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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Poultry Houses.

The essential points In a poultry
house are light, dryness and good ven
tilation. The houses that have been
built warm and tight, with the idea of
keeping the water from freezing have
the objection, that In nearly all cases
the ceilings and walls coat with frost
during very cold weather. When the
weather moderates the frost melts and
you have a very damp house. The
house smells Of chickens, or in other
words, is poorly ventilated and In
many Instances, the chickens are un-
healthy. Sometimes they lay we'll dur
Ing winter, but the eggs are very poor
for Matching purposes.
For a number Of years we have been
trying to find some way to overcome
these difficulties. The best means of
ventilating house that | know of is
Dy using cloth screens, and to keep
house perfectly dry, have found moth
Ing better than straw loft, /. e., the
ceiling Is covered with straw, the straw
being placed on boards or rails which
are some six or eight inches apart.
The straw should be about one foot or
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
California CrOns

A circular addressed to the Califor
MIA nursery men ELECTED the informa
tton that the favorite fruits for prona.
cation at the present time, In the order
of their popularity, are apples. apri.
cots, cherries, grapes, peaches, pears
plums and prunes.
The annual yield of almonds in Cali
fornla is estimated at 2,1OO tons.
Beet sugar output is figured at 64 21o
tons.
Brandy production 100000 gallons
and wine production 26,5OOOOO gal.
Ions.
Canned fruit and vegetable mack
100000 cases.
Fresh citrous fruit shipments, 2e 700
car loads.
Cured fruit and raisin output 100.
700 tons.
Honey yield, 100000 pounds
Hop crop, 10000 bales.
Prune output, 62,5OO,OOO pounds
Raisin yield, 9O,OOOOOO pounds
Fresh vegetable shipments, 6s.OOo
tons.
Walnut yield. 6.4OO tons.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Giving Him a Chance.

Mrs. Wilson's husband was often
obliged to go to New York on business,
and frequently did not reach his home
until the arrival of the midnight train.
Mrs Wilson had been in the habit Of
sleeping peacefully at these times with
out fear, but number of burglaries in
the neighborhood during one of her
husbands trip to New York had dis
turbed her calm.
On the night Of his return Mr.. Will
son was stealing carefully up the front
stairs. as was his wont on such occa-
sions, so that his wife would not be.
wakened, when he heard her voice,
high and strained.
I don't know whether you are my
husband or burglar" came the ex-
cited tones, "but am going to be on
the safe side and shoot, SO If you are
Henry you'd better get out of the
way!"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20

flannel suit, little dinky can and red
stockings.
When the first ordinary came wob.
Ding down the village street pa called
ma to look, and you tralled 1t. hurlinp
sod and clods at 1t. After while came
the bicycle tournament, where daring
individuals whizzed round the half.
mile track for prizes hung up by the
local club. Then came the trick rid.
ers' who showed that the freaky ma.
chine could be ridden without the hind
wheel. Finally there was feeling Of
disappointment at the introduction of
the safety, which was considered q
very tame proposition indeed. lacking
as 1t did the hazard OF headers" over
the handle bars, Though deemed Az
only for girls and mollycoddles the
safety prevailed, and the ordinary
went to the Junk heap. 1t is the law
OF convenience, an example of which Is
the popularity of the automobile as
compared with the bucking broncho.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Maintaining Discipline.

1t Is evident, by an anecdote taken
from the London Mirror. that there are
some persons who regard discipline as
nm end and not as means. Not even
the seed of insubordination had a
chance under the eye of Sergeant Day.
Tention!" he cried to his squad.
Quick march! Left wheel! Halt 7
Take Murphy's name for talking in the
ranks"
But ne wasn't talking" protested q
corporal, who was standing near.
Wasn't he?" roared Sergeant Day.
fhen cross 1t out and put him In the
gnard-room for deceiving me-"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Pansy's Ma.

