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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

MAcADAM ROADWAY ON ROLLED EARTH
FOUNDATION.

MAcADAM ROADWAY ON ROLLED EARTH
FOUNDATION.
fects and soft spots located at irregular
intervals throughout the length Of the
work, and as the process Of rolling con-
tinues the uniformity of the grade will
disappear, and what at first appeared to
be tolerably satisfactory surface will
develop into q succession of humps,
holes and undulations.
In the using Of the roller in actual
work these depressions and soft spots are
carefully filled and brought to the line
Of the required grace, while the success
sive passing Of the heavy roller over the
filing gives to the entire road that form
and consistency which are SO essential
to every good highway. 1t is true that
heavy rollers arc rarely used In the con-
struction or improvement of dirt roads,
but this is owing as much to lack OF
knowledge of the real value of good
roller as to the apparently formidable
outlay involved in Its first cost.
All dirt roads become hard and passa-
BILE by the use Of roller Every wagon
wheel acts as roller upon tho road sur
face, and the value of its rolling quail
ties depends upon the width Of the wheel
tires and the load which the wheel sus-
tains, but the wagon wheel is generally
made SO narrow as to create ruts in
many cases, and its use always tends to
develop the weak spots, humps, holes
and undulations which are so quickly
revealed in the use Of the regular roller
Moreover, herolling qualities exerted by
the wheels Of passing traffic are never
bestowed uniformly upon the entire
width Of the roadway, but are confined
throughout the length of most country
roads to the two narrow lines of travel
which marked the tracks of the wheels
Of the first passing vehicle, and which
seem to have been followed with scrupu
lous care by all the vehicles which came
after.
The result is that the roadway on botl
sides Of these beaten tracks is often lef
in o soft, muddy or rutty condition, an(
when two heavily loaded vehicles ar,
compelled to pass each other the neces
sity Of turning out results in break
down or in the delay and difficult,
which are familiar to every farmer jus
in proportion to the number Of time
that he has been stuck in the mud b,
reason of the conditions here described
Century.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

The faith of the little Emperor Will
liam in 81 and the Almighty" must have
received o severe shock when his read
ing minions opened the morning paper
and announced to him the result Of the
German elections. What must have
been his feelings when he found that
even Berlin had gone against his favor
ite army bill candidates to the extent OF
90 per cent of her voter There seems
only one thing now that William can dc
in order to save his credit as the expo
nent of the divine will, and that is to
turn Socialist himself and head the pub
lie sentiment of Germany, which is ap.
parently marching pellmell in that di'
rection.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
Broad Tires Improve Roads.

The introduction OF broad tires upon
all farm wagons and carts adapted for
heavy draft purposes alone would do
much to improve roads, since half the
trouble seems to arise from heavy loads
carting over country roads at seasons OF
the year when the ground is soft, Az
Tuxedo, where all draft wagons are pro-
hibited an entry unless furnished with
broad tired wheels, the tremendous ad-
vantage over the ordinary tires has been
plainly proved, for there, even when the
roads are softest and at their worst, they
never cut up through the constant cart
ing Of heavy loads Of brick or stone,-Ex-
change,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

W. II. HURLBUT. Asst Cen. Pass. Agt. 252
Washington 81, Portland. Oregon.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
tasAsy ROLLERS on DIRT ROADS.
zhey Give the form and Consistency That
Are Essential to All Good Roads.

zhey Give the Form and Consistency That
Are Essential to All Good Roads.
Every day 1t is becoming more firmly
established that q good road roller is the
most valuable piece of machinery en-
1ioyed In the roadmaker's art, and in
Iced without it neither can the founda-
lion or subsoil Of the roadway be made
uniformly hard and reliable nor the
surface layer be given thatuniform COM
pactness and solidity which give excel
lence to the road and insure q perpetual
economy in the cost of maintenance and
repairs. To one who has seen heavy
road roller used in compacting the soil
Of new roadway these facts will be
very evident.
If length of 1000 yards in an ordi-
nary earth road be cut to an exact and
Uniform grade one foot below the orig
nal surface Of the road, it will be found
in most cases that the new surface thus
exposed will present an appearance
which to the ordinary observer is Of Il
Uniform material and even hardness
rom end to end. But the passage Of a
roller weighing from 10 to 10 tons over
his new surface will soon disclose de-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

Within two days after the destructive
fire at Fargo the announcement was
made by her plucky citizens that they
would reopen their business operations
in tents and continue thus to hold the
fort till the brick buildings, Of which it
was at once resolved to reconstruct the
town, were completed. 1t is like the
plucky and enterprising people of the
northwest. The spirit the citizens Of
Fargo manifest is the same that has en-
abled Americans in the northwest to
capture the wild fields from nature and
in few years build up civilization
which in older countries would have re-
quired half q century.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
worlds Fair Passes.

