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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Use Road Drag Now.

"Use the road drag now" says
Prof. E. F. Ayers. highway construo-
tion expert of the O.. A. g. "These
heavy rains thoroughly wetting down
the roads. have made ideal conditions
for the use of the drag before the win
ter weather begins. All potholes, mud
holes and other Irregularities can be
leveled and the surface of the roads
put into first GLASS condition by using
the drag two or three times before the
roads get too soft. The use of the
drag, moreover. at this time for
browning the roads will aid drainage
and keep in good condition many roads
which were very poor last year. The
expense of using road drag is slight,
and a much wider use of it throughout
the state would he very favorable.
There is no better way to keep dirt
road in good condition than dragging
it frequently"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
DAM GOES OUT, 800 DIE
Wall of Water Ten Feet High Sub
merges Three Towns,

Austin, Pa, town of 5000 res
idents in the northern part of the
state. was swept out of existence Sat
urday and more than 500 of it's people
were killed by food which followed
the breaking of the Bayless Pulp and
Paper oompany's dam mile and a
half north of the town.
Almost 100000, 900 gallons of water
rushed over the place in wall ten feet
high, wrecking every structure in it's
path.
The flood caused heavy loss of life
and property also in Costello, a town
of about 500 inhabitants. Wharton,
smaller town, was also reported to
have sustained heavy damage.
In Austin. the bursting of scores of
natural gas mains as the buildings
were swept away added fire to the
general horror of the flood and hun
dreds of those imprisoned in the
wreokage were burned to death.
The contents of the dam which
was filed to overhowing by the heavy
rains of two weeks, swept through a
natural gorge In which Austin and
Costello were situated. While many
residents of Austin escaped to the
hills, the warning given by the, blasts
of the Bayless mills whistles was too
trief for hundreds of others.
The catastrophe paralleled in many
respects the destruction by food of
Johnstown. Pa . in 1889. in which
more than 1900 lives were lost. The
extent of the loss>of life and the de-
struction of property cannot be known
for several days. The property loss
will surely be several million dollars.
Within an hour of the first general
knowledge of the calamity, special
trains bearing physicians. nurses and
food supplies we're on the way to the
scene. Hundreds of automobiles bear
ing resouers also toiled over the noun
tain roads TO lend aid. The food sup
ply of the town was destroyed and
immediate aid to survivors was ur-
gent. Hundreds of those who escaped
were seriously injured in the collapse
of their homes and the panic of the
rush for safety. Temporary hospitals
were fitted up in nearby farm houses
and improvised structures fashioned
from the wreckage. The Red Cross
also made preparations for immediate
aid to survivors. The intense heat of
the fire sweeping from the natural gas
mains made it impossible for surviv-
ors to visit the scene of destruction for
many hours.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06

Larrey operated uninterruptedly for
thirty-six hours, and he reports how
the soldiers seemed unconscious of their
own troubles, lost In thought Of the
glory Of their leader, and, MANNED as
they were, lending their best aid to fell
low patients.
At Borodino Larrey disarticulated
the shoulder Of q colonel, who immedi-
ately set out for France on foot, where
he arrived after three months walking.
After fordlng the Beresina, a river in
Russia, General Zayonchek, seventy
FIVE years old, had his kneecap shat
tered by bullet. Amputation was per-
formed in three minutes in q violent
snowstorm and in bitterly cold weather,
yet the white haired officer was placed
in sledge and taken to Wilma, where
he died at the age of eighty-six years.
Many similar anecdotes are told by our
civil war veterans.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Couldn't Fool Him.

Serving in the capacity of collector
for local bank is a colored man who
spends his evenings playing in an Oak
land band.
One Of the clerks in the bank, know
ing of the clerks musical attainments,
said to him, "Joe, l went to vaude-
vile show last night, and one Of the
fellows there played 'Traumerel'
greatp'
Joe looked at him suspiciously for a
moment and then said: you tell
that stuff to Bonny. You don't get me
to bite, cause All knows they amt nc
such instrument" - San francisco
Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
FRENCH POLICEMEN.
They Can't Be "Fixed," and They Arr
Always Polite.

