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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS
Lumbermen Protest Against the New
Rate on Shipments.

An application for an injunction
restraining the transcontinental rail
roads from enforcing proposed increase
in freight rates on lumber shipments
from Oregon to eastern terminals. was
Wednesday filed in the United States
court by an association Of lum bermen.
The revised tariff published by the
railroads becomes effective November
/. and the lumber manufacturers and
dealers seek to have the companies ie-
strained from imposing any additional
burden in freight rates until the inter
state commerce commission can hear
testimony on the subject and make a
decision.
Judge Wolverton issued an order cit
ing each of the defendants transporta-
tion companies to appear in court
October 30 to show cause why a re-
strainiug order and injunction should
not be issued against them as petition
ed for by the mill owners. Teal &
Minor. Thomas g. Green and A. B.
Winfree appear as counsel for the
complainants.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
Musical Contest at Whitman.

new contest of great interest to
the music loving public has just been
established by the Trustees of Whitman
College. Every piano teacher and
voice teacher in the three states Ore
gon, Washington. and Idaho is invited
to nominate their best pupil to take
part in public contest to be held in
Walla Walla next January. One eve-
ming will be devoted to piano playing
and one evening to singing. The best
performer of each evening will receive
as a prize free scholarship, entilling
him or her to years free musical tu-
ition in Whitman Conservatory with
board and lodging. The prizes are
worth $3.50 each, and music teachers
will appreciate not only the value of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
Hearse Oyerturns at Weston.

Awhile returning from the cemetery
after the interment of Mrs. Clark at
Weston Sunday afternoon, an accident
happened to part of the harness of the
span drawing the hearse Frightening
them into mad plunge that overthrew
the hearse. Henry Stamper, the driv-
er, was thrown violently on to barb
ed wire fence lacerating his face and
arms badly, tearing his clothing and
putting him into bad plight, gener-
ally Mr.. Payne, who was also on the
drivers seat. was badly shaken up and
bruised hut escaped with less injuries
than Mr.. Stamper. The horses were
captured unharmed; considerable dam
age was done to the hearse and harness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11

weeks ago, and simultaneously with
his arrival he discovered two bran new
editions and supplement from his
two revolution Berkshires, 90 little fat
ones in all. For the present they are
run top column next reading matter
and fed on exchange with the paste pot
for dessert. Mr.. Brown says there's
millions in pigs-oounting, of course.
the squeals. He is more convinced
than ever that,there's money in print
er's ink, provided you raise bunch Of
porkers on the side. Eagle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
HIS Dear Old Mother.

MY dear old mother, who is now
eighty three years old, thrives on
Electric Bitters," writes W. B. Brun-
son, of Dublin, Ga. "She has taken
them for about two years and enjoys
an excellent appetite, feels strong and
sleeps we'll" That's the way Electric
Bitters affect the aged, and the same
happy results follow in all cases of fe-
male weakness and general debility.
Weak, puny children too are greatly
strengthened Ey them. Guaranteed
also for stomach. liver and kidney
troubles, by VIM. Mcbride, Druggist.
60c,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
A Most Worthy Article.

When an article has been on the
market for years and gains friends
every year, it is safe to call this medi-
cine worthy one. Such is Ballard's
Horehound Syrup. 1t positively cures
coughs and all Pulmonary diseases.
One of the best known merchants in
Mobile, Ala, says:
For five years my family has not
been troubled with the winter coughs
we owe this to Ballard's Horehound
Syrup. l know it has saved my child
rem from many sick spells. Sold by
VIM. Mcbride.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
RIVAL TO BURBANK
Freak Seedless Pear Discovered That
Means Fortune to Hood
River Man.

