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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1917)
SHAPE OF THE HAND. The Rtuon Our Fingers Art Net All of the Sam Length. There Is no known reason why our Angers should he of different lengths today. Ill fact It Is thought hy some people that the hand would he stronger if the fingers were nil of the same Wngth, says the Book of Wonders. Certainly, however, the hands would not then he so beautiful und might not be so useful. The human.hand today Is perhaps the most versatile thing In the world. You can do more tilings with the hand that) with any other thing ill the world. The probability is that the shaiic of the hand toiiny and the length of the fingers are the result of the different things tlie human being has called upon the hand to do during man s develop ment up to the present time. We must go back to the time, how ever, when man walked on fours, for that Is probably the real explanation. Originally roan's lingers were of dif ferent lengths because nil four footed milmnli hnd the same peculiarities. The shape and length of the toes und their arrangement, were the Ideal arrange ment for giving the proper balance and support to the holy and in moving about und In climbing produced the best toe hold. 23 Years Ago, Itfrom the Press 01 July 27 18SM WHERE THE MULE FAILS. Ho Doesn't Relish a Battle When the Artillery Gets Active. Store nearly Impervious to heat than any of the other domestic animals, In cluding ills own ancestry, the mule has played a prominent part In the de velopment of our southern states. On the sugar plantations and In the cot ton fields he Is without a peer. His traditional endurance renderB him almost Invaluable to the quarter master's department of armies In the field, but the experienced artillery offi cer uses horses Instead for handling artillery In nctlon. A mule doesn't, enjoy a battle. He doesn't relish its excitement and Its terror, thatnietamorphosls that changes men alternately Into poltroons anil demigods. Under a sustained artillery fire a horse becomes unusually docile. He turns instinctively to his miiNtcr ns to a creature of higher power, and his very terror renders him gentle. lint, the mule displays no such faith in humankind. In the turmoil of but tle he suddenly becomes arbiter of his own acts, ami he either bolts or balks. A mule disapproves nil that lie does not understand, anil It is traditional that he Is not amenable to reason I.os An geles Times. No Wonder He Wouldn't Sell. Captain Amundsen told an amusing story of one of his arctic expeditions. Several of ills dogs having died, Cap tain Amtiudscu asked one of tlie na tives in his best Eskimo if he would sell hlni a fow dugs. To his surprise the requoM was promptly refused. The explorer and tlie Eskimo hnd a long argument, the explorer pointing out Unit be must Krt dogs somehow and the ICmUIiho replying that they never sold them. "Nonsense!" Captain Amundsen ex claimed. "1 have often bought dogs." The Eskimos Hcemed immensely us tonlslied, mid at the end of another ar gument Captain Amundsen discovered thai luster.d of using the Eskimo word for "dogs" he hud been asUing the man to sell hlni some "children." Russia's Parquetry Floors. .Most tloorlng put down In Itussla Is pnniiielry, and It Is generally oak. Even in llio unpretentious houses and lint buildings this parquetry is to be found. In some cases, of course, the ilnish Is mil so tine as In others, and in ordinary buildings tlie ocsigns are not so elaborate. One of the most noiii'enhle feiiliircs of a Itussiau house is that rugs mid carpets are used for wall decorations Instead of floor cover lugs. Floor polishing by professionals, who come regularly once every week or ten days, Is considered a part of the WMnilap routine of mimlm. !....,.. - Ira Crofutt. a former merchant of Weston was in the city Saturday last with a load of melons from his Milton fruit ranch. A field of wheat near Walla Walla which was threshed last week yielded an average of fifty two bushels to the acre. Miss Minnie Lieuallen returned to her home in Pendleton Saturday after a long visit with friends in Athena and vicinity. Hugh Thompson has been appointed assistant marshal. He assumed his duties as such, on Saturday evening last. I A little difficulty between Louis ! Estes and a fellow named Yarber oc cured at Lew Shaw's saloon Saturday I evening. The matter was settled to : the satisfaction of all concerned in three rounds. Mr. Yarber came out second best, and Louis carries the belt. Frank Mansfield, one of our leading farmers, informs our reporter that he hud 80 acres of wheat that threshed 61 bushels to the acre. The wheat is very plump and hard. The road between this city and Wes ton is very badly cut up. This could be remedied by very little work in a short space of time, by turning out and .'.I rawing it. The La Grande Daily Chronicle now takes the associated press report. Judge DePeatt's family are enjoy ing an outing at Bingbam Springs. Chas. Willert, who has been work ing in Sloan's shop at Pendleton for some time, spent Sunday and Monday with his family in Athena. At a meeting of the board of school directors, held hint. Monday the follow ing teachers were elected: R. O. Hawks, principal; h. H. Liston, Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Irene Freeman, and Miss Mary Taylor, assistants. There are several boys in this city who are liable to get into trouble if they continue to shoot at persons pass 1 ing along the streets in carriages, I with slingshots. One evening recently a gentleman was out driving when one I of these kids took a shot at him, where ' upon he swung his whip around, giving i the boy a sharp whack, which served him right. Ed. Cox