Press Paragraphs
O.E.Miller is In the oitv fiom
Epbrata, Wish. ,
Mm. F. S. La Grow visited io Pen
dleton Tuesday. -5
' Mr. nd Mil. 81m Ktlgore were in
the oitj yesterday.
: Mr. and Mrs. Weir apeak Snndaj on
. tbe Walla Walla liver.,
Mu. Elmer Johnson it visiting rela
" tivee at 41 bee, this week.
Ifioto, to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Ban
, jtffl, Jnne S3, 1915 a daughter. .
Work wanted on tarm, tj man and
wife. Inquire at the Press office.
V Rev. Lambert, pastor of ton Meth
j ndlet annron, is in Pendleton today.
,If you want to boy uity property or
farm lands, enquire of Henry Keen.
Adv. -; . u .
' Mias Haiel ' Miller of Ephrata,
Wash., is visiting relatives and friends
in Athena. r '
For goggles go to Carpenter's jewel
ery Store. A fall lint of eye protect
' ors. Adv. .
Edward Kooote oama op from Port
land yesterday, and will tetnrn borne
this evening, v
Mr. J. H. Harmon attended the
- Chaatanqna , program in Pendleton
Tuesday evening. ., 'i
Freewater will bold Ronndop ei
bitition at tbe ball park in that city,
Soaday afternoon.
:OHaniiae Bill, wbo graduated at tbe
' University of Oregon bae arrived at
bis borne in this oity.
'' Mr. and- Mrs. Charles Bryan and
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Welob motored
. to tbe Umatilla Sunday.
4 ' Harry Ingham, a former Athena
;- Bigb snbool pnpil, is over from bis
borne at Tonohet, Wash.
Frank Adair and family, late of
Engene visited at tbe borne of Mr. and
Mrs. Win Burden this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Akers were
op from Pendleton Sunday, visiting
at tbe A. L. Swaggart home.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins of Helix, and
Mm. Frauk Tharp left last evening
by auto for Bingham Springs. .
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ginn of Walla
Walla were week end visitors at the
Worthington borne in this oity. ' 1
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sheard, with
their daughter Mamie and son Carl
have ittnrned from a visit to Chicago.
A marriage lioense was leaned Mon
day to Lnriwig S. Mastrnde of Walla
Walla and Carrie A. tieiea of Milton.
Dr. and Mrs. Wood of Pendleton
spent Sunday at the borne of Mr. and
Mrs. Caspar Woodward west of the
oity.
Mrs. James M0O00I of Portland, it
expeoted to arrive in tbe oity soou aod
will be the gneat of Mrs. H. A. Bar-
.' . ,
Mia. William Bnsb and little ton
left Monday tor Portland where tbey
will visit at the home of Mra. T. J.
Irvine.
Pastor Harmon of the Christian
ohnrnb, will, preach Snndav evening
in the Baptist ohnrob at tbe Union
aervioe. , ',;', -
Mrs. P. A. Worthington, of Fort
land, was a gneat this week at the
borne of Mr. and Mrs. H.' O. Worth
ington. ' I .'
Al. Johnson and son Elmer aod
Harry Keller have left for 'a two
weeka' trip to the Starter Prairie
conntry. ' ,-.
. Mise Lillian Jones of Berry villa, Va.
a nieoe of Mr. Frank Berlin, has been
visiting for some time at the Berlin
borne, near town. -
M. L, Watts and W. B. Shaffer of
the Prenton-Sbalfer Milling company,
made an automobile trip into Morrow
oonnty this week.
Mi. and Mrs. B. D. Tharp and Mrt.
W. B. Taylor and daughter Lnoila
went op to Blngham springs yesterday
and spent tbe day.
Earl Urquhart baa received an eleo
trio piano wbioh be will nse in bis
skating rink, aoou to be opened in bit
danolng pavilion.
Mrt. Charles Qerking, wbo waa
recently operated on at a Walla Walla
hospital, ia raoovtring nioely, and will
soon be at her borne.
While on tbe Umatilla river Sun
day, Game Warden t Vinoent bad tbe
misfortune to break tbe rear axle of
bis Maxwell roadster.
Mr. and Mrt. David Stone, Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Wallan and Mr. J. L.
Elam of Walla Walla, spent Friday
and Saturday at Bingham Springs.
Mrt. Belle Carder, of Starbnok,
Wash., wtih ber obildren, bag been
visiting at tbe borne of ber titter,
Mrt. Samuel Hawortb, in this oity.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis, wbo
have been in tblp vicinity for tbe past
two weeks, will return tomorrow to
their home at St. Anthony, Idaho. ."'.
