.1 Weston eAder VOLUME 40 WESTON. OKEGON,' Fill DAY, NOV. 80. 1917 NUMBER 23 OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENERAMNTEREST i Principal Events of the Week Irlefly Sketched for Infer v Button of Our Ruder. Ta llalaer high school ha orgae . 14 bead of It pleeee. Twalva Uoueand turkey ware hlp fed from Douglaa county last wwek. R. R. Lloyd, Korea! Omvt, wa ad aa killed la action In a Canadian cetualty Kit. Th annual mealing of the Oregon portaa' league will to held la Fori U a 4 Prmbr t and 10. J. A. Churchill, atate iipertntendiit of puhlla Inetrurtlnn. will Im a randb data (or raalactlon, b ha announced. Taa Northwest Hereford llraadere' aeaaelailon waa orgenlid al a ban e,ut of Hereford braednr al rorilaml. Dangaraue we4 ed not rommoa In Orion hare been found In Minna eat No. S oata ahlppad Into Hi'" tte meetly. A three-day rbautau'iua "III be brld In Vhrood. beginning on Thursday, Kevember 19, and ending Saturday, December t. A campaign baa been darted at Lekevlev by moroW ot Hi" Ml, Pat rlrk'e rhurrb to ralto fund lo build , modtrp boapHal. Identification card mil ! provided all etete official entitled to mi la undar tha law from the present transportation tai. Brgce !nnl, alata director of iba k etete council of defense, urge the appointment of a county agent In ev. ary county In Oregon. frank ) Miller, rliitlruun if tba publlo earvlre commission, ban in aouncrd bla candidacy for reelection . aa a member of that commission. The-Oregon nlnlr swimming anil diving cbantplonablpa mill be hld at tha Multnomah Amateur Athletic club la PerUead Saturday night. January IS. Tba aala of Red Croae Chrlstniae aaala for tba Oregon Aasorlatloo for tba rraTantloB of Tuberrulosie will be bald from December I until ChrLt- BBB. Tba work on tha Uih.m Divide roti near Cottaga Grove, which takea tba plaoe of eeveral mile of the worst road on tha Pacific highway, will ba completed thla waak. Succumbing to a atroka of apoplexy. J. U Stockton, an old llino merchant of Salani and a former president of tha Oregon Retail Merchant' assocla tloB. died at tba age of 70. Mra. Mary Jane Ilemenway. alio eroeeed tba plain to Oregon with' her paranta In 1W. died at her home In Eugene at tha age of 7 yeera after an llloea of averal months. Jabea Wllkee. pioneer of 1845, vet eran of tha Indian war ami a resident of Washington county practically con tinuously for 70 yeare, died at Ills boroa In lllll.boro. aged (5 year. riowlng and aowlng fall grain , la atlll progressing throughout Linn oounty, with tha reeult that tha Inrg aat Bcraaga of fall grain I now (limit ed In recent year lo tbo Willamette valley, A mealing of the Pacific count con ferenea haa been called for December I by Dr. A. !. tirown, of On-Run Agri cultural colloge, secretary of the asso ciation. Tha meeting will ba held la 8an Frenrlaco. . Bharbeta will aoon go out of tha aurket, for tha Tarlflo Northweat Ice f ream Manufacturer' association haa adopted a resolution lo eliminate sher bet from tba list of frown delicacies, ta conserve sugar. J, E. C'clgren, of V allace, Idaho, rep- , reaentlng the Bethlehem Steel com pany, baa gone to Pistol river, furry county! where ba la to Innpect deposits ef ferro-manganee, said lo exist ta -large euantltlr In that dlnirlct. . Blackleg and rablrg arc si I II preva lent on tba ceutral Oregon cattle range, according to R. A. Ward, agri culturist of Deschutes county. In tha put week alone 20 head of cattle bare died from one or tha other cause. B. C Morton, editor or tha st Hel aqs Mist and mayor of St- Helens, haa fcaan appointed county judge of Co lumbia county to succeed Judge R. S. Hattafc, of 8t. Helen. Tha vacancy was caused by tha death of Judge Hat tan. Forty or ; Indiana of tha Klamath ladiaq reservation' are to become full fledged eltlsepa of the Tnltad Etatea. gecordtag to Puperlotendeut J. M. JfthneteB. following a meeting of the BempetMeyeemmiaaion at Klamath Falla. 