A seedless pear discovered on his
ranch by A. L. Mason, noted fruit
man at Hood River, has caused a great.
er sensation than the high prices re-
ceived for apples at Hood River this
| year.
The discovery of the seedless and
coreless pear was made by accident by
Mr.. Mason, who, although vice-presi-
dent of the Northwest Fruit growers
association and unusually we'll posted.
had never heard of anything of the
kind. 1t was also poser to e. L.
Smith, considered the father of horti-
culture at Hood River, E. Fl. Shepard,
editor of Better Fruit" and H. F.
Davidson. Hood Rivers pioneer fruit
shipper. 1t was thought at first when
Mr.. Mason opened bag full of the
pears in the presence of several we'll
known truitgrowers and announced to
them what it contained, that he was
joking. After cutting open dozen
or more they were convinced and an
nounced that if the tree on which they
were grown continued to propagate
seedless pears Mr.. Mason had made
wonderful discovery.
Unlike other seedless deciduous fruit
the seedless pears are exceedingly we'll
developed, large, of fine quality and
flavor, and maturing at time of the
year that makes them one of the most
valuable varieties for canning that has
ever become known.
All attempts to account for the phe-
nomenon leave the problem unsolved,
as no attempt had ever been made by
Mr.. Mason to grow seedless fruit.
Neither did he know that he had done
SO until the pears were being prepared
for canning, when. on being cut open,
they were discovered to be absolutely
seedless.
Originally the tree on which the
pears grew was supposed to be of a
variety known as Clapp's Favorite. 1t
is now known, however, that it is not
of that variety and it is as yet an I'M
named pear, with the exception of the
name applied to 1t locally of "Mason's
Seedless. :"
Several years ago Mr.. Mason bought
large number of trees, among which
was this one, which afterward proved
to be untrue to name. Until last year
it had no fruit on it, and then the
yield was so small that no attention
was paid to it. This year there we're
six boxes on the tree, making it worth
while to utilize them, and this brought
about the discovery that they were
seedless.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
A Criminal Attack

on an inoffensive citizen is frequently
made in that apparently useless little
tube called the appendix. It's gen.
orally the result of protracted consti-
patton, following liver torpor. DR..
Kings New Life Pills regulate the
liver, prevent appendicitis, and estab-
lish regular habits of the bowels. 25c.
at VIM. McBride's, Drug Store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11

the prize for their pupils but the value
of the advertising for themselves if
their pupil wins prize. Every music
teacher is urged to write to Miss P. Z.
Paddock, Secretary of the Whitman
Conservatory, for information concern
ing the contest.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11
Ont of Sigbt

'Out of sight, out of mind" is an
old saying which applies with special
force to sore, burn or wound that's
been treated with Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It's out of sight, out of mind
and out of existence. Piles too and
chilblains disappear under its healing
influence. Guaranteed by VIM. Nc
Bride, Druggist. 25c.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11

1t comes put up in collapsible tube
with nozzle, easy to apply to the
soreness and inflammation, for any
form of Piles; it soothes and heals, re-
lieves the pain, itching and burning.
Man Zan Pile Remedy. Price so cts.
Guaranteed. Sold by Pioneer Drug
Store.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-10-11

A Whole Passel o. Pigs.
Fl. f. Brown of the Eagle force re-
turned to his ranch on the north fork,
nine miles from Milton, some three
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Legislators Getting Restless.

The legislators are beginning to get
restless, with the senatorial fight now
safely out of the way. Various mo-
lions looking toward adjournment at
fixed dates are being introduced, but
as yet no action has been taken fixing
a date of adjournment. June Is is
now the guess of those best posted as
to legislative possibilities. Some of
the important bills of the session are
reaching the forum. The work this
week was largely devoted to the dis
cussion of the bill providing that pub
lie utilities be under the regulation of
the state railroad commission or a
special commission or the cities in
which they operate. All three of
these possibilities are included in the
debate.
Committee hearings develop that
there is no objection except on the
part Of independent telephone COM
panies to efficient regulation, but the
companies involved want their rights
thoroughly safeguarded and their leg
islative counsel are more active in
suggesting methods of strengthening
the bill than of tearing it down.
The hearings on the utility measure
will be the longest and it may be 20
days before that bill is finally COM
pleted, making it possibly the last
to be acted upon at this session.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
SUPERSTITION is VERY OLD.
Origin of the Belief That Hcrseshoes
Bring Good Luck.

