..Value and Quality..
The value of your money depends on where you take it. The Dol
lars are worth
rJMORE
at this Store. Poor quality of goods are dear at any price. You get
Quality only, here.
0M& M
"Over The Hill"
I time in all that period. Mr. Ed-
j wards is postmaster of Ritzville, Wn.
I Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Culley left
I ; Wednesday morning via the Columbia
' t j n
mgiiway on tx muiui u ip iu ruii
land, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Huguenin of Walla Walla.
They will return via the Snoqualmie
pass.
Mrs. J. W. Bowers was brought
back from Pendleton Sunday by Mr.
and Mrs. L. P. Gilliland, and is now
Mrs.
J. H. Ridenour returned Tuesday
from Montana, where he has been
lowing the wool harvest.
Clark Wood left last evening for
"Corvallis, where he will attend the
annual meeting of Oregon editors.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ross, Miss Vida
Greer and Master Neil Ross motored : at her home on the mountain.
up to Dayton Sunday and spent the Bowers is slowly improving, follow
day with A. M. Ross and family. ; ing a Very serious operation for ap-
yhe dainty midsummer blossoms, of I pendicitis.
Ore graceful locust trees arc again . Charles L. May and family re-
la. Earl kept on going until he
reached the home of his cousins ten
miles beyond Walla Walla, making
the trip in about four hours.
Bears are said to be causing much
damage to the bands of sheep graz
ing in the Mottet meadows section of
the Blue mountains. Sheep are be
ing taken almost nightly from the
bands.
Newton and Albert O'Harra started
their outfit Monday in a field of
wheat in the Pea Ridge neighborhood,
belonging to the former. This is
thought to be going around 35 bush
els to the acre.
Cecil Robe, eldest son of Prof, and
Mrs. H. L. Robe, has accepted a po
sition as high school instructor at
Mark Henderson is getting
season's run on Weston mountain, u" bhuiiwi i" which m ai-
which begins in about ten days. He fairs are conducted,
will carry a cook house with the out- Abe Abrahamson and nephew,
fit this season. Floyd Fanning, motored to Meacham
Mrs. F. H. Coffin left for Portland Sunday. They came back with the
Monday to meet her son, Gilbert Cof-1 report of a plentiful crop of huckle
fin, who came to Portland from San ! ben u,s In that vicinity. Mrs. Fanning
Francisco to attend the bankers' con
vention. Mr. Coffin is a federal bank
examiner.
Sam Edwards, member of un Ore
gon pioneer family who lived in Wes
ton forty years ago, was here Mon
day greeting old timers for the first
atcd from University of Oregon last
spring, with a splendid scholastic
record.
The general run of wheat in the
Weston neighborhood is said to be
yielding between SO and 35 bushels,
and daughter Juanita will leave for
Meacham next week to do some
picking.
Earl Harbour and Harold Magnus
sen, each of whom is the proud owner
of a new bicycle, tried the machines
out Monday with a run to Walla Wal-
EXCURSION
Fares
East
II .Ml
IBf!
mm
OiJU
Lower than Ever
This Summer
Round-trip tickets routed over the
Union Pacific System
returning same or any direct line
Salt Lake City $48.82 St. Louis 76.50
Denver $64.00 Cincinnati $101.30
Kansas City $67.00 Philadelphia $139.95
Omaha $67.00 New York $142.40
Chicago . $81.00 Boston $153.36
Yellowstone Park $32.20 To other cities in proportion.
Ticket Sales DAILY until August 31st
Return limit October 31st
The Union Pacific operates the only THROUGH SOLID TRAIN
between Portland and Chicago.
"Oregon -Washington Limited"
Leaves Portland 9:00 A. M.
Arrives Chicago 11:00 A. M. (third day)
Through service alBo on "Continental Limited."
Every foot of the track is protected by AUTOMATIC SAFETY
SIGNALS. Equipment is the best in the transportation world.
Dining car service the very maximum of human skill and urt.
The service as a whole represents the supreme effort of the man
agement to please and satisfy patrons.
Cali on our Agent when you arc ready to go and he will do the
rest. WM. McMURRAY,
General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
delighting those who observe with turned Sunday from a week's fishing
interest the various phuses of the i trip to the lakes of central Oregon.
changing seasons. I Mr. May says that crops are rather i Freeman, Wash., for the coming
Walter Williams has returned from "Bit in that part ot the state, and ' year. Young Mr. Robe was gradu
a four months' stay at Shaniko and , that Weston mountain now looks bet
Heppn'er. At Shaniko he was en- ter to him than ever,
rolled with a state highway crew and R. C. Knox of Portland, government
says he rather likes that class of postofficc inspector, was here Satur
work. I day and inspected the local postofficc.
hja He complimented Postmaster Lun-
threshing outfit In readiness for the I dc" uPon ita neat appearance and j ami testing around 57 pounds. This
is considerably below the stand
ard and shows the effect of pinching.
