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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
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X Jimmy Garden was up from Pendle
ton Wednesday.
Mrs. @. Blake. OF A dams, was il
the city Saturday.
Attorney Neil of Freewater, was il
the city yesterday.
x Matt Mosgroye was in the CITY from
Milton Wednesday.
s. F. Wilson was at Pendleton Tues
day and Wednesday.
Mrs. Kinnear, of Weston, was in
the city Wednesday.
Will Ferguson transacted business
in Pendleton Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Rogers. Of Ad.
ANS. were in the city Saturday.
Attorney Watts was in Peneleton
Tuesday on professional business.
Mrs. Charlie Williams left this week
to visit with relatives in Portland.
Charles Crawford, of the City mea
market, was Weston visitor Tuesday.
John Ridenour and Clyde DeGlaw
were in the city yesterday from Wes-
ton.
Z Some fine apples are in the market
from the orchards on Wild Horse
creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Baker, early set
tiers of Adams, have gone to Portland
to reside.
Mrs. J. D. Plamondon was the guest
of Pendleton friends Tuesday and
Wednesday.
x Bill Mcbride, farmer. was in the
F6ity Wednesday from his ranch south
of Athena.
Sim J. Culley, the popular young
rancher, was in the city from Weston
Wednesday.
Miss Norma Smith has accepted
position as saleslady in a Walla
Walla store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sheard visited
at the McCorkell home in the noun
tains this week.
Y L. A. Citizens returned Saturday
from a weeks visit with relatives
near Pilot Rock.
Miss Grace Gregg, of Weston is Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Crawford.
Ernest Zerba, assistant cashier of
tie First National bank, spent Mon
day in Walla Walla.
Y Henry Sohimtt, the republican can
didate for representative, went down
to Hermiston Tuesday.
Charles Brown. AL Sigman and
Claud Estes have returned from their
hunting trip. No bar.
Mrs. George Bannister. Mrs. Will
kinson and Mrs. Crawford, have been
on the sick list this week.
Charles Henry has been in the
mountains this week. securing his sup
ply of wood for the winter.
u Benny Gross will leave next week
Nor Corvallis, where be will enter up-
on bis senior year at o. A. @.
Frank Steen was in town Wednes-
day evening with new 50-horse pow
or seven passenger Mitchell car.
Mrs. Hammond will leave today for
Pasoo, WASH, where she will join her
husband, who preceded her few days
ago.
Miss Mabel Mcintyre after spending
several days with friends IN this city.
returned to her home in Adams, Sun
day.
x Ernest Zerba has received a new
Underwood typewriter. The machine
is equipped with tabnlation attach
ment.
x O. f. Gof, the druggist. has accept
ED position in pharmacy in La
Grande, and left for that city Tues
day.
Mrs, Lille Miller has returned from
Portland. where she spent a week in
selecting her stock of fall and winter
millinery.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Sweet.

81 think your wife has such sweet
voice."
$50 do /. She gets $1,000 year for
spilling part of 1t in church choir
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-16
Notice

All persons owing G. E. Gof will
please call on Homer l. Watts or DR..
]. d. Plamondon and make settle
ment at once. Homer /. Watts.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

"Well now, if that amt surprising!
calculated Mrs. Ryetop. as she shaded
her eyes with her hand. There goes
old Hiram Skinfint, and rather than
stem on a poor black ant he picked II
up, and I bet he is going to drop 1t
somewhere out Of the reach OF dan
ger" ,arv
Her husband laughed knowingly.
Not Hiram Skinfint, Mandy he l,
20 down to Jed Weatherby's genera.
store and order a pound Of granulated
sugar. Then while Jed is looking an
other way he'll drop the ant among
the grains and tell Jed as long as MS
sugar has ants in it he ought to sell II
at half price. Like as not he'll Try "
get Jed to throw in two or three
raisins and a yeast cake. You don I
know Hiram Skinfint.'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
WOMAN FIGHTS A MAD CAT
Club Member Rescues Housewife, BUT
Not Until She Is Severely
Bitten.

