The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
Mrs. Dugger has been quite i'll, at
her home nm fha West Side

her home on the West Side.
! Henry Koepke Jr. is i'll with the
Spanish Influenza at hospital in
Eukene.
F.. B. Radke returned Wednesday
from a hunting trip in the Blue Noun
tains southeast of Athena. He went
hunting in company with Ernest Ross.
No large game was encountered, but
grouse were found to be plentiful.
With the expert assistance of the
Press man. Water Superintendent
installed the electric motor at the
pumping plant Sunday Better the
day. better the deed" quoth Bill as,
he turned on the Juice" and let 'er
flicker.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pinkerton re-
turned Sunday evening from McCloud,
Albert, where they spent several days
with relatives. Billy is more pleased
than ever, with Umatilla county, since
viewing this years farming results in
the McCloud district.
Miss Vernita Watts and Miss Helen
Russell have returned from st. Helens
Hall, Portland, where they were at
tending school. and will remain at
their homes here until cessation of
Spanish influenza permits the Hall to
be reopened for students.
No soldier mail has been received
In Athena, with few exceptions, for
over q: month. Consequently, rela-
tives are Of the opinion that Athena
boys are seeing service at the front,
where mail facilities are secondary to
transportation of food and munitions.
Miss Kathren Froome and the
Misses Gladys and Annabell Mcleod
have returned home from Seattle,
where they went to marticulate with
the University of Washington. Their
visit home was enforced by the flu
epidemic, now raging in the Sound
city.
Virgil Zerba, who has been con-
nected with the Zerba Bros Garage,
finds the change to farm life agree
able. He can now have his meals
served regularly and go to bed at
dark--that is If he has "paled' the
cows. Anyway, he looks better for
the change.
Victor Burke, viii Harden and AL
Sigmon left Tuesday morning for a
deer hunt on the grand Ronde, south
of Starkey Prairie. AL was accom-
panied by friend from Helix. The
party went in automobiles. and will
stop at the Gilkey-Kelly camp during
the remainder of the month.
Mr. .and Mrs. L. p. Wilmot left
Athena Saturday for California, where
they spend the winter. They will
make the trip in their Dodge car. In
leaving, Mr.. Wilmot forgot his fish
ing tackle, and wrote for it to be for
warded to him at Klamath Falls,
where he expected to land some big
'uns.
Mayor and Mrs. Bishop of Free
water, were in the city Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. Bishop visited friends,
while Freewater's affable mayor
transferred half section of land to
McEwen Brothers. The land in ques-
| ton is located in the Basin district
north of Athena, contiguous to Nc
Even holdings.
| We notice that Mr.. A. L. Swaggart
prominent farmer and hog raiser is
mentioned in the Weston Leader of
| last week. 1t appears that Mr., Swag-
gart visited the gilded sanctum of the
Leader and the event so pleased the
verbose Kernel that he tackled the
title of "p. p. p." on Swaggart-what-
ever that stands for.
John Martin, who is down from
Montana on a visit to his family here,
reports that considerable portion Of
the hay and grain crop in parts Of that
state, have been materially damaged
by wet weather. Grain is growing in
the shock, and the damage to hay is
extensive. Range is good and cattle
are being marketed direct from the
grass.
Jack rabbits are again becoming
pest in the west part Of the county,
and later 1t is proposed to organize a
drive on a stupendous scale, extermi-
nate the rabbits and use the proceeds
derived from the sale of skins for the
Red Cross. Rabbit skins sell in the
market for ten cents to eighteen cents
each. There is also a market for the
meat in the cities.
The funeral of Claude Still who
died of influenza while in the tank
service at an eastern camp, was held
at his former home in Milton Sunday.
The Elks lodge, the Knights of Py-
thias and the Masonic lodge attended
in a body. The Milton-F -Freewater
home guard formed a military escort
to the grave, where services were con-
Quoted by the Masonic lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles May drove
down from their Weston Mountain
ranch, Tuesday, and traded with
Athena merchants. Mr.. May has an
excellent crop of potatoes. which he
will market at satisfactory prices. The
mountain ranches are producing fine
crop of tubers this season. which will
go far towards making up the loss
caused by poor grain crops in that
district.
Rain put temporary stop to seed
ing operations in this vicinity. How
ever, seeding is far advanced and the
soil is now in fine condition. A num-
ber of fields which were seeded the
fore part Of last week have begun to
show up in shades Of green, the grain
having come through the ground. suf-
ficient moisture is now in the ground
to permit Of plowing, and conditions