The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-01-22

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Barrett and B. d. Tharp attended the
funeral OF the late VIM. SCOTT, which
occurred at Helix Wednesday.
Subject at the Methodist church for
next Sunday morning: "a Bad Bar
gain;'' In the evening: "a Gall to
Service" A. Nj. Lambert, Pastor.
Tickets for the First Annual Library
Ball of Athena will be on sale tomor-
row, aud all of next week at $1.00. |
Let every one pull for the Benefit !
I Ball.
Mrs. NJ. L. Akers and little daugh
ter. Maurene. are visiting relatives
and friends in this vicinity. They
will return to their home at Pendleton
Sunday.
Emery Worthington left Wednesday
evening for Portland, where the young
man will enter the Bshnke- W Walker
Business College for cqurse Of in
struction.
Reports from Walla Walla are to
the effect that Mrs. Mary Shick is
gradually improving, since being op-
Grated on at hospital there several
DAYS ago.
Walter Gilmore and Ed. Kilgore
we're sentenced to the panitentiary
Monday by Judge Phelps for period
Of from one to ten years, for cattle
stealing.
Peter Crockat, we'll known In this
city, has won further oratorical hon.
ors at the University of Oregon. He
is the winner Of the International
peace contest.
| Wan,ed-To rent or buy on crop
payment plan, a wheat farm. Am
practical farmer, have A. No. refer
ences. John Lennon, Cornelius, Ore.
ADV.
| Mrs. T. J. Kirk, who has been 10
i'll health for some time. with her
granddaug ghter, Miss Ellen Ehrhart,
left this week for sojourn at Hot
Lake Sanitarium.
Wash up your Ford. take it down to
Benefits and have it painted, striped
and vanished by an expert coach
painter. Only $40 and work guaran-
teed. to boot. ADV.
Athena sportsmen have forwarded
letters to the county representatives
in the legislature, protesting against
the proposed abolishment Of the fish
and game commission.
Cards received by Athena friends
apprise them Of the presence of
Charles Dunn In New York City. BE
extends them an invitation to "take
in the village" with him.
Little Miss Margaret. daughter of
Mr.. ard Mrs. J. N. Scott is oeletrat-
ing her fourth rirthday this afternoon
ty entertaining a uumter of her little
friends at the home Of Mrs. Minnie
DePeatt on Adams street.
Two feet Of snow ia reported at
Ryan Grade, with much deeper far
ther back in the mountains. This
will help little. tut farmers would
like to see mantla Of the beautiful
enfolding the fields IN this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Wicks, IT Col
fax. visited at the home Of Mrs. Min
ME Willaby the first Of the week. Nh.
Wicks, who is a cousin OF Mrs. Villa.
by, was on his way TO California, mo
toring all the distance practicable.
]. M. Swaggart's ability as an art.
list is demonstrated by q painting done
10 oil Of an owl, which for several
days was on exhibition at Hawks
drug store. It is Mr.. SwagRaft's in
tention to give his time 10 iandscapi
painting.
Athena and vicinity is clothed in
blanket of silver frost this week.
Freezing weather with no moisture. il
a prevailing condition which the
wheat raiser would be pleased to have
the weather man change in the neal
future.
]. lnglis. manager for the STANDARD
Oil eompany's distributing station il
Athena, was kicked 10 the right slde
by horse out at the plant, and scr
iously injured. DR.. Stone, who hal
been ia attendance reports Mr.. Inglii
to be improving.
DR.. J. D. Plamondon has returned
! from Salem, where he recently attend
ed the funeral of bis sister. The
doctor brought home with him an in
teresting heirloom in an ancient man
tel clock, which has been In his fam
lily for many years.
IIk~The Athena Truck company js IN
Ibading four carloads Of ice down a
the Ice house on the O.-W. r g. N
siding. The ice is from the Milto
plant, and ia manufactured from wat
or out of the city water system there
being absolutely pure.
Mrs. @. N. Bradford and her tw
sisters, Misses Jessie and Grace Rick
man. all Of Wsnatchee. WASH. ar
guests this week OF their amt. Mrs
David Taylor 10 this city. The ladie
are on their way home from visi
with relatives at Heppner.
4 Miss Anita Kirkpatriok, principf
Of one Of the Pendleton putlic schools
and Miss Odessa Kirkpatrick. manaf
or of the Weston telephone exohangt
attended ths wedding Of their cousir
! Miss Hattie Edwards of Heppnel
which occurred at the home of Mi
and Mrs. Dick Thompson in this cit
Sunday.
nj Judge W. R. Ellis, former resider
1 of tnis county and twice represents
tive from this district In congress
4 died suddenly Of hemorrhage Of tt
brain. Monday at bis home 10 Por
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