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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1918)
I Press Paragraphs j Weigh your loach on Burke & Son's Gcales. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Minnick, March t'O, ;918, a son. For Sale. A few tons of bound wheat hay. Phone 28FM. Carl Christian, Adams painter and barber, was in town Tuesday. Clarence Ross was over from his ranch on the Umatilla Tuesday. Lost. A child's gold wrist bracelet. Finder will please leave at this office. Mrs. Homer I. Watts is visiting Mrs. W. B. Hinkle, at her home in Echo. Miss Grant, teacher in the Athena schools, spent the week end at Walla Walla. Economy Chief cream separator for sale. Good as new. Louie Ringel. Adv. A new awning has been placed in front of the J. C. Penney Co. store this week. Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson were in town Tuesday from their Umatilla river stock ranch. The Cartano damage suit against the city is set for hearing in the circuit court for Monday. For Rent House, garden spot and chicken parks a 1-2 miles north of Athena. Phone 2SF14. Cakes made to order at, the Athena Bakery. Prices reasonable aid satis faction guaranteed. Adv. J. D. Matheson, of Portland, was a guest at the homes of Mrs Ethel Scott and Mrs. Jackson Nelson, over Sun day. Mrs. B. B. Richards arrived home Monday from a visit with her sister, Mrs Otis Whiteman, at La Cross, sh. Tn t.hp Athpnn Rrnnph T.lhravO be longs the honor of subscribing for the first bond here in the Third Liberty Loan. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hassell left Tuesday on a two weeks visit to friends and relatives in Seattle and Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. D. Errett came up from Portland this morning. Mrs. Errett is much improved in health. Mrs. M. L. Watts will entertain the Star Club next Tuesday, April 9tb, at her home on 4th and Jefferson streets. .atnena leu into tne new time sys tem with apparent ease. Getting up : n hour earlier is "all they are to it." Miss Elvina Bergevin, who has a position in an abstract office at Sunny aide, Wash., was here on a visit over the week end. Mrs. Robert Wright, of Walla Wal la, who is convalescent after a serious illness, is visiting her sister, Mrs.. D. H. Mansfield in this city. MXwiss Zola Keen, who is attjnding wnnman college, cawe over irym Walla Walla and spent the Easter va cation wtth her parents in Athena. The local lodge Knight of Pythias, last night entertained a large number of visiting Knights from Pendleton, Adams, Weston, Milton and Walla Walla. A splendid line of fishing tackle, flies etc., is being displayed at the Foss-Winsbip Hardware store. You can always secure your fishing and hunting license there. With Councilman Zerba acting as uffeur, Henry Barrett s tractor has been in service this week grading the streets. Marshal Dobson was at the wheel of the road scraper. The Weston Leader says: J. P. Lieuallen, Ralph Tucker and the Mc Bride boys have been busy of late moving their cattle from winter pas ture to the mountain range. Mr. and Mrs. William Rice enter tained at their home last evening, when four tables were surrounded with guests, five hundred being played. De licious refreshments were served dui ing the evening Clean Up. The Mayor has given natice that all streets and alleys must be cleaned of rubbish at once. Alleys especially are in need of cleaning at this season of the year, and this must be done without delay. Among other Athena friends, the Press this week received announce ment of the wedding of Herbert. Ma nasse, which occured in San Francis co, March 21. The bride is Miss Car olyn Aronson, daughter of Mrs. Rose iwjmson of that city. WE GIVE FULL VYEN3HT IN PURE, rdSH GROCERIES WE HAVE A FEW METHODS IN BUSINESS THAT WE WANT lOU TO KNOW ABOUT. THEY ARE: 1. WE HANDLE ONLY HIGH GRADE GROCERIES. 2. WE SELL AT A FAIR, HONEST PRICE. 3. WE GIVE FULL WEIGHT. 4. WE GIVE YOU A SQUARE DEAL. 5. WE STAND BEHIND OUR GOODS AND MAKE GOOD. DON'T YOU WANT TO TRADE WITH THIS KIND OF A STORE? jflfGI VE US YOUR GROCERY ORDER T DY S. L H. Pure Food Grocery . QualityQuantity Service. Phone 171 The Season for Kodaks Comes With Spring We Carry a Complete Stock of all Grades and Sizes and a full Line of Supplies Ware's Pharmacy Hereafter cows will not be permit tee!, to be tied in the streets or alleys to graze. Owners will govern them selves accordingly, or they will have an opportunity to talk the matter over wit i Marshal Dobson. Miss Lillie Ware returned Satur day from Wisconsin, where three weeks ago she attended the funeral of her mother. She visited her