The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-09-14
BREVITIES

Van Wrinkle.
One two.maHcng'r auto for $50
Ark Watts a. Rogers.
Newt O'Ilnrra took barley cr0I
Of 1880 sacks from 90 acres at hl'
place near town.
Miss Ora Martin Of Tygh Valley,
Oregon. Is the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. /. O'llhrra.
Mrs. Laura ShankB has returned
from Adams. and will again make
her home in Weston.
Miss Lois Porter will begin teach
ing Monday in the Gcrking Flat
district two miles webt Of Athena.
G. NJ. Schneider. prominent Up.
land farmer, has bs-en having the
toughest Of tough times lately with
a fclon on his finger.
Mrs. j. II. Williams and Mn.
Frank Graham were in Walla Walla
Tuesday on business connected with
this evenings Style Show.
For prompt service when IN trou-
Bile call at McndwclI Garage or
phone No 81, Rent ear and Scryice
ear. New equipment. Autos wash
ed and polished. l.. Pennington.
After summers residence in
Weston Mr.. and Mr,. j. +. Chill
cote and their two snns, Thomas
and Earl. left this week for their
home in Portland. where the boys
will attend school.
George Stages junior left Wed
ncsday for n visit with his broth
ers Iarkin at Enterprise and Ira at
Heating, Oregon. Later on he goes
to Washington State College 10 be-
gin the course in veterinary science.
Miss Fcrol Mcbride Of Seattle is
visiting her grandmother in Weston
while recuperating after an illness.
She expects TO return IN December
To her work at Providence hospital.
In Is months more she will have
finished the hospital nursing course.
The Mcbride boys. "Pcrd" and
Tim" harvested 100 acres Of
grain this year~-most of their
ground being in summer fallow.
They had fair crop, about so
bushels Of barley and 30 bushels of
wheat to the acre. All of their
acreage was spring sown.
Heavy showers have terminated u
.0-day drouth that has ruined many
dry farmers in Baker and neighhor-
ing counties. Farmers say that
the rain came too late to he Of ben
eft even TO the ranges, which are
50 sparse that the cattle have been
forced down from the mountains
into the lanes and hay fields to find
feed.
Milton Eagle. After thorough
misunderstanding. Rat Mcqueen
and Bill PrcntiSS. two well known
Milton men. came near fighting on
the streets of our peaceful city one
evening this week, The bout was
called off, however. when il was
found that there was no possible
chance of getting together on ac-
count of the speed as foot racer
of one of the contestants.
Bean growers of the Weston
are preparing for har-
vest. McSSrs. Washburn and Cox, ,
who have II quarter section in beans
on the Winn place. have shipped in
"A thresher with a capacity of 20
bushels per hour. A. c. Pence,
who has so acres on the Price place,
has ordered a smaller thresher. A
much better crop than was prom
ised earlier in the season is now in
licated.
Jim Kirkpatrick. one of the Wes-
ton boys with Company E, Second
Idaho, was here this week for fur
ough visit with relatives and
friends. jim says that soldiers
life suits him precisely, 1t ought
to, by the way. as he is the son of a
,ivil war veteran. II is expected
hat the Second Idaho will be or
iered next week to Charlotte, N.
c. Before long the boys may be
sailing for France.
The Leader is the grateful recip-
ent from Joe Wurzcr of one Red
onion and one Yellow
Danvers onion-~count EN-; two.
They are large, salubrious and
specimens, and Joe
'em around to show what
AN be done on bench land here
without irrigation. Jee thinks that
Weston land could easily be made
q raise onions with profit on COM
nerciaI scale and SO do we. :