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    WHAT YOU NEED
The other fellow may have; what you
have the other fellow may want. Come
together by advertising ip the Preaa.
BARGAIN DAY -
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'h every day with the Merchant who
advertises In the Press be has some
thing to sell aad says o. " -
Buy Your Groceries From . Your. Home : Grocer
YDLTJME XXVLL
ATHENA, TJ3IATILLA COIrtsSTY, OEIuGON', FRIDAY, . NOVEMBER 19, 1915.
NUMBER - 48.
171KI5ER
A WOMAN'8 THANKFULNESS, j
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I AM thankful beeausa there was one
Who thought me the dearest aad fair
est, "
Who comes when his duties are done .
To tell me my charms are etill rarest;
Z am thankful because U was he -Whom
the fates when they mads their
selection -:
Sent eagerly, cladly to me
To offer his lasting affection.
1 am thankful because he Is true,
Because he Is worthy and cheerful; r:1
Because the dark moments are few
When he leayes me regretting and tsar-
iui; - v
I am thankful that he has the will
. To be thoughtful and gracloua and ten
der; I am thankful because I am still
On the right side of forty and slender,
I am thankful because I am free
From ills that keep others complaining;
X am constantly thankful that we
Can live very well without straining! -X
am glad. that I never have had
A child to disturb or distress ms;
I am thankful beoause he is glad
To labor to feed and to dress me.
A BOY'S THANKFULNESS.
I'll thankful that I've got a daddy
To work for me with all his might;
He always calls me "Little Laddy,"
And says 'at I'm his heart's dellghti
. He often sets me on his shoulder -
And helps to nil the house with noise;
Re's bigger than I am and older.
But mother calls us her two boys.
I'm thankful that he never worries
Because my hands ain't nice and white;
I'm thankful that he always nurrtea
Back home to us when It gets night;
I'm always thankful when it's Sunday,
'Cause when It's Sunday, why, you sea,
He doesn't haft to work till Monday
. Or do a thing but play with me.
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rm thankful that he never scolds m .;
Except when I've been actln' bad; '.
And every night almost he holds me : . -
Tight In his arms and soys he's glad;
Our blessln's, mother says, are many, '
And, gee, but wouldn't it be fins
If every body that hain't any s
. Could have a daddy just like mlneT
' A MAN'S THANKFULNESS.
I AM thankful because I am strong.
Because of the chances about me,
Because In the thick of the throng
I have brothers who never will doubt
me; - v . - -I
am thankful to have at my right
The freedom true manhood Inherits; - f
I am thankful for courage to light
For an honest reward of my merits, ;
I am thankful that no one may weep
Because I am cunning or greedy,,
Because If I sow I may reap
Without bringing grief to the needy;
I am thankful because I have claimed
No vice-tainted tribute from others,
That still unafraid, unashamed.
I may gaze In the eyes of my brothers.
I am thankful for those who depend -On
me for their freedom from Borrow;
I am thankful at every day's end '
For the hone of a splendid tomorrow
I sm e-lad that, though many must grieve,
There are hearts which are stirred by
compassion;
I sm glad that I still may believe
. That kindness Is not out of faahlon.
AFTER THANKSGIVING DINNER
IN TWO PARTS.
Season Teaches a Lesson, i
This festive season brings Joyous re
nnlnna and nleasant greetings: the
table la loaded with flash autumn
cheer, it li a time to banish anxiety
and sadness, to revel In all good things
of Ule. But this thoughtless. Indiffer
ent atac-e dues not always continue.
Later on there comes a consciousness
that gratitude is due someone for the
countless blessings bestowed. This
dawnlnr consciousness often awakes
feeling of thankfulness, not considered
before. Christian Work and Evangel
ist .
Travels of the Turkey.
The first turkey eaten In France
was served at the wedding banquet of
Charles IX. The Mexican birds were
taken to Europe and then brought
again to America as domestic birds.
The Journals of many of the explorers,
among them CapL John Smith, record
the attractive qualities of the wild tur
key. They were plentiful from Can
ada south to the seseoast One Eng
lish traveler wrote of the "great store
of the wild kind of turkeys, which
main about the house aa tame as ours
In England ,
S AMERICA'S DAY
When Prayers of Thanksgiving
Arise From Hearts of Grate
- ful Nation.
EMORY J. HAYNE8.
DID you ever see the sun rise out
of the ocean? For nearly four
. hours the dawn of Thankglvlng
day has been feeling Its way westward
across the sea before It breaks on
America. Half a league onward.
the gray light creeps over the un
inhabitable waste of waters. The
new faint light cohorts ot outriders
are scouting ahead of the monarch sun.
