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cATHENA. ORE.. FEB. 13. .....1914
' The oew paroels post rates bid fair
to push Unole Sam ibto the freighting
tosineee I in isolated, districts, or else
abaDdoo.some of the star mail routes
altogether, Ia eeotiona of the country
inaooessible to railway service, the
freight, wagon has been the ooly
means of transportation, bat the in
crease in weight shipments by paroels
post which weDt into effeot January
1, makes it possible to handle freight
shipments in 60 ponnd lots at obeaper
rates than is possible for the freight
wagons to handle it. It now appears
that the government will either have
to oot down servioe on these star
route or else inangnrate a eliding
schedule, whereby the weights and
rates in foroe prior to January 1 would
continue to be applicable to districts
isolated from railway facilities. Ex
Senator Bourne takes the view that
the oiiginal 60 mile and 160-mile
zones should have been retained with
the rates that were self supporting,
and that if the depaitment made the
mistake of establishing one rate for
the two distances, it should not try to
avoid the oonseqnenoes by reducing or
discontinuing star rente servioe.
California led last year in timber
sold from national forests, though
Montana had the largest number of
sale transactions.
The groundhog mnssed up many
osculations, tut his prinoipal offense
whs gi iog in cahoots with nicks.
ANGRY WATERS STILLED.
"Whether Jonathan Bourne will
enter the lists as a oandldate for the
republican nomination for United
States Senator, is silll au open ques
tion and the answer deponds upon the
j attitude of the voters of tbo state,"
- nays a prejode to a letter from Jon-
atban Bourne in the Portland Journal
of recent date. Sure, The snooesg of
any candidate depends upon the action
taken by the voters. Nor is Bourne
an exception. But from bis letter, it
would appear tbat he would like to
ij". lie fears that tbe limitations
wbioh the corrupt practices act puts
npon distributwW-fCW,tbeBonrne
s ick makes it an absurd impossibility
lot him to muzzle a hostile state press.
Two years ago when a candidate, he
huts, he made no campaign, npeot less
tlian 100 and wrote . less than 800
li'ltets. Had he nogleoted his work
i t Washington and returned to Oregon
tad gone over' the '.state, be believes
.that be would have fceon nominated
y n nd elected by a large majority. Well,
there's nothing to Keep bim in Wash-i-Rlou
now and the tunning is as good
dure as it ever was, so with tbe
vvoaderful record set foitu in tbe let
ter to back bim, we would extend
Jonathan an iuvitatiou to make the
ruce this year, but for two reasons:
lie belongs to tbe republican party, so
ii'd their plaoe to extend tbe iovlta
tl m; and secondly, we never oould see
why Jonathan persisted in slighting
NiiSfaohusetts, in favor of Orrgon, for
Lis senatorial t attle-ground. But it's
duoots to cookies that Mr. Bourne
will be b candidate in the Oregon pri
maries he oao't keep out of them.
The Mayor of Ilostou, Texas, and
several Bishops have placed tbe bffn
upon tbe tango, However, tbe tango
still continues to rage. Fur an un
prejudiced view of this terpsiohoieau
aooomplishment, we pass it along to
Wood; Tbe colonel it a graceful old
codger on the ball room floor, so it
is reported from Weston and eveiy oue
would delight in seeing him gyrate
through the intiioaoies of the dauoe
tbat started down in Argentine and
which has traveled with the spaed of
tho ohiuook until it has loaobed the
igloo of tbe Esquimaux. Betobee the
colonel can tango.
County Judge Malouoy will not be
a candidate fot reelection, lie has
made a good Judge. lie was a stick
ler for permanent improvemeuts where
improvements were to be mads iu tbe
county. In contract work, tbe best
bid got the job, aud no favorites weie
played. The couutr ia better off tbat
Jim Maloney served it. llere'e hoping
that hi auocessor will give as good
service.
Pasco agaluit tbe world, anyway.
The tango has caught every niemter
of the Clover Leaf Club over there
exoept one man, and be proposes to
ordinanoe against it beoanse be ia too
awkward to follow its steps without
stepping on bis partner' coins.
Jonathan Bourne's present address
ia Washington, D. 0, but anything of
political nature would receive Im
mediate ttienioo if seut to L'ox 733,
Portland, Oregon.
Well, ttadator Harry Lane had bis
say. anyway. An investigation of the
steel trout might disclose lbs fact tbat
Senator Lane had something to say,
too.
When They Reach the Wonderful "Oil
Spot" Off Sabine Pass.
