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cATHENA. ORE.. OCT. 24 ......1913
Athena now baa a obanoe to abate
in the heneflta of the county library
law, as amended by law of 1911, and
wbioh bag been demonstrated as a
great fineness in Mnltnomab, Hood
River and Wesco oounties, and baa
lately been established io Klamath
ooo n!y. Nut alone Atbena, bat every
town and oonimanity and farm bouse
in tbe oonnty may bave the privilege
of access to a library of 10,000 vol
umes, tbrongb this plan. Atbena
needs a library, and in no other way
can it be obtained. An article t n tbe
first page of this issue contains tbe
plan as set forth by tbe state librarian
at a meeting held bore Tnesday morn
ing, and sboold be oaref nlly read ty
every oitizan. Petitions to the county
oonrt asking for a l-10tb mill tax levy
for tbe library fond, have teen circu
lated here this week and freely signed,
There will bo good "pickings" in
the .region around Dallas for tbe
automobile salesmen tbis fall. That
region lies tbis year tnmed off an
immense crop of bops of nnnsnally
high quality and for some lime Dallas
baa been overrnn with buyers who are
aoxioos to relieve the groweis of their
holdings. A few sales have keen made
at 26 oenta but many of' the farmers
are holding for better prices and It is
thought there will be no general un
loading until (be price reaobes 80
cents.
Although uot officially oontlrmed,
it has leaked out at WashinRton that
the Wilsoa administration is projeot-
iug a plan for the government owner-
(?!iip and operation of telugrophs and
telephones. It is said that tbe Com
m or oo Oommisiou is eueueed in col
lecting data about the existing con
tiol of the telephone lines Hud
the first step will be . taken in
direotion.
, USING SUDDEN WEALTJi. ,
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What Would You Do if You Fell Heir
to Three Hundred Millions?,
Some time tigo a man was "knock
ing" Andrew Carnegie for "the -crazy
ld;a of putting up all those libraries,"
and finally for luck of something else
to say. I asked hint casually: "Well,
what would you do if you hud 800
millions dumpoit into your lap?"
fie giilpi'd once or twice, went into a
sort of trance, and finally said: "Why
I'd -I'd -why, bluined 'f I know" and
then we talked about something else.
Since then the subject- has crossed
my mind many times, and I am not
sure that the proper solution is any
nearer. If you ask the question of
ten of your friends, you will at first
get a funny answer from each of
them:
"Buy me a yacht and travel all the
time." "Build the finest borne In tbe
country." "Buy all the pork ond beans
in the world and throw them to
the fishes," etc., these being a few of
the actual answers given me. After
ward, on reflection, each one will really
try to say what he would do. but the
human mind finds It difficult to com
prehend such an amount, or even the
interest on it, which at 5 per eenfc
would be $15,000,000 yearly. Interna
tional Magazine.
ELEPHANT COURTSHIP.
that
that
A short timo two wbeu tbe whole
country was worrying about the no
pmoedented beat and drought in the
middle west, the governor of Kansas
iririntid a pnblio statement saying he
hoped no one wonld waste pity on tbe
people of bis state. With more than
200.000.000 on deposit in her state
uud national tanks, Kansas would
weather a worse storm without hard
rl.ip. Undoubtedly Bponaue oun absorb
more entertainment than any other
city on the Paaiflo slope. Bar inter
state fair is second in fascination only
to her apple show ; lint to keep in line
ltttlo, ex-Amhossador Harry L, Wil
son, who recently retomsd to hia home
in Spokaue, baa teeu Iloortuiring the
multitudes of tbe Falls City at recep
tions given in his august honor.
And now Argentine has joined
bands with (he Weston, Milton and
Hudson Bay silo builders, to meet the
demands of meat consuming Aum
ioaus. Suo will ship boot, propotly
preserved and inspected, into this
country.