The number of FREQ season passes to
the Worlds fair issued by tho exposi.
tion officials is estimated at e00, 900. On
each of these is the photograph of the
holder, 50 as to prevent use by another.
The pass Is Ia the form of book % by
~ inches, containing 1s1 admission cou-
pons, er one for each day Of tho ak
months, They arc issued to officials.
employees, exhibitors. newspaper men,
soreign commissioners, etc.--Pittshure
NspAtch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

Road repairing is practical rather
than theoretical art. The first requi-
! siteis q kit of tools, consisting of roller,
one road dray, two wheel scrapers, two
slush scrapers, road plow and other para
phernaiia. The crew should consist of a
sufficient number and an expert road
maker. First and most important is
drainage. wv. 8, Chowen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

Oliver 'sNewdepArture" Gangplow.
Columbus Buggy Co.'S
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
Steamers Portland to San
Francisco every 4 Days.
TICKETS AND Ts2som EUROPE

For rates and general information
call on A. R. Bradley. Depot Ticket
Agent. Athena, Oregon.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

into the Presidents pantaloons pocket
without his knowing it. They wcr-
ried him almost to death after he got
here, and it has been the same with
all the Presidents down to Cleveland
Garfield was killed by an office-eeker,
and it was an office-holder who pulled
Andrew Jackson's nose. President
Buchanan had way Of taking a
mans paper and then chatting to him
about other subjects in such friendly
manner that he was sure he was going
to get his place; but he rarely granted
particular applications. 1t used to
be said that President Grant some
times promised appointments and then
forgot all about them, and the appli
cants were thereby the more disappoin-
ted and it was further a matter Of
comment that General Grants drafts
upon his cabinet ministers for APP
pointments were not always honored.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30


1t seems TO be settled that x-Con-
gresham Blount, of Georges, has
gone to Hawaii as a special envoy of
the government to ascertain the ex-
act condition Of affairs. 1t is said
that Mr.. Blount's duties will be to
examine into the questions of how the
overthrow Of the queens government
was accomplished; whether the pres
ent provisional government really
represents the popular sentiment of
the islands, and whether the annex
alton is desirable from business
standpoint. The administration, it
is rumored, has trustworthy informa-
ton that the change Of government
was the result of plan formulated
by the gar-producing elements of
the islands, and that the movement
was furthercd in San Francisco Up
on receiving this information, the
story goes, the withdrawal of the
treaty and the appointment Of a
commission or envoy to investigate
the situation were determined upon
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30
81 NOVELS FOR so GENTS

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These novels are standard works by the
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1898.

Salt Lake City is to have one of
the most complete and extensive cop
per-refining plants in the west. 1t is
to be completed early this season.
Reading of the prospective enterprise
we are struck with the question, where
is the product to come from that is to
keep these mammoth works in steady
operation? AS far as our knowledge
goes it does not appear to us that the
location is such as to command
source of supply in proportion TO the
magnitude of the works to be erected.
1t is imperative to the financial inter
.ests of the company that, where such
q sum of money is invested in ma
chinery, the machinery does not lay
idle. 1t cannot afford TO lay idle
ldleness means a steady loss. 1t
must be kept constantly going and
bringing in return to be a paying
investment. If, then, we are correct
as to the present copper supply the
company at Salt Lake can command
it follows that but little time would
elapse until the company began to
cast about for supply points which
have heretofore not been adding their
quota to the worlds product. Per-
haps the company has such place in
its minds eye at present. Were we
asked to select such supply point
we could name but one as being the
most promising feasible, and most
accessible to Salt Lake. If our ideas
are not wrong, large copper refinery
at Salt Lake cannot do without the
Seven Devils. Seven Devils, with a
copper refinery at Salt Lake to take
her product at diminished cost of
transportation, would rapidly mount
upwards and take her place rs one of
the foremost copper camps in the
world. We believe that if the mine
owners of the Seven Devils were to
make an object of inducing some of
the refinery people to visit the camp,
the result would be magical. A com
pany with the vim to build the Salt
Lake refinery would not hesitate to
take working bonds ON many Of the
Seven Devil mines, after having
looked the camp over. Going farther,
it is not unlikely they would invest a
further amount of money in narrow
gauge railway from Weiser to the
camp to haul out those mountains of
ore. This would insure the plant an
unlimited supply to keep it in opera
ton. The men who are interested in
this Salt Lake enterprise are men who
are interested in seeing copper pro
duced, and from them, it seems to us,
are the miners OF the Seven Devils to
look for the most speedy aid in bring
ing the camp to tie front, and there
should be "a bug put in their ear" at
the earliest possible opportunity
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30
DISBURSEMENTS.
$171O.37 $l710.3
No Funds.

