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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1912)
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Published Every Friday. Office, Corner " Third and Jefferson Streets. Entered in the fostolUce at Athena, Oregon, as HecondOlass Mail Matter. . Subscription Rates. One copy, one year, $1.50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00) One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months ......... . . . .50 v ' Advertising Rates. Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch 25c Subsequent insertions 12 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 tATHENA. ORE.. JAN. 26, .1912 L. B. Alderman, superintendent of public instruction, is undertaking a campaign to interest all the children of Oregon in tbe onltivation of gar dan products, carpentry, aewiog, cook ing, poultry etc. He is planning to enoouruge tbe children to exhibit at tbeir fairs io every county of tbe state. It is tbo plan to gather np tbe best exhibits at tbe county fairs and bring Ihetn.to tbe state fair where at least $1000 in rash prizes, thoroughbred calves, pare bred pigs and sbeep and perhaps a Shetland pony will be awarded for agricultural, poultry and other exhibits. Tbe State Fair Board hes decided to make its prize list for for children's exhibits mnob larger this year than ever before. Indivi dual breeders are offering valuable prizes for snoh exhibits. The State Bankers association is standing baok of the plan. The Portland Commer cial clnb bns already heartily endorsed tbe movement, and all other commer cial organizations are to be aeked for cooperation as soon as possible. manent and advancing those who showed unusual capacity tor the work. He probably will favor tbe introduc tion of a bill at tbe next session of the legislature wbiob will place tbe em ployes of this commission under civil service rales, as tbe governor is of the opinion that tbe work of tbe commis sion is on too high a plane to be drag ged into politics. At the meeting it was shown that the law is proving of great benefit to tbe injured workmen as tbey can seoore compensation for tbeir injuries without engaging a lawyer and more than 5,000 firms have paid up tbeir assessments. Wheat and fruit lands in Oregon are in a class ty themselves when it oomos to high valuation, but soil that will produoo hops is also looking up Au English syndicate bns just closed a deal for tbe Krebs hop yarda, locat ed near Indopeudenoe, wbiob com. piises 400 aorcf. The price paid in a lump sum was f 130,000. Oregon lauds have increased lu values steadily for tbo last fen years and coutinucs in tbe upwurd prioe tendency. Eastern cap ital is looking for investment in Northwest land holdings and so long as tbe piioe is paid the. increase will naturally continue. A shoit while ago tbe ciy went np that tbe prioe of fruit lands were too high, but wheu it was shown that two crops would pay for au orchard at $1000 per aoro, or chard tracts advanced in price aud they bavo continued to advance with readv eiilns lu every eeotion of the state. Relatively speaking, tbe same can be said of wheat lands, where a ruoontsale in this vjoiuity, a COO aoro ranob sold for $107 per acre, while n number of otoioe qurrLers have beou disposed of at $10,000. Eastern Oregon papers persist in oalliug ou Walter Pierce to bocome a candidate for United Statos sounoir. Theie is teally no use iu rehashing tbo stnteineut hore, tut nevertheless it is a threadbare faot that Portland always huB and always will throw its Nupport to Pottland or Western Oregon senatorial candidates of either parly, iu preference to any one Eastern Oregou aright name therefore, Pierce nor any other mnn east of tbe Oasoados would have a ghost of a show to win. Pieroo would have a good show for election to oougross from this district end it would be worth tbe while of the fellows to support him for this office. At this pattioulur stage of the game, it looks like Ploroe is a stronger man than auy other aspirant for oougrosisonal honors; but to ooaoh him lor senator 1h quite auother game ft game iu whioh Oregon's metrop olis holds ell the trump curds. Klamath county is goiug iu fur agil cultural eduoatlou iu its schools. A tract of 85 aorcs has bueu bought aud an cxperlmeut station will be estab lished, wheie students will practice agricultural methods under the di rection of nu expeit who will be se ouredifioui the Oregou Agricultural College. With proper faoilltios every high school in Umatilla couuty oould ousilv have au agtioultuial course. For luslauoo, Athoua, located lu tbe best agricultural district of tbe Puoitlo Northwest could ofler flatterlug iu duoemeuts iu this branch of educa tion were an agrioutural course in cluded with the preseut high school oouiso. - Massachusetts now has a law wbiob jilaoes elopnmeuU under tbe bai. No person can be ru at tied in that state until after tbe prospective bridegroom has giveu live days publio uotice. Tbe number of divorces in that state will . probably shrink somewhat with tbe new law iu effect. Governor Uuy lu a speeoh before the membeta and employes of the Industrial Insurance commission of Wasbiugtou, said that tbe highest etlicieuoy iu the woik of tbe commia siou could ouly be secured by mak ing the positious of tbe employ per In