The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-06-10

Miss Bessie cbueh has returned 10
Milton.
Mrs. Mcbride ia vitiripg Weston
friends.
Hariy Rossnzweig Was Helix visitor
tuesday
wr. winship was in walIa walls
Saturday.
\ Tom Purdy was in town for short
time Saturday
4 Miss Edith Post will visit walla wala
friends this week.
Mrs. J. W. Smith and children are in
Pendleton Tues lay.
Miss Lille Fischer was the guest Of
Milton friends Sunday
Miss Josie Wright OF Weston visited
in Athena Wednesday.
l& Miss Bessie Church will visit relatives
an. friends in La Grande.
Hector Mclean was in the city from
Walla Wslla Tuesday night
Miss Bessie Church, OF Milton, is
visiting friends in the city this week.
4 Born, in Freswater, III Mondsy, May 30,
1898, to The wife Of d. l.. Boyer, con-
Born, in Milton Monday, May 80,
1898, to the wife OF A, B STANLEY. n son.
See the chain-drive mowers and all
steel horse raSes at @. A. Barrett &
Co.'s
| 4 Miss Stella Willaby is attending cou-
mencement exercises in Weston this
week.
Alex McRae was in the city Sunday
from Miltoa, shaking hands with Athena
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs John Vert OF Pendleton,
were Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs 4
Manaese.
| Y Charley FiEcher will spend the Fourth
with Athena friends. He is now in
Porllsnd.
The Athena Lumber Co. will furnish
the lumber for Alex Finley's new farm
residence.
Miss Gen Booth, accompanied by her
mother, is expected to arrive soon from
Jacksonville.
! Will and John Mras, Cotton, Wash
are in the city, the guests Of their sister,
Mrs. Ira Kemp.
A carload oil Henney buggies and
carriages just arrived at the Athena
Mercantile Co.'s
/ TsClark Wood and A. ID Stillman passed
through Athena Sunday evening on their
way to ?endIeton.
/ Athena had deserted appear ence
Sunday Almost the entire popuIa-
ton were in Weston.
Miss Dolly and Carrie Bloch will ac-
company their cousin Mr.. Gus Levy,
on visit TO relatives in Union.
TX @. A, Barrett is making some improve
ments on his property by way of new
fence and an addition to his houee.
| g, A. Barrett & Co. and the First
National bank, each have purchased
Smith Premier type writing machine,
Marsha Garden wants property owners
to understand that alleys and rubbish
piles must be cleaned up Immediately.
s. L. Morse, o we'll known resident OF
Pendleton, was in the city Saturday.
He was accompanied by Frank Sailing, Of
Weston.
JlMiss Amy A lien has just completed
successful term OF school at the Banks
school house. She has been retained for
another term.
"Uncle Dick" Powers was in town
from Weston Wednesday. He is con-
scious of having made close race for
representa-
Mrs. E. Il. Hastings was called to
Weston Wednesday to attend her
daughter Winnie, who is reported to be
rapidly declining,
w. j. Wilkinson called q reporters at.
tention to some fine straw ber ries which
we're sent him from Hood river. They
we're large, plump and luscious.
Athena Circle No. 10 win meet Tues
day, June IA, at 2 p. m. As business
relative to state convention 10 to be dis
cussed full attendance is requested.
Sl Walter Pierce, accompanied by 65
boys, left Pandleton Wednesday for the
Pierce sugar beet farm near La Grande,
where the boys will be given work in
the fields.
Mr.. Frank McElroy drove up from
the ranch bringing Miss Bradley home.
He reports his mother slowly improving,
but for long time she will be using
cEutches
II. E, Story, who was once teacher of
the Athena public schools, is at Brown
University, Providence, r. l., where
he has spent three years preparing for
the ministry,
Matthew Neeves, one OF Oregon's
Oldest pioneers, died at his home in PEN
dleton yesterday morning, from general
debility brought on by a severe attack
OF lagrippe.