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Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXIV. ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 1912. NUMBER 2 I s. H. P. E. OFFICERS . F. WILSON, President, KOEPKE Vice-Pfosident, S. Le GROW, Cashier, A. ZERBA Ass't Cashier. DIRECTORS S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE, W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WATTS, F. S. Le GROW. IRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATIIENA CAPITAL AND SURPLUS," $100,000.00 We extend to our Depositors every cAccommdation -. consistent with sound Banking. BAKSAYHER DUST PAN OLD WAY NEW WAY With your next purchase amounting to $2.50 or over, we will give vou one of these Dust Pans free Something entirely new. It will save your temper and last a lifetime. BUNDY & CHRISTIAN THE TUM-A-LUN1 LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISIIES V ' Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager ;. . Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET I V We carry the best i,, m That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. TAYLOR & LE GROW Main Street, Athena, Oregon iWiiMaiilillffi "OIGNIFTINQ THE INDUSTRIES This la the title of a beautiful 64-page book, wblch will mow any boy or girl bow to SUCCEED. Drop a postal la the mall TODAY and It will be sent FREE. Tbe aim of the College la to dignify and popularize the Industries, and to serve ALL tbe people. It offers -courses In Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engin eering, Forestry, DomeatlcvSclence and Art, Com merce, Fbarmacy and Music. The College opens September 83d, Catalog free. Address: REGISTRAR, OHEGOH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CorvaUls, Oregon. EUSEHE BRAH. JHSTAHTLY KILLED CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE IN A WESTON STORE BASEMENT. Current; Burned Body Until Power Was Ordered Turned Off at Athena Plant Eugene Graham one of tbe beet known young men of Weston, was in stantly killed Tuesday afternoon, by coming io oontaot with a live wire in the basement of D. B. Jatman's store, where he was employed. :" The young man, who was a nephew of Mrs. Fred Boyd of this oity, came into tbe store from his delivery route and going into? tbe bRsement of the store, met bis death. Mr. Jarman bad previously reoeived a shook and called attention of bis clerks that something was wrong with the elec tric wires and oantioned them, to be oarefnl. Young Graham, it is said was likewise oantioned when ha oame in off bis delivery trip. At tbe tfme tbe young man met bis borritle death, the store was foil of people. The body lay on tbe floor of tbe basement nntil telephone . com munication could be bad ..with the eleotrio plant ia this oity so Ibat the onrrent coold be tamed off. - All this time tbe powerful current whs pass ing through tbe body. The boy was bnrled on. bis back to the cement floor, bis bandu grasping the wire. Tbe breast and bands were terribly bomed. All day Tuesday tbe Weston circuit was overoberged. Three doors tip tbe street from Jarman's store, Cbaa. Crawford placed his hand on tbe el eotrio scales in Taylor and Le Grow'a meat market and reoeived a shook that burled him back against the- meat blook. " Even tbe water pipes at tbe borne of Wo. MoKenzie weie charged and a wire on the hydrant pipe sput tered fire. , Other Weston people re ported shocks reoeived, and , all day yesterday the Power oompany bad two mea over there looking for 'tbe trouble. Manager Watts says the trouble is tbe result of tbe telephone company and the farmers lines string ing wires to tbe eleotrio power pnles. Tbe trees being wet, cause the current to jump to tbe telephone lines whiob are in some manner grounded to tbe water pipes, thns electrifying a por tion of tbe Weston water pipe line. Eugene Graham, the victim of somebody'a gross carelessness,' was tbe son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Graham, and was born in Weston, 21 years ago. He was popular in bis borne town, and wherever he was known. Tbe funeral 11 was held yeeterdafy af ternoon, and was one of the largest beld there in recent years. Don't Neglect Your Eyes. Dr. P. A. Clise the well known Eye specialist wbo has fitted eo many peo ple with glasses in and around Ath ena, is stopping at the St. Niohols Hotel. Ho possesses a knowledge of the eye that comes only to those who bave given years of thought and study to a single specialty., He will tell yon tbe true condition of your eyes. Those wbo are troubled