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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1914)
VOTE BY COUNTIES BRITISH BATTLE SHIP Pair Is S iaaagf " pv "' Day ' i V ay uiyZ C AT THEO ; O'HARRA STORE We Have the 1 Th eemplet return en Ih normal I chol bau poasaa a certain melsn I vholy Inter, for In Mm reaaon (hat the Mndb( with which h waa felled woulj become b)ect of t-iiliy lo th Vktlm of a hoil-Ui. Nearly every county In th Willamette valley lusire Ih achoola woefully, U'larkam and Marlon leading th slaughter. About th only consol. lion afforded by Lan county, I which cava them a apleuitld vol. I. ... , , . , Southern Oregon again loyal to KUIOU Of lnjUHHl. krandly la bat with ta largest major-1 It IS rUmOrCd Wat I WO My for th Kaaiem Oreaon Normal. Pormfln snhmirinM Were IJtl. gtvn by any county In th alal. UVlTOan BUDmarUUS Wt.iv 1. wa Ik. ..s M.al I I ? ..!.iMit ..... . . . I , i .1 ljonaon is panic stncKcii. London, Nov. -26. -The British battleship Bulwark was destroyed completely by an explosion today near the mouth of the Thames. Of its crew of more than 700 men all but 12 were in ran. nearly aa th Aehland Normal, In marked run Iraat with In arabby treatment ar corded h Ashland school by our ow n county of I'matlUa, In Ih atal at lanr th Veton Normal received M.I Is vol for to tOa.lTi agalnat. an adverse majority of II. US. Had Multnomah county given It lh eupport niwtnl, Ihl would hv bn orni. SCHOOL STANDARDIZATION IS PROPOSED FOR WESTON Stock teas, fciis MsusGte NO "PAWED OVER" GOODS Le. I. O'Hasra land Normal had M.Mt volpa for to Itt.ttS agonal, an advra majority of IJ.JJl. Th vol by eountle on th Weton Normal follow! BakerYea 141. No 3(4 1. . Proton Ta No tilt. Ctackam Yea t?(. No 0l. Clatsop Tea lilt. No 111. Columbia Ta III. No JI1J. Coo Ts HIS. No JIT. Crook Te 1148. No til. Curry Tea 141. Na III. Douglas Tea ISO. No S515. Ollllam Te 4ST. No 110. Orant Ta 171. No IT1. Harney Te MO. No IT1. Hood nivr Ta 1051. No 144. Jackaon Ta till. No 111. Joacphlne Yea 1111. No 1111. Klamath Tea 1114. No TT$, Lake Ta 471. No 171. Lane Te IISI. No III. Lincoln TeS, No 144. l.lnn Te 1014. No ISIS. Malheur Tea 11431. No 1STT. Marlon Te S4I. No 1411. Morrow T l8. No t:S. Multnomah Tea 10. MS. No 11.117 Polk Ta 1114. No 1401. Sherman T 41. No 144. Tillamook Te 114. No 1111. t'matllla Tea 1131. No IiJ. 1'nlon Ta 1171. No 1741. Wallowa Yea III. No 1515. Waaco Tea 1104. No 1143. Washington Tea 1IM, No 454 Wheeler Tea No 40. Tamhlll Tea 3140. No 4130. At tha parent-teacher' meeting Th Ah. I a-ri.uy evening several aulijecta of In GROCER (Phone Main 241) - - HABERDASHER (Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Our Specialties) a Kirkpatrick's Confectionery The DR. C H. SMITH Physician and Suraton OiBc in Brandt building WESTON OWBOON H WESTON LEADER CURK WOOD, PablUHtr SUBSCRIPTION RATES Strictly in Aifbsnct The Year ft 50 I Six Monti. a 0 75 Ponr Monllia 0 50 ADVERTISING RATES Per inrli er month ..10 50 I Per Itirli. one inaertion , 20 I lrwia, Hr line ea-h inaertioii 1)5 THE -WISE c.c trs- lICnON.IlY. Rcub. A man who own 141 acre of farm land valued a about 1700 an acre. Jay. A tnwn who owna 1915 auto mobile. Country Jak. A man whoa home I equipped with a-aa-Hrhla. hot and cold running water, hath room and hot water heating plant Tap. A man who aon U leading hla clnaa at th university. Kirk. A man wboa algnatur I good for 110.000 at any bank In the county. Boob. A man whom daughter find raclf worth f 11.000 when th will la read. Simp. A man, to corral whoa vole tho congreaatnan tramp ovuj acre of plowed land. Wine Ouy. A city chap with about 10 centa In hla pocket who uaea th above term. tereat were dlacuaecd, in topic ft chief Importance relating to th pro posed atandardtaallon of Ih local chool and Ih making of aehool life mor attractiva to thpuplla by meana if play grounda and otherwl. Thla eubjert waa Introduced by N. l. Wood, th prealdtng officer. All pr ent apparently agreed with