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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
N.a1s hle4~se0
rfom 4 one. armed MAN.


The triumph over the disability Of
a lost limb is not only exemplfied In
the case of the one-legged crlcketer
"There is no need to be downhearted
about a lost leg or arm" writes a cor
respondent. Il have lost my left arm
and can do practically everything that
a man with two arms can.
~ can tie my tie as neatly and
quickly as | ever did, lace my boots.
ride horse and bicycle, drive horse
and trap drive a motor play billiards
tuslng block of weighted wood with
three groves In It as resO, golf,
hockey tennis and swim quite easily"
London Chronicle.
tiandshaEe Is Costly.
Wheeling, w. Va.--Alleging he has
been injured for life as result of
a handshake, John A. Tennyson of this
city, filed suit In the circuit court for
$4,000 damages against Riley Briggs,
former Wheeling policeman. The
declarations allege that in grasplng his
hand, Briggs fractured bone, leaving
Tennyson a cripple for life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
NOTICE OF STREET IMPROVE
MENT.

| Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City Of Athena
has passed an ordinance, being Ordi-
nance No. Is2, providing for the i'm
provement by paving Of Main street in
the city of Athena from a point 100
feet east of the east line Of Fourth
street to point 219 feet west of the
Southwest corner of the intersection
of First and Main Streets in the City
of Athena, and Third street from the
south line of Main street to the north
side of Current street. such improve
ment to consist of paving and of con-
structing curbs and cutters thereon
where there are now no curbs and
cutters. Plans and specifications for
such work estimates Of the cost there
of, and statement of the property to
be assessed therefor, with an estimate
of percentage of the total cost which
each of such lots, parts of lots and
parcels of land should pay on account
of the benefits to be derived from such
improvement are on file in the office
of the City Recorder.
All persons interested are hereby
notified that the City of Athena will
do said work unless the owners of
property shall within ten days from
the date of this notice file with the
City Recorder their remonstrance or
their election to do such work at their
own expense and that if the said i'm
provement is made by the city the
cost If making such improvement. ex-
cept such part thereof as is borne by
the city, shall be charge and lien
upon all lots, parts Of lots, and parcels
Of land adjacent to and abutting upon
the portions of streets. by said or
dinance proposed to be improved.
The persons interested are further
notified that applications for raising
or lowering the percentage Of the cost
of such improvement to be charged
against any lot, part Of lot. or parcel
of land shall bs filed with the City
Recorder within ten days from the
date of this notice.
Dated September End, 1919.
B. B RICHARDS,
City Recorder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

standard recipe which they will vary
with flavoring, spice or fruit. or bake
in different shaped tins with different
filings or frostlngs, which will give a
large variety.
The time was when much creaming
of butter and stirring of sugar and
butter was thought the only way to
make n butter cake, but these busy
days are teaching us many ways of
simplifying our work, and cake max.
ing must keep pace. The shortening,
IL softened-not melted--will mix
with the sugar and 1t takes but short
time to cream 1t; add little hot water
or milk If hurried for time and then
give the mixture good beating, add,
ing the eggs beaten and give another
good beating. A fair cake, good
enough for everyday use, is one using
three tablespoonfuls Of butter or but
ter substitute, one cupful of sugar.
half cupfuf Of milk. two eggs, two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder and a
cupful and three-quarters Of sifted
flour. Add flavoring and bake in a hot
oven. A circle Of well-greased paper
placed In the layer tins, as well as
deeper tins, will help to remove the
cake without breaking.
A cake that is baked with as little
flour as will hold 1t up makes much
more tender and delicate one. The
baking is a most important factor In
good cake making Have the oven
very hot for layer cake and bake
from 10 to IL minutes. For loaf
cake which needs 40 minutes to bake
divide the time into quarters. The first
ten minutes see that the cake begins
to rise, the second ten minutes 1t
finishes rising and begins to brown,
the third ten minutes 1t finishes brown
Ing and begins to shrink from the pan,
then the last ten or quarter 1t finishes
baking II cake crackles as II still
cooking when taken from the oven
put 1t back for few minutes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
Cryptic Cable.

