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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1915)
Press Paragraphs A. B, Steele waa io Peodletoo Son day. V. S. Ferguson is tola week io Miles City, Montana. Joseph Sbeard and -family motored to Pendleton Saturday. We oairy the famous Dii Sox Shoes for men. Fix & Badtke Adv. Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Soott have re turned from a visit to Seattle. ' Mrs. W. K. Wall bai been seriously ill this week, from a severe oold. Beeeived, i nan line of ooreeta and brassieres. Fix & Badtke Adv. - Bny a ticket for tbe Library Ball, January 80, whether yon danoe or not. "Sour Krout" where? At Fix & Bndtke's, at S oeuts per qoart. Adv. Just unpaoked aluminum ware. a new shipment of Fix & Badtke. Ad. Miss Myrtle Harvey is a guest this week at the borne of Mrs. N. Dioken son. Mrs. Henry Dell and Mrs. W. P. Littlejobn are visiting in Walla Walla today. v. . Hugh Molntyre is in Walla Walla this wee where be is attending, to business. Mrs. W. B. Taylor and Mrs. D. H. Manadeld visited in Walla Walla Wednesday. ' , Mis. Lowell Rogers of Fendletou was in tbe olty Monday, shopping at tbe looal stores. Dean Dudley baa purobased a new Ford oar, through tbe agenoy of Zerba Brothers of this oicy, , Master Bay Alexander has chris tened his newly painted bioyole, "Baby Ford." Ihe little fellow ia an expert rider. W. P. Littlejobn and Marios Han sel! have been doing jury duty in the oirouit oourt at Pendleton. Mr. Arthur 8tooe of Pendleton, ao oompanied bv bis wlf, was in tbe oity Sunday, visiting friends. Boy Alexalder and Ed. Eppiuger were in the oity Monday en route to Pendleton from Walla Walla. I will buy yonr eeoond-band furni ture, paying highest prioe therefor. Phone 948, Walla Walla. Adv. Sheldon Taylor porofaased one bf those flue Bex bugglea down at tbe Kirk implement bouse, tbis week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MoBride return ed Saturday evening from a fortnight's visit to their daughter in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Kobert Oliver, of Walla Walla, were gneeta Wednesday at the A. B. Steele home in Athena. Mr. and Mrs. Viotor MoDonald are over from Walla Walla, guests at tbe home of Mr. and Mis. E. A. Dudley. Mrs. John Botbrook waa taken to Portland Tuesday evening, where abe will entef-a sanitarium for treatment. Wanted. Man and wife desire em ployment on farm. Competent and reliable. Enquire at thia offioe. 8t. Mr, and Mrs. J. N. Soott were in Walla Walla Monday evening, and saw David WarBeld at the Eeylor Grand. , Several Athena friends of Mr. and Mis. Cbarle? Brown, have been feast ing this week on oranges, raisedi at their Oalifornia borne. Mr. and Mrs, Homer I. Watte mot ored to Walla Walla Monday evening and saw David Warfleld, tbe eminent aotor, in tbe "Auctioneer." Mr. and Mrs. John 'Walter and Mrs. Klees of LaQrandeatteuded Warfleld'e pioduotion of the "Auctioneer," at Walla Walla Monday nigbt. Mrs. Earl Dudley was at the E. -A. Dudley home a'part of tbia week. Her 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 Athena Auto Company C. Chaney. Manager . Up-to-date repair shop and supplies. Wash rack and vulcanizing All work guaranteed: the prices are right. A trial is all we ask. Ford cars a specialty. Carries Firestone and Goodyear tires. Russell & Son The Market That Lowered Prices f . J. W. Da by, Manager. Don't forget that we are still in the Meat Bus iness, and prepared to give you the choicest of meats. We kill nothing but top-grade stock We have our "EorJie-made Bacon and Bologna. Try our Jelly Tohruc. We have the purest of Lard at $1.25 for 10s; 65c for 5s; 40c for 3s. number is 93, and we give special attention to Phone orders. Our Phone We Strongly Recommend Oar White Pine, Tar and Eucalyptus For Colds. Give it a Trial. I Byron N. Hawks, W? Druggist husband, who ia oonflned ia a Walla Walla bospital is leooverlrrg'fcot slow ly from bia recent operation. A. A. Foes, B. C Caplioger H, A. Barrett and B. D. Tbaip attended tbe fnneral of the late Wm. Soott, wbiob ooouired at Helix Wednesday. Subjeot at the Methodist oburob for next Sunday morning: "A Bad Bar gain;" in. tbe evening: "A Call to Servioe." A. M. Lambert, Pastor. lioketa for tbe First Annual