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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1909)
t . , 1 Press Paragraphs from Theodore Russell was down this . week from Spokane. Jobu Gross was in town yesterday from Walla Walla. S Miss Norma Smith is visiting friends iu Pendleton this week. t'Born. to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur ock, July 5, 1909. a son. James MoLean came down Waehtuooa, Wash., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Bell have return ed home from the Seattle fair. H. 0. Wortbingtou appeared bb a sritnees in the Warner case yesterday. yS. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gross Jr., return ' ed to their home in Alberta Wednes day. - Sam Bannister received bis new Garr-Soott steam threshing outfit this week. . Mrs. I. M. Kemp and daughters were guests of Athena friends the first t of the week. ' Milt Swaggart sold a nioe lot of hook bogs to W. R. Taylor this week at 6 1-2 oeuts. uy appointment tbey met a party of Eastern friends at Pendleton and pro ceeded with them to Seattle. A. . pMr. and Mia. A. A, Foss, Mr. H. A. juarrettana Miss Kathleen MoEwen went to Walla Walla Monday evening uy auto, to witness the tire works. Don't forget .hat Jarman's Depart nienf store carries a large line of Koon omy rruit jars and caps, also Mason jar caps and rubbers. Prices light J v. . Uop-TNA. ih swaggart reports that barloy rnnw h p l n C throaharl nn h; t5 .. V, u ranon between Pendleton and Pilot Kocfc is yielding from 80 to 85 bushels per aore. "Happy Home" canned goods excel any on the market. For sale by T. M. , Taggart & Co. X Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Booher, ' July 7, a daughter. Sam is the proud est man in town. Will Mosgrove, the Waitsburg mer chant, ia in the city to attend the fun eral of bis brother. Manager O'Brien and Superintend eut Buckley came in yesterday ; on an 0. B. & N. speoial. J. T. Lieuallsn aud family passed through town yesterday morning, by auto, bouud for Walla Walla. Harold and Marguerite .Hopkins, of - Dayton, Wash,; are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Weir. Mrs. T. L. Bioe returned to her . home in Portland yesterday after vis iting i'i Athena; Weston and vicinity. Lost A child's beai-oloth coat, on the road between Athena and Adams. , Finder will please leave at this office. Who knows anything regarding the whereabouts of a spatted rabbit? The Press man is supposed to be a sort of information bureau, tut he is not. in the rabbit business. Burke was dragged tbroucb the Jinks Taylor is being kept busy these days furnishino stook to Athena. Adams, Helix and Pendleton butchers. Will Weir, of the Pioneer drugstore, in oonneotion with his magazines, has the agency for the Oregon Daily Jour nal. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield returned Sunday evening from a visit with rel atives at Ltwiston and Gtangeville, Idaho. - Just the tbing for harvest the buokskin shoe. Tbey are soft,, easy, cool and wear like irou. Prioe $2.00 at Jarman's. Lost. A purse containing about $40, between Turn Bannister's and Luna's blaoksmith shop. Finder will be re warded at this office. Hyman H. Cohen, commercial edit or of the Portland Journal, was in the oity Monday seeming data for an att ' iole on the crop situation. Mr. and Mrs. Donald MoDonald were over from their home in Walla Walla this week, visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. A. Dudley and family. Attorney Wilson and his friend, Mr. Beverly, returned Wednesday from a brief visit to the Seattle exposition. Chas. Eetts returned. Monday from Seattle, after attending the National Baptist convention in - Portland. Mr, Betts came home afflicted with a se vere cold. bam sooner moved bis-family to town this week, from the Mansfield ranch, which -be is farming. They will remain in town the balance of the summer. Washouts on the Union Pacific this side of Council 'Bluffs, Iowa, have been responsible for the demoralized train servioe on the O.R. & N. during the past few days. brush and thrown ty his horse on the-Ly Lear0w was successful in win- VlVAr Jlnnrtor hlo ronatmn onH nn,i, r ...... river during ms vaoation, and reoeiv ed some painful soratohes. Luckily he esoaped with no broken bones. We are headquarters for gloves, overalls, jumpers, box, handkerohiefs, cool hats, quilts and blankets, canvas in faot everything for the harvest hand. Jarman's Dept.. Store. In Whitman aud Latah counties there will be harvested this year not less tnan 20.000,000 bushels of wheat. In Whitman county alone the estimat ed yield is 18,000,000 bushels. B. C, Kidder, father of the Kidder oys of this oity, has leased his land northwest of Pendleton, and moved to