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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Stopped Right There.


Norborne Robinson was in Boston
one day, when he discovered that he
had to get off lot of letters in hur-
ry. He called up typewriting bureau
and asked for the manager. A woman's
voice replied:
Il speak for the manager"
II want typewriter to come over
to my hotel and take about 80 letters"
explained Robinson. 1--WE had ma
chine sent up here, and l always die
tate to the machine. Can you send
me girl who is swift performer?"
II certainly can" replied the woman.
"Does she know how to spell?"
"Why, certainly. She's the best
speller we have in the shop"
We'll, has she horse sense? You
know, don't want to have to stop and
explain everything to her."
shes unusually clever"
By this time Robinson was greatly
elated.
That's fine" he said. Have her
over here at o'clock tonight. BY the
way, who is this girl?"
'It's me-" said the voice.
Good night" concluded Robinson,
all his Joy departing. Il hereby elect
you as the honorary president of the
Hate-Myself ub."-Popular Maya
zine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Elm Leaf Beetle Worst Pest.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis.-The elm leaf beetle, which has
already become serious pest in Multi
nomah county, Oregon, and threatens
to spread to other parts of the state,
may be effectively controlled by lead
arsenate spray applied to the foliage
The proper spray fairly applied at the
right time to every portion of the in
tested trees will hold the pest abso-
lutely in check, says A. L. Lovett, en-
tomologist at the Agricultural College.
Commercial lead arsenate paste
should be used at the rate of three to
five pounds of the paste to fifty gal
Ions Of water. Two applications
should be given, the first in the spring
Just as soon as the leaves are out well.
This is to poison the beetles that have
wintered over, which deposit the eggs.
The second and most important spray
should be applied about three weeks
after the first. This is to catch the
young grubs just Matching and the re-
naming beetles. Great care should
be taken to get this second spray on
the under surface of the leaves, since
this is where the grubs feed. Where
these sprays are not applied an appli-
cation must be made in July to catch
the pests Of the second generation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
EASY WAY TO HEAL
COMMON SKIN-TROUBLES

A Baltimore doctor suggests this
simple, but well-tried and inexpensive,
home treatment for people suffering
with eczema, ringworm, rashes and
similar itching, burning skin troubles.
At any reliable druggists get jar
of resinol ointment and cake of res
inol soap. These are not at all expen-
sive. With the resinol soap and warm
water bathe the affected parts thor
oughly, until they are free from crusts
and the skin is softened. Dry very
gently, spread on thin layer of the
resinol ointment, and cover with a
light bandage, If necessary, to protect
the clothing. This should be done
twice day. Usually the distressing
itching and burning stop with the first
treatment, and the skin soon becomes
clear and healthy again unless the
trouble is due to some serious internal
disorder Samples free, Dept. rs,
Resinol, Baltimore, Md.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
-Four in Bloody Battle 10 Finish
In Prominent St. Louis Hotel

st. Louis--Locked in room on the
sixth floor of a popular downtown ho-
tel here Saturday night four men
fought with knives, dentists instru-
ments and pistols until all We're too
badly wounded to continue. The bat
tie was sequel to business differences
between two dentists.
When the police and hotel guests
broke into the room they found DR.. A.
F. Johnson, local dentist, uncon-
scious with bullet wound in the head !;
DR.. Charles W. Kennerly, of San An
tonic, Tex, with blood pouring from
knife wound in his arm; another man
who had registered as w. E. Arnold,
of Mobile, Ala, unconscious on the
bed with his throat cut, and Charles
Lody, an assistant to DR.. johnson, cut,
bruised and dazed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
SENATOR LANES BILL Would
PUT INDIANS ON OWN RESOURCES

Washington, d. c. = Senator Lane
would abolish the Indian service, dc
away with Indian reservations make
every Indian full-fedged American
citizen and give each Indian an allot-
ment on which to make his home.
That accomplished, he would withdraw
government support and throw the In
dians on their own responsibility as
citizens. He embodied his ideas in a
bill which he has introduced.
The Lane bill puts an end to the
Indian bureau and provides that a COM
mission of three, appointed by the
President at $4,000 each shall, under
the exclusive direction of congress,
work out the details of the plan pro-
posed.
The bill makes no provision for the
disposition of surplus lands in Indian
reservations, nor does it provide for
the disposition of tribal Indian funds
in the treasury.
Senator Lane also introduced bill
to amend the present law prohibiting
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS;
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS

Portland-Wheat - Bluestem, S1.07
per bushel; fortyfold, 97c; club, 95c;
red Fife, 95c; red Russian, 94c.
Hay = Eastern Oregon timothy,
SIT. .50@18.50 per ton; valley timothy,
$14@16; alfalfa, $4,000; oats and
vetch, $13@14.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran, $23. so
per ton; shorts, $26; rolled barley $31
@32.
Whole, ss7 per ton; cracked,
$3S.
Observation-Disclosures 1.10@1. 80
per dozen; tomatoes, California, $1.75
az per crate; cabbage, $1.50@1. rs per
hundred; garlic, 12ac per pound; pep
pers, 2O@25c; eggplant, 25c; sprouts,
8@9c; horseradish, 8ac; cauliflower,
$1.25 per dozen; celery, $4.75 per
crate; beans, 10@12ac per pound; let
tuce, $2.40@2. SO per crate; peas, So
10c per pound; cucumbers, $1.50@2
per dozen.
Green Fruits = Grapes, $4@5 per
barrel; cranberries, $11.
Potatoes = Oregon, $3.50 q 2 per
sack; Yakimas, $1.85; sweets, $2.75
@3 per hundred.
Onions - Oregon, buying price, So
+. o. b. shipping point.
Apples-Spitzenbergs, extra fancy,
$2.25; fancy, So; choice, $1.25@1. so;
Jonathans, extra fancy, s1.50; fancy,
SLIPS; choice, 81; Yellow Newtowns,
extra fancy, 81; fancy, SITS; choice,
81 a 1.25; Baldwins, extra fancy,
$1.5O; fancy, SLIPS; choice, 81; rus
sets, orchard run, 81.
Eggs = Jobbing prices: Oregon
ranch, candled, 4Oc per dozen; un-
candled, 37@39c.
Poultry = Hens, small, 15@16c per
pound; large, 16@17c; small springs,
l4@15c; turkeys, live, 1S@20c; dress
ed, choice, 24@25c; ducks, 13@15c;
geese, 10c.
Butter = Creamery prints, extras,
34c per pound; firsts, S2c; seconds,
3Oc. Butterfat, No. l, 32c; No. 2, 3Oc.
Veal-Fancy, 12c per pound.
Pork-Fancy, &c per pound.
Hops : 1915 crop, 81 q 12ac per
pound.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, 18@25c per
pound;t valley, 25@26c; fall lambs
wool, 25c; mohair, Oregon, 28c.
Cascara Bark-Old and new, 3a@4c
per pound.
Cattle-Choice steers, $7.25@7. .75;
good, $6.75@7; medium, S6. 50@6. rs;
choice cows, $3.50 q $50; medium,
4.75@5.2O; heifers, $4@6. 40; bulls,
81. 50@4. so; stays, S3@5.25.
Hogs = Light, $7.25@8; heavy,
$6.25@7.
Sheep : Wethers, $6@7.25; ewes,
$4.25@6. 55; lambs, $7@8.55.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Coast Hop Prices Take
Jump in London Market

Portland = More interest is being
shown in the hop market than at any
time since the recent deals were COM
pleted by the Oregon Hopgrowers' as
sociation. Prices have not been ad-
vanced, but the market is on very
steady foundation.
The sharp advance in the London
market, cabled the first of the week,
of 10 shillings hundredweight, equal
to about 2t cents pound on Pacific,
confirms advices lately received of the
strengthening of the market abroad,
due to reduction of English stocks.
Local exporters report no increase in
orders from the other side, but antici-
pate an improved demand.
The Bagley crop of APT bales at
Hillsboro was bought by the F. S.
johnson company. The price was not
made public. The same firm bought
SO bales from Charles Leith, of Wood
burn, and number of other lots at
Woodburn, aggregating 200 bales, in
cluding the crops of Whitney, Lemry,
Crosby, Mccormick, Dubois and Kill
len. The prices of the Woodburn lots
ranged from 9 to 10 cents.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
No Respect For A Lawyer.