/ = ma
To-day l piped my future ma-in-law
She got aboard my Pullman oaI
scared 'ns
Three babies into fits the wav 81.
| glared. NHs
Rattle my baggage if l ever saw
A cracker-box to equal mothers iaw
hardwood finish face all nailed and
squared. u
She ossifed the gripman when al.
stared one
And me? Well, was overcome with .mo
But, being Pansy's ma, twas up to mo
10 h'n' her something pit-a-pat and
swell, U
And SO says, Hello, Queen Cherokee
What ho! for Pansy? hope she's faol.
ing WELL"
And ma responds, a trihe tart but pomo
"She minds her bizness-hope you feel ~,
same"
/ don't think mother picked me ont ~
win,
To be the steady of her darling child
She thinks l am kick-up, something
wild,
And no sweet girl should wear nv college
pin.
She thinks I'm some too pifiy with NV
chin,
And my soft prattle simply gets her
riled.
I've lost my keys with her, to put II
mild,
l don't belong, because l am not In,
Say, how, with such an Iceberg on tba
track,
Can | conduct my car to married blissp
l hoped that could whistle Pansy back.
And 10! got frostbite off of this
I'd wrastle death for her, I'd fight her
But stab me if I'll syrup to her ma
Fen as 1 stood with cobwebs In INV
tower
A candy vision came and tagged the
boat
Give forty rah-rah-rahs! o Joy, O
gloat!
"swas Pansy like a fairy in bowe-
Varbling, "Hi, stop the CARP With all
my power
l yanked the bell. My brain was alb
afoat,
My heart cut pin-wheels, stole a base
at throat,
Sang "Tammany"-an knlghthoaa was
in flower.
? helped her on. My shoes were full OF
feet.
I says, "How's MAJ" She ar~wers,
Going some"
l doffed my lid and ventured to repeat
The breeze had put the weather on the
bum.
Then she replied, not seeming sore or
vexed,
1T may not be so punk on Sunday next"
= Wallace Irwin, in Success Magazine.
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jest say SO an I'll telephone to Binker'
for 'em. Do you understand Do
make 1t plainT
That's the stuff 7" said the grocery
man, gleefully. keep it up, Evellna
It's what | like"
Il bet you git what you like every
where you go, them" said the pretty
cook with toss of her head.
mo, don't" said the groceryman
"Not If the frosty face is what you
mean. It's only you give me that, an
I'm glad of it. If there was another
Kitchen on my route where l got any.
thin but sunny smiles o. welcome an
an occasional piece o. pie I'd begin to
think right away that there must be
some reason for it. But there ain't
none O the ladies l know that has got
to that stage yet. don't give them no
encouragement. I'm perlite, O. course,
an agreeable, an | have little so
sherble conversation with 'em now an
then, but that's us far as l go. With
out maxim any raw cracks l give 'em
to understand that my affections is en-
gagged elsewhere. I don't honestly think
any one O. them has even got hopes"
II amt, | know that" said the cook.
"I amt no hopes that you'll ever learg
to have any sense. Say, git them 'ta
ters over now. amt foolin'."
"Tell me that you amt got no use fos
me an that the 'taters is Jest an excuse
to git red o. me an I'll have 'em here
inside O. five minutes, sure" said the
groceryman.
"If you git out Of here an quit both
erin me don't even care whether I git
the 'taters or not" said the cook. T'd
sooner go out an git 'em myself than
have you around another minute"
The groceryman grinned happily and
took up his basket. "Good enough!
I'll bring 'em right over" he said.
when you talk to me that way I know
you love me."-Chlcago Daily News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
LEGAL INFORMATION.
~~~~~~~~~~~

In Caughlin V. Campbell, Dasell
Banking Company, 80 Pacific Reporter
253, the Colorado Supreme Court lays
down the rule that an owner Of team
Is not negligent per Sc in leaving the
team unattended on a public highway
and restrained only by f1fty-slx pound
weight attached to the horses bits. If
some restraint is placed on horses left
standing on a street, the question of
negligence is for the Jury.
Passengers about to board street cars
who have only bills of large denomina-
tions must take care to have them
changed before rendering payment for
their car fare, according to the deci-
sion OF the Tennessee Supreme Court
in Knoxville Traction Company v.
