Press Paragraphs
p G. W. Gross transacted business in
Jf Pendleton Wednesday.
Z. W. Lock wood transacted business
f"P Pendleton Wednesday.
4 t, f ert Rionard8 wa" "P "n Pendle
1 Jap the first of the week.
Jf Boru to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betts,
Vebrnary 17, 1908, a son.
J Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cop
?v pook, February 16, 1908 a eon.
M. L. Watts and S. F. Le Grow
were in Pendleton, Wednesday.
Mrs. Wm. Gholson visited her par
ents in Walla Walla this week.
' T-k M" I 1. 1 'ill - l
uugu j.ajrtui to iu aiuori.it, wuura
e has gone to secure farming land.
Luvois and Jessie MoEwen spent Sun
day at the parental home in this oity.
W. D. Chamberlain was registered
at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, this
week.
Frank Nelson, who is down from
Alberta on a visit, was in Athena the
first of the week.
Mr. Waters, representing the Rem
ington Typewriter company, was in
the oity ' Wednesday.
V Will Dobeon is putting in a deep
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j weu pump uuu wiuumiu on iuo fiang
"t Keen plaoe, in the Juniper country.
'- Miss Effle Phipps went to Weston
Monday, where she was present at the
fnneialof her aunt, Mrs. Ivan O'Harra.
V W. B. Henderson, fonuder of the
town of Helix, died at bis home near
Albany, Tuesday evening, aged 68
years.
Snowdrops and oroouses are in
bloom in Athena yards, and the daffo
dils are bobbing up serenely from their
long siesta.
Mis.' Handy, state organizer for
the Ladies of the Maccabees, is in
the oity on business oonneoted with
her order.
Phil Beatbe, an old Westonite, was
shaking hands with friends in Athena
last Saturday. He has recently arrived
from Montana.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester O'Harra, Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Boyd attended the
funeral of the late Mrs. Ivan O'Harra
in Weston Monday.
Grandma Gerking, who has been in
a seriousondition for some weeks is
growing perceptibly weaker, and her
sons have been sent for.
Sunday tnis seotion experienod the
first thunder storm of the season.
Ligbtniug flashed, thunder rolled, and
the rain and hail came down in sheets.
An old time danoe is scheduled to
take plaoe at tbo opera bouse Friday
evening. George Gross and Andrew
Douglas will offioiate as floor mana
gers. Attorney Peterson came up from
Pendleton Tuesday. He was accom
panied by his brother Charles, who
roeently came to Oregon from North
Carolina.
Mrs. Henry Wright came home last
evening from Walla Walla, where she
visited her brother, Clarenoe La
Biasobe. His oondition is reported as
improving.
Jinks Taylor has returned from Cald
well, Idaho, where be went to pur
chase mules. He found mules quoted
at high prioes and returned without
making any purchases.
Danuer, the photographer is an ex
perl musician on the mouth organ,
and Saturday evening gave an interes
ting concert at the Palace drug store,
to the great amusement of a number
of boys.
i j .
Mr. and Mrs. Lester U'Marra are
now comfortably established in the
cottage belonging to Mrs. Willaby on
Jefferson street. Mr. Jones, the new
baker, now oocupies the house on
Current street vaoated by them.
Assessor Strain was in town Monday
and was a visitor at the Press office.
Mr. Strain is one of the most efficient
assessors in the state and in all proba
bility he will be nominated by the
people of the county for a third time.
It. and Mr. Joseph N. Soott. an
nouncement of Whose marriaca was
made in these columns two months
ago have returned from their bridal
trip through California. Mr. and Mrs.
Soott will reside on the farm west of
iwn.
isa Graoe Taylor, who is visiting
riends in Weston from her home in
Malheur connty, was a guest of Miss
Sylvia Beathe the first of the week.
The two young ladies went from here
to Walla Walla, where they visited a
day or two.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith return
ed last Friday from a trip to Wenat
cbee, Wash. Mr. Smith invested in
fruit land, buying five aores of im
proved land within one-half mile of
Wenatohee, consideration $7,500. He
will move his family up there about
Maroh 15th.
Mr. and Mis. John D. Gillia left
Athena on yesterday evening's passen
ger for Aldon, Prinoe Edward's Island.
It is Mr. Gillis' intention to ultimate
ly return to South Africa, and when
he does his wife will probably ac
company him.
y The sale of the Estes tract of land,
south of the oity limits is reported. J.
N. Brown, late of Alberta is the pur
chaser, the prioe being, $6000, or about
$125 per aore. A considerable por
tion of the land lays on the creek bot
tom and is very fertile.
Mrs H. H. Hill has reoeived word
of an aooident to her brother, W. C.
Fleenor, who visited her here last
winter from his home in Lostine.
Reoently he fell, beaking his leg, being
the second time the limb has been
fiactured within a short time.
William Winship, who has been
nnder Dr. Heisley's care for rheuma
tism, was able to come down town
Wednesday for the first time in sev
eral weeks. "Billy" has had a hard
time of it this winter and his friends
are glad to know that he is reoovering.
