The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-10-20
BREVITIES
straw for sale. Fred Mecrew.

Mrs. J. 8. Harris has returned fron
q weeks visit with friends 10 Spokane
George Ferguson has been appoiDte'
1 Umatilla county manager for the Ore
gon Life Insurance company.
B,F, Barklow and family, formerl,
Of Weston, have moved from Myrtls
Point, Or, 10 Montague, Cal.
Mrs. Margaret Kinnear has beer
named ~ administrators Of the estate
Of the late Alexander kinnear.
yernic Marr hauled 90 sacks Of wes.
ton upland potatoes 70 Pendleton yes
terday and disposed Of them readily ut
tl.50 per sack.
An oven level with your shoulder re-
quIres no STOPPING. Look Up Coles
combined High oven Range and Heat
or. Watts 4 Rogers.
Shirley Barnett. chief clerk In tho
right Of way department OF the s. r.
a s. at Portland. is here for a few
days visit with his parents.
Interesting meetings are In progress
Mt the Church Of the Brethren with
Elder l.. n. Eby Of Payette. Idaho. in
charge. All arc invited TO attend.
Mrs. Rabb, representing Miss Moore
OF WalIa WalIa, will be At our store
Thursday Of each week with q line Of
millinery. Weston Mercantile Co.
Several land deals have been negoti-
ated lately on the Weston uplands.
Eph Tucker has bought the fine farm
Of ]. G. Hopkins, who will move TO the
Helix neighborhood. Elmer Tucker
viii farm tho foothill holdings vacated
by his brother. John Keen has sold
70 Fred Gross, while Henry Sans has
bought the upland farm Of Sam T.
Phillips.
Members Of the cast are rehearsing
almost nightly for the play, "Perils Of
a Great City" TO be given next We'd
nesday evening at Weston opera house
for the benefit Of the Weston Concert
Band. The play abounds In powerful
action and dramatic situations, and Is
expected TO rank among the best ever
produced In Weston by local talent
Mrs. ]. II. Williams has kindly consen-
ted TO act 40 coach for the cast.
No sooner does the Leader exploit
the sire and beauty Of one champion
Weston apple than another bobs up
with little greater claim TO distinct
ion. John Bonewitz has plucked from
a tree In his orchard Spokane Beau
ty" apple weighing one and ive-
eighths pounds and measuring fifteen
inches In circumference. This attrac-
tive specimen has been placed on dis
play at the Farmers Bank and Is
monarch Of all Il surveys, since It's
competitors were eaten by the Lead
or man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Lee left Sunday
for Rochester, Mimi, where Mrs. Lee
win submit to an operation at the
hands Of the celebrated Drs. Mayo.
Neighbors assembled at the Lee farm
on the Weston uplands Friday and
Saturday, and with sixteen teams
loaded up Mr.. Lees crop and hauled
II to the warehouse, In order that he
and his wife might be enabled 10 make ,
> speedy departure for Rochester. The
young farmer was deeply moved by
their kindness, which commends it.
sslf a. an act Of genuine neighborly /.
In time Of need.
A party Of pendleton normal school !
invaded Portland this week I
md spont couple Of days there In the c
interest Of that measure. Beyond get y
ing their pictures In the Portland pa q
,ers II win probably be found when !
he votes are counted that they didn't a
accomplish much. The party includ- d
ID J. N. Burgess, X. Alexander. Leon \
Cohen, w. l. Thompson, George Baer, 6
\. II. Cox Harry r, Gray, A. J. Me- b
Allister, J. Y. Tallman, W. J. Clarke, 6
:. !. Murphy, Marion Jack, ] II. i
iwinn. Rev. J. =, Snyder, y, L. Bur- t
Oughs, Roy 7. Bishop and W. q r
3roek.
While hunting recently near the
Dick English cabin In The Blues, G, :
l. Sans killed a black bear which had I
,een treed BY his dogs. The animal i
Weighed 200 pounds and had . fine /
'alt, which Mr.. Sans thinks Of con- I
'erting into rug, After getting this /.
ear he went into the rugged country :
4 the Salmon river, accompanying !,
red and Jasper Sans. The party :
nxn, ,.a,,rh hanr niun aananialiv tha :