The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-19

lowing guests were also present
Mrs. ]. II. Williams. Mrs, Herman
Goodwin, Mrs. j. II, McGibbon
Miss Fay Warren and Miss Loi'
Porter, An informal and delight
full program of music was contrib
uted to by Miss Porter and Mrs
Sailing, each Of whom sang charm
ingly. The hostess was assisted IN
serving ice cream and cake by Mrs,
Williams and Mrs. W. l.. Robbins,
The next meeting of the guild will
be held the first Thursday after
noon in August at the home Of Mrs,
Robbins.
A car of locust wood used in the
making of doyle pins for wooden
ships which will form an important
part of Uncle Sans new merchant
marine. was shipped out Of Weston
Sunday. Men are still here cut.
ting down and trimming the trees,
and another carload will go out
soon. Each car contains between
ninety and u hundred thousand
pounds. Tree owners receive one
third of a cent a pound for the
wood found available. and retain
the remainder for fuel or posts.
Not a few people are wishing
they had quarter section or so of
locust trees.
Harvest has just begun in the
Weston neighborhood, with pros
poets of a good yield of fall-sown
wheat. Some new wheat is al
ready being received at the Down.
ing elevator. and is said to be of
quality. while the yie,d
is thought to be running better
than forty bushels. The barley
crop. however, will be far below
the average in the Weston district,
this having been a bad season for
the cereal. Only few sacks to the
acre are, expected from fields of
spring-sown barley.
Tomorrow afternoon at two
o'clock a meeting will be held at
the rooms of the Weston CONNER.
,ial club under auspices of the WeS-
ton Livestock Association. and will
be addressed by L. E. McDanielS,
of the Wenaha reserve:
NJ. S. Shrock, county agricultural
agent, and other speakers. The
general public is invited to attend.
Ind a special invitation is extended
% all stockmen. whether or not
hey are members of the asso-
.iation.
The new bridge across the Una
lila at Thorn Hollow, built by the
ederal government and the coun-
y. is now completed, and is report.
d to be a substantial structure in
very way. No work of any con-
however, has been done |
n the Thorn Hollow approach, and ,
is difficult to reach the bridge /
rom this side. This road, it is ,
aid, was to have been improved |
y donation. G
George Brace, well known at }
leston. was kicked by horse Sat-
rday at the ranger station on the {
'matilla, where he is employed by I
le government, and knocked out" n
,r a time. The hoof caught him 7
4 the jaw and he took more than Z
le count. Rangers carried him a
the John Thompson residence, G
here in the course Of time he ?
rain began to take an interest in r
fe. g
The old Dry Hollow schoolhouse n
nth Of town, a relic Of pioneer
Iys. is being torn down by George =,
who bought it in order !
use the lumber in shed construc- q
on at the Carmichael ranch. The "a
strict consolidated with two 9TH n
S and now has commodious new I;
ncrete schoolhouse on Dry creek. n
Ritzville, Pullman and Pomeroy R
rmers have established the fol- So
wing rates of harvest pay: Load rt
5, $3.50 to 81; sack sewers. $3.50 OF
So; combine spike pitch, $3.50 of
S5; box drivers, $3.50 to s4; di
mbine drivers, $3.50 to $3.50. m
e ten-hour day is being adopted,
tn provision for overtime. tn
Milton was quarantined Tuesday - :
yht by the local health officers - =,
. smallpox, reports the East Ore ~ -
nian. Fifteen cases had appeared -, 49,
to that time. The disease is III
d to be in a very light form and 80
precautions are being taken of
ainst its spread. ~
E. C. Rogers and George Nesbitt, of
al combined harvester magnates,
re called Monday to the Walla fel
lila neighborhood, but found up. cal
their arrival that their advice tie