davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06
ATHENA, MARCH 6, 1906

There is a movement backed by sew
eral leading attorneys to locate set
tiers on the Harney Valley Improve
ment company's land. The company
has held the land for three years
without making any effort to reclaim
it, claiming they cannot get contract
from the government. The members
of the company are principally stock
men and are holding the land expect
ing sometime to buy it with scrip.
The tract contains $4,000 acres of the
best agricultural land in Harvey val-
ley and was withdrawn from entry
under the homestead law to be re-
claimed under the Carey act by the
improvement company. The way the
land is now held it is doing no one any
good and is doing Harvey county
harm, for if this land was open to
homestead entry large number of
settlers could find homes there. There
is not better tract of land in the
state for growing grain, aud last year
proved that there is not much desert
land in Harney valley, for the best
crops were produced on sagebrush
land when brought under good culti-
walton, without irrigation
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06
BETTING AS A CAUSE OF CRIME
st. Louis Chronicle.

81 may say to you in a general
way" said the superintendent OF
the National Surety company of New
York, "that from my observation,
covering several years, very large
number of defalcations are either di-
rectly or indirectly attributed to race
track gambling. We are compelled
to decline many applications for bonds
for the reason that our investigation
develops the fact that the employe is
addicted to betting on the races. In
very large number of cases the in
vestigation made subsequent to de-
falcation develops the fact that the
employe has been following the races
to greater or less extent. You are
undoubtedly aware that several large
concerns here in New York recently
found that SO many of their.employes
were gambling ON the races that
orders were issued that immediate dis
missal would result in every case
where this fact was proven. All
surety companies agree, l am sure,
that race track gambling is the prolific
cause for much wrong doing; not
only the direct cause of defaloation,
but the Indirect cause of many kind
red vices which ultimately result in
defalcation. Many of the cases
which come to our attention show
that an employe, after receiving a
sure tip will borrow the funds from
his employer with which to gamble
on the referred to, and, in many cases,
not winning out on his sure tip, he
again borrows from his employer,
this time in the full confidence that
he will win enough to more than re-
pay both of the loans. 1t is, in my
Judgment, most unfortunate that race
track gambling is not looked upon
with greater disfavor; it is greatly TO
be regretted that many look upon the
laying of wager on a horserace in
the Same light as many look upon a
political bet, but when we are con-
fronted with almost the daily evidence
of great wrongdoing and crime direct
ly traoeable to the modest beginning
of trivial bet on horserace, we, of
necessity, feel that the practice Of
race track gambling should be in
every consistent and legal way frown-
ed upon aud discouraged. =
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06
OREGON IS ON THE MAP.
Wall Street Summary.


From Manitoba comes an announce
ment that there are at present in the
Canadian Northwest not less than
200, 900 Americans, or about one third
of its entire population. This is the
section of which reference has been
made as the "wheat belt," and whole
tracts are now exclusively settled by
residents of the United States. In
1886 only 80 homesteads were allotted
to Americans; in 1897, 1000 were ap-
propriated; in 1899, $4,000; in 1900,
$4,000, and last year more than $4,000
took up their habitation under the
Dominion government. This year 80,
900 Americans are expected.
This tide of immigration from the
United States is a matter of vital in
terest, because it tends to depopulate
our own agricultural sections, and,
moreover, the transfer to Canada of
much wealth and farming exp erience.
The majority of our citizens who
cross the border are skilled in farming
pursuits, and are said to bring with
them, ON an average, $1,000 each man.
If this be correct we have lost by
this movement money running far in
| to millions.
The cause of this exodus is attribut-
ed to the speculatoI. In 1900 it was
noticed that the homesteads in our
various western states were practically
exhausted, and that the tracts in
Minnesota and the Dakotas, which
had formerly been sold to farmers by
the Northern Pacific, had, likewise,
| come to an end. TO supply the new
fields for American conquest, specu-
lators came to Canada, looked over
the ground, purchased millions of
acres for mere song, and are now
living in clover on the profits of their
enterprise.
This, while highly beneficial to
Canada. is an irreparable injury to
the United States, particularly to the
railroads. Heretofore migrant TRAFFIC
has been worth about 81 900, 900 a
year to the railroads, and on the
authority of President James ]. Hill,
of the Great Northern, every new
family settling along its lines is
worth 800 a year in freight profits.
On this basis the diversion of so, ,00C
inhabitants, averaging five to fami.
ly, means the loss to the railroads of
81, 900, 900 annually, and the conse-
! quent gain of that sum by Canadian
railroads. And as this movement is
likely to continue, still greater loss
may have to be encountered as time
passes.
That this tide cannot be turned
Dixieward is a condition to be greatly
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06
REJECTION OF PRIMARY LAW.
Spokesman Review.

