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P. H. Coman of Bauer ia in tW
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oame over from
. Coman
Lavender
VVeston luesday.
L Henry Stamper
i Weston Tuesday.
Dr. J. F. Cropp of Walla Walla wa
in the city Wednesday.
I. M. Kemp was in the city ''-
nesday evening from Weston.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M
friends on the mountain T
Summer varieties of
made their appearance
Orville Reeves V
friends in this oifc, '
ee rooms to
. 0 at reasonable
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furohasnd a team
3 is again running
fiave
r" market.
guest of
and Sun-
rent to thT
v.pnoe.
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of iy
bia
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slted
R. A. Thompson of
friends in Weston
were
home
d Mrs. Fred Kershaw, of
4 will go to Cold Spring for
siting. .
4r. and Mrs. Lowell Rogers
f, tne oity yesterday from their
near Adams.
Mr. and Mrs..E. E. Koontz and Mr..
dnd Mrs. Harry MoBride drora to t.h
nvajr: Sunday.
Jesse Fioard and Guy Jonas have
purchased the Corner saloon fsom
John Durham.
Sheep shearers are returning from
Montana after having a prolitable
season's work. v
Miss Carrie Sharp and Miss Velma
Wilkinson were in Pendleton Tuesday
botweea trains.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Crawford were
in the oity from Weston Saturday,
visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keen spent
Sunday in Walla Walla, visiting rel
atives and friends.
The first shipment of melons of this
season's California orop was received
by Dell Bros, Monday.
Matt Moagrove, of the Mosgrove
Meroantile company, was in the oity
from Milton Wednesday
Mrs. George Proebstel and Mrs.
Clarenoe Whiteman of Weston, were
visitors in Athena Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bannister will
looate at the MoDougal nainp on Wes
ton mountain for the summer.
Miss Dora "Bennett came up from
Pendleton Tuesday and will spend
her vacation with her mother.
George McDonald, of Walla Walla,
was a guest Monday at the home of
his oouain, Mrs. B. N. Hawks, in this
city.
J. H. Ross, the well known Wild
Horse creek rancher was in the oity
yesterday trading with Athena mer
chants. Wanted A situation as cook in
harvest by a lady well qualified to
manage cook bouse. Apply' at this
office.
Bawl Miller operated bis picture
show at Weston Monday and Tuesday
of this week after a layoff of a oonple
of weeks.
Mrs. W. R. Taylor and daughter
Luoile visited last week at the home j
of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Mansfield in
Walla Walla.
was in from the
His harvest crew
the middle' of the
Open
eveni
tendai
Gre'i
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Chin
Bob Raymond
ranch yesterday,
will begin work
coming week.
Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn and daughter
have been spending the past two
weeks at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Molstrom, in Pendleton.
Maurice Hill, writing from La
Cross, Wash., states that he has quit
farming and is managing a wheat
warehouse in that section.
The timothy hay crop on the moun
tain ranobes is being harvested. The
orop is a good one and balers are at
work getting it ready for market.
The warm weathor has played faav
oo with garden trnok in Athena gar
dens. Lettuce, peas and other veg
etables aid wilting and drying up. ,
The Watts harvesting outfit was
taken to the renob north of town yes
terday, where everything will be in
readiness to begin threshing grain
Monday.
J. H. Wilson, the Ukiab druggist
who was arrested last week on the
charge of attempting to bnrn bis store,
' -en released from the county jail
0 bonds.
'alter Mulkey of Joseph, Or
a the oity accompanied by
laughter, visiting at the St.
' tel. a guest of her cousin,
Froome.
idley took a party of
be Umatilla river Sunday
mobile. A pleasant hour
n the swimming poolat
low crossing.
entered in a dog fight at
' jednesday evening, so it is
I A considerable sum of
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BBUgeu uhuuh uu iuo uui-
brding to rumor.
t harvest fire of the season
from the John Crow place
reservation, where flames
,et a stubble field do
' .gsacks of barley.
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There is a large Dumber of men here
firing work in the harvest fields,
jaext week, when harvest will
-yoll blast, there. will not be
le men on the streets.
5 ng Elder Gabriel Sykes. of
':.-. tidist Enisoonal church, held
meeting with the looal oon-
.t nesday, this being the last
, meeting of the year.
rson & Wilson, attorneys for G.
Proebstel, have entered suit
inst Maloolm Stevens for the ool-
Ction of a promissory note, principal
ana interest amounting to 180.
Levi Trowbridge dropped into the
oity from Spokane Sunday and called
on friends. Mr. Trowbridge is trav
eling salesman for a Chioago firm
dealing in advertising supplies.
Harvest orews and others who desire
hrst class new potatoes and garden
vegetables can get the samo of S. S
nersoi at most reasonable prices.
Jb'irst house south of David Taylor's.
Meaobam station is beooming quite
noted as a summer resort for camp
us. uarge numoers oi people go
there for the summer months to enjoy
tne oool weather the mountains afford
The Ladies Aid sooiety of the M. E.
oburob will hold a pastry sale tomor
low in the building on Main street,
vaoated by B. a. Riobards. All are
invited to oall and patronize the
sale. .
