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Published Every Friday. Office, Corner
Third and Jefferson Streets.
HOME PATRON'S PHILOSOPHY
Entered In the rnntofflce at Atbcna, Oregon
aa ecoudilans Mall Matter.
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lATHENA. CRE.. AFRJL; ....1914
Crop producers have reasoo to feel
grateful to the Wilson administration
for the policy it assumed in providing
funds to the tanks for osa in moving
crops to market. A statement recent
ly given ont by the tieasmy depart
ment reveals this: '
"5 he treasury department dnring
the crop moving season of 1913 de
posited in 193 banks in 62 oities in the
28 states of the .country where the
demand existed a total of 137.386,000
for orop moving purposes upon the
seonrity almost wholly of oommeroial
paper. These deposits were repayable
to the government in installments, the
last of wbion matured April 1, 1914.
Seoretary'MoAdoo said that the total
amount has been repaid and that the
government received as interest, wbioh
is clear profit on the transaction, a
total Id round numbers of $260,000.
"The secretary said that the amount
of money required to. move tbe crops
was nioob lees than expeoted. This
resulted undoubtedly from tbe fact
that confldenoe in the situation was
restored by tbe knowledge tbat tbe
government stood ready with any
amount of money needed for tbe pnr
pose, and tbat credits were, therefore,
more freely distributed by tbe banks
of tbe country after tbe announcement
was made."
As a result of the abuse of tbn priv
ilege of sending telegrams at tbe ex
pense of tbe Government, tbe United
Statefflenate has been carefully con
sidering withdrawing this delightful
perquisite from its own members. It
has come to snob a pass tbat a good
many pnblio men who do not have to
pay tbe till, have grown into the hab
it of "tonoblcg tbe wire" when tbe
mails would answer just aa well. Tbe
probability is tbata maximum amount
will be agreed upon that will out down
some of tbe proQIs around tba tele
graph offioe at tbe Senate end of tbe
Capitol. Tbe rumpus all started wben
a Western Senator was discovered
rending out telegrams by the carload,
covering all sorts of politioal matters
cf bis state. - ,
Tbe Canyon City Eagle strikes a
rew lead wben it rays: "Revolutions
trnd reformations often go backward.
'J hey get head first hind most. A
fiood example is tbe reformation for
woman suffrage now being waged in
li e several states. Instead . of the
women righting lor solfrags they
ongbt to be fighting to get away from
it and the men sbonld be- lighting to
f uroe It on to tbem. Suffrage is not
e privilege in a republfo; it is a doty.
Ven should demand that women por
f.iiui their part of a poblio duty and
women naturally should be opposed to
HBsumlng that doty. Tbe tight In this
country today should be by tbe men
demanding that the worueu bo made
to vote and the women should resist
it. The whole thing is backward."
Count noses of the supporteis of
tbe Lodge amendment to tbe Uoose
resolution authorizing the Freiident to
rise armed force to bring Iluerta to
terms, and yon have a line on tha
sponsors of "dollar diplomaov." The
President was very prouoonoed in his
etutement that it was only Iluerta and
his followers he was after; not the
Mexican people, The House gave him
what he asked for by a vote of 337 to
87, but Standard Oil Senators wrang
led until after midnight over plaua to
foroe Into tbe resolution by amend
ment, elimination of all refeieuce to
Iluerta, thni forcing the issue on the
Mexloau people with whom wo bare
oo quarrel, instead of the diotator.
The Pioneer rauki lo this part of
Umatilla oonnty have been greatly
. depleted during the past two years.
Tbe latest to answer the aommoua is
Thomas J. Watts, who perhaps was
as widely known among tbe early in
dents of Eastern Oregon us any pio
neer pf the county. lie was of the
old sobool in the Methodist ministry
and in pioneer days rode the circuit,
ministering to mankind iu bis kindly,
nnoBtentatioos way, and In later life
exemplified tbo characteristics cf bis
tju.ly day training. His code was
'bat of righteous, 'oousuientions
man, friend and oeighlor, and assuoh
he will ever be temembered.
If Jack Frost keeps tuookejlug
around here moob longer, there will
be but little early fruit to pick. lie
stung tbe blosHomi of tbe frnit trees
and withered the baby leaves of tbe
looost Monday night, and did it in
"mid-season form" too.
Toosoo, Arizona, is no parade ground
in which a Mexioan may bnrst his
lung expausioti yelliug for Iluerta.
Tucson always had a way of doing
things to suit herself, anyway.
