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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
VALUE OF OUTDOOR LIFE
Only Those Familiar With Freedom Of
Woods and Fields Enjoy Com
pIete Happiness.

Too many people are merely on
speaking terms with nature. Too many
are unfamiliar with the wonderful ad-
vantage of outdoor. Too many cherish
heated comforts. They forget that
their ancestors did not know what
steam-heated house meant. 1t is time
to broaden our views and to get closer
In touch with the great health-giving
life Of the open air.
There died not long ago natural
ist, John Muir, who had lived the bet
ter part of his life with nature. He
loved the mountains and the natural
life of all outdoors. His existence
was happy one. He died amid the
surroundings of peace, happily, with
contented heart.
1t is only those who know the free
dom Of the woods and the health-giv-
ing tonic of the open air who really
enjoy complete happiness.
1t is related that a sickly mother,
not a great many months ago, carried
a sickly baby to Doctor Evans, who
looked the boy over and smilingly ad-
vised the worried parent to turn her
boy loose in the parks, "let him live in
the open air." he advised, ut is the
only medicine that will do him any
good"
This same advice can be applied to-
day to thousands of cases. On incle-
ment days 1t is unwise to expose one
self. But when the sun shines and the
air is keen and crisp, is filed with the
germs of life, one is extremely foolish
not to take advantage of 1t.
If parents would only see that their
youngsters are warmly clothed, that
their shoes are sound and that their
little legs are well protected, and then
turn them out of doors and tell them
to stay there, they would find their
doctors bills growing less and the
health of their children growing bet
ter. They will also see glow of
rosy health in the young cheeks which
is certain indication Of expanding
youth, of glowing blood, of the creation
Of good health.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
HEALTHY CHICKS GROW FAST
Keep coops and Houses Clean and
Sanitary to Prevent Disease--
Get Rid of Vern1in.

Every effort must be made to keep
the coops and houses of little chicks
clean and sanitary. Disease most fire.
quently starts In unclean, poorly venti-
lated houses. Clean the house at least
once a week. Sand or litter Of some
kind scattered over the floor Of the
house will assist In keeping It clean.
When chicks are confined to limited
range, 1t is well to spade up the ground
at frequent intervals, so as to provide
fresh ground for them to scratch In. Ii
lice are found, every effort must be
made to get rid Of them, by applying
small portion of mixture of equal
parts of vaseline and lard to the top
Of the head and around the vent. Sick
ly chicks can't grow fast enough to
make money; healthy chicks can and
will. Keep 'em well
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
WILL FEED PRISONERS
Red Cross to Care for Uncle
Sans Men In Germany.
Speedy Relief Made Necessary by Fact
That RatIons Given captlves by
Teutons Are Inadequate.

