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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1915)
We ' W MPV B8l wane xour Business We promise you prompt service and lowest . prices consistent with best quality.3 We pay you Thirty-six Percent Per Annum on yonr cash purchases. Return $15.00 in Cash Coupons and receive 60cin Cash or Merchandise FREE. I" ' '--1 6 ft 6 e 1 141"" I L a mi I I liiMiii H Gsf here cncc-ccd you'll csno back A lot of people bur here regu larly because tbey our service our gnods. They know with as It's always "Customer First." You can't get anything but the very best brands and the choicest vegetables, because we handle only the best. Our prices are right, too, considering the high quality of everything. Your order is delivered on time and in good condition. Phone orders get special attention. WE OFFER 20 percent off ON All SWEATERS li I. O'Harea greatest number demands thst lei) should suffer In order that on hundred may be blessed. In the recent tampelgn th I.KaPRR I was accused of belug "wet" because! it could not be enthusiastically "dry. It is, however, so "dry" that nothing short of national prohibition wilt sat- isfy It, It sees dns:er to the cause from half-baked legislation In Oregim and Washington. It sees no logic In abolishing the saloon en leu liquor itself la abolished. Why fool with s mustard plaster when a putrid appendix needs excision? No state esn deal successfully with the liquor trame so long as ths nation. al government la in srtnershlp with the liquor trafne and shares hugely in its ill-gotten gams. That's what's the matter with Kansas, concerning which so-called prohibition, state enough lies have been told by both sides to ex- hauat a tralnload of nails. Oregon and Washington hsve about the chance of Neptune's breech-clout of gelling and staying dry. Russia, once the village drunkard of I the nations, has reformed almost In a dsy. With all the power of the fed eral government behind him. Uncle Sam could easily reform. National prohibition is popular. We venture to say it would carry by a two-thirds vols t a national plebeacite. Either of the two great parties could sweep the country with such a plank in its plat form. Unless the ReHiblicans "best them to it." such plank is all that can possibly save the Democrats from defeat in 1916. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE POINT OF VIEW GROCER (Phone Main 241) - - HABERDASHER Smoke up! Grgars Tobaccos Candies Kirkpatrick's Confectionery The I mm H it OIES3 CHOICE CANDY CIGARS and TOBACCO CARDS, BILLIARDS and POCKET POOL Choice Apple Cider and other Soft Drinks DR. C. It SMITH Physician and Surgeon ' Office in Brandt building WESTON OltEOON eee J. B. Farrcnsj DR. W. G. HUGHES Dentist Office in the Elam Building, Milton, Hours, 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. Established 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. , Athena, Oregon Waitsburg, Wash. American Beauty Pure White and Upper Crust ' Made of selected Bluestem in one .of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. V Sold in Weston bf ' L I. O'Harra and D. R. Wood WESTON LEADER 'CLARK WOOD, PuUidwr SUB5CRIPTI0N RATES Slriclh in AcThince The Year... Six Months Fonr Month ADVERTISING RATES Per inch per month Per inch, mi insertion Im-hIs, wr line each insertion. . ..ft N .. 0 .. 0 w .. .. OS FRIDAY JAN. 20. 1915 Entires' at Ihs pettoffice al Wests. On Joa, Mad-clatt wail matter. THE POmjUtD ROSE Cat Cooper of McMinnville, pioneer and war veteran, evolved the winning slogan for the 1915 Rose Festival: The wide work) knows The Portland rose. This is almost as well as we could have done, but didn't do, ourselves, and suggests no end of similar coup lets. For instance, how's this? The Portland rose Enthralls the nose. Rather neat, say we, but we don' suppose we'll get scent for it. Cult your choice of these other beautiful blossoms from our cerebral garden: The Portland rose Makes friends of foes. Sublime it grows The Portland rose. 4 The Portland rose Fears not the snows. The sunshine glows On the Portland rose. . We'd swsp our toes For a Portland rose. And consider this subtle suggestion to slit-skirted charmers: Adorn your hose With the Portland rose. Highly gratified with the success of our own euphonious efforts, we grace fully leave the field to Dean Collins or Rex Lampman. Noting that Nona, the lovely