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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

interior Of the house, especially In the
cracks and crevices, is an effective
means of killing mites. If kerosene is
used 1t is necessary to continue to
spray every 10 days or two weeks
throughout the warm weather. The
effect Of crude oil or wood pres@va-
tive is much more lasting.
Inasmuch as lice spend greater
part Of their time on the fowls, the
most effective treatment is that which
is applied directly to the birds. The
cleanliness Of the house, however, is
Of equal Importance If the lice are to
be gotten rid of entirely. The two
most practical methods Of fighting lice
are busting or using paste or an oint-
ment. Provide good dust box con-
tanning mixture of road dust or wood
ashes and allow the hens to dust them
selves. Dusting the hens by hand Is
effective and Is especially recommend
ed for setting hens and fowls that are
very much infested with lice. A good
homemade dust or louise powder is
made by mixing together one and one
half pints of gasoline and one pint of
crude carb0lic acid with four quarts
of plaster of Paris. Allow 1t to dry,
crush to a powder, and work 1t well
into the feathers by hand.
One Of the most effective ointments
used to destroy lice Is q mixture of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
sssssssssssssssssssssssss;
CARING FOR CONFINED HENS
Provide Good Straw Litter In Which
to Scatter eraln-AIso Supply
Green Feed.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agrlculture)
If the chickens must be confined on
account Of bad weather, provide good
straw litter In which their grain feed
may be scattered. This wnl give them
exercise and keep them interested and
healthy. When chickens that have
been accustomed to free range are
closely confined this frequently checks
their development for the time being
unless they are made contented In the
new quarters. Provide green feed for
them also.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

YOU'RE AN EASY PREY, with your
flesh reduced below a healthy stand
ard, for Consumption and other Scrof-
ulous and dangerous diseases. And
it's for just this condition that DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
especially valuable.
II you're thinner than you ought to
be, whether from wasting diseases,
defective nutrition, or whatever cause,
the Discovery" will surely bring you
up to the healthy standard. By restor-
ing the normal action Of the deranged
organs and functions, 1t arouses every
natural source and means of nourish-
ment. A strength-restorer and flesh
builder. It can be had in tablet or
liquid form. Tablets 60c all druggists.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills, first put up
over 40 years ago. They regulate and
invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Much initiated but never equaled.
Sugar coated and easy to take as
candy.--Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

To equip 100000 soldiers and clothe
them for one year would require the
entire quantity of wool grown annual
ly in this country.
During recent years we have shorn
about thirty-fiye million fleeces annual
ly, and the pulled wool taken from
sheep and lambs slaughtered for meat
brings the total clip up to the equlva-
lent Of about forty million fleeces. If
all this wool were suitable for mill
tary use, 1t would suppl. only 2,0O0,-
700 men. The production of wool In
he United States has remained prac-
Ideally stationary from 1914 to 1917.
while imports increased 4S per cent,
and the estimated net supply increased
only about 21 per cent.
That mutton and wool production in
this country can be increased greatly
admits of no doubt. This can be ac-
compllshed by developing sheep hus-
bandry on farms, especially In the
Eastern and Southern states. Steps
should be taken in the East and South
to do away with the sheep-killlng dog
menace by state or local action. Large
results can be secured by improving
methods Of breeding and management
on the range by securing the restock'
ing Of improved farm lands with
chaon hv fho 10 lsoar yco of fora oa
crops and pastures; by encouraging
sheep and lamb clubs; by the climina.
tlon Of parasites; by protection against
losses from predatory animals; and by
having lambs ready for market at from
70 to so pounds weight thereby re-
quirlng minimum Of grain to finish
them and making possible the main.
tenance of larger breeding flocks.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
INCREASING OUTPUT
OF SHEEP AND WOOL
Department Of Agriculture Makes
Recommendations for 1918.
More Farm FIocks Recommended
Wherever Conditions Are Favor.
able and First Cost of Stock.
Ing ls Not Too High.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrlculture.)
The department of agriculture In
cludes the following recommendations
regarding sheep and wool in its supple
mentary production program for 1918.
Effort should be made to increase
the production of sheep and wool. In
crease in farm flocks is recommended
wherever conditions are favorable and
the first cost Of stocking is not too
high. The wool produced in this coun-
try furnishes only about SO per cent
of the amount used in peace times
the war demands have emphasized the
seriousness of this domestic shortage.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Oriuin of Measurements.