The defeat of the primary election
bill in the Iowa legislature is VIC
tory for the machine politicians.
Similar measures have been enacted
into law in other states, and results
satisfactory to the people. though not
to the politicians, have occurred. In
Wisconsin and Minnesota several
elections have been held under the
new system, and the most vigorous
efforts of Ethe machine workers, who
have been shorn over much Of their
power, to demonstrate to the people
that they ought to 60 back to the old
convention plan of nominating party
candidates have ended in failure.
Experience has, of course, shown
some defects in the primary laws OF
both Wisconsin and Minnesota, but
even with these defects the change
was felt to be SO beneficial that there
has been a strong ldisinclination to
attempt any amending legislation lest
an opening of some sort be afforded to
the opponents of the system to manip-
ulate catch vote which would repeal
the law, or SO mutilate it that its
repeal would be easy of accomplish
ment at another session of the legis-
lature. It has been considered wise to
give the laws thorough trial Of sever
al years and avoid making any mis-
take by hasty action.
InsIowa the hand of the machine
politician has been cunningly at work
knitting the bill to death. For two
years longer the candidates for public
offices will be the nominees of certain
cliques or interests and not the free
choice of all the people. 1t is not to
the credit of Secretary Shaw that he
should have prominently identified
himself with those fighting the pro-
posed change. Were Mr.. Shaw not
known to be strongly allied with
machine politics and subservient tc
railroad interests in Iowa there would
be something humorous in his state
ment that he feared primary election
law would permit the railroad inter
ests to dictate the policy of the state. :
Such sentiment is so contrary to tht
aim of primary law and to the re-
suits where the law has been triec
that one can not imagine Secretary
Shaw really meant that he should bt
taken seriously.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

Widespread comment has been
occasioned by the extraordinary ease
with which S. A. d. Puter and
Horace G. Mckinley, whose Napoleon
ic operations form the most spectacu
lar characters in the Oregon land
frauds, have made their escape from
the jurisdiction of the United States.
Few believe that they could have es-
capped from San Francisco if the feder-
al officials stationed there had been
vigilant in the effort to apprehend
them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06
GOOD HORSES AND RIGS. REASONABLE PRICES
DRIVER FURNISHED WHEN DESIRED.

Horses boarded BY the day, week or month
j. II. Wright, Proprietor
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

The immense tide of travel which
flowed into Portland and the Pacific
Northwest last summer and fall was
largely made up of people who came
west to see the country, the exposition
being in sense side issue. The
extraordinary low rate made was a
powerful factor in bringing these
crowds, and our mighty forests aud
rivers, farms and fields, were of more
interest to them than was the exposi-
ton. Nearly all of those in attendance
returned with good impression of
the country, and their effective mis-
sionary work is now reflected in very
heavy tourist travel headed this way.
We still have, with the exception of
the exposition, all of the attractions
that we had last summer, and the
railroads have made the same rate
that was in effect during the Fair.
For these reasons the year 1905 prom
ises to break all records in the increas-
ing population of the state.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

The Lewiston, Idaho, Tribune makes
this pertinent comment upon an un-
wise statement recently put into print: !:
'The Western Federation boasts that
it has million dollars with which to
acquit its leaders of their alleged
crimes, but the federation will find
how small this sum really is if the
state government has in its possession
the evidence it is believed to have"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06


born. He is now three months old and weighs
~ lbs know 1t was Dr. Pierces medicine
that saved me from suffering. I advise all
women to take DIR. Pierce's FavorIte Prescrip-
tion. also his Pleasant Pellets IL necessary"
Following the advice OF q neighbor." |"
What a weight OF confirmatory evidence
there Is in those six words. The neighbor
had tried I ."Favorite Prescription" and
recommen. it. Mrs. Jacobs has also
tried it and proved its wonderful proper
ties and now she recommends 1t. Beside
such testimony as this its makers words
are unimportant. Mrs. Jacobs expert
ence is fact. Her neighbor's experience
lsa fact The written experiences Of 5O0,-
600 other women are facts. There is no
theory about it. There can be no ques-
tion about It, In every neighborhoOd in
this broad land there are women who
have been cured by the rFavorite Pre-
scription." It has cured more cases OF
female complaint than all other medicines
for women combined. 1t Is the only med
icine OF its kind invented by skilled
specialist In medicine-a regularly gradu.
ated physician of more than forty years
actual experience.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

Notice is hereby given that we will apply 10
the mayor and common council of the City OF
Athena, oregon, at a meeting thereof TO be
held on the 26tn day OF March. iso6. for license
to sell spirituous. malt and vinous liquors in
less quantities than one quart, said liquors TO
be sold only in a building situated on lot 7,
in block No. 5, OF said city.
Mrs. j. IL. Stahl 4 Co.
Dated, Feb. ID. 1906. Applicants.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

in newspaper work. However, much
would depend upon Mr.. Gray's ability
as CRATER, considering, of course,
the character of the paper he was
employed on.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

