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D. A. Pinkerton was in town Tues
day from Walla Walla.
Mr. and Mrs. James King of Wes
ton, were in the city Wednesday.
Andrew Douglas of Morrow county
was in Athena Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Stewart will re
side at 131 Otis street, Walla Walla.
Mrs. Jesse Myrick is among this
week's victims to the flu.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Strugis visited
in Athena this week from Pendleton.
E. C. Prestbye left yesterday for
Portland on legal business.
C. L. Woodward of Pendleton was
a business visitor, Thursday.
Tim McBride of Weston, was in
Athena, Thursday.
W. S. Ferguson was a Pendleton
visitor, Wednesday.
Oscor Cutler, State Highway En
gineer, was in Athena, Monday.
Joe Key, was an Athena visitor,
Tuesday.
M. W. Hansell was a Freewater
business visitor, Thursday.
L. P. Gilliland of Weston, was in
Athena, Thursday.
George Clogsdon of Weston, was in
Athena, Thursday.
Mrs. Carrie Rogers of Pendleton,
was a business visitor, Thursday.
Bert Taylor is assembling plows for
Watts & Rogers this week.
W. E. Haynie transacted business
in Pendleton Wednesday.
Glenn Dudley has been in Portland
this week.
The Standard Theatre has made ar
rangements to show three Lloyd com
edies in the near future.
Jim Dunning, circulation Manager
of the East Oregonian, was in Athena
yesterday. i
Harry McBride was in town from
his ranch on Wild Horse creek, yes
terday. Mr. and Mrs. David Stone are re
ported to be ill with the epidemic at
the Woodward home in Pendleton.
Mrs. F. S. LeGrow has been con
fined to her home this week with in
fluenza. Thomas Lieuallen, prominent resi
dent of Adams, was in the city Wed
nesday. Carl Christian came up from Ad
ams Wednesday. He has but recently
recovered from the flu.
Sim Kilgore, who has been spend
ing several weeks in Athena, wi
move next week to Touchet, Wash.
Mrs. Rpv Homier will he hnstpss toes erown bv outside raisers.
to the Star club at her home next Flood water have damaged the road
Tuesday afternoon. bad leading to the Preston-Shaffer
Miss Blanche Drake and Miss Althi ' mill from third street. With the mel-
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Chandler were in Pendleton shopping,
Saturday.
Oscar Edwards is up from Heppner
and will be in the Thompson garage
again.
Mr. Purcell, of Oregon City, is at
the M. W. Hansell home, visiting
his daughters, Mrs. Hansell and Miss
Laura Purcell.
Mrs. Charles Kirk is reported very
ill at her home on 5th street, with
influenza. Mr. Kirf and Areta have
just recovered from the epidemic.
Mrs. F. E. Russell has been ser
iously ill the past week at her home
in the Christian parsonage, but is recovering.
Mt and Mrs. James Phillips came
up from Pendleton and spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Phillips in Athena.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Swaggart are
in Portland, where they are having
a residence erected, and will go soon
to reside.
Misses Elizabeth and Margaret
Anderson of Portland, are guests at
the home, of their aunt, Mrs. M. L.
Watts in this city.
Marion Hansell and M. L. Watts
have each purchased high grade shot
guns for trapshooting purposes. Mar
ion invested in a Winchester and
Marvel is shooting an Ithica.
Watts, Prestbye and B. B. Richards
are entertaining large numbers of
visitors at their offices these days,
who came for the purpose of making
out their income tax returns.
The ladies of the Christian church
will give a cooked food and dressed
chicken sale tomorrow afternoon, at
Haynie's store. Everything for your
Sunday dinner.
, Mrs. Winifred Myres, who has been
in Athena since October, attending
her sister, the late Mrs. S. C." Stone,
departed Tuesday evening for her
home in Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Payne have gone
to Joseph, Wallowa county, to reside,
where Ross in company with his
brother, Floyd, will run a barber
shop.
A number of Athena people ac
companied the High School basket
ball team to Walla Walla Monday
evening to witness the Y. M. C. A.
game.
Evangelist Three Finger Jack God
win will speak in the. Christian church
in this city, Monday and Tuesday
evenings of next week, March 13th
and 14th.
The funeral of Mrs. Rosannah Vor
heis, who died February 28, at Nez
Perce, Idaho, took place in this city
Sunday afternoon, at the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts and
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts, with their
guests, Misses Elizabeth and Mar
garet Anderson of Portland, were in
Walla Walla last night where they
enjoyed May Robson, in "It Pays to
Smile."
