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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-11-26
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
-OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA
No. 1916.
Al
Athena, In the State of Oregon,
AT THE
Close of Business Nov. 16 'O9

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts SN4 002 10
Oyerdrafts secured and unsecured l6 VII %
II 8 bonds TO secure circulation 1850 90
Bonds securities etc 2408 SO
clearinghouse furniture fixtures l0VOOO
Due from State and Private Banks
and Bankers, Trust Companies
and Savings Banks, 5U %
Due from apr'v'd reserve agents, W I90 .,
Checks and other Cash items WW
Fractional paper currency, n1ckels - :,
and cents, VI a
Specie IL Gus %
Red'm'n fund with U S Treasurer
(5 per cent of circulation) 6Z5 w
Total 1857 SIG Is
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $5O 0OO0O
Surplus fund 30 600 90
Undivided profits, less expenses and
National bank notes outstanding 1850 90
Due to other National Banks III Z95 10
'''e and ND Issnkers 22l3 93
Individual deposits subject to check l63 058 3.
Demand certificates of deposit Sl Tgo ~
Cashiers checks outstanding oil W
Total 8 1857 GIG 10
ceas1 County " Of 4f'tTkDt Tk@atilla IS
LES. lie Grow, Cashier OF above-named
| bank do solemnly swear that the above state,
ment is true to the best OF my knowieage TSir anu
belief. +. y. lie GROW, Casnler' o,,
| Subscribed and sworn to before me this i0th
| day of Nov, 1909. Is, d. hicharus,
| CoRRECT--Attes: d, H, Preston.
| Edw e. Koontz,
| directors.
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Methodist Episcopal Church.

Rev. A. o. Hammond, Pastor.
Sunday servicee: Sunday school at
10 a. M; preaching service II, Ep-
worth League devotional service $780,
preaching service 1880.
Ladies Aid Society every Wednes-
day afternoon at p. m.
Prayer meeting every THURSDAY
evening at 1880 p. m.
Next Sabbath morning the pastor
will preach the first of a series OF ser
mons on Essential Things In the
evening he will give an illustrated
sermon on "Japan and the japanese. :
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He that Is m to himself will be good
10 nobody. Scotch Provefb,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
THE FINE ART OF MANNERS.
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Miss Prindle was formal and pre-
else old lady who Conducted" the
phrase ran-a very select sewing class
for young girls. Besides being an ex
cellent school for learning needle
work, Miss Prlndles Thursday after
noon gatherings were instructed in the
niceties of old-fashioned manners. Miss
Prlndle was herself a model of pro
priety, and had her pupils tried only
to initiate her, their time would moi
have been wasted.
One day, downtown, Miss Prindle
saw coming toward her a girl whom
she recognized to be Marion knight
one of her sewing class The girl was
walking along rapidly, not seeming to
notice her teacher, AS the two met
Miss Prindle caught her eye, and
bowed and smiled in her most formal
way. She then passed on, rejecting
that Marion would doubtless benefit
by the example of her salute, and
some time be herself an example to
others.
A few rods farther on, to her sur.
prise, Miss Prindls again encountered
so she thought-Marion Knight. The
girl was coming toward her, as be-
fore.
Miss Prindle stopped.
Are YOU" she began, ARE you not
Marion Knight"
Certainly, Miss Prindle," said the
girl.
And didn't meet you only a mo-
ment ago?" she asked.
mo, Miss Prindle. think that was
my twin sister. Elsie"
Miss Prindle looked her confusion
And she-she isn't in my sewing
class, Is she, Marion?"
mo, Miss Prindle; she has been
away at school for long time"
20 dear! 0 dearl" exclaimed the old
lady. And don't know her, and !
bowed and smiled to her! Oh--Marion
dear, will you tell her Just as soon as
you see her that shouldn't have smil.
ed and bowed to her. because I've
never met her, you see? 1t was very
bad form. you understand"
But, Miss Prindle," protested the
girl. Il think you met her last year
when we first came to live here. Don't
you remember? 1t was at the church
fair"
"oh. so | did" cried the other. aftef
moment. $50 l did, Well. in that
case. Marion. you may tell your sister
that am glad bowed. but I shouldn'.
have smiled. Good-by. dearl"
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There are 100000 women In France
who earn their own living, In Paris
women now work as cutters Of pre-
cious stones, and they have proved SO
skillful that they may win supremacy
from Amsterdam as the center of the
stone-cutting industry. The women
cutters receive $3.50 day, against
the so cents paid the Paris seam
stress. Women are found in almost
every line Of work in France. Fol
example, a woman is In charge Of ths
railroad station in Froissy, Paris
suburb, while her husband works un
der her as a porter. The only barber
shop in Froissy is run by Mile
Jeanne" who works only on Tuesdays
and Fridays. Nine. Lesobre holds the
Joint position of telegraph messenger
and postman. She averages twenty
miles day, seven days week. and
has not missed day In fifteen years
A woman pounds the big drum in the
Froissy brass band, and woman
holds the street cleaning contract.
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A pretty experiment is that of plac-
ing flower inside a soap bubble. To
accomplish this feat, which is often
mystifying and always amusing, put
water In which a good deal of soap
has been dissolved into the bottom of
tray, or shallow pan, to the depth
of about an eighth of an inch. In the
center of the tray place the rose, or
water lily, or whatever flower is
chosen for the experiment. Over 1t
then clap tin funnel. Now slowly
lift the funnel, at the same time blow
ing gently through its small end
When you have blown large enough
film, you can disengage the bubble
by turning the funnel at right angles.
A great variety Of objects, from china
dolls to Easter eggs. may be In this
way filmed over with gay sphere Of
iridescence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
WHERE DANCES ORIGINATED.
waltz First Popular Among German
Peasants.