They are seeking the coast of Maine,
feeling for the Cape ot Hatteras.' For
this is to be a great day in America.
If the sun were a.. god, marching
over the Atlantic spaces, one would
put the words in his mouth i Sou
ships on which I flash, I am not con
tent with you, alone, nor : with you
lighthouses, which I now touch with
my spears of sunbars, I seek a con
tinent ot grateful human' dwelling, 1
gild church spires, burnish the white
walls of great cities,, gleam in farm
house windows, the homes of men. It
Is not a day ot toll but ot thankful
Joyous rest . I will march over the
vast areas of mighty states, cross riv
ers and lakes, climb the Saharas and
beyond, before I slip again into the
Pacific ocean. For this is a day set
apart to me. Men are waiting, out
of harness, for the sunbeams. I ac
knowledge their tokens.- I make the
American flag beautiful everywhere in
my blue sky, thousands of flags dip
ping to give thanks. I do hear the ring
ing of bells, the shouts of play, the
laughter of kinsmen greeting kinsmen,
and the voice ot a nation's prayer."
But the sun Is no god. A day is
merely a stretch of hours. There is a
Maker of the sun who trains It to be
but the servant of his children. There
Is an All-Seeing Eye which views us at
our grateful offices. Let us try to
think ot it that way. Then-.the day
has a meaning. -
Thinking ot It all In that way, what
sublime day it is. A whole youth
ful nation with uplift hands and merry
hearts. This nation has been, at
times, In tears, . Today It bursts into
laughter and the sounds of thankful
ness the fragrance ot a feast fills
the air. It la a very festival of char
ity, when none is proud or selfish,
when the poor are not forgotten.
Have you ever watched the clouds
awaking by "mists rising' by the
advancing sunt What a spectacle it
would be It, from a star, one could
witness this uprising of sun-touched
vapor from valley: to plain across
continent So does the nation's praise
arise with incense of thanksgiving.
Remember that, by this figure, we are
seeking to make our answering ado
ration visible to our minds;
And there Is no beauty' In a sunset
except If there be clouds to take on
the gliding. So may the evening be,
of this glad day, for "The Lord God Is
our sun and shield." When the day
is done may heaven's blessings, yet
to Be sent us, be more tnan tne eve
ning stars for multitude. Stars . on
stars, the light from many a star is so
distant that it has never yet reached
us. But it is on the way.
" ' Things, to Be Thankful For.
The sentiment of gratitude is one
that there Is small-risk of finding too
much in evidence." It is not possible
to grow from childhood to manhood
or womanhood . without implicit de
pendence upon others. Without in
curring obligations and running deep
ly Into debt first of all to the God
who made us, then to our parents who
safeguarded our helpless infancy tbesj
to the friends who assisted n m pur
way. It Is Impossible for us to make
adequate repayment or return for all
these benefits. What has been" done
for us in our creation and pur si)s-
tenance, in all the generous provision
of love and of sympathy - Vfmt -sur
rounds us, Is beyond:1 reckoiilfljPOT
valuation it is without m&ey and
without price. But we may aijjeast
from time to time express our grati
tude to the Giver ot all good gifts. We
may occasionally voice our thankful
ness that we are alive and that our
olain duty lies before ns, and that
there Is useful work to ocupy pur
hearts and souls and senses. Above
all, there Is the great gift of love the
love that transfigures life and makes
It worth while to keep on trying to
pussle out the riddle of existence the
inva that fills the universe and. ac
cording to Dante, "moverthe stts and
the other stars. Philadelphia Ledg
er. ... -
VORLD'S DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
ricf Resume of General News
from All Around the art!). "
NIVERSAI HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
ive News Items of AH Nations and
Pacific NorthWest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
' The Golden Corn.
Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard I
Heap high tne goioeo corni
No richer gift has autumn poured -
From out her lavish born I --
Let other lands, exulting, glean
Ths SDDle from the pine, .
The orange from the glossy green, .
The duster from the vine;
But 'let the good old eora adorn '
The hills our fathers trod:
Still let us for his golden eora
Send up our thanks to God. --Whlttler.
Because of ill health, ex-Chief of
Police Kearney, of Pendleton, commits
suicide. , ' j ' - , i , .
Great Britain has introduced several
new giant submarines, which will prey
on the Germans.
As a result of the fierce storm alone
the Oregon coast, Seaside was -consul
erably damaged.. 1
English women suffragettes, headed
by Mrs. Pankhurst, will protest against
the conduct of the war.
