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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18
THE NORTH WIND.

Wind Of the North, know your song
Out on the frozen plain,
But here in the city's streets you seem
Only cry Of pain.
know the note Of your lusty throat
Where the black boughs toss and
roar,
But here 1t is part Of the old, old cry
or the hungry, homeless poor.
I know the song that you sing to God.
Joyous and high and wild,
But here where His creatures herd and
die,
IT'S the sob of little child.
youths Companion.
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scab In Sheep.

The disease commonly called sheep
scab Is one of the oldest known, most
prevalent and most injurious maladies
which affect sheep. 1t is contagious
skin disease caused by parasitic mite.
Investigation has shown that the dis
ease is not hereditary, as the parasites
which cause it live on the external sur.
face of the body. 1t is possible, how
ever, for a lamb to become infected
from a scabby mother at the moment
of birth or Immediately thereafter. The
treatment must consist Of external
cures to purify the blood" Proper
hygienic conditions alone, though Of
Importance in connection with the sub
ject of treatment, cannot be relied
upon to cure scab. The only rational
treatment consists in using some ex-
ternal application which will kill the
parasites. By far the most rational
and satisfactory and the cheapest
method Of curing scab is by dipping
the sheep In some liquid which will
kill the parasites.
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sflo Feeding.

Not only must the silo be erected,
shelter must be provided for the cat
tie during winter Then If corn is
fed in the form of silage there will be
successful results. A great many
farms buy stock cattle in the fall Of
the year. turn them into stalk fields
and resell them toward spring as feed
ers. If the market is normal there will
usually be profit. but 1t, nevertheless,
is a wasteful practice. A much greater
profit would be secured from silo feed.
ing as mentioned.
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an alley, but de copper dun fin me
last night, and chased me out"
"I'll tell you what" said Jim,
thoughtfully, sits against the rules,
but you come round here after dark
and I'll smuggle you into my bunk. II
you keep right quiet no one will know,
and tomorrow I'll see what can do
| for you"
Petes eyes sparkled as he raised his
black face to Jim.
"I'll do as yer tole me, boss. Say
and the boys voice grew intensely
low and confidential, docs yer think
they'd have cullud drivah on an In
gine?"
The look OF anxiety on Pete's face
as he waited for the answer was pain,
full to see.
I'm afraid not, Pete" replied jim.
Pete's black face assumed a look OF
unutterable woe. He turned sadly
away, and made off with Jim's gift
hugged closely to his breast.
Pete had been safely smuggled In,
and all In the engine house were wrap
ped in profound slumber, when sud-
denly the whir of the alarm sounded
loud and shrill throughout the build
ing, and in an instant the firemen
were tumblIng into boots and coats.
With the first sound of the bell, Jim
was on his feet. A moment later, he
was equipped and Harvesting the
horses
Big Jim was a born fireman. There
was nothing SO delightful to his ear
as the clang of the alarm, The mo-
ment he heard 1t his spirits rose, the
blood coursed more rapidly through
his veins, and all else was forgotten,
So 1t happened that, strapped to his
seat on the engine, the big driver dash
ed down the street without a single
thought of the small piece of black hui
manity he had bundled up so carefully
few hours before.
mo. 20" was the first engine to
reach the fire. A large manufacturing
building was blazing furiously and
threatening to consume everything In
the block. Crowds Of people were
fiocking from all directions
Jim had just refined in the foaming,
quiyering horses beside a water plug,
and was hastily dlsmounting from hfs
perch, when a little, barefooted figure
came painting up,
'Fs got awful blowed, boss, but dun
keep behind the inglne's well as l
could" And not till then did Jim rec
ollect the admiring little friend he had
left in the engine-house.
Before he could say anything there
was a great shout from the multitude,
and looking up Jim beheld three men
standing at one of the upper windows,
surrounded by the raging flames and
cut off from all means Of escape. An
exclamation OF horror fell from his lips
as he realized the peril of the unfortu-
nate men.
"They are lostl" he muttered. in.
voluntarily. "The ladders have not
vet arrived and nothing on earth can
save them now"
with mouth and eyes wide open, and
horror expressed in every feature, Pete
raxed In CONSERVATION at the appall-
ing situation of the poor wretches.
Then an Inspiration seemed suddenly
to seize him, and. quick as thought, he
small ak from truck near
by. and darted off through the crowd.
For several minutes Jim continued
to gaze pityingly upon the imperiled
men. At last he turned sadly away,
and then he beheld Pete scrambling
nimbly but lahoriously up high tele-
graph pole on the opposite side of the
street. Even at that distance the heat
was intense. and Pete had all he could
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18
vitality of Seeds.

