The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-10-25
BREVEYES

|, Walla Wnlla,
: Frank Smith was over from Wal
|. Ia Walla Sunday for u visit with his
|. parents and friends.
Mrs. Earl Licuallen of Walla
{ Walh visited with relatives and
. friends in Weston Sunday,
; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Ross were
: visiting in Weston Sunday from
their farm near Pilot Rock,
I will serve no more meals to
transient boarders until the influ-
! enxa epidemic is over. Mrs. A. A.
. Kees,
, Try me for artificial teeth. |
have many satisfied patrons, You
will be one also, DR.. Sponogle,
Athena.
The Weston Mercantile Company
came gaily 10 bat this week in the
improvement game with a newly
} painted front.
Hans F. Clodius. one of the large
farmers Of Walla Walla county,
was here last week for visit with
his uncle. ], II, Clodius,
George Ferguson Of The Peoples
Warehouse motored up from Pen
dleton Sunday and spent the first
Of the week on hunting trip In
the Blues.
Mrs. II. p. Smith is reported TO
be i'll with pneumonia Mt her home
on Dry creek. Mrs. Heulat March.
residing in the same neighborhood.
is pleurisy patient.
George Schnitzer left this week
for Seattle TO see what employment
is available In that industrial GEN.
ter. He expects TO return after a )
sufficient interval Of city life. I.
J. Marvin Price has developed /
talent in the art Of automobile
painting that has surprised and
gratitied his friends who II we
mistake not viii hasten TO seek
his services TO an extent that Mar. /.
win didn't bargain for. ,
Sergeant Sid Barnes lately sent :
two cartoons home from France, to-
gether with a few lines saying that ..
he had been TO the front and had !,
seen the real thing. II do not 1
know that ! was afraid, but | was !
extremely cautious" remarks the +,
sergeant.
The Marion 0'Iarras are moving j
out to their farmstead on Pine ,
creek in order to place 1t in readi- .
ness for their new tenants, Mr.. !
Gilliland and family. who will ar. y
rive soon from Pilot Rock. Mr..
Gilliland bought so acres Of the
o'Harra place. lying east Of the !
road. 1,
George Ashworth. one Of the =
best boy gardeners in the neigh !,
borhood. took 200 fine squashes =
from 25 10 80 pounds :.
each from 80 hills. He was not so =
lucky with his potato patch. which =
was invaded and devastated by an
army of green bugs which he de-
clares were worse than the Huns.
Duck shooting is pretty good in
the vicinity Of Bcnge, Washington.
Will Warren, who conducts a gar.
age business there In partnership
With Newt Morgan. went out the
,ther day with another hunter, and
anne back with twenty birds after .
few hours Of shooting. A snap 8
hot sent TO Weston shows the hunt n
RS and their bag, which was
trung along the side of an auto
mobile.
Charles Wilson, the talented 2
oung spud grower, took 4O4 sacks !
4 Melted Gems from 81 acres Of !,
he j. M. Banister place, and Is n
eiling part OF his crop from the :.
ED at two bucks the sack al ~. =,
hough this is by no means M W
ended as pointer TO the excess
var profits tax collector. The -
ouds we're planted late in May, az asIo
nd have done much better than Ju,
arly planting in this neighbohood. -
Eldon King. Gus Burgy and
rank Lavender, who are among -
lie Weston boys in war training at Wr
regon Agricultural College, all are te tne
'pcrted to have had the "hu," but lro' m
] are now recovering. Frank 7, ~,
rites that he has taken out gov. -
'nment life insurance, has had -
ot in the arm and is now ready to
, arcoss. Eldon sent for some In /,
'me EATS" which he evidently o
isses from the soldier fare at the in
llege. A
lven 0'Harra is in receipt Of itor