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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1910)
Press Paragraphs B. B. Rioliards Pendleton. spent Monday at Mrs. Vaughn waa a visitor in Pen dleton today. Pendleton was in Frank Griggs of the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Estes spent Toes day in Pendleton. Charles Norris was in Walla Walla yesterday on business. A. L. Swaggart transacted business at the oounty seat Tuesday. Attorney Watts was in Pendleton Saturday on legal business. - , Xf Bert Ramsay has returned from Al berta, where ha spent the summer. Born, to Mr.' and Mrs.' Roy Tomp kins, August 30, 1910, a daughter. - X. Weston, were in the city yesterday, A carload of wood was stored at the school house yesterday, for winter use. Mrs. W. J. Gholson has returned from a visit with relatives at Walla Walla. Z. F. Lock wood is building a new barn on hi property south of the city park. The dimensions of the building are 30x36 feet. Joe Harper, of the Preston-Parton Milling company, returned to Waits burg Monday, after spending several days in the city. S. F. Wilson went down to Heppner and other points in Morrow county, Wednesday, where he will view the politioal situation. Mrs. B. 1. Watts returned last Sat urday evening from Portland, where she spent several weeks visiting rel atives and friends. The Misses Lillian and Marjorie Miller, of Baker City, uieoes of Mrs. W. K. Wall of this oity, were guests at her home this week. Andrew Weaver is engaged in sell ing Miltou fruit.- Be personally seleots the fruit and sells it to Athena custom ers at reasonable prioes. A. Githens was able to be at the fnve Mr. and -Mrs. Wm. Graham, oM pbetoffloe for a short time Wednesday, Mrs. Jesse Saling of Pendleton has been visiting her parents in this oity during the week. A. B. Chandler and family, of Sus- Hnville, Ore., spent Wednesday, nigh at tbe Ht. JSUobola. Clinton Kern, of Spokane, was a guest Tuesday between trains, of his sister Mrs. M. t). Vaughn." John Montgomery, tno Pendleton wheat buyer, was in the oity Tuesday, tbe guest of B. B. Riobards. I. M. Kemp was in town from Wes ' ton Tuesday. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Iris. ( Sam White, the Pine creek ranoher, is delivering ohoioe fruit and vegeta bles to his Athena customers. Y Miss Delia Danner of Milton spent the week at the home of her aunt, Mrs. W. K. Wall, in this oity. Herbert Parker has returned from a visit to friends in the Willamette valley, and at Pomeroy, Wash. Rev.' A. O. Hammond left Wednes day morning for Spokane, where he will attend the M. E. conference. the first time in several days. Be is slowly improving in health. VMrs. -Margaret Bowe and son, Jim mie, have returned home, after sev eral weeks spent at theMosgrove home on tbe Walla Walla river. Roy Burke has quit the harvest fields on the mountain east of town and is employed by Burke & Son as Ldriver of the delivery wagon. Fay LeGrow, Sam Pambrun, W. R. ylor and Byron Hawks will leave l next week for the Salmon river conn- IA Mr. try on a hunting and fishing trip. A soene of aotivity is presented at the Tum-a-luni lumber yard in this city. Large quantities of fuel and considerable lumber is goingou daily. W. L. Taylor, a farm hand, was held up by tbugs in Pendleton Monday night, and robbed of $2, all the money ho ohanced to have in bis pooket at the time. Tuesday, September 6 is to be mo tion and equity business day in the circuit court. The grand jury will be oalled together September 15, and the jury term will begin September 19, Prof. P. J. Mulkey left for his ome at Rock Creek, Gilliam oounty, Tuesday. His household goods were shipped to Rufus, Wheeler oounty where he and Mrs. Mulkey will teaoh school. Baled timothy hay is beginning to arrive in Athena from the mountain ranohes. The hay Ibis season is of excellent quality but the crop produc tion was light. Tbe. grain crops on' the foot hill ranches did not yield as bountifully as they did last year, the reason given is that tbe soil baked as tbe result of tbe wet spring weather. - Charles Barrows returned from Portland Wednesday, where he spent several days in tbe wholesale houses, seleoting dry goods and clothing lines for the fall and winter trade. tAunt Jane Watts contemplates go-. X ing to Kansas City, Mo., soon, where she will spend the winter with a sister. Mrs. Watts has been in ill health lor some time and hopes to benefit by the obange. Miller's carload of furniture has ar- ed and he will tell - you all about tbe various lines in a big ad. in next week's Press. In the shipment is in cluded the new furniture for tbe Ad ams Bign school. Read "Arizona, the 47th Star," by Governor Richard E. Sloan. .and "Fremont and the Bear Flag War," by William Simpson, in Sunset for September, now on sale at all news stands, fifteen cents. V "Drift," the house dog of Will son, has disappeared and caused mourning in tbe house of Dobson. Careful inquiry has failed to reveal bis whereabouts and the old ' fellow has been given up for dead. and Mrs. Wm. Tompkins and 4 Lillian returned yesterday from their summer's visit to friends and rela tives in Canada. Mr. - and Mrs. Ed ward Potts have been home for several days, returning via Seattle and Port land. - XDan Molntyre, well known in Atb- a mea mnvviArl of KTonfnn - AlltApf'.A August 3, to Miss Sophia Williams, a young lady of Winnipeg. Though at long distance, Dan's Athena friends, through the Press, extend oongratu- tions. 