j Mormal
..oagh ignorance
....a as to real conditions,
after being tamed down by a log
foiling laaislature. baa come to be
generally realized by the edooatora of
the State who have to deal with Ibe
killed teaober problem. The Mon
month Normal baa not proved to be of
sufficient adequaoy to prevent Oregon
student teaobera in great numbei
from attending Normal schools of
other atatea. Tbns the retrogressive
peotaole of the State of Oregon clos
ing up its Normal aoboola that its pop
nlation may pay tribnte to the np
bnildingof the aoboola of adjoining
Statea ia an absurdity that should no
longer be endnred. If the friends of
the Eastern Oregon State Normal
aohool will get one with a campaign of
information and pot it np to the voters
of the State that the sohool at Weston
is to be a Normal sohool in faot as
well as name; that it ia to ba oondnot
nd economically and on business prin
oiples; that ita maintenance is to be
derived from a millage basis; that on
I Le millage taois, the ptoposed annual
tax of one-fortieth of a mill would
ooal the taxpayer bat two and one bait
Dents on every thousand dollars of bis
taxable property, they should win
with even the bewbiskered Yambiller
voting for the measure.
Would it not be advisable for streets
in the residence distriota to be plaoed
on the required grade, aa that property
owners who wish to construotconorete
tidewalka may do so without the pos
sibility ot later having to tear up the
walks and build them over? It would
appear to be practicable for autveya to
be made and grade established,
The time has arrived when it costs but
Utile more to construct sidewalks with
oonorate than it does to build them of
1 amber. It does not appear necessary
to have tba streets graded and man
adetnlzed before sidewalks of perman
eut atruotora are put down by proper
ty owners, Ibis part of the street
improvement could come Inter, and
there ia no reason for good sidewalk
building to be held baok on that ao
oount.
The name of Douglas Belts will pro
tably be before the primaries on the
Republican ticket for County Judg.
He is a man other than whom the Re
publican! of thia oounty have no bet
ter for tha offioe to whiab be aspires,
lie baa made a anooess of his private
business affairs through Ufa, and if
eleoted Oounty Judge will doubtless
apply tha same principles ti county
attain. He ia well known throughout
the county, and will be a sttotig can
didate. '
There is a eeoret alliance betweeu
Japan and Mexico, says au exobauge,
and then it ia pointed out that a num
ber of Japaneae rifles in the hands of
Hoerta'e soldiers and the faot that
0000 Japanese Immigrants, mostly vet
erans of the Mikado's army, bavo
located ia Mexico lately, ia oertaiu
oonQrmatloD of tha alliance rumor.
No particular alarm need be felt since
the rifles have not been very atfeotive,
while tha Japanese vttera.ua are not
moon u evidence.
Pink aheeta are teiog distributed by
Oounty Treasurer Bradley to Umatilla
oounty property owners, apprising
them ot tba amount of taxca doe. And
ia every instance tba amount seems
to ba sufficiently high to causa com
ment. But, if you danoe, you most
"pay tha fiddler," and tha fiddling
ia ooming pretty blamed high at tba
present writing.
Announcement cornea from Portland
that Will M. Peterson may bo a can
didate on tba Dsmocratio ticket for
Attorney General. Well, there's this
about it if "Pete" decides to ruo, he
will get a big vote up this way.
to
..y to
g river,
s a cable
Jde of the
tee the person
48 clings to a thick
slides down, holding
. at the point where the wa
uuut'S the perilous bridge.
If be wants to cross back he must go
further up or down the river to a point
whore another cable is stretched from
a high cliff to the other side, and again
be performs the "slide for life."
This may not be a very comfortable
way of crossing a river, but it is easier
than swimming across, especially If
there are rapids in the stream, and it
Is the favorite and cheap way of build
ing bridges among tbe Tibetans.
New York World.
MAKING OF MAPS.
The First Attempt Was by Anaximan
dtr About 660 B. C.
Anaxiniander, a pupil of Thales,
about CCO B. 0., sketched the first map.
It was In the form of a disk. Democ
rltus of Abdera, about 100 years aft
er, with a wider range of knowledge,
drew a new map, giving the world an
oblong form, showing extension east
and west rather than north and south.
Tbe first application of astronomy to
geography was made by Pytbeaa of
Marseilles about 320 B. C, be having
made the first observation of latitude.
Hlpparcbus of Nlcaea, 1C2 B. 0., first
determined latitude and longitude.
