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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1910)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F.B.EOYD, PuBUHHER. Application for entrance an 2nd class matter made on Julyjj, 1907 at the postoffice at Athena, Oregon Uuderan Actot Congress of March 3. 1879 Subaorl tlon Rate s p-.r year, In advanot 12.00 Single copies In wrappers, 6c, cATHENA. ORE.. JULY 1 , 1910 Seattle hotel proprietors, who organ ied a few months ago to take an active part in political affairs, have found a new field of aotivity. Tbey are going to reduoe the cost of living. This may sound like a joke to those who have paid hotel hills, tut it is none the less true that the hotel men have looked horns with the looal produoe trnst, as the association of commission merch ants is called, and have announced the intention to force lower prices to' the public and higher prices to the farmer. The botel men declare that the com mission men, through the Seattle Pro duce Association, kaep up selling prices beyond all reason on fruit and vegeta bles and dairy prodnots, but that they do not give the farmer or rancher any more, if as mnob, as the commission merchants in other cities. The servi ces of the United States District At torney have been called upon to assist in an investigation of the gentlemen's agieement among the oomniieson men, and the general public is watobing eagerly for auy signs of a reduction in the prioes of food. Producers all over tbe Northwest are interested in the conflict, for tbe farmer as a rnle is eaBily convinced that he is getting tbe worst of it from the commission men, whose principal interest in Hand ling prodnoe seems to be to get the ten per cent that is bis share. Under pres ent conditions in the large cities, both tbe produoer and tbe oonsnmer have been contributing to the soft profits of tbe commission men's combines, and now look forwaid to a better deal. books to tbe Oregon Association, wbioh is also fighting for "Votes for Women," and a like number to tbe associations of Oklahoma and Sontb Dakota. These gifts celebrated tbe payment of a printers bill tit 8,000 cook hooks, and now the suffrage campaign is "on velvet'' as it were, with cook books to meet all expense. A state convention of Esperantists has been oalled for July 16 in tbe con vention ball of the Portland Commer cial Club, when students of tbe new woild lauguage, educators teaohers and others interested are asked to meet to consider the organization of a state' Experanto association. Other matters vital to the wide spread adoption of the language will come up. Among these will be the election of delegates to the international Esperanto Congress to be held at Washington, D. O., Aug ust 14-20, and the proposal to introduce Esperanto in the pnblio schools, as it is being done in Maryland and elsewhere. The way to a man"s vote is through bis stomach, say tbe Washington state leaders of the equal Hud'rage movement which is making progress toward the dim ax of the campaign at tlio Novem ter olnotion. Therefore the women who want to vote have imuud a suff rage cook book, wbioh is not ouly a first class text took iu culinary art but a means of raisiug-oampaign expenses us well, for the suffrage workers sell the books to pay their expenses. Last week the Washington Equal Suffrage Association presented 100 of its cook Tbe Pacific Light & Power company organized by eastern capitalists with a capitalization of $7,500,000, plans to develop a great electrical generating and distributing system throughout the Y akima, Columbia and Walla Walla valleys. Other concerns have been ta ken over by tbe big corporation which will give special attention to furnish ing power for irrigation work through out the territory covered. It is prom ised that by concentrating tbe water power development in the Northwest, u more satisfactory service will be de veloped than can be tendered by pri ate companies. The Oregoniau would have us be lieve that the failure to get tbe states apportionment clause iu the federal irrigation bill was because of lack of interest on the part of Oregon's sen ators, but the whole couutrr knows that it was the Taft administration "getting back" at the western insurg ents. The "stand patter" lash did not stop at the irrigation bill, but took a slash at tbe conservation bill also. There is nothing in politics but politics, and when Taft overlooks a cbauoe to take a crack at opposition to Eastern interests, he don't, that's all. Uncle Sam is counting bis timber wealth. on the slopes of tbe Cascade mountains. Expart timber oruisers in the employ of the government are at work making tbe estimate and it is ex pected that it will take all this sum mer and next to complete tbe cruise of tbe water shed of tbe Willamette river and its tributaries in the Casoade re serve. The laud will be classified and the timber segregated into logging units. This is the first attempt, so far known, of the government to take an inventory of its timber resources. Tbe old Dalles military wagon road grant is about to be plaoed on the mar ket and this land, together with tbe Willamette Valley & Casoade Moun tain road grant that is to be sold in small traots, will mean a great col onization movement for Oregon during tbe coming few years. The Dalles grant comprises 130,000 acres and is very largely valuable agricultural land Its settlement will meau a grept in crease in tbe state's population and wealth. Tbe crop prospeots in this section appear to be about normal and since tbe yield is praotioally assured, the question of pnoe ia uppermost in tbe mind of the wheatraiser. You can never tell what will trans pire on the soore board until the ball gamo is over; as in Sunday's game for iustanoe. Athena will have a sane 1th. will be no celebration here. There Good Pasture. If you want good pasture for your stook, where there is plenty of grass and good water, at $1.25 per month, write G. W. Johnson, Weston, R. F. D. No. 2. BEACH Queen of the Northwest Resorts Near the Mouth of tbe Columbia River on tbe Washington Coast THE PLACE TO SPEND A SUMMER VACATION Twenty-five Miles of Magnificent Beaoh Level, 4 Compact and Smooth Mauy thriving and tidy communities, delightful hotel, cottage, tent and camp life. All the comforts of home and the