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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16

the lack Of brains and bundle of
incompetency at the head of the
present state central committee
of the democratic party in Oregon.
| do not say these things because
of any personal ill-feeling toward
Mr.. Cleveland for appointing him,
for | earnestly believe he did what
he believed to be for the best in
terests of tho district and of dem
ocracy in the state, nor because of
disappointment to any personal
ambition, for l am one of the self
supporting institutions of this
country, nor because of any per-
sonal feeling towards Mr., Murphy
Of harshness, but simply because
l desire to express in as forcible
a way as my limited abilities will
permit my disapproval of the re-
warding of any such "damphool-
ishness" as we democrats had to
endure last fall.
Very democratically,
WILLIAM F. BUTCHER
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16

Our "Butch" severely criticises
Murphy, the U. S. district -at--
tofney for Oregon, in the following
letter to the Portland Oregonian:
BAKER CRY, Or, June 17.-[To
THE EDITOR. III noticed in your
issue of the IA inst. that you men
toned my name as one of the
persons who was an applicant for
the position Of district attorney of
the United States for the dis
trict ofOregon. In this you are
mistaken. | never made any APP
plication, formal or informal, for
this or any other position. It is
true that / asked for and received
many strong endorsements for
this position-endorsements Of
character that Mr.. Murphy did
not have, could not and cannot
get-but they were never filed
with the president, attorney-gen-
eral or the appointing-clerk, but
remain now in my office in Baker
City. Concerning the appoint
ment of Mr.. Murphy, l, as one
. who is not deferred from saying
what | think by reason of the fact
that he is appointed to promin-
ent position, to which he is
neither entitled nor competent
to fill, think it an outrage upon
decent politics, an insult to the
democracy of this state, a reward
to treachery to party principle and
party ties, and countenance to
precedent which in the future will
render it unnecessary to go out to
electioneer for votes, if you can
only just get the chairman of the
central committee of the opposing
party to direct his party to vote
for whatever party he has a mind
to and you wish.
His organ may say it was done to
discipline the party, but 1 think
| can safely and truthfully say
that the parties are not disciplined
by rewarding their unfaithful or
those who disorganize and disrupt
them. 1t may say that harmony
prevails, and that Murphy's ap-
pointment gives satisfaction, but
my opinion is that to find it would
require more than the natural eye.
/ am sure | have not heard any
one SO express himself, not even
among those who were misled by
him last fall. I have yet to
learn that it is approved by the
committeeman for this
state, the chairman of the last
state convention, any of the
electors, any of the delegates to
the national convention, by either
Of the candidates for congress at
The June election last year, by the
for the supreme bench |
last year or by anyone else who |
is personally we'll acquainted with |
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16

cent on actual cash. Now we are
having a severe contraction in
credit, and cash is called on to do
more work. There is plenty of
money with string to it, but
there is not enough available for
mercantile credits. This may be
generalized as statement of what
always happens in times of what
is called stringency. 1t is not con-
traction Of credit that hurts.
People who have been giving credit
become more or less alarmed, with
or without good reasons. The
tendency among them is to collect
what is due them aud exercise
caution in granting new credits.
They scrutinize securities in and
the business standing of applicants
for credit more closely, and there
is contraction of credits in every
direction more or less severe and
prolonged, and many failures oc-
cur among those whose business is
conducted mostly on credit.
Cash is called upon to do more
work. 1t is called upon to supply
the place of credit to a great extent
and it is unequal TO the task.
More money is needed at such
times. But more money would
afford no relief, especially in time
Of panic, if the public entertained
a doubt as to the soundness OF that
money. The greater the conf
dence of the public in the curren-
cy at such time the less acute
will the crisis be and the sooner
Will It Dc over.
The opponents of repeal of the
tax on State bank circulation
claim that the advocates of such
repeal do not seem to have given
due weight to this consideration.
They say such circulation un-
certainly secured, would fall un-
der suspicion at once in time of
stringency or panic, and curren-
oy contraction would conspire
with credit contraction. But in
many of the states, State bank
currency is based on State bonds
n the same manner that Nation
i bank currency is based on
United States bonds. We do not
believe that such circulation could
'e classed as uncertainty secur-
d."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16
WOULD it not have been ,


