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ciTHENA. ORE.. JAN. 9 1914
Evidently, it is not to be all roses
: in the path of Mt. Booth's senatorial
aspirations, notwithstanding be has
the endorsement of Zoetb Bonser and
the Umatilla county legislators. Lis
''. ten to this from the Pilot Book Beo
ord, the only recognized Republican
paper In the county: "1 be Engene
millionaire lumber man who after
'orgeat solicitation' on the part of bis
'friends' bas consented to ron for Sen
ator is no doubt a good man, and we
do not mean to intimate that tbe
Sooth Kelly Lumber Company ever
got bold of an aore of timber land dis
honestly bnt the faot tbat great lum
ber companies are not without sus
picion,. Mr, Booth's oandidaoy will
require good deal of explanation.
This is not a good time to ron men for
important positions who in no way
have sbown their superior gifts exoept
as money makers. While theie is no
objection to a man being rioh it does
make some difference as to how be got
his wealth. Those wbo buy lumber
today, desnite tbe Underwood bill,
will feel about as moon Jike voting for
a representative member of tbe biggest
lumber oompsoy in this state, as be
would tor t member of an loe trust on
- WORK OF THE OCEANS.
fbey Do Mors Than Merely Separate
Acres of Dry. Land. '
Oceans are found in various parte of
tbe world, where they spend their time
In lapping shores, Infringing upon the
rights of continents and swallowing
up Islands, ships and peoplft ..:-
Oceans are salty to tbe taste and
are. used by yachtsmen to get away
from their wives, also to cover up ca.
bled newspaper stories about kings
and queens and to float navies and
other debts. V
An ocean spends its time In having
storms and making surf. It delights In
making innocent people sick and In
playing with children's legs. Without
oceans there would be no steamships
and gambling would decline.
Every ocean bas a set of fish which
do not even pay ground rent, but spend
tbelr time like people wbo live on
land namely, in devouring each other.
Besides, ordinary fish, oceans have
whales, lobsters and. mermaids. The
mermaids live on rock Just as girls
on dry land do. The lobsters also live
shellfish Jives in lobster palaces. Tbe
whales .lie around and wait for the
bappy time when they can perform
useful work supplying bones for cor
sets. v ','
Some oceans employ professional
sea serpents, which they use during
the summer for advertising purposes.
Oceans also have zones, seaweed and
sponges. Wben an oceanjias been out
all night It likes to take a sponge bath;
bence it always keeps on band a con
stant supply of these useful toilet ar-Ocles.-Life.
P
tbe-Foo'lb of July.'
Tbe fact that Governor West ad-
' hetes to bis determination to retire
from tbe governorship bas oaosed tbe
Demoorats to oast about for a candi
date of tbe required calibre to make
the raoe for tbe offioe, and from every
indication, Dr. 0. J. timitb, formerly
of this county, now a prominent res
ident of Portland, will be tbe pre-
xerred candidate to enter tbe ap-
pioaobing primary eleotiou. So far
as Eastern Oregon is oonoerned, no
man tbe Demoorats could put out for
Governor could poll a larger vote than
could Dr. Sniltb. As a member of
tbe Senate, be represented bis county
and state with credit to himself and
to the tatisfaotion of bis oonstiuents.
So gieat was the strength he devel
oped in tbe State Senate tbat bis abil
ity a a statesman and his tireless en
deavors for tbe advancement of good
povetnment plaoe biin iu tbe groove
that slides easily to tbe nomination for
Governor. Tbe Press will be pleased
to suppoit him for Governor.
FARMS THAT FAIL y
The Way Food Making Crops Rob
8oil of Its Fertility Av
An acre of wheat deprlvesyfbe scoot
forty-flve pounds of nitrogen, twenty
three pounds of phosphoric acid and!
thirty pounds of potash On tbe mar
ket nitrogen Is worth 17 cents a pound,
phosphoric acid 7 cents and potash
cents. Therefore the actual money
value of tbe nitrogen removed from tb
soil by an acre of wheat to ff-65; of
phosphoric acid, $ 1.01, and of potash
$1.20, making a total la of $10.48 an
acre a, year. If tbe farmer raises twen
ty acres of wheat a year for twenty
lve years the loss .will be $5,230.
