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ttTHENA. ORE.. APR. 29.
.1910
COUNTY DIVISION GAG AGAIN.
Word comes from Pendleton that
Milton is to spring the county division
gag again. The East Oregonian alleg
es that one J. P. Neal of Freewater,
who by the way is an attorney, was at
the county seat Wednesday working
iu the interest of east end divisionists.
It is also learned that the services of
Sam D. Peterson of Milton have been
retained.
Not si oe tbe days of the illastrions
Fromi Hull, of Milton Eagle fame,
has oonnty division teen agitated by
tbe Miltonites. It has been killed so
often in tbe pastthat at the last kill
ing it was supposed that it would re
main forever dead. But it would ap
pear that this Mr. Neal has ieaurreot
ed tbe corpse, and with the assistance
and enoouragement of a few agitators
who hope for reward in emoluments
from prospective county offices, is
abont to launoh the revival of an old
scrap.
It is presumed that tbe same old
lines will be contended for, tbe same
old claims made and the same old
sores opened. Tbe same old song of
tbe same old bunoh of maloontents
will he heard to the same old tune.
Athena and Weston will be found
standing against division of the county
ua they always stood in tbe past and
always will stand. To the taxpayer
there Is nothing found in oonnty di
vision that appeals to him. It means
to him a double bmden of taxation
when he figures oorreotly the main
tenance of two regimes of government
in a territorial area capable of sup
porting but one. He sees in the de
mand of the divisionists tbe needless
expenses of another oonnty court house
with its equipment of offices, tbe ex
pense of carrying ou the county gov
ernment and readily computes tbe un
necessary burden that would bo en
tailed in tbe birth of a new oouuty.
Then be reads the statement of tbe
treasurer of Umatilla county showing
tbe oouuty to be out of debt, with a
surplus ou hand, hunts up bis last
year's tax receipt and goes to bed,
damning county division.
Insurance matters in tbe state of
Washington will be brought to a boad
before the next legislature, wbeu tbe
Insurance Code committee, appointed
by Governor Huy, reports its proposed
new code of laws to govern all insur
ance compuuies. It is almost a cor
tuiuty that the mutual companies and
the old line compuuios iu the fire in
surance business will get into u good
hot Ooufhot before tbe legislature.
The public is only hoping that tbe
outcome will be of advantage to tbe
insured, and that lower rates will result.
Tbe esoape of five prisoners from
the United States penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kansas, by nsiDg dummy
revolvers made of wood, reoalls to tbe
minds of old timers iu the Northwest,
tbe celebrated delivery of tbe King
county jail at Seattle in 1891, by Tom
Blank, a desperado under sentence of
death. ' Previous to tbe Harry Traoy
hunt, it was the most noted jail break
in tbe history of tbe northwest. Blank
made a dummy revolver out of pieces
of wood stuok together with chewing
gum. One night'be prooeeded to hold
up tbo jailer with this weapon, took
the latter's keys, delivered fourteen
prisoners from tbe jail and looked the
jailer in togetner with a man accused
of wife teating who, Blank said, was
so mean he ongbt to stay-in jail. The
escaping ptisocers scattered to all
parts of tbe country but were all re
captured exoept two. Blank' himself
was the last man taken and then not
until he bad been shot to death in
a pitobed battle with two deputies,
fought in tbe open on a railroad track
south of Seattle.
Both men and women in the West
ern states, especially those where equal
suffrage is the rule, are indignant at
the statement of President Taft in a
reoent speeob wherein he deolared
that he was opposed to women voting,
beoause where they wore allowed to
do so it was the undesirable element
which did most of tbe voting. To
prove that this is untrue, figures have
been oiroulated showing that at the
last election iu Denver, whore 30,000
women voted, not more than 400 of
that number could have been connect
ed with tbe evil element. In fact, tbe
President himself, at Flagler, Colo
rado, last fall, congratulated tbe
women of Colorado on tbeir right to
vote and deolared that if men would
vote as tbe women do, they would sel
dom be far wrong. The new attitude
of tbe President on the suffrage ques
tion has been widely commented ou in
suffrage states.
Fanning seven in the first and
seoond innings is pitohing some ball.
That is what "Lefty" Smith did to
Pendleton Sunday.. Buc yon saw no
mention of tbe fat in the Pendleton
papers, did you? Maybe "Lefty"
was overlooked beoause he was iu tbe
cellar brigade. We dunno.
