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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1926)
mmMmmmmmmBmmmm Full Line of Extras and Supplies For Harvesting Machinery of Rogers C$ Goodman, Athena, Oregon ( A Mercantile Trust) ALL HEAT RECORDS IN OREGONARE SHATTERED Heat records tumbled as the mer cury ascended in Oregon thermomet ers Saturday. Four, heat prostra tions occurred in Salem when the city experienced the hottest day in its history with 107 degrees. In cidentally an employe of -the South ern Pacific railroad received a Christ mas card mailed December 22, last year. A number of business offices were closed. - Eugene, with 104, also sweltered under the highest . temperatures old times and weather observers could remember. Medford turned in a reading of 106, with relief in the form of thund er showers late in the day. Portland had the wannest weather in the 52 years the weather bureau has made observations. .At 4 o'clock the glass read 104.5, just 2.4 degrees above the previous high level. In Athena it was hot, too, bur, the conserative thermometers held at 102. Walla Walla sweltered at 107, and Pendleton reported 106. Saturday, indicted Jim Mayes, con fessed Echo bank robber, on two bills, one of which charges him with assault with intent to commit rob bery and the other with?1 larceny. Mayes is being held in The Dalles jail pending arraignment in court. Edward Cooper was indicted for horsestealing, and William Thomp son for larceny. Both entered pleas of guilty in court after indictment. Cooper, was sentenced to two years and Thomspon three years. GRAND JURY INDICTS The grand jury in special session WE HAND YOU A LEMON Mrs. Lucien Gagnon has received from her daughter, Mrs. George Rol ler, of Baldwin Park, California, tix lemons totaling in weight four pounds. The largest measures 10x13 inches and is perfect in symetrical shape. Mr. and Mrs. Roller enjoy life on a three-acre farm, where they have a bungalow home, oceans of flowers, 26 different varieties of fruits and nuts, and 7,000 chickens. Last week they sold 2,000 frys. MILTON BONDS An election at Milton to determine whether or not the city shall issue bonds to purchase a new Diesel en gine for the city light and power plant, carried by a, vote of 96 in fav or and 63 opposed. A total of 159 votes were cast. BOOZE CAUSE OF WRECK Hi Stevens of Pendleton who was driving a car on the highway near Blue Mountain station ran into the truck driven by I. Taylor of Milton, badly wrecking the truck and injur ing the companion of Stevens. Stev ens was arrested for driving while intoxicated to which he pleaded guil ty and Justice Scott of Milton, asses sed him $120 and 60 days in jail, When the officers went back to look over the scene of the accident they found four 20 dollar bills scattered about and also a bottle of booze in the wrecked car. I Have Taken Over The Hoffman Gas and Oil Station and will sell exclusively Shell Gasoline and Shell Products I will make a specialty of washing and polishing cars on short notice at reasonable prices. Everett Knight at Hoffman's Garage Mapa-Tan Shoes For Working Men Also Canvass Gloves and Master Hose We order Tailor-Made Suits G. W. Finch, Prop. Main Street, Athena, Oregon SOME 50-BUSHEL WHEAT Eighty acres threshed by the E. A. Dudley machine on the St. Dennis place, south of Athena, has averaged 50 bushels per acre, and the balance of the field is estimated at the same yield. Charles Kirk's big field east of town is said to be averaging around 50 bushels. Other good yield ing fields are in evidence, including Watts Brothers and Marion Hansell, on which estimates have not been made. The general average yield of Federation is in this district seems to be running from 40 to 45 bushels per acre. ' " 22 Years Ago BUILDS WAREHOUSE M. G. Bentley is rushing to com pletion a new warehouse which will be 33 feet by 70, with porches on three sides. The new building, says the Freewater Times, is located on the Bentley tracts near Crockett sta tion, where last year a siding was put in leading to the traction com pany's main line. CLASSIFIED Loganberries at Reed & Hawley mountain with the fine, keeping and fine flavor of which our mountain is noted in all small fruits. Come and pick them yourself, bring the crates and get them for $1.00 per crate. F. Heath, Weston. Piano to be sold at Athena Rare bargain in high grade piano to