The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-04

Moving of the rank growth of grass
and weeds along the streets should he
the order of the day. The man with
the strong arm and scythe is in de-
mand.
S. A. Barnes, David Lavender and
B. b. Hall, were among the Weston,
Masons who attended the banquet
given by Dolph Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
Friday night.
Mrs. P. A. Worthington. of Port
land. who is visiting her mother, Mrs
Emery Sailing, in Weston, is spending
the day with Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Worthington.
III. Z. Collier, of the firm of Collier
& Winter, Pendleton, is said to have
disposed of his law practice to his
partner, and expects to join the Pm
dleton colony in Portland.
Jerry st. Dennis settled the case
wherein action was brought against
him by Joe Gay for the recovery OF
money. by paying the sum sued for.
and the team which had been attached
was released.
e&"Link" Swaggart came up from
Pendleton the other evening, and had
in his possession new dog. The ca
nine is of royal purple lineage, is
Rhode Island Red in color, all the rest
being inst plain dog.
Mrs. Mary Dudley of Seattle, WASH,
arrived in the city last evening, and
will visit at the La Brache home south
of town. Mrs. Dudley and Mr.. La
Brache are sister and brother and have
not met before in II years.
MIS-. L. H. Howell, who formerly
resided at Fairfield. Wash. with her
family is visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Charles Norris. Mr.. How
ell has gone on to the Willamette val
ley, where they expect to make their
home.
Today is strawberry day" at Mil
ton, and number of athena people
are attending the Zig picnic. Milton
peopl are noted for their hospitality
and the people of the county take plea
sure in visiting their town. whenever
possible.
4 Three Holt combined harvesters
were unloaded here Saturday. One
machine each was consigned to E. A.
Dudley, Henry Schmitt and Joe For
rest. The harvesters were purchased
from E. L. Smith, salesman for the
Holt Manufacturing company.
Mountain potato raisers are just
planting "spuds" for this seasons
crop. A vast difference exists between
the production of potatoes on valley
land and mountain soil. Down here
the potato plant is six to eight inch
es high. but when potato harvest ar
rives, the mountain product will have
its inning.
- Rev. Geo. Il. Ellis came down
from Baker City Saturday. Rev.
Ellis occupied his pulpit in the Bap-
tist church Sunday morning and even
ing, and yesterday returned to Baker
where he is taking medical treatment.
He is very much improved, and re-
ports that his son. who recently un-
derwent surgical operation, is doing
nicely.
The Children s day exercises at the
Christian church Sunday evening
were largely attended, the big aud :
itoriam and gallery being we'll filed.
The church was profusely decorated
with vines, asparagus plumes and ros-
es, with boquets of out flowers and
greenery banked in the background.
The recitntions, drills and songs were
we'll rendered and showed the result
of hard work on the part of those in
charge of the program. A special
feature was the choir, composed of 16
! girls in white, whose rich young voic-
, es rang out sweetly in che beautiful
new songs arranged specially for the
day. A solo by little Lucille Taylor
j was received with marked favor, but