The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-05-30
BREvITIES

VAIN Wullh WtIt w hlitllhhiles
Sunday at the baccalaureatc exer'
ciscs.
Hey Winn has bought a Cadillac
Eight. and our automobile editor II
awaiting an opportunity 10 pass
judgment.
DR.. Kennard qualified for the
first time the other day as real
motorist by being fined for speeding
In Pcndlcton. n. .
Handsome reunion badges are on
display at Goodwin's drug store.
and despite the era Of high prices
may be had at the same old figure.
u. S. Larkin drove through from
Madras 10 Weston, arriving We'd
nesday morning. TO join Mrs. Lar
kin and attend the graduating cx-
crciscs Of Weston High.
X. l.. Reynaud has put out re-
yolving barber.pole sign and in
stalled some electric hair clippers
just TO show his appreciation Of the
fact that the world do move"
J. II. Williams recently received
the sad tidings Of the death Of his
brother. George Williams, at Los
Angeles. where for two years he had
been receiving hospital treatment.
Mrs. C. T.. Clark. one Of the Wes-
ton High School alumni, was here
from Pendleton this week TO visit
her grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Nc.
Bride. and attend the commence
ment exercises.
Waitsburg Times: j. T. Read Of
Athena, Oregon, has accepted the
position of meat-cutter at the Cen.
tral market. Mr.. Read and family
have rented the Robertson residence
on Main street.
Scott Banlster has sold so acres
south Of town to P. A. and T, L.
Mcbride, whose land the tract ad.
joins, for $4,000. Mr.. Banister is
reported to have bought a large
body Of wheat land In the La Crosse
district for $4,000.
Captain Edgar R. Bonsall. state
manager for Washington Of the
vitagraph company, was here from
Seattle Tuesday to call on the Mem
orial Hall board Of managers. Cap
tain Bonsall Is seeking TO place Wes-
ton on the Vitagraph circuit.
L. w. HeDert and family have
located in Weston. and MIR. Hebert
has taken over the Weston hotel
under lease from Mrs. Webb.
While lately from the east, Mr.. He
bert was for 80 years an 0regonian,
residing in the Willamette valley.
Spokane has a "paint-up" cam
paign in progress. Two firms have
undertaken 10 paint two houses
each. the residences thus treated to
form demonstration for citizens
Of the desrability Of a general and
liberal application of the paint
brush.
Mrs. l.. S. Madden and son Ber-
tram are here this week from Pleas
antville. New Jersey, where DR..
Madden is successfully engaged in
practice. They are guests Of MIR.
and Mrs. L. |. 0'Harra. Coming
west, Mrs. Madden stopped at
Weiser, Idaho, to visit her parents.
She will return home by way of
California.
j. NJ. Banister motored TO La
Crosse, Wash, Saturday to take
look at the country there, and found
that It exceeded his expectations.
This seasons crop prospects are
good, and land is constantly rising
in value. Ira Scott holds 4l00
acres of La Crosse land which he
has bought during the past nine
years at prices ranging from $50
to 500 an acre. He is looking
for an average yield Of 80 to 40
bushels this year.
Pendleton Tribune: Lou Hodg-
en-, former Umapine stockman, who
is now located at Athena where he is
farming the John Weidert place
which he purchased last fall, thinks
that grain prospects are not SO
bright as they have been forecasted.
He says that the frost some time
ago held back the grain and gave
the weeds a chance. He Is now fig-
uring on 40 bushels where, when he
farmed the place several years ago
he got so and better.
Returning from the grand lodge
Of Odd Fellows at Salem, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Barnes and Mr., and Mrs.
]. A. King report a most delightful
motoring trip in Mr.. Kings car.
The t,.;Y erniner nvar the CnlumhiA