The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-25

With pendlniOn, Freewhter won W
third successive prize. H. Alexander
Of pendleton vas elected president
N. T.. Watts of Athena vice president
and Geo. fi nandrrson " Free~r'e'
was reelected secretary. The Wcstof
Old Fellows we're headed by thell
, Ave delegates. ". T., lilomgren, \. a
Iiarnes, w. ". Gould, Allek johnson
and Jos ii0dgN0n. Olhers we're a
. llnrnes, H. W. brown, John Mcltas
! Frank Greer, Carl Mcdonnell, v. "
Kirkpatrick. John English, w. =
Rmork, y, "A. King, X. ". King, J. ~.
Ashworth, "a. l.. Iiedrlck, Charles Var
Hoy. " \. Harris, Clem Duncan, o.
II. Sams.
Not enough fans assembled AZ any
one time for the baseball meeting last
Monday evening 20 permit Of success
fnl organization, and the matter was
deferred until tomorrow evening. The
fans viii then meet nj the Kirkpatrick
confectionery at seven o'clock 10 elect
a manager and put a team In the field
for the 1915 season. A. the grand.
stand wna rebuilt last year and the
grounds put IN readiness and the team
h fully equipped. no financial obsta-
cles stand In the way, and an unuhu-
ally large quantity OF good baseball
material II available for the team.
one or two good siabstern only are
needed 60 round out a promising or
gnnlxatlon. and II II expected that
some young local candidates will de-
velop their twirling arms and fill this
rap.
70. Lncaa. the Weston realty oper-
ator, has returned from trip 20 SpQk.
nne and Alberta. lie closed deal 10y
which i've sections. including the
tow nnlte OF Denharf, 100 miles east of
Calgary, and an aJdli lonAl 10000 acres
Under lease, became the properly OF a
t2O0.O 900 Washington corporation 20 he
known ~ the Beale-Kelly Land and
Iiye Stock company. Y. J. Beae Of
waiia " ALA and j. II. Kelly. Portland
capitalist, sire the largest owners. The
land was taken over from Gus Denhalf
OF Seattle and Julius Stine of Walla
walla nj consideration Of $4,000 In
cash and $4,000 10 eastern Montana
holdings.
Umatiiia county ground Ia wet way
down deep, and bumper crops are
promised for 1915. Speaking OF the
moisture. Billy Ferguson Of Athena
tells the East oregonian that when the /
ground was frozen he pulled wagon
across his barnynrd and left u stands
Ing In one corner Last week one Of !
his hired hands tried 10 move the
Wagon. A span of mules was used 1
and mired down. The more the mules
ntruggled the deeper they sank. until
one OF them had but little more than
ila head above ground. They were Inn
prlMoned three hours before another
team could drag them out of the mud.
The double header basket ball game
scheduled for tonight between Wallis
Malla Bigh and Weston High has
l,een called OF. walla wslla having
telephoned that they conldn't come.
LAST Friday evening the Weston
boys easily defeated Fcrndale High.
by the Hcore OF 81 TO "a. All the home
team scoring was done by the for
yards. kirkpatrick shot fourteen |
Held goals. Wood negotiated ten field
goals and converted three fouls. Dun /.
,an played al center as usual. and ,
ISandeii and Mackenzie were the
guards.
Jerry Stone. Gl years old. died last
week az his home near Adams. He
.roased the plains In 1854 and was a
prominent umRtilla county pioneer
Ind Indian war veteran. For many ,
ears he was active In the cause OF ,
which he lived 10 see tri- ,
Imphnnt MIR. Stone served one term ,
II a member OF the Oregon legislature
rom this county. and was nj one time .
. regent Of the Eastern Oregon Nor
nal. He ts survived by his widow. |
me daughter and three sons.
Mcadowhrook farm. a mile and a.
,Alf below Weston. was the haven
his winter for a large number OF :
anne birds which have had pleasant
nd profitable winter season, desplte !,
he heavy SHOWS. Farmer Joe Hodg-
on put out feed In several different
'saeea Tor the quail and pheasant
hat made his ranch their winter
He In fond OF seeing the
anne birds about, and hopes that
inc creek valley will eventually he {
ell stocked with them.
A party Of Weston music lovers 4
tent 70 Pcndicson Monday evening In I
wo automobiles 20 witness the heau- 1
Iful presentation or Robin Hood" by Y
hc DcISovcn Opera company They I
'cre Mr.. and Mira q. r. Robinson and
aughter ArIonine Mr.. and Mrs n.
!. Sailing. Miss Emma johnson. Miss Y
lucille cogsweil. Miss Maud Ager, Mr..
IN ~ Mad An aax, shne that .xnrA