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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
FINE CHRISTMAS GIFT.

The Carmel Lutheran church of CAL
umet, made a substantial Christmas
presentation to its pastor. Rev. N. j.
Forsberg and to the organist, Prof. f.
j. Johnson, on Christmas eve. Both
purse presented to the pastor contain
ed $40.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
CAROL SINGING ON STREETS.

one Of the Christmas eve features
on the streets of Red Jacket was the
singing of Cornish Christmas carols
by the choir organized under the lead
orship of c. c. Uren. The music was
excellent to degree. the singers
voices harmonizing and blending al
most perfectly. This choir will be
heard in some Of the local NJ. l..
churches during the next two weeks.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27

The three weeks old child of Mr..
and Mrs. William Bateman of Gay,
died this morning. The funeral will
be held tomorrow afternoon.
Tony Entenza, wife and child, are
spending the holidays with the Dy-
mock family on Eighth street. Mr..
Entenza is studying law at the U. of NJ.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
TO TEACH FIELD SERVICE.

Adj. Gen. McGurrin has announced
that the officers Of the Michigan ma
tional guard will be assembled at con-
venient points during January for in
struction in military map reading, to-
Biography and other points of field ser
vice, the course TO be under the direc-
ton Of Capt b. II. Dorcy, U. S. A.
retired, the officer on duty with the
state troops, in preparation for the
combined maneuvers which II IS
expected will be held the coming sum-
mer.
Fine gold headed umbrellas. Levir
JewelrY Co
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27

A fire was discovered in the North
Tammlck dry" house Friday eycn-
ing but fortunately was eXtinguish.d
before much damage was done.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27

For fine Jewelry go to Levin's Jewel
ry store.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
DEATH OF AGED RESIDENT.

The death occurred this morning of
Mrs. Christina Hendrickson of Fifth
street, Red Jacket. She5was aged Sc
years. The decedent's husband pre-
deceased her some time ago. She IS
survived by five children. one of whom
resides in Calumet. while two are To-
Gated i'm Norway. one I'm Washington
ID. c.. and Lone i'm Butte. Mont. The
funeral viii be held "Wednesday after
noon at o'clock, Rev. A. l.. Heidc-
mann officiating.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27

Hawkes. and Libby Cut Glass. Levin
Jewelry Co.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27

Toilet Sets at Levin Jewelry Co.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
ON AN OCEAN LINER.
1t Doesn't Pay to Get Naughty with
the Stewards.

1t Doesn't Pay to Get Haughty with
the Stewards.
Never, oh, never, speak harsh words
of rebuke to a steward on an ocean
liner" declared a Congressman of New
York
Zone summer I journeyed over to
the other side. The first day out, at
meal time, | found that l had to en-
brace the table leg to get near enough
to operate with my knife and fork.
For my unpleasant seat | called the
steward to account. Most harsh was
my criticism. Then l told him I would
have my meals served thereafter in the
upper cabin.
"The next morning the cabin stew
ard told me Of better room, and that
I should get it Immediately. 1t was
more costly and elaborately furnished
than the one / occupied with my trav-
cling companion. Then, too, it was on
the main deck. l looked over the new
room and decided to change l had my
luggage, with that of my friend, moved
below. When my friend found the new
quarters he gasped with horror Man
alive n he said, this is the worst hole
on the ship. You and l are in for "a
great big seasick.' We got every Jar
Of the ship and good and seasick, too.
"The day I landed the dining room
steward met me on the deck. Much
obliged for changing he said. 1T was
at my request that the cabin steward
got you to move. The gentleman ahead
of you in that cabin and who wanted
to move gave me $75 to fix the deal.
l thank you for what is a most glori.
GUS tip Washington Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
exercising N Bun.

The accompanying cut furnishes an
excellent plan for exercising a bull. A
large, strong post Is sunk into the
ground and securely set. On top of
this post is placed an iron plate some.
what similar to that used on the boil
ster of a sleigh or wagon through
which the king bolt passes. A long
sweep, evenly balanced, is placed upon
the top Of this post and pinned by
means Of long rod, or, as we might
say, king bolt. The sweep is necessarily
large at one end and small at the
other, which makes it possible to bal
ance with one end comparatively short
and the other long. The bull is tied
to the rope attached to the further
end Of the long arm, and IN that way
can have large circle to move in.
The supporting post should be above
the ground high enough to carry the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
A Breed Worth Paying For.

