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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1914)
1 Press Paragraphs Mrs. A. B. Steele ii repotted ill this week, v . ' j .. Boro to Mr. ana Mrs. L. p. Clark, sJnly 9. 1914, aoD. Anson Woods of Walla Wall waa la Athena llouday. W. B. , Shaffer oame down from Waitsbnrg yesterday. , , ' Dr. Will B. Soott is down from Se attle, arriving Tuesday. J. H. Bidenoor oame in Sunday afternoon from Montana. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Barnea of Wea toD, were in tbe oily Tuesday. Mrs, 0. E. Bryan and eon Arohie are visiting relatives in Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Willabr of Portland are visiting in tbu city. Woo. MoEenzie and E. M. Smith of Weston, were in tbe olty Wednesday, i Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Akera were np from their home in Pendleton.Sunday. Misa Lnella Brewer of Walla Walla, visited her sister. Mrs. Ulm, to is week. - . " Mr. and Mra. Earl Urqnnart have returned from tbeir visit to Mosoow, Idaho. Arnold Vogle, a well known yonng man of Pendleton, apent Sunday in AtbeDa. Kiss Uladya Smith of Weston, haa beeu in Athena Ihis week, visiting fiiends. . - V. B. Badtke waa detained at home from his etore, Saturday, on aaconnt oi illness. :' ' Miss Vada Smook of, Weston moun tain, ia visiting ibia week at tbe Hugh Molotyre home. ; Tbe tanks and warehouse of tbe Standard Oil company have been painted tbia week. M.' Jj. Watts ,' ta oompaoy with W. B. Shaffer drova to Walla Walla yesterday, by aoto. i ,; John Bell and family, and tba fam ily of James Bell, spent the week end at Bingham Springs. Wood in Carload Lots Cascade 4 hot Fir Wood, Cascade 4 foo Maple Wood,. Cascade 4 foot Alder Wood, . F. O. B. ..$5.75 .. 6.00 .. 5.50 Athena - Pendleton Branches North ern Pacific Railway.' C O. WILLIAMS, Postoffice, , Edgewater, Washington. Mrs. H. A. Barrelt and sister. Miss Jeeaioa MoEwen, are visiting friends in Wallowa oonuty. Dave Bon if or and family left for tbeir borne at Hiobon, after visiting relatives in Athena. ' Fred Kooota is assisting in the gro cery department of tbe Mosgrova Mer oantile oompany store. John Walter lost one of his beat, miloh uowa from an unknown oauae. one evening this week. , D. B. Mansfield has leased Mrs. Maloney'a tesideuoe, and will ooma from tbe ranoh to reside. Mrs. Mnir, of Portland, Is visiting at the home of ber sister-in-law, Mra. W. E. Wall in this oity. Bay Gerking oame np from Laidlaw tbia week, to assist Dis brothers tbrongb tba harvest season. v . J." E. Froome, Miss Eathetine Froome and E. A. Beunett. motored to Walla Walla yeaterday. . . Helen, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bioharda, is ill and nnder tba oare of Dr. Sharp. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. W ilia by are np from Portland. Mr. Willaby ia here to look after bia oiop interests. - Mias Laura Molntyre la in tba sales department Bt Fix & Badtke's during Miss iMeina DePeatt'a vaoation. Frank Jackson and family went np to Bingham springs this week, where they will spend several weeks. Ularenoe Uay ia over from Topped ish, garner ng a few shekela and mus cular brawn in tbe harvest Held. Sam Pambrnn will : start harvest ing next week. Be has equipped his combine with a gasoline engine. George Winsbip left Sunday on his summer vaoation, viBiting in the Wil lamette valley and southern Oregon. Mrs. F. O. Rogers and children oame up from Pendleton yeaterday and spent tbe day at tbe home of Grand ma Bill. .,. :V',!: Little Miss Alloe Hall, of Union, wbo has been visiting her cousin, Jeannette Miller, left Tuesday for her borne. , Joseph N. Soott has purohaaed tbe interest of John Walter in tha oom bine heretofore owned and operated jointly by them. A oarload of distillate was unloaded bete yesterday, by several farmers who have oomtioes with gasoline