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Dr. and Mra. Watts were in the city
Wednesday, from Weston.
N. A. Miller has been at Shepherd
Springs for several weeks.
Mrs. Omar Stephens and little eon
spent the week-end at Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hassell spent
Sunday with relatives in Pendleton.
Jeannette Miller has been out of
school this week on account of sick
ness. C. M. Cook, who was in quarantine
because of scarlet fever, has recovered.
Mrs. Merle Roby of Eugene, is vic
iting relatives and friends in this
vicinity.
Mrs. George Gross and daughter,
Mrs. Lulu Read, visited in Pendleton
Tuesday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Adkins
at their tnme east of Weston February
94, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Graham and
son, Neil, of Weston, visited in Ath
ena Sunday.
Bert Cartano and daughter, Enid,
have both been reported on the sick
list this week.
E. L. Holt has two brood sows, to
farrow the middle of March, which
he offers for sale.
Our orders for McCormicks are ac
cepted to date. Try getting yours in.
Watts & Rogers. Adv.
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IT IS OUR BUSINESS TO KNOW THE BEST GRADES OF GRO
CERIES AND WE DO KNOW. WE HAVE STUDIED THE WANTS OF
THE PEOPLE IN THI3 COMMUNIYY AND WE HAVE THE GROC
ERIES AND THINGS YOU NEED RIGHT IN OUR STORE, SO WE
CAN FILL YOUR ORDER RIGHT AND PROMPTLY.
S. & H. Pure Food Grocery
Quality Quantity-Service.
Phone 171
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Athena Garage
Repairing
Parts and Accessories, Lathe Work a Specialty.
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Alabasiine, Paint Brushes, Turpen
tine, Oils raw and boiled, Window
Glass, all sizes, oola at
Ware's Pharmacy
Athena, Oregon
For Sale Three brood sows, which
will farrow in a few days. J. M.
Swaggart, Weston, Oregon. tt
and Mrs. E. A. Dudley arrived
Sunday morning from several
weeks" stay at Long Beach Calif.
Our Two-spool sewing machine and
the Electric Washer are hard to keep
in stock. Watts oi Rogers. Adv.
Lost. A bac'i from a leather cov
ered couch. Reward. Notify Pendleton
Hide and Junk Co, Pendleton, Ore.
Having sold our Dray and Fuel bus
iness, all outstanding accounts must
be settled by Match 10, 1918.
Burke & Son.
sons, for the service of their country,
Walter, Weldon and John being now
in France, having sailed on December
13th. The boys were all together
when last heard from.
Mrs. Robert Price, formerly well
known in Athena, is reported to be
seriously ill at a hospital in Tacoma,
Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Cnarles Kirk went
down to their former home at Halsey,
this week being called by the death of
a relative.
Frank Beale was in town for a short
while. Thursday. Mr. Beale is en
gaged in wheat raising
a large scale.
A baby daughter was born to Mr.
and Mra. Blaine Hansell, at their home1
near Lewiston, Idaho, on Wednesday
Feb. a0. 1918.
Mrs. D. H. Mansfield visited her
sister, Mrs. Robt. Wright, in Walla
Walla Wednesday. Mrs. Wright is
in very ill health.
Miss Jessica McEwen has returned
from Leaburg and Eugene, and will
again make her home withTter sister,
Mrs. H. A. Barrett.
Mrs. M. W. Hansell and three chil
dren left yesterday morning fo. a few
days visitSlrJith the Geo. Hansell fam
ily near Lewiston, Idaho.
The March meeting of the C. W.
B. M. will be held next Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. W.
Pinkerton, on 4th street.
E. L. Holt has returned from Seat
tle, where he was successfully operat
ed on for appendicitis. Mr. Holt and
family will leave Athena in the near
future.
Mrs. W. R. Taylor left Wednesday
night for a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Delbert Clore, at Abingdon, 111-
nois, and other relatives in the middle
west.
Burke & Sin have received notifica
tion of the raise in price of ford cars
as follows: Chassis, 1400; Runabout,
485; Touring car, 1450, f. o. b. fac
tory.
MsT D. H. Sanders received word
(Sffhe critical illness of her father,
N. Arapaugh, it Corvillis, and left
Wednesday morning to be present at
his oedside.
J. R. Mathers who recently resigned
his position at the O.-W. depot, as sta
tion agent, has moved his family into
the residence of Mrs. Lola Payne, on
Fifth street.
