A ! Arnold Koepkt has 'hnn pledged to vaw i!",B Willis UOlVMiiy m rress- i aragrapra V. (if 0. .vmmv-mmwmmwmI John W" "ve Sunday for Cal Alvin White is expected horns sJbn i Winter. from American Lake, Wash. Rev. Gleiaer spent part of the week in Dayton, on a business visit. A. M. Meldrura was in the citv from Spokane, thejnrat of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kinnear of Cj'ijj creek, wjre in the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. March of Weaton were shopping m Athena luesday afternoon? W. R. Proctor and family left ye; terday for Tacoma, where theyj wjfU reside. Mr. and Mr. Max Dudley have re turned from a short wedding trip to Portland. Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Wright of Walla Walla visited at the D. H. Mans field home Sunday. ' W. A. Saunders has purchased the Jack McPhail land near Helix, accord ing to the E. 0. Henry Keen went to Portland this , where he represented Pythian Lodge K. of P. at the grand lo ige Mrs. Chas. Henry was in Walla i Among the temporary exemptions re Walla yesterday, accompanying her 'ported by the district board ia the sister, Mrs. Hamp Booher to the hos- name of Grover Bowles, stockman of ttal. Montana. S & H Pure Food Grocery duality -duantity -Service PHONE 171 Good Table Catsup the bottle .20 Best Eastern Cornmeal 9 pound bag - - - ' .60 New Comb Honey each - .20 Peanut Butter in bulk the pound .25 S & H Coffee a 40c coffee for .35 Curve cut Macardhi 2 pounds .25 Horseradish Freshly grated bottle .30 Crockery In Connection Cjaaim. I'LL .H .'11 ijHZ,'. . i. .. JBTJ!f "" 1 ' 1 ' .1, ' 'i m -L , ., " ' r " ... , FBSS-WlHSKiP 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. BARRETT BUILDING, :: ATHENA, OREGON A numu tK Otis Tires Valvoline, Mono- Goodyear, Fire- I gram, Zerolene stone, and U. S. mmmmmmm mm Athena G-arage Repairing Agents for BUICK and MAXWELL CARS Parts and Accessories. Lathe Work a Specialty. .HlttUHMlM M ' 1 We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. READ & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon The Star Club will be entertained next Tuesday afternoon at the home of lire. W. P. Litllejohn. Tho ladici of the local Red Cross report the neat sum of ?55 from their pastry rale last Saturday. Good freah butter for sale at the Bern Banister dairy. Get in your or der for regular delivery. Adv. Miss Dora Bennett left the first of the week for Portland, where she will b: employed at dressmaking. Lawson Booher is reported getting along nicely after an operation on his knee, in the Pendleton hospital. Ever get tired buildipg fires? Cole's Original Air Tight Wood Stove holds the fire all night. Better look at one. Miss Verla Hayman, of Itingling, Mont., ia a gueat of her sister, Mrs. Austin Huffman, at her horn on Wild Horse creek. Cant. Richmond Pearson Hobson, of "Merrimac" fame, will lecture in Pendleton at the M. E. church Monday evening, Oct. 15, 1 Miss Jeanette Miller has recently received a handsome new Shoniger piano, the gift of her mother, of which is justly proud. A letter from Sam Starr, at Camp ene N. C. reports the boys all well happy except Ed. Sebasky who is still id the hospital. Floyd Payne and wife visited rel atives in Waitsburg Sunday. They left Tuesdsy for Portland, where Floyd has position as Dooxxeeper. Mrs. J. O. Russell enjoyed a visit from her brother, H. W. Torbet, assis tant cashier of the First National bank at Albany the past week, Miss Josephyne Clark returned this week from a visit to Seattle, where she attended the wedding of a friend the capacity of bridesmaid. Mrs. J. A. Luinsden left Wednesday for Enterprise, where she will visit, prior to her departure with Mr. Lums pen for a winter's sojourn in California. John Barnes has resigned as an em ploye in the Mill and will engage in farming east of Weston. He will move his family to the Anderson farm next week. For Sale. One half -section good raw wheat land in Hurse Heaven dis trict, seven miles from Kennewick. -J0 per acre; terms. A. F. Hammond, Enumclaw, Wash. Lloyd Ritchey of Cornelius, has ar rived and taken a position in the Par ker barber shop, in place of Jesse Myrick, who has again quit the barber business. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Chase was taken to the Pendle ton hospital last week, and is slowly recovering from her long illness. She is attended hy her mother. Henry Barrett brought his sheep in e mountain ranee on the Look- Glass and Tuesday morning passed through town taking them to his Pine Creek range north of town. Claud Cuomans and Llovd McPher- In. Athena Hiirh school bovs. left Sat urday morning for The Dalles, where than will be emnloved on the Coomans fruit ranch during the busy season. VHiTlph Haynie, son of Mr. Haynie of and Radtke's store, arrived Sunday from Monmouth, where ne nas oeen attending school, and will enter the Senior class of the Athena High school. k.