Athena, where he will improve his property reoently purohased here. cu oity park next Friday, weather permit ting. Should inclement weather pre vail the meeting of the union will be held at the home of Mis. Chas. , Betts. Tuesday Mrs. Wm. Dobson left for a oouple of months visit with her pa rents in Portland, and relatives,; on Gray's Harbor. Mrs. Dobson was ao oompanied by Miss Es telle Craft, who will visit relatives in Portland. A&iany Weston people are preparing fo take their annual outing at the pop ular resort known as ''Aunt Sarah's Camp," just beyond Cold Springs. This is the most pleasant plaoe in the Blue mountains to pass the heated term. . With a oapital stook of $3000 the Holdman Telephone oompany has been organized at Pendleton. The object of the oompany is to build and operate a telephone line to Holdman, tapping a section of the county that has hitherto been without telephone ser vioe. C. F. Geise. a well known runober who lives about two miles south of Milton on the Walla Walla river, met with a serious accident Wednesday. While loading hay one of his horses beoame frightened and ran away. Mr. Geise was thrown from the wagon and bis left shoulder dielooated. ' In the mountains anite a hnivv rainfall is reported which will greatly benefit the farmers in that locality. Prospects for a bumper potato crop were never better and there is a large aoreage this year. Cards have been received by Ath ena friends of the Barnett family, an nonnoing the approaching wedding of their son, A. R. Barnett, to Miss Hazel Maynard, a young lady of Port iana. i.n wedding is .to. occur on July 11, and Rex's many friends here will extend congratulations. .bast Oregonian : An attachment suit has been filed by Attorneys Peter son & Wilson for the Inland Meroan tile company of Adams against Millie Lewis and Henry Lewis, husband and wife. By this action it is sought to oolleot the sum of $98. 95, alleged to be due the oompany on aooount. ' ' , Sunday Mr. Jones took his family to ineir mountain home east of Weston, where they will spend the summer. Miss Georgie Hansell is of the party and all expeot to. havo: an " enjoyable time in laying in a winter's snpply of the luscious mountain frnit, s both shawberries and huckleberries. '; Hi Miss Minnie Tharp narrowly , es caped drowning while bathing in the river on the 4tb. But for the prompt assistance of her cousin, Miss Ltla, she would have been carried into deep water where she was powerless,. Being unable to swim. The young lady bad sunk twioe before beiug resoued by her cousin ning both principal running races at Walla Walla during the celebration, Joe won one of the half-mile events and Redmont the - other, both horses beating snob fleet runners as Misohief and ' Skimruerhorn. Grover , Bowles easily won the cowboy race with his roan saddle horse. ' Of the many incidents that happened to oamping parties on the river, one of the funniest is that ofthe man who fed his bat to the fishes. Of ocurse it all came about through the said man aooidentally falling into the river from, a , foot log. . When his hat floated down stream it was captured by the the suckers, so it is said. No names will be mentioned, but his wife oalls him John, The W. C. T. U. will meet in the DCNovie Desper is oarrying his hand auernoon. ATMs is c l&teoige Wir Com p let e Home Furnishers Do yon realize the full meaning of this? Complete Home Furnishers complete in every sense of the word a stook that cannot be equaled within hundreds of miles of Walla Walla, and bigger than ever before. Here are draperies, floor oovering of all kinds, china ware, wall orna ments, pictures, art goods of every sort and the very best stook of furni ture aud stoves to choose from. ; Magnificent displays of goods in every one of our many departments. When in Walla Walla make your, headquarters with us; use our rest rooms, our 'phones; leave your bundles in our care in fact, make your self perfeotly at home, whether buying or not., Write for our "Summer Goods" catalogue. The Davis-Kaser Company Complete Home & House Furnishers Walla Walla, Wash (The home of Greater Whitmaril Branch Store, at Pasco, Wash. "A- Better Piano for Less cTHoney." Eilers. Home of the Glorious Chickereng, Weber, Kimball, Hobart M. Cable, And other good Pianos. EILERS PIANO HOUSE. PENDLETON, ORE. PORTLAND, ORE. WALLA WALLA, WASH. swathed in bandages as the result of severe barns reoeived in potting out fire that. had caught in the dress of Mrs. B. W. My era. who ohaperoned a party of young folks on a camping ex pedition, to. the river. j$Mrs. Myers' dress ignited from tbaamp fire, and but for the prompt action of Mr. Dee per ehe might have been, badly burned. The party returned home Wednosday