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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
NEW LAW PROTECTS GROWERS
Measure Enacted by Wisconsin, II GEN
orally Observed, Will Greatly
Benefit Nurserymen.

The provisions of the Wisconsin
state nursery law, which was passed
in June, 1909, If generally observed.
will greatly benefit the fruitgrowers
of the state, according to Prof. ]. G.
Sanders, state nursery Inspector of the
College Of Agriculture Of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. The law prohibits
the sale of uninspected plants or
trees, or any other kind of nursery
stock by an unlicensed person.
whether the original owner or an
agent. Shipments of uninspected
stock into the state are prohibited,
the law requiring that all such ship
ments be officially inspected.
All growers Of trees and plants who
desire to offer them for sale must Sc
cure certificate-license good for one
year, at a cost of $40 Tags are
furnished by the state inspector, and
must be attached to each package of
trees or plants sold. All agents SELL
Ing trees within the state must OBJ
tain and carry at all times dupli.
cate agents license like the original
issued to the firm which they repre-
sent. These agents licenses cost 81.
The purpose Of the law Is to pro-
tect the farmer from unscrupulous
persons who would sell diseased or
insect-infested trees or plants. Any
person having nursery stock for In.
spection should write to the state nur-
sery inspector, Agricultural Expert
ment station, Madison.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
Sand For Ducks.

Some people have notion that
ducks and geese do not need grit be.
cause they are not seen picking up
large particles of stone. They do not
need as large a size of grit as hens
do, for they get sand when pudding
In the bottom of the creek and
streams where they forage for weeds
and fish. Ducklings should be pro-
vided with plenty of sand. which takes
the place of grit So thoroughly do
some duck raisers believe in grit that
they mix sand in the feed that they
give their young ducts.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
BATTLE WITH LION
FIGHTS WcioUsLY WHEN KEEP
ERs TRIED TO MOVE HIM.
Secretary Objected to Being Sold, But
Finally Succumbed and Waa
Dragged Into Trans
ferring Cage.

New York.-The lion Secretary, a
Cape buffalo and two bisons of the
Central park menagerie were shipped
to William Bartels of Newark recent
ly, for a consideration, which included
two eelands, two tapirs and a pair of
ostriches.
1t was one of the busiest afternoons
Headkeeper Snyder and his assistants
ever put In, but finally all the animals.
in their respective shipping cages,
were loaded on wagons and carted
away
Everything went smoothly until the
attempt was made to inveigle Secre-
tary, who was born in the lion house
about seven years ago, into his ship
ping cage. Secretary did not want to
go, and it took an hour and quarter
of pushing, pulling and fighting to
overcome the spirit of one of the
meanest lions in the menagerie.
With all the doors and windows
barred, and hundreds of persons sur
rounding the lion house, the work of
getting Secretary from his cage was
begun. Rose and Bismarck, the mother
and father of Secretary, In adjoining
cages, lashed themselves into a fury
while their big offspring was hurting
himself against the bars of his cage
in an endeavor to get at the keepers.
The lion did not care to march into
the trap. He would put his head In
the ope-- door of the shifting cage.
snuff once or twice, and with a great
roar would lurch against the bars and
rush to the rear of his cage.
After half an hour of prodding had
shown that the animal could not be
transferred that way into the cage,
"Bill" Snyder decided to try moose.
BY this time the lion had worn itself
out, and was lying in a corner as do
cile as a cat.
The moose was slipped over Secre-
tary's head, and then, while three
men pulled and three men pushed, and
"Bill" did the bossing, in went the
lion, like lump of lead, to the fur
thermost part of the transferring cage.
The beast was so exhausted it could
not move.
This lion, named Secretary because
he seemed to have an interest In
everything transpiring in every other
cage in the lion house. has been the
first always to announce the daily ra-
tions and the last to subside when
anything unusual had happened to
mar the serenity of his surroundings.
"Bill" said he was sorry to part with
him, but there would soon have to be
some room made for the three cubs.
He weighs in the neighborhood of 400
pounds, and was considered one of the
best specimens in the Central park col
lection. His value Is said to be about
s1,7O0.
The two eelands were received at
the ZOO earlier in the afternoon. They
are the only ones In the Central park
collection. In the last ten days two of
these animals have been received by
the New York Geological society, com.
ing from the duke of Devonshire.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
GIRL AND FIANCE KILLED
Power Plant Superintendent Electro.
cuted and His Sweetheart Dies
Trying to Save Him.

