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I Press Paragraphs , Jeiry Stone was a Peadletoa visitor Tuesday. 'y Mrs. Ulnude Estes, visited in Peudle lon 'iuesday. .W. P. Willaby went dqwu tq Port ltnd Tuesday.. , ! ; - r" Mrs. J. ; H. . atone , w.ent to Walla Walla yesterday. B. B. Riohards was among tbe fair visitors this week. , .York Doll spent Sunday,, aud Mod-' day in, Walla WHa-.- t ' Mr. land M,rHsnrfiaJU weutner, to tbe fair yesterday. Mrs. F. S. . J Grpw spenJuthe pant, week in.WaJla.alla. , , . . :., . Mrs..js. F..Sharp was a guest of Pen dleton friends yesterday. , Mr. aud Mrs. -Jas.- Bell retained " a i rrr -J ji - lounty Treasurer Geo. Bradley was up from Pendleton Sunday. - - Mr. and Mrs. DeFreeoe took in tbe fair at Walla Walla this week. . Mrs.. Jas.Hnggios . was , among the Walla Walla, visitors yesterday. . 'Mrs. J. D. Plamondon. has been ill the past week with a severe cold. . .Mr. and Mrs. A'. B. MoEwen attend ed tbe Walla Walla fair tbis week. , Mayor Plamondon was a business visitor to tbe oonnty seat yesterday. '. r Mrs. Bern Bannister was among the Walla Walla fair visitors yesterday, t. . T Will M. PeturSbu's bis:, round hearty tones were beard on our streets Tues--day. . Mr. and Mrs. L. I. O'Harra visited friends in Weston tbe . first of tbe week. " Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kiik . were, among tbe passengers to Walla. Walla yesterday. Miss Stella Lee of Pendleton, has been .a guest at the pudjay borne tbe past week. Mr. Jeny St. Dennis arrived in tbe bity Monday from Walla Walla with his hiide. Dr. Heisley left Sunday for.a, week 'a Bitty hi xue utuitts ana ruiuuuu, uu a business .trip. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bonifer and family were fair visitors at Walla Walla tbis week. YOtba Seeder - was . in Walla .Walla this week, . where he exhibited his horse at the fair. R. J, JBoddy . this ..week . shipped a carlqad pf bogs, consigned, to parties in Roslyn, Wasb. Miss Velma Wilkinson, teaoher in Atbena pubilo sobool, will visit friends in Pendleton tomorrow. Yesterday being derby day at , tbe fair, a large crowd from Atbena went over on tbe noou train. W. A. Williams,, an insurance, man from Portland, with hjs flaugbter.-waa in tbe city Wednesdays ? Get your roasted chickens and ducks at Millers'-Uakeiy. Put your orders in early. Phone M. 185. - S. Le Grow . has been appoiuted administrator for the estate . of Mrs. . Jerry St. Deunis, deceased - O. A. Rhodes went over to Weston yesterday, on business connected with Jarmao s Department store. : For sale, a young mare, 4 years old, and two yearling colts . Enquire .of Mis. Henry Wright, Athena. Mrs. Agnes Ferguson left yesterday for Walla Walla after a visit at the home of Mrs, Wm. MoBride. , Alex MoRea, the successful inventor of MoRea's combine, was down from Spokane yesterday on business. . A little daughter of Lowell .Rogers, of Adams has, teen ill the pasj week and under tbe care pf Dr., Sharp. Good 6-room house for rent; batb, pantry etc. Inquire of Miss Eva Wrignt, at tbe Atbena .'Mercantile Go's, store. Bert Dancer, pull man oonduotor on tbe O. R. & N. is in tbe city spending a short Vacation .with his parents. 'Misses Nina and Jeannette. Jacks were visitors over Sunday at the home of their grandfather, Mr. T. J. Kirk.: Mrs Lillie Miller has just , received a shipment of tbe new satin shapes in bats, also tbe latest thing in veilings. . Mr. and, Mis. Zepb Lock wood aud daughter returned home Tuesday from Spokaue, where they attended the fair. VMr. and Mrs. Otis Wbiteman have Woved to town and are established in tbe p.. O. Henry residence,, on , Hunt Avenue, , ; " . : " Mr, and Mrs. Geo." p, .Foster left yesterday, for ,trjeir pew, home in Cor vallia, .followed . by the best, wishes of many friends. ;Wis. AlattieHendreriand daughter. Miss Ida Montgomery, lef t Wednesday for Poitlaud where tbey epeot.to re side in tbe future 1' ' .;, Mr. .and JMrs. Qhas. Jlorrig, left .for Portland the first of the week,, where thoy will enjoy the horse show now in progress in that city. . Mrs. Fleener, mother of Mrs. H. H. Hill, arrived in the city Monday from Lewiston, Idaho and will remain with her daughter for some time. Mrs. Delia Burden, who Las been visiting; her daughter; Mrs. Arnold Wood,, near town,; left yesterday for North Powder, Baker oonnty. Rev. Haoker, of tbe Adams. Baptist church, will preach In Atbena at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening. All are invited. John Rothrook and daughter, Rutb, went over to Walla .Walla Monday, where they visited the fair and also at the home of his brother, Adam. "Bud" Read was in tbe city from Weston yesterday. He came tbis far with bis friend, Johnnie Ridenour, who, was pn his way .to Portland. , Austin Fobs went over to Walla Walla. Saturday evening where he joined his wife, both visiting tbe fair and returning home Tuesday morning. .New. platform soales have been in stalled at the 0. R. & N. depot and now Agent Smith and his assistants are not compelled to weigh one truck at a time. , Dr. f Coon and . family, i of . Walla Walla, were guests of his daughter, Mrs. Etta Heisley in this city Satur day. Mrs.. Heialey's brother remained over for the week. in a letter to bis mother here, Mauiioe Hill states that he is doing finely in the High sohool at Lewiston, having come off with first honors, in the first month's tests. . - . 