0. A. C. ikfcaUd Oregon, 14 to 7. t I a The WATTS &E100ERS SAL is a bin success While the figures run into the THOUSANDS, our ta bles, shelves and floors are still, full. If you are not in on it, get in now. Come and see. Our prices far below war prices to begin with, and then to cut .them 15, 20 and 25 percent and sometimes a-half, makes bargains you seldom hear of and all on staple high-grade goods. Wc arc offering prices and prices alone to make these goods move. We are overstocked, but fortunately so, as we bought early and right. Remember this sale is continuous till sudden and short will be the notice, "all off." You or no one will be sorry that he did come, but some will be sorry that they did not come. Some argains Think Twice $1 'Mi.oo futir ItuiKo jhiwit K. & V. Knirint , slightly uwd but in good ciiinlitiun. at $t3.r0. Kejtulur JlU.tKI I I inch Walking Mow on milt' tit $i.!5. A guaranteed Bath Room Outlit (or $65.00. $".".00 John ro Sulky Plow, 15 inch, bluntly ubwJ, on sale at $;:i.7.r.. Ui't'llllll' fiOc liiUTH.si-y Cooking Ware, bowls ami oaj'rnlfs, on sale nt 'Joe. Mouse Traps at lc each food conservcrs. Regular MV (iranitv No. 8 SU w Kotll'-.s ami Sanv Tans on Nile at Urn'. Itt'gulitr HV tlcanite Dippers to go on wile at to. Only three Phonographs left $6.50 up. You can buy regular -rc Nulas Furniture Polish at this sale for 10c. Regular irc National Paint uml V'aniibh t hatifr ott Kile at .re. Two or three Ranges only, but several Beating Stoves left Regular lac Chicken Nets to go on Nile ul 7c. We will wll good Tin Drinking Cup.i al this sale for 2c. A few plows left $1.10 Jumbo Glass, complete, for 75c. $72.50 Single Buggy to go on sale al $36.25. $135.00 Top Buggy will be sold al $70.00. A 10 year guaranteed Sewing Ma Ing Machine for $18.50. $125.00 Stover Seed Grinder on tide at $7-1.50. Regular 20c Little Lady Wash Hoards will lie sold at 10c. Electric Washers coming, $6150. You can buy 15c one-half gallon Oil Cans at 5c. The besi 10c Aluminum Drink ing Cups will be sold at 4c. Best Hog Wire going fast Remington 22 sjiecial Rifle will le sold at $12.00. Regular 25c wooden Rolling Pin on sale at 15c. One lot of Auger Bits, values to 7c, your choice at 35c. Boys' $1.00 Erector Play Sets will be sold at 50c. Get your Silverware now. $250.00 six horse power K.. & V. lCngine to be sold at $198. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT TRAD ING OPPORTUNITY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE Let Nothing Keep You Away , WATTS & . ROGE (No. VMS) MAHOUT OH THE CONDITION OF Ilia Farmer' Kank of Weaton, at We- ton, in the State of Oregon, at tha rlM of huinma November 2U, 1917: KKXOURCICii. Ixmim and diacounta $14.1,931 U liond and warranU 15,2X8 02 block, aecuritiea, judic- menta, etc 8,M9 03 Rankinn houae 3.&00 00 Furniture ami fixture 1,000 00 Other real eiitate owned 29,414 32 Due from approved renerve banka 25.6M 24 Check and other caah item l,7 48 Cash on hand BRITISH TROOPS HEARING CAIMI Dominating Ground Is Taken From Germans After Two Day Struggle. 240,828 83 With tha Brttlah Aralea lav tha Maid. Oeneral Brnc'a (noa wera Wt- 12,198 16 taring dowa Otrmao defattaea arwui4 Cambrat Hla me vera flhtln their way t :v) (PM 00 w,rt deaplta a cooceatratlo of 15 ijoO 00 Germaa reaerraa that fairly flood4 the depot city. Tha fighting waa thc 4,970 67 moat deeperate ainca tba great aur- a,4 sw priM attack ol laat week. 140 693 46 Brttlah troop hare captured tha high ground Id Boniion wood aoa bow 6,369 21 dominate the region about Central. Total LUBILITIK. Capital atock paid in nurplua lund Undivided profit, lesa ex penaea