1 Press Paragraphs Alfalfa ground east of the City Park for rent. See A. B. McEwen. Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Watts, of Weston were in the city Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers were in the city Wednesday, from Pendleton. Mrs. George Payne is reported ill this week, at her home on the West Side. Let Watts and Rogers show you the Electric Washer and the two spool sewing machine. For Sale. Six dining chair3, one Cabinet sewing machine and one bed spring. Mrs. M. C. Shick. Mrs. Arthur Coppock visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Will iams, south of the city this week. Miss Doris Barnes, of Weston, was a guest this week at the home of her brother, J. R. Barnes in this city. be The local Odd Fellows and Bebekah I Ten members of the local Woodmen lodges are preparing for a big banquet j Lodge attended the big rally in Pen dleton Monday evening, where they witnessed the initiation of forty new members. A royal good time is re ported, with splendid hospitality shown by the neighbor lodge. Members of Mignonette Rebekah Lodge are rehearsing for a play which will be given in the near future. Some good local talent is being developed, and announcement of the cast, time and place, with the name of the play, will be given next week. Weston is to have a Chatauqua, put on by the Ellison-White company, which will be held February 17, 19 and 20. If the party finding three keys at tached to a chain, will leave them at the postoffice, he will be suitably rewarded. The Star Club will be entertained next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn, on 5th and Jefferson streets. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson joined the party of Pendleton people Tuesday evening, en route to the Midwinter Carnival at St. Paul. Manager Sebasky announces the us ual Saturday night dance for tomor row evening, at the opera house, with the usual good music. Harry Sayer has about 25 tons of alfalfa hay for sale at his Eagle Hol low ranch. For further information, call at the Press office. At the annual election of officers for the M. E. Aid Society, Mrs. Mary Schrimpf was elected president, and Mrs. S. F. Sharp, treasurer. Through courtesy of Congressman Sinnott the Press has a limited number of flower and garden seeds, for dis tribution among its readers. A Mogul and a Titan, Tractors of international fame, are on exhibition at Watts and Rogers', ready to dem onstrate when the soil is ready. For Sale. The Dr. Stone Piano, with Player attachment, and about 175 worth of records. Worth $800, will go at til 50. Apply at the Golden Rule Store. A. M. Gillis is down from Ritzville, Wash., on a business visit. He re ports the condition of Mrs. Gillis, who has been ill for many months, as about the same. for tomorrow evening, which will given for members and families. A great picture, "A Lass of the Lumberlands, "featuring Helen Holmes will be thrown on the screen at the Peoples Theatre, next Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith and son Leslie have returned from a visit with relatives at Helix, and will keep house at the W. R. Taylor home during their absence in St. Paul. Miss Sylvia Beathe, who was a pop ular saleslady in the Mosgrove Mer cantile Co.'s store for several years has left Seattle, and is employed in store in Washtucna, Wash . i Melville Johns left last week for h Siome in Vancouver, after a business visit here. He will go to Claremont, Calif., and will return to Athena March, to make his home here. Miss Lizzie McKenzie is in the city, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs D. H. Sanders. She has spent the past few months with her sisters Portland and near Goldendale, Wash. Manager Power, of the Golden Rule Store, returned from a business trip to Salt Lake Saturday. He reports that there are now 177 Golden Rule stores andthe chain extends as far east Michigan. Miss Fay Barnes, teacher in the Athena school, has been seriously ill this week with the grip and is confined to her. room at the D. Scott Fisher home. Dr. Newsom has been in at tendance upon her, Last week, A. L. Swaggart took a car load of hogs to Portland which topped the market at $10.60 per hundred pounds. The price is the best received at the North Portland yards for some time. fUjayes LcGrow, Indisposed keylor came over from Walla yesterday morning to see Fay who for some time has been Indisposed as the result of an attack of grippe. For Sale. Bull Tractor Demonstrat r, now stored in Kirk's Implement sheds, Athena. Has been run only a few days. Will sell for $735.00 if tak en immediately. K. W. Goodale Box 2(15, Pendleton, Oreg. Burke & Son have in stock a full line of parts for Ford cars, and have a new Ford car on exhibition at their garage, at the corner of Main and Sec ond streets. They are prepared to do all kinds of repair work on Ford cars. Charles Grant, who left Athena some time ago and went to Montana to seek a location, has returned to Umatilla county to reside. He has purchased the hotel at Helix, has taken posses sion of that hostelry and is whistling lor business. 