Marlnus of Tyre, about 150 B. 0., was
the first to make use of Ilipparchus'
teachings In representing tbe countries
of the world.
Claudius Ptolemy of Peluslum, Egypt,
about 102 A. D., was in reality the first
scientific luupmnker. Notwithstanding
errors in boundaries and locations, the
method was correct The Romans
contributed nothing to mapinaking.
No Improvement was made In It from
the time of Ptolemy until the thir
teenth century, when a map appeared
iu Italy which was constructed with
tbe aid of a compass.-Excbange.
TRAIN.
Proved m
ar service,
rtwf while
.M on the
railway,
ii success.
-us Innugti
of tilt liu-
vs gradual
. I ii it c(l States
JUDlHf.
u rulhviiy mull
organized on a
eight territorial
-rge of n superin
f to a general chief
,h among tbe first to
i rlUNsifitfl civil serrice,
of railway mall clerks
.i.vs been made for a proba
,. :erlitl. permanent employment
his conditioned on HtitLsfactory serv
ice mid conduct mid removal, based on
good ratine only. The service has been
gradually Increased and new divisions
organized and Is now operated on prac
tically every railway. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Old Time Football.
In the twelfth century Loudon en-
Joyed football. Fltz-Stephen, clerk to
Thomas a Becker, tells how after din
ner tlio youths of tbe city would "ad
dress themselves" to football. These
sportsmen were fastidious tu their
way. The scholars of each school had
ball peculiar to themselves, as bad,
indeed, most of the particular trades.
The fathers of the players, too, were
"as youthful as the youngest," for.
"their natural heat seeming to be re
vived at the Blgbt of so much agility,"
they sprang from tbclr stands into tbe
arena. In Inter days, too, tbe excite
ment of the game has been known to In
fect the spectators. Somebody wrote of
a game in 1508: "These two men were
killed by Otild 0 tin ter. Uunters sonnes
aud ye Uregorles fell together by ye
years at football. Quid dun ter drewe
his dagger and broke boothe their
heads, and they died boothe within a
fortnight after."
Lightning Shunt Woman.
Statistics appear to show that men
are more likely to be struck by Hght
ulug than women, more than two men
being killed by It for every woman.
Rut a London Journal points out that
the man's occupation Is more likely to
take him Into the open when lightning
Is about. It has been observed, how
ever, that lu n group equally compos
ed of both sexes lightning seems to
prefer the men. and we may theorize
at pleasure ns to whether It ia the
comparlve height that does It or some
protection afforded by the woman's
dress or a difference in conductlblllty
betweeu the sexes. The fact that chil
dren aro seldom killed by lightning
supports to n certain extent the first
of these theories.
And if tbe tango doenu't appeal to
tha colonel, there ia enough faesltanoy
in bid general makeup to make tbe
walls a popular oue with him.
... Let Down tht Blind.'
A youngster had been to tbe theater,
and upon his return bis uncle asked
hint how be liked the play.
"Oh," be replied, "the play was all
right, but I didn't see nearly all of it!"
"Why, how did that happen?" asked
bis uncle.
"Because," answered the youngster,
the roller must have been broke, for
the wludow blind fell down tra or
three times." London Exprtss.
His ld. of It
"George Wasblugton." read tbe small
boy from his history, "was born Feb.
28. 1732. A. D."
"What dot 'A. D.' stand fori" In
quired the teacher.
The entail boy pondered. "1 dont
exactly know, he hesitated. "After
dark, 1 guess."-Exchange.
Can't Oo Both,
"Pom you an' nm have got me guess-
lu'."
"What's the matter, son?" '
"Ma tells me to a I way wnk the
truth, an' you tell me to always be po
lltf. Now, which shall I doy'-Uoua-toil
mt.
All human history Is the history of
reform. Th evolution of the race,
. . . .. ..t-
i piivsii'ttli.v, tnomcy lufiuuu, ua
I Ikvu thus tiecouiplisuod.-AUQU.
Swordsmen of the Sea.
The swordsmen of the sea are tbe
sawfishes, spear tishes. sn II fishes, sword
fishes and the narwhal, with its spiral
ly twisted straight tusks. . Sawfishes
inhabit tbe warmer seas, while tbe
narwhal Is a creature of the Arctic.
