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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

i'ur ,hc lands sake-use Bowker's
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and
those who till it," 2s. .w13t,e o,w.,tf
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bacteria in milk, reducing IT greatly. II r
v"ry essontial that strainer cloths he
sterilized daily by heat Live steam Will
do this, said he as also Will baking
in an oven, the cloths being placed in a
the paper turns brown.
He had 10 charge "A higher price 70,
his clean milk. said he. but when he hai
taken several hundred people ont to his
farm In bargc, to soc his sanitary barn.
the Idea that his mills was worth the
extra cent he charged spread rapidls
among the townspeople
Advertising is necessarY,'s said he.
you must let people know what you
arc doing, and that you are making.
an exceptional product You have to
educat" them up TO appreciation of n
rev thing like clean milk"
Mr. Howe said that during the hot
spoil last summer he advertised Il,
the local rapers, saving that ~
clean milk viii Keep 81 hours in hos
W"atNor" He said that in that time
he never received single complaint
of eorr milk from his customers
Clean MILK, said he, has been pro-
duced among unsanitlry stailc con
'ition' by washing ana cl'rn.ne taf
COWS using disinfectinr solution.
and employing the greatest care in
handling ana cooling the milk.
He advised The Ncrmonters to spc-
oiali1c in butter maxine and cattle
raising, and his counsel was greeted
with applause.
Tho closing address Of the afternoon
nr
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
MAPS or THEIR HOME STATES
Exlles Keep Them Hanging In Their
Offices Because They Get Very
Homesick.

To that general information bureau,
the elevator starter, went the man
who wished to see large map OF
Wisconsin.
Where can find one?" he said
There Is a Wisconsin man in busi-
ness on the eleventh floor" said the
starter. He'll be likely to have one" !"
Up to the eleventh floor went the
seeker for map. He found one there.
How does 1t happen" he said to
the Wisconsin exile, "that all you men
from other states keep a life-size map
of your native state hanging up in
your Offices for a year or two after
migrating to New York? Is 1t be-
cause you are homesick"
Partly" said the Wisconsin man.
"and partly for the accommodation of
visitors from back home. I guess you
are right about every last one Of us
exiles clinging to a home map for
while. have been into the offices OF
recent arrivals from half the states in
the Union, and every place l saw
state map. suppose those people got
them for the same reason did. Back
in Milwaukee never thought Of own.
ing a map Of Wisconsin, but now that
l am thousand miles away 1t does
me good to trace familiar railroad
routes and locate weli-known towns
Then, lot of Wisconsin people here
on visit drop In, and as they expect
to go back soon 1t is a material as well
as sentimental advantage to them
to find Wisconsin map handy"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
ALDRIcH IN THE OLD DAYS
How the Author Appeared When He
Had Just Become Editor Of
Atlantic Monthly.

| can see him now, sitting at tbs
round table at Oscars, holding briar
pipe that was oftener between his fin
gers than In his mouth, and swinging
1t in graphic curves as he talked to
us. He used it like painters brush
or pencil.
He was dressed In a quiet suit OF
tweeds, the sobriety of which was re-
lieved by flowing crimson scarf gath.
cred at the neck by an antique ring.
He was partial to crimson in those
days. and it became his complexion
and the light curls apostrophized by
Bayard Taylor. We parted late and
In a merry mood, the young fellows
among us glorying in the new friend
who was so witty, SO suave, and SO at
tentive to our ambitions and aspira-
tions. Moreover, Aldrich had just
succeeded to the editorship Of the At
lantic Monthly, and hopes arose OF
possible advantages lying for young
authors in that direction.
I'll have an elegy ready for him be-
fore breakfast, and try to get ahead Of
Edgar" said Frank Saltus, referring
to Edgar Fawcett, as the lights went
out in Oscars and we dispersed, and
on the following morning he came to
me, assembling an air of dependency
TITS no use. Edgar's beaten us all.
He shipped car load to the Atlantic
by the fast freight before daylight
as per invoice, sonnets, ten bales; tri-
olets, ballads and rondeaux, three
bales; novels and short stories, twen-
ty tons In fifteen crates. ."-Bookman.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Farming With Dynamite.

