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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1922)
..SEE IS ABOUT IT That big . advertising deal on Crystal White Soap m4 j "Over The Hill" Mrs. A. J. Barnett and Miss Alma Barnctt are in Wasco, where they will visit for two weeks with rela tives. A rare and beautiful collection of gladioli, including specimens of the renowned Kundert ruffled varieties, is now in full bloom, and produces u much admired feature in the flower gardens of Rev. John B. Coan. D. M. Burts is busily engaged re painting blackboards at the school house, and doing other renovating in cidental to putting the various rooms in attractive condition for the open ing of school, Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Albert of Wal la Walla were Sunday visitors at the H. Goodwin home. Rev. and Mrs. I. N. Hughes of Troy, Idaho, who arc attending con ference of the M. E. Church at Mil ton, motored over Tuesday to spend the night with their son-in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. John B. Coan. Miss Frances Compton, who re cently underwent an operation for appendicitis, is now at the home of her sister, Mrs. George W. Winn, where she is convalescing satisfac torily. Mr. and Mrs. Lyslc Webb and daughter Elizabeth, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Price, motored Sunday to Pasco to spend a few hours in pleasant eompanionnhip with relatives and friends. Mrs. Anice Vaughn and Miss Doris Barnes arrived Wednesday from Homestead and are happy inmates nf the S. A. Barnes household. Mrs. Vaughn , plans to remain for a two weeks' visit with her parents. Mrs. Fred Brockman (nee Josie Lavender) of Portland arrived Tues day for a week's visit at the hon.e of her mother, Mrs. Ella Lavender. Mr. Brockman is absent on a business trip to San Francisco. The local library board has placed subscriptions for the following mag azines to begin with the September iBSUOB: American Boy, Good House keeping, Little Folks, Popular Me chanics, Woman's Home Companion, Modern Priscilla, World's Work. These periodicals will be circulated free of charge among patrons of the institution. Plans are being perfected for the annual reception in honor of Weston School faculty, to be given in Mcm oriul hall the evening of September 8th under auspices of the Saturday Afternoon club. A committee meet ing was held in the social room of the hall Tuesday afternoon, when details were arranged. The following ladies were in attendance: Mesdames R. Morrison, Joseph Wurzer, Newton O'Harra, ('. E. Fisk, James Beamer. Albert Moxson and wife of Walla Walla were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snider. Prof, and Mrs. Howard Pratt, ac companied by their niece, Miss Mar tha Scuthworth, and Prof, and Mrs. Trexler and two Bons, of Walla Wal la, were entertained several hours last Sunday at Blue Mountain farm, the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W Winn. Professor A. W. Lundell was up Monday from Pendleton, where he is general director of the big Labor Day celebration to be held Monday, Sep tember 4. Other cities which will participate in this event aro La Grande, Baker and Walla Walla, and the latter will be represented by a j section in the parade. Stephen A. Lowell will give the address at the forenoon's exercises. All sports and amusements will be entirely free to the public, with the exception of dancing. Robert D. Hazelwood, who was formerly in the barber business at Weston, died Saturday of Bright's disease in St. Anthony's hospital at Pendleton. Mr. Hazelwood is sur vived by his widow, formerly Miss Elizabeth Vey, and an infant daugh ter. He also leaves a sister and a brother, the latter, John Hazelwood, being a resident of Weston. The fun eral was held Monday from the Cath olic church at Pendleton. Miss Eva Lundell, former Weston girl, was one of the leading contest- ants for queen of Labor Day cele ! bration to be held in Pendleton Sep j tember 4. Miss Eula McAtee won the honor in the final balloting. Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Githens and Loren Hall returned Saturday from a vacation trip to Seattle, Ta coma and other points. At Camas, Wash., they visited Charles Mall and family, who are well pleased with their new location there. Sim Barnes is a very good farmer by proxy. From 76 acres of Sim'f land in the foothills Linus Anderson cropped 1326 sacks of hybrid wheat, testing 59 and 60 pounds. Ten ares of the tract yielded 201 sacks, ma chine count. Ralph Tucker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert O'Harra and son Lwaync and Mr. and Mrs. Ray O'Harra left yesterday by automobile on a vaca tion trip to Pine valley and Durkee, where they will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Brown of lone, formerly of Weston, were among those in attendance at the big road meeting at Toll Gate, Sunday. They motored up from Walla Waliu, where they have been visiting the Joe Painters. Mrs. J. A. Lieuullen left for Walla Walla Monday to attend her son, Earl Lieuallen, who has been ill with pleurisy. Nick Springer, accompanied by his two daughters and son-in-law, mo tored to Weston Sunday for a brief chat with old-time friends, this burg having been his home some twenty years ago. Mr. Springer has been connected with the street cleaning department at Portland for many years, and came to eastern Oregon for his annual vacation. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Culley, Miss Maxinc Culley and Miss Glenadiue Larson of Walla Walla left Monday morning via Spokane on a motor trip to Yellowstone National park On their return they will stop in southern Idaho, where Mr, Culley has land interests. The local wheat mart has shown a little activity, despite the lower prices. Frank Price, manager of the Weston Warehouse Co., bought about ten thousand bushels the latter part of last week on a price basis of 94 cents for No. 1. S. A. Barnes took on about five thousand bushels for the Pacific Coast Elevator Co. Mrs. C. L. Pinkerton arrived home Monday from her vacation trip to California, Utah, Nevada, Montana and Yellowstone National park. Mrs. Pinkerton visited four state capitals during her journey, on part of which she motored with eastern relatives. Mayor Jones and family and the Misses Benedict returned home Tues day afternoon from their trip to Se attle, which was made going by way of Snoqualnue pass and returning by way of Tacoma, Camp Lewis, Olym pia, Portland and the Columbia high way. They traveled one thousand miles, Nard Jones serving as drive? of the mayor's Maxwell. The party left Portland Tuesday at 7:15 a. m. and arrived in Weston at 5:10 p. m. The old Moorhouse residence prop erty on south Broad street, consist ing of a house and four lots, has been sold by Mrs. Eva Brehm to Matt Mattson. Mr. Mattson, who is a well known resident of the uplands, comes to Weston with his family to take advantage of the town's educational facilities. Mrs. Lulu M. Armstrong has bee elected to the postion of prim; teacher in the Weston schools. M Armstrong, who comes to Wes from Portland, has had several ye: of experience in primary work i Kansas and Michigan. Miss Atress McCorkell came down Friday from her home in the uplands and is again assisting in the local telephone exchange. Mrs. Florence Koonz and daughter Leta of Portland are guests at the L. W. Lundell residence. Mrs. Koonz is a sister of Mrs. Lundell. Miss Leta Koonz is a student of a girls' polytechnic school at Portland, where she will graduate this year. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Campbell, who have returned west after nearly a year's residence in Chicago, are vis iting Mrs. Campbell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Smith. They will go from Weston to their former home at Spokane, Among the few fortunate deer hunters in the Blues were Frank Montgomery and Jess Powls of Wes ton and Ray Gentry of Umapine, who bagged a five-point buck on Coyote ridge. The deer fell to Gentry's rifle. A party of mountain farmers con sisting of Will Hall, Vernie Marr, Jay Smith and George Lindeken left by auto yesterday morning for Yakima, where they will do some scouting in behalf of Weston Moun tain seed spuds. They wish to com pare the product of the seed shipped from Weston with that of other dis tricts, and also investigate the mar ket outlook for this season's crop. Weston Mountain potato seed has found much favor with growers throughout Yakima valley, and ac cording to reports has often been counterfeited by unscrupulous deal ers. Mesdames Charles M. Price, W. S. Price and Letha King were among the Weston people who attended the Methodist conference in Milton. The 74th birthday anniversary of Mcrritt A. Baker, leading Weston citizen and Civil war veteran, was celebrated Wednesday with a pleas ant dinner party at his home. Chick en was the principal dish of an ample and satisfying feast. Aside from the honor guest, those who participated in the enjoyable event were Mrs. Maud Wright and children, Miss Hor tense Baker and Miss Gertrude Van Winkle. At its Wednesday evening's meet ing Stevens Lodge No. 49, K. of P.. elected J. V. Bell as delegate to the grand lodge, which meets in Port land October 11 and 12. C. W. Avery was chosen as alternate. Lester Wil sey is the hold-over delegate. Mrs. Sarah Ann Killgore, one of Weston's estimable pioneer women and the widow of the late Louis M. Killgore, was called hy death at 12:20 o'clock Thursday morning, August 24, at Milton, which had been her home, since last April. Mrs. Killgore was born in Dca Moines, Iowa, 64 years ago, and came west at the age of five years. She had lived for nearly fifty years on the Killgore homestead near Weaton, where her husband died