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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1918)
I I Press Paragraphs Mountain potatoes wanted. Phone 532, Athena. Charles Russell is driving a new Oakland car. Mayor Banister was over from Wes ton Tuesday. Athena stores will remain closed all day on July 4th. Freewater has called off its Fojrth of July celebration. D. H, Mansfield spent part of the week at Walla Walla. Mrs. George Gerking and daughters spent Sunday in Milton. Miss Areta Barrett is in Po.tland, visiting friends for a few days. The Economy Cash Grocery is in the market for Mountain potatoes. Since the shower came Sunday, the weather has been much cooler. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Morrison of Adams were in the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dudley and son Vern spent Sundav at the Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mclntyre and family spent the week end at Bingham. Mrs. Ross Maloney was in the city Wednesday from her home near Wes ton. Mountain strawberries have made their appearance in the Athena mar ket. Gardens and lawns have begun to show the effects of lack of water irri gating. Rev. and Mrs. Gleiser returned Sat urday from a visit with relatives at Dayton, Wash. Lawrence Tharp and Claude Coomans have gone to Portland, where they will probably secure employment in the shipbuilding yards. Sign up for your War Savings Stamps when the committeemen call upon you today. Mrs. F. J. Jackson and children are visiting at Lewiston, Idaho, making the trip via Ford. Mrs. Henry Wood is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alf. John son in Walla Walla. Notice. All persons knowing them selves indebted to Dell Bros,, rail and settle account at once. Adv. For sale. Four mules and a brood mare. Have a good milch cow to trade for a work mule. Phone 25FI5. Ad. Mrs. W. R. Taylor and Mrs. D. H. Mansfield chaperoned a party of young ladies to Bingham Springs today. Mrs. J. C. Martin and daughter Gertrude will leave soon for a month's visit with relatives at The Dalles. Misses Vera Engleman and Eliza beth Lynssay of lone, are visiting Misses Estelle and Savannah Smith. Letters from Si i Barnes, in France, state that he has been promoted to a sergeancy in Co. E, 116th Engineers. M. L. Watts spent the week end with his wife and daughter in Port land, returning home Monday morning. Mrs. C. T. Smith and two daughters spent Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marion Jack in Pen dleton. For sale. A hard oak buffet, in con dition nearly new. Will sell at a rea sonable price. Mrs. D. Scott Fisher, Athena. S. L. Spencer went down to Pendleton Tuesday and saw the Umatilla county boys leave for Camp Lewis to join the colors. Miss Lucille Taylor and Miss Eloise Bergevin will ride in the Stampede ex hibition at Missoula, Montana on July 3, 4, and 5. Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards of Heppner are in the city, visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs, R. A. Thompson. HAVE COOL THINGS HOT DAYS. KEEP COOL, THIS ISN'T A MATTER OF WHAT YOU WEAR SO MUCH AS IT IS WHAT YOU EAT. WE HAVE THE LIGHT GROCERIES FOR HOT WEATHER AND THE LIGHT DRINKS TO MAKE YOU COOL. BUY A SUPRLY FROM US AND YOU AND EVERYONE IN YOUR HOME CAN "KEEP COOL." S-GIVE U YOUR GROCERY ORDER TOD VY Bevo, a triumph in soft drinks, the bottle - ... 15c Church's Grap Juice, - - - - - pint 25c, quart. 45c Church's Pure Apple Cider, bottles .... 10c and 20c Ghurch's Ginger Ale, bottles ..... 10c and anc Loganberry Juice, bottles 30c and CO SPECIALS Oatmeal, Glycerine, Rose and Elrier Flower Toilet Soaps, 4 bars 25c Ryzon Baking Powder, pound cans A fine Cook Book free with each can. 85: Macaroni Spaghetti, Vermicelli and Noodles, the package 10c Ripe Olives, extra good quailty can This Store Closed All Day July 4th. Buy all the Thrift Stamps you can. S. & H. Pure Food Grocery QualityQuantity Service. 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ZEROLENE fills these requirements perfectly, becaueeitit correctly re. fined from eelected Cai-tofnieetphmlt-baeetrudtn Mrs. H. A. Barrett and children have gone to Portland for a short visit with Mrs. Barrett's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McEwen. Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn and daughter, AreU, returned Sunday evening from Pendleton, after visiting several days with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Whitettan and ' Mrs. Allison Aiere in the city Sunday from LaCross, Wash., visiting at the ; H. H. Hill and Richards homes. I Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McEwen and little sons and Misses Velva Mansfield and Lucille Taylor spent Sunday at the Springs. i Ralph McEwen and W. R. Taylor ra(t yesterday morning by automobile for Missoula, Montana, where they will remain until after the Stampede. Don't forget the lawn social, tomor row afternoon ana evening, ai me home of Mrs. Ralph Hassell, McEwen residence. Honor Guard Benefit. Mrs. John Stanton spent a couple of days this week visiting relatives in Pendleton, and her daughter Mildred visited with Mrs. Morton, in the coun tory. John Pierce was in town Tuesday and reports that in the mountains in the" vicinity of the head of Wild Horse creek, huckleberries are beginning to ripen. Mrs. D. B. Banister is reported as improving very satisfactorily in health and it is hoped will soon be entirely recovered from her serious case of blood poisoning. Mrs. E. J. Pinkerton has returned from a visit with her son, Walter Ely, at Seattle. She is accompanied by her mother who visited at Hcho, dur ing her absence. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lieuallen who for some years have been residents of Walla Walla, have repurchased their former residence in Adams and will re turn there to reside. William M. Russell and George M. Baister, eighteen-year-old boys of Athena, who enlisted as apprentice seamen in the navy, leit luesaay morning for Portland. Miss Marguerite McLennan, former Athena High school girl, now residing n Walla Walla, has matriculated with St. Marys hospital in that city for a course in nurse training. An inmate of the State Ho3pital at Pendleton escaped yesterday and was taken here by Marshal Dohson and held until the hospital authorities came after him last evening. Dr. A. B. Stone has given up farm ing near Thornton, Wash., and with two other physicians, has charge of a large hospital, at The Dalles, so it is reported. Little Elizabeth Steele has com pletely recovered from a critical ill- nss, following scarlet fever, and her nurse, Miss Salton, will return to Col lege Place in a few days. J. G. Bryan of Helix was in town Tuesday evening and paid his dues to the Athena Press for another year. Jim is engaged in the transfer bus iness in' the town up the flat. Mrs. Donald McKinnon and daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Leroe, are down from Alberta, visiting friends in this vicin ity. Mrs. Leroe is at present a guest of Mrs. M. L. Akers in Pendleton. Alfied Pambrun lost a valuable Rus sian stag hound last week ,vhen on a hot day it engaged in a chase after a coyote. The dog became overheated and died as the result of the chase. Water Supt.'s Announcement: Be ginning Saturday evening, June 2i). at 7:540 at the tip of the bell, patrons may irrigate lawns for half an hour, until further notice. W. E. Dobson. Watt Bros, have purchased i new Harris combine which was unloaded at the O.-W. station this week. They will use their caterpillar tractor to pull the machine in the harvest field. W. J. Carsten, who has opened a clothes cleaning and tressing shop in the Worthington building, ways he finds plenty of work to do and in con nection with shoe repairing, is kept busy. Quite a number of Athena people, in addition to the Girls' Honor Guard, went to Pendleton Tuesday morning to bid adieu to the Umatilla county sul diers before they entrained for Camp Lewis. SJack Read has again engaged in the mtlt market business in Athena, hav ing p"Btchaaed the interest of Jesse Myrick'in the Athena Market. The firm name will hereafter be Read & Logsden. Lee Drake, advertising manager of the East Oregonian and Major of the Umatilla county guard, is ill at his home In Pendleton with smallpox. The disease is also prevalent at Rieth in mild form, The Knitting Club will meet next Friday afternoon, July 5, at the Red Cross room in the school building. All members are requested to come, and visitors will be welcomed and new members gladly received. Master Wayne Swaggart hts qual ified for membership in the boys' hog- raising class and will contest for the state prize. He will exhibit his hog at the Oregon State Fair this fall in competition with other boy hog-raisers of the state. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hodges leave tomcrrow morning for a few days visit with relatives at North Yakima. Two i of Mrs. Hodges' brothers. Master man by name, are leaving soon to en ter army service, and another is home on furlough. Five brothers are now in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Walker of Tacoma visited at the home of Mrs. C. A. Barrett the past week. Mr. and Mis. Walker, the latter a sister of Mrs. Barrett, were en route home from a visit to the Eastern states. Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Worthington and son Emery were in town from Pendleton Monday evening. Emery leaves with his contingent of five to morrow, for San- Francisco, to enter special army service in mechanics. The Chas. McLean home on Hunt avenue has undergone a complete ren ovation with paint and paper, and the family will soon move in and occupy it. Mr. McLean is at present taking treat ments in a Walla Walla institution. An eleven-pound son was born June 18, 1918, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Put man, at Vancouver, Wash, where Mr. Putnian is employed in the ship yards. The couple formerly resided in Athena, being popular with" the younger set. MJ quarantine has been lifted in Athena, and the last family to be afflicted with scarlet fever, that of Frank Berlin, has been liberated . The disease has been thoroughly stamped out of the city, after a serious aeige. L. R, McEwen was la town Wednes day from his ranch northwest of town. He expects to begin harvesting his wheat crop about July 10. North of his place in the basin district grain will be ready .to harvest before that date. Members of the local Red Cross re sponded generously with their aid Wednesday afternoon at the work rooms, and all work on hand was cleaned up. A new consignment will bo receeiveJ from headquarters for next week. Miss Eglantine Moussu of Pendleton, sister of Mrs. T. D, Taylor, is believed to be en route to France. Miss Mous su is the only Oregon girl In the con tingent of (SO who are to enter active service in the telephone branch of the signal corps, U. S. A. Game Warden Tonkin has preferred charges against Homer I. Watts of this city and George Piper of Helix, alleging that they had in their posses sion fish under legal size, Watts de nies the charge and will appear for hearing in the Justice court at Milton. John Pierce will open his dance plat form at Cayuse Juno 39. Dances given every night hereafter, everybody is in vited to attend. Plenty of fine camp ing grounds for those wishing to camp. Good music, good management, plenty of fun for everybody at Cayuse, Adv, Notice. All who are Indebted to Logsden & Myi'ick of the Athena Mar ket, are expected to settle their ac counts not later than the evening of July 1st. This is imperative for the reason that Mr. Myricik leaves for armv service on July sth. Immediate attention to this request is desired. George R. Gerking has returned from a visit at the home of his pa rens at Madras, having been called there on the receipt of news that his fat ler, J. N, B.1' Gerking, lal suffered a paralytic stroke. One side was slightly affected, and the patient was improved when Mr. Gerking left him. With more than thirty business and residence blocks destroyed by fire that cut a great wedge-shaped swath through the center of the town Tuesday, the most destructive blaze in the history of Cle Eluin, Wash,, caused a financial loss estimated at f 1,500,00 , and ren dered homeless pore than 1500 per sons. Persons should not start grass fires unless they are sure that they will be able to keep the fire under control. Wednesday forenoon a fire started in the north part of town near where Max Kidder resides and a call for help had to be sent down town, for assist ance in putting the flames out. Dam age was narrowly averted. A carload of 5S.O00 pounds of flour which had been returned to Umatilla county dealers was shipped to the or der of the government from Pendleton Tuesday and there yet remains half a carload more. Speaking of the re turned flour, the East Oregonian says the most liberal response in returning flour comes from Athena and vicinity. Angus and John Gillis spent Satur day and Sunday in Athena coming down from their homes near Washtuc na, Wash., bv autotno ile. This was the first visit John hid made for sever al years, and he was pleased to renew many acquaintances here. He now has a family of five children and has laid aside the saw and hammer for the plow. S. A. Barnes and daughters were i l the cit Tuesday evening, from Weston. Mr. Barnes has established a camp at McDougal Camp in the Blue Mountains and goes up each eve ning, Mrs. Barnes being up there. His brother, L. W. Barnes of Chelan, Wash., who has been in Portland in a hospital, is at the camp, convalescing from a protracted illness. Mrs. Mary Shick is enjoying a visit from her son, Archie, from Bremerton. Mrs. Shick already has three sons in the service, Rav. who is in the navy and wrote lust from Honolulu; Willie, who is on the ship Shawmut, at Bos ton, and John, Co. L, (5U Infantry, now at the Presidio, San Francisco. It is expected that Archie, whose wife died recentlv at Bremerton, will join the coloro in the near future. Rev. D. E. Baker returned Tuesday frcm Seattle, where he attended the Northwest Bible conference and visited his children who are living near Seat tle. Monday he spent with his son, Roy, who has lucrative employment in Portland, and will soon send for his wife to join him. Rev. Baker reports wonderful activity in all war indus tries on the coast, women filling many positions in the cities made vacant I y the men war woikera, Groce rics We cater to the