The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-07-17

| Iu6 lauleS OF t06 M6tu00lHt Alu So
ciety announce pastry sale, which
4 will be held in the Fix g. Radtke Store.
Saturday July 25. Ladies, save tins
and labor during these warm days,
patronize the sale and help good
cause.
Tie management Of the Athena
Band have been asked to figure on
contract for furnishing band OF rs
pieces for Frontier Days at Walla
WaIla. The proiioiency Of the Ath-
ena band is we'll known. and it is pre-
pared to f1ll engagements on short
| notice.
Mignonette Lodge No. SO, Rebekahs,
| installed the following officers last
Tuesday night: N. q. Mrs. W. W.
( Mcpherson; v. u. Mrs. McEwen;
Fin. Sec. M. L. Watts; Rec. Sec. vir-
gil Zerta. The session was closed
with dainty lunch Of cake and
sherEet
DR.. J. W. Welch has purchased the
Gillis residence, corner Of Fourth and
Jefferson streets. at present occupied
by the family Of f. B. Radtke. Dr.
welch oontsmplates building dental
office and operating rooms on the
property NEXT the ALLEY. fronting on
Fourth street.
Yesterday while CLEANING rubbish
about graves in the Masonic cemetery.
some parties set FIRE to the dead grass,
and hut for timely assistance. dis
astrous Ere might have resulted. AS
| 1t was, the blaze gained oonsideral le
headway in the wind and portion
Of the fence was burned.
| Charles Ulm is in Portland this
week. where he went to purchase an
electric shoe repairing outfit. Mr..
Ulm has leased the room formerly
occupied by Owen Rusie. He Is an
expert shoe repairer, having served a
full apprenti tioeship aud worked at the
trade number of years ago.
/ Program at the Dreamland theatre
for Friday and Saturday nights: l..
From Durham to Zululand,' Ed
ison. aud 3.--"rhs Plot of India'a
Hillman,'' Kalem. Sunday: L.
"vanishing Craoksman," Edison. 2.
--'"rhe Scapsgrace. Lutln. B.
Fellow voyagers. vitagraph.
| The Standard Oil company has put
on a new oil delivery wagon to be run
fol its distributing plant here. A
team Of horses which had been stolen
at Baker, aud recovered in possession
Of the thief at Lind, Wash, was pur-
chased here Wednesday, from the
owner. who was returning home with
the team.
The Watts Bros, machine began
work Wednesday on the home place
north OF town. What looked like q
so bushel crop is turning out to be AZ
bushels, and Homer, who has charge
Of the thresbing outfit, says this will
te found to be the result in this sec
tion,- believing that the yield will fal
short Of that of last season.
Miss Zelma DePeatt came over from
Walla Walla Sunday morning. AM
with her sister. Miss Merna, left yes
terday for Bingham springs, wher
. the two young ladies will enjoy COT
t pie Of weeks vacation together. The
/. spent yesterday visiting their aunt
Z Mrs. Harris, In Pendleton, before he
departure for visit to Portland.
a Richard Wright and family arrive
4 from Hood River this week and ar
a visiting ut the home Of Mr.. Wright
q uarents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Wrigh,
They are on their way TO Montani
where they will reside this summer
y and are accompanied ty Miss Var
y Winkle, sister of Mrs. Wright, wh
!. has been attending school 10 PORTLAND
: Thrsshing machines. generally, vii
: begin work in the harvest fields of th
{, Athena section, next Monday. III
II first wheat Of the season was deliyere
It at the Mill oompany's warehouse
J. Tuesday, by Lowell Bogers. ator
r three weeks earlier than the fret d
livery of year ago. Mr.. Rogel
also delivered the 6rst new crop whei
!. to Maurice Hill at Adams.
I, Rev. Sbumaker, of Weiser. Idah
il preached two sermons in the Christia
"a church 10 this CITY last Sunday. Z
recently met Rev. Sias. formerly pa
tor here. now loated in Idaho, al
y from him brought greetings to o
& Athena friends. Mr.. Shnmaker Is
y candidate for the passionate of Il
10 church here, and it is announced th
o his application will be passed on
the congregation next Sunday.
3. A couple of hobos became involv'
p. In a fight on Main street Tuesday ev
at ming and were landed in the city ia
to where they spent the night Wedns
3. day morning. Judge Richards fin
them 81. each. One dug up and t
ar other had friend, who raised mon
an among others, hut instead of paYi
In the fine proceeded to make a getaw
Ia- with the funds. He was overhaul
IN by Officer Hummel. and made to d
ne gorge.
In addition to her regular hou
hold duties--cookinR, washing. ire
~ ing, taking care nf the children. mt
70 ing butter, mending. sewing. visitir
= running errands to town for her h'
~ band, shopping, bousecleaning, p'
,,e ting up fruit. etc.. etc., a lady frie
- ofsthe Press has found time TO rais
flock of 200 chickens, of which she
nd justly proud, for they are splen'
i'm fryers--a fact to which her frien
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