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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-15

ed that a truce between the warning
factions in Mexico is possible.
Both the president and Secretary
of State Bryan believe that unless
some unforeseen complications arise
Mexico will be comparatively tranquil
by the first of the year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-15

The two weeks campaign of the
Young Women's and Young Mems
Christian associations to raise $4,000
900 got big boost by the announce
ment to the joint committee workers
that s1,9S6,346 already has been sub
scribed OF this sum more than half
is conditional upon the whole $4,000
900 being secured. The heaviest con-
tributor so far is John ID. Rockefeller,
$3.50, 900. Mrs Willard d. Straight
gives 100000 Cleveland II. Dodge
gave $250000, Miss Grace Dodge $780,
900, and Mrs. Finley j. Shepard
(Helen NJ Gould) 100000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
For a Red
Bloiety Skin
The Remarkable Action Of
a Famous Remedy and
Some Facts About It.

The skin is but net work OF fine blood
vessels. And 1t is q perfectly natural
consequence that any influence In the
blood that is a condition Of Ill health
makes its first appearance in the skin.
There are certain medicinal properties
that follow the course OF the blood stream
and the influence OF these properties is
that of an antidote This Is why S. S. s..
the best known blood purifier, has such
positive action in the skin. There il
one Ingredient In S. S. S. which peculiarly
stimulates cellular or glandular activity
to select from the blood or from this
fine net work OF blood vesseis-in the skin.
those elements which 1t requires fer re-
generation.
Thus pimples, acne, eczema. lupus, or
any other blood condition that attacks the
skin or seeks an outlet through the skin
Is met with the antfdotal effect of s. s. 5.
The action of s. s. s. In the cellular
tissues Of the body serves the active pur-
pose OF stimulating each cellular part to
the healthy and judicious selection Of It's
own essential nutriment. Not only this.
but if from the presence OF some disturb
ing poison a condition Of disease arises.
q. s. s. so directs the local cells that this
poison is rejected and eliminated from
thar presence.
This Is why skin troubles vanish so
readily and why they do not return
Under the influence OF S. S. S. this fine
nat work Of blood vessels in the skin Is
constantly taking from the blood the nu-
triton required for healthy tissue and the
cause Of disease Is Just as constantly be-
fng removed, scattered and rendered
harmless. These facts are more fully
explained in q book On skin troubles sent
by The Swift Specific Co, lso Swift
Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. You win find s. s. s.
On sale at al drug stores Get = bottle
to-day and Danish all skin ahlietionA
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
URGE "sEE AMERICA FIRST
Pacific Coast Festivals Association
Takes Up Work.

Tacoma, Wash. - One Of the most
important gatherings in the history OF
the United States in the interests OF
the "See America First" movement,
particularly as it affects the West,
will be held at Tacoma early in July,
when the annual meeting of the Festi-
walls Association of the Pacific takes
place. The movement now embraces
many of the leading cities Of the Pa
cific Slope, and, at the annual meet
ing, the applications Of number OF
other cities, Salt Lake, North Yakima,
Boise, Ida., Everett, Wash, Oakland
and Sacramento, will be considered.
A plan is on foot to petition con-
gress and the President of the United
States to create a National board,
which shall have for its object the d.
version of large share of the nearly
$500, 600, 900 which Americans spend
each year in travel and luxuries
abroad.
The cities, carnivals and expositions
now embraced in the association are :
Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Cal. ;
Mid-Pacific Carnival, Honolulu, 7. H. ;
Rose Festival, Portland, Or.,; Pow
Wow, Spokane, Wash; Montamara
Festo, Tacoma, Wash; Golden Pot
latch, Seattle, Wash; Carnival Week,
Victoria, B. c.; Mount Baker Mara
thon, Belligham, Wash; dup,
Pendleton, Or; Portola Festival, San
Francisco; Panama-Pacifc Interna-
tional Exposition, San Francisco, and
Panama. California Exposition, San
Diego, Cal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22

