The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-10
BREvITIES

Nhfitu w A0ub' Nt''h Ra"J 49,
each made nice catch--so they
say.
Earl Dudley was In town Satur.
day from his Helix farm. lie
found Il necessary TO re-seed 800
acres.
Mrs. Lille Miller Of Athena has
bought a Chalmers touring car
from, e. II. Nelson of the Weston
Auto Go.
Reports from France Say that
Lieutenant Curran McFadden, well
known in Weston, has been twice on
the firing line.
Mrs. X. G.. Sailing has accepted an
invitation 10 sing at the baccalaurc-
ate exercises Of Athena High school,
10 be held In the school auditorium
next Sunday evening.
Ben Walden. one Of Weston's
oldest and best known pioneers, un-
derwcnt AN operation in Pendleton
yesterday for the removal of a tu-
NOR from the region Of the blad-
der.
Virgil Neild goes TO Athena Mon
day 10 work in Jack Parker's bar
Der shop. He succeeds Lloyd Ritch-
ey, who after an extended fishing
trip will go to his home in For
est Grove.
X. L. Reynaud has purchased the
building which he occupies with
ihs barber and tailor shop on Main
street. The property was sold by
]. F. Snider to j. Wurzer, and
transferred by the latter TO Mr..
Reynaud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Pen
nington left yesterday for their
new home at Hingahm, Montana,
where Lawrence expects 20 operate
a ranch tractor. Going wages in
Montana for this sort Of work are
said TO be Sl4 per day.
]. B. Cooper Of owensboro. Ken
tucky, an expert millwright repre-
senting the Anglo-American Mill
Co., Is here. Mr.. Cooper is re-
modelling the Marvel mill of the
Weston Milling Co, in order to
permit Of the manufacture Of war
-four.
While riding a bike in rather a
wobbly fashion on Main street the
other day, Master William Wriggle
was run down by the mail bus.
Quite luckily. this was not an au-
tomobile, and the boy escaped with
a few severe cuts and bruises on
the leg,
Mrs. Thomas Gilkerson. the first
white woman to be married in Wal
la Walla county, died May 4 at her
home on Mill creek, where she had
lived for So years. She came to
Walla Walla with her parents in
1859, and was married the follow
ing year.
Elmer Read and Mrs. Nettie
McCulley were here yesterday from
La Grande attending the funeral of
their late brother, Dave Read.
John Read. a brother, was absent
from La Grande, and could not be
reached with the message IN time
to come.
Mothers Day will be observed at
the United Brethren Church Sun
day at the morning service. There
will be special singing, and sermon
for the occasion. All mothers and
fathers, and sons and daughters
who love their mothers, are invited
to be present. +. F. Wriggle.
Monday at Walla Walla Andy
Barnett had an X-ray picture taken
of his crippled knee and the pho
tograph was carried to Spokane by
DR.. Elmer Hill to be submitted to
a specialist. Physicians who have
examined the knee have been una
BILE as yet to determine the nature
of the trouble. which is feared, how
ever, to be tubercular.
Three sheep on Newt 0'Harra's
farm averaged twenty pounds of
wool each. Nat Hale sheared 'em,
and didn't lose an ounce of the
precious crop. This makes about
$l2 per sheep. and the Leaders
wool editor think that blanket
sprouts" ought to be seen on every
Weston farm. Newt has a fe other
sheep, of course, but these three
the champion prodcuers.