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31 Years Ago
October 9, 1896
September 29, Thursday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Young, a farewell surprise party was
given in honor of Miss Genevieve
Booth, and it was a cqmplete suc
cess. The evening was passed very
pleasantly with games, vocal and in
strumental music. At 11 o'clock a
delicious lunch was served, consisting
of cake, lemonade, candies and nuts,
which "was relished by all. Those
present were: Misses Anna Kirk,
Blanche Caton, Areta Barrett, Flora
Kemp, Genevieve Booth, Mae Fisch
er, Effie Bostwick, Leola Young, An
na Gholson, Mrs. Osburn; Messrs.
Charles Fischer, Thomas Stone, Fred
Fischer, Austin Foss, Robert Davis,
Ord Bostwick and H. H. Curtis.
Jack Craig, a printer, was arrested
Wednesday by Marshal Gillis for sel
ling liquor to a minor, Walter Stone.
Craig was placed under bonds for
his appearance yesterday in Judge
Smith's court. While endeavoring to
secure bondsmen Craig made a "get
away," as the boys say, and the last
the officers saw of him he was heel
ing it hrough Kirk's pasture, with
the gentle zephyr playing a tattoo on
the tail of his coat.
J. B. Huntington was in Pendleton
Saturday.
Everybody is going to Pendleton
today to hear Sylvester Pennoyer.
J. W. Maloncy and wife will go
down to Portland Sunday night.
Miss Anna Harden has been in
Pendleton visiting her sister, Mrs.
Alex McKay.
J. H. Hiteman and E. L. Barnett
were in Pendleton Saturday and lis
tened to Mitchell's speech.
Ten double-decked cars of sheep,
loaded at Elgin passed through Athe
na Monday, en route to Chicago.
Ed Rush and the Hudson boys, of
Helix, assisted the Athena Band in
discoursing music for the republi
cans Monday.
Wood is not so scarce in Athena
at present. It is drifting steadily
down from the mountains and brings
$3.50 per cord. -
Miss Lillian Proebstel, a young
lady prominent in social circles, in
Weston, visitad in the city this week,
the guest of Mrs. M. .M. Johns.
Al. Turner, a good republican of
Helix, was in town Monday to hear
Senator-Mitchell. He oiled the Press
lamp before leaving town.
Mr. Dan Kirk, the reservation
farmer, will move to Athena so that
Care oi
Cemetery Lots
We are equipped to furnish either
perpetual or annual care of lots in
the Athena Cemetery, at reason
able rates.
ATHENA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
See: E. C. Prestbye, Secretary, or Ike Phillips, Sextoa
he may school his children, should he
be able to find suitable residence.
Mr. William Powers and Miss Het
ty Reynolds were married in Weston
Sunday last. The young couple have
a large circle of friends in Umatilla
county who unite with the Pr.ess in
wishing them a long and prosperous
life.
Sheriff Houser was up from Pen
dleton Monday. "Zoe" is somewhat
of a politican himself but the boys
cornered him in the postoffice and
gave him some hard silver nuts to
crack. Among them was this one:
"Why was silver demonetized in '73."
The enamel on Zoe's teeth wasn't
equal to the occasion.
Mitchell La Chapell, who is em
ployed at the Bergevin ranch on the
reservation, came to town Monday
night and tied his horse to a hitch
ing rack on Third street. - He step
ped into a store and purchased some
tobacca, and immediately went to
where his horse was tied, to find
that some one, during his absence of
perhaps five minutes, had stolen his
saddle. No clue as to who the thief
is has yet presented itself to the of
ficers. - ,
Mademoiselle Accepts
Meal; Customs Differ
The Happiest People
I huve leurned tlmt the happiest
people In the world are those who are
hupplly mated and hare large families.
Although they do uot say, at) a rule,
that they are happy, I often see the
envy in other people's e.vt. : They
work hard, apparently nut knowlnp
how disagreeable are the tusks thrust
on them, and without coring how much
their labors make them tired. When
the evening cornea, they carry homf
the profits of their toll and lay them
on the laps of the women who love
them. Perhaps, somewhere in the
next room, a baby is crying. I might
find it disturbing. They think it the
most beautiful music In the world.
llannen Swaffer, British dramatic
critic, to London Express.'
