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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1910)
Press Paragraphs Let 'er Cook! M. L. dletoD. Watts spent yesterday at Pen was a Pendleton B.' B. Riohards 1 yesterday. Bert Gartano transacted business in Jfendleton yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kirk went down to tbe lair yesterday. uir. ana mia. wm. lompkins were in Pendleton ysterday , Mrs. H. O. Worthington was a Pen dleton visitor yesterday. A little more rain, and antomobil- lug would be first olass. Mrs. I. M. Kemp was in the oity Wednesday from Weston. Jchn Dotty was in the city from Walla Walla Wednesday. T. M. Taggart made a bnsiness trip to Walla Walla yesterday. Mrs. Chance P.ogeis, who is ill with tyhpoid fever, is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MoBride were in from the ranoh Wednesday; T. H. Beverly made a-short visit to - Athena Monday, from Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sheard attend ed the fair at Pendleton yesterday. Mis. J. D. PlamondoO and Mrs. 0. A. Barrett went down to Pendleton yesterday. P. S. LeGrow and S. F. Wilson went down to Pendleton on yesterday morn ing's train. .'. Dick Winsbip is down from the Jar man farm near Spokane, on a visit to his home here. " V'There is no school today, in order that teaoheis and pnpils may attend tbe fair at Pendleton. ' . A Pendleton man is boasting of a seoond crop of violets in his flower garden. '1 hat's nothing. We always have 'em in Athena. A A party of bronoho bnstera from Wallowa oonnty passed though the city Wednesday evening on their way to the round up at Pendleton. u( Z. P. Look wood is making extensive improvements on his aore traots south of town. He recently built a barn and now a cottage is nearing completon, K"Blaok Diamond." J. M. Swaceart's celebrated horse took seoond premium at the Walla Walla fair last week, when showed in competition with a large entry of single drivers - and sad dlers. This week Diamond is being exhibited at tbe Pendleton fair. The Union Temperance meeting will be held in the M, E. church Sunday evening. The pastor, Thomas Law- son will speak. Lt all who oan, oome to this meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Zerba left last evening for Portland, where they will reside in the future. Mr. Zerba will enter tne employ of tne street oar company in the oapaoitv of oonduotor, vWith the aid of a pair ot orutohes, D. 0. Baker is able to perambulate along Mam street. Be is on the mend, but bis injuries sustained in a fall from a wagon cave been slow in heal ing. , Mrs. D. M. Woodside, who reoently arrived in cms city, was operated on for the removal of a tumor, at a Walla Walla hospital, this week, and is get ting along as well as could be ex-peoted. Nine dispensers of near beer have been indicted by the grand jury this week, and eaoh was given his liberty on $100 bonds. It is said other indiot ments against near teer men will be returned. TV J. Watts and Robert Ooppook returned Wednesday evening from a trip into Ciook county. ' Charles Ferguson, representing the Cresoent Baking Powder company, was in tbe oity yesterday. VMrs. Charles Norris is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Parker near St. Johns, Wash. The ladies' Aid eooiety of tbe M. E. obnroh will bold a pastry sale at Wor- tbington's store Saturday, October 8. The meeting of the C. W. B. M. for . Ootober will be held next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. A. M. Meldrum. y( Uias Uraoe Johnson has entered tbe nmnlnv nf tho Mrmsrnva Mnrflflntila . oompany in tbe drygoods department. Miss Minnie Tbarp who has been visiting in Seattle the past summer, has returned to her home in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis wore in tbe city yesterday from their home near Helix, trading with Athena mer chants. y Large numbers of people from this part of tbe county bave been attend ug the Pendleton fair" and roundup this week. jura, uizziu u uu?a uaa uon uiiuiugi goods arriving constantly, and this week shows some' beautiful styles in fashionable hats. VLake Franoe is still in Spokane, dealing in grain. Every now and then he is seen by some Athena visit or to the falls oity. Mr. and Mrs. George Bannister con for tbe benefit of Mrs. Bannister's health. J Viok Harris has completed tbe inundation for his new barn on tbe aoreage tract he reoently purchased and carpenters began on the building yesterday. Mrs. Lillie Miller announces the arrival this week of another Consign ment of the fashionable large shapes in bats, and also the no less stylish small hats. -.'