Ih ob ject of hla propoeal. th only differ ence of opinion rewultlng ovr way and mean. A motion that tn meet ing recommend to th board that in dtatrld'a credit be pledged to aeeure th neceaaary funda until auch tlm ea a tax could be voted, waa lat. A mo tion prevailed that a commute be appointed to aollclt funda for Immedl dal uw In bringing about belter con dtllona for Ih children. Director Wuraer etrongty mvoreo plav ground for th Wton achmila. aaylng .hat he waa mut-h Impreaaed with th manner In which lh Hit- vllle, Waah , achoola are mua equip P" ... - rr?fe MaeKenaie aimaa in nw mutual advantage which woum toi low If contguoua dlatrU t . could b persuaded to unit with Ih Weln hmii. Tha amall.r adjoining uia- Irk-ta. h thought, could employ eon vryancea Tor Bringing meir rmw. to Weton dally at lea expenae than th coat of trachcra and malntenunc of their own achoola. Th oueallon of "Home credlia waa dlacuaaed bv Superintendent Kohin on. and Mia von imnainii" a poke of co-operation between parent and teacher. A Drier muivai pro gram waa given. "BUILD , WITH BRICK" "MAKE YOUR MARK" Tlie school boys and girls who have received our pencils will find them uneful, we trust; and we hope they will tell the folks at home about our Lehitfh (In land) Portland Cement WESTON BRICKYARD "BUILD WITH BRICK" LI KE MTrKE SAYS 4 !4 JACK JOIIXSOX"! CAI4. Jack Johnnon'a racing car. which two veara ago waa the lolk of the country, ha been purchased by B. C. Howncran of th Old Sanitarium at Prairie du Chlen. Wta. Thla monatcr racing car waa built by lh Thoma Flyer Co. Th lld aluminum body waa caat In one piece In Rngland. no manufacturer In thla country being bl to mak It at the time. It me chanism haa a lxcyllndvr engine. each of the cylinder being by 7 Inches, which hav a capacity of 105 horse, power and will send Ih ma- forty chin over the ground at a apeed of 00 mllra an hour. All the pari of thla wonderful ep"d demon were es pecially made for Jack Johnson and coat 114.000. However, th reckless career run by Joh mum In connection with hla famous restaurant In Chi cago brought about the loss of hi right In thla country aa well as hl wonderful machine, which waa at tached for a debt by the Helleman Brewing Company of La Croaae. GREAT SHORTAGE IN WORLD'S WHEAT I'matlll county growers not a few of them around Wealon who have declined to part With their wheat crop at prices several cent above on dollar a bushel, would aoem to hav good Justification for their faith In further advances. A statement given out by the Hurt led IVaslor company of Chicago and republlahed In the Oregon Journal la decidedly bullion. It demonstratra that, the war situation aside, tn alu llatlral position of wheat would be un usually atrong It show that Ih If 14 wheat crop In Ih northern hrmla phrr I deficient In every country of urplu production anv only the I'nltcd Pi st.. and thut almllar short age la evident In th aggregate of whrat production In Ih Import lug countries. After giving many tabulated esti mates the Chicago experts flare the world's shortage this year at lh rec ord figure of 1IS.0O0.000 bushels. In other words, for every 100 bushel of wheat needed by Importing countries this yrsr, miry 71 bushel arvaila ble. The requirement are given at III. 000,000 bushel and the available auppllea at only 4ll.00O.0oo bushel. Not without reason are far-sighted foreign buyer paying high price for Ih American surplus, snd Ih present market abroad Is apt to bo limited only by the tonnage situation. thou!d peace bo declared tomorrow, wheat ought still to sell locally at a dollar a bushel or better for a year or more, and other cereals at proportionate fig ures. j 581 A ra Vmi H sit A tint? t a to where you should place thai or dor for grain and feed for your live) ; stock? llesitat no longer. We can I irive you imluUtabto evidence that . It will be to your great advantage to IihIvt it witb us, the Mix! of proof that make Ha way in court- facts-for ear lct