en gine equipment. Friday, Jnly 21th, is antionnced for tha next meeting of the Mot tors' Olnfa wbiob will be held at the home of Mrs. H. H. Hill. . , ' , Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mosley left for Walla Walla Wednesday, and will also visit friends in Idaho, tefore re turning to Alberta. ' Mrs. Cass Cannon, wbo baa teen ohaperoning a party of yonng people nt Birmham anrinas. returned borne the first of the week. Mrs. J. W. Weloh and obildren will leave shortly for an extended visit with relatives at Silverton, tbe home of Mrs." Welch's parents. . BUTTER WRAPS. 100 for $1.25. 250 for $1.50. 500 for $2.25. Paper furnished mtrC BARBER SHOP if I ii m. jj wm j in 11 ww- . ..;! ; C1m Modern A-Mi', ,2 ' south' side main The Ready BcstCrade Of . . Mixed Paints, Varnishes and Stains. A full Stock of Oils, Window Glass, Brushes, etc., and : if it's Quality you want, come and see us. Byron N. Hawks, Druggist 2 THE ATHEHA FilEAT MARKET We carry the best Ww TJ1EATS jTTlX'"nZ That Money Buys "jl f Our Market is i I 'Wfjirri Clean and Cool jj l w' T"' In8arin8 Wholesome Meats. WJTujIJ& BRYAN & MEYER . ai Main Street, Athena, Oregon ' Mrs. L. M. Nelson ia spending the week with ber sisters and father in Pendleton, in the absenoe of Mr. Mel son, wbo is at Newport, Ore. , Mario Pitoblord, the little girl who Is making ber borne with Mr. aid Mrs. W. E. Dot son is suffering from a severe case of tonsiiltia. Mrs. Anna Molntyre and daughter, Miss Belle, left Tuesday for Lehman springs, where they expeot to spend tbe remainder of tbe summer. Arnold Koepke, Louis Stewart and Miss Butb Stewart are attending the Ep worth League convention, at Lib erty Lake, Wash., this week. The house-to-rent problem ia a ser ious one in Athena. There is soaroely a vacant bonae in town, and tbe de mand is constant from renters. The yonng people will partloipate in a dance to be given at tbe opera bonse tomorrow evening. Gordon's orohestra will furnish the music Bradshaw and' Jones, two well known U. of O. men have arrived from Eogane and are hustling wheat sacks for Maurloe Hill at Adams. Raymond W. Hatch, of Pendleton, repreaenting Tourteliotte & Hummel, architects of Portland and Boise, was in tbe oity Wednesday, on ooaiuese. Miss Olara Zerba writes tl!t wit, ber sister and two other yonng lady students of MoMinnvilla College, she is enjoying ber vaoation at Bayooaan, Oregon. After running his combine four days on tha Dry Greek ranoh, Henry Barrett finds tbe g'aiu of good quality and averaging between SO and 80 bu shels per aore. Jamea Henderson Is over from his ranon on tbe Walla Walla river to spend several weeks in tbe harvest Held. He is oonduotor on tbe Watts roustBbont wagon. - W. V. Stone, brother of Sanford and John Stone, haa arrived in tbe oity from Oakland, Oregon. ' He will work in the harvest fields. This is his first visit to Athena. The Baptist Missionary society will meet at tha home of Mis. O. A. Bar rett, next Thursday afternoon. There will be a bnsipess meeting and a silver offering will be made. Olark Wood, 8. A. Barnea and other Mnaonio brethren oame over from Weston, Saturday night and at tended a meeting of Oolpb Lodge, No. 80, A. V. & A. M. Some smnt is reported from a num ber of fields, iu wbiob maohinea have been in operation tbia week. In ' one or two instances, reports are that tba grain ia badly smutted. John Bothrook and family will leave in a day or two for Lehman Springs, where they will remain dur ing tha summer. Mr. Bolhrook has rented a oottage at tbe springs. : Rsv. B. E. Uornall is attending tbe Sunday Sohool Institute, in session at Walla Walla yesterday and today, Mr. Uornall annunnaes tbe usual ser vices at the M. E. ohuroh Snnday. For ' Sale Charles Grove, phone 39F12. Athena, baa a good team of maies, harness and wagon, and splendid uiilob cow, wbiob ha otters for sale at a