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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-03-12
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= A ]. Wlllaby was in Pendleton
1 yesterday.
DIR. J. R. Sponagle was Pendleton
visitor Tuesday.
Henry Keen made flying trip to
pendleton Wednesday.
For dressed poultry. call up Bert
Cartauo. Phone, SO.
Joseph N. Scott had Business in
Pendleton Wednesday.
Mayor A. B. MoEwen made bus
mess trip to Pendleton today.
Mrs. Byron Hawks has been seriously
i'll the last week with la grippe.
R. O'Brien Of Pendleton, was greet
ing Athena friends Wednesday.
Misses Alta and Katherine Sharp
visited in Pendleton over Sunday.
If you want to buy, lease or sell
land call on s. F. Wilson, attorney.
Harvey Cation and George Bannister
were visitors to the county seat Tues.
day.
- A. L. Swaggart made business trip
4 to bis Biroh creek ranch Sunday, re-
turning Monday.
Mrs. E. r. Cox, who has been in
Portland for some time, is expected
home this evening.
NJ. W. Smith. the genial insurance
man. was greeting old Athena friends
the frst of the week.
Mrs. Theo. Danner came over from
Milton Tuesday and enjoyed short
visit with friends here.
Mrs. Henry Wood is steadily i'm
proving in health. fact her friends
will be pleased ia learn.
Miss Mabel Gibbons. former teacher
{ in the Athena school. has just finished
six-months term near Pilot Rock. =
Mrs. L. Dell has full bred Rhode
Island Red hens. from which she will
sell settings Of eggs at reasonable
prices.
rMr. and Mrs. Archie Doble, of the
Mountain took the north bound train
here Tuesday, for their new home in
Alberta.
Mrs. A. B. McEwen last Friday
evening attended the annual banquet
and reception given at the Pendleton
Academy.
Tfs Misses Della Danner and Matte
Cation were both ill at the Weston
Normal school hall this week from
severe colds.
Miss Lenore Mallett, of Ontario,
Malheur county, now student at the
Normal, was guest Saturday Of Miss
Oecile Boyd.
For Sale--A team. wagon and har-
ness; price $3.50. Enquire of Archie
Doble. at Joseph Hodgson's farm,
northwest of Athena.
James Boldly and family, and Mr..
and Mrs Dodd are moving today to
Walla Walls, shipping their household
goods over the o. r. g N.
Oounty Superintendent Welles was
ih The city Monday visiting the differ
ent grades of the school. lie went to
Westen after short stay here.
4 Barrett has ou display at his
hardware store collective photograph
of the members comprising the lower
house of the Oregon legislature.
J.P. O'Brien. general manager OF
the o. r. & N. passed through Satur-
day evening on a tour of inspection
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-03-12

