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The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-05
QUIZ USE OF AUTOMOBILES
Senator eristow Seeks an Accounting of Government Owned Machines
 Used by Employees.

Washington.-An accounting of the number of government owned automobiles, motors and carriages and the use made of them by cabinet officers and the various de, partments was demanded in a yeS ma tion offered by Bristow. t1,l -4 .,,. sas, and passed by the senate.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-05
Arizona House Passes Recall.

Phoenix, Ariz.-The bill submitting the judiciary recall amendment to the people at the next general election has passed the lower house of the Arr zona legislature. An identical piii 's in the hands of the seante comiai''ee on constitutional amendments.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-05
Solon Hanus Himself.

Mystic, Conn.-John K. Babcock, 50 years old, Democratic rep resentative from this town in the Legislature, committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn. He rose early and told his wife that he would not be back to bed again. Later she and her sister found his body. He leaves widow and a daughter.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-05
Family of Five Eurped.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-An entire family was roasted alive in their home in Hanover, suburb of this city The dead are; Charles Melick. Mrs. CharN dead are: Charles Melick, Mrs. Charles Melick. Wylady. t; Emily, 4;/Stan. ley. 1.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-05
ADOPT MINIMUM WAGE SCALE
English Miners ion Will Take
 sEeSftowing is .;i' ...,on' on the
the fifth Sunday

Red Rir,e- o-- ci. .eting the min els ,-ueration decided to take referendum ballot immediately, com pleting the vote by April 4.
 The victory of the government was made complete when the mine owners met in conference and voted unani- mously to accept the minimum wage bill offered by the government
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-05
,unmen,s Fights.

/ ,iag Mich.-The women s"
 LaH'- a%endment, which provides ,sa5' ,sas an amendment to the he. eonsv,sa 2, vn,s ton sfa" si,,ad 10 the people at tue nexs De r0i suo election. passed the house
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-05
Governor Donaehy Beaten.

Little Rock, Ark.-Returns from evepty-four counties. in which about 100,C40 votes were boiled in the Dem ocra lie primaries, give Joe T. Robin son soq Oyernor a majority of about So.Ss0 er Gov. Donashy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
OLD HENS CHICKS ARE BEST
Several Tests Prove That Offspring
of Mature Stock More Thrifty
and Vigorous.

Don't sell all your old hens. II you
intend using eggs from your flock for
Matching, you should keep few old
hens to furnish them. The resulting
chicks will be stronger and heartier
than If incubated from eggs laid by
your spring pullets. The offspring of
the more mature stock will also prove
more thrifty and vigorous.
These facts were determined by
several tests made at Morgantown,
w. Va. Eggs from hens one, two and
three years old were used. In every
test the eggs from the older hens
hatched out more, heavier and strong,
er chicks than did the eggs from the
pullets. And the chicks did not lose
this advantage in weight, for they
were materially heavier at the end OF
forty days when the tests ended.
It was also determined that 1t is
matter of prime Importance to have
the hens not only mature but unex
hausted by previous heavy laying,
during the breeding season. Then the
very best results will be obtained In
respect to number, size and vigor ol
the chickens.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
pumas's Melon Contract.

Alexandra Dumas, pere, was ex'
tremely fond of melons, and an auto
graph letter of his has just come into
the possession of the library OF the
town Of Carpentras by legacy which
proves the fact. 1t is perhaps one OF
the strangest contracts ever made by
man of letters. The letter 10 ad-
dressed to M. Seguin, the deputy
maire of Cavaillon In the Caucluse In
August. 1864, by the author OF Les
Trois Mousquetaires," who was then
living at st. Gratien, near Enghein.
He says: "On receipt OF your letter !
have Immediately arranged with my
publisher, NJ. Michael Levy, for him to
send you the two or three hundred
volumes which have already appeared
of my works, and that in the future
as they appear he will send you the
others, and l am very pleased to be
able to reply to the great honor which
you do me, But please have the good
ness to tell your honorable maire. NJ.
Tourel, that | impose one condition.
If the town and the authorities Of Ca
WALTON like my books, like their
melons, and desire that in exchange
Of my three or four hundred volumes
there shall be constituted for me. by
municipal decree, yearly income OF
twelve melons per year. The cost OF
carriage will naturally be at my ex'
pense." Need one add that the con
tract was faithfully kept on both
sides7
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
AMERICA NAMED BY GERMAN
Martin WaIdseemuIler published Firss
Map With That Tltie Given
the New World.

