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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17

bors, quite a number Of whom were mu-
tually interested at one time in waging
war on the little digger squirrel, which
was SO numerous in the early history OF
farming in this community, A splendid
time was had and ample justice done
the ice cream and cake. Not until the
"wee sma' hours" did the crowd leave
for their homes, feeling well paid fol-
the time srsn ave trust that Mrs.
Woodward and Mr.. Cochran may have
many many more birthday parties al
least once year. Those in attendance
were
Messrs. and Mesdames Il. I'll. Stone,
j. M. Stone, 7. M. Barger, A. McKin-
zie, W. P. Wallen, j. N. B. Gerking,
Jas. Potts, John Cochran, M. Wood
ward, Alvin Stone; Misses Fannie Scott,
Eva Woodward, Bertha Stone, Lois
Stone; ! essrs. w. Fl. III. Scott, George
Woodward, Chas. Marsh, Walter Stone,
Casper Woodward, Claud johnson and
Jonnie Stone.
Mr.. Otis Ingle, of Milton, was visiting
on the Flat Sunday. Mr.. Ingle may To-
cate on the Flat.
Mrs. e. X. Reeder, Of Tacoma, was
visiting her grand children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Gerking, Tuesday.
Mrs. E. II. Stone and Mrs. Wood
ward were visitors at the Piper home
Tuesday.
Joe and Will Scott are away working
their summer fallow, six miles east of
Pendleton, this week. The boys will
work with the Walter combine this har-
vest.
Geo. and Chas. Gerking intend start
ing their combine harvester in about 10
days.
Claud Reeder was out on the Flat
with his new binder one day last week.
Dean and Fay Gerking returned home
Monday after several days visit on
Butter creek at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. B. Saylor. UNo.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17
Popular Sunday Dinners.


The initial Sunday dinner given at
the Athena Hotel was well patronized
and all were well pleased with the
splendid dinner served by the manage
ment. Johnson's orchestra has been
secured to furnish music for next Sun
days dinner, and the following pro-
gram will be rendered between II
o'clock, noon, and 2 p. M.
"Illinois Battleship," march,
.....,.............. wv. G.. Yule
Medley overture, "Gleaminga,' '',.....
.,.......,.........:...,,..Fa .Fa Boyer
Concert waltz, ''The Flower Of Italy,.
,...............,.,.. G.. De Stefeno
March, "Hiawatha, "....-.... Neil Moret
Medley waltz, 'Tn the Good Old Sum
mer Time, ".........J. W. Chattaway
Medley twostep, "I'm Uulucky." In
PRODUCTION, "Jes' Kiss Yourself Good
bye" ".,...s.s... Jerome & Schwartz
Introduction and waltz, "When Knight
hood was in Flower, ,''.............
.............,.....L Louise v. Gustin
March, "Clorinda, Chauncey Haines
Polka (Comique) "Massa's Birthday ~.
..,..,........,.L. p. Laurenden
Ragtime March and Twostep, Creole
Bells, "..........J Bodewalt Lampe
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17
plan to Avert Race war.

Negro leaders in indianapolis are TAX
ing steps to avert a race war. The
Evansville riots and conflicts between
the races in other cities have made them
apprehensive Of similar outbreak there.
An organization known as the Negro
Business league has been formed to rid
the city of what the better element of
the negro race call the "Jim Grow" ne
gro. Those who will not work will be
reported to the police, with request
that they be driven out Of town.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17
search For Yictims.

The search for bodies at Heppner has
been given up. A few days ago the
body Of a small boy was found below
town but the remains were so decom-
posed that they could not be identified.
The men who have been engaged in
searching the piles Of debris for bodies
have been discharged and only one crew
remains, which is working at cleaning
up the streets. The work of this gang
will be completed in a few days. All
the buildings left standing and moved
by the food have been returned to their
original places and are undergoing re-
pairs and will soon be ready to occupy.
None Of the people seem to be afraid to
reoccupy them. Sidewalks are being
laid and streets are being graded
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17
momea Tor taoo pennle

Two hundred and twenty-five thous-
and two hundred and eighty.four acres
Of land were taken up by homestead
and desert entry during the fiscal year
just ended in the Walla Walla land Office
district, which comprises all Of Walla
Walla, Columbia, Garfield, Asotin and
Franklin counties, the bulk Of Whitman
county, about half Of Adams and Kick
itat and fraction Of Yakima. Frank
lin county leads with 56,577 acres.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17
HOLD ELECTION JULY 81.