WoULD itnot have been q good
idea, for our legislature when they
were making such strict laws gov
erning the killing of game, fish,
ETC., to have forbidden any one to
destroy the small fish of the
streams2 Some of the eastern
states have such laws. The young
trout, if not destroyed, would soon
become large enough to furnish,
not only excellent sport, but also
something of value for the fisher
mans larder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16

THE Cincinnati Commercial Ca
zette thinks Congress should ap-
peal the silver purchasing act,
which now it seems probable it
will do. 1t should 60 further
than this, and authorize the sale
of the accumulated silver bullion.
This would be an eye-opener to
Europe, and it would not cost us
more than it has cost Austria to
buy our gold,'
Correct; and till we do some
tn ing of the kind we will Get
no help in the old world, in find
ing some proper, safe, steady use
for silver as q money mental. The
sale of few hundred tons of our
silver in London, for the purchase
OF gold, would bring Great Britain,
and the rest Of them over there, to
a realizing sense Of the fact that
their Yankee cousins know how to
take care Of themselves.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16
COUNCIL MEETING.

The city council met in call ses-
sion last Saturday night, Council
men Spencer, Barrett, Maloney, and
Bloch being present. Mayor Hol-
lis being absent, councilman Bar
ret occupied the chair.
1. Shaw was granted a saloon
license for three months.
The marshal was instructed to
give written notices to i'll persons
selling intoxicating liquor not to
give such liquors to Samuel Ward.
VIM. Post was appointed deputy
marshal, and a salary of ten dol
lars per month was given him to
supplement an amount subscribed
by the citizens for sight watchman
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16
Senator stanford's Funeral.

Arrangements for the funeral
of Senator Stanford are all COM
pleted. The services will take
place at the chapel at Palo Alto
University. They will be very
simple. DR.. Stillard, the physic-
ianswho was called to the side of
his death bed, was seen by a rep
resentative Of the Associated
Press. He said the immediate
cause of death was paralysis of the
heart.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16
ADVERTISE THE STOCK.

during the past two months q
large amount of stock has been
impounded by the city marshal
Some were identified by the own.
ers, paid for and taken away, a
large majority OF which live in
Athena, and the stock consisted
Of milch COWS. But the major
portion Of the stock that has been
taken up came from distance,
and after being advertised (?) sold
to the highest bidder.
This is as it should be, but is it
done in proper way?
We answer no, for the manner
In which stock that is impounded
and sold by the city of Athena is
not advertised as it should be,
and as most of the incorporated
cities of the state advertise stock
that is taken up.
Below we publish section 3, of
Ordinance No. 48, IAN Ordinance
to prevent horses or horse kind,
mules, bulls, cows, steers, ETC.,
from running at large in the cor
poratc limits Of the city of
Athena"
See. 8. The marshal shall give
immediate notice of the taking
up Of such horse or horse kind,
mule, bull, steer, COW or calf, by
posting notice thereof in three
public and conspicuous places
within the corporate limits of the |
city Of Athena, which notices shall |
contain full description of the |
animal or animals SO taken up, |
and impounded, and he shall also |
state in such notices that the |
animal or animals 50 taken UP
and impounded, will be sold at |
the city pound within six days |
from the date Of posting OF such |
notices if not redeemed by the |
owner thereof before the expir- |
alton Of said six days.
Tlac above is all the city mar
shal u authorized to do in the way |
of advertising the stock. Anyone |
living in Athena losing stock
naturally goes to the pound to
look for it, and in most cases re-
deems before the marshal adver. |
tises GU by posting notices, but
not 50 with the owner who lives
at distance. A description of
his stock is posted in three public
~ conspicuous places" around
town, and he goes on with his
work. In the course Of time he
misses his stock, which is gener-
ally on the range, hunts for them
and finds out in the end that they
have been advertised (?) and sold
by the city Of Athena. His stock
is gone, sold without his having
one iota Of chance of knowing
that il was impounded (barring
an oecidcnt) in the city pound of
Athena.
In justice to the people living
outside of the corporated limits
Of tho city Of Athena, we ask that
Ordinance No, As be repealed, or
Section 5 be stricken out and be
substituted by one whereby stock
WILDE advertised in the newspaper.
This is important as there is great
,satisfactIon among some who
& ~ Ad-stock sold by the city in
''is VNADs-'sTIsED manner.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16

SoME idiots are trying to ascribe
the crisis to the democratic ad
ministration. These dunderheads
know or ought to that we are
now simply carrying out the pol
icies inaugurated and accomplish
ed during the Harrison admins
tratien, The democratic admin
istration doesn't begin business
until congress meets.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16
THE MISTER 0Oss =DoRDEN
CASE.

