The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-04-10

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The dance Saturday night netted The
Yellow Kid fund $S2. Mr.. s. L.
Spencer kindly donated the use Of the
opera house and Mrs. M. w. Smith,
Fred Kershaw and Matt johnson gave
their services in the orchestra.
1t is proposed by the band boys to
resurrect their instruments and reor-
ganize the band. With this object in
view there will be meeting held by
all interested at the Commercial As
sociation rooms Thursday night.
Over LOO homeseekers transferred
from the main line of the o. R. & N.
to the Washington division, in PEN
dleton yesterday morning. Two extra
coaches were added to the Spokane
train to accommodate the homeseek-
ers.
Ir<@A number of newspaper men were
in town Sunday and made their head
quarters at the Press Office. The
Press man had the honor of entertain
ing T. D. S. Hart of Walla Walla,
and Messrs Aldrich and Drake of Pen
dleton.
Arthur Scott was kicked in the
breast by horse Saturday and was
seriously hurt. No fracture was sus-
tanned by the blow, but DR.. Plamon-
don. the attending physician, reports
a slight congestion of the lungs.
However, he was able to be out Sun
day.
Next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
the Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school will render its Easter services,
as prelude to the Easter sermon by
the pastor. In the evening the pastor
will begin a series Of sermons on
"The Kingdom. The public is in
vited to these services.
There will be meeting of the
Umatilla County Caledonian Society
in the Commercial Association rooms
Friday night. Important arrange
ments for the picnic will be discussed
and it is requested by the president of
the society that all members make it
point to be present.
At a meeting of the board of officers
and members of the Christian church
Sunday morning, it was decided to
hire A. L. Grim, of Charlottesville,
Indiana, as pastor of the church for
the coming year. Mr.. Grim comes
highly recommended and will arrive
in this city about June 1.
.>kThe Yellow Kids will play in Walla
,Walla Saturday and Sunday. An ex-
cursion train will run from Pendleton
to Walla Walla Sunday morning, re-
turning in the evening. This will
give the people of the intervening
towns an opportunity of visiting the
garden city and witnessing the Sun
day game. Ike Butler. the famous
pitcher, will be seen at his best in
that game
Certain members of the feline tribe
have taken a fancy to the young
chicks that roam over the Norris pre-
misses, and already two of the little
fuzzy wuzzies have gone to satisfy
the carniverous appetites of the cats.
Charles has invested in "22" and
there will soon be depopulation of
catdom in that part Of town, for he is
rated as dead shot.
Ed Wood represented the Weston
Leader at the ball game Saturday and
| Sunday. The colonel evidently was
not in proper fighting condition, and
skunk away to his ranch at Gardena
where he spent the time in the lucra-
tive occupation Of picking ticks
from the leaves of his tender sage
brush plants. AS heretofore mem
toned in these columns, the colonel
ranks init as farmer.
Willis Bush has returned from a
short visit to Eugene, the home of his
childhood. Many years have feeted
away since Willis left, but he found
many familiar land marks, AMONG
them his old home, which time had
not changed to any marked degree.
The city Of Eugene appeals to Mr..
Bush as being tine home town. The
| typhoid fever epidemic has been COM
p1etely eradicated, and the town is
soon to have pure water.