B. Taylor left yesterday for a
trip to the John Day, and will after
ward go to Missonla, to be present at
tbe Dromheller wild west exhibition.
' John Stanton returned borne Wad
nesday evening from Wallowa oonnty.
He will not go iuto Montana tbia year,
but Instead will work in harvest here.
Freewater Times: F. L. Atkinson
baa sold 8 aoret just west of town to
John E. ,Froome of Atbena, tbe con-
r
Supposing that you went to
Watts & Rogers, Weston
(Three miles over the hill.)
and bought ten lbs ofjnails. ten boards of lnmber and perhaps ten oaokaof
blaoksmitb ooal, On arriving borne yon And yon bava only 9 ponnda of
nails, and In roeaeuiing the lnmber you are short a whole board and when
nnloading tbe ooal there were only 9 aaoks. GEE I Wouldn't you .come
baok with a holler? A Arm about onr size would be "robbers" Ehf
Now we are doing tbat very thing with our oasb ouetomers, bottom-tide
op. We take pay for 9 lbs of nails' and give yon 10. We deliver to yon
twenty toarda of lumber and take pay for 18. Yon get 10 aaoka of ooal
and wa take pay for 9. . Wa smile and ask yon to oome again
NO HOLLER
THERE, EH?
Come and See that bargain in a gasoline thresher, a 60
bushel per hri bundle machine; first class work, 3 men,
4 horses move the whole thing on its own trucks any
where. $625.00. t ,
McCormick and John Deere binders. . , , ,i, -.
, Weber, Winona and John Deere wagons.
Just One
Seventeen Jewel Hamilton Watch
in a 20-year Gold Filled Case
$12.25
See it in Window Saturday,
June 26th
- VINCENT, JEWEKER, ATHENA.
THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET
We carry the best
Mf MEATS
JV J3o L- That Money Buys
Our Market is
11 W-irr Clean and Cool
1 lill if!. J3- Insarin8 Wholesome Meats.
SfflJTnl IS JS BRYAN & MEYER
e&iM Main Street, Athena, Oregon
sideration teing $1860. There is a
good prnne orchard on tba plaoe
The many friends of Mrs. Lambeit,
wifa nf the pastor of tbe Methodiat
Eplaoopal cbororj, will be pleased to
know that the it recovering from her
illness. ., '.
Tbarp&Son are prepared to give
excellent automobile aervioe to and
from Bingham Springs or to tbe Wal
la Walla and Umatilla livers. Seas
onable rates. Adv.
J. W. Smith, after visiting at Pen
dleton and Helix, is in Atbena. He
reoeotly purohased land in New Mex
ioo, with tba view of having Ibis aona
engage in tbe live stook business. ,
FREE A tilpto tbe Panama Ex
position, Ban Franoisno, to some lady;
alto a 1915 Motoroyole to some yoocg.j
man. . Write for psitioolars. 401,
MoKav Bide;," Portland, Oreg. Adv.
Bert Whitman, stock b oyer from
Pendleton. Waa In the oity Wednesday
and received a oarload shipment of
bogs from Joseph and James Hodgson,
Sim Cnlley. Balph Cnoker and Jamea
King. . '. ..v..;... V,;. 't ''-
'. Sidney Murphy and Norman Cornell
oama np from Portland tbia week, and
will assist in harvest operations in this
oonnty. They went on over to Walla
Walla for tew daya' visit with
friends. .' . :'v ;
Fosa-Winthip have on display tome-
thing new in tbe way of porob swings.
It attracts considerable attention, and
Fots aeemt to find plenty of time in
wbioh to demonstrate it to prospective
buyers. ;''.
Mist Lixaie MoKenzie, wbo oama op-1
from Long Beaob, California, 'tome
time ago ia a gnest of Mra. D. H.
Sanders. Her aister Butb, who waa
mauled last February, is living in
Portland. ,
Rotert Oappook end daughter, Mist
Mattie, returned Saturday from a
abort visit at the home of Frank Oop-
pook, in Morrow oonnty. The trip
waa pleasantly made in Mr. Coppook'a
Ford roadster.
A slight rain atopped baying op
erations this morning. The warm
weather dnriug the fore part of tbe
week hastened the ripening of wheat
bay and the farmers began autting
sooner than expeoted. .
Va oave-in of the traok at Doroo
Station on tbe N. P, nortb of Atbena,
waa discovered by John "lompklns
Tuesday evening, and reported to tbe
station foreman bare, wbo immediate
ly look hie orew out to make repairs.
