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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
SUPPLY VARIETY IN WINTER
Any Kind Of succulent Feed, Such as
Glover, Corn, Fodder, Aeaves,
6eets, Etc, Are Good.

II - only IN the winter, when the
tood " 'ry ana tie hens confined, that
the ditfledfty affording variety OF
green food Is met. Variety In green
food is better than one kind. The term
green FOOD does not apply to grass
or cabbages only, but includes any
kind OF bulky, succulent food, such as
clover, corn fodder, leaves, cabbage,
beets, ensilage, potatoes, turnips, car
rots, etc. The object is to give bulk In
order to dilute if 1t can be so ex-
pressed) the concentrated grains.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05

homes has become so manifest that 1t
Is not worth while to dwell further up
on it.
During the recent battle against In
fantile paralysis we took two small
towns which were badly infected with
the disease and had the homes
cleansed, insect life destroyed. food
kept clean and no garbage, ash piles
or manure allowed to collect. The
streets and alleys were made clean In
each town and infantile paralysis rap
Idly disappeared. The cleaning up Of
the municipalities seemed to run paral-
lei with the subsiding Of the disease.
The fact. that the disease spreads at
times beyond the boundary lines Of
these dirty breeding places is no argu-
ment against the theory Of cleanliness
10 q preventative Of infantile paraly-
sis. At present it is well to look upon
filth and insect life as factors taking
\ large part in permitting the so-called
plague to invade our homes.
Cleanliness regarding our children,
homes, stables, yards and towns, as
well as guarding our houses from all
kinds Of insect life, must be insisted
upon by each individual citizen and by
those In charge of the health and
cleanliness of our towns. country, VII
ages and homes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
The Missing Coat Tails
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Schoolboys usually stand by one an
other and refuse to betray compan-
ion who Is In trouble. A well-known
instance of this occurred while Doc
tor Vaughan was headmaster of Har-
row. Returning one night from a din
ner party the master caught sight of
a pupil who was taking u walk when.
according 20 the rules, he ought to
have been In bed The moment the
boy saw lis master he fled as IL for
his life. Doctor Vaughan ran also In
hot pursuit, and just managed to seize
his pupils coat-tails. After a lively
tussle the boy escaped, leaving one
tall In the masters hands. It was a
dark night, and the master had not
recognized the pupil, Of which he had
not seen much more than the back.
He made sure, however, that he would
find out the culprit In the morning by
means of the missing coat-taiI. But
when Doctor Vaughan entered the
school he saw that every boy Of the
sixth form had only one tail to his
coat Thus the offender went unpyD
ished.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
HARMFUL CHINCH BUG
Evident That Pest Is Threatening
Next Years Crop.
One Plan Of Eradication 10 to Burn
Over Fields, Woods and Other Fa-
vorable Winter Quarters
Heat VIII XIII Many.


(By L. HAsEMAN, Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station.)
Judging from the numerous COM
plants being received by the Missouri
agricultural experiment station, 1t
seems evident that the chInch bug Is
threatening next years crops. Over
the state generally the chinch bugs
day was brought to a close by the
heavy rains of 1915. but as usual, there
were enough 'for seed" this last
spring, and with the unusually dry
summer just passed these increased
abundantly.
They seem to be most abundant In
the central part of the state. Through
out most Of the corn and wheat belts
of the state there are probably enough
bugs to cause severe outbreaks next
year, If weather conditions should be
especially favorable for them. A
dry fall, mild winter, with but little
snow and rain, followed by dry
spring and summer are the conditions
which will favor the pest. The chinch
bug is abundant now, due to the favor
able summer just passed, but with
plenty of rainfall and snow during the
fall, winter, and spring, the chances
will be decidedly against outbreaks
next summer.
Since 1t Is not possible to know what
the fall, winter, and spring may have
In store in the way Of favorable or
unfavorable weather, every farmer
should do everything possible to re-
duce the chance of chinch-bug In
juries next summer by getting rid Of
favorable winter quarters. They winter
in dry, protected places, such as mead
ows, pastures, and waste lands, in
woods, neglected fence rows, and SIM
liar places. Very few winter in corn
fields or In wheat fields. After killing
frosts have come, select a dry day
when there Is not too much wind and
burn over fields, woods, and other ia
vorable winter quarters. The heat
will kill many Of the bugs and expose
the rest to the winter and to natural
enemies. This pest can be fought sue
cessfully at only two times during the
year, namely: while clustered in win
ter quarters, and while migrating from
wheat to corn in the summer. Now Is
the time to get ready to fight the pest
while In winter quarters and prevent
| 1t from proving destructive next wear,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05

