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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1895
Page
3
A fragment notes a notice at Pioneer Drug Store and Hotel St Nic directing inquiries to G. W. Hewitt who will be pleased to assist if anything is wanted. The cut text suggests a classifieds style prompt.
Sealed bids for furnishing Athena city water services through March 1896 are invited. Bids due by 12 M on April 20 1895 and filed with the recorder. Items include tapping band oak flat head crane catalog service cock galvanized pipe and fittings to connect water main to curb. Delivery on ground as required by the water superintendent.
The Athena city council on Tuesday evening created a water superintendent office and defined duties. The marshal was made water system superintendent with a reduced salary of 60 dollars per month, down from 70, as the council deemed the marshal’s duties insufficient to justify a higher pay.
The Athena city marshal is named superintendent of water works and authorized to perform all duties of the office. He will be paid seventy dollars monthly from general funds and the Recorder is to solicit bids for city services through the Athena Press until March 15, 1896. Also notes on Indian subscription plans, a Jacksonville Times oddity, local emigration, and a Simmons Liver Regulator testimonial from Tacoma.
Pendleton and surrounding towns buzz with small items. Elmer Reede and Jimmie Carden visit from Pendleton. births reported in Athena and Milton. revival meetings at the Baptist church. Supt Woodruff visits East End schools. fire department organized in Milton. Weston and Athena consider a joint ball team. trains delayed by a broken engine wheel. Odd Fellows to mark founding anniversary at Walla Walla. local trades and poultry, wheat shipments to Kansas City, and droughty conditions influence farming. dog poisoner feared in La Grande. various visits, travels, and local ads fill the page.
Pendleton notes include visits by BE and R Cox, A Miller from Milton, and Dr Stiles with family. A People's party meeting set for May 4. Fire chief elected A J Parker. W J Furnish reports flax on reservation. Local boards plan a county fair for September 30. Ward and Womach marry in Pendleton. couple to move to Montana. A bicycle accident near Dry Creek injures a rider, skull fracture healing with medical aid.
Pendleton riders Joe Hil and Max Baer reported a serious crash on Dry Creek hill between Weston and Milton. The injured man was Fred VanHorn, W B Pendleton employee, who rode through Athena en route to Walla Walla earlier that morning.
United States court jurors drawn for the next term include J. H. Koontz Echo merchant G. W. Howitt Helix farmer Henry Beckley Milton G. Gibson Pendleton W Jurors Pendleton four mill Pendleton W H Jones Pendleton merchant
Easter program at the Methodist Church proceeded smoothly with a pastor sermon on Psalm 68 31 a missions collection exceeding 80 dollars. The church noted long sacred work since 1820 with 863 foreign missionaries 1074 helpers and 723 home workers, praising global outreach as Bishop Ninde was asked to send more teachers. The afternoon Sunday School offered an excellent greene and gifts for all children, while the evening featured Gounod’s Praise the Father regal chorus and Mrs LaViolette’s Come unto me. Rev LaVioletti urged Easter to renew inner life and the church was lavishly decorated with flowers from Mrs A D Wirt. Choir members were listed with instruments and roles.
In Walla Walla the jury in A W Sweeney versus Pacific Elevator Company awarded Sweeney $2,260. The panel found the defendant exercised proper diligence but based the verdict on sale conditions and negligence allegations regarding damaged and rotted wheat. Witnesses included Hon T J Kirk and Wm Wilkinson. Hollis offers four foot cord wood at $2.50 per cord.
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