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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1915)
Geo. B. Geiking spent Milton. Saturday in Mis. E. A. Mertitt ii (pending the week In Pendleton. Mrs. Wm. Winebip went over to Walla Walls Wednesday. John O. Burke, Esq., was Walla Walla visitor Wednesday. . Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Diokeneon vis ited Id Walla Walla Saturday. HJjss Jessie Bilerly spent tbe week end with her patents at StanBeld. Mrs. S. S. Pieraol is visiting at the borne of her mother in Albia, Iowa. Miss tfthel Lindley of Walla Walla, visited at tbe DePeatt home over Sun- day. ' Mr. and Mrs. West, of Spokane, were in tbe oity Sunday for a short . visit. , Hies Elsie Miller, a Milton teaoher, visited friends the first of tbe week near Athena. . . Miss Naomi Bodiua of Albany, is visiting at the boms of Mr, and Mrs. Ueoga ukoss. Pean Willaby, mail barrier on Route 1 ont of Athena, has purchased a new Ford roadster. Mrs. Geo. Gerking and danghters apeDt Saturday and Sunday with friends in Milton. George Finob, of Athena, is report ed at Hot Lake Sanitarium, taking a course of the baths. Miss. Lanrn Smith was a guest over Sunday, at tbe home of Miss Clara Zerba, in Walla Walla. Floyd Payne has been in tbe oity this week front Eugene, where be is attending tbe University. Mrs. Mary Sbiok and Earl Dudley were' at St. Mary'a hospital, when Are . broke out there Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker of Wes ton, were guests Sunday at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. Clarenoe Wright. I will buy yoor eeoood-hand furni ture, paying highest price therefor. Phone 918, Walla Walla. Adv. Irving G. Brooks, bookkeeper at the First National Bank, is oonbned to bis room with an actaok of mumps. Wanted. Man and wife desire em ployment on farm. Competent and reliable. Enquire at this oftioe. 3t. , Mr. Latin, father of Mrs. Frank Jaokaon, is down from his boms at Pullman, Wash., on a visit at the Jaokson boms. Rev, Pond, of Spokane, oonduoted quarterly meeting Sunday, at Union sohool house, for the Free Methodist oburoh of that plaoe. Mrs, Walter Adams, of Pendleton, returned to her home Sunday after noon, after a visit at the home of Mr, and Mrs. A. B. Steele. Mrs. Merle Boby left Sunday mom ing for Portland, where she will te a gnest of her sister, Mrs. Rook well Carey for several days. Mrs. Delbert Barger was over from ber new home near Walla Walla, and spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Conniok. Walter MoOormaob the well known automobile dealer of Pendleton, was in tile oity yesterday, demonstrating the new Dodge Brothers' oar. Wanted To rent or buy on orop payment plau, a wheat farm. Am praotioal farmer, have A. No. 1 refer -enoes. John Lemmon, Corneltns, OreJ Adv. Charles May was down from his mountain ranoh Tuesday, and report ed 17 inobes of enow at bis plaoe, with moon greater depth baok toward tbe summit. y awe John Tompkins motored to Walla Walla Saturday, where be went for his wife and little daughter, wbo . bad bean visiting at the home of Mrs. Tompkins' parents. Wash up yonr Ford, take it down to Bennett's and bare it painted, striped and tarnished by an expert ooaob painter. Only $30 and work guaran teed, to boot. Adv. JfRes Payor) and Lowell Zerba of tbe est average in tbe reoeut eighth grade examinations tbronghont tbe oounty in Physiology and Geography. The ladies of the Athena hranob library board annonnoe tbat tba lib rary will not be.ppen for tbe distribu tion of books oo tomorrow evening on aooonnt of the library ball at tbe lodge ball. - For next Snnday at tbe Methodist uhurob, tbe anbjeot for tbe morning sermon will be: "Some Lessons From the Book of Proverbs;" tor the even; insg, "Come and Go." Wanted. By a Brst olass tenant, a lease on 800 lo 1000 aores improved bailey and wheat land; or 820 to 640 aores improved general farming land g Edwin. n Jaoob tailoring CoalTar 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 