1t is painful to observe the lack of
horseshoe lore displayed by your cor
respondents, says writer to the New
York Sun. Not one of them has men
toned the origin of the superstition,
which in itself settles the fashion in
which the horseshoe should be hung
with its points down.
The belief in the talismanic luck
of the horseshoe is originally an Arab
superstition, and dates from the time
of the second crusade To this day
one may see horseshoes displayed over
the doors of some Arab houses-points
down, of course-especially the houses
of the El-Kazin tribe sometimes
wrongly referred to as the Da'alcks).
Merhada El-Kazin, the first chief of
the tribe, was originally an Arab metal
worker and sheer of horses, during the
second crusade. He was one of band
of Arabs which was being "sore be-
set" by the crusaders, under the lead
ership of a Norman, one Sir Godfrey
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File. The Arabs were in such a
plight that they agreed together that
the one of them who should devise
and execute a plan to overthrow the
band pitted against them should be
made chief of their tribe, and that his
descendants should be chiefs forever.
the tribe taking his name.
Merhada El-Kazin was making a
horseshoe when he heard this do
cision. Taking the shoe hot from the
fire, he went to the battlements, and
posing it points DOWN hurled it at
Sir Godfrey File. The shoe descend
ed straight and the two points entered
the eyes of the commander, destroying
his sight. The Gripping of the leader
put the crusaders to rout, and Mer-
hada El-Kazin became chief of the
tribe, which bears his name to this
day
I have this legend from member
of the tribe, and I have personally
seen a descendant Of El-Kazin who
was chief of the tribe when l crossed
the Sahara in 1889. There is
horseshoe over every window aad
door in his home; and even over the
door of his tent when he is travelling,
as when saw him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
Great Power plant.

Kaukauna-One of the largest cleo
trio power plants in this part
of the state will be built at once
by the Green Bay and Mississippi
Canal company. 1t will occupy the
site of the old Badger paper mill The
plant will generate between 1000 and
5000 horse power. The power will be
transmitted to cities within radius of
100 miles. tt is the intention of the
company to build the plant before So
Letting patrons When in operation it
will be in position to furnish power for
street car lines in any of the neighbor
ing cities as well as power for manu-
featuring purposes. The electricity
will be generated by water power,
eight horizontal wheels with total
capacity of 2,000-horse power, doing
the work. 1t is estimated that about
eight months will be required to build
the plant, which will greatly exceed in
size chat of the Wisconsin Traction.
Light, Heat and Power company at
Appleton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
NEWS OF WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST IN
THE VARIOUS TOWNS.
SCHULTZ CASE GOES OVER
State Supreme Court Orders Record in
MIwaukes Case Returned to
Municipal Judge for
Amendment.

Madison.-By ordering the record
returned to the Milwaukee municipal
court for amendment, the supreme
court has put the case of f. F. Schultz,
of Milwaukee, over until next fall
Some time ago District Attorney Nc
Govern served notice on the attorneys
for the defendant that he would ask
the supreme court to permit Judge
Braces certificate to be amended so
that some of the testimony in the
case could be included in the record.
This motion was made and opposed
by Attorney J. l.. OConnor represent
ing Schultz. Thereupon the court
granted the motion, but ordered the
record returned to the municipal
court, which carries the case over the
present term and to next fall The
order issued by the court is as fol-
lows:
state Of Wisconsin, plaintiff, VS..
Frank r, Schultz, defendant: The
above entitled matter coming on for
argument in this court and the state
of Wisconsin, plaintiff, having made
motion to amend the certificate of the
municipal Judge, Milwaukee county.
heretofore filed in this court, and the
defendant by his counsel opposing the
same, it is ordered that the record
herein be returned to the municipal
court of Milwaukee county for a prop
err certificate or for such further action
in said court herein as the parties
may be advised"
The supreme court adjourned un-
til 2:30 p. m. on June 10. at which
time opinions will be handed down
and the members of the graduating
class of the university law school adj
mitted to practice.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-06
CATCHES EEL IN A JUG.
Sportsman Doesn't Drink, But he Does
Have Day Nightmares.