reasonable prioe. Adv. An ioe cream social la anooonoed for tomorrow evening to be given by tbe Young People's disss of the M. E. Snnday Sohool, on tbe lawn at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tompkins, Mrs. Franoea Parry and daughter, Miss Minnie Gross, are np from their home in Portland, and are gnests at tbe home of her sister, Mra. Geo Banister, and other relatives near town. , Frank Swaggart. ; of Enterprise, Wallowa ooonty, passed tbrougb Ath ena Tuesday enionte for Heppner where be will take over a band of horses, driving them to hie Wallowa ranoh. The young people's Sunday sohool oleas of tba M. E. oborob, waa enter tained at tha Ooomaus home, Friday evening. The lawn waa plaoed at the disposal of the young people and re treahmenta were served. Remember tba sohool meeting, Monday afternoon, at 9 o'olook sharp, A speoial election will be teld at whioh two diiaotora will be obosen to fill tba unexpired terma of B. E. KoonU and Henry Eoepke, resigned. Miss Ada DeFreeoe will spend her two weeks' vaoation at Lehman Springs. Miss Carrie Sharp, who will arrive home tbia week from Se attle and Portland, will assist in Miss DeFreeoe's plana in tbe telephone exchange. John Stone ia over from Cambridge, Idaho, where be baa a large acreage of wheat land under leass. He is well pleased with bis prospects, and tipped it off to the boys that there aia good hunting grounds within a day drive from his place. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Tbarp and family motored np lo Bingham Springe Saturday evening. Snnday morning tbey were joined by tbe tarn iliea of J. E. Froume aud Sam Boober, and all spent a plessant day together, returning in the evening. Joseph Goodwin of Vale, Oregon has aent a telegram from Omaha, Neb, to tbe Chicago police reporting that he had been robbed of (7400 before be left Obioago on bis return borne. Mr. Goodwin said that be waa robbed by tour men, two of whom were armed with revolvers, in a South Side hotel in Chicago. Quarterly conference waa held in tha Methodist Episcopal onuiob Tues day morning, with Dr. Bobinson of tbsFiiat M. E. Chnrob in Walla Walla presiding, on aooonnt of tha illness of Presiding Elder Warner. The usual bnsineas meeting was held, with tba ottioers of tha ohnroh pres ent : Major Swartzlander of the Uma tilla Indian agenoy, will bring bis team of tennis playera lo Atbana to morrow afternoon, to meet tha At beta playera on Dr. Plamoodon'f coorL Lunch will be served by Mis. Plamon don on tbe lawn, after tha playing is over. Tba games promise to be in teresting for toth aides are evenly matohed. The ladies of tha Methodist Aid so oiety annonnoe a paatry aale, which will be held in the Fix & Badtke Store. Saturday Jnly 35. Ladies, save time and labor daring these warm days, pstronize the sale and help a good oanse. , . '. . Tbe management of the Athena Band have been asked to figure on a oontraot for furnishing a band of as pieoes for Frontier Days at Walla Walla. Tbe profloieuoy of tba Ath ena band ia well known, and it is pre pared to fill engagements on short ootioe. Mignonette Lodge No. 86, Bebekahs, installed tbe following otfioere last Tuesday night: N. G. Mrs. W. W. MoPherson; V. J. Mrs. McEweu; Fin. Seo. M. L. Watfaj; Beo. Sec Vir gil Zerba. The eession waa olused with a dainty luuoh of cake and sherbet. Dr. J. W. Weloh haa pnrohased tbe Gillis residenoe, oorner of Fourth and Jefferson streets, at present ooonpied by the family of F. B. Badtke. Dr. Weloh oontempiatea building a deutal office and operating rooms on tbe property next the ,alley, fronting on Fourth street Yesterday while olnaning rubbish bout giaves in the Masonio cemetery, some parties set fire to tbe dead grass, and hot fci timely assistance, a dis astrous flie might have reaulted. As was, tbe blaze gained oousideralle headway in tha wind and a portion of the fenoe was hurnnd. Charles Ulm is in Portland this week, where he went to purchase sn eleotiio shoe repairing ontfit. Mr. Ulm baa leased tbe room formerly ooonpied by Owen Bnaie.T Be is an expert shoe repairer, having served a f nil apprenticeship aud woiked at the trade a number of yeaia ago. Program at tha Dreamland theatre for Friday and Satniday nights: 1. "Fiom Durban to Zniuland," Ed ison. 3 and 8. "The Plot of India's Hiilman," Kalem Snnday: 1. Vanishing Oraokaman," Edison. 