Russell & Son The cTWarket That Lowered Prices J. W. Dai 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 home-made Bacon and Bologna. Try our Jelly Tongue. We bave tbe purest oi Lard at $1.25 for 10s; 65c for 5s; 40c for 3s. Our Phone number is 493, and we give special attention to Phone orders. a-s 8 We Strongly Recommend Our White Pine, Tar and Eucalyptus For Colds. Give it a Trial. with soma alfalfa; will buy stook and implements neoessary to run ranoh; must be near shipping station. Ad dress this paver with looation and de scription of laud. Adv. Mrs. Anna Holutyre and daughter, Misa Laura, and Mis. A. H. Molntyre went orer to Hot Lake Mondav, where they will remain for some time in tending to take a oouiee of tbe treat ment there. Leon Miller is constructing a new well-drilling machine, wbiob will be operated by him and bis father-in-law. Mr. Payne. The maohine will be oonsuuoted with the speaial view of small work, in and around Atbena. Ernest E. Taylor, who was sobed nled to speak at too Metbodiet oburoh some time ego and who tailed lo make tbe engagement, at tbat time, was here Tuesday evening and delivered a teniperanoe address at tbe ohnrob. The Milton oity oonnoil baa aooapt ed tbe otfer of a $7500 library build ing with its attendant oonditions, re quired by the Carnegie corporation and will buy a site for tbe building, and also allow $760 annually for main tenanoe. t District No. 89, tbe sohool looated at Pilot Rook jnnotion, furnishes its pupils with a bot lunob at noon with out oost. The cooking is dona in the domestio science department, .and tbe provisions are provided from tbe sohool funds. 0. E. Rude shipped another carload of hogs from Athena, this week, Prio- are said to bave been around six oents. The taot tbat feed is bigb in prioe. is forcing large numbers of bogs on the market, and this baa a tendenoy to keep tbe prioe down. Next Wednesday, February 8, will be tbe regular monthly meeting bf the Atbena auxilary of the 0. W. B. M., and the session will be held in the Christian oburoh parlor, with Mrs. J. T. King as leader. The meeting will begin promptly at 3 o'olook. Mrs. E. E. Goff, wbo baa been a gneit for several weeks at the home of Mr. and MrB. Ralph MoEwen near town, left Wednesday for ber home in Portland. Mrs. Gaff was acoompan ied to Pendleton by ber daughter, Mrs. MoEwen and tbe twins, Ralph and Byron N. Hawks, Druggist Jacob - Boo her bas purobased tbe tailoring ' and pressing business of James Oonley, and bas formed a part nership with Russell Piereol. Here aftei the business will be conducted at the PierBol stand on lo'wer Main street. Mr. Oonley will leave in a few days to seleot a new looation. Invitations have been issued by tbe degree team of the looal Woodman Camp, for tbe annual ball) wbiob will be given at the I. O. O. F.-E. of P. Ball, on Wednesday evening, Febru ary 8. Everything will be done by the oommittee in charge to make the event a suooess in every particular. Announcement Is reoeived of the wedding of Olarenoe Uay and Miss Alma Saxon, wbiob ooouried last Wednesday, in Prosser, Wash. Tbe hride arrived, from Montana about three months ago, and tbe groom, well known in Ibis oity, bas for sev eral years been employed at tbe Top peoish drugstore. Friday night, the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs participated in one of tbe most enjoyable eooial session! of tbe season, An exceptionally good pro gram was tbe feature of the evening, and a deliolnua supper was enjoyed. Thy always have good times, but in this instanoe, the oooasion is spoken. of as being especially enjoyable. - f Tbe parlor of tba Afheua Christian oburoh buildiug bas raoently teen renovated and tinted, and presents a very neat appearanoe. Some new fur niture will be added, It is expeoted that the missionary aooiety of the oburoh will meet in tba parlor here after instead of at tbe members' homes. Charles Bryan yesterday pnrohased an $85 Columbia Giaphonola at the Hawks drug