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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
CLOVER AND ALFALFA.

| By George Severance. Supt. Western Washington
| Experiment Station.
Red clover is preferable to alfalfa
wherever the crop is desired primarily
for its beneficial influence upon the
soil and when a short rotation is de.
sired. For two or three years after
seeding, red clover produces hay and
pasturage about equal to that pro-
duced by alfalfa, but generally it prac-
tically dies out after the third year.
Alfalfa keeps up its yield indefinitely
if properly cultivated. Hence, alfalfa
is preferable to red clover if the pri-
mary purpose is to secure perma-
nent, long-lived meadow or pasture.
Alfalfa is also more likely to make a
fair stand where the soil preparation
and seeding are not done with suffi-
cient care.
To obtain uniform success with
clover, it is important to observe the
following essentials:
Good seed. "A firm seed bed
which will hold moisture near the sur
face. 3.-A shallow but we'll pulver-
lied mulch. 4.--Seeding with drill or
other implement which will place the
seed on the firm, moist earth under
the loose, dry mulch. 5.-Absence of
a nurse crop. 6.-Avoiding pasturing
the clover until it is we'll established.
Protection from squirrels.
Only seed of high vitality and free
from noXiuos weed seeds should be
purchased. The vitality may be de-
termined by counting out two hundred
or more seeds representing an average
of the entire lot and determining the
percentage of these which will germi-
nate between moist blotting papers or
cloths kept at growing temperature.
Examine the seed carefully for the
presence of weed seed. The cleanest
looking sample may not always be the
best, because of the very noXios char
acter of the weeds represented by a
few seeds. Poor seed is dear at any
price, and it is false economy to pur-
chase poor seed because it is lower in
price. The source from which the
seed comes does not seem to be as i'm
portant in the case of clover as in that
of corn or other farm products. In
experiments of the Washington exper-
iment station in 1902 seed was secured
from thirty-eight different sources, in
cluding several foreign countries.
Practically no difference in results was
obtained, except poor stand where
poor seed was used.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
At the Wedding.

Stodgers went to a wedding recep
tion and found himself crowded in a
corner with a stout lady.
"Beastly crowd" said Stodgers
Wedding receptions are such bore
came only because I promised the
bride. Nice little thing. Rather sweet
but tiresome. Bridegroom looks like
horrid bounder. Don't know him, dc
you?"
YES" replied the stout lady, "I'm
his mother"
How unfortunate!" stammered
Stodgers, with an attempt at a smile
"Of course must have got him mixed
with his younger brother"
And then he struggled back through
the crowd and went home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
FARM AND .4:,:!' ORCHARD
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Specially

trees the insect probably goes deepe
into the wood from the beginning
where it feeds and lives until ready TO
pupation. In other sections of thu
United States it has been reported al
working mostly in the parts of the
trees ranging from the base of the
trunk to the limbs.
There seems to be difference OF
opinion regarding the health condition
of the trees attacked, but in Oregon
the first signs of trouble appear as a
result of the damage caused by the in
sect itself. Besides the apple, a num-
ber of other trees are attacked, as the
pear, peach, prune, and some shade
and forest trees.
Clean culture should be thoroughly
practiced, and nurseries should not be
located near infested orchards. When
tree seems to be injured beyond re-
covery it should be removed and
burned, so as to get any larvae or
pupae which may be present in the
lHleSIeu Tree.
Perhaps the best preventive meth
DDS are mechanical barriers. These
may be defined as something placed
about the trunk of the trees so that
the adults cannot lay their eggs upon
the bark.
Newspapers or untarred building
paper will do for this purpose, if
bound with string and tied at top and
bottom, so as not to permit the beetles
crawling under. The string used
should be such that the expansion of
the trees can break it, should the
growth be excessive. Window screen
may be used, but must be placed far
enough away from the bark 50 that
the eggs cannot be laid through the
meshes of the wire. Cotton should
be placed about the opening at the
top so that the beetles cannot crawl
under. In case of any of these bar
riers, the dirt should be mounded up
above the base of the tree so that the
adults cannot crawl under them at the
bottom.
A good stiff whitewash containing
crude carbolic acid should be applied
to the trunks of the trees above the
barriers. If the orchardist thinks
these are too troublesome, perhaps the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
BRIEFS.