The word ell means arm, and thus
elbow means the joint or bend in the
arm. The ell measure was taken from
the arm of Henry I, and If that was q
yard and a quarter it was of very un-
usual length! The capacity Of the hui
man body was also early put to the
use Of measurement; thus we have the
expression, "a hop, step and jump"
"a stones throw" and the old saying,
within a bowshot away"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
KITCHEN WASTE FOR FOWLS
Certain Amount Of Table scraps In
Every Household viii Help Make
Eggs and Meat.

Prepared by the United States Depart
nent Of Agriculture.)
Let the table scraps help make eggs
and meat. In every household, no mat.
ter how economical the housewife,
there is certain amount Of table
scraps and kitchen waste which has
feeding value but which. If not fed.
finds its way into the garbage pail.
The saving medium: Some hens.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
The Safest Guide.

The much-praised optimist, although
to be admired, is not safe guide. He
tells us all is well, when it is not.
He fails to see the pitfalls and urges
us forward and we fall into them.
likewise the pessimist, although
Stunned and berated, leads us to be
over cautious. Under his influence we
hopelessly sit down for fear we will
fall into the pit, when there is none.
The cautious leader who watches,
waits, and withal is patient expecting
the world to move forward, is always
most trustworthy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Knife Pickwick Handled.

There is first-rate anecdote in Mr..
J. ]. Hissey's book, Gossip Of the
Road" concerning the popularity Of
Dickens-or Pickwick. One Of the
two, but which one? Mr.. Hissey was
staying at the Angel, in Bury st. Ed
munds, and was reflecting aloud on
the fact that Mr.. Pickwick was sup
posed to have stayed there, when his
host Indignantly exclaimed Sup
posed! This, sir, is the very inn where
he stopped. I've the very carving knife
that Mr.. Pickwick used when he was
here. christian Science Monitor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
TURKEY FEED NOT EXPENSIVE
When Being Prepared for Market In
Fall II ls Worth While to
Supply Some Grain.

About the only expense for feed for
the turkey is during short period in
the fall when they are being fitted for
the market and as they bring quite a
little more per pound than any other
kind of meat raised on the farm 1t is
well worth while to feed well during
the fattening period.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Habits of Crayfish.

The crayfish may be described as q
fresh water lobster, and usually lives
a purely aquatic life, keeping to the
river bed. Some of the crayfish found
in Australia, however, have forsaken
the water and excavate burrows in
damp soil. The tunnel leading to the
heart of the burrow is free from water,
but water is always present in the
chambers at the end where the cray
fish lives. They do much damage to
artificial watercourses in the mining
districts by riddling the banks and
dams.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Old Houses Affect Dreamers.

Here is what an old English journal
says about the legend of old houses
and odd dreams. "There may be no
real foundation for the belief that
there is any necessary connection be-
tween old houses and odd dreams, yet
it is most certainly true that people
either born or having lived the greater
part Of their lives in them are more
peculiarly sensitive than others to the
influence of dreams"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Fewer Sea Eagles Seen.

That the monarch of the air, the
sea eagle, has disappeared from CATH
ness, as well as from the Orkneys and
Shetlands, is well-authenticated fact.
The sea eagle is not very uncommon
in the Fest Highlands, and still builds
its nest on various hills abutting on
the cliffy coast. The sites of the nests
are on the edge of some large and
well-stocked sheep farms. The birds
have always been accused of killing
lambs, as well as hares and winged
game, but the charge would be diff
cult to substantiate.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
EnvironmentaI Influence.

To understand fully the effect Of en-
vironmental influence requires pret-
ty good understanding of the native
qualities of the material upon which
the environment acts. The reaction of
differently formed human beings is
never exactly the same even when the
environmental action on them Is near
ly identical. "You can't" as David
Starr Jordan is wont to say, to explain
some failures of college endeavor, put
a thousand-dollar education into a
boy."-Vernon Kellogg, in
the Atlantic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Discipline Essential.

Those who escape discipline are to
be pitied, but we may be sure the es-
cape will not be for long. The order
of the world provides for this without
our interference. In most cases we
had much better be concerned in hold
ing our hands off or In providing al
leviations for the hours between these
needful buffetings by the heavy hand
of fate. The discipline of others, in
other words, ordinarily is none of our
business. We may safely and wisely
leave 1t to parents, school masters,
police, and to the hard knocks Of life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Optimistic Thought.
Honorable retreats are in no way
inferior to brave charges.
Eskimo Fiddler.

Although the drum is the native mu-
sical instrument of the Eskimo, he has
learned to make rude imitation Of
the fiddle. This Eskimo fiddle may be
described as the combination of a box
with a hole in the top, three strings,
bridge, tailpiece and a short bow
with strip of whalebone for hair.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Turning the Deaf Ear.

