McCormick-Deering and Superior
Double-Run Feed ;
GRAIN DRILLS ;
The makers of McCormick-Deering and Superior double-run feed, grain
drills have learned, through years of valuable experience, just how to produce j
sturdy, dependable machines that stand up under the severest seeding con-1;
ditions. ( v " ; I' ( v - v
Among the many features embodied in these drills' are light draft, easy "
operation, simplicity, and adaptability to all kinds of 'soil You can't go
wrong with these machines. They're built to plant accurately and to cover
the seed properly. Even seeding means even growing, fetter crops, and in
creased profits. '
We have these drills on display in our store now, and invite you to inspect
them ahead of the seeding season. We can take care of your requirements.
Rogers C& Goodman, Athena, Oregon
( A Mercantile Trust)
Rich Quartz Crystals
Found in California
Transparent rock crystals are high
ly valued, and Riverside county, Cull-'
fornla, gives us some very fine ones,
usually from Its gem mines. Formerly
the world's demand for these pure
crystals was supplied mainly from
Brazil and Madagascar, until a large
and fine supply of them was discov
ered in the Golden state. In the old
Green. Mountni; mine In Calaveras
county, amidst the gold-bearing gravel
of Its ancient lava-capped river bed,
were found In 1897 a huge lot of enor
mous quartz crystals, 12 tons of which
were sold In one year alone. One ti
tanic crystal found here was surround
ed with 47 smaller crystals and
weighed over a ton. Some weighed 00
pounds each, and one was 19 by 15 by
14 inches. Most of the larger ones
were sent to New York and there cut
by special machinery. One of thera,
cut Into a perfect sphere, without a
flaw In It, Is valued at $3,000. An
other Is In the Morgan collection In
that city. Those from El Dorado coun
ty are sometimes prized more highly
because they have "phantoms'.' In
thorn various enclosed minerals, often
of fantastic form.
Man's Lot of Trouble
If man had been created without
board he would have saved quite a bit
of trouble, time and expense, says an
English writer.
The ear to ear measure on the aver
age man's face Is 12 Inches, and
from where his beard starts on his
throat to his chin and hence to the
upper lip Is Inches. '
This area must be shaved every day,
if a man wishes to be spruce and
clean.
In shaving, two strokes are made for
ovorv inch, so that every day he goes
over about 63 Inches of space.
In a year this amounts to 24.820
inches and in a lifetime It totals 20
miles. '.
If a man takes five minutes dally to
shave himself, at seventy he will have
spent -a total of 75 days In shaving,
sayg the writer.
'. i..C"-'LiaiJaKcr vaPries 7 Milec.
London, Eng. Senator William
Marconi of Italy, inventor of Wire
loss, has announced the perfection of
a wireless loud speaker which can be
heard for 10 miles. It is the inven
tion of a member of the staff of Mar
cDnl company and Marconi, states has
already been tried out at Cowleo with
success, .
Jumble of Treasures
tn Persian Treasury
The Imperial treasury of Teheran,
Persia, In which Is kept the peacock
throne, once the property of the grand
mogul, Is an enormous room on the
upper floor of the shah's palace. The
room Is lined with mirrors and prob
ably contains the most heterogeneous
collection of articles ever assembled.
It Is literally crammed with the ob
jects of one sort or another which
have been acquired by Persian mon
archs on their visits to Europe. Also,
there are many articles which have
been presented to these monarchs by
contemporary rulers.
The collection Includes pieces of!
Sevres and Dfesden porcelain, Inlaid
furniture, elephant tusks, Spanish
shawls, Italian mosaic work, a variety
of walking sticks, embroidered sofa
pillows, steamship models, talking
dolls, mechanical toys, a set of solid
gold cuspidors, Jeweled weapons and
even a life-size marble copy of the
Venus de Mllo with a large gilt clock
set In her abdomen. There are hun
dreds of-other unusual and common
place articles.
: The peacock throne, which was
taken to Teheran from Delhi by the
Persian conqueror, Is estimated to be
worth $20,000,000 though Its canopy
long since disappeared. It resembles
a four-post bed and every Inch of it's
surface Is encrusted with diamonds,
emeralds and rubles. 13. Alexander
Powell, in American Magazine.
Rep Tape
An Italian soldier, who was declared
dead during the war, but insists that
he is very much alive, Is having an
embarrassing time. He has married
since, And the government insists upon
paying his "widow" his pension. He
has also received a nice medal reciting
his good deeds and the battle In which
he died. His name stands engraved
upon a monument to "our hero dead."