Mrs. J. H. Koontz, who has been ill
for several months, has grown worse
this week until she is now in;a oritioal
condition. Two of her sons have
arrived in the oity to be at her bed
side. . A. L. Swagcart hauled lumber this
week whioh will te nsed in the con
struction of a temporary bouse in
whioh to reside until after harvest is
over, when be will build a new farm
bouse.
Wednesday Mrs. Casper Woodward,
who resides west of town, gave pre
mature birth to an Infant, the ohild
being born dead. Mrs. Woodward
is gettiug along as weli as can t:e expected.
George Forrest and Elizabeth J.
Griswold were united in marriage at
Walla Walla last Thursday. The
oonple are well known in this city,
where their friends wish them success
in life.
An intoxicated individual took a
snooze on a bench at the St. Kiohols
hotel Saturday night and rolled ker
plunk to the sidewaltr. The jar did
not disturb his slumbers, but Officer
Henry did.
James Riobards, brother of B. B.
Richards, has arrived here to engage
as separator tender in the harvest
field. He will be employed by Bud
Sanders, who has purchased a new
separator this eeasoa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis B. Harris aDd
baby arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon from Waitsburg. Wash..
and are visiting witb Athena
friends. They are on their wav to
their home in Baker.
The swimming pool at Thorn Hol
low on the Umatilla river has held at
traction for several Athenaites during
the warm spell. Several trips have
been made by different parties of men
in automobiles and hacks.
Miss Katherine Sharp of this oity
has been eleoted to teach in the publio
schools at Pendleton. Her sister.
Miss Carrie, has taught at Pendleton
for two years, and has also teen re
tained for the coming year.
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There promise to be a fair orop of
apples in several orchards in this vi
cinity. However, in many of the- or
chards then will be soaroelv any,
owing to tba effects of frost while the
blossoms were on the trees.
Reports from the Williamson san
itarium at Portland are to the effect
that the condition of A. J. Willaby
is not improving. From a letter re
ceived by the family yesterday, it is
learned that he is worse again.
J. H. Ridenonr arrived in the city
Sunday from Spokane, having fin
ished the sheep-shearing season at
Dunkirk, Montana. He avers that it
is a relief to get out of that mosquito
infested region into God's country.
Water conditions are such that it is
impossible to keep pressure in tne
mains during the night, and eaob
morning finds soaroely any water in
the pines. For this reason, lawn
sprinkling will have to be prohibited.
Albert H. Kirby and Edith Per
ringer, well known voung people of
Adams, were married Wednesday. Mr.
Kirty is a young business man of
that oity and bis bride is the daughter
of well known Umatilla county .pio
neers. Mrs. Alice Cox, who visited friends
in Athena and Weston tbo past three
weeks. Tuesday took her departure for
Portland, where she will probably
make ber home. Mrs. Cox came to
this city from Colorado, where ber
son resides.
Mrs. C. M. Brother ton returned
Monday from Walla Walla, where
she went to attend her motBer. Mrs.
Wells of Franklin county, Wash.,
who was reoently hurt in a runaway
aooident Mrs. Brotberton reports
ber mother in a fair way of reoovery.
She is reoeiving every attention in
a hospital in that oity.
Base ball fans would like to see a
series of games between the Athena
and Weston teams of the Bine Moun
tain league during the summer. If
the games were played Sundays they
doubtless would draw large crowds.
Both teams, with the exception of
two or three players, are practically
intact, and n good siii'l- of bell
' could be put up.
A. Maokenzie Meldrum, minister
of the Christian cburob, has returned
and will preaoh morning and evening
July 23. He will give a report of the
International Convention lately held
in Portland. A large attendanoe is
requested.
A depth of 350 feet has been reaohed
by Miller & West, well borers of this
city, in the Jesse York well, without
striking water in any quantity to
speak of. Mr. York has hauled water
for years and is desirous of securing a
good well of water.
While at Wenaha Springs Suuday,
Jaok Kenfe and John Diokson of Pen
dleton saved a strangei from drowning
in the bathing pool. Keefe first going
to the resoue, was taken under by the
drowning man, when Diokson plnnged
in and rendered aid.
In the sooiety column of last bun
day's Oregonian an item appeared in
which the name of Golda Willaby
Corkrum was announoed as among
a olass of young women who appeared
recently in a musical reoital at
Eiler's hall, in Portland.
H. H. Alexander has purchased
of S. F. Wilson, the three and one
half acre traot on whioh the ball
park was looated and will soon com
mence the ereotion of a five-room bun
galow. Part of the traot is situated
in Riobards' addition to the oity of
Athena, and the other part in Park
addition.
A. M. Meldrum arrived home yes
terday from a short vaoation, and
reports that sinoo attending the big
convention in Portland, he has been
olimbing mountains and otherwise
enjoying bis vaoation at Everett,
Wash. Mrs. Meldrum and daughters
are visiting at the Crookett home in
Pendleton.