brother here Sunday, and Monday resumed her position in the Pendleton bank, where she is employed. A letter from Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Wilmot, at Long Beach, says they will remain there for some weeks longer, as they are not desirous of breaking trails. They have spent an enjoyable winter, though i'Uncle Lew" confesses to missing his annual winter hunt. The supply of garden seeds sent the Press by the Department of Agricul ture, for distribution is about exhaust ed. For the most part, calls for the seeds were made by schoo' children, and if all who received them will plant them, there will be many a war garden in Athena and vicinity this summer. Mrs. Jennie Kemp, speaking in the interest of Food Conservation, in tensely interested a small audience at the school house last Friday evening. Unfortunately the city lights were out of commission, and a large number of people, believing the lecture would not be given, missed this genuinely educa tional treat. Mr. and Mrs. Byron N. Hawks have located at Bonners Ferry. Idaho, where Mr. Hawks has purchased a drug store. The town is located on the Kootenai river, a stream famous for its gamy fish. And we'll wager that Byron will get his share of them. "01' man now; Wack-wack wat time, wattime; noon noon?" Eh, eh-h-h? vl Snow to the depth or four inches Tjfll Monday forenoon. The ground r remained covered mjly for a short time though freezing weather prevailed for a few nights. Plowing and seeding operations were resumed Wednesday afternoon. The freeze caused no ma terial damage, unless it was to the earlier varieties of fruit. I. W. Ware, accompanied by Mrs. Ware, left Wednesday for Rochester, Minn., being taken as far as Pendleton by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell. Mr. Ware goes to consult the Mayo Bro thers concerning his physical condition. During his absence Wm. McBride, for mer Athena druggist, will assist Glen Estes at Ware's Pharmacy. PINE SIGNAL BATTALION IS READY FOR FRANCE School Notes, The third number of the lyceum course, Laurant, the Man of Many Mysteries, will be held in the High school auditorium on Friday. April the lUth. Laurant carries with him his own stage settings and has three assis tants: Miss Helen Barnard, cornet soloist; a pianist and a stage assistant. They will assist him in the magic scenes, besides having their own per formances. Those not attending this number will miss one of the best mag ic performan:es ever witnessed in Ath ena. The Honor Cup has been won by Miss Sherman's room this last month, hav ing made 177 1-2 points. The other divisions received 147, 153 1-2, 167 1-2 and 155 1-2 points respectively. The total sums of the points made by the different rooms for the past two months shows the 7th and 8tb grade room is in the lead and has a fair chance to win the cup permanently, which they are striving hard to do. A number of the pupils of Miss 'jtawsun's room received a quarter liol- luay rnaay ior oeing nenner uuueiR or tardy during the past month and re ceiving an averagj of 90 per cent in their studieB. They are: Belle An derson, Lois Johnson, Ray and Edna DeFreece, Melvin Coppock and Ches ter Cox. A general assembly was called Fri day morning, at which time the stu dents listened to an interesting lecture on Food Conservation by Mrs. Jennie Kemp. Mrs. Kemp lectured at the auditorium Friday evening. Friday afternoon the High school students canvassed the town to find out the number of Thrift and War Savings Stamps bought. This was done at the request of Mr. Gleiser, who is campaign chairman of this district. Arcta Littlejohn, who was out of school a fart of last week with mea sles, returned to school Monday. Hazel McFarland has been out of school the prst week with measles. Velma Schubert has been absent from school on account of illness. Glenn McAlexander, a member of the of the Sophomore class, has left school and is now driving a delivery wagon. THEODORE 8. UU& FLOOR MILL MAN, DEAD Theodore B. Wilcox, milling com missioner for the eighth federal grain district and president of the Portland Flouring Mills company, died Sunday afternoon after an illness of two weeks. Death was due to acute intestinal trouble, which manifested itself during his recent visit to New York, where he was summoned cn federal business. Upon his return home he was immedi ately placed under medical care but sank rapidly. It was his devotion to his duties us milling commissioner that contributed to his final illness, it is believed, for Mr. Wilcox insisted upon making the trip to New York to meet with the milling division of the Gram corpor ation, although