Wllkeson, 80 Southwestern Reporter,
992, wherein it was held that rule Of
company fixing So as the limit on the
amount Of change it will undertake to
furnish passengers is reasonable
The right of mother to have her
child brought up by foster parents in
her religious faith is considered to be
true as a general proposition by the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu-
sets in Pulrton v. Jamrock, 80 North
eastern Reporter, 500, but If the wishes
of the mother with reference to the
religious faith of the child cannot be
carried into effect without sacrificing
what the court deems to be for the
welfare Of the child. they must so far
be disregarded. The court will not of
itself prefer one church to another but
will net without bias for the welfare of
the child under the circumstances of
each case.
A spectator at an automobile race
Illegally conducted on city street,
who Is injured by an automobile
swerving in its course and leaving the
street, is not precluded from recover
Ing for his injury because he knew the
race was illegally conducted, according
to the decision of New York Court of
Appeals in Johnson V. City of New
York, IS Northeastern Reporter, 715:
but the Injured spectator cannot re.
cover merely on the ground of the lille.
gality of the contest. He must prove |
on the part of defendant
See Canlong V. Wedger, 1866 Massachu- |
setts, 462, 81 Northeastern Reporter.
642, and Frost V. Josselyn, $50 Massa.
$50, 60 Northeastern Reporter
400.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
PoRPoIsEs DRIVE TO PLEDGES.
Sight of Big school Brings Thoughts
of Sea gerpeuta

Sight of Big school Brings Thoughts
of Sea serpents.
IL the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union only had a recruiting of
nee at the Battery to-day 1t might
have gained a couple Of hundred con
verts without any trouble at all. says
the New York Telegram. Honest
Bill" Quigley. Battery boatman
stands sponsor for this statement, and
his say-so ought to count for some.
thing.
You see," said Honest BILL" in ex.
planning his statement, 1--WE been
round this part for many a year and
I've seen many a queer sight, but l
never saw school of porpoises cause
such a run on the Temperance bank
as | did this very same mornin'. Why,
when the municipal boats docked from
Staten island there was the biggest
rush for pledges you ever heard tell
Of.
"Did you see it?" says one wild
eyed individual to me.
"'See whatT says 1.
THE sea sarpint,' says he. And
then he makes a dash for the Water
street mission. And he wasn't the only
one, either. Sure they must put up a
swell brand Of booze over on Staten
Island for nine out of every ten Of
these commuters followed his lead.
well, while 1 was ponderin' over
their antics l rambled down to the
barge office dock and lookin' out over
the river, what dyer think saw
nothin' but a school of innocent play
full porpoises. And they was the sea
sarpint, mind you, what them Staten
islanders saw"-and Bill spat dis
gustedly into the river.
The Staten Islanders, however, were
not the only persons fooled by the por-
poises. Passengers on every craft in
the bay, from saucy little tugs to great
ocean liners, had sight for their eyes
In the great school that gamboled gal
ly through the Ambrose channel into
the harbor. Their flashing bodies, as
they curved In and out of the water,
many a person to believe he
was gazing on sea serpents.
After creating almost panic in the
bay the school, headed by big "buck"
swan up the East River. 1t
Is reported that as they passed under
.he brooklyn bridge a donkey engine
On one Of the lighters docked at the
Brooklyn side kicked almost frantic
llly. The porpoises are said to be
'ound for Boston, where they will at.
end a nature faker's convention.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20

more In depth. The straw, which Ii
exposed to the air of the pen, will alb
sorb the majority of the moisture and
keep the house fairly dry, at least, we
have had no difficulty whatever In keep.
Ing houses perfectly dry by using straw
lofts. Where we have not used these
lofts, even where there was ample ven
tilation, there has been some little diff
Guilty with frosted walls and ceilings
The use Of the curtain front is COM
Ing more into favor Under ordinary
circumstances house needs to be one
third OF the front of glass In order to
have the pen we'll lighted. There should
be about as much more of the front
of cotton. The cotton may be put on
frames which can be closed or opened,
according to weather conditions. On
nice bright days, the cotton Is either
rolled up, or II the curtain Is put on
frames, 1t can be hung up. This makes
the pen very nice, bright and airy. On
nearly all days the cotton screens
should be opened for short time. On
days which are very windy and dull,
it Is advisable to only open one screen.
