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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

the 1t publishes charts sailing directions and
other aids navigation; it is constantly searching
the dangers of the and putting its results into
venient form. 1t is truly the track walker of the
great deep recent issue of its monthly chart shows
five derects washing about the North Atlantic.
And with the perversty of nanimate things they
to be where they least wanted and where their
presence is most potential of harm Partially submerged
scarcely detachable by day, and almost if not wholly in
visible by night their very existence is unsuspected and
the question of Pumping into them at night in thick
weather is of merest chance The sodden and suen
things make signal give no warning.
The danger that lies in them has been frequently
emplifed. Many disasters known to have been due
to collision with these haf-hidden dangers and it is
believed that many in that melancholy roll Of miss
ing have staggered away from such impact to plunge
under with crushed in and roaring into holds
and fire rooms.
Most derects are the wrecks of lumberladen sailing
vessels floating their cargoes" the Loyds phrase
It, But not long ago steamship added to the list,
and drifted about the North Atlantic menace to
shipping for nearly four months. This the Dun
more wrecked on the coast of Europe. No action
taken for its destruction until the British government
moved by complaints, sent out squadron Of
warslps to search for and destroy the wreck The
search proved unavailng the vessel probably having
foundered before the quest was begun
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
THE ORIGIN OF FLOWERS.

There were no roses till the first child
died,
No violets, no balmy breath heartsease,
No heliotrope, nor buds so dear to bees,
The honey hearted woodbine, no gold-eyed
And white lasht daisy-Qower, nor, stretch
ing wide,
Glover and sowslip-cups, like rival seas,
Meeting and parting, as the young
spring breeze
Runs giddy races paying seek and hide
For all flowers died when Eve left Para
disc,
And all the world was powerless
awhile,
Until child was laid in earth,
Then from Its grave grew violets for Its
eyes,
And from its lips rose-petals for Its
smile,
And so all flowers from that child's
death took birth.
Maurice Francis Egan.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

got to go on Jest the same rs they has
been goin', Paws goin' to be mad er-
nuff as it's
"What do you meanY asks Caleb,
lyon 90 see paw an ask him, says
Joanna, He's over by the corn crib
watchin' Lee Robinson shuck Paws
hands has got the rheumatic an Lee
said he'd come over an help him out,
Mebbe Jack Ritchie's there, too.
"I'n see to Lee and Jack later ON.
says Caleb. Here goes for the old
man.
"He goes over to the corn crib an
there's the boys up on wagon shuek-
in away for dear life. Old man Clock
ner, he's settln' down smokm' his pipe
an encouragin' 'em. 1 never see bet
ter. quicker. cleaner shuekin',' he says.
as Caleb walked up, i must have Jo-
anna come out this afternoon an see
You all shuck. Why, here's Caleb
Howdy, Caleb? DO you reckin youn
ever git SOS you can shuck corn as
lively as that? Try II wunst.'
- haln't got time, now says Ca.
leb 4 want TO speak to you on some
private an particular business right
away
',rhe old man got up an after tell
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

those usually published by the papers.
send the plan here illustrated in the
hope that it will be of some use to
those wishing small barn. 1t is 1Sx
"A feet on the ground and divided as
shown in the floor plan. The open shed
Is used for tools, wagon, buggy, or
q shop, and sometimes simply as a
place to store manure. In some of the
colder States doors should be provided
for the shed, and possibly the parti-
tions extended to the ceiling. The
structure is ten feet at the caves and
fourteen to sixteen feet in front. The
loft is hoored over eight feet above
the grade line. This provides ample
storage space for hay and rough feed
and the two feed rooms are ample for
grain and bran. These may be foored
boarded up and down and battened.
The roof should be covered with some
rather tight material not over eight
inches wide, and this Is turn covered
with any of the prepared roofing felt
now on the market. The barn has
been built several times at price
ranging from $50 to $50, and can be
built some cheaper where native lum-
Der is used. When neatly painted it
will make very good appearance l
was prompted to submit the sketch
from several articles written by sub
scrlbers stating that small barn plans
never appeared in the journals, and as
it is very evident that they can only
publish such article as are submitted,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
MAI. GEN. WILSON.
One of the Nine Surviving Generals
of the Civil War.