Statesman.
Yesterday there arrived in the city
A. j. Bruce and G. p. Oliver, of
Mountain Home, and T. c. Galloway,
of Weiser, trustees of the state reform
school, which the Legislature located at
Mountain Home. The object of the
gentlemen visit was to ascertain how
much money was available for the use
of the school, and they were much
surprised and disappointed when in
formed there was not a dollar in the
treasury that could be applied to that
institution. IL seems when the legis-
lature passed the reform school bill
they failed to make direct appro-
priation for it, merely setting aside
90, 900 acres of the land donated to
the state for charitable and penal in
situations, for its benefit. The total
grant for such institutions amounted
to l50, 600 acres, and of this amount
but Is, 600 acres has been selected.
and this will have to go TO the sol
diers' home under the provisions of
the law creating the latter. t,there-
fore, seems likely that there will be
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

no funds arising from the sale of
lands set aside for the reform school
for some time, probably five years or
more, and that Mountain Home will
have to be content with a reform
school on paper until enough land is
selected and sold to secure a fund
sufficient to erect suitable buildings
and maintain the institution in a
proper manner. The trustees conf
IDENTIFY expected they would find
about $1,000 awaiting them upon
their arrival here and that they could
secure it at once and complete the
work of locating the reform school.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

1t is safe to say that the silver
question has grown more and taken a
deeper hold on the public during the
last twelve months than in any pre-
vious twelve years. The west is be-
coming more and more determined
that silver shall be restored to its
rightful position as money, and the
throttling fingers of eastern gold bugs
loosened from the finances of the ma
ton. The gold bugs are also deter
mined not to give up plan that
keeps the debtor class cringing at
their feet. Neither side will give in
The east can command at present
greater political strength than the
west, and thus retains the upper
hand. The strength of the west is
constantly growing, but whether it
can get sufficient to crush the pluto
Gratis is a question. AS the west,
even though defeated in political
strength, will never abandon its
ground on the question, just what the
outcome will be is hard to determine.
1t is possible that it may ultimately
end in the same manner that other
questions have ended where one sec
ton of a nation clamored for right
to be done and another section insist
ed on maintaining wrong-a divided
government and war against the
mother power. We have no fears of
the silver question developing into
war, rs this is certainly nation of
sufficient intelligence to settle such
issues without the force of arms. But
as the west will not yield, the goldites
must be forced to it in some way, and
war is among the bare possibilities.
Were it TO come to such pass every
western man would cheerfully shout
der his gun to protect western in
terests.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

There is such thing as being too
authoritive in ones statements. For
instance, Surgeon General Wyman
of the marine hospital service says
''we will keep out the cholera" He
means that he will 'try' to keep ii
out. There is a higher authority
than this official, although he seems
to have forgotten it.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

After people have collected togeth-
er in one locality in sufficient num-
bers to form q business and social
center, experience hath shown that a
closer form Of government than that
provided by general statutory laws is
required for their peace and prosper
ity. The advantages of local
government are so apparent that 1t
does not seem needful to dwell on
them at any length. The disadvanta-
ges are all included in the item of
expense. The people are the sole
judges of the situation. If they IN
cline towards order, peace and pro
gress, they will favor incorporation if
their means permit, If they care
nothing about moral conditions and
are willing to trust implicitly to the
grace of providence for the protection
of their homes, property and lives
against every marauder, they will OPP
pose incorporation. Idaho Enter
prise.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

This matter of oflice-seeking is an
annoyance TO which all the Presidents
have been subjected to since the foun-
dation of the Government. Years
ago President William Henry Harri-
son was worried to death by the Of
fice-seekers, and when General Zach.
Taylor was elected troop of Office
seekers followed him on his way to
Washington, and one of them actu-
ally slipped bis application for office
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Great wealth may not await the
discoverer of sure preventative of
oillce-seekers mania, a disease now
epidemic in every section of the
Gland of the free and the home of
the brave" but he will occupy the
top niche in the temple of philanthro-
,,hV
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

