Practical
Christmas &ifts
WATERMAN'S FOUNTAIN
PENS
be ideal gift. Complete stock
pSm $2.50 up. j h
EVER SHARP PENCILS
complete stock ranging in price
Irom $1.00 to $4.00.
I STATIONERY
Most complete assortment ever
Shown here. Put up in handsome
pixed. ' ' ' . VJJ , 1
GREETING CARDS
tig variety from which to select
byricca 5c to 25c.
PERFUMES AND TOILET
F WATERS
A very complete line of imported
and domestic perfumes in fancy
packages.
KODAKS W,?
A complete line of Eastman Ko
daks. THERMOS BOTTLES
Ideal gift for cold weather.
PYRALIN IVORY
The always welcome gift a very
complete line.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY
Very complete line carried in
stock.
DER - KISS AND JONTEEL
GIFT PACKAGES
Beautiful assortment of fancy
gift pucka gen.
HOLIDAY ACCESSORIES
Complete line.
We also carry a large assortment of Box Candies, Pipes
Leather Goods, "Cjkames, Books, Manicure Sets, etc.
McFADDEN PHARMACY
f v The bewail Store
PHONE 331 It will pay tou to watch our Windows
'Over The Hill"
j; With his feet enveloped ' in gunny
,!sack3, Ernest Rosa walked in from
6 j ,. his reservation ranch ' Sunday to
Mrs. S. E, Powell was in Corvallis, spend the day with his family. Drifts
Montana, last week visiting with he j along Wild Horse creek made trie
husband and children.
Miss Vida Staggs has accepted a
stenographic position in Pendleton.
Mrs. Joseph Wurzer, who is ac
tively feeding the birds during our
inclement weather, was delighted a
few mornings ago to discover a robin
breakfasting with the snowbirds and
junco'ae at their lunch counter. Mrs.
Wurzer, who is always optimistic, re
gards this as an omen of an earlj
spring.
Weston Mountain thermometers
registered twelve degrees below zc
' ' Friday morning. Robert Hopkins
-sustained a serious loss in the freez
ing of 500 sacks of potatoes. K C;
Hopkins and Tom Booher also lost a
quantity of tubers in the same way.
Mrs. Richard Morrison is enjoying
trip a tiresome one. .' -"
Owing to unfavorable weather
conditions Miss Stasia Walsh did not
meet her class in Home Hygiene
last Thursday. The work "will be
carried on this week as usual.
The Jack Chapin family have mov
ed to town for the winter months in
order that the daily trips to school
may be less arduouggfor the children.
Mrs. Leon Lundell has returned
from a visit with relatives at Mil
ton. During her sojourn in the
neighboring city Mrs. Lundell under
went an operation for removal of
tonsils and adenoids, from whichbei
js recovering satisfactorily.
Dwight Porter is visiting his pa
rents, MIL and Mrs. J. W. Porter.
FajMinS .past three years the young
dfc..
Indicating the presence of' ex
treme cold weather, three brilliant
sun-dogs appeared in the sky Friday
noon. The unusual spectacle was
witnessed by many Weston citizens
with much interest.
The Misses Hazel Duncan and Dor
othy Procbstel arrived Tuesday from
Corvallis to spend the holidays with
their respective parents. The young
ladies are students at Oregon Agri
cultural College and are anticipating
a delightful time during the three
weeks' vacation.
Sim J. Culley is achieving renown
as the most good-natured man in
town. When annoyed with frozen
water pipes, he thaws them out to
the accompaniment of jazz music on
the phonograph.
Tuesday, December 23, the West
ton public school closes for a ten
days' holiday vacation.
W. H. Booher is feeding a large
number of China pheasants and bob
whites in the barn-yard on his ranch
south of town.
Mrs. Cora Billings of Walla Walla
is spending a few days at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Ernest Ross.
Mrs. R. G. Saling came home from
Portland Sunday for a holiday visit
with her family. Mrs. Saling has
been taking lessons in both voice and
piano at Portland.
Miss Thelma Anderson is expected
to arrive from Homestead, Oregon,
Monday to pass the holiday vacation
at her mother's home in this citv.
Miss Anderson is a member of Home
stead's school faculty.
Miss Esther Williams, who is at
tending Mills College, plans to arrive
in Weston Sunday to share in the
Yuletide festivities at the J. Harl
Williams home.
C. M. Schneider and family left
Thursday for their new home near
Washtucna, Washington.
Mrs. J. M. Banister is bemoaning I new Ford touring car from O.
the loss of a diamond solitaire which 1 Adams of the Liberty Auto Co.
dropped from her ring some time du
ring Tuesday. !'
Delayed by the snowdrifts, J. E.
Jones did not get in with the mawnr
tain mail Monday until eight o'clock.
