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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1904)
AflifPJA Great Special Sale-of cTVlen's Summer Underwear. We have bought the entire Stock of one of the largest Underwear factories in the East at a big discount, and shall place the same on sale Saturday morning at prices that will save our customers from ' 33 1-3 to 50 per Cent " Men's Shirts and Drawers, regular price, 50c per garment, will be sold at 35c per garment. Men's Heavy Ribbed Balbriggan, regular price 75c, will be sold at 50c per garment. 1 Men's fancy Lace Striped Balbriggan, regular price $lt will be sold at 65c per garment. GROCERIES If you are not already a visitor to our Grocery Depart ment, come in and look through it and compare our prices with what you have to pay elsewhere. Athena Mercantile Company South S.de Main Street, The Modern School of Commerce Prepares For BUSINESS, SHORTHAND, Write fob Free Catalogue. , Mrs. D. II. Sanders was taken seri ously ill Tuesday, but is better at pres ent. Mrs. Koontz and her grand-daughter, Miss Edna Koontz, visited in Walla Walla Sunday Dharles Gay sells 7 loaves of fresh dread for 25 cents.. II. R. Burkes, special agent for the Royal & Queen Insurance Co., was in the city yesterday. ; Miss Marie McNaughton, of Elgin, was a guest of Miss Eva Rider for sev eral days this week. -The Preston-Parton Milling Co. have established temporary offices in the : First National Bank. s. P. Purdy and son, Thomas, are in Baker county this week. , Mrs. Wm. McBride visited in Weston Wednesday and Thursday, , E. E. Dotson Bnd wife,' of Marshal town, Iowa, are in the city. Miss Fern Smith, of Pendleton, spent the 4th with Athena friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wheeler, of Pen dleton, spent the 4th in Athena. Miss Moussu, of Pendleton, was the gueBt of Athena friends Monday. ; Mrs. O. C. Beck returned last week from her ranch in Franklin county. Mrs. A. L. Watts, of Weston, is spending the week with Athena friends. Miss Bertha Baker returned Tuesday to her school at Duncan, near Mea cham. Tom Mosley and family left yesterday for a visit with relatives at Nez Perce, Idaho. Mr. Wilhelm and two daughters spent a couple of days this week in Walla Walla. Miss Mytalene Fraker, of Pendleton, was a guest Monday of Mrs. J. D. Pla mondon. Mrs. J as. Ritchey and children, of Weston, visited at the Brotherton home this week. Wayne, son of J. W. Maloney, of FendletoD, visited Athena friends the first of the week. Miss Oca Marsh, of Weston, was a guest of her cousin, Miss Nellie Purdy, during the celebration. F. Rosenzweig and A. W. Whicmer, special insurance agent, have been driv ing over the country the past few days with the view of helping to insure the grain fields. MERCANTILE CO Mi Athena, Oregon CIVIL SERVIC. pendleton; Oregon. ''Grandpa and Grandma Swaggart were up from Pendleton and spent the Fourth with their children here. Mrs. Eva Boddy has gone to her homestead in Union county, where she will remain fnr nnmn fima NsJEd Woaddy is up from Pendleton and wm accept a job at bucking sacks on one of the wheat platforms here. M. G. Royal, of the law firm of Reeder & Royal, Portland, was a visitor at the Rosenzweig home Sunday. The two little sons of Mr. Moran, who have been visiting him for several weeks have returned to their home in Spokane. Miss Janie Roche arrived in the city last evening from Portland, where she has spent several months visiting an aunt. .. J The monthly meeting of the local auxiliary of the C. W. B. M. will be held at the Christian church Saturday afternoon. Turner Callender left Tuesday eve ning to resume his duties as clerk in the wholesale house of Fleishner & Meyer, Portland. Miss Rose Armfield of Pullman, Wash., was a visitor the past week at the home of her uncle, Rev. W. E. Armfield. Mrs. Jane Wooddy was up from Pen dleton the first of the week, visiting her daughters, Mrs. Cass Cannon and Mrs. Mitt Bush. For fine photographs, come to the Umatilla Art Gallery, Athena. Aresto Platina and Carbon, in the late and fancy cards. Those low cut Utz & Dunn shoes that several Athena ladies have been waiting for, have arrived at the Athena Mercan tile Co. store. Mrs. James Winship, of Burke, Ida ho, with her two children, is visited the first of the week at the Gholson and Winship homes. Mrs. Fay S. LeGrow came over from Walla Walla Monday evening on the 5 o'clock passenger and returned on the 7 o'clock