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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-04

Walla Walla, Day
ton, Pomeroy, Lew.
iston, Colfax, Pull
g.12 a. m. man, Moscow, the
Couer d'Alene dis
trict, Spokane and
all points north.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-04
Church Of Christ.

Services every Lords day. Bible
school at 10 a. M; preaching at IL;
Y. P. S. G. L. at p. M; preaching
at 8. p. m. Prayer meeting on We'd
nesday evening at s. The public is
invited to attend all of these services.
v. L. Hoven, Minister.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-04
Death From Lockiaw.

never follows an injury dressed with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's antisep-
tic and healing properties prevent
blood poisoning. Chas. Oswald, mer-
chant, of Rensselaersville. N. Y,
writes: ''It cured Seth Burch, OF
this place, of the ugliest sore on his
neck ever saw" Cures cuts, wounds,
burns and sores. 25c at Vim. Nc
Brides, druggist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-04
.ALively ussie

with that old enemy OF the race, CON
stipation, often ends in appendicitis.
To avoid all serious trouble,with stom-
ach, liver and bowels, take DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They perfect
ly regulate these organs, without
pain or discomfort. 25c at MoBride's.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-04

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 in 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, 1906-09-04

Having disposed OF my business in
Athena, i offer at a sacrifice my house
hold goods. which are all new. Twill
also sell house and lot.
Bruce Wallace,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-04

Keep the little one healthy and
happy. Their tender, sensitive bodies
require gentle, healing remedies.
Hollisterx's Rocky Mountain Tea will
keep them healthy and strong. 35c
Tea or Tablets. Pioneer Drug store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-04
Pay UP.

Having disposed of my drug bust
ness IN Athena. all persons knowing
themselves to be indebted to me are
expected to call as once and settle.
Bruce Wallace.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
CHELSEA.

Donald Comstock returned to has col.
lege studies at Hanover, N. H., Tues.
day morning. He was accompanied By
his brother Herbert, who will spend i
few days at Hanover.
Mrs. Mary Tracy, who sustained a
shock Monday Afternoon, has recovered
here power OF speech, and while she il
as comfortable as could he expected, YET
her recovery II doubtful
Col. III, O. Bixby went 10 Windsor
Tuesday morning, having been drawn
and summoned as a iuryman to attend
il session Of the United States court.
Cashier H. n. AIattison spent last
sabbath with friends out Of town.
Mrs. Alexander, who has kept house
for w. Nj. Nation ia the past, has re,
turned from a visit TO friends in South
Dakota and is again keeping house foI
alr. Mattoon
During Col. H. O. Bixby's absence in
Windsor, win Cook is assisting at the
central office Of the Orange County
Telephone Co., afternoons
Frank Dickinson came home from his
school work at Montpelier Saturday
evening to spend few days with his
mother, Mrs. May 4. Dickinson.
circuit Bixby left the first 81 the
week with d carload Of cows for Ed
Lincoln's market at Deighton, Mass.
Mrs. Nancy fJones) Randall Of Nal
den, Mass. arrived Tuesday afternoon
being called here by the serious illness
of her aunt, Mrs. Mary Tracy, with
whom she passed many years Of het
early life here in Chelsea.
Hon. John l.. Bacon OF White River
Junction was in town Tuesday after.
noon to attend meeting Of the difec.
tors Of the National Bank.
Fred Goodwin IL shipping lumber "a
South Royalton TO iiIl car which lie
has recently sold
Not in number of years have our
local carpenters been so busy as they
have been this spring. and they have
engagements IN town that will occupy
their time during the season: this one
feature alone bears substantial evidence
of the healthy. financial condition Of the
citizens generally throughout tic town
since the building repairs and improve
ments that calls for this class of labor ii
not confined to one locality but In al
most every neighborhood in town.
Work will be commenced on the
water pipes that supply the water AZ
the court house at once, 90 locate any
leaks caused by freezing, and the LAYING
of the pipes deeper under the highway
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
MAY FORM NEW CLUB,
Rutland Men Propose to Model II After
Apollo Club.

