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Gfaioken dinner will be served at
the St. Hiobols, hotel, Sunday.
tin. Newsom and Mai cams down
from tba mountain oarop yesterday. -.
8. H Doolittle of Bitter was a guest
at the St; Nlobols hotel, Wednesday.
Mn. Henry Dell and daughter, Misa
Looiuda, visited in Walla Walla yes
terday. Hip, S. A, Ilarnes and Mrs. W. A.
(irabam. of Weslon visited in Athena
Monday,
For Bale If taken at onoe. tba Ha
worth residenoe on Adams atieet will
De cold for $800. ' .
Mrs. A. B. Steele and daughter,
Elizabeth, are spending the week at
Blunbam Springs.
Mis. W. P, Llttlejoho bad aa ber
guest Soudat, tier mother, Mrs, Mol
strom, of PendietOD.
Obailea Sabats, manager of the la
land Mercantile company of Adams,
vr fu the pity, Tpesday,
t)r. Snttusr and family of Walla
Walls, passed tbiongh tba city Wed
nesday on tbeir retain borne from
LebmBD Spiings.
Tba dates on wblob tba Umapine
distiiot fair will ba held ara rnjounc
ed to ba September 7th and 8tb.
F. 8. Bnnimel, a ' stookman and
farmer of Wallowa ooouty, made
Atbfiua a business visit tbis week.
Miss Mary 'Moranda, norse at the
oi. mouois noiei, will visit a ooople
.of weeks with relatives at Medford,
Unole Jaok Criglar was over from
hia home near Freewater, and spent a
ooople of days at the boma of bis son.
Mr. and Mr, fiobeit Wright and
danghter of Walla Walla, spent Sun
day at the Mansfield boma in tbis oity. -
W. 0. Russell and family left tba
fora part of tba week for the mono,
tains to aamy and pick oooklebarries.
Miss Pauline Myriok retnrned home
the Brst of the week from Dayton,
where aba spent several weeks with
friends.
Mrs. 8. S. Piersol and nieoe, Miss
Niohol, who is visiting bet from Kan
sas, ara Ibis week guests of relatives
in Pilot Book.
Oliver Diokeneoo has returned from
Ukiah, where ba spent several dayi
with bis family, "bo aia spending (be
summer there,
Epn Williams, well knnwn to old
tlmeis in Athena who now resides near
Flora, Wallowa oonnty waa in tbe
oity yesterday. '
Davis-Kaser
Store Sews
The Big Summer aSla ends Satnrday nlgbt, August lfltb. Next
week a qniok, short Rummage Sale of Odds and Ends, dropped Pat
terns, Remnants and Summer Goods at prices oalcnlated to olose tbem
out qniokly, regardless of valoa. Hundreds of items will be inolnded
though eailv buying is suggested, as most of (be jtenjs are gnlv onr gr
two of a kind.
Anjopg (he new arrivals this Keek was a oar of Monarch Malleable
Ranges and a oar load of Great Western Heaters. Another oar of
heateis is now on the way from tbe faotpiy, A foil line of samples
will be on the sales floor by Septomter 1, ands usual at Davis-Keg-er's.
a porreot store frjf svejv purpose,. .
Jo inr Drapery department uof fln'y has tba. atop been mora than
doubled bv the addition of many new fabiics, bat a competent cutler
and sew si has been employed one bating bed many years of active
eiperienoe In soma of the beat department of the Northwest, so wa
oan now make up woik in most approved mannei when desired.
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Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools -fl-aO Alder Ejf.
Mitt
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ARMER
TAKE NOTICE!
If you are looking for Bargains, you
can find them here,
We have 1200 rods" of 26 inch Hog Wire,
you may have at 25c per rod
Six-Horse Gasoline Engine, $175.
x Sprockets, 20 per cent off.
. Holt Chain, 10 per cent off,
Cylinder Teeth, 10 per cent off.