For smartness the following viii be
hard to beat: A well-known person
age in Devonshire, England, received
a cable from his soldier son in Meso-
potamia containing only three words:
1.-TWO John twelve" After much puz-
zling the meaning dawned upon him.
Taking down his Bible he turned up
the Second Epistle Of St. John and
read the twelfth verse, which runs as
follows: Having many things to
write unto you, I would not write with
paper and ink, but l trust to come
unto you and speak face to face, that
our joy may be full" His son was on
his way home to England.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
STATEME ENT

Of the First National Bank of Athena,
County of Umatilla. State of Oregon.
showing the amount standing to the
credit Of every deposition July /. 1919.
who has not made deposit, or who
has not withdrawn any part Of his de-
posit Commercial deposits. principal
or interest, for period Of more than
seven ~ years Immediately prior to
said date, with the name. last known
place of residence or postoffice address
of such deposition, and ths fact of his
death. if known.
Name of de- Res. or P. o.
positor. address Amt.
J. F Bentley Adams, Greg. .s9
Elmer Ferguson, Weston, Greg. .4E
G. d Golf, Athena, Greg. 81
Harris Bros. Athena. Greg. 80
Leonard Lavadour Adams. Greg. 90
Mcdonald Bros. Pilot Rock. Or. 10. 81
D. B. Partch Weston. Greg. .Os
/. L. Van Winkle, Athena. Ore. .0I
Ernest F. Wells, Seattle, Wash. 30
Thomas VIM, Adams, Greg. IA
Total $is.47
State of Oregon
County of Umatilla. IS
F. s. LeGrow being first duly
sworn derose and say upon oath that
| am the Cashier of the First National
Bank Of Athena, County of Umatilla,
State of Oregon; that the foregoing
statement is full, true. correct and
complete statement, showing the name,
last known residence or postofficc ad-
Dire $. fact of death if known and the
amount to the credit of each depositor
as required by the provisions of Chap
ter l4S of the General Laws of Ore
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

villa, who knows the great Ameri-
can game Of blur. threatens to go to
Japan to get ammunition for a new
revolution. but unless he wants to take
the ammunition internally he Is not
likely to 80.
Dlscouragement Of the "won't-go-
home -tiil-mornipg" conyivialities ought
to assist slightly In daylight saving.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

gon, 1907, and Chapter 214, of the
General Laws Of Oregon, 1917.
F. S. LeGROW.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this l4th day of July, A. D., 1919.
fse B. B. Richards,
Notary Public for Oregon.
My commission expires March S, 1921.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Everybody wants war prices for any
thing he has to offer and thinks the
other fellow should take what was con-
sidered to be satisfactory Ave years
ago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

So long as those Paris women are
able to set the styles for the rest Of
the world they probably viii not care
much even II not permitted to vote.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Fist OF all, have all the
materials to be used
ready at hand before be.
ginning, or in the midst
you will find some i'm.
portant ingredient miss
ing which will need a
change Of plans.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

A Czecho-Slovac mission, is comins
here to study the American telephone
system. II is to be hoped the mission
will not find all the lines busy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Most of the world wants to get back
to normal conditions, though 1t has no
very clear Idea what the new normal
Is to be.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

A baroness from Holland has been
working as a servant in an American
family to study democracy. She must
now have a curious conception OF II.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Some mechanical genius could make
fortune by devIslng neat and effec-
tive way of converting ilvvers into fly
Ing machines.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

China resolutely declines to drown
her sorrows over Shantung by taking
UP with her old-time national enemy,
the opium habit.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

The community has about as much
need for male fllrts as It has for un-
muffied motorcycles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

II, as reported, Paderewski drops
the music roll for the statesmans port
folio the world may lose its finest pi-
anist and get an average premier.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

It's better TO think of what you are
going to eat than to be unable to for
get what you have eaten.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

! Conditions have moderated to de-
gyee that might be regarded as per-
mitting sauerkraut and wlenerwurst to
be called by their right names.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Industry is getting a little nervous
and more than q little indignant over
these mysterious strikes that sneak up
behind 1t and knock 1t out.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Judging by the unprecedented de-
mand for labor, about the only able
bodied man out of Job in this neck
Of the woods Is the bolshevili orator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Austria, which played follow my
leader" with Germany In war time,
must continue the game until the costs
are met.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

The profiteers must 90, shout the
angry multitude. And so they are
going strong.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Perhaps the retail grocerymen are
not getting the high profits, but some
body, certainly, is guilty.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

One excellent way to build for the
future is to avoid friction in the build
ing trades.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Everybody has consuming interest
In methods to keep food prices down
to a reasonable basis.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Why not ease the so-called leather
shortage by tanning the hides of the
prohteers?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

AS the consumer views 1t, there 10
always plausible excuse for higher
prices, but reasons for reductions are
far too seldom heard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

The cost Of living was more within
ones reach In the good old days when
man mourned the loss of tooth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Another effect Of these nice cool
nights is to make the alarm clock all
the more unpopular.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Economists do not attempt to ex'
plain how impoverished and hungry
workers in Berlin Gun afford to strike.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

There is plenty of sugar yet every
body finds 1t is scarce--just like
money.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
The air mail rate is to be the same
as any other kind-and as slowl

Perhaps the most delightful Of all
vacation spots is Somewhere Else.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
CAKE MAKING.

