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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1918)
Our rapid growth is largely due to our immehse buying power and economical business methods. Re cently the J. C. Penney Co. bought $225,000.00 worth of overalls. . This gives you an idea of the large quantities of merchandise we buy and why, ive can sell for less than our competitors. Teach your dol lars to have more sense. mring ovna.as, or food a soldier for a year. Two $100 bonds will purchase a horse or mule for cavalry, artillery, or other service. , Three $100 bonds will clothe a soldier anj feed him for one year in France, or buy a motorcycle for machine gun company-' - Four $100 bonds will buy an X ray outfit. One $500 bond will supply bioy cles for the headquarters comiany of an infantry regiment. WHY WE ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY y KPHRAIM DOUOLAM AOAMt liecutlv H HIMtry Depart, went lJn Unfortf Junior University WESTON CASH SVt your clock one hour alien next Sunday, save a little daylight and fool old Father Time. Tlw ) thl mmr I. to .lvi Ik frM we trm I. MMN t actual XO MlllUra MUMMIlMM MJt h wrM. uti Ve HO mtn ufc m iium I I ,,.,1- ))Ml l-MllllM ' . , , lire en toM-eMert rel)e e A nWsant and uatriotic moetinir i-,.tiM.i mum an niMri . . . tn USH in season , WM, uf iinmnr'? KKGSII MEATS ' of all kind Wholesale -Retail A. V. LWfl)ELL MANAGER of country editors in Pendleton Mt- (j rvmw. mkw in i i... .i.. t.. .... '" uroay whs oniy mnrmj ujr lire nuii- it t Children's low shoes, niies 6 to 2 Children's shoes, Bizes 81 to 2 Ladies' low shoes, black and tan, all sizes Ladies' dress shoes, all sizes Ladies' summer dresses good values . Men's dress shoes, button and lace ...... . Boys' overalls American dye . Boys' overalls genuine dye, and stripe ...... . Men's overalls Amerison dye. Men's heavy 220 denim overalls genuine dye Children's play suits blue and stripe . . . , Boys khaki unionalls. ...... Men's khaki unionalls..... ....... 49 and .93 ....11.49. f 1.69 98 ..$1.49 to $2.98 m 98 .'.'$19s!V3.'50 49 69 to .93 69 and .83 $1.49 .... .79, .89 .1.79, $1.98 $2.49. $2.98 T . Incorporated J ATHENA dogger ed., who persisted in J'but ting in" until tossed out or the commercial club' window by the Leader man, with the approval of his esteemed colleagues. , "Germans to Call to Colors." headline. Superfluous. With 800,000 men ready for a great counter attack, it is to be hoped that the Allies will soon have the Hun on the run. As Weston's quota in the third Liberty Loan will be only three fifths of the sum anticipated, it should be easy to go "over the top" in, double quick time. Thus we may earn the right sort of laurels for the community, attested by a beautiful honor flag. "Let's float one from our flag pole under Old Glory," says the local , bank and the Leader cordially echoes the sen timent. IM rM I" J M. MM"." tr. wi. WESTON CLARK VOOD, f.WUhr aa n , c - 1 1 m nniie uncie oain nu un.ii source of vast moral and financial ' , .' iL , aid to his allies, it is becoming LEADER !,"t.r,?' nainfutly apparent that in a mili- inn iiinir minpnnir.. Mil uiih lids - ...............$1 60 .aHpntifie soldiers.1 0 76 0 60 Although it might have been, ., the above was not written yester- day, last week, last month or last , ..,. ..rZ year, it appeared in the lglish The Yar............ Six Months ........... Four Uonthsu; . RiDAT, una 29, fi:jttnw KiilTavinrr All this nntt UlltWVtAlK DUUVIIMfe.! . . m , - been done not in license or passion, tary sense ne is less 01 an ase. man but by the calculating ferocity of a liability. m Mtass-dM Mil "wlttr. Fortnightly Review of February, n83 been the topic for widespread 1871. shortlv before the surrender discussion, since the automobile ADVERTISING RATES , of Pans. Frederick Harrison, the Bn""- Rmir. ner inch oer insertion . 15c writer, is still alive. Its statements n 1 r IK. hl.try I. ft ton lft THC OKRMANS AS A CHOSEN - PKOrUB. Tba toundatloa eu c tala wir U 0npaar'i firm blltf I bat ah aloa bM tb right to dlrvet lh prgrM of tb world and to fiptatt Its rou. All Criminals rr th lt tbIHy ran ttaa military autorrary of Oortnaoy baa a to It Ibat tbls I1M Umht la tbt seboolt. aad todty tbat autocracy U rnptm tbo boaofita of a Mind obo dlMM to Its will. Ovrtaaa political wrltlag of racoat yoar la fall ef tbo Idoa tbat tbo Oonnaa pooplo Is "God's ebooM popk, dfotlaod to ImpoM Its 'Xultar apoa alt otbr peoples." "Tbo Oonaan soul Is tba world's aouU Ood aad Germany boleag to oea anotbir." "OonMoy la tbo OMtttr ef God's plaaa for tbo world." "Wo bopo tbat a groat nlasJoa' will bo alkrttod to as Oorwaas ... aad tbla Oor taaa tattaloa la: to look aftor tba world." "Ooraaay la eboooa. (or bar owa good aad tbat of other