The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-08-25

way of Tacoma, Camp Lewis, Olym-
pia, Portland and the Columbia high
way. They Travelled one thousand
miles, Nard Jones serving as driver
of the mayors Maxwell. The party
left Portland Tuesday at 7:15 a. m.
and arrived in Weston at 5:10 p. m.
The old Moorhouse residence prop
erty on south Broad street, consist
ing Of house and four lots, has
been sold by Mrs. Eva Brehm to Matt
Mattson. Mr.. Mattson, who is a well
known resident of the uplands, comes
to Weston with his family to take
advantage of the towns educational
facilities.
Mrs. Lulu M. Armstrong has been
elected to the position of primaHdz
teacher in the Weston schools. NM
Armstrong, who comes to Westd1
from Portland, has had several ycaf
of experience in primary work ind
Kansas and Michigan.
Miss Atress McCorkell came down
Friday from her home in the uplands
and is again assisting in the local
telephone exchange.
Mrs. Florence Koonz and daughter
Leta of Portland are guests at the
L. W. Lundell residence. Mrs. Koonz
is sister of Mrs. Lundell. Miss
Leta Koonz is student of a girls
polytechnic school at Portland, where
she will graduate this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Campbell,
who have returned west after nearly
a years residence in Chicago, are Wis
iting Mrs. Campbell's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. M. Smith. They will go
from Weston to their former home at
Spokane.
Among the few fortunate deer
hunters in the Blues were Frank
Montgomery and Jess Fowls of Wes-
ton and Ray Gentry of Umapine, who
bagged five-point buck on Coyote
ridge. The deer fell to Gentry's rifle.
A party Of mountain farmers con-
sisting of Will Hall, Vernie Marr,
Jay Smith and George Lindeken left
by auto yesterday morning for
Yakima, where they will do some
scouting in behalf of Weston Noun
tain seed spuds. They wish to COM
pare the product of the seed shipped
from Weston with that of other dis
tricts, and also investigate the mar
ket outlook for this seasons crop.
Weston Mountain potato seed has
found much favor with growers
throughout Yakima valley, and ac-
cording to reports has often been
counterfeited by unscrupulous deal
ers.
Mesdames Charles M. Price, W. S.
Price and Letha King were among
the Weston people who attended the
Methodist conference in Milton.
The 74th birthday anniversary of
Merritt A. Baker, leading Weston
citizen and Civil war veteran, was
celebrated Wednesday with pleas
ant dinner party at his home. Chick
EN- was the principal dish of an ample
and satisfying feast. Aside from the
honor guest, those who participated
in the enjoyable event were Mrs.
Maud Wright and children, Miss Hor-
tense Baker and Miss Gertrude Van
Wrinkle.
At its Wednesday evenings meet
ing Stevens Lodge No. 40, X. of p,
elected j. V. Bell as delegate to the
grand lodge. which meets in Port
land October II and 12. C. w. Avery
was chosen as alternate. Lester Will
sey is the hold-over delegate,
Mrs. Sarah Ann Killgore, one Of
Weston's estimable pioneer women
and the widow of the late Louis NJ.
Killgore, was called by death at 1920
o'clock Thursday morning, August
"a, at Milton, which had been her
homo since last April. Mrs. Killgore
Twas born in Des Moines, Iowa, "a