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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

Umatilla county leads all other
counties in the state ip the point of
Indian population of 1909 while the
entire state has but 1925 The In
dian population of the state by coun-
ties is as follows: Benton, / Clacka-
mas 2; Clatsop 81; Coos So; Curry
33; Douglas 1888; Grant 3; jackson 6 ;
Josephine 8; klamath Z; Lake 30;
Lane 54 Lincoln Alb; Malheur 20;
Marion 636; Multnomah ~; Polk
149; Sherman l.; Tillamook 144;
Umatilla 1909; Wasco 80; Washing
ton 2; Yamhill 1876. Total 1925.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

An eight year old boy. speaking
four languages huently and with a
liberal knowledge of mathematics and
physics, has just been admitted to the
high school at Brooklyn, Mass. He is
the son of DIR. Boris Sidis, promiu-
cut German physician of that city,
and his remarkable mental develop
ment has naturally attracted great
deal OF attention, but he is said to
have the bent shoulders of an old man
aud to be Obliged to wear double lens
eyeglasses. Wouldn't it be physical
kindness to such prodigy to interrupt
his brain work and make him become
a boy among boys? questions au ex-
change.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

The first gold stamp mill ever erect
ed in central Oregon has started oper-
alton at Howard, Crook county. It
contains battery of five stamps,
weighing 750 pounds each and run by
1875 horse power water wheel. Each
stamp drops 95 times a minute.
Three tons of concentrates are pro-
duced every "a hours of the value of
$3.50 per ton. The tailings will pay
all expenses of the mill. thus making
$50 day above expenses. Enough
ore is now in the bins to keep the mill
running night and day for a year.
If expectations are realized aud the
mill kept running it will make profit
of $3.50, 900 year. The mill is at the
new town of Howard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16
ATHENA, ORE, NOV. 10, 1906

The interstate commerce commits
sion has not as yet found a satisfac-
tory solution to the problem placed
before it by the war department as &c
whether the federal COVER nment is
violating a provision of the recently
enacted railway rate law, when it &C
cepts for the carrying of troops lower
rate Of transportation than private
parties are able to secure. 1t is
shown that both small and large
bodies of troops are at present being
transported by several different rail
road and steamship lines at lower
rates than are granted to theatrical
companies, circuses and such. The
right of transportation companies to
grant party rates is not questioned ex-
cept where, as in the present case, it
is not made to apply to all alike. War
department officials see no reason
why their present agreement with the
railroads should not continue, but
pending decision by the interstate
commerce commission they do not care
to discuss the matter. If the decision
is in favor of Uncle Sam, it is more
than likely that the interests barred
from receiving the same connections
as the government will make strong
fight for the privilege now denied
fhem
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16


When the elements are at their
worst the little Walla Walla river is
also at its worst. Time was when the
floods of this turbulent stream affected
only those people residing on its
banks, but since the insta llation of
the electric power plant, Walla Walla,
Weston, Athena and Pendleton as
communities entire, are put to great
inconvenience and suffer considerable
loss every time a food comes out of
the mountains. To obviate this it
would appear that the power company
will sooner or later be compelled to
move its power plant from the bed of
the river on the higher ground.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

war and agricultural departments
have taken an active interest in the
breeding of Morgan horses, which are
famous for their great endurance com
bined with activity and intelligence.
Not only in agricultural work have
they been valuable, and as road
horses. but they have been of signal
service to the government in the cav
airy. Some of the most famous war
horses during the civil war were of
Morgan stock, notably General Sheri-
dams Rienza, which carried the great
cavalry leader on bis memorable tide
to Winchester.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16
The Cement Age.

