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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-11
All communications should be addressed to
the PRESS Athena, Oregon
ATHENA, MARCH II, 1870.

A practical lesson in ECONOMY" in
county government is given by Umatilla
county commissioner in awarding the
contract for printing the delinquent tax
list to the Pendleton Tribune at $260
per inch, when the East Oregonian bid
to do the same work at 60 cents per
inch The printing of tax list is
classed as legal notice advertising and
the space it occupies ia worth no more
per inch than notices OF sheriff's sales,
summons, etc. The price awarded the
Tribune-$2.60 per inch-is nothing
more nor less than rank grating, and
the lame defense put up by that paper
in the statement that the delinquent tax
payer foots the bill, does not mitigate
the extortionate advertising rate in the
least. Just how the East Oregonian
could come out even on the the work
at go cents per inch is not explained,
and it may be surmised that back Of the
bid was some loophole by which it could
''make even" Printing and advertising
is an important item in the expense Of
county government, and not until
county courts manifest interest enough
to interview men as to what commercial
printing costs them, and lawyers as to
what legal advertising is worth, will
this county printing graft be worked to
a finish. Commercial printing, which
includes letter-heads, envelopes, blanks
etc., is worth no more to print and de-
liver to county officials than it is to do
the same work for the BUSINESS man,
and tax list is worth no more per inch
than any ordinary legal notice. II
CounLy COnmlS5iohoTS ldCh Dusln6bE
foresight to the extent that segregation
Of commercial printing and legal ad-
vertising does not appeal to them when
consideration of bids take place, they
should turn the matter over to some one
who has the foresight. 1t has cost the
taxpayers of this county barrels of
money to establish and maintain the
"oiiicial paper" graft, but this last bur-
den of useless expense is more than they
will stand for, and an injunction re-
straining payment of the Tribune bill
tor publishing the delinquent tax list
would look good to them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-11

Roosevelt and Fairb nks as the re-
publican standard bearers, Ex-Governor
Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey for
national chairman, and Charles l..
Henry, Of Indiana, for vice.chairman
this is the latest combination worked
out by the men who do things in the
dominant political party's councils.
There seems little doubt the combina-
ton will stand the test of the national
conventions balloting, The plan has
been stamped 40. K" by party leaders
in New York, Indiana and at Washing
ton, and is expected to meet with the
solid support OF the administration fore
es throughout the country. II the se-
lections are made, another precedent of
political history will be broken, for both
chairman and vice.presidential candi-
date, For years it has been an un-
written law that the presidential
candidate shall name the campaign
managers and that his word shall be
final. That the rule should be broken
is a proof of Mr.. Roosevelt's earnest
desire to have Mr.. Fairbanks as his
running mate.
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Items in Brief.


Try our Apex hominy. Bagley & Ely.
Everything for the table at the Blue
Front Grocery.
For fine groceries trade at Gross &
Worthington's.
The best of everything for the table at
Bagley & Ely's.
Just received a shipment Of fine shoes.
Bagley & Ely.
The General Good" cigar is having
the lead at Gays.
G. A. Barrett & Co. sell the only 16in.
Q and 8 bottom gang plows.
Manasse has something in new spring
styles that will interest you.
Try our Gold Leaf Coffee; the best on
the market. Bagley & Ely.
Sweeping reductions on ladies' shirt
waists. Athena Mercantile Co.
We have the American Hog Fence and
barb Wire. O. A. Barrett & Co.
Sweeping reductions on ladies' and
children's cloaks. A.beza Mercantile
Co.
G. A. Barrett & Co.'s line of hard
ware, stoves and tinware is complete.
Prices right.
New line OF ladies' and misses jersey
leggins just received. Athena Mercan-
tile Go.
The best of everything in groceries are
to be found at the Blue Front, at prices
that are right
Sweeping reductions on mems sep
arate pants; can fit anyone. Athena
Mercantile Go.
| Sweeping reductions on mems suits;
an enormous stock to select from. Ath-
ena Mercantile Co.
Sweeping reductions on mems over
| coats. Call and look them over. Ath-
ena Mercantile Go.
The newest things in embroidery me-
dallions at Manassas. See description
| of same in the Easter Delineator.
Mrs. Florence Alloway is prepared tc
| do dressmaklng and plain sewing. Chll
dren's clothes specially. Next door tc
A, L. Jones residence.
DIR. Sponogle wishes those owing him
to please call and settle as he wishes te
close bis book accounts at once.
T.. j. Robinson has leased the pain
shop formerly occupied by j. w. Chap
man. Mr.. Robinson is prepared to de
all kinds Of painting, including house
sign and carriage work. Price reason
able.
A. Phillips, of Weston, has large
assortment of rubber tired buggies or
display at his implement house. Cal
and see the Gold Band Harness. He alst
has the all-steel wagons, which he full.
warrants for two years. He sells paten
metal wheels. Before buying any kline
of vehicle, see A. Phillips, Weston.
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For Sale.

