Advertisers The cAthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and, they have money to spend Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $1.50; for six months, 75c; for three months, 50c; payable in advance, and subscriptions-are solicited on no other basis Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XXIX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1917. NUMBER 45 tiiiiiiniimm The Store I of the Christmas Spirit Here in our store' we have gatheredtogether the crystalized hopes cherished by our own dear friends andloved ones. The secret deep de sires they have hidden in their hearts, unspoken for years, wait here for the love -en eh an tedt ouch of your r Christmas Giving f Here your'Christmas shopping will be a delight and a pleasure the music,; the merry voices'and smiling faces, the "Glad Service'' of our clerks,' willing and gladjto serve you the glow of the bright lights the profusion of holly and Christmas decorations make this truly The Davis-Kaser Co. Home Furnishing Department Store Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools lO-jO Alder St. Walla Walla Wash. niiniiiiiiiiumtittmitiiiiimux IIIIIIIIMtlillllMIIIIIIIMIIIIIM frMIIMHH We Thank You and hope you arc all hugging yourselves for the bargains you got at the Sale. We are here to give the best prices possible all the time. WATTS & ROGERS Farm Outfitters,, Just Over the Hill iniiiiiiiniiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimi'""11" The Pirs t Na tion a 1 Bank of Athena Conducts a General Banking Business Capital and Surplus, $100,000 iiBHiiia We are always prepared to care for the proper needs of our Customers. iiimnn iiiiiiiiiiii! ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in' Athena, by' Athena labor, in one ol the very beat equipped mills in the Northwest, of the beat selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronise home industry. Your grocer selit'.the famous'. American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. - Waitsburg, Wash. I, We carry the heat MEATS That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. LOGSDEN MYR1CK Main Street, Athena, Oregon WILL MAIL OUT QUESTIONNAIRES The mailing out of the questions to be answered by those registered for selective draft will begin tomorrow, Saturday, December 16th. On con secutive days thereafter, 5 per cent of the blanks will be mailed until the 2300 or more registrants in Umatilla county will have received the ques tions. These questions must be an swered and filed with the Central Board,' Frank Davis secretary, at Pen dleton, within seven days after the questions have been mailed to the reg istrant, and the registrant is held wholly responsible for the receipt of the questions and the answering of them within the seven days' time limit. The exaction of this obligation on the part of the registrant has been greatly simplified by the method em ployed in mailing to him the list of questions. On December 15th, the questions will be mailed to the men whose names appear in the first 100 on the draft list. Sundays and holi days are excluded as mailing days, so the second 5 per cent of the question blanks Will be mailed to the men in t he second 100 on the draft list, and so on, consecutively until the draft list in the county has been completed. Thus, all the registrant has to do is to remember his draft number, and by it he will know on what day his ques tion blank will be mailed to him. To make it easy for him to under stand the questions be must answer, or any other provision he may not be familiar with, all attorneys are pat riotically giving their services free of any charge whatever, and are on the advisory boards and committees for the purpose of answering all ques tions and otherwise assisting the men in filling out the blanks. The Athena advisory board comprises Attorney Homer I. Watts and F. S. LeGrow, either of whom will gladly advise registrants. ATHENA RED CROSS CRUSADE STARTS MONDAY Athena's crusade for new member ship to the Bed Cross Society will start Monday morning of next week under the direction of Mrs. Mattie Hill, chairman of the local Red Cross auxiliary and W. S. Gleiser, campaign manager. A thorough canvass will be made of Athena and vicinity and every man and woman in this community will be a Red Cross member, for all you need to become a member is "a heart and a dollar. In the National Christmas Member ship drive for the Red Cross, 840,000 are required from Oregon, and Athena is expected to do her share, as she has heretofore done in all other patriotic demands made upon her. Red Cross Service Flags will be is sued with each one-dollar membership, and they should be hung in every Ath ena business house and home where there is a member. Behind every one of these flags on Christmas