The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-11-13

Mise Effie Adoock. who spent sew
eral months with her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Colbern, was married
recently at her home in Missouri, to a
Mr.. Aquart. Her many friends here
will extend we'll wishes
! Miss Rbeu Vanderpool and Lester
Wilson. both of this city, were mar
ried in Pendleton Wednesday. The
young people will make their home in
Hermiston. where the groom's parents
recently removed from here.
81. G. Curry Eye sight specialist
formerly of Walla Walla now of Seat
tie will make their next professional
visit to Athena Friday November 20
for one day only at Hotel st. Nichols.
Eyes examined. All work guaranteed.
Wbsu you have any watuh work,
jewelry repairing. spectacle mending,
or broken lenses, call on the new
! jeweler. ! also have nice up-to- date
stock, such as carried by jewelers. in
large cities. (see my window displays.)
Marshal o. Rose. In the Pioneer Drug
Store.
VIM. Tompkins has disposed of his
land holdings in Alberta, at good
margin of profit. Three years ago Ne
Tompkins paid $11 per acre for a.
section of land near Claresholm, and
without improving it, even to the ex-.,,
tent of fencing, has sold it for $3.50
per acre.
| adams and Helix lost their hotels
bS fire this week. The Adams hotel,
owned and conducted by Mr.. Rosen
velt was totally destroyed Tuesday
night and iast night, the hotel at He
lix, conducted by Mrs. Frank Myers
was so badly damaged by fire that it is
beyond the possibility of repair.
| \ Yesterday Cleve Stanton left for
darlington, where he will visit his
sister and incidentally hunt the festive
wild goose, whose name is reported to
be legion in thai vicinity at present.
He will be joined on Sunday by George
Thompson, who will take vacation
after the strenuous labors of putting
in his crops.
| Mrs. J. E. Jones has just received
the sad intelligence Of the death of
her mother Mrs. Mary Ennis, at her
home in Hamilton. Iowa. of acute
pneumonia. Mrs. Ennis was 56 years
of age Mr.. and Mrs. Jones left Iowa
about years ago, since which time
Mrs. Jones had not seen her mother.
The sympathy of her friends is ex-
tended her in her sudden bel eavement.
Three big dray-loads of Christmas
holiday goods passed up the street yes
terday consigned to the Jarman De-
partment store. Jarman will have
the finest and most complete stock of
holiday goods ever brought to Athena,
and their customers will be on the
qui vive for the grand display which
will be shown just as soon as they can
be arranged. Watch the Press for
further announcements.
4 XMarion O'Harra, the man who shot
a deer with a s'22" at his home one
mile above Weston, was in town Mon
day. "Doc'' says he went through
| the ordeal calmly, but his nejghbors
assert that he sat down beside the
deer and yelled for help. Any way
he got the deer all right all right,
shooting it three times with small
bore gun. the last shot penetrating
the heart. \.
The third annual report of the board
of commissioners of the Third District
Eastern Oregon fair shows that owing
to the big expenditures necessary in
enlarging the pavilion and other i'm
provements the expenditures were in
excess of the receipts of the association
by almost $4,000. The deficit, how
ever, was made up almost entirely by
the surplus left over from former fairs
and the association is but about $275
, in debt.
NAmong those who have renewed
their subscription to the Press tbi:
week are o. G. Turner, Weston; Mrs.
Waterman. Spokane; Henry Sohmitt
, Adams; Gus Vollmer, Waitsburg
| lvm. Blakley, Peudleton Doug Flynn
Ritter; John Walker, Mrs. N. q.
| Dickinson. T. D. Miner, W. W. Jacobs
) Athena Jack Weir, Wasbtucna
Harry Turner, Weston. Look at th'
date following your name on the pa
per. You may be next.
i: " Tuesday afternoon the immediat
tneighbors of Mrs. P. E.. Colbern gath
cred at the home of Mrs. Wm.g Tomp
: kins, from whence theys proceeded il
a body to her home, where she wa
properly surprised, and at once capt.
ulated. The afternoon was passed j
pulling WOOL" (not each other's) an
q at dainty lunch was brought fort
4 by the visitors themselves. The oC
casion was in the nature of farewell
& to Mrs. Colbern, who leaves soon TO
! her annual trip to sunny California.
3 The ladies of Athena Circle No. l
+ were entertained at the splendid hom
8 ofrMr. and Mrs. Ad Pinkerton Wednes
j day, two miles northwest of town
] The ladies spent the entire day there
and did some excellent work in th
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