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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1910)
Press Paragraphs Fiesb rye bread at the Bakery. , V Mrs. Byron Hawks is in Pendleton r toda today. Miss Gertrude Lnna spent Friday in Pendleton. L, L. Rogers was in town Monday from Adams. Geo. B. Kidder was in Portland tbis week on business. V' AmaBa Phillips was in the oity from Weston Wednesday. y Emery Aobilles is employed at the Bolin blacksmith shop. Mrs. M. L. Akers is reported ill at her home on MoEay oreek. Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Watts down to Pendleton Wednesday. Y TbeZigmau near beer resort ' ' i fa frnnf AvaaaaA In an amntnn - - Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koontz turned last evening from Portland. A big bargain sale begins at the Athena Department store tomorrow. J. a. West, of JPeudlelO'i, was . istered at the St. Niobols Wedneesday. " (Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Glarenoe Wright, Maroh 23, 1910. a daughter. X Misa Ethel Chapman, the milliner, was a guest Tuesday of Walla Walla ft lends. Geo. Carmlobael, the prominent Weston farmer, was in the oity Wed nesday. J. W. Smith was over from Helix yesterday, returning in the evening to PeDdleton. l went has re- Mr. and Mrs. A. MoKenzieMeldrnm IV Vauant lots are now oooupied by the spent the greater part of the week in small boy and his ball and bat. Just Pendleton, attending the Sooville meetings. Mrs. J. F. Brown went down to Portland Tuesday, where she will pur chase goods for the Athena Depart ment store. KMiss Zelma DePeatt went down to Pendleton Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Harris, and attended the Sooville meetingB. .. i Mrs. Frank Boynton and ohildren were up from1 Pendleton Monday, vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jones in this oity. Mrs. Lizzie Jones went to Pendleton Tuesday where she met a representa tive from the Tyler Millinery estab lishment, at Spokane. ' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hall and Miss Nettie Hyatt, of Weston Mountain, were guests Sunday at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones. A. L. Knight has disposed of his interest in the Peoples Warehouse store at Pendleton, and will engage the meroantile business elsewhere. Mrs. Joseph Sheard spent Sunday ith her daughter, Miss Lizzie at Walla Walla. Max Kidder, with a friend, ar rived this week from Taooma. Ralph will oome later. Mrs. Bowles, cf Walla Walla, is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. S. Le Grow, this week. Mis. Merle Robey is again assisting in the sales department of the Athena Department store. . Emery Worthington returned Tues day evening from a visit with friends at Pomeroy Wash. J. N. B. Geiking was on the streets Monday, shaking hands with his nu merous Athena friends. Little Miss Armstrong, of Walla Walla was the guest of her sister Mrs. Bobert Walker, this week. W. B. Sobaffer,' of the PreBton Parton Milling pompany, was in the oity Tuesday from W aitsburg. S. F. Wilson attended the evening session of the teachers' Institute at Pendleton Wednesday evening. Mrs. Gen 'Harris returned Tuesday to Pendleton, after a visit with her sister, Mrs. DePeatt, in this oity. f Sanford and John Stona are tussling Avith rural life down on the Kribs ranch wbioh they reoently rented. ' Mr. Cbaa. Olson, of the Mill, went to Portland Saturday, where he will spend a few days with his family. . The teaohers of the Athena publio eohool are in Pendleton this week, at tending the convention and Institute. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Case and ohil dren spent Saturday at the oountry home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koepke. The Dell boys have a fine assortment of Frenoh briar pipes, fitted with am ber -mouthpieoes, at $1.50 to $1.50 eaoh. Rev. H. E. Ryder went down Tues day evening and beard Dr. Sooville in one of his creat evaneelistio sermons feg" at the Christian church in Pendleton. Oliver Diokenson has lumber and aterial on the ground for his new farm house. Contraotor MoFadyen will begin work on the house' shortly. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Kirk oame in from the ranoh yesterday morning and left on the early morning train for Pendleton. Mr. Kirk also visited the Agenoy. Ya number of Weston farmers are in J A .3 . M J 1 f 1 me city toaay ror ine purpose or wit nessing the demonstrations given by experts with the 0. R. & N. demon stration train. ges Charles Owens, of Adams, rural route oarrier has purchased a motor oyole, on which he will carry the mail. ; - , Sixty feet of water is reported in the new well whioh was reoently drilled on Alex. Johnson's plaq north of town. The depth of the' well is 90 feet. .