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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1909)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F. B. Boyd, Publisher. Application for entrance as 2nd class matter made on July 6, 1807 at the postofflce at Athena, Oregon Under an Aotot Congress of March 3, 1879 Subaorl Hon llatct : par year, in advance K-00 Single copies In wrappers, 5c, oATHENA. ORE.. SEPT. 3. .1909 The Atbena High Sohool will opeu Mouday roomiuR, September 13. Ibo eocoess of the work of the eobool for the coming year, lios not altogether in the professioDal efforts of Priuoipal Case and bis assistant corps, bat in a great measure the standard of the ecbool will ovolve from the soppott given it by the putrous iu this and surionudiuK diutricra There are a uumber of pupils, residents of Atbona and vicinity, who bave been uttrndiuK other schools for tbe good and g'lflici eut. reason that tbe Atbona eobool was considered by them to be below stan dard as compared with t!io i-cbools they attended away fiom bomo. Granting that this bag Leeu true of tho past, there U now no legitimate excjnse, whatever, for any Athena pupil wbo has not tabeu tho fnll high Kohool course to attend any -nuhool away from home. Tro board of dir ectors has responded lo the call of educational justice to Atleua I y so curing a man of eminent qualifications to bead tho institution, and sunound od bim with asistai.ts in every de partment, whoso capabilities for the instruction are eudoned by University cdnoatiou, Normal training and prac tical experience in graded schorl work. With uuiversal support, a spiiit of genuine loyalty to tbe bouia iichoel will spring up and only a matter of little time will be required to place the Atbena high sohool in the rank whore it justly beloug. Principal Case aud Prof. Mnlkey tho assistant pri'ioipul, are both Lore, and their time is being ' devoted to organizing tbe sohool. It is their pniposo to interview, personally, those pupils tho should attend the high sohool department, and those in the lower grades, as well. better bis present condition. Still it is not always easy to attain one's aspira tion, for trust and corporation power are in some respeots making the con ditions of life increasingly difficult. Tbe federal oensus is one of those things that had better be left nndone than cot done properly. It is a nat ional s'ock taking and what the nation wants is tbo fact so that it may know as accurately as possible bow it stands on those matters concerning which tbe government seeks information. It is a business affair just as truly as is tin stook taking of a private fir in nnd it needs to be done in the same business like way. Therefore tbe president's order prohibiting tho mixing of tbo census with politics is most welcome. It is welcome l.ecfln-e if obeyed it will moan tbe mo.-t accurate census ever obtained, aud it is also welcome bc oause it lifts the whole question out of politioj with all its corrupting and inacenrato feature, iu'o the domain of business. Indications point to tbo stain of Washington as beinx tbe hot bed of graft. Recent developments nhow that to hold a s'ate office over there, the standard of respectability depoud-t altogether oi the sizi of tbn gralt layout. Tbe Schively fiasco at Olyui pia gives record to tbo rottouoit offlo' al graft f caudal ever flounced in tbe face of the public. And tbe investi gating committee, composed of Wash ington State Senators, outraged jui tico aud made a parody of offiaiil honor when they srt I his aiob b rafter tioot free. The Press is gratified to havo the opportunity of announcing an alluring prospoot of tho acquirement of artes ian water at the well on tbe Atbena Land & Trust oompany's property, sontb of Main street. Iu fact, tbe flow is there, though not yet iu sufll oiont quantity as desired. While the W6ll is yet at tbe stage of prospect, the indications for a flowing well of oommeroial value are so bright, that the publio spirited aud progressive nieu wbo are "behind the gun" iu tho onterpriso, are reooiving congratula tions. The PreBB considers tho men who are putting their money iuto this well iu tbo light of publio bouuf actors. They are to be commended for taking the initiatory iu a project, that if successfully terminated, solves tbe problem of supplying this municipal ity with water. A "gushor" ou the Athena Laud & Trust oompauy pro perty, would mean that Messrs. Miller & West would never take their equip ment away until the oity had an nrtosiuu water supply. An editorial writer