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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
NOT A RIVAL OF THE SUN.
This Shows How Puny ls tho Worlds
Biaaest Artificial Light.

PtAycot ffTtiuSIat h-iHh1
Perhaps the biggest artificial light In
the world is the 50,000,O00 candle pow
er light installed ut the falls of Mag
ara. When 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 1t is interesting to ascertain, II
possible, how much it fell short OF the
actual output of light by our great
luminary, and, strangely enough, there
are figures in existence which enable
a comparison to be made. Yet 1t may
be stated at once that these figures
are SO stupendous as to leave the hui
man mind absolutely ''in the dark"
Professor Young made calculation
some years ago, based upon careful
and repeated experiments, Of the total
quantity Of sunlight given out by our
sun, and he found it to be guam
tity represented by candles running to
twenty-eight figures, candle power be-
ing the official unit.
How many lights equal to the Mag
ara installation would 1t require to
match Dame Natures big installation
which appears above the horizon so
regularly day by day? More big fig
ures! 1t would require 31,500,000,000,-
000000,000 lights just as powerful as
the biggest man has accomplished "on
his own" So even Uncle Sam will
have to try again. The Niagara illu-
mination is "some' light, but old Sol
is equal to three and onc-half quintil-
lions of them!- pearson's Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
vOLLMER AIDS
IN TAKING SPY.

A Walla Walla special to the Port
land Oregonian Monday says that Gus
tave 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 Faris in obtaining sufficient
evidence to arrest Virgel Won 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 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.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
ATHENA RED CROSS
CRUSADE STARTS MONDAY

y
Athena s crusade for new member,
ship to the Red Cross Society will
start Monday morning Of next week
under the direction of Mrs. Matte
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 Red Cross member, for all
you need to become member is "a
heart and dollar"
In the National Christmas Member
ship drive for the Red Cross, S40, 600
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 member. Behind every one
of these flags on Christmas candle
should burn, giving patriotic effect
to your home, and to your neighbor's
home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Gribble-Wright.

Mr.. Ralph e. Gribble, teacher in the
9TH and Sth grades of the Athena pub
lie schools, and Miss Lucille Wright
of Audubon, Iowa, were united in
marriage Friday evening, December
18th, at the Methodist Episcopal par
sonage in Pendleton. by Rev. R. f.
Gornall. The wedding ceremony took
place in the presence of few invited
friends and the newly welded 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 daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Wright of Audubon, Mr..
Wright being prominent hardware
merchant Of that city. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Gribble are graduates Of the
State Normal school of Chico, Cahfor-
mia, where they first met. Mrs. Crib
BILE has lately been teaching in Iowa.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
War Savings Stamps.

Little "Bill'' Parker was the first
person in Athena to invest in Gov
ernment war saving stamp. He stepped
up to the window in the postoffice and
gave Postmaster Henry $4.1a for a
stamp which will bring him $500 at
maturity in 1928. These stamps will
be on sale in Athena at the postoffice
and at the First National Bank. Per-
sons may buy the IS stamps outright
or may obtain a thrift card" which
is furnished all purchasers of 25-cent
stamps. This card has spaces for i6
stamps and when all the spaces have
been filled, the thrift card may be ex-
changed for IS stamp. This process
of investment is 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"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
WILL MAIL OUT
QUEST|ONNA|REs

The mailing out of the questions to
be answered by those registered for
selective draft will begin tomorrow,
Saturday, December 18th. On con-
secutive days thereafter, 5 per cent of
the blanks will be mailed until the
1900 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 simplifed by the method en-
ployed in mailing to him the list Of
questions. On December 18th, 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 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 l. Watts and F. S. LeGrow,
either Of whom will gladly advise
registrants.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Watson and ireland.