September 27, 1922. Mrs. Killgore is survived by the fol lowing children: Charles Killgore of Lewiston, Idaho; John, William, Levi and Henry Killgore; Mrs. Stella Bowker, of Freewater; Mrs. Elbra S. Harris, of Weston; Clara and Mabel Killgore. The funeral will be held this afternoon from the Methodist church. E. E. Sharon of Portland, grand secretary of the I. 0. O. F., was in Weston Thursday on a business visit, accompanied by Mrs. Sharon, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson of Athena and Oscar Edwards of Port land were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. James Kirkpatrick. Elmer Nolte left Monday morning for San Francisco. A daughter weighing eight and three-quarters pounds was born Sun day to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Staggs at their home near Washtucna. 29 Years Ago (From Athena Press, Aug. 25, 1893) PROFITABLE DEAL IN FOXES nJJ Treasury of the United States Bene fited and the Value of the Breed Increased. In the spring of 1921 the bureau of biological survey directed attention to the fact that the blue foxes on some of the Aleutian Islands are deteriorat ing through Inbreeding, and that there was a desire on the part of the na tives and others to secure animals from the Prlbllof islands for restock ing purposes. In order to assist In building up the blue fox Industry of the Aleutians, where climatic conditions appear to be favorable, the introduction of new blood from the Prlbllofs was accord ingly undertaken by the bureau of fisheries, und eight live blue foxes were placed aboard the coast guard cutter Bear at St. George Island Sep tember 15, 1921. One pair went to L. A. Lavlgne, lessee of Unalga Is land ; one pair to the Unalaska Native Brotherhood, lessees of Avatanak Is land, and two pairs to N. K. Bol shanln, lessee of Kavalga and' other Islands. The purchasers supplied shipping cases and transportation was at their risk. All the foxes were received at Una- aska In good order and were prompt- laced on the Islands under lease he various persons concerned. The ce charged for each animal was 88.12, this being the average realized r Prlbllof blue fox skins at the sale St Louis February 21, 1921. The mount received for the eight foxes was $704.90; $5 was nllowed natives of the Prlbllof islands for each fox secured, and the net proceeds, amount ing to $664.96, were turned Into the treasury of the United States. Fish eries Service Bulletin. Scottish Gardeners Valued. Scottish gardeners are being ex ported to all parts of the world. A notable instance of the value In which the Scottish gardener Is held, Is the engagement by a United States mil lionaire, of a Scotsman for his private grounds, at a salary of $5,000 a year. Not many years ago the man was get ting a few dollars a quarter In Lon don. One of the superintendents In a London park can record several In stances of his men from across the border getting very high salaries for private establishments on this side of the Atlantic. There is one gardener of Scottish origin in a South London park who says he has "mown the grass" In most corners of the earth,! ineiuuing remote puns oi ouum auwi lea. A high percentage of the gar deners In London public parks are Scots, and more than one supervisor can boast of his clan. Swells' Pride. Mrs. John IX Rockefeller, Jr., made a graceful little speech at the opening of the Grace Dodge hotel in Wash ington. This hotel, which Mrs. Rocke feller helped to found, Is exclusively for women. It has many novel fea tures, among them elaborately equipped rooms where woman guests moy laun der their own linen. "Comfortable, even luxurious as our hotel Is," said Mrs. Rockefeller, "there are some women who will hesitate to patronize It out of pride. Pride I Such pride reminds me of s story. '"Father, what is a swell?' a little boy once asked. " 'A swell, son,' the father an swered, 'Is a lasy loafer whoso sole claim to Importance lies In the fact that he once had an ancestor who devoted his life to hard and honest work.'" 4 Calls Paderewskl a Giant No one can ever realize how hard Paderewskl worked for his results. Sometimes one hears of the great heroism of the pianist who practices six or seven hours a day. Time and again I have known Paderewskl to keep on working until three nud four In the morning, often working four teen to sixteen hours a day. Of course, only a physical giant could have accomplished this, and in deed such was Paderewskl. His en durance and strength were enormous. When I was playing with him at Er ard's he Insisted upon having a chair that was especially heavy. This very physical power gave Paderewskl an enormous range of tone color possibilities. Indeed, If It bad not been for his enormous endur ance he could never have accom plished the work which gave him n seat at the peuce conference as the foremost citizen of Poland. Harold