The American Red Cross has perfect
ed plans for Americans who may be
captured and held In German prison
camps. A prisoners relief committee
has been organized at Berne, Switz-
erland, under the supervision Of Ellis
L. Dresel Of the American legation. Mr.,
Dresel served from the outbreak of
the war In 1914 up to our recall of Mr..
Gerard as an attache of the American
embassy at Berlin, where his duties
included relief work for men of the
entente nationalities In German prison
camps.
There are now comparatively few
American prisoners In Germany. Most
OF these are civilians taken off Amer
lean merchantmen that have been sunk
by submarines. More recent arrivals
In the prison camps had served as gun
crews on merchant ships.
Speedy provision for their relief and
for those who may be taken prisoners
10 necessitated, by the German policy
Of giving prisoners food totally made
quate to keep them in good health.
A recent cable from Paris tells Of q
French soldier just back from a Ger
man prison camp and in the last stage
OF tuberculosis. This soldier was one
Of a battalion Of q thousand young
and healthy men captured In a body,
early In the war. More than 30 per
cent Of the number are now dead, or
have been returned to France, via
Switzerland, as incurables.
Malnutrition, no less than unsanitary
conditions, produces these results. Brit
fish, Canadian, and Australian prison
ers Of war In Germany now depend ex-
clusively upon food shipped to them
from London and generally give the
prison camp rations to prisoners Of
other countries, who are, as rule,
less well provided. Bread is already
being dispatched from Berne to the
Americans In Germany, and arrange
ments have also been made for trans
mitting letters and money from their
families and friends in this country.
Thus far bread only has been sup
piled by the Berne committee of the
American Red Cross. Assorted food
parcels and clothing will also be for
warded. In the meantime the Central
Prisoners of War committee of London
is acting on behalf Of American pris-
oners In Germany, sending them such
foods as the committee regularly dis
patch to British and colonial prison
ers.
BY arrangement with Germany these
food parcels are sent to the prisoners
three times fortnight. Each Of the
parcels which supplement the bread,
also regularly supplied, contains ten
pounds Of meat, butter, sugar, jam,
coffee or tea, salt, rice, and dried
fruit. The American Red Cross Is
forwarding to Berne stocks Of the
same foodstuffs, as well as cheese,
evaporated milk Goldfish, and mixed
biscuit. Timed goods cannot be sent
to prisoners, for Germany has made
over the tin containers as hand gren-
AIDES.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
WOMEN ON BATTLEFIELD

We hear much these days of what the
women are doing on the battle-line. How
few American women are strong enough
to 20 to the front and endure the hard
ships OF the meni
Help is offered. and 10 freely given to
every nervous, delicate woman. by DR.,
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Remem-
Der ingredients on label In tablet or
liquid form. No alcohol.
In female complaint" irregularity, or
weakness. and In every exhausted condi-
tion OF the female system. the 'sPrescrip-
ton" seldom fails to benefit or cure.
Bearing down pains. internal inflamma-
uon and liberation, weak back. and kin
dred ailments are cured by II, ask your
nelghher. Its a marvellous remedy for
nervous and general debility. insomnia,
or Inability to sleep.
Write DR., Pierce, President Of the In
valids' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y, for confiden-
ual advice and you win receive the medi-
cal attention OF specialist, wholly with
out fee--no charge whatever,
Send Ice for trial pkg. "Favorite Pre-
scription Tablets"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
LIGHT HORSESHOE IS IDEAL
Keeps Foot Level and Takes Greater
Pressure From Toe-oWner Thus
Lessons Grain Bill.

The ideal horseshoe is one which is
light, consistent with months wear.
This will keep the foot level instead
as Is the case with a heavy shoe and
heels-of putting the greater pressure
on the toe. Very careful examination
and calculation has proved that If
four-pound shoe is used-as is some
times the case on heavy horses-a
horse, in an ordinary days work lifts
81 tons on each foot, or 20S tons In all
more than Is necessary. This, of course,
involves needless expenditure Of mus
cular energy, and more feed is needed
to keep the animal In proper condition.
With a lighter shoe the owner would
not only relieve the horse, but lessen
his grain bill.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Hurrah! .How's This
Cincinnati authority says corns
dry up and llft out
with fingers.

Ouch fi?iI This kind OF rough
talk will be heard less ere in town II
people troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice Of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that few drops
Of drug called freezone when applied
to tender, aching corn or hardened
callous stops soreness at once, and
soon the corn or callous dries up and
lifts right off without pain.
He says freezone dries Immediately
and never inflames or even irritates
the surrounding skin. A small bottle
of freezone will cost very little at any
drug store, but will positively remove
every hard or soft corn or callous
from ones feet. Millions Of American
women will welcome this announce
ment since the Inauguration Of the
high heels. II your druggist doesn't
have freezone tell him to order q small
bottle for you.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Crops Worth Millions Are
Saved From the Squirrels

More than 100000 worth of
crops were saved from ground
squirrels In North Dakota this
year as a result Of a campaign
conducted by the department of
agriculture In cooperation withsl
state authorities.
Similar savings may be eff
fected elsewhere In the vast
area infested by these animals"
according to a department state,
ment.
The squirrels on 1000, 900
acres In North Dakota were
killed by means of poison at
cost of about FIVE cents an acre.
Nearly 10000 farmers assisted
In the work.
Similar work has been started
In Montana, Idaho and Oregon
and interest is being developed
In Nevada and California In or
ganizlng like campaigns Of ex.
termination.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Couldn't Corner Him.