-. Photographer Van Winkle's equip ment has arrived from Chehalis, Wash, and he is now prepared to do work at reasonable prices, that will equal that done in the largest cities. Many beautiful creations in the new spring styles in millinery are arriving daily at the Miller Millinery store. Ladies are. invited to call and see them while the stock is whole. VCbbb Cannon has his acreage traot, whioh he purchased from the Land and Trust Company, all cleared and nicely leveled. Mr. Cannon expeots to tnild a residence there tbia fall. V Pendleton farmers are complaining ot a shortage in farm hands. The railroads now building up the Des chutes river have drawn heavily on the labor ranks iu Eastern Oregon. Ben Burroughs, of Pendleton, spent several days this week at the G. W. Hansell home west of town.. Mr. Bur roughs was at one time county olerk. He has been in ill health for several years.'- v - :K- '- ' George Bannister is still adding im provements to his residenoe on Fifth street. Carpenters have been engaged tbis week iu building a large porob, which will inolude an outdoor sleeping apartment. Mrs. Wm. Tompkins returned Tues day from Hot Lase, whither she ac companied Mr. Tompkins, who re mained at the resort in the hope of se curing relief from a severe attack of 2umatism Irs. Charles Norris' Rhode Island is have become so famous that she finds difficulty in furnishing the de mand for eggs. She reoently received an ordei from LaCross, Wash, for two settings ot eggs. X'Beans" has arrived in town and taken up a permanent residenoe with Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Watts. "Beans" is the foxiest kind of a frisky little fox terrior puppy. He was imported from Pendleton. Mrs. Lizzie Jones ia receiving fier new spring millinery in daily ship ments. Another is expeoted today, and those buying Easter hats will do well to eee hei's before purchasing. She shows some handsome creations in the new spring styles. now there are numerous juvenile Ty Cobbs and Hans Wagners, hereabouts. In a little while it will be marbles and kites for the kids. Tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, the ladies of the 0. W. B. M. entertain at their annual Missionary Tea, in the Christian oburob. Come and en joy a good program, a good oop o' tea, and help a good oause along. William J. and John King have nted the Willaby place northeast of town, from W. P. Willaby. This is one of the best wheat farms in Uma tilla county. Mr. and Mrs. , W. J. King will reside, on the place.,' ; VElmer Hogoboom of Walla Walla passed through town yesterday on bis way to Wallowa oounty. He took Brushup, Agrippina and Stella J., tbree of Fay Le Grow's raoe animals to the Hogoboom stook ranoh. Miss Lula Tharp tan 'la" narrow es roaoe from beine severely burned about the faoe Wednesday. , As it was, her hair and eyebrows - werev slightly singed, and a small burn on the side of the faoe attest to the danger of nsing kerosene for kindling. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis B. Harris drop ped in on their friends here Tuesday morning from Waitsburg, Wash., and visited during the day, They left on the 4:15 train for Angola, Indiana, where they will remain for a couple of months before' returning west. YMr. Herman Beverly came up from 'Portland Sunday, and returned to that oity Wednesday of this weet. He will remain for a couple of months, looking after business affairs. He shipped the Wilson-Beverly automobile to Port land, and will use the machine there. Considerable gardening has been done already in Athena tbis spring. The season promises to be more than ordinarily favorable for vegetable growth and in cases where Seeds were planted a week or more ago, the plants nave come tnrougn tne grouna. y The large amount of moisture in the em and southern part of the county bright prospeots for good or ops this season. In the. Pilot Roci oountry a large aoreage has been seeded, The barley orop is expeoted to be the laig est in the history of that section. Miss Ettabel Swaggart, who has been ill for tbe past several weeks at her home north of town, is now on the fair road to recovery. Wednesday she aooompanied her grandmother, Mrs. Nelson Swaggart, to her home in Pendleton, where she will remain for sometime and take treatment of Dr. Smith. H. H. Hill, looal agent for the ashinston Nursery company, this week reoeived a shipment of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs etc. J. E, Froome takes $45 worth of -ornament al, fruit and cut trees, and others who have trees in the shipment are: J. A. Kirk, F. M. Mansfield, E. A. Dudley, W. E. Campbell and Chae. Groves. H. G. Case's large cherry tree order was shipped direot to Tbe Dalles. ' Mrs. Shepard, state president of the Utah W. C. T. C, will give an ad dress in the Baptist church on Tuesday evening. Maroh 29. It will be re membered that Mrs. Shepard was here about a year ago; and those who