Cleveland, GA gigantic Maltese
cat, with flashing tail and fiery eyes,
was a prisoner in the cellar or Az
East Fourth street few days ago.
unconsciously awaiting It's execution
or, an armed agent of the Humane So
ciety.
The ca thad been a pet for several
wears In the family of Mrs Max
Adams. The housewife attempted TO
stroke the animal the other day, "heh
# sprang at her, viciously clawing and
biting her.
The woman succeeded in wardlne
off the cats leap at, her throat, but II
chung to her left arm and sank III
fangs repeatedly into the flesh neal
the elbow.
Several members of the University
club heard Mrs. Adams screams ant
hurried to her rescue. BY the tim'
she reached physicians ofhce ne
arm had swollen to twice Its norma
size, and she was almost overcome v
the pain. 49,
The wound was cauterized, but IN
possibility of more serious results ar
feared.
It is believed that the cat was a
tackled by some other animal suhe
Ing from rabies The Humane SOC u,
atv was ntoified, and Richard suil
van was sent to the house. -,
The cat eluded him ana Mo III !,
basement. AS he was unarmed
I barricaded the place to prevent u
Y animals escape and promised to
$ turn with a net and gun 10 cap'u
{ and kill 1t.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
Youth Suffers From Too Much Credit

The cab took them home.
Just charge it to me-" said the
careless youth.
identification card, sir" said the
chauffeur.
whats that"
"Our company always issues identi'
fication cards to its patrons"
We'll, ! haven't one. Come to the
office tomorrow and I'll pay you"
The youth scraped together the
necessary 70 cents before the chauf'
feur appeared next day.
"By the way" he said, after he mac
paid tell your people to send me one
of those identification cards, Will
you?"
In due time the card came. bllls
were to be rendered at the end O
each month, according to the poilt'
note which accompanied the card
Forthwith the street cars lost one Wit
had been regular patron. Hence
the niece of paper, with the 10
taxicab hire. $189.90.'
It is more than likely that walk1n
will be good for him for some tim
to come; and it is more than hKelS
too, that one of those who idly IFS
In the Potomac may drag up on nj
hook a certain card of identification
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
.aundrv Day for Uncle Sans Money

Tod nv him. along with others of diff
ferent makes, for trial. 1t Is now De-
ing demonstrated in the bureau.
The machine now In use takes ollls
and spreads them on a screen. ms
screen is revoIved rapidly through
solution of soap and water, when
takes off the CRIME. The next DISC
takes them through strong solution
Of A disinfectant, which removes lhe
Germs. A third disc removes the
traces of the other two waters ana
sends the bill out onto plat ready 1or
the platter" The platter" is the same
roller used to press new money. II
is this machine that gives new money
it's crispness. After the Wasned-ou'
bills are run through the platter they
are comparatively new-the INK colorS
having been brought out again ana the
dirt removed. ,,,
It is MIR. Ralph's idea that the lie 0
hanknote will be extended aoon
!, sirv per cent. by the new methon
The machine which he wants VII /,
cost between $500 and s1,oG.'. 1t WI,
save from 100000 to sl'tjo'oOo al
snually.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

vNASHINGTON-Some of the weekly
w consular and trade reports re-
ceived in Washington from represent
atiVes of the United tates in foreign
lands tell of interesting things IN
other countries. Among those recent
ly received was a report on the use
of camels as freighters. According
to this report nearly 10000 camels
are used in the villayet of Bagdad as
beasts Of burden and with donkeys
they form the only means OF carrying
goods to the inland points.
Camel caravans go in strings,
seven camelS to the string, with two
men in charge. For camel 4oI
pounds is a good load, the mack beng
divided into halves. A burdenet
camel travels two miles an hour; OF
long trips across the desert Il miles
a day is an average march, though
swift messengers, like the MOUNTED
dromedary posts from Bagdad to MOS
soul and Damascus, make forty, MT
and even more miles at stretch.
Freight between Bagdad and lnlan
points in Mesopotamia is commonl
packed in pairs Of bales, each bal
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

ktNHICO," the Understanding
L orangoutang, which died on the
United States cruiser Wilmington
from the tobacco heart, is held by 1eo-
man Harvey l.. Miller Of the navy de-
partment to be the nearest almost
human" creature he has seen IN MS
wide travels in the navy.
"Chico" was four months Old, anu
stood two feet nine in his bare feet,
as all true soldiers are measured
when he came into the navy. He was
purchased by Yeoman Miller at rama
fave, Madagascar, for two francs. the
small animal looked and acted intelll-
gent from the beginning, and soon
had captivated the sailors and men-of
war's-men by his funny actions.
"Chicos" end was due to tobacco
One of the greatest pleasures OF the
sailors is to smoke, and, it IS said, tht
ones that do not are either saving W
to buy library or else it is a case o
"my wife won't let me-" Chico sool
formed the habit of smuggling III
against Woman Miller when ne wa
reading or smoking, The mohke,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
tjnfIatterinq Truth.

