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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1909)
i r a v r . n Press Paragraphs 0 - m a. s, Spokane, Wilson yesterday for i V7 Matt Mosgrove was over from Mil- ' ton Wednesday. T. W, Ayres of Pendleton, the city Tuesday. P. S. LeGrow went over to Walla Walla Wednesday V Clark Walter was in town yesterday 'from Walla Walla. Mrs. John Bannister was a Pendle ton visitor Wednesday. H. 0. Wortbington transaoted busi ness in Pendleton Tnesday. if 'this w nA Virgil Zerba has aooepted a position ira MoEwen's hardware store. T. M. Taggart was a bnsiness visit or at Walla Walla Saturday. M. H. Bioe, of Milton was register ed at the St. Nichols Tnesday. Prinoipal Heck of the Walla Walla high eohool is in the oity today. - Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins and family went op to Waitsbarg yesterday. 0. J. Freeoe, the Spokesman .Review man, was in the oity Wednesday. D. B. Jarman, the Weston mer chant, was in the oity Wednesday. Mayor MoEwen arrived home Wed nesday from a bnsiness trip to Pendle ton B. MoEwen attended the A. O. grand lodge session at Portland, week f David Taylor and son, W. R., were rinsiness visitors Wednesday at the county seat. Fred Baymond has purohased the i W. J. Furnish boma in Pendleton, valued at $14,000. Mrs. F. S. LeGrow went to Walla Walla Wednesday to spend Thanks giving witb her mother. A good gasoline lighting system suitable for a farm home for sale. In quire of H. O. Wortbington. j Bert - Kamsay has returned borne i from Alberta, where he spent the past fall in the Canadian harvest fields. , Carl Christian, the popular painter, lett Saturday for, Portland and The Dalles, where be will visit relatives. ? MV. and Mrs.,Muir, of Pendleton, ' were guests Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Wall in this f city.. , --J. F. Elwood, leoently of the Grand Trnnk railway is handling the f .telegraph keys down at the O. R. & N. ' depot. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Miller enter tained Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Eiik yes terday, at a sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner. ; Jas. Bryan will ship a oaiload of horses to Seattle soon. Mr. Bryan has purchased some good horses in this seotion. Dean Dndlev drove to Pendleton was inf Tuesday to join the party who are leaving to spend the winter at Long Beach, Calif. The pastry sale, given by the Ep worth League Wednesday, was liber ally patronized. Good things to eat were disDosed of. W Rev. B. K Eoontz, who is oondnot ritag revival services in Pendleton, took Thanksgiving dinner with his brother Edward, in this city. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Biotherton and family spent Thanksgiving day with the family of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Pinker ton at Milton. Mrs. 4Ala, of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fisoher, parents of Mrs. Lillie Miller, have gone from their home in Union, to spend the winter at Lodi, California. The Athena Department store has been equipped with new swinging seats on the dry goods side, a conven ience which will be appreciated by pations. Garflold aid daughter, Miss Walla Wala, are guests at the home of Mr. Mid Mrs. Jaokson Nelson. Mrs. Garfield is the daughter of Mrs. Nelson. Dell Bios, have put in a stook of the famous "Patapsoo" work shoes $2.50 and $3.50. "That's All." In dress shoes this firm sells the Paokard at 14.50 and $5. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Douglas come yuwn from their home in Alberta Sat urday and will spend several weeks visiting relatives and friends in Ath ena and vioinity. y Misses Gertrude Luna and Dora Bennett have established dressmaking parlors in the Garden building on Main street, where they are prepared to do all kind of sewing. Bert Cartano shipped two carloads of cattle from Walla Walla, Satuiday. He purohased the stook in the east end of the oounty. The consignment was made to a firm in Pasco. " Deputy Sheriff Blakely spent Tues day night in the oity. He walked up from Adams, when the train was for oed to return to Pendleton on aooount of the track being bleokaded. Mrs. H. H. Hill returned home Sat urday from Lewiiton, Idaho, where she has been attending ber mother for several weeks. Mrs. Fleener is still in a precarious condition and ber re covery is very doubtful. Stereoptioon views of California will be displayed at the opera house Monday evening. Admission free. Miss Mary LaBrasobe offers 40 aores of wheat land for sale. This land is only 2 1-2 miles from Athena and is highly productive. Buildings are fairly good and the place is a desir able one. Call on or address Miss La Brasohe at Athena. 4t 7Miss Lula Tbarp arrived home Wed nesday from Walla Walla, very muoh improved since her reoent attaok of appendicitis. She will spend Thanks giving week here and return to Walla Walla next week to resume her music al studies. L. W. Smith and wife, of Wen atobee, Wash., spent a few hours be tween trains Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith in this city. The two gentlemen are oousins. Mr. and Mrs. Smitn are on their way to Long Beach, Calif. .,Mr8. Guasie Armstiong, who re cently visited her sister, Mrs. W. C. Miller, in this oity, was married No vember 13th at Union, . Oregon, to Mr. George Filer, of Seattle. , They will make their home in the Sound city. 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 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 fire Sale and reduce the price of everything in our entire store, whether damaged or not. We have decided to rid our store of everything that was here the night the fire, and replace it with new goods. So if you are in need of anything in the home furnishing line you will find you can save many a dollar by buying now. Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, Furniture, Stoves, Ranges, Chinaware, Glass ware, Silverware, Etc. Remember we pay the freight where purchases amount to $10 or over. Write us today, or better still, come to our store, buy your needs for months to come. The Davis-Kaser Company Dealers in Paints, Builders' Hard ware, Sewing Machines Complete Home & House Furnishers Walla Walla, Wash (The home cf Greater Whitman) Branch Store at Pasco. Wash- IS 3S I rs. O. B. Steward arrived in the oity Saturday evening from Spokane. Mr. Steward is expected to arrive this week or next. Temporarily, Mr. and Mrs. Steward will reside in the King oottage, on Fourth street south of Main. The sohool board will have the rooms at tbe pnblio sobool xuiiding wired for eleotrio lights. Tbe cost will be between $50 and $75. Man ager Watts of tbePreston-Parton com pany will furnish the lights at min- inum meter rates. na speoial eleotion was held in the eohool building Monday for tbe pur pose of eleoting a sohool clerk to fill the unexpired term of Mr. B. B. Rich ards, who was recently eleoted a mem er of the sohool board. Cbas. Betts was unanimously eleoted to the offloe. Thomas Brandon, father of Mrs. G. 0. Osburn and a relative of T. J. Kirk of this oity, died at the borne of Mr. Mrs. Osburn at 3g3 Eugene St., Port land, Tuesday. Mr. Brandon had re cently bees on a visit to relatives in the Palouse oountry and became ill on the way home. p Marion Hansell took the train Sat I nrday evening, Portland ostensibly be ing his destination. But rumor has it that Marion did not tary long in the metropolis. He is said to have hied away to Brownsville, a town whioh holds for the young man an irresist able attraotion. YClarence Zerba went down to Port land Friday evening, where ho has acoepted a position witb the Y. M. C. A. R. C. Frenoh, formerly presi dent of the Eastern Oregon State Nor ml Sohool is oonneoted witb tbe Y. M. C. A. institution and it was at his solioitation that Clarence aooepted tbe position. Several Athena people were on the train delayed by tbe wreoked ware house in Adams Tuesday, and securing teams from here drove tbe balanoe of tbe way borne. Among tbem were A. J. Willaby, Wm Harden, H. 0. Wor tbington, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boyd and others. Several hoofed it over the remaining five miles of the trip. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Adam, ot New port Wash., left Wednesday after a visit of a conple of weeks at tbe home of Mrs. Adam's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knowlton near town. Mr. Ad am is a druggist at Newport, and has been taking treament at tbe Hot Lake Sanitarium for rheumatism. Tbey will visit at Lewiston, Idaho, en route home. The Lewiston Normal. The Lewiston Normal has within the past month been visited by tbiee distinguished oitizens of tbe state: Congressman Thomas R. Hamer, ex Governor John T. Horrison, and Gov ernor Brady. All expressed themselves as pleased and gratified at the very evident growth of the Normal and its high standard of scholarship. Tbe Normal now has 215 students, an in crease of 25 per cent over the enroll ment of last year, and it is expected that before the close of the year tbe enrollment will be about 300. When the new gymnasium is finish ed this month, two operettas will be given by the students under the direc tion of Miss Chamberlain, head of tbe musio department. One is oalled "The Japanese Girl" and the other "A Cnp of Saki." Prof. H. A. Hallowell, head of tbe European history department, has just reoeived from London 600 lantern slides to be used in illustrating differ ent phases and periods of Greek, Roman, and English history. The Lewiston Normal is tbe only institu tion in the Northwest using this pre eminently attractive and useful method in teaching European history. Three Grades of Apples. Western apples will be packed in three grades in the future, these being named "Extra Fanoy." "Choioe" and "Orchard Run." The purpose is to proteot tbe buyers and oonsnmers, help tbe growers and promote indus try. This was decided at a meeting of 200 growers representing every commercial distriot in tbe northwest in Washington state armory in Spo kane on November 17. Baby Contest. Ibe result of tbe prize baby contest at the Dime, follows: No. 2, 935 votes, first prize; No. 3, 800 votes, second prize; Nos. 1 and 4 are tied with 225 votes. Tbe winners of prizes are requested to call at H. H. Hill's and receive their prizes. At Athena's Bepart Store mm During November 2(D) per Ml (rfl II on all Infants, children and Misses coats and on all Boys and young Mens SUITS, OVERCOATS AND PANTS This is a reduction to close out all these lines dur ing the holidays to give us room for the several changes contemplated in the departments and make room for the large spring purchases now being made up for us, g Dont forget that we are headquarters for and look for our add in next issue. The latest, the newest and the best can always be had at this store. STEWARD & BROWE losgroye Mercantile Athena Company 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 cAthena. 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 Highj Grade all wool Imported suiting for $1 per yard, sold. elsewhere for $1.50. than either Walla Walla or Pendleton. We are de termined to keep the trade home, Compare our prices is all we ask. Ladies Tailored suits the very latest styles and colors. from $16.50 to $32.50. Ladies, Misses and child- rens Cloaks, all new goods, and at prices lower than any of the large cities. We are sole agents for the celebrated Muncing underwear. 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 tbe factory which enables us to sell for about what others paid for them, t 1 , t f 1 I 'f. M t 1 - if M .V I 1 - 11 w