store. (Jraphonolaa are beoomlng popular as a musical instru ment in the borne, and tbe exception al possibility of obtaining reoords of the latest mnslo and tbe voioea of the greatestaingers in tbe world is respr ri sible fottbe large sales of these ma chines. Tbe Press bas reoeived a card an nouncing tbe birtb of a ion to Mr. and Mrs. George B. Woodward, t tbe Walla. Walla hospital. Tbe young man arrived oo January 24, 1915, and tipped the aaales at 11 ponnds. Be has been obristened Don Adoook Woodward. Mrs. Woodward is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lieuallen. v , , Fire Wednesday mnrning destroyed St. Mary's Bospital at Walla Walla. Ibe loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Forty-five patients were re moved to nearby booses, and to the Walla Walla bospital, two of whom Jobo Fronviller and Julius Lengniok, bave elnae died. Tbe nuildiug was an old frame one and will be replaoed by a modern struoture. Tba Degree of Honor Lodge met Wednesday afternoon in Masonio Bali and installed officers as follows: Past Chief of Honor, Mrs. J. 0. Bnrke; Chief of Bonor, Mrs. Mary Sharp; Lady of Bonor, Mrs. Clara Olemona; Finanoier, Mrs. Bboda MoEwen; Re corder, Mrs. Minnie DePeatt. After Installation, a dainty lonob was served and a number of invited guests par ticipated in the pleasure of partaking. - Tba 8unshina Clnb met yesterday at tba home of Mrs. Frank Jobnsoo, where an espeoially pleasant afternoon waa spent Tba meeting was mora in tba nature ot a tnslnesa session and mooh business waa llraanoted. It was decided that bereaftar tba mam bera will pay into tba olnb's treasury 10 oents moLtbly does. Tba next meeting will be beld at tba borne of Mia. Joseph N. Soott, on February 11, when all members are requested to be present. 0. O. Henry baa been appointed postmaster at Atbena bv President Wilson and ao soon a bis appointment is oonfirmed by tba senate, be will enter upon bia duties, wbiob will oov r a period cf four years. B. O. Wor thingtoo, toe outgoing postmaster, bas not definitely decided what ba will do in tba latute, bot lor tba pres ent will go to Portlsnd, where bis son is attending, bnsiness college. Mr. vVortbiogton bas the satisfaction of knowing tbat he has served the pat rons of tbe office faithfully and well. Aside from this hs is to be oommend ed fnr removing tbe offlon from in adequate and undesirable qnarters to its present looation and making of it one of tbe neatest and oleanest of fices In Eastern Oregon. Becanse of (he verv high prioe of feed, Donald MoFadyen bss decided to sell all his pooltry stook without any reservation. Now la your oppir tnuity to get first olass breedeia of high quality. Prioes aooordiug to quality as revealed by tbe tmp nest, lnspeotion solicited. Equipments ere not for sale, as Mr. MoFadyen folly intends to reengage in the poultry bus iness as soon as oonditiooa are more favorable. Adv. All is in readiness for the first an nual library tall, which will be held tomorrow night in the I. 0. O. F. K. of P. Lodge Hall, under the ans pious of the Ladies' Board of manag ers of the Athena brauob library. Tbe floor oommittee comprises lbs oity officials, and greit interest bas been manifested in tbe undertaking. Tickets selling at nne dollar eaob bavs been disposed of to a large number. The prooeeds derived from the sale of tiokets will go toward maintenance of the library. At tbe mass meeting oo Monday evening beld for tbe purpose of nom inating oity candidates for mnntoipal of does, tbe following were nominated: Homer I. Watts, for mayor, by accla mation; M. L. Watts, J. W. Welch, N. A. Miller and J. E. Frootne, for oounoilmen; V. 0. Burke for treasur er and B. B. Biohards for reoorder, : were unanimous oboioes of the meet ing. A total of 82 votes were oast for oounoilmen and M". L. Watts reoeived 31 votes, J. W. Welob, 19, A. B. Mo Ewen 12, N. A. Miller 28, A. A. Fobs 11, B. A. Barrett 11, J. E. Fraome 17, Dell ). The city eleotion will be held on Tuesday, Marob 3. At