The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-07-27
BREVITIES

Ia Walla were In Weston Sunday
Mrs. A. J. Mcintyre has gone I
Portland and Wasco for Wis
with relatives and friends.
Roy not under Is Is wanted 70
night operator nj the local tel,
phone exchange. u. o. DcMoss.
Mr.. and MB. J. V. Bell and Mr.
aud Mrs. G.. W. llerndon are spend
ing the week at Lehman Springs.
Pianos tuned and repaired at rea
sonablc prices. F'irSt-clasS worl
guaranteed. a. w. Lundell, Mus
Bach.
w. A. Graham. Weston carpenter
is employed on the Otho Reeder
bungalow in Athena. according Ia
the Press.
A social dance will be given to-
morrow Saturday evening at Wes-
ton opera house, with music by Joe
Payant's orchestra.
Miss Zena Lansdale returned Sun
: day from PendlctOn, having quickly
rcgained her strength after an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis.
Mrs. Laura J. Lucas Of Wcstport,
Arkansas, is visiting at the home Of
her son, +. G. Lucas, and will re-
main during the summer.
Joe Hodgson got back this week
from Montana and La Crosse, and
everything began TO brighten up
around the neighborho0d.
Zckc 0'Harra was taken to PEN
dlcton Monday by DR.. Simth and
operated upon for the removal of
varicose veins from his leg.
Andy T. Barnett was at Walla
Walla Saturday taking the civil SER
vice examination for the position of
typewriter in the government SER
vice.
Mrs. Emma Allyn returned Tues
day 10 her home at lone, after a
visit with the J, j. Bcelers, the Geo.
y. Carmichaels and other friends In
this ncighborhood,
Athena Is to have concrete ,
swimming pool To be located in the
city park. We would recommend
that Boyd be permitted to make the /
first high dive, 10 see if he can
touch bottom with his proboscis.
Walter Williams and Robert Rey- :
nolds returned Tuesday from week !
of fishing on the Umatila river. :
They made camp above Bingham !;
Springs, and caught just about all :,
the fish that they did not leave In .
the river. 9
Dir, J. A. Best, mayor of Pendle- fl
ton, was in town Tuesday, The c
doctor lately received his commits Il
sion as first lieutenant in the Med y
Ical Corps of the United States
Army. and expects soon to be as a
signed to duty. h
Self-propelled combines were un-
oaded this week for Mrs. z. c. cl
Price & Sons, George Stages and is
George Babe. One of these ma HI
hines was received last week by Il
ley VIM, and is now ready for W
business at Meadowbrook farm. al
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wurzer returned "
Friday from two weeks of motor ~ y,
ng in Central Oregon, haylng yis- i
ted Crater lake while On their trip, y, "
dr. Wurzer found the crop outlook ~ -
o be very poor throughout that ~
'egion, with which he was not very VI
'avorably impressed.
Twenty-eight girls from Milton D;
ire reported to have made camp last
week at Cold Spring in the Blues,
md to have enjoyed mountain life
thoroughly without any trousered
tests Of the opposite sex a-bother- 7,
ny around. One married woman
accompanied them as chaperon.
The Second Idaho regiment, which
S now stationed in Utah and to
which number of Weston boys be-
ong, has been ordered to Palo Alto, u
'alif., where it is said that $4,000
rppps will b. put through strenu-
us course of training. The Idaho
oys expect to leave for their new
amp about the 5th of August. ye y
Sim j. Culley was seized Friday tw
nth an attack of acute appendicitis on o.,
nd was conveyed in an automobile W W
.te Saturday night to Walla Walla, Az
ccompanied by DIR. c. H. Smith. su
Iarvin and Frank Price. Early ch
unday morning he was operated tn,
non by DR., Bert Thomas and DIR. wa