Where the surface soil is underlaid
with layer of compact sub-soil or
hardpan that is impervious to water
and impenetrable to the roots Of grow
ing crops, the rain runs off quickly
and the land suffers severely in times
of drouth.
Blowing up with dynamite this COM
pact subsoil to form underground res
ervoirs has been tried with good re-
suits, says Farm and Home. Bore
holes in the ground two to six feet
deep and from 20 to 30 feet apart ac-
cording to the nature and compactness
of the subsoil and hardpan. About 80
sticks Of dynamite are used per acre,
which cost $1.50, with caps and fuse.
An ordinary two-inch augur with a
long handle is used, and half-pound
stick of blasting powder is placed in
each hole. The explosion breaks the
ground all around for distance of 10
to Is feet, makes an opening at the
surface to 10 inches in diameter,
and forms sub-reservoir below the
bottom Of the hole from three to six
feet in diameter, with the hardpan
shivered into fragments. The open
ings and holes SO created should be
partially filled with sand or gravel to
keep them opened permanently for the
surplus rainfall. The work can be
done in leisure time in dry weather.
Largely increased crops result. The
modern method of tree planting is to
blow hole for each tree with dyna-
mite.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
DAIRY BUTTER is PROFITABLE
Lack Of Attention to This Product
Has Resulted In increased Manu-
facture Of oIeomarearlne.

Farmers have been giving dairy but
ter less and less attention in recent
years and as one result Of this oleo-
margarine, as cheap substitute. has
come into use.
1t has been observed during the
months of phenomenally high prices
that the butter substitutes are -four
lshing to an amazing extent. They
are taking place In the worlds COM
merce which ought to be held by
good, wholesome farm butter. With
plenty Of choice dairy butter, oleomar-
garine would be driven from the ta-
Lies of American families generally.
When creamery product is selling at
Il to 30 cents, the oleo comes quick
ly into common use. becau-e there IL
:-ot enough dairy butter to meet the
demands. The substitutes get their
start and hold large and valuable
trade simply because the farmers are
neglecting the opportunity to furnish
sufficient supply of fair to choice
dairy butter. Not all farmers are To-
Gated near enough to creameries so
that they can deliver their milk once
q day without unreasonable travel.
Those who are not should keep but
ter dairies, large or small, according
to circumstances, and market their
product once a week.
This is In the line of diversification
and 1t is a paying proposition. 1t
should not be all dairy, not all poul.
try, nor all hogs, nor all corn. but q
wise mixture SO that the farmer al
ways has something for the l1gh mar.
kets. A little pushing along the dairy
line Just now is justified both by pres
ent prices and future prospects.
When farmers can get rs cents or
more for fair quality Of butter, as
at present, there is money in It for
them and they can afford to give
that branch of husbandry great deal
more attention than they do.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Insuring Against Hen Lice.

The time to fight lice is all the
time. Absolute cleanliness must be
maintained at all times. The drop
pings should be removed at least once
q week.
Twice year, in spring and autumn
general cleanup should take place
The perches should be removed ant
burned until the outside is thoroughly
charred. The building should be thor
oughly whitewashed. For this purpose
spray pump not only facilitates the
work, but does much better job, the
spray putting the whitewash into
cracks and crevices that would be diff
cult to reach with a brush.
A good spray pump will do as much
in an hour as could ordinarily be done
in day with brush. The perches
should be thoroughly sprayed every
week or 80 with kerosene to keep
down the red mites. These mites at
tack the fowls only at night, and are
found on the perches, or in cracks and
crevices near the roosting place.
Kerosene is an effective remedy, but
it should be applied frequently.
The litter should be replaced with
clean material at least once a month.
The nests should be looked to fre-
quently, as the hollow straws make
nice hiding and breeding places for
red mites. Excelsior is preferred by
many. However, the best material
for nesting purposes is tobacco stems.
When the house has been thoroughly
rid of the pests the fowls should re-
ceive attention. There' are many lice
powders on the market, but the safest
plan Is to make your own at home as
needed. Farm and Home says the
best formula is two ounces crude car
bolic acid. four ounces gasoline ant
one pound air-slaked lime. The car.
bolic acid and gasoline should be thor.
oughly mixed and poured over the
lime, stirring the whole mass thor.
oughly. Keep away from fire. After
standing for several days fine pow.
der is the result. Use sifter-top can
Experience has shown that this pow
der Is very effective.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Jane Austen at Bath.