stopping off short time. He was ac-
companied by party of railroad
officials.
Mrs. Lizzie Jones is showing the
new fashions in ladies' hats at her
store, north side of Main street. Old
patrons and new are invited to call.
|I<Mrs. Gen Harris was up from PEN
dleton the first of the week. Mrs.
Harris is now employed in the suit
department. of the Peoples Warehouse.
De Wits Carbolized Witch Hazel
salve the original is good for anything
when salve is needed and is especially
good for piles. Sold by Palace Drug Co.
l. M. Kemp was over from Weston
Wednesday. He had made the pur-
chase Of fine young McAlropa colt
which he was exhibiting to his friends.
IA Attorney Wilson was called to AL
berta Saturday on legal business. This
is the second visit Mr.. Wilson has
made to Claresholm in the last two
months.
Some bids have been received on the
painting contract of the Christian
church. 1t is likely the contract will
be let In few days and actual WORK
commence soon.
Mrs. r. A. Bissinger. Of South Gold
Spring, spent last week at the home
of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Emery
La Hue, in this city. She returned to
her home Sunday.
NThe base ball fans will hold meet
Iing tomorrow night at Byron Hawks
drug store for the purpose of making
arrangements for the organization of
an amateur ball team.
Mr.. Bohn. working in the interests
of the A. o. U. W. and the Degree Of
Honor. delivered an interesting ad-
dress last evening in the Lodge ball
here, to small audience.
" Rev, Fl. E. Ryder is assisting in a
series of revival meetings in the Bap-
tist church at Weston this week.
Much interest in the services is mani
tested by the Weston people.
Kodol is a combination of all the nat
ural digestive juices found in an ord
mary healthy stomach and it will
digest food in natural way. Pleasant
to take sold by Palace Drug Go.
Mrs. Mae Whitlock, formerly Miss
Mae Fischer of this city and sister
Of Mrs. Lille Miller. recently under
went successful operation for appen-
dicitis at her home in Seattle.
Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion
does the ordinary work of the stomach
80 that by taking little Kodol every
now and then you cannot possibly have
indigestion or any form of stomach
trouble. Sold by Palace Drug Co.
Hon. Mr.. Nichols was in town Tues
day in the interest of the National Re-
form Bureau. He will return soor
and give putlic address at union
meeting to be held for that purpose.
SRev. Geiszler and daughter, Miss
Bertha and Miss Norma Smith were
delegates Wednesday and Thursday to
the Sunday school convention at Echo,
from the Athena Methodist church.
Kennedys Laxative Cough Syrup not
only allays inflammation and irrita-
tion of throat and lungs but it drives
out the cold frcm the system by a free
yet gentle action of the bowels. Sold
BY Palace Drug Go.
Harry Akers. the printer, was in
the city for short time today, pass
ing through to Walla Walla on his
wheel. Harry has been employed
on the Pendleton Tribune as job mar
for some time.
Final account in the estate of W
H. Fl. Scott deceased, was made before
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20
The Minnesota Daily of the Univer

The Minnesota Daily of the Univer
sity Of Minnesota appeared in green on
st. Patrick's Day and was dedicated
to the sons of Ireland "who are found
among the foremost in every field OF
human endeavor." In compliment
airy editorial on st. Patrick it says:
1--WE need today more men like st. Pat
rick, of q single vision who will slsad-
lastly press onward in spite Of unfav-
cradle environment, in spite Of handi-
caps seemingly insurmountable. In
spite of the sneers Of an unthinking
populace and will consistently bea.'
aloft to the world the ideal standard
of purity, honesty, integrity, aud love
to all mankind" In view of the fact
that no Irish name appears on the staff
Of the University paper, the foregoing
words are highly appreciated hy the
irish Standard.
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20
sPEAKERsHlP AND RULES.

Notwithstanding the fact that Joseph
G. Cannon was an issue in the Presi-
dental campaign and that several
congressman We're defeated for re-
election because of standing too close
to him, he was reelected last Monday
for the fourth time as Speaker of the
House of Representatives.. Although
the Cannon machine won a victory by
the cooperation Of twcnty-three DEM
ccrats, it was badly shaken up. In
spite OF all Cannon tactics, twenty
eight Republicans refused to vote for
the Car. We regret to say that
among the Democrats who supported
Cannon and his IRON clad rules were
Fitzgerald. Conroy. Keliher, McDer-
mott, O'Connell and Riordan. 1t is
tc be hoped that their constituents will
hold them responsible for their recre-
ancy to party principles and de-
feat them overwhelmingly when they
present themselves fer reelection.
Cannon was reelected by 204 votes
against 1875 for Champ Clark, tho
Democratic candidate and leader of
the minority party. and for the adop-
ton Of the rules OF the last Congress,
slightly amended, the vote stood 211
To liz. All but three of the Republ'-
cans who voted with the minority hull
from the western states and most Of
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20

lines in Minnesota under the control o.
the state railroad commission, is from
Grand Meadow, Fillmore County, where
there are no electric cars in operation.
Why does he father such bill? How
is he interested?
The fact is that the most Of the
stockholders of this Street Car COM
many do business III Wall Street. The
directors held their annual meeting the
other day not in st. Paul or in Min
neapolis, but in New Jersey. They
elected c. w. Goodrich, of this city
president Of the company, and we con-
graduate him, for he is worthy of
promotion; and anything said in this
criticize has no reference whatever to
that gentleman, for whom we enter
tain the most friendly of feelings. He
simply carries out the instructions Of
ity.
The Rapid Transit Co. is making 4
serious mistake when it assumes thai
the creature is greater that it's Great
or" and that it can snap its fingers
at the community which gave it ex-
istence and all the rights and priv
ileges it now enjoys. We trust that
the majority of the members of the
legislature from Hennepin will oppose
the Nolan bill and other bills of the
same kind and protect the citizens Of
minneapolis from the domination Of
an ungrateful and avaricious cor
roration.
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20

