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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
In the Signal Corps.

Another Athena boy, John Wall,
writing from this side, tells interest
ingly Of life in the training camps of
the Signal Corps, in which he enlisted
about three months ago:
March 7, 1918.
"Friend Colonel: l see by the Press
that most of the boys have given an
account of themselves so thought ! had
better turn in my report.
IL have been in the service just
three months today. ! was at Vancou-
yer for about two weeks and at San
Antonio, Texas, for one week. The
rest of the time | have been here at
Camp Hancock. Am in the Motor
Mechanic branch of the Signal Corps.
Two regiments have already gone
across and there are still about thirty
five hundred of US here yet. One more
Motor Mechanic regiment is being
made up and the rest will be put in
Aero squadrons. The motor mechanics
work on auto motors. while the aero
squadron will work on airplane motors
and also set up planes and work in the
shops. don't pnow yet which bunch
I'll be in. as ! haven't been classified.
"Well, taps just sounded and that
means / must hit the hay. Answer
soon and give me all the news.
"John L. Wall, Casual Det 'chm't 1885
J Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
WAYS OF KEEPING YOUTHFUL
Man Who Is Determined Not to Grow
Old Really Has Only to make
an Effort"

see It In my changing hair,
see it in my growing heir,
My growing thirst for early news,
1t is a fact, am growing old.
And so growing old is just case OF
finding what ones looking for. observes
the Minneapolis Journal. A man de-
cides that the time has come for him to
be old, and so instead Of bracing up,
ignoring the symptoms and finding
some other explanation for the change
in the color of his hair. he neglects his
dress, walks with stOop, uses cane,
stops taking exercise, eats too much,
INDUCES In "reminiscences, retires from
business, and in general acquires the
foolish habit of growing old.
He should remember that 1t Is possi-
BILE to keep youthful spirit, ON active
mind, an interest In current events and
a purpose to serve his fellows, and that
he who does these things will always
be young.
The fact that women generally de-
cline to contract the old-age habit and
that some men have also resisted the
temptation to fall into 1t would seem
to indicate that II those who do yield
to 1t would only take the advice OF
Dombey to his wife, and "make an ef-
fort" they would learn how foolish
and how unnecessary 1t Is to grow old.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
SOLICITING FUNDS
TO BUILD HOSPITAL

For several weeks agitation has been
going on in the minds of few well
disposed people of Athena, who have
perceived Il q need and desire for a
good, substantial and well equipped
hospital. Its suggestion has called
for some expressions from various cit
izens as to character and design, and
the result has been embodied in the
following subscription heading:
'The undersigned agree to pay the
amount opposite our names, for the
purpose of building hospital, to be
known as "The Athena Protestant
Hospital, to cost about fifteen thou
sand SIS, ,0OO) dollars, one-half of the
amount subscribed to be paid when
the sum of ten thousand ($l0, 000) dol
lars has been subscribed. Tie balance
to be paid when the building is COM
pleted or sooner, at the option of the
subscriber. The building to be erected
near the artesian we'll belonging tc
zeph Lockwood Sr,, in the town Of
Athena, Umatila county, Oregon"
The first subscription was made by
Mr.. Lockwood and his wife who donate
one acre of ground and subscribe
$1,000. Another citizen without so
licitation promises $500, and may
make it $1,000. Wherever the enter
prise has been mentioned, people seem
enthusiastic. A number have proffer
ed from fifty to one hundred dollars
and the work has just begun.
A committee of five, consisting Of
zeph Lockwood, Sr., N. A. Miller, D.
Errett, Mrs. Charles Kirk and Mrs,
Zeph Lockwood, Sr, will solicit foi
funds for the building. 1t is believed
by those having the matter in charge
that by a week or less time the amount
of not less than $4,000 will be raised
so the work can begin at as early 6
date as possible,
1t is believed that this is Athena''
opportunity to do something worthy ot
her. That it may appeal to everyone
amounts from the least to one thous
and dollar gifts will be thankfully re
ceived; but it has been suggested tina
the full amount can be raised in thu
greater subscriptions, and the smaller
ones will take care of the equipment
The object is considered a worh!
one, and when the fact is taken int
consideration that thousands of dollar
60 to other hospitals from this com
munity, that would be left here were
hospital located in Athena, the solic
itors for funds indeed have somethin
to talk on, in their desire to benefi
the town and surrou lding country.
Pilot Rock, much smaller in popula
tion than Athena, is cited as support
ing splendid hospital. 1t is said tn
Pilot Rock institution has more tina
paid its way from the atart,
The site proposed for the new hos
pital is ideal in every particular, Pur
water from the artesian well would b
utilized and the soil of the land donat
ed by Mr.. Lockwood is ideal for arts
tic landscape endeavor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
WHEAT GRADES TO
Be ESTABLISHED.

