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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
PROMISES TO CALL
AN EXTRA SESSION
Railroad Rate Legislation, Tariff Revis-
ion and Santo Domingo.

Washington, March 80. The presi-
dent told number of senators and con-
gressmen this morning that he expected
to call an extraordinary session of con-
gress for consideration of railroad rate
legislation about October 10.
In addition to the railroad rate ques-
ton there are other great problems for
congress to consider that demand early
solution. BY the date set by the presi-
dent it is more than likely that the Santo
Domingo situation will take an acute
turn necessitating vigorous action by
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Money Raised For Road

help to operate them, which will mini
mize the expense of building the rcsa.
The rock for the road will be obtained
partly from Garrison creek and from
Mill creek, which will also make saw
ing Of considerable Importance over
Milton rock. The first layer of rock en-
the proposed road will be uncrushed,
but otherwise the road will be the same
as was built under the supervision of
the government officials last fall.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31

Pendleton, March 80. Fred
Koepke arrived in the city yesterday
after having been absent from Pendle-
ton for over seven years. DR.. Koepke
is the son of Henry Koepke, the wealthy
farmer of Athena who is well known in
this city and Umatilla county. He will
remain IN the city until tonight when he
will leave for Portland where he will
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31

College Place, WASH, March 30. The
Improvement club, organized to raise
money to build macadamlzed road
from the county road south a mile and
a quarter to the Blalock fruit farm
through to the southern limits of College
Place, reported that $280O of the $4,000
had been pledged and that the road is
assured. The county commissioners
will furnish the necessary rock crushing
and road rolling machinery, with skilled
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Spent a Year In Europe

visit for few days before going to Los
Angeles, where he will take charge of a
sanitarium until this fall. He expects
to return to San Francisco, where he
received his medical training, and will
engage in practice there. DR.. Koepke
is just returning from trip to England,
Germany and France, having set sail on
a training ship from San Francisco over
fourteen months ago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Surveyors Are Called Off

from the field permanently. Most OF
them have been spending the day in
town and apparently are making prepar-
ations to return to their homes or to
other posts. Last night j. G. Cutler,
treasurer and chief engineer of the w.
q @. r. company, was in town, and it is
said that the order for the removal of
the forces came from him.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Lawton Is no More.

After the 3lst day OF March there will
be no more Lawton postofIice. On that
day the business Of the Office will be
closed and the remainder Of the sup
plies on hand will be returned to Wash
ington, says the Granite Gen. This
will be the finish Of the boom town
started about five years ago at the
junction Of Granite and Clear creeks by
Pendleton promotera.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
A Slight Freeze.

The falling weather which has pre-
vailed for some time came to an abrupt
end Wednesday night after a light fall
Of snow, with a slight freeze. Whether
or no fruit trees, which are 10 bud and
spearly ready to bloom, are injured to
any great extent, cannot at present be
told
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Diphtheria at Adams.

A child in the family Of Editor Fergu-
son of the Adams Advance, has been
critically i'll the past few days with
diphtheria. DR.. Stone Of this city was
called Tuesday night and found the
little patient in a precarious condition.
Toxine was administered without delay,
and last reports were that the child was
improving with fair indications Of re-
coyery.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31

whole amount must be used in road and
bridge work by the county court, and
in the letter to the county treasurer are
instructions that the money be applied
to the road fund. Last year the amount
received from the state was $2779,
which amount was added to the general
fund as was required under the law then
existing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Roads and Bridge Work

Pendleton, March 30. County Treas
urer Sommerville has received $1,000
from the state treasury to be added to
the road fund of this county. The
money is this county's portion Of the
United States five per cent land sales
fund which is derived from the sale OF
public lands in this state during each
year. Under the law now existing the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Kershaw is Under Bonds

gerald Mr.. Kershaw waived examin-
alton. His bonds wsre thereupon set at
$1,000, and was bound over for trial in
the circuit court. His bail was furnish
ed by j. l.. Sharpstein, an attorney of
Walla Walla. The case involves 557
sacks of wheat that we're stored at Hills
dale station several years ago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31

Pendleton, March 30. Has the North
ern Pacific abandoned the Pendleton
Railroad & Coal company's project?
This is the question that is being asked
today. The surveying crew that has
been working near here for the past
week or two has been drawn off, and it
is understood that they are to be taken
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Cheese Factory at Ukiah

