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cATHENA. ORE.. OCT. 28 1910
A chameleon is defined as a lizzard
that has the power of changing its
color. Years ago, when crafty poli
ticians would "turn their coats," flop
over, or be on both sides of every ques
too in order to fool the people to get
votes, honest men designated them as
chameleons. Now, Mr. Burgees, can
didate for senator against Dr. Smith,
was a member of the Joe Simon-Jay
Bowerman assembly, and while there
advocated the nomination of J. T. Ma
honey for joint representative. Ma-
honey, when in the legislature of
1909, was so bitter against Statement
No 1. that be voted for the infamous
Bean Brooke bill making it a crime
for any candidate to subsoribe to
Statement No. I. . Henoe, Burgees,
deep down in his heart hated State
ment No. 1. In August when Bur
gess filed bis declaration and petition
with the clerk of the court, announc
ing himself a' candidate for senator,
be positively refused to subscribe to
Statement No. 1 ; declared himself an
assemblyite. But sinoe the primary
eleotion be baa "flopped." In Pendle
ton he is for "Home Rule;" in Milton
be is for prohibition. Not so with
Dr. Smith. For many years be has
had a record of honest political con
viction. The people know where to
plane'bim.'! They know be will not
change front; that he will not turn his
coat to suit the whims of each or any
locality, tut that ho can be relied up
on; that he is now and has been for
eight years a senator of deeds, of
action, of conviction,' and Umatilla
county is not afraid to trust him.
The "me too" policy followed by
some of the members of tbe Oregon
legislative body in the past is to a
great extent responsible for tbe minor
position occupied by Easte rn Oregon
with regard to shaping tbe policies of
the State. Get men in the legislature
who will get togother and 'make their
strength felt. Get a Joint Senator
for .the great district of Umatilla,
Union and Morrow Counties who has
" 1 M.J I 1 III! i
given eviueuus ni (us auiuy to aooom
pliaji things, who is givon the credit
In bis owu town of having obtained a
gravity water system after it had been
mixed and played at for twenty years.
A complete new sewer system coating
approximately 1250,000 as well as
hard surface pavement and miles of
macadam are other things that tbe
people of La Grande attribute to tbe
"rustle" fnd"oome along with me"
methods of M. K. Ball of that town,
who is a oandidate for electiou as
Joint Senator for Umatilla, Union and
Morrow Counties. Give a fellow who
wants to do things a obanoe. If he
iiils, turn him dowu.
Politioal enemies aud "soreheads"
are spreading tbe false and malioious
report that' if Till Taylor and Jim
Maloney are elected, they will soon
resign their respective offioes. Voters
in Umatilla county who. have known
these two men for years, know that
when they deny such reports they aro
telling the truth. These two men
lived for many years in Athena,
where they spent their boyhood and
where they made reputations for truth
and veracity absolutely above suspi
cion. They are men of honor, of in
tegrity, and eaob is particularly well
qualified to serve tbe people in tbe
office be seeks. Not Atbena alone, but
tbe whole county knows this, and
will refuse to harbor false reports
about these two sons of hers, of whom
she if justly proud.
IF.
(Rndyard Kipling in Amerioan.)
If you can keep your bead when all
about yon
Are losing theirs and blaming it on
you;
If yon can trust yourself when all men
doubt you,
But make allowanoe of their doubt
ing too;
If you can wait and not be tired of
waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to
bating, , t
And yet don't look too good, nor talk
too wise;
If you can dream and not make
dreams your mastei ; .
If you can think andnot make
thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and
Disaster
And treat those two im posters just
the same,
If you can bear to hear the truth
you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools, .
Or watoh the things yon gave your
life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em' np with
worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your
winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitoh
andtoss,' And lose, and start again at your be
ginnings And never breathe a word about
your loss;
If yon can foroe your nerve and heart
and sinew
To serve your turn long after they
are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing
in you
Except the Will whioh says to
them: "Hold on 1"
If you can talk with orowda and keep
your virtue,
Or walk with Kings nor lose the
common touob,
If neither foes nor loving friends oan
hurt you,
If all men oonot with yon, but none
too much ;
If you oan fill tbe unforgiving minute
with sixty seconds' worth of dis
tanoe run.
Yours is 'the Earth and everything
tnat s in it,
And whioh is more you'll be a
Man, my son!
Tbe Forest service plans the seeding
ol between 6000 and 6000 aores of
turned over lands at a cost of approx
imately $30,000. About 700 aores, sit
nated at tbe Bull Run watershed, tha
souroe of Portland's water supply, will
oe reforested in this way. The largest
amount or planting will be done in
tbe Mt Hebo dlstriot, whioh was
burned over in 181? and never refor
ested. On most of this area Extern
bard woods will be planted.
I
An ounce of Pre
vention is worth a
pound of Cure.
. l Mimumimmm, Z'aism, - m&tmmm Jtf
Is worth more to ones health than any other medicine known.
niV; yo,,r toroach with arsenic, calomel, quinine and
tiel iiitato the pj-Htein, leavlnar symptoms that it takes years to
fni.Ut "?rbino .purely vegetable containing- nothing
injurious, and i a gentle harmless purgative. -
CIIRF CONSTIPATION, CHILLS AND
V VTrT FEVER, DYSPEPSIA, MALA
RIA AND ALL LIVER COMPLAINTS.
Does More Than We Claim.
