The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, June 21, 1912, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPress Paragraphs - John Bell was in Poitland doiiog Rose Pair week. Banip Eoober was in tbe city Wed nesday from Weston. N. A. Miller was in Walla Walla Wednesday on business. Mis. Lester O'Haira, of Weston, was in tbe oity Satprday. , Mr and Mra. Clyde Willaby have returned from a visit to Portland. Bert Kirty, tbe Adams merohant, was in tbe oity Tnesday on business. Fied Radtke. of the firm of Fix & Radtke, has been in Portand tbis week. - Mrs. J. J. Beeler a well known Weston lady, was in the oity Satur day. There will be a sooial danoe at tbe I. O. 0. F.-K. of P. hall tomorrow night.' - " Mr. and Mrs. Gbas. Fergnson were down from their mountain ranch Wednesday. v Emery Wortbington is assisting in in hk iog nay mis wees on me jonn Wright farm. ; A gloomy dont storm was in evidenoe yesterday., afternoon, and today the hnncanlfa la tinav Deiin Geikiug oame over from Free water Wednesday and spent tbe day in the oity on business. Mis. Paul Bushman is reported se riously ill at tber home on the reser vation 8uth of town. Miss Zelma DePeatt has been eleot ed to teaob in the Waterman district for tbe ooming year. Stanley Wiigbt came over from Walla Walla Friday evening and visited friends id Athena. Philips & Staggs,' automobile deal ers at Weston, have disposed of U cars to buyers this season. For some reason not explained, tbe Baoon ieoital did not take place last Saturday evening as advertised. Mr. and Mr& W. ,S. Ferguson re turned from Portland Monday, after spending a week in the Rose oity. Frank Greer, a prominent farmer of tbe Westou neighborhood was in the city Saturday, transacting business. ,' Workmen have completed papering and painting tbe four room cottage on the A. L. Swaggart farm , noitb of town. Vjt , - v ...(.'. W. K. Taylor and S. F. Le Grow spent a portion of tbe week on the Umatilla river and stook range. For Sale. One Hodge header, four header boxes and four nets; for f 150. Mrs. M. A. Rash, Athens. Phone 257. There's a fellow or two in tbis old town "jes dyin' " to go fishing and we know one of them who is going piq- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirk are vis iting friends and relatives in their former home in the Willamette valley tbis week. - .... .: . , Mrs. Darn Russell and little daugh ter, from Condon, are visiting at tbe borne of her mother, Mrs. Vaughn, this week. ' A marriage license was issued by tbe oounty olerk Monday to Tavnor Barger and Georgia B. Wight, both of tbis county. G. W. Mitohell was down from his mountain ranch Wednesday, and re ported orops in bis neighborhood to be looking well. Another tented exhibition ia shed uled for Atbena Kit Caisoon Wild West Show, Friday, June 38. after noon and evening. Wesley Tompkios has gone to Two Rivets, Wash., where he will assist in the finit harvest - during tbe season, at the Woodruff farm. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Willaby return ed Mouday evening from Portland where tbey visited relatives and en joyed tbe Rose festival. Miss Carrie Sharp of tbis city,' a teacher in the Pendleton sohools was teoently granted a life diploma by tbe State Board of Education. Mr. and Mrs. John Geissand daugh ter,. Winifred, who spent .several months in California, retuined to their home in Adams tbis week. The Atbena people who attended the Rose oarnival at Poitland have returned home and all report a splen did time in the metropolis. Mies Laura Molutyre has resigned her position as saleslady at tbe Fix & Radtke.store and her plaoe has been taken by Miss Merna DePeatt. D. H. MansBeld has been afflioted with blood poison on his light hand..' Tbe band became badly swollen, with the result that Mr. Mansfield was oft duty at the meat market yesterday. Sam Hutt returned from Portland Saturday evening. Mr. Butt