The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-09-18
Local News.

The
Mckinley
Club, tomorrow night.
Owen Rusie was in Walla Walla Sun
day.
Drive down the nails in your eide
| walk.
| The welcome sound OF the school bell
| is heard.
Drop in and pay up your back sub.
| scription.
J. w. Smith solicits your insurance.
Call and see him.
y Wood sells in Athena, for $3.50 per-
cord, and is scarce at that.
1T. J. Kirk has bis wheat under cover
and feels secured against loss from rain.
Lou Montague has added a carriage to
his vehicle line at The Commercial
stable.
r. E. Grow assisted Marshal Gillis in
work on the tank of the water system
this week.
Alex Mckay and wife were up from
Pendleton Wednesday, and visited their
relatives and friends.
Only good insurance companies are
represented by Smith. Remember this
when taking out policy.
Harness. saddles etc., at Orawford's at
Portland prices. When in Pendleton
call on him and be convinced.
Our prices are lower all the time than
any closing out or retiring from-busiEess
prices. J. 8. Haye, Pendleton.
Wheat continues to pour into the ele-
vators and warehouses. The market has
q tendency to be somewhat stronger.
| X Now that harvest is practically over,
many of our farmer friends are engaged
in hauling their winter supply of wood.
A shed addition to the Hamilton &
Rourke warehouse was put on this week,
to accomcdate the storage of more grain.
j.. King was in town yesterday from
his farm, up Wild Horse. He was down
making some improvements on his town
| property.
A. j. Borie will sever his connection
with the o. r. & N. Co this month and,
with his wife, will leave for Southern
California.
The few showers which have occurred
up to date, have effectually laid the dust,
and the roads are now in the "pink of
condition"
Miss Mary Macdonald, the young lady
who recently arrived from Canada, and
has been visiting at the Gillis home has
left for Tacoma.
| X Froats have now became common.
Most any morning this week, if you were
up early enough, you could have seen the
sparkling guest.
While other towns are complaining of
ascarcity Of water supply, Athena's water
system has been proven inexaustible for
the general demand.
Call and get our prices on clothing. If
you can do better. elsewhere we don't ex-
pect your trade-but you can't. The
| Square Store, Pendeton.
Harvest is over and the overworked
blacksmiths are not rushed with work.
They are enjoying the lull, as It were,
between harvest and fall seedirg time.
About one.third of the grain, it is esti-
mated, remains unthreshed in the Grand
Ronde valley. The crop over in that
section, was exceptionally good this year
The county court has denied the petit
tion for the removal of Gilbert Minthron
from the guardianship Of the children of
Rose Minthorn, deceased Nee Perce
Indian.
Pete Pamburn threshed 24 acres of
wheat that yielded 1876 bushels. Another
reservation farmer, Ed. LaFave, reports
1895 sacks Of good wheat, spring sown,
from 70acres.
Samples of wheat received from the
Vansycle country show the effects of the
dreadful hot winds which occurred in
that section before grain matured. It is
badly shriveled.
Superintendent of water works, Gillie,
has been engaged this week in repairing
the big water tank, which has leaked
considerable ever since its construction
by the contractor.
The genial Sam Ward, has been doing
brick work in the city this week. When
you need your chimneys repaired, or
new ones built, have Sam do it. His
charges are reasonable.
The Press has recently added large
amount Of printing material to its me-
chsnical department, and better able than
ever to give prompt attention to all orders
in the printing and publishing line.
E~a..o III L.. Ut o..
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There is no advertisement about this; we
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Donald McRse, is agent for the great
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Mr.. CD. Yonker, q we'll known drug
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Several years ago was taken with
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about ten days and could get nothing to
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0sburn.