The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-14

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Sam Bau mister has come over from
Wallowa to harvest his grain here.
Sam likes the Wallowa country, and
after harvest will return. His fam
lily is residing on the farm there.
James Quick, one of the best known
insurance men on the Pacific Coast,
has been in the city the past week,
assisting bis local agent. B. B. Rich
ards. in soliciting grain insurance.
| Harvest crews and others who desire
first class new potatoes and garden
vegetables can get the same of S. s.
Piersol at most reasonable prices.
First house south of David Taylor's.
VIM Mcdonald, formerly baker of
this city but lately homesteading in
Wallowa county, was taken recently
to Colorado Springs. for treatment for
lung trouble. He is reported to sbe
in very i'll health.
Portland has teen chosen as the
meeting place for the National grand
lodge of Elks in 1919. The selection
was made Tuesday at the session of the
National grand lodge session at Allan
tic City, New Jersey.
The Yakima Tigers were roughly
handled by the Walla Walla Bears in
Sundays game. Berger pitched. and
Walla Walla won by score of II to
0. The Tigers won the pennant in
the Yakima Valley league.
Neil Dozier. Sam Endicott. Pendle-
ton gamblers and man named
Vaughan, of Heppner, were arrested
and convicted of gambling at Pendle-
ton, Wednesday. Officers caught them
in game at the Palace lodging house.
Bundy & Christian are giving fine
dustpan with each purchase made at
their paint store amounting to $3.50
These dust collectors arc of the "save-
your-back" variety and neatly print
ed on them is the firms advertise
ment.
Henry Barrett exhibited samples of
wheat threshed this week on the Geer
Springs ranch. The wheat is of good
quality and will average from 25 to
80 bushels per acre. His new COM
bine is working we'll and giving salts
faction.
D. R. Brownell. postmaster at Una
tilla. and Mrs. Shinkle of Redlands.
CAL, were united III marriage last
week. The wedding is the result of
romance that occurred in the youth
of the couple. They we're sweethearts
45 years ago.
Camps MoDougal and Cold Spring
and other mountain resorts are begin
ming to appeal to campers who desire
to escape the heated term. A Eountiful
crop of huckleberriss is an additional
inducement to those desiring to travel
mountainward.
Walla Walla will try the commits
sion form of city government. Under
the Allen law. the question was re-
fe1red to the voters in the election re-
Gently held, with the result that the
commission plan carried by an over
whelming majority.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Schmitt and
family of Waitsburg, and Rev. Law
son and family of this city, were
recently entertained at the home Of
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Sohmitt west of
town. A most enjoyable time was
spent by all present.
The Sunshine club held the last
meeting Of the summer at the home of
Mrs. W. H. Kissler. last week. Ad-
journment was taken until after the
harvest, when the club will meet at
the home of Mrs. VIM. Piper. on the
second Thursday in October
E. A. Dudleys new combine is
equipped with gasoline engine.
which will give power for the separat-
or portion of the machine. These en-
gines are proving to be a success on
the com hines and make the machines
more proficient in every respect.
Mrs. Kidwell, of Walla Walla, who
was the guest of her sister. Mrs. Girls
void. for several days, had the mis-
fortune to sprain her ankle while
visiting at the home of MI. and MIR.
Joseph Forrest. Mrs. Kidwell left
for her home Wednesday evening.
Kendall Smith had the misfortune
to chop off the end of his thumb We'd
nesday. The lad was ohopping kind
ling wi b hatobet and missing the
stick struck his thumb. Prompt at
tention served to replace the severed
part, SO that no serious injury will
result,
John Rothrock came down from his
mountain ranch near Meaoham Tues
day. He has been engaged in getting
ont bis winter g supply of wood. He
reports good prospects for bountiful
huckleberry crop. His family will 60
to the ranch for the summer. in cou
pie Of weeks.
Railway companies will hereafter
pay cash for their newspaper adver-
tising instead of exchanging transpor-
tation for advei tising space. The in
terstate commerce law makes the
handling of space transportation un-
satisfactory, hence the change to
cash Sasis.
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