The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-07
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the guest of Athena friends.
John Estes and Peter Murray drove
up from Adams yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Keen and little daughter
Zola, are in the mountains recreating.
N. NJ. Rice, insurance agent, was in
town yesterday from Freewater.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. johnson of PEN
dleton, spent Sunday with relatives in
Athena.
Johnny Baker, we'll known young
man of Weston. was in the city last
evening.
Miss May McQuary, who visited
friends in Athena, returned home Sun
day evening.
I'm. Bates, the genial representative
of the Buffalo Pitts Manufacturing
Co, is in the city.
+. L. Clarke, we'll known young
man, is down from Kamela to work
in the harvest field.
rWm. Kilgore came down from the
McDougal mountain camp yesterday.
He returned this morning.
Joe Hodgson was in town Saturday,
Joe is through harvesting, and will
commence hauling wheat off at once.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sim Kilogre which has been seriously
i'll for some time is improving.
Chas. Gerking. Samuel Hutt and
1. N. Bounds, Of Gorin, Missouri, ad-
ded their names to the Press subscrip-
ton list this week.
- Farmers in the Willamette valley
are facing the labor problem to the
extent that many of them are harvest
i9g by moonlight.
JNJohnny Peebler has been feeling
gbadly for some days and unless he gets
better p. d. q. he contemplates GO
ing to the coast for few days.
John McKinnon accompanied his
mother home from Alberta, arriving
Saturday evening. Mr.. McKinnon is
satisfied with his holdings in Alberta
and is content to reside there.
= Graghead & Hays, real estate deal
lers, took load of homeseekers into
the foothill country east Of town yes
terday,. to look at several farms
which therfirm has listed for sale.
Mrs Martha Owens, sister of Mrs.
VIM. Piukerton died at Dayton Wash,
July 23.tf heart failrue. Mrs Owens
was in fairly good health until few
moments previous to her death.
David Lavender. Weston's city
Marshal aud prime minister, was in
town Saturday. Lavender has de-
cided not to rebuild the storage ware
house, which was consumed by fire at
Weston some time ago.
Mrs. j. G. Owens of Weiser, Idaho,
was in the city last evening and took
the train for her home at that place.
She spent couple of day at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pinkerton, near
town.
A. L.. johnson who has been i'll for
geveral days is able to be up and
around, but his brother. T. +. john
sou, of Washington, Kansas, who is
visiting here, is in critical condition
from an attack Of jaundice.
Pendleton Tribune: President Leon
Cohen of tie District Fair associa-
tion. received word yesterday that
the formal application for the appro-
priation of 81 800 had been received
favorably and that the money was
now available.
Miss Jeanette Manasse was pass
enger on the California train that was
held at the entrance to mountain
tunnel which had caved in. The pas
sengers were finally transferred, but
it will be some time before they will
receive thier baggage.
East Oregonian: W. Swart, the
pioneer telegraph operator of Bingham
Springs, and the famous fisherman of
the Blue mountains, is now operator
for the o. R. & N. at Hilgard. For 20
years Mr.. Swart has been agent and
operator at Bingham Springs.
Seymour Jones, Young man about
20 years of age, was run over aud
killed by freight train near is home
at Nolan about midnight Sunday
uight. He was drunk at the time
the accident happened and was prob
ably sitting on the track when struck
by the train.
Mr.. aud Mrs. I. J. Kirk, Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown returned Sunday eve
ning from an overland trip and outing
of several weeks duration, in Grant
and Baker counties. The party tad
an enjoyable time aud for the most
prat escaped the bot weather. heine
at the time in the mountains.
NJ Fl. D. Worthington came down from
saling's camp last evening. He wai
accompanied by Mrs. Tompkins and
little daughter, who went to the camI
Saturday. Owing to the little girls
illness, which came on her soon attel
arriving in the mountains, Mrs
Tompkins decided to return home
The sale Of 5000 head Of mnttor