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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1922)
.Value and Quality.. The value of your money depends on where you take it. The Dol lars are worth cTWORE at this Store. Poor quality of goods are dear at any price. You get Quality only, here. .5L. (F2? . T i "Over The Hill" The marriage of Miss Lilian Brickey, a faculty member of Wes ton High school, and Theodore Rich of Walla Walla, occurred June 29 at the home of the bride's parents in I'rovo, Utah. Mrs. Rich has resigned her position in the local school, and together with her husband will es tablish" a home in Walla Walla. Mrs. A. C. Brown and little daugh ter Geraldine left Saturday on their return home to Vancouver, aftc i pleasant visit with Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs. Iven O'Harra. A. J. Proebstel came up last week on a vacation trip from the Willam ette valley, where he has been en gaged in field work for the Pacific Teelphone & Telegraph Co. He is visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lilian Fredericks. It was an encouraging moment at the road meeting in Weston Satur day when the Union county delega tion of eight members walked in on the gathering, after a motor trip across the mountains from Elgin via the proposed route of the Blue Moun tain highway. They were headed by Lee Tuttle, one of the original Blue Mountain road boosters, and Cecil Galloway, county commissioner. Be j fore starting for home, the visitors j insisted that a party of Umatilla county men go over soon and visit ! them, saying that the people of the two counties saw far too little of J each other for such near neighbors. Mi-. Tuttle's car registercr the dis tance from Elgin to Weston as 41.9 miles. I Mrs. Robert C. French, wife of the ' former president of the Weston Nor i mal, was in town Saturday and at tended the good roads banquet, hav ing motored up from Pendleton with Mayor and Mrs. G. A. Hartman. j Mrs. French said that her husband j is at present in Europe. He has re cently been engaged in educational work in New York. J. E. Jones and Henry Thompson spent two and one-half days on a re cent hunt for bear in the Black mountain country. They saw three of the animals and took several shots at one of them, but at a dis tance too great for execution. They ran across a number of deer, which were quite gentle, as though aware that the closed season rendered them immune. J. E. McDaniel has purchased j f rom J. Boucher 11 acres of good garden and fruit land adjoining the city limits of Weston on the east. A neat little cottage is located on the tract, and it is otherwise im proved. Mr. and Mrs. Boucher have gone to Billings, Montana, to look after their interests there. Prof. A. W. Lundell and family and Mr. Merle Sloan were up from Pendleton Sunday, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Lundell. Otto Purcell is serving as tempo rary carrier on rural route No. 1 out of Weston. Mr. Purcell was the first applicant for the route, which was lately made vacant by the res ignation of Earl Barnett. The Misses Harriett and Lurah Benedict, sisters of Mrs. Nelson H. Jones, have arrived from Moline, Ill inois, to visit at the Jones residence during the summer. They are en joying a vacation from duty as buy ers and department heads for a large department store at Moline. The Misses Benedict stopped off at Col orado Springs en route. They will accompany Mayor and Mrs. Jones on a drive over the Columbia High way to Portland and thence to Seat tle, returning via the Snoqualmie pass. A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Barnes, Nora Barnes and J. R. Barnes and family were among the many people who sought Sunday the shady nooks and piscatorial pleasures offered by the Umatilla river. Kendall Smith has gone to Wash tucna, Wash., to take part in har vest operations on the Staggs & Sons holdings. He accompanied G. W. and Glenn Staggs. Mrs. J. Kirkpatrick left Monday for a visit with her children at Port land. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wurzer spent last Sunday very pleasantly in an outing on the Umatilla. Joe landed four teen nice trout, the largest measur fifteen inches in length. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bulfinch are on their way from South Bend to San Francisco, where Mr. Bulfinch was engaged in the grain business in early years. They took passage on a lumber schooner, in order to get the full penefit of the ocean voy age. John Carmichael, a brother of Geo. Carmichael, was seriously hurt a few days ago in an accident near Lexington,, Morrow county, where he has long been engaged in farming. Mr. Carmichael, who is 69 years old, was overturned with a load of hay, and landed with his back against a stump. (Claude Snider has returned from Kent, Wash., where he has lately been employed in a cannery. Claude has put in a year gaining useful ex perience in the industrial world, and CLASSIFIED For Sale The D. Scott Fisher resi dence in Athena. A good home at a reasonable price. For Sale Kindling wood, dry box cuttings delivered at your home in Athena, Oregon. $7.00 per truck load, three and one-half cubic yards, C. O. D. Phone orders to our expense. Milton Box Co., Milton, Oregon, phone 983. Wanted Chickens at the St. Nich ols hotel. Highest market price paid. For Sale A good cook house. W. J. Crabill, Athena. My residence still for sale or trade. Dr. Watts. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM SHOPMEN WANTED FOR RAILROAD SERVICE AND AT WAGES AS FOLLOWS: Machinists 70 cents per hour Boilermakers 71 cents per hour Blacksmiths 70 cents per hour Electricians 70 cents per hour Sheet metal and other workers in this line.. 70 cents per hour Freight car repairers 63 cents per hour Car inspectors 63 cents per hour Painters, freight cars 63 cents per hour Helpers, all crafts 47 cents per hour These men are wanted to take the place of men who are striking against the decision of the United States Railroad Labor Board, and their status, and the FULL PROTECTION GUARANTEED, are explained by Ben W. Hooper, Chairman, in his statement of July 1: "In this case the conllict is not between the employer and the oppressed employes. The people of this country, through an act of congress, signed by President Wilson, established a tribunal to decide Buch disputes over wages and working conditions, which are submitted to it in a proper manner. It is the decision of this tribunal against which the shop crafts are striking. "Regardless of any question of the right of the men to strike, the men who take the strik ers' places are merely accepting the wages and working conditions prescribed by a government tribunal and arc performing a public service. They are not accepting tho wages and working conditions which an employer is trying to impose. FOR THIS REASON PUBLIC SENTI MENT AND FULL GOVERNMENT POWER WILL PROTECT THE MEN WHO REMAIN IN THEIR POSITIONS AND THE NEW MEN WHO MAY COME IN." Apply to F. D. HALL Agent, Pendleton, Oregon Don't forget I am still in the haul ing game. Light or heavy hauling at reasonable prices. Guy Cronk, 23F2 DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special Attention given to all calls, both day and night. Calls promptly answered. Office Third Street, Athena, Oregon. C. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Office next to Telephone Excangp. Phones, Office 333; Residence 412 Penland Bros. Blacksmith Shop Pendleton, Oregon EXPERT BLACKSMITHING AND HORSESHOEING. SLOAN WEED ERS OR SLICKERS FOR SALE. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED FOR GUARANTEED WORK. after harvest expects to take me chanical engineering at the Uni versity of Washington, Seattle. He is an alumnus of Weston High. Mrs. Mary E. Price of Pilot Rock, i who has a number of nephews and a niece residing in Weston, was op erated on for cancer Tuesday at Pendleton. Her condition is reported to be very serious. Mrs. Alfred Pambrun returned Sunday from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pambrun at their home south of Athena. Mrs. Fuson ac companied the Pambruns on a trip to the Umatilla river to witness the big Indian celebration. Fifty acres of red chaff grown by Sim J. Culley on the DeGraw farm south of Weston has been certified as seed wheat by Fred Bennion, county agent, and a professor from Oregon Agricultural College, who yesterday made a careful examina ton of the field, and found it con taining less than three-tenths of one percent mixture. The field was de veloped from hand-picked red chaif. A decided change for the better is reported this week in the condition of Mrs. J. M. Banister. Members of the family are, hopeful that she will be able in due course to leave her sick bed, which she has been compelled to occupy continuously for the past five weeks. Louis Christensen, long a well known farmer of Reed and Hawley mountain, was called by death Thurs day at St. Anthony's hospital, Pen dleton, a few days after sustaining an operation for the relief of an en larged gall bladder. The funeral services will be held in Weston at 10 a. m. Saturday. Mr. Christensen had been a mountain resident for thirty years or more, and enjoyed an envia ble reputation for industry and in tegrity. He had no family, but is survived by two sisters, one residing at Grand Island, Nebraska, and the other at Shoshone, Idaho. A niece, Mrs. Anna Jensen of Grand Island, had been visiting him, accompanied by her family, and was with him du ring the last hours. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Dowd of Walla Walla are visiting at the E. C. Rogers residence in Athena. They lately returned from a trip to Portland and the Sound, and are leaving soon for Yellowstone Park, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Churchman of Walla Walla. The party will travel in two motor cars, provided with plenty of camp equip age and ready for an extended tour. While harvest is well under way in the light land districts, only one out fit has so far taken the field in the Weston neighborhood the Sim J. Culley combine, which cut its first swath yesterday at the Price Bros, place on Dry creek. The grain is reported to be slightly pinched, but this is expected of a good share of the Weston crop. "Buzz" Fisk will begin operations tomorrow at the Banister place near town. BACKS U. P. PROGRAM Oswald West, former governor of Oregon, addressing the Bend Com mercial club Wednesday, urged itt members to get behind the Union Pacific program of railroad develop ment as the best for the future o. the state as a whole. BURIAL OF MURDERERS The burials of Elvie Kirby and John Rathie, hanged for compicity in the murder of Sheriff Taylor, have taken place. Kirby was buried in the Catholic cemetery at Salem, and the body of Rathie was sent to Idaho Falls for interment. GRESHAM LOGANBERRIES Gresham Loganberries are selling on the Athena market at $2.40 per crate. The berries are of excellent quality this year. ROUND-UP DAYS Pendleton Round-Up days are ap proaching and with the d:tes an nounced for September 21, 22 and 23, interest in the big show is growing. Ford We have taken on the Ford Agency for Athena We have received our first shipment of parts and are now in a position to serve Ford owners. We can also sell you a Ford Car, Truck or Fordson Tractor Thompson's Garage Main Street Athena Phone 471 IH1HI Oil Cook Stove For Hot Weather Ask any housekeeper who owns an oil cook stove, of the benefits derived from its use, more particularly during the hot weather. An Oil Cook Stove (New Perfection) means a cool kitchen and makes cooking a real pleasure during "dog days." A good oil cook I stove spells real kitchen economy. If you want the! best, simplest in operation-one that a child can u te j ask for the New Perfection-the stove with the long chimney. Come in and look over ou. stoves A few j minutes demonstration will convince you 'i at the New Perfection is a real kitchen necessity. Watts & Rogers Athena, Oregon The Athena Home Laundry G. W. FINCH, Proprietor Suits Cleaned and Pressed $1.50 called for and delivered. Laundry business very good thank you-installing another machine. THE ATHENA HOME LAUNDRY, PHONE 492 We carry the best MEAT That Money Buys Lard, Kraut, Kippered Salmon, Salt and Fresh Fish, Oysters, Clams and Crab, in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street, Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA BARBER SHOP AMOS O DELL, PROPRIETOR We are now making a specialty of Shampooing and Massaging for Ladies, during the evening hours lltHIIII'I'I'l ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. American Beauty Flour Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ol the very- best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells the famous American. Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash The First National Bank gf Athena Established 1891 Capital and Surplus $110,000.60