The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-08-27
BREvITIES

Rudolph Procbstel and Miss Ruth
Proebstel were Weston visitors Sun
day, spending the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Procbstel Sr.
Earl Barnett has "gone up" @
step at the Blue Mountain sawmill
having been promoted 10 the Job Of
night engineer under Henry Havil.
and.
Frank Sailing visited his old home
town the other day and displayed
a light and lisSomc physique. He has
taken OF much surplus avordupois
by making a hand on the big Nor
row county ranch IN which he is In
tereSted with his son-in-law. They
had fairly good crop. averaging 20
bushels per acre from 300 acres.
For Sale 80 acres wheat land 2 l-2
miles from town. Produced over 45
bushels this year. Terms. Address
J. II. Pructt, care Scott Banister,
Weston.
Volunteer workers Of Reed and
liawloy mountain have made big
improvement in the county road
from the Bruno Weber place across
TO Robert Moycrs--a distance Of
five or six miles. Besides general
work Of repair. big rock that had
always lain imbedded in the road
was removed. Andy Barnett, mail
carrier on the route. says that II is
n pleasure now TO drive his Ford
over n stretch that used TO be n
holy fright"
Ono of the best crops in this
neighborhood was harvested from the
John Beamer place just east Of
town. A yield Of 1910 sacks from 60
acres is reported.
Wearing n new Panama hat. Jim
Jones went out the other morning TO
harness his government mules for
the daily mail run. They acted
very shy and ofIish, as though he
were u total stranger instead Of
their best friend and bencfactor.
When he drew near they kicked and
objected like a third party eonven-
ton and he had TO snub them TO
fence and run the buggy onto them.
His hat suddenly fell Off in the
struggle and the mules became as
docile as lambs. They just wouldn't
recognize Jim in a Panama.
d. +. Lavender is busily engaged
in tidying up the Weston school
yard and making various improve
ments in the recitation rooms, so
that building and campus will pre-
sent an attractive appearance at the
opening Of school September G.
Rev. Morgan Il. Gallaher and FAM 4,
lily Of Hermiston motored through :
town Tuesday on their way to at !.
tend conference at Moscow, Idaho. :
Morgan stopped for a time TO chat :,
with old.time friends in Weston, the !,
home Of his boyhood. !
c. Il. Hall has sold the residence !.
on Broad street known as /.
the little Maybee place to Mrs. :,
Florence Gregory, who with her ;,
husband is coming to Weston to re- :.
side. Mr.. Gregory is in the employ
Df Smythe Bros, the sheepmen.
Mrs. William Driskell spent the u
weekend with her daughter, Mrs. II. 9
z. Fetter, at Freewater, She re- "
turned home Monday evening, ac- II
by her granddaughter,
Phyllis Fetter, who will visit in n
own couple Of weeks. u
Mrs. w. S. Price sustained sur II
gical operation Tuesday afternoon O
II st. Anthony's hospital in Pendle- II
on for the excision of fibroid tu-
nor and also Of the appendix. The b
operation was performed by DR., h
'arker and DR.. c. H. Smith. Mrs. II
'rice rallied nicely and her condi- al
ion since is reported to be quite ST
avorable. Her host of friends in to
he Weston community unite with
he anxious family in wishing her az
peedy restoration to health. Sc
Mrs. Hetty Powers has added to A
er real estate holdings in Weston M
y the purchase Of the residence in
of Mrs. E. Reynolds on tn
rest Main street. w
Wheat has dropped locally, in br
with the big markets. w
luotations are around $2,05 for 1t
ulked and $2.12 for sacked wheat, of
George Winn harvested better M
IAN Is bushels per acre from the
finn holdings east of town. oO
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w, Phelps were - -
ere this week from Pendleton for a ~
isit with the parents of Mrs. IT,
helps, Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Nelson. =, -
Ir. Phelps is now member of the ~, ~
ate highway commissions staff of =. r.
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