them from the Great Northwest. three
c. them being from Minnesota, viz,
Davis. Lndbergh and Volstead. Eight
New York Democrats, led by F,itzger-
aid, voted with the Cannonites, and
it is now said that Tammany was back
Ct them.
Walter Wellman, Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Record
Herald. declares that although the
Cannon machine has won what appears
to be a triumph, it is the prevailing
opinion that the end of the old regime
Is near. This was expressed in char
acteristic fashion by Champ Clark
when he shook his fist at the majority
and declared: 1T makes no difference
whether you beat us by a few votes
or whether we beat you by few
votes, the jig is up with the House
machine" He predicted that the people
are coming to their own; that the
country is thoroughly dissatisfied with
the House rules and Cannon methods
and that the roll calls of today will
decide the fate Of many members
whose offended constituencies will sse
to it that they pass out of official life.
Representative Norris, of Nebraska,
who is an active Republican reformer,
made a bold speech in which he charg-
ed Che Taft administration with bols-
tering up the Cannon cause. He said:
y have the greatest confidence and
faith in our present chief executive.
] believe that his sympathies are with
us who want to revise these rules, but
the present position of the chief ex-
ecutive, working against the insurgent
movement, illustrates the wonderful
power Of the iron knight the speaker)
and his machine in this House. Even
the President is his lieutenant and
United States senators are privates in
the rear ranks"
The Democratic boilers who aided
Cannon are being rewarded by him
in placing them on important commit
tees. John j. Fitzgerald, of New York.
has been appointed to the committee
on rules. After Mondays fight 1856
Democrats in caucus bound themselves
solemnly to take no appointments on
committees from Cannon unless they
were approved by Champ Clark, the
Democratic leader. If the Eastern and
Southern Democrats kept with their
PARTY and voted with the Republicans
opposed to Cannon and his rules, sonre
other Republican would be occupying
Cannon's exalted position. The bolt
ing Democrats are largely to blame,
end tariff reform in this extra session
OF Congress will be nothing Snort of
&: 'mockery, a delusion and a snare"
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20

six thousand years? The proposition
seems little unreasonable. OF course.
his conception must be much higher"
tnan that of the generality Of man
kind, since he says it is; yet I fail to
see how the conception Of a temper
sry reward is higher than that Of a
reward which lasts forever; nor is it
obvious that the deed shall live, yet
the author Of the deed perish eternally.
Our distinguished pedagogue assures
us that 1.-The orthodox creed has done
:ncalculable harm in the past, re-
sulting in a belief in miracles and the
like" The sentence ends rather tame
", not to say shabbily, coming as it
Goes from a professor of English liter.
ature; but he is doubtless oblivious to
such trifes. 1t is to be regretted that
the professor has not vouchsafed any
information regarding the ''incalculable
harm" done by the orthodox creed"
What can he mean? How, when and
where was the harm" done? Surely
he can not mean-what his words seem
to imply-that "a belief in miracles"
is the dire disaster wrought by ortho-
doxy. J-eibnitz, Gladstone, Washing
ton, and our own VIM. Jennings Bryan
all believed in miracles, yet nobody ever
taxed them with being undesirable
citizens" Perhaps the eminent edu-
Gator knew what he meant by his
words, but it is safe to say that nobody
else does.
Now I would like to know if the
Regents of the University of Mime
sofa are justified in paying a salary
10 man for teaching such rubbish as
this fedgling professor teaches under
the name of English literature? 1 am
curious to know. also, what the bulk
oc his pupils who are, presumably,
Christian young mel, think of the
mouthings of this glib superficial
agnostic? I confess that have very
little sympathy for the Catholic stu
cents whose faith and intelligence are
thus outraged and insulted. If theie
Parents were not recreant to their most
solemn duty they would have sent
their sons to Catholic college where
their faith would be safe guarded dur
ing the most formative period of their
lives. 1t is no wonder that so many
CT our young men lose their faith at
our state universities where they are
cnrown into daily contact with Pro-
testant companions and infidel teach
ers. 1t is their parents who are
chiefly responsible for their apostacy.
H. F. L.
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20

