The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-04-27
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ldtots W Odu EfauclscO yesterday.
Born, near Weston, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Swisher, April %, 1905, twin boys.
Just received, latest styles in belts,
shirtwaist sets, back and side combs.
at Manassas.
Mrs. Harden. landlady of the Ath-
ena hotel, has been very i'll at her
home the past week.
Andrew ]. Harp, of Holdman, and
Miss Mary Dalr, of Adams, were
married in Pendleton Wednesday.
an elegant assortment of children g
Easter hats at Mrs. Lille Millers.
Don't wait until they are picked over.
Frank Knapp, the we'll known PEN
dleton ball player, is ''trying out"
for second base position on the Yellow
Kid team.
Mcbride returned Monday from Hot
Lake, where he spent several days,
and was somewhat relieved from rheu-
matism.
1.-THE marriage of Samuel Starr, of
Helix, and Miss Catherine Schulz, of
Pendleton, took place in the latter
city Wednesday evening.
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.
MA. L. Swaggart and family and Mr..
and Mrs. M. l.. Akers expect to leave
next week on an overland trip to Crook
county. They expect to be gone sew
eral weeks.
The fields are becoming dry and the
result is that summer fallow plowing
is hard on the plow teams. The wheat
fields are greenland grain is growing
fast.
Echo Register: @. A. Barrett of
Athena and Thos. FitzGerald of Pen
dleton were in town Tuesday in the
interest of the office for which each is
a candidate.
w. W. Jacobs, Of this city has re-
ceived intelligence of the death of his
brother, H. @. Jacobs, which occur
red on April IA, at his home in Fair
fax county, Va.
There. will besa call meeting of the
Friday Afternoon club at the home OF
Mrs. Jarman, Saturday, at o'clock.
Business is important. MIS-. D. B.
Jarman, president.
The business men Of Adams are out
practicing base ball. Some say that
it is their intention to practice quietly
and that by and by they intend to
give the Yellow Kids game.
For Rent. The Rush farm, north
west of Athena, containing $40 acres
is offered to rent for So per acre.
Address, 10 North Touchet street,
Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. @. Curry, eye
sight specialists of Walla Walla,
will make their next professional
visit to Athena soon. Watch cir
oulars for date.
y Charles Gay is making improve
ments in his bakeshop. Fresh kalso-
mine is being put on ceiling and walls
and the partition has been moved back
giving considerably more room.
Cecil Wade and John E. Hill were
Ia town Wednesday in the interest of
their candidacy they being respective
ly the democratic nominees for rep
resentative and county recorder.
r. M. Powers, the Weston attorney,
has heard from his son Charles, at
San Francisco. He is safe, but com
pletely destitute, having lost all in the
fire. He was linotype operator on
the Call.
G. W. Hollis writes that be and
his family are safe at their home in
Oakland. Mr.. Hollis makes mention
as to the extent of his property loss,
which will exceed $4,000 above
insurance.
Ernest Boyd has been heard from,
in San Francisco. His home being
on Central Avenue, near the Presidio,
was not injured, save slight shaking
up from the quake. 1t was out of the
track of the fires.
Blanche Walsh, the popular star
actress whose career has been success
full in the high sense, will appear
at the Frazer in Pendleton next Tues
day evening, May 1, in "The Woman
in the Case. -
N Charles Hamilton has finished re-
seeding 480 acres of wheat on the res
ervation at the head Of Thorn Hollow.
The failure of the seed to germinate
is ascribed to formaldehyde. Dan G.
Kirk was compelled to Iesow small
acreage in the same locality. He has
300 acres in wheat that promises well.
sNW. R. Taylor has made trade with
a Heppner man for 100 head of cattle.
He exchanged bis band of range horses
on the John Day ranch for cattle and
left Wednesday for Heppner after the
stock. The addition of this number
gives Mr.. Taylor quite a nice little
herd of cattle.
Dan Shea, the we'll known ball
player, left today noon for Tacoma,