If more than one Is opened there is apt
to be too many draughts throughout
the pen. AS far as we can tell, cotton
will keep out almost as much cold as
ordinary glass frame or SASH At
least, in the houses where we have cot
ton fronts, we get slightly higher
minimum temperature than where we
have a similar house with all glass
front and no cotton. 1t must be borne
in mind, however, that In these houses
of ours where the tests are made, the
windows are not fitted extremely tight
Where floors are made of cement
boards, or ground; at least, four to six
Inches of fresh earth should be put on
each year. Care should be taken to
keep the floors well cleaned, otherwise
the ground becomes tainted and the
common epidemic among fowls more
prevalent The ground outside the house
should be. ploughed or spaded once
or twice a year. The land, too. needs
cropping and where this is impossible
the next best thing is to apply lime
and work the same into the soil.
All poultry houses should be white
washed and dislnfected at least once
year. The present time is undesirable
for whitewashing. as it ls apt to leave
the house entirely too damp for the
coming season. 1t would be better done
in the spring or summer.-W. R. Ora.
ham, Ontario Agricultural College.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Good and bad Apple Seasons.

The high prices demanded for apples
throughout this section of the country
bring forcibly to mind the abundant
fruit crop Of last season, the low prices
paid for apples and the universal care
lessness Of growers in taking care Of
their crop. Throughout all sections of
Missouri the apple crop last year was
unusually large. Owners of orchards
could not secure anywhere near what
their fruit was worth, and many thou
sands of bushels of good apples were
allowed to rot on the ground or were
fed to stock. This year the crop was
ruined by late froSts, and now the price
per bushel Is so high that the average
ramily Is forced to do without this
healthful and delicious fruit. The les
son to be learned from these conditions
ought to be impressed upon the mind of
every apple grower in the State. Com
plant was made last year that the ap-
pie market was controlled by a trust.
which would buy no more fruit than it
could dispose Of at a handsome profit.
This was doubtless true, but II In no
way prevented the farmer from care
fully preserving supply sufficient at
least for his home use until another
crop could be raised. He could at least
a large supply of cider
put away number of bushels
OF dried apples, make a number of gal
Ions of apple butter, besides carefully
putting away a supply of the fruit In
good cellars or in mounds In the gar.
len or orchard.-St. Joseph Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Making Alcohol on the Farms.

The internal revenue commissioner
has prepared for public us. docu-
ment giving the regulations for manu-
featuring denatured alcohol from waste
products on the farm, and no doubt the
Department of Agriculture will follow
ND the matter with bulletins in the
popular educational form. Making
cheap alucohol for fuel, power and light
is a great industry on the German
farms, and takes a considerable part In
the German advance In manufacturing
and commerce. French farmers also
have made progress in the business.
Some own their own stills and others
depend on travelling distillers. The
waste Of wine, fruit and beet growing
Is chiefly relied on, potato crops cost
ing more In France than in Germany.
At the beginning of the year the tax
on the manufacture of denatured al
cohol was removed, but the advantages
predicted are not yet visible to any
extent Time is required to grasp the
practical details of the change. Ameri-
can farms raise more marketable crops
than any other and have a greater va
riety Of waste and by-products. Alco-
hol can be distilled from corncobs and
like material and is said to be superior
to gasoline for fuel. The authorities
at Washington are giving thought to
what can be accomplished in its llanu-
facture by individual farmers or groups
OF farmers, and the industry, when
fairly set in motion, will take the place
anticipated. The uses Of a cheap, eff
cient fuel are not In doubt. An active
campaign by the Department of Agri-
culture will give denatured alcohol the
start needed.-St. Louis Globe Demo
crat
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"You make me awful weary" re
marked the pretty cook, turning away
to peep into a simmering pot. "Honest
l wish you'd get some job that would
take you clear away out of the city an
Keep You there for good"
"If you didn't say things like that to
me might" returned the groceryman.
I'D git desprit enough to do anythin'.
There's been one or two times sence
I've knowed you that you've acted as If
you was fond of me-"
THAT must ha' bin Jest afore your
alarm clock went off," said the pretty
cook uncompromisingly
"Nacherly you didn't know it." said
the groceryman. II know you didn't
mean to give yourself away, but now
an then it gifts out an then I git the
idee that you are just stringln' me. 1
don't know but what you mean to keep
1t up right along, an then O. course
1 go away feelin' blue an discouraged
But the mex mornin' when come
around here you are as sassy as ever,
Wrlnklin' up that cute little nose o.
yours an drorin' down the corners O.
your rosebud mouth at me and then.
