The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-08-21
THE COUNTY NEWS
The east End" as Reflected
BY Our Exchanges.
THE INDIANS CUNNING.
How the Squaws Fooled the
U. S. Troops.
THE INDIANS CUNNING.
lwEsToN LEADER. !


Mrs. Emma Kilgofe and children, of
Athena, were visiting friends at Weston
during the week.
HoboJ with spectacles to sell have
been occasional visitors at Weston for the
past month. Each has different story
to tell as to how he came in possession Of
his stock in trade. Evidently a large
number of epectacles were stolen aud
then distributed among the box Car
brethren.
The Leader ia glad to report that the
brickyard industry will be revived in
Weston, even on a small scale. The beat
brick in the country are made here, and
only market is needed. Mr.. Neleon
will begin operations next week with q
small force of men, and will make brick
by hand instead Of usipg the machine.
A Wild Horse correspondent says that
harvest is in full blast out there; thu
King and Gramyan boys are cutting Mr..
Simpsons 300 acres of wheat Mr.,
Jesse Baker is building new house on
his place, purchased by Mr.. Ellis Mr.
King has the incest wheat on the Yon.
um tuck place Mrs. Grace Hudspcth
s stopping at her fathers house this
week.
One of the harvesters at the O'Harra
place near Weston, Mr.. Woods was
severely hurt yesterday. He was feed
ing the separator, and one OF the wooden
pins slipped out of his grasp into The
cylinder, drawing his hand in aft-f it,.
before he could withdraw it his hand
was badly lacerated by the teeth, and he
will be laid up" about month from
the wounds.
A rather quser specimen of hum nifty
is tramplng around the country acting in
manner bordering on ineanity. AT
one residence recently he demanded d
the lady OF the house something to eat
at another place he asked for needle,
thread and buttons. When handed to
him he demanded that moro thread
should be given and he then went to
another house and demanded more
buttons.
Potatoes promise to be worth some
thing this year. The crop is poor, and
the price will correspond with their
scarcity. Some of the spuds are takinp
second growth, resulting sometimes in
curious vegetable freaks One mountain
rancher, j. X. Davidson, who plants q
large amount of potatoes every year,
ought to strike it rich this year. lie has
forty acres in potatoes, and II they yield
we'll will get big returns.
| The Weston mountain Finlandels are
not anxious, apparently, to pay theil
! obligations, and business men who sell
them goods on tick must take deeper
ate chances. The suit by g. w. Proeb
| stel against Abraham Abrahamson tt
recover about $500 on promissory notes
due for four years il an example of the
unpleasant features of having our fellow
| citizens from Findland for customers
| The justice OF the debt has not been
questioned by the defense, but suit hai
been brought in Justice Parkes' court 8
PAndleton against Constable Logan o
| Weston to recover seven out of nefifteeT
head of cattle which Mr.. Logan attached
The Leader ia in receipt Of an anony
nous letter from Wild Horse stating tha
resident out there 'stred to choke hi
wife to death" on Sunday last. Accord
ing to our unknown contributor, thi
husband grabbed her by the throat
threw her down, jumped on her stomach
and tried to mash her; and she told hin
he was killing her. She tore away from
him and started 30 run out of the house
and he grabbed her again and tried tf
choke her. She then ran away from
| him and came down TO her folks, crying
her hair hanging down and no hat on
Owing to the fact that the name OF ih
correspondent is not signed the Leade
withholds the name of the party accuset
and also some of the delectable pprticu
lars Of this domestic drama. II tb
facts have not been overGrawn By ou
correspondent, the husband certainly de
serves a dose of the treatment he ad
ministrated to his wife. However, tber
may be another side to the case.