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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

The Athena part of the new road
was completed yesterday. With its
completion to Weston, later in the sea-
son, this section will have the longest
stretch of maoademized road in East
ern Oregon. This character of high
way construction costs money, but it
is money we'll spent. Permanent i'm
proyement in road work beats the old
system OF road construction so far that
there is practically no comparison,
The old system of earth fills to be
washed out the following spring, cor,
found us expensive as the new system.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16
PONGEES HARD TO MATCH.
Because Each Piece Is Made From
Ono Lot of Raw Silk.


Pongee silk IS the undyed silk of
silkworns fed on the leaves Of scrub
oak chiefly, though other trees are
used in some portions of the pongee
district. The silk Is produced almost
exclusively in Shantung province and
portions Of north China Immediately
adjacent.
The real pongee cloth. made Of this
uncolored specially produced silk. is
distinct from the pongces of COM
merce made in all colors from other
silk. Each piece of cloth is made
from n particular lot Of silk. and
therefore each piece varies from all
other pieces in exact quality. weight
and fineneSS and in slight degree in
color and other qualities.
There are certain general grades of
cloth, certain varieties of weave, GER
tain popular weights, etc, but women
shopping in Chinese pongees find it
very difficult to match pieces. and on
the face Of things it is practically i'm.
possible to furnish any great number
of pieces of certain weight, grade
and quality such as modern clothing
manufacturing establishment would
require to Sandardize certain line of
garments from that particular CLOTH
New York Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16
The annual school meeting. at which

The annual school meeting. at which
a member of the hoard of directors
and clerk of the district will be elect
ed, takes place next Monday, June 10.
L.. r. Alderman, state superintendent
of public instruction, is taking much
interest in the annual school meetings
of the state this year, with the object
of increasing the attendance and in
fusing interest in school matters gen
orally. In the past, attendance has
been small and interest in the selec-
tion of qualified persons on the board
has been lacking. To overcome this,
the state superintendent suggests that
you give part of one day in each year
to the consideration of the public
school question. He is planning this
year to make the annual SO hool meet
ing day a great day by having the pa
irons of the schools attend the meet
ing and not only elect school officials,
but learn conditions of the school
plant. In many of the districts
throughout the state people will con-
gregate at the school house and hold
a picnic, and it is proposed to make
these picnics an annual affair.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

1t will he a good day when a com
pulsory sentence of imprison III ent
awaits every individual member of a
trust found guilty of violating the
law. At the present time most Of
suoh criminals escape, through the
convenience of an i'm uunity bath oil
by the payment of fine, which
though in itself may be large, means
no more to them than the payment Of
dollar would mean to poor man
As for a sense Of shame in being con
vioted of breaking the law, they have
none. Nothing but the fact that pris
on sentences and stripes await them
will make them obey the law and
work the desired end.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

Washington and its taxation system
was severely scored in an article re-
gently published in the American
Magazine, but the state tax commits
sion takes exception to the statement
in that article that the prosperity OF
Washington is on the wane. The COM
mission says that Washington in the
past ten years has made the biggest
gain of any state in the union SO far
population is considered, and that
while its gain in population is great
its commercial development is even
greater, and that a state which in
five years has practically doubled the
amount of land under cultivation and
has trebled it's bank account, is not
going backward.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

The lady was reading a nautical
novel, She struggled along bravely for
few minutes, but finally had to ap.
peal to her husband
Gerald" she said, "the author says
that TIE boat was sailing wing and
wing What does that mean? I've
been on yacht. but never heard that
before"
"That MEANS" answered Gerald, re-
joicing in the fact that he too, had
spent several hours on sailing yes
sel-"that means that the schooner had
her mains'l out to port and her fores'l
out to starboard, or vice versa"
"Oh, l seer cried the lady. It's just
like chicken-a wing on each side.
And now l understand why they call
those little sails in the middle jibs.'
It's short for 'giblets,' of course. Isn't
sailing interesting gT"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16
EAST INDIAN RUNNERS.
Kahars Who Can Regularly Make a
Hundred Miles a Day.