The J. T. Club was entertained at
the home of Mrs. Alex Mclntyre
Wednesday afternoon. Sewing occu
pied the members for the afternoon.
Mr. B. D. Tharp was a visitor of the
club. Miss Belle Mclntyre and Mrs.
Archie Mclntyre served refreshments.
It will be some time before the po
of that city to attend a meeting in the
Public Library there. -A lecture on
interior decoration was the attraction
offered. A trio from the Athena club.
composed of Mrs. D. Scott Fisher,
Mrs. Loren Basler and Mrs. R. B,
McEwen, sang "By the Waters of
Minnetonka," Mrs. 0..0. Stephens be
ing accompanist.
At the regular meeting of the Civic
club Tuesday afternoon, a most inter
esting program was carried out with
Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn as leader of the
literary program. Mrs. Littlejohn
gave a paper on Oregon history. Mrs.
W. 0. Read read a review of the book
"The Bridge of the Gods," and Mrs.
C. H. Smith, a paper on "Legends of
old Oregon." Roll call was answered
with names of noted Oregonians, a
bout twenty ladies being present.
Hostesses for the afternoon were,
Mrs. E. C. Rogers and Mrs. B. B.
Richards. At the business hour, the
club consented to respond to the ca
from the Pacific Refuge home
Portland, for garments for unfortu
nate girls.
ting of the snow on the high ground
north of town, high water from that
direction is over for the present sea
A treat in store for the entertain
ment of Athena people, is the comic
operetta, "Yokohama Maid," which
is to be presented by the Etude club
in the near future. Rehearsals are
now in progress under the efficient
direction of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Bas
ler. The play consists of fifteen mu
sical numbers comprising solos, duets,
etc., with a full chorus. The club will
be assisted by five male voices. An
nouncement of cast and date will be
given soon.
A number of Athena ladies, mem
bers of the Civic club, were in Pendle
ton yesterday afternoon in response
to an invitation from the Civic clubj
High School Notes
For the past week, the girls' basket
ball team here, have been trying han
to get a game with the Helix girl
team. But after several consultation'
with the Helix girls and professor,
we came to the decision that they
weren't very desirous to play us. Be
cause of this being the last week in
which they have a chance to play us,
the game is considered forfeited.
The first of the three picture shows
given by the Seniors last Wednesday,
was a success. A very large crowd
was present to hear the following
program.
Solo, Jennamae Read.
Instrumental Duet, Savannah Smith
and Lucinda Dell.
Solo, Pearl R. Harris.
Song, Freshman girls.
Mercy Speech, Blanche Wilson.
The next show will be "The Last
Days of Pompeii," to be given next
Wednesday. The picture will cost
twice as much as the first one so a
large crowd would be appreciated very
much by the Seniors. The show is a
six reeler, and a program will be giv-
ato raisers on the mountain ranches e! als0"
will be able to put their spring hold-Sf About forty teachers are expected
ings on the market. In the mean-t attend the Grade Teacher's Insti-
time local dealers are handling potal tute which will be held at the school-
house Saturday. All of the teachers
from Helix, Athena, Adams, Weston
and their surrounding districts will be
included in this section. The following
program will be given that day.:
Instrumental Duet, Betty Eager,
Marjorie Douglas and Primary room.
Recitation, Jean Lattin.
Song, "Grandfathers Clock," Second
Grade.
Number Methods in Primary Work,
Miss Gries and Pupils.
The Physical Culture Law, Supt.
Yeager Adams.
Address, County Supt. W. W. Green,
Noon Intermission
Cafeteria lunch served in the build
ing by high school Juniors.
Dramatization of Hiawatha, Third
& Fourth Grade Room.
Recitation, Emery Rogers.
Address, M. L. Watts.
Current Events in the grades, Supt.
a C. Hadley.
Address, Supt. Elmer F. Goodwin,
Milton.
Address, "How t) make a Reading
Lesson Interesting to the Average
Boy," Mrs. Anderson, Helix.
The high school team motored to
Walla Walla Monday evening and
played the Walla Walla Y. M. C. A.
The locas were beaten by a score of
48-29. Athena played well the first
half holding the crack Y" team to a
16-16 tie, but in the last half Walla
Walla put in some more "ringers"
which were too much for the locals.
The Junior Class will serve a lunch
Saturday noon at the school house.
On this day the grade teacher's Insti
tute meets at the school house, and
as the Juniors wish to get some mon
ey, there will be a slight charge made
on the food, they hope to be able to
feed and entertain all of the teachers.
