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Standard Patterns at Fit AKadtke's.
' Hamp Boober came over from Was
ton yesterday and spent the day.
. Cashier JSemp of the Weston bank,
wag in tne-oity Monday evening.'
Attorney and Mrs. Homer ,1. Watts
Wflln In Paniltatiin irHAHJn. !
w w a uuuibiuu 4.uonuajr evuuiufg.
J. M. Davis of Walla Walla, was
. registered at the St. Niohols yester
day. .
Mrs. "W."K. "Taylor spent Tnesday
ana Wednesday in Pendleton, visiting
irienas.
Mr. and Mrs. AnBoa WooiL oanse in
from Walla Walla on yesterday morn-
ng- wain.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. , Bryan were iq
me oily yesterday from tbeir farm
near, Helix. . . .,
Mrs! Henry Wood, who has been in
faiiiDg health for some time." is re
ported, better. '
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Plenty of moisture ont. in the Gold
Springs oonntry teo.jnohe8 of snow
out there Wednesday.
Will Potts was in from his Helix
ranch yesterday and renewed his sub
scription to the Press! ;
M. L. Watts and P. S. LeG row at
tended the Elks stag meeting at Pen
dleton Tnesday night ,"
W. H. vWray, the Pendleton 'marble
dealer, wa?in' the-' city Tnesday ' ac
companied, by bis wife.1 .. ,
Mayor MeEwen and Cashier LeG row
are in Foit)andr having gone down to
the- metropolis on Wednesday even
ing. . ; ' " ,
I make a epeoialty of shoe repairing.
Prices 'reasona tie! and 'work guaran
teed.; Shop's, second;' door south . of
Bank., ! ' i F. Miller. .-.
L. R. Sorimsher, of Freewater, was
in the city yesterday. He is em
ployed by the jpaoiflo States Telephone
& Telegraph company. '
A., M. Meldrom was .in Pendleton
Tuesday and attended ' the Sunday
Sohool. convention and banquet at
the M. E. oburoh in that oity.
U. H. MoDonald. of Nebraska, trav
elins for a California lumber com
pany, was in the oity last week, a guest
of his cousin, Mis.' Byron JSf. Hawks.
Burton Strout,. a 'Pendleton young
man died in that oity Tuesday; of ty
phoid fever. , The remains were inter
red in Walla' Walla oemetery Wednes
day. : .' . f.
. Miss Lillian j MoDonald left Sunday
morning for, her home ' in Spokane,
after spending a oouple of weeks with
her sister, Mrs. B. N. Hawks, in this
oity. ,
A Knights of Pythias, lodge was
instituted at Hetmibtoo last evening.
Many . Knights from . the different,
lodges of the county were in attend
anoe.. Walter Ely came, over - from . Boise
and spent Sunday and Monday , with
friends in Atbeua. . Walter1 is a lusty
. booster Boise, and . the Snake river
valley.-: v. .
A new lathe is' being - installed this
week at .Coomaos &. Zeiba's blaok
smith shop. ; Next week an air com
pressor will be pnt io. its servioee to
, be used for the inflation of automo-
T bile tires.
E. C. Sanderson, editor of the Free
water1 Time, has taken ont his final
naturalization ' papers, and is now . a
full fledged citizen of his Uncle Sam
uel's domain, v. !
Tomorrow evening the annual dis
trict convention of the Knights of
Pythias will convene at Pendleton.., A
number of the members of the looal I ing up
lodge win attend. . times.
In a case t appealed from Marionvl The promptness exercised bv B. B.
S. F. Wilson is having his aoreage
traot cleared of trees and underbrush,
preparatory to putting the land under
oultivatioo. A. B. J MoEwen is also
fcaving bis traot cleared, v
- The county court, comprising Judge
juaioney and -Commissioner! Walter
and Cookburu, were in the city yes
terday for the purpose f "viewing road
improvements adjacent to the city.
Fred FJiut returned- Sunday morn
ing from. Franklin oaaty. Iowa,
where be has been for several weeks.
His mother.i'iWbnse c ill ! health i ocoa
sioned his return home, died before
his departuie for this plaoe. ,
Bundy & Christian, the painters,
this week replaoed the plate glass
windows which, wera oraoked in the
front of the Mosgrove Mercantile com
pany store by the the heat from the
Taggart store several weeks ago.
Ine iiantist Mission arv Hnointv nun
entertained yesterday afternoon at the
Home of Mrs. T. J. Kirk. After the
troeram and business session, a fconn-
teous lunch was served bv. the hostess,
suoh as only Mrs. Kirk oart prepare.
The seoond sermon in the series on
'The Bible Standard of Christian
Living," will - be delivered in the
Methodist pulpit Sunday morning,
"Judas Isoariot" We kindly invite
the public to attend. Tbos. Lawson. -
Furniture and household goods at
the Taggart sale Monday, brought
good prioe8 and everything offered
was sold. Mr. and Mrs. Taccart are
visiting relatives in Malheur oonntv.
and will return to Athena next week.
