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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
WHO MAKES BURGLARS K1Tsp
Few Shops Where the Jimmy Can
he Bought.

Few Shops Where the Jimmy Can
BE Bought.
Every little while, said a London
detective, recently, the police arrest
man with set of burglars tools In
his possession, and one naturally won
ders where they all come from. 1t Is
easy to buy gun of any description
and the most reputable person would
not be alarmed to be seen purchasing
the most wicked looking knife ever
made, but who would know where to
get jimmy or device for drilling
into a safe or any of the many tools
used by the professional burglar in the
pursuit of his calling?
There probably are places in the
large cities where these things are
made and sold to the user, but such
places are exceedingly scarce. II may
seem a little strange to learn that
most of the tools used in burglaries
are made by mechanics who are look.
ed upon as respectable men in the
community When a burglar wants
any particular tool made he goes to
a mechanic who can do the job, and
pays him perhaps five times what 1t
Is actually worth for making the tool
and keeping quiet about it. Many de-
| tectives can recall cases Of this kind
that have come to light in London.
One in particular occurred some
years ago, when an escaped convict
named Williams went to blacksmith
in the East End and got him to make
a lot of drills to be used in safe crack.
ing. He personally superintended the
tempering of the steel, but when the
job was nearly completed it leaked
out, and Williams was arrested. In
this instance the blacksmith knew
nothing of the use to which the tools
were to be put. Most of the tools used
by burglars are secured in the same
way.
The only regular establishment ever
discovered where they were made was
in the East End. This was years ago,
and the place was soon pounced upon.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
A REAL TREAT.
oonoonA~

An English rural clergyman lives
in mental isolation which is the sub
ject of an amusing yet somewhat pain
full story found in Rev S. Barring
Gould's recent book, Cornish Charac-
ters and Strange Events" One day
William Pengelly, geologist we'll
known in his time, was travelling on
foot for the purpose of examining the
rocks, when he learned that his road
lay within couple of miles of his old
mathematical friend, D. His time was
very short, but for "auld lang syne"
he decided to visit his friend, whom
he had not met for several years.
When he reached the rectory, which
was in a very secluded district, Mr..
and Mrs. D. were fortuntely at home,
and received him with their wonted
kindness.
The salutations we're barely over
when Pengelly said:
ut is now o'clock. I must reach
Wellington tonight, and as it is said
to be fully eight miles off, and am
wholly unacquainted with the road,
and with the town when l reach it, I
cannot remain with you one minute
after 5 o'clock"
"Oh, very WE'LL" said D. "Then we
must improve the shining hour. Jane,
my dear, be so good as to order tea"
Having said this, he left the room.
In few minutes he returned with
book under his arm and his hands
filled with writing materials, which he
placed on the table. Opening the book,
he said
This Is Kinds Trigonometry, and
here's lot of examples for practice.
Let us see which can do the greatest
number of them by 5 o'clock. l did
most of them many years ago, but
have not looked at them since. Sup
pose we begin at this one"-which he
pointed out-"and take them as they
come. We can drink our tea as we
work, so as to lose no time"
"All right" said Pengelly, although
It was certainly not the object for
which he had come out of his road.
They set to work No words passed
between them; the servant brought IN
the tray, Mrs. D. handed them their
tea, which they drank now and then,
and the time few on rapidly.
At length, finding 1t to be a quarter
to s, Pengelly said, I'VE must stop, fof
in quarter of an hour l must be on
my road" 7,
Very well. Let US see how our -
swers agree with those of the autho
1t proved that D. had correctly Sd
ed one more than Pengelly had. TSE
point settled, Pengelly said, Good
by"
"Good-by. Do come again as soon
as you can. The farmers about here
know nothing whatever about trigo-
nometry."
They parted at the rectory door and
never met again, for D. died 9 few
years later.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
A Fitting neductinn

do you know what an oath is, lit.
tie girl?"
Yes sir; l must always tell the
truth"
"If you always tell the truth, where
will you go when you die?"
up to heaven"
"And II you tell lies?"
ITO the naughty place, sir"
"Are you sure of that?
quite"
LET her be sworn. 1t is quite clear
she knows great deal more than ]
do."-Modern Society.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08

