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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1912)
I Press Paragraphs! - M. L. Watts is in Portland this week. . . Jobn Stanton 1a home from bis trip to Montana.. A. J. Parker was in Pendleton Wednesday. W. S. Fotgnson went down to Port laud tbis week. Mr. and Mrs. John AdaruB were in the city Tuesday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hyatt, July 6, 1912, a son. ' Hex Payne is employed at tbe city bakery as salesman. Mr. and .Mrs. G. B. . Kidder were in Pendleton Wednesday. Attorney Bishop was in Pendleton yesterday on legal business. - MissMary LaBraobe is the guest of friends in Portland this week. Madam Kennedy and granddaugh ter were in Pendleton Monday. M. H. Bioe, tbe Milton insnranoe agent, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. J. E. Jones and children were down from tbe ianoh Wednesday. Bandmaster Gordon aad Elmer Johnson drove oat to Helix Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander are spending tbe week at Bingham springs. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Boby are visit ing friends in Walla Walla tbis weuk. . Mrs. Hugh Roty and Mrs. Williams were ia town from tbe mountains yesterday. Boy W. Hays, of Mosoow, Idaho, was registered at the St. Niohols Wednesday. George Winship has employment for tbo summer as salesman at Dell Bros. ' store. at Toppenhb, Wash., on a visit to Athena friends. Harry Bandy has an offer to work at painting on tbe new asylum build ing at Pendleton. Mrs. E. M. Smith and Miss Norma were in tbe oiry yesterday, from their home in Weston. The families of Will Harden and James Huggena left Wednesday for Bingham springe. . . .. Mr. and Mrs. I. M, Kemp and two little dangbters spent Tuesday with fiiends in Athena. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MoBride were in from the rauob Monday and spent the day with friends. J. A. Niohols of tbe Nichols-Snyder paper company, was in tbe city Mon day from Walla Walla. Abe Jones came np from Portland and attended the foueral of bis fa ttier, in tbis oity Monday. Transient laborers are 'arriving in Atbeua, ready for work in the harvest fields when threshing begins. Mrs. J. S. Albright of Thornton, Wash., visited at tbe borne of Mr. and Mr. Albert Fix last week. Arthur Miller, of Portland, spent Monday night with bis brother, Will Miller and family, of tbis oity. Lawn tench, a sport very mnoh eu joyed in Atbena last summer, has not been revived tbis season so far. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Koonta spent the week damping on the Umatilla river. Col Gatrielson, dean of fire insur ance agents, was in tbe oity tbis week in tbe interests of bis company. Ed Potts put a new binder at work Lyestetday morning, cutting hy around a field of 860 acres of fine wheat. Mrs. Lizzie MansQeld writes friends here that she is enjoying her visit at Lewiston and Grangeville, Ida bo. .Geo. Carnes. a Pilot Hook merchant has brought snit for divoroe from bis wife, Ellen Games, alleging desertion. George Brncher was in town from his mountain ranch Wednesday, and disposed of a fine lot of mountain strawberries. - Mrs. Wm. Graham and Mrs. Her man Graham of Weston, were shop ping in the city Tuesday evening be tween trains. Pendleton will cive PulciDher.- the Eobo pitober, who has won 11 cut of 12 games, a tryout on her Tri-Statn league team. G. E. Miller has returned from Prairie City, Grant oonnty, where he went last week to look after his mining property. Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Watts drove down from Golville, Wash., this week', ia. their Ford oar, making the trip in good time. A Lamson Antomatio oash oarrier was installed tbis week in tbe grocery department of the Mosgrove Mercan tile Company store. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betts and sons spent Sunday at tbe Mosgrove ranob on the Walla Walla river, re turning borne Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George Bannister and daughter Helen returned Friday .even ing from a mnnth's visit at the Mo Arthur borne in Portland. Floyd and Boss Payne 'and Emery Wortbington left early Monday morn ing for Bingham springs where tbey are oamping for tbe week. Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts and F. S. LeGrow are in Portland, where tbey witnessed the gorgeous Elks par ade in that city yesterday. J. M. Quiok, speoial agent for the Fireman's Fund Insurance company, is in the city. B. B. Biohards is tbe local agent for tbo ootnpany. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boynton of! Pendleton, were in the oity Monday and attended the funeral of tbe late A. L. Jones, father of Mrs. Boynton. For Sale. 2 colts, 3 and 4. year- olds, weigh 1100 and 1300 ponnds. Peroberon stock, full brothers. For particulars, phone 325, Farmors line. Bev. Warner, presiding elder of the M. E. oburob, held a business meet ing with the members of the Method ist oburob of this oity Tuesday morn ing. - Donald MoFadyen, tbe obiokeu raiser is finding a ready market for bis fryers. Walla Walla and tbe looal demand takes about all he can raise. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown bave oome up from their home in Califor nia, and will remain a couple of months tefore retaining. Mr. Brown says crops are good in the southern part of his state, hay going four tons to tbe aore and wheat is also a good crop. The coming week will see tbe last of tbe season's strawberry orop. Tbe prodnot has been about normal with range of prioe all that could be ex pected. The Pambrun plaoe south of town is produoing a good orop of fruit his year. Some of tbe finest Royal Ann oherries seen in Athena were brought in Wednesday. At a meeting of the looal Bebekab lodge.Tnesday evening a most pleasant social session was enjoyed after the business hour. Ice cream was served as refreshments. . Miss Alioe Gaines left Wednesday, for Medford, where she will visit her sister during tbe summer. She was aooompanied as far as Portland by Mrs. Homer I. Watts. "Cotton" Harmon a well known Walla Walla base ball player was in the city Monday. He was accompan ied to Walla Walla by Captain Brown who visited his family in tbis city Monday. Reports from tbe mouutain resorts are to tbu effeot that there will.be a good orop of huoklebenies again this season. Already the squaws are pioking the berries in the foothills and on the breaks. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norris are said to be well pleased with tbeir looation in Portland. Mr. Norris has gained several pounds in weight and is now considering tbe purchase of a traot of land near the city. The enterprising young men of Helix are contemplating the organiz ation of a brass band. Time was when the little wheat town up the flat boasted a first class musioal or ganization of that character. Harvesting will commence on the Barrett Pine oreek ranch Monday. There are about 300 acres to harvest and the prospects are that tbe yield will be better than last year,' when tbe average was considered good. Sells-Floto oiroos exhibited in Wal la Walla yesterday. No one so far as known attended from here. Atbena is oirous poor tbis year, opportunity for attending several having been generously taken advantage of. Mr. and Mrs. A. Mackenzie Mel- drum left Tuesday for Wallowa ooun ty, where Mrs. Meldrum and tbe little eirls will remain on a farm dur ing tbe heated term. Mr. Meldrum will remain over next Sunday. Mrs. M. L. Watts and daughter, Vernita, will leave next week for Newport, Oregon, where they will enjoy tbe sea breezes during the hot weather. They will stop in Vancouver and visit the Johns family eu route. A. L. Swaggart has for sale one span of large mules and three span of good work horses. Mules will weigh over 1300 pounds each. Animals are all in good condition and ready for work. Address me at Athena. Phone Farmer 289. Mrs. W. R. Taylor went to Port land Tuesday, and was met there by her sister Mrs. Effie Smith. Together they witnessed tbe Elks' festivities, after whioh Mrs. Taylor will visit for a oouple of weeks at the home of Mrs. Smith in Corvallis. f r AJtaUUB Saved Her Life from Pneumonia "My wife had a severe attack of Pneu monia which followed a case of La Grippe and I believe that FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR saved her life," writes James Coffee, of Raymond, Missouri. Good Results in Every Case Dr. C. J. Bishop, Agnew, Mich., writes: "I have used FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR in three very severe cases of pneu monia with good results' in every case." 1 in r? r r M I fx y S -V - J IE? Cured ef Terrible Cough en Lungs N. Jackson, of Danville, 111., writes: "My daughter had a severe attack of La Grippe and a terrible cough on her lungs. We tried a great many remedies without relief. She tried FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR which cured her. She has never been troubled with a cough since." Cured When Very Low With Pneumonia J. W.Bryan, of Lowder, 111., writes: "My little boy was very low with pneu monia. Un! nos n to the doctor we gave him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. The result was magical and puzzled the doctor, 83 it immediately stopped the ricking cough and he quickly recovered." .P---' . Prof. C. O. Blakeslee has obacged the day for his professional visits to Athena from Friday to Tuesday,, and with the aBsistanoe of Mr. John Bra den now teaohes his musio class here on that day giving a lecture at 10 o'clock eaob Tuesday morning.. Master'Max Newsom is having the time of bis life operating a practical toy automobile, whioh arrived from Portland Wednesday. Tbe little ma chine is equipped with hood, steering gear, orank, horn etc., and is propelled with pedals similar to a bioyole. By a narrow margin, tbe Feodleton band was awarded tbe prize cup in tbe band oonteet at 4 Walla Walla over Atbena. In point of instrumentation only was'tbe looal organization out classed, having bat sixteen men while tbe Pendletonians'marshaled a mem bership of 24. The season's orop of speoial insnr anoe agents are on hand to pilot looal agents to wheat raising districts. Long ago tLe wheatraiser found that grain insurance was a paying prop osition and tbe insurauoe men do a good business tbis season of tbe year, insuring growing grain. " The program at the Dreamland for Friday and Saturday nights: J. "The Stuff Heroes Are Made of." Vi tagrapb. 2. "Express Envelope," Kalem. 3. "The Millionaire and the Squatter," Essanay. For Sun day: 1. "Prince and the Pomps." Vitagraph. 