The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-10-18


ley" Three years ago Charley, all
same ''melican man" went in debt.
Among his creditors was Frank
Beale, the meat market man, The
other day Charley came in with
| grin, and paid his bill-$4.50. Mr..
Beale had kept no account with the
! Monaghan, and attributes all to
old Charley's honesty, that he got
what was due him.
A gentleman residing near ADJ
ans mourrs the loss Of $40 gold
piece. At night when he retired
he placed his pantaloons near the
bed. Sometime during the night
the window was raised and a thief
by means of a long wire, pulled the
pantaloons away from the bed and
extracted the gold piece therefrom.
| P. N. Stevens and wife came
down from Baker City yesterday
in response to a telegram notifying
them of the serious illness of Mrs.
Williams, Mrs. Stevens mother.
Mr.. Stevens informs US that Yves
| Ward is employed at the Baisley-
| Elkhorn mine, and that "Cap"
Lewis is teaming to Cornicopia.
| Art Twineham, who caught for
| Pendleton when the league was
maintained with teams from Pend
Teton, La Grande and Baker City,
has been signed as reserved play
er for the Detroit club during the
season of 1896. Twineham has
been with the st. Louis Browns
during the season just gone.
Columbus day will be observed
| by Athena's public school. An in.
toresting program will be rendered
in the afternoon by the pupils of
Mrs. Gillis' and Mrs Freeman's
rooms. At the NJ. e. church in
the evening exercises by Professor
Hawks and Mr.. Curtis pupils will
bsgiven.
lkWork at Athena's broom factory
lis being rushed right along. At
present the workmen are sorting
broom corn, and in a short time
the factory will be turning out
brooms at its full capacity.
/ Commencing Sunday the new
time card on the O. R. & N. goes
into effect. The east bound pass
enger will arrive in Athena at 7:05
a. M, and the west bound viii be
due at S:57 p. m.
/ Rev. w. HI. Pruett, Of Weston, is
the latest to be "put on the list
of the old reliable. W eston people
find the Press all that is desired
in the way Of a local paper.
Senator Mitchell and Congress
q man Ellis were in Pendleton this
week. All efforts of Pendleton re-
porters to pump them oh politial
matters were unayailing
1.-The Pilot Rock Record, was last
week changed to a 12-page weekly,
and is now known as the Weekly
Eastern Oregon Farm Record and
Stockman."
Thrifty people have thrifty ways.
Notice that more Of your friends
buy their clothes Of us than any
where else-The Boston Store.
James Elgin, who used to rank
as the wheat king of Umatilla
county, was kicked by horse the
other day and seriously injured.
Clip Morrison, prominent young
farmer from Adams, was in town
Wednesday. He has just finished
hauling his big crop Of wheat.
The Mosley family have moved
to town from their ranch on the
mountains east of town. They oc-
cupy the Rigby property
The members of the Woodman
Camp, of this city, who went down
to Adams Friday evening last, re-
port "way-up'' time.
DIR. A. L. Beatie will be in Ath.
eng Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct.
22nd and 23rd. Can be found al
the hotel parlor.
w. 3. Young, wife and daughter
} Leola, were in Pendleton Wednes
: day. Miss Effie Frazier came up
with them.
Chas, Kinzie, of Walla Walla
; was in town Wednesday. Mr.
Kinzie was trying TO secure hall
for show.
Three Indians, charged with cat
! tie stealing we're taken to Pendle.
ton by James Stamper, Wednes
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