The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-05
BREvITIES

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horn bull. registered. !. G. Hop
kinB, Weston.
J. M. Ashworth and force Of car.
pcnters are leaving soon for Gardena
10 build school house.
Blanche, the young daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Thors0n. Is Under
the Doctors carc with serious III
meas.
DIR. W. II. Mckinney was called
Monday 10 Oregon City on q busi'
ness trip. Mrs. Mckinney accom-
panied him.
Strayed- Sorrel mare 4 years old.
weight 400. with sucking colt;
also brown mule. weight 1900,
branded d. Reward. J. M. Ban
ister.
K. W. Brown and A. l.. Douglas
were up this week from their Nor
row county ranches. and brought
samples Of. Early Bart wheat that
looks very promising.
Jess Licuallen was in town this
week while returning from Soda
Springs, Idaho. 10 Walla Walla.
He has been plying the sheep shears
for the past three months.
l.. w. Barnes came down ycstcr-
day from Camp McDougal, with
health much benefited by his stay
in the Blues. He leaves soon for
his home at Chelan. Wash.
The school funds Of the State Of
Oregon are now available for loans.
not exceeding $4,000 10 any one
person, through Chas. H. Carter,
is attorney. at Pendleton, Oregon.
Master Wayne Swaggart has
qualified in the boys hog-raising
class and will contest for the state
prize, reports the Athena Press.
He will exhibit his hog at the Ore
gon State Fair this fall in compe.
tition with other boy hog-raisers OF
the state.
The old Weston Leader is entitled
To display service flag containing
two stars. One of its whilom typos,
Eddie Beathe, is serving the govern
mnet as second engineer on the
transport Switzerland. Another,
Ed. L. Wood, is a member Of the
18th U. S. Infantry stationed at
Tientsin, China.
-Four automobile loads of tourists
left Weston Monday for Wallowa .
county. They will visit Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Stages at Enterprise and
will also camp out at Wallowa lake.
In the party were Frank Greer and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Wadding-
ham, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Lieuallen,
Miss Davis, Miss Beamer and Eldon
King.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Fehr Of
Pcndleton were week end visitors
at the home Of Mrs. Fehr's parents,
MIR. and Mrs. J. J. Beeler, in this
city. They went to lone for a few
weeks stay with Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
II. Juday. and Mr.. Fehr will help
MIR. Juday with his harvest. The
latter started his combine in a rye
field Monday and in few days will
be in his wheat. His grain is look
ing well,
A family reunion is in progress
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. w.
r. Storms on Water street--to the
pleasure of all concerned, Their
three daughters are here, together
with their respective husbands and
children. They are Mrs. j. A. AL
bridge of Seattle, Mrs. w, r. Cow
an of Walla Walla. Mrs. d. E. kim.
brell of Freewater. Only one mem"
ber of the Storms family, son,
was unable to come. He is Corpo-
raj James r. Storms, stationed
at Fort Flagler, Washington.
One of the new Mccormick COM
bines sold in this district by Watts
4 Rogers will be started the last of (
this week at the Clarence Walters
place on Dry creek. Several of the
machines have been used this week
as stationary separators in the
Of bundles, and have
done good work. George Nesbitt
and John McGibhon, who assembled
the machines, are also starting
them up for the different purchas-
ers. Twenty-Five McCormicks have
been sold by Watts & Rogers, and
will be large factor in making
quick work of the Weston harvest.
Hyman Cohen. market editor of
the Oregon Journal. was in Weston
while on his annual nu.