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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1913)
X "T " i ' 's Press Paragraphs J. M. Hays is la tbe city today from Pendleton. Mia. Lillie Miller was in Peodletoo Wednesday. - Let Bennett answer your paint questious. Adv. Kalpb Kinnear of Weston, was la Athena yesterday. ... "Dad" Hall was in tbe city yester day from Vaneyole. H. B. Hill made a business trip to Walla Walla Saturday. . . Sam Bawoitb went over to Walla Walla Wednesday evening. Bert Kirby, Adams merchant, had cosiness in Athena Tuesday. Mrs. J. A. Nelson is down from Alhflita on a visit to relatives. Mrs. Harry -Alexander left Sunday morning for a visit in Portland.- Bennett's "Imperishable" paint gives satisfaction always. Adv. Mr. Falk, of Portland, representing the Case automobile is in the ci.y. Jesse York, prominent Weston .farmer, was in the city Wednesday. U. H. Bishop oame over from Free water Tuesday afternoon on business. Mis. T. D. Taylor of Pendleton is visiting relatives in the oity this week.. Mis. E. . Koontz left last evening for a visit with relatives in Portland. Mrs. Henry Dell and Mrs. A. .A. Foes were Walla Walla visitors Tues . day. k--': '': Mis. L. S. Vinoent returned Tuesday from a visit with relatives at Pendle ton. . Bennett's "Impel ishable" paint ful ly guaranteed and made in Athena. Mrs. Lizzie Mansfield spent the week at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harris in Weston. k For sale A two-seated oarriage in good condition. Inquire at Wright's nvery etanie. ar. Wbea other paint fails to give satf 1 isfaotion, use Bennett's "Imperlsba ble." Adv. yCSesaa Mytiok has decided to beoome f atarber, having entered tbe employ or Henry Keen. Ciaig Wilkineon was op from his wheat waiebousa and spent Sunday at bis borne here. V Prinoipal H. W. Drew aud Prof. . A. Goerne are attending the iosti . tute in Pendleton. Mrs. John Stanton, who has been confined to her home this week with illness, la improving. Harvey McDonald, of Walla Walla brother of Mis. H. O. Woitbington was in the oity Tuesday. A young son of Andy Weaver is in a critical oondition with biain fnver at bis borne iu F-eewatsr. MissGraoe Fin cell, of Pendleton, visited Thursday at tbe home of her sister, Mrs. L. M. Nelson. Mr. Albert Fix and young son were in the oity from Walla Walla Bandar, visiting at the Radtke home. Miss Ewing of Portland, visited Sunday at tbe home of Mrs. W. ' W. MoPherson, on the West side. 1 - Clark Nelson was in town yaeterday from Pendleton. He is "making good" in the life insuranoe bnsiuess. Mr. and Mrs. John McRea of. Wes ton, were in tbe city Wednesday, trading with local merchants. Mrs. Sam Haworth is in attendance on her father, who is again ormoauy ill at his home in Walla Walla. Robert Ooppook has gone down to Lexington, Morrow oonnty to look after bis farming interests there. Mrs. Emma Miller of Walla Walla, was a guest at tbe home of her brother, Postmaster Wortbiogton, Sunday. Miss Ida Kelly arrived Lome Mon day from tbtt Walla Walla hospital, for a season of rest and recreation. Mrs. 0. L. Grockatt. of Pendleton, visited at tbe home of her daughter, Mrs. A. M. Meldrum, over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alf. C'oppook of Pullman, Wash., have been visiting relatives in this vicinity sinoe last week. . i Mis. . Frank Tharp ' and daughter Nina are visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Collins, in Helix, this week. Mis. Addie Rasmus, of Walla Wal la, is visiting at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. S. S. Partis, northwest of town. Miss Velma Wilkinson went down tn Pendleton Wednesday morning where she is attending the teaohers' InnMtnlA. word from tbe Dobson hunting par 4 on the Grand Ronde is to tbe effect mac iwa Dig oaona uave ubuu bwuuk np in oamp. Frank Rogers and family motored np from Pendleton Wednesday even ing, and speut the night at the Hill home in this oity.. Mrs. Henry Pinkerton has been in tbe Walla Walla hospital this week, receiving treatment for a very serions case of eye trouble. Mrs. E. M. Smith and daughter. Miss Norma, were visiting in tbe oity Tuesday evening. Miss Smith has entirely reooveied from her seiions illness of several weeks. E. A BENNETT'S PAINT SHOP House, Carriage and Automobile Painting, Paper Hanging Kalsomining, Etc cTVIanufacturcr of Bennett's "Imperishable" Paints and ; : dealer in Paints, Oils, Glass and Wall Paper. E. A. BENNETT, - Athena, Oregon. Everything Flrct Clan - Hods to and TJp-to - d a te SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET ATHENA lot Lake Spring Hot Lake, Oregon (Union County, 9 miles east of La Grande) NATURES WONDERFUL CURE The Hottest and Most Curatiye Spring in the World REACHED ONLY VIA THE Get1 0m Well UADER NEW MANAGEMENT . Extensive improvements