a meeting of tbe looal camp, Woodmen of tbe 'World, Wednesday evening, tba following oSioera ware installed: Past Consnl, Eugene Sobrimpf ; (Jonsul Commander, Ralph DePeatt; Advisor Lieutenant, H. O. Parker; Banker, H. a Wortbington; Clerk, J. D. Plamondoo: Esoort, Ed. Sebaaky; Watobman, Lee MoCuttln; Sentry, Gleve Myers; Managers, Cass Cannon and George Gross. After in stallation of officers, a sumptuous ban quet was spread, and a aooial session followed. , A string niobestra, oom posed of violin, piano and gnltar, with W. J. King, H. O. Wortbington and Oleve Myers, as mnsioians, entertain ed tbe crowd of abont 80 members, who were present. The following was banded us by a looal parodist, and goes ou its merits: "The Ford is my auto ; I shall not want annther. It maketh me to lie down beneath it; it tiretb my soul. It lead etb me in the paths of ridioule for it's name's sake. Teal though I ride through tbe valleys, I am tnwed up the bills; I fear muoh evil;, thy rod and angina diaoomforteth me, ,1 an- ointeth my tires with patohes; my radiator runneth over. I prepare for blow outs in tbe presence of mine en emies. Truly it runneth me over many obnokholes; it turneth me over and maketb me to lie down in green pas- turns. Surely if this thing followeth me all tbe days of my life 1 shall dwell in tbe bughouse forever." After using profane and obsoene M language on tbe street and in the din ing room of the Atbena Hotel, a oou pie of fellows giving the names of St Clair and MoDnnald were arrested by Offloera Ramsay and Taylor Wed nesday. When aparobed an automat lo revolver and two bottles of booze were fonnd on McDonald's person. MoDonald plead guilty to oarrying oonoealed weapons and was beld by Judge Biobards to the grand jnry un der $300 bonds. St. Clair was the talkative one of tbe dno and tbe tes timony revealed him to te guilty of tbe offensive language oharge. He was fined $10, and Marshal Ramsay was instruoted by tbe oourt to keep bim in obarge until further investi gation dbnld ba made, the oourt hav ing in mind the faot that tbe men bad walked from Pendleton to Adams during tba night, and ooming on to Athena on tbe early morning train. While esoorting tbe men to jail, Mo Donald made a break for libertv but was intercepted by Harry Alexander and others. After tbe prisoners wars later taken to tbe depot to be sent to tbe eonnty jail St. Clair as a sns peot it developed tbat ha bad. et ed revolver in tbe dining room' of tbe Atbena Hotel when be knew Ibe ofHcera were after him, lha gun was reoovered and he also will now faoe a oharge of oarrying oonoealed weapons. 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, r Saved Hit Lift from Pneumonia "My wife had a severe attack of Pneu monla which followed a case of La Grippe and I believe that FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR saved her life," writes Jame; . Coffee, of Raymond, Missouri, Good Risults In Eviry Can Dr. C. J. Bishop, Agnew, Mich., writes: "I bave used FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR in three very severe caaea of pneu monia with good results in every case." nn llV, i nn nn rvi Curid of Tirrfblo Cough on Lungs N. Jackson, of Danville, 111., writes: "My dsughter had a severe attaok of La Grippe and a terrible cough on her lungs. We tried a great many remedies without relief. She tried FOAEY'S KTttm EY ' AND TXR wWetHd Jtfcer. , . She haa never been troubled with a cougo . 1 alnce." .1 Curid Wh.n Vary Low With Pnoumonla J. W. Bryan, of Lowder, 111., writes: ' "My little boy was very low with pneu , monla. Unknown to tbe doctor we gave him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. , The result was magical and puzzled the - uOQttfYJU Immediately atopped the racking sough and ne quicktyffr'tfWI''-' a Athena's First rAnhual Ubrary Bat .0.0.F- ECofP.ilall , January 30 FLOOR COMMITTEE Mayor Homer I. Watts, Councilmen Littlejohn, Dell, Miller, McEwen, Froome, Welch, and Treasurer Burke. Tickets, $1. Now Selling