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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher .Published Every Friday. Office, Co ner Third and Iefierson Streets. Entered In the f oatoffloe at Athena, Oregon as ecooduiass Wail Matter, Subscription Rates. One copy, one year. $1.50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months.... .... . 7J One copy, three months 50 Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch ...... 25c Subsequent insertions ......... 12 J(S 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 ttTHENA. ORE., OCT. 23 1914 Mr. GillUand is evidently seeking for vindication. We can gee nothing else in tbe offioe of County Judge (or him. We have the Tribune's word for it that be owns a farm on whiob be oan earn slathers more of dough than tbe salary of Judge amounts to. It may be that if snooessfol in tbe election Mr. Gilliland bas some ray of bope of an increase being made in tbe offioe of County Jodge. Vindication of former official aots by re-eleotlon, of oonrse, wonld to some extent re move tbe sting of exposure of tbe al leged Umatilla bridge graft, now be ing broad-sided into bim by a Pendle ton paper, wbiob goes direotly into tbe oouit boose records for tbe basis of its aooosation, and prints tbesa reo ords verbatim, to snbstantlate lis obargea against tbe former Jndge. This paper in question, tbe East Ore gonian, is responsible from a flnanoial atandpolnt, its editor qualified in tbe knowledge of the libel laws of tbe state, and being familiar witb Mr. Gilliland's rights to proteotlon under tbia law, evidently rests perfect1? se cure in tbe allegations be Is publish ing. To tbe Press it looks like Q Mi land baa tbe hardest job or eleotlon of any oandidate on the republican tick et, for in tbe shadow of tbe Umatilla bridge allegations, be meets with Charles H. Marsh, one of tbe oleanest, most oapatle young men of tbe oonn ty, as an opponent for the offioe throngb wbloh be seeks vindication. , ' Tbe need.ot more and better rnral sobools In Oregon is made manifest by oonditions revealed in a reoent oeusos report showing tbe pet oentage of illit erates among the native white farming class of tbls State. Tbe figures show that tbe per oentage of illiteracy In the rnral dlstrlots of Oregon is three times as large as that in tbe cities and villages of tbe State. Oregon bas 10,604 Illiterates and 9.180 of them live on tbe farms. There are 5,043 boys and men and 3,091 girls aud women on tbe farms of tbia State tbat coo neither read nor write. "Our George" oan explain tbe ad ministration's legislative pollutes about as well aa any on we ever beard. But he failed here the other day to give an inkling of what he bad accomplished in the "oonstrnotlon" oamp. After hitching himself np with tbe administration, tbat was all thero was to it. exoept one little iuol deut. And tbat was where be diffeied with President Wilson in regard to tbe Panama tolls question. But be . didn't explain why, or how, of what for(?l he differed with the President. While the light of investigation aud publioity is being turned on al leged oertain shady transactions of a County Oonrt of which T. P. Gilliland was the presiding member, it mhjlit be well to draw attention to me iaiu that in the minds of many, the present rate of high taxes la being oonf osed with county oonrt administration. This is far from the trneetatoa of the situation. The root of tba oanse of high taxea Ilea wholly in the extrav Sanoe of the last legislatnce. The plan of the St. Louis banker to assist the ootton farmers of the Sooth la a further Indication of tbe nation wide iuterest wblob Is being manifest ed In tba problems of the m? u ' follow the plow. The movement 1" not Intended aa a plan for purchasing ootton, bat la designed rather to make available fnnd of 1150.000.000 to loan on ootton at not to exoeed six cent per pound for the purpose of making ootton a liquid asset, stabll Itlilng lta prioe and bringing about normal oonditions again. B. 13. Biobaids is taking apeoial Inters t In the eleotlon of Mr. Law renoe T. Harris tor Justice of the Su preme Court. Inasmuch aa Jndge Har lis was nominated by both the Repnb lioau and Progressive parties in tba primaries, Bert's boast tbat the nom inee is one of tbe best meo he ever knew, oariiea ooneiderabla weight with tts, and we are not averse in the least to yoking Jodge Harris up with Jndge Galloway, another good man, in wishing the two snaoess at the polls. The Pendleton Trib, the "only re publican paper la Umatilla county." declaims that wbat this oonnty needs what the whole State of Oregon needs, la men in tbe Legislature who can accomplish something; not mere ohalr warmers. Well, wa will not take lsone with "Mao." on the state t iaige, tut it la onrrenilT believed op thii way that the delegation fop- resenting the oonnty in the last session couldn't find a obair. So tbe whole bnnob roosted on the steam roller. 