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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
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Justice G. B. Elliott of State Supreme
Court opened the second annual eonven-
tion of the Minnesota Academy of Social
Sciences at the University of Minnesota.
Other addresses were delivered by Judge
g. L. Brown, Attorney General e. T.
Young and Prof. Fl. J. Fletcher Of the
law school. The discussions all related
to conditions in Minnesota.
The overwhelming defeat Of Nebraska
by Carlisle, together with Carlisle's de-
cisive victory over st. Louis, goes to add
to Minnesota's glory. Carlisle beaten by
Minnesota defeats two western teams suu-
posed to be of strength approximatine
Minnesota's. This lifts Minnesota's VIC
tory into its true proportions and shows
how we'll the Gophers played in defeating
the husky Indians. Carlisle won from Ne
braska by score of 81 to 6. Minnesota
beat Carlisle IL to g.
Many agricultural colleges sent exhibits
to the live stock show in Chicago this
week, among them Minnesota and Nebras-
ka. Students from most of the leading
agricultural colleges participated in the
judging contests.
In the judging contests at the Chicago
live stock show, farmers som. @.
Troutman of Manhattan, Kan.-pitted
his practical knowledge against the theo-
retical experience Of the college students
for the j. Ogden Armour agricultural
scholarships. amounting to 5000, which
were to be distributed for the most e.
cient work in the event
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Twin lambs.

An experienced breeder says that In
the case Of twins it is well to pace
them with the mother in small, sep
arate pen for day or two, In order
that they may become acquainted, and
to avoid the danger of one of the lambs
straying away, which may cause trou-
BILE. When lambs are born weakly
more care is required, and unless the
shepherd is with them to see that they
are sucked soon after birth they are
liable to become chilled and die. If
the lamb is too weak to stand up and
suck, it should be held up and some
milk MIXED into its mouth, when 1t
will soon take the teat and help itself,
or the eve may be gently laid upon her
side and the lamb brought to the teat
IN its knees or side, and held, as above
indicated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
aorse YaIne of country.

Almost $2,O0O,0OO,000 worth OF
horses are owned in the United States,
according to the Year Book of the De
partment of Agriculture. 1t is prob
able that if the horses were taken at
their real value, instead of their as
sessed value, this figure would be great
ly increased According to this report,
there are 1885,, ,000 horses in this coun-
try, with value of 81, ,S67 $4,000, and
the average value per head is $93.40.
Anybody knows that has tried to buy
horses of late that the average per
head is too small, for even an ordinary
work horse is worth more than that
However, the showing Is very encour-
aging. In the last ten or twelve years
the number of horses in this country
has almost doubled, and, instead or
there being too many horses, there are
not enough to do all the business that
Is required, and if it were not for the
use Of automobile trucks in the large
cities the merchants of this country
would be hard pressed for methods of
transportation for their goods With
business increasing, as every sign indi-
Gates, there will be greater demand
than ever for horses during the COM
ing year. In view of this, breeders
can go on increasing their. business,
with every confidence that all the
horses they can produce will find a
ready sale at good figure. AS for
good trotters, horses capable of going
out and winning in their class, the de-
mand is greatly in excess of the sup
ply. Auction sale managers complain
that there are not enough of the good
ones to supply the gentlemen who are
In the market for likely prospects. The
coming year will be banner one In
the horse business, especially in the
breeding business.
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netter ResuIts yith Corn.

According to the estimate made by
the government few weeks ago. the
average per acre OF corn produced in
Texas this year is only about five BUSH
els below that of Iowa, one of the
greatest Of the corn-producing States.
In the amount produced it was esti-
mated that Texas would be fifth in the
States of the Union. This is splen-
did showing compared with what it
was only few years ago, and is ac-
counted for by the fact that the Texas
farmer is beginning to realize the great
advantage there is in raising his own
meat and bread. and In the further fact
that the Texas Corn Growers Associa-
ton has done come splendid work in
not only pointing out the blessings to
the farmer In growing corn. but also
in promoting the study Of seed selec-
tjon aud CIVILIZATIONS Galveston News
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NEW LAW OF REREDITY.
Certain Qualities Appear Incapable
of Destruction in stock.

