The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, September 12, 1913, Image 2

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    AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
F. B. Boyd, Publisher
Published Every Friday. Office, Corner
Third and Jefferson Streets.
Entered in the FoBtofflce at Athena, Oregon,
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cATHENA. ORE.. SEP. 12 1913
Oregon products spell prosperity
tliia year, for they were never worth
so much money nor was production
mora diversified. Irrigated districts
have no "copper" on diversification
of production. The wheat districts,
too, are turning from the one-crop
propaganda. Rows ot corn are be
ginning to cover many acres of sum
mer fallow, silos have made tbeii ap
pearanceeven here in Umatilla
county, and the hog and dairy cow
ia at last an item for consideration at
"chore time." In some localities
where the diversified movement is
slower than in others, banks ' have
imported standard bred cows and
hogs, sold them to the farmers on
time and while he went about his
work, ma and the girls have paid the
interest and cot down the principal
cn the notes at the bank, and found
time besides for the general house
work. The bog shaved off the other
end of thrt principal end left enongb
surplus to boy au automobile, besides
paying for the fenoe bought to oorral
him in the stnbbleQeld wheie be fat
tened himself on grain that otherwise
wonld bave been dead waste. It is
estimated that the giand total for
crops in old Oregon this year will be
$215,597,000, or more than 120,000,000
in excess of last year's returns.
"Live" summer fallow land and
stubble fields fenoed with hog tight
wire is responsible for one half of
this vast increase. Go,-thou, and do
likewise.
A oironlar just issued by the forest
tcrvioe calls attention to the various
laws under whlob more than a third
of all national forest reoeipts go to
tbe benefit of the states in which the
lotests are situated, for schools and
tosds. In 1913 the amount of money
available for state purposes totaled
ii Lout $70,000. The report docs not
thow the amounts due from tbe re
ceipts of the fisoal year which closod
July RO, 1913. Inolnding these, the
flnles' share of national forest funds
luoe the laws were passed has nggte
Ifiitodover 13,000.000.
To beef or not to beef: that's the
iji"8tion now uppermost with a great
many of us. The prloe continues to
r op, the supply to decrease and the
inuaomption to increase. Tho Amer
ican ia a beef eater, while tut few of
I ii trothers are beef raisers. There's
Co rub. Onr boot used to come
hucly from the vast plains, but now
it comes mostly from tbe farm.
Koio recently the teef for large
ci ill's has come from Argentina and
Australia, tut it is fast beooming
Houroe In those countries.
The Portland Oiegouian annouuots
that Ohailey Fulton has aspirations
to become United States Senator.
Now the Oregonian is almost, if not
quite, as old as Charley Is, and we
would like to nsk it if it ever were
cognizant of the time when Charles
did not have ee.id aspirations in full
bloom. Ohambetlaiu may have a
suooessor, but bis toga won't Bt tbe
Astoria lawyer.
'By Lis baggage, ye shall kuow
him," Col. Wood's typewiiter has
arrived at Westou from Portland.
The , Colonel la following 'er up.
Weston is pleased at the editor's re
turn j but no more so than we'uos.
Here's our tW old boy, and the
steak is ready for yon any time you
come over. .
Maine Is a long way off hot we
bave heard from her. Ball Moose
and Deuiooratio Doukeys do not range
well together there, anyway. Thank
beaveu, it's not so bad as though it
had happeued in Oiegon; tbe natiou
docs not follow in tbe political foot
steps of Maine i
Walla Walla will have, a Scotch
Highlander band doting her Frontier
Days. The Athena baud is enter
taining the crowds at the Pendleton
Round Up; so, thore you are.
PHSSaMBMaMBJMIH
Moral conditions in this country
are greatly reflected by baseball. If
the umpire's deoiaions favor the home
team, they are all tight, although en
tirely wrong.
There's bat one Hound Up. It's at
Pendleton end everybody is there.
C.,n.m a Mvtttry,
"It n us f ;iv i'iH my hliH." "
I'inrhi'i! -.. limn "ii ttu 'tr. "that
sii'itrtliltia lrlttm'K l!nn UiH
!,'h' m ; ii.iip. i-i:: i :- Kft'iJ lutv t!e V I
FAST SWIMMING.
Strokes to Use and Methods to Follow
to Acquire Speed.
The general rule may be set down
that no swimmer should attempt
speeding and 1 mean in practice as
well os in racing until he can cover
a quarter of a mile with a good stroke.
It matters not whether one alms at
becoming au all around competitor or
a specialist at the sprints, the same
rule obtains. Once the stroke has
been perfected, tbe chosen events may
be taken up, but even then It is the
best policy to alternate fast swimming
with easy Btretches, at moderate pace,
under tho watchful eye of the coach.
