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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER , F B, Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered In the I'ostofflce at Athena, Oregon, ... a ecouaiuass fliau Mauer. Subscription Rates. One copy, one year ....$1.50 AThen paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months .75 One copy, three months ............ .50 Advertising Rute. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions.. 12H Display regular, per inch 7A Local readers, first insertion, per line, IQc Subsequent insertions, per line ...... 5c Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c tATHENA. ORE- SEP. 20... .....1912 Boosevelt in his Western Ball Moose trek, lias teen consistently misrepre senting Wilson. He is trying to con peot the demooiatio candidate with the interests and bosses. Roosevelt knows as well as does ever; tody else that Wilsoo wears no ones collar bat bis own. The result of the Baltimore convention alone shows tba fallacy of Roosevelt's statements. The follow leg from the New York World, the leading demooratio paper of the nation and a stanob Wilson supporter, in baoicing op Wilson, eaya . of tbe Tam many outfit with whom the demoorat io oandidata baa no affiliation what ever: "Mnrpby represents tbe part nersbip tetween crooked politios and crooked business, and every intelligent voter in New Yoik knows it. Mnrpby is exploiting tbe state government for bis own pooket, and every intelligent voter in New York knows it. Mnrpby has no publicly known business except politios. Mnrpby has no pnblloly known plaoe of business except Tam many Hall. So far as tbe pnblio reo ords go, Mnrpby has no visible means of support. No Industry, ooonpation or employment appears in the city di teotory opposite Mnrpby's name. All this is a matter of oommon knowledge, and Tbe World will not assist tbe demooratio organization in helping this man exploit the people of New York for bis own gain. If tbe dem ocrats of this state want Mnrpby to be boss of tbeir party, well and good. If they want bim to name tbeir candi date for governor and seleot their can didates for otber state of floes, well and good. If they want bim to be su premo rnler of demooratio destiny in in this stats, well and good, tat them torn the state convention over to Murphy and tben let tbem eleot the tioket if they can. Tbe World will ttnfr Ka alAna In thla fir tit onalnor n Morphylzed demooraoy. It will have the support of every other independent newspaper in New York. It will ' bave the aoppott of a bnndred tbon sand independent demoorats wbo will never rote for a candidate for govern or wbo bears tbe Mnrpby taint. Any state tioket nominated by Obarles F. Mnrpby at Syracuse will te beaten." Southern PaoiQo company and an ap propriation baa recently ceen made for tbe purpose of purchasing and distrib uting seeds and bads to tbe small farmers in that territory, tbas enab ' ling tbem to replant tbeir orops and secure returns from their lands. Many of these farmers bad been practically ruined by the floods and tbe seeds con tributions bave met with a hearty re sponse and appreciation at tbe bands of tbe Louisiana farmers. "Liar!" was Theodore Roosevelt's favorite method formerly of side-stepping facta that em harassed bim; and bis admirers, thoogb they abbor ep ithets from others, made allowance for bim. With similar toleration tbey smile approvingly. . now when Mr. Roosevelt calls- Wbarton Barker an "out-patient of Bedlam," and bis sworn testimony a "pipe-dream." So Mr. Roosevelt is likely to esoape an other dilemma with an impudent phrase, wbiob is saved from the com monplace only by bis lato official position. : The Harris-Dnniway oontroversaiy is creating no little interest in tbe campaign. Dnniway is state printer and Batria is expert printer. The latter is endeavoring to show up tbe odvaotages of tbe flat salary system, while Dnniway, wbo owns tbe state printing plant and is doing. .be work by oontract, is vigorously defending that method. He favors an "open shop" while Harris is au avowed onion man. Both are flooding tbe mails with oironlars to voters, setting forth tbe respective sides of tbe state print ing question. Tbe state printing office baa long been the bone of dlsoord, in etate politios, and it yet remains for tbe voters of the stato to have tbe op ' portonity to snpport a skdb business measure that will insure desired relief. One of oor exobauges observes tbst the presidential campaign la probably without precedent. Five party uom