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BENNETT Athena, Oregon The Athena Bakery WHY PAY MORE? 1V4 Pound Bread 10c Fresh Cookies, 2 doz 26c Tomatoes, Corn and Peas Two Cans for 35c Pure Lard, per pound 20c Bulk Raisins, per pound 25c POLAR CAKES AND ICE CREAM L C. Bevens, Proprietor Tomlinson & Cudney Dray and Transfer Will Haul Anything Any where at Any Time. Prices are Right Quick, Reliable Service Phone 22 DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical l'Brlors 15 E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. The Word ROYAL' in Insurance Means ABSOLUTE SECURITY, PROMPT AND EQUITABLE DEAL INGS WITH CLAIMANTS THE MOST UP-TO-DATE FORM OF POLICY, NO VEXATIOUS CONDITIONS, THE BEST EQUIPMENT for SERV ING POLICY-HOLDERS. The following classes of insurance are transacted: GLASS. BOILER. ,, SURETY. HEALTH. ? ACCIDENT. FIIDELITY. BURGLARY. FLY-WHEEL. AUTOMOBILE. TEAMS RISKS. -'. RI.EVATOR RISKS. '.MM PUBLIC LIABILITY. EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY. WORMEN'S COMPENSATION. PHYSICIAN'S LIABILITY', ETC. Cox Investment Co. Agents Oregon, Mrs. C. F. Bulfinch has returned from Walla Walla, where she visited several days with her daughters, Mrs. Elmer Tucker and Miss Dorothy Bulfinch. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Payant and son and Mrs. St. Dennis and children were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ross. Mrs. Charles M. Price is ill with neuritis at her home near town. Buttercups and grass flowers have made their appearance on the hills near town and groups of delighted children fare forth every evening to gather the bright spring blossoms. Miss Frances Compton of Walla Walla spent Sunday at the home of her sister, Mrs. George W. Winn. Mr. and Mrs. Newton O'Harra, re rent influenza victims, have recov ered sufficiently to be about their usual duties Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Van Winkle are moving soon to Pendleton, where Mr. Van Winkle has accepted a po sition in the grocery department of The Peopels, Warehouse. A. M. Jensen, prominent Walla Walla merchant, was in town Tues day, looking over the stock of the Weston Mercantile. T. C. Elliott of Milton. Matt Mosgrove of Alberta and Mr. Blake of Portland were alsoi here during the week for the samcj purpose. Rehearsals will begin Monday ev antnff on " The Old New Hampshire Home," the drama to be presented by local talent for the benefit ol Memorial Hall. It is said to be an unusually good pby, and well adapt ed to amateur production. It is the intention of the management to march right alone with rehearsals and to produce the piece within three weeks at thy latest. N. B. Foster was at Milton last week for a visit with his son, the young violinist. William Beaton was on a motoring (rip Monday to Stanfleld and Uma tilla, and reports good roads and pleasant traveling in that part of the county. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Harbour and children were recent visitors at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schrimpf west of Adams. J. A. Murray, district manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., was hero Tuesday from Pendle ton. Some stranger wayfarers made camp without permission in the G. DeGraw barn at Weston a few nights ago and raided the Thomas Narkaus cellar, from which canned fruit and provisions were stolen. It is thought they may have been the yeggmen who attempted to rob the bank at Pilot Rock. Lloyd Killgore left Wednesday for n mint near Raker, where he will be emuloved in O-W. construction work. Mrs. Mark Henderson was called Saturday to Dayton, Wash., by the illness of her brother, Leroy Brown, who has suffered a stroke of paraly sis. Prospects are that independent ball will be played in Weston this season, as there seems to be no de sire on the part of the local team's usual onnonents to enter into anoth er league organization. Helix has a strong team this year and wanted a j berth in the two-county league. ! Failing in this ambition, it is out for independent ball, as are also Athena j and Pilot Rock. Manager Reynaud announces that Weston's first game I will be played on the local grounds Sunday, April 9 probably with the K r.. team of Walla Walla. Team Foson is getting together