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oATHENA. ORE.. AUG. 19 1910
With two democrutio headquarters
in Attieua it would seem that looal
rank and file of the party have about
all that could be wished for, except
ions ot course, the opportunity for
disoussiug tho merits of a demooratio
oandidate for joint sonator from Uma
tilla, Union and Morrow counties.
The Press, being an independent
newspaper, politically, does not as
sume a dictatorial attitude in calling
democratic attention (to this glaring
omission. The office of joint senator
is of sufficient importance that to ex
clude democratic representation on
ttia offioial ballot would to a degree
invalidate the integrity of the party
in the minds of the people, and serve
notioe to voters that democracy is
williog, but couldn't. Under present
conditions, there remains but one of
two thiugs to do either fili up the
gap, or turn tho party organization
over to Charley and Jonathan.
Troops from ' be .National Guards of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana and from the regular armv reg
iments stationed in these states and
in California ure in camp atAmerioan
Lake, on the prairios south of Taooma
Wash., when the bi-annual maneuv
ers of tho army for the Department of
the Columbia are being held. The cit
izen soldiers and the regulars are
participating in the marches, drills
and battles of inimio warfare, which
is teaching the men the conditions of
aotual service. Tho Montana troops
were the first on tho ground, arriving
with some of the regulars. The Idaho
troops wont into camp a few days lat
ler followed by the Oregou and Wash
ington regiments. There are also a
few regulars sent north from the Pre
sidio at San Franoisco. In all about
8,000 men are euoamped and will be
dividod iuto the armies of the Browns
and the Bluos, whioh will contest in
the big battle that will conclude the
encampment. Loug praotioe marches
are being indulged in and the offioers
ure boiug put through the tosts in en
durance and horsemanship which
President Roosevelt inaugurated dur
ing bis term of office, and whioh so
Kreatly discomfited some of tho older
und stouter officers who had grown
unused to the saddle from many years
of ponce and quiet at comfortable
urtnv posts.
Seattle for 45 days, a ramarkable rec
ord. The forests are dry as tinder,
and the least start will quickly devel
op into a serious fire. Campers and
sportsmen in the woods are especially
urged to be careful not to leave any
fires burning.
The recent aocidents to the steamers
Princess May, which went on the
rocks near Juneau, and the Chippewa,
which struok a reef in the San Juan
islands, although they did not serious
ly endanger the lives of the passengers
proved conclusively the importance of
the wireless telegraph whioh is now
installed on practically all the larger
passenger vessels operating on Puget
Sound. Iu each case the wireless on
the wrecked vessel was quickly in
touoh with other ships and with vari
ous ports, and aid was sent immedi
ately to the passengers, who in each
case suffered not only no hardships,
but little inconvenience. The signals
of distress from the Princess May were
caught by wireless stations as tar
away as Astoria, Oregon. And, mar
velous as the wireless telegraph has
proven itself, the wireless telephone
is now invading its field and one
wireless telephone company, the Con
tinental, has already established sta
tions in the Northwest.
The younger set in the ranks of the
Washington suffragettes have started
some innovations in equal suffrage
campaigning that have proven decid
edly suooossful as well s novel. The
suffragettes no longer oonduct their
vote getting crusades by the speeoh
making system only. Groups of the
young ladies go forth at the slightest
hint that Ihey will be welcomed and
give suffrage entertainments whioh
consist of vooal and instrumental ma
Bio, dramatic readings and just a little
suffrage talk mixed in. It is like a
little medicine in a lot of syrup, or a
small advertisement entirely surround
ed by pure reading matter, and the
suffrage entertainers are reoeiving all
kinds of calls. One day they visited
the Soldiers' Home at Port Orohard,
at another time they appeared at an
Old Folks' pionio, while improvement
clubs, church socials and the like are
the soeue of their efforts to entertain
and get in a few words in favor of
"votes for women." The suffrage en
tertainment is going to be a big factor
in the efforts of the women to secure
the passage of the equal suffrage
amendment next November.
At a meeting of the , Washington
Forest Fire association in Seattle last
weak, it was reported by the chief
fire warden that no serious fires were
then iu progress, but urged redoubled
vigilance on the purt of the patrol
men for tho nssoniutiou and state
officers, lust more bad couilagtatious
sturt during this, tho driest seuson
ever ruuordud in this oouutry. Weath
er bureau offioials report no raiu at
A splendid advertisement of the
advantage of the Paoiflo Northwest is
the deoision of Jasper Wilson son of
James Wilson, seoretary of Agricul
ture, to engage iu fruit growing in
the Pacific northwest. He will de
velop only 20 acres at first, oonsidei
iug this ample to keep him fully occu
pied. That a man who has all the
professions open to him should ohoose
horticulture iu the northwest us the
boBt opportunity is highly eignitloant
and is a splendid endorsement of this
section of the country.
jjigbty oents moved a little of the
wheut Suturday. However, the pre
vuiliug opinion among wheat raisers
is that higher ptioes are to be offered
'
With the opening of sohool only a
few weeks off, there are hut few va
cant houses iu Atheua.