| KaharS Who Can regularly wake
Hundred Miles a Day.
Ordinary Marathon races seem rath-
er insignificant compared with the
regular performances of certain east
Indian caste. These Kahars, also
known as Jhinwarb, live In the, Pun
jab, where for centuries they have
acted as runners. fishermen and water
fowl catchers.
The men are trained runners and are
said to be able to 60 hundred miles a
day without resting. According to
Baily's Magazine, there is q we'll au-
thenticated instance that Tika Ram,
the son of Lalu Ram, carried dis
patches 300 miles in three days-from
Mean-Mir to Meerut.
The point discussed, however, Is
whether the normal eXertions of the
Kahar post runners and the similar ex-
ertions of jinrikisha men shortened
their lives, and it appears that the Ka-
hars, trained from childhood to be dis
tance runners, live to be old men. They
are not only able to withstand the
strain of running great distances un-
der heavy load, but thrive under it.
The jinrikisha man, too. notwith-
standing his irregular diet, excessive
use Of liquor and exposure to the ele-
ments. lives to reasonable age. In
Tokyo when census was taken Of the
jinrikisha men few years ago there
were found to be more than 1900 who
were over fifty-fve years Of age.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

Spokane now has 8 per cent money,
sent in from the east, which is sup
posed to be harbinger of easier
money and more prosperous times
Reports from all over the east during
tho past few weeks indicate that CON
ditions are improving and that the
stringenoy which has existed for some
months, apparently without cause, is
thing of the past. Good times are
assured in the west just as soon as the
farmers begin to turn the 1911 crop
into money and the coming fall prom
ises to be one of tho most prosperous
ever experienced in the Inland En-
pire.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16
THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
An Incident That Marked His Spirit
and Independence,


In his "Giimpses of the Confederate
Army in the American Review of Re
views Randolph II. McKim writes:
1T seems TO me as look back that
one Of the things which stood out
strongly In the Confederate army was
the Independence and the initiative of
the individual soldier. 1t would have
beer better army in the field if it had
been welded together by a stricter dis
cipline, but this defect was largely
ntoned for by the strong individuality
of the units In the column. 1t was not
easy to demoralize body composed of
men who thought and acted in a spirit
of independence in battle.
"AS an Illustration of the spirit of
the private soldier recall an incident
to this effect. Major General Gordon
had organized a strong column to make
a night attack on Grants lines at Pc
tersDurg. When he was ready to move
and the order to advance was given
Big Texan stepped out of the ranks
and said
General Gordon, this column can't !
move before a. m. The men have |
truce with the Yanks. and 1t amt up !
till ! o'clock
"The column did not move till that |
hour The private in the ranks had
taken command, and the major general
his authority"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

Herr Knauth, the architect in charge
of the Cathedral Of Strassburg, has
shown that the principles Of construc-
ton followed by the great cathedral
builders Of former times are identical
with those used by the builders Of the
Egyptian pyramids and are based on
triangulatlon. The same simple geo.
metrlcal figure underlies all these con-
structions. More than this, Herr
Knauth traces the architectural prin-
ciple IN the formation of crystals and
lays down this formula: "The laws Of
proportion in medieval architecture
are the geometrical laws of crystalli-
zation."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16
BASEBALL SIGNS.
Their Importance Is Much Greater
Than Their Number.

Among the players we do not use the
word signal" With us it is "a sign"
There are not as many signs" used on
a ball club as the public would believe.
OF course the catcher must sign" the
pitcher for every ball that he throws.
That Is to prevent confusion or. as we
say, to keep from crossing each
other" The catcher has sign for Il
curve ball, fast ball and slow one.
TO ball players all curve balls, such
as the drop and the outcurve. are call
ed "a curve" The catcher gives the
same sign for any one of them. We
do not call ball that jumps ''in"
curve. Ball players do not recognize
the incurve That Is called fast ball.
Any ball thrown by right handed
pitcher with sufficient speed will jump
inward to a slight degree. The out
curve and drop are unnatural curves.
and the ball must be spun in an I'M
natural manner to get that peculiar
"break."
The only other Sign" of Importance
is the one the batter gives to the run
ner when he intends to hit the ball. If
he wants the runner to start as he
swings tthe hit and run play he gives
him a certain sign. There are any
number of signs used for this play.
Sometimes the batter gives 1t by rub
bling his hand over the small end of
the bat Again. he may give 1t by
knocking the dust from his shoes with
the big end Of the bat.-John }. Nc
Graw in Metropolitan Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