inves tigated tbe motor truok problem while in tbe metropolis and is favciably im pressed with gasoline power in use for heavy hauling. AT ATHENA FRIDAY ,111 iffl KIT CARBON'S: BUFFALO RANCH WILD WEST AND TRAINED WILD ANIMAL EXHIBITION. : TENTH TRANS-CONTINENTAL TOUR. r i up. .... . ii THE LARGEST WILD WEST SHOW Oil EARTH -f COMING PIRECT ON THEIR OWN SPECIAL TRAINS OF DOUBLE LENGTH RAILROAD CARS FROM - . ' THE BIGGEST RANCH IN THE WORLD. " Menagerie of Trained Wild Animals From all ports of the Globe. Daring and death defying acta almost beyond the realms of lucid imagination. A COSMOPOLITAN COLLECTION OP COWBOYS AND GIRLS, VANQUER03, 8ENCRITA3, CUARDIS RURALES, CHAMPIONS OF THE LARIAT, BOUGH RIDERS, PONY EXPRESS VETERANS, DARING ATHLETES, COMICAL CLOWNS, THRILLING INDIAN FIGHTS AND WAR DANCES. PRINCE BOTTOM'S TROUPE OF RUSSIAN COSSACKS, The most daring Horsemen in the World, BANDS of SIOUX, CHEYENNE and COMANCHE INDIANS, Fresh from the Camp-fire and Council, making their first acquaintance ' with pale face civilization. Tbe Grand Ethnological Performance concludes with the Superb Spectacular, Dramatic, Historical Fantasy, l.".-!1 '.;"". .- . ' "' ..... .. . ... r-.. . .. t,p ju .nil "' " ' f i t4 - -i:--: ."! 51SUMt MMTK SMCCTMU " . ' ' '' 1 -C't itft(MC rMTK SPRCTAtU The Battle of Wounded Knee " Introducing a vast and motley horde. of Indians, Scouts, Trappers and Soldiers that actually took active part in the last brave stand and hopeless i struggle the noble redskin made for his freedom and rights. TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY, RAIN C3 SHINE ; Afternoon at a. Evening at S. Doors pea One Boor earlier. WATER PROOF CANVAS. CANNOT LEAK. Grand, Gold Glittering Free Street Parade TWO MILES LONG at u a. m. daily on tb main thoroughfares, BIG FREE EXEISrnONS on Show Grounds immediately alter tbe Parade BRING IN YOUn D AO -HORSES ANO mUlES J Our Cowboys will ride them FREE OP CHARGE. Sirs. J. E. Froome and daughter, Katharine, are visiting relatives at Jo seph, Wallowa' oonoty, this week.: Tbey left tbe oity Saturday evening. - Al -Sigmao came down from bii camp on the Umatilla and ' spent' sev eral days with the boys in Athena. He reports high water and poor fish ing. . ; . , . Mrs. Robert Walker returned yes terday from Walla Walla, wbere she has been taking medical treatment for some weeks. She is improved in health. Alias Eanioe Moore, nieoe of Mrs. Al Johnson, aniyed tbis week from Los Angeles, and will spend sereral weeks visiting at the Johnson borne west of tbe city. Miss Hattie Pinkeiton will visit frfeuds at Hood River for several weeks. She will aooompaoy Mrs. W. E. Dobson, who leaves next week for Portland. Atbena people retnrning from Port land, report that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norris are oontented with metropolit an life and satisfied to make tbelr borne in tbe oity. -: Miss Hoefer, who won distinction as an eighth grade teaoher in tbe Atbena pntlio schools tbe past year, will teaob. in one of the Portland sohools daring tbe ooming year. J. W. Maloney and other Oregon delegates to tbe Natioual demooratio convention at Baltimore have been looking in at the republican sorap at Chicago this week. 'J ha Kit Carson wild west show is very well advertised in Atbena for the 28tb. Every available space is cov ered with highly colored lithographs and bill board paper. Pioneer Association offioers nnan monsly elected for tbe ensuing year are: A. W. Nye, Pendleton, president; S. A." Barnes, Weston, seoretaryj J. H. Prioe, Weston, treasurer. Sixteen men are employed at tbe Blue Mountain saw mill east of Weston, where woik was started op a week ago. ' A speoialty is being made of the mancfaotare of fruit boxes. A comiug atttaotion of ruoie tban passing interest is tbe Elfe's oirous at Roundup Park in Pendleton, after noon and evening of Friday, June 28. Attiaotive printed matter eunounoing