The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-10-29

lANWFNtHtfLf FNHN W - HtF%E a@taHAss& N~N"ssa
consisting Of Jim Lisuaiien, Lysls
Webb. Fieenor Douglas and Robert
Lithsow. Mr.. Kehrii. q dairy and hos
expert working under the Department
of Agriculture and the oregon Agri.
cultural College. had the boys oui
Tuesday instructins them IN stock
judsins. Thsy worked on Joe Hods-
sons herd OF hogs In the forenoon,
and on VIM. MaeKensis's dairy herd
IN the afternoon. Mr.. Kehrii reported
the boys 20 be very much interested
and unusually apt In the work. The
team viii no 10 Hefmlston and com.
pete with mine or ten other school
teams.
| Ben Walden. an Oregon pioneer of
1888. dropped IN at The Leader office
the other day and IN diseussing Incl
dents OF ''auid lang syne'' shed some
additional light on the friendly con-
tFoyersy regarding the nre, white
child born In Umatilla county, Mr..
/ Walden says that this honor belongs
20 neither Bam Phillips OF Dry creek
nor Dick Btewart OF Pilot Rock. but
70 Sarah oiinger. who died in Port
land q few years ago. She was the
daughter OF Abraham oiingcr. and
was born near the present site OF
Meacham In isSa. Her parents
crossed the plains nj that early
period with the train Of Dan waldo.
father OF Judge waldo. OF Salem.
According 10 the verdict OF the
coroners jury, alcoholism caused this
demise Of Hugh Mcoiil, so years old.
who died Sunday morning at the Nose
Taylor place near Athena. After going
20 Athena saturday with load OF
hogs II appears that Mcdtii drank un-
tli he became intoxicated and then
started back for the Taylor place.
where he had been employed. He
rolled into a ditch. ana when found
refused 10 20 10 the house. Mr. Tay-
Tor covered him with blankets and
next morning took him 10 the house.
where he later died. Mc0ill Ia said
TO have been sailor on the Bnttleship
Oregon during lis memorable voyage
around the Horn during the Spanish
American war
A four-year-oid son Of 4. r.. zehm
obtained possennion OF q match IN
some manner Tuesday evening. and
set fire 20 the wall paper near the
kitchen range In the Weston bakery.
The fire waa msrrily blazing when
discovered a few minutes later. and
had even penetrated the ceiling into
the attic. A half dozen people had
hard work TO extingulsh Il, and but for
the opportune aid OF n garden hose
the Zehm establishment and perhaps
a good share Of the town would have
gone up In smoke. Hereafter their
parents win SEE that the zehm hope
fnln ana matches are kept strictly
apart.
Having qualified as concrete ex-
pert by building an excellent sidewalk
OF that material along the east slde
Of the Sailing building occupied BY the
O'Harra storr, Ralph Sailing was en-
gagged this week 10 auperintend con-
atructlon OF d similar walk on both |
the Main street and Franklin street |
exposures OF The Watts building. the |
home Of the Weston |
Mercantile Company. In the rash or
getting the building ready. this need
fui work was postponed until more
season. and now conn
pietes the renaissance or the oid-time
Marshaii House corner.
up the organisation known an the
Entertainers. soon 70 he heard I
on the local Lyceum course. and they
give a musical and literary program OF
superior merit. Guitars and mando-
Tins are cievwrly used In the instru-
mental portion OF the program. and IN
addition the young ladies. read. sing
and do sketch work which is Interest,"
InT and attractive. or the smaller
recently appearing In the
E.yceun, none have won more merited
Nncnmiums than this sterling organiz-
atinn.
An Indian woman who had sold her
wheat 10 the Weston Warehouse Com
pany for something over $500 refused
he other day 70 accept the check Of
Manager Price In payment. A bank
lrait was next offered her. hut she
would he satisfied with nothing but
he kuld kale. The wAysof the .Ros-
on man. were not her ways. scfAp
II paper locked az no more conse.
,ues,ce 10 her than ia the German
salser, and when she finally went out
Il town rejoicing II was with q bagful
i shining twenties. /.
We are pleased and proud 10 learn
q follows from the Athena Press that
.ood literature n appreciated In the
uburbs: In the last monthly re-
,ort of the County Librarian. Athena
! again given credit for the larGest
ircuiation of books among the branch
Ihrnrles This city leads with SAT:
silton ls second with sss. Weston
az, Echo ie2, Ferndaie isi, HermEs-
on I2a, Adams SO. Freewater II.
%. pilot Rock ~ and Helix
i. making a total Of 1855.
clay smith and family. Mr.. and
fra w. n. Lytia and George Lytle
nd bride left Tuesday for the region
( Cambridge. Washington county. Ia
outhern Idaho. where MIR. Smith has
AIKEN UP homestead and Mr.. Lytle
lso contemplates becoming a settler.
.fter getting his family located on his
lain Mr.. Smith viii return TO his
fork here IA rural mail carrier He
as been relieved for the present py
trover stipes.
We have reliable intelligence by
,ireleas telephone from Athena that
red Boyd and bin Dobson are back
nth empty game bags from their re- i
emit hunt, Nobody expected them 70
ring home any game. of course. and
a only item OF interest connected q
i'm thnir haunt "a that they are said /
} have spent four days In camping
ut at the head Of Thorn Hollow In s
he mistaken idea that they had Il