A3 tke corrrenscn cea of gat better cooking ad a cleaner cooler Utchea , , u i i . i Kjt- -i.au 1,1 1 w A.S tlW WEBTON LEADER ClAsK wOOD, "sUUMt 14 BaVes, broils, rossta, toasts. Mora efTklent than your wood or coal stove, and costs less to operate. Your cooking is better, too, because you have heat-control like a gas stove. HEW PERfcECfiOfl 02L OfeMTOVE ' . A The New 1 . Bat KitmJa Uu r5 - rim a clMn. odorless. T; .fT"" f SOOtleSi SaOMtMCkUM of f . J the Ions blue eniraoeya. 1 . I I Cuts oat the dradgry of j, , J . wood Of coal. ATeepa 1 " - t L- "law voar AifeAea eooi. In jrm ovens eeparete. AIM Cabinet modela with Fire- ' Im Cooking Ovens. Ask yoor dealer today. Standard Ol Co. SiridN in 4ifce T1i Year,.,., SU Mould fmir Mmiha., nvrRT!MN Am IV Inch per iitiiMlh .......... Vr Inch, iwi Itnertlim. ... ..... (netua, per IIhvmu'Ii Inaetlinn.. .11 Ml . t . 8 AO ...t W ... ... . rittDAt IS.N.VS t th ae.temc l Wolew. Ortjee, M claM Wail Mttr. S03IC ROMUL SCHOOL COXHOT. Tor Sale by WATTS & ROGERS CANDIES The tar jest stock of Cigars, Tobacco and Pipes in town KNIVES and HARMONICAS Kirkpatrick's Confectionery Claiming that ninety poreent of the cditort of the Mate favor iu attempt ed grals e wonder how Pendleton will assimilate the following jolt from the Monmouth Herald, published In a nor mal school town; 1 "If rendletoa bases its campaign for a state normal on the ground that it ia not s email town it will die a pit rail htto which it may later stumble. Ihe tiie fact should be kept in the hack ground. The influential norma la of the country areinsmsll towns where the school spirit is beat developed. rents hesitate to send their daughters to the larger towns where they are subjected to the large town Influences aid temptations. A town where the school ia the whole thing and there are no distracting influences. Is ideal" Or this from the Aurora Observer, which may be taken to be fairly indica tive of Willamette valley sentiment: "The Weston leader hands Pendleton a few hot shuta for its attempt to be guile the voters Into giving Pendleton e 12S.OOO state normal school within two years after the electors had voted down a proposition to restore to state use the 75,000 plsnt at Weston (in the same county.) In spite 6f the fact that all the county superintendents in Oregon, a well as the state superintendent. have indorsed the bill for this 125,000 nieea of state Dork, the proposed Pen dleton normal win gei lew tow mi this neck of the woods." Or the shrapnel poured Into the Pen dleton camp by the Gate City (Nyi (Medford Mall-Tribuue.) I Journal and the Medford Mail-Tribune Concealed behind the veiled pre-1 whose remarks we reprint in another imw of validating; the state untver- I )..- other comment of the same sUy at Eugene and the O0" A I sort has reached us, but this ia aU we cultural count? vu,... . ton ha Initiated a bill upon the No- have space for st present. rember ballot for the establishment ATHENA OPPOSES PENDLETON GRAB "Cracked Building" Falsehood Denied by Thou Who Know. Ill COLOMX aKD Tit ITrBDUTtl 3U& Prated asABts! at aUu Mntiat el atlwti-Wastes Retail taisrttd. Athena. Aug. I. At a meeting held Weston. Ore., July St. tTo the ra il or. These are a tew words or t'oiunet Hnosevelt tn S letter sddrfaeed to the rt-reslve Nallosal committee at t'hlraeo June It. In regard to the Aermas-American aillanitei Thia Alliance had ao liking f-r Mr. Hushes, but solei la defeal me for the nomination they are eater to sac rifice the Interests of the t'nlled Htates whenever Its interests eonflht with Oerntany's. They repreent that adherence to the polltlco-redloal hy i. ,k. -nt .. u u .ii v nheA wn on is tne oaur recorder, and prwU.ted wl by Mayor j moral treason te Ihe republic. They Homer t. Watts, cltlsens adopted lhe;e "" " following