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GEORGES HAcKENscHMIDr, The RUSSIAN LION"

normal, 4s inches, and expanded, 50 inches;
bioeps, 1871 inches; thighs, AK inches,
and his weight is 2io pounds in condition.
Besides being a champion wrestler he
lie an expert swimmer a crack cyclist and an
accomplished gymnAst and acrobat He can
box oleverly, can run a hundred yards near
TO record time and oan clear the bar at
nearly FIVE feet standing, and at six feet
With a short run. He demonstrated his
ability as a high jumper in his room at
the Hotel Astor when he cleared, without
much Of an effort, chair on the back Of
which were three high hats and large
dressing case.
Although he was born In the Cars coun-
try not a drop Of Russian blood courses
through his veins His father Is German
and his mother Swede.
He was born at Riga, on July 20, 1877,
speaks English fairly well and a half dozen
other languages fuently, including French
and German. HE'S well educated and q civil
engineer.
He has just returned from a trip around
the world. He has met all corners on the
mat In every principal city he has visited
and no man In the six years he has been
wrestling ever succeeded In getting both Of
his shoulders down for single fall certainly
a remarkable achievement. And in those
siI years be has participated In 500 bouts,
nesting all the champions and in some
instances men who outweighed him by from
100 10 $50 pounds.
HAckenschmidt has q small head sur
mounting his abnormally large, snowy neck.
He talks well. he IL modest. He declares
that the really strong man who can do
wonderful feats never brags about It.
'Imade It habit when started out 10 be-
come the strongest man in the world II I
could, continued the Lion, TO eat whatever
! liked and ! would advise others aspiring
70 great strength 10 do the same. But the
next thing after getting strong Is TO keep
strong.
Rat lot II you can. They say that the
Japanese athlete eats but little. This IL all
foolishness. The japanese are a miserable
little people. / don't cay this beause I am
Russian. A man must eat 10 grow big
and strong.
Exercise a lot, and with discretion, too.
II you get tired, stop. Remember there IL
another day, and you must reserve your
strength for another occasion.
Sleep as much a. you can. II you ever
suffer from indigestion OF have headache
Immediately take TO our bed and have
good sleep. This will have better effect
than medicine. for by the time you awake
your indisposition will be gone.
Weights, and heavy ones, will make you
strong II they are used properly. A lot Of
persons say that weights make a man slow
and muscle bound. This may be 20 n you
stick 10 the weight lifting alone.
hff 10 Won tudttIna In afhaF Hirda NJ
athletics all the muscles viii get a chance
and become equally developed. In this
way the entire body viii be made strong.
Wrestling is a great sport and eHsrciss.
When a man vrostles evory muscle 10 the
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Juror anyway. Your mind would be too
prooccupiod. I'll let YOU OF till fall
In one day ninety men who had come In
prepared to get excused II there was .
possible pretoIt for II left the ofioe delighted
with their treatment and insisting ths5
Commissioner Shields was the best fellow
th9t ever lived. When six months mtot,
they discovered themselves jurors the joke
that dawned upon them was too good 70
permit them to change their opinion.
Hundreds Of lawyers dread Federal
practice for the reason that while not a.
complex as the practice In the State courts,
II differs widely from State practice
and hence creates confusion in thelF
minds,
To these, Commissioner Shields is an
open encyclopaedia Of law accessible to
any one who wants to use IT, Admitted
to the bar in 1869 and appointed Conn
missioner in the same year. his knowledge
comes from practical application Of the
law, and Ia 80 much the more valuable on I
that account. Every District Attorney,
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II you would be strong eat all the sweets
you can
Thus said Georges Hackenschmidt, the
Russian Lion, who Is reputed 10 be the
strongest man in the world After deHy-
erng this piece Of advice TO a Sun reporter
who had asked him about his theories,
Haokensohmidt turned q somersault, lifted
With his open hands man Weighing les
pounds out Of chair as easily a. an ordinary
person would lift an overooat, juggled a 200
pound dumbben and did a fiip-hap-all In
the space Of less than Ave minutes.
If you cannot get the puddings and the
pastry you like buy a lot OF chocolate candy
went on the mighty Russian, without show
ing a sign Of having eKorted himself. But
remember, always get the best you can.
Cheap sweets are bad for the digestion,
you know. This, with plenty Of hard work,
il the secret Of my strength
Hackenschmidt's physical Developments
are even greater than those Of sandow.
The tape shows his height to be five feet
ten inches; his neck. "a inches; his chest,
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Vacations of the Presidents
Jefferson and Monroe Hold the Record for Absence From the Capita
Lincoln Had Fewt,t HOIdays-Travsb Of Presidents