$50 acres Of land and 96 head of
cattle for $500. j. NJ. HAYES.
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Tragedy Averted.

"Just in the nick of time our little boy
was saved" writes Mrs. Watkins of
Pleasant City, Ohio. Pneumonia had
played sad havoc with him and a ter
rible cough set in besides. Doctors
treated him, but he grew worse every
day. At length we tried DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, and
our darling was saved. He is now
sound and we'll" Everybody ought to
know it's the only sure cure for coughs,
colds and all lung diseases. Guaranteed
by A. B. Stone, druggist. Price SOC
and 81. Trial bottles free.
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Local reading notices, flrstinsertion, loc per
me. Each subsequent insertion. Sc.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-11

The feature of today's news is Eng
lands attitude in the far east. King
Edward has sent forth protestations of
friendship to Russia and has compli-
mented France on her stand regarding
the neutrality of China, but each day
the feeling against Russia is becoming
more bitter and the lion is commencing
to grumble. News received from st.
Petersburg from English correspondents
is that English merchants are practically
shut out of Russian marts. An intense
dislike is shown for everything English
and scant courtesy is shown subjects OF
Great Britain. England realizes that in
the event of Russian success she must
take back seat in the Orient, so far as
Corea and Manchuria are concerned, or
else fight for her rights. The Russian
official attitude is calm and apparently
friendly, but beneath it all is hatred
for King Edwards subjects. Many or
ders for English goods are cancelled at
Russian points and houses in London
doing business in Russia say their rep
resentatives in Russia are not given a
hearing longer by the czar's buyers
The feeling there is growing more in
tensely pro-Japanese each hour.
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Driving preparations simply dev,

Drying preparations simply devel-
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
pose, causing far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuls
and use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
SOC. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren St., N. Y.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-03-11
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Unequalled for Con-
stipation.

Mr.. A. r. Kane, prominent druggist
of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says:
chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets are, in my judgment, the most
superior preparation of anything in use
today for constipation" They are sure
in action and with no tendency to nause-
ate or gripe. For sale by all druggists.
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Il Saved His Leg.

p. A. Danforth, of La Grange, Ga,
suffered for six months with frightful
running sore on his leg, but writes that
Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it
in FIVE days. For ulcers, wounds, piles,
it's the best salve in the world. Only
25c. Sold by A. B. Stone, druggist.
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"a man who was too economical to
subscribe for a paper" says an ex-
change, "sent his little boy to borrow
the copy taken by his neighbor. In his
haste the boy ran over q S4 stand of
bees aud in ten minutes looked like a
warty summer squash. His cries reach
ed his father who ran to his assistance,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
Armies i'm Close Touch.

Mukden. Nov. S--Tbe Russian and
Japanese armies, extending from Bent
siaputZe, east, to the Lao river. west.
at places are almost within a stones
throw of each other. At Bentsaput-e
not more than 400 yards separate the
advance posts, and at Sinchinpu. Oh
the Shallhe river, just west of the rail
way and fifteen miles south of NIuk-
den, the Japanese anG Russians &C.
cupy the extreme ends of the same viii
lage. At Huangshantese the Russian
center has thrown advance posts across
the Shakhe river. Foth armies are
still strengthening their positions ali
along the line. The slightest movement
on either side is the signal for firing.
which occasionally lasts all night.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
PEOPLE Who Live In Nests.