a promising collection of talent for the diamond fray. He will penorm hohinrl Mta hat. and is grooming Gale Simpson and Joe Payant for the Simnson Ditched for Jefler son High school, Portland, about six vearR aoro. and looks good in prac tice. He is now devoting his leisure hours to loosening up the old wing, :,,u it. IK thnueht will have a world of stuff when he gets back into form. The full line-up has not yet been determined Execution has been issued out of tVie Athena justice court in an ac tion brought by O. A. Adams, Wes ton garage man, against George rj. r.armichael for the collection of an nr'mnnt of 202.41 and coats. Four of stock in the Weston Ware house Co., appearing on the books in the name of the defendant, were lev ied upon and posted for sale by C. W. Avery, deputy sheriff. C. C. Proebstel, deputy county clerk, was up from Pendleton Sunday for a visit with his father, Geo. W. Proebstel, whose condition is re ported to be showing some improve ment. The Farmers Bank of Weston is in receipt of a business letter from Newton Loveridge, former Weston citizen who now resides in Highland Park, Los Angeles, which is the first letter Mr. Loveridge has written in three years. When he went to Cal ifornia, cataracts had resulted in al most the complete lo3s of his vision. An operation performed by a Los Angeles spscialist has restored his sight and he can now wield a pen intn. Mr. Loveridge is an old pio neer of Umatilla county, having been in business years ago at fccho as a member of the firm of Hiestand & l.overidcre Miss Vida Greer is visiting this week at Helix, where she is the guest of Mrs. Minnie Walker. Mrs. W. L. Smock returned Mon day from a visit to the bedside of her brother, Charles Crawford, at Milton. Mr. Crawford's long illness has reached a critical stage, and his life is almost despaired of. Practically all of the influenza pa tients in the Weston neighborhood are now convalescent, ana no new cages are reported. Dr. McKinney, who has treated 150 patients or more, is now permitiing himself a breatn ing spell. No fatalities from the epi demic resulted in the Weston neign borhood, which has been very fortu nate in this respect on this and pre vious visitations. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Greer en tertained a large number of friends with a most enjoyable dancing par ty Saturday evening at their home near Weston. Most acceptable mu sic was furnished by Ray Jones and Paul Hopkins, and refreshments were served at midnight. The occasion h voted a delightful one by all present. Mrs. Vergil Neild, a business wo- man of Portland now serving on the irrand iury. says she prefers to stand behind the counter. Mrs. Neild is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kirkpatrick of Weston. Allan Gamett left Wednesday for Sprague, Washington, where he plans to locate. D. R. (Paddy) Nolan of Portland, grand patriarch of the grand en campment of Oregon, I O. O. F., was a visitor Wednesday evening at Wes- ! ton, whire he planned to meet the ' Athena. Weston and Milton camps. The meeting was a large and enjoy able one and was pleasantly addressed iby the dittingulihed visitor. Re freshments were served. F. G. Lu cas, senior warden of Wenaha En campment, presided in the absence of the local chief patriarch, S. J. Culley, who is ill at Walla Walla, and to whom the camp voted to send a bou quet of flowers and a cheering mes sage. Yesterday was spent by Mr. Nolan and Mr. Barnes in looking over Walla Walla. Twenty-five year veterans' jewels were presented by Stevens Lodge No. 49, K. of P., Wednesday evening to Dave Warren'of Eltopia, Wash., and Ed L. Wood. Sim J. Culley, prominent Weston farmer, is a hospital patient at Wal la Walla, where he is under the care of Dr. Thomas. An X-ray examina tion was made yesterday to deter mine the nature of the painful ail ment from which he is suffering. He is renorted to be much better this morning, and it ha3 not been decided whether or not an operation will be performed. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Dowa oi Walla Walla were visiting this week' at the home of Mrs. Dowd s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Richal. Henry just cannot keep away from the soil, and plans leaving soon with Mrs Dowd for Washtucna to assist his nephew, Ralph Dowd, in farming operations. Joe Lewis, former Westonite, was here yesterday from Walla Walla. Fred Falconer, present owner of the former Cunningham land and sheep interests in Umatilla county, was in Weston Wednesday on a business visit. Mr. Falconer reports a very successful lambing season, except with his band in Wallowa county. He had a vield of 137 percent from his Stanfield band. Lambing is now over and sheep are being turned on the range. The Falconer interests are said to comprise 30,000 acres of deed ed range land and 14,000 head of pure-bred sheep, blooded stock being the only kind handled. Mrs. J. E. Stanfield is reported to be better, alter a very painful ill ness of several weeks' duration. Frank Jones, who came to Weston to attend the funeral of his father, the late J. W. Jones, left Monday on his return to Plains, Montana, where he in engaged in the stock business. L. M. Park of Murray, Idaho, an old-time friend of D. H. Wilsey, is a visitor at the Wilsey ranch. H. L. Hedrick, formerly m the gar age business at Weston, was up from Pendleton yesterday. Homer will be a lonely man soon, as Mrs. Hedrick is planning a visit, accompanied by her children, to her mother's home in Stewartson, Illinois. While trimming a large apple tree, W. J. Harris, a Water street resi dent, had an exceedingly bad fall yes terday, and was relieved after recov erinir from a brief unconsciousness to find that his injuries were confined to cuts and bruises. Having climbed into the tree, he was caught by a de scending limb and knocked to the ground. PACIFIC TREATY MtXUPJS SETTLED Two Supplementary Agree ments Are United and Un animously Ratified. Washington, D. C The senate fi nally untangled its parliamentary dif ficulties over the four-power treaty supplements by Joining the two sup plementary agreements and then rati fying them by unanimous vote. One o( the supplements, itself in the form of a treaty, defines the geo graphical scope of the four-power pact so aB not to include the Japanese homeland. The other, attached to the first by today's action, in the form of a "reservation," stipulated that issues which are purely of a domestic char acter cannot be brought before the four-power "conferences." The. vote on the double-barreled ra tification resolution was 73 to 0, op ponents of fhe four-power plans Join ing In giving approval to the supple ments because they Interpreted the two agreements as limiting and cur tailing the operation of the principal treaty. "I The four-power Pacific treaty, the center of controversy over apcomplisb ments of the Washington arms confer ence, was ratified by the senate with no reservations except the "no-alliance" declaration proposed by the foreign relations committee and ac cepted by President Harding. The final vote of 67 to 27, represent ed a margin of four over the neces sary two-thirds. On the deciding rcll call 12 democrats voted for the treaty and only four republicans, Borah, France, Johnson and La Follette, op posed It. All White ENAMELED WARE A recent addition to our house-furnishing depart ment is a complete line of triple-coated OKi&iajj WHITE enameled ware. In this line are to be found all of the most wanted articles at prices that are unusually attractive. You who have waited so long for CRYSTAL WHITE enameled ware to again make its appear ance on the market, we would advise to make your selections early while our line is complete. See our window for display of Crystal White En ameled Ware. Watts & Rogers Athena, Oregon Irish Bill Pasced By House of Lords. London. The Irish Free State bill passed its third and final reading in the house of lords. The bill waf passed without a division. Lord Birk enhead, the lord chancellor, In dealing with the future of the Anglo-Irish treaty, said he was not extravagantly optimistic over it, but that there was no ground for abandoning hope. 200 Middles Will Get Commissions. Washington. D. C Only 200 of thf 241 seniors who will be graduated from Annapolis naval academy this spring will be given commissions in the navv under terms of the nava appropriation bill shortly to be offeree In the house. The Athena Home Laundry Christensen & Post, Proprietors Friends and Neighbors: We understand the Pendleton Laundry are doing all they can to put us out of business, even to cutting some prices; but one thing is sure what you spend with us we keep at home; (but what they get, where do they put it?) Do they leave any of it in Athena? THE cATHENA HOME LAUNDRY, PHONE 51 vnup TKRTH Ko I, ml.