The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-01


AiOO. II was good 'aY, well played
and prcttily staged, aud reflected credit
upon the actors and their director,
Mrs. J. J. Beeler. The tltls rolls Was
we'll sustained by Doris Bsrnes, who
barnes, Eliza Morrison and Mabel
Graham. Glad M an Indian maiden,
Mfp. Graham looked especislly pietuf'
psared 10 good advantage In the juyen.
Ills usual "Old mans part" With his
usual aplomb and happy interpreta'
Llon. la swagger Mexican costume
and With sinister voice and gesture,
Ernie" BlomRren scored AD undeDia..
ble hlt ~ Sllyera, the stage villain 0f
the piece. The remaining roles we're
credlLably handled by Frank Graham,
John Barnes and Harry Sblck.
while surveying for Uncle sam In
the Philippine Islands >. IA. English
mastered 20 some degree the native
art OF cookery. He superintended the
dinner at the home OF his sister. Mrs.
J. q. Neil. on Christmas day. and rang
In a straight Filipino menu. II is
said 10 have been excellent. although
Il reads or sounds like Spanish dys-
peptlc's dream. The bill OF fare Il
headed, "NaliyIdad de Jesus. 1914"
and here Il II in all its culinary
charm; comida. chau egua las Fill
panas, Bopa de tomato. hlnok mo
saliva de curry. Cnmoteg. Isda ng to-
mates, T1nipay Gag montekllla, Bogas
Gag iubi ng tubi. Narjanos. soging.
Lychea Chlnos. Tubi. Lubi. Pima,
0otAa, Chocolate, Cafe. AOndndlentes
Do. Aside from the Nell family and
the chief cook and lInguisi. Mr. Zane
LAnsdhIe was present. The Leaders
gastronomIc expert ventures the re-
mark that he is rather glad he was
not invited.
Coming down from okotoks. Al
berta, on a business visit. n. p. John
son wnH a Yuletide guest Of his old
time Weston friends. Mr. and Mrs. ".
!. NorDean. Mr.. johnson says that
ho has never had occasion TO regret
his pilgrimage To Alberta about five
years ago. He and his four sons are
now farming 1900 acrcs Of iGnd. half
OF II being their own. and VIII have
INV AGEen Nu kNhaN AVI meat gfat
harvest. Oats and barley are their
principal crops. They do their work
with a tractor. and plow about rs
acres daily. They are also engaged in
raising biooded cattle, and took seven
firSts and one second prize Of recent
okotoks fair. Not TO be outdone. the
"women folk" Of the johnson house |
hold made an exhibit OF fancy work !
and homemade candy. and also cap
tured several premiums.
At the regular meeting OF Crescent
Chapter. order OF the Eastern Star.
Roy Read became a member by initIa- |
tion. After this ceremony the chapter |
held an open session for members and |
their families and the following Off |
GERS were Installed BY the retiring |
Worthy Matron. Ellenor NJ. Warren: |
Mary f. Barnes, VI. NJ: Joseph Hodg- |
son. w. p: Laura Morrison, A. NJ; |
Alice +. Price. Sec: S. A. Barnes. |
Treas. Eva DeMoss. Cond.: Eliza |
Morrison. A. cond.: Neva Brown. |
Adah: Zona Smith, Ruth; Doris |
Bal neH, Esther: Kathryn Smith. Mar |
tina: Neya Watts, Eiecta; w. s. Price. |
Warden: ]. A. McRae. Sentry: Ellie |
nor NJ. Warren. Chaplain; Amanda
HodEsou, Mar: Ina Barnes. organist. |
The installation was followed by a
banquet.
As sample OF the puerIIe pIffie |
with which Fred Boyd is afflicting his
readers. we quote the following from |
the Athena Press: "A. L. Swaggart |
returned Wednesday from Portland. |
where he spent two days in the com
pany OF Ed Koontz. who taught Link
n. new song. It's a hummer. and to
hear Swaggart sing Il makes one for
get the braxen and discordant notes |
OF our est. contemp. over the hill. Mr..
Swaggart inveigled the Press man into
an alley Wednesday afternoon. where
he had everything his own way and |
warbled the song over two or three
times" (why didn't you sandbag
him. Link. and vocaiize to his re-
mainsD
w. f. johnson. who had the dis
tinction OF running the Weston Leader
while its owner was engaged in frisk-
ing around the big newspaper noise at
Portland. has been appointed county
clerk OF the new county of Jefferson
In Central Oregon. Since leaving
Weston Mr.. johnson has been con-
nected with the Madras Pioneer.
Culver was made the county seat OF
jefferson county. after a bitter fight
with Madras and Metolius. No less
than s4l ballots were taken by the
county court before two OF its mem
bcrs decided to give the plum to Gull
YER.
The newly elected officers OF Eure-
ka Assembly No. "a. United Artisans,
will be Installed the evening OF Janu-
ary 4. They are requested to be pres
emit, as are all other local members,
as the Meeting will be an important
one, The officers are: J. A. McRae,
p. NJ. A.; Nellie Maybee. M. A.; Alice
r. Price, Supt,: Ellenor NJ. Warren,
Tnsp.; Frances c. Wood. Sec: J, II.
Price. Treas: E. NJ. Smith, Sr. Con-;
II. Monroe Turner. NJ. c.; Geo. w.
Jr. Con-: N. H. Nelson. War
der; j. Claud Price. Instructor; E, NJ.
Smith and II. NJ. Turner, f. Com.
Committeeman J. Nj. Banister sue
seeded in raising the sum OF SO for
The immediate use Of the Parent
Teachers Association in bettering the
of the Weston schools, af-
Ter which feat he resigned with con-
siderable resignation. The subscrib-
ers were: ]. NJ. Banister IS, l.. Il.
Van Wrinkle $3.50. VIM. Mackenzie
4. so, Joe Wurzer 81, Frank Price 81,
Watts & Rogers IS, S. A. Barnes 81,
p. T. Harbour 81, L. l. 0'Harra 81,
Sim j. Culley 81, Joe Hodgson 81, G.
II. Smith soc, II. Goodwin SOC, Geo.
Sta0gs soc, Clark Wood soc.