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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1907)
Rack (or Dehornlna-. The illustration shows a rack to be need either for dehorning cattle or ringing hogs. For sills use three pieces feet long end 4 Inches by 4 Inches mortised for bottom of posts 8 inches each aide of center to allow the sides Four posts 4 Inches by 4 Inches and 5 feet 4 Inehea Inn and two nosts 4 inches by 4 Inches, and 5 feet 8 inches long are tenoned to the sills. Three cap pieces 2 Inches by 4 Inches and 4 feet 2 Inches long are mortised at the ends to receive tops of posts. The caps are of oak. One oak piece in front of the cap, which holds the stanchion. Is 2 inches by 2 Inches, and 4 feet 2 Inches long. The lower oak piece in front of tho stanchion Is 2 Inches by 4 Inches and 2 feet long. The lumber Is 2 Inches thick and 7 feet long for sides. One board 2 Inches by 17 Inches and 7 feet BACK FOB DEIIOBNINO. long Is used for the bottom. For stanchions In front use one board 2 Inches by 10 Inches, 5 feet 6 Inches long; one board 2 Inches by 10 inches, 6 feet 2 Inches long. For back gate use two pieces 2 Inches by 12 Inches, 4 feet 4 Inches long, cut sloping to tit the frame. It Is put on with hinges. The stanchions in front are bolted at the bottom between a 2 Inches by 4 Inch piece, and the sill, leaving a space up and down in front 5 inches wide. Two and a half feet from the bottom of the stanchion slope, cut a place for the animal's neck. The 2 Inches by 2 Inch oak piece Is bolted to the side of the cap with blocks to allow the top of the stanchions to open and close and work with a lever. The lever, which can be made of wagon tire, Is 5 feet 8 Inches long. A -lnch hole Is punched ' In the top of the lever, a second hole 13 Inches from top hole, and the third hole 11 Inches from second bole. The upper hole Is for attachment of two lion straps, one on each side, which art fastened to the left hand stanchion. From the lower bole two pieces of Iron 14 Inches long go to the right hand stanchion. When the stanchions are closed bore one or two half-Inch, boles la post back of lever, In which to use a a Iron pin to hold the stanchions In place. Montreal Star. Water and Salt (or Com. Eight gallons of water a day is the average quantity required for a cow, and the milk given Is about 87 per cent water. In some pastures there !s no water, the cows being supplied nlizht and morning, which forces such cow to drink four gallons at a time In order to be supplied. As the cow does not know that she must drink four gallon, she may use less, and she will reduce ber milk supply accordingly. Extensive tests and investigations have been made by the experiment stn tions to determine the advisability of adding salt to the ration of dairy cows. As a result of these trials, It Is recommended that dairy cows be given at least one ounce of salt per day. Ex ceptionally heavy milkers will require more than this. The uniform results obtained with all cows employed In these trials Indicate that salt In addi tion to that obtained In their food Is absolutely essential to the continued health of a dairy cow, while producing milk. It is evident, moreover, that the amount of salt which must be suih plied directly will greatly vary In dif ferent localities, It being more at high eievatlons and at places remote from the soa. Agricultural Epltomlst A Kettle Support. At butchering time and whenever water is to be heated It is a bother to set the kettle or to hang It with chains. A simple hoop with three or four legs welded . on, saves the time and trouble. Any black smith will make It for a few cents If you furnish an old KETTLE II OOP, eart fire for and legs. Order the legs the right length to bold the kettle Just high enough. It Is easily moved then from house to barn, or to a neighbor's. Farm and Home. Kaffir Cora la Steilco. Kaffir corn is belug cultivated suc cessfully In the State of Oaxaca, Mex ico, and Its cultivation Is to be extend ed. This corn, which Is a native of Egypt, requires only the moisture of tho dew for Its wants, and appeals to the farmer for planting during the dry season. Treatment of the Soli. We have but little more definite knowledge