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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1916)
-f'-'n . TWa 'a-aMa.a41 Tmmmm t3Py-.A luy ww uuu ouy jljlj. The conditions confronting dealers in our lines are bo extraordinary that we feel we would not be doing our duty if we did not advise our friends to buy their require ments now, before further advances take place. At first manufacturers were inclined to absorb most of the in creased cost of production, and dealers alBO hesitated to advance prices, hoping this increased cost would be only temporary. We believe that students of these conditions are now almost unanimous in the view that if the war was ended it would still be a couple of years before nor mal conditions can again set In, and that in the meantime many lines of goods will be forced by circumstances to much higher prices. " Iloih manufacturers In many Hue and dealers were willing to aaerince rroflt for few month rather than malt advaneee In prices, but whn eon rooted with the practical certainty of tha eonllmianee of theae condition for a couple of jraara or parhapa longer, they ara naturally seeking level of prices which will afford them a profit. So wo aay, buy now and buy Kara. Contract ara expiring almoat dally, omrlllt ua to buy many jrxU at higher prices and aall accordingly: atlll Uia greats portion of our etoek la yat offered at tha old price or at amall advanraa only. Tban, too, wa havo th Kooda-aaanrtmanU to aelect from -two rondl. tlona UMt ara likely not to obtain In a faw montha from now, aa many factories are .nab to mako dallf arlao even at tha higher prkaa. THE DAVIS-KASEn CO. . 'W Complete Fumlabaro of llomaa, Offices, Churches, 8clioola. Ilanoa, Phonographs, Mualo. 1MB AkWr SC . (Odd Fallowe' Temple) - WALLA WALLA. WASH. Dr. Alfred F.Scmpert Graduate and RegUtered DENTIST orrics hours t U 12.00 A. M. 1:00 U 50 P. M. WATTS DI.DO., upaUIra It's True Economy TO TRADK AT Til Economy Siors Wo boy for raah and aU for S eaafc-at amall margin. f . GROCERIES Crash and Linen Cood NOTIONS School Supplies gmr PHONE NO. 233 ALMA BARHETT U WESTOH BATHS ui WE CLEAN EVERYTHING from the finest to the coarsest 8uita cleaned and preaaad $1 00 Rulta sponged and praaaad We Ladles' gowns....... .. 11.00 and up liouao and at. dreeees...Mc and up Clove, long Ubc Glove, abort 15c aa. Try ua-wt hv tha experience, Watch thU ad. for changaa. R. L. Reynaud ! Ioooooooa BREVITIES DR. C. H. SMITH Physician and Surgeon OHIro In WatU building WI.SrON . , OKHtlON dIrTwTg. HUGHES Dentist Ofllce In tbo Warn Hillillif. Milton lloiM,tt to 12 and I to 3 llld with ma at train price, i. O. Wood. Mra. Om. l Horsemen wss called unri to Anatona, Wah., by tha death of a relative. u m iinra . a hare front Wal- I Walla Tuesday and attended lha Decoration Iny axerciaee. A baby daughter we born May to Mr. and Mr A. C. Oould at thalr homa on Weetoa mountain. ui twi.w WaiMinaham has re- turaed to bar homo In Weaton from her achool work near Atnena. All those knowing themeelvea In- . . . . . ... aa rnuMtii in kindly neiu u -' - - ' . mil and settle thalr account. I i. Ollarre. William rraalar. Milton wheat .- k..ui suae bar. ranrner, m uwi"i - . Manr a country editor would probably . . I. i ii line i n . .. w-...i u..iiiMa niMt of the re- eiia i " --- . cnl vrsu3uat from Won Hh aa 1 I A,.kaaa.lal A lBlVtl III 4 weeka for Meattle, where aha will be- gin training aa a nuree. i ...i..iiii tnada of Wea- IWTII. .-- . .knni ohllilren from the mn kii in United Itrethren church went to Alhe. .nil attended the na r u i ii 7 Sunday arhool at tha Chrtatlan church. t. iinuai la lha Pendleton hoapltat. Joa Wuraer la ateadlly ra- i-i.. hi. tuaiih. and waa able to take hie place on the platform with tha other arhool director, during the commencement eierela-a Friday evening. ... ..a u n..Kr m. Wlthaa and children of Harrlnton. Waah.. are visiting at the home or mr. ana J P. XJeualten. Mra. Wllhee waa formerly Ml Heaale lan and la well remembered at Weaton. where aha realded aeveral yeara ago. After much perauaalon. Sheriff T. n haa rnnaellted tO aCCCPt the reatneaa thruat upon him aa King Joy of the Fortinna Koee rew the Tolumbla Hlver Hlahwny. He will prealde with Queen Muriel over the aeverat Impoetng ceremoolea at Port land. Tha Weaton delegate to the grand lodaea of Odd Fellowe and Kebekahe at noaeborg. R A. Barnea, Prank Price. W. H. Oould. Mra. B. A. Barnea . . . KlMa tinme lha ana aire. . ..