This week closed the trial of the
Borden murder case, one of the
most extraordinary in the annals
Of crime. The jury q listen
m5sll - sys d r.si., ssss,
agrectl'on q verdict of not guilty, in
less timc than one hour and |. a
half
"A few particulars as given by the
press from day 10 day may be of
service to help readers understand
the case. Tho Bordens were
wealthy people living in Fall
River Mass. The family consis-
ted Of Mr., and Mrs. Borden and
two daughters who we're children
Of s6nner wife of Mr.. Ror-
den aada stop daughter of Mrs. |
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Lecture again tonight at Baptist
church by DIR. nobert Collyer, Of
Brooklyn n. Y. Subject Smoke
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16

We would respectfully ask your inspection Of these
goods, knowing you will be pleased, and it will be
pleasure for us to show them to you.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-06-16
THE GRANGE store


Our new stock of Dress Goods has
arrived from New York, and we will be pleased to
show them Among the dress goods will be the latest
patterns in Pontelles Grenadines, Sateens, Chambrays
Cashmeres, Sublime, Summer Sutings, etc etc.
Evening journal., 1893-04-21
WANAmAKER's.
Phnai aielphiA, Friday, April p, 1888
The weather to-day is likely
to be clear.
WANAMAKER's.

I2Hc Gingham at &c!
Another of those great
trade triumphs.
The very cream of I2Xc
Ginghams.
Brand new, without a fault,
and fully one hundred styles
-Plaids, Checks, Stripes.
Why &c? No matter.
Take what fortune sends
and be thankful.
$4,000 yards yesterday
morning. Much lessthis morn
ing-yard sticks were flashing
there like sabres in a cavalry
charge.
Northeast Of centre.
Hop Sackings.
More and more women are
buying them-so oddly pretty,
so winsomely peculiar. Some
of the most striking costumes
of the season will be of the
coarse-thread, loose-weave
Hop Sacking.
Richest, creamiest of them all 81. So
five color mixes. width so in.
Annfhar of En FtE l.. \ l..
At $1.25 beauty in dozen colorings
But the Hop Sacking won
der to-day is so cents a
yard! Not quite so wide or
quite so fine as its $I.2s and
$I.5o sisters, but a rousing
great half dollars worth in
every yard of it. All wool,
ten choice colors, good Sum-
mer weight, 81 in.
Southeast Of centre.
NelveteenS.
Seventy shades, and exactly
the right weight for Capes or
for trimming uses.
Nearest in looks, nearest in
touch to fine Silk Velvet OF
any Velveteen in the market.
81 the yard.
Northeast Of centre.
Say the word and we'll care
for your Furs and heavy gar
mentS till you want them.
Desk, second floor, Chestnut street.
John WANAMAKER.
Evening journal., 1893-04-21
PLAIN WORDS FROM UNCLE SAM.

MIR. Garter, of Counsel for the United
States, Makes an Able Argument Ia
Paris Before the Behrlng Sea Tribunal.
PARIS, April 2l.-Mr. Carter of counsel
for the U. s. before the Behring Sea
tribunal OF arbitration4 continued his
argument to-day in behalf of American
claims in Behring Sea- Mr.. Carter criti.
cized the weak points of the case presented
in behalf of Great Britain. He admitted
that the United States asked for a
monopoly Of the seals, but monopoly,
he argued could only be injurious
when artificial prices were induced by it.
In the present instance that was inn
possible. On the contrary the monopoly
asked for by the United States would
encourage production and be beneficial
to humanity in the same way as the
laws providing for patents and for copy
wright. Mr. Carter proceeded to refute
the British argument that the seals de-
voured British fish in the waters of
British Columbia.
The fish in these waters, Mr.. Carter
said, were the property of the world.
Mr.. Carter quoted from the Joint report
of the commissions of Great Britain and
the United States appointed to inves-
tigate the condition of seal life in the
North Pacific ocean to sustain his con
tention that pelagic sealing was wrong.
The United States, Mr. Carter said,
would tolerate the immemorial right of
the Indians to pursue the seals for their
personal sustenance, but not for com
mercial purposes.
Evening journal., 1893-04-21
ADJUSTMENTS.