Each acre of oats consumes fifty
pounds of nitrogen, twenty pounds of
phosphoric acid and forty pounds of
potash. ' In the same way an acre of
- , a -at A A SPA
corn will take rrom we son io.ov
worth t fertility, provided both tbe
grain and fodder are removed. If you
have fifty acres in corn $025 worth of
fertility is removed each year. In twen
ty years you will bare taken out $!,
500 worth of the elements necessary to
produce n good crop.
Should you raise fifty acres of wheat,
fifty acres of oats and fifty acres of
corn for twenty years on your farm tbe
money value of the elements removed
from tbe soil would be more than $40,-
000. Is It any wonder, then, tbat the
farms begin to wear out when you fall
to return those elements to the soil
which are neeeswiry to produce a crop
-Furm and FlreHldo.
We have seen him didseoted, bisect
ed and otherwise hacked op for anal
ysis, but tbe following from an ex-
ehango is some definition, "believe
me": "After God bad finished tbe
rattlesnake, the toad and tbe vampire,
He bad some awful substanne left witb
vtbiob He naade tbe knooker. A
knocker is a two-legged animal witb a
coiksorew soul, a waterlogged brain
aud a combination hack bone made of
jelly and glue. Wbere other people
have hearts be has a tumor of rotton
principles. When tbe knooker comes
down the street honest men turn their
baoks, the angels in heaven take pre-1
oipitate refuge behind their harps aud
tbe devil barlooks the gates of bis dominion."
Lincoln's History of Himself.
Wben Abraham Lincoln was elected
to congress Charles Lnnman, then edi
tor of tbe Congressional Record, ac
cording to the regular custom, for
warded to Mr. Lincoln as well as to
all other members elect a blank to be
Oiled out with facts and dates which
might be made tbe basis for a bio
graphical sketch In tbe directory. Mr.
Lincoln's blank was returned prompt
ly, filled up In bis own handwriting
with tbe following Information:
"Born Feb. 12, 1S00, In Hardin coun
ty, Ky-
"Education, defective.
"Profession, lawyer.
"Military service, captain of volun
teers In tbe Black Hawk war.
"Offices held: Postmaster at a very
small office, four times a member of
the Illinois legislature and elected to
tbe lower bouse of tbe next congress.''
Experts found the aooouuts of the
Peudlelon water commissioners to be
on tbe right side of tbe ledger with an
overplnioftl.lt; but Dr. Best, the
odd member on the commission, still
contends tbe toard falls abort some
135,000 or thereabout. Some dlsoiep
anoy, to say tbe least. From a dis
tance it seems a aorap within a sorap
wherein personal feellug bas tbe as
cendancy. Good water is needed id
Pendleton mora than anythlug. and it
tbe water board is in a position to
bring it to tba town, ila members
should have the backlog of the cit
hens in their efforts to do so.
London's Dullest Job.
Tbe dullest Job In London may be
come an absorbing occupation in time.
There Is a clerk at tbe law courts
whose solo duty Is to take papers, one
by ouo, from a ptle on the left side of
bis table, bang n stamp down on them
and place tlieiu In tbe same order on
his right He bos been doing this job
for about tblrty-Ove years and recently
confessed that it bas become such a
part of bis nature tbat, If the supply
of documents dried up be would have
a nervous urea Known f ortunately,
the block of litigation at tbe courts
will prevent such a catastrophe for
some time -1-ondou Standard.
Wood crawled ont of Hodgson's silo,
where we staffed him a couple of weeks
ago, long enough to pilot a detailed
revision Id tbe Leader of Uncle Sam's
patcels post schedule, which appeared
in the columns of tbe Press In Us isens
cl Deoember 12tb. la common with
its esteemed contemporaries, the New
York World and the Helit Advooate,
this paper glories in a auoop, but it
never gloats over a cripple tbe col
onel cannot be expeoted to cover bis
newspaper field and beoome part and
parcel of Hodgson's silo, too.
John P, MoMaous, veteran editor of
tbe Pilot Rook Iteoord, bas aocuni
slated sufficient lucre io bis sloiee
box to enable bim to take a vaoatlou
He proposes to enjoy a oougar boot in
tbe Blue Mountains and a visit to old
friends ia California. Looky "Mao."
Ha bas earned it, and we bope tbat be
will enjoy evrry ttiinute of his hike to I but m of your NuceKtor who had
new soenes. that expcrlfmv uiuf frX) year ago,
Ear For Musio.
"What Is that tune your daughter la
playing ?"
"Which daughter?" askod Mrs. Cum-
rex. "If It Is the older girl Its Liszt's
Hungarian Itbapsody, and If It's the
younger one It's Exercise 27." Wash
ington Star.