Trinidad, Col.--The dead bodies of
Roy Keller, superintendent of the
Delagua power plant, and Miss Eliza
beth Bennett, sixteen years old, to
whom Keller is said to have been be-
trothed, were found upon the floor of
the power plant.
1t is supposed that Miss Bennett ac-
companied Keller to the plant while
he made some repairs.
While at work live wire is believed
to have electrocuted him and the girl
is believed to have met a similar fate
in attempting to render him assist
ance.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
MlIklna.

Milking with wet hands is a filthy
practise. The clean mixer uses clean
hands and is sure before he begins
that the cows udder is clean and that
no falling dirt can get into the milk
Using lard on the hands to make milk
ing easy will aid in making hard milk
ers. II will also help to keep the cows
teat very tender. Dampening the teats
With milk also has the same effect.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

r rs difficult TO interest
any woman In fashions
lust now. She Is watch
ing for what Is TO come
and caring little for
what has passed. 1t is
too hot, too humid, too
fatiguing to bother ones
head with anything so
exacting as clothes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

in an ornate style, with frills of good
lace at neck and elbows, and will be
fastened with gemmed buttons set In
rims of metal.
This Is the theory; 1t may not ma
terialize. Women may not like this
coat, and 1t will not ilst. 1t has its
advantages, and | see no reason why
II should not have fair trial when
the cold weather comes In.
The Longtime Effect.
Which same might be entitled "the
Longtime effect and how to get It,"
For all OF us must look like sylphs
nowadays, and If Nature has been un.
kind, she must be gently assisted to
kindness
Nothing succeeds for this purpose.
with the woman whose clothes are o.
her own devislng. like the vertical
band running down the front of the
one-piece frock, almost from chin to
toes.
The gown may open In this manner,
so that there is a row of fabric-cover.
ed or pearl buttons or of braid frogs
all down the front, caught at the waist
by a loose girdle. Many of the new
skirts also open In the front, seem
ing nothing but wide oblongs of dress
goods wrapped about the form femi-
nine.
Or that long line may be simu-
lated opening. whereas the dress
fastens quite conventionally In back.
Then there Is frill effect of lawn or
linen, deeply scalloped and perhaps
edged with embroidery or itself en-
broidered. Indeed, fold and row
OF buttons In the exact vertical middle
of gown will give the desired effect
with a minimum Of trouble.
Then there Is the tunic effect. A
tucked underskirt ana tunic slashed
down from the frilled Dutch collar to
below the knees will make one look
delightfully."- long and slim.
Moreover, simple defining embroid-
cry viii do great deal; and there is
always the sash, appropriately draped
and fastened at shoulder and knee.
And the applied strip of embroidery
over net. or of braiding. or dress
goods figured In contrasting color
to the plain fabric, always succeeds
In It's effects, especially when the
whole skirt is vertically plated in
wide folds and the appliqued band
reaches entirely to the low-cut neck.
The important thing to remember is
not to undo the effect, laboriously
gained, OF the straight front line by
wide frills or tucks elsewhere in the
gown. Let everything be subdued to
this one feature, So that the idea OF
length is accentuated.
And so. all hall to the Longtime Of
test
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
Food Eor Chicks.

A handful of grain dug into an ant
hill will bring the chickens to 1t. and
then good-by to the insects.
A plant Of Swiss chard sown ad-
Joining the poultry yard win supply
green's all summer provided the fowls
are not allowed to eat 1t more than an
hour q day
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
Sounds RIaht.