An English journal tells of an ac-
tion brought against farmer for hav-
ing called another "rascally law
yer" An old husbandman. being a
witness, was asked If he heard the
defendant call the plaintiff a lawyer.
II did," was the reply.
"Pray," said the judge, what is
your opinion of the import Of the
word?"
There can be no doubt of that"
replied the fellow.
"Why, my good man." said the
judge, there is no dishonor in the
name, is there?"
81 know nothing about that" ans
wered he, "but this l know-if man
called me lawyer I'd knock him
down"
why, sir" said the Judge, pointing
to one of the counsel, that gentleman
is lawyer and I, too, am lawyer"
No, no." replied the fellow; mo,
my lord. You are Judge, know, but
I'm sure you are no lawyer."-New
York Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Ancona Claim Ia Filed.

New York-Dr. Cecile L. Greil, the
only American-born citizen among the
survivors of the torpedoed Italian liner
Ancona, announced at her home here
Tuesday that she had filed in Washing
ton claims amounting to $l20, 600.
From the Austrian government she de-
mands 500, 900 and from the United
States $40, 900, including $4,000 cash
which she says was lost with the liner.
DIR. Greil said that she would go
to Washington soon in the hope of OBJ
tanning an interview with President
Wilson.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Aero Record Is Broken.

San Diego, Cal.-0fficial announce
ment that Floyd Smith, civilian avi-
ator, broke the worlds hydroplane rec
ord for pilot and two passengers
when he ascended 9544 feet here Fri
day, was made by Captainl Arthur S.
Cowan, who represented the Aero club
of America at the flight. Celebration
of the official barograph, strapped to
Smiths seaplane, showed the machine
climbed 544 feet higher than the alti-
tude recorded in Smiths pocket baro-
graph. The figure announced Friday
after the flight was 5000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
No Wonder.

The sentimental bride at fashion
able seaside resort watched the sun
set in rapturous silence.
Then she murmured:
See, George, darling, how phosphor-
escent!"
Its no wonder" responded the
matter-of-fact bridegroom, when you
think how many matches are made In
this place. Chicago Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Robert Dollar Is Sold.

San Francisco-The sale to Japanese
owners of the American steamer Rob-
ert Dollar was announced here by the
Dollar Steamship company. 1t was
said that the price was in excess of
81, 900, 900. The Robert Dollar was
built in 1911 in Glasgow at cost of
$3.50, 900. She was placed under the
American flag at the outbreak of the
war. An offer of 81, 900, 900 was said
to have been made for her few
months ago, but refused, as the trip on
which the vessel was then engaged
promised a profit of $3.50, 900.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Boycott on U. S. Ports Possible
If America Accepts View.
DIPLOMACY WITH GERMANY TANGLED
Teutons to Treat Armed Merchant
Ships as War Vessels and Sink
Them Without Warning.

Washington, d. C.-Diplomatic ne.
gotiations of various character soor
will confront the United States as the
result of the expected intention of the
German and Austrian governments tc
treat armed merchant ships of the en-
tente allies as war vessels after Feb
ruary 20.
Apparently it is certain that any
attempt by the United States to
change the present rule permitting the
use of American ports by merchant
ships armed for defensive purposes
would be met by a strong protest.
Correspondence also is likely to follow
if the United States assumes posi-
tion which comedies with that of Ger
many and Austria regarding the right
Of submarines to sink armed ships
without warning.
On the other hand, the United States
itself may take the initiative should
the entente allies impose a virtual
boycott on American ports in the
event that this government decides
that armed merchant ships entering
American waters are ships of war, and
therefore subject to internment.
The view of at least some of the
representatives of the entente allies
here is that any change made in the
rule bearing on submarine warfare
during the war would be an unneutral
act. The governments are represented
as not being prepared to admit that
there has been any change in the con-
ditions of naval warfare which would
warrant characterizing merchant ships
armed for defensive purposes as war
ships.
In Teutonic quarters, however, it is
contended that merchant ships armed
for defensive purposes are really
armed for resistance and that mer-
chant ships have no right to resist.
Moreover, it is contended by Germany
that it is impossible to adhere to the
principle of warning merchant ships,
as, should they be armed, single
shell of small caliber could sink any
submarine.
American officials seem inclined to
the view that the contentious of the
German and Austrian governments are
well founded, and from several quar-
ters came the information that the
United States might warn its nationals
to remain off merchant ships that are
armed. This, it was said in German
quarters, was precisely what the Ger
man and Austrian governments have
been aiming to achieve.
The possibility OF the entente allies
putting into effect practical boycott
of American ports was widely dis
cussed in official circles. The allies
may permit only sufficient number of
their unarmed ships to enter American
ports to take away merchandise and
goods consigned to themselves. 1t
was admitted in high official quarters
that should such a plan be put into
effect action might be taken.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Glacial Drift To Stop Leak.

