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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1918)
were farm Mr. and Mr. picnic visitors near fendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Enterprise, Oregon, itinar relatives here. Miss Norma Smith left Tuesday for Ogden. Utah, after a vacation visit at her Weston home, Mr. and Mrs. Allison Wood of Stanfield, Oregon, have been visit ing relatives and friends in Weston. Miss Marjorie Bulfinch has re turned from American Falls. Idaho, where she has been teaching scnooi A remarkable auilt may be seen In the household of Jew Kwv, an aged resident of Weston. It was given to Mr. Reeves by his mother when he was a boy of ten, d has been in his ptwsion 'no 1834. It was made in Wayne coun ty, Tennessee, and the cotton was all hand-picked, carded, spun and woven by the same family. No cotton Larkin SUggs of gins were then in use. The actual via. W.VlnT WS4 UOOO OV MMVr . BREVITIES tutttttv a Iwla from Geiss their New Ford car for sale at the . . .. . wesion gurimv. v a Mr. Khoda Heck of Walla Walla A is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. A II. Nelson. X Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur K. Woods were here from Wnlla Walla for X the reunion. X The entire Bible class of four- t teen atudotots in the United Broth- ren Sunday school has iimsmihi the V v m nviiro Tiimr riniiT s i uiuifiea n AT FIGHT! Mr. Reeves, and the pattern is S(ate cxaminaion in Bible study, O ouite attractive. Mrs. Reeves is wjtk inNMi irrad. i ou the owner of two quilts similarly made which he has had more than 40 years. Th school f u inli of the State Oregon, are now available for loaiw, ..vsMxiinir i.MHM) to any one r.M.nro Triple, a farmer residing ucrson. through I'has. II . farter, its on Dry creek, was arrested and tak- attorney, at lVndleton, Oregon. en to Milton on information cnarg inir him with disloyal utterances. Alex Sehriner. a Russian farmer living in the uplands, is reported to have said that his people are starv ing in northern Russia, they having managed to get a letter through to him conveying this information. Flour commands NO cents a pound in their locality. George SchniUer, a German resi Tri.l wan discharged and the court is said to have critcised the A i .rn and daughter of complaining witnesses, wno were wlftaAtahKSlu Han and Dan Phillips. It her parvnS. Mr. and Mrs! G. IV- seems that these young men put up r. n American flag at Tnede's house. U M , . . t. ,, and they accused him of tearing it lira flara-fr McDonald Of Pull- j i tll.tvul r..nurln man. Wash., visited at the home of he did 80 vt the flaK dent of Wveton. is under arrest at i. I .V.. V. r Kncror. liurint? ., . . . .i. l. Kin, Wal a Y 111. CliaXIIiM WIW tlisioyai ivi vtvwii. - - . bitii v anil limn L aitiiia wmi i ' i " ' - . the reunion. t0 court. He is a Liberty Bond George Ginn was here from Wal- buyer and a Red Cross sulscriber. la Walla during the reunion for n jn tj , ,)lummH.. his customary annual Visit to the on ftrm pn,y t0 tw old home town. eclipse. His roosters did not go to Mrs. James Bradburn and child- rmt, as commonly happens, but n Mtnnml to their home near nmmdd to lav eras in the sccm- Portland Sunday, after a visit with ng bolicf that the hens, which did m tn most, could no longer aitena to this duty. Jaclt ass'rts that the three roosters which performed this unusual feat a Flymouth Rock, a White Leghorn and a Rhode Island Red may be seen on his farm at any time by any doubter. If the !!! tij.U amnrwl until an OHrJklV9 will ivn v . . ... other eclipse, he promises that the tained their majority since the fowls will duplicate me leai. In a letter to his mother, Jim Kirkpatrick writes from France that the American soldiers are in high spirit, and feel confident of victory. "Do not believe all you Via advisf with resDect to 1 1 v a. . . r - - pessimistic reports concerning the Eastern nmxi of the Hun drives. Jim is farmers nn Htahfd service, and says that i a i. mpmivr ni an eariv : - family who lived on Hale the officers work hard as the pn Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross. Fred Gerberding and family, who were here for the picnic, left Mon day in their car on their return home to Halfway, Oregon. Miss Haxel Duncan is very se riously ill from nervous breakdown, and was taken to Walla Walla Mon day for hospital treatment. . Mrs. C. B. Davis and L. L. Da vis, mother and brother of L. B. Davis of this city, were visiting in Weston during picnic week. F. H. Alderman of Dry creek, and family, have gone to Idaho to visit his brother prior to the lat ter'a departure to join the colors. Cal Hale, member of an early nimwvr creek near Weston, came up from Detroit, Oregon, for the reunion. Miss Virginia Funk returned Monday evening to Walla Walla af ter a visit with her grandmother, Mrs. I. E. Saling, and other rela tives in Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips were all over from the Walla Walla valley for the reunion. Mr. and Mrs. R. Proudfit were in Walla Walla Monday attending the wlri:.