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Athena, ore.. JUNE20 1913
YELLOW JOURNALISM.
effect bs a potsidy . on sogar prodno
tion, tbe Onaooia benefits cf the sob
Hidy go to.' plantation owners tbe
owners of sugar soil. ; Abolish
the subsidy nnd sogar prodnotion
would go on as profitably as ever tot
sogar-land monopoly wouldn't. You
may be sore tbat back of thai Ha
waiian wail against free sogar there
are the influences of landlordism.
Tbe voice may be tbe voice of the su
gar prodaoer tnt the larynx ia the
larynx of thp land-grafter.
l;.!3AMDS l"J SKIRTS.'
The followiug from the louo Balle
tic is trne as gospel, and cau te ac
ceptably applied to a sheet or two in
Oregon, befides tbe Portland News:
The jury in tbe , libel case against
the Portland News returned a verdiot
of not guilty. Evidently they were
not. satisfied beyond a donbt tbat tbe
editor of The News was malicious
and untruthful when be called County
Judge Cleeton and County Commis
sioner Lightuer ,4plain robbers" list
January. According to tbo evidence
produced at the trial Commissioner
Ligbtner.did not purchase certain
articles for tbe new county court house
aooordiug to the letter of tbe law tnt
saw a more effective way of doing
the buying and at the trial it wns not
proven tbat any "graft" had beet
made, as was charged ty The News.
To one who Is posted on the matter,
the sensational "news' appealing in
euoh piueis as the Portland Dews,
does not appeal to all. Being person
ally acquainted with tbe reporters of
seveial snob papers we snow that tbey
are told to write up ortiolcs against
pnblio officials or otherwise prominent
people wholly upon HUHpieiouand with
uttor disregard for the truth. These
articles appeal to those looking for sen
sational mattor who accept tbem as
the troth. The reporter suspeots some
thing; he writes it up as if it were a
proven faot ; tbe paper stlls like hot
cakes on the streets and tbe circula
tion manager and publisher have at
tained their object. Their large cir
culation is an inducement for the ad
vertisers to use their oolumus. Tbe
poblisbf r of any privately owned news
paper is in the business for whatever
returns be can make on bis investment
and any business man who claims u
dill'eient motive tells an untruth.
Theory then put up by the yellow
journals tbat they uie published sim
ply to protect the interests of the so
called "coujujuu people," is a delib
erate lio, as any lair minded person
will admit. On the other build, pa
pers issued by labor uulonri, snob us
tbe Portland Lator Preen, uever seek
lo mislead tbe publio and do not con
duct their official organ for tbe pri
mary purpose of selling advertising
ppuce. If a porson really wauts to get
the trntb iu uny matter where put lio
officials ate exposed in their crooked
ucbs let thou) read reliable papers who
ure after the absolute truth, and not
lead piipws of the l'oitlitnd News
lype whose sole otjeut is lo spread
sensational aud untruthful matter for
the purpose of gaining a larger ciiou
lution. Buoh papers as The News aie
not tit to enter the home. This is tho
opinion, of The 'Bulletin regurdiug
nil) yellow journal and aunsatioual
publications and vro don't ouie who
Knows It. '
Concerning the SuRar qui'stioc, The
1'ubUoeoyst' And now ooiiies tho Ila
wuHun Islands with a plus for permis
fclon to secudo, their pitiful leason bo
lug that they cannot nuivHe commer
cially If sugar goes ialo the free list ct
tie American tariff schedules I Ibis
a veritable reduotio d absuiduni
f r Proteotiou. If sugar-lands among
til j best ia tho world cuuuot yield
rvgat profitably .In free compoliilou
with sugar production elsewhere, how
can sugar producers elsewhere produce
sugar profitably iu free competition
V It b eugat producers liom luudu
. oug the tost ia the world? If pro-
aoers moro favored by nature need
j ioteoticn againft these less favoied,
don't tho latter need htlll moie proteo
tiou ngalnht the former? Aud if you
talanoe tbrsu varying uemls for pro
teolion, what have voa got that tree
trade wouldn't Rive von, except a pub
hidy for all producers which all con
sumers rnnst be pluuiVieil to pay?