waltz First Popular Among German
Peasants.
OF all the wonderful, stately old
dances which 200 years ago were in
vogue, only the minuet remains, and
that nowadays Is very rarely attempt.
ed. OF course every one admits that
Of all dances the waltz Is queen. 1t
originated among the German peas
ants in the seventeenth or eighteenth
century. AS they danced 1t 1t was the
slow waltz, called the lander.
Later the Vienna musicians took 1t
up, quickened the pace, and by their
lovely musical settings Of this dance
rhythm established the reign Of the
waltz throughout the world. 1t Is note
worthy that the composers vf the finest
dancing waltzes ever written-Scbu.
bert, Weber, Beethoven, Strauss, Ian.
ner. Labitzky and Waldteufel-were
all Vienna men. 1t Is properly three
step dance, whether slow or fast. The
two-step waltz is a recent innovation
and not an improvement.
Besides the waltz we owe to Ger.
many the gallop, an impetuous, dash
Ing dance dating from about 1900; the
polka. a Justly popular four-step dance
derived from the Bohemian peasantry
about 1880, and the redowa, quick
movement in triple time, also Bohe-
mian in origin.
France has given us the minuet, the
quadrille or contradance and the far
andole, all square dances or dances
participated in by several pairs or sets
simultaneously.
Poland has furnished some beautiful
dances, notably the much-admired ma
zurka in modern triple time; the state
ly polonaise, kind Of professional
much used in European courts and at
elaborate social functions; the varso-
vienne, slow three-step, and the era
covienne, fast two-step.
Italy's chief contribution Is the jig,
which is danced under different names
In all countries-in Italy as the taran-
tella and saltarello, in England as the
hornpipe, and in Scotland and Ireland
as the reel.
The only dances native to his coun.
try are sundry jigs, reels, clog dances,
break-downs. ETC., mostly originating
among the Southern plantation hands.
While these dances are lively and
amusing, they cannot be called artis
tic, like the national dances Of Ger
many. Poland, Spain, Scotland and
France.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
A Common Error.

