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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

There will be district field day at
Fort Preble the 25th of this month in
which Forts Williams, Preble and Lev
EFT will take part. The rivalry is very
sharp between the different posts and
some of the men from each of the COM
panies are strong after the record for
their home fort. The Second ARTILLERY
Band will be present and will furnish
the music for the occasion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15
New York Cotton Market.

New York Oct. "A.
Galveston steady. 49,; New Orleans
firm l3s: Savannah steady, l31 Charles
ton firm. 13i; Memphis firm. 49,
Net receipts for six days 354,03.
Exports to Great Britain G1.122; to
France 36.12l: to the continent 81. 1876
Stock 1O3 $40.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

Past Grand Chancellor Fred Emei1
Beane of Hallowell delivered an ~
dress on the aims and objects OF u
uniformed rank before Portland Coyl
pany, L. r. X. p, in Portland wei
nesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

Arthur NJ. Thomas. 4. w., VINO
II years held the position of prihc's
at Kicker Classical Institute is tesS
ing science in Pennington NOT"
school this year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

Last Saturday evening was Gentlem'.
night with North Scarhoro grange,
the program in charge of Messrs.
Ford, Jesse Tapley and William SAM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15
PRES. TAFT'S TOAST,
Committee In Charge of PortoIa Gel
ebration Receives the Sentiment,

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-THE toast
prepared by President Taft and which
VIII be drunk all over the world at the
hour when the PortOla festival opens
mere next Tuesday. has been received
by the committee in charge of the cell
ebration. The toast follows:
Since Portola looked through the
Golden Gate on the descending sun,
san Francisco has twice become the
tilnperial city of the Pacific; first by
the energy of a pioneer race and
steady growth into the Western me-
'ropolis; second. after complete de-
structlon by the greedy flames and in
the race of insurmountable obstacles
by generation so rapid and complete
as to be the wonder of the world Nav
her future growth be as remarkable as
her past and may her civic righteous
ness and the Individual happiness of
her citizens keep pace with it.
tS!gned) 'WILLIAM H. TAFT"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15
AUGUSTA LOCALS.

Services will be held at the North
Parish church at o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon. Rev. u. H Evans of the
Congregational church will preach.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

! 1horns Corner, Names newest grange
J Is growing rapidly. 1t has increased
% IN mem bership in the last four months
Work is being rapidly pushed on it's new
hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

RUTTER- Steady: creameries 2S:~dai-
lieS 70. arg.
EGGS-Steadv: AT market. cases includ-
ed. 49,: firsts %: prime firsts e5s reesipts
5li2 cases. - n
CHEESE-Firm; l5M 49,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15

She had been with the Human Fish"
Co, which exhibited at fairs in Maine
and elsewhere during the summer, hav-
ing returned horne about six weeks
age. She came to Fall River to live
With her father. Joseph st. Jean, on
eighth street, while her mother is liv-
ing n WOOnsOcket.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
All Who
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must un-
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge Of what
is best, each hour Of recreation, Of enjoy
ment, of contemplation and Of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright.
Then the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under Or
dinary conditions in many instances o
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu.
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that 1t 10
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup Of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction, To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
5y all leading druggists.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Boston,s First woman,s Club.

An assemblage Of women for any pur-
pose other than spinning or quilt
ing was sufficiently rare In the Boston
of 1886; and an assemblage such as
Mistress Anne Hutchinson gathered in
her "parlor-kltchen." where she ex-
pounded the sermons Of John Cotton,
soon attracted the disapproval Of the
Puritan clergy and citizens. To attend
Mistress Hutchinson's conversazioni,
however, became speedily the fashion
for all female Boston, writes Irving r..
Richman, in Rhode Island, Its Making
and Its Meaning" but with results for
the nimble-witted and earnest Mistress
Hutchinson that soon made her an OBJ
ject of criticism.
The FIRST Cambridge synod resolved
that though women might meet, some
few together, to pray and edify one
another, yet, that such set assembly
as was then in practice at Boston,
where sixty or more did meet every
week, and one woman, in prophetical
way by resolving questions of doctrine
and expounding Scripture, took upon
her the whole exercise, was disorderly
and without rule"
But Anne Hutchinson possessed a
"nimbls will and voluble tongue" ac-
cording to Governor Winthrop, and
when finally brought before the Massa-
chusetts General Court, a gathering
comprising the best bigotry and brain
Of Massachusetts,, to be tried for her
opinions, she was capable of managing
her case alone.
The court made repeated efforts to
draw from the culprlt something that
would justify 1t In Furnishing her, but
In every case was haffied by her replies
Nevertheless, 1t was voted that she be
banished, and she and her followers
and defenders were expelled from Mas
sachusettA
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

The many very marked changes In
farm life would lead one to believe
that the large farm is, or soon will be,
a thing of the past. The high price
of farm help, the necessity for better
cultivation and farming, fewer and
better bred stock, better care of stock,
better buildings for housing the hay,
grain and stock, has or soon will bring
the small farm, and, SO planned and
arranged that greater variety of prod
ucts are raised.
Many instances are known where the
man who had struggled for years with
200 to 500 acres, barely made living,
and Of doubling their income by sim
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
SOME HISTORIC TREES.