be disposed of at once. Terms $10 monthly. If interested in particulars write Cline Piano company, 66 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. - Piano Bargain The case of this piano wad marred in shipment. Will sell at big discount. Can be bought on Monthly payments. Penland Brothers Transfer Company, Pendle ton, Oregon. For Sale Work horses and mules. Ralph Dowd, Weston, phone 14F14 For Sale or Trade Four horses, harness and wagon for sale, or will trade for good milk cows. Sterling Parris, Athena, phone 24F22. Marcelling Expert Marcelling and all lines of beauty work. Miss Chap pelle, Weston, Oregon.' Call 292 for appointment. Marcelling Miss Phone 582. Athena. May Lanning. J. L. Harman Blaeksmithing Oxy-Acetylene Welding, Delivery and Truck Bodies Manufactured Main Street Athena, Oregon July 15, 1904 Mrs. J. A. Baddeley, wife of the prominent Weston farmer and horse man, died Wednesday at 5 p. m., at the farm residence near Weston, af ter a brief illness, with blood poison- toe- . . . . The work of grading mira ana Fourth streets for a distance ot three blocks, from Main to College streets has been finished, and crush ed rock has been used in filling in around the O. R. & N. depot. Athe na now has three of the best streets of any town in the state out side of Portland. The. city is to be congrat ulated on having finished the work before the heavy wheat hauling begins. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hoa gen July 16, a son. -Miss Anna Kirk has returned from Chicago, where she has been in a school of pharmacy for the past two . . - j.i- i .. - years ana is now wun ner mutuei and sister at LaGrande. Jesse W. Smith is expected home this week from his Snake ri"er mines. Some big.: washouts are re ported from the recent cloudoursts in the Imnaha district, in Mr. Smith's vicinity. John Foss was taken severely ill at his home in Moro last week, hav ing been overcome by the heat while at work in his blacksmith shop. At latest reports he was pronounced out of danger. During the electric storm which visited this region Monday evening, Dave Lavender, the city marshal at Weston, was standing near a tele phone pole in that city when he re ceived a severe electric shock, receiv ing at the same a burn extending down the side of his face and neck. Moving down the street,- he" was standing near a tree when the ele ments again showed their displeasure by leveling it to the ground. It is said that Weston's tall marshal then hiked for home. Deputy United States Marshal Proebstel was up from Portland and spent Sunday with Athena friends. Another heavy fall of rain vi3Ued this' section of the county early, this morning - and soaked the ground thoroughly. , Tuesday a 3- year-old boy of Lou is Bergevin fell and broke his leg Dr. Sharp was called and reduced the fracture. Charles King yesterday moved his family form Weston to this city. They are occupying a cottage on Jef ferson street. ' July 19, 1904 To Athena probably belongs the honor of making the first shipment of Umatilla county wheat to New York City. - David Taylor has a force of men at work on a 10,000 bushel shipment to the eastern me tropolis. It is being shipped in bulk and is forwarded on order of Bal four, Guthrie & company, to Nye, Jenks & company, of New York City, via Chicago. Sunday was Grandma Stone's 79th birthday and her children and grand children took, advantage of the oc casion and held a family reunion. Forty persons were present, but three of whom not being members of the family. Those present were: Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Stone, of Salem; E. H. Stone and family, J. N. Stone and family, of Milton; Mrs. G. W. Titts worth and family, Mr. and Mrs. M. Woodward, Mrs. R. L. Maloney and family, Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Stone, Miss Eva Woodward, Miss Baugh- man and Miss Francis Burnham. Mrs. B. F. King, beloved wife of Rev. B. F. King, after long suffer ing 'from cancer, passed to rest a'. 