The Pioneer Press says that tho
Minneapolis Journal lis as poorly in
formed on ST. Patrick as it is about
packing plants" and then proceeds to
correct alleged inaccuracies III the
Journals editorial on st. Patrick's Day.
Without caring to enter into any dis
cussion on the subject the Irish Stand
ard will say that the doglnatic asser-
zion of the P. P. regarding the civ'lsza :
ton of the pagan Irish has no FONDA ,
ton in fact. The ancient Celts OF
Ireland ere the arrival Of st. Patrick
were not rude barbarians" by a long
shot. They were like the pa5ans of
Greece and Rome before the introduc :
ton of Christianity. The Celts whom,
Patrick addressed on the hill of Tara
were as civilized as the Romans whom,
Paul addressed from Mars hills Let
the p. P. study up bit on this inter
esting subject, and it will find that n
people who had written history and
laws before the days Of Lycurgus were
not rude barbarians."
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20
THE PURE WATER PROBLEM.

A more important question than pure
water in large cities cannot engage the
attention of the public There is hard
~ city Of any magnitude that has
not felt the necessity of procuring for
it's Inhabitants pure water free from
deleterious substances. Some cities
have solved the problem satisfactorily
and find as result that the public
health has been very much improved.
The Zenith City Of the unsalted seas,
is fortunate in getting its supply from
the sparkling, pure water of Lake Su-
perior, which is icy cold all the year
round. st. Paul secures it's water for
human consumption from chain of
nearby lakes.
Minneapolis is behind other cities of
it's size in solving the pure water prob
lem. That the water from the Mis-
sjssippi is not flt to drink until it is
:ltrated and got rid of impurities is
the opinion of the medical profession.
The people who can afford it buy bot
tied water from the Springs and find
it quite bill of expense, while the poor
tr classes have to consume the con-
taminated waters of the river. 1t GER
tainly is high time for Minneapolis to
take steps to procure pure water for
its 100000 Inhabitants of today and
Tor it's half million inhabitants of near
future. This Is far more important
matter than municipal ownership and
tine control of public utilities through
its operation, which many people are
opposed to and with good and sub
stantial reasons.
The question Of a pure water sup
ply came before the city council at last
weeks meeting, and we are glad that
that honorable body favored a pure
water supply for the metropolis Of
the Northwest. A vote was taken to
urge the legislature now in session
to pass bill authorizing the issuance
OF sl,oO0,O0o bonds for the purpose.
Only two aldermen voted against the
II. OPPOSITION. and on further consider
alton they are apt to favor the scheme.
A committee was appointed to present
the matter to the legislature, and I'M
dnubtedly that body will unhesitatmgy
acquiesce. No opposition is anticipat-
ed from St Paul.
The bonds to be sold must be or
Gered by thirds vote of tho
council and it is safe to assume that
there will be no difficulty about secur-
ing that vote, as all the people favor
the proposition. What system of pure
water to adopt requires careful con-
sideration. 1t is Il mighty big prob
lcm to solve. The various plans will
be discussed before final action is
taken. The time is ripe for definite
settlement of the question. The city
needs pure water badly and it is going
to have 1t. The sooner the better.
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20
Refutina Libe1s.