They Can't Be "Fixed," and They Are
Always Polite.
The laws Of France relative to the
out Of door life of the masses are
made in the interest Of the people.
Furthermore, they are enforced. There
is no fixing things with French po-
liceman. If your bicycle has suddenly
been twisted into junk by careless
driver the belted and brass buttoned
gentleman who arrives on the scene
questions you with intelligence and
jots down in his notebook the facts OF
the occurrence as near as he can ascer
tain them. Throughout the interview
he is polite, alert and painstaking in
getting at the exact truth, and, wheth
er you or the offending driver or both
accompany him to the police station
he conducts you with a quiet dignity
and an air Of fulfilling his duty. 1t
does not make the slightest difference
in France who you are or whether or
not you have mutual friends or come
Congressman So-and-so. If you are at
fault you must pay the damages. If
the other fellow is to blame you will
be ushered from the presence Of the
cOmmissaire de police with as much
ceremonial politeness as would be
shown at a diplomatic interview.
If it is boiling hot or freezing cold
and you are in need Of information,
go to the nearest policeman, address
him as monsieur" and raise your hat.
He will Immediately return you mil
itary salute, listen attentively and give
you, as carefully as possible, the nee
essary information, saluting you again
as you raise your hat to leave him.-F.
Berkeley Smith, "Parisians Out Of
Doors"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
A Simple Antidote to Poison.

1t is a valuable thing to understand
thoroughly what simple antidote to
take If one is so unlucky as to swallow
poison of any kind, Sweet oil Is to be
found in nearly every house, however
humble, and half a pint Of it taken i'm
medlately is an effectual antidote to
almost all poisons. Any one with a
strong constitution should take a lar
ger quantity Of this simple remedy
London Family. Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Hunting Season Opens.

The hunting season for ducks. geese
and other like birds opened Sunday in
Washington and dozens of hunters
spent the day by stream after the
birds. rhe law permits the shooting
of the birds after October /, and there
were many Licenses issued Saturday in
preparation for the event. The ducks
are reported to be already plentiful on
the streams of the lower end of the
Walla Walla valley. and hunting is
said to be good.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Road Bonds Voted.

By the tremendous majority of more
than 1850 votes. Jackson county passed
the 81, 500,00 bond issue for the pur-
pose of constructing modern system
of highways in the county. Medford
alone gave the bonds a majority of
1871, casting the heaviest vote sbe has
ever cast. When news of the passage
Of the bonds was flashed to the city
from the tower of the Mail Tribune
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
The Earfite Rock.

Gibraltar is often called barren
rock, yet 1t has 456 species Of indigo
nous Towering plants. Castor oil plants,
daturas and daphnes attain the dig
nifty Of trees and geraniums and hello
tropes the proportions Of hedges.
These floral delights often conceal can
non and other armaments. The few
snakes that are found are small and
harmless. Lizards several inches long
are often seen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Stupid Fish.

Professor Harold Russell, the Lon
don zoologist, will have none Of the
popular yarns about the wonderful
things fish will do when put to it,
He says they are deaf, dumb and vir-
tually color blind. When the calcare-
Gus stones are taken out Of the ears of
fish they lose all sense Of equilibrium
and roll about as if crazy. Most fish
hunt their food by only defective
sight, but the eels by even more de-
fective smell. A conger eel with
which Professor Russell experimental
devoured with the same avidity fish
dosed with cheese, anchovy, camphor
spirits, turpentine and iodoform.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
THE TONIC OF VICTORY.
Army Surgeons Say It Acts Almost as
an Anaesthetic.


an Anaesthetic.
Bonnette, a French army surgeon,
writes in the Presse Medicale Of the
extraordinary Indifference to the pain
of operation manifested by the soldiers
of Napoleon while the great conqueror
was sweeping VIGOROUSLY over Europe.
While the defeated soldier is full Of
imaginary terrors, subject to panic,
madness and treason, the conqueror, on
the other hand, Is intoxicated with sue
cess, says the New York Medical
Journal. Nothing, not even the morbific
microbe, can resist troops who believe
themselves to be invinclble.
Victory is the most powerful of re-
storatives and deepest Of anaesthetics.
Legless members Of the old guard
crowded into an ambulance would at
sight Of the emperor rise on their
stumus to salute him. After Eylau
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Where We Aim.

William Dean Howells in one of his
talks about literature said: Good lit
erature is always condemned on its first
appearance. That is because, being
original, it is new and strange. Shell
ley's work was bitterly condemned at
first. So was Coleridge's. So was Words.
worth's. So was Stephen Cranes"
Mr.. Howells paused, then added i'm.
pressively, "Stones are only thrown at
those trees which are heavy with
fruit"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06

provisions of this act, said officer or
teacher shall be subject to arrest. and
upon conviction. shall he fined not
less than $500 nor more than $40. 90
for each offense.
(See Lords Oregon Laws, Sections
4l19. 4120, 4121, 4122. 4l23. 4124.
4125, 4126. 4127. 4128. 4129.)
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Greatly Chanqed.