It is always advisable to limit the
number of time trials.
There ore but two strokes which can
be recommended to the racing man for
free style swimming, the crawl for dis
tances not exceeding 220 yards and
both the crawl and the trudgeon for
longer Journeys. Some question is
still In the mind of many as to which
is preferable for tho latter events, but
In the writer's opinion based upon
the teachings of tho past-any set of
movements which affords best results
at the furlong will also prove best at
the longer courses after the swimmer
has accustomed his muscles to the
action by constant practice. Outing
Magazine.
SLAUGHTER IN BATTLE.
Gettysburg Losses Eclipsed Those at
Balaklava and Inkerman.
At Balaklava the light brigade lost
87 per cent of lis men, and at Inker
mnn the guards lost 45 per cent, and
.both go down to history in verse and
proso ns having been annihilated.
At Gettysburg the Second Wisconsin
lost 233 out of 302, the Nineteenth In
diana lost 210 out of 288 and tho One
Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania
volunteers out of 380 men and 17 offi
cers brought back about eighty men
and only one officer not wounded. The
One Hundred and Twenty-first, the
One Hundred and Forty-second, the
One Hundred and Forty-third, the One
Hundred and Forty-ninth and the One
Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania
lost quite as heavily.
Among the First corps officers
wounded in the first day's fight were
Generals Doubleday, Meredith and
Paul and Colonels Morrow, Stone, Wis
tcr, Fairchlld, Dudley, BicWle, Tllden,
Leonard, Coulter and McFurland. The
disasters of the nfternoon to the Sec
ond division were lessened by its cap
ture of much of Iverson's brigade, of
Ewcll's corps, out nt the Mummasburg
road, near Oak bill. General H. S.
Huldekoper in National Magazine.
Puzzled Jurymen.
At a recent sessions a prisoner was
Indicted for pocketpicklng, and to most
people in court the clearest possible
case was made out by the prosecution.
"Have you anything you would like
to tell the Jury before they retire?"
snld tbe Judge.
"Well, all I wnnter say is, I hopes as
'ow they'll give me the benefit of the
doubt," replied the prisoner despond
ently. The Jury considered their verdict
They were no little time over it
"Can 1 assist you in any way, gen
tlemen?" said the Judge, as last becom
ing Impatient.
"We are almost agreedt me lud,"
said tho foreman, "but we can't quite
understand what the doubt is the pris
oner wishes us to give him tbe benefit
of." London Answers.
Curious Marriage Custom.
Among the Islnnders of Jersey there
Is a very curious but pretty marriage
custom. As soon ns the ceremony is
over and when the happy couple are
entering Into occupation of their house
the largo granite slab over the porch is
Inscribed with tho initials of the bride
and bridegroom, nnd between the two
a rough representation of two hearts
Is entwined, the whole thus forming a
uiniTinge certificate for all the world
to sco. It is said that should the cou
ple by any chance be one day divorced
the hearts are pierced through by an
arrow, which is cut into tbem.
Witty Retort
A lady of greut beauty and attrac
tiveness who was on ardent admirer of
Ireluud ouce crowned her praise of It
at u party by saying:
"I think I was meant for an Irish
woman." "Madam," rejoined a witty son of
Erin who happened to be present,
"thousands would back me. In saying
that you were meant for un Irishman."
-London Tatler.
Persuasion.
"I cou't marry you," slio said. "You
are old enough to bo my father."
"Don't hesitate on that account Ten
years from now nobody will suspect
lt."-CliIego Itecord-Uerald.
Imitative.
Mother-Whatever are you doing to
poor dolly, child? Chlld-I'm Just go
ing to put her to bod, mummy. I've
taken off her hair, but I cnu't get her
teeth out-London Tit Hits.
Soul System.
"Algy writes to seven girls,
"It's o wonder he doesn't get his
love affairs mixed."
"He keeps a card Index."-Wnshlns-
ton Herald.
The Nature of the Creature,
"Your cook"- .
"Oh. U Is so careless that I dou't
tvlieve she could drop a remark with
ait breaking her word."Smart Sot
He not simply good; be good for
something -Thoivau,
New Land Scrip,
Uy speoial act of Congress, nenily
3000 acres of appioved Laud Sorip it
now available for use in Oiegon. It ia
tbe best and cheapest emip pot on the
umket iu several yeai. Will go
Qoicklv to patent Take auy laud
object to hometttead entry. Can
furnish in applications iroui forty
orea up, as long a it lasts. We guar
antee validity. Ihe ptloa will attract
you. It you need some of it, prompt
lOtioa is ueeeMnry. Write or whe us.