The period for which the seeds o.
different plants maintains their vital
Ity varies good deal. The seeds oil
some vegetables are worthless after
they are two years old, while the seeds
of other plants improve with age un-
til certain period. For instance: the
seeds of artichokes are good until they
are three years old; asparagus, four
years; beans. two years; kidney beans,
one year; beets, ten years; broccoli,
four years; cabbage, four years; car
rot, one year; cauliflower, four years;
celery, ten years; corn, three years;
cucumber, ten years; egg plant, three
years; endive, four years; kale, four
years; leek, two years; lettuce, three
years; melon, ten years; pea, two
years; okra, two years; onion, two
years; pumpkin, ten years; radish
four years; satisfy, two years, spinach,
four years; squash, four years; toma-
to, two years. and turnips, four years.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18
why Boy. Leave the Farm.

An official connected with an eastern
agricultural college has made sum
mary OF the reasons given by 155 sons
OF farmers for abandoning the pursuit
| OF their fathers. Sixty-two Of this
number said that farming does not
pay. A strong argument can be made
ON the idea that 1t pays better than
other forms OF business The secretary
OF agriculture has stated that the
products Of the soil In this country in
1905 reached value of $6,000,000,0 900,
which Is good deal Of wealth to d.
vide up as reward in one industry
Seventeen of the young men said the
hours OF labor on the farm are too
long. No doubt they meant at certain
seasons, but this is detail open to
adjustment. Twenty-six thought So
cial advantages on the farms are not
equal to those In cities, which Is also
a matter of opinion. Sixteen said they
had natural bent for something else,
which Is point that deserves consid-
Grafton always. Others objected to
farm monotony, and fifteen said they
would return to farming as soon as
they made pile of money at some
thing else
Many of these young men are the
victims of illusion, and unfortunately,
of kind durable only by experience.
Probably they are not aware that 80
per cent of those who branch out into
general business fail to accumulate
any considerable wealth, while the pos
tive wreckage In means, health and
comfort Is large. A farm Is never mo-
notonous to good farmer. 1t Is
rather a book Of fresh interest each
succeeding day. A surplus at the end
of year is the rule on the farm; in
the city surplus is the exception and
the style OF family living, on the
whole. is In favor of the country. But
statistics show that plenty Of boys re-
main on the farms. The farming popu-
ALTON Of the United States in 1900 was
four times as large as in 1850, and the
value Of their property increased FIVE
fold. or from $4,000, 100000 to $20,0O0.-
900.
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rhe COST Of Keeplnw = cau.

According to careful experiments.
the cost OF keeping COW year with
the best Of feed and shelter. labor and
interest on the investment included, all
told, amounts TO s55. If. then. the COW
can not be made to produce more than
SIS. she is not worth keeping. A good
COW ought to produce at least s11O, or
aAnhla ths cast Of her keep
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an she Could Think OF

How do you get on with your
Christmas shopping?' asked the lady
with her hat awsy.
Gracious" said the lady laden with
bundles. Il haven't been able to gS
on. Every car is jammed to the rails
st. Louis Star.
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Infantiie sayings.

"Bliggins' child must be a prodigy!"
Undoubtedly" replied Miss Cay.
enne. "The clever sayings he attrib
utes to 1t indicate that even at this
early age It keeps serapbook.--
Washington Star.
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A Legal difference.

