The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-10-25
BREvITIES

nave Deen hWhrueu DV eehb h'i
hour.
Young hogs, weight about 100
pounds ench. for sale. Mrs. II. N.
Greer.
Weston people need 20 no far
ther than Athena for satisfactory
dental work. DR.. Sponogle.
Walter Williams returned Mon
day from Wallowa county. where
he did a little harvesting between
rains.
DR.. Fred Lieuallen was recently
wounded in France. where he has
seen much service at the fighting
front.
A letter received here from
Butte, Montana. where the "flu'
Is raging, says that 81 funerals oc-
Cured there Wednesday.
We have ten new tires Of stan.
dard makes. all guaranteed. we will
sell for cash at one-quarter off--2b
percent discount. Come early.
Watts a. Rogers.
In a card from Walla Walla Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Kinncar announce
the birth Of Marjorie Glcnnadine
Kinnear on October 20, 1918;
weight. 81 pounds.
Say. friends, November | is pay
day. II owe you bring me your
bill and will settle. II you owe
me | will be glad 10 have you set.
tie. DR.. Kennard.
In renewing his Leader sub.
Ernest Walden writes from Pres
colt that I'VE have had an abun.
dance Of rain and everybody is
seeding or through"
Mrs. Frank Nelson and babe. who
accompanied her husband a few
weeks ago 10 Great Falls. Montana,
are III with Spanish influenza, &C
eording TO word received by rela-
tivcs here.
Charles A. Guerne, former super
intendent Of the Athena schools and
who was highly regarded in this
end Of the county, is dead Of Span
ish Influenza at Camp Taylor, Ken
lucky. He had enlisted in the Off
GERS Training Corps.
One slice of bread wasted every
day In every home in the United
States makes a loss Of 100000
bushels Of wheat. or 456. $50. 900
pound loayes Of bread. The Food
Administration asks every house.
hold to stop contributing to the
nations big food waste.
The families Of DR.. F. d. Watts,
]. II. Williams, X. G. Sailing. F. c.
Fitzpatrick, Geo. B. Carmichael
and 4. c. Rogers were represented
on motoring trip Sunday up the
Walla Walla river. The big power
plant Of the electric light company
was duly inspected and pleasant
outing enjoyed. Other townspeo-
pie spent restful and devout Sab
bath at home.
A new food pledge card, which
is a most eloquent and forceful doc
ument, is to be placed in every
in America between the
dates Of December I'd and 7th by
the Food Administration. A sup
ply Of 1850 of these cards has been
shipped to Umatilla county for dis
tribution. Scheduled for October
IS, the Home Card campaign was
postponed because Of the FLU" epi.
iemic.
II takes the Umatilla County
Red Cross just one hour to make a
pair Of socks for a soldier in
France, for the new knitting ma
chine turned out a sock at the rate
of one In 80 minutes, says the
East oregonian. This is the record
established by E. J. King, son of
Mrs. II. u. King, who has mastered
the mechanism Of the machine and
made FIVE pair of socks in one af-
ternoon.
Persons desiring to construct new
buildings during the remainder of
the war must expect to encounter
delay and difficulty
before receiving a permit from
The government to go ahead. Not
only, must their applications be
passed upon by the executive board
If the Umatilla County Patriotic
Service League but also by the
State Council Of Defense in Port
and. The recommendation by both
will be sent to Washington and the
permit issued from there.
A message received here yester-
lay announced the death of Ellis
pinkerton ut his home in southern
a,.Sr.c,, Mr pinkertnn was horn