The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-04-21

ordinary interest and merit. The pho
noKraphic convert the folk dnncee In
costume. the violin recital and the
farce make up q varied and diverting
program that the peopic OF Weston
J ana vicinity will assursdiy find 10
their liking. The school has been for
~saste In eniisting the asrlsian~s ~
Mo Alfred BerReron. a violiniat OF
tnre attninments who will contribute
mart three Of the program. The ak
folk dances presented under the d.
rection OF Miss cogHwell Will provide a
form Of entertainment both unusual
and pleasing. and a variety of high
class records are available for the
schools new phonograph. Those who
attend viii not be disappointed.
The farm residence on the Biomgren
ranch In the foothills east OF town. oc-
cupled by Mr.. and Mrs. ". q. Blom-
gren. was destroyed by fire Sunday
morning. The BiomRrens and their
guest. Mra w. HsAffieck OF Or0fIno.
Idaho. sister OF Mrs Blomgrcn. sue
ceeded In saving nearly all Of their
household goods and furniture. bu:
the house itself vas burned 10 IN
ground A telephone call brought q
number Of people from town In auto
mobiles. and with their aid n bucket
brigade" was hastily put IN service
which saved the barn and all Of the
other outbulldinga. The BIomgrenh
have put up a tent for temporary
shelter until their spring work IA fin
iAbed. The loss is estimated at 1890,
partly eoyerd by $3.50 Insurance.
c. c. NcKenna Of colfax. discharged
as deputy state grain Inspector on
! February 22 began suit at Tacoma for
| $4,000 damages against n. d. Jarboe,
state grain Inspector. Mr.. McKenna
Rsks for $4,000 because Mr.. Jarboe
IN sii@E-d 20 have written In n letter
discharged for insubordlnatlon and
unsatisfactory service" The other
$4,000 Ia sought on a report filed
with the Public Service Commission
charging inefficicncy. which McKenna
says lost him his position at Pasco as
inspector for Balfour. Guthrie & Co
Mr.. MeKenna was formerly railway
agent at Weston. He also enlisted
with Weston squad for service 10
the Philippines during the Spanish
war.
The s5th birthday OF Mrs. r. Lieu
sllen. one of westpn's pioneers. was
commemOrated April 18th with a
very pleasant surprise party at the
I.ieuallen residence on East Main
street Novelty vas lent to the affair
by the appearance OF an amiabie ghost
10 share in the festivities. A good.
sociabie time was enjoyed, followed
Z bts Tsi.ga.. N.,..ax.e s.sara.
Mr.. and Mrs J. s. Harris. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. r. NJ
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Barnes, Mr.
and Mrs. w. +. Drislrell. Rev. and
Mrs. ~ D. Wood. Mrs. Richard Beam
Sewers and EyAIine Sewers.
The Milton and Weston second
teams clashed again on the local iia-
mond last Saturday. and the visitor.
turned the tables on our hometown
hopefuls who were defeated eight 70
seven. after fourteen innings OF d.
vertinR baseball. r. Could and v.
Lundeil pitched for the locals. and
were baekstopped by II. Smith and
Klllgore. Both teams were on their
mettle throughout. and Weston fans
who climbed the hill to watch the con-
test were well repaid for their trcn-
BILE
United States senator Theodore Bur-
ton OF Ohio, candidate for the repub-
iican nomination for president OF the
United States win be in Pendieton
Saturday, April 22d. and VIII speak at
an open air meeting to be held In the
Happy Canyon pavilion AT two o'clock
In the afternoon. This meeting Is held
under the auspices OF the Young
sten and Young women's Republican
Club. Senator Burton Is n prominent
figure in national politics and is one
v the big men OF the United States.
The report comes to Weston from
Brant. Alberta. OF the death there last /
Friday OF Mrs. w H Fletcher. short
~ after her return home from visit |
accompanied by her husband, with |
oid-time friends and neighbors In Um-
atilia county. The news will be re-
ceived with sorrow by the many |
friends OF Mrs Fletcher throughout
the Weston neighborhood. She was
about o. years old. and Is survived by
her husband. two sons and two daugh- /
tcrs.
Mrs. N. b. Wood and daughters left
yesterday for Redmond, Oregon.
whore they will reside on the ranch
during the summer Mr.. Wood and
son Joe are the only members of the
family remaining at Weston. BY way
OF farewell. an enjoyable surprise
party was given Mrs. Wood Tuesday
evening. with more than fifty friends
and neighbors present. After pleas
ant social hour at the residence. re-
freshments were served In the base
ment OF the Methodist church.
While chasing fly bali the other
day, Jimmie Read--one of Weston's
future Eddie Collinses--ran head first
into a barbed wire fence. The left
side or his head. behind the eye. was
gashed TO the bone, and required some
rather nifty stitching on the part OF
Doctor Smith. II Is nevertheless use
less to caution Jimmie to look where
he Is going when after a fly. He can
not see upward and frontward at the
same time.
Sheriff +. ID. Taylor and Assessor
q. p. Strain. democratic officials at
the court house. have filed for re-
nomination. Neither will have oppo-
sltion at the primaries, as each Is
backed by an excellent record. Their
republican opponents at the general L
election will be II. NJ. Allen OF Hold
man for sheriff and ]. A. Yeager OF
Pilot Rock for assessor.
d. H. Eaton. local cobbler and
baker left town last Friday and has