The Client-How much win your
opinion be worth In this case? The
Lawyer-Pm too modest to say. But I
can tell you what I'm going to charge
you for it-Cleveland Leader.
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You have probably, at some time.
noted the resemblance of the critic to
the crank.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-18

LEAK cLosERs PRAcTlcNG ON DEVICE
The piece,
filled to
his leasopper fix position pulling
The the holds
ducking n to
hoe.-I4ondon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-21

April 1, 1910. That date is a memorable one,
not only to the settlers, whose entries are
liable to cancellation for failure to make the
payments due, but also to the reclamation
service, which is concerned in securing the re-
turn of it's investment in the engineering
works. 1t Is also a matter of interest to citi-
zens of the number of sections containing fea-
sible projects, the construction of which cannot
be undertaken without additional funds. AS
the repayments are made through the local
land offices and not directly to the service,
some time must elapse before the actual
amounts collected are known. On a number Of
the projects, like Sun River, Shoshone and
Huntley, the settlers have already made their
initial payments and will not be delinquent
on the second installment until April, 1911,
which enables them to market two crops be.
tween payments. On several other projects,
such as the Minidoka, klamath, Lower Yellow
stone, Belle Fourche, Carlsbad, Truckee-Car-
son, North Platte and others, the first settlers
have had the use of water for two crops, and
1t Is probable that a majority will be able to
meet their obligations without difficulty.
Detailed reports from various sources on
each of the projects have been received at
Washington. The conditions as a whole are
described as favorable for a large return to
the reclamation fund. On several of the
proJeCIS There VIII De no delluQuenJS. On q
number of projects the engineering work is
not fully completed, but water is ready for
large areas and is being supplied on a rental
basis pending the announcement of the actual
cost of water right. The reclamation service
has derived considerable revenue from these
sources and at the same time the farmers
have been enabled to increase the areas In
cultivation. The following financial statement
is interesting as showing the status of the
reclamation fund and the amounts which thus
far have been credited to it through the opera
tons of the reclamation service:
Total moneys received and transferred to
the reclamation fund from sales of public
lands under reclamation act to February 28,
1910, $5S,342, 617.02. Approximately $4,000, 900
are still in the treasury of the United States,
but not yet available.
Moneys received under operations of recla.
nation act from all sources In cash and cred
Its, for work done, $2,S79, 475.04, divided as fol-
lows; Town-lot sales, $103, 673.91; miscellane-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-21