left on last evening's train for Berkley, Cal., where he will attend college for another year. Born To the wife of Paul Bushman August 4, a boy. Born In Athena, Monday, August flth, 1HII4, to the wife of Max Lewin, a boy. Born Near Athena Sunday, August 5th, to the wife of Adam Raymond, a girl. Dr. Sharp reports Mrs. Hank Vaughn to be quite sick at her home on the re servation. The road on the Wild Horse has been completed and shortens the distance between Adams and Pendleton five miles. L. A. Githens is again at work in his old position is bookkeeper at the MoBgrove store, corner Urd and Main street. "Gith" is an expert book keeper, and has a host of friends among the boys. Mrs. C. A. Barrett came down from Saling's camp Tuesday after some supplies. She says the population of that resort is about one hundred now, and that every one Beems to be having an excellent time. Her party have developed such appetites since going there that it was found necessary to replenish their larder. H. McArthur has moved back from Pendleton and will occupy his resi dence south of Athena. B. I). Banister's separator was burn ed near Weston Saturday. The threshing machine power and the wheat in the vicinity were saved. Rev. Fancher, pastor of the M. E. church. South, of WeBton, preached a highly interesting sermon at the Bap tist church in this city on Sunday last. THE BEST BUILDING TIME IN YEARS ftiY'iittfflMi'. ii"f Hi liilip No. 490. Four rooms, 30x30 feet. In 1014 it took (iSO bushels wh.-ut to buy this house, in 117 it takes :i20 bpshels to buy it. Now is the time to buy lumber, as you will readily see by the following comparisons; In !1)I4 In 11)1? 50 bushels of wheat would buy 2000 feet shiplap .1700 feet 50 bushels of barley would buy 1000 feet 2x4 S00 ft BS ouabain of corn would buy 1(1,000 .shingles 25,000 5 hogs would buy n:i windows and doots 58 If my of your plans for'tho future include building in any way, al terations, remodeling, new buildings or improvements of any kind we can't make it too emphatic that you will save money by ordering your material now. Many of our customers are having our Architects furnish plans for their new buildings and buying their material now for fall delivery. Our large Free Plan Book offers many suggestions which can be workod out into your own individual plans iwth a guaranteed lumber bill which insures no Extra, Return Material loft and receive credit. Don't build any new buildings without pla"s and guaranteed material price. "See Johnson abaut it." Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. The warehouses and elevators in Athena are just at present the scene of much bustle and bard work. The boys are standing it all right, though. Hull, the colored barber at the St. Nichols shaving parlors, is quite an ex pert checker player, and affords much amusement for lovers of that game. He always has a large audience on the sidewalk, in front of the shop. Lehman Springs correspondent to the East Oregonian: A young lady from Athena was wagered 75 cents that she dare not jump into the deepest place hi the bathing pool in ordinary attire. She won the wager. FILLING OUT A CHECK. It I a Good Rule Always te Write the Stub First. In a big store a woman was paying with a check for some goods she had Just bought, and she was carefully fill ing In the stub of her check book first. 'Oh, don't stop for that!" urged Uer chopping companion, who was in a hurry. "You can do that when you let home." Unmoved, the careful woman fin ished the stub with special care, then wrote the check, gave It to the sales man and said to her impatient friend: "Before 1 was married I took care of some of my father's accounts. The first time he ever ask'ed me to fill out a set of blank checks for him so he could sign them he told me: 'One rule you must always observe write the stub first. Make a row to yourself, like unto the row of Jephthnb, that you will never write a check until the stub Is filled. If for any reason you should fall later to write the check II would be a simple matter to cancel the stub, but If you write a check and leave the stub blank you open the door to a hundred chances of mistake. No one's memory can be trusted on that Subject Never try to trust yours. Let the law of "the stub first" be to you as the law of tlie Medes and the Persians.' I have always found It per faetly easy to follow that rule, and that Is one reason I have a bank ac count today. My husband Is never afraid 1 will make him any trouble with It." HEED BAD ODORS. They May Warn You of Places Where Disease Germe Lurk. Even a bad odor has Its uses. Sci entists say that the offensive smell which comes from decaying and dis ease breeding matter Is tu reality one of nature's measures of preparedness and of prevention. Offensive odors Indirectly prevent the spread of epidemics by calling atten tion to the breeding place of the dis ease. They give winning that some thing is wrong, and they persist In this warning by becoming more and more offensive until the wrong Is righted. The odor docs not convey the germ or communicate the dlsense, because In most cases direct contact is neces sary to do this, or the Infection Is communicated by some substance tak en Into or brought In contact with the body. But It does tell where the dis ease exists or Is likely to exist. It also gives warning of tainted or unfit food, us the nose Is Intended by nature to be one of man's chief allies In the fight for health. Some have even gone so far as to state that mothers should uot dis courage or forbid children smelling Ihelr food before they eat It. The tendency to do this Is said to be a natural one. The nose is not placed above the mouth by accident. It was designed In primitive man as a