The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-20

pose is to promote competition be.
tween the four glasses OF the High
school, along the lines Of scholarship,
attendance, debating. oratory and ath-
X Bob Tharp had rather unpleasant
7 Experience in the country north Of
town, the fore part Of the week.
Ditto Officers Taylor and Ramsay,
who were passengers In the auto.
The machine struck a sandspit, ran
upon the tank along the roadside and
oareened over. Taylor gyrated through
the atmosphere squirrel fashion, holt
lug over Ramsay in safety. The three
men righted the machine and proceed
ed on their way rejoicing at the in
consequence Of the mishap.
| Marcus Barone Of Rome, Italy, was
in the city for short while Sunday,
accompanied by bis dog, "Brownis.
As a hiker, Mr.. Barone can hand
cards and spades to John Dohson.
Tom Gilkey or other Of Athena's noted
walkers. He ia merely on little
| jaunt around the world, and when
here. be had rseled off the small mat
ter Of l4,802 miles of the distance.
Even Hawks, Wyoming hill climber
and prospective Alaskan perambulator
took second squint at the italian
pedestrian.
| The officials of the United States
land office at LaGrande are In receipt
Of a letter from the commissioner OF
the general land office, under date OF
November 9th, 1914, designating ap-
proximately $500 acres Of land sub
ject to entry uuder the enlarged home
stead act Under this designation.
these lands will te subject to eutry
Decem ber 10th 1914, The lands are
scattered throughout Umatilla. Wal
Iowa. Grant, Union, and Baker coun-
ties, the larger portion thereof being
in Umatilla and Grant counties.
| After having the matter Of paroling
Milton Anderson under advisement for
several weeks. Judge Phelps concluded
that the young mans offense Of at
tempted highway robbery was of too
SCI rious nature to regard lightly. and
sentenced him to serve term in the
penitentiary. Anderson resided at
Helix, and with Jim Navin for pal.
attempted to hold up and rob farm
hand named Dempsey. Their supposed
10 be easy victim made his end Of the
holdup go warm that the pair gave the
robbery up. Navin was also indicted
Tot forfeited bis bond and skipped the
country.
| Yesterday it became incumbent on
Marshal Ramsay in pursuit of bis
official duty. to kill a certain dog.
stray on which no tax had been paid.
He delegated Johnnie hoy to 60 to the
livery barn where the dog was con-
fined, with instructions to take 1t
'out and sshoot it," Hoy found a
dog as directed. all right. and shot it,
But be got the wrong dawR. houn'
dawg. belonging to George Myriok.
Myrick settled with the marshal on
the basis of $25 cash in hand. Ram
says motto hereafter will he: BE
suru you have got the right dog and
then 60 and kill it yourself.
MIN response to telegram announc
: Npg the death of her brother, Misl
: Laura Smith left Tuesday morning
for Wasco. being taken as far us Pen
dleton by Mrs. NJ. L. Watts. Latel
news received here gives the inform
, alton that the young man, Orville
, Smith. was working in deep we'll
when a rock fell some 75 feet, striking
him on the head and fraoturing bill
skull. He never regained conscious
ness, but died Monday night. The
victim was about 30 years old ant
unmarried. Miss Smith, who is assist
ant bookkeaper at the Preston -Shaffel
Mill, is expected home this evening.
a Be sure and call at st. Nichols Ho
> tel, Tuesday and Wednesday, Novem
q ber "a and 25. and let Drs. Lowe anf
, Turner, the well known eye specialist
q of Portland, show you the Kryptol
, double vision glass, which has no un
slightly lines or seams to catch dirt
strain the eyes or come apart. ON
light solid piec Of glass which look
like single pair. yet answers the pur
= pose of two, euabling You to read Of
: do close work and see distant obiect
= perfectly. Be sure aud sec them
. Free demonstration. satisfaction guar
0 anteed. Drs. Lowe 81 Turner hav'
% teen located in Portland for 20 years
}: They 20 from house 10 house. The
i have no agents. Adv.
The Portland Journal says: Whs
It No. I8 pulled out Of the Union depc
l. this morning it carried one of th
l. happiest fathers In this part OF To
{, country. ]. q. Martin of Athena Wa
If the father in question, and he Wa
ID happy because following an all da
ID conference with numter of Portlan
Or specialists yesterday it was decided
1T would not be necessary to amputal
es the leg of his eight-year-old daughte
crushed year ago in an acciden
m "We we're pretty blue when we can
n down here from Athena" said M
a. Martin, "but we are going back vel
AZ happy. The little girl was run over
a wagon while playing last year, an
Il we have been uncertain ever SIM
II whether she was to lose her limb
he not"
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