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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
POTATOES FOR ALCOHOL.
President of Washington State School
Gives Interesting Facts.

thOStNCs's W "~o'N'6tOu ~t&kO SeaiSSt
Gives Interesting Facts.
By L. Ashlock, Washington State College.
Pullman.
The newly organized Commercial
club of Pullman, Wash, is now per-
fecting arrangements for the installa
tion of denatured alcohol plant in
that city. President Bryan, of the
Washington State college, who is chair
man of the committee on denatured al
cohol, is conducting the negotiations
for the purchase of large "still," and
if the plans of the organization are car
ried out, the plant will be in operation
by the time next seasons potato crop is
taken from the field. Discussing the
prospects for denatured alcohol, Presi-
dent Bryan said:
"For the past year the state expert.
ment station has had in hand the mat
ter of gathering information relative to
the practicability Of utilizing this i'm
portant crop in the manufacture Of de-
natured alcohol. Careful analyses have
been made to determine the amount OF
alcohol that potatoes Of this region will
yield. We have found that one hun
dred pounds of potatoes will produce
eighteen pounds Of starch; that eigh-
teen pounds Of starch will produce nine
pounds OF alcohol, which, / believe,
sells at from 80 to 55 cents per gallon.
At this rate, the alcohol from one ton
of potatoes would sell for about $l8.
"Alcohol can be made from the small
potatoes as we'll as the large ones, and
in this fact lies source of considerable
saving to the farmers. Also, waste
fruit can be used, and considerable sue
cess has been reported from the use Of
corn, and even the stalks. This dena-
tured alcohol industry should be taken
seriously by the farmers and business
men of the Northwest; for 1T means the
utilization in profitable way Of vast
amount of produce, such as small pota-
toes, off grade wheat, waste fruits, etc.,
which are now simply source of dead
loss."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
Sidetracking Him.

Dora, would you be willing to marry
a young man who has to make his own
way in the world and who has nothing
but his love for you to recommend himY
Certainly, Gerald, If cared enough
for him, but at present. I don't know Of
any such young man. Frosty weather.
isn't it?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
Spring Medicine

The best is Hoods Sarsaparilla. It
is the best because it does the most good.
While it makes the blood pure, fresh
and lively it tones the stomach to bet
ter digestion, creates an appetite, stimu-
lates the kidneys and liver, gives new
brain, nerve and digestive strength.
An unequaled list of cures 40, 366 tes-
timonials in two years proves its merit.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
Explaining the Mystery.

They had stopped moment to look
at the Flatiron building
"What was the object" asked one of
the strangers in the Seeing New York"
automobile, ''in making it a three-cor-
ncred structure?"
''As nearly as I have been able to
learn" politely answered the chauffeur,
''the object was to cover a triangular
piece of ground"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

The mineral water produce Of the
United States during 1905 was 4S,518,-
B95 gallons, valued at $1,b74, 500 very
considerable increase over the previou5
year. These figures contemplate only the
natural mineral waters taken from
springs having some medicinal qualities.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
Foxy Humility.

"Why don't you 60 to workT
"Work !" rejoined Meandering Mike.
Look at de thousands Of poor fellows
that Is lookin' fur work an feelin' MIS-
rable widout 1t. Now work amt nec-
Issary to me, an l ain goln' to butt In
an reach fur 1t merely fur de sake OF
havin' something to brag about
Washington Star,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
As TO Yipsley.

Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, this paper
says a man named Birkman has sued the
city as Jared Yipsley's next friend. What
does that mean?
Mr.. Chugwater-Huh It doesn't mean
anything in this case. No man alive ever
really got next to old Yipsley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
His Error.

