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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1917)
ess Paragraphs WWW WWVVWWVWWV Fcr Alftlfo tiy jhcr.e Lee Jchntou 26F8, Born Sept. 20. to Mr. and Mrs. John Haworth, a boy. Born To Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith September 17, 1H17, a daughter. See what V'atts & Rogers think of that frail wife of yours. Read big ad. Adv. Miss Dutton of Spokane is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mis. Omar Stephens. Ralph Hansell ard Max Hopper spent Sunday it their parental homes in Pendleton. Miss Areta Barrett is having a new concrete walk at her residence on upper ifth Btreet. Warm weather has prevailed for the week and frost necessarily seems to be a long way cff. Luke Read is at Walla Walla, where he is taking treatment for throat atrlic tion, from a specialist. Ed Burden of Molsnn, Wash., is visiting his sister Mrs. James Huggins and taking in the Round Up. Maurice Whalen will leave Monday for Wallace, Idaho, after visiting fo several days with Raymond Geisell. Wanted A competent woman or girl to assist in general ho jse work. Mrs. J. C. Baddeley. Mrs. Fay Loveridge is here from) her home near Durkee, Baker county, visiting her mother, Mrs. White. The Kentucky and Van Brunt drills are particularly good for seeding 2.00 j wl eU. Watts and Rogers. Adv. Fred Gross shipped a carload of stock and farm imnlemanta WArlneainu tr, his new ranch near Midvale, Idaho. Lawrence Sharp, who is firing a switch engine at Pendleton, spent Monday with his parents in Athena. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Willaby, after spending several weeks in Athena have returned to their home in Portland. Miss Elsie Walker who is attending High school at Walla Walla spent the week end with her parents in Gerking flat. V"heat hauling ia now on in full Jblast and thousands of sacks of grain are being deilvered to the warehouses dilly. 'a r. and Mrs. Georga Hansel! have taken up their residence at, Lewiston, Idaho, where they recently purchased a large farm. Mr. Daniel J. Kenny of Portland will be entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Willaby, during the Round Up. Mrs. Anna MacKey, sister of Mrs. A. L. Swaggart has returned to her home in Spokane after visiting her for several weeks. . William Harper, who recently died at his home near Colfax, Wash., left a legacy of (50 to each of the Swaggart brothers, his nephews. Emit Jars and Extras We still have plenty" of Economy" and Sell-Sealing cTWason Jars in all sizes. Also Jelly Glasses, extra Jar Lids and Rubbers EVERYTHING THE MARKETS 4FFORD IN FRESH ERUITS AND VEGETABLES Cauliflower Lettuce Green Peppers Tomatoes Cabbage Green Beans Beets Onions Squash Celery Crabapples Grapes Peaches Pears Plums Apples Bananas Lemons Oranges Meloi.s S & H Pare Food Grocery QUALITY QUANTITY SER VICE PHONE 171 FOSS-WINSHIP HARDWARE COMPANY FISHING TACKLE We are displaying an assortment of Flies, Hooks, Spoons, Lines, Leaders, Rods, Reels, etc. We are carrying a splendid line this year. BARRE1T BUILDING, :: ATHEtfA, OREGON 9f no better oli TFHTTE J. F. Hickey Motor Car Co.,Tatonu "no oil on the American market that is better for White cars than Zerolene." FORD Francis Motor Car Exchange, Portland "it has proven an economical and clHcient oil." STUTZ Utham, Davii V Co., San Franc "we are always glad to recommend your product. OVERLAND-Chico Overland Co., Chko, CaJ "as a large user of Zerolene I take pleasure in recom mending it to Overland owners." ZEROLENE The Standard Oil for Motor Cars Endorsed by Leading Car Distributors because the record of their service department show that Zerolene, correctly refined from California aiphab baaa crude, give perfect lubrication tea wear, more power, least carbon deposit. Dealer eruywhrre and at our lernce tatioaa. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CaOtanla) Mr. and Mrs. John Fosa and two children are up from Moro, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fobs, during Round Up week. Recent rains have assured the moun tain ranches of a good potato crop, but the moisture came too late to be of much benefit to the grain crops. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betts are pre paring to move onto the ranch recently purchased from J. H. Lumsden. The boys will attend school in Athena. Corn, where planted in this vicinity this season is maturing into a bumper crop. Thirty five to 40 bushels per acre of splendid corn will be the yield. Wes Zerba loaded out a car load of stock and farm implements Wednesday for Higham, Montana, near which place he will farm on an extensive scale. Mrs. M. M. Johns and son Flint left Monday morning for Vancouver, Wash., by auto. Flint will enter on his second year's work at the Oregon University. John Froome is beginning construc tion of a bungalow on his property ad jacent to Otha Reeder's new home. Contractor Gore will do the construc tion work. Fishermen are awaiting cloudy wea ther to induce them to go to the Uma tilla for trout. Rainbows bite freely this season of the year with favorable weather conditions. Jinks Taylor and Marion Hansell assisted this