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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1909)
wtriff-rnrrr was io baying ,4 rJ? David StilL wag io, the oity yesterday Cashier Kemp was in town Satur ' daytromWastDXJ.. ! YsCnntySohool"Snpr Welles thejpity Wednesday. T-fienry.elf it'eijter, is niibop rfipapered. i i"&r Sale. A gooOrjereey milou oow. Inquire at this offibe.'" JiL. Vaughan, of Pendleton, ,wai in tflwn Wednesday. v Professor Carl Gniot came up from Ttte "Third Party" eeems to have Kb. n 1. 1 died: aborning, at Pendleton. a. real OvegohMBfgt'waa dished out Bill', . by the weather man yesterday. V At Jr'Matker a'Sif Master f Annnl' TV.f nnilnn tn' f a 11 a Wa 1 1 a DvM,u iuuuunj iu it nun it m AJ;(feifiy HornVj. Watts, was in . Pendleton Tuesday on legal business. f ednesday of last week Bert Gar tauo. ;sSippearl6ad of hogs to Pasoo. ., ,..., , f Misses Kathleen and Jessioa Mo E weu'; bUferSt ''Sunday ; wil h friends in Walla Walla. ..,. The wife of W. S. Kidder, brother The infant son of Mr, and Mrs. G. B. Kidder has been very seriously ill this week, being threatened with spinal meningitis. At one time the life of the little one was despaired of, bnt hopes are now entertained for its re- nnvnrv. Attorney Wilson attended to legal YAt a depth of 790 feet the big drill the arte sian well, Wednesday, on. aooount of shale. Drilling will be resumed as soon as casing is plaoed io the hole, so that toe shale can be controlled. The flow of water continues . the same as heretofore. of B. Kidder is seriously ill at her i home in SDOkaue.,;.. . business before the supreme oonrt at Kwaa forced to stop work on ; Mi. and Mrs. .Barry . Turner were in' ithe city yesterday trading with Athena merchants. i..: ' Dell Bros, have made a change in e arrangement of, the office depart ment at their store. The change gives more room, besides adding per ceptibly to ooDvenieuoe. Pendleton Tribune: Viotor Burke left Tuesday for Colfax, Wash., to take oharge of the plant of the Stand ard Lumber company, whioh is just opening up in that city. X Mr. and Mrs. Amos Shiok celebrat ed their 53rd wedding anniversary Tuesday November 2. Monday, No vebmer I Mr. Shick was 78 years of age and his estimable wife 70 years. V Jarvis Hnrd, the old time Center mile blaoksmith was snaking hands with friends in Athena , this week. Mr. Hurd is making his home with his son Earl who resides on a ranch near Pilot Book,. ' J Wm. Tomckins and A. M. Gillis r went down to visit Mr. . MoKenzie, Monday; They found .the pld gentle man oheerfnlly bearing the burden of his terribje affliction., His ,oo.ndition remains unohanged. , A. M. Gillis, Who has been io the city during . the week, returned last night to his home near Washtuona, "ft ash. Mrs. Gillis and the boys; are residing at Ritzville, where they went for school facilities. 4 ; Samuel Key,f,afterya visit with his brother Joseph Key has returned to his.'faome in Iowal:.'hit;i . Mayor A. B. MoEweaisout on his ra.non mis weetc, supervising tne be ginning of grain'eeding. V Mr.-andi Mra.' James StaDHeld spent Monday and Tuesday at the R. A. i Thompson home in this1 city. Echo will drill for; artesian . water. i Ajoompany, organized for that pur- poB9, is capitalized for $10,000. jvJoha Bell is building a garage at his premises on. Fourth street, in whioh io noose ms new wnite steamer. James MoDaniel was down from bis .mountain ranch Saturday and report ed; that snow covered the ground in the vicinity of his itorne. John Etter, the well, .known . Hold man farmer, died at his home last Sunday night, at-the! age of 59. years, his death being due to typhoid fever. Ihe farm residence of B. C. Kidder, located two miles west of Pendleton, burned sometime last week. The honse was , unoooupied, Mr, Kidder having moved to Athena some months ago. The dwelling was looated near the O. E. & N track, and it is pre sumed that tramps started the fire. V Little ''Bill". Radflnld was down wn yesterday for the first time in several days. There has been some talk of sending the ilttle fellow to the