U. S. Grant Jr., son of the 18th
president of the United States, is now
president of the Panama California
Exposition, to be held in San Diego
throughout the entire year 1915.
Sir Thomas Upton has signified his
intention of bringing one of his Sham
rocks to San Diego in 1915 to take
part in ocean yacht races that are be-
ing arranged during the Panama Cal
ifornia Exposition.
Lyman j. Gage, one time secretary
of the United States treasury, is one
of the active vice presidents of the
Panama California Exposition, to be
held during the year 1915 at San
Diego, Cal.
In the harbor of San Diego this
spring were eighteen warships at an
chor. The members of the crews had
week of boat racing on the bay and
declare the racing course one of the
best in the world.
San Diego will hold four days of
pageantry and celebrating beginning
July 10, to celebrate ground breaking
for the Panama California Exposition
to be held in that city in 1915. The
pageants will surpass in spectacular
effect anything ever held on the Pa
cific Coast.
Frank ssP... Allen, who built the
Alaska Yukon Exposition, is director
of works of the Panama California
Exposition, in San Diego in 1915.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

II want you to subscribe something
to the fund we are raising for the
purpose of giving Senator Bunk q
grand reception when he comes home
from Washington. How much shall
we put you down for?"
Nothing"
Nothing? Why you must admit that
Senator Bunk has made a great rec
ord in congress. He has succeeded in
making himself one of the leaders of
the most dignified deliberative body
on earth
"Yes, but he's got all the Offices at
his disposal filled. SO what's the use ?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
FLAT.HEAD APPLE TREE BoREF

H. f. Wilson Assistant Entomoogist, Oregon
Agricultural College, Corvallis.
"The records of the entomologist o
the Oregon Agricultural college show
that there has been reported injuries
by this species in Oregon for the last
fifteen or twenty years, and that these
injuries are usually upon two or three
year old trees. With the large num-
ber of young trees that have been set
out during the past few seasons, these
reports have grown more numerous,
and considerable number of trees
have been reported as killed.
Usually the fruit grower notices
that some one or more trees planted
the previous season appear unthrifty.
Upon examination, the trees are found
to be attacked at point near the
surface of the ground by long, fiat
broad-headed worm, which has worked
along the bark, cutting broad chan
mel and usually girdling the trees.
The place of infestation may be de-
tected by the dscolored bark covering
the tunnel made by the borer,
The adult of this insect is green
ish, metallic brown beetle measuring
a half-inch in length. The body above
is flattened, and in fresh specimens is
coated with a grayish powder. The
under side of the body is bronze col
ored.
The adults come out in the spring,
and, after mating, the females begin
laying the eggs upon the bark; the
forthcoming larvae bore into the bark,
excavating a broad burrow just under
the outside layer. The broad heads of
the larvae cause the necessity of a
wide burrow, and as the insects
grow this channel is made wider, so
that frequently it may be three
eighths of an inch or more in width.
The larvae continue feeding through
out the summer, and when full grown
bore directly into the sapwood of the
tree, pupate, and remaining there un-
til spring, come forth as adult beet
les. Reports of injury usually come
in the fall of the year, as it is then
that the insect has finished its work
and the tree begins to show the effect
of the injury. In the case of large
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
Porker-What did you run for?
Rooster-Well. you see, l am nat.
orally little bit chicken-hearted.
Think k Over.

