The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. George Banister and
| daug hter Helen Arrived home Tuesday |
evening, after pleasant summer spent
with MIR. and Mrs. Hugh Macarthur 10 |
Portland and at Seaside. Owing to |
Mrs. Banister's delicate health. the |
party did not 60 to the Panama Paci-
fic fair as Intended, but her condition
! is somewhat improved at present.
W. N. Stewart and wife OF North |
Yakima. were guests last week at the
r. Il. Stewart home west Of town. The |
two Stewarts are brothers and their |
wives are sisters. Mrs. Stewart has
visited her sister here before, but the |
two brothers had not visited for the |
past SO years, W. N. Stewart having
moved west from North Dakota only
ysar ago.
u Notices were mailed Athena city
water consumers yesterday. warning
them Of the scarcity of water supply
and giving orders that until further
notioe water be used exclusively for
household purposes, and no other
Sprinkling is positively forbidden.
The city wells are failing rapidly.
Athena is not the only place facing
water shortage. Many other towns
have teen force to cut out lawn
sprinkling also. The wells in the
country are also running low 10 sup
ply. and many have dried up entirely.
.E William Gholson and family and
KMr. and Mrs. A. A. Foss were visited
Tuesday between trains by touring
party of relatives from the east, Hom-
posed of Daniel dholson aud daugtsr.
Fannie. OF Abba, Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs.
! j. W. Eveland Of Olds, Iowa, and
Louis Beck, Of Wichita, Kansas. The
party left Juna I'd for the West, aud
have visited the Panama Pacific Ex-
position, Portland, Tacoma and Seat
lie, and all other points of interest
en- route. Mr.. Gholson, who has in
former years visited his brother here,
was not feeling well and this FASTENED
their departure toward home.
| Archie Mcintyre was operated on
for relief from appendicitis at Pen
dleton hospital Tuesday by DR.. Stone
of this city and DR.. Parker of Pen
dleton. The operation revealed the
fact that the young man was in
most critical condition as result OF
the rupture of the vermiform appen
dix. The young man was first strick-
en- last week, but continued to drive
the teams on the comtine harvester
until shortly before noon, Tuesday.
when DR.. Stone was called and ad-
vised that be be taken to the hospital
at once. The operation was success
ful, and Archie is getting along as
we'll as could be expected under the
circumstances.
Weston people are disappointed IL
their lake storage water system, for
this season at least. The water in
] the lake became stagnaut and unit
' for use. and Sunday the gates were
a opened and the entire storage of water
i. allowed to flow out and down the Pine
: creek channel. 1t is said that the in-
} tentlon is to CONNECT the mountain flow
direct with the Pipe ut thB lake. aud
! this in conjunction with water pump
ed into the reservoir from two cit!
wells will give the little city sufficien
. water until the rainy season sets IN
It is thought that after the lake bot
7 tom has heen thoroughly cleansed o
all decaying debrie, the lake storag
viii remain pure.
=. W Athena grouae hunters, as Iule
RI were not successful 10 their trips I
ii the mountains Sunday at the openinl
u of the hunting season. The few bird
A. encoun tered were extremely wild
d. One nimrod became confused in hi
surroundings in Wild Horse canyol
y and bat for the presence of com
~ panion might still be trying to solv
y the law of gravitation, be oontendinl
"a for the uphill end of it. Finally hi
~ partner beoama weary of trampinl
!. aud suggested that they return &
Damp. This was the first intimatiol
the lost one had that he was Ieail
Il lost. couple of other hunters met
b rattlesnake in the trail and dispatches
ia it with load of bird shot.
~ A round boxing contest vii
u take place tonight at UrquhaIts pa
vilion, between Billy Farrell of Pen
u dIeton. lightweight champion of th
Northwest, aud Tommy CLARK O
Id Seattle. The principals will weig
'e in at 1873 pounds. Farrell is vel
he known TO the fight fans of Easter
!" Oregon, having defeated several cleve
!" fighters during the past two year,
d. CLARK has done good work 10 the rina
SO aud is we'll thought OF by the follow
ers OF the sport. Both men are sai
!. to be in the pink of condition. Clar
- has been training here and Farrell
.s Pendleton. Two lively preliminari
=. will precede the main event. Srecii
~ arrangements have been made for th
% accommodation of ladies with escort
- The seating OF the pavilion has bet
~ arranged to good advantage, so In
all spectators will have unobstruott
ill view Of the ring.
10
ID The ladies of the Athena Libra
ID board are arranging for receptit
oh to be rendered the board Of directo
M and the principal and members OF q
IN faculty Of the Athena schools,
~ whose honor the function will be 81
en-. County Sohoo! Superintende
III. e. Young will also be an honor
ar guest. School will begin on Monda
wn September 6, aud on the followi
mo Friday evening, the 10th, the soho
on building will be thrown open to t
general public. and program, und
1c. the auspices of the library board, W
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