"Have you seen Miss BeanpoIe since
she inherited fortune"
eyes. She Is greatly changed"
"HowH
"Well, she used to be frightfully
skinny"
"And now she's divinely SLENDER
Toledo Blade.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06

building, the town went mad with joy.
The streets were jammed with great
throng of people celebrating. Seldom
has the equal of the celebration been
witnessed in Southern Oregon. The
bond issue was a Medford move
fathered by the Medford Commercial
club, which has carried on a systemat-
10 and earnest campaign in favor of
the loads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
Walla Walla Loses.

By score of Sc to 0 the Walla
Walla high school football team went
down to inglorious defeat Saturday
afternoon at the hands of the fast
and heavy Wenatohee aggregation of
professional players, for which the
apple town is well noted throughout
the Northwest. Watson, Tekoa star
player who has long since passed
through his four years of high school,
starred the viotors. while other big
and heavy hired men of professional
oalibre. ploughed though the scholas-
tic team at will.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06

Trains on the main line of the o.
W. R...& N. have been late since the
strike of shopmen started, Railroad
officials say the train delays are not
caused by the strike The Walla Wal
la-P -Pendleton local shas been on time
during the week, but the Spokane
trains have been late.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
POLICEMAN SHOT
NEAR CHAIN BRIDGE
Patrol Carrying Reserves
Sent to Upper Potomac.

Report reached police headquarters at
an early hour this morning that Police
man Dixon NJ. Daughton. Of the Second
precinct, while fishing on the Virginia
side Of the Potomac, near Chain bridge
last night, was probably fatally shot in
the neck.
No details have been received.
A patrol wagon carrying reserves Of
the Seventh precinct has been sent to
Chain bridge
Daughton and Stanford Emanuel, also
Of the Second precinct, went of duty
at o'clock yesterday afternoon and
went up the river on a fishing trip. At
2:15 o'clock this morning Emanuel tele-
phoned to the Seventh precinct, simply
saying Daughton had been shot in the
neck and asking that the patrol wagon
be sent.
Daughton is about twenty-eight years
old, unmarried, and lives at 1862 Avon
street northwest.
At o'clock this morning. a Mrs. At
grocery store on the Virginia side, told
the Washington police over the tele-
phone that Daughton and Emanuel. while
in a rowboat got into an argument with
two farmers, who were standing on
shore. She said shot was fired from
the boat and the Virginians returned
the fire, a bullet lodging in Daughtons
neck.
Daughton was carried ashore by his COM
panion, she said, and was able to walk
across the bridge to the Maryland side.
He was bleeding profusely. she said.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
HAL CHASE MAY BE
OUT FOR A MONTH
Yankees Leader Ill-Team
Shot to Pieces.

Cleveland, Ohio. May 1A-Hal Chase.
captain and manager Of the New York
Americans, is a very sick man. The
physician who is attending him says the
first baseman is suffering from bron-
chitis. and is threatened with pneumonia.
It probably will be a month before he
will be able to get back into harness.
The nurse in charge OF Chase said to-
night that the player would be taken
back to New York as soon as he Is
able to stand the trip.
With Chase out Of the game, the
Yankees have acted like a ship without
rudder in the last two contests.
Aside from Chase's severe illness, the
team is badly crippled through many
other injuries and sickness. Duke Far
rell acted as manager in the last game
at Detroit and the first one here. But
yesterday Charles Hemphill was made
temporary leader.
A call Of the roster shows how the
team is shot to pieces: Chase has bron-
chitis or erysipelas; Vaughn and Ables.
malaria; knight just recovering from
grippe; Johnson is at the bedside Of his
dying mother; Hartzell and Wolter have
badly sprained legs; Gardiner Is nursing
a mashed finger; Elliot, an awfully sore
arm: Hemphill the acting manager, Is
still weak from tonsilitis: Roache has
a weak arm, and Bailey a bad finger.
With the exception of Ford and Fisher,
the pitchers are not going good
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
NORTH CAROLINA
GRADS ORGANIZE

