The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-23

> Hugh Robie was taken to Pendletor
yesterday to answer to the charge o.
assaulting Sam Hoy, chinaman restau
rant keeper, in this city Tuesday eve
ming. Mr.. Robie, SO it is alleged. in
this instance took an entirely new mode
of procedure in the category of often
sive action. He attempted to disfgure
celestial son of the Howery kingdom
in fashion purely unique and original
With his right hand he firmly grasped
full-grown rooster property of the
Chinaman) and proceeded to belabor the
Mongolian restaurant keeper over the
head with the same. Divers dishes
were broken on the side, and trough
house" generally, was the result.
Nv. M. Shick and ]. W. Adams have
constituted themselves a committee Of
two for the purpose of seeing that the
children of Athena and vicinity have a
glorious round of pleasure on next
Thursday evening, January 20. The
opera house has been engaged for the
occasion and good time is assured for
the little ones, Grown-ups have been
having good times this winter and the
children are now to be provided for.
The occasion will be for children only
but there, will be a few old heads on
hand to see that the opera house re-
mains after the "doins" are over. Little
folks remember the date.
NThe price OF wheat went to the high
est notch Of the year in the local market
Tuesday, when David Taylor paid rs
cents per bushel to A. B. McEwen for
$500 sacks Of blue stem. The purchase
price is on the basis Of the grain in stor-
age and is equivalent to 7615 20. b..
The past season has been very busy
one for Mr., Taylor. His business tran
sactions in the purchase of grain reaches
the 100000 mark, his bill of exchange
amounting to $145.
Chas. Fl. Glein, travelling passenger
and freight agent of the Midland, Colo
RADIOS great scenic railroad route, was in
Athena one day this week. Mr.. Glein
left pleasing and enchanting remem-
brance with agent Swart of the o. r. &
~, in the form Of the great Midland
picture, an Indian, seated on horseback,
in colors blended in the high standard
Of the lithographic art.
Leader: Barney Prime, the old pio-
neer, was not married at Julietta, Idaho,
Barney is here in person to deny the ru-
NOR, and to remark that the congratu-
lations showered upon him are wholly
superfuous. He came down on bust
ness from the Lapwai reservation, where
he is running blacksmith shop and do
ing we'll.
N A remonstrance praying the city coun-
ell to not grant liquor license to P. H.
Tiedeman & Co., is being circulated.
The petition will be presented to the
council at a special meeting, called for
the purpose Of granting the license, on
Monday next.
On another page of this issue will be
found an advertisement of particular in
terest to farmers and horsemen. 1t per-
tains to the announcing of the season for
Mark Patton's famous Kentucky Jack,
"Blacksnake. Those interested may
leave their names at the Pass Office.
Advance: D. B. Richardson and
crew of men were in town Wednesday
putting in the last connections Of pri-
vate telephone line between his several
places of business in Helix and Richard
son Rros. general merchandise store in
Adams.
Leader: DR.. j. A. Best departed
Monday for Chicago to begin his post
graduate studies in Chicago University,
where he will remain until April. The.
doctors family will continue to reside in
Weston until his return.
XIV. j. Chastain, of Milton, says that
during the % years he has lived in this
county he never saw livestock looking
fineE6r in better health than now. Mr..
Chastain is principally engaged in the
raising of hay and live stock.
n Two deaths occurred in Weston yes
day, an infant of Miller Hall and Mrs.
Margaret lLieuallen. Mrs. Lieuallen
was the mother of Thomas Lieuallen, of
Adams.
Mcbride & Co.'S. Palace Drug Store
looks like regular Chinese apothe-
cary shop. Reason, enlargement of
shelf capacity, general renovation, etc.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Barnett left
yesterday morning for a couple of
months sojourn in California's sunny
cline.
VIII Pickel is in town from North
Yakima. Mr.. Pickel is employed in a
clothing store in that thriving Wash
ipgton town.
\ Grandma Waterman went down to
HillsboEo last night on a couple of
weeks visit to relatives and friends.
Travelling passenger and freight agent
G.. e. Mosser, of the Great Northern,
was in Athena yesterday.
Mrs Nellie Cobb, of San Francisco,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
A. Citizens
Win S. Brown, one. of the proprietors
of the Adams Advance, was in town
yesterday.
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