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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1907)
Press Paragraphs Herbert Manaase was in Pendleton Tuesday. Matt Mosgtove was in town yester day from Hilton. Mr. Lacblan MoCleay of Taooma, was in Athena Sunday. 1 Mrs. Agnes Ferguson spent the week at tbe Wbiteman borne, west of town. j Miss Myrtle Wall of Pendleton, i spent Sunday with relatives in Atbena. ; Mr. and Mrs.' Clande Estes bave gone into camp at Kemela for tbe ," aommer. VMias Myrtle Def reeoa returned last week from a pleasant visit with friends in Union county. . . Mrs. I. M. Kemp and daughter Lncile are visiting, ; relatives and .friends in Portland. . ' - Mrs. V. K. Hoven has returned from au extended visit' with -relatives and f friends at Kelso, Wash. ' - i Tbe infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Will - M. Peterson, bas been quite ill at their Pendleton home this week. Editor Swenson of the Inlaud Em 1 pire Magazine was in the city, yester t day. tbe guest of Henry Barrett. V Measles bas broken out in tbe Adams harvest crew west of town. One of the men is reported to bevery siok. ' XF. 3. LaUrow,, weut- down, to., bis oucbet rancb Saturday. He was ac companied by Master George Wiosbip. Carpenters have completed work on the addition to the Swaggart farm re sidence north of tbe city, and painters are now at work. v Ij Ed and Irwin demons, who are em ployed on Seattle electrio lines,, have returned to that city, after a visit with relatives in this city. Tbe ladies of the W. C. B. M. of the Christian. cburch , will meet at the home of Mis... Robert Tharp, next Wenduesday afternoon. The barley crop in tbe Pilot Bock '., neighborhood is. practically all . bar-' ., rented,, the average yield being from 40 to 60 busbels pei acre. ' Oouuty Treasurer G.- VY. -Bradley was in town Sunday from Pendleton. He was greeted with a warm weloome , from his Athena friend j. ; . Frank Eealewas up from his Pine Creek ranch Tuesday,, He sized up the 'prospects for putting his , threshing outflt to wotk in this vioinity. w..W, Raymond is over from Walla yWalla, seeing to it that bis big bar- .. , coal i no nntRt. la in nrnmr trim ta tnlrfl care of bis bumper wheat crop. i Mr. O. B. Funk, former lv a resident : of -Weston, but lately of"Spokaue,"4 one of tbe purchasers of tbe Union o i , r u .i TOn- xrii .- oaviugo &uun, at. tT un . yi ana. ' Dr. Sponagle the dentist left last evening for a two weeks visit in Port land. He may sniff the sea breezes at Long JBeaob before returning borne. V Wagner & Martin's new combine is doing excellent . work. The average yield iu the neighborhood , where the machine is at work will be over 40 bushels per acre. ;., J. M. O'Harra was iu town Satur day from his farm east of Weston. His new home is completed and ready for .oocapanoy, the painters having finished work. : Walla Walla's street fair and carni val will be held this year September 16 to 21 inclusive. A wheat palace, arti flnial IaIta and nthAr novel attractions are announced. Misses Veina D welly and Pauline Adams of Walla Walla, were tbe guest; of Mrs. C A. Barrett Tuesday. In company with Walter Adams, the young ladies rode horseback to Bing- ham Springs. X Rev. Geo. T. Ellis and wife have re- turned from Baker City, where Ellis took a course of treatment for asthma.-)-He is greatly improved and will bold regular services hereafter at the Baptist ohuron. The better part of the Press family is in Portland ; so if the Press man seems grouchy, put it down that be belongs in tbe ranks of the other sore headed old batches. like. Kemp, Ker shaw, Bichards et al. , Mrs. Hays of Baker City, who was a guest of Mrs. D. H. Preston, returned 'home Sunday evening.-: Mira Davis of Spokane also a guest at -the Preston . home, returned to Walla Walla" with . Mr. and Mrs. Preston, Sunday evening. (Two . thousand balf-gaJlon jars, of frhit have been put up at tbe girls dormitory of the Weston .Normal School. Strawberries, raspberries and cherries were the principal varieties of fruit used. For tbe reason that it is tbe desire . of tbe management of tbe :; Weston .- brick yard to reduce the aooomulated stock, the molders and yard men have been laid off and all work, except that . . of making shipments bas been sus pended. W. B. Taylor reports 60 bushels of wheat to tbe acre threshed witQ a . com bine, at hia place east of town. Very little smut is found-in Mr. Taylor's grain. This is about the heaviest yield of wheat ever raised cn the old Ely place. Tbe leotrio storm "passed up" Atbena, od save for heavy, black . clouds, a hot wind aiid billows of stifling cost, this favored locality es caped entrely, there being not so much as a sprible of rain. - Tbe oeigbbor Itood "west of towtTand Helix vicinity were uot w fortunate. ... - .Dadea Little 'LiverJ Pills keep the system cJeau, 'the stomach sweet. Prompt relief for headache and bil liousneea. Good for all tbe family. Pioneer