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r 7 5J- - V r 11 4v 1 1 ' 1 , r : . f-1 ?Y I ' .- ' "i ' ' ' 5 . Si fi 4 ? 1 4'.'.' ' 1 , V;-'.f i 1, 1 . V J' : AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B.'Boyd, Publisher - Published Every Friday. Office, Corner Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered in the Fostoffice at Athena, Oregon, as SecondClasB Mail Matter. Subscription Hates. One copy, one year . . .............. $1.50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months.,. .75 One copy, three months. 50 - Advertising Rates. , Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions 126 Display regular, per inch 12 Local readers, first insertion, per line, 10c Subsequent insertions, per line 5c Lodge resolutions, per line 5c Church notices, admission, per line. . 5c cATHENA. ORE., JAN. 19. ......1912 There ia not a day passes by, but something comes within observation that points to opportunity for the young man who, desires earnestly to ' better hia preFent condition. The day is not here by any means whiob pre cludes tbe'cbanoe for a' vonng man of ordinary intelligence and stamina to take advantage of opportunity offered to lift tol higher plane of suooess, Trne, if bis inolinations inn to "some thing easy," if bis mind dwells con stantly in tbe realm of sports, if he be contented with living off "the gov ernor" or passesj his time with gnn, billiards or pool, then opportunity does not meet him even half wty and be is passed tip in this swirling strife for suooess. As an example of Oppor tunity for some bright young man in Athena, and there are dozens of them, to better his condition, tbe Press this week teoeived notice from Lestor 13. Cronin of Pendleton, that on February 7, tbe United States Civil Servioe Commission will hold an examina tion to secure eligibles from which to make classification to fill vacancies as tbey ooour in tbe position of clerk in the railway servioe at entranoe salaries of $800 per annum. Tbe ex amination will consist of these sub jects, with relative grade poiuts Spelling; 15; arithmetic, SO; letter writing, SO; penmanship, 20, copy ing, 15; geography of tbe United States, 10. - Prof. CXi. Smith has joined the forces of tbe Oregon-Washington Bail road & Navigation Company in the oapaoity of egrioolturist. It will bn bis duty to conduct institutes along (he lino, attend farmers' meetings and assist in every way possible to pro mote tbe agricultural development of tbe Northwest. Prof. Smith was formerly a member of tbe faculty of the Washington State College, lie is also a praoiioal farmer of wide ex perience. Tbe O-W. G. & N. is inter ested in getting more land under cul tivation. Its , farm demonstration trains have bad an importaut in flueuoe in tbe past and this addition al service is bound to have a telling influence. Tbe Maine has been raised from Havana harbor. It cost 1 300,000. 'I he benefits' deiived are summed up in a row that took place in tbe house wbeu Itupresentalive Sisson offered a resolution to sell pieoes of the wreok for watch obnrms. Minority Leader Mann suggested that tbe government sell tbe bones of tbe dead sailors for relics and then tbe flgbt was on. About the easiest way out of tbe difficulty would be for oougteaa to appropriate f 300,000 more to eoiou UQoially sink the bulk where it would cost $000,000 to raise it ngaiu. That ship would last tbe appropriating fel lows a lifetime; and its day as a mon-ey-ina:vV Is by no uiuuns at an eud. Apparently Wall street bns been Lit pretty bard In tbe national mone tary commisslou'sobotue for financial reform. While Wall stieet controls SO per cent of tbe baukiug capital wbiob would be comprised iu the pro posed Natiouui Reserve nooiutiou it would hare oulv 10 per cent of the voting power in the goveruiug oounoil of tbut body, and Ne v England, with 13 per cent ot the buukuig resources, would have only 8 per cent of the vote, The rest of tbe groups of states -the rulddlo vest, . tbe far west and the Taolflo coast, and the southwith 85 per cent of tbe tankiug capital, would have 83 per oeut of tbe voice iu tbo goveruiug council. It) Chicago tbe ober day a woman complained to tbe authorities that the watur of Lake Miobigao iu her vicin ity wus not BQllioioutly oluau for ber to bathe her pet dog iu, aud that there was duuger that she uud ber. sister might get typhoid fever. Fiom tbe way the complaint was untile tbe ty phoid wag but au iuoideutul matter, tbe chief coucern beiug for ber dog. What treed tbe dog is. whether Stye, Irish terrier bull or some other equally homely auiuiul, id not revealed. 