Binding Twine, 13c per lb..
In fact, we can supply your wants in any- .
thing you may need in harvest. I
Kirk Implement House
North Side Main Street, Athena, Oregon '
WoriiClovcs
You'll not get those big blisters, if
; you have a pair of our ,
; "TUF-NUT" GLOVES
wrist or gauntlet, at the same price
you have always paid.
Good Leather Gloves .25 & .49
Tut-not wrist Gloves - . - .88
" ganntlat " ' - 1.48
Ooidmoy Book " . 1-45
Blaok AuU . " - 1
Driving "
Kangaroo Driving " - '
Cauvaa " -.05 & 8 pr. .55
" leatberffaoa " - - .IS
Men's work Sbirts, full size .9
Eitra value "Big Giant" work
Sbirts, all oolors, ' -. .45
Work sox, .05 and S pr. .85
Drees " blk. & tan 8 pr. .35
' - S pr. ,5
" " silk io tlk, tan, gray
and navy, ... .15
Man's light silk beta .25-.89-.49-.69
See our line of Men's Union Suits, just right for Harvest
shdrt gr long sleeves, at 49c and 98a Shirts
and Drawers at 25c, 35c and 45c.
J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
W. J. Davis a tohool mate friend of
w. I'. McLeod, oame io from Donald,
Wash., Tuesday for a visit.
I', M. Martir, p oprietor of tbe Peo
ples Theatre has moved bis family
into tha Lepr ootlage on Adams
street.
: Mrs. MaPheirin left this week for
the home of ber daughter, Mis. Fred
Oswald, at Myriok station, where aha
will stay for some time.
A. L. Swaggart espressed a register
ed Poland China bog tbia Week to J.J.
Cbaplin and J. W. Pilea at Eutei
prise, Wallowa county.
Mis. Bugb Molntyie, Mrs. Hulph
Cannon, Mrs. Robert Raymond and
Mrs. D. H. MansBeld spent Wednes
day at Bingham Spiings.
' Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kirby of Adams
passed through Athena Wednesday en
loots to (Jaksdale, Wash., near whiob
plaoe Mr. Kirby baa putobased a
lanob.
James H. Stnigls, of E. h. Smith
& Co, agents lor Bolt harvesting ma
chinery, aooompaniad by Elmer Stoiie
of Walla Walla, waa In tbe oity yes
terday. Barvesliog was stopped by a slight
rsiofall yeaterday, and tba longb con
dition of tbe atraw will require sun
shine before operations : can ha resumed.
Miss Jess O'Niel. daughter of Editor
O'Neil of tha Pieaoott SpeotBtor, has
retnrned to her borne, after an extend
ad visit at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Ueoo Kidder,
Mrs, Elisabeth Mansfield entertain
ed at dinner Tuesday, bet sister, Mrs.
Eliaa Bania ut Weston, and Mrs.
Jaokton and daupbtcr, Mies Stella
Jaokson of Dayton,
Frank Bwaggart will enter a stricg
of relay boiaes in tba raoea at the
Boundnp next month. Mr. Swaggart
will bring tba teat horses to be found
l'l Wallowa oonnty.
W. J, Gboleon, voiking with tbe
Key harvesting orew, was thrown
from a header box when the wagon
oveiturned, Wednesday. Tbe fall ic-
aulted in severe broisee,
drs, B, 0, Wortbiugton oame down
from tbe MaDougal camp yesterday.
She retnrned at nam today, accom
panied bv Mrs. Boyd, who will join
tbe oamp ior a day or twq.
Mrs, M, Langobr and daughter,
Misa (ionise Ijaqsphr of Boaeman,
Moot., sis bests guests tbis week of
Mis. Osborne, and son Eugene, at
tbeir home on College street.
W. R. Taylor and F.
made tbe titp to Union
Sunday, in tbe LeUrow
1 bey found tba loads iq
8. LeUrow
and retoro
automotiJe.
tba Gland
Boude tq be q gqod condition.