Mr.. Emigh does not expect to receive
nearly that much at first. Ralph Hood,
from Lone Rock, Wis, and a graduate
of the Wisconsin Dairy school, with 10
years experience in cheese making. will
have charge of the plant and accompany
Mr.. EmIgh to Ukiah.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
High Lodge Official Here

instructive address by the grand chan
cellor, and the team which is to work
before the district convention at PEN
dleton April s, went through the drill.
A sumptuous supper followed. and seat
ed at the table were about 60 persons,
including the knights and Rathbone
Sisters.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31

Pendleton, March 3O.-H B. Ker-
shaw, a grain dealer Of Walla Walla,
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Constable J. NJ. Bentley on the charge
Of larceny by bailee. The complaint
was made by George Hartman, Sr., and
on being brought before Justice Fitz-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31
Final Homestead Proofs.

Assessor Strain has just received the
list OF homestead proofs that have been
made in this county during the past
year, says the East Oregonian. The
record was secured from the land office
at La Grande, and shows that between
March /, 1904, and March l, 1906, there
have been 122 final proofs made and
accepted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31

Ukiah. March 3O.-Ward Emigh,
proprietor of the Walla Walla creamery,
will establish cheese factory at
Ukiah. The machinery has capacity
of $4,000 pounds of milk day, but as
the dairy interests have declined Of late,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-31

The meeting of Pythian Lodge No.
90, X. Of P, last night was largely at
tended. More than usual interest CEN
tered in the meeting because Of the fact
that Grand Chancellor Commander L,
NJ. Curl, of Albany, was present. The
members listened to an entertaining and
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12
Pointed Paragraphs.

The shortest horse gets the longest
odds.
Nothing is more sad than forced cheer
fulneSs.
Everytime a man makes a mistake he
learns something.
With some men swearing off is a con-
tinuOus performance.
The average man is to be seen every
where-eXcept in a mirror.
After some wives have had the last
word they sit down and cry over it.
No true society woman ever patronizes
the opera to listen to the music
MatrimCny is a great institutions, ii
makes Il man forget his other troubles.
Some people are unable to distinguish
between courage and foolhardness.
1t takes Il genius to get 10 cents worth
of satisfaction out of 4 5-cent cigar.
It's surprising what number of practi-
try them.
In this age of substitution somebody
should substitute something for the walk
ing delegate.
Moral suasion is all right in its way but
there are times when it should be backed
up with q shotgun.
No man can help feeling sorry for a
pretty girl who marrieS some other fellow
while he is still in the bachelor class.
There is something peculiar about the
man who takes no interest in baseball.
He may be d person of superior 1ntelli-
gencc.
Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

marked by a good deal of drunkenness on
the part of the soldiers and nightly Il
provost guard had to be sent into Angus
ia to round up riOtous wearers OF inc
Maine uniform. Nothing of the sort now.
The discipline Of the camp Is much IKE
what it would be for regiment Oh the
regular army and the stricter physlcai
and intellectual requirements for enlist
ment in the Guard have assembled the
pick of the young men of the State under
the regimental colors. AS result
we find interest and work in the
ranks, ability among the officers and
a high degree of military efficiency and
accomplishments in the ensemble. In
brief, if it ever was otherwise. the Ma
tional Guard of the State of Maine is to-
day a really efficient military force. Not
once has it been necessary to send a pro-
vost guard to search the Augusta saloons
or quell street brawL Scarcely any dis
order of the most trivial sort has been
seen. The command is in the best OF
health and working hard. Great credit Is
due to the military department of the
State and to the soldiers themselves for
so excellent a showing.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12
The Cheapness Of Hay.
Bangor News.)

