The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-04-10

i The annual public meeting for the
special Easter Offering Of the local
auxiliary OF the O. ". B. M. will be
held Saturday afternoon at the home
| of Mrs. W. E. DoEson. A literary
aad musical program vii be given and
the special Offering made. The ladies
Of the city are invited and all visitors
will be welcomed. Tea will be
served.
EX The proposition is made to hold a
| registered stock sale 10 Umatilla
county annually. It is thought sale
of this character is feasible and would
draw sellers and buyers from all over
ths Northwest. The idea originates
with breeders OF registered stock, and
has it's inception from the success Of
] the annual horse sales held at Miles
City. Montana.
A splendid Easter program will be
given at the M. E. church tomorrow
evening the detailed program of which
came in too late for publication. An
address by the p s.or, songs and recita-
tions will be given and the audience
will be favored with solo by Mrs.
Mytalene Frakar Sites OF Portland.
| A special Eaeter theme will be given
by the pastor, R. e. Gornall at the
morning service.
TX Douglas Belts. republican candidate
for County Judge was 10 the city for
a few hours. Wednesday. Mr.. Belts
met many old time friends while 10
town aud made number of acquain-
tances. For many years he lived on
BirchO Greek, near Pilot Rock. where
he yet owns large farm and stock
ranch he recently retired from farm
lug and is making his home In PEN
| dleton.
lMWild Horse Lodge NJ. IS. /. O.
! %. f. is expecting visit next Satur.
day evening from Grandmastar b. J.
| Taylor, who will then make his last
official visit to a subordinate lodge.
Arrangements are teing made to also
entertain the Odd Fellows and Reb-
ekahs of Pendleton. on that evening"
After be has visited Athena Grauf1
| Master Taylor will have visited l04
out Of ths 219 lodges of the state.
lN Harry Sayer was in town yesterday.
Isand informed the Press that the petit
tion to the county court for the con-
straction of bridge, spanning the
Umatilla river at Thorn hollow GROSS
ing, Gearing a large numEer Of tax
payers names has been f1led in the
office Of the county judge. MIR. Sayer
says he had no trouble/in securing
names for the petition, for the reason
that the need of bridge at that point
is recognized by everyone to be a ue-
cessity.
A special invitation is given to the
people Of Athena and the surrounding
country to attend divine service at the
Christian church, April 10. ~Bible
school 10 a. m. Easter lesson, "The
Journey to Emmaus." Luke s4:15-S5;
sermon and Communion IL a. NJ. sub
iect: "Did Christ Arise From the
Dead9" Evening service 1880; SUBJ
| ject: "The Compatibility Of Religion
| and Politics. A. Mackenzie Mel
dlum. Minister.
| Ben Walden, the Sage Of Dry
Creek, was in the CITY Wednesday and
favored the Press office with call,
| the first in several years. Ben hon
estly believes the Weston Leader aud
the Athena Press to be the two best
papers in Oregon. Ben is the person
nification Of reticence, but we finally
wiggled through his armor and pierc.
ed the EN- bryonio details Of good one
on the colonel, which we have care
fully piokled down for future mint
kage.
W "Doc'' Osbnrn's peach tree has fol
4 the last time bloumel on Main street,
for the concrete sidewalk is being put
10, aud the tree had to make way for
| it. The Press proposed that it be care.
fully taken up and transplanted ia the
City Park where it might continue to
cast forth its bloom and produce its
fruit of nondssoript variety. But
Hank Caplinger heat us to it, and
removed the old land mark to bis
orchard above town. where 1t will
receive good home in fertile soil.
.IKWm. Mcbride was In town Friday,
kfor the first time since he was afflicted
with smallpox, several weeks ago.
"Mack" didn't say anything about 1t.
but we have notion that be was on a
still hunt for clue 10 the man who
spread the oontagion which resulted
in Williams two weeks sickness, /Be-
tween scratching periods, our friend
is said to have spent his time In quar-
, antine invoking maledictions on the
head Of this unknown individual.
The friends Of Miss Ethel McIntyre
were concerned to hear that she had
been taken to Pendleton Wednesday
evening, for surgical operation. The
trouble was femoral hernia of LONG
, standing, and Wednesday took an
acute form. The young lady was 40
, companied to the hospital by Dr.
! Sharp and. her mother, Mrs. Hugt
McIntyre, where the operation wac
! successf ully performed by Drs. Boyd
en-. Hopes are entertained for hel
early and complete recovery.
A mass meeting was held at thu
opera house Wednesday evening. Z
e. Koontz presiding. The object Of
the meeting was for instruction t.
woman voters In the science OF gov
ernment. The intention was to pef
fect permanent organization, but th
Z meeting adjourned without organizing
Q Some of the ladies are 10 favor o
] starting woman's study club will
r the object Of informing themselves OF
T political questions. that they may vot
q Intslligently at the November election
a splendid specimen Of the Grea
Peacock Moth is being proudly dis