Serious Hem From Noise.
Investigations made by physicians
prove that there Is appreciable barm
from noise, and serious hurra too. It
Is no doubt true that a normal nervous
system can apparently adjust itself to
all sorts of adverse circumstances. We
couldn't exist otherwise. Nevertheless
ho inimical agents make an Impress
and, like water dropping ou a stone,
can overcome resistance In time. These
investigators have found many abnor
mal uervous conditions in those who
have long been Immersed In loud noise
utterly unaware thnt any barm was
being done-London Tit-Bits.
Easily Recognized.
"That man sitting in the back seat
Is the one who owns the automobile."
"Why. be Is the only person in the
party wbo doesn't seem to be having a
good time,"
"That's how I know, lie's thinking
about tlrva, gusoltne and speed limit
flues."-Wanhlngtou Star,
The Niw and the Old.
"I congratulate you on having been
knight, Mr. Von Meyemteln. Mighty
pleasant exerleu-e. Isn't Itf
"Dou't talk. Imrvu. To you It Is
much nlwisHiitfr that It wnmrt you.
AN ARTFUL : ELEPHANT.
He Deserved the Dinner He Got With
8o Much Cunning.
Here is an amusing tale of an ele
phant's artfulness told by Mrs. A. M.
Handley in "Roughing It In Southern
India:"
"One very bright moonlight evening
while camping on tbe Brahmagtris we
were sitting out in tbe cool air after
dinner wben one of tbe elephants
somehow contrived to unhobble him
self and walked away from bis own
quarters into ours. We saw him go up
to a sleeping native, snuff at his pillow
and then ever so gently draw it away
with his trunk.' At tbe same time he
edged his own foot under the man's
bead and shoulders that no jerk might
be felt.
"The pillow was a bag of rice, put
there for safety against pilferers. Al
though tied op in a knot, tbe bag was
deftly opened and its contents devour,
ed to tbe very last grain, the thief look
ing watchfully round him tbe while.
"We were not likely to disappoint
blm of bis clejerly won feast, as he
seemed to know, for, just letting his
tiny eyes rest on us unconcernedly for
a second or two, be fell to considering
bis next move.
"He drew a stone toward him with
the ever handy trunk and got it under
the empty sack. Then he worked both
together under tbe man's bead. Final
ly be stealthily withdrew bis own foot,
and, having waited no longer than was
necessary to make sure he bad left all
safe, he moved off." , V'
ON THE BRINK OF . NIAGARA.
Three Hours of , Peril, but He Still
Clutched His Knife.
On, the afternoon of June 1, 1872, an
old painter named , William McCul
lough wuiW painting the bridge above
Niagara fa"s between the first and
second Sister islands fell into tbe rap-
Ids.,- ,Ihstantly be was swept furiously
toward tbe cataract, but whirled into
lesser waves, so tbat be struck against
and seized a rock not far above tbe
brink.
Hundreds quickly gathered on tbe
shore and watched, all eager to help,
but ignorant what to do. Among them
was Thomas Cdnroy, who secured a
coll of rope, fastened one end to a tree
on shore and with the other end in his
hand waded out as far as he could and
occasionally swam, tbe water being
from eighteen inches to six feet deep.
He aimed far up stream to allow for
tbe power of the current and at last
with great difficulty reached tbe unfor
tunate painter and bound him to him
self with the rope. They were swept
off tbelr feet several times on the way
back to shore, but tbe rope bad been
firmly fastened, and they finally landed
safely.
When they reached shore it was
found tbat McCullough still clutched
bis putty knife firmly in his hand, hav
ing held it during the three hours he
had been on the brink of the falls.
Not ice ttT Creditors.
Io tbs County Court of tbe &ate
of
Oregon for JJratillf County.
In the Matter of tbe Estate . of
Madton Jones, Deceased.
Nof.oe is hereby giren to all persona
wb;ni it may concern that George
W. Jones, tbe executor of tbe last will
aoL testament of Madison Jones, Jde
oeasel, bas resigned and tbat bis res
iguatiou has been aooepted by tbe
above entiled court; tbat Jobn M.
Jones was, tri tbe 18th day of Deoem
ber. 1913 spptAnted administrator de
bonis non com testamento annexo of
tbe said estate. All persons having
any claims against tbe estate,- or un
finished business eonneoted with the
administration of the estate, will pre
sent tbeir claims to, and take np their
unfinished business with, the said ad
ministrator at tbe office of Will M.