There are worse Affections than the
impairment of ones sense of hearing.
Much depends on ones environment.
In John Morley's recollections he re-
calls dinner at Herbert Spencer's
where the host wore ear shoppers so
adjusted that he could open or close
them, according to the sort of CONVEX
sation that went on around the table.
When Mr.. Roosevelt is afflicted with
boresome talk he can turn his left ear
in the salutary direction and thus es-
cape what might otherwise detract
from the Joy of life.-Boston Globe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
californlans Forget Prejudice.

Paper money, once curiosity in
California, is now in such general cir
culation in San Francisco that its Of
fer in the stores and hotels no longer
proclaims the possessor as an east
erner," says the San Francisco Chron-
icle. Before the fire of 1906 coin was
the rule with few exceptions in San
Francisco trading. In 1908 Califor-
mans began to make the more init
mate acquaintance with bank notes, y
but recently currency has come into
such general use that it begins to feel
like real money to the native SONS.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
GOOD
ROADS
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ROADS
No Matter What Construction May Be
Highways Must Be Given Some
Consideration.

Let no man be deluded into the
thought that such things as "perma-
hent roads" are possible. All roads,
no matter what kind, require atten-
tlon and the more they receive the
better they are. A chief cause for
poor roads is the fact that great
proportion of the road work done the
country over is of so temporary and
make-shift an order. OF course, the
only real satisfactory road in all,
weather is hard road-either paved
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
HlGH-PR0DUCING GARDEN

prepared by the United States
Department Of Agriculture.)
Are you sure that your garden
is producing as much as 1t is
capable Of doing? A half.acre
garden, IL properly cared for,
will produce sufficient vegetables
for the average famlly's use. 1t
will produce far greater returns
per acre than can be realized
from an equal area devoted to
general farm crops. But 1t is
necessary to give the garden
proper care and attention If you
expect maximum crops. Farm
ers' Bulletin 937, recently pub
lished by the United States de-
partment Of agriculture, which
will be sent free to any who ap-
ply for 1t, so long as the supply
lasts, gives specific directions
for the planting, care and culti-
vation of the various vegetables.
Make sure that you are not wast-
ing time and energy by failing
to give your garden the care
that insures highest yields.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
ALIENS FooT.EAsE DOES TT.

When your shoes pinch or your Corns and Bun
ions ache. get Aliens Foot-Ease. the antiseptic
powder to be shaken into shoes and sprinkled in
the foot-bath. Gives instant relief to Tired Ach-
ing, Tender Feet. Sample FREE. Address Allen
s. Olmsted Leroy New York.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Cause for ThankfuIness.

Let us thank kind and pitying heav-
en- for failure, for pain, for long stress
and disappointment, for sin and shame
and sodden days when it forever
brings us at last to beauty.-Exchange
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
cutIeura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with soft tissue paper. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
x, Boston," At druggists and by mail.
Soap rs, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
pairymen Are Careful.

Dairymen as rule are more careful
with their cows than the average farm.
er who merely produces the milk for
family use.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Mo Place for Bull.

The herd bull should not be battered
up In the stable or kept In narrow
box stall and pen, as he is sure to be-
come impotent.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
care AZ Machine or yehIcIe.

Keeping machine or vehicle in good
repair and well oiled not only increases
its efficiency but lessons the power re-
quired in using 1t.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Where Thin Men Have Adyantaue.

A thin man has better chance than
a fat one. Women cunning for men
occasionally puncture fat one, but
few of them shoot we'll enough to hit a
thin one.-Topeka Capital.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
oId-Fashioned Idea.

The old-fashloned idea that round
eggs would hatch pullets, and long or
pointed eggs cockerels, is entirely
without foundation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Reasonable Truck Hauling.

Every pound of merchandise which
can be added to the truck load makes
truck hauling that much more reason
able.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Normal Eqqs Favored.

Normal eggs are almost certain to
produce chickens which win lay nor
NAL eggs, while the reverse ls equally
tyua.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Baltic Sea.

The Baltic sea gets its name from
balteous Ia belt), because the strait
or entrance to it has always been call
ed the BELT"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Handicap In struggle.

Some think more Of the game, and
some think more Of the prize; but
whoever loves either one too much
will not win the other.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Adams Wrona Start.

Mamma" said Edith, when the
first man started to spell psalm with
'p' why didn't he scratch it out and
start over?"-Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for a laxative-three for cathartic,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

dwells in the breast Of man. 1t is to
this hour, and at all hours, a viyilying
influence in mans life.-Carlyle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Hotel Rowland

One hundred and sixty-fve Rooms, all Modern
improvements: free phones on every floor.
Rates: 75c to $l.50 per day: $3.50 to
$500 per week.
Opposite Courthouse. blocks from Postofiice.
Fire Proof. s. P and Oregon Electric pass door.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

Heal Damaged Surface.
When a road is dragged, the dam
aged surface Is sealed and healed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Birds of Nebraska.

