The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-03-10

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neishbors ana friends 10 Weston afteI
an absence OF ten years. and are
guests ~ the Henri March residence
Mr.. Fletcher Il known as the pioneer
sawmiil man of Weston mountain
and has q large acquaintance through
; out this section. lie has been oper.
ating In the Alberta eDuntry on . iATss
scB'e with traction piowing and
threshing outfits. and speaks hlKhly
I ~ that vast grain empire. k-peclaliy
, blg yields were the rule last harvest
and the farmers are prosperinG
While Mr. Fletcher II principally en-
EaEed IN plowInE and threshlnR for
others. he also farms q considerable
acreage on his own hook. Ife likes the
Alberta country, and thinks Il holds
Ereat promise for the younger gener-
alton.
The sianfsld Standard tells with
pardonable pride OF the Importance
lent 10 that town by the Transactions
OF u. n. sianflsld. which are all han
died through his home office there.
Last year Nr. Gtanfeld's business
reached a volume Of more than two
millions 81 dollars. He has lately
contracted 20 sell the largest wool clip
owned BY any single nheepman In the
United States. for spring delivery. II
VIII weigh 10000 pounds. and the
price In round figures IL $4,000.
The sheep are on his home range q.
stanfIeld and on his various other
ranges In Oregon and Idaho. The II.
G. Judd a Root Company Of Hartford.
Conn, bought the CLIP through IT,
representative. Y. .. Burke.
What 60 do about sacks IL causing
Umatilia county farmers much con-
cern. n they get sacks at all. which
IL by no means certain. because OF the
war clause Inserted IN the contracts.
they will have 70 pay the exorbitant
price OF fifteen cents. and they are
looking around for some other way In
which 20 handle their crops. A. re-
cent meeting OF the Farmes' Union
IN Pendleton. w. w. Harrah told OF
his own methods. He has built a
concrete granary on his place and IN
stalled equipment for handling wheat
In bulk. Millions OF grain bags are
used in building enirenchmentr in the
war zone. and this has caused the
shortage which confronts the UmatIi-
Ia county farmer
The public school has about com.
pleted arrangements for the purchase
Of phonoRraph. The intention Is 10
get one of the hest machines made,
and = fund Of about 800 is on hand 20
apply on the purchase. Two $50 ma
chimes. an Edison and victrola, viii
he tried out In the school auditorium
early next week, the exact time 10 bp
announced through the school. More
than fifty records, covering every kind
OF music from folk dance TO grand OPP
era and from violin solo to symphony
orchestra. will be used in the demon
stratlon. The public Is cordially In
yited 10 be present. 4 nominal adj
mittance Of ten cents viii he charged
20 he applied on the payment for the
instrument purchased.
DIR. J. g. Turner, formerly OF Lowe
& Turner, eye specialist Of Portland,
will be In Weston again Monday,
March 10. at Airs. Kees' boarding
house. until ; p. m: at Athena Tues
day, March II. Headaches relieved,
cross eyes Strengthened. No charge
for consultation or examination. DO
noi fall 10 let Dr. Turner show YOU the
new double vision glass, without lines
or seams to catch dirt, strain the eyes
or cume apart One light, solid piece
Of glass which looks like single pair
yet answers the purpose OF two. ena-
bling you 10 read or do close work and
see distant objects perfectly. Free
demonstration. Satisfaction. guaran-
teed. lAdv.l
March has heen marching along with |
snow, rain and wind In violent prufus- |
ion. The precipitation for the first |
eight days equaled the normal for the |
entire month. Mail carriers were
stalled on the mountains Monday by
snow drifts. Wednesday night Pine
creek reached the highest stage OF the
season, but subsidized Thursday without
an insarrection. Thursday was balmy,
and corr0borated the beautiful assur-
ance OF an optimistic Leader advertiser
that ''spring Is here Snow has again
disappeared and the, joyful yelp OF the
baseball fan Ia heard In the land. LET
the Hoods clap their hands and the
hills rejoice while rejoicing Is good.
Selah!
Homer I, Watts was reelected as
MAYOR of Athena by vote OF III TO
l2l for David TAYLOR. Littleiohn Nc
Farland and Mcleod won out in the
aldertnanic race. Bert Richards was
returned as recorder without opposi-
tion. The Sunday closing ordinance
was turned down, l19 70 l0i. AS the
large vote indicates. Il was about the
liveliest election Athena has enjoyed
since us name was changed from Gem
terville. We infer that Boyd didn't