v -Press Paragraphs Hisa Areta Bothrook in Pendleton. - spent Sunday sa.it. !.B. M Smith was over from Weston Tuesday. . Born, to Mr. and Mrs. James Con ley, December 17. 1913, a sod. Claude Price and bis mother were iu town Tuesday from Weston. Alex MoKenzie and Earl Simington were op from Adams Wednesday. Mis. B. N. Hawks and Mrs. M. L. JTCatts were in Walla Walla yester- wv me Warden Averill has been in ioiuity the past week on offloial ueiness. --'The nsual services will be beld in the Christian ebnrob Sunday morning and evening. - Mrs. R. D. Edwards of Milton, - visited Wednesday at the home of her brother, Y. B. Boyd. Ask the Pendleton Troy laundry route agent for ptioes on rough dry and flat lanodry work. Present indications point to a "white Christmas." However, a Chin ook is liable (o make it otherwise. " Mr. and Mrs. Ivan O'Harra were in the city Tuesday. Mrs. O'Harra is a niece of the late Wm. Pinkerton, Mrs. Wm. Tompkins entertained the ladies' aid aooiety of the Methodist ebnrob, at ber home yesterday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. John Walker were in ' from the ranch Wednesday, and called at the Press of floe to order batter . wrappers. B. D. Clemens has been iudisprsed and confined to his home this week. He is some better this morning, so Dr. yfOtarp reports. ienator U. A. Barrett has been con fined to his borne as the result of ill 5esa of a serious nature. He is repor ed some better this morning. 8. B. Pinkerton and wife are in tba city from their borne nnar Wasbtnona, Wash. Mr. Pinkerton arrived before the death of his father ooonrred. Fred Bushman bad the misfortune to out bis band, Wednesday, while ohopping wood. Dr. Sharp took eev- itilobes In dressing the wound. Rev. R. E. Cornell, the new pastor of ihe Methodist EoisooDal ohnrob. ill arrive in the oity tomorrow and will preach Sunday morning and eve ning. ; Mrs. Carl Christian 'and little daughter arrived borne -Sunday from a visit with relatives in Spokane. She was accompanied borne by her father, Chas. Boober. , - Joseph Key today purchased tbe Paul' Bushman, Jr., and tbe Mrs. Clark plaoes south of town, each com prising 40 aores. Mr. Key paid $110 per aore for the land. David Bonifer and family have ar rived in tbe city after several month's residence in Southern Oregon. Mr. Bonifer's health has greatly improved since leaving Athena. The Mothers' Club will meet Fri day, December 26, at two o'olook, at tbe home of Mrs. Phillips. Subjeot for disoussion: "Motherhood; Its Work and Influence." "Jimmy" Cox. one of the old Yellow Kids, was in tbe oity a oonple of days this week on business. Jimmy bails from Pendleton, where bis wife and two little sons reside. ' Mrs. Chas. Brotherton came down from Waiisbnrg Tuesday, to attend tbe funeral servioes of the late Wm. Pinkerton, While here she was a guest of Mrs. Minnie DePeatt. Tbe wife, sons and daughter of tbe late Wm. Pinkerton desire to exoress tbrongb the columns of tbe Press theii thanks for tbe kindness and sympathy of all daring their bereavement. we A large number of prominent Wes ton people came over Tuesday for tbe purpose of attending the funeral of tbe late Wm. Pinkerton. Among them re several relatives of tbe deoeased. Tba dance given HELIX NEWS NOTES. Miss Lnoile Kemp and little sister Iris, arrived last evening from Port land on a visit to Atbena friends. They will proceed to Colton, Wash, Mrs. Claud Knight of Tbe Dalf and Miss Elene Falk, of Salem, nieoes of B. B. Riohaids, were guests at bis borne Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. J. E. Harris, of Seattle, was a guest of Miss Man d Mansfield this week, Mrs. Harris had. been on a visit to friends in Wallowa connty. Mrs. Jas. Nelson arrived from ber home in Alberta Monday morning, to be present at tbe funeral of ber fa ther, tbe late Wm Pinkerton . tojpehd tbe holidays with relatives. r I Victor Burke, Efi Sebasky, Balp Peart. John