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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1898
Page
3
Gleanings from Weston and Milton neighborhoods note visitors and moves. Weston residents report Musgrove and Mare visiting Athena, plus locals taking jobs and returning from trips. A mix of births, marriages, elections, and band news highlights the small town activity.
Skaguay notes rapid town growth with new roads hotels and a railroad to Lake Bennett. Reports of a gold find, rich moss and forest life, ice chutes, drought of grass, and cultural notes about Umatilla Indians contrasted with local commerce, gardens, and a Salvation Army visit.
Bustle and excitement filled Athena as students and families gathered for the first annual May day picnic. Wagons decorated with flags carried scholars, parents, and a brigade of young horsemen to the river near Cayuse station, with songs, an organ, and maypole dances marking the cheerful event of the Athena public schools.
A collection of farm and acreage listings within ten miles north of Athena and nearby areas. Properties include 480 acres wheat land and 160 acres pasture for 5500, 1120 acres with 600 cultivated for 12000, 240 acres on Pine Creek with fruit trees and irrigation for 2400, plus timber and pasture parcels priced to move. Also houses, town lots in Athena and nearby towns with several available for pennies on the dollar. Listing agent: J. W. Smith, Aruza, Oneson.
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