mixed train. The condition of Miss Mamie Wilson, who is ill at her home near Weston, is said to be improved, by Athena friends wno nave recently visitea her. 4Thomas Mosley has sold his residence property on the west side to P. E. Col- bern, for $1600. Mr. Mosley has rented the Colbern farm for four years. Sunday subjects at Christian church: "Jereboam who made Israel sin;" "Re pent and turn that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord." Mrs. Chas. Frazer, of Pendleton, is visiting Mrs. S. F. Sharp. . Sherman & McLean until further notice will sell three pounds of steak for 25 cents cash, boiling meats and roasts itt proportion. iXjerry St. Dennis Jr., who recently came up from Orange county, Califor nia, will return to that place in a few days. Jerry says there is no place like California. rvLetters hnva hoon I vwwtvm ind Mrs. Wm. Thompkins, telling of ineirsare arrival at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They will visit there for sev eral weeks. Hon. and Mrs. T. J. Kirk returned Saturday evening from a visit with friends and relatives in the Willamette valley. Mr. Kirk reports crop prospects in the valley as not very encouraging. W. A. Flower, an experienced pho tographer, and L. G. Pickel will con duct the Umatilla Art gallery. Mr. lower will manage the gallery and Mr. Pickel will look after the outside work. Prices reasonable and good work euran- teed. Wm. McKenzie, formerly salesman for the Athena Mercantile Co. and for the past month with Alexander & Co. in Pendleton, has accepted a position in the Fair store. Mr. McKenzie avers that he is glad to get back to Athena. Mrs. Wm. Dobson will leave in a few days for the home of her parents at Forest Grove, and from there will go to the beach for a summer's rest and recreation. Mrs. Dobson is at present visiting Mrs. Wm.'Steen, at Milton. F. S. LeGrow has gone to Portland, where he takes his father, A. LeGrow, of Walla Walla, for medical advice. Mr. LeGrow the elder has been ill with heart trouble and may conclude to go to San Francisco, in which case Mrs. F. S. LeGrow will attend him. Miss Ethel Garfield, who has been the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Jackson Nelson, has gone on a visit to friends in the Grande Ronde valley. Her mother, Mrs. Garfield and two children, are visiting in Prineville, Crook county. Mrs. John Scrivener, of Crook county, visited her sister-in-law. Mrs. Wm. Willaby, the first of the week and at tended the celebration. While here Mrs. Scrivener received the sad intel ligence of the death of a brother in Iowa. .. ,. - : Mrs. F. H. Coffin and Mrs. P. A. Worthington, of Portland, called on Mrs. H. 0. Worthington Saturday. These two ladies are up from , Portland for the purpose of epending the heated term at the summer home of their fath er, I. E. Saling, at Saling's Camp. - Miss Bessie McBride returned to her duties as stenographer Tuesday, in the county recorder's office at Fendleton, after a couple of weeks' visit with her parents here, and attending at the bed side of her foster father, A. L. Watts, who died recently .at Weston. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sharp and Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Turner drove up from Pendleton Sunday and spent the days of the celebration with friends here, re turning home Tuesday afternoon. The Turners were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hull, and the Sharp family visited at the Gillis home. Lee Hiteman, who is traveling for a San Francisco glove house, dropped in on the "old folks at home" Friday eve ning, and was received with hearty wel come both by his parents and a host of other friends. Lee is the same jolly, popular boy as of yore. A party consisting of Wm., Winship, John Benson, A. L. Jones, Wm. Dob son, Chas. Smith, F. B. Boyd and Wm. Gholson left yesterday morning 'via Pilot Rock and Starkey prairie, for the headwaters of the Grande Ronde river, where they expect to catch some big fish. They will be gone about ten days. Notwithstanding counter attractions, the stereopticon entertainment given by J. W. Jenkins Monday night was well patronized. The views were interesting, and the illustrated solos, "The Holy City" and "The Green Fields of Old Virginia," sung by J. N. and W. R. Scott, respectively, were alone worth the price of admission. Weston Leader: A beautiful monu ment of Scotch granite marks the rest ing place of the late Angus McDonald in Kees