Universal aub'ddius are a nrcexttity of
the TioteOtive piiuciple. Aud MuUl
cocHOuiptiou of all kinds te taxed la
order to make pioduction of ail kiuds
profitable? ludestrirs placed ko dis
advantageously that tbey cannot sur
vive in free competition may i ci tmuly
be kept alive If buidvning oouxuruera
with hlgb prions ttiroouh tariffs cu
competing impoitf. Wbuther thin
ought to be duue or not in a .wpamte
question; tbat it can le doue no oue
dispute?. Hot if Industrie highly ad
vantaged, as well us tbone nituated at
h disadvantage, uiuxt be kept alive by
high prices through j iotoulivo tariffs,
where is tbo limit? IVrhaps the Ha
waiian tiitoutiou may ba exilaiuod by
the Jahdlordism that prevails there.
Under a 'sugur-'fattif, .opeTutini iuj
Tbat states have the right to fix
railway ra'es, is tbe ruling of tbe
United States Supreme Court. The
Court's findings, announed by Justice
Hngbes, do not vary in the least from
tbe principles laid down last week in
tbe Minnesota rate cases, which up
held state railroad legislation in Mis
souri, Arkansas, Oregon and West Vir
ginia. The Oregon aud West Virginia
cases were decided in favor of states
in a few words, the only points raised
by the railroads being that the laws
interfered with interstate commeioe.
Legitimate bonding and stock sell
ing operatoia have nothing to fear
from the Oregon "bine sky" law now
in effeot. Tbat tbe law was needed
for protection from fleecers, one does
cot have to look far from home for
substantial evidence.
ROMANCE OF A RIFLE.
It Linked a Soldier With Two Wara
Twenty-two Years Apart.
Wlillc Air. Frederic Mnrlyn was
serving In Africa with the French For
eign Lcfflon there cnine under his no
tice nn incident tlint he records in
"Life In the Legion." The legion Imd
adviuiced against the Imlionum unity
nnd was In pursuit of the black warri
ors. A Dahoman - warrior was killed in
tho net of leveling his gun ut Captain
Battreau of tho legion from behind n
cotton tree on the side of n nearby bill.
As he fell his rlflo clattered down at
the officer's very feet. Captain Tat
treuu Haw that it was nn old chnsse
pot and picked it- up out of curiosity.
Suddenly he became very much inter
ested, lie examined it carefully nnd
at last exclaimed with n gasp of aston
ishment: "Well, this is a miracle! Here is the
ver.v,riik I used In 1870 during the
war with Germany! Sco that bole In
the butt? That was made by n Prus
sian bullet at Saint-l'rivat. I could
(ell the gun from among u million by
that mark alone, but here's my num
ber stamped, on it. ns well, which Is
evidence enough for anybody. Who
would have thought It possible that I
should pick up In Africa, rifj a captain,
a ride that I used In France as a ser
geant twenty-two years ago? It Is in
credible." Captain Linttrcnu was able to prove
that the rifle find Indeed been his, nnd
he received permission to keep it.
THE COAL SACK IN THE SKY.
It It Visiblo Only Because It Contains
Nothing That la Visible.
Immediately below tho lower stars
of the group which forms the Southern
Cross there is n black patch in tho sky,
dark, sack shaped nnd mysterious.
Scientifically accurate astronomers ex
plain that it is not a patch, but rather
something which becomes visible by
reason of tho nnomaly tlint it contains
nothing tlint la visible.
Tho lay mind, preferring bald renllty
to abstract truth, Is somewhat startled
to learn that nn object la seen becnuso
there Is nothing In It to see, but no one
can dispute tho fact. The coal sack is
visible becnuso It contains nothing tlint
is visible.
In other words, It is n vast holo In
tho stellar system In which there Is not
even n pinch of Htellar dust to shod n
flicker of luminosity. It la typically
nnd Absolutely the. quintessence of
blackness.
llecnuso It is so nnd In contradiction
of all preconceived notions tho human
eye onn boo it without the tild of n
telescope or other Instrument.
Ilotween the stars of the Milky way
there nre many II 1 1 lo holes in tho Htel
lar system little by comparison, that
is to say but ono must liavo telescopes
onl pntioneo to find them. One need
only cross the line to the southern
hemisphere nnd locate tho Southern
Cross In order to see tho coal sack.