Y Engine No. 463, pulling the regular
Northern Paoiflo train ran through an
open switch in the yards here Wednes
day. The engine, tender and the front
trucks of one oar giound the ties, and
with the assistance of an engine sent
out from Pasoo, was pulled back on
the traok, later in the day.
v' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tompkins ar
rived home Friday evening from an
extended trip through California, old
Mexioo and Nevada. They spent the
greater part of the winter in Los
Angeles, in oompany with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. MoBride, who will be home
some time during next month.
A large audienoe greeted the Tenn
essee Jubilee Singers at the M. E.
churoh Wednesday evening. The
troupe, which has been here before,
was by no means as strong as formerly.
With one exoeption, the chorus num
bers appeared to better advantage than
did the individual renditions.
The Press regrets to hear, through a
letter from a friend in Walla Walla,
toat Mrs. Frank Beale, who now re
sides on Pina oreek will be taken to a
hospital in Walla Walla soon for an
operation. Mrs. Beale has many friends
here, where they formerly lived, who
will hope for her speedy recovery.
The Misses Proctor, students in Pen
dleton Academy, were guests Friday
evening at the MoEwen home in this
city, and attended the Valentine party
at Masonio hall. They in company
with Misses Katie and Jessie MoEwen,
went to Walla Wal'a Saturday to at
tend the Y. W. 0. A. convention held
in that oity.
Looal passenger service between
Pondleton and Walla Walla will be re
sumed on the O. R. & N. Sunday.
No. 45 will leave Walla Walla at 9 a.
m. arriving in Athena at 10:05 and at
Pendleton at 10:45. Returning the
train wilt leave Pendleton 4 :50, ar
riving in Athena about 5:30 and at
Walla Walla at 6:50.
Mrs. Geo. B. Kidder of this city,
speaks in very high terms of the
promptness with which the Banker's
Life Insuranoe company, of Des
MoineB, paid the insurance policy of
$2050 held in that oompany by her
father, the late J. W. Wilkinson. The
policy was made payable to Mrs.
Kidder. The Banker's Life is one of
tbe most reliable life insurance com
panies in existence. I. M. Kemp is
tbe looal agent.
Mr. T. W. Jones, formerly of Mil
ton, has leased tbe Froome Bakery
and Monday morning will open for
business, with a full line of bakery
goods of all kinds. Mr. Jones is an ex
perienced baker and that be is success
ful in his line of business it may be
well to refer to tbe fact that an exhi
bition of his product took the gold
medal at the Lewis & Clark exposition.
Mr. Jones will give spebial attention
to orders for lodge suppers and social
gatherings.
Mrs. Jennie Gainee Watts reoeived a
first grade certificate at the recent ex
aminations in Pendleton, and : Miss
Loots Cannon secured a second grade
certificate. Other Athena teaohers who
wrote have not heard from their pa
pers yet.
VMrs. Jake Creighton and children
f who live near Guy, Wash, arrived
yesterday for a visit to her father and
mother, Mr. and " Mrs. Wagner. She
Eta to stay three or four weeks.
i. Jesse Saling, who has been vis-
her mother here, returned to her
home in Pendleton Tuesday accom
panied by Miss Gertie Luna.
The four weeks old, infant of Mr.
and Mrs. Bern Bannister died Tuesday.
Death resulted from pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stanton of But
ter oreek, visited at the S. O. Stanton
home this week.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. " Bert
Warren has been seriously ill this
week.
Sunday dinner from 1 to 4 p. m.
Sunday at M. E. Parsonage.
Attorney Wilson made a business
trip to Adams Tuesday.
Moses Taylor was in Pendleton yes
terday. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY OBSERVED
Party Given at Masonic Hall Was
Event of the Season.
On Your Next Trip
to
Walla Walla
We want you to make your headquarters at the Davis-Kaser Store.
It's the store that has made tbe most rapid growth of any store in this
seotion of tbe country.
It's the store that has a special department for handling mail orders.
It's the store where you can always find without any question of a
doubt, positively everything that you may need to furnish the home.
ls the store where quality is the first consideration where yon can
not buy a trashy artiole even if you wanted to and where prices are the
proven fairest. ;
-Then, it's also the store where your patronage is appreciated, and
where satisfaction is guaranteed.
Accept our invitation to call when next in Walla Walla, or write us
your wants and let us send you pictures and prices. We now have fine
catalogs describing and illustrating the best stoves and beaters made.
Send for one. Doesn't cost a cent, and we would like a chance to add
your name to our big list of out-of-town customers.
The Dayis Kaser Company
Complete Home and House Furnishers
Walla Walla, Waah Pasco, Wash.
The Valentine party r.iven at Ma
sonio hall last Friday night by several
laides of this oity, was voted to be tbe
most pleasant f unotiou of tbe kind that
has ocourred this season. Tbe hall
was appropriately decorated in festoons
of hearts, wbioh draped ceiling and
walls.
