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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1916)
H ft y'iili'Il'nilE Vc arc doubly prcpared-with CHICKEN FEED and GARDEN SEED Both 50 with the warm Spring Days We're ready for you with Diamond Chick Feed; Standard Chick Feed; Diamond Grit, coarse and fine; Oyster Shell, Clam Shell, Fish Scraps, Beef Scraps and Oil Meal and we'll buy the eggs from you at the highest market price. Full line of Ferry, Morse and Starrett's Seeds tested and guaranteed. These three great seed houses have been selling seeds in this territory for 20 years, and hundreds of satisfied customers are their best credentials. m M HMM eSaaawaBgaaawaftsl " We Pay TOP PRICES for Your Produce SO SEE US FIRST In 1903, be u united In marrlsgs to Mis Jennie Cain of Medford. Or. t'port flniahlnf at Harvard In 1907 Watta jumped itrtMwt at enee Into suc cessful prattle at Athens, where he also follows farftsln; We k-fisl queliA cations sre lndiputW ; He hae prac ticed in the Orwgoa -circuit courts lit the Wasfcingtosi superior courts, wi the iaiml court of both commonwealths In Ik (Wffnn lutimM court. Hi jaiuKNiiicM no platform u that If elected be will do Kti duty. 1 1 Aa to tha prohibition law, w fl certa'ui that Horacr I. Watt aa district attorney will enforce it to tea letter. SL-ft LU LIMH U - , j Being a professional optimist, Karnal Lucas anay refer Ut the recent muddy deluge m an active Movement of U- quidatloft in local real estate. .. . 0 jfcw- mm n o yip GROCER (Phone Main 241) - - HABERDASHER If variety Va tba aiica of educational Ufa. Pendleton will never have a wa trict bored by It diatrict board. IneWiug tba combiiwd fortunes of Kernels Boyd and Wood tha tUl waalth of tha United Stataa la est! msted at two hundred and twenty billions. Tha severity" of tha federal can eorship ia only exceeded by tha volume and detail of tha news of army move ment in Mexico. With whatever fooling wa may re gavd tha aateemed Oregonien'a pro found editorial advice to tha vote re to pick tha f . o. p., it is by no mesne one of astonishment. - - -: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaataattttttta tttttf ttt i A j i i . 1 i V I I a n ' '$ X The Farmers Bank of Weston Established 1891 . -yzQV CAN PAY YOUR TAXES 4L here and avoid a trip to Pendle ton; and if you wish, we will secure your statement for you. First half should be paid before April 5th, and second before October 5th, : in order to avoid additional costs. " . CANDIES The largest stock of Qigars Tobacco and Pipes i - in 'town KNIVES and HARMONICAS BtlXfft r.SyE "Safe at Kirkpatrick's Confectionery 3 tnuSe marks andmtWrt'M"" ra tr. Rrnd awrtH, muntm Or jmaum mmt w- rrii for Fttri SEARCH and rwort ea pttrntUbOKr. kakwliww PATENTS BOItO fOBTUWtS r To. Om Irm bootlBU Uil "Ml Unemt mat am t m. Writ. totUr. D. S17IFT & CO, iTinr LiwvEti. 303 Seventh St, WasfainntM, 0. & ( DR. CH. SMITH riiyslcfcn and Surgeon C;T!ce in Brandt building iVHSTON - OREOON '37f3 THE TII.IE t ,y yiHjr V."e?ion leader "aub" Dale Rothwclli Optical Specialist I give all my time to the fit- ting and grinding of elaseea. 1 J 1 nMHliAwl in Panflljtfin CIV X years. AU work guaranteed. American N&t'l Bank Bid. (Upstairs) Pendleton - Oregon i WESTON LEADER CLARK WOOD, PaMWwr SUBSCRIPTION RATES Stridh in A (Tittle t The Year Six Moulin........ Fnnr M mi llm .11 SO . 0 75 . 0 Ml ADVERTISING RATES IVrtnrh per month An M Prr inrli. on iiieertinn 2" ljnri. ier It earh iiirrtlon 05 rRIDAT MAJtCn 24. W Carftte at Ut peetefllca at Wulee, Orrea, mt Mfea4-(iaH aail auttcr. WATTS TO DISTRICT ATT0MET. HOLIER I. WATTS Attorneyat-Uw Practicea in H State and Federal Court. ATHENA, OKECiON A three-cornered fight baa developed for the Republican nomination aa dia trict attorney, with Homer I. Watta of Athena at, we think, the winning apex of the triangle. The district attorneyship shoo Id not properly be regarded at ft training achool for young lawyers, and Watta bos the advantage of comprehensive legal know lege and experience. More over, he is a sturdy, upstanding man with