Only one species of hummingbird
inhabits the eastern part of the United
States. This is the ruby-throat,
which is more or less common almost
everywhere in that region. The wri-
ter has seen 100 of these tiny crea-
lures lowering about the flowers Of a
buckeye tree, and this number was
maintained all day and for many days,
though the individuals were going and
coming all the time.
In order to obtain definite knowI-
edge as to the food of hummingbirds
In general, and the ruby-throat in par
ticular, 30 stomachs of this species
were examined. Although the hum
mingblrds are the smallest of the
avian race, their stomachs are much
smaller In proportion to their bodies
than those of other birds, while their
livers are much larger. This would
indicate these birds live to consId-
erable extent upon concentrated
sweets, as stated above, and that the
insects, spiders, etc, found in the
stomachs do not represent by any
means all their food. The quantities
OF food found in these tiny stomachs
are so minute and the insects COM
prisng them are so small that identi-
fication is very difficult and uncer-
tain.
The food Of the hummlngbird fam
lily, 1t appears, possesses but little
economic interest, and that little ia
mostly in the wrong direction. The
ants eaten are probably largely
parasitic species and SO to be reck.
oned as useful, while the gnats and
spiders may be considered as neutral,
although 1t is possible that some Of
the former may be of the gallgnat
family and so be harmful. The bugs
eaten are probably mostly of the in.
furious species. On the other hand
hummlngbirds do no harm to any prod.
uct of husbandry and, as they are
beautiful and interesting creatures
their preservation may well be urged
on purely sentimental grounds.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
Your Corner

Don't you like your little corner of the
world?
Have you sweetened 1t with sunshine
and with song?
Have you tried to make it brighter as you
toiled,
Have you tried to right its sorrow and
its wrong?
Do you think it's Just the finest spot you
know,
And the noblest spot for effort that
could be?
Have you made 1t shed around brighter
glow?
Have you tried to help the rest of US
to see?
Are you happy in your station and your
time,
And contented with the way that things
go on;
Have you made the little corner round
you chime.
Does 1t sparkle with the dewdrops in
the dawn?
Do the thousands that go marching on
their way
Stop to smile before the beauty that
you've brought
From the chaos and the turmoil Of the
fray
By little friendly purpose and sweet
thought?
Don't you like the little corner he has
given
For your gladness and your use ana
your delight?
Have you made It Just a little nearer
heaven,
Have you turned It from its darkness
and its night?
It's your corner. and It ought to be sc
fine
No other corner anywhere could glow
With the beauty and the gladness ant
the shine
That your special little corners learnst
to know.
| Baltimore Sun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
Why Not Move High Schools
From City to the Country?

It seems strange thing, when one
thinks of 1t; to send boys and girls Of
twelve or fourteen away from their
country surroundings to the city to
attend school, where people are more
or less crowded together and there
are so many temptations to spend
money. waste time and divert the mind
from study.
How much more sensible It would
he If high schools and grounds were In
the country and the young folks OF
the cities were sent to get their edu-
cation where they could learn some
thing of rural conditions and means of
livelihood. Instead Of that, country
boys and girls often learn to prefer
city trades and occupations. Just sup
nose there was well-equipped high
school right out In the country with
fields and woods surrounding 1t. There
could be cottages where nonresidents
might board and gardens, poultry
plants, orchards and small model farms
where students might pay their way
In part at least, If they chose, and
learn other lessons than those in books.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
CORN VALUABLE IN THE SlL0
Where Used for Feeding SIo Is Most
Economical Place to Store the
Entire Plant.