An election machine, built upon the
principle of cash register or "nickel
in the slot machine, has been sue
cessfully tested in Warsaw, New York,
1t was a complete success The polls
were opened at 6 n. m and closed at
6 p. m. and polled $50 votes; the
average time in booths of each voter
was twenty seconds. In five minutes
after the polls closed the vote was
counted by the machine and recorded
ON the dial plate. The vote touches
the key bearing the name of the candi.
date and the machine does the rest.
Rocky Mountain News.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Can Il man be at the same time a
president of the United state and ex-
president of the United states? This
is subject for the debating societies
to tackle
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Good roads will increase the value
of farm, shorten the distance &c
market, save time, wagons, harness,
horses, enlarge the territory which
contributes to the home market,
quicken social communication, and
add to the wealth of the individual
and the state.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

The suicide of a Georgia postmaster
the other day indicates way in
which four-year terms may be short
ened and vacancies created. The
only trouble lies in persuading other
postmasters to follow the Georgian 5
example.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Garden Seeds of all kinds at Idaho
Commercial Cos.
b. NJ. Jenney, the jeweler, is fully
equipped for repairing guns, revolvers
and sewing machines. He has no equal
when it comes to repairing watches
as he is a thoroughbred watch maker.
All work warranted.
Sommercamp Bros & Co. have
alfalfa seed for sale.
Karl's Glover Root, the new Blood
Purifier, gives freshness and clearness
to the Complexion and cures
Constipation. 25c., SOC. and 81. 90.
Sold by Jenney & Warehouse.
Take your sheep skins to Estabrook.
s cents pound for dry pelts.
Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San
Diego, Cal, says: "Smloh's Catarrh
Remedy is the first medicine | have
ever found that would do me any
good. Price 80 cts. Sold by
Jenney q Waterheuse.
House and lot for exchange for
farm property. Enquire of W. NJ.
Wallace.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

President Cleveland seems to have
an idea that when the Office seeks the
man it should do so at a very leis-
urly pace. He is also opposed to
having too many offices on the seek
ing road at one time.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Ada Rehan's bust appears to be
taking up entirely too much room in
the newspapers. Will somebody
please call her attention to the gold
cure?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30
FOR SALE.

The account of A. NJ. Williams
(ex-county commissioner with the
WEIsER SIGNAL, amounting to SIS.
We need the money and will sell the
account for 90 cents on the dollar.
Enquire at SIGNAL office.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

How many patriots if given a
choice between a government com
mission, with salary attachment,
dated April 1st, and another dated
on the glorious fourth of July, would
choose the latter?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Any publication you may wish to
take can be subscribed for at this
office. It saves you trouble and helps
your home paper by allowing us to
make slight commission. Don't
forget us.
You see this, of course. So would
Others if it were a local of yours.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Boot-licking editors make political
big-heads, and if they smite their
makers no sympathy need be wasted
on the sufferers.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Swickley, Penn. We had ar
epidemic of eholerine, as our ply.
sicians called it, in this place lately
and l made great hit with Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. | sold four dozen bottles OF
it in one week and have since sold
nearly gross. This Remedy did the
work and was big advertisement fol
me. Several persons who had been
troubled with diarrhoea for two OF
three weeks were cured by few
doses of this medicine
p. p. KNAPP, Phi. &.
% and 80 cent bottles for sale by
Jenney & Waterhouse Druggists.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Offices are still quoted shy and
scarce, the demand being several mil
lions in excess of the supply,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

lands held by the Southern Pacific
railroad to be forfeited and that they
shall revert back to the public do
m din
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Brains are rs unequally distributed
as wealth, but no one has as yet pro-
posed a Redistribution of brains.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

Hurrah for Hoke Smith His first
official decision was to declare certain
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-03-30

You can buy Sulky and Gang Flows
at bottom prices at |. G. Cos.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-02-10

10 has often been noted that New
Mexico has some peculiar laws. One
of these came &c light this week. Ac-
cordlng to the FIRST section Of the law
relating to justices OF the peace pro-
vides that the justices and constables
elected on the second Monday Of jan
uary shall take their office on the first
Monday Of February. The second
section provides that the term OF
Office CT the justices and constables
elected two years ago shall expire on
the FIRST day Of February. The result
OF this law is that there was no JUS
tices nor %constables in the territory
from the first to the sixth Of Febru-
airy, this year. This peculiar state OF
affairs made no difference in this pre-
cinct, but circumstances might have
arisen by which it would have made
considerable difference, but that
would have made no difference to the
law makers.