A Chicago physician gleefuliy tens
a child story at his own expense Inc
five children Of some faithful patients
had measles, and during their rather
long stay in the improvised nome nos.
nital they never failed to greet MS
daily visit with pleased acclamatlon.
The good doctor felt duly ttattefed'
but rashly pressed the children IN the
DAYS of convalescense, for the reason
of this sudden Affection. At last inc
Youngest and most indiscreet let slip
the better truth.
1--WE felt so sick that we wanted
swfully to do something naughty pu'
we were afraid to be bad for fear you
and the nurse would give us more nor
rid medicine. So we were a"luilS
glad to see you, always, cause yot
made us stick out our tongues. we
stuck 'em out awful far!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
A BURNING ERUPTION FROM
HEAD TO FEET

-Four years ago suffered severely
with a terrible eczema, being q mass
Of sores from head to feet and lot SIX
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time | suffered continual torture
from itching and burning, After Delns
given up by my doctor | was adVlseo
to try Cuticura Remedies. After the
first bath with Cuticura Soap and ap'
plication of CutlCura Ointment l ell
loved the first good sleep during my
entire illness. | also used Cutlcura
Resolvent and the treatment was con-
tinued for about three weeks. Al tno
end Of that time l was able 70 Do
about the house, entirely cured, ana
have felt no i'll effects since. | would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skin trouble to try the CUT
cura Remedies, as know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nennlng'
1112 Salina ST., WatertoWn, N. Ia
Abr. II, 1909"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
LEGISLATIVE noINGs.

Baton Rouge.-The Lafourche free
bridge bill is meeting with strong
opposition in the house.
The senate has passed all of the
special appropriation bills.
The senate finance committee re-
turned an unfavorable report on the
baby bond" bill, and it was killed in
the senate.
The Hardtner game merger bill
was passed by the senate.
The anti Coca Cola bin was en-
crossed and passed to third reading
in the house.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
Tho TWO Went Away Together az
Nicely as Could Be.

leash. blanket, whip, tar soap, nea
novder, mango lotion, distemper cure
and Illuminated pedigree that belong
to the dog.
Sturges has no more use for them.
He had planned to exhibit his brlndle
bull at the dog show and make a de-
termined fight for first prize for Zero
ciousness.
Now he has changed his mind. He
has decided that what he thought was
a brindle bulldog really is, despite us
frightening appearance, an aibino-hV'
cred cross between a lamb and a RAD
bit. with a streak Of turtle dove
thrown in. The feeling here Is that
If the brindle hybrid does not guard
the underworld any better than II
guarded the Sturges home, in little
while the police will have all its den
liens behind the bars, and the THE
who stole the brindle will be sorry NJ
did it.
When Sturges purchased the Drln
die he took it home and boosted t
his neighbors that any burglar VIII
intruded upon his premises would D
chewed to bits. He went to bed Zee
ing that everything was safe, and say
ing to himself what a blessing 1t wa
to have a faithful, four-legged prote'
tor roaming the grounds outside.
The burglar seemingly greeted hi
, like a long-lost brother, and the tW
went away together as nicely as cou
be, with the tail of the brlndle wa
ing a by-by toward the Sturges HON
The thief evidently decided enous
glory had come to him for one mig
in stealing brindle bulldog, becau
he made no effort to break into u
l. house.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
RANsoELL WILL ENTER RACE.
He Will Be a Candidate for Senator
in the Next Primary.