A freak of nature never fully de
scribed Is tbe wonderful "oil spot." sit
uated about ten miles south of Sabine
pass, into which flows the Sabine river
to the gulf of Mexico. The river forms
the boundary between the states of
Louisiana mid Texas. Tbe "oil spot"
extends two miles along shore and sea
ward about three-quarters of a mile. A
storm from the northeast, by way of
east to southeast, has a rate of from
300 to 700 miles across the gulf of
Mexico into tbis mystic haven.
During a gale this spot is wonder
fully defined. Looking seaward the
scene is grand. An acre of towering
f on in marks the abrupt dissolution of
tbe lashing sens ns they thunder to
ward the shore. This occurs In about
three fathoms, or eighteen feet of
water, from which the storm driven
craft, creaking and straining In every
timber, emerges and suddenly finds
herself reposing like a child rocked In
Its mother's arms, hemmed in by a wall
of wrath, where the weary mariner
nn be lulled to rest by tbe roar of the
winds. Tho place is termed the "oil
spot" not from any known analysis of
Its nature, but simply from Its condi
tions it has no troubled water. Phila-
delpbi
ME
hlfuJ" er.
4 JlR BR01
R BROKEN CHINA.
Use a Cement Made With Plaster of
Paris and Gum Arabic
I had such a pretty Dresden china
comb and brush trny for my dressing
table which was broken Into three
pieces just tbe other day by some one
dropping a heavy pair of curling irons
on It I was almost heart broken be
cause It was part of a set, and I was
afraid I could not replace it, and even
if I could I did not feel that I could
afford to do so.
One of my friends told mo she bad
been Buccessful in mending several
pieces of old chlnn which were treas
ured heirlooms with plaster of pads
and gum arable. Make a thick solu
tion of gum arable and water and into
It put tbo plaster until the mixture be
comes a puste. This is applied to the
edges of the china, which are pressed
firmly together.
1 tried it on my tray, and It worked
like magic. The solution is white, so
that It does not show like glue, and,
bust of all. It innkeM such a strong joint
thut they tell me that the urtlele never
breaks again the name place. Philadel
phia Ledger.
Puss and the Owl.
Owls make very nmusing pets, but
lose tho "happy family" knack ns they
grow older. A friend of mine bad one
that he wrongly kept tied to n stake
by a cord. It was of that "tiger of
tho north woods'' species, tbe great
honied owl, and, while apparently quiet,
not to say Blcepy, in the daytime,
blinking with those great yellow eyes
In the manner that has niado the coun
try people believe they are slgbtleaa In
bright light, he bad a surprising way
of "coming to life" whenever there
was any particular reason for doing so.
My friend bad n favorite kitten that
usually gave the owl a wide berth, but
one duy It strayed within the danger
xoue. Tho result was that tbe ap
parently somnolent mass of brown
feathers suddenly galvanized Itself, a
powerful claw shot out, n piteous mew
was beard and then finis Fells do
mestical Outing.
Britain and Consorlptlon.
Although few people ore aware of the
fact, conscription has been purt of tbe
British constitution for 700 or 800
years. The mllltlit law states that ev
ery Kngllsliuuin between tbe ages of
eighteen and thirty is liable to be
called upon for military service and
that each county must furnish a con
tingent In proportion to Its population.
At tho time of the Napoleonic wars this
law was actually applied, but since
then it him fallen Into disuse, without,
however, being repealed. Kvery year
since 1820 parliament, has solemnly
gone through the form of suspending
for one year this ancient conscription
by ballot Pearson's Weekly.
Infallible.
The druggist was becoming wearied
by a shopkeeper, who, with no Inten
tion to buy, kept asking questions, ex
amining various articles, pricing them
and demanding the manner of their
use. r'linill.v she picked up a bottle,
"l this pest exterminator reliable?"
she asked. "How Is It applied?"
"You take a tablospoonful every half
hour, ma'am," tbo dnigglft replied
with more than no ounce of satisfac
tion, ami the woman asked no more
questions St Louis Post Dispatch.
Quick Cure.
"How anuoylng! My wife Is nlwaya
ailing. The hard work fatigue her."
"My wife also was always 111, but
now she enjoys the best of health."
'How did you enre her?"
"I told her that 1 would give her so
much n month for her dresses and her
doctor. Since thou she is quite well"
-I'urU Sourlre.
Would Like a Look.
"Say. sheriff."
"Yes"
i voted fer you. Can't you show
me n wrlr of halxna corpus? 1 read so
much about 'em that I'd kind o' like
to have a lk nt one o' the daru
things"-Kansas City Journal.
Quick Pace.
"I ntipH)S)t that your son U develop
ing nrHM-. Y
"Ye, niid a pace that Is much too
f ist for one of hi j eur.w Buffalo Ex
prvs.
