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TIE "PRIMROSE" McCORMICK -DEERING BALLBEARING CREAM SEPAR A World Beater at a Moderate Price The easiest running separator in the world. Two cream outlets. .Self drain ing, anti-splash supply can. ROGERS & GOODMAN ( A Mercantile Trust) HH The Military Camp Dates are Fixed Citizen's Training to Start June 17 With Room for 10 Umatillians. Active preparations for the citi zen's military training camp for in fantry to be held at Vancouver Bar racks from June 17 to July 16 are under way at the present time and a complete tent camp, equipped with showers, bath houses, kitchens and mess halls will be in place ready for the 375 boys who are expected to take advantage of the opportunity for, military and citizenship -training during the vacation months. The camp is open to boys between the ages of 17 and 24 inclusive. Places have been reserved for 10 boys from Umatilla county. Each year the one month camp is held, and this year a total of 375 young recruits will be in attendance. There is nothing compulsory about it. There is no obligation for fut ure service, and expenses' will be handled entirely by the government "These camps are conducted solely for the purpose of giving the young er generation some military trainirg in order to fit them to better serve their country in an emergency such as the last war," says Brigadier General Leitch. "And also in order to develop in boys a realization ot' their duties and obligations as .Am erican citizens." Information Booklet Mailed Gratuitously by General Motors More Squirrel Poison County Agent Holt was in Athe na recently and left another consign ment of poison grain for squirrel eradication at Rogers & Goodman store. The first lot of poison grain had been disposed of to farmers, who distributed it among the squirrel colonies with satisfying results. Grain Goes East Manager Wilson of the Farmers Grain Elevator Company has lately made shipments of barley to eastern points'. There is an increasing de mand for Western-grown barley in the Eastern markets. There is at the present time run ning in thjg Athena Press a series of General Motors advertisements, the reading of which are interesting and informative to all who own automo biles, light plants and frigidaires manufactured by this corporation. " At the bottom of these advertise ments will be found a coupon, which if clipped and mailed by the reader, brings to him free of charge a book let setting forth general information pertaining to the famous proving ground. Inasmuch as many Press readers are owners of either Chevrolet, Pon tiac, Oldsmobile, Oakland, Cuick, LaSalle or Cadillac, the cars manu factured by General Motor., the op portunity to read what was required of the car they are now driving, at the company's proving grounds be fore it became their property, will doubtless be taken advantage of and a flock of the coupons will pass through the mails. It is a fine thing both from a mechanical and economic standpoint to understand just what your machine can do, and the coupon mentioned will bring the information gratis. CLASSIFIED For Sale A good milch cow. H. M. Saulsberry, phone 25F21. For Sale Bundle wheat hay. George B. Woodward, phone 24F5. For Sale A good Bridge-Beach cookstove range for sale at a reas onable price. Inquire at this office. High grade piano in vicinity of Athena can be bought on small monthly payments. For particulars write Pendleton Music House, Pen dleton, Oregon. Pasture Dave Stone has good pasture for a limited number of horses and mules. Phone 24F15, Athena. A Standard Bred Registered Jack will make the season at my farm two miles south of Athena TermsFor single service $5; or $20 to insure. HENRY K0EPKE,.Jr. Phone 32F5, Athena, Oregon. Railroad Builder is Remembered at Easter Union Pacific Tolls Bells at Boise in Honor of E. H. Harriman. As Boise's bells Sunday rang out the message of Easter, four of them, great, mellow-voiced bells in the Boise Station tower, rang also in re membrance of a man. At ten o'clock the morning air vi brated for the first time to the mel odious peal of the Harriman Bells, erected in the. honor of E. H. Harri man, perhaps the greatest builder of railroads" of all time." The bell3 are mounted in the new Union Pacific Station at Boise. Weighing more than two tons, toned and fashioned by experts of the Meenely Bells Com pany of New York, these bells are the anonymous gift of a lifelong friend of the famous genius of rail roads. As the bells rang for the first time a bronze memorial tablet in the Station was unveiled. It reads: "The bells in this tower were giv en by a friend in honor of Edward Henry Harriman, 'Of all the great builders, the famous doers of things in this busy world, none more ably and manfully did his appointed work.' " H. V. Piatt, General Manager of the Oregon Short Line unit of the Union Pacific System, representing President Carl R. Gray of the Union Pacific, unveiled the memorial tablet. Will Go Prospecting Bill Hendrickson,' Athena painter, will leave soon on his annual pros pecting tour in the hills in the vicin ity of Whitney, Baker county. Bill yearly goes into the hills white as a boiled collar, and returns sunburn ed to a russet brown. Some day ho hopes to bring to town a gunny sack full of nuggets, and from then on he'll have his steaks smothered in mushrooms. nL V urn v Bou 'y "There's a delightful, refreshing, cleansing ick in a FITCH SHAMP001" Especially when you get it in our shop with our supersereice methods. We study the condition of your hair and scalp and prescribe treatment ac cordingly. Our equipment, sertice and sup plies insure your health and comfort doe us an opportunity to demon strate the last word in tonsorial sertice. This it the shop you hate been looking for. Whitehead's Barber Shop Athena, Ore, 31 Years Ago April 17. 