poor bean crop always results from
this method as one good, old gar
dener puts 1t, ut is the lazy mans
way of gardening"
We pole our beans with round poles
about eight feet long and the thick
ness of ones wrist. They are set one
pole to each hill and the four poles
form square brought together and
tied with common binder twlne. about
nine feet from the ground. This gives
q wigwam frame with firm, broad base
and so substantial that no ordinary
storm will blow 1t over.
Almost all other members Of the
bean family are quick maturing plants
and the life of the crop covers only
part of the growing season. Not
so with pole lima beans; they are
rather slow growing. 1t requires
nearly ninety days for the vines to
fully mature and come into heavy
bearing. But after the vines begin to
bear they continue to produce bios
SONS and fruit all through the re-
mainder of the growing season, so
long as the green beans are regularly
picked and more allowed to ripen,
providing there is sufficient moisture
In the soil to sustain growth. Keep
ing out all weeds and grass and keep
ing the surface raked loose and fine
will help to conserve soil moisture at
dry times. A light sovering of straw
on the surface will also help to con-
serve soil moisture during August
and September, when rains, are often
infrequent and evaporation great,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22

bors say look younger now than did
fifteen yearS ago. Mrs. SARAH r.
WHATLEY, Athens, Texas, R. F. D.
No. 3. Box 90.
We know Of no other medicine which
has been 30 successful in relieving the
suffering of women, or received 80 many
genuine testimonials, as has Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In nearly every community you will
find women who have been restored to
health by this famous medicine. Almost
every woman you meet knows of the
great good 1t has been doing among
suffering women for the past 80 years.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds Of
thousands Of letters from women seek
Ing health, in which many openly state
over their own signatures that they have
regained their health by taking Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
many Of them state that II has saved
them from surgical operations.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
BEST BEANS TO GROW
Some Like Bush and Lima Varie'
ties Because Easy to Grow.
others Prefer Pole Limas on Ac'
count of Quality, Quantity and
Season Of Profitable Bearing
Also Large.

A writer says that both bush and
lima beans are more satisfactory and
easier to grow than the pole limas.
Now, every one for his choice, but
we prefer the pole limas every time
for quality, quantity and long season
of profitable bearing, says a writer in
an exchange. 1t Is true that setting
poles for plants to vine on requires
more work than when no poles are
used, but the results more than pay
for all the work. The trouble with
most of us in our gardening and farm
ing Is that we try to grow things In
the easiest way, but the easiest way
is seldom the best way. We should
never be satisfied with anything short
of the best.
Pole lima beans are the largest and
best beans grown. Make the soil as
loose and rich and fine as possible,
Harrow, disk and harrow till the SUR
face is a smooth, fine and mellow as
an ash heap. Lay off rows, both ways,
about four feet apart and plant three
seeds to the hill at the crossing OF the
rows.
Cultivate young lima beans as for
other garden plants, keeping the sur
face clean, fine and level. Allow no
weeds to grow close to the cultivated
plants, as limas will not thrive In the
presence of strange company. Some
people to reduce labor plant corn OF
sunfower In the same hill with pole
lima beans for the vines TO climb
This is grave mistake, for two good
plants cannot grow in place where
there is room enough for only one. A
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
FARM zHD AND AND ORCHARD
Notes Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Oregon Washington Specially Suitable to Pacific Coas Conditions

