AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Six and Eight Pages Every Friday.
F.B.Boyd, Publisher.
Application for entrance as 2nd class matter
made on July 6,
1907 at the postoffloe at Athflna, Oregon
Under an Actol Uomires of March 3. 1879
cATHENA. ORE.. MAR. 24 1911
The permanent road system era in
Umatilla county will commenoe in
the next few days in this' vicinity,
when the work of macadamizing the
Athena-Weston highway will tegin.
The generous offer of the farmers to
haul the material gratis, has been met
by the county court in assuming the
cost of preparing the roadway, crush
ing the rook and spreading it on the
surface of the' road. Rook for this
eud of the improvement will be taken
from the city qaairy. The work will
be pushed from Weston and Atbena,
two working forooa beius supplied
With material fiora the nuw mucbiu
ery recently purchased by tbe county
for road purpoaas. It is the plan of
tbe county couit to oonBtruot as much
permanent road eaoh year as possible,
aud the first bigbway to be improved
under this method will be tbe road
from Pendleton to Milton.
law. The history of tbe.disenfran
chiaement of the negro em bodies tbe
peculiarly lawless endeavor to gain
tbe warrant and sanction of tbe law
for fundamentally anarohio courses.
A most remarkable political situa
tion has existed during the past few
months. The leaders of tbe republic
an old goard, or. reactionaries, have
been perfecting an organization to en
force tbe renomination of President
Tat. Yet most of these reactionary
leaders in private conversation admit
the probability of Mr. Taft's defeat if
nominated. This reads like a grossly
inadequate report, .beoause it would
seem to bo most improbable that men
would sees the nomination of a can
didate whom tbey believe cannot1 be
elected, and yettbat is precisely what
has taken place.
Leon Cohen, the Pendleton 0Jer
cbant, bag been fleeted prepident of
tbe Umatilla Morrow conntv distriot
fair. Mr. Golii'ii if a iuau wbo does
things, and no better seleolion could
have boen made to boad tbe board
of oflioials. Tbo dates of tbe fair this
year will bo the same on wbiob tbo
Roundup will lie held, insuring large
attendance aud flrHt class amusements
aud entertainment.
' Pendleton will bond for a $100,000
high sohool building. Non-resident
A property owners were opposed to a new
building, but the resident property
owners, having an interest in the
growth of eduoatiun and permanent
structural improvements, did not hes
itate to vote tbe indebtedness neoes
sary. The non-resident property own
er is tbe one who generally stands in
tbe way of public improvements. All
he cares for the town in wbiob he
has property holdings, is tbe revenue
be derives from property rentals. This
money be draws to the town or city
where he resides, and in bis home
town he is considered public spirited
enough, as a rule. Be can alford to
be, for tbe reason that bis property
interests in other places put him in
a position to be publio spirited in
- his home town.
Although tbe whole state has its
full quota of new settlers wbo are tak
ibg advantage of the low colonist fares
. .Central Oregon towns are espuoially
sv.tusy welcoming the newcomers.
ifiw:' Homesteads are being taken In large
numbers, irrigation lands are being
bought and now towns are building
beoause of tbe rush of immigrants
who are following tbe railroads into
tbe Interior. Trainloads of supplies,
building materials and agricultural
implements are going in and tbe long
delayed awakening of Central Oregon
lias arrived, after that seotion has lain
dormant for ages awaiting tbe whis
tle of tbe locomotive.
One of tbe largest English buyers
of Northwest apples has strongly en
dorsed tbe proposed oentral selling
agency. He says that such an organ
ization would simplify matters con
siderably for exporters. This class of
trade is important, because it is using
more and more of tbe Northwest's
high grade frnit eaoh vear.
We can walk into trouble with our
eyes shut, but it is often impossible
to baok out with both eyes open.
The ben may not be well educated,
but it doesn't take her long to soratch
off a few lines in the garden.
A Mere Trifle.
The young lady had won the phllo
pena. "Well," said the gentleman who
hnd lost, "I've lost; what shall I give
you?" "Your photograph, nothing but
your photograph," sho answered, "In a
pretty little gold mounting set In a
gold bracelet, with a sprinkling of em
eralds and Just one solitaire one only,
mind you no more!"
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Smoking Before Meals.
People will persist in smoking, even
after they have read the following
from that eminent authority, the Loa
don Lancet:
Smoking Just before meals Is to be
deprecated, because the pungency of
the pyrollgneus products contained in
tobacco smoke renders the buccal mil
cosn insensitive to alimentary stimula
tion. In fact, the effect is to dull or
abolish the olfacto-gnstatory reflex,
thus depriving us of what Pawlow
calls "appetite Juice."
