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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
A GREAT SEED BOOK.
Ferry's 1907 Seed Annual Now Ready
for Free Distributor

Ferry's great Seed Book is now ready
for distribution. This is the book that
every farmer wants and waits for. 1t
makes no difference what other cata-
logues are received. farmers are not sat-
isfed until they get Ferry's, because it
contains better and fuller information
Ferry's Seed Annual, in fact, is really
more than catalogue. 1t differs from
the usual seed catalouge inasfnuch as it
really helps each farmer or gardener to
choose intelligently the varieties best
suited to his particular needs. The
wise selection of varieties results in
bigger, better paying crops. The ex-
perience gained in fifty years of success
full seed growing is thus at your COM
mand.
For freshness, purity and reliability
Ferry's Seeds are in class by them
selves. They are known all over the
land, and farmers everywhere have
confidence in the name of Ferry, and
know for a certainty that their seeds
can be relied upon. They know that
every package has behind it the repu-
tation of a house whose business stand
ards are the highest in the trade.
just drop postal to D. M. Ferry &
Co., Detroit, Mich, and they will send
you copy of their 1907 Seed Annual.
It's absolutely free.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

There never lived a more steady and
persistent grumbler than Reuben Hall.
Not only the weather, the state of his
health and his crops furnished him
with subjects, but the most reasonable
and lenient laws which could be con-
structed raised discomfort in Reuben's
mind.
Il dunno what they mean by telling
folks to cart their waste stuff over to
that dump at the end O. Grantham's
Woods instead o. leaving it In the
Lawton sullar-hole," he said, indlg-
nantly,. one day. suppose the sullar-
hole does show up from the road, what
business has this town got. to put an in
junction on folks dumping stuff in it?'
"The towns bought the old Lawton
place." said his neighbor, in the pacific
tone people usually employed In ad-
ddessing Mr.. Hall. "And l thought
you were one of those that said twas
an eyesore. Do you want to dump any
O. your old junk In there, Reub, tidy
as you are?"
"No, l don't waRter," said Mr.. Hall,
sullenly; "but l wanter have the right
In case l wanter, an l wanter know
why l haven't got it."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Mexican Rusinens Honra.

Some of the newspapers of the Mexi-
can capital have taken up an agitation
for reform In the business hours.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
close all shops and offices absolutely
between the hours of l and 2 80 or 8
O'Clock in the afternoon. Some of the
foreign stores have attempted to get
away from this system, but the small
amount Of trade gained by thus doing
away with the ancient "siesta" hour
(now largely tradition in the capital)
was not enough to pay for the trouble.
The noon rest hour Is a reasonable
one in the tropics, where it is always a
period of dullness and unusual heat,
but there is also the other side. In that
the long hour suggests a heavy noon
meal, which in the tropics more than
anywhere else is unreasonable But
the principal opposition to the noon
rest hour is the consequent lengthening
of the working hours into the evening.
50 that stores and offices never close
before Z O'Clock, and often not before
5. This throws the evenings recreation
into the night, so that no theater can
begin performance before 3 AS at the
very earliest, and the time OF recrea-
tion is heightened into an "all night
seaDce."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Wrong Man.

While Dooly was holding court in
Washington County, Georgia, a certain
General Hanson came in and sat down
at the side Of the judge, and began to
tell him about the vast amounts of
property he owned.
"Stop just a moment, general" said
Dooly. "Mr. Sheriff, call in Jones, the
receiver of tax returns"
In few moments that worthy ap-
peared.
'Mr. Receiver" said the judge, "come
up here and make an inventory of Gen
eral Hanson's property. He had mis-
taken me for you" Sunday Maga-
zine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
The Howllng old Rllzrara.


The HowIing Old Blizzard.
How dear to my heart is the fierce howl
ing blizzard,
Which comes from the north like wolf
on the fold,
Predicted by Foster or some other wizard,
The charger of snow and the demon of
cold;
How sweet to be caught in its grasp like
feather,
And find yourself wrapped round tele-
graph pole;
Oh, how we adore, in this wild wintry
weather,
This blizzard that comes when you're
clear out of coal
This wild, whirling blizzard, the razor
edged blizzard,
The loud-howling blizzard fresh from
the North Pole.
Lincoln Journal. n
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
OF Interest to Women.

Every woman naturally should be healthy
and strong, but a great many women,
unfortunately, are not, owing to the un-
natural condition of the lives we lead.
Heada he, backache and general tired
condition are prevalent amongst the
women Of today and to relieve these
conditions women rush to the druggists
for bottle OF some preparatio supp ,sed
to be particularly for them, and contain
ing nobody knows what. If they would
just get bax of Brandreth's Pills, and
m 9ke b se% r 1eg ar wnnS ee5y nge op be ms
pills regulate the organs Of the feminine
lystem. The SINE dose has the same
effect, no matter how long they are used.
Brandfeth's Pills have been in use for
over century and are sold in every
drug and medicine store, plain or sugar
coated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way TO cure DEAFNESS and that is by cons:itu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube is infiamed
you have rumblng sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the res ult, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition OF
the-mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cam
notb be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
strictly business.

