The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, July 11, 1919, Image 3

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3 Jtlr; and Mrs. C. L. McFadden were
in' Walla Walla Wednesday.
Mrs. Victor Burke and children vis
ited her parents in Pendleton this
week. ,'
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kidder, who'
spent several months in California,
nave returned to their home in Ath
ens. Miss Zola Keen will go this week to
Seattle, whole she will take a summer,
course in music. She will be accom
panied by her mother, Mrs. Henrj
Keen.
Mi' rWo Ronnoft lu tin from Pnrt-
' land for a two weeks visit with rel
atives.
Attnrnav Watts rehirnpd the foi
the week .from a business trip
to Portland.
Miss El 'ena Berpevin, stenographer
for Attorney Watts, returned Tuesday
from a week's visit with friends in
Seattle.
,JMrfiwen brothers have commenced
Pfcarvesting wheat in the "basin" north
west of Athena. A fairly good yield
is reported.
Misses Lillian and Blanche Clerking,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George
(Jerking, have been confined to their
home west of town this week with
tonsilitis.
-4 VI a- . b jr
ttarting. it is straight - dis- v!" ma
tilled, all -refinery gasoline.
"Red Crown" gives easy
rting. it is straight - dis
ed, all - refi nery gasoline.
Look (or the Red Crown sign
before you fill.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(CaUteaU)
Jhe G&soline of Quality
GUY CRONK, Speca, Ageut, Mai.Uaid Oil iM. rUheUtt
A big electric fan has been installed
at the Pure Food Groceryresult, a
cool and a flyless store.
H. H. Hill was in La Cross, Wash..
he has property interests, the
first of the week, on business.
Chicken Dinner. The new Athena
Restaurant will serve a special chick
en dinner every Sunday. Adv.
Caterpillar Work. Work wanted for
a caterpillar in harvest. Harold Bar
rett. R. If. D. I, Adams, Oregon.
V i
July Victory Loan ten per cent pay
ments will be due July IS, payable at
the First National Bank of Athena.
Mrs. Nelson A. Miller has as her
guest thiB Week. Mrs. Lucy Thompson,
Osteopathic physician of Walla Walla.
For Sale. An electric washing ma
chine, in first class condition at a rea
sonable price. Phone SUFID, Athena.
Hallie Piersol, late of the 140th F.
A., has donned a uniform i of blue
lenim, and taken his old job with
W. S. Ferguson on the farm.
Sam Starr has accepted a position
Los Angeles by steamer, for Seattle.
rn the 10th, and will visit their daugh
ter at Elleusburg. en routs. Their
many fri jnds will be glad to hear of
their 'return, and hope to see Mrs.
Koepke restored to her former health.
Fred McElratb, prosperous fruit
grower a few miles from Freewater,
is expecting a bumper crop of toma
toes from two acres of hardy plants,
says the Milton Eagle. He estimates
a net profit of 3000 from the two
acres.
The .Weston Chautauqua will be held
next week, under the auspices of the
Ellison-White Lyceum Bureau, begin
ning Monday, Hth and extending to
Friday, the 18th. A splendid program
ia promised for the week's enter
tainment. Miss Rena Bergevin has arrived
home from Los Angeles, Calif., hav
ing received her discharge from the
service as nurse. Miss Bergevin was
joined in Calirnia by her -.mother,
Mrs. Louis Bergevin, who accom-
anied hei home.
Water Superintendent Dobson
in Portland and will not return to AtWghes water users to be economical
na to resiue. nowever, ne win ue iiy n 9Dr nViing. so that the supply tor
own shortly to visit his friends here. I irrigation may hold out during the re
mainder bf the summer, the supply is
short. Conserve for your own and the
town's benefit.
Miss Gladys Smith, of Weston, is
here to keep books for the firm of
Watts & Rogers. Miss Smith was
formerly an Athena girl, having re
sided herewith her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. M, Smith, prior to their re
moval to Weston.
Pendleton Marble & Granite Works
T. A. WYLIE, P.opiietor
PENDLETON, OREGON. PATRONAGE SOLICITED
oniuiMiiummnit amtni
THE FOSS HARDWARE STORE
Pishing
Tackle
BARRE1T BUILDING, :: ATHENA, OREGON
Kj Mr. and Mrs. f red uadtke and cnno
I ye returned from Hidaway springs
I Yesterday, where they spent a short
acation, which included the Fourth of
uly.