Just word to those who are yet in.
experienced In the art of cake making
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

When meeting comes to order 1t
makes difference whose order 1t is.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

Labor unrest threatens to provide
the world with too much rest.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19

That "king of the hoboes" is about
the only surviving remnant of royalty.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
5eKTCllE
.GBLNE

The food supply would be probably
better selected, varied and cooked, II
the daily supervision we're allotted
definitely to one who has been trained
for the purpose. and chosen because Of
capacity for the office.
Cake is to the appetite what mirth is
to the melancholy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-19
Carnoufiaged Philosophy.

The proposal to manufacture wooden
shoes savors Of sabotage.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
The Lerot and the Snake.

Every one has heard Of the remark
able combats OF the Indian mOng0ose
with venOmous snakes, in which little
rlkkitikki-tavvi comes off victor. The
fact that the mongO0se invariably sur.
Wives has led to the suggestion that
1t Is immune to snake poison. Other
animals said to be immune are thetplg
and the hedgehog. The experiments Of
British naturalist show that an amin.
al Of the dOrm0usc family must be
added to the list Of the immune. This
animal Is known as The lerOt and Is
said to fight hercely with vipers.
Large doses Of viper's poison were In.
jected into one lerOt. from which in
lection no III effects followed. On ono
occasion lerOt was badly bitten in
the eye by Il viper and no signs OF pol
soning followed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
Reindeder Meat.

The former United States commits.
sioner Mt Saint Michael, Alaska, Will
liam B. Stephenson, writes in his new
book about Alaska, "The Land Of To
morrow" that "the reindeer reaches
Of the far North are destined to solve
the meat question for the United
States"
Reindeer breeding Is fast becom-
ing an important factor, and here
again one must revert to the land.
Reindeer need space. for they are the
beef Of Alaska and must have pas
turage. This pasturnge Is always to
be had. Reindeer steaks are and have
been for long time regularly quoted
on the Seattle markets. That they
will one day figure conspicuously in
our meat supply cannot be questioned.
Already the big packing concerns have
sent their representatives to look over
the ground. There Is one drawback
to this industry, however, which Will
have to be adjusted and regulated be-
fore 1t can become profitable. The
cost OF shipping Is now prohibitive.
Alaska now has 100000 reindeer. With
In the next ten years she will have
100000"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
HousecIeanlnq Hedqehooa.

It is said that when in camp during
the winter the woodsmen Of Maine en-
tertain many strange guests-blue-
jays, chickadees, wood mice and hedge
hogs among them. One woodsman on
leaving the camp on a Saturday aft
ernoon used to neglect purposely to
close the door of his shack In order
that the hedgehogs might enter and
clean his floor.
Inasmuch as the principal constitu-
ents of the camp menu are pork and
beans, bacon and other dishes rich In
fat, grease Is spilled upon the floor
In week and hedgehog will risk his
neck for bit Of fat.
Just rs soon, therefore, as this par
ticular camp was deserted by It's oc-
cupants the spiny gluttons would has
ten in and begin to plane off the sur
face Of the floor with their chiselllke
teeth, eating away all the wood that
held trace of grease On his return
to camp the owner could sweep up
and enjoy the comforts of clean
house for another week. The only Sc
riOus objection to this method Of
housecleaning lay in the fact that 1t
was necessary to lay new camp floor
frequently.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
HAS z INDEPENDENCE DAYS
Republic Of Ecuador Celebrates August
Tenth and october Ninth az
National Holidays.

The Republic of Ecuador celebrates
TWO national holidays, and both are
independence days." according to the
Pan-American Union.
The liberty-loving patriots had to
shoot two bolts Mt Spanish domination
before they succeeded In gaining per-
manent independence Tie first time
they had quiet but determined revo.
luton in Quito, the present capital Of
the republic, the patriots assembling
at the house of Manuela Canizarcs, a
brave and beautiful woman, on August
8, 1909, when they prepared their
declaration Of independence and chose
the officials who were to compose the
provisional government. That night
the cOnspirators gathered their forces
In different parts Of the city and Cap
tain Salinas, who commanded the two
companies Of regular troops that guard
ed the city, went to their barracks,
read to them the declaration and won
them over to the cause Of the patriots.
They overpowcred the boIyguard Of
Ruiz de Castillo, the Spanish governor,
early on the morning of August 10 and
without shedding drop of blood. 1t
lasted only about year, when CnStil-
Ia succeeded in overthrowing the pa
triotic government and again brought
the country under Spanish dominion.
The fires Of liberty had been kin
died, however, and the Ecuadoreans
kept up their heroic struggle, notwith-
standing many revcrseS, until in 1920
the people Of Guayaquil, the leading
seaport Of the country, succeeded in
rebelling on the ninth of October.
With the aid Of Gen. Simon Bolivar,
the great Venezuelan emancipator,
and Of his compatriot, Gen. Antonio
Jose Sucre, the Ecuadoreans, after
many bloody battles, succeeded in COM
pletely annihilating the Spanish forces
and established freedom in Ecuador
forever Therefore it is that the Ecua-
doreans celebrate two independence
days." the tenth Of August and the
ninth Of October.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
Humbugs In Animal kinadon

