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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1910)
1' s ) " 4 ft t r.y$.-yy?A J i f. Press Paragraphs Attorney Wilaon Monday. wa in Pendleton was over from Milton Eber Luna Saturday. iV.Mr. and Mrs.' James -Conley are in i Porud. Hjmry.Keopke was in Pendleton Wadnesdayi;, i Walter Ely was in town this week Atom Boise City. i 0. A. Barrett was a county seat )vJsitor Wednesday. r . Mrs from Mm . Watts transacted Pendleton Wednes- R. J. Boddv returned Walla Walla Tuesday. Mr. and Mis. John Banister visited friends in Pendleton yesterday. U. D. Kidder and daughter Ruth returned yesterday from Spokane. ; ' X E. A. Dudley went down to Port land on Thursday evening's train. " "V Edward Koontz and B. B. Richards drove down to Adams, yesterday. J Benny Gross and Rawl Miller re turned to Oorvallis Sunday evening. Miss Delia Danner of Milton, spent holiday week with Athena friends. Attorney H. I legal business in day. ., Miss Norma Smith and Mrs. Rob ert Walkdr went to Walla Walla Wednesday. Miss Laura Smith, who resides near The Dalles was a guest of Miss Clara Zrba during the holidays. Miss Ceoile Boyd returned to Lewis- ton," where she ie attending the Idaho. State Normal Sohool, Monday. ' For sale or trade a complete steam ....tatiojcry threshing outfit. Inquire o'C'i-i'.'ryan, Athena Oregon. . "Dad" Luna has returned from a : visit to his Eon in Oklahoma. He found it a little colder here than down in there. n:.. XT-il:- ii.ii i. must ixoiub juuiuey spent a portion I f the holidav week at the faim home I of Mr. and Mrs. Doering, in the Juni or neighborhood. in a shop. Jack Parker, who for 23 years has prnotioed the tonsorial art in this city, is still at the old stand. Bis intentions relative to the future are not known. Mrs. Susan Dunbar, sister of E. A Dudley, died Deoember 28. The fun eral took place at Salem Deoember 30. The deceased was the wife of W. R, Dunbar, well known throughout the state. East Orpgonian: Hugh MoLean, the former well known Athena wheat farmer, who is now making his bead quarters in Pendleton, has just sold 120 aores of land near Athena for ,19800, or $80 per aore. r- Mr. nnd Mra V. P TTavvia ' U MHAAAO IT UU V Up to Dayton tDis week,, where they con template investing in wheat land. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Harris took a trip to Hood River, Portland and other points, investigating fruit land pro prieties, but decided that wheat land is a better investment. State Superintendent Aokerman is ill with pneumonia at his home in Salem, and Prof. L. R. Alderman of the State University will speak in bis place at the eduoational rally this evening. Prof. Alderman is the pros pective republican oandidate for State sohool superintendent. ' School Notes; a u nr i i i a l; i?i X Aiioiue; wusou uas nan ois Jicrary Ll 1 J . . 1 . . luurougui uiDuauu ana renovaiea rjy one1 of those new f angled eleotiio vacum dust collectors. Miss Lula Tharp returned to her , hQm8 this city from Walla Walla, last eyeing. She is fast recovering irom he; jpeoent illness. , j The Misses Edith and Blanche Ors well returned Sunday eveningj.from Eugene, wfcere they spent the , boli-j day week yitli relatives. , . Rev. jyf -..Crooks, pa9tor of the M. E. ofiurob, 'South, at WeBton la assist ing in the revival meetings at the M. E. ohurob in this city. Misses Nina and Jeanette Jaok have come up from the farm near Pendle ton, and will remain with their aunt, Mrs. - Edward Koontz and attend . school in Athena. ;. Mrs. Fanny Wright, of Wallas Walla visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mansfield tbo first of the week, coming over with her- sister Mrs. ilarden Mansfield. 4 . The joint installation of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs,' whiob was to have taken place tomorrow evening, has been postponed nulil Saturday evening, January 15. J ' t The Davi;-Kaser Co., 'of Walla Walla, sends out a flta'rk of real art Vl'eDders.f he Whitman Girl" ' Ja Jaeauty fapd eminently fit to adorn 4 tbs walls oi, any home. ( Mrs. Hardy Mansfield and ' two A ( daughters left this morning for Pilot ' Tr,nr vnKavA ftnn mfll ;ai Ma T?m Auvn, numg lUDf VTA! VAaxy .uio. JL1 1DU Lienallen, tefore departing for their home at Caldwell Idaho. Carl Christian has purchased the Parker tarber shop. Clifford Stone has gone to Mount Vernon, Wash., where he has puiohased an interest he following offioers were installed lasfNnight by Pythian Lodge No 29, K. of P. : B. D. Tharp, C. C. ; James Foss, C; Wm Dobson. P; Roy Canon, M. at A; Wm Winship, I. G. ; G. D. Kidder O. G. ; John Burke. M. W. ; E. Zerba. M. of F. ; York Dell, K. of R. and S. ; A; A. Foss. M. of E. ; A. Shick, trustee. steward & Brown have made a not able, improvement in the arrangement in the interior of