cations, those who served in the good old
times, when, according 10 some, the Gov
eminent was nearer the people than In more
recent years, did a good deal more knock
ing about than the Presidents dnoe the
civil war.
lincoln, by reason Of the war, was forced
10 remain In and shout the capital more
closely than any other President. After
nncoln's death johnson made his famous
swing around the circle, for which he was
censured by the country generally, ~ his
travels were unmistakably for political
purposes.
Grant made several trips while he was
President. Hayes made few. Arthur was
the first President TO 60 into the Far West.
During part Of his visit he, like Roosevelt,
disappeared for a few days from the cor
respondents when he went into the depths
Of Yellowstone Park.
In ClevelAnd'S first administration be
went fishing TO one Of the Inland LAKES Of
Wisconsin. In hls second administration
he made several brief trips. and hunted
ducks frequently.
Harrison, who came between the two
administrations Of ClaWland. made q
swing through the South, and later made q
rapid journey through Illinois, Iowa, Kan
Aas and Missouri. During that TIP be
addressed the Grand Army Of the Republic
OF Illinois, laid the cornerstone Of q college
building az GAlesburR dedicated a corn
palace 10 Iowa attended a Grand Army
Of tho Republic review at Topeka, Kan,
spoke In Kansas City the same night, and
Visited st. Louis the day after.
A II well known, Presidspt Mckinley
Wa the Art Presldsnt 30 visit California.
His was the longest continuous Presidential
Journey In point Of miles.
President Roosevelt IL the greatest Preei-
dental sportsman IN the history o. the
country, The present Il biz second trip 10
the Far West in search Of game. When h.
returns h. viii havs trhvUned moro miles
than any u be predecessor, ---.-....,
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The Presidents have been accustomed
10 amend more or less Of their time away
from Washington, although once in the
history Of the country the lower house OF
Congress took II upon itself TO criticise the
Chief Executive for his absence from
washington. The criticism consisted In
askinR the President what executive acts
we're performed by Chief Executives while
they were away from the capital.
The House that asked the question was
Democratic. The President Of whom the
inquiry was made was Grant. The net
grew out Of partisan feeling. It was con-
sidered good politics by the opposition at
the time.
cations began in the administration Of
Washington. Investigation shows that the
Father Of his Country In the eight years Of
his once took 1871 days 10 himself.
The country at that time did not offer
the same inducements In the way Of travel
as now. IL IL not mentioned anywhere,
30 far as investigation has extended. that
Washington suggested any deduction from
his pay for the time he was on his iaunts.
Adams the first beat the travelling record
OF hls predecessor. While he was In offlce
only one term, he was away from the seat
OF Government altogether one year and
twenty days, or more than one-fourth Of
the time for which he was chosen.
jefferson was a good deal Of an absentee,
Unless the figures In his case are wrong,
be was away from the capital 100 times In
the eight years Of his Administration.
Monroe, in whose term there was a sur
plus Of good feeling In the country. was
away in the eight years he served nearly
one-thlrd Of the time.
Jackson served two terms and took
more than a year and rhah out of hi'
time.
While all the PrOsidents have tsksp W
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and other courts close at 4 O'Clock with
promptness and regularity, and after 6
O'Clock no one can enter the building with
out a pass. But to the everlasting chagrin
and discomfort Of the clerks and marshals
In room IS and its dependent rooms along
the tessellated corridors, Commissioner
Shields's ofioe keeps doing business over
time year in and year out. The Commits
sionsr himself Is there as long as any Of
his olerks-his hours are A, n. 10 $50
p. NJ, there Is no Saturday half holiday
and no legal holiday, and only on Sunday
do his subordinates have rest. Even then
the Commissioner is sure TO be spending a
large part Of the day in the office. This
strange spectacle Of a public officer giving
his own time 10 the public service except
for q brief vacation at Cooperstown in
the summer has been going on for fifty
years.
you see, there's a lot TO do here" the
Commissioner explained to a Sun reporter.
There's forty or fifty naturalizations
every day. about 5000 jurors 10 be secured
annually, proceedings before mo as master
In chAnoery, lawyers TO be admitted TO
Federal practice, green goods cases, postal
fraud cases, counterfeit money cases,
offences against the naturalization laws,
all Of the business as Clerk Of the Circuit
Court, and a score or two Of other things
l can't do II all between 10 and T. and there's
no use trying
The Commissioner might have added
that he Ia himself largely responsible for
the amount Of public business before him.
Lawyers bring oases before him because
they are not only assured Of proper legal
l.
absence Of needless fomAlity and CON
vention and because there very likely will
be an amusing incident 10 relieve the mo-
notony Of the proceedings. Mr.. Shields
likes TO have things run smoothly, and while
not a professional jollier. he is quite likely
10 show some nice courtesy TO the lawyers
and htigants and no man is quicker TO APP
preciRte a humorous situation.
The way he likes TO transact business Is
illustrated by a ruse he devised In making
Up Jury list a while ago This had been
one Of his most unpleasant tasks, for the
Jurors secured in Federal courts present
an average Of much higher standing than
the run Of other jurors and that means
the g1mmoninE Of men who are as reluctant
a. can be 10 servo,
tive got a way TO get around all this
hoking,- he said one day to Commissioner
Of Jurors Gillette.
Il don't know how you're going 10 do 1t
unlS@ you excuse them all, was the re-
Spouse.
Just wait and see. The next List we
draw wen summon six or eight months
before we need thom.'
IL all worked out as the Commissioner
prophesied. On the days for the jurors
10 respond TO the summons there was
brought In the usual number OF more or
les Ingenious excuses and certificates
from doctors.
so you've got the rheumatism Com
missioner Shields would cay. You look
pretty bad and III take your word for IL,
III mark you excused tn fan
OF this might be the formula;
you've got too much important business
just now and never served a. a Juror before.
Wen. n that's the case, III come 10 the
OQnoblsion that you wouldn't make . good
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Cost of IRRIGATION.