1--WE live and learn" observed Mr..
Blcker, glancing up from his paper.
"Some of us do," said Mr.. Knocker,
acidly. "Have you been trying to join
us?"
"Don't be funny. But I've found
out for the first time that the French
expression 'hors de combat doesn't
mean war horse '"-Cleveland Lead
er.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

Cannibal Queen-Well good-by, dear.
I'm going to my sewing meeting.
Cannibal King What charitable
work is the meeting engaged upon now?
Cannibal Queen = We are making
hlgh-necked dresses for the poor So
ciety women Of London.-London Tit
Qtta
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

The Greenwich observatory will have
to be moved. From year to year the
magnetic observations made there have
become less reliable because of the In
creasing traffic; and the impending estab-
lishment of large electric works In the i'm
mediate neighborhood will make it neces-
sary to make the nautical calculations
elsewhere.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

'@rhe last time l saw you," said
Travers, your neighbor wasn't well.
You remember you were telling me
about his illness?"
"Yes," said Berriam, the undertaken
1T terminated favora-er-that is,
1t terminated fatally."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

HOWARD L. BURTON.-Assayer ar1 Chemist.
] Leadville, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold,
Silver, Lead, 81 Gold, Silver, 75c Gold soc; Zinc or
Copper, e1. Cyanide tests. Mailing envelopes and
full price list sent on application. Control and M
pre work solicited. Reference; Carbonate Ma
Nonal Bank.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
To Bres,; In Nsv. sho..-

Always shake In Aliens Foot Ease, powder
1t cures hot, sweating, aching, swollen feet.
Cures corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. At
all druggists and shoe steres, 25c. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample mailed FREE address
Allen s. olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
PERUNA EDITORIAL NO. 2.

Dr. Hartman has claimed for that Peuna EXCELLENT
CATARRH REMEDY Some doctors critics disputed the
claim as to the efficacy of Peruna
Since the ingredients of Peuna
cal concerning the remedies of which Peruna ompodf
TAKE for instance the ingredient HYDRASTIS CAEADENSIS
GOA SEAL The United States Dispen Of this herbal remedy
that Is largely employed the treatment of dpaved membranes
chronic rhn nasal catarrh atomic dyspepsia ath of the stomach
chronic Intestinal caah catarrhal aundce atsh of the
diseased mucous membranes of the pelvic organs recommended for
the treatment OF forms of diseases
Another ingredient Perun C0RYDALs F0RM0SA
United States Dispensatory
CDRON SEEDS another ingredient Perun excellent
has been largely overlooked by the medical
THE SEEDS ARE TO BE FOUND STORES
The United States Dpenay the
tonic and the treatment of dyen and in intermittent diseases
SUBSTITUTE FOR QUININE.
OIL OF COPABA another ingredient Perun cassed
States Dpensatory mild smuant durec
and intestinal tract 1t smuant the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

Housekeepers will quickly recognize
the convenience Of keeping their spices
in glass Jars. A glance tells them
when more Is needed
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

There is every possibility that the wait
ers of the Paris cafes will shortly go on
strike again in support of their cherished
right to wear mustaches.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

To test a nutmeg prick It with 3
pin. If 1t is good the oil will In
stantly spread round the puncture
A teaspoonful Of powdered borax
added to boiling starch will give lus-
ter to the clothes and prevent the iron
from sticking.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

rsTN ST. vitus Dance and al Nervous Diseases
fstN permanently cured by DR.. Kllnes Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE s2 trial bottle and
treatise DE-. B. a. Kline Id, es1 Arch St., Phlas Pa
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

Mo hers win find Mrs. wInslow's Soothing
Byrup the best remedy to use for their children
pring the teething period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
No Wonder.

Mike How foine tn polacemin Ia tn
park look!
Pat-An' phoy not? Don't aich wan
how a nurse? p Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

SaPSatabS-For those who prefer medicine
In tablet form, Hoods Sarsaparilla is now put up
in chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs, as well as
in the usual liquid form. Sarsatabs have identi.
FORM besides accuracy of dose, convenience, econ
omy, = there being no loss by evaporation, break.
age or leakage Sold by druggists or sent by mail.
G. /. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

THAT isn't hard to do,' answered the
mother sf the twins. "If slap Johnny
and he swsars blue streak know it's
DickD
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24
Unerrinr maternal 1n.tinct.

