The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
BREvITIES

Hedrick.
Mrs. X. Proudht visited for sew
cral days last week with her cousin,
Mrs. Murray Is. Winchel, at Touch
ct. Wash.
Miss Norma Smith Of Ogden.
Utah, arrived Saturday for a vaca-
tion visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. T.. NJ. Smith.
When you see visitors hunting
meals during the reunion. kindly
direct them to the girls dormi-
tory. Mrs. II. C.. fettcr.
Elmer Nolte won the W. a. II.
prize fishing pole last week with
ldk.inch trout. taken from Pine
creek below the Watts place.
Jake Booher visited at the Hamp
Booher farm near Weston Monday,
prior 10 leaving with other Athena
young men TO serve Uncle Sam.
Robert Hodgson and Leon Lun-
dell are seeking TO qualify as up
land spud farmers. The Ross King
place Is the scene Of their ambitious
activities.
Walter Hercher Of the Weston
school faculty left Saturday for
billiard Ia spend the vacation sea
son. He does not intend 10 play
around" but has summer job IN
view. o. Mp
John Ridenour was here this week
for a short visit 10 the old home
town. prior TO going TO Butte for
the Montana shearing season. He
had been shearing on the Snake
river.
One hundred and twenty acres
of the c. Birdsell estate on the
Basket uplands have been bought
by Mr.. Sherman Of Freewater for
$4,000. The tract consists largely
Of timber.
Echo farmres have decided 10 pay
SO TO 81 per day for harvesting the
first hay crop. while wages for the
second crop will be governed by
the wheat laborers' pay. The
wheat farmers will pay graded
wage ranging from $3.50 to $40.
Several red flags are seen at
Athena, where scarlet fever in a
mild form has made its appear
ance. One death occurred, in the
family of Mrs. Cox, but 1t has
not been definitely determined that
the child who died had scarlet fever.
The popular Bingham Springs re-
sort had record crowd Sunday for
its annual opening. Saturday night
every room in the hotel was occu-
pied, all the cabins were full and a
number of people slept in automo-
biles. Dancing Saturday night was
an enjoyable amusement feature.
The W. II. Gould residence on
the Heights is being practically re-
built since the fire which destroyed
its roof. Certain improvements
and additions are in progress which
will make the house better than
ever when the work is finished. j.
M. Ashworth has the contract.
Weston delegates returned Sun
day from the grand lodges OF the
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. They
report q most enjoyable session at
Seaside and an interesting visit in
Portland, where shipyard activities
offer an unusual sight for Eastern
Oregon people. In the party We're
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Barnes, MIR. and
Mrs. J. E. Stanfeld and Mrs. c. E.
Fisk.
Fred Pittman went to the Una.
tilla Sunday for another day OF
fishing and took a dozen fine trout.
A number measured foot or bet
ter, the largest being l4a inches
long. The latter was beaten, how
ever, by Harry Beathe, who took a
l7.inch trout from the Umatilla
Sunday. Bob Proudfit and Happy
Graham fished the same stream. us
ing straight flies, and report good
catches.
The Umatilla County Agricultur-
al Council will hold its first meet
Ing Saturday of this week in the
county agents Office at Pendleton.
This organization will take up all
agricultural problems that need
solving In the county and will put
on a county wide program for bet
ter agriculture. The county agents
activities will be guided more or
less by this organization. The
representatives from the Weston
section are j. H. Price, Geo. w.