ut is all very we'll to laugh at us
suburbanites," said one of them, but
think my scheme is a pretty good
one"
And that is?"
II rent my country home for the
SUMMER for enough money to take my
wife and me to Europe and pay all
our expenses during the rented period
We can live so much cheaper over
there that | am actually ahead of the
game. and, as we take q different
route every summer, we are seeing all
of Europe on a quiet installment plan
that we like very much and that we
should not feel we could afford ex-
cent for the extra income from our
home"
But you don't get any good OF a
country home except in the summer
and, being away, you miss all that
you really bought the place for"
"No, indeed. That Is a theory you
city people have. On the contrary
we people who really like to live in
the country enjoy it greatly in the
fall when the woods are at their most
gorgeous garb and our chrysanthe
NUNS are the wonder of all the neigh
bors, and in the spring we take great
delight in our hotbeds of early salads
radishes, tiny onions, crocuses, violet:
and other flowers and vegetables, a.
well as in the miracles of spring
woods and wild flowers, We ever
enjoy the country IN winter-but 1
would be idle TO talk TO city mar
about that, l suppose. Chicago Int
! Ocean
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08

In twenty years-between 1878 and
1898-6,000 vessels we're wrecked on
the inland seas, marine records show.
The loss of cargo in this period Of
less than one-fourth Of the years Of
navigation on the lakes was $8,000,000.
From this estimate it Is figured that
the total number of vessels wrecked
reaches $4,000 and the amount of treas
ure at the bottom of the lakes is $780,
100000.
String these sunken vessels with
their hidden treasures over the 1000
mile course from Buffalo to Duluth.
and there would be one every half
mile.
The field Of romance on the inland
seas Is as great as that Of the South
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
ington, jumped from s12 at Nenkers

ington, jumped from s12 at Nenkel's
sale on April 8, 1906, to $24.
The increase in price was not con-
fined to revolutionary autographs. A
letter by Lord George Gordon Byron,
June 22, 1921, to Signor Albaghetti,
brought $25 at Henkel's, in Philadel-
phia, in 1906, but now went for $2S.
A letter signed but not written by
Robert Blake, British admiral during
Cromwelrs time, sold for So at Mer-
win-Clayton's, March %, 1906, but now
brought $25.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
Luck Mt Last.

"I's done had de proof dat dar's luck
in a rabbits foot" said Erastus
Ptnkly.
What were de prooff"
"I done sold de one rs been carry.
in so long to superstitious white
lady fob To- bits."-Washington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
Going Ont.

Mr.. B,-There, I've let my cigar go
out. Do you know that 1t spolls
cigar, no matter how good 1t is, II you
allow 1t to go out?
Mrs. B,-Yes; cigar is a good deal
like a man In that respect.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
Quite SO,

"New thought win beautlfy the
plainest girl"
"That may be so, but very few girls
are going to give up lotions for no
tions. Milwaukee Journal,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-10-08
utter Contempt.

Il s'pose you wouldn't marry me i
were the only man on earth?"
II wouldn't even be engaged to YOU,
responded the girl, "if YOU were the
only man at a summer resort Louis
vile Courier,Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
SIX YEA RS, SAYS TAFT.
Time Sci for Canals Finish BY th'
President Elect.


president-elect William II. Taft
landed in New orleans shortly before
3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from
Panama and was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
Mr.. Taft made a brief speech heart
lily approving the present lock type
Of canal across the isthmus OF Pan
anna.
Mr.. Taft received by wireless tale
graph the news of the question raised
against the appointment OF Senator
Knox as secretary Of state. He was
somewhat disturbed over the situa-
ton when he received the news of the
disposition of congress to amend the
cabinet salary law he was inclined to
take this as a happy solution of the
difficulty. Pending a conference with
Senator Knox in Washington next
Wednesday the president-elect regards
it as impolite to discuss the question
for publication.
MI. Taft said he should adhere to
his previously announced plan of re-
naming silent regarding his cabinet
and also keeping appointments open
unit the last moment to provide
against possible contingencies that
may occur. Mr.. Taft said he eX-
pected to get some information he
had asked to be obtained for him dur
ing his absence.
On the trip from Panama Mr.. Taft
made the first draft of his inaugural
address. This he Intends to submit to
certain friends in Washington next
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
ONE MAN LOST 100000.
John Saughton's Fortune swept away
on Railway Contract.