Clarence Tozier of Molunkus, Me-, is
= teetotaler Moreover, he neither
smokes nor chews tobacco. But he
has Nightmares which are just as like
~ to come on him when he is taking a
noon nap as when he is in the midst
Of his midnight rest
A few weeks ago Tozier went over
to Mud pond to catch pickerel through
the ice. 1t was a good day for sport,
and after he had bored a hole he found
the fish biting WELL He had caught
several fair fish when he felt a half
hearted tug on his line and tried to
pull up. In spite of the way the fish
were biting. Tozier had been half doz-
ing, and the jerk hardly aroused him.
Yet he pulled.
Instead of yanking the pickerel
through the hole with one flop, he sue
ceeded in doing no more than raising
1t off the bottom, and instantly con-
scluded that he had hold of the big
gest fish in the pond Still this seemed
straege, and the pickerel didn't run IN
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der the ice after the manner of all
whoppers.
Tozier says that he pulled strong
and steadily, and after time some
thing came up kerchung against the
under side of the ice. Peering through
the hole, he was astonished to see
that he had caught jug, but not by
the handle. 1t appeared to be an or
binary brown two-gallon affair, and he
concluded that his hook had dropped
through the neck and caught inside.
This theory, however, was exploded
when he chopped the jug out.
BY pulling the line taut a wicked
eye was brought to the hole The eye
belonged to an eel which had in its
youth wriggled into the jug and re-
NAMED there in comfort until too
large to get out As the jug had rest
ed on its side enough food had f1oated
within to keep the eel in good health
and high spirits 1t measured three
feet and one inch.-N. Y. World.
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State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Our Special CORES.
pendent at Madison.

Madison.-The senatorial contest
still is recalled by tie echoes of the
clash of battle in the halls of the capt.
toll, and the development of this week
was the statement by one of the lead
ers on the Hatten side of the conflict
that he believes that the election of
Stephenson was deal in which La
Toilette had no part and which was
the result of the formation of new
lette from control of the Wisconsin
Republican party.
The story intimates that the men,
bers of this new triumvirate are Lieu
tenant Gov. Conner, Gov. Davidson
and Isaac Stephenson. The story is
being generally discredited, however,
in view of the telegram of eongratula-
ton sent Stephenson by Senator La
Toilette and the recent statement OF
Lieutenant Gov. Connor, in which he
says he has no bitter feeling toward
La Toilette, whose policies he believes
in unfolding.
The election of Stephenson and the
CudISSS dSdluSC IWO III Gl1C A1CA
who caused the defeat of Hatten by
their change at the behest of Conner
from Hatten to Stephenson, thus de-
Gliding the outcome of the long dead
lock, has resulted in a defense OF the
men who bolted the Hatten caucus by
the newspaper which is owned by
Stephenson and the consequent issu-
ance of signed statement by the
officials of the Hatten-Esh caucus, in
which the record of the caucus is
shown to have pledged the two legis-
lators in question to vote for Hatten.
The postmortem on the senatorship
is of little avail except to assure the
future political eclipse of the two leg
islators whose shifting of votes de-
feated the man they promised to vote
for. The fact that one of these men
lost his job as postmaster in Lieuten-
ant Gov Connor's county was seized
upon as political bit of revenge, but
the removal had nothing to do with
the senatorial fight.
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Flag Day Is Selected.

