The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-09-20


Ropt Finley and family of Colfax,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Finley of Pull
man, and Mrs. A. o. Garden of Pen
dleton, were among the relatives of
Mr.. Price, who attended the tiip.e
funeral held here Sunday.
Matt Turner. son of James Turner
formerly of Weston but now living at
Cornelius, Greg, recently left Port
land sanitarum in a demented cond.-
tion, since which time no trace of the
missing man has been found.
| Misses Gladys and Annabel Mcleod
left Tuesday, accompanied by their
mother, Mrs. William Mcleod, for
Seattle. The young ladies will enter
| U. of w., Miss Gladys as Junior,
and Miss Annabel in the first year.
| A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Storms. at Aberdeen,
Wash. September IL, 1918. The little
one has been christened Margaret Ber.
nita. Mr.. and Mrs. Storms formerly
were employed in the J.. c. Penney
store here.
! Sam Haworth has accepted posi-
tion in the grocery department of the
Pendleton Trading company. at Pen
dleton. and will begin on his duties
there next Monday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Haworth have taken rooms temporarily
in Pendleton.
A large number of Indians returning
from the Frontier Days celebration at
Walla Walla, Ell route to Pendleton
for the Roundup, camped near the
Wright livery stable Sunday night,
They trekked on down to the Round Up
grounds Monday.
Ernest Crockatt, former Pendleton
High school boy and well known here
as the youngest brother of Mrs. A. M.
Medium, who is serving with Can
adian regiment. has been reported in
the Canadian casualty list, as wounded
in battle in France.
Tom Gilkey. Millard Kelly and
others who went to the Grand Ronde
on hunting trip last week, expert
enced mishap to one of their Fore
cars, which rammed into pino tree,
with the result that the radiator was
puncturcd and the front axle sprung.
Vergil zerba is compelled to take
over the home farm on account Of his
| fathers failing health and the fact
that his brother. the only one left out |
of the service will in all probability be
in the next draft. Mr.. Zerba will
either sell or lease the Athena Garage.
A mass meeting will be held in the |
city hall Saturday evening, September
2S. at 8 O'Clock for the purpose of |
nominating candidates for the city |
election to be held in November, at |
which time mayor, three coupcilmen,
a treasurer and recorder will be |
elected.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Dell have moved |
into the Hiteman residence on Fifth |
street. Their recent home on Jeffer-
son street will be occupied at once by
Mrs. Jerry Stone, the purchaser. The
Hiteman property, owned by MIR.
and Mrs. Dell, win be remodeled and
improved at once.
Lloyd Richey, who has been barber
ing in the Parker shop, will matricu-
late at o. A. C. :, taking the military
course, and will major in mechanical
engineering. He will leave next week
for his parents home at Cornelius
where he will visit for few davs be-
fore entering college.
The bean crop around Weston prom
ises well this year, late rains having
helped the succulent legumes to ma
ture, says the Leader. W. r. Storms
has forty acres of red beans on the
j. P. Lieuallen place that look espec-
tally well. The other day he counted
100 pods on one vine.
Mrs. L, Gagnon and daughter left
Saturday evening for Camp Lewis,
where she visited her son Clarence.
who is mechanical gunner in the field
artillery. Mrs. Gagnon received word
that Clarence would soon leave with |
his regiment for Siberia. With her
daughter, she will also visit friends in |
Seattle, Portland and Vancouver.
The Roundup. ever popular. is
again drawing large crowds, Hun
dreds of automobiles have passed |
through town yesterday and today, |
Pendleton bound. Tomorrow, Satur-
day. is the big day, and with favorable
weather, but few people will remain
at home. The proceeds of the entire
three days go into the funds of the |
Red Cross.
The trim carrying trophies of the
battle fields of France, touring the
state under supervision of the State
Liberty Loan organization. will not be
at the Round-U Up this week as expect
ed. 1t will be in the county next week,
arriving from Eastern Washington,
and the rfst stop in the county will be
at Milton. The schedule has not been
announced, but it is presumed that the
train will also stop at Athena, en- route
to Pendleton.
The Weston Leader reports that a
big bear has been coming down int,
the haunts of civilization on the Wes-
ton uplands and raiding apple orchards,
having an evident fondness for apples
Frank Snider and Jim Jones went
after him Sunday, but could only find
his tracks in the road, these measuring
ten inches in length. George Beaton
and Newt O'Harra went scouting for
him Monday with no better luck. The