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The Farmers Bank of Weston
Established 1891
OTHE REASON banks are glad to open accounts
ii (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. :
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
Established 1865
Athena, Oregon a Waiisburj. Wash.
American Beauty
randU
Pure White
Made of selected bluestem in one of the
best equipped mills in the Northwest.
Sold in Weston by
Veston Mercantile Company
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We ay that Kyanize is the best ,.
Finish for your floor and furniture
It will make every inch of woodwork in your
tome lis new. Kyanize' is the most durable
made. You can easily put it on. In Hear
tz& seven colors.
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Cater at IM setfetTIc at Vote. Orttaa.
: ' stceaaVrlaw aI matter.
Weston's wheat crop way look pwtty
"thin" at present to tha critical eye,
but not so, we trow, will fci the purses
of tbe growere after it ia marketed.
,Tbe adminiatratfcM haa pursued euch
a "craven Mexican -alley that the
lives of thousand ef Ita young sten
may yet be spared to the nation.
California aska everybody to eat a
lmo9 a dav. but we hone it will excuse
Kernel Boyd, who likes hia'n straight
and la sour enough anyhow.
For so dead a man Villa baa s won
derfully live press agent (
Pendleton's elaborate normal school
argument is chieftv remarkable for
what it seeks to conceal, all reference
to the Eastern Ore Boo Normal plant
at Weston being carefully avoided.
Speaking ef new-fledged hyphenate,
the Moose-Elephant will be rather ln-
eonffTuouslr conspicuous until after
November. '" -.
Harried guardsmen are excused from
service, just as though they hadnt
learned bow to flghtl
The Frisco railroad haa been sold un
der the hammer for 145,700,200, which
waa a little bit more than we personally
eared to bid.
Soeakinr of legumes, otherwise
beans, R. G. Saiing has about forty
acres near Weston that are beginning
tc look like money in tha bank. Be
sides' utilising summer fallow that
would be otherwise idle at a profit that
promises to reach four figures, be has
given eonsiderable employment to lo
cal men. Speed the day-it ia coming
sometime-when Weston farmers, gen
erally will crop their summer fallow to
some plant like beans that does not
fimpoverifih the soil, and thus virtually
double the production of this district.
Lawsmith IT Ren having bobbed up
with another queer panacea, the peo
ole'a land and loan law." Old Man Ore
gon wilt just naturally have to swat
him again.
Pendleton haa protested against tha
echeduted excursion of Portland busi
ness men to Coos Bay for the reason
that it ia set for the week preceding
the Round-Up. What exalted, super
lative, incomparable crust I We pre
sume that Pendleton would likewise
protest against the allied offensive or
the autumnal equinox u these were
found to conflict with its annual show.
Oblivion seems to suit Bill Suher, as
be is seeking the prohibition nomina
Uan for president.
pmae of 1175, SO cents each for crates
and SO amta s erale tor picking, and
the growers realised 400, or better
than a hundred. acre. Part of the
patch haa been in bearing for seven
years. Strawberrhis are admittedly
nrontahle here aa a "sMe hsua," but
until they are grown on a commercial
scale Weston's light in this particular
ill continue to be "hkld.Ni under a
bushel."
Such a sociable snd delightful com
munity affair as the lawn fete and band
concert sponsored by the local ladies'
club, calls for another of the
sort snd "then some."
A woman writer says that "anyone
can have pretty legs by rising slowly
on the toes without bending the knees,
several times each day." All right
for them that needs to, mebbe, but en
tirely superfluous here. '
It seems tons that the premier of
England is compelled to Aquith consid
erable frequency for the sinews or war.
Pendleton's pretensions remind one
of Shakespeare's line: ' Upon what
meat hath this our Caesar fed that ne
hath grown so great!"
Wa don't exactly know where we're
going for the summer, but it won't be
to Europe on that German u-uner..
Pendleton is nothing if not inconsist
ent, else besides validating the Ashland
Normal in its precious bill it would
have included s maintenance tax for
that institution.
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Having condemned the rural credit
bill framed by the democrats, the g. o.
p. may find that its own rural credit it
a bit below par.
Under expert training young girls
at the U. of O. have learned Latin in
seven days, but any boy with a gimlet
can go through a Latin grammar in
less than seven minutes.
The Monmouth Herald supports the
Pendleton normal school campaign.
This is equivalent to saying that the
city of Independence would be justified
in attempting to steal the Monmouth
Normal. It is further equivslent to
saying that the Monmouth Normal is a
failure because located in a small town.
