The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-04-12
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Portland.
For Sale--Holt Oregon Special
Gas Harvester. in good condition.
Phone or write Alex Mcintyre.
Athena, Or.
Rev. and Mrs. w. r. Storms are
preparing to move 10 Weston from
Milton in few days and will oc-
cupy the Baptist parsonage.
A. ]. Mcintyre, one of Weston's
leading farmers. is under hospital
treatment at Walla Wslla. He is
threatened with typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Staggs were
visiting in Weston Sunday from
Athena, where Mr.. Stages is en-
ployed on the new elevator build
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Forth. resid-
ing nearN Weston. are the proud
young parents of a baby boy. He
arrived last Monday. and weighed
eight pounds.
Mrs. Lima II. Sturgis left Pendle-
ton Wednesday for Boston to bid
farewell TO her son, DIR. c. c. Stur-
gis, who expects soon to leave for
France. Mrs. C. c. Sturgis accom-
panied her.
Little Lora Lucas. whose arm
was painfully injured last week in
an electric wringer. is getting
along nicey. Unless complications
ensue, no doubt is felt that her
arm will be saved.
Mrs. M. j. Marsh Of Pendleton is
visiting Mrs. J. ]. Beeler and other
friends in this city. Mrs. Marsh
returned recently from Los Angel
es, California, where she spent the
winter.
Sam Phillips, Weston pioneer.
was in town this week from Coll
lege Place near Walla Walla. where
together with Mrs. Phillips he is
pleasantly located on a fruit and
garden tract which he recently pur-
chased.
C. w. Frazier, well known young
hardware man of Milton, was in
town Wednesday on a business visit.
Mr.. Frazier is so arranging his
business. affairs as to be ready for
an early call, which he anticipates,
into the service of Uncle Sam.
o. c. Beck. father Of Mrs. C. H.
Nelson of this city, died yesterday
in Walla Walla. Mr.. Beck was an
early pioneer of Montana and Ore
gon and had passed his eightieth
year. He is survived by widow,
two sons and one daughter.
Hiawatha Rebekah Lodge No. S8
has elected the following delegates
to the grand assembly, which to-
gether with the grand lodge of Odd
Fellows will be held at Seaside
April 20: Mrs. C. E. Fisk, Mrs.
S. A. Barnes and Mrs. ]. E. STAN
field.
Reports this week from the Mil
ton-Freewater fruit district say that
the damage from frost will not be
so great as at first feared. April
cots, early peaches and some varie-
ties of cherries were killed. but
considerable crop Of late peaches I
will be raised.
j. IL. Clodius has returned to
Weston after an absence Of seven
most of which time he
spent in San Diego. Joe had time
to raise and cultivate a mustache
and goatee, and his old bachelor
chums confess to certain degree
Of envy over his distinguished ap-
pearance. ,
A young man employed on the ,
farm of Alick johnson was injured |
the other day in a singular manner. {
Going out to feed a horse, he was
opening bundle of hay by cutting
the band with his jackknife, when 6
the horse threw up its head and
struck his hand, driving the blade {
into his nose. An artery was cut, I
and the wound proved 10 be quite
4 serious one.
DR.. H. 2. Tharp, formerly Of
Weston and now an army lieuten- !
ant, has been ordered to Fort Riley, 9
Kansas. He passed through Pen :,
iIeton Sunday on his way from Dal- =
as, Oregon, to Fort Riley, and was =
accompanied by Mrs. Tharp and e
mother, who will visit relatives in q
Mrs. Curran McFadden u
md Miss Gladys Smith met them at L
'endleton and said good bye in be- z
alf of Weston friends. =
The Woman's Missionary Society q
net in regular business and social {,
ession at the home of Mrs. j. N