The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-14

Fire hugs are again at work in
Walla Walla. reports the Union. Sun
day evening q pile of burning excelsior
was found in the basement of Main
street business house, and its timely
discovery prevented disastrous con-
fiagratiou.
HS gh Bell has finished plowing west
/ df to vn and yesterday moved his out
fit to the reservation where he and
James Bell will plow the Umapine
place, containing 500 acres. Five
2-bottom gang plows are expected to
do the work in twenty days. time.
A tissue builder, reconstructor,
builds up waste force. and makes
strong nerves and muscle. You will
realize after taking HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea what wonderful ben
eft it will be to you. 80 cents, Tea or
Tablets. Pioneer Drug Store.
Sam Peterson, the Milton attorney.
brought suit in Justice Miller's court
at Milton against DR.. Nelms of Walla
Walla for the recovery of money due.
Will NJ. Peterson Of this city appeared
for Sam in the case and won. The
Walla Walla doctor paid $51.95 in
cluding costs.
Ed. Forests Reservation Rangers"
came to town Sunday and scalped the
| Athena "Colts'' by one lone score.
The tally sheet shows that the game
ended IA for the Rangers and unluoky
13 for the Colts. Long, nifty hits,
and lots of them, furnished excitement
for the fans, and big crowd witness.
ed the game. Stone, for the Colts had
sore arm and pitched only part OF
the game.
Last evening telegram was receiv-
ed by Ed. Lafave from Rowena. Mon
tana, announcing the critical illness
of his daughter. Mrs. Thos. Bergevin.
MI. and Mrs. Lafave and daughter,
Mrs. Louis Bergevin came into town
this morning to take the train for
Montana, but another telegram await
ed them, announcing the death of Mrs.
Bergevin, which occurred at O'Clock
last evening.
Major Edwards has resigned as
agent OF the Umatilla Indian reserva-
tion and the department has appoint
ed his successor, though his name has
not been made public. County Judge
Gilliland states that he has been re
quested by the department of Indian
affairs, through Agent Edwards, to
transfer all of the Indian guardian
ships from those now holding them to
the agent of the reservation.
East Oregonian: District Attorney
Phelps has received word from Fl. G.
Bryson, of Walla Walla, stating that
the latter desires to test the ccnstitu-
tionality of the Hart law passed at the
last session of the legislature. BY the
terms of the law a license Of 20 cents
per head is imposed upon all sheep
brought into the state, and Mr.. Bry-
son, who is the president OF the We
naha Reserve Woolgrowers' associa-
tion, desires to start friendly suit to
test the validity of the law.
| XClarence McBroom, a we'll known
Dydung stookman of the south part Of
theA county, was shot and instantly
killed by George Horseman. at Cur.
dane Saturday noon. Bad blood had
existed for some time between the two
men, fence being the cause of con-
tention. The shooting was the Gull
mination of fist fight between the
two men in which Horseman was con-
siderably worsted. McBroom died in
stantly and Horseman started for Pen
dleton to give himself up to the sheriff.
The dead man is brother OF Mrs.
Monroe Hicks of Weston.
Byron Hawks recently purchased
couple of rare house plants. 1t is an
nounced that Mr.. Hawks paid fancy
price for the plants, but by Franz
Coolidge. who ts from Iowa, and a
botanist of some pretensions. they are
classed as Usage hedge. Whether this
is a foIerunner for another hedge fence
octopus we are unable to say, but fol
the sake of Link Swaggart and few
others, we hope not. Still it looks sus
picious. 1t is known that Hawks ii
Ufoyv - and IL NAV no that he ia Dlay.