The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-17
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Helix from trip to the coast.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakley is up
from Pendleton today.
Good weather for ice cream and
soda dealers-about all it is good for.
Ed. Koontz is again behind the
counters at Ely g. Scott's grocery.
Jesse Kilgore, the we'll known Wes-
ton farmer, was in town Sunday.
Mrs. L. A. Citizens and daughter
Grace are visiting relatives at Pilot
Rock.
Lowell Rogers was in town today,
from Adams, purchasing harvest sup
plies.
The weather today has taken rad
ical change and it is now nice and
cool.
Only few days more and the song
of the threshing machine will be heard
in the land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alf johnson, of PEN
dletoD, are at Hidaway Springs for
the summer.
NJ. O. Stamper is wearing the star
during the absence of City Marshal
Gholson, who is in Walla Walla.
Miss Louise Nachthiem, of Tacoma,
is guest of Mrs. d. HI. Preston for a
few days.
Miss Edna Blake, of Baker City, is
visiting at the home of her uncle,
Rev. Geo. T. Ellis.
Mrs. Colesworthy and children, of
Pendleton, are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Glllis.
x Thomas Narkaus and Miss Bessie
johnson, residents of Weston Noun
tain, were united in marriage Sunday.
Johnnie Davis is over from Elgin
and is working for @. H. Sherman,
at the City meat market.
xNDick Mclean came over from Walla
Walla Saturday evening and drove
up to the Springs with Fay LeGrow.
f%Jay McElroy has arrived from Cam
bridge, Idaho, and will work in the
harvest fields in this vicinity.
Peebler & Chamberlain, implement
dealers, unloaded carload of Stude-
baker wagons and buggies yesterday.
X Judge Thos. G. HALEY was in town
for a few hours Sunday. He came up
from Salem Saturday to look over his
crop prospects. &
Miss Elsa Rosenzweig. who has
been acting az cashier in the Bee Hive
store at Milton, left last week for her
home in Washington.
In. L. Watts has exchanged his
traction engine for new one of 22-
horsepower. The change was made
with the Buffalo Pitts company.
The Walla Walla Methodists are
planning a church house to cost be-
tween $40, 900 and $50, 900 on lot on
the corner of Second aud Birch streets.
Claude Leete, of Davenport, WASH,
who has been visiting at the home Of
his uncle. Harvey Cation, for several
days, left this morning for his home
Bert Warren has recovered the three
head of horses which recently strayed
from the pasture and which were later
advertised in the Press.
]. e. Mcdaniel is in town today
from his ranch on Weston Mountain.
He reports that good crop of hay is
being harvested on the mountain ranch
this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Beck are down
from their Franklin county ranch.
Mr.. Beck estimates that Franklin
county wheat will average 20 bushels
per acre.
The firm of Eberhart g. Co., of
NRlla Walla, has been awarded the
contract to construct the two new
bridges on Wild Horse creek, near
Athena, aud also one at Pendleton.
It is stated on good authority that
the Peacock Milling property at Mil
ton and Freewater has been trans
ferred to Warren Raymond, of Walla
Walla.
Rev. Ellis left Monday for The
Dalles, where he goes to consult
specialist in regard to his asthma,
from which malady be is suffering
greatly during the continued dry spell
Of weather.
J. H. Craghead has completed the
installation Of phones on the new
Wild Horse li1e, and is now securing
customers for the proposed line 10 be
established on the reservation south of
town.
Miss Eugenia Jones of Echo, was
severely burned about the face and
hands Monday, while trying TO extin
guish fire in her fathers orchard,
which was set by the sparks of pass
ing locomotive.
Miss Henderson, the nurse who has
been attending Mrs. Col lheTn in her i'll
ness, received intelligence of the death
of her brother at Elgin Saturday. The
young man was aged 16 years and bis
death was caused by diphtheria.
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