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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
RAISING CROPS
FOR THE SILO
Ground Should be Selected ON
Whtch TO Grow the Laraest
Possib of
Corn.

Now is the time to make arrange
ments for the silo. Ground should be
selected on which to grow the largest
possible yield of corn, andyas convent.
emily located as possible. for 1t costs
money to haul green corn long dis
tances.
II the old alfalfa sod was plowed
last fall for planting to corn this
spring, SO much the better; II not.
plow as early as possible this spring.
and pillow deeply. using dressing of
wen rotted manure to plow under If
Il can be had. Corn is crude feeder
and will give good account OF any
fertilizer you may have,
II is not too much to expect twelve
to fifteen tons of green corn per acre
at harvesting time. so the silo can
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production of meat. Only such uni
forlnity of color and minor points are
demanded as will serve to distinguish
the breed and give uniformity OF ap-
pearance. The standards adopted by
breeders of this class Of animals give
relatively small consideration to fancy
points, whereas poultry breeders con-
slider about one-half Of the value OF
their birds to depend on color OF
feathers alone, while the judgment
OF shape is based upon the outline
produced by the feathers and not on
the true body shape. The standard
bred poultry fanciers have not been
mainly concerned in producing breeds
of chickens for the use Of the farmer
or practical grower, as have been the
breeders of cattle and swine. Men
who pursue animal breeding for pleas
ure alone do not choose large, SLOW
breeding animals, such as cattle;
neither do animals wholly worthless
from other standpoints receive much
attention from breeders. But the hen,
variable in form and color, inexpen-
sive to secure, readily reared and
capable of producing in brief time
large numbers OF offspring, and yet
withal capable of paying her way in
food products, has rendered possible
the development of the fancy or STAN
dard-bred chicken business into the
most universal and important fancy or
tic-breeding business In the world.
From the attention that has been
given to the breeding Of poultry for
the show room, many people wrongly
infer that standardized poultry is nc
better than mongrel stock for com
mercial purposes.
The mongrel chicken is production
OF chance. It's ancestry represents
everything available In the barnyardi
Of the neighborhood, and its Offspring
will be equally varied. In the pur'
breeds there has been rigid selection
practiced that gives uniform appear
ance.
The size and shape requirements o
the standard, although not based OF
the market demands, comes mucf
nearer producing an ideal carcass thar
does chance breeding. Ability to ma
ture for the fall and winter shows is
decidedly practical quality that the
fancier breeds into his chickens
Moreover, poultry breeders, while still
keeping standard points in mind, have
also made improvements in the laying
and meat-producing qualities of theiI
chickens. Considering these facts, II
is an enormous idea to think that
mongrel chickens offer any advantage
over purc-bred stock for meat or for
eggs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
MANY MISTAKES
MADE AT START
Those About TO Begin Wath
Poultry Should be Advised
to Begin With Good
Stock or Eggs.

How often have you stopped to
think how much better off you would
have been and how much time you
would have saved had you started
In with a pair or a trio Of good
breeders instead of the flock of Gull
chickens which you purchased and
which even the most experienced poul-
tryman would have found difficult in
handling?
How often have you thought about
advising those about to start In with
chickens to put their money In good
stock or eggs at the outset instead
of fretting with worthless stock for
two or three seasons before realizing
their mistake?
How often have you given this ad-
vice to a deaf ear, become provlked
and then got In good humor again
when you thought of the fool you
had been and of the time you had In
making up your mind to the neees.
sity of starting In all over again, aft
er devoting a couple Of years to a
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
(Ry OSCAR ERF.l

L
Pure-bred animals are those that
produce their form, habits or other
distinctive qualities with uniformity.
In order that we may get ofrsprings
like the parent and like each other we
must have animals whose ancestors
for many generations back have been
Of ono type. The more generations OF
such uniformity, the more certain II
will be that the young will possess
similar quality
The wild animals Of any one KIND
or species in one locality have been
Of similar type for many generations
and may be considered as pure-bred.
BY the law OF natural selection, ind1-
viduals not suited to live in that par
ticular locality have been weeded out.
When animals are domesticated,
and moved to other climates, and are
fed different foods, only such indi-
viduals will live and produce young
as are suited to the new conditions.
But another factor changes domestic
animals more rapidly. Men breed only
such specimens as please their fancy;
and this artificial selection replaces
natural selection. During the many
centuries OF domestication the chick
ems Of different parts OF the world
have developed into different types.
When these radically different types
are brought together and crossed we
have produced young that are very
different from the parents and from
each other. Nor can these young be
depended upon to reproduce offspring
like themselves. They are said to be
cross-bred, or, II the mixing be for
several generations, they are known
| es mongrels. By selecting from cross.
bred or mongrel stock such chickens
as are desired, and breeding these to
gether for many generations, new
breeds may be established.
One strain Of chickens may be Sc
lected for uniform color Of feathers
another for certain size and shape
another for laying large eggs of Ger
tain color, and yet another strain fol
being producers OF many eggs. Each
Of these strains might be well-bred in
these peculiar traits, but would be
mongrels when the other considera
tions were taken into account. Breed
ers OF pure-bred stock, in making
their selection of breeding animals,
try to consider the desirable qualities
In due order of their relative I'M
portance. Thus, with trotting horses
speed is given prominence above
everything else, while In the case OF
swine or beef cattle attention has been
given to the qualities of growth and
fattening that make for the profitable
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Dolls In Slam.