The slit skirt has evideutly caught
tbe eye of tbe editor of Collier's
Weekly, for be soys: "Never tefotn
in our living memory has wcuiau'a
dress Leon ruoie attractive than it Is
today."
"Act in baste ond repent at Id
sure." England and Germany acted
hustlly in recognizing Iloerta, and
now thoy are sorry for it aud may
"uureoogniza" him.
What so glorious di a day iu Octo
ber, in Eastern Oregon? Tbe weather
of the past week baa ticeniimplyideal,
aud even the tain of today is not to be
eueezed at.
"Suptomber Morn" seems to have
been much appreciated by artiatin
Tenc'letou, although its abbreviated
appoaranoe was not made until late iu
Ootober. '
Perhaps Thaw aaya ''Now ia the
winter of my discontent made glor
iously worse by this eoo-of a goo from
New Yoiiok.
The Inter Ocean ooutains "Notes
from Hades." But nothing is said
about what part of Chioago Hade
ia located in. -
Feats of Strength by Which the Lady
Chooses Her Mate.
When two male elephants compete
for the companionship of a female they
do not forget their dignity so far as to
fight for the lady. They simply face
each other squarely. Then oue of
them pulls down a branch from a tree
with his trunk and lays it at bis feet.
The other takes a larger brunch or
pulls up a big shrub by the roots and
also lays it at his feet.
Number one then tackles a still big
ger branch, um,-ibis Ktrnngo competi
tion goes on, turn and turn about,
until at last the contestants try to pull
down trees wholesale, and the one who
falls to uproot his tree in turn is aban
doned by the lady elephant, who has
been nu Interested spectator of the
strange duel. She goes off with the
possessor of the largest tree, and the
vanquished elephant retires shame
faced.
This trial of strength species of
courtship Is very remarkable when
contrasted wifb (he ordeal of battle
of most other animals and shows the
highly developed intelligence of these
enormous oreu tares.-Wide World Mag
azine.
"Good Luck" Amulets.
Mr. Edward Lovett, In a lecture to
the members of the Folk Lore society,
explained his collection of amulets for
good luck used by fishermen on the
coasts of the British Islands. It was
with no small difficulty that he secured
his specimens and certified their his
tory. Luckily here and there he met
old men of tho sou who had no longer
Rny direct personal Interest In the
wares of Billingsgate; for It was nn
unwritten law among the fishermen
that to communicate the nature of tho
charm was to destroy Its efficacy for
good luck. These charms were any
thing but charming in themselves old
dead fish, small stones with holes In
them which were suspended Iu the
bow of the boat, an old penny found
in the stomach of n dogfish which, be
cause one fish evidently liked It, would
entice other fish us well, or a portion
of a dried kingfisher, as this bird wns
believed to bring good weather. Lon
don Standard.
THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
Maybe It Wat a Quince Eva Ate In
; the Garden of Eden.
Why and bow it has happened that
the apple has been spoken of as the
fruit that was forbidden In the Garden
of Eden is one of the great puzzles of
biblical scholars.' The fact is that iu
Genesis lil.. where the incident of tbe
eating of this fruit of the "tree of
knowledge of good and evil" is men
tioned, no uame whatever Is given to
that fruit. All that Is said Is:" "And
when the Woman saw that the tree
was good for ood, and that It was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be
desired to make one wise, she took of
tbe fruit thereof, ond did eat, and gave
also unto her husband with ber; and
be did eat." (Verse 6.)
In fact, scholars doubt very seriously
whether it was tbe apple at all. They
suggest that all evidence points to it
having been tbe quince, tbe fragrance
of which was held In the highest
esteem by the Orientals. Another point
In favor of the quince is that it is the
fruit which was sncred to Venus, tho
goddess of love, and in a great many
of tbe ancient writings the quince Is
very frequently mentioned in this man
ner. In Babylonia Isbtar took the
place of Venus in the Roman mytho
logy, and It should be remembered that
the story of the creation originated
with the Babylonians. All evidence
seems to point away from the apple
having been the "forbidden fruit," and
toward the quince as having been that
fruit of the "tree of knowledge of good
and evIl."-TIt-BIts.
