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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1904)
uaranteed roccr: ir y Ml m TE G by G - "V ATHENA Commences Saturday morning, August 27, 1904, and will J ontinue ; for 10 days. Now is the time to save money on Children's School Clothing. REMNANTS of Colored Dress Goods. REMNANTS of Black Goods. REMNANTS of Ginghams. REMNANTS of Percales. REMNANTS of Prints All short lengths go in this Sweeping Sale. Some of them at cost, some of them at less than cost and some of them at half price. They , must be sold to make room for the new goods which are arriving daily. Special The new children's School Shoes are here, in either Calf, Dongola or Kid; all sizes. Prices to suit most economical. 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 Alain Street, - Athena, Oregon The Modern School of Commerce TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SPECIAL OFFER OF FREE TUITION AND CAR FARE. A Practical Business and Shorthand School "Writs foe Free Catalogue. Press Paragraphs Miss Alta Sharp is visiting in Pendle ton. The latest in Ladies' and .Children's J. wraps at Manasse's. Novelties in Peggy Bags and waist gets at Manasse's. 0. G. Chamberlain has returned from a business trip to Hood River. Mr. and Mrs. H. McArthur are up from Portland for a few days. Fred Williams has returned from a (rip through- the Palouse country. Pearl Hales one of the influential farm ers of Adams, was in town yesterday. 'Born, in Athena, to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Oversby, Sept. 13, 1904, a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lane and Mrs. A. Kinnear, of Weston, were in town yesterday. ' Mrs. Lina Sturgis and son, Will, of Pendleton, visited at the Purdy home the first of the week, vj. M. Hays reports the sale of the tTakin cottage on the West Side to Mrs. Catherine Zerbd for $650. L. L. Montague is in the city, having come for the purpose of seeing his father-in-law, S.'C. Stanton. Rev. J. W. Jenkins and daughter, Miss Lucy, arrived home Sunday morn- ng from a visit to Hood River. Will Stanton returned to his home in Prinevile Sunday morning, having been called by sickness in his family. Miss Stella Anderson left Sunday for Seattle, where she will visit before tak ing up her studies at Ellensburg. Mrs Lizzie Jones gives with each hat purchased within the next two weeks, a handsome veil. Call and get one. Miss Mabel Tompkins returned Sun day morning from a few days' pleasant visit at the McKenzie home near Adams T The Preston -Parton Milling Co. are distributing the large poles preparatory to stringing the town for the local elec tric light system. Miss Velma Wilkinson left Sunday to enter the State University at Eugene She waa accompanied by her uncle, . Wm. Chamberlain. wRoy Tompkins left Saturday to attend vtEe Waitsburg Academy. Roy will take np the business course and expects to stay with it until he graduates. tf Mrs. Eva Boddy id home from the season'a work in Washington harvest fields. She reports the loss by fire of the separator; of Doss Turner's outfit ERCANTILE CO. off Notice. PENDLETON, OREGON. Mrs. William Tompkins will give an" afternoon tea at her residence, for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church, on Saturday. Sen. 24. The Preston Parton Milling Co. have a preposition to mane farmers concern ing seed wheat. Call at the company's temporary office, Bank building, Athena. VMibs Lizzie McKenzie will- make her dome with the family of A. B. McEw- en during the present school year. Miss Cannon will stop with the Rosenzweig family. )Mohn Bell disposed of the remainder of his wheat crop Saturday. The total sales made by Mr. Bell this season amount to over 20,000 sacks of wheat at 70 and 70 cents per bushel. The Preston-Parton Milling Co. was in the market for wheat Saturday. D. H. Preston, the manager, purchased 30,000 bushels paying 70 cents for all, with the exception of one lot which passed into his hands at 70. Mrs. McDonald, of Walla Walla and Mr. and Mrs. Anson Wood took Sunday dinner at the Dudley home. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald will leave soon for Cal- 31 ESTABLISHED 1865 1 Preston-Parton Milling Go. i I Merchant Millers S Waitsburg, Wash. - J Oflice In First ifornu, to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Wood will go later in the season, for the benefit of Mrs. Wood's health. ior in , uMay Will Pinkerton and wife returned Sat- ,y evening from Hood River, where Mr. Pinkerton went with tne view of purchasing land. The;- return well pleased with the country, and may con clude to buy a home there. K Maurice Hill's sunflower is put in the shade by one brought to the Press office, by Thomas Mosley. Mosley's flower measured 14 inches across the face and 3 feet 7 inches in circumfer ence. Try again next year, Maurice. Mrs. M. W. Smith is organizing a class in vocal and instrumental music and has time to instruct several more scholars. Mrs Smith instructs vocal by ' the Crevelli Italian method and uses the Kohler method exclusively in instru mental. . The harvest ball at the Athena opera house Friday evening will be the first of the season and the attendance prom ises to be large.. The music will be of the best, as it always is when furnished by Johnson's orchestra, assisted by Prof. ( Carl Guiott. At the Christian church Wednesday evening the prayer meeting hour will be devoted to the study of the journeys of Jesus. Scenes in Lis life and the places he visited will be