Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-06-05
OUR AGENTS
LOCAL LEADERS.

vile.
Mr.. II. Macarthur and family re-
turned last Tuesday frsm sojourn on
their Morrow county farm.
Don't forget to call on J. J. Banta
& Co., Centerville, for drags at lew
prices.
Gardeners near Milton are shipping
large quantities of Strawberries to Mon
tana and other Eastern points.
Walter +. Burrell, of Walla WaIla
and Mr.. Knapp, of Portland, were in
the city last Monday on business.
Oils Of all kinds for sale as lew as
the lowest at j. j. Banta & Co.'S, Cen
terville.
Several mempers of the Masonic
order at Centervillc visited the Lodge
at this place last Monday evening.
a aron +, Parker, of Cold Spring
Canyon, is now editor Of the Neg Perez
Nc,cs, and good paper he is making
of it.
-Prsebstel's Touring mill Is now run
ming on full time. Their flour is in big
demand among Willamette Valley mer-
chants.
Squire Powers is again with his
friends at Weston after stay of sew
eral weeks among the bunch. grass hills
of Butter creek.
DR.. W. L. Williamson has been ap-
pointed District Deputy Grand Master,
/. o. y. T., tor this district, comPrisine g
Adams, Centsrvllls, Milton and Wcs
ton.
The Good Tnmplars organization al
this place is in a thriving condition ans
bids fair to live much longer than othe
institutions of the kind formerly starte,
In Weston.
The boiler at Doblc's mill in tn
mountains blew up one day last week
The hands about the mill were badly
scared for awhile, but fortunately NJ
OHS was III JtiSu.
j. w. Rowland, Formerly of Wes
ten, is now teaching class in penman
ship at Corvallis, The paper ther
speaks of him as the finest penman tha
ever visited that city.
From parties near Milton we lear
that the heavy rains killed the water
melon vines in that section. Farmer
have planted again, but it squite likel
the melon crop will be short this fall.
Decoration Day was not general
observed in Weston, still many grave
in the different cemeteries were beaut
fully decorated with flowers by kis
friends who had not forgotten thos
gone before.
MIR. John +. Mock, who lived
few miles this side OF Milton, died We,
suddenly in WalIa Walla last Suna'
evening. He had been suffering son
time with heart discase, and went
Walla Wai.a for treatment. As he W
going into St. MAry's Hospital he f.
dead en- the steps.
Every household is liable to
visited by sudden sickness. Often
occurs in the night, distant from t
doctor, nothing in the heuse to give ,
lief, the patient is sure to get wors
A box Of Ayers Pills, in such aa emit
gency, would arrest disorders wilich,
not taken in season, may become deadl
-Dusenbery g. Co.'S brick, when fl
ished, will be the most substant
building in Weston. The roof is su
ported by ak heavy timbers, six inch
square, and will be stsut enough
sustain the weight OF train Of ca
One thousand dollars worth Of il
will be used in the building.
--Messrs. Proebstel Bros will sc
begin the erection of warehouse
their mill which will be completed
time for the new crop. The dimensi
of the building will he 5Ox30 feet
"a feet high, and will hold over thi
thousand bushels OF wheat. VIXEN c,
pleted Proebstel Bros. will have
largest grain ware house iu the up
country.
On Thursday of last week, tive
miles below Baker City, Piercc's crc
OF sheep. shearers, all Umatilla ecu
boys, sheared 730 sheep. The foil
ing are the individual scores: 3,
Pierce, 100; DOC" O'iiarra, 40; j
Hagen, l25, l.. +. Eyre, l25; Jack
kinds, 95 and Geo. Kects, So. Ii
sheep-shearips crew in the upper &C
try can beat those figures we would
to hear from it.
While excavatiag for a cellar
derneath Mr.. GouId's brick bull,
tths old site OF +. NJ. Pauly's no
store) last Tuesday, werkmcn C
across several cases of sardiaes
canned CLAIMS. These goods have
manned buried in the grsund since
great hire OF October, 1883, and we,
good state Of preservation, only
paper Surrounding the cans beino III
ly seorched. Fred presented his n
friends with 4 case each OF the c
and sardiuss.
Persons who have examined
the matter report that the wheat
OF Oregon and Washington tor lSSJ
bs 4, 900, 900 bushels in excess of
years yield, while in the other per
of the United States the crop will
q decrease Of l62, 900, 900 bushei:
compared with last year. The
every possibility of good prices III