an inelastic spinal column, and when be eaya "I'll do my duty," we be lieve be will go ahead and do it without fear or favor. A mayor of Athena, to which office he was returned by hand some majority, ne nas aemonsirsiea his sense of civic responsibility. The Leader is well aware that Watts has his faults, in common with the gen eral ran of humanity; but to a much less degree than the average run of public men does be endeavor to conceal them. He ia refreshingly frank and outspoken. His innermost hie and thought are almost an open book. One knows just about what Watts is and what Watts will do. Having decided upon ft certain course oi action, ne is unlikely to be swerved by the persua sion of a friend or the threats oi an cnemv. Homer I. Watts is a son ol the Eaet TxiA soil. He was born in 1876 at the old Watta homestead on Pine creek ft few miles below Weston. Hia educa tional qualifications are excellent. He wa graduated frcm the Weston Nor mal in 1895; from the Monmouth Nor mal in 1897; from the civil engineering course of Throop college, California, 1899: from the University of Oregon in 1903; from the Harvard college of law In 1907. He was captain of the University of Oregon football team in 1902 and was honored with ft place on the Ail-Northwest eleven for two consecutive seasons one year as end and the next as halfback. This abowa that be la no weakling. Hia educa tional Groundwork was bad in the grade schools of Weston and Athens. When attending the Weston Normal he and his brother Marville were members of one or Weston a nrti winning oan teams. While a Harvard law student, A recent news item bringa to the Leader man's mind certain degree of Utankfulneaa that he at least will never be robbed of twenty 110.000 bills. An fl A. C ken has iuat laid Its thousandth egg, and wa are going to say before somebody else saya it nrst that this ia an eggstraordinary record. although ahe doesn't even crow about it We cannot endorse the frequently published assertion that Bryan is not a Democrat, although sometimes would like to wish him onto the g. a p. There are two blind men in Congrexs. and some of that ftogiist body's critics are ready to maintain that the remain. der cannot see. If that precipitate precipitation Sun dav bad lasted forty bours-not to apeak of forty days snd forty nights- it would have had the Great Deluge looking like summer shower and Noah like small boy sailing pea-pod boat in hia mother's, wasb-tub. Heavy losses at tbe Pendleton road meetinar were nrobsbl preventer by the lack of machine guns, hand gre nades and howitxers. RUSHING WATERS FLOOD THE STREETS Wtstta VUltif It U ntttett tail 4 Ml Stern to Ucil llttarf. .A U.fvfc to running trua to form as wraallle weethsr month. About tour o'clock 8un lay afternoon It tetd aa eleetrleaJ etrm het would very llkly have wiped Weatoa off the Ore atnr'a footstool had It a of lonr duration. Almost simultaneously, aim- liar storms occurred at union an" , rtwtr and throihiul tna w.iia val and eiae at i-onian. wbare twe fatalities rultd. One man. a prominent farmsr named Thorns "hemwell. was drownsd near Walla Walla, and heavy property Zantac wsa done alont the foothills of the Plue. A rioudbunt on Hi! suleh weet of Pandle-toa was followed! by ft wall of water four feet neep ( sweeplna- down the eanyoa. Pendleton wsa hit llahlly. and Aintn eacapea with flooded basemanla. tUinrfay M Weston was elesr ani beautiful until the atorm urt almoin without wsrnine It lasted about an! hour, and for half an hour a perfect ! torrent of hall and rain descended. o , much precipitation In so short a limej was never witnessed before In this lo- callty. Muddy water came tearlnsi down from the hllla la convenient ulrhee and ran from curb to curb: and at a depth of one foot or more on some of the thnrouajhfaree. Teller i wrw flooded, chickens drownsd. endi nearly every lawn and garden a'ons the west aide of Waier atreet. the town'a principal residential dMrtct. was slithered over with a thick plaster of mud. straw, hall and silt. Robert Mlchael'a residence on South Water