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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
DIED OF TYPHOID.
Gus Thompson Passes Away After q
Two Weeks Illness.

Gus Thompson Passes Away After n
Two Weeks Illness.
Augustus K. Thompson died at the
home Of his mother, Mrs. Masterson,
in this city, Friday, October 13, of
typhoid fever, aged 20 years and II
days. The young man leaves mother,
brother and two sisters to mourn his
untimely death. His brother is
George Thompson, of the firm of
Worthington & Thompson of this city,
aud one sister, Mrs. May Carey, re-
sides in Astoria. The other sister is
Miss Myrtle Thompson of this city.
"Gus," as he was familiarly known,
was popular young man among
Athena young people, who deeply
deplore his loss. He took sick during
harvest, but bravely held up, going to
Pendleton as soon as harvest was
over and engaging in work at the
Pendleton woolen mills, where he has
held position for number of years.
However, he was forced to come
home and for the past two weeks has
been in a precarious condition, finally
succumbing to the dread disease
The funeral occurred Sunday at 2
p. m. from the M. e. church. attend
ed by large concourse of friends of
the family, and was conducted by
Rev. George I. Ellis of the Baptist
church. The floral offerings were
abundant and beautiful in the extreme
and were given as token of the es-
TEEN in which the deceased and fam
lily are held in this community.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
TO BE FINED AND IMPRISONED
Sentences Pronounced Upon William
son, Gesner and Biggs.

Sentences Pronounced Upon wiiliam-
son, Gesner and Biggs.
Saturday Congressman John N.
Williamson and Marion Biggs were
sentenced to ten months imprison-
ment and to pay fine of $500, and
DR.. Van Gesner to five months and
81 200 by United States District
Judge Hunt. The difference in the
sentence was stated by the judge to
be on account of the fact that Ges-
ner's physical condition would not
permit long term of Imprisonment.
Previous to sentencing Williamson and
higgs the judge lectured the defend
ants, calling their attention to the
poor example set by wrongdoing by
men in exalted positions. He added
that it was the prevalent belief that
wrongs which, against individuals,
may be committed with impunity,
against the government is danger
GUS doctrine aud must be suppressed.
On application of defendants attor-
neys stay of Judgment was granted
pending the perfecting of an appeal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
Frank Wall Located.

Word has been received by Charles
Wall from his brother Frank who SO
mysteriously disappeared about a
month ago from Havana, reports a
Pendleton paper The missing man
has been very i'll in Lewiston, Ida,
and at present is confined to his bed.
George Wall, another brother, who
arrived in Pendieton from the east
a few weeks ago, has gone to Lewiston
to take care OF him until he recovers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
Convicted of Embezzlement.

In Walla Walla Saturday Clint
Buchanan was convicted of the crime
of embezzlement in the superior court
after the jury had been out 30 hours.
Buchanan was tried last Spring on a
charge of poisoning Lon Matthews, an
old Snake river farmer. but was ac-
quilted. The charge of embezzlement
was also preferred by Mathews, who
alleged that he gave Buchanan $3.50
to buy windmill for him. Buchan-
an squandered the money in riotous
living.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
Huson Ranch Leased.

Papers were drawn up Monday in
the Office of J. 7. Hinkle, Pendleton,
for the leasing of the l.. r. Huson
ranch near Helix, to w. +. Ramey,
7. s. Thompson and p. D. Thompson,
all three being men who recently came
to that section Of the county and who
have been successful in farming.
They purchase the farming equipment
Of Mr.. Huson, valued at $4,000 and
will rent his ranch Of $40 acres.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
Fair Starts at Lewiston.

Monday morning at Z o'clock the
Lewiston Charleston Interstate fair
opened for one week. With good
weather the management is confident
the fair this year will be big success
aud that the attendance will surpass
any previous year. The gates at the
fair grounds will, close each evening
and at night street carnival will be
the attraction.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
FirA At Walla WaIla.

