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Press Paragraphs John Walter baa fle Brood ions and plgt lot sale. Adv. ... Wea. Zeiba is here from Walla Walla to spend tba holidays, . Mlas Laura 8mitb spent' the week end with relative! in Walla Walla, Mrs. George Carmioheal or Walla Waha, epentSatOfday Id this oity. Mrs. Geo Hauls spent Christmas with ber sister, Mrs. Minnie DePeatt. Little Muriel Garden Is home from the Sisters sohool, visiting bet mother. Clarence and (Jlyde Brotberton were In the oity from Walrsburg, Wednes day. . t- ,, Dr. Stone and family, spent Christ mas day with relatives io Walla Walla.1 : . - Mrs. .Chester Davis is 'visiting at the Heo. (Jerking homa, from Free water. , . , . Call and see tbosa new (alt slippers for woman and children, at 'Fix & Badtke's. Adv,' . i .. Mr. and Mn. 0. H. Mansfield and daughters, spent Obriatmaa with rela tives Id Walla Walla. . Roy Zerba, who Is attending sohool in Pendleton, is spending the vacation with bis .brother, Olarenoe. ' Lost Masooio watoh oh arm. Find er will he rewarded by leaving the oharm at this of Bee. Adv. - Charlea Bodina, formerly a reserva tion farmer, now a resident of Alber ta, is down on bis annual visit. Ladies' and eblldren'a warm felt slippers in all colors, just reoeived at FIi & Badtke's Adv. George Winship has returned to En- gene where he will resume bis studies at the University of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. LeGrow and Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Ferguson went to Portland Wednesday evening. Lost Between Athena and Weston, a ladies' fur. Be rewarded by leaving same at this ofnoe. Adv. Mrs. Effle Lloyd was over from Milton this week visitiog relatives and friends in Athena and vioinity. : Lost An aoot. book, with ad. of Wm Snyder, Ritzville, Wn, on cover. Leave at Frank Tharp residence. Adv Coal Tar Increases the Life of your Barn Roofs : and Fence Posts. Genuine Coal Tar in Barrels of 50 Gallons , -; $3.50 . At the Gas Plant, PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO. Pendleton, Oregon ' Phone 40 Start the New Year Right , By Having Your Watch Cleaned and Overhauled L. S. Vincent, ' 'JEWELER ' Athena, Oreg. At Hawks' Drug Store - . CA FORI ' The Land of Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers V "CALLS YOU i With Summertime in Winter, Outdoor and indoor spoits boating, surf bathing, driving,, golf, polo, tennis, For rest and reoreation, Oalifofrnia is delightfnL For safety and comfort, go via tbe . , ' OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO, - through Portland and return the same way.' California is staging two big shows, oelebrating the completion of the Panama canal - PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION San Franoisco, February 20 to Deoember 4, 1915. PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION , San Diego, January 1 to deoember 31, 1915. IheT represent the highest and best of (bo man endeavor in the world of ait, soienee and industry. See both of them. ' . Tickets, information, eta., npon application to J. R. Mathers, Agent, O-W. H. & N. Co. . . "Athens, Oregon. R. Burns, D. F. & P. A.. Walla Walla, Wn Sheriff and Mrs.. T. D. Taylor oame op from tbeit borne In Pendleton and spent tbe holidays with relatives here. Mrs.- Elizabeth Clark of Portland, la visiting at tbe borne of her daugh ter, Mrs. John Walter, west of Ath ena. ,. . 1 . , ;. ',. f .' ,- : ; Mr. and Mrs. H 0. Wortblngtoo attended tbe funeral of Mrs. A. B. Prloe, in Walla Walla on Christmas day. , ..... - The ground has thawed out to some extent and will soon be in proper aondltloD to reoeive muon needed moisture. ;,:.-'!-. , :, , rm. The the woi&TOK?9' for - - V . ocuorete Ywork basviaon brought up to tbe toplof tba gionnd, and the op portunity to now given for about a month's carpenter work on the build- ( log. 3. W. Darby has reoeived iotelll geooe of the, deatb of Corporal How ard, a ooosirt, wbo died on Deoember 3, in tbe Held hospital in Belgium as tbe result of wounds reoeived while f o tbe Bring lips. This one is the sev enth cousin of Mr. Darby's wbo has been killed In tbe British tanks during the warvi,.;,' ' : J. C. Martin has returned from a visit to St.' Anthony, Idaho, where be went to look over the agrioultural and atookraising possibilities of that seo tion. He says Jos Lewis and tbe Pi pers, who reoeatly looated there, have pnrobased good land at reasonable prices, and that the prospeots of that aountra are sood. Mrs. M. L. Watts and daughterly There H a diversity of opinion Vernita, went dowu to Pendleton SuuflT among farmers as to whether wheat is Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Willaty spent the holiday season with . Mis. Willa by'a parents Mr. and Mrs. Owens, in Xakima. ; ..