a candle should burn, giving a patriotic effect to your home, and to your neighbor s home. War Savings Stamps. Little "Bill" Parker was the first person in Athena to invest in a Gov ernment war Baving stamp. He stepped up"to the window in the postoffice and gave Postmaster Henry fl.la for a stamp which will bring him 15.00 at maturity in 1033. These stamps will be on sale in Athena at the postofhee and at the First National Bank. Per sons may buy the 15 stamps outright or may obtain a "thrift card which is furnished all purchasers of 25-cent stamps. This card has spaces for 16 stamps and when all the spaces have been filled, the thrift card may be ex changed for a (5 stamp. This process of investment i: advanced by the Gov ernment to accommodate children and persons of little means to invest their savings in the cause of the nation in the world war, and are known as "Baby Bonds." North Winds Blow Cold. One of the Oregon boys writing from Camp Mills says: "This is the poorest camp we have struck yet. There are no conveniences of any de scription and the ground (is low and damp. There are no hills to protect the tents from the wind, consequently we are struck by the north winds. Our tents have neither floors nor side walls. There are quite a few boys sick with bad colds. Roland Thomas and Harry Keller have been confined to their quarters on account of la grippe." Flood of Naval Recruits. During the past ten 'days, 21 men have enlisted for service in the Navy at the Pendleton recruiting station. The fact that tomorrow at noon is the latest date that men of draft age in the next current draft quota can en list, has caused the number of appli cants for naval service to largely in crease of late. Of the 8 1 men who have just enlisted, Lowell Hyatt, Glenn Morrison, re-enlisted, Rufford Price and Will Gould, all of Weston, are included. WHEN YOU HAVE FISH. How to Test and Prepare It and How It Should Be Served. All fish must, of course, be strictly fresh. If It 1 easily pulled from the bones It is a sure sign the fish Is stale. The brightness of the eye Is another test of freshness and one that cannot be remedied artificially. For this reason a purchaser should be suspicious of any fish from which the eyes have been re moved or fish offered for sale without the head. The skin should be smooth and un wrinkled and the color fresh and clear. Dtp In scalding water for a few seconds to remove the scales or skin. Always soak salt fish In salt water instead of fresh water. The strong taste usually so difficult to destroy will be entirely removed and the fish will be more palatable tbau when soaked in fresh water. Fish contain the same kind of nutri ents as other food materials. When accompanied by bread and butter, po tatoes, green vegetables and fruit, they provide a diet that will supply all the demands of the body. All sorts of fish may be boiled, steamed, baked, plank ed, fried, stuffed, scalloped, served iu cream, made Into ramekins, croquettes, salads, served hot or cold In jelly, pot ted and picEled. At a conventional dinner fish follows the soup and may be served with potatoes and cucumber or lettuce salad. At a home dinner It takes the place of meat. Do not serve a sweet or heavy dessert at the close of a fish dinner, ns the combination is not good. Coffee may be served, but tea is to be avoided after fish. Wash ington Star. Farmers' Meeting. A Farmers' Meeting will be held at the Athena opera house next Wednes day at 1:30 p. m., to consider the hnildincr nf prain elevators. All farm ers are requested to attend the meet ing. NOT A RIVAL OF THE SUN. This Shows How Puny la the World'i Biggest Artificial Light. rerbaps the biggest artificial light in the world is the 50,000,000 candle pow er light Installed at the falls of Niag ara. Wheu this gigantic Installation was made It was claimed to be the nearest approach to real sunshine ever devised by man, and that may be true. But It Is Interesting to ascertain, If possible, how much' it fell short of the actual output of light by our great luminary, and, strangely cuough, there are figures in existence which enable a comparison to be made. Yet It may be stated at once that these figures are so stupendous as to leave the hu man mind absolutely "in the dark." Professor Xouug made n calculation some years ago, based upon careful and repeated experiments, of the total quantity of sunlight given out by our sun, and be found it to be a quan tity represented by candles running to twenty-eight figures, candle power be ing the official unit. How many lights equal to the Niag ara installation would It require to match Dame Nature's big installation which appears above the horizon so regularly day by day? More big fig ures: It would require 31,500,000,000, 000,000,000 lights just as