- Mica As-timcNStt lVkn wall, niece of Mrs. Proudfit, and as a uiree-year-om siwr. Lieutenant Dorsey Baker. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Johnson are Mr. and Mrs. Russell Barr and visiting in Weston from Okotoks, children of Bellingham, Wash, are Alberta, and arc guesU of the M. visiting the J. E. McDaniels on the J. NorDeans. Mr. Johnson has Ti; . .nt.nJ. Uv Karr arid aOOUI UCC1UCU lu reilie iiuiii mini Mrs; McDaniel are sisters. mg and pleasant ni (.Tuni-.fi. Ill-will be held for in vestigation by federal otliecrs. "I don't vas know vadt I saidt. abr I didn't mean it." George telephonetl to an acquaintance here. Lieutenant H. E. O'Harra of Comitany G. Eighth U. S. Infantry. Camp Fremont, California, was called Saturday to appear for ex amination for a captaincy. Lieu- i of O f t ? ? ? ? V t ? X X ? t t ? X t HART SCIIAFFI.TR & MARX and CLOTIICRAFT CLOTHES DO IT The strength of the army of our country lies in the fact that it's made up of young men; men who can endure hardships, who can fight hard and long; who come through cheering. Now, there's something like that about clothes. All-wool fabrics fight for you; they save money for you; they make it jwssible to wear your clothes longer, and they look "cheerful" under all circumstances. And that's one reason why rununt I .'Harm I A Mm 1)1 AIT. aTs. m m a a iti . . I and Mrs. J. .M. U narra ami one oi 4 . , , , uivinwv " a VM St-II Xlilf L kDUIlclILIlt;! IY. lTlcllA. in the service. Young men to the numbe in Umati a county wno last iwistration. were registered for the draft on June 5. Weston has only three in the listRalph Hyatt Lansdale, James Henry Beamer and Lown Ray O'Harra. The latter had already enlisted. The countv asrents from seven Oregon counties and two from each county will er of 155 Y and Clothcraft clothes. Smart otjic, line nwiviiu, wiivvir no ting are other reasons for sell ing these clothes; and they're your reasons for buying them. vates and that all work twelve hours a day. He also says that the American soldiers are better fed than any other soldiers in Europe. While out in a field of the Fergu son farm six miles east of town, hold an itinerary wheat confer ence, beginning at Pendleton. They will spend one day in each of four counties, viewing wheat farming methods and inspecting the new bulk storage elevators. The Red Cross auxiliary will meet for work at their headquar f T X X X X X Monday. Chester and Raymond Fer- ters on Tuesday and Friday after ruson saw a bin buck deer walk noons of next week.. The proceeds derived from the pageant given the fence into an alfalfa pasture a short distance from where they were standing. The deer calmly looked the boys over for a few minutes and then went its way. It was the first deer Raymond ever saw. and he declares it was as Dig last Friday evening amounted to $111.50. The quilt donated by Mrs. J. H. Key to the Red Cross auxiliary was auctioned off during the pioneer picnic and was bought by Mrs. Sabina Morton of Athena for $75. R. Proudfit and Frank Graham are expecting to leave next Sunday for their annual vacation, which will be spent at Bingham Springs. Mrs. Proudfit and Mrs. Graham will accompany them'. ; Mrs. Ben H. Juday of lone and Mrs. E. W. Fehr of Pendleton were visiting with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.; Beeler, during the re union. Mr. Juday was here also during part of last week Miss Oilvc O'Harra was severely bruised and injured in an accident at the picnic steam swing Saturday evening. It seems that two or three men grabbed at one of the sleighs fmm th outside of the swinsr and to live quietly in some dislodged one of the heavy platform soot. Weston's advan- sections. Miss O'Harra jumped or aorMt arc an ohviniu that the Lead- wax thrown from the wooden horse er feels they are certain to appeal she was riding and was dragged for to him. Moreover, he formerly some distance before the swing lived here, and knows. could be stopped. . Trajan Tucker is hauling his po- Robert G. Tweedy is visiting his tatoes to Weston, having sold them mother. Mrs. Mark Henderson, on toS. S. Shields, the Milton-lree- the Veston uplands. He has been water produce dealer, on a basis of honorably discharged from the navy because of injuries received when , i i au ccms per nunarea, oeiivereu. because of injuries received when V C. L. Pinkerton sold his potatoes in the transport on which he was serv the pit to the same buyer. J. S. jng was hit by a mine. Badly hurt A .....mr. we is naming ui renuieivii, wueic by the explosion, he was tnrown Rov n'Him mm nf Wmtnn'a he exnects a nrice of One dollar Dcr n,1,.1. onst flnaliH far :tft T well known young men who has just hundred weight. hours before being rescued. After J turned twenty-one, enlisted last A iitte daughtCT of John Martin his visit here, Mr. Tweedy will seek week as second class seaman in die(j Jn