Think II Over.
"You must not rock the baby at all, u
says the grave physician.
"But think an old-fashioned cradle
Is so cunning. and besides the gentle
motion gets the baby to go to sleep
without crying for an hour" says the
young mother.
Eyes, but that rocking motion is
very Injurious upon the child's brain,
The constant swaying really damages
its mind"
"Doctor?"
Yes. madam"
when you were little baby they
still used cradles. didn't they2
Certainly. That was before sci
ence had determined so many oi
the"
"Well-ll!"-Life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

The Panama California Exposition,
which is to be held in San Diego
throughout the entire year of 1915,
has offered prize of 81, 900 for a rose
to be called the "San Diego" The
Floral association of San Diego has
suggested that this rose should be of a
deep golden yellow, with the hardi-
hood of the strongest varieties now
grown, but this is only a suggestion.
The contest is open to all persons in
the United States, any floral society OF
club, in fact any person or association.
The rose must be shown at the exposi-
tion in f1915, so that there are -four
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
To Build a Beautiful City.

The Pacific Northwest has sent out
several men who are taking prom
inent part in big affairs in other
places. One of these is Frank P.
Allen, the constructor of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacifc exposition, who is now
director of works of the Panama Cali
fornia exposition, to be held in San
Diego, CAL, during the year 1915.
Mr.. Allen has associated with him
Bertram G. Goodhue, who is designing
the buildings and John Clark Olmsted,
who devised the landscape features of
the 1400-acre park in which the expo
sition will be built. These three men
promise the most beautiful grouping
Of buildings ever built.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
WORKING FOR EUROPEAN TRIP
Young Lady Lays Plans to Get Father
to Send Her Abroad to Over.
como Infatuation.

Good evening"" he began.
20, hello" answered she. Let
see, l accepted you last night, did
not?"
You certainly did," he came back
And the night before that you re
fused me. You ought to be careful
about those dates and not get EN-
mixed"
WE'LL" she decided, suppose you
| try again, and make 1t the best two
out of three"
Il will not. I told you I'd die II
you refused me-"
But you didn't"
mo. wanted to live long enough
10 propose again. You are the only
girl ever loved"
Il believe it-you'd never spring
that old chestnut If you'd ever had any
experience. But what does your love
amount to, anyhow"
"Its overdrawn my salary for six
weeks"
20, you're just hateful. and never
want to speak to you again. So there's
no use your following me into the
next room, because l won't be there.
I'll be in the library. over by the bay
window"
20, that's where I'm to come? Say,
II you don't love me, why do you en-
courage me to keep on calling?"
'Ill tell you the truth. It's SO papa
will suspect that l love you, and will
send me on trip to Europe to over
come my infatuation."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

San Diego de Alcala (St. James O
Alcala) was the first mission in Cali
forna and was founded by the leader
of the Franciscans, Junipero Sierra, il
1869. Near this mission CabrillC
landed in 1912, the first white man or
the Pacific Coast of the United States.
One of the beautiful features of the
celebration and pageantry planned in
San Diego for July 10 to %, will be
the Ramona legend, taken from Helen
Hunt JacksOn's romance of Ramona
and Allesandro.
1t is the purpose of the committee
in charge to costume Ramona and her
friends, as we'll as hundreds of char
acters of that period, in suitable dress
and to have her hold court with King
Cabrillo, who for this occasion will be
transformed from bluff old plratlcal
sea dog to a magnificent creature OF
silks and satins.
As nearly as possible Ramona's
court will enact the principal scenes
of the romance, with Ramona as the
central figure. No pains are being
spared to make the representation as
accurate historically, both in action
and costuming, as possible.
Huge mission arches are to be erect
ed in the streets of the city. The
whole city will be suitably decorated
and hundreds of persons will be on the
streets night and day in appropriate
costumes. AS far as possible and
with business, San Diego
will simply suspend ordinary activi
ties, dress herself in gala attire and
10 nothing but entertain her guests,
eat, drink, sing, dance and be merry.
The celebration is in honor of the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
Another SmuuuIer,

"Oh, father" exclaimed the beauti.
full girl, after they had left the ship,
there was one thing you didn't de-
clare. I'm afraid the customs officers
will get after you unless you hurry
back and pay duty on It."
What do you mean? I declared
everything we have in our trunks
II know. But that cold you have
you brought It from Europe, you
know."-Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
Never Dull.

