The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-04-08
BREvlTIES

Bankcm Reserve Life Insurance 20.
Goo. House. Weston. ore.
i. ~. Wroc. wcll.known Weston
mountain farmer. Is under DIR. Me
kinnryH care with very painful
Gffliction due 10 inflammation u the
jaw following the removal Of bad
tooth
Mayor Nelson II. Jones and Coun-
cilmcn T.. NJ. Smith. J, NJ. Price and
l., u. Davis made cold auto drive
Tuesday 10 Dayton and intermediate
points In order 90 post themselves
on the paving question They found
cumiderable diversity u opinion as
90 thc typv of paving bcst adapted
10 the needs uf the smaller towns.
but were further convinced u the
need u paved streets at Weston II
II does not want to become hopeless
ly "paSsc."
s. j. Cullcy and his ranch force
have been making good progress
with their rpring work. They put d
new caterpillar In commission, and
u has performed its task faithfully
and veil. The plows which went
through the Cullcv raneh FIRE were
20 far repaired as 10 b. rendered
acrylccablc.
Earl Barnett has secured legal
custody Of hia aiN.ycar.old son. Earl
Leland, and the lad arrived IN Wos.
ton Monday evening from Portland
10 rcsidg hereafter with his grand
mother. Mrs. A. J. Barnett,
Grandma Van Winkle and Mrs.
Sarah c, Ray went 10 Tacoma from
Portland recently TO visit Mrs, Mary
Snidcr. daughter Of Mrs. Van Win
klc. Having suffered an attack Of
pneumonia. Mrs. Ray has since been
a patient In q Tacoma hospital.
w. 4. McCorkell succeeded in
raising a public subscription Of $3.50
for the proposed change in the Pine
creek road. and has turned the paper
in 10 the county court. OF this
amount $3.50 in cash was subscribed
by Weston business men and the re-
mainder was pledged. chiefly in
work, by mountain residents.
G. w. Stages has returned from
the Rattlcsnake fiat district near
Washtucna. where he has been look
ing after the spring operations Of
G. W. Stages & Sons. The firm has
finished seeding 300 acres Of spring
grain and had planted 1900 acres
last fall The fall-sown wheat is
about six inches high, and looks very
promising, The Washtucna country
IL soaked with moisture TO such an
extent that the Stages caterpillar
and plows mircd down in the field
All unusual incident for that section.
After having been lost for three
years, a diamond ring belonging to
Mrs. Il. G. Blomgren was picked up
from the lawn recently at the Blom-
sren home, by James Kirkpatrick.
II was in perfect condition.
Secondhand Overland car at a
bargain figure. formerly owned by
j. H. Price, DIR. Kennard, Weston.
}. II. Price has taken on hand
some new car. Dispatch Chandler,
with four-passenger body. The car
was bought through DR.. kennard, To-
cal dealer, who took over Mr.. Prices
Overland in the transaction.
Kellogg ever-bcaring strawberry
plants at $3.50 per hundred. C. W.
DeGrnw
The annual election of officers of
Weston Library board was held at
the home Of Mrs. S. A. Barnes, Mon
day afternoon. Leaders were chosen
for the coming year as follows:
Mrs. Charles +, Bulhneh, president;
Mrs. J, II, Williams, vice president:
Mrs. II, Goodwin, secretary and |
II was voted to paint the
recently purchased for the !
seed the lawn and do
other work Of progressive nature.
The young people Of the Baptist |
church gave pleasant surprise
party in honor of Miss Kathleen Pc .
iersen, It being her fifteenth birthday |
The evening was spent
IN playing games, with music as an
added attraction. Az ton-thirty o..
clock dainty lunch was served by |
Mrs. c. o. Petersen. Those sharing |
IN the affair were: Misses Eileen /
Ruby Lilies, Lavone Pitt
nan, Ruth Vannoy, Lily Mae Couch
and the honor guest; Messrs, Ray
nond Banister, Lloyd Graham, Ma
ion Dickinson, Henry Craigen,
Ralph Nesbit, Robert Graham, Eu-
rene Lucas. Ralph Graham.
f. j. Jackson, who spent the first
If the week at his residence on
South Water street, returned We'd
lesday to his farm north of Athena
o look after spring work.