1 Archie Mclntyre, prosperous and well known young farmer, has pur chased a half section of wheat land from Elmer Richmond, at the price of $125 per acre. This purchase places Archie in ownership of a large body of very choice land. A party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Emmel, Monday evening, when the Sunday school class cs of Miss Mattie Coppock and Mrs. Stanton were entertained. The party was the result of . a contest between the classes and was greatly enjoyed by the happy youngsters. I FIXIN' UP i Do your roofs leak? Arc your barns warmV Are your cattle and implements protected? You insure against possible lire, have you p ainted against CERTAIN DEPRECIATION? Have you thought of doing repair work "between seasons?" There in no BETWEEN SEASON. This is the REPAIR SEASON. There will be many days when the weather makes outside work disagreeable or even impossible. Do the INSIDE REPAIRS then. That shelf you promised the wife. The playroom in the attic made of Tum-A-Lum wallhoard we showed you this fall. Proper repairs add to the VALUE of your property as well as its convenience. List down the items and let us tell you how little the material will cost you. WE HAVE THE GOODS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO PLAY THE (?AME. "See Johnson About It." TUM ALUMBER - a buy-word for good building material all that is the very best in coal or wood Rugs, Rugs! See our window for the greatest val ues in rugs we have ever had. We have them in all sizes and at prices that can't be duplicated elsewhere "Kturukin" AxmintUr, Oxia, I: test patterns, - $31.50 "Cndatmr" Axminster, 8X11, I test patterns, - $21.00 "Panama" Tapestry, 11x12, lat est patterns, - - $11'. 50 "Pana'.nu" Tapestry, X -Slxl0 1-H latest patterns, ' - $14.76 "lli.ghspin" Tapestry, 0x13, lat 'set patlerns, $12.50 "Argyle" Wool, 9x12, small de signs, - - - $9.90 "Argyle" Wool, 8 1-3x10 1-6, in small designs, - - $8.20 Have a full line of the cheaper rugs new patterns, 9x12, $J.98-$7.90 Willow Grass Rugs, 9x12, - $7.90 Small rugs, all designs, tl.26-IS.98 Hath mats, colors, - .98 to $1.98 Tapestry Rugs, !lx72, $3.98-$!1.98 Couch Covers, - $1,49-11.08 Portieres. - - - $3.98 Window shades, - - .89-. '19 Shipments of Spring cTWerchandise arriving daily. Come in and see all the new things. See the new Ginghams and Percales. J. C. Pennev Co. Inc. J points before he was hurt in the first half. Coach Cox, of Walla Walla stated that he would be a credit to his first team. Worthington refereed both games. In the double header basket ball clash staged last Friday evening in the Milton gymnasium, the Athena teams lost to the Milton basket t erasers, the girls 38 to 16 and the boys, 47 to 9. Owing to the fact that some of the members of the teams did not play, the locals feel that they gave a good account of themselves in both games Jimmv Clark refereed the onrls' cramp If 1 .. I T' 1 L T 1 V ' nn . . . - - . " muuhhp ui uuiyn L,ouge, iio. ou, ; and Still refereed for the boys. A. F. & A. M., anticipate an interest- j Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. Nellie Taylor, ing special meeting tonight, when H. j Mrs. B. D. Tharp and Mr. Louis Rin R. Coleman, an eminent Mason, will . gel and daughter, were visitors to dif deliver a lecture to the lodge mem- I ferent bers. It is expected that a large num ber of Masons will be present. Reed Hill has just completed the construction of a new barn at the school house in District No. 118. This dis trict school is one of the most nrnirrefl- sive in the county. The new barnl will be used for stabling the horses pf the pupils, who ride to and from school. . Mr. and Mrs. James Sturgis visited in Athena Sunday night, driving on to Walla .Walla Monday, where on Tuesday evening they joined the Pen dleton boosters on the special car to the St. Paul Ice Carnival. They expect to go to Baltimore and New York be for returning. N. A. Miller, furniture dealer, is fitting up a big Michigan touring car to be used as a delivery truck. The body has been removed and in its place