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We are better prepared than ever
to take care of your harvest wants, and you
will also find our prices attractive.
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Rubb ers Lids Clamp
and all the jar extras.
We carry all of the standard sellers
including- Economy, Schram, Golden State
Mason and Ball Mason.
Step in and see our Fruit Display
lanteloupes and Watermelons
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t THISTLEDOWN
William Jennings Bryan aeems
have deliberately cmartsd oblivion
Ignoring aa Invitation tn speak at lb
Salem, Oregon, market day.
A lUmburjr etattstkian declare that
German is destined to become a worM
I tongue, but may be ne truer prophet
1 than hla Berlin brethren who wr go
ing to dictate tertu of paa in Peri.
We consider thta "dig" in tha Stan
field Standard aa somewhat IneonaMer-
ata, aa it hain't so much space to fill
aa its esteemed Portland contempo
raries:
"Teddy stopped just twenty minute
in iwuana ani u tu required
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and did."
ninety
page ami week of lima for tha
tlaml dalllee to tall what b said
(Phone Main 241)
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GROCER
HABERDASHER
MIMA RkKOOIE, Pmidcat
JL ft MICE. Viet PrwMot-
C . SAITO, Cathier
E. L BLOMGREN. AuMsa Caskwr
Established 1891
His Farmers Bank e
I ran
If you are figuring on
a FARM LOAN now
or later, come in and
talk it over with us.
NOTICE TO PATRONS
Electric Service
" Our tariff has been filed with the Oregon Railroad Commission,
nd the following rule must ba strictly observed: -
Rule 2. Any bill not paid before the 30th of each month
becomes delinquent and the suppiy of electricity may be dis
continued without notice to the customer, in which ease an
additional payment of 60 cents will be requited to turn elec
tricity on again. The right is reserved to discontinue tho
supply or to refuse to supply anyone with electricity who is
in debt to the Company.
We want to be aquare with our patrons and to give, them good
service, and only ask them to be square, with us If you are dissat
isfied with your meter readings or for any other reason, kindly notify
us and wa will endeavor fo make amends.
Any and all contracts for service must be made with the
Company. ' .' .:''
See that your receipts are countersigned by E. A. Zerba or by
Laura Smith.
Our tariff may be found at the DeMoss Furniture Store or at
tha Weston Leader office
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.'
Established 1865
Athena, Oregon . Waitsburg, Wash.
WESTON LEADER
CLARK WOOD. PeMblwr
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
5HWy in Afbanct ,
Tlia Year...
Six Months..
onr Months......
ADVERTISING RATES
Per Inch per month ............
Per inrh, one insertion
1.011, r liua each insertion..
,.. 0 78
... 00
Tha Gideon Band of Des Moines has
promulgated 'Twelve Good Reasons
for Not Swaartnr." but a better one
restrained a deaf mute printer wa once
knew, when ha dropped a type form.
a
rope Benedict haa declared sympathy
with tha allies, doubtless realising that
tha Holy See ia immune from the im
perial War Lord's submarines.
The affectionate relations existing
between Roundup Town and Frontier-
Daytburg are illustrated by the fol
lowing neighborly remarks In a Pen
dleton newapaper:
"It is belnr suinrested thst Walls
ur.lt. i L :.w h. . . . I:
I .mot, Kivmrii wild n.r INWl
should emulate Pendleton by producing
la public swimming pool, so that her
citisena will not have to drink the aame
I water in which they bathe and bathe
in the aame water they drink. '
London and Berlin furnish the only
contemporaneous example of such
Damon and Pythlae attitude.
Perhaps, however, Walta Walla bath-
era impart a deairable flavor to the
Garden City's water supply.
a
Such a clever- twist is given to
time-honored theme by "Carveth" in
the Pacific Woodman that wa
I moved to reproduce hla effusion:
When you hark to tha voice of the
knocker,
As you list to his hsmmer fall.
Remember the fact
That the knocking act
Requires no brains at all
When you list to the growl of the
growler.
