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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1908)
Press Paragraphs ' M. O. Rose, of lone, was in tbe city Tuesday. )&&iaa Ada DeFreeoe visited in Pen dletoo Tnesday.-.t- ' Matt Mcsgrbve was over from Mil ton Wednesday. . Jerry Stoneansde a business trip to . '-1 Pendleton yesterday. Fred MoGrew was in tbe city last evening from Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson visited in Pendleton, Wednesday. ,v Mr. Cole, of Walla Walla, is a guest of Atbena friends this week. !,E. C Skiles, Seattle, was-registered at tbe St. Nichols Wednesday. Mrs. S. F. Sharp has been a guest of Pendleton friends this week. B. B. Riohards made a short busi , ness trip to Pendleton yesterday.' Mrs. IS. A. Dodely and Mrs. Anson Wood visited in Pendleton Wednesday. Mrs. Boyd and Miss Cecile visited in Weston a oonple of days this week. f J. K Froome returned yesterday 'from a week's business visit to Spo kane , . r " ' l ;i f Miss Margaret Rankin, of Portland, is a guest this week of Mrs J. D.jPla mondon. .. w.- S. P.- Wilson nude a trip to Spokane , ' this week, combining business with pleasure. W. B. Reed ofGarfleld, Wash., will preach at tbe Christian oburob, Sun day and evening X Mrs. Ora Rhodes and Miss Maggie ' Pi ioe spent the day yesterday at the Coppook home near town. Rev. Hoadleyt'of the M. E. ohnroh at Milton, preached in tbe Methodist oburob here Sunday morning. Gatl Stewart, tbe Walla Walla line man, vas'in the city inspecting and repairing telephones yesterday. Y Whileriding a borseat tbe Brother 4on home this morning, Ferol MoBride fell and broke her arm at the wrist , Mrs. Bryant and children of ton, visited at tbe home of Mr. Mrs. Dave Roberts-the first of Week. Hf Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dittemore, of Dayton, were guests at the Gholson and A. A. Fossl homes tbe first of tbe week. i.-'T':'-' '-. . ' ; " v ' Mr. and Mrs. Martin, parents of Mrs Wm.' Winsbtp returned to their borne in Walla Walla Monday, after a visit here. " Mrs. 0. C. Clise, of Walla Walla, has been at the St. Nichols this week, t accompanying ner nusband, tne eye Specialist.; .r.:-.;v. Rawl Miller arrived home last eve ning from the O. A. 0. at Corvallis, and will spend tbe summer vacation with bis parents. Mrs. B. W. Myers and two. children left the' first of tbe week for Oregon City, where she will visic her parents during the hot weather. ; HMiss Mary MoEinnon left yesterday for Nauton, Alberta,' where she will spend a couple of months with her brother, John ftleKinuou. -r Word has been received from Rev. . -v Geo. IT. , ElUsuflince arriving at Baker City, that be is slightly improved in . health and stood the trip fairly well Mrs. O. 0; Turner and children and Miss Ruby Donglas came over from Weston Wednesday and visited at the . borne of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Douglas. 7Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Kidder left the first of the week for Seattle, where - they will lay in a large stook of wall paper, paint etc, for their Athena store.' ' ' sight, wbere interment took place. Tbe young man died of paralysis, and bad been bedridden for many months. Mrs. P. E. Colbern remembered tbe Press office this week with a fine col lection of roses. Mrs. Colbern's home is graoed with many oboioe varieties of roses. . v .Miss Myrtle Hawks and a girl friend are- guests at the Homer Watts home this week, and also visiting with bef brother, Byron Hawks of the Pioneer drugstore. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koontz and r. and Mrs. Henry Dell, spent Sun day on the Umatilla river. Tbe party were successful in oatohing trout and pnjoyed the outing. T. M. Taggart, tbe popular grocery -man, was suddenly oalled home last evening on account of the death of his niece at Vale,' Malheur county. He left for Ontario last night. Mrs. Androw J. Wise and grand daughter, Miss Elsie Keyt, of Perry dale, Oregon, are in the city visiting at the Brotherton home. They will also visit relatives at Weston. and tbe A. B. MoEwen was able to come down town Wednesday for tbe first time since , bis illness. His many friends are pleased to see him about " A" brother of " O vie Castleman died at St. Vincent's hospital in Portland : and tbe , body -was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Castleman to Spokane Saturday Leo and Roy Gholson, of Walla Walla, oame over from there Sunday, tbe latter remaining in the city, visit ing tbeir unole, Wm. Gholson. Leo returned to tbe garden city Monday. Mrs. Matbeson, wife of Roadmas ter, J. D. Matbeson of the O. R. & N. was in tbe city this week from her borne in La Gran do, a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Nelson. For