the big event has been posted. Matt Lynn has been seriously ill at the tome of bis brother near Free water tbe past week. He bad almost continuous nose hemorrhage and for a time bis life was despaired of, bat be is reported improving at present. D. H. MansBeld, owner of tbe Atb ena and Weston meat markets has withdrawn from the Weston Held and hereafter will oonduot ouly the Athe na market, where tbe test of all kinds of meats will be served to customers. Tbe. Weston Leader reports that a son was reoently torn to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ely at their borne in Boise. Frank formerly resided in Atbena and attended school. He is now a delivery olerk in tbe Boise postotfioe. Deputy Game Warden A verill "pinobed" a bunob of Indians at Heppuer tbis week, who bad in their possession green deer bides.' Tbe In dians bad been hunting in tbe moun tains and oame to Hoppner for sup plies. ' D. O. MoFayden, the poultry raiser, has found a ready market for frya and broilers at Walla Walla. The present market prioe there is 16 oents per pound. Mr. MoFayden made a shipment of four dozen firys by express yesterday. . Lester Swaggait returned to bis home at Pendleton tbis week, from New York oity, where he went some time ago for treatment for a oanoerous growth of tbe tbroar, It is not learned whether tbe treatment has Been ben efloial to him. Maurioe Hill arrived borne from Eugene Saturday evening for the summer vacation. Maurioe is doing well at tbe State Universty wbioh be entered tbe past year. He will man-' age a wheat warehouse at Cayuse dur ing tbe wheat season. Mrs. George Woodward entertained the Sunshine club on June 5. Three visitors, Mrs. Jesse Hales, Mrs. Law rence Lieuallen and Miss Edna Zerba, were present. Dainty refreshments were served ty tbe hostess assisted by Miss Zerba and Mrs. C. L. Wood ward;. ' r Mrs. F. H. Koepke, who remained to visit at tbe Koepke borne near town after tbe departure of her husband, Dr. Koepke, for their home at Wat son ville. Calif., left tbe first of tbe week for a visit with friends in tbe Sound cities, after, a most pleasant month spent here. Sidney Murpby. son of Mrs. Lizzie Michael, arrived in tbe oity Tuesday from Portland and is a guest at tbe Boyd home. Tbe young man is a student of Washington High sobool and reoently took tbe examination for eotranon at Ancapolis as an appointee of Senator Chamberlain. Rev. W. S. Payne, a well known and popular minister who has bad a charge at Westou for 12 years, preach ed bis first sermon ia tbe Second Unit ed Brethren church at Spokane last Sunday. Tbe Rev. Mr. Pavne was as signed to the Spokane church at tbe recent district conference. At tbe annual sohool meeting Mon day afternoon, E. E. Kooutz was un animously elected direotor on tbe school board. Mr. Koontz was al ready serving en ' the board, having been elected at a special meeting to fill tbe unexpired term of 8. F. Wil son, resigned. Charles Betta was tbe unanimous cboioe of meeting for re election to tbe office of olerk. Milton Eagle: Reports from tbe Toll Gate 20 miles south of Milton say that tbe gate oaonot be reached exoept by parties traveling on borse baok, so deep is tbe snow. Tbis is tbe latest that deep snow bas been re potted at the Toll Gate for years. For the past 10 years according to tbe owners of tbe botel there, June 1 bas seen practically all snow gone and tbe roads sndiciently dry for loaded wag ods to traveL Tbe children and their elders of tbe M. E. Sunday sobool enjoyed a pionio in the Park Tnesday. Yesterday Professor Wiley "received the beautiful prize badges awarded to Savannah Smith and Ruby Bannis ter in the Oratorioal oontest, in com petition with tbe other contestants of tbe county.. Savannah won first prize in Division C, and Ruby was awarded seoond prize in Division B. Tbe program at the Dreamland for Friday and Saturday nights: 1 "The Sheriff's Brother," Essanay. 