loeesare aotive candidates. Intense iuterest prevails tbrongbont the coon try with a minimum of partisan pol itios. No Issues are defined and no party creed or platform is seriously considered. The campaign was Jannobed in personal vilification and t'.nanoiatloD. "Thief, crook, liat," and similar undignified and ougeotle manly epithets seem tbe sobstanoe of political dlsooorse, and tbs voters are called upon to deoide the difference tetween men rather than division on polioiea pertaining to tbe principles of government. Mayor Koonta's address to the boys at tbe gathering recently held at the aohool house grounds aeems to bave been reoeived with considerable reolp rooative spirit. Tbe youngsters have appreciated tbe address to tbe fullest extent. A number bave written letters to the Major, setting forth tbeir in dividual ideas as to what would mike Athena a better town. Many of these epistles ooutaiu germs of thoogbt . that would do credit to an individual of maf.urs years. Tbe hundreds of thousands of dollars damage done by tba inundation of farming lands because of tbe overflow of tbe Mississippi river has been reo cgnied by tbe Atlaatie lines of tbe With Monday , set as tbe opening day ot tbe annual Umatilla-Morrow county fair, preparationa are almost completed for tbe biggest celebration ever held in tbe pavilion. Exhibits are already teing reoeived and in stalled and indications are that the dream of tbe directors is to te realized, namely that there will be on display tbe most representative collection of prodoots in tbe history of tbe fair. STORY OF COTTON ISPIRILLER A Narrallve Tfiat Concerns the Welfare of Millions. SHOWS EVILS OF PROTECTION. Whole People Robbed by a Tariff That Rfch Manufacturer May Benefit Robert Kenneth MaoLaa, Consulting Expert of the Tariff Board, Shows That the American People Are Mulcted of $88,000,000 a Year. , New York, Aug. .Did you ever hear the story of cotton? i It is as thrilling as a narrative of adventure. It Is as Interesting as a novel interesting particularly because it concerns the welfare of millions of people who wear cotton goods. It is Interesting because It is the dress of the poor, the universal substitute for wool and Bilk. It is interesting, fur thermore, because it is true. The story of cotton is ihe story of a protective tariff for the lenoflt of rich manufacturers at. the expense of the whole people who wear cotton goods. It has bean reasonably calculated that because the cotton tariff is fixed by the Payne-Aldrich law the Ameri can people are paying $88,000,000 more every, year than thay should pay for their cotton goods and that a saving of this amount could be accomplished by a reasonable reduction In the pres ent duties. The story of cotton is told by nn ex pert, Robert Kenneth MacLca, consult ing expert of the tariff board, in a se ries of articles published in the New York World. Mr. MncLea's views are the views of a lifelong Republican, a friend of the protective policy of tho Republican party, but at the same time an opponent of tariff graft and favor itism. To this work Mr. MacLca has brought a varied experience, covering more than twenty years, in tho man ufacture and marketing of textiles. He first distinguished himself as an advocate of honest tariff legislation by finding tho "Jokers" of the Payne-Al-drlch net, when tho agents of a few Now England mills were permitted to write their own rates to suit them selves. Ho was chairman of the tar iff committee of tho New York Dry Goods Merchants' association and in that capacity conducted a campaign which attracted the attention of the newly created tariff board. To accept the position of consulting expert to the board bo gave up the management of the domestic business of the New York firms of It. B. MacLea & Co. and Coo verse & Co. Tho story ot cotton ia a companion piece to the story of Schedule K the woolen schedulo declared by Presi dent Taft to bo infamous and indefen, slble. The findings' of the tariff board with regard to the woolen schedule were an alyzed by Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee and con demned as Inaccurate, incomplete and worthless as an aid to legislation. When the tariff board's findings on the cotton schedule were made public the World decided to make its own' investigation concerning It, and Mr. MacLea was selected for that purpose." The World bad the findings of the board on manufacturers of cotton dis sected from the practical point of view of business, analyzed In their relation to the interest of the consumer