Opera House-"The Old Homestead
The delightful picture of life in New
England, The Old Homestead. pre-.
sented by Denman Thompson's own
company, will begin an engagement. at
the Grand Opera House this evening,
tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow
evening. THE Old Homestead" does
not require any extended notices to ex-
cite the interest of the people in its
coming. Mention "The Old Homestead"
to thousands of our theatre-goers and
they at once explain, "Well I'll 20 to
see it again. II is one Of the few plays
/ can see a dozen times without getting
weary" Like an old masterpiece, new
beauties are discovered in it with repe.
titions of attendance A magnificent
company will appear in the coming en-.
gagement. The musical features will
be given during these performances.
The Grand Opera House will be packed
at each performance.
The almost phenomenal business done
by ''The Old Homestead" on its last
visit has not been forgotten by regular
theatre patrons. II a good seat was
desired II was necessary to speak days
in advance, and the indications are that
this engagement will be equally pros.
porous.
If there is one play on the stage to day
that will bear being seen twice that
play is most assuredly ''The Old Home
stead.
Evening journal., 1893-04-21
WORLDS CHAMPIONS.

The leader of New York's 400 remarks
that one of the benefits of the Worlds
Fair will be the opportunity the Chicago
people will obtain to study the superior
ity Of New York manners and style
That of course, exhibits a reasonable
amount of insolent cheek, a superfuous
degree of vulgar bigotry but still,
Chicago, we believe, can give New York
points on all those qualities of thick
skinned push which are commonly as
cribed TO "the hustler'-social, political
or commercial
While there are several branches Of
industry and art In which Now York will
will not yield the palm Of ardor and
vigor to any other locality as for in
stance. that social whirl Of rich parvenus
Of which McAllister is the conspicuous
exponent, there is little doubt that Chi
cago's hustling qualities cover a wider
field and fll every department into
which her talent flows with the same
current of resistless momentum which
distinguishes her sticking fraternity.
AS Chicago can stick pigs and Swing
them, squealing, intoiboiling water baths
quicker than they can be stuck and
scalded anywhere else in the world, 50
her newspaper men can brag harder and
longer than any other advertising
agents on this planet-we need not stop
to specify the hemispheres. Here is one
Of many offering tickets for 1.-TWO CT the
greatest exhibitions outside of the
Worlds Fair"
Dear Sir-We want your ear for a
moment, we are not after SOMETHING
for NOTHING because we can't get It,
Reciprocltys the thing. You can do us
some good, we can do something for you.
WHY NOT2 Everybody's coming to
Chicago this year, you are ONE of
EVERYBODY.
That is only the beginning, the enter
ing wedge as it were, for cheeky propos-
ltions in a versatile slang of Pigeon
English which follow. The circular
rivets attention with questions in large
and explosive type thus:
What can you do for usg"
The answer follows before you" can
frame one for yourself.
That's easy publish from time to time,
some SHORT, pointed and pithy para.
graphs. We wouldn't send anything
that wasn't clean cut, straight goods,
cause we know you'd kill IT,
Properly enough the signature to this
circular is Gross" but to leave no
doubt Of the character and origin Of the
proposition, in itself, and Of the literary
excellence with which it is set forth, Mr..
Gross adds postscript thus:
p. BY profession am a newspaper
correspondent, but quit the business be
cause there wasn't enough in It, How
would you like now and then a column oI
matter upon Australia, New Zealand
Samoa East Indies or Japan, provided II
cost you nothing and was frst.class.
Now the editors of this city hav,
touches Of the Encyclopedia Britannica ant
twinges of the geographical dictioua' J
diseases, but they have never ventured {,
do such variegated and distant work a
that for less than cost-to love- Chicag,
and Gross are easily worlds champion
i there
Evening journal., 1893-04-21

