The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-10-04
BREVITE.S


Eldon King left Saturday for
Corvallis, 10 attend the Oregon
Agricultural College.
Mrs. J. Il, Stanfeld returned Sat.
urday from pendleton, where she
was the guest Of Mrs. viii Wyrick.
Joe Hodgson has returned TO an
empty house from his Montana
farm. his family having gone TO La
Crosse for a few days visit.
Ira Charlton. who lived In Wes-
ton when u boy and is remembered
here by u number of old school.
mates, died recently at his home in
Harrington, Wash.
Billy Ashworth was down town
Tuesday. accompanied by his moth
er, for the first time since his long
illness with innammstory and artic-
ular rheumatism. Billy says himself
that he Is now fine and dandy"
Peter Ennis. the father Of Mrs.
]. +. Jones Of this city, was killed
in n recent automobile accident
near his home in southern Iowa.
The car in which he was riding was
struck by a locomotive at n rail.
road crossing.
The well at the head of the wat.
erworks system was cleaned out
Monday by Superintendent Dupuis
and Councilman Marvin Price.
About two tons of mud and silt
was shoveled out by these industri.
Gus officials, and is supposed TO have
had not little to do with Wes-
tons. water scarcity.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J. NorDean
have gone to Spokane, where sew
eral Of their children reside, to
make their home. They were &C.
companied by their son, AL Nor
Dean Of Athena, and his wife, who
will go on farm about 80 miles
north Of Spokane. AL shipped a
car of stock and household goods.
A heavy rain fell Sunday In the
mountains, descending almost in
sheets in the neighborhood of Tam.
arack church. Those who were
caught out in il say that II was the
fiercest deluge they have encoun-
tered in years of mountain expert
ence. A lighter rain fell In the
lowlands. and had the welcome
effect of increasing Weston's water
supply.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Douglas were
in Weston this week, visiting
friends, from their home near lone.
Morrow county. Mr.. Douglas has
become firm believer in Morrow
count possibilities. his wheat having
made little better than fifteen
bushels, even in the poor season this
year. He sold his crop at $2.l3
per bushel. He expects to have IN
80 acres for next years harvest.
ID. A. Bell, who went into the
army with John Shick, Jim Ha-
worth. Forrest Zerba and Herbert
Clark of Athena, is recovering
from pneumonia at the Camp
Meade hospital, after being deliri-
Gus for six days and nights. He
says in a letter to the folks that
the Athena bunch are in fine fettle
and just a-rarin' to go across. They
had considerable training at The
Presidio before being sent to Camp
Meade.
The following city ticket was
nominated at Monday evenings
primary, to be voted upon at the
city election November s.: Mayor.
j. M. Banister; councilmen four
years, Frank Snider, Herman Good
win, r. G. Sailing: councilmen two
years, Marvin Price, E. C. Rogers,
Frank Price; recorder, J. w. Por-
ter; treasurer, S. A. Barnes. This
slate was quietly put through with
out opposition, even though no
slush fund was in open evidence.
1t was not until after his re-nomina-
ton that Mayor Banister set up the
cigars.
His Weston friends were much
saddened by news of the death
at Camp Colt, Penn, Of
Claud Still, from pleurisy following
Spanish influenza. Mr.. Still was
% years old and is survived by
formerly Miss Ida Stubble-
Held, whom he married two years
lgo. Mrs. Still is in Seattle. Mr..
Still was engaged in farming near
Milton when he enlisted In the
Tanks corps. He was among the
most popular graduates Of the
Eastern Oregon Normal at Weston.