TRICKY ART DEALERS.
Astute Parisian Scheme For Booming
a "New Master."
For tlx? booming of n new artist an
astute denier is necesary. He catches
his artist as young us possible, prefer
ably as an exhibitor of crazy canvases
at the autumn salon of the independ
ents' exhibition, and commissions him
to paint 100 pictures a year.
One by one. occasionally in twos and
thre : s. at judicioun intervals the deal
er sends the pictures to the Hotel
Drouot for sale by public auction.
There be has confederates, who raise
the price at each sale, and he buys
them in himself.
After a few months the young ar
tist's canvases have a certain market
value, and the next step is taken to
turn their painter inlo a modern mas
ter. The critics arc attacked. One of
them is asked to look at some daub,
and when he cries out will) horror the
dealer says:
"What? You don't like it? Take ii
home with you as a favor to me. live
with it six months and then"-
In due course an art amateur calls
upon the critic and cannot contain his
admiration for the new artist's pic
ture. "What a masterpiece! The most
modern thing in art 1 have seen for a
long time!" lie exclaims.
Doubt begins to invade the critic's
mind, and when one or two more en
thusiastic amateurs have visited him
he is worked up to writing a column
of panegyric on the new master. The
amateurs are. of course, sent by tho
dealer.
One or two articles and the boom is
in full swing. Wealthy and simple
minded collectors, remembering bow
other painters have been decried in
their early days and how their works
later have coramanded fancy prices,
rush In.
The new master makes about 10 per
cent of the profit and the dealer the
other 00 per centi The new master is
at the mercy of the dealer. If he
grumbles the dealelr floods the auction
rooms with a hundred or so of his
masterpieces and orders his agents not
to bid, the result being that the can
vases sell at rubbish prices, and the
boom is burst Gil Bias-
jl r Jt'yyiitfV' iLiii'".jii
LONDON THEATERS.
a Penny to six-
They Charge From
cence For a Bi
At the London th&aters when the
vnnnir woman shows you to a seat she
asks if you wish a pjrogram. If you
fir. vnn nnv sixnence iu the orchestra
or dress circle for i
somely printed on
price ranges down
and "tunnenie'
program uanu-
ffine paper. The
through "thrlp-
as the galler
ies ascend to a pendy in the cockloft
The quality of papeir and the general
artistic merit of tle program decline
with the price, but exactly we same
information 'is conjveyed, for n penny
ns for sixnence. The fastidious thea
ter goer might prefer to pay a dime for
a neat and simple,' program rather than
to have a bulky1 bunch of advertise
ments gratis, ai in New York, but
these London programs, although not
so thick as thole of New York, are not
devoid of advertisements. This gives
the purchaser fthe feeling that he is be
ing worked at! botli ends. & may re
minds me. however, that a program m
a New York theater costs her 10 cents,
as the smeaij'y printing rubs off on ner
white glovek the cleaning of which
costs a dim.
Tho nnalitv of the performance at
the better London theaters certainly
averages po higher than that at simi
lar theaters in New York. The music
halls aru the resort of the great mid
dle class. These are great auditori
ums vpith tier on tier of galleries, the
'seatirig capacity rnnglng perhaps from
3,000 to 5,000. London Letter in new
York Sun.
The Roman Tribune.
Tho trihunea in ancient Romo repre-
. --
sentcu the people m mucu iuo oumo
way that the house of commons does
in England and the house of repre
sentatives in this country. For a long
time the patricians or aristocrats of
Rome had everything their own way.
But when the plebeians (or, as we
would say, the "plain people") got their
tribune the reckless tyranny of the
patricians ceased. The tribune had
great power. IIo could veto almost
any act and nullify almost any law
passed by the Romans. Liberty among
the Romans dates from the time they
first secured their tribunes. New York
American.
Friendship's Tribute.
Oladvs Did vou see what the so-
! cicty columu of the Dally Bread said
about Nln Gillard the other morn
ing? "She moves with case and grace
in our most exclusive circles." May
belle Yes, I read it. It's dead cer
tain that the editor who wrote that
had never scon her ou roller skates.
Chicago Tribune.
Against His Convictions.
"nave some of this Welsh rabbit.
Bjonson?" asked Bjones as he stirred
tho golden concoction In tne cnaung
dish.
! "No, thanks. Bjonesey," returned
Bjonson, patting his stomach tenderly.
'I nm unalterably opposed to all cor
poration taxes." Harpers A eeuiy.
Off Again.
T met your husband In town. Do
was rery much plated"
"The villain! He told me he would
never take another drop."-llouston
I Post
I He who would do a srrent thing well
must first have dune the simplest thins
I perfectly. Cady.
tee
i
Tarman has just opened his new Broadhead
Dress Goods in all shades; Ginghams, Outings,
ready to wear Garments. Capes and Coats
to
zA dollar saved is a dollar made, and you
are saving dollars when you trade at Jarman's
Weston store. We are headquarters for groc
eries and can save you money on your fall
purchases. Let us figure with you on your
fall supplies. We can "show you!"
Jarmans Dept Store
Main Street, Weston
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