An error that Is frequently made
and for which there should be no ex-
cuse save that Of ignorance, is often
said to be the result of hurried COM
position: but you will admit that that
Is less than no excuse at all. 1t is
the use of the objective case instead
of the possessive, before gerund or
verbal noun, ending in ing, AS an H.
lustration, take this phrase that was
inadvertently published in a news
paper: ITO prevent them making
rush" OF course this error may be
corrected in one of two ways: ITO
prevent their making rush." or ito
prevent them from making rush"
If you will think only a moment, the
reason will be obvious.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
A STROKE OF FORTUNE.

1t was a murky day in August, and
the old sea captains were talking Of q
schooner which had been struck by
lightning a few days before, and add
Ing their contributions to nautical fic.
ton, thinly disguised as fact. How
about the Emma s., Captain Eli?
asked the privileged listener at last
Wasn't she struck once?"
She was, sir" and Captain Eli
fixed his gaze on a crack in the cell.
ing OF the old wharf office. She was,
indeed. of the Cape; homeard bound,
she was"
"I'd like to hear the particulars, u
said the young man, and all the cap
tains moved In their seats and fixed
their eyes on the crack which held
the gaze of Captain Eli.
"'Tisnt much to tell, only what
might happen to any vessel under sim.
liar circumstances" said Captain Eli
"A bolt struck the deck amidships
and bored a hole right down through
the bottom O the schooner big as q
mans leg.
"The water come rushing in, and O
course the Emma S. would have
foundered II a second bolt hadn't come
and struck my foreto' gala mast, cut
1t of near the top, turned 1t end for
end, and drove 1t right into the hole
plugging 1t up an making 1t water
tight.
"'Twas a clear case O. what folks
call the ravages an repairs O. nature,
said Captain Eli, as he removed his
gaze from the crack and let 1t rest
thoughtfully on the ingenious face OF
the only landsman in the company.
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ON~~NN~~NN~

Calcutta Is to spend nearly half a
tank for its filtered water supply. The
tank will be elevated 100 feet above
the ground on steel columns.
To facilitate Its telephone service,
the British postofflce department Is
experimenting with slot machine de-
vice into which two pennies are
dropped when a call Is made. If the
line Is busy the money is returned.
The navy's submarine boat, Octopus,
holds the record for depth OF opera
tions With full crew on board the
little vessel was operated for half an
hour In Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts,
in water no less than 107 feet deep.
The first electric furnace In this
country for annealing, tempering and
hardening metals has been erected at
Schenectady, N. Y. 1t consists OF a
crucible containing metallic salts melt
ed by an alternating current OF low
voltage.
A prize of about $2,400 offered In
Germany in 1894 for the best method
of preventing the pollution OF streams
by sulphite liquor from paper mills
still remains unawarded. Scores or
methods have been tried, but none has
been notably successful.
r. Stubbs, an English ornithologlst,
exnresses the opinion that birds habit
uallv make use Of storms In travelling
from one part of their range to anoth-
or. He points out that II a bird can
not find shelter, It must be more COM
Portable on the wing than on the
ground during q storm, because In the
aercest gales the air, as a mass. Is at
rest; that is, the bird Is In moving
mpporting medium, like swimmer In
n strongly flowing river.
The advantages of oil fuel for sta
tionary and marine boilers are receiv-
ing much attention in England. AL
though the total cost Is greater for
oil than coal. oil has the advantage
of greater convenience, simplicity and
cleanliness. 1t is also more efficient,
since a pound of good oil Is found to
have a calorihc value about S5 per
cent greater than that of an equal
weight of coal. 1t also occupies much
less space, and in that respect Is very
suitable for ships. Many improvements
have recently been made In the meth
ods of spraying and burning the oil,
A curious photograph of croco-
dile's nest filled with eggs, from two OF
which young crocodiles were just issu-
ing, is contributed to Nature by G. w,
Grahham. The photograph was made
In the bed OF the river Rahad, near the
frontier OF Abyssinia, The eggs were
about three inches long, and the newly
hatched crocodiles are ten inches long,
They are perfectly formed. and utter
q sound resembling the croaking OF
frogs. Before being uncovered. the
eggs were buried about three inches
deep in the sand at the bottom OF a
hole foot deep, The young croco.
diles. Mr.. Grabham says, were perfect
ly willing to bite, but not strong
enough to do any harm,
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actor that had been cast for the part
Of the horse was doing his best, pre-
sumably to look pathetic.
With dropping head, 1t stood on
the stage, from time to time switching
Its poor docked tail. One Of the two
legged actors was delivering an i'm
passioned and really touching speech,
when the audience suddenly burst into
a fit Of prolonged and uncomfortable
laughter.
The grafton came to a sudden stop.
The actor glanced at the horse, then
turned and fled In dlsmay behind the
scenes.
BLACK Beauty" was yawning.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
Cob Meal Industry Not Especially
Well Known to the Public,