The State University OF North Carolina
will no longer be without a representa-
tive body of graduates in the Capital
City. as eighty graduates Of the second
oldest State university in the United
States held a banquet last night at
Rauscher's and organized the North
Carolina Alumni Association of Wash
ington.
DR.. J. A Holmes, Chief of the Bureau
of Mines was toastmaster, and addresses
were made by Senator Simmons, Of
North Carolina, and Representatives
Kitchin, Faison, and Goodwin, of North
Carolina, and others.
All the speakers were most enthusi-
astic in praise of their alma mater
and suggested plans for making the
new association one of the most i'm
portant of like organizations in Wash
ington. A permanent home for the as
sociation, where graduates may come
and renew acquaintances, was one of
the main topics under discussion. The
newly elected officers were appointed
a committee to meet and consider
plans for a home for the association.
The officers elected are DR.. J. A.
Holmes. president; DR.. L. H. Battle,
vice president; DR.. R. o. E. Davis.
secretary; II. II. Bennett, treasurer,
and Prof. William NJ. Coleman, his
torian.
The first big event the newly organized
association has planned is a banquet on
October Il, which is the 116th anniversary
Of the founding of the State University
CT North Carolina. On tlIis occasion the
president of the University Of North
Carolina, DR.. F. P. Venable, and the
president of the University of Virginia,
Dr. A. E. Alderman, who is an alumnus
of the University of North Carolina, will
be invited to speak. The committee in
charge of the affair will endeavor to
make this the largest reunion of the
old grads ever held.
The officers of the association were
authorized to select a delegate to rep
resent the Washington Association at the
general alumni association, which will
meet May 80, at Chapel Hill, North Car
olina.
Among those present at the banquet
last night We're DR.. J. A. Holmes, Sena-
tor Simmons, Representatives Kitchin,
Faison, and Goodwin, or North Carolina;
DR.. Lewis ]. Battle, John A. Hendricks,
]. r. Cox, George F. Leonard, H. B. Col
ward, H. A. Jonas. Charles Hassell, A T.
Hill, DIR. F. D. Koonce, DR.. ]. E. Pogue
Charles Keel, H. o. Craver, A. R. Hester,
J. J. Skinner, Prof. w. NJ Coleman
Josephus Daniels, DIR. Thomas Ruffin, Fl.
H. Bennett, z. F. Hartley, w. G. Craven,
Lewry Axley, DIR. ]. W. Turrentine, P.
r. Anderson, and DR.. r. o. E. Davis.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
GEN. BATES DIMES
N. R. A. OFFICERS
Committee Accepts Trophy
Offer of Col. Thompson.

Lieut.. Gen. John c. Bates. U. s. A.
retired. president Of the National Rife
Association of America, entertained
the executive committee Of that asso-
citation at dinner at the Press Club
last night.
In addition to members OF the COM
mittee there were present as guests
Maj Gen. Leonard Wood. Chief of
Staff, U. s. A; Brig. Gen. Robert K.
Evans. Chief of Militia Division. U.
S. A, and Col Robert NJ. Thompson.
well known in connection with naval
affairs -
Other members of the committee
present were Gen. James A. Drain.
Gen. William p. Hall. U. s. A.; Col
c. D. Gather. Maryland National
Guard; Col. H. G. Catrow, Ohio Nation
al Guard, and Lieut.. Albert s. Jones,
secretary of the association.
The compittee acted favorably upon an
offer from COL Thompson to present to
the association q trophy to be known ga
the United Service Trophy" to be COM
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
UNIQUE AUCTION
SET FOR MAY 2S
Effects of Americans Who
Died Abroad to Be Sold.

The personal effects of Americans who
have died abroad since 1860, and left no
known heirs, will be sold to the highest
bidder on May %, at II o'clock, at
Sloan's auction rooms, in G street. The
sale will be one of the most unusual ever
held. Articles to be sold include jewelry,
pocketbooks, cigar cases, old coins, and
Confederate bills The articles will be
sold in sealed packages by order of the
Treasury Department. There are es2
packages in the lot.
This is the first sale of its kind ever
held, and while much of the property
to be sold is valuable. there is a great
deal of ii that possesses nothing or
an intrinsic value.
The authority for the sale is contained
in section 1908 of the Revised Statutes.
u. s., authorizing consular officers TO
take possession of the personal estates of
American citizens dying abroad and to
inventory and dispose of such estates
by placing the assets in the hands of
their legal heirs or personal representa-
tive. This was amended by the act of
March 3, 1911, so as to authorize and d.
rect the Auditor for the State and Other
Departments to act as conseryator of
such portions of these estates as might
be received at the Treasury Department.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
RIFLE TOURNAMENT
BY THE SCHOOLS
Western High Wins in the
Marksmen Class.