Writing in the Glasgow Evening
Citizen, in reply to reflections cast by
that paper on Irishmcn's capacity for
Self Government, D. j. Mitchell Quinn
says: Tn a recent issue you printed
some reproachful reflections implying
that the Irish are unfit for self-gov-
eminent because disturbances at their
Convention in Dublin were physically
suppressed. Have there been no paral-
lels to this at British political gather
ings lately? Have the Suffragettes
or their male champions been physical
ly expelled from political meetings in
Great Britain lately or have they not?
Was Mr.. Lloyd George, when he at :.
tempted to address a meeting at Birm-
ingham at the time that the Chamber
Lain lingo craze was at fever heat,
threatened with the gravest physical
rlenace? Were the windows of the
Town Hall shattered. and did he es-
cape violence only by the success Of
q police ruse, which baff1ed the wait.
ing crowd angrily eager for the blood
of the present Chancellor of the Elk
clequer? Do you advocate one code
for Ireland and another for Britain
in these matters? Or do your editor.
ia! writer's forget what happened when
they piously thank God that they are
not as other men, even as these turb-
ulent Irish?" The Irish News of Bel
fast retaliates by saying:
1.-THE people of Great Britain are ut
terly and absurdly unfit for Self-Gov-
eminent. Even in Glasgow, where
sober sided, long-hea6ed, shrewd, and
canny Scots abound, they cannot hold
an ordinary election meeting without
rcsorting to shameful deeds of vio-
lence and provoking scenes of most
admired disorder. Mr.. Scott-Dickson,
the Unionist candidate for Central
Glasgow, tried to hold meeting re-
Gently. A few Socialists attended to
ask one or two questions. The first
inquisitive exponent of Socialism was
seized by several members OF the
audience. Then fists and sticks were
Piled with right good will; grave ana
reverend gentlemen tore off their coats
and plunged into the fray; the chair
mans efforts to restore order were per-
fectly futile and at last the audience
dispersed in confusion, and with blood
stained noses, eyes growing dusky,
leads bearing brand-new bumps
and tempers feverish. All these peo-
pie had no great reason for behaving
in so deplorable manner. They could
have held their meeting peac4ably,
Just as meetings are held In Ireland,
and then gone home uninjured, as
people go home in Ireland. But they
b'oke out into riot. Clearly, it is a
mistake to suppose they are capable
Of governing themselves
The Irish standard., 1909-03-20
ST. PATRicK's DAY FAvoRs.

The Irish national festival has come
and gone, and now it is in order to
make few remarks on the postal
cards and symbols which raised such
indignation among the children of ST.
Patrick in all the big cities of the
United States. Who the manufacture
ers Of these Objectionable articles are
We have not been able to find out; but
in all probability they are of British,
origin. They were undoubtedly in
tended to ridicule the patron saint of
Ireland and his faithful adherents who
have preserved the religion he estab-
lished in the land of their fathers
away back in the fifth century.
The shopkeepers who handled these
insulting objects did it for CONNER
cial profit, and some OF them withdrew
them from sale when Informed of their
significance by members of Irish so
cieties. Others, however, kept them
on exhibition in spite of all the re-
monstrances made by patriotic organ
iIations. In Minneapolis, we saw in
several places the most odious caricat-
ures of the lrish and the names of
the dealers will be given at this office.
The only way to manifest displeasure
1T their persfstency in selling these
things against the protest of the Irish
people is to trade elsewhere and give
their stores a wide berth, thus con-
vincing them that they cannot insult
the Celtic race with inpunity. Who
buys these insulting articles? Surely,
not the Irish. They; are bought, as a
rule, by American women The New
York Sun says:
"A buyer Of fancy goods for a big
retail store showed more than two
hundred novelties for Patrick's day,
and these did not include candies in
many shapes and many shades of green
and candy boxes in countless shapes
and sizes costing anywhere from s
cents to IS and more. Take the pipe,
the hat. the snake and the shillalaf.
The styles in these are legion. certain
variations showing that artists are
among the workmen. For the time
being in Fifth avenue shops as well as
in shops in more democratic quarters
ST Patrick favors are in the front.
In one store when an unsophisticated
shopper remarked to the manager that
It was surprising to find that his
clientele included so many persons
loyal to Ireland he made the statement
that perhaps not per cent of a STOCK
OF st. Patrick novelties collected with
care from many specialists would be
bought by persons with Irish blood
in their veins
The st. Patrick's day pipes, pigs and
snakes are frequently bought as novel
ties by American women who have no
Intention of offending the Irish peo-
pie. They buy them for fun and to
amuse their guests. Many of the deal
CTS have no desire to insult their Irish
customers and only want to make q
few dollars out Of handling the things.