The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-07-06
BREVITIES

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" million bushels,
Aftcr a months visit with bcI
parents at Weston. Mrs G., n. fun'
tainc and little sons left Sunday on
their return home to Highroad.
Montana.
Ray Gallahcr, formerly Of Wee.
ton, has been sued by his wife, Leila
May Gallahcr. for divorce. She al
leges drunkenness. They were mar
ricd ten years ago AT Walla Walla.
4 Alison Wood came up from Stan.
field July ith to play clarinet at
Athena with thc4Ncston band, and
took occasion 10 compliment the
band highly on the excellence Of It's
bass section.
Or. ]. A. Best, mayor Of pcndlc.
ton and former Weston mayor. has
enlisted in the medical corps of the
United States army and IN a few
weeks will receive his commission
as first lieutenant.
K. +. johnson was in town from
the Fairyiew uplands Monday and
brought favorable report Of crops
in that neighborhood. Although
seeded late, wheat aud barley are
coming right along. Strawberries
were thought to be- done for by
the frosts. but came through nicely
and are nearly ready for picking,
Contractor S. 7. Gore Is here
from Walla Walla constructing a
new barn. i0xj0 feet with gambril
roof. ON the Anson Woods place.
lie will also build gravity clevat-
or for Mr.. Woods l2xiS feet,
cribbed construction, four bins.
having 1000 bushels capacity. When s
this work Is finished MIR. Gore will :
build n $4,000 residence for Alex
Kirk at Athena, 8
Up-to.The-T Times Magazine: The q
Weston Milling Company, Weston. J
when its improvements arc all in. =
stalled, will have capacity for
turning out daily 80 barrels Of
flour. along with variety Of cr- a
reals aud other milling products. {
An up.to-date general utility plant T.
Is the idea Of Proprietor Robbins, i
who is man of enterprise as we'll n
ns some financial mems.
Musical Mention in up-to-The- S,
Times Magazine: Miss Belnicc y
Richmond, contralto, pupil Of Elias h
Blum, director of the Whitman Con
errvatory of Music, appeared in ,
recital FOR graduation last month 50
and acquitted herself with much ="
honor, Her voice is rich and full
and aplcndidly trained, Miss Rich il
mond was assisted by Miss Eleanor st
Stacey, pianistc, and Miss Edna -
accompanist."
Residents Of the Pine creek up
lands have already raised more
than their quota, $500, for the pro- &C
posed change in the Pine creek NJ
road. Weston is expected to sub 3"
scribe another $500, and the re- nj
$4,000 necessary to make all
the road will be appropriated by Imol m
The county court. j, =. Lieuallen, tb
committeeman appointed by the ty
Weston Commercial club. was in an
own this week soliciting subscrip- a; a;
ions. an
Herman 0'llarra, Weston boy no
sho is in training at the Officers tn
Reserve camp, Presidio, writes that u
he life there is strenuous but inter- Oh OF;
sting. The recruits have nine lie
hours a day of drills and lectures
md two hours of study each night. on
However, they have Saturday after ef' or
,oon and Sunday off, to do with as fr,
hey please, Herman has put in
IN application for the Aviation int
'orps, and if it goes through all tn'
light he will be transferred to Ber- mn mn
kelley. NJ,
A number of Weston residents mt
lave been losing small chickens of sal
ate from n mysterious ailment. Il'
The mystery is solved by a re- Jet Ct
ent bulletin issued from the 0. A. CO,
), Experiment Station at Corvallis,
which says: Cookie seed is pois- eol
nous to poultry and if eaten in Gn e,t
ny quantity will cause extreme
ickness and death, This fact was
scertaincd in an investigation of
ne death of a number of small
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hickens whose intestines showed
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