Residents in Little waiIa waiIa River
Irrigation District Will Vote.
An election will be held in the Walla
Walla River Irrigation district July 81
to determine voters opinions on the es-
tablishment Of the district. THIS is in
accordance with the petition submitted
to the county court some time ago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17

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Mayor yetoea Ordinances.

The three ordinances passed at the last
meeting Of the La Grande city fathers
have been vetoed by Mayor Slater. This
is the first time in years that a mayor
has used these powers. His ob:9ctions
to the ordinance authorizing contract
with the LaGrande Light and Power Co.
to furnish lights for the city was that
the document did not specify what price
should be paid. He placed his veto to
the ordinance raising the city attorneys
salary to 800 per month because he
thought the attorney should be paid
just for services rendered. The ordi-
nance relating to the advance in the
salaries Of the members Of the police
force was disapproyed because he
thought the salaries already large
enough.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17
GERKlNG FLAT FLATS.

A Birthday Party Out at the wood
ward Home.
There was birthday and surprise
party given at the home of Mrs. M.
Woodward Tuesday evening, tho 14tb,
the occasion heing the Sind anniversary
Of the birth of Mrs. Woodward, and also
that Of Mr.. John Cochran, who lives on
the Woodward farm. Those present
consisted Of old time friends and neigh
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-07-17

| have several articles Of furniture,
bought last August, which | wish to dis.
pose OF before / move away the last of
August. @. A. gias.
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who form the nuclei Of such quarrelled
with each other for the possession OF
him. The Nationalist claimed him as
their own, while the Marxists quoted long
passages from his sketches to prove that
his ardent sympathies were with them.
Even the Conservatives, the cream Of
the aristocracy," went out of their way
to laud the young parvenue to the skies
as the intellectual leader of the new era.
And one and all they proclaimed him
warmly, nay, historically, to be the
most genial writer Of the present gener-
alton. 1t is only fair to add that the
ostensible grounds of these exaggerated
eulogies were calculated to do credit to
Gorky and his admirers. Whether. how
ever, the qualities which the latter fan
cied they had discovered in their hero
are anywhere expressed or implied in
his writings, is matter on which opin-
ions Will differ Hatred of society. Of
the moneyed, cultured, and honest work
Sng classes, being the bond of union which
links all Gorky's heroes together. the
Western reader is surprised and amused
to note that the tender graces of human
ity constitute the quality in his literary
creations which endears him to large
seciOn of his followers!"
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MOLLUsKS,

(Henry Jerome stockard in Harper S
Magazine.)
Down where the bed of ocean sinks pro-
found.
Lodged in the clefts and caverns Of the
deep.
Where silence and eternal darkness
keep.
These dumb primordial living forms
abound
What know they of this life in the vast
round
or earth and air,-how wild the pulses
leap
At loves sweet dream; what storms of
sorrow sweep;
What hopes allure us, and what terrors
hound?
And, scattered on these slopes and plains
below
This atmospheric sea- one with the worn
And beetle for monetary term,
What know we more of those eternal
spheres
What rapture may be there, what poig
mana VICE.
What towering passions, and what high
careers
Raleigh, North Carolina.
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DIM Tho [l6G@paDpy W00o0d]o