2 "In dian Brother," Biogrxph. 8.- "New Offioer," Lubin. For Sunday: 1.- "Caught in the Aot." "Knight Er rant." Seligs. 2. "Father and Son." Pthe. 3 "Cuttle Fish," "Saving the Standard," Gaomcnt Weston Leader: Edgar Forrest is some fisherman, and struck a place not long ago where there are certainly some flsb. In a few hours of angling along Squaw creek he took 28 trout weighing a total of 25 pounds. There seemed to be no small fish in tbe stream. Not one wbb landed that measured less than eight inches in length. Wines are the staples in family liq ours. Bert Cartano oarries a large and varied stock of select vintager. 11.50. per gallon, yon can get oboioe Tokay, Musoat, Angelica, Sweet Ca tawba or Port. -These are California's best produot and give satisfaction wherever used. Call at the "Goat" for tbe best and purest liqnors. Charles Gerking was in from bis ranoh west of town yesterday. He is in the midst of bis alfalfa' bay bar- vest, and estimates that his neighbor hood will produce 600 tons of alfalfa hay tbis season. Some of tbe hay was out before tbe rains of last week and bad to te bandied with extra work, that it might dry out before being plaoed in tbe staoks. East Oregonian: Dr. I. (J. Temple and Dr. J. D. Plamondon are rival candidates for tbe position of superin tendent of the Eastern Oregon state hospital aooording to a news slory from Salem. The story is to tbe effect that tbe two men named are tbe only applicants thus far and that the board is liable to elect asupeiintend- ent the first of next montb. There appears to te a scarcity of men for tbe bay harvest in this vicin ity. Whille the hay season lasts nut a few days, when tbe hay is ready for tbe staok it is essential that it should be put there without delay on aooount of nnoertain weather conditions. Sev eral farmers have been in town engag ing men for the hay fields and in some iustanoes found it a didioult task. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sobmitt re turned home Friday from Waitsburg, Wash., where they were guests at tbe wedding ot Mr. Henry Vollmer, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Gustae Vollmer, and Miss Katherioe MoCall. a popular young lady of that oity. Tbe wedding was a very elaborate dffair, and took place on June 12 in tbe Cbristian oburob. . Mr. and Mrs. Sobmitt made the trip ty automobile. All but three in a olass of 14 eighth grade pupils in tbe Atbena pntlio scbdol were successful in passing I be examinations, and will be promoted to tbe high. subool department next sea son. Those who passed out of tbe eighth grade are: Bessie Bannister, Ethel Kidder. Greta Molntyre, Lil lian ' i Tompkins, ttuby Bannister, Thomas Caton, Vernie Grant, Ross Payne, John Wall, Glea Denney and Claude Sandeis. Frank K. Welles, who was defeated for nomination for re-eleotion to tbe offioe of oounty sobool superintendent by I. E. Young, bas been seeking tbe appointment to the eupeiintendenoy of the State Reform sobool. A Salem dis patob says: Among tbe candidates for appointment to snooeed N. H. Loo ney as superintendent of tbe Oregon State Training school, . is Frank K. Welles, superintendent ' of sohools of Umatilla oounty. Mr. Welles made the application in person. Largely through the earnest efforts of J. M. O'Harra, retiring president of tbe Umatilla County Pioneers As sooiatioj, says the Weston Leader, a society comprising the sons and daugh ters of pioneers was organized daring tbe recent reunion. The following officers were eleoted: Claud Piioe, president; Alice Prioe, Seoretary; Clarissa Prioe, treasurer. The fol lowing committee was appointed on constitution and by-laws: C. W. Steen and Thomas Frazier, Milton; Roy Raley, Pendleton; Frank Wallan, AdamB; J. N. Scott and Mrs. W. O. Read, Atbena; Anioe Barnes and Stella O'Harra, Weston. Heredity, "Give me a kiss," pleads tbe suitor of the lovely daughter of the eminent phi lanthropist . "I will," she replies thoughtfully, "on condition that you raise three more within Ave minutes."