-. . r J. H. Harmon left for Seattle Sou day evening, where be attended tbe Ministerial Parliament, held in that tbis week. ; day evening, Vernita .. remaining tbrougbont tbe week. Lester Vaughn, Who is a student at Columbia oollege, Milton, is spending tbe holidays at tbe home of his grand mother, iu Athena. -. . . Frank Swaggart and family .are over from their borne near Enterprise, Wallowa county, visiting relatives bare and at Pendleton. , ., , , A New Tear's danos was Riven at tbe Lodge Hall last evening; where the young people danced tba old year out and tbe new year in. . . Mrs. S. S. Parrls, who was recently operated on at a hospital in; Walla Walla, is recovering and will won be able to return to her borne. j -;, ', -: ; Misses Clara and Florenoa -Zerta, who bave been visiting bere, left Toes- day night for Walla Walla where they will make their future borne. Tbe Christmas program, consisting ol a Obriatmaa Pageant, was repeated at tba Uhiistian oburob Sunday even ing, large audienoe being present. Miss Jane Cardan is up from Mr. G. W. Bradley's borne in Pendleton. visiting at tbe borne of Mr, and Mrs. Alexander and ber mother, Mrs. Car den. . Wanted. To rent or buy On crop payment plan, a wheat farm. Am praotioal farmer; have A No. t refer enoes, John Lemmon, Cornelius, Ore. Adv. .'; Athena is in front of the van with a silver thaw Wood will please take ootioe. The thaw oame Moodav and relieved the slippery condition of side walks and atreets. t f A shower was given at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Taylor, Monday svening, in honor of Mr. and Mis. Delbert Clore. About twenty-five guests were present. Harry Ingbam, former Athena High sohool pupil is visiting friends in tbe city. He is residing with bis parents at Touobet, Wash, where ha Is attend- ingfsobool tbis winter. -f, ',, . . . Mrs. W en, McBride and dang h ter, Mrs. Edith Lumsden, are visiting at the home of ber daughter Mrs. Bessie Stnrges, in Portland. Mr. MoBride will join them thia week. . . .. ' Unole John Csllendar, olerk at the St. Niobols hotel, is spending the hol idays, at Portland. Ira MoDooald is looking after tbe welfare of the guests at the hotel during Mr, Oallendar'a absence. and Mrs. Marion Haosell spent Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Burroughs, at Pendleton. Mr. Hansell spent Saturday in tbe Eoho ooontry shooting duoks, fend met with fair auooess. " ' The members of tbe Christian ohoir met last evening at the parsonage and held their weekly rehearsal, extending tbe exeicisea throughout the evening until the advent of tbe New Year. Ee- b meats were served. , frozen out to tbe extent that the fields will require resaeding in the spring. Ail degrees of damage is estimated, and some have already pnrobased seed Wheat, in order to be an the safe side should tbe recent cold weather 'prove to have damaged growing grain. Wednesday evening at tbe bqme of Mr. and Mrs. Ueo. B. Geraiog, west of town, a splendid oyster supper was served tbe Young Peoples' olasotof the Cbiiatian Sunday sohool. . The oooa sion was brooght about by the offer of a reward bv Mr. Gerking. superinten- deot of the Sunday sohool, for the class having the largest inorease in membership, in the past four weeks. Within that time this class, taught by Mr, John T. King, bad iuoreased from 12, to 88 members. A jolly evening was passed at tbe apaoious Gerking borne, and tbe supper waa thoroughly enjoyed. ; ' ; The funeral of W, 3. Turner waa held bere Saturday, tbe ceremonies being oonduated at tbe Eees oemetery where interment took plaoe, by J. H. Harmon, Cbrtatian minister of Ath ena. Mr. Turner, died at his homa in Pilot Book, Deoember S3, 1914 and was about 65 years of age. He leaves m6ther, Mrs. Turner of Pilot Book, and six sisters, as follows: Mrs. Prloe of Pilot Book, Mrs. Wallan of Adams, Mrs. Anderson of Wenatobee, Wn. Mrs. Lindley, Mrs. Bedford and Mis. Lukeubeal all of Dayton, Wash. He was a relative of the Pries