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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1910)
Wit Mm pte AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F. B. Boyd, Publisher. '' Application for entrance as 2nd class matter I!)07at the Dostoffice at "Athena. Oreeon Uuderan Actot Congress of March 8. 1879 Subaerl Hon Hater : I) rar, In advance 12.00 Single copies in wrappers, 6c, cATHENA. ORE.. JAN. 14, .1910 Ttiat "a boy will be a boy" goes without saying, bat there are instances wherein natural manly instinot is ex peotad to assert itself by virtue of res peat for elders, if not through accept ed J standards of borne raising. A I case in point where neither of these influences were exercised in the least, ! transpired Fiiday evening, daring the . banquet bonr at the eduoational tally. "Young Amerioa" disported itself in unrestrained, boisterous oouduot, to tbeshame and humiliation of people who had gathered there for the pur pose of enjoying the eduoational rally, participating in the aooial features of the occasion and listening to speeohes, buf. the clamorous din oomiog from the youngsters effectually interrupted that portion of the program. Snob conditions are intolerable. Tbey are rank infringements on tbe rights of eooietv, and should be controlled; if not through parental restraint, tb en by other methods. That was a good, sensible, heart -to-boarfc talk tbe people beard Prof. L. B. Alderman of tbe State University make at the eduoational rally, last Friday evening. As an eduoator, Prof. Alderman ranks high, and bis disoourse here carried his Interested listeners through the different phases of .sohool life as it appeals to a man seasoned with experience in every department of tbe . work. - fie is the probable candidate of tbe republican party for tbe office of State Superin tendent of sobools, and should be re ceive the nomination, he is just tbe sort of a fellow to be remembered by Athena voters. In tbe last five years, tbe number of farms in tbe northwest has doubled, until today tbere are 311,000, which yielded products in 1000 having a total value of $404,009,000. The var ious states stand as follows: Oregon 75,000 farms; Washington 66,000; Idaho 40,000; Montana 80,000. There are millions of aces of land idle now that could be put under cultivation on a revenue basis. With tbe baok-to-tbe-land reudonoies of the present day, it is oertain that the number of farms in the Northwest will continue to increase, for many years to come. labor markets bae developed, have had trouble with employment agents, beoause of their tendency to prey on unfortunate men and women search ing for work. Seattle, Taooma and Portland face the same trouble, while tbere are some agents whose dealings are honest, tbe Mayor of Spokane fears tbey are too few to trifle with and he has announoed his intention to close all out as rapidly as their permits to operate, expire. Oregon ranks seventh among all tbe states in railroad tnilding during 1909. lbesn figures are compiled by tbe leading railroad publications of the oountry and show that the Beaver state added 134 miles to its railroads during the year just closed. Tbe Pacific Northwest is declared to be the great goal of competitive railroad building in tbe United States. Tbe struggle of tbe railroads to enter Cen tral Oregon is detailed and develop ment in tbe Willamette Valley and in the Oregon ooast oountry is record ed. This is a far better showing or the past year than was made in 1908, when 79 miles of new railway was built in this state. That man is not necessarily a "knocker" who finds fault with cer tain conditions existing in the town iu whiob be lives. So far from being one of that class be may be doing the place good service. This is assuredly the faot if be wisely and persistently strikes at evils whiob lower the moral tone and make tbe town a less desir able place in which to live. It re quires no argument to prove that the best interests of a community can never be advanoed by anything that breeds disrespeot for law and order, and that weakens tbe moral and sooial fibre of tbe citizens. To oheok tbe growing cigarette batit among tbe schoolboys of Seattle, tbe board of education has detailed a special officer for tbe sole purpose of deteoting tbe smokers and prose outing dealers oaugbt selling cigar ettes and "de makins" to the young sters. In many instanoes where boys have ben found baokwaid in their studies, tbo trouble has been traced to oigarettes. In faot, it is now being nrged that a speoial sohool be estab lished, where victims of tbe cigarette babit can obtain instructions and freedom from tboii enslavement. The fight on undesirable employ ment agenoies has been renewed in Spokane. On New Year's day half a dozen of them were put out of busi ness by tbe refusal of Mayor Pratt to renew their licenses. All of the lar ger cities of the Northwest, where That it is not the retailer who alone is to blame for tbe inoreased cost of living is made dear by the published statements of the profits made by some of the great wholesale houses. Some light is thrown upon tbe higher prioe meat by the huge profit of thirty-three per oent whioh Armour & Go. have made during the past year on oapital invested. This faot does not lead the consumer to pay tbe prioe with any better graoe. It is said that tbe drys of Walla Walla feel that they were not given a square