The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-24

weston was the nfSt ulStflct III
Umatilla county TO report "over tn,
top" with its Red Cross subScrip'
tion. Thereby il got ON the first
page Of Mondays oregonian and
received honorable mention in the
Pendleton papers. This happy r.
suit was accomplished by the work
ers-who were nearly all election
officers also through the simple
process Of tackling every voter who
came in. Manager j, IL. Price was
thereby enabled to report Saturday
to Secretary ChesSman that the
quota had been raised with mar
ign 20 spare. Subscriptions are still
being received.
The excellent work of the WeS-
ton schools is indicated by the fact
that all the grade children who
were required TO take the state
examination have been successful
in passing. The sixth grade passed
in physiology, the seventh in gcog-
raphy and the eighth in all sub
jects. The grades gained ten per
cent in attendance during the year
lust closed, and the high school
so percent. The teachers We're all
reelected and all have signed their
contracts with the exception of o,
r. Needham. who goes TO Chehalis,
Wash.
DR.. and Mrs. +. d. Watts and
Worth Watts left in their Hudson
car yesterday for an extended visit
at their old home near Lansing,
Mich. They are making the jour
ney by way of Salt Lake City and
Omaha and expect to be absent
three months. The doctor. who is
a graduate of the Detroit College
of Medicine and Surgery, will at
tend reunion of his class, and will
also do some post graduate work in
optics. Worth Watts will attend u
military school at Culver,
Indiana.
On a recent visit to the Echo
w. L. Robbins found
crop conditions there fairly promis-
ing. Grain is thrifty on all land
sloping to the east and north. and
will yield well if present prospects
are realized. In the draws sloping
toward the Umatilla river, how
ever, grain on hundreds of acres
has been blown out of the ground.
In fact, the damage from this cause
mas been worse than for the past
twenty years in the Echo neighbor-
hood.
G. L. Dunning of Stanfeld had
the honor Of winning the only con-
test for county Office at the recent
primary election. He was. nominat-
ID for county commissioner on the
ticket by the following
vote: Dunning s73, Williams 769.
Ashworth 420. Mr.. Ashworth ran
big" in his home community of
Weston, whose three precincts gave
iim total vote of ia against q
or his two opponents.
School closed Thursday in district
70. So on Reed and Hawley noun
ain. Sandwiches and cake, to
which all present did ample justice,
we're served at noon. Among the ;
'isitors were: Mrs. Alex McCork-
III, Mrs. w. Gilmore, Mrs. Selmer ,
thompson and Stella Gilmore. Pu-
ills who took the state examination {
n hygiene Friday were: Atress
dcCorkell, Thelma McCorkell and
ohm Gilmore.
Charles L. Holway, principal of
he union high school at Halfway,
)regon. is here today for a visit
nth old friends. Mr.. HoIway was {
raduated from the Weston Normal {
4 1903. He played center in the
Id Normal football team.
w. o. Read Of Athena has been
ritically i'll, following an operation
the Walla Walla hospital. 1t :
,as feared for time that he could
OF recover, but late reports are
nat he is slightly better. !
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