Sir William Watson has earned the
right to be termed Ireland's poeticai
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 lode on the
Day of the Coronation of King Ed
ward VIII"
. The lovely and the lonely bride
Whom we have welded but have never
won.
His first volume of poems was pub
lished at his fathers expense. Ten
years later not twenty copies had been
sold. Six years after the publication
of his second volume he had gained no
success. To-day he Is regarded as our
greatest living poet.-London Standard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
.PRESSERYS|NGED
BY FIRE TODAY

yNAs a result of fire caused by the ex-
'plosiop of a can of gasoline, Jacob
oher'sscleaning and pressing estab-
lishment was badly damaged at 1890
q. m. today.
!. The interior CT the building and con-
tents were practically destroyed by
flames and water. Just what the loss
is, Mr.. Boohersis not aple to estimate
at present, though some insurance is
carried.
/ The fire originated when can Of
gasoline, which Mr.. Booher had just
brought into the room, exploded, pre-
sumably from heat from the stove.
At the time Of the explosion he had
gone out of the room to secure another
can in which to,pour 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.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
WHEN you HAVE FISH.
How to Test and Prepare Il and How
II Should BE Served.

How to Test and Prepare Il and How
II Should Be Served.
All fish must, Of course, be strictly
fresh. If It Ii easily pulled from the
bones 1t is 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 unwrinkled and the color fresh and
clear. Dip In scalding water for few
seconds to remove the scales or skin.
X Always soak salt fish In salt water
instead Of fresh water. The strong
taste usually SO difficult to destroy will
i be entirely removed and the fish will be
more palatable than 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 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 in
cream, made into ramekins, croquettes,
salads, served hot or cold in jelly, pot
ted and picked. At conventional
dinner fish follows the som and NAV
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Maxine ehrapneI,

Were the average layman able to
grasp the staggering complexities Of
chemical and mechanical details in
yolvcd In the making Of II shrnpnal
shell he would be amazed. For In
stance, ITO gauges are required to man
ufacture the combination time and per-
cussion fuse for three-quarter inch
shrapnel 1heipowder used must have
the correct burning time or the explo-
sion will occur too soon or too late. 1t
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 and onc-half hours; now It
takes Eve minutes. Likewise the time
consumed in blending powders has been
reduced from sixteen hours to fifteen
minutes.-popular Science Monthly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
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 lis 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" /"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
THE SENSATION or PAIN.
It 10 Felt In tho Head and Not Where
II Seems to Be.

I
Where do you feel the pain? asks the
doctor. In my finger, in my ear, in my
foot, the sufferer replies, and If the ply
sician told him he did not feel 1t there,
but in his head, the average man would
doubt the doctors sanity. Yet the doc
tor would be right.
In an address at the University Of
California Professor G. Fl. Parker Of
Harvard told the students that we have
been obliged to give up the idea that
sensations nre spread throughout our
bodies, for persons who have lost a
limb often feel sensations that seem to
come from the missing member.
sour sensations" said Professor Par
ker, "are not located in the peripheral
parts affected, but in the central
nervous system, and within that portion
of 1t known MS the cerebral cortey."
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 if n 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 any.
thing in that arm not even II the hand
be placed in the fire.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Flood of Naval Recruits.

During the past ten days, 81 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 81 men who
have just enlisted, Lowell Hyatt,
Glenn Morrison. re-enlisted, Rufford
Price and Will Gould. all Of Weston,
are included.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
An Historic Battle.

The great battle Of Crecy was fought
on Aug. "a, in 1874. It was here that
Edward the Black Prince gained hon
or. The blind king Of the Bolemians
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 Diem" 1t was at this bat
tie also that cannon were used for the
first time in history.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
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 quartet, sung by Heman Geissel,
Richard Cartano, Willard Parker and
Jeanette 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.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Ne Liked candor,.

