The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-10
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DUEL III horHesnCelng OF all KINDS.
Robert Micheal, salesman in a He'll,
store, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kidwell Of Walls
Walla, were guests yesterday OF Mr..
aud Mrs. Austin Foss.
Mrs. J. D. Plamondon is giving q
reception this afternoon in honor of hen
guest, Miss Calbreath.
DIR. A. B. Stone and wife left Athena
on yesterday mornings train for Wal
la Walla.
Miss Leta Ellington has arrived at
her home in Helix, after spending the
year in school at Tacoma.
Mrs. Ohas Gay and children are
home from the camp on the Umatilla
9iver.
v Roy Kirk, son of A. o. Kirk, was
thrown from horse some days ago
and had one of his legs broken.
Mrs. Foss accompanied by her
daughter Miss Alley. is visiting rel
atives at Moro. Sherman county.
Miss Hairless, sister of Mrs. Chess
man, left for her home this morning,
after visiting several weeks in Athena.
Fl. o. Worthington and Elmer Lane
drove over to the Umatilla last even
ing, where they will remain several
! days.
Jack Keller cut his hand quite bad
ly yesterday. Just wanted to see
what was in it" jokingly explained
Jack to friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Mcdonald, of
Walla Walla, will spend the hot wea-
ther months at Woodward's Tollgate
iu the Blue Mountains.
Representative of insurance com
panies who take risks on standing
grain will do tremendous business
in that line here this season.
Robert Root and family have gone
to the Walla Walla valley to find en-
ployment on the ditch being dug there
for irrigation purposes.
y Chas. Dunn. who is now clerk in
sthe railroad offices at Tekoa, is in the
city. Mr.. Dunn is off duty temporar-
lily, this being his summer vacation.
v J. S. Norvel, the Helix hardware
merchant, came over from the little
wheat town yesterday, and took the
morning train for Walla Walla.
Memberssof the auxiliary Of the G.
w. B. M. are requested to meet at the
regular place OF meeting next Satur-
day, as there was no meeting last Sat
urday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Chet Mccullough have
returned from Wallowa county, where
they went some weeks ago to attend
the funeral of Mr. MoCollough's fa-
ther.
Mrs. Geo. w. Ellsworth and daugh.
TER, Mrs. Ourley, are in Athena from
Cambridge, Idaho. near which place
their husbands some time ago took up
homesteads.
Mrs. NJ. L. Watts, accompanied by
Mrs. John Gross, of Walla Walla,
will leave soon for Lehman springs,
where they will remain during the
heated term.
JacOb Newman, pioneer of Union
county, aged so years died at La Grande
Saturday evening. He was one OF the
first settlers in the Grand Ronde val
ley.
'Joe' Harper, the popular sec
retary for the Preston Parton Milling
Co., returned to his home in Waits
burg yesterday morning, after bus
mess visit of several days in Athena.
J. j. Mcconnell, aged SO, who has
been a resident of Pendleton since
1888, died at the home of his son i'm
law, John Vaughan, Sunday. Death
was caused by rheumatism.
>The funeral of Mrs. J. f. Zerba,
took place in this city Saturday. The
services were conducted at the M. e.
church. A large number of friends
followed the remains to the last rest
ing place in the Athena cemetery.
In the Walla Walla city election
yesterday, the boxer element won.
Kellough, for mayor, defeated Gilbert
Hunt by 356 votes, and Jacob Kauf-
man for chief Of police was defeated
by over 800 votes.
Frank Coolidge, the jeweler, has
returned from two-weeks visit to
Portland and Puget Sound points.
Frank had jolly good time while
away and is now back at the old stand
ready for biz.
Del Gerking, who is at Arthur
Scott's place, west Of town, was kick
ed by horse last week and seriously
injured. DIR. Plamondon was called
and found bad cash in the boys
hip. It was necessary to take several
stitches In the wound.
]. B. Saylor, who now resides in tht
FerndaIe district near Milton, passed
down the O. r. & N. yesterday morn
ing to his Butter Greek ranch, to lool
after his crops. He has harvested hil
first crop of alfalfa, which was yer.
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