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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1911)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F.B.Boyd, Publisher. Application for entrance as 2nd class matter made on July 5, 1907 at the poHtofflce at Athena, Oregon Under an Actot Congress of March 3. 1879 oATHENA. ORE.. MAR. 31 1911 English sparrows, a pest wbioh has lately made appearance iu Athena in large numbers, are waging war against hirdd of every epeoies save robins, with the result that all the old time songsters are being driven away from their former haunts. The robin, only, seems to be hardy enough to combat the warlike spirit of the lit tld brown legions. The only asset the sparrow baa to endow the oommunity in wbioh it is found, is the nasty mess it lavs on awnings and cornices. Un less they aie exterminated, there will be no more beautiful and really useful birds make their summer home with us. The English importation is utter ly useless. It subsists on grain and seeds exclusively, insects not appeal lug to it as food. Business men who exclude men from their plaoes for wearing tbe uniform of the United States nrmy. navy and Marine oorps will be guilty of a mis demeanor and subjoot to a fine of $50, heieafter. This is a new fedoral law for whioh officers in the goveiunifiot service have been working for some time. Only reoeutly several sailors were barred from a skating rink in Seattle. Despite vigorous protests, nothing oould be done. Now Unole Sam will protoct the men who wear his uniform. With reported deoimated wheat holdings throughout tbe Northwest, farmers who are still holding 80 cent wheat are likely to come through winners after all. It is estimated that not more than $5,000,000 bushels remain unsold at the present time iu tbe three states, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Can it be that Jess York's smile is strong enough to bull the market? North Plains is one of Oregon's newest towns and one of the first thing it did was to organize a commercial olub and line up with the progressive spirit dow so noticable throughout tbe state. Portland Commercial Club officials, railroad men and others made an exoursion to North Plains during the week and attended tbe "christen ing" of the new town. It is estimated that Amerioans will pay $5,000,000 for seats from wbioh to view the ooronation pageant. Eng land certainly is getting a rich re venge for 1776. Morris, by a clever cartoon, showed up tbe situation in telling effeot tbe other day. The ooean greyhounds and London hotels will be crowded to oapaoity when the event is pulled off over the pond. Swimming is to be taught in tbe Cbioago publio schools, hence tbe city boy is to enjoy at least one of tbe advantages of tbe country boy, with out undergoing the risk of having bis shirt tied in a knot. ( SHAVINR IS" MOT FATAI Barbers Nowadays Do Not Ue Ham mer and Cold Chisels. In reply to a correspondent who says he yearns to have his flowing beard removed and yet lacks the Spartan firmness of the early martyrs to face the ordeal nd makes a pathetic ap peal for advice the alfalfa editor of the Emporia Gazette unfeelingly re marks: "The alfalfa editor can offer no ad vice or encouragement to such a trem bling soul. It seems probable that he has worn his whiskers for many years. It is likely that he hasn't purchased a shave for a quarter of a century and therefore is ignorant of the Improve ments in the art tonsorial which have been achieved in recent years. It Is no longer like going through a slaugh-, ter house to an open grave to be shav ed by an expert barber. In fact, that operation has been so shorn of its ter rors that many eminent citizens con sider it a pleasure to visit the barber. It Is no longer necessary to strap a patient down in the chair before shav ing him; neither is it necessary to ad minister anaesthetics to bis whiskers. "The man whose only reason for wearing whiskers is the fact that he fears the barber shop will gain little sympathy. If he tries to explain that he cannot shave himself without suf fering the agonies of the all fired he will gain less. Such excuses might have had some force long ago, when barbers used hammers end cold chis els, but science has made giant strides in recent years, and the country is full of painless barbers, and a clean shave costs no anguish or inconvenience." With the time for the county sohool track meet neat at hand, sohool ath letics aie now at their zenith. Cross country runs aud short sprints, pole vaulting, jumping, etc, now requires after sohool attention with regularity aud preoision. If you Bee young Col lossus half naked and wearing short cropped hair speeding along tbe oonu try highway, give him tbe road and take out your watch and time him. If he can make "10-flat," he belongs to tho Athena high sobool bunch. An English paper announces that Amerioans laok tbe sense of humor. This sounds like the argument of tbe man