0. C. Bakor. former Drinoioal of the
Athena sohool left Tuesday for Salem
When he left, Mr. Baker had not de
termined what bis future movements
Would be. Prof.. Patn nRonmnd thn
duties of principal of the sohool -.Monday.!;'
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Herman Beverly was in Athena the
first of the week visiting numerous
friends. Mr. Beverly was on his re
turn trip from bis home in North
Carolina, , where he spent the -holi
days. He returned to Portland Tues
day.
Mrs. Fred LieniiUnn nnd hnhvivnrn
iu the oity last week from their home
in mot uook, visiting at the home of
her brother, , Byron Hawks. ' Mrs.
Lieuallen came up also for the purpose
of seeing her father, R.. O. Hawks,
wbo was ill here.;
The first consignment of goods for
the ' grooery - department of Fix &
Radtke's store arrived this week..- The
shipment ,, octisista principally ' of
coffee, tea and epioea. The other. lines
have been in transit for several ' days
and will arrive shortly.
Among the appointments mads : at
Washington, D. C, this" , week, is that
of H. O. Woi thiogtoo, postmaster for
Athena.' Mr: Wortbicgton baa been
serving as temporary, postmaster since
the death of L. A. Githens, and now
enters on a four year term.- -
A splendid time was enjoyed by the
Odd Fellows, Rebekabs and their
friends at the joint installation of
officers Saturday evening. After the
intalling of tbe officers took plsoe, all
sal: down to a sumptuous banquet
and the remainder of tbe evening was
spent socially.
"My Dixie Girl" will appear at the
opera hooBe tonight. Tbe play . deals
with Southern life, the plot of the
beautiful story being laid in the Ken
tucky hills. ' Tbe pieo) is one of in
tense heart interest and the company
is said to be above tbe average that
appear in towns tbe size of Atbeua.
Harrv MoBride has . installed a
nioely arranged closet for storing
robes, blankets and other apparel com
fortable to travelers taking rides dur
ing cold weather. "Peok" demon
strates that be is a craokerjaok livery
man by tbe energy be displays in keep-
to date and abreast of tbe
county, Judge H. J. Bean of Pendle
ton wbo recently took his seat on tbe
supreme bench, .has rendered his fiist
opinion by reversing tbe lower court's
deoision. , r
Richards, the looal insurance agent,
in settling the loss sustained by tbe
Mosgrove Mercantile company with
out any solicitation whatever on tbe
part of tbe firm, is but one more in-
New Year
Greetinas
, It has been our pleasure to serve you during Jtbe year just ended, and
we earnestly purpose to serve you during the ooming year. We want you
to aooept our .hearty thanks and appreciation for your patronage and hope
for your continued gooo wilL
The new'yeaj follows closely upon the heels of 1910, with every in
dication pointing, to in unusually prosperous period. May tbe sun of
prosperity sbine'npon yon and youra and may you reap the harvest you
are striving for.
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WATCH FOR NEXT WEEK'S
: ADVERTISEMENT.
The Davis-Kaser Company
Walla; WallaWash (The home of Greater V 1 xman)
. . Branch Store at Pasco. Wfh-
stanoe wherein is demonstrated the
better and enter plan of dealing with
reliable home agents. Tbe other two
losses resulting from tbe fire repre
sented by ontside agencies have cot
yet been adjusted.
Rev. W. R., Manley, who for a long
period of years worked in tbe Telegu
missionary Meld in India, gave an ad
dress before an interested audienoe at
the Baptist oburoh in this city last
evening. Mr. Manley demonstrated
that Telegu work is one of tbe most
marvelous of modern missionary
effort, v -
Col. F. . G. Luoas, Weston's gilt
edged, stunning auctioneer, 'spent a
few hours in tbe oity Monday. Be
tween trains he cried the Taggart sale,
breezily . buzzed around among his
numerous friends, made a real estate
deal or two and spun Pendletonward
on the evening train. "Luke" is
some goer.
When tbe Dayton High school meets
the Athena High sohool basket ball
team "tomorrow evening, there is
bound to be a bumming good game.
1 he looal team is in prime condition
for the event and tbe Dayton lads
will be compelled to put forth all they
have to win. The ettendanoe prom
ises to be all that it Bbonld be.