County Agricultural Agent Shrock
calls the attention Of the farmers to
the new standardization of wheat
grades to be established at Spokane
next week. The grading of wheat is
of vital interest to the raiser, and in
the following statement, Mr.. Shrock
advises large representation from
this county. He says:
Every wheat grower in Umatlla
county is vitally interested in the COM
ing public hearing on the newly pro-
posed grain standards to be held in
Spokane next Monday, March 18th.
"There has been some dissatisfac-
tion over the established grades and
new standards have been proposed.
Copies of the proposed standards can
be had at the County Agents office.
"Several features of the new stan
dards such as the raising of the mois-
ture allowance. the admission of 25 per
cent of other wheat and lowering of
the weight for bushel standard, are
not satisfactory to many of the pro-
ducers of the Northwest who have ex-
amined the proposed regulations. 1t is
feared by some that the standards have
been prepared to meet the require
ments of eastern conditions and that if
adopted they would work hardship on
Northwest growers.
''Umatilla, the banner wheat pro-
ducing county of the Northwest. is
most vitally interested and every farm
er should study the proposed standards.
To properly present our case there
should be large delegation from this
county at the hearing. This will be
the only hearing that will be held in
the Northwest and therefore our only
opportunity for voicing our wants.
"The Federal grain Standardization
officials are anxious to adopt the most
practical set Of grain grading stand
ards. but they are powerless to comply
with our wants unless we make our
wants known.
Remember the date. March 18th.
in assembly room of Chamber of Com
merce, Spokane"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
A Pleasant Affair.

The Red Cross Benefit dance given
under the auspices Of the young ladies'
of the Upidee Club at the opera house
Saturday evening was very much Of
a success both from a social and a
financial standpoint. Decorations ap-
propriate to the occasion were in evi-
idence. The music by Fletcher's jazz
orchestra was greatly appreciated.
Pendleton, Milton, Weston and Walla
Walla people attended the dance and
the room was at times taxed to accom-
modate the dancers. The gross pro-
ceeds amounted to 800 and after nee
essary expenses were liquidated, the
young ladies had $500 to turn in to
the Red Coss fund.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
Henry claYs Diplomacy.

The following is an instance Of
Henry Clay's readiness in getting out
Of difficult situation. On one occa-
sion a vote he had given in congress
offended one Of his constituents who
unbraided him for 1t and declared he
would never again support him for
congress.
Meeting this constituent on the court
green Mr.. Clay said to him: II am
sorry you will not again support me
for congress because Of vote / gave
on a certain measure. When your
rife misses fire do you throw 1t
agagT- mo. replied the Constituent
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
For Those Fond Of Parrots.

The voyage by steamship is very
hard on parrots, which are stored In
the hold, commonly in close proximity
to the engine room. Consequently they
are apt to reach their final destination
in q siclly condition. One should be
careful to make sure in buying an At
rican parrot that it is healthy bird.
There are hundreds Of species of par
rots and the most beautiful Of them
all are the cockatoos, native exclusive
iy Of Australasia. The giants of the
tribe are the American macaws,
Neither the macaw nor the cockatooo
is ordinarily much Of talker, but
occasionally specimens are veiy clever
at conversation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15

ri do not throw 1t away" "What do
you do with it7" asked Mr.. Clay. "Why,
/ pick my flint and try 1t again." re-
piled the constituent. "Well," said Mr..
Clay, "are you going to throw me away
because have missed fire once? Won't
you let me pick my flint and try again?
Won't you treat me as you do your rifle
when 1t misses fret"
This ready reply satisfied the con.
stituent and completely won him over,
and he was ever after one Of Clay's
most faithful supporters in his candl.
dacy for congress.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
Old Clothing Wanted.

