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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
4
The Northwest faces rising prices and shrinking cattle and hog production. James J. Hill urges stock farming and soil fertility through scientific fertilization to boost home food production for both domestic use and export. He argues livestock growth aids prosperity and soil fertility.
In 1890 Washington a fusion ticket for five supreme court judges emerged. Democrats and insurgent Republicans back the Non-Partisan Judiciary League headed by Poindexter managers to challenge the regular Republican convention slate. The fusion ticket blends three Democrats and two Republicans seeking to reverse primary ballot practices.
A Pacific and Atlantic steamship line will connect Seattle and San Francisco with New Orleans and New York via Panama. Departing Seattle on October 10, the route will offer salmon shipments to New York as cheaply as by rail from San Francisco to New Orleans. California and Atlantic Steamship Co. aims to boost Northwest exports.
In the race for joint senator in Umatilla Union and Morrow counties the Democrats nominate Dr M K Hall of Union county, touted as one of the state’s most brilliant and capable men. A witty tale from Blackwood’s Magazine recounts Archbishop Plunket and Father Healy arguing faith versus works over a train watch.
Alkarazza refers to porous earthenware vessels kept cool by oiling with water. Alkarazza is made from pottery clay mixed with ten percent fine sawdust by weight, dried, then worked. During firing the sawdust burns away, leaving the clay porous.
An eastern fable tells of a potentate who demands the sting of a thousand bees killed for stinging royalty. The king sees the stings fit into a tiny golden thimble and proclaims no one may complain of bee stings. The lesson: petty annoyances are inflated in the mind and worth contempt when seen in true size.
A compact portrait likens Broadway to a river's current, a bustling maelstrom where every class and character mingles from Harlem to the Battery. The piece recalls Richard Harding Davis and George Selbel noting the city's brisk, cashing-at-bank rush before eight o'clock.
An Egyptologist notes that in ancient Egypt mummies served as loan collateral. Borrowers pledged relatives by family lineage, sometimes including mothers in law’s mummy. Not redeeming such pledge was considered impious. those who died with a family mummy still pawned were buried in unconsecrated ground.
A compact, period tone observations on the postage stamp as a metaphor for persistence and teamwork. The piece praises the stamp for delivering results despite mockery and extra burdens, noting its harmony when used in bulk and its resilience under pressure. It emphasizes backing and steadfastness as admirable traits to imitate.
A reflective piece compares daily customs and habits to ruts in roads that trap life’s wheels. It argues people keep to familiar patterns because leaving them is costly, while pondering a new employer and leadership hints at shifts beyond entrenched routines.
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