DonC. Morrison, KiRRlmmeo, Fla. writes: "I have
used several bottles of Herbine myself and have advised
several of my friends to use same. I have found it to bo
the best medicine for the liver I overused. It acta gent
ly at the same time thoroughly."
PLEASINQ - PRICE 5oc. HARMLESS
Ballard Snmw I immnnf fVk
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1 1 500-502 North Second Street. ST,
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Sold and Recommended by
BY HON N. HAWKS.
' ; (Albany Herald)
There are no les than eight appli-.
cations for the creation of new coun
tiea to be voted upon by the people ot
Oregon at this fall's election. Though
there may be one or more of these
new county schemes possessing some
degree of merit and are prompted by
good faith, it would appear that in
the main tney are not entitled to the
favorable consideration of the people
at large, and as a matter of expedi
tion and good public policy all of
them should be defeated.
"In the first place the Herald be
lieves that the creation of a new
county ia a matter devolving upon the
legislature and should not be submit
ted to a vote of the people at large,
who cannot possibly have any intelli
gent idea of the demand for such pro
posed new counties and are, therefore,
in no sense competent to vote upon
the measures. What does the average
voter of the northeastertt part of the
state know about the practicability or
wisdom of the clamor of the south
western portion of the state for the
creation of a new county? Certainly,
in the majority of cases, he would not
be able to cast an intelligent vote on
the proposition.
"The submission to a vote of the
people of the whole state of these var
ious county division schemes, there
fore, would seem highly impracticable,
if not unwise. Moreover, the success
of these various division schemes
would establish a bad precedent,
which might tend to retard the healthy
growth and reasonable prosperity of
many counties of the state.
"There are doubtless counties in
Oregon which should be divided into
two separate county divisions, but
these, the Herald believes, should be
taken care of by the legislature and
not voted upon by the people of the
state at large,. who cannot possibly
judge of the merits or wisdom of the
proposed division of a remote section
of the state, and in which the voters
at large can have no reasonable inter
est. "Many of the county schemes up for
consideration this fall are without
Question ill-advised and prompted by
impure motives, and the Herald sug
gests a negative vote on all county
measures as the most practical rem
edy for tJhe present county division epidemic.
COUNTY DIVISION.
Under , the present laws in the opin
ion of eminent lawyers, counties can
only be divided or boundaries changed
by the vte of the people.
All laws should be obeyed. Some
laws should be appealed or amended.
The law creating new counties is un
fair as voters are asked to create new
counties where they cannot know
the local conditions and might form a
new county where four-fifths of the
residents of the old county are op
posed to It.
What do the voters of Clasop know
of the needs of Grant, Malheur,
Crook, Umatilla, Douglas, Lane, Wash
ington, Clackamas and Multnomah.
They could vote Just as intelligently
for the county officers in these coun
ties as for their division or the chang
ing of the boundaries.
There is strong opposition to di
vision in all the counties mentioned
and it would seem to be but justice
that these localities should settle their
own local differences.
You will have the privilege of vot
ing for a Mil to leave the function of
new counties and municipalities to the
districts iuterestd.' As between man
and man, -would not this plan be the
more equitable?
The average voter will certainly
take this r lew of it. In all fairness
now, will not your conscience and
sense of rlitht tell you to vote against
all division and vote "Yes X 352,"
which will relieve you of the task of
voting for, measures .with which you
can not be familiar. X
, STATE PRESS AGAINST IT.
. MTh.e Nesmith county boosters,
traveling in an automcile, were
here this morning. The atmosphere
being exceedingly ' chilly itiey soon
moved on. Our people don't b.slievo in
county butchery to further tire per
sonal nds of a few schemers." iRose
burg Review.
"If all the voters of Oregon who are
opposed to the proposed wholesale
formation of new counties vote "No"
at the rfovvmber election, they will all
he cy.featedw but if those opposed
mer eiy pass the county propositions
w without voting on them- at all, they
'will carry by the "Yes votes cast for
them. Tills Is a fact that it would
be well to .remember on election day."
-Eugene Register.
"There aw ,even new counties pro
posed, and m be more for ua to
vote on next November. Don't you,
think our taxesheavy enough at pres
ent without ta'.Wg on this unneces
sary additional 'expense? Look into
thla matter befoi voting time. Echo
Echoes. '
Queer, but the ni tn who doesn't neea
credit la the one 'ho can most easily
get Itprortlani CEtepres.
atmriias Oct
Marks the beginning of the most monumental mas
sacre of merchandise and grand stock reduction Doom
which will
Continue 15 Days
embodvine: the greatest price concessions meaning the
greatest money saving event ever inaugurated in Wes
ton, Oregon where every dollars i worth of our entire
$30,000.00 Stock
will be placed on sale at the most sacrificing prices
ever known in this entire country.
"jfr ll)llMIll'ilTljlwlrMi'iin'
Not An Item Will Be Spared ;
Every Price Reduced!
Free
To the first 10 Ladies' who enter our store Saturday morning
at 9 o'clock will each be'given 10 yd dress pattern ; -
Free
The store from where disappointment never comes.
Miller's
Big Furniture
Store
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South -y,
Side Main St.
Athena
Glyeii'-way:
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I have 200 fine Pictur.es, Aamed and worth $2.00
each. I am going to give one, free with every $25.00
cash purchase made at my store! I have the largest
stock of goods I have ever? carried Come iir and ' sfeer
what I have. W picture offer is good for 30 days, only.
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