In fact, the war department refuses to
concede that he Is still alive. s
He is now making the government
testify against itself, because the
scurvy Income tax collector not only
believes he is alive, but Insists upon
making the usual collections In the
usual harsh way. Los Angeles Times.
Jacobs Jury Unable to Agree.
Olympia, Wash. Unable to reach an
agreement after they had had the case
24 hcurs, the Jury before which Roy
Jacobs was tried for the murder ol
C. R. Pake, night marshal of Yelat,
was discharged. ' "- ?- --
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Shoes
For Working Men
Also Canvass Gloves and
Master Hose
We order TaHor-Made Suits
G. W. Finch, Prop. Main Street, Athena, Oregon
Religious Bodies' Wealth
Placed at Three Billion
Washington. The total wealth of
all religious organizations In the
United States In 1922 Is estimated at .
$3,271,558,000 on a basis of returns re
ceived by the federal commission. The
study Is part of a voluminous report
on" national wealth and Income made
In response to a senate resolution.
The wealth of the religious organi
zations, it Is disclosed," is slightly
more than 2 per cent of the total esti
mated wealth of the country.
The largest single religious denomi
nation, both In property and In mem
bership, Is the Roman Catholic church.
Its membership embraced 38 per cent
of the estimated entire church mem
bership of the country in 1922. The
estimated value of its church property
represented 23 per cent of the total
church property. In proportion to Its
size, however, the Protestant Episco
pal church Is the wealthiest of all, Its
church property being estimated at a
value of $223 a member.
Cave Men's Arsenal
In the neighborhood of the great
naval port of Chatham,. England, cave
men, millions of years ago, had an
arsenal on the Medway, when that
river's "course ran close to where
Friudsbury Is now. . .
Two local men made the discovery
about 16 months ago, and since then
about 4,000 hammer stones, flint axes
and scrapers, and other worked flints,
have been taken out of the dump.
The tools and weapons, although
they belong to the earliest period of
the Stone age, are wonderfully effi
cient Some of the edges are still al
most as keen as razors.
22 Years Ago
Card of Thanks
To Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts, who
so graciously offered their home, to
the Press, to the musicians and
singers, and to all who assisted in
any way to make the "Gypsy Carni
val" a success, we extend our thanks
and appreciation.
B. Y. P. U. MEMBERS.
Pearls
Beauty SKoppe
MARINELLO PREPARATIONS
MARCELLING, HAIR-DRESSING,
FACIALS, MANICURING
And
Shampoo r
Main Street, Athena, Phone 32.
CLASSIFIED
Fruit See J. E. Froom at Athena
Hotel for prunes and crab apples.
For Sale A six-horse grain drill.
Lawrence Pinkerton, Athena.
Marcelling Expert Marcelling and
all lines of beauty work. Miss Chap
pelle, Weston, Oregon. Call 292 for
appointment.
Marcelling Miss May Lanning.
Phone 582. Athena..
J. L. Harman
Blacksmithing
Oxy-Acetylene Welding, Delivery and
Truck Bodies Manufactured
Main Street Athens, Oregon
. ; 1 ,- September 2, 1904
Dr. S. F. Sharp 'and Dr. A. W. Bot
kin have disolved partnership,and the
latter will retire from the practice of
medicine in Athena. Dr. Sharp will
continue in his practice here while
Dr. Botkin will go to Portland and
engage in his profession.
Wheat in Athena today is quoted
at 68c per bushel.
The firm of Robinson & Stanford,
painters, has dissolved partnership,
Mr. Stanford is retiring. Mr Robin
son will continue the business at the
old stand.
Al. Booher is again at his old po3t
a esngineer of the pumping station.
Like the cat, Al. "will come back."
The family will move down from the
mountain ranch tomorrow.
R. J. Boddy is once more in the
meat business in Athena, having pur
chased the business of Narkaus
Brothers. The recent attachment pro
ceedings against property owned by
Mr. Boddy have "been satisfied.
Maurice Hill returned Tuesday
from a summer's visit with his broth
er at Elgin. Maurice exhibits an im
mense sun flower at the Press office,
one which grew in his mother's gar
den and measures twelve inches ac
ross the face and is three feet in cir
cumference. Mrs. W. H. Reeder gives her fare
well reception this afternoon to her
Bible school class, at her home in the
northwest part of town. These girls
will regret keenly to lose their faith
ful teacher when she takes her de
parture of her new home in Tacoma.
A. B. McEwen will attend the
Knights Templar's conclave which
convenes in San Francisco September
5th.. -
Clayton Sharp was up from Pen
dleton, . visiting his cousin, Ralph
Gillis.