healthful, invigor ating reoreatiou of tbe seaside surf bathing, fishing, clam j digging, beach bonfires, riding, racing, hunting, Btrolls aud drives through picturesque wooded headlands Reduced Kates from all parts of Oregon and Wash., via OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY Season Rate: From Portland Round Trip, $4.00 Three DaySaturday to Monday Rate, $3.00 Purchase tickets aud make reservations at City Ticket Office, 3rd and Wushiugton Streets, Portland, or inquire of nuy O. K. ci N. agent elsewhere lor iufotmation WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland. TOOK MM AT HIS WORD. Don Piatt's Client Had a Stunted Sense of Humor. A quaint story about Don Piatt Is told In the "Recollections of n Varied Life," by George Cary Eggleston. The story is given In Mr. Piatt's own words: ' "When I was a young man trying to get into a law practice In Ohio and 'eager to advertise myself by appear ing in court a fellow was indicted for arson. He came to me. explaining that he had no money with which to pay 11 lawyer, but that he thought 1 might like to appear In a case so Important and that if I would do the best I could for him he stood ready to do anything for me that he could by way of recom pense. I took the case, of course. It was a complex one, and It offered op portunities for browbeating and "ball ing up' witnesses a process that spe cially impresses the public with tbe sagacity of n lawyer who does It suc cessfully. Then, If by any chance I should succeed In acquitting my client, my place nt the bar would be assured ns that of "a sharp young feller who had beaten the prosecuting attorney himself.' "But In telling my client 1 would take his case the demon of humor be trayed me. Just across the street from roy knight? was a negro church, and there- was a 'revival' going on at the time. They 'revived' till 2 o'clock or later every night with shoutings that interfered with my sleep. With play-, ful Impulse 1 said to the accused man: "'You seem to be an expert In the arts of arson. If you'll burn that ne gro church I'll feel that you have paid me full price for my service In de fending you.' "I defended him, and as the wit nesses against him were all of shady character I succeeded In securing his acquittal. About 4 o'clock the next morning a fire broke out under all four corners of that negro church, and be fore the local fire department got a quart of water Into action It was a heap of smoldering ashes, hymn books and all. A week or so later 1 received a letter from my ex-client. He wrote from St. Louis, 'on his way west,' he said. He expressed the hope that I was 'satisfied with results' aud begged me to believe that he was a man of honor, who never failed to repay an obligation or reward a service.' " FIRST PICTURE BOOK. The Daring Idea That Was Carried Out by Johann Comeniuc. Some 300 years ago a German savant had a wonderful vision. At that time children were taught to read by force of arms, so to speak, through hard ships and with bitter toll on the part of teacher and of child. It seems cu rious that the first real step toward lightening the" labor of children as they climb the ladder of learning was the product of the imagination not of some fond mother or gentlewoman teacher, but of a bewigged and beti tled university doctor. It was Johann Comenlus. however, who first conceived the daring idea that children could be taught by the aid of tbe memory and the imagina tion working together, "by means," as he quaintly expressed Jt. "of sensuous impressions conveyed to the eye, so that visual objects may be made the medium of expressing moral lessons to the young mind and of impressing those lessons upon the memory." In other words, the good herr doctor had the bright idea that picture books could be useful to children. Comenlus made his first picture book and. called it the "Orbis Pictus." It contains rude woodcuts representing objects In the natural world, as trees and animals, with little lessons about the pictures. It is a quaint volume and one that would cause the average modern child not a little astonishment were It placed before him. As truly, however, as that term may be applisd to any other book that has since been written, the "Orbis Pictus" was an epoch making book. It Is the precursor of all children's picture books, and modren childhood has great cause to bless the name of Comenius. Not the Same Spelling. A stout man had recourse to a doc tor to see whether something could not be done to reduce his size. "It's a dis grace, doctor!" he cried. "Just look at this bay window of mine! Now, what would you ndv.lse?" "Well," replied the physician, eying his waist line, "all I can suggest is to diet." ' "All right, doctor, I'm willing. What color would you suggest?" St Louis Republic. A Pious Wish. It was in a city hospital that a man refused to undergo an operation for appendicitis until his minister could be present. "What do you want the minister here for?" asked the surgeon.. "Because 1 want to be opened with prayer," was the reply. New York Tribune. Cause and Effect. "After all, a man who marries takes a big chance." "You're right. I have a friend who contracted a severe case of hay fever immediately after he had married a grass widow." Memphis Appeal. A Dialecture. "My wife Is foreigu born. She al ways talks broken English when she is angry with me," "Gives you a dialecture, so to speak." Washington Herald. Fashion Is only the ntte.npt to real ise art In living forms rnd social Intercourse - Il-lases. ie Athena Land Company i Post Building, Main Street, Athena, Oreg. Portland office, 914-17 Lewis Building Farm Lands and City Property Listed for Sale at Right Prices THE BIGGEST SNAP ON THE PENINSULA 4 lots near the Swift Packing Plant, $375 each. This prop, erty is on car line and within 8 blocks of lots that have rec ently sold for $10,000. See us at once, as this is a sacrifice. 10 acres choice fruit land near The Dalles; level, deep rich soil; 8 acres set to 2 year old trees, house on place; adjoin ing orchards are selling from $500 to $1200 per acre. This . can be had for $325 per acre if taken immediately as own er is forced to sell. $1200 in cash will handle it, terms on remainder. See us at once. SWwJ""!Ll' IIJ? "'. Ill ""ll ,H I'""1!!.! 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