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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
BUILDING ROADS IN ALASKA
Road Commissioners Find Trouble In
Maintenance on Account Of Mar.
row Tired Trucks.

Alaska has been building roads since
1905. 1t has built 920 miles of wagon
roads, 500 miles of winter sled roads
and 2,2l0 miles of trails. One of these
roads was built for motorcar traffic,
but more than 250 trucks and passen-
ger cars were In use over them at the
close Of the last fiscal year.
Much damage has been done to the
roads by heavy narr0w-tlred trucks,
and the board of road commissioners
finds troubles Of maintenance with
them always. In addition, they found
1t necessary to build n five-mile road
along hillside last summer by cover
ing the road bed with willow cordu-
roy and surfaCing the corduroy with
gravel because the material underlying
the location consisted Of six feet of
gravel on the bed rock, forty feet of
clear ice on the gravel and two feet of
moss and tundra on top.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
New Treatment for Seed Oats.

Under a new system of treating
seed oats to prevent smut, which is
recommended as a great labor saver
by experts at Perdue university, so.
luton of one pint of formaldehyde
with one pint of water, is mixed,
which is enough to treat seed for 20
acres. This is applied with an atom
izer sprayer. The seed may be sown
within five hours or it may be stored
and kept until sowing time. This
smut treatment may be made now as
the seed will not get damp enough to
freeze and spoil. After treatment it
should be covered with disinfected
sacks or tarpaulin to keep the fumes
at work.-Farm Life,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Ready and Willing.

The village idiot gaped so long al
the village grocer that the worthy man
became irrltated.
Look here, what you starin' at? If
you can find man homelier than your,
SELF kill him!"
The village idiot went in search of
a man ugller than himself, and one
day he found one.
He tapped him on the shoulder.
"Ive got to kill you," he said, smil-
ing amiably, You're homelier than
me-"
Tho stranger turned and looked at
the other for full minute.
"Am II" he said "Then for good
ness sake, kill me!"-New Idea.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
It Works! Try It
Tells how to loosen a sore,
tender corn SO II lifts
out without pain.
No humbug! Any corn, wheth'

No humbug! Any corn, whether
hard, soft or between the toes, will
loosen right up and lift out without
particle Of pain or soreness.
This drug Is called freezone and ia
a compound Of ether discovered by a
Cincinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a small
bottle of freezone, which will cost but
trifle, but is sufficient to rid ones
feet Of every corn or callous.
Put few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn or callous. In
stantly the soreness disappears and
shortly the corn or callous will loosen
and can be lifted off with the fingers.
This drug freezone doesn't eat out
the corns or callouses but shrivels
them without even irritating the sur.
rounding skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no sore
ness or smarting when applying 1t or
afterwards. If your druggist don't
have freezone have him order 1t for
you.-Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Vitrifed Brick for Paving Country
Roads-FiIlng the Joints, First Coat.

vitrifled Brick for Paving Country
Roads-Fillng the Joints, First Coat.
in money and labor on the public roads
aggregated only $S0,000,O00, compared
with some $300,000,000 for 1917. Thus
the public roads have been changed
with bewllderng rapidity from the
status of the purely local utility to that
of Il utility of national importance and
scope.
1t Is well known that the railroads Of
the United States are unable to carry
the enormous traffic now offered for
transportation, and it is to be expected
that the public roads will from now on
have added to their present traffic bur-
dens such freight as may be shifted to
them to relieve railway congestion.
1t is beyond question that for pas
senger haul the public roads are used
to greater extent than the railroads.
These impressive conditions, been
created within the span Of single gem
GRAFTON.
On July II, 1916, President Wilson
approved a measure generally known
as the federal-aid road act, which car
rled an appropriation of $75,000.000 to
aid the states in the construction Of
rural post roads and $10,000000 to be
expended for the construction and
of forest roads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
How Could She?

"Ah, Rosie" said, as I held her
pretty little pink hands in my big
hurley brown mitts, you have told me
repeatedly that you love me and that
you would fulfill my every wish.
have done everything. you requested
of me. Your whimsied wish has been
my one desire. We have gotten along
perfectly together and wonderfully
noble thoughts have raked my brain.
After all this, how could you put such
a high polish on your finger nails when
you know like dull finish! Penn
State Froth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
To Avoid Premature Old Ace.

