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Application for entrance a 2nd clans matter
niaueon juiyj,
1907 at the Dostofflce at Athena, Oregon
Under an Actol Congress of March 8, 187V
&ATHENA. ORE.. MAR. 3 . .1911
Simultaneously witb the decline in
wheat prices in this country appears
ao inoreased demand for floor for
Oriental shipment, observes the Port
land Oregonian. Since the Oriental
floor trade reached proportions of ood
.flequeace, this feat ore has been qoite
notioable. So long as wheat flour is
." within the reaoh of the Oriental witb
bis limited purchasing power it will
have a big demand. Bat the Orient
als' purchasing power is so small in
: comparison witb that of other nations
that even a difference of a few cents
per barrel may make a difference of
several hundred thousand barrels in
the amount that will be bought by
the Chinese. With modem civiliza
tion gaining a foothold in the Fur East
eoonomio conditions may ohange end
the consumption cf floor greatly in
crease. By that time tbe Manouunan
wheat fields will have become formid
able competitors for the business or
perhaps our own demands will take
up so muob of the American surplus
that there will be none available for
shipment to the Chinese.
, Crop statistics are sometimes - inter
esting in that tbey shed side lights on
fundamental agricultural conditions.
To illustrate tbe point, the average
yield jer aore of winter wheat for the
ten year period 1900-1909 was 14.8
bushels per aore. . For the preceding
deoade it was 12.!) bushels. This
shows an increase of 1.4 bushels per
aore for tbe later period. In both In
stances, however, tbe average yield is
so low that it pays a mere pittance in
interest on money invested after cost
of production, taxes, etc, have been
paid. An iuorease in yield per acre
means little unless it stands for a bet
ter system of farm management which
keeps in view a maintenance of tbe
fertility of tbe soil.
The Portland Labor Press says of
the Rogue River flsb bill, whioh was
vetoed by Governor West: "Tbe
Bogue Kiver flsb bill waa passed by
the people beoause they were tired of
giving the Hume estate a practioal
monopoly of tbe salmon fishing on the
lower nan or me river, xuia eHime
owns-11 miles on both sides of tbe
river banks and will not allow free
-fisbiDg on the river. Its hirelings
drive off oampers, tourists, ornisers
and fishermen. .The vast estate.- most
ly grabbed through violation of land
laws, is held in a tighter bold than
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the estate of any English duke. That
ia why tbe people gave 16,000 major
ity to shot up the salmon Ashing on
tbe river since tbe Hume estate has
shot, up the rivei to everybody else.
It is not an important nor fundament
al matter; but it is an indication that
tbe people of Oregon are piokling rods
for land grabbers."
Tbe Oregonian's proposal to merge
tbe Oregon University and tbe Ore
gon Agricultural College will not be
taken seriously. In the past the Port
land paper bas strewn its pathway
witb evidenoe of opposition to higher
eduoation and used its influence to
kill tbe normal schools in this state
Fiiends of eduoation are skeptical re
garding any suggestion coming from
the Oregonian peitaining to state edu
cational institutions. Up this way
its enggestiobS are classed with the
clannish and absurd opposition met
witb among tbe Yamhill county truck
gardeners and tbe Marion county
sboat raiseis'.
If a measure whioh was . introduced
in a recent session of tbe New York
legislature eventually becomes a law
commission merchants of that state
will have to put up a bend of $5,000
each as a guarantoe of square dealing
with customers over the state who
may nave an assurance or toeir integ
rity beyond claims made in newspnper
advertisements or seduotive circulars.
LU. 1 J . U 1 . . 1 . Hi , . L. .. i.
buuuiu tuo law juna ii win uiuuu uiai
to start in tbe commission or jobbing
business or continue in it a $12.05
typewriter, a batch of obeap station
ery ami a few bunohes of penny
stamped envelopes will no longer sof
lloe. This law will put tbe shark and
Bbyster out of business. To cure these
commission swindles, wbiob are coun
try wide, a federal law of similar
character should be enaoted.
Tbe sympathy of tbe Press is hereby
extended to Mrs. Maldwin Drammond,
tbe lady who lost $140,000 wcrtb of
jewels on a trans Atlantio liner the
other day. But mayhap our sympa
thy is not needed, for Mrs. Drammond
is doubtless able to scrape up another
$140,000 for another set of jewels.
Then, too, she is ahead in all tbe no
toriety through the advertising she re
ceived. It's sure worth something to
have people point one out and give tbe
information: "There goes a woman
who onoe bad $140,000 wortb of jew
els stolen from her. " ,
' As an ax-weilder, Governor West
appears to be an expert. And in eaoh
instanoe where be chopped the head
off a bill, be gave bis reason tberefor.
There is biting' oritioism from some
sources, but in tbe main tbe governor
seems to be sustained in his, vetoing
Crusade. '
The result of tbe reoent elections in
Seattle tends to demonstrate tbe truth
of Judge Lindsey's dictum that there
is one corrupt woman in politios to
100 corrupt men.
Wbo says thai the sight of his shad
ow by tbe "ground-hoc" doesn't de
termine the length of tbe winter?
What's tbe use of
"baos to tbe farm," if
no farm to go back to?
talking about
a fellow has
It will require the skill of tbe most
expert safe pioker to pick tbe dead
looks of tbe legislatures.
Ibere are regular and
verbs as well as regular and
republicans.
irregular
irregular
Wild-oats is a crop that harvests it
self and the harvests always make one
poorer.
It won't be long before the ben will
be "laying" for the egg trust.
111 1113
An ounce of Pre
vention isworth a
pound of Cure.