One of the Nine Surviving Generals
of the Civil War.
OF the 253 major generals and those
of superior rank, upon whom fell the
military responsibilities of the field
during the course of the Civil War,
there are only nine survivors. OF
these Major General James Harrison
Wilson, famous cavalry leader and en-
gineer officer, is president of the Cav
airy Society of the Armies of the Unit
ed States.
General Wilson was born in Shaw
neetown, Ill.,, in 1887. His grandfather
was one of the founders of Illinois and
his father was an ensign in the war
of 1912 and captain in the Black
Hawk War. General Wilson was edu-
Gated at McKendree College and at the
United States Military Academy, frola
which he. graduated in 1860. He was
assigned to the corps of typographical
engineers and was the chief engineer
of the Port Royal expedition. He then
served in the Department of the South,
and acted as aidede-camp to General
George b: Mcclellan, being present at
the battles of South Mountain and An
tietam. Appointed lieutenant colonel
in the volunteer staff of the army, in
November, 1862, he served as chief en-
gineer and inspector general of the
Army of the Tennessee, and was active
in the operations around Vicksburg. He
became captain of engineers in May,
1868, and brigadier general of volun-
teers in October of that year and was
engaged in the operations near Chat
tanooga, the battle of Missionary Ridge
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

nnd the relief of Knoxville. Placed in
command of the third division Of the
Cavalry Corps in the Army of the
Potomac, he bore a conspicuous part in
the operations under General Philip H.
Sheridan, including the Richmond raid
End the combats near Petersburg. He
led his division through the Shenan-
l!oah campaign, including the battle of
Opequan, until October, 1864, when he
was assigned to the command Of the
Cavalry Corps of the military division
of the Mississippi. Organizing a mount
ed body Of 1900 men, he contributed
largely to the success won in the west
by the armies of General Thomas and
General Sherman. particularly by his
capture Of Selma and Montgomery
Ala, and Columbus and Macon, Ga.
In % days he captured five fortified
cities, 23 stands Of colors, 2SS guns
and 6S20 prisoners among them JEFF
ferson Davis. April, 1865, he was pro-
noted major general of volunteers.
In January, 1866, he was mustered
out of the volunteer service and in July
was commissioned lieutenant colonel of
the Thirty-fifth Infantry and brevetted
major general in the U. S. A. for gal
liant and meritorious services during
the war.
/ In 1870 he was honorably discharged
and engaged in large railroad and en-
gineering operations at home and
abroad In May, 1898, he was COM
,missioned major general in the yolun-
teer service for the Spanish war and
commanded the First and Sixth Army
Corps IN Georgia and Cuba and took
part in the Porto Rico campaign. He
was with the China Relief Expedition
and commanded the cooperating force
of American and British troops in the
capture of eight Chinese temples. He
also commanded the American forces
In Peking. When King Edward of En-
gland was crowned General Wilson rep
resented the United States Army. He
was placed on the retired list in 1901
by special act of Congress as brigadier
general of the U. S. A.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
United States Forest Lnnd.

The United States Forest Service
now has administration over more
than 164,0O0,000 acres of land. This
is slightly more than one-fifth of the
countrys total forested area; the re-
mainder is in the hands of private
owners Nearly all the timber land
Of the unappropriated public domain
is now in the national forests. This
means that it is being protected
against fire, theft. and wasteful ex-
ploitation that its power to grow
wood and store water is being safe
guarded for all time, and that never
theless its present supply of useful ma
tcriai is open to immediate use when,
ever it is wanted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
Mixed Breeding.

In mixed breeding, or cross breed
ing, nothing is accomplished beyond
the first cross, says Colorado veter-
mary bulletin. While a few good in
dividuals may be secured, the tend
ency is for the progeny to be below
rather than above the average. A man
conducting his breeding in a haphaz-
ard way is contending with fearful
will-o'-the wisp. In a hundred years
he would be just where he started. In
cidentally this is just what we have
been doing in this country from the
beginning, and the reason why we
have so few pure breeds of live stock
and are, after all this time, sending
our good money across the water for
pure-bred sires which we should pro-
luce at home.
After animals have been graded up
to practical purity of blood, the
longer they are bred along this line
the more prepotent they become, and
the more certain that the offspring
will uniformly possess general excel
lence of form, quality, action and
utility.
The same is, of course, true of all
live stock. The only certain method
of raising the average standard of ex-
cellence is by persistent breeding to
slres of the same breed until the na-
tive blood is obliterated and the pro-
geny uniformly possesses all those de
sirable qualities of the pure breed EN-
ployed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
Seeding clover.