Tillamook county tbe disoovery has been made of a new perennial clover whioh has set the expeits at tbe government experiment station agog. Enormous tonnage yields per acre is claimed for tbe newly discov ered forage plant, whioh grows pro liQoally tbe year around. It has no seed, bloom or sex and is propogated by catling up the plant iu pieoes and sowing it iu the soil in that manner. Shipments of Athena . cattle and hogs topped tbe Portland market last week, oattle bringing as high as $6.15 and bogs $7.05. More alfalfa aoreage would mean more live stook in tbe Athena district, and consequently larger bank aooounta. From down Central Oregon way, come reports that the Eoil is eoaked with winter moistute and the settlers' hearts are gladsome thereat. Winter moisture foretells of bountiful oiops to follow in that section of tbe state as. well as in old Umatilla, QUEEN VENUS. Orbit, Mass and Gravity of the Planet Twin of Our World. Mercury is the nearest of known planets to King Sol, but Venus comes next, and in eccentricity of solnr orbit on eccentricity having an average of about 67,200,000 mlles-is the least ir regular of- tbe planets. The distance of Venus from our earth also varies, with an average or mean of about 25, 700,000 miles at her nearest, the aver age distance of Venus from our earth being approximately 100,000,000 miles at her farthest Queen Venua may be called tbe plan et twin of our world, since her mean diameter and that of our earth are nearly equal. Nevertheless the differ ence of some 200 miles in their diam eters leaves Venus with about 02-100 of the terrestrial volume. Venus' mass or weight approximates 82-100 of that of our planet, nnd, dividing 82 100 by 02-100, we get 80-100, which is Venus density compared with the den sity of our earth. Venus' gravity ap proximates 82-100 that of our planet, or, In other words, a terrestrial body weighing 100 pounds would weigh only eighty-two pounds upon the surface of Venus. Queen Venus exhibits phases like our moon, but possesses no moon herself. She presents a bright and thickly clouded appearunce and has an atmos phere which Is estimated to bo from ono nnd one-half to two times as dense as our own. This beautiful planet was seen, of course, by mankind in pre historic ages, but the earliest known record respecting her was In C30 B. 0., a record engraved upon earthenware now In possession of tho British mu seum. New York Tribune. MANSARD'S ROOF. By It the Architect Won Hit Son's Life From Louis XIV. Tho great ball of the Hotel do Vlllo of Aries, designed by Mansard, is the wonder and admiration of every one who has seen it on account of the groined roof. In regard to this a neighboring cafe tier tells a somewhat grim story. King Louis XIV. happened to be passing through the city Just at tho time Man sard was euperlntendlug the comple tion of his creation. Tbo roof was sup ported by a powerful pillar. Tbe mon arch admired the work and congratu lated the architect on bis design. At that moment the architect wus passing through great domestic tribulation. He had a sou under sentence of death, so ho thought it would bo n good oppor tunity to Intercede on behalf of the lad. Mansard threw himself at tho feet of tho klug and said: "Your majesty sees in the center that massive column? If you will spare the life of my son 1 will remove tho unsightly pillar, and tho roof shall stand without support." "Mansard," replied tho king, "If you accomplish that miracle I will pardon your son, but If you fail I will hang you with him." The architect removed tho pillar without greot difficulty and with the result desired. The cafctler la a phi losopher, and he concludes his story with tho reflection that had not Man sard's son been a scamp the hall nt Aries would bo just llko any other hall. -London Globe. Force of Habit. The professional humorist found himself in an open Held with a mad bull at his heels. lie was running for the fence. "Shall I make it?" he asked himself. Thon a thought occurred to him. "I guess it'a about a tossup," ho muttered. As he paused to make a noto on his cuff the inevltablo happened. New York Times. . Wanted 8owe PraUo Too. Tourist (to his landladyl-How love ly it is here tho green trees In the valley through which tho stream glis tens; in the background the mountalus ind oves nil the blue sky Landlady ITm, but you don't say anything about the veal pie and the coffeo I made you. Fllegende Blatter. V Force' of Lightning. It is hardly possible to use instru ments for tbe purpose of figuring the forces of lightning, yet there are many other ways of calculating familiar to every mathematician. The amount of light given by a single lightning flash is enough to illuminate an area of two square miles. The bolt itself would be visible several miles further off, but the remotest part of the re gion mentioned would have as much light as would be given by a candle quite enough to read by. To produce such a light it would be necessary to expend 13,000 horsepower for a sec ond. These figures appear very large, but the time is short The flash might be for only one-thousandth of a sec ond, but the impression on the eye would continue for a tenth of a sec ond anyway. Figured down to an exact hour this amount of force would mean only about four horsepower. Electric News Bulletin. Professional