protoel aswinat Ihe propMed -errert a viceroy or m."n bill for a normal avhool at Pendleton: 1 fror. I have slnled IheiM. men out "We, the people of Athena, Umatll- ror epecme oenunc.aimn. ana swuren. la county. Oeeion. In a maea meeting I 'Y If I support a candidate It may be assembled, do declare It to be our be-j rroor mat i am -;'' llf and opinion that the Temtleton 1 ht the candidate Is Im enable of be Normal aihool bill ehould be defeats.!. Influenced by the evil Intrigues of A PEVDLKTON Glt-VTJ. of a tllS.OOe state normal school fori eastern Oregon at Pendleton. If Mfdford Initiated a bill to estao- lish the Southern Oregon State Nor-1 mal School at Medford the action! would be similar to that Initiated oy i Pendleton. For many years the Eastern Oregon i UDFOXO HOSPITAUTT. Uniting Leamina and Labor . THE 0HC0:i AGH1DULTURAL COLLEGE " la iu Sle Schools snd Forty-eight De partments is engaged in the grest work t uniting Learning and Labor. i Fetly-eigbtk) School Year Opens JSEPTEKBEB 18, 1916. ' fiiegree Coorsee requiring s four-year kigh school preparation, are offered ia the feilowingi AGRICl'LTUKE, 16 Departments; COMMERCE, 4 LeprUncnU; ENGIN EERING, 6 Departments; MINES, 3 Departments; FORESTRY, 2 Dcpart- saenu; homb sujwaiui, e ue pan men ts; and PHARMACY. Vcatienal Coarses requiring an Kigbth Grade preparation for entrance arc offered in Agriculture. Dairying. Commerce, Forestry, Home Makers, sod Mechanic Arts. Pharmacy with a two year high school entrance requirement. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Piano, String, Band and Voice Culture, Catalogue and beantUnl illustrated booklet free. " ' Address Thr Rkcistoa, 1 v-S-IS-ie at COJtVAlXIS, OBHOOM The junket of newspsper met to Southern Oregon wss ha Wiled ad mirably from the Portland end by Phil Bates and from the Medford end State Normal School was conducted at by Ben Sheldon. Bates wants all the Weston. Just as the Southern Oregon credit given to Sheldon, but the Lead Normal School was conducted at Ash- ER mRll feels that Thil is at least enti- land. In both towns the state still re- ,o gme, of m j,,, This man tains a consiaeraoie uhwuwih . . . , j, --j oni tn and buHdlngs. If the normal schools Sheldon is a wonder second only to are to bo re-established. It Is to the Crater lake itself.- He is a 'live taxpayers' Interests that they be re-1 wire" of about one million voltage. established at their former site. Just tjuk f transporting lTOnewspe treatment of the towns that furnished . . . . fc , subsidies and assisted In the roalnte- -In A. ;,vl r.r tlu, normals demands It. - I 01 . ' The attempted Pendleton grab to an I out dropping anyone over a precipice, abuae of the Initiative, for only two I was itself a Cyclopean achievement. years ago the people voted against re-1 rckley and Aldrich might perhaps roeUrrng bar. been n-red, but the rest of the ton but Pendleton having success- cargo was precious. nu fully stolen a quarter million dollar I free automobiles for a Siskiyou excur- state ssylum from Baker, has no ecru- I m crar lake excursion, free ho- ples about robbing Weston of the Nor- . . . funched and ban- mai. i . . ... , , fiueveu it iwifcuiiiw k ... . - tion. It war a wonderful snowing oi hospitality, and sets s fsst pace for Pendleton, where the state aMocuttion meets next year. . . : . KOfSIOXS. Weeton Meat Market Prime Beef Pork, Mutton, Veal . Dressed Poultry FISH Monday and Thursday Get Our Prices Phone No. S3. Orders taken by phone for mail routes. Ten percent interest on all ac- counts after 30 days. Perry & Weber In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. miuuiv - I . M. - i- : , U J Stone, Defendant. I 1 ne campaign nr muvmij aurwu To Fred A. Stone, Defendant above- I in the land, report having reached tne named: I I.RinEn (mm Hood River throueh a In the Name of the State of Oregon, .. . . ,. p.il-i Normal l v. . I - yuu arv nr. r . r vui.,.vuw , v . . quired to appear and answer tne com-. K'-t - -"-, plaint of the plaintiff filed against j laiseDooas mere to ine eueci mat rr es yoa In the above entitled court and I ton is situated in a gulch and is spt to cause within six weeks from the date wasbe(j ,way together with its or me nrm puomiuon " I uJ V.n;Min. mt an time ,. - rt Hfnr SV1HV I " -- the J2nd day of September. 