IN the interesting town OF st. DE-
IN French Lorraine, there was recent
" held a celebration of special inter-
ost TO the people of this side OF the
world. and in a lesser degree TO SPAIN
and italy. It was In honor of the four
hundredth anniversary OF the publica.
tion there of the geographical work OF
Martin Waldseemuller, in which Amer
Ica was suggested as the name OF the
New World.
There have been many theories and
much controversy as to the origin OF
the name America, and not few have
resented the slight which was put
upon Columbus in this connection
Some have denounced Amerigo YES
nucci-who, like Columbus, was an
italian sailing under the flag OF SPAN
for Stealing" the glory due the real
discoverer
But the chief wrong, II any was
done, was committed by the German
geographer In the book which was
DuDlSleQ III IOUf, anu oh WV R
which he published year or SO later.
On that map the name America was
applied, however, only to the southern
part. of the New World. The northern
part was called Parias.
1t is possible, perhaps probable, that
Vespucci, not Columbus, first reached
the mainland of America; and 1t was
vespucci who grasped the important
fact that a new continent had been
found, and not simply part oil ASIA
OF that fact Columbus died In ignor-
ance.
But rightly or wrongly, the name
Of Amerigo vespucci, trader, Traveller
and, writer, was given to the new
World, and given to remain forever
And now a lofty tower rises among
the hills of Lorraine to commemorate
the suggestion which resulted in the
designatio"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Composition of An Egg.

More than 65 per cent. of every egg
Is water. Water also makes up 55
per cent. of the hens body. Unless
a hen has water she cannot make
eggs. nor can she properly digest her
food. True, all foods contain some
water. Vegetables contain great
deal but all these sources will not be
sufficient to more than supply the
bodily wants. Much water is used in
digesting the food and much passes
off in breathing. Many hen that Is
otherwise we'll fed fails to lay be-
cause she is compelled to go without
water, or to accept the alternative
to suck 1t out of the snowbank. When
laying freely a flock of fifty hens will
drink from four to eight quarts of wa
ter each day.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16

(By GLENN W. HERRICK, Mississippi)
There are many kinds of insects
that poster the farmer and fruit grow
er and all Of them, taken together,
may be divided into two great groups
dependent upon the kind Of mouth
parts they have and the manner in
which they attack plants. The in
sects of one group have jaws and bite
off bits of plants and swallow them.
They are known as the biting insects.
The members of the second group
have a bill or sucking tube which
they insert into the tissues of plants
and suck out the juices. These are
the sucking insects.
The grasshopper is familiar ex-
ample of the first class of insects, for
1t has biting mouth parts, composed
of two pairs of jaws, one of which
is hard and black and easily seen with
the eye. With these jaws the grass
hopper bites off pieces of leaves,
stems, ETC., and swallows them much
as COW or horse would do. Very
many insect pests have biting mouth
parts like the grasshopper and eat
parts of plants. For example, the
caterpillars, or worms" on cotton,
tomatoes, cabbage, etc., the June bugs,
fig-eaters, potato bugs, ETC. All such
insects are known as the biting in
sects.
1t Is plain that an insect that bites
off pieces of leaves and swallows
them stands relatively high chance
of being killed by putting some pois
onous substance upon the leaves be
fore they are eaten. 1t is absolutely
necessary to know what kind of al
insect is causing the injury whether
1t is biting or sucking insect. This
is the first point to determine.
Probably Paris green is one of the
best known poisons for biting insects
1t is rather expensive, difficult tt
buy unadulterated and is quite liable
to burn the foliage of plants If applied
too strong.
1t can be applied dry as follows:
l pound Of Paris green,
25 pounds Of slaked lime or flour
The two should be thoroughly
mixed and may be sifted on thu
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
was 100 Ounainq.

