East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-23

bia, Minrehaha and Cold Springs.
There are 115 pupils registered in the
high school and six teachers are en-
ployed. All the surrounding rural
districts maintain excellent schools
and employ buses to bring the chill
dren to them. The city has live ag-
gressive Commercial Club of fifty
members. Meetings are held during
the lunch hour every Tuesday to dis
cuss community problems, The WON
en- have a similar organization called
the Community Club.
Irrigation has made HcrmiSton the
good town it is today and more irrlga-
ton will make it the better town 1t
will be tomorrow.
Weston
Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon,
is an attractive, healthy and prosper
Gus town located in the valley of Pine
Creek, at the foot of the Blue Noun
tain range, on the Spokane Branch Of
the O.-WSR. & N, about midway be-
tween Pendleton and WaIla Walla.
Weston has population Of 594p
1920 census, showing an increase Of
twenty per cent in the past decade.
Surrounded by a rich farming country,
wherein crops never fail, it is a SUB
stantial and dependable town whose
people are thrifty and whose business
houses are well established and reli-
able. II has the usual business enter
prises, excellent grade and high
schools and five church buildings. 1t
have a live Commercial Club and a
good newspaper Its leading industry
is brickmaking. Common brick man
ufactured at the Weston yards has
attained an cnViable reputation
throughout the Inland Empire, and
practically every building in Pendlc-
ton is constructed of Weston brick.
While Weston enjoys q thriving
trade from the prosperous agricultural
districts, by which it is encOmpasscd,
it possesses especial advantages as
residence community. 1t Is essentially
home town, with home-like atmoS-
phere and home-like surroundings.
Its people are friendly and amlablc III
their relations with one another and
the stranger within its gates Is at once
impressed with the air of sOc@bility
which seems to prevadC the neighbOr-
hood. Weston people who seek pas
lures new seldom find themselves con-
tented elsewhere, and more often than
not return after the lapse Of years to
retie the broken threads Of their To-
cal life and connections. The town
has some flourishing lodge organiza-
tions and the fratcrnal spirit here
has been strongly developed.
Nor are the physical factors Csscn-
tial to an agreeable mundane exist
Cnce lacking at Weston, The town
has paved streets, concrete sidewalks
and electric LIGHTS. 1t has n gravity
system of waterworks affOrding an
ample supply of pure mountain wa
ter. It's climate Is mild, pleasing and
healthful with an absence of both eN-
cessive summer heat and excessive
winter cold, Seldom do the records
show n temperature of above 80 de-
Erees In summer or below zero in win
ter When they do occur, extreme
temperatures are invariably of BRIEF
duration. Weston has an annual rain
fall of about 20 inches, insurnE
abundant crops, and its elevation isl
1.795 feet above sea level. Its spring
and autumn months are superb, add !
ing new significance to the express !
sion. "Joy of living" Weston's en-
virons glow with beauty when Spring |
has touched its setting of fields and !
foliage with her magic wand while |
the suggestion conveyed by the au-
tumnal landscape is one OF calm re |
pose
Weston was founded in the sixties |
by the late "Unclc Tom" Lcuallen,
and IS one of the oldest towns in Uma- !
tilla County. It was n stagcCuaCh /
center in early days, and PCudlctonS |
strongest rival for the trade of Il large
territory, lush with buuchgrass and !
chiefly devoted then to the growing
of sheep and cattle. Freight wagon
ana prairie schooner were common
place objects on its thorou"hfarcs;
the customer coming from miles away
would spend hundreds of dollars in
its stores before his wants were salts
fled, and its saloon bars swarm"d with
tho type Of ranchcr, cowboy, from
tierSman or gambler who In those days
contributed each his share tu tn" col
orful and vivid life Of the Golden
West Several stage lines conferred
here, and the late Charley ruttorI
one Of the famous drivers of the time"
made the town daily with his coach
and six. en- route to Pdndlriou or
Walla Walla. Weston fought several
hard political hattlcs with rondlrtou
for division Of the county. and on one
memorable occasion camr within one
vote Of the Legislature OF winning the !
contest ana with II the county seat of
the new county Completion OF the
spokane branch OF the railroad lrd