Bath, where 1t has been decided to
erect pedestal in memory of Jane
Austen, was the home of the novelist
from 1901 to 1906 Her father, whose
health had broken down, removed
thither from Steventon. leaving his
son James In charge Of the rectory
as locum tenens.
The daughters do not seem to have
been consulted with regard to this
change of plans. Miss Constance Hill
in her book. Jane Austen, Her Homes
and Her Friends" says that, coming
In one day from walk, as they en-
tered the room their mother greeted
them with the intelligence: Well,
girls, 1t is all settled. We have de-
cided to leave Steventon and go to
Bath To Jane, who had been from
home and who had not heard much
about the matter 1t was such a shock
that she tainted away" Although
both "Northanger Abbey" and per,
suasion" deal very largely with Bath,
neither of them was written in that
city.-Westminster Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Paid Good Price for His Outlet.

The Brazilian nabob, Baron Fereau,
was as miserly In trifies as he was ex-
travagant In other directions. 1t was
one of his peculiarities never to fee
servants, and the walters of the vari-
GUS hotels at which he sojourned were,
for that reason, not partial to him.
One morning, while staying at the
magnificent Maux hotel, In Rio de
Janeiro, he came down to breakfast
and ordered q outlet. After he had
eaten 1t he ordered second. Baron"
said the head waiter, maliciously, Its
custom with us never to serve the
same course twice at a meal" lis
that so?" said Fereau, and rising from
his seat he left the room. In ten min
utes he came back into the dining
room. Waiter" said he, II have just
bought this hotel and am master here
now. AS you will not be able to get
accustomed to my plan of serving
guests according to their wishes, you
are dismissed at once" Thereupon he
took up his napkin again and called
to another waiter: Nov, bring me
another cutlet!"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
IMPROVE PASTURES.
sod-Bound Ground Turns Water and
Then Dries Up.

Then Dries Up.
Pastures should be improved. II
there was a good stand of grass,
weeds would not grow. The trouble
is, the pasture is packed hard. Wa
ter runs off when it rains instead of
soaking in. In other words, the pas
ture is sod-bound.
Here is the way to handle such a
pasture: AS soon as the frost goes
out of the ground in the spring, and
before we get busy with the regular
farm work, we should use disk drill
and thoroughly cut up the pasture, at
the same time drilling in from eight
to ten pounds to the acre of red clover
seed on the high lands and alsike clo-
yer seed on the low lands.
Here is the result: The drill loos-
ems the sodbound condition of the old
pasture and lets the air down to the
roots, stimulating more vigorous
growth and spreading the plants 80
that where one plant grew last year,
two will grow this year and both of
them will grow better In addition,
the clover seeds will fall ON those bare
spots where weeds grew last year, and
clover, one of the best feeds in the
world, will grow this year. Cows
will be able to secure two or three
times as much feed to the acre. They
will get growing and milk-forming
material--protein. Farm and Home.
Red clover grows best on the hill
sides and high lands. Alsike clover
is mighty good grass for the low
lands, for on such land it will make
wonderful growth and provide remark
able pasturage and hay. Farm and
Home also says sorghum makes good
crop for summer feeding of cows. 1t
is heavy yielder and will furnish
feed when the pastures are short.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
FARM AND AM, ORCHARD
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EASY MONEY FOR FARMERS.
National Commission on Farm Finance
Studies Foreign Methods.