Although 400 different species Of
birds have their home in Nebraska, 1t
is said that no more than 200 are to
be found in any one locality.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

The output of maple sugar in the
Province of Quebec is about 14,3OO,OOO
pounds per annum.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06
Cultivate Potatoes.

Keep the potatoes well cultivated
early In the season.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

Optimistic Thought.
Retirement is the punishment of the
fool, the paradise of the wise.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-27
THE NEW OFTEN SIFE.

After lull extending over several
weeks the Germans have again gone
over to the offensive, attacking the
French and British lines between
scissors and Rheims as we'll as in
Flanders. Thus far reports from AL
lied headquarters indicate that very
little advance has been made by the
aggressors. It is obviously impossible
to predict the exact outcome of the
new conflict which has just COM
menced. It may be that the Allies
will abandon one or more towns--lt
may be that the Germans will be
thrown back with loss Of territory as
we'll as of men. But one thing is Ger
tain. The Germans will never break
through, During the last offensive
they n1assed together all the troops
and ammunition possible and hurled
their men at the Allied lines again
and again, but still failed to gain their
detectives. It will be a long time be-
fore the Germans will have SO far re-
covered from the terrible losses in
f1icted on them at that time that they
will be able to launch another drive
of equal scope, and when they do sue
coed IN filing UP their decinlated
ranks they will find Millions Of fresh
American troops confronting them.
It Is therefore safe to assume that
the Allied comn1ander-in-ch1e faces
the new Hun onslaught supremacy
confident In the ability and determin-
alton Of his men to repulse the enemy
as often as he attacks.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-27

dren In collecting flowers, and of auto
mobile owners in Ioaning the use Of
their cars that the Old soldiers may
take part in the parade. The name of
Frederick Y. Streeter as marshal Of
the day has also been announced, as
well as other committee members and
leaders. Following is the order:
"Hea dquarters. Stanley Post, No. II,
Department of Connecticut,
Grand Army OF the Republic.
"New Britain, Conn, May 81, 1918
Comrades of the Grand Army, Auxil-
iaries, Patriotic Organizations and
Friends:
1T becomes my duty as commander
of the local G. A. r. Post to remind
YOU of the near approach of Memo
rial Day.
"In accordance with the customs Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic,
Thursday. May 80, will be observed
as a mem oria1 to our fallen comrades
who gave their lives that this Union
might be preserved. l request that
flags on our public buildings and in
our parks be at half mast until noon
and then at full mast on Memorial
Day.
I'VE are living under the shadow
Of a great war Let our observance
of this anniversary be such as to
evince our answering and unfailing
devotion to our country. The might
Jest military power the world has ever
known has compelled US to draw the
sword for the maintenance Of our ma
tional honor and the defense of free
government. Today the hope of LIN
coin has become Il reality, for the sons
and graNdsons Of the followers Of both
Grant and Lee ere marching shoulder
to shoulder under the Stars and
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-27
THEIrssSTr DAY.

eroufgh sfheasecond Red Cross cam =
Egn comes to~'as chose. The success
the drive was assured before it
{nmenced. but the manner in which
entire country has met the appeal
J the greatest organization on earth
! especially gratifying. The ma
nal committee feels certain that
donations will total at least. $685.
700. We have been confident all
= ing that New Britain would doubl
! quota of 100000, and when that
count was raised after only three
rs Of campaigning, we predicted
liz our final amount would be two
q one-haIf times the quota. Sat-
Hay and Sunday were busy days
+ the local workers, and, while the
#1lts of the collections the past two
IS were not announced. there is
10y reason to believe that they
He In proportion to the sums
Ned during the first part of the
lie. There is still time to contri-
again, or to make ones first
scription, if one has not already
so. The grand total will be an
nced this evening. We all want
lee New Britain make the best
I'd ever attained, and if each per-
in the city makes at least one
ribution, there can be no doubt
our hopes will be verified. An
unt equal to twice the quota has
raised, but we can make 1t
B00 more just as easily as not.
"a the time we go to press until
cam paign closes there are several
ous hours in which a large sum
still be secured. If there should
nyone who wishes to make fur
contributions and who has not
approached by a solicitor he
Id telephone to the Red Cross
quarters or to any member Of
committee, and his donation will
romptly and gratefully received.
lip swell the fund to $3.50, 900.