Fresh from the lecture on polite
ness the street car conductor went on
duty resolved to extend courtesy to
all. From the car barns up to 99th
street he put his resolution into eff
feet. He assisted the feeble and
heavy-laden, he smiled serenely under
unmerited abuse and he hurried no
one unduly. At 98th street he no.
ticed that woman in the middle seat
was preparing to leave the car at the
next corner. The child beside her
was too big to cause her any particu-
lar trouble in alighting, but the con-
ductor had been pleased with the way
the woman smiled upon the child, 80
he hurried forward to help.
The woman stepped down first and
the conductor, with one sweep Of his
arm, set the child down beside her
His signal to go on was followed by @
scream, then another and another
BOO hoo" howled the boy, and my
child! Bring my child back here,
cried a woman In the car. Half {
block further along the car stopped.
HE isn't mine." gasped the womal
when she and the boy had caught u
with the car. Il only just smiled a
him."-New York Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16

ed to bacon, because of its light
shoulder, its length of side and ten
dency to produce greater portion of
lean meat than many other breeds.
When the Tamworth is crossed on
breeds of more fattening tendencies,
and with finer bone, say the Berk-
shire, 1t makes an excellent bacon
hog. 1t is claimed by some breeders
that the Tamworth is the best bacon
hog in existence, but this may be TAX
en- with a grain of salt.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16

The Tamworth hog Is not as popu-
lar in the United States as 1t de-
serves. A few pigs of this breed
were brought over from England
about 80 years ago, but until the last
three or four years 1t was not regard
ed favorably,
The appearance of the Tamworth
is somewhat against 1t. Its rather
long head does not impress farmers
favorably. and there is general be-
lief that it costs more to bring Tam
worth to maturity than almost any
other type Experiments show, how
ever, that this claim is based mainly
on prejudice, for the Tamworth in
Canada has proven itself to be an
excellent and economical feeder,
This breed is especially we'll adapt
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Poultry Statistics in China.

Inquiries have come from the United
States asking for poultry statistics for
China. No such statistics exist, and
to estimate the number Of geese,
ducks, turkeys and chickens with any
degree of correctness Is impossible,
There is nothing to work from except
the crude base of population. which is
said to be 4SS,000,000. and of these a
large percentage of the male adults
are farmers, AS to how many fowls
each farmer owns 1t is also impossible
to give an idea Native farmyards
may be seen where 10 to 20 fowls
could be counted, and in the same dis
trict duekling. 500 or 400 iu flock,
may be noticed along the waterways,
tended, for purpose Of feeding, by one
farmer
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
WOOD
BY ELECTRICITY
Method as Pursued In France De-
scribed In British Technical
paper-Does Work
Well.

The following item from British
technical paper concerns n new pro-
cess Of seasoning wood by electricity
in France:
A large tank is filled with solution
containing 10 per cent, of borax and 3
per cent. of resin, with just a trace
OF carbonate of soda. In the bottom
OF the tank is lead plate which is
electrically connected TO the positive
pole of the dynamo The timber to
be treated is stacked on this plate.
and when the tank has been filled
smother plate is superimposed and
connected to the negative pole of the
dynamo. When the current Is switched
on II passes through the stack of wood
between the two plates, and In Its
passage 1t is said to deposit borax and
resin in its place, completely filling up
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
CAREFUL TRAINING FOR COLT
GentIeness ls Most Useful In Handling
Young AnImaIs--LittIe Fellows
Soon Become Friendly.