Rutland, May It'll is probable that
Rutland will have new social club IN
the near future Of The type of the Apol.
10 club OF Montpelier, which includes III
its membership largely business and pro.
fessional men. The promoters, who
conceived he plan partly because Of
The disbandillg Of Che Neshobe club, have
discussed TIE proposition with former
members Of the Neshohe and many. other
business men aud the idea Is looked upon
with general favor.
There viii probably be meeting
within few days to discuss tho mop
osition. The idea is % have club ol
about 200 members and make the init
alton ice $i5 and the animal dues SIS,
If the plan IS carried out a suite OF
rooms would he obtained and furnished
in q way which would give Rutland
onc OF the finest club rooms in the
state
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
NO CHECK LIST AT BRATTLEBoRo
The Old Method to Be Used in the Party
caucusee.

l3rattlcboro. May 30. The check list
o. voters win not be used at the Brat
tleboro caurlses this year. The time
expired Tuesday night for filing petit.
ton to have the check list used. and
no petition was filed. The new caucus
law, therefore, win amount to moth.
ing, 50 FAR as Brattleboro Il concerned.
and the slips attached to the tax nyens
tories, by which il was sought to place
the voters on record with respect to
their party affiliations, viii not be
used.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
TALK OF The TOWN.
Long lice mitts at Nanghan's.

Long luce mitts at Nanghaf's.
Get your phosphate al the Aycrill
Mills.
i lady's bicycle in first condi-
ton may be secured at a bargain, BY
calling at 3l Richardson street
Would you be interested To know that
you can buy Il regular $i.25 muslin
waist for Csc at PeTy's on Saturday,
The Frank McWhorfer Co. have the
international line of samples FOR suits
and oyercoats. Leave your order with
them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
Notice to clansmen.

A special meet
ing Of Clan Cor
don, No. ~. will
b held saturday,
May 18th, at 1880
p. M, for the pur-
pose of attending
the funeral Of ON
late brother. Jas,
gloves and basloos.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
The BARRE DAILY TIMES
THURSDAY. MAY II. 1905.
Weather Predictions.

Fair tonight. Friday fair: warmer
except IN southwest portion; light varis
able winds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

ed at Q o'clock this morning II was
jammed with people. Miss Fayne Gil
man. a most remarkably beautiful
girl, dressed in deep mourning. ap-
peared with her attorney in the court
and remained for the greater part Of
the time until called to the stand.
The girl went through her state
ments to Squire Terry without the
least hesitation. and so rapidly the
stenographer could hardly transmit
her words. She was pale. but calm.
ans faced the ordeal with the spirit
Of a martyr. She said she lived at 225
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

toward the authenticity Of the half
wits story. They also scored in
bringing forth mot9rman. jefferson
Snyder. who claimed that Curtis
boarded his car on the evening Of
November % al Fleetfoot avenue ar
sos or 500 O'Clock. or about the time
Curtis claimed in his confession that
he had done 50. He did not know
where he got of.
These facts serve 10 give more Gre
dence to the statements and stories
told BIZ Curtis 10 his cOnfessOrs.
When Magistrate Terry's court open
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

Sycamore street and worked in the
bindery department OF the Cash.
where her sister D5na and her
brother. Collins. had also bera en-
gagged. She aud her sister had gone -
work the morning of hat day TO
gether. both in good spirit
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16
SAMOAN SURVIVOR DEAD.

