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Mrs. J. V. Bell of Weston was in
town Wednesday.
Herbert Hopkins came over from
Weston Thursday.
Vernie Marr of We3ton Was in
Athena yesterday.
Wheat Hay Bound wheat for sale.
Mrs. Jos. Sheard, phone, 28P2,
Roy flyatt prominent Weston far
mer, was in Athena Wednesday.
P. G. Lucas, Weston real estate
agent, was in Athena yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Proudfit were
visitors in Pendleton Wednesday.
xCass Cannon is having his res
ilience painted a bungalow brown col
Mrs. J. H. Sturgis visited her par
ents here Wednesday night from Pen
dleton. Mrs. S. F. Sharp and Mrs. W. W.
McPherson were visiting in Pendle
ton Saturday.
Matt Mosgrove, Milton merchant,
and sister, Mrs. Elliott, were in
Athena, Monday.
Mrs. E. A. Dudley and her grand
daughter, Jessie Dudley .visited rel
atives ;n Pendleton.
George Thompson reports the cap
ture of nine coyotes from a den on
his ranch, last Sunday.
Fresh Milk Fresh rich milk from
Jersey cow, $3 per quart per month,
delivered. P. H. Marklejr.
W. W. Boothby, well known Pendle
ton carpenter, dropped dead of ap
poplexy while at work on a scaffold,
Tuesday.
Marion Hansell and Homer Watts
spent Wednesday on the north fork
of the Walla Walla and had fair suc
cess trout fishing.
Charles Russell is in the city from
Condon, visiting at the home of his
parents. He is again in good health,
after a serious illness.
Laurence Tharp of the Auto Top
& Awning company of Walla Walla,
was in Athena Tuesday and Wednes
day putting up awnings at Main
street business houses. He took or
ders for others, and reports that he
is doing a thriving business in his
line.
Everything is in readiness for the
district track meet in Athena tomor
row. The schools of Adams, Athena,
Heix and Weston will participate.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams, Mrs.
Ella Brotherton and daughter, Miss
Hazel, of Walla Walla, were Sunday
guests of Mrs. Minnie DePeatt.
Fishermen returning from Bucka
roo Creek Sunday, report large num
bers of dead horses and cattle in that
section, as the result of the severe
winter.
E. A., Bennett is giving the Prest-
bye Service Station a coat of whitei
paint. The property is also being
parked and sown to grass by Mr.
Prestbye.
The Watts tractor was used yes
terday in scarifying Third street,,
from Jefferson street intersection
north. The street surface will be
graded and rolled.
Sydney S. Vincent, former Asso
ciated Press manager at Portland,
and John E. Gratke, once editor of
the Astoria Budget, were callers at
the Press office, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Crowley left the firs
of the week for Walla Walla, where
Mr. Crowley will be employed. They
have closed their home here during
their stay in the Washington town..
Jim Jones, rural mail carrier, re
ports to the Press that he has trans
ferred his Missouri possessions to
his mountain ranch, and will here
after deliver mail in approved style
a la Ford.
Asa Arbogast was up last week
from his Ritter stock ranch, accom
panied by a man who contemplates
trading for his residence property
here. Mr. Arbogast will not return
to Athna to reside.
The Simpson Auto company of
Pendleton, will give a practical dem
onstration with the Ford8on Tractor
and Oliver plow, on the Kilgore place
Werk's Red Oil Soap
TRUE ECONOMY in the matter of Soap is not to
be determined by the "number of bars" you get
for $1.00, but rather by the quantity of ACTUAL
SOAP and its LASTING QUALITY. Some soaps,
apparently very cheap, waste very rapidly. Such
soaps are NOT ECONOMICAL!
The Lasting Quality of WERK'S RED OIL SOAP
Spells Economy!
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Model Cleaners
and Dyers
Pendleton, Oregon
We Clean and Dye everything that is Cleanable or
Dyeable. Suits made to order. Give your bundle
to the Troy Laundry driver.
south of city limits, Monday, May 1.
