The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-18
Press Paragraphs

Marion Jack was up from bis ranch
near Pendleton yesterday.
Fay LIE Grow went over to Walla
Walla yesterday morning.
lNAlvin Turner, the we'll known Helix
farmer, was in town yesterday.
John Baker, the we'll known paint.
er, of Weston, was in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Sailing spent
Sunday with relatietvs in Pendleton.
W. J. Willaby was in Portland
couple of days last week on business.
Arrived today-the very latest in
Crushed Tams at Mrs. Lille Miller's.
John Thompson was in town Satur-
day from his stock ranch on the Una
tilla.
Miss Artie Morgan Of Heppner, was
the guest last week of Mrs. Will M.
Peterson
Mrs. Simmonton, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. b. f. Ogle, is seriously i'll at
her home in Pendleton.
Miss Myrtle Sanders of Walla
Walla visited friends in Athena the
latter part of last week.
For sale IAN assortment of house
hold goods. See Mrs. o. q. Beck at
her home on Third street.
Mrs. Harry Allen and family are
moving today to the Taylor cottage,
just esat of the Baptist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Swaggart and
VIM. Mcbride returned Sunday from
Salem, where they attended the state
fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Akers will leave in
few days for their Mckay creek
ranch, where they will reside in
future.
Tonight is regular meeting night of
the Athena Commercial Association,
and full attendance of members is
desired.
u Mrs. Kate Brookner will leave
shortly for Spokane to reside. She
will rent her cottage and sell her
household goods.
TJohn Thompson has purchased the
Frank Grasty ranch on Ryan creek.
The GIasty place joins the Thompson
stock ranch on the south.
Frank Grasty was over from his
home on the Umatilla Saturday. Mr.
Grasty will leave soon for Idaho,
where he will engage in the livestock
business.
! Rev. Geo. I. Ellis, pastor of the
! Baptist church, preached to large
congregation at Weston Sunday. A
large number of normal students were
in the audience.
~ Miss Dixon who spent the summer
with her aunt, Mrs. jackson Nelson,
has gone to Walla Walla, where she
will complete her course of study at
Whitman college.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. @. Curry, eyesight
specialists of Walla Walla, will make
their next professional visit to Athena
on Tuesday, September 18, for one day
only, Eyes examined free at the st.
Nichols Hotel.
Hon. Chas. A. Barrett returned
Saturday from Salem. While in the
capital city Mr.. Brraett attended the
state fair. He says the exhibits this
year were exceptionally fine, but rain
intertered greatly with the races.
X ]. w. Davis, proprietor of the
e'Horleshoe Club, saloon, has a fine
bird dog puppie of royal ancestry,
aud consequently eligible to register
ed pedigree. His royal highness
came by express Saturday morning
from Portland, and since his arrival,
there has been nothing too good tor
him.
q A oablegram transmitted to the
local telephone Office yesterday
caused the operators no end of energy
to locate the person to whom it was
sent. AT last report he had not been
found. The message was written in
language that no one here could read,
and Iesembled very much Teddy"
now famous reform spelling.
Weston Leader: Work will begin
within a few days on the improve
ments at the Weston depot, where
rooms will be arranged mp stairs for
the use of Agent Walters and family.
The building will be entirely re-
modelled aud painted cream color
instead of red. Foreman James
Moore's force of railway carpenters
will come to Weston so soon as they
finish work on the new depot build
ing at Diamond, Wash.
Correspondent Smith of the Spokes-
man-Review, was in town yesterday.
Since the Walla Walla- Pendleton
special has been running, Mr.. Smith
makes weekly visits to this CITY.
Athena is now we'll represented in the
columns of daily papers. Mr.. Smith
covers the field for the Spokane daily /;
Miss Lorenz for the Oregon Daily
Journal and the Evening East Orego