Gather up your old clothing. The
Red Cross has issued an appeal for all
the clothing possible to be obtained,
and W. L. Thompson, chairman of the
Umatilla county Chapter of the Red
Cross, has appointed James H. Estes
special chairman of the committee to
handle the work in this county. and
has named the chairman Of each auxil-
iary as chairman of the committees in
their respective localities. The cloth
ing must be clean and fit to work into
garments for the needy Belgians.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
Books for "Over There. "

During the week of March 1S to 25
a big book drive is to be made through
out the United States for book gifts
for our soldiers. Books are to be
brought to the local library where they
will be packed and shipped to Army
headquarters as directed. Magazines
are not wanted in this drive. but only
the best soft of books. suitable for
men's reading. Donors are asked to
write their names and addresses in
front cover of each book, as this gives
a personal touch that is appreciated by
the soldiers. The chairman Of the
local board asks that any desiring to
bring in books from the country on
days other than library days, to take
them to the grocery store of Stephens
q Hassell.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
War Rations Basis.

DR.. McNary, County Chairman of
the Food Administration. has received
the following telegram which is self
explanatory:
Portland, March IL.
"W. d. McNary. Pendleton, Oregon.
Owing to the absolute necessity that
this country furnish wheat for ship
ment to our army abroad and to the
people of France | have received pos
tive instructions that no sales of flour
can be made withol 1t an equal quantity
of substitutes and | am putting the
order into effect today. This will un-
doubtedly inconvenience many of our
people but they must thoroughly un-
derstand that it is an absolute neces-
sity and the time has arrived when we
are all called upon to come through
and do our full part. Please give full
publicity. Aver"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15

For auto accessories @ to Athena
Vulc. Shop We carry complete
stock oils. grease tires and tubes--in
fact anything you want for your car.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
Advertisers

The cAthena Press circulates in the
homes of readers who reside in the
heart of the Great Umstilla Wheat
Belt, and they have money to spend
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15

One Copy, one year, $i.5o; for six
months, 75c; for three months, Soc;
payable in advance, and subscrip-
tions are solicited on no other basis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-02

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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
GERMANY CAN GIVE NO REPLY
 ON SUB ISSUE

LONDON, April 1. - The Ger mans have never attempted to chal- lenge or contradict the statement of Sir Erie Gcddcs that between 40 and 30 per cent of the submarines operat- ing around the British Isles since the beginning of the war have been de- stroyed. The percentage at the pres ent monrcnt, the Associated Press is informed, is even higher than the fig ures given by Sir Eiic Geddes, ard the new order of merit established by the German Emperor for Submarne crews that have survived three under sea expeditions is believed tn be de signed not so much as reward for successful achievement as stimulus and encouragement to submarine crews to persist in their unequal com- bat with the British and American navies.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
auG instructor

