The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-10-31
"OvER the MILL"

tention TO his work, Mr., Thompson
has made a splendid success Of stock
raising, and his ranch on. the Una
, tilla river is ideally suited for cattle,
Jim Jones, Weston's tip-top tall
tamarRck, who hunts BARR and deer
in season, when not carrying U, 5,
mail pouches, stepped over the hill
Saturday and spun few hunting
yarns to- Athena friends. Just now
Jim is sizing up embryo snowbanks.
with fairly lucid understanding Of
through and over. little later on.
what he may expect to go up against
when real winter strikes the Blues.
With two big elk as trophies Of
the hunt, F. s, LeGrow and Sam
Pambrun returned this week from the
Flathead hunting grounds in Montana,
The hunters went by pack train from
st. Ignatius to the south fork of the
FlathCad river, The pack horses for
the trip were furnished by Charlie
Allard Of Poison, Montana, After the
game was killed and the feat prepared
for the packs, severe winter weather
was encountered while crossing the
Swan River range of mountains,
Mr. and Mrs. Curran l.. MeFadden
were host and hostess Sunday at
lie Miller, reaS estate dealer of this
city. By hard work and strict at
family dinner at which Mrs, MeFad-
den's parents. Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Banister of Weston. Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Macarthur, Mr.. and Mrs. George Ban
lister, and Mrs. Fred Stine Of Spok-
ane were guests. The ladies are
aunts of the hostess.
Despite January weather in oeto-
Der which interfered with seeding
operations, Athena farmers are opti-
mistic over prevalent weather condi-
tions. Rain and snow supplied need
ed moisture. which, when the predict
ed fair spell" of weather comes, the
soil will be in prime condition TO
sprout the grain. But few Of the
older, and none Of the younger gen.
erations can recall another October
that furnished real winter weather
to Eastern Oregon.
Attorney Watts of this city, and
E. II. Leanord Of Waitsburg, return
ed Sunday from three weeks hunt
ing trip on the Flathead river in
Montana. They were successful in
Killing the limit on elk, one each. In
addition to their successful kill of big
game, they had royal sport in angling
'or trout. Mr.. Watts and Mr..
Ieanord made trip last fall to he
'ame hunting grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Flint N. Johns came /
Up from Vancouver, Wash. last Sat- 4
lrday and will be for the present at S
he Melville Johns farm west of town /
where Flint will assist in the fall s
eeding. The newly weds spent their
honeymoon at Seaside, Oregon, n
vhere they went directly after the il
Wedding. Il
A Woman's Civic Club will be or u
anized next Tuesday at 2:30 p. III. 5
t the high school auditorium. Mrs. 3
!. T. Wade, president of the Pendle-
IN Civic Club and one of ths three "
irectors of the State Federation. nc
by other GLIB workers,
ill be present and institute the To-
al organization.
Athena feels highly pleased over
ie success of the Chautauqua, both a
, a high class course of entertain II
ent and from a financial point Of IL
lew, and it is hoped the public may
: favored annually with this event. al
he required sum of S400 was easily 1e
,tained with small margin over IN
"
Roy Zerba came to Athena this to
eek on a visit to relatives and Al
lends. Mr.. Zerba spent two years In
active service in France. The first
,ar he was in the air service and bo
e second he was in the tank corps. ~,
e will follow farming on a Mon IN
ma ranch with his brother, Wes Ter or
: ex
Ernest Edwards drove a Ford car ev
to the plate glass window at the mi
lompson Vulcanizing Shop Monday all
ternoon with disastrous results.
le jitney turned little too sudden be
for Ernest who claims he is ac- on
stoned to driving another make Of 1t
at. Gle
Mrs. r. A. Thompson will leave ool
nday for Hillsboro, Greg. for fort e~
yht's visit with her parents, Mr.. az
Mrs. John Edwards. She will OF
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. WI
ice Kirkpatrick of Weston, who will 'ol
end the winter with her daughter
Portland. th'