1T must be awfully dull living in
town of this size. What do you ever
do for excitement?"
Dull? Say, you don't know what
you're talkin' about I don't believe
there's been a minute durtn' the past
year when we haven't had some kind
OF q church scandal goin' on
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
One Wlfe's Wav.

Does your wife ask you for things
she knows you cannot sfford%
she hasn't asked me for a thing
since we were married"
Great! How do you manage it,"
When she wants a thing she does
not ask me. she tells me- =
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
Money From Waste.

Some OF the street cleaners gather.
ings sold by Glasgow, Scotland. last
year were: Clinker, for sSl,916; tin.
light iron. etc. $26,249; scrap iron.
$SS,675: waste paper. sS2.694; bottles,
EI oTO
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

how many of you sisters ask our
oesr Lord to help you through the tr,.
ais OF the day when you get up in the
morning? l do, Try this: It makes
the work easy.-Tennessee Housewife
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
we Arc Never Satisfied.

That which is well within our grasp
feels mean and insignificant. while
that which is far beyond our reach
seems absolutely necessary to our
very happiness-we are never to be
quite satisfied
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

ground-breaking and dedication of the
first building of her Panama Callfor-
MIA Exposition, to be held during the
entire year 1915.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
The Other WaN Around.

Mr.. Angus-'lt you knew how to
cook we could save money" Mrs,
Angus-"If you knew how to save
money We could employ q cook.,:sA
Answers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

Injury caused by carelessness is not
remedied when you say: Il didn't
mean to" nor are you absolved from
blame and responsibility by those
words.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23
Exuert Chefs on Vessels.

The term son OF sea cook" is no
longer title of reproach, The highly
paid specialist who presides over the
kitchens is chef with an information
al reputation,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

LII hail to the early
spring does not seem
exactly a sympathetic
address, though in view
of the climatic vag-
aries usually present
in England during
March, 1t might have
some measure of ap-
propriateness, writes
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

years in which to propagate it. Flor
lists say the time is none too long.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-06-23

whitewash applied to the entire trunk
will act as a deterrent.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-03-10
IN THE MASTERS
EFE--=-> -
SGEE.5
By REV. JOHN Il. KERR
Poster Arlington Frcabyserian C.,urzL
Ec.y York

Text: For even hereunto were ye called,
because Christ also suffered for US l-f,v-
Ing us an example that We should follow
his steps.-Peter Il. y.
When the apostle Paul wrote those
words he referred specifically to the
example of our Lord under suffering
Furthermore, it is worthy to note that
his words were primarily addressed to
those who were slaves
1t is not at all my purpose to use
only this one side Of the Masters eX
ample. | want rather to gather TO
: gether from a wider range than this
one text some of the leading charac-
teristics Of the example set us by Our
Lord. His is an ideal character OF
the ages, and we cannot too often
bring before our minds its salient fea,
lures
The word example" here is the
translation of a word which is used
only in this place in the New Tesla
ment. 1t means a writing copy
such as might be found in a child's
exercise book and designated as an
aid in learning how to write correctly.
The word follow" is emphatic and
implies close and dilligent following
If We catch the full meaning of the
text, 1t is necessary to bear in mind
these facts with reference to the two
most important words in it.
I'm the Masters steps," He has left
us an example that we should follow
his steps The Master himself on
several occasions cited his own ectA
as the only ones to be initiated by his
followers. Thus he said concerning
an act he had just performed: 81
have given you an example, that We
should do as | have done to you" Or,
again: This is my commandment, that
We love one another, even as | have
loved you" So the apostle Paul cites
our Lords example, saying: Have this
mind in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus" And in another place we read:
Let each one of US please his neigh
Dor for that which is good, unto edify-
ing. For Christ also pleased not
himself" The apostles aim in life
was to reproduce as far as he could
the life of his Lord. For to me to
live is Christ"
One of the reasons why 1T behooved
him in all things to be made like unto
his brethren" was that he might show
us the possibilities of which our ma
lures are capable. Man needed to see
how an ideal person acts. In addi-
ton to that which our Redeemer must
do to make atonement for our sins, he
must also set us an example in his
own life, SO that we might have a
model after which we should attempt
to conform our lives.
OF course there were many things
about our Lords life that We could not
initiate, but there are other aspects
of it which we must initiate If we
are to be able successfully to lay
claim to his discipleship. We must
walk in the Masters steps.
In obeying the Fathers will. The
psalmist has said: 10, / am come; in
the roll of the book it is written of me;
I delight to do thy viii, o my God"
The writer of the epistle to the He
5rews applies those words to Jesus,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-03-10
THE LIMIT.

