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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1908)
hum tin Press Paragraphs : Bert Ramsey was in Pendleton yes terday. Fred Gross returned Wednesday from his trip to Alberta. Mrs. Henry Dell was a visitor in Pendleton Tuesday. ; . Clayton Luna left this week for a sheep shearing trip. J. E. Jones has pnrobased . Jndy Bros. ' express wagon. D. B. Jarmaa made a business trip to Walla, Walla yesterday. . f Bev. A. L. Tboronghman, of Walla Walla, was in the city Sunday. Mrs. H.. H. Hill has been ill the past week with a bad case of la grip. Dean Dudley has been confined to his home the past week, with illness. Mrs J. M. Swaggart and Lloyd wore among the Pendleton visitors yester day. The Cash Store Th Kingston M Solid Comfort Perfect; fitting, well made clothes give you a feeling of great comfort and satisfaction. That's the effect of wearing the good clothes made to your individual measure by Strauss Brothers' Master Tailors Chicago You 11 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. iKahn Coat Shirts Corliss Coon. Collars f - Patterson Hats " Helmet Cuffs Kady Suspenders Bowman's All Wool Trousers T. M; TAGGART C& CO, Gent's Furnishers L ". 5,4 s "" H A j THE IflQUEEN OF. FASHION'S : Richest and Choicest Creations are-most elegantly and perfectly -reprodnced on the Standard Rotary THE WORLD'S BEST SEWING MACHINE THE STANDARD ROTARY SHUTTLE is absolutely necessary to produce the Fastest. Quickest. Easiest'Running and Moat Drorable sewing machine in the world. TheiDavis-Kaser Company Complete Home & House Furnishers Walla Walla, Wash. - - Pasco, Wash. Born, reoently in .Walla Walla, to Mrs. Nellie Duncan, nee Nellie Froom, a boy. Sheriff I. D. Taylor was up from the v county seat visiting relatives here Sunday. V. E. Hoven, pastor of the Christian obnrob, spent the first of the week in Milton. i Chas. Betts and son, Eohler, attend ed the Norris & Bo we oirous in Pen dleton yesterday . Otba Seeder and Marion Hansell left yesterday morning for a fishing, trip on the npper Umatilla. Mis. Wm. Tompkins has been con fined to her bed for a week past with a serious at taok of lumbago. y Mrs. Lnedtke successfully withstood a surgioal operation Sunday, at the hospital in College Plaoe, Wash. The Palaoe drng store, Kidder's paint store and Parker's barber shop, show up this week, with newly painted fronts. .Mrs. Foster, of Prineville, was a guest last week of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mis. Jackson; Nelson, near town. Coleman Carlile, of Weston and Miss Susie Amidan, of Ogden, Utah, were married in Weston Tuesday, . Rev. Payne officiating. - Misses Lela Norvell and Jessie Mo Ewen and Luvois MoKwen spent Sun day here at the MoEwen home, from the Pendleton Academy. - A goodly crowd -assembled at the tent show Wednesdav night to witness the production of the ancient drama, "Ten Nights in a Barroom." Miss Iva - Roberts, of Los Angeles, Cal., was a guest the past week at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hiteman and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell. Mrs. Bern Bannister and Mr. and Mrs. John Bannister took the train yesterday morning for Pendleton, where they attended the oirous. Mrs. James Boddy and twoobildren came over from Walla Walla yester day to visit her hnsband, who is em ployed in the Stone meat market. A party of young people enjoyed a day's outing on the Umatilla river Snnday, nndertheohaperonage of Mrs. Wm. Gbolson and Mrs. Fred Boyd. Mis. Will Woodruff and Mrs. James Woodruff, both of whom reside near Pasoo, Wash., . were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tompkins last week. Henry LaBrasohe left yesterday for Grangeville, Idaho, where he has ao opeted a salary of $75 per month, to pitch for the Grangeville baseball team. Mr. and Mrs... Henderson Green of Milton are visiting . at the home" of " Mr. and Mrs. Henry, Wood near town. Mr. . Green is an early pioneer of this oonnty. The Zimmerman temperasoe leotnre at the Methodist church last evening was largely attended. Mr. Zimmer man'is an able speaker and greatly in terested his audience. Miss Baker, a deaconess from Spo kane, is in this vioinity soliciting funds for the M. E. hospital in that city. She is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sohmitt. , . A