Mansuer. Art Obpma and Stnery Wortbington were a dele gation from the looal Woodmen lodge attending the meeting of the Pendle ton camp W. O. W. Monday evening. Program for tonigtt and tomorrow night at be Dreamland theatre: "In Days of War," two reels. "Mystery of the Stolen Child." For Sunday night: "Well Siok Man,". "Scimitaril of tbe Prophet," "Bronobo Billy's Season." - L. S. Vincent, the Jeweler, engraves free of charge, any tide purchased for Christmas presents at his store. I G-old.'Msh.'I'ree Buy your Xmas Stationery or Lanay and receive a Globe of Gold Fish. They are going fast, so don't wait until too late. SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY Byron N. Hawks, We Druggist A leal Clearance Sale A nhnnnn la cat blah grade Pianos. Organs and Sewing MaohineV cheap. Look at these figures. Tbe Knabe is one of tbe best Pianos known. You can toy as long as they last until January tbe first A $700 Baby Grand for $550 A $700 Lantet Piano for $550 A $4 0 Kohler & Chase Piano for $325 A $600 Player Piano for $425 An $85 Chaple or School Organ for $65 JESSE FAILING, 901 Main Street. Pendleton, Oregon. ' " Af c. J. Parker r w.v En IP 'ill 1 '1 cj .csrJ KvarrttalDg Flrtt Cliu - Modara nd Cp-to-d at SOUTH STREET SIDE MAIN ATHENE E. A BEtlWETT'S PAINT SHOP House, Carriage and Automobile Painting, Paper Hanging Kalsomining, Etc fJVianukcturer of Bennett's "Imperishable" Paints and dealer in PaintsOils, Glass and Wall Paper. E. A. BENNETT, - Athena, Oregon. bv the looal Woodman camp at tbe Lodge hall Wednesday evening was a suocess in every partionlar. Prooeeda from tbe danoa and snpper netted the camp vover $50. flsrden's Eagle Bar has been most appropriately decorated for the holiday season. Festooned with deoorstions of holly, Christmas bell and tinsel strands, the effect is artisiio and at tractive.' ' fyPosters are out announcing . a "Xihtistmas dance for next Wendesday evening, December 24, at the .Atbena opera boose. Musio by Gordon's or chestra; floor managers, Bert Davis and Ernest Blomgren. This evening at the Christian cliurou the faonlty and students of Colombia college of Milton, will give a oonoert. The entertainment will be first class in every particular, and a large attendance is anticipated. Geo. W Proebstel of Weston was in the oity Tneaday, attending tbe fune ral of Wm. Pinkerton. Mr. Proebstel has sold bis business interests in onr neighboring town and will leave soon for the south to spend the winter. Mrs. Charles Bets was summoned to tbe bedside of ber father. Mr. Gildertleeve, by a telegram announc ing bis serions illness, and left Satur day evening for bis borne at Mattituok, Long Island. She was accompanied by her little son, Reeve. A. Maokenzie Meldrum was in Port land this week, in tbe interest of tbe Pendleton Chiistiannohurob fund, in whiuh be is making an aotive cam paign. It is hoped that a pressing debt may be lifted from Pendleton's beautiful ohnrob edifice. iYAs this issue goes to press, Guy Jonas, proprietor of the Corner saloon, is having a bearing before Recorder B. B. Bigbards on a charge preferred by City Marshal Gbolson, of conduct ing a disorderly house. A couple of rights took place at Jonas' claoe of rErisibess last evening. James Ooz bas organized a laundry route in Adams. Atnena and Weston. r tbe Troy Laundry of Pendleton. Mr. Coz will make bis headquarters in Athena. A speoialty is made of rough dry and flat work. Tbe laun dry will be oolleoted and delivered by be laundry company's wagon. Grand Cbanoelior Grant and Grand eper of Records and Seal Stinoon mat with Pythian Lodge, JNo. 29, K. of P. last evening. 1 be meeting was a most interesting one. Tbe grand lodge officials met with Stevens lodje at Weston, Wednesday evening, and tonight meet with tbe lodge at Ad ams. : Vzerba Bros., bave most of the ma winery installed in tbeir new garage, Axpit has teen excavated and walled np with brick, so that it is now possi ble for tbe meohanios to stand under to repair a oar. The new shop baa plenty of light from north windows, and the machinery rests on oonorete iqnndations. 