The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-05


cred, and will not have 10 avail
the pleasure Of the government
Dealers must grade the wheat a
their own risk. Even though Con
grcss does not raise the price Il
$3.50 per bushel. umatilla count.
farmers will receive l2A cents NOR,
for their wheat this year than last
The price of $3.50 at Portland will
mean about sails for club whea,
at pcndlcton. Dcducting the cost Of
handling. the farmers will receive a
net Of 81 for bulk grain and about
$2.09 for sacked grain this year,
the prices to bc based ON 60.pound
club. II is generally estimated
umatilla county will harvest u four
million buShel crop,
DR.. and Mrs. S. L. Kcnnard ar.
rived homo Monday from an cS.
tended tour in their Overland car,
which took them to Portland. Seat
tie, Tacoma. North Yakima, Ellens-
burg and other points. They were
absent nine days and Travelled more
than 700 miles. with no car trouble
Of any sort except one puncturc.
They took in Camp Lewis, with its
barracks, trenches and dugouts,
and found il a wonderful sight.
DR.. Kennard says that the only
crops he saw which approach Una.
tilla's were in Sherman county,
which has an especially fine barley
prospect.
Leonard Dumpy) Blomgren,
member Of an ambulance company
in France. writes home that he is
beginning to feel like a veteran.
He has twice been in the front
line trenches, wearing a gas mask,
and has once been loaded with
"cooties. Dumpy remembers the
good old days on the Blomgren
farm, however. and says il makes
him homesick whenever he sees
working in the fields.
He further says that a letter from
anyone at home looks like million
dollars.
Jack Calder expects to enlist
soon as a mechanic with the Cana
iian forces and thus do his bit" as
/ subject of Great Britain. While
Weston will be sorry to lose this
lseful citizen, il cannot under the
circumstances quarrel with him for
going away. During his absence.
Mrs. Calder and little daughters
will make their home at Milton.
The Weston Uplands Red Gross
will not meet until further notice,
Is the sewing is nearly finished and
more material is required from
'endleton. The new sewing ma
.hine for Red Cross use has been
Installed.
A big waterspout srtuck the
Iorth fork of the Umatilla a few
lays ago and took out two beaver
ANS. incidentally the water was
oiled to such an extent as 10 make
shing poor for several days.
J. II. ROckhill was in town this
ieek from Two Rivers on the Co
lmbia. He came all the way to
ct some blacksmith work done,
,hich shows that Weston smiths
ave a good reputation.
Miss Hilda Larson of Monmouth,
r., has arrived to spend the sum-
Ter with her sisters, Mrs. Roy Hy-
tt and Mrs. Ernest March. Miss
arson was graduated in June from
le Monmouth Normal.
Among the Weston boys required
, report today for service in the
ational Army are Henry Beamer,
AIRY Edwards and Gus Olson.
,e Read has been transferred to
lie second class.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Key are visiting
leir daughter, Mrs. T. H. Wyland,
,ar Pilot Rock. During their alb
nee their cottage below town is
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. George
1rdy.
Mayor Banister was recent Wis
,r at Caldwell, Idaho, and was
uch impressed by the big crops /
grain, clover and alfalfa on the /
-igated farms in that vicinity.
Mrs. w. d. Warner and children
rived last week from Utah for a
sit with her parents, MIR. and Mrs. :