In military stables horses are known
to have pretended to be lame in order
to avoid going to military exercise.
A chimanZee had been fed on cake
when sick. After his recovery he often
feigned coughing in order to procure
dainties.
The cuckoo, as IS we'll known, LAYS
Its eggs In another birds nest, and,
to make the deception surcr, 1t takes
away one Of the other birds eggs. AMI
mails are conscious OF their deceit, as
Is shown by the fact that they try
to act secretly and noiSelessly; they
show sense Of guilt II detected: they
take precautions in advance to avoid
discovery; In some cases they mani
fest regret and repentance, an ex-
change says. Thus, bees which steal
hesitate often before and after their
exploits, as II they feared punishment.
A naturalist Describes how his
monkey committed theft. While he
pretended to sleep the animal regard.
ed him with hesitation, and stoppcd
every time his master moved or
seemed on the point OF awakening.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
use plain WORDS
Up-to-Date Young People Do Not
Apply Soft Pedal.
Ancient Fashion Of Vague AIIusion TO
Things Is Passe and All Say
What They Mean
About Things.

americans used to come I'm for
good deal OF teasing and "joshing" by
Englisllmen because of their tendency
TO SHOW an exaggerated delicacy in
their choice Of words. Especially was
this squeamishness apparent among
American women 30 or 80 years ago,
when so far from ever speaking Of
their own legs they actually called the
uprights Of square piano limbs and
would have hlushed with modification
II you had mentioned the chair legs.
In England they said that an Ameri-
can woman would never refer to the
breast of chicken, but referred to
mat portion of the bird as the bosom.
Some who laughed at this over.
hlceness made the comment that peo-
pie who condemned so many harmless
words must have evil minds or they
would see no harm in them But really
1t did not indicate evil-mindednesS. 1t
was just natural phase of the gen
eral overSqueamiShnesS Of the time.
NO wonder that the young woman
VINO was cautioned never to show
more than the tip of her toe beneath
her voluminous hoopskirts and who
couldn't to save her life have taken
deep breath--no wonder she was
oVerfastidiouS in the choice of her
words. 1t was part Of the fashion of
the time. 1t really was bad form as
manners were then framed to speak
with even moderate frankness.
But now the pendulum has swung far
IN the other direction, and it Is the
well-bred thing to avoid those circum.
lOcutions used once to soften words Of
too great realism. 1t is considered a
little old-fashioned or countrified now
to say that you are going to retire
when you might say simply that you
are going to bed. Likewise we speak
OF bedrooms, whereas our careful
grandmothers would never have used
so frank word. They spoke of cham
bers or sleeping apartments.
sometime ago 1t was considered the
Well-bred thing to use circumlocutions
when speaking Of death. TO q certain
extent this Is still done, but in general
the progressive young American avoids
such euphemisms as pass beyond" and
pass away" People more frequently
uSeu W say IL anytnlng should hap
pen to me" or sin case 1 should be
called beyond" when they meant sim
ply "if I should die" which means
exactly the same thing just as vividly
and has the advantage Of being
straight Anglo-Sax
Old-fashioncd folk used to use sof-
| tened words to indicate poverty. They
spoke about being ''in reduced circum-
stances" They would have consid-
cred 1t rude to say friend was poor,
though they might have said that he
was person Of moderate means"
If woman found herself in a posi-
tion where she had to earn her own
living they said that "she had joined
the army of toilers," never that she
had gone to work"
People spoke of salaries, remunera-
ttons, compensations and honorariums.
seldom Of wages or pay. They spoke
of positions and posts. Nowadays the
thoroughly upto-datc young person
speaks Of her Philadelphia In
quirer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
Fast Grower re-.

Customer should like to know
why the potatoes at the bottom Of the
sack you sold me last week are so
much smaller than those at the top.
Green Groccr-Well, mum, potatoes
Is GROWN that fast now that by the
time sackful IS dug the last ones Is
about twice the size OF the flrst.-Lon-
don Ideas.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
Amen.

He was awfully Wild. In foct, he
was wildly wild.
81 tell you once and for all" he
rOared at his erring offspring. "if you
marry Grace ~ M off without a
penny. and you wont hay" so much as
piece Of beef to boil In he pot"
"Wnli" said lt v'Wn" nan as he
went In senrcl ~ Grace
before meat."--io bnu ~.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-15
Wool Growers Use Press.

Wool ranch proprictOrs are making
lse or small press to put the wool
INTO tAnpnct bale, which cuts down
hrir handling and transportation
,sts very materially.