5Mr. and Mrs. Gbas. Brotherton and family went to Walla Walla yesterday where they will enjoy the sights of the fair and visit relatives for the remaindei of the week. Do not let anyone tell yon that some thing else is just as good as De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills because there isn't anything just as good. S)ld by Palaoe Drug Co. &Earl Fleener, a Normal student from Weston, was, in the city Wednesday visiting at. the home of his aunt, Mrs. H. H. Hill. Hewas on his way to bis home in Lostioe, Wallowa county., Ed and Erven White, sons of Mrs. B. D. Clemens, came from Seattle last week, where they are employed on tbe street car lines, one serving in tbe capacity of oonduotor and the other motorman. .. : V ' , ; pMrs. Henry Wright of Sequini, Wash. is visiting be me nome or ner parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis LaBrasobe near town. Mrs. Wright is much pleased with her new home which is within easy distance of Seattle. Owing to a continued rush of busi ness. Mrs. Lillie Miller was forced this week to put on an extra. Xoioe. of trimmers in her. millinery establish ment. Mrs. DePeatt and Miss Gertie Luna have been employed. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MoArtbur left tbe first of tbe week for their home in Portland, after having spent a couple of weeks with relatives here. They were aooompanied as far as Pendleton by Mrs. George Bannister. Just- A Talk. There probably isn't'a reader of tbis'newspaper who will not want to buy some house furnishing article or other between now and tbe holidays. So, 'tis quite proper for a tore that feels quite sure it is better able to serve you than any other to have a word with you at about tbis time. As things go in Walla Walla (and they certainly go to suit us) tbe DAViS-KASER store has made probably tbe greatest success of all stores here. At least, we have tried hard and earnestly to do everything in tbe world tba would ordinarily biing snocess to, a store. Tbe rapid almost phenomiual increase in our tusiness woud indi cate that we are at least pleasing a great majority of tbe buying public; auditor tbie we feel highly gratified and thankful. Oar customers always come tbe second, and tbe third time, and tbis of course, is tbe basis of our suooess. We want to, therefore, talk to those who have not tried tiading here as yet. .We want to say to you, ,TRY. .If we do not make your trading both pleasant and profitable we incur a great business risk. At, least, that la tba way we figure it, for to bave a disappointed customer is about the worst thing that can happen to a store. . Yon can rest assured, there fore, that you will like your trading here when you try. All DAVIS KASER pstrons are more than satisfied they are pleased. " There will from now till the holidaya be a whole lot of valuable, sen sible store news from here. It will be news that thrifty and thinking housewives will appreciate and profit by. We will make it as interesting as possiblel . We'll be right glad and so will you if you accept tbis in v.itaticB to become a DA VIS-KASEB Customer. - The Davis-Kaser Company Complete Home & Ilouse Furnishera Wallfi -Walla, Wash. - - Pasco, Wash. Mr. 'and Mrs. Snodgrass'of Wyo ming, Mr. Hammontree and Mis. W H. Harris of Dayton, were guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Harris at tbe Christian parsonage. Mrs. Har ris is the mother of Rev. is. B. Harris. Mrs.' H. O. Worthington went to Walla Walla " Wednesday, where she will , be tbe 'gaest of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ginn, and will also visit the fair. She will.be joined tomorrow by her eon Emery, both returning home bunday. The wife and little obild of Prin cipal .Miner .pf. the publio school ar rived from Portland Saturday and were met .w in. Pendleton by Mr. . Miner. They immediately -began housekeep ing in tbe J. T. King cottage on lower 4tb street. ' . Miss Bessie Miller of Union, who formerly 'made her 'home ; . with tbe family of her nnole, Will Miller. io tbis city, will be married on tba. 22nd inst., to Mr. Hugb Ciaig, of Hot Lake. Mrs. Will Miller t will . attend the wedding.