Founded en Faots and Should Be Lived
Up to by the American People Not
Religious Creed People of North,
South, East and West Can Unite For
Good. m
Copyrighted, 1914, by Thomas J. Sullivan.
Every failure Is a step to success;
every detection of what is false directs
ua to what is true; every trial ex
hausts some tempting form of error.
Not only so, but scarcely any attempt
Is entirely n failure; scarcely any theo
ry, the result of steady thought, is al
together false. No tempting form of
error is without some latent charm de
rived from truth. With these thoughts
In mind I have prepared what I call
tbe consumer's creed.
A Gate to the City.
It is not a religious creed. If it were
I would not be writing it, as I am
afraid I might get my metaphors
crossed. This is a business Teed,
something like the people of New Eng
land unconsciously adopted when Lord
North undertook to tax them. Thereto
fore they had always been accustomed
to divide on points. It so happened,
fortunately, that their opposition to
Lord North was a point on which they
were all united. It was a business
point.
I have written a creed upon which
the people of tbe north, south, east
and west can all unite for their own
good.
A good creed is a gate to tbe city
which has golden foundations; a mis
leading creed may be a road to de
struction, or if both misleading and
alluring it may become what Shake
speare calls n primrose path to the
eternal bonfire.
Perhaps my creed is nothing more
than a set of principles which it would
bo well for every consumer to practice.
Itead them and then adopt them as
your very own:
A Business Creed.
'First I do not patronize tho mail
order system because It is selfish and
greedy and for the reason that I buy
at home, where my interests are.
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Second. If this community is good
enough for my family and I to ilve in
It ought to bo good enough for my fam
ily and I to buy our necessaries in.
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Third. I will not take tho word of
the mall order house for its goods, as
I want to sco what I am buying, and I
want to get what I pay for.
Fourth. 1 do not patronize the mall
order houses because they demand
cash In ndvancc, and when I am
"broko" and sick and need supplies my
home dealer is willing to "carry" me.
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Fifth.-1 patronize the homo dealer
because he stands back of his goods
and In case of error is willing to rec
tify. Sixth. I patronize the home mer
chant because I believe a man ought to
spend his money in the community in
which be earns it.
Seventh. I patronize tho homo mer
chant because I believe the -man who
sells what he produces and buys what
ho needs at homo cannot be injured
by deceptive catalogue pictures or al
leged bargains.
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Eighth. I do not patronize tho mail
order houses because they frequently
sell damaged nnd inferior goods, which
It avails a man nothing to attempt to
exchange. But tho man I patronize
the home merchant, the man who helps
to pay tho town, county and state tax
-will exchange any article I buy from
him which is unsatisfactory.
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Ninth. I spend my niouey with my
home merchant in preference to somo
mall order house In a distant city be
cuubo the local merchants help to sup
port the public schools where I send
my children, tho churches and tbo de
pendent poor in my vicinity.
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Tenth.-I patronize tbe local mer
chant becauso he docs not try to trick
me Into buying "cheap" goods, which
because of their defectiveness prove
to bo expensive, and. further, because
should III lurk or bereavement come
my way my local denier would not
only prove that he whs a neighbor
niul a friend, but n man, with n man's
heart nnd a ninu's Inclination to do
good; not u soulless corporation like
tho mail order system. whose only in
stinct Is greed nnd a further desire- for
ROil).
"Do Unto Others."
Lot all citizens follow this creed
nnd they will be biased with happy
homes and a happy life. They will
prosper Dnanclaliy and at the same
time Improve tholr nmral standard. P
for your neighbor what yon would like
hliu to do for you; then ymi are doing
your full duty to yourst if and to all
mankind.
Moral. Huy and sell nt home.
6h Makes Violins.
Working quietly In a sunny apart
ment lu Brooklyn, the only woman
maker of violins lu this country, If
not lu the world, plies her trade. She
cumo by her talent naturally, for her
father was a famous maker of violins
In Austria In bis day, nud he Impart
ed the secret of his art to bis daugh
ter. The young woman fashions the
delieate Instruments with the twister's
touch and then, when nil is completed,
applies the coat of vnrulsu, that proc
ess which makes or mars the finest
Instruments. The formula of the var
ulsh Is a secret given to her by her
father. New York Tribune
French Kongo.
The territory formerly known as the
French Kongo an J now designated as
Freuch Equatorial Africa comprises
more than C00.000 square miles and
contains approximately 7.000,000 in
habitant!!. Tbe country U divided Into
three colonies: Gabon, capital at IJbre
vlllc; Moyen (or uitddlei Kongo, capi
tal at ItrasuavWe; Fbansl -Chart, capi
tal at Fort (le IVmmvI. nnd the territory
of Tchad.
