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

ala, was In the city last week on
business visit.
B. D. Clemens is putting down
a new floor and making some new
bins in his chop mill, this week.
<Jarvis Hurd, ex-city Recorder
was in town Sunday. He is now
assisting in gathering Umatilla's
golden grain.
7 Geo. Hansell is confined to the
house with illness, this week, and
post master Maloney has about all
he can attend to about mail time.
Lafe Reeves. the tonsorial artist
at the st. Nichols Shaving Parlors
was confined to his room with
sickness couple of days the past
week.
Another phonograph fend
struck Athena. with his machine
Saturday but lowing to the fnan-
cial stringency," he captured but
very few dimes.
x E. s. Waterman has the lumber
on the ground for the erection of a
large barn on his farm north of
the city. Geo. Bates has the con-
tract for construction,
NEddie Ridenour, one of our
typos, is rusticating in the noun
tains this week and Homer Beathe,
at one time a compositor on the
Press is again at the same old case.
HG. W. Rigby & Son have thresh-
I'D about half section of grain on
the Tutuwillow, obtaining an ex-
cellent quality of wheat that aver
aged about twenty bushels per acre.
Diphtheria is raging in Union.
Three deaths occurred there last
week, and number of new cases
are reported. Every effort possible
is being made to stamp out the
disease.
ED. Scoles, the Advent preacher
took down his tent and has made
pilgrimage to Pendleton where he
will proceed to ventilate the sins of
those who dwell in the city of of.
fee seekers.
Mrs. Eva Campbell desires us
to state that she has again as
sumed the control of the Athena
House, and is prepared to provide
boarders with the best meals that
the market affords, and good clean
beds.
AS Mrs. Zahner, of Pendleton,
was lifting a pan of burning grease
from the kitchen stove the flames
| flashed up and severely burned
her head, arms and face. The in
juries ale quite painful, though not
dangerous.
Wallie Ashpaugh and Elmer
Breckbill returned from their fish.
| ing expedition on the Umatills
Saturday and brought in some
fine trout. The editor acknow
Hedges several nice ones for break
fast Sunday morning.
Bergevin Bros. now occupy theil
new store room ON corner of Bird
and Main streets, and now that
they have removed their large
! stock of dry goods from the old
! stand, they have one Of the neat.
est stores in Umatilla county.
Sunday was about the worst
day we have ever seen in Oregon,
It blew and blowed and blewed
and the dust few in great clouds
| the wind toyed with the editors
auburn locks and made him wish
he was in the harvest field.
THE Milton Eagle says thai
CLARK Wood, city editor of the
East Oregonian was over there last
Sunday. Strawberries are all gone
and as Clark has a tender spot fol
that luscious fruit we wonder wha'
the attraction is-but-look out
old man we are onto you.
| VIM. Thompson was breaking
a horse to work on the stree
sprinkler this week, but the hors
wouldn't break. The measl,
thing would rear and look at Viii
out Of its weather eye and refuse tc
bulge. He finally gave the mat
ter upas a bad job, and put in an
other horse.
w A man named Lambrecht's, VIII
fosInerly run the Delmonico res
| taurant in Weston has opened
| lodging and eating house in th
building west Of Lew Shaw's sa
loon, on Main street. Athena
well supplied with boarding houses
Besides q first-class hotel, ther
are two restaurants, chop hous
and two boarding houses.
On Sand Ridge, in the Grand
Ronde valley, where good crops al
usually the rule, farmers wear thi
year sombre, clouded faces. 1
that locality there is nearly a tots
failure, and hundreds Of acres wi
not average more than three or for
, bushels. The trouble is attribute
+ to frost in the latter part of jun
Along the river bottom grain look
better.
. The state senate committee 0
, the portage railway met at Pendl'