- ' M. M. Bledsoe, pastor at large for the state, of tbe Baptist . church, .will preaoh at tbu local church . this, Fri day evening at 7:30. A good audience is bespoken for the visiting minister as he is said to be an eloquent speaker. All are invited. : . ' " A 7 jA8a Wagner and Robert Raymond nave been successful the past week in killing nine coyotes, with the help of their dogs.' They caught them all in the vioiuity of tbe Wagner and Ray mond plaoes northwest ot town and bad fine sport in t be venture ' .Mrs. C. A. Barrett went over to Walla Walla Monday, having in charge a fine collection of obinaware painted and decorated by the hands of Miss Katie MoEwen. Mrs. Barrett person ally saw to the placing of tbe valuable exhibit in the fair booth. " v(pwing to tbe downpour ofrain the first of tbe week, Marshal Gholson was compelled to shut down work on the city rook crubber, but commenced again yesterday with about half a crew, most of his men having gone to Walla Walla to see tbe raoes. East Oregonian : Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Matlock, who have been attending , the Spokane fair, arrived home last night. They intended to remain a part of the week at the Walla Walla fair but hurried home on aooount of the serious illness of Mrs. T. W. Ayers. Dr. S. F. Sharp is having substan tial improvements and repairing done on his residence on Third street tbis week. A number of tall poplar trees partly dead and a menace to the prop erty, have been removed and new porohesand roofing put ontbe building. President French of the Normal sohool left Saturday for Salem to at tend a meeting of the State Normal Board. Plans will be submitted for proposed improvements in tbe Weston Normal plant, whioh will include a new training school and a new dormi tory. ' . . , , r The hard winds Tuesday night put 1 L 1 1 , A 1 1 1. i. . L trouble by lines crossing, getting entangled in trees etc . Poles were laid low up tbe line and the system was generally disturbed. Linemen have been busy since, repairing dam ages. . .? ' ; KDid anybody see tbe big Stroebel airship that passed through Athena last Monday? Well it .wasn't "op in the air," but aboard No. 7, the Spokane train and wa being shipped from Spokane to Boise where it will be one of the chief attractions at the Idaho 7 metropolis fair. The family of D. B. Jarman will move soon to Weston wbere tney will live in the future. . They will oocupy tbe Jas. Riobey residence on Water street. Mrs. Malony did not move to tbe normal town, as stated last week, but has decided to remain in Atbena. , ' j Kodol is a combination of the nat ural digestive juices and it digests all classes of food and every kind of food, so yon see it will do tbe work that the stomach itself does. Sold by Palace Drug Co. East Oregonian: Tbe students of Pendleton academy Wednesday organ ized an enthusiastic athletio associa tion in which both tbe girls and boys of tbe institution are united. Tbe offic ers chosen are Blanche Whittemora, president: Sheldon Taylor, vice pres ident; Letcher oivel, secretary treasurer. j Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Sanders went over to Walla Walla Tuesday, where! Mr. Sanders complains that .beds were soaoarcetbat be was crowded, com pletely out to tbe state line, part of him sleeping in tbe state of Washing-' ton and the other half in Oregoni Now we don't now just exaotly how be managed ii, but that's what he said, anyway. Mrs. J. E. Froome and daughter, Katberine, arrived home Sunday from Spokane, Mrs. Foome's home-coming being hastened by a veiy S6vera cold contracted while away. Mr. Froome took a trip ont into tbe Coenr d'Alene mines with a friend and arrived home later in the -wnek. . They all highly enjoyed tbe fair and especially was Miss Katberine pleased with ber visit. Henry Barrett went, over to Walla Walla yesterday. . It is said that Hen ry, having taken blue ribbons at three county fairs with his prize horses, bas now turned bis attention to china- ware, a fine exhibit of which be has under bis personal supervision at the garden city fair tbis week. No one doubts that both Henry and the ex hibit will carry off blue ribbons. i Jfor bale A new Oliver tvDewrirer. ' in trnnA cnnditim. V.nnnira of thia LADIES mm Suits, Coats and Skirts A very complete,, up-to-date line of New Fall and Winter Suits, Coats and Skirts, Petticoats, Etc.,, will be on display at Jarman's Department Store, Athena, Oregon, on Wednes day, Oct. .21, and Thursday, Oct. 22 Ladies will have the opportunity right at their door to see and ; select as late; style garments as are shown in the United States. : : : : : GIVE US A CALL t?UcK to 8e orje Jarman's Big fair Store, loo tecantile Go To Ladies Who Appreciate High Grade in Merchandise Just received a large shipment of the latest im ported and domestic Fall dress goods and suitings, in all the new weaves and coloring. It will pay you to give them your careful inspection before making your fall selections. Mosgroye. Mercantile Co. Athena, Or B. & .H. Trading Stamps Given with Cash .Purchases .'office. " . : j