aattoaa, to aadtrtako their gatdaaca. Prort dear bas placed tb appelated people, at tb appointed moment, ready for tbo appointed task." Tb Oerman people la always right, beraaea It la tb German people, aad aarotxrt IT.000.000 souls." "Kultur is boat promoted wbea the strongest In dltldoal Kultur. tbat of a glT as Uoa, enlarge Its field of activity at tb oxpenee ef tb otbr national Kill Inra." Tb attempt of Napoleon to graft tb Kultur of Western Europe apoa tb inplr of tb Muscovite ended la fall a re. Today hlitory has road as Germane tba Inheritors ef tb Napoleonic Idea." "The further w carry our Kultur Into the East, tb toor and tb mora profitabl outlet ball w find for oar ware. Economic profit la of court not tb taala motlv ... n ,, of our Kultur actinty, hat It la no un- The title "The Thrift Car as ap- ,IC)B- brproduet.- -our blif la plied to the Overland automobile- y,, u,, -hou Rultar of Europe depend apoa tb victory TiiEASURED We'll Do The Rest. X i TlllE-SETTINCJ X X A SPECIALTY A ' " s ufccrrkat dituc DADPFD nuiUll unillJi unnuk-n A and TAILOR SHOP R. L. Reynaud UMOWMUTE BLACKSLUTHn.'G X T SPRING NOVELTY STYLES j j HORSESHOEING ,Not too Fancy - Just a REPAMIG uaan or innerrnce 10 t iiiviii - mini .j a a , , X ElTect ti' " c a,m 10 ni:iKe MMwwe ret urn Aft 1 i OUf Work lU U'.st lUiiit 111 AItU lit X X advertisement. Snider's Shop w - ..r LIEiDVELL GARAGE vulcanizing' battery recharging prompt repairing Js7" New Overland car for hire Pennington & Ollaita Dr. A. F. Sempert Graduate and Registered DENTIST Office Hours 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 5 p. in. Watts Building - Upstairs THE THRIFT CAR "The fact is." . said John N. Wil lys, president of the Willys Over- Transient, pr inch per insertion. 20c were true then, are true now. Ju- lanj In. recpntIv. eommentinsr on Liocais, per une per inseruoa-.. The publishers of weekly news- rates events which show that even and money are just about tising rates. TEE HUH Ef 1871 which German 'Militarism' la about to achleTe." - Thee quotation are hat a few of Hundred of like atprMsloa, and tb last on cited la from a taaalfto 60 litis Caesar in his Commentaries nar- the aptness of the term, "that time ai-ned by tMrty-fiv hundred German ' - A m A 1 m m&m m mm HaJhaaJ a one and v ' eu7 wirvr. nqiKq w inipi term, in uermaa neiier at in beginning of this war wa: "God di rect German?- Clrllliatlon adrance only by combat i between Kultur la which the stronger sad Ood-dlrected one baa the right to prall and must prevail. The iesaiedial aad preeenl object la to raak oaf Kultur preralt la the East (la 'Muscovy'), aad la ac sompllsblng this w shall also gala economic advantage. This Is tb first step la our world domination." Where doe America stand la this theorr of a "choeen people"? , America denies tbat theory; sh dnle tbat coining this comnlon possession into 0WB. ih, UMm mh that thw. ar Biaay civilisations, each with Its owa rnets and defects, aad that to each must b left th working out of It own problems. W Americans ar aaabl ta aad Stand, or aympsthls with, a peopl who conceive of themselves as a choeen people, choeen of Goda people to whom all things aad aetloas, however Inhuman or brutal, art regarded as permissible, even holy, because ef a faith la their superior mlssloa and iff ?f f f f V WW W W W'P'P'f'P'P'tTW'ar'af'a' W : j Dr. J. C. BADDELEY Citduts VtUrisiry Ssra ; ; Phone S2F6 Athns, Oregon 1 Dr. S. L KHillARD Veterinary Snrgeco j a . e-n a. i thff Ramp thITHf. paper, of UmatiU. County have agreed oeiore me wme ox uma, to Inake more not to publish any political matter of mans demonstrated the possession money T(j wagte jt .g t0 o6e j, an advertising nature except at adver- of all of the rudimenU of their msney and opportunity. modern "kultur." It is no new "jhe automobile is helping to thing; and hundreds of thousands turn spare moments into money, of men will have died in vain in "t rniles and conserve time- .u- .l,- ; t for to be thrifty, with time is an this war if this sinister thing is not absouUf tieto success. absolutely and utterly exterminat- "Thrift implies not merely saving ed forever by the forces of civili- but investing your savings in hours arrayed against it. Gov- or dollars with wisdom. I he auto mobile nas oeen me greatest, aiu we If" tl! rracncai rmmm i Hospital at corner of Main and Broad streeta. X Phone main 263 i MfWfrvrmfMvvMvM 'The bent is always the cheapest." "Every village they have passed through has been the victim of what is only organized pillage. Every city has been practically zation sacked, ransacked on system; its ernment Bureau of Information, ctitzens plundered, its civil officials , . terrorized, imprisoned, outraged or killed. The civil population have been, contrary