Bangor NewS.)
Reports come to this paper from diff
ferent parts of eastern Maine to the eff
feet that farmers are offering to give
the standing grass on many fields to
any one who will accept it and cut it
| and take it away One man in Orring-
ton has an S-acre field that will cut
two tons to the acre, and he will pre-
sent the whole crop to any one who
will harvest it. The land is rough, so
much of the moving must be done
by hand, to be sure. and considerable of
the crop is not first quality. but even
under these conditions, 1t would seem
to be a good bargain. Most any kind
of man can NOW an acre of land in 4
half day. By moving it in the fore
noon and raking and punching it
after dinner. the man who takes the job
can have his crop ready to haul in the
second day. Now two ions OF hay in
the field is worth at least $40 If it re-
quires the labor of a man and a horse
for half a day to- stack or house these
two tons. the man and his horse are
each receiving at least $50 day for
their work, which is very good wages
at any time.
Because hay is plentiful and cheap
this season is no reason that it is 60
ing to continue so through all the COM
ing years In one sense hay that has
been cured and stacked or housed is
as good as money in bank. There is al
ways a market for it at some price
Now and then a year arrives whe,. hay
is scarce. and the man who has the
COMMODITY for sale can almost get his
own price. According to our way of
thinking, every farmer will do we'll to
pick up and save all the hay he can
secure this year and all years A ton
of average hay is of a fixed value for
feeding to stock 1t will produce 50
much fat and so much muscle and it
IS capable of sustaining so much ami
NAL mfe for given space of time. Re
gardess of what the buyers give or
what the sellers ask. no one can take
away the chemical ingredients from
ton of hay. 1t is property, having the
power to do SO much. Energies OF this
kind cannot be permitted to go to waste
by thrifty farmers who wish to get along
in the world. No matter how cheap
hay may be. CLEAN up every spire within
reach and hold it. Crops such as we
have had this year are the exception
and not the rule. Bear in mind that
other years are coming. In no better
way can farmer earn money and pro-
vide for the future than by caring for
all the hay he can harvest.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

For centuries the French language
has been the medium of diplomatic in
tercourse. but it appears that the
4sR4aessa peace ENJOYS now at Kittery
know absolutely nothing of French,
though they are masters of the Eng
lish language. AS Count Witte does
not speak English, il appears that the
services of an interpreter has to be
employed constantly during the nego-
tiaticns. 1t probably shocks continen .
tai Europe to hear that diplomat
cannot speak French. but Japan has
done many things of late to shock con-
tinental Europe. The time is coming
when the English language will be the
universal tongue, or at least the tongue
used in intercourse between nations
speaking different languages. and the
Japanese are evidently wasting nc
time in keeping pace with events.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

1t is not only Old Orchard which is
getting the sea serpents which have
come down from the long forgotten
past. Out in the desert wastes of Ne
vada a number of scientists have just
dug UP well preserved skeleton of a
serpent which was fully so feet long.
when it trailed through the sea that
once covered that region. Old Orchards
sea serpent. which some wise scientists
declared to be a genuine iceberg pre-
served sichthyosaurus. which was the
terror of the mesozoic seas untold
thousands of years ago--or at least a
part Of its Skeletons on exhibition
this summer in tent at the resort ard
Is gazed upon by the curious multi
tuueS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

The Maine newspapers have one sat-
isfaction of which rapacious New
Hampshire cannot deprive Them They
can call it, in defiantly big type, the
Kittery navy yard; and that is what
they are doing.-HartfOrd Courant.
Well. we have the infinite satisfact-
tion of being right. and in the long
run tie truth is mighty and will pre-
vail. Portsmouth paid for the b md
and made the speeches of welcome, but
the meeting place of the peace COM
missioners is in Kittery and they eat
and sleep in the town of Newcastle
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

Evidently the American Board of
Foreign Missions did not lose many
friends by accepting the 100000 gift
from John D. Rockefeller. a gift. it will
be remembered. which caused all the
controversy about tainted" money.
Anyway, If it lost any old friends it
has gained new ones. who show their
devotion in a substantial manner, for
the gifts to the board have steadily in
creased since the controversy in ques-
ton, those for the month Of July being
$4,000 more than for the corresponding
month. a year ago. Some people were
shocked. but evidently most church
people thought the attitude of the
board in accepting the Rockefeller gift
sensible and worthy of encouragement
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12
Personal Notes.