The final events in the fourth annual
indoor rifle shooting tournament Of the
District Of Columbia preparatory schools,
were run on last night at the National
Guard Armory. when the inter-school
match. the most important in the marks
mems sight, was won by the team from
Western High School, with a total OF
10ss points.
The boys from the Georgetown school
were followed by the team from McKin-
ley Manual Training School. with a
score of 1,02S. Business High school ran
third, with a score Of 976. while Central
could make but s34. running last. Eastern
High did not enter a team.
Prizes for this event. were a medal to
each boy on the winning team, and a
cup to the school. the cup to be retained
for one year. and the medals to be re-
tanned permanently.
The Junior marksmen's match was de-
cided in favor Of w. G. Wells, OF Nc
Kinley, who had a perfect score. He was
followed by T. NJ. Rector. Of Western.
and P. w. Gibson, of Technical. each
with &C. The judges were in doubt as to
the decision for third place, as A. Rich
mond. or western, scored 80, but as one
of his shots was wild, he was declared
the loser. The prizes for this match were
First, Winchester rifle, with Maxim
silencer: second, Remington rifle: third,
Stevens rife.
W. G. Wells carried of the honors in
the competition for the Col Winter
medal, for the highest aggregate score in
the Junior marksman's match. His score
was 90, 90, 100; total. 2S5.
Prize winners in he officers match,
which was held in the afternoon. were
E. B. Thomas, IS. 81. total 10: p. Putzki,
81, IS, total 169. and r. S. Nash. 70. So.
total 16S. E. ]. Casselman ran fourth,
with Il, so, total Isl.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
TENNIS TOURNEY.
Middle Atlantic Events To-day on
Bachelors' Courts.

The Middle Atlantic tennis tournament
opens on the courts of the Bachelors
Club this afternoon, play starting prompt
ly at 8 o'clock.
The entries follow:
Mems singles-C. B. Doyle, w. b.
lizard, P. H. 8. Cake. A. Chesley. w. r.
Holtzman. A. ]. Gore. H. B. Sampson, u.
Bloch, c. A. Barnard. o. c. Shaner, H.
E. Cotton, H. B. Irwin, B. c. Flournoy,
w, B. Wood, c. T. Chapman, ]. Britton.
F. ]. Bates, n w. Mclean, w. c. Hill,
T. R. Heath, NJ. Dove, H. c. Mclean,
A. R. Calder, and s. H. Herrick.
Mems doubles-Doyle and Doyle. Brit
ton and Mclean, Stevens and Hall, and
Hill and partner.
Ladies' singles-Miss B. K. Sewell, Miss
NJ. @. Sewell, Miss S. cambridge. Miss
Ethel Smith, and Miss Florence Smith.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
THREE ARE KILLED
In CUBAN STRIKE
Sentiment Against Ameri-
cans Causes Strife.
Special Oable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cahe to The Washington Herald.
Havana, May I3.-The Spanish employees
Of the Cuban Central Railway have gone
on a strike. demanding the discharge OF
all the English and American workers.
Engines have been seized by the strik-
ers. the tracks torn UP, bridges destroyed,
and traffic suspended.
The populace Of Sagua La Grande
showed such active sympathy with
the strikers that they attacked the
troops sent to preserve order. The
soldiers replied with a volley. which
killed three and wounded eleven.
The British minister called at the
palace to-day and demanded protec-
ton of the properties of the COM
panies and the safeguarding Of the
lives Of the British employees.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15

Of business prosperity in other lands.
The most hopeful element in the situa-
tion is the state Of the crops. Last
week there was favorable agricultural
weather everywhere, and a heavy rail-
fall all over the Northwest, where COM
plants of lack Of moisture were be-
coming frequent. It can be fairly said
that the general crop promise is more
brilliant at the moment than It has been
at any previous time. and yet every one
realizes that the harvests are a. yet dis
tant
The Washington herald., 1911-05-15

peted for annually by the four branches
Of Uncle Sans forces-the army, the
navy, the Marine Corps, and the or
ganized militia.
The committee also completed the ar
rangement Of the annual matches to be
held at Camp Perry, Ohio, August IA
to %. Later on the entire party visited
the National Guard Armory range where
the schoolboys are holding their tourna-
ment