'Jake Booher. who arrived home
m overseas on the 4th, has pur-
hssed the half interest in a cleaning
an 1 pressing establishment in Pendle
ton. Lost. A camera, on tho road be
tween the Morton place south of Ath
ena and town. Five dollars reward
will be paid for its return to the Press
office,
Mr. a.id Mrs. Roy Burke and little
daughter arrived last Friday from,
Portland, where they have resided fo:
some time. They will remain in Ath
ena for the summer.
Miss Grace Zerba has retiuned from
Knappa, Oregon, where she some time
ago closed a term of school. Her sis
ter. Miss Edna, has also been on
visit here from Pendleton.
Misses Mary and Hazel Howell,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howell
of Rosalia, Wash., have been visiting
relatives and friends in this commun
ity during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Worthington
were in the oity Wednesday from Pen
dleton. Mr. Worthington has been
employed in painting and varnishing
automobiles for the past year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McPherson ar-
ived home Sunday, from a tour
through Oregon and California. Thejy
traveled 2H01 miles, their Chevrolet
car using just 101 gallons of "gas" on
the triu.
Miss Pearl Coomans came up from
1 her home at The Dalles, and is a guest
I of Athena friends. This is hei ..first
; visit since leaving Athena two years.
I ago with her parents, to reside on a
: fruit farm at The Dalles.
Pipe and couplings were received
: from Portland yesterday to make re
! pairs in the leak on Third street. Sev
eral water consumers have been with
j out service for several days on account
of the break in the pipe line.
Huckleberry "prospectors" will go
to the mountains soon to locate berry
1 patches, among them being Wm. Mc
1 Leod and A.M. Johnson. It is evident
that Billy Pinkerton, Billy Gholson
and others could be coaxed to do like
wise. Mrs. Henry Koepke writes friends
bare that with Mr. Koepke an 1 Dor
othy, she expects to arrive in Atbena
about July ISth. They are leavirg
We are especially prepared to handle your
Harvest
Orders
this year with the very best at lowest prices
THE PURE FOOD GROCERY
Quality, Quantity, Service.
Phone 171.
This Store Open Evenings
Mrs. J. P. Mathews will open a
millinery store in Athena, having se
cured the room next ti the telephone
exchange. In addition to carrying a
full line of millinery, Mrs. Mathows
will have a stock of ladies' suits.
ats, waists etc.
D. A. Pinkerton and little son
ave arrived from Montana, after an
absence of several months. Mr. Pin
kerton is also returning, coming down
with a truck. Montana crops are a
failure again this year, and hundreds
of settlers are leaving the state.
Norton Bobo, former editor of
the Stanfield Standard, who went to
France as a member of the American
Red Cross, has been awarded the
French Croix de Guerre, accotding to
announcement made in the Red Cross
Bulletin. Bobo has, not, yet returned
from overseas:
Weston Leader: John Bonewitz has
begun picking ,a fairly good crop of
cherries in his orchard above town.
He expects a yield of three or four
tons, as compared with six tons last
year. The first three days picking
will go to Chicago. The remainder of
the crop will be marketed locally and
in smaller shipments.
Russel Itarey of Tacoma and Ralph
Barnes of Salem, are working on the
B. E. Stewart ranch. Both are at
tending Willamette University. They,
with. RoyBl Emmul, who is also work
ing near Athena, were in the a., ft.
T. C. at W. U.. and were with Louis
Stewart last fall when sent to the
I oamp near Waco. Texas.
JpMr. and Mrs. Marion Hansell are
now nicely situated in tneir iarm
home north of Athena. The house,
which was recently rebuilt, has all
the modern conveniences, and new
furniture of the "William and Mary"
period had been installed. A broad
screened porch affords comfort on
three sides of tho building. It is a
very commodious and comfortable
farm, home.
A war relic which is attracting more
than ordinary attention is displayed in
a window of tho Weston Mercantile
store, says the Leader. It is a Mausev
automatic pistol taken from the body
of a Gernam officer at St. Mihiol, and
was brought homo by Major J. W,
Ingram, urother pt' Mrs. Robert Proud
lit. This weapm , according to the
sight gauge, has a range up to one
thousand yards.
While driving down Thorn Hollow
en route to Bingham Springs ror tne
Fourth, George Finch s jitney round a
hole alongside the road that just fiitted
It. In the wake of duBt from a car
ahead, George eteered straight ahead
at a certain place in the road and snot,
the machine into the ditch, completely
submerging it in the aforesaid excav
ation. Both Mr. Finch and his com
panion. Art Jenen. escaped uninjured.