He Will Be a Candidate for Senator
in the Next Primary.
Baton Rouge-That Hon. Joseph
e. Ransdell of Lake Providence, con-
gresham for the Fifth Louisiana dis
trict, will be a candidate for the
United States senate in the next state
primary is now regarded as certain.
He made no effort to conceal TINS
fact in discussing his political future
with intimate friends at the capital
He denied most emphatically the ru-
NOR that he had come to Baton Rouge
with any thought of butting into tbs
fight for the vacancy. He said ne
had no such intention.
Two years hence, however, 1t Will
be different. Mr.. Ransdell VIII &c
before the people for one of the
seats held from st. Mary parish
either that of Senator Murphy ]. Eos
ter or Jared Y. Sanders.
Which will it be?" was asked
Congressman RanSdell.
"Ah," he replied with diplomacy
that Is a future consideration. L
has not been taken up. There Ii
ample time to consider it later"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

xyNclE SAM now has wash day' IL
ID isn't a laundry for soiled clothing
but for good United States -, paper per
u When some of the bills find
,beir way back to the bureau of en-,
araving and printing in Washington
Whence they came bright, crisp and
now a credit to the engraving art'
thev are really and truly in the "hlthy
lucre" class.
Now YOUR wise. old Uncle samue'
,rnnoses to wash the bills ana use
them over again instead al de'''o' - g
thom as has been the custom.
director J. D. Ralph is on the jon
watching with interest the renoVa.o'
Of dirty bills do its duty Inc ma
chine on trial is one invented ,1n, o. ,.
Erank B. Churchill and was suDmi'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
'Don't Smoke, "Moralin Monkeys Death

would move right into the clouds OF
smoke and would sniff with evident
relish.
One day Woman Miller was writing
a letter and had just lighted his pipe.
The bugle called collision quarters,
and he dropped his pipe and started
to the station on the run. Miller, re-
turning to his "ditty box which had
been doing duty as a writing desk
was surprised to find the pipe almost
empty 1t was full when he Went 10
quarters. He took a look about and
saw all the men had their pipes. Wnen
he hooked at the monkey it did not
look at him in the eye as 1t usually
did, but turned its head in guilty
manner. Yeoman Miller examined the
| nine and found the marks OF little
sharD teeth on the reed stem.
Next day, after catching the monkey
smoking his pipe again, Woman NIL
Ter decided that "Chico" had to nave
a pipe. and so he made him one iron
an ivory nut. with reed stem
Some of the young apprentices
thought it was cute to see Chico
smoke cigarettes, and they taught hin
the use of the coffin nail" From thel
until his death he was rarely seeI
without one.
BE careful, young man." said tn
; recruiting officer, as he espied neN
recruit concealing homemade" b'
hind his chair, after hearing the tai
of Chico" "or you will meet the sam
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

A YOUTH in Washington Is carry
"A ing around in his inside pocket
niece of paper upon which this Is IN
scribed:
For taxicab hire, s1S9.9o."
The youth is the son of-weh' VI
course the conventions prohibit tne
use of names-but he is the son OF d
man useful to the nation in tnese
narts. The useful father mas just
about enough funds decently TO Keep
I'm his end. The son perforce insists
mon extending his allowance ne
has to come to dad every so o1ten
occasioning much heartache and worry
to his parent.
The other night the son was causii
IN the rain He had taken a young
woman and her mother to the theate'
snd they were fastening to stree
car The rain became do"npou'
I'm call a cab" said the youn'
man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
DAVIS 100000 for Plantations.

Plaouemine.-The sale of New
Hope and Reliance plantations Of H.
NJ. Hawthorne to Andrew H. Gay 1or
s10o 600 has been placed on record al
the court house. In addition to the
nnrchase price, Mr.. Gay assumes the
crop expenses of the places up to the
date of sale. The cane from THESE
n1antations. will be taken care OF a
the union factory, adding about lo'VO'
tons to the crop.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
H24l6lTjQ N i| 4 & !!jFZ
IT, R BI8 y R y - ~
Camels Are the Freight Cars of Bagdad

