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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1911)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Six and Eight Pages Every Friday. F.B.Boyd, Pcblipheb. Application for entrance as 2nd clans matter made on juiyt, 1907 at the poBiofflce at Athena, Oregon Under an Actot Congress of March 3, 1879 cATHENA. ORE.. APR. 7 .1911 One by one the old pioneers are dropping away. Tbe last to cross toe great divide,tF. M. Mansfield, was of that sturdy etook that came over tbe Oregon trail in tbe early '50'j and found tbe conutry in a vast stage of wilderness. He set about to do bis share of reclaiming it, and did bis share by persevering toil. At one time we find him faoing the terrors of Indian war. Next in tbe mines at Florence, be mined virgin gold, then freighted into tbe Boise Basin with pack train from Tbe Dalles and old Umatilla Landing. Later be gave up tbe trail for tbe more peaoefnl pursuit of farming, and it was in this role that we of a later generation knew tbe man for what he was. And in tbe knowing him, there is not one of uh but who was made better by bis acquaintance, for Frank Mansfield was a man whose iuflneLCo was for Rood. The departure of this kindly old pioneer is keenly felt by all. No less a financial authority than Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank, New York, and formerly an assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, has banded out good advioe to Oregonians this past week, lie says every man should get a piece of land and be urges that now is the time to get it. Mr. Vanderlip was en tertained duiing tbe past week by tbe j Portland Commercial club. He ex- i pressed great confidence in tbe latere j of Oregon and says tbe very attractive . appearance of tbe state impresses bis witb the wisdom of every man eeccr- ing for himself and family a piece of land, for it will not be a great while until a poor man will be unable to get laud. Iu discussing tbe financial sit uation, Mr. Vauderlip expresses tbe belief that business conditions in tbe country at large are taking a hopeful turn. He finds banks are sound, crop prospeots ore good and tbete is gen eral confidence in tbe f otnre. ural distriots that are badly in need of people to go on tbe land. Wash ington is getting a goodly share of tbe colonists, considering that no oonoert ed statewide campaign has been made. Reports come from all parts east of tbe mountains to tbe effect that all trains are bringing in newcomers. Pendleton proposes to get more day light by turning tbe bands of ber olooks ahead on May 1. Thus, Moun tain time will be given tbe city. Tbe idea is unique in its conception, and it is to be hoped that tbe people down there will not get addled in tbe new departure to tbe extent that tbey did when tbey undertook to revolutionize the Knglisb laugnage tbtongb pbonet- io spelling. Let 'er tuck I 'Twill be a good ad, anyway, and tbe fellow who goes to work at six o'clock and tbe fellow who goes to his labor at seven, needn't quarrel over tbe hours J nuu get luiugij hl sixes aau bbvbus, iui it's only saying it's seven when it's six. See? FACTS AND FISHES. There have beeu many stories related, Since Jonah of old set bis sail, And landed alone on Nineveh's shores From tbe hurricane deck of a whale. And often I've thought and wondered: Wben tbey don't use elastio to Bsb, How can t Lev stretch size and number Without one to show on the dish? When tbe first day of April is nearing And my friends rig their tackle and flies, It is tben tbat I commence preparing To listen to numerous lies; For a chuh tbey will change to a white fisb. And a sucker tbey change to a pike; And tbey always find sume little streamlet Where tbe tront never ceases to bite Reports from tbe Walla Walla val ley are to the effeot that tbe peaob crop bas been saved by frost. Strange, but true. Tbe trees were so heavily laden witb bloom tbat tbe fruit would bnve teen dwarfed in size aud made luferior in quality bad not the frost nipped a portion of tbe overplus buds, thus doing a neat thinning prooess. At least that is the way a Walla Walla paper sizes up the situation. This yeor's spring crop of oolouista exoeods anything ever recorded iu the past, aooording to roports given out by railway officials. Following a vigorous publioity oompaigu, the state of Oregon is gettiug the major portion of the westward ilow. Portland news paper men have expressed consider able regret that many of the settlers go through to tbe metropolis to locate instead of stopping o(F in tbe agrioult- I've wcrdere-d ;, cfttimes have wc.rdtrf-d It tbe iimim ay friends cften tell, Af;.r Cii;i:"Ej: & few tbiee-inch shiners Ei tif cs-f tfcem to large trout to fWflL Ezt re fraud cat it's all done by iklkiLg; Yen can fish witb s pin-book and switch. And if you're a champion at fibbing, You surely will get tbe Big fisb. For my friends ofttimes go out a -fishing; On tbe river a few days are spent Ou retmning, you look in their baskets Yon would never have known tbat they went! But tbe speil they put up to the paper, And the fisb yarns they spin on tbe street, Would astonish and wake Annanias, Aud oause poor Sapphira to weep. A. O. Kirk. Indian Land Sale. The following land on Umatilla res ervation, Oregon, is re-advertised for sale, bids for whiob will be opened on tbe date named below: Allotment No. Umatilla 189, Joe Depot. Description of land: Lot No. 4 and tbe S 1-2 of the SE 1-4 of Sec. 8, aud the Lots Nos. 4 & 5 of Sec. 17, Twp. 3, N. . R. 36 E., W. M. contain ing 157.80 acres. Appraisal, $ 10.00 per acre. Dato of sale. April 21, 1911. All information desired by bidders can be obtained at tbe Office. Tbe land is advcitised in tbe Weekly East Oregoniau, containing all information needed by prospective bidders. i'J. L. Swartzlander, Superintendent. Umatilla Indian School, Peudletou. Oregon, March 21 1911. North Yakima BBanMMHnHn Blossom Festival April 10th to 20th For tbo above oocasion, tbe norrt TTT 1 1 j t- t i . C wicguu - w tisumgum jxanroaa G6J Navigation Company will soil rouud trip tickets from Walla Walla aud intermediate points; also from all points on the Yakima Division to North Yakima at One and One-Third Fare Tiokets on sale April 19th and 30th, good for return until April 23. 