The calf which an English farmer
had taken the summer resident to see
surveyed his owner and the stranger
with weary eye. what breed is your
calfY asked the visitor.
The farmer removed wisp of straw
from his mouth and said:
"rhe critters father gored Justice
o the peace, knocked a book canvasser
end over end and lifted tramp over
fence; and, as for his mother, she
chased a brass band out O. town last
New Years day. If that amt breed
enough to pay % shillmgs for, you can
leave him be. I'm not pressing him on
anybody"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18

the following results: OF the natural
coloring matters, camwood, the fastest
of the red woods, and fustic, the fast
est Of the yellow woods, both fade
little; logwood in pale shades is con-
siderably decolorized, the destruction
of color not being so apparent in dark
shades; logwood blacks finished with
chrome turn greener than unfinished
blacks; vat-dyed indigo gives the fast
est of all blue colors. Among the ar
t1hc1al coloring matters tested, alizarin
blue antracene brown, in pale shades,
are only moderately fast, gallocyanin
Is not quite SO fast as alizarin blue;
napthol black, diamond black, anthra-
cite black and other wood substantive
azo blacks are much faster to light
than logwood black.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
WHO USES SNUFF NOWADAYS

Chewing and "Rubbing" Largely
Prnctfced in the Mill Towns.
Year by year with never a setback,
the American Snuff Company has
steadily increased its business, its divi-
dends and its surplus, while the un-
initiated continue to ask, Who uses
snuff nowadays? The company's an
nual report for the fiscal year ended
Dec. 81, 1908, shows net earnings of
$3,474,31S compared with $2,170,585 for
1907; net balance applicable to divi-
dends on common stock Of $2,154,31S,
surplus for the year Of $1,214, ,0S0
and a profit and loss surplus of $685.
38S,310. After paying dividends on
Of per cent, quarterly dividends at
varying rates each quarter, amounting
to IA per cent for the year, were paid
on the common stock, says the New
York Commercial. A per cent quar-
terly dividend has been declared on
the common stock payable April / to
stockholders of record March 13. This
puts it on 20 per cent basis.
The American Snuff Company was
formed in 1900 to take over the snuff
properties Of the American Tobacco
Company, the Continental Tobacco
Company, and some smaller allied con-
Germs. 1t has outstanding $12000,000
of preferred stock and $11,001. 700 COM
mon stock, with assets valued conser-
vatively at S31,341 ,642.
An official of a prominent Boston
wholesale house which distributes the
products Of the American Snuff Com
pany through New England yesterday
explained the mystery of what be-
comes of all the snuff In these days
when the habit Of taking snuff is gen
orally supposed to have died out. He
said that snuff is no longer snuffed to
any considerable extent; but the habit
Of chewing or rubbing snuff has been
introduced into the mill towns through
out all the Eastern States. The
strength Of the position, from a busi-
the women In the mills are as much
addicted to the practice as the men.
This man, who is an expert in the to-
bacco trade, attributes the introduction
Of the snuff-chewing habit to the
Swedes, and he says that the Ameri-
can Snuff Company has found 1t neces-
sary to manufacture special brands of
the class of goods made In Sweden to
satisfy this demand. He says that
very little snuff is snuffed in the olf
way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
LONG FELT WANT.
A Flea for a Graduated Standard o.
Misconduct.

A Plea for a Graduated Standard O..
Misconduct.
What Is really wanted at the present
time is standard of misconduct. We
are constantly doing things In doubt,
as If we hadn't right to do them.
The confusion caused by people DO
Ing things which in their circumstances
we had no right to expect Is the prin.
c1pal cause Of our troubles. 1t ought
to be definitely settled, for example,
that any millionaire who has, say, over
a hundred millions will thereafter lead
an honest life. If he has only fifty
millions his life should he eml-honest,
and If he has only paltry ten millions
then 1t ought to be conceded that he
can loot few railroads or SO until he
gets on his feet.
Up to- say, ten thousand a year no
man can afford to be dishonest. He
ought to get up in the cars and give
his seat to women under 35 Mt least.
and of course he will not take the
chance OF robbing any safe. From ten
thousand up to hundred thousand he
can engage in little dishonest fiiers by
making one Of pool or putting through
a land deal or so for variety.
When he gets fifty millions or more
together, however, every man ought to
ask himself plainly the question wheth-
er from now on he ought not to be A
philanthropist. Doesn't he owe this to
his fellow men?-Life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
The Value of Tile Draining.

