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cATHENA, ORE.. JAN. 7, .......1910
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The Press is 22 years old today. Sinoe
June 1, 1892 for 17 years, the paper
bag been Id oharge of the present edit
or. From a small hamlet the Press
has watohed Athena grow to its pres
ent importance; it has noted the
hundreds of improvements made for
betterment of conditions, progress and
,.,.-s advancement, commercially, educa
tionally and socially ; from small trad
ing shops it has witnessed the build
ing op of the splendid mercantile es
tablishments now oonduoted by Athena
merchants; it has been through the
millstones of hard times and good
times and seen the poor man grow
riob by stioking to Umatilla connty
wheat ranches; it has seen two of the
largest and most handsome obnrobes
in Eastern Oregon bnilt throngb unit-
. ed effort, backed by the indomitable
Atbena spirit; it has chronicled the
1 evolution of grain shipment, wherein
the prodnot now goes to foreign end
domestio points ground into floor by
one of the largest and best mills on
the coast; it has viewed with piide
the construction of macadamized
streets, the coming of electric lights
I and power, and the erection of sub
I etantial business houses; it baa been
In at the death of one commercial asso-
elation, and the birth of a bigger and
A better one; it has seen the high sohool
dwindle away to praotioally nothing,
then revive and asoend the plane of
' its present high rank and usefulness
to the community; it has witnessed
business thrive and seen fine homes
result through tbriftiness. All this
muoh and more has passed in review
of the Press. And what of the future?
The coming Atbena has every resource
to flatter its prospeots. Commercially
she is tbo center of the riohest and
most fertile productive territory on
the Paoillo coast. Her social environ
ments are second to no town of ber
size in the state. Her eduoational
facilities are unsurpassed by cities
' trebling ber population. Her mer
chants and business men are progres
sive and imbued with enterprising
spirit. Her oommeroial association is
a live wire, infusing aotivity into
every artery of enterprise that tends
to general advancement along the
path of progress. Consequently the
Press enters the new year with bright
hopes for the future of Athena pledg
ing its very beat efforts on behalf of
the city. We desire the good will and
co-operation of all, and shall strive to
morit it in every way. The Press
asks its friends to aid it in this line of
work. It hopas iu the future as iu
the past, to be a factor in making
Athena bigger and better with each
succeeding year.
Tonight transpires the olimaz of
eduoational enthusiasm which has
dominated Athena during the recon
struction period , of the new High
sohool. Aotive, discerning, intelli
gent men on the sohool board, backed
by a distriot out of debt and unani
mous in its verdiot for sohool pro
gress, is responsible for the present
splendid condition of the Atbena
school. So tonight, when State Sup
erintendent of Sobools J. H. Acker
man arises in the auditorium of the
Methodist Episoopal church to deliver
his address, the Pi ess predicts that
ha will speak to the largest and most
appreciative audience he has had for
some time. And after the rendition
of the evening's program those Com
mercial Association members who
have contracted to feed the hungry,
will find tbey have their hands full.
A petition signed by business men,
asking that all porohes, trees, and
water hydrants be removed from Main
Street, was favorably considered by
the city oounoil Monday evening, and
the ordinance Committee now has the
matter in oharge. When the ordin
ance, providing for the removal of
these obstructions is introduced for
passage, it will oontain a clause pro
hibiting the tying of teams on Main
street. It would have been belter
were it possible to order the removal
of telephone and eleotrio light poles
and wiies from this street, but the
conditions embodied in franchises
granted three different companies for
periods of 20 to 30 years effectually
precludes any such aotion on the part
of the city.
The lnited States is not the only
country in the world where the cost
of living has advanced in reoent years.
The complaint is so great in Austria
that a demand is being made that the
government take over, through an
agrarian bank, the oattle and meat
business. It is also propo sed that a
central agenoy bn established with
kranohes in foreign countries so as to
facilitate importation and dealing in
oattle and meat produots.
A minister in Cbioago wants com
pulsory marriage by the state just as
it enforces compulsory education.
He also advocates women's proposing
when the men hesitate. This is a
radioal age, but not so radioal as to
turn ioonoolastio concerning things
too deeply ingrained in the best im
pulses of human nature ever to go out
of fashion.
Unless tbey are prepared to prove
themselves justified, Central Ameri
can republics should execute Amerioan
citizens only by the thought-wave
prooess.
Castro, lately of Venezuela, is said
to have expressed the intention of
coming to the United States to live.