Bauer la tudv j - Mr. and Mrs. E. DePeatt's young est child has been quite ill for some days past . Lee Mitchell and wife and Wm. Gholson's family went up to Meach am this morning after huckleberries. J. W. Smith and James Maloney are at Saling's camp, on Weston mountain enjoying a little recrea tion. Two drunks were put in the 'cooler' to refrigerate, by nightwatchman Ward, Sunday night. Wes always gets his man. L. A. Githens and Chas. Dunn of the Grange store went chicken hunt ing one day last week, and returned with sixteen plump birds. A little child of J. E. Clark who resides on 3rd street, died Wednes day with inflamation of the bowels. Mr, Clark, who has been quite ill is at present much better. Chas. Bergevin departed Sunday for the Lapwai country to superintend the harvesting of Bergevin Bros, big wheat crop up there. S. L. Maloney has resigned his posi tion at the Buckley Lumber yard in this city. He is engaged behind the counters of the P. 0. store this week Work on the Normal school build ing at Weston, is progressing rap idly. When it is completed it will be a neat, commodious structure and an ornament to the town. Frank Ely informs a Press reporter that his field of Red Chaff wheat went 36 bushels to the acre, and is No. 1 quality. In an adjoining field his California Glory went 42 bushels to the acre. F. H. and John Mcintosh, the two brothers who were killed in the steamboat accident on Snake river, last week, were buried in Walla Walla Sunday, by the Masonic Order, of which they were both members. A large number of Masons from this county were in attendance. One night last week, it is reported that snow fell at Saling's camp on Weston mountain. Cashier Liyely took a spin through the wheat fields Tuesday, and in forms a Press reporter that at least one fourth of the grain is going more to the acre than was expected, and the major part of it is of fine qual ity. Frank Sloan, a prominent stock man, accompanied by J. A. Thompson, his assistant, left Heppner, for But ter creek, about 25 miles from Hep pner, to pay for and receive cattle. When about three miles from Hep pner two masked men held them up and relieved them of $485 and, a gold watch. J. H. Hiteman and family left Sun day evening on an extended visit to the East. CLASSIFIED House to rent. Hay for safe; 20 tons of hay; straw stack, running water. Will sell hay and rent build ings. Good place to winter iome stock, or I might buy 20 head of cattle. Address A. L. Swaggart, Athena, Oregon. A book containing the ticket sales of the Standard Theatre has been lost or misplaced since last Saturday. Anyone finding the book (which is of no use to anybody but the owner of the theatre) will please return same to the theatre or the Press office, where a satisfactory reward will be paid. For Sale Choice residence -in Athe na for sale. Property well located good revenue producer for small family. Price $5000.00, purchaser to assume balance of street paving as sessment This is a bargain, and we will sell it soon. If interested, see Cox Investment Company Pendleton, Oregon. For Sale The D. Scott Fisher resi dence in Athena. A good home at a reasonable price. For Sale Second hand Ford road ster in good condition. Better hur ry. Also good second hand two wheel trailer cheap. Thompson Garage. For Sale A number of uncalled for suits at The Athena Home Laundry. Wanted Chickens at the St. Nich ols hotel. Highest market price paid. WATTS & PRESTBYE 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 Hunters Stop-Look-Listen Shotguns and Rifles for less grade I Model 1912 Winchester Hammerless shotguns regular $60 Ion sale at $45. I Double barrel, hammerless shotguns -regular $35 grade for $28. Double barrel, hammer shot guns, regular $30 grade for $23. Single barrel shot guns regular $16.00 grade for $12. Remmington Automatic Rifles regular $70.00 grade for $67.00 Winchester Rifles Mod. 189022 CaL.regular $31 grade for $24. I The above quoted prices will place the gun you have been wanting I at a fierure vou cannot afford to pass up. Hunting season is not J far off and from reports, we are in for a good season. Lets go. Watts & Rogers Athena, Oregon flmmmmMmmmmMmMMWMmmwmMMmwwm The Athena Home Laundry G. W. FINCH, Proprietor Suits Cleaned and Pressed $1.50 . We are agency in this territory for the Troy Laundry of Pendleton 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 Al vays at ycur Service. First-class Work guaranteed. We are here to please you iiiiiiMnni ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. American Beauty Flour Is made in Athena, by- Athena labor, m one ot the very best equipped mills in the Northwest of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells the'lamous'American'Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash The First National Bank f Athena Established 1891 Capital and Surplus $110,000.00