Peterson, his attorney, in tbe Smith
Crawford Building at Pendleton, Ore
gon. Dated this tbe 26th day of Deoem
ber, 1913. Jobn M. Jones,
Administrator de bonis non of the
7 estate of Madison Jones, deceased.
Will M. Peteteon, j
His Attorney.
"c executor's Notice. a""-it-Io
the County Court for Umatilla
County, State of Oregon.
In tbe Matter ' of tbe Estate of
William Pinkertoo, Deceased.
Notice is berety given tbat tbe un
dersigned have teen appointed exeon
tors of tbe last will and teetatment of
William Pinkertoo, deoeasid, and as
snob the above entitled Court has
made and entered an order, in tbe
above matter appointing the nnder
signed'exeontors of the estate herein,
and they have qualified as the law
direots; all persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present tbe same to tbe undersigned
executors at Milton, Umatilla County
Oregon, or to Homer I. Wattstheir
attorney at bis offioe at Atbena, Uma
tilla County Oregon, with proper
vouobers witbin six months from tbe
date hereof.
Dated this 9tb day of January, A. D.
1914. James W. Pinkertoo,
David A, Pinkertoo, ,
Exeontors of tbe Estate of
William Pinkerton, deceased.
Homer I, Watts,
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THE ST. NICHOLS
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Can bt contended tor Its clean and
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vl440VER 65 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
Down In the Depths.
The mermaid was 111. She sot lean
ing against .a rock, unmindful of the
sand that was settling on her beauti
ful tail. In fact, she was too far gone
to care about anything.
Later, when Father Neptune came
along to Inquire how she felt, she.
cheered up a little.
"Oh, Father Neptune," she cried,
"could you not slip up and ask tbe
people on the beach If there is a doc
tor amongst thera?"
Neptune, only too glnd to be of use,
departed and was seen returning with
a young man of professional appear
ance.
Tbe young man presented his card I
tbe mermaid smiled, read It and
fainted.
He was a chiropodist! London An-
war.
What He Wanted.
"Is this a secondhand shop?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, I want one for my watch."
Smart Set
Let every man mind his own bust
ness and endeavor to be what he ma
mnde.-Thoreau.
REINEMAN & BRADLEY
Engineers and Surveyers
Phone 881 Freewater, Oregon
NOTICE.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the First National
Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the eleo
tiou of direotors for tbe eosniug year
and for the transaction of snob other
business as may lawfully come before
it will be held in its offioe in Atbena.
Oregon, on Tuesday the 13th day of
January, 1914. at the hour of 3
o'olook, p, m. F. S. LeQiow,
Deoember 6tb, 1913. Cashier.
Professional
S. F.' Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calls both night and day.
CalU promptly answered. Office on Third
Street. Athena Oregor
PETERSON & HISHOP
Attorneys-at-Law
Freewater, Oregon Pendleton, Oregon
Homer I. Watts
Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
C. W. LASSEN. M. D. V.
Official Stock Inspsctor. Graduate McKlllip
Vetinary College, Chicago
Phone Main 7, PENDLETON, OREGON
Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist
Notice to Creditors.
In the County Court of the State
of Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In tba matter of tbe Estate of
W. W. Jaoobs, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned bas been duly appointed ad-
mniatrator of tbe above estate by
order of tbe above entitled court and
bas qualified as tbe law direots; all
persoua having claims against said es
tate are hereby notified to present the
same at my offioe, or at the office of
my attotney, Homer I. Watts, in
Atbena, Oregon with proper vouobers,
witbin six months from date hereof.
Dated this 12th day of Deoember,
A. D. 1913.
Homer I. Watts, B. B. Biobards,
Attorney. Administrator.
' DR. E. J. SLOCUM
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"My wife had a severe attack of Pneu
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AND TAR saved her life," writes James
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I have used FOLEY'S HONEY AN
TAR In three very severe cases of pneo
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lungs. Te tried s great many remedies .
without relief. She tried FOLEY'S
HONET AND TAR which cured her.
She has never been troubled with a cough
since."
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J. V. Bryan, of Lowder, IIL, writes:
wMy little boy was very low with pneu
monia. Unknown to the doctor we gav
biro FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR.
The result was msgical and cuxxltd ta
doctor, as it Immediately stopped the
racking cough, and he quickly recovered."