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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-07-31
LIFE IN THE LONG AGO.
When Huts Were Homes and Beds
Wero Shakedowns of Straw.

When Huts Were Homes and BEDS
Wero Shakedowns Of Straw.
For centuries the common people Of
England made their home in wooden
huts Of one room. When a family In
creased in numbers or wealth another
hut was built beside 1t, or, rather, a
lean-to was added and then another
and another. as need required.
Sometimes they followed a straight
line. At other times they were built
out from the central hut at various an
giles. The roofs OF these huts were
thatched. An opening was left in the
center for the smoke to escape. The
FIRE was always built in hollow In the
center Of the room. Beds were made
of straw. Often they were merely
shakedowns in the corner. Occasion
ally the straw was held In little
frame resembling the ribs of ship.
Houses built by Saxon knights We're
much more pretendous. They were big
halls. like the Roman atrium, with q
lofty roof thatched with slate or wood
shingles. The floor was of hard clay.
In the middle was great fire Of dry
wood. The thin. acrid smoke from the
FIRE escaped through an opening in the
roof directly above the hearth.
Round the fire were long benches, on
| which hearthsmen and visitors sat
when not fighting or at work, and talk
ed and drank the hours through. The
tables were long boards on trestles. At
night the floor was strewn with straw,
and, like the less prosperous folk, host
and visitors slept together. - Youths
| Companion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-07-31
CURIOUS MEXICAN TREES.
One Whose Fruit Is the Counterpart Of
the Green Parrot.

One Whose Fruit Is the Counterpart Of
the Green Parrot.
Mexico probably has greater range
of remarkable vegetation than any
other country in the world. The par
rot fruit tree produces an odd shaped
fruit. bearing close resemblance to
green parrakeets. When the parrakeet
is frightened it makes dash for the
parrot tree, where it assumes position
which makes 1t look like the fruit 1t.
self. So close is the resemblance that
their enemies, the hawks. occasionally
fly by tree on which dozen or more
of these birds are sitting, apparently
unaware of their presence.
Another remarkable tree is the ar
Dol de inamite-dynamite tree-whose
fruit, If kept in warm place, bursts
with considerable force and loud re-
port, scattering its fat seeds to a sur
prising distance.
One Of the most interesting fruits In
Mexico is known as the melon zapotes
or papaya. 1t contains considerable
pepsin, which reacts against both acid
and alkaline conditions Of the stomach.
and it is said that a diet which In
cludes papaya precludes dyspepsia.
Both the fruit and the leaves possess
the singular property Of rendering
tough meat tender. When the pulp OF
the fruit is rubbed over piece Of
tough meat the Juice attacks the fiber
and softens it--National Geographic
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-07-31
Press Paragraphs


