The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-14

Miss Laura Muir of Hillsboro Ore
gon, is a guest at the Danner home.
@. A. Barrett, who has been on the
sick list the past week, is improving.
T. s. LeGrow has been over to his
Grab Greek stock ranch for several
days.
DR.. Cropp of Walla WaHa was in
the city yesterday on professional bus
mess.
Mr.. Ball, representative of the Blake
McFall Paper company is in the city
today.
Frank Coolidge went down to Pen
dleton Sunday evening and returned
home yesterday.
Mrs. AL. Armstrong arrived iu the
city yesterday from Seattle, and is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Lille Miller.
X Chance Rogers, the we'll known
young farmer of the Weston neighbor-
hood. was in town yesterday.
Mrs. John Evans and daughters are
expected to return home today, after
a two months visit with relatives in
Idaho.
The Salem Journal announces the
marriage of John Fl. Lewis and Miss
Agnes e. Shepherd. Both are known
n this county.
Mrs. Fred Rosenzweig Of Eltopia,
WASH, is in Milton and before return
ing home, will come to Athena for
few days visit with friends.
Bricklayiug is in progress ON the
Freewater branch of the Bank OF Mil
ton building, the foundation having
been completed several days ago.
~ Joe Ringle with his six-horse team
sis hauling 80 sacks of wheat to the
load. The roads are in fair condition
for wheat hauling.
The Pine Greek bridges at Weston
are being repaired. The construction
work is under the supervision of Phil.
Beathe, practical bridge builder.
For the State Fair at Salem, Sep
temter 10 to 10 inclusive, the O. R. &
N. Co. announces rate of one and
one third fare to Portland and return,
plus So. 20 to Salem and return.
Yesterday J. NJ. Hays took 6 We eggs
from bantam hens nest. which
were of great disparity in size. The
largest egg weighs 400 grains and the
smallest one 55 grains.
Mrs. Ida Gillis and children aud
Grandma Boyd leave this evening for
La Grande near which place they will
spend several weeks at the home of
Mrs. ellis mother, Mis-. Eva Boldly.
x Owing to the low stage of water il
the Snake river, D. r. & N. Steam
boat service has been suspended. Un-
til further notice passengers for Lew
iston will go via Garfield or Moscow.
Danner, the photographer, has some
excellent harvest scenes One in par
ticular is that of couple of views of
the Pinkerton ombined harvester and
crew, aud also one of the Reeder com
bine.
-B. B. Richards, agent for the Puget
Sound Warehouse Co., rode out to
Grandview station Saturday evening.
A considerable amount of grain is be.
ing received by the company at that
point.
Fruit peddlers are becoming plenti-
full. Melons and tomatoes are the
chief cargo they bring over from Mil
ton. Grapes have made their appear
ance on the market. Pears. prunes,
plums and apples are also plentiful.
John Benson and Arthur Stone are
sewing sacks on the Perringer steam
combine. The big machine is being
operated in wheat that is averaging 35
to 10 bushels per acre, and cuts about
80 acres per day.
The Eooher- Ferris thIeshing outfit,
comprising a 14-foot header and 28-
inch separator last week averaged 523
sacks of threshed wheat per day, "all
of which is well and good" remarked
Bill BooheE.
Weston Leader: Mrs. Matthias,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w w. Fl.
Fletcher, died short time ago at her
home in Nanton, N. W. T. The
funeral services were held at Nanton,
August 2. Friends in Weston were
grieved to hear of her death.
A. NJ. Gillis and son Ralph left yes
terday morning for Prince Edwards
Island, Mr.. GiIlis' boyhood home,
where they will remain for several
weeks. Mr. ellis goes for the pur-
pose of beneftting bis health.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bannister,
Mrs. Fred Boyd and daughter Oecile
and Miss Matte Cation came down
from the mountains yesterday. The
rain. bringing on cooler weather, has
brought large number Of people out
of the mountain camps.
= Two big freight engines, Nos 6 and
7, have been transferred from the
main line of the Northern Pacific to
the W. 6 G. R. These monster loco
motives are now making regular trips