?" Edw. Koontz, T. M. Taggart and nest Zerba spent Saturday night and Snnday on tbe Umatilla river, luring the festive trout into previous ly provided oreels. Tbe boys were moderately suooessfuL H. T. Booth, the well known insur ance man of Portland, was in the'oity this week. Mr. Booth was formerly in the life insurance business but is at present selling fire insurance company. B. F. Swaggart passed through town Monday with a number of jaoks whioh he. exhibited at the Walla Walla fair, and won all thu prsminms in sight. He was taking bis stook to Pendleton for exhibition. Ca wire being dragged along the street ty employes ol tne telepbone Turner Callender wan rnnnnHv mnr- hed to a young lady of Soattle. Tur ner will be remembered in Athena as a bngbt young man who, leaving here, went to Portland, where he entered tne employ of Fleishner & Meier. Later tbe firm opened a tranoh house in Seattle, and Turner has been there since. Mr, and Mrs. Otba Reeder visited in Walla Walla the first of tbe week Mr. Reeder arrived last week from Taooma, with his wife, but was not so announced by the Press, owing to a misunderstanding. We are always glad to welcome Otha baok, and would appreciate bim as a permanent oitizen. Misa. Adda Bcistow, a former teaoh er in the Athena publio schools, and a musio teaober, will be married soon to v. o. u raves, a prominent sugar oane and cotton planter of Barbadoes, West Indies. Miss Bristow has boen resident of Spokane for seveial years, where she has been teaching in the schools. F. E. Jones, representing H. M. Todd & Co. of Portland, bas been in the oity tbe past week selling fruit treos, and bas taken several orders. Mr. Jones sold trees to farmers on Mountain ranobes east of town, that will cover about 500 acres. He an ticipates making a large number of sales here. irom tnoir nitoning post, and a run away was narrowly averted. : XMr. and Mrs. Frank Henry are in tne city from utnelio, wasn., visit ing at the home of Mr. Henry's par ents. Frank is in the employ of the Chioago & Milwaukee railroad, and is now taking his'annual vacation. Mrs Wm. MoBride has teen fur nishing her friends in town this week with boqnets of beautiful astors from her garden ou tuo foiiu. Suoh exquis ite coloring and abundanoe ol grownr ought to bave taken premiums at tbe fair. Mrs. Jooelyn Roberts, who has been visiting relatives bere, left this morn ing for her home io Dayton, Wash., accompanied by ber mother, Mrs. Koontz. Rev. Roberts is newly con signed to tbe pastorate of the M. E. church there. The exoursion train was not very well patronized from Athena yester day, the people preferring to go down on tbe looal. A double-header with plenty of coaches on the looal would take care of tbe fair orowds from this way about right. oompa the ao- C. Osburo was an over night visitor in the oity Tuesday. He was looking hale and hearty, and if indic ations count for much, be will soon have his friend. "Bill" Young, beat en out for avoirdupois. Mr. Osburn bas a good berth with the Paoiflo States Telephone & Telegraph ny, being superintendent of counting department. stook in an Oregon It A is said that "Shanky" Hall gave ftrpraotical exhibition of what use a sbillallah oan be put to when in tbe bands of one who knows how to use it. He is said to have oraoked three heads in a row down at the Commercial liv ery stable, Sunday evening, wben three obstreperous gentlemen under took to run the stable and all it con tained, inoluding Mr. Hall oompany, Wednesday, caused the drayU Miss Katie Maloney, formerly an team of Burke & Son to break loose! Athena girl bnt now residing in Mil- template going to the warmer olimate KAverett Paris and Miss Lottie Gay of sonthern California, this winter, wn .rrjfid Sflntember u at North U.nl. ifn.'.l ' . .. Yakima. Tbe bride is a daughter of Charles Gay, and is well known here. Tbe groom is said to be a popular young business man of Toppeniah, where they will reside. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Islev of Ta coma, formerly residents of Weston, lost their four-year-old daughter, Erma, by death on the 21st inst. Death was due to tonsilitis. This is the seoond child Mr. and Mrs. Isley have lost in tbe past three years. Home Furnishings For Fall Right now at the beginning of Fall you should refit your borne or at least add a new piece here and there to make your home bright and oheeif ul for the winter months. Look around your home and you are sure to see something that should be changed even something at a small cost will add tbe desired effect. Our Store is so Full of tbe things that make home 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 welcome at Davis-Kaser's whether you are buying or looking. The next time you are in Walla Walla make our store your meeting 'place. The Davis-Kaser Company Walla, Walla Wash The home of Greater V i Uman) Branch Store at Pasco. Wasb- ton, was married Snnday evening at Walla Walla, to Mr. Fred Swale. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. R. Maloney, and grew to womanhood in this city, where she has a large oir.