There are customs which are rigid
ly adhered to in the sowing or plant
ing of staple crops. Glover is usually
sown on wheat land in the spring, the
seed being scattered over the ground
when it is covered with snow in order
to facilitate the work. One of the
rigid rules is to SOW certain quantity
of seed (as little as possible if seed is
high), and should the stand be light
the cause is ascribed to everything but
the quantity of seed that has been
used. That fact is that seed should be
used more literally, as much of it Is
destroyed In various ways before germl-
nation, the saving of seed causing a
loss of clover. Another point is to
harrow the wheat, seed down the Glow
er and then use a roller on the land.
The better the preparation for clover,
the more seed will germinate and the
more perfect the catch"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
GOOD CORNER POST.

together at both top and bottom about
four inches apart are set in line with
the fence at each end. Two pieces of
one by four inch oak are bolted on the
fence in the form of clamps. placing
one on each side of an upright wire to
prevent slipping Of the laterals.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

tion. The best results are obtained by
its even distribution over the ground, SO
that all parts will obtain the benefit.
Where it is scattered in Jumps and
heaps, much of its virtue is lost. In
order to accomplish this operation in
the most approved manner the ap-
paratus shown herewith has been in
vented by Virginia genius. He
claims that it is the most effective and
compact of all the machines for the
purpose, and besides this it is capable
of very fine adjustment, so that the
amount of fertilizer may be regulated
to a nicely.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
sls;u, Milk for Chickens.

The West Virginia experiment sta
ton made a To-day test TO determine
the value of the skim milk as a chick
en- feed. They selected twenty-five
hers and fed them skim milk with the
result that they secured 1,244 eggs in
this time Another lot of twenty-five
hens fed with mash wet with water
laid 996 eggs iu the I'D days.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
Hrst soil far neet..

Beets will grow well on any kind OF
soil except hard. compact clay The
Ideal soil Is mellow. moist one. pref
crafty sandy loam. Well-rotted
manure should be applied to the poorer
soils, the amouuF depending on the con
.i4inn OF the sail
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

the farmer who is
sparing with the
S oil rejuvenator
pays the penalty
with d ecrea 81 n g
crops until he dis
covers that his
ground is worked
out" Next to the
use of this valuable
material is the mat
for of its ann1ina-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

When woman invites another to be
her guest. and finds that she has pre-
yious engagement. she feels that so far
as she is concerned the slate has been
washed of.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
GlOckner's Scheme
'8eGeeeeeeeEetGt keeEEEGEGS

"Pretty as a little red wagon, amt
she?" said the storekeeper, admiringly,
as he stood in the doorway and watch
ed the poppy trimmed straw hat going
down the street "She's a stirrin' up a
right smart o. trouble, too, they tell
me-"
Its nachel she should" observed
Marvin Parsons, his gaze also follow
ing the retreating hat. ''There'd orter
be a law compellin' any gal that's got
more'n her fair share o. good looks to
settle down on some one feller for bet
ter or for wuss by the time she gifts to
her eighteenth birthday"
THAT mout work. an then again II
moutn't," said Washington Hancock.
I'm some respec's It's right an fair, an
In Others II 'ud work hardship"
Flows that?" asked solomon Baker,
"Who was II broke old Blgey's
2-year-od for hlm?" asked Hancock,
Dave Harper, wasn't it2" said Par,
sons.
"Dave It was" said Hancock, with
a grin. "Who was II loaned Bigley his
wagon an worked half day ittln' a
good new reach to II, an' never charged
the old man cent for the use of II
for over a yearY"
"I guess that was Jim Sellers" said
the storekeeper.
who's Bigley's hired man?" Han
cock inquired.
"He aint got none" answered Par
sons. II don't call to mind that he's
had one for four or five years Whyy"
"Yes, why?" repeated Hancock.
That's what I'm asking you fellers, II
you don't know en- tell you. It's
bein' he don't need no hired mans
longs he's got Malviny. An he don't
need to lack for anythin' Jim Sellers
has got for the same reason an Dave
Harper win break all the colts for
him that he en- raise"
"Oh. shucks!" said the storekeeper,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

A woman viii fight her relatives any
time for her lover; and, when he be-
comes her husband. Will work him any
day for her relatives.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
Art and Tears.

