The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-26

being planned by the state board of
the Christian church.
The dates for the Imperial Shrine
in Portland next year have been fixed
at June %, % and "a.
Baker now claims to be the largest
city in eastern Oregon, the population
being estimated at $500. ~
Maria A. Miller, a resident Of Linn
county for the entire SO years Of her
life, died at her home near Albany.
Helix, in Umatilla county, with two
paved streets, is the smallest city In
Oregon to boast such improvements.
Announcement is made that the Eu-
reka and Excelsior mine properties,
near Sumpter, will be reopened soon.
Pledges Of $4,000 we're obtained from
Umatilla county toward the new wo-
mems building at the University Of
Oregon.
On account of the lack of drying
facilities hundreds of dollars worth
Of prunes are going to waste in Doug
las county.
A farm of 326 acres situated near
Brownsville and owned by George
Powers Of Lebanon was sold last week
for $26,367.
During the week ending September
IS, there were reported to the state
industrial accident commission total
of 45S accidents.
Eamonn De Valera, president Of the
Irish republic, will be in Portland No
vember to 5, and will speak at sew
eral gatherings.
Good progress is being made on the
Deschutes county section of the Nc
Kenzie Pass highway over the summit
Of the Cascades.
A teachers institute will be held in
the Roseburg high school October 1-3.
More than three hundred teachers are
expected to attend.
Increases in the salaries of the
teachers in the Bend schools are to
be made at once, according to a vote
of the school board.
Reports received at the offices Of
the Oregon public service commission
indicate that the car shortage is be-
coming more serious
First Lieutenant Edward J. Hines,
former city engineer Of Dallas. has.
arrived home from overseas service.
He will reopen his office in Dallas.
Joseph Castelien, tenant on the
ranch Of former United States Senator
Levi Ankeny, near Rickreall, will leave
shortly for his old home in Belgium.
Statistics recently compiled cover
ing 15 of the principal lumber mills
Of Portland and vicinity show an ag-
gregate employment of more than 5000
men.
The mammoth sawmill of the Peli-
can Bay Lumber company two miles
north of klamath Falls, the largest in
this district, was completely destroyed
by fire.
Il Fifty-nine inquiries from prospective
settlers in Oregon have been received
recently by Secretary George Quayle
of the Oregon state chamber of COM
merce.
Three thousand kegs of powder were
used in one blast to remove the rock
along the right of way of the new road
in Curry county just south of Port
Oxford.
Rochette Bonnie, a Jersey COW,
valued at $4,000. died at the farm Of
J. B. Stump & Son, south of Dallas,
a few days ago, as a result of an
accident.
Since 1t is possible for men to earn
from IS to $40 per day picking ever
green berries. Linn county highway
employees are leaving their work to
pick berries.
He is not a candidate for the United
States senate. but will seek to return
to the lower house, declares C. N. Nc
Arthur, representative from the third
congre ssional district.
The Clarke hotel at Glendale in
southern Oregon has been sold to
J. w. Close Of Lewiston. Idaho Frank
Ryan. the former owner. will make
Els home In Portland.
Out of approximately $4,000 men
from Oregon who enlisted for war serv-
ice, the records of 1858 have been
filed with Miss Cornelia Marvin. state
librarian and historian.
After conducting an extensive in
vestigation of teachers unions else
where the committee from the Port
land Grade Teachers association has
failed to make any Recommendation
as to the advisability Of forming such