The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-07-03
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Celebrate tomorrow.


come.
%Uncle Dick Powers was in town
Saturday from Weston.
Ed. Potts was in town Saturday,
from his ranch near Milton.
49, Born, to MI. and Mrs. David Bon
ifer, July 2. 1906, daughter.
William Leach, the Weston Noun
tain rancher, was in the city Satnr~
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harris of Wes-
ton, visited at the Mansfield home Sat
urday.
Miss Bertha Baker came from PEN
dleton Saturday and spent the day
with Athena friends.
Mrs. |. M. Kemp and children re-
turned Saturday evening from Cotton,
Wash.
~ Joe Groom dropped in on his Athena
friends this morning for the first time
in six years.
Miss Carrie Sharp will remain at
Monmouth until August, where she
will attend teachers summer school.
MI. aud Mrs. Q. G. Beck have gone
to Franklin county, where they will
remain on their homestead for several
weeks.
- Prof. Lynn Gubser, ex-principal of
the Weston public school, is an appli-
cant for principal of the Athena
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bergevin have
gone to Montana where they expect to
secure Indian reservation land allot-
ments for their four children.
The young people of the Christian
Endeavor Society met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ely Saturday
evening.
Miss Mabel Crofutt, Of Prosser,
Wash, was a guest yesterday of
Athena friends. She left on the noon
train for her home.
Mrs. w. g. Preston arrived in the
city Saturday evening from Waits
burg, WASH, and is visiting her son,
d. H. Preston.
Fruit Inspector Howard Evans is in
the Pendleton district this week look
ing over the orchards with view to
eradicating the fruit pests.
Word comes from Walla Walla
that Leo Cook, who is afflicted with
hip disease, is gradually improving
and hopes are now entertained of his
recovery.
~ Hugh Walker, we'll known in Ath-
ena, is seriously i'll at his home in
Weston. Mr.. Walker has been in
failing health for some time and is
now in a critical condition.
Robert Watt has brought suit
against E. w. McComas and Alex
Drysdale to recover the sum of $2l0O
, alleged to be due for work performed
and money advanced.
& Mr.. Ralph Tucker and Miss Iva
O'Harra of Weston, were united in
marriage Saturday, June 23, 1906, at
5 p. M, at Walla Walla. by Rev. A.
r. Olds.
The wheat harvest will begin in a
week or ten days in the Milton neigh
borhood, and the farmers are busy
getting ready for this great annual
event.
In the circuit court Saturday, Judge
w. r. Ellis granted divorce to
Alico Crockett from Samuel w. Crock
EFT; Jessie Bell Rierdon from Frank
r. Rierdon, and George R. 1roxell
from Clara A. Troxell.
Fire at Echo destroyed the store of
E. e. Ripper and the residence of
Mrs. Il. Webb, making a total loss of
between $4,000 and $1,000. The origin
Of the fire which started in the Webb
home, is not known.
Yesterday and today, the weather
has been rather warm. Above 80 is
registered in the shade. Rather trop-
ical on both human and beast but just
the proper temperature for wheat
growing.
R. ]. Boldly is just completing the
harvest Of bis alfalfa hay crop below
town. The first cutting will yield
about 1870 tons of hay. Mr.. Boldly
expects to cut three crops of alfalfa
this season.
John aud Robert Ankeny drove over
from Walla Walla Saturday evening.
Changing teams here, in company
with Fay LeGrow they proceeded to
Bingham Springs, returning Sunday
evening to Athena.
Mrs. Lillian Downs Dobson has been
retained to teach the Cannon school
for the coming year. This is MIS-.
Dobson's second term in this district,
and speaks well for her work. Mrs.
Dobson is spending her vacation with
her parents in the Willamette valley.
1--WE will be running electric cars
into Milton and Freewater before the
first of the year.. was the announce
ment made BY R. e. Allen of the
WalIa Walla Valley Traction COM
pany, last evening to the Walla Walla
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