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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
THE OKLAHOMA WAY.

The following report on an Oklaho-
ma bank failure shows the way they
do things in that new commonwealth /:
The International Bank of Colgate
was reported to the bank commits
sioner by one of its examiners few
days ago for violating the banking law
of the state, particularly in it's man
aging officers borrowing from the de-
positors' money.
The bank commissioner at once yisi-
ted the bank in person and found that
the total deposits we're about $4,000,
of which the president, L. A. Connors.
owed over $4,000. and the cashier, l..
Ely, owed over $4000--in other words
about 30 per cent Of the deposits had
been borrowed by the two managing
officers. The bank commissioner de-
manded that they Immediately replace
the money. They failed to do so. He
closed the bank at 2:15 Thursday eve
ming; telephoned the state banking
board; reviewed instructions to immed-
lately proceed to pay all approved de-
posits. In AZ minutes from the closing
of the bank the bank commissioner
was ready to pay approved deposits.
By Friday evening go per cent of the
depositors had appeared, proved their
claims and received their money.
By the end of the second day 90 per
cent of all deposits had been paid. A
few depositors who lived in the coun-
try don't seem to be in any hurry
about drawing their deposits.
One farmer is reported as answering
over the rural telephone that he is too
busy to come after his money, but will
want 1t in week or so.
In the meantime both the president
and the cashier have been arrested for
the violation of the state banking law,
and are held under heavy bond.
"'There will probably be no loss to
the state guaranty fund, and no assess
ment required on other banks. Liqui-
dation will likely reimburse the state
fund within 80 days. The loss will
probably not exceed the capital stock"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
A DESERT SANDSTONE.

Experience of a Wo. : Traveller
While Crossing, aira.
What it means to encounter a sand
storm in the desert of Sahan is de-
scribed by Mrs. Palmer Thomas: "Few
things bring such a sense of utter
powerlessness as a desert sandstorm,
and shall never forget my experience
of one. Our dragoman one day sudden
ly called our attention to a darkening
horizon line. 'See,' he said; 'sandstorm
comes. No man will ride in SUCH We
had barely time to dismount and make
the camels kneel In q circle on the
sand before the storm was upon Us.
Each man threw his kaftan over the
peaks of his saddle and crouched with
In the shelter 1t afforded and that
formed by the animals body behind
him, while | nestled in the hollow
formed by my camel's neck and shoul-
der, drawing the folds of the blanket
like stuff tightly over me. The wise
beast, knowing what was coming,
turned her long neck right round and
laid her head on my knees, seeking the
protection Of my cloak for her eyes
against the sand. which. driven by the
fury of the wind, struck the face like
powdered glass.
'But looked out upon the scene as
long as could, watching what appear
ed to be mass Of brown gauze wells
streaming up across the sky, darkening
the sunlight and gradually blotting out
everything from our sight. An icy
wind preceded the cloud, increasing in
intensity every minute until the sound
Of its roaring made ones own voice
inaudible, while the darkness became
that of densest night. And so we sat
silent In the noise and the blackness
until the hurricane abated. Then, look
ing out again, saw the brownish
mass Of cloud flying before the wind
away toward the Nile, some forty
miles distant, and the cloudless blue Of
March sky in Egypt once more over.
spread above us.
"But the legs Of our beasts were al
covered with the sand that had fallen,
and Notwithstanding my sheltered po-
sition the sand was lying on my dress
and hat and was thick upon us. For
some time we watched the brown
cloud losing itself in the immensity of
the desert, where the whitening bones
Of animals tell with sad frequency of
the overwhelming fury Of these sud-
den tempests; then we mounted and
rode away."-Chicago News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
SENATE is AGAINST PEOPLE.