The old expression, breaking d
colt" has gone out of fashion.
A good colt is worth careful train
ing, which should commence before 1t
is month old, some say a year after
the colt is foaled. BY handling young
colts In a kindly manner they soon
learn to become friendly and they
seem anxious to do what you want
them to do.
The best breeders are very care
full not to frighten colt. The mem
ories of colts are good; they never
forget abuse. II colt has a good
disposition 1t can be coaxed to do al
most anything wanted Of it. Even
fancy tricks may be taught to young
animals, and they seem to enjoy the
learning.
When they grow large enough to
wear harness, they are all ready for
business, and are all the better for
doing a little light work when they
are two years old. Right here, how
ever, is where great many colts are
injured. Two-year-old colts lack the
hardness of bone necessary to stand
much of strain, but they can pull
the long end of double-tree hitched
to light harrow for an hour or SO
with positive benefit and they seem
to like it. When taken In from the
field and given little grain by way
of reward they eat 1t with great relish
The most valuable horses are taken
in hand early in life, and carefully
trained in this way. Even horses In
tended for the road are better fol
having little experience in farm
work when young.
Gentleness is the principal argu
ment to use in training colt. Yot
cannot gain their confidence witt
rough treatment or boisterous Ian
guage. Establish bond of sympath!
between yourself and the colt and h'
will try to do your bidding.
1t is never best to put bits In th'
mouth of colt until he is ten months
or year old, as his mouth Is yer.
tender and is liable to be injured. II
training the colt to lead halte
should be used, and care should b.
taken to see that the halter does no
fit too tightly about the head.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Quality Of Sows.

There is a great difference in the
motherly qualities of sows. and when
a breeder finds one which produces
uniformly large litters and all fine.
strong, healthy pigs, while she has a
constant and large flow OF milk for
her offspring. he should keep her for
breeding purposes, as long as she will
breed well, and she will be found to
be the most profitable animal on the
farm
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Knew What She Wanted.

A kid with fiery red hair and scorn.
ing any such protection as may be
afforded by shoes and stockings, walk
ed into a pharmacy and nervously
stood about until one of the clerks ao-
costed her.
II want some O. dat stuff to die q
switch wid," she said.
What color would you like7" in.
uuired the facetious clerk. RED,
green, purple or what?"
"Quit your kiddin'," admonished the
young lady. 81 dunno the stuff, but
it's suthin' like hopper-grass an Il
smells orful.'
without a moments hesitation the
man handed out nickePs worth oi
copperas-which makes for black dye
while 1t disinfects the material al
uynI
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16

soda in 2 quarts of water. Pour
them together, mix thoroughly and
then dilute with so gallons of water.
1t is then ready to use at once.
Arsenate of lead can be bought
ready prepared and is very convent
ent to use. 1t should be used at the
rate of to pounds of the arsenate
of lead to 100 gallons of water.
White arsenic is cheap, easy to get,
and is not often adulterated. There
fore, when it is combined with lime
or sal soda to prevent burning Of the
.oliage, it is most satisfactory in
secticide.
1t may be prepared as follows:
/ pound white arsenic,
pounds quick lime,
gallons water.
Boil the lime and arsenic together
in the water for half an hour and then
dilute with 200 gallons of water for
spraying.
Arsenate of lime may also be pre-.
pared by boiling two pounds of white
arsenic and eight pounds of sal soda
in two gallons of water for Is or 20
minutes, or until the arsenic and soda
are dissolved. This constitutes a
stock solution which may be kept in
a sealed jug for long time. When
ready to spray, slake two pounds OF
quick lime, take one pint of the stock
solution and mix them both with 4C
gallons of water.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
FEEDING for Euus.

Winter feeding for egg production
should above all things be varied
The simplest way to get at the right
food to produce eggs in winter, under
your special conditions and with the
foods you have at command. is to ex
pertinent on your chickens when they
are laying naturally in the summer
You will find that corn generally
makes fine winter staple. but 1t is
likely to make the hens too fat and
stop them from laying if it is fed in
too great quantities.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
FACTS ABOUT BLuING.

Since the placing of RED CROSS
BALL BLUE on the market there
has been rapid falling off In the
sales of all liquid bluing. Why buy
water containing a small percentage
of bluing when you can get a solid
package and dissolve it as needed.
Makes clothes whittier, lasts longer,
and is cheaper. Large package, 10
>-nts. ASK YOUR GROCER.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Protect the SiIo.

