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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher " Published Every Friday. Office, Corner .Third and Jefferson streets. Entered in the Fostofflce at Athena, Oregon as econdUlas Mail Matter. Subscription Rate. One copy, one year.. ......... . . When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months , 35 One copy, three months 50 Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions Display regular, per inch :..12 Local readers, first insertion, per line, 10c Subsequent insertions, per line 5c Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c cATHENA. ORE.. JULY 5 1912 The flnaooiDg of the new Chinese Republic has been elfeoted. The bankers repreeeutiog the eix great powers Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Russia and the United States -who have been having ses sions in London and Paris during the past six wenka to consider a loan of $300,000,000 requested by China have reached an understanding and agreed to the loan. It is understood, say the dispatches, that Russia and Japan speoifloally reserve the right to with draw from participation in the loan at any time should they decide that their speoial political Interests in China have beoome jeopardized. Rus sia and Japan tried to foroe an agree ruent that the loan should not be ap plied in any way likely to compromise their interests. The four otter powers refused to agree to this,, and it is un derstood that the final agreement was strioted to the fluanoing of China, all political questions as such being left to the powers. More important, prob ably, than the granting of the loan, was the formal recognition by the powers of the prinoiple of the neutral ization of China. According to the agreements, no individual power may seek to exeroise selfish rights of con trol in China. This is niuob the same as the neutrality poliov of John Hay. passed upon by the pecple at the election. Surely if there was ever a oampaign that tended to interest and educate the voters it is the one that we are just now entering Into. t v; Bryan has accomplished some won derful things during his publio career but his greatest good to bis country oame with the suooess of his supreme effort in standing up the interests in the Baltimore convention and wrest ing victory from them.' Then this greatest of living statesmen . said: Tonight, with' joy I surrender the standard I have borne in three cam paigns to the nominee of this conven tion and I challenge any one to say it has ever been lowered in the face of the enemy." . The editor has reoelved from Sec retary of State Oloott a copy of the Blue Sky bill which will be initiated at the November election. The bill designed to protect purobaeea of stooks and bonds and to provide for the tbor oogh regulation and supervision of corporations is modeled after the fam ous Blue Sky law of Kansas. The Oiegon bill has been in the course of preparation for months and has been revised and approved by some of the best lawyers and business men in the state. The administration of the cor poralion law now costs about $7000 per year. Under the new law the ex pense will be about $13,000, but this is more than offset by the new souroe of revenue provided in the bill, wtiiob, it is estimated by the socretary of State will add about $60,000, to the present annual reoeipts-from corpor ations, in addition to saving the people of tbe state at least a million dollars a year now thrown away on 'worthless stooks and honds. "What started UT light? 'Twas tli' same as at the Republioan conven tion. 'Twas about th' timpry chair man. Ye see, Willum Jennings Bry an says tbere's a man in New York with a line old Irish name who pro vides timpry olialrmen f'r all oonvin tions iv iv'ry party. Willum Jenniugs says be supplied th' very tine lookiug timpry chairman i'r th Republioan oonvintion. He's in th business on a bigsoale. 'It ye'want a timpry or permanent chairman f'r ye'r couviu tion, . Republioan, Dimmyorat, Fio hibitlonlBt or Progressive, call on Wluther Ryan. Chairmen supplied on short notloo f'r anny pollytiokul or eo I'lal gatheriu'. Frook ooata go with eaohorther. A largestook in speak ers l leglslaobura always on baud. Our platfoini department makes a tpeoyalityiv th' clllybrated adjust able platform with patent removable plunks. .Skilled meohauios will be tint to oonvintions to assimble these to suit the taste. No Ihrouhle to bUow goods.' "Mr. Uooley in Chioago Tribune, The Canyon City Eagle has tbe un alloyed pleasure to announce that during the glorious mouth of Juue it became iu undisputed possession of a ten dollar gold piece. It was a graud and inspiring piece of eoeneiy. The foroa was assemllid tn iuepeot the estray. The foreuiau made a critioal examination and dashed oil hopes by