The public is invited to witness this
demonstration of u complete plowing
outfit.
Dr. A. C. Froom. accomnanied bv
his wife and son will leave in a few
days for Canada, where the doctor
will look after his land interests, later
returning to Athena to resume his
dental practice.
A. M. Meldrum was in the city
from Spokane Saturday, in the inter
ests of Spokane Christian University.
Me reports that Mrs. Meldrum, who
is on the faculty of the collee-a. is
confined to her home with rheuma
tism.
Wm. Russell has returned homo
from his second confinement in the
hospital at Walla Walla, where he
was recently operated on for the
removal of gallstones. Mr. Russell
is now on the road to permanent re
covery.
Editor Mainwaiinir of the Hermia-
ton Herald, visited the Press office
Wednesday. Mr. Mainwaring recent
ly returned from San Francisco where
he mastered the mechanism of the
linotype at the Megenthaler school,
which it is published.
liver Dickenson this week shiDDed
his' household goods and farm ap
purtenances by the 0. W. to his
North Powder ranch, and with his
family left to reoide there perman
ently Their friends wish them pros-
perty intheir new home.
Mrs. M. L. Watts entertained thp
Baptist Missionary society last Fri
day afternoon at her home on 4th
street. A large number were pres
ent, including invited guests. A splen
did program was enjoyed, and re
freshments closed tbe afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bell. fne T.
ota Wagner) have moved from Pen
dleton to the Bell home farm smith
of town where they wll reside with
Mr. and Mrs. John Bell. Mrs. Bell
was formerly a teacher in the Athe
na schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knowlton left
Saturday for their home in Spokane
after a short visit here. Thev msnt
the winter at Long Beach, California,
and are seeing their friends en route
home. At Prescott, Waitsburg and
other points, in Washington they ex
pected to visit relatives.
Next Wednesday, May 3rd, the
Christian Missionary society will hold
their regular monthly meeting at the
home of Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton west
of town. Division No. 2 will furnish
the program for the day, and divis
ion No. 1 will serve tea. All ladies
interested are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koepke and
Ldajighter, Miss Dorothy, will leave
f their home in Glendale, California,
during the coming month, for a visit
to their former home in Germany.
Henry Junior will return to Athena
after the close of school where he
will spend his vacation on the farm.
The ladies of the Civic Club are
making elaborate preparations for
their annual silver tea, which will be
held on next Tuesday afternoon in
the K. of P.- Odd Fellows Hall. Ef
ficient committees on decoration, en
tertainment and refreshments have
the function in charge, insuring a
pleasurable event. The clubs and lad
ies of other towns have been spec
ially invited, and the ladies of Athena
and especially the members of the
Civic club are urgently requested to
assist in the success of the occasion
by their presence. Mrs. Anderson of
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Walla Walla will be a guest of the
Civic club, and wi'I give a review of
her popular book, "An Oft Islander."
Mrs. Samuel Haworth returned
last week from a visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Wm. Winship, and the D.
B. Jarmans, at Salem. She reports
all well and prosperous at the Cap
itol city. Miss Mildred Winship
will arrive in Athena soon for a visit
with Mrs. Haworth and other friends.
The annual issue of The Lyre,
Athena high school paper, will be is
sued today. The publication of this
issue covers senior class activities,
May Day exercises, commencement
and graduation ir detail, and is
splendidly illustrated with halftones
of the graduating class and the bas
ketball team.
Owing to inclement weather April
14th and 15th, the clean-up days in
Athena, a considerable amount of the
work was necessarily undone, and it
has been decided to set aside Wed
nesday of next week. May 3rd, as a
clean-up day on which the work of
removing rubbish and cleaning up
the alleys and vacant lots will be
completed.