2. "Tba Soapegrace," Lubin. 8. Fellow Voyagers," Vitagrapb. : Tbe Standard Oil company has put on a new oil delivery wagon to ha run foi its distributing plant here. A team of horses wbiob had been stolen at Baker, and reoovered in possession of the thief at Lind, Wash., waa pnr ohased here Wednesday, from tbe owner, who was returning home with the team. The Watts Bros., maohlne began work Wednesday on the home plaoe, north of town. What looked like a CO bushel crop is tnrning out to be 40 bushels, and Homer, who has obarge of the threshing outfit, says this will be fonnd to be tba result in this sec tion,- believing that the yield will fall short of that of last season Miss Zelma DePeatt oame over from Walla Walla Sunday morning, and with ber sister. Miss Merna, left yes terday for Bingham springs, where the two young ladles will enjoy a oou ple Crf weeks' vaoation together. Tbey scent yesterday visiting their aunt, rs. Harris, in Pendleton, before ner departure for a visit to Portland. Biobard Wright and family arrived from Hood River this week and are visiting at the borne of Mr. Wright's narents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F, Wright. Tbey are on their way to Montana, where they will reside this snmmsr, and are accompanied by Mias Van Winkle, a sister of Mrs. Wright, wbo baa been attending sohool in Portland, Threshing maohines. generally, will begin work in the harvest fields of the Athena seolion, next Monday. The first wheat of tbe esasoo .was delivered at tbe Mill company's warehonae, Tuesday, by Lowell Bogers, abont three weeks earlier than tbe first de livery nf a year ago. Mr. Bogers also delivered the first new orop wheat to Maurice Hill at Adams. Bev, Sbnmaker, af Welser, Idaho preached two sermons in the Christian ohnroh in this oity last Sunday. ' He reoently met Bev. Bias, formerly pes tot here, now loated in Idaho, and from him tronght gieetinga to old Atbena friends. Mr. Sbnmaker ia a candidate for tba pastorate of tha ohnrob here, and it Is annonnosd that his application will be passed on ty tha oongregation next Snnday. A eoople of hollos beoame involved in a. fight on Main street Tuesday eve ning and were landed in tbe oity jail, where tbey spent tbe nigbt. Wedn day morning. Judge Biohards fined them 17.50 eaob. One dug np and tbe other had a friend, wbo raised money among others, but instesd of paying the line prooeeded to make a getaway with tbe f nnds. He was overbanled by Officer Hummel, and made to dis gorge. ' In addition to her regular bouse bold duties cooking, washing, iron ins. taking oare nf the obildren. mak ing butter, mending, sewing, visiting running enanda to town for ber bus band, shopping, bouseclesning, put ting up froit. ato., etc, a lady friend ofjtbe Press has found time to raise a flook of 800 oblokeos, of which she is justly proud, for tbey are splendid fryers a fact to wbiob bar friends, no doubt, would be willing to gra olonsly attest. Our Great MS Song A A tremendous Selling event with a Definite purpose It's a "Mark-down" Right Through so don't fail to Profit hy it We must make a lot of room quickly, Iterations must soon be begun. We're going to add a new and very large department. It must be in readiness for the greatest business this store has ever enjoyed, not later than Sept. 1st. That means we've got to hustle. 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