The news from YanktOn that Chlca'
go capitalists expect to push the con,
struction of the Yankton, Norfolk anu
Southern railroad recalls the start OF
this project many years ago. Al that
time it was said hat the railroad was
a certainty. and the grading had peeh
done for many miles through Nepras-
ka when the deal suddenly lei
through. Many efforts have since peeh
made to interest capitalists IN the
work.
The one heavy loser when the WORK
stopped was John Naughton, VINO re-
Gently died in Sioux City. Mr.. Naush-
ton took the grading contract for the
Norfolk Yankton road, and, belleVlhs
that his money Would be Forthcoming
did not force his employers to pay
him regularly. He had accumulated d
small fortune and was we'll able 10
carry on the work without drawing on
the However, there came a
day contractor wished he MAD
not been so liberal with his W money
in advancing wages. When he came
to sum up his losses they TO
something over $50, 900. 1t was just
like starting all over again in life for
John N~aughton, for the small fortune
which he had saved was swept away.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
CORNER ToN LAID.
Physical Structure to Mark Ldncoln's
Place OF Birth.

... N. ~ " ISAAths
Henceforth the birthplace of Abra-
ham Lincoln at Hodgenville. Ky, Is
to be marked by a pile of stone. The
,amanclpatisn OF a race and more
than that. the liberator of the thought
s1 q nation, buiided his own menu-
ment In the hearts Of the world. and
apparently the physical structure
which has now found q beginning at
the place where Lincoln first saw the
light takes the simpler name Of a me-
mortal. 1t is to be a simple but
classic building of granite, and 1t is
hoped that It may be completed some
time next fall, when, the then Presi-
dem Taft will officiate in dedicating
1t as the present president, Theodore
Its foundation stone.
h corner stone laying took place
Friday after appropriate forensic
ceremonies which were participated
in by the president Of the United
States; o Wilson, of Kentucky;
former Gov. Joseph w. Folk, of Mis-
souri,. president of the Lincoln as
ISOLATION; Hon. Luke E. Wright, sec
rotary of war, h spoke as an ex-
confederate soldier; Gen. James Grant
Wilson, of New York, who represented
the union soldiers, and I. II. Mont
gomery, of Mississippi, a negro and an
ex-slave.
With one exception the orators rep
resented not only the conflicting sides
in the great struggle, but the present
generation as well. The two principal
parties and the white and black
races, as well as the different sections
of the country, spoke from the same
platform and under the same flag, a
splendid new specimen of the stars
and stripes futtering over them.
The ceremony was full Of interest
ing and novel features apart from the
occasion which inspired it.. and not
the least interesting of which was the
of the crowd that composed
the celebration. There was probably
5000 or 5000 people present. Many |
Of them had come in on special trains
from Louisville and other Kentucky |
points, and some had been attracted
to the scene as far away as Texas.
The bulk Of the assembly was COM
posed, however, of the country folk
from Larue county and adjacent
counties.
The site Of the birthplace of the
great American is in an out-of-the
way part of the world, but while there
was contrast in the appearance of the
men and the city bred dig |
there was no marked differ
ence in department. There was a
notable absence of negroes in the
but those present were wedged
In among the whites, showing that
none had been kept. away owing to
race prejudice. Among those who had
been expected to be present was Mrs. |
Ben Hardin Helm, the only surviving
sister of Mrs. Lincoln, 80 years old
but she was kept at her home at
Louisville, much to the regret of all,
by her infirmities.
h exercises were conducted I'M
der a wide spreading open sided tent,
had been erected alongside the
cabin in which Lincoln was born 100
years 6 Friday. and while the wealth
er might have been worse, it was suf-
disagreeable to render the
useful.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
The Farmers Leader
CANTON, q. ..
ARTHUR LINN. Publisher.
PENGUIN'S DEAD LIST
- BODIES RECOVERED FROM
WRECKED STEAMER.
Those Aboard Numbered 1OO-An he
lieved to Have Perishcd but Six
Ocean Storms Arc Scvere-LMsitania
tho Now York Dock.