A large number of Atbena 'people
motored to Bingham epringt Sunday,
among them being tba entire member
ship of tbe varlona branobea of the
Molntyra family in this community,
A jolly and enjoyable time waa re
ported. -. . ,
Btarting from ai oil stove explosion
about fi o'olook in tba afternoon last
Monday, tba borne of Wm. Baling in
Nortb Milton was rednoed to ashes
in atoot forty minutes. Vert little
of the fnrnitnre or other bonBehold
effeots waa saved. ,
Mra. W. E. Dobson baa returned
from Portland, whera she has been
attending ber mother, who ia in
hospital reoovermg from ber reosnt
aooident at ber home tbera. Mia,
Dobson is aooompanied by ber little
nieoe, Verva Shields.
John Benson is np from Sherman
oonnty, where ne oat oeeu in iue em
ploy of the Hansell bova. John will
garner golden grain in Umatilla oonn
ty wheat fleldt during barveat at so
mnob per garner, while whistling
"Sweet Marie" and thinking of hia
girl.
Thronsb aotion of tba state executive
board of tbe Farmers' Union for Ore
gon and aontbern Idaho at the annnal
meeting of tbe board held at Milton
Saturday, it wat deoided to hold tbe
next annual convention nf the organ
ization at Weiser, Idaho, December 7.
iarl Sheard Is reoovermg irom an
aration peiformed in Chicago sev
eral weeks for relief from anobrolosia
of tbe Jaw. Tba young man will be
completely onred from the result of
tbe operation, wbioh waa pertormea
by tbe eminent surgeon, John B. Mot-pby.
Dreamland program for Friday and
Saturday evenings: 1 and a. "Tbe
Adventures of Katblyn, No. 18," Bang
8. "Two Stepobildren." Vitagrapn.
Sunday: 1. "Making Hood Wltn
Her Family," Belig. 8 "Tbe Kid
napped Bride," Lubin. 8. "Tbe
Political Boas," Kalem.
Yesterday, June 24th, waa tbe Slit
birthday of Mrt. Jaokeon Nelson and
tbe lady, who might easily be jndged
to be thirty yeara lest, waa receiving
the congratulations of ber many
fiianda. May aha live far past tba
oentnry mark and tbns demons trtte
wbat right living and bappy dis
position can Bitaio.
The Athena Band and Bvepieoe
orobeatra baa been engaged to fnrnisb
mnsio for tbe Helix oelebritlon, on
Monday, July 5. Extenaive prepar
ations bava been made by Helix to en
tertain the people of tba oonnty on
that day, and many from tbia oity will
attend tba celebration.
Joe Caeiday, ex-deputy abniff of
Grant oonnty. died at Monument, on
Jnoe 11, from spotted fever, tba reeolt
of a tick bite. He waa well known
as tba deputy theriS wbo became in
volved in the lynching of Oliver Soy
der, near Hamilton, Grant oonnty.
and waa eeotenoed to term, bnt waa
pardoned tbit apriog,
W. S. Ferguson laat Friday pur
obaaed tbe Harry Turner plaoe nnrtb
east of Atbena. Tbia la a splendid
farm, mostly in orop, and aome Sua
boreeaand all eanipment went with
tbe place for a reported consideration
of $50,000. Mr. Turner and toot
have left tba farm to take op tba
piotnre ahow bnaineaa in Walla
Walla.
Mra. J. G. MoUath entertained ber
Sunday aobool olaaa of girla at a lawn
party at ber boot Wedoeaday attar
noon. A lonoheoa of aaudwiobee and
fruit with ice cream and eaka waa
served at Ova. Decorations and plaoe
carda ware of tba olaaa colore, bine
and white. Tboae preaeot waia Mies
a Mildred and Andra Winabip, Tbel
ma MoEweo, Areta Payne and Hae
belle Duncan.
The members of the Baptist Bundr?
aobool ta tbe number of about SO left
this morning, aome In Hint's auto
truck and otbera in automobiles, for
tbe borne of Rev. M. G. Beolley, it
Fairvlew, near Freewater for an all
day's pionio. Though tbe weather
was deoidedly enpropitioua, the yonog
folk departed in blgh glee, well laden
wltb good things tor tbe pioaic dinner.
Win. Tompkins, who reoeotly re
turned from a wlnter'a sojourn in Osl-.
iforoia, suffered a relapse last week
end Friday evening waa taken to a
hospital in Pendleton for tratment.
Hit oondition ia such aa to oaoie un
easiness to hit many friends.' bnt an
early improvement ia hoped foi. Mra.
Tompkins is in attendance opou bim
at tbe hospital.'
