The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-01-08

election Of turch officers, and be ur-
gently reques. IS the presence of every
member Of THE congregation.
/ Frank SwsReart Of Enterprise, Wis
tied at the homs of his parents. north
Of town, Sunday We learn that Frank
had bear story sslted down for ue,
but by hook or cro5k, we did not meet,
SO the story cannotsbe related here.
I Word comes to J. W. Darby that
another cousin has met death in the
! British trenches at Ypres. Charles
! Darby, gunner in the loyal Garrison
AArtillery met death while Fighting for
his country and ia the eighth cousin
of Mr.. Darby's to lose his life In the
war.
A. Mackenzie Meldrum was in the
::city couple..of days this week. on
his way from Seattle, where be at
tended the Ministerial Parliament.
and gave two or three lectures to the
assem- bIage. He left last evening for
4 Milton, and will 60 from there to his
home in Spokane.
" With favorable weather conditions
Sanford Stone expects to begin hauling
brick Monday from the Weston yard
for the new school building. He
has the contract to haul 100, 900 brick.
He will use three teams, handling
1000 brick per load and will make
three trips day.
Jimmie Lieuallen Ia having Ills lit.
tie Ford extensively altered up at Ter
ba Bros. shop. He has had the frame
heightened about 'steen feet and the
vehicle has much the same appearance
as does dasohund, sans ears and cau-
die appendage. II this is his trade
mark. 1t is our first knowledge Of his
being Dutohman. Aoh, Yimmyl
County Supt. !. q. Young, at the
meeting Of county superintendents
which closed at Salem last Friday
\ night, was elected secretary treasurer
of permanent organization Of the
superintendents which was effected.
The other officers elected were o. @.
Brown. Douglas county. President,
and W. M. Smith, Marion County,
vice President.
Peno st. Dennis was before Judge
Richards Wednesday on a drunk and
disorderly charge preferred ty Marshal
! Ramsay, the arresting officer. Peno
used ouss words in disputing testimony
of witness, and in addition to being
fined $l5, was assessed $40 more for
contempt, remanded to jail and the
sentence included bread and water
diet upon refusal to work.
The funeral of Mrs. Ben Selling Of
Portland. who died at her home there
from the effects of an injury received
in fall some time ago, was held in
Pendleton Monday morning. Inter
ment was made in Olney cemetery.
where her husband had been laid only
Ia few months ago. Mr.. aud Mrs. Sell
ing were the parents of Mrs. Julius
Levy, of Walla Walla who formerly
lived In Athena.
| /Jinks'' Taylor has come to the
Harting of the ways. It took him a
lsiong time to decide between old Bally
and an automobile. Now he's got 1t.
Its a 40. horse power Oakland roadster
and W. R. is having hard time in
getting the measley thing bridlewise.
With the help Of Hardy Mansfield and
advice from all hands, be is getting
along fairly we'll. thank you.
| All Pendleton is mourning the IN.
timely death of Mrs. Edwin P. Mar.
shall, "a prominent charity worker Of
that uity, which occurred at her home
there, Sunday afternoon. Her illness
was Of short duration, and was COM
| plioation of heart trouble with other
ills. Mrs. Marshall was identified
with the principal Club activities Of
the city and was secretary of the Lib
iaIy Board and of the Umatilla Coun.
tY Historical Society. She is survived
by her husband.
| -,
| Ine nve ana a-naii miies s.ie'cn "
road between Adams and Athena ID
now completed. making fine stretch
of hard surface road from Pendleton to
Weston. Tbs cost per mile was q
| little more than s2ll0. Tbe detailed
abatement of the cost as presented to
| the county court ia az foIlows: Mac
adam, s9I0S is: grading, $I573. 90;
hard ware. s13s. rs: oil, S49.49; pow
der, s123. 30: bIacksmithing, so. so;
coal and lumter, s4s8. 40; electric
| power, $2Oa. 10; total. $i1, ,s09. e3.
A complaint comes from Hot LaEe
that a cold weather STORY. ansoiuteiy
untrue, has been published ID papers
OF the Northwest to tne erect tnat
Hot LAKE mas frozen over ana guests
are skating on 1t. The complainant
wonders that the romancer din NOT aoo
4hnt otru ufnV hrs.H