have been made in all departments Special Reduced Fares " from all O-W. R. & N. Stations The MEDICATED MOD. VAPOR and MINERAL BATH 3 of Bot Lake have pioven a boon to sufTeiers from Rhenmatism. Blood. Kidney ad Liver Complaints. Aooommodations at the Sanatorium delighttolly complete, and rate within the reach of all. AddU to any O-W. R. & N. agent for particular and ask for tbe speeial rata with hotel coupon, also for booklet telling U .bout tbe Springs; or wiite to G. W. TAPE, tbe.new Manager at Hot. Lake, Ore. J. M. Swaggart has a number of shoats for sale. Mr. Swaggart also will take a limited number of stook to pastors. ; ' it,' Benuett's painters have commenced work of repainting tbe residenoe of Henry Pinkerton. pnrobaeed last week from Charles Coomans. ; , .Mrs. John Walter offers ebiokens for sale at 60 cents apiece, She also has a number of full tlooded White Leghorns for sale . Y ' Bey. Qninney of the Episoopal church at Pendleton and Mrs. G. W. Froebstel Sr. of Weston called to sea Mm. E. R. Cox Wednesday. . Percy Wilson has purohased'a Buiok runabout. Mr. Wilson has disposed of his1 land on the -reservation, a 40 aore tract of good wheat land. , Mies Ruth Rothrook, who is attend ing high school in Pendleton, spent Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rcthrook. r . Y : More new concrete" arosswalks are being constructed by the city this week. One on Third and two Fourth street have been pot iu.. r Mrs. Mrs. Wm. Jones and baby of Jun tnra, Malheur county, who have been guests for the past two weeks at tbe homes of her brothers, J. T. aud W. J. Kiog, left Tuesday for their .home. Mrs. Jones was oalled here by tbe sickness of her father, B. F. King, whose condition is reported as some what better. Mr. and Mrs. B. IX Tharp returned Saturday from Portland, where Mr. Tharp attended grand lodged K. of P. During the week they visited with various old-time Atbenaitea, and also made a visit to their building lots near Reed College, whioh are increas ing very satisfactorily in value, owing to their proximity to that institution. K Guy Denny and sons and Emery Aobilles returned this week from a hunting tiip to Camas -Prairie. The party had rare sport in grouse shoot ing, and a congar fell before Mr. Den ny's rifle. A common farm dog put the big oat up a tree, wbeie it was quickly dispatohed by' 'Mr. Denny. Tbe pelt netted him f 22 in Pendleton, where be disposed of it on his way on home. 5 I A Last week the Press overlooked tbe B. N. Hawks returned last f"16 of Mr9, N' A JaoobB ho wa8 a beeni bn San evening from a month's visit with her parents in Spokane, accompanying Mr. Hawks home from his hunt Mrs. J. S. Henry, who is making her home with her son, Wm., in Port land, arrived Friday and will visit for a couple of weeks with friends in Athena. - " - - Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Helmioa, of Dayton, Wash., were in the city yes terday to attend tbe funeral of W. M. Helmiok, who was an nnole of former. , , Mrs. Lizzie Wheeler, who, has visitina her sister. Mrs. D. H j ders, west of town for several weeks, returned this week to her home at Newport, Wash. : A number of fine catches of trout have been made this' week in Wild Horse oreek, So far tbe record is held by Al NorDean, who has oacght some fine ones. .News is reoeived here of tbe birth of a daughter1 to Mr. and 'Mrs. Schwartz, (nee Miss Jeannette Ma nasse.) of Stookton, California, on Ootobei 17,1913. . Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ross were in the oity Wednesday from Weston, Mr. Ross is moving his family to a farm on tbe Walla Walla river, where they will reside in the future. Mrs. Elliott of Walla Walla is vis iting : her daughters, Mrs. Gasper Woodward, Mis. Claude Wallan and Mrs. David Stone at their respective farm homes west of town. ; ; -i Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keen', and daughter, Zola, motored to Milton Sunday, where they spent the day visiting at tbe home of Mr. Keen's grandmother, Mrs. Follon. ' For Trade. I have two good dwell ing house properties that I will , trade for good Athena property.' Write and address A. J. Wooster, E307, Gordon Ave. Spokane, Wash. Adv. The condition of Mrs. K. R. Cox, who has been an invalid for several years, has been very muob worse this week, though Just at present there is a ohange for the better. George Banister and H. MoArtbnr went up to Presoott Tuesday, Mr. Mo Arthur remaining for a visit with rel atives there. Mrs. MoArthnr baa been in Presoott for several days. Miss Roth Duniway, last year a popular teacher in the Athena high sobool,' and now in tbe Eobo sobools, was a guest over Sunday at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson re turned from Spokane Tuesday, where they visited for a few days. Mis. Fer guson meeting her