9. e. Gray, formerly with the
Promoter of Pendleton, was in the
city yesterday in the interests of the
Bankers Reserve Insurance Co. In a
burst of confidence he said that he
found newspaper grating too small a
game and took up this present occu-
patton as offering a wider field, ---Ad-
ans Advance.
We do not call to mind the
newspaper Gray was connected with,
but if he was hunting for graft of
course he would find it small game
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

The baby was a
boy. W weighing g
ga pounds. and
for some weeks
after his birth L
suffered severe
pain. Last fall,
following the adj
vice OF a neigh
Dor. my husband
bought me DIR.
Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription.
" hich l took
during the win
ter, and in
nj arch. ] gave
birth to a baby
boy, W eighing g
10A lbs. l was
only In labor two
hours and was
on my feet with
out help until
thirty minutes
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-03-06

Death is mistake, according to a
young female lecturer in New York.
So many of us make it, too.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
LEFT TO FORTUNES DECISION.
California Girl Let Coin Decide Which
Man She Would Marry.

Two s%uitors, Roland Storrs, an Eng.
lish churchman, and Howard Jones,
a theatrical manager, sought the
hand of Miss Alberta Jewett Dabney
of Monrovia, Calf. She has just be.
come Mrs. Storrs, but not without
having gone through a period of per.
plexity.
The story comes from the lips OF
Miss Storr's sister, Miss May Cut
ter.
She really didn't know which to
marry" said Mrs. Cutter, "and 10 Il
little mor than a week ago she told
me she was going to leave the ques.
ton of the decision of a tossed coin.
Il asked her If she cared more for
n than the other, and she said yes,
but that she thought her family would
be better pleased should she marry
the one whom she herself did not pre-.
fer.
Heads for Roland; tails for How.
ard" was what Miss Dabney said
when she sent the coin to the cell.
ing.
Both sisters watched its upward
flight, the younger one breathlessly,
and the Cupid guarded quarter came
Roland.
The minute we saw which side OF
the quarter came up" continued Mrs.
Cutter, Il gave an order for the wed.
ding announcements, and we began
making preparations for the event.
Il do not know even yet whether
the decree of chance was on the side
Of love or my sisters promptings to
filial duty, as she expressed 1t.
But | do know that on the night
Of the wedding she looked very hap.
py and very pretty."-New York
World.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
Curious Hairdressinu.

That there is no accounting for
fashion in h~airdress is, of course, a
platitude. The fashion among the
Cingalese. of Ceylon. which is taken
quite seriously in India, is illustrated
herewith. The picture. which is a
chance snapshot, illustrates the very
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

A baseball umpire has been elected
mayor OF Meriden, Conn. If he has
ever umplred in Meriden. the people
OF that town have beaten the record
for charity.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

France seems to be bound to have a
president with chin v'hiskers. Per-
haps this is Frances roundabout way
Of e~ndeayoring to pattern after Uncle
Sam.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

And NO doubt there was, as usual,
quite a number Of them who, like
Sam Weller, didn't bother about the
formality OF being under the mistle-
toe.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Radio-thorium has been discovered,
but as its only claim to attention Is
the fact that 1t has been discovered, we
shan't buy any. Besides, 1t Is rarer
than radium.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

The vanity of a woman caused her
death. She was dyeing her hair. Men
would die oftener from the same cause
II some Of them had hair TO dye.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Morales may solace himself with
the reflection that he is the only of
fetal on record who ever had troops
sent after him when he tried to quit
his Job.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

OF a newspaper man who has just
passed away in New York. it is said
that he died of the inirmities of old
age-which doesn't often happen.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

A man was taken to an asylum be-
cause he wanted the moon. How
about the large number Of people who
want the earth?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Limit your hugs. girls, as the New
York sister advises, but remember
that the limit can be raised by mutual
consent.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Champion O'Brien Is unable to see
any reason why prize fighters should
have those superstitious fears con.
corning the thirteenth round.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Does an Irishman ever say be
dad'?" asks the Newburyport Herald.
Yes, sometimes, when he has a cold.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

A seat on the New York stock ex-
change was sold tie other day for
sos, 600. Why are the ticket specula-
tors overlooking such a good thing?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

New money is scarce" announces
the treasury department. Well. any
old money will do for Is.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Admiral Togo never has been cele-
brated as an orator, but he a make
a speech that Is a masterpiece when
done into English.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Being a poor young man has Its ad.
vantages. after all. We are not in
any danger of going to jail for violat.
ing the banking laws.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
BAPTIST CHURCH

Preaching every Sunday at ~ A NJ and
N7:3o Z M
q, Sunday School at 10 A NJ
tf Junior Union at 3 i NJ
NJ Prayer Meeting Thursday at 100 =
ar Choir practice Friday at 7:3o NJ
or MILToN REECE,
of a. Pastor
bar
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Paying 100000 for a carnation beats
the Dutch, whose leading tulip en-
thusiast paid 10000 forms for a single
bulb.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

The divorced wife Of a Philadelphia
millionaire knocked him down with
her fist. And these are the creatures
we call our angels!
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
NEW MEXICO.

