The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-11-07

ing last evening. DR.. Eshelman,
Supreme Instructor, was present and
number of Weston Artisans came
over and participated in the degree
work of the order. The Artisan lodge
here gives every promise of thrifty
growth, there now being eighteen
members, three of whom were initi-
ated last night.
/sAlex McRae, who with his family
now reside in Spokane, came in on last
evenings passenger. Mr.. McRae has
met with success in his new combined
harvester, and next season several
will be built and placed ON the mark
ct by the Modern Manufacturing Co.,
Of Spokane
The Promoter. new paper pub
lished at Pendleton, is on our ex-
change. The first number is q corking
good one, and if Editor Willis keeps
up his stride he is bound to accom-
plish much good for Pendleton and
Umatilla county. Good luck to the
new boosterl
Yesterday morning the November
session of the supreme court began In
Pendleton with all three members of
the supreme bench present. Today the
Grover Martin case is being argued
by the attorneys, and tomorrow the
case of Moses Taylor will be heard.
Attorney Peterson of this city is one
Of the counsel in both cases.
Ma donation party, including the
members of the Baptist church and
friends of Rev. Geo. T. Ellis, met at
the church Saturday evening and went
to the parsonage in body. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis and all present spent
pleasant evening. The occasion for
the gathering was in honor of Rev.
Ellis first anniversary as pastor Of the
church in Athena.
L. j. Robinson, accompanied by his
wife and nephew, Mr.. Coon, will
leave the first of the coming week for
Adams county, WASH, with the in
tention of purchasing wheat land.
Adams. Lincoln and Franklin counties
in Washington are among the very
few localities in the great northwest
where land values are in reach Of
people with moderate means.
X After lodge Saturday night the I. o.
20. F. boys treked up to the new DOM
ecile of G. w. Bradley and for about
three minutes there was the warmest
thing ever in charivari line. When
G. w came to the door he was pre-
sented with fine rocking chair. w.
J. King in neat speech and few
words convinced BRAD" that the
visitors were friends and not band
of whitecaps.
Judge" the buzzy- zy-wuzzy -tootsie-
wootsie dog well remembered in
Athena and owned by Mrs. g. @.
Osburn, Of La Grande, has ceased to
exist on this mundane sphere having
joined the large bow-wow band in
dog heaven. Judge" was one of the
few members of the canine race with
Q history. Away back in thesearly
'9O's, little half starved puppy took
up quarters in one of the wheat bins
in the old Northern Pacific elevator,
in the north part of town. w. T.
Gilman, afterward municipal judge
of this city, had charge of the eleva-
tor at the time and adopted the purp.
Judge Gilman started in to win the
esteem and friendship of
the dog and spent two years of the
best part of his life in the effort. Dur
ing the two years the dog lived in the
cellar under the Gilman residence,
afraid of his shadow by day and
scared to death of the twinkling stars
at night. It is said that Gilman fed
the dog milk for two years with a
force pump and hose, and that after
christening him judge gave up in
despair. The dog, left to himself,
knew friend when he found one,
and OF his own accord went to the
home of Mrs. Oaburn to live. Gradu-
ally he was coaxed to spend a little
time each day from under the house,
and eventually became accustomed to
the ways of the world and finally
lived pretty much the same as other