husband there on bis retuin from tbe Montana bnnt. The kiddies bade a gleeful goodbye to teaobets and sobool Tuesiay after noon, and for tbe remainder of tbe week have been reveling in freedom from the oarkiog oares of tbe sobool room. Mrs. Winship was oalled to Walla Walla Wednesday by tbe serious ill ness of ber father, Mr. John Martin, who has been in ill health for some time, and whose oondition is now oiitioal. Herbert Manasse, who has been with his nnole. Leon Cohen in tbe Peoples Warehouse in Pendleton for tbe past oonpla of years, has gone to San Franoisoo where be has a mer cantile position. fiev. D. M. Helmiok, until reoently asror of tbe Methodist enured here, but now looated at Waitabnrg, was in the oity yesterday, having been oalled here to oondnct the funeral of bis oonsin, tbe late Wm. M. Helmick. Tbe Sunshine Club met yesterday at tbe home of Mis. J. C. Walter west of town wheie tbe usually pleas ant afternoon was passed. Tbe host ess was assisted in serving a delightful luncheon by ber sister. Miss Clark of Poitland. Misses Ethel Cunning, Kathryn Woodruff and Hazel Doolittle, teaoh ers in tbe school, left Tuesday evening for Pendleton to attend the institute. The two former young ladies will visit their homes, Baker aud La Grande, respectively, over tbe week end. Vjoe Weaver, one of the men em played with tbe bousemoving crew, reoeived a severe shock yesteiday when he shifted a telephone wiie over on one of tbe high line wires. He was on top of tbe building teing moved, but after being knocked down on tbe roof, managed to cling on until helped to toe ground, tlis nana was severely burned. Stanley Wiigbt, well known here and popular among the young people, was married Sunday evening at tbe State Line, to Miss Roberta Minion, daughter of Robt. Minion. Mr, Wright is teaohing near Eltopia, Wash., and the yonng people will make tbeir home there. Mrs. D. H. MansQeld and daughters, Maud and Velva, attended a reception given in honor of the trida and groom at the borne of tbe letter's parents, Monday evening in Walla Walla. gnest for tbe week-end at tbe home of Mr., and Mis.' Cass Cannon in this oity. Besides being an old-time res ident of Athena, where she has a host of warm personal friends, Mrs. Jacobs is a figure of historic interest as one of tbe two survivors of the Whitman massacre now living. Mrs. Jaooos oame from Walla Walla, where she was an honored gnest at the Frontier Days exhibition. She lives with ber daughter, Mrs. Kate Dickie in Port- the Jand. lAHnnting parties from Athena have fairly successful .in aeouriog ... mm game this season, sonaay morning, Fay Le Grow, W. S. Ferguson, H. I. Watts and Sam Pamhrun returned from Montana where they killed an elk and a deer. They were in the Wil low River country, where game was plentiful, but they enoonntered veiy disagreeable weather. Tbe party had an exoitiog experience with a grizzly bear whioh they will not soon f oiget. They encountered brnin unawares when they went to carry in the elk meat. He was there first, bent on having a feast. With bnt one gun in the orowd, tbe tension was relieved when the bear deoided to vaoate, ana shambled off. Byron Hawks returned borne last evening from his hunting trip to Gla cier Park, Montana, Uaugnt in a severe snow storm on the Continental divide,, where they were snowbonnd for nine days the party was foroed to come out through three and a-half foot of snow, three of the hnnters being praotioally exhausted when lower al titudes were reached. All hunting parlies in that portion of tbe Rookies oame out in a ruBh owing to tbe un precedented early snow fall, wbioh shnt off horse feed and made bunting impossible. Mr. Hawks, while snow- shoeing ont, and when all hope of se eming game was gone, by mere obaoce killed a fine bnll elk, and brought the antlers and pelt out with nim. , In the hunting party of eight, he was the only one fortunate enough to seoure a trophy. Blankets and oamp equipmenVwere left t the tfamfi on tha divide, the horses having been taken to lower ground by tbe guide, in time to save them from perishing A WABBLY COMPLIMENT. it Was Came While tha Comedian ' Working the Dignity Act. Francis Wilson, the actor, always a collector of Napoleonic relics, had played nt a town in northern New York" sttite, and on the morning following bis performance, while on the way to his train, he passed an antique shop nnd saw In the show window a cameo with the head of tbe great Corslcan upon it He went in to dicker for it The deal was about closed when the shopkeeper, a nearsighted, elderly man, squinted nt Wilson and said: "Look here, nln't you an actor? Wilson drew himself Up. "I am u clergyman" bo said in on offended fone. - "I beg jour pardon " said the dealer. "You; aec.4l thought you looked some thing llketbat singing fellow, Francis Wllaon " '1 hope, fuiid Wilson with great dig- nltr. "that yon would not liken me to mere comic opera comedian." "Weil," snld the shopkeeper with a superior air, "I seen htm at tbe opera house last nleht. and to tell you the truth he wasn't so awful rotten." Saturday Evening Post What English Means. Mrs. Smlth-What are you reading. John? Mr. Smlth-I am reading ner bert Spencer's "Principles of Biology." Mrs. Suiltb-Why-wbnt-whHt'a that John? Mr. smith-Herbert Spencer "Biology". ' Let . me read you an eX' tractrhis .definition ; of life. Listen: "It consists . of the definite combina tions of beteroceneous changes, but simultaneous and successive, in com binatlon with external coexistences nnd sequences.'