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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1912)
Press Paragraphs Floyd Payne was io Pendleton dur ing the wees Byron N. Hanks is spending tbe week in Spokane. George Carmiobael was in town from . WrstoD Saturday. . Wm. Winship was a Walla Walla Ijitor lapt Friday. Leslie Kelson spent Sunday with friends in FendletOD. Sim Kilgore was up from bis Gold Spring ranch Saturday. Miss Alta Sbarp is the guest of friends at Colfax,. Wash. , Honey to loan. Inqoire of Hogh Molotyre, Atbena, Oregon. . . Misses Eatberiae and Carrie Sbarp, are home for the holidays. Fire marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk Christmas eve. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Le Grow spent Christmas with friends in Walla Wal la. -.. " .;'". ;. ..';:. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Barger spent Cbristmas with friends in Walla Wal ls. ; Miss Goldie MoElroy, of Pendleton, is a guest' of tbe Misses Zerba, this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kirk are spend- ing the holidays ; with relatives at Balsey. "- All accounts doe me must positively tie paid up by January J. Mis. Lillie Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Vincnt spent Christmas night with relatives in Pendleton. Joe Bannister, au old time Atbena ite is circulating amoi g bis friends in tbe city. - Mr. and Mrs. William Brown were in tbe oity yesterday from their borne near Weston. Jap Harden was over from Helix Saturday, visiting at tbe home of his parents here. Prof. Utz, of Spokane, was a Christ mas guest of Mr. and Mrs. A, Mack enzie Meldrum. Miss Edna Zerba is in from tbe farm west of ; town, visiting her consio, Miss Ciara Zerba. A limited number of horses will be taken by Casper Woodward, to win ter on alfalfa hay. . " Frank J. Beale has sold to L. S. Madden of Weston, 193 orn in' seb -tion ft, township 8. Stanley Wright was over from - Walla Walla taking Christmas oheer with Athena friends. - Floyd Pinkerton is over from Co lombia College, Milton, spending the vaoation at borne. - The roads have smoothed down so that autoing is Bgaio possible with some i2iT69-QLxsol ' Glen Dudley, wbo is attending sobool in Portland this winter, spent tbe holidays in Atbena. Miss Laura Molntyra assisted In tbe sales department at Fix & Radtke's during tbe holiday trade. Doug Flyno, tbe well known John Day stockman is in tbe city, the guest of bis friend, W. B. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs, Theodore Russell of Portland, nie spending tbe holidays with friends in this vicinity. - 'i A good miloh cow for sale. She is registered full blood Durham. In quire of Mrs. Clarence Wright, ' Mies Lizzie Zerba is home from Kennewiok, spending tbe holidays with her patents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. B. Zerta. V'. -; :' Mrs. C. L. Crock a tt and daughter, Miss Editb,- were guests at tbe borne of Mr. and . Mrs. A. M. Meldrum Christmas. " " ' Tbe Press is in receipt of a copy of tbe Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. News. Tbe News bespeaks prosperity ia tbe Northland. It Mrs.James tde, aooompanied by her mother, Mrs. Kinnear. was in tbe city yesterday from Western. ' Manager Miller of tbe Dreamland theatre exhibited tbe Passion Play pictures at Weston, last evening. The Athena band gave a concert on tbe street Christmas day, wbioh was mooh appreciated ty all who beard it Mr. and Mis. . A. Maokenzin Mel drum are very giatefcl to their fiiends for tbe many gifts and good wishes for Christmas. Wesley Tompkins is at Two Elvers, Wasb., this week, spending tbe hol days at tbe home of his sister, Mrs. J. B. . Woodruff. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hard of the Pilot Book country, are spending the holidays with friends in Athena and vicinity. -. . - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams left Saturday for Portland, where they spent the holidays with Mrs. Williams relatives.. ., Mr. and Mrs E. A. Leonard were entertained at tbe. home of Mrs. George Bannister, Mrs. Leonard's sis ter, Christmas. w Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stone left the first of the week for Thornton, Wash., to spend tbe Christmas , week at the home of their daughter. Coming, Sunday night, Wheeler Players, JO people, presenting Dan Solly's greatest success ."The Parish Priest. 