The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-03-25

" Vacant lots are now occupied by the
Small boy and his ball and bat. Just
now there are numerous juvenile Ty
] Oobbs and Hans Wagners, hereabouts.
| In a little while it will be marbles
and kites for the kids.
Tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, the
ladies of the @. W. B. M. entertain
at their annual Missionary Tea, in
the Christian church. Come and en-
joy good program, good cup o. tea,
and help good cause along.
VWilliam J. and John King have
rented the Willaby place northeast of
l'town, from W. P. Willaby. This is
one of the best wheat farms in Uma-
tilla county. Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
King will reside on the place.
X Elmer Hogoboom of Walla Walla
passed through town yesterday on his
way to Wallowa county. He took
Brushup. Agrippina and Stella j.,
three Of Fay LIE Grows race animals
to the Hogoboom stock ranch.
Miss Lula Tharp ran a narrow es-
kcape from being severely burned abont
the face Wednesday. AS it was, her
hair and eyebrows weres slightly
singed, and a small burn on the side
of the face attest to the danger of
using kerosene for kindling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis B. Harris drop
| ped in on their friends here Tuesday
morning from Waitsburg, WASH. and
visited during the day. They left on
the AIS train for Angola. Indiana.
where they will remain for a couple
Of months before returning west.
KMr. Herman Beverly came up from
HPortland Sunday. and returned to that
CITY Wednesday of this week. He will
remain for couple Of months. looking
after business affairs. : He shipped the
Wilson Beverly automobile to Port.
land. and will use the machine there.
Considerable gardening has been
done already in Athena this spring.
The season promises to be more than
ordinarily favorable for vegetable
growth and in cases where seeds were
planted a week or more ago. the
plants have come through the ground.
! XThe large amount of moisture in the
ground gives the farmers in the west
ern and southern part of the county
bright prospects for good crops this
season. In the.Pilot Rock country
large acreage has been seeded. The
barley crop is expected to be the larg-
est in the history of that section.
Miss Ettabel Swaggart. who has
been ill for the past several weeks at
her home north of town, is now on
the fair road to recovery. Wednesday
she accompanied her grandmother,
Mrs Nelson Swaggart, to her home in
Pendleton, where she will remain for
sometime and take treatment OF DR..
Smith.
IY Fl. Fl. Hill, local agent for the
washington Nursery company, this
week received shipment of fruit and
ornamental trees, shrubs etc. J. II.
Froome takes $45 worth of ornament
al, fruit and nut trees, and Others who
have trees in the shipment are: j. A.
Kirk, +. M. Mansfield, e. A. Dudley,
W. E. Campbell and Chas. Groves.
H. G. Cases large cherry tree order
was shipped direct to The Dalles.
Mrs. Shepard, state president of the
Utah W. @. T. u, will give an ad-
dress in the Baptist church on Tuesday
evening. March 20. tt will be re-
mem bered that Mrs. Shepard was here
about year ago; and those who
i heard her at that time will be pleased
that arrangements have been made
for her temperance here. No doubt
large audience will gather to well
come this brilliant temperance worker
on Tuesday evening.
The Jail breaking spirit must be in
the air for an unsuccessful attempt
was made Monday evening by confed.
crates on the outside t. effect whole
sale delivery of the fourteen prisoners
being confined in the city jail on min
or charges. says the East Oregonian.
The outer gate to the barred passage
behind the Jail was opened, but the
back door to the Jail successfully
withstood all attempts to force an en-
trance.