That strawberries pay wss demon-
Cm ted this yesr by L. R. Vsn Winkle
and Richard Beamer, who have a patch
three and one-half acres in extent.
Wa note tha following headllnea In
the Sunday Oregonian'a beach detri
ment:
"Gay Time Enliven Seavlew."
"Guy hu-tiea Enliven Tfcwa."
"Gay Throng on Board Walk."
Society Gay at jGearhart." ,
"Gay," however, being tha most
direct antithesis to tha gloomy mood
of the beach editor as ha swelters at
his deak and whip Into shape a meaa of
atuff from tha beautiful seashore
knowing that ita joys are not for him.
In ita defensive fight to retain the
Eastern Oregon Normal Weston has
tha staunch aupport of the Athena
Press and Athena's leading citisan.
Our good neighbors and friend are
familiar with tha unscrupulous cunning
tha masquerades as "The Pendleton
Spirit."
Of the 138 Oregon eitisens listed in
the latest edition of "Who's Who in
America," not one ia a Pendletonlan
which aignificant fact would aeem to
indicate that the game of grab la far
from being genuinely auccesafuL
1 UTHWat WEW.
The Oregon Journal recently pr'n'ed
a quite unusual letter from Leo J.
Prachtenburg, s Poit and cit'sen of
German birth who is supporting Presi
dent Wilson, In language fierce and
bitter the Oregon Deutsche Zeiiung
denounced the Journal for alleged fak
ing, saying in effect that Leo J. Fracn
tenburg' waa a myth. Thereupon tha
Journal printed Mr. Prachtenburg 'a
likeneaa and street number. Part of
hi letter follow: , . - ,
"I am an American cit'sen of Ger
man descent and am proud of both
facta. Furthermore. I am Just aa anx
ioua to see the Germans come out vic
torious in this terrible atrueele
probably Kaiser Wilhelm himself.
Vin aver I am not narrow minded and
blind to the d e ates of humanity. I
most strongly torn nerd the evurae
taken bv Preaideiit Wilson In the recent
submarine controversy with Germany.
I believe, with thousand upon thou
sands of aertous but intelligent Ger
mans, that the submarine warfare as
wsged by the German navsl sutbonties
waa a warfare of frurhtfuttwss. offend
ing every sense of humanity snd civili
sation. The heart of every decent
German revolted against a policy in
augurated by a clique of war-mad and
victory-intoxicated individuals.
"It ia my belief that tbise Germans
in America who are citixena ought to
vote for President Wilaon, not in spite
OX but because -oi nis proteaiaiion
againat the German submarine wnrcare.
"As an intelligent German and aa a
patriotic citixen of Ihia great country
of ours, 1 believe that Presklent Wil
son is absolutely neutral in the great
Euronean stnmrle. and for that reason
I shall vote for him and shall work for
hia election whenever and wherever the
opportunity to do so is presented."
Mr. Frachtenburg might have added
that in view of the fact that Theodore
Roosevelt haa become one of the lead
ing supporters of the Hughes csmpafgn
it ia difficult to understand how more
consideration for the German cause esn
be expected from Hughes than Wilson,
Without knuckling abjectly to the im
perial government the present admin
istration, we think, haa done, all that
could be reason ably expected to keep
peace with Germany.
STUPID CKNSOIUmiP.
Con trr appears to be seriously
considering the bill to set up a censor
ship of moving pictures, censorsnip
and stupidity are practically synony
mous and Interchangeable terms.
comments the Saturday Evening Poat.
It Is only ths dull, dim mind that
Itches to impose its personal tames by
force of law upon Its neighbors.
W read somewhere not long ago
that a sapient board of censors naa
forbidden the exhibition of a film
dealing with Mexico because Villa ap
peared In It; and Villa la a murderer.
We presume It Is true, because that
would be exactly typical of censorship.
There Is ss much reason for estab
lishing a censorship of the spoken
drama as of moving pictures; as
much reason for censoring newspa
pers, magazines, books, music, paint
ing, sculpture and conversation.
Br any of those means evil may ee
communicated quite as readily as on
the screen. Concerning any of them
there will be wide differences of opin
ion as to what Is and what Is not evil.
Under a censorship the stupidest opin
ion would prevail. ' That Is Inevita
ble. : -
Free speech, under the established
penalties of the criminal law. Is of ths
Inner spirit of this government, it
seems odd to lay ah official hand upon
mode of speech by pictures be
cause it hsppens to have been newly
invented. If we are going to start on
that rosd there is no good reason why
we ahouid not go the whole way back
to the Spanish Inquisition.