Washington Dec. 15.-Commander
Brown o.. $. n retired. one OF the
survivors Uf the Samoan hurricane
which destroyed The American feet
in 1SSS. died here TO-DAY He dis
tingui-hed himself by bis bravery
during the hurl icane.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

Man-ofwar is a phrase applied 20 a
line-of-battle ship. contrary 70 the usu-
al rule In the English language. By
which all ships are feminine. II arose
in The following manner: Men Of
var we're heavy armed soldiers. A
ship fun Of them was called a man
Of-war ship. IN process Of time the
word ship" vas dieezHded as unnec-
essary and there remained the
phrase a man-of-war.-
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16
COMMISSION HOUSE QUITS.

s.. Paul Mimi Dee 14.-THe com
mings Commission company. one oi
the best known Brokerage firms %
ST. Paul and Minneapolis suspended
business today. Falling On 81 BUSH
ness is given a. the cause.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

Nichiean. died today at private
sanita..um. where he was operated
apon t8Hr days ago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16
DIR. HARDEMAN DEAD.

baltimore Nd. Dec. l5.-Dr Wi
liam James Hardeman. aged s. pro
fessor OF nervous diseases AID elec-
iro therapeutics al the University #
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16
JUMPED TO AIS DEATH.

Hammond. Ind Dec. l4.-Dennis
Mar0ney. a patient az 81 MarGarete's
Hospital jumped from a fourfh-story
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-16

window this afternoon while crazed
with pain. Death was Instantaneous.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
ORDINARY COTTON STAPLE.

ORDINARY COTTON STAPLE.
SELECTED AND IMPROVED COTTON.
tural Department Is certain. But there
are always the factors of ignorance.
Indifference and prejudice to be
reckoned with, and that will hold
down the grand total OF the advance.
This is human nature. Otherwise
every one would be raising thorough
bred stock, cats and chickens. which
cost no more to feed and rear than
scrubs, but everyone does not breed
thoroughbreds, whether they be dogs
or cows, and so it is a certainty that
when the average of the cotton crop
IS vastly improved by the use Of
better seed there will be a large num-
Der Of planters who are sticking to the
old methods and complaining because
they find it hard to make a living.
SEVERAL NEW STRAINS.
1t is a fact, however, that the De-
partment of Agriculture has. by several
years of persistent work, bred from the
old varieties of cotton raised in the
south OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of cotton that,
while having all the desirable qualities
of the old types, produce Il staple that
is almost a half longer. 1t is just n
branch of the general industry of plant
breeding. and the result, as shown by
the cotton itself combed out in tleecy
Wilderness on a black card, is a striking
object lesson in the possibilities of
plant breeding.
The Department has been at the
work for some years, and in the course
of its experiments has handled thou
sands of samples and hundreds of
thousands of individual plants in max
ing the selections that are o con-
sidered good enough to be sent out as
new fixed types. The story of this
Improvement Is a long one, inter
spersed with many disappointment.
But the result nov is success beyond
contradiction. Northerners, people
who live outside the cotton belt, do not
realize just what a long staple cotton
grown on the upiandS means. Cotton
Is II principal export crop. 1t is the
second most valuable crop grown In
the United States, corn coming first.
1t is the principal crop of ten states,
and in large areas of these states 1t IS
almost the only crop grown. The
United States furnishes tiye-siXths of
the cotton crop of the whole world,
and while there are great areas, espe-
cldllS III Alrlcd, ludl are dudpldpiS W
cotton. there is no prospect that the
United States will be oyertaken as a
producer for many years to come.
The worlds consumption of cotton and
the consequent demand are increasing
steadily, so that there is little prospect
of over-production. All these things
are in our favor. Then the
question of improving this great crop.
Outsiders do NOT realize that an
eighth of an inch on the '"ngth Of the
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

men than he in the service, but he
stuck to them through thick and thin
and they appreciate ii. The fire.
quency with which men state this as
a reason for success is significant.
1t shows that the man of the hour is
the faithful man, the man who makes
his employers interests his own and
whose loyalty " wavers
Associated more or less with all
these requisites and overshadowing
them all is hard work. For this said
President James j. Hill of the Great
Northern Railroad Company, there is
no substitute" You may be lacking
in ability, in personality or some
other way and still succeed; but if you
have not the capacity for hard work
you are doomed to failure.
Study the lives of great men and
you will see in ninety-nine cases out of
n hundred, their achievements are due
to the possession of this capacity.
William r.. Corey, the president of
the United States Steel Corporation,
attributes his first success to mot be-
ing afraid to do 50 worth of work for
81" When a lIborer he wheeled so
much more iron than the other work
men h a he was soon made foreman
over them. The words hard work.
come nearer to holding the key to sue
cess than volumes of advice.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

