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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1929)
THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, AUGUST 2, 1929 - -.: Blacksmithing All work out on Time i Acetylene Welding C. M. JONES, Prop. Press Paragraphs Inspect the Case Combine Herman' Hoffman ml We Handle Genuine Goods-No Substitutes, Try Our D.R.SHAMPOO having and Baths Up-to-the Minute Bobs Hair Cuts and Shingles DUFFIELD'S BARBER SHOP Athena, Ore. "The Wolf Song" Standard Theatre tomorrow night, Fred Hodgen was in 5 town from Adams, Wednesday. . During the hot spell, the ice man is having troubles of his own. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinkerton of Weston, were Athena visitors Tues day. Rev. Carl McConnel and family vis ited relatives in Weston and Athena this week. Mrs. Gerald Kilgore will go to Walla Walla hospital next week, for the purpose of having her tonsils re moved. A slight shower early yesterday morning and a west breeze temper ed the heat wave considerably dur ing the day. A number of Athena farmers and their families will go to the sea shore and other resorts, with the comple tion of harvest. H. J. Cunningham was up from Pendleton and installed a Frigidaire in the new home of Mr,, and Mrs, George Banister. Billy Pinkerton, with the expert as sistance of Johnny Hoey, has instal led a new pump to take care of his lawn sprinkling. Dale Stephens who has been act ing as manager of the swimming pool at City Park, is again behind the counters at Steve's. Harvest is drawing to a close in the Pilot Rock section and grain yields have been much better than was an ticipated before cutting operations began. . , . , H. H. Eickhoff was over from Walla Walla yesterday. Mr. Eickhoff re ports that bean cutting is under way in the bean fields of the Walla Wal la section. Those who have recently made the trip to Lehman Springs, report that the mountain road leading to that re sort is in good condition for automo bile travel. Rev. Dow, who is spending the Bum mer on Reed and Hawley mountain came to Athena Tuesday, and left for Walla Walla to receive a second transfusion of blood. Within a few days the harvesting of the more than 6000 acres of beans in the Athena-Weston district will be under way. Indications are that the yield will be satisfactory. John Banister was in Athena yes terday from Weston. He is optimis I Clocks Complete line of Westclox Clocks and watches -all guaranteed- Prices 1.25 to 5.00 McFaddews Pharmacy Trips East! Low Summer Fares TRAVEL over the scenic Northern Pacific route. Un excelled service. Famously good meals. Three transcontinental trains daily, including the faster, All-Pullman, No Extra Fare North Coast Limited Round trip summer excursion tickets on sale until Sept. 30. Return limit Oct. 31. Round-Trip Rates From Aiken Minnapolis-St. Paul Chicago . .. r..t...t. c jusutuui-aupenor New York St. Louii Kansas City Omaha ...., Denver . Washington t 70J5 . 85.03 . 70.J5 . 146.43 . 80.33 . 75.60 . 70.33 67.20 140.61 Sptcial Rntn to Other Pbinti Ask About Them E. B. Wood, A. Athena, Or. Fi.'st of the Northern Transcontinentah (M) tic over future wheat prices. Mr. Banister is harvesting a bumper crop of wheat on his farm holdings. , Because of borrowed books, during the year 1928 it was necessary for the County Library to send out a total of 5303 overdue notices, 3732 from the central and 1571 from the branches. Wednesday was recorded as the hot test day of the summer at Athena. Some thermometers registered 10(5 above, but in the Press office, the hot test place in town the mercury touch ed 101. i r , It makes no difference whether there is a huckleberry crop or not, the mountain resorts are beconing to vacationists and they are answering the call. Last Sunday a large num ber of people spent the day in the Blues. , Athena was in darkness for a couple of hours Tuesday night, due to a transformer on the high tension line burning out. The transformer was located in the sub-station at Pen dleton, and the damage was caused by lightning striking the wires. Alpha Wood, old-time Weston boy, accompanied by Mrs. Wood, is visit ing at the Weston home of his mother, Mrs. Francis C. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Wood travel extensively, but manage to visit Weston occasionally. Alpha was a Press office caller yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Mc Nair, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kershaw, Mrs. Barbara Willaby, Roland Rich ards and Will Kelly enjoyed a picnic dinner on the Umatilla river at Thorn Hollow, Sunday. C. E. Kiefer, manager of the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph com pany at Walla Walla, and his family were breakfast guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chase Garfield Thursday morn ing, while on their way to Seaside. The Garfields will follow them to the coast in a few days. Thursday of last week was the ninth birthday anniversary of Beverley Bar rett, and to celebrate the occasion twenty-one girl friends were invited to the Barrett lawn, where games were played and refreshments were served. Grandma Jennie Barrett baked a fine birthday cake for the oc casion, and a general good time was enjoyed by the girls present. With continued diminishing in the supply of water from the springs, the volume or water in Athena s munici pal system is now practically con fined to that supplied from the pump ing station at the well. So serious had the shortage developed that is was impossible to refill the swimming pool at City Park the fore nart of the week, without making inroads on the domestic reserve. Mrs. Goldie Bacon of Vancouver. Washington, is in Athena, visitin at ine nome or her sister, Mrs. Fred Kershaw. Mrs. Bacon, accomnaniefl by her mother, Mrs. Barbara Willaby, will leave Sunday for Pavette Lak where they will remain indeffinitely at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Castleman, of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw and ' Miss Frafori Kershaw will join them later at the iaice. TURKEY BUSINESS I am offering for sale 600 turkevs at two dollars per turkey for the bunch. Many toms weighing around 30 pounds. A real opportunity for auick turnover at 200 per cent profit. B. B. RICHARDS. Athena. CLASSIFIED For Sale Good used furniture and a rug. George Banister, Athena. For Sale An Air-o-gas range. practically new, that has been replac ed with an electric range. Phone 373, Athena. Loganberries Nice juicy Mountain Loganberries. At $1.00 per crate Bring your crates and do your own picking. F. Heath. Reed and Haw ley Mountain, Weston., Bladder Weakness If Bladder Weakness, Getting Up Nights, Backache, Burning or Itch ing Sensation, leg or groin pains make you feel old, tired, pepless, and worn out, why not make the Cyst 48 Hour Test? Don't give up. Get Cystex today at any drug store. Put it to a 48 hour test. Money back if you don't soon feel like new, full of pep, sleep well, with pains alleviated. Try Cystex today. Only . 60c. Mc Fadden's Pharmacy. Bell & Gray Phone 552 Two Auto Truck Drays Always At Your Service City and Country HAULING and Horse Team Work !Wauna Camp Fire girls enjoyed swim at Legion pool in City Park. Miss Hilda , Dickenson , spent the week-end with relatives at Walla Walla. 5 0 j : r :iV'Vl I Margaret Hale' accompanied Mi- Gross to" her. home at Brownsville last week... . Mrs. Fred Pittman recently visited at. the home. of Mrs, .Nellie St. Dennis in .Weston, .. . . .-. ..".' ... Mrs. Stella Keen had for dinner guests Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Steen of Milton. Mrs. R. A. Thompson was a recent truest of her aunt, Mrs. Alice Knk Patrick, at Weston." Mrs. F. B. Boyd is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dud ley, at Bingham Springs. Mrs. Arthur Jenkins is entertain ing her sister, Mrs. Tate, of Portland, who is here for an extended visit. Mrs. Smith, who was a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.D. H. Sand. ers. is now visiting relatives and friends in Portland. ....... Miss Mildred Bateman, of the Ath ena high school faculty, came over from Milton Monday and spent the day with Athena friends. Mrs. William Harder and little daughter, Mary Jane, came over from Milton and visited at the Frank De Freece home in Athena, Tuesday. Mrs. Frank DeFreece accompanied Will DeFreece to Wilbur, Washington, last week for a visit with grandpa and grandma DeFreece in that city Mr. and Mrs. L. Frye and family are recent arrivals in Athena. They reside on the West Side and Mr. Frye is employed by the Preston-Shaffer flour mill. , A number of Athena people spent Sunday on the river and in the Blue Mountains, where they found the dif ferent summer resorts well populated with campers. L. C. Davis of Charlton, South Carolinaand family visited last week at the Mack Smith home in Helix. Mr Davis and family are touring the Northwest by motor. Mrs. Bert Ramsay is home from Portland, where she visited relatives Her Athena friends will be pleased to learn that Mrs. Ramsay's health is rapidly improving. Mr. and Mrs. George Banister ex pect to occupy their new residence on Fifth street next week. Workmen are putting the finishing touches on .the new home