The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1904-08-02

Earl Olds, Walla Walla painter,
was in town yesterday figuring on the
contract for painting the new lodge hall
soon to be erected.
Mr.. Josh Gholson of Walla Walla is
over visiting the family Of his brother.
He is ACCOMPANIED by his neice, Miss
Elsa Gholson, of Seattle.
VI Mrs. James Woodruff is spending the
week with her mother, Mrs. Thompkins,
in town while Mr.. Thompkins and Miss
Mabel are in the country.
Frank Rogers is confined to his home
with very painful abscess on the lip.
Much to the regret of his friends, it
doesn't interfere with Franks talking.
N While men were catching horses in
the Boldly corral Saturday, one horse
in attempting to jump the fence snagged
itself in such manner as to necessitate
its being shot.
/ Fred Kershaw has resumed his old
place in the w. & G. r. depot in this
city, and has moved his family here
from Milton, where he resigns his po-
sition with the O. r. & N. Co.
Mrs. VIM. Mcbride came down from
the mountains the last of the week to
preside over the dinner given at the M.
E. church today by her Sunday school
class. With her little girl, Faral, she
will return to the cool shades of the
mountains tomorrow.
Mrs. P. A.. Worthington, Miss Wor-
thington and Master Wayne, after
pleasant visit with relatives and friends
here, returned Saturday evening to
Weston, from whence they will go in a
few days to their home in Portland.
MMrs. HI. H. Curtis left the latter part
of the week to join her husband on
their farm in Crook county, where he
has gone to harvest his grain. Mrs.
Curtis was accompanied by Mrs. Barton
and Miss Jessie Rose, who will visit her
sister, Mrs. N. H. Pinkerton.
Last Friday, at DR.. Cropps hospital
in Walla Walla, Mrs. E. r. Cox sus-
tanned an operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Cox rallied splendidly, and at this
writing is getting along as well as could
be expected, owing to her general state
of health. Her many friends through
out the county now hope for her speedy
recovery.
hCharley Brown brought in sample
Basket Of peaches yesterday from his
orchard south OF town that for size and
flavor beat all the irrigated product we
have seen. In the spring Mrs. Brown
exhibited at this Office branch OF the
fruit in blossom, and now the ripe, lus-
cious fruit shows evidence that not even
the blighting frosts that blasted so many
hopes, could reach that favored locality.
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Haligus and E. D.
Haligus left yesterday for weeks visit
to relatives at Mabton, Wash. Upon
their return next week they will move
to Lewiston, Idaho, to reside perma'
nently, the Haligus Bros. having sold
their implement business here to theil
partner, A. Kunkel, who moved the
the stock to Pendleton.
lNThat the seemingly most trustworthy
lAauine is not to be trusted these days,
was demonstrated the other day at the
Koepke farm near town. Mrs. Koepke
had just arrived home after driving the
family horse into town when, after she
had alighted, for some unaccountable
reason theanimal took it into his head
to take aspin on his own account. Jerk
| ing the lady down hc dragged her few
PAGES, then when free plunged through
two or three barbwire fences, running
some distance and demolishing the
buggy. Mrs. Koepke, though some
what bruised, was not seriously injured