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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-24
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Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Booher are up
from Condor, visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Emmel are in
Portland and other points in the Valley
this week.
/Sheriff Taylor and County Clerk
Brown were in town yesterday from
Pendleton.
Bruce Prayer. of Walla Walla, was
guest of his sister, Mrs. Gary Taylor,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Woodward have
returned from trip to Portland and
the Sound cities.
John Walter has been erecting a
new windmill at his place west of
Athena this week.
The Sunshine Club yesterday enjoyed
their annual picnic at Bingham Springs
large number attending.
X Tom Gilkey has entered the employ
of, B. B. Richards at the chopmill. be-
ginning on his duties Tuesday morn
ing.
j. A. Kirk, who had light stroke
of paralysis Thursday of last week, is
rapidly recovering and comes up town
daily.
Mr.. and Mrs Kibbe left yesterday
morning for Condor, near which place
they have secured employment on
ranch.
Miss Nyna Tharp left Wednesday
morning to join her mother, on visit
to her sister, Mrs. Fred Collins, in
Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Forshaw. of
Pendleton, were in the city last Friday
evening, attending the gra luating ex.
ercises.
X Mrs. M. W. Hansell left last even
lug for Oregon City, where her moth.
en- Mrs. Pursell, is critically i'll with
pneumonia.
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TIMELY TOPICS AND NEW
BOOKS At LOCAL LIBRARY

The Athena Library has received a
large number of reference books and
books of general information, partic-
| uiarly adapted to the needs of the
present time, list of which is given
below:
World Almanac. and Encyclopedia
for 1918. containing war information
and up-to-date material and statistics.
Map of Oregon. hand size, show
ing principal towns, roads. railroads.
ETC.. with much general information.
Liberty War Map of the Western
Front giving battle lines, towns,
roads. the twelve military sectors, etc.
French Dictionary. There is now
such general interest in the study of
the French language that small cir
culating copy of French dictionary
has been placed in the library which
may be checked out for home use.
"Know Oregon. "a game of ques-
tions and answers about Oregon which
may be played by children.
Bird Houses and How to Build
Them.
Outline Course in Citizenship
Guide for individual study or class
work on our Government.
Food Thrift. contains great vari-
ETY. of information on such subjects as
Help Feed YOURSELF" "Kitchen
Waste, " Planning Meals" and many
kinds of war recipes.
Home Canning Vegetab bles and
Fruits. Gives methods and apparatus
with time ta5le. etc.
Home Drying Vegetables and Fruits
Canning Tomatoes at Home and in
Club Work. including making catch
up. chow chow. etc.
Home Storage, Picklin e and Sailing
Vegetables. gives directions for
making potato starch. fruit pastes,
buffers, etc.
New Rental Books.
Curwood. THE Courage of Marge
O'Doone,"
II" "God's Country and The Wo-
man.
McGrath.-"Ths Luck of the Irish."
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H. 0. Worthington was up from
Pendleton Wednesday, on business.

H. 0. Worthington was up from
Pendleton Wednesday, on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Richards left
this morning by auto for Lewiston.
Idaho. where they will visit relatives.
Miss Pauline Myrick has accepted a
situation in the Golden Rule store in
Pendleton, and will assume her duties
tomorrow.
Mrs. Charles Andrews was over
from LaGrande. to witness the grad
uation of her two nieces, Misses Ellen
and Angie Pambrun.
M-s. Arthur Coppock and children
spent a portion of the week at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Tomp-
lkins in Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barnes, Mrs.
Robert Blomgren and Miss Anice
Barnes, were in the city shopping We'd
nesday, from near Weston.
Lee Hiteman. who was called here
last week to attend the funeral of his
mother. left Tuesday evening for his
home at Berkeley, California.
Mr.. and Mrs R. E. Gribble have
moved into the residence of Mrs. Pier
sol on 4th street. and Mrs. DePeatt is
occupying her home, vacated by them.
William Mcbride has purchased a
home in Portland. The property is
located next door to- that of their
daughter, Mrs. l. B Sturges, 7l9. N.