who satisfies himself by Baying: "You're another." If you don't think so, ask Wood. Muoh to tbe surprise of some peo ple, Colonel Roosevelt made no effort to jump his horse aoross tbe Grand Canyon while he was resting there. It is our observation that the straw berry orop is never as short as is indi cated by the estimate given before the plant begins to blossom. Oregon is getting its full share of the colonists who are crowding tbe westbound trains. A telegram from Louis J. Hill, president of tbe Oreat Northern, to Manager Chapman of the Portland commercial club, bore tbe information that over one-third of the passengers on tbe Oriental Limited one day out of tbe Twin Cities were bound for Oregon. This ratio is prob ably true of praotioally all of the oolonlst trains coming to the northwest.. Oregon's Naval Militiu will got the Cruiser Boston for use iu training tbe members in the way of the navy. The veesol will be available May 15 and will be stationed at Portland. Cruises will bo made to sen and to coast points to give the membership prac tical instruction in handling a light ing ship. The Heservo is an organi zation that promises to beoome more important as time passes. With tbteo saloons in Athena and no raise in tho price of booze, it would appear that there will be short picking for some one. Howevor, if revenue is to exolude rogulutiou, 'lie mote the niorriur, and thou some. Speaking of eating thirty quail in thirty days, old Nat Goodwin must get terribly tired of wedding cake. What has become of tbe old-fashioned woman who used to talk about "breaking iu" a ooreet. Indian Land Sale. The following land on Umatilla res ervation, Oregon, is re-advertised for sale, bids for which will be opened on the date named below: Allotment No. Umatilla 189, Joe Depot. Description of land: Lot No. 4 and the S 1-2 of tbe SE 1-4 of Sec. 8, aud the Lots Nos. 4 & 5 of Sec. 17, Twp. a, JV. R. 86 E., W. M. contain ing 157.80 acres. Appraisal, $10.00 per acre. Date of sale. April 21, 1911. All information desired by bidders can be obtained at the Office. The laud is advertised in tbe Weekly East Oregonian, containing all information needed by prospective bidders. & L. Swartzlander, , Superintendent. Umatilla Indian Sobool, Pendietou, Oregon, March 21 1911. A man who has been in political life for n long time iufotms us that his ideas of heaven is a place where u man who gets into office himself is not ex pected to find a job for every mau who voted for him. School Report. For tbe month beginning February 27, aud ending Maroh 24, in Union District No. 52: Whole number days taught, 12; number pupils enrolled, 12; pupils who have been neither absent nor tardy during tbe mouth and who are espec ially notod for good scholarship are as follows: Lowell Richmond. Clay Jaokson, Ralph Richmond, Louis Ber lin, Elsie Walker, Oneita Jaokson, Caroline Koepke, Lillian Gerking. Number of visitors during the month, 17. Lilliau Downs-Dobson, Teaoher. Cow for Sale, D. A. Piiikerton has a good, milk cow for sale. Cow is five old aud is a proliflo milker. fresh years fUGoodlineofllosi rwwmn The Mother's Friend Is a good hose, which go out with the boy, stay with him through the day's play, and come back home whole at night. Look for the trade mark shown below. MICROSCOPIC MESSAGES. How a Single Pigeon Might Carry a Whole Library. For more than 2,(MXi years carrier pigeons have been used to carry mes sages when no other means sufficed, and during the siege of Paris, when 303 birds were sent out from the doom ed city, one of the birds performed the almost incredible feat of carrying to the outside world oir one trip no less than 40,000 messages averaging twenty words each. This was 800,000 words, or the equivalent of five or six average novels. This marvel was accomplished by means of microscopic photography, the messages being first printed with ordi nary type ami then photographed and rephotographed until they had been reduced several hundred diameters. The final photographs were taken on films or pellicles of collodion, each of which, about two inches square, con tained 50,000 words. A do::en of these films, rolled up in a quill, weighed but one twenty-eight h of an ounce. The messages could, of course, be read .with a microscope without (he neces sity of rephotographing and enlarging. Under favorable conditions aud for comparatively short distances pigeons have carried as much as three-quar' ters of an ounce. Using tbe photo re duction method, it would therefore be possible for a single bird to carry messages equal In .words to no fewer than 120 ordinary volumes. Harper's Weekly. Whistler's Whito Lock. As long as the name of James Mc Neill Whistler lives among those who saw him it will recall the famous white lock which stood out so conspicuously from the nviss of his Mack hair. It was, as lie us-ed lo fay himself, "well placed" and was always treated from the harmonons point of view to de velop its