2. "His Girlie," Lubin. 3. "How Millie Beoarue an Actress." Charley, the well known Chinaman, who is employed at the First National Bank as janitor, came near bleeding to death the fore part of the week from continuous bemorrahge of tbe nuse. This is tbe second attaok he has suffer ed since ooming to Athena several years ago. He went to Pendleton to seonre Chinese treatment. Wines are the staples in family liq ouis. Bert Cartano oarries a large and varied stock of seleot vintages. 11.50 per gallon, yon oan get cboioe Tokay, Muscat, Angelioa, Sweet Ca tawba or Port. These are California's best product and give satisfaction wherever used. Call at tbe "Goat" for the best and purest liquors. The raoes at the Indian oelebratica down at Cayose ate attracting large crowds daily. A featuro of these raoes is tbe length of time consumed in getting ready for tbe raoe. Prepar ations begin in tbe morning and if all goes well, the raoe is polled ott at dusk or little before. Some of the raoes are exoiticgly close and several good horses bave been entered. W. R. Taylor and Joe Forrest left Tuesday for Portland where they put on tbe pack train for the Pendleton Elks in tbe big parade. A preliminary rehearsal was given tbe mules in Atb ena before taking them to Pendleton to entrain for the metropolis. With a faithful bell-mam in the lead the mules aoquitted themselves with credit. . With the Walla Walla team going good it looks as though tbe garden oity would snatch tbe pennant in tbe Tri-State league. Six straight games won from Pendleton last week out of a series of seven pnts the Bears in a class too fast for tbe oountjseaters. "It's that man Brown doing it," re marked a looal fan. "He goes some for a common Basher 1" Jobn Spain, the well known per former at tbe Ronndup last fall, bad bis right band amputated above tbe wrist at Baket tbis week. Tbe oper ation was necessary to save the arm, which was injured Jnly 5, while Spain was doing some roping. Spain was reputed to be tbe world's greatest roper, and the loss of bis band will eliminate him from future contests. Mrs. Nettie Loudenslager of Hermis- ton, has brought a 150,000 damage snit against tbe O. W. R. & N. com pany. Mrs. Loudenslager was riding in a motor oar on May 26, 1911, when the allegation is made that the com pany through negligenoe allowed it to collide with an engine and freight train. She alleges that as a result of the collision she sustained perman ent and serious injuries. . The Tsreminm list fnr t.hn t.nnth an nual Walla Walla county fair to be given in tbe Garden City Septemter 16-21 is now on tbe press and will Le ready for distribution witbin a abort time. Those desiring copies are asked to notify Secretary William Ritz. Thirty thousand dollars in purse and premiums are to be award, ed tbis year, many new departments and speoial features being added to tbe list. A cavein at tbe trenoh being excav ated under the supervision of Marshal Gbolson, which took plaoe Tuesday, has delayed the work somewhat until repairs could be made. A large amount of eartb, loosened by constant blasting, fell in and two men, working on the bottom of the tienob narrowly ecaped being oangbt in tbe cave-in, Timbers were sent np Wednesday morning to be nsed for cribbing, and hereafter there will te less danger from falling earth. Tbe ladies of tbe Atbena auxiliary C. W. B. M. met in tbe park Wednes day afternoon, and enjoyed a session of tbe society. Eight members were present. Mrs. Geo. Getkiog was leader of tbe meeting, and tbe prin cipal paper read was a report of the missionary news, obtained at the Tor mr convention, and was written by Mrs. A. M. Meldrum. The August meeting will be at tbe borne of Mrs. Sherman, with Mrs. IJ. LJ. Hill as leader of tbe meeting. Miss Bessie Parker of tbis oity and Prof. Edgar L. Smith of Weston, were nnited in marriage at Pendleton Wed nesday, Justice of tbe Peaoe Paikei officiating. Tbe oouple were aooom panied to Peudlet-u by tbe bride's father, wbo was present at tbe wed ding. Tbe bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Parker and was raised in tbis oity where she baa a large number of friends and acquaintances. Prof. Smith is leader of tbe Atbena and Weston bands and well known and bigbly enteetned in musical cir cles. Mr. and Mrs. Smith wL'l re side in Weston. iatet lippfe This Store is Headquarters for alL kinds of good, de pendable .harvest supplies. Special prices will be made on large orders of m groceries. Get into the habit of buying of us; we can save you money. fix :& THE "MONEY-BACK" STORE, ATHENA, OREGON Added to my already splendid line gf wwoS0Aa Admiral fi$owes& give a service that cannot be equalled by any other machines, be cause no others possess such valuable features as Banulna Undardeaft, Floating Frama and Uniform Tilt Genuine underdraft puts all the pull of the team on the cutter-bar, giving greatest pos sible cutting power. All neck weight is eliminated by the floating frame, and the uniform tilt makes possible cleaner work and more nay. 3 Styles 0 Sizes Don't fail to look into II the feature that mak the Admiral Mower "King of the Hay Field." Examine the machinea in our atore or aak the man that owni an Admiral. G W Proebstel "WESTON cutting Machines Walter A. 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