Miss Anna Soil is visiting friends
here from her home in Baker.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. W. N. Van
oil Of this city. July 80. 1914 son.
John Montgomery, we'll known
Pendleton grain dealer. was in the
city Tuesday.
M. M. Johns is in town from Van
cnuver, WASH, having arrived yester-
day morning.
Mrs. Walter Adams Of Psndleton,
visited at the 4. B. Steele home in
this CITY yesterday.
Miss Ada DeFreeos returned from
Lehman Springs, after spending a
week at that resort.
Elmer Storey, Of the Holt Manufao-
turing company Of Walla, Walla was
jim the city Saturday.
- ulsve Myers has moved his shoe
shop into the Barnett building on the
south side OF Main street.
Mrs. II. A. Barrett and Miss Jessica
MoEwen returned Monday from a
pleasant outing at Wallowa lake.
Miss Dora Myrick Of Pendleton, who
is taking her vacation, is at the nome
Of her parents in this city, this week.
- .
Z iss Zelma DePeatt will return to
her work at Walla Walla, Monday
after enjoying two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Bert DeVaughn. Of Portland,
arrived in the city last evening and ID
a guest of her sister, Mrs. a. 3.
Steele.
Mrs. Clarence Whiteman Of Pendis-
ton was in the city Tuesday and at
tended the funeral Of little Heller
Richards.
Bart Kirby was in town from Ad-
ANS, yesteday. He says considerable
wheat is being received at the Adams
warehouses.
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II
Miss Merna DePeatt will resume
her work at Fix g Radtks's tomorrow
morning. after enjoying vacation Of
two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Russell re-
turned Sunday from visit to Wall
owa Lake. They returned by way Of
Hot Lake and LaGIande.
George Winship arrived home Sun
day from Newport. where he spent a
two weeks vacation. and is again at
bis post in the O.-W. depot.
Henry Barrett informs the Press
that linn ber is on the ground for con-
struction of the new warehouse on
Dry Creek, near the Sommeryille
place.
AMrs. Otis Whiteman arrived In the
1 'chy Monday evening from Lacrosse,
Wash, in response to announcement
of the death Of her little niece Helen
Richards.
Mrs. Homer r. Watts, Mrs. ]. D.
Plamondon and Mrs. W. s. Ferguson
were the ladies of the tennis club ac-
companying the players to the aRenNy
Wednesday,.
Miss Laura Mcintyre will leave
Saturday morning for Lehman springs
where she will join her mother and
sister, who have been at the springs
for several days.
Marion Walker Of Tacoma, has
been in the city several days. Mr..
Walker makes an annual visit to Ath
ena, near which place be owns q SEQ
tion Of valuarl le wheat land.
I. DR.. A. B. Stone will leave tomorrow
Lin his touring car for Thornton,
| Wash, and will bring home his fam
lily, who have teen visiting his pa
rents there for several weeks.
NMr. and Mrs. W. W. MCPHERSON
and Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. Read and
son Velton. will leave by team Mon
day for Wallowa lake, where they
will enjoy three weeks outing.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ora Shigley ia i'll with summer com
plant, aud a Is months old child 10
the family of W. N. vanuil ia also
critically ill with the same disease.
I.fI f
n Mrs. Chas. Belts has teen seriously
M at her home in the north part Of
XtoMn this week, threatened with ap-
| pepdioitis. Mrs. Belts is reported
better at present and her many friends
hope fur no serious complications.
4 Dreamland program for Friday and
Saturday nights: and 2.--"Peg, Q
the Movies." Edison. 3.-"General
Bunko's Victory" Kalem. Sunday
l aud 9.-"The House Of DiscoId.
Biograph. 3.--"Decepticn." Vita
graph.
Green Estes, who recently purohas
ed the Lou Reed place on the Una
tilla last week sold it to John Thomp
son, the we'll known stockman. consid
GRAFTON not given. Mr.. and Mrs
George Brace will reside on tn
place.
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Bids Wanted.

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Directors Of School District
No. 30, Umatilla County. Oregon, on
or before Saturday. August 10th, 1914
at noon. for forty (40) cords OF mum.
ber Fir Wood. to ba delivered at the
Athena depot. not later than Septem-
be 18TH. 1914. The right is reserved
to reject any or all tids.
Dated at Athena, Ore. July 3lst.
1914. M. l.. Watts.
CbRs. Belts. Chairman
CLERK. Board OF Directors.
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Threshing Wanted.

Good first class machine, Gilbert
Hunt 80 cylinder. Pride of Washing
ton. Prepared to do first GLASS work,
either from header or stack. Address,
Gallaher Company, Freewater, Or.
r. II. ID. No. 2. ADV.
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Emery AohiIes would like 10 know
the wherea bouts of 2-year-old RED
heifer, with white spot In face and
white spot on back. ADV.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
new HEAD FOR
HEALTH DEPT.
DR.. L. D. Bristol of Syracuse
University Takes Charge Of
the Laboratory.

Grand Forks. May S.--Dr. Leveritt
D. Eristol of Syracuse University,
who was appointed by the University
Board OF Trustees to succeed Ur.
Gustav +. Ruediger, head OF the Pub
lie Health Laboratory, has arrived at
the University to Il the duties
OF his new position. His family will
move here in June.
From. Wesleyan University.
Dr.. Bristol is a graduate of Wesle-
yam University, Middletown, Conn,
and has the degree of Doctor OF Med.
icine from Johns Hopkins Medical
School. After graduation he served
two years as assistant professor OF
pathology in Syracuse University and
then came to st. Paul as assistant
to Dr.. Charles l.. Greene the we'll:
known diagnostician. While in St.
Paul lie served as chief ~dispensary
returning to Syracuse University in
1912 as professor Of B~acteriology. He
served as bacteriologist to the city
of Syracuse in the summer of 1913.
Has Large Experience.
Dr.. Bristol was a student of DR..
w. Fl. Conn, director of the Connect.
cut Board Of Health Laboratory. Dr..
Bristol is a keen student Of medical
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

road, and very little work is done
either in repair Or maintenance, ex-
cept as is absolutely necessary for
immediate traffic.
Small Appropriation.
In the States of Chihuahua, where
Carranza and Villa have their politi-
cal headquarters, "a government APP
propriation, amounting 10 only $3.50
in gold each year, is made with 4
view to keeping the roads and bridges
in repair. On the %haciendas, which
In some instances are larger than one
OF our counties, the necessary roads
are crudely maintained by the own.
ers merely for their own convenience
Law Orders Wide Roads.
The laws of Mexico provide that
the roads be at least ihirty-six feet
wide and that they be repaired each
year. Failure to comply with these
provisions entails a double fine on
the offending parties, the fine being
paid theoretically in either labor or
money. There is no attempt to en-
force this law, and the roads are
given little attention.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
MExlCANS have
WIDE ROADWAYS

