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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-14
INVITING COMMERCIAL ISOLATION
Portland Oregonian.

One of the largest wheat-exporting
firms in the Pacific Northwest has
just received notice that reciprocal
treaty is about to be concluded be-
tween the Australian and South Afri-
can governments by which wheat will
be admitted from British territory to
South Africa at A cents per 100 pounds
less than from the American Pacific
Coast. This firm as we'll as other
firms in the same line of business has,
in the past, shipped great many
cargoes of Oregon and Washington
wheat to South Africa, at times when
the European market was unsatis-
factory. The proposed discriminating
duty will be sufficient to close the
doors of the South African importers
against us and our wheat will natural
ly be forced to other nd, not infre-
quently, less profitable markets. The
incident, by itself, may not be of Ma
tional Importance, but as it illustrates
the steadily growing feeling of re-
sentiment against the commercial
policy of the United States, it is in
terestlng.
The trade aud good wishes of South
Africa may not be of sufficient
value to cause any particular uneasi-
ness over its loss. but it is the general
application of the American standpat
policy that is piling up trouble for us.
Germany, after repeated efforts to Sc
cure satisfactory reciprocal trade
arrangement with this country, has
finally refused to grant us as advan-
tageous duty rates on our products as
| it extends to the Favored nations"
with which reciprocal tariff relations
were established last winter.
America is rapidly progressing to a
point where it cannot sell anything
to foreign country SO long as it is
possible to secure the purchasable
commodity elsewhere. BY adhering
to this principal it is only a question
of time until the United States will be
commercially isolated.
II foreign customer of American
goods is desirous ofselling something,
the disposal of which will increase
his purchasing power, we proceed to
hamper the operation with obstructive
laws which tend to decrease the profits
and increase to the American con-
sumer the cost of commodity which
the foreigner offers. Under such
circumstances, it is, of course, foolish
to expect anything like pleasant bust
ness relations with foreign buyers aud
sellers, aud foreigners quite naturally
turn to some other country where they
can receive the same treatment they
are disposed to extend to the others.
The United States is now harvesting
an enormous wheat crop, said to be
the largest on record. There is, of
course, no market in this country for
all of this wheat, and Approximately
200, 900, 900 bushels must find market
abroad. South Africa. which in the
past has been good purchaser, has
put up bar which places that mar
ket out of our reach, and Germany,
which also has frequently imported
| quantities of American wheat, is en-
forcing some of the same kind of
protective tariff of which we have
been making specially.
The worst feature of the policy of
trade repI ession lies in the fact that
it is one of our own creation. We can
make no valid protest against the
action of the foreign countries in Civ
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-14

Oregon farmers, who resort to
irrigation, will be deeply interested
in sO.page circular just issued by
the Department of Agriculture, enti-
tied Investigations of Irrigation
Practice in Oregon" The booklet is
written by A. p, Stover. irrigation
engineer, who spent last season in
Oregon, making study of irrigation
as it is practioed, SO as to find out
the errors that have been made aud
gather data which would be helpful
in instructing tho irrigators how to
avoid the mistakes of the past. The
report is not as comprehensive as
might be desired, but contains a great
many valuable suggestions and is
worth the perusal of every farmer who
is obliged to artiiicially water his
lands.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-14

Canada can uot be accused of il
liberality in dealing with its Indians.
A new treaty with the Indians of AL
beits aud Saskatchewan grants them
one square mile of territory for each
family Of five while those who pre-
fer to live saperate from the band will
be granted 100 acres each.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-14

A Kentucky paper says that nearly
all the young men down there who
will come OF age this year are demo
Gratis. In the case of Mr.. Bennett,
republican, who is a candidate for
reelection to congress, this is impor-
tant, if true.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-14

one point will he demanded at 100
others. Should early rains set in this
fall, troubles will be much augment
ed. Erection of more private ware
houses at all shipping points in the
Pacific northwest is said to be the
only immediate resource of the pro-
ducers and shippers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-14

