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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1911)
Press Paragraphs Gbarlos Noma spent Tuesday in Walla Walla. John Daffy oame over from Walla walla Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Kemp were in the city Sunday. 1 - John Gross was in tbe city Tuesday trom Walla Walla. Warre'n Raymond oame over from Walla Walla Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell went over to Walla Walla today. Harold Githens is in tbe city from Astoria, visiting friends. Charles Pinkerton was in the oity yesterday from Weston. George Gino was among tbe Walla Walla exoursionists Sunday. Will Dobson has been on tbe siok list a uonpfe of days this week. Mis. E. A. Dndley bas been ill at ber borne near town this week. Tbe Athena Band will furnish mns io for the track meet tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. George Bannister went over to Walla Walla yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Barrett are at tending tbe aviation meet at Walla WhIIb today. Attorneys Homer I. Watts and S. F. Wilson were in Pendleton yesterday o:i legal business. Sbeldon Taylor was up from Pendle ton aud spout Saturday and Sunday with frieuda here. Frank Graham, popularly known in Weston as ''Happy," was over from tbat fcurg yetterday. Rev. W. S. Payne of Weston, has been called to Iowa by tbe oritioal illness of bis mother. Edward Horn and Josephine Pioard, both of this oouuty, have been grant ed a marriage lioense. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MoEenzie and Mr. and Mrs. S. At Barnes were in the oity from Weston Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ginn were in tbe oity from Walla Walla Sunday, coming over in their automobile. George Gross has purohased a new Ford auto and today be is mastering tbe steering gear of tbe machine. Mrs. Cornoyer, mother of Mrs. Jos eph Forrest and Mrs. A. O. Kirk, is in tbe oity visiting ber daughters. Wm. MoBride was in town from the ranch Tuesday. Driving back, be was seated in a brand splinter new hack. 'Mr. and Mrs. Gus Cornoyer were in town Monday from tbeir borne on the Umatilla, trading with Athena mer chants. ' - M. S. Dndley of Portland, spent the day yesterday with his brother, E. A. Dudley. . Be went to Spokane this morning. In addition to winning tbe ball game Sunday with bis Millers, W. P. Littlejobn entertained his brother from Walla Walla. Fred Radtke. of the firm of Fix & Radtke, bas been confined to bis borne this week with illness. A baby in tbe Radtke family has also been siok for Beveial days. Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Watts and Miss Yelma Wilkinson went over to Walla Walla Tuesday evening, where they witnessed tbe production of "The Merry Widow." Rev. Thomas Lawson will preaoh from tbe following topics on Sunday: "TbeSeivioe of Christ and Its Re ward;" "How David Prospered." All are kindly invited. W. W. Musselman, wbo bas been prinoipal of tbe Helix sobool for tbe past year, in nnder contraot to teaob at Freewater next year. Geo. Payne has been afflicted with a serious attaok of rheumatism this week. He is now hobbling about1 with the assistance of a oane. Miss Edna Taylor is now fairly con valescent from ber recent attaok of fever, aud her friends hope soon to see her among them again. The traok team of the Athena High sonooi will oompete in tbe Whitman meet on May 5th and 6th, and also in the U. of O. meet May 12th. Robert Barns, distriot freight and passenger agent of the O.-W. R. & JN., oame over from Walla Walla Sunday and spent tbe day in tbe city. Mrs. Wm. Tompkins has beeu con fined to ber bed with a severe oase of lumbago for tbe past week. She is reported considerably better at present. Mr. R. J. Green, an attorney from Minneapolis, bas been in tbe oity this week. Mr. Green may determine to looate here and practice law with Peterson & Wilson. Tbe Ladies Band of Weston is giv ing a series of open air oonoerts in tbat oity. Saturday afternoon of each week tbe ladies appear and disoourse mnsio on tbe street. ' Father Neate, of tbe Mission, has been in tbe oity during tbe week at tending tbe servioe at the Catbolio oburob, oonduoted by Father Flam ming of toe chapel car. Mrs. John P. Miller, wbo resides in Mrs. Jones' cottage on Jefferson street, aonounoes to the ladi68 of Athena that she is prepared to do washing at reasonatle prioes. Charles Gerking reoently oolleoted the bounty on six coyotes before the county clerk at Pendleton. An un usually large number of ooyotes are being exterminated this spring. Mr. Helmiok, who was a very siok man for a conple of weeks, has recov ered sufficiently tobe ont again. He was in town Wednesday for the first time since getting over his illness. Athena auto enthusiasts had the opportunity of admiring a handsome new Ford machine Tuesday. It was tbe 1911 model with fore door torpedo body and presented a fine appearance. C. K. Cranston of Pendleton bas been given a plaoe on tbe state game commission by Governor West. Uma tilla county sportsmen now look for ward to enforcement of tbe game and fish laws. Fall sown grain in this vioinity is in good oondition, has a good color and is thrifty in growth. Spring sown wheat and barley is in need of rain. Gardens also show insufficient growth for want of rain. Miss Gertie Booher has been confined to ber home for several days with ill ness. She was threatened with ty phoid fever, but Dr. Plamondon, tbe attending physician, suooeeded iu averting the attaok. Over 500 Odd Fellows attended the ceremonies of tbe 92nd anniversary of tbe fonhding of tbe order in Amerioa, at Walla Walla, Wednesday. Elab orate preparations bad been made for their entertainment and reception. J. R. King, a former resident of this' county, where he engaged in farming on Wild Horse above town, bas ar rived at Weston from his home at Algona, Wash. Ha is at the borne of his sou, Frank, and is suffering from a severe illness. Miss Lula Tharp left Wednesday morning for Lewiston, Idaho, where she will be a guest of Miss Ceoile Boyd at tbe Normal sobool dormitory, for a week. Miss Norma Smith will attend to tbe oashier'e desk at tbe Mosgrove Mercantile store during her absence. 