The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-02-23

Ed Walker will raise chickens or
quite an extensive scale. and has pur,
chased an incubator for hatohine
purposes.
Mrs. George Lorrimer. who has been
occupying the Kirk home on Fifth
street. left last week for Boise, to join
her daughter.
Albert Fix. Of the firm of FIX &
Radtke. proprietors of the "Money-
Back Store" was at Spokane this
week on business.
A Willamette potato Euyer informs
Weston spud raisers that be can han.
die 20 carloads of their product at 81
per hundred pounds.
Mrs. Lille Miller will leave Sunday
for Portland. where she will study
the modes in millinery and trim hats
for her spring opening.
Louis LaBrache brought some of his
fine sugar cured hams and bacon to
town Wednesday and had no trouble in
finding ready buyers.
B. B. Richards has purchased the
cottage on JEFF street, at present
occupied by him. from Mrs. Bar bara
Willaby, of Portland.
A draining platform on which to
wash automobiles has been erected in
flont of the Ford garage on Fourth
street, south of Main.
at the Baptist church Sunday eve-
ming. Rev. Lawson of the NJ. E.
church. administered the rite of zap
tlsm to numher of people.
Carpenters are putting in the wood
work for the new front in the Cox
building which is to be the home of
the new Golden Rule Store.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Merrill Doble of Irrigon and Jennie
E. Stockdale of Echo, and to Noah
Taylor and Jane Morrison of Milton.
The teachers in the Athena school
were entertained at dinner Wednesday
evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs,
Thomas Lawson, of the NJ. E. church.
Jerry Rnsk. republican candidate
for congress will speak on political
issues in this city Monday evening.
Monday afternoon Mr.. Rusk will speak
at Weston.
Pendleton is considering the PROPOSE
tion of putting in municipal light
and power plant. An option has been
taken on power site on the Walla
Walla river.
Miss Hales. wbo has been visiting
her niece, Mrs. Robert Walker in this
city, returned yesterday morning to
her home in Walla Walla. aocompan-
led by Mrs. Walker.
Mrs. J. S. Henry returned last Fri
day from winters visit with her son
Frank. at Othello. w ash. Mrs. Hen
ry expects to 60 to Portland soon. to
visit her son William.
Tonight and tomorrow night the
Dreamland in three full reels shows in
moving pictures the thrilling story by
Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, for
the usual price, ten cents.
At special meeting this afternoon
at the school house, the election of a
member of the school board will be
made to Gil the vacancy caused by the
resignation of s. F. Wilson
VIM. Tompkins left the first of the
week for Hot Lake Sauitarum. where
be will take treatment for rheumatism
and stomach trouble. He was accom-
panied by Robert Coppock.
w. @. Hughes. the dentist, was In
the city Wednesday from Milton.
making arrangements to vacate his
Athena office. He will not practice
his profession in this city hereafter.
Mrs. Jerry Stone and son, Clifford,
have returned from their trip to Cal
ifornia. They enjoyed several weeks
of sightseeing in the sunny state ant
Mexico, but are pleased to return
home.
Considerable interest is manifest iI
the coming K. of P. Anniversary ball
which takes place on February 2s
in this city at their hall. A large
crowd is expected at this event of tbs
season.