Many at President Hayes Old Home
Named for Noted Men.
'sThis is about my size!" said Judge
Taft, on recent visit to Spiegel Grove,
the old home of President Hayes in
Fremont, Ohio, as he walked up to a
magnificent scarlet oak and put his
hand on Its great trunk.
'.The Taft oak is its name hence
FORTH" replied the owner of the place ;
"and your namesake stands in honored
company"
Some distance nearer the driveway is
the Cleveland hickory. In 1893, when
Mr.. Cleveland attended the funeral Of
ex-President Hayes, the horses attached
to the family carriage became fright
ened, and Mr.. Cleveland, alighting,
leaned against this fne hickory, which
has ever since borne his name.
In 1897 President Mckinley, after
attending a wedding at Spiegel Grove,
spoke at the reunion Of the 23d Ohio
Volunteer infantry, to which regiment
both he and President Hayes had be-
longed. The circular stand from which
he spoke was built round a group of
five trees, which have ever since been
known as the Mckinley oaks.
A splendid maple shading one Of the
approaches to the residence has since
the presidential campaign of 1880 borne
the name Of President Garfield, an oc-
casional visitor at Spiegel
In 1877, during President Hayes ad-
ministration, a reunion of his old regi-
ment was held at his home. The lunch
con tables were spread under an irregu-
lar line Of superb white oaks, which
were then formally named after Gen
Sheridan, the favorite commander OF
the 29d, who sat at the head Of the
table; Gems. Rosecrans, Scammon
Hayes and Comfy, the four successive
colonies Of the regiment. A few year,
later beautiful American elm, stand
ing near the front entrance of the We
randa, was named by Gen. w. T. Sher
man, in the presence Of President ant
Mrs. Hayes and several distinguishes
guests.
Two other interesting trees in tht
grove, although not native, are an oal
grown from an acorn Of the Charter
Oak Of Connecticut, and a weeping will.
low slipped from the one over Wash
ington's grave at Mount Vernon, which
in turn was slipped from that over Ma
poleon's grave at st. Helena.
A tree is tree, but when tradition
haunts 1t 1t becomes something more ;
and the historic trees at Spiegel Grove,
distinctly labeled, attract an attention
which their size and beauty alone would
not win. In Bermuda many a fine tree
shading home was brought there orig
inally as a tiny Seeding from the
brides birthplace, and used as an orna-
ment on her wedding cake.
The custom of enriching nature with
story is a growing one, and 10 be COM
mended. Trees, shrubs, vines, planted
with little ceremonies and named after
members of the family or its honored
guests, become not only beautiful In
themselves, but valuable beyond words
to the possessor.-Youth's Companion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

ply renting out all of the land except
fifty to eighty acres. That several cows
must be kept on such farm goes with
out saying, not only for the monthly
income and profit, but for the manure
that is necessary to keep the soil alive.
Present sanitary requirements call
for many devices and appliances that
cannot be installed on the small farm,
but cleanliness and kindness Is within
the possibilities of any of us, and while
1t is true that to house the cows in
the same building with the horses has
some disadvantages, it also has its ad-
vantages, and to build separate build
ings for both, Is not only expensive, but
calls for extra help in caring for and
feeding them.
A careful study of the barn shown
In the illustration herewith will show
what we will call condensed arrange
ment, and, while the cows are in the
same barn with the horses, a good,
tight partition separates them from the
horse barn, to keep out the dust and
odors. For the same reason the silo is
located where shown, for silage, no
matter how well cared for, has an
offensive odor, that is readily absorbed
by milk.
The floor plan Is self-explaining, the
silo is an ordinary stave structure, with
wire cables for hoops, as the cable is
not so easily affected by contraction
and expansion as the solid iron hoops.
The crib has the foundation left out
as shown, and the floor is Of 2x6 inch
studding, with one-half-inch spaces be-
tween. The siding is drop siding, the
same as the balance Of the barn, but
the top and lower edges are beveled,
ad one-half-inch space is left be-
tween each board. This construction
allows free circulation Of air, and
keeps out the rain, snow and wind.
The small amount of corn that drops
through the floor is eaten by the poul-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Rotation of Eore.ts.

