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j Press Paragraphs "The Sea Beast" Tonight and tomorrow night. Miss Martha Hutt was an Athena visitor Saturday afternoon. Mrs. May English of Weston was a business visitor here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones pant the week end at Bingham Springs. C. C. Conner was a business visit or here from Walla Walla this week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beck ncr of Nolin, at St. Anthony's hos pital in Pendleton, June 22, 1926, a son. Jantzen V If '1 Action! in. a Jantzen WING-LIKE through the air ! Now down through the cooling rush of water. Thrills! Fun in the bubbling blue. Juntrcn made all this a reality. For in the world-fa-moiis Jantzen swimming suit, you're free yet togged with the trimness beach fashion demands! 478 out of 517 leading phys' ical instructors said the suit originated by Jantzen is ideal for swimming. The world's most widely sold suit! See our stock of smart new Jantsens for men, women and children. Your weight is your size. Gimc in and j?ct a free clivlnR j?irl siMo-r anil diving (irl trunsfcrs fur tire covers, rain slickers, cic. Men's .limtzcns, $0000 to $00 00. Women's J untzcm, $1)11 .00 to $110 00. t -ii let Jnnticns, $00 00 to $00 nil. Children's Juntzcns, $00.00 to $00.00. (J The suit that changed bathing to swimmmg McFADDEN'S PHARMACY Athena, Oregon "The Coast of Folly" Standard Theatre, Sunday night. Mrs. Lloyd Michener was the guer.t of friends in Walla Walla Saturday. Miss Billie Baker and Miss Anita Schoeble returned to Portland Sun day. Miss Maryjane Miller visited sev eral days in Milton at the home of relatives A number of Athena young people attended a dance in Pendleton, Satur day night. Glen Dudley returned Monday night from Portland where he spent the week end. D. Coxen, who came from Heppner to Athena, is employed in Penn Har ris' barber shop. John J. O'Dell is here from Calif ornia, visiting at the home of John Pierce, south of Athena. mrs. jesse otaggs oi Milton was a visitor at the home of Mr .and Mrs. William McLeod, Tuesday. Miss Ruth Jackson of Weston was operated on for appendicitis Satur day at a Walla Walla hospital. Harold Johnston of Freewater, son of George Johnston, is here and will assist his father in harvesting. Dorothy Burke and Rowena Burke cousins, are visiting at the home of their grandmother Mrs. J. C. Burke. Jimmy Haward who formerly liv ed in Athena, but now a Walla Wal la resident visited friends here Tues day. Henry Drexel of Salt Lake city is serving in the capacity of electrician at the Preston-Shaffer Milling com pany. Virgil Zerba who recently pur chased the Hunter ranch near Mil tion has started harvestinir oner- ations. Emery Staggs who runs a ranch near Weston was in the first of the week and took home a new Interna tional harvester. Haying is practically over in the Athena section, and all that remains now is to transfer it from the field to stack and barn. J. I. Purdy, J. C. Gumming and C, Collins head officials of the O. W. It & N. company were business vis itors here Tuesday. Ike Phillips had the misfortune of cutting his thumb with a hand sickle. In some way the instrument slipped cutting a deep gash. Miss Lois Johnson and Miss Lenore McNair spent Saturday evening and Sunday in Walla Walla, at the home of Mrs. II. R. Anderson. Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. O. O. Stephens and Miss Elizabeth Hol wager were guests of Pendleton friends Tuesday afternoon. Miss Dorothy Koepke will arrive in Athena Saturday to be the euest of her brother Henry at the Koepke ranch southeast of Athena. Armond DcMerritt who was to have taken a position with the Stand ard Oil company at Milton has been transferred to Walla Walla. Philip Murtha had the misfortune to have the sharp end of a wheat straw lodged in his eye. Dr. Cowan removed the offending object. Shirley and Zelda Hartle of Pen dleton are visiting Beth Zerba at her home on Jefferson street. The little girls are nieces of Mrs. Zerba. Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Cunningham will remove to Pendleton to reside the first of the week. Mr. Cunning ham who has the Frigidaire agency, will make his headquarters in Pen dleton. Their address will be 814 West Alta street. Turner and Henderson local horse men left Wednesday for Walla Walla with a small band of horses, where a sale was to be held yesterday Miss Frederica Kershaw, is home for the summer from Pullman, Wash ington where she attended State col lege and graduated last Thursday. At the depth of 23 feet, John Hoey struck a sufficient quantity of water in the well he is digging for B. B. Richards, for irrigating purposes. Irie Jones, of Portland nephew of Charles Dickey and Jesse Moses of Portland spent a few days in Athe na visiting with Mr. Jones' uncle. Mrs. W. S. Ferguson arrived home from Nampa, Idaho last Wednesday night. Sunday Dr. Horace Belknap and family arrived coming by motor. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koepke Sr. will leave Los Angeles July sixth by motor and plan to spend the sum mer with their son Henry Jr., here, Miss Elizabeth Holwager is a house guest at the B. B. Richards home, Miss Holwager is taking her vaca tion and will be here for about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dudley, Mrs M. M. Johns. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boyd and Vern Dudley spent Tues day and Wednesday at Bingham Springs Mrs. F. E. Williams and Mrs. H E. McQuarry of Milton Mrs. Bun Boylen of Helix and Mrs. Arthur Jenkins of Athena are visiting ir Portland. Mrs. Minnie Willaby and Mrs. Min nie DePeatt were dinner guests at the E. A. Dudley home Sunday. In the afternoon the party motored to Meacham. E. H. Leonard, president of the Preston-Shaffer. Milling company and also of the First National Bank of Athena was a business visitor here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Zeph Lockwood and Jessiedeane Dudley and Alberta Charlton spent Wednesday and yesterday at Bing ham Springs. "Jack" Cunningham who has the Umatilla county territory reports that he is doing a splendid business in the sale of Frigidaires and Delco Lighting Sytems. A. H. Mclntyre reports that his new gram elevator situated near Waterman Station is nearing com pletion. The elevator has a capacity of 35,000 bushels. Mrs. Bert Ramsey who ha3 been in Portland visiting at the home of htr daughter, Mrs. Grace Kingsley, for some time, returned to her home in Athena, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Feron Smith of Sa- lem arrived in Athena Wednesday evening. They will visit with Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Andy Rothrcck for a couple of weeks.. It is reported that smalloox has broken out among the Indians in the Tutuilla district on the reservation. Members of the Jim White family are ill with the disease. Mr. and Mrs. Decker and children of Kelso and Grandma Decker of Oro fino, Idaho and Miss Emma Hanson of Ferdinand, Idaho were visitors at the Charles Dickey home Saturday evening, driving on to Spokane, Sun day motoring to visit relatives. oss of the Road Steve's New Gent's Furnishings Department Carries kl t "71 k2 MS 3 3 1 a 1 el i I 4 L-il vera lis Park Mills Men's Fancy Hose, Workmen's Sox, Boss of the Road Sox, Rockford Shirts, Fancy Negligee Shirts, Dress Shirts, Workmen's Shirts, Men's Underwear including N. B. Fullback Union Suits, Park Mill Light Weight Ribbed Underwear. Full line of Garters, Suspenders, Belts, etc., and last but not least, a big line of Canvass and Yukon Buckskin Work Gloves. rices on These Goods Are Right STEVE'S GROCERY Quality Quantity, Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon "The Silver Treasure" Standard Theatre Wednesday night. Mrs. J. C. Baker and daughter Genevieve were Walla Walla visitors Wednesday. Mrs. H. H. Hill is spending the week at the home of her daughter Mrs. Otis Whiteman in Walla Walla. William Hall, well known in Athe na and vicinity suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday and was rushed to St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle ton, where he is reported improving. Mrs. J. C. Walter is just recover ing from an attack of quinzy fol lowed by scarlet fever. Other mem bers of the family have suffered a run. of the fever but all are on the road to recovery at present. Mr. and Mrs. George Payne and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cutler motored to Portland last week returning Tues day evening. They were accompanied back by Peggy Cole, niece of Mr. Cutler. Mrs. H. I. Watts returned Satur day afternoon from Portland where she spent the past week. Mrs. Watts served as delegate to Grand Chapter O. E. S. from McKenzie chapter in Athena. Mrs. Carl Sheard was rushed to a Walla Walla hospital Friday even ing where it was found an emer gency operation for Appendicitis was necessary. The patient is in a favor able condition. Rex Hopper and family former Athena residents, but who now re side at Enterprise visited Athena friends Wednesday. The party were en route home after a vacation spent in the Palouse county. Mildred Hansell, little laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hansell of Athena, was taken to Walla Walla Tuesday , where a minor operation was performed. Her condition is re ported as being favorable. C. L. McFadden's Pharmacy has a full line of the famous Jantzen bath ing suits m stock. The demand for these bathing suits is greater than ever and a lull assortment of sizes may be found in the McFadden stock. A party spending Wednesday at Bingham comprised Mr. and Mrs. W. Willaby, Mrs. Ovie Castleman and daughter of