The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-05-04
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Pendleton this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Marquis were
up from Adams yesterday.
A new line of Leghorn and sailor
hats has arrived at Mrs. Miller's.
A case of diphtheria is rep orted in
the Bowman family at Pendleton.
u Dean Willaby has accepted posi-
etion at McBride's Palace drugstore.
Mrs. A. B. Stone has returned from
a visit with relatives in Walla Walla.
just received, latest styles in BELTS.
shirtwaist sets, back and side combs,
at Manassas.
The city delivery business has again
changed hands. Charles Brotherton
has sold to Mr.. Fry.
Mrs. L. T. Mcbride and Mrs. Wish
ard, Weston ladies, traded with Ath-
ena merchants yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Brotherton has been
visiting relatives in the Vansycle
neighborhood the past week.
Mrs. Lille Miller desires to pur-
chase good driving horse. A gentle
horse for family use is desired.
Fred Koontz, until recently in the
employ of Ed Manasse, has accepted a
position as salesman with Ely & Scott.
Chas. Gay has employed a baker,
and this morning took off the first
baking since purchasing the bakery.
Mrs. Spangler, w. G. T. U. lee
turer, will speak on the temperance
question this evening at the Baptist
church.
Mrs. Eva Boldly left yesterday for
Peudleton, where she will visit few
days before returning to her home in
La Grande.
Charles H. Carter has resigned as
city attorney for Pendleton and the
council has appointed John McCourt
to the position.
" James Foss is home from his ranch
Yin Crook county. He says frost has
damaged fruit and crops to some ex-
tent in that section.
The ladies' aid society of the M. E.
church will serve dinner on Main
street during the two DAYS of the Cal
edonian picnic in this city.
Isaac N. French died at Adams
Monday of typhoid fever, aged II
years. The body was inferred IN the
Athena cemetery Wednesday.
The jury in the case of G. Fl. Wal.
ters, the Weston saloon man, who was
charged with selling whisky to minors
returned a verdict Of not guilty.
Many of the patrons Of the water
system are having meters put in. The
supply of meters are exhausted aud an
other consi gnment is expected shortly.
]. q. Stamper will go to Weston to-
morrow, where be will auction off the
bankrupt stock of Lyle Calvert, which
is under the charge of S. A. Barnes
Of that city.
For Rent.-The Rush farm. north
west of Athena, containing $40 acres
is. offered to rent for 50 per acre.
Address, 10 North Toucbet street,
Walla Walla.
Mrs. Gustave Vollmer has beeu the
: guest this week of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Tompkins, from her home in Waits
burg. Mrs. Vollmer is at present vis-
thug friends in the country.
Angus Gillis has returned from
Portland, where be has been taking
medical treatment. While he is far
from being we'll man. Mr.. Gillis be-
lieves that he is improving.
Mrs. Austin Foss will give lessons
in embroidery work each Thursday
afternoon at her home on Jefferson
street. Her charges for instruction
will be only ten cents per hour.
y The program for the Caledonian
Picnic, which will be held in Athena
May % and 26 will be printed in
Tuesdays Press. The committee did
not have it prepared for today's issue.
Mrs. Clint Bissett died Wednesday
in La Grande Of heart failure. She
was on her way from Canyon City to
Echo, where her husband conducts a
barber shop, and was taken i'll at La
Grande.
L. J. Foss attended the Prohibition
party convention at Milton yesterday.
The convention decided not to put a
legislative ticket in the field, but
placed in nomination candidates for a
portion of the county offices.
The funeral of Sam Trout, the young
man who was killed Sunday on the
Jack ranch, occurred Tuesday in Pen
dleton under the auspices of the Eagles
who marched to the cemetery in a
body, accompanied by the band.
G. A. Barrett and 7. ]. Kirk at
tended a meeting Of the republican
county central committee at Pendle-
ton last night. The county chairman
will announce in a few days the places
and dates for political speaking.
lks A large Chinese kite attracted con
eidawo bIo offopfion in Athona voatar-