Coffee, cake, salad and sandwiches
lelwiU be served.
lliVt a student body assembly on Wed-
in nisday, Lucinda Dell was unanimous
ly elected May Queen for this year.
Preparations are under way fcr danc
es and entertainment for the May fete
which will probably be held April 28th
the exact date being however uncer-
t;
he Athena basket-ball team has
n going to Pendleton the last week
practice on the Pendleton gym
mm. lhe second team has also
en going along to practice with the
first team. We hope this acquaint
ance with Pendleton gym, will help
us in the coming tournament.
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Bock Beer on tap at Wells' "Ex
change" saloon.
Plain white plates 40 and 50 cents
per set at the New York store.
The enterprising firm, Rigby &
Hales, are fitting up a tidy office in
their brick grocery store.
Mrs. R. J. Boddy arrived in the city
from LaGrande Monday, on a visit to
her daughter, Mrs. Ida Gillis.
Rumor hath it that our friend,
Jackson, of Gerking Flat, will on or
about the 22nd, join the ranks of the
Benedicts.
Lee Hiteman, who is attending the
Mommouth Normal School, has been
ill the past three weeks with fever.
He is better.
Miss Minnie Leeper, daughter of
Mrs. M. L. Leeper, of this city, was
recently married at Farmington, 111.,
to a gentleman named Clore.
Nate Pinkerton returned last night
from the Grande Ronde valley. Nate
purchased three fine driving horses
for the Commercial livery stable
while at Union.
Mr. Link, of Camas Prairie, was in
the city Tuesday. He came for the
purpose of getting Dr. Luna, who re
cently arrived from Arkansas, to lo
cate in Camas Prairie. It is said to
be a splendid location for a physician.
Recently a man who was injured had
to send 45 miles for a doctor.
If you have to sell your wheat on
the 30 cent basis you can make up
for some of the loss by getting your
dry goods and family supplies at
Hollis'.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Robt. Tharp, of this city. Saturday
evening, March 5, 1898.
Mrs. Rigby and daughter are hav
ing their store room prepared to re
ceive their large stock of millinery.
Parker and Ferguson now have hot
and cold water baths for their pat
rons. Needed improvements have
been made in the bath room.
Frank McConkey, a resident of the
Pacific Coast, since the "days of '49
left Monday night for his old home
in the east. He goes, so it is reported
to receive a share of a large estate
A force of men are engaged in put
ting in Athena's local telephone ex
change. Extra heavy poles and
stringers are being used in order to
accommodate the large number of
wires that are to be used. The very
latest phones with all up-to-date im
provements were put in by the Inland
Telephone company, and Athena now
has a splendid telephone system.
At the school meeting, Monday of
this week, it was the unanimous de
sire of the voters present, that Mr.
T. J. Kirk, whoBe term as director,
expired be again elected to the office.
On motion the rules were suspended
and the clerk cast the unanimous
vote for Mr. Kirk. The clerk, Mr.
J. W. Maloney, was elected to suc
ceed himself unanimously.
By letter it is learned that Mrs.
Wm. Wagner died at her home in
Seattle, February 11. The remains
were taken east to Pennyslvania, by
the husband for interment.
The People's Party primaries will
be held next Tuesday, March 15, for
the purpose of electing delegates to
attend the county convention to be
held in Pendleton, March 18th.
YOU can seldom determine the real value of
a shoe by its appearance. Merchants, themselves,
cure often deceived and cannot be certain as to what the)
shoe is actually worth unless it is cut up to see how it ia
made.
Nothing equals LEATHER for making good shoes.'
Many substitutes for leather are often used where they
cannot be seen because they are cheaper than leather.!
But you may be assured of honest leather-built shoes,
correct styles, and all-around satisfaction by purchasing
The Friedman-Shelby All-Leather Shoe
In the "All-Leather" line you will find shoes at every price; of
every style, for any purpose the various brands included ara
'Atlantic" shoes for men; 'Pacihc" shoes for women; "Red Goose'
shoes for children; and ''Honesty" heavy work shoes, ALL
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Card of Thanks
Mrs. Louis- Hodgen and family, and
Mr. Fred Hodgen and family de
sire to express through this medium
their sincere gratitude for the help
and sympathy shown them in their
recent bereavement. Especially to the
Knights of Pythiaa, for their brother
ly kindness, are they grateful; and
for the tributes of flowers and ex
i preision of friendship on every hand.
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Sunday March 12
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Pathe Review.
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Rollin Comedy
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