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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1910)
Press Paragraphs 3. G. Kidder spent Saturday in tidletoo. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Kidder were in endleton Monday. M. L. Watta transacted business in .'endleton Tuesday. j(,Born. to Mr. and Mis. Nova Deeper, July 13, 1910, a sod. Mrs. F. S. Le Grow was a Walla Walla visitor Tuesday. ' Boru, to Mr. and Mrs. FreJ Farley, uly 12, 1910 a daughter. Boru, to Mr. and Mrs. filler, July 11, 1910, a sou. Henry Cbas. Baddeley and "Bud" Read ire over from Wallowa oocnty. Mr. aud Mis. Clarence Wright spent Snnday with friends iu Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Bogeia were in the oity from Adams Saturday. Attorney Steiwer, of Pendleton, was iu the oity Friday on profossional bus iness. Attorney Wilson spent Tuesday night at the home of his parents in LaGrande. Jf Dr. L. Dell is having extensive im provementa made in his residence on Third stieet. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin were in the oity yesterday from their reser vation ranch. J. B. Porry the Pendleton attorney was in the city Wednesday on profes sional business. . Byron HawkB and Bert Gartano spent Wednesday afternoon on the Umatilla liver. The mountain strawberry crop is about exhausted and only a few crates have been marketed this week. X Robert Fletcher, of the East Ore nian, was in the city yesterday , worEing in the interest of his paper. Mrs. Wright and daughter Eva 'id Miss Minnie Tbarp left yesterday - a month's visit with fiiends in aooma. . Mrs. R. J. Boddv leaves today for ,t old home in Lansing. Miohigan. er Athena friends regret to see her 3ave. Tom Selall, a prominent farmer of 'e Umatilla reservation was in the; ty Wednesday hading with Athena rchants. iarry McBride is putting in s?'b supply of hBy. He will ha ut 100 tons at a cost of fiom jer ton. Jisa Luuile Kemp will leave me in Weston Sunday tor an jnded visit with friends at Spokane .nd Colton, Wash. It is understood that the Catholio church in this oity is to be put in ol der for the purpose of holding regular services hereafter. Misses Edna Jones and Georgia ansell returned yesterday from a couple of weeks visit with friends on Weston mountain. Frank Ely was in town from Wes ton yesterday. Frank has been at tending the Boise City High sobooL Mrs. Ira D. Conrad left' Wednesday morning for Hot Lake Sanitorinm, where she has seoured employment. Miss Katie Maloney has returned to her borne at Milton after a visit of several days with friends in Athena. Mrs. Rockwell Carey, of Portland, is iu the oity for a fortnight's visit with ber mother and sister, Mrs. Masterson and Mrs. Merle Robey. X Aiflre on tha old Foley plaoa north r west of town destroyed a quantity of hay Tuesday. The fire was put out before it extended to adjoining graiu fields. Charley Hilyard, who has been in employ of the O. R. & N. com ¬ pany for some time, is tasiug a layoff and is visiting friends in Weston this week. VMis. Newsom and' little sou, Max, iteturned home Wednesday evening 11UU1 jrilUBVlilU, WUOIO liUDJ noucu parents for several k his ridle 88 tr her ex- i Dr. Newsom s .weeks. The mountain apple crop promises to be a good one this season. Some of the best apples that come to Ath ena markets are from the mountain ranohes Tbe John Bannister home east of town is being remodeled throughout and when completed will be one of the most commodious farm houses in the county. X J. C. Richards, brother of B. B. 'Richards, has arrived in the oity from Corvallis and will take charge of D. H. Sanders' threshing maohine for the season. Mis. M. L. Watts and her friend, Miss Autin, of Eugene, are comfort ably situated at Wenaha springs fot tbe summer, having gone to that re sort last Sunday. Principal Hampton of tbe Pendleton High sobool, will spend the summer at Adams, where he will manage the wheat business for tbe Faoiflo Coast Elevator oonipany. F. S. Le Grow and S.. F. Wilson are operating a FrankJin automobile. This is Mr. Le Grow's first experience with a machine, and he is crtainlf king good as a chauffeur. Boober is rebuilding the on the Estes plaoe below town and will make a desirable residence lpMtf,. He will also build a new barn anoVotherwise improve the plaoe. f It' is said that a proliflo buokleberry lorop igf to be found on every mountain Slope this year. A little later camps will be pitobed in favorite localities, r , , i -ii i 1 1 . j a ana uerry picking win ue ine uiuer ui tbe day. P. T. Harbour, the Weston brick manufacturer, was in the oity Tues day evening. Tbe stork made a visit to tbe Harbour home Tuesday morning and left to the care of the family a baby girl. G. W. Mitohell was down from his mountain ranob Monday. Mr. Mitch ell says the crops in bis neighborhood are splendid this year. He has the best barley orop this year that he has ever raised. v ivu a making Ywrn. 