Library Ball of Athena will be on sale tomor row, and all of next week at $1.00. Let every one pull for the Benefit (Ball. " . Mrs. M. L, Akeri and little daugb ter, Maniene, are visiting relatives and tiicods in Ibis vicinity. . Tbey will ieturn to their home at Pendleton 8unday. . -;, Emery Worthington left Wednesday evening for Portland, where the young man will enter tbe. Bebnke-Walker Business College tor oturse of in struction. Ii - Reports from Walla Walla are to tbe effect that Mrs. Mary Shiok is gradually improving, sinoa being op erated on at a bospital there aeveral days ago. . , Walter Oilmore and Ed. Eilgore were sentenced to tbe penitentiary Monday by Judge Phelps for a period of from one to ten yean, for oattle stealing. Peter Orookat, well known in tbia oity, baa woo fuitber oratoiioal hon ors at the University of Oregon. He is tbe winner of , tbe international peace oontest. ' ) ' ' Wanted To rent or bny on orop payment plan, a wheat farm, Am praotioal farmer, have A. Mo. 1 refer ences. John Lemmon, Cornelius, Ore. Adv. Mrs. T. J. Kirk, who has been in ill health for some time, with ber granddaughter, Miss Ellen" Ebrbart, left tbia week for sojourn at Hot Lake Sanitarium. t ' ' Wash np your Ford, take it down to Bennett's and have it painted, striped and varnished by an expert ooaoh painter. Only $20 and work guaran teed, to boot. Adv. Athena sportsmen have forwarded letters to tbe county, representatives in tbe legislature, protesting against tbe pioposed abolishment of tbe Usb aud game oommission. , ' Cards received by Athena friends apprise them of the .presence of Charles Dunn in Mew York Oity. Be extends them an invitation to "take in the village" with bio. Little Miss Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Soott ia celebrat ing ber fonrtb birthday this afternoon by entertaining a uumterof bei little tiiends at the borne of Mrs. Minnie DePeatt on Adams street !'.. Two feet of annw is reported at Ryan Grade, with moorr deeper far tber bauk in the mountains. This will help a little, but farmers wonld like to see a roantlo of the beautiful enfolding the fields ifl thjs yloioity. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Wloks, rf Col fax, visited at the home of Mrs. Min nie Willaby tbe first of the week. .Mr. Wioke, wbo ia a oouiin of Mrs. Willn by, waa on bia way to California, mo toring all tbe distance practicable, J. M. Swassart's ability as an art 1st is demonstrated by a tainting don in oil of an owl, which, for several daya waa on exhibition at B ding store. It is Mr. Swaggart's in tention to give bis time; la iandsoape painting. . Atbeua and vloinity la olotbed io a blanket of silver fiost this week. Freezing weathei with no moisture, is prevailing ooodition wbiob the wbekt raiser would be pleased to have the weather man obange in the near future. J. lnglis, manager for tbe Standaid Oil company's distributing etation in Atbena, waa kicked in the right aide by a horse out at the plant, and ser iously injured. Dr. Stone, wbo baa been ia attendance repoits Mr. Inglis to be improving. ;' Dr. J. D. Plamondon baa retuined fiom Salem, where be recently attend ed tbe funeral of bia sister. Tbe dootor brought borne with him an in teresting heirloom in au ancient man tel olook, wbiob haa been in his fam ily for many years, ; U-The Athena Truok company is no 1 1 leading four oarloads of ice down at the ioe bouse on tbeO.-W. B & M. siding. Tbe toe ia from the Milton plant, and in manufactured from wat er ont of the oity water system there, being absolutely pure. Mrs. 0. N. 1 Bradford and ber two sisters. Misses Jessie and Giaoe Biok man, all of Wanatofaea, Wash., era guesta thia week of tbeir aunt, Mra. David Taylor in this oity. Tbe ladies are on tbeir way borne' from visit witb relatives at Heppner. Miss Anita Eirkpatriok, principal of one ol tbe Peodletoo poblio schools, and Mies Odessa Kirkpatiiok, manag er of tbe Weston telephoon exobaoge, attended tba wedding of tbeir oousin, Miss Hattis Edwaide of Heppner, wbiob ooonrred at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. Diok Thompson in this oity Sunday. Judge W. R. Ellis, former resident of tuia county and twios represents tive from tbis distriot in eongrees, died suddenly of hemorrhage