"Why is your friend staying so long
In New York;"
81 don't know-haven't heard which
of the two reasons is keeping him"
(Which of the twoY
Eyes, whether he Is having too good
q time to come away or has spent all
his money and can't get away."-Buf-
falo Express.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

"Can you tell me something about
the game laws around here?" asked
the stranger in Crimson Gulch.
well" replied Three Fingered sam.
II could, but my advice to you would
be If YOU don't know the rules of Q
game. don't try to play it."-WashIng-
ton Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

Both houses of the city councils in
Pittsburg aud Scranton, Pennsylvania,
have been abolished, and in their place
will be city commissions of nine mem.
tels eaoh The change can scarcely
tail to be for the better, notwith'
standing that the appointment of the
commissioners is vested in Peunsyl.
vania's machine governor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

To Press Subscribers: Please note
the date of your subscription on the
margin or wrapper of your paper.
Are You in arrears? If SO. come for
ward and remit, and greatly oblige.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

ShoH'd one tell you that q mountain
had changed its place You are at lib
erty 10 doua, It. but If any one tells
You that fNaB has changed his char
scter dc NOT believe -Mohammed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

"One thing about Jinx. he never
somes into ones office without knock
ing"
Another thing about Jinx is that he
never goes anywhere without knock
ing."-HouSton Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

Life. uron the whole, is far more
pleasurahle than painful; otherwise we
would not feei pain so impatiently
when il comes --Leisa Hunt.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16
Self.

A perfect understanding of self is a
perfect understanding of all things,
for man is the condensed whole.
From such man no power IS with
held. All things are obedient to him.
Freedom.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-16

All roads lead to Athena. and from
present Indications, they are to be
good ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
January Sale

Fine Auto Rugs or Lounging Robes, in dark blue, green, brown and gray pIaids; size 64xS4 inches, fringed, warranted all l-woo $60O val ue at $4.98; 1850 value at $6.98; $9OO value at .$75O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
Clearance Sale of Children'S Wash
 Dresses 98C

A special lot of Children's Wash Dresses go in this sale. Good styles, for spring. Pretty plaids and neat little stripes. Splendid quality of madras and French ginghams. Values to $1 50. Clearance Sale Price .98c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
$6.OO Fine All Woo.
 Blankets

$6.0O fine all-wool Blankets, in
 white with pink and blue border;
 11-4 size. Our regular $6.0O
 Blanket at, sale price ... .$4.96 .
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-27
BEGUN
To DANISH DEADLY
GRADE CROSSING
Fifty-nine Deaths in Seven
Months Arouse National
Association.

NEW YORK, July 27.-The National
Highways Protective Association has
determined TO enter al once on a cam
paign against grade crossings. 1t has
beer aroused to begin his through the
large number of persons killed and in
jured in this and two neighboring
States in the last seven months, which
has been found to be far larger than
the officers of the association had until
now any idea.
Members of the association, stirred
by the accident at the Woodside ave-
nue. grade crossings a few days ago.
when two automobiles were demolished,
one person killed and two injured,
authorized the preparation of a list
of all the embarrassing accidents in
this State, New Jersey and Connecti-
cut since the first of the year. Colonel
Edward S. Cornell. secretary of the
association, completed this list yester-
day.
Colonel Cornell finds that in the seven
months of this year there have been
ninety-1ve Embarrassing accidents in
this State, New Jersey and Connecti-
cut, with fifty-nine persons killed and
sixty-seven injured.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-27

