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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
3
Weston community notes cover travels from Montana to Wingham Bed and breakfast updates. Mentions hay harvest prep at Weston Shoe and Harness, farm moves to Weston, theater and bakery ads, local church and club gatherings, a council lawn hours plan, and a town water system update with new trench work underway. Several accidents and social visits are recorded along with Panama-Pacific exposition plans and a Liberty Bell stop in Pendleton.
Oregon Social Hygiene Society plans urgent Weston meeting this afternoon at 8 pm in Weston opera house featuring Mr Snyder and Dr McNary. Prominent locals including Wm F Woodward Adolph Wolfe and Judge Gilbert W Phillips participate, stressing statewide public health work and parental instruction on sexual matters. The event highlights Oregon’s legislative backing and aims to engage parents to influence youths.
A crowd of about 200 from Weston gathered in Bryson's grove to celebrate a peaceful Fourth. The program featured a Confederate veteran leading the Liberty car parade, readings by Miss Lassie Dowd, remarks by Rev. N D Wood, songs by Miss Joyce Wood, and readings by Zane Lansdale. A picnic followed with mountain strawberries and cream, games, a ball match won by the Weston team, and a decorated pole climb. The event, organized by local volunteers, concluded with plans to repeat next year.
The Marshall House at Main and Broad streets, a 74 by 3 1/4 story brick building, will be replaced by a modernized structure to house the Weston Mercantile Company. Contractor T Gore directs remodeling under Dr. F D Watts. A 40 by 60 foot addition will double floor space with a new glass front on Main Street and a brick basement. The second story remains for now. east end will include hotel office dining room and kitchen. The project aims for a September 1 start and ready-for-business timing.
The report notes grain on the best lands only slightly damaged, with anticipated yields reduced by five to ten bushels due to a recent hot wave. In Wasco and Gilliam counties the outlook worsens, with an estimated 25 percent yield reduction from drying winds. Late sown grain suffered most, and Umatilla County as a whole faces about one third lower prospective yields.
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