The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-05-07

The couniy's sprinkling cart iA now
at work on the macadamlzed road be-
tween Weston and Athena, spreading
California oil over the surface. The
oil protects the road by minimizing
the damage from automobile wheels.
The binder Is held together more
, firmly. and is In less danger Of being
whtried away. Commission Cock
burn, who was here Monday. Informs
The Leader that tho county board VIII
have a cartank of oil shuntcd In soon
at the Blue Mountain siding. 60 be
applied 10 soon as "A sufficient strip OF
| the Weston Milton road Is In readi-
ness 10 receive IT, MIR Cockburn eN-
presses much pleasure over the build
ing af this link. which hc worked long
and hard TO achieve.
Tho Leader erred on the side of
conservatism last week In reporting
the unexpected snow storm on Wos-
ton mountain. About 9 inches fell at
the Blue Mountain sawmill. and 10
inches at the school house. on Reed
and Hawlcy mountain X. r. johnson
reported IL inches of snow TO the
/ East orcEonian, with this comment:
Fruit crop undoubtedly all destroyed,
large icicies decorating everything,
Public roads obstrueted by bending
and falling trees. Nothing like this
belated winter weather ever expert
enced here before during my - years
OF residence. II this weather Is right,
! then all OF the calendars are wrong"
Upon returning Sunday from their
I visit to Washtucna, Mr. and Mrs. F..
/ c. Rogers we're accompanied home by
Mr., and Mrs. H. A. Dowd. who rS-
mained for few days with Weston
/ friends and relatives, Mr., Dowd wish-
ed to try his skill In navigating his
new Ford car. with the result that he
now feels safe in employing himself as
his permanent chauffeur, He reports
a promising wheat outlook in the
Washtucna district, notwithstanding
the fact that the hybrid variety suf-
fered to some extent from the winter
cold. The recent rains brought album
dant moisture,
While looking somewhat gaunt and
impecunious in Weston the other day.
Link Swaggart was kindly invited to
dinner by Amasa Phillips. Much
cheercd and encouraged Link drove
up in front OF the Phillips garage,
where his hack suddenly parted asun-
der and he struck terra firma with n
/ dull. sickenlng thud, Never, except
on one previous occasion which will
not be mentioned here, have we seen
the East End porker magnate so
greatly embarrassed.
| The famous Bonnieview ranch near
Prineville, Crook county. has Just beel.
bought by W. w. Raymond OF Walla
walla for $150,000. OF which $4,000
was In cash. The grantor Is d, p.
Donovan OF Portland, who took two
pieces OF farm property In Multnomah
county on the deal. The ranch con-
tains 5000 acres, and 700 head of reg
istered cattle go with It, Robert Ray
mond OF Athena, the purchasers son,
will take charge of the property.
! John Lucas and Roy Hewitt, enter
prising representatives OF Weston's
Young America, have been testing
| their skill of late In canoe building,
with much qualification to themselves,
Their canvas canoe Is now nearing
completion, and will be about i5M
| feet in length and 2is feet wide 1t
will be launched soon on the Winn
/ lake near town, where II will be Inn
mune from gales, shoals, submarines
or other perils of the deep.
Several window panes wore lately
broken In the church building OF the
Church of the Brethren, on Water
street. II is supposed that reckless
boys are responsible for the mischief,
and II they are not more careful in
future. steps will bo taken by the
church authorities 70 bring about their
punishment
The Pendleton. Adams. Athena and
Weston auto stage ioavcs Weston twice
daily for Pendloton at a, m. and p.
m Round trin. s1.T5. Headquarters
at Goodwin's drug store. A. NJ. Boy
den, proprietor.