An unusually good crop for the sea
son is reported from the "McKinnon
quarter" northwest of town, owned
and farmed by J. H. Key, which Mr.
Key is confident will go better than
forty bushels. Threshing on this
tract was begun Monday by the Key
& Johnson outfit.
Frank Snider and family were at
Dayton, Wash., Sunday attending the
funeral of the late John DeMond,
father of Mrs. Snider, whose death
i occurred early Saturday morning of
apoplexy. Mr. DeMond was 67 years
of age and a highly respected pio
neer resident of the Dayton neigh
borhood. He is survived by his wid
ow, four daughters and eight grand
children. The funeral was conducted
by the Odd P'ellows.
Reports from Weston mountain say
that a good potato crop is in pros
pect, even though needed rain has
failed to put in an appearance. The
spuds in most instances show a good
stand, and timely moisture would
have insured an abundant yield. The
grain crop on the mountain is below
normal. Spring-sown grain espec
ially has suffered from the lack of
rain. Some observers say that even
fall-sown will not yield much better
than sixty percent of the usual aver
age. Professor H. R. Hyslop is ex
pected on the mountain the latter
part of this week to make the first
fielfl inspection of seed potatoes.
The nearly new five-room bungalow
on the farm of Elmer Tucker burned
to the ground Friday noon with all
its contents during the absence of
Mr. Tucker and family, who had gone
over in the morning to the R. Mor
rison home. The origin of the fire
is unknown. The loss is estimated at
$1800, and is partly covered by $1200
insurance. Mr. Tucker is not plan
ning to rebuild until spring.
Mrs. Leroy Brown returned last
week to Dayton, Wash., after a visit
to tho Mark Henderson home on
Weston mountain. Mr. Brown, who is
a brother of Mrs. Henderson, is con
tinuing his visit, together with Miss
Cora Frances Brown. Mr. Brown,
who lias been suffering from paraly
sis following influenza, is considera
bly improved.
200,000 BUSHELS SOLD
Sale of 200,000 bushels of new
wheat by Ben Grote at $1.04 is the
1 first large sale of wheat in Walla
Walla. Tests of weight of new whe.tt
j show most of it running around 59
pounds to the bushel,
JAP GIRLS GET INTO LINE
Increasing Physical Activity and Inde
pendence Are Regarded as of
Particular Significance.
A new freedom In physical move
ment is discernible If not obvious in
feminine Japan. It can be noted on
the street In the little girls' play. Al
ways they have had the most varied
line of games and were fairly active,
but nothing so unladylike as jumping
over a stick, a sort of pole vaulj; with
out the pole. Now this is not unusual
In the larger towns, and surprisingly
high do these wooden clogged, kl
monoed, plg-talled youngsters. Jump,
and with much abondon.
In the girls' schools there is much
more activity than even three years
ago of the kind that past generations
of American mothers called tomboy
tshness, and Increasing interest in ten
nis and basketball. Also It Is not un
becoming now for maiden or matron
to hold up her head In line with her
spine, and frankly look on at this
world und all Its Incumbrances. For
merly It was almost the great unpar
donable not to carry the head slightly
forward, with eyes downcast. This
attitude of humiliation Is now becom
ing fearfully old-fashioned.
Foreign teachers of long experience
say that the change in this respect Is
striking In the classroom. Students
when reciting now look up squarely at
the Instructor Instead of at their knees
as formerly. As this is not a taught
thing, but the reflex of a change with
in, vital enough to overcome teaching
and Inherited tendency, it Is signifi
cant. Another change, trifling, but a
straw that shows the direction nnd ve
locity of the current, is the growing
habit of man nnd wife to walk side by
side on the street Instead of my lady
plgeon-toelng along about a pace In the
rear of her lord. Scrlbner's Magazine.
MAN OF FAITH AND LEARNING
Orlgen Considered One of the Great
est of the Early Church Fathers
Upheld Christian Faith.
Orlgen, surnamed Adnmantius, who
lived from 185 to 254 A. D., Is con
sidered by some authorities as the
greatest of the early church fathers.