you say you would go through fire
and water for me?"
yes, darling"
Would you turn from all your peo-
pie for my sake?"
Yes, sweetheart, II you demanded it,
would deny them all for you"
Would you renounce all your friends
if l wished it?"
MY love, would turn my back on
each and all of them for you"
Would you give up smoking for
me?"
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, dearest"
Would you let me have three cum
ming doggies. with real lace handker-
chiefs in their cute little pockets, to
act as my bridesmaids"
NO! By heaven, l may be crazy,
but there is limit to my Madness"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1911-03-10
TELLING
THINGS

Don't you perfectly dote on dress
you have had good things in?" cried
the girl with the blush-rose complex.
ion, draping an affair Of silvery tissue
tenderly over a hanger and pinning a
sheet round about.
The other girl disentangled sixhair-
pins and jeweled clasp from her net
before she spoke. Il surely do, dear,
she replied. They get to seem al.
most human, don't they? The hoo
dooes are just as bad as the other kind
are delightful-the gowns that you sim
ply cannot have a decent evening in,
though you bought them ct the very
best place in town and have done
everything to them you can think of
to break the SPELL"
"Uh-huh!" agreed the blush-rose girl
eagerly, her lips hampered by pins.
TITS no use trying to change the luck
OF them, though you do everything,
from wearing them the very first night
Jack is back from the Philippines to
Tapping them about at the Country
club. Hateful things! They just do
~ O4l pun pOSo.
Il wonder, though" murmured the
other girl, pensively, sitting down on
the edge of the bed.
What, dear?" asked the blush-rose
girl encouragingly.
"Oh, nothing, l believe l won't say
1t. Only, do you ever think of the rea.
sons for your getting different parts of
your wardrobe? The occasion, you
know, that seemed to call for a new
party wrap, though afterward you real
lie that you might just as we'll have
worn the old one and saved your money
for the house party expenses? And
whenever you wear that wrap after.
ward you remember how disappointing
1t all was for a minute"
"Oh, yes" chimed in the blush-rose
girl. But you really didn't have to
get that party wrap for the great Mrs.
Smith-Popson's box party, because it
wasn't that sort of box party at all; it
was only an informal little affair. The
real reason you blew In your dollars
was that your hostess nephew came
back to town the week before and
everybody said"
Stop this instant, you little WITCH"
gasped the other girl. You are q
perfect clairvoyanti"
Just guess, my DEAR" placidly re-
turned the blush-rose girl, pinching an
eyebrow into tidier line. I'VE all
do 1t. But never thought before how
1t applies to everything one possesses.
Why, you could go straight through
your things and if you were perfectly
honest, cross-your-heart, how many
pieces could you find that you got just
to be in readiness for the season or
to look as well as the other girls
l always wait, 1 do believe, until 1
have a special reason"
But 1t is the last thing any girl
would be really honest about" MUIR
INJURED the other girl, feeling in the
writing desk for her shoe-trees.
"Of course. l was so cross the 9TH
er night at the Whitbys when caught
myself wishing 1 hadn't broken my
neck to get my bracelet back from the
repair shop. l upset the entire fam.
lily about getting 1t In time: left IA