Golligau's ooloied Nashville Stud
entB, a musical organization. Well
known in Athena, will appear at the
opera house on Friday evening, Aug?
ust 25. Prices ot admission, 85 and
85 cents,
''Peg o' t lie Ring," sohednled at tbe
Peoples Theatre for Wednesday eve
plug of tbis week, owing to unavoid
able ciroumstanoes, will not be shown
on tba screen until Wednesday seen
ing, August 80.
Miss Edna Banister of Weston, vis
ited fiiends In Athena Wednesday.
Miss Banister, who is a. graduate of
0. A. O., will have tha obajr fit Do
meatio Soienoe n Columbia College at
Milton, this year,
Rev. Davis Ei'ett retnrned home
this week from a pleasant visit to
Portland and Salem, Be was royi lly
enteitained and among other tbinga
enjoyed an automobile ride over tta
Columbia Bigbway.
Joe Soott'a wheat orop is averaging
45 rushals per aoia and is of splendid
quality. A quarter aeotion owned ty
Jamea Bill, averaged 50 bnsbels per
acre. From one halt-section, Mr.
Spott threshed 6388 saoks,
It ooat a ooupls of boys $3.50 to
breik tbe glasa top oo tba Main street
guide post, recently ereoted bv Mar
shal Dobson. The post is oity piopei
ty and will prove to he an expensive
target for throwing stones.
Methodist Episcopal Chmoh. Sub
ject next Sahbatb morning: "Tbe
Armies of Beaven oo White Horses."
Please read Bev., Chap. XIX. At
7: 80 p. ai.. praise and preaching ser
vice. Sabbath sohool at 10 a. m. All
Bra invited.
Misa Stella Jackson, of Dayton, wbo
last week attended Buyers' Week io
Portland,, joined bar motber here tha
Brst of tbe week and is visiting at the
A. A, Fobs boms. She reports a royal
entertainment of tbe visitors by tba
oity ot Portland.
Tbe oool weather of tba past few
daya has made mountain camping un
pleasant and aeveral campers have re
turned to tbeir homes, ail report a
tonotifnl orop of terries, of wbiob
many gallons ara being pioked and
oanoed for future use.
Miss Anna Soil, of Baser, motored
up from Pendleton Tuesday where sbe
was visiting her brother, and bas been
a gneat nf Athena friends. Misa Soil
formerly lived in Athena with ber
parents, wbo aia now in oharge of tba
Uoldeo Rnle store at Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Ortis D. Harris r-nd
baby, of Davenport, Weali. arrived
in Atbana Tuesday morning, and will
visit at tba boma of Mrs. Harris' mo
tber. Mra. Minnie De Pea tt. Mr. Bar
lis, who is pastor of tba Davenport
Christian eborob, la taking hit sum
msi vacation.
Agent Mathers of tha O-W., hat ra-
oeived intelligence uf tbe death of bit
brother, J. J. Mathers, wbo died at
hia boma in Media, Illinois, Angust
14.- A reunion of tha Matbera family
at wbiob 28 me inters, loaludiog the
deoeased brotbei were preaeot, was
held at the parental borne on July 28.
Mr. and Mia. Lloyd Smith, of Den
ver, lows, arrived in tba oity Friday
evening and will visit at the DePeatt
boma until after tha Ronnd-fjp. Mr.
Smith, wbo is railway station agent,
la taking muob needed vacation.
Mrs. Smith, formerly Miss Msrna De
Peatt is warmly welcomed by ber boat
at Atbana fiiends. They will enjny
week's camping at Bingham springs
with Mr. and Mra. Dean Dndlev.
. Mis. W. R. Taylor and daughter.
Lucille, will leave Abingdon, III., tcr
boms atont tbe 2 inst. Tbey trill
be accompanied by her motle-, Mra.