2 A . X Tbe largest check ever issued in the vNbttbwest, it is claimed, m payment I av thtt ahAiif Mti nf an Inrlnlnal was signed at Walla Walla, Wednes day, by tbe Jonea Soott company and was turned over to George Drum hellre. It called for 1137,633.31 at tbe First National Bank, and wts iu payment for 173,431 bnsbels of wheat, R. K. Brady, an old time Atbeoa resident, was in the oity Tuesday from Freewater, near whiob plaoe he is now residing. For several years Mr. Brady bas been farming in the Cam bridge, Idaho, country, tut recently exchanged land owned by him there, for a traot near Freewater. For many years, Mr. Brady was book keeper for C. W. Bollis, a former mer chant of this oity. SC. Byron Hawks bas bis big elk in stalled in bis drng store, and tbe splendid specimen of tbe lord of tbe forest is attracting mnob attention. An aloove has teen made io tbe rear of tbe store room, and tbe elk ooouples a sightly position therein. 8am Pam trnn mounted the specimen true to nature and tbe result isthat Mr, Hawks has one of the fluent tronhlaa Mn the Northwest. r i Marguerite Forrest was sud afflicted with appendioitis Sat- Lb day and removed to a hospital at Walla Walla. A successful operation was oerformed by Dr. Plamondon and Dr. KeeleryTbe many friends of the young lady will be pleased to learn that she is rapidly reoovering and that it will be only a question of a little time when she will be enjoying her nsnal good health. A Tbe displays of boliday goods in tbe windows of Atbeoa stores aside- from being an exploitation of tba bfgn class of goods oarried wifbia would rank well with tbe displays made in much larger towns. Tbe Press bas called the attentiotVbf "its readers in tbe past to tbe artistio window dis plays made by Atbena merobants, but right now tbeir windows are more beantiful than ever. lbe Baptist, Meltbodist and Chris tian oburobes will each bave Christ mas trees and appropriaia examines on next Wednesday evening. Tbe trees are to be beautifully decorated and heavily laden with presents. Pro grama are being rehearsed and splen did entertainment will be offered at tbe different cborobea. Big fir trees, with beautiful green foliage bava beeo brongbt down from tbe mountain for tbe occasion. Tbe East Oregooian says tbere will be no poultry show at Pendleton this year. This decision bas reeo arrived because of tbe refusal of tbe county court to maks an appropriation for the show. A meeting of tba board will be beld tomorrow, at wbioh time a definite decision will be reaobed. However, tbe officials of tba associa tion bave expressed themselves as be ing opposed to an attempt to make an exhibit wit&otit financial assistance of tbe ooort Last year tba coo it ap piopriated $250 and tbe year previous $500. Lack of patronage is said to be tba cause of tbe refusal of tba ooort to rensw tba appropriation. Tba eost of tba show is about $S50, and as tbe association now owes $150, tba officers do not feel like going ahead. From the Advocate. . John Tompkioa waa among those visiting the oonnty seat Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Viotor Burke were among the Athena visitors at the Club danoe last evening. E. A. Bennett, tbe Athena painter, has been here this week while at tending to tba finishing of tbe new SOhOOl building. . u rv:-;. Miss Hops MoPhsrrin and' Miss Hazel Miller of Atbena were gu6s!a of Mrs. John Nusbaum last evening and while here attended tbe Club danoe. It is reported that Hugh J. Bell baa secured a lease on tba Kenneth MoBaa ranoh wbioh is northwest of Helix and that he will soon move there and make it bis home 1 CARELESS WITH GOLD. Any Old Thing Serves tha' Klondikera For Holding Nuggets. Persons who are accustomed to ob serve the extreme care with which bankers