The necessity of the rotation of
crops Is well recognized among mod
ern farmers, and now 1t appears that
in India nature is seen practicins the
same thing in the forests. The soil
becoming exhausted after long period
Of one kind of forests, seedlings of
other species gradually replace the
old trees as they die out. On the
Indian soil, the deodar tree has been
observed taking the place Of the blue
pine, pine and oak slowly exchange
places, and spruce and silver fir have
been noted gradually extending into O
forest Of failing oaks.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
FertiIizing the Garden.

Don't be afraid of getting the soil
too rich for any of the vegetables
whose leaf or stem is edible. If you
cannot have plenty of well rotted
manure, a top dressing of nitrate Of
soda just before planting will furnish
the plant food needed Of nitrogen, bat
other elements may be needed for a
proper balance. Wood ashes. If avail
able, are good source for potash. but
sulphate or muriate of potash may De
used Instead and frequently a dressing
Of hyperphosphate is beneficial.
If one is growing only a small gar
den for home use, tie droppings from
the poultry house will furnish enough
FERTILIZER to keep the soil In a good
state of fertility: but If growing truck
IA large scale, II would be well to
iqnire Of your experiment station
Shat commercial fertilizers would be
of most help In securing maximum
Fcrops of the vegetables you wish "a
grow
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
All In Management.

Folks say that If you want any class
of stock that can always be sold at a
profit from weaving time until totter-
ing old age, you want a mule. We do
not raise mules, so can not. speak from
experience. This much we do know,
however, several good friends of ours
have been dickering In mules for years
without making any money. Perhaps
these are the exceptional cases that
prove the rule Others have raised
and bought mules and made good
money. We surmise it's more the man
and his management than 1t is the
mule, that reaps the profit. The same
man dealing In razorbacks might make
some money.-Farmers Mail and
Breeze.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Cultivation That Damage, Corn.

Cultivation That Damages Corn.
The corn is often damaged by the
roots being broken in deep cultivation.
This Is not the case to a serious ex-
tent early in the season, when the corn
Is small, but the check to the crop may
be quite marked If cultivated deep
late In the season, when the corn has
reached height of to feet or more.
particularly If the previous cultivation
has been shallow or neglected. II dry
weather happens to follow such treat.
ment the damage to the crop Is much
increased. When not followed BY
some form Of cultivation that will level
down the ridges left by the large shovel
cultivator, the ground will dry out
quite deeply and in the burrows be.
tween the ridges this drying readily
reaches the roots Of the corn. Tc
obyiate this as much as possible, when
the old-fashioned large shovels are
used, the work should be followed as
soon as possible with something te
level down the surface. Unless there
is something to be gained by 1t, deer
cultivation should not be followed
Oklahoma Station.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Fertilizer for Potatoes.

For potatoes the past year we useo
100 pounds of fertilizer to the acre
one-third applied broadcast and the
rest scattered in the furrow, brushing
the fertilizer into the soil of the fur.
row before planting the seed. After
planting, the surface was kept well
stirred to prevent weeds starting and
the cultlyator was run often enough
to keep down the weeds. A little hand
hoeing was done. The yield was 25C
bushels per acre. The crop followed
corn and the land was very thorough.
ly narrowed before potatoes were
planted. Plenty of narrowing and lib.
eral use Of fertilizers may be depend.
ed on to give good crop.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

try and hogs. The studding are IL
feet, and the lower story Is s feet /;
the COW stalls are of cement, with gut
ter, and all stalls have pounded clay
floors. 1t will pay to plaster the walls
and ceiling of the COW barn with ce-
ment. After the silo bas been used for
several years. 1t Is intended to latb
and plaster 1t with cement.
1t will pay to use good material
throughout, provide a good foundation
and roof. and to keep all exposed wood
work well painted.
AS the various climates demand
slightly different construction, and the
lumber used Is not the same in all
sections, 1t would be simply waste OF
valuable space to describe them here
]. e. Bridgman, In St. Paul Dispatch
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Cooperation Among Farm.r..

Men In all other lines of business
organize and work together. Farmers
are beginning to see the need Of con-
certed action, but as a rule we still
work single-handed. At Lombard, ILL.,,
about twenty miles west of Chicago,
the farmers who produce milk for sale
In the big city have tried several times
to organize in order to force the milk
trust to pay them a price in accord
ance with what the customer pays, but
the trust Is always able to hire some
FARMER to break the rules Of the local
association or to talk against the prof.
ect to such an extent as to defeat its
ends. That is one great difficulty in
forming protective measures among
farmers. There are always few men
In the community who are willing to
sacrifice future advantages to gain a
few cents in present price,-Agricul.
tural Epitomist.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
SERRKrlhe weBADnwEDs
81 r. = l0 Szouxkus

ings now, taller than the Cataract hotel
There are citizens richer than the di-
vorsays, who have automobiles Of their
own and who spend money which isn't
so odorous. There are other ways OF
getting rich and other sights more In
structive than naughty fragments OF
divided families.
All over the State the same dissatis-
faction has grown up. In consequence,
the Legislature passed law lengthen-
ing the term Of residence for the di-
vorsay to year, requiring open court
proceedings and putting in other pro
visions calculated to injure the trade.
Montreal Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
ODD BITS OF FACT.