national Commission on Farm finance
Studies Foreign Methods.
The finance committee has reported
favorably to the United States senate
the Gronna resolution. 1t provides for
national commission on farm finance,
to consist of three members and to be
limited to one year. 1t is to investi-
gate and report upon the systems of
cooperative land-mortgaging, bank
ing, and cooperative rural credit
unions, which have achieved such stu
pendous success in Europe.
If this class of institution can be
enjoyed by American farmers, the
result will be of profound Importance,
says an editorial in Farm and Home.
The Nashville conference, which con-
sidered this problem, takes the same
view. An official report of the Brit
ish government says that these meth
DDS of cooperative rural credit are "a
modern discovery which may be lik-
ened, as factor in production, to the
discovery of steam"
Some millions of farmers in differ
ent European cuntries are members of
thousands Of local and provincial
credit unions that make business of
seasonable loans to farmers, at rea-
sonable rates. In Germany alone,
these rural banks are doing business
of $5, 900, 900, 900 annually. Foreign
cooperative land-mortgage banks do a
still larger business, enabling farmers
to borrow money on mortgage at 80 to
Az per cent and encouraging them to
repay it by installments, SO that in
due time the farmer owns his place
free and clear of all incumbrance.
Abroad, these institutions are the
of over 150 years expert
ence. Their successful development
in this country, declares Farm and
Home, may be productive of more
good than all of the political reforms
now agitating the public mind.
The national commission on farm
finance should present all the facts, SO
that the farmers in the respective
states may succeed in their financial
cooperation. The report should sug-
gest what state laws are needed and
also whether any national legislation
is called for to promote the most eff
fective progress Of co. operative farm
finance.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
nun uplecren 10 nIaar.

A millionaire rancher. Of Pomona.
Cal, was painfully injured, recently,
while attempting to ride a large red
Durham bull. He had made a wager
with another rancher that he could
remain on the bulls back for two min
utes, faith in his ability to win the
wager being based upon his expert.
ences In broncho riding. He lost the
bet by Just lit seconds, for three sec
onds after he mounted the animals
back, he was seated In the center Of
the corral nursing badly wrenched
hip and shoulder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26

table Compound. My husband said it
would restore my health and 1t has. -
Mrs. MAY WYATT, Ashland, Ky.
There are probably hundreds Of thou
sands Of women in the United States
who have been benefited by this famous
old remedy, which was produced from
roots and herbs over thirty years ago by
o woman to relieve woman's suffering.
Read What Another Woman says:
Camden, N. I'll had female trou-
BILE and serious displacement and was
tired and discouraged and unableto do my
work. My doctors told me never could
be cured without an operation, but
thanks 10 Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound am cured of that affliction
and have recommended 1t to more than
one OF my friends with the best results. "
Mrs. ELLA JOHNSTON, 824 Vine st.
II You want special advice write 10
Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl-
dentian Lynn, Mass. Your letter WILL
be opened, read and answered by :
wemaa and held IL strict confidence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26

A thornless blackberry is the latest
amazing" discovery credited to
Luther Burbank, who is said to have
worked 10 years to produce it. Next
he will be heralded as the originator
of the seedless orange, an odorless
rose, and bloomless strawberry.
Thornless blackberries are not new by
any means. The old Wachusett Thorn
less has been known and grown for
over 20 years, says writer in Farm
and Home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Severe crltlcIam.

DR.. Hedge and DIR. Bartol spent :
summer together down east. One Sun
day DR.. Bartol preached to congre
cation largely composed Of fishermen
DIR. Hedge was curious to know the eff
feet upon them, and asked one OLD
salt what he thought about the preach
ing and the sermon. The reply was:
Well, his idea was absurd. and hil
language was preposterous."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
church Information Wanted.

Why are there SO many churches
In New York without a sign to know
their denomination or who breaches.
or any sign of anything except the
abode Of the sexton and undertaken
Nobody is anxious for the undertaken.
and everybody, as rule. scolds the
sexton. Give denomination of the
church, time Of service and name OF
pastor. From a Letter to the Editor
Of the New York Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Virtue In Compulsory Work.

