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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
4
The Singing Evangelists Mr and Mrs McCarty perform daily services at the Methodist church with 8 pm evenings and 3 pm men and boys meeting. Sabbath School is at 10 am in the auditorium and parents are urged to attend. Memorial service in the Disciples' church cancels 11 am service.
Receipts of Walla Walla strawberries are limited with prices expected to ease soon once supplies rise. Fancy Clark seedlings fetch $9.50 per crate. Magoons and other soft varieties $3. Peas command high wholesale prices due to cool weather. Cabbage appears but remains costly at $4 per hundred. An O R N excursion is planned from Milton through Portland at a round trip rate of $6.25 with a special train. Also promotional notes and medical ads accompany.
The Marpophingus of Young Chief, who died five years ago on the reservation and was interred near Thorn Hollow, has been desecrated by an iconoclast. The coffin was opened and valuables removed while the body was left uncovered. Gua Connoyer found the disturbed grave. Yum Sumpkin had a new coffin made and the body will be reinterred.
The O R and N announces passenger rates from Athens to Portland for the Lewis and Clark fair. Individual tickets sold daily May 29 to October 16, with continuous passage and final return by October 31, 1905. Party tickets for ten or more persons offered May 20 to October 15, with 10 day return window. Children half fare. Agents M W Smith and Ady Craig mentioned. Portland Service Co. rooms for visitors will be available in Portland at 5 to 25 per week with escort at Portland station.
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