Ihe Collins Land Company,
IkUoa, "Moatana.
TKEY SAW THE LAKE FLY.
un A.tj-Cin Phenomenon That Looked
LiV.o a Waterspout
Crmishis Victoria Nyanzu, Messrs.
F. U. helium! ami K. II. Cholmeley,
the ai:(!;.'i of "Through the Heart of
Africa.'' saw n phenomenon which, al-ti'ion-li
common oil the lakes of central
Africa, seems rue enough.
The chief engineer on coming down
lute to luncheon told us that be bad
seen a waterspout near by. As we
had finished our meal we hurried lip
'in ilccU to net n glimpse of it. We
iiw near the southern horizon a gray
iinike like column arising from the
surface of the lake and expanding
into v. h.it ((Hiked like a cloud above.
Tlilnkii;' tls-U It must be the engineer's
wnterspMU. v.-e approached Captain
Gray ami Mr. Akeley. who were also
Intently observing It, and asked them
if we were right In our conjecture.
"Waterspout!" said the skipper, with
a smile. "Flies."
"Files?" we repeated and turned to
Mr. Akeley In the hope of getting from
til in a more Intelligible explanation.
"Quite true." he said. "Files. You've
seen the lake fly before?"
"No.", we retorted, "we haven't, and
we didn't know that it flew."
Assuring us that neither he nor the
skipper had any intention of deceiving
ns, lr. Akeley. explained that he re
ferred to the insect known as the "lake
fly" and not to any spasmodic fri
volity on the part of the waters of
Victoria Nyanzu. The apparent water
spout was nothing more or less than
n huge cloud composed of myriads of
tiny flies. They sometimes rise from
the surface of the lake in such dense
columns ns to obscure the light of the
sun like a pillar of smoke.
Professional
S. F. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calib both night and day.
Call! promptly answered. Office on Third
Street, Athena Oregor
PETERSON & BISHOP
Attorneys-at-Law
Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon
Homer I. Watts
Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon..
C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V.
Official Stock iDRpactor. Graduate HcKllllp
Vetinary college, Chicago
Phone Main 87, PENDLETON, OREGON
Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist
DR. E. J. .t LOCUM
Suggestive Therapeutist
Office in Barrett Building
Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Exami
nation and Consultation Free.
, THE
1ST. NICHOLS HOTEL
J. E. FROOME, prop.
:.,;v"'v: m ' .-'
Only First-class Hotel in
the City.
: THE ST. NICHOLS
X I the only one that can accommodate
commercial traveler.
Iff
Can beiecomended tor Ha clean and
well ventilated room.
Cor. Mair ajtd Thikd, ATHMA.Or.
At'
in
SI!
Pendleton and Athena
General Photography and Photographic
Supplies. Enlarging. Reproducing and
Kodak Finishing.
TRICKS OF LIGHT.
Why People Sometimes Feel Dull or
Uncomfortable at Table.
How few people realize that they
are actually suffering from snow blind
ness in miniature every time they
read or work over n white surface on
which a brilliant light shines directly.
Half t! paper, for Instance, which Is
the common medium for the majority
of books we read, will throw a blind
ing glare into the eye of the reader If
the light strikes It at the wrong angle,
and It forms an excellent test for the
selection of proper lighting for a room
and for the placing of the lighting fix
tures, for lighting diffusion should be
such as to allow comfortable reading
from half tone paper In any position.
A dome hanging above a dining table
on which Is white cloth causes the
light to reflect into the eyes of those
around the table at an angle that pro
duces muscular strain. This has a
peculiar effect upon tbe senses, and
drowsiness and mental inertia are apt
to result People are opt to complain
of a feeling of dullness at table or
that they have Indigestion when it is.
In reullty, the effect of the light
A too brilliant light sbiniug directly
into the eye plays many curious psy
chological tricks. Deaf people, for In
stance, cannot hear so well If they
are facing a brilliantly lighted room,
and, as for being able to see better by
a bright light than by a dim one, ex
actly tbe reverse is the case, for de
tail of objects become practically lost
to the eye when too much light enters
it Suburban Life Magazine.
OREGON
AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE
BEGINS its forty -fifth school year
September io. 1913.
DEGREE COURSES in manyphasesof
agriculture. engineering. home
Economics, Mining, forestry, com
merce. PHARMACY.
TWO-YEAR COURSES in Agricul-
TURK,- HOME ECONOMICS, MECHANIC
ARTS, FORESTRY. COMMERCE, PHARMACY
TEACHER'S COURSES in manual
training, agriculture, domestic science
and art. .
