The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-08-06
BREVITIES

DougaI, where they arc cndeavoriDg
TO excel the achievements Of the most
ambitious rival buckleberry pickern.
Miss Irene Anderson Is visiting for
n few weeks ut the home Of her aunt,
Mrs. Joseph Blomgren.
Mr.. and Mrs G. l.. Pinkcrton and
party returned Saturday from an en-
JoyRble auto camping trip TO Coeur
d'Alcne lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. N. Warren came
up from Pendlcton few days ago,
TO escape the county seat tempera-
turc. They viii be on the J. V. Bell
ranch for couple Of months.
Mrs. " l.. MARI and daughters
are here from their home near Shan
iko, Oregon. visiting ut the home Of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. /. c.
Hopkins, on Weston mountain.
Ruford J. Price came down from
the sawmill Wednesday TO have GER
tain Of his ribs adjusted by DIR. Nc,
Kinney. They were broken in an nc
cidcnt which befell him while he was
at work in the timber near the Blue
Mountain Sawmill.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Scrimshcr were
In town yesterday from Pendleton.
The Key-Johnson.S .Schrimpf outfit
took the field this week below Adams,
where II Is thrcshing good quality
Of grain.
The W. S. Paynes joined this
weeks exodus to the shade Of the
mountain pines.
A young man. Mr.. Sans, employed
as sack sewer with Ralph Kinnear's
thrcshing outfit on Couse creek was
found Monday to have passed away
while engaged in his work. For
some time he was observed to be sit
ting motionless while in a STOPPING
position over a sack. When an effort
10 arouse him was made he was
found 10 be dead He Is survived
by young wife and an infant child.
A party Of five ambitious and en-
tcrprising hucklebcrry cleaners
picked no less than lG gallons Of the
delectablc mountain fruit in one day
Wednesday near Camp McDougal. In
cluded in the champion quintet were ]
John Price and wife, Dick English
and wife and VIM. Killgore. Twen-
ty-onc camps have now been estab-
lished at this popular resort.
Mrs. Andrew Larson and daughter |
of Walla Walla are guests at the G. /
DcGraw residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. l.. Reynaud left Il
Wednesday for a few days visit with
friends in Pendleton.
Ward Baker returned this week
from Enterprise and has gone to
Portland. He will attend business 0
college there for time, specializing
In traffic management.
The Stages and Sons combine be- c
gan threshiug this week in barley on I"
their upper ranch on Dry creek, The p
very satisfactory yield Of around so p
bushels per acre is reported. -
Mrs. a. J. Mcintyre and family y
and her guest, Mrs. McDearmid of II
Pendleton, left Wednesday for n n
outing.
Joe Hodgson came down this week al
from his new holdings near Culdesac. s.
Idaho, where he reports that harvest 1
ng Of what promises to prove an
abundant crop is in progress. A
Herbert ]. Baker has been trans ca
'errcd from Deer Lodge to Missoula, W
Montana, where he has the position I'll
# demurrage clerk. cf
Frank Stevens Of Brewster, Wash, of
vas a recent visitor at the home of
lis mother. Mrs. Walter Webb, hav- oil
ng driven truck down from the Ri
lorth. He has gone to Yakima to of
laul apples. Mrs. Stevens and little co
on remained for n visit at the Webb an
omicile. te
Shirley Barnett, chief clerk in the
light of way department of the S. p, IN
. S., came up from Portland Satur- NJ,
ay for few days vacation visit
nd to assist the home folks in the
harvest, e. e.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl G. Olsen were ~, w
allied to Ontario, Oregon, Sunday N, NJ
rom their farm in the Walla Walla -
alley to attend the funeral of Mr.. NJ,
'lsen's father, Karl Olsen Of Port AZ, ~
md, who passed away while visit Wv
lg daughter at Ontario. Mr.. OIL
en-, who was 81 years old, had not ~, ~
from an attack of influenza -
few months ago, He is survived ~, ~
Y Mrs. Olsen and their two daugh- ~ ~
RS and three sons.
Marion Hansell has combine in e.,
peration on the Taylor place and a 49,
.ationary outfit on the Winn place. ,''S m
Q is getting a nice yield of plump ''
heat from the Taylor place, only d.
le first setting having shown signs ..'a 10
the pinch. The average is around w. w.