The report that comes from Wash
ington that most of the senators, the
senate as a whole, do not like the Ore
gon way of electing senator's. is scarcely
in the nature of news. 1t has long
beeu known that a majority of the
senate was opposed to the election of
senator's by direct vote of the people.
Repeatedly the house has passed a res
olution proposing this as constitu-
tional amendment, but it has always
been voted down or ignored by the
sen ate.
The reason is plain, and it is one
that should strengthen the resolution
of the people of Oregon to hold on TO
this new power and impel the people
of other states to follow Oregon's ex-
ample. The reason is simply this {:
The senate is not representative of the
people, and knows it. Worse, it does
not intend or desire to be so. 1t is
representative chiefly of large special
interests So railroads, express COM
panies, Standard Oil, the steel trust.
the sugar and tobacco trusts, and so on
and SO not only cannot represent the
people generally, but on numerous oc-
oasions and indeed as rule, represents
those who seek to impose upon and op-
press the people.
The Oregon system would soon
revolutionize the senate and the men,
bers of that body we'll know this fact.
Most of them would have to go. Their
name would be Icha bod. Some few
younger members who would really
like to serve the whole people and
make some almost apologetio efforts TO
do so, like Beveridge, Dolliver, and
Borah would probably be retained, but
with the Oregon system in vogue
throughout the country there would be
an overturning, all the way from
Massachusetts to California.
The senate would not unseat Cham
berlain, because it would not have the
slightest foundation upon which to
stand in doing SO. He will have been
duly elected ty the legislature, strictly
in accordance with the constitution.
10 say that he shall be kept out be-
cause the legislature in electing him
obeyed the wish of the people of the
state, when the right of no one who
has notoriously secured his seat by
bribery is questioned, would be too
hideous joke for even the senate to
Think of Platt, Hopkins
and Guggenheim voting against seat
ing Chamberlain because he was cleo
ted by both the people and the legis-
aturel
The senate, that is the majority as
controlled by its leaders, not only
Knows it, and is afraid of them. 1t
loes not trust the people, and knows
hat the senate cannot be trusted by
ihe people. Hence, it wants to keep
As far away from the people, as far re-
moved from their power, as possible,
and so of course does not like the Ore
son elections of this June and next |
January. But it is not likely to go to |
he extreme of denying Chamberlain |
lis seat. Portland Journal,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

This is the season when the profess
ional crop killers get in their deadly
work. 1t is assuredly an optimistic
outlook when the sreoulator cannot
oonjure up some dire calamity with
which to smite the growing grain of
this country. 1t is notable. however
that the greater the distance from the
manipulative markets the less susoept-
ible is the harvest to humiliation.
Possibly this is one of the reasons for
unfailing crops in the Pacific North
west. Let us be wary how we extend
the glad hand to the grain gam blers.
West Coast Trade.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
ATHENA. ORE. JUNE 19........ 1905
scions of nobility make two appeals

Scions of nobility make two appeals
to the American woman. As rule,
they understand better than the Amer
ican man the outward accomplishments
of social life, for social life in Europe,
especially among the upper classes is
more like an exclusive profession. But
the stronger force is the social pres
tige which attends family and title.
The tremendous difference between
high and low classes, attached to
which is an unquestioning Difference
from low to high. as flattering as it is
strange to American experience, is
fascinating to a woman who has once
been across to see it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
WHALES AS RAMS.
Cases Where These Marine Monsters
Have Attacked Vessels.

While cruising In the south seas the
whaler Essex on Nov. 20, 1920, was fu-
riously attacked by COW sperm whale
supposed to have been the mother of q
calf which had just been harpooned.
The whale had not been wounded her.
self, and her attack was very deter
mined. At her first rush she passed
under the Essex and carried away
great length Of her false keel. Then,
coming to the surface considerable
distance away, she appeared to take
bearings and deliberately charged the
vessel again, ramming her with such
violence that she stove in the bows,
while the ship rolled SO heavily that
the captain thought she must be dis
mantled. The case is memorable be-
cause the crew had to abandon the
vessel, and one boat was never heard
Of again.
A more singular instance Of a whale
attacking a vessel occurred in 1895.
The singularity lies in the fact that in
the case of the Handa Isle the attack
was entirely unprovoked. This vessel,
brigantine of 260 tons, was on her
way to Sydney with a cargo of timber.
On Aug. "a, about noon, a couple of
sperm whales rose very close to the
vessel and, while the crew watched
them sporting" across her bows, the
pair suddenly slued around and came
straight for her. One thought better
of it and dived below the Handa Isle.
The other struck her fair and square
on the beam, crushing in her timbers.
Having rammed the ship in this reso-
lutte fashion it sheered off, terribly
damaged about the head, and present
ly sank tail first
Fortunately there were some pack
ages Of rawhides on board, and the
crew were able to keep the vessel
afoat with the pumps until a rough
and ready collision mat had been fash
toned out of these and drawn over the
leak.-Bailey's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