I LB.
is worth moro to ones health than any othor modlcino known.
11)n,notU11yur8tonJacl1 with arsenic, calomel, quinine and
debilitate the Byxtrm, leavintr symptoms that it takes years to
obliterate. Herbine is purely vegetable containing nothing
Injurious, and is a goutle harmless purgative.
fflPPQ CONSTIPATION, CHILLS AND
VUIVCO FEVER, DYSPEPSIA, MALA
RIA AND ALL LIVER COMPLAINTS.
Does More Than We Claim.
Don C. Morrison, Ktsslmmoo, Fla. writes: "T have
used several bottles of Herbine myself and have advised
' several of wv friends to use same. 1 have found it to bo
the best mediclna for the liver 1 ever used. It acts gent
ly at the earne timo thoroughlv."
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WHISTLER-AND' MOORE
Ta Vereione of the Famous Caning
Incicbnt et Drury Lane.
It was in his tapmity as editor of
the Hawk that tli late Augustus
Moore, a journiiiist and playwright of
no little uotorlefy, enaited an unre
hearsed comedy with Whistler that
created i:o end of n seusatlou at the
time. It happened In the vestibule of
Drury Lane on the first night of the
production of "A Million of Money."
Whistler, it appeared, had been an
noyed at sundry references to himself
in the IlawH and. coming up to Gus
Moore, who was calmly smoking a
cigarette, struck him across tbe face
with a cane. A struggle followed, and,
although opinions varied as to the ac
tual course of the conflict, there' was
no doubt about Whistler having ulti
mately to pick himself up from the
floor.
Each of the protagonists afterward
gave his version of the Incident "I
started out," said Whistler, "to cane
this fellow with as little emotion as I
would prepare to kill a rat. I did cane
blm to the satisfaction of my many
friends and his many enemies, and
that was the end of It." "I am sorry,"
wrote Mr. Moore for his part, "but I
have had to slap Mr. Whistler. My
Irish blood got the better of me, and
before I knew it the shriveled up little
monkey was knocked over and kick
ing about on the floor."
The notion, .however, that he was
knocked down was characterized by
Whistler ns "a barefaced falsehood."
He contended that Mr. Moore never
touched him. "I am sure," he added,
"I don't know why, for he is a much
bigger man than I. My idea is that
he was thoroughly cowed by the
moral force of my attack. I had to
turn him around in order to get at
him. Then I cut him again and again
as hard as T could, hissing out 'Hawk!'
with each stroke. Oh, you can take
my word for it, everything was done
in the cleanest and most correct fash
Ion possible. I always like to do
things cleanly." New York Tribune.
CARRYING' PIG IRON.
The Way Scientifio Study increased
Results and Wages.
No work seems more simple, more
unlikely to be subject to scientific
study, than the art of carrying pig
Iron. This, however, has been sub
jected to the most careful scientific
study. Men at Bethlehem, Pa., were
loading pig Iron on cars at the rate of
about twelve tons a day. Certain pig
handlers were given extra wages for
doing this work under special direc
tion. An attempt was made to ascer
tain the relation between the amount
of horsepower which each man exert
ed and the fatigue which he incurred.
Long continued experiment furnished
a vast uuiouut of information, but ap
parently no law. Finally F. W. Tay
lor, who was conducting the experi
ments, handed the data over to an
associate who was apt at mathemati
cal problems. Very soon he reported
that he had discovered the law that
fatigue varied in proportion to a cer
tain relation between the amount of
load nnd the period of rest for exam
ple, a man currying a ninety-two pound
pig had. iu order to avoid fatigue, to
be at rest CS per cent of the time. The
discovery of this law involved a great
amount of data. Including certain phys
iological: facts concerning the poison
ous effects of waste tissue upon the
blood and difficult mathematic formu
la, including the plotting of curves.
As a result the pig handlers were di
rected exactly how to lift and carry
their loads and when to rest, and the
amount of pig iron handled by .each
man every day Increased from twelve
and a half tons to forty-seven. Of
course the men received a great ad
vance iu wages. Ernest Ilamlin Ab
bott in Outlook.
Plumber.
Mulllgau, the contractor, put up a
church building. Dunn was building
inspector then, aud wheu he saw the
church he said. "Pat. it isn't plumb."
That made Mr. Mulligan pretty mad.
fie climbed right up and began to take
measurements. Having squinted down
the plumb line in a dozen different
places, he was ready to report. There
wa3 a ring of triumph in his voice.
"Mr. Dunn," he said, "come and look
at it y'rself. Tlumb. eh? By th piper
that played before Moses, it's moro
than plumb!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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It Worked.
There are a great many ways
vised for avoiding jury duty.
The story is to'.d of a mau who was
noted la the county because of the bad
ness of bis son. Finding that there
was no way of escape from serving,
he had an obliging friend telegraph
him at the courthouse.
The telegram road. "Your son is no
better." The Judge waa so amused at
the Ingenuity that he let the man off.
Judge.
A Cool Soldier.
A French grenadier who was exas
perated at some injustice that bad
been done him by a field marshat
pointed his pistol at the marshal and
pulled the trigs-jr, but 11 did not go
off. Without moving a muscle the
veteran cried, "Four days in the cells
for keeping your arms in v. bad state!"
Where th Joks Was.
"All the publishers in the country
have turned my song down."
"Cheer up. Think what ajaugh you
have got on the fellow you stole the
music from!" Toledo Blade.
He Told Her.
"Why did 1 ever leave home and
mother?"' wlibcd his wife.
"Clilelly because your family was
too "stingy to tnke us la." he answered
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