with their eyes or glasses will bave an opportun ity to consult with a well known eye specialist who bas bad over thirty years practice fitting glasses. He is assooiated with bis son wbo is an ex pert lens grinder. ' They have ma chinery for grinding tbeir own lenses. Eyes examined free. Farmers' Telephone Meeting. .. Tbe farmers owning telephone lines running into Athena Ore, are called to meet in mass meeting at I. O. 0. F. hall Athena Ore. on Saturday January 20tb at 12:30 o'clock p. in. sharp. Let every farmer interested be present. Ibis is tbe adjourned meeting of Deo. 23rd, 1911. By order of the presi dent of tbe meeting of Deo. 23rd. . u. Geo. Carmiohaei," ' Secy, of former meeting. Everything in Winter goods at IS to bO per cent discount. The Sale is on nw. Fix & Eadtke. M " mm mmam m 'h Mfc A . mwm M M , A S "i smth. SMk P9 n ti u m r i n ti ii i j m tii nn is t. .1 w v n 11 h i. ftTmm fit 'M U pgsIU WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT Hffia 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in i . ., .... r- - C- J nrr n nrn rr"fk I immt t S Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here 'Urn 9 WEBSTER'S BLUE COATS. His Liking For the Color Came From Hia Early Homespun Suits. Daniel Webster went to Dartmouth college in a homespun suit of which probably every thread was carded, spun and woven by bis mother's hand from tbe wool of their own sheep. It was a dyed in the wool suit, and" the color was indigo blue. In tbe south butterant was used; but, though tbe Yankee dames knew all about the uses. of butternut bark and tbe subtle power for elate color that lay in tbe sumac berries and bark of white maple and were not unncqualnti ed with tbe various dyes that root and. flower, bark and leaf could be made to yield through the agency of vitriol and alum and copperas to "set"' them fast, the universal standby in New England was the blue pot, par excellence tbe "dye- pot,"-that stood, in the chimney corner of every kitchen in that region. . So Webster was fitted out in Indigo blue from collar to ankle. Before reaching Hanover there came on one of those drenching rains that wet a man to the skin. The suit held Us own, but it parted with enough dye to tinge Daniel blue from head to foot v Webster had a liberal stratum of sentiment In bis mental makeup, and for some reason the color of his young manhood remained bis favorite wear through life. He wore blue coats to bis dying day. If any one ever saw blm in one of a different color the fact has not been made of record. Exchange. CROCODILES IN WATER. Practically Invisible Themselves, .They See, Hear and Breathe. The crocodiles are thoroughly aquat ic in their habits, and their peculiar conformation enables tbem to attack and seize their prey unawares. Their uoMtrils, which lead by a long cnnnl to the back part of tbeir throats, their eyes and their ears, are placed on the upper part of tbe bead, so that when In the water they can breathe, see and hear, while they are themselves prac tically Invisible. When they dive their nostrils and ears are closed by lids or valves, and their eyes are covered by a transparent nictitating membrane. They are further furnished with an ar rangement which prevents the water from getting down their own throats when they are holding large animals tinder the water to drown them. The dentition of these reptiles Is pe culiar. The teeth are sharp and con-, leal and are hollow at tbe lmse, and each tooth serves as the sheath of an other, which will In time replace It. The tongue for notwithstanding tbe ancient belief the crocodile docs pos sess a tongue is fleshy and is uttucbed to the bottom of the mouth. And final ly the lower jaw is hinged at tbe very back of the skull, thus giving tbe ani mal its extraordinary gape and also tbe peculiar appearance which caused the notion that it moved its upper jaw. " Bowing In 1780. Bowing in 1780 was quite a cere-, mony, judging from the rules for do" ing it properly, given lu the Atlantic: "If you bow to any one passing by do It lu this manner: Raise tbe, right hand to your hat gracefully. , -'"Put your forefinger as far as the crown and your thumb under the brim, and then raise it from your head gracefully and easily. "Look at the person you bow to, and hold your body gently forward, -r "Hold your left arm straight down at your side, neither drawing It for ward or backward. "Wove the right log, if the pcrsop goes by on tbe right side, and kec the other firm. "If the person goes by on the left side move tbe left leg and