every one of these projects there is an
excellent opportunity for the use of
powerful traction engines, accom-
panied by gang plows and harrows.
These engines could be purchased and
managed by a number of settlers or
they could be operated by one man
who would contract to do the work.
Up in the Northwest Territories a
Michigan man is preparing to intro
duce this method of custom blowing
and c%ultivating. He is building a plow
which will turn nine burrows, each
fourteen inches wide, and with a trac-
ton engine which he has designed
will pillow 33 acres per day. He has
already contracted for 200 acres at
SO per acre for blowing, and expects
to close arrangements for a much
larger area.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
Cream Separator on the Farm.

It has been only a few years since
the manufacturers of separators
brought out hand machines with the
definite purposes of making them pop
ular and selling them in large num-
bers, says the Farmers Wife In a
well considered editorial. From that
time to this they have gained friends,
and now it is rare to hear anyone say
any thing against them, and when this
does happen one may be sure it comes
from some person who has been in
jured by their use, and this is never
the man who provides.
The hand separator has so many
advantages over the creamery sepa-
rator that the whole creamery busi-
ness is being revolutionized and re-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

more like the old upland cotton than it
is like Egyptian OF Sea Island.
SEEDS OF NEW TYPES.
The parent types from which it has
been evolved are listed and carded in
the departments collection, and each
year as the fresh crops come in from
the improved fields their output is
carded for comparison. These new
types have now reached Il point where
the department feels justified in send
ing out the new seed to the farmers.
And if the farmers will take a little
trouble and spend pre- atically no
money at all, they will be abe TO keep
up the improved strains so that in a
few years the American cotton crop
will have been doubled in value with
out necessarily expanding by a single
acre.
1t has been tedious work, and has
been carried on Systematically.
"Score cards such as are used in
judging at stock shows are kept. The
records of the individual plants are
known, the shape and opening quail
ties of the boil. the date of maturing,
the length and firmness of the cotton
fiber aud the degree to which the
parent plant may be depended upon to
transmit its desirable qualities to it's
progeny. The work has been done in
the open field and not in the care
fully tended plots of the experiment
stations. Thousands of plants have
been destroyed each year, and only
the best types kept. These have
again been Weeded out the following
year. and only the best of the breed
have been kept. The farmers who
have been cooperating with the de-
partment in the work have been as a
rule careful. enthusiastic and palms.
taking under the direction of the *
perts sent into the field by the depart
ment, and slowly but surely the length
of the staple and other desirable quail
ties in the new cotton have increased,
till the department now feels it has a
new and fixed type that can be de-
pended on to perpetuate its desirable
qualities.
One thing that has been carefully
observed is to keep growing the new
types on the ground where they will
be cultivated commercially. There
are several new strains adapted to
slightly different conditions of soil
and climate. 1t has been found in
the case of wheat, for example, that
a strain may be improved in one To-
cality, and that by moving it to new
surroundings it shows little, If any,
improvement over the local type. This
error has been avoided with the new
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

cotton, and the department not only
knows the seed that will give best
results, but the condition of soil and
climate that are best suited to the re-
quirements of each strain.
If FARMERS WILL HELP.
The farmers at large can help great
~ in keeping up the work that has
been given Il practical start by the de-
partment. There are simple methods
of seed selection that will insure a
steady Improvement in each successive
crop, and that will prevent the crops
from de%teriorating. The selection OF
seed takes a little are and intelli-
gence, but it is not deeply abstruse
work, and the department has reduced
It to simple directions that are easy
for any planter to follow.
The cotton belt" SO called, In the
United States is clearly defined. Cot
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
Cotton Illustrations BY Courtesy Deplrt nento Of Asrie'
Startling Results of Patient Experiments by
Government Agriculturists.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL
80 A4-~rfauItara

