The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-08-22

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time. 1t will not be long until the
whole thing is complete and the peo-
pie OF Adams can get board to patch
hole in the chicken house without
having to go to the neighboring
villages on either side of the town.
In connection with this enterprise,
there is number of new houses,
principally residences, that are billed
to go up right away. Adams is
bound to grow whether you watch it
or not.
Miss Grendoline Rogers, the infant
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Rog-
ers, was sufferer this week from
summer complaint.
Mr.. John Pennick, from Melbourne,
WASH, and his mother, Mrs. Mary
Freeman, of Mulvane. Kansas, are
visiting Mrs. Mary L. Pennick.
Mrs. L. T. Price is home once more
from sojourn at Meacham, where
she spent short time to get away
from the hot weather.
G. E. Darr was down Wednesday
from his ranch on the headwaters of
Mckay creek. He says the grouse
hunting promises to be good.
John Whiteley was down from their
summer camp on the Walla Walla
river Tuesday. He said the folks ex-
pected to return to Adams shortly.
Lemery Bros. had considerable
trouble with their horse power the
first of the week. They got the
third power before they could con-
tinue operation.
'Hiz'onner," O. L. Baker, city
recorder, had some doings yesterday.
The charge was gambling, and the
fine placed was $3.50 each, multi
piled by four made the city treasury
$40 to the good.
August Arp spent Sunday evening
in Pendleton and incidentally, of
course, visited the picnic at Kine's
grove. He says that no one was
suffering from thirst there notwith-
standing the closed condition of the
county seat.
Only eight people from Adams at
tended the circus at Walla Walla
Monday. II circus expects to catch
crowds from this part of the country,
they will have to come closer TO the
people.
VIM. Everhardt, who has been
working as oiler for J. McPhil's steam
threshing outfit, almost lost an eye
Wednesday afternoon. He was en-
gagged in oiling box in the rear part
of the machine, when the loose end
of belt iacing struck piece Of wire
he had in his hand for cleaning out
oil holes, and it was driven into the
inner part of the left eye far enough
to partially rupture the eye ball. Mr..
Everhardt was at once placed in a
hack and brought to Adams where
DR.. Todd dressed the wound. The
doctor thinks that unless other COM
plications come up that the sight can
be saved, but it was a.close call.
Charles G. Carpenter while run
ming his combined harvester in the
barley field of w. II. Sayer, Saturday,
picked up good sized rattle snake
and threshed him out. The grain was
very short and the grain bar of the
header was being run right along the
ground and when it came in contact
with his snakeship. he was scooped in.
The draper carried him into the cyl
inder and the machine did the rest.
Nothing unusual was noticed until
Mr.. Carpenter saw him roll out into
the cleaner. The team was stopped
and search was made for the mate,
who was found immediately under the
machine, where his spirit was quickly
sent with it's partner to snake heaven.
No harm was done to the machine,
but the threshed snake was pretty
badly torn up. The snake killed
under the machine had seven rattles
and button, SO that is supposed to be
about the same size of the one run
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