East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-03
ATHENA LADY IS
INJURED IN RUNAWAY
RESIDENTS IN DISPUTE
OVER MOVING POSTOFFTCE
Representative Visits Athena 10 De-
eide the Qucstion-Itain Comes at
OppOrtune Time for the Wheat.
Especial Correspondence }

Athena, Ore. May 2.-Another SER
ious runaway accident occurred near
this city yesterday and the party in
the rig. Mrs. Louie Bergevin. wife OF
wealthy farmer of this community.
was bruised and scratched consider
ably. although no bones were broken.
Mrs. Bergevin was coming to this city
and had just started down a very
steep grade when the horse stumbled.
breaking the shafts and throwing
Mrs. Bergevin forward just behind
the horse, which then started to run.
The frightened animal had run only
short distance when. owing to the
| broken shafts. he was unable to
keep the buggy in the road and ran
into the fence thus stopping him. Mrs.
! Bergevin managed to get out of the
debris and she pluckily recovered the
horse which had only managed to get
partially loose from the buggy. She
: then repaired the buggy enough to
drive home and finding no one OF her
| folks there she drove to town to have
her injuries attended to. which is a
distance OF about eight miles DR..
! Sharp attended the injured woman
number of bruised places and places
where the skin was severely torn. that
there were no further injuries.
Contention Over Postofflce.
one of Uncle Sans representatives
from the Postoffice Department Is
here in this city for the purpose OF
looking over the records and to settle
the question of whether or not the
postoffice should be moved. For
some months there has been two fac
tions working on this question, one
! desiring the office to remain In its
present location and the other who
are backed by the postmaster. wish
ing to remove the postoffice to a
brick building about a block west
nearer the depot in order to take ad-
vantage of n brick building which Is
empty. The postoffice in its present
location is situated in n one-story
wooden building and is in the princi-
pal business block The building
where Il Is wished 10 be moved Is n
one-story brick just block farther
west but not In quite so good lo-
cation as far as the business section Is
concerned. Those who do not wish
to have the postoffice moved state as
their arguments that 1t is more CEN
trally located being near the bank
and about midway between the dry
goods and grocery stores and various
offices Of all kinds The contentious
of the others who say to move the Of
flee are that 1t will be moved In
brick building and that will remove
the danger of fire, besides being in
much cleaner place. The postoffice
inspector finds himself placed In Pc
culiar circumstances and he has not
yet announced his decision in the mat
ter although he has been here for
two or three days investigating the
various business houses and looking
the situation over owing 10 the fact
that Postmaster Worthington desires
to get out Of the present wooden
building, II is rumored that Uncle
Sans man will try to find n suitable
building as near as possible to the
present location. However, nothing
definite has been done.
Rain Benefit to Wheat.
The long dry spell has been brok-
en- today by heavy showers and the
ground is wet down about two inches.
This rain Is coming at a very oppor-
tune time for the wheat as a rain
was needed In some parts quite badly
, although the ground had plenty OF
moisture to keep the grain growing