atreet auatalned the principal dimaae, Seine moved several feet from tie foundation. Nearly all of hts chickens were drowned, althouah they could easily have escaped by ftvtn te their roosts. The Plnkerton residence Just eouth of Mr. Mlcheafs and occu pled by Robert Proudf't and family, was surrounded by water, but la on higher ground and ewaped much damage, Mr. Proudflt's little daugh ter waa absent from the house, and In rushing out to locate her be found himself strussllng In several feet of water and waa nearly swept from his feet A muddy torrent descending from the Panlater field through the gulch near the Brethren church be came clogged by a mixture of hall and debris, and when It burst this barrier swept fiercely down upon the Proud fit and Michael homes, which had to stand the brunt of Ita altark. McHrl.le's llverv barrw were flooded. Prom east of town the water cam driving down the Duputa gulch and overran the Implement and lumbet yard of Watta A H oners, which sus tained considerable damage. It awept by like ft mlllrece both In the front and rear of their store, finding ad outlet on rranklln atreet. More or less damsge waa caused la other pacta of town, and general Inconvenience re sulted from the overflow. Caning holes were washed In a number of plowed fields and Weston Hew WafofcG Just received, shipment of our new 08c waist. Como In look them over. Value that canm t be duplicated elfewhere, Iw Shoes in the latest styles-snmo old prices. Illg M of ladles' white wslsls: have them In eies fr m M to eH oolored em. rlth White waUla i brulitcry elTerta Creps de-rhlne wss's. all flora and eisee ..vl.KH, iW ChlUlren'a glntrr,am dresee. all ages 1X, . 11.49 Nice kt of chlklren'a coat In corduroy, black ami w hits checks, blue aerge and fancy mtxturea H.W. w. Men's dress) tMUsers In all the) late patterns, Including aerge Men'a khskl panta, all sites. ...Mc Men's cottiMt mixeil panta pf 0l'h'aid I'niUi hill overalls Mt See the "ll I" overall Thla I. a v'ue tliat caiiimt be duple eatsd 'for lea than one) eVIIarj our pnee See our lino of RUGS, ofTerinfir a good se lection. Fine assortment of Axminstcrs at $19.50. Other values from $1?.C0 up. We also have the small nips at ......... 93c, $1.49 and $2.49 TOO CAR DO BETTER AT VI LEAS ' oncurouAW J. C. I'ENNEY CO., Inc. (83 B Ktorve) - ATHKNA, 0. , "Bmsid Mew Made of . Malt a refreshing temperance drink. Pool and Billiard Hall Zchm &. Duncetn mwmwmMIMveMMMMM Readins? in out-of-town papers that wall of water four; feet high swept through Weston, we are led to infer that most of its Inhabitants were washed away and drowned; but were unable while swimming to gather au thentic statistics. However, we can nnaitivelv announce' that Sim Barnes escaped he being ten cubits tall and heavily ballasted. - ; : We would Judge from looking over our county exchanges thst there are just about as many .differing opinions on the road question as there are ways and means of expressing them. With due deference' to the hopeful views of President Robinson, we are nevertheless inclined to think that the road bonds have sbout as much chance of carrvine in Umatilla county as s vote of thanks to the Kaiser In the En glish parliament, r-i We Infer, however, that t Walla Walla's big automobile show there'll be no show for ft Ford. ' We are inclined to wonder which of two presidents Is enjoying a larger share than the ether of cerebral activ ity at present Woodrow Wilson or Jack Robinson., ' - ' The peace of Europe is said to be In sight this happy consummation de pending largely on whether or not tbe biggest piece of Europe is Demanded by each of the warring powers. New president of . Washington Uni versity says "we are an intellectual scrap heap," and we reckon be ought to know his own mind. The Mexicans are very proud, but like most proud people they hsve ex ceedingly little to be proud of. . The fact that , he needs his whole army to chase Villa ia proof enough, we think, that Uncle Sam ahould have t least a half-a-dozen soldiers more. Carrara dollars ere quoted st two cents each, snd it would only take about fifteen of them to subsidize the Athena Press. . f. Tot Sale One of the very best quarter sections in the upland region ly, milea east of Weston; 114 acres In cultivation, balance mostly timber; family orchard and berries of differ ent klndn; good building;; lots of water. Price $ 12,000, 16000 down and time on balance, - tf sold within 10 days. Cha. M. Schneider. , i Shoe repairing promptly and neatly done at m.v new shop next door to the Leader office. U. haton. (Adv.) ROBINSON IS HOPEFUL STILL k n B Pendleton, Ore.. March H.