Certain Qualities Appear Incapable
of Destruction in stock.
Some time ago an English scientist,
W. Beach Thomas, contributed to the
English press an article on Mendel's
great discovery concerning heredity In
plant and animal life. ",rhe scientific
world" he said sis on the point OF
giving full recognition to new, strange
and deep-rooted law, and it is salts
faction to know that in few months
some of the most striking of its prac-
teal results will be published by a
body of English scientists
Briefly, the law, which seems to
touch the ultimate mysteries of hered.
ity, is this: When pure stock or strains
are crossed, it is found that certain
list Of qualities remain, so to speak,
indestructible, and appear uncontami.
mated in definite proportion of the
offspring of all generations after the
first.
Some concrete examples will best
show the practical effect of the law,
says the Technical World Magazine.
When the tall variety of sweet pea and
the short variety of sweet pea are
crossed, the first generation are all tall
Tallness Is the dominant quality over
shortness, which is called recessive. But
In the second generation it is found
that just one-quarter are dwarf, and
hot only are they dwarf, but they will
remain pure dwarf without any rever-
sion. and when crossed with dwarf Will
never again show signs of tallness. The
other three-quarters will be tall, and
of these tall again just one-quarter will
be pure tall, and never again show
signs of dwarfness. The remaining two.
quarters will be impure, but again
when crossed with their like will give
both pure tails, pure dwarf and mon.
grels In due proportion So that we
find In all grandchildren, so to speak,
of pure strains, the proportion 1921
has mystic appllcation---tha Is. one
quarter of these grandchildren will be
exact or pure reproductions In one quail
lty Of their grandmother, one-quarter
will be pure reproductions of their
grandfather, and two-quarters, though
resembling one grandparent, will have
latent In them the qualities of both
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
Winter Poultry Notes.

When your hens sing know then that
they are feeling good and will lay.
Hens win not lay well or thrive un-
less they have plenty of sunlight Keep
the windows clean.
Don't fuss around your hens too
much. Like some people, they want to
be let alone at times.
Take the chill Off the water. Hens
will not lay many eggs If they are
compelled to drink ice water and eat
corn mixed with snow.
Get rid of tie useless cockerels and
old hens. Stuff them and they viii
grow fat and tender-not too tender
but enough to grace boarding house
table.
Throw some rusty nails In the drink
ing trough. The hens need the Iron as
a tonic. But do not let anything else
besides clean water go In with the
nails.
Dressed fowls. wrapped In clean,
white paper and packed In new boxes
win bring enough more to pay well for
the trouble, 1t is not hard to get top
prices By a little thought and work,
&.
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handicapped in measure because some
of Allison's friends will rot readily for.
give him for trying to secure Allison's
seat while that veteran was still alive
They reason that the veterans services
to his country were so great that he
should have been permitted to retain
his place without fighting for 1t.
Mr.. Cummlns is a man somewhat OF
the La Toilette stamp and is expected
to join forces with the Wisconsin re-
former. On the matter Of tariff he
says: "The time has come to quit talk.
ing tariff reform and take action. Re
vision must come quickly and we must
get the best we can. Utica Globe.
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Light for the Barn.

Light is one of the great sanitary
conditions which promote vigorous
health. If the germs of tuberculosis
are. exposed to the sun short time
their vitality is destroyed, but their
injecting power can be preserved for
several months If kept In dark recep-
tacle.
The State veterinarians who inspect
dairy accommodations now recommend
plenty Of light, and the new dairy
barns are featured with an increased
number of windows If possible the
windows of a dairy barn should be so
placed as to cause the sun at some
portion of the day to shine on all parts
of the floor, as the rays will search for
disease microbes and destroy them
Sunlight acts as a powerful disinfect-
ant, and nothing is cheaper nor more
effective in preventing disease than
sunlight.
Dark, underground stables are now
condemned as insanitary and disease
breeding. Dark stables are often also
damp, and present especially favorable
conditions for the evolution and propa-
CATION of tuberculosis. Cattle on the
plains, which live only under the shell
ter of the armament, are immune to
tuberculosis and many other diseases,
and barns for housing live stock should
be constructed with plenty of windows
to promote the sanitary condition Of
their .-Goodall's Farmer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
Cure for Dipsomania.

