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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
sPARlNa HER NERVES.
A Careful, considerate Visitor and
Her Timid Friend.

| Fef bfmtd FRIEND.
The mistakes which were plentifully
sprinkled along Mrs. Comer's career
were never regretted by any one more
than by Mrs. Conner herself. Il used
the very best judgment l had" she
said, referring to one unfortunate oc.
currence, "but, as usual. everything
went wrong.
"You see, / went to Greenville in the
morning with Mrs. Hobart, intending
to 20 on to Nashua, but changed roy
mind when the weather turned cool
and spent the day with Anna Woods,
going home at dusk. I'd forgotten my
little bag with my key in 1t. so went
right over to Mrs. Hobart's.
"She'd gone down the road to Mrs.
Coles, but found her key behind the
left hand blind and went right In.
"The house was dark, but ] said to
myself, 4 won't light lamp for fear
of soaring her, timid woman, living
all alone, as she does So sat In the
dark till I heard her coming up the
walk.
"When she found the door was un-
locked she gave kind Of gasp, so
stepped forward and then, long as
had cold so my voice didn't sound
natural and / was afraid 'twould
scare her, she being so timid, I put
out my hand and laid 1t on her arm.
"And, IL you'll believe me-" finished
Mrs. Conner plaintively, "she fell right
over in faint and cut her forehead
on the edge of the rocking chair, and
though I'd never bring her to!
"There's no use trying to be careful
with a woman like her."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE T
CREDITORS.

In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter Of the estate of Adele
st. Dennis, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the un-
,dersigned has been appointed admin
istrator of the above entitled estate
by the above entitled court. and has
qualified as the law directs. All per-
sons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified and required to
present them with proper vouchers as
required by law at the law Office of
Peterson q Wilson at Athena, Oregon,
within six months from the date here
of.
Dated this 9th day Of February A.
ID. 1909. f. S. Legrew
Administrator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
SUMMONS
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.

In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Jessie B. Bennett. Plaintiff vs.. viii.
liam A. Bennett defendant. To Will
liam A. Bennett, above named De-
fendant:
You are hereby notified and required
to appear and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff filed against you in
the above entitled court and suit with
in six weeks from the date of the first
publication of this summons which
said first publication is made on Fri
day the 29th day of January A. d.
1909. And you will taxa notice that
it you fail to appear and answer the
said complaint or otherwise plead
thereto. within said time plaintiff for
want thereof will apply to the court
for the relief prayed for and demand
in her said complaint to-wit: for a
decree of the court delaring absolutely
void the marriage contracted and en-
tered to by plaintiff and defendant
at Lewiston, Idaho, on September
First A. d. 1908 and for other equita-
BILE relief.
This summons is published pursuant
TO an order of the Honorable Fl. J.
Bean, Judge of the Sixth judicial Dis
rict of the State of Oregon, duly made
and entered on the 22nd day of Janu-
ary a. ID. 1909.
Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
CIRCUS CHILDREN.
Tho Making of Acrobats Begins at an
Early Age.

Early Age.
1t Is nothing unusual for the larger
circuses to carry thirty and forty chill
dren, ranging all the way from mere
babies to boys and girls of fifteen and
sixteen years of age. The majority
are travelling with their parents, both
the father and mother doing daily duty
in the ring, and while often they are
trained to follow In the steps of their
elders they are seldom allowed to per-
form In public.
1t is q common belief among circus
men that the performer whose training
is not started until after the age Of six
will seldom make distinctive record.
Following the afternoon show / often
saw groups of boys, some OF whom
could not have been over four and five
years old, practicing rudlmentary SOM
ersaults and hand springs, while their
parents looked on with grati1ed
smile. These were the families Of the
circus aristocracy, who treasure the
records of their ancestors with the
pride of a son in his fathers sword and
who see no more inspiring calling for
their own children than that of the
great white canvas.
Not that their education is neglected
in other respects. Several of the fami-
lies often hire an neutrality-suspicious.
one of the performers who has the
time and ability for such work-to
coach their children In the standard
studies. One circus has travelling
school for the youngsters. II they are
to be acrobats, they are to be educated
crobats.-Bohemia Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
HORSES AND DoNKEYs. :.
Early Habits That Domestication Have
Not Eradcated.

