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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1908)
I Press Paragraphs Mrs. J. D. PlamoDdop ia ia Pendle ton today. David Taylor bad business io . Pen dleton Tuesday. Mrs. Wm. Tompkins was a Pendle ton visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Jaokson and daughter visited friends in Pendleton over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Le Grow spent the flrst of tbe week in Walla Walla. - M. L. Watts and B. B. Richards were visitors in Pendleton Wednesday. Walter Preston attended the big Elk meeting at Walla Walla Tuesday nigbt. Mrs. John Harris, of Weston, visited ber sister, Mrs. Frank Mansfield this week. Mrs. Martha Van Winkle, of Wes ton, was a visitor weanesaay xngDt 01 her sister, Mrs. T. J. Watts, of this city. The Cash Store Th Kingston" So lid if. c oin rt Perfect String, r well made clothes give you a feeling tb great comfort and satisfaction. ; ThatV the effect1 of t wearing-r the; good xlothes1 made- faf yout mdividual -tneasure by Strauss Brothers 1 Master Tailors Chicago You'll have no trouble to find a pattern that will suit you perfectly in the immense line of New Spring and Summer patterns we are now showing. Drop in and see us. Kahn Coat Shirts Corliss Coon Collars Patterson Hats Helmet Cuffs Kady Suspenders Bowman's All Wool Trousers T. M. TAGGART C& CO. - Gent's Furnishers ''4 m f v si fd THE QUEEN OF FASHION'S Richest and.Cboioest Creations are most elegantly and perfectly reproduced on the Standard Rotary THE WORLD'S BEST SEWING MACHINE TnE STANDARD ROTARY SHUTTLE is absolutely necessary to produce the Fastest. Quickest, Easiest Running and Most Drurable sewing maohine in tbe world. The Davis-Kaser Company Complete Home & House Furnishers Walla Walla, Wash. - . - - Pasco, Wash. 1 Maok Gerkiog. of Franklin county, 'ash., is a auest at tha David Tavlor home.: Mis. E. A. Dudley was the guest of Mrs. Will M. Peterson in Pendleton yesterday. Mrs. Jake Clark and Mrs. Carter, of Wetaon, were shopping in tbe oity Tuesday afternoon. VMias Ruby Douglas and her grand mother, Mrs. Douglas, of Weston, were in Athena yesterday. Mrs. P. T. Harbour, of Weston, who bas been near death's door, ii now con sidered out of danger. . Mrs. Lizzie ' Jonee left yesterday morning for a three days' visit to ber millinery store in Eoho. At a meetlna of the .Lamar Union Monday evening, fcur new members were added to the sooiety. - Mrs. Amy MoDaniel bas been siok the past week in Weston, and nnable to attend her school duties. Mrs. John King returned borne Wednesday from several weeks' visit with relatives in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Swaggrat visited their son and daughter who reside south of Pendleton this week. Henry Koepke bas been under the oare of Dr. Sharp for several days.' Mr. Koepke is afflicted with pleurisy. y'Mrs. " Will Anderson, of Milton, came over yesterday and visited ber' sister, Mrs. Gbas. MoLean and family. Mrs. Robert Tharp went over to Walla Walla yesterday to visit ber little niece, Nina Tbarp, who is in tbe hospital there. . George Amabast, Robert Wells and Aploi Thompson. Freewater lads have been arrested by officer Lawler for obioken stealing. "Tbe Couuty Judge and tbe commis sioners visited Weston Wednesday for the purpose of viewing the proposed road improvement there; ; Mrs. Carl Wheeler,' of Pendleton, was a guest of her brother, J. M. Swaggart aud -wife north of town, Tuesday and Wednesday. YE. R. Cox is suffering a severe cold, ttffbe result of getting wet while re pairing a sink at bis home Wednesday. Pneumonia is feared in his case. Miss Minnie Naylor and her1 friend, Miss Meloher, who visited here during the Easter vaoatiou, returned Tuesday to their studies at Whitman oollege.' Bertha, the little daughter of P. D: Mann, has been ill the past week with pneumonia, as also has a little gitl iu the Bryan family near town. J -Mr. and Mrs. Otis Whiteman are in Fendleton today where they will meet Mrs. Kate Rider and