25, 85, E oents. " Miss Minnie Fitzsimmons, of St. Jobos, Ore., formerly living in this vicinity, is a holiday guest of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Shrimpf. Ano'her danoe is announced to take place at the Atbena opera house, on New Years eve. Good musio and a splendid floor will be ia order. Harry Buddy, the trap drummer, came up from Pendleton CbriBttnas eve, and assisted Johnson's orchestra at tbe danoe in tbe lodge hall. Mrs. Stafford, mother of Mis. Geo. Hansell, is up from ber borne in tbe Willamette valley, visiting at ber daughter's borne west of town. : Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. May were down from their Weston mountain ranch last week doing Christmas shopping with Athena merobants. B, B. Bicbards made a trip to Wes ton Mountain Monday, on business connected with tbe appraised valua tion of tbe Cberlea Ferguson estate. , J. V. Mitobell has accepted the agenoy for the Singer sewing maobine, and is representing tue manufactur ing oompauy in this part of the ouun Old Sol knocked Athena's white; Christmas into a oooked hat in a jiify Wednesday morning. Tuesday night the ground was covered with a man tle of white. ,.. " Albert Fix, proprietor of the New Leader store in Walla Walla, came over and spent Christmas with his family in tbia oity and is Assisting in taking sook. Tom Bergeviu is here from the Flathead Indian Reservation in Mon tana , to speed the holidays with rel aWSi , friends." He is accompau ieifty bis otmtlren. ... Cbmles Grant has been operating a shrar,iB&.j?all2Wand the oraok "of the "23" haHXeen i1ttcsMiil,,pinging away at tbe targets. Poultry Is' the reward for suooessful shots. , W. E. Dobson has been seriously ill the past week, having so tiered a slight hemorrhage. Owing to ber bus band's illness, Mrs. Dobson did not go to Portland for the holidays. Mr. Henry Eoepke returned in time to .spend Christmas at home, after a three weeks visit in thn East. Mr. Kjoepke visited at Waterloo, Iowa, Cbioago and Columbus, Ohio. Peter Crockett, tha popular U. of 6. debater, spent tbe holidays at tbe borne of Dr. Bomig, in Newberg. His sister returned to Eugene yesterday after spending Christmas bere. ' Mr. John E. Gieldersleeve of Mat tituok, Long Island. N. Y. is in tbe city, a guest of bis daughter. Mrs. Chailes Betts. Mr. Gielderleeve will remain here for a ooople of months. A Pendleton paper estimates 20 per cent of tbe 1913 crop is in tbe bands of tbe growers. While there seema to be a strong demand for wheat, locally first class milling quality is desired. Tbe fringes of winter are apparent this morning. A cold wind from off the snovr-clad mountains to the south oomea in frigid blasts, necessitating warm fires and heavy wearing apparel. The first masquerade ball of tbe season will take plaoa next Friday evening, January 8, in tbe lodge hall. Special preparations will be made to make it one of tbe best danoes of tbe season. , '..-'.v.; Claude Sanders suffered a broken shoulder Saturday, as the result of his horse falling with him. Dr. Sharp reduced tbe fracture, and the boy is getting along as well as could he ex pected., . - -.' ' - : . A family reunion was held Christ mas day at the home of Bobeit Cop poob, when the families of Warren Raymond of Walla Walla and Arthur Uoppock and W. O. Read were en tertained. Horebound, Irish Moss, Tolu, White Pine, Seleoted Pineapple, Lemon and Orange. Unexoelled for its ourative qualities for the Grippe, coughs and colds. Guaranteed striotly pure, by Bert Cartano. Alex. Neil and Malcolm MoFayden plead guilty to disorderly and riotom conduct in Judge Riohard'a ooort yes terday, as the result of trouble the young men brewed with a young fel low named Reed. r ; Ernest Wells, formerly assistant principal of tbe Atbena sobools is in the oity from Seattle. Mr. Wells is director of athletics in tbe Lincoln High sobool. He is the guest of fiiends while in tbe city. R. T. Brown is expecting a visit from bis father next montb. He is now in California, and will stop on bis return to bis borne in Minnesota. Mr. Brown is a retired newspaper man and a veteran of the civil war. Miss Clara Pattiidge, teaober of tbe eighth grade in the Atbena sobools, ii spending tbe weeks holidays with ber sister and family in Seattle. A memterof the family is ill, which was the main reason for tbe visit. Mis. R. A. Ttoaipson is happy this week in a visit from ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards, of Heppner. A portion pf tbe time was spent by tbe visitors in Weston, at tbe home of Mrs. Edwards'motber, Mrs. Mosier. J. L Snyder, Seth Hyatt raud Wes ley Parris appraised thetlbarles Fer guson estate at $17,063.