family at Weston and six brothers of that fami ly served as pall bearers at tbe fnner A County Debating League has been organized, among the High schools of the county. For thia pnrpoee. the soboole bave been grouped into two districts, Koho. StanBeld and Hei- miston forming tbe western distriot and Athena, Wealon, Milton and Fern dael forming the eastern distriot. The ebampionship of eaoh distriot is to ha decided, then a joint debate will be held between the obampioas of eaoh distriot. Tbis year the final debate will be held in tbe western end of tbe oounty; next year it comes to tbe east ern jsis,r.lqtt. Principal C. A. (jlneina or ine looai aouooi waa aejeutuu na County Direotor of Debates. Theqoes tion to be debated ' in all debates Is that - of Government Ownership of Railroads. , 1 1 We Strongly Recommend Our White Pine, . Tar and Eucalyptus For Colds. Give it a Trial. Byron N. Hawks, T3e Druggist Tba burning of a transformer on Fourth street, Thursday night of last week, po. a section of tbe city io dark noes. Col! oil lamps and candles were resorted to on til a naw transformer could be reoeived from Portland. It was totalled Sunday.. , While making 'soap at ber borne in tbis oity, Mrs. Oliver Burnham was aeriouly burned on the arms and faoe, when she accidentally dropped a oao of lye into the strong solution. The liquid splashed over ber oaoslng ser ious burns. Dr. Stone waa oalled and dressed tbe the burns. ; A man and woman were here Mon day, begging money for transportation to Baker, The atory put up was that toe husband bad been siok and unable to work.. - Botb wore well dressed and tba story tbe women told stamped ber as a proieesional beggar, in tbe minds of many abe approaobed. , .- The East Orsgonian reports that Sberiiff Taylor arrested Ed. - Kilgora at Oayuse, for making threats against tbe lives of several persons on Christ mas day. Kugore was nlaoed in tbe oounty jail pending investigation into tba oharges made against biro. Chapel Car, "Good Will," with Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Driver, tbe well known evangelistic singers in ooarge, will be io Atbena not later tban Jan uary 11, to remain ten daya or two weeks. Tbe first meeting will be held in tbe oar Monday evening, Ja-juaiy U. " ....... :.. - ' The Yooog Peoples' class of the Methodist abBfob beld a watoh party Jait evening in tbe oburob basement. and muaio and aooial conversation was intersnered with a program, and re f testaments were serv sd daring tbe evening. At tbe openfing of tba New Year, tba party diapers ad. The most beautiful, oalender the Press has seen tbis year, is that being disiribnted among its pstroos by tba Preston Shaffer Milling company. Io addition to being a splendid advertis ing restate and displaying a blgb standard of art, it 'ia commemorative of the golden anniversary of tba com paoy wbioh waa organized In 186B.. Eaymond Hatob, member of tbe yiimof Tonrtellotbs A Hummel, arob iteets, oame up from Pendleton Mon day, and inspected tbe oonerete work in tba basement f th new acbool toilding. Be pot W. 3. Uhclson on Tba little tovn of Eoho was visited Tueaday with two fatalities, whiob bss cast a gloom over the community. Mrs. Jobn G. Thomas, a well known resident of that place, dropped dead of heart failure in the otfioe of DrT" Dorn, wbither abe bed gone to oonsnlt tbs physician. At tba same bonr, Mrs. L. B. Asbbangh, was oangbt beneath tbe wbeels of a freight train, sever ing both less at tbe hips. She was ruahed to Pendleton, where abe died within two hours. Mrs. Ashbsogb endeavored to creep nuder the oar to oatcb tbe motor oar for Pendleton, jnst as th freight train began to move. - She waa IB years of age. Dr. Plamonrloo, was at the hospital on professional business, and assisted in tbe amputation of tbe limbs. ; Frank M. Weeks, who will be re membered in Athena as a member of tbe Manion-Qlaman oompany, Which played for a week at the Athena opera bouse last winter, and who was tbe busbsud of Miss Lula Lorenx. a news paper woman formerly connected with tbe East Oregonian, died of pneumo nia, Deoember 2a, at Bexburg, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks bad been with the Manion Claman oompany for nearly two years, and Mr. Weeks was an aotor of ability and made friends wherever be went. He was an Elk, and foe lodge at Idaho Falls, under instructions from his borne