FERTILE ALASKA.
Unele W Big NsrtH rsrm and Ma
, Great Fsasikilttlee. .
Alaska ta an uukuowa world aa to
saw aa.Mia sSssaillftejUS. I stood on tna
IUI I SSl UliMSJ
hills near r'alrlwnka and looked over a
mllllou or so of scree of tillable eoll ilu
the Tauaii The Whole-
tory ta said to have 8tVOA0 acrea of
posalble rami land, and the Aleutian
lalauda will feed thousand of cattle
Mere and Ihere I visited the homa
ateedere. aud I stopped t
at all of Unci Fam-e experimental
farms. Tpoo on of them tlw grain
whh-h stood la the field reached to
the height of my head, and I saw
tbetu growing oata. lrley aud hay and
area alfalfa I aaw potato pahh
that wera yielding four tone to the
acre and one potato field, which, I was
told, bad s crop In the ground thai
win sell for nanoa
Another surprise waa the wild ber
ries that grow all over Alaska and
another the wild Bowers that make the
ikies of the hills and the lower alonea
of the mouuisln biases of color. I
found plenty of grass everywhere, and
ts places the weeds were aa high as
my bead. I aaw fat atock on the
homesteads of the Taaana valley and
visited dairies which were eoppljing
butter and milk to the towns and min
ing cempa near by. The Aleutian ta
lands have s climate milder thai
Boot land, and on the Island of Kodlafc.
which la aa big aa Porto Rico, they
are bow raising Oalloway cattle and
long wooled ebeep.-Cor. of Christian
Herald.
LINCOLN'S ARMCHAIR.
It Had 0e Qreot Charm DeH Ha
Porters Ceexiltlen.
There ta an Interesting story of
Abraham Llacolu'a qnalut bnroor thst
turns os bta habit of altttng with bla
long legs throws over on arm of hia
chair. That waa a habit common
among country lawyers sixty or seven
ty years ago, and Lincoln sever got
over It.
Very fond of the ease he found In eld
slippers, be would often meet bis offi
cial family with them on bla feet, and
during cabinet meeting be would
sometimes alt with one or both legs
dsngltng across the chair.
Is the cabinet room waa aa arm
chair which from the constant batter
ing of the presidential legs hsd grows
week and seemed almost ready to
shake to bits A few day after Lin
colu's second Inauguration there waa a
cabuiet meeting, and one of the cabi
net ministers nottrrd the old chair and
remarked on Ita rickety appearance.
"It seems to me." he sakl ss be eased
down on the old wreck thst stood at
the bead ef the table, "that tbe United
States ought to furnish tbe president
with a better chair than that"
Lincoln strewed up bis face Into a
comical smile
"What l tbe matter with that cbalrr
be asked. "Shabby aa It Is. there are
thousands of men In this conuiry who
would be delighted to occupy ttT
Toutb'a Companion.
.
Ignersnee.
Mrs. Btnbblus-Ixj you Ilk codfish
balls. Mr. Foxr Tbe NeW ldger-I
don't know. Mrs. 8f ubblna. I never at
tended soy. Loudon Tid lilts.
Contentment, aa It la a short road
and plenaant. has great delight and U
lie trouble. Eplctetn.
, jfoncB im pfitiJCATiojf.
Department of ths Interior.
U. a Land Office at La Grande, Or,
June fth. 111.
Notice ta hereby given that Charles
Hulett , March, of Weston, Oregon,
who. on February II. lit.. mad
Homestead Entry No. 0116. for 8K
U N.Wtt and 8W KE14, Section 0.
Township 4 North, Bangs IJ East.
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of Intention to make three-year proof,
to establish claim to ths land above
described, before Frank Haling, clerk
nt tha Circuit Court of 'Jmatl'la coun
ty, at Fendleton, Oretn, on ths tltli
dsy of July. Il-
Claimant nsmes ss witnesses: Bel
mr n Thnmniftn. Thntnaa C. Getting.
Aleck Kllng. ooi Hertert March, all
of Weaton. Oregon.
F. C. BRAMwkLu Register.
, EXECtTItIX8 XOTICE.
In the County Court of tlie Mate of
Oregon for t'maillls County.
In the Matter of the Estats of V, N
Van Skiver, Deceased.
Notice la hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed execu
trix of the last will and testament ot
D. N. Van Hklver. deceased, by the
above entitled court, and haa qualified
as such.
All persons having claims against
said estate sre hereby , requested to
present the same with proper vouch
ers thereto attached, to the undersign
ed st her home In Weston, Oregon, or
to Homer I. Watts, her sttorney, st
his office In Athena, Oregon, within
six months from the date hereof.