- ' Fine Line of Vehicles
'Watts and Bogers Hsrdware Firm
of Weson desires to make known that
f they have a carload of over thirty ve
hicles en route from tbe East, consist
ing of top oarriages. hacks, road wag
ons and carts, fbey will have tbe
finest display ever shown in the coun
ty and prices that will move tbem;
tbe Weber and Winona wagons and
three styles of low down farm tracks.
Together with Staggs & Son, tbey
have the agency for tbat famous auto
mobile, Tbe Hudson Six 40, the most
talked-of car in tbe realm of sixes, the
greatest horse power to tbe weight of
tbem all; the most flexible, easy riding
oar and tbe latest European stream line
body. The weight is 2980 lbs. Adv.
Togoland.
Togoland. a German West African
colony, lies between Dahomey on the
east and the Gold Coast colony on tbe
west,' the Atlantic ocean being the
southern boundary, it has an area of
33,059 square miles and a population
of more than 1.500.000. .
An Ideal Home.
An ideal borne and diversified farm,
reduced pi ice. 40 aores; good house
and outbuildings; running water.
Close to oarlioe. Fine ornamental and
fruit trees; 20 aores of alfalfa; plenty
of oommeroial frnit. Every foot is
good land. Price is-f 12,000.00. Close
to Walla Walla. Freewater Land
Co., Freewater, Oregon. Adv.
Call For Crty Warrants.
Notice is herebv given tbat the City
of Atbeua will redeem tbe following
warrants: Warrants drawn on the
General Fond, No. 644 to 675, inclus
ive. Warrants drawn on the Water
Fund. No. 695. to 845, 'inclusive.
These warrants will cense to draw in
terest from tbe date "of publication of
this notioe. Dated April 10, '1914.
V. C. Burke, Treasurer.
T. D. Taylor I
For Sheriff
I hereby announce to tbe voters of
Umatille oounty, tbat I will be a can
didate for re-election to the offloe of
Sheriff, eut ject to the will of the
Demooratio primaries. My record as
an officer dnring the preceding terms
I have held tbe offloe, speaks for it
self, rnd if again eleoted, 1 will con
tinue '.o give my best services.
T. D. TAYLOR.
Paid Advertisement.
L. L. Mann
For Sheriff
If eleoted Sheriff 'of Umatilla Coun
ty, I promise tbe people . that I will
give my personal attention to the work
of my offioe, and that I will endeavor
by every fair means to enforce all the
laws of tbe State cf Oregon, including
tbe laws against bootlegging, gamtling
and prostitution and other orimes of
like nature. , As a taxpayer, I am in
favor of eoonomy in all of tbe business
of tbe County,' and will, if eleoted,
conduct the Sheriff's office striotly
upon business principles.
L. L. MANN.
Paid Advertisement.
Willard Bradley
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
CANDIDATE FOR COUNTS SUR
VEYOR Solicits your support in tbe Repub
lican Primaries
Paid Advertisement.
George Buzan
Republican Candidate for
COUNTY TREASURER.
If eleoted to tbe offioe of Treasurer
1 will be falthfol and honest in my
work and stop all interest against tbe
County as fast as tbe Connty funds
are available.
Paid Advertisement.
U: S.
Cream Separators
If you are interested in a
Cream Separator, you will
be pleased with the latest
U.S.
Prices $30 Up
Liberal allowance on old
machines. Free trial.
EDWARD TUCKER
Phone 16X2 Weston, Oregon
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H. M. Cockburn
Republican Candidate for re-election as
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, ,
Subject to tbe will of the voters at
the Primaries
I "am in favor of good roads, good
bridges and strict eoonomy particular
ly iu road money, where I want to see
every dollar of tbe road taxes expend
ed so as to yield a full dollar's value
to the people.
Paid Advertisement.
Douglas Belts
Republioan Candidate
For County Judge
"A public offloe is a publio trnst."
If nominated and eleoted I will en
deavor to administer tbe affairs of tbe
County so aa to compel by rigid eoon
omy a lowering of Connty taxes, and
will favor snob expenditure of tbe toad
funds so as to play no favorites but
to give every seolion of tbe County its
fair share of tbe road funds with due
recognition of the needs of the dis
trict. DOUGLAS BELTS.
Paid Advertisement.