"The graspin'est man l ever knowed,"
said Uncle Jerry PEBBLES, was an old
chap named Snoopins. Somebody told
him once that when he breathed he took
in oxygen and gave out carbon. He spent
whole day tryin' to find out which of
them two gases cost the most if you have
to buy 'em. He wanted to know whether
he was maxim or losin' money when he
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tribune
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

used to have such pain in my back
that once tainted. The kidney secre-
lions were much disordered, and | was
90 far gone that ] was thought to be at
death's door. Since Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me l feel as if l had been
pulled back from the tomb"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Omissions of Histnrx

The good people of Salem had just
burned another witch.
According to the census" they said,
there are too many women in Massachu-
setts, anyway"
In order to make show of being i'm
partial, however. they looked around for
Wizard Burbank, but he had escaped to
California.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Hnh Not nhaerved II.

sits such hard work to talk through
this telephone |" exclaimed Mrs. high
mus.
II hadn't noticed that" said Mr.. High
mus, who had been listening patiently for
five minutes at the other end of the wire.
"It may be little hard to bear through.
my dear, but it doesn't seem 70 have in
terfered with the flow Of your conyersa-
ton"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
The RECRUITS SHOOTING.
Il Provoked Contempt from the Ex,
perienced Veteran.

Il Provoked Contempt from the Exs
perienced Veteran.
II had been on a spree for a week
when | sobered up sufficiently to enlist
in the United States army" said the
high priya-e as he sat at the campfire.
Il was rushed off to the Philippines be-
fore | was used to the feel of my uni
form, and next day after landing we
We're rushed up the country to clear
out lot of Ladrones. l had never
smelled powder, and as far as | could
size myself up | wasn't going to do
anything very brilliant in my first fight.
| can't tell you just how it happened,
but when we had skirmished with the
enemy for while found myself and
veteran cut off from the main body
and surrounded We got into hollow
and 1t looked to me as If the case
against us was closed.
There are only fourteen of them,
said the veteran after counting, and
now here's your chance.
Chance to dieY | Queried.
"'Die nothing! You go at it and
run those fellows off. / want quiet
smoke
He filed and lighted his pipe and
lay down on the broad of his back and
left me to do all the lighting. had
his weapons in addition to mine, and
though my teeth were clicking together
banged away and did the best l could.
Not word of advice or encouragement
did get from my comrade. When l
had fusilladed for a quarter of an
hour the Ladrones withdrew and the
veteran got up and led the way over to
where they had been thickest. There
we found two dead and one wounded
and evidences that two more wounded
had crawled away.
'Humphv ? sneered the vet.
"'What's the matterY
"If you can't do better than that
you'd better get detailed into the COM
department Why, in my first
fight | stood off so and killed 10.'"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

QaY QOn Q worry
Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured thousands
of women in the same
condition. Mrs. A.
Heiman, of stillwat-
er, Mimi, says: "But
for Doan's Kidney
Pills | would not be
living now. They
cured me in 1899 and
I've been we'll since.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Her Useful Accomplishment.

$50 your new maid used to be a
ballet dancer? How do you like her?
"She saved our lives the other night
The evergreen on the chandelier caught
nra and she kicked it out in an In
stant. Detroit Free Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
ReaIistic.

Critick-Yes, D'Auber is home from
his trip to the Rocky mountains He
rut in most of his time making sketches
of the mountain peaks. He showed me
a lot of them.
Ascum-How were they7 Natural? ?
Critick--Well, they're certainly rocky.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

however valuable
these may be, is
found In the case of
William Alden
Smith, chosen Sena-
tor from Michigan.
Smith is Al years
old and is one Of
the most popular
men in the House
of Representatives,
where he has served
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Astonishing Ignorance.

Musical Customer-What a fine old
specimen you have up there in that glass
case! Is it Stradivarius?
New Salesman-Straddy what? Gosh
mister! Don't you know a fiddle when
you see one?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
PMS CURED m 6 Io DAYS.

PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of iching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles in to IA days or money refunded.5oc.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
SOLD POPCORN AND PAPERS.

Strenuous Route by Which w. A.
Smith Reached the Senate.
Another notable demonstration that
it is the "stuff' which is in man and
not the cultivation by school or college,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Shake Into Your Shoe.

Aliens Foot Ease powder. 1t makes tigh.
or new shoes feel easy 1t is certain cure Tor
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet.
Sold by all Druggists, Price Csc. Trial pack
age mailed FREE. Address Allen s. 0lnsted,
Leroy, New York.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
Nothing Doing.