An Irishman, passing ship where
notice was displayed saying that every
thing was sold by the yard, thought he
would play joke on the shop man, SO
he entered the shop and asked for
yard of milk. The shopman, not in
the least taken aback, dipped his fin
gers in bowl of milk and drew line
yeard long on the counter. Pat, not
wishing to be caught in his own trap,
asked the price.
"Sixpence, said the shopman.
"All right, sorr," said Pat. "Roll
it up; I'll take it. it."-Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
BEES HELPFUL TO ORCHARDS
Honey Gatherers Cannot Perforate
Skin iof Frult-Damage Is Done
by Some Other Agent.

: The Idea that bees do harm in an
orchard has been disproved in an in
vestigation made at Florence, Italy.
The bees cannot perforate the skin Of
the fruit and the damage is due to
hornets, wild birds, wind or hail. By
sucking injured fruit the bees really
prevent fermentation and the spread
ing Of rot. They also render service in
the cross polllnation Of flowers and the
resulting setting of fruit, orchards and
vineyards frequentel by them bear
most regularly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
ONIONS PLANTED IN AUTUMN
MultlpIier Can Be Grown From Sets
and VIII Produce Excellent Early
Vegetables.

There are several kinds Of onions
that may remain in the soil over win
ter. The multlpller, or potato onion,
for example, can be planted from sets
in the autumn and will produce excel
lent green early onions. A large onion
of this type contains number of dis
tinct hearts, and If planted will pro-
duce a number of small onions. On
the other hand, small onion contains
but one heart and will produce large
onion. A few Of the large ones may
be planted to produce sets for the fol-
lowing years planting.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
BLANCHING ENDIvE IS EASY
When Leaves Are Dry Bring Up and
Tie Tpgether-untle After Rain
to Let Them Dry.

By LIE ROY tcADy, Associate Horticul-
turist. University Farm. St. Paui)
Endive may be blanched by bringing
the leaves up together and tying. This
must be done when the leaves are dry.
It is good plan to unite the leaves
after every rain and let them tdry out,
otherwise they may decay.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative three for cathartic.
Pershing Made General.

Washington, D. C.-With the $10,.
900 maximum insurance plan restored
as urged by the administration and
with an additional provision raising
Major General Pershing, commanding
the American forces in France, and
Major General Bliss, chief of staff, to
the rank of General, the soldiers and
sailors insurance bill, carrying an ap-
of 10000, 900, was
passed Friday night by the senate by a
vote of II to 0.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
GIVE TURKEYS BEST OF CARE
Provide Place Where Fowls Can Roost
by Themselves and Don't Over
feed-keep of Lice.

( Don't overfeed the turkeys, and al
ways have a place where they can
roost by themselves. II kept with
chickens, they soon become lousy. It
does not take many lice to kill a
young turkey. The best way to keep
poults from getting lousy is to keep
the old ones free from lice and then
hatch the eggs under the turkey hens.
When hatched under chicken hens they
are almost sure to have the large body
lice. They acquire these in spite Of
all efforts to prevent.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
ADVANTAGES IN MULES
Fave Faculty Of Adapting Them
selves to Any Condition.
Superiority They Hold Over Horses In
Many Ways Compensate for OBJ
JeotIonabIe Length Of Ear and
Kicking Habit

Those who are accustomed to hand
ling mules and who know Of their re-
markable faculty for adapting them
selves to almost any condition, realize
their value and do not hesitate to pay
well for good animals.
The advantages they possess over
horses in many ways compensate for
the somewhat Objectionable length Of
ear and exaggerated reputation for
kicking. They are ready to work
when two years old and on account
of their toughness and steadiness Of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
A New Word in the Dictionary.