pronouncing it bogus. lie said that the inscription of "Ten D." was not oorreot as be reoolleoted it, but that the good oues read "Johu D." The editor proved his diagnosis errouoous by changing tbe Teu for a hat, pair of shoes, new suit, a Sunday cigar aud bU su cum ill's supplies. This will make a grat year for the political eduoatiou of the ptople. The campaign for the fall cleotiou will be in progress for five months. Can didates for Federal positions will be discussed aud issues of party aigod. With all ibis a catnpaigu for state offices will be waged aud more tbau thirty laws will be proposed and ROUND THE GLOBE Newfoundland possesses C38 miles of railway lines. The Suez canal traffic has doubled in fifteen years. Groat Britain has seven and three- quarter millions of dwelling houses. The colors in the new Chinese flag are red, yellow, white, black and blue. In one night recently 1,785 homeless persons were picked up by the police of London. Nearly sixteen and a half million tons was the world's production of Bligar for 1011. On an ostrich farm each bird has an individual valuation based mainly on the quality of feathers yielded. Among the employees of the govern ment printing office at Washington are 250 persons over alxty-Ove years of age. Liquid nlr loaded in thick phosphor bronze cartridges Is being successfully used for blasting in some English coal mines. It requires five big volumes to ac commodate n new condensed diction nry for the blind printed nt Vlennn from raised type. Berlin is now within twe:ity-one hours of London by the new schedule of the Great Eastern ralhvu.v. by way of the Hook of Holland. The performance at the Court thea ter of h drama based on Buddha's life and tenclilng was a recent novelty of the London theatrical season. The total strength of tlie Krltish army ou Oct. 1, 1911, was 717.!1'J(! men. including the regular and special re serves and the territorial force Desertions In the United Slates army in 1011 amounted to only 2.HS per cent, a lower rale than in any other year for ninety years, except in 1808 Members of the staff of the Ameri can Museum of Natural History Lave sailed for Japan to hunt the gray Cali fornia whale, a specimen of wlileu la needed for the collection. The new Kibe tunnel, which connects Hamburg with Stein wn render, situated on nn Island in the river, Is 110 feet iu length, occupied four years in con struction and cost 52.".0()0 The battleship Kspana, the first ship of Spain's new navy, has been launch ed at Ferrol with elaborate ceremonies, In which the king and queen took part. Spain is making a new start on the sea with a moderate and modest program. According to figures gatheied by the Journal of the American Medical asso ciation, only sixty-four lives were lost last year In celebrating the Fourth. In 1903, the year In which agitation for a snfo ond sano celebration began, there were 872 deaths. Berlin almost stands still. Tbe in crease slnco 1900 is only 1.2 per cent or from 2,010,000 to 2,004,000 inhabit ants. Besides the capital, six cities have more than 500,000 people Ham burg, 030,000; Munich, 505,000; Leip zig, 585,000; Dresden. 5-10,000, Cologne, 511,000, and Breslau, C10.000. All persons on reaching the nge of sixty-five earning less than $584 a year will participate In the old ago pensions established in France. According to estimates prepared by tlio government, these pensions will entail an expendi ture Of $24,000,000 in 1912, $25,500,000 in 1013 and $20,000,000 iu 1014. Elliot Conroy, an usher in an Indian apolis theater, refused a reward of $100 offered him by a woman for re turning to her n valuable ring which alio had lost in the theater. Couroy aald his mother had taught him that though it paid to be honest he must uever accept pay for belug houest. Texas raises more turkeys than nuy other stale, perhaps because turkeys require plenty of room for. range, and Texas surely can give them that. Lit tle Rhode Island, however, is said to produce the largest number of big tur keys, some of them weighing forty pounds and worth 40 cents for every pound. The picture of Presldeut Taft has been removed from tbe reception room of tho Cludad Juarez custom house, in which ho and President Diaz of Mex ico met two years ago, The picture was removed by nu order of President Madcro, forbidding tho exhibition of pictures of any living persons Iu fed eral buildings. There arc 7.S75 smoke consuming furnaces in London. Fifty-four differ ent types of apparatus are used in tho metropolis, all of which are effective smoke consumers. Up to the dato of issuing tho report from which these figures come G72 couvlctlous for smoke nuisances had been obtained before the magistrates. Forty young Chlueso women are qualifying for the medical profession la American uulversltles through