The Athena press., April 28, 1905, Image 2

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ATHENA, APRIL 28, 1905
A medical journal Bays one of the
results of tbe recent announcement of
a growing shortage in the supply of
domestic medicinal plants is an agita
tion among drng manufacturers and
dealers in favor of a campaign of edu
cation among the farmers to teach
them that there is profit in raising for
sale many of the plants which they
now persistently destroy as noxious
weeds. It is said that the supply of
domestic vegetable drugs has become
so small that we are now importing
every year fully $16,000,000 worth of
drugs which were formerly produced
from plants gathered in this country.
Among these'are drugs which are pro
duced from plants which are still
found growing wild in large quanti
ties in this country, but the value of
which the farmers fail to realize.
Some of them are the common dan
delion, burdock, couch grass and curly
dock, common golden seal, one cf the
most valuable of medical plants,
which today is . bringing 75 cents a
pound but is being exterminated as a
pest by farmers all over the country ;
senega or snake root; common sage,
belladonna, henbane and stramonium.
Well, don't know whether bal
ance of the collection of plants enum
erated by the journal are rooted- in
Athena lawns or not but in Boyd's
lawn and several others there is enough
dandelion roots to keep four or five
large Peruna shops going with a dou
ble shift of workmen, and then some.
The farmers of Umatilla county
wore never in such good Bhape financ
ially as today. Thoy have had a suc
cession of good crops and profitable
prices, while land has been steadily
increasing in value. They enter the
busy spring season of 1005 with high
hopes, and if the elements are favorT
able their industry and good manage
ment will greatly increase the balance
on the right side of the ledger when
the accounts of 1906 are cast up. All
can't get rich, but it is a great deal
to hold one's own, live well iu the
meantime and lay up some thing for
a rainy day. That is what the aver
age farmer is doing, and a little more.
Every indication goes to prove that
Athena is to have an ample supply
of pure spriug waterf or her new grav
ity system of water works. No better
time than the presont could have beeu
seleoted iu which to tost tho flow of
wator. The past winter hns been
more than noted for its lack of mois
ture, both in snow and raiu fall. In
fact uot in years has proeipation
boon less than in the fall and wiutor
olid Walla
When you are over in Walla Walla we want you to make our store
your headquarters, whether you wish to buy anything here or not.
It is the Foet-Oflke. We have put aside two rooms in the rear of
our store for the special benefit and oomfort of our visitors. It is
good place to rest, wash and clean up after a long drive. We also
want you to use our 'phones, and in fact make yourself perfectly
at home while here. And then, too, if you have time we would con
sider it a pleasure to show you through our store. Our spring lines
are now complete, and when needing anything in the way of houre
furnishings, we want you to give us a chance to figure with you. Our
assortments are the largest, our quality is the best and everything
guaranteed to give satisfaction, and our prices are low as the lowest.
When goods ordered amount to
Mail
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Everything to Furnish the
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WALLA WALLA, :- WASH.
months of the season 1904-6, yet the
depletion of the Gallaber springs is
not to be noted to any material extent.
Particularly is this observed in the
underground flow, which is now being
developed by a crew of workmen. It
is now practically assured that the
quantity of water now flowing from
the spring will be increased to at least
one half when the underground flow
is fully developed, and it is safe to
say that if enough water is found
there in a dry season there will be a
greater quantity in seasons of more
precipitation.
Editorailly the Freewater Times gives
us this: "Howl, you howlers 1 Curse
the trust, and the minute you get a
dollar send it to Sears, Roebuck-Montgomery
Ward & Co., and thereby pat
ronize one of the largest trusts in the
United States. Get credit from your
home merchant, and send your cash
to the trusts ! Curse the trusts and
patronize them I And howl I Don't
forget to howl I If the clothes don't
fit that you buy from your local deal
er, take them back and get others; but
when the trust sends them, keep them
until one of the children grows up.