Mrs. Bacon-How is your sister get
ting along. taking boarders?
Mrs. Egbert-Oh. fine. She hasn't
heard complaint from one of her
boarders yet.
"Oh, didn't know she was getting
as hard of hearing
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
MODES of Che MOMENT

There is nothing new abort ere
tonne coats. They were worr klSt
year, but they have been brought o1s
again in popular way. Sa-sttmss
the cretonne Is merely used 4s J uesr
important trimming Il Is &pgEtzd To
a homespun linen In any gQTgc de-
sired. Bands of it are put aG all
edges, including q !Our-tnGh hem ar
the bottom.
There Is wide IncruyzhIe collar,
buttons covered with creGonne. and
wide cuffs that fare back over the eE
bow on a short sleeve.
These coats Reach to half way De-
tween the knees and hips. and many
Of them are cut away In front They
are put over thin white frocks, and
soma women wear them with toulard,
marquisette, and yelling.
They are rather prettier over white
than anything else. 1t may not be
an ultra-nice suggestion, but If frock
is little worn or not altogether fresh
the coat, like charity, covers much
1t gives distinction to what would be
commonplace.
The smart ones are all cretonne
and the colors chosen are soft and
cool looking rather than vivid and
glaring. There is an attempt on the
part of the ultra-smart designers tC
substitute these coats by tapestry
ones, that give the same effect but
which are quite warm.
Virtue In Tapestry Coats.
They can only be worn on the coast
or in the mountains. The cretonne Ia
far the better choice for our climate
unless one is going to spend vacation
days In cool climate, where there
are formal social affairs.
II the tapestry coat, however, re
mains In fashion until next autumn II
will make rather pleasing garment
for afternoon affairs. 1t will be made
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL

Football and baseball each has its
place In the eye of the American pub
lie, bur the experience OF every sue
ceeding year demonstrates that the
place OF baseball is immessurably
greater than that accorded football.
immense crowds to see the gridiron
ties, and there is more or less gen.
eral interest in the game. But the
real and only national sport Is base
ball, Everybody. from the President
of the United States. the great bust
ness magnate. the staid deacon and
the home-loving matron. to the JAM
tor, the scrub-woman and the stree
sweeper wants to see the big League
scores and will drop work any day to
have a look at any class of diamond
exhibition that comes handy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
An Overwhelmed Court.

The United States Supreme Court
has resumed iss session. after long
summer vacation, with a docket OF
700 cases. some of them of the high
est Importance. The Standard Oh
and tobacco trust cases are up for
reargument, and the Importance oil
many other cases on the docket car
ries a certainty that the court will
he unable to meet the demands upon
il.
The situation appears to cali for
an increase in the membership OF the
Supreme Court or a recasting Of the
laws and method of judicial proceed
ure that will reduce the number oil
cases that may be taken to the high
es, judicial tribunal But little change
in the equipment of the Supreme
Court has been made in century
The court was able a century ago to
transact al. the business brought be
fore it. The nation has grown SO
rapidly and its affairs have become
so complicated that the Supreme
Court as at present constituted is un
able to dispose of the business that
presses upon it.
One OF the unfortunate features OF
the situation Is that large corpora
tions frequently take advantage OF the
conditions to have their cases. by
some hook or crook. carried to the
Supreme Court. figuring on the delay
of one two years before actin can
be taken. That time frequently Is
sufficient allow such corporations to
carry out their plans and be prepared
TO lose their cases in the final ad1udt-
cation.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
EnoI.nd,s cr.a..,t Min. Fire.

The most serious colliery fire ever
known In Britain was undoubtedly
that which broke out st the Tawd val-
ley mine, near Preston. IN lSI2- Thou
sands Of pounds were spent I'm trying to
get the flames under control. but they
overcame everything and consumed
some millions Of tons OF coal A wall
ten feet IN thickness was built round
the affected parts. but the heat cracked
the masonry and brought 1t down rs
fast as Il was rebuilt. However. 10
1897 the river Tawd over6oved its
banks and went pouring down into the
mine. No fire could Withstand such an
immense volume Of water hurled upon
u, and. although the flames extended
for 500 yards. they were quenchet'
after having ragged for a quarter OF
centurJ.-London Tit-Rits-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
Why He Cot Up.

A well-drcssed woman boarded a
Broadway car that had no vacant
seats. An elderly man. before whom
she stood. attempted 10 arise. but she
forced him back into his scat. saving:
Please don't do that. ] am perfectly
able 10 stand
The elderly man expostuIa'ed. But
madam. =
= insist upon yoUr keeping your
seat interrupted the woman. With
aer hands on his shoulder. The man
continued his efforts to arise. saying
Madam. will you kindly permit me
10
With another push the woman azaia
forced him back. insisting that she
couldn't think Of accepting bis seat
With oas supreme effort the c.dcTi,
man forced her aside. Madam N
exclaimed you have already carried
ne three blocks beyond my dcstlns
fioa- don; care a tinkcr's thinrum
bob whether you take MY SCAT o. not
bit J ~ish 10 leave this car
And he cid. amid ~ lauxhter r.
The other passengers. In which "a.
woman had the eeod sense 10 join.-
New Yefk Sua
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
Hard 10 Understand.

