One Teacher Yet to Choose for Athena School Year
School board of district No. 29 selects Homer I Watts as principal with strong credentials from Harvard and Monmouth Normal. Scott as assistant principal earns high marks from Adams school. Carrie Sharp Gibonna Keller return. one remaining vacancy to fill from applicants. Salary raise begins with principal at 100 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer I. Watts
Athena
Harvard
Monmouth
Eastern Oregon State Normal School
Weston
Watts
Throop College
Pasadena
California
Oregon State University
Eugene
Scott
Adams
Carrie Sharp
Gibbona
Misa Keller
Weston School
Ini
Girl Horsethief Freed From Walla Walla Penitentiary
Myrtle Tipton once convicted of horcentealing and horsethieving at Colfax was released from Walla Walla penitentiary on Sunday. She had dressed as a man and worked in fields before stealing horses to fund clothes purchases. Despite petitions for pardon, she left on the Spokane train as her mother pledged care if freed. Also: Frank Smith at Walters place suffered sunstroke after a year of prior strokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Tipton
Colfax
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Myrtle
Tekoa
U. of
Walla Walla
Mead
Spokane
Frank Smith
Walters Place
Smith
Prameadon
Robie Buys Range Cattle From LeGrow and Taylor
Hugh Robie purchased 25 head of cattle from W. R. Taylor and F. LeGrow, moved from Cold Springs and Janiper areas to the Kamela range. The herd, bought early spring, is in good condition with ample beef. Robie, who sold his reservation ranch to George Perringer, plans to move the stock to the aquawa creek headwaters area in the Umatilla reservation where virgin bunch grass and ample water exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Robie
W. R. Taylor
Kamela
Ty Mossra
LeGrow
Taylor
Cold Springs
Janiper
George Perringer
Pendleton
le Grow
Oregon
Aquaw Creek
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Streets Open To Fair As City Grants Street Concession
The City Council granted Athena Agricultural and Live Stock Fair Association use of portions of Second through Fifth streets for its first annual fair on September 19 to 21. The grounds may center on Third Street from Main to Current, with the Peatler and Chamberlain implements sheds to shelter livestock exhibits. Amusements will likely be on Current Street near Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena Agricultural and Live Stock Fair Association
Thorsday
Jefferson
Third Street
Peatler & Chamberlain
Peebler & Chamberlain
Current Street
Third
Under Water Tank Accident Leaves Lyons Hurt Near Bryant Place
Lyons, a young man, suffered a severe neck strain when a water wagon’s tongue broke on the Bryant place. The tank wagon overturned, dragging Lyons along the road before landing in the ground. He was brought to Athena Hotel, where doctors and crutches aided his return to mobility.
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Lyons
Cratches
Athena
Bryant Place
Sharp
Crusabes
Death of Mrs Sarah Stagg Pioneer Resident of Weston
Mrs Sarah Stagg a Weston Oregon pioneer died at St Marys hospital after a two week illness from dropsy. She was 62 and had lived in Weston since 1852 when she crossed the plains with her husband and family. Survived by daughters Ella Duncan and Martha Staggs and a brother Gabriel Cox. Remains shipped to Weston. funeral held there with interment at Keya Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Stagg
Weston
Ore
St. Mary's Hospital
Plains
Stages
Ella Duncan
Martha Staggs
Gabriel Cox
Key A Cemetery
Athene horsemen seek speedway at Umatilla county
After a drive to unite local horsemen including Norris and Fay Le Grow, a plan forms to secure a race track or speedway on suitable Umatilla county land. A two year option at 125 dollars per year from Charles Brotherton is secured, with an estimated 1000 dollars needed to build a half mile track. A meeting is set for tomorrow at 4 PM at B B Richards' office to gauge support and raise funds.
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Norris
Fay le Grow
W. R. Taylor
Athena
Umatilla County
Chas
Brotherton
Inland Empire
B. B. Richards
Fourth of July Quietly Observed Around Athena
The Glorious Fourth passed quietly in Athena with little town activity as residents sought amusement in Pendleton, Bingham Springs, or nature along the Umatilla and Walla Walla. A midnight to dawn powder display occurred on an old anvil, followed by a fireworks show in the evening by Theodore Russell of Spokane at the Bannister home. Businesses in Athena opened late after noon closures. residents reported a fine time in Bingham Springs and Pendleton as well.
