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

| S. T. Phillips has brought eject.
meht proceedings against John Har-
der. The action is to recover posses
sion Of a parcel of land on little Dry
Creek. Peterson & Wilson are attor-
neys for Phillips.
TX Watts Bros. and s. f. Wilson have
purchased the John Bergevin farm on
the reservation. The purchasers have
been in possession of the property un-
der lease for some time. The consid-
Grafton was $4,000.
Mrs. Lille Miller will have her
spring opening of millinery today and
tomorrow, when she will have on dis
play a splendid stock of Easter hats
| and street hats. The ladies of Athena
aud vicinity are requested to call and
inspect her stock.
Athena teachers will attend the
Institute at Pendleton Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of next week.
and on those days there will be no
school. Many teachers will be in at
tendance at the Institute from the
states of Oregon. Washington and
Idaho.
Mr.. Luedtke, who has been electri-
cian for the Preston Parton Milling
company, has resigned his position
here and will move to Walla Walla,
where he will enter the employ of the
Northwestern Electric company. He
will make the change the first of the
coming month.
William Tompkins will spend sew
eral weeks at Hot Lake, where he
hopes to receive relief from rheuma-
tism. Mr.. Tompkins has been sorely
afflicted with rheumatism for the
greater part of the winter. Mrs.
Tompkins accompanied him and will
remain at the Lake for few days.
Peterson & Wilson have been re-
tanned as counsel for the Zeb Faucett
heirs in a suit brought to recover pos
session of the Faucett homestead
which is now held by Moses Taylor.
This land was transferred by Jesse
Kilgore whom, the plaintiffs allege,
was to hold it in trust, to the Farmers
Bank of Weston. which in turn sold it
to Taylor. The farm is one of the
best in this vicinity and contains $50
acres.
President Crawford of the Tuna
lum Lumber company was in the city
Tuesday. He came over from Relix,
where he had finished an inventory of
J. W. Smiths lumber yard at that
place, which he had purchased. This
purchase makes nine yards now owned
by the Ium-a-lum company. Mr..
Smiths intentions for the future are
not known but it is probable that he
will go to the Willamette valley where
his family resides.
It's going some. when an Athena
business can successfully compete with
Portland houses and get the business.
A case in point is that of N. A. Miller
who sold large bill of furniture to
James Ritohie, Of Weston. who left
this week fer his new home near Port.
land Mr.. Ritchie. who has long been
a customer of Mr.. Miller's, purchased
Of the Athena man the entire furnish
| ing for his new home, even to the car.
pets, which Mr.. Miller will put down
when he goes to Portland next week tt
purchase carload of furniture.
* Seven prisoners sawed their way out
OF the county Jail Saturday evening
and made their escape. Sheriff Taylor
and his deputies Immediately took up
the trail with the result that four of
the escapes are again behind the bars.
and it is thought the other three will
soon be apprehended. One Of the
men was caught att Umatilla the
morning following the Jail delivery
and Sheriff Taylor captured the other
three on Upper Mckay creek. whittier
they had gone after stealing a couple
Of horses. ON which they were trying
to ride out of the country.