The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-12

Next Friday afternoon the Knitting
Club will meet at the home of Mrs
George Banister. for work.
] A. F. Alexander. representing Up.
to-the Times Magazine was in the city
yesterday from Walla Walla.
Victor Bergevin of Poison, Montana,
who has been here for several weeks.
will leave for his home shortly.
Mrs. Minnie Mitchell and little son
have been visiting relatives and friends
in Athena and vicinity this week.
Ernest Zerba and VIM. Mcpherson
are on the Wallowa Lake this week,
where they are enjoying an outing.
For Sale. 80 acres of land on Wild
Horse mountain. For information, see
Mrs. W. W. Williams, Gibbon, Ore.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gerking are
in Portland, where Mrs. Gerking is
taking medical treatment in a hospital.
| Mr.. and Mrs. S. Dodson of Condor,
were guests for several day last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. W.
Mcpherson.
Mrs. James Feeler arrived from
California, Tuesday, and will visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Booher,
in Athena.
Henry Barrett took supplies to the
Toll Gate Wednesday for his Sheep
men, who are ranging his sheep in
that locality.
Master Andrew Hugh McEwen. a
husky young rancher residing north
west of Athena, called upon the editor
yesterday.
Art Shick has been working at the
Burke & Son garage for the last two
weeks. He will begin work in har-
vest next week.
| Charles Harmon and wife of Walla
Walla spent last week at the home of
Mrs. Harmon's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Bergevin.
For Sale.-Green apples for cooking
75c ber pox, furnishing your own box,
at the old Conrad ranch on Pine Creek.
| X. A. Mays.--Adv.
Walter Adams was down from the
ranch Tuesday. 1t will be some time
yet before grain is ready to harvest
,on the foothill ranches.
%In addition to making changes in the
local power and light system, the Pres
ton-Shaffer Milling Co. is rebuilding
the Weston service also.
Union services will be held Sunday
evening on the Christian church lawn.
A cordial invitation is extended the
people of Athena to attend.
St-ayed. From my place below
town. white brood SOW, heavy with
pig, VT about 800, on July 8. Inform
tion wanted. Oliver Dickinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H., Bishop and
little son. George Jr., of Freewater.
were in the city Wednesday evening,
passing through from Pendleton.
George Woodward is completing the
construction of four grain bins each
having capacity of 5000 bushels. He
will bulk his entire crop this season.
The H. l. Watts case has been taken
to Weston justice court from Milton.
on a change of venue. The case was
set for hearing at Milton, yesterday.
1t is said that the mountain potato
crop gives promise of being large
one should moisture in sufficient guam
titles be afforded at the proper time.
The Farmers Union Grain Agency
will be prepared to receive bulk grain
at the warehouse by the middle of the
week is the announcement made
today.
Forrest Zerba who recently under
went minor surgical operation at
Camp Mcdowell, Calf, writes that
he will soon be able to leave the hos
pital.
Miss Maude Mansfield has been trans
ferred to the J. c. Penney Co. store at
Walla Walla. Mrs. Gary Taylor will
take the position here vacated by Miss
Mansfield.
With the approach of harvest, in
quiries for harvest hands are heing
made. no less than seven applications
for help having been left at the Press
office this week.
Lloyd Estes, at the old Frank Beale
place on Pine creek has lost three
head of horses, and ten others are sick
as the result of being turned on alfalfa
from dry pasture.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson were
in town Tuesday from their home on
the Umatila. Mr.. Thompson says
the mountain cattle range is drying up
earlier this season than usual.
IXThe forms have been removed from
kthe big concrete elevator and taken to
4 Pilot Rock, where the Farmers Grain
| Agency is erecting an elevator of the
same dimensions and capacity.
Watts Bros. moved their big thresh-
ing outfit consisting of caterpillar
and Harris combine. to the Lacoursc
place south of Adams, yesterday and
will begin threshihg wheat today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Willaby and
Mrs. Minnie Willaby left this morning
for Camp Lewis, where they will visit
Virgil Willaby. Melville Johns has
charge of the mail route during D, ans
absence.
Mrs. J. c. Martin and daughter.
Gertrude, were in Walla Walla the
first of the week consulting an occulist.
Miss Gertrude's health will not permit