The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-11-16
Press Paragraphs

G w. Ford of Walla Walla is
registered at the st. Nichols.
S. L. Spencer was in Pendleton
Wednesday where he transacted
business.
Mr.. Fred Koontz has accepted the
position of janitor at the M. E.
church.
~ Mr.. and MIS- Lafayette Chamber
Viain are now making their home in
Garfield, Wash.
Fire destroyed barn in Pendleton
Wednesday morning, and two driving
horses were cremated.
Thomas A. Tracy and Olive ID.
Bowers, both of Pendleton, were mar
ried Monday evening.
will f. Hessian, lately with the
Lewiston Teller, was in the city yes
terday from Pendleton.
Mrs. VIM. Gholson returned last
evening from week s visit with her
mother in Walla Walla.
John Raulston of Adams, passed
through Athena on the north bound
train Wednesday morning.
Mrs. J. w. Maloney was in the city
Wednesday from Pendleton. atten ding
the Hanscomb-Baker wedding.
9. E. Freeze Of the Spokesman Re-
view, was in town Wednesday, look
ing after the circulation of his paper.
Link Swaggart has been down on
his Birch creek ranch the past week
helping to seed the ground to wheat.
DUST received by express at the
Manasse store, fine line of the late
new plaid belts, also new hand bags.
Frank Rogers was up from Pendle-
ton Wednesday. AS usual Frank was
busy standing in against" every body
he met.
I will sell for cash at absolute cost
my entire stock of saddles. / am
going to close them out. Charles
Norris.
Jerry Stone and family are moving
from the farm west of town into the
residence recently purchased from
Charles Brown.
Mrs. A. L. Swaggart and her sister,
Mrs. Jesse Hotohkiss, of Spokane,
visited friends in Pendleton the first
Of the week.
A social dance will be given at the
opera house tonight, and the young
people are looking forward to the
event with much pleasure.
Wanted-An opportunity to lease
wheat land and purchase for cash,
stock and farm machinery. For par
ticulars call at the Press office.
w. F. Matlock of Pendleton offers
q city park as gift to Pendleton on |
condition that Dallas Price will |
donate like number of acres for the |
same purpose.
4. Jack Weir made visit to his Ad-
ans county wheat ranch this week.
During his absence Fred Gross, sr.,
looked after busines at the Tuna lum
Lumber yard.
For sale--One half section of good
wheat land, summer fallowed, located
five miles from railway station. For
information call on Peebler 81 Cham
berlain, Athena, Oregon.
In eyrey cline its colors are unfurled
Its fame has spread from sea to sea;
Be not surprised if in the other world
You hear of Rocky Mountain Tea.
Pioneer Drug store.
G. w. Claxton of the circulation
department of the Portland Daily |
Journal, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Claxton recently relieved H. w. |
Brooks in this territory.
James Feeler, who visited friends
in Athena for several days, left for
his home in Milan, Wash, Wednes-
day. Mr.. Feeler may decide to bring
his family here for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown have
decided to make their home in Athena
for the winter. Mr.. Brown will1go to
California in February to look after
his interests there for short time.
Y Two of the hardest rains of the sea-
son fell i'll Athena Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. The rain Of Tues
day night came in torrents. The
streets were flooded, but no damage
resulted.
The will of the late Father Flohr,
who recently died at Walla Walla,
has been probated. Five hundred
dollars for Catholic church at Wal |
lula and another at Waitsburg are
among the requests.
Two brothers named Kelly, of Free
water, are preparing to make trip
down the Grande Ronde from Island
City to Lewiston, hunting and trap
ping by the way and taking all winter
for the trip.
Mrs. Claude Hanscomb, recently
married in this city, will undergo an
operation for tuberculosis of the throat
glands, in a Walla Walla hospital, in
the near future, before leaving for a
wedding trip to the Sound cities.
John Mraz, brother of Mrs. |. M.
Kemp aud Miss Mary a. School, Of
Cotton, Washa were united i'll mar
riage Monday of this week, Mr., Mraz
has a number of friends in this city,
having visited here a number of times,
Mrs. Lapesaud Mrs. Jas. Raley of
Pendleton, will be1the guests of Mrs.
E. R. Cox tomorrow, and during the
afternoon, from $3.50 to 4:30, Mrs. Cox
will hold an informal reception at her