"They look exactly alike, and you dres.
them exactly alike, Mrs. Highsnsggis," !"
said the caller. "How can you tell them
ana RI 9u
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

Useful in chronic cystitis, chronic dys-
entery and diarrhea, and some chronic
diseases of the liver and kidneys.
These opinions as to the ingredients
of Peruna are held by all writers on
the subject, including Bartholow and
Scudder.
OF HYDRAsTIs, BARTHOLOw
SAYS it is applicable to stomatitis
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

Goethe was 81 when he completed
Faust. Who said TOO old at 40?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

Twas ahlicted with a sore on my
face Of four years' standing. IL
was q small pimple at first but 1t
grew larger and worse
In every way until I became
alarmed about Il and consulted
treated me but the sore continued
TO grow worse. Isaw q. s.. s. adj
vertised and commenced its use
and after taking it O while I was
completely cured. Ny blood Is
now pure and healthy from the
sfsct OF 8. g. s., and there has not
been any sign of the sore since
( THoS. OWEN.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
One OF the
Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day is a vast
fund of Information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informed Of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products Of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Poisoning Arrow Heads.

An old Cherokee Indian recently
gave away this secret of how the In
dams of olden times used to poison
their arrow heads for war purposes
or for killing bears. They took a
fresh deer liver, fastened it to long
pole, and then went to certain places
where they knew they would find
rattlesnakes in abundance. About
midday the rattlers are all out OF
their dens, coiled up in the cooking
sun. The bucks would poke the first
RATHER they found with the liver on
the long pole. A rattler, unlike com
mon snakes, always shows fight in
preference to escaping. The snake
would thus repeatedly strike at the
liver with it's fangs until it's poison
was all used up, whereupon it would
quit striking and try slowly to move
ON. The bucks would then hunt up
another RATHER and repeat the per
Torrance, keeping up the work until
The liver was well soaked with snake
poison. Then the pole was carried
home and fastened somewhere in an
upright position until the liver be,
came as dry as bone. The liver was
then pounded to fine powder and
placed in buckskin bag, to be used
as needed for their arrows. This
powder would stick like glue to any
moistened surface and was death to
any creature which it entered on ar.
rows.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
FATAL ONTARIO AVALANCHE.
Mountain Slides Onto Hamlet, WHIP
ing Out Half of Town.

Buckingham, Ontario. - Half OF
the French hamlet of Notre Dame de
Salette, sixteen miles from here on the
Lievre River, lies buried under slid
ing mountain, and at least thirty
persons are known to have persisted.
The river Lievre winds at the foot
of the town and mountain lowered
behind it. Spring rains have beer
melting the snow and ice. At 6
o'clock a. m, as the residents pre-
pared for early mass part of the
mountain started to slide toward the
river. 1t tore path of death and de
struction, and those who were not
killed when their homes were en-.
quilted were buried under the mass OF
rock and earth.
Camille La Pointe and his family
of eleven persisted. Mrs. Desjar6in's
cottage also was swept away AMI she
with her two children, a domestic anG
a hired man are known to be buried
in the landslide. At least eight per
sons are missing.
The avalanche descended with 6
roar and spread fan-like over part OF
the town and dumped itself in the
swollen stream at it's foot. Messen
gers We're dispatched to Poupere, the
nearest hamlet.
The first messengers to Bucklng.
ham ordered twenty-five collins, and
all the physicians Of the town were
hurried across country with rescue
parties.
Twenty houses were engulfed. The
slide carried two from the west bank
into the swollen river and across tc
the east bank, and then covered
eighteen houses there.
Those who were not killed in the
avalanche were drowned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
BUILT RIGHT
Brain and Nerves Restored by Grape.
Nuts Food.