Men wear out too soon. In many
vocations a man is an old man before
he reaches his fortieth year. This is
premature and for the most part un-
necessary, and it constitutes a serious
national economic loss. By improving
mans physique and assisting him to
form healthy habits, ten or Is years
can be added to his industrial eff
cheney, and a substantial contribution
will be made to the wealth and pros
perity of the country.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Preparing to Administer Serum Treat
ment to Prevent Hog Cholera.

Of 100 veterinarians actively engaged
In assisting state forces in applying
control measures. In the last few years
losses from the disease have been re-
duced over so per cent and from field
reports the indications are that losses
will be further reduced during the
present year. The work already ac-
compllshed by the department of agri-
demonstrated that losses can be re-
duced and hog cholera controlled by
the intelligent use of antihog- cholera
serum and the proper application of
quarantine and sanitary measures.
However, in order to pursue the work
still further, it will be necessary, as in
the past, to have the support and CO.
operation of farmers, stock raisers and
others interested In the suppression
and control of infectious and con-
tagious diseases of live stock. Out
breaks of hog cholera should be
promptly reported to the proper state
authorities, either directly by wire or
through the county agent or local vet
erinarian; infected hogs should be re-
stricted; neighbOrs should be warned
Of infection; dead hogs should be prop
erly disposed of; and sick ones treated
as early as possible.
Antihog-cholera serum is produced
"a
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Longing to share our troubles, or
losing courage if fortunes wheel re-
fuses to turn in our favor, is about the
most unwise course we could possibly
follow. Far better to keep quiet about
all distressing setbacks, become inter-
ested in some form of work and brave
ly go in to win. True, one cannot al
ways recoup ones fortune, but life
offers many other compensations very
much worth while.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

The oldest botanical work in the
world is sculptured on the walls of a
room in the great Temple of Karnak
at Thebes, Egypt. 1t represents foreign
plants brought home by an Egyptian
sovereign, Thothmes III, on his return
from campaign in Arabia, says the
Family Herald. The sculptures show
not only the plant or tree, but the
leaves, fruit and seed pods separately,
after the fashion of modern treatises
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu.
late liver, bowels and stomach.
Youngsters Generally Do.

Hartley was visiting his aunt for a
few days, A friend asked him II he
went to school. lie admitted that he
had not been yet, but volunteered to
tell her various things which mamma
had taught him. Then with a sudden
bright expression he added And |
know some things I've never been
teaChedl"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
The Limit.

Two colored men were overheard
deep in a discussion of various phases
of dumbness. Finally, after number
of illustrations had been cited, one
capped the climax by observing with
great seriousness, Eyes, sub, dat mig
ger wuz dat dumb dat when he died
and dey opened his haid at de morgue
dey found his brain hadn't never been
used"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

health. I believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
Nervousness is often symptom of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands of women have found by
experience.
II complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment.
The result of its long experience is
at your service.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
PERMANENT ROAD IS FAVORED
Saving In Cost of Rebuilding Would
Pay for Them In Comparatively
Few Years.

A writer on the advantage Of per-
manent highways makes the point that
the saving in the cost Of rebuilding
would pay for them In n comparative
ly few years-and then there would be
n prospect Of valuable returns. The
thing would be like making few pay
ments to secure an annuity. Wherever
the money can be raised there should
be permanent highways. That is the
good roads gospel par excellence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
200 Rooms Near Both A
100 Baths Depots
Absolutely
Fireprboi
Hotel Hoyt
Doos Have DreamIand,

That the primitive man dreamed we
have no doubt Even animals do that
All of us have seen sleeping dogs go
through the incipient movements of a
chase, accompanied by faint yelplngs,
and the unmistakable muscular action
which would carry them in pursuit of
their quarry If exaggerated by the
greater vitality of wakefulness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
CLEANLINESS WITH HOG HERD
One Of Biggest Factors In Preventing
and Controlling Serious Diseases
Of Swine.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Intestinal worms, lung worms, and
skin parasites levy burdensome tax
upon the profits of hog raising. Abso-
lutte cleanliness will be found valuable
In preventing and controlling these
troubles, as well as the more serious
diseases-hog cholera and tuberculosis.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Tribute to Friendship,

Friends" said John Hay, "are the
sunshine Of life. All men seek sun
light, and every man seeks friend
after his own kind and nature. The
best and most intelligent of us admits
the rarity and value Of friendship;
the worst and most ignorant Of us
ia unwittingly the better for knowing
some friendly companion" - Atlantic
Monthly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
A Fatal Mistake.