Tile properly placed makes sol
dryer in wet weather and more moist
in dry weather This is difficult tt
understand until we consider the na'
ture Of the soil.
Soil In proper condition is porous
something after the manner of q
sponge 1t will hold water up to a
certain point without leaking. Until it
becomes thoroughly saturated, 1t con-
tains air as well as water. Air Is
warm and air Is needed by plants in
the process Of growth.
Tile leads the water away quickly
in the spring so the air can penetrate
the soil and warm it so seeds will
germlnate and grow quickly. I'm
drained land, If low, fills with water
in the spring to the saturatiOn point
and the excess of moisture passes off In
yapor through the process Of evapora-
tion. 1t requires a great deal of heat
TO warm the wafer sufficiently to cause
1t to pass off in this way. That heat Is
lost.
After evaporation has dissipated the
moisture and the soil becomes dry
enough to work it breaks up in clods,
because 1t has baked down and packed
together like mortar. 1t is almost i'm
possible to prepare a good seed bed in
such ground.-Agricultural Epitomist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
COuntry's Rainfall.

The total rainfall of this country,
including snow and that on water
areas, was given as 5,OOO,0OO,OOO,O 900
cubic feet year. Half or more is
evaporated. About one-third flows into
the sea- The remaining one-sixth is
either consumed or absorbed OF the
10000, 0,000,0O00O0 cubic feet flowing an
nually into the sea, less than per
cent Is used for power. 1t is estimated
that 50 to 05 per cent of the volume
Is wasted in freshets or destructive
floods. There are in the United States
proper 232 streams navigated for an
aggregate Of 26,ll5 miles, and as much
more Is navigable by Improvement.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
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Pays to Have an Incubator.
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Pays to Have an Incubator.
Six years ago we purchased a 100
egg incubator and every season 1t has
been set five or six times and have
never had one failure nor one bad
hatch. The matches are always in the
nineties with the exception Of once
when we only got seventy-eight chicks.
Our matches are about the same each
time each season through. We nearly
always have from ninety-two to ninety
six chicks, seldom lower than ninety
three, more often higher than that and
always such strong, lively chicks, al
most never cripple among them
seldom one In 800. Our incubator has
not had the advantage Of being kept
In a cave or cellar, but we have done
so well with 1t that we have purchased
another Of 100 and one Of 240-esg ca
pacity, as we are going into the busl-
ness more extensively.
We can truthfully say that the in
cubator is great time and labor saver
and money maker. 1t Is one Of the
best investments any farmer or any
one who raises poultry can make Who
would care to go back to the slow way
Of raising chicks with the sitting hen
when 1t can be done with the incuba-
tor so easily and SO well? With the
hen the season Of Matching Is soon
over with, while with the incubator
the early fries for market can be sold
when the market prices are best and
the early pullets hatched that will be
wanted for fall and winter layers. We
do not have to wait on the sitting hen
to hatch out few chickens when we
have the incubator to hatch them by
the dozens.
A good Incubator will pay for it.
self over and over the first season of
its use. 1t is indispensable in the poul
try business. To all those who con-
template purchasing | would say, don't |
get one that Is too cheap. Get a good |
one, even II you do have to pay more.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
a mIsNAMED EXHIBIT.
Hrfngs JOY to the Museum Visitors
and Worries the Curator.

