East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-23

Weston, Nov. 23.-All are looking
forward to the basketball game to
be played Thanksgiving between the
Weston Normal team and the Pendle-
ton Commercial association at Pendle-
ton. Two other games have been
scheduled for the Normal. one with
the Columbia college of Milton, De-
cember s, and another at Walla
Walla with the whitman team, De-
cember Is.
Miss Lulu Simpson is attending the
Weston Normal preparatory to TAX
ing the state examination for teach
ers in February
Mrs, H. B. Nelson has returned
from Franklin county, Wash, where
she has been looking after her farm
ing interests.
Dave Roberts and family have gone
to Bolles Junction. where Mr.. Rob-
erts will have charge Of a section on
the o. r. & n.
Miss Margaret Proebstel has taken
a position as trained nurse at the wes-
ton sanitoriun,
w. f. Driskell has returned from n
trip to San Francisco.
During the recent rainstorms heavy
SHOWS fell on the mountains about
here, and a light snow fell here.
James and Robert Still, well known
farmers of the Dry Creek country,
have taken a lease on the McRea
farm near the state line, consisting Of
500 acres for term of five years.
Big Potato Yield.
From an acre and one-third on Pea
Ridge, Lester O'Harra recently dug
325 sacks of potatoes. being Of the
Mckinley variety. Nearly all the po-
tatoes have been dug about here, and
are now in storage.
Noted Humorist.
Franklin Pierce Jolly. a noted hu-
mOrist and lecturer of Joliet, ILL.,, will
be presented at the Weston opera
house November 80, by o. T. Douglas
and Clark Wood, in his lecture, 1.-The
Jolly Side of Life"
Child Has Typhoid.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Ritchey is quite i'll with ty-
phoid fever and is under the care of
DR.. Cashatt
Depot Being Painted.
The o. r. & n. station and the sec
tiOn foreman's residence are being
painted by a force of o. r. & n. paint
ers who arrived here the early part
of the week. They are being treated
to coat of cream color, which gives
them a very different appearance than
the red usually seen at the depots.
Masked Ball.
The masked ball which will be held
at the Weston opera house Wednes-
day, Thanksgiving eve, promises to be
an enjoyable event Messrs. Ralph
Kinnear and Lester O'Harra are the
floor managers for this occasion. Mu-
sic will be furnished by the La Brache
orchestra.
To Nominate Officers.
A primary meeting will be held at
the city hall tomorrow evening for
the purpose Of nominating citizens
ticket to be voted upon at the COM
ing city election, which will be held
December 8. .H
Show Stranded.
Eckhardt's Ideals, which was billed
to appear here last Monday night
was stranded at Pendleton according
to reports, yconse quently there was no
show.
Thanksgiving Social.
Weston lodge No. So, I. o. o. F.,
will give a grand feast on Thanksglv-
ing night, November 20, at the lodge
hall. 1t will be the fourth annual
banquet at Weston, and odd Fellows
Rebekahs and their families will be
royalty entertained.
To Meet Regularly.
The Women's club Of Weston, will
meet regularly during the winter.
The club met with Mrs. G. W. Proeb-
stel. The Bay View course and
France and Austria will be taken up.
Needlework Is one Of the features OF
the club.