M. L. Leeper, wbo will ipwd tba
wioter bere. Mr. end Mrs. Gilbert
Clore eipeot to visit Athena fiiends
atoat the CI ristmas holidays.
At the Christian ohuioh Sonday,
Bev. O. D. Harris of Davenpoit,
Wash., will preaob at tha morning
asrvioa and Mrs. Harris will sing.
Bible school at 9:60 a m. Christian
Endeavor at 7 p. m. Preachiog by
tHe psalor at 8 p. m. Dr. Hcntt will
bave obaige of the Cboros uinruiog
and eteoiug. The pnblio coioially
incited and welcome.
Tba Baptist Women's Borne and
Foreign Mission society ot Athena met
yesterday at tbe oburoh for their an
nual eleotion of officers . Tha follow
ing were elealed: President, Mrs. J.
D. Plsmoudon; vice president, Mrs.
Chap, MoFarlaud; secretary, Mis.
Fred Pinkerton, and treaabrer, Mia.
C. A. Bariett. Tbe second qnaiterly
apportionment lor muaions waa met,
and otbei business transaoted.
W. L. Weir, wbo has held a pos
ition at Waie's Pbarmaoy in this city
bas foimed a partnerslip with Merle
Allen of Milton, and puicbaaed the
Anderson Pbarmaoy in that oity and
will condoot tbe business nndei the
name of tbe Milloi Drng aSmpany.
Mr. Weil's position bars bas been tak
en by J, B. Rankin formerly of Walla
Walla, but lately with tbe Anderson
Pbarmaoy. Mr. and Mis. Weir will
be greatly missed in Athena, where
they bave made many friends.
John Banistei, who purchased a aelf
piopelled Bolt enmtine harvester, is
more than well pleased with the ma
chine, Under adverse conditions, ow
ing to green straw the machine baa
done good work, averaging nearly 10
aorea per day. The self propeller bas a
sixteen foot out, and Mr. Banister baa
ordered a fonr foot extension, ao that
in light grain the maohine will out a
20 toot swath. G. M, Morijsoo and
J, 0. Walter are also harvesting their
crop tbis season with the new aelf
propellaii, '
One ot tbe finest collections Of game
beads to be found in the state was
placed in the First National Buck
building, last weak, The splendid
onlleation of trophies are tba fruits of
the bnntlng trip, taken jo the Brit
ish Colombia Cassaii distiiut by W.
S. Fergnson. It oomprises a monitor
moose bead, tbiee Cariboo heads, two
Stoni sheep beads, a goat head and a
grizzly bear skin monoted into rug
form. The mounting of tbe specimens
by a Seattle taxidermist is a work of
ait.
Hound-Up PieBldeut T. V. Tavlo
has received an autograph letter fiom
Col. Tbeodnre-Roosevelt in whiob tbo
famous Rough Bider advises that at
present be cannot aooept tna invita
tion to witness tba 111 111 Round Up,
September 91, 29 and 28, but if at a
lafer date it is possible lor him to
make Oregon doling tba presidential
oampaign now on he will ba glad to
acoept, Tbe Ronnd-Up management
still bas bopea that ha will la able to
coma for it is certain that tbe; 1918
attendance will break all reoords aa it
is and witb Mr. Roosevelt here it
would be a bighwater year. As for
tbe show it will be np to tba usual
Roond-Up standard witb many new,
novel and daring features. Already
tioket leservations ara double those of
last year and rqual to those of 1918.
Tbe piize list baa been iooreased a
oouple ut Ibonsand dollati wbiob In
snres a big number of blgb olass con
testants,
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A large range of plain . olors, plaids and
mixtures, 36 inches wide at 25c, 60c, 65c
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Novelty Skirtings, Suitings
in stripes, checks, plaids and mixtures,
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Wool Taffetta
All the new light and dark shades, 36 to
4-8 inches wide, at 65c, $1.00, $1.25, and
$1.50 per yard. ,:
Novelty Cloakings
A good range of nice mixtures. These are
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A VERY INSTRUCTIVE LECTURE
Col. T. P. Lednidga, Agricultural
engineer ot tbe de faoto Mexican gov
ernment, addressed an appreciative
audienoe in Athena, Tuesday evening.