The reclamation service began its work in
1902 on the passage of the reclamation act.
The first contract was let in September of the
next year and, on June II, 1906, an important
project in Nevada was formally opened.
Progress has been rapid and the activities
Of the bureau have been extended to 26 or
more projects, which to date have involved the
expenditure Of 100000, 900. In the seven and
one-half years of its work the service has built
4,215 miles of canal. Placed end to end, these
canals would reach from Washington to San
Francisco and back to New Orleans. Several
of these canals carry whole rivers.
1t has excavated IT miles of tunnels.
Before the end Of the year it will have com.
pleted four Of the highest dams In the world.
Its excavations of rock and earth amount to
the enormous total of 60,000,000 cubic yards.
Its roads have a total length Of AIT miles;
telephones, 1927 miles; levees, 10 miles.
1t has purchased 915,751 barrels of cement
and has manufactured in its W mill 100000
barrels. AS a result of its work water is avail
able for 10000 acres on 10000 farms.
The gross value of crops produced on the
lands irrigated by the government projects in
1910 was $14, 038, 900. AS a result of the work
of the government 1t is estimated that iand
values have increased more than $105, 800, 900.
The reclamation service is entering 1910
with money and plans for completing most Of
its larger and unfinished masonry structures
and with about three-quarters Of a million of
acres of arid land under irrigation.
1t will finish this year the great Roosevelt
dam in Arizona, one Of the most massive in
the world. 1t has completed the Shoshone
dam, in northern Wyoming, the highest struc-
ture Of its kind ever built; the Pathfinder
dam, In southern Wyoming, and the Laguna
dam, in Arizona. 1t will for the first time
utilize the Gunnison tunnel, whose completion
was celebrated by President Taft last summer.
The funds available for construction are
somewhat less than in previous years, and the
organization, which is very elastic, has been
cut down to fit reduced expenditures. About
fifty skilled men-engineers, experts and tech
nical assistants-have either sought private
employment, have been transferred to other
bureaus Of the government or put on fur
Tough, in order to keep the overhead charges
consistent with the expenditures.
Reviewing the history of the reclamation
service as a whole, Its maximum activity and
expenditures were In the year 1907. In 1902
the expenditures we're less than $100, 900, and
In 1903 less than 5 $1,000, 900. In 1904 they were
$2,50O,0O0; in 1905, $4,000, 00o; in 1906, a little
less than 100000 in 1907, nearly $14, 00O.-
900. Then the expenditures decreased to
$10,000,000 in 1908, to about $1,000, 900 In 1909,
and in 1910 they will be a little under $4,000
900. 1t is expected that In 1911 they will
shrink to about $7,0O0,OO which sum will
probably continue to be available during after
years, assuming that the water-right charges
are paid as they fall due.
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Casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co., Of Atlanta, Ca,
IN receipt of &c stamp for postage.
Also copy of their booklet 1.-THE Truth
About Coca-Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
30 pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever hot-tired-thirsty?
Drink Coca-Cola-it is cooling, re-
lieves fatigue and quenches the
thirst. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
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men Of moderate means to secure nomes ~ :"
prosperous and growing country.
Close to the Black Hills, in South Dakota'
lies the beautiful valley OF Belle fourcne' con
tanning, 100000 acres of grasscoVered prailie'
MANY miles of canals have been laid across It's
level surface, and what was only a snort tlme
ago the finest free cattle range in this country
is rapidly becoming a compactly settled agricul-
tural community.
An impressive engineering feature of this
project is the Owl Creek dam, one Of the long
est and highest earthen entertainments in the
world. This structure, now nearing completion,
is $500 feet long, has a maximum height OF l15
feet and contains 100000 cubic yards OF ma
terial.
The Roosevelt dam, which is about COM
pleted as you read the story today, Is in many
respects the most remarkable structure Of Its
kind in the world. Its towering height, ESQ feet,
It's length on top, 1880 feet, the inspiring seem
cry in which it is located and the enormous ca
pacity of the reservoir created by 1t combine
to make 1t one of the most stupendous engineer
ing works of modern times.
=. Conceive, If you can, two valleys-one ~
miles, the other Is miles In length, and each
from one to three miles wide-transformed into
a lake 200 feet deep in places and containing
enough water to cover Delaware a foot deep.
The Salt River reservoir, when full, has a
capacity sufficient to I'LL a canal 300 feet wide
and 10 feet deep extending from Chicago to
San Francisco.
My one regret is that the space allotted me
is too little to permit me to describe the charms
and advantages Of other projects of the govern
ment. | should like to tell you Of the opportu-
mites on the klamath project, located in south
ern Oregon, in a region Of unrivaled scenic
beauty; Of the wonderful progress made In the
Boise valley, in Idaho, and the promise Of even
greater advance as the work Of the government
nears completion; of the Orland project, in the
Sacramento valley, the land Of fruits and flow
ers; of the Rio Grande valley, where there will
one day be erected the most stupendous dam
in the west-a region in which irrigation began
before the Spanish invasion, which will become
fruitful and prosperous.
The beacon Of hope shines brightly in the
west. 1t beckons the landless man to the man
less land.
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their awe-inspiring depths. Its deserts, in
~vastness of area, in potential wealth Of soil
and climate, and in rivers of constant supply,
are sleeping empires awaiting exploitation and
development. Here nature offers to every
man his birthright-a wide sky, the sunshine,
the wind, and a sure reward for intelligent
effort. Here things are writ in characters too
vast for human pen.
The late Gov. John A. Johnson we'll said
the west symbolfzes homes for the homeless,
food for the hungry, work for the unemployed,
land for the landless, gold for the penniless,
freedom for the e~nslaved, adventure for the
restless, dangers for the brave, an unknown
world to conquer, and room for all"
Irrigation has wrought its miracle and 49,
900, 900 acres reclaimed are annually produ-
cling harvests valued at more than $3.50, 900, 900
and supporting in homes of their own more
than 100000 families. The wealth Of that por-
ton Of the country which great statesmen in
Webster's day were wont to declare worth
less is greater now than that of the entire
nation In 1860.
In the swift march of national events dur
ing the past decade, the development Of the
west has focused the attention of the world.
1t furnishes one Of the most inspiring pages
in the annals Of our commonwealth. 1t Is a
story of progress and human achievement-a
battle with nature In her sternest and most
forbidding aspect.
Future writer's will record the irrigation
movement as an epoch in our history the far
reaching influence of which overshadowed In
Importance any other progressive movement
since the opening to settlement of the Missis-
sippi valley. The of vast areas
of our arid and semi-arfd regions, which is
being promoted by the federal government and
by large corporations working in conjunction
with several states, is of profound economic
Importance to the nation.
The additional opportunities thus created
for home makers are already serving to check
the undesirable eAlux Of the country people to
the city. Millions of acres Of desert, un-
leached by rain and storing In Its bosom the
fertility gathered there by centuries of wash
inRs from hills and mountains, are being
auickened by life-giving water.
Cities, p~opulous and great, have sprung up;
rural communities, attractive and prosperous,
broad vistas Of fertile fields and blossoming
orchards whose yields are prolific beyond COM
parison, replace the wastes Of sand and sage
brush.
Economic forces are at work today in the
country, and particularly In the arid west,
which are gradually but surely shaping our
agricultural development along new lines. In
many parts Of the irrigated country agricul-
ture now occupies a position Of greater dig
nifty among the v~ocations than ever before.
It's place among the scientific professions Is
now recognized and 1t is calling more strongly
every day for the best talent and brains
the nation affords.
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IN THE ANTE-BELLUM DAYS