Fffty-two bodies have been recover
cd from the wrecked steamer Penguin,
OF the Union Steamship company, OF
rocks Friday night of Terawhiti. Six
II those aboard the Penguin are &C
counted for. All the passengers and
crew numbered about 100.
Tho ship struck about 10 O'CLOCK at
might, but the captain remained on
the bridge. and after his vessel slid
into deep water vas able to steer her
closer to shore. The waves were run
ming high and the small boats were
hastily launched, but could not stand
the waves. Both boats and RATS were
overturned, but while the boats prac-
ticaIIy sank the RATS righted them
selves a number Of times.
Many acts Of heroism were per
formed, some of the stronger Of those
struggling in the water helping the
weaker to regain the frail craft. After
several hours of buffeting h majori-
ty Of the survivors on the RATS reached
the shores. demonstrating that RATS
are more serviceable than boats in a
heavy sea close to a rocky shore. One
OF the RATS with ten men thrice cap
sized within a short distance Of land,
but all scrambled back and were ulti-
mately cast upon the cliff and were
saved. Four boat came ashore some
hours later. all badly crushed. %
X Held back for two days by fog, the
Cunard steamship Lusitania came to
her dock in New York Sunday after
the toughest voyage ever experienced
by the boat between here and Liver
pool. Six feet Of a starboard rail on
the boat decl, was carried away by u
boarding sea last Thursday. For three
days the Lusitania battled with the
waves. and slow time was made.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
POT HUNTERS ACTIVE.
Complaints Are Being Made Against
Them in Black Hills Country.

Numerous complaints are being
made of the activity of pot hunters,
who are said to be Strengthening quail
hat are wintering during the closed
season along Grow creek in the vicinity
of Belle Fourche. over twenty-five
grouse have been killed in Rroomfeld's
school section since the first of the
year, and many others have been Jag
ged on the private property of w. ID.
Rhode, who heretofore has been eX-
tremely liberal with hunters for rab-
bits and other game during the winter.
Property owners are posting notices
and threatening trouble for the first
hunter caught.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
TO CHOOSE CATTLE INSPECTOR.
auditor Calls Meeting of Union COun-
" Stock lxxiiccs fGr INrhruarN 20.

u St0Ck BWffctS Tor FVDTlllTN ZU.
The county auditor has called q
meeting of the cattle owners of Union
county, to be held at the court house
in Elk Point on Saturday, February
20. for the purpose of choosing a cattle
inspector for said county. The law
provides that in every county in this
state containing. according to the as
sessment thereof. 1000 or more cattle,
a cattle inspector hall be elected. The
cattle inspector SO appointed shall be
Il resident owner of cattle in said cOun-
ty and actively engaged in said bust
ness, and shall hold his office for the
term Of n year from and after the
LIST of March.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19

The Indians in the vicinity Of Thun
der Butte have selected and sent to
Washington two of their leading men,
Straight Head and Iron Lightning, to
make a last stand for retaining a por-
ton of the reservation in that vicin-
ity. They want to keep for themselves
Il strip of country eight miles wide and
twenty-four miles long in the neigh
hood. on which the Indians who do
not desire to take allOtments can
make their tribal homes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
Druggist Is Hit Hard.

j. B. Hinde, of the Hinde Drug
company, of Oregon, Mo-, Thursday
was found guilty on twenty-one in
dictments, charging illegal sale of IL
quor under the new local option law.
The judge compelled Mr.. Hinde to
pay in cash $1,000 and all costs in
the twenty-one cases.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
LOSES IIFT. IN THE STORM.
Prominent Belle Fourchc StOckman Is
Found in SnOWbank.

In an attempt to recover some of his
sons lost sheep during the blizzard,
w. J. Chiesman, n of the WealthleSt
and best known men of Belle Eourche
and vicinity, lost his life on the plains.
His body was found in the snow near
his sons ranch on North Cottonwood
creek. Heart failure and exposure
we're the cause of death.
Mr.. Chicsman was q heavy sheep
owner. He was proceeding north to
his own ranch in the Slim ButteS
country when overtaken by the storm
and set out to rescue the sheep. He
was a high Mason, 50 years old and a
former member of the legislature. II"
leaves a large family.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
An Elevator for Burbank.

