The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-02-18
BREVITIES

Protect your wife and family In The
Bankers Reserve Life Insurance Co.
Geo. House, Weston. Ore.
Stevens Lodge No. 30, Knights Of
Pythias, announces the free preAen-
tation Of the great pictorial drama,
Damon and Pythias." at Memorial
hall the evening Of February 2i.
Mr.. and Mrs W. J. Crablll Of Ath-
ena were visiting their daughters.
Mrs. Olin McFcron and Mrs. Ray o.
llhrra. In Weston Sunday. I.
Pody Duncan left Monday for
WashtuenA TO pursue agricultural nc
tivities on the holdings Of Stages &
Sons.
While driving his car from Weston
10 Milton Saturday. Jim Bchmer dis
covered that his auto top was ablaze.
The flames had worked their will TO
such effect before Jim made the dis
tressing discovery that all he could do
was 10 drive into the flooding waters
Of Dry creek and thus prevent the fire
from reaching the body Of the ma
chine. Bud BeRmer was with him,
and had Just been enjoying n smoke.
II Is supposed that sparks from Buds
pipe caused the unusual "conhagra-
ton"
Representative Of the Northwest
ern Mutual company. Mr.. Reynolds Of
Seattle and Mr. Jones Of Walla Walla,
were here during the week adjusting
the loss on Sim J. Culley's combine.
destroyed in the recent fire at the
Culley ranch. The combine was in
surcd for $1,000, and was the only ma
chine lost in the fire for which insur-
nnee had been written. Gazing at IL,
Mr. Reynolds declared that he had
never seen n more perfect wreck in
his life.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Banistcr, Mrs.
Carl Mcconnell and Woodrow McCon-
nell returned Wednesday from Hot
Lake sanatarium, where Mrs. Me-
Connell and her son had their tonsils
removed.
Mrs. Edith G. Van Deusen Of Pen
dlcton, home demonstration agent,
has set the afternoon Of February 26
at 2:30 o'clock as the time when she
desires to meet all women OF Weston |
vicinity, TO talk over the organiza-
tion Of home bureau or community
club. The gathering will be held in
Memorial hall.
Roy Lieuallen drove slowly down |
from Reed and Hawley mountain
Monday and said he would like TO
take the county court for a ride (by Il
no means n joy ride) on the Pine
creek grade. He Is confident the
court would then order the proposed
now route opened, out Of sheer pity l
for the mountaineers. s
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. II. Beamer re- /
turned Monday from Hot Lake sana- '
tarium, where Mrs. Beamer was OPP i
Grated upon for the removal Of her |,
tonsils. j
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Duncan, with L
their son and daughter, were week c
end guests at the Iven 0'Harra resi- \
dence. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kinnear Y
Of Milton were also here for Sunday S
visit under the same parental roof Il
tree. ID
Mrs. II. V. Compton, who has been
i'll with Ia grippe at her home on -,
Weston mountain, is now troubled \,
with an absccss in the head brought -,
on by that malady.
Mr., and Mrs. Hey Winn motored 8,
to Walla Walla Sunday to spend the y
day with friends and relatives. y, =,
A. w. Lundell Of Pendleton, ac- "
by his daughter, Miss % -
Eva; sons. Virgil and Harvey, and -
Miss Freda Green were Sunday 81
guests at the Leon Lundell home. .
|. c. Hopkins Of Weston mountain
s the proud grandfather of second
young hopeful who arrived recently
It the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Hopkins near Spokane. The boy is ~
! bouncer, weighing nine pounds. -
Miss Mamie Barnes came up from u"
'endlcton Saturday to pass the week. %, se
nd with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ~. 3
J. A. Barnes. -
Mr. and Mrs. J. II, Williams were u''
Sunday at the home of ="
Dr. and Mrs. f. d. Watts in Athena. "u
Mrs. c. c. Whiteman and son, Pr
Donald, of Pendleton spent the week m' m
nd with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Proeb- .n' m
tel, Sr., and Mrs. Lillian Fredericks. 81
Mrs. McLinden, mother of Mrs. F. ea
!. Fitzpatrick, returned Saturday to VI, Ut
er home in Roseburg. ~
Mr. and Mrs. William Driskell re- 9ei
armed Friday from a weeks visit TT
18th the H. C. Fetter family at Free
ater. sS
The family of H. A. Street have re- q