of the soil and the principles Involved In Its treatment than we had slity years ago, says the scientinc American. Fertility is not nitrogen, I-liosfhorus, and potassium alone, though the potential value or any field, or State, or country, from the agricul tural standpoint. Is measured by these constituent elements In its soil ; yet It has been demonstrated that goils'whleh contain an abundance of these elements, and which are potentially capable of producing crops for centuries perhaps, are not capable of producing prodtable crops without the addition of further amounts of these constituents. The chemical Investigator is, therefore, com pelled to take Into consideration other ( fr.cts than this. He must. If he wouia J w the whole field, know something ot geology, of botany, of physics, of biology, of bacteriology, and of the other natural sciences, because chem istry alone Is not capable of fully com passing the problem ; thus, the oppor tunity for specializing In any branch Las been very great, and It Is because of the broadness of the subject, and the opportunityas already pointed out, and the necessity, also, for giving imme diate help from the knowledge that we have that has prevented In a degree a broad study of the fundamentals essen tial for enabling genuine progress to be made. - ' - Alfalfa a Swine Tonic. Raising 1,000 hogs a year without eer having any sign of cholera in the' i . it -1-1 i ..ji. i 1 herd la the claim put forth by M. Bar ber of Bloomlngton, Neb. He makes a sreclalty of this industry and has 300 acres of alfalfa, where the hogs are raised. "My hogs are raised in the field from the time they are pigs till they are about 8 months old, when 1 put them on a feed of corn," said Mr Barber to a representative of the Kansas City Drovers' Telegram. "If fed In summer time I soak the corn. But the alfalfa is. the most Important feed they get, and is the one great thing that keeps them healthy all the year around. In all the years that I have been raising and handling hogs in this way, I never had a case of hog cholera on my farm. This Is due to the alfalfa, which keeps the- hogs healthy." Improved Bolter Cuorn. The old-fashioned hand butter churn, so long associated with fresh air and country life, seems destined to be overtaken by other up to date churns and which require less labor to oper ate. The old-fashioned churn was a clvrasy affair, and not a little "elbow grease" was re quired to manipu late it In the Il lustration is shown one of newer hand MICW churn. churns, which nevertheless contains most of the principles of the older churns. The only change Is In the application of the power mechanism. In this machine the power Is so placed that little effort is required to operate It. A foot pedal Is added, and the hand power Is entirely different from the old method. Instead of forcing the paddle up from the churn after every descent with the hands, springs are placed beneath the hand grips which do the forcing automatically. It would be possible to operate this churn and at the same time read a book or news paper. Young Farmer Going to Cities. A recent news telegram from York, Pa says: "With the return to the county commissioners to-day ot the last registry assessor's book it was shown by the totals that the population of voters In the county has decreased In hx months nearly 400. The shrinkage In the male population Is attributed by the commissioners to the desertion of tb farms by young men, most of whom have been lured to Philadelphia and other cities under the Impression tbat they can speedily make fortunes. ' . "In the borough of Red Lion sixty voters have gone to the city within six months. The decrease In population is greater than in the boroughs. The total registration In the boroughs and town ships of the county last spring was SCi, 802, The present registration shows 383 less." Renovatlnc Worn Solla. Prof. W. J. Splllman, In bulletin No. on the renovation of wornout soils, sajs: "To build up and maintain fertility In the soil, feed a large part of the crops, and return the manure to the land. If manure Is not available, plow untler crops grown for the purpose. TIow deep, but do not subsoil. Grow leguminous crops for the