Athena's Depart ment Store. The high shelving in the center of the big store room has been replaoed with department connters. lhe change makes it possible to dis play merchandise to much better ad vantage and an unobstructed view of the entire store is the result. Reoord winter weather continues throughout Eastern Oregon. Zero weather, with five inches of snow on the Aground, is the story here sinoe New Year's night. A soaroity of hay brings stookmen to faoe a serious problem. Sunday was the coldest of the present "snap," when the mer cury dropped to eight degrees below zero. The annual Pythian Ball, given by Stevens Lodge No. 49. will ooour this year on Friday evening, January U, at Weston opera house. The follow ing oommittee has direction of the affair: J. C. Prioe, Will Nordean, James Ross., , Johnson's orchestra of Pendleton has been 'seoured, and sup per will be served at the Hotel Royal. No pains will be spared to make the occasion -enjoyablefor all who come. Especial courtesy will be extended to visitors from neighboring towns. All looal Knights present will serve as floor managers. Mrs. Plamondon Entertains. Mrs. J. D. Plamondon gave a de lightful party to about 80 of her friends at her home last Saturday evening. The early hours of the evening were spent in songs, reoita tions, etc, in whioh each person took part. At 11:30 the guests were invit ed to the dining, room where dainty refreshments were served. The din ing room was very prettily deoorated with out flowers and ferns. The place cards were drawings ty Christy, Hutt and Fisher. After' lunon came a guessing game in whioh Mrs. H. I. Watts won the prize. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Taggart, Mr. and Mrs. LeGrow, Mr. and is, JBarrett, Mr., and Mrs. Ev-Wa'tls, the Misses Wilkenson, Boyd, Mulkey, Sohrimpf, MoFadden, Smith, Booher, MuEwen; Messsrs. Wilson, Hastings, MoEwen, Barrett, Aohilles, Miller, Gross Sohrimpf. Out of town guests were Mrs. and Miss Bowles and Miss Weir, of Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hansoom, of Pendleton and Prof. Keefe, of Weston. Holiday Greetings Again we are on the threshold of Christmas Time the season of universal giving and receiving the time for that wonderful bringer of pleasing surprises mysterious, gracious, loveable old Santa Clans, whose pery name thrills the young with gladsome anticipation and the older ones with emotions that are sacred in their recollections. But Christmas Time, with all its pleasures, brings its perplexities to most people as to how much they can spend for presents and whom they intend to remember. But what to get that's the question. Here is, without doubt. Walla Walla's Greatest Holiday Store its magnificent stocks of bright, new merchandise affording almost ilmitless seleotiobs in appropriate gifts for all ages. We would suggest that you make your selections early, for we will Hold the goods for yon and deliver later at any time you wish. The Davis-Kaser Company THE HOLIDAY STORE Walla Walla, Wash The home cf Greater IT if-nn) Branch Store at Pasco. Wash- ( School resumed after 10 days vaca tion, Monday, January 3, with a good attendanoe considering the inclement manrhaii - i VThe Misses Forest have entered the 'High Sohool. New students in other grades are: 8th grade, Nina Jaok. 6th grade, Willie Montgomery, Jean ette Jaok, Viotor Ehrhart State Superintendent Aokerman and County Superintendent Frank ' K. Welles are spending today in onr city visiting our schools. Both gentlemen will deliver addresses at the M. E. churoh this evening. As many sohools have not forward ed notioes of the parts to be taken in the program at the eduoational rally Friday evening, pursuant to Supt. Welles request, it seemg inappropriate to publish any part of the program, however, there will be aa abundanae of program. Let every person Athena oome who can. VThe manager of the Milton High sehool basket ball team writes that his sohool does noc take sufficient in terest in the game to warrant the game soheduled between Athena High. and Milton on January 7th. Another game has been arranged for between Pendleton High Sohool girls and Ahtena High sohool girls at Athena Opera House January 8., As this is the first time a game has been played, between girls, a great crowd is ex pected. The Athena first and second teams will play a preliminary game. The Athena sohools will have an old fashioned spelling match some time in the near futuie, just to remind us that we need to know how to spell. The matoh will be between Athena sohool and the town people of Athena. On next Tuesday evening at 7:30 p. m. the Athena High Sohool Liter ary Society, will debate the qaestion.. Resolved: That life imprisonmet with restrioted power of pardon, should be substituted for capital punishment in Oregon. Messrs. S. F. Wilson, T. H. Be vet ley ad H. I. Watts have Kindly con sented to lead in the debate. There will be some 8 or 10 students partici pate. The publlo is oordially invited to attend. The objeot is to arouse interest in High sohool debates. Primary Department. Miss Bever ley, teacher neither absent or tardy. Ids. Crabill, Claude Baker, Areta Littlejohn, Belle Famburn, Everett Rothrock, Jaok Steward, Mildred Winship, Howard Grove. Sylva Ban ister Helen Downing, Clara Henley, Frank Miller, Bill Parker. , "i Intermediate Department. .'