The number OF persons whose all.
ments were such that no other food
could be retained at all, is large and
reports are on the increase.
:, For twelve years | suffered from
dyspepsia, finding no food that did
not distress me-" writes Wisconsin
lady. IL was reduced from 145 to
90, lbs, gradually growing weaker
until | could leave my bed only a
short while at time, and became un-
able to speak aloud.
Three years ago | was attracted
by an article on Grape-NIts and de-
cided to try it.
MY stomach was so weak | could
not take cream, but | used Grape
Nuts with milk and lime water. II
helped me from the first, building ur
my system in manner most aston
ishing to the friends who had thought
my recovery impossible.
Soon was able to take Grape.
Nuts and cream for breakfast, and
lunch at night. with an egg and
Grape-Nuts for dinner.
Il am now able to eat frult, meat
and nearly all vegetables for dinner,
but fondly continue Grape-Nuts for
breakfast and supper.
"At the time of beginning Grape
Nuts could scarcely speak a sentence
without changing words around or
talking crooked in some way, but my
brain and nerves have become SO
strengthened that no longer have
that trouble" There's Reason. "
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
MELVILLE. In pkgs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
81: a' VS.: s: ss:ThODpsOn'SEyeWater
WIDOWS,under NEW LAW obtained
PENSIONS 0y w 43an w M 3. 8.
A statesman's Reply.

Wisdom and wit are about evenly
balanced in an utterance of the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, which lately
went the rounds in England.
Mr.. Asquith was recently speaking
in Welsh town, when he was some
what rudely interrupted by voice in
the audience, which demanded to
know his position as to woman's suf-
frage.
THAT" Mr.. Asquith replied,
blandly, is subject prefer to dis
cuss when ladies are not present. -
Youths Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
Scarlet Fever.

A mild case of scarlet fever is the
most dangerous type of the disease
that local boards and health officers
have to contend with. 1t is generally
through carelessness in the manage
ment of these that whole commune
ties become infected. An apparently
simple case of so-called scarlet rash
or scarletina unrestricted by quaran-
tine, may be the means of injecting
others with the most malignant form
of scarlet fever, hence the necessity
for strict precautions in every case
Notwithstanding its seeming mild
ness.
The various conditions frequently
following scarlet fever are of such a
serious and permanent character as
to demand the very strictest proven
tative measures Even the mildest
forms of the disease may, and often
do result in some permanent attic
ton, perhaps unsupported at the time
of apparent recovery. The physician
or parent who fails or neglects to re-
port all such cases, no matter how
slight the attack, and the local Off
Gals who are careless in enforcing
the prescribed regulations pertaining
to quarantine and disinfection, are
deserving of the condemnation of the
community. and should be prosecuted
20 the full extent of the law.-Iowa
Health Bulletin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
AMERICAN SHIP ST. PAUL
SINKS BRITISH CRUISER
Gladiator Goes Down Off Isle OF
Wight in Twenty Minutes.
cAPTAIn AND CREW SAVED
Vessels Collided in Thick Snowstorm
on the SoIent-Liner Puts Back
Into Port-Wreck Bcached For
Safety