--To the Kdltor of The Leader.) After listening to the argument of the dis gruntled few at th. ros meeting Hat-! urday, t am convinced that the pPi i of 1'matiHa county aa a whole arej more strongly In favor of the bond Is sue than ever before. These people I who are now snd alwsv have been j onnosed to the bond bone are opposed i ..t..n.i t anit'lo It from purely selfish motives. ...i.i.n. r ura A n Iniev say In effect. th-t unless you; Winn In the Little Dry creek neighbor. build this road lo run to my farm or j hood east of town Is reported to have , build a private roai for the so.e b.-m been filled "with ft foot or more of ,nt or ft rew weannr wnra, -"---. . j mud. and the county road camp In the ; are opposed to bonding for gooa roioe sams vicinity was wrecked. IteaUlents BjSSSBESSQjsa Weston Meat Market farmers trouble. of the foothills say that heavy boul ders were carried down the canyons. The attractive surroundings of A. J Mrtntyre'a commodious farm home north of town were completely burled under ft blanket of mud. The carcassea of dead animals bur led In ft canyon at the Bade place on Dry creek were awept out of their graves and carried for ft half mile to the creek bottom. Fearful of pot luted wells, the residents of that neighborhood were forced to haul wa. ter for farm use. " A band of aheep belonging to Charles Demari. residing on the Wal la Walls river above Milton, Is said to have drowned In hia barn. , Water rushed down the main atreet of Milton and Into the store fronts. and W. E, Plersol navigated the street on As a matter or fact, nt prolan ; could be devised which would meet with their approval un'ese H served them Individually to the esclunlon of. the remainder of the conty at targe. They submitted for approval of thei meeting the Parrett-Harrah-fllmln ( proposition to levy a two-mill addi tional road Ms for ft period of five yesra for th building of roads. They do not specify whero three roads shall , be built or where the r-oney shall be used and I am convince that the vol-' era of t"metlll(i county will relert any; such proposnl for aM!'lnal tatatlnn unless they know where the money li going to lie apent and a-e assured that it will be spent for th building of permanent hard-surface roads. J They entirely overlook tbe fact thst ths greatest traffic of he county. In fact to per cent of It, I carried over Prime Beef Pork. Mutton, Veil Dremd Poultry 5 FISH Monday nd,Thunday Get Our Prices i'hone No. 53. Orders taken by ihone foe mail rowtos. Ten percent hitereet on all ae counu after SO days. ; Perry & ., 9 in. ei..m. f Miitnn'aitn rostis Drnponeo to ne ra-owr- iiih nian't waa damaeed and the town ! faced under the bond tf ' but Instead left in rfarkneaa. they want the people and taxpayers Th Walla Walla river ia said to ' of irmatlllft county to abandon the bond Issue and us thr name amount of money In building a nnmher of mile of road to accorfnodate 10 per cent of the traffic of the county, I assert with confidence that no road Improvement prorram could be devised which would meet wltlTth approval of these self'xh Individuals without entirely eliminating all con. slderatlon of the rights of 0 per cent of the voters and ; taxpayers of the county, , We are going to put the bond Issue on the ballot and we want the people Tottiwer Set Hsar St. Patflcfc IO nowsiano n inoro..n.r. an iu isaaca am mmm au rsuiw. unj-ratand that a def nit sum Is ap- The Evening Tribune has this to any , proprlated lo build roada the location have reached the highest stage record ed for ten years, Pine creek at Wee ton wsa turgid with mud. but behaved Itself admirably otherwise In fact, Weston appear to have been In the southernmost edge of the atorm. Ha resldenta are saying that dreadful things might have happened had th storm center broken along the upper reaches of Pine creek. Two days of rain and wind followed Sunday'e outburst the will of a social event in Pendleton which of which Is definite, snd that . ..,i.i i.