As you hark to his ceaseless growl.
You will please recall
That a dog ia all
It takes fur an endless bowL
I As you wstch for the kick of the
Kicxer,
As you notice his strenuous kick.
You'll observe the rule
That a stubborn mule
Is great at the same old trick.
The knocker, the growleJ, the kicker
r ault-fimJers, large and small
What do they need
For each daily deed?
No brains, no sense-just GALL I
e . i
"The "big stick' wis not mentioned
by Christ at all," aaya B.7BJ1; and it
ia likewise obvious that Christ never
encountered a Germsn torpedo.
PRIDAT
tultni at Ihs pet lefties at Wcstea, Oregon,
t wceae'.dMi Mil autlcr.
. 0 50 1 J To go to war with a mad nation at
20 1 inia lime wouu oe uae cnaiienging an
Oft insane asylum. Bryan.
Does Mr. Bryan seek to provoke
JULT 30, 1915 both his own countrymen and the "mad
nation" 1 to regret that ba was not
aboard the Luaitania?
AIM WE MUST.
That the United States must be ade
quately armed haa become apparent to
all but the most confirmed pacifists.
It has become apparent to the present
administration, which is preparing a
comprehensive plan of national de
fense involving largely increased ex
penditores for both the military and
naval arms. - One year ago such a plan
wouu nave oeen condemned as unwise
and on-American by men of all parties.
Now they will and do endorse it as nec
essary for the aame reason that fire in
surance and police are necessary. It
is known now that Uncle Sam must
have protection against the insane.
the criminal and the incendiary among
the nations. There will be difference
of opinion only as to the ways and
means, and we can only hope that our
government will be well advised.
A standing army of half a million
men seems to be assured. The Leader
would like to see a large proportion of
this army made up of citizen soldiers,
well paid by the government, subject
to every rule of army discipline and
serving just long enough with the col
ors to learn the fundamentals of a sol
dier's business. These citizen soldiers
would be changing constantly in per
sonneL and in the course of a few
years the body of our citizenship would
embrace a large number of trained
men, knowing their work should they
ever be called to the colors. The
regular army, conducted much as at
present but with "its ranks largely in
creased, would provide the teachers.
The navy should and will be mater
ially strengthened. If we are to be
lieve its eritica its needs are many. It
is poorly equipped and inadequately
manned, and its several battleships and
cauisers while formidable enough on
paper are not supplied with the re
quired complement of auxiliary ves
sels to bring them up to the standard
of their fighting power. The present
navy, in brief, ia inefficient. How
best to mske it efficient snd to aug
ment its strength constitutes one of
the sdministrstion's gravest problems,
especially as graft and corruption have
been seemingly Inseparable from our
naval development. More importance
than heretofore will undoubtedly be at
tached to submarines and air craft.
Murphy's cartoon in Monday 's Jour
nal, portraying Uncle Sam as "The
Lone Fireman" who seeks to protect
the structure of International Law
against both German and English
flames, affords a striking example of
the highest type of the cartoonist's art.
We fancy that if a Umatilla Indian
were familiar with the present trend
of Germsn Kultur he would substitute
an "s" for the "r." - ', -
Colonel Roosevelt showed his teeth
to the railroad minions at Los Angeles
and got a special car, and a few bites
would probably secure for him an en
tire train. i '
Uncle Sam has prepared a program
for Mexico, but needn't expect much
applause when be has to handcuff his
audience.
A Japanese editor aaya the white
race ia weak, yet it doesn't follow that
we need a yellow streak from the
Orient. - .
Junction City, Kas. V. MoGinty, a
farmer, had an entire wheat field of
140 acres ruined when the Republican
river overflowed and the fish ata the
heads off the wheat. . -; ,
Now if that had been the Demo
cratic river the fish would have carried
the wheat to the farmer's granary and
then flopped into bis wagon to be hauled
to market. .
hkd in prt'fi'renre to the mall ordor
people. If the stuff has meat In It and
punch to It -and It will if the rkht
kind of a writer Is employed -the coun.
try editor will be glad to print It. The
eiHintry merchant seldom devotes to
advertising as much aa one half of one ,
percent of hi. total salt, aa against a
nation-wide average of 1.69 percont,
Intl the country dttr is aer.tmd t
working for a song. He will "whoop.