81 suppose YOU sometimes shed real
tears at the theaterT said the ad.
mil'er.
Il am tempted to-" answered Mr..
Stormington Barnes, "when look over
the box office statement" Washington
Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

The man who has motto is also APT
to take up some of your time by quot.
ing poetry you aren't anxious to hear
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

A Missouri subscriber of Farm and
Home forwards a device for handy
and inexpensive barn, and in describ-
ing same says: "Many small farmers.
poultrymen, fruit and truck growers
have no use for a large barn such as
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14
ptstrlhutcs FertiIirer.

Fertilizer is the life Of the farm.
The man who applies it generously is
rewarded by large and fine crons. but
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

possibly the readers are at fault and
not the journals. l hope the above
plan will be found useful to many"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

Corner Post for Wire Fence.
This contrivance is intended for the
attachment of portable woven wire
fence at the ends. Two posts cleated
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-14

There was old man Gloekner," said
Hancock, "EIe had gal, that was jest
scch another as Malviny Blgley. sac
was red-headed as Malviny's dark com
plected, but they was both alike n one
way. All the boys was plumb Crazy
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-02
MRS. NELSON
WINS DECISION
IN SUIT AGAINST ALBERT STEIN
FIELD COURT GRANTS HER AN
INTEREST IN SHARES OF STOCK
COMMENDED FOR.

TUCSON, August Thursday
Judge Campbell rendered decision in
the ease of Mary Nelson. administra-
trix. VS.. Albert steinfeld. The case was
heard in court several months ago.
Mrs Nelson, whose late husband was
identified with mining interests at and
near the Old Boot of the Imperial Cop
per company, now operating on the
claims purchased from Steinfeld & Co.,
brought the suit to rescind the transfer
of three hundred shares of the capital
stock of the Nelson Mining & Smelling
company. The company was wound up
by sale of the property to the I'm
perial Copper company and dividend
of $33, 900 was declared by the com
pany to Steinfeld as transferee of the
stock.
'The court held that the stock was
invalid and required Steinfeld TO ne
count for the $4,000, less the amount
or s1uwr,, which he bad paid Mrs.
Nielsen in January, 1904. Tire a'''o""'
dune in the judgment, with interest
and costs, VIII amount to nearly 500
600,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-02
G|LA MINES APPEAL
TO SUPREME
COURT
CASES OF THREE COMPANIES ARE
BROUGHT UP AT PHOENIX
WEDNESDAY
These Companies Resist the Increased
Taxes for Territorial Purposes as Pro-
vided by the Territorial Board of
Equalization for Producing Mines.

