The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-10-06

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Five thousand people read the
'REss every week, and mole would
they could.
Born, near Milton, on Friday, |
september %, 1898, to the wife Of
Tohn Duncan, a daughter.
Wilse Coyle will embark in the |
butcher business in North Milton
n the building formerly occupied !
BY G. Ireland.
An exchange says whiskey will
remove all kinds of fruit stains
Well maybe it will; but it won'tlre
move moral stains. "A
Four hundred and twenty-eight
feet of advertising was printed in
the recent sixty-page anniversary
edition Of the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
\ T. P. Page, the reservation
rancher has stored 1879 sacks
of wheat in Athena. He expects
q total harvest of about 37,750
bushels.
This is the time Of year when
brutes, some drunk and others un-
feeling, begin to leave horses tied
out all night in the chilly air.
For such cases it is pleasant to
contemplate future heat.
Never let up in advertising, is
the secret.of success. Advertising
that does let up never pays. To
stop and see how it works is like
throwing a double eagle in the
water to see if it will float; you
solve the problem but you lose
your gold.
Mr.. Killian, of Vansycle has
been making preparations to ham
die a part of Umatilla county's
crop. He has now twenty men
employed in taking care of wheat
at various points along the w. &
c. R. R., and expects to increase
the force as occasion demands.
Conductor Wills, Of the Union
Pacific, was recently given a ten
days rest for carrying man whose
pass was not correctly signed by
the superintendent. On his first
trip out after his enforced furlough,
a corpse was put on the train, and
Wills put it off because of a slight
irregularity in the transportation
papers.
An agent for California tailor.
ing and shirt-making establish
ment was in Athena soliciting or
ders Wednesday. Those of our
citizens who desire anything of
that sort should bear in mind that
we have several reliable clothing
dealers who can supply all their
wants. Practice protection by pat
ronizing home industries.
The exposition at Portland
opened Wednesday evening under
very favorable auspices. Liberati's
band is in attendance and will be
one Of the drawing cards. Master
Gill, President Deku5n's grandson
pressed the electric button thai
set all the machinery in motion
The Pass is the recipient of {
season ticket.
" We wonder if any of our Sub
A$cribef$ know how it is in oul
! office these hard timeS? JUS
!, think moment and Zee if yo,
have not forgot Something tina
would help u$ out. We woulG
not convey hint, but our Suppl,
Of the letter "s' has run out
Harrington Leader. ALE Sam,
here; $abe?
A character dp in Hazelton il
"Jack" Mccarthy, where he runs
daily paper. His advertising
methods are original, as we'll a
effectual. He was anxious to gel
business from a firm that adver
tised in his field, and wrote, solicit
ing an order for his paper. TIL
reply came, 4Wheie does you
paper go?1 With promptness
Jack answered, "To North an,
South America, Europe, Asia ant
Africa; and 1T is all | can do t.
keep it from going to h" H
got the contract.
i A scientific writer says that if
drop of oil from foul pipe b
placed in the mouth Of a snake th
action is instantaneous s-the reE
| tile becomes rigid and powerles
This will be a useful item for
person in the bush, and the know
edge should render him secul
from snakes. If a man sees
snake all that he has to do is
squeeze the animals jaws unit
it opens its mouth, place a dro
OF oil from a pipe and while til
snake is rigid, walk Out of DANCE
Nothing could be simpler.
In conversation with an Ea
Oregonian reporter, w. L. Gibson
of Birch Creek. who has just r
turned from the Cherokee STR
says he saw more people dead an
, manned than he ever saw before
ever expects to see again. Son
had been hung, some tabled, son
shot. some burned to death