has been put a body devised after the design of a van. The truck will be used by Mr. Miller in place of his team for delivering furniture. Jock Coleman and Sandy Anderson left Wednesday for Canyon City, where they will take a prominent part in the program there in the celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Bob bie Burns, the Scotch poet. The pro gram is given under the auspices of a Grant county Scottish society. Harry Sayer was in town Wednes day from his ranch near Gibbon. He says the recent snowfall at his place on the Umatilla river measured about nine inches in depth.. As a rule, he says stock is doing well on the river ranches, although considerable feeding has been necessary. Mrs. Effie Parkins and son. of Pa louse City, Wash., were in the city luesday night, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Booher. Mrs. Par kins, who is a niece of Mr. Booher, was on her way to visit relatives at Lexington, Morrow county and will re turn here later for a more extended visit. Intelligence has been received in Athena announcing the sudden death of Donald McKinnon, at his home near Nanton, Alberta, last Saturday. Mr. McKinnon died at an advanced age, and before going to Alberta, was a res ident of this county for many years, residing with his family on a farm north of Athena. Next Sunday at the Christian church there will be two special messages by the pastor. In the morning: "Taking Stand; evening: "Conversion: What Is It?" Bible school 9:60, preaching 11 and 7:90. Special music by the choir in the morning and the male chorus in the 'evening. The pub lic cordially invited and welcome. Athena friends of Miss Lililan Mc Donald, of Spokane, have received an nouncement of her marriage to Mr. Asa Varnell Clark, which occurred Wednesday, January 24. The bride is the sister of Mrs. Byron N. Hawks, and visited her often during her resi dence in Athena. Miss McDonald has been teaching in the Spokane schools. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keen will be sorry to learn of their loss of an infant son, still-born to Mrs. Keen on Wednesday, after a sur gical operation. Mrs. Keen was taken to the hospital in Pendleton last Mon day, and is reported as doing as well as could be expected. The little one was brought to Athena yesterday, and nterment was made in the cemetery, Rev. Errett officiating. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor joined the Pendeton Round Up booster ear as passed through Athuna Tuesday eve- mg, and Jinks will of course be a prominent figure in the Round Up sec tion of the big Ice Carnival parade. They expect their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Clore, of Abingdon, 111., to meet them in St. Paul, where they will enjoy a visit together. The Leader reports that Frank Price, manager of the Weston Warehouse company, recently bought about 8700 bushels of wheat at Athena of Cass Cannon and 1100 bushels of Mrs. Greer of Weston at the fancy price of $1.60 bushel. A few days prior to this deal Jim Turner unloaded about 2000 bushels on Mr. Price at $1.63 which, so far as the Leader knows, is the highest figure ever realized for wheat by a Weston grower. past week Maebelle Duncan. Dorvan Phillips and Bertha Sebasky were out of school a few days this week because of illness. Leslie Smith, formerly of Gradv, ew Mexico, has registered as a Jun ior m the Athena High school. The school board has purchased i large cooking stove as an addition to the Domestic Science room. It was set up and used for the first time last Saturday night at the reception for the Walla Walla and Waitsburg basket ball teams. At the last meeting of the Literary Society, the greater part of the time was taken in the election of officers for the following semester. A short pro gram was rendered. The officers elect ed are as follows: Florence McLen nan president; Mamie Sheard, vice president; Helen Russell, secretary; Verne Dudley, treasurer; Frances Fehr, editor in chief ; Lloyd McPherrin, ser geant at arms. Installation of the officers will take place at the next reg ular meeting. Among the visitors at this meeting were Mrs. H. A. Post, Mrs. Tharp, Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. Tay lor and Mrs. J. O. Russell. School Notes, Tonight the Athena basket ball teams will play a double-header same against Hermiston, on the local floor. Little is known of the strength ot the isitors this year. Last year the Her miston boys' team challenged the Mil ton team for the championship of the ounty and lost, 11 to 12. A week from tonight the local teams ill meet