The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-06-06
BREVITIES

Walter Milton is welding a pic
mic razor at Reynaud's barber shop
Miss Lubcna johnson Of Spokane
Wash. is a guest Of Mrs. W. +
Driskcll.
Mrs. J. NJ. Swaggart of Baker
Oregon. IL visiting her sister. Mrs
Amy Van Skiyer.
Mrs. J. Kirkpatrick left Saturday
for Portland 10 visit her daughter,
Mrs. Virgil Neild.
S. J. Culley has gone 10 southern
Idaho TO look after his land and
crop interests In that section.
X. G.. Sailing left Sunday on a
business trip 20 Salt Lake City. and
will also visit his farm in southern
Idaho.
The Misses Anicc and Mamie
Barnes have gone to Bcllingham,
Wash. 10 attend summer normal
school.
Mrs. viii NorDean and little
daughter Of Baker. Oregon. are
visiting at the home Of her mother.
Mrs. +. NJ. Warren.
Mrs. l.. s. Madden and Master
Bertram Madden left Sunday on
their return home, via California,
TO PleaSantville. New Jersey.
Mrs. Cola Carille and two child
rem arrived Monday from Ogden,
Utah, TO visit at the home Of Mr..
Carlile's mother, Mrs. A. A. Kees.
Miss Simmons Of the Weston
school faculty left Tuesday for
Portland. She goes to McCook,
Nebraska, soon for a vacation visit
Rt home.
J. +. Kininger, former Weston
druggist, now Of Seattle, has sold
rs acres Of mountain land near
Tamarack school house TO Arthur
and VIII March.
Mrs. Minnie Schraeder and little
daughter of Walla Walla were
visiting friends in Weston Satur-
day. Mrs. Schraeder was fomerly
Miss Minnie Kinnear.
Rulon Smith has resigned his
position with The First National
Bank Of Pendleton and has gone to
Boise, Idaho, TO do clerical work In
an automobile stock room.
Miss Lois Barnes is visiting rela-
tives at Weston and attending the
pioneers reunion. Miss Barnes
Is on her way home to Chelan,
Wash, from Berkeley, California,
where she Is a University student.
Weston's juvenile team Of base
ballers went TO Helix Monday and
were trimmed by the close score of
i2 to IL. Weston led until the last
frame, when the enemy inconsidr-
ately ran in six tallies, Honors are
now easy, and the next mix.up will
be for the proverbial blood.
Z. o. DeMoss and family were
entertained at dinner Sunday at the
country home of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
s. Price. It was the first Sunday
in nine years that Mr., DeMoss has
been able to separate himself from
the exacting hello board" The
local telephone exchange Is now
closed Sunday afternoons.
Indications point to an attend
ance Of 1000 to 1000 producers from
the soil at the big Northwest Con-
vention of Farmers to be held in
Spokane June Ills, Responses
are coming in from all sections of
the four northwestern states. 1t is
confidently predicted this will be
the biggest convention of It's kind
ever held west Of the Mississippi
river.
]. Z. Jones and Peter Hass went
hunting Sunday on Coyote creek
near the Dick English cabin. They
saw bear feeding, but before they
could work near enough for a shot
he was gone-being evidently
wise" to the way of hunter with
a bear. They also saw two deer
and an abundance Of deer sign
indicating good sport when the
opens this fall. They en-.
countered deep snowdrifts near
Camp McDougal, where they left
their car.
While on his recent trips to La
Crosse A. w. Lundell, local realty
operator, looked the country over
thoroughly and expresses surprise
Il what he saw. He found wheat
ields equal to the best in Umatilla
county, and believes that the crop
situation in general is even better
han throughout this section, Mr..