Now is about the time to scan the
Eastern papers for the picture of the
winsome young man who has set out to
convince Mrs. Sage that 500, 900, 900
is really too much for lone widow to
look after.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

Fancy, warp silk. taffeta ribbon floral
and Dresden designs; rich patterns;
widths up to inches; fine for sashes,
girdles, trimmings and millinery pur-
poses; our regular 75c grade. To sell
Monday, in aisle 1, a yard, 49c.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

Taffeta and satin taffeta ribbons;
some of them as wide as inches:
our regular 35c and 4Oc qualities:
plenty of good colors to choose
from, To sell Monday, in aisle 1.
the yard, 25c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

+. Fl, q E =
Benson, waitress, married her and
then took her trunk with all her clothes
to answer the landlady's demand for
security on the bill, according to the
bride.
Mrs. Walker, stability dressed and
wearing no hat, went to the police sta
tion and made complaint Of alleged de-.
sertion and theft of her clothes. Pa
trolman Barnett located Walker in
saloon in the lower part of town. His
only explanation of his desertion was
that he had been drunk for two days.
Confscation of his wife s baggage, he
said, was to avoid arrest for beating a
board bill. When searched he had trans
Pueblo, where, he said he was going,
with his wife, to obtain work
With explanations all around, the
irate bride and husband were reconciled
and departed happy again. /,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
PAWNs JEWELS TO PAY
500 FOR 3d. CENT GEMS
Miss Menkiss Thought Bargain Offer Of
$500 Diamonds Too Good to Pass
Up.

New York, April 7.s-While walking
along East Broadway Miss Rosa Men
kiss Of No. 272 East Fourth street,
Manhattan, was accosted by "a man who
ta t. e! In il Polish Poll He exhibited pair
brought them from Russia and that
they were valued at $500. Another
man accosted the Pole and offered him
500 for the earrings.
Miss Menkiss hurried to pawnbrok-
er's office and pledged her diamond
ring for 500, which she gave to the
first Pole and received the earrings.
Returning to the pawnbroker IS office
the woman asked a clerk how much
they were worth. He replied, - Fifty
cents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

the, 1revues' studded with songs popular
at home about two years ago-French-
men believe that all Americans devote
themselves, day in and day out, to ac-
cumulating vast wealth and singing
coon songs. 5s
Oysters Went to famous fish and
oyster restaurant for dinner. The Gal
lie oyster wears a deep blush Of shame
and tastes like the day after taking
calomel. Thought that ~horseradish
might improve, modify or altogether
kill the taste, SO tried to order some.
Knew that shorse was cheveau' and
red was rouge hut could not think
Of the French for fish, so I had to do
without. Somewhat discouraged about
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
PEAsLEY AND HIS IMPRESSIONS

in and out Of court and rubber deadens
sound. Good. idea-shoulds be used in
all the streets of New York, New cab
horse comes along-never has tackled
rubber pavement-is. gathering noisily
over the asphalt-suddenly hits the soft
rubber and begins to bounce up and
down like tennis ball. Strange look
comes into horses eye and he .crouches
like rabbit, looks over his shoulder
at the driver and seems to be asking,
What am up against7' Mean trick
to play on a green horse. Should be a
warning sign displayed. *.s $50 = i, 2.
"Faminef in Trousers One type of
English chappy, too old for bread and
| jam and not quite old enough for music
halls, wears extraordinary trousers
| legs very narrow aud reefed above tops
of shoes q mean boots)-causes them
to look thin and birdlike. III.
"English Drama.-Saw new problem
play last evening-new play, but same
old bunch Of trouble. Each principal
character failed to marry the person of
the opposite sex with whom he or she
was really in love. Marriages did not
interfere with love affairs, but helped
to complicate the plot. Discovered why
we can never have great native drama
| in the states-we have no open fire.
places in which to destroy the incrim-,
mating papers. Impossible to destroy
papers at steam radiator.
| u. G. C.-In musical comedies, pam
tomimes and at music halls many sar-
castle references to L. G. c., meaning
London county council. Council is
! blowing open new streets, tearing
| down old buildings, putting up new
buildings and spending money like
sailor on a holiday. Their extrava-
gance has given great offense to the
low comedians and other heavy rate
payers, while the very poor people, who
Eare getting parks sunshine and shower
4 baths free of charge bless the Z. C. c..
The dress-coat crowd in the, theaters
seem to have it in for the Z. G. c., but
4 they are very; strong for Mr.. Chamber
lain notwithstanding defeat. Mr..
/ Chamberlain seems to be a great deal
like Mr.. Bryan-that is, nearly every
one admires him,l.but not enough peo-
pie vote for him. In spite. Of protest
from property holders, l.. C. c.. is. 60
ing bravely ahead with the gigantic
task of undermining and identifying
London. AskedaanW;iEn glishman why
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
NERVOUS PROsTRATIoN
OF HORSE COSTS $3.50
st. John Woods Auto Bumpx Thoro-
bred Of Mr.. Rives, Soaring Il Ints
spasms.