the Walla Walla teams in a double header on the Walla Walla floor. Although the Walla Walla girls team has changed since last year, and is not considered as strong, an interesting game is expected. Last Saturdav evening the local bas ket ball teams were defeated, the aitsburg girls winning by a score of 33 to 7, and tho Walla Walla boys 46 33. Although the Athsna girls were outweighed and outclassed in team work, they held down their opponents the lust half. In the lst half the Waitsburg girls proved to be too fast for the locals, and by excellent basket hooting, won thv irame. In the nrsi half of the boys' game the Athen a boys were ahead, which proved that they were putting jp a good 6ght; but when Booher, the star of Athena's offense, was hurt the Walla Walla team trampled on the Athena boys. Booher caged 13 of the locals' 33 for Sale. Notice is hereby given that I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, at the A. B. McEwen ranch, 1 1 miles northwest of Athena, in Umatil la county, Oregon, at the hour of 2 o' clock p. m. on Monday, February 19, 1917, the following described estray animals, to-wit: One black gelding, white hind foot, white spot in forehead, branded ( ) on left shoulder, wt. about 1000 lbs, com ing five years old. One bay gelding, white spot in fore head, little white on hind foot, Indian brand on left shoulder, wt. about 900, coming 4 years old. R. B. McEwen. There Is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years it was sup posed to be Incurable. Doctors pre scribed local remedies, and by constant ly falling' to cure with local treatment, Iironounced It incurable. Catarrh Is a ocal disease, greatly Influenced by con stitutional conditions and therefore re quires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a consti tutional remedy, Is taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward Is offered for any case that Hall's Catarrh Cure falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by- Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Fills for constipation. CROUP & LASH Dentists In Athena Monday' Tuesday, Wednes day, other days of week in Walla Walla, 2nd and Main, over Third National Bank Dr. E. W. Croup - Dr. C. H. Lash g. V. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calls both night and day. Calls promutlv answered. Offlofi on Third Street, Athena Oregor n. H. HILL Expert Watch Repairing No Job too Difficult. Satis- faction Guaranteed. WESTON, OREGON D. Scott Fisher CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Residence and Shop, Adams and 4th Sts. Athena L. S. VINCENT . Successor to H. H. HILL Expert Watch Repairer En graver and Jeweler A NUMBER 8 hat may jLIl co vera mighty in tellect or it may cover a plain case of big head. They're the same yet different. They're both hats-on-heads. Don't judge by externals. Several kinds of tobacco come in tins. VELVET tobacco is put up in tins. But that doesn't make it like other kinds. The finest selected leaf from Kentucky's richest Burley fields is only the beginning of VELVET. Then a full two years' ageing in wooden hogsheads a matter of large storage and investment expense. Then a careful manufacturing method employing the widest experience of life -long tobacco men. What goes into the tin governs the pipe satisfaction that comes out of it. And we believe you will prefer VELVET to any other pipe tobacco at any price. 10c Tins 5c Metal-lined Bags One Pound Glass Humidors m Dr. J. C. Baddeley VETERINARY SURGEON LaBrasche Ranch Athena DR. G. S. NEWSUM. Physician and Surgeon. Office Corner 4th & Adams Sts. Peoples Theatre "Home of Good Pictures" SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BARRIERS OF SOCIETY Featuring Dorothy Davenport and Emory Johnson MARGARET GIBSON MONDAY ONLY In the Great Bostock 5-c4ct oAnimal Production "The Leopard's Bride" TUESDA i That Grand Picture ROBERT WARWICK in the Great Flood Scene THE DOLLAR MARK FRIDAY BRINGS Helen Holmes in the Chapter Play a Lass of LUMBERLANDS. the You will see pictured on the Screen tne operation of the great Lumbering industry of this country-its scenes are all laid in the land of the Far North. BURKE & SON GARAGE We are now prepared to do all kinds of repair work, so let us figure with you on that overhauling job. & All Work Guaranteed Now is the time to order that new car for Spring delivery, to be sure you get it. St Phone 82. Corner Main and 2nd Streets. THE PARKER BARBER SHOP A. J. Parker, Proprietor Shaving, Haircutting, Massaging, Shampooing. Bath Rooms In Connection, St. Nichols Motel Muck - - - Athena. Oreg.