Specials for This Week Borax Scap Chips, per Package 35c Sea Foam Washing Powder, per Package 25c Star Naptha Washing Powder, per Package 25c Borax Powder, 5 pound Package 70c 21 Bars Polar White Laundry Soap, : $1.00 14 Bars P. & G. Napcha Laundry Soap, $1.00 20 Bars Swft's White Laudry Soap, $1.00 20 Bars Clean Easy Laundry Soap, $1.00 6 pound Box Kingsford's Gloss Starch, 65c iena wp jjOver The Hill" j Coming COMING Dr. H. C. Curry, oy sight specialist, formerly of Walla Walla, now of Seattle who has made visits to Athena for many years, will make the next professional visit , Eyes examined, and glasses fitted, at St. Nichols Hotel Athena, Oregon The Athena Bakery WHY PAY MORE? H4 Pound Bread 10c Fresh Cookies, 2 doz 25c Tomatoes, Corn and Peas Two Cans for 35c Pure Lard, per pound 20c Bulk Raisins, per pound 26c POLAR CAKES AND ICE CREAM L. C. Sevens, 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 OITOMKTRISTS French Optical Parlors 15 E. Main St Phone 853 WALLA WALLA, WASH. Mrs. W. E. Driskell is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Fetter, in Freewater. Mrs. Fetter Was a visitor in Weston Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tucker and son came over from Walla Walla Sunday and participated in a family dinner at the C. F. Bulfinch home, honoring the first birthday annivers ary of Charles Robert Tucker. Mrs. Alice Fontaine and son Lynn have returned from a visit of several weeks' duration with friends and rel atives in Walla Walla and Dayton. Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Watts of Athena were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams. Miss Bertha Compton, a student in Whitman College, is spending the va cation season at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. Geo. W. Winn. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snider and children were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rogers in Athena. MiBs Dorothy Bulfinch Came over from Walla Walla Saturday to spend the spring vacation at the home of her parents. Miss Mildred King entertained members of the Gleaners' class of M. E. Sunday school at the home of her mother, Mrs. Letha King, Saturday afternoon. An interesting program was followed by an hour of needle work and conversation. Refresh ments served at five o'clock concluded a pleasant session. Rev. W. R. Storms has recov ered from an attack of influenza, which followed his long invalidism and gave him enough sickbed expe rience to last for quite awhile, he thinks. Mr. Storms is holding ser vices the first and third Sundays of each month in the Baptist church at Weston, and the second and fourth Sundays in the Baptist church at lone. Mrs. Harry Beathe is convalescing, I after an attack of nicurisy following influenza. Her sister, Mrs. Artie Beathe, has returned to her duties in the Davis confectionery store, after serving as nurse. J. P. Lieuallcn and Joe Wurzer represented Weston Camp, Woodmen of the World, at Pendleton Monday evening, when they heard an excel lent address from I. I. Boak, head consul of the Pacific jurisdiction. Mr. Boak was introduced by Mayor Hartman. They report an enjoyable program and a good lunch. Frank K. Welles and Mrs. Welles of Portland passed through Weston Tuesday on a motoring trip to Walla I Walla and Spokane. Mr. Welles was school superintendent of this county abrut nine years ago. He now con ducts a successful teachers' agency at Portland. I Frank Greer has sent to Tillamook, , Oregon, for four more Guernsey heifer calves, of which he received three last year, and intends to estab lish a modest dairy herd at his farm south of town. Ho is also going into poultry raising on a larger scale than at present, and has ordered a 176-egg incubator for the purpose of hatching white leghorn3. Frank has reached the conclusion that something will have to be raised besides wheat if one is to make both ends meet around here in the farming game. He plans to ultimately make the cows and chickens pay the expenses of the Greer demesne. Joe Hyatt and Robert Hopkins were among the Weston Mountain farmers in town Monday, and report snow dis appearing except from the drifts. Both these gentlemen have the spud habit well developed. Mr. Hopkins intends to devote 25 to GO acres and Mr. Hyatt 15 acres or more, to the cultivation of certified seed potatoes this year. Mrs. J. H. Rockhill has gone to Salem to attend her father, T. H. Ide. who is very ill with pneumonia. Mrs. E. S. Betty of Garwood, Idaho, was the guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Smith, while on her way home from Yakima, where she spent the winter. Mrs. Betty was a girlhood friend of Mrs. Smith (not so very long ago) in Toledo. Wash. George Nesbit was here Saturday from La Grande, and was accom panied back to that city by his son, Ralph' Nesbit, who expects to engage in round houae work. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Turner ore mov ing from Pendleton to Meadowbrook farm on Pine creek below Weston, where Mr. Turner has leased the farm residence and about five acres of bottom land from Iley Winn. Jim could not forego his love of the soil, and finally wearied of the life of a town dweller. Frank Lavender left Tuesday for Pendleton to "shoot gun" (otherwise run the transit) for the county road master. Miss Esther and Gail Williams have returned home from Whitman College for the summer. Frank Saling was up from Pendle ton Tuesday to visit his mother and look after the affairs of the Saling estate. Mr. Saling reports that farming conditions are good in Mor row county, where the growing wheat looks much better than usual at this season. The weather has been favorable for plowing, and about a section and a-half is already plowed of the land in which he is in- j terested. Mr. Saline and his son-in- law are handlinir four sections of Morrow county land. Mrs. Mark Henderson returned Tuesday evening from Dayton, where hor brother. Leroy Brown, has much improved. Earl Barnctt ran into a "blizzardy" snowstorm Tuesday on Weston moun tain, when rain fell in the lowlands. He could make no progress carrying the rural mail on horseback, and only succeeded in delivering it as far as Tamarack. He had to walk back down the mountain, holding to the tail of his horse. A party of California tourists bound from Calexico to Spokane met with their only hard luck of the trip when coming into Weston Tuesday morning. Their Ford car caught fire and had to be ditched on south Water street, while the tourists had to AmericanLegionDarice and William's Colored Jazz Band in Buck and Wing Dancing and Songs at Legion Hall, Athena, Wednesday April 12 Hear Henry Ford XXIII and "Sallie Trombone" Sing "She's Oniy a Moonshiner's Daughter, but I Love Her Still" zA Real azz Dance where there's Real Jazz Music move fast to get out of the car and away from the blazing ruin with their baggage. The Ford was re duced to its running gears, but the engine being found serviceable was rebuilt in Githens' garage. The par ty consisted of a young man and his mother and grandmother, and they intend locating near Spokane. Miss Esther Davis and Miss Glena dine Larson, students of Walla Walla High, took advantage of the spring vacation to visit this week in Wes ton. Miss Davis was the guest of Mrs. C. L. Pinkerton, and Miss Lar son was entertained at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. DeGraw. Dick Powers, well known at Wes ton, where he formerly resided, was brought down this week from River side. Washington, and is at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. E. Stanfield. Seized with an attack of neuritis fol lowing influenza, Mr. Powers was or dered out of the Riverside country, where he has been engaged in farm ing, by his physician. Mrs. Powers remained to dispose of their personal property and will join him at Weston later. Clarence Beathe left Tuesday for his ranch near Garrison, Montana, af ter a visit with his parents and friends at Weston Tom Narkaus, well known Weston citizen and former Alberta farmer, usually dims his car lights when mo toring and meeting another car. But he forgot this the other day while out on the state highway, as he hap pened to be talking and driving at the same time. The opposite car contained three traffic officers, and Tom was required to contribute $10 to the public till, in Justice Parkes' court at Pendleton. There will be no baseball game in Weston next Sunday, as until the last few days weather conditions have permitted of no practice by the local team. For the following Sun day a game may be arranged with the O-W. team of Rieth, to be played on the Weston grounds. The locals are now "rarin' to go," and feel con fident of giving a good account of themselves. Sim J. Culley sustained an opera tion at Walla Walla Monday in which more than one hundred gall stones were removed by the sur geons. While his condition had reached a verv serious stage, favor able reports are heard as to his progress. A potted plant was sent to the sick room this week "as a to ken of esteem from Steven3 Lodge, Knights or Pythias. C. E. Fisk and Marvin W. Adkins were summoned from Weston this week for jury service at the April term of court in Pendleton. G. A. Cowl was over from Milton yesterday on a business visit. The stock of the Weston Mercan tile Co. was sold Monday by R. L. Sabin of Portland to Matt Mosgrove, well known merchant of the Inland Empire, formerly in business at Athena. Mr. Mosgrove is busying himself this week in making the in voice, in which work he is being as sisted by T. C. Elliott of Milton. It is announced that the goods will be disposed of in their present location. James Harris has so far .regained his strength after a long illness that he was able to put in a week of shearing at the Cunningham sheep ranch near Pilot Rock. In an order from the headquarters of the Ninth Army Corns at Port land, Captain Herman E. O'Harra of Weston is ordered to report bv let ter to the chief of staff of the 96th Division, and is attached to the 381st Infantry. This command is part of the reserve corps for the Pacific coast, and is a skeleton organization which may readily be raised to full strength in case of need. W. M. Davis was over this Week to gather un some of his scattered machinery for removal to his farm near Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Fanning left yesterday for their Alberta wheat ranch to look after the spring work. NORTHWEST MINES CLOSED BY STRIKE Seattle, Wash. Complete suspen sion of unionized coal mines In Wash ington and British Columbia was re ported at the close of the first day of the nation-wide strike of the United Mine Workers of America. For Washington official estimates placed the number of men who joined the walkout at 2600. In British Colum bia between 2500 and 3000 men went out. The striking Washington miners were largely employed in mines sup plying railroad fuel. The principal fields In Washington, where shutdowns resulted from the strike, were the Roslyn-Cle Elum rail road