J. A. Yeager
For COUNTY CLERK
Candidate ii tbe Repnblioan pri
maries. I promise faithfnl, efficient and
courteous cervioe.
Paid Advertisement. .
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THE :
ST. NICHOLS HOTEL
. E. FROOME, prop.
Only First-class Hotel in
the City.
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I THE ST. NICHOLS ,
! the only one tbat can accommodate
oommeroial traveler!.
Can beieoomended tor 111 clean aud
well Ventilated room.
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Cob. Mais amd Thibd, Athena, Or.
C. I. RUDE,
LIVESTOCK
and Genera
AUCTIONEER
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Reference
First National Bank
of Athena
Office, Dutch Henry Auction, Feed
and Sale Stable, Pendleton, Oreg.
Phone, 133. '
Brick Is Fool-Proof
When you decide to use brick in your
building you are sure of one thing
the contractor cannot tamper with the
material. " . ' -i .. ; - '
With both lumber and cement you
are blindly trusting to the dealer and
contractor. The chance is again youi
for you have no way of knowing
whether they are treating you honest
ly. You may find out afbtrwards
when it is to late. .
Don't trust that material man; don't
tempt the contractor's honesty.
Build with brick the one material
that is actually fool-proof!
Best grade Common Building Brick
always on hand. Correspondence is'
solicited. " .
WESTON BRICKYARD
P. T. Harbour, Mg'r. Weston, Oregon
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OFFICERS
W B. SHAFFER PrwitHnnt.
, W. S. FERGUSON, Vice-President,
Jr. s. Le GROW, Cashier.
R. F. CANNON, Ass't Cashier
DIRECTORS
m d eaivrvR TT. KOEPKE.
W.k FERGUSON M. L. WA11S,
F. S. Le Uituw.
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fIRST NATIONAL BANK
V OF ATHENA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00
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We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation
: consistent with sound Banking.
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Succeed when everything else fails.
In nervous prostration and female
weaknesses they are the supreme
remedy, aa thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it is the best medicine ever sold
over a druggist's counter.
Professional
S. P. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
v Special attention given to all
calib both night and day.
Calla promptly answered. Offioe on Third
Street, Athena Oregor
DR. J. W. WELCH
Dentist
Athena, Oregon
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Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. m.
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
BEAUTY
FLOUR
Is trade in Athena, by Athena labor, in one or the very best
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem
wheat grown, anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your
grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour for
$1.35
Per Sack
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash.
PETERSON & BISHOP
Attorneys-at-Law
Freewater, Oregon - Pendleton, Oregon
Homer I. Watts
Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
DR. E. B. OSBORN
Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist
Graduate McKllllp Vetlnary College
Offices: Commer'.cil Stable aud Ha ks Drag
eiore. r noiie main 43n, or a.
REINEMAH a BRADLEY
Engineers and Surveyers
Phone 881 Freewater. Oregon
PAfliT IT R5QW
Ihe longer you wait the greater will be the damages and
and consequently, the greater the cost. Sun, rain and
wind are busv opening up the pores and cracks, and ev
ery day's delay adds extra expense,. THat our work
giyes satisfaction, our growing list of permanent and
satisfied customers testify. Phone 416.
BENNETT'S PAINT STORE
We make, use and guarantee "Imperishable" Paint.
100 "for $1.25. 250 for $1.50. 500 for $2.25. Paper furnished
Flat Lens
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Toric Lens
A. D. French Optical Co.
Refracting and Manufacturing
OPTOMETRISTS
15 East Main, ' Walla Walla Wash.
Phone No. 653
Should you break your glasses mail
them to us. We will duplicate them
and mail tbem sams day received. If
your eyes are troubling you call at our
office, we will fit you correctly with
glasses if you need them. Our work
The Toric Lens is the Best, Notice the is fully guaranteed.
Angle of Vision. DR. FRENCH 0. D. in charge
MJJ the LmQinraPthe
&s&Cspringatihecost
CO ffi
NOflAMMOGKING
NO HUMM0CKIN3
NO SAGGING
NO BAGGING
NO DRAGGING
NO PITCHING
See tlioXrj$ixxlJt!d Springs at
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MILLER'S FURNITURE STORE-
Tte WeirylM Dunes
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We have samples of the best line of weaves we have
ever offered to our patrons. We can give you a, good,
tailored suit lor $15, a better one for $20, and a crack
erjack for $25. Fit and material guaranteed.
Main Street RUSSEL PIERSOL. Athena Oreg.