Fire in the outskirts of Walla Walla
Sunday noon partly destroyed the
machine shops of Severance 81 Brough
ton, entailing loss Of about $4,000.
The fire, which is thought to be of in
cendiary origin, started in the rear Of
the building in which there had been
no fire. Prompt action of the fire
department saved the building adjoin-
ing
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
For Sale.

o. q. Chamberlain, the real estate
dealer, offers for sale:
One dwelling and three lots, $1100.
One house, barn and three lots,
$500.
A good cottage, outbuildings and
one lot. $1,000.
One dwelling, barn and three lots
aud other choice city and farm prop
erty.
Ednrato sour Bowels sVith CascaTetg.
Candy CatbartIe. cure constipation forever
&c. 25c. II G. c. G. fail, druggists refund money
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
To Sheep Owners.

| wish to correspond with sheep
owners with a view of taking from
1900 to 5000 head of sheep on shares or
to purchase. Best of reference given.
Address, W. Rulan Williamson,
Pocatella, Idaho.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-10-17
Local Wheat Market.

Wheat is quoted today by Athena
buyers at 81 cents.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27

It's too funny" she painted. as her
laughter died down for a moment.
Then, catching sight of his expression
OF mingled surprise and injury, the
laughter started afresh.
Its too bad, DEAR" she said finally,
as she stopped laughing from sheer
exhaustion. 1T was all my fault.
Edna Murphy was one of the girls 1
met while taking a business course
Father insisted on my having profess
sion or trade, and 1 learned typewriting
and shorthand.
when Edna was i'll, after having
secured this place, l persuaded him
that it would be good practice and eX-
perience for me to take her name and
position. 1 pay her the money get,
and I've been having lovely time.
when / wrote to your mother l did
not take your dictation literally, but
substituted my own name for the one
under which l have passed all summer.
You wrote your sister Edna Murphy
and did not tell me. Can you blame
them for being upset?"
And to Think he said with twink
ling eyes, that 1 am engaged to be
married to Edna Murphy when want
you. I've always said I'd never marry
for money and if you're John Carruth-
er's daughter, you're worth two Of
me-
VERY we'll, then; I'll remain En1a
Murphy-"
Until you become Mrs. Spencer"
Then he went to send the doctor
home.-Indianapol Sun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
The Heart Muscles.

It is generally supposed that the
heart is an organ which never takes
rest. But this is not so. The muscles
Of the heart are not incessantly work
ing. The heart contains four cham
bers-two upper, called the auricies,
and two lower, the ventricles. In the
beating of the heart the auricles first
contract and force the blood into the
ventricles; they then relax While the
ventricles repeat the process. Then
follows a pause, during which the
heart is perfectly at rest.
The contraction of the auricles taxes
one-fifth of the time between one beat
and the next, the contraction of the
ventricles two-ffths and the pause
two-fifths, so that Che heart is really
rostiny two-ffths of its time. Sleep
olso aids in relieving the muscles OF
the heart, as it considerably diminish
as the rapidity of it's action.
This alienation Of rest and activity
ondows the heart muscles with thezf
oonacitv for untiring work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
WHAT THE SEA YIELDS.
Annual Value of the Aquatic
Trade.

.nua1 Value of the Aquatic Fur
Trade.
The total value Of the annual piou
net of such things as furs anu ie"'n
orc homes and worries, glue ana sea
weeds. roughly approximates through -
ont the world $45,OOo,Oo0, 10 Wni.n
sum the United States contributes
s11 100000. So Charles Il. stevensol :,
writes in two monographs puDiisneu
nv the fish commission.
It is known that some twenty Ainu'
of PRODUCTS issue from cruoe peu
leum running all the way down iroln .
benzine to chewing gum. But II na.
he a surprise to learn that IN relnlne
sn,.rm oil. the spermaced wnicn - ~
ta;ned Is used in candle making as a.
ointment for medicinal purposes as .
POLISH on linen in laundering ana iol
lubricating cartridges. .rh-
Take ambergris, VaiuaDie 81.
.tsnce found at rare Intervals W. -.
somattmes In large quantities. N NV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
Titles of Naval Staff Officers.

