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cATHENA. ORE.. OCT. 3 1913
Alfalfa, corn and silos beget hogs,
beef cattle and dairies, is the. nlogan
brought to Athena Wednesday by
Professor Holden of Iowa Agricultu
ral College and other experts on tbe
all-absorbing issne of practical divers
ified farming. The slogan was lis
tened to by a ' comparatively small
number of farmers more's tbe pity.
Holdeo delivered one of tbe most able
add i esses ever beard here and bis ar
gument for more and better results
from the soil bristled witb faot and
logic. His discourse of an boor and a
half developed the one-crop farmer as
be stands in regard to coustriboting to
tbe breadbauket of tbe world. And to
take Holden for it, tbe one-crop farm
er is not toting bis part of tbe loud
when the undeveloped prodnotive pos
sibilties of bis land is considered.
Viewing tbe qnestion from Professor
Holdeo's standpoint and along the
line of bis lctare, it is up to tbe
farmer to pot more in ibe breadbasket
than be is now doing ty leaving bait
of bis laod lie idle eaob year. In
othor words, with tbe passing of tbe
great western ranges, Holden puti it
squarely up to tbe farmer to produce
tbe beef ; that it is an obligation he
owes to humanity as a produoer of
foodstuffs to fet all. be possibly can
from tbe soil and tbe logioal way to
get it is to diversify production. In
addition to beef, tbe silo oalis for the
stviue herd and tbe dairy, tbe products
from whiob fill op the basket and
swells the bank roll.
Mr. O. 0. Moore, of tbe United
Elatos Department of Cbemistrv, bas
biun in Oregon for two weeks study
l.ig tbe adaptability of Oregon pota
toes us a row product for the manu
facture of starob. He bas declared
Ms faith in trie possibility of eslab
lijbing factories for tbe niauufaotore
of starch and gluoose from potatoes
n:id bas bad a meeting witb prominent
I'oitland business men witb this eud
i i view. It is stated that the Paoiflo
Northwest at present consumes about
10,000 tons of etarob per year, prao
i.oally all of which is shipped from
the east. Tbe establishment of a
itiroh mill in Oregon would supply
' Is annual demaud and would also
I 'ovlde an outlet fot surplus spuds
? ring seasons of low prices.
Up-to-The-Times Magazine, always
v H i, is better for Oototer than ever.
".inpeiienocB of a Pioneer," "Schools
.1 Colleges," and "Great Opportun-)'-
of tbe Blue Mountain Couutry,"
u- articles up to the lenders iu tbe
l.'U magazines of tbe day. T hero's a
t uie spot on the reading table of every
Ujioiotbe Northwest coautry that
does not have a monthly visit from
Up-to-ThB-Tlmes.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It bas Leen predicted tbut beef will
go to a dollar a pound ty 1933 uulens
furmera raise more oaltlo. Americans
are great boef-eaters. Tbey Ilka to
live well. High liviug is a f ad witb
them. Farmers will make no mistake
in faot tbey will make l.eefsteak
by going into etockraisiug moie ex
tensively. It Is their Louauza, their
goldmine. Will they wotk it? Suie,
they will.
Win, Travers Jerome told the Can
adian court that poker wasn't a game
of ohanoe; meaning, perhaps, that tbe
man playing against biw bad uo
ohanoe of winning, it wan, to some
extent at least, a ohanoe if yon got
off witb your life, bark iu tbe old
Ceutervillan days.
foED CLOVER fergEgga
... ALFALFA OUT YIELDS
OTHER HAY CROPS v
ALFALFA
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5.4 TONS PC ACRE
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13 .
RAMBLINGS OF A CHECK.
DID YOU EVER EAT POI?
Maybe You Wouldn't Care to the Way
They Do It In Hawaii.
Pol Is the national dish of tbe Ha
wa linns, and a pot supper Is an event
long to be remembered by foreigners
admitted to participation therein. Pol
is made from taro, a big, coarse, dark
skinned vegetable grown under water,
the size and shape of a large sweet po
tato. The taro Is pounded until it be
come!) n course, moist mass and Is
then left to ferment.
