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Weston .
Vb. Atheoa,
' Athena grounds,
Sunday. June 18, at 3 p. m., .
Iu the last league game of the sea--'bo
n on the home grounds.
Miss Norma Smith waa the guest of
Walla Walla friends Sundav.
Athena's second team plays Free
water at Meador Park, nest Sunday.
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juuu nwu, wuu uas ueen in w al
lows county tor some time, is in the
city.
A. L. Swaggart was in Pendleton,
Wednesday, wnere he tiansaoted bus
iness. The ooauty fa constructing a steel
btidge on Pine oreek at the Baddeley
place.
Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian,
was in Athena Tuesday on offioial bus
iness. - Miss Lucile Kemp oame over from
Weatoo yesterday to visit Athena
friends.
Indians on the reservation are hold
ing their third roundup of stook this
season. .
business visitor
adjaoenl towns
M. L. Watts was a
to North Yakima and
last week.
Col. F. Q. Lnoas, the Weston auc
tioneer and real estate dealer, waa in
the city Wednesday.
Jack Keefe oame up from Pendle
ton Tuesday evening, returning to the
county Beat Wednesday.
J. W. Wilcoxson, represent ng the
Best Manufacturing oompany,' is in
the city from Walla Walla.
Mrs. Martha Van Winkle, a pioneer
and friends in Athena Wednesday.
Rev. W. S. Payne has been returned
to the United, Brethren charge at Wes
ton for the twelfth successive year.
Mrs. F. S. LeGrow returned Snnday
afternoon from Wal a Walla, where
she visited at the home of her mother.
Mrs. A. L. Swaggart and children
visited Sunday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs M. L. Akers, in Pendle
ton. Mr. and Mrs. George Darlin, for
merly of this plaoe, have reoently
moved from Brownsville to Walla
Walla.
Mrs. Crockett oame npfrom Pendle
ton Saturday evening and spent Sua
day with her daughter, Mrs. A. M.
Meldrnm.
Miss' Lula 1 harp visited at the
homes - of Miss Delia Danner and
Mrs. Dean Clerking at Milton over
Sunday.
Mr. and Mtf. Albert Fix and chil
dren who have been visiting relatives
in Washington and Idaho, are expeot
ed to return home today or tomorrow.
Alex. MoRae of Spokane, was in tne
city yesterday. Alex, is interested in
the manufacture of a combined har
vester, the factory being at Moscow,
Idaho.
Mrs. Armstrong and daughter, of
Walla Walla, are guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker in
this city.
Have you sized op the fishing taokle
at Hawks drugstore? Provide your
self from Hawks' and you can't fail
to oatoh fish.
Bennie Gross arrived home this
morning from the Oregon Agricultural
College, bearing his sheepskin from
that institution.
Perry Hamm and two daughters of
Condon, are visiting in the city,
guests of Mrs. A. H. Luna, who is a
sister of Mr. Hamm. ,
Irvin Jensen, who pitohed for Mil
ton against the Millers, has been
signed by the Portland team in the
Northwestern league.
Miss Gertrude Luna is operating at
the local telephone office in the ab
sence of Mrs. Griswold, the manager,
who is taking a vaoation.
Mrs. B. B. Richards returned home
from a visit to relatives and friends
in Lewiston, Idaho, and Lacrosse,
Wash, Wednesday evening.
The young people enjoyed a sooial
dance given at the opera house last
Friday evening. Another dance is
announoed for this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Ferguson arrived
home Sunday evening from attending
the Portland Rose Carnival. They re
port a warm trip up on the train.
After dosing down for several days
for the pnrpose of overhauling machin
ery, the mill will resume grinding
flour for the export trade Monday
morning.
Link Swaggart has eight head of
work mules for sale, at his home
ranob north of Athena. These mules
are ready to work, and are from three
at six years old.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Alexander have
returned from California and have
taken up their residence in Athena.
They are ocoupying the Chas. Groves
plaoe, tempoiarily.
Traveling about the country in
search of work, George P. Winslow,
aged 50 years died of heart failure
shortly after he reached Pilot Rook
Saturday afternoon.