and taxea paid Due to bunk and banker .. Imlivklual depoaita aubject to check Demand certificate of deposit Time and Saving. deoaiU 40.560 61 Thu gocceM etnt .fter two daya af Total State of Oregon, , 1240 828 83 tha mo' T,clou fighting and Ita tier porunea la Indicated la part by tha County of Umatilla. ( fact that German traffic aoathaaat I. E. M. Smith, Cannier of the from Cambral haa been heavy; tha alwve-named bank, do aolemnly .wear probability being that tha ctvU popa tliat the above statement ta true to tba , llm h. ,.,-,. beat of my knowledge and belief. U,loB of the ,own h"e",r fit M. SMITH. Caahier. Ceneral Byng and tha third ray Correct-A rrtsT: have broken the Hindanburg Haa, tar J. H. Price. F. D. Watts. Director. ken a acora of vilUge. aacnra tha dominating potltlon weat of Cambral Subacribed and aworn to before me nd oemin territory equal In are thia 27th day of November, 1917. S. A. Barnes, (Seal) Notary Public. (My commission expire Nov. 13, 1920. OIlDETt TO SIIOW fAVSK. to that gained In the firat Urea montha of tha drive in tha Tprea aal lent Nearly 10,000 prieonera, 1M guna and much war material have been captured. Britiah tommlea naing tha enemy guna againat tha- Germaa vera re ported at aeveral point, lllmtratiag tha apeed of the British onalaught. At one point two enemy T'a were aelxed In tlie C'ounly ifeurt of tlie State of OreRtm. fir I'matilla C ount jr. In the matter of the Guartllamhl of the pcriion and estate or Jeanie Marie Joiiea. a minor. Now, on thla day thla matter cornea from tha enemy, their carriage twiat on to be heard upon the petition of uni and the fire from their tw viary c.. jones. leHianienutry Kuuramn of the eron and etate of Jeanie Marie June., the above named ward, praying for a license to xell the in-ttrt-Kt of the aald ward In the follow Inn deitcrlbed real property In L'ma- tillu County. Mtate of Oregon: lnl nuiiibered Klght !, Nine (l j i.im in' Ifiock numnered heven (7 1 In the ltewrvation Addition to the town, now city, of I'endleton; the Interest of the aaid ward In said real property being- in the neighbor hood of an undivided one-twentieth Interest therein, the ald ward being a grandchild and an heir at law ot . , . . 1 I T , .1 nn.l Ka rold real property belonging to the American prisoners of war estate of the said Madison Jones, de- and their Veaael la at tba ocean Bottom ceased, and to hla heirs at taw; that tna result of daring drive by Unlt- the entire Interest of the said ward- . . . , . In and to said real property la of the SUtea destroyer in tha war tone, probable value of One Hundred The American deatroyera, cruising ttiou.ou) Dollars; that it would be through the war aone. sighted tha tor the benefit of the said ward that . , . .,mrtn Wntl her Interest In said real property be hite trek ' b"rtB- sold and the proceeds of the -sale apeed ahead waa ordered aa the veeaeia thereof put out oir Interest or Invest- sped toward the target. Paeelng far ed In some productive stock; that the rf f fa gpot where the teIHaJ Interest of the said ward in said real proicrty is not likely to Increase in foam waa aighted. one deatroyer drop value and that it would be experient ped a depth bomb, for a sale thereof to be made; and It Th wrecked the 0-boafa horlxontal further aptHarmg to the Court that " the next of kin of the said ward and rudder and made her powerleaa ta other persons interested in her estate guide herself except to come to the anr- anrl in tne sam real property are as throats o apeeded againat the enemy by tha British gunners, that tha mux xlea glowed redhot and Jammed- tha hell. u o. VAnomro CAPTURE U-BOAT Washington. Forty German U-baat RSJ follows: James 8. jones, Pendleton. Oregon; Walter J. Jones, I'endleton, Oregon; Edward