large : number of i Weston people were over attending the-M. E. ohurob Sunday, includiug Mrs. Fannie Mo Bride, Mr. and Mrs. Bansom Lien alien,: and Mr.' and Mrs. Joe Lienallen. D. B. Jarman has treated himself to a splendid rig for traveling between his -stores here . and at .Weston. A .handsome buggy , and a spirited blaok horse,! purchased from a. Weston man, comprises the outfit. V Wednesday, at the regular- meeting of Clover Leaf Lodge, D. of H. , f be delegates who will attend Grand lodge, which convenes iu Portland in Jnly were elected. They are: Mrs. Alioe King; delegate ; Mrs. Mary Tompkins, alternate. The meetings at the M. E. ohurob, oondnoted by Evangelist Beverley Car radine, closed Snudav night after nineteen days' session. Bev. Carra dine goes to Spokane where he will begin a series of meetings in a holiness church there. The only maobine wbioh makes ei ther lock or chain stitch successfully . Ladies .When yon are in need of a sewing machine, yon mo doubt intend to give the matter intelligent consider ation and should buy one which will last a lifetime, the Standard Kotary. You Owe it to Yourself to learn bow the Standard Rotary will do more and better work in less time and with more real com fort and pleasure than any other machine made. .Remember When yon buy yon are choosing between years of bard work with a vibrating or osoillating shuttle ma chine and years of sewing comfort and satisfaction with a Standard. - Chester . Caplinger, who has been very . low with sickness it Weston for some weeks, was yesterday brought to Athena and from here was pnt on the train in a stretcher, and taken to a Portland hospital. ' The young man was a student at the normal. A yonng son of Alex' Johnson fell fiom a tree into Pine Creek, and as a result Dr. Sharp took twelve stitches to olose up a wound in the boy's scalp. It is quite probable that the boy would have drowned had not bis father been near by, aod rescued him from the water The lecture to have been delivered Tuesday evening b? Maurice Fitz maurioe, the Irish humorist and law yer, was called .off and that much talked of gentleman did not appear be fore an Athena . andienoe. Cause, a sntnioent unmber of tickets . were not sold, to.-warrant bis appearance. Ihe pupils of the 8tb grade in Athena public sohool are taking the state examination today. Next week the finals in all branches will be taken and Thursday, the 21st, will olose the year's work, with commencement ex ercises at the Christian church on Monday evening. May 25. s Mrs. Norman Heudryx died in Port land reoently and was buried beside the grave of her husband in the Wes ton cemetery Snnday. Mis. Hendryx was a former resident of Weston and was the mother of Ed. Hendryx, a for mer foreman of the Press, who is now editor of the Granite Gem. Attend the 13th annual reunion of. Umatilla County Pioneers at Weston May 28-29-30, 1908. It . will be the grandest reunion of all. Fine address es by gifted orators, pleasing exercises, splendid mnsio, base ball, balloon asoeusions, sports, dancing. Come the first day and 6tay for political day, May 80. .Last Tuesday evening Dr.. Heislcy was called to see Mr. MoCorkeJl whom he found iu a oomatose state. The doc tor remained with him during the night and by morning the patient's condition was much Improved. : Mr. McCorkell's health , has been failing for sometime. Later reports by phone are that he is weak but , improving. Mr. MoCorkell is the , postmaster at Briggson. The University of Oregon triumphed over Whitman college in the intercol legiate track meet held on Ankeny field Wednesday afternoon, defeating the looal institution 75 to 47 and thereby winning the championship of Oregon,, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana. Oregon, has an exceptionally strong team of track athletes and well deserved to, win. A very interesting and instructive magazine is being circulated through the mail, the name of whioh is "The Modern Physician." This .magazine clearly shows the modern way is not to take poison to kill poisons, but to assist mature to .eliminate the poison that has aooumnlated by obstructing the circulation, and health will re sult. The United States battle ship fleet will be on Pnget Sound May 21 to 80. In order that the people of Oregon may have an opportunity to inspect the fleet; on May 21, 22, 25 and 26 tbe-O. R. . & N. will sell tiokets,. Athena o Portland and return for $9.90 and The Northern Paoiflo will, on May 22, 23, 21 and 25 sell round trip tickets from Portland to Seattle for $7.50 and May 26, 27,. 