11. and mis sianaer indicates u.e aesperaie you will take notice that if you fall to straits to which Pendleton is reduced appear and answer said complaint or I for vote-getting buncombe, and would otnerwise pieaa inereio wiuim asiu ..: Knt tnr th txet that neonle When Ihe voters and taxpayers of the state deem It advisable to re-eetablleh a normal srhool In Eastern Oregon, we believe that the stale school now In existence at Weston -w hich waa never abolished, but merely failed of sup. portshould be restored to usefulness. We regard the abandonment of thia school by the stats senate In ItO as a high-handed act of political reprisal "We deplore Pendleton's set In re newing the Normal school agitation at thia time as precipitate and Ill- advised. We fear that Pendleton -e overweening ambition, which Is well understood In Ihe Athena community, has In this particular Instance warped her Judgment In our opinion Uma tilla county. Itself, will cast a substan tial majority against the Pendleton bill, and Its defeat la practically cer tain. We fear a fiasco resultant from Pendleton's campaign that will react against the normal school prospects of this section of the stste. ExrrptkMM to Statement. "The statement published the Pendleton committee that the state school plant at Weston la worthless and the : administration building cracked from top to bottom.' Is false and misleading. Athena Is situated but three miles from Weston and we are familiar with conditions there. We consider the plant aa ample for the requirements of an Eastern Oregon Normal school, ' It la in good condi tion for use. and la now, In fact, be ing used under lease by the Weston school district. .Were it true, which It Is not, thst the principal building Is cracked from top to bottom.' such unfitness should militate against In vestment by taxpayers of tllt.ee In a new school plant at Pendleton. The state built at Weston. The Pendleton charge of failure Implies Its Incompe tence. : .' .' "We know of- the good work done by the Weston Normal under serious handicaps snd of the professional suc cess, of its graduates. If, as the Pen dleton statement claims, this school the hyphenated Americana. " What la the meaning of words? la It not vry clear to the mind of any Individual of native abil ity what will occur? It seems very sp psrent that Mr. Koneevelt. during this campaign, wilt be the mouthpiece for Mr. Hughes, snd If Hughes Is elected will no doubt be e member of the cshinet. Can those dissatisfied German Americana bank on Mr. Hughes giv ing them any.squarer deal than Presi dent Wilson has? Will It not be much safer to support Mr. Wilson for the preeldency Ihsn to support a msn sup ported by Mr. Roosevelt? OtlSKRVRR. 