The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1914-11-27
BREvITlES

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Watts q Rogers against the Steel
Trust wire fencing. SEQ big ad. next
week.
Joe Read is here from Portland TO
spend tho Thanksgiving holiday with
his mother and friends.
u. IT, King and family have moved
10 town for the winter In order 10
take advantage OF weston's school
facilities.
Frank Russell left this week for
Portland. having completed his work
here as the representative OF Portland
mercantile interests.
Watch the Submarine Wire Fence
~ Watts a. Rogers rs against the
Steel Trust Gunboat. Wen beat them
on q rod or carload.
will sell Mt bargain n new buggy.
new set OF single harness. good double
seated carriage and new set OF double
driving harness. II. Wnddingham.
Walter Adams motored over Tues
day from Athena, whore he iH becom. |
ing known M the "barley king" Wal |
ter holds about 1900 sacks Of this
cereal. and Is looking quite pleasant |
over market conditions.
The Indians on the Umatilla reser- |
walton are being looked after by
government specialist who has per-
formed 80 operations for granuiaicd
eye-lids and 25 or more for the re-
moval OF tonsils and adenoids.
Miss Helen Cumming OF Goldcndalc.
wash, was here recently looking after |
the erection Of n monument above the
grave OF her father. the late William
Cumming, in !. o. O. II. cemetery. |
During her stay she was the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Il. Stanfield.
Two deals in town realty were late
iy completed by Barnett & Turner.
Mrs Maud Keen bought the cottage /
property OF Mrs. Julia y. Hastings on |
Armar street. L. A. Shcllenberger be-
came the owner OF the Mrs. II. n.
shanks property on the same thor
oughfare.
Noting a long -felt-want' at Wes-
ton. +. Z. zehm has proceeded to I'LL |
II by opening a shoe and harness re-
pair shop next door TO his bakery In
the Dupuis building. Both Mr.. Zehm
and his assistant are craftsmen in this
line as well as In baking. and will be
prepared TO renew all the old shoes
and harness In the ncighborhood
A mountanieer by training and hab-
~. eN..z he.
tent until he got back into the Blues.
He lately purchased 81 acres OF Albert /
oHarra near Falrview Farm on Reed
and Hawiey mountain. Mr.. o'Harra |
in turn bought ~ acres OF orchard
and garden land from Mr. Tucker In
the Dry creek district. Each will soon |
take possession of his new holdings.
Miss Cecile Boyd. an Athena girl.
who has made success OF her school
work along the line Of pastimes and
athletics. conducted Folk Festival at
the high school auditorium in Pendle-
ton Tuesday evening Miss Boyd Is
working under tho direction OF the
state superintendent. and holds cre-
dcntiais from the National Playground
and Recreation Association Of Amer
lea.
]. f. Young. county school superin-
tendcnt, informs The Leader that he
is ''In receipt of a letter from r. f.
Arne, superintendent Of the Boys and
Girls Aid society OF Portland. In
which he states that all donations
made to the society will be shipped
free OF charge by the railroads and
steamboat companies until December
81 OF this year. II is 10 be hoped that
every school in the county will do
nate literally to the society"
Oregon apples are finding a market
In far-away Siberia and the call for
stock this year is unusually heavy.
shipment some time ago OF l25 boxes
OF Hood River apples to vladivostok
was received in excellent condition
and met with ready demand from the
natives Within the last few days
other shipments have gone forward,
being routed by way OF Puget Sound.
from which point they will go by
steamer to Japan, thence to Siberia.
Glenn McCaw, a 13-year-oid boy OF
Prescott, Wash, has harvested S3
bushels of corn from a single acre of
ground, despite the destructive war
fare waged upon his crop by cut
worms, blackbirds and beavers. No
such yield was ever heard of before
in the Prescott country. and Glenn Is
mostly receiving the plaudits of the
neighborhood. As he made profit
OF $50. his would be a good example
for Young America OF Weston to fol-
low.
7. B, Dupuis was called to Pendle-
ton Monday to perform a surgical OPP
Grafton on one of the county blood
hounds for the removal Of tongue
worm. Johnny" Is quite an expert
In this line, and this is the second
time his services have been requisi-
toned by Sheriff Taylor, who sum-
moned him week ago for similar
purpose. He will soon be known as
doc" Dupuis throughout the local
countryside.
The contract for the "fill" at the
new waterworks dam on Pine creek
was let by the council Monday to G.
r. Carts OF walla Walla, and It Is ex-
pected that the work will begin at
once. Mr.. Carts bid 20 cents per Gu
bic yard. or S114750 for the Job. Two
other bids were submitted--one by
Irwin wilks of Pendleton at 80 cents
per cubic yard. and one by Sim J.
Culley of Weston at ~ cents. Work
on the concrete core is progressing
favorably.
The stock of the Jarman Depart
ment store at Weston was lately I
bought by Carter q Eftland of Port
land and the new owners are now In