The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-24

county. went to Pendleton Wednesday
and passed the physical examination
for entrance in the army.
Walt Adams is starting in to har-
vest his crop of wheat and barley on
his highland ranch, south of Athena.
! Mrs. B. D. Tharp and daughter
Lulu, and Miss Laura Mcintyre were
Walla Walla visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. Hiram Knight and son Henry
have been spending couple of weeks
in the mountains, near Meacham.
Miss Ethel Duncan will leave for
Vancouver, WASH, to visit with her
sister for the remainder of the sum-
mer.
Mrs. George Woodward entertained
twenty eight little folks Wednesday in
honor of the 4th birthday of little Miss
Delpha.
The editors desk is decorated with
splendid boquet of sweet peas from
the flower garden Of Mrs. D. H.
Mansfield.
Will Bush went to Walla Walla
yesterday and had small particle of
steel removed from his right eye, by
DR.. Sommers.
Miss Adaline Proctor, who has been
visiting her parents in Athena, left
Wednesday evening, for Jamestown.
North Dakota.
The Birth of Nation, appeared. on
the screen at the Peoples Theatre
Wednesday evening, and attracted a
large audience.
County Judge Marsh and Miss Alice
Butler, domestic science teacher in the
Pendleton schools were married at Spo-
kane, Wednesday.
| fNAttractive posters announce the COM
kng dates of Pendleton's Round Up
VThursday, Friday and Saturday, Sep
| tember 20, 81, %.
Forty more men have been called
for draft examination, three from this
locality, Ralph McEwen, Art Chap
man, and Jesse Gordon.
Mrs. Edna Whiteman and children
are expected from La Crosse, WASH.
tomorrow, and will join Mrs. B. B.
Richards at the mountain camp.
The ladies of the Methodist Episco-
pal church will have pastry sale in
the Worthington building on Main
street, Saturday, September 1st.
J. 0. Russell wife and son; Mr.. a, d
Mrs. D. Scott Fisher, Miss Florence
Milby and Miss Katherine Pierce were
Sunday visitors at McDougal's camp.
Lowell Rogers was in town Wednes-
day and says he can see the finish of
his harvest operations ahead of him
now. He has had successful seasons
run.
We have sample of John Pierce's
beans, grown on his little ranch. south
of Athena. Mr.. Pierce will realize
between $50 and $50 per acre for his
crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Errett left Mon
day evening on visit to relatives and
| friends at Omaha and other Nebraska
cities. and will be gone for several
weeks.
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Frank Swaggart finished driving
the combine for Ad. Pinkerton Monday
evening" and left next morning for
WallowaNcounty to harvest his crop of
grain there.
~E.A Bennett has gone to Wallace,
Idaho, where he will engage for
while in\painting and paperhanging,
at W per day. He contemplates re-
turning to Athena.
The Red Cross auxiliary having a
large consignment of work to do, will
meet at the work rooms every Wednes-
day afternoon. All members are re-.
qdested to be present.
Reed Hill, VIM. Mcleod. A. M.
Johnson and son Don, returned Satur-
day from\a huckleberrying trip at
Woodward's Toll Gate, with liberal
quantity of lucious fruit.
II. o. Worthington and W. J. Ghol-
son left Tuesday on buckle berrying
trip in the vicinity of Saling's Camp.
1t is predicted that H. 0. will pick the
berries and Bill do the cooking.
Grouse hunters report few birds in
the mountains this season. But few
hunters have obtained the limit. The
best shooting grounds appear to be on
the headwaters Of Mckay creek.
y Several large land deals are under
wsS in, this locality. One deal has
bsen consumsted, Hey Winn purchas-
ing the Nose Taylor section northeast
of town. Consideration. 500, 900.
1t is reported that the new elevators
at Weston and Downing are giving
way under the strain of holding bulk
gram. ~ 10 oaiu ehc ioubuhtioHo ohS
giving way under the weight of the
grain.
Wanted--By young man and wife,
work on a ranch in Umatilla county.
Just arrived from Missouri and not
afraid of work. Address. Richard
Raymond. General Delivery, Pendleton
Oregon.
G. W. Hansell and the boys are well
pleased with their 900 acre farm re-
Gently purchased near Lewiston. Idaho.
The place is well improved and rental
land brings their total acreage up to
1900 acres.
SEstimating that his barley crop
on Rfs-place northeast of Athena was