? , . I "Why, John, what in the world Is the man talking about?" ! 'I am astonished at you, Jane. Why, this is tbe .work of the great English dentist". '', . . . ' "Yes, I know, but what Is be writing about?" :. '.' . ; "He Is defining life, I told you. What did you suppose, he was writing aboutr ' v "Good gracious! I thought be wo tryinc to get a patent on a clothes- horse." London Tit-Bits. Birds Shot With Watsf. Shooting a bumming bird with tbe smallest bird shot made, Is out of tbe question, for the tiniest seeds or leaa would destroy his coat The only way in which tbe bird can be captured for commercial purposes Is to shoot blm with n drop of water from a blowgua or a fine Jet from a small syringe. Skillfully directed, tbe water stuns him. lie falls into a silken net and before be recovers consciousness suspended orpr a cyanide Jar. This must be done quickly, for if be comes to his senses before the cyanide whiff snuffs out bis life be Is sore to rula bis plumnpo In his straggles to escape. Humming birds vary in size from spe cimens perhaps half as, large as A sparrow to those scarcely bigger than a bee.. . 52h Pay 0! all The Peoples Warehouse Stands Only for Quality and Service Both are factors of equal importance to men as well as women and children This is Pre-eminently the Greatest Store in Pendleton - " '' . -. Larger in point of sales, broader in range of stocks -Better in the se lection of unmatched values. You wUl always find our prices to be right and the quality of our goods to be better. v i BOYS' NEW NEW Fill HIS Fl MIS M MUD Plain oolors, mixtures, corduroys, cloth and plush, in styles suitable for boys 3 to 15 years, at from 50b TO S2 BQY OVERCOATS a REEFERS $2.50 TO $15 Many new style for tbe little lad of 3 to 15 years. Button to the neok. Russian ooat and reefer with or without velvet collars. Come in plain and noveltty elfeots with belts and plaits. Prices to suit all , $2.50 to $15 fALL SUTS with extra pair of Knickerbockers - $5.50 . and . $6.00 Any mother will tell yon that an extra pair of kniokerbookers prao tioally doubles the life of a boy' suit. We have arranged, after a most careful planning, to offer Bulls every bit as good as those us ually sold at $7.50 together with an extra pair of knickerbockers, the material oassimeres, cheviots and corduroys, at the eoonomioal prio es of Y" $5.50 AND $6.00 The Where it pays to Trade. eoples Warehouse Save your TPW Stamps n PENDLETON, OREGON. Mi Walla Walla's Biggest Music House is to close im mediately every Piano, Piano Player and Grand Piano as well as all other cTHusical cTVIerchandise. QMBTUfJITY PRESENTED TO PURCHASE AT STARTLING REDUCTIONS Plans are under way to consolidate all the Eilers Music House interests in Eastern Washington and Oregon into one company". To facilitate this plan, made necessary by the recent death of our President, the present stock of merchandise. on hand is to be sold out. It was found that a definite basis on which to effect the transfer and sale of Assets of the Eilers Music House to the New Company could not be ar rived at without converting it into cash or interest bearing customers' contracts. Just as quickly as it can possibly be done everything belonging to Eilers Piano House, is to be disposed of. Such well known pianos as the glorious Chickering, New York's pride; the Sohmer, the great American favorite; the Kimball, as weU as the homotone Haddorff; the Smith C& Barnes, the Decker, the Steger, etc., will be offered at such low prices as to find buyers for them at once. We say without fear of con tradiction that the low prices at which these instruments can now be had have never been equalled before the country over, East or West, North or South. $65,ooo Stock to go at $40,ooo If your borne is without a Piano, or mQsioless, oomplete'it now. Ilere is your opportunity. Bale begins Wednesday morning. All day Tuesday being devoted to marking down prioei. Cash buyers will have a bonanza. Wa shall sell for cash wherever wa can and give as long time as we must. Write for full information and prioes. EILERS Hill HOUSE WALLA WALLA, WASII