Work Wanted. A man with family
would like work on a wheat or stock
ranch or would rent a ranch. Exper
ienced in dry wheat farming.
H. C. Fmster, Big Eddy, Oregon.
Miss Ellen Pambrun. who underwent
an operation last week in Walla Walla
for appendicitis, is expected home, and
it is hoped will soon resume her studies
in the high school.
D. Errett, pastor of the Christian
church, will attend a convention of
thj National Layman's Mission Move
ment to be held in Walla Walla the
first of next week.
Mrs. Drury, vho has been visiting
at the home of her brother, A. B.
Steele, in this city the past winter,
will depart tomorrow for her home at
Kearney, Nebraska.
At a recital given in Pendleton early
in the week by the pupils of Mrs. Nel
lie Whiting McDcnald, Miss Lucinda
Dell was one of the performers,
piano solo.
s. Anna Mclntyre and daughter,
arrived home last evening
from LofrgJJeach, Calif. Miss Lsura
remained in-Portland for a short visit
with Miss Delia Danner.
Mrs. S. C. Stanton returned last
week from Prinevilie, where she spent
the winter with her son, Will. Mrs.
Stanton visited at the L. J. Fosb and
James Mitchell home at Terrebonne,
while absent.
Manager G. C. Taylor, of the Golden
Rule Store, who attended the conven
tion of the chain of Golden Rule stores
at Salt Lake last month, has returned
to Athena with Mrs. Taylor, with
whom he visited relatives in Missouri.
J Mr. and Mrs. T. P. DeFreece, who
pave visited during the past winter
(withTheir daughter, Mrs. Sims Dick
enson at Phoenix, Arizona and at Long
Beach, Cal., have arrived home. Mrs.
DeFreece is much improved in health.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Banks, writing
from Ness Perce, Idaho, say they have
had a very mild winter on the prairie.
Their baby boy, born Oct 5th, has been
christened James Edward, and has al
ready purchased two War Savings
Stomps.
Hehty Barrett returned from Port
land Sunday evening, after spending
several days with his father. Senator
Barrett, whose health ia in a critical
condition.ydt is understood transfus
ion of bloodNffill be resorted to, in
hopes of giving the patient further
vitality.
In another column of the Press today
may be found the announcement of the
Perfection Aabestoa Protected Tire, a
tire that is creating considerable in
terest among motorists of Umatilla
county, notwithstanding the fact that
it has but recently been intrcduced in
this section.
Mrs. Davis Errett, Mrs. George Ger-
king and Mrs. Ralph Cannon leftTuejs
day for Portland, to represent the
local Christian Bible school, at the
School of Methods for Bible schools
and a nationt I convention of the Chris
tian Woman's Board of Missions, be
ing held there.
Rev. W. E., Armfield, of Spokane,
was in the city Wednesday night, and
met many old friends while here. Mr.
Armfield will deliver a lecture in Ath
ena April 21, and will also preach in
the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs.
Armfield have given their three eldest
Lawson Booher arrived home Friday
evening, from Portland, and is cir
culating around among his friends, who
are congratulating him upon his fine
recovery from his recent operation.
Lawson is enthusiastic in praise of his
physician, Dr Aikin, of Portland, and
his treatment at the Good Samr ritan
Hospital. He is rapidly gaining in
weight. He reports a most pleas
ant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Koontz, after leaving the hospital.
For Sale. 480 acres of No 1 wheat
land, 150 in crop, 100 ready for spring
sowing; Hi head of horses; all farming
implements; good drill and well. Will
sell for 35 an acre if taken before
the rest of the crop is put in. Owing
to ill health I wish to make a change.
Terms, one-half cash, balance to suit
buyer a6 per cent. No objections to
4 per cent Liberty Bonds for first pay
ment No trades. Write or see own-
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C The authorities vill hereafter strict
M lySiiforce the curfew ordinance. The
M nrtinn in made necessarv because of
the disturbances that have been trans
piring on the streets, especially in the
residence districts. These disturbanc
es have been brought to the attention
of the officials and to effectually stop
the nightly gatherings and i rjvent
further annoyance to residents, all
children must be in their homes here
after at 8 o'clock p. m.. or lake the
consequences. The bell will not ling
as formerly, and this notice is to be
ta'en as a warning by parents and
guardians of children.
School Notes.
The school report for
month is as follow?:
No pupils end last mo.