week in making arrange ments for the Round Up exhibition at Pendleton. They went down Tuesday morning to remain duting the week. The Star Club meeting to have been held next Tuesday afternoon has been postponed until the second Tuesday in October, when the meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. B. B. Rich ards. The Spokane Merchants Association, 'JS strong, visited Athena business men for a short time this morning. They were on their annual tour and will spend the balance of the day at the Pendleton Round Up. A. D. Frost, one of the owners of the chain of Golden Rule Stores is up from Portland, making Pendleton his headquarters during the week. Wednesday he visited with Manager Powers of the Athena store. Homer Watts has received a 3B cal ibre high power Newton rifle. The gun is the cynosure of Athena sports men's eyes and is the hardest shooting rifle made. Homer will try it out on big game in Montana this fall. The Pendleton Round Up started off with a'bing yesterday morning and has been binging ever since. Streams of autos have been passing through Athena yesterday and today, but to morrow there Will be still more. Mrs. I. W. Ware arrived home Sat urday night from an extended visit at the home of her parents at Medford. She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Joreph Williams of Maiden, Wash. the party driving through by auto; bile. On display in th Foss-Winshiplstore window are to be seen some large beet specimens which came from "Ish" Watts famous garden north of town. Other vegetable! raised in the garden are of proportional quality and quan tity. Jos. N. Scott has finished hauling bis wheat to market, and is storing his machinery in his new machine shed, which is one of the largest in the county. He worked out the plans ac cording to his own ideas, with the re sult he has one affording convenience. J vlenry Barrett made a successful trip I .AvTth auto to his sheep range in'the I Salmon River section, this week. He drove over some bad mountain roadi and trails, and never had a puncture until returning, he was near Weston, when a llowout occured. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Booher died Wednesday night, after 'a short illness due to summer complaint. In the night the father went for the doctor and the little one passed away during his absence. Fun eral services were held this morning at the home. ! Ernie Boynton, of Co., E Idaho In fantry, snent-r-Tirjrtion of a six day absence with friends In thena. Company E will leave Boise arracks in a few days for Charlotte, orth Carolina. This company has a large contingent of Umatilla county boys in its ranks. The finest fruit and vegetables seen in many a year are being consumed in canning purposes in Athena this sea son. Milton fruit is being delivered here in splendid quality at reasonable prices, and orchards on the adjacent farms are loaded in many instances with a good grade of fruit. S. S. Piersol waa in Athena yester day from the Dr. Kern ranch at Irri gon, where he has been employed dur ing the past few months. He has raised an exceptionally fine crop of vegetables this season. His melons and potatoes took first premium at the Morrow county fair last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McBride will leave the ranch they recently sold to Frank Curl, and have takep rooms in Athera temporarily. They will spend a month in Portland, after which tbey will go to California to remain for the winter. Next summer they intend to go on an outing trip in the mountains. Saturday was the 84th birthday an niverary of Edward Lefave, well known pioneer farmer southeast of Athena. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Louis Bergevin a splen did dinner waa given in honor of the occasion. During the day many friends dropped in to express their well wishes to the venerable old gentleman. Miss May Murphy, District Home Demonstration agent of the Extension Department of the Oregon Agricultur al College, waa in Athena Friday after noon, interesting Athena women in a course of study on dietetics and food values, planning meals, and Household economics in general. By the first of October, Miss Murphy hopes to estab lish a course of study in the various women's societies of the city, whereby an hour may bt spent in an afternoon in study along these lines. Further notice concerning the study classes will I appear soufc. Mrs. H. A. Barrett and little daugh ter Lucille, have returned home after spending several weeks at the A. L. McEwen home near Eugene. Mrs. Barrett was accompanied home by her father, A. L. McEwen and sister, Jes sica. Mr. McEwen has greatly improv ed in haalth since residing in the Will amette Valley. John Duffy brought a 25 pound water melon to the Press force for sampling. It was sampled all right and found to be of delicious flavor. It was raised in Mr, Duffy's farm garden without aid of irrigation. He has potatoes planted on the 24th day of June which are maturing into a splendid crop both in quantity and quality. G. H. Cochran, father of Harold Cochran, well known in Athena, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts this week. Mr. Coch ran