Drug Store. V Huckleberries and venison serve ex tensively in replenishment of larders of campers up at Meaobam, berries are plentiful, and three deer have recently fallen victims to the unerring aim of hunters. . Monday Col. Baley of Pen dleton killed a large buck. - Tbe second coat of oil has been ap plied to tbe roadbed of tbe O. K. & N. railroad between Pendleton and Walla Walla, and is proving very effectual in keeping down tbe clouds of dust which swept through coaohes when ever the windows were raised. , , -Services at the Church of Chribt on Lord's day. Morning; "First Church of Christ: The Fellowship." Even ing ; "AU Authority. V - Arrangements will be made to have tbe evening ser vices out door, in front of the main entrance to tbe -church.-$ All are in vited. For .1 the month of August the M. E.' and Baptist churches will bold onion services on each Sunday evening, tbe regular morning service being held in each church as usual. , Toe first of the series of union, services will be con ducted by Rev. Ellis at the M. E. church Sunday evenins. I VAgent Richards reports that wheat Yi& beginning to come into the ware-' houses of toe Paget Sound Warehouse oompanj at Waterman and Hillsdale stations -ou the" Northern Pacific branch. ; : Tbe Hillsdale bouse is in charge of Robert Montgomery and tbe company's interests at Waterman are in charge of Boy Cannon. Miss Lulu Bobey is ill with heart trouble, a disease to which she bas been subject for years. The doctor ordered her to Seattle from Walla Walla where she makes her borne with her grandfather, D. N. McDonald. Miss Bobey bas many anxious friends in Atbena and vioinity. Joe Scott was in town yesterday and reported that bis combine, which is fed by a 14-foot header, is averaging 570 sacks per day.. This machine, a Holt has done excellent work for seven years. xne seott wheat wm average about 40 bushels per acre, tbe presence of -smut being responsible for 10 per oent loss, according to Joe's estimate. La8t Saturday Ch as. Brotberton Mftnrcbased 13 bead of Wallowa work norsea lor fzauu, an average oi fzuu pec, Dead, ine stootc is now being used in drawing.! hia new combine. Mr, Brothertou recently disposed of bis cattle to Pendleton parties, receiv ing $35 a head for steers; $25 for cows and $12 for calves. Vine open season for grouse, -prairie cQiokeu and native pheasant com mences August 15, and shot guns are being polished, up to . be in readiness f of the occasion. Grouse and native pheasant to tbe number of 10 birds per man per . day may be lawfully killed from Augnst 15 to December 1 ; prairie obioken from August 15 to November 15, limit of 10 birds per day allowed. Lee Boober and Jesse Myriok were arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Blakley on a wairant sworn by R. Lv Hager, who resides on the Umatilla river near Bingham Springs. - The toys were obarged with killing a couple of Hager's dogs. They claimed tbe dogs bit their horses heels before they shot them. The case never came to trial, tbe matter being compromised by tbe boys paying Hager $40 damages and tbe costs. ' Mr. and Mrs. Glen Saling and. Mr. and' Mrs. - Clarence LaBraohe left Atbena Tuesday for Kamela. :: -The ladies will join a merry party f camp ers and Messrs. Saling and -LaBraohe will engage in wood hauling having taken their teams with them. On the side, they have prospects of earning a goodly number of shekles , playing violin and piano for pavilion dances, .which are said to be largelv attended. IVcharley. the well known Chinaman,. Mrloame near bleeding to death from nasal hemorrhage, yesterday afternoon , and last night. Dr. Sharp was called, but Charley would not submit to have his nostrils plugged and tbe physician was powerless to give relief. The old fellow preferred Chinese treatment, and this morning I. M. Kemp of tbe First National Bank, which employs tbe Chinaman, took him to Pendleton. LNAn explosion of smut took place in ........... tbe Barrett & juodgen'a separator, just as tbe machine started on the day's work yesterday morning at the Jerry Stone place, west of town. A sheet of flame burst out of the machine, sing ing the eye trows of. tbe sack sewer, but strange to say no damage what ever resulted to the machine. X The" reason that tbe separator was npt dam aged as no flre resuled, is attributed to tbe fact that no straw had yet entered the separator, wbiob was just begin ning to geWn motion. Fire which is supposed to have start ed from a bolt of lightning, burned 220 acres of standing grain . on the John Bothrock place south of Adams Wednesday evening, and extended into the field of .Harley Bothrock where 20 acres of grain was onsumeQVMr Bothrock s loss is weil coveredby in-; suranoe in tbe Queen . Insurance Co..' and was insured some weeks ago by L M. Kemp, tbe company's local agent Mr. Bothrock ia with his fam ily at Meacam, and -did not learn of his loss until yesterday. Pineules are for the Kidneys nd Bladder. They