Annotated Mutio.
The unmusical man If ho takes n cu
rious Interest la musk very often fa
vors "program" music. And the rea
son Is not far to seek. If tho music
says nothing to him the "program"
dues. He thinks of tho "program,"
therefore, ns making music more hu
man, connecting It with life, giving It
a definite message to men. As a mat
ter of fact, however, the "program" Is
never the essential tiling (I mean by
"program," of course, the official liter
ary explanation). The "program" does
not Interpret the music. It Is the mil
kIc that lends something of itself to
color and emotloutilie tho "program."
Music Is tho universal native. It Is
never tho foreigner with the literary
person for tnterpretor.-Glasgow Herald.
A wituess frofii tho country had Ihhmi
sworn and had taken the wltuwa atnml,
nnd the prosecuting attorney, settling
down for tho examination, asked aa a
atnrter:
"What Is your name, sir?"
Tho old man Instantly became angry,
leaning far forward, he exclaimed:
"Now, sxo here; you can't run any of
this uonkey business In on me! I
heard you tell the clerk to call my
nanus nnd so I know you know It all
rgM, blame you any how S" Ohlottjro
1,1 n
Looking Forward.
"And, darling,1 nays tho bridegroom,
"you ere going to put your bridal
gown away u a trunk Iu the attic, I
tnipposeY"
"Yes, Indeed!" Hiw bytde tutya.
"Motunm always said tf you saved
anything for wven years you would
Imvti usoTor it ngalu."-Chlcago Post
rJofcbtis to Europe Who Dress Like
Crj .3 C;:' Ballet Girls.
l"h r.' i.n- i!;iV:f In t!ic: world where
v it . ii in men's clothing aud
"i.-; .i ii a . i.iifii s apparel.
I w i, ! I'r.r!" t!:c;-f ::.' women
ii, i-lii'iip. coarse." masculine
litt i ii.i-.vi as teamsters and day
u;: !......-, tV!;ite it Is against t he law,
(hi- ,.. wink m (lie fact nnd allow
I-;'!' i:;ru p.i'::-caiil.v thctr daily
Ii, , crsi.i in s.ciie. of the Interior
pari - i':r wniiifu wear the strangest,'
oddest tronser g.-rineiits They seem
to ii!;c Hi i. rrom the fact thiit
the? i!in ; tlie::i iu spite of ail ef
forts i o;.i:ce mem don feminine at
tire Then . there are the Alpine dairy
maids, who dress as men when they
go about their work and look pretty,
If we are Inclined to take evidence
from the numbers of men who yearly
persuade them to cast off their mascu
line dress and put on more clinging
costumes I'ut then their eyes are so
bright and their cheeks so red that
they couldn't really look homely In
anything the? might choose to wear.
Again, far In the north, where It Is
freezin;,' eold -most, of the time nnd
people dress to he comfortable and not
to look pretty, the women are actually
forced Into trousers to keep warm.
The ancient women warriors always
wore trousers. Hut their reasons were
purely military Besides, they were
half niavculine In manner nnd appear
ance and dressed to accentuate their
qualities They had to make them
selves into fierce looking creatures to
terrify the men on the opposing side,
and from all accounts they succeeded
admirably.
As for the stronger sex, there still
seem to be men In existence who wear
women's garb and enjoy It. In certain
parts of Greece, Spain nnd Albania
there are hands of desperate brigands
who, when they nre decked out for at
tacks on strangers or neighbors, look
for nil tho world like grand opera bal
let girls In their short, brightly color
ed skirts, which nre mnde very full
and sometimes even ruffled a bit
They seem tremendously proud of
their attire, and rival bands strive to
surpass each other in vividness of pat
terns and newness of styles. Kx
Giving alms never lessens tbe purso.
Spanish Proverb
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
in tbe County Court of tbe State of
Oregon, for Umatilla Coupty.
Iu tbo Matter of tho Estate of
Leo Thomas MoDride, Deceased,
Notioe is hereby given to all persons
whom it may oonoeru that William
A. MoBride has qualified as tbe ex
ecutor of the last will and testament
of Leo Thomas MoBride, deoeased.
