The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-01

fire on Saturday last. Loss about
500. No insurance. Cause, the
irrepressible "kid" and bunch of
matches.
The ]. L. Elam Hardware Com
pany has been duly organized in
Milton and articles of corporation
filed. The incorporators are j. L.
Elam, H. L. Frazier an A. M.
Elam. The capital stock of the
new firm is $4,000.
TThe outlook for the state normal
School at Weston is considered verv
encouraging. Many people are
removing To Weston to give their
children an opportunity which the
school will afford, and residences
are in active demand.
Four males, belonging to T. P.
Page, broke loose from his combin-
ed harvester the other morning,
and in the race that followed their
liberation, one of them became en-
tangled in a barb wire fence and
was pretty badly cut up.
7~Gus Bushman, reservation
fancher inbibed a little too freely
of the hilarious fluid one day last
week and was taken to the city Jail.
The next morning he appeared be-
fore Recorder Gilman and was
fined for disorderly conduct.
Farmers report the roads leading
to Athena as very badly cut up.
1t is no wonder that the highways
are in this condition when we con-
slider the fact that hundreds of wa
gons pass over the roads daily
loaded down with wheat. The solu-
tion to the problem is strawed
roads.
The West, paper published at
Florence, Lane county, Oregon, has
novel way of filling up it's va
cant advertising space by publish
ing sketches of mountain scenery.
A subscription should be taken up
by his brethren to send this editor
to the Worlds Fair, as the only
live editor living on real mountain
scenery.
The attention of our readers is
called to the new ad of Prof. Lane,
the artist, in this issue. His studio
over the First National Bank, is a
model of neatness. He has mum.
her of scholars and is now prepar-
ed to accommodate many more.
He charges 81 per lesson with the
scholars privilege of keeping the
paintings when completed.
An Oregon bride, supposed to be
from Weston, in sleeping car.
enroute to the Worlds Fair, start
ed to get a drink of water. "When
I come back" she said to her hus-
hand, "stick your foot out of the
berth so I'll know which it is."
The conversation was audible.
When she returned a masculine
foot protruded from nearly every
berth.
E. O: While hunting and fish
ing onthe north fork of Meacham
creek R. Sargent discovered red
dish brown ore that he believes to
be cinnabar, which it resembles
IN every particular. From the
groupings the ledge appears to be
large one. 1t is located about six
miles above the mouth of the
stream. Mr.. Sargent brought
samples of the substance to PEN
dleton, and will send it away for a
test. In the meantime he dosen't
intend to hank very largely on pos
sessing bonanza.
Milton Eagle: DR.. E. P. Eagan
who lives three miles below this
city, has been damaged by large
fire on his farm which will take
some time to die out. In one part
of the farm is strip of peat land
that the doctor wishes to clear Of
the brush; a new hand was put to
work cutting and clearing this un-
derbrush. which he piled in heaps
and set fire to. The fire soon spread
all over the patch, and the efforts
of one hundred men would be futile
in extinguishing the flames.
While.a reporter was in Norris
& Maloney's harness emporium the
other day, travelling man for
some whip company dropped
in and unstrapped big leather
case and proceeded to display his
wares. There were whips of all
sizes and prices ranging from 25
cents to fine gold mounted bug
gy whip that retails for $45
This whip was a fine piece of work.
manship indeed. The handle is a
solid piece of African ivory with
engravings of dogs on the sides, all
of which is hand work. The fer:
rils are Of solid gold and richly en-.
graved.
A couple of Athena youths went
| cunning for prairie hens last Sat
urday. When they arrived al
Thorn Hollow they tied their team
to the fence, and started in to in-
vestigate a corn field, were the fowls
were reported to be found in great
| numbers. They had not nrnceed.