FL Paso, Tex, May 8.-The Laredo
to Saltillo road, regarded by army
officers as the best as well as the
shortest military route to Mexico
City, will present unexpected <difi-
'culties to an invading army, accord
ing to a statement issued by the
American Highway Association, the
clearing house Of the road movement
in America, at the Washington head
quarters today.
Rainy Season Soon Begins.
Within a few weeks, the season
for rain will begin in Mexico, and
owing to the failure of the officials
of that country to maintain their
roads, many of the highways will be-
come impossible. There are three
routes by which an invading army
might enter Mexico, the one starting
at Laredo, which avoids the long
desert; another by way of Eli Paso;
and the third by way Of Eagle Pass.
In Bad Condition.
According to a statement the roads
in Mexico are in such bad condition
that the hauling Of artillery over
them will be very difficult, especial
ly after the rainy season sets in and
the highways become heavy with
mud.
= No improved Roads.
With the exception of the Valley
of Mexico and a few mining regions,
there are few improved roads in the
State. In most sections they are lit
lie better than uninproved earth
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

difficulties, although only about 100
miles across. The course led owe the
treacherous lakes and sWaZnps of the
Old Crow country, over the Ammer-
man Mountains, the Davidson and
British ranges, thence down the long
slope to the coast. On this dash, will
animals ralded the caches, and men,
aced the surveyors; ravenous nos
QuitOes settled upon them in hordes,
day and night; phantom lakes, noun
tains and cities lured and confused
them, and over all blazed the sum,
mer sun OF the Arctics, "a hours each
day.
The farthest-north monument was
placed in October, two years ago.
Since then the line has been travers-
cd several times for the purpos of
closing up til different divisions, and
the work is not yet complete. Each
year a large force of men will be en-
plcyed, during the open season, to
brush-out the avenue and keep the
monuments in repair.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
CHESTER g.: DuRYEA BEING,
ARJeA,9NED IN THE FIFTH
AvENUE4FOL'CE COURT bnoOna

Cool and suave, Chester b. Buryea
was arranged before Magistrate Rey-
nolds in the Fifth Avenue Police
Court, Brooklyn, chd"sed with the
murder CT his father, Erigadier Gen
eral Hiram Duryea, the wealthy starch
manufacturer, who led to fame in the
civil wartne Filth New York infantry,
known throughout the country as
Duryea's Zouaves.
The murder of the aged manufac-
turer and gallant fighter-he was so
years cld-was APPARENTLY prompted
only by the workings OF the deranged
mind of a man long considered eccen.
trio by his family. IA" 7
There is nothing in Duryea's out
ward appearance to denote his alleged
insanity. His gaze is direct, but not
staring. He is slight in build and
mild in manner. The intonation Of
his voice is that of a cultured gentle
man, and it was only in his rambling
talk that a suggestion of insanity ap-
peared.
A possible incentive for the shoot
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
Lines
/ IN ALASKA
SURVEYING PARTY SEPAR.
ATING BY LINE POSSES
SIONS OF 2 NATIONS
some QUEER EXPERIENCES
Locating Boundary One Of Great
est Surveying Feats of the

