The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-06-02
A Mu1ligan Stew

| wonder il the Pilot Rock Record
has suspended publication. Since its
first issue the Record has been well
come visitor to the Press exchange
table. But last week it skipped, and
believe me felt the skip. But ! III
overlook it, for Harlan ia so bloomin'
busy installing bis battery OF Linotype
machines and cylinder presses, enlarg-
ing his Buildings, writing editorials
for his Heppner Herald. getting out
the Helix Advocate, oanvassing the
county in the interests Of the Record.
boosting good roads. taking an active
part in the campaign, soliciting iot
work, managing prize fights and wrest
ling bouts, pitching for the Pilot Rock
base ball team, making business trips
to Portland. attending social func-
tions etc., etc., etc., ad lititum ad in
fnitum, that, human dynamo though
he is, be can't be expected to do every
thing to onot and it's not to be won
dered at that he forgets us once in a.
while. Get that?
You will hear of the one that "got
away" from this on-that is, II it ever
becomes warm enough to 60 fishing.
o.
Do you believe 10 hooDoos? Do.
And more especially when the jinks
pertains to fishing aoooutrements. Now
have young friend who is jake on
fishing, but he's went and invested in
a fishing rig that will scare all the
trout out of Meaoham creek and 1-3 Of
those inhabiting the waters Of Wild
Horse. He's bought basket. Which
is all right. But he Didn't stop there.
He let dealer hornswoggle him into
buying a calf muzzle 10 oauy 1t in.
When he gets the blamed rig on, he's
tligged up in as much leather para
phernalia as it takes to at out one of
those 20.Mule teams that haul Dorax
outn Death Valley.
You can't keep him down-Allyn
made 2 trips to Pine creek Sunday.
o.
am going over to the Pioneers re-
union at Weston tomorrow, and / ex-
psct to shake hands with everybody 10
town except Kernel Woodsky. There
is a galaxy of seasonable and refined
reasons why | do not care to Squeeze
digits with that Peerless Old Crouch.
There is supposition, the outgrnwth
of conjecture, that there was a base
tall game in Athena last Sunday, and
that Carl Cominsky Christian, man
ager of the Adams Highbinders, hid
something up his sleeve and never
pulled it out until he tatted for Pay
ant 10 the ninth. The next time this
base ball lizard comes to Athena, Jack
Parker, Billy Littlejohn and others of
the old guard will introduce him to
bath In Matt Johnson's 8 tar vat along
with the rest of the fence posts be
may be ducking at the time.
On
An automot lie catsafterme was mar
towly averted on the hill east Of town
Saturday night when ford, Frank
lin aud Buick, two going one way
the tother the other, tried to pass on
the same right Of way. Because OF
TIE fIeakishness of the ford. the speed
OF the Franklin and the staunchness
of the Buick, but slight damage was
done. The only injury 10 speak of was
a shock to the nervous system OF the
driver of the Franklin, who hunted up
an Athena friend and stayed with him
until IL o'clock, drinking coffee aud
telling the ina and outs Of the colli-
sion.
don't suppose that 1t makes any
material difference whether winter
ever passes or not-only the few warm
days we have had this week serves as
reminder of what summer would
fael like