The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-25
% Years Ago.
From the Press OF Oct. rs, 1895

Emesley Ridenour, Milton fruit
grower. was in town Wednesday.
Mayor Proebstel, L. S. Wood and
"Bob" McGrew were Weston business
men who were in town Wednesday.
1t is asid that thousands of tons of
hay cut in Wallowa county this year
will not be used this winter on account
of the scarcity of stock as a result of
the recent enormous sales.
DR.. Dell reports Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Bush's child. May Stumbolt and Mrs.
Morgan of Weston, on the sick list
this week.
Sim Kilgore. who had his leg broken
some time ago by falling from horse,
is hobbling around on crutches.
Chas. Henry, John Foss, Fred Fisch-
er and Tom Purdy leave today on
hunting trip to Desoation lake.
! Weather prophets hereabouts are
croaking about the hard winter we are
going to have.
tt Indians. Pete Tom -Mat-Sin and
Charlie Chaplish, were indicted for the
| larceny of COW from Tim Meet.
They were arraigned and plead guilty,
and were sentenced to one year each
in the penitentiary.
DR.. Sharp reports Mrs. W. T. Hill,
Mrs. Kate Jacks and Miss May Fisch-
er, who have been i'll, as improving.
Gettysburg Post No. sa, G. A. R.,
has been moved from Helix to Athena.
-Four new members have been added to
the post, which is in fiourisbing con-
dition. There is some talk of organiz-
ing Sons of Veterans camp here.
The population of the city of Port
lanG, according to the census just COM
pleted is 8I.342.
The upper jaw bone of a child has
been found about forty rods from the
spot where the skull, thought to be
that of Alma Miller. lost three years
ago near Summerville, was picked up
few days ago
An old farmer in Umatilla county,
SO reports the Pilot Rock Record, one
who raised grain here when this coun-
try was considered good for rothing
except range stock, tells us that now
is the very best time to plough. He
advises all farmers to get their plow-
ing done before the fall rains set in.
Arthur Evers, an 1S.year-old Walla
Walla boy, in company with two other
young hunters, Miles Kyger and Fay
LeGrow, had the glory of killing big
brown bear, weighing in the neigh
borhood of 400 pounds. the other day.
Because Portland and Seattle ship
builders make scramble for the milk
bottles when the noon whistle blows
they are becoming famous and to the
fact that they drink milk is attributed
their ability to do better work than
any other shipbuilders.
Now comes San Francisco showing
she,, too, has taken up the habit The
Pacific Dairy Review says zone dis
tributer alone supplies 1900 quarts
daily to men in the Union Iron Works."
although, the review adds, sin San
Francisco, the milk-drinking habit is
still in its infancy" Here's another
argument for keeping up the dairy
! herds. The milk bottle is backing the
beer can off the map. Time was
when the men of the iron works would
have rushed the can" as they termed
getting their beer.
"The food value of quart of milk
Is the equivalent of three fourths of a
pound of beef, two pounds of chicken
or eight eggs. Compare the costs and
milk wins" DR.. E. V. McCullom of
John Hopkins University who visited
Oregon not long ago made this state
ment He adds "For the sake of your
family's health, and for the reduction
Of your living expenses, use more dairy
products, and then some more"