similar weeds about the field, be coll
lected and destroyed, and the land
plowed deep. Frequent hoeing about
the plants exposes many young mag
gots and eggs to the sun. 1t is well,
of course, to avoid planting on infest-
ed soil, and to establish crop rota-
tion there until the maggots are
cleaned out.
Tarred felt discs of one-ply tarred
felt paper % inches across, slit from
one side to- the center and slipped on
the plant and then pressed close to the
stem against the ground, is the most
successful way of preventing the fly
from depositing her eggs against the
plant root.
Lime Stacked and diluted to thin
cream, with three pints of it to a gal
Ion of water and tablespoon of crude
carbolic acid thoroughly stirred and
applied with a sprinkler or spray
pump will form slight crust on the
surface of the soil about the plants
and thus protect them pretty well.
A small handful of kerosene and
sand, mixed in the proportion of a
pint of kerosene to four gallons of
sand, placed about each plant is good,
as is also air Stacked lime with white
hellebore powder, mixed ten parts
lime to one of the powder, and busted
about the plants.
Any of these must be renewed often
to be of great assistance. Crude car
bolic acid emulsion has in some cases
given fair results. A pound of whale
oil or laundry soap is dissolved in a
gallon of boiling water, and after TAX
ing from the fire pint of the acid
added. After a perfect emulsion is
made by pumping the mixture to-
gether, this stock solution is diluted
with thirty parts of water for use and
applied with pump to the roots after
the earth has been pulled back. In
ten days the application should be re-
peated.
In the same manner hellebore de-
coction may be applied. 1t is made by
sleeping two ounces of white helebore
powder in a quart of boiling water
half an hour and diluting with gallon
of water.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
ADVANTAGES OF DAIRY FARM
Increases Productivity of Soil, In.
sures Monthly Income and Even
Distributes Labor.

Prof. +. l.. Kent, of the dairy hus-
bandry department OF the Oregon
Agricultural college, states as follows
the advantages Of dairy farming In
the Oregon Countryman. monthly
magazine published by the students
at o, A. c.:
briefly stated. the advantages of
dairy farming are: Increasing pro-
ductivity OF the soil. regular month.
ly income putting the business on q
cash basis, better distribution Of
the labor OF the farm than Is pos.
sible under single crop system. and
supplying a product for the market.
all OF which should be of the highest
grade and for which there is always
ready sale"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Making Over an Old Orchard.

I have in mind an orchard Of SO
trees that had for several years been
considered worthless. The fruit did
not pay a reasonable rental for the
ground occupied. The farm was
bought by a man who understood fruit
raising, and who knew that it was a
task to make anything of the neglect
ed orchard. 1t was much cheaper,
however, than growing new orchard,
writes Farm and Home expert.
He was advised by his neighbors to
dynamite every tree out by the roots
and use them for firewood; and when
he had finished the work of pruning il
looked almost as if he had taken their
advice. At least two-thirds of the
wood had been cut away, and in some
instances the main trunk had beer
removed and only straight branch
that had grown out above the grounG
remained. All blighted limbs were
removed, the cut being made as near
as possible to the trunk, and the
wound painted over.
Where a tree had become weak al
the crotch long bolt or rod was put
through to hold it together. A few OF
the trees were hollow near the ground.
These were carefully cleaned out with
chisel, all decayed or diseased wood
removed, and the cavity filled with q
mixture of three parts sand to one
part cement, made into thin mortar.
Before this mortar was filled in the
wound was washed with a solution OF
bluestone and water to kill all germs
of decay. Smaller branches that haG
decayed knotholes were treated SINH.
larly.
Next the ground was thoroughly
plowed and narrowed, and every tree
fertilized with liberal application Of
barnyard manure. There was constant
work throughout the summer killing
borers and spraying, for it seemed
that insects and disease had conspireC
against the efforts of the owner. The
next year, however, little else thar
judicious pruning was required.
The second year after the first worl
was done the old orchard bore boun-
tiful crop of first-class apples, while /
few young trees set at that time were
just getting to the troublesome age.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Money In Orchards.

Young men or men in middle life
can have good money coming In in ten
years by having a good orchard CON-
ing on. Let many men set out or
chards. and those who make 1t q study
and viii do the work from year 10
year win have fine income in a few
years. and win find It most interesting
business, There Is no danger OF over
production. for not half OF the men
who set out orchards VIII at
tend to them. The markets viii soon
know who tho men are who have the
good apples and the good keepers and
will want their apples at the best
prices.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Cabbage and Radish Maggots.