Travellers who have returned from
the heart of Africa and the Australia
sian continent tell wonderful stories of
nest building people who inhabit the
wilds of those countries. In the bush
men of Australia we find perhaps the
lowest order of men that are known.
They are SO primitive that they do not
know enough to build even the sim
plest form of hut fer shelter. The
nearest they can approach to it is to
gather lot of twigs and grass and,
taking them into a thicket or jungle,
build nest for a home. The nest is
usually built large enough for the fam
lily, and if the latter be very numer-
GUS then the nests are of a very large
size. Sometimes the foliage above will
form a natural covering, but there is
never any attempt at constructing a
protection from the rain and storms.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
TOWN ALARMED
BY SMALLPOX
People of Napanee, Ind, Rush Fran
tically for Vaccine When Dis
ease Is Found.

Elkhart, Ind, Nov. 1.-THE town of
Napanee, twenty miles south of here
is bordering on panic on account Of
smallpox. a local drug store was given
a rush order for 800 vaccine points. 1t
was discovered that Minnie StOtler
cook at the Napanee hotel, who had
of the disease The hotel was immedi-
ately closed. The regular boarders
who were shut out were unable to get
food or lodging in the town and left
for other places, it is said.
One woman, on hearing that lodger
in her house had boarded at the hotel.
rushed to his room, gathered up his
clothes. cast them into the street and
barred the door against him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
Last Sunday on That Shin.

GAS lad almost said an old sea cap
tain, 81 became second mate of a Nova
Scotia sailing vessel bound from Liver
pool TO the provinces. 1t was on
Saturday that we left port, and the fol-
lowing morning the tug which had
placed us to windward off Holyhead
left us.
'We were making ready for the trip
across the north Atlantic, but our
minds were diverted from work by see
ing the skipper place blackboard upon
the break of the po0u upon which was
written Sunday 1ne skipper, thor
ough type of the seaman, called all
hands aft. He said: / want you to
know what is on that board. For you
fellows who can't read l will spell it
Then deliberately he said: Sunday.
You understand it, don't you? Then
he gave the word to throw the board
into the sea. Over it went, and as it
took the waves he said, You all know
that was Sunday, don't your Yes,
answered the men. Well he continu-
ed. that will be the last Sunday you
will see on this ship And it was."-
Baltimore Sun.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
Shoe Shops I'm Japan.

Like all other shops in Japan, shoe
shop opens a broad side to the street.
1t seems a misnomer to call it shoe
shop, a place where you can only buy
sandals or clogs, things we are not ac-
customed to call shoes. They are foot
gear anyway.
There is a low platform in front, upon
which the customer sits and drinks tea
while making his or her purchases, the
shopkeeper meanwhile squatting on
his heels and discussing the news of
the day.
The sandals worn by the rickshaw
coolies are called warafi. They are
woven of rice straw and are sold for
half a cent a pair. They are made in
the country villages, and the foreigner
watches the weaving with amused in
tereSt.
The prehensile big toe of japanese
is of great assistance, as it is used fol
catching and holding the straws, leav-
ing the hands free to weave.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
Value of Routine Work.

Routine is blessed thing when some
thing happens to reduce the moral driv-
ing power which keeps us going, the
courage, purpose and good cheer that
give life present joy as we'll as mean
ing. 1t is good in moments of depres-
sion or WEAKNESS that there is a path
marked out ahead each day which men
follow because it is there; that there is
time which custom has set for them to
get up, to eat, to work, to rest, to read,
go to bed again. They move along the
grooves of habit and get all the benefit
of their Inheritance and their expert
ence. The general may quit the field
for time it he chooses; the army has
it's marching plan and knows what is
expected of it-New York Mail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
The First Steamships.

