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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03
Farewell TO Minister

Sunday night IN the Christian
church Of Milton, H. B. Smith, who
for the past two years Las served as
its pastor, preached his farewell SER
mon to the several congregations Of
the city, the service being union one.
A crowded house greeted the young
pastor, who, with his family, left Mon
day for his former home in Tennessee.
The ladies of the church gave Mrs.
Smith handkerchief shower last
week. Special choir music was rem
dered at Sunday nights service.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03
Postmaster Robbed.

q. W. Fouts, Postmaster at River
ton, Ia, nearly lost his life and was
robbed of all comfort. according to
his letter, which says: "For 20 years
l had chronic liver complaint, which
led 10 such severe case of jaundice
that even my finger nails turned yell
low; when my doctor prescribed Elec-
trio Bitters; which cured me and have
kept me well for eleven years" Sure
cure for Biliousness, Neuralgia, Weak
ness and all Stomach, Liver, Kidney
and Bladder arrangements. A won
derful Tonic. At Palace Drug store.
so cents.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03
Will Probably Be Held Here in
Month of June
SHORT CROP FOR LIGHT CLASS
Draft Colts Are Many and a Showing
Equal to Last Year Can Be Made
This Season.

! Following the Caledonian's 8 big Pic
mic. which will be held in Athena Fri
day and Saturday, May "a and 25. the
event of Importance will probably be
the annual colt show.
Last season the colt show held here,
ranked we'll at the top of the list in
the series of exhibitions both in point
of breeding and number of colts exhib-
tied in the different classes. This
year there is the usual large number
of colts eligible to entry in the draft
classes to draw from, but horsemen
say there is noticeable falling off in
the light harness classes.
Last year the light harness classes
were as we'll filed as were the draft
classes, and some stunning good stock
was exhibited. With the addition of
the yearling class fairly good show
ing in light harness stock can be made
this season. The classes of last years
show were arranged as follows:
Colts
Glass l., Draft. First, second and
third prizes.
Glass 2. Light Harness. First, Sec
ond and third prizes.
Glass 8, Coach-First, second and
third prizes.
Glass A, General Purpose open to all
First and second prizes.
Yearlings.
Glass 1, Draft-First, second and
third prizes.
Glass 2. Light Harness-Filst. sec
ond and third prizes,
Stations.
| Glass 1, Draft-First and second
prizes.
| Glass 2, Light Harness-First and
second prizes.
| Glass 8, Coach-First and second
prizes.
Over 100 head of horses and colts
were in the parade and on the exhib
itlon grounds. The entries embraced
sixty colts, six yearlings and eight
stations, and with the addition OF
one, two and three year old classes, q
permanency to these exhibitions was
| effected.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03

New Dope" in Walla Walla Milk.
There is a milkman in Walla Walla
who is selling "doctored'' milk, says
the Walla Walla statesman. Just
what sort Of dope" this man is using
to keep the milk from spelling City
Health Officer Braden has not yet
been able to determine by test. but he
is determined to find out and bring the
man to justice. Samples of the milk
which is being sold by this man to
families for young children to drink
do not show the presence of formalde-
hyde, or any of the other common
preservatives But a bottle of the
milk was brought to the health officer
for inspection one week ago and has
been in his warm Office has not yet
turned" SO he is confident some poi
sonous drug is icing used and says he
will not rest until he finds out what it
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03

Fl. 9. Willis. secretary of the In
land Grain Growers Association has
resigned and J. o. Hales. of Adams,
has been elected to the office.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03
YAKIMA FRUIT ESCAPES FROST
Walla Walla and Dayton Districts
Report Severe Los es.

North Yakima-Fruit men, who
have followed closely the crop condi-
tions for the year. have arrived at
the conclusion that conditions were
never more favorable for a bumper
crop, and are guessing that prices will
reach higher mark than they have
ever known. Commission men ard
expert buyers have sent inquiries re-
garding the crop prospects here, being
especially interested because fruit will
be scarce in other places as frosts have
damaged the trees and in some places
have caused absolute ruin for this
years yield. In the middle states,
and on the eastern seaboard, where
peaches and apples are raised extern
sively, late frosts have killed the buds,
while in the Colorado district, which
is the chief competitor of Yakima val
ley, heavy frosts and late freezes have
destroyed the crops wholly or in part.
People at Wa]la Walla are downcast
over the report of the fruit growers,
who declare that fruit of all varieties
is completely destroyed by the frost.
This is the fifth year that fruit has
been damaged to some extent by the
frosts, and it has the effect to depress
values in fruit lands in this district.
which were making rapid strides. An
effort was made to protect the trees at
the Blalook fruit farm near that city
by burning piles of straw which had
keen distributed among the trees. on
the theory that the smoke, hanging
over the trees. would serve as a pro-
lection. but the experiment proved a
failure.
The cold spell of Saturday night
killed great amount of fruit and
garden truck at Dayton. Fruit men of
the county say that the fruit is greatly
thinned out. but to what extent can
not be told at present. II was the
coolest night since February. Snow
fell within five or six miles of town,
and on the foothills it fell in abun-
dance.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03
Insurance Taxes.