So long as the immigration laws dc
not bar him out he will be permitted
to oust his lot with our people. The
California
Midwinter Excursion
Walla Walla
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Los Angeles
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on January 17, 1910
This rate iuoludes railroad tloket for the round trip, and berth in
sleeping oar for the going trip, side trips provided for in the itinerary,
aud all meals from the hour of departuro Mouday sight, January 17. until
arrival in Los Angeles, 6:30 p. m.. Sunday. January 23. are also inolud
ed; also trip to Riverside and Badlands, over the inside track, Monday,
January 24tb. Two tiokets eutitle holders to a full section.
Return Limit, April 17, 1910 I
Berth reservaVbns aud full itinerary of the trip can be bad of your
looal agent or PSurns, District Freight and Passengjr Agent, Walla
Walla. Vanh.jT A deposit of f 00.00 will be required on each ticket at
a is mado.
time reset vat ft
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good.
probably would do bim
Wilbnr Wright says the 60-mile-an-hour
aeroplane is praotioally here.
And there are no telephone poles
ahead.
When a man dies bis expenses stop,
but whether or not his experiences
stop is another question.
In looking into the politioal future
the blind man is under no handicap.
Kindly note the few fatalities
among the billiardists this season.
Are we to have the crook-worm dis
ease again this winter?
Mnnv fnnhhnll nlnvfirs are DOW em
erging from the arnioa stage.
The Cussing Habit.
The jackal is a beastly beast; and
when it hankera for a teas';, it has no
use for nice fresh meat; the all-flred
fool would rather eat some animal
that died last year; and so the jackal,
far and near is shunned by self -respecting
brutes, and slugged with rooks
and bricks and boots. And men whose
language is decayed, who make pro
fanity a trade, are like the jaokal of
the wild, that hunts around for things
defiled. In all your rounds you'll
never rind a healthy, clean and gentle
mind possessed by BDy son of wrath
whose language needs a turkish tath.
On great oooasions there's exouse for
turning ring tailed cuss words loose;
the father of his oountry swore at
Monmouth and then ouesed some more ;
that patient soul the Man ot Uz ripped
off some language rioh and brown un
til old Bildad called him down. Great
men beneath some awful stroke let
loose remarks that fairly smoke and
we forgive them as we write the
story of their deeds of might. But
little men, who swear, and swear, and
thus polute our common air, are foul
and foolish as the frogs that trumpet
in their native bogs. Walt Mason in
Portland Journal.
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 bouse modern and well
appointed.! About ; 40 aores of good
alfalfa land. , The farms adjaoent to
this are all selling for 100 per aore.
This place can be had for $85 per aore
if taken at once. If you want a borne
let us show you this immediately.
700560 aores of fine wheat land-
good water eight room house good
barn and out houses place higniy
improved on the railroad and only
one mile from the station. $65 per
aore.
City Property.
505 $1100 for a nine room house
in Athena two blocks from Mam
street and half block from the sohool
buildine. You can not buy the mat
erial in the house 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 UU.
Box 274. Phone 3W5.
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Farm Lands and City Property
Listed for Sale at Right Prices
Post Building, Main Street, Athena, Oreg.
Kills Her Foe of 20 Years.
"The most meroiless enemy I had
for 20 years," deolares Mrs. James
Duncan, of Haynesville, Me., . "was
Dyspepsia. I suffered intensely after
eating or drinking and could scarcely
sleep. After many remedies had fail
ed and several doctors gave me up.
I tried Eleotrio Bitters, whioh cured
me completely. Now I can 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
nuequaled. Only BOo at all druggists,
Forced Into Exile.
Wm. Upohuroh of Glen Oak, Okla,
was an exile from home. Mountain
air, he thought would cure a frightful
lungraoking cough that had defied all
remedies for two years. After six
months he returned, deatn dogging bis
steps. "Then I began to use Dr.
King's New Disoovery," he writes,
"and after takiug i'ix bottles I am as
well as ever." It saves thousands
yearly from desperate lung diseases.
Infallible for Coughs and Colds, it
dispels Hoarseness and sore Throat,
Cures Grip, Whooping Cough. 50o and
$1, trial bottles free, guaranteed by
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A Good Position.
can be bad by ambitious young men
aud women in the field ot "Wireless"
and Railroad telegraphy. Sinoe the
8-hour law beoatue effective, and sinoe
the Wireless companies are establish
ing etatioua throughout the country
there is a great shortage of telegraph
era. Positions pay beginners from $70
to $90 per month, with good ohanoe
for advancement. The National Tele
graph Institute of Portland, Ore.,
operates six oflkUl institutes iu
America, under supervision of R. R.
and Wireless o fficinls and places all
graduates into rositious. It will pay
you to write than for full details.
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