The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-17
% Years Ago.
From the Press OF Aug. u 1891

Miss Irene Irons came over from
Milton Tuesday and is visiting her
sister Mrs. w. T. Gilman.
| The Athena lodge of A. o. U. W.
have several applications for member
ship. 1t seems to be the most popu-
lar order in the city.
Last Friday evening Rev. G. w.
Rigby shipped a carload of hogs from
Athena to Omaha They were bought
/ by Mr.. Kiddle of Union.
A $40, 900 deed is filed with Record
er Hendley from c. B. Wright to the
w. 81 G. R. company numerous lots in
Pendleton and Athena. The descrip-
tion occupies four full pages in the
deed book.
Rev. W. E. Potwine of Pendleton
has been rusticating on the William
son river in Southern Oregon. He re-
ports trout fishing to be first class
there. He took one from the stream
that tipped the scales at pounds. 1t
must indeed be fisherman's paradise.
While Mrs. W. C. Church, a Milton
lady was standing by the fire at camp
in the mountains one evening last
week.. spent bullet came spinning
along and struck her on the arm caus-
ing an unpleasant sensation, though not
a dangerous wound.
Sundays Tribune: The Misse
Daisy Shaw and Mae Fischer visited
the Misses Rem in Pendleton yester-
day, and left at O'Clock for Athena.
They have been bellies at Lehman
Springs for several weeks and were
on their journey home.
A. Hopson, who resides six miles
east of Milton on the Lincoln road, has
been visited by fire twice recently.
He lost 800 bushels Of wheat by the
visitations.
G. W. Hinkle, until recently resi-
dent of Umatilla county, has been
nominated for state senator of Idaho
on the populist ticket.
A. ]. Criglar of Milton, has our
thanks for an immensely big red apple
of huge proportions and delicious flaw
or.
Matt johnson informs us that 1913
sacks of No. wheat was threshed
from ~ acres on the home place west
of town last week.
Married--At the residence of G. w.
Rigby, Sunday, August 9Th, Mr..
Frank Davis and Miss Ella Banks,
Rev. Rigby officiating.
A fellow with bucking cayuse
caused much merriment for crowd
on Main street last Sunday evening.
He offered to bet $40 that no man in
town could ride his horse. Not find
ing anyone who wished to bet, he pro-
ceeded to show how gentle the horse
was by mounting him. 1t was either
the horses day off or the man was not
"onto his job," for he soon came into
contact with the hard street.
Issac Larson, Russian Fin employ
ed by Henry Molstrom met with an
neon from which he did not recover
consciousness until IL o'clock that
night. Mr.. Larson was at work driv-
ing the derrick team with the threshiug
outfit. The double trees broke and
one of them struck him on the breast.
The Press is in receipt of the annual
catalog of the Eastern Oregon State
Normal School, located at Weston,
Oregon, for the year 1894. This
school was established by act of the
legislature in 1882 and since its COM
mencement has been in prosperous
condition.
A. ]. Parker and VIM. Young at
tended the organization of the Firemen
Association at Walla Walla Wednes-
day, as delegates from the Athena Fire
department. Mr.. Young was elected
to the office of statician of the associa-
tion.
Mrs r. A porr.+t accommodated h.,