The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-12-28
BREVITIES

X. G.. Sailing left Sunday for Port
land to join his family, who are
there for the winter.
Lowest prices on cigars and to-
baccO at The Pastimc. Nice Christ.
mas Jars Of tobacco. +. +. Ichm.
c. l.. Pinkcrton, assistant cash.
icr Of the Farmers Bank, has been
kept ut home by sickness during the
week.
George Walden left for Shaniko
Sunday Ia spend Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. El. Phipps and other
friends.
The T.. q. DrMuss family have
moved into their new home at the
furniture store, where they are very
cozily domicilcd.
Carl Mcconnell aud family Of
Adams were here during the week
for Christmas visit with Mrs. Me-
Conncll's parents, Mayor and Mrs.
J. NJ. ljanistcr.
Weston experienced silver
thaw" Wednesday following n
frosty Christmas day. The concrete
sidewalks were slippery and hard
very. very hard.
Mrs. Robert Hopkins returned
Sunday from "A visit with her pa
rents at Garfield. bringing home
son and heir for delighted young
fathers inspection.
DR.. Barry of Montana was in
town during the week. looking
Weston over with IA view to locat-
ing. He expressed himself as be-
ing favorably impressed.
The fuel administrator has or
dcred that Wyoming and Utah coal
may be secured by Pendleton on
condition that none Is shipped from
that city 10 points west and north.
All members of the Red Cross
are requested to meet at the Red
Cross rooms Friday, January 4,
1918, at one-thiry in the afternoon,
when election Of officers will be
held.
Herman Stages is here from Phil
omath college To spend the holiday
season. He brought back another
sore knee relic Of basket ball.
Herman has made the first team
this year and is playing left for
ward.
Tcrpsichore will reign New Years
Eve. December 81, at Weston OPP
era house. when the old year will
b. happily danced out and the
new year joyously danced in. Mu-
sic by Payant's fye-pieee jazz"
orchestra,
C.. II. Nelson has sold "a head of
sheep to j. NJ. Swaggart at a price
reported to have been SIS head --
thus showing that il ought to pay
to raise few head of blanket
sprouts" on Weston farms. They
will he used by Mr.. Swaggart to
help stock his newly purchased
ranch near Baker,
Sunday 0regonian: Mrs. Ralph
G. Sailing, well known singer of
Pendleton and Weston, Or, will
pass the season in Portland further
ing her vocal studies. Mrs. Sailing
has rare dramatic soprano voice
and will make her Portland debut
later in the season under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed.
Sim Cullcy, Bud Nelson and Bill
Price did lot Of tiiNn' up at the
hall for the community Christmas
tree. These be quite ordinary chaps,
fit only for the menial labor in con-
nection with such events, and would
not be mentioned but for the fact
that We editor has been threatened
with dire consequences if their
names are not printed.
Rev. W. S. Payne recently con-
cluded ten days meeting at Ante
lope. Oregon, under auspices of the !
M. L. Church, which resulted in II
The sum of $500 was
raised for local church purposes.
Mr.. Payne has several calls for
evangelistic work under considera-
ton. His next series of meetings !
will begin January at Medical
Lake.
The Weston Concert Band pre- !
sented its director, Professor A.
w. Lundell, with a beautiful baton
of ebony and ivory, inlaid with
naor1 MS n token of esteem and of