01 Home Furnishings For Fall v-'-.." - - . H J RigLt now at the beginning of Fall yon should refit your home or at least add a new piece here and there to make your home bright and cheeiful for the winter months. Look around your home and you are sure to see something that should be obanged even something at a small cost will add. the desired effect. . Our Store is so Full . of tbe things that make borne life worth living that we want you to come and look through even if you do not intend to buy now, for you are just as weloome at Davis-Kaser's whether you are buying, or looking. Tbe next time you are in Walla Walla make our store your meeting plaoe. The Davis-Kaser Company Walla, Walla Wash The home of Greater Whitman) Branch Store at Pasco. Waeb. lat: X People of Oregon .' it is now p io You The popular Colonist Fares will again be in effect between September 15th and October 15tb, during which period tiokets to Athena will be on sale daily from CHICAGO at.. $33.00 ST. LOUIS '.32.00 OMAHA 25.00 KANSAS CITY 25.00 ST. PAUL...... 25.00 and from other cities correspondingly low. These are Westbound, one way fares only, bnt anyone here can Prepay for relatives or friends in the East, if desired. Consult your local railroad agent Now is the Time 1 nt- tttA arnlf) Irnntxf " 9 rrw nnaf anA aril Ati 4 3 AnnAnnWioa t nw t j iigme uuiiamg. write to everyone you know in tne fcast. ena tnem Hr good instructive printed matter, and tell them that tbe cost of getting here is but little more than half the usual cost, and to call upon a repre sentative of tbe ompany for aU desired information, or address WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent, : PORTLAND, OREGON. Charles' May, who is employed in ( the Jamieson meat market, sent for his family tbe first of the week, and they have arrived from Portland nnd are now comfortably established in the Douglas residence on Fourth and Bigh streets. , Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whitlook, of near Seattle, are expeoted in tbe oity soon to visit at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Will . Miller. Mrs. Whitlook was formerly Miss Mae Fisoher, and spent her girlhood here. Tbe couple have been on an extended tour, of the east : The Athena Bigh sohool and public sohoolwill open fcr the sohool year on Monday, September 12. Principal Baker requests all prospective High sohool students to call at his office for tbe purpose of registration on Friday, September 9, between tbe hour's of 1 and 4 p. m. R. H. Wellman and D. C. Sandnr- son, editor of the Freewater Times, were Press visitors today. Mr. Well- man is an extensive farmer in tbe Hudson Bay country, a successful bus iness man end a candidate for oounty commissioner from the north end of tbe county. Tbe meeting of tbe Christian Wo man's Board of Missions for Septem ber will be on Wednesday tbe 7th, and will be held in the home of Mrs. W. . Dobson. All members are espec ially urged to be present, as election of officers and other important busi ness will be transacted. J. F. Stover of tbe Red Wing Ad vertising oompany, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Stover was formerly oonneoted with theWalla Walla Paper & Stationery oompany, which recently sold its holdings to Blake, MoFall company of Portland, which is repre sented in this section by Douglas Ball. Mrs. Lillie Miller will go next week to Portland, where she will spend the week in seleoting material for her fall and winter millinery stock. Mrs. Miller will also soon receive an ad vance, shipment of the latest style hats from the east, including a few of the genuine Gage bats. Ber stook this season 'will be replete with all the latest novelties. . X Mrs. B. O. Wortbington and Miss f Mattie Coppook left Tuesday morning for Spokane, where they will attend the annual conference of tbe M. ,E. ohurcb. The ladies, will visit friends there, and may stop over at. Pullman in which vicinity they will visit tbe families cf - Alfred Coppook and George McDonald. Blanobe, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gerking, has been very ill the past week, and undr the care of two physicians. Dr. Sottner was oalled from Walla Walla in con sultation with Dr. Sharp. Tbe illness of the little one is thought to have been oaused from eating ioe cream. She is at present on the fair road to recovery. -,' Vvio. Barris. who reoently purchased L& ten-acre traot south of the oity park is making arrangements to buiidta six-room cottage and a barn. Tbe barn will be complete in detail, hav ing a basement, and the dimensions of the building will be 80x38 feet. Mr. Harris is planning to.engage in inten sive farming. J. T. Lieuallen is at borne in Adams ursine a broken rib and numerous bruises as tbe result of being thrown from a hack. In company with bis son, Lawrence, Mr. Liaullenwas driv ing along the road on : Weston moun tain when tbe team became frightened and started to run. The hack came in oootact with a stump along the roadside and Mr. Lieuallen was thrown to tbe ground. Lawrenca held on to tbe team and prevented it from get ting away. ' i s rairy We know you want to get a choic big bargains that we are offering ev during this great Close Out Sale, tjt going fast. Stocks will soon be br take advantage of time and buy no have just opened up a line - of Men's Boys and Girl's Sweater Coats. All sacrifice from the start. A full line Knit Newports. All kinds of wint wear. Nothing reserved in this . ss member that now is the time and ti Department Store the place. W cash and always have it for less. Mhenai Depart ni Jesse G. Campbell, Pr ... , t - 'j iosgrove If 1 e i r A . aoutn aiaej Main Street Commi 1 L i R From l sell all Re at actual i All rea silk, mull Men's 5 .Ladies' usual prio Lots oi low reguL' We m goods, wh B8H6EIII