-. ! report of a very enjoyable and Inter 1 eating aeaalon. and acclaim Boeeburg '- aa a moat beautiful and boevltabJe city. It had im vlattora. Earl Btorm. a Milton boy and for mer Weaton Normal etudent, who la (taking a couree In foreatry In the Ore gon Agricultural -ttiiee. i" a a W a. M a1alAta fere a place in '" mrnl In tha coaat range of mountain! for the oummer. He will coma back, however. nd take hie old place under Kupervleor M- "bmlta tn tha We naha, reeerve. A number of Weaton ball fana went over to Athena Sunday and watched A -lama come from behind and trim Athena by lha ecore of II to 10. Ad ama preaented a Pendtclon battery. MKlarrlaie ana " . a.iua t riunner Petereon nnrnt run ' ; ,. in tho ninth Inning with the baea full wna reaponslbte for ita victory. Athe na la -till leading tha lngua; with Artama. Helix and Vmaplna following In the order named. fTTf o the Pioneers Association and to the many patrons of the Pio neers Picnic, we extend a welcome to our roomy and convenient store. Make this your meeting place, i For your convenience we will remain open during all the hours of the pic nic. You will be welcome to write your letters and leave your wraps and parcels here. An attractive rest room, telephone and general infor mation and parcels checked; all free. All honor to the hardy pioneers who wrought a great empire from the western wilderness. westoii aVatk. aft A jOfl)h I mm mm m E a UlUili 0 Company becoratloa lay. Tueaday, May I. wa Vary appropriately observed at Weaton under the aoai'lree of the Odd Pellowa and Maaonls. lodaaa. The march to tha cemetery waa led by tho Weaton ('.inert Band, behind which came a veteran of It famoua Iron Brigade, Allen Hlrhal. carrying the Ware and Htrlpea. Neil In Una were a number or little glrla, daintily attired in while and bearina amall fiaaa. A lane number of automobile followed, tha foremoet of them carrying: union and confederate Vetera na The pro gram at tha cemetery Included band mualr; an addrea by llev. N. V. Wood; brief rem ark a by S. A. Barnea outlining tho work accompllahed by the Odd Pellowa and Maeonle lodgea la beautifying tha remeterlea and urg ing ine co-operation or ine puoiie in , thia goon work; a mate quanei ee lertion, and remark of appreciation by A. T. Mwta In behalf of the old aol dlera. Mr. and Mra. J. T. Kllgor of Corn. Ilua, Oregon, ana here to vlalt old time friend and attend tha eionrera reunion. They lately returned to Cor nellua from an eitended eojoura In California, and Jbey came to Weaton from a vlalt at Lav Grande, bringing their little grandaon. Bud Towery. Mr. Klllgore waa for many yeara one of Weaton'a repreaentatlv farmer and atlll haa large land intereata In tha neighborhood Having apent the beat part of hi lira here, he aaya that hla rondneaa for lha place wHi never dlmlnlah. He la on of the few aub arrlbera who have take a tha Weaton Leader contlnuoualy alnca It Waa ea tabllahed by Black D Helrry In 1171. While talking together, Mr. Klllgore and Jerry Baker were approached by Mr. Black and atgned for hla paper at three dollar a year before tha firet faafue had com off tha area. Of the Weaton echool faculty, Mlaa Johnaon will apend two week of the vacation with friend In Portland and afterward goea to Buffalo. N. T.. to engage In aoclal aettlement work. Mlaa Cogswell will take apeclal work at tha LnlvereUy jot Oregon during part of the cummer and will apend tha remainder at ber homa near Ru gene. Mlaa Kilmer goea to Michigan. Mia Workman will vlalt with friend In California. Mlaa Dryden goea to her homa In Idaho, Mlaa Rintoul to her home In The Dalle and Mlaa Aser to her home In Portland. Superin tendent Roblnaon will attend tha Unl veralty of Oregon aummer achool during part of vacation. Thomaa Kane, It year old. who came to Weaton from Pocatello. Ida ho, and acted ao queerly that ha wa taken In cuetody by the chief of po lice, wa conveyed to Pendleton Sat urday by Deputy