The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-09-18

Tuesday evening and is working In
Ohas. Barrows' place at the store. Mr.
Barrows being indisposed.
Mrs. B. w. Myers and daughter,
Grace. have returned from an extend
ed visit with relatives and friends at
Portland aud Oregon City.
Miss Martha Gerking. a graduate
from the Athena High school last
year, will teach private school at
Rhea creek. Morrow county.
Mrs. Jocelyn Roberts. who has been
visiting her mother here for several
days. returned the first of the week to
her home in Pomeroy. Wash.
Fay LeGrow is becoming an expert
maker Of rawhide hackamores. He
has lately completed two excellent
specimens which are beauties.
For the Pacific National Fair and
Live Stock Show at Portland. the O.
r. s. N. will sell round trip tickets
September 81, from Athens at 30;
Bob Russell went over to Walla
Walla wednesday evening and witt
messed the production Of Coming
Thro' the Rye" at the Keylor Grand
theatre.
Mrs. M. L. Akers and daughter
arrived Saturday from their home on
Mckay creek. and are guests at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Swaggart.
4Arthur Stone returned Monday to
whitman, where he will resume bis
studies. Mr.. Stone is senior and
| this year will see the close of bis
school life at Whitman
vJesse ELLINGTON, who has Eeen work
ahg in Washington harvest fields this
summer, stopped in Athena this week
tor few days visit before returning
to his studies alto. A. G.
| Miss Mabel Guilletts commenced
the winters term Of school at the
Union school house on Monday. Sep
tember z. This is Miss Guillette's
second year in this district.
Mrs. Gross, grand organizer for the
Ladies' Of the Maccabees, was in the
/ city last week, ON official business
| Sunday Mrs. Cross and Mrs. DePeatl
were entertained at the Brotherton
home.
Born at Adams, Tuesday, Septem
ber Is. 1908, to Mr.and Mrs. A. NJ
Troyer, an pound girl. The mother
is on visit to her sister, Mrs. Jas
Ovens. and their home is in Spiri'
Lake, Idaho.
| Jaok Swart, formerly Q. r. q n
| agent at Athena. and. now holding Z
like position at Dayton, WASH, was
nominated for county clerk at the re
1 publican primaries of Columbia coun
| ty, last week.
IN Miss Alloy Foss has been elected to
i position In the Hawthorne school il
| Pendleton, and will resign her schpo
in Glasgow, Montana, and accept tn
| Pendleton school. She commences he
duties Monday.
/ VIM. Winship. who went to Adam
county to close a deal for a whea
ranch, returned home yesterday. Th
farm he was after was sold few day
before he got there and he return
somewhat disappointed.
IN Jerome Hill. while up in the Col
Kville country. took an option on
quarter section of land at $4,000
which is especially adapted to timoth
hay raising. He is favorably i'm
pressed with the Colville country.
Mrs. James Fitzpatrick. of Lostine
Wallowa county, with her mother
Mrs. Saunders, were visiting in Athen
this week. Mrs. Fitzpatrick has sper
thessummer on the coast, after sewers
weeks spent III q Portland hospital.
Ralph Gillis was down this wee
from his home near Washtuona. E
will attend the Washington Agricn
tural college at Pullman. Ralph
an energetic, gentlemanly young fe
low and the Press is interested In hin
Mr.. A. Fl. Hamm, Of Humansvill
Mo-, was in the city this week visitiI
at the home of bis sister, Mrs. A. ]
) Luna. In company with bis siste
] be left Wednesday for Condor, whe
Q they will visit other relatives for Sc
erai days.
s One of the most exciting runawa
! that has taken place in Athena
j. many day happened Monday wh
Prank Riehmoud's f0ur-horse tea