Hoove, v. l. Intrans. To save food
or control it.
II. Trans. To take any action
contributing to food control or saving,
or resulting from it.
Tom had hooved his belt three holes.
Baseball report.
Why did our cook leave? The mis-
sus hooved her.-Domestic Dialogs.
Even before the food bill passed, the
management of the Chicago wheat pit
had hooved the speculatosr. -Newspa-
per.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
To Remove the Mote.

When travelling one should always
bear in mind that cinders are apt to-
find their way into the eyes. An eye
cup, lotion for bathing and few
flaxseed should be included In your
package. A boracic acid solution will
be found soothing for eyes that are in
famed from dust, wind or foreign mat
ter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Equal Division.

It's a good thing for man and wife
to have tastes in common.
True to some extent. But you can
divide the newspaper more amicably
when she's satisfied with the society
news and doesn't want to take the
sporting section away from you. =
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
KEEP CHOLERA OUT OF HERD
First Thing to Do Is to Keep Hogs
cIean--keep Them Out Of WaIlow
Holes and Dirty Places.

II you want to keep cholera out of
your herd the first thing to do is to
keep the hogs clean. Keep them out
of wallow holes or filthy places and
see that they have clean beds. Do
not let the sows that are going to far
row run with the rest of the hogs.
Keep lime water where the hogs can
get drink Of 1t once day but they
should not be made to quench their
thirst on this. Give a tablespoonful
of oil cake for each once day in
slop or soft feed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
cULLlNe AS CHICKENS GROW
Special Tag Band Should Be Put on
Particularly Promising Specimen
Ncte lts Development.

It is good plan to Gull the flock as
the chickens grow. When a particu-
larry promising specimen Is noted, that
is full of life and vigor and growing
all the time, a special leg band may be
put upon 1t and note taken of its de-
velopment. Successful poultrymen
know their best breeders from chick
enhood to maturity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
The Silver Lining.

Brown is certainly an optimist. He
sees the bright side even of the high
cost of things"
Where is it, for goodness sake2"
"He says it doesn't allow him to get
enough money ahead to invest in worth
less stocks. - Boston Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
WIRE SPLICER EASILY MADE
Neat and Strong Device Can Be Made
With Little Instrument Shown
In Illustration.

The neatest and strongest wire
splicer can be made with this little in
strument, says a Minnesota writer in
The Farmer. Take a strip of iron
one inch wide and one-eighth inch
thick. Gut one end narrow and bend
into hook large enough to fit neatly
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
VALUABLE AS A FERTILIZER
Where Leached by Rains or Otherwise
Value 10 Practically Nothing
Hardwood Best.

Ashes from soft woods only are of
little value as compared with hard
wood ashes and doubtless are of less
value than ashes from trash piles or
garden accumulations of weeds, etc.
When soft ashes have been leached by
rains or otherwise their market value
is practically nothing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
The Difference.

81 don't see so much difference be-
tween the way Gladys dresses for the
street and the way she dresses to go
swimming" remarked Mr.. Cumrox.
"But there is great difference" re-
piled his wife. "The bathing suit has
to be made of material that won't t
shrink or fade. Washington Star.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Fiction.

"Has Crimson Gulch quit drinking?"
"Yes," replied Broncho Bob.
"And playing faro bank2"
"Quit entirely"
"What do you do for amusement"
go to moving pictures and laugh at
the reckless way they think us Wild
West fellers behave"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
His Advantage.

81 have cousin who does not need
to care how bad business is.'
Hes lucky. What does he do?"
Hes chirododist, so he can al
ways manage to get foothold. -
Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23

The name Of Dead sea" occurs no.
where In the Bible. This name does
not appear to have existed until the
second century after Christ. In the
Old Testament this body OF water Is
called the Salt sea and the Sea of the
Plain.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
State of Suspense.