and the facts translated into tbe language of the everyday man and woman. One hundred cloth samples purchased In representative . domestic markets were made the basis of the tariff board's findings on the cost of cotton cloth produced In this country. Mr. MacLea nsed tbe same cloth samples as concrete illustrations of tbe work ings of the tariff and from these ex posed the very generally perpetrated fraud of selling American made goods as "Imported" and showed why the excessive tariff permits and fosters this imposition. Recognizing that the tariff would be a vital issue of the campaign and that controversy would center about Presi dent Taft's "nonpartisan" tariff board and its work, the World undertook the Investigation of cotton and sought an swers to the following questions: Has the work of the tariff board Jus tified the delay In reducing the tariff and giving relief from the high cost of living? What have the people gained in the three yeara under the Payne-Aldrich tariff IN RETURN FOR MORE THAN $5,000,000,000 TAXED OUT OF THEIR POCKETS AND INTO THE POCK ETS OF PROTECTED PRIVILEGE? How honestly, impartially and thor oughly did the "nonpartisan" tariff board undertake its task? Several months before the cotton re port was completed Mr. MacLea de clares that he discovered sinister in fluences In the tariff board's working to eliminate findings most damaging to the favored few in the cotton mill industry. Such suppressed information as Mr. MacLea considers to be of vital importance to the cotton industry and the public has been presented in the World. He has also explained what the mass of figures of the cotton report signifies and presented some of the most important of the conclusions to be drawn from that report, a work which the board saw fit not to attempt The story of cotton, as written by Mr. MacLea and published in tbe World from time to time, forms one of tbe most interesting and Important features of the present campaign. 8olvlng the Old Problem. When Sir Thomas LIpton was a small boy- In Scotland he dropped into a church one Sunday morning and was put by himself in a pew directly in front of the minister, who preached- a sermon on the text "Am I my brother's keeper?" Tbe parson, who was unusually elo quent, talked on this theme for about forty minutes and finally worked op to tbe climax of his remarks. He kept bis gaze fixed directly on tbe little Lip ton, who began to fidget and look very self conscious. At last, after an over whelming outpouring of long words, the minister, bis eyes blazing, made a quick gesture and shouted at the boy: "Am I my brother's keeper?" LIpton could stand tbe strain no lon ger, and replied in a meek voice; "No, sir." Popular Magazine, The Gallows Plant, Daring tbe middle ages the botanists, or old "herbalists," gave currency to many curious stories concerning the growth, form, etc., of tbe mandrake or May apple, which finally resulted in its being given the name of "gallowa plant" The pseudo scientists of that time declared that mandrakes would grow in no other place except upon which some terrible crime had been committed. Tbe roots were formerly supposed to bear a strong resemblance to tbe human form. Moistened Her Feelings. A little girl was playing at the table with her cup of water. Her father took the cup from her and In so doing accidentally spilled some of tbe water on her. "Therel" she cried as she left the table indignantly. "Yon wet me clear to my feelIogs."-Everybody's. A Cautious Girl. "Would you die for me?" she mur mured. "Gladly, darling," be answered. "And would there," she continued softly, "be anything left for me after tho undertaker's bill was pa!d?"-Bach-elor's Casket , Objeot Achieved. Nell-Mrs. Dash used to say she wouldn't marry the best man living. Belle-Well, she has the satisfaction of knowing that she didn't . THB TARIFF IN SUMMER DRESS FOR HOT WEATHER READING A fancy wash fabric manufactured tn New England for 8 2-3 cents a yard is sold by the manufacturer at U)i cents a manufacturing profit of 7Mi per cent, less selling expenses of 5 or, at most, 0 per cent The Jobber (whole sale distributer) adds 8V4 cents-a profit of 22 per cent, less selling expenses. The retailer adds another 42.8 per cent, and the American housewife gets the cloth at S3 cents-cloth that In England can be bought retail for 1? cents, identical in weave and quality! WHY) Cotton curtain scrim, found In millions of homes, is made In America at a cost that gives the manufacturer ample profit selling it to tba print works at 6 cents a yard. The print works ells to the Jobber at 10 1-3 cents, although it finishes the goods at a cost of 1.8T cents. Tba Jobber adds 20 per cent, laying down the cur tain scrim to the department store at 12ft cents. The retailer charges the American housewife 19 to 29 cents. More than likely he advertises it as "IMPORTED and sells it for the top price, because the tariff is so high that the genuine imported goods cannot be sold for less, it costs Just as much in England to make this curtain material, yet the English retailer sella It for 15.22 cents (7H pence) a yard, against 19 to 29 cents under tbe American tariff! WHY? From N. World. ' 17 CENTS OR 25? 