From every sectio'i and county of
Oregon oome reports of great agricul
tural and fruit prospeots. The aggre
gate yield will iu all probability be
much larger than ever before and
prices will remain remunerative,
even if tbey fall a little. It is going
to be a great year in Oregon.
Next week Is Methodist week in
Athena. The Ministerial Association
convenes iu this city Sunday eveniug
and the sessions will be held daily
until Thursday, tbe 5th. Tbe meetings
will be of great interest, especially tbe
eveniug sessions, and all are oordially
iuvited to attend.
A-DISAPPOINTED MAN.
The Question Over Which Ho and thj
Insurance Agent Split.
Mr. Ilallorau surveyed the Insurance
agent with n dark and hostile counte
nance. Tbe fact that one eye was
concealed by a somewhat grimy band
age did not add to the attractiveness'
of his expression.
"Haven't you made up your rniud yet
to insure with us?" inquired the ageut.
"You told me I might call again in a
few days."
"There was two of ;ou at me to get
an accident insurance policy," said
Mr. Ilalloran, breathing heavily. i
towld you and him both you might call
In again, and he come firrst, day be
foor yistherday. and I insured wid
his company.
"That very night I met up wid Bar
ney Casey on the way home,' which
was what I was expecting wud hap
pen," continued Mr. Halloran, raising
himself by grasping the arms of his
chair with two capable although
scarred hands, "and whin we'd finish
ed wid one another I was like this.
"Yistherday morning I sent for the
insurance chap, and says I to him,
'Look at me,' I says, 'and lstlmate the
damages and pay them.
. "He squirmed right out o' the door,
saying 'twas no accident I'd had.
"Now, if meeting wid Barney Casey
afther keeping out o' bis way for six
months is no accident I'm done wid in
surance companies, and the sooner you
l'ave this house the betther 'twill plaze
me." Youth's Companion.
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HE UNDERSTOOD.
An Interview That Made Matters Clear
to the Officer.
"Come, mister, no one can sleep
here!" said a policeman the other even
ing when he found a man lying on a
vacant plot of land by the side of the
road and aroused him.
"But I have a good excuse," replied
the man.
"What Is it?"
"See that house over there? Well;
please to do me the favor to go and
ring the bell and ask if William Dock
ey Is at home."
The officer went to the house, as
cended the steps and rang the bell.
A head was thrust out of a window,
and a woman's voice demanded:
"Now, who is there?"
"Madam," replied the officer, "is
William Dockey at home?"
"No, he ain't, and I don't expect him
until daylight," said the woman, and
at the same time a bowlful of water
descended on the officer's head.
"Well," said the man on the ground
as tbe dripping officer came up, "you
see how it Is, don't you? I'm Dockey.
That's Mrs. Dockey."
"I think I understand," replied the
officer. "You can remain where you
are." London Answers.
While the people of the Ceutral
states were shivering iu blizzards and
freezing weather, we of Oregon were
basking in tbo draught of elootrio fans
and eating lettuoe, radishes and onions
from our own gardeus. But auoh is
our climate.
Subsoribo for the Press.
soft wire is better for the binding
strand than one more liable to break
with winding.
Taaaratea Lamps (or Parma;
The Introduction of tungsten lamps
is doing much to advance the use of
electricity on farms. It la possible for
the farmer with a small plant driven
either by a gasoline engine or by
damming a small stream, to obtain
sufficient current to light his house
and barn with this economical type of
Incandescent lamp. The use of elec
tricity on the farm, by the way, is
growing, and, as pointed out by the
Electrical World, farmers will in time
come to consider electricity a neces
sity. Then it will be found profitable
to establish central generating stations
for farming districts to take the place
of the small individual plants now be
ing Installed.
1.1 t Stock Ballda Vp Laa.
It Is very well known that la the
old agricultural districts of Europe
where land has been under cultivation
for S.000 years there is an increasing
tendency. to expand live stock Indus
try. It is now recognised that animal
husbandry is a wonderful help in not
only maintaining the fertility of the
soil, but also Uv stock Industry
builds up the land. Germany now has
10,987,000 milk cows, an Increase of
600,000 In the past seven years. The
total number of cattle In the empire
H regit et 20.6S1.OOO. a gain of nearly
6,000,000 since 1883. Pigs total .
147,000, as against 8,206,000 In 1888.
The only class of live stock which
shows a decrease Is sheep, which de
clined 1,000,000 In the past seven
year
Death, Ancient and Modern.