New York, April IA horses nerv-
GUS prostration cost st. John Wood q
$3.50 in the city court. The animal be-
longed to Reginald Rives, member Of
the Coaching club, who tools the Pho.
neer on alternate days with Alfred
Gwyne Vanderbilt. Mr.. Wood is q
wealthy jeweler
stI was coming down the East Drive
in. Central Park Mr. Rives testified.
"when an automobile, which ! after
ant, came snorting up behind us, ran
into one of my horses and gave him
nervous prostration. He never got
over it, and Iehad to sell him at loss
of $780,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
WEEDS A WAITRESS TO
ESCAPE BOARD BILL
Brakeman Gives Trunk of Bride to
Landlady - Arrested, He Takes a
Wife.

Denver, April flames R. Walker,
q railroad brakeman. was arrested BY
Patrolman Barnett on complaint of Mrs.
Walker, who says that all of her
for board bill Walker, after a Sc
we're lecture from Captain of Police Lee.
was released on his promise to do bet
ter.
Before his hasty and convenient mar
riage Walker had been living at a
rooning house at Twenty-foprth and
Arapahoe streets. When his board bill
reached the sum of $50 the landlady
sthreatened to swear out a warrant for
were already hypothecated for the bin
and SO he wooed and won Miss Nellie
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
DRoPs $500 INro SEA-

New York, April While the Ward
line steamer Santiago, from Nassau,
was at anchor off quarantine station,
Mrs. j. Connolly, saloon passenger,
was twirling handbag about her fin
fell overheard. A boat was promptly
lowered, but the handbag was not re-.
covered. It contained 5000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
FAINTS WHILE SCORING
HIS MOTHFsR-IN-I.AW

New York, April while testify
ing against his mother-in-law Max Lo-
civ, a merchant at All Grand street,
tainted in the Essex Market court. Lo-
civ said his mother-in- law, Mrs. Samuel
Alderman, had broken three-foot rule
over his head. He repeated his story
several times and suddenly collapsed
and sank to the floor. He was carried
out and revived and the case dismissed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
PARENTS GIVE SKIN !.
TO SAVE BOYS LIFE
Father and Mother Of Little James Nc
Gowen, Injured In Explosion. Under
Sacrifice for Lad.

Paterson, N. j., April An opera.
ton for the grating Of skin on James
MCGOWAN, a victim Of an explosion Of
gasolene at a silk mill, has been per-
formed at the, Paterson General hospi-
tai. The father and mother of the in
jured boy, who is 10 years old, submit
ted to the. surgeon 8 knife for the bene-
fit of their son.
MCGOWAN and Rosie Beigner were
terribly burned by the explosion, about
the face, body and limbs. Miss Beigner
died a few days later. Two other VIC
TINS have since recovered.
{ In the case Of McGowan, the skin on
his face and body showed signs of
healing. but that on his lower limbs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
MARsEILLEs.