8CMMOXS, In the ftrrv.it Court of Ihe Stele el Oregon tor I'malllU County. , F. D. Watts, Plaintiff, vs. Anna Young. Klltn Chester, Caroline Schmidt. Mule Young. Ida Young. !ydla Young. Wlllard Young, Alice Young. Michael Young. Harbara Young. Hu. go Schmidt. Cynthia Prophy. Agnes E. Jones. James Peters, Maggie Pe ters. Rlrhsrd Peters. Samuel Peters. Myrtle Petere, John Peters. Kthel R. Peters, Wm Peters. Pesats Pe tere, Orln Peters and Joels Peters. his wife. Albert Young. Or S Ms- her, John Maher. Solomon Peters, Chsrlrs H. Peters. Sarah Davis, for merly Sarah Klltridge. Michael K Young. Myra Young. Michael or Mike Peters. Agatha Taylor, Slella Peters. Olene Peters. Nora Walls. Grace Rogers. B, C. Rogers. K. M Peters. rCmesley Rldenour. other wise known ss Emely Rldenour. Minnie U DePeatt. Jane DePealt. Nellie DePeatt. Katie DePeatt. Wil liam DePeatt. Ralph DePeatt. Eel- ma DePeatt. now Zelma llarrle: Mer na DePeatt. now Merna Smith, and Agatha Tavlor. guardian of Slella Peters and tilene Peters, minors. T)fi,lBiita hss cost but t!7t.eoo during an 1-'to William DePeatt. one of Ihe above. year penoo. we consioer mat tne Mmti Defendants: money was unusually well spent, ma ,h. N..m. of lh, g,.,, Oregon. oeen mainiainea until tne present .nd each yo0 ar, hereby re quired to appear and answer the com- HARVESTERS FIND C0A1F0RT OIN OUHl SUMAER UNDERWEAR Have it In tho short or lontf at prices that cannot bo du . . ... a a m a aw. Elk and Mulesktn i 411 Shoes at - P,ty t sleeve, kneo or ankle length plicated cbowheiu Sec our $1.79 and $1.98 Ribbed Union Suits (all sites)..: 49c Mesh " " " . 4Se Athletic " , " " l. V. l M " " H,,f Chalmers IWdinll " Mr War..i 's Spring Needle Union Kuila, iithi-is' 1.80 numlier 9W Bovs Union Huita, short or I ng sleeve, knee or sukle length,...ltSe-4e lkys' Chalmers' IVruakmi 4&c . . , Muleakln SHiiet, ethers' 1100 aukiber, IHlT pr'll ...tin tft niitiiMitM 1.4 Klk Slow, others' II W l IS iiii.kcti 4H . .. i.4a, i i.w Vjuilte .. . . BM, lt.41, l M it sos, Tsrpt ti es xl4H-.S. " lUt SI4 lt s. " M sUllfa. " .......lie. SO Inch Unvst tic. to In. V, it. 1H Don't forpet our Oshkosh. Bijf 3 and Ehrman (Never- vcarM)Ut brand) Overalls at a saving of 25 to 35c a pair Khaki Tants: 08c YOU CAN DO BETTER AT A . aw. Sk J.L.rcnney co. inc. m m -7 WE LEAD, OTHERS FOLLOW Athena - - Oregon it time we feel assured that It would have become a flourishing and suc cessful Institution a 'standard nor mal school' In fact. District Large Enough. "The district of Wseton Is large enough to furnish sn ample number of grade pupils for a model training school, wherein the seniors could pur plslnl filed against you In the shove entitled suit on or before the f Jth dsy of September. UK. snd you will take notice If you fail to answer, or other wise appear In said suit on or before said dsy. plaintiff, sbnee named, for want thereof will apply to the above entitled court for the relief prayed for sue the study of methods by observa- tn plaintiffs complslnt on file In said . . . . . ...i, , sa - .m, nf thia lion ana practice. ne assumption v -.. . that Pendleton WH1 turn over all of .court requiring each and every one of grammar grades to a Normal thee defendants to show snd make school for practice work we regard as manifest the exsct nature and extent amusing. It would be easy for the right, title, interest or esiaie, Weston Normal seniors tn aenulra ae. Which each, any Or Sll Of these Oe- tual teaching eXDerlence in the rural' fenrtsnts claim to have In the real schools of the neighborhood. In view property, described in said complaint. of the fact that many of the a-radu- i to-writ: ates would be required for the rural schools of this section of the state. such experience would be Invaluable. As to climstlo conditions and st tractive environment Weston Is sn ad mirable location for a Normal school. We are glad to say this In justice to our neighbor, although Weston and Athena are to a certain degree rival towns for the trade of adjacent terri From the viewpoint of the taxpsy- The SBU of the NWU of the NWtf of See. t, Twp. 4 N R. II. B. W. M.: the West It feet of Lot In Flock t and Lot 7 of Block t. and the West feet of Lots t. t and 4 of Block I of ths Town of Weston: Lots 1. II and I of Block I Sollng's Addition to the Town of Weston; sll thst portion of Block of