nitrogen they add to the soil "Commercial fertilisers and lime may be Important means of Improving the soil but the fertilizer requirements of different soils and different crops In different seasons are so little under stood that we are not yet In a position to make positive recommendations that are of general application." Tho Doelln of the Peach. The Introduction of new varieties, budding, and the attacks of insects, as well as diseases formerly unknown, have curtailed the usefulness of the peach tree and contined It to certain localities. Budding or grafting the trees, whether apple, peach or pear, Is now but a reproduction of the original variety, and may Introduce all the Im perfections as well as the advantages of the variety, to every portion of U countrr. - ffHEYEEKLY MSTORIAH VTi 1,1111,1 i 7 v it! 15GD First English lottery took place. 1610 Galileo discovered Jupiter's satel lites. 1044 Archbishop Laud beheaded. 1806 Cape of Good Hope surrendered by the Dutch to the British.... Vienna evacuated by the French. 1813 William Jones of Pennsylvania be came Secretary of the Navy. - 1815 Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated British at Battle of New Orleans. lR4ft Ppnnir Pnot Intrnrlnnarl In WntrlanA u t,,., nu..: si- sw,im VnaUA OM , " , . , 1541 Samuel Scott, daring American diver, accidentally hanged himself on Waterloo bridge, London, while giv ing exhibition. 1842 Francois Coppee, French poet, born. 1844 Sir Hudson Lowe, governor of St. Helena during Napoleon's captivity, died. 1S54 Astor library, New York, opened. 1861 Steamer Star of the West fired upon at Charleston. . . .Jacob Thomp son of Mississippi resigned as Sec retary of the Interior.... Philip F. Thomas of Maryland resigned as Secretary of the Treasury. ' 1803 Metropolitan Underground Rail way, in London, ceremoniously open ed. 180G Steamer London, from England to Australia, foundered in Bay of Bis cay; 220 lost. 18G8 -Chinese government appointed Burlingame its special envoy to all tho treaty powers. v 1S71 Paris bombarded. . . .Prince Fred erick Charles gained victory over Chanzy at Le Mans. 1889 Upper, suspension bridge at Nl . agara Falls destroyed by wind storm , ....Thirty-three persons killed and scores injured in whirlwind at Read ing, Pa. 1893 Princess Marie of Edinburgh mar ried to Crown Prince of Roumania. 1895 Royalist outbreak at Honolulu suppressed by Dole government.... Great street railway strike in Brook lyn. 1897 Count Muravieff appointed Rus sian minister of foreign affairs Anglo-American arbitration treaty .', signed at Washington. .. .National monetary conference met at Indian apolis. 1899 Railroad wreck at West Dunellen, N. J. j seventeen lives lost. 1900 Chicago drainage canal opened. 1901 Twenty-six lives lost in orphan asylum fire aUtochester, N. Y. 1902 Seventeen lives lost in Park ave nue tunnel wreck in New York City Lewis Nixon chosen nominal leader of Tammany Hall. 1904 Chinese Emperor ratified commer cial treaty with the United States. 1905 Flvo killed in railroad collision near Ripon, N. M. The upper house of the Austrian, or Disleithan, reichsrath has accepted with out amendment the bill establishing uni versal suffrage, which previously had been passed by the House of Representatives. London papers reported that James Bryce had refused a peerage and would go to the United States as ambassador without changing his name, and thus be the first plain citizen to represent his country at Washington. Just as it came from the French Cham ber of Deputies, the new church and state separation act was finally passed by the Senate, 190 to 100. This was directed against those churchmen who had re fused to accept the original separation law of 1905, and all clergy who refused under orders from the Pope to give over possession of their residences and church properties to the state do so on penalty of losing pensions. While the priests have disregarded the law providing for re ligious associations, the laity have made the necessary declarations to protect the churches and other places of worship. It is presumed that the other ecclesi astical buildings will be rented to the bishops and priests at a nominal figure, just as the clergy who have said most