It was an imposing building, but the
man with the square valise did not hesi-
tate.
Madam" he said to the matron who
appeared, II should like to show you a
copy of our book The Quiet Life which
is making such a"
"Sir," she interrupted, "this is an in
stitution for the deaf and dumb."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

SOrrOWs OF the FIutOcFaCYs
+ First Millionaire-Hard lines these
days.
second Mlllionaire-Yes; our rela-
tiyes are waiting for us to die to get
our money, and the rest of the world
doesn't want to wait that long. New
York Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

Mothers will find Mrs. winnow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BRQMo QUININE Tablets
Druggists refund moneysif it fails to cure. E. W
GROVES signature is on each box. Csc.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05
DON'T DESPAIR.
Read the Experience of Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.

If your back aches, and you feel sick,
languid, weak and miserable day after
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

OF a weak, sour Stream, constantly deposit
ing acrid and corrosive matter in the mus
cles, nerves, joints and bones, the body is fed
and nourished by rich, Notwithstanding
blood which completely and permanently
cures Rheumatism. S. S. S. is composed
of both purifying and tonic properties
just what is needed in every case of Rheu-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-05

wool and cotton equally well and Il
Write tor free booklet how 70 dSe.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23

Harrisburg, as far as information about
that structure is obtainable. This is
a moving picture drama in which the
old worthless will appear in character
istic costume, reproduction Of them,
so far as is possible, as they walked
in life in the olden times. Many dra-
matte incidents will be incorporated
and the production, it is said, will be of
genuine historic and artistic interest.
One OF the most novel features and
one absolutely new in America will
be THE Fountain of Soap Bubbles"
marvellous machine that, by means of
coal gas, expells into the air 10000
soap bubbles every minute, causing
the most wonderful effects both by
sunshine and artificial light.
The Philippine Reservation, tract
Of 515 acres, will depict the life of
the civilized and Christianized Fill
pinos, as well as the rude life in huts
Of the less civilized natives, at work
fashioning implements of war or do
nestle life. Representative of the
war department have been at work
for this part of the exposition and the
promise is made that it will offer bet
ter opportunity for studying the Fill
pinos than did the exhibit at st. Louis.
Here may be seen the model schools
in actual operation. Boating is one
of the War Path attractions, but it
will prove one Of the pleasant diver
sions at the exposition and will in
clude either sailing on the Roads or
paddle about on the Canoe Trail.
An attraction of great historic i'm
portance will be the village of the
Tuscarora Indians, from the Iroquois
reservation in New York state. The
Indians are descendants of the Tus-
caroras who were driven out of Tide
water, Va, before the days of Pow
hatan, and they come back to the land
| Of their forefathers to show their
| present status in the scale of civiliZa-
| ton.
| Tho destruction of San Francisco is
another feature, needless to state,
! which is new to the expositions. The
| great auditorium in which it will be
housed has been one Of the first along
the War Path to reach completion. 1t
is said to be by far the most elaborate
reproduction of the disaster which has
been attempted. The scenic effects,
prepared by well known scene paint
ers, give a very vivid picture, which in
return is made realistic by the pres
ence of several hundred persons on
the stage and the falling of blocks OF
sheet iron houses and buildings at
every performance.
The original settlement at James
town has been reproduced to the last
detail, with its ancient church, its
narrow streets and early cottages
The visitor may wander around
the first settlement in America
and meet the inhabitants in tho
, costume of the period, certainly
novel sensation to be enjoyed with
| in sound of the electric roads. 4
: public inn, faithful in every detail
1 to the original of the early Englisl
S settlement, will be open to visitors.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23

unsightly with scaly bark, moss and
lichens? They are scraped clean and
smooth with dull hoe or scraper, and
the entire surface washed or sprayed
with Bordeaux mixture. Has the fruit
heretofore been defective from the in
festation of insects or fungi? Repeat
ed sprayings with Bordeaux mixture
and arsenites, applied in so thorough
a manner that not leaf, twig, branch
or fruit, crevice or square inch of sur
face in any part is left untouched or
uncovered, will bring smooth, sound
fruit. Has the soil become impover-
ished through abuse or long continued
crop production without feeding?
There is applied liberal dressing of
stable manure which is either worked
into the upper few inches of soil be-
meath the extremities of the branches.
or covered with few inches of straw,
corn-stalks or other coarse material
applied as mulch. Do the cellar bins
need repairing, and is there an ample
supply of crates. and baskets? 1t
would be well to prepare for the day
full reward when the fruit-picking sea-
son comes.
To bring about, in the old orchard,
the conditions necessary to attain the
object in view, it is of first Importance
that the height of the trees be reduced
very materially. Indeed, upon this Sc
we're cutting back or heading down"
rested the whole plan of renewal. For,
as a natural result, would follow the
production of vigorous system Of
new wood at reduced altitude; the
reinvigoration or regeneration of the
| lower or more horizontal branches
which, under former adverse condi-
tons, have been only inactive mem
bers of the tree, their fruit annually
dropping in an early stage of devel-
opment through want of necessary
conditions of light, heat and susie
nance.
| Should there be, among the number
of trees renewed, one OF more varie
ties which are of little value, or for
any cause undesirable, 1t is both in
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR
THE OLD ORCHARD TREES
Pruning Cultivation Bring Its
Reward in Profitable Crops.