Have you ever seen Siamese gir
kiss her doll? Well, you wouldn't
know she was kissing 1t If you were
not told, for she kisses 1t in the same
fashion that grown up Siamese kiss
and that is by touching their noses
and drawing in a long breath. It is
really funny, particularly as the dolls,
except the father and mother dolls,
wear no more clothes than the chill.
iren themselves. The fathers and
mothers wear strips Of cloth wouno
round the middle of their bodies az
the real people do. The dolls Of the
poor people are made Of baked mud:
but children of rich people have wood
IN dolls, which look much more like
,eal dolls than the little mud figures
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tilOOC piilASo1 ehAAN OoAA OhAeAb \ OASohAS w
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. / can do my own housework,
hoe my garden, and milk cow. l can
entertain company and enjoy them. |
can visit when / choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. wish I could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEMA
DETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Murrayville, Ill.-"I have taken Ly-
dia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for a very bad case of female trouble
and it made me well woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said must have an operation, and / was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreadedit
SO that began taking your Compound.
/ got along so well that gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
ton. Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, R. r.
No. 8, Murrayville, Ill.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
PICTURES ARE QUITE FUNNY
Drawings Finally Show Boy Jumping
on sprlnsboard With Piece Of
Pie In His Hand.

Well" said the professor. after his
little guests had ceased squirming
around in their seats and all conversa-
ton had been silenced. "if I could but
have your attention for few moments
would like to see which of you is
the brightest"
The professor selected a piece of
charcoal and rapidly sketched an out
line on big sheet of white paper
which he held In his hand.
After have finished this drawing
OF course. most of you could name it.
But how many Of you can tell me
while draw 1t Just what it isl"
Il knowl know! It's beehive!"
came two or three shouts from the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
BOY WAS NECESSARILY SLOW
Small Boy, Late In Reaching Home,
Told Mother He Led Turtle In
stead of Carrying 1t.

An eight-year-old San Rafael boy
was being lectured on obedience the
other evening.
II told you thai you could play with
the Wilson boys till five o'clock" said
his mother. why didn't you come
when / told your"
II did, mamma"
Don't tell me a falsehood. Why
didn't you come home at five o'clock?"
II started home at five"
Then you stopped to play on the
way"
mo, mamma, sure didn't"
do you expect me to believe that 1t
took you two hours to walk half a
mile? think shall have to punish
you for telling me falsehoods."
Honestly l started home at five
o'clock, and came straight home"
The mother led the boy into the
kitchen and took down the whip. He
turned pale and tears welled up into
his eyes.
"Now, sir. will you tell me the
truth?"
"Ye-es, mamma; Charlie Wilson
gave me a mud turtle-and ! was
afraid-to carry it-so led 1t home
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
FOR The "A N
IIIllfEzA
ONES E
RIDDLES ARE OLD AS TIME
Two of Most Famous conundrums Are
at Least 1000 Years old-Enter-
tainment for Evening.

It is curious fact that boys are
more fond of conundrums than girls
are.
While all conundrums are riddles,
all riddles are not conundrums, the
term conundrum being used more for
riddles which are based on some fam
cied resemblance, such as, why is
pig looking out of second-story win
dow like the moon?" and the answer
Is because 1t looks round. Ii anyone
objects that the moon does not always
look round, you can reply: Neither
does the pig"
Two Of the most famous riddles are
at least 1900 years old. The first of
which there is any record is found In
the fourteenth chapter of judges. and
was made up by Samson after his tight
with a lion. He offered prize to any
one who could solve 1t within seven
days, but no one got it. 1t is recorded
that his wife pestered him to tell her
the answer, but he absolutely refused
until the time was up, and many think
that he never intended to tell 1t at ALL
Bishop Whately never told the an
swer to any of his puzzles. Ii they
were correctly guessed he would ac-
knowledge that the solution was right;
but If no one got the answer he kept
1t to himself. and some Of his enigmas
are still unsolved.
One of the chief entertainments in
ancient times at any domestic gather
ing, such as a marriage feast, was ask
ing riddles, and many persons spent
their lives in devising them and selling
them to the rich and great, just as
some public men now get others to
Writa their snaeches for them
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Preached While He Silent.