Sitka, Alaska, May S.-Scarring a
broad line across 900 miles of wilder.
ness in the far North in order that
the possessions of the United States
and Canada may have a distinct Sc
paration at every point vii! be com.
pleted during the coming open season
The work has been in progress since
1907 under the. direction of Thomas
Riggs, Jr. civil engineer, representing
the United States Alaskan Boundary
Commission and Il. ID. Craig repre-
senting a similar commission of Can
ada. I{&
Boundary = Dispute.
Although the United States and
Canada have been neighbors in the
far North for over half a century the
exact dividing line between their pos
sessions, especially, as to the north
erl portion was previous to this sur
vey indefinite and conflicting. Many
disputes arising the two governments
decided finally, through their com
missions that an absolute survey
clearly established and marked for al
time, should be made along the one
hundred and forty-tirst meridian, from
the Mt. St. ELIAS Alps on the Pacific
TO the Arctic Ocean a distance Of ap
p~roximately 600 miles.
Expeditions Organized.
The United States surveying party
consisted of from 60 to so men eacl
seasOn since the work was under
taken. Chief Engineer Riggs hinsei
a young college man, selected hi!
aids from the hardest classes-cow
boys, forest rangers, prospectOrs
timber cruisers and frontiersmen
with q liberal sprinkling of engineer:
New expeditions were organized eacl
spring, although many Of the mel
who started at the beginning have IT
manned in the service up to the pres
ent time. 1t was the custom too, t,
leave a few men in the, north eacl
winter to care for equipment and SUI
plies.
The actual visible results of III,
six or seven years of efforts, a 20
foot vista, cut like a gigantic avenu,
Or lane, through all timber and brusl
| districts, together, with manument:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

GIL. VIGNESS,
!. County Superintendent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
Police WILL ARREST
ALL Joy R|OERS"
Officials Have Warned the Owners
of Vehicles and Mean to Bring
In Violaters.

Chief Fortune of the Bisl*arck
police announced last evening that
any violations Of the speed ordinances
of the city would meet with summary
apprehension. Three weeks warning
is sufficient he believes for the peo-
pie to learn the various conditions Of
the ordinance and consequently the
l~eniency first extended by the depart
ment will be withdrawn and the
drivers must take the consequences
OfNtheir acts.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
@9'DtNet or GENERAL HIRAM DUkTEA W. 40 EAST EIGHTY
FIFTH STREET, BROOKLYN

yea sided with her against his son
Separation with heavy alimony was
granted to Mrs. Duryea in March
1903, and later vonfirmed by the ap.
peliate division.
General Duryea was rated as very
wealthy. He was president Of the Ma
tional Starch company, said to con.
troll the principal starch factories OF
the country and was born April
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

problems and is greatly interested in
public health work. He is a delightful
gentleman. . good speaker and TAX
ing into consideration his large ex-
%pericnce there is every indication
that he will be eminently successful,
in the discharge of his new duties as
head OF the Public Health Laboratory
at the University Of North Dakota.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
set at intervisible points, from three
to four miles apart. s
Monuments Erected.

Monuments Erected.
The monuments erected are of two
types, depending upon the importance
Of the locality. At prominent stream
crossings and main points of travel
the line-marker consists of a 5-foot
aluminum-bronze shaft, weighing 800
pounds, set in 1000 pounds Of con
crete. At less important points the
manument is smaller, being designat-
ed IS a cone, cast of the same metal
and requiring only 1900 pounds of
concrete for the base. There are ap-
proximately 200 Of these monuments
along the 900 miles of boundary. The
work Of conveying the heavy materials
for their construction, mostly on pack
animals, sometimes on the shoulders
of the men themselves, was very
slow and laborious.
This survey is declared BY engi-
neers to be the straightest of the
world for the length encompassed. In
speaking OF it, one of the engineers
said: 8
Start Of Survey.
THE start was made from one of
the desolate peaks of the Mt. st.
Elias Alps, on the southern extremity
There we laid our course straight
for the Northern Lights and there
after swerved not SO much as a hair
breadth-peaks, gulches, bOttomless
swamps-whereever the needle point
ed there we went, one day cutting
u way through brush -tangles, the
next building a track across marshes
or crawling over rocks and through
~crevasses."
Small steamers, plying the Yukon
and Porcupine Rivers, c]o.operated
with the expedition, but they were
able to reach with supplies only a
small portion of the actual route.
South of the Yukon is a vast region,
over 250 miles in extent, over which
all supplies had to be transported.
for the most Part, on the backs of
horses and mules, the commissary
wagons being rendered useless by the
terrible mud which follows the es-
cape Of frost from the soil in that re-
gion.
Arctic Circle.
AS might be expected, the greatest
difficulty was encountered beyond
the Arctic, Circle. Following the rough
scaling Of the southern portion CT the
survey, the joint expeditions estab-
lished their base at Rampant House,
an ancient Hudson Bay station, on the
Porcupine, from whence several
dashes were made before the Arctic
Ocean vas finally reached.
When the steamers landed the. top
%ographers and their equipment at
Rampant House, the native Indians
were amazed at the drove of what
they first took to be hug dogs, but
later decided must YEA variety of
hornless caribou. Inquiry developed
the fact that they had never before
seen nor heard OF the horse.
Ravenous Mosquitoes.
Almost at the water.line of the Arc.
tic ocean one of the larger of the
monuments stands today, marking the
international division. The final lar
required to place it there was over
1 apinnrfair1v Ni.ict]ip H. WIZ Il rt ,ot,,r,,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
Ravenous MOSQUITOES,