"Ladies and Gentlenien-lt has never
been my lot to face mere empty head
ed, silly looking bunch Of people, and I
hope | will never be booked for this
town again. 1t Is not pleasure to be
here, and 30 per cent OF you won't be
able to understand what ! am talking
about. We shall now proceed with the
lecture. My subject is, Truth-Candor
Know Thyself.' "--Rlchmond Times.
Dispatch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
COMMITTEE IS ORGANIZED
FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF

Sunday afternoon in the Baptist
church, meeting was held for the
purpose of organizing the church peo-
Pile of the city in general effort for
gathering funds for the relief Of suffer-
ing Armenian and Assyrian peoples in
Asia. M
W. S. Pritchard. field worker for the
American Committee for the Relief Of
the Armenian 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. D. 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. D. Rus
sell and d. Errett.
The full committee comprises sthe
following d. E. Baker, W. S. Glei-
ser, B. B. Richards, J. 0. Russell, D.
Errett, Jos. Clemmons, Mrs. M. L.
Watts. Mrs. j. o. Russell, Mrs. W. s.
Gleiser, Mrs. H. H. Hill. Mrs. Cass
Cannon, G. I. Smith, H. Mcintyre,
and Mayor H. |. Watts.
]. P. Bragg of Spokane addressed
the citizens at mass meeting in the
school auditorium on the subject We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard English, of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
soroe Men Are Hrutes.

"Ah," sighed Mrs. jenkins, we're ney-
er sure of anything in this world"
"Yes we are" replied her husband.
whenever you are quiet for half a
minute am sure that you'll say some
thing soon or bust, and I've never miss
ed 1t yet"-Boston Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Nor For Anything Else.

"That messenger boy could never
make a political success"
"Why notT'
Because lie never could be Induced
to run for Office Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Farmers Meeting.

A Farmers Meeting win be held at
the Athena opera house next Wednes-
day at I:30 p. m, to consider the
building of grain elevators. All farm
ers are requested to attend the meet
ing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
The leading River.

You may not have heard much Of the
Aa. but II Is the worlds leading river.
You know in what kind Of llst.-New
York Tribune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Conc of the Brown Thraaher.


When the brown thrasher starts to
sing one might just as well listen, es
he will be heard, and every other bird
might just us well keep still, as moth
ing else can be heard. He dominates
the entire vicinity. lie is on the stage
IN the middle Of the spotlight. His
performance Is dramatic. 1t Is comic
opera at Its best. The brown thrasher
is more. commonly known. probably, as
the brown thrush or sometimes as, the
cinnamon thrush, but as the bird does
not belong to the thrush family he
should be given his proper name. He
is cousin Of the cGtbiTd and the mock
ing bird. .--Ohio State Journal. 's'
Everything we endure patiently is d
key to something beautiful we could
never enter uthnrWiSp
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard English, of
Weston Mountain, neighborhood, were
in the city yesterday.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Advertisers

The cAthena Press circulates in the
homes ofreaders who reside in the
heart Of the Great Umstiila Wheat
Belt, andsthey have money to spend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
BLOCK REVEALS
TO PREPARE CITY
FOR BILLY SUNDAY
Weekly Prayer Meetings Will
Reach All Families, Accord
ing TO Campaign Plan

The Billy Sunday campaign plans to
reach every family in this city by hold
ing two prayer meetings a week in each
block, for seven weeks preceding the
official opening of the revival, April ].
Manhattan will be divided into fif-
teen districts and the Bronx into five.
Each Of these has a minister at the
head. and is split into sections which
arc subdivided into blocks of sixty
families.
The "block families" will hold their
two weekly prayer meetings in some
convenient clubroom, or family parlors
may be thrown open to the neighbors.
Personal workers and shop workers
will canvass every Office building IN
the downtown section of the city and
noon meetings for business women VIII
be held daily. Special workers in each
large Office building are now organlz-
ing their buildings.
The Rev a. +. Kegwin is chairman
of the Personal Workers Committee,
whose 900 members are now attending
an institute held every Tuesday even
ing at the West End Presbyterian
Church under the direction of DR.. How
ard A. Johnson, of Stamford, Conn.
Plans for campaigning among the
women Of the city were formulated at
a recent meeting at the home of Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller, jr. The twenty
FIVE women present agreed to get n
leader for the wOmen's movement from
each church in the city, and will meet
again on January ~ to select district
workers.
Two hundred churches have already
agreed to cooperate in the Sunday re-
vival.
Sunday February II, will be the of
fetal opening of the Sunday campaign
in New York City, and on that day
every minister will be asked to preach
Billy Sunday sermon. Lincoln's
Birthday will be known as prayer day,
when there VIII be special meetings in
every section Of the city, al a mass
meeting al II a. m. in Metropolitan
Hail. No. I Madison Avenue. Al Saun-
ders, of Scranton, Penn; George Sun
day, the Rev. DR.. Hugh Birckhead, rec
tor of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore,
and the Rev. J. +. Walker, of Chicago,
will be the speakers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
SACRIFICES LEG TO PEACE
Russian Who Amputated Toe TO Avoid
Army Service Loses Limb

