The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1912-06-07

Walla Walla is making elaborat
preparations for the two DAYS celebra
tion, July 4th and 5th. The Athent
Band has been engaged for the cele
bration.
Mrs. Terpening and Mrs. @. s.
Wheeler, prominent workers in the
Woman's Suffrage cause, were iu the
city Saturday, in the interest of the
movement.
The big crowd In attendance at the
Farmers Picnic 10 Athena Saturday
was most decorous one. But yery
little drunkenness or disorder was
observed
Carl Christian will 60 to the Lie,
Grow ranch on Weston mountain
where he will paper and paint the
farm residence, to he occupied by
George Ferguson and wife.
Mrs. A. H. Luna has again taken a
turn for the worse and her illness has
again become Of serious and critical
nature. Oplates have to be admins
tered 10 counteract the pain.
The Milton Eagle reports that hun
dreds of crates of straw berries have
rotted on the vines as the result of
continued rains last week. The loss
to Milton growers is extensive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barrow have
taken up their residence in cottage
on Current street, vacated Ey DR.. and
Mrs. Newsom, who have moved into
the Henderson cottage Oh High street.
Nil. and Mrs. George Bannister and
daughter, Helen, left Yesterday morn
ing for Portland, where they will re-
main for month as guests at the
MoArthur home on East Ankeny
street.
Mrs. +. s. LIE Grow, with Virgil
Zerba as chauffeur. made trip to the
LIE Grow ranch on Weston mountain
Sunday. She was accompanied by
Misses Velma Wilkinson and lucille
Kemp.
A special train was run from Pen
dleton Saturday to accommodate ths
people Of the county seat with trans
portation to the Farmers picnic. Ma,
ny Pendleton people came in auto
mobiles.
e. E. Koontz, Byron Hawks and
Henry Dell took the train Tuesday
evening for the north fork of Meaoh
am creek to angle for the festive
Rainbow and expected to meet witt
good success.
"Bud'' White has leased land neal
Lind, Wash. and will engage il
farming on his own "hook." White
has three quarter sections under LEASE
from Irwin Ferguson. He leaves today
for the ranch.
Mr.. A. Shiok. who has been con
fined to his home for several months
has so far recovered that he is atlt
to be on the streets portion of the
day. He was at the park for few
hours Saturday,
While Matt Turner was attending
divine services at Weston, Sunday
evening, his horse was stolen from the
hitching post. The animal was re
covered at Walla Walla, where it hat
heen left nv tha thief
National President G. S. Barrett o.
the Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union of America is max
ing tour of the Northwest and visit
ed several locals of the Union in thi,
county during the week.
A large mum ber of Athena people
attended the Strawberry Day festival
at Milton yesterday. A splendid time
was enjoyed by all present. and large
quantities of the luscious berries were
consumed by the crowd.
Roll Brown is making good with a
vengeance ON the Walla Walla team
at Boise, Wednesday. with Harry
Killilay pitching. Brown made four
hits in five times at bat, one Of the
hits counting for two bases.
Hereafter the ordinance prohibiting
the picketing of stock along the public
streets and alleys aud on public pro
perty will be rigidly enforced. This
particularly applys to stock feeding
on the school house grounds,