most par ticular people in town, the people who know good groceries when they see them and are insistent on having the best. The business we do is so large that our stocks are being constantly replenished Large juicy Lemons per doz 50c BluitiU per bottle 10c Sweet Potato per can 20c Laundry Soap per bar 5c Pork and Beans SPECIAL per can 10c Cove Oysters per can 15c Cocoa per can 25c Stone Jars, per gallon 30c Headquarters for Fruit Jars and all of their trimmings Do your share; buy War Savings Stamps every" week THIS STORE CLOSED JULY 4TH Phone 152 Athena Department Store Accompanying a picture of Pr. Os borne mounted on horseback, the fol lowing item appears in Sunday's Port land Oregonian: Lieutenant E. B. Osborne,, formerly assistant state vet erinarian of Oregon, was the repre sentative of the Army at the recent convention of veterinary surgeons of Oregon, Washington and Idaho held in Portland. Lieutenant Osborne is in the Veterinarian Corps and is sta tioned at Camp Lewis, although he is expecting to see service abroad. Under date of Jun! ?.0, Allie Bell writes interestingly from the Presidio, San Francisco, to friends here. He states that the Athena boys are in quarantine again, a man in their com pany having spinal meningitis. All are well excepting Forrest Zerba, who had had a minor operation. The boys have submitted to the second vac cination, but owing to his constitu tional toughness, nothing "takes" on Allie. His address w. D. A. B Co. L, tlilrd Infantry, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. B. D. Tharp and Mrs Ralph Hassell attended the meeting in Pen dleton Saturday afternoon of the Wo men's Division of the Patriotic Service League of Umatilla county, organized for co-ordim'tion of all branches of women's war work. All members of the executive committee were chosen from Pendleton so that all could be called for meeting at any time. With in ten days the women of each district must nominate district chairmen. Those districts failing to do so will he supplied by appointments by the exec utive committee. GUV CR05K,SDeciai Agent, StunUurd Oil Co Mbstu. J. M. Swaggart came over from his Baker county stock ranch Wednesday. He says the Powder River valley is having very dry weather, no rain hav ing fallen there since the month of March, the result being that tbere will be a great shortage of hay this winter in that part of the state. J. F. Zerba returned from Camp Lewis Monday evening where he went ; worse. Upon reaching Watsonville last week to see his son Ray, who is in Calif., their son, Dr. F. H. Koepkc, the base hospital at that training camp j advised her to enter a sanitarium, and with pnenmonla. The boy's condition 1 Mrs. Koepke is now at Thornycroft was critical for several days, but he is Hospital, Glendale, Calif. Mr. Koep- now much btttsr and will recover It ke and Dorothy will remain lor a time Clothes Pressing & Gleaning Parlor Suits Made to Order We guarantee our work. Prices reasonable. Bring your clothing to us for cleaning and pressing. We make a specialty of cleaning and pressing Ladies' wearing apparel. W. J. CARSTEN, Worthington Build'g MONUMENTS! Get our prices be fore placing your order. THE UNIVERSAL CAR ISji If you think you will be in need of a Ford Roust- III III aabout Car for this season, we would advise you to !!; !j place your order at once, as the production has been ij j decreased Almncf fifl nnp nonf: I III wheih means we will n t be able to supply the de- l mand when harvest time comes. s We have the "Henney" Truck bodies in stock to If II put on for your order at once. Burke & Son Garage I 111 Phone 82, Athena, Oregon j- f Berry Monument "orks P, M. Barry, Prop. 12th and Main Street near 0. W. R. &. N. PaSBenger Depot Walla Walla Wash. i. A. Mli.l.KK Local Representative VTYFUEMfD GUMS GROUND ANDFITliD- LENSES DUPLICATED. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING - PENDLETON.ORE. Phonl 609 Foley's Kidney Cure Twken kidneys and hlmri."r rirrhi Friends here have received news that Mrs. Henry Koepke's health will not permit of the Eastern trip, as planned, at this time Mrs. Koepke was afflicted with asthma prior to leaving home, and became alarmingly a OAs. )B the SKVA jMifwTti KtlUSioe UvBtf. I'HYKICIAN f. Sharp AND 8UKGEON Special attention given to all oallb Wh night and day. Call promptly auiwered. OrflRr od Third ftrrtt. Athen Orflgnr CROUP & LASH Dentists In Athena Monday Tuesday, Wednes day, other days of week in Walla Walla, 2nd and Main over Third National Bank Dt.R. W. Crow Vi. C H. Uib MIIIIIIIIIHHHHHIIHHmilllttlHH DEERINC Cutting Machinery BINDERS Mowers, Rakes We have in stock 3 1-2" Mitchell and Bain Wagons and Bulk Grain Tanks. Drop in and see them. A shipment of Deering Binding Twine is here. Get yours now. G. A. Barrett &Co. Incorporated IMlHimiMMHrllMIMMMI IMMIIUIMHIII