field, largest in the state, where approximately 2100 men quit work; the Centralia field, where 230 men were reported out, and the Belllng ham district, with 240 union men on strike. In the Roslyn-Cle Elum field maintenance men also joined the walkout and some of the mines were said to be in danger of flooding. farming conditions SHOW IMPROVEMENT Washington, D. C. Acting Director Davis of the war flnanca corporation in a statement noted "marked im provement in the condition of the agri cultural industry and a better outlook for business generally" on the basis of April 1 reports from corporation agencies. "Livestock producers and farmers generally," the statement said, "are reported much more confident because of Improved market condl tions. "Bank deposits have increased in many agricultural communities, and the country banks are generally in a stronger position than for a long time. Best of all, confidence is returning and with It the trend of business is toward a restoration of more normal conditions." Up to March 31, the statement said, the corporation had approved leant aggregating $322,826,697, of which $214,187,761 was to banks, $58,387,816 to co-operatives and $50,250,120 for export purposes. DAYLIGHT ROBBERY DARING IiOquiaiuy Wash. What is said to be the largest deal ever consummated in the timber business on Grays Harbor was completed here when William K. Boeing and associates of Seattle sold 600,000,000 feet of timber at the head of the Hoqulam river to H. J. Miller of the Miller Lumber & Logging com pany of Everett for a consideration aid to have been more than $2,000,000, mostly cash. The timber is mostly fir Retired Financier, His Wife and Seven Servants Bound. New York. The most amazing day light robbery Nsw York has known In many years occurred In the home of Albert R. Shattuck, retired financier, 19 Washington square north, when four armed bandits overpowered Mr and Mrs. Shattuck and their seven servants, bound them all with rope, locked them In a wine cellar and stole jewelry valued at $90,000. The robbers ransacked the dwelling for an hour and a half, but as they were leaving, one was captured and, in an overcoat he had abandoned In his flight through Washington square, jewels valued at $20,000 were found. The alarm was given by the butler, who freed himself from his bonds and, running to a neighbor's house, while the thieves were still at work, tele phoned the police. 100,000 Babbits Reported Killed. Olympia, Wash. More than 100,000 rabbits were accounted for in Grant, Franklin and Walla Walla counties during the winter months through drives, poison campaigns and trapping, according to the report of Leo K. Couch, assistant in the federal bureau of biological survey, with headquarters here. $3,324000 Farm Loans Approved Washington, D. C. Approval of 121 advances for agricultural and live stock purposes aggregating $3,324,000 was announced by the war finance corporation. The loans included. Mon tant, $220,000; Oregon, $112,000. Wy omlng, $104,600. CLASSIFIED Eggs for Setting-Eggs from pure bred Black Manorcas for sale. Mrs. A. W. Logsdon, Athena. I am wide open for bids for my res idencealso for exchange for Pendle ton residence. Dr. Watts. I wish to ttart something "The World for a bid" a residence for sale or trade. Talk to me. Dr. Watts. For Sale-Two good young milch cows, one fresh. Charles Belts. Athena Oregon. Don't forget I am still in the haul ing game. Light or heavy hauling at reasonable prices. Guy Crouk WATTS & PRKSTBYE 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 :2 Small Demand Women on Jury. Waukegan, 111. Governor Len Small demanded that women sit on the jury which la to try him on charges of con spiracy to embeisle state funds. Through his attorneys he challenged the entire jury list of Lake county because only njeu had beep called. 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. Perry Hall Auto Top Repairer Don't forget to brinr your old shoes to me when in need of repairing. I guarantee satisfaction. THE ATHENA SHOE SHOP New Tops Made to Order! fir Ming Time Is Almost Here To all ardent disciples of old Ike Walton the open ing day for trout is a long looked for event. "Dyed in the Wool" fishermen have long since repaired their rods and reels, cleaned out their fly books and determined their wants for the opening day. One glance at our stock of fishing tackle wiH con vince the most particular fisherman that in our shelves only fisherman's "necessities" will be found. Rods, reels, baskets, lines, flies, hooks, leaders, spinners, licenses, etc. we have them all. y Watts & Rogers "It's our little hook that takes the trout from the brook." The Athena Home Laundry G. W. FINCH, Proprietor Having purchased the Athena Home Laundry, I will conduct it in connection with my Clothes Cleaning and Pressing business hereafter. The new location will be on Main street, in the building east of the Standard Theatre. THE ATHENA HOME LAUNDRY, PHONE 51 "Script Form Butter Wrappers THE ATHENA BARBER SHOP AMOS O'DELL, PROPRIETOR We are now making a specialty of Shampooing and Massaging for Ladies, during the evening hours IIMIIMH MMtMHIIIIMIIinilttlMIIIMMi ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. American Beauty Flour Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the verv best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry". Vour grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash m fa The First National Bank gf Athena Established 1891 Capital and Surplus $110,000.00