Thank God every morning When
you get up that you have something
to do that day which must be. done,
whether you like 1t or not. Being
forced to work and forced to do your
best will breed in you temperance and
self-control, diligence and strength OF
will, cheerfulness and content. and Q
hundred virtues which the idle never
Snew.--Charles Kingsley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Aaa Not the Objection.

It is a mistake to suppose that the
world wearies Of old men because Of
their years. A congregation loves q
gray-haired preacher as they love q
white-haired physician. If he gives
them brown or black or red-haired
sermons. It's the bald-headed the
ology the congregations object to-
Burdette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
A Possible Derivation.

Words are terribly funny things,
aren't they?" said Mrs. Jones, Take
the word gargle-how on earth do
you SUPPOSE they ever got that?
Very simple. my DEAR" said mir.
Jones. Just look at yourself in the
glass some time when you gargle ana
then look at a gargoyle, and you'll
see,"-Harper's Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
New York,s Greatest Borough.

Manhattan, one Of the five boroughs
comprising greater New York and its
most important borough. 10 approxi-
mately fifteen miles In length, from
the Battery to the city line. and about
five miles at It's greatest width. Its
frontage on the water, together with
the shipping facilities Of the entire
city, Ia 444 miles. or equal to the dis
tance between the city and Buffalo
IN Lake Erie.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26

It was only with the utmost difiicul-
ty that Noah was able to control him.
self, as the two mosquitoes Of the ark
waxed red and corpulent on the back
of his hand, gorging themselves to re.
pletion. 'Tf 1t wasn't for the grudge
have against my posterity," he rasped
through his clenched teeth, I'D smash
your internal carcasses!"-Puck.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Accident Brings Total Blindness.

NcCIueHt bTIHyS IUtdI bIIHuHNSSs
A distressing accident occurred 70
Gently in Marlton, N. J., when a young
man, who was holding bottle oi
blasting powder, lost the sight OF botH
eyes, and was horribly mutilated bS
an explosion which was caused by
spark from cigarette an unknown
passer-by was smoking.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
or with the Old.

The latest fashion In New York, We
are told, is for an engaged girl to
wear the portrait OF her sweetheart on
her slipper. An ingenious bootmaker.
we understand, has invented a con-
trivance by which the portrait can be
frequently changed without injuring
he shoe.-Punch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Vary Good Eli

Sometimes the blunder OF q chilo
seems like the veriest wise mans
wisdom. Such might be said OF the
little fellow In Hutchinson, according
to The Gazette, who, desiring some
OF the boarding housekeeper's de
light, commonly called hash, said:
please pass the sh."--kansas
City Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Beauty Now and hereafter.

Beauty in Gods handwriting, q
wayside sacrament; welcome it, then,
In every fair face, every fair sky, ev-
cry fair flower; and be sure that yet
gayer meadows and yet bluer skies
await thee in the world to come
Charles Kingsley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Under Suspicion.

II am afraid that man we sent to
congress is losin' his sympathy with
the plain people" said the backwoods
constituent. What has he been
doin'?" "Tuckin' his napkin under his
chin an usin' a knife instid O pickhs'
his pie up with his hands"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Aroused hla connrenatlon.

There is story that q preacher
pawned his watch and the following
Sunday preached four hours because
he had no tinepiece. At the conclu-
sion OF the sermon there was ; special
collection raised and sent to the pawn
broker.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Music and MaseulInltv

Music as an art has little standing
In Japan, according to letter in the
current issue of the Travellers Ga
Eette. It is left almost entirely to
women. who cultivate 1t to the extent
Of playing on guitarlike instrument
called the samisen. "In the not Fery
remote past" says the writer, mo
gentleman could reconcile the practice
Of music with masculine dignity, and
this state Of affairs is changing but
slowly
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-26
Dlctaphone Not New.

The dictaphone which as been used
in obtaining evidence in recent years
is not altogether new invention. The
expression walls have ears" origin
ated long time ago when buildings
were constructed having hidden tubes
in the walls, SO that what persons
We're saying in one room could bs
heard In another.