Home for the Infirm, bnt no definite aotion has been taken. Bill was candy hungry as usual, yesterday, and -. reap ed a .harvest of niokels by standing on his head. Deolaring that he and bis family have been damaged to the amount of 115,000, John Bergevin, a reservation farmer near Athena, has brought suit for that sum of money against. J. B. Sponogle. It is alleged in the com- 13, IE Of course you know we had a fire at our store which did some damage to our stocks. We have had a large crew of men working ever since repairing and finishing i" ' the damaged goods until now you could hardly tell we ever had a fire. After thinking the matter over we de cided to put on a Gigantic Tire Sale and reduce, the price of everything in our entire store, wh e ther 'damaged or not. r We have decided to rid our store of everything that iwas-herte: night the fire, and replace it with new goods. So if you are in need of anything irr the home ifuniishipg:Jine you wil find you can save many a dollar by buying now. CaggqtsRugs, Draperies, Furniture, StoYgs, Ranges, Chinaware, Glass- Se'. fv (.sr ;S 5 &fware Silverware, Etc- ; IeHember' 'we pay t the freight ' where purchases 'it j ' v : . , amtunt to; ,$1Q or over. Write us today", or better still, corrie to due .store, buyr your needs for months to come. 1 Thbavis-Kaser Company Dealers.in Paints, Builders Ilardware, Sewing Machines . Complete Home & House Turnishsrd (WaliVwaHarWash The home cf Greater Whitman) Branch Store at Pasco. Wash. plaint that Dr. Sponogle ;' through promises to many, seduoed . and de banobed Annie Bergevin, daughter of the oomplainant , Mrs Sarah Dobson, aunt of. W. E. Dobson, died recently at Deloit, Iowa, aged 85 years, 8 mouths and three days. She was a relative of ex-President Zaobary Taylor. She was the mother of ten children and at. her death her posterity numbers 54 grand children, 88 great grand ohildren and two great great grand ohildren. She has been a resident of her home town for 57 years. School Notes The Principal of Athena Sohools would like to meet as many-lady pat rons as can and will come to sohool Friday afternoon at 3 p. m. The ob jeot of the meeting is to disouss the advisability .of presenting some phases of Domestic soience in the Publio sohool,. 'Every ladr who oan come is welcome at this meeting. ' The Athena school is planning to give a publio entertainment Wednes day'" evening. November 25, in the nature of a Thanksgiving program. The Athena Sohool will hold a de clamatory contest sometime nest spring. We are having monthly rhetorioals now. , s At the beginning of the next Semes ter a course - in Agriculture will be offered, whioh will inolude subjeots embraced in a regular course in Agri culture. The principal taught Agri culture for 15 years. He is the owner of 140 acres of orchard and has had praotioal experience as well as college training. Rah I Zipl Rah I . Zipl Booml Hal -Rah 1 for Athena High Sohool 1 Rahl Rahl Rah! Raokety Cax, Coax, Coax, Rackety Cax, Coax, Coax, Hiro, Hnlabaloo Who are you? Whoarey-o-u? Athena High I High Sohool! Athena I This is the last week of the second month and the regular monthly tests are in progress. The invitations sent out by the children brought a goodly number of patrons to sohool last Friday, after noon. All expressed themselves as being well pleased. The High Sohool Literary Sooiety was well patronized. i A splendid Physios table has been placed in the Laboratory much to the convenience of the sohool. The 6th, 7th and 8th grades have eaoh oommitted poems, whioh were recited in assembly Tuesday morning. The example was a good one and will be well ooonsidered by the High sohool. The literature upon the question to be debated this season by the state debating league is at hand, and two teams have been chosen to take the respeotive sides of the question. The Juniors were glad to receive Miss Brown into their class. The Literary Society. V . Tne second meeting of the High sohool literary society was held Oc tober 29, in the High Sohool room. A large number of patrons were pre sent at this meeting and their presence was appreciated by all. Revs. Harris and Ryder and Mr. Beverly gave ex cellent addrosses. Athletics., The officers of the Athletios and the principal are searching for some' ap propriate building in whioh to con duct the Basket Ball season. There are several propositions in. coriBidera tion. . The different olassmen are Working hard at the various games. . There is plenty of good track material, when developed. i . i Pendleton academy did not, appear Friday, but our boys had a very good game of Basket ball. " -. 