University of Washington, Seattle.
That the glacial drift material found
at the site of the Cedar River dam, the
head of the Seattle water system,
made into cement and placed over
the $50 acres Of ground on the slope
below the dam at a depth of five
inches will stop the leakage that has
made useless the $15O,OOO,OOO dam, is
the opinion of Arnold E. Osterberg, a
senior chemical engineer at the uni
versity. Mr.. Osterberg began last
week to carry on tests and expert
ments to substantiate his plan.
Seattle engineers and experts from
the East who have examined the dam
suggest a similar method Of remedy,
but they claim that it will be neces-
sary to import a large quantity of
lime and other materials and also
that the coating will have to be at
least nine inches deep. They estimate
the total cost at about one-half million
dollars. Mr. Osterberg claims that
the products of the dam can be used
and that the expense will not be so
great
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
1000 Americans to Enlist.

Toronto-A full brigade of approxi-
mately 1000 Americans now living in
Canada will be recruited for service
with the Dominion forces on the firing
line in Flanders it was announced
Sunday. General Sir Sam Hughes,
minister of militia, has authorized
Major c. Seymour Bullock, who came
here from New York and Joined the
9th battalion, American legion, to
undertake Dominion-wide campaign.
To facilitate the speedy enlistment of
the men General Hughes has directed
special recruiting Offices be opened.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Ads for Defense Advised. i.

Washington, d. CA national de-
Tense advertising campaign has been
laid before President Wilson by COM
mittee of Associated Ad clubs of the
world. The committee said it stood
ready to prepare the campaign and
carry it to fulfillment, enlisting assist
ance of newspapers and magazines and
other advertising agencies. The COM
mite, headed by Herbert S. Houston,
of New York, president of the associ-
alton, also presented plan for mobil-
ization resources for national defense
and for international peace.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
old-SchooI Sensibilities.

"Do you remember the ballet in
The Black Crook asked the Judge.
Il should say do" replied the ma
1or Il have heard they have even
better stage dancing now than in
those days"
Perhaps. There's no chance of
our finding out, A gentleman can't go
to see fine ballet now without being
embarrassed by the presence of a
theatre full of ladies'. Washington
Star N.H#4t
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18

the sale of Intoxicating liquor to In
dians. AS the law now stands, it is a
felony to carry liquor into an Indian
reservation, even though it is not sold
or given to Indians. The Lane bill
makes it felony to sell liquor to In
dians, but merely misdemeanor to
carry liquor into reservation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Scraps.

There are 297, 1866 Sunday schools in
the world.
Cuba is seking designs for me-
mortal of the battleship Maine.
New Zealand is to have its first roof
garden, over six-story department
store now building.
Kings in the earliest days were
merely fathers of families" and the
word is derived from the same source
as "kin."
A plant has been discovered in Cuba
bearing fruit like figs in which flies
lay their eggs, to be Matched by the
sun.
Annual production of honey and
wax in the United States has gradu-
ally mounted until it now totals in
value more than $6,O00,000.
Millions of bad eggs are seized ev-
cry year in London, and the way they
are destroyed is to tip them out of
their cases and run a steam roller
over them.
A revival in hemp growing Is re-
ported from Kentucky This years
crop is estimated at 100000 pounds,
against 100000 last year, and $780,
600 in 1909. Wisconsin also increased
its acreage.
Forty states of the union have taken
some legal action toward safeguard
ing the sanitation of public school
buildings, according to recent bull
letin issued by the federal bureau of
education.
DR.. w. T. Grenfell, noted for his
work among the Labrador fisherfolk,
has accepted an invitation to take
charge of division of hospital unit
that has been sent to France by Har-
ward university.
A dynamometer mounted on an or
dinary dray is used by the United
States department Of agriculture to
register the tractive force required to
draw various weights over different
kinds of roadways.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Spring Arrives on Mars.