- The estate consists of iand on Weston mountain and personal property. Oliver Diok enson baa been appointed administra tor. ' ;' Report comes that H. W. Kemp is critioally ill at bis home at Cortelius, Ore., and little hope is had for his re covery. Mr. Kemp has been in fail ing health for a long time, and lately he has taken a decided turn for the worse. . . . Joe Key has returned from a visit of several weeks to bis old home in South Carolina. Cold weather prevented Joe flora visiting rel atives in Iowa. A 20 mile auto ride through tbe aUoging oold did not ap peal to bim. . , If the Press is not up to tbe usual standard tbis week, readers will over look sbortoomings with leniency, for this is holiday week, you know and tbe office devil and tbe old man holidayed a day oi two with tbe rest of mankind. G. 0. Osburn, who has a responsi ble position with the PaciHo States Telephone and Telegraph oompany, has been irransfered back to Portland from Los Angeles, where he has been stationed for several months. Mrs. Osburn will remain in Los Angeles during the winter. Two danoes were enjoyed by'Atbena torpsioboreans tbis week. Tbe lodge ball was beautifully decorated for tbe Christmas eve tall, given there. Cbiistmas night tbe ball at tbe opera bouse was a pleasant occasion, tbe flnnr whioh had been worked over drawing favorable comment fiom all who attended tbe danoe. Ydw Last fthmm I; in5 s iwssgijite-i til , , S f -:. ';; i jl : .... .. .s ' ' I l ' !'! '? ' 1 j i To ) Cheap. All must go before January regardless of cost Sewing machines, latest improved central needle; Vacuum sweepers, hand and electric; Sheet cTVIusic; the famous Victor Victrola, $15 to $75. JESSE FAILING, Pendleton, Oregon. Elsie Emma King of Weston, and John Erwin Elwood King of Helix, are named two of the seven heirs of of Mis. Ellen S. King, who died at Kitzville, Wash., last Jnne, says tbe East Oregonian. Eaoh of these heirs reoeives $500 from the estate. Mrs. Casper Woodward, Mrs. J. 0. Toland and Mrs. J, W. Pinkerton or dered butter wrappers printed at the Press office this week. A neat design was piinted on tbe wrapper, giving the numbr.r of ounces full weight, and tbe lady's name in script letteis. The Dreamland program for Friday and Saturday nights: 1. "A Stiing of Pearls," Biograph. 2. "In Daisa's Countree." Lubin. 3. "The King's Command," For Sunday : J. "Ibe Game Keeper," Pathe. 2. "A Cure for Pokerites," Vitagrapb. 3. "Tbe Ordeal." - ::;.'' Final aooounts are to be made in the Luoretia Malouey and the Hugh Mo- Lean rstntps bv tha administrators, in aooordanoe with notices appearing in the Press. Thn Maloney aocount will be heard in oourt tomorrow af ternoon, and tbe MoLean aooount will be made Monday. Mrs. Pearl Hales entertained the Sunshine club December 19. Those present were: Mrs. Hacsell. Mrs. Stafford. Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Wallan, Mrs. Mitchell Mrs. Jesse Hales acd Mis Fred Gross. A vey pleasant af ternoon wes spent. Refreshments were served by the hostess, wbo was assisted by Mrs. Fred Gross. Members of tbe looal K. of P. lodge, wbo attended tbe dictiiot convention of tbe older at Milton last Friday eve ning, report an interesting session. Pendleton, Athena, .Weston and Mils ton lodges put on the work in three ranks. The Milton Pvtbians Droved to be royal entertainers, and a feature of tbe convention was tbe splendid banquet spread. 