Tbe young people to tbe number of
about one hundred, were met and wel
comed by the reoeption committee and
when seated were treated to musio fur
bished by the Pinkerton orchestra,
composed of two young ladies and two
young gentlemen.
After the musio, oards in the shape
of hearts were distributed, out in tbe
oenter, eaoh part bearing the half of a
sentimental quotation. When matched
these indioated partners for the eve
ning, the first lady matching her half
with that of a gentleman, receiving a
handsome valentine as a prize. Miss
Katie Maloney was the successful con
testant in this case.
An instrumental duet by Misses
Delia Danner and Irene Dudley was
next on the program aid then followed
a "Musioal Reverie." The reverie
was read, in whioh occurred, many
titles of popular and familiar songs,
the musio being played instead of tbe
words being read. Paper and penoils
bad been distributed and eaoh guest
was required to write titles of sougs
be reoognized, Miss Maloney again
winning in this contest, the prize be
ing a beautiful heart shaped box filled
with bonDons.
The guests if ere then entertained
with a song sung by four young gentle
men, Maunoe Hill, Clarenoe Brotber
ton, Hugh Lieuallen and Walter Judy,
who responded to a hearty enoore.
Miss Prootor, a young l&dy gneet of tbe
Misses MoEwen, from Pendleton
Academy, favored the oompany with
a reoitation, and then followed tbe
arohery contest.
A large heart shaped target was
ereoted at one end of tbe hall, ar
ranged in significant colors. Eaoh
guest was allowed a shot with the
bow and nrrow, and tbe color bit in
dicated tbe good or bad fortune of the
bowman. Ray Hansell proved bis
prowess with oupid's weapon by bit
ting nearest the center of the target,
and was also awarded a luscious box
I of bonbons.
Musio followed, rendered by tbe
Johnson orobestra, and lunoh was then
served, sandwiches, cake and ooooa
being the refreshments.
After lunoh all enjoyed old fashion
ed games, and tbe evening's pleasure
was olosed with another selection by
tbe Pinkerton orobestra.
Wood Causes a Crush.
Wood, of the Weston Leader, came
over Saturday evening and as usual,
stnmbled up against a metropolitan in
cident In common with other cities
of consequence, where cows are not
allowed pasturage in tbe streets or
teams hitched to sidewalks, Athena's
police force see to it that everybody
"moves on" and as a result, Athena's
business thoroughfare it rarely blocked
and it is seldom that a '"crush" oo
ours. Tbe colonel, always on the
half shell, stopped his team on a M&ia
street crossing. Of course there" was
instantly a congestion of teams and pe
destrians, and in the attendant mael
strom of confusion, the urbane Weston
pencil shover seeing be was tbe center
pieoe of tbe crowd, lifted tbe best bat
be ever wore and ws about to thank
everybody for the mark of recognition
given him, when he was brought to
earth by tbe thunderous roar of "move
on." How be eluded the police and
got .pat of town is another story.
Plenty of Moisture.
"We have got a crop of wheat, right
now, whether or no we get summer
rains," remarked a wheat grower,
yesterday. The recent snow falls
melted slowly and thoroughly satu
rated the soil.
RESOLVED
HE AEVER TOLD A LIE
and we Should all be
TThe Smt. a Successful
MERCHAN7 CANTAFFoRD To
MIS REPRESENT: Mb A
HXESSTUL AlERCHANT DOES
.NOTll SREPRESFfHT
I 1 iLSL
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copyright is
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THE GREATEST THING GEORGE WASHINGTON
EVER DID WA-5 To TELL HIS FATHER THAT HE
CUT DOWN THE CHERRY TREE. HE .SET A GOOD
EXAMPLE. IT IS EASY To TELL THE TRUTH
WHEN TELLING THE TRUTH WILL Do YOU NO
HARM. BUT ARE THERE NOT MANY WHO TELL
FALSEHOODS FOR IMMEDIATE BENEFIT
RATHER THAN THE TRUTH? IS THE MAN WHO
TELLS YOU THAT HE WILL SELL YOU A SUIT
WORTH $20.00 FOR $10.00 TELLING THE
TRUTH? IF IT IS WORTH $20.00 WHY DOES
HE ASK ONLY $10.00. WE MARK OUR GOODS
IN PLAIN FIGURES AND SELL YOU A $10.00
SUIT FOR $10.00, AND CHARGE YOU $20.00
FOR A $20.00 SUIT. WOULD YOU NOT RATHER
DO BUSINESS THIS WAY?
Jarman's Big fair Store,
losgrove Mercantile Co
We are taking inventory, and we
find we have a great accumulation
of Remnants of all kinds and shall
sell them Irom now until February
1st at cost and many sf them at
less. Now is the time to get bar
gains for Children's Dresses, Skirts
and Shirt Waists.
If you can find the lengths to suit
you, you are sure to get more for
your money than ever before.
B. C& H. Trading Stamps with all
cash purchases. & &
losgrove Mercantile Co
Athena, Oregon