tho influence of Dr. Vamel Kin, the first woman doctor In China. Dr. Kin, as the head of the Hospital For Women lu Tientsin, has also for the last ten years been training Chinese women for the nursing profession. In Italy & means has been discover ed to turn to account the hitherto worthless pips of the grapes used In wine making. Oil Is now extracted from them on a commercial scale by a process of direct heating with tetra chloride of carbon. The latter Is ob jlalued lu abundauee in Italy in the preparation of electrolytic soda. Although the carls, expectations, of tne wnotesaie suDstuutiorr or alumin ium for steel nnd iron have not mate rialized, the demand for the new alloy has grown enormously. From a pro duction in the United States of less ,than 100,000 pounds in 1883. In 1893 the output had grtfwn to 350.000 pounds, In 1903 to 7.500,000- pounds, and today it Ib in excess of 50.000,000 pounds. Ten Thousand Miles to Save $100,000. The isthmian canal commission has decided to send the tug Reliance and three COO cubic yard targes from the Atlantic side around to Balboa by way "of tbe strait of Magellan. Tbe tug and barges are meant to take the place of clapets 7, 8, and 10, old French equipment, which, after long service, are so badly worn that they must be retired from use. Assuming that the Tessels will travel at from four and one-half to five knots an hour and make eight or nine etops on the way, the time required for the voyage of 10,500 miles is estimated at about 100 days. Weather conditions along the South American coast are more favor able during the several months to come than during any other time of the year. It Is estimated that the cost of the voyage will be more than $15,000. It would cost $20,000 each to repair the clapets, and $100,000 -will be saved by the transfer. A Scheme to Displace Waiters. A new hotel in Paris is going to make the experiment of having all the serv ice performed by electrical devices, which will almost replace the domes tic servants. The dining room is fitted with the ingenious electric table to which everything Is sent up from be low, the dishes running around the ta ble and stopping before each person, then, disappearing again, when no long er wanted." A'peracopo sum as is usea" on a submarine makes tbe table visi ble from the kitchen underneath, and orders are given, by a loud speaking tel ephone without leaving the table. Both telephone and periscope are, concealed ifi the' chandelier. ' The new hotel Is to contain many special devices of the kind. Chicago Tribune Millions Spent on Golf. Golf has become so popular in this country that it is estimated that the players spend not thousands but mil lions every year at their favorite game. Added to these figures are costs for erection of buildings, laying out of grounds, upkeep, etc., and the figures are Increased In arithmetical progres sion to such an extent that the total is practically inestimable. It was esti mated recently that there were 180 golf clubs in the United States, out side of some 700 summer and winter resort clubs. The Lake Shore Country club of Chicago has spent about $750, 000 on its course, clubhouse and lock ers, thus Indicating how quickly golf runs into money. Argonaut ; A Catch Question. "A catch query is going the rounds, the answer to which is puzzling a great many persons. To lend this small d ditlon to the merriment of the nation one man approaches another a friend, of course and says: "Now, with poli tics flying through the air and with every phase of the question being tak en up, I'll wager you can't tell me what our president's name was in 18G5." The customary procedure is for the ques tioned man to ponder a moment or two and then finally to admit ignorance. "Try it on your friends," is suggested, "and then tell them that his name in 1805 was the same as it is now Wil liam Howard. Taft." New York Trib- GRAND FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION UNDER AUSPICIES OF COMMERCIAL CLUB and MERCHANTS ASSN Walla Walla, Wash. 2 DAYS July. 4th and 5th 2 DAYS SOMETHING NEW IN THE LINE OF CELEBRATIONS ATTRACTIONS: Street Pageants of note, Sports and Athletics, Bands of Music, Real Indian Dances, Patriotic Exercises,. Tri State League Base Ball and other attractions, too uum erous to mention. Reduced rates on all Railways. YO EOT 1 LT ON Professional 51981 Celebrated Will make the season at Al Johnson's, west of Athena. YOUNG MILTON foaled 1908, sire dby Horoff 50889; Dam, Olie 50372; 2nd Dam Daisy Marie, byCreston Keizer 15849; 3rd Dam. Colie by Tolosa 9SG6; 4th Dam Mol lie by Negrio 30774; 5th Dam Jessie by McMahan 2460. LOW FARES EAST Visit the Old Home VIA Lines Protected by Automatic Block Signals. Round trip tickets to principal cities in i Middle West and Eastern States on sale during APRIL