A man has invented cement shin
gle. 1t is a metal shlngle covered with
cement and is really a tile as lasting as
stone. AS cement becomes more known
and it Is learned that every man can
make his own cement, there will be a
boom in cement building. The price Of
cement Is high now, but there are vast
supplies and no possible monopoly.
Cheap machines for making the blocks
and plenty of sand and little knowl-
edge is the foundation, and the price
outside the cities will be cheaper. We
are beginning the cement age. and con-
crete houses will be the houses of the
future. Birmingham Leader.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

Under the new constitution the
rransvaal is to have u bilingual legis-
lature. English or Dutch may be spo-
ken. In Canada a member of parlia-
ment can address the house in English
or French, and it was only the other
day that Mr.. Bourassa attacked Sir
Wilfrld Lauricr for replying in English
to speech of his in French. In New
Zealand the Maori or native members
have the right of speaking in their own
language. their speeches being trans
lated sentence after sentence by an Of
fetal Interpreter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

it was expected. Since it has be-
come the custom of sending men to
prison who have been accustomed to
many of the luxuries of life, COM
plants are beginning to be made
against the iails. Thissmay result in
an agitation, for more home like
farianna
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

The United States supreme court
has taken significant step to show
that it is still coordinate branch of
government not controlled in the
slightest degree by the executive.
Public Printer Stillings was notified
through the department of justice to
continue the old styles of spelling in
the quotation of opinions of the su
preme court, the president IS order to
the contrary notwithstanding.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16
Church Of chr,st.

Services every Lords day. Bible
school at 10 a. m. preaching at Ii;
Y. z. s. G. Z. at z p. M; preaching
at s. p. m. Prayer meeting on We'd
nesday evening at s. The public is
invited to attend all of these services.
". 3, Hoyen, Minister.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16
pluclscd by Mnchinery.

Chickens are now plucked in whole
sale manner by the use Of pneumatic
machinery. There Is receptacle in
which the fowl is placed after being
killed, and into this are turned several
cross currents of air from electrical
Cans revolving at the ratc of 5000
turns per minute, In the twinlSllng of
an eye the bird is stripped of its feath-
ers, even to the tlniest particles of
down. and the machine is ready for an
other.-Lonlon Exprese.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

1t is said the government has in
contemplation the establis hment of
large breeding station in Vermont
for the perpetuatiou of the famous
Morgan stock of horses. Both the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

According to the doctors angel cake
is full of germs, but they don't 60 so
far as to state that they belong to the
same social set as the limburger
cheese microbes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

American uniforms may be adopted
for use by the Russian army. 1t is
difficult, however, to imagine natty-
looking Russian army unless razors
hecome more popular than they are
over there.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

The labels on canned goods must in
future indicate just what the goods
are. People with weak stomachs
should be cautious about looking at
some of the labels.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16

If there is no Piano in the house,
one should be purchased or at least
hired. And it should be one of the
BEST PIANOS
shown i'll our rooms. These instru-
ments are the perfection of mechan-
ical Workmanship and are unexcelled
sor sweetness and richness of tone.
STANLEY PIANO HOUSE,
Main Street, Walla Walla, Wash
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16
Neck FurS

Over 1900 pieces of dependable
Neck Furs are now being shown
in our Suit Rooms. Every piece
new and the very best of Reliable
Furs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16
Late Fall Millinery

Our Millinery Rooms are show
ing the SWEETEST of Fall Hats at
greatly reduced prices, which
makes your selection of Fall Hats
one of profit as well as pleasure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

now about two-t thirds in this state
Congress has recognized, also, that
those who served beyond their enlist
ment are entitled to something in adj
dition to the pay they received-s15 a
month for each private and $50 for the
highest noncommissioned officer.
Whether it means that congress has
recognized that they are entitled to
any additional pay remains to be
seen. The First Washington volun-
teers was discharged about November
1, and some of the other regiments
were not released until near the end
Of the same month.
The act quoted in the orders directs
the secretary of war "to procure a
bronze medal, with suitable device, to
be presented to each of the several
officers and enlisted men and fami-
lies of such as may be dead, who,
having volunteered and enlisted under
the calls Of the president for the war
with Spain, served beyond the term Of
enlistment to help suppress the Philip
pine insurrectiOn, and who subsequent
ly received an honorable discharge from
the army of the United States" To
carry out the act $4,000 is appropriated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Hudson River REGATTA,

