The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

| felt lmpeiied 10 make q bin tor ihme
by a record breaking wheat deal the
latter part OF last week. Frank Price
agent OF the Weston warehouse com.
pany. bought two lots Of club wheat NJ
aIs0 which nj the time was about
two cents above the market and repre-
nented the highest price ever paid for
Weston wheat The sellers were >, "
panIater, 1900 bushels. and Blm j.
cuiloy, 5000 bushels. and they have
since been busy receiving eongratula-
tIons. nut little wheat now remains
here in growers hands. although sew.
ernI Kood. .slzed lots Of barley are stu
being held fora bigger boost In th's
cereal.
An enterprise IN waliowa county
which ia now well under way IL the
erection OF mammoth lumber manu-.
featuring plant and the construction
OF 20 miles of railroad, The grndlne
on this railroad has been completed
and several miles Of steel inld. ire
mill will have a capacity OF 100000
feet of lumber per day and WIZ De
owned and operated by syndicate of
Capitalists with headquarters nj Kan
sas city. The mill Ia expected TO be
I'm operation by July I and u II esu-
mated that Il will take i5 years OF
continuous operation to exhaust the
nerchantabie pine owned by the com
pany
Al the first annual meeting OF the
UmatiIla County TaxpayerT assocla-
tion. held Monday IN Pendleton. the
nronosed law 20 create the office OF
] grain inspector was denounced. a
meapure was endorsed 10 provide Tor
the payment Of taxes In equal spring
ana fall instaiimentA without discount
or penalty. Buppor, was agreed upon
OF a proposed constitutional amend
ment dividing property into TWO
CLASSES. tangible and intangible leaving
the tangible for local assessment M a'
pre.cnt and giving the Legislature
authority 20 handle Intangible prop
crty under special rulings,
Glenn 4. Morrison. sailor boy aboard
lU. 4 y. Maryland. writes home that
he IL still enjoying his "life on the
ocean wave" The Maryland has been
ntatIoned off Vallejo. but II IL expected
that she will soon be assigned again
10 Mexican waters Glenn says that
he may come home on a furiough next
nummer, but hopes that u he wears
his uniform he will not attract qu'te
so much attention from the Weston
popuIace aa three-ring circus. he
was lately promoted to 9 higher rat
ing. with an advance In pay OF " per
month.
The bes, basket ball team that could
be assembled In the entire Milton
country was produced at Milton laH'
Friday evening to meet the invading
"Dutch Flyers from Weston. organ
issa and coached by Professor oeiss
The MIitok lineup Included such bril-
liant stars as storm and Anderson and
nroyea a Bit too fast for the Wcssof
bunch. who took the short end OF
AZ 10 aS score after sizzling contest
, The Weston players were Turner
: I.icnaIlcn. Smith. Procbstei. Lansdai'
and kirkpatrick.
J.E. Montgomery. grain dealer o
Pendieton, advocates a hard surface
road from Cold Springs TO the colum
: bIa river. He estimates that one mo
tor truck and three trhllers could hau
II 800 sacks OF wheat 10 the river dali!
over such n road, and that five truck
with three trailers each could hau
the entire crop OF the Cold Spring
country In 90 days. Farmers Of tina
section now pay as high as Is cent
per saek TO haul their wheat 10 MY
rick station.
The club women maintain that thcS
little cripplcs. besides being the mos
: pI,ifuI OF all cases OF hciplessness, an
J besides baIng entirely without organ
' iyed assistance In contrast with IN
c great state institutions which care 10
: the deaf. the blind. the fcehie-minde
: and even tho dcllnauent. are also IN
mos, curablc n treated in time, an
the most able when 30 treated
7 make good, strong. useful citizens l.
atead OF charges on public charity a
:. their lives.
= Weston Lodge No. ss. A. r. a \
!, NJ, Is expecting visit on next Tues
y day evening, January IL, from WI
liam G.. Bristol OF Eugene, Gran
worshipfui Master for Oregon. Loci
y members are much pleased over N
:" prospect OF meeting and greeting the
. distinguished brother. and VIII DO the
:. best to entertain him pleasantly.
y Is expected that the Athena lodge
y Masons will be over in a body to a
tend.
Instead OF having about as man
= different times o. day" as the nun
~ k.aRa Ia tho M
session of Its populacc. Weston ms
as well get right and stay right. Lo
@ en- Maybee. It's young amateur wir'
q less operator. win supply the corre
r. time to all inauirers for the askin
'r Every night at 10 o'clock Lore
catches the time by wireless fro
= Mare Island. San Francisco.
!. Sixteen hundred acre Adams coun
wheat ranch, all cultivated and IL
" proved, one-third OF crop delivers
O. to warehouse free. Owners incon
o. 1914 was si500. Price including ~
'- crop, s25 per acre. Chas. s. Basse,
y Washtucna, Wash.
The council held Its first meeting
Is the new year Wednesday evening a,
,e the newly.elected officers we're swo
1t In. A motion prevailed that the loo
e. library board be requested TO mo-
n the Weston branch library to u
In council chambers.
"a Why pay per cent for farm ioa
"a when you can obtain cheaper mon
By applying to Maioncy q Gwinl
Inquire of or write to either ].
n Gwinn of the Pendleton Abstra
as Company, or ], w. Maloney OF Pc
oe dieton, oregon.
i'd The Mcbride brothers have round