The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-04-27
BREVITIES

agent, Dr. kennhfd,
Good lve.room house and lot Il
trade for stock in the Weston Mcr
camille Company. Andy +. Barnett
g. W. Stages has been confined I,
the house during the week with d
poiaoned foot, caused by trimming
corn. N"H
s. A. Barnes Is now the more ~
lcss proud powcssor Of n Ford auto
mobile. which be- bought of u. &,
Blomgrcn,
Oryal Walden. son of ], T.. Wal
den. a prominent upland farmer.
went last week 10 Portland TO enlist
In the signal corps.
Stubbing his toe on tuft Of
grass. Mayor Banistcr sustained n
severe sprain in one Of his legs and
has since found locomotion difficult.
Perhaps there is method in his
madness" hut the act is neyerthe-
less commcndablc. Lyle Webb pre-.
scnts his mother with a Watts &
Rogers electric washer. W. a. X.
A letter received here from sid
ncy Barnes says that the Weston
boys who enlisted at Boise have
been transferred TO the federal rc.
serve. and will serve for six years.
The Weston Red Cross Auxiliary
will meet at the home Of Miss Edna
Banistcr Friday afternoon. May 4.
at Onc.thiriy. Please come pre-
pared to do needle work." requests
the secretary.
Mrs. Laura Shanks has moved
from PendIeton to Walla Walla. and
is employed as housekeeper on
farm five miles ,olth Of that city,
Mrs. Shanks has deferred going to
California until next fall.
Frank II. Richmond had the dis
tinction recently Of selling wheat at
the highest price. $2.lS per bushcl.
ever reached by that cereal in Wal.
Ia Walla. He disposed of one thou
sand sacks. and Dement, Bros. were
the purchasers.
The little daughter, aged two
years, Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan
Thompson was nearly stung TO
death by bees at their home near
Echo. A pair Of covcralls was all
that saved the child. and her moth
cr was also severely stung in effect
ing her rescue.
The Weston hrickyard began its /,
seasons run last week. and put in /,
day and a-half before the rain in :
terfcrcd with operations. This '
week the yard is again quito bit !,
vet, When the force has been =
to its full strength, eigh-
zen men will be employed.
The pioneers reunion committees !,
net Saturday and organized for ;,
heir work by the election of S. A. :,
Barnes ms general chairman and J. a
". Porter as general secretary. A !,
mark of $500 was set for Chairman \
". II. Gould of the finance commit :,
ee, this being the sum total of the =
'stimates submitted for carrying
'ut the different features of the,
eunion. Z
Ernie Reynolds came down this "
week from Nobleford, Alberta,
vhere he has good ranch job and Z
likes the country. He intends to U
ocate there and to get hold of
iece of land himself when the get II
ing is good. Accompanied by his :
life and baby, Mr., Reynolds ex- .
eets to return next week to No I
leford. I
S. V. Knox, a pioneer lawyer of !
Weston, was conveyed to the county I
ospital Wednesday for care and I
rcatment. He has been in failing I
ealth for number of years and Z
nd reached a condition Of utter I
elplessness. Herself confined to I
cd with illness, Mrs. Knox has I
cen unable to give her husband the I
he constantly needed, and I
he Knox household has been re- I
Giving aid from the county and \
rom kind-hearted neighbors, Mr., :
.nox is thought to be a centenar- I
IN, although he never would tell /
is age. In early years he had a
God practice at Weston, but sus- 1
aimed business and property losses
the first big fire here which he !
as never able to recoup. I
Preliminary work is now in prog !
ess for the great fills TO be made 1
Y the 0-W, r. u N. Co. on Pine 1
nd Dry creeks to replace three I
igh trestles. The company is re-
airing the trestles, and the fills 1
ill be made under contract by I