The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-17

! N. A. Miller goes to Portland next
week to attend the Undertakers con-
vention and purchase his fall furniture
stock.
Lieutenant John R. Ludwig and sis
ter, Miss Rowena Ludwig, are week
end visitors of DR.. and Mrs. j. G.
Baddeley.
Miss Stella jackson of Dayton,
WASH. was the guest this week of Mrs.
/ A. A. Foss. She returned to her home
yesterday.
w. R. Taylor has his 1917 crop of
grain, harvested. sold and delivered.
Fe is now giving his attention to his
Malheur county hay ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Scott Fisher and
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Putnam were at
Cold Springs Sunday in company with
many other huckleberry pickers.
The regular meeting of the Athena
Red Cross Aux. will meet the first
Wednesday of each month. Members
and officers requested to be present.
This is the time to have Kodak.
Wares Pharmacy has a comp lete line
of Eastman Kodaks and supplies.
ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Dobson, and
Mrs. C. E. Smith and daughters Estel-
la and Savannah are at the Marion
Jack mountain ranch. near Meacham.
Mr.. Muir and Mrs. Theo Danner, of
Milton, and Miss Laura Muir of Pend
| Teton attended the funeral of their
nephew, Clair Wall, in this city Mon
day.
Miss Rena Bergevin and Miss Mar
ion Toner. professional nurses, are
here from Seattle, spending their va
cation at the Bergevin ranch, south of
town.
Mr.. Luther Taylor, who married
Miss Clara Zerba. has been given a
position in a Tacoma assay Office and
with his wife will leave McMinnville,
soon.
John Walter finished threshing on
the w. R. Taylor place near town,
Tuesday evening and moved his self
propeller to his home place west of
town.
Dan Densmore writes Athena friends
that he has enlisted in the navy and is
| in training at San Diego. Dan bar
bered in the Parker shop here last win
ter.
G. M. Morrison was up from his
home near Adams yesterday, an took
back with him new Fairbanks Morse
gas engine, purchased from G. A.
Barrett & Co.
The Early Bart variety of wheat has
proved itself to be good drouth res
lister, and those who are harvesting it
in this section, report excellent quality
and fair yield.
w. R. Scot is tackling his harvest
task with two combined harvesters;
one Holt and the other Brown
Lewis machine. He is finding work
f,r both of them.
fS<~Koy Zerba writes that he Is progress
sing satisfactorily in the officers avia-
tion> corps. He has been transferred to
the 18th squadron at Camp Wilbur
| WRIGHT. DAYTON. Ohio.
John Walter finished threshing the
w. R. R.Taylor grain crop Tuesday after
noon. Mr.. Taylor received satisfac-
tory yield and sold his crop last week
for 81. 10 per bushel.
Mrs. David Taylor is enjoying va
cation at Bingham Springs, wnere she
is registered at the hotel. Mrs. Dean
Gerking is keeping house for Uncle
Dave during her absence.
Thirty FIVE more men have been call
ed to >fll Umatilla county's quota in
the first army draft. They will report
for examination next Tuesday and
Wednesday. John R. Barnes was
drawn from Athena.
Russell iiersol writes from the naval
training station. San Francisco t.
have the Press sent to his address. Mr..
savs. "T am nett;no ALONG fpe and
l;va Tho uorL better al tba time /"
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