Insurance companies transacting
business in this state for the year end
ing December 81 have, according to
the report of Secretary Of State Frank
w. Benson. ex-officio insurance com
missioner, received note premiums to
the amount of $3.256, ,003.S8; two per
cent Of which will go to the state trea-
sury and which will aggregate $685.
120.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03
Death Of Mrs. Katherine Mad.

Mrs. Katherine Matt died at her home
on the reservation Wednesday night.
after lingering illness. Mrs. Matt
was pioneer of this county and was
formerly the wife of William Wood
ward. The funeral took place today,
interment being made in the Athena
cemetery.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-03
A tissue builder. reconst

A tissue builder, reconstructor,
builds up waste force, and makes
strong nerves and muscle. You will
realize after taking HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea what a wonderful ben
eft it will be to You. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. Pioneer Drug Store.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

should only be temporary and in the
nature of discipline and test.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
Answers to Correspondents

Owing to a mistake of the printer last
week In not changing the form of the
coupon to conform to my announcement,
there is considerable misunderstanding.
The coupons received this week read
For the discussion Sunday, June %.
What is my greatest talent and what is
my greatest fault?' The announcement
reads that I shall answer the question
why do | not make more money!"
Moreover a number of applicants have
written asking me to answer last Sum-
days question in this issue. | have con-
cluded that the best way to clear up the
matter would be to be good natured and
answer both questions for everybody.
But hereafter owing to my limited space
and the large number of photos that ara
being received. l shall be obliged to adj
here vigorously to the system indicated
by the announcements.
Most of the photographs received are
from young persons and many of them in
dicate a high order of talent. l only
regret that time and space prevent me
from telling all the good things l see N
these bright young faces that are spread
before me each week. Such service as
can render, however, Is most lovingly per-
formed and l hope these answers will
make each one prosperous.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

and points the way to the highest per-
formance of which the individual is
capable. 1t is certain that when man
is engaged in exercising the strongest
part of his mental equipment that he
is at the same time enjoying the great
est happiness of which he is capable.
Therefore by conforming to this great
science in determining the education
and life work of any individual we are
not only insuring his financial sue
cess by placing him where he can do
the best work and receive the largest
compensation, but we are sure that we
are promoting his happiness by giving
him the kind of work which it is joy
for him to perform.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

themselves of his manifold works. In
wisdom hath he made them ALL WHO
stretchest out the heavens like a curtain
Who layeth the foundation of the earth
Who looketh on the earth and it trem-
bleth?" And they said, Praise We the
Lord
After bottling their autographs and
drinking water made by boiling the
snow in old tin cans they began the trip
downward Almost three hours was re-
quired to climb the mountain, but scarcely
forty-tive minutes was needed to descend.
Sliding Down snowbanks
Seating themselves on the snow at the
upper edge of one of the principal can
yons, and each one using himself as
toboggan, with his stick as a rudder. they
let go, and after changing about half
dozen times brought up. almost 1000 feet
from where they started.
In several instances coming Off the
mountain they walked across bridges of
snow, made by little streams forcing
themselves through the great banks of
snow.
Before leaving the lake so calm and
still, whose clear blue eyes look up and
image forth the mountains and the trees,
they enjoyed the splendid sport of sail
out over the lake. They found two twin
pines, about forty feet long, lying idly on
the hillside, a. hundred feet above the
lake. After working for two hours with
pry and skid they launched raft and
crossed over to the other side
One more plunge bath in the crystal
waters; one more meal prepared by the
trained hand of the guide over the glow
ing Goals of the camp fire; another night
rolled UP in blankets and they were ready
to strap their fast tightening packs and
begin the home-bound trip.
On their way down they stopped at
jerks lake long enough to photograph a
old cabin and the lake, nesting
there amid the encircling forest of oak
and pine.
A slight change in the plan of the walk
back brought them up at the front gate
Of Louie's mountain home Here this
years. He said:
When 1 came here 1 looked around
and said I'm the first man here. Pretty
soon l took my plow and went to work |
to put in garden and, behold, I said, |
I'm not the first man here
And pointing to a collection of Indian |
curios he said: 'The Indian was here be- |
fore me. See that pestle and mortar |
See that fiatiron and those arrow heads?
which they used to scrape their hides?"
He pointed to an old oak tree. thirty
two feet in circumference, whose lower |
part had completely overgrown a huge |
rock, in the top of which was a mortar.
Ages ago, when the oak tree was
young, the Indians ground acorns on
hat rock. What secrets that patriarchal
tree might disclose! Secrets, indian lore
of years agone; secrets of love
and secrets of war; songs of Indian
patriotism long since silenced by the iron
loof of western civilization; whoops of
triumph from the hunter returning to his |
lamp with rich trophies of the field.
And 10, the poor Indian, has moved out
md the white man has moved in.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