Stephens. Wise in April Pacific
Monthly, says a tendency in tbe lie
publio whioh threatens to obstruof, a
program of social reform has taken
the form iu our day of an unusual
type of lawlessness. Tbe most dan
gerous type of lawlessness is qnasi
loual in form and thoreforo doubly in
sidious and euduugering. Tbe law
less salo of "dalioateosou" on Sunday
is not as sorious as tbe lognlizod be
stowal of pardons ou Monday, or the
outwardly legal sale of I runohinos, at
spooial rates, on Tuesday. The oou
Qdenoo of the massos in the juHtioe of
law is impaired when it is folt that
tbo forms of law are sufficiently plia
ble and pluHtio iu the bauds of hypor
shrewd aud not underpaid legnl coun
sel to cover any violation of tbe spirit
of the law. The most dangerous form
of lawlessness is that whioh seeks to
win for lawloss practices and auarchio
concepts the name aud sanction of tbe
Self Confidence.
"Do you believe in all tli views you
advocate ?"
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum,
after some hesitation, "1 do, but 1
doubt whether a less skillful reasoner
than myself would bo able to convince
me of the correctness of some of
them." Washington Star.
His Conclusion.
Mrs. Gnnprss-ril never forget the
night you proposed to me. You acted
like a perfect fool. Mr. Gnaggs-That
wasn't nctins.-Philndelphln Record.
TnlebMrers lire Just ns bad as tale
makers. Sheridan.
With the installation of service on
tbe new North Coast road, it is now
possible to leave Athena at 7:40 a. m.
aud arrive in North Yakima at 3 p. m.
Returning, you leave North Yakima
at 8:45 a. in., arriving in Atbena
at 4:10 p. in. North Coast service was
ushered in with a big exoursion Wed
nesday from Walla Walla and way
points. A splendid train was made
up in the garden city by tbe railway
officials, tbe equipment coming from
the Southern Paoido for tbe oooasion.
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A Good line of Hosiery
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The Mother's Friend
Is a good hose, which go out with the boy, stay
with him through the day's play, and come back
home whole at night. Look for the trade mark
shown below.
BOILED BANKNOTES.
Cauetio Soda Used to Destroy Worn
Out French Currency.
Everybody knows that wornont
banknotes in this country are destroy
ed, by maceration at the treasury de
partment, but the manner in which the
notes jot the Bank of France are de
stroyed is probably not so well known.
At the bead office of the Bank of
Franre "there is a permanent tribunal
befort- which all doubtful paper Is
brought The tribunal writes "anule"
on the faces of the banknotes. The
Judgment is countersigned by tbe
treasurer, and they are taken to the
cellars in which the printing office is
situated. Iu the presence of the bank's
official they are brought out for an
nihilation. Distributed one by one into
baskets, the condemned notes are emp
tied into a great cylinder half filled
with water and caustic soda.
The orifice of the cylinder is then
locked and set in motion. It turns for
two days, nt the end of which time
the officials who pivsidrd at the be
ginning of the (ijieratiim n-turii to wit
ness the end of tin iioum.
Furnished with it lo.i;: -mm. n work
man thrusts into the di'i'tlix of the
cylinder ii ml withdraws ;i 1 1 : k. steam
ing liquid, whir h he pours into a thin
basin. Anot her workman approaches
with a similar spoon, with which he
stirs the s;'.i;T around to make sure
not a renin:! nt lias been left of the
notes. V.'l.cn the banknote soup has
been reilu c;l to paste it Is sold for $1
a hundred kilos, about 'JO0 pounds, al
though the paper at one time cost $5
for two pounds. Washington Herald.
f tttf THEY ARE!
KIND CAPTAIN KIDD.
His Wickedness and Burled Treasure
Both Said to Be Myths.
Doomed to an Infamy undeserved,
his name reddeued with crimes he
never committed and made wildly ro
mantic by tales of treasure which he
did not bury. Captain William Kldd is
fairly entitled to the sympathy of pos
terity and the apologies of all the bal
lad makers und alleged historians who
have obscured the facts in a cloud of
fable."
Fate has played the strangest tricks
with the memory of this seventeenth
century seafarer, wbo never cut a
throat nor made a victim walk the
plank, who was no more than an ama
teur pirate in an era when this inter
esting profession was in its heyday
and who was hanged nt Kxecutiou dock
for the excessively uuroniantic crime
of cracking i lit skull of bis gunner
with a woo:len bucket because, for
sooth, his majesty's officers were un
able to prove their charges of piracy.
As for the riches of Captain Kidd.
the original documents in his case, pre
served anion;: the state papers of the
public rexitd office In London, relate
with much dctull what booty he had
and what he did with It. Alas, they
reveal the futurity of the searches aft
er the stout sea chest buried above
high water mark. The only authen
tic Kldd treasure was dug up and in
ventoried more than '200 years ago, nor
has the slightest clew to any other
been found since then. -"Romances of
Buried Treasure" In Metropolitan Mag
azine. Tli3 Snail and the Scrow.