Wherever possible the silo should
be located in a sheltered place, as it
has a great bearing on the extent to
which the silage will freeze. A silo
that is built on the west side of a
barn, where it is exposed to the cold
est Winds even if it is built with dead
air spaces, will freeze more than one
built of solid concrere If 1t is shelter.
ed
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16

If you use Eye Salve use the best.
PETTIT's EYE SALvE is the standard,
is reliable and costs no more than infer
ior goods that are unknown. Used by
Physicians and Oculists, helps where all
others fail. 1t is not the TUBE or Box
that cures, it is the SALvE that does the
work. Guaranteed by Howard Bros.
under the Government Food and Drugs
Act. Don't be deceived or misled. The
only really antiseptic Eye Salve that has
been in the market for years. Sold by
Druggists throughout the known world.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Valuable By.Products.

Albumen is made from blood Sc
cured at the packing houses and used
for setting the colors of printed fab
RIGS. Ashes from the hickory and
cobs used in smoking meats are used
for fertilizer. Certain hard bone is
ground up and used for case harden
ing steel. In this process the steel
implement is heated while immersed
in the, powdered bone. Glue is made
from the hoofs and sinews. of animals.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
METHODS FOR ERADICATING
INJURIOUS BITING INSECTS
Constant and Warfare Must Made Against
Little Pests-Arsenate of Lead May be Purchased
Ready Prepared a NJ Is Quite Convenient
Use-Other Recipes

water-for potatoes 200 gallons of wa.
ter, and for peaches 800 gallons.
Arsenate of lead is combination
Of arsenic and acetate of lead and is
better than Paris green, because it
sticks to the foliage better, will not
burn the leaves, and remains in sus-
pension longer. 1t can be made as
follows:
II ounces acetate of lead
(white sugar of lead),
ounces arsenate of soda,
so gallons water.
Dissolve the acetate of lead in 4
quarts of water and the arsenate of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Middle Course Difficult.

To see the good nowhere-that is
pessimism, and this is easy. To see
the good everywhere-that Is optim-
ism, and this Is not difficult. But to
find the good somewhere-that Is
sobriety, and this Is In no wise easy.
Ivan Panin,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
The Way the Female Grasshopper
Places Her Eggs.

plants from thin muslin sack, prefer
ably in the morning while the dew is
yet on.
Paris green may also be applied in
water, which we believe is a better
method than the dry one for most
plants. Quick lime is added to pre-
vent burning of the foliage and the
poison is used in the following pro-
portions:
/ pound of Paris green,
200 to 800 gallons Of water,
3 pounds quick lime.
Slake this lime in little water and
add the Paris green. Stir thoroughly
and then add the proper amount ot
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Land Without Trees.

Thorshaven, the capital city OF the
Farce islands, is said to be absolute
ly treeless. The claim is made that
for some reason, perhaps soil condi'
tions. trees absolutely refuse to grow
there.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16

all pores and interstices. When the
process is completed the timber is re-
moved and dried, after which 1t is
ready for use. 1t is claimed that the
timber submitted to this treatment, no
matter how green II may be, becomes
completely seasoned.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
CjrcumIocution,

'T am inclined to think" said the
man who speaks with flrmness though
with caution, that our friend Mr.,
Grafton Grabb was created on the
Sabbath"
"For what reasonf"
eve are told that an honest man is
the noblest work of the Creator. and
also that on the seventh day the Crea
tor rAated
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Next Years Ducks.

Pick out the young ducks and
brakes that grow and develop fastest,
and that attain good size, for next
seasons breeders. Some ducks will
be heavier at eight weeks than others
are at ten. and are therefore more
profitable.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
Selfish interest.

'You seem to be developing great
interest in conservation" 81 am" re-
piled Mr.. Cumrox. "If they keep cut
ting down the trees, there won't be
any woods for me to take to when
mother and the girls get up these
rounds Of social gayety."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
WhiteMash Formula.

A good whitewash formula is as
follows: Quicklime, 80 pounds: tai
low. pounds; salt, pounds: water.
enough to make mixture flow well.
This makes tenacious whitewash
not easily washed of by rains or re-
moved by other methods.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-16
GRINDING the Grain.

A great many dairymen think IT is
all nonsense to grind grain. but their
opinion is probably influenced by the
fact that il takes time and trouble.
and is therefore somewhat expensive.