and! iccomplished daughter of Secretary McAdoo, is about to volunteer as a nurse with the allied armies in France, our war editor remarks that he isn't so old he wouldn't like to enlist if hel thought he could ever qualify as one I of her patients. The Oregon house committee on al coholic traffic is willing to allow each Oregon citixen two quarts of whiskey and fifteen quarts of beer per month, which if promptly and comprehensively absorbed will enable most anybody to see an anaconda. -rn';. WW "'?2gS (J. E. Murjhy In the Oregon Journal.) BARRETT'S TAX MEASURE ; IS QUITE LIKELY TO PASS ywi ri ' iimymns' ' ' 11111 A government statistician estimates that our beloved republic will contain just 100,000.059 people by April 2, 1915, at 4 p.m.; but meanwhile we may get action on Boyd, as we think this num ber is about one too many. The Sunday Oregoman contains a profound editorial on metabolism, ami our low-browed sporting editor wants to know if it applies to the careless swatsmsn who met a ball with his bean. The Oregoman commends President Wilson's steadfast neutrality sttitude in which the Great Only for once achieves the distinction of sharing the views of the WestoFT Leader. The Spokesman-Review tells us that Spokane woman's, jaw was broken by an exclamation. What in all crea tion could have been this dangercus ejaculation? "Damnation?" We would feel more hopeful over Evangelist Bulgin's confident sssertion that "all God wants is a square deal," f the reverend doctor would only show us his credentials. , We are not surprised at the strange developments in Oregon's most cele brated murder case, since almost any thing might happen around a place yclept Scappoose. "Rockefeller Has Given Quarter of Billion Awsy," ssys sn Oregon Jour nal headline, thus crediting John D with the virtual contributions of his customers. It is only necessary to kill someone and break out of a bug-house to ac quire popularity in Isoiton, where Thaw was met by cheering thousands, TEA, WF1E TOT" EX0OGH The Leader will have but little con fidence in whatever prohibitive meas urea, based upon the shibboleth of "personal liberty," may be adopted by the Oregon or Washington legis lature. Personal liberty becomes pernicious persons! privilege when by its exercise the welfare of society is endangered. The man who drinks, even moder- stely or as much as "two quarts of whiskey and fifteen quarts of beer per month" encourages an evil that has long been one of the greatest of curses to the human race. He should be de nied the privilege of drinking in order that mankind may profit by his absti nence. "The grestest good or the Judge Lowell of Pendleton again raises the issue of Carnegie's "tainted money," but as for us we'd just like to have a chance to smell some. We decline to psy 120 per minute to talk across the continent, although con vinced that whatever we had to say would be weil worth the money. Unless he is slandered by his pic tures, we'd hate to meet "The Newest President of Mexico" up a blind alley with thirty cents in our pocket. With two intensely rival lines of lo cal transportation between town and depot, Wenton presents no very prom ising field to the jitney bus. With the mercury forty below in "the states," Weston has no more right to shiver than a flock of cassowaries in a Saharan simoon. Salem. Or.. Jan. St. 8pwll ) The IntrtMliH-tlitn of Rrnalor llurrrtl s bill prowln a i hun In the prr nl tax coMwllon aystem la crrallns a wldraprvad lnti'rt. raporlally mna the farmt-ra of Kiwlrrn t)rsn. Thw lax bill. If It brromra a law, will prm- to bo of a diH-ldt'd brnrrit to I ho tm- payvra of Morrow. I'rnulhtrt anil t'nlun counties, which comprise the llatrlrt rcprrsmtt-d by 8ntur linrretl. Holding an Important place on Ihm natc committer on aanrmmrnt and taxation. fWnatr Ilitrrrtt la In a poai- tlon to unr lha pmk of his bill. The unlvrmal complaint which haa arlix-n all over the atat since the pnaa- agr of the 1913 htwa reUllhif to tint. aymrm of tax collection, caiwcd him f to be In on the around floor with a j measure that would correct tha evils j complained of and at the aam lime ( reault In no revolutionary ayatem that j would upact bunlnpM. Taxpayers aro ood tax expeHa. j Is one nt the Idiom that Senator I'ar- : ret has Introduced In regard to the queatlon of taxation and he annimi-a the poaltlon that the. lhe of the , taxpuyer should be considered. The main