1896 C. C. Sharp and family will leave for Pendleton where they will make their home in the future. Their many friends in Athena are sorry to see them leave. Friday evening a num ber of their friends gathered at their home and spent a pleasant evening. Thuesday evening Mrs. Lake France entertained in honor of Mrs. Sharp Many of our populist friends in this vicinity went over to Milton Monday, to hear Gen. Weaver speak. It is said the irrepressible otlice seeker was as fluent as ever. W. H. Scott, the democratic nom inee for county judge was in from his Helix farm Saturday, shaking hands with his host ot Athena friends. E. J. Wilbur & Son started up their sawmill at Meacham last Mon day and report the demand for lum ber strong, Mhi-shall Gillis this week put in a new calvert at the corner of Main and Fourth streets. This will turn the water that was going down Fourth street into the sewer on the south side of Main. : Athena Grove of the Woodmen Circle was organized Wednesday with seventeen beneficiary members. The following officers were elected: Worthy Guardian, Grace I. A. Brad ley; Advisor, Alma A. Wilkinson; At tendant, Pearl C. Hawks; Great Ma gician, Etta V. Beale; Clerk, Ida L. Gillis; Banker, Nora W. Barnett; Inside Sentinel, Mary E. Sharp; Out side Sentinel, Ida A. Carden; Manag ers, Jennie E. Barrett, Lilly Water man, Mary E. Booher. The. warehouses at Garfield are now selling wheat to the farmers, who are compelled to rcseed part of the ground which was sown to winter wheat. The. price ranges from 5') to 55 cents. The quarters for Hose Co. No. 1, have been moved to the Coppoci: lots on' Fourth street. The old bakery building was purchased by the coun cil to house the apparatus in; W. R. Taylor sold in Pendleton to a sheep buyer, 25 range, horses at $15 per head. They are to be broken as saddle horses, and will be used m the sheep drive. Born In this city, Sunday April 12, 1896, to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bloch, a boy. Charles Stansell, Nate Pinkerton and Sam Booher will soon" leave for the Robinsonville mining district, where they have some placer prop erty. The Umatilla is on a rampage, and as a result, two places in the Pendleton levee are reported to be in a dilapidated condition. Died Near Athena, April 5, 1896, Fred J. Lafava, aged 18 years. Miss Gen Booth visited in Pendle ton Tuesday, the guest of Miss Effie Frazier. Robert Davis is cleaning up the Post building, and getting ready to receive his stock of drugs. G. C. Osburn returned on Sunday morning's train from Portland, where he attended the democratic state con vention. Dr. C. T. Millikin, who claimed to be a dentist employed in Pendleton, arrived in Athena Saturday and im mediately proceeded to get comfort ably drunk. He succeeded admirably. In fact, succeeded so well, that he was thrown from a saloon to the street, where the marshal found him and gave him a night's lodging in the city bastile. The Farm Record, has suspended publication, announcing that it did not pay to run a paper in Pendleton. Master Moscow and Miss Mable Froom were up from Pendleton on a visit to their grandparents, Sunday. Application Turned Down Application of residents residing south of Athena for rural mail serv ice from Athena postoffice, have been turned down by the department at Washington. Postmaster Barrett spent considerable time in man draw ing and gathering information for the department from the patrons of the proposed route. The reason for refusing the southern route was that a portion of it was located parallel to a route already established. Mi III III a -J a In II " 9I CALL ON US WHEN YOU WAN1 No. I . GROCERIES, Remember this- We Specialize in Fresh Vegetables Good hea".i is the greatest possession you and your family can have. Be sure and keep it. The best safeguard you can have is to eat good foods. When your foods come from our store you can depend upon them being fresh and pure. The quality will be high but the price will be right down as low as our good quality can be sold for. Give us your grocery order today. STEVE'S GROCERY Quality Quantity, Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon Painting! Papering and Kalsomining Two sets of Wall Paper Sample Books to select from. Get my prices on House and Barn Paint. Work done by contract or at 90e per hour. E; A. BENNETT Real Estate Insurance Farm Loans Cheap Money B. B RICHARDS, Athena Continental Oil Company Prompt Service Always Bryce Baker, Agent Phones 761 and 31F11, Athena J. L Harman Blacksmithing Oxy-Acetylene Weld. Delivery and Truck Bodies Manufactured Main Street Athena, Oregon Blaesing Granite Company II. J. BLAESING, Manager MONUMENTS i S. F. BOWMAN Eastern Oregon Representative Odd Fellows Bld'e. Pendleton. 2 THE ICILGORE CAFE GERALD KILGORE, Proprietor Short Order Lunches and Meals served at all hours. Ice Cream and Soft Drinks. A full line of Candies. NONE BUT WHITE HELP EMPLOYED Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor - - Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MARKET ' We carry the best Meat That Money Buys Kippered Salmon, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street Athena, Oregon. DRS.A.D.&R.A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical Parlon 15 E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. Bell & Dickenson Phones 452 and 24 . Two Auto Truck Drays Always At Your Service City and Country HAULING At Reasonable Prices he Lumber You Need If you are planning alterations or ad ditions to your building, let us give you an estimate on the Lumber need ed. You will be pleasantly surprised at the reasonble total we will quote. Wood and Coal Fence Posts Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Main Street, Athena