reooutlv gave space to his logioal elucidations rela tive to bringing up ohildrou. Among other things be says: "About tbe worst thing parents can do is to dis cuss the failings of obildreu before them. Tbe next worst thing is for one patent to attempt to punish the child and tbe other parent to protest agaiust it. Either notion will damage the respect of the obild for cue or tbe other of its pareuts, and if there is one thiug more than another that parents wont to preserve, it is their dignity before their obildreu. A child thut gets the idea that one parent is at variauoe with tbe otbor ou tbe question of discipline will make both unhappy aud render itself deoidedly otjeotiouable by playing oft one par eut against the other. If yon want to have any harmony in tbe family get together on the question of dis ciplining the children at least iu their presence and if yon want to quarrel on methods, do it in the pri vaoy of your owu apartments, where you oan bave it oat without lowering yourselves iu tbe eyes of the obild." It used to be preaobed and taught that the matwea iu towu aud country should be content with their station iu life, and seek their reward, if any was doe them, in the hereafter. Such dooti ine will not do today for everyone now believes that be has tbe right to According to the P:co Kxr.rass. n Mcnico, J:i(iu;a biniinsH uiuu, who hftd teen induced to coiuu to Pasco fbrongh the e;it iiusi istio reports of a local "rooster," was much disappoin' e 1 on arrival Lmiiehb of liiaminnp refutation) m :d, as be bad been told ttiat Pasco bad a popnlalion of 6000, iusteud of little morn 1 iiun one third that uumber. A certain amount of exuvgeraiion ii doubtls legitimate in any business promotion but such misrepresentations ot faols only do harm. Tbe Dwauo 'luinbo has been hunting to some purpose iu tbe wilds of Africa is shown by tbe fact that tbe taxider mists connected with tbe Smitbsoniau institution at Washington have been called home from their vacations to take oareof the hides wbiob bave been sent home from the Dark Continent by tho gallant Colonel Roosevelt and his party. Whether there were many hides of white elephants and black and white rhinoceroses is not stated. Tbe legislature of Alabama is tbe first to pass a resolution favoring tbe adoption of an income tax amendment to tbe federal constitution, whiob it did without a dissenting vote. It was later signed by Governor Comer. Tbe Conneotiont Senate agreed to defer uutil the next session of the Legisla ture the consideration of tho federal inoomo tax amendment to the constitution. There was a time when the dis covery that worms are fond of the jaok pine would not have caused a ripple of alarm among tho owners of timber. They would have taken a fresh grip on tbe ax and gone to work with added vigor among tbe big Nor ways. But now the jaok pice has come to bave value, the oase is different. The revelations made during tbe various stages of the Thaw case show that there are lots of people moving in certain society wbo, because of their moral dogeneraoy and otTenoes, ought to be behiud the stone walls of asy lums or peniteutiaries. Ormsby MoHarg is again in the limelight. He has resigned bis posi tion as assistant to Bellinger. Ormsby has a penchant for doing nnseemly things, anyway A new Are plug or two aud some additional hose would give tbe resi dents of the west side a more adequate fire protection. If the nails were driven down in the sidewalks, it would help some. 'Twas a Glorious Yictory. There's rejoioing iu Fedora, Tenn. A man's life has been saved, and now Dr. King's New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing C. V. Pepper ot deadly luug hemorrhages. "I could uot work nor got about." be writes, "and tbe doctors did me no good, but, after nsiug Dr. Kiug's New Discovery three weeks, I feel like a new niau, and oan do good work again." For weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs and colds, hemorrhages, bay fever, lagrippe, asthma or auy Bronohial atleotion it stands unrival ed. Prioe M)o aud f 1. Trial Bottle tree. Sold and guaranteed by all drtiRgists. " THE DIAMOND CUTTER. HI Skill Hat Much to Do With the Brilliancy of the Gem. When the expert looks at a diamond be can tell you la a moment where it came from and even whether it was cut lately or some years ago. He knows by its color whence it comes, for tbe color of tbe Brazilian diamond differs from that of the South African, and even in South Africa different col ors are found in different mines. In the rough the diamond has little