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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1915)
i Press Paragraphs ; . Jim King waa down dom big moun taia isnoh yesterday. A dollar for tbat Tag. See Watta and Rogora' bin Ad. f- yjrx Mrs. S. S. Piorsol visited ftieoda in Weaton Wednesday. Mia. Elizabeth ManaBeld visited in Pendleton Ineaday. Tbe coolest plaoe in town to trade, is at f ix aaaiae . Adv. Pott- Mm. f!rrnl nf DavtoD. Wasb., Is visiting at tbe borne of Mr. and Mrs. John Walter. . Era Lundell came over tiom Weaton this week and visited her liiend, Sa vannah Smith. - - : Ttaaaa T.ana MnTnt.rA AD d Maad Manslield are enendiog tbe week at Bingham Springs. . . , Hairy MoBiide was in from tbe ranob yesterday, delivaring yellow transparentapples. J. H. Harmon, paatoi of tbe Chris tian ohoioh, had business in Pendleton the flrst of the week. Miss Don Bennett ia np from land on visit to relatives. For Sale A good ruiloh oow, soon to be fresh. Henry Koepke. Adv. . Mr. and Mia. G. H. Bishop of Free water, were in the city yesterday. Lost A raincoat. Finder will 'please leave at the Press offlue. Adv. , M. A, Baker, formally p:atmaster at Weaton, was in the oity Wednes day. ; '.- , I . If yoa want to boy ally property or luim lands enqnire of Hrnry Kaifn. Adv. ; People wanting harvest borse9 oan find same at Kiik's Implement Store. Adv.'. . Mr. and Mrs. Lester O'Harra ware in tbe oity from Weston, Wednesday evening. i Miss Ethel Johnson visited bet sia ter, Mib. Hamp Booher, at Weston this week. Mrs. Samuel Hawortb v id ted her mother in Walla Walla tbe flrst of the week. Mis. S. A. Barnes and Mrs. W. A. Graham, of Weston, visited in Athena Satniday. f j Grain saoki at one oent below tbe market. Sea Ha Ad. Or ask Watta and Rogers. Ten gasoline engines bavereoently been pnrohused at tbe Kl'k implement ' HonBe, aov. iue eon was born to Mr. and Mrs. a H. E. Saott. July 18. 1915, at their home in Milton. Bob Lane, old-time landsoape paint er is again in tbe oity, having looated a stodlo on Main stieat. over s ton ;e. a rton CALIFORNIA EXPOSITIONS are two vast wonderlands The' Greatest Shows of the Age. You cannot afford to miss them. The oppor (tunity will soon pass. Go Now; ... ., '4 1 ! Choice of several routea at low farea for the round trip, via v 'ECOH-WASHIHCTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Ask J. R. MATHERS, Ag't. Athena. jjl'aMMWsaTjaMM ' A flnrnov T E ' Plvnn of Wbite Salmon, Wash, was in the oity doling the fore part of the week. ; M, anil Mra (llaranna Borden are down tiom Nortb Powder, and will remain until alter narvesi. Mis. Benry Wood, who has been ill, was able to drive to town yesterday from ber borne in the oonntiy. Mm Taahalla Tnvlnr la down from hei borne near Pullman, Wasb., look ing after ber faim In this vioioity. Mrs Rn Rmka and babv are in tba oity from Walla Walla, visiting at the home of hei sister, Mra. Miobenar. Mis. Aiobie Stiiok will arrive from Nnunnrf tnrinv. and will loin ber hus band heie, wneietney win maaeiueir borne. Win. Winsbip, Wm. Konasek, York nll nnrt "Tawn D." soent SaodaT evening in the bathing pool it Thorn Hollow. - Ram Hntl rim a hil an to tmok to Milton Monday evening and biongbt over ioe for tbe Bryan & Myer oold storage plant. A Unnnott. and H. 0. Wortbing- aie ont at Helix this week, where they are painting a large barn for William Sbannon. , , Mrs. Winsbip and danghteia apent (.rcrnl ds with relatives at Walla Walla. Mis. Winship's mother is in poor health again. M Inaaa 7.olm and Rnbv