The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-30

. Mr.. Belts hopes for benefit from the
] mountain air and will remain all DUR
ing the warm weather.
! KMr. and Mrs. Preston. parents of
MRS. Joseph N. Scott. arrived in the
city the first of the week from Cali
fornia and are visiting their daughter
west of town.
Jesse Kilgore came up from Cor
nelius this week and is greeting old
friends here. His SON, Robert, is also
up from Los Angeles. looking after his
interests in this county.
NA. R. Booher this week shipped
the household goods of his daughter,
Mrs. James Feeler, to her present home
near Bull, Idaho. Mr.. Feeler is a
prosperous landholder in that vicinity.
The best cook in the world can't
make good cup of coffee out of old
stock that has been on the shelves for
six months. Chase & San born coffee is
always fresh. Sold by T.. NJ. Taggart
& Co.
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In the Walla Walla Bulletins pop
ularity contest commenced Monday,
are noticed the names of three Athena
young ladies': Miss Velma Wilkenson,
Miss Myrtle Thompson and Mrs.
Griswold.
lNJohn O'Harra, the we'll known Wes-
yt6n rancher. was in town Monday
interviewing Athena wheat raisers
| in regard to threshing. Mr.. O'Harra
owns large steam threshing outfit
and is seeking work in this vicinity.
The rain during the fore part of the
week made it decidedly unpleasant for
campers in the mountains. Tents
which were not provided with
board floors were flooded with water,
causing discontinue to the occupants.
fI During the past week @. A. Barrett
4 has been appointed to two offices. He
is now resident agent for the Title q
Guarantee company, the we'll known
bonding company of Philadelphia,
and is also notary public for Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis B. Harris, of the
EChristian church returned Saturday
| from a visit in Washington. They
were accompanied home by Raymond.
young brother of Mr.. Harris, who
will remain in Athena for few weeks.
lNJohn Walters is ''trying out" new
Fcombine in the Wilks field southeast
of town. In appearance the machine,
which was manufactured in Walla
Walla, does not differ from other
combines, but the machinery is driv-
en- by gasoline enigne power.
The ladies auxiliary of the Chris
tian Woman's Board of Missions will
not meet this month, owing to the
busy harvest season. However, it
will meet as usual on the first We'd
nesday afternoon in September. at the
home of Mrs. Jackson Nelson.
Steve Derrick, employed by the
Henderson contracting house of Walla
, Walla. is putting down new cement
] floor in the basement of the First Ma
| tional Bank. Mr.. Derrick is an old
friend of o. A. Rhodes. and is en-
, joying stay at his home here.
t MISS Ella Ayers. who for three
years practieed the art of teaching IN
Whitman conservatory of Music
will organize Piano class in this
city beginning about September !.
8 Names may be left with Mrs. Homer
I. Watts, at whose home lessons will
be given by Miss Ayers. tt
Davis Kaser g of Walla Walla have
just inaugurated a Great August
Clearance sale. Everything in their
$15O.O0O stock of home furnishings is
j reduced to factory cost and less. IL
will pay you well to make q trip to
Walla Walla during this sale. II you
capt. 60 write for particulars.
"Wednesday evening Austin Foss and
wife and York Dell formed an auto
party who drove to Walla Walla. Mrs
Foss went from there to Tacoma and
Z Seattle. where she will spend month
8 and see the fair. She will Ee ac-
! companied home by her sister, Miss
Kittie Gholson who has spent the
E summer on the Sound.
E The Ideal Christian association viii
meet this evening at the home OF MI
and Mrs. Fred Kershaw, where an in
teresting program will be carried out
E The meeting last week was held at tn
home of Mrs. A. A. Foss, when pro
E gressive finch was the order Of tn
evening and dainty refreshment
were served.
I East Oregonian: Sheriff Caldwell
4 of Alturas, California, arrived in Pen
J dleton last evening to take charge
i W. A. Bannister. recently indicte
s by the grand jury in the Californi
/ county, and left on the next train tai
4 ing his prisoner with him. BanniI
! ter has been held in the county ja1
! for several days. He is charged wit
seduction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Booher, who bay
] been visiting for the past two weel
! with relatives here. LETT Tuesday Il
I their home in indiana. Mr.. Booht
+ was greatly impressed with Umatil
county, and promised that. though
fixture himself in the old state Of i
diana, he would send his son and 9th
friends here to locate. He is an unc