It up" all along the line-glad to do
of service in a wnrid that seems to re
gard him aa a necessary sviL
a
Mr. Bill (Slim) Ridings, the famous
modl of tha gifted sculptor, Mr. A
Phlmister rroctor, la being entertained
by Mr. T. Diligent Taykw U the place
where Mr. Taylor usually entertaina.
President Guitlaume or Haiti was
shot full of hulea, dragged through the
streetu and hacked to plvcee, and the
reuort of his simultaneous demise ia
probably not exaggerated.
'When he executed ISO politUal pria-
oners their relatives objected aa above.
We wonder why three sensitive Hai
tian couldn't have spared their rela
tions, without such a silly show of re
sentment I
Why didn't they Uke him by the
hand and thank him, and bring around
another batch-more especially of their
wivea' relatione?
It doea seem aa though the president
of one of thtwe bungalow brown reaib-
lira can have no really eong.nl al recre
ation now-a-daye.
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A current event of considerable Im
portance In New York atate today ia
of especially shocking significance to
Lieutenant Becker.
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WESTON GARAGE
. II. L. HEDRICK
Expert Auto and Gas Enplno Repairing
GASOLINE & OIL and Bccetwcrfes
Au- Work Guaranteed
Local Lodge Directory
KTKVKNH IHMIK NO. , K. OK
Moot aver Wednesday evening.
J. K. English, t'. f. Clark Wood,
K. of It a a
WKSTON I.OIM1K NO. Mi, A. . A A.
M. Meet ever eewMd and fourth
Kalurday la each month. Ilk'henl
Morrison, W. M. U H. I !, Wea.
WESTON LOIHIK NO.M, I. O. O. f.
Meets every Thurwla evening. W .
ll.tAmkl. N. U. A. A. Kees, Ilea.
Hoc. K. O. DeMoss, Fin. Heft
WKSTON rAMI NO. 113. W. O. W.
Meets the fin ami third Mslurda.vs
of eaeli month. Mimrua Turner, C.
U- J. J. 1klr. flerk.
Kl'ltKKA AHSKMIILY NO. 14. TN
Itml AittMiis. .Meets the Itnrt ami
third Mmlas In each month. Nel
lie Mevlwe, M. A. rraneea t;. w.
Hueretary.
HIAWATHA ItKllKKAII IMK
No. M, M !( the second and fourt h
Ttietas of each month. Anna t
. . ... ... .. !!.
Ilarra. II. tMrma nirafMirira,
Itx. Hee. Iule iliandt, 1n. rtee.
t'ltrNt'KNT fllAlTKU NO. t. O.
K. ft. Mpott the sreoml and fotirth
Krlilara of each numili. Mary K.
liarnea, W. M. Alice F. I'rlce. Mee.
SMiled propoaals will be received by
the undrmmn.il until July It. 111. at
two o'clock p. m.. for lurnUhlns
School District No. I with tuna of
rood lump coal tirade and kind to be
specified) and lt cows of food cord
wood tklnd te be specified), to be de
livered at the Normal school bulldlni
oa or brfore ftcpt.mbvr t. Kit. Kn
velopes contalnlna the fropoeals
should be atldreaaed to the und.r-
slsn.d aa school clerk, and should
also be Inscribed with the word, "III.!.'
Htht la reavrved by the school board
to reject any or all bltla.
FRANK PH1CK,
Clerk of School Dlatrlrt No. 1.
I DR. W. G. HUGHES
Dentist
Ortlce in the Wain Building, Mllloo,
Hours, 9 to 13 ami 1 to S
Chaa. II. Carter Dan P. Smyths
Carter & Smythc
LAWYERS
PENDLETON OREGON
WWl HOTEL
Nly Opened la Hpi wilds'
alsln
lU'.ltl.m'e, Weal
rkreet
Wctlon
Onion
Good Room and lfcsrd by tha
r Week HViw.
