The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-04-27
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Matt Lusk, the unfortunate man who
was injured in the boiler explosion at
Doble's mill near Weston a few days
ago, died last Thursday at the county
hospital. He was unconscious up to
the time he died.
East Oregonian: A. Molstrom, an ex-
tensive farmer of Athena, was in Pend
Teton Tuesday evening. MIR Molstrom
this year has 1000 acres of land in grain
and will have 500 acres in summer
fallow. His testimony is that of
others, concerning the fine prospects
for crops.
Barley is on the raise. We learn that
buyers in Walla Walla are offering SIC
per hundred for good barley.
County Surveyor Arnold, Lot Liver
more, Harry Ritner and N M. Perkins
have completed locating the Bingham
Springs road.
Henry Watterson, the great Ken
lucky editor. will deliver an address on
money and Morals" in Walla Walla
on May End.
VIM. Daughtrey, of Adams has con-
tracted with Frank Beale, for 200 head
of steers to be delivered at Pendleton
May 20.
Weston Leader; At the recent ex-
animation at the Normal Miss Mabel
Nelson of Weston was successful in
securing the highest rank. Miss Eva
Wood of the same place being second.
In the vicinity of Athena the cold
nights of week past have not as
yet brought disaster to the fruit trees
and growers are hopeful that all will
be we'll.
An Indian named Joseph was badly
beaten in ia drunken row near the
agency Saturday evening. He cannot
recover as his skull is badly fractured.
The invincible Potatoes of Pendle-
ton defeated the Normal school nine of
Weston Saturday, by score of III to
IS. Quite number from Athena wi t.
messed the game.
Fred Brown, the harness maker at
Weston has been closed out by Gre
ditors. Fred's many friends in
Athena regret to hear this, and sin
cerely hope that he will rise to the top
of prosperity again soon.
Two men who were we'll filled with
"bug juice" Tuesday evening conclud-
ed that they had no love for each
other and proceeded to have round,
a la Sullivan. Each struck at his man
but the man wasn't there. The side
walk was though and neither found it
very soft.
Geo. Richmond, an old time stage
driver, well known all over the north
west, was recently killed near San
Louis Obispo, Cal. He was driving a
six horse Concord coach on high grade
and in attempting to pass freight
team the coach, horses and driver were
hurled to the fearful depths below.
J. W. Smith attended the Democrat
ic State Convention at Astoria, this
week.
W. S. Taylor, editor of the Weston
Leader. mingled with US pretty muchly
much every day last week.
| Weston's public schools are closed,
owing, we presume to the stringency.
Different here; our schools 90, strin-
gency or no stringency.
Mrs. Jacobs will not keep boarders
after the first of the coming month.
This will be regretted very much by
her many patrons, who all have good
word for the grub" at her tables.
CA. Barrett is putting in spring
grain on his ranch east of Weston.
All the boys around town are suffer
ing with two distinct forms of fever.
One is called Salmon, while the other
is spring fever. The symptoms Of
the former are great yearning for a
fish diet, while at the same time the
latter complaint comes on with seem
ingly paralytical prostration of the To-
comotive powers-and great desire
for rest.
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