The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-08
DOINGs OF TWO TOWNS
Gleanings From Weston and
Milton Neighborhoods.
WESTON LEADER.

Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Mcdaniel have
gone to Snake river to attend camp
meeting.
Weston Is overrun with tramps who
come floating in from the East on the
wave of prosperity.
Prof. D. " s Reid, the new president
OF the normal, was in the city Tuesday
from Athena. He expects to move over
With his family in few days.
Hon. and Mrs. A. r. Price have pur-
chased handsome residence on Cherry
street in Walla Walla, and expect to
move to that city this fall to reside.
Prof. ]. s. Henry has returned from
Palouse, where he will not locate as
music teacher until next September,
when the school begins and he expects
to have charge off musical department
He finds Palouse very prosperous town
10 a splendid wheat country.
Last Friday night Ellis Hughes,
Milton teamster,i made camp near
Fletcher's mill on Lincton mountain.
Next morning he was stranded, his two
seta Of harness having been appropri.
ated during the night by some unfeelipg
person. Mr.. Hughes has offered $,5 re.
ward for the recovery of the harness
which are nearly new.
Miss May Charmichael has been suff.
ering for some time from chronic syno-
Wits, a very rare disease which causes
Inflammation OF the articular surface Of
the knee. An operation was performed
yesterday afternoon at her home north
of town by Drs. N. G. Blalock and j. A..
Best, resulting in much relief for the
patient.
Directors Groves, Van Winkle and
McCabe and Clerk johnson, OF district
No. 96, met at the bank Monday to con-
slider bids for building the new school
house at Fairview Farm. The contract
was awarded to George Williams, whose
bid was $493. the others being J. w.
Adams, $497 so, and George Hansell.
$494. Mr. Williams, the successful con-
tractor, prepared the plans for the
building.
Harry Beathe, thsyeaag -herder who
takes care of Weston's town cows, an.
ticipated the Fourth of July Wednesday
morning by rashly exploding o fire.
cracker, and is now in bed. The explo.
sion was premature while young Beathe
was holding the cracker near bis face,
and the contents struck him In the inner
corner Of the right eye, inflicting pain
ful injury. 1t is not thought, however,
that permanent damage to the vision
will result.
Marion 0'Harra has returned safely
from his first visit TO Portland, where be
attended the Masonic Grand Lodge.
He took a trip along the valley and
found some relatives he had never seen
before, who were clad to entertain their
bunchgrass cousin. He also visited As
toria, and saw numberless big salmon
piled up like wheat sacks at an Eastern
Oregon station. doc" is delighted
with his trip, having escaped being bun.
coed at Portland or shanghaied at As.
toria.
Frank Ferguson, Elmer Bryson and
John English we're out shooting with
twenty-five rife Yesterday afternoon
about four miles this side Of Cold Spring,
on the mountain. Frank heated the
end Of the ramrod to withdraw paper
wad not knowing that another Of the
boys had poured some powder on top OF
the paper When he recovered from bis
surprise he found the ramrod driven
nearly through the palm Of his right
hand. and calmly yanked 1t out the re-
mainder Of the way.