E. 6lst street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Hansell, and
little daughter, are down from their
new home near Lewiston. Idaho, visit
ing at the home of MIR. and Mrs. M.
W. Hansell, near town.
]. A. Lumsden and Arnold Wood
have purchased a self-propelled COM
bine harvester, and will operate it in
the harvest fields of this vicinity dur
ing the coming harvest.
MIR. and Mrs. B. D. Tharp and
daughter, Lula. will attend the grad
uation exercises of the Pendleton High
school this evening, their son, Law
renee. being a member of the gradual
ing class.
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Baptist Church Notes.

The services of last Sunday were
we'll attended, interest is good. Serv-
ices at both hours next Sunday, Miss
Mary Ayres will speak at both service
es. Sunday school at 10. all are in
vited.
June End has been set apart by the
church as Rally and Get-together day.
Special service with dinner served for
the church and friends. Let all bring
well filled baskets and all have a good
time together. d. E. Baker, Pastor.
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The Churches.
The Christian Church.

Sunday will be the last dey of the
present pastorate. The morning SER
mon will be a heart to heart message
to Christians. but will include all. The
evening theme will be: "Things that
Abide, message to everybody. The
pastor leaves with kindly feeling and
regard for the people of Athena and
community. and wishes them every
needed blessing and prosperity. The
public cordially invited and welcome
to all services. Bible school at 10
a. m. preaching Il a. m. an 8 p. m.
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Card of Ihanks-We take this meth
cd of extending our sincere and heart
felt thanks to all who so kindly assist
ed us in our bereavement. occasioned
by the death of our beloved husband
and father.
Mrs. Joseph Sheard ard Family.
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% Years Ago.
From the Press OF May N 1895


turtle in Athena Sunday.
Editor Wood and Postmaster Van
Winkle drove over from Weston Sun
day.
Angus Gillis wears the city mar
shals star and smooth upper lip with
becoming dignity.
Beef cattle are scarce article and
our butchers are kept busy in supply
ing the demand for meat.
Judge E. DePeatt and Karl Lively
arrived from Boise Sunday evening.
They have been in Boise with l.. D.
Lively, J. M. Lively and an engineer
representing the syndicate of English
capitalists who are negotiating to
make investments on the coast. In
all. about three and a-half millions of
English capital will be placed if deals
go through.
You cant fish on the reservation.
The Secretary of the Interior says 80.
Seei
Ed Rush, the musically inclined
rancher, was in town yesterday from
Helix.
The officials of the Umatilla County
Pioneers Association have decided to
revoke all proceedings that have thus
far been mf de in regard to holding the
annual reunion at Weston this year,
owing to "hard times"
On the oath day of May, Queen
Victoria will be rs years old. She
will then have reigned So years the
longest reign of any monarch of the
18th century. 1t is rumored that she
will abdcate in favor of the Prince
of Wales.
Memorial Day will be observed in
Athena. Clark Walter, G. W. Rigby
and ]. H. Hiteman embrace the COM
mittee of Grand Amy men that are
making preparations to observe the
day. An old fashioned basket picnic
with declamations, speeches, music,
etc. to be held in the grove below town.
will follow the exercises at the GEM
etery.
May the 2lst was the 18th birthday
of Master Ernest Bostwick, and his
young friends gave him surprise. by
gathering at his home to play games.
Those at the party were: Florence
Jones. Edith Post, Vergie Stamper,
CtaIIo W;IIahu NoII;o E1,o w..
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Methodist Episcopal Church.

1.-THE World Emergency and the
Stewardship Message, is the topic of
the sermon Sunday at IL a. m. This
concludes a series of four sermons
which have been attracting an unusual
amount of interest, Preaching ser
vice at 8 p. III. Sunday, June 3, will
mark the first annual Family Day"
of this church. A great time is in
store for every family present. Fur
ther particulars next week. This
church extends a cordial welcome. to
the people of Athena and surrounding
community. Walter S. Gleiser.
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in which he was constantly wearing
himself to utter weariness, and then
glorying in the added strength that
came as the first fatigue wore on
He was subjected to training Of which
physical perfection was an ideal
When he got to the line, he had
come fairly close to that ideal lie
bordered on the superman.
