The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-03

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! Carolina Poplars, planted by j. E
Froome around his property near the
| City Park four years ago, now afford
excellent shade. and prove to be al
ideal tree to plant in this soil.
! James Henderson arrived at his des.
tination in Alberta o. X. and reports
that he likes the country up there, and
is especially attracted to the agricul-
tYral possibilities obtaining there.
Nv The temperature lowered Saturday
night, with the result that for the first
time fn-Hany years an August frost is
reported. In some spots potato,
squash and pumpkin vines were nipped.
Fruit will be in Athena every
Monday and Thursday with fresh fruit
and vegetables. Headquarters al
Livery Barn.
E. W. Wehtze. Freewater, Oregon.
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People of leisure are beginning to
look mountainward in anticipation Of
the fun they will have in the huckle-
berry patches. 1t is reported that thu
crop of berries is fairly good this sea-
son.
Several sales of wheat and barley
are reported in Athena this week.
Prices are not given but it is know n
that one purchase of barley brought
$40 per ton with sacks and twine in
the clear.
F. S., LeGrow is at his Montana
stock ranch this week. A carload of
stock was taken up to the ranch this
week by Shorty Phillips and Jake
Reno. They will remain until after
the haying season.
"Pete" O'Harra was in town Tues
day evening. from Weston. Mr.. and
Mrs. O'Harra will leave shortly for a
visit to relatives in Pine Valley, and
may extend their trip into Montana.
They will go by automobile.
| I; Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Willaby of Port
land, who are spending several weeks
here, have left for Bingham Springs
on an outing trip. They will be join
ed at the camp there by Mrs Fred Ker-
shaw and daughter Fredericka.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Dobson returned
the fore part Of the week from their
trip to Lewiston and Spokane, by au-
tomobile. In Spokane they visited
the homes of Mr.. and Mrs. Knowlton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Haworth.
A brush fire started on the Jim
Lieuallen place on Pine Creek above
Weston, and has been burning for a
couple of days. Some apprehension is
felt that it may do damage to grain
and standing timber unless put out.
The construction work on Otho Reed
er's new bungalow on lower Third
street is progressing well under con-
tractor Scott. :. A splendid picture of
Mr.. and Mrs. Heeder's new home ap-
pears on the front page of today's
Press.
The members of Troop d have re-
ceived orders to take their cowboy re-
gala with them to the point of gener-
al mobilization. Halle Peirsol sent
word to Virgil Willaby for his beaver
hat, being unable to secure one at
Pendleton.
Hiram Knight this week put down
q gcSncrete sidewalk adjacent to Matt
MosEroves's property on Third street.
The new city ordinance is now in
effect, and if its provisions are enforc-
ed there will soon be good substantial
sidewalks in Athena.
Mitylene Fraker Sites, who has
been visiting Miss Areta Barrett for
tine past two weeks, returned to her
home in Portland on Thursday morn
ing. She will begin her service work
as soloist in The First Methodist
Church on Sunday morning Aug. 5.
A couple of axes were fund one
morning this week in the yard of D.
Scott Fisher, corner of Fourth and
Adams streets. Mr.. Fisher says one
ak is all that he can handle convenient
ly in splitting firewood, and that the
owner or owners may have the surplus
by calling.
II is noticeable that the men congre-
gated in Athena for harvest this sea-
son, appear to be an exceptionally
good class of laborers. So far there
has been no agitation and no indica-
tion of the presence of troublemakers,
such as have made their appearance at
klamath Falls and other points in the
Atate.
~. o. Russell, city school superin-
tendent, accompanied by his wife and
son have returned from the valley
where they spent a portion of their
summer vacatiohl They were at the
home of Mr.. Rusself's father at Corne-
Illus, where they met Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Norris frequently. Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell made the trip home in recent
lv purchased Studebaker car.
The Watts party returned from Leh-
man Springs Sunday evening, after
week spent at that resort. The party
included Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Watts.
Mrs. Homer /. Watts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Melville Johns, Mrs. M. M. Johns,
Mr.. Flint Johns, and the Misses Yer
nita Watts. Katherine Froome and the
Misses Anderson, of Portland.
Master Conrad Miller still maintains
bis title to champion juvenile trout
angler. In substantiation of his claim,
he exhibited on the street Tuesday
evening a IA inch Rainbow trout,
weighing nearly two poun1s, which he
took in Wild Horse creek, after hard
tussle.
Kyle Charlton. who as kid played
marbles in the alleys of Athena, is
over from LaGrande to work his mus