Athena Monday night of employment in the Portland ship-' the naval reserve. He is now fever the second death yards. awaiting the call to duty. that has occurred during the epi- . ... . WwnM(lav A niiiian, Winn sorW ninnonr nf Anm'tp fhprp. In ppnfral. the dis- . . . . . iiiiitwu ......, -j , ,y - . ' during an eiecincai siorm iouwu v the Dry creek neighborhood, is re- ease is said to appear in a very . Kcneral throughout the coun- A ported to be suffering from a criti- miia form, wun sngni aanger w jt wj neJ g ,cga.Ci Dut cal illness at the home of his son, the patients. It has not as yet ap- 'ter prccipitation was hoK-d C. A. Winn. His children have peared in the Weston neighborhood. or Spfing bar,ey on Bprintr been summoned to his bedside. g M. Smith, cashier of 'The plowing is very backward around In a letter ' to Mrs Amy Van Farmers Bank of Weston, is absent Weston. Green aphis is very much Skiver. Floyd Corporan, Weston on a vacation visit, during which he in evidence this year, but report soldier boy in France, relates that a"108 wowen as w tne aamage irom m pe are he saw a German airplane downed tion a Bend, Oregon, and the conflicting. Grasshoppers are hurt- by an American plane in a fierce grand lodge of Masons at Portland, mg crops in certain sections of the atrial eombat. He enclosed as a Mrs. Smith acompanies him, as a uplands. souvenir a piece of cloth from the delegate from the local chapter ox Hun machine's wings. Astern Star. W T. Patkiffi hna. KMltrhf tht JWW and M,7nd 'dbJJZtt follows, the wage including board I R fra wpw herv from Wash. "-"" , ""; - " in every cac: lor nnyiiiK " J. is. uross were nere irom wasn- - , ,, . :mp - ti, ' . j . ,. i , v' cuulinuu iiaiiuD ivi v j ' next school year. Weston s excel- ay. stackers and header loaders, $4 lent school has thus (rained- for it a tuir lav hnrlr Hrlvpr'anH com- substantial citizen. bine drivers, $5 per day: sack sew- The annual school meeting of ers, $5 per day; cooks $3 per day nr At..t.: . onn,,n. for men or women. The fact was nresvonians. nrawu umuv., amwwiiM next Monday. June 17. at the school brought out that practically every Nat Hale, Jim Killgore and Zeke house at 2:30 p. m. There will farmer is running his farm with O'Harra went out for a little joy be one director and one clerk to ls help than formerly. X "i 11 i w t III h I 1 '4 & X - I Special I Invitation THE FIRST LONG PANTS You are invited to bring your boy into our clothing department and look at the snappy, stylish suits we are showing for boys. Come any time. Your boy will be made happy and you will be proud of him in any of these suits. Priced from ' " ' X ? X y x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t t ? ? ? ? x t f x ? ? ? T ? y ? y y t i r , You know that awkward jwriod in a boy's life when he is neither a boy nor yet a man; that sensitive period, made doubly so from the fact that his clothes are not ricrht-often too young and many times too old. Why not y nnma tn thn .! nf thlil unlomlirl 111 rl hv 1)11 V. tVIUV I.V bliv ivuvt v v...r ...... ... j ing clothes that are becoming to his age; that have youth, style and service; that will de light the boy and please the parents? We carry them in the. famous Belmont as well as the Clothcraft for young men, and priced at $12.00 to $16.50 y X y y y ... SyaSk t $4.00 to $10.00 . IJHIHHI I f X t y y y T y agents and farmers in Pendleton Aa the rates fixed for harvest were as - . - -r - - tiimA. Wash., for the reunion. Mr. Gross has disposed of his Washtucna interests, and has been eniraged of late in hunting a new location. Friends here were glad to greet these former Westonians. mmm , , ' left in a One v iihuw m-w jure vi rirto in Teke's Overland notions aeo oWt and kept on going until they struck . harl i... the Rocky mountain, in the neigh. .Andy J Batt had his borhood or Troy, jaano. ineywere ' . . , 52.71 -n,l travilin gasoline engine yesterday. In mVe6 th.r800" mile;. Zeke , claims to have made the trip on ' The plant of the Weston Milling one quart of oil and with only one Co. looms up attractively In a new fjJIiB cf the radiator, coat of paint. Did Ha Hasten InT She "Oh, Jack, dear, Tm glsd you've come. Father Is so excited and dlntnrhed. Do a;o In and calm him." He "Very well. But what's ths mat ter with him " 8be "Well er I just told him you wsnttd to marry ma." Boston Transcript. . .. It... m.M win, mwn w. mw MthiUm tor FRtl SIAMOH WMlmiort tm palnrtaWHIf. laanlmiM. axvauva anil n ffOITUMII for m. Oar fra. bortlvt. Ml how. olMt la !" WrIW lod.y. D. SWIFT & CO. 303 Seventh St.. Washlnntoa, D. C. The Prudent Man will fill his coal bin when the fill ing is good. Better order your coal now, when I can supply you. P. T. HARBOUR, Weston, Oregon V. M. Pctcno ti. H. Blihae Peterson & Bishop uMtaaf Psndlston, Or. fi aawatar, Or. e)fftatttt Dr. J. C. BADDELEY - GradcaU Veterinary Snrgeea Phone 32F6 Athona, Oregon HOMER I. WATTS Attorney-at-Law and Keileinl Hinrt Ice In all Slate Courts. ATHENA. OKEUON