Dated this Sftth day of June. 1(11,
AMT A. VAN HKIVrcrt.
Executrix.
Pendleton Normal. Ballot Title.
Icai nerola may be Interested In
the ballot title, as arranged by the at
torner general, of Pendleton s nor
mal school messure. Here It is:
Amendment "For Pendleton Normal
School and ratifying location of cer
tain State Institutions: Purpose To
provide for locating a state Normal
Kehooi at Pendleton. Oregon, upon a
site to be donated therefor, approprl
atinc I12B.K for buildings and equip
ment and levying an annual tax of
one twenty-fifth of a mill on all prop
erty In the stats for Its maintenance.
snd ratifying ths location of certain
state institutions heretofore located
away from the Stale Capital." ' y
Frank Godfrey left Wednesday for
Seattle to look after hia interests In
connection with his damage claim
against the Milwaukee railroad. Mr.
Godfrey has hsd the unusual expert
It yielded 350 crates of berries, which tnet ot being run over by a switch en
sold for $575 gross. Peducting an ex-' gin and living to tell about It.
SOMETHING TO CROW OVER
However, we'll let Mr. Rooster do what
little crowing mav be necessary. We
merely wish to ssy thst we will appre
ciate your patronage in oar line and do
our best to earn your good opinion.
Rolled Barley, Oats and Wheat; Baled
His. MillstufTs snd Chicken Feed.
We're local agents for Feicock Flour )
and Blatchf ord's Cslf Meal. Phone 281.
D. R. WOOD the Feed Man
We arc show ns a.comwivw "-rjxnz""s
nla In all the ateat deaijrn. oce our siiuw ... v
lSccnt 1 towns-values that cannot be duplicated
K here. We have a complete assortment of
wWte Sooita-Piques, Flaxons, Voiles, Dimity,
Windsor Plisse, etc.
Fancy lawna In strlr. flower and
checks-others' l5e value, our price 10
Fancy lawns, voiles, rlee cklh, etc, In
all the latest paiteme-other'
value, our price lV-,ftc
c ..M ll.i nf fanrv string silk tissue,
Ospay wui
rice cloths, etc-otherl' K vslue, our
piles m "v
Fsnry stripe silk fr walstsj have It In
I he crere ami
psiten s (Sd mrh)... We-U.41
tl In, Jsp silk all fnfnr) ..UM
;6 In. messallna (all euloiei
41 In. crepe thi chin (all fn'oia)....,, Wa
M In. black lafUla (a dandy) 11.41
36 In. taffeia (colors) Me-tl.t
Fee our line of MUdy., Wash Skirt, gsd Wash WreS. Ws
what you want In these good, at lsa than you rail bur elsewhere.
YOU CAN DO BETTER AT
J.CPenney co.
WE IEAD. OTHERS fOUOW
inc.
Athena
Oregon
j well-known fact:
"Complete change and rest are necessary to
renewal and re-creation of nerve and body
forces. A vacation-at-home will not do.
You must get back to natural life, air
and food."
9forth fioach
ftimhhti that "COMPLETE CHANCE AND REST
Its improvements are only such as provide
comfortable and convenient Livinjr, Hay
and Transportation Facilities, without les
sening the quality and value of out-of-dcore
life down-by-the-sea.
R0BTB ICICI la at it best right now. l-et
na help you arrange your trip. Literature
and spec fie informs! Ion at your service.
8. S. NEUSON, Agent
R. BURNS, I). F. A P. A.,
Walla Walla, Wash.
9non Pacific System
CANDIES
The largest stock of
Cigars, Tobaccoand
Pipes
in town ,
KNIVES and HARMONICAS
Kirkpat rick's
Confectionery
I Weston Meat
Market
ef
500.000
to loan on good
wheat land at
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61
F". Q. Lucaq t
Real Estate and Loans
Weston, Oregon
Chss. H. Csrtsr
Dan P. Smyths
Carter & Smythe
LAWYERS
PENDLETON
OREGON
W. M. PtUriea C. M. Blihop
Peterson & Bishop
LAWYERS
Pendleton, Or, Freewater, Or.
Prime Beef
Port, Mullon, Veal
Dressed Poultry
FISH Monday and Thursday
Get Our Prices .
Phone No. 63. Orders taken by
phone for mail routes.
Ten percent Interest on all ac
counts after 30 days.
Perry & Weber
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ATHENA, OREGON T
NOW'S THE TIME
to pay your Weston Leader "sub"
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