But patronize them 1 Send your money
out of town then howl about hard
times 1 Revile the trusts, but send to
Chicago for your provisions. Of course
you lose money by paying large
freight rates, but that is all right; it
goes to another trust the railroad
company. But don't forget to howl I"
Richard Johnson, of Minto, N, D. ,
owns a buggy which was used by
Theodore Roosevelt on his Maltese
Cross ranch in North Dakota nearly
twenty five years ago. The buggy
had been in use for fifteen years prior
to the time young Mr. Roosevelt used
it Mr Johnson will send the old ve
hicle to the Lewis and Clark exposition
as an exhibit Many of the trappings
used by Roosevelt during his two years
sojourn in Dakota have been preserved
by his admirers. One of these relics
is a dinky little old straw hat which
looks very funny now, but it was the
New York City style when the young
man wore it out to Dakota in 1881.
Efforts are being made to send.this hat
and other Roosevelt relics from North
Dakota to the exhibition.
The burying place of Commodore
Paul Jones having been discovered the
remains are to be brought to this
country for reinterment. He will be
pleased to get back to his beloved
country after so long a stay in Europe.
American warships will accompany
the remains of this hero over tbe
ocean and the French may also send a
naval escort. He was English but
settled in Virgina. He won the first
naval victory for this country in a
hot contest His last fighting was
done for Russia in 1788 against Turk
ey, being a rear admiral. Jnoh Paul
Jones died in Paris in July, 1792.
A Frauklin couuty, Wash., ex
change, in speaking of tbe Lewis and
Clark exposition, says that "it came to
the influence of the Suake and Colum
bia rivers. "Well, "confluence" might
have answered just as well but what
is the matter with "influential" or
"iuflueuza?"
The beef trust say, and they are u p
held by Socretary Garfield's reoent re
port, that they have to fight sharp
competition, do business on a close
margin and make only an average of
about 99 ceuts ou every heud of cattlo
Headquarters
$10.00 or more we pay the freight.
Mail
Orders
a
Specialty
slaughtered. But there are a lot of
by-products which yield good returns
and it is noted that all the great pack
ing firms have accumulated millions.
Where did they get it if not out of the
business? Evidently they have been
making money hand over fist and this
morey came off of somebody.
A lot of fools in the Wisconsin
legislature are trying to pass a law
levying a tax of $10 on bachelors over
30 years old. They say there are over
10,000 men in that state subject to this
tax. It is no business of the legisla
ture whether men marry or stay in
"single blessedness," or "cussedness,"
as the case may be. All men should
marry, if they can and want to go in
double harness. St Paul's suggest
ion on marriage should not be forgot
ten. The Iroquois club of Chicago will
have President Roosevelt as a guest on
his return from his bear-killing ex
pedition. The Iroquois is the leading
democratic club of America and it is
hailed as a good omen of a glorious
epoch in politics that a republican
president is to be guest thereof. It
has the appearance of a political mil
lennium. The president may be called
a wonder-worker.
THE CALIFOBIA OBSTKICH,
(From the Pacific Monthly. )
A trolley ride of twenty minutes or
more from Pasadena, with the finest of
panoramio views on the way, takes us
to the farm. Green valleys, sleepy
foothills, quaint Moorish houses,
strangely constructed bungalows and
rose-entwined cottages pass in quick
review. All of these so charm us that
for the time we forget the object of
our quest But the loud call of the
conductor "All off for Cawston ostrich
farm," reminds us of our original in
tention, and we alight
Here we look upon more lovely scen
ery, for the ground all about the farm
is most artistically ornamented. Trel
lises are covered with beautiful roses.
Palm trees reach up and send their
fan-like branches far out, making
pleasant shade for warm days. Here
are flowers of every hue, rich and
beautiful under a high state of cultiva
tion. A bed of scarlet popios is blaz
ing in the golden sunlight Fountains
send up and scatter cooling sprays,
while goldfish dart here and there in
their cool depths. Rustic seats under
the livebak, eucalyptus and pepper
trees invite one to rest, while enticing
paths lead to various parts of the
grounds. Altogether we behold a scene
of entrancing beauty.