Flagstaff, Ariz. - What appears to
be the first spring thaw on Mars has
Just been detected by the astronomers
of the Lowell observatory. The north
cap itself is in active process of melt
ing. circular rift having appeared
haii way through It which is widening
ana which is connected with the border
py radical tributary riffs. The cap is
surrounded by a clear blue band un-
IKE the tint Of the vegetation mark
ings.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18

Waiter Ito westerner, who is in
restaurant with city niece) Shall !
bring you a half portion, sir?
Westerner-A what?
Niece Qnterposing) THAT is the
way you order in these places, uncle.
Westerner--Oh, is it! All right,
bring me half portion and quarter
section of beef and few acres of Gel
ery.--Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
TOO MANY CHILDREN
are under-size, under-weight

are under-size, under-weight
with pinched faces and poor blood; they
do not complain but appetite lags, they
have no ambition and do not progress.
Such children need the rich medicinal
nourishment in Scotf,s Emulsion above
everything else; its pure cod liver oil con-
tains natures own blood forming, flesh
building fats which quickly show in rosy
cheeks, better appetite, firm flesh and
sturdy frames.
II your children are languid, tired
when rising, catch cold easily or fpd
their studies difficult. give them SCOTS
Emulsion; it supplies the very food ele-
ments that their systems lack.
Scotf's EmuLsion contains no alcohol
and is SO good for growing children it'sa
pity to keep 1t from them.
i4-H Scott &Bowne. Bloomfield. MI
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
swedish Athletes to Meet Americans.

Stockhol,n-The Swedish football
association has invited the American
Football association to play match
in Sweden next summer. If this is
possible, Swedish football team will
go to the United States, accompanied
by an athletic team. Ira Nelson Nor
ris, the American minister to Sweden,
in statement in the Stockholm news
papers, expressed enthusiasm over the
prospects of an athletic meeting be-
tween the teams of Sweden and the
United States.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
saqacious Departure.

"Why did you come so suddenly out
Of Miss Prettyman's house the other
evening?"
Il thought it best to execute stra-
tegic retreat, as noticed her father
seemed to have hostile movement on
foot Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Solid Grub.

Mrs. Van Wombat's buffet lunch
made a great hit with the men pres
ent."
Something new?"
"At woman's lunch, yes. In addi-
tion to the fruit salads and macaroons
she provided few ham sandwiches" "
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
This pidn't Really Happen

"I won't wear my new dresses at
Atlantic City after ALL"
"And after all the money you
spent?"
"Yes; but you see they're packed SO
nicely that hate to take them out of
the trunk. philadelphia Public Led
ger
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18

Mother was rather angry with you
last night"
"Why, didn't kiss you!"
''Just so. And she waited all the
evening at the keyhole for nothing p
Philadelphia Record.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
According To Ability.

Country Judge-How long have you
owned car?
Motorist Charged with speeding)-
One week, your honor.
Judge-Um-then you can still af.
ford to pay fine. Twenty dollars!-
Puck.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
have Healthy, Strong, Beautlful Nv,

Have Healthy Strong, Beautiful Eyes
oculists and Physicians used Murine Eye
Remedy many years before 1t was offered as q
Domestic Eye Medicine. Murine is Still Com
pounded by Our Physicians and guaranteed
by them as Reliable Relief for Eyes that Need
Care. Try 1t in your Eyes and In Baby's Eyes
No Smarting Eye Comfort Buy Murine
Of your Druggist accept no Substitute, and IL
Interested write for Book OF the Eye Free.
Murine EYE REMEDY CO., CHICAGO
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
To Help The Story.

Mary Mild-Do you suppose any
body ever called Gracia Gilmore
beautiful?
Carrie Caustique-Reporters twice
described her-when she eloped with
a street car conductor and when she
divorced him.-Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
In Far.off India.

In some unknown manner little
sample of Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh
found Its way into an interior village
OF India. II was its own agent, and
from that small beginning steady
trade has developed and each succeed
Ing shipment has been larger. ADV.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
Speaking OF Cars.

"Some are so intensely modern
that they prefer Corot to a Rem
brandt"
"If it's a better hill climber don't
blame em. Me for the French car
every Puck.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-02-18
choppins Him Off.

'I don't want to interfere with your
business, but" began the village
bore.
"All right" interrupted Cyrus X.
Snapper, go ahead and interfere with
it!"-Judge.