should only be temporary and in th
nature of discipline and test.
When vitosophy reveals a we'll defined
talent the individual should have every
facility and encouragement to develop
! it, 1t should also be borne in mind thai
the young person may often be awk-
ward and unprogressive at first in the
development of a talent, and he should
never be discouraged or humiliated by
ridicule because his first attempts are
not wonderful exhibitions of skill.
The great advantage which vitosophy
confers is the encouragement it gives ia
young persons to use talents which
would otherwise never be employed. In
Washington d. c., many years ago,
examined a young man and advised
him to study architecture and become
proficient in that profession. Why"
he exclaimed, in astonishment, II can
not draw"
did you ever try?" asked.
NO" he replied; II never thought 1
could"
Go home and try" I commanded,
and next day he returned to my office
with several very creditable attempts
at drawing, and he was very much as
tcnished to find that he had the ability
He is now very successful architect.
Hundreds of young persons manifest
talent in various directions, only to
have it crushed by the ridicule of COM
panions and friends and, more unfor-
tunately, by the contempt of parents
and teachers who are too obtuse to
recognize it.
Ignorant teachers and parents are apt
to be seriously prejudiced against GER
tain occupations. 1 we'll remember
when 1 was about IA years of age how
earnestly one of my teachers advised
my father to smash my violin, which
he was quite sure was the cause of my
not advancing more rapidly in book
keeping. Fortunately my father was
too sensible to follow his advice and 1
still have the violin. which is a fine,
rare old instrument and which has been
source of comfort and happiness to
me all my life. 1 am a fairly good
violinist. and I am quite certain now
that if 1 had adopted the profession of
accounting it would have brought me
nothing but dyspepsia.
On the other hand parents who are
ignorant of the requirements of a pro-
fession often imagine a child to be Won
derfully endowed because of the facility
with which he accomplishes some
things. This is often noticeable in mu-
sic. A fond mother brings her boy to
me and is very much disappointed be-
cause 1 do not consider him a prodigy
in musical ability. After have exam
ined him carefully and urged her to
educate him for mechanical pursuits,
she eXclaims:
"Why, he is a musical genius! He
can pick up any instrument and play a
tune on it,
1t is hard to make her understand,
with her limited knowledge of music
that his proficiency in this direction is
due to his mechanical skill,
coupled with very ordinary musical
ability. Playing tune" is one thing,
and mastering or even comprehending
the expression of a great musical work
Is quite another Yet thousands of dol
lars have been expended by doting pa
rents in futile attempts to develop mu-
sical ability in boys and girls who
would have been much happier in civil |
or in salesmanship or man
ufacturing.
VitosOnhv reveals the tone character
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
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hundred men and officers of the Thir-
tieth regiment United States infantry
left Fort Crook this morning in a
special train for San Francisco, where
they will embark for the Philippines
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-31
CLEVER, BUT TRoUBr.EsostE.
characteristics of the Red Ants that
Invade the Pantry.

The small red ant, the pest Of the
pantry in country or town, is as
clever as she is bothersome, says a
writer in the New York Tribune.
Many a time q despairing wife has
marked path around the legs of
her tables or refrgerators, to find
next day that the engineering corps
had bought grains of sand to build
a bridge over the tar and that the
workers were merrily carrying off the
sugar, syrup, or whatever they had
decided to store away for winter.
Once when sand was lacking it was
found that the workers had returned
to their village and had brought over
a drove of their cows and had stuck
them in the tar, cheerfully sacrific-
ing them to the urgent needs of com
merce.
Learning that chalk lines drawn
on the floor would keep the ants away
the acid in the chalk being too strong
for the sensitive ant nose, man once
drew thick line around party
of ants that was foraging across
his kitchen floor. He kept them
several days, as none would cross the
line. Finally, feeling sorry for them,
he chopped up some fine grass and
dropped it IN the circle, that they
might eat and keep them from starv-
ing. Eat? Not they. They simply
seized the bits of grass, bore them,
piece by piece to the chalk line, built
pyramid and when it was high
enough, pushed it over the line,
thus making a green bridge over
which they passed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-31
The Marvel OF distance.