The four-reel motion picture, "Safe
guarding the Nation," will be shown
at the Christian church tomorrow
evening, by arrangement with the
ministers of the city. It is stated
that the picture portrays a message
that is timely and importune. "Safe
guarding the Nation" is given under
the auspices of the Anti-Saloon Lea
gue of Oregon.
P. H. Markley, miller for the Pres
ton-Shaffer Milling company, is in
a serious condition at his home in
this city, from the result of running
a rusty nail into his hand. He is
attended by Dr. Sharp. Mr. Mark
ley was working in the basement of
the mill, when he placed his hand on
a board, containing the nail, which
penetrated the palm to the bone.
The recital given by Miss Cassil's
class at high school auditorium, Sat
urday evening, was enjoyed by all
who were in attendance. The differ
ent numbers were well received, and
marked improvement was noticed in
the proficiency of 'each pupil. Miss
Cassil announces a recital in May at
which time a larger number of her
pupils will participate in the pro
gram. M. L. Watts returned last evening
from Morrow courty where as Grand
Marshal of the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0.
F. of Oregon, he paid official visits to
local lodges. He relates a narrow es
cape that he experienced in an auto
mobile accident. Mr. .Shaffer and Mr.
Leonard of Waitsburg were riding
with Mr. Watts, wlien a truck crowd
ed their car off the road, and the ma
chine hung by one wheel over the em
bankment. A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer I. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. M.
W. Hansell, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Le
Grow and Mrs. F. B. Boyd motored
to the north fork of the Walla Walla
river Saturday morning, where the
men of the party investigated the
fishing possibilities. Too much wa
ter prevented any satisfactory re
sults in that line, but a picnic break
fast and lunch was keenly apprecia
ted none the less.
J. E. Jones, Prof. Loren Basler,
Elbert Stiff, Herman Hoffman and
Isaac Davidson spent Sunday in the
Blue Mountains, bear hunting. No
trace of bruin was found, but the
party enjoyed the outing neverthe
less. Mr. Jones had the satisfact
ion of nulling one of the cars trans
porting the party out of the water
on the Umatilla, with his invincible
Ford. Mr. Jones describes the im
promptu bath the boys were forced
to take, in his own peculiar way.
Mrs. 0. 0. Stephens entertained
the Star club Tuesday afternoon at
her home on 4th street, with twenty
five ladies present. Out of town
guests were: Mrs. A. A. Kimball and
Mrs. Ralph Hassell of Pendleton.
Athena guests were Mrs. J. F.
Herr and Mrs. W. W. McPherson.
Mrs. Stephens was assisted in serv
ing a refreshing lunch, by Mrs. C. H.
Smith. The next meeting of the club
will be held at the home of Mrs. M.
W. Hansell, north of town on Tues
day afternoon, May 9th.
MoKenzie Chapter, Order of the
Easter Star, with the Crescent
Chapter of Weston and Loyalty Chap
ter of Milton, were guests Tuesday,
evening of Bushee Chapter, of Pen
dleton. Owing to the fact that the
Benedict Club was entertaining
on the same evening, Athena's re
presentation was cut down consider
ably, but the fifteen members attend
ing were highly pleased with their
reception and entertainment. A
splendid banquet was served by the
hostess chapter after the close of
the session.
The last of the dancing parties
given by the Benedict club, composed
of thirty-two young marriel couples
of Athena, was given Tuesday night
:n the Legion hall. About 150 peo
ple danced until midnight to the in
spiring strains of McElroys orchestra
after which a sumptuous lunch was
served by the members of the club
to their guests. The season's parties
have been voted a pronounced suc
cess, and it is hoped that the club
will reorganize next fall, to give a
aeries of like character.
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Saturday, April
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A Paramount Picture
Two-Reel Western
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Sunday April 30
Wallace Reid
Coming in
The Lo Ye
Special
Pathe Review.
Admission, 10c-25c-35c, Tax Paid
Rollin Comedy
Watch for
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