custouism will tell yea of tho tmslity of our foods, KolW HarUy. Oat ami Wheat; floor, Millttaffi and Chicken Feed. I'howt No, 281. D. R. WOOD the Feed Man PRIDAT NOV. 27, I9'4 When you aee an overdressed wom an escorting a man who looks like a door mat. you know ,who la boa In that house. A. girl can put In ten years acquir ing Culture. Cab service to th depot or to any I part of town, day or night. IS cents. Ring the Marshall House or Stamper's! But that, won't keep her livery barn. Lafe McKrldo. Dreamland motion pictures at Wes ton oprm house next Mommy and Tuesday evenings. WALTERS' FLOUR CHOICE CANDY CIGARS and TOBACCO I Esttrtd st th petloffic at Wtston. Ortgoa, at Mcmd'ClsM nj matter. CARDS, BILLIARDS and POCKET POOL BARBER SHOP and BATH ROOM D. R. WOOD PI0P0SED SCHOOL BnTQLKEHT Weston's schools are its moat prom- Iiainff community asset. It must look to them to lift it above the level of the commonplace village, since Pine Creek irrigation and the Eastern Oregon Nor mal belong to the beatific yet fruitless dreams of the past. ' The schools are good as schools go, the director having been fortunate in from snoring when she Is asleep. The man who beats hla wife Isn't a bit worse tnan ino man wno roo hla family by spending his money 1 bis friends. The old-fashioned man who used to caddie his own csnoe now has a son who owns a motor boat named "Ish- kablbble." DR. W. G. HUGHES Dentist Office in the Elam Building, Milton, Hours, 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. school voters, and if from district of . 1 . 1 : I . I ... hah (a.n )..M.f . . , . . . ms uunj i;infui iiiunv buiivmii v wcurms ipc clc i . ..un.r ui five legal voters, and shall request the well-trained and capable teachers. Yet district boundary board to submit, at they should be made better superlat- the next annual meeting thereafter, ivelv e-ood. in fact-if Weston would to the legal voters 01 ine several 01s- shall be situated, setting forth specifi cally the districts it is proposed to con solidate. Such petition, if from a dis trirt of the first class, must contain the signatures of at least one hundred Inff condition, retnlnlng still Its wenk leval school voters: if from a district n esses and nnssluns as well as Its of the second class, at least fifty legal I grand an( noble Impulse. Signs of th Tim. True. It doe sometime seem as If the world were going to the bad. If we Judge from the dally news. But we must consider uie enormous in crease In population, the fact that many are running to and fro;" that there Is no corner of the earth so dnrk or distant that th scnnclillKht of mod ern enterprlae does not find It out and explore It; that buinun nature re- mnlna unrbuuged amid all tliese cbang- 4TAT-0 ALMA BARNETT J.D.Holden lulic' and Gents' TAILOR "Slyle Shop" MILMNKK Will I. at MARSHALL MOUSE In Wettfon I Each Saturday With beautiful display of WOOLEN GOODS TRIAMED HATS RATINES and SILKS Goods and Price Witt Pleas Xr HOTEL SAMPLE ROOM Established 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Athena, Oregon . Waikburg, Wash. American Beauty Pure White Upper Crust FLOUR Made of selected Bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. Sold in Weston by L I. O'Harra and D. R. Wood attract and hold discriminating people. Standardization is one means to this end; essential conveniences another; pastime and playground device to make of the pupils' recess period a thing of healthful and joyous recrea tion, a third. Modern apparatus to supplement and illustrate the work, more especially in the primary grades, would also be of pronounced value. There is no reason why the wonderful ly fruitful Montessori method should not inspire the juvenile mind in Wes ton as well as in Italy. Just a half mill extra tax would do much toward transforming the Weston schools into place of attractive study. It would raise about $350, and a great deal can be done with $350, judiciously expended. When the .taxpayers hold their next annual