Flesh food is the chief cause of dip.
somania. When men are properly nour.
ished upon non-intlammatory diet that
is rich in proteid and nerve and It's
building substance as nuts
of all kinds and their products, cereal
foods (wheat meal, oatmeal. macaroni,
rice, etc,), legumes (harieots, lentils
and peasl, fruits of every sort and
dairy produce (cheese, milk and eggs)
they do not crave for strong drink,
nor are they in danger of taking alec,
hol to excess.-Iondon Health Record,
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ALBERT B. cUMMINs,


Iowa's Governor, Who Succeeds
William d. Allison in the Senate.
Albert b. Cummins, Governor OF
Iowa, has been elected to fill the place
of the veteran Allison in the United
States Senate. Perhaps it would be
more accurate to say that Senator
Cummins will fill part of the place left
vacant by Mr.. Allison. No man with
out many years experience in national
legislation could hope completely to oc.
cupy the shoes Of such man as ALI
son, whose brilliant mind and vast ex.
perience made him power in Washing
ton. His experience was almost unpar.
alleled and his judgment was accurate.
Moreover, Mr.. Allison mad only friends
In the Senate. Mr.. Cummins will be
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
WASHINGTON, ADAMS JEFFERSON, MADISON.

Jefferson Jackson, Polk, Pierce, Tyler,
William Henry Harrison and Lincoln.
The featherwelghts of the line were
Madison. Van Buren, and Benjamin
Harrison, all three being below the NV
erage height and slender. Harrison,
however, broadened out after he be-
came President and Van Buren, after
he retired, Hayes was of middle
height and thin.
Washington was tremendously boned
and muscled. but there was not an
ounce of supernuous flesh on his body.
His weight was 200 pounds, He wore
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No Ii boots, and his hands were so
large he was obliged to have his gloves
made to order while his finger joints
were SO prominent that they We're con-
Ridered genuine curioslties" He had
large, thick nose that always turned
scarlet upon exposure TO the wind, His
hair. in middle life, was chestnut
brown and his eyes light blue, some
times approaching gray.
Johu Adams figure was large and
round Jefferson was half an inch
taller than Washington, but of long
frame, thln and spare, His head was
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
Cheap and Simple lee House,

An icehouse is one of the simplest
of farm buildings; In fact, many farm
ers make mistake in putting up too
elaborate a building, which fails to ell
dure and to afford sufficient ventilation
for keeping the ice. The simple build
ing shown in the drawing, which Is re-
produced from Farm and Home, was
put up with about one days labor.
The framework was made of refuse
hard wood some 2x4's and some 2x6's.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
When Buying "porkers.v