The first steamship appeared on the
Hudson in 1907 when Robert Fulton
proved the possibility of steam naviga-
ton with the famous little Clermont.
Ten years later the first steamboat
appeared OH the Ohio and Mississippi,
and in 1927 the Chancellor Living
stone made her first run through Long
Island sound from New York to PrOvi-
dence. In those days the ordinary
steamboat was about as large as a
good sized modern tugboat, aud among
them the Chancellor Livingstone, 157
feet long and 33 wide, was veritable
giant. All these vessels were propelled
by paddle wheels.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
NKOO L. Ini0uN.

ut seems odd that the English al
phabet, out of which can be construct
ed several thousands of words, con-
tains just one word formed by the let
tiers in their present ORDER" remarked
the observant young man. THAT word
is No You can look the alphabet
over, and you won't find any other
combination of vowel and consonant
characters that will form a word. The
nearest approach is Abb which by
straining a point might be considered
an abbreviation of Abraham, or Hi
which might answer as short for Hi
RAM But No. one Of the shortest
words in the language, is the only
bona fide word formed in the arrange
ment of the alphabet's twenty-six
characters. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
The only high grade Baking Powder
made at Q moderate price.
Calumet
Baking
Powder
ROcR ford, Beloit * GAINESVILLE
Railroad Co

Operating electric road between Rockford
Ill, and GAINESVILLE, Wis, via Roscoe, Ill.
Rockton, H., and Beloit, Wis.
ROCKFORD, ILL.
First car leaves Rockford at 5:30p. M daily
excepting Sunday. Second car at a. M and
every hour thereafter. Last car at IL o. m
First car arriving at Rockford a a. m. and
every hour thereafter until II o. m.
BELOIT, WIS.
Car leaves Beloit for Rockford and James
vile daily, except Sunday, every hour from
a. m. up to and including II p. m. Car arrives
at Beloit from Rockford at $50 a. m. Second
car at a. m. and every hour thereafter until
~ p. m. Car arrives at Beloit from GAINESVILLE
at $50 a. m. Second car at a. m. and every
hour thereafter until IL p. m.
GAINESVILLE, WIS.
First car leaves GAINESVILLE daily, except Sun.
day, at 6 "a. m. and Is minutes after every hour
thereafter Last car at l1:15 p. m. Car ar
riveS at GAINESVILLE at 10 minutes to the hour
from $50 q. m. until II 80 p. m. The last
through car between Rockford and GAINESVILLE
leaves Rockford at 10 p. m. Janeville at 1015
p. m.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
Cars leave Rockford at a. M, Beloit at a.
m. and GAINESVILLE at7:15 a. m. and every hall
hour thereafter up to and including IL p. m.
Rockford Ticket Off1ce.-B. G. Skeyhan, cor
State and Wyman SITS.
Beloit Ticket Office.-144 State Street.
GAINESVILLE Ticket Ofice.-J. P. Bakers Drug
Store cor. W. Milwaukee and Franklin SITS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
A Natural Inference.

They were discussing the couple in
the next fiat The husband is silent
and reserved, while the wife is a gos-
sip and the most inveterate borrower
Food of all kinds, articles of clothing,
money and everything that is capable
of being borrowed she endeavors to get
from the neighbors on one pretense or
another. Some surprise was express
ed that her husband should have cho-
little girl who was listening created
considerable amusement by exclaim-
ing:
perhaps she borrowed him too."-
New York Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
RUSSTA'S NEW DISCOVERY
Finds That the Jap Envoy at The Hague
Has Been Plotting.