: 81 y sNlkA1kko1l4x1ll1l9s
More Snow. The further south we
go the colder the weather and the
deeper the snow. Getting my furs
ready for Cairo. Ten hours on the
train from Paris to Marseilles, wrapped
in blanket and coAhting the PIN
pies on a. foreign commercial traveller
who sat opposite. No two counts
agreed. Had looked forward during
q long month to this ride thru sunny
France. Had dreamed Of green land
sca2es that lay smiling in the genial
warmth, the stately poplars leading
away to purple hills, and the happy
laborers looking up from their toll in
the fields to smile at us and bid us well
come as we flashed by. Not bit like
it. More on the order Of North Dako-
ta Reminds me Of song heard in Lon
don. Lady whose husband has a mis-
guided ambition to be painter and
induces her to pose every day in the
back yard scantily attired (she, not
the back yard). This painting to be
his masterpiece, and he labors on it for
many months. His wife, in recounting
her experiences as model, remarks:
It's all right in the summer time;
But, oh, oh, in the winter time!
! Everybody says it is the coolest
snap that southern France has known
in many years. They saved up all their
cold weather SO as to hand it to me
when came along.
tallahassee (spel1 ling not suaran-
teed) There is only one thing TO do
in Marseilles, and that is to drive out
to an exce1lant restaurant buifh on o
rock overlooking the bay and partake
of bouilla baisse. Dish famed in song
and story. Mentioned often in sTril-
! BY Possibly that is what allied Sven
i gall. The bouillabaisse and the
'Marseillaise were both invented in
Marseilles. The mayonnaise comes
from elsewhere. The bouillabaisse is
q combination of soup, ragout, chow
der and New England boiled dinner
i There are many ingredients. It is said
I they put: in whatever they have the
most of--sea bass Holsters, crayfsh,
vegetables, SAUCE s-everything except
the license. Liked the taste very much
! first when ate it and then all during
the afternoon and evening.
* Chateau d'If.-Co Coming out of the
4 harbor. we ran very close to the Cha
| teau d II, stern fortress prison top
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
BOY a HUMAN TORCH,

New York, April 7-While at work
in the National Galvanizing works,
Charles scriponis, 16 years old, was sud-
denly transformed into q human torch
by the upsetting of a large vessel filed
with boiling grease.
In some unknown way the boy Is
clothes caught fire and were burned
from his body before workmen could
extinguish the flames The boy was
taken to the McKeesport hospital. but
died in terrible agony. Il go. s.ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

A professor in a western university one day,
while walking with friend in San Francisco,
became involved in argument as to which
was the handsomer man OF the two. They agreed
to leave the question to the decision Of Chinese
laid before him, the oriental considered long and
carefully. Then he anYounced In . tone Of final
9ity. Both are worse. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

ping a huge rock rising sharply from
the bay. Count Of Monte Cristo was
imprisoned here. Man on board said
that the character Of Edmund Dantes
was wholly fictitious, manufactured by
Dumas. Must be g mistake, as saw
the small rock on which James O'Neill
used to stand at the, end Of the first
act and exclaim, The world is minet
It is exactly as represented on the
stage, except for the calcium light.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
V65s1s Pics enopa7 GsgI
AsAlLl8(H[25P ll@Ez1[Slsy1GJG

my French. Almost as bad as former
American consul, who, after eight years
in Paris, had to send for an interpreter
to find out what 'oui meant. Have got
.merci: down pat, but still pronounce it
mercy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

about the snowstorm.' London is away
ahead Of us on fogs but their snow,
storms are very amateurish.
''t@Coals.-Buying my coal by the quart
40 cents a quart. If fed the fire
the way I do at home wouldsspend 800
a day. The official who brings fuel to
my room in a small tin measure insists
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

Black Spanish lace shawls are prescribed for
wear in England next summer. That is be-
cause of the marriage Of the king of Spain and
Princess Ena. The Pail Mall Gazette remarks
that when the late duke Of Manchester was
were rather put to 1t to supply, the sudden de-
mand for George Sands "Consuelo."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

was in bad condition from the thighs
to the feet.
Tt was decided that nothing but skin
grating would afford relief and the
boys parents expressed their entire
willingness to have the skin cut from
their backs and transferred to their,
sons limbs in order that cure might
be effected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

there was so much criticism Of L. G. G.
He said if you touch a Brtisher in the
region of his pocketbook he lets. out a
holler that can be heard in Labrador.
Didn't use those words but that Is
what he meant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

upon calling it scoals but Z didn y.
think there was enough of it to justi-
fv 1lsa of 1nlnra -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
PARIS.