deal by the looal newspapers and are taking steps to back a daily newspaper, whioh will espouse their California Midwinter Excursion Walla Walla To i Los Angeles and Return on January 17, 1910 This rate inoludes railroad tieket for tbe round trip, and berth in lplnR car for the soing trip, tide trip, provided for in itinera" and all meals from tbe hour of departure Monday night, Jaunty 17 S arrival in Los Angeles, 5:30 p. m., Sunday. January S3, are alsVinoTud od; also trip to Riverside and Redlauds. over the inside track Mo"0," J January 34tb. Two tickets entitle holders to a full Motion T Return Limit, April 17, 1910 Berth reservations and full itinerary of tha trin u V Ha Wash A depos.t of 20.00 will be required on oh LZ 1C Walla time reservation is wade side of tbe questiou. Tbe drys of North Yakima have taken an option on one of tbe daily papers of that city. The orying need of tbe times is tbe invention of an applianoe whioh will cause an automobile to stop automa tically before it hits a telegraph pole. 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 40 aores of good alfalfa land. Tbe farms adjaoent to this are all selling for $100 per aore. This place can be had for $85 per aore if taken at onoe. If you want a home let us show you this immediately. 700560 aores of fine wheat land good water eight room house good barn and out bouses 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 block from the sohool bnilding. You can not buy the mat erial in the house for what we ask for tbe entire plaoe. If you have something to sell or trade tell ns 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 355. . ON THE FLAT SHELL Oysters Opened That Way With Pur pose, the Waiter Said. The waiter had taken a long time in getting the oysters, but as he was well known to his guests and his guests to him that occasioned no comment When the oysters were brought the waiter Bet them down before his cus tomer and asked: "Do you like them better that wayr The diner looked, but he didn't no tice any difference, so he asked, "What way?' "Why, on the flat shell," replied the waiter. "Don't you Bee they aren't on the curved part of the shell, as usual?" "I see it now that you tell me abont it," said the diner, "but I don't exact ly get the significance." "Well, you see," said the waiter, "they always keep them upstairs on the round shell, and when any one calls for oysters if they do come on the round shell It Isn't a certainty that they have been opened fresh. Some times they aren't good, Just because they have been standing. When I call for them on the flat shell, as I do for some of my customers, then they have to open them specially for that order. In that way you get them fresh." "Ah, I see!" remarked the diner. But when he told the professional cynic about it the cynic said some thing about betting that they kept them standing opened in both ways. "Besides, any one knows they look fatter on the flat shell, which is all the more reason they'd be likely to serve them to some folks that way. If they asked for extra large oysters they'd get them on the flat shell The same oysters on the curved shell would go as ordinary sized oysters," remark ed the cynic gloomily. New. York Sun. The Humble Librettist. In the history of opera there are many curious anomalies, but perhaps the strangest Is the role played by the librettist For the most part obscure and unimportant and generally unre tnembered, his ranks have neverthe less been recruited from the ablest and most brilliant men of letters. Among those who hare undertaken the part are suy.'h unlikely names as Voltaire, Goethe, Wleland, Addison and Field ing, -while others of considerable poet ic talent as, for example, Metastasio, Calzabigl, Rlnucclnl, Bolto and Copr per., have tried their hand at libretto wflting with assurance, giving to it th elr best efforts. And yet the suc cjssful librettists are few-the merest handful out of a harvest of three cen turies Forum. E3 SI LcMTO lis Athena Company Post Building, Main Street, Athena, Oreg. Farm Lands and City Property Listed for Sale at Right Prices Good wheat land, 800 acres five miles Southwest of Pen dleton 500 acres in wheat, which goes with the place. It all lies in one body and is level enough for any kind of machinery. Plenty of water. Price, $24 per acre if bought within the next two months, A real bargain for some one. Four sections of wheat land in Township One, Morrow county, can be had for $25 per acre. Well watered and all fenced 2003 acres tillable and level enough for a com bine. Owner will either sell or exchange for Portland suburban property. 480 acres of finest wheat land in Umatilla county and highly improved, canjbe had now for $85 per acre $15 be low adjacent lands. A splen did opportunity, We have a first-class Sta. tionery Steam Threshing out fit for sale cheap. Full equip ment and ready for the field. Should you want choice city property, see us. We have it. Property bought, sold and ex changed in all parts of Oregon and Washington. Box 274, 'Phone,' 355. 1 .. How Sunshine Beats Down. It Is a common thing on hot daysto hear people say that "the sun beats down." But few suspect that tbe rays of light actually do beat down upon the surface they strike. Light is a wave motion in the ether, and waves, wheth er of sound or water, press on bodies in their way. 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