Cob Meal Industry Not Especially
Well Known to the Public.
Have you ever bought any cot
meal?' inquiries a writer in Popular
Mechanics, and adds: "If so, you did
1t unintentionally. Cob meal is made
by grinding corn cobs, and the indus
try Is one shrouded in great mystery
Not that there is any secret of par
ticular value in the process of grind
ing, but the ultimate purpose Of the
corn cob meal Is not such as to make
publicity desirable. Thousands of dol
lars have been spent in perfecting the
grinding machinery, and the process
Is now reduced to a practical science
ut is apparently reassuring to learn
that 1t is necessary, of course, to have
the cobs clean of husks, stones and
pieces OF chain, brick, ETC.; but in.
vestigation develops the fact that this
precaution is taken not on account
Of the meal, but to safeguard the
grinding machinery. Even so ignoble
thing as corn cob grinder rebels
at being fed on pieces of stone, chain
and brick, and the machines are rather
expensive.
Where the cob meal goes finds a
ready explanation in the fact that IL
can be made at cost of Sc to 81 per
ton, while ground feed brings s25 to
$28 per ton.
ITO such an extent has this class OF
deception developed that several States
have already imposed severe penalties
on the use Of cob meal as adulteration
Inasmuch as the nutrition in cob meal
is on par with pine sawdust, it would
seem proper subject for national
pure food legislation. The LEADING
milling journals insist that the millers
of wheat -four seldom are offenders
and that cob grinding is chiefly done
by manufacturers of mixed and com.
pound feeds, especially those composed
largely of molasses.
"It's mighty mean and contemp.
tible man whose automobile is pur
chased with the stealings from the
rations of faithful, helpless animal"
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never show surprise or disappoir<
ment or anger. Above all. he must
never show fear. But sometimes, says
an English writer, 1t happens tnat
the iron self-control Of ruler Will
break down.
One can readily understand the Ell
feet that the terrible events or her
wedding day must have had on the
nerves of the young queen OF Spain
and though at the time her CAIN
courage was the amazement OF all. u
is quite certain that the fright has had
lasting effect.
After a recent visit to England she
was about to embark on her journey
back to Spain and had taken leave
of the friends and relatives who had
come to see her off. Suddenly she
turned back and hurried toward her
mother finging her arms round her
and embracing her passionately again
and again. =,
81 fear shall never see you again.
she said, with tears in her eyes.
The only time the German emperor
has been seen to look frightened was
when he had just arrived in England
on his way to the deathbed of Queen
Victoria
He landed at Cowes, where he was
received by the Prince of Wales tine
present king and they had both taken
their seats in a closed carriage pre-
paratory to driving to Osborne. AS
the carriage began to move of through
the respectful crowd something dark
ened the window and there was
sharp click. The emperor turned dead
ly pale and shrank back into his cor
ner. But the click was nothing more
serious than the sound of a snapshot
camera that an overeager photog'
rapher had thrust almost into the open
window of the carriage. His majesty
dearly loves to be photographed, but
on this occasion he was furious at hav'
ing been betrayed into showing
funk"
A curious episode showing the state
of the present Cars nerves occurred
when he and the Czarina paid visit
to Queen Victoria at Balmoral in 1896.
1t had been arranged that when the
imperial train arrived at Ballater sta
tion some rockets would be sent up
to announce to the queen their safe
arrival and also as sort OF welcome
to the Car himself. Unfortunately,
no one had prepared the Car and, as
he took his seat in the carriage he
was startled by the sudden roar and
crash as the fireworks raced aloft and
burst forth with flash.
The Car sank back in his carriage
half insensible with fear and CULVER
ing like leaf, and it was some min
utes before he recovered sufficiently
to bow to the crowds that lined the
route through the village.
A dramatic little episode once oc-
Cured on the magnificent staircase OF
the royal palace in Madrid.
On the night of October 7, 1841, a
crowd of mutinous officers swarmed up
with the intention of kidnapping the
child queen Isabella. Shots rang out
and there was a murderous hand-to-
hand combat on the staircase.
Poor little Isabella, all her real dig.
nifty forgotten, wrung her hands in
an agony of fear, screaming, ooh, don't
let them kill mel"
AS day broke over the city the mu,
tineers fed and most of them were
afterwards shot.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
snoiIsd the Performance.

