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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1916)
ECONOMY SERVED BY ROAD BONDS WESTON BEATS THE rnn iJ 4 TALLEST TEAM ml ITS U MOVJS Next Monday night we're going over to the Weston Mercantile Company4 'horse, foot and dragoons." We hope you'll come with us, and we'll continue to try to please you in service and quality. We thank our friends for the splendid patronage they have accord ed us in the past seven 'years and we feel now as always that the Weston country and the Weston people are the "best on earth." me o 2uL sore The Farmers Bank of Weston WESTON LEADER CLARK WOOD, NMbhtr Established IS91 H7HE REASON banks are glad to open accounts 4L (especially with the young) is that it makes better, more useful, substantial citizens who work for the betterment of the community. Open an account with us; make it grow; be useful SUBlCftirTIOK RATES Striclfr m AJnct Tin" YMir Si Month. Fonc Month. ....,...... ADVERTISING RATES IVr inrlt "T month. Per iurli, wit insertion l-nrttia, Mor lino each insertion. ...l IM ... 0 75 ... 0 ,..0 80 ... SO ... PS fRIDAT MAY O. W CattM at Utt pMlk at Welt Oft, m Mte-cli Mil MiUr. SET OUT TEE TOTE! Horace J. Stiliman of Pendleton, Oregon, Democratic Candidate for County Treasurer Subject to the Democratic choice at the Primar ies May 19, 1916. Paid advertisement. Weston Meal 'MA Prime Beef Pork, Mutton, Vea! Dressed Poultry FISH Monday and Thursday Get Our Prices Phone No. 53. Order taken by phone for mail routes. Ten percent Interest on all ac count after 80 days. Perry & Weber S i i ! n I j ! i J i ! From what we hear, the people of Weston and of the adjacent uplands are almost a unit in opposition to the county bonding issue. " The general feeling aeems to be that ways and means should be provided for the improvement of the many dirt roads which the fanners use for hauling rather than of one through road which he and others use chiefly for pleasure. Moreover, in view of the virtual fail ure of the costly macadam experiment, a well defined fear is manifested that the county might chance to spend million dollars for so-called hard sur faced highways and find them in the end a fiasco. . Especially among the uplacd farmers is there a pronounced aversion to con tributing toward another fifty percent dividend melon for the paving trust when their own roads are largely neg lected. ' To the TVople of Weston and Vicinity! What are you going to do with the macadam road? You know Ita present condition. Ton know tt ts caput golug to plov'r. Tou know that the bulk of the road taxes of the entire county haa twen aunk In thta foolish piece of road building and la In danger of being en tirely wiped out. Ilow are you going to save it? There Is a quarter of a million of dollars and more of the road tax money of t'matilla county Invested In this macadam. If you vote down the bond Issue, how and where are you coin to get the money to hard surface thla ma cadam T Tou cannot get it by a pe dal mllUre tax levy, for the other eertlona of the county will vote solidly against you. for you deny them a road and their only chance to get roads Is by this bond laeue. Tou cannot take the bulk of the las money of the en tire county any more. ' The last legl- lature panned a law prohibiting thla very thing. Tou are facing an acute road con J I tloa and a serious one tf you stop to live It a little Intelligent thought. Pn- lees this macadam Is hard surfaced at once, tt will be a total loss and the only method and only source from which you can expect money aufft clent to lay thta hard surface la through the bond Issue. Thla bond laeue, you know, la not going to Increase " your taxea. The figures are very plain. The tax is 0 centa on each II0 of aaeeaeed valuation for the first four years and the average tax foe the entire fourteen yeare ta only tl M per liooe, and fig- lured upon the present assessed valua tion of the entire county of H 1.004.. too, Aa thla valuation Increases the tax will decrease: as new lands ere brought on the market the taxes wilt decrease and above all aa the enor mous maintenance charge of $I0 a mile against your macadam road un der the present condition ts wiped out your taxea will decrease, Tou wsnt good roads and you know down in your hearts that the only feasible way of securing this Is through the bond Issue, Tou build your city water system, your school houses and all other necessary public Improvements through Issuing bonds and yeu do not consider these bonds a mortgage on your homes, nor will you consider the road bonds such. Tou get th roads and you get back in labor and through labor Ts per cent