nr1nBs JOY to the Museum Visitors
and Worries the Curator.
A curator at the Metropolitan Mu-
scum Of Art is threatened with insan-
fty, the cause being a small misnamed
exhibit in the gallery outside his office
door.
Twenty times day." declared the
harassed man, people discover that
that china statuette out in the Frank
lin collection is named General Wash
ington instead of Benjamin Franklin.
Then they burst in here and announce
their discovery and wonder tha; no
one ever noticed it before. Half my
time Is spent In explaining that we
know 1t well, that it was simply a mis-
take of the potter who labeled It in
France over century ago, and that we
cannot change 1t nor wouldn't If we
could.
"Of course l tell them this courte-
ously and patiently, and you know what
strain that Is when you are going
over the same thing for the thousandth
time! I'd latch the door, only there
are too many employees seeking me all
day long, SO here l must sit and listen
to the names Of George Washington
and Benjamin Franklin repeated mil
lion times till wish that neither Of
those glorious patriots had ever lived.
And it's driving me insane, I tell you
it's driving me insanew
Just then the door opened and lady
popped in with:
There's a statue out here named
General Washington, but I'm sure"
And the weary curator, being a South
erner, rose smilingly to his task.-New
York Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18


1t is pertinent also to here refer to
the trials conducted by the Cornell
Agricultural Station to demonstrate
the losses to stable manure when ex-
posed to teaching and weatherlng A
pile of manure that contained elements
worth $64S, after being exposed for
five months waS Te.tu only $2.03, Leav-
:. manure In piles In the field Is an
antlquated method that should never
be practiced, for the reason that 1t
results In fertilizlng the spots where
the heaps lie too heavily, giving them
fully three times as much Of the fer
tilizing elements as they need, while
three times as much ground receives
less than 1t needs, or not enough to
make showing. Where manure is
allowed to lie In heaps on a field for
a few weeks or month, 1t Is an I'M
possibility to spread II so as to get
an even distribution Of organic mat
ter and Of the elements of fertility. 1t
Is preferable to spread the manure di-
rect from the wagon with fork, al
though this is by no means an up-to-
date way of handling 1t, For the most
economical results, manure should be
hauled direct from the barn as soon
as 1t Is made and scattered over the
fields by means of spreader. In this
way, and In this way only, can the full
value of manure be saved, provided, of
course, enough bedding is used In the
barn to nicely absorb all the liquid ex.
crement, the plant food of which
amounts to nearly one-half of the total
In the manure and liquid excremeut.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
SUCCESS OF Df MONIES Plan;
CITY RULED By A COMMISSION
osswnmsb b0ooc-o-o-o-

authorizing establishment commission
ESH 2500O population which has been
E5 of trial by Des Mones accord
SAI that enacted by the Legislature
HAAU 1907 Applying to eight cities by virtue of the
HOWaJ Moines city of
after the Supreme Court Of Iowa.
suonaly without dissenting opinion
"the Mones In Its general
provides method that has been tried with
results % Galveston Tex.
aldermen councimen the 'De
Mines PLAN governing Of city commission consisting
counmen Large combined in the
the them through division
the
follows Public affairs
public safety including fire and health parks and public
public
population eligible cities Rapids has
followed the Mones and has elected it. If 10
the eligible city petition for the election must
decide whether shall the law majority of the
trial. Initiative and referendum
provisions the the of %
positive negative decision the majority Of the refer
All ordi
submitted
rejection. commission e public
the especially
effective financial police matters its history
within
$0 instead Of deficit Of $4,000 The five members of the
mission paid $4,000 councmen paid
$3.50 estimated business
and is stated that there political jobs"
been cean better lighted
spirit
personal responsibility
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18

The good ones are the cheapest in the
long run. There are some incubators
that have to be watched closely to give
results but these are the thin-walled
kind that will not hold even tempera-
ture, Our incubator does not get any
watching after it Is once set going.
We leave for an all-day visit any time
even at Matching time-and 1t takes
care OF itself.
For the amount invested an incuba,
tor will make more money than any
machine know of.--NIrs. L. f. Brack.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
separablc Metal Barrels.

An economical retainer in which to
ship products such as cement, lime and
plaster is described in Popular Me-
chanics. Its halves are separable and
can be nested In compact form for
the return journey The cost of the
barrel is about 81, which is a little
more than twice that of wooden bar.
rel but they are claimed to be good
for at least fifteen round trips, and
the room they occupy when empty cuts
down the shipping bin one-half.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
~~NSNNNN-NN~N~