'house oi For Sale Four bead of good work horses, two colts, a bnggy and two sets of harness. Address, Mis. Hen ry LaBraohe, Athena, Ore. Mrs. Arthur Downs and children, of Portland, visited the past (Week' at tbe borne of ber sister-in-law, Mrs. W. E. Dobsou, in th'is city, i Al Sigman and Green Estes faaVe returned from Montana where they went several weeks ago with the Le Grow stock shipment. Milton Eagle: Mrs. Theo Danner went to Pendleton Wednesday to meet ber two sisters, who came from the east to spend tbe summer here. Mrs. Alma Wilkinson will leave nday for Portland, where she will tend grand lodge of the Degree of onor. which convenes on the 19th at. Mrs. A. H. Luna returned several days ago from an extended visit with friends and relatives in Portland and Condon. Mrs. Luna also visited the mountains from Condon, but did not gain any relief from the illness with whioh she is tronbled. JXjL'hehttle daughter of Mr. and severe pain resulting from an aboess on the side of tbe neck, Saturday, when the lanoe was resorted to by Dr. Sharp. Tne little one is getting along nioely sinoe tbe operation. Rev. M. H. Marvin, of Walla Walla interested a large and appreciative audience at the Baptist ohuroh Sun day evening, on tbe saloon question. Rev. Marvin is a foroeful, earnest speaker, and oan always gain the at tention of a good audience in Athena. 00 Fyraifiir 6 000 With a stock of home furnishings that is larger and more complete than the combined stock of any three stores in our line within one hun dred miles of Walla Walla, we know we can fit out your home with just the articles that you want, for our stock is so large and varied that we can fill your every want and suit your tastes, no matter how simple or elaborate they may be. We want you to see our stock and get better acquainted whether you are in need of anything or not. When yon are in Walla Walla or Pasco, we want you to make our store your headquarters for yon are always welcome. Watch for our Summer Goods Catalogue. The Davis-Kaser Company .Walla, Walla Wash (The home cf Greater Whitman) Branch Store at Pasco. Wash- Mr. Mabar, the eleotrioian, has re ceived news from his wife, stating that she recently underwent a success ful operation for appendioitis. Mrs. Mahar is visiting her parents In Has tings, Minn. VBern Bannister is over from Wall- r t n fiAnnl r niAnnnn 4 r hofvaat hid una uuuuij piciatiuK v im&vveii. uw wtfeat orop. Athena and Weston people who have located in tbe Wall owa country are well pleased with conditions there. Mrs. M. L. Akers left Wednesday for her home in Pendleton, after a couple of weekB visit with her pa rents near town. Mr. Akers oame up Saturday .evening and spent Sunday at the Swaggart home also. JVfoliver Diokenson's new farm resi flentoe haj been'oompleted and is ready for occupancy. Kidder's painters com pleted tbe finishing touohes this week and Mr. Diokenson now has one of tbe finest bouses in the county. Fiiends here are shocked to bear of the death in Spokane, yesterday morn ing, of Miss Amelia NorDean, a fceau tiful yonng woman whose home is in Weston. She died at the home of her brother in-law, Dr. Cashatt, of ty phoid fever. Miss Mary Peterson, a trained nurse lately of Oklahoma, was in tbe oity from Pendleton yesterday, a guest at the home of Dr. Newsom. Miss Peter son may deoide to looate in Athena for tbe purpose of working at her profession. X Posters are out announcing a sale of 'horses, mules and houeehold goods at Wright's barn tomorrow afternoon. Athena seems to be tbe center for mules aud horses this year. A num ber have been brought bare from out side points and offered for sole this mer. Charles Norris has on exhibition at s harness shop a stalk of corn that he raised in bis garden, which mea sures 103 inches in length. Garden ing with Mr. Norris is merely second ary. He says he "keeps olose tab on tbe moon," and plants and works bis ground accordingly. F.A.Smith, a reservation farmer residing near Cayuse, died iu tbe hospital at Pendleton Tuesday, and interment of tbe remains was made in Athena oemetery yesterday after noon. The deceased was 11 years of age and is survived by a widow, two daughters and one son. . . E. A. Dudley was the loser of a iuwatoh with the chain, on July 3rd, presumably taken by some light fingered gentleman while he was in bathing at the Wenaha Spring pool. "Jinks" had thoughtfully removed his purse