st. Petersburg, Nov.-7. - The Asso-
ciated Press has not obtained official
cOntirmatio of the sensational report
that an intercepted dispatch from the
Japanese minister at The Hague would
be produced in the court of inquiry
into the recent North sea incident 60
prove the existence of plot to destroy
the Russian Baltic sea fleet The story
is that the~Japanese minister at The
Hague actually organized an attack on
the Russian squadron, and that the
Russians will produce a message sent
by the minister containing complete
evidence that such was the case. The
meSSag e is said to have been inter-
copied by the Russians.
Another remarkable story is current
in well-infOrmed circles to the effect
that two balloons were seen lowering
over the Skagerack when the Russian
fleet entered the North sea. These bal
looms were said to have been manned
by Japanese with the object of watch
ing the Russians. and possibly drop
ping explosives No hint of suspicion
is expressed III any responsible quar-
ter that the British government was in
the slightest degree responsible for the
alleged Vaccinations of the Japanese
agents.
The Hague. Nov. 7.-NabOukata Nit
suhashi. the Japanese minister TO The
Netherlands. in an interview with the
Associated Press denies absolutely the
statement from st. Petersburg that he
organized an attack on the Russian
Baltic squadron. If Russia should pro-
duce as the high authority in st.
Petersburg is quoted as saying would
be done, before the international CON-
mission a message purporting to have
been sent by the Japanese minister
containing complete evidence thai
such was the case Mitsuhashi said
the document would be forgery.
st. Petersburg, Nov. Sir Charles
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11

Rardinge, the British ambassador, has
submitted to Foreign Minister Lam
dorff three additional articles of the
Anglo Russian agreement for COM
mission to investigate the North Sc:
blunder, the first providing for legal
assessors for the contracting parties,
the second for a division of the eX-
penses of the commission, and the third
that the decision of the majority OF
the commission shall be binding. Rus
STA had already accepted the tele-
graphic draft of the convention.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
A Heavy Load

To lift that load off of the stomach
take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digest is
what you eat. Sour stomach, belching,
gas on stomach aud all disorders of the
stomach that are durable, are instantly
relieved and permanently cured by the
use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. S. P.
Storrs, druggist at 297 Main street,
New Britain. Conn, says: "Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure is giving such universal sat-
isfaction and is surely becoming the
positive relief and subsequent cure for
this distressing ailment, | feet that am
always sure to satisfy and crafty my
customers by recommending it to them.
I write this to show how we'll the rem
edy is spoken of here" Kodol Dyspep-
Cure was discovered after years of scien-
tifc experiments and will positively cure
all stomach troubles. Sold by Stangl's
drug store
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11

A young man in crossing Chestnut
street stumbled and Immediately put
his hand palm outward, over his eyes.
why did you cover your eyes like
that?' asked his companion.
1.-The gesture is an inheritance from
my father" the young man replied.
My father in his boyhood was caught
in a fire, and as the flames shot up
into his face he put his left hand, palm
outward, over his eyes, thus saving his
sight. Afterward he would put his
hand in that way over his eyes when
ever he got any sudden shock or
fright. l have done the same thing
involuntarily all my life.
Gases like mine are not uncommon"
continued the young man. There is
woman in Washington who never puts
her right hand up to her head. Her
mother broke her right arm early in
life and couldn't raise it thereafter
above her shoulder. The daughter can
raise her own right arm, but she never
does.
"a biologist had goat that he kept
chained to a pole. The chain CALLED
the goats left fore leg, and she limped
on this leg slightly, so as to ease the
chains rubbing. In time she became
a mother, and her offspring limped on
it's left fore leg all it's life. "-Baltimore
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
Planned to Rob q Train.

Prairie du Chen, Wis. Nov. 5.-A
wooden bridge fifty feet long, in an
isolated place. three miles below the
city. on the Chicago. Milwaukee ana
st. Paul railroad was burned. Officers
believe the work was done by gang
of train robbers. who had planned to
ditch the passenger train. A hunter
who happened along was roughly
handled. He was unable to give de-
scription of the men. but believes there
We're six or eight Of them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-11
KUHNE BEVERIDGE HURT
Thrown by an Auto Her Arm Is Broken
and She May Never Again Be
Able to Model.

New York, Nov. Z. - Kuhne Bev-
eridge, the sculptor, suffered a broken
arm in being thrown to the ground by
the sudden starting of an autOmObii
at Larchmont on Friday. SO serious
is the injury that approximations have
arisen as to whether the young woman
will ever be able to model again.
AS Miss Beveridge was stepping into
the car the man in charge in some
manner started the machinery. Miss
Beverdge was thrown to the grounG
and lay on her left side. The automo-
bile grazed her body and passed over
her arm, crushing the bones.