-, .,1 tftern now. Dr. A. C. Froom, at the St wicnois' notei, will be leaving Atnena May i. oee tket tt,ow ... n K hefore he fl-oes. You can save your teeth, time and money. CARD OF THANKS We take thi3 means to express our deep sense of appreciation for the many kind friend who shared in our o-rief and who so kindly and willing ly assisted us during the illness and death of our beloved daughter and sister. P. T. Harbour and Family t I "Script Form Butter Wrappers 10,000 Textile Workers Strike. T.awren'ce. Mass. Lawrence, scent nf hitter battles in previous industria wars, was plunged Into another striki when 10,000 textile operators walKei otft rather than accept a 20 per ceni wane cut CLASSIFIED r tnr BotHno- V.ees from pure bred Black Manorcas for sale. Mrs. A. W. L,ogsaon, wneim. :J , tr.r hiAa tnr ttlV TOS- i am whig upiin ..v.. - --tf iono.-ulan for exchange for Pendle ton residence. Dr. Watts. I wish to start something "The World for a bid" a residence for sale or trade. Talk to me. Dr. Watts. THE ATHENA BARBER SHOP AMOS O'DELL. PROPRIETOR We are now making a specialty of Shampooing and Massaging for Ladies, during the evening hours I HIMi ESTABLISHED 1865 t Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. SOLDIERS' BONUS PASSED BY HOUSE Washington. D. C The four billion dollar soldiers' bonus bill was passed by the house by an overwhelming ma jority and sent to the senate, where its fate Is regarded as uncertain. The vote was 333 to 70. Party lines rtisaDoeared both in the general de bate and on the final roll call, 242 re publicans, 90 democrats and 1 social ist suDPortlng the bill, and 42 repub licans and 28 democrats voting against It As passed by the house the bonus bill would provide for immediate cash payments to veterans whose adjusted service pay would not exceed 350 and would give to other veterans the op tion of these four plans; Adjusted service certificates, with nrovistons authorising loans by banks (n the first three years after next October 1, and by the government thereafter: the certificates to run for 20 years and to have a face value at maturity of the amount of the adjusted orvlce credit at the rate of 31 a day for domestic service and $125 a day for foreign service, increased by 25 per cent, plua Interest at the rate of 4 per cent compounded annually. Vocational training aid after Jan uary 1, 1983, at the rate of 31.75 a day. the total payments not to exceed, how ever, 140 per cent of the adjusted service credit. Farm and home aid under which veterans who purchase or Improve farms or homes would be paid after July 1. 192S, a sum equal to their ad- j Justed service credit Increased by 25 j par sent . .. tw Sale-Two good young milch cows, one fresh. Charles Betts. Athena Oregon. Don't forget I am still in the haul ing game. Light or heavy hauling at reasonable prices. Guy Crouk WATTS 4 PRESTBYE Attorneys-At-Law . Main Street, Athena, Oregon DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special Attention given to all calls, both day and night. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Athena, Oregon. C. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Office next to Telephone Excange Phones, Office 333; Residence 412 American Beauty '. ; Flour It nade in Athena, by- Athena labor, in one ol the very beat equipped mills in the Northwest of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronue home industry. Your grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. - WaitsburR, Wash DR. A. C. FROOM Dentist Office in St. Nichols Hotel, Athena, Oregon. Best Service. Reasonable Prices. Examinations and Estimates at any time, free of charge. v aiaft aa n ttieaaiDoao(lllttIHOIHIm OOfia i PHHHBBBIMMHWHBBHBBHBHW Bank Perry Hall Auto Top Repairer Dont forget to bring yoor old shoes to me when in need of repairing. I guarantee satisfaction. THE ATHENA SHOE SHOP New Tops Made to Order! The First National Athena Established 1891 Capital and Surplus $110,000.00