An acre Of corn ensiled with ears
and stalks will produce as much, II
not more, milk or beef than the same
acre Of corn with the stalks ensiled
and the ears fed as ground corn. The
extra expense and labor of husklns
and storing the ear corn Is very
largely wasted unless the desire is
to market the ear corn.
If there is sufficient feed on the
farm and the ear corn will cure out
properly when snapped off In the man
ner described, then 1t might be profit
able to follow this practice; but If the
corn Is not to be sold as ear corn and
is to be used for feeding on the farm,
then the silo Is the most economical
place in which to store the entire
corn plant.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
The Tonoue and Typhus.

According to P. Remlinger, quoted
in the Journal Of the American Med
ical Association, an infallible method
of telling whether patient has
typhoid (or paratyphoid) or the much
more serious typhus, is to ask him to
put out your tongue" The typhoid or
paratyphoid patient does It without
effort, but If he has typhus he can
not get it beyond his teeth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05


The day when Lei'a and Tommy
came into the life Of Jim Peters was
his reddest of red letter days. He al
ways saw the scene just as he had
seen 1t then. The early SHOWS had be-
gun to whiten the hills, and Peters had
driven his stock down into the lower
country for the winter pastures.
He was sitting in his hut, thinking
over things. At thirty, he felt vaguely
that he ought to be doing better for
himself. Not that he wanted to leave
the cattle country for the city. But
life In a two-room shack, where he
cooked hts own meals and made his
own bed, was becoming unbearable.
Most of the settlers Of his age were
already married. The settlement was
beginning to- prosper. Neat little flow
er beds appeared round the houses and
the young wives were very gaily
dressed upon occasions. A church had
been built; altogether 1t was place
young man with two thousand
dollars in the bank to rejoice in.
But Jim had always lived lonely
life; he did not know how to change
1t. Too bashful to make advances to
any Of the town girls whom he saw
on his rare visits, and with vague
feeling that he wanted a wife Of spe-
cial, hardly defined type, something
above the common run, he was brood
ing in his chair when there came tap
at the door.
It was a tmid tap, such as he had
never heard. The men who tapped at
Jim's door hammered with hairy fists
until he opened to them. Jim opened
now, and was amazed to see woman
and boy outside.
Both were thinly clad and shivering
from the cold. Nevertheless the wom-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05

Waecheo tne Car Shoot DoWh .''s '''''
an did not attempt to enter but only
asked where lodging coud be OBJ
tained. a
She had come in on V evening
train, she said. She offered no. nHS further
explanation, but 1t was evident that
ahe was gently bred. The lookt of
Weariness In her eyes haunted lin fpr
days.
He tooh nei uo"a ~ NJ a.in TO . " Jm-
an OF the Vaiiey. 20 hospitality of
the West preeyyas,ted peysed over suspicion. The
stranger and her son were given shell
ter.
Next day Leila Drayton, as she
called herself, went to work for one
Of the richer settlers. But soon she
was asked to fill pressing need. The
children were growing up and, in spite
OF Its advantages, there was no school
In the valley. She became the school
mistress.
Speculation was rife about her. She
never mixed with the valley people,
never talked about her past. And the
West accepts women as well as men
for what they are, and asks no ques-
tons.
The days grew into weeks, into
months. Jim Peters often found occa-
sion to saddle his horse and ride down
into the valley. He and the boy be-
came fast friends. But Leila was as
Indifferent to him as to the other men.
Perhaps Jim would never have
found the opportunity he craved, of
becoming her friend, but for an acci-
dent. The boy was straying on the
railroad embankment in search Of
birds eggs. His mother was with him,
but seated little distance behind the
rise. Jim, watching them impatiently
from the other side, knew that the af-
ternoon train was due.
Becoming uneasy, he hurried across
the valley. He was just on the oppo-
site ridge when he heard the train in
the distance. The sound, which burst
forth suddenly as the train came out
of the tunnel, startled the boy, perched
on ledge. He lost his footing and
fell twenty feet, to lie unconscious
across the metals. At the same time
the mother rose, discovered him and
screamed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
PROPER CARE OF FARM TEAM
Grooming Combined With Feeding
Will Go Far Toward Putting
Horse In Good Condition.