A curious question in evolution was
bnce put to a scientist prominent in the
gervice of the government. "Why Is
it." some one asked, "that horses shy
and donkeys do not?'
The answer was to the following ef-
feet:
The ancestors Of the horse were ac-
customed to roam over the plains,
where every tuft Of grass or bush
might conceal an enemy waiting In
ambush. In these circumstances the
must have time and again saved their
lives by quickly starting back or else
suddenly jumping to one side wher
without warning some strange object
appeared to them. The habit mus
have indeed been a strong one, seeing
that SO many years OF domestication
have not eradicated 1t.
On the other hand, the donkey is de-
scended from animals that lived among
the hills, with the usual precipices and
dangerous declivities, and from these
conditions, it would appear, there re-
suited its slowness and sure footedness.
The donkey's ancestors were not, then,
so liable to sudden attacks from wild
beasts and snakes. Moreover, sudden
and wild starts would have been pos
itively dangerous to the donkey's for
bears. Consequently they learned to
avoid the characteristic trick OF the
horse. The habit Of eating thistles, Pc
culiar to the donkey, seems also to
have been inherited from Its ancestors.
In the dry, barren localities they In
habited there was often very little
food therefore they learned to eat the
hard, dry and even prickly plants and
underground when nothing else pre-
sented itself.-New York Tribune,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
THE MONTEREY CYPRESS.
Found In Its Wild State In Only Two
Spots In the World.


Spots In the World.
One Of the most interesting and pic
turesque trees in the world, as well as
one of the most ancient, is the Cupres-
sus macracarps, or Monterey cypress.
Its native habitat is extremely restrict
cd, for 1t is found in its wild state in
only two spots in the whole wide world
On the edge Of grove of conifers
stretching for q few miles between
the bay Of Monterey and the bay Of
Carmel (the latter of which bears
striking resemblance in outline and
color to its prototype in the Holy Land)
and in similar spot near Pescadero, q
little town lying on the coast between
Monterey and San Francisco. The
Monterey grove consists Of only doz-
en- or two expresses of large size and
most striking appearance. Their trunks
are massive and wrinkled with hoary
age, while their boughs, gnarled and
twisted, grow chiefly on one side away
from the stormy winds that have buff
feted them for thousands of years. The
noble trees are limited to the rocky
wind beaten shore, on which some Of
them have but precarious hold
Hemmed between the slowly encroach-
Ing ocean on one hand and pine for
est on the other, their future is ex-
posed to great hazard. 1t is therefore
gratifying to observe that fair num-
Der of thrifty young expresses are
holding their own against the pines for
short distance inland.-Scientii
American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the estate of Joseph
A. Rainville, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed admin
istratol of the above entitled estate by
the above entitled court, and has quail
ified as the law directs; all persons
having claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present the same
with proper vouchers at the Office of
Lowell and Winter, Despair Block,
PendletoD, Oregon within Elk months
from the date hereof.
Dated this 26th day of January,
1909. Joseph It. Rainville,
administrator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE OF
FINAL ACCOUNT.

In the County Court of the State of
Oregon. for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the estate of W. FL.
Fl. Scott, deceased
Notice is hereby given to all persons
W hom it may concern, that Joseph
N. Scott, administrator of the estate
of W. Fl. FL. Scott, deceased, has filed
his final account and report with the
clerk of the above entitled Court and
that the County Judge has appointed
Saturday. the 9Th day of March A. D.
1909, at the hour of 900 o'clock in
the afternoon of said day. as the day
and tho County Court room of the
County Court House of Umatilla Coun-
ty, Oregon, as the place where any
and all objections and, exceptions to
the said final account will be heard
and the settlement thereof made.
Dated this 9th day of February A.
D. 1909. Joseph N. Scott,
Administrator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
The Secret of Long Life.