-vj rnnrrete walks are beinir laid around the property of Robt Coppock on 1th and Adams streets, ana mrs. I illu Miller and E. L. Smith on Adams. The work is beiiig done by Mr. Keller. Wm, MeBrlde, J. A. Lumsden, Frank Berlin, and Wm. Winship bunday left in the McBride ear for a trip through Montana, with the purpose of investing in land if conditions are fav orable. t nnrH Blnmirren has the distinction nf heinir the first of the Weston soldier i,q tn mil fnr France. He Was on the ocean September 24 with the command to which he is attached. H. C. La Marsh, agent at the N. P. depot, went to Walla Walla Monday and joined Uattery A, field Ariniery, in time to entrain with the battalion leaving for Camp Greene, N. C, Tues day i.ighl. J. C. Walter recently purchased 800 acres belonging to the Hager estate, the land lying near Adams. The price was 17, B00 being fltis.au an acre. Oscar Piper sold to Wm. Piper, li0 acres for 5O0O. Mr. Wm fiholson is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mackay, in Walla Walla this week, while Mr. Gholson is at the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Taylor, .on Cjld Spring, doing car penter work. In resnonse to a telegram urging her immediate presence, Mrs. Davis PVrott left Saturday afternoon for Plattsmouth, Nebraska tD attend htr mother. No hopes are held for the re covery of the invalid. Mrs. N. A. Osborne and her two sons, Percy and Eugene, left Monday nvmiiw and will vieit a short time in Spokane before continuing on their journey, Mrs. Osborne to lowa ana tne boys to Missoula, Mont. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lytle of LaCross, Wash., visited relatives in Athena this week. The couple were recently married at Pomeroy, the bride, Miss Beasie Carder, being a niece of Mrs. Winship and Mrs. Haworth. Within !!0 or 10 davs the work of filling the 0. W. trestles crossing Pine and Dry Creeks near Weston win uave been completed by the contractors. A ,.,,,,ui,l.raLi. fnrce of men will after ward be employed in riprapping. Elmer Booher left Wednesday morn ing for Condon, near where he will lo cate on a farm. Mr. Booher took down his household goodB and equip ment by train, and Mrs. Booher will be accompanied by her father and sister, Wm. Russell and Miss Vorgie, going automobile. Tomorrow evening the ladies of the Catholic church will hold their annual ball in the Opera house. Joe Payant's oichestra will furnish the music and refreshments will be served. A pleas ant evening is assured all who attend. Misses Estella Smith and Myrtle Potts, left on Tuesday night's train to enter Spokane University, where they will take the regular college course. They were accompanied by A. Mac kenzie Meldrum, who is a prominent member of the faculty. Dr. Sharp went over to Walla Walla yesterday, where he assisted in two surgical operations, one on Mrs. Hamp Booher of Weston, for tumor, and the other on Jesse Smith of Athena for a growth on the throat. Both patients are in a favorable condition. Mrs. George Carmichael of Walla Walla was successfully operated upon i September aa at Kirksvilb, Mo., for the removal of a goitre with which she has long been troubled. She withstood the ordeal well and has since been pro gressing favorably toward recovery. Alex Kirk's handsome new bungalow on south 3rd street is nearing' comple tion and he is beginning the erection of another bungalow of smaller propor tion's, adjoining his own, which will be occupied by Mrs. Kirk's mother who will come here from Halsey to make her home. Mrs. Sarah McDougal, familiarly known as "Aunt Sarah" of the popular McDougal camp, is over from her home in Weston visiting her grandson, J. R. Barnes and other relatives. Mrs. Mc Dougal claims to be the "Mother of Weston" having been the first white settler of that burg with her family. The sum of HO.1137.51. the first fed eral inheritance tax to be paid in Uma tilla county under the new law, was recorded paid Monda in the office of the county recorder. It was paid by the estate of the late Ben F. Ogle, and is in addition to the state income tax of 120)11.14 already paid by the estate. A telegram received by Rev. Errett ahnounced the death of Mrs. Errett ,'s mother Mrs. Elizabeth Wiles at Platts mouth, Nebraska Wednesday mor.iing. Mrs. Errett arrived there Tujsday night. Deoetsed was 75 year o'd, and leaves a husband aged b7, and U chil dren to m ur i her loss. Saturday