son, who came from' Boise, Idaho, for a visit with rel atives here. . : i A contingent of the Salvation Army were on the streets Wednesday evening and held forth to those" business men who are usually too busy to attend church services. vNina, the little daughter f Mr. aud pfsrfrank Tharp'of this city under went a surgioal operation at Walla Walla, and as a result is reported to be mnoh better. .W. T. jcblating Shaw of Hudson Bay is cir- lating his petition as demooratio candidate for representative. Mr. Shaw will sail through the oampaign on a statement No. 1 platform. Ratal yes. -A cage full of great big blaok ones attracted the attention of people passing the window at the Mil ler Millinery store yesterday. The ro dents were caught ia a cage trap in tbe Miller cellar, the night previous. Mrs. P. A. Wortbington, of Port land, was a guest of Mrs. H. O. Worth iugton Wednesday nigbt. Tbe former lady is visiting her mother, Mrs. Emery Baling, who has been ill at her home in Weston" but is much ' improved at present. . Mrs. E. R. Cox was a guest at the most brilliant f nnotion of tbe season which ooourred in Eagle Hall at Pen Ideton Tuesday afternoon. Three hun dred invitatione were issued, and the guests were entertained at "500." During the afternoon musio was dis coursed by Johnson's orchestra, and refreshments were served. The only machine whioh makes ei ther lock or chain stitch successfully Ladies When you are in need of a sewing machine, yon uo doubt intend to give the matter intelligent consider ation and should buy one which will last a lifetime, the Standard Rotary. ; " You Owe it to Yourself to learn how the Standard Rotary will do more and better work in less time aud with more real com fort and pleasure than any other machine made. Remember When you buy you are choosing between years of bard work with a vibrating or oscillating shuttle ma chine and years of sewing comfort and satisfaction with a Standard. - Mrs. Lillie Miller has received a fine line of new flowers and foliage for ' bat trimmings. Beautiful varieties. Ladies oall and see them. - Pendleton base ball enthusiasts have chartered an excursion train whioh will be run to Walla Walla Sunday for the Pendleton-Walla Walla game. The ' train will leave Pendleton at 9 a. m. and returning will leave Walla Walla at 7 p. m. Filer's piano bouse puzzle picture has been solved by Eddie Jarman and George Wiaship. Eddie . receives an $85 certificate and George one for $76. The face value of these certificates will be received by the Eilers people as part payment on a piano. V George Staggs of Weston, reoently (.made a trip from Heppner to Pendle ton in his Maxwell auto, in four hours. In performing the feat, the front axle of the auto was sprang and Mr. Staggs was at Tharp 's shop Tuesday, engaged in taking out the kink. Mrs. J. R. King, a pioneer woman, well known in this vioinity, died at the family borne in Weston, Wednesday afternoon after a lingering illness aged 69 years, 10 months and 23 days. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at the United Brethern churob in Weston. LAnother in the series of parties in I country homes near Athena was en joyed Wednesday night at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. Ad Pinkerton. About 35 young people were present, and games were played until near mid night, when a dainty collation of oake and coffee was served. The Garradine meetings whioh oom menoed at the M. E. church in this city Wednesday evening, are being well attended. Evangelist Carradine is an able man and his audiences give olose attention to his discourses. The meetings will oontinue indefinitely. Tbe hour for the evening services is 7:30. . J Miss Etta Muirhead died on the 13 last, at the home of ber parents in Dayton, Wash, after three days ill ness, from scarlet fever. She was born in Wallula, Wash. December 29, 1889, and resided in this city for a. period of three years. She was a member of the Sophomore class in tbe Dayton high school at tbe time of her