.Mies Wilkenson, teaoher Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Lawrenoe Baker, George Banister, Charles Brotherton, Sylvester Crabill, Ray Jones, Charles Sawyer, Helen Russell, Vernita Watts, Odessia Russell, Howard demons, Claude Coomans, Verne Dudley, Luo ile Taylor, Donald W eaver, Hazel Sanders. 'Fourth and Fifth grades. Mies Edith OrsWell, teaoher Pupils neith er absent nor tardy: La wson Booher, Pearl Coomans, Sidney Crabill, Lighta Grant, Marvin Kilgore, Arnold Keopke, Lloyd McPherren, Angie Pambarn, Rex Payne Rulon Smith, Dollie White. High average. 5th grade, Sidney Crabill, 97 1-7 i Rulon Smith, 4th grade, 96. Sixth and Seventh grades. Miss Blanohe Orswell, teaoher Pupils neither absent nor tardy; Ross Payne, Wesley Tompkins, Vera Gross. Agnea MoEaohern, Lester Vaughn, Alice Gaines, Gertrude Rugh, Gladys Smith, Vivian Ebrbart, Edith Brown. . Eighth grade Mrs. Mulkey, teaoh er Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Lawrenoe Sharp, Arobie Molntyre, Frank Smith, Max Dudley. . Ninth grade Mr. Mulkey, teaoher Pupils nether absent nor tardy: Clyde Brotherton, George Winship, Glenn Dudley. Reoord of rooms for Deoember. B Trn nrr IK g . . -0 J V . 0 3 . o (ye C " o 8 : fl a J 8 :! & ' it 6 3 S2. 1 3 2 . "O r u -"J b ooo a a, z ZZ K Miss Edith Orswell.. 96.08 17 11 .. 1st High School 95 18 21 .. 2nd Miss Wilkinson 93.50 34 15 .. 3rd ' Mrs. Mulkey ........ 92.50 12 4 . . 4th Miss Blanche Orswell 91.05 62i 12 .. 5th Miss Beverley ....... 88.34 67i 14 .. 6th X, Council Proceedings. Hereafter when a transfer of a near beer license is made, the sum of $15 must be paid into the city treasury. Such is the provision of a new ordin. ance - A petition, asking that sidewalk hydrants, trees, posts, wooden porches anr othor obstructions be removed from Main street, was favorably con sidered and an ordinance ordered drawn to cover same. The monthly grist of bills were audited and ordered paid. O. R. & N. Buzz Car. The O. R. & N. company is to in stall another motor oar in place of a steam locomotive and cars in this sec ion, says a Walla Walla item. The new oar will be used to make tbe run from Walla Walla to Pendleton and return. It is expected within a month. Tbe cars aro manufactured iu Omaha, and the ona now in use, tbe first in the northwest, has proved satisfactory. Baptist Church Notes. Bible sohool at 10 a. m. sermon at 11; B. Y. F. U. at 6:80 p. m. follow ed hv AVftncrnlia tin oprvica at 7:30. Friday, January 14, we expect to have tbe Red and Blue social gathering. This was postponed on account of tbe special meetings. FULL MUSE This means the iena jeMrtmemt Store - 11 is -jammed full of good Merchandise and that the whole l': house full goes at 20 per Cent Discount from the regular prices, and remember, nothing is to Jbe reserved. You take the best This is no remnant sale but a bargain festival, where our friends and neighbors get the benefit. Others would do extensive advertising; wre prefer to .give tfie money thus spent, to those who have generously given us their business in the past. YOU ARE WELCOME 1 to help yourselves to our bunch of wool and cotton blankets, comforts, all kinds of outing flannels, prints and , percales, sateens, wash goods, cotton suitings and white goods, linens, ginghams; underwear for men, women and children; that excellent clothing, shoes, hats, neckwear, shirts, a great bunch of hardware flS kitchen furniture; everything from cellar to garret. We propose to begin this Bargain Picnic promptly at 8:30 on Wednesday morning, January 12, 1910, and close February 1 1st. ;Terms: are strictly cash. No coon skins or cord wood taken, and no goods returned. ;j STEWARD m BROWN, Main Street Athena, Oregon I losgiwe Mercantile Athena Company Oregon Great sale of Ladies Mens and Childrens ready to wear garments.In addition .to our great ready to wear sale, we shall have a special remnant sale commencing Monday January 3, 1910. All remnants and odd pieces of goods will be cleaned out regardless of cost.We must have room for the new spring goods, already on the way. 1 1 li roll Mercantile lossrove Company . V 1 . "- f t . " . " ' , v .. - . -. x . : , . . . . , , . v . . I - - - - - a , . . . ; ' - tt. i ; - V , ,. ",it. Wn.,J-u-. '- in .' " I i . f vv,,,.... ,i..- ' , : p.,. II