The United States consumes 30,
100000 pounds of tea annually.
A man can insure against loss II
lotteries with company at The Hague
There are more doctors per capita In
New York city than anywhere else In
this country.
Sealing wax contains no wax.
The Dutch throne has forty-one pos
sible claimants.
Potatoes stepped In sulphuric acid
and subjected to pressure make an ex-
cellent substitute for ivory In the
manufacture Of billiard balls.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
The Professor Demurs.

"Don't quote Slobson to me- protest'
ed the doctor. II know Slobson, and
he's regular freak"
"My friend" gravely child the profess
sor, "you should be more careful in your
use of the English language. Anything
that is regular can't be freak, and any
thing that is freak can't be regular"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Notes of the Pig Pen.

Give growing pigs food to produce
bone and muscle rather than fat.
The pig should have a warm, dry
bed kept clean and free from dust.
No domestic animal responds so
quickly to good treatment as the hog.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Breeding Corn,

Prof. R. A. Moore says that pains
taking in breeding corn has raised the
average corn production in Wisconsin
from 25 bushels per acre In 1901 tc
41.2 bushels per acre In 1907. This in.
crease is worth striving for In every
State and on every farm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Out of It.

"Mrs. Brown says that she'll never
wear one OF those 500-button gowns"
"Why not?"
"Her husband has only one arm"
Detroit Free Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Webster Knocked Out.

Jinks-Why do you say eyether and
nyether?
Winks-I heard John L. Sullivan
use that pronunciation at the theater,
and he's from Boston, you know
New York Weekly,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

Over fifty years of public confidence
and popularity. That is the record Of
Hamlins Wizard Oil, the worlds stand
ard remedy for aches and pains.
There's q reason and only one-MERIT.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Al the Night school.

Teacher-Give me an example Of what
is meant by mastery inactivityw
Boy with the prognathous face---A base
ball pitcher delayin' game so it'll have
to be called on account O. darkness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Noble Hen.

The hen will set and the hen will lay,
And the hen will roost up high;
But one good thing we can say of her
The hen will never lie.
--Yonkers Statesman. l
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Not That.

Aspiring Soubrette (pouting)--I know
well enough you think my acting 10
joke.
Manager-O, no, my dear young lady
Anything but that. It's tragedy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
ApLEINE y '||| ] & ] d: % .
H sug in nd
q Wn
ConjugaI Compliments,

ConjugaI Compliments.
Said he, II might mention,
My dearest Maria,
That you're in the class of
A Mrs. Sapphira."
She retorted, II might say,
Without any bias,
That you could give pointers
To one Ananias.s
Which shows that in certain
Emergencies dire,
More ways than one are there
To say, YOU'RE a liar"
American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
No Diniculty About That

Teacher (at night school Give me
some illustration of the survival Of the
fttest"
Shaggy Haired Pupil-Any handsome
widow.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
The Rush to the City.

willis, how came you to leave the
farm and move to town to make your
living?"
81 got tired of the smell of dads auto
mobile"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

pasture to another
while cows are
confined to one. As
shown, the hanger
Is a piece Of strap
iron bent around
the post and sup
ported by pegs.
These pegs may be
inserted In holes
at varying heights.
This Is also a good
device for raising
the gate above the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

ClTC st. Vitus' Dance ana ervous Diseases perma-
allJ nently cured by Dr. lines Great Nerve Re-
storer Send for FREE So 90 trial bottle and treatise
Dr. 4. II. Kline, Id, 981 Arch st., Philadelphia. Pa
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

DO you WANT A TYPEWRITERp The
Wholesale Typewriter Co.. 81 Montgomery St..
San Francisco. will sell you one at 90 to 70 per
cent discount from factory list, all makes on mar
ket all fully guaranteed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
So Dinerent.

When Music, heavenly maid, was young
When simple songs were simply sung,
There were no thrifty artisans
To put the melodies in cans.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

Inc gate hanger illustrated in the
drawing is very handy for use where
1t is desired to let hogs pass from one
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Getting Personal,

Getting Personal.
Raggsy-You don't never see me stand
in in a bread line
Muggsy-That's cause yer wife runs
clothesline.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

The Only Audience.
"Does anybody read real poetry now
adaysT
II presume the publishers glance at
1t before sending it back"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16
Her Friends.

Her Friends.
Nan-Lil Garlinghorn says her steady
is the tallest young man in the city.
Fan-She says so, does she? Well, Lii
always was good at drawing the long
beau.-Chicago Tribune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-16

.r,rsm.,, the gate above the
snow in winter
Sam Avery, In Farm and Home.