Evelina, feel just right as happy as
clam does at high water, same's I'm
feelin' now"
Would 1t make you feel any happier
II / threw some hot water over your"
asked the cook.
Its the cold water that you're
throwin' that's maxim my heart sing
with JOY" said the groceryman. 81
know that you're a-goin' to keep It up
for jest about so long an then 1t won't
be nothin' else but pure Vermont maple
syrup an white clover honey for the
rest O. my life. can afford to wait
for that"
Il can't afford to wait for them TIA
ters," said the cook. "If you don't in
tend to go an hustle 'em over here you
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Kerosene for Scale.

A 20 per cent mixture of kerosene
can probably safely be used on The
peach at any time, but a stronger n,,v.
ture can not always be so applied An
pie trees do not appear to be as sns.
ceptible to the action of Kerosene .
peaches; in some instances clear karo-
sene did not harm them. There Seams
to be little, If any danger. to snnlo
trees from mixture containing so Der
cent or less of kerosene. Very con.
ficting results are often obtained from
the use of kerosene. Kerosene Is %.
pecially likely to cause injury If an
piled on other than bright, sunny dav
In our experience, 20 per cent soln.
tion Zone part oil to four parts watar,
is harmless to plants and destructive
to insects, even to the San Jose scala
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
LANE FENCES.

LANE FENCES. zigzag path may do
away with the washing. This may be
done by putting up bars. b, from the
lane fence. a, at right angles, so the
cattle will have to pass around the
ends. as shown In cut. Should the
hillside be very steep. large stones
may be sunk In the path at Intervals
to break a current of flowing water
Farm and Home
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tween your envy OF his ability to mas.
ter the dad,biamed thing and your dis
gust at his gall in showing of on it.
Even in the light OF past demonstra.
tions that 1t can be done, 1t Is hard
now to realize that any one could ride
on that contraption with big wheel
In front and the little wheel In the
back. but 1t was formerly considered
very up-to-date to own one, and a DO
lite triumph to ride one, wearing a
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Punitive Inatrument..

1 suppose you'll be sorry" said the
groom-to-be, when it comes time for
your big sisters wedding"
Not muchl" replied her bad little.
brother, "that'll gimme an excuse to.
chuck pas slippers way."-Philadel-
phia Press
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
FADS OF THE PAST.

Twenty-Five years ago your definition
of a dude was the fellow who rode a
bicycle and 1t was the high wheeled
ordinary. A man never looked more
like the devil on wheels than when
mounted on one Of these altitudInous
thlngamaJigs, but You were torn be-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20

lane may be used.
The constant use OF
a rut path down
through a lane, a
hillside causes the
surface to be lndent-
ed and rains make
bad work by washing
the paths. The plan
Of making the cattle
follow a crooked or
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Toad as Assistant Gara.n.

By actual inspection big, fat toad.s
stomach, it was found to contain NOT
less than 80 large grapevine worms
IS angle worms and 80 cabbage worms
with. by way Of seasoning. numerous
files and mosQuitoeS-suburban Lara
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
A Queation.

Church. see a prisoner in Jersey
prison has been allowed the use of his
fiddle In the face OF the remonstrances
OF the keepers family.
Gotham-Who's being punished, any
wsYf-Yonkers Statesman.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20
Help Wanted.

She bought device to mix the bread,
And one to stir the cake;
A fireless stove and coffee machine
And one TO broil the steak.
And into her kitchen, so up-to-date.
It's a pleasure, indeed, to look:
But the family's boarding while she seek,
A machinist who can cook.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-12-20

Does you think dar's a watermelon
patch In heavenr"
II sho' do! Twouldn't be heaven
without one "--Atlanta Constitution.
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In the fall, the bilious in you be-
gins b assert itself.
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Keeping the Lane from washing.
1t not infreQuently happens that a
back hillside is used for a pasture and
from 1t to the highway or barnyard
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Follow your inclination IL you like z
that's the road to ruin.