At one place he was an hour in car
rying nis government mules over
crusted drifts for a distance of one-
quarter of a mrle. Tamarack church,
about ten miles east of Weston, is
now the farthest point on Carrier
Jones' route, and there he encoun
tered 18 inches of snow, a '
Basket mountain is temporarily
losing population. Clarond Rhea and
family have moved to the Umapine
farm traded by Sam Key to Tom
Gould. Floyd Fox and William War
field have moved their families to
Freewater for the winter. . Bp
Rev. W. S. Payne returned home
Monday from an extended period of
evangelistic work in bShalf Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. At Bu
ena, Washington, he conducted a
fortnight's revival that resulted in
104 conversions. He was at Grace
Church, Walla Walla, for five days,
and there 35 conversions were his re
ward. Cold weather interfered wit;
his meetings at Selrh, Washington.
He goes to Toppenish January 11.
J. M. Wroe, A. C. Gould and John
Hyatt were recent visitors at Bur
bank, Wash.
Asked about the cattle situation,
J. P. Lieuallen, president of the
stockmen's association, reports it a?
very satisfactory. Stock came out of
the mountains in good shape and is
so far doing well on on winter pas
ture in the stubble fields. Fortunate
ly for the stock interests, the severe
cold snap came early in the. season.
Lowell Hyatt is here from La
Crosse, Washington, looking the old
town over to see if it is still all here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hodgson of La
Crosse are visiting in Weston.
Rev. A. J. Starmer has bought a
A.
Mr.
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a visit with relatives and friends,, atj man has been stationed at Honolulu
Walla Walla. m the service of Uncle Sam. A two
the Bachelor Girls' club will be en-i months' furlough enabled him to re-
tertained at the home of Miss Gladys
Smith next Monday eventing.
Professor arfSTVfs. C. Fitzpat
rick and Miss Mabel Colvin motored
to Walla Wall Saturday on a com
bined business and pleasure trip.
The lat Mrs. Eleanor Cameron
Payimt left an estate amounting to
$8994.67, according to report filed by
James Scrimsher, Barney Foster and
8, A. Street, the appraisers. ,i .
turn to the United States. The
snowy landscape of Eastern Oregon
presents a striking contrast to the
tropical conditions existing in the
Hawaiian Islands, but Mr. Porter is
exulting in the change.
John Boamcr and family bob-sledded
to town last Friday evening in
the coldest weather of the season to
attend the meeting at the Baptist!
church. : j ,' 4'-.'
" Where Gem and Gold
are Fairly Sold"
Watch
Christmas
In the line of Gifts, no one article,' so closeh,
so thoroughly entwines itself into our daily
lives and nothing so greatly creates thoughts
of the giver, nor is any gift more appreciated.
We sell only- the Reliable kind
Elgin, Waltham, Hamilton, Howard and the
best Swiss Wrist Watches for Men and Women.
No one undersells us. Credit without extra Charge.
H. H. HIIJL, JEWELER
ATHENA
pWe wish you all af;;
Merry Xmas
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; Starmer has driven his old Ford no
less than one hundred thousand
miles.
Herman Staggs, senior at Philo
math College, has returned home for
the Christmas holidays. He says
that Philomath was wholly unpre
pared for the severe cold, which
reached a minimum there of 18 de
grees below zero with two feet of
snow. In a region 100 miles south
of Portland and 40 miles from the
; coast, this sort of weather was un
j precedented. Water pipes are not
' buried deep at Phiiomath and burst
, eel all over town, while the populace
shivered in warmMveather houses,
j A "little palace on wheels" is an
I apt description of the Light Four
Overland sedan bought by Dr. Watts
; from the local agent. Dr. Kennard,
jas a Christmas present for his son
' Worth. It is a beautiful car, ele
gantly appointed and finished in au
1 tomobile blue.
Mrs. W. E. Driskell has been quite
j ill the past week, but is improving
rapidly. i s
After recovering from smallpox,
Bobby Graham was threatened this
week with appendicitis. tWhile very
serious the first of the woelt, his con
dition has since improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cronk have gone
to Emmett, Idaho, to spend Christ-!
mas with relatives.
For Sale One Oregon Special !
combined harvester, 20-loot cut, in
good condition. E. L. Woods, Wes
ton, Oregon. ..:
For Christmas night entertain
ment the Standard Theatre offers
"Fires of Faith" the big Salvation
Army Super Special. Admission '25
and 50c war tax included.
Athena college students will be
home to spend the holiday vacation.
The first to arrive is Master Neil
Mclntyre from Hills Academy at
Portland. Neil arrived home yester
day; " " t' " 1 S
Vegetables were frozen in the store
room of the Pure Food grocery dur
ing the cold snap, despite the fact
that two stoves, one a large coal
burner, held fire all during the night.
Mr. Stephens estimates the damage
at $200. - . ' '
The fuel situation is improving,
and with the advent of the Chinook,
which left icy roadB and streets,
however, things look better in gen
eral. Full train service has been re
sumed. Tuesday at Athena a car of
coal was distributed.
Indian cayuses on the Umatilla res
ervation, fared poorly during the zero
weather and snow storm. Ice had
made the stubble fieilds impossible
for feed, and as the Indian has no
winter feed for his stock, it is said
numbers have perished.