Civil Engineer Peter G. Assessor,
U. S. N, was retired from active ser,
vice with the rank of Rear Admiral
and the corresponding pay; but when
he used the title of Rear Admiral"
upon his visiting cards line officer
of similar grade protested to the Navy
Department that Mr.. Assessor, being
staff officer, was unauthorized to
use title that belonged only to Off
GERS of the navy empowered to act
ually command ships and squadrons.
The Secretary of the Navy, by direct
ing Mr.. Assessor not to use the title
of Rear Admiral, either in official or
personal correspondence, practically
supports the contention of the line
officer.
It is said that an effort is to be made
in the next Congress to correct this
anomaly by authorizing the staff Off
Ger to assume the corresponding line
title. Could not the problem be solv-
ed by some appropriate affix to the
more familiar and more generally hon
ored title-as Engineer Rear Admiral,
Surgeon Rear Admiral, Pay Rear Ad-
miral? There is already precedent
for such action in the case of the
army, where we now have Surgeon
General Paymaster General and Quar-
termaster General. Some such law
authorizing the use on all occasions
of a distinctive and sufficiently honor
able title would remove much friction.
-Engineering News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
The Mikado's Expenses.

The Emperors yearly expense OF
living is limited. For this purpose ne
draws $3,O00,000 from the national
treasury. His personal wealth is not
to be spent on his own living, so that
S2.OOO,O0O is really his yearly salary
as manager of the country. He has
got to pay out of it some thousand
employees. The lady in waiting is said
to be paid $3.50 monthly. l have no
doubt that even a washing girl is paid
about $40. Japan is a country where
laboring mans wages are not more
than so cents daily. The chief cook
of the palace is paid 5000 a month.
The Emperor's daily fare is Japan
csc. He is perfectly satisfied, for
breakfast, as a common japanese is,
with a bowl of bean soup and few
similar dishes. But his dinner usually
appears in splendid style, in some
twenty courses, although he always
denounces it as a useless extraVa-
gance. When any official feast is
held-the cherry blossom viewing
party at the Kioshikawa botanical
garden. or the chrysanthemum party
at the Akasaka palace, for instance
he will not spare any expense in pre-
pairing an elegant European banquet.
The Empress is the manager on such
an occasion She is noted econo-
mist She always gives hint to her
court ladies and the wives of the min
listers how to arrange their dresses
and how to save expense.-Success
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27

intestines of the whale or afloat or
cast upon the shore. A single whale
has yielded $4,000 worth of amber
girls, which is used as an incense, in
cookery, as medicine and as a per-
fume. The aquatic fertilizers pro-
duced in the United States approx
mate at present 10000 tons and are
worth about $2,21O,OO0.
Writing in a general way, Mr. Ste
yenson says that 80 per cent of the
worlds stock of furs is obtained from
aquatic animals. He says this per-
centage was formerly greater, but it
has been reduced by the decrease in
the product of beaver, fur seal, otter
and the large increase in quantity of
certain land fur bearers. Yet rs per
cent of all the furs produced in the
United States comes from aquatic ami
mails and the value of the annual out
put is close upon 100000 in the raw
or undressed state.
There is the leather aside from the
fur, and it is made from the skins of
nearly all the aquatic mammals and
Of many of the species of fish. Then
there are the hard substances existing
in the form of shells, bones and scales.
Almost 100000 tons are yearly Sc
cured in the United States, the supply
consisting of the shells of oysters,
clans and mussels. A fair valuation
of these, with the pearls found, is
he oil
of vhalebone in our fisheries is less
by 5 per cent than it was half cen
fury ago, but the value has correspond
ingly increased. To quote: THE prod
uct in the American fisheries now APP
proximates 10000 pounds each year,
worth 100000 and about $15O,000
worth is obtained in all other parts
of the world" The total value of
vhalebone secured in the United
States fisheries since 1850 is estimated
at about S20O,OO0000.
Again there is tortoise shell, of which
we produce annually about $4,000
worth. as compared to the South Amer
lean. West and East Indian and Pa
cific Island products valued at about
100000 a year. Elsewhere the profits
we derive from. our aquatic animals
are to be noted in sentence or two:
The annual yield in ivory, in the form
of Walrus tusks, sperm whale teeth,
etc, amounts to. about 600; the
sponge output of Florida approximate
$780, 900 yearly, about a tenth OF the
worlds product; commercial albumen
Is made from the eggs of cod and
other species; the uses of seaweeds
are numerous, not only for fertilizers
and chemicals, but for food; isinglass,
made from the sounds" or swimming
| hladders Of sturgeon or bake, is now
| proftably used for clarifying ferment-
ed liquors, and glue manufacture pro-
| yides an outlet for the economical use
| Of much waste in dressing Goldfish.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
Cas- Enoines for Emergencies.

