The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-08-07
The east End" as Reflected
BY Our Exchanges.
S. r. M'LAREN is DEAD
Taken Suddenly With Ill
While Hauling Wood.
WESTON LEApER.l

Miss Hetty Reynolds is enjoying So
journ at the sea coast.
Mrs. D. d. carp and family are up
from Touchet on visit to relatives.
Powers Gays he found no gold standard
men in Pendleton on yesterdays trip
except county officers and government
pensioners.
A. Vinson is here from Walla Wella,
putting iron fences around the graves OF
w. M. Steen and Elmer E. Brown, in
Weston cemetery.
H. B. Nelson intends starting the
Weston brickyard in operation soon, on
limited scale. The yard is now out OF
brick, ard a small kiln will be burned, in
anticipation OF orders.
Squire Powers drove to Athena the
other day TO inform Justice Smith that
in case his legal services we're needed he
could be notified by telephone, end
would drive over Immediately. But his
hopes for practice in the law courts OF
our sister town died in the shell, for he
found four lawyers in Athena.
The heading and threshing crew OF
VIM. Leach, W. A. Barnes and VIM,
Kilgore is at work in the Barnes field
west of town. They have just finished
harvesting Mr.. Kilgore's field beyond
Athena, and found that the hot weather
had damaged 1t considerably. The yield
was about thirty bushels to the acre Of
somewhat shriveled grain.
Weston people were called upon to
waste much sympathy last Monday.
Int tIuf
near Blue Mountain, Joe Kaufman, had
lost 1000 bushels Of barley through fire,
and every body who heard the report
spoke his regret. Later the intelligence
was modified into 100 sacks. Still later
the true news came that setting caught
fire, supposedly from the carelessness Of
smokers, but that it was extiuguished
with the loss Of only six or seven bushels
However, an excited echool teacher
drove a good horse to death upon being
sent after plow TO prevent the fire from
spreading in the field
Wrestling with the water problem
made Marshal Logan sick for couple o
days last week but after giving it thu
work and attention he ueually beetow
on matters relating to his duty as "chie
of police and street commissioner" h
solved it satisfactorily. The waterwork
system has been out of joint for SOM
time, resulting in the little unpleasant
ness between the mayor and street com
mittee mentioned last week, when hi
honor attempted to sprinkle the street
Water was growing scarce, and Herman
Hessel figured on ordering gallons--yea
barrels and tanks-of Mrs. Stahl's bes
beer. His patrons alec figured on con
suming it. But the city marshal's witt
and hands we're never idle, and finall,
by putting In another air pipe at thu
proper place he largely increased thu
flow of water into the reservoir. Now /
remains at three feet or more, and il
spite OF leaksges, furnishes an ampl,
supply for all purposes. We have flag
pole 98 feet high, and stream of waite
was sent several feet over it through thl
nozzle OF fire hose attached to a by
drant near by.
Last Tuesday box Car tourist strucl
Weston, and shortly alterward secured
employment at "jgging sacks" to begil
work the following day. He carried
with him an innocent looking bundle
which he carelessly handled. In th,
ulIOlhOOh ho Whb cCNh w ~ DoLudtA
the sidewalk near M. A. Bryson's resi-
dence, and 1t was aiterward resurrectec
by the city marshal, who reirained from
opening it until the following morning
The bundle contained some black sill
handkerchieis, gloves, two cyclometers
several razors and few articles oI
jewelry, A letter from City Marsha
Ardrey, Of La Grande, showed that they
had been etolen from an Island City
store, and Marshal Logan then com
menced search for the hobo--a broad
faced, square.jawed, smooth-shaved
fellow, with light hair and eyes. He
had not takon his job in the harvest
field, and could be found nowhere. 1t il
supposed he went after the bundle in the
night, aud finding 1t mieslng, concluded
that discretion prompted an immediate
departure for other climes.