If you hear that your neighbor's hogs
have the cholera, do not rush over to
see them. Keep away from them and
do not let anybody from the infected
lot come near your own hogs. If you
buy pigs from point distant from
your own neighborhood, keep them by
themselves for at least two weeks, as
during that time the disease will show
If they have 1t.
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1612-A monthly post was established
between New York and Boston.
1775-British under Lord Dunmore de-
feated by the Americans at Norfolk,
w. Va
Washington's army went into win.
ter quarters at Valley Forge.
17S7-Pennsylvania (the second State)
ratified the federal constitution.
17S9-The first circulating library was
established in Salem, Mass.
1804-New York Historical Society In
stituted. !. !. . Spain declared war
against Great Britain. !. +. Two-score
of houses on Wall street, New York,
destroyed by FIRE.
1S07-An unusually large and brilliant
meteor was seen in Connecticut.
1S11-Americans under Gen. Harrison
left the battle-ground at Tippecanoe
on their return to the United States.
1916 Indiana admitted into the Union
as the nineteenth State.
Mississippi admitted to statehood.
1880 National Republican party, at Bal
tirnore, nominated Henry Clay for
President. The first locomotive
built in the United States was fin
ished and tested at the West Point
IN. W foundry.
1888 The House of Assembly in Jamaica
passed bill abolishing slavery.
1S33-Patent office and postoffice In
Washington burned.
1S46-The first regiment to fight against
Mexico was organized in Pittsburg.
1S54-United States and Great Britain
concluded treaty of commercial re.
ciprocity.
1S56-Christ church, Montreal, do
stroyed by fire. ~
1S64-Gen. Dix issued an order for re-
prisals on Canadians because of the
st. Adams raid; order annulled later
by President Lincoln.
1866 French occupation of Rome ter
minated.
1868 All disputes between Mexico and
the United States settled by treaty.
1S70-J., r. Rainey of South Carolina,
the first negro ever elected to the
House of Representatives, sworn In.
1872-Eleven servant girls perished in q
fire in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York.
1S73-New England celebrated the CEN
tennial of the Boston Tea Party"
1S91-Sir Oliver Mowat, Liberal prime
minister of Ontario, issued an ad-
dress declaring vigorously against
American assimilation.
1S93-A provincial plebiscite in Prince
Edward Island supported prohibition
of the liquor traffic by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
1S94-E. V. Debs sentenced to six
months Imprisonment for contempt
Of court during the great railroad
strike in Chicago.
1S98-Gen. Galixta Garcia, noted Cuban
leader, died in Washington.
1S99-Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood appoint
ed military governor of Cuba.
1900-Mgr. Montagnini, secretary of the
Papal Nunciature, expelled from
France by the French government.
1902-Germany and England Joined in a
naval demonstration against Ven
ezuela.
1903-Wiliam /. Buchanan appointed
United States minister to Panama.
1906 The new law separating church
and state went into force in France.
1907 Norwegian Parliament conferred
the Nobel prize upon President
Roosevelt in recognition of his SER
.r;no.. L., ns,d;nr thn Rucro- Il no r,oca
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height as well as in breadth-were
Washington, Monroe, Buchanan, Gar
field and Arthur. All Of these men
were six feet and upward and large
of frame. The heavyweights of middle
height were John Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Fillmore, Johnson, Grant and
Roosevelt. In the ''dumpy" class, short
and stout, might be placed Zach Tay-
lor, Cleveland and Mckinley. The list
Of tall and slender Presidents includes
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
In the nime Nrnsenm.

"What did you do with my ther
mometer?s demanded the doctor whS
had been called in to attend one Of th.
freaks.
Il swallowed 1t. doc" answered the
glass eater. Thought it was my medi
cine. Pittsburg Press,
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Sorghum for the Silo.

Under Florida conditions sorghum.
makes the best and cheapest crop for
the silo. Analysis shows sorghum silage
to be little richer in total digestible
nutrients than corn silage. 1t makes
a heavier field of green forage per acre
than corn. The station fayors sorghum
for silage.
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Whether william II. Taft will be the i

Whether William IT, Taft will be the
greatest OF the Presidents remains to
be seen; but one thing is certain, he
will be the biggest. The chair of the
chief executive of the nation has sus-
tained many men Of many weights, but
none of such tremendous bulk as Taft,
says a writer in the st. Louis Globe.
Democrat. This fact suggests phys
ical comparison with the presidents
who have gone before. The biggest
men of the presidential line-big in
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

be properly classed as big men by rea'
son of their weight. The little man,
the man who is both short and thin,
has mighty slim chance of getting
into the White House.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26
Making Use of the Dog.

This sketch shows an arrangement
for making use of the dog for carrying
water. 1t simply consists Of wheel.
a, s #. in diameter and IS in. wide,
with room enough inside for the dog to
walk around, where he acts as a tread
DOG POWER FOR PUMPING WATER.
power, which causes the pump, G, to re-
volve. In southern California there are
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-02-26

A shabby coat may cover fat purse
but the combination isn't always SAT.
one to bet on.
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Automatic Cheese Press.