New pupils registered,
Total reg. for year
No. pupils end of mo.
No. days taught,
Total days attendance
mce s,
the sixth
Feb. 1918.
159
8
193
167
20
318.5
65.5
18
117
160.5
157.3
97.4
49
Total days absence
No. times tardy
No. neither absent or tardy
Average No. belonging
Average daily attendance
Percent of attendance
No. parents visiting
J. O. Russell, Supt.
Honor Roll.
Pupils neither absent or tardy for
the month:
1st grade. Chester Duggar, Areta
Kirk, Harold Kirk, Ralph Keller. El
ver Miller. Oral Michener, Emma Rin
gel, Thelma Schrimpf, Lois Smith,
Elizabeth Steele, Harold Piersol, Fay
Berlin.
3nd Grade. Lawrence Audette, Ma
ry Berlin. Raymond Burke, Marjorie
Booher, Beatrice Dickenson, Dorothy
Geissel, Helen Hansell, Edna Morri
son, Edgar Monison, George Pambrun.
Athena Russell, Jennamae Read, Kath
leen Radtke, Doris Schubert.
Srd Grade. Melvin Coppock, Roy
DeFreece. Edna DeFreece, Lois John
son, Lorena Schubert, Lucille Smith
Dale Stephens, Clifford Wood, Ronald
Lieuallen, Fred Radtke.
4 Ih Grade. Gale Anderson Chester
Cox, William Coppock, Leonard Geis
sel, Alice Huffman, Vera Miller, Wil
ford Miller, Itol Schubert, Arthur Tay
lor, Robert Carstens.
6th Grade. Dorothy Berlin, Lewis
Berlin, Wilber Harden, Walthia Hay
nie, Ruth Hutt, Blanche Johnson,
Donald Johnson, Marvel McAlexander,
Neil Mclntyre, Eppa Piersol, Velton
Read, James Elmo Russell, Ruth Wil
liams, Russel Carden, Frank Carstens,
Gale Piersol, Ellen Henry.
6th Grade. Beula BaniBter, Richard
Cartano, Myrtle Downing, Verva Gros
Tom Kirk, Dorothy Koepke, Alton
Lieuallen, Bessie Martin, Vernon Mil
ler, Elsa Ringel, Lorain Shick, Iven
Cox.
7th Grade. Lee Banister. Edra Car
tano, Lucinda Dell, Eddie Evans, Con
rad Miller, Sadie Pambrun, Delbert
Read. Mildred Stanton, Frank Wil
liams, Audra Winship, Eva Carstens.
8th Grade. Dollie Banister, Helen
Downing, Herman Geissel, Lloyd Ma
thers, Jeanette Miller, Willard Parker,
Dorvan Phillips, Pearl Ramsey, Sav
annah Smith, Lela Schubert, Nyna
Tharp.
High School, Seniors. Henry Koep
ke, Connie Baker.
Juniors. Hazel Sanders, Frances
Williams.
Sophomores Carrie DeFreece, Mar
tha Hutt, Areta Littleiohn, Hazel
McFarland, Velma Schubert, Vernita
Watts. Fav Zerba.
Freshmen. Elizabeth "Mathers,
Frank Miller, Edna Pinkerton, Beth
een Read, Mildred Winship, George
Lieuallen.
The time is near at hand for carrying
out the preliminary plans for our an
nual Oratorical ind Declamatory Con
test. Superintendent J. O. Russell,
who is secretary-treasurer of the School
masters' Club of Umatilla county, l;
now communicating with the other su
perintendents and principals of this
county in order to promote a greater
interest. The first or sectional con
teat will be beld on the fomth Friday
in April. The schools of Umatilla
county are divided into five sections,
namely: Pendleton; East Umatilla
which comprises the schools of Milton
Freewater. Weston, Athena and vicin
itv: West Umatilla. Pilot Rock and
Helix.
At the midweek Assembly last Wed
nesday afternoon, the ; Senior class
gave their current event talks, which
were verv iinteresting to all. This
ends the series of class current events
The literary program which was giv
en last Friday was very interesting
Many visitors were present and they
are cordially invited to come again
this afternoon to hear the following
program: Song, "Over There, ' by
society; A Poem, Martha Hutt; Piano
duet, Annabill McLeod and Evalyn
Hurd; Stunt. Harry Martin, George
Lieuallen; Spectator, Ralph Haynie,
Editor in Chief; St. Patrick's Day and
Irish Wit, Mr ShatTner; Musical se
lection, H. S. Orchestra; Song, "Where
Do We Go From Here?" society.
