The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-06-24

celeorate, and bidding all cordial vel
come
@ ]. Wilkinson Friday morning receiv-
ed tV o car loads of grain eacks. They
were unloaded at the Pacific Coast Ele-
vator.
Mrs. Armstrong, who has been vigit.
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fischer,
is in Union, visiting her sister Mrs.
Owen Rusie.
II you run your neck in q moose you
may regret the act, but i. you put it in
one of Hollis red white and. blue ties
you will be happy.
The people of Athena will
spare no pains to make the
celebra alton of the Fourth of
July a success.
NWorking men are beginning to flock
into the towns in the wheat belt. Many
are in Athena waiting for haying and
harvest TO commence
Mrs. A. NJ. Gillis returned Tuesday
from visit to relatives in Pendleton.
Her nephew, Master Clayton Sharp, &C.
companied her home.
X Tho infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
james Zerba, died Saturday OF hemor-
rhsge of the lungs. The little one had
been i'll for some time.
If you love your neighbor as yourself,
you will tell him how nice Schillings
best coffee is when prepared in the best
manner. Hollis sells it.
David Loney, a well known farmer of
Walla Walla valley, died at his home
two miles north Of Walla Walla. Thurs
day night, aged 30 years.
Tribune: Recorder elect J. w. Ma.
loney is considering building house in
Pendleton, it being almost impossible
for him to find one to rent.
Ed Rush. Of Helix, today purchased a
Buffalo Pitts threshing outfit Of @. A.
Barrett & Co. Ed is q hustling young
farmer, of the 90 ahead kind
The man who died on the farm of G.
f. Saunders, near Milton the other day,
has been identified as Isaac Erickson,
a former resident of Oregon City.
Portland bagpipe players have been
hired to render music in connection with
the Athena band, for the, Caledonian
Socieiy's picnic in Athena, June 30
Pendleton officers have in their pos.
session a pickpocket, whose capture was
effected Saturday night after be had re.
lieved q man OF bic watch and chain.
George Voorhees,, aged 22 years, died Of
consumption Friday night, at the home
of his father, north Of Athena. The
funeral was held in this city Monday.
County Clerk Burroughs has received
notice that Radolph Born, who was com.
mitted TO the insane asylum ct Sale N
Septem Der 8, 1894, escaped on June l3
last.
Mrs. Ida Garden, this morning received |
the sad intelligence of the death OF her
father, Mr.. ]. NJ. Fisher, at his home in
Albina, Nebraska, Mr.. Fisher was aged
20 years.
The Japanese have demonstrated their
on earth, by inventing that cool
summer mating, which looks so cheer
full on the floor and is sold SO reasonably
by Hollis,
AT La Grande there is demsnd for
laborers which it seems impossible to
supply, owing to the fact that the aver
age "laborer" does not take kindly to the
caring of sugar beets.
East 0regonian: Miss Fannie Blake
ley hes returned from two months
visit in Portland. She was the guest Of
her sister, Mrs. John Lssspre, and re-
ports a very pleasant tins.
The bueiness Of the Pendleton Steam
Laundry in Athena is steadily increas
ing. Weshings are received at Parker
& Fergason's barber shop on Wednes-
day, and sie returned Sunday norning.
This is the season for mild. refreshing
drinks, and Jas. Feeler, at the billiard
hall, is prepared to satisfy the thirst of
patrons wit6cool and refreshing drinks
Test his gaw soda fountain as you pass.
The Oregon Railway A Navigation
are making srrangementg to
have through connections with the AS
tcria line, in order that O. r. 4 N.
trains may run to Seaside beach without
delay,
Milton Eagle: The Pendleton Tri.
bune will issue its mammoth Fourth Of
July edition this fall It's grand holiday
edition wRs issne4 in April Prompt
ness is not in the PFibans's catalogue Of
virtues.
E. L Barnett has returned home from
\ business trip to the Sound. By being
ucky in making connections with boats
Ind trains Mr.. Barnett arrived in Ath.
IAN much earller chan he expected when
le left.
A marriage license was granted Mon
lay to ]. 4. Keller, the we'll known
'lasterer and brick layer Of Athena, and
diss Florence Smith. Of this county,
,ut who formerly lived in Multnomah
ounty.
The Union woolen mill is running at q
resent with a small force of operatives .