A French scientist has discovered one
secret of long life. His method deals
with the blood. But long ago millions
of Americans had proved Electric Bit
ters prolongs life and makes it worth
living. 1t purifies. enriohes and vitaliz
es the blood, rebuilds wasted nerve
cells, imparts life and tone to tho entire
system. It's Godsend to weak, sick
and debilitated people. Kidney trouble
had blighted my life for months, "
writes w. NJ. Sherman, of Gushing Me.
'but Electric Bitters cured me entirely.
Only SOC. at Palace Drug Go.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
A PArsistAnt Hen.

Ever hear about our little red hen
Well, sir, she was on the set for
keeps. Couldn't keep her of. Old
doorknobs, soda bottles, lamp chin
neys, match safes-anything was good
enough for her. Finally put her on
three mud turtles, and hope to die
II she didn't hatch out alligators-yes,
sir, three of 'em! One Of 'em ate her
up, and when we opened him there
was the hen settin' on his back teeth,
and they'd swelled up SO they choked
him to death.--Exchange
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
AZ His Own Risk.

Caller ION crutches and with band
age over one eye)-I hare come. sir. to
make application for the amount due
on my accident insurance policy. fell
down long fight of stairs the other
evening and sustained damages that
will disable me for month to come.
Manager of Company-Young man, |
have taken the trouble 70 investigate
your case, and find you are not enti-
tied 10 anything. 1t could not be called
an accident You certainly knew the
young lady's father was at home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

In the County Court Of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the estate of James
Rainvills, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed admin
istrator of the above entitled estate by
the above entitled court. and has
qualified as the law directs; all per-
sons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to present the same
with proper vouchers at the Office of
Lowell & Winter, Despair Block, Pen
dleton Oregon, within six months
from the date hereof.
Dated this 96th day of January,
1909. Joseph I. Rainville.
Administrator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
Unreasonable.

"My husband is so very unreasona-
ble."
"Most husbands are, What did yours
doT"
''He fixed fishhook In one Of his
pockets because he pretended to sup
pose that robbed him at night, and
then he blamed me because he forgot
It was there ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
The Proper instinct.

"Birdset seems to have the proper In.
stincts for married man."
You mean that he can tell grace.
ful lie, has developed a keen sense OF
cunning aud has learned to conceal his
real lncome from his wife"
"Yes, and also TO know that she real
" knows Just how he is deceiving
her - New York Herald
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
Tho Mean Thlnal

Mrs. oldham-Why are you so down
on that lively Mr., Bachelorf Mrs.
Youngling-oh. he snubbed our pre-
cious Alfred He said he thought
baby might some day become vice
observation-disclosures.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
coarsely Defined.

"What is the distinguishing quality
of the problem play?"
'Tt makes you think. The first half
keeps you wondering what the ques-
tion is, and the second half keeps you
guessing what's the answer."--Wash-
ington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

Mr.. Scrappington (musinglyj = AS
Lincoln said, Il man may fool some of
the people all the time and all the peo-
pie some Of the time Mrs. Scrap
pington (briskly)-But you can't fool
me any of the time!-Puck.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

Miss Anciente Qnsinuatingly)-I dis
like my name; it's horrid Mr.. Fly
(absently,--I fear it's too late to change
1t now.
Thick silence Pittsburg Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
Not Sure Of n

She--Thcy say that there is fool in
every family no you believe thatp
He Err well, hardly like to say.
I'm the only member of my family
Chicago News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

Wigg-Bjones doesn't seem to be
very popular Wagg-I should say not.
Why, that fellow is so unpopular he
couldn't even get job as a bill col
lentor- r-Philadelphi Record.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