Farmers are asked by the State
Game Commission to feed the pheas
ants and other game birds during
the severe winter weather. The
birds are being destroyed to somo
extent on account of the deep snow
and the ice in the stubble fields
makes it impossible for the feath
ered tribe to secure food. The Com
mission offers to pay half the. ex
pense entailed in feeding the birds.
Mr. Hunt foreman of the Jos. N.
Scott farm-has found both pheas
ants and email dead as the result of
no food and the cold weather.
By the close score of 23 to 28, the
basket ball team of Helix High
school took the first game of the sea
son from Athena in the gymnasium
last evening, before & large audienee.
The game was well played, and al
though the Helix players were heav
ier than the men Athena put on the
floor, the affair was hotly contested
and belonged to either team until the
last basket was thrown. The Helix
team was accompanied by by about
25, loyal rooters, who came over in
sleighs to the accompaniment of the
merry jingle of bells. Refreshments :
were srrved by Athena High after :
the game and a social hour was i 1
pleasantly spent. ' ' " '
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G( 0D GROCERIES
- GOOD TRF
OfOD SERVICE
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Candy and Nut Specials for the
Holidays
New Walnuts Genuine Califor
nia soft shell, fine lookers, fine
eating, only 45c per lb.
Large fancy washed Brazil Nuts,
only 45c per lb. f :; ', V
New California Almonds, the soft
shell kind, per lb. 45c.
Large, double-jointed, Humpback
Peanuts, per lb. 25 c.
New California Shelled Walnut
Meats. These are fine for cakes,
just taken from the shell; large
can, 75c.
All your favorite Hard Candies
at our candy counter.
Burnt Peanuts, per lb. 45c.
Boston Baked Beans, per lb. 45c.
Large Jelly Beans, per lb. 40c.
Plain Mixdd, per lb. 35c. ' )
Jap. Cocoanut Squares, per lb.
45c. -
Broken Mixed, per lb. 45c. , ';
French Cream Mixed,, per lb. 50c. J
Ribbon Mixed, per lb. 45c.
Chocolate Chews, per lb. 50c.
Try a pound of our Fancy Choc
olate Creams at 60c.
A full line of Box Candies at
special prices.
Phone
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SON NEWS NOTES
F GENERAL INTEREST
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper wIlV bo
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all Its stages and
that ! catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and
acts thru tha Blood on v.. Mucous Sur
faces of th System thereby destroying
the founds' ton of the disease, giving tha
patient strength by building up the con
stitution an 1 nsslsttnjr nature In doing Its
work. Tea proprietor have so much
faith In fhc curative row 0f Hall's
Catarrh illielr,e that they offer One
Hundred Hollars for any case that It falls
to cure, 'fleml far Hat of testimonials.
Address, R J. CHKNEV CO.. ToUd,
Objo. Sold by all Druggist. Ttc
The sixth annual conference of the j
Oregon Drainage association will he !
Iield at Corvallis January 1 and "St-."':!
Ira P. Whitney, a graduate of Oregon
Agricultural college, has been appoint
ed agricultural agent for Lane county. I
The total valuation of all assessed
property in Clackamas county is $29,
299,488.68, an increase of 300,000 over
last year. , iff t ; l
Special road taxes were voted in nine i
road districts in Jackson county out
of 12 districts holding meetings tor ;
that purpose.
The Boo'th-Kelly LuMber company
announces an extensive railroad build- j.
ing plan for next year at its holdings
at Wendling.
Neil Hall, aged 84, one of the oldest
residents and pioneers of Grant county, '
committed suicide at Canyon City by ;
shooting himself. I
The cement plant at Gold Hill, has
resumed operations and will run dur-j
ing the winter to its full capacity of '
1000 barrels a day.
Jackson county, as a result of the k
recent special road district elections,
will have approximately $110,000 to
spend on good roads In 1920.
Polk county commissioners estimate I
that it will take 310,794 to run the I
county during 1920 and have recom-'l
mended a tax levy of 21.S mills. J.
Revenue officers and the pol'ee
Portland seized 4000 gallons of
and arrested the owners' on ci
of violating the prohibition ,la-
Harry Lawler, head brakem
Big Creek Lumber tff$
near Kn'appa, was 4
when he was cun'
lof. '.'Vvs'..
At a special elect!
Of $16,000 for street
$9000 for" redeemtr,
ficates jcarried by
.fatea. . 3WHB
Deposits in the
and trust companies
close of business. N
date of the last oiCIt
3i4.94. yr,;,
Some 2
Cheer!
The season of good cheer is here.. It
requires cheer to keep sweet, but thk
weather . . :
Puts the
Pep
in us
r
Why not get that boy a gun? He's
; ready to shoot. That girl a sled?
She's ready to slide, f ' v .
Some silverware for that good wife.
. A choice Ranger Bike Special or act
ual cost. Make any young man happy.
Let Dad make his own choice.
Watts & Rogers
Hardware and Implements
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itioodl Bank
olus, $100,000
jsit Boxes
"ent r.al