The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-06

Mrs. w. r. Dobson will begin her
September 16.
Mrs. Sanford Stone is making prep-
arations to open school in District No.
113, next Monday.
Mrs. Joseph Williams returned to
her home in Spokane Tuesday, after
visiting in Athena.
Mrs. Sherman and daughter Maude
and Mrs. Gridley are spending the
week at Bingham Springs.
Mrs F. b. Boyd spent portion Of
the week at Bingham Springs a guest
at the Marion Hansell camp.
expect to get shipment of cord
tires soon. Better come in and leave
your order with Dick.-Adv.
Mrs. Wagner has purchased the
| VIM. Bush residence in Athena and
will move to the city to reside.
Ed Forrest expects to finish long
run with his machine in the harvest
| fields, tomorrow or next day.
Mr.. and Mrs G. w. Bradley and
little daughter came up from Pen.
1 dleton and spent the day in Athena.
Casper Woodward spent the week
in Adams county, Washington, where
harvest operations are being finished
on his wheat ranch.
| Miss Rosene Demer, sister of Mrs.
I. w. Ware, will soon return to her
home in Jacksonville, after spending
the summer in Athena.
| Lloyd McPherren, Claude Coomans,
Henry Koepke and Laurance Tharp
will enter college, taking advantage
of the military training course.
Jack McCool, who enlisted in Co.
363 Inf, requests that the Press
be sent him in France. where his
regiment is now engaged in the serv-
ice
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Coppock and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Clemons, after
remaining at Bingham Springs for a
fortnight will return home tomor-
row.
Miss Jessie Brierley, formerly a
teacher in the Athena high school,
visited at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Tompson Wednesday of this
week.
This week finds harvest done In
this vicinity. Machines are still OPP
Grating in the foothills where the
grain was slow in ripening, and the
crops are light.
L. w. Hodges and family have NOV
ed to Harwood, Yakima county,
WASH, to reside. Mr.. Hodges was
formerly electrician for the Preston-
shaffer Milling Co.
s. s. Paris finished the seasons
run in the harvest field Monday. He
| threshed one of the best yields OF
| wheat in the county. His field of 290
acres averaged 43 bushels per acre.
Oliver Dickson and Emery Achilles
| drove over to La Grande Tuesday.
They found the Woodward toll gate
road to be in better condition for
travelling than the road via Meacham,
| 3. D. Taylor and Sam HUT, doing
business under the firm name of the
Athena Truck Company, have dis,
solved partnership. Both parties are
now carrying on separate dray bus
mess.
Happy Canyon is to be feature
again of Roundup week in Pendle-
ton and the directors promise to sur
| ~ - aff rts,fi n
putting on a unique evening enter
| tainment.
| Archie Shick returned last weekk
from Bremerton, bringing his little
child with him. He and his mother
have gone to Walla Walla to reside,
where he as position with Davis
kaser Co.
w. c. Russell is in Portland this
week attending the tractor eXhibi-
tion. He intends purchasing a trac-
tor while there, and with his son
Charles, will farm his land west OF
Athena next year.
All preliminary preparations for
the beginning of school have been
made. A majority of the teachers
are here ready to begin work Monday
morning and by tomorrow all teach-
ers will have arrived.
Conrad Miller has returned home
from summers vacation on q rancn
In Union county to attend schooi,
Conrad greatly enjoyed his vacation.
spent where trout fishing was good
and ranch life not irksome.
Marion Hansell caught two OF the
finest Rainbow trout In the Umatilla
Monday, that have been seen by local
anglers for long time. Each meas
ured about 16 inches in length pnd
were certainly speckled beauties
Oscar shelton and family and An.
gus Mckay of Walla Walla. Mr.. and
Mrs. otho Reeder and family and Mr..
and Mrs. A. A, Foss of Athena, spent
Sunday at the ranch homo Of Mr. and
RS, Sheldon Taylor near Myrick sta
ton,
| j. j, johnson. of Ohio, accompanied
b, his son, is here looking after his
farm interests. Mr. Johnson owns
three quarter sections of wheat land
located northwest of Athena, and
EARNED under lease by. Alex McIn'
tyre.
Henry Miller has returned from
Nolin, where he has been employed
for several weeks in building grail
elevator. He was forced to qui
work because of an abscess formint
on the middle finger of the righ
hand,
The w. C. T. U. will meet mex
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 at tn
home of Mrs, Charles Belts, south
west of Athena. A large attendants
Of members is desired. and they ar
requested to bring sugar sacks, etc
for hemming purposes.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirk an'
Mr.. and Mrs, ], A, Kirk returne'