McArthur's Addition to the City of Weston. lying North of s certain east and west line, said line commencing at a monument conaist- tlme, the plaintiff, for want thereof. will apply to the court for the relief will be found to believe it. Pendleton prayed for and demanded in the was compelled to Dttiia an expensive prayer of her complaint, namely, for I levee to guard against floods, while Weston never has been snd never will a decree of the court forever dlssoly I rig in wool Ul jnainniunf nw kiiu i . . . heretofore existing between plaintiff I 1 "Ber- and defendant and for other equitable relief. I The East Oreconian venomously at This summons is puwisnea pursu- ,v w. w.ttsof A then, far tsk. ant to an order made and entered!. .... . . herein by Honorable Charles h. " Prt " th mM meeting there at Marsh, County , Judge of Umatilla which the Pendleton Normal scheme County, Oregon; In the absence of the I wss strongly condemned. In thia the Honorable ouoert w. fneips. judge mavor was merely nursu inte a course of the above entitled court, from the!,. . . , . u . u: . Oregon , I public official, Athens sentiment being The first publication will be made I practically a unit against Pendleton's on Friday, the 1 1th day of August, sinister designs. Mr. Watts, however. 1916. snd the last publication will be needg defense at our hsnds. as he is made on Friday, the 22nd day of Sep tember, lll. Dated this 2nd day of August. I9Iff. WILL M. PETERSON, Attorney for Plaintiff. Postoffice Address: Pendleton, Ore. an upstanding man accustomed to fight ing his own battles. We will merely say that he would never, ss Pendleton hss done, betray s friend. II0LZEII I. WATTS AtEcrney-at-Law 'raciicr in bii otaie Courts. ami ' Federal ATHENA. OHEOON r.ftnoa C. It Biihop . ; r.on Ee Bishop LAWYERS Freewater, Or. l a ta A A Having said that the Pendleton Nor mal has received a "strong endorse. Iment" from R, C. French, the Pendle ton press is evidently in error as to what constitutes a strong endorsement The sadden agreement of the rail- Irosd employes to accept mediation re lieves the nstion of a great impending j calamity. .- ' , While not admitting that it is playing "dog in the manger, Weston would prefer this role to thst of "snake in the grass." SOMETHING TO CROW OVER I' fhtttr tirtrtra Mnttnatt ta tip nil Pn However, we'll let Mr. Rooster do what dIeton'g thunder, Chicsgo having sp ume crowing si.; wncHOTM,. " ninrl a traind-uo for Auirust 15-27. merely wutn vu sy nisi wo win sprv- jiale vour uatronaff e in our line snd do ,Mir het tn earn vonr o-ond onininn. 1 Ai S rsy Of Sunshine through S Rolled Barley, Ostssnd Wheat; Baled I ciouaea sky is Atnena s set or irieno Hay, Millstuffs snd Chicken Feed. We're local agents for Peacock Flour and Blatchford'eCaif Meal. Phone 281. D. R. WOOD the Feed Man I ship in Weston's time of need. It is becoming apparent that Hughes' discarded habit of silence was his strongest recommendation. Ing public outside of Its Immediate en- Ung of a three-Inch pipe driven In the virons, Pendleton's claims would. ground along the west line of said seem absurd. Speaking for them-, wioca, said monument oeing wiinessva selves, Athena taxpayers object to , br "lng feet S Inches south or a navlnr their share toward a tl2S.o0 ;Balm tree, together with a water rignt school plsnt st Pendleton, when an iscroes the remaining south end of said adequate plsnt at .Weston la already 1 Block to be used and enjoyed as a available. They further object to pay- fright of way for the purpose or keep ing an annual tax ot one-twenty-ftfth Ing snd maintaining o-er and across of a mill for a . Pendleton school, when one-fortieth of a mill would re open the Weston school with sn an nual Income of more than double Its former maintenance. "Whatever