PHOENIX, August l.--Papers in the
appeals of three mine taxing cases came
up from ella county Wednesday. The
plaintiffs and appellants are the United
Globe Mines company, the Old Domn-
ION company and the Arizona CONNER.
cial company. The defendants in each
of the suits are the county of ella and
w. W. Brookner, tax collector.
The suits were brought to resist the
collection of taxes on the increase of
valuation ordered by the territorial
board of equalization nat the August
meeting in 1906, whereby the returns
of the patented mines of ella county
were raised 200 per cent.
These are the first eases of this kind
in which judgment has been reached in
district court, though the case of
the Copper Queen Consolidated is
awaiting decision in Cochise county.
The papers in these appeals are iden-
teal with the exception of the names
of rho plaintiffs and the amounts in
involved. The complaints in the eases
go over the ground passed over when
the power of the territorial board 10
make such increases was attacked in
the territorial supreme court about two
years ago by the Copper Queen Con-
solidated. The attorneys for the plain.
tifis are Herring. Sorin & Ellinwood,
who then represented the Copper Queen.
The Judgment of Judge Nave of the
district court. for ella county was made
to conform TO the opinion of the SUI
preme court. 1t was rendered in favor
of the plaintiffs as to the power of the
territorial board to make raise of
valuation for county and school pur-
poses, but the Judgment endede with a
modification asserting the right of the
board TO make such a raise for taxa
tion for territorial purposes. 1t is from
this modification that the appeal is
taken.
The taxes of the United Globe COM
pany were increased 81 800 and of this
increase 81 $50 was for territorial pur
poses. Under the modification of the
Judgment this latter amount stands
cndISel aSdihsi tue COMPANY
In the ease of the Old Dominion, the
board = raise made a difference of ST.
0S7.s5 in the company's taxes for
county purposes; sl32.40 for school pur-
poses and $1.241.25 for territorial pur-
poses The claim against the company
for the first two amounts is dismissed
by the Judgment, but the modification
leaves the claim for taxes for territor'
ial purposes in force.
In the case of the Arizona CONNER
cial company the raise increased it's
taxes for county purposes $3,7O5; for
school purposes 1920, and for territor-
ial purposes, 81 l25. Under the modi-
fed Judgment the last named sum is
due the territory
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-02

That is a language not often heard on
the streets of Phoenix and he looked
at the two men.
He had been following the dynamit
ing ease in the newspapers and had seen
the published pictures of the two sus-
poets. He Immediately recognized one
of the men as Paudeverius, from his
picture. The other in a general way re-
sembled pictures Mr.. Porterie had seen
of Claudianes, but the likeness was not
so complete.
At the moment Mr.. Porterie had no
doubt that the men We're the fugitives
but then he remembered that he had
read in Los Angeles paper less than
half an hour before that the men were
under arrest at Elko, New. He there
upon dismissed the matter from his
mind. One fact though fingered and
that was that when the man he had
taken to be Paudeverius noticed that
he had attracted the attention of Mr.
Porterie, he spoke in low town to his
companion who glanced toward him
hastily and then both men went up the
street. He believed that though they
conld not be the dynamiters they were
wanted for something else.
Yesterday morning he again read in
the Los Angeles papers that the men
had not been arrested at Elko, but that
they had been there and had been nm
der surveillance. They had disappear
ed and it was then believed that they
were somewhere in Mexico.
Mr.. Porterie now has no doubt that
the men he saw were the much wanted
Greeks and but for his having been
thrown off by that Nevada dispatch
they would now be in the county or
city Jail awaiting the PLEASURE of the
California authorities They had prob
ably arrived in Phoenix that morning
over the Santa Fe.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-02
DYNAMHERS IN
THE CAPITAL CITY
GREEKS WHO BLEW UP GALA
CHEERS HOUSE IN SAN FRAN
CISCO ARE RECOGNIZED IN
PHOENIX BY CoUNTRYMAN.

PHOENIX, August l.-Peter Clau-
danes and Felix Paudiverius, two
Greeks for whom the California author-
tiles are searching in connection with
the dynamiting of house of former
Supervisor Gallagher Of San Francisco,
at Oakland, several months ago, were
undoubtedly in Phoenix one day last
week. Notwithstanding that at that
time they were supposed to be in the
City of Mexico.
j, A. Porterie was standing in front
of the doors Of the Valley bank ana
two strangers were engaged in CONVEX
sation on the other side of the narrow
street At the corner of the Bank TX.
change. He had taken no notice o.
them until he caught word OF Greek
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-02
ARIZONA FEDERATION OF
WoMEN'S CLUBS ISSUES
YEAR BOOK TO MEMBERS

YUMA, August Mrs. Fannie
Reese Pugh, president of the Arizona
Federation of Women s Clubs, has is
sued the federation year book for 1908
1909, which Mrs. ii. p. Crandall, the
corresponding secretary, is now mailing
to the GIG active members of the nine.
teen clubs in the territory. Two years
ago there were only twelve clubs, with
membership of 4l2. Then they had
seven departments. Now they have
twelve, and some of them have three
departments. The book contains let
ter from Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker, for
mer president of the general federation,
and the retiring address of Mrs. Stuart
w. French, former president of the Ari.
IONA federation.