NEW YORK, July 2S.-The annual
regatta of the Hudson River Rowing
association will be held this afternoon
off Riverside drive. The list of events
includes junior single gig, Junior four
cared barge. senior four cared barge,
senior double gig, senior single gig, jul
nior double gig, junior four cared gig.
The number of entries is very large,
and there will be six contestants in
the junior four-Oared barge race.
Among the crews entered for the var
ious contests are Valencia, Atlantic,
Woodcliffs, Bloomingdale. Hudsons,
Actives. Staten Island Rowing club
and others. Fred FOrtmeyer will be
the referee and John o. Regain the
starter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Seaside House, Seaside. Ore,

Is open for the season of 1906. Re-
built, remodeled, refurnished, all the
modern improvements including cleo
trio lights.
Mr.. c. M. Cartwright is now sole
owner of the Seaside property, COM
prising 700 acres of woodland and
meadows. He has spent ST., 100000 in
improvements and is planning further
changes in beach and buildings Fine
fresh and salt water fishing and bath
ing.
Our own dairy and garden.
For particulars and prices, address,
F. E. DAGGETT, Mgr.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
VETERANS TO GET MEDALS
Badges Will be Given Volunteer
Soldiers Of Late War
They may ALSO GET ADDITIONAL PAY
THOSE WHO FOUGHT AFTER
PEACE HAD BEEN DE-
cLARED ARE NAMED.
THEY may ALSO GET ADDITIONAL PAY

General orders just to hand from the
war department are to the effect that
a bronze medal is to be presented to
each member of the volunteer army in
the late war with Spain who served
after the war was ended to help quell
the Philippine insurection This, it is
taken, will mean that a medal is to
go to practically every member of the
First Washington volunteers, as well
as the volunteers of Oregon, California,
Nebraska, Idaho, Nevada, CSolorado,
Minnesota, Iowa, Tennessee and the
Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers.
Discussion of the orders by local
officers brings out the point that the
act is the first official recognition by
congress that the volunteer army in
the Philippines was entitled to any
thing more than regular pay for its
members by reason of the fact that
they We're held beyond the term of
that the Washington Volunteer Asso-
citation has presented an act to con-
gress asking for $3.50 a day additional
for each private and for SO day for
each officer in payment for the very
services which the recent act of con-
gress recognizes.
THE act means" said Charles S.
Buffum, who was second lieutenant of
Company 1 of the Washington regiment
that a medal will be given to all
Washington volunteers, or to the famf-
lies of those who have since died, who
served in the Philippines after the
treaty of peace between the queen re-
gent of Spain and President Mckinley
representing the United States. was
signed, about the middle of August.
There were between 1000 and 100 of
such, of whom, 1 suppose, there are
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
OPENING Lands in Montana.

GREAT FALLS, Mont, July 2S.-
The decision of the United States land
office, to throw open to public entry
about 2,35OOOO acres of land in Teton
county, which had been withdrawn
from public entry on November 7, 1903,
went into effect today. The land is
now open to entry under the home
stead or desert acts and many appli-
cations have already been filed at the
local land office.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Celebrates 1O6th Birthday.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 2S.-Mrs.
Sylvia Langdon Durham is celebrating
her 106th birthday quietly today in her
home at Southington with her family
and friends. She is a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
and several members of the society
called on her and offered their con-
gratulations. Mrs. Durham is the
widow of Chauncey Durham. During
the last four years her sense of hear
ing has gradually failed and her eye
respects her health is still good.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
OPENS With New Thriller.

NEW YORK, July 2S.-The Third
Avenue theater. under the new man
agement of Martin j. Dixon, will open
its season this evening with a new
thrilling melodrama entitled "The King
of Diamonds" The play was written
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

Pacific to time for obStructing naviga-
ton and was given heavy damages. In
order to prevent further complications,
the Northern Pacific leased the craft
and tied her up. Since then she has
fic and the O. R. & n for moving fruit
and other stuff on the Snake.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
Senator TilIman Campaigning.