8peaklng of "the fnll dinner pail," B. A. Booth, aspirant for senatorial honors, carries one that is never emp ty. Tinst him for tbat. If bis rela tives had held out numerically, by this time he wonld have been toting around a hogshead witb the other half of Sootbern Oregon's timber land in it for ballast. It is safe to allege that if eleoted to the offioe to wblob be aspires, Joe Soott will not be fonnd tiailing around la the smoke of the steam roller down at Salem next February in extra ses sion to oironmvent tbe Governor's power of veto on extravagant legisla Till Taylor stands on a platform good enough for anybody wbo is conscien tious in tbe performance of bis official duties bis past reoord. Will Bill Hanley come to Athena and make a speeoh? I his is tbe see- ond ofthand invitation. Bill. No easy seat oo tbe steam roller for Joseph. The Democratic Ticket We oall the attention of tbe voters to tbe demooratio ticket at tbe general eleotlon, November 8. 1911. It is composed of honest, oapable, upright and efficient oilizens who will make honorable publio servants and reflect oredit upon tbe respective oHi"es to which they aspire, If eleoted. They all believe in rigid publio eoonomy, lower taxes, a higher standard of pub lio morality, oivio purity, dignified law enforcement and strip t perform ance of olfioial duty. For Representative In Coogress, 2nd Congressional District. 18 Sam Evans. For United States Senator. 16 George E. Chamberlain, pres ent enonmbent. For Governor. 23 Charles J. Smith. For State Tresanrer. 27 BL. Lee Paget. JnstiueB of tbe Supreme Court. 1 82 T. H. Crawford. 88 Wm, Galloway. 88 Wm. M. Ramsey. 10 W. T. Slater. For Attorney General. 18 John A. Jeffery. Superintendent of Publio Instrnotiou. 46 J. A. Ohuroblll. State Engineer. 48 Jobn B. Lewis. Commissioner of Labor. 4 O, P. Hoff. For Commissioner of the Bailroad Commission. 62 Frank J. Miller. For Senator 19th Distrlot, Umatilla, Union and Morrow Counties, 68 Joseph N. Soott. For Senator 20th Distrlot, Umatilla County. 57 D. 0. Brownell. For ' Bepresentativs, 22nd Distrlot, Umatilla and Morrow Conntiea. 59 Gsorge H. Bishop. For Representative 28rd Distiiot, Umatilla County. 68 A. W. Simmons. 64 Henry J. Taylor, For County Judge. 67 Charles H. Marsh. For Sheriff. 70 T. D, Taylor present enoumbent For County Clerk. 71 T. C. Fraaier. For County Treasurer. 78 B. O. Hawks. For Surveyor. . 80 Jobn B. English. For Coroner. 82 Betta E. Wombangh, (Indepepndent but endorsed by Demoorats.) For County Commissioner. . 84 Lou Hudgen. We invite careful attention to a consideration of all these candidates. WILL M. PETERSON, Chairman. W. N. MATLOCK. Paid Adv. Seoratary. The Republican Ticket Tbe Bepublloan party has the rep utation, upheld and sustained by tbe rsoords, of living op to Its oampalgo pledges and platforms. Eaob and ev ery man ou tbe tlokel la pledged to an economical, tax-rednoing, efficient ad ministration. They are eaob. aud ev ery one men of ability, honesty and integrity, well qualified to admluistet tbe au.i o( offioea to which they aspiie, am? " eleoted their individual lepnta'tion auu 'taodlng is a guarantee that thev will do SO. This tlokst is submitted to the voters witb the great est ooufidenoe, with pride and the firm oonviotion tbat tbey will Hod it mea suring up to every expectation and requirement. It la a tioket well wor thy of tbe uoBOlmona support ot every ooosoleotlous mau and woman in tbe State ot Oiegon. The numbers oppo site eaob name are tbe same aa will appear on tha official ballot. Consid er it oaiefnlly. 14 N. J. SINNOTT. Bepieseulativa in Congress, 15 R. A. BOOTH, United State Senator. 25 JAMES WITHXCOMBK, For Governor. 26 THOS. B. HAY, State Treasurer. 28 HENRY J. BEAN, 80 HENRY L. BENSON, 81 LAWRENCE T. HARRIS, 83 THOMAS B. MoBKlDE, Justices of tbe Supreme Court. (Pout to ha eleoted) 41 GEORGE M. BROWN, Attorney Ueueral. 4 J. A. CHURCHILL, Superintendent ot Publio Instruc tion. 18 JOHN H. LEWIS, ; State Eugtneer. 19 O. P. HOFF. i Commissioner of Labor Statistic SALEM SUFFERS BUSINESS LOSSES FROM MY RULE Store Property Rentals Drop $75 a Month in City BANK DEPOSITS OFF $309,000 Fourteen Business Houses Quit in Less Than Yc:.r. School Attendance Less Many Oregon papers have been loaded down within the past three weeks with repeated assurances that "Business is Fine in Dry Towns." The three most important Oregon cities to become "dry" nine months ago were Salem, Oregon City and Springfield. If business is fine in those cities the taxpayers and most of the business men would like to have the "drys" explain just what they mean by "fine.