T. ,y, Harvey, on oa publisher of a
paper Culled the Pbiltetine at Weaton
nbb iu tbe oity Tuesday. Tbe Philis
tine was a oonnty division sheet anij
run thronso one campaign oily.
Harvey need to have ooneldeiatle pep
on tbe' point of bis editorial pen wbioh
it will be remembered oalled forth
wit and oarioatnre from "Soiibbler,"
an old-time Press correspondent.
Sinoe Jrine' 2,' 1892,' twenty-three
years ago, wben We aaanmea editor
ship of the Press, we have published
hundreds of advertisements but never
before bava we been oalled npon to
publish a lost ad. for a aet of false
teeth; but here goes: Lost set of
teeth, somewhere 00 Main atreet in
Atheoa, Saturday, June 5, duiing
tbe pionio. Finder will te rewarded
it be returns them to Lonie Herbert,
owner. Adv.
Kirk Implement House
Since 1871
J. W. Ware, wbo hat pnrobaaed tba
"ke drug atnra, aooompanied by bia
wits arrived in the city Wednesday.
Mr. Ware, wbn was formerly in tba
drug business at Pendleton and lately
a tiavellug talesman, will take poa
ae'slon of tbe atorc on July 1. Mr.
and Mrs. Hawks go to Portland for a
short time, returning later to Spokane
for a visit witb relatives. Mr. Uawka
will go to tbe Yukon on a bnnting trip
in the early fall. He la nndeoided
where be will looate to engage in bus
iness again.
Athena baa challenged Pilot Book,
winner of the pennant in the Blua
Mountain league for a aeries of games
to deoide tbe county championship, in
event the Athena team wina the East
End league pennant wbiub iu all piorj-
bility will be tbe result. Manager
Osborn will meet Bine Monntain
league offiolala in Pendletoo, Satur
day when arrangements may be enter
ed into. Fans are talking a three
game aeriea, one game to te played
here, one at Pilot Book, and in event
of each team winning, the third game
to ba slaved on. neutral grounds at
Pendleton, ( - p
George Muller, who will be remem
bered aa a baker doing business in tbit
oity five yeara ago waa murdered in
bia bakery at Portola, California. The
news of the death of Mr. Muller oama
to the bank here from hit little daugh
ter. who with her mother resides at
Laa Vegas, Nevada. The news of tbe
terrible orime waa read by many bera
in tbe newspapers at the' time but few
reooguized the vlotim as being tba
former Atheoa baker. The orime was
a most revolting one. After killing
tba man. tbe rnrderere plaoed tb
body io the even over tbe turnaae, in
the bops of cremating it. Wben
Muller left bare ha told bit plana of
business to Mr. Crossy, and followed
bit wife and daughter, wbn bad pro
ceeded bim to Californit, tbeir former
home. . -..,'".. i;
Tbe demonstration of fruit aod veg
etable oaoning and preserving given
yesterday afternoon at the teDOf..by
Mis. M. E. King,, onder the auspices
of tba O.-W.. B. & H. Co,.-was1 very
auaoesafnl, judging from tbe interest
taken by loo a I ladies, Xhe oar waa
filled to overflowing 'witb interested
obtarvert of tbe aoientilio methods and
piooesset Of conserving tbssa necessar
ies of life.' , The lady annonnoed that
tbe object In tbesa demonstrations is
for the betterment of borne conditions
generally,; Baking the work of tbe
bonsewlie easier, and assisting ner in
making nse of the plentiful aupply of
fruita and vegetables in teaaon, to aa to
last tbrougbout the year.' Many ques
tions were asked by tbe audienoe. Mrt.
King was assisted in ber demonatra
tlooa by Mrt. J. a. Matbert aoa miss
Hazsl Paiker.
:
ANCIENT WAR METHODS.
Did. Hannibal Uta Dynamite In Hia
Passage of the Alps? f 1
Every one knows tbe story of bow
Hannibal crossed tbe Alps. It ta Usual
y asserted thnt be demolished tbe
rocks that opposed bia prop-ess witb
tbe aid of fire aod vinegar. Tbe word
used by the Latin historians and wblcn
Is ordinarily called in English transla
tion "vinegar" la acetura. '
Tbe Question hna been rained by
European officer whether tbia Is tbe
true meaning of tbe original. He thinks
tbot by aeetnm rile historians intended
to describe a' anbstnrice reeembllng dy
namite in Ita properties, and be Invitee
chemists to consider tbe question
whether tbe ancients may cot bava
possessed a formula for making a pow
erful eiploaive of this kind. -
He calls attention to the act that
two ancient bistorlana, Marcua Grae
cus and Albert of All. apeak of the ex
istence of two kinds of acerum, one of
which possessed greater energy than
the other. A clew to the composition
of this explosive may be found, be be
lieves, In the tact that to acetum 'waa
ascribed tbe property' of extinguishing
tbe dreaded "Greek fire.'' He tblnka
the substance may bava been strongly
oxygenated.