W. Jones, Sunnyslde, Washington; Kobert U. Jones, Haines. California; Madison L. Jones, Vale. Oregon: Franklin B. Jones, Portland. Oregon; John M. Jones, Imbler, Ore gon; Kin ma A. Davis, Portland, Ore gon; Murgaret Untight (formerly Margaret Uuyon) Salt Luke City, t'tah; Harry S. Jones. Pendleton, Ore gon, and Mary R Jones, Pendleton. Oregon, your petitioner herein, all of whi'iii, except said petitioner, are lulls ul law of the said Madison Jones, deceased. And It further ap pearing to the Court that on account of the large number of persons in terested in suit! estate and In said real property, the guardian desires, and should be permitted to serve a copy of this order upon them by pub lication, as provided by section 1353 of Lord's Oregon Ijiws, Instead of having personu) service thereof mudu on them; that publication of this or der should be made in the Weston Leader, a weekly newspaper publish ed at Weston. I'matilla County. Ore gon, having a general circulation in said county and state. And the Court being fully advised in the premises: It is now therefore ordered that the next of kin of suid ward and all per sons Interested in her estate and all persons Interested In said real prop erty be. and they are hereby, requir ed to appear before this Court at the office of the undersigned County Judge In the County Court House In the City of Pendleton. Umatilla Coun ty. Oregon, at ten o'clock in the fore noon on Monday, the 17th day of De cember. 117. that date being not less than four weeks nor more than eight weeks from the date of thia order, to then and there show cause. If any there be. why a license should not ba grunted by this court to the said guardian for the sale of all of the estate, right, title and Interest of the said ward In and to the real property hereinbefore described, as prayed for in the prayer of the petition of the said guardian. That this order may be served upon the next of kin of said ward and upon all other persons Interested In said estate and In said real property, eith er In person or by publication of this. ei-Uer In the Weston Ix-aler, a news paper published weekly at Weston, ('mat Ilia County. Oregon. Done and daled In open court on this ind day of November, 1J17. CHARLES H. MARSH. County Judgo. face. She came up only about 691 Tarda from the waiting deatroyera. . , The deatroyera circled about tha TT-boat, firing until the crew, clamber ing out ot the hatches, raise their hands In aurender. , A tow lino waa passed, while tha prisoner were taken off tha captlT vessel. But while thia operation pro ceeded one German opened tha aub merging valvea and tha - aubaMriaa weut down. CZAR'S DAUGHTER ESCAPES Girl Reported en tha Way te.the United Statea. New York. Miss Tatiana Nicolaer na Romanoff, second daughter of Nich olas Romanoff, deposed emperor of Russia, haa escaped from ' Siberia through a fictitious marrilge to a aoa ef a former chamberlain of tha ant peror and now la on her way to- the ' United Statea. according to informa tion made public here by peraona con nected with tha Russian civilian relief committed. The former grand duchess, who la 20 years old, made her escape from Tobolsk, the present home ot the ex iled emperor, to Harbin In Manchuria and thence to Japan, where paaaaga was taken on a ateamahip tor tha Ta clfio coast. ...''; Ruaeiane Would Fight far U. $. Washington. John Sookine.' firat secretary of the Russian embassy and an officer ot the Ruaaiaa army, and Ferdinand De Mohrenschlldt. tba sec ond secretary, who married Secretary McAdoo'a daughter last May, have of fered their eervtcea to that 'America government for the war againat Ger rtany. They ' resigned rather t than aerva tha Bolshevikl. The Russians have ceased AgHing on all fronts, preparatory to aa armie tice with tat German.