(By DIR, H. HAvNER. Pennsylvania Ex-
pertinent Station.)
The old saying that grooming is
half the feeding" as applied to the
farm work horses, still holds true. The
sweat glands of the horse eliminate
from the body in 24-hour PERIOD
an amount Of waste material equal to
that excreted from the digestive tract.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
TRYING OUT SHEEP BUSINESS
Nothing In Inferior Business to En-.
courage Farmer In Falling In Love
With Industry.

Thee is no advantage in trying out
the sheep business by buying the
cheapest and poorest quality Of sheep
to learn on. This class of sheep has
nothing in its favor and the owner has
nothing to encourage him In falling In
love with the industry; in fact, he
could not embark In any live stock in.
dustry that would be more trying on
his patience, lend more discourage
ments and have less enthusiasm In II
than to become the owner Of lot Of
DOor-quality sheep.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
Not Really an Escape.

We often think that, If we had been
placed in the same difficulties which
we see overwhelm others, we couki
have got out of them. Just so; vi,
might have squeezed, or wriggled, OF
crept out of a position from which an.
other who would not stoop could not
have escaped. If escape takes the
form of a temptation, they do not es-
cape Mary Cholmondeley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05

If those glands become clogged by
sweat particles and dirt q very Inn
portant waste channel is closed.
In addition to keeping the sweat
glands open and the body in good
working order, grooming improves the
quality of the hair and the general
condition Of the coat. Feeding alone
will not put team in proper shape,
but proper grooming combined with
feeding will go far toward 1t.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
GREAT VALUE OF HONEY BEES
Wisconsin HortIcultursts Recognize
Worth Of insects as PolIenlz-
Ing Agents.

Wisconsin hortlculturlsts producing
annually thousands Of dollars worth
Of fruit and berries recognize the
value of bees as pollenlzlng agents
and either keep bees in, or near
their orchard, regardless of whether
or not any honey is produced. Wiscon-
ln Bulletln 204.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05

There would be domestic science
course, especially adapted to country
girls.
Music, lectures, games and worth
while motion pictures would not be
forgotten. But no rows Of stores, beg
ging for hard-earned money; no mov-
les, that are simply dime novels put
on screens, no slums to sadden the
heart and scatter disease.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
HOLDING WOOD IN SAWBUcK
Illustration Shows Device for Prevent
Ing Stick From Rolling While
Being Sawed.

Anyone who has used a sawbuck
knows how inconvenlent 1t is to have
a stick roll or lift up as the saw blade
is pulled back for the next cut. With
the supplementary device, shown in
the sketch, from Popular Mechanics,
which can be easily attached to the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
CAREFUL HANDLING OF FRUIT
Necessity for Avoiding Bruising and
Mechanical Injuries More Urgent
Than Is Realized.

Small bruises and breaks in the
skin of fruits are large enou-h to af-
ford entrance TO the sports fungi,
and the necessity for the ut.r st care
In all operations connected with the
handling of the fruit, to avoid bruls-
Ing and mechanical injuries, is more
urgent than most growers realize.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
Hummingbirds, Harmless, Should Be
Preserved on Sentimental Grounds
BY r. E. l. BEAL

BY r. E. L. BEAL

Hummingbirds are popularity sup
posed to live upon the nectar of flow
ers, and unquestionably this substance
forms an important part of their food.
Close observation has shown, however,
that these little birds do not visit flow
ers wholly for the purpose of gather
ing honey, nor do they obtain all their
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
MOST IMPLEMENTS RUST OUT
Proper Housing viii Offset Injury to
Large Extent-coating Of OIL Is
Recommended.

Most farm implements rust out be-
fore they wear out. Proper housing
will Offset rust and corroslon to Il large
extent, but In damp weather the best
method Of preventing rust is to coat
all unpainted parts of the machinery
with a heavy oil, thick enough so 1t
will not run off. This coating keeps
air and moisture away and prevents
rust from starting.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
New Fire Escape.