powerful as the biggest man has accomplished "on his owu." So even L'ucle Sum will have to try again. The Niagara Illu mination Is "some" light, but old Sol is equal to three and one-half qulntil Uons of them! Pearson's Weekly. Watson and Ireland. Sir William Watson has earned the right to be termed Ireland's poetical champion, although he was born in Yorkshire and is of Yorkshire ancestry on both sides. Home rulers say that there Is no more terse description of the position of Erin than that contained in the famous lines of his "Ode on the Day of the Coronation of King lid ward VII.:" The lovely and the lonely bride Whom we have Wedded but have never won. His first volume of poems was pub lished at his father's expense. Ten years later not twenty copies hod been sold. Six years after the publication of his second volume he had gained no success. Today lie Is regarded as our greatest living poet. London Standard. An Historic Battle. The great battle of t'rcey was fought on Aug. 24, ill 1314. It was here that Edward the Black Prince gained hon or. The blind king of the Bohemians was slain and the ornaments on his sword were adopted as the coat of arms of the princes of Wales, the coat of arms being three ostrich feathers with the words "Ich Dicn." It was at this bat tle also that cannon were used for the first time in history. L He Liked Candor. "Ladies and Gentlemen-It has never been my lot to face a more empty head ed, silly looking bunch of people, and I hope I will never be booked for this town ngnln. It Is not a pleasure to be here, and U9 per cent of you won't be able to understand what I nra talking about. We shall now proceed with the lecture. My subject is. Truth-Candor -Know Thyself.' "-Richmond Times Dispatch. Some Men Are Brutes. "Ah," sighed Mrs. Jenkins, "we're nev er sure of anything in this world." "Yes we arc," replied her husband. "Whenever you are quiet for half a minute I am sure that you'll say some thing soon or bust, and I've never miss ed It yet" Boston Transcript. Nor For Anything Elee. "That messenger boy could never make a political success." "Why not?" "Because he neve could lie Induced to run forof!lce."-BaltImore American. The Leading River. You may not have heard much of the Aa, but It Is the world's leading river You know In what kind of list -New York Tribune. IN II SPY A Walla Walla special to the Port land Oregonian Monday says that Gus tavo Vollmer, ex-State Senator and wealthy farmer of Walla Walla coun ty, against whom the citizens of Waitsburg recently made charges of disloyalty, vindicated himself when he assisted United States Immigration Inspector Fsris in obtaining sufficient evidence to arrest Virgel von Finch, who is now in jail charged with vio lating the Federal espionage act. Finch, who has been employed by a leading furniture store in Walla Walla the past month and who said he came from Oklahoma, where he had trouble "because of his German sympathies," and who is said to be an ex-convict from the Washington State Peniten tiary, wrote Vollmer a letter asking for a meeting and Vollmer turned it over to the Federal authorities there. The meeting was arranged in a hotel and officers listened to what Finch said, later arresting him and searching his apartments but found nothing. While in the room Finch said he had some secrets to tell Mr. Vollmer, but would have to wait until he was better acquainted with him, Gribble- Wright. Mr. Ralph E. Gribble, teacher in the 7th and 8th grades of the Athena pub lic schools, and Miss Lucille Wright of Audubon, Iowa, were united in marriage Friday evening, December 7th, at the Methodist Episcopal par sonage in Pendleton, by Rev. R. E. Gornall. The wedding ceremony took place in the presence of a few invited friends and the newly wedded pair came to Athena, Saturday, where they received the congratulations of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gribble are at home in the DePeatt cottage on Adams street. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wright of Audubon, Mr. Wright being a prominent hardware merchant of that city. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gribble are graduates of the State Normal school of Chico, Califor nia, where they first met. Mrs. Grib ble has lately been teaching in Iowa. THE SENSATION OF PAIN. It Is Felt In the Head and Not Where It Seems to Be. Where do ;;ou feel the pain? asks the doctor. In my finger, in my ear, In my foot, the sufferer replies, and If the phy sician told him he did not feel it there, but in his head, the average mau would doubt the doctor's sanity. Yet the doc tor would be right. In an address at the University of California Professor G. H. Parker of Harvard told the students that we have been obliged to give up the idea that sensations are spread throughout our bodies, for persons who have lost a l!mb often feel sensations that seem to come from the missing member. "Our sensations." sntd Professor Par ker, "are not located In the peripheral parts affected, hut in the central nervous system, and within that portion of it known ns the cerebral cortex." This is the outer layer or gray matter of the brain. One may lose an arm, yet have the sensation of pain In the hand, but it a small piece of that par ticular part of the brain to which run the sensory nerves from the arm be re moved, one will never again feel niiy thing In that arm not even If the hand be placed In the fire. Making Shrapnel. Were the average layman able to grasp the staggering complexities of chemical nud mechanical details in volved hi the milking of a shrapnsl shell he would be amazed. Tor In stance, 170 gauges are required to man ufacture the combination time and per cussion fU3c for three-quarter iuch shrapnel. The. powder used must have the correct burning time or the explo sion will occur too soon or too lute. It Is Impossible to obtain two powders with the same burning time; hence the burning time has to be determined on each lot of powder. This formerly re quired one aud one-half hours; now It takes five minutes. Likewise the time consumed In blending powders has been reduced from sixteen hours to fifteen minutes. Popular .Science Monthly. BY FIRE TODAY As a result of fire caused by the ex- rplosibq of a can of gasoline, Jacob Hooher's cleaning and pressing estab lishment was badly damaged at 10:80 9. in. today. , The intexjor cf the building and con tents were practically destroyed by flames and water. Just Jwhat the loss is, Mr. Booher'is not aple to estimate at present, though some insurance is carried. The fire originated when a can of gasoline, which Mr. Booher had just brought into the room, exploded, pre sumably from heat from the ttsve. At the time of the explosion he had gone out of the room to secure another can in which to pour a part of the gas oline. Had he been in the room, he doubtless would have been seriously injured by the explosion. A stream of water was soon on the fire, and the building .was saved, so that it can be repaired. Reception for Teachers. Last evening in the hall of the school house, the seventh and eighth grades gave a reception in honor of their teacher, Mr. Ralph Gribble, and his bride. A program was given, includ ing a quartet, sung by Heman Geissel, Richard Cartano, Willard Parker and Jeannette Miller. After the program Willard Parker and Lee Banister pre sented Mr. and Mrs. Gribble with a present from the classes, and games and refreshments were enjoyed. Oong of the 3rown Thrasher. When the brown thrasher stints to sing one might just ns well listen, as he will be heard, and every other bird might Just as well keep still, as noth ing else can be heard. lie domlnntea the entire vicinity. He Is en the stage in the middle of the spotlight. His performance Is dramatic. It Is comic opera nt Its best. The brown thrasher Is more. commonly known, probably, as the brown thrush or sometimes as tho cinnamon thrush, but ns the bird does not belong to the thrush family he should be given his proper name. He Is a cousin of I he catbird and the mock lug bird. Ohio Rtato Journal. Everything we endure pntlenlly Is a key to something benutlful we could never enter otherwise. COMMITTEE IS ORGANIZED FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF Sunday afternoon in the Baptist church, a meeting was held for the purpose of organizing the church peo ple of the city in a general effort for gathering funds for the relief of suffer ing Armenian and Assyrian peoples in Asia. W. S. Pritchard, field worker for the American Committee for the Relief of the Armeniah and Assyrian peoples in Asia, met the local committee and gave them information and specific directions how to proceed in the mat ter of gaining the funds. Permanent organization of the committee was effected by electing the following offic ers: President, Rev. I). E. Baker; secretary, Rev. W. S. Gleiser; trea surer, B. B. Richards. The following members were named as the publicity committee: W. S. Glerser, J. O. Rus Bell and D. Errett. The full committee comprises Jthe following D. E. Baker, W. S. Glei ser, B. B. Richards, J. O. Russell, D. Errett, Jos. Clemmons, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. J. O. Russell, Mrs. W. S. Gleiser, Mrs. H. H. Hill, Mrs. Cass Cannon, C. T. Smith, H. Mclntyre, and Mayor H. I, Watts. J. P. Bragg of Spokane addressed the citizens at a mass meeting in the school auditorium on the subject Wed nesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Richard English, of Weston Mountain, neighborhood, were in the city yesterday. RED CROSS NOW! , yV THE GOLDEN RULE & J