Col. Ledwidge, Polish, American borr,
naturalized Mexican citizen, told in a
most Impressive way tbe true condi
tions cf the Mexican revolution, tbe
oauses leading np to it and tbe remedy
for instilling national life it to tb a
Mexioau reputlio he said, lay within
the humanitarian metboda now being
pursued by President Wilsou, He told
bis audienoe that the shackles oould
be removed fiom Mexioan peonage
qoioker by Ameiican sounol masters
than by Ameiican gold or military lc
terveution. Col, Ledwidge expressed
the belief that the Villa raids weie
iuoited by Ameiioans wbo bate large
holdings in Mexioo aoqnired under
conditions which have brought tbe
Mexican people to serfdom. Be named
four Americans owning vast areas of
land who were fiiends of !nteirention.
They are William rtandolpb Hearst,
newspaper pnblinber 95,000 cqnaie
miles ot land; Bairison Gray Otis,
nawspapei publisher, 97,750 squaie
miles: Charles P. Taft, brother of ax
President Ta ft 92,250 square miles;
and Louis Terrizas, 86,000 sqnare
miles.
Tbe speaker said be was one of 160
leotniers now touring tbs United
States for tba CartBcza government
vitb the purpose of eolighteniog tbe
people in regard to Mexioo. .
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Times-Dispatch.
Local Advertisements
Mis. Lillie Miller announces a tig
reduction on all bats. Best trimmed
bats for $S,50; all otbeis 11.00.
Ajax blaoksmith Coal at 1.00 to
move excess, walls and Rogers.
Jj'oi Bale. The Ms riot, iesidenue,
oorner 4th and Adams streets, and tba
Maloney residenoe, on High street,
Enqnlre of Mis. Lillie Miller.
Blaok Walnut treea lot the asking.
See Walts and Rogers' ad.
For Trade. Lot and 4-iootu plaaiei
ed house in Spokane, 8 lota Wlllufa
Harbor, 40 Bores nuoultlvated land.
Koquire at Palace Restaurant, Atbena.
Kstrayed A bay aaddle-borss, wt.
950, brand with small circle on shoul
der. Will pay liberal reward for bis
reooveiy. 1. J. Weber, Weston, Ore.
For Hale-Tbarp,
-A Fold oar. See B. S.
Dresamakiog done, satisfaction guar
aoteed. Apply to Mrs. Delia Wright.
Livestock Dealer. UertCartano has
engaged in tbe livestook business. He
is prepared to pay the highest market
prices at all times for obickeos, bogs,
cattle and abeep. It you have slooh
to sell, be snre and sea him,
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pert on motor cylinder lubrica
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American Society of Naval Engineers.
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Sold by dealer! everywhere Mid"
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Athena
Peoples Theatre
"Always The Best"
'If til i
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SCENE FROM "THE IRON CLAW," CHAPTER No, 4, (PAT HE)
The Iron Claw
Thrills continue in each new chap
ter. Tonight, come early"
1UST 30
COMING
WEDNEvSD'Yj
Francis Ford and Grace Cunard in
Peg
o' the Ring"
Something new in Motion Pictures don't miss it
Blydenstein's
Self Rising Pastry Flour
A Pancake Flour that also makes
Biscuits, Cake, Waffles, Etc., better
and more economical than ordinary
flour, as it takes less shortening and
eggs in making a finer grained cake
Blydenstein's Prepared Dietary Flour
cTVIade from the best parts of wheat. cA cure and pre
ventative for constipation and indigetion. Better than
drugs. Recommended by physicians. Now for sale by
Athena merchants. Buv a sack today. Made by
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