tbe Willamette Valley Chau tauqua Assembly at Gladstone Park, July 7 to 19, the the O. R. & N. will sell tiokets to Portland and return at one and one third fare, on certificate plan. Mrs. A. B. MoEwen, knowing tbe partiality of the editor for roses, last eveniug presented a magnifloent boquet for our table, each bloom of wbicn is worthy of a prize at Portland's rose show. 2Miss Fay Gerking returned last week irom Milton, where she visited several days, and will remain with friends here until after the Fourth of July, when she will return to her home in Crook county. - - Miss Maggie Price came down from home at Pullman, Wash., last Friday and is visiting at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Rhodes and other friends in this oity. Miss Price is a stenographer and has a position in Colfax. Presiding Elder Sykes, of the Meth odist church, met with the congrega tion of Pastor Putnam here yesterday morning, when the 4th quarterly con- fereoe was held. This will be tbe last meeting of the local conference before tbe annual conference, whiohoonveues in September. NihYiug, tbe St, Nichols oook of long standing, has returned from year's visit to his old home in Chin and passed through last week to Wala Walla, where be is at present, ub is a obinese gentleman and a obfef of note and will be welcomed back by his Athena friends. A. N. Mayville, who comes from Graude, is opening a cigar store on Main street. He will manufacture cigars for the wholesale and retail trade, and will carry a stook of can dies, fruits, nuts, etc Mr. and Mrs. Mayville have moved into the Swag gart cottage on Jefferson street. Wednesday evening as train No. 8 was ooming ap irom renuieton, it came in contact on' a ourve with a handoar, barely giving the men time to jump from the car. - One section band was severely hurt by the handoar being hurled against him, and was taken to Walla Walla on the train D. M. Taggart, of Ontario, Malheur oounty, was a guest of bis brother, Tom, in this oity last week. A danc ing party was given at the opera bouse Friday evening in bis honor, at which a large number of tbe young people enjoyed a pleasant time until midnight. He left for his borne the first of the week. Tbe Adams ball team did not show up for play Sunday and the Shamrocks cavorted on tbe diamond in a practice game. Sunday afternoon, picked players from tbe Milton and Froewater teams will go against the Sbamrooks on tbe Atbena grounds. The berry pickers are ooming to' town with tbe fixed idea of handing tbe Irishmen a surprise package. Go oat and see whether tbey do it or not. Mrs. W. R. Affleck was a guest this week of Mrs. Robert Thompson. Mrs. Affleck has been visiting for several weeks at tbe borne of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kirkpatrick in Wes-' ton, and will leave soon to join her husband in a northern Washington town, where he has recently purchased a drug store. - ': - Tbe sohool board elected Thomas D. Miner of Portland, to tbe position of Prinoipalof the Atbena Publio school, at a meeting held Tuesday evening. With the exoeption of one year's teach ing on the Coast,' Mr. Miner's school work has been done in Illinois and Iowa. The assistant principal and one I teaoner yet remains to oe eieotea oy the board. j Vfcharlea Miller, alias C, H. Ireland, win jail charged with horse stealing. 1 The fellow hired a team at Mc Bride's barn in this oity, saying that he want ed to go to tbe Bryan place, north if town. Instead he took tbe road to Walla Walla. MoBride beoame sus picious aud phoned to Milton. At; that place Miller tried to sell the toam.J He was immediately plaoed under ar? rest. ' !' 32 RE"5OLVEp THAT OUR BUSINESS IS BOOMING. BFCAU5E WE BOOM T WE. Boom our business BV GIVING OUR PATRON S GOOD STUFF FOR,7Ha7R MotfT ft MUX ) - irilesie jr Rev. V. E. Hoven preaohed his fare jfrttll sermon in tbe Christian oburob last Sunday evening to a large congre gation, the members of all other churches in the oity being present. It is with regret that the people of Athena see tbe departure of this able minister, as it will be hard to replaoe him boh as an eloquent preacher and a conscientious pastor. Monday morn ing Mr. Hoven left for Turner, where he will attend the annual oburob con vention. The last carload of mountain pota toes was shipped to Seattle ' over the Northern Paoiflo from Atbena tbis week.. A total of 63 oarloads cf pota toes was shipped from Athena this season, which included tbe bulk of tbe mountain crop. The average price paid by the Seattle buyers who were represented here by D. B. Jarman, was 10 and 11 cents. . A large aoreage of potatoes are in crop and next season's shipments promise to be an inorease