'I was once successful physician, "
remarked seedy-looking individual
in a railway carriage to fellow tray
eler with large practice; but ow-
ing to one little slip, my patients left
me, and now | live from hand to
mouth"
What was the slip?"
well, sir, replied the exphyslcIan
in filling a death certificate for a pa
tient who had died ! absent mindedly
signed my name in the space headed
Cause of DEATH !'"-EXchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Nursing mothers and women gen.
orally, will find it exactly fitted to
their needs. 1t lessons the pains and
burdens, and ensures healthy, vigorous
offspring.
You will escape many ills and clear
up the coated tongue, the sallow COM
plexion, the dull headache, the lazy
liver, if you will take pleasant laxa-
tive made up of the May apple, juice
of the leaves Of aloes, root of jalap,
and called pleasant Pellets" You
can obtain at almost any drug store in
this country these vegetable pellets in
walls for twenty-five cents-simply ask
for Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
Sold for fifty years.-Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Fasting to Induce Dreams.

Fasting for the purpose of inducing
dreams may be traced back to very
early period, And the foremost be-
levers in dreams were our own pic
mrcsQuo Indians History tells us Of
certain tribes who enjoined rigorous
fasting among children from very
early age, during which time special
attention was paid to their dreams.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

To restore dry, falling hair and get rid
of dandruff, rub Cuticura Ointment
into scalp. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
x, Boston," At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Poor Roads a Loss.

The farmers of the United States
have been allowing $300,000,000 in
real money to escape from their pock-
cts each year because of poor roads,
according to experts.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Somewhat Mercenary.

Donald was having birthday party.
The children were all enjoying them
selves when the doorbell rang Jump
ing up, Donald went to the door.
Standing looking at the child, he said:
Say, mamma, Freddie is here, but he
didn't bring me a present-should l
let him in?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
The Liuht Ahead,

What lightens labor, sanctifies toll
and makes man good and strong,
wise and patient, just and benevolent,
both lowly and great, as well as
worthy of intelligence and freedom, is
the perpetual vision before him of q
better world beamlng through life's
shadows.-Nlctor Hugo.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Mr.. Bacon-What's the baby crying
about now?
Mrs. Bacon-Why, the poor little
thing has both hands in her mouth
and she hasn't any place to put her
toes.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Term That Ia MisappIied.

The name daisy is said to have been
given to the plant by the poet Chaucer,
in the fourteenth century. He noticed
that the petals folded at sunset and
expanded at sunrise, and therefore
called it day's-eye. Therefore, our
best girl, who appears brightest in the
evening cannot truthfully be called
"a daisy"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Presidents Power supreme

In time of war the president Of the
United States is commander in chief
of the army and navy. The members
Of his cabinet are responsible to him
personally, not to congress. None of
them may be removed without his con-
sent, except by impeachment.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Fraternity,

We are children of large family,
and must learn, as such children do,
not to expect that our hurts will be
made much of-to be content with lit
tie nurture and caressing and help
each other the more.-George Eliot.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
6y&@figi4yaJt1 If
1Sag[lab!|!hIRnaenf !|!I!
ANNUAL COST OF HIGHWAYS
Construction and Maintenance Involve
Expenditure of $500 900, 1000
Burden on Roads.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Road construction and maintenance
in the United States involve an annual
outlay of over $300,OOO,OOO, sum
which, if capitalized at per cent,
would represent an investment of &c.
000,O00,000.
AS recently as 1906 there were only
100000 motor vehicles in the United
States compared with nearly 100000
Of 1917, while In 1904 the total outlay
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
FjuuratjveIy Speakinu,

In recent breach-of-promise case
the defendant, who was sixty-five
years old, was described as having
zone foot in the grave and the other
on banana peel" l."-Boston Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
A DIALOGUE in 1920,

Hello, old man! Been abroad,
haven't you?"
"Yes; just got back from Europe" !"
"Have a pleasant trip?"
Fine! l wasn't air-sick minute" I"
Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
True Repentance.