Rev. J. R. G. Russell preaobed to a
fair-sized and appreciative audience
at the Baptist ohuroh Wednesday eve
ning. Rev. Russell is the pastor of
the ohuroh at Milton.
Dr. Clise, the Optician, will be in
Athena at the St. Nichols Hotel, on
next Thursday and Friday. On Tues
day and Wednesday of next week Dr.
Clise will be in Weston.
The Gibson Fruit company of Chi
cago, has oootraoted to take the en
tire 1911 prune crop of the Milion
Freewater diatriot at prices ranging
from 30 to $35 per ton.
A mysterious bunch of surveyors
are reported to be working on Lino
ton Mountain, in the vioinity of the
Big Saddle. Whenoe they come and
to whom they belong, deponent sayeth
not.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Rosetnrg,
spent a couple of days in the oity this
week, guests of Mrs. M. L. Watts,
Mr. Anderson's sister. Mr. Anderson
is a looomotive engineer on the South
,ern PaoirJo.
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Don't Forget Walla Walla,'s Big
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of July Celebration
July 4 and 5. 1911
Under Auspices Merchant's Ass'n
TWO DAYS
Band Tournament. Biff. Bang.
Free Fim and Amusements, Street Spectacles,
League Base Ball, Sports and Athletics,
Something Doing Every Minute. See Large Bills.
Reduced Rates on Railroads. Come all
Ine ladies of the U. W. B. M. were
most pleasantly entertained Wednes
day, after the regular business pro
gram, at the home of Mrs. Joseph N.
Soott northwest of town.
A. Mackenzie Meldrnm is recover
ing from a severe illness occasioned by
the return of symptoms of jungle fev
er, a disease which be contracted
while in the South Sea Islands.
The Masomo Grand Lodge conven-
ton is in session at Portland. E. K
Koontz, A. B. MoEwen and James
Henderson are the representatives
from Dolph Lodge of this oity.
Lester Carlisle and Kate Hendriok-
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son, young people or wesiou, weru
united in marriage at Pendleton Mon
day. The young oouple will make
their home on Weston mountain.
Miss Leta Edington, who has been
visiting at the W. R. Taylor home
near town since the close of her
school in Wallowa oounty two weeks
ago, will leave soon for her home at
Corvallis.
Mrs. T. J. Kirk's Sunday sobool i
class of the Baptist ohuroh enjoyed
basket pionio at the City Park Wed
nesday afternoon. The little folks
spent a pleasant afternoon among the
trees with games and refreshments.
Misses Zelma DePeatt and Nettie
Royse will arrive from Taooma on
the 4:10 train tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Royse is a graduate of the Taoo
ma high eobool, and Miss DePeatt
will finish the course at the end of the
first semester next year.
Mrs. George Gerking is recovering
from a surgical operation, whiob she
had performed last weeK in a Walla
Walla hospital. Miss Merna DePeatt
has been in attendance upon her
this week, pending the arrival of her
adopted daughter, Miss Nettie Koyse,
from Tacoma.
A pretty wedding took plaoe at he
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Banniater,
east of town, Wednesday evening
when their daughter Ruth beoame the
bride of Carl MoConnell. Rev. Crooks
of Weston performed the ceremony.
The oouple were students at Columbia
College, Milton.
Pine oreek is affording unexpected
sport as a trout stream. Tne .Leader
reports a catoh of 60 by a oouple ol
Weston young men. With obstruc
tions removed and irrigation ditobes
soreened aooording to law, Pine creek
would onoe again rank as an excellent
stream for fishing.
The Miller drilling maobine has
been at work on a well at the Jesse
York plaoe north of Weston. The
drill is down 172 feet and the prospeot
for a large quantity of water is flat
tering. At present repairs are being
made on the machine, and work is
temporarily suspended.
Several Athena fans are at Walla
Walla today, to witness the game
between Weston and the Bears. Con
siderable interest in the game is felt,
for the reason that if Weston wins
Athena has a oinoh on the pennant
Brown. Frink and Lieuallen are in
Weston's line-up today.
A. .T Willabv. who was taken to
Dr. Williamson's sanitarium at Port
land several days ago, is getting along
as well as could be expected. Having
known the doctor in the old time days
at Weston. Andy was content to re
. main and take treatment there. But
little hopes are enterained for his per
manent reoovery.