DREAMING OF FALLING.
What Happened In the One Known
Case of Hitting the Ground.
Probably all of us have dreamed
that we were falling down the back
stairs or a high cliff, then gliding swim
mingly off into space. This dream
gives tbe same sensation as a rapidly
descending elevator or a fast swaying
swing. We are worried for the instant
about what - will happen when we
strike bottom, but we never strike.
Either we are off on another dream
before that disastrous event happens
or we nwnke.
There Is nn old superstition that if
one ever hit the ground the shock
would kill the dreamer, but this is
difficult of proof, for, as our Irish
neighbor might remark, the only way
it could be proved would be to bave
the dreamer wake up dead and tell us
about it.
Of the thousands who wrote letters
a few years ago to an Englishman
who bad published an essay on the
subject but oue correspondent had
dreamed that the fall coutinued clear
to the ground. This woman dreamed
she fell off n tall rock. When she hit
the ground she was broken into small
bits, but a sort of second sglf gathered
up the pieces and glued them together,
making u piece of humanity us good as
new. This dream, however, is unique.
-Chicago Tribune.
Quite So.
"There If nothing like the loneliness
of n great city."
"Especially to the man who doesn't
advertise." Louisville Courler-Journal.
His Ideal.
K nicker-Is he deeply In love? Bock
rr-Ves; ho thinks all the girls on ttie
inugni'.iiH' covers look like her -New
Vork Sun
Moderation Is the pleasure of thone
who are wise
Teddy weilded bis tig stick to make
Congress coma through. Wilsoa is
using a twig of losio wltt greater
suooecs.
Somebody bas discovered soother
country up in tb,o polar regions where
uothlug rows Lot ioiolua aud loebergs.
' Notice.
Nolioe ia hereby given that Rosa
Coruoyer, exeontrix of the last will
and testament of Guatavus Cornover,
deceased, will oiler for sale at Ath-
eoa,.Oiegou, at two o'clock in tbe
afternoon ou Saturday, the 25th day
of Ootober, 1913, six bead of mules,
whioh were appriaised by tbe apprais
ers ol the estate at one buudred
(f 100.00) dollars eaoh; four bead of
boises one oow, one Bain wagon and
wheat rack, one wooden barrow, one
header, oue gang plow, and six sets of
harness. All sales for oue buudred
(f 100.00) dollars or less must be for
ensb. Sales for more than one hun
dred (f 100.00) dollars may be made on
three mouths time. Promissory notes
beariug iuterest at eight per cent evi
dencing time sales will be taken pro
vided they aro made by solveut and
responsible peraous.
Hose Coruoyer,
Peterson & Bishop, Executrix.
Attomeya for Exeontrix.
SUMMONS.
In tho Cirouit Conrr. for the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Fiist National Bauk of AtheuR. a
Corporation Plaintiff,
vs.
Harry Biowu, Dtfendaut.
To Harry Brown, above named de
fendant:
In tha uame of tbe State of Oregon,
you are hereby suuiruoued and re
quired to appear aud auawer the ootu
plaint filed against yon in the above
entitled court within six weeks from
the date of tbe first publioation of thla
aummous against you, aud it you fail
to appear and answer aud plead, the
plaintiff, for want thereof, will de
mand from the atove entitled court
the telitf demanded in its complaint,
towit: For a judgment against you
in the sum of tS33.00 with iu'ereet
tbereou at the ate of per cent per
annum from September 1st, 1913, to
gether with its costs and disburse
ment io tbis aotiou.
Ibis numinous is putliabtd pursuant
to an order of the Uouotablo 11. W.
Phelps, judge of tha above entitled
court, made on the 35th day of Sep
tember, 1913, and the first publication
thereof is ou tha 3rd day of October,
1913. Homer 1. Watts.
Attorney for Plain titf.