Plans are being made for a Junior
Red Cross drive for the purpose of es
tablishing a Junior Red Cross auxiliary
In the Athena Public school. When a
sum of 29 cents for each pupil has been
remitted to the Chapter School fund,
the school may become an auxiliary
and every pupil of the school a Junior
member of the Red Cross.
The High sohool now sipports a
string orcnestra, consisting of the
following members: Henry Koepke,
mandolin; Helen Russell and Connie
Baker, ukuleles; Mr. Russell, violin,
and K athren Froome, piano.
Foot Comfort
For Workingmen
Don't sacrifice style and comfort to get
work Shoes with good wearing quality
We carry a complete line of heavy shoes for men
who work out doors men who need wet-proof
shoes, sturdily built to withstand hard wear.
Mens 6 in Tops, $2.25 to $6
Mens High Tops $3.50 to $9
Our work Clothes cannot be surpass
ed in strength and durability
Mens Heavy Waist Overalls, pure Indigo Blue $1.25
Me us Heavy Bib Overalls, pure Indigo Blue 1.7ft
Mens Heavy Bib Overalls, American Dye 1.50
Mens Heavy Moleskin Pants, $3; Mens Heavy Khaki Pants,
$2; Mens Heavy Corduroy Pants, $3.50
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Main Street THE "MONEY-BACK STORE" Athena, Ore
Ether and Matter.
The densest matter Is more or less
porous. Gold will absorb mercury as a
lump of sugar will absorb water, show.
Ing there must be Interstices or Inter
atomic spaces In It, but the ether shows
no such property. If a drop of water
could be magnified sufficiently one
would ultimately sec the different at
oms of hydroeeu and oxygen that con.
stltute the molecules of wafer. If a
small volume of ether could be thus
magnified the Indications are that the
ultimate pnrt would look like the first,
which Is the same as saying that It to
not made up of discrete particles, but
fills space completely. This Is expressed
by saying that the ether to a continu
ous medium and Incomparable with
matter. Exchange.
Hit Threat.
"He must be a perfect savage."
"Why?"
"He threatens his wife with till club
when thoy have a difference."
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.AUTO PARTS.
PENDLETON AUTO WRECKING
COMPANY
Phone 476 Pendleton. Oregon, can sup
ply you with parts for most any make of
caR in this vicinity at reasonable prices
UIIUIMilllHIW
MONUMENTS!
Get our prices be
fore placing your
order.
Berry Monument Works
F. M. Barry, Prop.
12th and Main Street near O. W. R. C&
N. Passenger Depot Walla Walla Wash.
N. A. MILLER Local Representative.
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ANO FITTED-LENSES DUPLICATED.
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
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Phons 609
8. F. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calib both nisht and day.
Call, promptly answered, uffloe on Third
atrxt, Athena Oregor
H, ZOPHAR THARP
PHYSICIAN AND SUBtiBON
WKSTON, OREOON
Trained Nurse in attendance. Office and
R:sidence, Watts Building. Phone 83
Dr. J. C. Baddeley
VETERINARY SURGEON
LaBrasche Runch
Athena
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
D. Scott Fisher
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
Residence and Shop, Adams and 4th Sti
Athena
Asbestos
Protected Tires
Guaranteed for $7,500 Miles
of satisfactory service, but the motorist may reasonably
expect from 9,000 to 14,000 miles of use. These tires,
through the use of Woven Asbestos, are positively
THREAD SEPARATION AND BLISTERS
It is the only tire manufactured with the Asbestos fea
tures. It is the only tire manufactured with an iron-clad
guarantee for service.
BUY THEM IN ATHENA
But if you can't get them, write to
The Asbestos Protected Tire Co.
222 E. Court St., Pendleton
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C. A. Barrett
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Incorporated
Why wait for Spring to consider
your needs in our line? Note what
we have to offer and ask us about
any article which interests you.
Bulk Grain
Wagon-tanks and loaders. Oliver
gang plows, spring tooth harrows,
double discs, handy wagons, gaso
line engines, power washing ma
chines, hog fencing, gates, Pennsyl
vania and Revere casings Overland
cars, oils and greases. Have you
heard of the
DEERING COMBINE?
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