keep the. right firm. "Let your body be bowed moderates, ly, not too much." . . ? The Troublesome Quail. This quail Is finely prepared, dear," Bald the young husband ".cntbuslastl-i cally at table. " . "Oh, I'm so glad!" returned his de lighted wife. "I was afraid you would refuse to -eat it after all the trouble I had with if. . . "Refuse to eat It? Nonsense! Hut. what trouble did you have with 11. dear?" " "Well, when 1 was sliding It out of the oven it slipped and went Into the coal scuttle, and -then I bad to chase Towser over into the next yard before I could snatch it out of his mouth." Natlonal Magazine. Wild Bees. Wild bees gather the nectar mo3t freely In the buckwheat They also will attack blossoms that the tame bees Ignore. Tbe bee from tho woods doesn't seem to care for propagated flowers, nor will it enter any blve that has been placed for it, no matter how enticing the food there. It is far more Ticious than its cultivated brother. Recalling Tennyson. Sububs I . say, Nexdore, those bens of yours belong to the Maud breed, Eon't they? Nexdore-Never beard of the Maud treed. What gives you that idea? Sububs Because they are all the time coming Into my garden.-Phlt-adelphla Ledger. Considerate. "Anfl what did the doctor say when the operation showed you did not bare appendicitis?" "Oh, he offered to take 10 pep cent off his bUL"-LIppincott'8. " A Query, f , She There t one question in fash Ions wbkb Is puzzling roe. He What 1 Is it? She-Do navy widows wear sca wessl?-Ba't':iuore American. FEASTED ON LOBSTER, He Did It on the Sly and Repentod ' Sorely Afterward. Some years ago : the government transplanted about 20,000 eastern lob sters in Monterey bay. 'Before ship ping wooden pegs had been put In their claws so that tbey couldn't fight with each other en route to this Coast Before transplanting those in charge neglected to remove the wooden pegs, Kvlth the result that the lobsters all died. The government accordingly sent an other shipment and this time saw that the pegs had been removed before plnnting tho lobsters. Some time thereafter the Albatross steamed, into Monterey bay, under tho command of the United States fish commission, looking for results of the transplanting. Lobster traps were set at different points, but nary a lobster was captured. The government then posted notices offering $2,000 for a specimen of the transplanted lobsters. Two years passed. A Santa Cms fisherman, out v in his little smack, canght one of the lobsters. Then, thinking that there was a law against catching tbem, be sneaked the lobster to bis home, cooked it, ate it and de stroyed all evidence. Later he divulg ed the secret to some other fishermen. "I caught a lobster sixteen inches long," ho said. "What!" they exclaimed. "Yea, and I was afraid to sell It, so I ate it myself." "You ate it?" "Yes; And they broke to him tbe sad news that there was a reward of $2,000 for a sample lobster from the bay. "And I had a $2,000 menl!" said the fisherman and fainted San Frnuclsco Chronicle. ARCHAEOLOGY. The Ancients Were Unconscious Aids - . ' to the Modern Science. Arthur L. Froth Ingham, writing In the North American Revlew.on "Wlwe Archrtbology Conies In," notes that," though it Is customary to consider tbe science as a modern study, dating from tbe middle of tbe eighteenth reu tury, "there has been at all times n certain amount of unconscious archae ology." Illustrating this, he snys: ."When the late Rabylonlan ' King Nabonldns. about 550 B. C. stated that he was restoring In the original style a temple built moro.thnn 2,000 years before him by King Nnrnmsln he was, or thought he was, doing tho work of an archaeological scholar.' When the Roman priests, 'Under the Antolne emperors, continued to use In their sacrifices only tho primitive black earthen cups that had been in use for nearly a thousand years, sinco before the founding cf Rome, they were practical archaeologists. "When the Emperor Augustus In sisted on having copies of the best works of Greek sculpture of different ages and styles made in the exact manner of the originals, including ar chaic works, he was obliging his sculp tors to be archaeologists. The Em peror Claudius, who wrote on antiqui ties and used archalclsms, was lam pooned by scurrilous Romans as a pedantic archaeologist, and Hadrian, tbe Philhellene. among his many ef forts at resurrecting ancient Hellas, can count the revival of tbe Perga mene and Alexandrian styles of sculpture." Old Time Kissing Customs. Tho English distaste for kissing is a thing