illustrated by the ster eopticon. Service at 7:30. All are cor dially invited. Homer Beathe, a former popular Wes ton boy but now employed in the job department of the Seattle Trade Reg ister, was in the city yesterday, visiting the Pbess family. With his wife and boy, Homer is visiting his parents in Weston. . Grandma Fountain has returned to the home of her daughter. Mrs. Frank Mansfield, after an extended stay with another daughter, Mrs. John Harris, in Weston. While absent, Mrs. Fountain celebrated her 82nd birthday. She is hale and hearty and her many friends hope may celebrate a score more happy birthdays. Weston has several cases of typhoid fever, and Dr. M. V. Turley, a promin ent physician of that city, calls attention through the columns of the Leader to the unsanitary condition of the town. Dr. Turley points out the source of the disease as coming from water or the air, or both. He advises that drinking water be boiled, the city thoroughly cleaned, and each household be supplied with a formaldehyde generator. A. B. McEwen returned yesterday morning from San Francisco where he attended the Knights Templar conclave. Like many others, Mr. McEwen became nearly prostrated with heat during the big parade and was confined to his hotel for a couple of days. He found no sec tion of California to compare with Uma tilla county and says the majority of farmers down there are encumbered with debts. Mrs. J. R. Owens will take measures for tailor made suits. A perfect fit is guaranteed. These suits are warranted to be just what they are represented. Call and see catalogues of styles and samples of dress goods. Suits already ordered will be on display early next week. Mrs. Owens is receiving regular con signments of new fall and winter milli nery and will have her grand opening on Saturday, September 17. A handsome hat pin will be given with each $3:50 purchase and over, at Mrs. Lillie Miller's millinery store. "Pure White" flour is raised in price to $1.30 per sack, owing to the price of wheat. For first class horse shoeing go to Beck's shop. Satisfaction guaranteed. To quench your thirst and settle your nerves, try Coco Cola at McBride's. Try those delicious Nabisco wafers at Ely St Scott. Proctor's teneriffe lace wheels at Just received, St Scott. Nabisco wafers. Ely La ra COME AND SEE us : j ABOUT SEED WHEAT and Grain Buyers f - Athena, Oregon National Bank Items in Brief. Liquozone at Pioneer drugstore. Buy a Samson at Cox St McEwen's. Ely St Scott handle fresh fruits and vegetables. Fresh bread, cakes, etc., on rale at Gay's, daily. C. A. Barrett St Co. have the McCor mick extras. 1905 Washer beats them til. For sale by Cox St McEwen. Try a Flor de Corona cigar at the White House Grocery. All the new styles in men's summer hats. . Athena Mercantile Co, . That Crescent Cream Coffee is fine. At Worthington St Thompson's. C. A. Barrett St Co. sell the Double Disc weeder. It is guaranteed. GreaCe, oils and compounds for the harvester at C. A. Barrett St Cos . New ruchings, the latest novelties in neckwear. Athena Mercantile Co. Say Ma, Crescent Baking Powder will raise the dough. Get it at Worthing ton St Thompson's. Pioneer Drugstore, headquarters for school books end all kinds of school supplies. ; r . ' New line of ladies' fabric gloves in silk taffeta and lisle; blacks, whites and colors. Athena Mercantile Co. Free! To every purchaser of school books we give, absolutely free, a hand some pencil box. Pioneer Drugstore. Try a can of our Gold Leaf Baking Powder. It is as good as Schillings' Best and is 25 per cent cheaper. Bag ley & Ely. Combination dip 'puff combs, com bination 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. PIQHEERDRUGSTORE I BROCK & MITCHELL PROPRIETORS I ... . .. frescriptions a Specialty. Palm Chocolates and BonBons. Fine Stationery and Blank Books. Heath & Milligan Paints. Orders for Liquozone on Brock St McComas Co. of Pen dleton, can be filled by us. The BigDepartment Store Our Large Fall Stock is Arriving Daily. , ? The Place where the PW mmm mm The better the Quality of food, the greater the enjoy ment. If you like a good cup of Coffee you will get the greates possible enjoyment by using CHASE & SANBORN'S JAVA and MOCHA COFFEE I THE WHITE HOUSE Sole Agents. SCHOOL HAS We have just opened up a big -.'K - - "T.tTiMffn f r. Before making your Fall purchase. Our new Dress Goods has ar rived. New and up to date Jackets in all colors and styles. Lots of new things in Furs. New Shoes. A fine line of up to date Trim mings. A large line of ladies' Neckwear. Men's and Boy's Clothing A full and complete line of Men's and Boys Clothing. Call and get your boy a school suit. We can fit you out in just what you want for the little folks. Sweaters in all colors; Shirts at very low prices and a large and new line to select from. Come early. SCHOOL SUPPLIES We wish to call your special atten tio to our School supplies. We sell large ruled tablets 2 for 5c. Pencils 10c per doz. Ink 3c per bottle. Get your supplies at The Fair Store. We are Agents for the New Idea Patterns y Hal lEy ONE GREAT ENJOYMENT IN LIFE IS EATING? - ' - - GROCERY NOW OPENED line of Pen and Pencil Tablets, 111 -Rpncils, Rulers, Erasers, Pencil Vised to supply every boy and See us before purchasing.; . Time Is Here h. We have Mason Fruit Jars, , ; nd rubbers for Vacaum Jars. Icos, Hats, Gloves, Shoes, and Glassware. SCOTT g Co. and J. L. Gatzert St Co. stoinue, . Athena, Ore. It will pay to visit - 'w lia FAIR fatn"y Can Tfade-.. Friday night.