of tbe brain, Monday at bis borne in Port land, while engaged ia attending to tbe domeatia fornaoe. Toe dietln aoished jurist and statesman was aged 66 years, - Tbe stock of merobsndise at Jar- man's old stand in Weston, aommeno ing Saturday, January S3d, will be old at auation sals between lbs boors of S and 4, sod 7 to p. m. daily, until tbe stock is completely closed out. Col. F. G. Loose will aoction tbe goods for Mi. Eftaland, the own Adv. i , Tbe First National Bank is Io bsvs isw tiled floor, Zopb Brothers bsv ing aomiBsiiaed tba work tbia week, The floor in tba front part of tba bank building bas been taken np and con crete put io its place. Tba tile ia laid io aemeot on tba surfsos of tbis eon arete base. At present banking ia dona witb tba -pnblio through eoavenienoa f entiaqos by tba rear doors. a JE'rank CkW - row county, ai g done, tad leveral iawka' toe ' inff i I'rank Cappook, of Lexington, Mor row county, arrived in the city this week with his bride, and ia visiting relatives in this oity. Tbe marriage o( Mr, Ooppook wee somewhat onex peoted to bis friends bere, wbeie be grew to manhood. Frank baa been farming near Lexington for some years, and bis bride ia a popular girl of that vioinity. . ;.-. ! - ., Wanted. By a first olass tenant, a lease on 800 to 1000 acres impioved barley aud wheat land; or 820 to 640 area improved general farming land witb some alfalfa; will bny etook and Implements nebessary to run ranch; must he near shipping etation. Ad dress tbis paper witb location and de scription of land. Adv. William M. Soott, pioDe.r Helix farmer, end one time oaodidate on the demooiatio tioket for county jndge, died at tbe home of bis daugh ter in Portland Sunday, after an ill nesa resulting from a complication of disorders. .Mr. Soott waa 77 veara of age. me remaina were nrougni irum Pnrtland and interred" in the ceme tery at Helix, Wednesday afternoon. Rioharde & Prlngles minstrels put up agoodsbow before a large audience at the Atbena opera bouse, Wednes day evening. Mew scenery, and splendid orchestra numbers went a long way to make the show appreciat ed . while the appearanue of ObiOben Beaman the peerless oolored oomedian, thrown in witb a medley of new jokes and qnips from the endmen, kept the audience in roars of laughter. Because of the very high prioe of feed, Donald MoFadyen baa deuided to sell all his poultry stock without any reservation. Mow is your oppor tunity to get first olass breeders of high quality. Prices according to quality aa revealed by the trap nest. Inspeotion soliolted. Equipments are nnt for sale, aa Mr. MoFadyen fully intends to reengage in tbe poultry bus iness aa soon as conditiona are more favorable. Adv. 3. W. Smith, who haa owned and managed three lumber yards in Mon tana for several years past, bas sold out bia interests there inolndlng a newlv constructed bungalow in In- gomar, where he resides with bia fam ily. Mr. Smith baa been in ill health and may make a visit to bis old borne in Tennessee. Mrs. Smith and family will remain in Ingomar until June, ber dangbter, Miss Leta Edington, having a position in the aobools there. Were your ohildren baokwaid in tbeir studies last year? It so. tbe obanoes are tbat it was due to eye tronble of some kind. We are eye specialists. Bting your boys and girls to Drs. Low & Turner and let tnem give their eyea a thorough examina tion and if there is any eye trouble we will correct it. Yon owe it to yonr ohildren. At St. Miebola Hotel, Tues day, January 86. Cross eyes straight ened in ohildren. Adv. A. M. Johnson, local manager for the Tum-a-lum Lumber company at tended the oonventioo of the 'Inter State Lumbermen's Association at Viatii WaHa, Fifday and - Saturday. The assooiation comprises tbe lumber dealers of Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho. Two hundred and fifty members of the association attended tbe ooovention and listened to addresses from experts in different departments of tbe retail lumber bos iness. . Tbe largest atlok of timber ever oaded io Athena, came tn Zobp Brothers, ountxaotoia on tbe oonstruo tiou work oftAlbeua'a new eohool building, .Saturday. It was taken fiomtbeoar and transported to tbe eohool grounds ty IbeAibenB Truck company. The big stick measures 40 feet in length, tbe dimensions being 20x30 inches. Tbe timber is fir, weighs six tons aud will, with its ma'e. support tbe anditurium in the new building, extending overhead aoross the gymnasium. Athena's first Annual Library Ball will ba given on Saturday evening, January 80. ia I. 0. 