of what the roads cost. In other words. tlOS.Qoo of this money will be expended for labor alone. But laying all thla aside the actual situation which now confronta you demands serious thought If you are going to save your macadam road ou must get busy at once and unless yit do get busy and save It by hard-stir- facing It, you are going to lose all that you even now have. Tou know you cannot expect people of the rest of th county to donate you money to hard surface this road when the other na tions have not even a macadam bv for their ure. These same men and same Intre who are so loudly protesting aealnii the bond Issue on the grounds that !t will increase taxes are the reguV ca!amlty howlers who raise this same cry every time a public Improvement of this character 'Is proposed. The are the- big rich men of the co ii and In proportion they pay less tare.' than the small farmer or small busi ness man, but they always raise this howl and make their' appeal t the to?le to protect them and make It nnmtble for them to escape their Just and proportionate share of the taxa tion. Let them howl. The money' they have they cannot take with them. Many of them will be dead before the bonds terminate and the streets psved with gold wPI be no Joy or sat isfaction to either, them or their de scendants left In I'mntilla county. Think this over; take it home with yon snd seriously consider It. f Adv.) ACTIVE? ITMATfLfA COUNTY OOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION. league Mantling. . V. Pilot Knelt. 3 iVtxIlrdtn. , i . ,, 3 Went on S Kcltu.... ' league Heorea, Went on ft, Ki'ho 1 IVmlMon 4, film Hues Next tiuiMlaya flame. Weston kl Kolio. t'llo Hook al Pendleton, 11. fltxl titkl 4tkl 100 Koho haa a tall ball team excess ively and preternslurally tall. Goliath of Oath could have nalked under the extended arms of it catcher, pitcher and first baseman without doffing his brass head piece. When the lti he stopped a ball he merely reached half way to first base and handed the sphere to the stalwart guardian of that ststlon, who likewise met hint half way, Either of these three Broo dlgnsgtana O.loll and the Iloaklns twins would make a good telephone lineman, aa he wouldn't have to don climber when he went out trouble shooting. Carl Gilbert saves baa balls In practice down at Kcho, aa his lanky hopefuls merely reach up and grab the moon when they feel Ilk "tossing It around." Hrlll had a hard time pitching to these visiting giants, aa he could hard ly shoot the ball above their kneea without throwing It over the grand stand. Pvich was th elevsted trajec tory that "Dumpy" Hlomgren requisi tioned Manager Price for an aero plane In which to do hi receiving. Tel Drill managed to beat them, la a pretty duel with Odrll, hla elongated Kcho opponent. Itrttl got th Jump and hxlil it. while it aa not until the fourth Inning that Odvll settled down to effective marksmanship. He began mixing his fast ones with an easy teaser that la hard to gauge, but It waa too late. Hrlll did llrtlltant work throughout and held th visitor to four hits on of them n long triple ; by C. Hosklna. Ills support wss en- couraglng. ) Weaion had to get om runs, of course, else Brill could not have won These were all five provided by K. Hlomgren and Kirk p trick, whose bat ting and base-running were gpectscu tar. Ernie got four singles In tour times up. Jim got two doubles and n home run In four times up, tils drive coming each time with Krnl on the paths. It was grand Indeed to watch this talented duo perform. Prana waa the only other Mountaineer to ne gotiate a bingl. Echo's run were due to a grounder through third by Markham and to C, Iloaklns' three-ply swat. Weston needrd this game. Also, li needs another, and will try to annex It next Sunday down at the Kche grounds. The score: Echo Murphy, rf. . . See what you can lave on the small items. Thcso are our every day prices. Look them over and sco what you can save tad pencil Safety plus l'aiwr iilus tUMm-h tape measure tVttun tape r.liien tat .................. ... Pearl buttons , Costs darning cotton klnnoii s trtiriiin tatwtler Colgate' tnlrunt Hiicr ...... Colgate's ahavlng aoatt.,, ..... Hair net (wdh wtastii' ........ Tatting liulilc. Stlcken braid Three In On oil , fch'mil polish le ..lc-iV8c , le- 4c xc 4C , Itj-oc ?c ISc Ilir 4c , Sc-oe-Hr So He He Kc Cllt Rtg HUh Hicycl playing cards hteaml'iwl playing cards Hhlnol Mig ! Drees shisUI , Kin combs i.,.. 1'iH'ket tombs 11 IM I0fl . IM ... loa te-Iiw IImi.kv llirl rra.iio of alliiiMiils Kits m IllHiirli fare powder,....,,,,,. 