-" If they had said "business is thin," then they might have been more easily understood. Let them answer first about conditions in Salem. Ex-Councilman John D. Turner, of Salem, an attorney, is sponsor for the following facts about that city: Salem went "dry" December 1 last, closing 15 saloons, throe Testaurants and two wholesale houses and withdrew liquor permits from eight drug stores and cut off an annual license revenue of $15,400. Ninety men and a monthly payroll of 5,700 were put out of com mission. Most of the men have left the city. All buildings vacated by these concerns are still empty, except six, which have been occupied by ten ants who have vacated other buildings, several ol tlio best buildings being boarded over and used as billboards. More than. five hundred modern dwell ings are "for rent." Store property rentals on State streot have dropped from $185 to $110 a month, but "busi ness is fine." Fourteen other business places have dosed since December 1 last, aside from the saloons and restaurants. In cluded are three shoe stores two by sheriff and one voluntarily; one of the largest drygoods stores has been sued for the first time in twenty years. Scores of clerks have left the city, causing the loss of more payrolls to the city, but "business is fine." A leading prohibitionist promised to builil.lfl new dwellings if the city went "dry." Nine houses wore begun, two have the windows and door.s in, but have never been finished; no work has been done on the others, besides their bare frames. Building permits from January to August, the last nine wet months of 1913, were $388,925; from November, 1913, to September, 1914, the next kleven "dry" months, they were $120, 000 loss, or $268,160. The grammar school opening day en rollment in 1913 was 1510; on the Bams day 1914, 1489, but "business is fine." Bank deposits show a decrease of $309,942 since the town went "dry," even after allowing for tho $485,000 deposited this year from sale of bonds In Boston. The decrease, therefore, really Bhould be $794,942, but "busi ness is fine." The attendance at the "Cherry Fair" this year was about one-half what it was the last "wet" year. The Ministerial Associntion before the elec tion which made Salem "dry,-" told the Cherry Fair promoters that they would moke up for the donations usu ally made by tho saloons, but utterly failed to do so this year and the pro moters refused to hold that carnival, The "Chcrrians," consisting of 100 real boosters, but of no prohibitionists, then pledged their personal member ship for the necessary funds, requiring the payment on their part of $500. Te rub it in, the Methodists then turned their church into a restaurant, put the kitchen in tho pulpit and competed with the legitimate restaurants for the little business that their proprietors had hungrily looked for as a possible annual godsend. Business must bo "fine" in any city when building permits, payrolls, bank deposits, bankruptcies, closed stores, de populated dwellings, depressed realty values, school enrollments and carnival statistics all tell so dreary a story of literal fact. Maybe the prohibitionists mean that the "agitating business" is fine. Paid Advertisement, Taxpayers C& Wage Earners League of Oregon, Portland, Ore end Inspector of Faotoiies end Work Shops. 63 FRANK J. MILLER, , Commissioner of tbe Railroad Commission of Oregon. 61 GEO. T. COCHRAN, Superintendent of Water Division No. a. 65 O. A. BARRETT, Senator lfltb Senatorial Dlstriot, (Umatilla, Union and Morrow Counties.) 58 J. N. BURUESU, Senator SOtb Senatorial Distriot. (Umatilla Couuly.) 60 ROBERT N. 8TAFIELD, Represetnatlve S3nd Distrlot. (Umatilla Conuty, Mor row Oonnty.) 61 J. T. HINKLK, 63 ROY W. RITNER, Representatives 83id Distriot. (Umatilla Conuty.) 68 T. P. GILLILAND, Oonnty Jndge. 69 L. L. MANN, County Sheriff. 12 FRANK BALING, Conuty Clerk, 7 B. S. BURROUGHS, County Reoorder. 78 0. W. BRADLEY, . County Treasurer, 79 WILLARD BRADLEY, Conuty Surveyor. 