The play was all about horse-a
famous horse. the autobiography OF
which Is even yet among the best
sellers" and over the sufferings of
which thousands OF readers have shed
.ssrs OF sympathy. The four-lsgged
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
The Right Side.

Patience-They say a mans beard
10 generally heavier on the right side
OF his face,
Patrics-I don't see. then. why q
girl always tries to get on the right
side of q man!
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01
MoNARcHs ALWAYS IN PERIL.

Efforts to Appear Calm often Upset
by Apparent Danger.
One Of the principal rules in the
life OF king is that his face must
never betray his emotions; he must
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01

After . woman has been married
six months the tradesmen don't hear
so much about what her husband Ikea
TO eat.
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Neglected opportnnitr.

Though Swansea, Wales. Ia in Che
very heart of the Welsh anthracite
coal fields, stoves suitable for burning
II are conspicuous by their absence.
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Color Blind.

seryant-A pound of tea for the
missus.
Grocer-Green or black?
Servant-Shure, ayther will do
She's as blind as bat!"-Judge.
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1t was David who said, "All men
are liars" And he might have added
that married men have opportunities
thrust upon them.
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Sometimes man wants thing 30
much that he forgets the other fel.
low doesn't want TO give It up.
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Tom the piper's son stole a pig
from Farmer Jenkins and away he ran
to make good his escape. But piggie
objected to being stolen. The moment
he understood his true position, he
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01

took him, grabbed him by the collar,
gave him sound trouncing, and sent
him flying down the street as fast as
ever his legs could take him. Tom
never stole another pig, you may be
quite sure of that.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-01

A man has no business with religion
II ne doesn't use It In bis business
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as the pigs squealing. Do what he
might, he couldn't stop it, and all the
time his pursuer was just following
the squeal and getting nearer and
nearer. Tom tried to hide the animal
rnder his blouse, but piggie simply
New-York tribune., 1909-03-20
HOW TO cAREss A HORSE.

Not many people know how to pet q horse-that
Is, from a horses point Of view" said the driver
q one Of the big trucks that brings rolls Of paper
70 the Postof1lce.
Every nice-looking. sleek horse comes in for a
good deal OF petting, he went on, of the
eg grays rubbed his ElGzzie anEiousiy against the
-ucknans sleeve Hitch 2 fine horse close 10 the
eallcren passing along Will stop for minute and
ElFe hiIn en- a1ectOnate pat two.
That is especially true during the noon hour.
Place
II u you want 70 make e horse think he is going
q ne fQuine paradise him over his eyes. Next
- SL.sA loItn OF enoearrnent horse likes be
-, lsi4I Dp oetNeen Jhs ears In pettng horses
.-eL p'fie neglect those nerve centres. They
= ME Vel behaTed horse will accept the nasal
-sless cs4.lpiacentiL, he would much prefer that
alse' sGothins touch applied to the eyelids once
=. - q VINE person comes along who really does
h--oE I-oW 10 pst a horse, and IS surprised when
li1l-e infCWs back MS and acts peeyisb But
- . person come along Rho was brought up in the
y aill KNOWS the horse and his peculiar uays
- ne VII pet the animal by rubbing him between
lae ears directly over the ewes 'ITashington post