a sheet of water, and a thousand newspapers that lie like thunder." The National Apple show manage ment of Spokane, has planned to ex tend its usefulness. They will estab lish a clearing house for growers and handlers of apples in the Paoiflo Northwest. It is planned to keep all apple interests in touch with market conditions and with eaoh other by means of bulletins and speoial letters. As the apple industry is growing steadily in this part of the country, the innovation will be valuable. Census taking is a difficult business in Mexico, where the masses are in fear that tbe enumeration means com pulsory military servfoe or more taxes. Consequently, tbe coming of census in that country will be taken by high officials, priests and men of tbe great est looal prominence, in order that it may be more aoourate' than in the past. In the City of Mexioo President Diaz himself, as well as his oabinet members and the archbishop, will personally assist in the work. Instead of throwing old shoes or scattering rice, sooiety in New York has deoided to speed the wedding journey of a newly married pair here after with a shower of rose petals. Not to speak of the faot that flowers are more poetioal than the other things, they make less dangerous missiles. It is now less than four years since the issue by a London publisher of the first volumes in a series of roprints of the works of standard authors, which marked an interesting experiment in providing the public with the world's host literaturo iu handy and inexpen sive form. The books were clearly printed and tastefully bound and sold for a shilling. On the reoont addition A Boston publisher of sohoolbooks has deoided to contribute 1,000,000 to tbe oause of peace. Pecple who have complained because of the high prices they were compelled to pay for sohool books may be comforted by tbe thought that at least some of their money is to be well spent. The average workingman would like to be rioh enough to enable him to tell his boss just what he really thinks of him. It now appears that the Harriman patriotism was more amply rewarded than we bad supposed. The estate totals about $80,000,000. When a man starts out to make a fool of bimsolf, he invariably works overtime on the job. We have Dr. Cook iu mind. How can any one believe either ex plorer since they both failed to send home souvenir postal oards? California Midwinter Excursion Walla Walla To Los Angeles and Return on J anuary 17, 1910 $94.oo This rntfl innlnilns rnilrruirf 4! nlrot trim tVin tAtiitd Irin n n J kntk . v uu .uuuu auu uoibu m sleemua oar for th miner rrin. aM trina nmiin tY. i and all meals from the hour of departure Monday night, January 17, until arrival in Los Anoftlnn. fti.trt Kdpalso trip to Riverside and Badlands, over the inside track, Monday, January 84th. Two tioketa eutitle holders to a full seotion. Return Limit April 17, 1910 I : . .- . v- v ; Berth reservations and full itinerary of the trip can be had of your local agout or It. Bums, District Freight and Pussengor Agent, Walla Walla. Wash. A deposit of $30.00 will be required ou eaoh ticket at time reservation is made. CHOICE PROPERTY FOR SALE Bargains Which are Offered by the Athena Land Company. Farm Lands. 705 An estate of 480 aores of the finest land in Umatilla county. Abun dant water supply hot and cold water ten room house modern and well appointed. About 10 aores of good alfalfa land. The farms adjacent to this are all selling for $100 per aore. This plaoe can be had for $85 per acre if taken at once. If you want a home let us show you this immediately. 700560 acres of fine wheat land good water eight room house good barn and out houses plaoe highly improved on the railroad and only one mile from tbe station. $65 per aore. City Property. 505 $1100 for a nine room house in Athena two- blocks from Main street and half blook from the sohool building. You oan not buy the mat erial in the bouse for what we ask for the entire place. If you have something to sell or trade tell us about it. It will not hurt either of us and it may be an advan tage to both of us. ATHENA LAND CO. Box 274. Phone 855. Stockholders' Meeting. Tbe regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the elec tion of direotors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of snob other business as may lawfully come before it, will be held in its effioe in Athena, Oregon, on Tuesday, the 11th day of January, 1910, at the hour of 2 o'olook p. m. F. S. LeUrow, Cashior. Dated Deoember 10, 1909. Young Girls are Victims, of headache, as well as older women, but all get quick relief and prompt oure from Dr. King's Life Pills, the world's best remedy for siok and nervous headaohes. They make pure blood, and strong nerves and build up your health. Try them. 25o at all druggsts. the Kind Cat. A neighbor of old Mrs. Harrington; killed a fine pig one day. He cut it up and hung the pieces in his wood-i sued. Mrs. Harrington' cat climbed into the shed that night, stole a large; pork chop and carried it home to hers mistress. The minister happened to' call on the old lady, the next day. She was Just frying the chop. She tola the minister how miraculously It. had been brought to her by the cat "And, oh, sir," she said piously, "It was almost beautiful to see the way the sweet animal brought me the pork; chop. It quite recalled to my mind what we read in Holy Writ about Elijah and the ravens." Exchange. The Courtship Gate. ,We have been shown a design for an upholstered front gate which seems destined to becomo very popular. The footboard is cushioned, and there is a Warm soapstone on each' side, the in side step being adjustable, bo that a short girl can bring her lips to the line of any given mustache without trouble. If the gate is occupied at 10:30 p. m., an iron hand extends from! one gate post, takes the young man by the left ear; turns him around, and he, is at once started toward home by a; steel foot. The girl can, if shelikes, set this part at a later hour than' 10:30.' Jones County (Ga.) News. ; 7 ,w, i,,u..M.ii)..i..w .I,.., ,, ilu...li.ir - ' j j iii i j imm.i.11,1 iu...:::. i i ' Something From Nothing. "It is impossible to take something from nothing," quoted" the wise gujV "Well, you come pretty close to iv When you take the conceit out of some people," added the simple mug. Phil-! ortelnhla Record. tti Kills Her Foe of 20 Years. "The most merciless enemy I had for 20 years," declares Mrs. James Dunoan, of Haynesville, Me., "was Dyspepsia. I suffered intensely after eating or drinking and could soaroely sleep. After many remedies had fail ed and several duotors gave me up. I tried Eleotrio Bitters, wbioh oured .me completely. Now I oan eat any thing. I am 70 years old" and am overjoyed to get my health and strength back again." For Indiges tion, Loss of Appetite Kidney Trouble. Lame Baok, Female Complaints, it Is unequaled. Only 50o at all druggists, V Forced Into Exile. J Win, Opohuroh of Glen Oak, Okla, was an exile from home. Mountain air, be thought would oure a frightful lungraoking cough that had defied all remedies for' two years. After six, months he returned, death dogging his steps. "Then I began to use Dt. King's New Disoovery," be writes, "and after taking six bottles I am as well as ever." It eaves thousands yearly from desperate lung diseases. 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