anG instructor
 Every day dozens of huge shipping rr.tcs are hauled to thc Texas &wation fields. Every field has its assembling plqnt where expert mechanics care uIy uncrutc the many pats and in few days new airpIanc is rolled into th. field. Every inch of the iriSh-la- ,u,u, q wings is gone owe" Cor any d d..,.j, N res an con, ectus -rooS a, ierked and submitted to Ee wy weight The steering mechanism k examined, thJ motor started and u"ned ears listen to it's hum. If mS preliminary test shows everything to bc ShipShapc, the long brown craEi with the red, white and blue stripes ou the ruddcr is trundled further into thc held, the tester mounts the seat. fqstous the several straps that hold him in, and sails away.
 Loops, dives, nose and tail spinning are just ordinary flying for the tester. The machine stands on enc, on it's nose, tlys on the side turns over and keeps on flying. executes spirals anG glidcs, flies upside down-in fact ioes everything but "Sit up and beg"
 The big tests on all parts of the machine comes when d turn on the wing" is executed when the machine is suddenly tilted to one side or the other and if there iS anything faulty with tine machine it comes to light. 8a,h hands, both feet, and the whole head is needed in stunt fl.,ing and th, failure of anyone of these to ac, p opcr'y may mean the end of the stunt and the flyer as we'll.
 70 execute nose and tail spin, several thousand feet up, the motor Is idled and the machine iS "out of con- tro. of the aviator. To right the m,rhloc hc must speed up his engnc and usc both hands and feet in setting his planes and steering gear. Skill and coolheddednesS are required ro re- gain control O; the machine. Conf dcacc is another thing required to make a successful flyer. "It can he cultivated" said the lieu. enant tester.
 Machines from the Texas fields take Co the ali" daily in face oi winds blow iug thirty-fve and forty miles an hour. Few of the accidents which have occurred were due to windy con djtions, instructors claim. AviatorS re- rryin from flying over Texas towns wEcre there are particularly tall bui dinrS.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
HOSPITALITY
 CENTER FOR THE SOLDIERS

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 1. The Young Women's Christian As citation of San Francisco has opened a var emergency Hospitality Center in the heart of the city at 125 Stock .on St., where men of the service may oe met by their relatives and friends at any hour of the day or evening. This is expected to prove a great com fort to friends from out of town who nave out a short time in San Fran ciSco,-to spend with their soldiers and sailors, and who, heretofore, have had no convenient meeting place.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
CIRCUS STUNTS
 ARE GIVEN BY
 J. s. AVIATORS

DALLAS, Texas, April I. - No longer i> it necessary for Ycopio ,o journey 60 some fair or carnival to so" birdmcu perform stunts. With the coming of thousands ot ayiatorS Co the several training camps tor army f.vers, urpIauos have become very commonplace jr Texas.
 A halt dozen big machines hoverin" over ! TaxlS town no longer attract attention. Texans have come 70 r,- gard the army flyers with their dives, oops. nose spins, and similar teats as very ordinary. In the rural districts me fyeCueut cross country flights rom Dailas Co ror. Worth. Wichita Falls, Waco. Houston and San Anto- nio. no longer send tae bwnyard tlocE Euryiug to cover Even the chick ,us have come Co look upon the avi- utors an" their biz machines as every day visitors.
 Several machines were badly daw. aged by the curiou, crowds rasi soIl when the advance guard of aviators began to make cross country flights.
 Today aviators aFght at "jlI, ard, aside from possibly a few pasSersby ol playing children, attract Ht,lc u any attention.
 Every aviation field has it's official tester Jhis tester Is the ndlsiouaI who makes the first flights with every new machine. Once he cGnbs i"tp the air ,i,b new pactpe he oeg.ns series of stunts" calculated to 'rl Dut the planes that are Co be used by the flying cadets First hc will make a dozen loops, then 0 nos spin. com ag out to do sudden live, then a wide loop and finish with turn on the wing.
 These tests" remarked tine tester lieutenant at one of the fields rear Dallas, "put an extraordinary strain 1nou ,very part oC the machine. IS it comes out all right, pat my O. N. on it and it's ready for use. If t docsn' they will soon get another tester
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
WAR GARDENS BY THOUSANDS
 ARE PROMISED

LOS ANGELES, Cal. April l. - War gardens in the back yard of thou andS of homes and in vacant lots throughout the residence sections O. the city will have the support of the city and the school here this season.
 The city council recently appropri- atcG S2,OOO for the purchase of seeds for young gardeners who could not otherwise start work. The City Coun- cil of Defense also pledged it's CO., operation in the distribution of seeds and the instruction of the workers. The director of the Liberty Fair to be held here in October added the promise that the fruits and vegetables grown under the new plan would be made display featme al the fair, and probably list of prizes offered the growers.
 The park commission agreed to aid in distributing seeds and instructing
 
 the growers.
 Water, an essential in the Los An geleS climate, was arranged for re- gently when the council passed reso- mtion authorizing the officials in charge of the water system to make q nominal rate Tor all water used on war gardens.
 An intermission in the brlef rainy, season recently saw hundreds of wards and lots prepared for cultivation, and the sponsors of the new war garden move believe the possibility of free seeds will result in a great increase of cultivated spots, adding to the self sustaining abilities of the southland and to the beauty of the city. They say we'll kept gardens, in lieu of va cant lots and uncared for back yards, will mke the war a force for beauty in Los Angeles.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
 HAVE NO KICK
 ON WAR PRICES

