11 II Mt I Press Paragraphs ji Mrs. Dobson ia at Portland, visit ing her mother. VMrs. F. B. Boyd is visiting relatives V Portland and Reedsport, Miss Elvena Bergevln spent Tuesday with friends In Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cannon spent Sunday at Bingham Springs. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Raatae and child ren spent Sunday at Cold Springs. Contractor C A'. Scott, of Milton, was in teh city Wednesday. j Mr. and Mrs. Robetr Proudfitt spent Sunday with friends at Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bond of Pen dleton, were In Athena Sunday evening. S A. Barnes, Weston wheat buyer was' a business visitor In the city, Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wllmot are encamped at Bingham Springs for a fortnight. Mrs M. M. Blackman of Walla Wal la spent a portion of the week In Athena. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoon and family of Umapine, were Athena visitors Monday The estate of the late Robert Lang was performed at the home of the of Pendleton, has been appraised at J61.274.19 Mrs. Carl Christensen and little dau ghter, were In the cltv from Adams, Wednesday. Mrs E. A. Dudley and Miss Hasel Burton are at Bingham Springs en joying camp life. yMrs. Samuel Fambrun and three Mobs have returned from a visit with relatives In LaCrande. Mrs. Ralph Sallng and daughter and Mrs. L S. Wood motored over from Weston, Sunday afternoon. I'BoimjTomis Boiling points are vaporizing polnti. The full, uniform chain of boiling points it necessary in highqudky gesolinc. Red Crown ha Mwm. Look for the Red Crown sign before, you fill. U E3 STANDARD OIL COMPANY (1 3 (California) j U Quality GUY CRONK, Special Agent, Standard Oil Co. Athena IHIIIHimitMHIHI IH IMMIMH Pendleton Marble & Granite Works T. A. WYLIE, Ptoprietor PENDLETON, OREGON. PATRONAGE SOLICITED bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs Wallace, after three weeks, will be at home to their friends In Pendleton, where they will reside. Mr. Wallace is a member of the firm of Wallace Brothers, auto mobile dealers. Eery Plersol, who recently purchas-1 ed a ranch of W. R. Taylor, located in Malheur county, was here this week, preparing tir-drlve over a bunch of live stock. He was accompanied by his young son. Mrs. Casper Woodward has returned (from Portland, where she spent sevr- Mrs R. A. Thompson will leave 1 ai weeks with her mother, who was THE FOSS HARDWARE STORE Pishing Tackle BARRETT BUILDING, :: ATHENA, OREGON soon tor a month's -rtslt with rela; tives In Hlllsboro, Oregon. Mrs. Frank Snider and children have returned from a visit with rela tives in Eastern Washington. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Elliott were visitors at Milton, Sunday, attending the Wallaco Reynolds wedding. W. D. Chamberlain, of the internal revenue service has been in the city during the waak on official business. Miss Marjorle Ennis of Walla Walla has been a house guest this week at the Bergevin home south of Athena. Mrs Tlmmerman and son, and Mrs. Somm'ers, of Lincoln, Nebraska, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Holcomb, west of Athena. Mrs. V. C Burke and children spent Tuesday in 'Pendleton, guests of Mrs. Burke's parents Mr. and Mrs. Valen tine Stroble. The surveying crew, with hedqu arters in Athena, are now surveying the location of the state highway in the vicinity of Milton. Mrs. Lee Johnson, who underwent a serious operation at Pendleton hos pital last week, Is reported to con valescing satisfactorily. The "hot stuff" plant, recently de stroyed by Are at Adams, is being re constructed and the spreading of hard surface will be shortly resumed. Miss Nellie Darr, former teacher in Athena public schools, was In the city Monday, from Adams. Miss Darr is now a teacher in the Pendleton school. S. S. Parrls has purchased a new Federal truck for use in his farm work. It is equipped with oversize cord tires and has a speed of 20 miles per hour. The only boys he met whom he knew, during Floyd Corporan's long service in France, was Percy Wilson of Athena, and Elliott Carmlcheal of Weston. Harold Cochran, well known in Ath ena, has recently ieen discharged from the service. He wjil engage in the insurance business with his father at Medford. Mrs. Ralph McEwen and twin sons. h and Edwin, returned home Sun- receiving treatment for a peculiar at fection of the optic nerves. Mrs. El liott is some batter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baling o.f Pen delton, were In Athena Tuesda Mr. Saling was county clerk for several terms, but of late has been devoting his attention to'-, farming and stock raising in the wast end of the county. Mrs M. L. Wafts ad daughter Ver nita, came up from Portland Sunday evening. Miss efrnita, who Is a stu dent at St. Helens Hall, will return to Portland when the Hall opens after the summer vacation period. Sidney Barnes spent Sunday at Walla Walla in companv with f num ber of Grangevllle, Idaho comrades who served with him in overses service. Misses Kathertn Froome and Hazel Sanders spent Sunday at Bingham Springs, In company with Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Llesinger, of Helix W. P. Litttlejohn, head miller for the Preston-Shaffer company, returned Sunday evening from Freewater, where he spent a week at the company's Peacock mill in that city, supervising milling there. Dr. Watts, of Weston, recently re turned from Portland, where he pur chased a motion picture machine which will be used in the new community memorial building at Weston His son Worth Watts, will operate the mach ine. ! Hauling of the sacked grain will soon be in progress. Some hauling of sacked grain has been done this week, but