Gov. Davidson has signed procla-
nation designating June IA as flag
day. The governors proclamation is
as follows:
Flag day celebrating the anniver-
sary of the day when congress adopt
ed the design of our flag is becoming
more and more a patriotic national
event In accordance with the grow
ing tendency of this celebration and
to further the patriotic effect, |, James
o. Davidson, governor of the state of
Wisconsin, designate June IA, 1907, as
Flag day, and direct that our national
emblem be displayed from the capitol
and other state buildings on that day,
and I recommend that the citizens of
the state observe the day by exhibit
ing the flag on their homes and places
of business, and that they individually
and through their various organiza-
tons give appropriate recognition to
the day. In testimony whereof, | have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the state of Wisconsin to be
affixed. Done at the capitol, in the
city of Madison, this Oath day of May,
in, the year of our Lord, 1907.
gov. J. o. DAVIDSON.
"By Secretary of State James A.
Ernaro
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The vatican grants titles The par
venus work so hard getting titles unto
themselves that really respectable no
bility have got out of the habit Of
using their legitimate ones. Prince
Ferdinand Colonna married Miss Eva
Bryant Mackay, but in that family the
title is disregarded. They consider it
really more aristocratic to call each
other simply Don" and Donna" The
Rospigliosi and Ruspolin families,
which together number nearly a dozen
American women among their wives,
are as aristocratic and as particular.
Yet even persons with the plain
name of John Smith will very likely
admit that Don francesca Rospigliosi
is quite a come-down from Prince Giu-
seppe francesca Maria Filippo di Ros-
pigliosi-Gioeni, duca di Zagario. prin-
cipe di CastigIione, .marchese di Giu-
Llama, conte di Chiusa, Barone di Val
corrente, Barone della Miraglia, Signor
di Aidone, di Burgio, di Contessa and
di Trapetto, Roman noble, patrician
of Pistoja, Venice and Genoa.
There are 200 dukes, 900 marquises
and thousands of counts in Spain, ac-
cording to a recent account. Legiti-
mate Spanish nobility, or, better, aris-
tocracy, is called the grandezza, in
English the gsandees. 1t was insti-
tuted by Empercs Charles v. in 1920,
so that Spain cOtsld be just like other
countries in one respect.
They began dozen in number; the
legitimate members of the grandezza
now are 200, and after that the popu-
lar deluge that includes the butcher,
the baker and perhaps the candlestick
maker. The duke de ARGOS, who was
once Spanish ambassador at Washing
ton and has just retired from the post
at Rome, is real Spanish nobleman,
and he married Miss Virginia Lowery,
of Washington, when he was in the
latter city.
A curious feature of the Spanish no.
bility is the manner of inheriting it.
The dignities descend from father to
son. but if there is no son the daugh-
ter takes the title, and it is conferred
on her husband what time she mar
ries.
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The committee bill making a num-
Der of important changes in the pri-
mary election law was amended so as
to make it optional with voters in
cities of the fourth class whether they
shall have primary elections for the
nomination of candidates for munich
pal offices, and requiring the publica-
ton of primary election notices in only
two newspapers of a county unless
otherwise provided by the county
board, and then ordered engrossed and
read a third time. The principal
change made by the bill is that pro-
hibiting candidates for nomination for
office from circulating their petitions
more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for filing such petitions.
The Hebron bill increasing the sal
airy of the reporter of the municipal
court of Milwaukee county to $4,000
year was ordered engrossed and read
third time. The bill increasing the
salaries of the reporters of the circuit
court for Milwaukee county from ST.
900 to $4,000 was, on motion of Mr..
EStabrook, laid over until next
Wednesday. Under the present law
Milwaukee county is compelled to pay
the reporters of the circuit court,
while the state pays the reporters of
the circuit courts for the other coun-
ties. Mr.. Estabrook will try to have
the pending bill amended so as to pro-
vide that the state shall pay all circuit
court reporters. The bill increasing
the salaries of reporters outside of Mil
waukee county from $4,000 to $4,000
and giving them an expense allowance
of $500 each year was laid over until
next Tuesday.
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Cant Curtis Dead.

Madison.-Capt Charles A. Curtis.
u. S. A., retired, commandant of the
University of Wisconsin corps Of ca
diets since 1889, disciplinarian Of fresh
men and sophomore students and fast
friend of upper classmen in the state
university, died at the Madison City
hospital of a complication of diseases
brought on by blood poisoning. He
was 70 years old.