The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-19
BREvITIES

Sunday 10 join the recrcators NJ
Camp McDougal.
Mrs. |. T.. Sailing is visiting at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. l..
NJ. Funk. In Walla Walla.
Mrs. n. T.. English arrived home
Saturday from her visit with rcla-
tiveB In the Willamette valley.
A social hop will be given To-,
morrow evening at Weston oper
house. with music by Payants Jazz
band.
Marvin Price. Frank Price and
Robert Proudft spent Sunday on
the Umatilla river and report nice
catches.
Mrs. J. s. Neil and son Dale re-
turned Tuesday TO their home near
Pcndlcton. after pleasant visit IN
the uplands.
c. II. Nelson has leased the Bull
finch residence on north Water
street. which he will soon occupy
with his family.
T.. +. Zehm returned Tuesday
from the Umatilla river. where he
conducted a profitable stand during
the Indian celebration.
Miss Josephine Starks Of Una
pine has been the guest of the
Misses Opal and Cora Peffiey at
their home in the uplands.
The Farmers Bank Of Weston has
twenty pigs available for juvenile
enterprise in pork production, and
wants twenty boys to buy them.
Fred Dupuis has been appointed
by the city council as chief Of po-
lice to succeed Frank Skinner, who
resigned in order TO engage in other
work.
Captain ]. W. Ingram Of the
Medical Reserve Corps has arrived
in France, according to letter
received by his sister, Mrs. X.
Proudfit.
Mrs. Fannie Mcbride left Tues
day for months visit in Portland,
where she will be the guest Of her
son, W. II. Mcbride, and grand
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Sturgis.
Ernest Ross was in town Tuesday
from his ranch on Thorn Hollow,
and brought nice sample Of Jen-
kins' club. He has one hundred
acres Of this variety, and looks for
ward to good crop.
Uncle Sam has advanced the pay
of his rural route mail carriers out
of Weston to the amount of $40 per
month, dating from July |. Each
now receive $l440 per year but,
of course. horse feed comes high.
Joe Hodgson and his husky hope
full, Robert, left Wednesday for La
Crosse, where they will seek per-
spiration in the harvest field. Ray
Jones went with them, but as he is
much thinner, will endeavor to per-
spire as little as possible.
Mrs. w. Z. Driskell left yester-
day for an extended visit with her
daughter. Mrs. G. H. Fontaine, at
Great Falls, and her son, Craig
Driskell, at Higwhood, Montana.
She will also be the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Kate Peterson, at For
sythe. Montana.
Homer L. Hedrick, who for sew
eral years has conducted the Wes-
ton garage, is leaving soon for
Portland to enter the service of
the government as marine engineer.
Mrs. Hedrick and children will con-
tinue, for the present, to make
their home in Weston.
Cyril c. Proebstel has received
orders from the local board at
Santa Fe., New Mexico, where he
was registered, to report July %
for induction into the national
army. Cyril expects to appear for
examination before the Pendleton
board. He tried to enlist in the
navy while at Santa Fe, but was a
trife underweight.
The wind storm Monday evening
blew down part of the high line"
and also part of the line between
Weston and Athena. AS a conse-
uuencc consumers Of electric juice
were without this convenient COM
modify until Tuesday night. The
scaffolding of the new concrete
elevator at Athena collapsed from
the force Of the storm. In its fall
IL crushed in the roof of the ware
house adjoining,