Cabbage and radish maggots are
making trouble in every part of the
state where these crops are grown.
A L. Lovett, assistant eaaSmologist at
the Oregon Agricultural college, has
made a special study of the pest, and
advises prevention and cultural meas
ures as more effective than remedial
measures.
AS the maggot is underground while
at work, it is hard to control. 1t is
advised that, as soon as the best of
the crop is harvested, all refuse tops,
roots and stumps, all wild mustard and
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Shrinking Cotton.

As cotton materials shrink they
must either be shrunk in the piece or
made a size larger and luck trusted
that the garment may not shrink be-
yond all wearing. In shrinking any
thing, use boiling water until 1t Is
thoroughly saturated and then wiring
out and dry; sprinkle and iron on the
wrong side with hot iron until the
fabric is perfectly dry.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
City Mothers.

A clever club woman once asserted
that good motto for city hall would
be: "What is city without city
mothers?" adding that the time would
soon come when it will no longer be
asked only of the woman, Is she
good?" and of the man, els he good
citizen?" but it will be asked of the
woman, SIS she a good citizen? and
of the man, sis he a good man?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
She Wanted Too Much.

Eyes" said the determined looking
woman, 81 might manage to hand you
a bite to eat If you'll saw and chop a
good pile of wood and bring in few
buckets of water and pick the weeds
out of the garden and fix up the
fence Lady. " replied Meandering
Mike, .'I'm only a hungry wayfarer;
| amt yer husband. "
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Gift of Books.

When consider what some books
have done for the world, and what
they are doing, how they keep up ouI
hope, awaken new courage and faith,
soothe pain, give an ideal life to those
whose hours are cold and hard, bind
together distant ages and foreign
lands, create new worlds Of beauty,
bring down truth from heaven; give
eternal blessings for this gift, and
thank God for books.-James Freeman
Clark.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo; county, city in same
county, and river in Michigan. Ac-
cording to one authority the name is
derived from the Indian word "negi-
kanamazo, meaning "otter tail. y
beautiful water" ''boiling water
and 'stones like otters" are other
translations. United States Geologi-
cal Survey.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Platinum Counterfeiters' Metal.

Platinum was a favorite metal with
counterfeiters some years ago, when
its intrinsic value was about Sc an
ounce. Many spurious $40 and $50
United States gold pieces were turned
out, composed chiefly of this metal.
The coins of Great Britain have also
been initiated in the same way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Foolish Self. Condemnation.

No comfort for the living or the
dead ean.be won from vain self-con-
demnation. No consolation can be
gained while you nurse the imagining
that certain trouble might have been
avoided. What we have to do is to
try to escape from other troubles that
are truly avoidable troubles of use
less remorse, a. present neglect, list
less apathy that will not reach forth
for the good things still to be gath
cred.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Visible Evidence.

One day teacher was having
first grade class in physiology. She
asked them if they knew that there
was a burning fire in the body all the
time. One little girl spoke up and
said: "Yes'm; when it is cold day
i can see the smoke" - National
Monthly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Sweet Crackers.

Dissolve five cents worth of bakers
ammonia in two cups Of sweet milk
over night. {. In the morning cream n
cups of sugar and one cup of butter.
Beat two eggs and add to butter and
sugar. Then add the milk and three
tablespoons of any flavor. Then -four
to make stiff batter, roll very thin.
cut with cookie cutter, bake in quick
oven.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Successful Jelly Making.

Use good fruit which is little un-
der ripe.
Use the best granulated sugar.
Do not make large quantities of jel-
ly at one cooking.
Heat the sugar in the oven before
adding it to the fruit juice.
The jelly will be clearer and finer if
the fruit is simmered gently and not
stirred during cooking.
Set the jelly in sunny window for
twenty-four hours, then cover with
melted parafine and set in dry, cool
place.-Woman's World.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Small, Smaller, Smallest.