[Chancery B-95.l
SHERIFF'S SALE-In Chancery Of New Jer-
sey. Between Century Building and Loan
Association, complainant. and Schuyler ii.
Williams, individually and as Admin, ct ais.
defendants. Fl. ia, for sale of mortgaged
premises.
BY virtue Of the above stated writ of tieri
facias,. to me directed, | shall expose for sale
by public ,vendue. at the Court House, in New
ark, on Tuesday. the twenty-ninth day of
August next, at two o'clock p. M. all that
tract or parcel OF land and premises situate,
lying and being in the City of Newark. Essex
County, New Jersey:
Beginning in the easterly line of Ogden
street at a point therein distant three hundred
and forty-two feet two inches n%ortherly from
the northerly line of Third avenue; thence
northerly along Ogden street forty-three feet
six inches; thence easteriy one hundred feet
one inch: thence s~outherly parallel with Ogden
street forty-three feet six inches: thence west
and place of beginning.
Being known as numbers serenty-six,
seventy-six and one-haif and seventy-eight
Ogden street.
Being the same premises which were conveyed
to the said Bessie Dewitt William under her
maiden name of Bessie Dewitt Titus, she being
then unmarried, by Phebe S. Birdsall and
husband, by deed bearing date the seventh day
OF August, nineteen hundred and Ave, and
recorded in Essex County Registers Office, in
book B-39 of deeds, at pages lis. &c.
Newark. N. j., July "a, 1911.
WILLIAM HARRIGAN, Sheriff.
Ralph w. Skinner, Sol'r.a S15.9)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-27

tChancery Bill
SHERIFF'S SALE-In Chancery Of New Jer-
sey. Between Christina Trefz, complainant,
and Philip ]. Bowers. ct ais. defendants. FL.
IA, for lie of mortgaged premises.
By virtue of the above stated writ of feri
facias, to L. directed, I shall expose for sale
by public vendue. at the Court House. in lew
ark, on Tuesday, the first day of August next.
Of land and premises situate, lying and being
In the City of Newark, Essex County. New
Jersey:
Beginning in the ~easterly line of South
Fourteenth street at a point distant northeast
erly two hundred and f~orty-one feet from the
intersection of said line of south Fourteenth
street with the northerly line OF Central
avenue, running thence northeasterly along the
easterly line of South Fourteenth street Sixty
feet; thence southeasterly parallel with Central
ninety-dve one-hundredths of a foot. more or
less, to the e~asterly line of land conveyed by
BENJAMIN f. Squier ant wife to Aaron L. ana
George L. Mitchell. thence southwesterly along
the same sixty feet and twenty-one-hundredtns
of a foot to a line drawn southeasterly and
parallel With Central avenue from the place OF
beginning; thence northwesterly one hundred
and f~orty-one feet and thirty one-hundredths
nf a foot, more or less. to the place of be-
ginn g.
BEING known and designated as lots Nos. $40
and $50 and a part of lot No. ISL as shown on
a map entitled Map of property of A. P. & G.
L. Mitchell, In the Township of East Orange,
and the .ity of Newark. N. J.;' surveyed by
William H. v. Reimer, c. E., April. 1872.
Being the same premises conveyed to the said
Philip ]. Bowers by Winthrop d. Mitchell and
Harriet M. Mitchell. his wife. and Arthur H.
Mitchell. unmarried, by deed, recorded In book
L-39. Of deeds for Essex County, on pages
246, &c.
Newark. n. j., June rs, 1911.
WILLIAM HARRIGAN, Sheriff.
Hugo Woerner, Solicitor. (S20.l6)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-27

tChancery B--S0.l
SHERIFF'S SALEM Chancery of New Jer-
sey. Between The Surety Building and Loan
Association of Newark, N. j., complainant,
and Giuseppe Tesei ct al, defendants. Fl. IA,
for sale OF mortgaged premises.
BY virtue of the above stated writ of neri
facias, to me directed, l shall expose for sale
by public yendu>, at the Court House, In New
ark, on Tuesday, the first day of August next;
at two O'Clock D. M. all that tract or parcel
of land and premises situate, lying and being
in the City of Newark, Essex County. New
Jersey.
Beginning at a point in tie westerly line
of North Fifth street distant therein -FOUR
hundred feet s~outherly fro the intersection
of the same With the southerly line of Third
avenue, and from thence running uD south
erly along std westerly line Of North Fifth
street forty-two feet; thence westerly and
parallel with Third avenue on hundred feet;
thence n%ortherly and parallel with NORTH, Fifth
street sorty-two feet, and thence easterly and
parallel with Third avenue one hundred feet
to the westerly line Of North Fifth street and
place OF beginning. Being the same lot OF
land and premises conveyed to the said
Giuseppe Tesei and Amelia Tesei. his wife,
by deed from Frank Travisano and wife, dated
January twenty-ninth. nineteen hundred and
eight, and recorded in the Essex County
Registers ONCE. in book z-42 of deeds. page
419, &c.
Newark. N. j., June 26, 1911.
(s15.i2 WILLIAM Sheriff.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-27