for any purpose Of circulation or rsdemp
ton as iron. lead OF any other commodity
The government. in the FIRST place. issues
coin Treasury note in payment
for silver bullion, and then the coin
Treasury note is presented at a
sub Treasury and the gold is paid
ont for it, so that the effect
is precisely the same as II the gold
were paid directly for the silver in the
first instance. The purpose OF the
government to preserve its own credit
unimpaired and maintain the parity Of
the two metals by all lawful means will
not be abandoned under any circum-
stances" This illustrates one'of the
beauties OF the Sherman silver act Of
1890 Il is an illustration OF the evils
Of Republican political financiering
started for the purpose Of capturing the
vote Of the silver states II was as fool
ish and hurtful as It has proved unsuc-
cessful. Il did not capture the silver
vote; It does empty the Treasury.
Evening journal., 1893-04-21
SWEET William said.

Lady. you are the Cruel'st she alive
IL you viii lead these graces 10 the grave
And leave the world no copy.
What more needs to be said when so
much has been said so exquisitely. Truly,
here is nothing more to be said, except
as Benedict said, "the world must be
peopled" In that short comprehensive
triplet there is argument and fact sufii-
Client to put all the world to producing
triplets, not in verse, but in the living,
sweeter, lovelieI poems which perpetu
ate those graces in the mother of which
they are the budding copies-children
She is surely cruel who leads those graces
TO the grave and leaves no COPY
she dePrives herself Of the tenderest
cares, the noblest sacrifices, the most
rapturous joys a woman can have. She
deprives another, many other prospec.
tive mothers, perchance, Of similar cares,
sacrifices and joys. She takes her i'm.
press from the race and buries treasure,
jewel which might have been fashioned
70 adorn the race for many generations.
One sweet woman's life is never lived in
vain. II she but leave copies Of herself
they will 60 on repeating her till the i'm
preston is infinite. There is a subtle
refinement which adheres to tn,
progeny, even after the stock ha,
iegenerated in the stronger qualities
which gave it greater distinction, tC
bring it back by that gentle womanly in
auence till It rises again and. assumes III
pristine glory. Genius cannot be propa
gated; refinement, gentleness, culture
tenderness can be. These are the attri
butes Of woman. Surely she will not leat
those graces to the grave and leave NJ
copy.
Evening journal., 1893-04-21
THE FLATTeRY oF IMlrArloN.

THE FLATTERY OF IMITATION.
The large edition Of the Morning News
is credible exhibition Of energy, skill
and taste.
Following the example of the EVENING
JOURNAL the News, bought one of the
new style presses, which have lately
been invented to print direct from the
types, without the necessity Of stereo.
typing, and from fiat beds That is
great improvement over any other
method and the News shows excellent
Judgment in adopting it at once.
They have all prOfted by the example
and the precepts Of this modern and
Sprightly newspaper; Eand though they
are chary in writing their gratitude they
show It practically in the manner that is
said to prove the sincerest fsttery.
Even the old, old, Daily Republi can
has attempted to get into this century
by adopting our cast.off news plate ser
vice We used to beat the Every
Evenings clothes line service with that
day by day. But, of course, the Daily
Hersey cannot be expected to beat any.
thing, being too heavy footed to keep in
sight Of funeral procession playing the
dead march to crutchless cripple.
The Every Evening too, though consider
ing its facilities, slower and duller thar
the Hersey phenomenon. has been forced
to cast out its Associated Press news ser
vice snd share the United Press service
with neighbor Of whom il is too ieal
GUS to see straight or for that matter I,
talk straight. It has precisely the sam,
news service that the EVENING journal
introduced here and that we ge
every day, in precisely the sam,
manner; but, for a spit,
that is petty; and, so far as we can per
ceive foolish. it claims, untruthfuIly, {,
obtain the UNITED Press Dispatches b,
Special Wires. II gets the same dis
patches the EvENIsG JOURNAL gets
over Western Union wires
We are glad to have the hattery o
imitation from our contemporaries, an
we take this occasion, of the large pres
Evening journal., 1893-04-21

zERE are two reasons why a woman
I'D not lift her skirts into a fluffy
sh and run across the street in front
n electric cart is ridiculous and
yerous Running thus, a woman
lot be either graceful or dignifed. II
appreciates her own Importance she
never neglect either grace or dignity.
curse the fact that it is unsafe is Of
paratively little Importance for it is
or to sacrifice her life than her grace
oman should not run even for her
unless she is prepared to run grace
v.