In drop of water there are about
2, 600, 600. 900, 900. 600, 100000 MOLE
cules. If one of these molecules were
magnified till it appeared twenty feet
in diameter, the atoms of which it is
composed would look like floating
specks of dust, And each atom is
like solar system.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Noble Enough for Him.

Miss-"Of course you know, Baron,
that my father is not in the remotest
degree a nobleman?" He-"Say no
more, beautiful one. A man who will
give his daughter dowry of million
is noble enough for me"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Made His Speech Too Long.

Little Herbert, aged five, was i'm
vited to party, and before leaving
home he was cautioned to be sure to
say "Thank you" to the hostess and
tell her he had nice time. On leav-
ing he said to the hostess: "Thank
you very much. / had nice time,
and your supper was good enough"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Moral Indifference.

If ignorance and passion are the
foes Of popular morality, it must be
confessed that moral indifference Ia
the malady Of the cultivated classes.
The modern separation of enlighten-
ment and virtue, of thought and con-
science, of the intellectual aristocracy
from the honest and vulgar crowd, Is
the greatest danger that can threaten
liberty. Frederic Amiel.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Worth Extra Time.

prisoner at the bar" said the
Judge, "is there anything you wish to
say before sentence is passed upon
your" "No, my lord, there is nothin'
care to say, but if you'll clear away
the tables and chairs for me to thrash
my lawyer, you can give me year or
two extra"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
When Your Ewes Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting-Feela
Fine--Acts Quickly. Try 1t for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelidss Illus
compounded by our oculists-pot q "Patent Ned.
icine" but used in successful Physicians Prac-
Nee for many years. Now dedicated TO the Pub
lio and sold BY Druggists ut 26c and SOC per Bottle
Murine Rye 6alye In Aseptic Tubes, $50 and bOc
Murine Eye Remedy Co.. ChIoago
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
COMPLICATION
OF WOMAN'S ILLS
Yields to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Athens, Texas. --"I had o complica-
tion Of diseases, some Of them of long

5ttiiuiuB' ! WEuVo
to you for advice
and took Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
some other things
tn at you sugges-
ted. ] must confess
that I am much bet
ter in every way and
have been relieved
Of some Of the worst
trol1hiaa NV uai0h.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Does Memory Go on Striker.

Can the human memory go on strike,
leaving the other tangible and intang-
ible parts of the mental and physical
makeup to continue their ordinary
work-a-day routine? Will this ex-
plain the strange disappearances and
wanderings about Of men and women
which occur so frequently?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Violin Notes Attract Mosquitoes.

In some parts of India, where mos
quitoes abound, it is impossible to
play the violin because the music at
tracts the insects in great numbers.
When the first notes are heard the
mosquitoes swarm in clouds around
the player and make the movements of
the hand impossible.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Cleaning Velvet.

Nothing cleans velvet hat or gown
like another piece of velvet. A small
piece held firmly in the hand and used
like brush will produce excellent re-
suits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Mrs. Wood B. Highbrows in Paris.

'Imaginel My husband writes me
that he is bringing me a nice little
Murillo from Italy! That's why am
buying a cage. lie Sourire, Paris.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Dread of the Actress.

There is nothing more painful to an
actress than to appear on the stage
looking as old as she really is.--Mad-
anne Judith.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Gymnastic Stunt.

Barbour You seem warm; have
you been exercising?" Waterman
eyes, indeed; went to the mutes'
dance and swung dumb bellies around
all evening. Michigan Gargoyle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
The Oft Told Tale.

1t would not be kind to wish ones
friends untold agonies, but one cannot
help wishing that one only had to hear
their agonies told once.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
One Is Enough.

Every now and then you meet guy
who makes you feel glad that he isn't
twins. Inquirer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-08-22
Beside the Mark.

Excited remarks of opera managers
to the contrary Notwithstanding, the
proof of an opera singer is in his or
her voice.