Carranza troops have been ordered
into the Yaqui valley to protect Amer
ican interests there against raids of
the Yaqui Indians.
Bulgarians continue victorious march
against the French, whose troops are
driven back on the right bank of Var-
dar river, in the Balkans. "
The American Federation of Labor,
in session in San Francisco, went on
record as favoring government owner
ship of telegraph lines and also the
creation by congress of -a non-partisan
tariff commission.
About 200 young Britons, ' mostly
Irishmen, were among the passengers
on the steamer California, which ar
rived in New York; The passengers
said that most of the young men had
left their homes to evade conscription,
According to the Gactea Del Norte,
of Balbao, Spain, a Spanish steamer
with a cargo of wire was stopped by a
British cruiser and compelled to un
load at Gibraltar before being allowed
to continue on her voyage , to .Malaga.
Washington has directed Ambassa
dor Penfield at Vienna to ascertain
from the Austrian government for a
detailed statement of the- circum-
tances of the' torpedoing of the Italian
liner Ancona, on which several Ameri
can lives were lost .-",V. ;
The Supreme court of Wisconsin has
ruled that when once a married woman
made beneficiary by a life Insurance
policy, it cannot be changed without
her consent, regardless of a clause in
the policy permitting pne to change
the beneficiary at any time. ' .
Fire destroyed the plant of the Hal-
lett Manufacturing company at Mobile,
Ala., with a loss of 130,000, partly
covered by insurance. . The firm was
engaged in filling a contract "for the
British government for what officials
called "pit props" to be used in the
trenches.'"-."
A wedding of International interest
took place in Baltimore recently, when
Miss Christine Marburg, daughter of
the former American minister to Bel
gium and Mrs. Theodore Marburg, be
came the bride of Jonkheer Alidius
Warmoldua" Lambert us Tjarda van
Starkenborgh-Stachouwer; of Holland,
an attache of the Netherlands legation
at Washington. . j, . ?
H;At Chicago-, Miotwas taken by
doctors ' and V.we,-j!h determine
whether to attempt to save he life of
a 'iiksformed sub-normal; inf ant or
wh- fir by inertia to let the child die,
resulted In at death: sentence for the
little one. , "It is a question of eth
ics. said Dr. Haiselden. ''While we
all know physicians do not allow, mon
strosities to live, the line must be
drawn somewhere. I have drawn the
line in this ease." ' . ,
. Bids were opened at the Navy de
partment for the two 82,000-ton super-
. I dreadnoughts authorized by the last
congress, ana Known as ros. in ana
te.'t . The act limited the cost of these
ships to approximately (15,000,000
each. The two- new fighting craft
will closely resemble in design the
California, but they will be built on
plans prepared after secret experi
ments to develop means of lessening
danger from submarine attack. -
It Is 'reported that Villa's men are
deserting at tne rate oi iuu a aay,
The use of whipped cream for any
purpose has been barred in Germany.
OA naval aeroplane has been success
fully launched from the deck of a bat
tleship at sea.
Draft of an initiative petition for
the repeal of Oregon's Sunday closing
law has been filed with the secretary
of state. j- ...... ,i
MINE EXPLOSION AT RAVENSDALE,
WASH., QAIMSjnilRTY-ONE LIVES
Seattle. Wash. Thirty-one men
were killed Tuesday by an explosion of
coal ,duBt in the Northwestern Im
provement company's coal -mine at
Ravensdale, 35 miles southeast of Se
attle. - , ,
The bodies of six men have been- re
covered, and three injured- have been
brought safely to the surface, wnere
they were resuscitated "by the' um of
pulmoiors. , '
The body of P. 3i Kane, foreman of
the third level, 1500 feet below the
surface; 'where the explosion occurre0,
was found seated in the chair before
his desk just" within the entrance to
the third revel. s
The bodies of .C. B. Davis and M,
Penneikl. John LErrinaton. Domimck
Nnvhria and Jacob Ramshacfc were re-
ntravrl nlRft-.: V
Trained rescue men r rushed , to the
mine from Seattle, Roslyn and Cle
Elum were able, by wearing oxygen
PRINCE JOACHIM ,' ,
The engagement of Prince Joachim,
youngest son of Emperor William, snd
Princess Marie. Augustine, daughter, pf
Prince Edward of Anhalt, has been
arinounoed In Berlin. The princess wet
seventeen years old last-June. Prince
Joachim Is twenty-five years eld, - , '
helmets, to penetrate far enough into
the mine to see the bodies,"ot the en
tombed men lying in the . mine,' but
could not get to tbem because of the
wreckage; ' It is certain, mine officials
said, that all are dead, v,
The third level, in which the men
were entombed, is 1600 feet below the
surface. Rescuers who succeeded in
reaching the third level through an
auxiliary shaft found that the level
was burning. The intense heat and
thick black smoke made it impossible
for the rescuers to penetrate farther
than the foreman's office at the en
trance to the workings. : Debris was
found piled to the ceiling of the level.