The United States consulting board
Of the reclamation service met at On
tario Monday, with the members of
the Water Users association and after
a two hours session no conclusion was
reached. The minimum cost of re-
claiming 100000 acres was announced
at $40 an acre, which was $40 an acre
more than the former estimate and this
threw damper on the hopes of the peo-
pie, though they have decided unani-
mously to attempt to put the project
through. Application will be made to
the secretary Of the interior to secure
the payment for the government work
in installments, the first five to be 81,
$2, $3, "a and So year and s. for
each subsequent year. The matter
stands in allegiance until the question
can be settled.
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VIII Involve All the County's Records
For the Past Six Years.

For the first time in the history Of
Umatilla county, says the East Ore
gonian, the books of the county offici-
ais are to be thoroughly overhauled
by experts.
Tuesday afternoon the commission
ers contracted with Messrs Clark and
Buchanan, of Portland, for the work,
and it will commence next Monday.
The.work of exporting will require
considerable time as it will involve
an examination of all the work of the
clerks, sheriffs, assessors, recorders,
treasurers and school superintendents
that have served during the past six
years. The investigation will go
back only that far because the county
would be unable to collect shortage
occurring longer ago than that time.
The matter of employing experts
has been considered by the commits
sioners for some time, but was not
fully determined upon until this ses-
sion. In speaking Of the matter this
afternoon Commissioner Walker,
who has continually urged that the
offices be exported, stated that he re-
garded the matter as purely business
precaution, and something that should
be done regularly. When the present
investigation has been completed and
the work brought to date, it is antici-
pated that the exporting will be done
regularly in the future.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
New Barber Firm.

