The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-23

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bingham Springs for mid-summe
camping,
Mrs, 70, T., wilhsrs and daughter
~ WaHhtucna. Wash. have been via
itins at tho home OF her parents. Mr
and Mrs, John BonewitE.
sam j. Reynolds. formerly a we'll
known Weston engineer and now o.
Everett, Wash, II with us again. ant
viii remain during harvest.
MrH . " Htanflsld left Sunday q
establish her summer residence NJ N,
Blue Mountain Kawmill. whore Mr.
slnnfleld is employed as blacksmith.
Brown a. an Indian. Joe Wood has
returned from a spring and summer
session In the alfalfa zelda OF ths
Wood farm near Redmond. Crook
county.
MiAa Artanla Davenport, and hsi
guest. Miss Mamie Hoke OF Ia Sum.
init. Missouri. have gone 10 Portland
and Trilamook Beach for summer
outing
Taken Up-Three es,ray horses
two bays and roam. which I will be
Eiad 90 restore 90 the owner upon ths
payment % pasture bill !, l.. Mccfei-
Ian, Weston. oregon,
After an extended vacation among
old friends and scenes At Weston &.
y. Couch has returned 20 Pendleton.
where he viii again be employed AT
the Commercial barn.
J. Ils, uerklng and family. late OF
nosahurg. Wash, we're recent visitors
with Mayor and Mrs. =. r, Harbour
while on their way 10 their new home
in southern idaho. Mr. Gerking Ia a
brother of Mira, Harbour
Mrs. Sarah McDousal. 3. a. barnes
and family aud ". II. Gould and
family have lately established them.
selves for the heated season az Camp
MeDnuEai IN the Blues, Recent camp
recruits were Miss Mabel ElomEren
and Master George nlomErcn.
Mrs. W. II, stRmper has returned
from visit with relatives at Hoids
man. Oregon. Grain there. she says.
Is found 90 be yielding better than re-
cent prospects Indicated. Crops Of
between 20 and rs bushels per acre
are reported by the harvcaterr,
Considerable comment was caused
about town this week by the report
that Ralph Sailing had been running
q blind pig Investigation disclosed
the fact that he IN running not only
one. bus two blind pigs, close contact
with foxtail grass having caused the
unfortunate porkera TO lose their eye
sight
Skldding on the macadam road be-
tween Weston and Athena mn auto
mobile occupied by young Pendleton
people and driven by Miss Hazel Nc
culley, turned oyer once and half
evening Through rare good
fortune all Of ita occupants were un-
hurt, and the car suffered only minor
damage,
Dale Rothwcll. the well known op-
tirnI specialist Of pendlcton, will he
at the Weston Hotel. Weston. next
Tuesday. July ~. from . a. m. until
I n. m only. He viii carry com
plete aye-testing outfit and VIII be
Co supply patrons with new
wiasaea or with new lenses. as de-
sired, Consultation Is free.
Presumably choking from a large
seed which had been lodged In her
throat for several weeks. the little
daughter OF Harry N Dryer Of uma-
lila died suddenly Sunday night at
Lehman Springs A Pendieton doctor
waa summoned and drove his auto
mobile at top speed up the mountain
road. but lost the race with death.
While on motor trip to walla
Nalla MIR. and Mrs, Andrew Reaney
II Morrow county were recent visitors
II the home OF Henry Stamper. who
) a brother OF MYs. Reaney. Mr..
Reaney Is well and favarably remem-
,ered by the early settlers OF Weston.
iaying farmed In this neighborhood
more than third of century ago.
Clay smith has returned 70 work as
mral carrier after vacation spent In
onthcrn Idaho. whore he took up a
homestead. His colleague, Herbert
saker. is now "vaeatlonlng," and has
leen relieved by HIS brother, John |
sakcr, who also substituted for Mr..
,mlth and must have In some way /
aimed the confidence OF Uncle Sam,
The city council OF Weston lately
.ranted leave OF absence 10 one of
ID most faithful and efficient mem-
ers, Jce WurEer. who has gone to
ook after his, wheat land interests
ear Odessa, Washington. Mr.. Wur-
er wanted to resign, saying that he
would be absent several months, but
IL colleagues would not listen TO this
proposition.
Last Saturday @. II. Sans finished
inding his so acres OF barley east OF
own. and says that Il looks fully as
ood as II did two years ago, when he
hreshed a ninety-bushel average. Mr..
ams has 100 acres In wheat, which
lso looks fairly promising, ana says
hat 80 far as present indications go
10 will make no complaint to make
bout the 1915 harvest.
The mercury stood at 90 In the
hade Tuesday at Weston. according
o Herbert Baker. local weather OBJ
erver--this being the highest tenn
erature so far this season. Poor old
.endleton sweltered under q heat of
OF degrees. and ought to move up
loser to the mountains. Pendleton
ook about everything else away from
Weston during their long rivalry In
arly years but couldn't capture its
ool summer weather-and we're go
M TO crow over the county seat
ghiie the Growing Is good.