The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19

! Tom Gilkey, foreman at Richards
chop mill, has lmprovised a fan that
etfectually put cooling edge on the
temperature.
Frank Curl. who is conducting ex-
tensive threshing operations south Of
town, was in the city Wednesday pur-
J chasing supplies.
For Sale. 80 acres of land on Wild
Horse mountain. For information. see
Mrs. W. W. Williams, Gibbon, Ore.
VIM. Mcbride is up'from Portland
to help save the wheat crop. He is
operating the header on the Lumsden-
Wood machine.
For Sale.-Green apples for cooking
75c Der pox, furnishing your own box,
at the old Conrad ranch on Pine Creek.
X. A. Mays. ADV.
Misses Florence Milby and Hazel
Norman, of Milton, have been guests
the past week at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. Scott Fisher.
Mrs. H. H. Hill is encamped at
McDougal Camp, with Masters Shelby
Whiteman and Roland Richards, her
grandsons, as her companions.
VIM. Rice returned Saturday from
Eugene where he attended the funeral
of his sister. Mrs. Rice will remain
in the Portland for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ankeny and
children of Walla Walla, were guests
of MIR. and Mrs. Wilmot, at their
home in this city Friday evening.
Guy Cronk spent Sunday fishing on
the North Fort of the Umatilla. He
took the route from the Dick English
cabin, and he says, "never again."
Zerba's garage force is kept busy
repairing combine engines. With har-
vest operations at hand, the last stage
of machine repairing is under way.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. McKathen of
Wyoming. are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Dudley. Mrs. Nc
Kathen and Mrs. Dudley are sisters.
I Mrs. F. B. Radtke and two children,
Kathleen and Freddie, are at Bingham
Springs, where they will remain for a
few weeks, Mr.. Radtke driving up for
Sundays.
Mrs. Charles Gerking has returned
from Portland. very much improved in
health. Mr.. and Mrs Gerking's little
sou and daughter are visiting relatives
in Tacoma.
Dean Straub of the University of
Oregon. was in Athena this week. the
guest of alumni, and seeking new
students for the best old University on
the Pacific coast.
| Arnold Koepke. who has been in the
Training service at the University of
Oregon, with the rank of captain, has
been transferred to the Preside for
advanced training.
The new Lumsden- Wood self-pro-
PEELED combine is threshing grain for
Charles Belts on the breaks of the
Umatila. The yield is estimated at
20 bushels per acre.
Mrs. Alfred Pambrun underwent an
operation for relief from appendicitis
at Walla Walla Monday. She is re-
ported to be getting along as we'll as
could be expected.
Miss Vashti Tenne stopped over the
weekend to visit with Mrs. R. Bart
lett Baker. on her way home to Nam
pa. Idaho, from W. A. c., where she
attended school the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gross, Misses
Verva Gross and Jennamae Read, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pinkerton left yes
terday for Bingham springs where
they will remain for the summer.
Wednesday was the Wooden ami
versary of the wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. P. Wimot. and the occasion
was celebrated by dinner at the home
of Mrs. Wilmot's sister in Weston.
Miss Elvina Bergevin has returned
to Sunnyside. WASH, to resume her
work in an abstract office there, after
spending a couple of weeks at the
home of her parents, south of town.
Co. b. GO4th Engineers, Camp Glen
burnie. Md, is the address that now
claims Jacob H. Booher. Write him,
and all the rest of the Athena boys
who are in the service, no matter
where.
Henry Koepke, accompanied by his
daughter, Dorothy. returned home yes
terday morning from California. Mrs.
Koepke, who is in poor health, re-
mained in California under physicians
care.
]. M. Hayes is in the city this
week. visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Berlin, prior to his departure
for Southern Oregon, to reside. His
son and youngest daughter, both live
there.
Henry Barrett's stationary outfit is
h hlrvesting on the Pine Creek ranch
north of Athena. Mr.. Barrett estim-
ates the yield of wheat in the light soil
district this season at Is to 20 bushels
per acre.
B. B. Richards returned from Port
land Wednesday morning. where he
left Mrs. Richards recovering nicely
from the effects of a minor surgical
operation. Mrs. Richards will return
probably tomorrow.