The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-23
BREvITIES

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Well furnished houBc 10 rent;
modern appointments. II. Wad-
bingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith are
expected To arrive tomorrow from
Walla Wal Ia 10 spend their vacation
In Weston.
Miss Eunice Wilsey Of Weston is
assisting Mrs. 0rcll McPherrin at
the Athena bakery this week, re-
ports the Press.
Jack Elliott, who comes from
Los Angeles. has succeeded l.. W.
Hodges ms electrician with the
Preston-Shaher company.
Mrs. Warren A. Wood arrived
Tuesday evening from Gold Beach,
Oregon, for a visit with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Wood.
Mrs. Della Larson and daughter
GIenadine Of Walla Walla are vis-
iting at the home Of Mrs. Larson's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. DcGraw.
Mrs. W. L. Robbins. Mrs. Lillian
Fredericks. Mrs. X. G Sailing and
Mrs. w. A. Wood were on a motor
ing trip 10 Walla Walla yesterday in
Mrs. Saling's car.
w. W. Hurst Of Freewater will
receive s27. 900 for his prune crop
this year and the net profit will be
S22, 800, the cost Of operating the
orchard being $4,000.
Zeke o'Harra, who not long ago
enlisted at Portland in Uncle Sam
uel's truck gang" Is already at a
training camp in Vermont. He ex-
poets soon 10 be sent across.
A meeting Of the Boy Scouts will
be held tomorrow Saturday. after
noon at two o'clock sharp in the
basement of the Methodist church.
BY order Of the scoutmaster.
Nat Hale and Walter Williams
left by team Monday morning for
Wallowa county. where they expect
70 put in 40 days more Of harvest
work. They will hunt and FISH
little while crossing the mountains.
Lester Leach and family of Ash
land, Oregon. formerly of Weston
mountain, are visiting the II. Wad.
dinghams. Mr.. Leach is employed
by the Southern Pacific, and is on
his vacation. ii
The case In which Homer |. Watts
Of Athena was defendant, charged
with catching trout under six inches
in length, was dismissed yesterday
in Justice Lieuallen's court on mo-
tion Of the district attorney.
Raymond McGrew will leave
Portland August % for Camp Lewis
10 enter service as soldier. 6.
A. X. McGrew, who has been here
for the harvest season, returned to
Portland this week to bid the boy
good bye.
We are showing a complete and
attractive line of samples from the
Ideal Ladies Tailoring Co. We feel
assured that local ladies will be in
terested in seeing this line before
ordering their next seasons coat
or suit. r. L, Reynaud.
Frequent rains have delayed har-
vesting in the Weston neighbor-
hood and viii probably bleach the
wheat yet standing, TO some extent.
However, the skies cleared yester-
day. The rains will greatly benefit
mountain spuds and also the local
bean crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Waddingham are
preparing to move to Walla Walla,
where they will keep house for
their daughter, Mrs. Earl Lieual-
len, while her husband is in the
army. Mrs. Lieuallen is filling
her husbands position in the First
National Bank of Walla Walla.
Two and one-half miles of gravel
road completed last week and six
miles contracted for is the record of
the week in good roads building in
Walla Walla county. It is expected
that the amount of gravel roads to
DO constructed will be steadily in
creased from now on as the farmers
begin to be enthusiastic about road
Improvement,
Louis Nolte is picking the second
crop of strawberries-nice red ones
lin his nifty little garden In the
upper end Of town. The vines are
not only bearing berries but are also
in bloom, and he even has a pear
tree that is blooming. We are