handle gold would be aston ished by the lax methods tot tbe men who risk their lives for the precious metal in ' sparsely settled regions where it Is mined.' ; ' - In the log cabins in which Klomlik- ers live It has to take its chance along with boots, cooking utensils and pro visions, waiting to be transported by the most expeditious route: Any re ceptacle, it seems, is good ) enough to bold gold. Old tobacco cans and fruit and vegetable cans stand full of nug gets on tbe shelves, and sucks of gold dust are flung upon the floor. On one occasion a little pack train of three mules brought to Dawson City $120,000 worth of gold In com mon sacks, over which tbo mule driv er, acting on nls own responsibility, fastened a bit of sailcloth, lest a mule falling on a rock or against a branch should accidentally rip open a sack and spill tbe contents. Tbe whole lot was thrown with other, goods Into the packer's office and left tbere until the following morning. , At another time $40,000 worth was sent down on one horse. The packer In charge did not know who had given it to htm and there was no sign of ownership attached. It was identified by the fact that within the larger sack of dust was a small tnck of nuggets. The bags are not sealed, but merely tied with a leather thong or a bit of twine. Chicago Record-Herald. RAINMAKING FALLACIES. Nature's Processes Too Qlgantio to Ba Imitated by Man. Warm air is like a sponge. It will suck up a lot of moisture and carry It without spilling any. But if warm air, well loaded with moisture, is sud denly cooled the sponge is squeezed and the moisture falls out as rain. Many years ago some hopeful gen tlemen went to one of our arid regions and exploded a lot of dynamite on the theory that the concussion, would mix tbe strata of warm air near the earth with the cooler strata above and so cause toe necessary precipitation or moisture. There happened to be light showers about the time of the experi ments, which encouraged the experi menters, but didn't convince anybody else. - ' The fact is that nature's ralnmoking machine Is too gigantic to be affected by the puny efforts of humans at least by any methods so far discovered. Nature pumps tbe moisture laden air np into tbe cold regions or tne upper atmosphere with a wheel a thousand miles in diameter, when this tre mendous wheel of air is revolving nor mally it hoists millions of tons of wa ter vapor to an elevation where it can no lonscr be carried in solution and so falls in rain. When the wheel is off adjustment it is as futile to bombard the sky witn dynamite as It would be to Ore popgun corks at tbe side of the latest Dread noughtKansas City Star. Rd Water. Apropos of the "red water" seen In and about salt lakes Mr. F. Whltteron writes that In all tbe samples exam ined by him (at Geelong, Victoria, Australia) the color was wholly due to a curious little organism, eitner oval or round, and equipped with two small flngelln or lasbllke extensions. When examined under a microscope the bodies of these minute, specks of living matter are seen to be Intensely pigmented with a red coloring matter. When the brine becomes saturated the oval form changes to a circular shape. When such a brine begins to crystal lize the resulting salt has a reddish tinge, and Mr. Whltteron suggests that each organism may be the nucle us about which a crystal forms. New York Post How It Impressed Her. A young woman from the interior saw the Atlantic for the first time re cently at Cope May. As she stood on the windy bench, gazing dreamily out over the vast blue expanse of tum bling water, ber escort said to her: -So this is tin first time you've ever seen tbe sea. eh?" "Vm. the very first time, she an swered. "And what do you think of itr be asked. "An." she said, with an ecstftc smile, "it smelts Just like oysters!" Exchange. ; . 