JULY MAY AUGUST JUNE SEPTEMBER Going limit 15 days: final return limit October 31, 1912.; LIBERAL STOPOVER PRIVILEGES CHOICE OF ROUTES. Baltimore 107,50 Chicago 72.50 Denver 55.00 Kansas City ...60.00 New York 108.50 St. Paul 60.00 Toronto 91.50 Washington 107.50 Proportionately Reduded Fares to Many Other Points. Through Train Service to the East i Strictly High-Class. ; For further information call on or ad dress R. BURNS, J.R.MATHERS, Dist. Pass. Agt.; Agent, Walla Walla, Wash. Athena, Or. S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calls both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Atbena Oregor G. S. NEWSOM.M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Calls answered promptly night or day. PETERSON & WILSON Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon. Pendleton, Oregon Homer L Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V. Official Stock Inspector. Graduate McKIllip Vetlnary College, Chicago Phono Mnln 91, PENDLETON, OREGON Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist For All Kinds of HARNESS REPAIRING and OILING NEATLY DONE Call on A.B. STEELE Successor to Chas. Norris Your Patronage Solicited , Athena Auto Livery Service at all hours, day or night. Ford cars for sale. Gasoline, Oil and Extras. ALEXANDER & WILSON four Dollar Buys lore at this Store than m any other Store in Eastern Oregon- This is a broad assertion, but we're here to back it up-Quality merchandise, Clothing with a reputation, Dependable dry goods, Your-Money's-Worth kind of shoes, Fur nishings that are right up to the minute, Groceries for less. This is a co-operative store. We share our profits with our customers to' the extent of 5 per cent, by giving the only old and reliable TPW Trading Stamps, the stamps that buy more and bet ter premiums for you than any other stamps on earth. 5f A A & COTTON BAITS Now is a good time to ' bay your Cotton Batts. Make up your Comforters for the Winter time at yonr leisure moments. Made of best Cotton, stitcbedjn white, fine 8 lb Batt, eaob 95o. A 3 lb Cotton Batt of fluffy White sanitary Cotton, eaob 60o. A 1 lb Cotton Batt of pnre white middling Cotton, eaobJSOo. The best Cotton Batt for size and quality, eaob 15o. WASH GOODS Ibis inolndes Lawns. Dimities, Flazon Cloth, GiDgbams, Percales, Calioo, eto. A more complete 1 ine of Lawns for light, oool summer dresses oan't be foand. Prices 5, 10 and 15o per yard. Dimities This is one wash fabrio that gives satsfaotion, a beautiful line of patterns to seleot from, test quality, the yard 15 and 20o. Flaxon Cloth The only oloth that looks, washes and wears tet ter than linen, olotbs of pretty patterns, two rjaal iiies, 15 and 20o. . We. have the most complete line of Dress GiDg bams in tbe city, Any quality and prioe yon want. Prioes 10, 12 1-2 , 18 and 35o. MENS WEAR We are sole agents for Carhaitts Overalls; try 'em. A Craokerjaok Man's Suit, $15.00; all wool, pei feot fitting. Men's Shoes for work or dress, all styles. Oxfords, Pomps, High Tops, eto. $2.50 to $8.60. ' Boys' Boits; the famous Hercules Brand. All Wool, Shower proof. Taped Seams, Reinforoed. The best there is. $3.60 to $9.00 Boss Overalls, 75o. Block's oeletrated work gloves, $1.00 to $1.60. Work Shirts, fall oat, doable stitched, gasseted, 50o Underwear, oool and durable, 50o to $1:00 a salt. Canvas Gloves, 5, 10 and 15o. Canvas Bed Covers. $1.45 to $3.50. Tents, all sizes and styles, $3.50 to $12.50. Appelles Water Bottles 95o, and $1.50. Chip Hats, servioable and oool, 15o to 50o. Large, medium and small sizes. SHOES Women's Shoes, in all the newest and most desira ble styles Suede, Velvet, Nnbuok, Dock, eto. White, Black, Tan and Fancy Oxfords, Pumps and High Tops, $3.00, $3.50. o $6.00. Children's. Boys' and Misses' Shoes of every des cription and size, values no other store can offer you, $1.00 to $3.50. - ' Women's Ready to Wear Suits, a very large assort ment, $15.00 to $10.00. The Peoples Warehouse Where it pays to trade. Save your trading stamps. M vu ec(Q) 31391 Percheron Stallion Foaled May 3 1901 Will bs at McBride's Barn in Athena, for the season of 1912 W. R. TAYLOR, Athena. . - Oregon, J-fT ;vLU"j U-.-' vW H i ECILL the COUCH AND CURE the LUNGS WITH r. King's New Discovery PRICE OLDS trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES, NIK r -i-na sot, & $i.oa GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OR MONEY REFUNDED. tA. J. Parker Everything Flrit Claaa Modern and Up-to-date SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET ATHENA it tt it n n " ' Ul.'...-. .'li .' i I 1 1 IHI llllll llllll lllll lllll fllllil llllli I T untuuALLtUASA V pilWHIB I UNEQUALLED AS A IF A' ft CHUM- kl HI 1' lH Vm ti'itw wr CoxsoHfxion m vs I I till CliamSirlalaMgflicfflaCo. 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