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

membef or a prominent pioneer lam
NY Of UmAtllla county. and lived DUR
/ ing his boyhood at Weston. Ills
father, the late John Mays. was the
owner more than 30 years ago of a
, tract of iaBd near Iowa ao~ belong
Ing 90 ,, NJ. Banister. lie IL survived
by his widow and son At Eigln. BY his
4 mother and by sister. Mrs. g. A.
Barrett of Athena. and brother. w.
u. Mays of pendieton. IN this county.
j Another brother. Grant MAYS. lives at
/, starbuck. wash Not a few old.tIme
friends al Weston will Join the be-
reayed ones in their sorrow over the
nnilmely death OF Mr. Mays. Ne was
known here as one Of the strongest
friends and most active supporters Of
the Eastern Oregon Normal School.
A sample of wheat brought IN this
week from one of the best farms In
the Weston district tested only gs
pounds. na against test Of g2 pounds
for last years sample from the same
field. The berry last year was clean
and round THIS year II II fuzzy"
and the surface Il slightly wrinkied.
while occasional smut balls and shriv-
eled grains are met with. A. the land
from which this sample lH taken u
always carefully farmed. Il may be re.
Karded as 10 large extent typical Of
the district Much Weston wheat was
undoubtedly ''pinehed" this year. and
viii be rated NJ of grade. A. price
prospects nrc good. however. the
chances are that the Weston crop VIII
bring In the usual volume Of money,
John A. Gross. formerly a proml-
nent farmer Of the Helix district. and
once candidate for the state senate
from this county. died sunday of can
Ger at HIS home In Waiia Waiia. Mr.. |
Gross WIS a graduate phyaician. hay-
| Ing taken his degree In 1890 from the
medical department Of the University |
OF Pennsylvania. but had never prae- |
ticed He was aiso n contractor and /
builder. and helped in the conatruc-
| lion Of the Marshall House mt Weston. |
When u youth he followed the sea.
hut afterward served his country In |
the civil war aa member OF the /
Forty-Aecond Massachusetts,. lie was
rs years old. and iH survived by his
second wife and eight children.
Fast OrcgoniAni Al the r. T. Smith
q Co. office In sample OF wheat
brought In from the reservation BY
John Grow. prominent farmer. The
kernels are badly hhriyeied and very
light and Mr. Crow states he has a
quarter section which Is yielding this
kind OF grain. Many other spots on
the reservation are reported 90 be
turning out the same kind OF grain.
Iss- ak.Ha a.
other from the Jack PrenderEast
ranch near vansYcie. This wheat ia
large. well formed. of good color and
very heavy. The grain In the Van
sycie and Juniper country is said 20
have suffered less than in any other
section Of the county
j. II. Keys separator. while thresh-
Ing his own grain In Milt SwagRart's
field. was damaged "Wednesday by fire
supposed 10 have been caused by
match head accidentally entering the
cellEder. The blaze spread 10 stanti-
Ing grain In The vicinity, about i've
acres of which was destroyed before
the flames could be checked by an i'm.
nrommu hrc department recruited
from the crew and the entire neigh.
barhpod. The draper and other inter-
Tor parts Of the machine were de- /,
n salyrd, but these are now being re-
newed and II viii soon take the Held
again, The loss Is partly covered by
insurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Smith left yes
teniay for Spokane, and will aiterward
20 10 San Francisco to attend the ex- L
position. After his vacation Mr.. Smith
will probably be assigned by the O-W.
II. & N. 60, TO q station on the Wal |
lace branch. He has been succeeded /
here ms agent hy Sam y. Nelson, who /
comes To this station from Adams. i
The new agent viii find his surround /
ings familiar. as he isa Weston boy I
son OF N. II. Nelson, the veteran sec
tion foreman here. II
Mr. Adolphus Thompson and Miss
Myrtle MAY Hyatt were united In mar
rlage "Wednesday Al Pendleton. The
bride II popular mountain girl, the !.
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Seth II. Hy
art. The bridegroom Is q son OF J. II.
Thompson, the well-known stocknan
OF Gihbou. The ceremony WAS per- .
formed atthe Methodist parsonage by
Rev. e. A. Hodgshire. and the young
couple we're attended BY DIR. and Mrs.
]. A. Best.
y. A. Barnes received letter from !
Portland yesterday announcing the | +
death Of Robert Kennedy At Good Il
Samaritan hospital. MIR, Kennedy was /
vice president and manager OF the Pa q
cifc Coast Elevator company, and a d
figure In the grain trade. q
II Is said that he bought more wheat i
during his long business career than
any other dealer on the coast.
Dir. Alfred +. Sempert, dentist \
from Portland, was ID Weston yester- =
day looking over this field and has 9
about decided to locate here. DIR.
Sempert Is an alumnus OF the North :
Pacific Dental College, and since re- ?
ceiving his degree has been associated o
la practice with DR., +. G. Freehnrger
At Portland. He is a brother OF Mrs.
Fred McGeew
The wheat market opened Tuesday i,
IL Pendleton with the sale by John J.
Grow Of about 1000 sacks TO Henry w. :,
Collins. Although badly of grade ?
and testing only 80 pounds, this lot Is 8
said to have brought 10 cents. Pen 3
lleton buyers are bidding from IS to v
- cents for the new crop. =
hen Walden, Dry creek pioneer was v
ID town yesterday and presented this q
,lllce with his compliments and box 81
il aprlcots. We have arranged for a
,anning the apricots. Also, Ben paid #
MS subscription out OF apricot money, I,
md We hope that he has good crop
again next year.
i
Miss Rene Banister has been con-
lined to her home for several weeks