13ut it was a dog. aud in euob a home, a dog is doubtless more thought of than a child. Professor Mathews of Columbia, Is au admirable judge ot literature, Lut to say the least, a foolish inter preter of the probable future, lie litedictd tbiitutcut JIKJO America will probably be at war, and by its own ' fault Be accounts for the dire die- aster by "'the law of a snooession of events." a phrase that means Abso lutely uothicg. Guess again, profess or, and don't be so timid A forecaster as to put the war nearly a generation away. Any quack can do that. . An examination of a symposium of old-year reviews and new year fore oasts by prominent New Yorkers re veals a spirit of optimism among all 1 classes that is most euoonragiDg. Twelve men who loom big in the fin ancial world, in tbe oburohes, in bus iness and professional life say great , progress was made in tbe year just closed, and look forward to a greater advance in tbe year now begun. These forecasts are so different from those of tbe croakers and jingo shout ers that they command attention. tire day going through the contents of the department waetebasket They are searching for stray bonds, checks and bills that may through some mis bap have fallen into the basket The positions of the two women are more Important than their place on the treas ury rolls would Indicate, for Borne time back one of .them fished up a $10,000 United States coupon bond. The two women have been doing tbl work for years and hare saved to the- govern ment the amount of their annual sala ries a hundred times over. Philadel phia Record. .Oregon and Washington were bound together during the past week with another link of steel, tbe new Celilo bridge aoross the Columbia Biver at Celilo being opened to traffic Tbe bridge steps aoross tbe river daintily, its piers being fixed on rooks reaching above the water. The viaduot will give the North Bank road direct con nection with the new Bill road up the Desohotes into Central Oregon. Wheat has frequently been called the king of tbe Amerioan farm, but Professor Niobolson of Idaho's exper imental farm renders a servioe to farmers when he points out that wheat is seoond in valne to poultry, and that this, indeed, is second only to corn. Over 1,800.000 dozens of eggs are an nually shipped into the interior of the Spokane .country and cost the con sumer at least $63,000. ' TRAINING' THE" HAWK. A Feeding Lesson Given by an Old Bird to Its Young. Whilo fishing In a remote and wild part of Scotland a British naturalist chanced to witness nn entertaining per formance in the form of a feeding les son given by an old hawk to its young. A cry of a young hawk to its parent was heard, aud the naturalist soon lo cated three youug peregrine falcons sitting side by side on a shelf of rock overhanging the lake in which he was fishing. Presently the old bird came into view, like a dot out of the sky, nnd made straight for her vociferous young. She poised high above tho shelf on which they wero sitting and to tho surprise of tho watcher dropped the bird she was carrying. She had so chosen her position that the bird clear ed the rock ns it fell toward the lake. Instantly youngster No. 1 dashed off tho cliff. Evidently this was not its first lesson, for it. hurled itself iuto a beautiful swoop and actually caught the prey before it reached the water. Tho youngster was not allowed to enjoy it, however, for down came the old bird and with the utmost grace snatched it from the young ones grasp nnd ascended in rapid rings to the height of several hundred feet. The discomfited youngster with some dif ficulty returned to tho rocky shelf. The old hawk repeated this maneu ver, dropping the prey this time in front of No. 2. Tho young all knew their lesson, for neither No. 1 nor No. 3 ventured to stir. It was No. 2 who started in pur suit and, like its brother or sister, succeeded in interrupting tho falling prey before it reached the water. Tho old hawk did as