The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-08-29
BREvIT!ES

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Dlphtheria has appeared In the
family OF Louis Ringle on the Wild
Horse above Athena.
T. J. Mccarty has disposed Of his
dairy interests at Burbank and has
located at Walla Walla.
Mrs. Ina Young arrived Saturday
from The Dallcs 10 visit her grand
mother. Mrs. Laura Shanks.
No services will be held Sunday
next at the Methodist church. be.
cause Of the annual conference at
Milton.
James Harris sustained recent
operation at Tacoma for the relief
Of appendicitis. His condition at
last report was very serious.
Mrs. Priscilla Ridenour Of Che.
Ian. WASH, Is visiting her brothers.
'the o'Harra boys" and other rels
atives and friends In this neighbor-
hood.
W. s. Payne left Wednesday IN
his new Ford car on a trip 10 Spok-
ane. He was accompanied BY his
son, Anson Payne. who was thus
given an outing by paterfamilias
before school starts again.
Weston farmers parted with con.
siderable wheat last week at around
two dollars the bushel. One days
purchases friday by Frank Price.
manager Of the Weston Warehouse
company. aggregated $4,000 BUSH
els.
Alex King and Alex Schreiner
are threshing with an old-fashioned
horse power rig on Basket noun
tain, with Bert March as 'engin-
eer." Their fall.sown wheat is re-
ported to be making thirty bushels
to the acre.
Albert Smiley, a young appren-
ticc employed at the Weston gar
age, washed his hands in gasoline
In too close proximity 10 the blow
pipe. Severe burns and a painful
yet salutary lesson in the school Of
experience resulted.
A dead bear was found in the
brush near the Tamarack church by
Arthur March soon after the recent
adventure of Dick English with two
fighting bears in the road. Evil
IDENTIFY the animal could not proper
" assimilate the dose Of shot which
Dick gave it.
II. P. Smith Of Dry creek has
rented 900 acres Of wheat land be-
tween Walla Walla and Waitsburg,
and leaves sohn with his family for
his new home. His lease on the
John Harder holdings has expired,
and the place viii be farmed in fu-
ture by Mr.. Harder and son.
K Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Rockhill, for
merly Of Weston uplands, were
here Tuesday in a Ford car on their
way from Burbank TO Pine valley,
and were dinner guests at the ]. +.
Jones residence. Mr.. Rockhill viii
look Pine valley over with a view
to locating.
Millard Vaughn, the 15-year-old
son Of Mayor and Mrs. j. l..
Vaughan of Pendleton. was instant
ly killed Monday afternoon by the (
accidental discharge Of his shotgun
while falling down steep incline
near the forest ranger station above {
Bingham Springs. The entire load
of the shotgun hit him in the left
side, and he afterward plunged !
over ledge some 25 or 80 feet in i
height.
The little daughter, two years .
old, of Clarond Rhea was severely |
bitten In the leg by a common Z
house cat recently at her home on
Basket mountain. Mrs. RheaD who !
was milking near the barn, heard !
the child scream, and looking !
saw the cat with its teeth \
fastened in the youngsters leg.
Mrs. Rhea caught the vicious ami !,
NAL and hammered it with her fists Y
until 1t was forced to let 60. q
While canning fruit last Friday
Mrs. w. II. Storms found that a =
,riar had penetrated her right hand !,
md removed II with a pin. Next 7 !.
lay the hand was badly swollen and =
~ Sunday it was in very painful
condition. She has since been i'm. il
Ter DIR. McKinney's care with a u
,ery serious case Of blood poison 81
ng. As Rev. Mr.. Storms has at
he same time been afflicted with p
the ministerial household :,
s in rather a bad way. :,