9:30 Sunday night, July 17th, at the family home in this city, aged 71 years, surrounded by her devoted husband and children. R. K. Bradv returned to Athena Friday from an extended stay in Se attle, where he has been employed. Rock is being hauled to the site of the new fraternal hall to be used in the construction of the foundation. Uncle John Callender, J. C. Stamp er and Fred Page leave tomorrow on a recreation trip to Hidaway Springs and other points of the compass. Miss Eva McDonald is over from Walla Walla, at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. A. Dudley. Miss Mc Donald's many friends welcome her back, as they feel that she really be loners more to Athena than Walla Walla, anyway. The Athena fisherman returned Saturday from the Grand Ronde riv er loaded down with mountain trout and a voluptuous hirsute growth The boys had a good time and a number of Athena friends can attest to their prowess as anglers. , Some new wheat fields are ready to harvest this week, but it will be the middle of next week before har vest is on in the Umatilla wheat belt. Harvest hands are going to be plen tiful this year. John Duffy's raspberries have lost none of their flavor. He has the finest berries raised in this neck o the woods, where grow the very best, For Con tlncnta M Phone 453 or 761 MARTIN WHEAT FIELD FIRE KSTROtS GRAIN Fire destroyed threshed and stand ing Grain on the Mrs. Frank Martin place, south of Athena, Wednesday afternoon, despite the efforts oi a large force of men, who fought the flames. The fire started near the combins which was operating in the Parr field, west of the Martin place. A strong wind soon spread the flames into the Martin grain, and it burnea mmHv east almost down to the farm house and buildings which were in the direct path of the fire, but the buildings were ' saved from de struction. The loss, which has not been ad justed is covered with insurance. In a short time after the fire started a number of men were on hand to fight it. MANY FOREST FIRES The tinder dry forests of Wash ington, Idaho and Montana, are dot ted with many roaring forest fires, which in many sections have been fanned by high winds until the crack ling walls of flame cover thousands of acres, while battalions of men fruitlessly, with shovel, ax and hose battle to stem the fiery torrent. MILTON EAGLE SOLD The Milton Eagle one of the old est newspapers in Eastern Oregon, has been sold by Twilford and King- ford former owners, to F. J. Wheel er, of Walla Walla. Mr. Wheeler plans to take charge of the paper next week. Mr. Wheeler has been connected with the Walla Waila Un ion during the past year. PARTIAL ECLIPSE A few persons in Athena viewed the partial eclipse of the sun through smoked glass, about four o'clock, Friday afternoon. The eclipse was noticable from 3:25 to 5:20. The Lumber You Need If you are planning alterations or ad ditions to your building, let us give you an estimate on the Lumber need ed. You will be pleasantly surprised at the reasonble total we will quote. Wood and Coal Fence Posts Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Main Street, Athena The First National Bank Athena . Statement At Close of Business, June 30, 1926 Resources Loans and Discounts $ 576.627.16 Overdrafts , None U. S. Bonds 57,000.00 Bonds, Securities, Etc 7,144.15 Banking House 6,400.00 Cash and Exchange..... 227.304.97 $ 874,476.28 Liabilities Capital Stock $ 50,000.00 Surplus 60,000.00 Undivided Profits 17,710.05 National Currency 12500.00 Rediscounts, Bills Payable None Deposits 734,266.2) $ 874,47-3.28 Does a General Banking Business, Interest Paid on Time Deposits. Safe ty Deposit Boxes for Rent. 1b VV V H U H u 1 1 1 r?A THIS FAMILY IS HAPPY BECAUSE HEALTHY Father, mother and daughter and son, can make a regular practice of visiting us for a course of chiraprac tic adjustments. It's the wise and sensible plan to safeguard the fam ily health. No drugs just common sense methods. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte Phone 700 957 J SoYYer Ole Man! Most of his famliy and a lot of his neighbors ?What? Get their Barber work at the Penn Harris Shop. Why not you? We cater to no one in particular, every one' in general. Agency Troy Laundry. Make old Rugs like new. Phone 583. FENN HARRIS BARBER Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon. WATT8 & PRESTBYE Attorneys-At-Lew Main Street. Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice Will. M. Peterson and G. II. Bishop ATTORNEYS i Pendleton-Free water Practice in State and Federal Courts Whitehead's Barber Shop Lee Whitehead, Proprietor Having purchased Russell's Barber Shop, it will be my aim to give the public the best service at all times. Fair and Courteous Treatment Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Cleaners Phone 492