Senator John w. Daniel Of Virginia.
Is editing the memoirs of General Jubal
A. Early.
William A. Clark, United States Sena-
tor from Montana. has furnished the
necessary funds to defray the expenses
of an expedition to explore the unknown
mountains of his state.
Though she is but IS years of age,
Miss NJ. n. Parke has been called to the
pastorate of the Christian Church at
Ramsel. Ill. She has already made Il
name for herself as an evangelist.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has be-
gun his annual vacation and will be alb
sent from the department for about six
weeks. He will spend few days on
Long Island, after which his plans are
indefinite.
Miss Maggie J. Waltz, of Calumet.
cation for women published in this coun-
try. She is greatly interested in bene-
fitting the condition of the women in the
United States.
Spanish scholar connected with the Bu-
reau Of Insular Affairs. has been detailed
to assist w. j. Calhoun, the special COM
missioner appointed by President Roose-
welt to investigate the American claims
against Venezuela.
Mrs. Louisa Manning the oldest ma
tive of Salem, Mass, has just observed
her 9Sth birthday. Mrs. Manning clearly
remembers when the Constitution was
chased into Salem harbOr by British war
ships and she is probably the only per
son living who heard the guns in the
famous fight between the Chesapeake
and the Shannon off Salem harbOr in the
War of 1872
Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, of
New York. although practically an un-
known woman in Il public sense, is doing
much for the cause of education. She
has erected a physical culture building
for the Teachers College in New York
costing s3,000O, gave Nassar library
building which cost s5OOOO and col
lege chapel building to Williams College
that took 100000 to build.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12
RAILROADS AND sTEAMsoAru
Augusta, Winthrop,
& Gardner Railway
Time Table In Effect June /. 1on

4uue AdulC III 1IucCI June j, l86
Cars leave Augusta for HallowelI "a
Gardiner daily every half hour on S ths
hour and half hour from 6 A. M. To 4
l4:t n: For For HALEY Hal1owel! only at r
Cars leave Augusta for Winthrop km
$40. 750, $50 $50, 1850, 1L5o. 1880, 10, 2A
go, l50, $50, $50, $50. $50, 1870. SUNDAY
time same, first car starting at $50.
Cars leave Augusta for Togus week
days: $50. $50. 500. 800. 1000 and com
8 p. NJ, then at 800 and 1000. Sunday
time:-Cars leave every half hour from
A. M. to p. NJ. Q, 10 p. NJ.
where connections are made for the Win Win.
isa se 9fs sT.fy hP hGSr isr
:&aa g Augusta only: The srst t' car "ss. sundss..
& Sa5; j leave y w,n.ht+ep q & fer A Aysu,ts g sa.
$50. $50, $50, $50, 7.50, $50. $50. Special
car leaves Lakeside $50 A M. Sunday
time same, first car starting at 75o.
Cars leave Togus for Augusta week
days. 800. 100. $50. s.a. lo0: Commenc-
p. NJ, ESQ. 10-ao. Sunday time:-Cars
leave every h half Il b hour from Sd A N to
Car. leave HaIiower for Gardiner !
hour from $50 A. NJ. to 1922 p. M First
car Sunday. 7.52 A. M
Cars leave Hallowell for Augusta Z
minutes past and @ minutes before every
hour from sos A. NJ. TO 103a r. NJ. except
zoos p. M. First car Sunday. a0S A. n.
Train Cvnnections-rne SD A. M. car
from Winthrop and zoo A. M. car from
from Gardiner. s.3s from Hallowell
$50 from Augusta connects at Winthrop
with trains East and West The l1.9 A.
M. car from Augusta connects at Win
throp with train for Lewiston and Farm
ington. The 1.50 p. NJ. car from Au-
gusta connects at Winthrop with trains
East and West. The $50 p. M. car from
Augusta connects at Winthrop with traaa
for the East
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

The United States as whole leads
the world in the production of wheat
and oats and ranks third in the pro-
duction OF barley, with Russia anu
Germany first and second. 1t produces
some two billions of bushels of corn
more than all the rest of the world put
together. But it's production Of rye Is
comparatively sreaking, insignificant
less than thirty millions of BUSHELS
whereas Russia produces about nine
hundred millions ard Germany nearly
four hundred millions. And by
way of evening things up. we should
add that Germany raises five times as
many bushels of potatoes as this cOuC-
try. and Russia about three times as
many.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12
Record. Breaking Crops Again.

