The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-06-21
BREvITIES

the naval service.
l.. w. Barnes was here this week
on his return 10 his home at Che
Ian from Portland.
Mrs. ]. s. Lieuallcn and Mrs.
Ross King motored 10 Walla Walia
Saturday for visit with relatives.
Mrs. Isaac Hagen and children
Of Spokane are visiting relatives
and friends In Weston and vicinity.
Herbert w. Copeland. Doctor OF
Optics, at Hancom's Jewelry Store,
Pendlet0n. Consult him II your
eyesigbt is failing.
Glenn Smith has returned TO his
home on Dry creek from Walla
Walla, where he sustained an OPP
GRAFTON for appendicitis.
Mrs. Herman Graham and
children Of Marshfeld, Oregon. are
visiting at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. J. T.. Scrimshcr. near Weston.
Although he sold a quarter sec
ton Of his land. J. T.. Mcdaniel has
demonstrated his faith in the up
lands by buying another-from the
Mcbride estate.
J. o. Wood came down from
Toppenish. Wash. Sunday in
motor car TO take home his wife,
who has been visiting her mother.
Mrs. Susan Tucker.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Smith re-
turned Sunday from their trip TO
Central Oregon and Portland. Mr..
Smith left for Portland again Tues
day evening on a business visit.
Mrs. r. Z. English left Wednes-
day for a visit at the home Of her
father, Mr.. S. Miller, at Lebanon,
Oregon. En- route she will visit her
sister. Mrs, j. A. Logan, at Ar
lington.
Rufus Brutscher, former Weston
boy who of recent years has been
mastering the motor car trade at
Detroit. Mich. has enlisted in the
army. He is now at Camp Wheel
er, Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walker of Ia
coma, Wash. have been visiting
Mrs. c. A. Barrett. sister of Mrs.
Walker, at Athena. Mrs. Walker
was In Weston Monday to call on
pioneer friends.
George Schnitzer was released
from custody soon after his recent
arrest in Walla Walla, and is back
again In Weston. II developed up
on Investigation that his alleged
seditious remarks could not be re-
garded as reasonable.
Frank Snider and Joe Wurzer
spent Friday and Saturday along
the classic banks Of the Umatilla.
While not especially large in num-
bers, their catch was dandy for
size. Franks biggest beauty meas
ured Is inches in length.
Mrs. Abbie S. Mays of Pendleton
and Mrs. Eva L. Hartman of Port
land were guests Sunday of their
sister, Mrs. L. S. Wood. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Roberts
of Portland and S. c. Price, an ex-
tensive farmer of Wilbur, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Harris have
arrived from their farm near Hing
ham, Montana, and will remain I'M
ill after harvest. Mr., Harris re-
ports encouraging crop prospects
in the bingham neighborhood.
Grain looks good now, and rain will |
insure bumper yield.
The remains of the late Alexander !.
prominent Pilot Rock /,
farmer who died last Friday at the
age of so years, were brought to :
Weston Sunday for interment. Fun !.
eral services were held at Pendle- ..
ton. The burial service was con- !;
Quoted by Rev. W. S. Payne Of !,
this city. :
Mondays annual school meeting v
was slimly misunderstanding t
either indifference or satisfaction =
on the part of the voters. Joe c
Hodgson was elected director to I
succeed ]. M, Banister, who retires
from the board and was not cam !.
didate for reelection. Frank Price !.
was reelected clerk. :
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Hyatt are q
leaving the uplands in few days t
for La Crosse, Wash, where Joe c
will assist ]. l.. Hodgson this year 9
in harvest work. Later on he ex- !
poets to engage in farming near La
rroesa He has leased his upland