1 tmjaMWin,, '"n'i'ln m"1ill"'Min iiml" lll ' 1.11 "'MJ-Mi'J-rl' tea Mm Walla Walla April 27th to . 29th, inclusive World's greatest Aviators in thrilling nights under auspicies of the Walla Walla Fair Association. Excursion rates on all railroads. Miss Lela Garfield, of Walla Walla, was a guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jaokon Nelson near town, Saturday and Sunday. Her brother, Chase, also came over on tbe excur sion and spent tbe day. Umahollia Tribe of Redmen will give a May Day pionio at Umatilla May 1. A wild west program will be a feature of the day's entertainment. Posters announoe tbat it will equal cbe Pendleton Roundup. Rennie Green, an Adams young man, was badly injured Saturday when a mule kioked him In the face. His nose was broken and a deep gash resulted from tbe foroe of tbe blow. Dr. Sharp dressed the wound and tbe young man is getting along as well as oould be expeoted. Mrs. B. B. Riohards will leave next week for a visit with relatives iu Lewiston, Idaho. Her grandmother, Mrs. Fleener, who bas been ill for so many months in that oity, has been reported in a less enoouraging oondi tion lately and Mrs. Richards goes for the purpose of seeing her. Mrs. Marion Hansell was hostess to the Sunshine club Thursday, tbe 20tb. The guests of the olub were: Mrs. Woodward and Miss Eva Woodward, of Walla Walla ; Mrs. Joseph N. Scott and Miss Emma Heidtke. Ice cream and oake were served by the hostass, assisted by Mrs. G. W. Hansell. J. T. English will say good-bye to Weston in a week or eo and depart for San Francisco, from wbioh oity be sails May 3 for the Philippines, says tbe Leader. With a party of young engineers be has besn engaged by Un cle Sam for surveying work, and may remain several years in the islands. Mrs. J. L. Van Winkle wishes to announce to tbe publio tbat she is still in charge of the photograph gallery on Third street, and will take all kinds of piotures, from stamps and postals to cabinet size. She desires patrons to oall early, as sbe may not remain in Athena after the close of sobool. Several Athena people have visited Walla Walla yesterday and today, and saw tbe birdmen take tbeir aerial flights in biplanes. It is said the av iators find no difficulty in getting will ing passengers to go up with them in tbe machines, tbe number of appli cants for air rides being plentiful. Ed. Koontz and Byron Hawks spent Tuesday on Squaw creek, fishing. They had moderate snooess, finding too muoh water in Meaoham creek, which stream was tbeir original des tination. Monday was a hot day and the oreek beoame a raging torrent as tbe result of melting snow, during tbe night. Tbe program at the Dreamland for Friday and Saturday is as follows: 1. "The Long Trail," Selig. 2. "The Stubborn Lover," Gaumont. 8. "An Affair of Hearts," Biograph. For Sunday: 1. "The Land of Oz," Selig. 2. "Parisian." "Venioe," Patbe. 8. "The Face at tbe Win dow," Biograph. Rod Hollis, son of C. W. Hollis, former merchant of this oity, spent Saturday in Athena, enjoying tbe company of boyhood friends. He has been pitching for tbe Pendleton base ball team. Mr. Hollis has been assist ing bis father in tbe meroantile busi ness at Lamont, Wash., since coming up from California. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Spenoer are con templating a trip to tbeir old home in Texas, and hope to leave some time in May. They will also visit other points in tha south, and expect to be away for three or four months. Mr. Spenoer owns 80 aores in tbe Lone Star state and may dispose of tbe lit tle farm before returning borne. Mr. and-Mxs. A. M. Gillis passed through last: week from tbeir home DbAt Washtnona to LaGiaude, wbere tbey were called to tbe bedside of Mrs. Gillis' father, Mr. Campbell, vho is critioally ill at his home there with cancer. Friends iiere have reoeived news that his case is hopeless. Mrs. C. C. Sharp and Mrs. Ora Messner, both of Seattle are also at bis bedside. Dr. S. F. Sharp has purchased an antomobile to be used in his country praotice as a means of transportation, instead of horse and buggy. Tbe ma chine is a Maxwell and practioally new, having been run tut very little by its former owner, Wm. Pinkerton, Sr. Lawrence Sharp makes an ad mirable chauffeur, and handles the oar with great eolat. Tbe cbapel car will leave tomorrow for Freewater, wbere it will remain for one week, going from tbera to Pendleton. Father Fleinmiug. in charge of the chapel services, bas spoken nightly to interested audiences at tbe Catbolio caorcb, and has prov en himself to be a man of ability. Father Neate will conduct xegluar seivioes at tbe Catbolio church Sun day morning and evening. The intermediate classes of the M. E. Sunday school were entertained at tbe borne of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Lawson Tuesday evening from 7 until 9 o'olock. Games and mnsio furnish ed tbe evening's entertainment. Re freshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. W. H. Kisaltr. Those present were: Katberine Froome, En id Cirtf.no, Hazel JioCubbins, Edna Pinkeiton, Evangeline Fix, Mildred Lawson, Dorothy Laws an, Harold Fix, Arnold Koepke, Heniv Koepke, Lewis Stewart, Leslie Snider, Bertie Mc Cubbins, Rolen Smith,. Kendall Smith and John Lawson. Stock No lice. Notice is. hereby given that tbe City Marshal t ill imponn A all stock found at large in tbe cor porate limits of Atbena, us provided by ordinance. Geo. W. 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