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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
4
Athena residents attend plays at Weston Helix and Athena high schools, church meetings, and club gatherings. Local travelers visit Pendleton Echo Walla Walla and Seattle while enhancing community ties through family, commerce, and civic events.
Arthur Crowley notes summarize post school paths and the value of ambition. Advice includes pursuing higher learning or working up to better positions, with caution toward shiftless peers. Personal items list John Kirk and his mother at a Portland event and local attendance at Pendleton and Walla Walla activities.
Whitman College scores 10 in the ninth inning to lead Athena 10 to 0 before Athena rallies for two runs on an error. Athena lineup includes Crowley, Wilsons, Huffman, Jenkins, Moore, Murphy, Rogers, Banister Jr. Pitchers M Wilson J Wilson and Huffman used. Beulah Smith accompanied the Kirk family to Echo Sunday to visit relatives. E E Coad spent the weekend at Monmouth for a board of education meeting.
Oregon State College won six of eight events to defeat the University of Oregon in the yearly dual relay meet. Oregon State led early by sweeping the 440 yard relay, two mile relay, and 880 yard relay, while Oregon broke through in the sprint medley. The meet featured shuttle relay and distance medley as other events.
The Mission Indians defeated Uma tilla 8 to 3 in Umatilla county baseball. Pitcher Joe Beetles allowed six hits and fanned nine while Mission hitters collected nine off Hansen and B Woodward. Hansen struck out six and Woodward two as Beetles and Hoskins led the defense. The game included lines for Bettles and R Woodward in the batting order.
The Hermiston river flow is dropping quickly while the district diverts a small head into the reservoir. Little mountain snow this year suggests the late season diversion into the feed canal and reservoir, historically kept until June, may end sooner than usual.
Vandal entry reported in cabins near Milton in the Blue Mountains. Intruders overturned furniture and left rooms in disorder at the homes of Cave Yates Whitney and Pickard Mountain, with further details emerging.
Henry Lacey, a member of the 1877 northern Idaho Nez Perce expedition, doubts the Blewitt who says he is Charles Blewitt. Blewitt and Lacey, with William Clark, joined the 1877 march near Whitebird. Blewitt was reported killed and buried in Walla Walla.
Whitman college plans a dedication on June 8 for a large granite boulder bearing a bronze tablet honoring the Nez Perce chief who saved Isaac I. Stevens and his party 75 years ago. The monument will be placed on the site of the friendly Nez Perce camp.
Marshfield wins the bid to host the eighth annual State Conclave after delegates met in Pendleton on Friday and Saturday. Pendleton welcomed guests with notable hospitality and a strong Round-Up spirit as Marshfield was chosen to hold the event next year.
Southwest Umatilla County rancher Esten was fined 500 dollars and given 60 days in jail after a court appearance on charges involving a still and whisky. A raid yielded a 100 gallon still and several bottles of whisky at the ranch.
Umatilla county pioneers annual reunion dates altered from May 30 31 to Friday and Saturday June 13 14 at Weston to secure a merry go round Terris wheel and concessions for the event.
A weekend rainstorm swept Eastern Oregon with the Athena district receiving significant rainfall. Crops gardens and Tange lands were soaked providing much needed moisture for the area.
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