The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-10-11
BREVITES

ness CoIleRcs
MIR. and Mrs. j. +. Killgore Of
Cornelius. Oregon, have been visit.
ing in Weston and Walla Walla.
viii Beathe is hauling his up
land potato crop to Milton at a
price reported 10 be $3.50 per
sack.
T.. T. Walker and family have
gone TO san francicso, where Mr..
Walker expects to follow garage
work.
The X. G.. Blomgrcns and the II.
l.. Hedricks were visiting for n
few days last week with friends in
Walla Walla,
The funeral of the late Claude
Still will be held next Sunday at
1880 p. m. at the Robert Still resi-
dence in Milton.
Mrs. M. c.. Ferguson and little
granddaughter. Hazel Lee, have
gone to Camp Lewis to visit her
two sons. Elmer and Bert, before
they leave for France.
]. Il. Mcdaniel expects to leave
soon for California TO spend the win
ter. Mrs. Mcdaniel has accepted
a school teaching position near Con-
nell, Franklin county.
Dick Linville, who was born and
raised in the Weston neighborhood,
was in town last week while motor
ing through to northern Idaho. He
is a nephew Of l.. X. Van Wrinkle.
Frank Sailing came up from PEN
dleton to take charge of the Wes-
ton garage this week during the
absence Of his brother and partner,
r. G. Sailing. on a trip to southern
Idaho.
Ray O'Harra, who enlisted In the
navy from Weston, has been APP
pointed mechanic Of the second
class. He is stationed In Camp ID
of the Naval Training Station near
Seattle.
While tearing down a barn at
his place in the Dry creek neigh
borhood, Louis killgore was struck
and injured by falling timbers.
The well-known old pioneer suffered
a dislocated shoulder and other
hurts
Mrs. l.. S. Wood sustained a bad
fall. due to a defective sidewalk,
Sunday afternoon on Franklin
street below the second bridge.
She was severely bruised about the
nose and eyes.
Not having an aeroplane handy.
Walter Webb walked in from the
Umatilla river Sunday to visit his
family. After negotiating fourteen
miles in this manner. he learned
how to sympatize with marching
doughboy.
Ole Westfall has gone to Port
land, where he expects to engage in
whatever industry that indicates a
sufficient desire to enlist his SER
vices. We commend Ole to the
good graces Of metropolitan cap
tains of industry.
w. S. Price was fortunate enough
to get his bean crop harvested be-
fore the recent rains. He had SO
sacks from 10 acres, the beans
weighing lao pounds to the sack.
They are principally Red Mexicans
and of extra good quality.
While teaming at the Blue Noun.
tain sawmill Friday, Mark Hender-
son was caught by a scantling and
knocked off his wagon. He was
injured in the back and side and
will have to take an enforced rest
from his labors for a conside rable
period.
Mrs. Della Winn returned last
week from the bedside of her son,
Lynn Neild, who is Ill with typhoid
fever at Portland. She left him
better, but not yet able to sit up.
The attending physician expresses
that with careful nursing
he will speedily recover.
Nat j. Hale, old timer, returned
Sunday evening from Wallowa
where for more than
month he was engaged In sewing
sacks at $500 per-day, not sack.
Nat left Wednesday for Portland
to visit his daughter, and may en-
gage there in shipyard work. hav-
ing an engine room job in view.
P. T. Harbour and Clark Wood
are leaving Sunday for Portland to
attend the Pythian grand lodge as
lelepates from Stevens Lodge No,