Very curious was the case Of Sim.
con Watson, hard-working, indus
trious Englishman, aged about 80, Of
athletic habits and active tempera.
ment, who, about 1926, began preach
ing in his sleep. His trance or Sleep
ing fit invariably lasted as long as the
ordinary nonconformist service, which
he was in the habit of attending. The
attacks became more frequent as time
went on, and he would go through the
whole Of the ordinary chapel service,
praying, reading the bible and preach
ing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Where Sailors Disaaree.

On two topics the great trans-At
lantic steamship companies are moi
agreed. Some creep through a fog al
q snail's pace. Others dash through
It at topmost speed-the quicker oui
OF 1t the better. Some insure heavily
against loss by fire. Others carry al
their fire risks themselves.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
promntlnn for Tommy.

well, Tommy" said the father OF
six-year-old youngster, "how are
you getting along at school?"
"Bully!" rejoined Tommy. Guess
the teacher is going to promote me"
what makes you think so?"
"She said today that If | kept on at
the rate was going I'd soon be in
the criminal Glass;" explained
Tommy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Am nn rrouhIed Waters.

Pouring oil on the troubled waters
as a quotation is hundreds Of years
old. but it is only recently that 1t has
been actually adopted as means for
calming real storms on the ocean.
Within the last few months many OF
the seamen who navigate our own
great lakes have begun to carry oil
in bags on their vessels. These bags
viii be hung over the sides Of the ship
and the oil viii be allowed to dribble
out slowly and form coating over
the surface OF the water. Its effect Is
to prevent the breaking Of the waves.
converting the sea into long, smooth
2walls.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Old Woman scrubblng.

Now let me add few lines. What
have we now?"
"Ah, we know!" shouted the entire
audience. "It's an old woman leaning
over, scrubbing the floor!"
"Good!" exclaimed the professor
THAT is right. But seeing that you all
guessed at once l still do not know
who is the brightest I will draw
some more on the paper while you
will have to draw a little on your i'm
agination for this next one"
He deftly erased line here and
there, drew in others and then stepped
aside, while the boys and girls racked
their brains and imagination to tell
what the professor was trying to de-
pict. Finally after no one had made
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19

be built to accommodate the area Of
corn grown! but be sure and build
large enough; for when once used it
will grow In favor, and the chances
are the area of corn planted and the
number of animals fed will be in.
creased when the practise is once es
tablished.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
knaM II Was Mronn.

The Parson-How did you get tina,
black eye. Tommy
Tommy-Fighting.
The Parson-rm sorry to hear that
Don't you know that 1t is wrong to
fightf
Tommy-Yes, sir. That's what
told your kid when he licked me yes
terday.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Riddle Of the SPHINX.

The Sphinx-some sort OF tabled
monster-proposed a riddle to the
people of Thebes, 1t is said. and muir
dered all who could not answer It
Oedipus finally solved 1t and in cha
grin the Sphinx put herself to death.
The riddle was as follows: What
goes on four feet In the morning, two
feet in the afternoon and three at
night7" The answer given by Oedipus
was this: Man; because he crawls as
a child, walks upright in his full
strength and walks with star when
an old man"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Quarrel Discreet.

''Why do you employ such elabor
ate circumlocution when you tell
man that you doubt his veracity2"
II find 1t better to use the longest
words possible. II can compel
man to consult the dictionary to as
certain Just what / mean both our
tempers get chance to cool."--
Washington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
MOTORCYCLE IS FOR WOMEN
English Method Of Enclosing All
Parts So That Skirts Are Not
Caught or Spattered.

Although motorcycling is almost ex'
clusively a sport or means Of trans
portation for men in America, and
young men at that, the makers of
motorcycles for women, are finding a
ready sale in England. The method
of inclosing all movable parts on a
,woman's motorcycle, so that there is
no danger of the skirts being caught
or spattered with oil, is shown In the
accompanying illustration of popular
model, says the Popular Mechanics.
This machine Is Of the lightweight
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Existence an Aim.

Life is a mission. Every other def
hition of life is false, and leads all
who accept 1t astray. Religion, sci
ence, philosophy, though still at vari-
ance on many points, all agree in this,
that every existence is an aim.-Maz.
I'D
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Necktles of Wood.