changes effected by the j Barrett bill from present laws are aa follows: Section 1 of Barrett's .bill provides for payment of one-half of taxes on or before November I, Instead of as In present law providing- for payment by April 1. or half on April 1 and Sep tember 1, with penalties. Interest psnalllea are changed from one per cent a month to eight per cent per annum on delinquent taxes unpaid to November 1. and 13 per cent per an num on tnxea remaining unpam, me second half year's taxes becoming de linquent November t. Throughout the Barrett bill th words "lax collector" are substituted where the word "sheriff" appears In the present law. IJute ns to collection of delinquent taxes on personalty, ss to delinquent tax returns and aa to certificate of de linquency are changed In the Barrett bill from the old law to conform to ths chance In date of payment of taxes. The Barrett bill mokes the tax on personal property a Hen on realty St the time the first half becomes due. The Barrett bill makes the tax col lector the collector of all delinquent tax. m. Eight-Foot Cedar Fence rosts taiTed or untarrud, at rig;ht pneos Lirpre supply of Lehigh Portland Cement Kemmcrer Lump Coal Dry Wood, sawed or 4 foot WESTON BRICKYARD We simply cannot acquire any lingu istic Polish in studying the eastern war zone -perhaps because it isn't pro nounced that way. Eastern Washington "Wets" hsve applied fer a new statebecoming fearful, probably, of living in a state of exasperation. I offer 14SA acres near Enterprise, Oregon; lit acres In fall wheat, 120 acres ready for spring; well watered; good black soil; a fine stock and grain ranch. Will maki good price for quick , with or without stock and ma chinery. Chas. 8. Bassett, Washtuc- na, n ash. TUB GIIOICII. The Great Creator In Ills Wisdom created many men of many minds and temperaments, knowing that If the sons of men were alike In wishes and desires It would lead to unending strife. He created well, for man Is the noblest work of God. Butlnsom way there crept Into the world a creature Ood did not create a thing self-made, be It male or female, that Is hated despised and abhorred; a thing self created, self-pltled and abnormally self-loved. This self-creoted creature Is the chronic grouch that walks here and there in every town and community searching for happiness that he may destroy It Flowors and children, be cau.o they represent beauty and love, he detests. He reads as he runs that all men sre liars and all women but creatures of evil. In summer he reviles the bright sunshine and hatea the green hills. In winter he reviles the cleansing snow and the purifying frost. The bitter ness of gall and wormwood Is within his heart, Children flee from him and his wife can be classed among the martyrs. Men shun him and the world hates him. From an early age he walks this earth spreading unhapplness and unbelief a maker of evil and discord. Let us throw the x-ray of self-exam- Inatlon Into our hearts and search out the little microbe that has a tendency to multiply and produce. In time, the hated grouch. There Is too much love snd sunshine In this old world of ours to spoil It with the canker of selfish ness. Exchange. Butter Wrappers Furnished and Printed at the Leader office Sixty (minimum) $0 75 One hundred.. 1 00 Two' hundred 1 60 Each additional hundred 0 30 The Pendleton, Adams, Athena and Weston suto stage leaves Weston twice dally for Pendleton st t a. m, snd i p. til Bound trip, $1.75. Headquarters Kt Ooodwln'a drug store, A. M. Boy dun, proprietor. L FORM The land of Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers CALLS YOU With SUMMERTIME in WINTER. Outdoor and Indoor Spouts Boating, Surp-rathino, Driving, Colt,. sPom, Tknnih. r'or rest-and recreation, California Is dslightful. For Safety and Comfort, go via the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co through Portland. RETURN THE SAME WAY. CALIFORNIA IS STAGING TWO BIG SHOWS Celebrating Completion of the Panama Canal Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, February 20 to December 4, 1916. Panama-California Exposition Sun Diego, January 1 to December 81, 1815. They represent the highest and best of human endeavor in the world of art, sci ence and industry. SEE BOTH OF TBQL Tickets, information, etc., upon application to W. W. SMITH Agent O-W. R. & N. Co., Weston, Oregon. R. BURN'S, D. F. & P. A. Walla Walla. Wash.