0. F.-K. of P. Hall, and promises to be tbe event of tbe season. Every effort will be made to make tbe Brat annual library ball a grand auooess, and elaborate prepara tions are being made by tbe ladies in o barge, being tbe members of tbe lib rary board. The floor managers have been oboseo for tbe evening, and tbey will be: Mayor Homer I, Watts, Dr. J. W. Welob, Henry Dell, W, P. Littlejobn and Viotor Burke. Harold E. Crawford, of tba engin eering and sales department of tbe Tnm-a-lnm Lumber company, witb prineipal offloes at Walla Walla, was in tba oity yesterday and oalled at tbe Pleas offlos. Mr. Ciawford, who is an advertising expert, , will have obarge of tbe company's advertising during tbe year. So hereafter when yon see a Tnm-a-lnm ad. iq tbe Press, you'll know Crawford ia tbe men ta bled it. He is a son of the president of tbe oompsny, and tbe oompany makes good. A Are broke out io the oellar at the Wall borne last Saturday, and It was only by bard work that it was ex tinguished by Mrs. W. K. Wall, wbo was at tbe lime -alone. She bad a abort time before descended tba sleps, and lighting a matob, bad undoubted ly aet tbe paper on the sbslves on Ore, Upon discovering the smoke asoendiog sbe oarried down water and extiog uisbed tbe flames, wbiob had gained some headway. Tbis is the second time Are bas started in tbe Wall oel lar, tbe earns tbing bsppening a con- pie of yeers ago, and it is decided tbat an eleotrio llgbt will at onoe be in stalled to avoid aootber auoh accident. jVVIiii von aonsnlt Dis. Lows & Turner yon receive tbe com bioed skill of tbs trained specialist and optioisn. Tbey devote tbeir en tire time, energy snd effort axolosively to tbe eye. Tbey have bad years of experienoe sod know tbeir business io all its tranches. Tbey give yonr eyas a most tborougb, ssarobiog and soien tlfiio exsmlnation, and wben tbey pre sorlts glsssas it ia with positive snd absolute assuranee tbey are the best and only kind suited to yonr eyea. Glasses guaranteed to give satisfaotion whether they ooat 12.00 or mors. Una oh ergs covers ooat of sxsmiostion, frsmes and lenses. Consult tbem at SI. Miobols Hotel, Tuesday. January 28. Adv. fSl JilMI . m n n n n n n n n n r n i At Jarman's Old Stand, Jan, 23rd, from 2 to 4, and 7 to 9 p. m., Weston Saturday and every day thereafter at like hours, we will sell at Auction the Jarman Stock of including Hats, Caps. Shoes, Sweaters, Ladies' Misses and Children's Underwear, Ladies Ready-made Goods Boys Suits, and all other (Merchandise in the Store. J. EFTELAND, Proprietor COL. F. G. LUCAS. Auctioneer. MAXWELL AUTOMOBILE A Real Car for S850 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, A quiet wedding was solemnized Sunday afternoon, January 17, 1915, at 8 o'olook, at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Thompson, in this oity, at wbiob Miss Harriet A. Edwards and Mr, William Edgar Davidson, botb of Heppner, Oregon, beoame man and wife. Only a few guests were pres ent, besides J- H. Harmon, pastor of tbs looal Christian oburob, wbo per formed tba ceremony, and bis wife. In the evening, the bride and groom took the 8:85 train for Walla Walla for a few days' visit, after wbiob tbey will make tbeir borne in Heppner. Tbe bride is a eister of Mrs, Thomp son and bas been visiting bera .for several days. Love's Labor Lost. "What on earth bas become of my meerschaum pipe?" inquired an Invet erate smoker. "Well, my dear," his wife replied. "It was getting awfully discolored, so 1 gave it a coat of white enamel, and It Is not quite dry fell" , Didn't Wnt 'Em. That beauty eirvrt l a fake." "Wbyr "Wanted to alv in sump wrinkles on bow to look jouriK "-Baltimore American. " ' TUr hl)-)Wliuw or rnlwry of old ugv l iifli'ii tin! tilt' rUnii f of our pust llfe.-Ui. Malum- $1 the LwQinrofthe bhstbqjCspTittgatY2the cost NOflAMMOCKING NOtiUMMOCKING NO SAGGING NO BAGGING NO DRAGGING NO PITCHING at IL-. See the"i)eMgce"3ed 'Springs MILLER'S FURNITURE STORB