Jinks Taylor was miuus his watob
for a time the other day, and believ
iug bis friend, Charlie Henry knew
of its whereabouts, "frisked" the big
fellow in hope of finding the time
pieoe. However, it developed later
that Mr. Taylor had lost his watch,
whioh was f und and returned to its
owner in due oourse of time.
Bert Cartano oarries the best family
liquors in town, and he is making a
speoialty of fine table wines. For
$1.50 per gallon, you can get ohoioe
Tokay, Musoat, Angelica, Sweet Ca
tawba or Port. These are California's
best produot and give satisfaction
wherever nsed. Call at the Red Front
for the best and purest liqnors.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Swaggart de
sire the Press to state that they are
deeply grateful and thankful for the
assistance rendered tbem during the
fire whioh destroyed their home last
Thursday. Only prompt aotion and
hard work could have saved anything
from the burning house, and their
heartfelt thanks are extended to all
who so kindly assisted.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dobson return
ed Tuesday evening from Portland
where they spent several weeks. Mrs.
Dobson left her mother greatlv im
proved in health. She and her hus
band were delayed in returning home
by an aooident whioh happened to ber
brother, Guy Downs, who was injured
in a street car aooident on July 4.
He is in a hospital, reoeiving treat
ment for three broken rits.
Will Camerdn, a young man who
has resided on the reservation south
of this city for many years, died in a
Walla Walla hospital Sunday after
noon of typhoid-pneumonia. He was
taken to Walla Walla the latter part
of Jast week for treatment. The fun
eral was oondnoted from the Catbolio
church in that city Tuesday forenoon.
Together with his mother, he ii sur
vived by two sisters and two brothers.
Taylor & LeGrow will move their
meat market into the Cook briok
boilding on Main street, whioh was
formerly oooupied by the Pioneer
drugstore. The boilding, wbiob is
now being put into shape, will afford
splendid conveniences for a market.
This firm is doing everything possible
to give its patrons the best the market
affords and in moving into this build
ing the best of facilities will be taken
advantage of.
The Dreamland tbeatie has a most
interesting program for Friday, Satur
day and Sunday evenings. For the
first two evenings the following is an
nounoed: 1. "Rosemary for Remem
brance," Lubin. 2. "Feats of Riding
Cossacks," "Max Foils the Polioe,"
Pathe. 3. "A Luoky Toothache,"
'.'The Masher." Biograph. For Son
day: 1. "Mazeppa," Selig. 2. "The
Grandmother," Kalem. 3. "Life in
Sengeal," Clink of Gold," Gaumont.
S. C. Ives left yesterday morning
for the Soldiers' home at Roseburg,
where be intends spending the remain
ing days of his life. The old man has
been declining in health and on the
advioe of army comrades who beoame
interested in bis welfare, conoluded
that it was best for him to enter the
borne, where be will receive- better
attention than it was possible to give
him her e. Wo disposition has yet been
made of bis property in this city,
wbiob consists of lots and a email
house.
A foa ot Red Elk, the Indian, had
bis foot cut off on a disc, while work
ing summer fallow Wednesday. Dr.
Newsom was called and fonnd the foot
cut nea rly off at the instep, only the
flesh an 3 skin on the bottom holding
together. The bones and ligaments
were completely severed tut notwith
standing the fact, the mother would
not permit amputation. Dr. New
som says that unless amputation is re
sorted to tbe boy will doubtless lose
his life of blood poisoniog, and in
event tba terrible cut should heal, tbe
foot wotald remain useless.
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Harvest Supplies of all
Kinds, Arriving Daily
We now have one of the largest stocks of wool and
cotton Blankets, Comforts, Shoes, Underwear, Shirts,
Socks, Towling, Table .Linens, Canvass by the yard,
canvass Bed Sheets, and a full line of fresh Groceries.
. Let us figure with you on your harvest supplies.
We guarantee to meet any price.
Why not leave your money at home? When you
buy" your goods here, you are not buying by sample,
but you get the real article. , When you buy of an agent
you do not know what you are getting.
FIX & RADTKE, Main St.
Mercantile
iosgrove
Ladies' Neckwear
in Great
Profusion
Company
Ladies' and Children's
Hose;
All sizes, all colors
REAT SALE
Owing to the backward season, we are now 'overstock
ed with new, uptodate Ladies' Shirt Waists and Dress
bkirts. 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
All our $1 and $1.25 fine Lawn Waists,
open back or front,
NOW 89c
Lot 2
All our $1.50 and $1.75 fine Lawn Waist
trimmed in lace or embroidery,
NOW $1.35
Lot 3
All our $2 and $2.25 Waists, very fine
1 material and elegantly trimmed,
51.69
1 Lot 5
An immense assortment of Novelty Silk
and Pongee Waists, no two alike,
KT COST
Lot 6
Our 5, 5.50, 6 and $6.50 Ladies' Dress
Skirts, all colors and Black,
NOW $3.95
Lot 7
Our $7.50 and $8.50 Ladies' Fine Dress
Skirts, great variety of materials,
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
B. 11 GREEN TRADIHG STAMPS WITHEVEflY CASH PURCHA