The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-07-18

and Typographical section OF the
Fourth Army Corps, The duty Of
the men of this section consisted in
getting all manner Of Information
for the army's guidance, and they
were under fire a good share of the
time. Carl declares that he had
enough experience with war 70 last
him lifetime, After the arnis-
ticc he ran across his cousin, En-
cry Reynolds. in Germany. Emery
is in th~ marines. He was both
gaSsed and slightly wounded at the
front, and was in hospital two or
three months.
The July meeting of All Saints
Guild was held at the home of Mrs,
L. NJ, Warren. In addition to the
members seven guests We're present
Mrs, G. DeGraw, Mrs, NJ. J..
Maybee, Mrs. Alice f. Price, Mrs.
Sidney Nj. Warren, Mrs. Harry N.
Warren and Miss Lois Fay Sailing,
Light refreshments were served by
Miss +. Fay Warren, assisted by
Mrs. Harry Warren and Mrs. Sid
ney Warren. The iced fruit punch
served was very refreshing. rs the
afternoon was exceedingly warm.
The next meeting win be held at
the home of Mrs. Lillian Fredericks
the first Thursday afternoon in
March.
Sergeant L. l.. Blomgren is back
at home again and in civilian
clothes, after two years and four
months Of service in the United
States Army. Nineteen and a-half
months of the time were spent over
seas in Service of Supply at st.
Nazaire, France. Sergeant Sylvan
Kennard, who enlisted at the same
time and was engaged in the same
work as Sergeants Blomgrcn and
Kirkpatrick, was on later boat
and has not yet reached Weston.
The boys tried hard to get trans
ferred TO the front, but all their
efforts were in vain. Ernie says
that Weston looks mighty good to
him.
/. Strange dogs have been making
free of late with the rabbits. some
IF which cost $500 each, at the J.
f. Jones place. BY the time seven
rabbits had been killed, Mr.. Jones
iecided to take hand in the game.
he set "a coyote trap near the rab-
,it pen and caught a good-sized ca
line. After duly chastizing the
suilty dog he determined 20 also
1--WE it dose Of small shot as
'arting reminder. This plan fail ,
d, however. When ready to cut ,
pose with the old shotgun. he dis ,
overed that it was at half cock.
w. L. Rayborn brought down
his week from his upland farm a
each bough loaded with young
nit, which is displayed at the !
leston Mercantile Co.'S store. I
hese peaches are Maltas. but he :
as other standard varieties, and '
so apple trees. Mr.. Rayborn is a
amonstrating that upland soil is q
ell adapted to fruit production. =
e finds that attention pays. as =
le apple trees which he found time y
prune are much more productive =
IAN others he had TO neglect. 8
Maynard, the son, fifteen years a
d, Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson RI. \
mes, was operated upon at Walla r
ALA Tuesday evening by Dr. Key h,
T and DIR. Mckinney for appendi- n
lis. Accompanied by his parents. n
G young patient was conveyed to HI
ALA Walla in DIR. McKinney's car q
lesday afternoon. Although the a
pendix was found to be ruptured
Il the case is a serious one in con-
Iuence, favorable reports are \
ard as to Maynard's condition. =
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Nelson are
sting at the home Of their son, G.
Nelson. They have just re-
rned from visits sin Kansas and
,ntana. Mr.. Nelson confirms the
,orts that Montana crops are in a
! way. In fact, there are none,
the Missouri river has dried up a.
such an extent that small boys "a
de across it. There is no grass Go
stock, and forage crops are al Ro
st a failure, even, in the irri-
ed districts. u
Ir. and Mrs. Marion HanselI are w,
Y nicely situated in their farm goI
ne north of Athena, reports the mo
SIS. The house, which was re- til,
tly rebuilt, has all the modern ans
veniences. and new furniture of Pal
William and Mary" period tiol
been installed. A broad screen edy
porch affords comfort on three (
s Of the building. and