The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-11-02
BREvITIES

him,
j. S. Harris drove home Wcdncb-
day with n Light Four Overland
which hc bought of the local agent.
DR.. Kcnnard.
Mir. W. II. Buohcr was brought
home Tuesday, after being an IN
mate for twcnty-one days Of 81.
Mary's hospital. She continues to
improve.
Pastor Wrigglc announces his
morning subject as The outcast, ="
at the United Brethren church next
Sunday. His evening subject will
be The Creation.
Charles Eugene Hedrick, twenty
hours old, was the youngest buyer
Of Liberty Bonds in the Weston
neighborhood. lie took $50 worth,
and looks pretty wise about IL.
We are now prepared 10 renew
your batteries with our new bat
terry charging machine. Our new
yulcanizcr is also here. Pennington
4 0'Harra Mcndwell garage.
Ernest Ross has bccn onc Of the
few local deer hunters 10 get re.
suits this seayon, as the animals are
scarce and shy. He managed to
bring down one deer during a re-
cent hunt in the Black mountain
neighborhood.
]. NJ. Ashworth. who has had
trying time with inilammatory
rheumatism. following ptomaine
poisoning, is now at his home on
the Heights. He is slowly gaining,
and was brought back from Walla
Walla few days ago.
Wallace Lytlc returned last week
Ia his home in southern Idaho after
finishing the desired run at the Blue
Mountain box factory. II is said
that Wallace looked stcrnly at the
heretofore rccalcitrant buzz saw,
started il up and cut 700 logs in
three days.
Main street looks rs though ii
had just had "A hair cut, n good part
of the row of trees along the north
side Of the street having been cut
down this week. II was thought
that autumn leaves were making
too much Of litter ON the new
concrete walk,
Ben Dupuis has been so successful
in handling Montana land us to win
the $1,000 prize offered by the Mon
tana Ranches Co. The Leader is
disposed TO congratulate Ben upon
what u Weston boy can do
when he gets out and hustles. His
sales have reached a total Of more
than half a million dollars.
I.ost--Last week from Toll Gate |
corral about 20 head Of steers,
branded as follows: A portion
with chiscl bit in both ears and ar
row on the side; n portion with
under bit in each ear and w X on
tight shoulder; portion with split
n each ear and bar H on left hip.
Reward for information. DR.. j. c.
3addeley, Athena, Or,
Mischievous hobgohlins were not 7
much in evidence in Weston Hal 4
Qwe'en, although lesser sprites
With jack o. lanterns were quite nu- c
nerous and also amiable. Some of t
hem called at the Leader Office and 4
cfreshed the hard-worked editor b
With sweetmeats. The big goblins
their raid until the night /,
.fter Halloween, but displayed no 3
They merely srewed 9
lain street square, as usual, with v
I'D buggies, wagons and imple- 8
nents.
If squashes were l5.inch shells, .
lamp Booher raised enough to n
ave whipped the Kaiser on an acre u
+ ground at his place near town, 9
Ie estimates the crop at five tons Z
II more, and is feeding it to his K
ogs and cows with good, results. 9
ie weighed two of the squashes, "
nd one Of them tipped the beam b
I G5 and the other at 81 pounds. s.
i Wallowa county hog raiser who
attens his herd ON squashcs says Il
hat pound for pound they are d
etter feed than barley. N
Lou Davis and Gilbert Ellis are r.
citing a wonderful crop of pota- 4,
oes from four acres of the Frank !,
irecr place south of town. The n
rst acre dug yielded no less than n,