Sarcastic.
fie hud Just reached the philosophi
cal stage when he slipped into a res
tuurant between bars for a bit to eat
He ordered. Then he sat staring
ahead, quietly thoughtful Jn expres
slon, and waited.
It Is admitted that he did some wait
Ing too. Whut happened to his order
couldu't be understood outside the pe
cullar convolutions of a restaurant
kitchen, but he spent half nn hour sit
ting there, staring abend of him.
At last it oauio. As the waitress put
the order before him he started from
his deep study as if he had forgotten
he had an order voming. Then, look
Ing up at the fair transporter of
edibles, he said:
"You don't look a day' older!"
Everybody's.
The Sleep of Horses.
When the horse sleeps, if is said that
one ear is directed forward, why Is
not known. A writer In tho English
Mechanic thinks this is to guard
against danger, being n survival of Its
originally wild habits. He says: "Watch
a horse asleep through the window of
his stable aud make a faint noise at
tho front That ear will be all atten
tion, and probably the other will fly
around sharply-to assist Now let him
go to sleep again and make the same
nolso to the left The forward ear still
will keep guard, with possibly a light
ning flick round, ouly to resume its
former position."
The Lost Dime.
A man sent his neighbor's little boy
to the drug store to buy five postage
stamps. He banded hlra two dimes,
the extra one being for himself. Some
time afterward tho boy came back
blubbering and said he bnd lost one of
the dimes.
"But why didn't you buy me th
stamps?" nsked tho man.
"Because, mister," replied the boy, "it
wos your dime I lost" Judge.
Poor Scheme.
Crawford-Why dou't you try Jolly
ing your wife a little? It's easy to
tell her she's looking younger and
more beautiful every day. Crabshaw
I tried that once, and she nailed me for
money to nave ner picture tasen.
Judge.
What She Wanted.
Dr. Buzzer the Dentist I'm sorry, but
I'll have to extract that tooth. Mrs.
Tungtwist-1 don't like to lose It un
less you can Gt me with o 'substltooth.
Chicago News.
CUTTING VENEERS.
Puzzling Predicament.
Why is Jiggers n I ways Iu hot water
with his wife?"
Because they can't keep the pKt
boiling "-Baltimore American
Three Methods Are Used Sawing,
Slicing and the Rotary Cut,. . '"' V
Veneer Ik very thin lumber. .The rav
material Ik usually purchased in logs
of r;i:.dow lengths. Some are cut into
f.'IIchi and in turn sawed into thin A
: ei tl::s called sawed veneer. In other
i uses the logs, after being steamed,
uivuved to sharp knives. This meth
od piii luccs sliced veneer. Neither
vt tiie-ie processes Is ns extensively
used as the third, tbe rotary cut, al
though for certain purposes they, are
of Importance.' ; . .? , ;
The structure of the wood, the size
of the logs and the use for which the
veneer is designed largely determine
the process employed. Some foreign
woods are very hard and. like soft do
mestic woods tbe conifers, for instance
often produce the best veneer when
sawed, while for other woods the slic
ing method is preferred. Where the
product is for fine exterior finish and
has to be selected and matched ac
cording to the figure or grain, sawing
is the favorite method.
The rotary cut process is similar in
principle to tbe slicing process. The
log, after bejng steamed, is revolved
against a fixed knife tbe length of the
log and wide sheets are shaved off.
Veneers are cut into a number of
thicknesses. The domestic woods, ro
tary cut, range from five-sixteenths to
one-fiftieth of an inch and the import
ed woods from three-sixteenths to one-tblrty-fourth.
In tbe sawed and sliced
products the thickest veneer is five
sixteenths. Indianapolis News.
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MILLER,
"The Furniture Man," has added this
line to his already large, varied stock
FEATS OF MEMORY.
One Man Who Astounded Wesley by
His Knowledge of the Bible.
