The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-18

the parade. but it is desired that all
ladies who can do SO. should ride horse
back on that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Walters came
IN yesterday from Seattle. Wash. and
will visit relatives here, MIS-. Walters
/ being sister of Mrs. Lille Miller.
Mr.. Walters is agent for the Northern
Pacific at Cedro- Woolly, Wash.
X Helix Herald: Charles Belts and
Attorney Wilson, of Athena, were
business visitors in the city Tuesday
afternoon. They left just in time to
get home before Jupiter Pluvius turn
ed loose his little sprinkler.
The game scheduled for Sunday. be-
tween Athena and Freewater ball
teams, did not materialize For some
reason or other the team from the
town where water is free, did not put
in it's appearance. The Athena toys
J are of the opinion that the Freewater-
ties should wear footwarmers instead
of baseball shoes.
Weston Leader: Will Preston is
here from Huntington Beach. Cali
fornia, looking after the sale of about
150 weed cutters manufactured at
| Walla Walla from his fathers design.
A ready demand has arisen for this
useful machine. Will was recently
graduated from the Huntington Beach
high school.
At the conclusion OF the reunion
the following officers were elected by
the Oregon Pioneers Association of
Umatilla County: S. A. Barnes, pres
ident; J. M. O'Harra, secretary and
treasurer. President Barnes has ap-
pointed as an executive committee the
following pioneers: J. M. Ashworth,
g. w. Proebstel, r. M. Powers.
Rev. J. P. Sharp, of Philadelphia,
brother of DR.. S. +. Sharp arrived in
the city yesterday from Portland.
Rev. Sharp is pastor OF Philadelphia
| United PRESBYTERIAN church and was a
delegate to the National Presbyterian
assembly held in Denver last month.
/ Rev. Sharp went to California from
Denver, and is now en- route home.
Saturday Cass Cannon hitched up
his spanking span of roadsters to his
Sears RoeEuck chariot and with a
party of friends, drove over to the
Umatilla. Cass, who is an expert
angler, caught the only fish in the
river, and then disgusted his compan-
ions by losing the fish to Ira Kemp
at throwing "heads, you win; tails. l
lose. John" Dobson may now catch
onto Kemp's method of fishing.
"Pete" O'Harra, the Pacific Coast
Elevator Company agent was in Walla
Walla Sunday. In company with
Wood and couple of other Weston
ties, he drove to Milton and went in
to the garden city. over the iuterur.
ban. The boys took in the Wallt
Walla Waitsburg ball game. Wallt
Walla won by the close score O
to 3. Henry LaBache, pitching
for Waitsburg won the game but his
support handed it back to the Walli
Walla aggregation.
J George Rosenzweig is down from
Eltopia, on visit to old Athens
friends. George brings some sample
Of Eltopia wheat which etfeotuall.
quashes all reports that wheat in tina
locality is failure. He brings TIVE
samples, taken indiscriminately from
the fields, one sample of California
! fife which measures four and one hal
feet in height, and ono of Dale wheat
we'll filled, which is three and a hal
feet tall. The Rosenzweigs are not il
wheat very heavily this year, but will
have large amount of hay. Mex
year they expect to have in about 80,
acres of wheat.
] A large number of people gathere'
at the cemetery Sunday afternoon t
witness the impressive unveiling cere
monies of the Women of Woodoraf
j at the grave of their departed sister