- . n,iui. '.., roans so bunt are roais wnicn roung people. flc of Umatllln county 65 dare of the Among the prettiest of the number year, of HU 1 'at rick's Day affnir wss the chsrmlnifljr appointed party (or which Mie nets Han ana Mis sierio nt were hostesses st the home of Ml.s Hall. ' The parlor, living room and din ing room were artistically arrangcil In green with green shades hooding the lights. Later In the evening the llgliis were turned out snd candles gave a soft glow to the scene. Hon an I reading provided entertsinment, I Miss Hall contributed s resiling ami M las Host and r lovd Hall a il.aMiue. I Hovers! of the guest sang the favorite old Irish air. At a late hour delicious refreshments were sorved by the host esses, rihamrocks were prevented to each guest at the tnble as place card", and fascinating Irish hats with printed verses on them served as favots. The guest list liicludnd a uumlier of the younirer set bf Weston. Those pres ent were the Misses Pints Hall, Merle Best, eosephlne lavender, l helms Anderson, Huby Price, lails Porter. Ferul McHriiie. Myrtle Hodgson and Kuth Itend; - Messrs. Hulln Hmith, Teonard Hlomgren, Earl MacKenzie, Allison Wood. Earl Olson. Floyd Hall. Robert Hodgson and Lowell Hyatt. JOHN F. ROrtlNSOW. President t'mntllla County Oood Itoads Association. Hunflchl for Speaker, To Whom It Hay Concern: I wlH be responsible for no obliga tions except those contracted by my self. RALPH BTAGaa. Weston, Or., March XS, Hl. Fggs for Hattdilng. , Brown leghorns, extra good strain, at f 0 cents per setting. CHKIS THOE.VT. R. N. Stanfteld. who will be return ed to tha legislature stain this year as Joint representative from Umatilla and Morrow counties, announces him self s candidate for speiikcr of tha lower house. For the past two ses sions Mr. Stanfield has ably represent ed thla district In th legislature and has been Instrumental In securing the passage of a large amount of con structive legislation. He has been foremost In the drafting of legislation beneficial to the Industries of Eastern Oregon, being thoroughly acquainted with the needa of the eutlre eastern section of tha state, Mr, Htanfleld has an '. excellent chance to be speaker of tha next house and his election to that important po sition would be a high tribute to his ability and effort and a Just recogni tion of ths rights of Eastern Oregon. It's True Economy TO TRADE AT TLs Ecfiiiomy Store We bny for rash am) sell for cash-at small margins. ; OROCURieS Crash and Unen Goods NOTIONS School Supplies PHONE NO. 233 ALMA BABHETT iotice to oomu. In the County Court nf the State of Oregon for I; mat 1 1 la County. lo the Matter of the Estate of Edward Anderson, Deceased. To Aix Whom it May COnckrn: Notice Is hereby (riven thai 'Anns AndVon Is the duly sppulnied ami actios executrix of the shove entitled estate, and all person having olalins against said estate are bereoy rrquirea w irMiii tow wniite, vnn ffrupeir vouchers attached thereto, to aahl x ecuirlx at her heme In Weston. Ore gun, or at me omoe or ree A re w Pendleton. Oregon, wlihln six months, fruin ths 17th day of March, 19ti Anna Aiviikhron, ' Execut rix of the Estate of Edward Anderson, Deceased, ' Uncle Hube" tonight. Motor ear service to all points, day or nlnht. Also livery snd feed stab! opposite ths Lleuallen blacksmith shop. L It McBrlde. , 1 MORTGAGE LOANS Term Contract on City and Farm Property OURRENT RATES . NO COMMISSIONS NO BONUSES, or other expenses. IW Just like getting it from a bank. Large or small amount. Loans quickly closed. 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