weighing about 225 pounds, Tor the
convenience of camel drivers IN loaa'
ing. The rates charged for carrying
freight across the desert vary WIFI
conditions, being lowest when camels
are cheap, labor and pasture plentllul
and freight offerings none too hufhef-
ous For common burden camel S5o
is a fair price, though the trotters or
swift messenger camels are worm
more. A young camel can sometlmes
be had about Bagdad for as ilttie dc
three or four dollars.
Besides its use for riding and car
rving purposes the Mesopotamlal
Arabs depend on the camel Tor MIX
Shoes are made from its tough, cai
loused hide and in times OF famine
IT'S brittle. strong tasting flesh Is eaten
| C0Duensed milk, made by bollihS
fresh camel milk until evaporation
leaves only a hard chalky substance
is prized among the desert nolhadS
BY rubbing this substance betWee
the hands it reduces to powder al
when mixed with warm water
makes a refreshing drink highly e.
teemed among the desert foil
Camel calves are weaned IN the
eleventh or twelfth month. When
camel caravan is on the march I'll
very young camels are often tied upc
the back of the mother animals, sln'
they cannot endure the fatigue OF
long march. Valuable dogs and Are
: desert hounds, called ''slugeys, ali
, ride in the same way
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
LOUISIANA IN BRIEF.

1obn A Perkins, formerly sheriff OF
CaIcasieu parish, was arralsneu "'
T. AXE Charles on a charge OF empez,
element He waived examination ana
entered plea of not guilty
Mrs. Pearl Dunn, wanted at d.
hIah on a charge of conspiracy IN d
LOT 70 noison her husband was To-
Gated in Mobile county, Alabama.
H V. NELLY, United States lhtei,
nal revenue officer at Lafayette was
arrested on charge OF empezzllns
public funds. =. eb,ovo
A legal test will be made at shfe'e'
mort of Locations" filed on land III
the Caddo oil field under the gov
prnment mineral act, -
One man was fatally and three 30
r;ouslv injured by the premature eA
plosion of blast in nine VI III,
Union Sulphur Company, at sulphur
The trial Of four negroes chafse'
18th assault on two bridgekeepers o
Iabadieyille, last April, has oesuh "
Napoleonville. o+nor
The Hooks Oil Company and other
have filed suit in the district coul A,
at Lake Charles for recovery OF y.
lands worth thousands OF doi naas
which they claim were sold 1or pow y
F W, Crosby of New Orleans
+,o head of the Southwestern Ira
ton g. power Company, will endeavo
70 huld an interurban electric III
from New Iberia. -,
A mass meeting at Ferrloay Go'
! dernned the shooting Of str-keoreaA'
! Iohncon Three strikers held on su
picion were released. ,,so,
Admiration for reheartng oefol
tho supreme court will be made |
n, G e. McKowen, whose convicue
for the murder of E. K. JudSon, WI
, life sentence, was recently affirme
, Archie Smith has been appolht'
bv Governor Sanders supervisor
nvh,io accounts under the new act
R. D. Smith of Abbeville has CO
i. tracted with the United States Cover
. mont 70 rid Vermillion river OF L
water hyacinth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
RuNGLAR STEALS BULLDOG
OWNER VOICES DISGUST
SUPPOSEDLY VICIOUS CANINE
LOOT OF THIEF WHO TAKES
HIM AWAY AT NIGHT.

Montclair, N. J.-Charles B. Stur
ges, whose home is in South Noun
tain avenue, has taken off his hat to
the underworld.
II the enterprising thief who yls
tied Sturges' place recently and stole
the fierce-appearing, wild-eyed' iron,
1awed. long-fanged, foam-fecked
brindle bulldog which Sturges pur
chased recently to protect his nome
against night marauders, will make
himself known, the Montclair mar
will give to him the collar, muzzie
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
He Had Been Observing.

"Why don't you call your lnVentlon
the Bachelors Rutton%" asked my
friend who was about to put on the
market hutton that a man could al
tach without needle or thread. -.
az fear that the appellation would
,mplv too much restrictiveness," ne
answered. "You see," he went OR, CIV.
ing me one of his knowing smiles, 1
EXPECT to do just as much business
with the married men as with ths
bachelors"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

Man Drowned in a Swollen Stream
Crowley.-Philmar Rouchell, an OLD
man who lives here, lost his life in
attempting to cross Bayou Wikoff,
two miles north of Crowley. Rouchell
made a living repairing sewing ma
chimes, and was driving home. When
he reached the bayou he found the
grade approaching it under water
but thought he could follow it to the
bridge. The current was so swift
however, that it swept the horse from
its feet and both were drowned. Inc
body of the man was recovered.