One of tbe most astonishing mnemon
ic feats on record Is recorded by John
Wesley. "I knew a man about twen
ty years ago," writes Wesley, "who
was so thoroughly acquainted with the
Bible that if be was questioned as to
any Hebrew word In the old, or any
Greek word in tbe New Testament, be
would tell, after a little pause, not only
how often the one or the other oc
curred In the Bible, but also what it
meant in every place. His name was
Thomas Walsh. Such a master of
Bible knowledge 1 never saw before,
and never expect to see again."
Walsh had a close rival in Macaulay,
who, according to James Stephen,
could repeat "all Demosthenes by
heart and all Milton, as well as a great
part of the Bible."
A strange Instance of freak memory
is recorded in the case of a servant
girl In a Scottish manse. She was al
most Illiterate, yet when delirious in
fever, surprised those around her by
repeating long passages of the Bible in
Hebrew. The kitchen where the girl
spent her evenings adjoined tbe min
ister's study. He was accustomed to
read aloud. Tbe girl had not under
stood or consciously taken heed of the
reading, yet her mind bad seized upon
and stored the phrases. ' London
Chroulcle.
The Absentmlnded Man.
Two men met at a corner during a
gentle shower. One had his umbrella
up, tbe other carried bis in his hand
evidently oblivious of the fact that ho
had nn umbrella. '
"Hello," said the oblivious one, "what
are you doing with that upbrella?"
"Me?"
"Yes, you. That's my umbrella."
"Your umbrella?" .
"Yes, no doubt about it. I know it
by tho handle. There's not another like
It in town."
"Oh, there isn't!" said the accused
one, smiling extravagantly, "What's
that you have in your hand?"
"Eh? Why. that's my umbrella,"
said tho oblivious one. "I I forgot
that I had It" Indlnapolls News.
Old Theories About Lightning.
Our forefathers had many theories
about lightulng. According to them no
one could bo struck by lightning while
asleep, ond no tree struck by lightning
could be burnt. Splinters from such
a tree, diligently chewed, were, of
course, pleasantcr to the taste than the
dentists' forceps. And the old time
schoolboy firmly believed that if be
were rash enough to mention lightning
directly after n flash the important
part of his raiment would be immedi
ately torn off. And many were his at
tempts to land bis fellows in that pre
dicamentLondon Chronicle.
Bold Comparison.
A visitor from South Africa, on be
ing nsked for his opinion of Niagara
falls, Inquired of the questioner in bis
turn. "What do you think of Victoria
falls compared with Niagara?" The
Yaukee's reply was, "Victoria
compared with Niagara? a
frontal perspiration."
falls
mere
A Frequent Mistake.
"That man seems to thiuk be is the
voice of the people," said the carping
observer.
"He does," replied Senator Sorghum,
"when as a matter of fact he's only
one of the people with a . volce."
Wnshington Star.
A Safe Choice.
As between taking a ride with a
drunken chauffeur and being shaved
by an Intoxicated barber, we believe
we would choose to walk and let our
whiskers drag the ground. Galveston
News.
Point Not Well Taken.
Mrs. Tlmkins ito small daughter say
ing prayers -A little louder, dear. I
can't hear. Daughter-ies, but I o
not speaking to you. New York Post
Many men ovt the grandeur of their
live l their tremendous rilfficultlcs.-
MONEY TO LOAN
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Attorn eys-at-Law
Athena, Oregon. - Pendleton, Oregon
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Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
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Phone Mala 87, PENDLETON, OREGON
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Office, Dutch Henry Auclion, Feed
nd Sale Stable, Pendleton, Oreg.
Phone, 133.
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; . OFFICERS
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H. KOEPKB Vice-President,
F. S. Le GROW, Cashier.
E. E. KOONTZ. Ass't. Cashier.
S. F. WILSON, a KOEPKE,
W. S. FERGUSON M. L. WAITS,
F. S. Le GROW.
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