guide- post for his stomach, and It is still a good guide. Louisville Courier-Jour- aal, The Looking Glees In Fiction. All nutlons have shown by their sto ries how the looking glass Is regarded its ministering to vanity. The ancient Urceks depleted Venus with a mirror md even described her chamber as lined all over with mirrors, so that whichever way her eyes turned she on Kl behold her beautiful self. But Minerva never used a mirror. Pass to West Africa and we find a native story which begins with a magic mirror that possessed the power of speech and al ways said. "Mistress, there Is none." when Its owner, a woman culled Ma ria, asked It, "My mirror Is there any other beautiful woman like myself?" But one day Maria's daughter entered the forbidden room where it was kept, usked a similar question and got a similar answer. A tale of maternal jealousy and vengeance follows. Lon Jou Spectator. Sunlight and Germe. Here Is an Instructive experiment made by scientists to show the effects of sunlight. Some germs of the terri ble disease anthrax were sown on two plates of gelatin, and while one plate was kept In the dark the other was placed In the sunlight. The germs grow, and at the end of ten minutes there were 300 colonies or groups In the sunshine plute and 400 colonies in the dark plate. One hour later the result was: lu the unshlue plate, none; in the dark plate, 2."20. No disease germ thrives in sun light Early Opportunity. "We come to tills eounlry and took the Innocent red man's laud away from hlni." "Yes," replied the man who has been having trouble wllh real estate, "and in some cases the liin.iceiit red man was lucky to unload Just when be did." -Washington Star. A Classy Yeuth. "What classes Is your boy In ot eol- tege?" "He's In the .300 class at baseball." "Yes?" "And also In the ten second cluss In the 100 yard dask."-Louisvi!le Courier-Journal. Bering Wells. The art of lairing wells was prsc leed lu the east more than Lkk years lgo Abrahams servant encoiiutered lleliekab at a well in I8u0 H. O. Improve the Setting. Howell-llow mo a man get hi wit in a pleasant frame of mind? I'owell Inst see that the frame is glided. -fowu Topics. High Prices. In San Francisco In 184!) clerks In stores and offices bad munificent sala ries. Five dollars a day was the small est stipend even In the custom house, and one preacher was paid $10,000 n year. Laborers received fl an hour. A pick or a shovel was worth $10 and a butcher's knife $30. At one time the carpenters, who were getting $12 a day, struck for $16. But it should be noted that prices were exceedingly high also. When Youth's Life Is Shaped. "The hand that rocks the cradle rales the worid?" Nonsense. It only han dles the material. The time of the shaping of life is from twelve to eight een years old. That Is the formative period. All great educators know that. Professor Earl Burnes. Great men are they who see that spiritual Is stronger than any. material force; that thoughts rule the world. Emerson. Vnt IP r.OAkiriFATHFIl uuc A I YOUNGSTER, WHEN PEYTON J GRAVELY MADE THE FIRST HIK OF TrvBATm THAT even T1K rviuc THERE MUST BE SOMETHi... BACK Or A KEPuInl IUN irvi LIVES AND LASTS LIKE THAT. -I C.ELF. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, u they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly In fluenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure It you must take an Internal remedy Hall's Catarrh Medi cine is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this counter for years. It Is com posed of some "of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best btood purifiers. The perfect combination of the ingredients In Hall's Catarrh Medi cine is what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENET CO., Props.. Toledo. O. All Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Land for Sate. CELEBRATED Chewing Plufc nrcnDCTWF INVENTION OF OUR PATENT AIR-PROOF POUCH GRAVELY PLUG TOBACCO MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWING QUALITY WOULD NOT KEEP FRESH IN THIS SECTION. NOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT FRESH AND CLEAN AND GOOD. A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS ENOUQH AND LASTS LONGER THAN A BIG CHEW OF OHUiriAHT rtww. J?J3.9ratrelySbfiacccCaauYnu.VA. "WfaT" i look at the good work billposters billboards I HAVE 5lflKl tUi 1 I ms , - - e S20 acres, one and one half miles from Condon, 180 in crop, receive one half delivered at the Elevator, all fenced and crossed fenced, well im proved as to buildings, new barn 60 by 54 ready to construct and good water supply. Price lal.OOO, 112,000 cash, balance reasonable terms. If interest ed in wheat, stock or mixed ranches in Oregon, Washington, California or I Montana, let us hear from you. Condon Realty Co., Condon, Ore., Box 24. S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calia both night and day. Ualle promptly answered. Offloe on Third Street, Athena Oregor Dr. J. C. Baddeley VETERINARY SURGEON LaBrasche Ranch Athena DR. G. S. NEWSOM. Physician and Surgeon. Office Corner 4th & Adams Sts. D. Scott Fisher CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Residence and Shop, Adams and 4th Sts Athena CROUP & LASH Dentists In Athena Monday' Tuesday, Wednes day, other days of week in Walla Walla, 2nd and Main, over Third National Bank Dr. E. W. Croup Dr. C. H. Lash ma aw m '.rSxzw r--r.rs3KiX3s "When you pay more than Fis prices, you pay for something that does not exist. " No Wonder This Man Smiles! LIE has found a real Non-Skid tire one of the few tires with tread so constructed that it actually protects against dan gers of wet pavements and muddy roads. And the price is fair and right. 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