Walls had crumbled and roofs fallen
in as a result of the expolsion. "
Superintendent R. D. Scott. Who m
directing the rescue work, said that he
believed there was no hope that any
of the men would be found alive.
King of All Turkeys.
The Thanksgiving turkey is turkey
with cranberry sauce and mince or
pumpkin pie. He Is allied with crisp
celery, and is redolent of Araby by
reason of the spices In his stuffing.
He la the king of all turkeys, all tur
keys la one, the hope ot ardent youth
and the prop of declining age, the
luscious burden ot the groaning board,
the bird of that paradise for which all
good livers long.
On account of the restrictions on the
use of meat which 1 have gone into
effect in Germany, England believes
her enemy is in dire straits for food.
: Mrs. Margaret K. Armour, aged 8
widow of S. B. Armour, the packer,
died In Kansas City Friday. Since her
husband's death Mrs. Armour has been
active in charitable campaigns.
- What is believed to be a piece of
time fuse was found among the cargo
of . the steamer Rio Lages, which start
ed from New York for Queenstown,
and was forced to put in at Halifax
with her sugar cargo on Ore..; "
OREGON STATE NEWS
Oregon Corn Growers Invited ' .-
?: To Exhibit at National Show
Oregon - Agricultural College, - Cor-
vallis Oregon fanners are Invited to
make ten-ear exhibits of corn at the
'First National" corn show to be held
in-St.'Faul during the month of De
cember. '" The state has been districted
into two parts , for competitive ex
hibits Eastern and Western Oregon.
Neither of these'distrTcts will have to
compete against the other1 nor against
any other district of the United states.
The- winner of each district will be
given a beauitful cup as a trophy one
of 138 valued at S5000. . .,'.
Each entrant must wrap each ear of
his exhibit in paper and pack the en
tire exhibit in a small wooden or
heavy cardboard box, with entry blank
and bis banker s endorsement enclosed,
Shipments are to be made by prepaid
express, addressed to ' First National
Corn Show, care First National Bank,
St Paul, Minn. '.Average size, pro
ductiveness, breed type, and general
appearance will be considered In judg
ing the exhibits. The corn must have
been grown by the exhibitor In a field
of not less than one acre. - Entry
blanks will be provided on request,
and no entry charees will be made.
Farmers are advised to send samples
even if they are not quite up to-the
average of other years, since unfavor
able weather conditions have handi
capped all alike. All exhibits will he
returned if request is made when sent
in. Corn exhibits at state and county
fairs disprove the claim that corn
cannot be successfully grown in Ore
gon, and an exhibit at the national
corn show will go far to convey the
real situation to prospective immi
grants, v. y- a j'"' : " ; ' 1 '' "v
' . .RailroadsVfile Report-i M
Salem -4 The net income of the Q
W. R. & N. company for the year
ended June 30, last, was J248.381.09,
according to the report filed by the
company with the Oregon Public Serv
ice commission. , . This is an . increase
over the preceding 12 months of $158,
087.23. Gross income-amounted to
$6,647,795, a gain in, one' year ',uf
$701,177. 'C.V;?
- Railway operating expenses totaled
$10,067,449.32, . which, were $2,060,
732.14 less -than the previous- year,
The.nef tevenhe "from railway; opera
tions Was, $6,886,607.01, ., The com
pany's revenue from local freight, in
Oregon was $883,623, while freight
revenue on interstate-' business in the
state totaled $2,137,890, . ' '
The Southern Pacific company's rev
enue from froipht . in Oregon for the
year ending , .June 30, 1915, was $1,
183,000, ' . Interstate freight revenue
was $779,834. i Passenger service re
ceipts for Oregon totaled $2,676,676.
The report shows that the company's
net income for the entire system
amounted to $22,094,253, an Increase
of $14,432,635 over the year preced
ing. Gross income amounted to $63,-
148,011, a gain of $,527,400 pver, the
year before.: . .;
Dividends declared during the year
amounted to $6,360,464. ,';,j;'; "t.
