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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1910
Page
3
Pendleton trips and a host of social rounds fill Athena pages. Ida Banister visits friends. Mrs Wm Winship ill but improving. families from Weston Walla Walla and Tacoma seen visiting. Archies Stephenson death. Fred Parr home blaze. bank officers elected after T J Kirk’s passing.
W P Willaby finds his Weston Athena farm left in disarray after unknown visitors entered during his absence. Empty whisky bottles, scattered belongings, and a ruined kitchen larder suggest two men and two women were part of the party. He notes the break in but resigns to the careless intrusion.
Despite five months of rain, Umatilla county has recorded 9.16 inches of rainfall, exceeding the total for the 1908-1909 season and higher than the 8 inch yearly average.
The store plans a spring campaign with new goods arriving frequently and more on the way. Buyers search eastern markets to secure lowest landed costs, offering many items at or below prior prices while emphasizing quality. The policy includes a money back guarantee and enhanced service to attract longtime and new customers.
Miss Beverly of the Primary Department takes the teachers examination in Pendleton this week with Mrs Homer Watts covering. Mrs Watts elected to fill the unexpired term of Miss Edith Orswell who resigned to return home to Eugene. The school will stage a Patriotic entertainment on February 22 joining Lincoln and Washington's birth days. Edith Orswell’s students gave her an Athena souvenir spoon as she leaves.
Jesse Churchill head of the cyanide department at the Flagetaf mine burned when a gasoline torch toppled tar coated interior of a cone shaped tank. The bottom ignited into a roaring furnace, clothing burned off, he died nine hours later in a Baker City hospital. He was found by superintendent F L McClane and water used to fight the blaze. Churchill lived in Oswego and was engaged to a young woman there.
Reports from Hermiston claim the Interior Department refused to approve a right of way across government land. The company must keep the C B R N road above the 520 foot contour, preventing interference with the Umatilla project extension and its 70,000 acres on the river’s west side.
Seven bids were received for four new steel bridges in Umatilla county. Aals Bridge Co. had the low bid at 8000 dollars, undercutting the next by 1200. A.B. Eberhart, from Portland, has overseen every county steel-bridge project to date. Bridges will span Walla Walla River at McCoy and Milton Batter Creek near the mouth and Dry Creek near Blue Mountain station.
Mrs John Stanton, long noted in the community, shows rapid improvement this morning after a period of critical illness in Prendleton. Local residents monitor her recovery and send best wishes to the Stanton family.
The Baptist church sermon praised love and unity, urging believers to seek the Spirit, reduce differences, and live by faith in practice. Members voted to join the Christian church worship this coming Lord's Day, with Bible class meeting at 10 a.m.
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