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j Press Paragraphs Frank Bcale of LaGiande was in Athena Decoration day. French Criglar was over from his home at Freewater, Wednesday. The condition of Dr. L. Dell is re ported as being about the same. Mrs. Alma Koontz of Portland is visiting at the home of Mrs. Henry Dell. W. H. Jeffries of Walla Walla, was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Bit'ker. Mrs. Anna Mclntyre is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. M. Saulsberry. Charles Lovelace has returned to his old haunts to remain through the harvest season. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Zerba drove up to Dayton, Washington, Sunday, and spent the day. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Zerba of Baker, passed through Athena Thurs day, en route to Milton. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Catron were dinner guests Sunday at the William Bush home near Adams. Miss Merle Rogers of Pendleton, was a week end guest at the E. C. Rogers home in Athena. The Christian Missionary society met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Flint Johns. Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Watts and Mrs. C. II. Smith drove up from Portland, to attend the Weston picnic. Mrs. W. S. Ferguson rescued a lit tle crippled China pheasant from the highway one day this week. It now has a happy home in a bird cage, ALLEN BELL DRAYMAN Phone 24 Transfer and Express Prompt Service Dealer in ICE where it will reside until large enough to make its living in the fields. Athena-American Legion Post will give dances at Legion Hall, in Athe na, tonight and tomorrow night. Mrs. Jane Harden is spending the week in Pendleton at the home of Mrs. Anna Cartano, her daughter. Tom Norman, wife and daughter, made a motor trip to Colville, Wash ington, Sunday, returning Tuesday. Mrs. Prestbye is here from Kali spell, Montana, visiting at the homes of her sons E. C. and G. S. Prestbye. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whitehead of Walla Walla spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee White head. Helen Brinker, Louise Porter and Elaine Mann were guests of Misses Genevieve Rogers and Genevieve Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ge'.ssel of Milton spent Saturday and Sunday in Athena at the home of relatives and firends. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miner and children of Nez Perce, Idaho were week end visitors at the Forrest Zer ba home. Mr. and Mrs. James Ross and child ren of Freewater were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cannon over the week end. Dr. S. F.. Sharp was taken to St. Mary's hospital Wednesday evening for treatment, having taken ill again this week. Dudley Rogers is down from the Dowd ranch near Washtucna, Wash ington, on a week's visit with rela tives and friends. Maurice Hill of Yakima was a vis itor at the B. B. Richard home Sat urday. He was en route home from Pendleton by motor. Mr. and Mrs, B. B. Richards and son Roland motored to Portland Wed nesday, and will return home the lat ter part of the week. Mr3. Armond DeMerritt is at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell, and will later return to her home at Marshfield. II. J. Cunningham has purchased a Chevrolet roadster, which he has con verted into a motor vehicle for use in transporting Delco-Light plants and Frigidaire cabinets. Mr. Cunning- ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaller Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, b' 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 r Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers i Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash !HHI!HMIlltHmiMIIIIHHHlMtlHlHIH ham had one of tht Delco-Light plants on exhibition at Zerba's par age this week. Mr. and Mrs. John Shick of Port land, arrived in Athena Monday, and visited at the home of Mrs. Al Both er, Mrs. Shick's mother. Marion Hansell and family, Her man Geissell and Dean Pinkerton, comprised a party at Bingham Springs, Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Delia Booher and daughter, Miss . Marjorie Booher, wer j in Athe na Saturday and Sunday, from their home at Dayton, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beckner were up from Nolin and visited over the week end at the home of Mrs. Beck- ner's father, Charles Williams. Mrs. Ella Martin mother of Earl Martin of Athena, is here from her home in Ellensburg, Washington and is visiting at the home of her son. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McPherrin ac companied Laurence Tharp and Mi3s Lola Chapman of Walla Walla, on a week end trip to Portland, Satur day. Elmer Fronta, a friend of thi J. C. Baker family, was here for a few hours Thursday from his home at Wabasso. Minnesota, en route to Portland. Steve will carry a small line of gent's furnishing goods at his groc ery store, having placed an order for the line this week. Goods will arrive next week. Track Foreman Ramsey of the Northern Pacific, is wreathed in a broader smile than usual. Reason: a new Sheffield motor car for service on his section. Mrs. Mae Russell sister of Mrs. W. R. Harden spent Tuesday in Athena She was en route to her home in Con don after attending a Nazerene as sembly at Spokane. A new lineolium of the modern handcraft design has been put on the floor of McFadden's Pharmacy, this week. Art Shick of the Miller furni ture store did the work. Do you like tales of the great Northwest, where dogs are dogs? Then you'll rave over "Baree, Son of Kazan," coming to the Standard Theatre, Saturday night. Nat Kimball of Pendleton spent Saturday night here visiting at the 0. 0. Stephens home. He was ac companied to Pendleton Sunday by his sister Mrs. Stephens. Walter Judy, who formerly resided in Athena, accompanied by his wife and two children, was in the city Tuesday from Seattle. Mr. Judy is employed in the postoffice at Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Max Hopper will build a new dwelling on the lot north of the Hamp Booher residence on Third street, south of Main, having purchased the lot recently for that purpose. F. S. LeGrow was in Athena a few hours Wednesday transacting necessary business. He returned to Walla Walla to continue treatment following a minor operation perform ed recently. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards and son Roland left here Wednesday morning by motor for Portland, Cor vallis, Eugene and other valley points. They expect to be away about a week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. GciSiSel of Portland drove up Saturday evening and visited at the home of Mr. Geis sel's mother, Mrs. Dora Sanchez. t TiwT-awr mm mmw mrwr mmrmmr mwr wwtr wmtwi mrwmr mrnnrwMrwf iirwir wwrrnmT amr wwr wail nmr nnrnnr imruin OCERY Ml is the place to buy vour ams and Bacon We handle T. C.'s and claim there is none better ruiis and Vegetables Come and look them over. There is nothing miss-. ing. We carry them all. This Week Only We are running a special on Mixed Candy 15c and 20c per pound STISVE'S GROCERY Quality Quantity, Service Phone 171. Athena, Oregon They returned to their home Monday accompanied by Miss Dorothy Geis sel who will visit relatives and friends for a month. Several reservation farmers are al ready engaged in cutting hay The wheat in the Athena vicinity is un usually fine, even the spring wheat on the higher lands giving premise of a bumper crop. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Russell and daughter, Thena, and Mr. and Mrs. William Booher are at Condon this week, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Booher, and seeing the Condon races. Mr. and Mrs. W. McPherson and Miss Agnes Warner spent Sunday in Walla Walla. Miss Warner will re turn to Arlington next week, accomp anying Mr. and Mrs. McPherson on their way to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. , Venable and children who left Athena for Pendle ton and who later moved to Hermis ton, have taken up their residence in Canyon City, Oregon. Mr. Venable is doing county road work. Mrs. Don Wilks and Mrs. Charles Smith have returned to their homes in Athena after visiting with Mrs. Savannah, Davis at Hood River. Mr. Wilks drove, down the last of the week and brought them home. Miss Genevieve Rogers will leave Monday for Portland where she will enter Behnke-Walker Business col lege. Miss Rogers will live at the home of her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Watts, in Portland. Lloyd Mathers who formerly re sided in Athena with his parents, his father then being the 0. W. R. & N. agent and who is now agent at Zil lah, Washington has accepted a posi tion with the company at Milton. Ralph Haynie drove over from Bend Sunday and visited at the George Banister home, returning to Bend Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ban ister will accompany Mrs. Haynie and baby home in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lynch and daughter who were on their way from Colfax to Seattle where they will re side in the future, visited several days in Athena last week. Mrs. Lynch is a granddaughter of Mrs. A. J. Wagner. Miss Hortense Baker will come up from Portland tomorrow evening, and will visit relatives at Weston, and friends in Athena. Miss Baker who is in the employ of Montgomery Ward & Company, Portland, is tak ing her . vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gould (Wal- thia Haynie), Mrs. Harry Keller and little daughter, and Rex Haynie. motored over from Bend and visited friends here. Mrs. Gould will soon take up their residence at The Dalles. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kendig and son are visiting at the home of Mr. Kendig's sister Mrs. William Piper. Mr. and Mrs. Kendig drove from their home in Baltimore, Maryland, to Athena in a Chevrolet coupe, mak ink the trip in twelve days. The Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. M. L. Watts Friday after noon. The rooms were bright with snap dragons in shades of yellow and pink rose buds. Three tables were in play, honors falling to Mrs.. R. B. McEwen who held high score. The picnic which is to be held by the Pauline Rebekah lodge of Pendle ton and to which the Athena lodge of that order are invited, will be held Sunday June 6 at Alexander's grove, about four miles from Pendleton. Signs will be placed along the way directing the picnicers. J. E. Froom of the Athena Hotel spent last week in Spokane, where he attended ' a convention of the Greeters of America, an association of hotel men. He reports having a fine time. Couer d' Alene, Lewiston and Colfax were among the points visited by the hotel men. Mrs. A. B. McEwen arrived here Saturday evening from Portland and is the guest of relatives in Athena and Helix. She will leave for her home in Portland Sunday and will be accompanied by her daughter Mrs. H. A. Barrett who will visit in the met ropolis for several weeks. The last meeting of the J. T. club was held at the home of Mrs. Eu gene Schrimpf Tuesday afternoon. A very pleasant afternoon was enjoyed and a bountiful and delicious picnic lunch was served to the members on the lawn. Officers elected for the ensuing year were: President, Mrs. Zeph Lockwood; vice-president, Mrs. Archie Mclntyre; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Frank Sanders; reporter, Mrs. Bert Logsdon. Sunday, Mr. and The Churches M. E. Church Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. Morn ing worship at 11:00 a. m. Sermon subject: "Religion with Results." Baptist Church Sunday school 9:43 a. m., followed by worship at 11:00 o'clock, theme, "Just Around the Corner." Junior Young People at 6:00 o'clock. Senior 7:00 o'clock. Song and rraise serv ice at 8:00 o'clock, theme, "The Near ness of God." Thursday evening at 8:00 p. m. brief devotional followed by Monthly Business meeting. ., LI IE 1 To Wear Qur Mens work shirts, Blue and Grey at - - 89c Mens seamless hose, Brown and Grey 2 pair 25c Mens seamless U. S. hose per pair - - 15c Mens overalls per pair - - - $1.29 Special Large can Pineapple each 29c Brooms at 49c Get a package of our Cheese Snax, they are delicious Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Oepartmenf Store THE STANDARD THEATRE Free Tickets for this show to MR. H. S. SWIFT Saturday, June 5 Anita Stewart In B on of -Kazan aree, A stupendous epic of the North by that master of them all, James Oliver Curwood What man or woman or child lives whose imagination is not fired by advent ure in that engulfing of silence and mystery? "Baree, Son of Kazan" will take them into the heart of God's last frontier a great, white world where men and women live in romance and adventure; tragedy and joy; where they make no fight for riches, or power, or fame, but struggle in this stern, white world terrible in its emptiness, its vastness and its mercilessness for the weak simply that they may live. And against the savage background of the mystic North will stand clear-cut as a cameo, slender as a reed; wild, palpitating, beautiful Anita Stewart as Nepeese, the magnetic daughter of the snows. She is more than a picture. She if Life! International News. Comedy Admission Prices, i0c-35c Free Tickets for this show to MISS KATHLEEN RADTKE Sunday, June 6 Richard Dix In Shock rumu From the Liberty Magazine story by John Monk Folks like this big, husky, handsome, regular guy, and in this one he'll tickle fheir funny-bones and does some high class knock-down and drag-out fight ing with Walter Long and "Gunboat" Smith, the old warhorse of the prize ring, who appeared opposite Dix in his' first starring picture, "Manhattan." Frances Howard is the girl in "The Shock Punch." She's a nifty stick of dimpled dynamite in this film, and the fans are going to crave her company very much. Pathe Review' Comedy Admission Prices, 10c-35c Wednesday, June 9 Tom Mix In n Burpi A thrilling Tale of the World's most noted Bandit With Kathleen Myers, Lucille Hutton, Alan Hale, Fay Holderness, Philo McCullough, Bull Montana, and "Black Bess." A vivid story of the dashing brigand hero who lived in merrie old England in the days of George II the story of a gallant highwayman and his marvelous mare, Black Bess a pict ure epic of a brave man's reckless courage and a noble beast's endurance. Comedy Admission Prices I0c-35c Coming: 'The Sea Beast" a