Buy your Heater EOT W
hree Million Belgians Are In
't .Dire Need of Winter Clothing
New York More than 8,000,000
persons in Belgium ana .jNorinern
France, mostly women and - young
children, must be clothed and shod by
Christmas. If the garments and shoes
for these destitute people are not
forthcoming at once, their sufferings
during the winter will become des
perate, -y'-r ...:-. .- . ' -
Such is the note oi an urgent appeal
Issued to the people of the United
States by the commission for relief in
Belgium. The New York committee
has received from Herbert Hoover,
chairman of the commission, the fol
lowing statement! '
"It appears "to me that it is neces
sary for us to go frankly to the 'Amer
ican people and ask them to clothe the
destitute In the occupied areas of Bel
gium and Northern France during the
coming winter. - ' '
There are 9.000,000 people in these
areas and of these more than one-third
are destitute. We have no reserves
with which to provide clothing for the
destitute. We now plead for help on
their behalf.
Even if they had money they could
not Import clothes, or the raw mater-
als with which to manufacture them,
through the blockade into an area un
der military occupation. While the
better classes have some clothing with
which they can ret along, the desti
tute are composed of working classes.
Bv Christmas time all the clothing
which we have in our various establish
ments will be exhausted,"
Wilson's Plan Is First.
Washington, D, C. National de
fense plans prepared by the war col
lese division of the army general staff
will not be made public until after the
President has- delivered his message,
and Secretary Garrison's report has
been submitted. President Wilson so
decided Wednesday. Secretary Gar
rison favored immediate publication of
the war college plans. The President's
position is said to be that, as head of
the government, be is responsible for
the general policies, and that his rec
ommendations should be presented nro.
Fiat-head Indian Skull Found.
University of Oregon, Eugene--The
skull of an adult flat-head Indian that
was found on a sand par of the Santl-
am near Lebanon, 'Or., has .been re
ceived by the Condon Museum of the
State, University. , , The sender was
Willard A; Elkins, recorder of the city
of Lebanon. This sort of skull de
formation was once commonly prac
ticed from the Columbia river all the
wav down the coast to Peru. The
ancient Peruvians practiced it, and so
did the Toltecs of the Plateau of Mex
ico. Flathead skulls were considered
tylish in those days and the flattening
was brouah about through binding a
board on the forehead of the child
when its skull was still In a stage of
easy yielding, , ' ;
Drained Lands for Lease.
Klamath Falls According to J. G,
Cam, martager of the Reclamation
Service in this city, the government is
now advertising to lease for a period
of three years the 8004 acres of land
formerly covered by the waters of Tule
lake, but which were uncovered this
past summer by the drainage or the
lake. ;
It Is hoped that eventually 25,000
acres ot valuable land win become
available. Thus far 3004 acres have
been reclaimed and the government
now desires to lease this in tracts of
not to exceed 80 acres each, to be cul
tivated to crop each year or put into
tame grass meadow.' , ,
Convention Date Changed. -,
Baker Rectifying a mistake made
months ago, Fred W. Falconer, of En
terprise, and John Hoke, of Baker,
president and secretary, respectively-,
of the Oregon Woolgrowera' associa
tion, decided after a conference held in
Baker Saturday afternoon, to change
the date of the 18th annual convention
in Pendleton to December 8 and 4, in
stead of December 9 and 10.
This action was taken to avoid con
flicting with the International Live
stock Show which will be held In Port
land next month.
Work on Last Unsurveyed Land,
Bandon The last of the unsurveyed
government land tributary to Bandon
is now under survey by government
engineers. Lying In township 80
south, range 18 west, about 15 miles
southeast of this city, the tract covers
the headwaters of tour Mile and
Floras creeks. Practically all of the
land Is occupied by squatters.
r i
Cold weather will be here
before you realize it. We are
prepared for it with the best
line of! Heating Stoves on the
market There ia nothing to
. equal them. Fine Heaters, easy
on coal, and very clean -r and
-?very handsome in design, '
Come and see them NOW
FOSS-WINSIflP
HARDWARE CO.
Barrett Building.' Athena, Oregon
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Go.
FLOUR
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-Is made fa'Athena, by AthenaXabor,' in one of the :
; very best equipped Mills in the Northwest, of the ,
-, best selected 1 Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. .
Patronize horrle industry. Your grocer sells the
famous American Beauty Flour.
The flour Your Mother Uses
Merchant Millers and Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. WaiUburg, Washington. , .
k : I Home of
QUA0TY
pSjjpl Groceries j
: w Good Groceries go to the Right Spot
Every Time o
This is the Right Spot
To go to Every Time for Groceries.
Try These They'll Please!
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Monopole , Oysters
DELL BROS., Athena, Or.
Caterers to the Public in Good Thing to Eat