151-5 CENTS OR 20? Duels Over Trivialities. Tbe trivialities which led to duels in the old days were almost infinite. John Ashton mentions some of them in noting, that by William IV,'s time public opinion was setting against the practice. "Colonel Montgomery was shot in a duel about a dog. Captain Ramsay In one about a servant Mr. Fetberston in one about a recruit Sterne's father in one about a goose and some one else about an 'acre of anchovies' instead of "artichokes.' One officer was challenged for merely ask ing bis opponent to have another glass, and another was compelled to fight about a pinch of snuff, while General Barry was challenged by a Captain Smith for declining a glass of wine with bim at dinner on a steamboat, al though, tbe general bad pleaded in ex cuse that wine invariably made him sick at sea." London Chronicle. Franklin on Long Graces. Ben Franklin found the long graces nsed by his father before and after meals very tedious. One day after tbe winter's provision had been salted he said, "I think, father, if you were to say grace over the whole cask once for all it would be a great saving of time." -Life. ',. y ;.- . . - : . " No Danger. Blobbs I heard Tightwad boasting today that, he had money to burn. Blobbs Well, I wouldn't be In any hur ry to call out the fire department if 1. were you. Philadelphia Record. ' Notice. To whom it may oonoern: Notice is hereby given tbat after ttis date I will not be responsible for any debts oontraoted by any members of my family. Dated at - Athena, Oregon, this 2nd day of September, 1912." J. S. Myrick. Peaches for Sale. Fonr hundred trees of fine peaobes, including Malta, Orange, Cling, Ear ly Crawford and other varieties. Most be sold in tbe next 10 days to make room for winter crop. The finest peaobes in tbe world at 1 oent per pound. Bring your boxes. -A. ' R. , Badley, 8 blocks east of Christian ohurob, aoross mill race, Milton, Oregon. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT. In tbe County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In tbe Matter of the Estate of Axel B. Johnson, Deceased, Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may oouoern tbat Will M. Peterson, administrator of tbe estate of Axel B. Johnson, deceased, has filed bis final aocount and report in tbe administration of said estate. Tbat tbe County Jodge, by tba order duly made and entered, has appf inted Mon day, the litb day of Ootober, A. D. 1913, at tbe boor of tan o'olook in tbe forenoon, as tbe time, and tbe County Courthouse at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place, where all objections and exceptions to the Bald final aooount and report will be heard Bnd tbe settlemeat thereof made Dated this the 13th, day of September, A. D. 1913. Will M. Peterson, ':" ' Administrator. OREGON AGHl COLLEGE This great institution opens its doors for tbe fall semester on September 20th. Courses of instruction ioolode: General Agriculture, agronomy, Ani mal Husbandry. Dairy Husbandry, Baoteriologv, Botany and Plant Path ology, Poultry Husbandry, Horticul ture, Entomology, Veterinary Soienoe, Civil Engineering, Eleotrioal Engin eering, Meobanioal pngineetlog, Min ing Engineering, Highway Engineer ing, Domestio Soienoe, Domestio Ait, Gommeroe, Forestry, Pbarmaoy, Zo ology, Chemistry, Physios, Mathe matics, English Language and Liter ature, Pnblio Speaking. Modern Lan guages, History, Art, Architecture, Industrial Pedagogy, Pbysioal Ednoa ton, Military Soienoe and Taotios, and Mnsio. Catalogue and illustrated literature mailed free on application. Address: Registrar, Oregon Agricultural Col lege. Corvallis, Oregon. School Year Opens September 20th. (Paid Advertisement.) aw. Bradley Republican Candidate for the office of County Treasurer. Mr. Bradley has served the county capably as county treasurer and if elected will continue to conduct the Office in the same