Supposing some one should spring
this on you rapidly and ask you what {
meant: Mare zeat-toats-deer-ze
lam-sleativy-lit-tiek id-slea-tivy-too."
You would never think 1t was plain
English. but 1t is. II is simply: mares
eat oats; deers eat oats; lambs III eat
Ivy; little kids n eat Ivy too
You should say this over many times
to yourself until you Can roll 1t OF
very quickly. run the words together.
and then when you try 1t on your
friends they will have to confess that
they can't understand it. They viii
feel quite foolish when You show them
that II is common English and that it
sounds odd only because the words are
spoken fast and run In together. II Is
this running Of the words in together
which makes II hard for foreigner TO
understand our language or US theirs
-Omaha WorId-Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05

Of history that for about nifty years
under Democratic rule. rs per cent
OF all OF American commerce was car
rled under the stars and stripes, III
ships built In America. owned by
American capital and manned by
American seamen. In those days the
American flag was to be seen hyins
over merchantmen in all parts oil the
globe. For fifty years the Republican
party has controlled the government
and now we are and for many years
have been paying foreigners to take
our products TO foreign markets ana
to bring home our purchases abroad
The American merchant marine. so
far as the overseas lrade is conoerned,
does not exist. IL does not need re-
Il needs recreatlng.
The people surely never again VIII
look to the Republican party for ala
In the task.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point
A Dream and Ito SEQUEL.

"In one of tire East Indian border
wars there was engaged an officer o.
high repute. the member OF an ancient
county family" says Mrs. Mayo 10
"RecolIections of Fifty y,M." One
night the-laird. its head. stated from
his sleep. exclaiming:
There's the shot that has killed my
brotherr
His wife told him 1t was but a
dream. He must have given an anx-
Ions thought to his brothers before
going to sleep. Next day the pair
were 10 the garden directing their gar
deners when the laird Suddenly ex-
claimed:
"'Do you bear the bagplpesY
"'No.' answered the lady. I can
hear nothing. am sure there Is no
sound
".strange.' said the laird. for can
even hear what Is played. 1t Is THE
Flowers O. the Forest Are A Wefe
Away
"A few hours later came the fele-
gram reporting that the brother had
been shot down by some border war
rior and over his lonely grave the men
Of his regiment had played the pa
thetic air whose mysterious echo seem
ed to have reached the laird"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
Hohble Skirt In Court.

A .hobble skirt which. so It's said
measured just Ia inches at the ankle
line. was brought to the New jersey
avenue police court today by Miss
Frances Stultz. who was complainant
against next-door neighbor, Bertha
Lang.
Mrs. Lang is the wife of John Lang,
who once. before he married the de-
PENDANT in today's case. was quite at
ten;ive to the complainant. 1t was
brought out. The two young women
net on the afternoon Of Sunday. DC
tober is. and had stormy time Miss
Stultz alleged that Mrs. Lang struck
her. pulled her hair. and called her q
"hussy" and "cat."
Mrs. Lang denied II today. In re
tort she told the maklstrate that Miss
Stultz kicked her.
why. how could II? demanded
Miss Stultz. Il have here In court
the very dress that | wore on tbs
day. and il could kick any one with
that on Id like to have you show me
how
The magistrate did not OVER to show
Miss Stultz how one could operate
ones limbs when ones limbs were
inoased in a 1f-irch hobble skirt. bui
dodsed the que ton by Diminishing the
complaint and sending both girls
home. Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
prsseb;ra Monkeys.

The author OF The History OF Bra
ILL tells Of species Of monkey called
preachers" Every morning and
evening these monkeys assemble In
the woods One takes higher posi-
ton than the rest and makes ~sigua'
with bis fore paw. At this signal the
Others sit around him and listen When
they are all seated be begins to utte'
a series Of sounds. When be stops
these cries be makes another sigma
With his paw. and the others cry ou'
until be makes a third signal upon
which Trey become silent again This
author. Mr. Nsregrove- asserts that be
uss q witness to these preachiDss
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
LETTER TOURS WORLD.
Misssve Follows Man Through Ameri.
ca. Asia and Europe.