Although to discover bow Hannibal's
"dynamite" waa made wonld be to add
nothing, perhaps, to our aense of tbe
greatness of bia achievements, yet aucb
a discovery would certainly throw new
light on aome interesting event in the
vara of antiquity . Waahlngton Star-
Teacher Johnny, name aome myth
ical creature. Johnny-Tbe goat we're)
always, afraid aome one will ret Ex-
Notice.
To whom it may concern: Notice
it bereby given tbat I will not ba re
sponsible for any debts, nets or mort
gage otllgatiooa contracted cy my
bnsband, Frank Morrisette, or my
son-in-law,' Patriok Handran. Dated
at Atbena. Oregon, tbia 19tn day of
May, 1915. Mrs. Agnes Morrisette,
Johnston
Continental
Binder
HERE IS A LEFT HAND BINDER
Tbat bat given complete satisf aotion. ' It la. built to out grain In the most taonomloal way, maximum effioienoy
in the field witb, a minimum cf trouble and repair ooat. Practicability, ease of operation and teatnrea of merit
all combined is what the naets of Cutting Machinery are demanding today. Tbeae oan best ba found in the
Johnston line of harvesting machinery. .
Tbe manufacturers of tbis Una of outtlng machinery were established! n 1871 and today they are pottnig 13
years of knowing pow in every machine that leaves their faotory. Jobnaton Harvesting Machinery ia being
told today in most all civilized countries. Mnob time and money hat been spent in parfeotiog tbeir line of ma
chinery to meet be rigid requirementa of the Paolfio Northwest. A polioy of the Mannfaoturert ia to koow
that every machine, is in perfect rnnning order before It leavea the faotory, Tbia ia an assurance tbat it will
do tbe work when plaoed in the field. All maohinea are guaranteed to tbe work for wbioh tbey are intended, .
3rd and Main, CHARLES KIRK, Athena; Ore,
UNEQUALLED, ASA :
' CURE FOR ; 9Wrfj L -
11 . . vAvM'U iff i 5WM4mwm1' 1 V ' H '
1 i 1
I VS. ' JsJSf" fill tscinsitt cossumptiok Wt "i II VV ;::,.;.. I
1 mMs. U : tlllill CfiamfierialndlcteB Co. L -' , . " 4I I
J llllll IlliJllllllllfnx W rlf'Bi KMvrjcnmt rmAMMAcmti P . ff! I iiill II III
IMlrlrl GiilJlibrV wISIII 0Molnat.lew,UftA. I 1 VvffM I rlM)uW F
jlIUNEQUALLED IB.pfHl CEKra ; UNEQUALLED. If
41 ASA ; Ctalllllhw 1 1 (ODnrridiuii br onuuimuu a o. vmT '"SUmM A PLEASANT II
' PREviwm
EVERY BOTTLE GUARANTEED.
Wood
in Carload Lots
Cascade 4 fcot Fir Wood, ..... . . $5.35
Cascade 4 foot Maple Wood 5.60
Cascade 4 foot Alder Wood, .... 5. 10
F. 0. B.
Athena - Pendleton Brancbea North-
. ern Pacific Railway.
h C. O. WILLIAMS, ''
Poatoffice, Edgewater, Washington.
DALEROTHWELL
EXCLUSIVE OPTICIAN
Glasses Are Scientifically
Ground and Fitted. Lenses
du plicated in a few mom
ents. AH work guaranteed
American National Bank Building;
' ) (Upstalra) Pendleton, Oregon. '
MMtWttMMMMvM
ST. NICHOLS HOTEL
i. E. F ROOMS, prop.
Only First-class Hotel in
the City.
THE ST. NICHOLS
lbs) ODlT OD6 tbst OftD MOOIDlUMlftltl
' CuUiMnmiDdd for lw eleaa and
wall ventilated rooms.
Com. Mill ABDTHian, ATHam.Or.
Wotc These
in Prices
Sprocket
Chains
No. 72 1-2 chain, 35c per foot
No. 103 chain, 65c per foot
No, 115 chain, 85c per loot
No. 117 WC&B chain, 75c per ft.
No. 117 Ewert Chain, 90c per ft
Buy Deering Twine
C. k. BARRETT & CO. ATHENA.