There has recently been an outcry
against the deterioration in modern
letter writing, but the following epis.
tolary triumph from a tailor has lev
eled things up.
81 have today issued writ against
you" wrote tailor whose letter was
produced in the Westminster county
court, "for the amount of your bill.
Trusting for continuance OF your es-
teemed favor, / remain" etc.-London
Globe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

AS to the way the Kurds treat their
women, an Asiatic traveller says:
"They neither veil them nor impose
upon them heavy manual labor. Their
women are we'll clothed and are free
to ride abroad, bully their husbands
and express their opinion in public af-
fairs with as loud a voice as any suf-
fragist could desire. To see a woman
of sixty upright as lance and with a
good figure is not uncommon, and
that. I think, is a sufficiently striking
testimony to any one acquainted with
the east"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

There is no denying the excellent
organization of the Democrats in
Union and Wallowa counties. They
did not make much noise prior to cleo
tion day, but at that time were at the
polls, shoulder to shoulder. and the
result shows the effect of the good
work done. Good generalship is COM
mendable in any quarter, says tho
Union Republican.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
Bucklen's Arnica Salye Wins.

Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1. Coch-
ran, Ga. writes: 81 had bad sore
come on the instep of my foot and
could find nothing that would heal it
until applied Bucklen's Arnica SaIvel
Less than half of 25 cent box won
the day for me by affecting a perfect
cure" Sold under guarantee at Pal
ace Drug Co.'S. store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
The Best Pills Ever Sold.

"After doctoring Is years for chronic
indigestion, and spending over two
hundred dollars, nothing has done me
as much good as DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. consider them the test pills
ever sold:" writes B. f. Ayscue, of
Ingleside, N. 9 Sold under guarantee
at Palace Drug Co.'S. store. 25c.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Over at Ellensturg they are adver-
tising an auction sale of "moss backs"
and "knookers," to take place at
Booster club meeting to be held in
that city in the near future.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is
the one that children like so we'll to
take as it tastes nearly as good as ma
pie sugar. 1t acts gently yet freely
on the bowels and thereby it drives
the cold out of the system. 1t is sold
by Palace Drug Co.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Science is resouroeful if backed by
money. Perhaps that is why the
Thaw experts were able to discover a
form of insanity just suited to the de-
tendant's case.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

For every warship that Germany
builds England will build two. Brit
annia has been ruling the waves for
some years, now. and intends to keep
the job until the COWS come home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

A lot of New York men who former
ly were lioh think of throwing their
million-dollar yachts on the market.
Save your pennies and buy yacht,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

A Chicago waiter has become rich
enough by saving his "tips" to retire
from business. Representative of
predatory wealth will refuse however,
to regard him with admiration because
he considers a mere hundred thousand
dollars as a competency.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

The man who has dimpled dearest
baby to dance upon his knee seldom
worries much about posterity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Before we start any more legal holi.
days in this country we should learn
to keep safe and sane those we now
have.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

"We pay dearly for our mistakes"
observes contemporary. True, broth
or, and none so dearly as those who
have the money and marry foreign
titles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Mr.. Hartman has givenh$30, 900 to
assist in the great work of killing rats
in San Francisco, What have tue
San Francisco rats ever done to Mr..
Hartman?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

An Ontario man named Freeze has
gone crazy. Why not put him in the
same cell with Harry Thaw and see
what happens.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

A Cleveland preacher advises people
not to get married until they feel that
they will die if they don't. But nearly
every body does feel that way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

A Pittsburg paper says that Count
Boni is game to the core. Why not
say to the yellow? Bad eggs do not
have cores.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Il New York girl who ran away
from home says she ran away to learn
sewing. Plain or wild oats?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
A Business Matter.