over this year. (Wednesday, June 24th was the 74th birthday of Mrs. Jackson Nelson, and tbe day was celebrated with a dinner given by tbe hostess to her danghter, Mrs. Matherson, Mrs. E. M. Smith and Mrs. Minnie DePeatt and daughter, Miss Zelma. In the afternoon Photo grapher Danner took a photo of Mrs. Nelson, mounted on a handsome riding horse. In her younger days, which seem not far back, judging from her present youthful appearance, Mrs. Nelson was one of the best horsewomen in the west. . Her. many friends wish' bVER WESTON WAY- Miss Alice Driskell has left for Day ton, Wash., where she intends to spend the rest of the summer with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Sowers. , Postmaster Wm. MoCorkel of Brig gson is in town on a business trip. ; v Mr. S. F. Clark has gone tofc his ranoh at Camas, Ore., bis daughter, Miss Beryl, and son, Walter, will spend tbe summer vaoation at Myrtle, Idaho. R. W. Barkbam, who oame here from California with tbe intention of beooming a partner in the Weston Flour Mill oonoern has deoided to go to Elgin. Miss Hazel Dowd, the only pupil in the Rawhide distriot to take the county eighth grade examination, received her papers today. Her record was tbe best made, 90 per cent boing tbe low est made in any study. Bargains in Automobiles. Closing out at greatly reduced prices entire stook of second band autofl. Here are tbe oars ; all are great bargains for the money : Ford 6 cylinder, 7 pas senger, 1907 model, in fine condition, $2,000 ; Ford, 4 oylinder, 5 passenger, good condition, f 1,000; 2 cylinders passenger Reo, touring oar, just over hauled and painted, 1700 ; 3 cylinder Ford just overhauled and painted f 600; 4 oylinder Ford runabout, just over hauled and painted, $500; single cyl inder Oida runabout. 8 horse power in good running condition, new tires, $300; another single cylinder OldJ runabout 5 borse power, gooa run ning condition, fisu. unent ouo(r board, $150. Detailed description Ca any of the above; mail orders promptly attended to. Don't wait.' Tbese snaps will not last long. Walla Walla Mo ter Car Co. Walla Walla. ,:) : We are" proud of nr furniture stock as we have by far the best assort ment fa thtf Walla Walla Valley. If you are thinking of fittng up a home or even getting a few odd pieces for your home, an inspection of our stock will fully demonstrate the fact that rare descrimination has been exercised in the selection of our stock. We bave assembled a collection of fine fur niture and interior decorations nnequaled in beauty, elegance and distinc tiveness! collection from which tbe most elaborate schemes of borne decorations may be evolved. N - If you can not conveniently visit either onr store at Walla Walla or Pasco write us for descriptions and prices of any articles needed. Did you geTone of bur "1908 Summer Goods" Catalogue? If not write for one today. ' f : V CTiie Davis-Kaser Company ' Complete Home & House Furnishers Wallah Walla, Wash. - - . - Pasco, Wash. i JU.ST NOW WHEN BU.SINE.S.S 1,5 .So HUSHING IT 1,5 BARELY PO-5-SI&LE THAT YoU MAY NOT GET THE GOOD QUALITY OF GOOD YOU desire, UNLE-5.S YOU COME TO THE .STORE THAT CAR RIED NOTHING BUT GOOD GOOD-5. WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING To CELEBRATE BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WATE ALL Of YOUR MONEY ON FIREWORKS, ARE , YOU? WHY NOT BUY GOOD THINGS TO WEAR. rlkEWoRJCJ DoN.'X Cast long but clothed do if you get them at the right place. Jarman's Big fair Store. losgrove Mercantile Co 1 ..a"-.'".Mi-J nt rhis Steel RBTrtTiTftn (-( f Want Orchard's Testimony. i Tbe San Francisco Gas Company filed a petition on a writ of mandate with the California supreme court seeking to compel Judge Graham to I appoint a commission to take tbe tes timony of Harry Orchard in support of tbe company's appeal from a judg ment rendered against it for $10,000, in favor of Walter Linfortb for tbe I destruction of a fiat owned by bim, by a gas explosion. Tbe supreme court issued an alternative writ re turnable July C. Orchard's execution is set for July 2. On a Broader Basis. In one of tbe most important meet ings of tbe Board of Trustees of Whit man uouege neld m years, tne ttoara last week adopted tbe new constitution which makes Whitman's broader and more representative college than be fore, non-sectarian but strongly Christ ian. Tbe most significant' tbing was the election of tbe new board of over seers provided for under tbe new con stitution, which, including tbe trus tees, numbers sixty-four of the most With pgr"! With Blanche I Blanche BaMng l ;-i j Baking Powder s5i-iJ Powder A iCoocf ramie nir . . : "nrr A.1 1 . ( A 4Uma . A MOSSTOve mercantile m. Aiueiia, ui prominent men in tbe Northwest "I r