bring quick relief to backache, rheumatism, lumbago, tired worn out feeling. They produce natu ral action of the kidney s. 80 days treatment $1.00. Money refunded if Pineules are not satisfactory. Pioneer Drug Store. Sherman does not propose hy run a meat market iu a community where tbe taste of tbe farmer runs so bigb that bis palate will not be tick led by any but tbe choicest etoaks. This high state of living, according to Mi. Sherman means . loss to. him for the reason that be is forced to get rid of tbe front quarters of beef iu any old way. Tbe credit system here does not suit Mr, Sherman so he concluded to shnt up shop and quit. B. J. Boddy tbe old reliable, evidently believes that hVoan cut a living out of meat. Any way be lias opened up and will give T-bone-eatiug ruralites a whirl foi their money. ; kV MoBride & Co.-,. .proprietors of the: commercial livery stable in this city, had a team stolen Monday. A stranger sailed at the stables about 8 o'qlock in the morning and engaged a team, ostensibly to go to a ranchers home in the Holdmaa neighborhood uottbweet of Atbena, saying be would return sometime during Monday nigbtv -, Man nor team bas been seen siuce and tbe fellow bas a good start of tbe officers. Tbe rig ia valued at f 400. r -The. team a span of sorrels with white mane and tails', were driven into tbe. .Holdman country. This f act was developed yesterday by Henry Stamper, who was hunting for a tiace of the team, and he notified tbe sheriff's office at ouoe. LIGHTNING STRUCK AT HELIX Two. Houses Set on Fire and .One Lady " Severly Shocked. ' Helix, August 1. Lightning struok tbe residences of C. E. Bott and Mrs. Baysai setting fire to both. - The fire was soon extinguished but Mrs. Bott who was in ber kitchen was knooked down and severly sbooked. Several wheat fields in tnis vicinity were fired bnt as rain soon followed little damage is supposed to have been done. ' . Lorie Bott has been Buffeting for several days from appendicitis bnt is now somewhat improved. . . Miss Minnie Gormley who was sent as delegate from Knoxville Tenn., to the C. E. Convention, held at Seattle, is stopping here on ber return borne to visit her cousin Mrs.. Mack Smith. R. C. Dunnington oame in . Wednos day evening from Win. Dale's farm ' where he has been helping Mr. Gore erect Mr.. Dale's new residenoe, to take charge of the B. G. ..warehouse at Hillsdale. ' - Mr. and Mrs. Dale weie visitors to Pendleton Tuesday. -J. E. MonTgo'mery mbved his house-, hold furniture to Pendleton Wednes day. Mr. Montgomery has. rented a three story bouse north of the river, 4 Mrs.. L. . P. Soaijth ; and Mrs. D. B. Richardson drove, to tbe mountains Saturday evening :; to -gather huckle berries. They . returned Tuesdayeve ning. , Mrs Farley of Pendleton ia visiting her mother Mrs. Pierce. : James and Will Isaac are here to work; .through, harvest J ,,They ( have positions for tbemselv es and five teams. DR. Q. W. VAN HALTEREN, , A V i , t . ' Office in Residenoe at seoond door east Mr.. Hiteman's residence. ' ....Official .hours. 8 a., m. to 5 p. m. ex cept Monday, Wednesday and. Friday.- Graduate American School of Oste opathy, Kirksville, Mo. ' 1 IORSESHOEInG . And' - 4 BLACKSMITIIIIJC Call at Spencer's. Shop ..D;fMANN t ' 9 ? Words of .Praise For tlm several Ingredients of which Dr. , Ptereo'a mwliciiH arc etiraposed, as given" by leaders ii all tho. several clioolg of inedlcinu, thuuldi liava ; far more weight -than any amount of non-professional tes timonials. 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Canvas Oxfords.'.., .now 89c per pair 'ulJSQ. Ladies! high.Canvas Oxfords now 98c per pair,; J.O0 .Misses Canvas Oxfords sizes 8 1-2 to 1 1 now 75c per pair : 1.50 Misses-Canvas Oxfords sizes 11 -1-2 to 2 .now 85c per pair; Baby Shoes . New line of Fancy soft sole shoes for Babies in Whites, Blues and Combination Colors-. :;Come and see them they are Beauties. ' "We have-now on hand the largest most varied and Best'Selected stock of Womens, Mens, Boys, Girls and Childreh's shoes ever shown in Umatilla county. No matter how difficult you are to fit or how big a shoe crank you arewe can fit yon and give you satisfaction. MOSGROVE MERCANTILE COMPANY, Where :B & H Trading Stamps go with Cash purchases (SUCCESSORS TO ELY SCOTT) DriiiiShoiddBe the Jest r Chase 3 I ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Partoiir Milling Company ..Flour is made iu Atbeua, by Athoua labor, iu tho latest n and best equipped mill in the west, of the beat selected Blnesteui 1 wheat grown auywhere. Patronize homo . iuduatry. Yonr grooei sells Americau Beauty for 5 Merchant- Millers 3 Athena, Oregon. ST., J f'lwgrr 11,1 rm,M , ' ii I If , "V-'i! i JustfTOiat You Want .These -Hot? Days. Circle Blend Mb Bags, 25 cents South Side Main Street ack. f and Grain Buyers s ' Waitsburg, Wash. S A.J. PARKER'S P Kverythlng Firit Clan - Bio darn and Up-to -date SOUTH., STREET .SIDE MAIN ATHENA ATIILNA, OREGON H