We are here to see the ostriches,
however, and here they come rushing
towards us pell melL Their wings are
extehded and their great toes scarcely
touch the ground, so eager are they for
the oranges. They pick the yellow
globules from the ground, or take them
from his hand, and swallow them
with one gulp, not crushing them in
the least
I have seen an ostrich take a dozen
oranges and swallow them one after
another in rapid succession, giving its
neck the appearance of a string of great
beads.
The ages of the members of this
flock range from eight to nine months.
How curious and greedy they are I
We are made to retreat in double
quick time as they poke their big flat
head with bulging eyes at us over the
high board fence and snap their beaks
close to our hat pins, watches and
kodaks.
After forty days they are hatched,
and in four or five months after
hatching the hen lays again, and
another brood is brought forth. It is
at times necessary to take a feeble
young bird from its parents and raise
it by hand. A baby ostrich four days
old was being fed alfalfa from the
hand of its keeper.
The birds are all of one color a
dingy speckled gray until they are
eighteen months old. Then the male
changes to a glossy black, with the
exception of white feathers under his
tail and wings. The females always
remain gray. Tbe body of a full
grown ostrich is more than two feet
across, and as it stretches up its long
neek it will measure, from bill to toe,
Beven or eight feet The weight of an
adult bird is from 300 to 400 pounds.
The price of a full-grown bird varies
from $200 to $300 and the price of a
fcaby ostrich is $25.00 while eggs are
valued at from $3.00 to $25.00 each.
Ostriches live to be from 60 to 70
years of age. When one first looks at
a flock of these gigantio birds one ex
claims: "Oh, what awkward, cinmsy
things 1" But look again I A great
bunch of them comes sweeping to
wards us. Their toes are daintily
touching the ground, their wings are
raised or lowered, their necks are
craned this way or that, all with the
finest grace and beauty of movement
Here is Major Roberts coming for an
orange. His air is as fine, his gait as
mincing and graceful as that of a lady
in a drawing room.
It will bring rich, red blood, firm
flesh and muscle. That'a what Hol
lister'a Rocky Mountain Tea wOl do.
Taken this month keeps you well all
summer. 35a tea or tablets. Pioneer
drug store. - .
If taken this month keeps you welt all
summer. It makes the little ones eat,
sleep and grow. A spring tonic for the
whole family. ilolltster'a Hocky Moun
tain Tea. 35c, Tea or Tablets. Talace
drug store.
'. Hotice to Creditors.
In the Matter of the Estate of Elijah
Ingle, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that the undersigned has
been duly appointed executor of the last
will and testament of said Elijah Ingle,
deceased, by the County Court of Uma
tilla County, State of Oregoi. All per
sons having claims., against said estate
of Elijah Ingle, deceased, are hereby re
quired to present tbe same with the
proper vouchers as by law required
within six months from the date hereof,
to the underssigned at the law office of
Hailey & Lowell, in Pendleton, Oregon,
or at the residence of the undersigned
in Corvallis, Oregon.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1905.
John W. Ingle, -Executor
of the last will and testament
of Elijah Ingle, Deceased.
Notice of Final Account.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned has filed his final ac
count as administrator of the estate of
John McRae, deceased, in the County
Court of Umatilla County, State of Ore
gon, and the Judge of said Court has
fixed Saturday, the 29th day of April,
1905, at ten o clock in the forenoon at
the County Court Room in the County
Court House in Pendleton, Oregon, as
the time and place for hearing said ac
count, and persons interested in said
estate are hereby notified to appear at
said time and place and file their object
ions, if any, to said account on or before
said time. Dated this 24th day March,
1905. Angus M. Gillia,
Administrator of the Estate of John
McRae, Deceased.
PETERSON & PETERSON,
Attorneys-at-Law
AlHENA, -
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Office in Post Building, Athena, Oregon
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Special attention given to Female
Diseases.
Calls promptly answered. Office on Third
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