The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-08-11

Vacant houses are scarce in Athena.
Only few are available and when
school begins in few weeks. those
coming from the country will have
difficulty 10 securing suitable Iesiden-
ces for the wiuter.
Letters from New York City to PEN
dleton relatives say that the condition
of Lester Swaggart is greatly improved
and under the care of specialist, he
continues to improve. Hopes are now
entertained for his recovery.
Frank Lock wood, an old timer of
this section, but now resident Of
Walla Walla, was in the city We'd
nesday. The day was when Frank
was familiar figure on the streets Of
"Centerville, Adams and Helix.
W. r. Taylor came in from Albee
Tuesday evening with 60 head of fine
beef cattle for the Taylor e. LIE Grow
meat market. In the lot is some of
the lest beef that ever came to Athe-
ma. Hugh Robie helped drive.
Mrs. A. J. Bagley visited at the
home of her sister. Mrs. Fred Koontz,
this week. She was accompanied by
her daughter, Mis-. Bagley resides at
Bull, Idaho. and was on her return
home after visiting relatives at Port
land.
AS the result of quarrel said to Ee
of long standing and arising from ieal
ousy, Mrs. ID. B. Woodruff, wife of
real estate dealer, we'll known in
Walla Walla. fred five shots at her
| husband. one of which took effect.
He will recover.
Dan Meek, young man employed
with Watts Bros. threshing crew, had
the misfortune to get bis thumb caught
10 sprocket chain Wednesday, with
the result that the end of the digit
was cut nearly off. He was brought
to town and DR.. Newsom dressed the
Injury.
A motor. sent by the Press to Seat
tie for repairs has failed to work since
its return. George Mahar. electrician
for the Preston Shaffer Milling COM
pany is now at work on the machine,
and its safe bet that after he gets
through with it there'll be no trouble
with its speed.
The Pendleton Roundup is in for
some splendid advertising by the o.
W. r. e. N. One of the finest speoi-
mems in the folder line we have seen
for many a day has recently come
from the press. 1t is printed in har-
monious eolors and the reading matter
is descriptive of western range life.
Virgil Zerba is certainly Athena's g
utility mechanic. His services are
daily required in repairing automo-
ssiilas oil as, combined harvesters, engines.
windmills. clocks. bycioles, wheelEar-
rows, sewing machines. ETC.. and be-
sides he finds time to do fairly good
days work in the blacksmith shop.
Wines are the staples in family liq-
ours. Bert Cartano carries large
and varied stock of select vintages.
$3.50 per gallon, you can get choice
Tokay, Musoat, Angelica, Sweet Ca
tawba or Port. These are CALIFORNIA; 8
best product and give satisfaction
wherever used. Call at the Red Front
for the best and purest liquors.
Will Saunders and family are over
from La GIande. visiting relatives in
this vicinity. Mr.. Saunders is loco
motive engineer and runs on the o..
W. R. & N. out of La Grande, and he
is taking a 60-day vacation, portion
of which he will spend in the harvest
field to enjoy rest from the engine
cab and collect a tinge of tan.
While engaged in his task in the
harvest field last Saturday, Mart Has
kett met with an accident that resu lied
in broken arm and a bruised head.
| While the machine was being changed
from one setting to another, Haskett
| was knocked over by the belt jack
which operates the self feeder on the
machine. He will be laid up indetfi-
nitely.
Game wsrdens are patrolling the foot
bills of the Blue Mountains to keep
hunters from killing grouse before
the season opens next Tuesday, A re-
port given the Weston Leader by
mountain ranoher says one man saw
over three hundred recently. 1t is not
said whether he saw them all in one
tunoh, or met up with same bunch
hundred times or so.
The Live Wire says that Pendleton's
unprecedented visitation by rattle.
snakes has not been limited to the three
foot reptile slain by Mrs. Elmer Tur-
ner in the yard of her home at Byers
grove, according to later reports. For
some unaocountable reason the snake
crop appears to be tlourishing and the
Iattlers, while not swarming in the
streets, are making themselves too
numerous for comfort.
w. r. Taylor is authority for the
statement that Brother MoManus of
the Pilot Rock Record has the finest
bunch of White Orpiugtons he ever
gazed upon. "Mo" has corraled the
newspaper business out at the Rock,
runs the post office, is the owner of
"Appleburg" and a coyote that talks
like parrot. and here is intelligence
that he is about to tl-h-h-a-g Keller
strass in the poultry business. It's
worse than Wood in the palmy days
of his Franklin county real estate
deals.
The Mothers Club met at the home
of Mrs, Thomas Lawson, Friday after
noon. twelve ladies being present.. The
articles read Ev Mesdames Mel
drum, Burke and Fix. we're both iu-
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