llnuncery B-SJ.I
sHERlFF's sALE-ln Chancery of New Jer.
Nettie M. Miller, ct ais, defendants. Fl. IA,
for sale of mortgaged premises.
By virtue of the above stated writ of feri
facias, to me directed, / shall expose for sale
by public vendue, at the Court House. In New
ark. on Tuesday, the twenty-second day Of
tract or parcel Of land and premises situate.
lying and being In the City of Newark, Essex
County, New Jersey:
Beginning in the easterly line OF Broad street
at a point therein distant northerly one hundred
and thirty-hve feet two and one-haif inches
from the northeasterly corner of the same and
! mmett street, that point being in the centre
Of a party wall dividing the apartment house
on the property herein described and the apart
ment house on the property adjoining on the
south; from thence running easterly about at
right angles to Broad street through the centre
Of said party wall fourteen feet nine inches:
thence still through the centre of same southerly
ana parallel with Broad street three feet eight
and one-half inches; thence easterly about ut
right angles to Broad street and through the
centre OF said wall seventeen feet ten inches;
thence ~southerly and parallel with Broad street
and along the westerly end Of an area three
feet three inches to a point one-half way across
centre of said area and at right angles to Broad
street seventy-seven feet five inches; thence
northerly and parallel with Broad street seven
feet Ave inches; thence westerly at right angles
to same one hundred and ten feet to the east
erly line of Broad street; thence southerly
along said Broad street twenty feet i've and
one-half inches to place of beginning. Accord
Ing to survey made by Harrison Van Duyne
and Son, Surveyors, December, 1907.
Newark, N. j., July II. 1911.
WILLIAM HARRIGAN, Sheriff.
Howe & Davis, Solicitors. (S19. 80
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-27

tCircuit BOIL
SHERIFFN5 ~ALE-Ess County Common
Pleas Court. John P. Hammer, plaintiff, VS..
Charles Breid, defendant. Fl. ia.
BY virtue of the above stated writ of heri
facias., to- me directed, | shall expose for sale
by public yendue, at the Court House. In New
August next, at two O'Clock p. M, all that
tract or parcel of land and premises situate,
lying and being in the Town of Irvington.
Essex County, New Jersey:
Beginning at a point in the westerly line Of
Grove street, as laid out by the Town of
Irvington, the said point being distant south
erly one hundred and hfty-six one-hundredths
feet from the intersection of the said line of
Grove street with the southerly line of Rodwell
avenue; running thence north ffty-one degrees
thirty-four minutes west and along the divid-
ing line between lots numbered a and 45 on
map of the Bried property. a copy of which
of Essex, a distance of one hundred and thirty
four and neteen-hundredt feet to the
northerly corner of lot numbered 40 on the
aforesaid map: thence along the rear line of
grees ten minutes west forty-nine and ~ffty-six
hundredths feet to the northerly corner of lot
numbered AZ on the aforesaid map: thence
along the dividing line between lots numbered
minutes east one hundred and thirty-six and
sixty-four-hundredths feet TO the said vest
erly line OF Grove street; thence along the
said westerly line OF Grove street north thirty
feet TO the point or
place of beginning.
The above being a description of lots num-
bered 20 and 46 on map of the Bried property,
and being the property conveyed by Louis
Weiser, widower. to Adrian c. Wolf and VIM.
Wolf by deed. dated June 81. 1908, and re-
corded in the Registers office of Essex County.
in book N-45, on pages 2S1 and 232.
Newark, N. j., July "a. 1911.
WILLIAM HARRIGAN. Sheriff.
Thomas j. Butler, Attorney. S2o.5s)