he was ill at the time and should have remained under con stant medical care. Oregon boys in the Signal Battalion of the U. S. Marine Corps are now in an eastern port ready to sail for over there, and a brush with the kaiser. This Battalion was formed from ex pert signalmen who had actually sig naled under fire at Vera Cruz, Hayti and Santo'Doiuingo and recruits from the training stations at Mare Island, Cal , and Paris Island, S. C. The non commissioned officers are all veterans having been under fire in numerous battles and skirmishes over the world. Eleven of the commissioned officers are men who have been promoted from the ranks. The enlisted personnel rep resents graduates from over twenty leading colleges and Universities. More interesting than the diversity of colleges are the diversity of trades, businesses and professions enumerat ed, there being farmers, miners, drug gists, students of medicine, civil eng ineers, electricians, lumbermen, iron workers, and all 1 through the entire gamut of American industries. The battalion is divided into three divisions of signal work, Visual, consisting of wigwag, semaphores, heliograph and search light and blinking. The other branches are telephony and radio, or wireless. These men not only have regular drills in signaling daily but they also have schools in scientific and applied electricity. They are also possessors of several coops of carrier pigeons under the care of expert pigeoners. The birds will be used in the trans porting of messages to and from the trenches. The Marine Corps is calling for 20,000 more young men who are desirous of entering this picked branch of service as artillery, infantry, sig nalmen, etc. All men between the ages of 8 and; i!6 are eligible, includ ing registered and married men. Call or write to Marine Recruiting Offices, Panama Bldg., Portland, Ore. Will Deliver Address. President W. J. Kerr of the Oregon Agrlcultrual College will 'deliver a series of addresses in the Northwest on the food supply and labor situation as it exists in the country at large and Oregon in particular. He will deliver two addresses in Umatilla county, one in Pendleton in Happy Canyon pavil lion on the afternoon of April Uth, and one in Milton on the evening of the 9th. W. U. Glee Club Coming. Athena will receive a treat when the Willamette University Glee Club appears in concert here, Friday, April 26th. Last year the Club made a great hit, responding to many encores and after two and a-half hours of en tertainment, the only fault found was that the concert was too short. This year in connection with the ticket sales will be offered a most valuable and patriotic prize to the school room sell ing the largest number of tickets, in addition to a libera) cash commission to each one, who engages in the sale. There are twenty in the troupe, requir ing an 185 guarantee for special con certs. Press reprols from the points visited this year pronounce the concert the best, of any glee club that has ap peared in their'respective towns. Seats should be reserved at an early date. Local Red Cross Election. The monthly business meeting of the local auxiliary, Red Cross, was held Wednesday afternoon, and a few gar ments on hand were finished and sent in to the head Chapter at Pendleton. These consisted of 15 pajama shirts and 13 tea towels. A vote of thanks was extended Mrs. Sanford Stone for yam fund of $00, realized at the La Mar basket social; and to Mrs. Ware, for the proceeds of a silver tea, A proposition from Mr. Ware was re ceived, to donate the first day's sales from his 3oda fountain, to the Red Cross, which was accepted. The first year ending next week, election of officers for the local aux iliary will be held at the meeting next Wednesday, when all members are urged to be present. Left for Camp Lewis. Virgil Willaby and Carl M. Cook of Athena were two of the contingent of ten young men from Umatilla county who left Tuesday night for Camp Lew is to enter the National army. The ten were under the leadership of Ru doloh Proebstel, of Weston, who was formerly in Troop D but was discharg ed for disability. Carl M. Cook of Athena was assistant leader. The oth ers are: Leslie A. Mayberry, Virgil E. Willaby, Gust Frasolas, Harry Miller, James E. McCready, Carl B. Rehberg, Marion Rhinehart, and Carl August Anderson. To make up the fourteen, Ernest C. Kupers will report from Hillsboro, James Willard Boldman from Gary, Ind., Albert West from Albany, and Ira Wilson Day from Hopiins. N. C. Packers Pay Penalty. The Federal license of the New Or leans branch Morris & Co was ordered revoked by the Food Administration for a