The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11

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Long, the barber, is fitting up
the room east of the Corner Groc-
eryfor shop. 4
Bergevin Bros. are erecting n
commodeous barn on their lots in
the rear of their store building,
Howard Fauble, one Of our tom
sorial artists Is rusticating in the
mountains east of Milton, this
week.
VIM. Willaby commenced haul
ing his wheat to the Farmers
Warehouse Co. last Tuesday. He
has about 5000 bushels.
The Weston Leader under the new
management comes out in an i'm
proved form, both "editorially
and geographically.
DR.. Morrison, the specialist, was
in the city this week, but there
being no sickness here, his patients
were somewhat scarce,
Hardie Mansfield informs us that
as he came to town Wednesday
morning he counted ten threshing
crews in sight at once.
The gamblers who are in the
city do not appear to be doing
very thrifty business. The strin-
gency makes us of all one size.
George Froome's family return
ed Saturday from Bingham's
Springs, where they have been
camping out for the past three
weeks,
Mrs. VIM. Henry and Miss
Annie Stamper are at present
camping in the mountains and
engaged in picking luscious huckle-
berries.
A party consisting of Chas.
and Fred Fisher, Ed Cox and
Everett Leonard, left Wednesday
morning for Lehman. Springs, for
a weeks recreation.
| A refractory horse stepped on
George Froome's right foot one
day this week, consequently he
was compelled to hobble on crutch-
es for a couple of days.
The dust in and around Athena
this year seems to be "worse and
more of it" than for some years
past This is accounted for by not
having the streets strawed.
Harve Whiteman's youngest
daughter is dangerously i'll with
pneumonia. DIR. Sharp is the at
tending physician and will no
doubt bring her out all right.
Some of the early risers report
frost here one morning this week,
and we are told that the post
master at Adams says ice was
formed on water trough at his
place Monday night.
Some one opened the back door
of G. H. Dodd's implement build
; ing on upper Main street Tuesday
: night. Manager Clark says hi
7 has missed nothing so far, and il
9 was doubtless hobos who wen
! in to sleep.
lThe reporter asked friend wha
4 the matter was with r. X. Brad,
IA that he wore such a smile ant
4 stepped SO briskly. The reply wa
y aits girl" Indications are tha
8 r. K. will survive.
4 1t is said by parties who hav,
come down from the mou ntain
that the huck leberry crop thi
! year will be very great, but tha
owing to the late spring, they will
not be ripe for at least two week
II yet.
: The second nine and Adam
y team crossed bats on the Athen
J diamond Sunday afternoon. A
] the final wind-up the score stoo
] 30 tot in favor of Athena. /
Y the first inning Adams made fix
7 scores, in the second 2, and afte
4 wards it was goose fruit for then
p We hear a good deal Of tai
g about shriveled wheat in this v
:, :, cinity but from samples that W
d have seen we must say that I'll
Z majority was as plump and har
z as any we examined last yea
/ However there may be a lot {
: shriveled wheat this year resultin
= from the hot weather
The reporter was in Westo
Saturday and dropped in on NJ
At Powers, the new postmaster
m that city. The Judge" bears h
le promotion with remarkable fo
O. titude and says that in sho
It time he will put in new boxes an
1e otherwise improve the appearan
p. of the Office.
i ue Dave Taylor informs us tn
: the samples of wheat he h
seen SO far are shriveled to son
to extent but that the kernel is har
ds He says the majority of it is
ID better quality than last year.
es to grade he says it will depel
ar on the number of pounds per bus
s. ell the buyers set on it. If th'
# set it at sixty pounds per bush