MUSIC, including piano, string, band
instruments and voice culture.
A BEAUTIFUL BOOKLET entitled
"Thb Enrichment of Rtjrai, Life"
and a Catalogue will be moiled free
on application.
Address II. M. TennanT, Registrar.
(tw-7-15 to 9-9) . Corvallis, Oregon.
ATHENA,
One Block South of St. Nichols Hotel,
1st, 2nd, 15th and 16th of each month.
PENDLETON,
Studio in the Eagle-Woodman Building.
kM44 OVER 65 YEARS'
"Vv EXPERIENCE
11 A
A. 1 I
A Tram Marks
j0 Designs
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
qnlcklr ascertain our opinion free whether an
Invention Is probably patentr-'a. Communica
tions strictly confidential. HANuilOOK on Patent!
lent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Hunn k Co. receive
special notice, without charge, lathe
Scientific Jftierican.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. T,arrest elr
dilation of any scientific Journal. Terms, f 3 a
rear : four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers.
ffiUNN & Co.38,Broadwa' New Yor!i
Branch Offlce, 635 F Bt, Washington, D. C.
Agues-What foolish things a young
man will do wben he's in love. Ethel
Ob, Asnus, I'll bet Jack's proposed.
If
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Receiving Station is at
Ask For Prices. Cash Paid for Cream.
AET SQUARES
MILLER,
"The Furniture Man', has added this
line to his already large, varied stock
Art Square Bargains
We have tbo finest Hoe of Art Squares ever shown io Atbena. All are of modern designs and up-to-tbe
minute patterns. They are going at prioes nevee. before beard of, class of goods oonsideied. Our line of
Furniture is complete. - It inolndes late styles in Ooisioao Walnut, Birdseje and tbe popular Golden Oak. Tbe
very latest novelties in Iron and Brass Beds. Everything in Springs and Mattressss.
PAINTING
In All Branches
PAPERING
And Decorating
Complete Stock of
Wall Paper, Paint
Oil, Glass etc
G il. KIDDER,
Main Street, Athena, Ore.
BUTTER WpAPS
At the Prcs Office
Where to Buy Good Clothes
The
MaSKG.KKP3S
ISwr.SftntiiBa
SUitt UlAB
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One of the East's best
woolen men, who looked
over our fall line, saj's it
is the prettiest in pattern
and colorings and most
practical in weights and
contains the best values
ever shown for the price.
Besides showing one of
the test all-wool lines iu
the country, better work
willbejshown this fall bv
producing the best fitting
nicest looking, 1 o n g est
wearing garments made
in America and at prices
within reach of all, All
ladies' suits, skirts, one
piece dresses and long
coats made io order from
our material or ytur own
Careful attention given to all cleaning, pressing and alteration work. But
tons covered. My motto ia to please regardless of time or expense. Present
location, Foss house, one block north of school house.
Athena, Ore.
mwmmmmmmsssf-
JAMES CON LEY,
The Tailor
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OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President. -H.
KOEPKE Vice-President,
F. S. Le GEO W, Cashier.
E. K KOONTZ. Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS
S. F. WILSON, H. KOEPKE,
W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS,
F. S. Le GROW.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ATHENA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $100,000.00
We extend to our Depositors every cAccomnidation
consistent with sound Banking.
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Athena IKloteS
Mrs. L. Chittenden, Proprietor
White Help Only, Employed
Good Clean Rooms Table served
I with the best the market affords
A Home For the Traveling Public
Reasonable Rates
Courteous Treatment
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
mimm mm
Is trade in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the very best
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best'selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your
grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour for .,
Ill .40 Pr Sack
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash.
LATESr PAINLESS OPERATING METHODS
MODERN DENTISTS
TAYLOR HARDWARE BUILDING! PFNDLETON
la)
. ssciutely Puke
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
m x if h i it a a
ort tAKmq wywptu eo., xrw vomt. '
Hardware & Implements
6. W. Proebstel, Weston
Meritorous values in an uptodate stock of Hardware,
Implements and Vehicles. Winona Wagons, Moline
Hacks, Buggies, Harness, Incubators and Brooders, Lum
ber, Shingles, Cement, Lime and general progressive line
to meet all demands. See us before buying. Fair treat
ment in quality and price.
All Sold t Reduced Prices for Cash
McConnon Remedies
Known on their merits, as pure and reliable. We call special attention to
our rJMaccolax Tablets and rJVlentholatum Salve. All who have used them
find same indispensable for the home
Our Stock Tonic
ia made from vegetable products and is rnarranteed from anr poison matter.
Same can be had from McConnon Wagon or
Wright Livery Athena, Oregon
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