At a meeting of the stockholders Of
the Farmers Elevator company. held
in Vermillion, it was decided to put
in an elevator at Burbank, in the east
ern part of Clay county Shares Of
stock for the erection of an elevator
will be sold at once, and it is planned
to get an elevator in running order
lust as soon as possible.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
Edward Kisses Kaiser.

King Edward and Queen Alexandra
left Berlin for london Friday. after
four days in this German capital. They
were accompanied to the railroad sta
ton by the and empress n
their military suites, n Prince Henry
OF Prussia. Tbs leave taking was af-
fectionate, his majesty kissing the m
peror three times on the cheek.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
Organize a Commercial Club.

The business men of Lestervi1le, as
the result of several recent meetings,
ave perfected tile work of organizing
a commercial club. The new organ
ization starts out with a good charter
membership, and within a short time
practically every resident of the town
will be enrolled as a member. Thorn
as J.. Wagner was elected president and
John J. Kremer secretary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
FOOT CAUGHT IN STIRltUp.
Daughter of Knox County Farmer
Dragged % Her Death by Il Pony.

Fannie Barber. aged IA, eldest
daughter of l.. w. Barber, a farmer
of Knox county, was dragged to her
death by a runaway horse While re
turning from school recently. The
child fell from the pony and one leg
was caught in the stirrup, dragging
her a mile to her home, where the
pony stopped. The little girl was
found by a little brother, who removed
her from the saddle and called her
father, whom she recognized and then
died before he could take her to- the
house.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
Earth Shocks Repeated.

A violent. undulatory, vertical earth
quake shock was felt at Reggie Sunday
evening. 1t lasted ten seconds, threw
down man damaged walls and caused
9 panic among the people, who fled
from their huts terror stricken. For
tunately there were no fatalities. The
shock was felt throughout Calabria.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
IN THE AIR 80 U
Aeronaut Erbsloch Completes Balloon

Aeronaut Erbsloch Completes Balloon
Trip Across the Alps.
naut, who won the international bal
Dol race at SE Louis in 1907, has just
completed a remarkable balloon trip
across h Alps at st. Moutz, Switz-
erland. aboard the Berlin. The con-
ditions under which the voyage was
made were of unusual severity, the
Thermometer averaging about 12 be-
low zero, Fahrenheit. Erbsloeh was in
the air for thirty hours. and reached a
maximum altitude of about $4,000
feet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
HOTEL CLARENDON BURNS.
Night Clerk Succeeds in Getting tho
Guests Out Safely.

NIkIlJ SlcTk ouCCcoLS III uCCJiIIS tIlO
Guests Out Safely.
The Hotel Clarendon, at Sea Breeze,
one Of the largest resort hotels on the
Florida coast, together with ten cot
tages adjoining the house. was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday. The ESQ
guests were asleep at the time, but es-
capped without injury. When the
blaze was first discovered the night
clerk rushed the hotel employees to
each room. notifying the guests, who
made thei way hurriedly to the
streets.
The ten cottages. owned by H. r.
Kochersperger, caught fire from
sparks. and all were burning at the
am time.
The hotel employees were panic
stricken n the clerk could do moth
Ing with them. one woman biting the
clerak badly on the hand.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
Star Route Changed.

The star mail route service from
Glenham to Little Eagle has been or
lered changed on February % to be-
gin at Kakpala, emitting Glenham and
Flora and decreasing its distance by
% miles. The stage will leave WAX
pala on Monday. Wednesday and Fri
day, not later than HIS a. m, and
return from Little Eagle on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, starting at Z
q. m.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
Old Soldier for Commandant.

Hon. Burke F. O'Brien, representa-
tive of the lower house in the state
Legislature from Lawrence county. INC
formerly a councilman and we'll known
politician in st. Paul, Mimi, and Min
neapolis, has announced himself as a
candidate for commandant at the state
soldiers home at Hot Springs, to sue
coed the late Col. Dudley.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
To Vote ON saloon License.

For the first time since the passage
Of the local option law in South Da-
kota a township of Clay county is to
vote on the license question. A petit
ton has been circulated in Meckling
township and enough freeholders ave
attached their names to make it COM
pulsory for the town board to submit
the question to the voters of the town
ship.