Ontario, Mrs. Tony Bacon of Vancouver and Miss Fred- erica Kershaw. Ernest Bostwick arrived this week from Long Beach, California, where he was employed in the oil fields, and will help in the George Gerking harvesting operations. He is Mrs.. Gerking's brother. Oscar Edwards, brother of Mrs. R. Thompson, died Wednesday at Portland, from heart disease, aged years. Mr. Thompson left yester day to attend the funeral, which will be held at Forest Grove. Members of the F. L. Pittman family have been saddened by the news that a cousin Adolph Saunders passed away at his home in Wood burn the first of this month after an illness of seven months. William Hendricson and Cleve My ers will leave Saturday to work the annual assessment on their mining claims. These are placer mining claims and are situated on Burnt River, Baker county Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Russell, Miss Thena Russell and Miss Margaret Lee left yesterday by motor fori Spokane where they will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Nordeane. Mrs. Nordeane is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell. Mrs. C. E. Miller and daughter Miss Hazel Miller who has been a guest of her mother for several weeks, left Wednesday morning for Portland where they will visit for a while, later going .cn to Seattle to soend the summer. The warm days, following the cool weather of last week, are r&Didlv ripening the wheat fields, and it is predicted that a few machines will be running in this part of the coun try and that harvesting will be gen eral, following July 4th. Mrs. M. L. Watts returned from Portland . Saturday night after a week's absence. She was accompan ied by her daughter Mrs. Henry Clas on Adams whose home is in Palo Al to. Mrs. Adams will ioin her hus band shortly when they will proceed to Lake Tahoe to spend the summer. E. - Washington. D. C The retail cost of food to the average family Jumped over 6 V4 Per cent since Hay, 1925, while thera has been an increase of over 6 per cent since May 1925, department Of labor announced. A slight drop, amounting to three fourths of 1 ner com. was reported in May, The Churches Baptist Church Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Morn: ing worship at 11:00 a. m. An Ara bian proverb: "The eyes are of but little use if mind and heart are blind." Junior and Senior Young People at 6:00 and 7:00 o'clock re spectively. Song and Praise service at 8:00 p. m. a China proverb: "A long journey begins with one step. If you don't scale the mountain you can't see the plain." Young Peoples Prayer service Tuesday evening at 8:00. Mid-week meeting Thursday vening tt 8:00 p. m. This is an age of out door sports and every sport has its correct costume. Swimming is no exception. Today's swimming suit must be above reproach in every thing that makes for comfortable action and pleasing appearance. ColumMaknit Swimming Suits are made to fit snugly, to give the utmost freedom of action and to please with their bright, permanent colors and smart style. We have them for Men, Women and Children, in one and two piece suits Price $2.25 to $7.50 Per Suit Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Department Store THE STANDARD THEATRE Two Nights-- Friday and Saturday June 25-26 Tflie Sea Beast From the Story "Moby Dick" - With John Barry more and Dolores Costello With a powerful Cast in the Greatest Sea Picture ever screened "In 'The Sea Beast,' I hope to make live again before the eyes of America and the world, one of the most adventurous, colorful, and characteristically American of industries, that of whaling, now defunct and living only in all its glory and glamor in the traditions of New Bef ord and of such novels as 'Moby Dick.' " John Barrymore. An epic of the golden age of sea-faring heroism the love and hate of broth ers on the whaling ships of 1840; a mighty super drama of heroic lives and treacherous infamy. International News Comedy Admission Prices, 10c-35c-50c , Free Tickets for this show to MR. SHELDON TAYLOR Sunday, June 28 G loria Swanson In ic Coast f f ofllv The phrase, "The greatest Swanson picture ever made,", has been used be fore. Not without truth. But if ever a picture merited' that phrase, it's "The Coast of Folly." Only this time it ought, to be printed in bold italics, for that's just what it is The Greatest Swanson Picture Ever Made. Gloria's greatest acting role her first big dual role in which she plays two distinct . characters. Pathe Review Comedy Admission Prices. 10c-35c Wednesday, June 30 The Si liver Jireastire FROM THE NOVEL "NOSTROMO" THE FIRST JOSEPH CONRAD . 'PICTURE PRESENTED AT THE STANDARD A mighty romance of love, life and humor in the struggle for wealth with George O'Brien, Lou Tellegen, Joan Renee, Helen D'Algy, Hedda Hopper and Harvey Clark in the cast. Comedy Admission Prices I0c-35c