The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
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from Weston last Sunday evening.
Attorney s. D. Peterson and George
Cowl, of Milton, spent Sunday in the
city.
Porter Graham, the we'll known
Weston farmer, was in the city yes
terday.
Charles Marsh and family arrived
in the city yesterday from their home
at Twin Falls, Idaho.
o. G. Chamberlain has the agency
in Athena for the American Surety
Company of New York.
The many friends Of Mrs. Jackson
Nelson will be glad to known that she
is recovering from her illness.
~Byron Hawks returned yesterday
from Moro, Sherman county, where
be resigned his position in drugstore.
Miss Mabel Tompkins, Mrs. II. o.
Worthington and son Emery, drove
out to the Tompkins farm this morn
ing.
Tbe Misses Stevens, the we'll known
teachers, passed through Athena Sun
day, on their way to the Willamette
valley.
Mrs. Henry Dell who is ill with
fever is reported by DR.. Sharp, the at
tending physician. to be getting along
nicely.
Frank Brotherton telephoned from
Helix yesterday for extras for his
separator. O. A. Barrett & Co. filled
the order.
East Oregonian: @ 9. Sharp and
family came down yesterday from
Kamela after having camped there
for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Mcdonald and
daughter Mabel, have arrived home
from the Tollgate, where they spent
six weeks in camp life.
Miss Bessie Mcbride, of the county
clerks Office. passed Sunday at her
home in Athena, making the trip
horseback. East Oregonian.
EEd. Barrett, the contractor, has re-
turned from Waitsburg, where he
built a 200-foot fiume for the Pres
tom Parton Milling company.
e-Mrs. o. G. Chamberlain and two
sons returned Friday evening from
Grangeville, Idaho, where they visited
relatives and friends for several weeks.
= Mrs. M. L. Watts and little daugh-
ter Vernita, are expected tomorrow
from Lehman Springs where they
have been stopping for several weeks.
A suit for divorce was filed yester-
day iu the circuit court by Theodore
Christie against Ellen Christie on the
grounds of cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
" Charles Belts, of the Mosgrove Mer
Vcantile company, who is i'll at his
home in this city with fever. is get
ting along as well as could be expect
ed.
The mother and sister of Mr.. Ed.
Barrett are in the city again for a
few daye. They have been to Port
land and the Sound, and will return
soon to their home in Denver.
Did you ever read or hear the rules
of the Methodist Episcopal Church?
Next Sunday morning Rev. Evans
will read the rules for Methodists at
the eleven o'clock service,
NJ John Peebler was taken seriously i'll
Saturday with muscular cramps, and
Saturday night was in critical con-
dition. He is much better now,
though be is still very weak.
A couple of salvation army soldiers
appeared on the streets last evening
and held short service, after which
they went to the Christian church,
where a meeting was held.
~ A new 2O-horse power J. /. Case
4engine, purchased from Peebler &
Chamberlain by Joseph Ringle, ar
rived on the freight last night and
was unloaded from the car this morn
ing.
The negotiations for the purchase Of
the Pioneer drug store by Byron
Hawks. have progressed to the point
when the inventory Of the stock is be-
ing taken. In event the sale of the
store is made, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
will go to Boise City to reside.
East 0regonian: Ben Burroughs is
quite i'll at bis home in this city, and
is threatened with typhoid fever.
He had been slightly i'll for several
days, but was out driving for a short
time last evening, since which time he
has been confined to his bed.
" Myrick postofice, which was dis
continued by the department some
months ago. has been re-established-
Postmaster Love is in charge and with
the establishment Of the office, the
people of that vicinity are brought
into closer relationship with other
communities,
The infant son Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Allen, which was critically i'll for
several days past with summer COM
piaint, died Sunday morning. The
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