ham and Lilliput in the list; and The
Bluff, owen Hill, Belfont, and Brompton,
on the main branch of the Cape Fear,
bring the field nearer to us Of Fayette-
vile.
THE APRIL HOUSEKEEPER.
Bright, fresh and spring like is the
April number of The Housekeeper Maya
zine. IAN Alaskan Courtship" is the title
of stirring tale of love and adventure
by Jack London, the kind of a story that
makes the reader hold his breath until
the exciting denouement is reached. Jessie
Ackermann, the famous traveller. contrib
utes the second of her series of illus
trated articles describing her adventures
in various parts of the world. This month
she tells of the many strange modes Of
conveyance she has been called upon to
employ. The parallel traits of men and
dogs are deliciously described in the April
installment of "a Society Womans Let
tiers to her Daughter" edited by Martha
McCulloch- Williams. "a Violet Wed.
ding" is the story of twelve Pretty
Weddings" is the story of an uniquely
artistic idea, cleverly carried out. Marion
is the bride this time, and the bright
girls of her set put their wits to work
with splendid success. All the details of
this novel wedding are so clearly DE-
scribed that it may be duplicated by any
one
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GREATLY INDEBTED TO THEM.
Fayetteville Obscrver.)

Fayetteville Observer
North Carolina is greatly indebted TO
those patriotic ladies. Miss Martha Hell
en- Haywood and Mrs. Hubert Haywood
of Raleigh, for their enterprise in getting
out their charming series of North Caro-
lima historical sketches, which they call
the North Carolina Booklet Their
venture in this untried field has evidently
met with success. for we have now Nun
Der Nine Of Volume >, that is to say, the
latest number. Just TO hand, is the 21st
of these monthly publications which has
appeared. And it is an especially valua =
bic one. 1t contains three most interest
ing sketches, THE Groves" the home IF
Willie Jones (Which one sees on the lett.
before reaching Halifax on the Atlantic
Coast Line), written by Col. w, II. S.
Burgwyn; Historic Homes in the Cape
Fear Country" by Col. a. NJ. WaddeH:
and Wakefield by Miss Haywood. Or
ton. Kendall and Hilton. Ellington Hail.!
Stag Park. The Neck. Green Hill. Nose
ley Hall Clayton Hall and The Watts, OF
Rocky Point. and Castle Haynes and tho
Hermitage. awake fond memories in this
Cape Fear section, though we miss Hyrne-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19
Two Notable Speeches
Last Week.
Continued from ninth page)

the great truth, that All governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent OF tho governed.
"The love of liberty is found not in
palaces, but with the poor and Cypress
ed. 1t fluttcrs in the heart of the Gagged
bird and signs with the worn and vast
ed prisoner in his dungeon. 1t has gone
with martyrs to the stake, and kissed
their burning lips as the tortured spirit
winged it's flight to God
In the temple of this deity Jefferson
was high priest!
''For myself, l worship no mortal man
living or dead; but if ] could kneel at
such a shrine, it would be with uncover
ed head and loving heart at the grave OF
Thomas jefferson"
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e. ]. Dillon's Life and Works of
Maxim Gorky' is more than a biography
of a strange writer--it is a study of a
man who won success against most APP
palling odds.
Maxim Gorky's name" writes Mr.. Dill
lon, twas filed on the bead-roll of fame
long before his scattered writings had
been collected and given to the world in
the form of a book. People paid high
prices for the back numbers of the OBJ
scure country papers and voluminous re-
views in which they were first brought
out Students zealously copied those
which were difficult of access, had them
Autographed, circulated, and read in prf-
yate circles. The new talent-many
spoke devoutIy of the immortal genius
was the theme of eager conversation from
St Petersburg to Odessa. His crcatio IS
were warmly discussed his art classed
with that of Tolstoy and Dostoieffsky his
influence welcomed as a purifying breath
moving over the face of the stagnant
waters and giving shape, colour, and
beauty to chaos Ovations were offered
to the late tramp. and the public assem-
bIed to hear extracts read from his writ
ings; critics covered scores of pages with
aestheticaI rhapsodies and eXegetical
comments in the style of Hemsterhuysius,
and all Russia seethed with excitement
as feverish as that of dovout Thibetans
when they have discovered a new Dalai
Llama.
Seldom has a reputation been made so
rapidly in the world of letters. Writers
like Gogol Turghenieff, Tolstoy had in
deed risen high in public esteem, but only
by comparatively slow degrees and after
their claims had been repeatedly gone
into with the most minute scrutiny. Nor
did their advent give rise to those cory
bantic exhibitions of noisy joy which
marked the celebration of Gorky's tri-
umph The scene when Voltarc, at tbs
| close of a great and many-sided career,
sat crowned with laurel in his box at the
| theatre. while the audience cheeTeC
! themselves hoarse in his honor, is prob
ably the nearest parallel one can find in
the world of letters to the outburst of on
! thusiasm which welcomed the spokesman
of the Barefoot Brigade to the temple
of Russian art.
This warmth of public sentiment. how
ever. was kept up by hopes and aspira-
! tions in which literature was but very
: slightly interested. if at all. 1t was the
prophet who announced the destructio.
of the old order of things and the estab-
lishment of new who was chiefly ac-
claimed. Political parties, or the writer;
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For liver troubles and constipation
There's nothing better in creation
Than Little Early Risers, the famous lit
tie pills,
They always effect a cure and save doc
tor bills.
Little Early Risers are different from
all other pills They do not weaken the
system, but act as a tonic to the tissues
by arousing the secretions and restoring
the liver to the full performance of its
functions naturally.
For sale by w. H. King Drug Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19

