The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-09
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Lorene King of Pendleton wa
here last week for a visit with hel
cousin, Katherine Lieuallen.
Miss Lois Porter arrived HON,
Wednesday from a three weeks
visit with friends in Portland.
Mrs. C. F. Mcconnell and chill
dren were visiting in Weston Sun
day from their home near Adams.
The Misses Hilda and Marvel Nc
Rae Of Walla Walls were visiting
friends in Weston during the week,
W. o. Read of Athena is report.
ed TO have cropped al bushels to
the acre of that good old standby,
red chaf wheat.
Mrs. A. X. Walker Of Athena
and Miss Theo Kirk of Thorn Hol.
low were guests during the week OF
Mrs. Z. T. Walker.
Geo. b. Carmichael has purchaS-
cd an Overland Six Specials
very attractive car-from the local
agent. DR.. Kennard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Bennett and
little daughter of Pocatello, Idaho,
are visiting at the home Of Mrs.
Benefits mother, Mrs. Frank Hill
debrand.
J, w. Porter and Lester 0'Harra
arc back in their respective depart
mcnts of the Weston Mercantile
Co., after a season of rest and quiet
enjoyment at Camp McDougal.
Miss Anice Barnes of Weston has
been secured TO teach the Lamar
school the coming year. the former
teacher, Mrs. Sanford Stone. hav-
ing accepted the school in district
No. ll3 south of Athena, reports
the Press.
After completing a neat job of
harvesting with his Mccormick
combine at the farm of Mrs. Viii.
sey, Eph. Tucker has moved to the
w. A. Barnes ranch. He is being
assisted by Mr.. Gillian as sack
sewer and Mr.. Ellis as driver.
Bert Piersol was in town Mon
day from the uplands, and reports
a fair-to-middling wheat prospect
in his neighborhood. He is bank
ing more on his potato crop than
anything else, having 25 acres Of
spuds that look very promising.
F. G. Lucas was in town Monday
for a visit with his family from
Shoshone, Idaho. where he is oper-
ating in irrigated land. He de-
scribes Shoshone as the livest of
live towns, and expresses great con-
fidence in the future of that section
Of Idaho.
The best yield of barley yet re-
ported from the Dry creek neigh
borhood was that of Preston Smith
on the John Harder place, where
he cropped 35 bushels to the acre.
His wheat made about the same
average. The barley was spring
sown on summer fallow.
Rulon Smith and Virgil Lundell,
popular Weston young men who
are now employed in Walla Wal
la, have decided to leave for
Portland next month to apNtysfor
enlistment in the service of Uncle
Sam. They will spend Sunday
with relatives and friends in Wes-
ton.
Reports from st. Nazaire, France,
say that Ernie Blomgren, Jim Kirk
patrick and Sylvan Kennard have
been transferred from the 10th
Engineers to the hcaduarters COM
pany of the 30lst Stevedore regi-
ment. For the present they will
continue to be engaged i'm clerical
work at St. Naaire.
Over on Dry creek the other day
Mail Carrier j. E. Jones saw the
past contrasted markedly with the
present in the shape of an old
fashioned cradle scythe and COM
bined harvester in active operation
in adjoining fields. The cradle
scythe even frightened his mules,
which are accustomed TO modern
ways.
Private Cyril C. Proebtsel, in
ordering his Leader mailed to
Camp Lewis, writes that II was
in not getting with
.he boys who left Pendleton with
he last draft, but am where / can
zee them often. They are all in
good spirits and ready to go.
nm with bunch of California boys
rom Santa Barbara. If the spirit Of
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