And then-the crash. lie became,
1t seemed to him, nothing, or worse
than nothing; mangled body with
it's spark of life, a body trained to
the point of mastery but now pitt
ful. helpless body that he could not
master
Awaken Hope
Not only was the glorious strenuous
life of the fighting man over but the
evenly ly-ordered, mild-manncred life of
the normal civilian was likewise for
bidden to him. He could not work. he
could not play, he could not, per
haps. read. he could not move except
with difficulty There rose before him
the vision Of blank existence as a
Watchman or a pencil Ven
dor. While the body lived ON, the soul
was deadened. Ambition was killed.
For how can there be ambition when
there is no hope.
The first step in the work Of re-
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construction, then. is to awaken the
hope that arouacs ambition.
A potent factor in getting Inc best
Of the disabled mems discouragement
is Informing them OF the many in
stances where men, seemingly totally
and hopelcssly disabled, have refused
to be downed by fate, have surmount-
ed the obstacles imposed. and have
"come back" AS the work Of recon
struction goes on, there are more and
more of these cases TO cite as an in
spiratlon TO men who have just been
crippled i'm battle.
Choice OF Trade
The choice OF a trade to be learned
depends not only on the nature of the
disability of the man, and on what
physical faculties he still retains, but
lust as much on his temperament
and his natural inclinations. A line
of activity Is not decided on unless
it is apparent that it will be con
genial. and the sort OF work to which
lho man in question is Temperament
tally suited.
The prospect of steady employment
is also seriously considered Disabled
men are discouraged from taking up
trades that for the moment are boom
ing. but that viii. in normal times.
fan off in wages or in the matter of
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in large quantities in both the eight
and twelve cylinder types. I, is the
result of the different parts of several
of our best automobile engines com
bined and with the knowledge Of sew
eral engineers added. For q long time
writer's TomanCed about Il while the
government kept the knowledge OF its
make up under cover and finally,
when its description was given out =
short time ago, 1t was so technical
hat only an engineer could under
stand it, However. those who know
all about aeronautics declare that It is
the most perfect of all engines for a
plane and will be even better yet when
Il has undergone a few changes as to
lightness and speed
oil
This great motor needed a lubricant
and 10 wa necessary TO develope u now
kind IL IS well known that a large
amount of oil must be used IN all air
planes and while some engineers in
sisted on using castor oh mixed with
mineral oil. others asked for mineral
oil alone A. that time about 5000
600 gallons of castor oil alone was
used which cost about three dollars
per gallon.
When the Liberty Motor was de-
signed a new problem of fabrication
arose and Captain May. of Chicago.
one of the first fabrication experts. be-
gan making tests. He ran a 65-hour
test without stop. standing watch un-
Ill his work was completed and all his
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put Il. 1--WE. the stay'at-home@' 'he
brothers and sons OF SCARED anu
marred men sacrificing their persons
writhing in agony for our sakos--We
must be reconstructed. too-mus, re-
construct our impulses-must lose INC
Tarpoian Rock attitude toward the
crippled-must learn TO measure the
worth of a fellow by his enterprise
and capacity and give him the pref
erence at every post and in every en-
gagement-if he can deliver the goods.
\ civilization that won't do its duty
by its defenders isn't worth lighting
for-prepare to prove that this one
is"
Avenues of usefulness open up in
the most unexpected directions. Be
sides training men who have lost ono
or both legs in such pursuits as STE
biography, telegraphy and other usual
occupations involving manual dexter
ity, less well-known vocations are be-
ing pursued with gratifying success.
At Walter Reed Hospital, in Wash
ington, for instance, returned soldiers
are making rugs by the methods used
by nomadic tribes of Asia. The beauty
of the handmade Oriental rug mas
never been attained with modern ma
chimes, so the secrets of making Per-
sian and Turkish rugs are being
taught to ex-boilermakers, carpenters.
trainmen. bricklayers, men of count
less former trades, who have given
their best on the battlefelds of France
and are now applying that same en-
thusiasm in cheating the war devil.