Indictment Pendleton may bring against the Weston Normal is also sn indictment of the Monmouth Normal." . ,.. ; C. L. Pinkerton and J. B, English were at Portland last week attending the grand lodge. Knights of Pythias. as delegates from the local lodge. As the supreme lodge was also in session, they found the occasion a memorable one In their Pythian experience. WALLOWA;; I a ke park; "Breath of the Pines" 4,500 above sea-level, in the" POWDER RIVER MOUNTAINS near Joseph, Oregon. Est, sleep, play, live out-of-doors. A delight ful mountain-lake resort. Good fishing. ' For full Information, fares, tickets,' etc., ask 8. S, NELSON, Agent I 0-W. R, R. &'N, (Spokane Tnl4ntat Fair and Uvaatock Siiew Sept. 4-t oeeeseeeeeeee-es trtT TOrk lUsrle-st-yt riflttw celstsUttrel m M ft-, twnssj skmlH. vktXrtm or yHnUm mmA at se-fitKKw far SCArtCM tm fafttetitaiWtit, fKk rwt-rwrw-tisj. f-ATCflT UILO WOttTV tor fe-a, Ostr f re boottiertA U l berw. itsU to astrgsat awd seiT yosi nrntmy. Writ lo4af. D. SWIFT b CO. PATENT LaWVCRS, 1H1 SfVM'a ft! - W.T.Sinnlnn f) f! I said south end of said Block a flume line as now constructed; the right to convey through the same and use the same quantity of water now and here tofore used and enjoyed In connection therewith, together with the right to keep said flume In repair, to replace the same at any time. and to enter upon said land along the line thereof for the purpose of .Inspecting, repair ing and replacing the same; also an undivided one-half Interest In East II feet of Lots t. t, 4, all Lot I. the East ll feet of Lot I In Block 1 In the Original Town of Weston, except the following described tract: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot I In Block 1, thence westerly a'nng the south line of Main street tl feet In ches, thenee southerly parallel with Franklin Street If feet I Inches, thence easterly parallel with Main Street II feet I inches to the west line of Franklin Street, thence northerly along the west line of franklin Street 19 feet I Inches to the point of begin nlng; An undivided one-half interest In and to WM Lot I. all Lots 4 snd t. snd the North Hstt of Lot I In Block f of .Weston; sn undivided one-half Interest In and to Lot 7 Block 1 Hart. men's Addition to Weston. And thst said claims snd each and all of them be declared void and ot no effect and unfounded In fact or In law against said plaintiff, his heirs or as signs; for plsintlffs costs and dis bursements herein, snd for such other and further relief aa pertains to equi ty end good conscience. ' This summons Is published pursu- snt to an order of the Hon. Oh as. H. Marsh,. County Judge of Umatilla County, State of Oregon, for the rea son that O. W. Phelps, Circuit Judge of the th Judicial District of said state is absent from said county; said order was mnde on the 7th day of August, I til. snd provides thst the first publication of said summons shall be made on ths 11th day of Aug. use, If If, In the Weston Leader FEE FEB. Attorneys for Plaintiff. Postoffice Address! Pendleton, Ore. Chss. II. Csrter - Dsn P. Smyths Carter & Smythc LAWYERS PENDLETON . - OREUON SAFETY FIRSTI This crib hss sll curved lines, no sharp comers, sliding side esn be closed, numerous nlllngs so the child cannot get out, insures perfect safety. YOU NEKI) IT. ., . .. ', ' TftTTffl ----- jw , I Jll i! iiiiii - o-.i'-iiv.fLi. We Invite You E. O. DeMOS The Farmers Bank of Weston Established IS9I HE REASON banks are glad to open accounts (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. i Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Established 1865 Athena, Oregon Waltsbur j, Wish. American Beauty Pure White Ff TCP'. Made of selected bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. Cold in Weston by Weston Mercantile Company