All persons having claims against tbe
estate are teg aired to present them,
with proper vouchers as requiied by
law, to said executor at his home
near Adams, Oregon or to his attor
neys, Peterson & Bishop, at their law
office in tbe Smith-Crawford Building
at Pendloiou, Oregon, within six
months from the first publication of
this notice.
Dated this tbo 0th day of June,
A. D., 1913.
WILLIAM A. McBRIDJU,
Exeoutor,
By PETERSON & BISHOP,
His Attorneys.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS,
iu tbe Couuty Court of tbe State
of Oregon for Umatilla County.
In . the Matter of tbe Estate of
(Jostavns Cornoyer, Dooeased.
Notice is herety given that Rose
Cornoyer has qualified as executrix
of tbe lust will aud testament of Uus
tavus Cornoyer, deceased ; all persons
having cluimB against the estate are
required to present tbem with proper
vouohets as required by law to her at
the law oil iocs of her attorneys, Pet
erson & Bishop, at Athena, Oregou, or
at Pendleton, Oregon, witbiu six
months from the date of tbe first put
lioation of Ibis uotioe.
Dated this the 13th day of Juue,
A.D. 1U13. ROSE CORNOYEB,
By Pet ei sou & Bishop, Exeoutrix.
Her Attorneys.
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Calls promptly answered. 'Office on Third
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Eighth Sacnqerfcst of North Pacific Saengerbund
WALLA WALLA, June 19th to 23rd, 1913
A Revelry of Music
AN EVENT f A LIFETIME .
Male Chorus of 600 voices in the songs of the Fatherland. Famous artists in two
concerts. Orea'. Saengerfest Parade and free open air Concert, Saturday, June 21,
10 a. m. Big German Volksfest and Concert at Tum-a-Lum Park. Reduced rates
on all railways,
Your confidence is what
Studebaker seeks to keep
, Possessing this confidence, we have never
tried to produce a cheap wagon. We could, but
we don't dare try the experiment Our constant
aim has been to produce the best wagon.
And in living up to this highest standard, we have
won and hold the confidence and good-will of
hundreds of thousands of farmers all over the world.
Studebaker wagons are built to last, to do a day's
work every day, to stand up under stress and strain
and to make the name Sludebakcr stand for all
that is best in vehicles.
Don't accept any other wagon represented to be
just as good as a Studebaker- The substitute may be
cheaper, but it isn't up to Studebaker standards, and
you can't afford to buy it.
For business or pleasure, there) is a SluJebaktf vehicle
suited to your requirements. Farm Wagons, trucks, business wagons,
surreys, buggies, runabouts, pony carriages 'each the beat of its
kind. Harness also of the same high SiuJcbaker standard.
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The largest and most com
plete line of Douiesctic
and Imported Woolsns I
have ever shown is on
display at my shop. All
the fancy colors iu
11 r o w n s, Tans, Grays,
Greens and Blue Serges.
Everything that any city
shop carries, I have it,
with good, dependable
workmanship inside aud
out, at prices from $15 to
$2.S Ladies Suits, Skirts,
one-piece Dresses, Rain
Coats. Also made from
your owa material, if
you desire it.
Careful attention given to all cleaning, pressing and alteration work. But
tons covered. My motto is to please regardless of time or expense Present
location, Foss house, one block north of school bouse.
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OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President, .
H. KOEPKE Vice-President."
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier,
E. E. KOONTZ. Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS
R V. WILSON. H. KOEPKE,
W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS,
F. S. Le GROW.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ATHENA .-
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00
We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
consistent with sound Banking.
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White Help Only, Employed
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ESTABLISHED ,1865
Preston-Shaflfer Milling Co.
AMEHICM BEAUTV
Is trade in Athena, by Athena labor, in one of the very best '
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your V:
grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour for
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sick
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
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ber, Shingles. Cement, Lime and general progressive line
to meet all demands. See us before buying. Fair treat
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All Sold at Reduced Prices for Cash
McConnon Remedies
Known oa their merits, as pure and reliable We call special attention to
our cTWaccola Table. and t7Vlentholatum Salve. Aa whj haye used tltem
find same indispensable for the home
Our Stock Tonic
is made from vegetable pr ducts and is gcarranteed frqm any poison matttr.
Same can be had from McConnon Wagoa or
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