is a resident of Medford,' where he is engaged in the real estate and in surance business. He is a lover of rod and rifle and has a fund of real camp stories to relate. The local Red Cross Chapter has on hand a large amount of sewing in pre paration for the University of Oregon base hospital, end will meet Wednes day and Friday afternoons hereafter. A plea is made for alt the help possible, that can be given through the next six weeks in assisting in sewing these ar ticles, and a good sewing machine would be a welcome donation for that length of tim School Notes. Last Monday night a reception was held in the hall of the school house in honor of the new students and teach ers. The hall waa beautifully decor ated in the High school colors, blue and white; rugs covered the floor and Indian rpbes were arranged on the chairs and benches. The evening was spent in playing games and several musical selections were given. Punch and wafers were served throughout the evening, Annabel McLeod and Kath ren Frooms presiding at ths punch bowl. Three new pupil- registered in the High school this week making a total of thirty-seven. They are: Catherine Doberty, Junes Martin anl Harry Martin. Flore"ce and Marguerite McLennan, who have attended the Athena High school the past two years registered as seniors in the Pendleton H.g.i school this week. The first regular meeting of the Lit erary Society this year was held last Friday in the High school auditorium. The society was organized last year so that the only business was the elec tion of officers for" this year. They are: Henry Koepk", president; Lloyd McPherrin, vice pretUent; Carrie De Freece Secietry; John Saunders, Treasurer; Vernita Watta, Editor-in-chief, and Lawson BooKer, Sergeant- at-arma. 11 classes have had their meetinga d elected officers for this year about alweek sooner than last. The officers for the senior class are: Henry Koep ke president; Pauline Myrick, vice president; Kathren Froome, secretary treaaurcr. Junior.': Francis Williams president; aophomore, John Saunders, president; Enid Cartano, vice presi dent; Qarrie DeFreece, secretary; Vel va Mansfield, treasurer; freshman, Mildred Winship, president; Elizabeth Mathers, vice president; Edna Pinker ton, secretary; B.thene Reed, treasur er. Mi.nu il Training in the Athena High school bigan la it week irde: the di rection of Mr. Schaffner. ihe pupils of the last year class began on the work they had left at the close of school. New pupils are being in structed in the proper way to handle and take care of Ih 1 shop tools. A very advantageous and interesting year is looked forward to by the pu pils of ihis cless. Several new pupils have registered in the giada rooms this week making a total of 128 in the grades at the pre sent time. This total may be increas ed as there are several children who have not yet entered school. The new pupils ;re Alwyn Russell, Edgar and Elna Morrison in the 2nd grade, Mur iel Carden in the fourth grade, Rus sel Carden in the fifth grade, lone Carden and Lee Banister in the 7th grade, Kohler Betts and) Dorwin Phil lips in the 8th grade. V Tbe girls started basket ball prac tice Thursday night under the direc tion of Mi s Grant. Several of last years team turned out and also aome new ones. Although the first team has not yet been selected, it will un doubtedly be the strongest Athena has had for aomj time. Mrs. Soden and Mrs. Morrison visit ed Miss Sherman's room this week. Jury Strikes For $4 Not to be outdone by tbi striking ship carpenters, the Circuit Court jury made a mild demand for higher w ages when the court opened at Astoria. The jurors, however, did not ask for a closed shop, shorter hours, trained nurses or walking delegates. They said that the cost of living had increas ed so much that the members who liv ed outside of the city were unable to pay their expenses, while attending court, at the wage of $3 a day now al lowed. The jurors asked if the pay could not be increased to (4. Judge Eakin informed them that the Legislature fixes the compensation for jurors and that the court has no juris diction in the matter. Ke said also that they could serve at the old wage or walk out, and the latter would be contempt of court, which would mean a t .'rm in the County Jail. Mares Will Be Bought That the move of J. Frank Adams of Klamath, to induce Government offi cials to purchase mares as well as geld inga for war purposes is getting re sults and may prove of great benefit to the stockmen of Oregon and other parts of the country is evidenced by a tele gram just received by the Klamath Commercial Club, which has also been active in the matter, from Senator Mc Nary. Tbe Senator has taken the matter up with the Quartermaster General at Washington and declares that the Government will purchase both mares and geldings at the rate of 15 per cent of mifii ioi Ss $it iisf. at fceltlitftf. FIX & RADTKc Main St. THE "MONEY-BACK STORE" Athena Honest Grroceries Honest Quality and Prices genuine courtesy and real service. We are not trying to get rich quick or take advantage of temporary conditions to boost prices. 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