Henpeck--If you steal-I don't care
what-you'll repent it some day.
Henderson-Foolish idea. Didn't
you ever steal kiss?
Henpeck-Yes-and I married the
girl, too.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Don't bother too much" said Uncle
Eben, bout putin yoh bes' foot for
ward. Jes' keep both feet movin' till
you gifts whar you's gine to-"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Marjorie is fair and feels real proud
OF her pretty blue bonnet. The other
day she came home from kindergarten
and said: Frederick telled me my
bonnet Is pretty, but James said High
cost of living at me-"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sin.
cerity Should Com
vince Others.
Christopher, Ill.-"For four years |
suffered from irregularities, weakness,

nervousness, q n q
was in a run down
condition. Two of
our best doct tors
failed to do me any
good. l heard so
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham's s
Vegeta table Com
pound had done for
others, l tried it
and was cured. |
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
AVID ,t oyaallapt
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Heaven pity the woman whose hus-
band is so wild that she cant control
him, or the one whose spouse is so
good that he's monotonous. - Rich
mond Times-Dlspatch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
No Parauon,

rs your new office boy well be-
haved?"
Generally"
what do you mean by generally"
mot particularly y"-Boston Tran
script.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Modern Potato GROWING.

Modern potato growing is most sue
cessfully done through u combination
Of brains and horse power.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Soil for Sugar Beets,

The sugar beet needs n deeply loos-
ened, well-mellowed soil, uniformly
mixed and Offering the root easily
available plant food.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Talk is abundant and cheap, but the
right kind of talk is rare and expen-
sive.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Happiness In Love of Books.

No matter what his rank or position
may be, the lover of books is the rich
est and happiest of the children of
men.-Langford.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Man Cat the phone, to man at the
other end Of the wire)-"How dare
you talk to me like that! You're not
my wife!"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Cart Before Horse.

Putting the cart before the horse
installing truck lines befors building
adequate roads.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Quite Enough.

you've been out with that tough
gang again."
Il suppose you can read my mind"
he retorted defiantly.
mo, but l can smell your BREATH
Kansas City Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Means Disbelief in Self.
No sadder proof can be given by a
man of his own littleness than disbe-
lief in great men.-Carlyle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
AS A SUPPORT for exhausted, nerv

GUS, overworked wo-
men, nothing can do
as much as Doctor
P / ere e's Favorite
Prescription. 1t reg
ulates and assists all
the natural func-
tions, never conflicts
with them, and it
strengthens a n d
builds up the female
system in a way of
its own.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

II will increase your dairy profits 80 to
40 per cent IL you are skimmlng your milk
by the old hand method.
1T WILL SAVE YOU TIME, as the bowl,
discs, and tinware can be thoroughly
cleaned In five minutes.
1T WILL SAVE LABOR. as 1t is the cas-
lest running cream separator In the world.
1T WILL SAVE REPAIR EXPENSE,
because 1t has fewer mechanical parts than
any other separator.
IT is THE ONLY SEPARATOR where
the skinned milk Is delivered from the top
Of the bowl and the cream from the bot
tom. No intermixing.
1T is SELF-OILING, and so clean and
sanitary that 1t could even be placed in
your parlOr without disagreeable results.
1t is built with the accuracy of watch
and the strength of a motor.
THE ANKER-H0LTH SEPARATOR
WILL SKIM MORE CREAM. OF A
HIGHER QUALITY, that will make more
butter. than any other cream separator on
the market, and we have the proof to sus-
tain this statement.
We want you to know more about this
great Cream Separator-Write for discrip-
tive catalogue.
THE j. Q. ROBINSON co.
"A First Street Portland, Oregon
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Irsat Potatoes fnr soah.

Before cutting the seed potatoes In
pieces It is advisable to treat them
for scab.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09
Optimistic Thought.

The offender feareth retribution, but
the innocent feareth fortune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-08-09

Cause of Notified Butter.
Notified butter is caused by the un-
even distribution of salt.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
NEAT VISITED ON ALL HIDES
Faulty Butchering Also Results In
Considerable Loss of Edible Fats
Which Remain.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
According to reports received by the
merchandising specialists of the bu-
reau of markets, United States depart
ment of agriculture, Washington Cd.
CO. dealer states that nine steer hides
purchased by him carried 70 pounds
of waste meat. A Detroit dealer re-
ports that an average of six pounds
of waste meat was found on 40 cow.
and steer hides received at his plant,
and that in ten days his men scraped
2,177 pounds of waste meat from hides,
or enough to supply lOw-grade meat to
about 5000 people for one day. Faulty
butchering, In addition to causing
loss of the food value of the meat
which is wasted, results in consid
cradle loss of edible fats which re-
main on the hides.