The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-03-03

A. the baseball meeting saturday
evening Marvin Price MAS unanimous
" elected manaGcr---durinG his alb
J Hence---but proved too modest and rt-
tirips 20 permit himsrif 10 BE- vested
with this honor. celonel y. q. Lucas
wesion's realty operator. was then
prevailed upon 10 take hold Of ths
| team. and dld 20 with the underHfand.
ins that Mr Price viii act when ~
iihs coloneib Is away from town. RMS
puts the team In energetic hands and
augurs we'll for its success There u
no lack Of players, and Il Il under
stood that good slab artist or two
viii be available BY scouting around
the bushes that fringe weaton's en-
virona The usual subscription 20
start the bail rolling will be asked
for from Weston business men. and
a. soon as bright weather Ia assured
tho boys Will trot out for practice.
Last seasons manager has been signed
Iup as fungo hitter---iD which capacity
he Acknowledges no superior this side
OF the Rocky mountains
The Leader L. requested 20 an
nounee "a the local public that the
Umatilla County sunday-school AS
sociatlon will hold their twenty-first
annual convention in Milton the 7th
and sth OF March. The o-W u. a
N. will grant n rats OF one and one
third fare II fifty or more attend, each
fare 20 BE- not iens than fifty eents. A
good program II being arranged.
Among the speakers will be the state
president, u. X. Hall. the state field
secretary. Rev. q. a. Phipps; Judge
Stephen A. Lowell, Rev. c. A. Hod-
shire, Rev. y. II. Snyder and others
equally a. good. weston people are
invited 10 come and hear them"
Free entertainment for all VIII be
furnished BY the Milton and Free
water hosts
Al the council meeting "Wednesday
evening DR.. n. ID. Watts asked for and
vas granted permission 70 extend the
facade Of his proposed hotel building
east OF the Weston Mercantile Co. 3
store 20 point two feet beyond the
north front of the store building, In
order 70 admit OF better view iruin
the hotel windows. II appears that
Main street property owners are enti-
II
ouKhfare which they vacated In order
70 widen Il. The fire committee were
instructed 10 draft and submit q hre
limit ordinance. Zehm 4 Duncan
we're denied permission 70 keep open
their pool hall, now closed at ten, until
twelve o'clock Saturday nights and
eleven o'clock other nights The 500
license money required Of them By or
dIDance was, however. remitted.
Tom Mccarty started blowing as
early as last week on Weston noun
tain---whlch might much better. by
the way. be chhed Weston uplands or
Weston plateau. The mountain
ground IL bare. although snow last
week still covered the fields In the Vi
clnity OF Pendiefon and Walla waila.
The fog which has proved 80 dismal In
Pine creek valley, aid not carry up
tho slopes Of the blues. whose people
looked down from q serene atInos-
phere upon a bliiowy sea. Jim Nc
Daniel said Il looked as though one
could jump into Il and float. but he
didn't try. being somewhat too long
and lanky for a good floater.
Dr. J. G. Turner. formerly Of Lowe
4 Turner, eye specialist Of Portland,
will be 10 Weston again Monday,
March l3. AZ Mrs. Kees' boarding
house. until y. M: at Athena Tues
day, March "a. Headaches relieved,
cross eyes Strengthened. No charge
for consultation or examination. no
no. fail 70 let DIR. Turner show you the
new double vision glass, without lines
| -. !. :. "A. .(tne .es.at,. tka awaa
| or come apart. Ona light, solid piece
Of glass which iooks like single pair
vet answers the purpose OF two. ena-
bling YOU 70 read or do close work and
see dist ant objects perfectly. Free
teed. lAdv.l
According 10 reports, the road meet
ing nc Pendleton Tuesday was not con-
spicuously harmonious. Senator Bar
rett and ". w. Harrah were among
those opposing herprogram-the lat
ter hecause IL did not include an outlet
To the Columbia. The meeting rec
commended the following app0rtion-
ment OF the proposed $3.50, 900 bond Is
sue: pendleton 10 Washington state
| line, e3Oo, 900; Pendleton to Umatiila,
| A3O0, 600: Pendleton TO Pilot Rock,
sis0, 200; Pendieton TO Helix, Sl40, 900;
Freewater TO Sunnyside, s30.00O; PEN
dleton to Pilot RoGk Junction, sc, 900;
surplus, $4,000.
The w. G. I. U. program published
| In last weeks LEADER was very sue
cessfully presented az High School au-
iltorium Tuesday evening under the
direction OF the president. Mrs. J. +.
Snider, and committee consisting OF
Odessa Kirkpatrick, Eliza Morrison.
Doris Barnes and Josie Lavender. The
union realized s2l from the lunch
served, which sum will 20 TO paying
its state assessment. Nearly every
number on the program received the
tribute OF an enthusiastic encore.
L. C. Proebstel and little son visited
his former home In Weston Friday
and saturday while returning to Bur
ley, Idaho, from Seattle. where he
and his family spent the winter Mrs.
Proehstel preceded him with two of
the children and stopped over at Ba-
ker, Oregon, for visit with friends.
Mr.. Proebstel still has interests at
Burley, although he has disposed OF
his large hardware establishment
there. Weston friends were glad to
greet him.
Miss Edna Banister has passed the
first semester's examination in the last
year OF her domestic science course at
the Oregon Agricultural College with
grade Of better than 30 percent.
This has served TO console Miss Banis-
ter to some extent, IL is said, for an