of comparatively recent growth, In the seventeenth century our habits were the wonder of the foreigner. Nlcolaus de Belhlen, a Hungarian, who visited these shores In 1033, relates thut "my brother and I behaved very rudely on one occasion, being unaware that it was the custom in that country to kiss the corner of the mouth of la dles Instead of shaking hands, as we do in Hungary. We were invited to dine at the house of n gentleman of high rank and found his wife and three daughters, one of them married, ready to receive us. W'e kissed the girls, but not the married ladles, and thereby greatly offended the latter. , Duval apologized for our blunder and told us that when saluting wo must always kiss tbe senior lady first and leave the .'girls to the last." London Express. 8neezing In Persia. i Tbe well known superstition that to sneeze once Is a bad omen seriously interferes with many of the duties and pleasures of tbe Persian. When he is so unfortunate as to sneeze onco be quickly says, "Sabar a mad" (a time for waiting has come), and for at least two hours thereafter he cannot bo per suaded to take medicine, start on a Journey or begin any new or important work. A missionary surgeon wbo bas more than once had to postpone an op eration because be or the patient sneezed once says, "I have now be come an adept at producing double rneezes." Los Angeles Times. The Saroastio Druggist ! Druggist Yes, madam? Woman That last postage stomp you sold me dropped off tbe envelope and the letter went to the dead letter office, and I want to know what yoo are going to do about it Druggist-Wby, of course, madam, as I personally guarantee each of the Btamps I sell I'll make it good. Here's another. Exchange. Flight of Tima. A man never realizes the flight of time so much as when bis boys get to wearing the same size shirts that he doe. Exchange, ' .-.' Experience is tbe extract of snEcr-Jng.-Artbur nelps. . AN UNFOUGHT DUEL And the Reply Southey Prepared For Byron's Challenge. Lord Byron once sent a challenge to Southey, the poet. The quarrel which led to the challenge had sprung from a severe criticism of Byron's work by the future poet laureate. It happened that the friend to whom the challenge was intrusted, Douglas Kinnalrd, was too- sensible to deliver t, and so the duel never got beyond tbe merest pre liminaries. Southey nevertheless, in full expectation of the challenge, had prepared a letter to send In reply. This letter J. Roger Rees quotes lu "The Pleasures of a Bookworm." It follows: "Sir I have the honor of acknowl edging the receipt of your letter and do myself the pleasure of replying to It without delay. "In affairs of this kind the partners ought to meet upon equal terms. But to establish the equality -between you and me there are three things which ought to be done, and then a fourth also becomes necessary before I can meet you on the field. - "First. You must niary and have four children. Please be particular In having them all girls. . "Second. You must piove that tbe greater part of the provision which you make for them depends upon your life, and you must be under a bond of 4,000 not to be hanged, not to com mit suicide and not to be killed In a duel, which are tho conditions upon which I have effected an insurance of ray own life for the benefit of my wife and daughters. "Third. I must tell three direct false hoods concerning you upon the hust ings or In some other not less public assembly, and I shall neither be able to do this nor to meet you afterward in the manner you propose unless you can perform the fourth thing, which Is: ,; - ", "That, you must convert me from the Christian religion ; "Till all this Is accomplished our dis pute must be carried on without the use of any more iron than is neces sary for blackening our ink and mend ing our pens or any more lead than enters into the composition of the Ed inburgh Review. ' "I have tbe honor to subscribe my self, slr.'S'ours, with all proper consid eration, ROBERT SOUTHEY." PAPER BOXES. One Industry Alone Uses 4,000 Differ ent Sizes and Shapes. A thousand machines of mnny types and sizes and designed for many pur poses are used today in the manufac ture of paper boxes. This assortment of machines is absolutely necessary, for the number of styles of cardboard boxes used for packing all sorts of articles is without limit. According to the Edison Monthly, one industry alone, the making of pens, pencils and erasers, requires boxes of 4,000 different sizes and shapes. Taper box making, one of the new but important