The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-08
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New Overland car for hire. In
quire at Mcndwcll garage Iekc
O'Harra.
C. +. Mcconnell and family were
up from their Adams farm for the
Chautauqua.
Cyril PrOcbstel has accepted n
position In the Bakcr-BOycr Nation
al Bank Of Walla Walla.
Services will be- conducted at 3
p. m. next Sunday at the Episcopal
church by Rev. Alfred lockwood Of
Pendleton. All are invited TO at
tend.
W. l.. Rayborn, Will Hall, l.. II.
Dowd and T. J. McCarty, acompan-
led by their respective families.
were among the Upland citizens
who attended the Chautauqua.
Wanted Red Mexican Beans.
Send samples, stating amount sou
have. whether hand-picked or re-
cleaned. We are cash buyers. Or
cgup Fruit Co.. Portland, Ore.
At the United Brethren church,
preaching Sunday at II a. m. and
1880 p. m. All other services at
the usual hours. You and your
family are invited 10 attend these
services. r. +. Wriggle. pastor.
Judge and Mrs. G. w. Phelps,
Judge and Mrs. c. II. Marsh and
Merle Chessmap, city editor of the
East 0regonian. were in Weston
today while motoring through 10
Milton. Their trip has to do with
the Junior Red Cross drive and
other war work.
The Northern Grain e. Ware
house company Of Portland has
acquired the Dement, Bros. flour
milling plant in Walla Walla for
consideration Of 100000. The
Dement, mill has capacity Of $50
barrels per day and is the largest
in eastern Washington.
Connelps famous Red Cross war
pig, by which $3.50 was raised IN
two days at Pasco and Connell, will
tour the Inland Empire to further
swell the Red Cross fund, according
TO Editor 4. G. Bonney of Connell.
He owns the animal and always re-
serves the right TO make the last
bid in order to keep 1t in Red Gross
work. At Connell the pig changed
hands 80 times In a few minutes.
+. s. McFadden. advance repre-
sentative for the Ellison-White
Chautauqua System. left Saturday
morning for the south after success
fully assisting the local conmittee
10 put II over" in Weston this
year. 'Mr. McFadden made many
friends for himself and the company
during his stay in the city. He Is a
cousin of Lieutenant Curran (Petel
McFadden, now in the service in
France.
What is thought to be the largest
check for charity ever sent from
the Northwest was one for $4,000
recently mailed to the American
Committee for Armenian and Syr-
ian Relief from Portland, by the
Oregon branch of which j. j. Hand
saker is secretary and Ben Selling
treasurer. This check is part of
oregon's quota Of Sl50,00o for the
relief Of more than two million
sufferers in Asia Minor.
The handsome and commodious
new school house on Dry creek was
the scene recently Of an interesting
debate and program given by the
Literary society. The relative mer-
It's OF the tractor and the mule
were discussed. with the result that
the poor mule had to give place to
the demands of modern progress in
The program was var
led and diverting. Among the
noteworthy features were the read
ings by Miss Godhold and Gail
Miller Williams.
Leonard Dumpyl Blomgren,
Weston soldier boy in France, is
studying the language of our
French allies and never neglects a
chance to practice it upon the po-
lite and smiling natives. Not long
ago he walked into a shop to buy a
certain article and looking the mer-
chant in the eye, gesticulated, \
his shoulders and parley-
vooed in approved Gallo fashion.
When he had finished his calisthen.
les and was gasping for breath, the
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