-Judge's Library. In Deep Mourning. ratron-Waiter, what is tho matter with this establishment? This steak is burnt blackl Walter Yesseh. Mark er rospec', seh. Our cbef done died yestlddyl Puck. . Sealing Her Upt. Tom Say, did you ever kiss a girl In a quiet spot? , Bill Yes, but the spot was only quiet while I was kissing it Penn sylvania Punch Bowl. Getting Potted. "Father, Alfred has something to say to you tonight" "WelJ, and what have you and your mother decided I must tell him?" De troit Free Press. Sams Hers. Th voices of the women are with m night and day. They call me and they tura me six thou sand miles away. Mid sroves of rustling palm trees, 'neath klcs of pureet blue, they rob the peace of summer they bid me vv and do. Votes For Women. Tee voice of the women are with me night and day. They call me from my reading to hook 'era right sway. They're at me every minute with chores that I mvrt do Tbey rob thn iifac- of fiimnirr. fall, rprlng ' and inter too (tar Mm WmM j . For the remainder of the month of June, we offer the following great bargains, thus affording you an unusual opportunity to buy your goods cheaper here than elsewhere. These prices are for cash only. You get Cash Tickets, which amounts to 5 per cent Ladies Summer Skirts at 15 per ct dis Ladies Worsted Skirts at half price Ladies Coats and Suits 25 per cent dis Ladies Summer Waists 20 per cent dis Ladies Nu-Buck Shoes, $4 50 qt'y. $3 40 Ladies Pumps, Oxfords 3 50 " . 2 90 Ladies Pumps, Oxfords 3 00 " 2 45 Ladies Pumps, Oxfords 2 50 " , 2 20 Special Discount on all Summer Dress Goods of 20 per Cent. These are all this year's goods-no old stock. Liberal reductions on all Misses and Childrens Oxfords. Remember our Shoes have stood the test. They do noi wear out in two or three weeks. When you buy our Shoes, your are getting highest qual ity combined with the best workmanship, and every pair is guaranteed to you. There fore, it pays to buy reliable goods. Fill KAOTIXE THE "MONEY-BACK'! STORE, ATHENA, OREGON mini Added to my already splendid line give a service that cannot be equalled by any other machines, be cause no others possess such valuable features as Canulno Underdrmft, Planting Framm mnd Uniform TIM Genuine underdraft puts all the pull of the team on the cutter-bar, giving greatest pos ' Bible cutting power. All neck weight is -eliminated by the floating frame, and the . 3 Styles nR3iiy W uniform tilt makes possible cleaner work 0 Siscs and more hay. ; Don't fail te look into all the features that make the Admiral Mower "King of the Hay Field." Examine the machine! in our tore or aak the man that owna an Admiral, . 3. Styles : rasK 1 6 Siscs v.. h, v re GWProebstel VESTON Si cutting Machines-Walter A. Wood-the excellent Milwau kee line in No. 12 Binder and Mowers, and Peering Head ers, I feel that we can please , the most fastidious. We are to the front with large and various stocks of all that is heeded in the Hardware and Implement lines. Oils, twines and all extras for Woods, Milwaukee, Peering, Mc Cormick and other machines. Investigate our stock of Lumber and building supplies. 315 I Our regular Summer Clearance event Begins June 15, continues two weeks. In order that we may move the goods with greatest) possible speed, the Sale knite has cut deep, and this is your opportunity" to secure reliable, seasonable Mer- i j i. t..' ; n i .1 j. ai ucnanuisc cu a. uig saving. jxcmciiiuei' mat mis is ay) D-p.rmine Mnnev-savinp" Sale, where n rinllar will hnvei) tremendous purchasing power-more than ever before in the history of merchandizing in Athena. V DATE Sale opens Saturday, June 15, Continues for Two Weeks. See Large Posters B & H Green Trading Stamps with all Cash purchases MOSGROVE MERCANTILE COMFY. Main and 3rd. Phone, Main 65. Athena, Oregon.