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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1926
Page
3
In Pendleton Oregon a veteran buckaroo explains pulling leather as grabbing the saddle horn to stay off the ground while a true rider may be thrown. Last year Nowater Slim, famed rider, fell from Cal Coolidge and vows to return September 15 16 17 18 for another chance at the bucking championship.
County auditors and treasurers of the state of Washington, meeting in Bellingham, adopted a resolution calling for a flat automobile tax and an increase in the state gasoline tax.
Charles Norris considers Dufur near The Dalles for a harness business but cites inability to secure a modern residence as the sole obstacle to locating there.
The Walla Walla Lumber Company contracted to roof the Preston Shaffer Milling plant in Athena. A team of men is at work on the project.
Amos Tompson, longtime Freewater resident, tried to pass a check increased from six to sixty dollars at a local merchant. He was arrested and bound over to the grand jury in $1000, and remains jailed.
Fire started by an automobile driven by Charles Gerking spread from his stubble into the Arthur Douglas field and destroyed forty sacks of grain after the automobile engine backfired.
Multiple classified items list records at 47 cents each and 75 cent double face records from Pendleton Music House Pendleton Oregon. Pianos for sale ranging from storage selloffs to monthly terms with addresses in Portland Athena and Pendleton Oregon. Horses, harness and wagons offered by Sterling Parks and others. Marcelling services listed with Miss Chapelle Weston and Miss May Lanning Athena Oregon.
The itemized column recounts W. R. Taylor selling most of his stock horses at his John Day country ranch. Rev. and Mrs. Armfield celebrated Mrs. La Hue’s 59th birthday. Clarence Ross delivered cattle to Athena butchers while reporting a sick daughter. Julius Pambrun dies at 18 from stomach trouble. Wheat shipments to Athena warehouses show strong yields and good grade though some smut possible. Various local trips, arrests, and a fallout from a buggy incident involving Mrs. Koepke are noted.
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