Are the trees Of the old orchard so
lofty In branch as to be out Of reach
of primers and sprayer and ladder and
fruit picker? They are cut down a
third or half in height Are there
dead and dying branches? They are
smoothly sawed away, and the wounds
neatly dressed with lead and oil. Does
a great bole or branch show indica-
lions of splitting down? If not too far
advanced, brace and long bit, and a
bolt with nut and large washer repair
the injury. Are there gaping cavities
or hollows in body or branch, gradu-
ally enlarging through decay? These
cavities are carefully cleaned out,
sprayed inside with Bordeaux mixture
and filled with Portland cement. Are
the bodies and branches rough and
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
Vlsitinu Cards.

Visiting cards owe' their origin to
the Chinese, who from the earliest
times observed the greatest ceremony
in the matter of-payingN calls. The
cards which they. used for this pur-
pose were large and colored a bright
red. When a Chinaman desires to
marry, his parents communicate the
fact to a professional match maker
who at once runs over in her mind
the eligible young women of her &C
quaintance, and selects the one she
thinks will make the most fitting
bride, She then makes n call on the
young woman's parents, armed with
the prospective bridegroom's card, on
which are written his ancestral his
tory. name and the date of his birth.
| II the suit is acceptable, the brides
card is sent in return; and IL the
prophecies for the wedding are good
the particulars of the engagement
are written on two large red cards and
sent to the friendr of each family.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23

reference to renewal of old apple trees,
but the same may be applied with
equal, or even greater force, to old
peach trees. The peach tree is rapid
grower under ordinarily favorable
conditions 1t bears fruit only on
wood of the previous seasons growth.
Its characteristic habit of growth is to
form tall, erect branches, in its early
years, becoming more spreading as its
age Increases hence few seasons
unrestricted, natural development,
where care and pruning has been neg
lected, results in tail, ungainly, lily
proportioned top, formed by long,
struggling, slender branches at the ex-
tremities of which, out of reach from
the tallest step-ladders, the fruit is
borne. The weight of the fruit, at the
extremities of these highly or widely
extended branches, brings so great a
leverage to bear upon their bases as to
result in serious splitting, breaking
and mutilation of the trees. Careful.
annual pruning back of the new
growth, from the time the young trees
are planted, tends to overcome this
undesirable habit of growth and to
keep the head of the tree compact and
symmetrical, thereby lessening the
danger of breaking by reducing the
leverage exerted by the weight of the
crop, and rendering the gathering of
the fruit an easy and pleasant task.
But even with careful, annual pruning
the peach tree will eventually get out
of proportion and out of reasonable
bounds. 1t is at this time that COM
plete renewal becomes advisable. This
can be accomplished without the loss
of a crop, providing the work be done
early in the spring of season in
which the fruit buds have been de-
stroyed by the rigorous winter, as Is
often the case in all sections of Ohio
other than those bordering on Lake
Erie. Where annual crops are the
rule, the fortunate orchardist may cut
back few of the branches of each
tree each season, thereby keeping an
adequate supply of new fruiting wood
coming on, low down where pruning
and spraying may be easily done, and
where the crop may be safely sup
ported by the superior strength of the
short, sturdy, well-knit branches. Thus,
gradually, the trees will become re-
newed, there will be no material loss
in fruit production and the fruit will
be of larger size because of the de-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
Germa in Books.

The authorities Of the city libraries
In Berlin have been making some in
teresting experiments with the pur-
pose of determining the hygienic con-
ditions of books that have been used
great deal by the people. With the
dirt gathered from such books, some
Of which was known to include tuber-
culosis bacilh. experiments were made
ON guinea pigs. In the case Of books
used but tive years, no result could be
noticed, but the refuse collected from
particularly soiled books, that had
been in circulation from three to six
years, did produce an effect. Attempts
to destroy the bacilli by sterilization
through formalin vapors failed; but
the books themselves suffered to such
an extent that many were practically
spoiled. In view of this fact, the city
authorities have decided to abstain
from further disinfecting experiments.
In conjunction with the city medical
society and the police department, it
has now been decided periodically to
examine the public libraries and to de.
stroy those books which have been
used so much as to make them dan.
ger to public health Such books
must be destroyed, not sold for old
paper.