Into Port-Wreck Bcached For
Safety.
Southampton, Eng.-The Amer.
lean Line steamship st. Paul, which
cut down the British cruiser Gladia
tor in the Solent, arrived at her dock
here, bringing some of the survivors
of the Gladiator's crew, who had been
picked up by her boats.
The official account of the disaster
issued by the Admiralty in London
says the Gladiator was beached after
the collision All the officers except
Lieutenant Graves were saved. Three
members of the crew were drowned.
The cruiser now lies a hundred yards
offshore. Only her keel is visible.
The St. Paul's bows are badly stove
in. She will go into dry dock imme-
4diately and the repairs necessary will
require several weeks. No one was
injured on board her
The st. Paul sailed from this port
for New York at noon. She had only
twenty-one first cabin passengers.
with a fair list in the second cabin.
AS she proceeded down the Solent the
thick weather developed into dense
snowstorm, amounting to blizzard,
The Gladiator left Portland at 10
o'clock in the morning for Ports
mouth. She was running at a speed
of eight knots an hour. Captain
Lumsden was on the bridge.
The liner was forging ahead at
low rate of speed, making for the
Channel, when at o'clock in the
afternoon, between Yarmouth, Isle of
Wight, and the Needles, she struck
the Gladiator.
The Gladiator began to sink rapid
ly. She was hit almost amidships
and cut far below the water line. The
st. Paul, standing by, launched her
boats at once. There was very light
sea running and the thick weather
was the only embarrassment to the
work of rescue. Several of the men
swan ashore to Yarmouth Beach.
An eyewitness of the collision says
the crash came with scarcely a mo-
ment's warning. The liner was pro-
ceeding at half speed in a binding
snowstorm in the Solent. The pilot
was still in charge.
The shock to the st. Poul was Sc
we're, but no one was injured. The
watertight compartments were closed
instantaneously. The blow to the
cruiser was terrific. It's force was sc
great that it threw her instantly al
most on her beam ends. About $50
of her crew were on deck, and fully
score were pitched overheard by the
shock and many were injured.
Order was quickly restored and
boats were lowered. The Gladiator
could be seen just ahaed. She was
already heeled over, and there was a
tremendous cash amidships where the
ct. Pauls bow had cut half through
her One of the St. Pauls boats sank
during the life saving efforts, but the
crew was Immediately picked up
The loss of life through the col
lision is much greater than was sup.
posed. 1t has run up to thirty-six and
may go beyond that figure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
7. F. RYAN TELLS
AMAZING STORY OF
TRACTION LOOTING

New York City.-In the minutes OF
the Special Grand Jury made public
Thomas f. Ryan's own story of the
looting of the Metropolitan Street
Railroad Company is told and an
amazing method of finance is re-
vealed.
Mr.. Ryans testimony. shows among
other things:
That Thomas F. Ryan had pur-
chased from Anthony N. Brady a
one-half interest in the franchise CT
the Cortlandt Street Ferries Railroad
Company, a paper" concern, which
William c. Whitney afterward bought
for the Metropolitan Railroad Com
pany for nearly million dollars.
That 100000 loot in connection
with the paper railroad steal was to
repay Ryan and his associates for
money contributed to defeat William
j. Bryan for the nomination in 1900.
H. III. Vreeland, the minutes also
show, swore that in thirty years con-
nection with big corporations, he had
never known one that did not con-
tribute to political parties.
1t had never occurred to him, he
said, to question anything that Mr..
Whitney did, and he advanced Mr..
Whitney large sums of money when
ever asked, because he knew Mr..
Whitney was working for the best in
terests of the company.
you can't go about in New York
buying anything of value with brass
band" he testified
In regard to a check for 100000
in 1893, Mr.. Vreeland declared that
the check had been for stock, but as
Mr.. Whitney handled the matter he
did not know anything more about it,
This is the first time in the history
of New York County that the minutes
of Grand Jury have been given to
the public. The Grand Jury, feeling
the pressure of public opinion, fol-
lowing the failure to indict, asked
Justice Bowling to make the minutes
public.
Mr.. Ryan's testimony reads like
romance of high finance. He incor-
porated in it the statement which he
made public. He told of raids on the
Metropolitan stock in which he i'm
plicated New York newspaper.
The Wall and Cortlandt Streets
Railway deal was taken up in detail
Mr.. Ryan told how Anthony N. Brady
insisted on breaking into the Manhat-
tan Traction "clover patch" He ad-
mitted that he was thoroughly under
the domination of William G. Whit
ney. He declared that had Whitney
died before the paper railroad" OPP
portunity for repayment came that
they could not have recovered a cent
from Mr.. Whitney's estate.
His testimony that the money was
advanced as political campaign contri-
button in the interests of the Metro
politan Street Railway Company is
absolute. That part of it was used
to counterfeit Bryan boom in 1900
had not been intimated before.
Inspection of the minutes of the
Grand Jury which investigated the
Metropolitan further shows that mil
lions of it's money passed through the
hands of William G. Whitney, much
of which went to some one in Tam
many; that ex@Justice Cohen com
PEELED the company to buy 200 shares
of his clients stock at an advance of
fifty points by threatening to sue di-
rectors for paying dividends out of
capital, and that hundreds of thou
sands were used in stock speculations