greatest effect In his appear ance. One day when Dorothy Menpes, daughter of the well known English artist Mortimer Menpes, was a baby and was asleep on her pillow Whistler wont to see her. A white feather had by chance nettled on Iit bead and lay in a r.pot exactly corresponding with the white lock on his own head. "That child is going to develop into something great," he exclaimed, "tor, see, she begins with a feather, just like me!" Gypsy Quesna. On occasions America treats its gypsy monarchs with full regal pomp. Matilda Stanley wa accorded an al most royal funeral in 1S7S nt Dayton, O., where, ten years later, another queen was crowned with all proper ceremonial. In England, too, gypsy queens have received all due honor. Esther Fan Rlytho, who died in ISS. had many members of the aristocracy on her visiting list, and she, too, had a regular coronation. But, on the whole, tbe gypsy has not had a very good time in England. An net of 1502, for example, made it a felony without benefit of clergy to be merely seen for n month In tiie society of gypsies, while for actually being a gypsy no punishment was tu severe. London Standard. A Premium on Marriage. In r.elgi'ini they place a premium on marriage by allowing a married man two votes at an election as a.aainst the single man's one. In Madagascar one must be a father or pay for the default. If a man is unmarried or childless at the age of twenty-five he must coutrlbute nunv.ally $3.73 to the support of tho state, and each woman who has remained single or is child less nt twenty-four is taxed ?1.80 per y en r. ' A "Friendly Match." I speak of a "friendly match," not at all forgetting that dictum of the old Scot to whom bis opponent, break ing some trivial r"'; said, "1 suppose you won't claim that in a friendly match?" 'Friendly watch:" was the reply. "There's no such thing at golf." London Telegraph. Mnch is done In the name of friend ship; so are many. Exclunge. . .,l,JJjwjy-uaiu;jJ Tightness In the Chest, Irritation In the Throat and a Dry Hacking CouKh means a miserable night for the whole family. 'A m I 1 ALL A S Is An Effective Remedy for the Throat and Lungs. It relieves tickling in tho throat, tlffhtr-r-n in tho chest, inflamed lungs, difficult breathing and wheezing in the bronchial tubes. Conv ys eir.r healing influence to the sore lungs, promotes easy expectoration and contributes to the r.J"y:i.';v if auiet night and restful sleep. Put Up in Thres fc.3s 2-fH-., 'Km and $1.00 per Bottle. Buy the Dollar size. It contains fl -'e I'.vu.a a 3 ivnn a the 25o size, and you get with, each' bottle a Dr. Herrick's Red Pepper Porous Fwicr ;.: the cli-jst. JAMES F. BALLARD ST. LOUIS, MO. For Sore Eyes, Granulated Lids. Upiu-r" u ..- ';,''.:, -M. v?s'; Sight, Smarting Sensations In tbe Eyes, ...... c.Anl.nn sr .... JS;ifJVi.. it i.i , t...tf.l tr nf mvAvnn ntavt. BYRON N. HAWKS. I, ,-,.. rvr' ,7-r,?stn"i ' h Miller's rS&M$ South Big Furniture I -' r y Side Main St. Store 3 . Athena wvm. Away Free I have 200 fine Pictures, framed and worth $2,00 each. I am going to give one free with every $25.00 cash purchase made at my store. I have the largest stock of goods I have ever carried Come in and see what I have. e picture offer is good for 30 days, only. rtminiiUMriw urn iT.li mmmilM ii.kMiliim 1 inmpnn fn follows a cold, but never follows the use of IIhJlUsV UB WK!L!j 11 Mill . It stops the cough and heals the lungs and prevents a cold from settling on your lungs and resulting in Pneumonia, Pleurisy, or Consumption. You are in no danger of serious results if FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR is taken, as it soothes and heals the inflamed air pas sages and the cough.disappears. Be sure and get FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR, as preparations containing opiates stop the cough temporarily by paralyzing the nerves in the throat and leave the germs of serious lung trouble and you get one cold on another because the first one was not cured perfectly. Saved Hap Life From Pneumonic. "My wife had a severe attack of Pneumonia which followed a severe attack of La Grippe and I believe that FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR saved her life," writes James Coffee, of Raymond, Missouri. ( Dr. C. J. Bishop, Aenew, Mich., writes: "I have used FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR in three very severe cases of Pneumonia with cood results in everv case." 1 Cured When Very Low With Pneumonia. J. V. Bryan, of Lowder, 111., writes: "My little' boy was very low with Pneumonia. Unknown to the doctor we gave him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. The result was magical and puzzled the doctor, as it immediately stopped the racking coueh and he quickly recovered." Three Sizes, 25c, 50c and $1.00 The 50-cent size contains 2 1-2 times as much as the small size, and the $i.co size almost 6 times as much. u .1 imuuMJiiiHi.iviiiuwii.Jkw .. M.Vn wo.-. jwMttMuibii J