Morris Kaninosky, a pacifst, gave
a leg for the cause yesterday in the
Beth David Hospital, on Lexington
Avenue.
Twelve years ago, when Kaninosky
reached military age in Russia, he
went TO the chopping block and cut
Off a toe when he heard that the re-
cruiting officer was making the rounds.
He was rejected and came TO the
United States. establishing himself IN
Bayouuc a. a butcher.
For twelve years he has had occa-
sional twinges in the manned foot and
leg. Recently he consulted physi-
clan, who discovered that Kaninosky
was the victim Of a rare form of
blood poisoning, resulting from the
impromptu operation Of twelve years
before On Friday he went TO the
hospital, and yesterday the leg was
amputated.
Loyal to his principles, he still as
serts that he would rather be one
legged butcher in Bayonne that two
legged moujik on the firing line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
THOUSANDS VOLUNTEER
FOR RELIGIOUS CENSUS
Every Resident in City To BE Visited
on February 4

On IcDEuAy
Thousands Of volunteer evangehsts
have agreed to participate In the
'home visitation" plan, through which
every resident in the city will be Wis
tied on the afternoon Of Sunday, Febru-
airy 4, and given an opportunity to dis
cuss his or her church affiliations. Ac-
oording to statement issued yester-
day by representatives Of the home
visitation body, the response TO their
appeal for workers has been unexpect-
edly large.
Every religious faith represented in
the city will contribute workers to the
army that will make house to house
and apartment TO apartment canvass OF
the city. Such organizations as the Y.
NJ c. A., Knights Of Columbus, Y. W.
c. A., Catholic women's societies,
Catholic and Protestant women's So
cieties, synagogues and Sunday school
organizations have expressed their in
tention TO take part in the work.
One feature of the plan will be the
collection Of statistics as to church
members and non-church members.
Blanks will be filled out by the visitors,
who will turn them over to priests.
rabbits and ministers for future refer
ence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
WOMAN MEMBER OF POSSE
WOUNDED BY BANK ROBBERS
Mother of Assistant Cashier One Of
First TO Open Fire on Bandits

Kanapolis, Kan, Jan. 20.-Mrs. James
Cowie, mother Of the assistant cashier
of the Exchange State Bank here, was
one Of the leaders of a posse of citizens
eng-ged in a running fight to-day with
a band of robbers who exploded the
bank vault and escaped with about
$4,000 cash and silver. She was slightly
wounded in the wrist.
Mrs. Cowie and her two sons, in their
home near by, aroused by the eNplo-
sions with which the vault was forced,
opened fire upon the robbers Other
citizens came to their assistance, and
many shots were exchanged before the
robbers escaped.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
REITMAN'S PLEA DENIED
viii Take Birth Control Sentence OF
Six Months to Higher Court

Cleveland, Jan. 20.-Police Judge
Gull to-day overruled DR.. Ben Reit-
mans motion for a new trial and re-
fused to mitigate the $1,000 fine and
sentence of siv months in the work
house imposed Wednesday, when Reit-
man was convicted on a charge Of dis
tributmg birth control literature here
December j.
Reitman will take his case to the
ApDcllate Court.