Bert Cartano carries the best family
liquors in town, and he is making a
epeoialty of fine table wines. For
$1.50 per gallon, you oan get ohoioe
Tokay, Muscat, Angelica, Sweet Ca
tawba or Port. These are California's
best produot and give satisfaction
wherever used. Call at the Red Front
for the best and purest liquors.
Jaokson Toles, formerly of the Uma
tilla reservation, erstwhile resident of
Canada and now nf Yakima, has been
visiting the haunts of his boyhood
days in this vioinity during the week.
Jackson is much the same as of yore,
exoept that he is more corpulent. In
this respeot, President Taft does not
outshine him to any great extent.
Elsie, the 12-year-uld daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Walker residing
northwest of Athena had the misfor
tune to have her left arm broken
Wednesday evening. The girl was
tripped by a dog, the fall resulting in
badly fraotured arm. Dr. Sharp was
called, and using bis automobile made
the round trip in an hour and 45 min
utes. The Athena Band will play for the
oeldbration at Pendleton July 4. The
services of the band were secured by
the committee on arrangements for the
sum of $200 for the engagement. The
band is rehearsing new music and
will go to the county seat prepared to
render first class servioe. The organ
ization will be strengthened by addi
tional players for the day.
Emeslev Ridenour and family, for
mer residents of Weston, but lately of
Port Angeles, Wash., have reoently
moved to Montavilla. a suburb of
Portland, where Mr. Ridenour will
engage extensively in poultry raising
a tmsinftHs in which be has been suc
cessful both in Seattle and Port Ang
eles. However, tha Oregon metrop
olio wnntd him. and he has returned
to the best state cn earth.
Rev. Ralph E. Storie. who reoently
resigned his pastorate cf the Baptist
cburoh in Pendleton because of doc
trinal differences of opinion between
himself and two or three members of
his floob. is undoubtedly the most
popular "first uid" to Cupid in the
Northwest, says the Live Wire. Dur
ing the little itntire than three years
that he ban be zn encased in the min
istry he has united 158 neople in the
holy bonds of matrimony.
Now is time to
for lot Weather
Prepare
You'll find our Stock complete
in all the Various Big lines.
We recommend to the ladies of Athena
and vicinity our ladies' white dresses, wash
dresses, muslin underwear, parasols, neck
wear, hosiery", silk petticoats, embroideries
laces, ribbons and Summer dress goods.
Also, our beautiful line of infant's long
and short dresses and headwear.
We call the men's attention to our big
stocks of underwear in one and two piece
suits, fine shirts in Negligee and Golf styles,
latest in neckwear, hosiery", work and fash
ionable dress gloves. & & &
J Fill & RAPTKE, Rftajh St. )
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JKiosgrove jmmiiiiie
Ladies' Neckwear
in Great
Profusion
Company
Ladies' and Children's
Hose;
All sizes, all colors
Owing to the backward season, we are now overstock
ed with new, uptodate Ladies' Shirt Waists and Dress
Skirts. All this season's goods, new and stylish, and
we shall place them on sale Saturday morning, June
3rd. First come, first served, we price will be so ri
diculously low that they won't last long.
Lot 1 Lot 5
All our $1 and $1.25 fine Lawn Waists, An immense assortment of Novelty Silk
open back or front, and Pongee Waists, no two alike,
NOW 83c M COST
Lot 2 Lot6
All our $1.50 and $1.75 fine Lawn Waist Our 5, 5.50, 6 and $6.50 Ladies' Dress
trimmed in lace or embroidery, Skirts, a colors and Black,
HOW $1.35 MOW $3.95
Lot 3 Lot 7
All our $2 and $2.25 Waists, very fine Our $7.50 and $8.50 Ladies' Fine Dress
material and elegantly trimmed, Skirts, great ; .anety of materials,
NOW $1.69 . WOW $5.75
; Lot 4 Lot 8
All our $2.75 and $3 Waists, extra fine . All our fine Voiles and sample Skirts, in
and dainty-effects, , great variety. Will be sold
NOW $1.95 AT COST
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