Will it ever raio? Bore I . Sam amake yesterday and today. V. B. Radtke spent Sunday in Walla Weill. .. v'.r.. . . - , Joseph U. Soott wag Weston vis itor lueaday. Homer I. Watts had business in Weston Tuesday. Mrs. W. S. Ferguson spent Monday with Pendleton friends. - A. M. Meldrnm was in the oity yesterday, from Spokane. Mr. 'and Mrs. Robert Raymond vis ited iri Walla Walla Tuesday. Jas. Conley. the tailor, made bus iness trip to Weston. Wednesday. V ' Carl Long, the well koown auto mobile dealer, is in tbe oity today. Mr. Sklles, popular drug salesman of Spokane, was in tbe oity yesterday. Nats Pinkerton oama down from WasMuooe, Wash., Monday eveoiug. Bom, on Weston mountain, Angost 22, to trie wife of Jack Stamper, a " gill. ' Mrs. Earl Dudley visited Atbena f lieu-la Tuesday, from tba ranob near Weston. D. A. Pinkaiton was over from bis borne in Milton Wednesday visiting relatives. ...". . .. Sauford Stone and Millard Kelly will make a sbort ttip to Woodward's toll gate. Mr. and Mrs John Walker were in tbe oity Wednesday from their home near Helix. Mrs. Edna Bell is visiting at ber mother's home, having come np from Boise, Idabo. 0. , E. Roosevelt, well known Pendleton business man, was in the oity yesterday. For first olass party, tlitbday and ' weddtng oakes, call at the Atbena Bakery. Adv. Mrs. L. S. Vlnoent returned borne Monday from Pendleton, after a visit with bsr parents. ; Mrs. E. A. Boyd went over to Mil ton Tuesday, to visit bat daughter, Mrs. B, D. Edwards. Tom Llenallsn, one of tba leading oitizens of Adams, transacted business in the oity yesterday. - . For Sale. Two sound, yonng work maiea and a mule oolt, Louis Keen, Fieewater, Ore. Adv.- Mrs. Win Bnrden bas added a large sleeping apartment to tbe convenience of ber popnlar boarding bouse. Cows for Sale. Henry Koepke of fers a number of good miloh oons for sale at reasonable prioes. Ad. Miss Carrie Sharp leaves soon for fiaslyo, Wash, where she will teaoh in tbe publlo aobools of that oity. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Read and Mr", and Mrs. MoPbersoo returned home from Wallowa Lake, Friday last Deputy SneriS Blakeley was in town from Pendlelon Monday. He oame np to serve atlaohment papers on a parly residing in tbe Pine creek dis trict northeast of town. Wood in Carload Lots Cascade 4 bat Fir Wood $5.73 Cascade 4 foo Maple Wood, . . 6.00 Cascade 4 foot Alder Wood, .... 5.50 F.O.B. Athena - Pendleton Branches North ern Pacific Railway. . C. O. WILLIAMS, Postoffice, Edgewater, Washington. Beginning Monday, Angnst 81st, ws will olose at 6 p, m., Saturdays ex cepted. " Moagrov. Mercantile Co. Bevinuiug Monday, Aogoat Slat, we will olose at 6 p. m. Satnidays excepted. Mosgrove Mercantile (Jo. Tbe grand July is in session at Pen dleton, tbis week. There are a num ber of orlminal eases to bs considered by tbe jury. . Norman Page left for tbe borne of bis father, T. P. Page in Santa Ana, California, after spending month in tbe harvest field. Leon Millet bas moved bis well drilling maobina to the Gland Prioa plaoe at Westou, where be will begin deep well operations. Walter Ely oame op from Portland Sunday morning on a business trip, and bad a sbort visit witb bis mother, Mrs. Henry Pinkerton. ' Clyde and Dean Willaby with their families, wsnt np nn tba Umatilla river yesterday, where tbey Will en joy a few days fishing. - Plain and fanoy pastry, also whole some wheat, graham, rya and cream bread, baked fresh every day at the Atbena Bakery. Adv. M. L. Watts spent Sunday in Port land with bis wife and daughter. Mrs. Watts and Vsrnita are expected to arrive home, Sunday. Mrs. F. 8. Ls Urow is visiting at the borne of ber mother- in Walla Walla, dniiug tbe absenoe of Mr. Le Grow to bis Montana raoob. After a year's absenoe from tbe oity, doiiog wbiob be saw coneldera tin of Californian territory, "Obuti" Nelson returned Wednesday morning.' Mrs. Wm. MoBride returned to ber borne sontbeist of town, Tuesday, af ter severs! days visit at tbe horns of Mr. and Mrs. B, B. Biobards. Miss Jaokaon, of Dayton, a former resident of tbis oity, where she was in tbe millinery townees bas been a guest tbis week of Mrs. Austin Foss. ' H. Qantenhein of Pasoo, bas return ed to bis heme in tbat oity, after vis ltlng several days with bis danghter, Mis. Charles Bryan of this city. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gross and Mr. and Mrs. Lnke Read returned Sunday from Bingham Springs, where tbey spent a couple of weeks oamplng. Ronndnp bats and "Let 'er book" buttons have made their appearanoe in Atbena and are proving to he good advertising dope for the big show. F. S. LeGrow, who baa large land boldings and live stook interests neat Miles City, Montana, left for tbat point on a business matter, Tuesday. All those owing Mil. Lillie Miller -must settle before Tuesday next, as she will leave then for Portland to bny bet tall stook of millinery. adv. E. A. Bsnnett returned the tore part ot tbe week from a business visit to Spokme.- Mr. Bennett formerly oouduoted a paint store in- the Falls oity. vv, - - Orel MoPberrin is rapidly recover ing from his recent paintu) aooidenl in wbioh he lost bis rigbt arm, and is expeoted home from tbe hospital at Walla Walla. Lost: Between Adams aud Belli, a Ford hood, tied in saok. Pleass leave at Athena Garage and notity Ed. LeRoy, 720 W. Poplar St., Walla Walla. Adv. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Walker of Walla Walla, era at tbe borne of Mr. Walker's parents in tbis oily. He is recovering from a aerions attaok of mnsolar rheumatism. . : . Miss Merna DePeatt spent a ooople of days in Walla Walla the first of tbe week, wbere she ordered new fall goods for the Fix & Radtka store, and also visited ber sistsr. Mrs. E. L. Bsrnett and Miss Flora Kemp, who aooompaoied the body of their mother to Athena from Portland Sunday morning, Isft Monday evening for their borne tbeie. Mr. and Mrs. I. - M. Kemp were down from Uolton, Sunday, attendiog the funeral of Mr. Eemp'a mother, whiob ooonned here. Tbey tetnined borne Monday morning. A sale of reservation lands was made tbis week by Mrs. Lillie Miller, IF H Mm-1 TYvaGTeateTOreotv With new buildiiwa. better onln- ment, enlarged grouudt, and many ad- flition to it faculty, me uw vanity oi urefon win Degia ita mirty -annul year Tuesday, September 15. Special training for Bualneaa, Jour nalum. Law, Medicine, Teaching, Li brary Work. Muaic Krrhit&nrm Dl I T1 j. I r- rujaivw iniaiDxaaa riMAfn, Lirgrtt and trongeat departments of liberal education. Library of aaor than- H.Ht volueaee, two epltndie tyaaaaetuaH. elevea tmlkllaae fully eqelyeea'. New SIM.M Adauuelretloa Bullelofj la cootae of coMtmctloa. TeiHoe. Fnt. Dororitorlee for aa aa. Writ for cauioa- mad IllaairateS booklet, I .noreMla- Keautrar UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CUOKNC. ORKOON Leather Co We have just received a new ship ment of Men's Purses, Bill Books' Cigar Cases, cVIusic Rolls, etc FOUNTAIN PENS The Non-Leakable Fountain Pens, from $2.50 to $5.00Guaranteed in wbioh 80 aores was transferred from the foimer Simpson estate to a Spokane woman, at $100 per aore. Take your shoe repairing to to 0. L. Ulin's Model Shoe Snop.. where there is machinery to tnrn ont the work in modern style. Prioes ressonatle and satisfaction guaranteed Adv. George Winsbip will join the Ath ena colony at Kngene and matriculate with Oregon University. Hia position at tba local station ot the O. W. will probably be filled by a looal man. Tbe Athene school