Mr. and Mr. Walter Wtbb
Fine Jewelry
Expert Repairing
I will appreciate a fall when '
you visit Athena.
L S. VINCENT
Hawk's Drug Store
ATHENA . OREGON
DR. C. H. SMITH
Physician and Surgeon
OrTIre la Urandt bufUUng
taESTON
OKEOON
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We have never before sold a remedy I
llh the QUICK action of slmplt
burkthora bark, glycerine,- etc., a I
mixed In Adler-l-ka. the appendlcltU
preventative. ONK FPOO.NTfL
llevea aour stomach, gaa and constipa
tion AT ONCE. H. Goodwin, drug-
gtst.
California
Expositions
are two vast wonderlands Th
Greatest Shows of Tha Age. Yot
cannot anora to miss mem. i m
opportunity will soon pasa. Go Now.
Choice of aeveral routes
at low farea for the round trip,
via
- Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Co.
Ask & S. NELSON, Agent
Weston.
JULY ECONOMIES
in all sorts of Trustworthy Merchandise
suitable for immediate needs.
Call and see our nifty line of Men's
Trousers, Hats, and other
accessories.
THE BRANDT STORE I
MMMNHHaaW
Butter Wrappers
Furnished and Printed at the Leader office
Sixty (minimum).. ?0 75
One hundred................ 1 00
Two hundred 1 50
Each additional hundred 0 SO
Permit us to make a suggestion for
Buyers' Week at Portland (August 9
to 14.) In fact, we are going to make
it without permission: When the mer
chants of the Northwest in convention
assembled discuss ways and means of
fighting the catalogue houses, let them
consider the employment of the ablest
press agent they can eecure, whose
duty it will be to supply readable arti
cles regularly to the country press.
The campaign of publicity against the
great and ruthless octopi of the trade
should be strong and persistent instead
of feeble and sporadic,, Every newa
paper in the Northwest should be sup
plied each week with the copy of an
article setting forth the reasons why
the local merchant should be patron-
E
Get Your Ice from 7 to 8
a. m. or 5 to 6 p. m.
Orders for hauling promptl
V filled.
S. PAYNE, the Drayman
" 4
Nature's Food
grass thst
New Groceries
New Notions
New Canvas Gloves
For Men and Women
New Summer Underwear,
-AT-
Ths Ecosomy Stirs
COT. PHONE NO. 233
II ALMA BARNETT
for horses and cattle Is the
I grows on meadow and hill.
best thing is sweot, clean, hsy and
feed that cornea from our mill. When
?ou need rolled grain of the right sort
or keeping your livestock in fine fet
tle, look for our sign and the good
thin? for for vour dumb aervanta
I stored In our bins. We handle Steam
Rolled Barley, Oats and Wheat; Haled
iiay, Millstuile and Chicken Feed.
We're local stents for Peacock Flour
and Blatchford's Calf Meal. Phone 281.
D. R. WOOD the Feed Man
trull" murks mA coiyrtui.u oMnir-! t no
I tw, toUti RKartH, ftkotrlWal 1 ItHcstaM nA aW
v.ltkHi for mil SIAHCH -a4 mwrt
o iMfeftteMttty, FUnk rvfurewHWA
PATENTS BUILD PORTUHK1 far
I yon. Our trm, txu4Wt Mi Kow. wtisU (a tnejat
ml trnv yam mora-. Writ tosJiy.
D. SWIFT a CO.
1 303 Scvesth 6t, Washingtna. 0. C,
Premiums
Headquarters for
ICECREAM
and Ice Cream 5 odd
KirkpatrjckV
Confectionery:
Dr. J. G. McMATJi
OSTEOPATH
Office one block north of tha bank
ATHENA, OREGON
Electric Treatments Given
COT Pfcona B2I