afternoon. one Fourth of July that Winship will never forget. Not sinoe the day he touched off a pile of powder has he had such a lively ex perience as he ran up against Monday. This time it was Roman candles, and they had "Windy": roamin' around some to get rid of ajbunoh that caught fire in his right side pooket. It looked for a while as though the fire depart ment would have to be oalled out. George is 0 K now though. Different rumors were current this week relative to the condition of Mrs. A. M. Gillis, who is a .patient in a hospital in Seattle. Mrs. Gillis is afflicted with Blight's disease and twioe it has been reported here that she was dead. James McLean left Washtuona Saturday and was inform ed by Mr. Gillis that his wife was bet ter, Previously Mr. Betts met Mr. Gillis in Seattle and was told by him that his wife was in a hospital and showed little improvement. Friends of the Gillis family pay little or no at tention to the rumor of her . death, knowing that they would at onoe bo informed if snob were the oase. Gymnasium for Milton. A gymnasium is to be erected at a cost of $3000 by the ' Presbyterian ohuioh of Milton, of which Rev. Levi Johnson is pastor. The looation. is east of the church building. The struoture will be 60x80 feet, 40x80 of which will be used exclusively for gymnasium purposes. The building will be open on terms whioh will sim ply cover the operating expenses. Though under the control of the Pres byterian denomination the- institution will take the form of a Y. M. 0. A. and may eventually be turned over to that sooiety. ; . - Card of Thanks. We desire to express our thanks to all who so kindly assisted us daring t he funeral obsequies of cur kinsman, John Molntyre. , Hugh Molntyre and relatives. A Popular Resort. The Umatilla river was an alluring spot for many pleasure seekers on the Fourth. The stream was lined with camps, aud those who did no.t fish en joyed a deligbttul outing. Card of Thanks. We wish by this means to express our gratitude for the kindness shown us by our many friends, during our ieoent bereavement J. W. Keen and family. Words To Freeze the Soul. "Your son has Consumption. His case is hopeless." These appalling words weie spoken to Geo. E Blevens, leading merchant of Springfield, N. C. by two expert doctors one a lung specialist Xben was shown the won doifnl power of Dr. King's New Dis covery 'fter three weeks use," writes J' Uevens, "he was as well as ever. I would not take all the money in the world for what it did for my boy." Infallible for coughs and colds, its the safest, surest cure of des perate Lung diseases on earth.. SOe. and $1.00. All druggists guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottle free j IBM HE BEE High Art Moral Plaques lie lost 1 T ill ever lac bera ;e Offer We have just purchased some beautiful, highly decorated, High Art Floral Plaques of different designs to use as an advertisement. The Plaques are eutirely new, and as we have purchased a large quantity, we intend to give them away as an inducement for you to give us your patronage Our stock has never' been so complete nor so up-to-date as at the present time. Every home in this community will appreciate this kind of advertising, as every penny we spend in this way benefits the people. We will be pleased to have you call at an early date, at which time we will explain fully. . We thank you for past patronage and hope in the future ' we will see you more often in our place of business we are Yours truly, Jarman's. Dept. Store. The Store That Has the Ooods 233 C3S32 ittosgrove Mercantile Company I Our great special sale of summer Wash Goods and Rem nants, commences Saturday, June 12th. Lot) r Printed , Lawns, 8 1-3 and ; 10c quality Sale Price 5c per yd Lot 2 Fine 15ct- Printed Lawns and 'Batistes Sale Price 10c yd Lot 3 - Colored Dimities, Batistes, and Swisses, 20 and 25c quality, Sale Price 2c Lot 4 . All colors in Etamines, Crepes, Eoliries, 30 and 35c quality, Sale Price 19c yd Lot 5 High , , Grade Mercerized Suitings . and Waistings, 40c qualities Sale Price 25c yd Lot 6 White Goods, India Linons, 10c quality, Sale Price 8Jc yd Lot 7 12 l-2c India Linons and Victoria Lawns Sale Price 10c yd LotS India Linon, Victoria and Persian Lawn 20c quality Sale Price 15c yd Lot 9 Fine Persian Mulls and Lineens; 30 and 35c qualities Sale Price 25c yd Lot 10 Zephryette and Grenadine Dress Goods wide widths, 30 and 35c qualities Sale Price 19c yd SPECIAL-About 30 Mens fine 2-piece Outing Suits with cuff bottom pants, single or double breasted coats, ransr- ing in price from $5 to $15, will go in Sale at half price. This means $5.00 Suits for $2.50: $7.50 Suits for $3.75. and sn nr. IHE B. & H. HI STAMPS WITH EVERY CASH PURCHASE