A letter mailed seven months ago
TO Los Angeles, Cal, after wandering
all over the world. has come back to
its sender in this city. covered with
the postmarks OF the Offices where it
had been received.
On April ii of this year +. ). John
son mailed the letter from Effingham.
H. He then came to this city. The
letter was not delivered by the Los
Angeles postal authorities. because
the man to whom 1t was addressed
had moved. He had gone to Seoul.
Korea. but before being sent there the
letter was returned to Illinois and
then forwarded through San Francisco
to the Orient. Not finding its owner
through French Cochin China. and
then Il was sent on to the dead letter
Office in Washington by way Of Eng
land. as being undeIivered. The sen
der had his address on the letter,
and yesterday II was returned to him
In the mail. The letter bears nearly
twenty postma-ks OF different coun.
tries. together with several stamps
in foreign languages. one Of which
reads. "Inconnu. the French for "un-
known The letter took just seven
months and sig days TO complete It's
presentations around the world be.
fore landing In the dead letter Office,
Mr.. Johnson highly treasures the
much-trsveled missive as a .-ouveair
Philadelphia Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
sockeseIrers Sense Of Humor.

when he was motoring MI. Roche-
f~ller was q random story teller ano
Joker. He cnce told me that II ne
could not tell stories and could not
Joke he would have beer dead forty
yesrs agc. To illustrate his taste IN
stories ard frn. let me- recall tew.
Here Is one Mr. Rockefeller credited
20 one Of his New York lawyers; \
farmer was driving team Of horSes
with = heavy load up a steep NIL
Down The Hill came a man IN litfie
light buggy and cried crt- II you 90
mt turn out for NO ] viii serve you
the same - d.d another MAJ l
rassed back ycndcr a; this the
farmer with ~ heavy load turned
cut when the other mar had passed
tho farmer stopped his hoTFes ana
called after him. Hey. What did YOU
d. ~ the other fellow back there
Oh was tho answer 7 turned ont
for him This story NJ successful
hluf SEEMED 20 tickle Nr. Rockefeller
hugely. American Magazine
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
shsks.p.ars's Definition of Poetry.

What a pity it is that Shakespeare
ever used that phrase fine frenzy!
1t has become a fuddlesome factor In
the framing of foolish fancies. 1t Is
10 the honor of Shakespeare. however.
that he came nearer to giving the
world the true definition OF poetry than
has any other man. for he did explafn
what constitutes the true art OF poe
try making. and from this we are en-
abled to know what Shakespeare con-
sidered poetry. Curiously enough. II
IS in the very passage where Shake
speare uses that unfortunate phrase
fine frenzy" Let us quote:
The poets eve. in a fine frenzy rolling.
Doth glance from heaven TO earth. from
earth to heaven.
And az imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown the poets
pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy
nothing
A local habitation and n name.
Hudson Maxim's Science Of Poetry
and Philosophy of Language"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT THIS
TIME

When George helms Wise was run
ming for congress on the Republican
ticket Two years ago. he and his i'm
ported speakers talked great deal
about the great things 1t would mean
TO the city to have a Republican rep
rsentative y congress. 1t was pointed
out thai q Republican majority in con
gress was assured. and that as Con-
gresham jones was Democrat u
could not be hoped that he would get
much" for his district In general or
this city in particular.
This time everybody knows that
there will be a Democratic majority.
probably a large one. in the next
house. Congressman Jones. the senior
Democratic congressman, after serv-
ing his district for ten consecutive
years. is offering for reelection. He
will go back to Washington, not as
an experienced and able member oil
the minority, but as an experienced
and able member of the majority.
Perhaps This is the chief reason
why Mr.. Wise. who is again the nom
inee of his party for congress. has
no: made a speech during the present
And perhaps IL had some
thing to do with his trip to the Ninth
district to help his "stand-pat" friend
Ciamn
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-05
a Uss Fer Him.

That horse Of yours looks terribly
run down
Yes replied Uncle 81 Siniin-
why do you keep himT
We'll it's q kind Of comfort 70 nave
him srouDd- As ioog as I've eot him !
fer. that there amt much danger OF
my beiD' cheated In boss trade
washington Star.