The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-06-14
Local News.

Rain badly.
L. D. Lively is home from Port
land.
Lew Estes will start a barber
shop.
Oil and Axle Grease cheap at,
Osburn's. =
That school yard presents mis-
cradle aspect.
M. M. Johns is attending court
as witness today.
Let it rain, is the prayer of the
farmer who has spring grain.
James Allen, of Waitsburg,
WASH, was in the city Monday.
Born.-To the wife ofChas. Nye,
near Adams, June 2, 1895. a girl.
Miss Ida Jack, of Halsey, Linn
county, is visiting relatives in this
city.
The street sprinkler comes in
good play during the present "dry
SPELL"
]. L. Killian, the sage of Van
sycle, was an Athena visitor We'd
nesday.
Lille and May Fischer and Mrs.
Lew Shaw were in Walla Walla
Saturday.
L. M. Watrus, the republican war
horse Of Adams, was in the city
yesterday.
Squirrels are doing much dam
age where farmers have neglected
to poison them.
Geo. Martin closed a three
months term of school today at the
Hillsdale district.
VIM. Henry, it is said, will soon
leave Weston to make his home in
st. Anthony, Idaho.
Mrs. G. G. Osburn returned from
Milton Monday evening where she
attended camp meeting.
A detachment of the Salvation
Army from Walla Walla, passed
through Athena Wednesday.
| lIMrs. Jacobs left yesterday even
| ing for Portland to attend the
meeting of Oregon Pioneers.
| John Cahoon, a well-known and
respected citizen Of Pendleton, died
Of heart disease, yesterday.
J. E. Taylor, representing the
Pacific Paper Co., of Portland, was
in the city this morning.
A pair of spectacles found are al
Bloch's store. Owner can recover
same by paying for thisnotic
The good housewife has the usu'
al cleaning on hand today; the re-
suit of yesterdays dust storm.
Mrs. Normandy died on the res
| ervation near Adams Wednesday
and was buried at Athena today at
2 o'clock.
Marshal Gillis has just complet.
ed for the fire laddies substantial
rack for the purpose Of draining
the hose.
Now that the Normal students
have left Weston, that burg pre-
sents a quietude that is almost o
quietus.
Spring grain is suffering severely
for want of moisture, and unless
rain falls soon, light crop will be
the result.
/ Miss Leola Young and Mrs
Lake France contemplate visiting
friends and relatives in Tacoma
during July.
A marked improvement is OBJ
served in those Athena lawns tha
are irrigated with city water. Try
it on yours.
1 Lew Estes returned from a sheel
shearing expedition Wednesday eve
ming. All the boys and many 0
the girls, too, are glad to see Levi
back.
i The Baptist Sunday school child
rem enjoyed a picnic in Richards
grove last Saturday. Swings ant
games were used to pass the after
noon away.
/ Karps Glover root will purifY
your blood, clear your complexion
regulate your bowels and max
your head clear as bell. 25c.
&c., and $1.00.
The attorneys Of ex- Banker Ed
mission, Of Walla Walla will NOV
for a new trial, on the ground tha
the defendant was prevented from
a fair and impartial trial.
I have been troubled with dys
pepsia for many years. / hav
taken four bottles Of Hoods Sarsa
parilla and am much improved il
health. Joseph Gibbon, AIca, ORE
Hoods pills cure sick headache.
Parker's bath rooms have been re
fitted with q new furnace for no
water purposes, and he is now bet
ter prepared than ever to give hi
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