The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-07-14

Miss Kate Kees is visiting |
friends in Portland, this week !
\ J.E. Watts and family are rus
ticating on the Walla Walla.
The county court granted an
abatement of taxes TO w. t. Gill /
man.
Deputy U. s. Marshal, Beatty, |
was in the city on business Wednes-
day.
A hunting party is being organ
lied for a two weeks hunt in the
mountains.
fChas. Sharp will commence
painting the interior Of the school
house next week.
A number of Athena Odd Eel
lows attended the installation at
Westonla last night,
On the mountain ranches east of
Athena grain is heading fine, and
alarge crop is anticipated.
Mrs. Chamberlain of Farmin-
ton is visiting her daughter Mrs.
w. J. Wilkinson of this city.
The rain Thursday night was
worth thousands of dollars to the
farmers of Umatilla county.
j, B. Saylor is up from his But
tier Greek ranch. Mr.. Saylor re-
lports crops good in his vicinity.
Mrs. T. D. Harper who has been
visiting in Adams county WASH,
1 fol. some time, is expected home
knext week,
A The Heppner Gazette on the
AFourth Of July was printed in red
thnd blue inks, which was patriotic
Nto say the least.
The many friends of Ben Hagen
will be glad to know that he has
/ been appointed constable of East
Pendleton precinct.
II Carl Crow is in this city from
/ Morrow county looking for haF-
lFest job. He reports crop prospects
IFn Morrow very poor.
II A pauper by the name of John
Hall, died at the poor farm Tues
.IHay morning of consumption and
twas inferred in the potters field.
u There are stacks Of machinery
Epiled in front of the blacksmith
lshops to be repaired, and our
brawny smiths have all they can
| attend to.
Ihere are no vacant dwellings in
| Athena, which speaks we'll for the
town, considering the wall Of dull
mess that is going up from our SIS
liter suburbs.
Fred Rosenzsweig, chief clerk
in G. w. Hollis store, left with his
family last Monday evening for a
weeks outing on the Umatilla near
1.-THE Bingham Spring,
Il. Ii Bumpus, former real es-
tate agent Of this city, but now re-
Hpresenting the Western Loan &
ESavings Company of Salt Lake
i City, is shaking hands with old
friends. "
w. NJ. Mosley a farmer resident
Il Of Athena, met with a serious ac-
cident at LaGrande last week
He was thrown from a horse which
fell upon him, fracturing three ribs
and otherwise bruising him.
5 SpeisaMssRe#iew: M. G.. Royal
of the secretary of the states office
at Olympia has resigned, and has
| arranged to go to Weston, Or, tc
take charge of the Eastern Oregon
\ normal school at that place. y
In the United States circui
court, Portland, the demur to th,
i indictment against Peter West
the Pendleton lawyer, on charg,
of sending a threatening missiv
through the mail, has been over
ruled, and he will have to answer
in person for trial.
{ The latest enemy to the whea
/ crop is the cricket. and it bids fai
+ to rival the much-dreaded no
winds in certain localities on tn
n reservation. There the crickets
$ big black fellows, abound in larg
numbers, and their inroads OIL
7 l the wheat are viewed with alarm.
! The financial statement Of th
!, county school superintendent,show
ing money appropriated for tn
use of the schools for the year end
sd ing June 30th, 1893, was accepte
< by the county court. The tots
b amount of the state and count
j funds was $35, ,9O8.10.
n Nightwatchman, VIM. Post, IL
I signed last Saturday, and We
I Ward has been appointed. Wes
= good man fol the place, and "
believe it will have to be a sic
q burglar that can get in his wor
d here and not be caught.
I'll East 0regonian: All Cue,
o. Chinese merchant Of Pendletoi
n wants to go back to his native Ian
e ON a visit and return again. HI
e partner, Wah Yung Ching, obtair
:, ed a certificate that will serve a
Or Cues passport. II contains HI