Simeon Ford who is one of New York S
most famous after dinner speakers and
whose Few Remarks" are to be pub
lished shortly. was offered 81 500 the
other day to talk ten minutes twice 2
day for a week on the stage at Proctor's
Fifth Avenue theatre. at is certainly
alluring," said Mr.. Ford, when seen by
the newspaper reporters. at figures up
1925 a turn, or about $3.50 a minute.
The hotel business pays me pretty well,
but possible not so we'll as $3.50 a min
ute; at least, there are some minutes
when do not make as much as that. 1
feel immensely flattered by the offer, and
it will be of financial benefit to me for
this reason: If ! accept it I shall have
81 800 more to give to the hungry and
thirsty, and if l do not accept, l can GER
tainly get a raise in salary from my
partner
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19

Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness of
the skin of any sort, instantly relieved.
permanently cured Doan's Ointment At
any drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19

Ordinary household accidents have no
terriers when there's bottle of DR.
Thomas Electric Oil in the medicine
chest Heals burns, cuts, bruises, sprains.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19

II6LdHL IFIIUIs
It's the little colds that grow into big
colds; the big colds that end in con-
sumption and death. Watch the little
colds. DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19

A lazy liver makes a lazy man. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters is the natural never
falling remedy for a lazy liver.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19
THE MAY SMART SET.

"Rosebudhs Grandpapa," by the Baro-
ness Won HuttNH the novelette, with
which the May Smart Set opens, is a
masterpiece of smart fiction The distin-
guished author again writes with that
charm which has already won her an en-
viable reputation here and abroad; but
this story is more distinctive than any
other work she has produced for she tells
of the most exclusive set in American
society, and with the intimate knowledge
which is only to be gained by personal
association. Those who know society at
our most arstocratic Summer resorts will
here find it faithfully portrayed, and
those who know it not will now find it
pictured with absolute fidelity. And, too,
the love-story is cleverIy and interesting
ly drawn, and there is a pervasive lnumor
as rare as it is admirable. Indeed
"Rosebud's Grandpapa" is one of the best
achievements in recent light fiction.
In the April Atlantic is a paper which
will prove of exceptional interest to men
of affairs as well as to students OF
business economies. 1t is a searching and
practical discussion of the function OF
the stock and produce exchanges by
Charles A. Conant of the Morton Trust
Company of New York, who is an excep-
tionally well equipped writer upon ques-
tions of commerce and finance. Mr.. Conant
outlines clearly and convincingly the part
played by the stock exchange in all the
activities of the business world, and par
ticularly points out it's paramount i'm
portance for the commercial welfare of
the nation. AS he vigorously concludes,
-. ri-fn Of ltInC hDt
sensitive governor of production, that &C
curate barometer of peoples needs could
not be replaced by any process that any
state socialist has devised or suggested.
| copy of the first edition of paradise
Lost" (166D was sold at Sotheby's en-
| Thursday to go to America, for 30,
which is believed to be a record price
collection of twenty letters, written
in early life by Lord Beaconsfield to his
sister, Miss Disraeli, was sold and real
| lied nearly $3.50. One letter contains the
/ following highly characteristic passage:
| II rose and made a most successful
! speeech-indeed it was not merely very
good speech, but it was by far, and by
all sides agreed, the very best speech
of the evening, which is always a great
| thing 10 achleVe, lot Inen noDouy else IL
talked of"
| Another straw which helps to show
/ how strongly the wind is blowing III
| favor of physical culture for women is
! The Century's announcement of a gener-
ously illustrated article on 'Athletics fol
! College Women" in its May issue. Miss
! Alice Katharine Fallows visited Bryr
Mawr, Wellesley, Smith, and Vassar tc
obtain material and facts which should
prove or disproce the claims urged by
! advocates of athletics.
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The Literary Outlook.
(By Herbert Brewster.)