Oct. '-0 Pendleton will have the first inter-collegiate foo'.ball game when 0. A C. and Idaho Uni versity elevens will meet on the Rurd Up grounds for their annual game. Last year O. A.C. won the game af-0. This is one of the big games on both teams' schedule for the Northwest Conference championship and will doubtless draw a record crowd. Mrs. Minnie DePeatt will go to Pen dleton Sunday, where she will keep house for her sister, Mrs. Genevieve Harris and her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd W. Smitn, both of whom are employ ed in the Golden Rule store, in that city. Mrs. Smith's husband is enlist ed in the engineers' corps of the Army and is now in active service, and she will spend the time of his absence here with her mother. On Saturday evening, October 20, a Red Cross benefit Jitney dance will be given at the Athena opera house with Mrs. Sabina Morton as hostess. With this initial benefit proving suc cessful a series of Jitney dances will be given throughout the winter for the benefit of the local Red Cross tuxiliary. The young eople of neigh boring towns and vicinities will be in vited and a generous patronage from Athena citizens is expected. Thirty cans of trout fry secured through the good offices of George Ton kin, deputy game and fish wardei, were released Wednesday in Pine creek and will be ready for the angler a year from next spring, reports the Weston Leader. Half of them were turned loose below town by Marvin Trice and Happy Graham, and the other half above town, in the vicinity of Rocky Ford, by Dr. Watts and Jim Price. The young trout are about an inch long and comprise the rainbow and brook varieties. A "Hallowe'en Frolic" ia announced to be given by the young ladies of Athena and vicinity, assisted by number of the young matrons of the city. Tbia promises to be an event of interest, the proceeds of which will be given to the Red Cross. A pre gram of music and vaudeville features will be presented after which refresh ments will be served, the menu being appropriate to the Hallowe'en season. The exact date has not been set, bjt the "Frolic" will be held in the High school auditorium. TEAS and SPICES from the ORIENT "THE CUP THAT CHEERS'-that's what tea drinkers call our teas. There are many grades and flavors on the market, but our choice selections of the most desirable qualities will surely please. SHILLING'S TEA per pa:kage 35c & 70c DEPENDABLE " " " 30c & 60c UPTON'S " ' " 40c & 75c JAPAN, GUNPOWDFR, and SP1DERLEG TEAS in bulk 60c per pound Our Spices are pure and wholesome of full strength and flavor. They help to make Baking Day "goodies" more tempting. FIX & RADTKE Main St. THE "MONEY-BACK STORE" Athena OVERLANDS FOURS 5-PASSENGER Big Four, 5 Passenger, $1,010 Athena; Little Four, 5-Passenger, $840 Athena; Easy riding and easy controlled. VACUUM CUP TIRES Guaranteed for 6000 Miles Valvoline Motor Oils. Best brands of Cup and Axle Grease. oTWitchell and Studebaker Wagons We also have a complete line of Oils constantly on hand C. A. Barrett & Co 23 Years Ago LKrom the Press 01 Oct. 5 1894 by Mrs. Sarah Bowles and Hiss Laura Bowles of Walla Walla, spent the week end at the LeGrow home in this city. Uiaa Dnnla. ha. ruSlimorl t fUrhlTW H f- I ter a couple of years rest, and is again a member of the Walla Walla High I school faculty. Born, in Athena, October 8, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. Lake f iance, a girl. I ne Athena band will give a concert r.ext Friday evenii g. Oct. 19th, assist ed by the Choral Union. Born Oct. lath, to the wife of Thos. P. Page, a bey. They say T. P. is still i hi to be up. W. T. Gilman. John Gillis, T. D. Taylcr and E. S. Watermao want down to Portland on the excursion this week. Dr. Dell informs us of the serious illness of G. D. Foster. Mr. Foster was taken ill with typhoid fever last week and at this writing is in a very precarious condition. East Oregonian: James Lieuallen and W. B. Adcook left for Portland Monday night. They go to make a sale of 40,000 bushels of wheat direct to the exporters from the raisers in Umatilla county. "Look out mama, I'm going to shoot you now," and as Mrs. Humphrey, of Pendleton, quickly turned her head the crack of a target rifle rang out, and the bullet passed through the mother's right cheek, making a Berious wounu. Three refrigerator cars were loaded with potatoes in this city during the week for shipment esst. 1. A. bic Ginnis, of Paw Paw, III., shipped two 1 of the cars, one of which was loaded ! by A. J. Goodbrod and the others by various parties in this vicinity. The other ear was shipped by F. D. 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