Sheriff Eatea and there adjudged Inaane. Kane did not want to go unlea the crowd that bad collected to watch the arreat went with him, and aaid that he didn't Ilka to ride In automobile anyway. It looked Ilk a fight for a while, but Eatea. Who haa a peraitaaive tongue, finally talked tha prtaoner Into accom panying him. In Juatloe LJeualien'a court Satur day Porter Qraham. Jr.. waived ex amination and waa held to the grand Jury on a charge of throwing a rock at the young eon of John Tork. Tha raaa n, the nutarowth of a orolonged row between the Graham and the York faiulH-a, and complaint from one or the other hove frequently been . brougnt to ine aiienuon oi ine lorn ! authorise. "Making face" la among jthe met bode aald to have been used by the quarreling famlllea to artrtgni the dova of peace., The McBrtd boya loat a fine Mack mare Uet week. It death having re- aulted from unknown cauaea. Tha animal wa one of a matched apan, and $159 could not have purchased It Btevena Lodge No. 4. K. of P.. of Weaton, has recelve4 aa Invitation to attend next Monday evening conven tlon or Damon Lodge No. 4. at Pendle ton. Damon will then entertain all the other lodaea In lha Umatilla coun ty awtrict, ana a memornoie jrymian gathering la anticipated. Mlaa Nellie Nelaon. popular Wea ton gird tha daughter of Mr. and Mra. N. H. Nelson., haa been choen aa one of ten young ladlea from point on thia dlvktlon of the O.-W. R. eV N. who will be entertained by the com pany during the Roaa FVotlval at Port. land. Properly chaperoned, and with transportation and hotel bill paid, they will be given three daya of pleas ure aa the companyo honored gueata. They will also have a prominent place la lha parade. ; Wa heartily endorae auch aentl manta aa theae from the Weaklv Bull- dogger, which would , encourage the youth of our lac'to- nooie political deeda: "The repub.lcan county cen tral iximmlitaa met 8a."urdav and re- organlaed with Frank Curl aa chair man. Marlon Jack waa elected atate committeeman and Tom Thompson congressional committeeman. Wa are glad to are theae deaervlng young men rise to leadership ra weir party. XtlliAn haa ma1 alahnraLa nrenara- lion for ita annual boraa show and strawberry festival next Wednesday. I una 1 ami tnvltM Weatnn neonle over to enjoy tha day. There will be prixea in ine noree-anow. ior jtf oiaaara, auu aotne of the finest stock in the Inland Km pi re will be exhibited. Three hose races are scheduled, each for a premi um of tM.00. Bausoher'a ig United Shows will constitute another atlrao tive feature. ? ' Weston fana object to the story pub lished in the Kast Oregunian to the effect that the disruption of the Blue Mountain league -.waa due to the "flunking" of the Weston team. They Piint out thai the Pendleton team flunked," thus imiraln? up the base ball situation, and might do so again, as It had never put up ita forfeit. Miss Gladvs Banister left Wednes day for Corvallia to attend tha com mencement exercises of O. A. C from which her sister, Miss Edna Banister, graduates this year. Jack Calder will begin work next week on live showers for the Weston schools. Superintendent Robinson will do the carpentry, ,U ... Mrs. Jerry Swart of North Yakima. Wash., waa here Monday for a visit with her grandmother. Mra. Mary Banister. Minnie Ktnnear Devln was granted a divorce at Pendleton Wednesday from James U. Devln, known as James B. Lalar.de. . For Sale Three shoats, weight 10 to 100 lba.j one full-blood Berkshire boar pig, weight abou, 12a lbs. I. C. Hop kins. . Milton Invites 6u to' lis horse show and strawberry festival next Wednes day, June 7. Watu & Rogers tell you what you have done during the past year. AS TIME DATES FROM THE PIONEERS PICNIC IT IS WELL TO REFLECT AND SOLILOQUIZE UPON THE PROGRESS OF OUR CITY DURING f rue rjACTVFAD - a a a a a v ,y i I i u if The Weston Mercantile Co., $30,000 capital, organized and doing busi ness in a former hotel building modernized into one of the most attractive store locations in the county. . ' Two well-appointed and np-to-date Barber Shops. , A fine Confectionery and ice cream parlor. Our professional force, M. D. and D. D. S., installed in new steam heated offices. . The O'Harra