The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-12

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days furlough with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. NJ, o'Harra. and nu-
merouS friends in the Weston neigh
horhood. Just prior to coming
home he successfully paSScfan an cx.
animation for a captaincy, and
upon his return to Camp Fremont
will have command of $50 men.
As Captain 0'Harra is n Weston
boy, born and bred, Weston friends
rejoice over his progress in army
circles feeling that il does credit
to the community, 1t is expected
that his regiment will soon b. or
dered TO France,
About $3.50 Saturday morning the
people on the ]. A. King farm on
the Wild Horse heard the guinea.
hens making an awful fuss, and
decided they were holding bolshe-
vik convention. Later investigation
showed that the riot was due to u
deer which had somehow wandered
down from its mountain home To
explore the hauntS of civilization,
The deer finally became frightened
at the pea fowl, and jumped from
an alfalfa field into Ross Kings
barley field. When last seen it was
making off in the direction of the
Culley ranch.
Harvest begins next week in the
Weston neighborhood, with pros
poets of good crop of fall grain,
Spring sown on summer fallow
also promises well. Cooler wealth
er and the recent shower have
been of especial benefit in the
upland districts, where crop pros
poets are improving, Fairly Bart
and Marquis wheat promise well.
Grasshoppers are numerous in the
uplands, and are damaging the
potato vines.
According to the East 0regonian,
it took all the class one men of
last years registrants to fill Una
tilla county's quota of 80 called TO
report before the local board July
% for induction into the national
army. The published list includes
the following from Weston: David
L. Read, John A. Olson, Bert Fer
guson, Carl c. Nelson, Earl G. Bar
nett, Clarence L. Gagnon.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Compton
and Mrs. Cliff Culley arrived home
Wednesday from their automobile
tour to Salt Lake City and Idaho
points. They Ford-ed 200 miles
daily with only occasional tire trou-
BILE. Once Mr.. Compton was buzz
zingly cussed by rattlesnake when
he got out to repair a puncture,
but the reptile soon had occasion
to regret its impudence.
The Leader man is in receipt Of
a box of splendid Roseburg, Ore
gon, cherries from F. c. Fitzpat-
rick, superintendent Of the Weston
schools, who is an orchardist when
he isn't teaching. We are also
indebted to Mr.. Fitzpatrick for
addressing US by our honorary IT,
tie without spelling it as he would
the inside of a nut.
Upon his recent return with an
automobile party from California,
jess Ferguson was taken i'll and is
thought to have typhoid fever.
He is under hospital treatment at
Pendleton.
Mrs. Adolph Schwarz and child
rem Of Walla Walla motored to
Weston and vicinity Wednesday for
a visit with relatives and friends.
Accidental scalding caused the
recent death of the infant child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gould at their
home near Amethyst, Alberta.
Mis-, Opal and Marvin Winn left
Sunday morning for Garfield, Wash,
fer a two weeks visit with their
cousin, Miss Wilene Couch.
D. c. Johnson, residing on the
Umatilla river, bought Ford tour
ing car this week from the local
agent, II. L. Hedrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. McCarty re-
turned Saturday to their home in
the uplands from their visit at
White Salmon, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. StanfeId were
recent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
W. Avery at the Blue Mounta n
sawmill. =
Mrs. J. S. Mel and Master Dae
Neil Of Pendleton are visiting at the
upland home of Mrs. Lizzie Lars-
dale.
A daughter was born Saturday
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Banisttr
Junior.
Confectionery store for sale at