The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-02
BREVITIES

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sale. J. r. Jones.
-Four young pigs for sale. Mrs.
+. {. McCausland.
New stock Of picture molding,
suitable for frames Of all sizes.
DeMoss.
Mrs. X. G.. Banks Of Hcrmiston
is visiting her sister. Mrs. Amy T..
Van Skivcr
Herbert Baker has leased the ii.
March residence on Broad street,
which he will soon occupy with his
family.
According 10 card received by
a Weston friend, Sergeant Earl G.
Olsen is now in France with the
Twelfth Balloon Company.
DIR. K. +. Farnsworth. formerly
of Weston, has received his commits
sion and will leave Pcndleton soon
10 enter the service as a junior lieu
tenant In the navy.
Miss Meryl Keplcr Of Walla Wal
Ia was the guest Tuesday Of Mrs.
j. V. Bell. Miss Kepler is leaving
soon for New York City TO COM
plcte her piano studies.
W. l.. Rayborn is painting. paper
ing and otherwise improving his
newly-acquircd residence on the
Heights. which will be occupied
by the Rayborn family when school
begins.
Fifty-eight cans full Of rainbow
trout fry from the Bonneville hatch
cry were released this week in Pine
creek below town, and in year or
two are expected to provide good
sport for local fishermen.
Clarence Elliott Carmichael, a
former Weston boy who made his
home while here with the ID. N.
Van Skivers. has enlisted in the Ma
rine Corps. He is in training at
Paris Island. South Carolina.
r. G. Sailing cropped about 90
bushels per acre from his field of
Early Bart wheat adjoining town.
As the wheat was spring-sown on
spring plowing, the crop is consid-
cred a fair one for this season.
Miss Rene Banister and Miss Ger
trude Van Winkle were guests dur
ing the first of the week of the
Misses Hilda and Marvel McRae
at Walla Walla. They motored
over Sunday evening in the Nc
Rae car.
Joe Hodgson came down Sunday 4
from La Crosse, heavy rains having
put a stop to harvest there for sew
eral days. Up to that time 100
acres of the Hodgson holdings had
been threshed. and yielded between }
90 and 25 bushels of wheat per
acre.
Mrs. Z. +. Zehm. accompanied y
by her mother and children, left 1
yesterday for Wallace, Idaho. }
where she will visit at her mothers
home prior to going to Spokane to
reside. MIR. Zchm will remain in
Weston for a time. in order to dis
pose of his business interests here.
All the wheat fields within a ra-
illus of % miles of Pendleton are
being patrolled by members of the
Oregon Military Police, 1t is the
ipecial duty Of the men, reports
he East Oregonian, to be on the 4
watch for fires and to prevent any
(. w, w. activities in regard to the
wheat. d
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Graham are a
eaving soon for Pendleton. where y
dr. Graham will have charge of Y
he grocery department of the Pen y
lleton Cash Market. He has long y :,
'een an efficient and popular Wes. y y
on salesman formerly with the ~ y
} 'Harra Store and in recent years '. y
With the Weston Mercantile Co. n
A telephone message received by Ia
he Leader from Manager Hoch of r
Bingham Springs announces that az
10Th approaches to the new steel Of
ridge at Thorn Hollow are now al
ompleted and in good condition te
or travel. This will largely reduce in
he distance between Weston and n,
he popular Umatilla river resort. Ii
Harvey Wayne Driskell, the lit m
le son Of MIR. and Mrs. H. j. b'
)riskell, fell off the porch at the
V. L. Smock home in the uplands 81
Wednesday and sustained a dislo. eN
alton of the right elbow. The B,
oungster was promptly brought nr