A syndicate comprising English cap
Italists has been formed to promote
the sale of 'tie silk" composed of 30
per cent. wood pulp and so per cent.
artificial silk Samples are being sub.
mitted to the New York wholesale
neckwear manufacturers. and consid.
erable experimenting is taking place.
In point Of price this material shows
advantage over conventional fabrics,
ITS luster. feel and general appear
ance closely resemble genuine silk.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
vIpers stIII PLAQUE Franco.

One of the divisions OF France, the
department of Seine-et-Marne, has is.
sued its snake killing budget. 1t shows
that vipers are almost as numerous
as ever before in the lie de France.
They are commonest in the forest OF
Fontainebleau, where one gamekeep.
er alone killed 1878 in the course OF
last year. For this he was paid $125.
and in all the department paid $3.50 in
the year, being reward of seven
cents for each viper's head presented.
Nearly 5000 were killed during the
wear
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19

even a guess the professor told them
he meant 1t for boy diving OF a
springboard.
"Oh, we see now!" said every one,
but what's that in his handf"
"That is supposed to be piece OF
mince pie." smilingly said the pro
fessor.
But nobody ever dives of spring.
board with piece of pie in his hand"
came from one sturdy little youth.
"Well, just put that in for you to
bite on" said the professor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
condu.ts sunday school in jail,

Isaac Jones, retired whaler, steam.
boat man and soldier of Somerset,
Pa, teaches what Is probably the most
unique Sunday school class in the
country. For 20 years he has taught
O class In the Somerset county Jail.
During that time six Of his pupils, he
ls quoted as saying, have been hanged
and one other has been convicted OF
nlIrdar
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Flr.t Hook on Education. i.

The first book on education ever
written and printed in English was Sir
Thomas Elyot's "Governour," publish
ed in 1881. Much that is done ever
at this day for the education Of boys
and girls in the schools was suggested
in this book.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Departure Approved.

'I understand your boy Josh Is ex
perimenting on the lines Of perpetual
motion" YES" replied Farmer Corn
tossel. "And l feel some encourage
ment about 1t. thought for awhile
that the only thing Josh was goin' to
take in was perpetual rest"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Lamb Was Getting Old.

Little Robert had been taught to re
cite ..Mary's Little Lamb" for the
benefit OF visitors. One day when
called upon to show of he rehelled
I'm going to cut 1t out. mamma. he
said. "That lamb of Mary's must be
an old ahaan by this time"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Damages for Spoiled Beauty.

A curious judgment was given in
German court the other day. A lit
tie girl of three who was placed in
nursing institution had been bitten by
the yard dog, the bite leaving a scar
on the cheek. The little ones guar
dian put in claim, not in respect of
the pain caused, but because the scar
had lessened her chances of securing
husband when she became old
enough to marry. The court upheld
the guardians claim, and placed the
damages at $5n0
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
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First Outline.

eager audience. mo, 1t isn't! It's
an Eskimo house." said little boy
who had been reading of Greenland
Still others there were who thought II
might be a piece of watermelon with
two bites out of 1t.
"Well." said the professor, "all your
guesses are very good, but none oi
those is what I intended this to be
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19

flock that no one could have made
to pay for It's feed?
When we look back upon the many
mistakes we made in getting start
we wonder how we managed to stay
with 1t. 1t is then we realize why 1t
is so many go in for chickens and
fail, and begin to wonder how 1t hap
pens that more did not give up at
the outset
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
ParaIyzed Hens.

Hens that cannot stand and have
no use of limbs, but seem to be other
wise healthy, are probably paralyzed.
Little can be done for such birds
and it is best to dispatch them
quickly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19

- " 49, 80 -
or five days at a time
every month, and SO
weak I could hardly
walk. I cramped and
had backache an d
headache, and was
so nervous and weak
that / dreaded to see
anyone or have any,
onemovein thereon.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that | ought to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Unheeded.

"And those long, silent pauses In
your speech didn't quite understand
them?" Perhaps not. Those were
the points where had written laugh
ter and applause into my manu-
script"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Tha ANerane.

(which of these clocks Is right?" II
don't know. We've five clocks. When
we want to know the time we add 'em
together and divide by five, and even
then we're not certain. Punch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
ADVANTAGE With Ducks.

One advantage in duck raising is
that there is very little loss from dis
ease and they are not bothered by
vermin.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19
Eoos for HatchInu,

Eggs must be from good, strong
stock, fertile and fresh to hatch well.
They must not be subjected to chills,
jarring, impure air or too great heat.
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NOT Of Value.

When people ask for bread and are
given a stone 1t is never a precious
stone.-Desert News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-07-19

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