The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-23

TB. B. Richards, guardian for Lynch
Vanderpool, made trip to the Van
derpool homestead on the mountain
J Tuesday, and sold at public sale some
hogs and hay. The hogs brought a
good price and the hay went at $12 per
ton.
4 Miss Leta Ellington is engaged in
teaching term of school in the grades
of the Joseph, Wallowa county, public
schools. Miss Ellington passed through
from her home in Corvallis last week,
but did not have time to visit Athena
on the way.
There will be good attendance at
the Pendleton fair and Roundup from
Athena next week, weather permitting
or not. Entertainment down there
promises to be of high order, and the
word of the management has gone out
that no one will be disappointed.
Miss Doris Barnes, of Weston, has.
been elected Ey the school board to
teach the third and fourth grades in
the Athena public school. The school
is yet short one teacher. and until one
is secured. Mrs. Watts will teach in
the primary department.
Republicans and others should read
the arguments published in the Cor
rupt Practices pamphlet. supplied by
William J. Clarke and Willis S. Dun
lway. and then decide who was telling
the truth. Which one is the tax
PAYERS friend?--(Paid adv.)
NMrs. o. A. Reeder and little daugh-
ter of Tacoma. and Miss Kittie Ghol
son, arrived in the city Tuesday and
will spend several weeks visiting here.
Miss Gholson has spent the past six
or eight months in Tacoma, where she
was pursuing her studies in music.
"Jinks" Taylor went down to Arl-
ington Wednesday where he re
ceived some bronchos which are to be
used in the buoking stunts at the
Roundup in Pendleton next week.
The Roundup will take place on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week.
u The Sam PamErun farm south of
town is turning off some excellent
fruit this season. Apples and pears
are of especially fine quality and the
trees are loaded with the luscious
fruit. Some of the finest eating apples
ever seen in this city were brought to
town this week by Mr.. Pambrun.
James Ritchies who recently sold his
farm near Weston, came up from his
home near Portland this week. Jim
likes his new home. but has tender
feeling for this section of the test
country on earth. He put up at Char
ley Brothertion's home long enough
to get square meal and then "hiked"
over the hill to Weston.
x Rain yesterday caught the workmen
engaged in putting on the new roof of
the K. of P.-Odd Fellows hall with
the roof about half completed. Con-
siderable water dIipped onto the floor
of the lodge room and some went
through to the store room below. The
Pioneers tent was secured from Wes.
ton, which greatly relieved The situa-
tipn.
a Mr.. Wells, assistant principal of the
Athena High school. has had a lunch
OF football players out to practice each
evening this week. Mr.. Wells was
one of the star players on the Univer-
sity of Washington football team last
year and knows the game from a to
lizard. He hopes to be able to make
a creditatle showing with the Athena
team this year.
For the accommodation of visitors to
the Roundup ;! at Pendleton and in
addi tion to regular trains, the O.. R.
& N. 90. will run special train,
Walla Walla to Pendleton and return,
leaving Walla Walla at 10000 a. M.
September 30, 80 and October 1st, and |
Pendleton at 10:30 p. M, same dates.
These trains will pass Athena, going
to Pendleton about 11:15 a. m., and
returning about 10 p. m.
If State Printer Duniway has made
a saving to the taxpayers of the state
Of $4,000 in three years why does he
not show it by facts and figures? ALI
this great saving is credited to utter
ances by the state press through arti-
cles probably written or inspired by
the state printer himself. In fact all
such savings were made by the Sacre-
tary of State under conditions over
which Duniway had no control. The
figures quoted by William J. Clarke,
the Republican, fat salary candidate,
who stands alone as pledged to this
great reform, are taken from the re-
cords in the Secretary of States Office.
They are material and contain facts
and figures which the voter and tax
payer should know" says Judge Gal
IOWay (damooratiol eircuit indpa of