Tho Moral of the 8tory. Professor John Spencer Bassett, au thor of "A Life of Andrew Jackson," in one of bis lectures at Smith college, repeated a well known story in regard to Stephen A. Douglas, closing with a moral which aroused peculiar interest Douglas, as the narrative runs, was once sitting in a profound sleep in the corridor of the capltol when Adeline Cutts, a Washington belle, passed by. She did not know the sleeper, but was struck with compassion on seeing such a splendidly intellectual face under such conditions, and stooping down laid her handkerchief over it to pro tect It from the flies. Douglas on awakening found the handkerchief, Bought the owner and eventually mar ried her. There was a pause, and then the professor added: "Young la dles, the moral of this story is, have your pocket handkerchief marked." A Lion's Vanity. The intricacies of a great man's character are often simplicities to his wife. Once, when the present poet laureate had paid a visit to Tenny son, his immediate predecessor, Tenny son walked with him as far as the gate which led to the highway. There, says Mr. Alfred Austin in his recent autobiography, while the elder poet stood leaning on the gate,, a party of wldo eyed sightseers appeared. "What a vulgar people the English are!" Tennyson exclaimed. "They come here to watch for me, and when they see me they say. quite loudly. 'There's Tennyson.'" " Mr. Austin afterward repeated this to Lady Tennyson, who smiled tender ly, but archly. "My husband would be much more annoyed If the people didn't come," she said- . Do You Want a Position All schools are not alike, and especially In helping students to a position- do not overlook this point. PENDLETON BUSINESS COLLEGE cannot simply the calls received for Stenog raphers nnu oook Keepers ana nus geverui good positions in view. intending this school. What, does tnis prove? That we give the best. Nothing else would satlsly us. Nothing else should satisfy you. Hook keeping. Shorthand and Typewriting and all husiuess subjects practically and lioroughly aught. Lectures on commercial law by a practicing attorney. Day and eve ning cImhscs. School opens September 5, 1011. won't wait. Decide now. For particulars write, or phone Black 7ttS!. M. I.. CLANCY. K. A., I'rln, J THE at inniini n iimrri toi. niutiuLo nuiLL t J. E. FBOOME, prop. ... . i Only First-class Hotel in the City. I Iff- I THE ST. NICHOLS , I 1 the ouly one thai can accommodate commercial travelers. w Can beieoomended for lis clean and well ventilated rooms. k Cob. Maik and Third, ATBiA,Or. M S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calib. both night and day. Calls promptly answered. ' Office on Third Btreet, Athena Oregor " G. S. NEWSOM. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Calls answered promptly night or day. DR. J. E. SHARP, Dentist. Office in Morris Building, Athena, Ore. 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-Law Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon Homer I. Watts Attorney-at-Law Athena, Oregon. C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V. Official Stock Inspector. Graduate McKlllip v etinary college, unicago Phone Main 27. PENDLETON. OBKGOfi Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist TROY LAUNDRY For the Best Work HENRY KEENE, Agent. The Dental War at Athena. Never in tbe history of Umatilla ooonty has there teen so many Den tists congregated at Athena as at tbe present time. People this Means Something to YOU. HOPIATCS YOU SAVE $1.1 MAKE $1 AND THE COMBINE LOSES $2 when you have your work done with me special prices for limited time. Tbis is all high grade work, guaran teed. Only the best material is used, and I defy any dentist in Eastern Ore gon to do any better dental work. . Take advantage of these prioes and have your work done now. Special Prices. Kegulai Prioe Special Fiioe $8.00 Gold or poroelain orowns $6.00 $7.00 " " " . " $5.00 $8.00 poroelain or gold biidges, (per tooth) $6.00 $7.00 " " " " " " $5.00 Gold or poroelain inlays $2.50 Gold fillings $1.00 np. Alloy, amalgam and silver flll- ioRB, 500 to $1.00 Painless Extraction 50c Full set of Teeth 10.00 If you are in need of arfioQial teetb consult me abont tbe matter. I guar antee a perteot fit. My prices on all kinds of plate work ongbt to snit any one in need of tbis kind of dental work. If yon have a difficult mouth to fit call and oousult me about tbe same. My Reliability Hundreds of pleased patients Von take no chances on my work as I have been tried and tested in tbis community for many years. DR. SPONOGLE. Reliable and -Experienced Dentist, Athena. Oregon. (Up Stairs,) Barrett Building. Foley's Kidney Cure makes Kidneys and bladder right Tbe less heart a man puts into a task tbo more labor it requires. Atulcl. " 1 1 1 " 1 w" , ', 1 1 ". ? X Everything First Class - Ho darn and Vp-tdata 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. The accompanying cut shows an attachment for the hoe drill which overcomes this difficulty. The Akers Hoe attachment regulates the depth of sowing, packs the soil around the grain and insures the grain to be perfectly covered. They are manufactured and sold by the PENDLETON IRON WORKS, Pendleton, Oregon. if tt. J. Parker BARBER SHOP Tightness In the Chest. 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