East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-09

Severe Case OF Typhoid Fever,
and Several Cases OF Pneumonia.
Weston. Nov. "a football game
will be played on the Weston fi,ld
Saturday between the Pendleton
academy nine and the Weston Nor
NAL, which will be the last game of
the season for the Normal. These
are practically evenly matched, and
are almost of equal weight. Each
has defeated the Columbia college
team at Milton, by score of 6 to 0.
The Weston Normal has lost but one
game this season, out of four played
banquet will be given by the gen.
tlemen members of the faculty Sat
urday night, to the members of the
football team in appreciation of the
excellent work done by the team so
far this season.
Wheat Market Dull.
The farmers are anxiously waiting
for the wheat market to open up,
since the Portland strike and car
shortage. Hardly one-sixth of the
wheat raised in the vicinity of Wes-
ton has yet been sold. 1t is estimated
that over a quarter of million bush
els are stored at Weston, Downing
and Blue Mountain station, by the
different farmers.
Big Potato Yield.
The potato yield in the mounta n
district about Weston will be one of
the best this season in the history Of
the country. Sam r. Caplinger has
all records broken, gathering SO sacks
from one-fourth of an acre, or at the
rate of 32S sacks per acre, and the
quality is excellent. The farmers are
all busily engaged digging the crop
and every man available is being
hired by them, and in nearly every
instance the quantity and quality are
excellent, being somewhat of a sur
prise in the growing who predicted
a few months ago that the crop
would be very short.
Jacob Voorhees,, the state grange
organizer, is expected to arrive in
Weston in a few days to complete the
organization of a grange at this place.
Mrs. Ebra Hayes, teacher of the
primary department at the Normal
was Unexpectedly called to Portland
the first of the week, to remain sew
eral days. Her place is being sup
piled by Miss Constance Wheeldon, of
The Dalles.
Goose Hunting.
Messrs. Paul Bullfinch. William
McKinzie, Henry johnson and A.
Wright have gone to the Columbia
river on a goose hunt. They drove
across the country from here, a dis
tance of nearly 80 miles.
Z. C. Rogers has leased the farm of
George Carmichael, recently pur-
chased from James Kirkpatrick.
Daughter Born.
A daughter was born Friday Nov
ember 2, 1906, to Mr.. and Mrs. G.
W. sprague, at their home in this
city.
Rev. ]. Franklin Ray of Japan,
will speak at the Baptist church next
Sunday morning and evening.
Mrs. D. L. Gubser, who has been
quite seriously i'll with typhoid fever
at the Walla Walla hospital, is inn
proving.
L. G, Price Is quite III with typhoid
FEVER on the Weston mountain. His
wife and daughter have just recovered
from the disease.
Pneumonia on the Mountain.
William Vancil's infant child and
the S-year-old son Of Mr.. Stockman,
are quite seriously i'll with pneumonia
on Basket mountain. An epidemic
of the disease is feared at the Vancil
mill.
Wallace Nelson, son of the section
foreman at this place. who has been
employed as depot agent at Kahlotus,
Wash, was brought to his home here.
where he is suffering with typhoid
fever.
W. c. T. U. Organizer.
Mrs. Matte NJ. Sleeth, state organ
izer for the w. C. T. u, delivered an
address at the Weston opera house
Monday evening, which was followed
on Tuesday evening by h recital, in
which Mrs. Sleeth read a number of
original poems. Miss Inez Macken
and Misses Alpha and Katie Pixton,
assisted In a musical program also.
A number Of young boys have been
accused Of stealing chickens in the
Weston neighborhood of late, and ef-
forts are being made to find out who
they are.
w. NJ. Carter has taken a lease on
the Frank King place south of town,
and will farm in the Weston country
next season.
Mrs. Van Buren, Dead.
Mrs. Maggie Van Buren, wife OF
Henry Van Buren, formerly of this
place, died In the Walla Walla hos
pital Tuesday after undergoing an
operation. Mrs. Van Buren, was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. b. Ash
worth, now of Baker City.
To Raise Barley.
The farmers of the Weston country
will raise large amounts of barley
next season, which will be shipped
to Portland for brewing purposes. and
experience the past season proves 1t
to be profitable. s. A. Barnes, agent
for the Pacific Coast Elevator COM
pany, who has been shipping barley to