FREAKS OF NATURE.
An Uphill Waterfall and a Tree That
Squirms Like a Snake.
Nature iu the tropics, left. to herself,
writes John Hurroughs, th naturalist,
is harsh, aggressive, savage: looks as
though she wanted io. hang yon with
her dangling ropeH or I ; ;! you on
her thorns or engulf .voti in Hie rank,
of her gigantic ferns. . .
Her -mood is never n phicirf and
snne as In the north. There is it tree
In the Hawaiian woods that nyj-'cKt
u tree gone mail. It Is called die l:an
tree. It lies down, squirms and wr'in
gles all over the ground like a wound
ed sun l;e. It ireis up and then takes
to enr:!i :i-:in. Now It wants to, be a
vine: nun it wants to be a tree. It
throws 'i:nrraiiits: It makes Itself
into loops ami rings; it rolls: it reaches;
It doubles lip-Hi Itself, Altogether it
Is the craziest vegetable growth I ever
sa w. ,
It was near Pali that I saw what
I had never seen or beard of before
a waterfall reversed, going up Instead
of down. It suggested Stockton's story
of negative gravity.
A small brook comes down off the
mountain and attempts to make the
leap down a high precipice, but the
wind catches it and carries It straight
up in the air like smoke. It Is trans
lated. It becomes a mere wraith hov
ering about the beetling crag.
Night anil day this goes on. the
wind snatching from tbe mountains in
this summery way the water it has
brought tbem.-Century Magazine.
, 8ame Answer.
"And so you married a poor man
after all. What are you living in?"
"A little flat"
"And how do you find married life?"
"A little finf-Plttsburgb Post
SUMMONS. IM
Iu tbe Circuit Court of the State' of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
P. M. Wilson, Plaintiff
vs. ;'' ' "
Mabel Wilson,1 Defendant.
To Mabel Wilson, the above named.
defendant:
. In tbe name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby summoned aud requir
ed to appear and answer the com
plaint Hied against you in the, above
ootid d suit 'within six week after
the date of tbe first publication of this
commons, against you, publication to
be made in tbe Atbena Press, a news
paper published weekly at Athena.
Umatilla County, Oregon, and you
will take notioe tbat if yon fail to so
appear and answer the said complaint
or otherwise plead thereto with said
time the plaintiff for want thereof
will take judgment against you for
the relief prayed for and demanded
in the oomplaint filed herein viz: For
an absolote deoree of divorce forever
dissolving tbe bonds of matrimony
cow existing between the plaintiff and
defendant and for snoh other and fur
ther relief as tbe court may deem just
and equitable.
Thia summons is published pursuant
to an order of tbe Hon. Gilbert W.
Phelps, judge of the Sixth Judicial
Distiiot of tbe State of Oregon, duly
made aud entered in tbe above entitled
court on tbe 10th day of February.
1914. The . first publication thereof is
to be made on the 13th day of Feb
ruary, 1914. and the same will be pub
lished for six oonseontive weeks there
in, the last publication to appear on
Friday, the 27th day of March, 1914.
Homer I. Watts,
Attorney for plaintiff.
SUMMONS.
In the Cirouit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla Count v.
George Pambrcu Plaintiff. !
vs. I
Mary Pambruo, Defendant. -
To Mary Pambron, tbe above named
defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answer the com
plaint filed against you in tbe above
entitled suit witbiu six weeks after
tbe date of tbe first publication of
tbis summons against you, publication
to be made in the Atbena Press, a
newspaper published wrekly at Ath
ena, Umatilla county, Oregon, and
you will taken notioe tbat if you fail
to so appear and answer tbe said oom
plaint or otherwise plead thereto with
in said time, tbe plaintiff for want
thereof will taki judgment against
you for tbe relief piayed for and
demanded in the oomplaint filed herein
viz: for an absolute deoree of divoroe
forever dissolving tbe bonds of matri
mony cow existing between tbe plain
tiff and defendant, aud for tbo settle
ment and adjustment of tbe property
rights existing between the nlaiotirf
aud defendant and for suob other and
further relief as tbe Couit may deem
just and equitatle.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of the Hon. Gilbert W.
Phelps, judge of tbe Sixth Judioial
Distriot of the State of Oregon, duly
made aud entered iu tbe above entitled
court on tbe 10th day of February,
1914, The first publication thereof ia
to be made on the 13tn day of Feb
ruary, 1914, and tbe same will be pub
lished for six oonseontive weeks
therein, tbe last publication to appear
on Fiidny, tbe 27th day of Marob,
1924. Homer I. Watts,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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