When pol Is Rerved encb guest fontbes
and dries the right hand and then pro
ceeds to dip tbe Index finger of that
band Into the mass. There is quite a
knack In the operation, and It is always
neressnry to Instruct the novice that
there Is nbsolutely no need to move bis
arm. but simply the wrist.
One removes bis finger at the same
time that his neighbor does On the
finger of the skilful operator there will
be (i penr shaped ball of pol. but the
clumsy one's fingers will simply be
thinly veneered with the substance.
Then, if the stranger nslt what was
the matter with his movement, lie will
tie told tlnit he held his finger too
straight. Tie must crook It u little and
turn MIS hand not too fast, with a wrist
movement only.-Harper's Weekly.
Woman's Wit.
An emperor of (icrmnny besieged a
city which be longed' to one of bis rebel
lious noblemen. After the siege had
Insted for n long time the emperor de
termined to take It by storm and to de
stroy nil It contained by fire and sword
lie did not. however, wish to injure
the defenseless women. Therefore be
sent a proclamation into tbe town say
ing that oil the women might leave tbe
place unhurt and carry with them
whatever they held most precious. The
nobleman's wife Instantly decided to
take her husband, and the other wo
men followed ber example. They soon
Issued from tbe city gate In a long pro
cession, each one with her husband on
ber shoulders. The emperor was so
much struck witb the noble conduct of
the women that ho spared all. liven
the city Itself was left untouched.
Of Course.
A New York dramatic writer tells of
an actress of great popularity who is
Just beginning to lie obsessed with the
notion that the public holds ber to be
older than she really is.
The writer was aligned to inter
view thla player. Ho wished to obtain
her views with reference to the Btate
of the drama, a topic whereon the act
ress did not seem particularly anxious
to descant.
"It docs not seem to mo," gently sug
gested the Interviewer with a smile,
"that 1 am really ascertaining jour
opinion. You ought to be frank, since
your eyes are gray and"-
"I'rematurely so, my dear boy, pre
maturely so," the actress hastened to
assure him. Judge.
A New York faotory proprietor
convicted of caielessuce iu the death
of 110 employes was flued 20. It
often costs more than that to Llaokeu
a neigbbr's eve, remarks a paragraph
er. Newspapermen do not wotry over
lit iuooma tax nor lie awake o' uights
thinking of tbe rotation cf crops. Ob.
the craft bas muob to be thaukf ol for.
Em per oi William of Uotwauy has
climbed upon tha water wagon and
it will not be ueoevsary to tie blui oc,
for be ia a man of iruu will.
The cold storage people recently
held big nieetlug iu Chicago and
tbe next day a cult wave etiuck the
couutry.
An exobaoge itcuarka that "out cf
our citltena baa gone to California
to become a native of that atste,"
We are not proud of the way Cali
fornia is daaliug out justice to Ler
oiillionaiie white slavers.
Delicious Supper Dish.
For Swiss eggs, a delicious supper
dish, spread the bottom of rt baking
rllxti with two ounces of butter. Cov
it this with thin slices of American
tiieese. I'liwe four eggs over the
cheese, taking care Hint the yolks are
not broken. Season with pepper and
salt, pour around the eggs two tablo
spoonhils of rich cream and cover tbe
top with grated cheese. Bake it for
ten minutes, garnish with parsley and
serve with flugers of dried toiiBt
To Her Credit.
Miss Dlgga-Yes. he said you didn't
Rhow your age. Miss I'nssay-The
Idea! The Impudence ot blra! Miss
Plggs-Why. I'd cull that a compU
fheut. it simply proves bow skillful
you've been In concealing It Philadel
phia Press.
Their Hopes.
Hostess Oh. I hope your dog wou't
go Into the kitchen. The fish for baby's
dinner la on the table.
Caller-1 hope not. Indeed. He Isn't
allowed to have flsh.-I.ondou Punch.
(lilef niakea one hour len.-Shake-apenre
Notice.
Beginning Monday, Out. Gtb, we
will close at 6 p. tu., Saturdays ex
cepted. Moftgtove Mercantile Co.
SUMMONS.
