The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-04-24

Mrs. Lille Miller has received
fine line of new flowers and foliage for
hat trimmings. Beautiful varieties.
Ladies call and see them.
Pendleton base ball enthusiasts have
chartered an excursion train which
will be run to Walla Walla Sunday
for the Pendleton- Walla Walla game.
The train will leave Pendleton at
a. m. and returning will leave Walla
Walla at 2 p. m.
Eiler's piano house puzzle picture
has been solved by Eddie Jarman and
George Wilship. Eddie receives an
$50 certificate and George one for $75.
The face value of these certificates
will be received by the Eilers people as
part payment on piano.
\ George Stages of Weston, recently
made trip from Heppner to Pendle-
ton in his Maxwell auto, in four hours.
In performing the feat, the front axle
Of the auto was sprung and Mr.. Stages
was at Tharp's shop Tuesday, engaged
in taking out the kink.
Mrs. J. R. King, pioneer woman,
we'll known in this vicinity, died at the
family home in Weston, Wednesday
afternoon after a lingering illness
aged SO years, 10 months and 23 days.
The funeral services will be held this
afternoon at the United Brethren
church in Weston.
( Another in the series Of parties in
country homes near Athena was en-
joyed Wednesday night at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ad Pinkerton. About
35 young people were present, and
games were played until near mid
night, when dainty collation. of cake
and coffee was served.
The Carradine meetings which CON-
meneed at the IL. E. church in this
city Wednesday evening, are being
we'll attended. Evangelist Carradine
is an able man and his audiences give
close attention to his disoourses The
meetings will continue indefinitely.
The hour for the evening services is
7:30.
l Miss Eta Muirhead died on the Is
Aast. at the home of her parents in
Dayton, Wash. after three days ILL.,,
ness, from scarlet fever. She was
born in Wallula, Wash. Decem ber 29,
1889, and resided in this city for a
period of three years. She was
mem her of the Sophomore class in the
Dayton high school at the time of her
death.
l1>After persistent effort, N. A. Miller
has been successful in locating sister
of Dan Avery, the man who committed
suicide in the Athena city Jail. Her
name is Mrs. Nina Wentz, and she re-
sides at 3401 thirty sixth street, Taco
ma. The sister was traced by letter
from Minnesota and she writes Mr..
Miller, for information relative to her
| Erother's death.
Mrs. Carnahan, "a trained nurse, of
experience, who il sister of T. w.
Jones, Athenas progressive baker,
was called from Walla Walla last
week to attend Leo Judy. who has
been very i'll with pneumonia. The
boy is better and Mrs. Cafnahan has
this week taken turns nursing in the
families of Mrs. Payne and Mrs.
Baker.
Physicians all over the northwest
have been com baliing peculiar form
of pneumonia. In nearly every in
stance the right lung of the patient
becomes oongested and slight hemor-
rhages with high fever occur. In
Athena there have been several cases.
AT present DIR. Sharp is attending
cases in the families of Mrs. Fry, Mrs.
Baker. Mrs. Payne and Mr.. Brother
ton.
frBert Richards. after due and delit-
crate consideration has decided that be
has earned rest, and be will seek
recreation among the scenes of his
boyhood in the Willamette Valley.
He will leave about May 10 and will
be away from Athena about three
weeks. The Press man gives no cre-
dence whatever to the whispering ru-
NOR that the General" has matri-
monial intentions and that his recrea-
tion trip is to be merged into wedding
tour H0 @
n The Press man has been farming a
little some this week. By actual
count, he planted 81 hills of potatoes.
and he'll wager old "Joe" against
Woods new merschaum pipe, that he
digs larger crop Of spuds in return
for his labor than the colonel ever har.
vested from his Gardena ranch. Early
Rose is the variety of seed to be selec
! ted for the best returns in the scientific
art of potato raising. otter failure