PROSPERITY, S. c., July PA
large open air meeting is held today
at Young's Grove, near this town,
which will be addressed this afternoon
by United States Senator Tillman.
There will also be a barbecue and other
features.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

by Finley Fauley, a young New York
newspaper writer, and is described as
an up-to-date drama OF high life in
New York, with no snow scenes or
dens of vice. The "big scene" is a
race between an express and a local
train in the subway.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

To draw the fire out Of burn, heal
cut without leaving scar, or to
cure boils, sores, letter, eczma and all
skin and scalp diseases. use DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. A specific for piles.
Get the genuine. No remedy causes
such speedy relief. Ask for DeWitt's-
the genuine. Sold bv L. L. Tallman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28

GET BUSY AND GO TO CIRCUS.
Can easily arrange it by accepting
Statesmans offer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
STEAMER NORMA WRECKED
Boat Lies,,High and Dry on Mound
Of BOu|ders in Snake
WAS WRECKED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WREckING CREW BEING ORGAN
lied TO FLOAT STEAMER
FROM POSITION.
WAS WRECKED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Word was received in Walla Walla
from Portland this morning of the
wrecking of the steamer Norma IN
Snake river late Wednesday night at
a point about 80 miles above Aims
worth The boat lies high and dry on
a mound of boulders and is believed
to be so seriously damaged that 1t
will be weeks before she can be placed
in commission again.
A wrecking crew is being organized
at Portland and apparatus for floating
the boat will be shipped to the scene
of the wreck as soon as possible.
The Norma was built and owned
until a few weeks ago by Jacob
Kamm, of this city. When sold to the
Hill interests, from $4,000 to $4,000
was spent in overhauling her and
making changes in her department, so
she would be suitable for work on the
Snake and Columbia, hauling material
to the railroad camps along the north
bank
Boat Has Checkered Career.
The Norma has had a checkered
career. She has not met with many
accidents, but her peculiar antics after
being launched caused widespread
comment She was built on the Snake
about Is years ago. The Northern
Pacific built a bridge across the
stream at Ainsworth, and, as there
was no draw in the structure,
it was impossible for the steamer to
descend the stream. Each morning the
craft was steamed toward the center
of the river and signals given for the
draw to open. Of course the bridge
could not part in the center, or be
lifted. so the Norma would be headed
for shore and tie up.
The owner brought the Northern
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-28
CIRCUS AUGUST Q.

Boys and girls you can see it if you
get busy with Statesman's offer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
Almost Unnatural History
The Man-Fish

THERE used to be traditions among the
L sailors of mermaids at sea, half women
and half fish, and there are fishes which may
have given rise to the belief, from their resem-
blance to human beings. One of these IS
called the man-hsh.
This animal inhabits the mouths of the
Amazon, Orinoco, and other South American
rivers. It's name (manatee) has reference to
the peculiar form of its swimming paws; these
are composed of soft parts and a membrane
which infolds the bones of the hands and FIN
gers: but in the manatee four flat nails are
seen attached to the edge of the paw.
The tail also is peculiar, being about one
fourth the length of the body, and oval-shaped,
not unlike that of the otter. The head is
round, attached to the body without a neck;
the muzzle, in which the nostrils are placed
is large and feshy; the upper lip, cleft and
bristled at the side; the lower lip much shorter
and the mouth small.
When seen at distance with the anterior
part of the body out OF the water, they are
sometimes taken for some creature approach
ing to human shape The effect has been
deepened by the thick-set hairs of the muscle
giving somewhat the appearance of human
hair, or a beard. Thus, the Spanish and the
Portuguese give the manatee a name which
signifies woman-fish; and the Dutch call it the
dndoHg baardmaHnetse, or little bearded man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
A Live Unicorn