The San Francisco railway COM
panies have concluded that power can
be purchased from the electric-corpor-
ations owning the hydro-electric plants
in the Sierras and the famous long
distance transmission lines, cheaper
than they can generate the current.
To provide for emergencies gas en-
CINE power plants are to be establish
ed in San Francisco, so tLat in case
of accident to the long transmission
lines, power would be instantly avail
able.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
DOES PLANT LIFE GENlSNTe
HEAT?
Investigations Prove Existence or
Vegetable Heat Ambiguous to
Animal Heat

Animal Heat.
That plants as well as animals gen
crate heat by their life processes is
demonstrated b. many investigations.
The presence of heat is shown by the
fact that the nutritiye juices of trees
and plants do not CONCEAL during the
winter, although the low degree of
temperature produces the solidifiea-
ton of other liquids The interior of
fibrous plants is sensibly warmer
than the outside air during the cold
periods of the year, while de Saussure
remarked that snow melts much more
at the foot of dead ones.
M. Dutrochet has shown recently
that plants have the power of produc-
ing temperature of their own, en-
trely Independent of that of the sur
rounding atmosphere. This investiga-
tor has been able to observe in GER
tain vegetables a sort of climax about
the middle of the day in the develop
ment of the plant temperature, the
heat gradually increasing and then
declining with the heat and light of
the atmosphere, although with the
great majority of vegetables the life
heat remains very rudimentary during
the entire period of the existence.
With certain plants Towering is ac-
companied by a sensible production
of heat, as, for example, a half of a
degree in a bignonia radicans At
the time of the development of the
spathe of the arum, a common plant
of damp woods, the heat thrown off
by the spadix can be felt with the
hand, while in the case of the arum of
Italy the daily increase of heat may
run as high as ten and one-half de-
grees. The spadix of the colocasia
odora has been known to acquire a
temperature of degrees c., although
the temperature of the surrounding
air was only 1 degrees G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
Exnatriated DOG.

Having taken a terrier dog on board
his Yacht and sailed to Holland, where
he landed, Mr.. Henry Robertson,
Washingley Hall, Hunts, was yester-
day summoned for having brought the
dog back to England without the IL
cense of the Board of Agriculture, the
Board contending that the dog became
"a foreign dog" by landing in Holland
Mr.. Robertson was ordered to pay the
costs, ct Is. 8d.-London Mail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27

man vfolinist, born at ESSEN 0el
many, in 1885. He came to this coun-
trv when 10 years old. AS youth ne
created a sensation as violimst anu
played for Jenny Lind and other stars.
He gave concerts in New YORK, nnai,y
went west and since 1891 had mace
b;s home permanently in Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
increase of Imports.

