The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-03-04

Benson. Ihe knrIeSa VI tn1 @tpM& -
inlsid with twenty mine trisnglss a
highly burnishsA wosd. coTsspopd.
Ing 70 the charter number ef The 10.
cal lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Lee Beckner and Mr..
Fred Beeknsr win leave tomo1ow for
Montana, where they viii be snrloy-
Cd on the Ls Grow stock ranch. near
Philipsburg.
, Athena friends Of Mrs. Nellie Tag
gart, nee Foss, will regret 20 learn
Of hsr serious illness st hsr home IN
Spokane. At last accounts she was
reported 10 be recovering from . sur
giesi operation.
Mrs. z. II. Cation was again taken
to Wsils walla, after spending Q few
days hors. Tom Cation came down
from Spokane 10 meet his mother
and other members Of the family.
The well being driven on the Rob't.
Coppoek residence property on cor
ner Of Fourth and Adams street. By
Mr.. West, had reached depth Of Eli
feet at quitting time last evening.
Mrs. NJ. N. Johns, who has spent the
winter here with her sons. left Sat-
urday morning for her home at Van
eouver, Wash.
Louis Audette, who raised wheat
on q ranch south Of Athena, Ia down
from his home In Alberta. He 10
farming 800 acres Of land IN the
Kings dominion, and has hattering
crop prospects for the coming sea-
son.
Born, March 4, ie3l. to Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. W. Hanssll. q boy.
Families Of Charles Gerking and
George B. Woodward are home from
Long Beach. Calf. They made the
return Grip in their automobiles with
the exception Of 9 few miles in the
mountains. where they shipped their
ears on the railroad, between q coup
le Of stations.
James Henderson expects 30 leave
ON March 18th for his old home In the
north Of ireland for an extended visit
with relatives. He has leased his
land holdings in Alberta for q year
in order that he may be free 10 make
the trip. James has promised the
Press man q blaekthorn cane, cut
from . hedge in old Erin.
A Dry Pish Ladder.
That old, old story relative to the
annual negligence on the part Of the
authorities In not providing suit
able ascending place for salmon over
the dam on the Umatilla river, below
Hermiston. is verified by Robert
Proudft, who was at the dam last
Sunday. Mr.. Proudft says the fish
ladder is dry as bone. with thous-
ands Of steelheads battering them
selves against the impossible obstru-
ction, and plenty Of surplus water
from the head Of the ladder.
Mr.. Proudflt says that only q little
attention to the matter by those in
authority, would place the ladder in
condition for the salmon TO ascend
the river to their spawning grounds.
Pendleton Talks Base Ball.
The baseball warble is abroad in
the land, with the result that bats,
balls and mitts are in demand By the
,and-lot youngster, and the older
heads the world over, are beginning
10 sire up respective local conditions.
In this county Pendleton is leading
,ut with dope covering the county
,eat town; to the effect that she has
,lenty Of good material that's just
,arin' to 90. Pendleton says she will
,e satisfied this year with anything
rom Blue Mountain league ball TO the
Independent article. Athena has not
IS yet intimatsd what she wants.
Farmers Working Roads. \
Farmers in the territory tributary '
o Athena have been working the i
Dads during the past week, with the t
esult that the country highways are
n much better condition for travel 1
ng than formerly. The county
ourt let II be known that no funds 0
rere available for road work, and If d
he farmers had not turned out and d
Torked, the thoroughfares would ,
Don have become impossible. The
Dads in most instances have been
with satisfactory results,
lille In other instances work Of n
lore permanent nature has been ae- p
q
His 77th Birthday Anniversary. I
At their beautiful home in Glendale, : :
alifornia, the T7th birthday ami :,
ersary of Henry Koepks, Sr., was ! !
lost fittingly observed on Febru- y !.
~ 18th. when his estimable wife :
,rprised him with a surprise party :
le guests including the Una
la county colony wintering at Long 9
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