The art of the ancients would cer
tainly seem to show that their concep
tion of death was a much more cheer
ful one than that which has obtained
in later times. It was at one time
thought that the old Greeks and Egyp
tians had no artistic symbol for death,
but this was a misconception. Death
was almost invariably represented by:
them as the kinsman of sleep. The
Greeks personified It as Thanatos, eld
er brother of Sleep. The Romans'
sometimes depicted Death and Sleep
as twin children reposing in the arms
of Night. The skull and crossbones
and the skeleton as emblems of death
do not appear to have become com
mon uutil comparatively late Christian
times. It has been suggested that the
terrible famines nnd pestilences which
scourged Europe during the middle
ages were responsible for the fear or
horror with which the modern mind
is usually accustomed to look upon
death.
Discourtesy Rebuked.
Lord Palmcrston expected work to
bo done well, but Mr. Preston Thomas
do not necessarily result In ban! in bis book tells us that of mere pec-
ruptcy, due, no doubt, to the fact thicadillos ho was tolerant. Some young
the farmer gets most of his living froi gentlemen In the foreign office amused
the farm without any cash outla;themselves by "shining" young ladies
whereas the merchant must pay caswuo llvcd ou the otuor sllle of tne
for everything he eats and wears. No8treet-tunt ls- b-v catching the rays
withstanding this fact, however, thof tbe suu on n Iulrror nnd flflshiuS
farmer who keeps a book account wlthem over tue way- Tue father of tno
find it just as profitable. If not moimaZ ladles complained to Palmer
bo. as the merchant. "ton, who thereupon issued this min
ute:
Fatten Fawis. "The secretary of state desires that
A fowl should always be fattened tne gentlemen in his department will
Quickly as possible. Ten days is lonnot cast disagreeable reflections on
enough, but It should be confine1110 ,adlos opposlte."-London Chron-
either In a coop or a number in ,lcle"
small yard. They must have a coi
tinual supply of fresh water, an How to Test Paper.
...m k. 1a . you cannot test paper as you would
should be fed four times a day. th t , . t. i
- . , . . . , , '"string, by stretching it. It has been
rlV r".7: 6 "r:i,!a "stretched so much In the process of
. , I k. ; .7 J,"c"ucu ""manufacture that it won't stand much
tUre th P" n ' 0M Pa W The way to test It is to rub it
f0! ,1V .P! f the hands. After such treatment
C"i ,Ji 1 ,0t .'""'poor paper is full of holes and cracks.
af,Mdr-h9r8t.thTeiali' w,tGood paper simply takes the nppear-
" "Vance of leather. If much white dust
ai u c ."is produced we know there are earth-
articles given. y lmpurltlos If it cracj3 lt has been
Milk FrodaotUa. bleached too much. London Globe.
Where help can be obtained to ope
ate the dairy, milk production la oi
of the best paying branches of anlra
husbandry. The farmers operatli
On His Own.
"While I was engaged to her she
made me give up drinking, smoking
their holdings with milch cows a jr. u
.mi L.. .n . thing on my own account"
" "What n io ttintr
The gtrl."-Judge's Library.
enabled to market all
and grain produced on the farm 3
milk, butter, cream or cheese. Tl
dairy Industry Is especially adapted ' Feminine Bliss
build up and Increase the fertility , A woman.s M 0f paradise: A pock
we larm. pwyuiar among ran etbook M pf moner. a bargain sale
en because tne farmer realises anJ ghj he on, customer Iu tne store.
montniy income on nis investment smart Stf.
As a rule, dairymen are thrifty at 1
prosperous agriculturists. Drove! Whe:i thou wlshest to delight thy
Journal self think of t!n vlrtnca of those who
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Company
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Post Building, Main Street,
farm Lands and City
Listed for Sale at Right Prices
Athena, Oreo.
Property
480 acres of finest wheat
land in Umatilla county and
highly improved, can be had
now for $85 per acre $15 be
low adjacent lands. A splen
did opportunity.
Should you want choice city
property, see us. We have it.
Property bought, sold and ex
changed in all parts of Oregon
and Washington. ' Box 274,
'Phone, 355.
We have a first-class Sta. , ,
tionery Steam Threshing out-: '
fit for sale cheap. Full equip- '
ment and ready for the held.
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Four sections of wheat land
in Township One, Morrow, , ; ;
county, can be had for $25
per acre. Well watered and
all fenced 2000 acres tillable
and level enough for a com
bine. Owner will either sell
or exchange for Portland,, vf,:r i . : : .
suburban property.
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