All reconstructed soldiers are not
to be returned Immediately to civil
life as soon as they are restored Some
will have a chance to get back into
the war organization. Some injured
soldiers will be able to go back TO-,
full duty and return to their units.
after getting special training. Others 4,
who can only be fitted for limitef'
service, will be trained to act as in
structors in hospitals. typists, book
keepers and in similar vocations
Special vocational training is for
men no longer fit for military SER
vice. But no soldiers win be dis
charged from the service, it has been
announced, even though they are un-
fit for further military duty, until
they have attained complete recov-
cry, according to the nature of their
wounds.
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getting fairly well under way N our
own country has long been in sue
cessful prosecution.
Canadian experience, q member OF
the military hospitals commission said
recently. shows that of the wounded
and disabled returned to Canada, only
about ten per cent. will be unable 70
return TO :heir former occupations.
The percentage of totally blind is
small.
Two Hundred Occupations
They are training their men there
for about two hundred different oc-
cupatlons. Technical schools and in
stitutlons are being used, and. more
over, through the cooperation Of
manufacturers and employers, a great
many men are being trained in the
Industries themselves. Those in charge
of the work in Canada have not found
any evidence OF desire on the part
of the manufacturers to exploit the
men, and they have received, one OF
their number has said, splendid CO.
operation from the labor men. Their
whole aim is so to train the men that
they will hold the jobs because of
their efficiency and not because of
any compassion for them.
An aim of our general work of re
construction is TO fit men, disabled by
war, for existing and standard indus
tries, rather than to develope special
trades, devices and machinery. a
man who has had this training should
be able to go out and get a JoD in
the same way that any other man
would, fitting into normal demands,
using regular tools and machines, get
ting ahead by his own ability.
Special concessions are not expect
ed. or desired. The object is to make
u man normal again. If he receives
special consideration, the purpose of
he work will be defeated. Every man
or woman who gives aims but not OPP
portunity to the disabled man-be he
soldier, sailor or civilian--is an enemy
Of reconstruction, one of our own
army officers said recently one gift
of money that is not actually earned
may utterly stihe the ambition of a
handicapped man.
A Chance. Not Charity
"They don't want your chNrity-
they demand their chance" is the
way that a magazine writer has well
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demand for help.
When possible, a man VINO is pre-
vented by his Injuries from contin-
ulng his former pursuit Is encouraged
10 select a new occupation which l.
in some way related to it, so that ht
will be able to apply to his new WORK
the knowledge ana experience or ihe
past. So it will be seen that the
choice of occupation is not made N
haphazard or arbitrary manner En-
port vocational couuselors advise the
men according to the circumstances
Of each individual case.
Many Opportunities
There really IS almost no end TO
the opportunities open to a man who
has been, by the fortune Of war. be-
reft of the complete use of his body
Boundless encouragement Is indicated
in this list, for instance, of aSricul-
tural occupations which may be put-
sued successfully by certain types OF
war cripples. 1t was prepared by the
director of an agricultural school IN
France. The twenty-siX occupations
are:
or on share system)i small farming
on the share system Qabor); agricul-
tural superintendent; gamekeeper;
caretaker of properties; gardener
driver of agricultural machines; con
tractor for agricultural machinery
meChanician; vine-grower; nursery
man and scotsman; tree cultiVator;
cultivation of willow for bashet max
ing industry: grazier (herd raising)
cowherd; dairy employe; butter MAX
or; cheese maker; sleeper and strip
per Of flax and hemp; cider maker;
sheep raising expert; hog raising and
fattening specialist; silk-worm indus
t!y; small live stock raising; rabbit
raising: fish culture; bee culture.
And this is but one of the many
fields open to war mutilated men in
this vast opportunity for vocational
re-education.
In Canada the work that Is Just
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ent of the engine permit

the arrangement of the engine permit
ted.