JOhnny-The camel can go elgn!
days without water. Freddy-So could
If ma would let me.-Harpers Ba-
Ear.
You have fine house and piece Of
ground herew Yep! Made it all with
my pen" Writing" Nope; pig
Judge.
The Colonel-Confound it, sir; you
nearly hit my wife! Jagson-Did /?
Well, you have a shot at mine.-The
Sketch.
Judge, did you ever try an alb
sinthe frappe?" "No; but I've tried
a lot of fellows who have."-Cleveland
Leader.
Ethel-Jack simply raved over my
figure and my complexion. Maud
And is he still in the asylum?-The
Clubwoman.
"She said she'd marry me if l felt
the same way year from then" ''Did
your Eyes, but toward another girl"
The Taller.
why marry at all?" asks Lady Ar
thur Paget. One reason is that most
of the ladies insist upon it.-Chicago
Record Herald.
what broke up the suffragette pa
rade?" "A department store hung out
sign announcing So silks at $1,99."--
Birmingham Age Herald.
1--WE had to give a great many we'd
ding presents" declared he. $50 have
L." responded she. Suppose we marry
and get square with our friends"
"1f I were you l wouldn't be fool,
Dlggs." True" replied Diggs, COM
placently. "The unfortunate part Of
1t Is that you are yourself. THE Cir
Gle.
my daughters music" said the
proud parent, "cOst us a lot of money"
Indeed - rejoined the visitor. Did
some neighbor sue you?'-Chicago
News.
Barber (rather slowly Beg pardon,
sir, but your hair is turning bit gray.
victim-Shouldn' wonder. Look at the
time I've been here--Chicago Daily
News.
Club Doctor with view to diagnosis)
And now, my man, what do you
drink? Patient (cheerfully)-Oh-er
well, doctor, I'll leave that to you.-
Bystander.
Mrs, De Crimp (day after election in
1915)--Where did you get the new
hat? Mrs. Poll Worker-My husband
gave me So yesterday for my vote
Brooklyn Life.
Mother-And when he proposed, did
you tell him to see me? Daughter
Yes, mamma and he said he'd seen
you several times, but he wanted to
marry me just the same.-The Sphinx.
Redd-Didn't see you going along
In your automobile to-day? Greene
What timer Redd--Four o'clock.
Greene-Four O'clock? Oh, yes, we
were going then !-Yonkers Statesman.
He (rhapsodically)-I adore every
thing that Is grand and exquisite.
love the peerless, the serene, the per-
feet in life. She (blushing coyly)
Oh George, how can l refuse you
when you put 1t so beautifully?
"How would you go about making
layer cakef" asked the inexperienced
wife. I'D put the heavier layers on
the bottom" replied her husband, the
geometrician. THAT is the way to
keep the center OF gravity well within
the circumference of the base"
"When Clubber gets arguing he loses
all tact" "As for instance?" why,
last night he told an opponent who IS
lame that he hadn't leg to stand on /;
another who squints that he was sorry
he couldn't see things as he did; and
a man who stammered he urged not to
hesitate in expressing an opinion. -
Stray Stories.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
wher 40 rlnnt Cherrie,

About the best time to plant cherry
trees is In early fall or very early in
spring 1t is better to plant In octo-
Der, even before the leaves fall, strip.
ping the leaves off, than It is late, Just
before winter sets In, In fact, many
trees would do better than they do,
were they set early, stripping their
leaves, not waiting for the leaves to
fall.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
A BRILLIANT GERMAN IDEA

Prof. Eugen Bormel, the Berlin
sculptor, suggests that houses in earth
quake regions be built of steel and riy.
eted to rocking steel foundation,
This would give the houses an agree
able motion that would make an earth
quake pleasure If the motion he
came too violent, probably the furni-
ture could be riveted to the floor and
the people lashed to the chairs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
Alcohol from Peat.

Alcohol is obtained from peat by
treating the fiber with sulphurlc acid
and fermentlng with a special yeast. A
ton Of dry peat yields forty-three gal
Ions Of pure spirit at one-fourth Of the
cost Of potato alcoho,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18

post 4 feet in the ground in the middle
of the gateway and balance the gate
on 1t. The lower rail is made of two
forked sassafras poles securely nailed
together so as to work around the post.
w Ii. Thompson, In Farm and Home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-06-18
Hints for the Farmer.

Lime sweetens the soil as generous
deeds sweeten the soul,
Use the hatchet on the old rusty
cans. At least don't use them for milk
or cream.
Sow some peas and oats to help out
when hot weather comes Then put in
some fodder corn planted thickly In the
row.