The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-03-28

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Milton. Apply at once to The Fletcher
Co., Tanks, Oregon.
NMr. and Mrs. Fred Knowlton, with
their little son. ar keeping house in the
Willaby cottage on Current street.
Mr.. Willaby will make his home with
them.
A. X. Finley, formerly farmer OF
this county but now resident of Pull
man, WASH, has made purchase of a
large body of land near Twin Falls,
Idaho.
Harry Rosenzweig, accompanied by
Roscoe Clark, left Friday morning with
band of horses, which he will pasture
on the Rosenzweig farms in Franklin
county, Wash.
Alexander Kinnear, Of Weston, and
H. 0. Worthington left yesterday via.
the w. & @. r for business trip to
North Yakima. They will probably
return tomorrow.
! s. @. Stanton took worse again Sum
day night and has since been in pre-
carious condition. His sons. John and
Dell, were called from Pendleton yes
terday morning.
| j. w. Smith was over from Helix
Sunday. Mr.. Smith says Helix has
reached stage Of progress where the
water works question is being agitated
by the property owners.
An amateur baseball team is to be
organized under the auspices of the
Pendleton commercial association. Carl
Cooley has been elected manager and
George Strand captain Of the new or
ganization.
lN Fred Williams has settled in the PA
louise. He is near Pullman and dis
tance of five miles from Ed Zimmerman,
| A. X. Price and other Athenaites. Mr..
and Mrs. Williams are pleased with
their new home.
i w. Lair Thompson, young attorney
| from Albany stopped over day in this
city Friday while en- route home from
Boise City. He was the guest OF DIR.
and Mrs. j. D. Plamondon, having been
a classmate of the latter.
/ Mrs. Henry Stamper, of Weston, who
has been i'll for some time with pneu-
monia, has been taken to Walla Walla
for treatment for cancer. She is the
mother Of Mrs. Charles King, and has
many other friends in Athena who will
regret to hear Of this phase 81 her i'll
ness.
! j. w. Jenkins returned Saturday
evening from two weeks trip to the
valley, improved somewhat in health.
He visited the family of J. B. Lister in
Benton county. While visiting friends
in Hood River, Mr.. jenkins was sad
dened by the sight of little 4-year-old
child burnt to death, whose clothes
caught from burning trash heap.
Amateur base ball went to the bad in
Athena Saturday and Sunday. The
Pendleton high school team numerically
trounced the Athena high school team,
the score resulting to 6. The game
was played in drizzling rain, and a
sloppy diamond was responsible for the
large score. The grasshoppers met
their Waterloo at the hands of the Wes-
ton 'tadpoles. Sunday a team from
here played in Weston and was defeated
by the narrow margin of one, the score
being to 5.
| NFriday evening, as announced in the
Press, occurred the annual reception
and banquet Of the Friday Afternoon
club. Masonic hall was tastefully dec
Grated with potted palms and the club
colors, and the guests and members Of
the club were RECALLED with most ex-
cellent program, consisting of instru-
mental selections by Mr.. Albert Bales
and Mrs. j. D. Plamondon; quartet of
male voices, rendered by Messrs. Acres,
Rhodes, Bales and Scott, who responded
to an enthusiastic encore; a well recited
reading by Miss Cora Dawson, and a
baritone solo by Joseph N. Scot, This
part of the program was closed by the
singing Of the club song by the ladies'.
Then followed social period, during
which the tables were daintily spread
and all we're seated and partook of one
Of the most recherche repasts ever
spread before an Athena company. The
gentlemen each and many of the ladies
responded wittily and wisely to toasts,
and the evening passed most pleasantly.
Mrs. E. Il. Cox presided gracefully over
the ceremonies, ably assisted by the
members of the Friday Afternoon club.
Invaluable for rheumatism.
have been suffering for the past few
years with severe attack Of rheuma-