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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
1
12 TE stands for 12 dozen items offered for harvest work. Men’s heavy ribbed underwear priced at 75 cents per garment or 40 cents per item suites at 75 cents. Also 100 dozen ribbed rope socks offered per pair.
The advertisement proclaims the latest shipment of men’s fine shoes. It highlights Richardson Seamless Shoes offered at 2.25 per pair, announces sole agency status, and promises stylish lasts and durable Galt skin materials.
The new wheat crop near Pendleton saw the first sale at Byers’ Mill with Blue Stem priced seven cents above last season’s initial purchase price. Wheat from Fred Taute’s farm reached Pendleton, yielding about 20 bushels per acre, with 76% of average yield. Harvest is nearing, and prices are strong as farmers anticipate a good crop.
Crop reports from the Palouse show good wheat and record oat prospects amid favorable weather. Regions like Umatilla boast strong finances with lower county debt and steady improvement under current administration. Local incidents include a toddler nearly drinking gasoline, and a worker in Athena expanding hog deliveries to Perry Houser Meat Co.
Water pressures have grown severe as dry seasons persist. The council’s water committee approved expanding the city well feeder, extending the wing from 50 to 150 feet, with a reinforced brick cover to increase capacity for fire protection, sprinkling, and irrigation.
A new cold storage and ice plant in Pendleton is operating at full capacity, producing about 15 tons of pure ice daily. Ice is manufactured from boiler-generated steam, with exhaust run into coke and charcoal tanks, then condensed and distilled through a coil system, cleaned, and recirculated through a reboiler and freezing storage.
In Rear dan Washington a Three Swinguittars players Cox Aluo Chester staged a joke by placing a chicken box on a train car for vacationing Swing sisters. The butcher demanded repayment and a three-person arbitration set the bill at 95 cents. Police arrested the players as a crowd chased the scene before the hen was returned. No further trace of L E Nolan linked to a prior elopement.
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