1 . important Question.! "George dear." begnn a bride while on tne way to tne station ror we honeymoon. "I want yon to answer ma Just one question, and then I shall feel sure of you." "Wbot Is it. darllngr "If yon knew that I loved you at much as you lore roe. would you lor me as mucb as I love your London Answers. ? The Worried Wldowtr. "lie tor his poor children need an other mother." "Then tvhr doesn't he take one home t tiipinT It swum that the children pay the rent, and :hr are very bard to con vIne.',Kx bange. We are the Pendleton Agents for Butterick Patterns Our Great Store k M of . - - . . . As soon as you enter, you will find the Christmas spirit everywhere evidentthe .dec orations, the large and varied holiday stocks and the many people one sees busy se lecting gifts, and articles for personal use, tend to bring home the fact sf Christmastide BOYS SUITS AT BARGAIN PRICES Make vour boys happy by giving them a new snit apieoe Christmas. A boys' clothes has as muoh to do with his later character and bearing as atbletios or many of the other things that he goes to sobool to aoquire, Teach him to dress well and respect himself. CLOTHES, AT OUR PRES- THE FOL- WE ARE GOING TO CLEAN UP ENT STOCK OP BOYS' LOWING PRICES: ALL DOUBLE BREASTED BOYS' SUITS '$3.50 Double breasted boys' suits will be - $3.60 $5.00 Double breasted boys' suits will be (3.75 $6.60 Donble breasted boys' suits will te - $4.90 $7.60 Donble bieasted boys' suits will be $8.40 $10.00 Donble breasted boys' suiti will be - $7.65 BOYS' NORFOLK SUITS $4.50 Norfolks will go for $5.00 Norfolks will go for $5.50 Norfolks will go for $6.50 Norfolas will go for $',.50 Norfolks will go for - - $10.00 Norfolks will go for - $3.70 $4.15 $1.60 $5.40 $6.20 $8.35 SEND US YOUR MAIL ORDERS Any of you wbo cannot arrange to oome to onr great "Christmas " store oan send us your wants ty mail with all the assurance in tbe world that your orders will be filled with even more oare than if you were here to do your own ohoosing. If we haven't what you want, we'll go ont and get it In all in stances you will And our prices to be RIGHT and the quality of our goods beyond question. A Great Sale of Womens Tailored Black Serge Suits L75 $10. The original prioa of these suits range from $35 to $35. Every garment is a 1913 style. THIS IS THE MOST WONDEFRUL VALUE WE HAVE EVER OFFERED BECAUSE: FIRST of tbe high quality of material?, tailor ing and style. SECOND on aooonnt of the grat eduotion ia prioe as oompared with the real value of the garment. THIRD beoanse of the faot that these suits on aooonnt of their conservative style, make the best in vestment for your money. The coats are untrimmed and perfectly plain tail ored with either square or outaway fronts. The skirts are plain with a bntton fastened side pleat effect and tab belt and gathers at tha waist kllne in tauk. ' The sizes range from mioses' to 46 ladies. Don't fail to see these Incomparable bargains. The Peoples Warehouse Where it pays to Trade. PENDLETON, OREGON, Save your TP W Stamps ART SQUAIES r : 1 1 r. . ;-J-v-.-: , ,,,, Hy .y- 0r'-'''l.'-, MILLER, "The Furniture Man," has added this1 line to his already large, varied stock Art Square Bargains We bave tbe finest line of Art Squares ever shown in Atbena. All are of modern designs and p-to the minute patterns. They are going at prices never before heard of, olass of goods considered. Onr line of Furniture is complete. It includes late styles in Coisloan Walnut, Birdseye and tha popular Golden Oak. The very latest novelties in Iron andJBrass Beds. Everything in Springs and Mattresses. M it -'if u II i) "7? liiiiiiiiiinT inn Hi iiiiiiiiiiiimiumXK7 UNEQUALLEDaASA FKtVtNIlVtOR .PNEUMONIA. h bad wimm is.a IF k 1 cow A 1J I V (JVY i fjf WHOOHMO COUCH. IfjCV VJuWl I I IU Aj III 1 HOARSENCM, VI 1 CAC 1 Jl S0RE A fl l ))(V ' I Wmm tmwm, . !,,, 1 21 v I i fA Vv JJf 11: tMctruMT coxsunettov tiSil, Vy H If WW .JW if!' KOuwiUMorvsa : llfJ i. 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