Richard Cerberding. who tor years
drove the bus between Weston and
the O.-W. depot at that place, died at
the home of his son. Fred, at Halfway,
Oregon, June gfi. after a long illness
following a stroke of paralysis. The
remains were interred at Weston Mon
day of last week. Deceased was a
member of the Ancient Order or Unit
ed Workmen. He leaves one son.
Fred, of Halfway, Oregon, and a
daughter, Mrs. Lester I. O'Harra, of
Weston.
Washington dispatches stats that
the American army ot occupation com
prising the first fve regular divisions,
is homeward bound. This will include
the Third, in which our John Wall is a
membe- of Headquarters Company,
8Hth Infantry. It is reported that
the fifth division was embarking at
Brest, the fourth en route to Brest,
and both will sail July 16. The sec
ond division also sails this month, and
the First and Third have been re
leased for their return.
Percy Osborn, who saw a year's ser
vice in the signal corps of the 8'st
Division in Frsnce, has received his
' discharge and was hi Athena a couple
oi oayti ioib weti. isi".j
charged at Camp Lewis, and has gone
to Mt. Pleasant. Iowa, on a short visit
to relttives. The four Osborn broth
ers, including Percy. Eugene, Dr.
NEW ARRIVALS
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for a bigger and a better
Dry Goods Department
To make our Dry Goods department ever
mo. e complete and up to date, has been
our particular endeavor this season.
We have made it a bigger and a better
department by adding to it and improv
ing it right along. This week brought us
an additional fine line of
Seasonable
Dry Goods
We have laid them out on display tables
and counters for your inspection.
There are. among other new offerings,
Fancy Silks, Silk Petticoats, Silk Stock -iniis-Suinm
r Underwear for both sexes,
among which is offered the famous Seal
pax brand-Mens Dress Shirts and Boys
Blouses-new Percales and Calico.
Everything at our reasonable price.
WE SELL THRIFT STAMPS
Phone 152
Athena Department Store
E. B. Osborn, and a bro'her who is a
physician in Iowa, were all hi, France,
during the war. and a family reunion
will be held there, where their mother
and sister reside. In company with
his mother and two brothels, he .x '
pects to return to Oregon In a few
weeks. Jr
The case of the State of Oregon vs.
Homer I, Watts was ordered dis
charged and the defendant dismissed
in a decision handed down by Justice
of the Peace Joe H. Parkes Wednes
day. Not only does the court find that
the intoxicating liquor was not used
for the purpose of maintaining a cgm
mon nuisance, as charged, but orders
the sheriff to return the confiscated
liquor to the place where taken from.
District ...Attorney, R. I. Keator, so
states the East Orogonian, announced
that the Htato will appeal the case.
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You are invited to attend the Biblo
school at K) oc lock and to stay for the
church service at 11 o'clock. Tho un
ion meeting will be in the Baptist
church at 8 o'clock. You will be wel
come to all these services.
fMMw'MiMiiiiiiininun
Dr. N.P. Bennet
Dentist
Weston. :-: Phone, 83
Payne's
Dairv
Pure, Freph Milk and Cream
delivered twice daily
GEORGE PAYNE, - Athena
Athena Oarage
ZERBA BROS.
Props.
We are particular yi every detail,
in c4utomoblile repairing at our
Garage. Expert attention always.
We are equipped for
Oxy-Acetylene
Welding
lllMMIMIIMIMMMIItlMIH
Wm. RICE
GENERAL TRANSFER
SERVICE
EXPRESS. DELIVERY, DRAY AGE
Special attention given to hauling of
Fuel, Household Goods and Freight.
Will make out of town trips at reas
onable rates. PHONE 862, ATHENA
monuments;
Get our prices be
fore placing your
order.
Berry Monument works
F. M. Barry, Prop.
12th and Main Street near 0. W. R. C&
N. Passenger Depot Walla Walla Wash.
N. A. MILLER Local Representative.
8. F. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calls both night and day.
OallaprempUr M"o, Offlor on Third
sir-et, Athena Or eg or
1 THE UNIVERSAL CAR V fl
MORE NEW FORDS HERE SOON
Place your order now to be sure of early
delivery. Equipped with or without
self-starters. We also carry a complete
line of Ford accessories and parts. A
stock of the best tires and tubas are car
ried, too. in fact everything for the mot
orist. Quick and efficient repaire to hi
had always. We can furnish you a good
used car any time.
Davidson Garage Co.
Phone 82, Athena, Oregon