efficient manner as be has in (be past. re t THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL I J. E. FBOOME, prop. w Only First-class Hotel In the City. tit . THE ST. NICHOLS is lh only oue that cn aoeoJamo" oommelaI traf !. Caa bioomandea lor IU clean aJ wi waUlatad rooms. Cos. MaiB ah Tia, AMWA.Or. 111 IT - U VJ .' Li a j In Pendleton's Greatest Store is complete. For weeks we-have been working over time, gathering from the largest markets in the world a greater collection of merchan dise than ever before displayed. . , We : particularly Wish: to call your attention to our at-4 tractive Women's Ready-to-Wear Department , IT'S A FACT Here we bave for your inspection an array of stylish bigb grade garments absolutely unrivaled in tbeir attraction for the well dressed woman. Beautiful Coats, Suits and Dresses for women of all sizes and tastes. . Servioable Dresses and Coats for sohool chil dren. A oomplete Infants' department Our alter ation department is folly equipped fcr the rush we are sore to bave and can make any slight changes your garment may deed in a very short timer Alter ations ate free and absolutely guaranteed. " Come and take advantage of our free rest room. Make this store your stopping plaoe and headquarters while here seeing the greatest show in tbe world. Most men come here for their fall clothes. You men who come here for your wearing apparel season after season, will find us in tetter shape than ever to outfit yon with yonr fall clothes. You'll te giv en the same kind of fair,' honest treatment, and de pendable, guaranteed for quality goods that you've always found an attractive feature of this store.. You'll see bigger, finer and more complete f tockg than represented, and everything is ptioed tight and guaranteed to make good. Suits, all wool and per. feot fitting. $15.00 to $30.00. Overcoats, ' the best values you ever saw, $10.00 to $30.00. Bring tbe Boy here for his fall olothes. Here are the latest fall batsnew fall shirts tonality Shoes for men, women and children. Don't overlook our Pure Food grooery department in onr model basement. We give the only old reliable T. W. P. trading stamps. If yon.il save tbem they will mean a saving of exactly 5 per cent to yon. '.'''. THE PEOPLES WAREHOUSE Where it pays to trade. . Save your trading stamps Professional : : - S. F. Sharp ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calib both night and day. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Athena Oregor ' G. S. NEWSOM.M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. ,. Calls answered promptly night or day. Dr, U. J. BITTNER, Dentist Office in Postoffice Building, Main St., Athena, Oregon PETERSON, WILSON AND BISHOP Attorneys-at-Law Athena, Oregon, . Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. 33m C. W. LASSEN. M D. V. Official Stock Inspector. Graduate McKllIlp Vetlnary College, Chicago Phone Main 87, PENDLETON, OREGOA Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist Athena Auto Livery Service at all hours, day or night. Ford cars for sale. Gasoline, Oil and Extras. ALEXANDER & WILSON TROY LAUNDRY For the Best Work HENRY KEENE. Agent. O A N N E R S A LVE mot halin salve in the world. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right Get tether and come in a bunch to the Umatilla-Morrow Fair Remember the Dates, Sept 23-28 Inclusive The Biggest Fair In Eastern Oregon Bumper Displays of Bumper Products. Livestock, Agri cultural and Industrial Exhibits; Miniature natchery and Game Preserve; Vaudeville and Band Concert every eveniug. For premium lists apply to Secretary Lee Moorehouse. Pendleton, or to Pres. Hurd, Stanfield. Roundup on Last Three Days Hardware & Implements G. W. Proebstel, Weston We are showing a fine line of Heaters, Cook Stoves and Ranges. Our stock of Hardware, Implements and Ve hicles is complete. We have the new Empire drills, har ness and horse Clothing, Wood, Coal, Lumber, Building Material, Wire Fencing, Plumber's outfits, etc. All Sold at Reduced Prices for Cash lllew Wall Paper MILLER c "The Furniture Man," has added this linp tn his nlrpnrlv Inro-p uoriVrl atnrlr Art Square Bargains We have the finest line of Art Squares ever shown in Athena. All are of modern de signs and up-to-the minute patterns. They are going at prices never before heard of, plass of goods considered. Our line of Furniture" is complete. It includes late styles in Corsican Walnut, Birdseye and the popular Golden Oak. very latest novelties in Iron and Brass Beds. Everything in Springs an4 Mattresses.