Ineleman, who have been viBiting relativea bete fnr aavaral naeka. left Monday for their home at lone. Mrs. John Beokman came over from Freewater Sunday, being called ty tbe fatal illness of ber little granaannga ter, Floienoe demons. Jeiry Stone has been oonBned to bia borne near Adams for the past two weeks with illness. Ha is reported aome better at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Ueorge Hanistei and daughter Helen aud Mr. and Mis. Hngh MoAithnr are reported among tbe sojourners at seaside. Misses Estelle Smith and Pearl Coo mane are spending tba week in Walla Walla aa Boosts of Miss Zola Keen, who is studying mnsio there. Pheainlana ara anoonn terins oonsid- arahla Minima amoni ohildren, in tbe nitnra nf an m mar oomDlaint. How ever, few aeiious oase nave nevBiouou Misa Jaakson. of Dayton, Waab., baa been a gneat the past week of Mrs. Austin A. Foss. Miss jbohob u. i!.. aih har mother in Ath UJS.. ...ww - ,, ham aha aondnoted a milinerv store. Mr. and Mis. Lonis Beigevin re oently made a visit to their daughter, Mi.. Ron a who has been in tiaining the past year in a Seattle hospital. They found the young lady progress ing and happy in her ohoseo vooatioo. Mi. and Mrs. Bergeviu bIbo visited tbe Seattle Potlatob. , f Wells on ranches south of town and Hn (ha fnnt hills aie running low, and in some plaoea are reported to be al most dry. The absenoe of winter moisture is being felt in all parte of tba county. Wm. Peebler, a prominent Pendle ton oitinen and lather of John Peeblei formerly of thia oity, died at Pendle ton Monday and bia funeral was held at the Prestyteriau ohurob in tbat oity Wednesday. . , M ra ft ant an Roar and children, who have been visiting relativea at Book Island, Illinois, returned borne Tues j.., Raar nil aooomuanied borne by ber alster, Miss Fianoia Febr of Book Island. 7 , - Mrs. 0. A. Barrett, who has been ill sinoe ber visit to Btarbnok, ia re ported improving the past few days. u- nt;i.r mm Mjivfl. ia also recof - eiing from illaeas oausedbjr tbe abook .V... JaoH. n ha Mil. a' THf fIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA Capital and Surplus $100,0002 Watts &. Rogers, Wsston (Three miles over the hill.) A Dollar for that Tag ...' .. a ..nl.r 118.00 value for 110.00. It ""t: nUfPi Pionin Bargain. bar. nextar and to convince that customer of our knowledge of that tag and our tasoally mstliods wc will give A Dollar for that Tag Orain Bags. Wa bought 20,000 of tba beat Celoutta i ...1 s .n ' -""" "i - " "" O. K. tell the other fellow. ' of the death of her eoo. O. Muidook of Wallowa ooonty was In the oitv Wednesday. Mr. xuuiaoo is a atookman, owning large ran noitb of Enterpriser At'one-' time ne waB engaged in tbe newspaper , bus iness at Olaikaton, Wash.? ; K ..; M.a .T r. Flnnl.' ot Beilingbam, Wasb., who with ber ohildren bBa been visiting her parents, ' Mr. and Mrs. Jeiry Stone, waa guest this week at the home of ber cousin, Dr. A. B. Stone, and family. ; ' win M Pnr'eraon and family wiite that they ara enjoying the coot showers at Seaside, in company win vwouj- one other Umatilla oounty iamie. Mr. Peterson will be baok at his borne in Pendleton by August 6th. Frank Saudara and Aoe Wagner re ceived tbeir new Brown-ti9wis com bine from Walla Walfa tms wee and started tba aeason's harvesting. The machine ia 80-foot out with a Brown-Lewis engine installation. mi,, n.i.n aarsinaa for next Sunday evening will be bald at tbe Methodist ohurcb, when Kev. A. ffl. liBmoeii. preaoh to tbe congregation. Tbe week ly union oboir