7 Large crowds of pleased people at tended tbe Christmas tree exerciBes at the Athena oburobee, on Christmas eve. Tbe three auditoriums were beautifully deoorated for the occasion tbac of tbe Methodist oburoh being es pecially so. Pleasing programs were rendered and the little ones beamed with oheer and bappiuess, when tbe presents were distributed. Services Sunday at tbe Methodist ohurob .at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sunday sohi ol at 10 o'clook. Young pooples' meeting at 6:30. You are in vited to attend. Revival services will begin one week from Sunday eve ning, January 6. Subject: "What Is tbe Matter With Athena?" You oan't afford to miss that address. Mrs. S. 0. Stanton was made glad this week by tbe arrival of ber sons Will and Dell, who oarun to spend Christmas with her. Will is engaged io the stock business in Crook oonnty. He started out in a modest way several years ago, and by resistless energy and thrift has crossed the border to suooess, now being tbe owner of a large number of cattle and horses. Milton Eagle: Rev. J. B. Daisley, wbo organized the looal Christian oburoh more than 2H years ago, died at his home near Pomerny, Friday, November 29, after a lingering illness. Tbe Rev. Mr. Daisley was well known to tbe people of tbis county, and bis death comes as a personal loss to his many friends. Services at tbe Cbiistian church Deo. 29: Bible sobool 10 a. m., ser mon and communion at 11; subject, "The Christian's Attitude in Aotual War," a special sermon for tbe sea son. In tbe evening tbe choir will repeat that powerful and eloquent ser mon in mnBio on tbe coming of tbe Messiah, entitled "Sbilob," an Ora toria Cantata. Among highly prized relics, Mrs. David Taylor possesses a copy of a speoial edition of tbe Pendleton East Oregonian published July 3. 1883. In it appears many articles of interest to pioneer residents of Atbena and Uma tilla oonnty. Tbis city at that time went by tbe name of Centerville; and a special writeop of tbe town ap pears wbioh would make intmesting reading to many ia this vloinity and it will appear in next week's Press. East Oregonian: Minus another four inohes of bis crippled arm, Jobn Spain, 1911 Roundup obampiou bron obo bnster, arrived ia Pendleton yes terday from bis Union county ranch en route to Los Angeles where he will paiticipate in tbe Rodeo wbioh will be beld in tbe early pait of February. After tbe amputation of a band last Jaly, tbe injured arm did not heal properly and he was forced to undergo a second operation a short time ago, in which another amputation was made. A quiet Christmas wedding was con summated in Pendleton Wednes day at 11 o'olock, a. m., when Mr. George H. Sbeaid and Miss Ellen E. Anderson, both of tbis ticiuity,' be came man and wife. , The ceremony wes peiformed io tbe parlor of the Cbiistian oburob, with Pastor Wearer oOioiati'jg. Tbe rocng coople were attended by Miss'Lizzie Sbra'd, hhU-.i of lbs groom, and Mr. Ralph Cannon. Tbe bride is a sister of Mis. Alex. Johnson, reiiiirg north if the city, and is one of tbe popular young ladies nf tbU vicinity. Tbe groom is tbe eldest sou of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sbeaid- Tbe newly married pair will make tbeir borne on a farm, tct their plans have not been definitely settled. Owing to tbe urgent reqaegt of many, the Oratorio-cental ' Sbilob," will be repeated Sunday oigbt at the ChilUian cbnich. The rendition pioved a, great suojesi on Cbriotmaa eve fften Jop. N. Scott as leader, showed bis ability in handling a great program. Tbe principal part? of tbe cantata wete sustained by Miss Zelma DePeatt and Mr. Scott, tbe young lady especially pleasing at tbe saug with great pathos and expres sion, showing ber exceptionally floe powers of interpretation Solos were rendered wi'b credit ty Mis. David Stoce. Mis. Mitobeuer, Mimes Anna Soil, Merna DaPeitt and Lucile Tay lor, and ir. Geo. B. Gerking. Tbe children's cboroses were well worth bearing, and added muob to tbe beau ty of tbe crosram. Otber parts were well tsken by tbe choir as a whole. All were accompanied by Mr, Fine Long on the violin, and the accotn plisbed accoxpsDi', Miss Kittie Ubolson. wmmm- ;7ttnffi-fo7ftii, TOW 41 - I -wvm h in- mwmk r.v LJhK ' I, r r i T KT-?tt 1 1 rocencs r : 3B the best way to reduce the cost of living, we are doing our share to bring im proved conditions by offering goods ATLESS THAN USUAL COST Talcing advantage of every trade condition and buying in large quantities, enables us to give you the benefit of lower prices. 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