heard her at that time will be pleased that arrangements have been made for her reappearanoe here. No doubt a large audienoe will 'gather to wel come this brilliant temperanoe worker on Tuesday evening. Tbe jail breaking spirit must be a tbe air for an unsuccessful attempt was made Monday evening by confed erates on the outside tu effect a whole sale delivery of tbe fourteen prisoners being confined in the city jail on min or charges, says the East Oregonian. The outer gate to the barred passage behind the jail was opened, but the back door to the jail successfully withstood all attempts to foroe an entrance. Now for Spring t For month hs we have been planning tbe coming spring campaign. New goods are already arriving at frequent intervals while many more are on the way. In order that no new or otherwise desirable items might be over looked, our bnyers are now'soouring the eeastern markets, and seeing tu it that we own our merchandise at the lowest possible landed costs. In spite of advancing markets we will be able to ofter oar customers most items for as little and in some oases less than heretofore. " More stress than ever before will be laid on quality, ever beeping in mind tbe fact that "The sweetness of low prices never equals tbe bitter ness of poor quality." Tbe best is being culled from all lines for all tastes and all pnrses. All over tbis great store, even in our exchange department on tbe third floor, our customers are proteoted against possible costly errors by our "Satisfaction or your money back" guarantee. With us tbis means re fund promptly and cheerfully without quibbling or piotest. Unless our friends are pleased we are cot. Wherever possible our service is tor be improved to tbe end that we may merit in still greater volume tbe favors of our old iriends and secure the confidence and ptaronage'of tbe ever increasing number of new citizens in our midst No effort ia to te spared to make shopping here convenient, pleasan and profitable whether in person, by proxy or by mail. The Davis-Kaser Company Walla, Walla Wash The home cf Greater VI i'wsn) Branch Store at Pasco. Wash- Baptist Church Notes. Servioes at tbe Baptist ohnroh will be of an Easter cbaraoter all day, Bible sohool at 10 a. m. and worship at 11 o'olook with sermon by the pas tor on "The Emancipation of Easter." A special Easter program has been prepared by tbe Bible sohool of songs, reoitations eto. and will be given in tbe evening at 7:30. Tbe pastor will also make a brief address. A cordial invitation is extended to all. The Ladies Aid Society will serve supper in the base ment of the 31. E- church from 5 p. m. till all are served, on iriday evening. Get your supper at the church. Sick Headache Can be Cured when f Is Used. i TRY-IT-TO-DAY! I "Why sutler with' severe head- e nHoa Via -era fairtMrto. anlla nr hfl t fretful? Your liver needs at- i . . M A. I , J. Y tienuon. Try nervine uie great liver regulator. I CURES Baiouinei, Constipation, Dyipepua, Chill end Fever and ell x Liver Complaint. peirr so cents. X BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO. J I ST. LOUIS. . MISSOURI. 4 - Sold and R commended by - Byron N. Hawks T1 tie sis MOM Xmrn Compaq Post Building, Main Street, Athena, Oreg. Farm Lands and City Property Listed for Sale at Right Prices r ( 1 x 480 acres of finest wheat land in Umatilla county and highly improved, can be had , now for $85 per acre $15 be low adjacent lands. A splen did opportunity. Should you want choice city property see us. We have it. Property bought, sold and ex changed in all parts of Oregon and Washington. Box 274, Phone, 355. We have a first-class Sta tionery Steam Threshing out fit for sale cheap. Full equip ment and ready for the field. Four sections of wheat land in Township One, Morrow county, can be had for $25 per acre. Well watered and all fenced 2000 acres tillable and level enough for a com bine. Owner will either sell or exchange for Portland suburban property, Art Squares and Rugs PRICES right, Goods right, and you can't beat 'em at Walla Walla or Pendleton, either I MILLER THE RUSTLER, Main Street, Athena. iosffrove : : am Company lercantile South Side Main Street Athena Oregon Many of our departments are now complete with new spring goods and others are arriving daily, East er comes early this year and you cannot get your East- rter dresses made in a day Wopl Dress Goods - Nev$ goods just arrived; the latest importations in wide S Wales fabrics. All the la test shades in the fashion ableioft Grays and Black and VWte effects. Cream Serges with colored stripes. Black Dress Goods in all the new weaves, at lower prices than asked for the same goods in large towns and cities. Favor us with i and prices with wha will be pleased to. sh and the prices will do B 5 H GREEN TRADING S "!,,1I'I""II.W'''"1 ii.in-iiiun d iii'"ni"iimf"nie