The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-08-06

| well drilling business. VI late ne mas
been engaged in drilling wells in the
Grand Ronde valley.
The Key & johnson thresher and
header outfit passed through town
yesterday from north of town to har-
vest grain on the Bill Booher land on
the reservation.
Col. J. l.. Baldwin the pioneer
auotioneer of Walla Walla, was in
the city Monday. Col. Baldwin will
hereafter include Athena on his cir.
cult in crying sales.
Miss Anna Soil who with her pa
rents formerly resided here, was in the
I city last week from her present home
in Baker, guest Of Mrs. J. Nj. Roby
and Mrs. A. A. Foss.
Moscow Froome, accompanied ty
bis sister Hattie, arrived from Gal
ifornia Monday on visit to relatives.
Miss Froome is visiting her sister Mrs.
Roy Raley at Pendleton.
B. B. Richards has found 1t neoes-
sary on account OF increasing business
at bis chop mill to build an addition
to his warehouse. The new building
is 20x40 feet in dimensions.
M. l.. Watts was stricken Monday
night with Illness and Dr.. Sharp was
called to attend him in the early NOR
ming. Mr.. Watts was, able I 10 be at
the mill Wednesday afternoon.
An accident to the engine on the
Dudley combine caused a short delay
the fore part Of the week. Repairs
were made and the big machine has
been doing its usual amount Of work
since.
Miss Velma Wilkinson is expected
home today from an extended visit
with friends in Portland. Miss Will
ki1son also attended the summer ses-
sion of the Normal school at Mon
mouth.
W. @. Russell and ~. John" Dob
son will leave next week for Wallowa
county, on fishing trip. They will
cast their flies into the waters Of Big
Sheep creek. The trip will be made
ty automobile.
Maurice Hill left Athena Monday
for Havre, Montana, were be has been
offered the position of assistant cash
ier of Eank. Mr.. Hill will also serve
in the advertising department Of a
Havre newspaper.
Services at the Baptist church next
Sunday as follows: Sunday school at
10 a. m, preaching at II. subject:
"Heavsn." Union service in the eve
inng at s o'oIook, Pastor M. q. Bent
ley preaching the sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harrison, OF
Brownsville. who with their young
grandson, Tom Kirk, have Eeen visit
ing in Eastern Canada, returned this
week and are guests Of their daughter,
Mrs. Chas. W. Kirk in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Berlin had as
guests Sunday, Rev. Milo q. Bentley
and wife of Milton, and Mrs. Fortna
and daughter, of Iowa. The latter
have been visiting the Exposition at
San Francisco, and are guests of the
Bentleys.
Fl. A. Street Weston ranoher. this
week purchased of the Kirk Imple-
ment House in this city. J. |. Case
threshing machine. The machine 10
constructed of iron throughout which
reduces loss from smut explosion to a
minimum.
| Representative s. B. Huston Of
Multnomah county, wife and sons
Oliver and Elmer, we're in the city
Monday and spent the day at the
home of Sen. and Mrs. @. A. Barrett.
They left Tuesday for Baker, where
married daughter resides.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Cannon of Eoho
are visiting relatives and friends in
this vicinity. Mr.. Cannon, who has
teen principal of the Echo public
school for several years, will not teach
during the coming year, hut instead,
will take much needed rest.
Sam Hutt's big auto truck has teen
put out of com mission temporarily Ey
the breaking of the pinioh in the tIao
tion gear. The break came Tuesday
evening east of Weston, while Mr..
Hutt was pulling crippled gar up the
hill east of the Weston cemetery.
/ Mrs. W. X. Wall visited friends
last week in Pendleton. Mrs. Wall,
with her Brother, Mr.. Muir, and sis
ter, Mrs. Theo Dannar. OF Milton, is
anticipating motoring trip through
northern Idaho 10 the near future,
where they will visit another brother.
Wheat is baing received for storage
at the Taylor warehouse. The sack
bucks are relieved Of considerable
hard work through utilizing a sack
piler, recently purchased by Mr.. Tay-
lor. The machira is of the latest
pattern and is driven ty electric
power. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Ortis D. Harris, who
with DIR. Harris and wife of Kahlotus,
Wash, have been on motoring trip
through Seattle, Tacoma and Poi oItland,
will arrive in Athena this evening, en-
route home to Spokane. The party
will be guests Of Mrs. Minnie DePeatt
while in the city.
The trees set out in the City Park
this spring. because of lack of mois-
ture have not been doing we'll; as a
result of the need of rain. the park
commit tee have caused water to be
hauled this week. A. A. Shiek with
one of Burke & Sons teams has been
hauling water for threa or four days.
The Misses Helen and Shay O'Neii