The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Ipr menu dalntlly seryed. Miss Lottio
lIrnndt will be next Mondays hostess.
The clubs officers are Odessa Kirkpat-
rick, president; Lottie Brandt, Vice
president; Gladys smith, secretafyi
feiDl MciIride. reporter. The re'
mainlng members are Theimn ADder-
son, Gladys BaniAter, Ora Martin, Iol-
Ia Gould. Ethel WaddIngham, Josie
Lavender, Lcoia Duncan and Nellie
Nelson.
''fiomewhere between here and Port
land We have q shipment OF paper
hung up Ia q snow bank, and hs re-
kult We are forced 70 serve The Press
20 you ON the halt shell. And at that
It's better sheet than that pefariou.
ray over the bili," says Kernel boyd
In the Athena Press. BOf Come over
here, you plfiiinK old pirate, and we'n
bury you yourself 70 deep 10 snow
bank that the hungry iittle birds wiii
mistake your retr0usse nose for Mar
ascbino cherry.
j. NJ. o'Harra kept track Of the
snowfall this winter, measuring y on
two different platforms ~ bis place.
lie found that no less tban w
inches had fallen from October 10 20
February 8, While this Il the only
record lie ever kept, Mr. O'Harra II
confident that this snowfall IL greater
by At least 70 inches than any other
during his ~ years Of residence In the
Weston country.
The whitman Conservatory OF Mu-
sle fWalla Wnilnl will present tts an.
nual opern. ssrhe Merry Wives OF
Windsor. /" ~ the Keylor Grand thea.
Ter on February ~. The English
translatlon TO be used In the produc-
tlun was made by BernIce Richmond,
formerly on Weston. Miss Richmond
also sInrs the roie of Mrs. Page, one
Of the merry wives"
Through a deal eonsummated this
week het ween N. Y. johnson and VII.
liam Mackenzie, Mr.. Mackenzie bc-
comes the osuer OF the johnson farm
Of 3I5 acres IN the foothills southeast
OF Weston. Included In the consider
alton received by MIR. johnson 10 sec
tion of Alberta land lying ~ miles
sontbeast Of EdmistOn and " miles
from two railroads.
The February meeting Of the Ep'
worth League was held ~ the Meth
odlnt church. After the business ses-
sion the orchestra rendered two selec'
ti0na. jim Kirkpatrick gave Two
readings from KiplinK.. Mrs. Eva
shcllenberRer read two humorous se-
lections, and two plano solos were
played by Ruby Price.
A Young avalanche occurred Ned
nesday night nt the Ralph Tucker
plAce In Hale creek canyon, filling the
county rond With vide mass Of earth
and snow six feet 10 depth. Farmers
dependInR on this road 10 yet 70 town
will he much inconyenienced until the
mess u cleared away.
Mrx. Frank Swaggart died recently
at her home Ia Enterprise, Oregon,
leaving husband and four small chill
dren. the Youngest babe only few
hours old. The remains were brought
10 Athena, and funeral services were
hold there Thursday la the Christian
church.
Weakly Bnlllogger: Some OF these
pcol,le who howl 40 much over q tftv-
Iai mistake made by q newspaper
would he the very first 70 yelp II the
same newspaper printed all " The
trui Ii II knows. No, this Ia not q threat,
Il u Just casual observation.
Al his home 10 Portland few days
ago q. A. Il. McGrew was seized with
a sudden and serious illness, asctfbed
10 nm ulcer Of the stomach. hemor-
rhayes followed and he has since been
~ A. IA hta ..saWsNfNtnK. II
olherwise favorable.
NV Hudson Six Forty came very
near going few days ago. | got onto
the crank with both feet but she
wouldn't turn over In little cool, that's
ALI but &l075 spot cash will make her
70. Try Il. r. ID. Watts. tAdv.l
I'd. T.. Wood, formerly Of Weston
ana now serving Ia the infantry branch
of the United States army, sailed from
Manila. II. L., January 9th on the trans
mort Merritt for Tlensin, China. He
viii bo assigned there 70 the Fifteenth
U. s. Infantry.
George Storey was In town the iirst
of the week from his farm near the
blue Mountain sawmill. He says that
ten men and eighteen head Of horses
were half day IN breaking out q mile
and a-half of mountain road through
the heavy snow.
The Wells Entertainers gave = va
ried and delightful program ~ High
School auditorium last Wednesday ev-
enlnu. Musical and amusing, these
two gifted people are better than a.
host of average performers.
Returning from triple Walla Wal
| Ia and marouned nt Freewater by the
washouts, Frank Smith walked home
from that burg yesterday. He reports
| The scenery as admirable 10 the pas
toral valley Of Dry creek.
The boys and the girls basket ball
teams of Weston High left today 70
play double header at Milton. An
leni-uf.the-seasou double header Is
scheduled for February % With Walla
Walla High Ut Weston.
Wednesday nights warm wind
swept across the plateau region north
of town with considerable velocity,
and dismAntsed windmill at the An
son Woods farm. The gears and stan
dards were broken.
w. n. Cunningham Of Portland. rep
resentinR the Brnnswick-Balk CONF
pany, u here this week setting up and
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