John Davidson remebered numer
ous friends in town this week in a
most substantial manner. A wagon
load of luscious watermelons, raised
without irrigation, was distributed,
and the Press family was not over
looked. Thanks, John, when we get
to be farmers, we'll reciprocate.
Mrs. Bern Banister who resides on
the Ginn place east of town, met
with an accident Wednesday which
resulted, in a broken arm.. While
riding with her husband in a header
bed on a load of hay, in an unguard
ed moment a sudden start was made
by the horses, precipitating her to
the ground and fracturing her right
arm.
Nick Taitinger has samples of Al
berta wheat, fall sown, that averaged
40 bushels per acre; oats, 75 bushels
and barley 50 and 60 bushels. Alber-r
ta farmers have,flnished harvesting
their fall grain and now are cutting
their spring grain." f
I September 6, 1904
At the regular meeting of the city
council last night A. M. Gillis was
appointed councilman in place of
Frank Rogers, .removed,, and W. J.
Gholson was appointed city marshal
to succeed George D. Foster, resign
ed. Both appointments were made
by Mayor Taylor and were confirmed
by the council. They were sworn in
and commenced active duty at once.
Of the total wheat crop of the
state of Oregon Umatilla county this
year produces nearly one-half; of the
total wheat crop of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho, ' Umatilla county
produces one-ninth .and there is but
one county in the three states credit
ed with a yield in excess to Umatilla
county, that is Whitman , county,
Washington.
S. P. Purdy returned Saturday
from a tour through Southern Ore
gon, where he went with the inten
tion of locating. He went to Jack
sonville and through the Rogue Riv
er country, but. did liot find anything
that exactly suited, 'so failed to make
an investment.
Mrs. Donald Mctntjre and daugh
ters, Laura and Bell," arrived home
Sunday morning from' anj extended
visit with relatives, at, Mclntyre, Tor
onto. The family are how moving in
to their town residence, from the
farm, preparatory to getting ready
for the opening of school next week.
The federal government will build
a mile of road on approved scientific
plans, near Walla Walla, to demon
strate the aims and practicability of
the good roads movement.
A team belonging to Carlisle ran
away yesterday with . a wagon and
header box. As the team traversed
the streets, the boy who held the
reins held cn like grim death al
though one of the bridles was off and
encircled the horse's breast. The
team finally stopped of its own ac
cord without any damage resulting.
Some pretty sharp corners were
turned but the rig kept its equilibrium
and did not go over.
Sam White, the Pine creek ranch
er, will visit Athena twice each week
with his peerless fruit, which he will
sell at reasonable prices. Mr. White
left some fine specimens of peaches
at this office. They were of excellent
flavor, and like all of Mr. White's
fruit, were free from culls,
For
Continental
Phone 453
or 761
Come, Play in
Walla Walla
On our fourth Annual Community
Labor Day Celebration in the City
Park. Beginning 1:30 P. M. Sharp.
M
onday
Sept. 6 .
Labor Day Address by Stephen A.
Lowell of Pendleton. t
Community Singing, Sports and
Races Band and Orchestra Music.
Joe Baird's Comedians.
Big Community Picnic Supper.
Kiwanis Octette, Dance in Evening
by Crcxdale's Serenaders.
llorseshoeTournament
For the Championship of the
Southern Inland Empire.. No one
Barred.
$200 in Prizes
A GOOD WILL CELEBRATION
10,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED
Don't Miss It!
The Lumber
You Need
If you are planning alterations or ad
ditions to your building, let us give
you an estimate on the Lumber need
ed. You will be pleasantly surprised
at the reasonble total we will quote.
Wood and Coal
Fence Posts
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
Main Street, Athena
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA
EBtublishcd 1891.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $110,000.00
Federal and Kelly"
Tires
urrow
The Super-Boot
for all '
Tire Blowouts, Rim Cuts, Bruises
A Permanent Repair
Auto Supplies
Accessories
Prestbye Service Station
F. T. CHAMBERLAIN. PROP.
Athena, Oregon, Phone 761
Jensens
Blacksmith Shop
Horseshoeing
Prices Reasonable
Tharp Bros, old stand, Athena Oreg.
WATTS & PRESTBYE
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street. Athena, Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
So's Yer Ole Man!
Most of his famliy and a lot of his neighbors
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Get their Barber work at the Penn Harris Shop.
Why not you? We cater to no one in particular, J
every one'in general. Agency Troy Laundry. Make ?
mu ivugs line new. jriiune uoo.
PENN HARRIS
BARBER
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Whitehead's Barber Shop
Lee Whitehead, Proprietor
We make a specialty of cutting Ladies hair in all the
prevailing styles
Fair and Courteous Treatment
Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Cleaners
Phone 492