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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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The First National Bank
gf Athena
Established 1891
Capital and Surplus $110,000.00