from his clothing, but forgot the waton. Tbe loss was discovered after his arrival home. Mr. and Mrs. John Bell returned Tuesday from Wenaha springs, mak ing tbe trip down by auto in two hours. Mr. Bell met Dale Preston" at the springs and reports the young- man to be in a preoarions oondltion. His eyesight completely fails him at times and he could only recognize Mr. Bell by hearing his voice. Mrs. W. R. Taylor and daughter have returned from Corvallis where they spent several weeks visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Smith. Leslie Smith whose peculiar illness was mentioned in tbe Press last week is somewhat improved though bleeding at tbe nose is still held in check by artifloial means. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards and Mr. and Mrs. H H. Hill spent Sunday in the mountains east of town. Mr. Riobards took the party up to see bis ranch, but Bert admitted to tbe Press man that be would not know the ranoh if he were to see it, and he further stated that while he was rea sonably sure that he was on his own land Sunday, be couldn't swear to anything being there but the "south line." bC Luvois MoEwen, Emeiy Worthing- I i nwA riA1 Poena wonf nvAr f T IUU BUI! JUU l.wwh " ' tbe Indian camp at Cayuse Wednes day evening with the object of enter ins races with Indian sprinters. How ever, the Indian runners would not race, even after all concessions asked had been met.lt was evidently an off day at tbe celebration, for only one short distanoe raoe was pulled off in wbioh John Pierce's saddle horse was the winner. Dale Preston, who was taken fiom his home at Walla Walla to Wenaha springs, is in a serious condition from Bright's disease, at that resort. Wed nesday night Dr. Keylor was sum moned from Walla Walla and was met here by tbe Preston automobile, wbioh conveyed him to the springs. Charles Preston and Gale Sturtevant made a quick trip down from the springs and on the return trip were accompanied by M. L. Watts of this oity. It is understood that there is little if any hope for Mr. Preston's reoovery. Atnena people have had 'he diver sion of witnessing Indian horse races at Cayuse this week. Some good horses are being entered in tbe races. Tbe fonr mile race has not yet been pulled off. Considerable interest ia this race is manifested by tbe Indians, for in it is involved tribal sporting pride. Tbe Nez Percea base ten bead of horses, tut as yet have not entered a race. The Umatillas say their Idaho brethren are playing tbeir cbaracterietio waiting game, in order to size up tbe points of tbe Yakima and Umatilla horses. 553 Good Pasture. If yon want good pasture for your stook. where there is plenty or grass and good water, at f 1.25 per month, writ. (1. W. Johnson. Werton, R. F. D. No. 2. was mm JCCCSS You were surprised at the bargains we gave you at the great, "get-acquainted Sale, but just listen to this: We are going to make this a Cash Store, and when you pay cash you t get more for your money and do not have to pay some one elses bills July will be a great month at this great Store. We have added a big lot of seasonable merchandise, just what you want for hot weather and we will close out all summer goods this month at prices that will sur prise youiMuslin underwear and shirt waists from 1-4 to 1-3 off Mens and boys straw and crash hats at 1-3 off. All other summer goods at prices to close out. A i A & ;;T. Smashi Bang!! The line is broken, so we will close out the entire line of Crockery, China and Glassware. You will find many bargains on these tables, just the dishes you want 11 for harvest. Come early and pick up these snaps. We will discontinue r our Clothing Department and have made a deep cut. It will pay you to come to this store to do your trading. Every transaction must be satis factory to you. "We always have it for less." .5 A Athena Department Store V Jesse G. Campbell, Proprietor losgrove Mercantile , South Side Main Street Company Athena Oregon ft Great Clearance Sale of Ladies' Mull and Lawn Shirt Waists and summer Suits, now when you need them. The hot weather is yet to come. No reserve. Take your choice. They come to you at actual cost, Ml This Season's Seasonable Goods $6.50 Ladies' white Duck Suits, $4.75 $1.00 Ladies' white Lawn Waists, 69c $10;50 Poplin Suits, now . . 6.95 $1.25 Ladies' white Lawn Waists, 89c $3.75 fancy silk Pongee Waists. 2.85 $1.50 Ladies' white Lawn Waists, 98c $4.50 fancy silk Pongee Waist s, 3.25 $1.75 Ladies' white Lawn Waists, $1.18 ' $5.50 black Peau de Soie Waists, 4.25 $2.50 Ladies' white Lawn Waists, 1.68 Get Summerwear Now Prices will Surprise You BaH GREEK TRADING STAMPS WITH EVERYGASH PURCHASE