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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
1
Crowds jam Pendleton for the three day Roundup with cowboys and cowgirls in bright outfits, broncho busting, steer wresting, and high speed races thrilling a massive audience. Calendar notes wedding anniversary events and a tin shower for Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Koonts amid festive chaos.
The Rock area gains a modern creamery with ice and cold storage, touted as the town’s latest major industry. Charles Ermateadt, a Willamette Valley creamery manager, promotes the facility while Pilot Rock’s Commercial lab prepares land and plans construction.
A cooperative effort by local farmers of the surrounding country ensures four hundred milch cows to support a planned plant near Pilot Rock. The investment will be several thousand dollars, employ several workers, and affect a wide farming area across Camas Prairie.
The Kellogg Ward area mothers group created a two member committee to inspect amusements including picture shows and dances, aiming to influence morality though with only advisory power. A separate school committee reviews sanitary and moral conditions with school board support. A separate report notes arrests for disorderly conduct on a train, fines levied, and suspects Charles Heagle and Tom Stoy jailed for vagrancy after fines.
Public service commission adopts rule 81 2 after hearing farmers alliance millers shippers and exporters. Wheat sold on contracts will be graded No 2 or No 4 if damaged or sprouted kernels render it unfit while allowing deductions up to four pounds per bushel for such conditions. Roundup chief attraction at fair irks Pendleton residents as early rounds draw crowd. Flour drops 20 cents a barrel in Portland due to lower wheat prices. price history cited. Charles Barger dies after brief illness. funeral set for tomorrow at 1 pm in the Christian church. interment in Walla Walla cemetery.
Report from Grangeville Idaho describes a Friday cloned event named torder days celebration with factions and the slogan Ont em Joos. About 4500 in attendance witnessed a typification of western pioneer day.
Billings sought an easy grade up a steep hill overlooking the Hudson. W C Muschenheim advised letting a cow lay out the path. The cow’s slow, steady route became a permanent winding road used for many years.
A historical note on how the modern letter W emerged in the sixteenth century. Printers faced a missing sound in English, the initial sound in wet. They used VV or UU spellings like vv et wetter web before founders merged the forms into the letter W and standardized its appearance.
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon caption exchange jokes about housecleaning and misplaced items. A quip compares contentment of a man with six daughters to a wealthy man, implying satisfaction with large families over wealth.
Married in Seattle last Wednesday Mr sud Mre Boott Beattie visited friends nearby this week. The bride, formerly Agnes McKenzie of Adams, spent winter with Lizzie McKenzie in Long Beach California. The groom, a prosperous farmer, formerly lived near Adams.
Forest Service chiefs announce large scale reforestation in Bitter Root and Lolo districts of western Montana. Direct seeding, seedling planting, and two large nurseries at Boulder and Savenao supply millions of plants for 10 000 plus acres. Planting targets 1 761 000 seedlings covering about 2600 acres with total year figures and costs given.
Special from Vancouver Washington reports evangelist Dr E J Balgin intended to arrive to hold meetings in Vancouver but has not been heard from. Rev Poole filled the pulpit, Balgin’s party reportedly hunted elk in Idaho mountains with Balgin and his wife missing.
City of Athena will redeem outstanding warrants numbered 515 to 870 inclusive and water commission warrants 487 to 500 inclusive. Warrants paid at the office of B D Richards on August 18, 1912. After that date interest on said warrants will cease. Dated Athena Oregon August 16 1912. Victor C Burke City President.
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