death. yNAfter persistent effort, N. A. Miller has been successful in locating a sister of Dan Avery, tbe man who oommitted snioide in tbe Athena city jail. Her name is Mrs. Nina Wentz, and she re sides at 8401 thirty-sixth street, Taoo ma. The sister was traoed by letter from Minnesota and she writes Mr. Miller, for information relative to ber brother's death. )Mrs. Carnahan.jR trained nurse, of experience, who id a sister of T. W. Jones, Athena s progressive baker, was called from Walla Walla last week to attend Leo Judy, who has been very ill with pneumonia. The boy is better and Mrs. . Camanan has this week taken tsrns nursing in tbe families, or" Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Baker." Pbysioians all over the northwest have been combating a peculiar form of pneumonia. In nearly every in stance tbe right lung of the , patient becomes congested and slight hemor rhages with high fever ooonr. Ia Athena there have bepn several oases. At present Dr. Sharp is attending oasos in the families of Mrs. Fry, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Payne and Mr. Brother ton. jBeit Riobnrds, after due and delib erate consideration bas decided that be bas earned a rest, and he will seek recreation among the soenes of his boyhood in tbe Willamette Valley. He will leave about May 10 and will be away from Athena about three weeks. The Press man gives no cre dence whatever to tbe whispering ru mor that tbe "General" bas matri monial intentions and that his recrea tion trip is to be merged into a weddin Tbe7 Press man bas been farming'a little some this week. By aotual count, he planted 37 hills of potatoes, and he'll wager old "Joe" against Wood s new mersobaum pipe, that be digs a larger crop of spuds in return for bis labor than tbe colonel ever har vested from his Gardeoa ranch. Early Rose is the variety of seed to be seleo ted for tbe best returns in tbe scientific art of potato-raising. Utter failure results when ostrich eggs and gourds are nsea ror seea V Ira iiemp ana -a traveling man named Foster, bad a strenuous time on tbe Umatilla river Sunday. The anglers crossed tbe Umatilla at Thomp son a place early Sunday morning and fished in Ryau creek during tbe day. When they came to the river to re- cross, tbe waters were high enough to. be nnoomfortably dangerous. One re port bas it that Kemp, after carrying Foster and tbe team over tbe river went back to carry himself over, but tbe straight end of it is that Foster paid John Thompson $5 to cross in wagon and ferry tbe fishermen and their 107 fish over to the opposite shore. He Got What He Needed.' Nine years ago it looked as if my time bad come, "says Mr. G. Fartb ing, of Mill Greek, Ind. Ter. "I was so run down that life bung on a slender thread. It was then my druggist re commended Eleotrio Bitters. I bought a bottle and I got what I needed- strength. I bad one foot in tbe grave, but Electric Bitters put it back on the turf again, and I've been well ever since, " Sold under guaraotea at Palace Drug Company's store. ' 50a n a n r j e r o a lve p. t. 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Trading Stamps are still given Mercantile Co. 1 MENS WEAR Our showing of now fads and fanoies in Men's Suits, Hats, and Furnishings are attracting great attention. Iu looking over this large aud entirely new stock you are sure to please your taste. We have new well tailored, stylish suits from 8.75 to 23."00. Look them over and compare our prioes. You will save from 12.00 to $5.00 per suit, by buy ing from us. We are sole agents for the cel ebrated Gordon Hats, and are now showing all tbe latest styles. SHOES We are showing all tho newest lasts in Men's, Women's, Boys' or Girls' footwear. We carry nothing bqt the best and most reliable makes. Men's low or high outs in Box, Calf, Valour Calf. Vioi Kid, Patent, Colt Skin or Tans. Ladies low or high outs all grades and colors. Misses' and ohildrens' in endless variety. large city stores are sell Athena, Or ei moat hMlina lv In the world.