period of seven days, beginning April 8. The branch was found guilty of charging excess profits on corn pro ducts, and its license will be restored only upon proof that proper refunds ha ve been made. 23 Years Ago, L?rom the Press oi Apnl5. I8&S Have Your Spring Suit Tailored To Measure The rJWan who Wears Tailor-cTWade clothes, moulded and fitted by a jour neyman tailor, is always in a class by himself. His clothes fit all the way around not in spots. They fit in the back and under the arms, and the hang is not 'pressed in." The fit that made-to-measnre suits have when they leave the shop stays with them all through the life of the garment. The new spring fabrics and styles are now in. Call and see what we can offer you. No obligation to buy. We can make you a suit to order as low as $17.50 Athena Department Store really worth his weight in wheat, he wouldn't bring much over ninety cents. At i :30 Monday afternoon a heavv wind storm struck this city. It came so suddenly that people had scarcely time to seek shelter before the "storm was upon them. Windmills, fences and chimneys were an easy prey for the forceful elements. The front of the building occupied by C. A. Barrett company as a warehouse, was found lying in the street; the top of the southwest corner of the Masonic brick for a depth of about 2 feet and 10 feet in length was tumbled over on the roof. At Adams the belfry of the school house is missing. On Thursday occurred the semi annual inspection of Co. B, O. N. G., at their armory in Weston. Col. Geo. T. Thompson, commanding Hrd regi ment, was present, accompanied by his adjutant, H. H. Reddle. It is said that the boys, a number of whom re side in this city, take great interest in the work and are anxious to become a crack company. Company B has re ceived a shipment of supplies consist ing of campaign hats, leggings, can teens and hr.versacks, and is now well equipped. The city hall has a kink in it, caused by the wind storm Monday. Several parties in Athena are seri iously contemplating forming a club and pure basing bicycles. It's great sport and machines are cheap. Weston Leader: J. A. Baddeley lately completed a race track at the Hartman farm below town. Mr. Bad deley ownB a if. .on colt which he in tends to train for the turf. C. W. Depuy, known throughout Eastern Oregon as "Squire- Dupuy," died Saturday morning al the home of his daughter in LaGrande. There are several Eastern cattle buyers moving through the country, securing a bunch there and a bunch there, but the prices they offer are not very encouraging. A Bannock Indian was at the depot in Pendleton the other night preparing to return to Fort Hall reserve, Idaho. His one expression which he kept re peating was: "Bannock Indians no money, Umatilla Indians lota of mo ney." If you were to say now a days that "a man is as good as wheat," it would t poor comrjliment, for if he were ll!!iiillll!IIi!IIIIIIIll!!iHIII!IIIIIIB .AUTO PARTS. PENDLETON AUTOWRECKIN G COMPANY Phone 476 Pendleton, Oregon, can sup ply you with parts for most any make of caR in thia vicinity- at reasonable prices lillllillllilililffllllilllUBBBIilliiailllBHi; MONUMENTS! Get our prices be fore placing your order. Grain Bins lllllilllliilllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllll The Farmers Union Grain Agency of Pendleton have secured the Agency for the Hodson - Feenaughty Galvanized Iron Grain Bins. These Bins are made from genuine open hearth iron, "the iron that will not rust." We have secured a good price on the Bins. Ask about it before you buy. We have all information rel ative to shipping weight, etc. Ask for Stubbs. Famers Union Grain Agency, Pendleton. IMIIIIMMI IMIMIMUMItlMIMMMIIlin 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. EYKTIHEO, CLASSES GROUND AN0FITIE0- LEHSES DUPLICATED. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.- PENDL110N.0RE. ' Pi I ON c 609. S. V. Snari, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calii, both night and day. Calls promptly ansvered. office on 1 hlnl etmtt. Athena Orecor H, ZOPHAR THARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON WESTON, OREGON Trained Nurse in attendance. Office and Residence, Watts Building. Phone 83 Dr. J. C. Baddeley VETERINARY SURGEON LaBrasche Ranch Athena CROUP & LASH Dentists In Athena Monday Tuesday, Wednes day, other daya 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 Sts Athena FARMERS: Do you want those grain bins? If not, other dealers want them. Tell us at once if you expect to use them. How about 3 12 in. wagon gears? Let us sell you one. C. A. Barrett &Co. Incorporated HHHIMM MMIHMimMMMUM