without making a legal declaration to hold a public meeting have had only nominal fines Imposed upon them. The French minister of finance has ordered the mints to substitute on all coin the words "liberty, equality and fra ternity" for the old device "God protect France." Minister of Education Briand announced that the church buildings taken possession of by the state would be de voted to educational and museum pur poses, the seminary of St. Sulpice at Paris becoming part of the Luxenbourg museum. The expelled sisters of the As umptionists order left Paris for Bel gium, in the midst of a throng of sym pathizers, who shouted: "Down with th Free Masons." I IJJJ.bi.LUiM rJ7jfj&5i S. V. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON i Special attention given to all j . . calls, both night and day. Calli promptly answered. Office on Third Street. Athena. Oregor THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL I J. E. FROOME, pbop. Only First-class Ilotel in J 1TF THE ST. NICHOLS Is the only one tbat can accommodate eommemlal travelers. , . Can beieeomended for Us elean and well ventilated rooms. Cob. Main aitd Thibd, atbeha, Or. COMMERCIAL LIVERY STABLE HARSY M'BEIDE, MANAGER Best Stock and Rigs in the City. Competent Drivers. -, Stock Boarded by the Day, Week or Month at Reasonable Rate. NORTH SIDE STREET, ATHEAN, ORE Oregon Shout Line sss Union Pacific Through Pullman standard and Hleepinp cars dally to Omaha, Uhk-ago; tourist sleeping car dally to Kaunas CHyj through Pullman tourist sleeping cars, personally conducted weekly to Chicago, with free reclining chair cars, seats free, to the east daily irom Pendleton. . iio LLvjo 21 lc ARRIVB TIXI SCHEDULES IHPAET Daily. ATHENA,. ORE. Daily. Walla Walla, Day- , ton, Pomeroy, Lew- ; lston, Oolfax, Pull- U:Goa. m. man. Moscow, the : Jouer d'Alene dis trict, Spokane and all points north. . Walla Walia - Pen- 12:30 p w dieton Mixed Fast Mail for Pen- dieton, LaQrande, Baker City, and all poi nts eiRt via H un tington, Ore., Also ... ' for Umatilla, Hepp 1:58 p m neri The Dalles, 4:53 p tn Portland, Astoria, Willamette Valley Points, California, Tacoma, Seatl le, all ' ' Bound Points. Pendleton - Walla 6:30 pm Walla Mixed , J. 8. 1'Oble Agent, - Aihena JO) r y NO POISONS. CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW. 'y. Tha Original Laxativa CoutfH Syrup containing Honey and Tar. An Improvement over all Couch, Lunl and Bronchial Remedies. Pleasant to the taste and good alike for young and old. All cough ayrups containing opiates constipate the bowels. Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar moves the bowels and contains no opiates. Prepared by PINE-VLE MEDICINE COMPANY. CHICAGO. V. S. A. SOLD IN ATHENA AT IIAWK'S PIONEER DRUG STORE THE GDC ALL DISEASES 1! u Luuu Li Li Two years go a serere cold settled 00 my lungs and so completely prostrated me that I was unable to work and scarcely able to stand. I then was advised to try Dr. King's Kew Discovery, and after using one bottle I went back to work, as well as I ever was." , W. J. ATKEfS, Banner Springs, Tens. . PRICE 50c f Saving at the Spigot Wasting It covers more surface, spreads easier, and lasts longer than any other prepared paint, or hand-mixed lead and oil. call I COLOR Umatilla Lumber Yard THETUWl-A-LUiLUlVlBERCO. JA.CK WEIR, MANAGER Athena, Oregon Building Material and Fuel Yards at Walla Walla, Touchet and Lowdon, Wash-, and Athena, Adams and Freevvater, Oregon. I ESTABLISHED 1865 5 Prcston-Parton Milling Go. ! Flour is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown any where. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells American Beauty for $1.00 Merchant Millers a Waitsburg, Wash. - El f CON 3 TAIN- i DiG. U3B OF k. utile's rsrsnnrsnrrs - r for mmm d m C-3KAT IA AfJD SOLD AfJD GUARANTEED BY at the Bung" That's what buying poor paint means. Paint may be low priced by the gallon and b'e extravagant to use owing to to it's poor covering power and wearing quality. After the paint is applied it's too late to save. Start right and use ' The Sherwin-Wiluams Paint for CARDS I BEAUTY per acK: m and Grain Buyers - - : Athena, Oregon SY-.TAB mm mm IS ahd 'PiPS, PREVENTS AND $1.00 JZ a.JB wsr W. M. IVlcBAIDE