It Is no doubt true that nearly all hu
man inventions have been suggested
by natural objects. M. Charles Fre
mont of the French School of Mines
points out an interesting example
in the cr.si of the screw, the fun
damental Uea of which, he believes,
was .suggested to primitive mail by the
spiral shell of the edible snail. It was
not the .shape of the shell that suggest
ed the screw, but the spiral motion
which it is necessary to give to the
body of the snail in order to with
draw it from the shell. This at once
showed that an object of a screw
shape embedded In a solid powerfully
resisted attempts to withdraw It by a
straight pull The hint was enough,
and the screw became one of the ear
liest of nian"s inventions. Youth's
Companion.
Rial Accommodating.
Olga. Swedish maid of all work, had
curiously defined Ideas regarding prop
erty rights, alt hough she nau no in
tention of being at all dishonest. Ou
one occasion when It was Olga's after
noon out her mistress said to her
wheu sin- was about to depart from
the house:
"Olga, 1 can't lind those. handsome
silk stockings or mine. Have you seen
them?"
"Yes. ma'am. I have them on. I
know you stay home today and do uot
need them Yon can have a pair of
mine to wear yoost around home if
you haf no:ie." -Minneapolis Journal.
Hi Wanted tbs Job.
To the c '.i r.'d man who made ap
plication for work he listeued ur.d
awaited the rhilsh of the tale of the
npplUaut's tmiilliiciitiotis for the job.
then stalled in this manner: "Weil,
I'd like to give you the place, but I'm
afratd I rsin't for you tell me you are
married I have special reasons for
wanting to give this position to a sln
glo man." "Why, boss." exclaimed the
willing worker, "if dat's de on'y trou
ble. Ah kin Kit n divohce between now
an' when you all's ready foh me to
start iu." Argonaut
An Insulting Addition.
An Irate rttlxen start ed for the office
of his local newspaper for tha purpose
of clubbing the et!..or. One of -Ills
friends asked him what the editor had
done to him, ami he said:
"I sent him n letter signed Ilonestas
and he printed It. but added another
s. Minneapolis Journal.
Difficulty Is ouly word Indicating
the dogfc of strvngth requisite forac
rorupHshtr.'i a particular object
THE LINEUP:
Brown, catcher; Picard, pitcher; Clark, lb; Pelland, 2b;
' DePeatt, 3b; Owens, ss; Lieiiallen, If; Bundy, cf;
Smith, rf; Wilson, Hill, substitutes.
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BLUE MOUNTAIN LEAGUE
Athena,
Sunday
Athena Millers vs. Walla Walla Mixtures
Game at 3 p. m., sharp. Admittance 25c; Grandstand, 10c
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CONSTIPATION
Indigestion, Bad Breath, Dizzi
ness, Vertigo (blind staggers),
Headache, Sallow Complexion,
a Tired, Discouraged Feeling
are all symptoms of a Torpid
Liver.
HERBINE
Is an Effective Liver Tonic aafi
Bowel Regulator.
Its powerful reviving Influ
ence in tho torpid liver brings
on an Immediate Improvement.
You feel better at onco. The
bowels move freely so that the
Impurities which have clogged,
up the digestive organs find ar;
outlet. When tho system ha
been thus purified, tho bilious,
half sick feeling disappears, the
complexion clears, tho breath
becomes sweet, tho mfnd olerv,
and cheerful and there Is a fine
feeling of exhilaration all
through tho body.
Trice 50c per Dottle. ,
JamesF.Ballard.Prop. St. Lou is, IV", .
Use Stephens Eye Salve fo
sore byes, it oures.
gotoAwo ReconncNrjta By
Byron N. Hawks
More than nine out of every
ten cases of rheumatism are
simply rheumatism of the
muscles, due to cold or damp,
or chronic rheumatism. In
such cases no internal treat
ment is required. The free
application of
Chamberlain's
Liniment
is all that is needed and it is cer
tain to give quick relief. Give it
a trial and see for yourself how
quickly it relieves the pain and
soreness. Price 25c; large size, 50c
BAWMER 8 A LVE
tha most healina salva in tho world.
TIE OLD TRUSTY
Hot Water Heated
CASH price DELIVERED
at your station SAME as
from FACTORY.
For Sale by
W.J. CL0 PENDLETON
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
Furniture Repairing, Cabinet
Work, etc. Prices right.
DESPER & SON, Athena,
KILL the COUCH
AND CURE the LUNGS
w,th Dr. King'
New Discovery
wii TQLDS Trial Bottle Free
AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES,
GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY
OR MONEY REFUNDED.
1 ;y 1. -km
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
WOYAt PAKINQ POWOER CO., NEW VOHK. V
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Miller's
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Athena
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Given Away Free
I have 200 fine Pictures, framed 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 in and see
what I have. e picture offer is good for 30 days, only.