Grocery, absorbed by VV. M. Co. but retaining same man agement, transferred to pleasant new quarters. A choice, enlarged stock in the Brandt building. Our Meat Shop much improved. Weston Garage in new, more convenient quarters. - Nobby Tennis Grounds, City Park beautified and a new Pavilion. Telephone service enlarged, a dosen near owners of residence properties, new cement walk, our street oi!d (?) snd the new dam b) working fin. And although "Tha New Minister" cams and want and the Saloon haa gone, WatU Rogers art her a fixture. Satisfaction guaranteed. WATTS & ROGER . a, ' ' "' "" I " Ke voureelveeaa Watu k Rogers see you in big ad. All lover of fine horses should be la Milton nest Wednesday. O. B. DeMoaa arrived yesterday to attend the reunion and vlait bis broth er, E. O. DeMoaa. J. M. Ashworth flled Wednesday statement of hi campaign eipenaea, whlh totaled 938.0O. Chicken dinner served daily during l he reunion at Mrs. weou rou rant, Wheeler building. James 8. Mvrtck. prominent Athena farmer, died Tuesday morning of apo plexy in a Pendleton hospital. Rev. Mr. Phelps of the Oregon eon r.u haa keen aaalirned to the Unit ed Brethren charge at Weston. n wnA taft Thuradav to atteml the district conference of tha Methodist t:hurch at mgvme, i. i L! J P Kershaw and .11 1 . .1PII .' ' " . daughter of tt'aitsburg, Wash., are reunion guests oi ine iv. . Weal on niftk CanmecceoU n.. ...n,i enmmencement ezer- cisea of W'eston High School Friday evening were marked by an especially able and inspiring ad drees by Profes sor W. R. Davla of the Whitman Col ege faculty. The exerciaca also in cluded an Invocation by Rev. . D. Wood, a vocal eolo by Mrs. . u. . . mnin hv Mra. J. Wurser and presentation of dlplomaa by WH- . . . 1 I - A lh. Itam Macnensie, vnan niau - -a Af Jiiwinn. In fulfilling this pleasant taak, Mr. MacKensle took oc casion to compliment Superintendent Robinson and the faculty upon the ex cellent work of the achool during the past year. . Me alao urgen ine "" .e annaniidatlon with Weaton on the part of contiguous districts, saying that in hla opinion au ronm- would profit by aucn an snsmrmnn. Those receiving diploma were Mamie B. Barnes. Carl . Branoi. Klrkpatrlck. Ferot T. McBride. Ruby K. Price. Ruth E. Read. Gladya E. Smith. The decorations were quite effective. The platform nao oeen heavily banked with greening leaves and vines, prettily defining the class class year. 191. In snowy letters. Following tho exercises, the Juniors banqueted the graduating clasa wMh appropriate ceremonies. There were toasts by CHadys Banister. Carl Brandt. Professor Robinson, Professor Davla and Iucrle Cogswell, and an original poem; "Class Prophecy." by James Klrkpatrlck. Allison Wood presided as toastmaster. Saturday evening the alumni of Weaton High gave a banquet at Society hall. Caht Heoal Cats test Below is the program of the Gold Mvtai fVuitest announced for Friday evening, June 2, at High School audi torium under auspices of the Umatilla County W. C. T. U.: i Perfect Dav" (Carrie. Jacobs Bond) Weston Quartet 2 Invocation. S The Result of Treating-Alberta McMoniea. 4 Piano eolo, "Angel Voices Ever Near" Isabel le MacKensie. S "Intemperance to Nothing to Ke Vera Bellew. 6 "Red Rum" Alice May. 7 Vocal solo, selected -Carl McCon- nell. 8 "What a Picture Paper Did Lucile PelL 9 "Old Sopie" Elsie Watenberger. in "TVwut live: Sweet Dav" (Kate Vannah) Weston Quartet. 11 Declamation, selected Mary Douglass Chisholm. 12 Piano solo, selected Uorene bung. 13 The Young Crusader bonnet song -Class of Girls. Presentation of MedaL ra araail wTtl!.1" arao aio. real asCH a- io- an itmtbit7. Baa ftarav Air ft bouktett Ml -. l to U.at D. SWIFT fi CO, sri e.waaih St.. Washinotan. D. C I 1 TOO HOT J 1 MnroR me? SPRING CANYON and ROCK SPRINGS COAL The wall that make the white heat. A good supply eonatanly on hand. LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT always In stock. RED CEDAR FENCE POSTS from Puget Sound in any Quantity. They are well tarred, or we will sell you the tar to tar your old poata. - A-l RED FIR and TAMARACK WOOD from Kamela; 16-Inch, 12 , . inch and 4-foot lengths. 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