In tho Circuit Conrr. for tha State of
Oregou for Umatilla County.
Fiist National Uuuk of Athena, a
Cotpoiatiou, Plaintiff,
vs.
Hairy Drown, Drfendaut.
To Harry Drown, above named de
fendant: In the uame of tbe State of Oregon,
voo are hereby sommontd aud re
quired to appear and auswer the com
plaiut tiled agaiust yon in the above
eutitled court within six weeks from
the date ot tbe first poblicatiou ot this
eummoua against you. and it you tail
to appear and auswer and plead, tbe
plaintiff, for want thereof, will de
mand from tbe atove entitled court
tbe lulirf detuauded In its complaiut,
tow it; Tor a judgment agaiust you
iu the sum of IS35.00 with iuercst
tbereou at the &te ot 6 per cent per
auuuru trout Septemter 1st, 1U18. to
gether witb its costs aud disburse
ments iu this action.
1 bis suuimouj is published pursuant
to an order ot the Houoiablo O. W.
Pbtp, judge of the above entitled
couit, made oa tbe 2Mb day of Sep
tember, 1913, and the first publication
tberect Is on the 3rd day of October,
1913. Homer 1. Watts.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Something on the Style of the House
That Jack Built.
- A man down south made a bet with
his wife which was Indiscreet -
Tbe wife won-which was foreor
dained. The man wrote the wife a check for
$5 in payment of the bet which was
sad.
Tbe wife ensued the check at tbe gro
cery, but forgot to Indorse It which
was natural.
Tbe grocer, despite tbe lack of en
dorsement paid it to a packing bouse
collector which was careless. -
Tbe packing bouse collector turned it
in which was all In a day's work.
Tbe packing house office man discov
ered Jhe lack of Indorsement which
was good work.
He handed it back to tbe driver and
docked tbe driver's salary which was
system.
The driver placed the check in his
white duck coat and sent It to the
laundry which was unwise.
The laundry mutilated the check be
yond recognltlon-wbich was to be ex
pected. Which is why the driver asked the
cashier to ask the grocer to ask the
man's wife to ask her husband to write
a duplicate check. Which Is why the
man feels like be Is paying that bet
twlce.-Kansas City Star.
NAMES FOR THE KNIVES.
The Small Boy Had Them All Dowr
Pat For the Preacher.
The small boy of today is often cred
ited with a predilection for saying the
wrong thing In tbe presence of an hon
ored guest. The following true Inci
dent shows that be also bad to be
reckoned with more than seventy years
ago.
In tbe pioneer days of Michigan Dea
con Brewster was noted for his large
family and his hospitality. One day
Elder Allen, the circuit rider, young,
good looking and, moreover, a bache
lor, arrived at tbe deacon's In time for
dinner. Presently a bounteous meal
appeared upon a board rather scantily
furnished, It must be owned, with cer
tain necessaries in the way of table
ware. After all were seated and the
elder bad asked the blessing Miss Bet
sy, tho eldest daughter, thinking to
apologize, blusblngly began:
"I'm sorry 1 couldn't find a better
knife for you. Mr. Allen. The children
carry them out to dig witb, you see,
and forget to bring them back."
"Why-y, sister." piped .lounuy's
shrill voice, "they're all here! 1 The
elder's got No Handle, dad bez Butch
er and mammy Stub! He'll Jest have
to take turns eating with the rest of
us." Woman's Home Companion.
Toward the Pole,
ice eight feet thick on the ocean and
snow falling even In summer such Is
the weather experienced in tbe polar
regions. When the ulr is dry and still
It is remarkable how low a tempera
ture can be borne with ease. One ex
plorer tells us that with the thermome
ter at 0 degrees it was too warm for
skating. The summer weather In this
region is, moreover, In some respects
pleasant and healthful. Within tbe
iirctle zone there are wonderfully col-
onled sunrises and sunsets to be seen.
They are both brilliant and Impressive,
nut the uiirhts-the nlirhts are monot
onous nnd rennlllnu. A rigid world
buried In everlifsting snow, silent save
for the cracking of the Ice or the wail
of the wind. Travelers In these re
gions experience many discomforts.