She-Here is your engagement ring,
Henri. | cannot marry you; love an
other, He-What is his name? She
In heavens name, you won't kill him.
vii! yoG? its-0ss, ;;io;; bat bat thought
l might do deal with him with this
rlng.-Sourire.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

This country annexed a lot of un-
founded rumors when she gathered in
the Hawaiian Islands.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Our English cousins pronounce st.
John "Sinjin." Is st. James "Siu-
iims?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19
Coughs. Colds and Group

than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. In
many homes it Is relied upon as i'm
plicitly as the family physician. 1t con-
tains no opium or other narcotic, and
may be given as confidently to q baby
asto an adult. Price 26c; large size 500
Sold BY Palace Drug Co.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-06-19

Send the Press to your Eastern friend.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-17
Ais Enforced Trip.

one New York matrou was discuss
Ing with another New York matron the
misfortune which she considered had
befallcu the husband OF third New
York muir1u
You see. She said. he went down
TO the steamer with friend who was
going abroad aud becamc 50 Interested
talking in the friends cabin that he
never noticed the warning thistle. and
the steamer sailed with him on board
However. he sent wireless 10 his wife
50 she wouldn't worry ! dare say he's
been kicking himself about the ship
ever since"
Perhaps and perhaps not. replied
the second uatron The fact is he
told my husband iu confidence ten days
ago that he Intended 10 Ice carried OF
to Europe accidentally. because Il was
the only way he could 70 without tab
ins his vile along But. for heaven
sake dout mention the matter. my
dear. because he told my husband IN
the strictcst confidence"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-17

The successful business nam played
with the quaint amulet suspended from
his watch Chain.
You'd Be surprised II you knew
what part superstition plays IN
business" b. said II know TWO part
ners who are very lucky In their npccu
latIous Vel they never made d sin.
gle plunge without consulting GER
tain medium rs 10 their chances 81
success.
Another man once told me he had "a
familiar spirit whom he consulted
quite frequently ana whose advice he
had always found reliable
"Onc Of thc most daring maulpula.
tors IN stock has a fine tiger skin
spread as Il rug on HIS study floor In
an expansive moment be- once Informed
frieni that not only lid he seek nd
Vice from clairvoyauts ami spiritual
lists but when about 10 carry out one
OF his hold schemes he would lie on
his rug arl stroke the paw 10 get in
fiucnce. thorgh why and how this
plan works don't know. London
Throne.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-17
EVER WATCHFUL.
a Little Care Will Save Many Snow
Hill Readers Future Trouble.

Watch the kidney secretions
See that they have the amber hue of
health
The discharges not excessive or in
frequent
Contain no brick dust like" sedi-
ment.
Doan's Kidney Pills will do this for
you.
They watch the kidneys and cure
them when they're sick.
Mrs. Minnie +. Bratten, living on
Front St. Pocomoke City. Md, says
II suffered severely for several months
from a disordered condition of the kid
neys and a constant dragging down
ache in the back kept me in weak
and miserable condition. | was subject
to spells of dizziness, my head ached
almost constantly and was also caused
a great deal Of annoyance and embar-
rassment on account of the irregularity
of the kidneys. finally learned of
Doan's Kidney Pills and | procured a
box ! used them in accordance with
the directions and gave me almost i'm
mediate relief and continued to use
them until completely cured. am now
in good health and feel that owe a
great deal to Doan's Kidney Pills. "
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents,
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. New York
sole agents for United States.
Remember the name -Doan 5. and
take no other.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-17
Why Colds are Dangerous.

