The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-07-14

Mrs. w. T, Mcleod and daughter
are spending the week at Bingham
Springs, having went to that resor
Monday afternoon ny auto.
The Rebekhas installed their off
GERS Tuesday evening. Ice cream an(
cake were served to goodly number
OF the members at its close.
Miss Maude Mansfield returned
home Sunday evening frfom pleas
ant visit with Mrs. Dean Willaby, a
her camp at Bingham Springs.
A few farmers are cutting and bind
ing wheat hay Only small per
centage has been cut as the gra!u !!
yet too green In most instances.
Miss Clara Zerba and Miss Laura
Smith are spending several days al
the Zerba ranch, northwest of town
The young ladies reside in Walla Wal
la.
| The Jack babies and Merle Best ac.
companied Estelle Smith home from
Pendleton and visitd few days at the
| c. T. Smith home the first of the
! week.
D. H. Mansfield is relieving his lawn
of surplus shade by the removal OF
several lareg locust trees on the
Fourth street side OF his residence
property.
Sim Culley came in from the ranch
yesterday after machine extras. He
is getting along nicely with his farm
work, since purchasing caterpillar
tractor.
George Winship, assistant to the To-
cal O.-W. r. & N. agent, left yester-
day for Spokane where he will enter
the company's hospital for treatment
to the eyes.
Mountain Strawberries are beginning
to arrive in the Athena market, and
as usual, the housewife finds them to
be of fine flavor and suitable for can
ming purposes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson, ac-
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Dlopha
Thompson, were in the city Wednes'
day from their stock ranch on the
Umatilla river.
The University of oregon summer
school this year shows an increase ir
attendance of more than &c per cent
over last year, and more than 10t
per cent over the year before.
William Worthingson did some
painting and hanging at the
John Thompson ranch home on the
Umatilla river last week and Incl.
dentally shared trout or two.
The Misses Jessie and Helen O'Neil
daughters of Chas. oNeil, veteran ed
itor of the Prescott spectator, are
house guests of Mrs. Leon Kidder
during their summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs E. c. Emmel, late ar.
rivals in Athena from Salem, are re.
siding in the ]. M. Swaggart cottage
on Adams street. Mr.. Emmel is EN-.
ployed at the Golden Rule store.
Ideal warm weather, such as is wei
coined by the grain growers, has beer
on tap this week and if the weather
man will repeat for the next two
weeks, the rancher VIII let him take
a vacation.
The first Benz racing cas ever no
ticed in Athena, was driven into towr
Monday by G. s. Frazier of Ogden
Jtah. The racy lines of the flyel
were greatly admired py Athena's au
tomobile contingent
At the Methodist Episcopal church
the subject nexbt Sunday morning
will be Christian Progress" A
1880 p. M, a praise and preaching ser
vice. Sabbath school at 10 a, m. AL
are cordially invited.
Joseph Hodgson was in from Mea
| dowbrook farm yesterday morning
He expects to be harvesting his barle!
| crop within week. His crop con
sists of blue barley ,sowed last fall
and 1t is ripening fast.
A letter received from Vernie Gran
by his parents, states that he is driii
| ing with the naval recruit squad a
San Francisco. Both he and Herber
Parker are satisfied with naval life
Hay Shick is employed in foundry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schnebly have arrived
from Ellensburg, WASH, and will
make their home on the Henry Keep
Ike farm, south of Athena. Mr.
Schenbly is nephew of Mr.. Koepke
and will assist in the management ol
| the farm.
A of frax
busters put on immature wild Yves
exhibition at the Wright feed yard il
this city, Wednesday evening, befor'
| small udience. The hat was "pass
ed' and the busters went on their wa.
rejoicing.
Proprietor Martin of the Peoples
Theater, is putting on some splendi'
pictures. His Sunday afternoon ant
evening feature films are among tn
Lest procurable. Mr.. Martin Is de
serving of teh liberal patronage h
is receiving.
| Property owners who had the fore
sight to cut weeds and grass in from
of their homes several weeks age
row see where their work has result
ed in much benefit. Where the gras
was left uncut, an element of DANCE
| from fire exists.
Miss Ruth Rothrock Of this city,
one of the students registering for tn
summer session of the University G
Oregon, at Eugene. Other student
from Umatilla county are Arthur I
Tollman Of Pendleton, and G. L. Rot
ipson of Weston.
\. Helix, Adams and Weston baseba
fans and fanettes caem in goodly nun
bers Monday afternoon to witness tn
game between the Kansas City Re
Sox and the Athena team, and tn
greatest of 'em all was Kernel Woo
of Weston, famous rungoist.
Dean Piper Crowell or Albany, fol
mer fullback on the University {
Oregon football team, has arrived
the city Mr.. CrowelI Will spend h
GUNNER vacation period in the Um;
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