The keen air causes their skin to burn
and blister, while their Hps swell and
crack. Thirst, agnin, bas been much
complained of, arising from tho nction
of the low-temperature on the warm
body.
How Zulu Servants Are Fed.
Zulu servants live In a detached
house in the vaid. and each receives
the following rations: A half loaf of
bread per day. one can condensed milk
nor week, oue-nunrter pound of tea per
week, two pounds of sugar per week,
two pounds of corn meal per weeK,
fresh meat once a week. This meat
consists of a shilling's worth of "boy's
meat." probably a pound and a hair of
beef, which Is boiled with vegetables,
usnnllv carrots, which the Zulus love.
The black servants are known as
"boys." and tbe butchers sell a special
klud of meat for them, which Is called
"boy's ment"-l3. W. Howe's Monthly.
Home Manners.
Mr. Pester-Mr. Pleasauton bas such
delightfully agreeable manners. I sup
pose he acquired them while living ot
homo.
Mrs. Pestei Hardly! Men as a gen
eral rule seem to regard home as a
place where they don't have to be polite.-Boston
Record.
Generally the Case.
"1 wish you would mention this to
.links It Is highly Important"
"I'll mention It to him today."
"But how do you know you will see
him today r
"I'm bound to bump Into him. 1 owe
htm money ."-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Their Aim.
"1 suppose." said the husband, "1 sup
nose that you women want to vote just
like men do?"
"Oh. no," replied tho wife, "that
Isn't the point at all. Wa want to vote
a great deal better than the men do."
Chicago Journal.
Turning the Tables.
"How about references?" Inquired
the mistress.
"Oh, I lolke your looks, mum." said
the applicant for the position of house
maid, "au' I won't ask yer Tor refer
Alices." PliilniU'lphla Hwwtl
NO SENSE IN EITHER. "
Two Ways of Telling a Story, One of
Which Pointed a Moral.
Two men entered a train at a small
station out west and took seats facing
an elderly gentleman. They fell to tell
ing hunting stories with great anima
tion end ninny, many oathn.
No. I. Ing that the old gentleman was
an Interested listener, one of the men
spoke to him and asked whether he,
too. wys not a hunter, with a story or
two worth hearing.
Tbe told gentleman thought he could
tell one, and this is what he said:
"One day 1 thought I would go bunt
ing, so I took my tin pan tinder box
gun and went up into tin pan tinder
box woods on the side of a tin pan tin
der box mountain, and I waited a tin
pan tinder box long time; and then I
saw a tin pan tinder box fine buck
coming toward me, bo I put my tin
pan tinder box gun to my shoulder and
fired. And that tin pan tinder box
buck fell right in Its tin pan tinder box
tracks, and It was the finest tin pan
tinder box buck I ever killed." After
a pause he said, "How do you like my
story?"
"Oh, the story Is all right, but I
don't see what all that 'tin pan tinder
box bas to do with it"
"Well," replied the old gentleman,
"that is Just my way of swearing."
"I don't see much sense in swearing
that way," said tbe other, with mani
fest disgust. . .
To which the old gentleman respond
ed, "There is as much sense In my way
of swearing as there Is in yours, young
man." Youth's Companion.
A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET.
Tragic Story of the Origin of tho Fa
miliar Expression.
"A skeleton in tbe cupboard" is a
familiar expression which bas a tragic
origin. The story is that a certain
widow in England had a son in India,
but owing to his falling health bis
mother became very anxious for his
return. One day she received a letter
from him containing the strange re
quest that she should find some one
who bad no care or trouble and ask her
to make six shirts for him.
Anxious to accede to his wishes, the
mother bunted long and finally found
a lady who apparently fulfilled tbe
condition. Tbe lady listened in Bilence
to the request and then invited, the
widow into her bedroom, and there she
opened a cupboard, which contained a
human skeleton.
"Madam," she said, "1 endeavor to
keep my trouble to myself, but every
night my husband compels me to kiss
that skeleton, which was once his ri
val, whom he killed in a duel many
years ago. Think you that I am hap
py?" .