brilliancy, for there Is a crust that must be cut away before it can prop erly refract the. light, and it Is this power of refraction which makes tho brilliancy of a diamond nnd has ev erything to do with its value in thf market. The skill of the diamond cut ter has much to do with bringing out this brilliancy. He must 1 the most he cnu with the rough stone before him and lose as little as possible of the precious weight in tho stone. Diamonds are found In all kinds of queer shapes, for the carbon may be in any position while being crystalliz ed, and the net of crystallization may affect only parts of that carbon. When the expert cutter has n rough diamond before him be judges almost Instantly how It will cut to the greatest ad vantage. If It Inclines to the pear shape he will mrsie a pear shaped dia mond of ft. If it be square or round the cutting will folow the natural lines as closely ns possible, so that the losn may be reduced to a minimum. To make the stone as brilliant as possible the diamond cutter cuts many facets so ns to refract the light from as many points as he can. A full cut brilliant has at least forty-eight facets, nnd so expert are the cutters that they often cut diamonds so small that it re quires n ' hundred to weigh a carat. Each has forty-eight facets. Cleve land Plain Dealer. SARATOGA'S SPRINGS. The Water Was First Used by the !n ' dians as a "Cure." The Saratoga Springs "cure" ante dated the settlement of this commu nity by the white man, when the High Rock spring was only a bubbling sprlnglet. drunk nt Hist by the Indians as a fresh water spring. Finding that their health was Improved by tbe wa ter, they bet bought them t lint It must have i:ir:i' inal qualifies, and from that tlr.li all sick Indians were brought to High Kok spring tor the healing of their 111 . The "outward and visi ble sign" Unit impressed the red men was I hi- deposit of the sralts of the water nlimit the spring In the form of a cone, railed tufa, which still exists and from which it received Its name aud through and over which the water bubbles to this day. In 1800 the Congress spring was dis covered nnd became renowned the world over as a saline cathartic. This, combined with the sulphurous Iron water of tbe Putnam spring, made Saratoga Springs famous as the lead ing health resort of the United States. The remainder of the thirty-five min eral springs were discovered from time to time, nnd all have a wide therapeu tic application in the treatment of al most all chronic diseases and are di vided Into four groups according to their component parts. These groups are: First, sodlc, murlated, alkaline, saline, cathartic; second, sodlc, calcic, murlated. alkaline saline; third, cha lybeate; fourth, sulphur. National Magazine. Living Over Catacombs. Paris, in many of its districts, is built over the catacombs, says Har per's Weekly. These vast subter ranean chambers and galleries produce that peculiar cavernous sound which Is heard in the Luxembourg, Montpnr nasse, Vauglrard, Montrouge and Montsourls quarters when heavy carts pass rapidly along the coarsely metaled roads. The streets are then like monstrous drums beating funerul marches to the grave over that vast common grave of ten centuries of Parisians with its millions of skeleton dead. That quaint little Gothic house at tbe corner of tbe Boulevard Itas pail, which many an American artist must remember from bis student days, actually has a private staircase lead ing to tbe catacombs from beneath a hermetically closed stone slab just in front of the doorstep. Seared With a Hot Iron, or soalded by overturned kettle cut witb a knife bruised by slammed door injured by gnn or in any other way the thing needed at once is Booklen's Arnioa Salve to subdue iuflamation and kill the pain. It's earth's supreme healer, infallible foi boils, ulcers, fever sores, Eczema and piles, a 5o at all druggists. Up Before The Bar. N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts filed, Vt, writes: "We bave used Dr. King's New life Pills for years and find them such a good family medioine we wouldn't be without them." For Chills, oonstipation, Billionsness Sick Headaobe they work wonders, 25o at all druggists. Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomao, tbe t reeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, janndioe, lassitude, weakness and gen eral debility and bring eu tiering or death to thousands yearly. But Eleo trio Bitters never fail to destroy tbein and cure malaria troutles. 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