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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1910)
iiliiiiiiiililiiilillliliiiii Press Paragraphs E. G. Marquis, of Adams, was in the oity Saturday. George Forrest went down to Pen dleton Tuesday. Mies May Barnes of Weston, spent Sunday in Athena. Attorney Watts transaoted business in Pendleton Tuesday. Miss Delia Danner was the guest of friends, during the pionios.' Mr, and Mrs. Fred Kershaw were in the oity from Weston Sunday. jSheriff Taylor oame up from . Pon- dreton Monday on offioial business. " Ed LeFave is carrying' his arm in a sling as the result of a severe sprain. ' Leon Cohen, the Pendleton mer chant, was an Athena visitor Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brotherton spent toe wees in franklin opnnty, Wash. '". Mr. and Mre. Cat gill of Helix, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kidder. Lowell Rogers has purchased a new automobile. It is a seyen-paBsenger Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carpenter.-of Helix, were guests of Athena friends ' Saturday. .... ., Miss Kate Maloney left Sunday for her home in Milton, after a visit with j friends here. W. D. Chamberlain returned to Pendleton Monday after attending the Caledonian, piouio. . ; Will M. " Peterson oame up from Pendleton Saturday and mingled with the Scots at the piouio. D. C. Kirk and two sons of Weston have: filed on homesteads in Sasitatoh ewao proviuoe,. Canada. :: Dr. F. M. Archibald,, of 'Minnesota, hoa ah AT Aafftn anil a tV nn ) Atthh the practice of Dr. Lazier. sQjee Teutcb, formerly a Pendleton merchant, has engaged in the reil estate business in. that cicy. A marriage license has, beeq issqed to Walter Barmore and Miss Bertha': Whitney, both of this county. George and Johnnie Ridenour came over from Walla Walla ,' Wednesday and spent the day with friends. - ' Mrs. John Rothrook, who is at . the Hot Lakes sanitorium, , is reported to be improving slightly in health. N. A. Miller has on. display at the furniture store, two designs in rustio seas, suitable for park purposes. Miss Lililan Keller and Mr.gWilliam Dea were udited in marriage at Pen dleton Tqesday.j Rew. -Evans- offioiat ing. '. '' ' Friends in this city are concerned to hear of the indispositon of genial Dale Preston at his home in - Walla Walla. ' , ; ; Mrs. sFred Gross was . called to Brownsville Wednesday by the critical illness of her father, who is 80 years of age. From now on,, fishing parties to the Umatilla river will be the order of the day, and all kinds of fish stories will be beard. i yjawrenoe; Lienajlen was , in town Saturday and showed but little effeots from being kioked by a fractious mule some time ago. Mrs. Jack Swart, of Dayton,; with tier three ohildren, was a guest this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Walter west of town. Frank Beale was in town Wednes day from his Pine oreek ranob. He reports crop prospeota down his way as being promising this year. The members of the Caledonian so ciety are thankful to the Wise Piano company for the use of two splendid instruments used during the pionio is in, Medford ibis ; W. C.,,RnBsell week. 'Mrs. A. B. Lnna went to. Portland Tuesday. v ,Mis. A. L.,Swaggart. visited friends in Pendleton this week. Charles Grant is running a lunoh stand at the. Pioneer pionio at Weston, Miss -Lultj Tharp -will attend the Damrosoh concert in Walla .Wella tonight Mrs. N. A. Miller baa returned from Pendleton an is somewhat improved in health. The pupils of Mrs, Watts enjoyed a delightful outing on the river Tuesday. . I Dr. Newsom, Lo Hart and Byron Hawks have invested in West Port land Park property. . The will of the late William tem ple has been filed for probate. The es tate has valuation of $110,000. - - A number of Weston, fans were in the oity, Sunday afternoon and wit nessed the Athena-Pilot Rook game. Clarctrioe Goff, of the Palaoe drug store, is sole agent in Athena for In ternational Stock Food and. remedies.' Mr. and Mrs C. O. Henry, are soon, o ne residents oi Ainena again." mi. Henry has sold his farm in-Idaho, and will arrive iu-Athena in a tew days; f The merry-go-xound which furnish ed, fun aud amusement for the little folks' during the pionio baa been moved to Weston fori the Pioneers' reunion. The snbjrct of the morning sermon at the Methodist oboroh, will be: "A Multitude in-Want. 7 In the evening the theme will be: "The Battle of Youth." - Mlas . Carrie Barge will , meet the ladies of the Woman's Missionary so ciety of the Methodist churoh . at the paTsonagn on? Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'olook. Herman Beverly returned to Port land Surittay evening r af ter spending several days in Athena. He is doing well in the real estate business in the metropolis. George Ebrhart, who with his .