The crop estimates make it evident
that this is to be another year Of rec
ord breaking yields in the vast harvest
fields Of the West. and consequently Il
year Of continued prosperity for our
farmers. 1t is interesting to pause
over the figures for the suggestions
power of the country. While millions
and billions of bushels defy the i'm
agination we may learn something by
comparisons. There has beer much
talk of late years of what Canada was
doing in wheat raising and Of the i'm
migration of American farmers to the
promising fields of the Dominion.
Now the statistical year book Of
Canada puts the wheat production Of
Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and
the Northwest territories for 1904 at
69,O29, ,266 bushels. AS against this we
have the following 1905 estimates for
three American states: Kansas. S0.000.-
900 bushels; North Dakota, 100000
bushels: Minnesota, 100000 bushels.
or these three wheat states Kansas Is
also set down for 275,OOO,00O bushels of
of corn and 24,423,OOO bushels of oats.
Corn is a negligible quantity in the
Canadian provinces named except On
tario, where the average crop is less
than $4,000, ,O0C bushels. These provin-
ces together produced 159,944.235 BUSH
els of oats in 1904.
Iowa and Illinois lead in corn pro-
duction with 3SO.OOO,o 900 and 10000
600 bushels respectively. These states
lead IN oats also, the figures being:
Iowa, 133,sOO,00O and Illinois, 126,OO0-
900. No foreign country comes any
where near either of them in the pro-
duction of corn. Only Russia, Ger
many. France and Great Britain sur
pass them in the production of oats,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

When Secretary Lamont died, those
who wrote his obituaries declared that
he was too honest a man to accumulate
fortune, and that, as result OF
neglecting opportunities which most
men would gladly embrace, he died a
poor man. An inventory of his estate,
however, shows that he left over 49,
800, 900, a pretty ample fortune from the
viewpoint of most of us. Evidently
honesty Is the best policy in some
cases. after all.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

The great risk in repairing old build
ings and attempting to co business in
them at the same time, is illustrated in
the collapse Of that department store in
hundred lives. Those in charge of the
job took long and reckless chances to
structure by saving through floor
beam running under the central sup
ports, the sudden and tragic collapse OF
the great structure was inevitable. 1t
was much like the man who sawed off
of the tree on which he was operating
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12
TO THE NATIONAL HOME,
Eastern Branch. d. ". g.. at Togus-
kennebec Central R. R.

Connects at Gardiner with the Maine
Central Railroad and Augusta, Halloweu
and Gardiner Electric Railroad to Au-
gusta.
Summer arrangement, In effect Monday
June s. 1905.
Leave Randolph: IAr. National Home
lis. 800 & 1850 A. NJ. 7.35. 80 4 lilo A. M.
II. 40, 2.45 & 4.30 P. NJ. 90. sos & $50 p. M.
7.45. 9.25 & Ills A. MI 1905, $40 G. 11.35 A. NJ.
LIE. 40 & 800 p. M. Sc. $40 & 520 p. M.
Will run as follows: Leave Randolph at
so A. NJ. 30 and 30 p. M. Leave
National Home at 10.05 A NJ. 500 and sos
P. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Togus connect at Augusta with early M.
G.. train West. The S.I5 A. M. car
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

Daniel Maloney. the brave vo,np ,ero
.ia naut who met his death at Santa Clara
.hrough the overturning of his aero.
dents hcai vi deriai accl-
:, Maloncy put his trust in prof,ciercv
1elore s.ts,e each ascension he studied every
uetall OF his car: he tried every small.
ts. mechanism. The young man aIwevs
ance. " aeriaI lSnor-
The average aeronaut." he said ona
uay, is about as fit to run a f1yinp mo
cnlne as the Ceciltown farmer who
sail ship. was 10
This farmer. the second dav out ho-
gan 70 dislike the motion His annette
disappeared. he had a slight headache
ana nc was pale and languid.
,.as A. ne leaned over the rail disconso-
iately watching with a slight shuIdor
me rise and fall Of the horizon Cantain
LOOK here. Captain Lampford, cola
business ''ahu your
- Inc captain smiled. He was willing
70 numor this poor. seasick rustic iis
dont understand my business 80,
ne m saId. What Is the trouble with NJ J.
Why, blame it ALL said the farr me.
you ought to keep in the furrows liner