-' ole of friends. The groom is the pro prietor of the cleaning and dye. works in Milton, and is also well and favor ably known here. j'iil'As The ladies of Athena will be pleased to know that D. B. Jarman will be in this city next Wednesday..., ,t--- Aav Dntnhor Rth nnd Bth-Wlth 0 large line of ladies' tailor made suits and ready to wear goods. Mr Jarman will make every effort to please. His stock is new and fresh and embraces tbe very latest styles and it will pay the ladies of Athena and vioinity to wait and inspect bis superb stook be fore purchasing their suits for the fail and winter. ' Next Wednesday and Thursday will be Jaiman Day in Athena. On these days Mr. Jarman will bave on display in this oity a stock of ladies', tailor- made suits and ready to wear apparel that will compare with the stooks oarried in the suit houses of the large cities. His prioes will be consistent with the high olass goods he offers. Remember the dates, Ootober 5th and 6th. Read his big advertisement on tbe editoiial page of this issue. It will pay you to wait and buy your suit from him. .. The mill boys are having great sport over attempts of J. V. Mitobell, tbe bookkeeper, to resusoitate a drowned fly. Mr. Mitobell bet his head off in tbe deolaratiou that he could bring the inseot "to," after it had been drowned for a period of 13 hours. Of ootiise be was "called" for the cigars and tbe fly put into water over night. One of be boys removed the fly. and substituted one that had passed in its checks on the poisoned side of a sheet of fly paper. "Mitch" couldn't revive the flylet and the boys are waiting for tbe cheroots. A Solomon-like Decision. A Rhode Island justice was called upon to determine the ownership of a brood of turkeys. The flock, consist ing of fifteen young ones, was moth ered by two hens, a white one and a bronze, and bad been running for quite a time over two adjoining farms. The owner of the white hen declared that the turkeys were bis, while the man who owned tho bronze hen assert ed just as positively that they belong ed to him. . The Justice was puzzled. At last a witness came forward who swore that be had seen a dog --chase the flock; that at the dog's approach thu young Jjlrds flew up into a tree and the bronze ben took to the woods, but the white hen turned and gave battle to .the dog. The justice there upon decided that the owner of the white hen was also the rightful own er of the brood of young turkeys New. York Eress. IAYE YOU SEEN our hew lines of Trunks and Suit Cases, mens and boys Overcoats, Ladies and Misses Coats and Capes, Sweater Coats for Ladies' Misses, Men and Boys, To ques for Children, Ladies' Newports and Mufflers. These goods were bought before we decided to close out and now we have them on hand and must close them, and to show prices on some of these goods, we quote the following: Men's $15.00 Overcoats .....$11.50 Men's $20.00 Overcoats $15.50 Men's $25 00 Overcoats $19.50 Men's $20.00 Cravenettes ... 14,75 Men's $15.00 Cravenettes 11.00 Boy's $6.00 Overcoat 4.50 Boy's $5.oo Overcoats $3.25 Ladies' $ll.oo Capes 8.50 " Ladies' $14.oo Coats 11.50 Ladies' $25.oo Coats 20.00 Ladies' $12.oo Coats 9.60 Misses $6.oo Coats 4.50 Misses $4.50 Coats $3.50 Misses $7.50 Coats. 5-50 Trunks, former price, $5 50. now . . 4.50 Trunks, former price, $2.oo, now . . 1.60 Trunks, former price, $13.oo now . .10 50 Remember, the place. We sell for cash, and you can always get it here for less. Athena Department Store Jesse G. Campbell, Proprietor losg Mercantile South Side Main Street Company Athena Oregon Is Read "Tbe Spirit of Idaho." by Arthur W. North, and "Greater Than Gold." (The Harnessing of Western Rivers,) by Clayton M." Jones, in October Sun set Magazine. Now on sale on all news stands, 15 cents. Notice. All persons owing G. E. Goff will please call on Homer L Watts or Dr. J. D. Plamondon and mate settle ment at once. Homer I. Watts. Latest Amva In the City The largest line of Ladies' Fall and Winter Footwear We have just received our Fall and Winter stock of the celebrated Utz and I Dunn Ladies' Shoes. We carry all the grades, from $2.50 to $5.00 per pair. Their line includes all the latest novelties in lasts and finish. We want the trade and confidence of the people who want to wear good Shoes which means everybody around here, but we don't want it Unless We Deserve It. If an honest line of goods appeals to you, if you want a perfect Shoe fit, if you want the very latest styles; if you believe in reliable goods made by the best of makers, then we would respectfully solicit your patronage. Remember us when it comes to The Best in Shoes. Ours is the "Quality Store" known far and near by that name and the term is applicable to our immense stocK ot anoes in common wnn oiner mica wc uj . ppl m -M r i.mii.ii... i,.- .i.m .in I-- I Ijyymiiie sups mm gush Pig