meeting let them not stop as usual at the exact estimated requirements of the school, but tack on at least a ha'f mill a whole mill would be better-"lor luck." Let us see if our community luck cannot be made to change bit by means of flourishing and popular school. The Leader also like the ides of a consolidated school proposed by Direct' or MacKenzie. If so be that contigu ous districts can be persuaded to unite with us, make of the Weston school their own school and take pride and in terest in it, it will be "big boost" all around. Part of the law relating to consolidation is as follows: ' tricts, the question of the consolida tion of such districts, etc. Let the Parent-Teachers' Association continue to hammer along the lines that have occasioned these remarks. Eventually it may succeed in shaping a better school and its logical eorrelary, better Weston. To sum It all up: Thla world is not so bad a world As lima would Ilk to mftk It; But. whether good or whether bad. Depend on how w take It. , And. taking It from the viewpoint of one feminine mind, there was never a generation better worth llrlng In than the gem-ration of today. Mrs. Alary JS. Dttstlo In Boston Globe. "Whenever two or more contiguous I school districts in this State shall de sire to consolidate for the purpose of forming one district, a petition from I each such district shall be presented to the district boundary board of the county in which the largest district Fresh Bread, Cake and Pastry Fine Candles Also Good Meals at All Hours 25 cent Waterproof I Not neatly not fairly but dryly waterproof REFLEX SLICKER Th wet weather cost for roe for good hard enric. Light weight KroBg, ami big ail ova or comfort. $3.00 Evemrlier c Protector Hat, 75 Ct. SATiarACTiun iiumasiuu A. J. TOWER CO., Boston n Weston Meat Market t Brandt Building, oppo site Postomce. Good, Fresh Meats f Fish in Season All kinds of Dressed Meats X Bought . A. P. Perry! Lodge Suppers a Specialty ZEHM the Baker DupuislBuilding, Main and Water W. M. PeUrtea ' CM. Bishop Peterson & Bishop ' ' LAWYERS Pettdleton, Or. - Preewater.Or. Dr. Farnsworth DENTIST Office Hours-8:30 to 12 a. m. 1 to 650 p. m. ' j ; Offices upstairs in Brandt building. Weston - - Oregon ; At Your Service , Omnibus or Taxtcab DAY OR NIGHT Phone No. 203 or leave orders at Main Street Barn. General Livery and Feed Business. E M. WEEKS aaMi Local Lodge Directory 8TKVKN8 LOPOU NO. 49, K. Op I Meois every Wmlnrwlav eveniiiv 0. L. I'lnkerlon. V. V. P. T. Harbour, K. of It. ft & wkston tjonav. HO. M, A. r. A. M. Meet every set-urnl ami fonrt h Haturtliu In each month, K O. De Moss, W. M. U ft. Davis, Wee. WKSTON LOIM1K NO. 68, 1. O. O. K Meets every Tbur4ly evening J, M. Asliworth, N. , A. A. k-v. Itoe; Hoa; K O. DeMo, Mn. Hie, WKHTON CAMP NO. 112, W. O V Meeis the first ami tlitnl Naluiils . of eaoh month. Monro Turner, ;. C. J. J. Heeler, Clerk. Kl'UKKA AHHKMHLY NO. 14. I N (let) Artisan. Meet the Hi-m an thlnl Mondays in each month. .1. A. Mcliae, M. A. France V. Wowi. .S. .-. KIOnoltA CIKCLK NO. H. W. O U'. Meets the Drat ami thlnl Tuesdays In finch tnonih. Kva De.Moas, O. N. Nel lie Kingore, Clerk. . 8TKPI1ANIR TKMPLK NO. 34. I'V- ihlan rlister. Met-ls the second ami foiinh Monilavs In each month, Anna O'Harra. M. K. V. Alice K. Price. M of It. it V. HIAWATHA KRHKKAH IA)IUI No. KM, Meets the second and fouri h Tnewlsvs of nseh mnnl li tttlxa Mnv. rison, N. (J. .clla Gould. Hee, Lot- llo llrandt, Fin. Hoc. HKSCENT CHAPTEH NO. 4T, O. K. H. Meels the second and fourth Fridays of each month. Kllinor M. warren, w. M. Alice jr. Price, Beo. HOMER I. WATTS Attorney-at-Law Pratloe In all Stat am) Fedtral Courts. ATHENA, OKEOON mm. triulfl mark mwf ryrtariiU mtMm-4 mr m tf, toiMl mil-l, ttmchm r pbm mb4 W ! mrifim for Mil SKAROH iNirt ! dm mttlattllH:a'r UmU rf iwwa. PATENTS BUILD POfVTUVI 9m fan. Of inm bokf M lm. wttost to In wm I mmi wi yon mmmf, WHt tolay. D. SWIFT h CO. PATIHT LawTtas, 303 8venth St., Washlnoten, 0. C.