The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-10-12
BREVITIES

n Miss Mary Dunnick oi Athena
visiting her sister, Mrs. a. j. Perry
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T.. Woods lcf
"Wednesday 10 attend the Trl.Coun
~ Fair nt Moro. Oregon.
". T.. Drakrll and son Roya
were at Adams during the week
building concrete sidewalks under
contract.
Mrg. II. q. Nelson of lewiston,
Idaho. VIA guest during the week
Of Mn i. 7. Harbour, while look
ing after her property interests
here.
/. e. Hopkins hauled grist of
wheat H. the Weston mills from
mi far away "a, hia Juniper ranch
having found Weston flour greatly
10 his liking.
=. +. Harbour and &. l.. Pinker-
ton were in Portland the first Of
the week. attending the Pythlan
grand lodge as representatives Of
Stevens Lodge No. 40.
For prompt service when in trou-
Bile call at Mcndwcll Garage or
phone No 81. Rent car and service
ear. New equipment. Autos wash
cd and polished. l.. Pennington.
Seven gunny aackn full of beans
were harvested by Prank Skinner.
chief Of police. from n single acre
at his place above town. Legume
is evidently Franks middle name.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Wurzer returned
Monday from Odessa. Wash. where
they have been looking after their
crop interests. Their son Alvah
enlisted September % In the Field
Artillery, and is now at American
Lake cantonmcnt.
Company T. Of the Second Idaho.
now at Charlotte. n. C.. is reported
To- have been assigned TO the Army
Engineers. This is the company to
which quartet Of Weston boys,
Blomgrrn, Barnes, kennard and
kirkpatrick, belong
Nat Hale and Fred Voght have
returned from Alberta. where they
were protitably employed during
the harvest season. They would
have staid longer but were driven
home by the wet this referring
strictly to climatic conditions.
Some interesting specimens Of
Soudan grass. representing tn" ,
first and second cutting. are on dis .
play at The Farmers Bank 6f Wes- =,
ton. They were raised by Jack ,
Chaplin, who likes to make an orca- 4
,ional experiment, Jack finds sou. =,
Ian grass TO be a good forage crop. 4,
Allison Wood came in few days |
,gu from Stantield and will spend {
.hc winter in Weston. Just at pres !
mt he is Juggling wheat sacks in O
he Pacific Coast Elevator compa- a
,y's warehouse, and finds this con- '
.cnial occupation. Allison has re- '
umed his whilom seat in the
larinet section of the local band f
Dom. and again vainly seeks to y
lrown out the bass. a.
Zane Lansdale, who has been fol- IT
owing the profession of civil engi- II
ecr at Chicago and Elgin, Illinois,
inrr his graduation from the Ore y
on Agricultural College. enlisted n,
ltcly in the Engineers Corps of the ~,
'nitcd States arny-thus giving y,
Weston another representative in =
le service. He expects to be on m,
ic way to France in few months.
Irs. Lansdale will make her home
it'll relatives in Portland.
Within 81 days from the time it
as planted in the early part of
lne, w. l.. Rayborn's Marquis
heat was in the shock at his place
/ the Weston uplands. Although
lly, one light shower of rain had
lien to give it moisture, it pro-
lccd 25 bushels to the acre of
&C, plump wheat. Last year he
I'd SO bushels To the acre of Mar
lis wheat from small tract of
nd which the preceding season
.d averaged 103 bushels of oats.
view of the early maturing of
is variety, it is regarded rs es-
cially adapted to the upIandS,
oreover, it grades high and COM
and the top price in the market,
Fire of unknown origin Monday
ternoon destroyed the G.. II. Mel
n barn and garage ON east Main
rect hill, Fortunately the wind
rried the flames away from the
,ge residence Of Mr.. Nelson near