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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.
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Corliss Coon Collars
Patterson Hats
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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.
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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
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