"Coming, Across. The turbine boat
from Dover to Calais ran like a scared
deer and rolled like an intoxicated
duck. Held tosrail all the way across,
looking fxedly at oscillating horizon,
and wondering why I had left home
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

h "American Music-After seoon'
song has earned pension in the United
States it comes over to Paris and is
grabbed up as startling novelty. All
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

+ Costly Slumber.-From Paris to
Marseilles is about as far as from Chi
cago to Pittsburg. Sleeping car fare
is about $40; total fare by night train,
about $50. Two cents a pound for all
baggage in excess Of a measly ffty-six
pounds. No wonder people travel by
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
BY George AIDE

By George AIDE
-~- Copyright. 1906. by George AIDE. rs~~y
ny APLES-and Mr.. Peasley is still
~ We waited for him in Lon
don until he recovered his lost trunk,
and he was so grateful that he decided
to go along with US.
He said that he was foot-loose and
without any definite plans and it always
made him feel more at home, to travel
with people who Were just as green and
as much scared as he was e.. ,..... .--.
A week ago we were in London
sloshing about in the damp and dismal
mixture Of mud and snow which lined
the dark thorofares. Z . 3D.. &. 49,
This morning we are basking in the
crystal sunlight of, Naples-the blue
bay, with the crescent outline on one
side, the white walls of the mounting
city on the other, vesuvius looming in
the distance behind hazy curtain and
tourists crowding the Landscape in the
immediate foreground. ~*
Three big steamers are lying at an
Choir within the breakwater-one from
Genoa, one from Marseilles and one
from New York-all heavily laden with
Americans, some sixty of whom will be
our fellow passengers to Alexandria.
The hotels are OVERLOOKING with Yankee
pilgrims, and every Neapolitan who has
imitation coral and celluloid tortoise
shell for sale is wearing an expectant
smile. r..
The jackrabbit horses attached to the
ramshaekle little victorias lean YEARLY
in their shafts, for these are busy days.
The harvest days are at hand; The
Americans have come. An English
woman who had seen the horde in the
streets here remarked to friend this
morning, 1T must be awfully lonesome
IN America just at present.
And she meant it, too. ~. 4-..<~,. ..
1t has been fairly busy week for
g Mr.. Peasley Mr.. Peasley is addicted
to the habit of taking notes. Every.
night at the hotel he. takes out q small
. leather-b book, presented to him
by an, insurance company in America in
appreciation Of the fact that he has
paid the: company all his ready money
for the last fifteen years, and in this
small volume he jots down brief memo
randa Of anything thrilling that has
happened to him during the day or some
detailed information regarding the
sights that strike him as being truly
wondrous. -zsf.-- H.:
Mr.. Peasley has a terse style. Some,
times he uses authorizations. His Eng
lish is not Of the most scholarly brand
AS he is merely writing for himself it
makes no difference
The Peasley notebook, after twenty
days in Europe, is full Of meaty infor
nation and contains many a f1ashlight
on life in the old world. By permission
we are reproducing it herewith The
author admits that his composition is
jerky in spots, but he believes in the
tabloid method of administering useful
knowledge. <.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

This is Mr.. Peasley's notebook up to
the present moment, just as we are de-
parting for Alexandria. He admits
that he may have overlooked a few
minor points of interest, but he more
than made up by neglecting to mention
Napoleon s tomb or the Moulin Rouge.
Since arriving in Naples this morn
ing Mr.. Peasley has arranged with the
tourist agency to change his ticket, and
he will accompany us to Egypt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

"Snowstorm.--L night j, a. few
snowfakes drifted into Piccadilly Cir
Gus; hardly enough to cover the ground
this morning, but every one is talking