4fwl I'aiH garter ltd Cot.ts thread ,. .... , 4e Ncnli.a ........... .44 Coats rr ri'st IIikmiI (all alive., IM U. M. C. ciikIibI thrvsd cokr.7t lllnrk and tan sxk ........,.. Soo the now Stri Jliddys. Have them In Green, Itose, Cojien, Navy and Ulack StripcB. YOU CAN DO better; AT J.C.Penney Co. nc. WE LEAD, OTHERS FOLLOW Athena - - - OncooN tie figrUrV 1 Markbnm, cf Hale. 31 Luneall, 2b... V: Himklna, c . F. il.kin, lb CWell. p .....1 r'-wlune, If 3 llatvey, ta 3 H It 0 0 It 0 2 0 1 1 II 0 12 0 0 1 o 0 0 Total Weston R. Hlomgren, If..... Klrli pat tick. 3I..... I Hlomgren, e Krnrix. It ,. ... Barnes, cf .31 2 4 24 II 2 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 Kennaril, 2b ..........4 Grlnrirlt. as .......... .2 WoihI, rf..... .4 II 4 3 2 n in 1 TO A 1 1 0 1 0 0 I 3 0 3 ment and progress. Her home la here and always haa been and her people However, the Weston country can development of thi wuT put but little steam in its blow against ty Jn the eariy dBV. A, , natjv clti theroad bonds with a scant two-thirds ! sen she' is entitled to the sincere sup- Farmers and ' Port of every patriotic, home-loving and consistent Republlcsn or the county, and her election will be an ad vance In home government and the franchise of women. A vote for Miss Gllllsm will be a step in th right direction. (Adv.) of its voters registered. taxpayers opposed to the bonds should do some thorough missionary work among their neighbors who have not registered and persuade them to per form this duty on election day. The way to beat the road bonds is to get out the opposition vote, inveighing gainst them is merely a waste of breath.'.. It should be remembered that regis tered voters of whatever faith, inde pendent, socialist or prohibitionist, are eligible to vote on the bond issue. Also that the question will be finally settled at the primaries May 19, and not later on at the general election. The stay-at-home voter doesn t help to put the kibosh on the million dollar mortgage. She WiH Itcqnlro No Deputy. Miaa Orace Gilliam of Pilot Itock, Business Man for Commissioner. If you want a business man who I capable of conducting big businesses snd handling big affairs, you want to vote for W. M. Blusher for County Commissioner, for 'he is thoroughly qualified to give to the affairs of the people of the county th. same con scientious thought and consideration which he gives to hie own prlvats af fairs and which are sadly needed in this day in the conducting of county affairs.. Mr. Blusher is a thorough, compe tent and solid business man and is willing to give the benefit of this ex perience to the important office of County Commissioner. , The west end of the county, which Is acknowledged to be entitled to this commissioner, Is unanimous In Its sup port of Mr. Blusher for they know Brill, p...... 2 0 Totals 32 S 8 27 9 3 Score by Innings Kcho....,:.......,OOOO0 110 0 Weston ...... ....2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 . 'Summary Two baae bits, Klrkpat- rick z. reityne; three inn nit. t;, tloakln: horns run. Kiikimtrlck: atolen baaea, K. ftlointrren, tirlmlell. (:. Iloaklns. heaeltyne: Ural on hsll. off Hrlll 2. oft (AMI 2: struck nut. lit Hrlll 0. bv Oilell II; wild pitches, by Brill 1, bv Odell 1; time of gnmo, lull); umpire, lox. Mcculloch for public SERVICE COMMISSIONER Votcri Should KiU R Mistake la FUliog This ImstrUnt OlUce. who Is acknowledged to Be tne iirai ... kA ! (, fA th nomination lor . 'county Treasurer on the Republican him, are neighbors to him and have i ticket, was called to Los Angeles isst full confidence in his Integrity ana , Saturday on .account of th serious ill- j business ability and they sak the peo ness of her sister. It is not deflnlic'v Pe f the east end to accept their j known when Miss Gilliam will return, ; judgment in the choice of a man to 'but she will try to get bock before ths fin this vacancy. 'orimaries. In the meantime hsr Mr, gUsher has been a resident of friends and supporters are vigorously : Umatilla county for many years; has Th office of public servlcs commis sioner Is among th most Important In the state, and great care should be ex. erclsed in choosing a man to fill this office. The right kind of a commis sioner can be of inestimable good to the state, and a commissioner who I not thoroughly qualified for the posi tion can do the state great (tamaxs. J W. McCulloch Is endorsed for this po sition by Judges, bankers, public f flcialf. business men. farmers, stock men, granges and all claim of cltl- zenr. ? -Everybody admits that he would make a good commissioner, Vote for him. (Adv.) t County Surveyor Wlllard Bradley and Viewers Joe Btockman and lMl Roth rock were here Spain Monday, viewing the propoaed change in the Pine creek road above