The increase in the imports OF Man
churia in ten years has been In the
various commodities, 100 to 500 per
oan+ The customs revenue in 1902
was 100000. The great growth In
+roda has resulted from the free ex-
,,ortation of beans, bean cake and bean
iii
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
The Limit.

.uow much will you give me for
novel of 10000 words
.Tet me see.' replied the editor.
.You ought to get si1 months e
.h.+r,-Atlanta Constitution.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
Thrashing Corn Fodder.


In a farm exchange a writer thus
tells how he utilities his corn fodder:
During recent years | have harvest
ed my corn with a corn binder and
find this method exceedingly satisfac-
tory. Two men follow the binder and
have no great difficulty III shocking
all that one man and team will cut.
/ am very particular to nave the
shocks we'll made and bound togeth--
er near the top. l am especially anx-
ious to have MY corn fodder nicely
cured and well kept, until it comes to
the thrasher or shredder. AS to the
cost Of harvesting, | am convinced
that some seasons / can cut my corn
as cheaply by hand, but one year with
another this is not so. Then the use
of the corn harvester makes it pos
sible for me to secure all my fodder
corn. and that is what we are after
II cut it by hand occasionally lose.
q lot by frost. Then, too, if properly
shocked, it keeps better i'll bundles.
and is much easier to run through the
shredder when the time comes.
think in the end it is great saving
of time and money for individual
farmers or groups Of farmers to buy
a corn grinder and use it.
We have shredders in this part Of
the country, and they have come to
stay, but for some reason or other l
have such a horror of these machines
that / refuse to use them unless a
good and safe self-feeding attachment
is provided. Then, too, the average
shredder must have a greater capaci-
ty for handling fodder.
have run my corn fodder through
the ordinary thrashing machine, and
am more than satisfied with the re-
suits. If the corn is dry when it is
run through the thrashing machine, it
will come out shelled, which saves tho
necessity of running 1t through a
shelter afterwards / remove part Of
the concave teeth and rllI tie con-
cave quite a distance FROM the cyl
inder. BY doing this the machine is
rot injured, the fodder is torn into
small bits, the corn Is shelled and
separated, and the very best feed re-
suits.
In storing corn from the thrasher
in bins, | find it safer to mix it with
about one-third of oats, or better still,
to thrash the oats and corn at the
same time. We have then, not only n
mixture of grain, but mixture Of
sheIled corn, fodder and oats straw.
These two mixtures are splendid beef
and pork producers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
A FAMOUS MUSICIAN.
Theodore Thomas, Who Died Recently
in Chicago.

The death in Chicago of Theodore
Thomas removed one of the foremost
musicians Of the world. For fourteen
years he had been at the head Of the
Chicago Orchestra, and had recently
erected an orchestra hall costing near
" S1.OO0.OOO. He was a son of a Ger
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27

Do not hatch bantams until late in
the summer If you would have them
beautiful and diminutive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27

There should be constant and per-
sistent culling of the flock, always
keeping the best at home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27

Furnish as great variety of diet
as possible and feed as much as the
fowls will eat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-27
Good Profit in Ounces.

This is fruit which is very much
neglected. evertheless, it is one of
the most important in the entire list;
important, because there is not a
housewife who does not look for 1T
in the fall Of the year when fruit Is
being done up" as the family saying
goes; important, because. it is one Of
the finest of all fruits for jellies,
preserves and marmalades; important
because there is no other fruit in it's
green state, so thoroughly advantage
GUS to the stomach and liver,
particularly acceptable. to the latter
OF account Of it's known presence or
phosphoric acid. The ounce, besides,
is a highly profitable fruit, selling at
a higher price than any other; not by
the measure, but most frequently by
the dozen specimens, bringing from
so cents to 81 per dozen. Unfortu-
nately, the ounce is more subject to
the ravages of the San Jose scale and
codling moth than any other fruit
CYRUS T. Fox, Reading, Pa.