Alexandria, in Egypt, the great seat
of learning of the time, Is thought
to have been his birthplace. He was
a teacher and deep student of phi
losophy and of the Scriptures, and
he became a great defender of the
Christian faith. His literary produc
tions were numerous and several have
come down to the modern world,
among them being a treatise on theol
ogy, a few sermons or discourses of
that nature, parts of commentaries on
the Gospels of St. Matthew and St.
John and St. Paul's Epistle to the
Romans. His greatest work Is his
defense of Christianity against the at
tacks In the writings of Celsus, an
Epicurean philosopher of the Second
century. Celsus' work is not extant,
but the character of it Is made clear
In Origen's refutation, which contains
many quotations, and Origen's line of
argument indicates clearly the line of
attack followed by Celsus. The at
tacks upon Christianity by many crit
ics are simply repetitions of Celsus'
objections, which Orlgen answered
about seventeen hundred years ago.
CLASSIFIED
For Sale The D. Scott Fisher resi
dence in Athena. A good home at a
reasonable price.
For Sale One span of mules, 5
and 6 years of age, dark color, near
ly sound, well matched, weigh near
1200 pounds each. Inquire of Ben
Prior, Hermiston, Oregon.
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. 0. 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.
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 on
Third Street, Athena, Oregon.
C. H. SMITH
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon.
Office next to Telephone Excange
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.
Where Business Mevss Slowly.
Business methods are Invariably
slow In the Near East, according to
Miss Grace Willis who has returned
recently from a period of service with
the Y. W. C. A. In Constantinople,
Staniboul and Beirut. "It takes at
least a half a day to deposit a check
nnd even longer to draw one out,"
says Miss Willis. "The general con
dition thnt exists in business houses
Is undoubtedly due to the fact that
so many nationalities, each with their
own way of doing things, are gathered
under one roof. The girls of the Near
East are particularly keen for busi
ness courses and there is a tremen
dous demand In the many commercial
houses for well-trained clerical work
ers and stenographers. I consider thnt
when, from the business courses given
by the Y. W. C. A., efficient business
women have been turned out after
nine months' training, a remarkable
piece of work has been accomplished."
Veteran.
After working 56 years In steel
mills, Edward Quilty retired on pen
sion. He was the oldest employee of
the American Steel and Wire company.
He started to work before the Besse
mer converter and open-hearth process
were invented.
Looking backward over his life,
Quilty is aninzed most at the way trav
eling cranes and other machinery have
relieved humun muscles.
He says: "The men have more
brains than they used to."
Average Intelligence will steadily in
crease, as machinery gradually frees
man from drudgery.
Energy, now consumed by muscular
effort) will flow Into the brain, gener
ating thought, developing a race of
philosophers.
She Just Analysed Him.
A colored woman hurried into the
adult probation offices of the Juvenile
court at Chicago.
"I tell you, I'm mad," she said to the
adult probation officer.
"It's my liusbr.nd," she continued.
"That man Is drivin' me crazy."
"What is he doing now?" she was
asked.
"What he doesn't do Is easier to
answer. We Jus' can't seem to get
along," she pouted. '
"But he says you don't love him. '
"Love hiin?" the woman replied, sur
prised. "Love him? Why, I Jus' ana
lyze that man"
Future of Brazil.
Brazil, which Is almost wholly In
the tropics, has the opportunity to up
set the belief that no people can reach
the very highest civilization In a tropi
cal climate. The census, Just com
pleted, credits Brazil with 30,500,000
people, which makes It the second
American country In point of popula
tion. Some modern men of science
maintain thnt when means have been
found to utilize the heat of the sun
ns mechunlcal energy the tropics will
become centers of production nnd
therefore of civilization. If thnt should
be true, what couutry could match
Brazil, with Its great resources of min
erals, timber and land, nnd Its great
navigable rivers?
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
Oil Cook Stove
For Hot Weather
Ask anv housekeeoer who o-vns an oil cook stove,
of the benefits derived from its use, more particularly
durintr the hot weather. An Oil Cook Stove (New
Perfection) means a cool kitchen and makes cooking
a real oleasure during "doer davs." A good oil cook
stove spells real kitchen economy. If you want the!
best, simplest in operation-one that a child can ife
ask for the New Perfection-the stove with the long
chimney. Come in and look over our stoves. A few
minutes demonstration will convince you ? 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
1 1 i
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
American Beauty
Flour 1
Is trade in Athena, by Athena labor, m one ot the very beat
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluest m
wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry-. Your
grocer sella the famous AmericanBeauty Flour
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash
The First National Bank
sf Athena
Established 1891
Capital and Surplus $110,000.00
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