The distance to the nearest fixed
|star Is SO tremendous that, like many
of the facts of astronomy, it is be-
yond the grasp Of the human imag-
ination, though not beyond the reach
of mathematical demonstration.
Light, which travels at speed Of
10000 miles in single second OF
time, takes over four years to reach
us from the nearest star. The
thread spun by spider is SO exces-
sively fine that pound of 1t would
be long enough to reach around the
earth. 1t would take ten pounds of
1T to reach to the moon and over
1900 pounds to stretch to the sun.
But to get thread long enough to
reach the nearest star would require
half a million tons. If railroad
could be built to this star and the
fare fixed at a cent mile the tctal
cost Of the journey would be $780,
OOO,OO0,0O0, or more than sixty
times the whole amount of coined
gold in the world.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-31
Monkey Frees His Master.

A full.grown monkey sat as Judge in
the criminal court at Jersey City re-
Gently, and acquitted his master of the
charge of playing hand organ without
q license.
Tony Massella had been hauled to
court because Mr.. Monk had bitten the
finger of q man who offered him o bread
orumb. Since the complainant didn't
appear. however, that accusation was
qurshed, but Tony was held by Judge
MCCARTHY for failure ito pay license
fee to the city treasurer. While Tony
Rarbled forth excuses, the monkey
jumped over the court bar, and perohed
upon the arm Of the jurist. When the
latter begen o sentence in which he
meant to impose fine, the monk began
chattering uproariously. HE says he
wants me to suspend sentence" an
nounced Justice Mccarthy, (which I
hereby do, 80 that there won't be any
dissepsion In the court" Then he
handed his fellow-judge a nickel, which
the monkey slipped into his pocket with
o tip of his oap.-New York American.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-31

ways such o farce to mark the fau-
Gets hot and cold when the water is
invariably cold. always wash my
face in hot water before putting on
my complexion food, but Itsuppoee
III have to let it go tonight. It's a
nuisance, too, for railroad dust al
ways makes yol look grimy and years
older than you really are.'
"Do you use that skin tonic?
tried it once, but / don't care for it.
It seemed to make my skin hard and
dry. I like this better than anything
I've tried yet. You ought to get
some."
(To porter): "Call me at Z, please,
porter. Though l don't expect to
close my eyes all night. But If l don't
get toEsthe dressing room ahead of
them ] never win get dressed in time
to get my breakfast. 1t takes SO long
to dress in such crsmped quarters.
You haven't forgot to put the screen
in, have youP Now, don't fail to
wake me."--New York Mail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-31
Our Ho,nicidaI Mania.

In the twelve years that / have
known America at all intimately
only recollect one instance in which
the criminal law worked with any
thing approaching the English stan
dard of swiftness and precision.
That was in the case of the man who
shot President Mckinley.
Public opinion insisted on speedy
trial and speedy execution, and
public opinion had its way. Had the
victim been man of less promi-
nence, the odds would have been
over 70 to l against his assassin ever
being brought to the chair.
The odds have quoted are not to
be taken as mere figure of speech.
They are literal and appalling fact.
Since 1885 there have heen 131, 1851
murders and,homioidesin in the United
States, and but 1886 executions. In
1885 the number of murders was
1908; in 1904 it had risen to 8,482.
In 1885 the number of executions
was 10s; in 1904 it was 116.
There was nothing that I am
aware of to make 1904 a year of
peculiar criminality. Indeed, the
figures for 1905 and 1906 tell an even
more sinister tale-Americans seem
now to be killing one another at the
rate of more than 5000 a year. Look
ing over the statistics of the last
twenty years, one finds, roughly
speaking, that while executions have
remained virtually stationary, MUIR
ders and homicides have multiplied
five.fold.
There are over FIVE times as many
murders committed in the United
State 'er million inhabitants as in
Australia, more than fourteen times
as many as in Japan, nearly ten
times as many as in Canada, and
about twenty-five times as many as
in Germany. ,ss.s &.
Only one European country, Italy,
has ever shown in this respect a
worse record only one country in
the world to-day, Mexico, exceeds
the American average; and the United
States has the further distinction of
being the only country where the
proportion of murders to population
is positively on the increase. Lon
don Mail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-07-31
Mosquitoes and White Stockings.

The recent discovery that army
posts are thriving places for mos
quitoes because these insects breed
in old cannon and in the piles of old
cannon balls may be supplemented
by another discovery which women
attach to these posts made in the
Philippines with regard to mosqui-
toes. An officers wife at Fort Slo.
cum told about it the other evening
when some men visitors wearing low
shoes and black hose were slapping
their shins.
elf you were here long you would
notice." she said, "that every woman
around here wears white hose. 1t
isn't because it is the fashion, but
because mosquitoes rarely bite
through white stockings. We learned
that in the Philippines. Black hose
seem to attract these pests. There
is something about white that repels
them. Tell your women folks that
when they visit an army post in
mosquito time and expect to be out
of doors to be sure to put on white
stockings.H 1t will save them good
deal of annoyance. A woman rub.
bing her ankles together because of
the misery of mosquito bites is not
altogether attractive. New York
Sun. .t.