to the usage of mod ern warfare, forced to serve the Invading armies, brutally put to death, reduced to wholesale starva tion and desolation. the I ever had in capitalizing time and BOND K0KETS POWER cash. Naturally, the man who can accomplish more in a given time with the'aid of an automobile reaps The following figures give one a the greates reward. .That is equal definite idea of what his or her ly true of the farmer, the sales- Vast tracts of loan to the Government by the pur- man, the doctor, the plumber, the richest and most industrious of Liberty Bonds will accom- .Sho- numteTfa ricts of Europe have been de- ... whn llswl bv the War De. and professions-whose numter WE SELL-C CIGARS TOBACCO CANDY and v CONFECTIONS u l 1303 mmm I riul mark. .M r-frmtm iM r m hv, i-4 imrtH. M ar khMa. 4 trtM tf raia aiaaoM i mm rlHi.Mtty. H-.k ri i ii ATBNTa BUILD POKTUMia ftm. gwln,IMMWlkw.ntikHII Ml r mmmrf. Wriw D. SWIFT & CO. ATINT LAWYtftS, S'venth 6t., Washlngtoa, 0. C. i j a faaW''T I Transfer and tee districts oi turope nave oeen ae- pilsh when used by the War De. noeraieiy sinppeu uiu iiuiiicu him ,t. famine, solely in order that the in- Vrxmem. JXm Mink Mld aaraw vThfiortlr Itia CCfft ' lnrA ' war i 1 1 Iktiv nnh VttUCIo lillbllV iiuiav ww mivi vuv a;ww wu vmj v . . i aasi.u mill auvetivt uilariual alUia Irregular troops, contrary to all knives for a rifle company, or 23 ways have set up new standard! in filiation. T u, ,ue teUtf u legion. "Just as the telephone, the graph, the , transcontinental tele-rail- O. K. CAKDY SHOP I Weston Transfer Co. OdesM.Klrkpatricl. Davis & Ellis .U o, t,.a Kon UarA nnJ 57 our- WOflU WUVCl BIIU tullllllUMltl.luii, tematically murdered, and civil gical implements for enlisted men's "8t ,the quickened ' i.n;..toi.ffi.u,a. uu . in,.. ,.t in. the whole system of modern busi- cred, solely to spread terror. A struments, for officers' belts, regular system of Ingenious terror- A f 100 bond will clothe a soldier, ism has been directed against civil- or feed a soldier for eight months, ians, as horrible as anything in the or purchase live rifles or 30 rifle history of civil or religious wars, grenades or 43 hand grenades, or 25 Large and populous cities have been pounds of ether, or 145 hot water not once, but"20, 30, 40 times bags or 2000 surgical needles, bombarded and burnt, and the wo- A $100 and a $50 bond will clothe men and children in them wantonly and equip an infantry soldier for ness usage. Get one of these thrift cars and save tirfie and money. DR. S. L. KENNARD, dealer, Weston, Oregon. I Victory Soda Crackers ' ' FOR WHEATLESS DAYS v ' . ' - AND EVERY DAY AND OTHER PACKAGE GOODS Andy's Grocery Music and Eloquence r The first entertainment of its new series was- very successfully given Friday evening by the Wes ton Concert Band at the local opera house. The program was one that would have made demands upon professional musicians, yet every number was played in a manner that brought tribute of hearty ap plause from the audience. A ring ing address along patriotic lines was delivered, by Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton whose earnestness and eloquence ' are such as would galvanize a statue into loyalty. Prefacing his address, Judge Low ell took occasion to highly compli ment the Weston band and the Wes ton Leader. The Weston male chorus sang so pleasingly as to earn an enthusiastic encore. direct evidence, not of a leading, tut of a lagging tfviluttion. This German Ideal, when upremtH tnwety la theory, even though tauiht la Germany for th last thirty years, Stirred but Indifferent Interest la other European nations. la thjs war Ger taany has revealed la th application of her theory a lust for world power at th expect of other peoples, a lack ot good faith, a brutality tbat bar stamped her theory as Involving a re turn to barbarism. By th application ef Oerman theory we wer forced, unwilling ly, to go to war. But today w know that thr was ao escape from a war between two contradictory Ideals. Germany' see aomlc objects ar many and large (they will b pointed out), but tb baile caus ot this war wss tb German Ideal ef a dominant nation. Tbat Ideal, ay Germany's owa challenge, Is on trlsl la arms. Against It ws must prevail, or w shall peril a. Thi I th first sf a saris ef tn artiel by Prof Adams. ' Butter Wrappers Furnished and Printed at the Leader office Potato planter, buggy and saddle for sale. May be seen at the Proeb stel residence. Making B,9 Ov 't In America. Washington. An official summary of progress by th ordnsbe bureau's gun division showed that It "ha ar ranged for th production of many thousand cannoa aad th rctlon and cotnplet aaulpmnt of II plants for thair maftnfaettut, Attractive Desirable Durable BeMO 5 0