The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22
Local News.
The PREss gives the news.

LII you owe us Drlng IN wheat. |
The G. A. Barrett Co.
For choice house plants of all |
kinds, go to Mrs. F. J. Beale. All
prices. :
We will take No. 1 wheat on
s Inscription, at so cents per bush |
ell.
Harry Russell of Walla Walla,
lis visiting Geo. NJ. Froome this |
week.
Dollar collections of very choice
plants, at Mrs. F. ]. Beale's green
house. y
Mrs. Beale has some very fine
plants which she is selling for 5
cents piece.
Hewitt uses nothing but pure,
fresh drugs in filling prescriptions.
Take your prescriptions to him.
Taft, Tolbert & Co., the black
smiths will give SOC per bushel for
good wheat, on all standing ac-
counts.
Smith & Butrick, the Adams
butchers, have failed, and some
little legal trouble has resulted
thereby.
Rev. w, c. Gray, Of Spokane ,-is
assigned to the charge of the M.
E. church, of this, city, and preach
es first sermon, Sunday, Oct 1st.
" A number of A. o. U, w, order
ofthis city attended the funeral of
Elijah Fenton, at Weston, Monday,
he being a member of that order.
| All who are III arrears for sub.
scription with the Press, can set
| tie the same with wheat at Soc per
bushel. Bring on your wheat and
pay up.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Geer, who have
been in this city visiting with re-
! latives and friends, departed yes
terday, for their home in the Big
Bend county.
-Lou Rothrock, the prosperous
young farmer Of Adams precinct,
on last Thursday purchased of J.,
M. Ferguson & Son half section
of fine reservation land for the sum
of $4,000.
Capt. N. B. Humphrey writes
from Salem to w. w. Brannin, that
he is getting along nicely and hopes
to be among his friends at Pendle-
ton, in a short time.
4 Ed. Zimmerman's four-horse
! team ran off with load of wood
/. one day last week, and ran against
9 barb-wire fence. One of the
t horses was so badly cut that he
i died soon afterwards.
Mrs. Hurd will return next weel
from her visit east. She will agar
9 engage in the dress making business
and will be ready to accommodate
all her old customers and as many
new ones as desire anything il
that line. She guarantees frst-clas
J work.
! Commencing Wednesday Sept
) 9th, the Union Pacific will sci
4 excursion tickets to Portland fo
: and one-fifth fare for the roun,
! trip, plus fifty cents for admission
! coupon to the Portland Industria
Exposition. Tickets on sale b
the agent at Athena on Monday
: Wednesdays and Fridays. Coco
for seven days.
Is Rev. w. Bowser will preach hi
fafewell sermon at the M. I
IN Church, Sunday morning. Nj
,e Boswer goes to Milton for the CON
ic ing year and Athena will lose
3 good family. To the people {
Milton the PRESS is glad to sa
that there is no better christia
people nor any more jealous in tn
work Of saving souls than Mr.. an
ng Mrs. Bowser.
ID ID Il. o.: G.. w. Hinkle is here 0
d business from his home nea
x x Grangeyille, Idaho. While pass
IS IS ing through the Dayton and Pom,
y roy farming region Mr.. Hinkl
pe pe found that thousands of acres ,
o. Of grain have not been harvested, an
he continuation of the rains NEAR
ns ly much disaster. Up there harvel
in in has been somewhat more back
rs, ward than in Umatilla count,
NJ NJ and while our situation is bat
Ter their situation is worse.
n Citizens of Union county Or,
y: y: gon in mass meeting assemble
have passed resolutions demand
= ing "that the Geary act be immet
/. lately enforced and the Chinese
this county deported-bones an
all--and we hereby tender OF
personal assistance, if necessar.
to aid in enforcing the law" The
further declare that they 'sbeliev
neglect on the part of the executi'
u department to enforce the Geal
act may result in the forcible e,
pulsion of the Chinese from tn
I Lfnuntrvn
4 * The public school opened la
Monday with very promisiI
N outlook for prosperous scho