The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-25
CITY AND COUNTY.
A Full Resume Of News.--L Local Per-
sonal and Otherwise.
The Press gives the news.

OdIu OlliEs
]. S. Mcleod of Pendleton, was
in the city Monday.
Refrigerators at cost. Call ear
ly at the c. A. Barrett Co.
We have left few 3-inch Header
trucks. The c, B. Barrett Co,
Antifermentine, the greater fruit
preserver, at the Pioneer Drug
Store.
rkMr. and Mrs. E. DePeatt's
Youngest child has been quite i'll
for some days past.
Rev. Fancher of Weston, will
preach at the Baptist church in
this city next Sunday.
Hewitt uses nothing but pure,
fresh drugs in filling prescriptions.
Take your Prescriptions to him.
TLee Mitchell and wife and VIM.
Gholson's family went up to Meach-
am this morning after huckleber-
ries.
lHJ. w. Smith and James Maloney
are at Saling's camp, on Weston
mountain enjoying little recrea-
ton.
| XTwo drunks were put in the
"cooler" tos;reffigerate, by night.
watchman Ward, Sunday night.
Yves always gets his man.
JOS. Lynd arrived from the Pa
louse country with steam thresh-
er first the of the week. He will
operate it on the reservation.
IhL.IA. Citizens and Chas. Dunn
of the Grange store went chicken
hunting one day last week, and re-
turned with sixteen plump birds.
George Froome's family, who
have been camping at Russell's
Meadows. above Walla Walla for
some time, returned home Wednes-
day.
| Marshal Stamper has instituted
a crusade against all dogs that
are not honored with collar. He
has sent several dogs to dog heaven
the past week.
| Geo. Hamilton came into the
city Monday night, with about 10
acres Of Oregon's best soil on his
face. He had ridden in the dust
storm all day.
TX A little child of J. e. Clark who
resioes on 3rd street, died Wednes.
day with inflammation of the bowels.
Mr.. Clark, who has been quite ill
is at present much better.
The contest case of Almon N.
Brown vs.. G. w. Hinkle, involving
q quarter-section of land in the
Juniper neighborhood, has been de-
cided bv the La Grande land Office
in Mr.. Hinkle's favor
Frank Ely informs Press re-
I parter that his field of Red Chaff
wheat went 36 bushels to the acre,
and is No. ! quality. In an ad-
joining field his California Glory
went 42 bushels to the acre.
In last weeks issue Of the Press
an item appeared to the effect that
the Farmers Warehouse Company,
had on certain day distributed
1000 sacks to farmers in this vic
Unity. 1t should have read 10000
sacks.
OF. H. and John Mcintosh, the
two brothers who were killed in
the steamboat accident on Snake
river, last week, were buried in
Walla Walla, Sunday, by the Ma
sonic Order, of which they were
both members. A large number of
Masons from this county were in
attendance.
Sunday at Pendleton, Dolph, the
seven-year old son of A. F. Eddy,
liile walking across a plank bridge
at Byer's mill was pushed into the
river by large dog. His father
) who happened to be near and saw
him fall, plunged into the water
and rescued the little one from a
watery grave.
a A. B. Stanley reports that the
harvest in the Echo neighborhood
exceeds expectations. The general
yield runs from twelve to twenty
bushels per acre, and one field
averaged twenty-five bushels OF
good wheat There have been no
sales save one of 2000 bushels to
the milling company at forty cents
1 will give free with every SIC
(cash) worth of goods purchased
or to those having an account Of
$40 or over, who come and settle
by Sept 1st., I life size crayon OF
Air Brush Portrait. You havs
undoubtedly some picture Of re
lative or friend that you woulC
like to have enlarged and THIS il
your opportunity. |. j. CRoFUTT.
Weston Oregon
Farmers have another miafor
ture to confront in the scarcity 0
J, grain bags. There does not appear
! to be enough on the coast to sup
ply requirements, and bags hav,
0 advanced to nine cents, being hare