Maud Belle doesn't wear French
heels any more. Her husband won't
let her. Ethel-l said she would lower
herself by marrying. Boston Tran
script,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
FARM LANDS FOR SALE

No. 1S0-$75.00 an acre will buy one
of the best foot-hill farms that is
for sale in the East end of Umatilla
county. This farm contains $50
acres, 200 acres in summer fallow
wheat, 25 acres in pasture, balance
in stuhble; good barn for thirty
horses. good house aud all kinds of
outbuildings; water piped to the
house aud barn from large spring
some good fruit. Terms, about
$4,000 cash and as long as you
want on the balance.
We have number of fine farms
that we would like to show you if you
are wanting to buy.
Copeland 81 CHM.
No 10 Second st. Waila Walla.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

In order to love mankind we must
not expect too much of thsm.-Helye-
thus.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

Consciousness Of ignorance Is no
small part of knowledge. jerome,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
CADETS FALL ON HARD TESTS Middies Also Drop by
 Wayside. C0NGRESSMEN ARE PUZZLED Rigid Coalitions Were Made
 Against Negroes. shade rrees, Planting of Which Were Begun By ~Bess" shepperd,
 Torn One of Beauties
 of Capital.
r0NGREsSMEN ARE PUZZLED
nY ALFREp ,. sTOFER.

Washington. Oct 8-(special)--- Senator and Representatives are surely having . number of their appointees to both the naval and the military academies ripped on physical exami- nations these days. The regulations in this respect are becoming stricter and stricter as the years roll by. Not only do many of the young men fail to pass uuster before they enter these govern ment institutions of learning. but even after they have been at Annapolis and West Point for from two to three years they are liable to be thrown If phy- ulcaf defects are then discovered.
 The subject Is one that is causing q great deal of comment here among congressman. Some of the national law-makers are disposed to think that possibly the thing is being carried too far. Others, however. look at the mat ter in a different light and are dis posed to admit that it is highly impor- tai1t that the future officers of the two services should be as sound phy- sically as they are mentally. and that really 1t is better to have them strong in mind and body than to be we'll up in mathematics and other higher branches of learning.
 The charge was made some years ago that these mental and physical examinations were made very rigid largely with a view of barring out negroes from the academies. Then some Republican Congressman every now and then for political effect would name a negro cadet, even if secretly he did not care whether he was taken in or not at Annapolis or West Point.
 Ne Negroes at Academies.
 There are no negroes at either
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
DAVE IS SPEAKER
MAKES ADDRESS IN BEHALF or
 GOOD ROADS.
Managing Director of Southern Com DeRcial Cengress Tells of Progress Made In South Tn Improve
 nents of Highways.

Asheville, N. C.. Oct. 7.-In an ad- dress before the Southern Appalachian Good Roads Convention today. G crosvenor Dawe. managing director of the Southern Commercial Con gress. announced that eleven Southern states had since March voted $i7.sbe,- 900 in good road bonds. The states voting over 3i,0o0. 900 were. in the or der named, Texas. Tennessee, GeoI gfa, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia.
 Mir Dave then described the road activities of every state in the south between March and September Of this year. Speak ing of the tnter-stat, meeting which he was addressing, MT. Dave said:
 Just as in the olden days the spirit was moro than the word, so the spirit of today Is greater than statistics and wish to do justice to the spirit of this meeting. It has been genuine union of effort. There have been na- tional meetings that were rniserably local; but this meeting Is genuinely tn- terstate and therefore most ercou : aging, in a region where state lines nave at times been regarded as fnsur- mountable barriers. And what has been the keynote through the three days of netting. the oneness of socie- ty.
 We have talked Of the city dweller and his desire to escape from bricks and mortar. We have talked of the farmer and his need to reach his brethren who work in the city to make money to buy the farmers products. These extremes meet in the good roads effort. We have talked of good roads and education. Others have talked at other places of education as hindered by bad roads. Rail oads have shown their dependence upon decent high ways. Land owners have spoken of iand- poverty as affected by the old time absence of well-maintained roads. The Good Roads campaign is there- fore a great unifying influence. whose results show immediately in better communities. In more prosperous coun- ties. in richer states. in a greater Ma ton. Such a spirit holding sway over us for three days will make us broad CT men and better citizens. This un- ion of all for the good of all as ex- pressed in this convention will become part of the South's progress toward parity of development with the rest of the Uni0n."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09