The spring season OF 1908 is now fair
~ on it's way and the reading public may
we'll congratulate itself on the quantity
of good books which are being brought
out. In novels there are enough worthy
of note to last through the dog days
OF late summer and long before that time
the fall season in book publishing will
have begun. AS for serious books, few
seasons have been so productive
Let us look over this latter field first.
Have you ever read such book as Helen
Kcllar's Autobiography? Hero is a great
story of a wonderful girl-blind, deaf
until lately dumb-which makes those
who have all five senses wonder what
they have been doing to get so little IN
comparison out of life.
THE Letters and Memories of James
Carlyle" Moore Letters of Darwin
THE Diary of John Q. Adams, "The
True Abraham Lincoln 'The Real Ben
edict Arnold" Memoirs Of de Blowitz.
Crossings Life of Dickens" and Dill
Ions Life of Gorky"-here are human
documents and volumes of instruction
whose Importance is at once apparent.
In the field of fiction, there is Lady
Roses Daughter" Youth" "LoveI
score of others in the first rank.
The following story of book selling i,
the East is now going the rounds:
"Oh. East is East, and West is West,
says Mr.. Kipling. Fhis seemingly appli"
with special force to business matters
/ in which Orientals have little TO learn
/ if the following is a fair sample of thei
modus operandi:
"A Mussulman is forbidden to sell
copy of the Koran, and therefore a for
oigner who desires to purchase the sa
cred book must proceed as follows: c.
! into the book store, having on your fac
as pious an expression as possible, ant
to say to the proprietor:
/ Il shall consider myself cternally in
dcbted to you if you will present Ii.
+. with a copy of the Koran.
AS l am n devout believer the pro
prictor will answer. I think it my dut
TO assist any unbelever who desires t
instruct himself in our law. Moreover
you seem to be a serious man, and / al
convinced that it is not vaip curiOsit
which prompts you to obtain a copy c
the Koran. but a sincere desire to stud
our religion. Therefore | am willing t
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W orse and Worse.

(Greenville Refractory
Wigs and gowns for Supreme court
judges! Bustles are next.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-19

not only builds up weak constitutions,
but searches out and destroys germs
and poisons of every description and
cleanses the system of all impurities,
thus laying the foun datio Il for a
healthy, steady increase in weight
and future good health.
Food may be bountiful and the
appetite good, but still the system
weakens and we remain poor i'll flesh
unless what we eat is properly digested
and turned into rich, pure blood.
S. S. S. re-inforces the Stomach and
aids the digestion and assimilation of
food, and there is a rapid up-building
of health and strength. S. S. S. acts
promptly and benefcially upon the net
it up, and relieves the strain by produ
can find no tonic so invigorating as S.
of roots and herbs its use is attended
find that it braces them up, improve,
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becoming too to PoP n?usn me BODY and must be puIed
ordinary tonic to build for unless the posons
In s will purifying properties combined
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WONDERFUL GAIN IN WEIGHT.

Huntsville, Ala, Jan. 10, 1908.
Some years ago my general health
gave way; my nervous system was
shattered, and could get nothing to
do me any good till I began to use
S. S. s. commenced to improve at
once. My appetite became splendid
and from 135 pounds I increased to
$50. I became well again by taking
s. s. s. and would take no amount for
the good it did me. My health is
now perfect, and believe if every
body would take g. bottle Of S. s. s.
occasionally, they would enjoy life
as am doing. w. L. WINSTON. I