Mrs. Mary Gross was given a obeok
for $1,837 Monday, in payment of tbe
benenoiary policy Held by her late
husband. J. F. Gross, in the Maooa
bees. . Mr. Gross held membership in
Tent No. 7, of the order located at
Lebanon,. Oregon. The payment. of
the polioy was made with oharaoter
istio promptness of the - Maocabees
A sooial meeting will be held on
Thursday evening, January 19;- by.
members of Pythian Lodge No. 29, K.
of P., and their, families. An exoellent
program is being prepared and It is
the request of thecommittoe having
the arrangements in hand that tbe
members see to it that well filled
baskets mane their appearanoeon that
evening -
vDoo" O'Harra. kaown to a few
people by his real name, -Marion,
came over from Weston yesterday and
expatiated on tho weather and kin
dred topics. As a weather prophet,
Doc" has old man Hioks skinned i to
a frazzle. He is some chunks on hy
drophobia, and 1 informs us that
he has had a certain. Weston editor on
diet of eonrdouk greens for two
months, but notes little change in
the patient . This remedy . failing,
Doo will try a solution of whey ;and
peanut shells, -r
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The Miller & West well boring ma-
chine is at .work on , the Lookwood
traot south of town.- Mr. Lookwood
has oontraoted for a hundred foot well
but there is a possibility xt his 'decid
ing to extend the depth , of the well
down. 860 feet. This would bring it
to tbe level where. tbe artesian flow
was enoonntered in the well that wbb
drilled for tbe Athena Land: & Trust
company. Should this , be cone, Mr.
Miller believes strongly in tbei possi
bility of striking a stronger flow than
the first well gives, r
Misses Marguerite and Neva "Forest
entertained Saturday night In honor
of Miss -Agnes Remillard of Walla
Walla. ? Games and. dancing " were
indulged in until a late hour when
dainty refreshments were served by
the-hostesses.' Those present were:
Agnes Remillaid,f,Walla Walla; Areta
Rotbrook, Kittie Gholson, Lela - Lieu
allen,-Marguerite Forest, Neva Forest,
Athena; Mossrs. Elmer Brunton, Wal
la Walla; George Clark and Wayne
Chapman Pendleton; Luvois MoEwen,
Sheldon Taylor, Manrioe Hill, Clar
ence Brothertoo, George Forest and
Roy Burke, Athena. .
Tonight is the date set - for tbe en
tertainment given by A. M. Meldrum
at tbe Christian oburoh. This is a
lecture which has been delivered by
Mr. Meldrum in some of tbe largest
oitiea of the world, including Glas
gow, Scotland, London England, Sid
ney and Melbourne, Australia, and
cities in China, in India, and also in
tbe United States. Mr. . Meldrum is
widely traveled, and tells in an enter
taining and graphic manner of the
interesting lands be has visited. Tbe
subject of his lecture this evening is
"Tbe World's Wonderland ; Nature's
Soenio .. Masterpiece, " and will be
illustrated.
Good-bye, Profits!
Next Christmas is a long way off,
and we don't want to carry our
left-over Novelties until then; so
we'll give them to yon for one
third o(f, io exchange for cash .to
put in our Spring stock. They'll
oome handy when you want to give
a birthday gift, and do one will be
the wiser that you have saved tbe
jeweler's profit oo them. And
some of these things are so cute
that you will want to make a gift
to yourself. '
EE-ffiU, Jeweler
Athena
CONTRACTORS AND' BUILDERS
Furniture Repairing, Cabinet
Work, - ate Prices right.
DESPER Si SON, - - Athena,
Mum
Deoendab e Tea. ,offe. Snires
B t 7 r 7 v , r w
and Extracts
We have : receiyed. a full line of Dependable tea, coffee,
extracts and spices, and we invite you to' come to our
Store and give this line a trial. By the end of the
week, we expect to, have a f &?"
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mm mm, wi
;which we intend to sell dt the lowest prices. We've
bought one of the best lines of grocries and intend to
carry a large stock.,, Remember, our x goods are sold
with guarantee to give Satisfaction or money refunded,
We have some more Mens and Womens Shoes on the way from the factory, which
! we expect to arrive any time, now. .
Athena ; Department
losgiwe Mercantile
South Side
Main Street
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Athena '
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Great Slaughter Sale of Ladies' Suits,
Dress Skirts, Ladies' &,Children Cloaks)
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Now is the time to prepare for cold weather. Every
garment marked down. They must be sold regardless
(of cost. or value. The knife has cut deep. The, prices
will astonish you. Nothing held back. All the latest
uptodate garments included in this Great Slaughter Sale
Ladies Suits Ladies' Cloaks
$30.oo Suits are now reduced to $21.50 $20.oo Cloaks are now reduced to $13.75
27.5o V 4 19,75 18.5o ' ' 12.5O
25.00 4 ' ' 17.50 I5.00 ' 975
19.00 ' ' 1 ' f 12.75 13.5o - ' 1 V 8.75
MISSES and CHILDREN'S CAPES MISSES and CHILDREN'S CLOAKS
$3.50 Capes, Splendid Values, now $2.75 $3.25 Bearskin and Fancy Plush, $2.25
CM) ' 4 ' 1 3.75 5.00 Fancy Tossum & other styles - 3.50
Foley1 s Kidney Cure
makes ki enters mnd bladder rizhL
About 50 Garments carried over from last season , goods
that cost from $6.50 to $10.50, your choice of nr
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