Henry Keen and Clyde Willaby
have sold their barber shop to A. J.
Parker and Elmer Lane, who recently
arrived from California. Mr.. Lane
some years ago was in the employ Of
Mr.. Parker, and is known in Athena
as first class tonsorial artist. The
new partnership includes the business
and fixtures Of both shops. Lane will
conduct the Keen shop and Mr.. Par
ker will continue to preside over the
destinies Of the old stand. For the
present the Keen place will be one
chair shop and two chairs will be oper-
ated at the Parker shop
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Educate Young Hero


dreds of feet in the canyon of the Las
Animas river. Leroy was walking to
school, several miles from home,
when he discovered the rockslide on
the track. Far down the canyon he
heard the whistle of the approaching
train and scrambled down the noun
tain side to the tracks, where he ran
forward waving his handkerchief.
Engineer McCabe saw the lad in time
to stop the train 200 feet from the
rockslide. Trainmen and passengers
tried to make hero of the boy, who
was then IL years old. Someone
wanted to pass the hat for him, but
he refused to accept anything. He
was finally persuaded to accept the
engineers jackknife. The only thing
Leroy wanted was "store clothes and a
red top"
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Denver, May 1O.--Sturdy Leroy
Irven Dixon, the boy hero of the San
Juan division of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway, is to receive an edu-
cation to be paid for by Helen Gould.
It took long time to overcome the
strong spirit Of independence in the
son of the poor rancher of La Plata
county. The boy will be sent east
shortly to enter one of the best
schools in the country. AS soon as
he completes the, grammar school
course he will be placed in a prepara-
tory school. After graduation at the
latter he will be given his choice of
universities.
With only red bandana handker-
chief for a signal, Leroy, in October,
1904, prevented a Rio Grande pas
senger train from being hurled hun
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
WANT ATHENA THERE
Stop-over Privileges Can Be Obtained
For Holders of Fair Tickets.

1t stands Athena in hand to be we'll
represented at the joint convention of
the Good Roads Association and the
Oregon Development League at Pen
dleton next Monday and Tuesday. At
this gathering of men who are in
terested in the welfare and advance
ment of Oregon, much good will be
done and that it is to Athena's best
interest to be on hand with live del
egation will be seen from the import
of the following letter:
Portland, May 8.-Mr. M. w.
Smith, o. r. & N. Agent, Athena,
Oregon: Our mutual friend, Col.
R. G. Judson, is as you know, espec-
tally interested in the upbuilding of
Athena. He wants you to see that
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there is good delegation present at
Pendleton and that plan is agreed
upon which will result, not only in
getting the stop-over privileges from
the 0. r. & NJ, and half rate to hold
ers of Lewis and Clark tickets, but also
in plan which will actually locate
people, and that is what you and your
neighbors are interested in.
Now please bear in mind that Col.
Judson came to this Office especially
to ask me to write you, and we will
depend upon Athena being well rep
resented. Hoping to meet you person
ally, and calling your particular atten-
ton to the enclosed circular which
gives details of the convention, / am,
Truly yours, Tom Richardson,
Secretary Treasurer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
TRAIN AND CYCLONE
BOTH COMBINE TO TEAR LIMBS
AND BLIGHT LIVES.
Passenger Train Crashes into Dyna-
mite Cars Oklahoma Cyclone
Wrecks a Town.

Oklahoma City, May 11.-Five hun
dred persons are reported killed or in
jured as'the result of tornado which
swept the town of Snyder, 40 miles west
Of here at Il last night. All telegraph
and telephone connections with the
town is gone and only meager informa-
tion is obtaintable. It is said that
practically every house in town, the
population of which is $500, is wreck
ed. Shortly after 2 this morning COM
munication between Chickasaw and
Hobart was established. Hobart con-
firmed the earlier report and said every
house in town except one hardware
store and the Frisco round house, was
destroyed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
A Terrible Train Wreck.