Then the mother wrote to her son of
the fruitless errand, and his reply was.
"I knew when I gave you the com
mission that every one had his cares,
and you, mother, must have yours.
Know, then, that I am condemned to
death aud can never return to Eng
land. Mother, mother, there is a skele
ton in every house!"
Ysaye's Lost "Strad."
Of fiddles lost stolen or strayed the
most notable instance within recent
times is the disappearance of the vio
lin belonging to the great player Ysaye.
It was a Stradivarius, made in 1732,
nnd one of the violins shown in the
loan collection of musical instruments
at South Kensington in 1885. It was
the practice of Ysaye, as of every other
great player, to carry with him two
violins, so that in case of accident he
might have one to fall back upon.
The stolen one was left unattended in
the artist's room below the orchestra.
It vanished, and in consequence of the
hue and cry that resulted the instru
ment has never come to light again.
Nor can the possessor of such a violin
bring it to light while tbe present gen
eration of experts is alive, for infalli
bly it would be recognized. St James'
Gazette.
The Aged Hare.
About BOO years ago there lived in
Agsbelin. a little town in Asia Minor,
an Imam, or village parson, tbe Khoja
Nasr-ed-DIn Effendi. Harry Charles
Lukach says that one day a camel
passed along the street in which the
Khoja lived, nnd one of the Khoja's
neighbors who bad never teen a camel
before rati to ask blm what this
Btrango benst might be.
"Don't you know what this is?" said
tbe Khoja, who also had never seen -a
camel, but would not betray his igno
rance. "That is n hare a thousand
years old. "-Pall Mall Gazette.
Bitter Disappointment
"What's wrong with that melancholy
man you were talking to Just now?"
"He has been dlsapolnted in love."
"Too bad! Did some other follow get
the girl?"
"No; he got the girl, but she won't
support him." Birmingham Age-Herald.
. '
Nearness.
"I came very near doing what 1 set
out to accomplish," said the man, with
great self confidence.
"Yes," replied the cruel cynic "But
that's, what the man said when he put
the paste brush In tbe Ink bottle."
Washington Star.
I to 'S
MILLER,
"The Furniture Man,'' has added this
line to his already large, varied stock'
Appropriate.
"What do you thiuk would be a nice
present to give a lawyer friend?"
"Why not a new suit?" Baltimore
American
The important thing In life Is to have
a great aim ami to porsess tbe apti
tude and prr-vrr.iu a to attain It
Omttlt
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money in any amount on wheat land in vicinity
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gains
We have tbe finest line of Art Squares ever shown in Athena. All are of modern designs and up-to-the
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calib both night and day.
Calls promptly answered. Office on Third
Street, Athena Oregor
PETERSON & KISHOP
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Attorneys-at-Law
Athena, Oregon. Pendleton, Oregon
Homer I. Watts
Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
C. W, LASSEN. M. D. V.
Official Stock iDspsctor. Graduate McKUllp
Yetlnary college, Chicago
Phone Main 27, PENDLETON, OREGON
Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist
DR. E. J, eLOCUM
Suggestive Therapeutist
Office in Barrett Building
Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Exami
nation and Consultation Free.
It. . RUDE,
LIVESTOCK
and General
AUCTIONEER
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Reference .
First National Bank
of Athena
Office, Dutch Henry Auction, Feed
and Sale Stable, Pendleton, Oreg.
Phone, 133.
OFFICERS
S. F. WILSON, President,
H. KOEPKE Vice-President.
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier.
E. E. 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 c4ccommdation
consistent with sound Banking. V
THE
1 8T; NICHOLS HOTEL
J. E. FBOOME, prop.
fir
Only First-class Hotel in
the City.
1 THE ST. NICHOLS
J li the only one that can accommodate
J oommerolal travelers.
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Can baieeomended tor Us elean and
well ventilated rooms.
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with the best the market affords
A Home For the Traveling Public
Reasonable Rates
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
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BUTTER WRAPS
At the Pres Office
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
Is made 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
er acic
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon.
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Known oa their merits, as pure and reliable We call special attention to
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find same indispensable for the home
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