81 3. T. BROWN, County Coroner. CLACKAMAS AND OREGON CITY HIT BY EMPTY TILLS "Dry" Regime Followed by Query las to Receiver ; , s CITY WARRAOTSUNSALEABLE City Council Calls Election November 9 to Raise Leyy 8 Mills to Pay Debts Oregon City and Clack amas County, of which Ore gon City is the county seat, present as lamentable , a condition in a business sense as a defunct corpora tion about to go into the hands of a receiver. In fact, a receivership for Ore gon City already has been seriously discussed by cer tain of its creditors, and Judge Campbell of that city has declared his willingness to declare such a receiver ship, if formal application were made to him, as he would for "any bankrupt corporation." A special election has been called by the city for November 9 "to relieve the financial condition of the city," the purpose being to vote $250,000 5 per cent bonds and to increase the tax levy eight mills in or der to take care of the new indebtedness. -. On the part of Clackamas Connty the County Treasurer is confronted with an empty treas ury for the Jirst time in six years. The Morning Enterprise, a radi cal prohibitionist daily of Ore gon City, in explaining this sit uation, says "the condition is con sidered the result of the amount of delinquent taxes on the county's tax rolls., County Treas urer Tufts refused the first war rants on the general fund Mon day (October 12, 1914)." Business must be "fine" in a city and a county when the treasuries of both are empty because of lack of money coming into their strong boxes, with a special election called by the city to increase its tax levy, with a re ooivership threatened and with ''dan ger" signs strung along the length of the business portion of Main street by "order of the City Council," which read: "Danger Main Street Declared Dangerous All persons traveling on Main street between North side of Moss street and South side of Third street do so at their own risk." Banks are refusing to cash Oregon City municipal warrants. Since Janu ary first the city has issued $39,991.05 in these warrants, according to the re port of City Recorder John W. Loder, and these warrants are still unpaid. The city tax levy in 1913 in Oregon City was eight mills. Two weeks af ter the city went dry the council in creased this levy to 10 mills for 1914, and on November 9 there is to be a special elction held at which the voters will be asked to sanction an additional levy of eight mills to meet the munici pal Indebtedness. Yet "business is fine in dry towns," and Oregon City is doing well. Vacant buildings now stand on Main street, tho chief business thoroughfare of Oregon City, as monuments to the memory of one garage, one clothing storo, one restaurant and one livery barn now closed up, but formerly did good business. Fourteen vacant stores line both sides of Main street, and three vacant lots mark the places where throe other stores formerly stood, but which have burned down. So little has been tho demand for busi ness property that the burned struc tures were never rebuilt. But "busi ness is fino in Oregon City." Tho Enterprise printing office, which formerly employed a large force of printers and bookbinders, and often worked night and day to fill orders, is now operating its job department crew but five deys a week, yet The Morning Enterprise is one of the papers that has printed the Committee of One Hundred matter about "business is fine in dry towns." Paid Advertisement, Taxpayers A Wage Earners League of Oregon, Portland, Ore Professional 8. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calib both night and day. Cl! promptly answered. O nice on Third Street, Athena Oregor DR. A. B. STONE, Physician and Surgeon. I H. M. COCKBUBN, County Comuiisslocer. JOE H. PARSES, Justice of the Pesos. Pendletoo Distriot. THOS. SMART, Constable, Pendleton Distiiot. Respectfully submitted to tbe con sideration of tbe voters by tbe County Ceutial Committee. FRANK S. CURL. Chairman. LEE MOOREHOUSE. SaoV Headquarters, Rooms 1 and i Amer- loan .National Bank Building, Peudleton. Oienon. Paid Advertisement NOTICE. To Whom It S-'oy Conoern: Yon will plea tie taaa notice that all the stools on the Frank Morrisetle ranon Is the property of tbe undersigned and all persons taking any mortgage or other eontraot fot oi against any snob property, without the eignatnre ot tbe nndereigned do so at tbeit own tisk. Dated this 1st das of Oototer, 1911 t Athene, Oregon. Signed . Agnea Motrisette. For Sale A new Columbia Uraph aphone, mahogany finish, east last winter. foO and 85 splendid reoords all for 139 oasb, at tbe 1'teee offioe. Ad?. Offioe In Post Building. Phone. 601 DR. J. W. WELCH , Dentist Athena, Oregon Office Hours: 9 a. m, to 4:30 p. m. PETERSON & BISHOP Attornus-at-Law Freewater, Oregon - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. DR. E. B. OSBORN Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist Graduate McKIUlp Vetlnary college Offices: Commer'.oal ablo aud Halts D ru g Star . Phoue Main 48., or 8 OFFICERS W B. SHAFFER President, W. S. FERGUSON, Vioe-President, F. 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