the warehouse men have not been crowded with work, so far. Mr. and Mrs. George Woodward, ac l companied by their children, Delpha ' and Donald will spend the fall and win ter months in Hawaii. They have al ready engged passage on the S S. .uraline, plying between San Francis co and Honolulu, and will leave at the close of the harvest season. Mrs. V. K. Allison an1 little son arrived in Athena 'iueauay morning from their home at Halfway, Oregon, and are visiting tftthe home of Mrs. Allison's sister, Mrs. D Scott Fisher. Mrs. Fisher and little' daughter, re turned home Sunday from an extend ed visit .with relatives and friends day, atfer several weeks spent in vis iting relatives and friends at Portland ti,e Willamette Valley. The Knitting Olub will meet at the and Newberg. Mr.s Jackson Nelson attended the funeral of her brother, Wm. Taylor, which was held in Pendleton, Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. Taylor will visit her neice, Mrs Sloan, tor a few days before returning. Miss Irene Reynolds, sister of Mrs. E D. Elliott of this city, was united in marriage Sunday morning at 8 o' clock, to Mr. George B. Wallace of , inK friends. Dr. Newson, who has home of Mrs. "Win. Schrimpf this af ternoon. The secretary of the cnib has received a most interesting let ter from the grandfather of little Irene Inviller, one of the four French orphans recently adopted by the club, which will be read at the meeting. Dr and Mrs. G. S. Newscn and two sons spent Tuesday In Atjicna visit- Pendleton. The wedding ceremony We are" especially prepared to handle your HARVEST Order this year with the ery befei . .west prices THE PURE FOOD GROCERY Quality, Quantity, Service. Phone 171. This Store Open Evenings just been discharged from the medical corps of the National Army, has been stationed at American Bake and for a time his family resided with him there. He has located at Freewater, where he will open an office and practice jnediclue. XMr- and Mrs. Orel McPherren have 'returned to Athena to reside, and Orel will again operate an auto stage be tween Pendleton no? Weston, on the same schedule he operated on before the macadam was torn up for hard surfacinOtois stage will leave Ath ena for Penaieton at 8 a. m and 1 p. m. Returning will leave Pendleton at 10 a. m. ad 4 p. hi. He will carry passengers and express Storied Old City. Danzig is one of the most strongly fortified cities In tlie world, and has been so through Its history. It was a free city through centuries for the same reason that most free cities of the marauding tiges were free be cause Its people had seized upon the naturally powerful defensive topog raphy of the couptrj surrounding, and made Its defenses almost Impreg nable. It was too tjiugh a nut for the kings of the middle ages to crack with their nrmles, so tliey graciously allowed It to be free. Under the fur liter German emperor. Us niilitnrlstle aspect wns even more accentuated tlimi It WM in th days when It wns one of the "Big Eour" of (lie Hnn eatlfl league. Willi Koalgaberg, Thorn and l'oscu, It formed a mighty chain of fortresses. First "Dust ' Explosion. Until the summer of 1878 sueh a thing as a "dust explosion" was un known. No doubt many such explo sions had occurred, but they were of small account mid no Investigation followed to disclose the true nature of I lie case. In that summer the Washburn flour lug mills at Minneapolis, then the We are Fully Provided For This Tear's Harvest Rush Store and cellar are packed full of the dif ferent foods, canned and otherwise, that go to make a first-cla"ss harvester's dinner. Our stodk is new and perfect. Our prices are right. Come and see. Athena Department Store largest' in nie worm, expioeieu wirn terrlllc violence. Several massive buildings, With' granite walls two feet thick and of particularly 1 strong mill construction, were dentin! lied as If by an Immense charge of dynamite. T! e llmnc of Hi lirst explosion was communicated to two other mills, which were destroyed In the con flagration which followed. What's the luxury iix on breilii and milk? m The flsh may not bite for the Usher man, but tile mosquitoes will. Boy scouts are the ("si protection against the race or hoy bandits. All tlie picayune wars now going on however, are of tba-busb leugue vs ety. Hogo Wanted. I will pay the high est market price for fat hogs and stock hogs. Leave word at Logsdon & fly rick's Meat Market. D. H. Mansfield. I Dr. N.P. Bennet Dentist Weston. :-: Phone, 83 HK'IIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIHHHmHIIHMI Athena Garage ZERBA BROS. Props. We are particular in every detail in cutomoblile repairing at our Garage. Expert attention always. I Payne's Dairv Pure, Fresh Milk and Cream delivered twice, daily GEORGE PAYNE, - Athena We are equipped for Oxy-Acetylene Welding IIHtllllllllltH Wm. RICE GENERAL TRANSFER SERVICE EXPRESS. DELIVERY, DRAYAUE Special attention given to hauling of Fnel, Household Goods and Freight. Will mail out of town tripe at reas onable rates. PHONE 862, ATHENA MONUMENTS! Get our prices be fore placing your gjf order. Berry Monument works F. M. Barry, Prop. 12th and Main Street nearO. W. R. A, N. Passenger Depot Walla Walla Wash. N. A. MILLER Local Representative. E. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all catik both night and day. 0)Ib promptly answered. Office on Third rl. Athena, Oror THE UNIVERSAL CAR MORE NEW FORDS HERE SOON Place your order now to be sure of earl v 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 tubes are car ried, too. in fact everything for the mot orist. Quick and efficient repaire to be had always. We can furnish you a good used car any time. Davidson Garage Co. Phone 82, Athena, Oregon