The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-07-01


The little son of Mrs. frankie Rms
sell has been seriously Ill at the home
of his grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis LaBrache this week. The
child is afflicted with a swelling on
the side of the neck and to relieve it,
lancing was resorted to.
The Union Temperance Meeting
which was to have occurred at the
Baptist church next Sunday, will be
postponed one week. On July 10th
Rev. W. Fl. Marvin Of Walla Walla
will give the union temperance adj
dress in the Baptist church.
x Dell Bros. have moved the Chetl
TMoCo Collough cottage from the West
side onto lot on Adams street, rel
Gently purchased Of Robert Coppock. {
The house contains five nice rooms.
It will be offered for rent and will
make most desirable place in which
to live.
Colonel Wood was among the dis
tinguished Weston visitors at the ball
game Sunday. The colonel was in
terested in seeing Pendleton defeated
by the Maioons. but like the rest Of us
had to be content with seeing the big
end of the score chalked up for the
county seaters.
The Indians expect to have good
celebration this year. The big jolli-s
f1cation will take place at the Mission
and general invitation is extended
the whites to attend, but no rowdies
wanted. For the races, horses are
entered from the Yakima and Nez
Perce reservations.
East Oregonian: James Cox, q
former we'll known Umatilla county
ball player, who formerly performed
for the Athena Yellow Kids and later
for Pendleton in the days when the
Umatilla county league was in its.
glory, but who is now located in Spo-
kane. is the guest of local friends.
Pendieton and Weston ball teams
clash for the last time this season on
the Weston grounds Sunday afternoon.
Weston won the pennant in the Blue
Mountain league. Athena's defeat
OF Pendleton In the II inning game
had the result Of making it easy sled
ding for the Mountaineers in their.
rush to victory.
II any members of the Umatilla
county Caledonian Society have cop-
les of the Press of May ~. which
contained accounts of the Picnic.
they will confer favor Ey sending
that paper to j. P. Robertson. 571,
Gideon st, Portland. The supply of
that issue at the Press office is exhaus-
| ted, hence this request.
There is another good garden in
Athena this year, as samples brought
to the Press Office yesterday by Mrs.
Fl. Fl. Hill clearly demonstrate. Peas,
potatoes and Eeets in profusion and
of the very choicest varieties were in
the collection. In corner OF the
basket reposed boquet Of fine roses
authorizations. that for beauty and
fragrance would compete with high
honors with the California product.
TX Clarence Brotherton got In the way
Voka horses heels yesterday morning
and received the full fcrce OF vicious
kick on the nose. The ZONES on one
side were fractured, but the skin was
not badly broken and no scar will re-
suit. Clarence was doctoring the
horse when be let fly with his heels.
The young man is getting along all
right, but it is question whether be
takes contemplated trip to the
springs.
The Swaggart Land company, OF
which A. l.. Swaggart is president. is
negotiating an exchange of land looat-
ed on Birch creek, south of Pendleton,
for an apartment house and other
property in Portland. Should the
deal go through. which it probably
will, the property valuation involved
WILL be about $4,000. The land was
purchased several years ago and has
been in cultivation under the super
vision of Frank Swaggart.