before, snatch ing tho prey from her offspring. Ris ing high in the air, she this time drop ped it before No. 3, who in turn caught it. But No. 3 was not allowed to pos sess tho prize. Tho old hawk now as cended to tho shelf beside the young ones, toro tho prey to pieces nnd pro ceeded to dlvido it equally nmong her hungry ami expectant progeny.IIar per's Weekly. PRACTICAL SYMPATHY. A Prt'.ty Incident In the Career of Rosa Bonheur. "We are not brothers for nothing," Bosn Bonheur onco wrote in jesting affection to her brother Isidore. And in truth the wonderful, quaint, boyish littlo woman, with her bright eyes, cropped curls and breezy ways, was almost more a brotherly chum than a sister to tho "Dodoro" whom sho so dearly loved. Much of tho timo on her country es tate, in her studio nnd among her nnl mals, wild and tnmc, she wore the masculine costume which her manner of llfo required, to wear which she hud. with ono other woman, n famous ex plorer and archaeologist, received ex press permission from tho French gov ernment. Yet this very mannish littlo poison was fur from unwomanly in her sympathies, and her latest biography records n pretty iucident related by her friend, Joseph Yerdler, tho landscape pnluter: "One evening sho was dining with mo and some friends. Among the friends was a young lady recently married, who gave us an account of the furnish ing of her house. All the rooms wero furnished except the dining room. Tor this last her husband could not yet give her tho money, aud sho was compelled to hold her littlo receptions In her sleeping room. "After dinner Kosa nskl mo for a largo sheet of drawing paper, and while we were talking sho sketched a delightful hunting scene, which she slgued with her full name. Then, un der cover of a general conversation ou music, while tea was being served, sho approached tho jouilg wlfo and said to hor: "Tako this picture to Tedescd on your return to Paris, and he will give you at least 1,600 francs for it. Then you will be able to furnish your diuiag room.' " Wealth Among Treasury Scraps. Unique among government "Jobs"1 is that of tho two women who sit sUlo by sldo down in tho basement of the iwasiifv (Iciwrtiueut ami snend tho eu- Pilot and Engineer. Care, the utmost care, is taken on the Hudson river and Long Island sound night boats with their brilliant display of searchlights never to let a ray be thrown upon a locomotive engineer at his lever or the pilot of another craft 1 1 his post. On rail and water engi .eer and pilot must be kept In dark ness, ns one flash of a brilliant elec tric searchlight would blind them tem porarily nnd they might go tmheedingly by a danger signal. New York Press. Good For Nothing Else, I couldn't saw or plane a plank or work in stone or wood. I never tried to run a bank. I don't suppose I could. I couldn't bake a decent pie or draw a glass of fizz or sell a shoe, and that is why I'm in the poetry biz. Loulsvillo Courier-Journal. PIES FOR THE KING. Ancient Customs That Are Still Kept Alive In England. - Tho city of Gloucester, in England, annually presents the king with a pie. Almost from time immemorial Glouces ter until the year 1834 followed tho custom of expressing its loyalty to the throne by sending to the sovereign a lamprey pie. In 1834 the custom was suspended, but it was revived in 1803 and has since continued. It was felt that the year of the dia mond Jubilee required some special ef fort, and therefore the 1897 pie, which was in May dispatched' to Balmoral upon a gold dish, was of a more than usually elaborate character. This pie weighed twenty pounds and was adorned with truffles, fine prawns on gold skewers and aspiq Jelly. On the top was a representation of tho royal crown and cushion, with a scepter to which were attached streamers of royal blue, and at the base were four golden lions. - , By the survival of an ancient cus tom the town of Yarmouth is bound to furnish to the sheriffs of Norwich annually a hundred herrings baked in twenty-four pies, which are then sent to the lord of the manor of East Clare ton, who conveys them to the king. Harper's Weekly. Do You Want a Position All schools are not alike, and especially In helping students to a posit ion. Do not overlook this point. , PENDLETON BUSINESS COLLEGE cannot supply