hNE OF these strange marine creatures, now
~ rare in this part of the world,
caught and stuffed not long ago near Cape
Sagami, and put on exhibition in San Fran
cisco.
The body is of the size of small deer and
covered with scales about an inch in diameter,
with tufts of reddish-brown hair growing plen-
tifully between the scales Its legs are slender.
and have long hair about the hoofs, which re-
semble those of deer or goat. The tail is
straight and tufted, like that of a COW, while
the snout is enlarged at the end like that OF
swine, and the mouth shows formidable tusks
protruding on either side. From the center
of the face projects single horn, not more
than SIX inches in length and less than an inch
in diameter, which curves upward slightly.
In addition, there are two long feelers or
tentaCles, one on each side of the mouth. The
hair on the neck is longer than elsewhere, of
the same reddish color, and has the appearance
of a short name. The fishermen related that
this sea wonder was sometimes seen upon the
shore of the island, and that it made musical
noise, which gave it the name of the singing
sea-unicorn, and some of the more credulous
islanders had taken its notes, heard family in
the distance, for those of mermaids
The unicorn still exists in the interior OF
Tibet. 1t is there called the one-horned tso-po.
In that country it is more of land animal; its
hoofs are divided; it is about twelve thir-
teen hands high. 1t is extremely wild and
fierce, yet associating in large herds. Its tail
IS shaped like that of a boar, and its horn,
which is curved, grows out of its forehead
1t is seldom caught alive; but the Tartars fire.
quently shoot it and use its flesh for food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
Something About Ants

THE ants in Lapland are three times as
l. large as our common ant. Their nests
are hillocks of fir sprigs and rubbish, often
four feet high, the inside mass OF eggs and
ants Well-beaten roads diverge from them
in every direction, like the lines of a railway.
These ants cross the little streams and brooks
by means of natural bridges.
One day a naturalist was jumping over a
brook and brushed with his head and shoulders
two willow branches which met over the water
In instant he was covered with ants, which
were making their way across the bridge which
he had disturbed.
The Indians of Brazil have curious method
of stitching up a cash which is as efficient as
the methods of modern surgeons. There is
a species of large ant which has mandi-
bles that can bite through almost anything
One of the peculiarities of this ant is that
when it catches hold of anything with these
jaws it cannot be made to let go. Even if the
rest of the body is pulled Off the jaws still keep
their hold
When the Brazilian Indian receives cash,
he catches some of these ants and, holding
them to the wound which he has previously
closed together, lets them bite. They fix
their mandibles on each side of the wound
and then he pinches off the rest of the body,
The jaws do not come apart, and so a row of
these ants heads keep wound together until
it heals.
Ants know their friends after they have been
separated from them for a long time. An
Englishman took half the ants from nest and
after SIX weeks marked one and put it into its
old home with a stranger. The ants in the nest
few at the stranger, but took notice of
their old friend. He did the same thing about
once a week for month and every time the
stranger was killed or driven out.
One evening a friend of mine observed an
animated black ribbon, half an inch wide, ex-
tended along his gravel walk 1t proved to be
a colony of black ants moving their quarters.
Every ant carried larva-a milk-white ant,
almost as large as itself-going in one direc-
ton, while those returning were without loads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
The Nest in the Boulder

TN somewhat desolate region near the valley
L through which runs the brook forming the
outlet to Sand Pond in Norway, Maine, is a
pecular-looking boulder of large dimensions
On one side is deep cleft, and small
shelf juts out in such way that rain or
storm can reach it. On this shelf is birds
nest made from moss, taken from rocks in the
brook.
A citizen owning land in that vicinity tells
me that he has annually visited the place in
June for over fifty years, and has found either
eggs or young birds without a single exception.
The nest is renewed every year. and is in
variably made of the same material
More wonderful still is the statement that
his father had noted that bird of peculiar
species annually built its nest and reared its
young in the same place as far back as 1872.