RaVenous Mosquitoes.
Almost at the w%ater-line of the Arc
tic ocean one of the larger of the
monuments stands today, marking the
international division. The final lap
required to place it there was over q
region fairly Snristlins with natural
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

ing may lie in the long estrange-
ment between Duryea and his father
at the time the younger Duryea's
wife, who was Miss Nina Larre Smith,
daughter of Franklin Waldo Smith,
sued him for separation. The couple
had ben married three years when
she wrote to her father-in-law that
during that time she had ':been drag
cling a ball and chain" General Dur.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

The actual visible results Of the
six or seven years of efforts, a 20
foot vista, cut like a gigantic avenue
Or lane, through all timber and brush
districts, together with manuments
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
NOTICE OF TEACHERS ExAMiN-
. rA1lON. ffs .

The next regular teachers examin-
alton will be held in Bismarck on
Thursday and Friday! May IA and Is.
Work begins at $50, sharp, each
morning and the usual schedule will
he followed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

KODAK WORK Gone Promptly.
II anxious for best results send us
your films. Mail orders solicited.
HOLMBOE PHOTO STUDIO,
BISMARCK, N. D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09

u, 1882. At the age Of "a he went in
to business with his father.
When the civil war started he was
a first lieutenant in the Forty-eighth
regiment of artillery, N. G. S. N. Y. He
Immediately organized a company CT
the Fifth New York infantry, which
was to gain fame for its prowess as
Duryea's Zouaves. Before the fight
ing of 1So' was over he was a lieu
tenant colonel.
BY the time of the disastrous seven
days fighting before Richmond he
commanded the regiment. His numer-
Gus wounds forced him to retire from
active, service in 1862, after his gal
! lantry had several times received com
mendation. His record during that
year and a. half Of service was such
that at the end of the war he was
brevetted brigadier general of volun-
teers. "
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-09
BUTTER AND EGGS,

Guaranteed fresh eggs, doz., 100.
First class creamery butter, per lb,
26c at store only. No deliveries. VIM.
Dohn's Cash Market, 514 broadway
ADV. 20"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-13

IMPORTED GLASS
I import from Paris the glass 7 use IN
the making Of Lenses. do not use in
any case American glass. / am prepared
10 grind to order any lens that can be
prescribed. and guarantee them. Thus J
Make Glasses Right. because 1 know how
Geo. ID. Kendall. EOS Mesa Ave.
FOR RENT.
Highland Park. R---.....---.......S1 $500
1913 Montana, R----..------..---.. 5O-OO
80 Piedras, 4 R-----.---..------.-. 1000
lSes River, R--.-----. 5000
1891 Arizona, R-.--.-----.--....... $500
1873 Rampant. r. (furnace) $1,000. $500
zoos n Florence, 4 R (flat) $500. 5000
S5l7 TularOsa, g r. new --.--...... $500
Large apis in The Lucerne" 100000 1000
Apis. in THE Wright and Rio Grande."
Austin & Mari.
304 san Antonio.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-13
OFFICIALS FOR
AUTO RACES ARE
NOW SELECTED
Cars Are All in Shape For
the Grind; Great Con
test Is Expected.

r H. Rinehart has been selected as
referee for the automobile races IN
Juarez next Sunday.
G. A. Martin. H NJ Johnson ana
The. Eggers will be the judges
T. H Schneidau will 3e the official
starter.
sam Gatliu and ". T. Hixson will De
the official timers -,-
Jack smith of Phoenix, in his BulcA
special, has come TO town TO enter the
races This adds another element OF
excitement and doubt TO the race, Tor
Smith is known as a daredevil driver
and his car has won many contests
and is said to be tuned up TO perfect
condition. The long trip over the BOZ
derland route from the Arizona cap
tai gave the oWner-driver a chance le
thoroughly test il out
Floyd Turney OF Las Cruces, VINO IS
TO drive a Cadillac, reports that MS
car is in fine shape.
All the other ten or dozen starters
are in shape and the drivers are now
Just waiting for the word TO go. They
have all tuned up and consider tnelf
cars in perfect shape for what prom
ises TO be the greatest speed. contest
ever pulled off in the Southwest