The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-10-09

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Cleve Myers was called to Walla
NValla again this week on account of
the dangerous sickuess of his mother.
InIn the Spokane races Monday Fay
LIE Crows Brush Up took first money
in the five furlong race; time :03 l-2.
Mrs. Lizzie Jones went to Echo
Wednesday, where she will attend to
her millinery business for week or
more.
Just received at Mrs. Lille Miller's,
a large shipment of the latest and mob
biest in children 3 hats. $1.00 and up
ward.
! "a. L. Jones accompanied his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Boynton to Pendleton
Tuesday where he will visit for some
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin of Walla
WalIa visited their daughter Mrs.
William Winship in this city this
week.
Good Groom house tor rent; bath,
pantry etc. Inquire Of Miss Eva
! Wright, at the Athena Mercantile
Co.'S. store.
Win Brown of the Milton Eagle, is
assisting in the press and job work at
the Press office during the absence of
its manager.
DR.. J. q. Smith, mayor of Grants
Pass aud formerly practioing medicine
in Athena. was recently elected to the
state legislature.
I Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Muir, of Free
water, were guests over Sunday OF
their two sisters, Mrs. banner and Mrs.
Wall of this city.
Mrs. A. J. Bagley returned to her
Home in Portland Wedneday after a
pleasant week s visit with her sister,
Mrs. Fred Koontz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeph Lockwood and
daughter, Miss May, and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Bell left Tuesday for Spokane
to attend the fair.
Potatoes for sale at the W. P. Leach
| farm on Weston mountain at $1.25
per sack if taken at once while in sack.
Begin digging Oct. 10.
Miss Matte Jarman has returned
from Portland and has accepted a posi-
tion as saleslady with the Peoples
Warehouse in Pendleton.
Tom Gilke arrived from Washtucna
Tuesday and left soon after for Starkey
where he will join the party of hunters
who went from here Saturday.
w. R. Frame, now of Portland but
formerly mayor of Huntington, was
in the city Tuesday, travelling in the
interests of the Ladd Metal Go.
| A. b. McEwen, Henry Barrett anc
A. L. Swaggart expect to take stock tt
the Walla Walla County Fair mex
week. They generally have ribbon
stock.
CMr. aud Mrs. D. M. Taylor of Port
land visited relatives in Athena thli
week. Mr.. Taylor is a brother tt
David Taylor and Mrs. Jackson Nelson
of this'city.
Vim. Dobson, Fred BOYD and Mil
lard Kelly left Saturday for the head
waters of the Graud Ronde, for theil
annual deer hunt. They expect to bt
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| Mrs. Albert Welch. of the JESSE
James dramatic company, who recent
ly appeared in Athena, had business
in this city yesterday while on hel
way to join her husband in Seattle.
District Superintendent Gabrie
Sykes of the Methodist Episcopa
church, was in the city this week ant
held the first quarterly conference
with the congregation here on Tuesda'
evening.
J. M. Chanler, Henry Sommers am
VIM. Graham of Wallowa Valle
brought over a band of cavalry horse
, to MoDonald's State Line farm nea
Walla Walla for inspection by tn
government Eoard.
} East Oregonian: A party of Pendle
tonians left today for Alberta for th
purpose of looking over that sectior
Among those in the party were Bei
Huffman, Allie, Ernest and Wi
: knight and Dell McOarty.
|
Mrs. A. B. MoEwen returned SatuI
: day from Pendleton where she ylsite
t her daughter Jessie WHO is attendir
the PehdIeton Academy. Miss Jess