practioe Will. KB this evening at the M. K. cburob. L. S. Vinoent will move bia Jewelry stock to the Weloh building, occupy ing the west balf. An attraouve irooi ia being put in by B. Boott Fisher. Mrs. Miller will oooupy the east hBlt of the building with hr miUiuery store. Mrs. Otis Whiteman,' who with two of her little aons has been visiting at tba Riobarda borne, left Sunday morn ing for the farm near IjB uroas, wasn. Tbe taby, Jaok, waa ill, and Mis. Whiteman decided l( waa dbbi. iu m him borne. The management of tbe Athena opera bouse will give a naooe w morrow evening, lha daooe last Saturday evening waa well attended and an especially good uma u.iu- ipated by tba young people iut row evening. Adv. Mrs. Konasek ot Pendleton, visited ber son, W. E. Konasek, looal agent for tba P. railroad in tbia oity Wednesday. She was aooompanieo as Mrs. Susie Oerking, and the two ladles were entertained at dinner at tbe David Taylor borne tla. ..h Mra H N. Drsner will l....' ahnrllv for Vanonnver, Wasb aDr mhinh nlaoQ ttaev have purohasei . nf is Biiraa. Novis Deeper a H.v. " - linaa ha mflDBBBmenC BDQ wo . . of the rlaoe, wbiob is set to finikand in a bigh state of cultivation Kmil Mnllanbeok. the rjainter, who i,t 11U.1 aanaral WeekB BRO for a 1. .1.0 iu K A. rJenneir luni u m.O.B ,..-- . ia at Juneau, and has good pioepeotB .. ...n.inn a lnniative nosition there, Ui KW""B " ..... l. Ha aaia Jnneau is a modern imn u of about 7,000 inhabitants cu.n.ij fltandairl: Mr. and Mrs. Heniy Koepke of Athena with tbeir two sous. Arnold and He-ny and small daughter Dorothy, weie the guests 01 Tflnaia M HI1HTIV H I LIJH UUHIB vm III IBB U ODDIO - h.. crania Hnudav. Tbev motored aoiosa country from their home. Dreamland niogram f8r Friday and Satnrdav evenings: 1 aud 2 "When ninn,an'a Fnrt.v." Drama seng. iiuii.n Rllm and the Ulaim AaeBt,, Essanay. Bonoay: 1. d...i.. Salio. 2. "Two . Men int.. ur.niaii " Kotanav. a. iue DeoiBion of Jim O'Fairell," Selig .Ik .M.iih whllft workina in k..0i fn l.nka Read, came in con .h fha hnatnaaa and of a mule fcnui " . " -" , , u..j.. aitli the resnlt tbat Da later 11.-J Intn rir Rharn'i offioe with flDltt.U .u.w - - r - hmban rib nn tne right aide or nis an Bath ia now awatneo iu muwj. - bandage and does not have to lator in the harvest field. Beginning Wednesday, August 1, in. riroomiand theatre will issue con n..bl. Inr aanh BDOW nntllaUgUBI in.. h,l nnntaat. Tneia wiu ua U H V two luoay nnmbera and tba perapos fham nill ha mven a Bel or -11 . ,...nnnni aa r.ha Brat nrize and --.-. 7 -- . ... . anoar ahall will be given (or vu seoond prize. Adv. A bard lain fell over tbia aeotion ih. nnnnii for geverai boors Wed neBday eight. Aa a result naivest nnaratinna were tied ud yesterday and . (hi- l...nn.n MBI1V ma001D Btfllk ad on asaio tbia afteinoon. Tba rain aa aloomed by mountain inuou ITn thara. liaTlaT ia iost t vwuoia. V ' -- - ginning to bead and potato fields were moot) in need ot moisture. in.nt Wantad. In sell Goodwin's Powdeied Enamel. Thia is the only .n..Tiinn nn tba market wheietv .i.... n.anllaaara and all articles coated with poroelaio. may readily te repaiied; alao obipped spots on cam l.h. tnllata at.n. No beat Or tOOlS 16- quiied. It is taady aeiler. tiampie and teimi ISO. W. M. Goodwin, 5274Q, 46tb Ave., B. W., Seattle, Waab. Adv. Eat Oregoniao: Charged with tbe laioeny of a boree. Bill "Blim" Rid ings, prominent Boundup cowboy and model for A. PhimisWr Prootor's "Bockaroo," ia in tbe oounty jail, bavlug been brought back from Boise h. ninlf Hhariff