-fam ily has been visiting at the home of his mother, Mrs, T. J. Kirk, .has pur chased a wheat ranoh in the state of ion. . ' . - t: Mrs.. H, 0. , Wortbington went over to Walla Walla Sunday, where she was called by the serious illness of ,ber brother, Alex. .McDonald. . ;,Dr. Robert La wis, uncle of Dr. New som, died on the 17th inst. at his home in Cloverport, Kentuoky. Dr. Lewis had been a practicing physician for 6Qyears. V The people of Pilot Rock, through Friends have , been watohing anx iously, at the bedside of Grandma Gar- king this week,. .and it seems hourly that the life's span of the ;aged lady will be over. ."..'" AMrs. ; Wilkinson and M isses Beverly, Drswell and Wilkinson were guests yesterday afternoon of ' the '.Sunshine club at the home of Mr. and Mis. John Walter. V Mayor McEwen oame in from the a new haofc, at bi9 implement store an easy thing to do when one owns the store and the haok. spent Miss Miss Luoile Kemp of Weston Sunday with friends in Athena. Luoile was one-ot the successful of the Weston eighth graded and . will next year be iu the High sohool. Colonel Wood oame over from Wes ton Saturday and delivered an address at the Caledonian pionio. The colonel has a host of warm friends in Athena who are always glad to weloome, him. jsanford and John Stone took out 'nW putting , maohioery Monday and are raady to harvest their alfalfa hay orop .from r 80 acres of .Wild Horse bottom land. They expeot a hundred ton yield. , Mr. and Mrs. Henry KoepKe enter tained Mr..and Mrs. .Byron . Hawks, Mrs. Wilkinson, the Misses Nettie Beverly, Blanche Orswell, Velma Wil kinson and Mr. Wilson at dinner Wednesday evening. !. A. Dudley could withstand the pressure no longer and has acquired a new automobile. The machine is a fine 45-horse power Rambler, a new oar to this seotion of the oouutry. Tharp Bros, have the agency. Mow for Spring For montbbs we have been planning the coming spring campaign. New goods are already arriving at frequent intervals while many more are on the way. . In prder that no new or otherwise desirable items might be over looked, onr buyers are now scouring 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 atle to ofter our customers most items for as little and in some cases less than heretofore. : More stress than ever before will be laid on quality, ever keeping in mind the faot that "The sweetness of low prices . never, equals the bitter-', nessof poor quality." The best is being , culled from all Jines for all tastes and all purses. All over this great store, even in our exchange department on the .third , floor, our customers are protected ; against possible costly errors by our "Satisfaction or your money back" guarantee. Witb us tbis means re: fund promptly and cheerfully without quibbling or protest. " Unless our friends are pleased we are not. Wherever possible our service is to be improved to the end that we, may merit in still greater volume the favors of onf" old iriends and secure tie confidence and ptatonageof the ever increasing cumber of new citizens in our midst. No effort is to te spared to make shopping here convenient, pleasan and profitable whether in person, by proxy or by mBiL k a, -letter to the Athena Commercial Association, extend a cordial invita tion to all Athena people to partici pate in a oelebration of the 4 th of July at that oity. Jennie. Gains 1 Tbo family of Joseph , Forrest this fwees movea 10 loeir rarm near xuuiu Hollow for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest will move, baok to town in ,tte fall, having leased the Smith property on 6th street for another year. '' . Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kemp, father and mother of Ira Kemp, and well known- former residents of this vicin ity, are visiting at the borne of their son in Weston. Mr. Kemp's health has-been in" a deolining state for some time. Many compliments have been heard on the splendid musio furnished by the Athena band during the Caledon ian pionio. The,, boys . merit all tbe support they are getting. A oonple of new. instruments are to be ordered shortly. Jim Spenoe, one of the best news paper subscription solicitors on the Pacific coaBt, was in the oity Friday and Saturday, building up the circu lation of George Bobbins' Pendleton Live Wire," a new paper wbioh suc ceeds tbe defnnot Pendleton Tribune. Jamieson's meat market is newly equipped with a Hobart sausage grind er with an eleotrio motor. i' The -,new-cold storage room with its capacity of aeveo tons of ioe and 14 beeves- is now. in use , giving the patrons of tbe mar ket all the advantages afforded by large oity shops. Umatilla county woolgrowers passed up the pale at Pendleton Tuesday until the next Bales day, which will be June 10. By teat time the growers hope the, market will be in snob a condition that tbe buyers will be willing to open tbe Oregon market at higher prioes than those now quoted. Athena poeple in. .large numbers Were out Monday evening to see Hal- lev's oomet and to view the eolipee of tbe moon. A good view of the oomet was bad, although clouds interfered somewhat with the npeotaole. Soon after the eolipse covered tbe moon, clouds obsoured it entirely. " Unole Tornt Watts andn Hugh Mo Arthur bad lot of fun, in-,olioitiDg funds with wbioh to paint tbe new benob in front of Burkenfc Son's office. No one eseaped, and in a short time the dimes and niokels collected amoun ted to 21.80. : The' .benob baa been christened the .'Old Settler's , Seat" y Edmund Walker, Archie - Molntyre, Nina Jaok,.Ruth Rothroqk, Ruth Kid der, Rosea Rothrock and Edna Jones were tbe successful ones in the eighth grade of the Athena sohool to pass tbe examination. Others in: this grade who missed by one or two studies will have the opportunity of taking tbe ex amination again in Jnne. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Witts and Mr. and Mrs. Geprge Gross have returned from. Eugene, .where the. gentlemen were delegates from the local" Odd Fellows lodge wbiob was in session last week. Mrs. Watts-was tbe del egate to the Rebekab assembly. They had a good time, and Mr. Watts says Eugene is making wonderful strides in growth. ( Miss Blanche 'Orswell; leaves this evening for, Taooma,.. where, she - will visit relatives before going to her home in Eugene. Miss Orswell will take a course in either the Oregon or Wash ington university next year. She will be aooompanied to Walla Walla to night by Miss Nellie Mulkey, where tbe two will attend tbe New York Symphony oonoert. Suit was filed Monday -against Taylor by Edward , Bushman, through ' his attorneys. Peterson & Wilson, to colleot the sum of $1900, alleged to be dne upon a land t trade. The complaint sets forth that) the plaintiff sold land to Taylor for 12000,' and that $100 was pud down while tbe defendant has refused to pay the remaining f 1900. ' , All should .attend the Memorial services for tbe soldier dead at I tbe Christian church Snnday afternoon at ,3 O'olook. The memorial address will be delivered by A. Maokenzie Meldrum. Monday afternoon . at 3 o'olook, services will be .held by Get tysburg Post. G. A. B.,' at , tbe cem etery, at which time the graves will be decorated. The Davis-Kaser Company Walla, Walla Wash ( Tlie home of Greater V rHnup.n) Branch Store at Pascrv wb '4 New Goods 'Just ; in. ft?ing'-,iftt,c !rand the. latest concq) ition. No holdovers, but on-the-level, clean merchandise. f mm Wait ,1, Glean, uptodate Merchandise at prices that- don't sacrifice quality; to save: the difference, between a cash system and a 12 months time system, and-if you don't wantito ;help pay the:loss;tDf : the credi system, buj your;:go6ds at' Athena's Dep't Storey iSole - agents for Red! Gross Shoes, David Adler Sbh iGlothing, Captains Kidds suits for children, Gurlee $2i5Q; and $5.00 warranted pants. On any of these we will' save you 25 to 35; per cent. Latest- arid" best' novelties.1 Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Mnlkey were: in Pendleton Wednesday. ' Mrs. Mnlkey secured from County ' Superintendent Welles copies of -tbe -averages . made by;Jber eighth grade; pupils in s tbe reoent examination. Some of the0li8 failed in but one or ; two studies, t and will tbua be given an opportunity to take tbe examination in -those studies again, examinations being held -.again next month. i Mien Beverly, primary teacher in tbe publio sohool, was tbe guest of bonor at the Wilkeasoa botoa Monday evening when tbe members of tbe olass in German, under wbose instruc tion tbey have made good progress dnring the school year, aooompanied ty other publio school teachers, sud denly surprised ber witb tbeir pres ence. Refresbmenti were served -and tbe time was eojoyat-ly spent in mosio and viewing tbe comet. Mm Beverly was presented witb a beautiful cot glass bowl, in appreciation of ber ser vices to tbe class. Mhena I apartment H ' '" II Art Squares and Rugs PRICES right, Goods right, and . you " can't beat 'em at Walla Walla or Pendleton, either MILLER THE RUSTLER, Main Street, Athena. Srfllu'M"lV'M'llg'J'''"'''l''' wi i ' ' i','l'' 11 ... lI Jm I W -I K . . -" ""ill Qpring days bring ; the necessity for many changes in- extensive stock we have ever carried, we are readjr for your critical examination. We commend the new styles in Suits, -Hats and' Furnishings to your consider-, ation. No store can undersell us on equal quality and none offer the premier lines we submit to your approval We are now carry ing the "largest line ; of hand-tailored and , high grade Mens and Boys Suits , ever seen in this section. The best Styles, the best workmanship, the best linings that can be put in first-class garments. mm v-i rl ha. A. 4 WA ..'. ill II III t, h m ".V-'t-'-.M U '! If w 'We are sole agents m for the Celebrated Gordon Hats, and we are now show ing the latest Shapes I I Mil' rw r and colorings of the season? We Gordon Hat always gives satisfaction; it is known at home and abroad as the best $3 hat on earth GREAT SPECIAL SALE OF We had an extra shipment of tan and cream ting of $1 and $1.25 Shirts. While they last we NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. Shirts sent to us by mistake, consis shall sell them at 60c and 98c.