Harrisburg, Pa, May l1--Poor air
hose of a freight train on the Pennsyl-
vaaia road at South Harrisburg at
1:10 this morning, caused the loss of
about 20 lives and injury to about 100
people ON the second section of the
Cleveland & Cincinnati express, and
destruction by fire of the passenger
train and part of the freight. The
bursting of hose in the middle of the
train caused several cars to buckle
and fall across the passenger track,
causing the explosion of two cars of
dynamite and strewing the ground
with dead bodies.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
PAPERS ON EXHIBIT.
Umatilia County Press Will be Repre-,
sented Mt Exposition.

sented Mt Exposition.
One of the unique and valuable fea-
lures Of the Umatilla county exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark fair will be a
daily and weekly file of every news
paper published in the county, kept at
the exhibit booth in the agricultural
building for the benefit of visitors and
friends at the fair.
A space will be provided and each
paper will be asked to send regular
copy of their paper to the superintend-
ent of the Umatilla county exhibit.
Each editor in Umatilla county has
been asked by the Lewis and CLARK
committee of Umatilla county to ACT
as an associate committeeman from
his locality, to be on guard for valu-
able exhibits that might come under
his notice and in this way it will be
possible to secure first class display
of the resources of the county. EAST
Oregonian.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
New Lumber Yard

L. L. Terhune announces by ad-
vertisement in today's Press that he
will engage in the lumber business.
The contracting and building business
done by Mr.. Terhune, SO he states,
has grown to such proportions that
he finds it necessary to carry a stock
of lumber and building material. His
yard is on the west side Of Hunt Av-
enue, near his residence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Bingham Springs Leased

Pendleton, May 11.-Dr. 9. H.
Bingham has leased his popular Bing-
ham Springs resort to M. E. Foley,
formerly of the Rochester hotel in
Tacoma, an experienced summer resort
hotel man, who will greatly improve
the hotel and make it the leading re-
sort in Umatilla county. The sani-
tarium features will be entirely done
away with, and Mr.. Foley will cater
to excursionists and campers exclu-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Wagon Overturned.

While hauling fence posts on the
Pine Greek ranch yesterday, Henry
Barrett met with serious accident.
The wagon overturned on steep hill
side, and as Henry went over, he came
in contact with one Of the side posts
on the wagon rack, the result being
that the flesh on different parts Of the
body is lacerated and bruised.
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sively and hopes to receive his share
of the trade of this vicinity. DR..
Bingham will retire from the manage
ment and will spend the summer at
Walla Walla and in the mountains,
Mr.. Foley goes to Portland tomorrow
to make arrangements for new fixtures
and supplies to add to the hotel and
will open the season fully equipped
to greet the many friends of this old
and popualr mountain resort.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Ice Cream Social Tonight,

Tonight in Epworth Hall. at the
Nj. E. church, the Epworth League
will give their first ice cream social
of the season. The refreshments will
be especially tempting. Don't fail TO
attend and spend pleasant evening.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Wheat Shipment.

The first shipment of wheat to be
made from Athena for some time was
made yesterday, when David Taylor
shipped three carloads TO Tacoma.
The wheat was in storage and was
sold by a resident Of Tacoma at q
price not stated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Joint Convention.

That there will be a good attend
ance of prominent men from over the
state at the Good Roads and De-
velopment League convention to be
held in Pendleton on May 10 and 16,
is indicated by the answers to invita-
tions that have been received thus far.
In most of the cases the requests to at
tend and participate have been ac-
cepted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Treat for the School.

George Bannister has been giving
the school children series Of treats,
having on different occasions taken his
Edison phonograph to the school house
and given the several rooms concert,
which was much appreciated by all.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-05-12
Tn Ranair nnara Honae.

S. L. Spencer has let the contract for
repairing the opera house to 7. Il.
Terhune. Mr.. Terhune's bid Was
$5sS, and does not include the paint
ing Of the building.