Weston. . , . oushing her campaign for the nomjn ation and there is every indication that she will be the choice of the ma 'jority of the Republican voters f-r thla office. . Mies Gilliam makes a straightfor ward statement that she will con served in the legislature, but has never j been an active aspirant for any politi cal office, and It waa due entirely to tne urging or nis irtenos in tne wen i end and the exigency of the situation that he permitted himself to become a candidate for County Commissioner, duct the office without a deputy, land he Is leaving his campaign entire- DR. C. H. SMITH lysicisn and Surgeon Office in Watts building OWEOON WESTON raw'STiicTUii: Py your Weston Leader "sub" thereby saving th county at least $0 a year. She is also a very capable woman and eminently qualified to handle the affairs of this office, giv ing her undivided personal attention to It. She is a life-long resident of Umatilla county, a taxpayer and has every interest of the county at heart. She era and will give far better con sideration to the affairs of this im- James LI. Kyle Public Service Commission As candidate for nomination on the Republican ticket to the offico of Pub lic Service Cotnmifioner from the Eastern Oregon District, I promise that if e!ected I will endeavor to administer the office so as to encourage the advent ttAm.lp and rnnital into the district and the State fur the greater develop- out deputy when it Is a well knowsi ment snd improvement of its msnifolrt j fact that there Is not sufficient work to require sny asslatsnce. Miss Gil liam is one of the good citizens oi ly to the people, relying solely upon i their good Judgment in the election of a business man who. is qualified to handle their affairs. (Adv.) Among the special, numbers on the program for the pioneers reunion at Weston will be an original song. "The Oregon Pioneers," by the Gilliam' any other person who Is merely a tem porary resident of the county and haa no other interest in tne omce man the mere salary which it pays. Neither of Miss Gilliam's opponents say they will conduct the oilic wnn- reROUrcea, at tne same time noimng an coriwrations to strict accountability under the law, James M. Kyle, (Adv.) Star, field, Oregon. Umatilla county, and is personally and financially Interested in its develop- ten by Grace A. Gilliam and the mu sic by W. Albert Gilliam. The. song will be sung by Mrs. F" McBroom, Grace A. GlIHam, Wy Albert Gilliam aLd Itollln McBroom.' Barred Plymouth Kock etg for hatching at SO cents per setting of IS. Mrs. L, 8. Wood. A tennis racket await the winner. Wat U & Rogers. I ' 1 . ' I I Illlll. Ill I ' 1 1 lit ! Mrs. Mabel Wolfe, candidate for re publican nomination for County Treas urer, Platform: "Honesty and Economy."- Paid Adv. QeoroeW. Bradley Kepubllcan Caiidlilal fur OOUNTV TrlCASUntn tftvw-ut Inrimtxai) of Umatilla County Itviuet your vote ami Influvnre In the Republican l'riiiiarle. May 1U. Efflclpncy Courtvay lnnomy In EinecdJlur (Paid Adv.) temwmaswwwammaujaai III llrlFEi! Stop! Look! Listen! A ROAD IIOND I a MOUT0AGB on YOUIl FARM, YOUR HOM VUUH ALU It work while you !xp. You. Mm. TAX PAY Kit, are tod viibtally bound f.r lb full am Hint t.f Uu $5i.taJ0 KOAU HKKliS, if voted. BONDED DEBTS IN TIIK STATU AUK NOW M.oiw.OOO W1TH AN INnatKST CHAIUJE Or' -',75U.ft4 ANNUALLY. I7.6.T0 EACH DAY DAY IN TIIR YEAR f. r InUre-t. yet the PAVINU HlVst are CAl l.INC YlU to pluW jotir aropwrtt for nn a.lilitional !HU!t T(JA(5K of . SU..a. tlut they may rliUife this fui d lit. PAVINU CoMKACiS twlween themaolvee, ai.il YOU PAY THK, llll.l.H. Hw wouUl yit II. for the law i r. micl yi u to sign your' NeigliW NOTK nt tie It.u.k for ISsO.OfAt T.i.t ia jul what It , means if the ROAD IIONI.S are voted. It nmarw an Interval charge, of WUO.OOO; total prlticipnl and interest . $1,470,000.00 Z In the end th TA XPAYKR gets !-a thin l'lO inl.Va of JOY Vo ING on hat d-surf seed road. WORRY. .. (Signed) (Paid Adv.) rir ote NO and uve the tX.ayr MUCH C. A. BARRETT. t Clialt man Joint CommltUw. : SPRING CANYON COAL-The coal that makes the wliit heat; A jf(od supply constanly on hand. RED CEDAR FENCE POSTS from I'uitot Hound in any quantity. They are well tnrred, or we will sell you th tar to tar your old posts. . . . . ... A-l RED FIR and TAMARACK WOOD from Ksmala; 16-inch, 12 lnch and 4-foot loiiutbs. WESTON B RICK VARD aimiiaaaayawii - "i' ' u"' )Jy' 1 t'J ' " "' m We say that Kyanize is the best Finish for your floors and furniture It will make every inch of woodwork in your home like new. Kyanize is the most durable finish made. You can easily put it on. In clear and seven colors. GOODWIN'S DRUG STORE "A.. ,v