29 and 80 from Portland to Taooma and return for $5.80. , i r i Marshal Gholson had a couple; of early morning visitors- today, i A. dranken Indian and white, man, riding' one horse were on-dress parade in the north part of town. The white man, who is said to be employed as a hotel oook was deposited on the ground in front of Marshal Gboison's - residenoe, and the Indian left him" there refusing to let him remount the horse. The exhibition ended at the city jail, where both jags were incarcerated. DEATH : OF MRS. IRA LUNA. Afliicted With Consumption and Snf- - . fered Many Months. Death relieved the sufferings of Mrs. Ira Ijuna, nee Fern MoPherrin at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday May 13, 1908. -.' Mrs. Luna had long been afflicted with consumption, and not long ago returned to Athena from her home in Spokane. She constantly grew worse after her return here, and shortly took to her bed at the home of her parents. The fnneral was held yesterday af ternoon from the Christian church and was largely - attended. V. ' E. Hoven; pastor of the Christian church, conducted the funeral services. Fern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank MoPherrin, was born in Taylor county, Iowa, and at the time of her death was aged 19 years, 11 months and 4 days. Besides her husband, she leaves to monrn ber loss, father, mo ther. two sisters and four brothers. Insane, He Leaps to Death. James Wfaittington, a resident of Baker . City,; committed suicide by jumping from a stairway at the insane asylum. He fell about 15 feet, striking bis bead and shoulders upon a ooncrete floor. Whittmgton was brought to the asylum about nine months ago, after he had made several attempts at soioide at home.. He was abont 55 years old and leaves a wife and several children. Card of Thanks. Mr. Ira Lnnaand the family of Mrs. Ellen McPberrin are thankful for the kindness and ' sympathy bestowed by all during the illness and death of Mrs. Fern Lnna. -IIP ' ' j..lGSgfeCO;l An rEnormous showing of New, i Seasonable Mer chandise in every Department. Come early, before i the Assortments are broken. '.'.WOOrMSSlOODS Ail wool Panamas, wool Taffe tas, Chiffon Taffetas, plain and ... shadow strioed Voiles, and many: otber new aud deeirable fabrics, , ia all tbo popular colorings. WASH GOODS ; India Linens, Mulls, Persian i Lawns in all. grades. . White Ducks, Indian Head and Butober Linens. Fancy striped and plain colored Linens in great variety. SHIRT WAISTS Fine printed Organdies, Mus lin de Sole in the latest satin - striped and flowered effects. The newest up to date garments in Lace, ' Moll or Lawn, short or long sleeves, open back rr f rout. LADIES UNDERWEAR Lace or Embroidery trimming all the latest effects. Garments - are made specially for us and are extra toll and elegantly made. - 1 Our Prices we guarantee lower than any, at which the large city storeji are se, ing the same first-class merchandise for. - B. C& H. Trading Stamps are still given Mosgrove Mercantile Co. Athoaa. Or QESOLVED TRATkTH EY ALUAYS AT THOSE ARE WELL DREoytD. TO BE .WELL DRESSE D Gc TO THE PLACE1 WHERE THEY KNOW HOW.TO !g DR B 5 xyou WELL .BUSTER, - ( -W,.: . may 1-5 upon vs. have you not already waited too lon6 to prepare for .spring and; -summer? you have -seen! the crowd-s in 0ur:st0re. doe-s not . that tell you that the. choice : thind-s of i the -season are fa-st disappearing. remem&er the . .sooner you get your new;"thimgs the longer you will have to enjoy them, .and can anything give you more joy than wearing attractive apparel? Jarman'SiBig fair Store. LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS Tho very latest Novelties in Voile with , Satin Bands. ' Mo hair in Black; irn, Blue, Red, 'Champagne or White. LADIES SPRING JACKETS In Covet t -or - Serge. All prioes. 'HOSIERY . Ladies Laoe Hose at all prioes. . In White, Tan, Slate or Blaok. We have just reoeived a large shipment of the celebrated Bur soc Hose. The best 25o hose on -the market. ' GLOVES Silk or Lisle in all lengths in Black. White or colors. . 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