cemetery. It has just been set up by H. Wray, of the Pendleton Mar ble works, and is among the finest ever seen in East End cemeteries. It is six feet eight inches in height and elegantly chiseled with Modern Woodmen em blems.' . - v-'- ' The "hard times" social given by the Christian Endeavor society last Friday , evening was a brilliant success in every way. The company responded nobly in coming "en costume," some appearing in rags, some in tags, and none in velvet gowns. One rig from the country, driven by the indefatigable Scott bojM provoked much merriment as they mean dered through the streets with a tall, sway-backed plug harnessed with a cay use, and the rest of the outfit in keep ing. The menu of pancakes with maple syrup, washed down with water, was very much appreciated, and all agreed they had enjoyed a hard time indeed. Items in Brief. Liquozone at Pioneer drugstore. Buy a ijjamson at Cox & McEwen's. Bagley A Ely handle fresh fruits and vegetables. Fresh bread, cakes, etc., on tula at Gay's, daily. C. A. Barrett & Co. have the McCor mick extras. Fine Btrtinnprv and Klunlr Knti-n .1 - S " v.MUa Vuna U h Pioneer drugstore. 1905 Washer beats them all. For sale by Cox & McEwen. Palm chocolates and Bon Bons at Pioneer drugstore. All the new styles in men's summer hats. , Athena Mercantile Co. C. A. Barrett & Co. sell the Double Disc weeder. It is guaranteed. t Greace, oils and compounds for the harvester at C. A. Barrett & Co.'s New ruchings, the latest novelties in neck weart Athena Mercantile Co. The best of everything in groceries are to be found at the Blue Front, at prices that are right New line of ladies' fabric gloves in silk taffeta and lisle; blacks, whites and colors. Athena Mercantile Co. Try a can of our Gold Leaf Baking Powder. It is as good as Schillings' Best and is 25 per cent cheaper. Baa ley & Ely. - - Combination din miff bmation pompadour puff combs, and a host of other novelties in hair fixings. Athena Mercantile Co. Just received by express, all the latest novelties in shirt waist sets; sterling silver, gun metal, pearl and enamel. Athena Mercantile Co. Sick headache results from a disorder ed stomach and is quickly cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets. For sale by all druggists. PIONEER DRUG STORE BROCK & MITCHELL PROPRIETORS Just received a Shipment of Ask for booklet on "Borax and its Uses'." ' Agents for Heath & Milligan paint "v jjai uu iinn m Mule Team Borax r v i WJ Big Store and Little Prices The Place to Save Money We are Giving Our Customers Beautiful Pictures These pictures are reproductions from celebrated paintings by the world's best known artists. We have arranged with one of the largest picture houses in Chicago to frame these pictures for us complete, at such a low figure that we can afford to give them abso lutely free to our customers. We do this to advertise our business, draw new and retain our old trade. Remember, we do not add to the price of our goods to pay for these pictures, but are dividing our profits with our customers, which is co-operation in its truest and . best sense. Our stock is new and fresh and prices the lowest. No trouble to show goods. Call and see us. Courteous treatement to all. The CASH Removal Sale Prices for 60 Days CANNED GOODS. Yellow Crawford Peaches per can 20 Rayalanus Cherries per can 17 Black Cherries per can.... ... ."!) 15 Apricots per can ...'.......!...' 15 Strawberries per can . 17 Columbia River Red Salmon per' can 12 High grade Cama Oysters per can.... 25 String Beans per can..,....., jgi Black Berries per can.... .. . .. " " 20 3 gal. keg No. 1 Pickles. '.'.','$1 15 fi bars Diamond Soap 25 6 bars Perfection soap j 25 12cansRex Lye 100 12 cans American Lye ......... '. ', 1 00 10 cans Red Seal Lye 1 00 Our space is too small to mention all goods on which we will cut and slash in prices during this interval. WORTHINGTON & THOMPSON. :: South Side Main Street. (You Are Safe j In trading with us, because every thing we carry is First Class and our Prices are Right. & dp BAGLEY & ELY Agents for Chicago Tailoring Co. and J. L. Gatzert & Co. Next to PostofTice, Athena, Ore. ; U 1 in ll ii if iulliliHii)aT'n if n hid FMR n rc l u ram GROCERY CEREALS. Force per package. . . . ; lt Union Oats...;.... 30 Cream Wheat 17 Jumbo Oats 10 Violet Oats 0 II. O. Mush 15 H. O. Pancake Flour 12J Vermicelli io 50 lbs. fine Salt 70 100 lbs. Stock Salt 75 50 lbs. Block Salt 80 "7: Family Can Trade.