industries of this coun try, has made its greatest progress during tho last half century and par ticularly within tbe last twenty years, after modern machinery had been in troduced. The business has assumed wonderful proportions in New York city, where tho capital invested ex ceeds $5,000,000. One hundred years ago there was no such thing as a paper box. The con tainer of those days consisted of noth ing more than a hoavy sheet of paper wrapped around the article to bo car ried In time some progressive person conceived the idea of cutting part way through the paper in order to mako it fold more readily. With this four sid ed wrapper it became tho custom to tuck tho loose ends in to prevent the contents slipping out From this was evolved the Idea of scoring the paper so both tho sides and ends folded up and then gluing tho ends together. That wns tho way the first paper boxes were made, and it was years before any marked improve' ment was made. In those days n Unlfe, a pair of shears, ft kettle of paste and a straightedge, with a supply of box board were sulBclent equipment to start a man in business. SERIES OF Ii! H1UIEEIIIIS EVANGELIST BULGIN ELOQUENT AND BRILLIANT SPEAKER. Singing of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Rose Is a Feature of the Well Attended Meetings. The union revival meetings now in progress at the M. E. oburob, increase 1 in interest nightly, the church be ing pnoked to its oapaoity, Dr. Bal- . . i : . , i t . j . i : . . glD, lilt) . GVaUgcilBli wuo is uuuuauuuK tbe meetings, assisted by George u. Rose, the singer, is a' remarkably flu ent and brilliant speaker. Dr. JBolgio was raised in North Carolina, practiced law for five years - and was converted twenty years ago. I He has preaobed in every state in the Union and was with D. L. Moody for two years. ; Rev. Thoa. Lawson considers Mr. Bulgia the most effeotive preacher he ever beard. Dr. Bulgin bas tbe fiery eloquence ot Whitfield, and tbe in Her Alibi. Much to the curious Uttlo girl's dls gust, her elder sister and her girl friends had quickly closed the door of the back parlor before she could wedge her small self In among them. She waited uneasily for a little while then she knocked. No response. She knocked again. Still uo attention. Her curiosity could be controlled no longer, "Dodo!" she called In staccato tones as she knocked once again."' "'Taln't me! It'a mamma!" Lippiucott's. A Desirable Limitation. "I envy tbe man who believes that superstition about Friday" said Mr. Growcher. "I consider it depressing." "Not at all. , A man ought ' to be mighty comfortable who can feel sure there's only one unlucky day in the week." Washington Star. Willie Remembered. Mother (reprovlngly)-WlllIc, some one else may like the tender bits of celery besides you. Why do you al ways pick them out when the dish 19 passed? Willle-Yoti said, ma, that I must never take the biggest pieces when things are passed to me. Boston Transcript. Evangelist Culgin vinoible loglo of Wesley. He is profound and yet simple. His path os and bis humor remind you of Spur- geon. His wonderful action is like Billy Sunday, and bis knowledge of men like Sam Jones. Geo. L, Rosa is far and away the best leader of song and baritone so loist that has been in our city. He bandies bis cboir with all the ease and sweetness possible, He appeals sr, . , . t . George L. Rose Presumptuous. Raynor Think" you could improve on the works of nature, do yoa? Sbyne I know I could if I bad tho power. I'd- make some kind of seed that could be planted on a bald head and grow into a crop of bair.r-Clikajso Tribune. not only to tbe common people, tut be pleasen as well, tba most highly . cultivated musioally. Dr. Bulgin says: "All I know is to preaob tbe gospel of Christ aud bit sin just as bard as tbis long bony old body will let me, and if I oould I would bit it harder. Tbe two great est evils of" today are impurity and drunkenness, with Sabbath desoora- ' tion running a close third." Mr. and Mia. Boss are winuing the hearts of tbe people tbroogb tbeir so los and beautiful duets. Tbe oboit under the direction of Mr. Rose is growing both in size and eSioienor. Mrs. Rose who ia a graduate of tbe Amerioan Conservatory of Chicago was besrd in a duet with her husband Wednesday night 'for the first time, owing to a severe cold from which she baa teen suffering for 'several days. Her voice is of fine soprano quality and blends raoet beautifully witb that of bar husband. Mia. i'la- is very ably assisting Mrs. Rosa at ' tbe organ. ' ,