this week. Carl Li Perkins, well known to Northwest newspaper men as a cir culation booster and business getter accompanied by Mrs. Perkins, was Press office visitor Tuesday. Dr. Blatchford spent Sunday at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betts. Dr. Blatchford and Kohler Betts are fraternity brothers, both having attended Willamette Univer sity. D. C. Baker has been incapacitated for work for several days as the re suit of a fall when he was thrown from the seat of a. wheat wagon at the Scott -place west of Athena, last week. Miss Etlna Thompson, who visited for several days at the home of her aunt, Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, left yes terday for her home in Alberta. Miss Thompson is a teacher in one of the Alberta schools. Mrs. Retta M. Potts and Miss My rtle Potts, have left California and are now in Portland. They are residing at Silver Court Apartments, 740 Han cock street, and have ordered the Press mailed to that address. Leonard Getssel is again at the Mc- Fadden Pharmacy after several weeks' lay-off on account of lameness in his right foot. The lameness is supposedly due to a fallen arch, which at times results in severe pain. Harry L. Bowmer, one time editor and publisher of the Milton Eagle and the Weston Leader, is now publishing the Recorder at Roy, Washington. Mr. Bowmer will be remembered by pio neer Inland Empire editors as .an editorial writer of force and ability. Roy DeFreece has accepted ft posi tion with a Skaggs store at Free water, and entered on his duties there Monday morning. Roy has been a salesman at the Quality Grocery in Athena for several months, and his place there has been taken by Dal- berth Taylor. Mrs. Sims Dickenson has returned home from . Walla Walla, where she was in attendance of her mother, Mrs. T. P. DeFreece, who is in the General Hospital for treatment for a broken shoulder. Mrs. DeFreece is reported to be getting along as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Weston teller:" Ljncolf Swaggart of Athena and Mflntayilla came' over to Weston Monday while looking af ter his crop Interests in this district. The well known pioneer proceeded to show Sim Barnes and other horseshoe tossers here just how the game was played before the advent of any bothersome rules and regulation!. Mrs. Laura Froome returned Mon day from a visit to relatives in Port land, Newberg, Forrest Grove and Astoria. A family reunion was held at the home of Ralph Buzan in Port land at which the members were re united for the first time in 63 years. Mrs. Froome accompanied her sis ter, Mrs. Humphrey, of Oklahoma, to Portland. Herb Parker and . Fred Eadtke re port that the Indians are resorting to taking trout wits grab docks in the Umatilla rive? on the "resarvati'oa. The method persued is a blind at tie upper end of a pool where a couple of Indians with grab hooks are sta tioned. Other Indians stone the water driving the fish to the blind, where they are readily taken by the waiting grab hooks. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. rorsmaa left Tuesday for Burns. Mr. Foreman is the construction foreman for the j mRRRRRBSBHB Wie Are Headquarters for Harvest Supplies EVERYTHING TO EAT AND WEAR Phone Your Order To 152 Athena Department Store Union Oil company. He has recently completed a plant for that company here, the distributing station of which consists of two 20,000 gallon tanks. The plant is now ready for business and a Mr. Ball who has been in the employment of the Union Oil company at Pendleton is to be the manager. While at Burns, Mr. Fors- man will have, charge s of the con struction of a station there, which will be on the same plans as the one in Athena. ESTRAY ANIMAL Notice is hereby given that I have taken up the following described as tray animal: One red cow, about 7 years old, branded lazy T. on left hip, under bit in left ear; dry. . M Notice is further given that I will, on the 19th day of August, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Jerry Stone ranch about three miles north of Adams, in Umatilla County, Oregon, sell the above des cribed animal, to the highest and best bidder for cash, as by law required, unless redeemed by the owner prior to the date of sale. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 2nd day of August, 1929. HERMAN STONE. THE STANDARD THEATRE SATURDAY and SUNDAY Gary Cooper and Vclez mm Also Louis Wolheim and Ann Brody In A Fgrarrjpwrrt 'PfctVJFe yog wil want to See Twice News Real, gports Peal an4 Comedy Admission 10-25-35c Coming: Bebe Daniels in "What a Night" And Richard Bix . I luff IXM JXYk IX jl Nl 99