This form of cheese press maintains
a constant pressure for any desired
length of time by means of a rope
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wrapped around pulley at the end
and over small pulley on beam
overhead. The 140-pound weight Is suf
icient to keep the screw pressed up
to the cheese. A close cheese is OBJ
tained. free from any mechanical open
ings.
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a number of these dog-power pumps
which cost less than $15. A good-sized
dog can easily earn his living In an
arrangement of this kind.-Farm and
Home
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-17
CHAMPAIGN AGAINST INSIGHT
LY ADVERTISING MEDIUMS
BECOMES REAL WARM.

The poor billboard man seems
to be in for 1t.
Up until recently there was not
much agitation in this city gener-
ally, but within the last few weeks
the billboard fellows began stick
ing up their unsightly boards all
over town, and the people are now
thoroughly aroused.
Last night the Puget Park and
West End Improvement clubs both
went on record for every possible
hindrance that can be thrown in
the way of the billboard fellows.
The building inspector has laid
down new rules under the new
building code providing that the
billboard men must bring lease
for the ground and complete plans
for the billboards when they apply
for a permit. This will hamper
but not prevent the billboards
from going up.
But President Hawthorne of the
city council is going to have pos
tive legislation against them. He
has the assistant city attorney at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-17
PEOPLE OBJECT TO
PAYING TAXES ON
everything

Opposition is developing to the
scheme in the city council to
charge the public for plumbing in
spection.
A nordinance was introduced by
title several weeks ago to provide
fees which would compel citizens
doing building to pay a fee for
plumbing inspection, but it has
never been completed. The terms
of theo rdinance have never been
decided upon and it is still in the
hands of the committee.
Now the people who learned of
the plan through the Times are
beginning to kick. They object to
the continuous performance of tax
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-17
WITH broken LEG HE CRAWLS.
To SWITCH AND SAVES
TRAIN FROM DISASTER

to pass. The freight was behind
time and was running at such
speed while going onto the siding
that Deyo, in jumping off to close
the switch. was thrown down an
embankment and one of his legs
broken.
Realizing that terrible wreck
would be caused by the open
switch, Deyo, suffering intense
pain and in a half fainting condi-
ton, crawled nearly 100 feet to
the switch and closed it just in
time to let the speeding limited
pass safely by.
Later Deyo was found by his
comrades and brought to the hos
pital here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-17
TACOMA ATTORNEY DOESN'T
DENY THAT HIS RECORD IS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 70
Explode BOMB.

Charles E. George, the Tacoma
attorney, who, through revela-
tions made in the recent Janson
hearing for the modification If
the terms of a decree of divorce,
was sued by his wife, Mrs. jan
son-George, for the annulment of
the marriage, yesterday filed an
answer in the case. and asked the
court to enter such Judgment as
seemed equitable and just.
1t is admitted in Georges an
swer that the plaintiff has learned
of facts reflecting on the honor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-17
CLUB TO MOUNT
PARK ELK

Unless outbid. the Commercial
club will buy the Point Defiance
elk's carcass and have it mounted
for its club rooms. This was. de-
cided upon at the meeting of the
club last night when action was
also taken to reclassify the men,
bers of the club. Heretofore
many who have really been doing
business in Tacoma were classi-
fled as nonresident members and
got off with smaller dues. The
bylaws were amended so that al
having business in the city, in.
Guiding travelling statesmen of 10
cal houses, will be resident mem.
bers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-17
WHEAT MARKET

CHICAGO, Nov. 17-Wheat had
a steady start with December and
May unchanged and July 1-Sc
higher, but after short spell of
buying the market drifted into
weakness with the closing 3-S to
5-Sc under yesterday.
News of the day was not of
such character to influence either
side of the market, and therefore
the bull leaders wer genrally alb
sent from pit trading.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-17
LOCAL WEATHER
OFFICE WINS
DISPUTE

Willis L. Moore, head of the
weather bureau at Washington,
last night sent a special bulletin
to Tacoma on the weather. His
representation was 20 the eff
feet that rain would come today
with falling temperature.
The local office says rain with
rising temperature and old TIM
ers are inclined to side with the
local man.
Anyway the rain arrived this
morning before daylight and the
temperature was moderated con-
siderably.