please" pay the amount specified. Eg-
gleston says: This custom of paying
by check SO strongly commended It.
self to a certain unworldly parson Of
my time that he resorted to 1t on n
occasion in entire ignorance and limo
cense Of the necessity Of having a
bank deposit as a preliminary to the
drawing OF checks. He went to Rich
mond and bought a years supplies Tor
his little p~lace--it was too small to be
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-21

candy, and invariably wears q small
hat, a veil, and a corsage bouquet.
He's clean shaver, and wears, be-
sides immaculate linen, q careworn,
worried expression.
He pulls out his watch, presumably
to see how much Of the honeymoon is
left.
When he registers at the hotel the
"and wife" is written twice as large as
his own name.
She never fails to ask how many
Jumps Of sugar he takes in his coffee.
Judge.
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How She conclIiated Them.

Filmer-How did it happen that
these five men who were so angry
with the woman in the nickelodeon
for not taking off her hat became SC
friendly with her afterward?
Screeners-It was raining like fury
when the show was over and she In
vited them to take shelter with her
under her hat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-21

called a plantation--and for each pur-
chase he drew a particularly polite
check. When the banks threw these
out on the ground that their author
had no account the poor old parson
found the situation a difficult one to
understand. He had thought that the
very purpose Of a banks being was to
cash checks for persons who hap
pened to be short of money. Why, II
I'd had the money In the bank he ex-
planned, I shouldn't have written the
checks at all; | should have got the
money and paid the bills. Fortunate
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-21
Women vim Love.

Women in love are generally trou-
blesome and prosecuting" Such is
the reported opinion Of M. Emile Fa-
guet. And II a French critic does not
understand the subject, of whom shall
we seek understandings"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-21

ly the matter came to the knowledge
Of a well-to-do and generous planter
who knew Parson j., and who hap
pened to be in Richmond at the time.
His Endorsement made the checks good
and saved the unworthy old parson a
deal Of trouble"