The laying of the keel Gas the fit
ting of the wing spars and ribs or
cross pieces Is known is done by
expert mechanics and is most inter-
esting. The making, or rather COW
ering, of the wings is done by women
and linen is used because 1t is the
only fabric that will not rip as do
other materials when struck by bu,-
let's The greater part Of this linen
comes from England. Covering the
wings is delicate work. The women
who Go this work use a three-nch
needle in the sewing and are mos.
careful. After they have finished the
wing is covered with three coats of Il
chemical cellulose preparation, about
fifty gallons being used 10 every plane
1T is known as doping" the wings
A final application of varnish is APP
piled and the wing becomes a strong
wlnd-resisting waterproof part.
Thousands OF Nails And Screws
1t is then ready TO be assembled
with the engine, propeller, fuselage,
ETC., which has been prepared by an
other set of men and women who have
worked over the body with com
pressed air tools smoothing out the
aluminium part Of the fuselage. etc.
The whole thing is a mass OF nails
and screws. for in one of the French
planes that has downed SO many Ger
mans more than $4,000 screws ana
nails We're used to hold j. toretLCr.
Even the simpler planes lUife over
1000 nails ana screws.
Recently the mari, on our planes
abroad had to be changed. due 10 the
fact that the star. its insignia. was
sometimes mistaken for the German
Cross when the machine was at q
high altitude or at \ certain angle
with another aeroplane. So we have
adopted the design Of the Allies
simple bulls eye of red. white and
blue.
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edge Of each plane) fins. rudders, ele-
vators, stabuizer, struts. landing gear.
fusolage tJ0dy) flooring. engine bed
and seats. Spruce Is used because IL
IS the toughest Of the soft woods FOR
its weight and possesses tremendous
absorbing qualities.
About three hundred and fifty pieces
OF the wood are used in a single air
plane.
Nearly an OF the available spruce
is in Alaska, the west coast Of British
Columbia. and close 10 the Cascade
range in the States Of Washington
and oregon. The Lumberjack is the
first laborer on the aeroplane when
he cuts down these great pine trees
old patriarchs which run up over $50
feet without branch, and transports
them 20 ;he big Spruce Division Saw
mills This mill cost the Government
100000 and IS located at the Van
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couver barracks in the state of Wash
ington. 1t has twelve log carriages
for conveying spruce to twelve head
saws back of which are complete sets
OF cur Off saws and other machinery
necessary TO convert the wood into
finished product for aeroplane produc-
tion. There is regiment of 1,9+o
men Of the Second Provisional Regl-
ment who are working at this mill IN
three shifts Of eight hours each. The
wood must be seasoned by kiln dry
ing process. which has been worked
out at the T. s. Forestry laboratory
located at the same place. Although
perhaps fifty per cent. of the wood is
thrown out here as unfit and another
seven and one-half per cent. lost In
kiln shrinkage, this process saves the
weight of shipping by sending the
dried wood to the factory. The pro-
duction of spruce and ir is nearly up
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Making Propellers
Twenty-Five experienced American
manufacturers are NOW producing a
total of from $50 to 400 highest quail
ity aeroplane propellers per day for
the air service. The building of this
part of the machine is interesting for
it requires perfection as to the dimen-
sions. The double bladed propeller is
built up from boards about one-inch in
thickness and cut out to the rough
shape of the finished product. Tine
wood must be free of all defects, with
a straight grain running the entire
length of the piece. The boards are
assembled and placed in hot box
preparatory to the glueing together
which is done rapidly and the glued
blocks left in clamps or presses for
twenty-four hours. The blocks are
next cut down by Carving machines.
lathes, shapers, etc, TO within about
one-fourth of an inch of the final
completed size and shape and in that
state are hung for two weeks in
conditioning room before being
worked to the final finish. The latter
is done by what is called bench work
where the propeller is completed and
ready for the varnish. Everything
here must be accurate and conform
exactly to the pitch and shape ana
the two blades must be in exact align
ment and track. The propeller acting
as a fly wheel for the air motor must
be perfectly balanced. When the pro-
a,F- IN, xNh =
ready for inspection of joints, after
which 1t is given five coats or spar
varnish and rebalanced. The four
bladed propeller is more often used
than the three-blade, because OF, its
simpler, stronger construction fea-
lures. The two-bladed one is even
more efficient than either of the
others and would always be used II