4 Spice and Humor. Mr. C. (Physios class) What is meant by a horse power? A. (dreamily) It is the amount of energy a horse exerts in one minute. Teaoher (History) Clarence' what would you think if you should see the American flag floating over the campus? C. I should think it was blowing some. A. R. What song do you like best? G. D. Love me and the world is mine. Z. D. Why don't you comb your hair before coming to school? C. B. I haven't any comb. Z. D. Borrow your father's. C. B. He hain't iot none either. Z. D. Doesn't he comb his hair? C. B. He alnt got no hair. ' The Freshmen saw something green 'tis true. They thought . it was the Junior class. But when they nearer to it drew. They found it was a looking' glass. i Kills Her Foe of 20 Years. "The most merciless enemy I had for 20 years," declares Mrs. James Dunoan, of Hayneeville, Me., "was Dyspepsia. I suffered intensely after eating or drinking and could! scarcely sleep. After many remedies had fail ed and several doctors gave me up. I tried Electrio Bitters, which cured me completely. Now I can eat any thing. 1 am 70 years old and am overjoyed to get my health and strength back again." For Indiges tion, Loss of Appetite Kidney Trouble, Lame Back, Female Complaints, it. is uneqnaled. Only 50o at all druggists. and still there's more to follow. Each train brings kthm something new to a s Icparimert Store The last to arrive is those elegant embroidery hose in all the new shades. Itasca flannels, Polonia flannels, Eskimo Ducking. Teazledown and Domet flannels. Dress Goods and Silks Ready-made sheets, pillow slips, bed spreads and staple lines of domestics, jet buttons & etc. Don't forget that if you go to the clthena Depart ment Store you get the best the latest and newest at prices far below Walla Walla or Pendleton. E OPENS 7 A. I, CLOSE 6 P. I EXCEPT T M l082T0Ve ", Company Mercantile Oregon We are now showing the largest and most up-to-date stock of general Merchandise and ladies and gen tlemens ready-to-wear goods ever shown in cthena. Dress Goods Department We have doubled the stock in this department and we have doubled the trade this fall. The reason why, we are selling new shadow stripes all colors for 50c per yard while else where you pay 75c for the same grade. We are selling extra fine Sula shadow stripes at 60c. Elsewhere you pay guarantee the prices lower Mens Suits and Overcoats, There's a lot of talk go ing around loose just at this time concerning the merit of clothes, but it is the store back of the goods that counts. We have better goods than ever before. Better workmanship, better styles, and our showing is unusually complete. We 75c for same goods. We are selling High Grade all wool Imported suiting for $1 per yard, sold home, Compare our prices than either Walla Walla or Pendleton. We are de termined to keep the trade elsewhere for $1.50. is all we ask. Ladies Tailored suits the very latest styles and colors, from $16.50 to $32.50. Ladies, Misses and child- rens pioaks, all new goods. and at prices lower than any of the large cities. We are sole agents for the celebrated Muncing underwear. or it " J Ladies, children and men's The most reliable goods that money can buy. Just received a large ship ment of jet trimmings, buck les, pins and Neckwear. Just received the largest consignment of High Grade Knit Goods ever shipped to this town. Ladies', Misses', Cnildren's and Men's Sweaters, Scarfs, Gloyes etc. dir ect from the factory which enables us to sell for about what others paid for them, J':