the calls received for Htenog m pliers and bookkeepers and has several good positions in view. euuaenis nom oilier mimness colleges two attending thin school. What, does tn Is prove? That we give the best. Nothing else would satlsly us. Nothing else should satisfy you. Hook keeping, 8h.,rt.liiimt and Typewriting nnd all business subjects pruciiuaiiy anu ihoroughly 'aught. Lectures on commercial law by a practicing attorney. Day and eve ning classes. School opens September 6, 11)11. Don't wait, lleclde now. For particulars write, or phone BlackTKB. M.. L. CLANCY, B. A., Prin, r THE -. ' ! ST.. NICHOLS HOTEL!; I J. E. FROOME, pbop. ;j W i Only First-class Hotel in I the City. t i THE ST. NICHOLS Is the only one that can accommodate eommsroial travelers. Iff Can beteoomended for iti clean and well ventilated rooms. ECor. Mais and Third, Athena, Or. Professional S. P. Sharp PJIYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all -calib. both Duzht and day. (..uuivi BUVWVIVVi VUIW VM (Hreet; Athena Oreforr - , - G. S. NEWS03I. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ; 'j;'..' Athena Oregon. Calls answered promptly night or day. DRJ. E. SHARP, ' Dentist. Office in Morris .Building, Athena, Ore. j! Hours, 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. DR. W. G. HUGHES, ' Dentist ; Office in Postoffice Building, Athena Ore. Hours, 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. PETERSON & WILSON . Attorneys-at-La w Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law , . Athena, Oregon, " ; C W. LASSEN. M. D. V. Official Stock Inspector. Graduate McKllllp Vetinary college, Chicago Phone Mala 7; PENDLETON, OBKGON Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist TROY LAUNDRY For the Best Work HENRY KEENE, Agent. The Dental War at Athena. ; ; Never in tbe history of Umatilla county has there teen bo many Den tists congregated at Athena as at the present time, . . '. People this Means Something to You. fiO PLATES YOU SAVE $1, 1 MAKE $1 AND THE COMBINE LOSES $2 when you have your work done with me special prices for limited time This is all high grade work, guaran teed. Only the test material is used, and I defy any dentist in Eastern Ore gon to do any better dental work. Take advantage of these prices and have your work done now. .. Special Prices' 1 Regular Prioe v ' Special Piioe $8.00 Gold or poroelain crowns $6.00 $7.00 " " V " $5.00 $3.00 poroelain or gold bridges, (per tooth) $6.00 $7.00 ";" " , " " " $5.00 Gold or poroelain inlays $2.50 Gold fillings $1.00 op. Alloy, amalgam and silver Bit iDgs, 50o to $1.00 Painless Extraction 50c Full set of Teeth 10.00 If you are in need of artioflial teeth consult me about tbe matter. I guar antee a perteot fit. ( My prioes on all kinds of plate woik ought to suit any one in need of this kind of dental work. If yon have a diffionlt mouth to fit call and oousalt me about tbe same. My Reliability Hundreds of pleased patients You take no obanoes on my work as I have been tried and tested in this community for many years. DR. SPONOGLE. Reliable and Experienced Dentist, Athena. Oregon. (Up Stairs,) Barrett Building. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys end bladder rlxht it P LA. r- K . I- i ! i My r -mrnmmmh mm n tA. J. Parker 8 Everything Ftrtt Clam - Mo dern and Up-to-dat SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET ; ATHENA All farmers realize the importance of sowing their grain at the proper depth; but this can not be accomplished with the drills as they are found on the market today v The accompanying cut shows an attachment for the hoe drill which overcomes this difficulty. The Akers Hoe attachment regulate? the depth of sowing, packs the soil around the grain and insures the grain to be perfectly covered. 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She tried FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR which cured her! She has sever been troubled with a cough since." - Cured Ithsn Very Low With Pneumonia - J. V. Bryan, of Lowder, III., writes: "My little boy was very low with pneu monia. Unknown to the doctor we gave him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. The result wjs magical and puzzled the doctor, as it immediately stopped the racking cough and he quickly recovered,"