academy now. and there have been none for long time. When they were appointed 1t Is alleged that the exant- nations were made searching In the ex- treme in order that they might be re- jected, for the northern officers did not want them there any more than the people of the South, in view of the fact that it made almost endless trouble and conflict. It has often been related here that some of the negroes were thrown on account of the pecu- liar shape of their feet--it being said that the hollow of . darkey's foot would make 6 hole In the ground"
 Shade trees are more generally ob- served in Washington than in any city of the world. There probably is not the slightest doubt of that Tree planting here on a systematic scale was commenced many years ago under the rule of the late Boss" Shepperd in the day when the District of Colum- bia had Governor as do the terri tories of the United States. There was also Legislature, and there was a mayor of Washington and a municipal assembly. But all that had to be abolished on account of both extrava- gance and the unruly political mobs that were a natural result of gen. eral franchise that gave the negroes the right to vote in the District of Columbia.
 As is generally we'll known. Shep- perd was at one time the governor. Under him the grades of the streets were changed, the suburban roads were improved and the setting out of trees all over the city was inaugurat- ed. Friends and admirers of Shep- perd will tell you to this day that but for his push and genius. Washington would never have been the city beauti- full that it Is now. Others will dispute that statement and insist that his re- gime ruined hundreds of families financially and that vice and corrup- ton was the order of the day when he and his associates held full sway here and that it became necessary for Congress to wipe out the whole plan of government for the District of form with three commissioners. one of whom Is an engineer of the army in charge of streets, sewers and lights.
 However, it was under Boss Shep- perd, gone to his rest several years ago, a statue in his honor now being seen In front of the municipal build ing, that the authorities commenced to put out by the thousands and thousands the trees that make this city so attractive.
 A great many of the trees have died and others are ragged in appearance on account of damage from wind and lightning. The order has recently been issued for new trees to be plant ed, and a large supply will be pur. chased from the leading nurseries. As streets are opened in the sections be- ing built up the finest of trees are also being provided Some years back the business men of Washington got a sort of idea there should be no trees in the store. districts. Most of them were therefore cut down. but even in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
NOTORIOUS LIFE ENDS.
German Countess Murdered and Man is
 Suicide.

Berlin, Oct. S.-A murderous attack in Berlin last night upon a woman ~ell known to the night life of ;he capital. followed by the suicide of her aesail- ant, came to light today when the Countess Augusta Won Strachwitz died in a hospital. The woman was shot and stabbed by Alfred Friedlander. a clerk 2s years old. who was infatuated win her. After wounding he cr- nt- ess the clerk committed suicide.
 Countess Augusta Won Strachwitz was the daughter of Q small farmer. After being divorced twice. shc mar ried Count Guenther Won Strashwitz and paid him a sum of money en the condition that they separate at the registry office. The Count obtained a divorce and married again. The disso- iute life of the Countess and her ex- travagant adventures made her noto- rious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
TRAIL. NEGRO PEND.

Danvilie. H.. Oct. S-rhe police are searching the city and the surrounding tcuntxy today for a negro that late last night entered the home Of Mrs. Alice White. in East Madison Street. and kicked and beat her so that che probably will die. One of Ter legs 10 broken and she is injured internally.
 The man followed Mrs. White home. forcea his way into the house and de- manded that she accompany him tp pla e where, he said. they could smoke opium. He seemed insane. Mrs Whfte screamed and the negro knocked her down and jumped upon her. He tI,rn took her purse and fled from the house and escaped.