Tbe tusk of the narwhal Is hollow
nearly to the point and Is spirally
grooved. It uses its tusk as a weapon
of defense and to plunge through the
ice to breathe, the narwhal being a
cetacean. Sometimes when a boat
has been caught In tbe Ice great dam
age has been inflicted by tbe lnqnlsi
tlveness or blundering of this great
creature, that sometimes reaches a
length of fifteen feet, with a tusk of
from six to ten fwt, in length. As a
rule, however, the narwhal uses its
tusk for the purpose of killing fish for
food. - In the castle of Rosenberg the
kings of Denmark have long possessed
a magnificent throne made of tusks of
this cetacean. These tusks are harder
and whiter thon ivory.
Explosive.
An ambitious young writer having
asked. "What nmpizlue will give me
the highest position quickest'" was
told. "A IMlWtler limirMxInn. If nm onn.
tribute a fiery article."
SUMMONS.
Iu tbe Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla Conntv.
P. M. Wilson, Plaintiff "
"' vs.'
Mabel Wilson, Defendant.
To Mabel Wilson, tbe above named
defendant:
In tbe name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby summoned aud requir
ed to appear aod anawer tbe com
plaint filed against you iu tbe above
entitled salt within six weeks after
the date of tbe first publication of this
summons against yon, publication to
bo made in the Athena Press, a news
paper published weekly at Athena,
Umatilla County, Oregon, and yon
will take notioe that if yon fail to ao
appear and answer the said complaint
or otherwise plead thereto within aaid
time the plaintiff for want thereof
will take judgment against yon for
tbe relief prayed for and demanded
in tbe oomplalnt filed herein viz: For
an absolute deoree of divorce forever
dissolving tbe bonds of matrimony
now existing between tbe plaintiff and
defendant and for suoh other and fur
ther relief as tbe court may deem just
and eqnitable.
This summons ia published pursuant
to an order of tbe Hon. Gilbert W.
Phelps, judge of tbe Sixth Judicial
Distriot of tbe State of Oregon, duly
made and entered in the above entitled
court on the 10th day of February.
1914. The first publication thereof is
to be made on tbe 13th day of Feb
rcary, 1914. and tbe same will be pub
lished for six oonsecutive weeks there
io, tbe last publication to appear on
Friday, tbe 27th day of Marob. 1914
Homer I. Watts.
Attorney for plaintiff.
Professional
8. F. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
' Special attention given to all
calin both night and day.
Oalli promptly answered. Office on Third
Street, Athens. Oreeor
PETERSON & BISHOP
Attorneys-at-Law
s'
Freewater, Oregon - Pendleton, Oregon
Homer I. Watts
Attorney-at-Law
Athena, Oregon.
ESTABLISHED 1863
C W. LASSEN. M. D. V.
Official Stock Inspector. Graduate McKllltp
Vetinary College, Chicago .
Phone Main S7, PENDLETON, OREGON
SUMMONS.
Io tba Circuit (Jonrt of tbe State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
George Pambrun Plaintiff,
rs.
Mary Pambrnn, Defendant.
To Mary Pambrun, tbe above named
defendant: 1
In tbe name of Ibe State of Oregon,
you are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answer tbe com
plaint filed against yon in tbe above
entitled suit within six 'weeks after
the date of the first sublioatiou of
this summons against you, publication
to be mads in tbe Atbeoa Press, a
newspaper published weekly at Ath
ena, Umatilla county, Oregon, and
you will taken notioe that if you fail
to so appear and answer the said oom
plalnt or otherwise plead thereto with
in said time, the plaintiff for want
thereof will take Judgment against
you for tbe relief prayed for and
demanded in tbe complaint tiled herein
viz: for an absolote deoree of divoroe
forever dissolving tbe bonds of matri
mony now existing between Ibe plain
tiff and defendant, and for tba settle
ment and adjusiment ot tbe property
rights existing between tbe plaintiff
and defendant and for suoh other and
further relief aa the Court may deem
just and equitatle.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of tbe Bon. Gilbert W.
Phelps, judge of tbe Sixth Judioial
Distriot of the State of Oregon, duly
made and entered In tbe above entitled
court on tbe 10th day of February,
1914. The first publication thereof ia
to be made oo tbe 13th day of Feb
ruary, 1914, and the samewill be pub
lished for six consecutive weeks
therein, tbe last publication to appear
oo Friday, tbe 27th day of Marob,
1914. Hnmar I. Watts.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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