lodge at Ann Arbor, Mich., took charge of tbe foneral arrangements and tbe remains were interred at Idaho Fails. Mrs. Weeks has left tbs oompany and 'will reside with ber pareuts at Cove.f Un ion county, wbere she and ber hnsland bad recently purchased a farm, land bad ibtended going there in the Tear future to reside permanently. New Library Books,, , a r The following"new list of Children's booki bss arrived at tbe library : Adams Harpers' Outdoor Book for Boys. '- '' . Aloott Under tne Lllaos. i - " Andrews Seven Little Sisters.. ' Baden Powell Boy Boouta Beyond the Seas, r , . . Baldwin Fairy Header. Baylor-Joan and Juanita. . Brooks First Across tba Continent.' Brown I he Wonderful Chair. Burroughs Birds and Bees. Campbell Little Jan, tbe Dntoh Boy. Carpenter How tbs World Is Fed. Carroll Alice's Adventures in Won derland. Chamberlain How We Are Sheltered. Cos Heroes 61 Evsrydsy Life. Uomstook Diokens' Dramatla Boeder. Drummood Tbe Monkey Tbat Would Not Kill. Eggleston First BcoK in American History. . Ellis Wide Awake Girls. Flnlry Little Homa Workers. George Little Journeys to Cuba and Porto Bioo. -Grinnall Jaek, the Yoooe Banobman. Boxie Kindergarten Story Book. Jeoobs 8. W. F. Club. Judd Wigwam Stories. Kipling J oat So Stories. 1 A lappy and a Prosperous Sew Tear FIX i RADTKE THE "MONEY-BACK STORE" ATHENA, OREGON. MAXWELL AUTOMOBILE 5 A Real Car for Farm Implement and Vehicle Lines include Rock Island and Southbend Plows, the Peoria Drills, Discs, etc. Litchfield Manure Spreaders, Gaso line Engines, Birdsell Wagons, Rex Buggies and Hacks. . , ; . . ; Third Street CHARLES KIRK, Athena, Ore, Masonic Installation. Saturday night the Masons and tbeir families greatly enjored Installation ceremonies at tbe ball. After joint installation of officers for the ensuing year of Dolub Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A. M., and MoKenzie Chapter, No. 113, O. E. S., a splendid banquet was enjoyed by all present. The following officers of Dolpb lodge were installed: Samuel Pambrnn, W. M. ; 0. O. Henry, S. W.; Seed Hill, J. W.; Ralph Cannon, Trees. ; A. B. Steele, Seo.; Fred Flint, S. D.;Ueorge Mabar, J. D. ; Wm. Boober, Lnvois MoEwen, Stewards; E, B. Cox, Tyler, OEDEB of EASTERN STAB. Mrs. Rboda MoEwen. W. M, ; M. L. Watts, W. P.j Mrs. Kathleen Bar rett, A.M.; Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn, Oundnotiees; Mrs. A. B. Steele, A. 0. ; Mrs. H. L. Watts, Sec; Mrs. B. N. Hswks, Trees.; Mrs. Samuel Pam brnn, Warder; A, B. Steele, Sen,; Mrs. Anna Foss, Organist; Mlas Ada DeFreeoe Adab; Mrs. Louise Boyd, Roth; Miss Hraoe Johnson, Esther; Mrs, Mionie Ferguson, Martha; Mrs. Ida Dell, Electa; Mrs. 8. F. Share, Marshal; Mrs. Ueo. Mabar, Chaplain. , KIRK CHAPTEB.JR. A. M, Sunday, Deo 37, Kirk Chapter. No. 36, Royal Arch Masons, installed tba following o Itinera: W, S. Ferguson, Exoelleot High Priest; 0, A. Unerne, King; 0. O. Henry, Snribe; B. N Hawks, Captain of tbe Host; W. P. Littlejobo. Royal Arob Captain; F. H. LeQrow, Priooipsl Sojourner; A. A. Foss, Secretary ( A. B. MeEweo, Trea surer; Beed Hill, Master of tbe Third Veil) Samuel Pambrnn, Maatei of tbe Seoond Veil; E, B. Cox, Master of tbe First Veil. Mattery of Mualo. The mastery of music never just "came naturally" to any human being. The world has pever known more Industrious worker tban the Illustri ous Franz Schubert. , Yet. If to any one In tbe world music "cam natural ly." It seemed to come so to blm. When tbe acbool principal asked bis hnrmony teacher bow young Fran rkbobett woe progressing, tbe teacher (.ld: "He Is a wonder. Whenever I explain anything new to blm, be al ways seems elrendy to know It He must bave recervef. bla knowledge straight from heaven." Yet, In spite of such anprb frlfnt, there waa never a harder worker ihnn he. And don't rni think (tint we with uur leaner gifts, should, follow tilM examole? V 1 'MJ v Russell & Son The New Meat -. Market WE are selling Fresh Meats now at an enormous Re duction. Since our Market has opened, the price of Meat has been reduced about 7c per lb. and we expect to continue these prices. If you wish us to stay, encourage the Market that reduced the price of meat in Athena. Phone, 493. J. W. DARBY, Manager. $11 the Lmfant'of the NO flAMMOCKING mm. NOflUMMOCKING NO SAGGING no bagging NO DRAGGING NO PITCHING in ; ' v. m.mi I ff i , ' - w-u ' MILLER'S FURNITURE STO; rti v