81 wonder whether daughter loves
that young man or not? She's got us
all guessing"
"Seems to be even keeping him in
the dark" suggested dad, who had no.
ticed that the gas in the parlor was
turned very low.-Ex.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Recalled the Circumstance.

She = Tom, do you remember the
night you asked papa for my hand -
how fortunate you were?
He-Perfectly --he asked me to lend
him $40 and didn't have it.-Boston
Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23

Coal. ashes are nsed largely for the
physical effect Of breaking up, a COM
pact. heavy soil. Such ashes do not
takey the place OF fertilizer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Proof Positive.

"He runs mad after every fad he
takes up. Now, he is always dosing
himself with some infusion of bark"
mo wonder his health is going to
the dogs. - Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23

A firm in British East Africa Is In
tho market for leather and canvas
boots and shoes of all kinds for men
and women, about $1,000 worth Of
which can be used annually. ]
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
A Wire spllcer.

the largest wire to be spliced. At the
sides Of the hook two notches are filed.
Turn splicer backward to make the
splice. Use pair Of large pincers to
hold the wires.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
The Part That Counts.

Before boasting that he has grown
potato vines nine feet long, the anna
teur farmer should dig a little under
meath them. Boston Globe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
The Reason.

Teacher Many Of the presidents
were lawyers, but George Washington
was farmer. How was that?
Pupil suppose it was because he
couldn't tell lie. Baltimore Amer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23

forWomen
For Forty Years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has Relieved
the Sufferings of Women.

1t hardly seems possible that there is woman in this
country who continues to suffer without giving Lydia F.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound trial after all the evi-
dence that is continually being published proving beyond
contradiction that this grand old medicine has relieved
suffering among than any other medicine in
the world.
Mrs. Kieso Cured After Seven Months Illness
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23

"lf Germany is defeated, the kaiser
will be deprived of one human excuse. :"
"What is that"
"He can't say it was all his wife's
fault. - Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Cut at Right Time.

Do not cut the grass a day too early
ora day too late. Send In the mower
Just when the blooms show like mist
over the field.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Mrs. Kieso Cured After Seven Months Illness.

Aurora, HL-"For seven long months suffered
from female trouble, with severe pains in my back
and sides until became SO weak / could hardly
walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I
would jump at the slightest noise. was entire y
unfit to do my house work, was giving up hope of
ever being we'll, when my sister asked me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. took
six bottles and today am healthy woman able to
|do my own housework. wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable
compound, and find out for herself how good
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
A Great Little Noticer.

eve notice." notices the Yelling
ton News, "that very few automobile
accidents happen to people on their
wey to church. Boston Transcript.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
FOR PIMPLY FACES
Cuticura Is Best-SampIes Free b!
Mail to Anyone Anywhere.

An easy, speedy way to remove
pimples and blackheads. Smear the
affected surfaces with Cuticura Oint-
ment. Wash off in five minutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water, bathing
some minutes. Repeat night and
morning. No better toilet prepara-
tions exist.
Free sample each by mail with
Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept. l., Boston. Sold everywhere.
ADV.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23

Could Hardly Get Off Her Bed.
Cincinnati OhioaI want you know the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done for was in such bad
health from female troubles that could hardly get off bed
had been doctorng long time and mother said want
try Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound So did, and it
certainly made well lam able to house work
and happy never expected to the way do again
and others to know what Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable
Compound has done for JosH CoPER 1868 Harrison Ave,
Farnount, Cincinnati. Ohio.
If you special write Lydia Pnkham Medi
cine condentiaD Mass letter will be opened
answered by and held in strict confidence
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-23
Appropriate Trial.

"What has become of the play you
wrote about the races?"
'"They've put it on for run. -
Baltimore American.