board will today saleot plans and specifications fo: the new sohool bnilding, for which bonds fere authorized at the reoent eleotion. ' Five architects will be here to submit plans. ; . . , . , Tbe secretary of state is mailing to all voters pamphlets containing the proposed constitutional amendments and measnres to be voted on at tbe, general election on Tnesday, Novem ber, 8. ; ' Maurice Bill bas finished bis work in the Adams wheat warehouses, and will assist in tbe olerioal work at B. B. Riohards' offloe until time toi him to return tu the University at Eugene. -... . The 0. W. B. M. meeting for Septem- tet will be held at tne borne of Mrsi David Taylor, on Wedneeday, tbe 8. Mrs. George Gerking will lead the meeting, witb the topio. "Examina tion Day." .: ; ,---,: Ibe present dry season calls to the mind of William Eilgore the dronth ot 23 years ago. At that time water became soaroe and a small crop yield was tbe result. Rain did not fall un til November 10th. Miss Vi-lma Wilkinson arrived borne Wednesday evening from Portland, where she spent tbe past week finish ing her snmmei's vaoation. Miss Wilkinson will be assigned tbe 6tb grade in tbe Athena schools. . Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Tharp and Mrs. W. B. Taylor, witb their families, and many others have returned from Bingham springs, wbere they spent a abort vaoation, oamplng and enjoying tbe swimming pool. For Sale. 110 aores of wheat land, 7 miles southeast of Dayton, at $U5 an aore; also a SO aore frnit ranoh neai Free water, on internrban line, tot $6600. Easy terms on both proposi tions. ; Pbona 81F6, Atbena, Oregon. J. H. Hatmoo, ot Eagle, Idabo, will pieaob in the Gbiistian obuicb next Sunday, morning and evening. A good andienoe is bespoken fot the pieaofaer, and espsoially is tbej mem- nersblp urged to be present at tnese servioes. Byron N. Hawks, TJfe Druggist Dreamland program fot Friday and Saturday evenings: 1 and 3. "Her Husband's Friend." Kalem. 8. "Sberlook Holmes Girl," Edison. Sonday: 1 and S. "Jerry's Unole'a Namesake," Vltagrapb. 8. "By Un seen Hands," Selig. , Athene's oanlns population bas been inoressed by tbe return of "Penny," a renegade of tba specie, alter an ab- senos of a oonple of years. Age does not deter him from running at passing vabioles in tbe street cr starting a bat tie among bis brethren. Reports oontioue to leaob Atbena from tba foot bill ranobera aud moon tain farmers to tba effeot tbat while the spnd crop will be a light ooa there is a bnmper crop of gronsa and pheas ants. September 1, 1914, falls on next Tnesday. Unit ssd. ' Epb Williams, a well known old timer of Atbena, bas been in town this week. He bas bsen tesiding in Idabo, bnt at present ia living near Freewater. His wife has been in the Walla Walla bospital for some time, and is in poor health. A leotnre on tbe East Indian mis sionary work,' Is announced to take plaoe in tbe Christian obnrob Tnesday evening, September 8. J. 0. Gborm ley, of Portland, who was formerly in the work in India, will deliver the leotnre, witb atsreoptioon views. Charles Downing returned to bis ranch at Eennewiok, Wash., Monday. From a bnndred and sixty aore Bold, Charley picked np 1000 aaoks of wheat. a volnnteer yield. Summer fallow orops in that seotion this season pro duced from 18 to 80 bushels per acre. Sam Pambrnn, Homer Watts and Fay LGrow will leave abont Septem ber 10 on tbeir Montana booting trip. At Spokane tba boys will be joined by Frank Qiaaty, a well known boot er, who formtirly resided on tbe Uma tilla, but who is now living in tba Okanogan oouo try. Work will be resnmed on tbe Atb ena-Pendleton maosdam road, between tbis oity and Adams immediately after the rains come to ley tbe dost and moisten tbe soil. One of tbe eonotv'a