DETROIT, MICH, April l. - Housewives who have protested a. gainst the prices they pay for food these days, may realize some conSoa- ton from the fact that their grand mothers and their GrandmothcrS mothers also did that same thing on more than one occasion.
 Two dollar wheat in Michigan IS not by any means a twentieth century ln- novation. Neither is fifteen dollar flour, nor is two dollar corn. A hun dlcd years ago some food stufS cost more in Detroit than they do now; fifty years ago prices also were mcteo- ric-in fact every generation since the dawn of the nineteenth century, has felt the pinch of nigh prices. But the result has always been the same. The cost of living flashed skyward with whizz and eventually crashed earth ward with d bang.
 Startling comparisons with present day prices for food were shown in the market reports of June, l187. Here are some of the quotations:
 Flour, per barrel, $ll to SIP.
 Pork, $26 to $50 a barrel.
 Wheat two dollars buSheI; Corn two dollars; oats, one dollar.
 Potatoes, SIPS a bushel.
 Butlgr, 5i cents a pounQ; Eggs 37 cents q dozen.
 Much has been written abolt the sensational price Fluctuations during the civil war. For short spaces of time during the late sixties prices were sky high.
 In the spring of 1877 wheat was quoted at $2.95. Winter brought ar prices. Coal cost $l2 a tor, more than it Ias cos: in Detroit thus far during the European war. Flour was {l% a barrel.
 From chat time Uhtil 7J years ago, the trend of prices usually was down ward. In Febraury, 1893, flour sold at $3.95 pc" barrel.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01

"Ooligan nets on hand at J. L.. Iraef's." u.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

feet of causing positive action OF
the part OF other owners,
In practically every community
the bank reflects the prosperity and
progressiycness of its locality, or the
lack OF those elements. Not alone
in regard to investments is the bank
cr looked to for guidance, hut he
is generally counted on to take the
initiative in all civic improvements,
Let a bank build 4 new business
home; that is outward evidence Of
Prosperity and other owners will
hcartcn and follow suit II bank,
metaphorically pulls q long face and
deiers improving its property, NIL
the faiut-hcarted and some OF the
lion-hearted take their cue there
from and wait for the bank 10 act
first. Naturally there follows de-
preston instead OF prosperity.
Secretary McAdoo is quoted as
stating that construction work that
has been delayed because of the ne
cessitieS OF war should be resumed
Immediately; that the resumption oi
construction work by the govern
ment will contribute toward facili-
tating the industrial transition OF
the country from a war to a peace
basis, and should serve to encour-
age others to undertake without de-
lay the fulii'lment OF the many and
varied industrial peace needs OF the
\ speedy return should
be made to construction.
in the way of new buildings or mod
old ones. so as to encourage
in general to make that
transition, to say nothing OF con-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

handles in the midst OF an unfinished
furrow TO take up the arms of war
is also largely true OF men and
classes OF men who have fought their
share OF the battles on this side OF
the water.
Take the bankers; what set OF
men has done more valiant service
during the last two years, asks No.
Bile Foster HoggSon, President OF
Hoggson brothers, the New York
and Chicago builders. But now that
the war is over, these geniuScs oi
finance seem almost to have been
dropped from the reckoning.
Sociologists, professors of polit-
zeal science, labor leaders, politicians
diplomats and economists are very
prominent with their solutions for
the problems of reconstruction. Few.
II any OF them. accord the great
bankers high place in the affairs Of
this period. Yet, no single class OF