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Athena
Pendleton
Bingham Springs
Umatilla
Walla Walla
Sons of America
George Washington
Theodore Russell
Spokane
George Bannister
Ditto
New Discovery Proclaims Cures For Cough And Cold
Mrs Paine of Truro Massachusetts touts a new remedy as immediate relief for coughs colds and sore throats claiming it cures weak lungs after other remedies fail. The claim is echoed by many locals and the product is guaranteed by a pharmacist with trial bottles offered.
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King
America
Fiat S
Aydre Paine
Truro
Mass
Wm. McBride
Railway 1s extinct as Washington and Columbia River line joins NP
The Washington and Columbia River Railway becomes a branch of the Northern Pacific system starting yesterday. No visible change to staff or offices in Walla Walla, Pasco division headquarters remains, and titles shift but duties stay largely the same. NP tickets replace W and C R Railway tickets, often in simpler form.
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Washington and Columbia River Railway
Northern Pacific
Walla Walla
Union
Pasco Division
Slabwood trust and price battle in Portland mills
The Oregon Daily Journal reports on an ironclad contract binding Portland sawmills to sell slabwood to select retail dealers at 40 cents a card, with public sale prices from 3 to 8 cents and delivery charges added. The combine allegedly controls supply and may push prices higher this fall. Also items praise Ballard’s Horehound Syrup and Ballard’s Snow Liniment with testimonials and local ads, plus Brewers’ reports noting cherry shipments from Freewater easing slightly to five to seven tons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Daily Journal
Slab Wood Trust
Portland
Combies
Reservation Man Dead on Amatillo Reservation
Joseph LaRoque longtime Amatillo resident died at his home Tuesday after a long illness from consumption. He had lived on the reservation for years and held a fine allotted farm, to which he received title shortly before his death. The funeral was held yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph LaRoque
Amatillo Reservation
LaRoque
Tramps Lift Clothing At Peebler Chamberlain Yard
A claim that tramps depredated the Peebler and Chamberlain implement yard Tuesday night ends with the theft of wearing apparel from Alex Moses and his employee Jost. Tools were nearly ruined as the culprits escaped with overalls and working clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Moses
Peebler & Chamberlain
Surprise 20th anniversary wedding shower for Rev and Mrs Curry
The minister and his wife were surprised Saturday evening by many friends marking their 20th wedding anniversary with a china shower. Attendees included Jerry Stove Howe Booker Sharp Cannon Henry Hil Foss Perryman Masterson Buel Batto Brown and others. Entertainment featured violin by Prof Henry and recitations by Bernice Curry. A note praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as a health aid, priced 25 cents at Palace Drug.
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Curry
Jerry Stove
Howe
Booker
PF. Sharp
Cannon
Henry
Snd
H. H.hil
Mra. Foss
Buel
Batto
Mra. Brown
Mea. Smith
Attorney Wilson
Mra
Wu. McBride
Marah
Walla Walla
Charles Batta
Mra. Maloney
Mra. Kirk
Prof. Henry
Bernice Curry
Willow Roots Blocked Athena Water Supply
Water system for Athena suffers repeated outages as weeping willows along the pipe line drop long roots through joints into the drainage pipe. Workers dug eight feet to clear packed roots and sand that choked the flow, restoring reservoir levels but warning the nuisance will recur unless joints are cemented and the pipe properly sealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atboun
Athena
Old City
Tim
Weiser pitcher Johnson signs with Washington AL club
Walter Jobson the Weiser Idaho State League star pitcher has signed with the Washington AL club. He plans to depart July 16 after the Idaho schedule ends. Jobson has a record of 76 innings with no runs and 166 strikeouts in 99 innings, part of a 7 game winning stretch for Weiser.
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Athena
Weiser
Idaho
Walter Jobson
Woahington
D. C
D. Blankenship
Washington
Johnson
Jobnron
Totoron
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Scott of
Palouse
Liberty
Robie
Gattle
Sella
Association
Sarah
Walla Walla Hospital
Ray Stannard Baker
Baker
Montgomery
Ala
Gustave Frederick Mertins
Merting
Wm. McBrides
Harriman
E. H., Harriman
Union Pacific
Pioneer
The
Carrie Nation
Kansan
Ballard
Horton
Kansas
W. Molride
Pioneer Deng Store
Hod Ballard
W. McBride
Preewater
Dr. King
Palaco
Johnson, Weixer
Washington D, A
East Oregonian
John Mair
B. H. Patton
McKay Creek
Patton
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