Because you have contracted ordinary
colds and recovered from them without
treatment of any kind, do not for u
moment imagine that colds are not dan
gerous Everyone knows that pneumonia
and chronic catarrh have their origin in
a common cold. Consumption is not
caused by cold but the cold prepares
the system for the reception and de-
velopment of the germs that would not
otherwise have found Judgment. 1t is
the same with all infectious diseases.
Diptheria, scarlet fever. measles and
whooping cough are much more likely
to be contracted when the child has a
cold. You will see from this that more
real danger turks in cold than in any
other Of the common ailments. The
easiest and quickest way to cure a cold
is to take Chamberlain s Cough Remedy.
The many remarkable cures affected by
this preparation have made it staple
article of trade over large part of the
world For sale by p. ID. Cottingham
& Co.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-17
THE KlMciaAKER.
Earl OF Warwick. Heroic Figure In
English History.

The Earl OF War> .eh commonly
rallied II,r "',lpa4a.rt from The fac
nifty with vb.h De-. elruJr. aud de-
posed mouaryA~ 94 contest
between the uo1.,. .ol l"t. ud Ian
easter. H1rd 10 ,fr % nta:ricrnrc
aud ho>puai,, - Which 40 period per
haps furnishes au cNltupir No less
than $1,000 persons are said &" have"
lived at a., board IN the different
manoiS aud CASTLES which he pos
sesscd. and the military. alnred by his
hospitality as wen aS his bravery. were
strongly attacked to his interests This
distinguished warrior fell ut the bat
tie 1T Barnet IA ii1l. when owing TO
the mistake al one part Of his army
falling upnu The other during fog he
WAS defeated by Edward "
In former battles Warwick had al
ways fought on horseback. that he
might ~ once ride along the line and
perceive the particulars Of the action
but on this occasion he determined TO
light on foot. that his soldiers might
see that h. "nS resolved 10 share with
them the DANGERS Of the day After
having cxcrtrd himself as an officer
aud hero Ia fruitlesS attempts TO turn
the tide az fortune III MS favor he
rushed into the hottest part OF the bat
Tie aud fcl covered with wounds His
brother. Nontacutr. in eudcayorlng TO
save hlil Hci similar fate
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-17

The chair hitcher" says q business
man lis the greatest nuisance that nm
Office man is compelled 10 endure
The hi,chcr is always deeply inter
estcd 10 the matter he has come 10
talk over and the more he talks the
closer h. draws his chair and With
every additional point he makes he
gives his chair another hunch III Your
direction and IS the time he has fair
~ entered on li, subject hc has his
feet on Tie rounds Of your chair his
elbow ou your desk and is dropping
the ashes from his cigar on your coat
sleeve Il would be- just as easy FOR
him 90 make his speech or preach his
sermon Three or four fset away but
he never learns that fact aud damages
his own cause 10y dragging his chair
over your carpet and pulling his breath
In Your face
Il know ouc office man In town who
got SO tired of having cigar ashes on
his clothes and smoke poured into his
face that be- called carpenter tooh
the rollers or one chair placed IL IA
conrca eni position al the end ~ his
desk, then had the man nail /, to the
floor Eut 81 didn't do a particle "
good The first hltcher that came In
was a big 81 5ng POO FOUNDER who
began hls tax and. growing earnest.
just pulled The chair up by the roots.
dragged it toward the desk aud never
noticed thI anything was wrong
st Louis ,;iobe-Democrat
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-17
Weather Forecasts.

The drsi attempt ut scientific fore
casting Of t.4c weather was the result
Of a Storm which during the t'rimean
war Noy II. ls.d. almost DESTROY ed
the fleets Of France uud England rs
a storm had ragged srvcrai days earlier
in France valiant The French min
ister OF war. directed that inycstl-a.
tious be made To sec II The two storms
We're the same and ID lhr progress OF
the disturbances could Gavc been lore
told Il was demonstrated that the
two were in reality one storm aud Tint
It's path could have been asrrrtalurd
aud he Heel torcwarnrd ia ample time
to reach safety