American customs are by no means
without mystery to Therese Cham
belland, new honor student from
France at the University of Oregon.
Among problems which she cannot
understand is the American woman's
dependent on man, as financial mat
ters go, and yet her independence of
him in other things.
This sad inconsistency has brought
grief to the little brunette French
girl, and very nearly deprived her of
an appetizing . meal. She told her
story to her friends upon her arrival
the other day.
In France, according to Misa Cham
belland, the woman pays her own way
to all dances, feeds and social func
tions. And if she does not, happy is
the man for it is the unspoken I
promise of the girl that she will al
low him the luxury of a kis3 before
the evening is over. Miss Chambel
land came to America with this cus
tom fixed firmly in her mind.
But she encountered a new experi
ence here. On a Pullman somewhere
between New York and Portland, an
obliging gentleman of a few hours
acquaintance asked the French girl
politely: "Mademoiselle, won't you
have dinner with me?"
"I will not." This, or its equival
ent, smote the ears of the astonished
Yankee. But he lost heart not at all,
and finally mademoiselle threw cau
tion to the winds and accompanied
him to dinner. The meal progressed,
as did the evening.
Listeners pricked up their ears at
this approach to a climax, but Misg
Chambelland gave only a disappoint
ing little gesture.
"But you know," she said confi
dentially, " he didn't try to kiss me
at all."
This is one of the new French stu
dent's discoveries about America.
Dissolving Country
It has been eMiin;itet Ilia? If the
work of erosion perforimd t.y water
on the total surface f mir ruiiiilry
were concentriitert on the Isthmus 'f
t'annma, It would willlee to rut a cnn-tl
from ocean to ocenn 8.1 feel dwp in
about 75 days.
The average annual -rosioii pro
duced by water In the t'niteil Stale
corresponds t thi' removal of n hiy'r
about V,i feet thick in ?,.m yam
It is figured that mr river tni'i-iurt
every year '.TO.oOO.ofsl im of !id
matter and .-in.flM.00o ft mailer
In state ft i&peu.doa ;.
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Our New Lines of
Wool Shirts
Blazers
Slipovers
None better and our prices are rightTry
em on and you'll wear em away.
STEVE'S GROCERY
Quality Quantity, Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME, P-op.
Courteous Treatment, Clean Beds
" Good Meals
Tourists Made Welcome
Special Attention Given
to Home Patrons
Corner Main and Third
Athena, Oregon
"He that tooteth not- his own horn,
the same shall not be tooted."
Insurance
of every kind and
description.
Farm Loans
at rates and terms
that satisfy.
B. B RICHARDS,
Athena
Poison Gets Couger
Eugene For the second time in
Lane county, a cougar has been
poisoned by bait. The skeleton of an
animal 7 feet 4 inches long, found
on Fall creek last week, was brought
into Eugene Friday by C Hight,
government hunter. The cougar's
carcass was found "on the farm of
Emery Callison, who had been miss
ing goats for some time. Bait was
set out by Hight, and numerous bob
cats and coyotes killed before the
cougar took it. Cougars seldom
can be poisoned, Hight said, as they
are too wary to approach the bait.
XLHarman
Blacksmithing
We Carry the
Pendleton
Machine Works
Hinged Weeder
Main Street Athena. Oregon
Bell & Venable
Phones 125 and 24
Two Auto
Truck Drays
Always At Your Service
City and Country
HAULING
and Horse Team Work
Continental Oil Company
Prompt Service
Always
Bryce Baker, Agent
Phones 761 and 31F11, Athena
THE
ICILGORE CAFE
GERALD KILGORE, Proprietor
FRIGIDAIRE COLD DRINKS
Malted Milk, Sodas, Coca Cola, Root Beer, Sun
daes, Ice Cream, Bricks, Dixies, Eskimo Pies, etc.
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.
Foley's Kidney Cure
make frldneyt and bladJer rishl
The 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