The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-08

Elmer Taylor is reported critically
Ill at his home in Idaho.
R. A. Thompson transacted busi-
ness in Pendleton, Monday.
Mr., and Mrs. Dan Kirk of Una
pine were in the city Tuesday.
Wanted-To exchange good bureau
for mattress. Inquire at this office.
Miss Holdman of Pendleton, was a
week end guest of Mrs. Orel McPher-
rim.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Warren were in
the city Wednesday, from their home
near Helix.
Miss Marghrite Hopkins of Walla
Walla, was guest Monday of Miss
Pauline Myrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tompkins drove
over from their ranch Wednesday,
AND spent the day in Athena.
IN Misses Maude and velva Mansfield
game over from Walla Walla and
Spent> Sunday with Athena friends.
Mrs. Robert Beckham and Mrs.
Jesse Myrick went to Walla Walla
Wednesday. and spent the day with
friends
Ira Mcdonald, whose illness was
reported in the Press some time ago,
is now at the home of Mrs. Donald
Mcdonald in Walla Walla.
Mrs. Charles Grant and Mrs, Vernie
Grant and baby daughter of Condor,
are in the city visiting at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Walter Booher
There are eleven women, in the bus
fSess houses and offices on Main
street in Athena who are doing their
war bit by filling places generally oc'
cupied by men.
Lost-A thoroughbred Lincoln ram
strayed from my place west of Athena
and I will pay liberal reward for in
formation leading to its recovery Bern
Banister, Athena.
A. B. Steele has been confined to
his home this week in incapacitated
condition as the result of a carbuncle
| on the right knee. 1t is evident that
| for once at least, Allyn is ameniable
to the Dictates desires and wishes of
his better half.
| Mack Cockburn. flarringly fluent
with republican election lore, pestered
the Press office with his corpulent
presence Wednesday morning while
en- route from Milton to the county
seat, where we suppose, he felicitated
with Tom Thompson Frank Curl ana
| the rest of the bunch.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Foss and Mr..
and Mrs. Sheldon Taylor returned
Tuesday evening from an automobile
tour of Central and Western Orego.
After visiting at the John Foss home
at Moro and the L. ]. Foss home at
| Terrebonne, they went to Eugene, via
Bend. From Eugene, they drove to
| Portland.
RLouis Stewart is one of fifteen stu
berits at Willamette University to be
selected for four months term o1
instruction at the officers training
camp at Camp Macarthur, Texas, ant
left Salem Tuesday night of this
week for the campS Another of thu
Willamette UNIVERSITY STUDENTS of thu
fifteen selected, was Royal Emmel
brother of w. C. Emmel of this city
and who worked for Alex Mcintyre
during harvest.
| I r. A. Thompson has taken terri
Morial agency for one of the mos'
popular cars on the market, the Ste
1 phefiS. Salient Six. He is exhibiting a
fine model of the machine at his vul-
canizing plant on Main street. Mr'
Thompson has leased the building To-
Gated first door west of his vulcaniz-
ing shop, and will be in position to
offer storage facilities for limited
number of cars
| Fay LeGrow and Homer Watts re-
turned Saturday from their Montana
hunting trip, and as usual each Sc
cured an elk in the fastness of their
Rocky Mountain hunting grounds
They were accompanied this year on
the hunt by E. A. Leanord of Waits
1
burg. and Lawyer Thomas of Waila
Walla. On the return trip, they en-
countered snow and raging blizzard
while crossing Gordon Pass into the
Swan river valley. One pack morse
losing it's footing, tumbled down the
mountainside, sliding for several nun
dred yards. 1t was recovered next
morning practically uninjured, but in
its descent had stripped itself OF the
pack of elk meat, which was recover
ed, also.
Miss Lula Tharp has been in very
critical condition at Hot Lake, with
pneumonia. all during the past week,
when for several days her life was
despaired of. At last reports, hel
| cond;t inn was sliohtlv innrovpd