With the cotton crop of the United
States reaching an annual value of
nearly 5000, 100000 it is easy to see
that the man who can make it worth
four or five cents a pound more to the
grower will put Il few dollars of
spending money into the pockets of
the southern planters.
This improvement of the crop has
been realized, and there is no reason
why in ten years from now the whole
of the cotton belt should not be grow
ing a longer staple cotton worth on the
average of AZ cents Il pound more
than the present crop. OF course this
millenial condition of things will not
be altogether realized. That there
will be a decided and general advance
NJ the value of the crop as the result of
work already done by the Agricul-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30

A COTTON PLANT IMPROVED BY SELECTION.

ing is reduced from taking the ten
cans to the creamery every day to
taking two cans of cream every other
day, or three cans twice n week.
The hand separator allows the
dairynan to feed the skim milk to
calves or pigs within n few minutes
of the time it is drawn from the udder
and before the natural animal heat
leaves it. This saves warming the
milk and allows its use when 1t is per-
fectly sweet and fresh.
The hand separator saves hauling
skim milk from the creamery to the
farm, and it also saves the dairyman
from the risk of getting milk from dis
eased COWS to feed to his young stock.
This is not a great risk, to be sure,
but 1t Is worth considering. Tuber-
culous cows are frequently found In
this country, and probably there IA
hardly a creamery among the patrons
of which no COWS suffering from
this disease could be found. If the
dairyman is sure of his own COWS,
the hand separator ave him from
the risk of getting tuberculous milk
from the mixture in the milk vat at
the creamery, from which he gets his
skim milk when he delivers the whole
milk.
+ The saving In work is a large item.
Instead of ten ans to care for ana
keep clean and free from germs, there
are only two. This saves labor and
the Investment of money in utensils.
At the low price at which hand sepa-
rators are sold, one will pay for itself
time and again before 1t wears out
on the various items OF economy men
toned above.
There Is another item. The hand
separator Is rapidly bringing about
the Capitalization of the creamery In
dustry. Cream gathered from hand
separators is now transported as faI
as 200 miles to the central creamery,
and here 1t Is made into butter NJ
much less cost than would be possible
in the local creamery with a limited
field in which TO operate. This allows
the creamery to pay a better price for
butter fat and gives the dairyman
more money from his cows.
The mar who keeps as few as five
cows will find it to his advantage to
buy a hand separator. especially if he
makes butter on the farm. for In such
a case the saving In work is much
greater than where q creamery takes
! the cream.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
UNITED STATES RECLAMATION.
Flowing by Cooperative Traction
Engines.
BY c. ]. Blanchard.

A million acres will be added to the
cultiyatable area of the country during
the next three years, under the various
government irrigation projects. Most
of this acreage is raw land upon which
the pillow has never turned a furroW.
Thousands of new settlers will be To-
Gated there and for several years the
principal work will be clearing, level
ing, and blowing, to prepare the land
to receive the water.
Over vast stretches the sage brush
is the only vegetation. In other places
the bunch grass makes a tough sod,
u%nyielding and hard to break. The
subjugation to agriculture of this new
empire has attracted the attention of
the manufacturers of implements and
machinery. They see in this work a
virgin field for the products of their
factories. AS most of the settlers 60
ing upon this land are not in af-
fluent circumstances, and as feed for
stock will be scarce and costly, any
proposition which will eliminate the
necessity for the purchase of horses,
plows and forage will naturally prove
interesting.
1t has occurred to the writer that In
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-30
modelled because of these handy little

modelled because of these handy little
machines.
1t is hard to find a place to begin to
enumerate their advantages. In the
item of travelling to the creamery
there is a great saving. Where the
dairy owner has one of these ma
chimes, he need no go to the ream
cry more than three times a week in
the warm weather and twice in u
week during the colder months.
When cream only instead of the
whole milk is delivered to the cream
cry, the item of hauling is reduced to
its lowest limits. Say ten cans of milk
a day is the product of a given dairy.
Where a hand separator is used, haul