J. H. Estas. Jaa, p...h wall known Binnkman. is tbe I eomplaioiog witness. Be alleges tbat Ridinsa anld him a horse tbat proved in ha atnlan nmnertv and wbicb be longed to Lonia Bergeviu of Athena. Ridings claims be sold it for another person and tbe offioeia bave to inves tigate further tu learn just where the responsibility for tbe dime rests. Two were fined in the Reoordei'a oouit this morning on charges of dis orderly oonduot. George Myriok waa fined 10 and "John Doe" f 7. no; me arrests were made last evening by Marshal Boynton. "John .Doe" got tired of confinement during me aigni in iha ntd nitv -jail and knocked a bole iu tbe south wall, gaining bis liberty. He was oonnned in tne new jau iui short time this morning, before ap pearing in oonrt. At tbe recent annual meeting of tbe stockholders of the Preston-Shaffer Milling company, W. B. Shaffer was eleoted president; M. Ij. Watts, vice president j W. O. Tuoker, secretary treasurer. In appreciation of the ser vices of bead miller Little jobo, ware- kn. foreman Miller, and tOOk- keepeis Ernest Zerba and Miss Laura Smitb the company presented eaob itb a abeok of generons proportions. The school fcoBrd met Tuesday eve rig and contracted with tba Uas ide Gas & Eleotiio Fixture Co., of Seattle for the eleotrio fixtures and light furnishings for tbe new school building. At a cost ot 2flB, the toard secured an exceptionally One equipment. Iha fixtures will be mod ern in eveiy respeot and will be in keeping witb the general bigb stand ard which tbe board nas mainiaiuea tbirrogbont during tbe oonstrootion of the building. . ' The Press is in reaeipt of synop aia nf iha fish and same laws, nooom- namad ti b circular letter from the atnfn same warden, in wbiob he re nnoot. nnhlioitv of tbe faot tbat tbe deer bunting season this year does not open until August 16, which is 15 data later than has been oustomary fna aasatal vaara. Tbe season for hnnting deer will open August 15 and will olose on October 81, during wbiob opeo season tbiee User Wltn boms is tbe limit allowed eaob hunt er.' Mrs. L. W. Smith arrived in the oity Monday, and is visiting ber mo ther, Mrs. Minnie DePeatt. Her visit wbs a oomplete and happy surprise 10 ber mother and friends, Last week was spent in visiting ber sister, jure. Ortis D. Harris, in Spokane. Mrs. Smitb states tbat aha has been agree ably surprised by the lack of extreme ly bat weather in Iowa this summer, Mi. Smitb, wbo aoeompanied ber as far as Butte, Montana, on business, i returned to Iowa from there. ... Should Bomn TTETltVl m JJUgiU f f 1VAA Dainties f Purchased Tor the Picnic VOR outing, picnic or camp, we have all the essent ials for making the day most enjoyable and sue cessful from an epicurian standpoint. , Especially satisfying canned goods, cheese and crackers; picnic plates, relishes, etc. In fact everything you require for the basket, at little prices. FIX fit RADTKE THE "MONEY BACK STORE," ATHENA, OREGON Friday afternoon, James Anderson ot the Willamette valley olosed np a deal witb Z. V. Look wood for six lots south of tbe Oity Hall. Three of the lots face on Tbiid street and three on Fouith street. Zoph .Brothers bave iha nnntrant tn build a tungalow lor Mr. Anderson's ocoupanoy ty Oototet 1. It is understood tbat Mr. Ander- 1 .An nnntamnlHCBH DUUUluu aevniai knnnolnwa In'AlhBDB for ICUt. 36 n.a annnmnanlBlTbV Ghailea Tbooip .nn nf Larannn. who also intends moving to Athena. Mr. Thompson la a retired farmer. IN NEARBY HARVEST FIELDS Barlev Not Cnt down by Hot Winds aa in Cases