The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-10-16

every working part is automatic. You
press the button and the machine holds
the horse with vice-iike grip.
Another carload Of Wild Horse apples
went out over the o. r. & N. from
Athena Monday night, billed for Liv-
ingston, Mont. The shipment was made
by Hopson & Martinson, who will make
another shipment this week from Ath-
ena to some point on the Union Pacific.
W. P. Temple, farmer living in the
Despair gulch district, north of Pendle-
ton, after spending 5000 in boring
wells, has at last struck good flow of
water at depth of rs feet. For IA
years he has hauled water from the
Umatilla river, distance Of seven miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rosenzweig ar
rived home Monday evening from their
homestead in Franklin county. Fred
says things are all right up that way.
He relates some hair-raising adventures
during the trip. They stopped over in
Walla Walla and visited numerous
friends, over Sunday.
Grandma Fountain has so far recov-
cred from her protracted illness from
carbuncles, that she is able this week to
visit her daughter, Mrs. John Harris at
her home on Wild Horse creek. Mrs.
Fountain contemplates visit to her
sons and daughter at Lewiston in the
near future.
Christian church services are an.
nounced by the Pastor, j. W. Jenkins,
as follows: Sunday school at 10 a. M,
preaching at II a. M, Junior meeting
at p. M, Christian Endeavor at $780,
lecture at 7:30, midweek prayer meet.
ing Wednesday evening at 7:3O, young
peoples prayer meeting Saturday eve.
ming at 7:30.
A. L. Jones, the expressman, is hav-
ing fine, light truck made down al
Buel's blacksmith shop. The truck ii
being manufactured from the running
gear of the vehicle that formerly wal
used by the st. Nichols hotel as bus
1t is full platform spring truck ant
has been fitted with crane connection
that provides for short and quick turn
ing.
The residents of Weston and the stu
dents of the normal school have arranged
to entertain all the teachers free Of
charge during the county teachers in
stitute, to be held at Weston November
4, 5 and 6. County Superintendent
Nowlin has completed the program and
it is one OF the most elaborate that has
been rendered at similar occasions.
N. A. Miller has been doing business
in his new building this week. Two
carloads of furniture is already installed
and third is scheduled to arrive today
or tomorrow. When the stock is COM
plete there will be none larger in Una
tilla county. The new store room will
accommodate large amount of goods
which will be most effectively displayed.
Weston Leader: Some beautiful ap-
pies, large, red-cheeked and free from
blemish, were on display at Culley's
this week. Five of them were weighed
and found to average little over a
pound each. They were raised at Ed
win Simpsons place on Wild Horse
creek three mile south of town, in which
locality Milton packers have found the
apples to be of excellent grade for ship
ment this year.
Austin Foss has returned from trip
to Portland and Crook county. He also
stopped at Moro, Sherman county. In
that county company controls large
body of land that was given by the state
years ago as a road grant. The company
leases this exclusively, and while there
Mr., Foss learned that the company pre-
ferred leasing land to men having had
experience In farming land in Umatilla
county, and to such the company was
willing to give inducements in the way
of selected locations,
Hood River Glacier: Rev. j. W.
Jenkins has resigned as pastor of the
Valley Christian church to accept call
from Athena, Or, and closed his labors
in Hood River Sunday, Sept. 9th.
Rev. Jenkins organized the Christian
church in Hood River nine years age
September 4, and has been its pastor all
that time. He began work at Athena
Sunday, October 4. Mr.. Jenkins has