The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-07-22

1AaeASA S~@t w. ~
Alex McRae was in the city yester-
day from Walla Wala.
Opium fisnds in Pendle'on have re-
ceived marching orders.
w. j. wilkinson and j. B. Hunting
ton are In Pendleton today.
For The best grades Of machine oils at
reasonable prices, 20 to McBrides.
Batter creek farmers have commenced
,utting their sec1nd crop OF alfalfa hay
Go to the Palace Drug Store for pure
drugs, and tne bvst perfumeries on earth,
Haying in this seciioa is about over,
and quite large crop was cus this sea.
son.
w. P Reed has been appointed chief
u police OF Weston, vice Ed. Logan re-
signed.
j s. Campbell ii Peudletoa, ia in the
city visiting his daughter, Mrs. f. L.
Helfrich.
Street sprinkling has been discon-
tinued ut BAker City, because of scar
city Of water.
@. A. Fischer, sr., has returned from
visit to his daughter, Mrs. Owen
Rusie, Of Union.
Max Levin is the leader in low prices
on harvest supplies as he is in al other
lines he deals in
There are several threshing outfits in
town making preparations to commence
harvesting next week.
Clarks' Lightning Weed Cutters are
the best ever introduced in this country.
Sold by Athena Mercantile 90.
| Word Was received yesterday by Athe-
ma friends that Mrs. Lee Mitchell, OF
Walla WalIa, was much better.
Win s. Brown, a Pendleton printer,
will commence the publication of the
Wallowa Watchinan, at Wallowa.
June H. Dix, the first deputy sheriff
Of Deadwood, South Dakota, is harvest
ing in Umatills county wheat fields.
Buy Plano binder with fly wheel
attachments and get the best. These
binders are sold by Q. A. Barrett & Co.
H. Macarthur arrived in the city Tues
day from Portland. He comes up to
look after his wheat interests in Umatills
county.
The surplus Of $I2O which rem aiIec
in the hands of pendleton's Fourth o.
July committee was donated to the fire
company.
Mrs. A. b. McEwen is now improving
She is under the care of DIR. Smith, an,
host Of friends hope Tor her speed,
recovery.
| TUE ICht 6uOO "a BuuO budb AQUhE
well, fits we'll and wears well-you will
have to go to Helfrich, the boot and
shoe dealer.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Taitenger, who were
welded last week, have returned from
their Portland trip, and are at thei
home near Adams.
w. E. Young, at the Pioneer Harness
Shop, has large stock Of whips which
he desires to quickly dispose of. II
make them move he has slashed prices
Jacob Switzer was the name of th'
man who was found near Adaml
wondering aimlessly about. he wal
taken to Pendleion, examined and ad
judged insane.
Edward Kramar, Of st. Paul, is in th'
county buying sheep. Mr.. Kramer IL
an early day was resident Of Umatilll
county, and was one of the heroes OF the
Willow Springs Indian battle.
Canyon City News: Attorney r. NJ
Turner and faraily Of Pendleton passet
through town few days ago on theil
way to Burns, where Mr.. Turner in
tends to locate for the practice OF hiI
profession.
There is some very fine fall and sprinl
wheat on the Barnett place below town
this season. In some parts Of the fielt
the grain is so rank that portion Of i
has fallen to the ground and will be
hard to save.
Ed. Zimmerman was Press ofticG
visitor Monday. He came in and pro
cured several pounds Of our copper
mixed babbit metal. While here b.
stated that his crop Of wheat was dam
aged to some extent by the re cent hal
storm.
A party of from IL to 15 insuranc'
men from San Francisco and Portland
have been making Pendleton thei
headquarters for the past week or tel
days while they take pleasure trips ou
over the country insuring the whea
crops. and in looking after their othe
insurance business.
The Chief Burgess Of Milesburg, Pa.
says DeWitt's Little Early Risers ar
the beet pills he ever used in his family
during forty years Of house keeping
They cure constipation, sick headach'
and stomach and liver troubles. SmaI
in size but great in results. Palace DruI
Store. VIM. Mcbride, Prop.