There Will be no Gordon Bennett
cup race in 1905. Can you bear up
under Il?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02
SCROFULA r AZ aMsst

While il is true that Scrofula ma.
it is usually inherited. Parents who
have a consumptive tendency. or fam
to transmit it to their children IN I
brittle bones. poor digestion, weak
eyes, Catarrh. emaciated bodies and
general weak constitutions are the
principal WAYS in which the dis
ease IS manifested. The blood has
been diseased from birth. and being IN
this condition cannot properly nour-
ish the body and Scrofula is the re-
suit. A hereditary disease like this
can only be reached, by a constitu-
tional remedy and nothing equals
S. S. S. as a cure for it. 1t cleanses
drives out all scrofulous and tubercul'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02
BISHOPS APPLICATION FOR PAR.
DON.

AS has been announced, Bishop, the
man who killed Wilson in his own
house and who miraculously escaped
the gallows and was sentenced TO the
penitentiary for five years for his
dastardly deed has given notice that
he will apply for a pardon. For one
we here enter OR protest against the
governors pardoning him or shorten
ing his sentence of Imprisonment In
stead of Bishop thinking that his term
of five years ] the penitentiary should
be shortened he should be thankful
that the verdict of the jury did not
call for his being hanged by the neck
until he was dead. No man ever got
SO lightly for his offense as he did.
Had the jury which passed on his
guilt found him guilty of murder in
the first degree and he had been hang
ed as a consequence of that verdict
the entire public would have said that
he had gotten his just deserts. 1t is
a case in which the governor has no
right 10 interfere and we hope he will
not do so.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02
Ca
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature ss &zAzZm

Millionaire Taught Farmer Alphabet.
Much has been learned about the
Pittsburg m%illionaires who have been
burning money leaving a s%candalous
scent, but there are others who
are doing what good they can. Will
liam Frew, Jr., college graduate, and
o of Andrew Carnegie's trusted
agent, was locked up on the jury
which tried Norman H. Geyser for the
murder of Mrs. Martha S. Kirkpatrick,
and which brought in a verdict of muir
der in the second degree. During the
eleven days the jurymen lived to-
gether young Frew taught the jury
men how to wrestle, and he Topped
the biggest of them until they began
TO learn his tricks. He found one far
mer who could not read or write. He
busted himself between ballots in
teaching the fellow his alphabet, also
how to write his name. He had the
whole eleven jurymen before him do
ing gymnastics in order to keep their
health. In return n juryman shay
ed young Frew and gave him a hair
cut.-Pittsburg Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02

it has picked up some during the past
fall. Ii the small surgeons are allow
ed to get grown, instead of being
caught young and being sold for If
teen cents a piece, the industry will
again become profitable
That something must be lone to pro-
tect the fish and give them fair chance
for survival is apparent.
Here is an item from the Fishing Ga
zette, that speaks a word of warning
and can be applied TO the fishing In
dustTy of eastern North Carolina
The State of Virginia has increased
In annual production OF oysters owe
a 1000, 900 bushels OF oysters, this past
year. while Maryland has fell behind
$780, 900 bushels, a striking contrast.
Virginia has an oyster law"
The application Lolds good: the
young oyster must be protected So
nus the young fish or be depopulated.
The New Jersey Fish Commissioners
recommended in their annual report
that fishing for shad be prohibited DUR
ing the seaSo rom Friday midnight
until Sunday midnight. Another in
stance Of recognition of the fact thai
the fish must be protected in Its efforts
of reproduction.
Virginia fishermen propose 10 pass
laws regulating the catching of fish, 10
prevent this wholesale butchery ard
waste, and have a fish warden TO en-
force the law and protect the fish
Why not North Carolina act accor-
dinghy? Think about 1.-THE Eco
nOmist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02

By the time next winters rains set
in we hope the city authorities will
have settled upon some plan for pre-
venting the existence Of mudholes in
the streets. The condition of the
streets of the city are getting worse
daily. Some attention should be raid
to keeping in repair the streets on
which the city has spent SO mitch
money in matchmaking. We should
not go upon the idea that when a street
has once been macadamized thai it
will always remain in good cOndi-
ton whether or not it does so in fact.