erusbars will be estatlisbed at tbe city rook qnary and tba otber near Ereba grove, tbis aide of Adams.. Mrs. Minnie Willaby bas reoeived word ol tbe death of ber annt, Mrs, M. E, Wioks, of Colfax, Wssb. Mrs. Wtote was 70 years of age, and was wall known to many Athena people, having often visiied relatives beta. Har death ooourred in a Collax boa pits!, after several weeks' Illness. ' Walt Adams ia being heralded In Atbena this year aa the barley king. Tbia year Walter's tanob produced 20.000 aaoks of barley, and as tba prioa is climbing, be may exneot to get a dollar or better pet aaok. He Is delivering bis big orop to tbs Preston Bbaffer Milling company in tbis city. For tba Bret time siooe 1898, wheat bas reached a dollar per bushel Yes- terdsy at Walla Walla, millers paid for bine stem from SI. 01 to 11.06. Some of trie bluestem was pmobssed by tba Preatoij-BbaSet Milling com pany. While there was considerable aetivity on tba market v eater day tba demand was g raster than tbe desire of farmers to aeM. Practically all tba demand was for bloeatem, and tbara waa little eltit wheat sold, tboogb tba latter variety waa quoted at the high est prioes of tbe season, It being re ported tbat 8(1 aenta eould have been obtained for Jfo 1. club. In tba looal market ClqH waa quoted at 81 cents and barley, ti'O par too. John Rothrook and tardily have re turned from an noting, trip to Lehman Springs, wbere Beveralj weeks were spent in recieation. Mr. Rotbiook and sous Sam and John took a side trip to tbe Grand Roode bunting and Hsbing grounds wbere Sam waa looty enough to slay a Boa Bve point bock. . Mrs. A. M. Gillis cams down from her borne near Waahtnooa, Wash., Monday afternoon, and visited for a day or two with old friends, also at tending to some business matters. Mrs. Gillis, who is not in good bealtb, went on over to La Grande for a week's visit with ber mother, Mrs. Eva Boddy. Mr. and Mrs. William Booher have , returned from their outing trip to Lehman Springs. Bill pleasantly ie marks that be is no fisherman, what ever, yet bis larder always contained a goodly supply of tront, thanks to tbe generosity of several friends who delighted to emnlate an old fellow named Ike Walton. Pat Shea, well known to old settlers of. Athena and vioinity, died at bis borne near Thornton, Wash., on tbe 11th inat. Mr. Shea oame to Uma tilla oonnty in an early day and took np a Homestead norto or town, it la said that be split most of tba rails tbat went to fence tbe home place of the late T. J. Elrk. E. A. Beunett and V. 0. Boike have leased tbe Atheoa opera bonse from the nwner, S, L. Spenoer, and will take possession next week. Tbe new owners will give the public tbe best shows possitls to seonre. and will inangnrate a aeries of Saturday night danoas, tbe first at which will he giv en on Saturday evening, September S. Mrs. J. W. Smith arrived in town this morning from Corvsllia. wbere she has been negotiating tbe renting of ber property for the winter. Mrs. Smith will visit here a few days be fore joining ber hustand and sons in Montana, where ebe now resides. Her danghter, Miss Lata Ediogtou, will teach this winter in lngomar, Mon tana. . Tba condition of Mayor Matlook of Pendleton bas been preoariona for several days. Ha Is suffering from gall stones and bis condition bas be come so wesk tbat feai ls expressed of performing an operation for relief fiom that sonrae. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bwaggart returned from Pendleton yesterday wbere tbev bad been oalUd on- aoooont of Mr, Matlook's illness. Miss Flora Bootb oame down from Meaobam, wbeieshe hss been taking ber vacation, and left Wednesday for Lawiston, Idaho, wbere she will re sume her praotiu as professional nurse. Miss Bootb has msde a splen did snooess of ber work. She will be joined soon by ber two sisters. Misses Agnes snd Edito Bootb, the former of whom will tesab in tbat vioinity, and tbe latter will attend the Lew is ton State Normal sohool. 