A cleverly made steel fire escape,
which rolls up In coil small enough
to be carried in ones pocket, is the In
vention of Pietro yescovl. To prove
the excellence of his invention, Mr..
Vescovi used 1t several times in de-
scendlng from the upper stories of tall
buildings of Stockton, Cal. The steel
is tempered to stand the weight Of two
adults.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
.NNeeee~e~e.s.N..~..ss~., <Sess
Here's Gown Wfl;thsss!ut Hook

We have had the dress which
fastened with three, two, or
even a single hook, but here "a
a frock which has no fasteners
whatever. 1t is made Of soft taf-
feta in a delicate lavender. The
blouse is cut like a MILDLY and
slips over the head. 1t Is
shocked on each side of the
front along the shoulders and
across the back with soft green
silk. White chiffon over green
silk forms the collar, which Is
not as wide or deep as a sailor
collar. The skirt is shocked to
form a six-inch yoke and Is
sewed onto the blouse, with an
elastic as waistband. This
elastic stretches to permit the
frock to go on over the head. A
large, soft green cord, with loose
tassels, ties about the waist and
hangs down at one side, and q
narrow green silk cord, ending
in tiny tassels, laces up the front
of the blouse. Time expended
In putting on the frock--one min
ute.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
An Exception.

Would you like to see the log cab
In where our greatest citizen was
born?"
why, yes" answered the visitor.
DO you mean to tell me that this
town has turned out a president Of
the United States?"
mo. That's one reason why we are
so proud of him. He writes books and
is one of the few log-cabin celebrities
produced in this country who has
never entered politics."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05

sawbuck, these troubles will be elm
mated. 1t consists of two cross
pieces hinged to the back uprights of
the sawbuck and foot-pressure STIR
rup fastened to their front ends as
shown.
Spikes are driven through the
crosspieces so that their protruding
ends will gouge into the stick of wood
being sawed. The stirrup Is easily
thrown back for laying piece Of wood
In the crotch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
Odd Names for Piekanlnnlea.

colored servant in Aiken, S. c.,
who had Just heard Of the birth of her
third granddaughter, and who was In
a quandary as to what to name the
child, heard her mistress reading an
account Of the Titanic disaster and
rather fancied the Carpathia. So in
the old town of Aiken there's little
pickaninny running around by the
name of Carpathia Jackson. The 9TH
er two grandchildren are Exima Jack
son and Mutual Life Insurance Jack
son.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
BEWARE OF THE CROWN-GALL
Considerable Danger In Using Rasp-
berries as Filters Among Fruit
Trees In Orchard.

There has come to be considerable
danger In using raspberries as filters
among fruit trees.
The crown-gall disease now fire.
quently attacks the different varieties
of raspberries and will be communl-
Gated from raspberries to the fruit
trees growing in their vicinity.
1t is therefore now considered the
safer plan to use the blackberries for
filters among fruit trees rather than
raspberrles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
Careless Speech.

II hear the Grabcoins have hired n
tutor for young Reginald Grabcoin.'
"Yes, but whenever Mr.. Grabcoln
mentions the new member of the
household Mrs. Grabcoin is greatly hu
inflated"
"Why so?"
"Mr. Grabcoin has a way OF pro
nouncing tutor as IL the person re
ferred to did exercises on the from
bone, cornet or some other kind Of
horn"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05

year, and now ad-
vanced sanitation
requires that the
home must be
kept clean at all
times.
The benefit Of
cleanliness about
the home reflects
both upon the
physical h alt h
and the morality
of our people. The
necessity of clean
liness In our
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
No Fanatic.

"Are you a deyotee Of the screen"
Certainly"
"Then you know all about Charley
Chaplin and Mary Pick"
'"rhe dickens / do! The kind Of
screen that's popular with me keeps
out flies and mosquitoes"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
swamps May Be Redeemed.

Swamps on the farm are like dark
spots on the human character. They
are neglected and misunderstood and
may be redeemed to usefulness and
beauty by proper cultivation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-01-05
An Effort to Define.

An EHort TO Deflne.
Father" said the small boy, "what
Is diplomat?"
"A diplomat, my son, is a man of SO
much courtesy and distinction that you
wouldn't dare offend him by question
ing the reliability of any statement he
may deem 1t expedient to make"