The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-25
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Miss Vida Greer was a visitor
Wednesday at the Morrison ranch.
Mrs. G. DeGraw and Mr., and
Mrs. s. j. Culley nro visiting In
Walla Wslla.
A potato buyer from Sunnysidc.
Wash. MIR. Saul. Ia In the Weston
uplands today looking for seed po.
tatoes.
Just received, a shipment Of egg
size coal. This sire is superior for
range and cook stove use. p. I.
Harbour.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Goodwin. Mrs.
Mary G. McNee. Mrs. Lillian Fred
ericks and Miss Louise Rintoul at
tended Easter services at Pcndlc-
ton.
Frank Bryant Of Hermlston and
his son. Lyle Bryant Of Gibbon, were
here Saturday while on their way
home from the flying circus at
Walla Walla.
Joe Hodgson has fixed up" his
office at the mill in truly elegant
style and now Il is said that all
he needs is young lady stnograph-
or Of type to match the furniture,
Men are at work this week tear
ing down the old I.overidge barn,
which will be replaced by Memorial
hall. The barn was bought for the
lumber it contains by John Bcamer.
j. +. Snider and family are mov-
ing this week TO Athena, Mr., Sni.
der continues in the employment
of Watts 4 Rogers, having been
transferred to their Athena cstah-
lishment.
Many Weston Odd Fellows
headed by the Weston Concert Band
ARE going to Pendleton tomorrow
TO attend the district convention.
Sim Barnes will be grand marshal
Of the afternoon parade.
A silver tea for the benefit Of the
Weston. Public Library. will be Civ
en- Saturday afternoon. April 26. in
the Gould building on Main street.
The public Is cordially invited TO
attend and aid in this worthy cause.
jess Fowls went a-fishing In
Pine creek Wednesday and got q
prodigious bite, Yanking on his
pole he brought out-a sackful Of
dead cats. They were not catfish.
either. but genuinely defunct fc-
lines.
H. G. Lucas spent the early part
of the week on a trip over the
Warm Springs irrigation project in
Malheur county. Two camps are
now at work on this enterprise,
by which some 81 900 acres will be
irrigated. The enterprise Is being
fnsn.ed by private capital.
LEY Winn has clinched his record
as the champion land tradsr Of
Umatilla county by completing an
other deal. He has sold the Fra
zier place in the Juniper ncighbor- !;
hood, 720 ceres. 10 Charles Wilks /
for $4,000. LEY bought this
place March 1sA last for $4,000.
A free lecture is announced for
next Monday evening at eight /
o'clock. IL will be given by Benj.
II. Boyd Of New York on the sub 1
ject, Where Are the Soldier (
Dead?" Seats are free at Weston
opera house, where the lecture
lakes place. and no collection will /
Dc taken.
All the singers in Weston and I
hc surrour ding countryside are in /
,ited and urged /. to attend the \
,Forus rehearsal To be conducted by 4
Professor Lundell next Monday ey- s
ming at scven-thirty In Masonic 1
lall. Some ringing choruses will 4
,c rche; lrsed for the Memorial hall Z
dedication, and 1t Is desired to have 4
s many voices as possible, &
AT the Methodist Church next
undag y Rev. H. s. Shangle, presi.
ent Of Columbia College, Milton,
ill f5reacl. DR.. Shangle needs no
itrf Jduction to a Weston audience.
pr you all know that his coming
le ans a full house and good SER \
rJns. He will discuss some very "A
tai subjects In an able manner.
Gear him. $. T.. Powell. pastor.
While Selmer Thompson was en-.
aged in repairing a fence in the
plands the other day, his team
'ok fright at the rumbling Of
lunder and ran away. 1t Is re-
orted that the frenzied animals