The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-05-20

George Knight. of Pendleton. was a
guest Saturday of bis sister, in law,
Mrs. Vaughn. This is Mr.. Knights
first visit in Athena for nine years.
x Chas. Brotherton reports that spring
sown grain in Franklin county, Wash.
promises to yield a good crop this Sc a.
son. He has large acreage there.
y Judge Stephen A. Lowell came up
from Pendleton yesterday and last
evening delivered an address at the
graduating exercises of the Athena
High school.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Leonard of
Walla Walla and Mrs. Fred Stine of
Spokane, attended the Kidder-C Cation
wedding Wednesday. The ladies are
aunts of the bride.
= The Athena Truck company have an
abundance of water in the rev we'll
recently put down. The water is
pumped by an electric motor, and used
for street sprinkling purposes.
1.-The Tharp and Barrett autos were
pressed into service Sunday in con-
yeying party of sight-seers to the
power plant on the Walla Walla river.
An enjoyable day was passed by the
participants.
Attorney Wilson and BIB. Richards
attended meeting Of the Pendleton
Commercial Association Tuesday eve
ming, at which the proposition of get
ting up new county division bill
was discussed.
Several of the mountain ranehers
are hauling their last years timothy
hay crop. Many failed to take advan-
tage of the prevailing high prices last
fall and winter and are now selling
at much lower figure.
NThe tennis court at the upper end
of>Main street is attracting a numter
of players and some closely contested
and interesting games have been play
ed. The best playing go far has been
by DR.. Newsom and Fay LeGrow.
\ The Press acknowledges receipt of
Che announcement Of the graduation
of Miss Bertha Gross, from the Salem
School of Oratory. We extend con-
gratulations and wishes for the young
lady's success in her chosen vocation.
Len Akers has traded his Mckay
creek ranch for controlling interest
in the Pendleton Iron & Machine
Works. Mr.. Akers and Marion JacF
are the principal owners of the plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Akers will take up res
idenoe in Pendieton at once.
II, Wray. proprietor Of the Pendle-
ton Marble works, accompanied by his
wife. was in the city Friday. Mr..
Wray has recently placed monuments
at the graves of the late T. J. Kirk,
VIM. Willaty. R. J. Boldly and John
McIntyre.
Word was received in Athena yes
terday announcing the death of
Mrs George CHM, who died yester-
day at a. IN. ,as the result of an op-
Grafton at a Walla Walla hospital.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been announced.
NMiss Edna Taylor left yesterday for
Corvallis, where she will be present
at the graduation from 0. A. O. of her
cousin. Miss Leta Ellington. After
the close of school the family will go
to the coast for the summere. and will
be accompanied by Miss Taylor.
Mem bers of the 9th grade class of
the Athena school enjoyed picnic on
Pine cl eek Tuesday. The party was
ohaperoned by Mesdames Edward E.
Koontz and Harry Mcbride. The
class had finished taking the state
questions, which were given by Mau
rice Hill.
The work of the Teachers Training
course will be taken up by the Ep-
worth League on Sunday evenings at
Z O'Clock. Any one who desires may
join in the Bible study. At s O'Clock
next Sunday evening Mrs R. K. Keene
of Spokane will speak in the Metho-
dist church in the interests of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society.
All women especially invited.
Athena friends will regret to learn
of the sad affliction that has come to
w. f. Butcher, former attorney of
this city and now a resident of Baker
City. He was recently discharged
from Portland sanitarium as being