of Wheat Yield. Stop Look I Listem 'ha season's harvest operations getting well nndeiway when in itad hv Wednesday nigni s rain QnfHniani nnraaoB had been out to demonstrate tbat tba yield will fall ui uMniiu made earlier in cue Khun nrn.nBflra luaiuamu a bumper production of wheat through nn Ihia acnllnn. '. annanri to bBVB WltOSlOOd ha hnr. naather with little or no dam ...anitinff. Vinlda aa high as su hnahala arfl reoorted. Reports oomiug to the rress omoa this week show that around DO to iio bnebelB of wheal per acre is. the gen eral average.1 A few fields are given in aa yielding aionnd 10 busbels. ftarman Bed. a new variery or wheat for this vicinity proves to have withstood the hot weal hei bettei tbBO any other varieties. On the juauon Jauk ranob, south of Havana, a yieia of fO bushels per aore is olaimed, and lk. flnaat .aniti HI tirnnODt IO aiUBUH this year was from the orop of this new wheat, raised by u. A. uuuio, sonthofAtbena.. ,'i?,'; -Harvest Holes. Lanranna I.ianallen baa statted bia imhina nn thonsand-aore crop, Hn far the indications are I bat tne viald will be abont 85 bushel per aoie Marion Hanaall'i oroD northeast of tnom la Bveraaioi little over aa hnahsla ner aore. i"h.iiaa Waller, anmbine expert, is operating tb (Jerking maoblne thia war. Pa. c.nhnn ia setting nearly 40 hnahaia tier sate from bia 195 aoie Held, noitbwest of town. The Hash Molotyre plaoe southwest tn.n farmed bv V. W. JjOOK, av arBoed about 87 busbels per aore. n.nr Wood reoeived 1300 sacks 01 wheat fiom a Held ol 71 acres. Mo. tin avnantflll a vield of 40 hn.hala ner acre and reoeived 20. The hot weather cut tbe yield in nan. W. S. Ferauioo threshed barley that yielded 80 bnahels par aore. The Pony Contest. Instead of alving away tbe beautiful little Bbetlaud pony to tbe winner in tha Mosgiovs Mercantile uompauj nnraa Anonflt 11. tba time will be ex tended until Heptember 1, aattev bare been unable to pioonra tne aauoia w . ;h .h. t nnw aa vet. and OUB ill haina anaoiallv made in tba east. Tba standing of tba contestants np to July 82nd follows: Eugene Oaborn, 232!. Biobard Cartano, 1504. Andra Winsbip, 1106. Velma MoAlexander, 237 Willard Parker, 141. Elizabeth Mathers, 119. Conrad Miller, 109. Velma Sclrubert, 76. Tom Kirk, 68. Margaret LaCourse, II. Savannah Smith, 1. Bay Dudley, 1. Adv. Get one of our Monitor Pump Engines and insure a steady supply of water for the stockan engine that a boy can operate easily; Pump-jack built right in the engine. Just call us up, and our engine man will come out and install the outfit. Give us a chance to show you what this wonderful little engine will do. 3rd and Main- CHARLES KIRK, Athena, Ore, Wood in Carload Lots Cascade 4 Lot Fir Wood Cascade 4 foot.Maple Wood,. Cascade 4 foot Alder Wood, , ,.$9.34 . 9.60 .. 5.10 F.O.B. Athena - Pendleton Branchea North :u ern Pacific Railway. C O. WILLIAMS, Poatoffice, Edgewater, Washington, DALEROTHWELL EXCLUSIVE OPTICIAN Glasses Are Scientifically Ground and Fitted. Lenses I duplicated in a few mom ents. All worn Ruaranieeu tmerican National Bank Building, (Upstair ) Pendleton, Oregon. olt and Bcsi :cpairs The Genuine Grease and Oils Valvoline Line THE ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, pbop. ti! ! Only First-class Hotel in the City. Iff THE ST. NICHOLS J li tha only oua that ean aecommoaa" eororoarolai traT.i.ra, Til i.'KDbaiaonmeDded (or It elean and well T.ntllcted rooma. A COE. MAI. .RDTHIBD. ATBIA,t)r. 4 Auto Tires and Tubes. Goodrich-Best in the Longrun. C. A. BARRETT & CO ATHENA.