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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1896
Page
3
Local notes report multiple weather changes in Maywood area, growing crepe crops, and town movements. Pendleton visitors include Geo Hansell, Marion O Harra, and others. various calls, church services, school work, and public meetings are noted along with community events and advertisements.
A prepared voter statement questions Sheriff Houser’s pay and expenses in Umatilla County. It argues the office should be limited to a $2500 salary with modest office costs, challenging claims of higher reimbursement and urging scrutiny of the sheriff’s spending and tenure.
A Friday gathering in town drew a large crowd at the schoolhouse for a Democratic meeting featuring nominees for county offices. John Wort defended the clerk’s office and pledged reform. Dave McDonald promised workload reductions. speeches praised H. J. Raley and other candidates. Music by the Athena bard accompanied the event.
Ed Lafave, a well known reservation farmer, received medal and diploma at the World's Columbian Exposition for the best bushel of blue stem wheat. The diploma bears the prize wording and the award committee’s signatures. The medal depicts Columbus’s landing and is set in blue platinum with an aluminum case. Other items mention a Pendleton postoffice robbery case and local testimonies about an alleged suspect, plus a note on various skin diseases and a patent medicine claim.
A letter from Elder L J Boss condemns a Helix church article as un-Christian, while Weston notes commencement activities at the Normal School with plans to welcome poet Joaquin Miller. Reports cite weather, wheat, cattle and market figures, and local officer elections and brand descriptions.
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