1911. For further particulars, call on 11. Burns. D. F. & P. A., Walla muuu, vi hut u.-v. li. iV JN. Agent. Wm. McMurray, tJouerul Fasseuger Agout. OUTWITTED THE ORIENTALS. An Experience With the Custom Officials at Kermanshah. In eastern lands the collecting of customs dues is utteuded witb per haps more than ordinary fraud. In bis book. "From Matuni to Baghdad," Mr. W. B. Harris has told bis experi-eiicu- wiib tlie customs othcers of Ker-mari-Iiah. The incident bud its com ical feature us well as its serious les son: Two hours later than I had Intended we niadea start and. proceeding through tbi lonjr ruiini'l-HUe bazaars, emerged , from tlie town. Here fiite bad aunoy anca In store for me. At tbe local cus tom house tbe guards wanted to search us and make us pay duty on our scanty baggage. , I had hired a mule to curry our sad dlebags u.h far as Baghdad, using the owner of the mule, a wily old Arab who accompanied us. as a guide. These two, mule and man. the guards abso lutely refused to let pass without my bestowing a perfectly Illegal and Illog ical baksheesh. This I stoutly refused to do. and. knowing that In the east a show of temper is of no avail, I swal lowed my wrath and argued coolly and collectedly with the soldiers. Soon they confessed that they had no right to touch either me or any animal of mine, but they maintained that the mule and tbe rider were both Arabs and that therefore I could not interfere. This was just what I wanted, and 1 solved the matter in a minute. I put the Arab on my horse and I rode his mule. There was no question about it then. The guards on their own con fession could stop neither me nor my horse, r; iui we rode quietly on amid tbe laughter of the men to change our mounts again fifty yards past the custom house. GARBLED QUOTATIONS. Popular Passages That Are Frequently Rendered Incorrectly. Almost everybody who quotes at all misquotes. Nothing is more common than to hear: A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still. This is an Impossible condition of mind, for no one can be convinced of one opinion and at tbe same time bold to an opp:isiti one. What Butler wrote was eminently sensible: He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. A famous passage of Scripture is of ten misquoted thus: "He that is with out sin among you let him cast the first stone." It should be. "Let him first cast a :mii'." Sometimes we are told. "Behold, how great a lire a lin!e t:iatter kindletb." whereas St. .lames said. "Behold, how great a mutter a little tire kindletb." which is quite a different thing. U'e also hear that "m miss Is as good as a mile." which is not as sensible or forcible us the true proverb. "A miss of an inch Is as good us n mile." "Look before yon le.ip" should be "And look before you ere you leap." Pope i-i te-ieraily credited witb hay ing writrcn- Imir.odi st -nnls nrlmit of no defense lucency i3 want of sense. For vp.-.! though it would the ver..-s in his written by the' who din! i,.-f-,re Frankllii -nid. policy," l thf origin ;m! may Quixote "- l';si ittzzle any one to find vri tings. They were Karl of Uoscommon, f was born. "H' nesty is the best maxim is of Spanish be found In "Don jus Weekly. An aged eo:..-.-i r.ir-a was passing a fish store wii.-n h- -topp,., to examine u huge ttin;- !...:.., h, the doorway as an advertieiuut Ho had never s.-cn a turtle before, and lie prod. led the strange creature curiously Suddenly he popped his fin ger into his mouih with a howl of iai:i. After the linger n:,d stopped bleeding he gazed at it ruefully, then eyed the turtle apprehensively. "What's the matter. Bustus?" asked the Mali dealer, with a grin. "XtiHih', sah; niiliin' Ah was jest wondeilii' whether Ah had been bit or stung." -I.ippincott's. Tho Artistic Temperament. A fatuous singer was undergoing the ministration nf the ship's barber. "I opes." said the barber, "that we sliull live the pleasure of 'earin' nt the concert tonight." "Xo." explained the famous sin: "I vp had a long ami ev!i:mtli,., son in America mid within n few days I urn to open In Ijmdon. I have decid ed not to do anything on this voyage." "It's the same way with me." Viid the barber nnderstandingly. "When I'm hashore 1 never looks at a razor." -Success Magazine. A Legal Holiday. "Bitidlosworth seems to rather look upon his wife with awe." "Yes, I met him yesterday, and be wanted to borrow from nie. I ask ed him why he didn't go to his bank for It. and he replied with surprise that he was unable to conceal: " 'Why. bless me: I'd forgotten that the bnnks were open today, just the same You see. this is my wife's birth day.' "- Chicago Uoeord Herald. you Lrer. This Hard. Cruel World. Mrs. Crawford-Vim can have all the bread aud butter you want, but no more cake. Willie-Say. ma. how is it i can never have a so,, mil helping of any of the things I UkeV-I.tpptuootrs. Vulgarity. "Why do yon say he Is vulgar?" "Because he lias at least ten times ns much money n I have." 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