0. M. MoAlister, the well known live stook sgsot ot tbe Portland Union Stook Yards company, waa in the nlty Tnesday. He interviewed a nnmber of farmers in regard ti bog raising. Mr. MoAlister says tbere is no seotion in tbe whole ot Oregun where condi tions ere better sdap'ed to the produc tion of swine than rigbt here in tbe heart of the wheat belt. He informed the Press that A. L. Swsggatt's stro- oees in bog raising was more than state-wide advertisement for tbis seotion, . The Pendleton commeroial aasooia- tiun is standing in on support for a new bridge on tba Umatilla at Tborn Hollow otoasing. Some time ago a petition, containing over 200 names was presented to the oonnty couit. County Jndga Malonsy and tba Com mercial atsooiation have taken the matter up witb the government tbrongb Superintendent Swnrtsslander, It is understood I hat tbe oonnty ls willing to stand halt of the expanse in oon strncting tbe bridge, though it is to bs located nn Indian land. Frank Mootagoe of Arlington, eld- eat of son L. L. Mootagoe. formally a resident of tbis city, visited during the week at tbe borne of bis grandmother, Mrs. 8. O. Stanton. Mr. Montague oarried bis right arm in splint having had the misfortune to bava it broken reoently, when an automobile orank kioked baok"wlth blm. His mission to Umatilla oonnty in tbia instsnoe was to deliver a booking borse to the Ronndno aBsoolation at Pendleton. He ssys tbis particular bronobo is some bnoker, baving so far tbiown every man who baa attempted to tide him Worth - Wtilfle si I WMlS v-V .. -siiMamajaasjBin onwM ii w jmsmmmmm ! 1 1 fTT ,jIv 19k I I JtSJtlSl ati-!JLia7rLLY LJZJlil!51!H. I saal . WS JVWik-i Ml KSrV YT les and dimes sav- J ed here and there I : : a. - jt maKe a maieriaij QOOS difference in the week's outlay."" Let us Figure on Your Harvest Order We will Make it Worth Your While While everybody is figuring on the best way of reduciner the cost of Hvin& we are do ing our share to bring about an improved condition, by offering table necessities at less than usual cost. Taking advantage of every trade condition and buying in large quan tities, enables us to give you the benefit of lower prices. FIX Mi RADTKE THE "MONEY-BACK STORE" ATHENA, OREGON BWaWawaBjaaeaBaaaaa See the greatest Wild Exhibition ever sta Never befora haa audi at laow kMn ; A I Every minute filled with exciting novel leaturea. One thrilling feat alter another, by broncho riders, cow boy i and cowgirU. Hundred! of performer. Six band. Indian race cowboy racea buffalo chase, with real buffaloet Indian mauacre atage-coach holdup, ate. Plan now to attend . i , FRONTIER DAYS WALLA WALLA WASH. SEPTEMBER 17, 18. 19! The Walla Well. Fair comet September 14, 18, 16. Spend Iha week here. Herneu race,, running race,. Hock and Iruit exhibile. Better Baby" corneal, ate. Over $20,000.00 la caak r"iie All the noted oowgirls who are not on tbe vandeviile stage, but who are the real louab and ready artioln, will be at the Bonndnp tbia year, Septem ber 94, 25 snd 28. Tbe list inolndea tbe famous Tillle Baldwin, who bas always won tbs hearts df ber andienoe witb ber trios and faooy riding; Jans Bernondy, ' of tilobs, Arizona, tba dainty and patite triok and fanoy rop er; Vera MoGinols, Hazel Walker, blannbe MoHaogbay, Minnie Thomp son, Frail ie Rose Henderson, fiartna Blanobett. and many others. The Bonndup management tiias to keep tbe show oleao and pore', TROISIER DAKS Wuii WmiA KPTEM8E1 17. II. II, 1911 t WHTtW IWIW THAT! 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